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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1908
Page
4
The page lists New York Times prices for daily and Sunday editions, weekly and foreign rates, and regional charges. It notes offices in New York Philadelphia Washington and advertising details. The text reflects historic pricing and mailing rates for 1908.
The Times offers daily and Sunday editions mailed nationwide for 75 cents per month. Daily Edition priced at 50 cents per month. Orders can be sent via newsdealers or to the Publication Office at 1000 Bryant Street by telephone.
A editorial discusses how The New York Times and The World view the 1908 platform versus 1896 and 1900, arguing against federal licenses and currency policy shifts. It cites Bryan and Gomper, warns of centralization, and weighs injunctions and labor protections in a broader constitutional frame.
An editorial argues Mr Brown opposes rate increases to fund higher wages, warning that railway capacity must expand despite labor turmoil. It cites Treasury data on rail revenue, argues railways need profits to avoid credit loss, and cites Carnegie as a model for expanding capacity without cutting wages.
The writer argues for a guaranteed protection fund to secure bank loans and deposits against bankrupt or evasive borrowers, proposing a 1 to 2 percent deduction. The plan is deemed not truly Democratic and is contrasted with Bryan’s past platforms, urging the party to resist leadership from Oklahoma.
The argument centers on directing profits away from dividends to disbursements for supplies and wages and to expanding facilities. It challenges that profits have grown despite steady or rising prices, calling for equity toward railways so they can live, grow, and benefit all.
The piece notes the 1908 London Olympics as a global festival blending strength and brains, with athletes from many nations competing in sports from running to swimming. It highlights commercial interest, royal spectators, and the rise of international pride alongside a British regatta debate.
The widow Gunnness of La Porte Indiana defies death as observers doubt her demise. Her body was found in a burned house yet many insist a substitute died in her stead. Reports say he widow’s wanderings continue with sightings across Rockford Michigan and Portland Maine and will echo through years to come.
A fragment hints at a legal dead case and nameless graves in a woman’s dooryard, underscoring an unresolved mystery without clear names or addresses.
During a heat wave the Children’s Aid Society cared for over 2000 people. The Health Home on Coney Island hosted mothers with sick infants while Bath Beach Summer Home received young girls and disabled children. Brace Farm hosts the boys near Stamford Conn. The Sick Children’s Mission conducts house to house visits offering free treatment and family relief. Funds are sought from affluent donors to sustain the program. Checks go to A Br Heepsurn Treasurer or C Lorrie Brace Secretary 105 East Twenty second Street.
Navy officials note only about one quarter of 129 desertions among 138000 Atlantic fleet sailors since leaving San Francisco. A major focus is the International Congress on Tuberculosis in Washington. 700 delegates will study prevention and cure, stressing nutrition, air, exercise, and outdoor sleeping as key defenses.
The text warns salaried workers and clerks face extortionate lenders who seize salaries via broad powers of attorney and chattel liens. It notes dangers when security excludes tangible goods and describes fraud risks from loan sharks exploiting wage pledges, harming employment and dependents, especially where usury laws are weak.
Newport July 14 Special to The New York Times unofficial sources say the Navy Department has perfected plans for a fleet including battleships armored cruisers scout ships torpedo boats and submarines to operate on the Atlantic Coast the general board may convene soon at the Naval War College with Admiral George Dewey as president possibly on July 22 when President Roosevelt attends the college for final talks on battleship and cruiser programs.
The battleships Maine and Alabama sailed to Manila as a naval squadron. A board of officers studied Guam conditions and future government options during the stay, with public hearings fueling strong demand for citizenship, revised laws, and schools while favoring continued naval rule. large crowds and processions marked the events as sailors were warmly received ashore.
Acting on Col lector of the Port Fowler recommendation the Treasury Department authorizes salary increases for over 100 laborers from 720 to 810 a year and for 116 assistant weighers at 4 a day for every day in the year. Sundays and holidays previously unpaid. The raise also covers several Deputy Collectors and Deputy Surveyors.
