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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1912
Page
6
The Day of the Saxon argues that economic pressure from global powers will force expansion and erode racial boundaries. Lea emphasizes imminent danger and urges Americans to awaken to defend national security.
A vivid critique lauds The Street Called Straight as a summer favorite that appeals to youth and nostalgia. The writer calls it the author’s greatest production, surpassing even The Inner Shrine and enticing audiences to dream land.
A concise note containing critics praise for The Man in Lonely Land. Excerpts from Boston Transcript New York World Philadelphia North American Chicago Record Herald and San Francisco Bulletin highlight its style romance humor and charm.
The writers, experts of wide experience, present a guide divided into First Aid to Boating How to Make Play Boats How to Make Real Boats Sail Boats and Sailing Motor Boats and Motor Boating Canoes and Canoeing and Rowing including a complete history of the Harvard Yale Race. The book is richly illustrated with pictures and diagrams.
The New York World will publish daily reports from Chicago with William Jennings Bryan as an impartial observer. Readers are urged to obtain morning and evening editions beginning Sunday to follow the Taft Roosevelt struggle through the convention.
The Appellate Division disbars Henry A. Robinson former head of Metropolitan Street Railway Company legal department after findings that he approved vouchers to witnesses court staff and others to influence damage claims and trials. The ruling denounces a long standing system subverting justice and warns attorneys against participation in bribery or perjury.
The Public Service Commission approved new rapid transit routes in Brooklyn and Queens. Plans include extending the Fourth Avenue Subway to Eighty-sixth Street and building elevated lines from the Queensboro Bridge Plaza to Woodside and Astoria. Staten Island tunnel plans were adopted with a two‑track subway route from the Fourth Avenue line toward Arrietta Street, Staten Island, linking to North and South Shore lines. Authorities expect state of plans by mid July and aim for 1914 completion.
The National Conference of Charities and Correction decided to hold its 1913 meetings in Seattle, with the time to be announced later. Speakers included Hi C Bowman of Kansas, Edwards Cooley of Buffalo, and George D Chamberlain of Springfield Massachusetts. The move aims to prepare Pacific Coast states for migrant floods with the Panama Canal opening.
About 100 grave diggers at Calvary Cemetery in Long Island City and Laurel Hill resumed work after a wage increase from 1.75 to 1.90 dollars per day. The raise, announced by Sept Cunningham, brings Calvary workers to parity with top New York area cemetery staff. Some employees have served forty years or more.
The Top New York Times reports a receipt of five dollars from I. R. J. for a blind father with five children. The note highlights charitable aid to a father and his family in need.
The text notes that arranging matters will require extended negotiations and a likely attempt at a successful issue before the Staten Island project is addressed.
Col. Timothy B. Williams and BRT lawyers presented an informal capital plan to the Public Service Commission. A new company would control BRT and new lines, issuing a $100 million forty-nine year mortgage with Kuhn, Loeb and Co., Kidder, Peabody, and Central Trust providing funds. Short-term loans would finance construction, with bonds used only as collateral.
Attorney Benjamin Weis challenges Isadore Turk as administrator of Esther Turk’s estate, arguing improvidence after an evening of expensive taxis and a hotel stay. The surrogate questions the link to improvidence, while Weis defends celebratory “youthful foolhardiness” after a Wyoming stay as a cowboy.
Kings County Grand Jury indicts William C Damron former Home Bank president for grand larceny in the first degree alleged to involve 2500 dollars stolen by check from the bank. He was not present when the indictment was read but later granted bail at ten thousand dollars and released. Indictment tied to probe of Union Bank relations with Home Bank.
Mrs Mabel Norton an actress sued William Wilson proprietor of the Remington Hotel for 25000 in damages for false arrest and a Supreme Court jury awarded her 5000 yesterday.
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