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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1908
Page
1
The American battleship fleet plans a world cruise starting in July after arriving in San Francisco. The itinerary includes Hawaii Samoa Australia and the Philippines with a Suez route and Mediterranean ports likely, and officers expect brief stays and continued visibility of the flag worldwide.
Washington reports Admiral Evans will lead a battleship fleet from San Francisco on July 6 visiting Hawaii Samoa Melbourne and Sydney before proceeding to the Philippines and returning via the Suez Canal to New York. Secretary Metcalf announced the plans after a Cabinet meeting confirming the pacific voyage for our possessions. The ships will coal at Hawaii and then visit Samoa and Australia before touching Melbourne and Sydney by invitation of the Australian government.
The Foreign Office disclosed the official route of the American battleship fleet returning to the Atlantic. Baron Saito urged a visit to a Japanese port to show Japan's friendship to the United States. Officials said the world tour would silence talk of war and secure world peace, hailed by military and naval officers as a historic achievement.
London observers, excited by a Pacific to Atlantic voyage via Suez, urge an official American call at a British port on the way home. If England cannot host, Malta stands as ideal, with Gibraltar and Malta as social hubs. The proposed visit would be warmly received by British naval officers and social circles.
Berlin reports German naval critics hail the 12,000 mile voyage of Rear Admiral Evans's American battleship fleet. They laud its finish ahead of schedule with all ships intact and expect continued reach to San Francisco Hawaii Samoa the Philippines Australia and back via the Suez Canal.
Mexico City reports readiness to send telegrams of welcome to Admiral Evans once official notification arrives. President Diaz and War Minister Manuel Gonzalez Cozio likely to sign messages. No official word yet from the State Department on the fleet’s arrival.
The cruiser Albany, after breaking the world record for 5 inch guns, shattered all records with its secondary three-pounder guns. Ten guns, two point ers each, used in practice. Five of the twenty gunners scored perfect tens in ten shots. Timed from twenty two to thirty seconds. No man had fewer than five hits.
In Tokyo rumors swirl after the Diet closes before March 24. It is believed Baron Komura may replace Hayashi as Foreign Minister and Count Katsura could become Premier, though Saionji's supporters insist he will lead the cabinet through the general elections.
Tokio reports a continuing dampened mood with several minor banks and firms failing in Osaka and Kobé, signaling broader financial stress across the region.
Forest C. Smithson of Portland representing the 22d New York Regiment won the indoor 3yard hurdle race for three hurdles at the Company C indoor track meet in Philadelphia. He broke the world record finishing in 6.24 seconds from scratch.
Special report from New Brunswick New Jersey notes the ruins of the Janeway and Carpenter wallpaper factory, destroyed by fire on March 13 1907, were still burning. A large debris mass and scattered paper remain on fire at various spots throughout the year after the blaze.
Marion Indiana March 12 Charles H Good won the Republican convention nomination on the 699th ballot for Congress in the Sixth District. George Lockwood Peru private secretary to Vice President Fairbanks led the field of five candidates until late tonight.
Post office inspectors arrest Abe Rothschild and Arnold Cahn on mail fraud charges tied to The Successful Business Man scheme. Rothschild, linked to a notorious past, promoted a $4 subscription for a cash register and copper-fastened mail order ruse that extracted about $7,000 before failing. The case spans Chicago to Cincinnati and New York, with Rothschild once implicated in a 1877 Texas murder and later crimes across the United States and abroad.
After six hours of deliberation the jury convicted John H. Sanderson William P. Snyder W L Mathues and James M Shumaker on all counts in the Capitol conspiracy case The verdicts carry maximum penalties of two years or a $1000 fine The next trial will address alleged $1778976 in metallic furniture fraud and includes Congressman H Burd Cassell and others The long trial stemmed from Capitol construction frauds following Philadelphia political upheaval in 1900.
Faris March 13 The French Academy declined the $20000 bequeathed by Mile Leclerc died in New York February 3 1907 to raise France morally The academy feared accepting the fund would spread the testatrixs views of France as a sink of iniquity Leclerc left most of her fortune to French institutions and was eighty two at death a former Napoleonic Guard daughter who taught privately in the United States for about sixty years
A sudden waterspout rose at 57:15 p m on Tuesday striking the Hamburg American steamer Alleghany en route to New York from Jamaica. The bow was forced under while two ventilators were damaged and water flooded cabins. Passengers and crew sought cover as the wave swept aft, halting the ship for about three minutes before continuing to New York yesterday.
