17 Dec 1912
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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1912
Page
1
Turkish and Greek fleets exchange fire near the Dardanelles as peace delegates begin talks. The Giorgios Averoff is hit while Turkish ships report no damage. Delegates pessimistic, seeking external mediation to bridge Turkish Greek deadlock.
Special Cable reports grave uneasiness among underwriters over ten large steamers overdue on Atlantic passages. Vessels left late last month and faced violent weather with high reinsurance rates. Notable ships include Whitinham, Birchtor, Snowdon Range, and Barbara. insurability is deteriorating with rates rising from 15 to over 80 percent.
Bernice G. Heinze obtains a divorce from Fritz A. Heinze in New York Supreme Court Newburgh hearing. He is ordered to pay $1,000 monthly alimony and $233 monthly rent and to fund the education of their son after age five. Custody granted to Mrs. Heinze. A photo evidence link cited. Nyack hearing referenced. Towne and Spellman attorney for plaintiff.
Vincent Astor and Frank Casey, racing between Rhinebeck and Red Hook, narrowly avoided a fatal collision on State Road. Casey’s Kip car left the highway, wrecked after smashing into a tree. he was thrown clear with bruises and shock. Astor steered away, then rushed Casey to his Rhinebeck home as the damaged machine was towed.
Gen Rosalie Jones leads six weary pilgrims on the first day of a suffrage march from Yonkers toward Albany to press Gov elect Sulzer for votes. The group, joined by seven organizations, faces delays and police escort as they reach Irvington and Yonkers city lines.
The Palmer listing at 1238 Broadway advertises Rock Island Lines travel to California with a focus on value and comfort. It touts an eleventh season of service and a direct route, promising reliable trains and economical fares.
Former Commissioner of Accounts argues the Board of Aldermen is inefficient and archaic and outlines a remedy. He says reforms are needed in New York's governmental system and hints at recommendations to be detailed in Next Sunday's Times.
Frederick Lewisohn of Lewisohn Brothers balks at disclosing profits from a California Petroleum Company syndicate involving Salomon & Co and Hallgarten & Co. The Pujo Committee adjourns to allow counsel consultation. If he refuses again, he faces possible indictment and Supreme Court action.
Governor George W. Donaghey plans to pardon 360 convicts from the Arkansas State Penitentiary in a bid to dismantle the convict lease system. He cites abuse by local justices and aims to spark legislature action, with ten specific cases cited as evidence of harsh sentencing and exploitation.
Festive holidays offer tennis and hunting events with Seaboard Air Line travel 1,184 miles by rail.
Six women died and three others were reported missing after a street car collided with a coal train at Centre Street crossing in Ashtabula Ohio. Four injured passengers were hospitalized, with one expected to die. The wreck trapped two unidentified women beneath twenty loaded coal cars as crews began removing coal from the pile.
Chief Magistrate William McAdoo submitted to Mayor Gaynor a report by Chief Clerk Phillip Black on women admitted to bail since Night Court closed at 1 A M. In 540 nights only 297 bonds for women were issued, Black noting no reason to keep the court open after 1 A M as bonds at stations remain remarkably small.
Fragmentary note mentions a Broadway location and a possible opening or event at 1166 Broadway. No clear person, organization, or definite date is identifiable from the text.
A terse note reports a six case-string stoppered battle in progress at Great Bear StRiIng Water with limited readable details and no clear outcome.
London police raided a baccarat house on Wilton Crescent near Belgrave Square. Roy MacKay and the croupier face charges, 19 others are charged with gambling. checks seized include some over 5000 dollars. A prominent lady reportedly lost 140000 and a jockey 17500.
A burglar of luxurious tastes entered a Warwickshire house and stole loose cash. He sat by the dining room fire, stacked cushions on an armchair, and ate cold pork, vegetables, uncooked mincemeat, and whisky and soda. He then used a five pound note to light his pipe.
Mrs. Disston bags one of the lions during a twenty four day mountain hunt near Glenwood Springs Colorado. Henry Disston and guides pursued the big cat all day before Mrs. Disston finally killed the nine foot lion after darkness fell. The party also took four mountain lions a lynx and a bobcat as trophies. Henry Disston is a Philadelphia millionaire lawmaker and hunter with prior Alaska trips.
A rush hour fight aboard a Myrtle Avenue Elevated train on the Brooklyn span led Patrolman Their to clash with two laborers. The officer, in plain clothes, beat off the assailants with his revolver butt and arrested them. Simmins was hospitalized and McAuliffe held on $1000 bail before Magistrate Dodd.
The Supreme Court ruled the alleged coal trust not proven but ordered dissolution of the Temple Iron Company for blocking a new line into the anthracite region. It voided 65 percent contracts tying output to tidewater price as illegal restraints on trade. Government hailed partial victory though minor pools not adjudicated.
A Georgia movement to drive African Americans from Northern counties after Cumming riots prompts white leaders to ask Gov. Brown to deploy state troops to restore order. Notices threaten violence if blacks do not leave. hundreds have fled and families lose domestic labor as authorities weigh troop action.
Cable note reports Megantic and Crnite to Star Line sailing from Liverpool to New York 1310 miles east of Sandy Hook. Arrival times at Port Antonio and Clothilde Pan listed with 8 30 A details, suggesting schedule changes and port calls.
Fragmentary note mentions Deerfoot Farm Sanseges and questionable meat sources described as eee meat of little piss n Siics or ices. Reads as an incomplete label or recipe fragment with unclear context or origins.
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