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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1908
Page
6
Advertisers claim prices drop at least fifty percent below regular go-between dealers by combining wholesale and retail studios and avoiding ground-floor rents, promising substantial savings for customers.
Rear Admiral Sperry presented President Roosevelts message to the Emperor of Japan as the Atlantic fleet visited Tokyo. The Emperor and Empress greeted officers during a grand audience, luncheon, and formal receptions amid cheering crowds and palace ceremonies in Yokohama and Tokio.
The Thursday typhoon caused widespread destruction with 600 houses and 1,100 deaths in Chang-chow, 600 houses and 1,200 deaths in Lam-chang, and three villages north of Chang-chow wiped out with 400 deaths. Admirals Sperry and Emery sent messages of condolences to Commissioner Mark.
Count Léo Tolstoy in an open letter from St Petersburg thanks those who congratulated him on his eightieth birthday. He says he is deeply touched by the widespread expressions of appreciation and regrets he cannot personally reply to all well wishers worldwide.
District Attorney inspectors visited Tenderloin gambling houses as part of the Jerome inquiry. Some premises could not be entered, owners claimed no games are ongoing and offered access. Proprieties including John Kelly and Gottfried Walbeurr provided keys or histories, noting past costs and promising future access. Downs, West Thirty-ninth Street, also handed over keys.
The Governor of Shantung Province visits Tsingtau for three days amid an unsettled question connected with anti German sentiment. The boycott of the Hamburg American Line is spreading to Kobe and Hongkong, and officials consider the situation serious.
Reports from St Petersburg Berlin Paris Dublin and Manila detail ambassadors recalls pardons strikes and political moves. Rid dle resumes as ambassador in St Petersburg while central Europe endures record October cold and Manila reports a sequence of minor earthquakes without damage.
Paris officials report French government fears Turkey may clash with Bulgaria over Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bulgarian independence. Berlin remains cryptic while Vienna seeks a direct Austro Bulgarian deal, excluding an international congress. Russia warns that Turkish mobilization could push Bulgaria to war. Austria-Hungary signals willingness to settle without congress if Bosnia-Hercegovina talks are limited.
Sofia reports Montenegro officially congratulating Bulgaria on independence calling the Tirnova act a good omen for Slavic peoples. M Dimitreff departs for Constantinople with a letter from Emperor Ferdinand to the Sultan on special mission. Turkish relations appear friendlier and war clouds disperse as Young Turks envoys leave Sofia after talks with the cabinet.
The article notes the Young Turks losing ground and actively seeking Bulgarian backing to secure influence. It highlights a tense strategic pause as they assess alliances and regional leverage.
Gen. ties, an official of the Montenegrin government, arrived in Servia after a harrowing detour at Avram where Austro-Hungarian officers detained him for hours. He reported gendarmes seized his papers, luggage, and status documents before Vienna intervened. Servians, incensed at Austria-Hungary, applauded his release and rallied against the Austrians as crowds cheered and celebrated the envoy to King Peter Nicholas.
Richard Schulz, a bridge painter on the Williamsburg Bridge, narrowly escaped death after being struck by a car moving toward Brooklyn. He was hurled from the iron space between tracks near the Brooklyn tower, grasped a hand-rail to survive until several men came to his aid. He suffered cuts and bruises and was taken to Williamsburg Hospital.
First Lieut. Sbanta of the Medical Reserve Corps heads to Fort D. Russell Wyoming. Capt. Van Korn of the Seventeenth Infantry released to join the training detachment. Lieut. Col. Mitcham of Ordnance will review militia units in New York and New Jersey. First Lieut. D. McC. Merell to Coast Artillery Sixty-ninth Company. Capt. Keester to Army War College Washington for instruction.
Rear Admiral J. H. Dayton placed on retired list of officers. Commander G. R. Sleetwin to navy yard Puget Sound, Washington, November 1, duties as ordnance officer. Lieutenant W. H. Allen, duties as aide on staff of the commander Third Squadron Atlantic Fleet aboard the Dolphin. Lieutenant R. F. Zogbaum, Jr., to aide on staff of the commander Third Squadron Atlantic Fleet aboard the Dolphin.
Arrived at Norfolk and Bradford and Chester and Newport and Portsmouth and San Diego with names Abarenda Davis Ferragut Hugh Rowan and others. Sailings noted Ericsson from Norfolk to Charleston Tangier and De Long from Tangier and Annapolis bound vessels.
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