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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
6
Publication details for the New York Times dated Thursday June 18 1908, including address, postage, and pricing information for subscriptions in Greater New York Jersey City Newark and elsewhere.
The notice lists offices in New York Philadelphia and Washington with subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. It details prices for daily, weekly, and monthly plans, including international and domestic rates and additional charges for foreign delivery.
Readers of The New York Times may have the Daily and Sunday Editions mailed to them anywhere in the country at 75 cents per month for the Daily and 50 cents per month for the Sunday edition. Orders may be placed through news dealers or the Publication Office by telephone 1000 Bryant.
The Chicago convention scene centers on Roosevelt’s push for renomination while Tart’s candidacy gains admiration yet faces intense administration pressure. Delegates, swayed by White House zeal, debate the anti injunction plank as party elders urge independence over executive commands. Henry Cabot Lodge underscored the President’s stance, promising restraint to curb stampedes.
District Attorney Jerome defends his actions after three extra charges, saying public lunches and social chats aimed to aid the state and induce witnesses. He admits the conduct was indelicate, notes his fatigue, and argues most charges do not merit governor action, asserting his duty to prosecute malefactors to the best of his ability. He cites a moral test from a local proverb about schooling and smelling.
A city spokesman for the Business Managers of the trades unions blasts efforts to use convict made goods in municipal and county projects. He notes State law requires 8 percent prison products, but unions push to reduce or erase the prison label to block procurement.
The text argues that convict labor lowers public work costs and aids prisoner rehabilitation yet faces union opposition. It discusses state and federal regulatory powers over inter state railways, due process, and constitutional liberty, noting congressional limits and a critique of Roosevelt era policies.
The piece discusses the Chicago platform advocating federal restraint on stock and bond issues by interstate carriers, arguing states retain power over corporate creation and the law. It cites Supreme Court views, especially Harland and Brown, affirming state police powers in regulating instruments of interstate commerce.
In a Chicago hearing on the anti injunction plank Mr FuturR of labor groups argued liberty exceeds property. He implied only trades unionists deserve liberty and may break the law. A Pennsylvania mine blast occurred as speakers questioned whether foreign miners or workers face equal liberty and if unions issue harsher injunctions than courts.
The article debates whether the late Blind Tom who died in Hoboken was the genuine performer or a copy. It discusses his era in show business, his exceptional musical gift, and the common practice of producing multiple imitators. It notes public fascination and the difficulty of definitive identification.
A Hampton gathering features a colored witness rebuked by the Judge for repeating the phrase and likewise. The witness explains there is a difference and cites his father as a great attorney, noting he is an attorney but not likewise. The remark reflects public attitudes toward Mr. Roose.
Fragmentary note discusses ELT and a probable successor with charged labels as 'radical' and 'not likewise' hinting at factional divides. No clear names, places, or dates are readable.
The Tribune reports the President showed acute interest Tuesday in the Chicago Convention opening, reading all press news and private dispatches on his desk. The piece notes Roosevelt may be the only American who could anticipate the Chicago dispatches.
A Weather Bureau forecast explains how upper air data from kites and high balloons enable long range predictions up to a month or season, noting recent successes such as a four day prior prediction of Monday’s storm and urging broader public understanding of meteorology.
A summary of Scotland's 1907 vital stats by Maxwell Bulaks shows a falling birth rate tied to four decades of decline, a total population of 4,776,063 with male dominance, rising marriages at 33,260, and urban migration. Death rate stood at 16.18 per thousand, births 128,789 amid rural losses.
The passage notes Scotland remains behind France but shows similar trend in social or economic conditions, contrasted with 1906 figures. It highlights curiosity and unease at Scotland moving toward France's position despite differing circumstances.
Justice Gerard denied a mandamus to compel Tenement House Commissioner Butler to approve alterations at 523 East Fifteenth Street. The plan would shrink floor space in two bedrooms across sixteen flats. The judge ruled the 1993 tenement law covers both old and new buildings and warned against permissive interpretations.
Twenty four year old single foreign college and American business school graduate offers skills as bookkeeper cashier correspondent (foreign), general office assistant with export import and commission experience in U S and abroad. Quick figures, strong longhand, stenography and typewriting. Available for minor roles with reduced salary. can provide references and bond if needed. New York June 16 1908.
