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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1907
Page
3
Advertising copy promotes Old Hampshire Bond paper from the Hampshire Paper Company of South Hadley Falls Massachusetts. It claims the company is the only one in the world to make bond paper exclusively and offers a free sample book on request.
Captain H. S. Donahoe of Fairfax Virginia faces a flood of letters after disclosing George Washington's tax record from Fairfax County. Donahoe notes most protests come from the North while South journals reprint the tale. A hatchet from Fairfax County Clerk lies on the desk as a humorous offset to the tax claim.
Pittsburg rivermen aboard the presidential party dispute Pilot Clarence Nichols’s six month license suspension on Roosevelt orders. Capt Moran and Capt Rodgers defend Nichols, saying the president misread risk and no boat was in real danger as Hartweg kept 100 feet away. They urge reinstatement after further navigation experience.
A report describes the President hunting in Stam boul where a gentle rain and brief showers have refreshed the forest. Despite some dogs being recently disabled, he continues to pursue game, undeterred by heat or rain as he remains active in the sport.
Mayor Busse received a Roosevelt reply sent from the Mississippi aboard a boat route from Chicago to St Louis. The President says he supports an all water route from the Great Lakes to the Gulf and urges national recognition, awaiting the committee report before details.
Dr Samuel S Guy once housed at Sing Sing was resentenced in the Supreme Court at Flushing to fourteen years and ten months for shooting his wife. He had previously been given fifteen years and six months with ten months cut for good behavior, with a winter expiry instead of the spring to autumn window.
Attorney General Bonaparte rules that Louisiana violated immigration law by paying Garcia's Havana to New Orleans passage and promising employment. The case, tested by Louisiana and other Southern states, centers on state funds used to solicit immigration. The decision hinges on whether state inducements amount to promises of employment under the statute.
Attorney General rules assurances of employment given to Garcia as an immigration inducement do not grant him admission. Louisiana eyed to seek court determination, a move authorities say could impact southern states.
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Straus stating there will be no interference with coal delivery to the navy yard fleet. Officials in Port Townsend had detained the British steamer Netherlee and threatened fines for alien tonnage and lighthouse dues, but Straus called for prompt action and rejected bureaucratic obstruction.
Assistant Secretary Latta began a hunt to locate the President at a remote camp in Stamboul Louisiana. Latta remained overnight expecting the President to be out on a hunting trip. He carried several personal letters and was joined by host Leo Shields. Weather conditions were hot and humid with two weeks of dry spell delaying activity.
Philadelphia report says Joe Wood, a sixteen year old, confessed to killing eleven-year-old Ethel Nivens in Camden after hours of interrogation. The youth was held with a foster father and another boy described as retarded.
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