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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1914
Page
4
A sale offering girls white dresses from 1.95 with hand embroidery or lace trim, and other styles 2.95 to 12.50 in lawn, voile, crepe, net, and organdie. Boys wear white suits and Oxfords from 2.25, plus white shoes for girls and boys in kidskin and canvas. Special sale features fine rep fabric and middy styles with a focus on quality, fit, and price.
A Brooklyn linen shop displays an assortment of items including lace, Chinese embroidered fabrics, and miscellaneous gifts. Also highlighted are delicate pieces and other decorative textiles for sale.
Montreal dispatch reports Empress of Ireland accusations about rescue behavior debated while officials defend the ship's crew. Canadian Pacific updates lift death toll to 1,024 with 452 saved and 108 identified. Starstad owners seek limited liability and appeal for bail as court action looms.
The Montreal City Council approved a ten thousand dollar grant for survivors with Toronto expected to follow. Memorial services are planned across the Dominion while debate continues over raising or destroying the sunken hull. An inquiry begins Wednesday the tenth, led by Capt. Lindsay, with crew members from both ships held pending the investigation.
London announces Lord Mersey will join a triad of observers to probe the Empress of Ireland tragedy. The decision marks a new offshore wreck inquiry approach and borrows from Mersey’s Titanic experience. Ottawa delays opening until the British envoy arrives and the inquiry site is chosen.
Quebec June 2 public military funeral planned for seven sailors and two stewardesses who perished on the Empire of Ireland. Services will be held at the Cathedral with Dean Williams officiating for Protestants and Father Casgrain for Catholics. Interments at Mount Herman and St Patrick's Cemetery. Names identified include Mrs F Jones Miss Siddel and sailors J McGrath J Murphy F Parkinson.
Ab Tapping, London stage manager, recounts a dream during the Empress of Ireland disaster era. In a richly furnished room, Sir Henry Irving appears dying as his successors bid farewell. Laurence Irving stands apart, urged to flee as the father dies, then follows him with resolute steps. A photograph later identifies the room as the Empress of Ireland salon.
Quebec June 2 A flood of adoption inquiries arrives from the United States and Canada after the child Florence Barbour survived the shipwreck. Railway officials report telegrams and letters seeking to adopt her. relatives must be heard from before any action. R W Crellin of Silverton British Columbia, who saved her life, may pursue guardianship if no competing claims arise.
The message from George R. L. expressing gratitude to the United States for sympathy toward the Empress of Ireland disaster victims and the bereaved families is dated June 2, 1914 in London. Washington is acknowledged.
John R. Early, once pronounced a leper in 1908, stayed at a Washington hotel under a false name before turning himself in to Health Office officials. He seeks federal leprosium measures for about 300 patients, detailing his escape from a Puget Sound colony and travels through Port Townsend, Victoria, Toronto, Montreal, and New York before arriving in Washington.
Judge William B. Hornblower of New York has been ill with heart disease at his summer home in Litchfield Connecticut. A statement from the home says his heart has had a crisis but may be staved off for a week with absolute quiet and rest under doctor’s orders.
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