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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1908
Page
11
Amusements listing shows plays and shows at multiple venues. The Taming of Helen and The Witching Hour appear among a schedule including Sans Park at Bostock’s, The Three Twins, Follies of 1958, The Yankee Prince, The Merry Widow, and The Servant in the House. Prices or exact times vary by theater.
The Tribune Association publishes the New York Daily Tribune from the Tribune Building at 155 Nassau Street New York. Ogden Mills serves as president with Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer, coordinating the paper's operations.
Foreign Secretary Taft pledges fair Panama elections as US plans intervene. Japan reports 359 drowned after 50 fishing boats wrecked. Pan Anglican Congress opens in London while UK debates old age pension Bill. Corean imperial property transferred to state. Manitoba crop expands by 143 813 acres. Republican National Convention in Chicago with temporary chairman Burrows. Boston schooner Alert explosion sinks vessel. 1 dead, 10 injured. Various legal and local notices feature reforms, arrests, and public works. Weather fair with highs 74 lows 56.
Last month 2 703 828 cubic yards excavated, nearly all from the canal prism. May's rainfall set records with 21 to 30 rainy days across stations. Ancon avoided the peak. French and American crews combined to 37 580 582 cubic yards excavated since 1904, with costs easing as efficiency rises.
The Chicago convention delegates discuss the injunction writ and potential platform language. The piece argues for a cautious approach, stressing confidence in federal courts and proposing a statute amendment to standardize procedures nationwide.
The 14th national Republican convention gathers in Chicago to nominate a presidential candidate. It lauds Roosevelt era policies, notes party dominance since 1868, and positions William H. Taft as the likely successor to McKinley and Roosevelt. The article highlights party unity, reforms, and expanded national power.
A USGS bulletin details coal and oil indicators near Controller Bay Alaska, about 100 miles west of Mount St. Elias. The 47 square mile field yields anthracite and steam coal, with implications for Alaska’s fuel supply, rail and maritime commerce, and potential navy use.
Better varieties are being mined at Cape Lisburne on the Arctic Ocean and on the Kenai peninsula near the Aleutian chain. The Controller Bay deposits promise to supplement output from other parts of Alaska and to meet industrial and naval needs that will perpetually arise.
The New York American notes dishonor to a party now called a mere corporation led by few who never read the Declaration of Independence. It mocks Hearst and Hill while wondering where the Independence party is alive or if it exists at all. The piece asks where the new party is and urges it to prove life with vigorous action.
A dated opinion questions gambling’s role in horse racing and predicts reduced costs and lower crowds as bookmakers vanish. It argues spectator interest may survive on intrinsic race appeal, not wagers, and considers impacts on horse breeding, property values, and potential shifts to car or air racing if tastes change.
Engineering News reports a new signaling device in the East River tunnels guiding traffic between Bowling Green and Borough Hall. Each block signal relays its status to a dispatcher via a dedicated wire, showing danger with red and safety with green.
The piece weighs the cost and reliability of a vast wire network for coastal defense and notes skepticism from Engineering News. It reflects on Navy bulkheads in the Florida, advances in Zeppelins and airships, Yale’s anti tipping education stance, and a magistrate’s park bench ruling affecting women and children in public spaces. It also lampoons parasol makers and urges broader social reforms.
James A. Rector ran 10 yards in 9.25 seconds at Charlottesville in the Southern Intercollegiate races, breaking the world best. He received hundreds of telegrams including one from his father in Hot Springs Arkansas. Trainer Pop Lannigan quipped about Solomon’s handicap.
The Tribune notes President interest in Chicago convention dispatches and Taft's White House visit. Delegates from the Pan American Congress meet the President, while Cabinet members attend a planning session on Cuba church property. Several society figures plan European summers and weddings, with Morgan and others traveling aboard the Mauretania.
Washington June 16 The Secretary of War and Mrs Taft were entertained informally at dinner by General and Mrs Corbin at Highwood near Chevy Chase. The Secretary of Commerce and Labor and Mrs Straus have returned from New York and will stay in town through the summer.
The Brazilian ambassador Sefior Nabuco prepares to join Sefiora Nabuco at Long Meadow Hamilton Mass around July 1 with Counsellor Gurgel do Amaral and First Secretary Mme Chermont. Mme Chermont visits Miss Sloan near Baltimore and will return with her husband north. Dr. Vogel the Swiss minister plans to return to Washington from a Southern trip and then move with Henri Martin to Newport for summer legation headquarters.
Washington society patrons retreat from the official social scene as Chicago hosts many events. The Rev. and Mrs. Charles M. Wood of the Church of the Covenant sail to New York for a European trip, while Mr. and Mrs. John W. Foster have moved to Henderson Harbor New York for the season.
