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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1908
Page
17
A Boston health insurance fund inquiry revealed misapplied funds and missing entries tied to stock notes. Actuary Wolfe and Rittenhouse reported New York and Colorado departments exposed financial risk, aiming to rehabilitate the Provident rather than trigger receivership. Board meetings resumed with a quorum, but stock sale remained untouched.
The Society for the Alfred Wagstaff denounces the Department of Health order to shoot unlicensed dogs as inhuman and unsafe. It urges humane actions, including seizing and confining animals at stations before possible redemption, and cooperative enforcement of reasonable measures. Dr. Walter Bensel reports about 250 animals killed since July 3, with about 40 dogs killed yesterday in Manhattan and a similar number elsewhere.
Mrs A Johnstone Farnum gained an interlocutory decree of divorce from Dustin Farnum after a report by referee M Linn Bruce, confirmed by Justice Dayton. The divorce, begun last August, cites an unnamed correspondent and follows similar suits by Hackett and Sothern. Farnum denied improper relations with Mrs Gould, and he was last seen in The Rector's Garden before a new season. Ermmest K Coulter represented Mrs Farnum with 2D Frank Lord for Farnum.
Edward J. Deasy on behalf of the State Controller seeks a report from Nassau County transfer tax appraiser Lawrence E. Kerwin on the estate of John G. Jenkins the Brookster banker who died in March. Inheritance taxes may be owed due to a trust deed and will creating a widow and children's trust while mortgages cover part of the property, raising questions for probate and tax authorities.
Philip H. Surface sixty a farmer and Warren County Fair Board treasurer was found dead on his Lebanon area farm. He died by carbolic acid suicide after complaints of heat, in Darton Ohio.
President Baker announced that Senator Guggenheim has given the University of Colorado a law building valued at $75,060, to be completed by the start of the 130% school year.
State headquarters buzzed with two gubernatorial moves. In Brooklyn 10th District delegates backed William Berri for governor as Assemblyman Murphy led the Myrtle Avenue meeting. Meanwhile Onondaga Senator Horace White received Central support as party leaders hailed a potential statewide bid.
The Onondaga Republican organization endorsed Horace White for governor contending many delegations favor him. Friends of Francis Hendricks rebut the claim that Hendricks wrote to State Chairman Woodruff and the President predicting Hughes’s defeat if renominated, saying the report is baseless.
Utica July 30 James 8 Sherman received word from Senator Burrows chairing the committee to inform him of his nomination for Vice President and that the committee would come to Utica on August 18 for the formal acceptance. The committee will be entertained by the city and Mayor Wheefer plans a large demonstration. Sherman will depart Monday for the St Lawrence to spend a few days on Wolf Island with Walter Clark a Philadelphia schoolmate.
Washington July 30 Frank H Hitchcock RNC chairman spent the day on correspondence and preparations for New York headquarters by telephone He arranged with Francis Curtis to handle literary work for the committee and Republican Congressional Committee for printing publicity of Tafts acceptance speech and party platform The campaign book is nearing completion and discussed in a Hitchcock Curtis conference He left Washington at 12 30 tonight and will be in New York tomorrow.
Des Moines reports the state executive council issued a certificate of nomination for Congressman J A T Hull late this afternoon making him the Republican nominee. His name will appear in the Republican column on the fall ballot.
Thomas L Hisgen Independence party presidential nominee was greeted by townspeople in West Springfield Massachusetts after returning from Chicago. A band led carriages through Main Street to Hisgen's home as Democrats and Republicans joined the demonstration. A Town Hall reception followed with Frank F Sargent presiding. Hisgen thanked supporters noting personal ties rather than a party landslide.
Edward M. Hobson of 2414 G Street Washington was arraigned at Tombs police court on an embezzlement warrant. He claimed he is not related to Congressman Richmond Pearson Hobson and said he works as the Washington agent for the New York Horse Insurance Company, located at 110 West 42nd Street. He was held in bail of zero dollars awaiting action by Washington police.
Washington reports Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, denounces any claim that he promised to deliver the labor vote to a party. He defends his stand as nonpolitical, vows to fight for labor principles, and dismisses critics as political renegades. Republican chairman Frank Hitchcock denies any personal campaign against him.
