17 Jan 1912
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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1912
Page
1
Farley arrives at noon after spending the night aboard ship at quarantine and reports good health. Cathedral display planned with lights gradually rising to brilliance and final reception announced.
The schedule lists arrivals on the steamship Berlin at Hoboken and the Rosedale boarding, a luncheon aboard the Berlin, Cardinal Farley joining the procession to Battery and Cathedral, a grand illumination at St Patrick's Cathedral, a Sunday public reception at the Hippodrome, and a Thursday sequence of cathedral services and a Catholic Club reception.
Wireless report from the Berlin near Quarantine recalls Cardinal Farley being honored aboard the ship. The dining saloon displayed Papal flags as he expressed thanks for North German Lloyd's courtesy. The Captain and officers wished safe future voyages while the Cardinal remained well through stormy seas since Naples.
John Cardinal Farley, fresh from Rome where named Prince of the Church, slept in quarantine aboard the Berlin. He awaits a public reception planned by the Catholic community and will ride in an open carriage with a fur cloak gift from Major John F. O’Rourke as crowds line the parade route.
Testimony says George Pendleton Bowler gambled away 75000 in one night at a Broadway New York venue. Poco Bennett, Harvard alum, testifies Bowler chased lenders for cash and spent 160000 in five years. Guardian appointed after Bowler came of age. suit seeks 30000 with notes and interest.
In Ogdensburg New York a priestly tale ends as Capt. Barton S. Cruikshank, once declared dead after a presumed 1910 drowning in the St. Lawrence River, is discovered alive in New York City. Attorney George W. Fuller says he identified him and will seek revocation of the wife’s letters testamentary.
In San Juan del Sur Nicaragua a Assembly resolution denounces Franklin M. Gunther United States chargé d affaires as an outrage to the republics autonomy. Gunther reportedly urged delaying promulgation until the arrival of George T. Weitzel the American minister who wanted amendments. Indignation rises here.
State Department officials are puzzled by a San Juan del Sur dispatch claiming our Chargé d Affaires asked for delay in Nicaragua's new Constitution until Minister Weitzel arrives. The article notes potential motives, including a possible tour de force by the ruling party and concerns over bonds or taxes affecting foreign interests. Weitzel has been appointed minister and is en route.
A six month suspension of the 25 cent per bushel potato tariff is proposed by Rep Ayres of New York. The bill cites market scarcity and high prices for consumers. Government data show a 59 million bushel shortfall from last year and 97 million from the year before. International dealers estimate a large on hand shortfall as of January 1 1912.
Representative Sherley of Kentucky announced plans to insert in next year’s appropriation bill a provision to grant the widow of Justice Harlan the equivalent of a year’s salary for a Supreme Court justice, $13,500. The action follows prior pension authorization for Widow De Brewer. Admirals Schley and Evans were reduced in the Senate today.
A clipped classified note references a one night out via Seaboard line and an electrical steel title on Broadway, with a contact inquiry at 1 184 Broadway. The snippet is terse and fragmentary, offering little context beyond an advertising plea.
Sensational charges marked a House hearing on probes into the Shipping Trust and Money Trust. Bernard N. Baker testified that coastwise lines are railroad dominated, while Arbuckle Brothers filed a brief alleging a Brazilian syndicate manipulates freight rates and excludes Arbuckles from key routes.
A partial classified style item notes a wine merchant entry and address at 0138 Fulton Street New York, with reference to H T D Wey and Son. The readable fragment suggests an advertisement listing a sales or service contact.
An article in Next Sunday's Times previews a study of Metchnikoff theory and other longevity cases, summarizing results and implications for extending lifespans.
A huge eight story storage warehouse on Twenty-seventh to Twenty-eighth Streets and Twelfth to Thirteenth Avenues suffered a major blaze. Fireboats and extensive engines battled iron shuttered walls as flames leaped through the roof. Officials estimated losses near 500000 to 600000 with Wanamaker storage furniture and pianos in the building.
