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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1914
Page
4
Behind our Guaranty stand our capital and surplus. Watching over these stand the Superintendents of Insurance and Banking. Thus the State itself helps protect you when you buy our Guaranteed Mortgages.
Capt. Bartlett recounts the Karluk disaster and the trek to Wrangel Island with 86 days of provisions, the rescue by natives, and relief by Captain Peterson. He links the Karluk drift to earlier ships Jeanette and Fram, questioning polar drift paths and suggesting possible unexplored land as a factor.
Washington hearing set in Surrogates Court to decide Jacob Fussell's residence after his death in the capital. Heirs say he lived in New York at 28 East Twenty-eighth Street for 45 years. will left property to family. State contends Fussell home was in Washington for tax purposes. estate faced possible tax ramifications. Evidence notes safe deposit boxes in New York and Washington with stocks and policies.
Walter Harper, a 22 year old Alaskan Indian and first to stand atop Mount McKinley, visited Coney Island with Archdeacon Hudson Stuck. He impressed crowds by strength tests striking a 20 pound block, shooting gallery work, and tossing balls at a Steeplechase Park target. Harper also made a sand map of Denali and traced the expedition route before heading to Massachusetts.
Commissioner Katharine 4. Davis will test a plan in Queens Jail Long Island City to move inmates from fifty up to seventy men and fifty women. Women will sew uniforms and clerical work in a new light filled workroom under Mary Whittaker while men repaint and renovate. A park and planned modern laundry will expand operations across city prisons.
Thomas Tarpy, a 34 year old discharged watchman, admitted to police at Poplar Street Station in Brooklyn that he killed Michie Kerha at the Robert Gair Company offices on Washington and Front Streets. He described planning the crime after Kerha fired him for drunkenness and firing five shots, two hitting Kerha.
Joseph Thiry owner of a furniture and upholstery shop on West Forty-fifth Street reports a night theft of valuables. Detectives traced the goods to the home of 19 year old Helen Goodwin on West Thirty-third Street where three youths and the girl were found. She is charged with receiving stolen goods while the youths face burglary charges. The girl's father once ran an upholstery shop below his flat but has been away. she lives with her younger sister.
Dr. Dudley Sargent, Harvard's famed director, endorses the new waltz and one-step as healthier, less restrictive dances that promote better breathing and vigorous living. He notes two hours daily is not excessive and contrasts with past dances like the tango and bunny hug which he calls vulgar.
A man in trouble at the river was swept toward the sea by a strong tide after leaping into the East River from the island. The fireboat George P. McClellan spotted him exhausted midstream and, under Lieut. Cole, reeled him ashore using a rope and hoisted him aboard. The 24 year old was returned to Dr Parker at Metropolitan Hospital.
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