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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
4
Hats for men offer a range of styles and prices as Knapp-Felt De Luxe Derbies and Soft Hats are featured. The advertisement emphasizes fifty years of hatmaking experience and guarantees quality with six dollar and four dollar options.
Admiral Sperry reports coal savings of 75000 tons for the Atlantic fleet during its world voyage. The Navy plans a 2500 prize fund for engine room crews showing fuel efficiency. Australia bids farewell with Premier Deakin praising the voyage and friendship with the United States. The Glacier and Panther depart for Manila.
Duke of Aosta hosts Commander Caperton Capt Veeder and eight officers of the Maine Alabama party at Capodimonte. Admiral Annovazzi notes it is first time two American battleships have appeared together in Naples. Guests dine in royal palace with American colors as they leave for Turin.
In Berlin the Inter Parliamentary Union met to discuss world peace and arbitration. Chancellor von Buelow, cabinet members, and guests including David Jayne Hill and Nicholas Murray Butler attended as he urged Germany's role and a strong but peaceful foreign policy. The Union sent a telegram thanking the Kaiser for his recent pledge to uphold future peace.
The crew of the British cruiser Gibraltar on a voyage to Australia destroyed all gunsights in protest over a daytime evolution. As punishment, smoking and canteen privileges were halted until culprits are found. The ship is at Albany, West Australia, having welcomed the American battleship fleet.
A Simla dispatch details Sven Hedin the Swedish explorer disguising himself to escape Tibetan spies in 1907. He crossed snowbound routes toward Aksai Chin Lake reaching Shementso, adopting Ladakhi disguise, with Karim guiding the caravan. They discovered Tabia Tsakha salt wealth and corrected the Brahmaputra tributary Charta Tsanpo course.
Cardinal Vincent Vannutelli, Papal Legate from the Eucharistic Conference, departed for Rome this morning. Thousands of Catholics gathered at the rail station in London to bid him farewell, cheering and singing God Save the Pope as he left. The Cardinal pledged to tell the Pope that most English Catholics support the Pope and the congress, despite a few irresponsible detractors.
Reports from Grand Turk and the Caicos group confirm five deaths and extensive property damage from the recent hurricane, with suffering among the poor and potential international aid. Other dispatches note late arriving fruit steamers, a missing Colon after a storm, a bubonic plague end in Guayaquil, and political shakeups in Quito with a high official prosecution push.
Reports show 305 cholera cases and 115 deaths in 24 hours in St Petersburg with officials blamed for slow response. Manila sees rising cases but hopes to cleanse city before ships arrive as four chemical engines join sanitation drive and 100 inspectors mobilize. Amoy/Pudong refute exaggerated US press claims of 3000 August deaths and unburied bodies in Shanghai streets.
The St Petersburg Budget Commission will meet September 28 to examine the 1909 budget. Regular revenues and expenditures balance, but extraordinary outlays for Amur railways and naval program likely yield a deficit of about 75 million dollars. A foreign loan is being negotiated to cover the deficit in connection with recent refunding operations in Paris.
Paris reports Berlin hinted at German involvement in paying for French and Spanish Morocco operations, notably at Casablanca. French officials insist the note only covers Mulai Hafid recognition and guarantees, denying any German role or Spain’s concurrence.
A man calling himself J Bellamy and later named Mc Farland, arrested in Toronto, is linked to a Chicago case in which he allegedly swindled Mrs J A Patten of Evanston out of about 34 thousand dollars by selling rare books said to include Shakespeare originals. He faces extradition talks as Chicago officials pursue the case.
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