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New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1908

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Cannon Surrenders for Roosevelt Plan

Special to The New York Times reports a shift by Speaker Cannon as Roosevelt Republicans revolt against the Cannon machine. Townsend and Watson press anti injunction and Sherman act bills while the President seeks action before adjournment. The unrest centers on railway account scrutiny and broader legislative aims, with implications for re election and party loyalty.

New York Times Washington House Interstate Commerce Commission Cannon Roosevelt Townsend Michigan Representative Watson Indiana Congress Judiciary Committee Serena E. Payne Republica Watson

Seniors Strike After Dean Kent Dismissal At Syracuse

Syracuse University action against Dean William Kent sparks a senior strike at Lyman C. Smith College of Applied Science. Students protest Executive Committee decisions, pledge resolutions defending Kent, while Chancellor Day demands withdrawal of critical passages. The dispute culminates as Kent cites fire safety failures at the college.

Smith College Dean Kent Steeler New York Ditmtes Syracuse N.Y William Kent Lyman Cy Smith College of Applied Science Syracuse University James R. Day Mechanical Engineering Cours Board of Trustees Eee Kent College of Applied Science Lyman C. Smith College of Applied Science Lyman C. Smith College Tie Frank J. Fertig Ohio Department Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies Fertig

New York Artists Lead in International Art Exhibition

New York artists win major prizes at the twelfth International Art Exhibition held at Ince Gallery Pittsburg April 30. Ww peei of New York City receives gold medal and 1500 dollars for first place, Henri Le Sidaner of Paris silver medal and 1000 dollars for second, Emil Carlsen of New York City bronze with 500 dollars for third, and Charles W. Hawthorne of New York City gets honorable mention for Venetian Scene. Arthur Kampf of Berlin cited for a separate award. Hundreds of paintings by American and Old World artists competed.

New York Times Pittsburg Penny New York Ince Gallery Ww Peei New York City Henri le Sidaner Paris Grand Canal Emil Carlsen Arthur Kampf Berlin

Miss Green Placed in Bellevue Ward After Will Inquiry

Miss Chartot Green of 400 St Nicholas Avenue was removed from 346 Broadway to Bellevue Hospital yesterday afternoon for observation in the psychopathic ward. She sought to learn about E R Thomas's will and claimed to be a beneficiary, presenting as a stenographer and recent city arrival with stated names for her parents.

Douda Green Miss Green Isaac Siick Madison Avenue David Green Fiose

Foreman's Home Blown Up in Butte Smash

The home of J G Wycklund foreman at Washoe Smelting Anaconda was demolished by a giant powder charge. His wife and baby escaped. Wycklund was injured but not seriously. Several hundred Austrian and Italian workers not rehired after Amalgamated Copper resumed, with Wycklund receiving threats to his life.

Butte Mon J. G.wycklund Washoe Mr.Wycklund Amalgamated Copper Company Wrycklund

Le est Shipping News Report from Wireless Service

Reported by Marconi wireless the steamship Celtic incoming from Liverpool was 206 miles east of Sandy Hook at midnight and due at her pier this afternoon. The incoming Glasgow ship Le est was 840 miles east of Sandy Hook at 10 P M yesterday and due at her pier about 9 A M Sunday.

Wireless Columbia Glasgow Marconi Wireless Sandy Hook Celtic Liverspool

Matsushima Sinks After Explosion with 240 Lost

Tokyo reports the training cruiser Matsushima sank at Makang in the Pescadores Islands after an unexplained stern magazine explosion. : About 175 saved, 240 lost from a 415 crew plus 58 cadets aboard. Captain names and notable officers feared among the dead. naval attaché confirms totals and recalls ship history and past accidents.

Tokio Mashimatsu Matsusuma Makang Pescadores Islands Hashaidate Itsukushima Baron Chinda Foreign Office Prince Oyama Name Yoshimori Yashiro Washington Taniguchi Matsushima Port Ar- Kiar Gen. Stoessel Kashima Newberry Marine

Cadet Naval Ships Suffer Series of Disasters

The record cites multiple training vessels with fatal accidents from 1905 to 1906. Gneisenau foundered at Malaga with over 100 cadets drowned. Comte de smelt de Nayer lost in Biséau Bay with 35 dead including captains. Algeciras fire near Poulon Harbor saved all but three. Couronne gun breech explosion killed three, wounded seven. Bleicher boiler explosion near Marwick killed ten and seriously wounded thirty.

Gneisenau Malaga Spain Comte de Smelt de Nayer Bay of Bisseau Algeciras Poulon Couronne Toulon Bleicher Marwick

Missing Priest Sought After Disappearance in New York

The Rev. Father John Caulfield, pastor of St. Joseph's in Washington New Jersey, has not been seen since last Thursday after leaving a fellow priest in New York to catch a Lackawanna train. Members of the congregation under Father Kelly and Father William Tighe traveled to New York to locate him. Caulfield, about 35, is slender with medium height and fine features, popular in Washington and Hackettstown.

