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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1908
Page
6
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Publica tion announces daily and Sunday editions mailed nationwide. Rates shown: daily edition 50 cents per month, daily and Sunday 0c? per month. Orders accepted via newsdealers or direct to the Publication Office at telephone 1000 Bryant.
An advisory committee for Taft may include experienced Republicans to guide the campaign and the National Committee. The piece notes the value of wisdom over sheer fiery youth, warns that even small blunders can be costly, and contrasts Taft with Bryan while stressing the need for clear, broad-based persuasion.
The piece reports on a nascent National Negro American Political League led by Rev. Dr. John Milton Waldron and William Monroe Trotter editor of The Guardian. It notes claims of substantial black votes for Bryan, a Brownsville controversy, and Southern papers pressing for clear positions from Bryan while denying overt race pledges.
The piece discusses Samuel Gompers and contempt rulings tied to a Denver anti boycott case. It argues contempt is court rather than personal and critiques Gompers for seeking exemptions from laws. It contrasts with Dress’s actions and notes political implications for labor and Southern electoral strategy.
The piece argues that announcements of a thousand foot tower and the world’s largest residence mark a push to build. It says structural issues are secondary to finances and notes average rents rising from 625 to 750 between 1907 and 1908, pinching cheaper properties if fixed charges overwhelm them.
The American Lumberman reports that building costs have dropped 15 to 80 percent below recent years due to lower material and labor costs. It notes that while earlier structures used durable iron and cement, the present low costs may not last and that investors should act to secure permanent advantages now before prices rise again.
The piece discusses banker William F. Walker, an absconder with a $541,882 shortage at New Britain Savings Bank, extradited from Mexico and awaiting Connecticut justice. It parallels Charles H. Rogers’s murder and robbery case, noting the thief’s bleak earnings and the moral punchline that Walker should have chosen honesty.
The Charleston News and Courier argues Bryan must state a clear anti‑recognition stance toward the negro as a political factor or risk Southern Democrat indifference and loss of votes in Tennessee Georgia and North Carolina. It warns that negro support could hurt his chances and notes associations with the Negro Political League and figures like Waldron Trotter Hitchcock.
Dispatches from St Petersburg claim the Shah’s plan to crush dissent in Tabriz has faltered as insurgents seize artillery rifles and ammunition abandoned by Raoul Khan. Shah supporters shelter in the Russian Consulate guarded by Cossacks with possible Russian intervention feared.
The Times critiques Fry's Post Office smoke claim and discusses tobacco carbon monoxide risks with Lancet data. It highlights Japan’s business ethics shift, noting professors and new treaties protecting American designs and exhibitors ahead of the 1912 Tokio Exposition.
J H Twamley complains in a NYT letter that city park band programs offer cheap trashy music dominated by waltzes and popular tunes. He urges the city to provide three or four quality selections at each event to reward attendees.
The Brussele Petit Bleu laments fading Brussels as old buildings with artistic pasts disappear. Cosmopolitan development pushes demolition officials to raze once beloved houses spoken about in intimate whispers to the city’s devoted inhabitants.
The South Wales Daily News notes a church in Pyle Wales lists twelve members with an average age of 21 years. The youngest is Ji and the oldest 93, prompting questions if this is a record.
President Fallieres of France arrives in Copenhagen at 3 pm aboard the Verité battleship, escorted by a squadron. He is met by King Frederick, the royal family, and Danish dignitaries and proceeds to Amalienborg Palace with the Danish monarch.
Granville Munson argues in a Washington letter that the Constitution does not establish a formal Cabinet and that the President may invite the Vice President or any citizen to join, noting Cabinet meetings are historically discretionary and not legally required. He cites Jefferson and Story to support the view.
James Creelman defends Col. Higginson against an attack on his influence in colleges and universities. He cites Higginson's support of John Brown’s raids and Harper's Ferry bloodshed, while praising his motives in promoting Socialism and his longstanding public profile.
The London Globe quotes London Ideas saying Mr Roosevelt has no further use for the American Presidency after abolishing trusts, feeling there is nothing more for him to do. The remark frames Roosevelt as finished with public office and politics.
