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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1908
Page
4
The Browning King and Company touts quality with thorough tailoring and tested fabrics as superior. Price revisions, labeled bargains, appear where lots are badly broken.
Count Zeppelin’s airship tests extend to six hours and three quarters with an average 34? miles per hour, carrying fourteen passengers and showing reliable wireless apparatus. The craft, built on a rigid frame, aims for a 400 mile voyage and is led by Count Zeppelin at Friedrichshafen.
The Swiss Aero Club reports its balloon Cognac crossed the Alps, a feat long attempted but never before accomplished. The crossing occurred near Brig on June 29, marking a historic achievement for the Swiss aviation group.
Paris June 29 M Bleriot succeeded in flying 600 meters with his monoplane machine He wins the Aero Club medal for the achievement in the demonstration flight reflecting early aviation advances of the era.
Leon Delagrange the famed French aeronaut will visit America around August 20 and exhibit flights for three days near New York. A. C. Triaca arranging the visit expects final plans after mailed details arrive and mentions possible contests with G. H. Curtiss of Hammondsport and a meeting with the Wright brothers. Government tests at Fort Myer may coincide with Delagrange’s demonstrations if aircraft are ready by mid August.
Glenn H. Curtiss will make the first publicly tested flight for the Scientific American Cup next Saturday at Hammondsport New York in the June Bug after its 1140 yard flight last Thursday. The prize, for successful navigation of air by a heavier-than-air machine, was prompted by Bell and the Aeronautic Experiment Society forming the challenge with Aero Club members preparing to travel to Hammondsport.
Berlin June 29 Prince zu Eulenburg faced trial on charges of perjury and inciting perjury linked to round table revelations. The affair has drawn crowds, with witnesses including Count Kuno von Moltke and lawyer Bernstein. The court cleared the room for public morals concerns and may run for weeks due to numerous witnesses.
President Roosevelt orders Gen. Myer to deploy Federal troops along the Texas Mexico line to aid marshals in enforcing neutrality laws against Mexican bandits. Ambassadors Creel and Mexican officials indicate arrests of violators and extradition for common crimes amid reports of revolts near Las Vacas and Torreon. Troops move to Del Rio El Paso Juarez Torreon as authorities pursue bands and safeguard towns.
In Trapani Sicily crowds fill streets cheering Nunzio Nazi former Minister of Public Instruction after his release from a prison term for embezzlement. The mayor cites a telegram from Nazi outlining plans to vindicate his honor. Towns across Sicily consider joint action in Nazi's interests.
In Rome on June 29 Rava Minister of Public Instruction was defeated by 44 votes over losses to Italian policy holders tied to the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Insurance Company of New York. It is expected his resignation will be handed in.
A Teheran dispatch reports twelve members of the National Council condemned by court martial have been hanged. The executions were announced from Teheran as the latest development in the political crackdown.
London June 29 Robert Sievier editor of The Winning Post a noted sportsman was arraigned at Bow Street Police Court and remanded in custody after being charged with threatening to publish a defamatory article unless Jack Joel a nephew of Barney Barnato paid 25000. The defense noted Joel’s prior warrant for illicit diamond buying and the crowded court heard the prosecution outline.
Grand Duke Frederick of Baden accepts plans to restore Heidelberg Castle, a vast fortress perched 300 feet above Heidelberg. Once capital of the Palatinate, the castle's history dates to Count Palatine Rudolph I. After 1688 French forces destroyed much of the fortifications and burned the town during evacuation.
The infant son of King Alfonso was christened Jaime in a royal ceremony at the palace chapel. Unlike the 1907 christening of Alfonso, Prince of the Asturias, no foreign missions attended. Alfonso carried by his nurse cried loudly, while his younger brother remained quiet at La Granja.
Paris June 29 Socialists provoked a violent scene in the Chamber of Deputies objecting to the appropriation for President Falli eres visit to Russia. M Vaillant accused the Russian Government of murders and atrocities while another deputy called the Emperor an assassin. The chamber president and Foreign Minister protested the remarks. after a tremendous uproar the funding was finally voted.
Ambassador Thomas J. O'Brien sails from Tokyo aboard the Korea for San Francisco for a three month vacation. He will visit his Michigan home and then Washington where he will meet Mrs. O'Brien and proceed to Europe returning via Siberia. Secretary Peter C. Jay will run the embassy during the absence.
Fighting erupted yesterday in Resht as Cossacks battled crowds while a political club was shut down. Several injured on both sides as authorities moved to quell unrest. The Russian warship Krasnovodsk sat offshore at Fenzele near the Caspian Sea.
London June 29 William Osler RegiusProfessor of Medicine at Oxford University has been chosen as an independent candidate for the Lord Rectorship at Edinburgh University. Churchill and Wyndham for Liberal and Conservative parties are the rival candidates for the post.
Queen Amelia, mother of King Manuel and widow of King Carlos, suffers a mild diphtheria attack in Lisbon and has received a serum injection. The royal yacht Amelia departed for Rio with gifts intended for President Peñar during a planned Brazil visit. Antoine Henri Becquerel elected perpetual secretary of the Academy of Sciences in Paris. In Rome, the Propaganda Congregation delays the Rockford diocese appointment decision until mid July.
In Oneonta on June 29, creditors of Caroline M. Andrews, prominent church worker who vanished on June 56, met to organize a thorough search and pursue involuntary bankruptcy if she cannot be located. List of creditors includes Alicia Wentworth, James Andrews, X F D Aylsworth, Skinner, Dr Ezra McDougal, W H Smith, Eugene Card, and M Swartout. Andrews had led the Ladies' Aid Society and was treasurer of the Woman's Club.
Protective Committees of Bondholders report a plan to pass July 1 interest on 4,866,000 unsold first mortgage bonds. July 1 interest on 1,066,000 Toledo Consolidated Street Railway first mortgage bonds and 4,234,000 Toledo Traction Company first Consolidated mortgage bonds will be paid. The two latter companies are underlying to the parent.
The Erie Railroad Cune offer from J. P. Morgan & Co. ends today to buy prior Men and general lien coupons due July 1. A large majority of bondholders have accepted the offer.
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