A Buck Run Pennsylvania reader accuses Theodore Roosevelt of self praise in his Chicago Convention platform. He blasts ill timed attacks on business and urges Democrats to nominate a safe man, arguing Republicans should have won with an honest candidate.
A New York reader agrees with An Independent and denounces Roosevelt methods to push Taft. The writer declares they cannot vote for Taft but will support any Democrat named at Denver, noting Bryan is not a Democrat and urging party trimming. The letter is dated June 11, 1998.
The letter argues insanity should be a valid ground for absolute divorce, asserting humanity and morality support freeing a spouse married to an insane person, and references a donation from Mr. Phipps to Johns Hopkins University to prompt reader interest.
Letters question whether selected Trustees have built model tenements funded by Henry Phipps. They ask for locations of any erected buildings and why, given high layoffs. The exchange includes a critic’s note on Socialist wealth and equality vs. public ownership.
A reader from New York voices concern over missing time stamps on letters. The writer notes letters pass through multiple offices and delays hinder tracing accountability without time stamps. The letter aligns with L. V. R.s protest and emphasizes administrative care.
J A Bisby cites disruptive noise from thoughtless youths for weeks before the Fourth of July. He questions why such practice is allowed and writes from New York on June 15 1908 to the Editor of The New York Times.
A rustic poem by Arthur Guiterman extols a bungalow dream set beside streams and woods. It paints cedars and maples as building blocks and imagines a tranquil home inviting nature and love. The verses evoke a carefree, nature tied retreat with poetic imagery.
Carl Berger, manager of the Hotel Gotham, discovers a hidden cold water tap connected to the building mains after inspecting basement connections. His discovery explains guests’ lack of cold water and suggests the need for a full plumbing overhaul costing about 15000 dollars, matching Berger’s reported salary.
The Public Service Commission will sell a Centre and Walker Streets building acquired for rapid transit. Proceeds may settle how millions in property and bond funds are used, with the Sinking Fund possibly receiving the money for retirement of rapid transit bonds.
Judge Lacombe in the United States Circuit Court yesterday adjourned to June 2 the hearing on the receivers request to cancel leases of the Central Park North and East River lines and the Twenty eighth and Twenty-ninth Street cross town line.
The International Association of Accident Underwriters will honor three heroism awards at its Atlantic City convention July 7 9. The George E B McNew Medal recognizes deeds saving human life with nominees chosen by a committee including A E Forrest B J Masters and Ed son Lott before final Executive Committee approval.
Special Grand Jury returns secret indictments against financiers including George Metzger president of the Broadway Bank. Prosecuting Attorney Wachenheimer issues warrants for arrest. names withheld until arrest. Sheriff guards suspects as arrests expected by tomorrow night.
Bishop Charles Henry Brent, formerly of the Philippine Islands, was elected again to be Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Washington to succeed the late Henry Y. Satterlee. Brent, who had declined the first election, was reaffirmed by the Diocesan Convention today in hopes he would reconsider.
The Peary Arctic Club elected Gen. Thomas H. Hubbard as president succeeding the late Morris K. Jesup, who led the club since 1899 until his January death. Zenas Crane became vice president, succeeding Commander Peary who resigns to depart for the North.
Six girls and two boys graduated from the Institution for the Improved Instruction of Deaf Mutes on Lexington Avenue and Sixty-eighth Street. All but one wore clothes they made themselves. James Morrissey wore store clothes after weeks of special work. The ceremony featured prize essays on The Empire State by Annié Klein and Libbie Silberman and lip reading confirmation as diplomas were awarded.
The sixty third annual commencement of St John’s College Fordham University honored fourteen graduates. Twelve received Bachelor of Arts and two earned Bachelor of Science degrees. Archbishop Farley presided with Bishop Hendrick and Father Quinn assisting.
Northampton Mississippi June 17 The resignation of L Clark Seelye president of Smith College since its founding in 1575 was announced by trustees because he has reached age 70 and wishes to retire A committee will confer with him and request him to remain in office
The Board of Superintendents recommends establishing a genuine evening trade school at Stuyvesant High School at the start of the next session. It would be the borough’s first trade school, joining precedents in Brooklyn and Long Island City. Supt Maxwell contrasts it with the existing manual training program, saying the trade school trains expert skills to shorten the path to journeyman status. The plan calls for sixteen to eighteen sections and a corps of teachers.
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