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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1909
Page
6
The notice lists subscription prices and mailing regions for the Daily and Sunday editions, with rates for daily and weekly formats, foreign postage, and special Canadian rates. It also provides distribution addresses in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, and international offices, and notes the price per month and per year.
The city reels from ferry losses as Richmond drains taxes while Long Island services falter. Commissioner Spooner seeks two new boats costing about half a million and a quarter million. Critics say inefficiency and high landings push costs above any possible earnings. If ferries end, neighborhoods risk decline. if kept up, tax funds will be strained.
The Cuban Minister in Washington denies reports of a financial collapse and asserts no imminent U S military action. The War Department has no confirmed plan to deploy troops for quick transfer, and the U S views Cuba as not an enemy with mutual interests and stable health and finances.
At Atlantic City Rev Dr John P Peters urged brewers to support enforceable liquor regulations and proper law revision. He warned violations damage the liquor trade and advocated reform of liquor saloons as a path to reduce public odium on the industry.
A prohibition era reform targets the abolished speak easies and sly liquor sales, seeking to curb the highly profitable illegal liquor trade and replace it with lawful commerce. The move signals strict enforcement against clandestine establishments and bootlegging networks.
The Chamber of Commerce annual report surveys U.S. growth from 1858 to 1908, noting surging bank deposits, mounting public debt, rising wealth and manufacturing value, and rail mileage gains. It compares Canada reciprocity debates with domestic progress, warns of social strain, and urges restraint amid rapid change.
An editorial weighs moral indignation toward theatre with arguments on art and censorship. It notes works like Measure for Measure and La Dame aux Camélias face criticism, while some condemned pieces are merely vulgar. It argues public taste remains the final judge and warns against suppressing plays for immorality.
A writer argues for a universal morality standard in theatre. They condemn selective bans on free love and favor consistent treatment of marital infidelity depictions. The piece notes past suppression of CryDp Firen's Sapho and Strauss's Salome as contradictory.
The Times quotes Dr Hadley urging universities to adopt rivalry driven athletics and elective honor courses to shape intellect. Harvard’s Lowell and Columbia are praised for broadening electives echoing Johns Hopkins speech, with Yale urged to follow Harvard’s example and restore student purpose and competitive impulse.
George T. Powell asserts Oregon style apple culture shows bright prospects for other states like Washington Idaho and Montana. He notes New York farmers face top competition from Eastern businesspeople who moved west for health and invested in apple growing.
Luther Welsh of Kansas City faced a height cut when applying to the Naval Academy but stretched to meet the requirement. He excelled in academics and sports, suggesting brains can outweigh stature in military service and arguing for moderating height standards.
A government Consular report from Beirut claims a new American drug agency opened there under the Turkish regime. It notes softer import rules for cocaine, sulphonal, cannabis indica, and other narcotics, while urging tighter prohibition and moral restraint. The piece condemns exporting opiate materials to semi civilized nations and calls for strict enforcement.
A letter to the editor critiques real estate promoter claims on home ownership. It cites 1900 census figures: Philadelphia 11.1 percent owner-occupied, St. Louis 87 percent not owned, Denver 84 percent not owned, New York 4.9 percent owner-occupied, San Francisco 85 percent not owned. It notes overall 31.8 percent of American families own, 53.5 percent rent, 14.5 percent mortgaged, and shows rising tenant farming trends. author Edward Perkins Clarke signs from Rome, June 1, 1909.
Hereward Carrington argues that human flesh would be the natural protein diet for humans if flesh must be eaten, contending that human and human flesh are closest in constitution. He notes vegetarians’ stance and questions why animal proteid differs, calling for consistency between cannibalism and vegetarianism. June 3, 1908.
A New York letter from June 3, 1909 denounces Judge Gaynor for opposing police methods including photographing suspected perverts degenerates corner loafers and similar figures. The writer supports stronger police measures and criticizes the judge and Commissioner Bingham. Public safety and law and order are urged amid alleged corruption and disorder.
