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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1908
Page
1
Carfoglio says the journey to Paris resembles traveling over polished crystal villas. Gers are scared by the car and the route, while the effort continues despite the rough, dreamlike landscape described in fragmented scenes.
A Kailar Manchuria dispatch reports the Italian dust car advancing from Vladivostok in the New York to Paris contest. The Thomas car leads early, with the Protos and Zast追chasing across Siberia. After 137 days and nearly fifteen thousand miles, they aim to reach Paris by August 11, about two weeks ahead of schedule.
Special to The New York Times G H Daniels veteran ex General Passenger Agent of the New York Central Road is gravely ill at his Lake Placid summer home. Doctors say arterial sclerosis and poor digestion prevent nourishment beyond milk and champagne. He is 66 but appears 86, with brain blood flow impaired and no chance of leaving bed. prognosis is death likely soon.
Special reports from Del Rio and El Paso detail border gun runners selling hundreds of firearms and large ammo stocks to Mexican insurgents. Unconfirmed word says bands seized villages in the Nazas River Valley while towns like Viesca and Torreon face revolts and rail disruptions across Coahuila and Durango.
An excursion steamer Wyandotte leaving Williamsburg with a crowded deck was found overloaded by Customs Inspector A H Teale. About 350 passengers were ashore at Hastings after the ship’s return from Nyack due to a broken engine, with fares unpaid. Police were called but declined to act as funds were later supplied to the needy, and the vessel docked back in Williamsburg by 8 PM.
Harry Garrisen also known as Harry Rames was arrested at the Metropolitan Palace on East Fourth Street during engagements celebrations for his engagement to Freda Kettler. Police seek ties to a burglary at Cohen Berlow’s dry goods store on Broad Way Friday night, with recovered jewelry claimed by Cohen and corroborated by store staff and witnesses.
Robert Ohnmeiss assistant treasurer of Marine Trust Company is jailed for embezzling 20500. His father bank president may cover losses. He confessed after bank examiner found the shortage. Funds were taken to cover wall street speculation. Ohnmeiss was bonded for 10000. company vows business as usual.
Lillian L. Gordon daughter of a Brooklyn contractor and George F. Lenahan son of a New York American editor eloped by yacht to Atlantic Highlands New Jersey. They married by Rev. Dr. Stout aboard the Themas with friends present. They expect a quick reconciliation with their families to avoid a formal wedding.
Latest shipping notes report the SS Fratera arrived at Belize on June 22 while the SS Bradford reached Port Antonio on June 23. A wireless report from the SS Minneapolis, inbound, transmitted via Marconi 220 miles east of Sandy Hook yesterday with no time given.
Mrs. Catherine Cullen, sitting on a bench in Washington Square, was robbed by a shabbily dressed foreigner who grabbed her lap purse after a struggle. Guardino Ferdianano helped chase. William Wallinsky, of Mills Hotel, was captured. Police charged him with highway robbery and assault. purse held 68 cents.
The DAY LINE announces full summer service in effect starting June 29th. Andy confirms schedule adjustments and summer routes for riders.
Panama reports a peaceful municipal vote with Gen. Obaldia backed candidates winning large majorities. In Colon US marines protected American government property as ships Idaho and New Hampshire sailed away. Polling ran 8 AM to 4 PM amid occasional protests over alleged illegal voting.
The Rev. Casimir Moore O S F a renowned Brooklyn educator, was killed when a trolley on Flatbush Avenue near Malbone Street toppled him after he reached for his hat. Motorman Michael Kelly and conductor Jeremiah Fraser were charged with homicide, as police logged the scene at Prospect Park Station. Moore, born in Dublin 34 years ago, had long taught at St. Francis College.
Montclair youths rally to defend their common pet Dan a Scotch collie tied to the water works. District dog catcher Steinfeldt aided by an assistant seized the unlicensed dog. The crowd of about twenty five children pelted the catchers with dust and blocked their removal, forcing them to retreat.
At Bristol Street and Newport Avenue in East New York an onslaught with baseball bats erupted after a disputed umpire call. James Burke, 21, of 54 Tompkins Avenue Brooklyn aided the beaten official and was struck unconscious. Burke remains in St. Mary’s Hospital with a brain concussion and a fractured right leg as police restrained fighting between players and spectators.
