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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1908
Page
8
The text lists pricing and mailing details for the New York Times and related publications. It notes daily and Sunday rates, foreign and Canada pricing, and options for pictorial and special sections, with affiliations to the Times Square offices. It reads like an old newspaper rate card from 1998.
The Board of Estimate hears a volunteer opinion on financing new subways by year to year contracts to avoid debt limit restrictions. Supporters seek city termination rights and options on next sections, while critics warn of unsafe procedures and higher overall costs.
In a letter to Charities Dr Beverley Rowlinson argues for just treatment of prisoners. He calls for adequate food light air warmth and education during imprisonment. He urges a real consulting board of physicians and surgeons for each prison to oversee sanitary and moral reform under the State Prison Commission.
The text questions whether ethical relations should be entrusted to a board of medical men and notes the medical profession generally upholds high ethics. It suggests a link between moral and physical defects and proposes physicians be responsible for the physical treatment of prisoners, with counsel handling moral care.
Londoners discuss a costly world tribute to Shakespeare to be placed in Regent's Park Crescent. A committee of nobles and artists weighs a statuary memorial with potential colonnade, steps, and figures of Hamlet, Falstaff, Cordelia, and Lady Macbeth, hoping for genius sculptors from America to guide the project.
The piece argues New York schools should adopt a smaller Board of Education, noting Chicago has fifteen, St. Louis twelve, Cleveland seven, and Boston five. It asserts concentrated authority yields clearer responsibility and more efficient policy direction, tracing Brooklyn’s early village-like committees as a counterpoint.
Experts discuss a initiative to reduce the school board to fifteen members with at least one from each borough. The Mayor appoints the rest, terms run five years with staggered exits, and the bill would take effect June 15 with office from July. Backers call it aligned with Charter Revision recommendations.
The article weighs Lord Rosebery’s anti Socialist speech on the Lords eve of the Unemployed Workmen’s bill debate. It notes sympathy for Liberal tariff reformers and fears of broader Socialist influence, mentioning Campbell-Bannerman, Burns, and peers Cromer and Lansdowne as key figures.
Quebec prepares a July festival to mark Champlain's landing and the trading post. Atlantic Fleet warships and the Prince of Wales will attend alongside French and American ships. A two million dollar cost will be shared by Dominion and city governments with imperial contributions sought from Britain and others.
A Turn Time reader defends parterre box occupants against the charge of talking during performances. The letter notes box patrons listen quietly, contrasts interest in Italian operas with Wagner heavy works, and suggests German fare has waned this season.
Critics note opera here is overdone but German performances remain part of the season. The German company will grow stronger next year, while critics defend audience chatter as an old accusation, suggesting box-holders could converse during long Ring scenes.
The piece questions a $20 000 bequest to elevate French morals after judging France by popular novels. It argues you cannot mail morals, that books alone aren’t the answer, and notes France’s virtue varies with Paris and broader society.
Readers protest E L Mathewson's derisive labels for the Italian Zust car and crew in the New York to Paris race dispatches. Letters condemn offense to Italians and call for sportsmanlike language and fair treatment of competitors.
In a letter, John P. Bradley criticizes newspapers for promoting superstition by highlighting Friday the thirteenth in editorials and news items, arguing it fosters belief in a superstition and shows reader appeasement. He questions the practice as harmful and urges decorum in reporting.
Wallace Buttrick of the General Education Board denies a Apperton Wisconsin interview claiming the Rockefeller Foundation plans to organize universities or force consolidation. He reiterates cooperation with the Carnegie Foundation but rejects any conspiracy against smaller colleges.
Briggley laments locked school doors and unsafe exits. He urges installing double swinging doors like saloons to allow easy egress for children and calls on authorities and women’s groups to push for immediate action to prevent a possible disaster.
A letter to the editor confirms a rapid dismissal drill was conducted twice in one day at an uptown Catholic parochial school. The writer defends previous claims about the absence of drills and notes the school will receive proper attention in future drills.
