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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1912
Page
5
The item argues that an Oriental rug embodies sentiment durability elegance and utility. It promotes Wild's Oriental rugs as top choice for wedding gifts and invites readers to request a Summer Rug Booklet with prices of twenty five to seventy five dollars.
London session of the Board of Trade inquiry examined J Bruce Ismay’s role aboard the Titanic. Capt Hayes testified Ismay rode with him and did not interfere with navigation, though questions arose about a telegram and Ismay’s status as chairman and not merely an ordinary passenger. Sir Rufus Isaacs and Sir Robert Finlay sparred over whether Ismay interfered and why he received the ice report.
The Heine letters led the auction with seven pieces selling for 750 dollars while Heine's last letter to his mother brought 167. Schiller letters brought 500 and a Grillparzer manuscript titled Renunciation sold for 106. German dealers were the primary purchasers.
The Cunard liner Mauretania departed at 5 P M for Liverpool under a new schedule said to last until the long route changes. She carried 500 first 450 second and 1027 third class passengers with 2600 sacks of mail. 1500 to 2000 watched from the pier as Rev W T Manning and Bishop Vincent of Southern Ohio joined the voyage for a London conference. The ship is due Fishguard by 9 A M Monday and the captain also added a bullfrog owl and snapping turtle for the Liverpool aquarium.
Los Angeles reports C E White testified he paid $500 to a prospective McNamara juror shortly before Bert Franklin’s arrest on November 28 1911. Diekelman testified that Darrow directed alleged witness corruption while noting he was not subpoenaed. The defense pressed questions on witness identification and concealment, citing connections to Dunne Nockels and Gompers.
Paris dispatch notes French papers warn Col. Roosevelt risks transforming American democracy into a presidential autocracy. The Gaulois calls his program a shift toward a plebiscitary regime and a power beyond the presidency, echoing fears of Caesarism and dynastic rule.
A London Guildhall reception honors Sir Henniker Heaton on returning from Australia. Lord Curzon and others praise his imperial penny postage work enabling inter empire communication. Heaton urges free instant London to far reaches cables if government funds electrification matched mail subsidies.
Lisbon President Manuel de Arriaga asks Premier Vasconcellos to form a new cabinet after ministers resigned on June 5. London reports the Home Rule bill moves to committee in the House of Commons with discussions likely through August recess.
The Florence 1481 folio edition of Dante's La Divina Commedia sold for 9000 dollars at Sotheby's Huth library sale in London. It set a new record for books in Part II of the library, praised for its morocco binding and Baldini engravings after Botticelli. Previous records cited include 1887 Crawford 2100 and 1903 Carmichael 5000.
Six year old Sigrid Eck strom found dead in the cellar of 1077 Ogden Avenue Bronx to be exhumed for a coroner’s exam to determine if a head injury from a fall contributed to death. The inquest is set for today at Municipal Court 162nd Street and Brook Avenue.
President Taft appointed Edwin H. Blashfield a New York artist to fill a vacancy on the patent office commission. The formal appointment followed the resignation of F. D. Miller and was announced from Washington on June 11.
More than 8000 towels offered in a summer event include German Huckaback towels in four damask border designs at $3 per dozen. Scalloped Huckaback towels measure 21 by 40 inches at 35 cents each. Fine Irish linen Huckaback towels with damask at 50 cents each, regularly 65 cents. An upscale option at 75 cents, with a $1 price for some pieces. Little Guest room towels in fine Irish huckaback hemstitched priced at 2.50.
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