Edward M. Patterson of 319 Fifth Street Brooklyn struck Bernard Eisen a noted businessman on Riverdale Avenue Yonkers while speeding Two wheels passed over his chest and he was dragged Patterson was attended by Dr Fischman of St Josephs Hospital and paroled until Tuesday
In Belleville New Jersey on June 28 Mrs. Mack, a professional aeronaut, ascended with consent from her husband John Mack. After cutting loose the parachute she plunged toward the Passaic River and was pulled from the water by Jesse Schurman a Nutley bookkeeper who entered the river without hesitation.
Manuel Quezon Filipino Assemblyman and aides finish Duma study, leaving St Petersburg for Berlin and Paris. They will visit Switzerland and Egypt before returning home. War Department initiative aims to broaden Filipino leaders view. Quezon notes Russia policy toward Poland Finland and police severity.
Rome editorial denounces the London Pan Anglican Congress as worldly religion without true hierarchy. It warns that such movements ignore the other world and praises St Peter’s tomb in Rome as a counterpoint to the congress. The piece anticipates Pope Pius XIII’s forthcoming encyclical.
Illinois delegation traveling to Denver by automobile became bogged down in Eastern Nebraska amid heavy storms and a tornado scare. They reached Lincoln after dark with Mr. Bryan present. plans to go to Fairfield by auto were abandoned due to mud. They will depart tomorrow.
An old Rail travel ad offers a four day trip to Niagara Falls from Lehigh Valley R R priced at $9 with a July 3 departure and return. Contact details list 355 1460 B'way, New York. 825 Fulton St., Brooklyn. Ady.
Townsend Wandell, a New York City lawyer of 51 Chambers Street, was accidentally killed at a railway station in Bologna Italy. He lived at 157 East 83rd Street with his brother Francis and sister Josephine. Wandell, 60, had sailed for Europe on June 6 with Josephine and Mrs. Charles P. Stilwell and expected to return to New York about September 1. He was noted as a bachelor active in several clubs and legal circles.
A cab driver chased into the street by a young woman who took his taxi at Sixty-second Street between Broadway and Columbus Avenue. Detectives Crowley and Walsh halted her, Agnes May of 2162 Broadway, after she rammed the cab into the street. She faced Night Court and was fined five dollars for disorderly conduct.
In Waterbury on June 28 John T. Hayes, a tobacco house representative from New York, watched a runaway wagon approach a woman on board as she prepared to jump with a baby. Hayes caught the airborne child after the woman hurled it toward him, set it on the platform, then pursued and subdued the frightened horse.
Pennsylvanias railroad shops resume full time work with a minimum fifty five hour week starting July first. The Altoona shops will be affected as locomotives are prepared and rebuilt. Teddy Bears engines boxed on sidings are being uncovered refitted and returned to service as business resumes.
Augusto Durand, a leader in Peru’s failed uprising, arrived in Valparaiso from Iquique. He accuses the Peruvian government of falsifying elections and warns that Peru is being transformed into a Yankee colony by foreign influence.
The westbound Winnipeg express on the Canadian Pacific Railway with 00 passengers was derailed two miles east of Tottenham at midnight Saturday. Five coaches plunged down a bed embankment, turning over. Two women killed, fifteen injured. several transported to Toronto and Parry Sound Hospital for treatment.
Mobile June 28 Judge Toulmin of the United States District Court sustained the demurrers of Vinegar Bend Lumber Company to an indictment charging violation of federal laws on brass checks used as money. The 37 counts were dismissed, ruling no offense under any statute and that lumber firms using brass checks payable in merchandise may continue the practice.
A mass meeting organized by Republicans and led by Bernadino Machado passed resolutions demanding a vigorous investigation into advances of money to the royal family and alleged misuse of public funds during King Carlos's regime. Police protected the meeting site with no interference.
Fire Department tests a new salt water high pressure hydrant system on West Street coolly proving twenty four rubber hoses deliver up to 18 100 gallons per minute and pressures to 300 psi. Chief Croker and Deputy Commissioner Loughman hailed the results while noting potential help against large urban blazes and skyscraper fires.
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