The New York Times May 5 1908 Publication Details
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AILY
NEW York Times
Canada
THE
NEW York Times Saturday Review
Ally
Vreeland bill debate and tariff notes in Congress
The piece discusses Representative Vreeland's shifting bill approach for emergency currency and critique of its provisions, linking to Treasury gold payments and banknote redemption. It also covers Senate sentiment on diplomatic buildings abroad, Teller on paper tariffs, and calls for relief from print paper duties amid a rising Paper Trust price.
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Vreeland
Salamanca Trust Company
Cattaraugus County
Washington
Mr. Vreeland
Treasury
Vanper II
Sunday Times
Congress
Republican Party
Counry
Paper Trust
Debate Over Embassies Rent and Senate Support
The opinion notes grave consideration for the matter. It argues that two city embassies would be inadequate and claims Senators Loves Hale and Warren favor removing rent from expenses to push the public to favor embassies and a new plan.
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Loves
Hale
Warren
A Good Beginning on Newport Manners Revival
The writer argues that if reports of reduced women’s cigarette smoking in Newport prove true, a revival of good manners may be near. They blame lax etiquette among the very rich for social scandals and contrast Continental vice with American decorum.
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Newport
Europe
Contemplations on Divorce and Happiness in Society
The author argues divorce is rarer in Europe than America and warns its growth harms society. Citing Cardinal Locum, they urge reform by high‑level example and see social disruptions as a potential turning point. The piece critiques the Declaration of Independence phrase pursue happiness, redefining happiness as contentment, home life, and family.
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Europe
America
Alls
Pax Britannica Tests in India Amid Afghan and Bengal Unrest
The article notes two distant flashpoints in India, one in the Khyber Pass with Afghan incursions and another in Bengal with bomb plots, highlighting British resolve. It argues the Afghan Amir's stance shapes risk to British rule as Gen. Willcocks strengthens the northwest frontier while Bengal unrest grows, drawing in Keir Hardie and Morley-Viscount.
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Pax Britannica
India
Peshawar
Khyber Pass
Himalayas
Calcutta
Bengal
Ameer
Afghanistan
Hasakien
Great Britain
Russia
Willcocks
England
Keir Hardie
Bryan
Joan Morley
Vis
Working Women Lead Social and Intellectual Clubs
A speaker expresses strong support for organizations of men and, more notably, women run groups. He emphasizes interest in clubs managed in the interest of working women and working girls, tying civic engagement to female leadership.
Roosevelt to the National League of Women Workers
The note asserts Roosevelt’s interest in joining the National League of Women Workers and frames the matter as a logical syllogism where sound premises and valid reasoning lead to a compelling conclusion.
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Roosevelt
The
National League of Women Workers
Warning over speed laws in Rye yields better behavior
The Rye police chief tried a warning approach rather than traps, speaking to about forty five motorists to curb speed. While no arrests were made and fines remained low, officials doubt the punitive system achieves safety, arguing hard and fast limits are often absurd and drivers use discretion based on road conditions and visibility.
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New York
Cardinal Logue
Podice
Rye
Remarkable Skeleton Cave Tale From Mexico Stirs Skepticism
A Boston report cites Thomas W. Lawson's agent finding a cave with 200 skeletons said to be over eight feet tall, a claim doubted by Agassiz and other authorities. The story suggests an ancient pre Aztec race, a notion scarce of supporting evidence. Skepticism arises over eight foot skeletons and Mexican acromegaly. The tale awaits confirmation from Boston scholars.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Mexico
Prof. Agassiz
North
South America
Publishers and Wood Pulp Fight in Washington
A 26 member American Newspaper Publishers Association committee in Washington seeks repeal of duties on wood pulp and print paper. The House committee handling the issue shows hostility, provoking disgust among publishers who view it as a biased exam. Publishers accuse lawmakers of ignorance despite decades in the newspaper business.
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House
Ohio
Mr. Tart
Tart
Iowa
Massachusetts
New Haven Union
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Washington
Norris
Ridder
Ambrose Butler
Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Steel Trust
Sugar Trust
United States
Mann
Tventy
Inviting Censure on Congress for Defense Delays
A letter to the editor urges printing the names of lawmakers who oppose increasing the army and navy and improving coastal defenses. It argues that disciplined forces take time to build and that unpreparedness in war is dangerous, warning that those who failed to defend the country would be execrated.
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The
New York Times
Congress
Stop Roller Skating On Broadway, Gen Bingham Urged
A New York reader writes to urge Gen Bingham to ban roller skating in city streets after an incident on Broadway last Friday. The writer, aged 62, says he was trampled and assaulted by youths while accompanying his elderly mother, describing a chaotic scene and a mob reaction.
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New York Times
Gen. Bingham
Broadway
Loren Patchin
High Schools Should Become Trade Schools
Joseph S Wood from Mount Vernon N J argues for converting Manual Training High School into a dedicated trade school. He notes graduates are mostly 14 percent and proposes 40 percent to trade tracks with five percent to academic high schools and a census based basis for schooling.
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New York Times
New York City
Joseph
Wood
Mount Vernon
N. J
Readers question origin of Brooklyn Rapid Transit phrase
Harold J Belmont of New York asks about the source of the term Brooklyn Rapid Transit and laments the lack of manners observed at the bridge. He seeks illumination from readers on the expression’s origin and usage.
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The
New York Times
Brooklyn
Harold J. Belmont
New York
There Are Still Some Things in Life by Stephen Chalmers
A nostalgic verse piece celebrates enduring pleasures of hunting fishing and home life as the narrator recalls morning hunts riding memories and the comfort of a wife by the fire. The poem frames simple outdoor joys as lasting constants across changing light and time.
