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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
11
The Mork Daily Tethune announces ownership by the Tribune Association of New York with offices at Tribune Building 15 Nassau Street. Ogden Mills serves as president while James M Bargett acts as secretary and treasurer.
Across headlines a provisional government forms after Alexis is forced from the Harti presidency and escapes to the Duguay-Trouin. Other items note crime, politics, and imperial events from Berlin to Vienna, while U.S. chatter includes navy reports, mining congresses, and bank cases. Weather signals colder conditions with a chilly low.
A historical editorial asserts that the exchanged notes between the United States and Japan on Far East policy create no treaty or obligation. The piece stresses the notes merely state facts and policy, with no entangling commitments or pledges.
The article argues that public declarations of policy by nations strengthen commitment and stability. It cites the Monroe Doctrine as a long lasting model and praises Roots and Takahira correspondence as historically significant affirmations of openness and China policy.
The editorial accuses Mayor McClellan and officials of indifference as The Tribune notes ten million dollars wasted on a bridge unable to handle traffic. It questions responsibility among ex officials engineers and contractors and calls for full investigations and accountability.
The aldermen pass a constitutional ordinance banning sidewalk ticket peddling and anticipate using police to curb the nuisance. A second measure limiting ticket resale at higher than face value faces constitutional questions but could curb hotel agency sales if upheld. The mayor may sign one and veto the other to end street speculation.
Reports from DPurban indicate a conference is crafting a federation style union. Natal’s resistance fades as four states dissolve colonial boundaries and form six regions with local legislatures under a central government.
The proposal seeks to keep Natal as a dominant district while creating six regions. It promises national development and a spirit of unity across races. It pleases the British side for imperial safeguards and equal treatment, though the Dutch party held the majority at the conference.
Mr. Newberry signals accession to the post and presses steps to increase naval usefulness. He plans to enlarge the General Board and broaden its functions while expanding the board of construction. He seeks closer cooperation between both boards and the existing General Board.
Dr Ferrero argues Horace promoted wine in ancient Rome, boosting wealth and culture and even monarchy. He links Falernian praise to political power and compares Paris and Rome as centers of wine influenced culture, noting a будущий historian might see Ferrero opposing prohibition.
Reports on the New Jersey State Home for Girls disclose harsh disciplinary practices and the challenges of reforming young offenders. The piece argues reforms are needed to address governance of adolescent offenders and the difficulties in restraining and guiding them, noting the complexities facing female juvenile reform.
The piece argues corporal punishment in reformatories harms inmates and staff, urging humane discipline and leadership changes. It condemns flogging as intolerable, notes profane or impudent language by girls is no justification for brutal treatment, and stresses that such practices debase all involved.
The two cent foreign letter rate extension to German mails is celebrated as boosting friendly relations and boosting business between Germany and the United Kingdom. The piece notes expected increased correspondence and commerce, and mentions Nord Alexis in Haiti and Hudson Storm King water project concerns. It also covers New York politics, the Board of Water Supply, Croker’s Tweed stance, Charter Revision, and Russian Balkan policy.
A Vienna paper quotes a writer on a church decree about hats, noting medieval Austria favored huge broad brim hats that hid faces. The piece also quips about green hats and a 13th century poem, then shifts to various brief items on travel, marriage licenses, creosote ties, and a Harvard football captain.
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt quietly observe their twenty second wedding anniversary. The president receives Chinese envoy Tong Shao Yi in the East Room and attends a St Patrick’s Church high mass marking Emperor Francis Joseph’s coronation anniversary.
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Root host their elder son Edward Wales Root and his bride from New York, visiting for a few months. The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Garfield entertain at a dinner in honor of the Secretary of War and Mrs. Wright with guests including Justice White, Hoyt, Gillespie, Sanger, the British military attaché, Mrs. James, Mrs. Bayard, Miss Boardman, and Brigadier General Crozier.
Washington reports a reception for the diplomatic corps at the Austrian embassy marking Emperor Francis Joseph's sixteenth accession anniversary. Attendees included Barons Ambrozy and Preuschen, Haymerle, Count Torok, Prince Windisch-Graetz, and other embassy staff. The Japanese ambassador hosted luncheon for the American consul-general in London and Mrs Wynne. The Chinese legation held a ceremony for the new emperor with Dr Wu and Prince Y. Fu present.
The army chief of staff and Mrs J Franklin Bell hosted a Fort Myer reception for Secretary of War and Mrs Wright. Several dinner parties followed with notable hosts including the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs Winthrop and Brigadier General and Mrs Sharpe. Senior Casasus and Senora Casasus attended a dinner at the war yard. The National Geographic Society issued invitations for its annual dinner on December 15.
Mrs Henry A Alexander gave a large Knickerbocker theatre party for debutante Jaretta Alexander. Guests included President Roosevelt's daughter Ethel, Washington socialite Carrie Louise Munn, Marjorie Gould, Emily Sloane, Helen Morgan, Harriet Alexander, and many other society figures. After the play, supper and music followed at West 47th Street.
President elect Taft sent greetings to the National Council of Jewish Women in Cincinnati noting cooperation with the Red Cross. He cannot attend the triennial convention but sends regards through the council president. Helen Taft expressed regrets at not attending and sent best wishes for continued success.
George Westinghouse Jr and Evelyn Violet Brocklebank postpone their London wedding after the younger Westinghouse falls ill with gas tritis and cannot sail to attend. Doctors advise awaiting recovery before any ocean voyage.
Mrs. John Hannah announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Elizabeth Hannah to Elliot Chipman Brown a Princeton graduate and civil engineer. Miss Dorothy Parram daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter D Parram of Toronto will wed Frank Chickering Warren at the Church of the Ascension on December 9 Warren is son of the late Dr George William Warren and is an artist.
The Duke of the Abruzzi plans an expedition and has ordered scientific instruments. He remains in close contact with Miss Elkins, sending telegrams on Monday and Tuesday from Turin.
Mr and Mrs William Jennings Bryan arrived in Brownsville on their return from Mexico and visited La Para ranch for several days. In Mission he purchased land on Monday which he plans to plant with fruit trees.
Newport society items report Mr and Mrs W Rogers Morgan and Miss Morgan plan part of winter in Egypt, departing Newport mid month for New York and sailing for Europe January 21. Stuyvesant Leroy left Newport for New York. Livingston Beeckman, who came to Newport to vote, returned to New York. Mr and Mrs Lorillard Spencer closed their Newport season and left for New York.
The Amherst collection by Hackney will be sold tomorrow in London. Fifteen Caxton gems were privately sold today in one parcel for a large sum. The buyer’s name is withheld but may be connected to J Pierpont Morgan.
A damaged OCR text discusses Newton notes claiming to describe making birds drunk, with references to an exhibition at Columbia and changes by Professor Simkhovitch. It notes a Keats manuscript and a long-standing printed line variant from the poem.
The Brooklyn Eagle and rival papers critique the Queensboro Bridge overspend estimated at 12.9 million dollars and question the wasteful use of steel. They discuss public fault, a proposed memorial for the cost, and doubts about engineering competence in city projects.
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