On Lake Carasaljo in Lakewood New Jersey March 13 a boat capsized. Harry Herst of 158 Bayard street Brooklyn and Nell Hopper musicians at the Manhattan Hotel were aboard. Herst drowned. John Aspgren of the New York Produce Exchange and Patrick Bray a Laurel-in-the-Pines Hotel porter helped Hopper reach land. Aspgren swam out to aid, then caught a chill.
Warden Frost denied reports of long standing water theft at Sing Sing Prison and said only one eight inch pipe and a cut four inch pipe enter the facility while the prison pays for all water. Water Inspector Padden said an unmetered supply pipe existed and backed his inspector’s findings. Three bandits held up Tyro Bank in Coffeeville Kansas stealing 2500 dollars and fled toward Oklahoma as mounted pursuers engaged in a cross border chase.
Albany reports a telegram from sea under the executive chamber listing test ballot totals aboard the Clyde liner Apache on its voyage from Atlantic City to Albany. Hughes leads with 29 votes, Taft 21, Bryan 7, Johnson 1. ship due to reach port today with passengers aboard.
A massive card party with a vaudeville program drew about fifteen hundred attendees at the Alvin Theatre in Pittsburg. Participants played euchre and five hundred, seated around tables on stage and in the foyer, to raise funds for the city’s unemployed, organized by an evening newspaper's readers of Pittsburg society.
In Cincinnati on March 15 Willie Hoppe defeated Jacoby Schaefer in an 18.1 balkline billiard match by 409 to 1. Schaefer’s high run reached a noted level while Hoppe’s best run stood at a lower figure.
St. Paul reports Governor Johnson plans to establish headquarters in Chicago with secretary Frank A Day and F B Lynch in search of rooms. He says Day is there but headquarters not yet decided and that if opened further hubs in New York and possibly Washington may follow. He denies involvement and notes mails surged after endorsement.
Bahia Brazil March 13 A great fire rages through the business district. Firemen struggle to stop the blaze after 33 buildings burn, with losses estimated at 1 909 000 and several lives lost. Bahia, a major Brazilian city on Todos os Santos Bay, hosts industries in cotton cloth shoes and hats. Population around 200 000.
Harvard College announces that Andover Theological Seminary will affiliate with Harvard Divinity School next fall. The seminary will relocate to Cambridge, erect new buildings near the divinity school, retain its faculty, and continue its organization. Doctor of divinity degrees remain with the seminary, and students will gain Harvard privileges and can pursue Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences degrees. The Congregational seminary is well endowed and currently enrolls fifteen to twenty students.
The Milwaukee returning from Magdalen Bay target practice reports $3800 in crew pay stolen from the paymaster’s room. The safe combination was forced and a shipwide search failed to locate the thief or the gold. Authorities suspect the money remains hidden aboard the vessel with 400 enlisted men aboard.
Budapest March 13. A socialist demonstration for general suffrage led to three hours of serious rioting. Socialists used revolvers and stones, injuring many policemen and rioters. About fifty persons were arrested.
Thousands of aspiring poets paid $18 each for songs set to music with 30 percent royalties but received no profits or copies. The North American Music Publishing Company of West 28th Street faced charges as R. H. Brennan was arrested by Postal Inspector D. W. Peters for fraudulent use of the mails. Authorities say Brennan profited for over two years and more arrests are anticipated.
Charles J. Glidden of Boston and Mrs Glidden reached Jerusalem today by car from Haifa Syria. The arrival marked the first motor vehicle ever seen in Jerusalem and drew a strong crowd and considerable attention.
Washington March 13 statements by Harry S New chairman of the Republican National Committee deny that the body will be controlled by any candidate or group The committee will hear all contests decide on merits and act with impartial regard for party interests and the country All cases will be heard by the full committee with no sub committees or labor division
London March 13 The new patent law by David Lloyd George empowers revocation of German patents if the process is not carried on in the United Kingdom. German aniline dye makers plan to build factories in England amid ongoing talks with Germany. Lloyd George said the law could create work for tens of thousands of British workers.
Boston reports Senator Crane sweeping nineteen of twenty-five ward organizations in the bid for Governor Hughes and unpledged delegates to the Chicago convention. Nomination papers opened by the Republican City Committee show unpledged delegates to state and district conventions. Taft leaders hold no pledged wards, four pledged wards favor Hughes with three delegates each.
Secretary Metcalf announced he would not pursue Senator Perkins seat in California and plans to return to law practice in Oakland after March 4. The statement marks the first Roosevelt Cabinet member to outline post term plans and counters talks of using dispatches to aid a future bid. In other news, a crowded Brooklyn subway platform at 6 pm sent T F Hollahan of East Orange into the tracks. he was saved with only a knee abrasion and returned home.
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