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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1908
Page
1
The Daily Chronicle prints three close columns of Tolstoy’s fierce indictment of Russia’s government by executions. He accuses officials of planned torture and mass killing, notes moral decline spreading through society, and argues revolutionists and authorities share criminal aims.
Andrew Anderson and companions Miss Lillian Cohen and John D. Lord rode a six horsepower Mercedes toward Coney Island when a mounted officer pursued them and Anderson died from a lung hemorrhage. Lord steered to safety, doctor said natural causes, investigators puzzled by crash among traffic.
Fire swept the Greenpoint Metallic Bed Company's plant at Freeman and Franklin streets causing $750 in damage and forcing three hundred workers to flee. Firefighter William Carrell of Engine Company 115 was hurled 150 feet by a boiler explosion and was treated after lying in smoke. Dense enamel smoke disabled several firemen who fought the blaze as alarms escalated to multiple units. Police and ambulance crews aided victims while authorities investigated the cause in a chaotic scene across the plant’s drying and boiler rooms.
Rev. Dr. Walter Laidlaw, head of the anti-racetrack gambling campaign committee, said Governor Hughes would run again if the people want him. He visited the governor at Saranac Inn and described their talk as personal, not political, noting Hughes’s public duty and his role in anti-betting laws and other reforms. He praised Hughes as the strongest Republican candidate this year and backed renomination. He also dismissed rumors of private detectives tied to enforcement, calling the tale absurd.
A dispatch reports Mrs. Clifford W. Hartridge died in Pittsburg Homeopathic Hospital from cerebro spinal meningitis. Her body was sent to Canton, Ohio for burial with limited hospital details and secrecy surrounding her illness. Dr. Z Q Miller attended her and declined further comment. Mrs. Russell and Robert Russell traveled to Pittsburg upon learning of her condition.
A dispatch from Sosnowice in Russian Poland reports a plotted assassination of Emperor Nicholas was uncovered. Over a hundred men and women were arrested, with further arrests expected as gendarmes and Cossacks guard the railway station and frontier to prevent cross-border escape.
Baltimore labor leaders revolt against a forthcoming American Federation of Labor manifesto urging unions to back Bryan and Kern. An early opponent is William J Bryan, a Republican and officer of the International Association of Steam and Hot Water Fitters, who denounces Gompers stance. Other unionists vow to support their party ticket regardless of Gompers.
John Hays Hammond mining expert and former vice presidential candidate is seriously ill at his Gloucester home from ptomaine poisoning. He fell ill after returning from ex President Cleveland's funeral while staying at Lookout Hill Rocky Cove. His doctor says the condition is serious but not critical and he may recover in a couple of weeks.
Birmingham reports the Republic Iron and Steel track between Sayreton mines and Thomas furnaces blown up with dynamite. In Jefferson County a Tennessee company posted notices requiring housing of workers to be vacated by July 15, while miners' headquarters claimed remaining workers are Americans with foreigners and Black workers leaving for union roles.
Washington reports the War Department plans a large appropriation for military balloons to defend the coast. A $1 million immediate request would fund balloon stations in Boston New York Norfolk Charleston Mobile San Diego San Francisco and Bremerton and drill crews to drop explosives from balloons. The plan marks a shift toward dirigibles over heavier‑than‑air craft, with tests at Fort Myer and a Baldwin balloon flight anticipated soon.
Lester Ryan Lally four year old son of Wilkinson Lally and Vivian R. Lally vanished from his mother in a downtown department store in Pittsburg. The Lally family, once in Brooklyn, had custody arrangements after a Queens County suit. Mrs Lally says the child was pursued while she relocated, and a stranger seized him and fled.
In Springfield Massachusetts on July 14 a Supreme Court compromise ends a two year dispute over Daniel B Wesson estate valued at 25 million The residue after 4 million in bequests goes to Walter H Wesson Joseph Wesson Sarah J Bull and the late Frank Wesson’s four children The Smith & Wesson factory will be incorporated and run by Walter H and Joseph H Wesson.