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Stephen Chalmers
House committee to visit paper mills in probe
A House select committee investigating the paper industry plans field visits to Palmer Falls New York to examine Hudson River Mills and hear testimony on site. The move dampens expectations for a report before Congress adjourns as hearings reveal publisher telegrams and middlement action behind price increases.
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New York Times
Washington
House of Representatives
Palmer Falls
N. Y
Hudson River
John Norris
Herman Idder
Norris
Mann
Mr. Norris
Paper Trust Books Under Grand Jury Scrutiny
Federal Grand Jury resumes probe into Manila and Fibre Paper Manufacturers' Association and the Parks Pooling Plan. Dr James Campbell of Sulphite Paper and Pulp Co Dexter New York and James Outterson of Degrasse Paper Co Carthage New York report they will try to produce requested books and papers. Investigation adjourned until today.
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Federal
Manila and Fibre Paper Manufacturers’ Association
Parks
James ©. Campbell
Sulphite Paper and Pulp Company
Dexter, N. Y
James A. Outterson
Degrasse Paper Company
Carthage
N. Y
David Kersey
Joan H. Parks
West Thirty-fourth Street
Joseph S. Truman
Broadway
Campbell
Outterson
Grand Jury
Supreme Court asked to advance Harriman case and Kahn appeal
A May 4 motion in the Supreme Court seeks to push forward the Inter State Commerce Commission cross appeals by the Commission and Edward H. Harriman and Otto H. Kahn regarding 1906 questions about railroad consolidation. The NY circuit court ordered answers except on stock purchases before the Union Pacific dividend, and both sides appealed to the high court.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Commission
Edward H. Harriman
Otto H. Kahn
New York
Kahn, Loeb & Co
Harriman
United States Circuit Court For
Southern District of New York
Union Pacific
Supreme Court
Controversy Over Constitution Paper Emerges in Record
Senator Carter cites a pamphlet by Hannis Taylor arguing Pelatiah Webster, not Franklin, shaped the U S Constitution. The 1783 Philadelphia paper, reissued with notes in 1791, claimed Webster announced the entire law of the Constitution years before the 1787 Federal Convention.
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New York Times
Washington
Carter
Q Congressional Record
Shakespeare-Bacon
Pelatlah Webster
Benjamin Franklin
Hannis Taylor
Boston
Pelatiah Webster
Philadelphia
United States
Lilley declines reappearance in Electric Boat inquiry
Representative George L. Lilley withdraws his request to reopen the investigation into Electric Boat Company methods. Chairman Boutell had invited Lilley to testify, but Lilley, after consulting counsel, said the requested clarifications were not material and he would not reappear before the House Investigating Committee.
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Washington
George L. Lilley
Electric Boat Company
Boutell
House Investigating Committee
Lilley
No Let Up On Brownsville Troubles Told
Washington May 4 Senator Foraker warned that trouble would loom over the adjournment plan unless the Brownsville matter is cleared. Senate leaders seek to avoid a record vote on the eve of a national campaign. Senator Bulkeley backed Foraker that the discharge of Twenty-fifth Infantry negro soldiers by the President was unjustified.
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New York Times
Washington
Senator Foraker
Brownsville
Senate
Senator Bulkeley
Foraker
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Roosevelt
Representative Watson
House
Watson
Civic Federation
Congress
Aldrich
Cannon
District of Columbia
Hepereeset Alexander
New York
White House
House Banking and Currency Committee
Repub
Serena Payne
Hill
Connecticut
Secretary of the Treasury
National Bank
Commit
Fowler
Prince
Vreeland
Banking and Currency Committee
Pavyne-Hill
Brownsville Case Argued Over Roosevelt Dismissal Power
Judge Hough heard three hours of argument on the legality of President Roosevelt dismissing three Negro soldiers of the Twenty fifth Infantry for alleged Brownsville riot involvement. The suit by Oscar W Reid seeks back wages from dismissal to enlistment end, backed by Chase Mellen and Francis Woodbridge. United States Attorney Henry L Stimson argued the President’s right to discharge and cited Army Inspector reports.
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Hough
United States District Court
Roosevelt
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Oscar W. Reid
Chase Mellen
Francis Woodbridge
Reid
Twenty-fifth
Texas
Withou
United States
Henry L. Stimson
Cass
Roosevelt Seeks Currency Reform Amid Policy Gridlock
President Roosevelt met with House Republican whip Watson to press for currency and anti trust measures. The Vreeland currency bill faces opposition from Democrats and potential Republican insurgency, with a possible commission proposal and a large conference expected to shape the session’s outcome.
Three Defeats for Machine in House Votes
In Washington on May 4 the President’s allies won three amendments against the House machine led by Tawney of the Appropriations Committee. The battles, spanning the afternoon, aimed to fund forest preservation work and appropriation for investigations and civil works.
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The
New York Times
Washington
Friends of the
House
Representative Tawney
Elkins Pushes Plan to Suspend Commodity Clause
Senator Elkins works to delay the commodity clause suspension in the railroad rate law. He conferred with Senator Culberson who would not agree without reports from the Interstate Commerce Committee on relief pills for shippers.
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Culberson
New York Times
Washington
Senator Elkins
Senator Culberson
Inter-State Commerce Committee
Fight for Paris Embassy Advances in Appropriations
A determined fight for an embassy purchase gains momentum as two amendments each seek 400000 dollars to be attached to the Sundry Civil and Omnibus Public Buildings bills. A separate bill authorizing the Paris property purchase is also offered.
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New York Times
Washington
Eat Kones
Paris
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