Mrs Pembroke Jones mourns sister Miss Carrie Green in Fayetteville N C and will miss Newport entertainments this summer. Mrs Payne Whitney travels to Boston with her mother for Clarence Hay's graduation and the Whitneys rent Barney's Adirondack camp, joining Colonel Oliver Payne at Newport. Dr Louis Faugeres Bishop sails to Europe for the summer at Bad Nauheim. Mrs Belmont heads to Europe likely with Harold Van derbilt and the Vandarbilts. James Stillman and son-in-law William Rockefeller visit Canada for fishing. Dr George A Lung and wife, married April 28, stay at the Standish Arms after their church ceremony.
Boston June 16 The will of Quincy A Shaw founder of Calumet and Hecla Mining Co leaves about 29 million to his widow and five children in trust. Executors Welch Herrick and Shaw Jr. will continue supporting charitable enterprises Mrs Shaw cared about. The couple pioneered the citys kindergarten system and aided Civic Service House North Bennett Street Industrial School and day nurseries.
Albany reports Governor Hughes denied talking by telephone with ex Mayor Seth Low about Chicago. He said no further communication with Chicago after yesterday's dispatch to Congressman Parsons. He leaves for Providence to attend Brown University commencement. his son is among the students. He plans to return Thursday.
The battleship New Hampshire will sail from New York on June 16 for Quebec to attend the city’s tercentenary celebration. Lieutenant Commander David F. Sellers has been named as an aide to Rear Admiral Cowles. Vice-President Fairbanks will travel to Quebec aboard the ship as the President's representative.
The Pan-Anglican congress began in London with seven largely attended meetings across the city. Topics included marriage, Christian revelation, interfaith claims, church ministry, and outreach in American colonies. Sessions run three times daily for a week with prominent American delegates participating.
State Senator John C. R. Taylor wed Miss Jeanette Emiline Beakes at the Beakes home in Middletown New York The ceremony was conducted by Rev Walter Rockwood Ferris The marriage was delayed to allow Taylor to vote on anti race track gambling bills after Governor Hughes supported the measures The couple began their delayed European trip today
Newport social notes report a fox hunting revival planned to start August 1 and run to November 1 with hunts three days weekly. Summer residents arriving include Ye and Mrs Edward J Tinker Miss Anna Sands Mrs E Perkins and family and others. Notables like Rear Admiral William H Everett and Dr Duncan Monroe are noted as seasonal visitors or residents.
Telegraphed from Lenox on June 14. Automobile Club of America members will arrive Saturday and stay overnight. Guests include George Munroe of Tuxedo Park visiting Adele Kneeland, Miss Helen Chase from New York, and Miss Lucy Frelinghuysen en route to the Maine coast. Cyrus McCormick and family arrive at the Aspinwall for part of the summer. the hotel opens for the season. Robert S. Brewster arrives at the Poplars. the Haxes Trowbridge depart for New Haven. George A. Simpson buys a large West Stockbridge estate and builds a residence. William Hall Walker and Brookside in Great Barrington also arrive.
President Roosevelt appoints Frank Millet New York artist and Municipal Art Commission vice president as commissioner general to lead the United States exhibit at the Tokio International Exhibition in 1992. Loomis and Skiff named as assisting commissioners. Millet may travel to Japan this summer to plan the government building housing U S manufacturers, natural resources and art.
Northampton Mass June 16 The thirtieth annual commencement at Smith College awarded 297 Bachelor of Arts degrees the largest class yet. Miss Winifred H Evans of Atlanta Georgia and Miss Ethel Burroughs of Somerville Massachusetts appear on the BA list. Eight candidates received Master of Arts degrees. Dr Hugh Black of Union Theological Seminary New York delivered the commencement address.
Thirty five students graduated at Northfield Seminary in Northfield Massachusetts today. Rev Dr Robert Johnston of Montreal delivered the commencement address. The resignation of Colour J F Janeway of New Brunswick New Jersey, president of Mount Hermon School trustees, was announced and a successor will be chosen at the September trustees meeting.
Indianapolis hosts the National Sangerfest with two thousand singers and instrumentalists and twenty thousand visitors expected. Delegates arrive from eighty cities as Walter Damrosch and New York Symphony members attend. Mme Schumann Heink is scheduled to arrive tomorrow.
In Glens Falls New York on June 16 William J. Clark founder of the temperance movement in America was laid to rest in part of the day’s program at the World’s Centennial Temperance Congress meeting at Saratoga. The Rev Dr H Dean of New York presided.
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