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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1908
Page
1
Auto race update reports a leader nearing Omaha at Ames Iowa with repairs underway for Motobloc in Cedar Rapids and Protos in Chesterton Indiana. Protos and Motobloc teams arrive for service as Chicago De Dion unit also sent for work.
A compact transit note lists arrivals at Ames Iowa with times for Thomas Logan and De Dion from Cedar Rapids, Protos from Chesterton, and Motobloc from Chicago. Forecaster predicts today’s racing weather as fair with slight temperature changes.
Montague Roberts reports from Logan Iowa March 3 about the New York to Paris race car arriving at 6 40 PM after a 107 mile run from Ogden. mud gumbo slows progress yet public enthusiasm grows as Capt Hansen joins in Omaha and crowds honor the American entry.
The Italian Wust car arrived in Ames Iowa after 107 miles from Cedar Rapids. Driver Sirtori and crew plan to press on with day travel to avoid risky night driving as the road hindering high crown causes sliding hazards. They left the De Dion car disabled at Cedar Rapids and aim to recover lost time behind the Thomas car.
Special to The New York Times from Cedar Rapids Iowa dated March 8 describes a visit by a foreign observer who notes Cedar Rapids appears wealthy yet actual millionaires are rare. The piece contrasts local cottages costing 3000 to 5000 dollars with French homes available for ten dollars, implying inflated local impressions.
Mme Mitzel Morok dies from a throat wound at a boarding house near the Lyric Theatre. Antoinette Dfranne, Roumanian singer, says the pistol fired accidentally while handling a pistol left on a griffenier. Police hold Antoinette as detectives probe ownership of the weapon.
The two Long Island City Pennsyl vania Railroad Tunnel B excavations met under the East River at 4 pm linking to Manhattan. Engineers praised the precision with ends joined within a quarter inch off line and three eighths of an inch off level. Superintendent James Sullivan led thirty five sand hogs who celebrated the breakthrough on Manhattan Island. Tunnel C expected to break through later this month with A due in April as work continues on remaining tunnels.
Information from the Pennsylvania Railroad reports a better outlook with the Pittsburg Division ordering fifty idle locomotives fired up at once. The freight business shows a noticeable increase and this action is said to be duplicated across lines in proportion to the business done.
The receiver of the Hardware and Woodenware Company of New York won permission from Judge James L. Martin to pay preferred claims of the employer to its sixteen factories. Expect resumption within a week at the plants. In Hartford three Connecticut firms are tied to the firm’s financial troubles as a receiver governs its affairs and keeps plants operating during the temporary crisis.
Berwick Pennsylvania March 3 The American Car and Foundry Company plant has resumed full operations after a two week shutdown in all departments, restoring employment for 4 000 workers.
The 2:10 PM solid through service from New York to St Augustine operates as the N Y and Florida Special aboard the Atlantic Coast Line. Train runs from the Broadway line at 30th Street corner and advances toward Florida coastal points.
Attorney General denounces an agreement between the Oriental Bank and the Metropolitan Trust Company as a fraud on depositors and a license to loot. He calls for depositors to be paid only through credible institutions and demands receivership reform with strict oversight of fees and insiders.
Neighbors observed Mrs. Margaret Dunn in a front window chair at 108 Berry Street Williamsburg waiting for her missing husband. A larkish prank by two girls revealed she had been dead since Saturday night. Police seek the husband, last seen away from Bedford Avenue years ago.
Washington reports that Venezuela, under the Castro administration, rejects arbitration on all five US grievances. The State Department efforts fail and Congress may be asked to authorize presidential measures for redress. Claims include ex-employee expulsion, iron mine concessions, asphalt and river navigation rights, and railroad construction impacts.
Stuyvesant Fish missed the annual Illinois Central gathering as Harriman proxies held sway but failed to reach the two thirds needed to approve buying two branch railroads. Directors elected were E. H. Harriman John Jacob Astor and Joseph F. Titus for terms to 1911, with A. G. Blackstaff filling an unexpired term. J Ogden Armour to be named to the vacancy once he becomes a stockholder.
Mrs. Gate Govern of 36 East 107th Street pursued two youths after a burglary at her apartment. One fled over a park wall, the other was caught with her silverware and cut glass in his overcoat. Detective Gleason arrested David Cappell, 21, of 67 Eldridge Street, held on $1000 bail.
The May or George B. McClellan and Tammany leader Charles F. Murphy dined at the Hardware Club in a show of unity. Observers say the meeting signals a lasting peace and could position McClellan for national or state roles, possibly to oppose Bryan and bolster a Tammany aligned slate.
Arrived ships Oceanic reported 43 miles east of Sandy Hook at 12 15 AM today after leaving Southampton. Oceanic at her pier around 8 30 AM. Also noted Montevideo arrival from Vera Cruz in news briefings.
The District Attorney reports the Court of Appeals at Albany affirmed the guilty verdict against ex-Coroner Jackson for accepting a bribe related to a doctor’s conviction. Initial trial before Recorder Goff led to conviction with suspended sentence. Jackson has been on bail. Bondsmen will be notified to surrender him for a maximum ten year prison term.
Capt. Charles O. Gumalius of the Fourteenth Regiment Brooklyn learned yesterday of the death in Sweden of his uncle Arvid Gumalius Speaker of the Swedish Parliament. The estate is said to be worth several millions of dollars and Capt. Gumalius expects to inherit about 1,000,009 dollars as his share.
Lehigh Valley line quotes a $55 fare from 355 Broadway, New York, for Pacific Coast travel. Advert says advance option and rail service details.
Harland & Wolff shipyard at Belfast begins new slips to allow construction of 1,000 foot liners for White Star’s Southampton to New York service. The project aims to surpass existing vessels in size, with the Mauretania currently the longest at around 800 feet.
Dispatches from Assouan report that a Chicago museum likely the Field Columbian is negotiating to transfer an ancient tomb weighing 250 tons from near the Pyramid of Sakkara to Chicago. The tomb would be moved in sections to reach the railway, a key challenge in the project.
Enrique Creel Mexican Ambassador to the United States and Banco de Mineral president reports that Chihuahua police have arrested more than twenty suspects in the Sunday night robbery of $290,000. Authorities believe expert American bank robbers carried out the heist.
The Rev R J Campbell of City Temple plans a letter to free churchmen proposing a new sect and active propaganda around his few theology denying the divine origin of Christ, viewing him as a social reformer. He cites hostility from church officials as motivation.
For the first time in three years the south side clock of the Jefferson Market Tower will resume ticking. Residents had relied on its time since 1879, with the clock failing after Smoky Moke damaged it in a related incident. The Building Department repaired the clock recently.
Major George W. Littlefield of Austin closed a sale of his 800000 acre ranch spanning Lamb and Hockley Counties to a Chicago syndicate tied to Swift & Co. The deal includes 20000 cattle and 500 saddle horses with the land for about 3 million dollars.
The Liberal government of New Brunswick was toppled across the province in general elections held today. The opposition swept St John and most constituencies, with J Douglas Hazen widely expected to become the next premier.
John Grant a former prizefighter who survived a suicide attempt years earlier died last night at his home 187 Dean Street Brooklyn. He was found in bed by his sister-in-law Mrs William Grant at 1 15 this morning. Dr Elder of Long Island College Hospital said he had been dead some time. Grant was despondent recently and had attempted suicide twice before fateful incident.
The United States orders immigration and police cooperation to root out alien anarchists and criminals. Officers must verify status, intent, and arrival data to deport violators within three years of entry, amid rising fear of anarchist influence and attacks on officials and clergy.
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