Washington N. J John Caulfield St. Joseph's New York Lackawanna Kelly Oxford William Tighe Hampton Junction Father Caulfield Hackettstown

Judge Gray denies insurance offer claim at Gray Club event

Wilmington April 30 Judge George Gray stated that reports of an insurance company offering its presidency at 200000 salary to Klagaeeke at a Gray Club meeting in Trineeton New Jersey on April 17 were untrue.

Wilmington Del George Gray Klagaeeke Gray Club Rineeton N. J New York

Dewey's Lauterne or Moselle

Advertisement for serving cold with oysters and fish by Dewey & Sons, at 188 Fulton Street, New York.

Dewey’s

Rejected Bishop Candidates Hailed in Dover Deliberations

In Dover Delaware the law section of the convention rejected Rev. Dr. Samuel Hart of Hartford and Rev. Dr. George Lee Bliss of Burlington for Bishop of Delaware after their High Church views. Hart won clerical support on ballots but lost lay approval 43 to 2 for age concerns. Bliss was also rejected by lay voters 26 to 21. The election was postponed to the June Wilmington meeting.

New York Times Dover Del Samuel Hart Hartford George Lee Bliss Burlington Delaware Leighton Coleman Wilmington Conn Hart Bishop Partridge Kioto Japan Nathaniel S. Thomas Philadelphia Dr. Hart George Lee -Bliss Kensey Johns Hammond Merrit N. Willis

Priest and Rug Thief Caught by Father Barry

Father Barry of St Raphael's Catholic Church chased a rug thief through rain aided by a crowd of onlookers. The suspect, who claimed to be Fred Miller of 214 East Fourth Street, was captured near West Thirty-seventh Street Police Station and charged with larceny.

Father Barry St.Raphael’s Catholic Church Fred. Miller East Fourth Street St. Raphael’s Rectory West Forty-first Street Miller Tenth Avenue Fortieth Street Fuather Barry Tenth Seat West Thirty-seventh Street

Life saved by rabbit skin graft in Newark trial

Antonio Maggio sues J F Glasby Lumber in Newark seeking 50000 damages after a glue machine blast left him near death. Dr D Amico testified skin grafts from live rabbits saved him though he remained crippled. operation lasted four hours and six months recovery followed. Case not concluded.

Supreme Court Newark Antonio Maggio Anthony D'Amico Maggio

Kidnapper Sentenced to Sixteen Years in State Prison

George B. Hoyt of Stamford Connecticut was sentenced by Judge Crain to sixteen years for kidnapping thirteen year old Thomas Larkin of 814 East Fourth Street on October 6. Hoyt confessed intent to educate the boy and make a gentleman, with no ransom sought. The father, Michael Larkin, found the boy five months later. Hoyt had prior forgery sentences in 1990.

Thomas Larkin East Lfutth Street George B. Hoyt Ball Street Stamford Conn Crain Hoyt Larkin Michael Larkin Connecticut

Hotel guest invites champagne at Aldine Hotel

A woman guest at the Aldine Hotel on Fourth Avenue ran the corridors inviting guests to drink champagne. She was taken to Bellevue Hospital for five days observation as to her sanity. Mrs Catherine Bartlett, wife of Dr Charles Bartlett, a physician presumed in Panama, is involved. Authorities had tried to locate him months earlier amid her brooding over his absence.

Aldine Hotel Fourth Avenue Bellevue Hospital Catherine Bartlett Charles Bartlett Panama Bartlett

Bishop Burgess Aids Crippled Children

Bishop Frederick Burgess of the Long Island Episcopal Diocese leads a fundraiser in Garden City to build a surgical ward for St. Giles in the Field. The ward honors the late Dr. C. G. Finn of Hempstead and benefits the Brooklyn Summer home for crippled children.

Burgess Garden City Frederick, Burgess Long Island Episcopal Diocese St. Giles-in-the-Field Brooklyn Cr. G. Finn Hempstead

Auto Crash Wreck Causes $18,500 Damages

A U S Circuit Court jury awarded Alexander H. G. Maidment of Paterson $18,500 against the New York Central Railroad for injuries from a collision with a West Shore train at Bogota on Aug 17, 1906. The verdict cites a crossing flagman improper conduct as a contributing factor.

Trenton N. J United States Circuit Art Today Alexander H. G. Maidment Paterson New York Central Railroad West Shore Railroad Bogota

Subway Extension First Train Through Brooklyn Manhattan Run

The Szthaway extension from Brooklyn to Flatbush Atlantic Avenue opened with the first train from Bowling Green at 1 026aces. About fifty Brooklyn residents rode the first train to Manhattan and back, with a gala celebration planned including a civic and military parade tonight starting at Borough Hall and ending at Grant Square. City officials and guests will attend the evening events with bands, floats, and decorations along the parade route through Brooklyn.