Alfred Finllock, chauffeur for Alphonso Smith of Patchogue Long Island, escaped death when his employer's car was struck from behind by a Long Island Rail Road express at the Picter avenue crossing. The car was demolished. the engineer backed the train escorting the shaken driver who leaped clear with only bruises and scratches.
Taft nears completion of his letter of acceptance for Cincinnati July 28 while studying Republican and Democratic platforms and past speeches. He may dictate the speech later this week, aiming for about 3500 words, with a longer letter later. Arthur I. Vorys of Ohio will visit, and Taft will speak at Hot Springs August 8 not on politics. Virginia marshal S Brown Allen plans a Virginians’ gathering at Hot Springs with Taft as speaker.
Frank H Hitchcock and Francis Curtis visited Utica to confer with Vice Presidential candidate James S Sherman. They toured Sherman’s home and discussed campaign planning. Hitchcock returned to New York, Curtis stayed overnight for further talks and no campaign details were announced.
Mrs Annie Ginnile and neighbors Mrs Johanna Reddy and Mrs Maria Joyce ruled out a break in at 199 North 4th Street Williamsburg. Bernard Tamany, caught trying to use a skeleton key, was restrained by the trio who tore at his clothes before Patrolman Held arrived. Tamany is jailed on the attempted burglary charge with Bedford Avenue police preparing the Lee Avenue court presentation.
Lifesavers at Euclid Beach Park watched Jason Brown eighty six, son of Harper's Ferry famous John Brown, swim in Lake Erie during a Pioneer picnic. He defied rules, swam beyond the safety line, and entertained onlookers with front, back and side strokes for an hour.
Chelten House the Elkins estate near Ogontz Philadelphia was struck by lightning at 5 pm. The three story stone and stucco mansion sustained a devastating fire, with neighbors and firemen saving valuable paintings and furniture worth hundreds of thousands. total losses estimated at 150000 to 200000 dollars. The Elkins couple are aboard their yacht off the New England coast. Salvage work saved the western end, while the rest burned to ruins.
A fireball bigger than an orange struck a telephone wire and exploded in a Highland Park Brooklyn pavilion where about two hundred women and children from Zion's German Evangelical Church sought shelter. One woman Miss Florence Koenig was unconscious for over an hour and suffered paralysis. Several others were injured, but the building remained uninjured.
Detectives Petrosino Arcchioboli and Carrao arrested Pinzola Bonaventura at 222 Chrystie street, near the site of a deadly fire last year. He was caught red handed about to light a bomb at 314 East 11th street, a property linked to Francesco Stanella. The case involves ongoing Black Hand pressure and multiple explosions on East 11th Street.
Stamford July 14 Rose Pastor Stokes wife of J G Phelps Stokes challenged President Roosevelt over his remarks on socialism at Oyster Bay. She called him ignorant of socialism and urged understanding of its principles before attacking the movement, noting his influence as chief magistrate carries weight.
The State Forest Purchasing Board bought about twenty three thousand acres along Schroon Lake's eastern border for 72 1 2 cents an acre from Racquette Falls Land Company. Negotiations seek more land to reach a total of 42 000 acres in Essex County.
The Boston Telegraph via The Tribune reports Roosevelt wrote to his old guide Bill Sewall of Island Falls Maine. He expressed satisfaction that the Republican National Convention is over and affirmed faith in a strong presidency. He said he aims to follow Washington's example and dismiss critics who mock executive power.
A severe storm drenched the metropolitan area with lightning and rain, killing George M. ATALL in a launch near Tarrytown and four others in Brooklyn Newark and Jamaica from heat. The New Haven Railroad electric system failed, delaying thousands as winds toppled a 30 foot flagpole and damaged hotels and trains. Large hail broke windows and caused widespread property damage across Williamsburg and Long Island towns while flooding reached five feet in parts of Williamsburg.
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