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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1908
Page
2
From Omaha they aimed to recover ground after a stay in Cedar Rapids Iowa, seeking to close the gap and improve overall progress in their campaign.
Senator Bailey assails Roosevelt as dangerous while denouncing centralization of power in the currency plan. He supports a substitute bill by Williams and argues against bank controlled emergency currency, prompting praise from Aldrich and a crowded Senate gallery.
Edward Dean of Saginaw and John Milwise an experienced Sebewaing pilot drove 50 miles by car across honeycombed melting ice on Saginaw Bay and up the river to Saginaw. They faced water on both sides, bridged cracks with planks, and dodged crumbling ice for seven hours, calling the trip nerve racking and perilous.
Representative George Lilley of Connecticut defers answering charges against the Electric Boat Company. Chairman Boutell says Lilley must testify as a witness with questions submitted in writing. Lilley seeks counsel aid and protection from detectives while naming witnesses for the committee.
The car heads toward Grand Island after a late start from Omaha with Sirtori driving. He plans to cover 150 miles daily, pursue the leader over the continental divide by Thursday, and reach Nome while aiming to sail for Alaska from Seattle on March 24.
The De Dion car faced a shaft break during a night run on frozen mud. The vehicle endured rough roads and deep potholes while the motor functioned, drawing cheers from villagers as the journey continued despite the setback.
James Henry Masson of New York petitions in Mobile Alabama court listing about $599 600 in debts with no assets. The case links to Mills Brothers & Co stockbroker collapse and a series of civil actions led by Annie M Mills and others. Masson, son of a former bank president, moved from the district and is named in schedules as owing creditors in New York State.
At 11 o'clock farmers gathered on a hilly road in Open Country to greet racers coming through Le Grand Iowa. A De Dion car suffered a broken shaft near Kendallville and was towed to Marshalltown for repair while spare parts shipped from France await clearance in New York. The party, led by Bourcier St Chaffrey, expected to resume Thursday afternoon after repairs, about 200 miles remain.
Democratic State Committee Chairman William J. Conners held talks with Tammany leaders at Delmonico's and announced support for the governor’s anti race track gambling bills. He predicted Democrats would pass the measures and remarked on the national race outlook and Hearst-Hughes dynamics. He also discussed Gov Johnson’s possibilities and the Denver delegation stance.
John Henry Hammond won a key vote 32 to 26 against the Odell faction over a resolution to form a 27 member nominating committee for Congressional and National committees. Hammond supporters celebrated, claiming the opposition sought to pack the meeting with absent Hammond opponents.
The Protos arrive in Clinton at 5 PM after traveling from De Kalb through heavy mud. Lieut Koeppen slows progress to wait twelve hours for better road conditions before resuming toward Marshalltown. He notes the car in fine shape despite the heavy load as the De Dion accident may push him to third for a day or two.
Engineers Hans Knape and Ernst Maass, two German Army officers, came back to Buffalo from Chicago where they left the Protos car after a dispute with Lieut Koeppen. They say the rift arose because Koeppen acted as the expedition conductor though all three financed equally and that only they could operate the car.
Testimony before the Senate Naval Affairs Committee shows the armor belt on battleships was placed too low with greater draughts under war conditions. Secretary Metcalf notes the Board of Construction and Admirals Evans and Brownson back Delaware and North Dakota belt lines. Goodrich recalls prior warnings of defects and notes future ships lack military masts and fighting tops.
In a terse discussion the trio agreed Koep pen should hire a chauffeur and proceed, while the other two go back to Berlin. The two visited Niagara Falls, will stay another day, then return to New York and likely sail for Europe next Saturday.
Charles Godard, driver in the New York to Paris Motobloc race, left De Kalb for Clinton Iowa to seek spare parts after a chain and bearing failure from a stone caused a derailment. He plans to ship the car for repair if needed but vows to continue toward Paris despite yesterday’s accident and setbacks.
H E Frederickson of Omaha who piloted the American car in the New York to Paris race left Cheyenne at 10:30 this morning and passed North Platte 225 miles east at 6 oclock, averaging about thirty miles an hour as he races back to Omaha.
Alfred Brooks Fry outlines tentative plans to enlarge the United States Barge Office at the Battery and boost dock facilities. A $600,000 appropriation is expected, with a $500,000 granite four story building replacing the current shed and a 49 by 20 foot three story marine hospital on the Ship News Office site.
Herman Ridder of the American Newspaper Publishers Association charges S N D North, director of the census, with misleading figures in a letter to Representative Dalzell about newsprint prices. He claims the document was used in Congress and supports a claim that it benefits large paper companies, noting price gaps and consolidations before 1900.
Mrs Abraham Wolke arrived with her two children at 2128 Fulton Street East New York from a Bronx visit. In dim light she woke her husband only to discover he had died by inhaling gas, the apparent suicide.
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