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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1909
Page
17
St Petersburg faces a new cholera outbreak with twelve cases reported yesterday and nine more today across the city. The sanitary commission lacks funds to implement precautions as the water supply remains partly unfiltered. Newcomers and building workers from rural areas are especially at risk during the building season.
A speaker describes efforts to calm factional splits within Christian Science by creating a Seventh Church to unite critics and supporters. She criticizes Boston leadership and profits from hymnals and periodicals, claiming secretive battles over literature hinder spiritual progress and plan to persist despite opposition.
George W. Goodwin of New York charged his brother in law Clyde van Houten with assault at the Pennsylvania Railroad terminal in Camden. The kidnapping of Goodwin’s seven year old son prompted a police search and a court hearing for van Houten as the boy was recovered by a patrolman and returned home.
John Early the alleged leper quarantined since last August in a distant camp may be moved to New York for treatment by Dr L Duncan Buckley with health authorities approval. Buckley finds no disease in tests. Health officer Dr William C Woodward would approve if proper treatment is assured. The Salvation Army will cover removal costs.
Professor Walter F. Willcox of Cornell University has declined the offered post as assistant director of the United States Census Bureau. The decline, conveyed through Dana Durand, comes as Durand becomes director. Willcox, currently in Italy, studied at Cornell under the former director and now serves as consulting statistician for New York State Board of Health and heads a team at the federal Statistical Bureau.
Haverhill Massachusetts June 6 Doris Maloney ten years old died at the hospital from burns received last Friday when her fluttering veil caught fire from a candle carried by another child during a religious procession at St James Catholic Church.
The eleventh week of tariff debate saw progress with the cotton schedule adopted and Senate control affirmed. Leaders expect wool and lumber votes next week, aiming for a final vote by June 26 as summer adjournment nears and conference with the House is prepared.
Representatives of major New York commercial groups met at the Merchants Club to back Senator Aldrich’s tariff commission idea. Henry R. Towne led the call, with leaders from the Board of Trade and Transportation, Chamber of Commerce, Manufacturers, and Wholesale Dry Goods Association voicing support. They urged a nonpartisan tariff board to gather and provide data for Congress and the President, arguing it would aid accurate tariff policy and trade talks. They noted no constitutional issue and planned a Washington meeting of delegates to push the campaign.
Beirut reports widespread distress across Asia Minor as new troops arrive in Adana with limited relief impact. Camps hold 14,500 rationed starving refugees plus 1,400 more from missionary homes. Measles rage among children. hundreds wounded in hospitals. Farmers risk death as they harvest meager crops under threat from Turkish guards. Northeastern Baghtcheit notes intensified Armenian hatred and high casualties among males over twelve. Protestants suffer more than Gregorians.
Washington reports emphatic denial from the Turkish Embassy that twenty to thirty thousand were killed in Asiatic Turkey troubles. Officials say official news cites under four thousand fatalities. Aid measures include $19,000 requested, $10,000 sent, and private charity urged to help victims. A new court martial in Adana is to try those responsible, with independent officers to ensure impartial verdicts.
Washington reports a preliminary census bureau study showing 251 pulp mills in the United States used 3,344,196 cords of wood to produce 2,118.97 tons of pulp in 1908. Spruce led with 4 percent of total pulp wood, and imports from Canada surged as domestic spruce supply lagged.
Washington reports rising U S merchandise imports into Canada with Canada’s imports from Britain shrinking. From 189 to the fiscal year ending March 31, 1909, US share rose from 34.08 percent to 36.4 percent, while Britain fell to 23.69 percent. In 1907 US goods accounted for $89,000,000 of Canada’s $166,000,40 in manufactured imports.
Alfred Deakin premier of the Commonwealth dispatches a formal offer to the imperial government to add a Dreadnought to the navy. London papers express satisfaction that Deakin acted soon after taking office, noting Andrew Fisher had hesitated to make the offer.
Montreal June 6 W A Coote representative of Hawthorne Leslie & Co Ltd denies emphatically that he has discussed plans for building a Canadian navy with L P Brodeur Minister of Marine He has not been in Ottawa at all A Canadian Associated Press dispatch from London says Hawthorne chairman denies the company is negotiating with the Canadian government for destroyers
Willemstad June 6 Venezuela Congress approved the Netherlands-Venezuela protocol. The Venezuelan Consul here issued papers to a Dutch steamer to enter Venezuelan ports. General Andrade will sail aboard the Caracas to New York then Havana to negotiate with Cuba for friendly ties.