The August issue of The Federationist arrives at AFL New York HQ. Gompers praises the Democratic anti injunction plank and argues at length on Republican and Democratic platform points. He rejects claims he pledged labor to any party. He asserts voters may support any candidate or party.
The People's Institute heard criticisms of Samuel Gompers and urged workingmen to vote as citizens. W H Raiman, oldest member and a carpenter, spoke passionately on labor's political power and opposed delivering votes as a bloc. Francis J Clay Moran urged Taft while Gabriel Weiss called Gompers wrong to direct votes for Democrats.
Samuel Gompers denies sending or causing a cable to William R. Hearst urging support for Bryan. He says the remark cited concerned personal rights and human liberty and that the story about a third party movement was made from misinterpretation. He adds that actions reveal true intentions, not proclamations.
Charleston July 30 The Democratic State Convention approved a Jim Crow party plank and a negro disfranchisement plank. The latter says granting negroes the vote was a mistake and favors amending the constitution to keep the ballot pure from those unfit to value it. The plank gives no method for disfranchisement. Louis Bennett of Lewis County was nominated for Governor. A telegram from William J Bryan thanked the convention for its endorsement and urged unity for a Democratic victory.
The Socialist general committee decided to hold a state ticket ratification at Cooper Union around September 4 with Joshua Wauhope as Governor candidate. A national ticket ratification is slated about October 4 with Eugene V. Debs and other national candidates to speak.
Senator Patrick H. McCarren addressed a mass meeting in Breit kopf’s Congress Hall East New York, denouncing James P. Sinnott and Randall Murphy forces while reaffirming the independence of Kings County Democrats. He admitted he does not care whether he remains leader, urging unity and criticizing Sinnott for betraying delegates and aiding Murphy. The crowd and police presence reflected tense factional rivalries during the gathering.
Yonkers police have traced automobile license No 49237 to Henry W Boettger, Silk Finishing Co president. Two young women screamed for help as their car neared Caryl station and jumped out. Police expect arrests once the owner is identified.
Mrs Lizzie Dorsey of 97 Railroad avenue Jersey City was hit and upset on Union street by a car driven by Winford Green of 1 Jewett avenue. Mrs Dorsey suffered shock and the children were bruised. A survey lists four children of No survey contai...
Atlanta July George F. Hurt testifies before the legislative committee about a convict armed with a pick attacking another to subdue him. The assailant drove the pick into the insurgent’s face, piercing the lung. pneumonia followed and the man died. Leasees allege Georgia Prison Commission knew of extra salaries and wardens admit flouting camp report rules under oath without reprimand.
The Metropolitan Street Railway announces a temporary shift in operations with Central Park North and East River Railroad, transferring most services to the former under a court order. Cars on the Fifty-ninth Street Crosstown and belt lines will see abolished transfers at multiple midtown points, with limited exceptions for through routes and a new management plan to protect public service.
Passengers on the mid street crosstown line rode ten newly painted green Metropolitan Street Railway cars yesterday. General manager Oren Reet said the green coat marks standardization across lines under receivers, with no special significance to the 234 street line. He noted transfers remain unchanged with red Third Avenue cars.
The Farman aeroplane, admired by Aero Club of America members at Brighton Beach, is nearly tuned for a trial flight. Farman and three mechanics worked through the afternoon while Mrs Farman urged progress and noted plans to fly in America or Europe.
In Boston on July 30 Justice Braley denied a writ sought by the Harvard Improvement Association to stop the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias from erecting a camp at Franklin Field. The camp for 10 400 men continued work as the case proceeded. John Ballantyne argued for the Knights citing prior conventions and sanitary precautions.
Sixteen year old Charles Hawks was shot while swimming near Whittaker Street as the Island Queen steamer passed. Bird shot embedded in his face. he was taken to City Hospital for treatment. Police probe a nearby earlier shooting of Mrs. Russell and seek the responsible river shooter.
The last section of the Market street subway from CIF Hall to the Delaware River was completed. Philadelphia Rapid Transit invited prominent guests for an underground luncheon at Sun Street. The line, costing about ten million, links with the Schuylkill River elevated road, totaling seven miles, to be operated regularly next Monday.
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