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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
6
The notice lists pricing for daily and Sunday editions including per week per month and per year rates. It covers subscriptions for domestic and foreign delivery, with separate prices for Saturday and Saturday issues and mentions various office locations in New York and London. It also notes the newspaper’s imprint and contact information.
The piece surveys the Ohio Republican Convention platform critiquing its declared policies. It criticizes anti boycott rulings, argues for limited injunction power, questions views on social regulation and nullifies alleged socialism, and notes tariff revision proposals as revealing party loyalties and potential clashes with protectionists.
The Aldrich bill seems unable to pass the Senate or House in its present form, while the Fowler bill gains strength in the House. Analysts urge drafting a compromise on core ideas, dropping bond security or deposit guarantees, to secure broad approval and shield the nation from currency system flaws. Public opinion has matured over the last six months, reducing ignorance and error on bank currency issues.
Gustav Lindenthal argues New York needs a comprehensive transit plan beyond bridges and tunnels. The Blackwell’s Island Bridge group criticizes post opening use plans and opposes funding the Forty second Street tunnel, while a Public Service Commission inquiry into the Brooklyn Bridge operation looms. Lindenthal warns against overestimating rail capacity and outlines operational challenges.
The Ohio Republican convention endorses William B. Tarr as the party’s ideal leader for 1908, praising his achievements, legal and governmental experience, and world peace efforts. The piece questions Tarr’s mounting obstacles, noting his outspoken stance and lack of personal campaigning.
Police Commissioner Bingham told 400 officers and guests that two crime sites near the city hall could sell any crime for money and urged secret service funds. He linked alien anarchists and Chicago plots to New York as the entry point and pressed for immigration cooperation. The board has yet to approve his requested 25 000 secret service funding.
Agreement between King Leopold II and the Belgian Ministry signals Congo’s shift from private to state control under international conventions. It promises to end long standing native maltreatment and place the territory under responsible government oversight, as noted amid debate in the House of Lords.
The American Medicine journal defends Dr. Saleeby and support for trypsin in cancer treatment. It credits lay press coverage for raising public awareness and urges balanced, honest investigation over hype or suppression by scientific journals.
Police patrols chase burglars through Central Park and detain a suspect wielding a silver candelabrum. Detective Goss also captures two highwaymen shortly after a street robbery, signaling a possible trend against crime. A geography lesson and car progress debates at the Times Building follow in the page.
The piece mocks Chicago’s wish for a small 250 ton Egyptian tomb. It says such a tomb is unworthy of the city’s ambition for the largest of everything and jokes about stealing the pyramid of Cheops as a fitting conquest.
A Brooklyn minister condemns Lorana W. Sheldon’s Texas Times poem The Choice of Heathen Nations as illogical and unkind. He cites biblical references and argues missionaries civilized South Sea Islanders, urging respect for church missions and defending the gospel’s role.
A Chicago woman living in New York for six years writes to commend M. St Chaffray for his witty dispatches on the Paris race coverage in The Times. She applauds his steady joviality under distressing conditions and wishes the Thomas team success, while defending his remarks about the Chicago girl. The letter closes with three cheers for St Chaffray.
An item from New York dated March 4 1908 notes Berlin has 44000 trees along certain streets under intelligent maintenance. It urges expansion of street planting in New York’s older avenues and boroughs, with the Tree Planting Association offering some trees free of charge to private owners who plant.
In 1903 observers argue the legal rate of interest should be five percent across Eastern States as high rates tighten mortgage costs. The piece cites New Jersey firms raising rates from four to six percent, stalling suburban private-dwelling development.
Anarchy and Socialism are portrayed as opposite poles of thought. The author argues anarchists seek to discard civilization while socialists aim to preserve and develop it for universal sharing. The piece contrasts their paths toward democracy and civilization.
Dr Walter Wyman submitted the Report on Milk in Its Relation to Public Health to Secretary Cortelyou. The work cites 500 milk linked epidemics including 817 typhoid, 125 scarlet fever, 51 diphtheria, and 7 cases of pseudodiphtheria, urging pasteurization of milk from tuberculosis tested cattle.
The House Judiciary Committee will vote Friday on a resolution granting women suffrage. While expected to fail, women urged an unfavorable report if needed to bring the issue before the full House for debate.
Mr Hitchcock of Nebraska charged on the House floor that the Paper Trust shaped the Dingley bill to monopolize water power and spruce forests and raise print paper prices. He argued the monopoly status of U S paper and urged free import of print paper to break the price.
Frank B. Lord former New York Sun reporter sues Congressman Lilley of Connecticut in the District of Columbia Supreme Court for damages of 40000. Lord alleges Lilley made statements in connection with charges that undue influence aided the Electric Boat Company.
Washington March 4 Chief Constructor Capps reports the scout cruiser Chester has set a world record for any naval vessel over 1 500 tons displaced and becomes the fastest afloat above that tonnage. She logged 26.52 knots on a four hour speed trial and 22.80 knots on a twenty four hour endurance coal consumption trial, averaging 2 75 knots per ton of coal.
The president nominated Paul Nash of New York to be Consul at Rheims France, announced in Washington on March 4.
President Charles I. Berg said the Camera Club has not reinstated Alfred Stieglitz after his expulsion. He declined to discuss the matter further.
Letters from W. W. Hallock and Rinederys praise The Times for surpassing 1,000,000 weekly copies. They commend policy, management, and high standards over mere circulation, noting long reading histories and continued patronage. Date cited March 1903 and March 1908 in New York.
A poetic note by Arthur Guiterman depicts strong spring winds stirring snow, with woodpeckers fluttering and buds swelling as brooks break free. It frames a brisk, playful early March scene of changing weather and nature awakening.
Washington reports New York representatives pledge to oppose the Aldrich bill and demand full debate. Debates in Senate and House include bankers, stock gambling concerns, and calls for reforms to curb panics and curb futures trading. President conservative on pending measures pending thorough study.
In Baltimore on March 4 the Prosperity Convention, run by the Travelers and Merchants Association, heard Congressman Charles N. Fowler discuss "The Financial Situation" and his pending currency bill. Resolutions denounced the current bond secured currency as isolationist to trade and urged united support for the Fowler bill and opposition to the Aldrich measure.
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