Lima June 6 The Peruvian government cancelled the exequatur of Swedish Consul General Luis Lemboke. The exiled consul hosted Carlos Pierola and others implicated in the May 29 rising against the government at his residence.
In Peking on June 6 an agreement for a 27.509 million dollar German British French loan for Canton-Hankow and Hankow-Sze-Chuen railways is slowed. British China Corporation purchasing agents remain named or renamed later. Loan issued at 95 with 5 percent interest, repayable in 25 years, redeemable from year 10 to 17 at a 2.5 percent premium.
St. Petersburg reports the Council of the Empire restoring a $1,700 marine budget to fund four new battleships. Keels for the first two ships are set for June 18 and July 3. Vice-Admiral Birtleff urged selling old vessels as they are deemed useless.
J Henniker Heaton argues for state purchase of cable lines in an article. He notes Australia’s telegrams at a penny a word for over three thousand miles and suggests a similar rate across Europe America and India. He proposes joint British and American government acquisition of current cable properties to form a state monopoly.
Washington June 6 radical changes to the rules governing sale of viruses serums anti toxins and similar products have been issued by a government board led by Surgeons General Torney Rixey and Wyman The revision follows the foot and mouth outbreak in cattle and aims to guard public health by stricter imports licenses annual unannounced inspections and product examinations for license eligibility.
John Norris of the American Newspaper Publishers Association forwarded a letter to Senator Root outlining that New York newspapers pay seven times more for labor than newsprint mills. The document cites statistics claiming U S labor costs per ton of paper are lower than Canada and warns of forest spruce destruction in the state.
The Hamburg American liner Cincinnati arrived in port on her maiden passage from Hamburg. Commanded by Captain Schulke, moved from Graf Waldersee. Built at Dantzie, Germany, she measures 8 by 65 feet with 5 5 feet depth, 17,000 gross tons and 9,733 net. Passenger accommodations include 230 first class, 40 second, 58 third cabin, 2 20 steerage and cargo capacity of 15,00 tons.
London June 6 Lord Burnham proprietor of The Daily Telegraph hosted Imperial Press Congress delegates at Beaconsfield. Rain interrupted the entertainment and the river festival planned by Lord Desborough was canceled.
President Taft sat in the Lincoln pew at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church to hear Rev Dr Heridge of Ottawa preach the baccalaureate sermon for George Washington University's graduating class. Heridge has been Taft's golf companion at Murray Bay last summer.
Detectives from the Elizabeth street station raided a gambling house on Mott street and seized dominoes dice chips and $180 from the tables. Six men were charged as common gamblers and Ling Tot of 225 DeKalb avenue Brooklyn was charged with keeping and maintaining the establishment.
Governors Fort of New Jersey and Hughes plan Friday inspection of proposed bridge sites. They will travel with Interstate Bridge Commission members and delegates from New York and New Jersey civic groups. R A C Smith’s private yacht will be offered to the party. McDougall Hawkes, commission president under Hughes, is in Europe.
In Caracas on June 6 President Gomez received the new Colombian Minister A. Vasquez Cabo at Miraflores Palace. A large troop detachment stood outside while Congress members attended. General Reyes sent a wreath to Bolivar's statue. Gomez issued a decree granting half price salt to fishermen to revive the industry.
St. Petersburg reports the widow of Father John of Cronstadt died today. Father John himself had died on January 2, leaving a notable clerical legacy and renewed attention to the Cronstadt church and its long history.
Tammany leaders fear the fall campaign will be perilous for their control of city government. They monitor anti Tammany groups, seek a truce with Senator McCarren and Murphy, and weigh a strategy emphasizing New York as well governed. Grady hints at reconciliation talks while pledging unity to ward off reformers.
Colonel James M. Guffey conferred two hours with Norman E. Mack chairman of the Democratic National Committee in Pittsboro. Mack and his wife were on an automobile trip yesterday. Guffey said no politics were discussed and dismissed talk of a split.
Representative William S. Bennet will address a public meeting at West End Presbyterian Church on sterdam avenue and 6th street in the evening of Tuesday June 15. The speech, titled The Value of a Vote, is not political but is said to inspire moral and civic interest among men often indifferent to great opportunity.
June 6 Milan event marking the Franco-Italian war drew Duke of Genoa and French mission. Thousands filled streets and Hipodrome as 700 singers led national anthems. Socialists protested by lowering a flag. police clashed, flags torn, and many socialists beaten amid monarchist protests.
North Hatley Quebec reports Glen Villa, a hotel serving Balt and Southern States visitors, largely patronized by the poor, burned on Saturday morning. Loss estimated at 5,
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