A letter to the New York Times argues for A. S. P. C. A. membership to influence police action against horse abuse. It urges limits on whipping and spurs, better driver education, carriage axle care, and regulated asphalt wetting, noting overloading as a crime and calling for an education department for police. The writer cites Commissioner Bingham and references The Times and the S. P. C. A. debates.
A July 12 1908 letter from New York argues that if the Democratic Party wins all states it would jeopardize the nation, warning of consequences for the country under Democratic control.
A verse by Mazie V. Caruthers mocks those who moved St Swithin’s bones and ponders a Summer maid’s trousseau amid talk of rain on St Swithin’s Day. The poet laments missteps and forecasts grim forecasts for rain.
The State Department briefed Central American envoys on neutrality enforcement after talks with Acting Secretary Bacon. Mexico and the United States will post along the Rio Grande to prevent raids, with shared patrol duties and army adjustments planned. Ministers Calvo and Corea of Costa Rica and Nicaragua attended, honoring Ambassador Creel for the Cartago Peace Court.
Washington reports the Administration believes Japan aims to comply with the no passport rule for laborers. Yet agents found exempt class arrivals who later took laborer jobs prompting a State Department definition and a note on deporting pseudo merchants students and others. All immigrants will be surveilled to track post arrival status.
Paris marked the national fete with a grand review at Longchamps attended by President Fallières and Prime Minister Clemenceau. US officers Capt. Guignard and Lt. Commander Chapin rode with the entourage as 100000 troops appeared. wreaths were laid at monuments, and festive concerts and illuminations filled the city.
Fez reports indicate Mulai Hafid the usurping Sultan plans to leave the city. Abd-el-Aziz of record is expected to regain the throne as residents express discontent. Surrounding tribes blame Hafid for Cen Badani's arrest, and many deserters head toward Rabat daily.
In Lisbon on July 14 a House of Peers session over royal finances ended in a sword duel. Republican leader Alfonso Cost accused compromised ministers of bias and named Count Penda-Garcia, who challenged him. The Count was wounded in the arm. no reconciliation followed. Also in St Petersburg ambassador John W. Riddle worsens with pneumonia and plans to travel July 16 to Kislovodsk for a medicinal spa stay as authorities provide a special car.
In St. Petersburg on July 14 a new passenger tariff raises Russian railway fares. First class up 30 percent, second class 20 percent, and third class 10 percent. A new fourth class is created, modeled after German fourth class.
Crowds watched Count Zeppelin’s airship attempt a 24 hour endurance flight from Friedrichshafen to Constance and back. A midair steering-gear fault forced an early return and a new start was scheduled for tomorrow evening with royal observers present.
In Hamburg on July 14 the Hame bors balloon of the Hamburg Aeronautical Society wrecked during a landing at Lubeck. The balloon car struck the cable house, severely injuring Baron Ponl and a passenger, who were taken to a hospital. The other two occupants escaped injury.
In Berlin July 144 F Theodore Rogers of the Education Bureau of the Philippine Islands travels to Hamburg Amsterdam Antwerp and Paris to discuss Manila trade. He arranged with Herr Andersen of the Fast Asiatic Steamship Line for Manila calls twice monthly. Others in Berlin include Edward M Bassett examining rapid transit, Roland R Dennis studying agricultural machinery, and Col Tiarris Wein stock evaluating California labor arbitration issues.
Berlin July 14 The trial of Prince Philip zu Eulenburg on perjury charges was postponed due to his mental and physical weakness. He was carried to a lecture room at Charity Hospital and could not stay long, forcing a second adjournment until tomorrow. Doctors said he is too ill to follow proceedings.
Robert Sievier editor of The Winning Post is committed for trial at the Old Bailey. Bail set at 1544 to his sureties and 70 to the prisoner. Sievier was arrested at Sandown track June 7 on charges of attempting to blackmail Jack Joel nephew of the late Barney Barnato.
TokIo reports that M Malevsky-Malavitch, the new Russian Ambassador to Japan, will be received in audience by the Emperor tomorrow morning.
In St Nicholas Cathedral a painting identified as Rubens Descent from the Cross has been discovered. The report notes July 14 entries from Seoul and Warsaw, and the Peasants' Bank in St Petersburg issues new loan rules favoring individual borrowers to hasten commune disruption.
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