14 Jul 1913
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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1913
Page
1
A maritime disaster near New York results in nine deaths with sixteen others missing in various waters. A Boston Harbor accident adds eight fatalities as a telegraph official presides over the Siasconset inquiry.
A partial OCR fragment lists several individuals and addresses tied to a drowning incident near New York. Names include SANFORD, HALPH PETERSON, MICHAEL ARIDA, BENJAMIN GOLDBERG, BENJAMIN ROSENSTROUM, WILLIAM GARRITY, PENJIAMIN GOLDBERG, and others with addresses in Brooklyn, Newark, Jersey City, Tompkinsville, and Staten Island.
A disaster on the riverfront left nine men dead after accidents in the North River, Passage River, and Coney Island area. Among the dead were two canoeists from West 179th Street, one a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate, plus several bathers and workers overwhelmed by tides and undercurrents.救
In Paris on July 13 a French court required car makers to consider fashion when designing bodies. Count de Kerger won a rebate after his wife’s long hat plumes damaged the car roof, with a judge ruling builders must accommodate fashion.
President Wilson traveled by special car with the Federal Express from New Haven to Washington on the eve of July 2. He appeared strengthened by his New Hampshire stay and joked that the number thirteen brings him luck. He greeted crowds at stations and attended a village church service in Cornish before heading to Windsor, Vermont.
Wealthy summer residents in Pittsfield Mass react to the Millionaires Express delayed by a broken-winded locomotive. Charles S Mellen president of the system rode the train to his Stockbridge summer home and borrowed a freight engine to reach the express.
Lieut. Stanley Lamaire of the Washington Artillery New Orleans bracketing a 4000 yard target in driving rain wins first day honor at Tobyhanna Pennsylvania camp. Lieut. Lehman of Virginia and Lieut. Dawson of Indiana take second and third. Sixty eastern state officers attend the camp as practice continues tomorrow.
A July 13 blaze in Catskill destroyed the two story Boston Store on Main Street and damaged the adjacent Post Building. Thieves had blown open a safe, fled after three blasts, left dynamite on the floor, and stole about $40. The total loss reached $75,000 with partial insurance. The Catskill Daily Mail plant was also destroyed in the fire.
A brief tornado touched down in Hempstead New York on a quiet Sunday afternoon. It traveled along Hilton Avenue and Franklin Street for about eleven seconds causing uprooted trees damaged roofs and scattered debris from the Mulford garden to Smiths Hotel. Fire and power crews were dispatched to clear streets and repair electricity lines.
A sudden sandstorm halted the Clan-na-Gael annual picnic at Celtic Park Long Island delaying events for ten minutes. Kilkenny beat Limerick 12 to 5 in hurling as spectators sheltered in pavilions. The storm followed by dances and Irish sports with Cork beating Tipperary 2 goals to 1.
John Kendrick Bangs famous comic character offers softer tactics for suffrage advocates, urging readers to consider subtler approaches instead of riot or rebellion. The Times promises more details in the next Sunday issue.
A plot to assassinate President Huerta Gen. Felix Diaz and War Minister Blanquet was foiled with the arrest of one Deputy and ten others of minor prominence. Bomb tests and device rehearsals were reported in a remote building as officials were to be attacked during a street drive. Documents linked suspects to Zapata and outlined the plan.Several prisoners confessed.
William J. Bryan told Hendersonville audience that his government salary is insufficient for his expenses and said he lectures to supplement income. He asserted Democrats will use preferential primaries for future conventions and defended his Chautauqua platform as a legitimate income source.
Eye witness accounts describe Ottoman forces advancing toward unoccupied Turkish territory and potential joint action with Romania. Reports from Seres, Safonika, and Krivolak detail Bulgarian cruelties including executions, torture, and massacres amid Greek and Servian moves.
Mexico City July 13 The Huerta government refused permission for a large anti American student demonstration sparking only minor protests. A dynamite threat to the American Embassy was deemed a warning, not a plan, and no guard was placed at the embassy. Ambassador Wilson and the Mexican Foreign Office pursued the letter’s author to identify the signer.
Omaha reports William J. Bryan earned between 25 000 and 30 000 annually before his cabinet service with income from investments, lectures, and newspapers. He will get 12 000 for six weeks of Chautauqua Bureau lectures, while the Commoner waned in profit. The Secretary of State's salary stands at 12 000 yearly.
