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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
4
Trustees with funds to loan are away from the city and mortgage committees lack a quorum making quick loan decisions difficult. Rearrange your loans now if you must do so before November first. We can handle promptly all applications on improved property.
The Zust crew aims to close a gap of over 2,000 miles behind the American car and push ahead rapidly, planning to complete the distance in nine days.
Antonio Scarfoglio, son of the Italian editor, reports the Zast car in the New York to Paris race reached Chita at noon and continues toward Verkhnieoyainsk and Irkutsk. The crew remains hopeful to overtake rivals despite Thomas car ahead by nine days, with Protos and others behind.
E R Thoms of BE R Thomas Auto Company hails the Thomas car as leading in the New York to Paris endurance race. He praises George Schuster and George Miller for the car’s performance on poor roads and notes the American entry traveled 1870 miles farther than the Protos and beat last year’s Paris to Peking record by four seconds.
London reports said C F Moberly Bell took control of The London Times in March while Lord Northcliffe was said to provide capital. Thomas Marlowe of The Daily Mail and The Times deny the revival of the sale rumor. The Times directors expect to assume paper control on July 4.
Elaborate preparations reported at the royal chateau of Racconigi in Turin for the reception of the Duke of the Abruzzi and his prospective bride Miss Katherine Elkins daughter of Senator Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia.
Reports from St. Petersburg dated July 1 say negotiations to form a Russian steel trust have resumed in Paris. French and Belgian bankers are playing a significant role in the planned enterprise.
Reports from Petersburg and London describe heavy fighting in Tabriz Persia as mounted supporters of Rachin Khan clash with anti revolutionists. Varying casualties include eighty dead, looting and barricades as Turkish and British consulates guard the city.
Lord Curzon unveiled the John Oliver Hobbes medalion in the University College London general library. He praised the author Mrs. Craigie as a gifted woman whose life was brilliant crowded and short. A memorandum fund presented money for the John Oliver Hobbes scholarship in modern English literature.
An international Tube makers association including American British French German and Italian manufacturers has dissolved. Formed in December to control prices and output its end is linked to Scotch firms cutting rates provoking American companies to oppose price cuts and dumping.
London reports that English and Scottish steel makers will not join the international cartel but align with a national amalgamation formed to oppose the international trust. The Journal says the amalgamation will unite major American, German, Russian, and French steel firms, signaling fierce competition and a price slump anticipated due to the antagonism between the blocs.
In Quito on June 25 during the inauguration of the Guayaquil Quito Railroad President Alfaro presented William C. Fox the American Minister to Ecuador, his wife and daughter, with gold medals for the completion of the railroad project.
The Vienna announcement states an imperial sanction forbids dueling in the empire unless a military court of honor grants consent. Fighting a duel without this consent becomes a breach of regulations and will be severely punished, with expectations of a significant reduction in the practice.
Cholera has spread from Pangasinan Province to Nueva Ecija during recent festivals. Only one town is affected and officials work to confine the disease there. Manila remains free of the outbreak.
Oxford University conferred honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees on Frederick Rogers Graves, Bishop of Shanghai, and John McKim, Bishop of Tokio, joining the Archbishop of Toronto in the honor. Meanwhile other world notices report Polish schools closed in Piotrkow by Russian authorities for Polish language use in history and geography classes.
Joseph Ozel, brother of the Riga Duma representative, was arrested near Moscow on highway robbery charges. In the clash that led to his capture he was mortally wounded and his group fired on police. He faces a court martial.
The Rocky Mountain Limited and other fast trains from Chicago and St Louis make the journey to Colorado a delight featuring Buffet, Library, Observation and Compartment cars. No detail of perfect service omitted. K E Palmer 401 Broadway New York.
Mary Leigh and Edith New received two months hard labor for breaking windows at Asquith's residence. Twenty-seven suffragettes charged with obstructing police in a Parliament demonstration were fined or jailed for up to three months. The planned protest tomorrow was postponed due to the London police annual outing.
Acting President Revell and Treasurer Thompson of the Lafayette Memorial Association formally notified President Failières that the bronze Lafayette statue is mounted on its Place du Louvre pedestal. Failières recalled the 1900 plaster cast dedication and tasked the men to convey France’s thanks to American schoolchildren. The final payment remains disputed and is due to Hartlett tomorrow. On July 4 Revell will lay a wreath at the statue’s base in honor of the schoolchildren.
Gen Ramon Caceres today took the oath for a six year term as president of the Dominican Republic. American Minister F R McCreery, on behalf of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps, congratulated him and expressed hopes for the country’s progress and welfare.
Annie Riley alias Wilson, nine, confessed to numerous robberies and accused Mrs. Julia Campbell of Flushing Avenue of coaching her. Campbell denied receiving stolen property and faced further hearing after vagancy charge dismissal. Riley remanded to Children's Society as investigations continue.
Bill Taft the carrier pigeon owned by Andrew Pongette at the American Ice Company plant foiled a theft last night. Three youths were found with Mr Pongette's squabs and pigeons and were taken to East Fifty-first Street Station. Suspects named Miles Burke Frank Leonard and Joseph Moran.
Brooklyn police seek John Burns, 82, who fled his home at 516 Fourth Avenue on Saturday night while delirious from pneumonia. He is described as frail with grey hair and may need medical care.
The Norfolk and Southern Railway was placed in receivership by Federal Judge Waddill on the Trust Company of America’s application, with Thomas Fits Gerald Harry K Wolcott and Hugh M Kerr named receivers. The 760 mile system, rebuilt from several lines, faces a protective reorganization amid financial depression and bondholder concerns.
Washington Square residents objected to a large group of bread line men lingering in front of homes after being fed. The Washington Square Association met with police and Fleischmann bakery officials. Managers agreed to move the men back to the east side of Broadway to feed them, and the association regards the matter settled.
Mrs. Katheryne Elizabeth Goodrich sues Harrison V. Goodrich in Municipal Court for $175 claiming she lent him money during their brief marriage begun last November. He says he never took her funds while earning $12 weekly as an electrical engineer. Attorneys Ira G. Darrin and Franklin Pierce argued the case as a decision was awaited.
Yesterday marked the thirty fifth anniversary of Edward M. Morgan’s appointment to the Postal Service. New York letter carriers sent a floral horseshoe while postal clerks presented a thousand rose arrangement. Assistant Superintendent Collins, hired the same day, received flowers from city mail and branch office superintendents. Morgan began in humble posts.
Chalmers Prentice sues North German Lloyd over his wife’s burial at sea after the captain promised embalming and transport to New York. The suit claims the ship possessed embalming equipment and that burial contradicted an agreement and Italian law cited by a medical escort.
Lawyers for the North German Lloyd Steamship Company have not answered the complaint. Capt Morgenstern reportedly had not contracted to remove the body and bring it to New York, so burial discretion rests with him. No claim the passenger died of a contagious disease is made.
Aeronautic Society officials announced Delagrange the French aviator will be paid 19000 to visit the United States in August and perform flights for three days near New York. Articles of incorporation for the society were adopted for 20000, shares at 10 each, with Tarbell and others backing the project.
James F Geery a 26 year old chemist cut his throat in his apartment at 840 West Forty eighth Street yesterday after losing his savings in a business venture. He ran an office at 48 West Twenty seventh Street where he made and sold a nerve tonic. His sister Miss Sadie Geery found him on the kitchen floor with severe wounds. Dr James T C O'Donohoe, living on the first floor, pronounced him dead.
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