Brooklyn Ftall Flatbush- Atlantic Avenue Long, Island Railroad Bowline Green Manhattan Lenox Avenue Bowling Green Atlantic Avenue Powling Green Borough Hall Nevins Street Teyt Street City Hall Mayor McClellan Augustelmont Tor the Baptist Temple Mr. Belmont Coler Seth Low St. Clair MokKelway Willcox Public Service Commission lMne Sydney Grant Fortenth John C. Eddy Charlies Jerome Grant Square Livingston Street Flatbush Avenue Lafayette Avenue Hedford Avenue Fddy Anu Coast Artillery Corps Naval Battalion Diltery Light Artillery Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company Edison Electric Company Abraham & Straus, Anderson& Co Frederick Troeser & Co Luna Park Brooklyn Rapid

Observation of stomach interior via double tube light

The medical week describes Dr. Riehl's method using a double esophageal tube with an inner electric bulb to illuminate and observe the stomach. Water fills the stomach through the outer tube to permit close study of its movements, aiding cancer and internal ailment research.

Munich Riehl

St Louis Express Held Up Near Walker’s Mill

A Pennsylvania Railroad St Louis Express was attacked by ten masked men near Walker’s Mill twenty miles west of Pittsburg. The express car was broken into ten bags of money worth $1,000 each were stolen after passenger N Resshen was overpowered and found unconscious. Detectives from Pittburgh were dispatched to the scene.

New York Times Pittsburg Penn St. Louis Express Pennsylvania Railroad Walker's Mill I Ito N. Resshen P Nassenger St.Louis

Big Hats Barred At Parade In New York City

Edward J. McGuire head of the Parades Committee issued ground seat tickets for the Fifth Avenue procession. Ladies were urged to wear small hats and a large stand is being built around the cathedral for thousands of Catholics including Cardinal Gibbons Archbishop Farley and possibly Cardinal Logue to review the laity parade with about 40 000 expected in line.

Edward J. McGuire Fifth Avenue Cardinal Gibbons Farley Cardinal Logue

Opera cancelation shocks local stage plans

A telegram to Poughkeepsie Opera House reports Miss Jeanor Robson’s illness forces cancellation of her Salomy Jane engagement scheduled for next Tuesday.

Poughkeepsie, N Opera House Jeanor Robson

Boy tenor Sakolsky impresses Caruso in Pittsburgh

Henry Sakolsky, a 19 year old Russian bootblack in training for four years, wowed Metropolitan Opera figures including Caruso in Pittsburgh. Caruso reportedly heard him and urged immediate voice development, with others like Eugene Dufriche Frank Riso and Rudolph Ferrar also present. A five year contract was discussed by the Met stage manager Dufriche.

New York Times Pittsburg Penn Henry Sakolsky Metropolitan Opera Company Caruso Eugene Dufriche Frank Riso Rudolph Ferrar Yvoung Sakolsky Dufriche Metropolitan Sakolsky

Gow Witnesses Missing Delaying Brooklyn Grand Larceny Case

The Gow case for grand larceny connected to the Borough Bank likely will not proceed in Supreme Court Brooklyn next Monday as planned. Several prosecution witnesses have disappeared, with one reportedly en route to Europe. Nelson P. Burr has avoided court jurisdiction since indictments were returned.

William Gow Borough Bank Supreme Court Brooklyn Europe Nelson P. Burr Gow Marean Clarke

Leopards Run Loose at Baltimore Zoo Show

During a zoo performance in Baltimore on April 30 seven leopards released into the audience caused panic. One leopard attacked Louis Long, a boy near the cage top, while others fled toward exits. Officers and trainers cornered the animals and returned them to cages after crowd control.

Baltimore Zoo Louis Long Aisa

Many Urge Third Term for Roosevelt in April Letters

Between three and four hundred letters arrive at the White House urging President Roosevelt to run again. They come from across the country and from multiple parties, arguing his leadership is crucial for reforms in government control over interstate commerce. Roosevelt reiterates his position that he will not alter his stance or seek a noncandidate nomination.

Congress Cleveland Chicago Watson Indiana Espapaign House Roosevelt James W. Wadsworth Wadsworth Veare Washington White House Republican Party

Wild Wind Rips Through City With Wide Damage

A fierce storm tore through Pittsburgh and nearby areas causing extensive property damage and power outages. Wind toppled trees, blew out windows, disrupted transit, and delayed signals as emergency crews rushed to the scene.

One Death in the Storm Signals Fatal Fall

A storm sweeping through the city caused the death of Sener Gettler, a signalman with the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. He was on the elevated structure at the Last New York loop Manhattan Junction and Broadway when the incident occurred.

City Sener Gettler Brooklyn Rapid Transi Company Gettler New York Loop Manhattan Groadway York

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