For three months gatemen and special policemen at 149th Street and Mott Avenue stations tracked a "subway boarder" who used the sites as refuge. Special Policeman McBride found him asleep at 149th Street and after a long chase Donald Graham, 23, was caught by Patrolman Daly at Morrisania Station.
The American Ambassador's protest to Mexico's Foreign Office over an anti American demonstration yielded indirect effects as the government did not ban a "popular patriotic" action. About 400 people marched through central streets, halted before a Japanese store while shouting Vivas for Japan, with police and War Minister Blanquet present. Destitute Americans flee revolutions and financial ruin, arriving in the United States by boat at Government expense.
A missing Goshen girl Beulah Reeve is confirmed safe after a letter mailed in Middletown and delivered to her sister reveals she went away for a rest. Sheriff noting the $250 reward is withdrawn, and the Goshen auto sighting is linked to her trip. she plans to return home soon.
James J. Van Alen sails from Canada to England on July 8 and will leave England July 24 for Capetown. He aims to hunt big game in British East Africa from a steam car, with native hunters, then proceed to Egypt until January, return to London, stay until May, and travel to Panama, New York, then Newport to occupy Wakehurst for the summer.
Fire broke out aboard the French Line steamer Chicago, which arrived from New York on July 8 at Havre. Several cabins were damaged before the blaze was extinguished. the total loss remains undetermined. A note about free Lily drinking cups samples was also advertised.
Reports from Athens and Salonika describe continued turmoil in the Balkans with Greece and Servia declining armistice terms. The Turkish Army advances toward Adrianople and Thrace, while Romania moves to extend its territory and Greece seeks vengeance for Bulgarian massacres amid rumors of Russian interference.
Twelve people died and about fifty were injured when a Pacific Electric Interurban train collided with another electric train at Vineyard station near Los Angeles. Both trains were inbound from Venice and crowded with beachgoers returning home. Early reports conflicted on exact details.
Rome correspondent reports a mutiny by Swiss Guards at the Vatican after one guard was arrested for refusing patrol duty. The insubordination unsettled the Pope and the ringleader received two months imprisonment while others face punishment.
Sylvia Pankhurst, jailed for three months last Tuesday, was freed five days after threatening a hunger strike. The British suffragist left prison today in London as authorities acknowledged her protest.
Milan July 13 The aviator Bider flew from Berne to Milan covering about 115 miles. He ascended to 8470 metres passing Jungfrau, despaired at crossing, lightened the aeroplane to the limit, endured two hours in rarified air, and battled extreme cold to control the aircraft.
French aviator Leon Letort flew from Paris to Berlin without a stop, leaving at 4 10 a m and landing at 1 10 p m for a 590 mile record surpassing Eugène Gilbert's 513 mile flight from Villa Coublay to Vittoria Spain completed in eight and a half hours.
District Attorney Whitman of New York met Gov. Sulzer at the Executive Mansion for an overnight visit. They discussed official business but the Governor would not confirm if Stilwell’s confession formed part of the talks. Sulzer denied any pardon overture and said he had no appointment with the DA.
Boston July 13 Mystery surrounds the identity of a 25 year old woman who leaped from the ninth floor of the Hotel Bellevue. The body was found in the rear areaway hours later. Medical Examiner Magrath terms it death by her own action. The inscription Mrs Strader New York appeared on the register dated July 2. A handkerchief bore the letter 58. The foreign born sounding guest had no mail and appeared low spirited. She was 5 feet 2 inches, 120 pounds, stocky brunette with a scar above the left eyebrow and gold teeth in the lower jaw. She arrived by taxi with money but no clues emerged.
The Fine Arts Commission report on beautifying the Panama Canal is completed and likely to be sent to Congress via President Wilson around August 1. The plans include improvements to approaches to the locks and the scenery along the waterway corridor.
The General Committee of 100,000 railroad workers from the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railroad Conductors ratified a strike plan but granted delay to attend a White House conference with President Wilson. Leaders Garretson and Lee authorize a strike date only if managers remain unmoved, while seeking arbitration under the Erdman act as amended by the Newlands bill.
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