A playful verse exposes poets Foley, Arthur Gutterman, Stephen Chalmers and others as they drift to distant places for summer hair styling, sending their grown locks to The Times under playful nicknames. Walter Beverley Crane proclaims his own hairlessness and work ethic.
Miss Ethel J. Wheeler daughter of Everett P Wheeler of 735 Park Avenue bids farewell to friends and sails for Central China to work among high caste Chinese women. She will fund the five year mission from her private income and cover all expenses while in China learning the language and pursuing religious and educational duties.
The British battleship Indomitable with the Prince of Wales aboard enters the Gulf of St. Lawrence near Quebec. Vice President Fairbanks is due at Levis by 7:50 a.m. Wednesday, while the New Hampshire joins the ten-ship harbor fleet. The city celebrates with illuminations and pageant preparations as Allied officers exchange calls and honor guards escort dignitaries.
The first international dance congress opened in Berlin with delegates from seventeen countries attending. The gathering aims to preserve the dreamy waltz from disuse, as representatives pledge to present evidence that composers threaten the dance by writing melodies not suited to its historic rhythm.
The King and Queen welcomed more than two hundred bishops from the Pan-Anglican Congress at Buckingham Palace. The Archbishop of Canterbury read an address to the King, who replied graciously. The King shook hands with the Bishop of Missouri and other American prelates present.
The Brooklyn Arion Choral Society received a warm welcome from Munich officials and singing societies. Mayor von Borscht greeted the delegation at City Hall, and Dr. Fuehrer gave a response. A banquet followed with a royal goblet toast, the Arions entered in the Golden Book, and their Exposition Hall concert drew enthusiastic applause. A laurel wreath was presented and a Kommers held after the show.
The House of Lords approved the bill's second reading, assuring passage into law. Lord Rosebery and Lord Cromer attacked its socialistic tendencies, with Rosebery citing U.S. pension models and Cromer warning it could provoke protectionism and strain relations ahead of possible European conflict.
The United States training ship Itasca formerly the Bancroft arrived at Antwerp with four cadets aboard. Fort salutes welcomed the vessel and she will take part in Belgiums Independence Day celebrations tomorrow.
Reports from Teheran say the Shah moves to concentrate troops after revolutionary successes in Tabriz. About 1,000 Bakhtiari horsemen approach the capital and the palace area is fortified with mounted guns. Reactionaries seek signatures to abrogate the Constitution and to present a memorial to Britain and Russia.
Price Christian Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen, holder of a major stake in Deutsche Levante Steamship Co, plots a large rival shipping network. Prince Egon Fuerstenburg agrees to become a heavy shareholder, aiming to compete with Lloyds and Hamburg-American for American and other trade. The Levante stock meeting saw Ballin lose reelection amid loan troubles, with Hohenlohe advancing funds at favorable rates as the enterprise forms.
In Paris on July 20 two music hall managers and seven women arrested amid Lerengers crusade against nude Paris stage shows defended their acts as artistic and not indecent. The Public Prosecutor urged the severest application of the law.
Manila July 2 Lieut Guy Burr died from wounds received July 0 during an attack on outlaws at Cota on Mindanao Island. Lieut Burr and Whitney commanded a detachment of constabulary that stormed Cota, held by the outlaw Uyan. Fourteen outlaws were slain and two were captured.
Lonion July 20 Sir Edward Strachey MP for South Division of Somerset and representative of the Board of Agriculture in the House of Commons stated that the Government has no present plan to remove the prohibition on importing Canadian cattle, dashing advocates' hopes.
Count Hermann von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg of the German Embassy in Washington will move to Constantinople as Counselor of Embassy. He will be replaced in Washington by Count Georg von Wedel, currently Second Secretary at the German Embassy in Rome.
Vienna dispatch reports the Young Turkey faction has seized the entire Third Army Corps and part of the Second Army Corps. The Revolutionary Committee at Monastir has taken charge, leaving authorities powerless as much of the population joins the movement.
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