Fifty workers at Ignacio Bigrazian’s 222 Montrose Avenue factory panic as smoke fills the halls. Basements feed the fire, flames reach upper floors, Italians fire revolvers to raise alarm, police rescue residents as thirty families evacuate with few goods. Fire spreads to a rear tenement but is contained.
Two servants from the Revere House remain unaccounted after a morning blaze. Susan Doherty and Anna Me ervitt slept on the fifth floor with other staff and may have perished. search of the ruins found no bodies. A fire inquest is scheduled at the State House on Thursday.
Col. George Harvey explains that Woodrow Wilson asked his name be removed from the masthead to avoid harming his presidential bid. The Harper's Weekly editor says the choice was made for fairness and self respect, with no further comment on a rumored break with Wilson.
Gov. Wilson heads to Michigan with John D. Prince acting governor in Trenton. He will speak in Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids, then Concord New Hampshire and Boston. Both Senate and House hold short sessions. hearings planned on Leavitt Reform Bills Grade Crossing tax revision and Morris Canal abandonment. Leavitt proposals authorize Penn Railroad to condemn land for two more tracks across New Jersey.
A Chesapeake & Ohio special train crashed into a Louisville & Nashville passenger train near Long Run, Kentucky, at about 5 30 pm killing four men including both engineers and a fireman and injuring nearly a hundred. A relief train with nurses and physicians rushed to the scene. Most of the injured were expected to recover. regulators said the special train disobeyed orders by not stopping at Long Run where the trains were to meet. The accident occurred about a mile and a half east of Long Run.
In Baltimore on January 16 Cardinal Gibbons suffered a severe shock and fell to the church floor during rites at St. Vincent's Church while preparing to bless the body of Rev. Desire C. de Wulf. He was helped up and completed the ceremony unharmed beyond the shock.
A London firm plans a three to four mile switchback road in the south of England costing about £50,000. Engineers would create artificial hills and valleys to test fast cars, aiming for a sound commercial venture, with interest from the Royal Automobile Club and related groups.
The Duke of Connaught and Duchess of Connaught with Princess Patricia arrive Monday for a short, informal visit at Ambassador Reid and Mrs. Reid and will dine Tuesday. Time limits prevent a Washington call on President Taft, with no official acts planned during their stay.
The North German Lloyd liner George Washington arriving yesterday from Bremen delivered the first millinery samples for next spring. Customs checked all advance hat styles and found every item properly declared with no trunks sent to Public Stores.
In Westbury Long Island a rabies scare hits polo stables after a dog shot by the coroner tests positive. Two ponies owned by John S. Phipps are destroyed including the $3,000 Gay Boy ridden by Harry Payne Whitney in the last international polo match.
Frank S. Ober a New York patent attorney married to Miss Josephine Robb a Manhattan newspaper writer died in Garfield Hospital Washington DC. He had bronchial trouble and knew he would not live long. A clergyman and his fiancée attended the ceremony with a nurse and the physician as witnesses. Mrs Ober fainted after the event and left the hospital with friends.
James J. Gallagher once charged with wounding Mayor Gaynor and shooting William Edwards, is found in the last stages of paresis. Doctors report he may not live long unless placed in a hospital for treatment. Judge Gnichtel orders transfer from New Jersey State Prison to the State Hospital for the Insane while he remains under sentence and could be returned to finish his term if he recovers.
Secretary of War Stimson reports to the Senate that over the past decade original army enlistments averaged 19,373 annually with 10,219 reenlistments, 18,103 discharges for disability, 1,224 by court martial, 2,256 for desertion, and 512 due to death. An unrelated ad follows.
Washington reports intensified crisis as Cuban army and rural guard officers ignore President Gomez ban on political activity and attend Veterans' meetings. State Department notes threaten intervention if law is defied, urging Cuba to enforce free republican government and deter armed revolts.
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