In a 1909 TimES letter Kath Rupert urges persuading the Agricultural Experts' Association president to write on gooseberry cultivation. She laments the lack of respectable gooseberries in the country and suggests proper cultivation could prove profitable.
Special to The New York Times Washington June 3 The Signal Corps may send an officer to Frankfort on the Main Germany this Summer to study the Aeronautical Congress and other nations air navigation efforts Gen James Allen Chief Signal Officer may travel again Wilbur Wright visits Washington to share insights from multiple foreign aviators Congress will hear Wrights flights during the War Department tests and efforts to fund a coast patrol aerial sentinels depend on congressional approval for dirigibles balloon houses and balloons investment remains opposed but may win support
Atlantic City June 3 The National Electric Light Association convention at Young's Pier reports that municipal ownership is being checked. Chairman Samuel Insull cites municipal and state expenditure waste and inefficiency as key reasons slowing any new spending proposals. The convention is slated to adjourn tomorrow.
President Taft resumes three meals daily after diet and exercise showed benefits from golf and riding. Cabinet members recall hurried lunches at noon as Taft previously skipped meals to control weight, following a Gettysburg trip with his brother Charles P. Taft aboard their private car.
In New York on June 1 1909 T H G recounts the gyascutus or gyasticutus a long thought extinct quad ruped. It allegedly has two long right legs and two short left legs and advances only downhill or in one direction. The creature supposedly can be captured by forcing it to turn end for end then chained. Roosevelt is humorously linked to the term amid a comparison to trusts and octopi. Col Roosevelt has not secured a specimen.
In Brooklyn on June 1 1909 Mayor McClellan floated using land value increases from subway construction to finance subways. Many who hoped for subways dread higher taxes or oppose further subway projects as landowners react to the idea.
A poem addresses John Bull urging action against Kaiser Bill. It questions European fear and rallies Britain and the United States to mobilize ships, men, and money, challenging hesitation and wartime nerves. The piece ends with a jarring line referencing German affairs and a shouted question about Hennis.
The Met adds a mixed group of paintings ceramics and sculpture including a Madonna and Child by Lorenzo Monaco and a Bartolommeo Montagna piece. Highlights feature the Barge sculptures group from Cyrus J. Lawrence, nine bronzes, eight drawings, plus the famed Hercules Carrying a Boar. The Bulletin covers Cesnola Collection notes and the new Museum Poster rail map project.
The American section will display about thirty oil paintings and miniatures by American artists born before 1800. Notable names include Primitives Smitert Blackburn Woolaston Earle and later artists Copley West Fulton Allston Malbone Sully Stuart Trumbull Morse Doughty Peale Vanderlyn. Key works include two Joel Barlow portraits by Robert Fulton and a Robert Fulton portrait by Benjamin West. A two part catalogue will be issued, with a combined volume available.
Consul General in Shanghai notes three tea crops and yearly silk, rice, cotton, and fur shipments. Major imports to the United States include tea valued at nearly two million dollars with 88 percent in July–December, silk at about 5.25 million with 86 percent in July–December, and overall Shanghai to U.S. trade totaling 10.55 million in 1908 with quarterly breakdowns.
Justice Guy of the New York Supreme Court granted a mandamus to compel filing of a certificate of incorporation that included a clause denying voting rights to preferred stock. The Attorney General plans an immediate appeal, and the case tests whether section 23's one vote per share extends to preferred stock or is limited by cumulative voting rules in section 24. The National Investing Company case centers on whether the voting clause would concentrate control in a single holder and set a dangerous precedent.
The House failed to reach a quorum over resuming the Porto Rico bill after a journal reading. Rep. Macon of Arkansas pressed for a constitutional majority on votes, pledging to oppose any action that costs the government nothing. A roll call showed 180 members present, not enough to proceed, and the chamber adjourned until Monday.
Washington June 3 The Emperor of Japan awarded John J. Carty chief engineer of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company the Order of the Rising Sun on the joint recommendation of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Communications. Baron Takahira presented the insignia as recognition of distinguished engineering services to Japan. The government has long studied global telephone systems and this act signals the leading position of American telephone engineering.
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