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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1908
Page
4
The piece notes that accidents cannot be avoided and financial distress may be anticipated and covered by accident insurance. It describes a rush in crowded streets with fast electric cars, heavy teams and automobiles and promotes secure protection through Travelers.
Three and a half miles from the green, half acre lots on a scenic piece of land in the city. Visitors can ride the trolley to the location along a 60 foot boulevard with springs, shade trees on every lot, and running water in each house.
Waterbury directory items list auto repair by Fred Phoenix Watertown Conn and Gan and Gasolene Engine repairs. Also Christmas Boxes, Taylor Co, Apron and Towel Supplies, East End Carriage Co by Larocque, florist in Watertown, grain and feed by Joseph Pepe, groceries by Geo Barton Oakville, milk by R F Worden & Sons and Goshen Creamery, violin repair by Adolph Race.
The president levels charges against an Indiana editor and Daniel Laffan of the New York Sun, alleging editorial influence and misrepresentation. Officials demand corrections and threaten legal action while press advocates defend journalistic integrity.
Washington dec 7 President Roosevelt replies to Willian Dudley Foulke denying charges of a Panama canal take off and denouncing Indianapolis News editor Delevan Smith and William M Laffan. He says no documents were destroyed and that government paid 40 million to the French government, not to American citizens, and that Taft and the administration knew the facts, while denying any syndicate or brother in law scandal involvement.
Theodore Roosevelt denounces falsehoods spread by outsiders and the yellow press. He argues most papers publish deliberate untruths for profit or influence and that exposing each lie is futile. He expresses faith in the American people's good sense and warns journalists remain a potent force for evil alongside corrupt financiers and politicians.
Washington dispatch reports Frank B Kellogg, longtime prosecutor of Standard Oil and other trusts, has been offered and intends to accept the post of attorney general in the Taft administration. Kellogg previously chaired inquiries against Rockefeller and Archbold, earning a reputation as a chief inquisitor in trust cases. He has pursued Standard Oil for years and is expected to join Taft's cabinet soon.
Washington December 7. Joseph H Pains ter a botanist at the National Museum and his companion Robert Wallace aged sixteen were drowned while attempting to shoot rapids in the Potomac River. They were on a fishing trip in a small canoe which overturned midstream after hitting a rock.
Riot follows a strike at the Coliahuase mines in Chile. Police deployed to restore order were forced back to their barracks, eleven policemen killed or wounded. Troops dispatched for relief.
Rome dispatch reports a violent quake near Messina at Galat Tortorici with multiple shocks. Buildings near collapse and panicked residents fled to churches for refuge as aftershocks continued. A separate Burlington incident describes a car overturning injuring two people.
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