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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1908
Page
6
The Tribute notes 42 delegates chosen since March 9 bringing total to 180 with 140 pledged for Taft 28 for Fairbanks 4 for Hughes and 8 uncommitted. Nebraska Oklahoma and Iowa list Taft instructed delegates from state and district conventions with several bold names and districts. Future conventions slated across states including Illinois Virginia Kentucky and Ohio with many more meetings planned through March and into April.
The document lists multiple faction gatherings and movement dates across states and cities including Davidson faction in Birmingham on April 29 and Portland Maine April 30, with other entries in Baltimore Greensboro Hartford Birmingham Louisville New Orleans Grand Rapids Minot Wacco and Sacramento May dates. It reads like a schedule of informal meetings and reorganizations with corresponding April and May timelines.
Washington reports conflicting accounts on Missouri 11th 12th district delegates to the Republican National Convention. Rep Caulfield says Taft was the regular choice via district conventions. state committee later ruled delegates illegitimate and set up new primaries. Senator Warner supports regularity of earlier 10th 11th 12th delegates amid claims of rump conventions by the state committee.
Washington reports President Roosevelts approval to send 25 US delegates to the Pan American Scientific Congress in Santiago next December. The State Department seeks 35000 for official representation as leading universities pledge independent participation. The ten day program will cover law, economy, labor, criminology, education, arts, and immigration.
The Silvia of the Red Cross Line struck Sow and Pigs ledges entering Vineyard Sound and remained fast on the reef. A southwest gale drove heavy seas as wreckers, including the tug L J Merritt and lighter Chitrendor, began cargo removal but had to abandon work at noon due to worsening conditions. The vessel settled and threatened to founder with crew ashore at the light station.
Minneapolis March 15 Judge William Lochren of the United States District Court announced in an interview that he will resign his position on the federal bench. The resignation takes effect on May 5. Lochren is seventy six and has served twelve years on the bench.
Los Angeles March 15 reports from The Times that the Western Pacific will reach Southern California via the West Pass of Wilmington Harbor. Articles of incorporation filed for Los Angeles Harbor Railroad Company and Los Angeles Harbor Company each $2,900,000 capital with $60,009 subscribed. Harbor Company $500,000 preferred stock and $1,000,000 bonds. Harbor Railroad $2,000,000 indebtedness. Rights of way Wilmington to Los Angeles obtained. President is A Bird, former Gould lines official, now in Compton. Articles authorize steamship telegraph lines and express operations.
Pittsburg Steel Company orders resume of construction this week on the new open hearth plant that was begun before the business depression. Telegraph dispatch from Pittsboro dated March 13 reports the action as part of revival efforts.
The Gallinger ocean mail bill faces final Senate vote and aims to expand U S naval reserve by authorizing fast mail steamers for routes to South America Asia and Australasia. Six to sixteen knot ships would be built or converted to cruisers with heavy armament and naval trials under Navy oversight, with multiple lines planned and a need for up to twenty eight ships.
In New Orleans on March 15 Charles Funk was murdered and two others wounded by Robert Bonner and James Williams, two young Black men. They fled but were captured after attempting another robbery. Armed citizens fatally wounded Bonner. his accomplice escaped. A citizen was wounded. Bonner confessed to several recent burglaries.
Sir John Pickersgill Rodger, Governor of the Gold Coast, returned from a three month trip to the United States Panama and Cuba. He praised Panama Canal engineering and sanitation noting mosquitoes kept out by brass netting and a fall in yellow fever. He cited Hampton Institute’s industrial education as a model and said two Gold Coast schools for teachers and industrial training would follow Hampton’s example.
The Pantheon of the Spanish Colonies in Madrid will be dismantled and its collections of books paintings and scientific treasures dispersed to city libraries and museums. Officials cite space needs and declining visits but the move is seen as erasing evidence of Spain’s vanished empire. The Philippines exhibit is noted as the most intriguing part.
Fifteen minutes of cane slashing set by Technical High School students as a non deadly duel. Both combatants were stripped to the waist and endured similar injuries, with the loser decided after a quarter hour. University circles debate the innovation versus swords and head and face protections.
Madrid March 15 Prince Hinivoshi Kuni a cousin of the Emperor of Japan presented to Queen Victoria the insignia of the Order of the Crown on behalf of the Empress of Japan.
In St. Petersburg and other regions, a wave of death sentences was handed down. Ten robbers at Krewnentchug four at Kiel three for a post office attack at Pros knuroff three brigands at Lodz a Khar kof peasant and two political prisoners at Kursk were among those condemned. Ekaterinburg saw seven men to be hanged and one jailed for life over a counting house assault. Father Gregory Petrof, labor leader and Constitutional Democrat deputy, said he will visit the United States to deliver lectures.
In Omori a fraudulent passport manufacturer was uncovered and several arrests made. Among those detained are two police officers accused of selling over three hundred passports to America for 3200 yen each.
Hong Kong on March 1 was announced that 150000 dollars will fund a new university to be incorporated with the existing medical college. The government will provide land for the project.
Constantinople reports no official confirmation of two Turkish steamers seized by Russian warships with arms on board. The claim is dismissed here though small contraband seizures have occurred recently on the Russian coast.
Prince Stephan, five, son of Prince Mirko of Montenegro, died in Cannes on March 15. The brief report notes the royal death during a residence visit, with no further details provided.
The Turbulence Bureau reports the scout cruiser Chester, powered by Parsons turbines, exceeded 26.5 knots on trials, beating prior ship speeds in its class. It joins two sister ships for direct turbine vs reciprocating engine comparisons, aiming to assess endurance and fuel use. Commander Henry B. Wilson is slated to command upon commissioning in about a month.
The Birmingham cruiser completed her 24 hour 12 knot and 24 hour 25 knot trials, surpassing government standards. She logged speeds near 24.6 knots with coal efficiency around one ton per 24.75 knots and averaged 170 propeller revolutions per minute. The vessel, sister to Chester and Salem, left for trials from Nantasket Roads.
Bridgeport Conn March 15 Official test of the Lake submarine torpedo boat will be held Tuesday in Long Island Sound off Bridgeport The naval board on submarines led by Captain Adelph Martx arrives tomorrow for the trials The Nina naval tender from Newport last year assisted operations The Lake, built in 1906, measures 83 feet in length and displaces 250 tons The test focuses on maintaining an even keel while submerged as the only boat of its type in the United States
Captain F W Katz West Point instructor after a month observing canal work arrived from the isthmus on the steamship Panama. He urged a government canteen to regulate liquor sales and curb Chinese liquor manipulation while noting three million cubic yards of earth moved in twenty four days and a July completion estimate.
The battleship Mississippi arrived from Guantanamo Bay to be docked at League Island Navy Yard. It will be fitted out and put in commission, with about a month required for finishing touches and trials before entering active service.
Tokio reports a satisfactory settlement of the Tatsu affair. China concedes all Japanese demands and will purchase the arms on board the vessel and hoist the Japanese tag. A Chinese warship will fire a salute as the tug is re hoisted, sparking broad relief.
March 15 report from Hong Kong says a Canton meeting voiced strong anger over the Tatsu case and a boycott may be organized. It also notes the resignation of the Viceroy of Canton has been accepted.
Foreigner residents discuss Anglican rites in Japan amid questions on the legality of some thirty to forty marriages officiated by Bishop Awdry. English law may deem these unions invalid, rendering their offspring illegitimate, with potential retrospective parliamentary action to validate existing marriages.
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