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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1908
Page
5
Advertised raincoats include Brill Cravenette styles from $10 to $45 with 30 plus worsted and velour models and six auto weather coats. Silk lined box coats and tan topcoats in 30 plus designs feature silk linings, satin sleeves, and serge bodies, priced from $10 to $45.
New York officials deny accusations by Dr. Parkhurst. Mayor McClellan and Police Commissioner Bingham defend their records, cite enforcement of excise laws, and pledge vigilance. McClellan asserts faith in Bingham, while Bingham denies misconduct and notes court outcomes and enforcement efforts. Albany receipts show both replies filed with Gov. Hughes for review.
Major Hof of the Ordnance Department will make up to four monthly visits in April June to E I Du Pont de Nemours Powder Co Wilmington Del to inspect material First Lieut C J Nelson will take over Madison Barracks command from Endicott Major Kennon ordered to join his regiment Major Jamison will make up to three visits to Semet Solvay Syracuse to inspect material First Lieut W D A Anderson relieved and to report Aug 1 to West Point A board of officers meets in New York City to examine Corps of Engineers for promotion with Col Knight Col Marshall and others listed for detail
Ensign R. E. Ingersoll assigned to the Medical School Hospital Washington for treatment. Surgeon E. S. Bogert Jr. attends a course of instruction at Naval Medical School Washington D C. Chief Gunner H. Johnson to Navy Yard Puget Sound Washington. Chief Gunner L. E. Bruce to the Pennsylvania. J. Gately appointed paymaster's clerk on the Mississippi.
Arrived ships include Justin at Mare Island Rocket at Norfolk Arethusa at Panama Relief at San Francisco. Sailed ships include Sylvia from New York to Philadelphia Mayflower from New Orleans to Vicksburg Navajo from San Diego to Magdalena Bay Lebanon from Norfolk to destroy wreck Iroquois to Honolulu. Nebraska assigned to the Atlantic Fleet.
Police Commissioner Bingham urged District Attorney Jerome to begin a Grand Jury investigation into graft in the New York Police Department exposed by a World paper sting. Evidence centers on protectors of gambling houses and a plant operation run in Sixth Avenue with notes of transfers and possible indictments.
Dr. Frederick Pedersen and several women at the National Society of Ohio Women meeting at the Waldorf Astoria urged vivisection. He cited English anti vivisectionist monuments and proposed a Battersea Park monument honoring saved lives from serum use. Mrs. Joseph Wood of the Bronx DAR spoke of a daughter saved by serum. others urged careful study before signing petitions. Mrs. Ruthrauff presided and introduced new president Mildred Manley Cauldwell after elections.
Diana Belais argues in a letter that current vivisection bills fail to punish torturers and do not ban harmful experiments, noting Johnston bill exemptions for antitoxin work and urging the law to punish cruel acts against animals. The letter appears in The Nevada edition dated March 23, 1908.
The Consolidated Copper Company, created by Cumberland Ely Nevada Consolidated and Utah Copper interests, plans to raise capital from 50 million to 60 million and to take over three properties. The company will be renamed Copper Mines Company and a special meeting is set for March 31 to authorize the changes.
Lincoln Trust Company settled its remaining indebtedness to affiliated trust firms yesterday. Stockholders recently subscribed to an extra 500000 dollars in new stock, providing that amount in additional funds to the company.
The North German Lloyd liner Kronprinz Wilhelm sails today with a list of passengers including P. H. Ashmead William T. Aldrich Dr and Mrs Ludwig K Biach O M von Bernath Mme Calye Mr and Mrs William S Downs Paul Eismann Benjamin Guggenheim Dr Jacob Klatzkin the Countess de Laugter Villars Mr and Mrs Joseph Mayer Mr and Mrs Sieg fried W Mayer Mr and Mrs Henry J Sommer Mr and Mrs G Sidenberg Mr and Mrs George Trotter Herman H Wolff Jean Perler and Hector Dufranne among others.
Corporation Counsel Pendleton appoints Edmund Kirby as private secretary with a salary of 3500 dollars a year. Kirby, a Hobart College graduate, studied law in New York and worked in Hornblower Byrne Miller Potter before serving four years as principal of Tuxedo Park public school.
Weather permitting the Subway from Borough Hall to Atlantic Avenue will be ready by May 1, one month ahead of the original schedule. Rev Dr M LeRoy Burton of Yale may become pastor of the Congregational Church of the Pilgrims succeeding Rev Dr Harry P Dewey.
Grand Jury investigating the American Ice Company delays its presentment until today. The draft presentment was rejected by part of the panel with claims it was “killed” while the foreman argued it alive. Special Jury had refused to indict though at least six jurors believed indictable grounds existed.
At a weekly directors meeting Benjamin B. Hampton resigned as President and Jesse Durham Hampton was elected as his successor. The other officers remain: H. A. Biggs as Treasurer and R. W. Snowdon as Secretary.
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