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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1908
Page
6
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The Knickerbocker Trust will resume March 26 and the Oriental Bank liquidation proceeds with Metropolitan Trust against opposition. The piece argues moral and economic recovery hinges on real reform, condemns artificial barriers, praises public spirit yet notes lingering blame on bankers, and urges changes in practice to end the crisis.
An opinion piece weighs the merits of keeping the stock exchange against calls to abolish it as socialist or communist rhetoric. It argues that banning exchanges would harm trade and farming markets, notes futures trading distributes year round pricing, and defends the exchange’s transparency and safety versus curb trading.
The Senate approved a joint resolution authorizing the President to reach the amount to be accepted from specified sources, outlining the financial threshold and oversight framework for the funding.
The piece critiques the China indemnity awards and a House amendment raising a $2 million payment, urging adherence to American commissioners' findings. It highlights Southern educational progress, with Dr Claxton noting large growth in rural high schools and normal schools since the Civil War, contrasting it with the North.
Dr. P. P. Claxton, head of the History of Education Department at the University of Tennessee, outlined the South’s education advance at Columbia University. He stressed the significance of a dedicated Southern education department and contrasted recent progress with earlier neglect, framing a cultural shift in public schooling.
At a chamber meeting the group debates adopting foreign financial features. The piece argues for a credit currency to reduce reserve lockup and cites emigration funds and weekly foreign bank statements showing market-driven variations in supply and demand.
The article analyzes Bishop Potter and Dr. Greer positions on a proposed race track gambling bill. Potter criticizes radical reform and favors the clergy's view while Greer opposes gambling in any form yet worries that banning betting at tracks may drive activity to poolrooms.
New Jersey sportsmen and marketmen urge rapid action to save shore birds on the coast. Bills Nos. 172 and 160 seek to limit daily takings and create a set open season to prevent overharvesting of willet robin snipe greater yellow legs curlew and plover, with support from Roosevelt and Cleveland.
Assembly Bill No. 1040 introduced by Mr Johnston is before the Committee on Affairs of Cities. It proposes an amendment to Section 51 of the charter restricting back stands and barring special rights for hiring vehicles in public streets, likely targeting hotel and club stands and limiting motor cab service. The note questions the need for amendment for public benefit.
The piece asks why the Senate Finance Committee blocks the Philipse Manor Hall bill. It argues annual upkeep under $3,000 is modest given the building’s 1682 origin and educational value comparable to Kingston’s Senate House or Newburg’s Washington Headquarters. It questions whether custodian charity, via the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, fuels approval or doubt among Albany senators.
A New York homemaker argues that men must clear gutters and sewers of snow and dirt to prevent ice dams. She says blocked drains create dangerous, freezing water and urges households and street cleaners to act, noting law should require it.
The American Hebrew responds to a Christian Science letter opposing Jewish critique. It condemns religious belief that endangers public health, argues duty exceeds happiness, and insists Judaism’s 3000 years of struggle forge strong character despite flaws. It warns government action to curb sectarian danger when lives are at risk.
Letter from New York urging Albany to pass laws requiring employers to issue employment certificates with entry and leaving dates and work type, and to mandate eight days notice from servants and eight or more days from employers. It argues such certificates deter poor servants, and cites foreign success, dated March 6, 1908, from SUFFERER.
An Esquiman narrator stands on a snowy peak near the Bering Strait describing isolation and strange events. A mysterious flash strikes the scene causing confusion as a wireless message from New York asks if machines have reached there. The poem closes with attribution to Lurana W. Sheldon.
A Philadelphia sale lists rare broadsides on Quaker disloyalty to the American cause. Items span 1775 testimony of the People Called Quakers, renewed principles in 1776, the Spanktown address dispute, Mason's Lodge confinees, and a 1782 reply to a petition challenging Quaker civil rights.
Telegraphic orders sent to fifteen officers require them to testify before the Senate Naval Affairs Committee on the department’s administration and shipbuilding. Rear Admiral Goodrich heads the list to testify Monday alongside Captains and Commanders, as the inquiry into Reuterdahl charges continues.
Dr Clark W Dunlop a longtime New York physician died at his 112 West Eighty sixth Street home after two insanity trials. His relatives led by Gilbert Ray Hawes announce a challenge to a will believed to exist though details are unknown, prompting a likely court fight over probate and guardianship.
The submarine Viper completed a 150 mile test in Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis at 9.66 knots, beating the standard trial by 0.5 knots but required overhaul after a machinery glitch. Plans for a 63 hour endurance cruise were postponed, as Cuttlefish and Tarantula prepare to depart on Chesapeake tests.
The committee investigating Representative Lilley's charges of corruption in the Naval Committee will hold open hearings. Lilley will be summoned to appear at 10 30 Monday morning to hear witnesses about Electric Boat Company operations. Examinations set to begin Tuesday in the new House Office Building.
A new school for black children in Cristobal, Canal Zone, is now finished with 166 students, making it the zone’s largest. White student enrollment in January reached 468, while Negro enrollment totaled 1,151. The Merchants and Manufacturers' Board of Trade adopted resolutions opposing the Aldrich Currency bill, arguing it would enable banks to remove currency at a net 2 percent cost while lending at higher rates. M. J. McQuinn of C. Co. Shayne & Co. was elected president of the board.
In reference to the opening of the tunnel to New Jersey President Roosevelt claimed it was the longest sub aquous tunnel. He noted a Great Western Railway tunnel beneath the Severn River in England nearly five miles long where express trains pass in five minutes. This contradicts his statement. New York March 6 1903. I In Hay.
Wu Ting Fung, Chinese Minister to the United States, lands in Washington with 27 aides. He meets with the legation at Union Station and praises China's seven year development, noting only insiders can fully grasp the progress. Arrangements will be made to present his credentials, likely to President Roosevelt soon.
Seventeen leprosy cases are reported in the Canal Zone with a new Palo Seco colony established for lepers near Panama. Eight new buildings provide isolation for patients and attendants as the disease is centralized away from the City of Panama.
Washington dispatch reports a clash looming between Senator Platt and the White House over the Public Printer nomination of W. S. Rossiter. Labor leaders say Platt has pledged to block the nomination unless Rossiter has practical printing experience as defined by law. Senator Elkins is also said to oppose confirmation if Rossiter lacks practical qualifications.
President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor summons the Executive Council to meet in Washington the week of March 16. The session will invite International Trades Unions of America officers to discuss and determine unified labor position following recent Supreme Court rulings.
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