A reader asks if a federal or territorial law prohibits lotteries and whether Puerto Rico may establish one. The letter cites a recent Porto Rico House action authorizing lottery operation under the Island Treasurer and questions constitutionality, mailing restrictions, and any special territorial rights.
The London Observer recounts Mrs. James B. Eustis wearing a live boa constrictor while entertaining New York guests. It recalls Frank Buckland praising a boa worn by a female acquaintance for color contrast and notes the snake slept in Dr. Mann’s bed and occasionally licked his face, illustrating fashionable daring in society.
A poem narrates a woman’sApril move dream disrupted by delusions of apartments with countless doorways and no entry. Her charting leads to a Bellevue ward as the Flatlet Microbe is warned as a spring danger.
Washington March 14 Representative Burton of Ohio filed a minority Banking and Currency Committee report opposing the Fowler Currency bill. He says the measure is revolutionary and impractical, warning compulsory guarantees of deposits would unfairly punish prudent bankers and reward dishonest management.
Special to The New York Times Senator W. Sims of Tennessee, a senior minority member of the District of Columbia committee, will introduce a resolution next week to probe titles to lands along the Anacostia River once public property. The review starts at Sidney Bieber’s claim and ends at the navy yard, then covers the Pennsylvania Railroad holdings. If warranted, he will seek new legislation to curb abuses and prevent recurrence.
Five railroad union reps including J J Hanrahan W S Stone A B Garretson P H Morrison and H B Perham met Southern Railway officials over proposed wage reductions. They warned Speaker Cannon that further cuts would be resisted and urged support only for generally corrective measures not affecting pay scales.
Archbishop Farley outlines new diocese rules effective Easter Sunday. Marriages must be before a priest with two witnesses. engagements must be in writing with sponsalia contracts signed by both parties or marks if illiterate. Priests from other dioceses need proper delegation. one witness invalidates a ceremony. Sensible safeguards on divorce echoed.
The Democratic Steering Committee in Washington on March 14 discussed minority inattention in committee and on the floor. They urged members to study all bills to lead fights if the party opposes measures, with Senator Culberson expected to push closer attention to business.
Washington report states that Mr. Hughes of New Jersey urged in the House a bill to amend the Sherman anti trust act to exclude labor agreements aimed at shortening hours or raising wages. He argued the law has been a total failure and noted many trusts now profit from the public. Mr Hamlin of Missouri blamed the Republican Party for the recent financial crisis.
Washington dispatch reports B D Townsend special agent of the Department of Justice asked the House Public Lands Committee to report favorably the Fulton resolution to allow ouster proceedings against Harriman acquisitions of public lands in Oregon. Townsend cited sales of lands in plots over 160 acres at more than 2.50 an acre as violations of the land grant and said the remainder of the grant of nearly 3,000,000 acres may be held indefinitely for speculative purposes.
Lieut. Col. Clarence Deems of the Coast Artillery was relieved of command at Fort Howard near Baltimore and ordered to report to Fort Hancock New Jersey for duty. The retiring board found him fit for duty but the president and Secretary of War disapproved the finding.
Albany March 14 Commissioner A S Draper of the State Education Department announced the resignation of Edwin A Anderson as Director of the State Library to accept the post of Assistant Librarian at the New York Public Library.
At the National Congress of Mothers meeting in the White House, President Roosevelt presided while Commissioner Brown endorsed using public school buildings for meetings. He said the plan would extend school influence in communities and increase parental involvement in social life, receiving the President and council’s hearty approval.
Washington reports Capt Edward J Dorn, Guam’s naval governor, issued an executive order aimed at forcing island residents to act within the law. The edict specifies penalties including fines up to 259 dollars or one year in prison for beggars, loafers, loiterers at saloons and gambling venues, thieves, and dissolute persons occupying others property without consent.
Thetus Sims of Tennessee has received nearly 300 life threatening letters since introducing a district prohibition bill. He suspects a single source despite varied handwritings and cites a typical note promising doom and destruction, signed with Black Hand.
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