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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1914
Page
5
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In London a High Court ruling in the Churchill trust case held that Lady Randolph Churchill may block or permit advances to Winston Churchill’s children under the Randolph Churchill will. The decision discussed trustees power and the widow’s life interest, noting remarriage could reduce her stake.
Paris reports the chamber approves a government loan issue set at 1.8 billion francs after a heated vote of 450 to 105. The loan carries 4 1/2 percent interest and will be redeemable in twenty-five years, with M Noulens as finance minister under M. Vivian's cabinet.
Andrew Carnegie praised President Wilson for securing repeal of the Hay-Pauncefort treaty action and urged further efforts on peace. He warned Taft erred by not consulting the Senate Foreign Relations Committee before peace talks, saying the committee’s role is to advise on treaties and that public support would rise if Wilson pursued the issue.
Berlin reports a Bayreuth court ruling declares Isolde Beidler of Munich not Richard Wagner’s daughter. She is deemed the legitimate child of Hans von Buelow based on an affidavit about von Buelow’s marriage. Cosima Wagner and Siegfried Wagner plan appeal as a minor legal point contrasts with family recognition.
Prof. Hans von Petersen, 64, president of the Munich Society of Artists and noted marine painter, shot himself in his Munich Palace of Glass office as he feared an eye operation would fail. He left a letter explaining his motive and requested cremation of his body. His mural Germany's Day of Glory at Sea is among his best known works.
Turkish Consul General in New York released extracts from a voluminous report detailing Ottoman Muslims driven from Macedonia by Greek and Serbian authorities. The document cites mass expulsions, property seizures, and abuses, noting deportations to Salonica and forced religious insignia during Festivities.
Kiev June 1 Singarevsky brother of Vera Tcheberiak, a key Beiliss trial figure, was taken into custody amid renewed suspicions of involvement in the Yushinsky boy murder. A clampdown on Tcheberiak and two associates follows Beiliss case acquittal and libel suit actions.
The Duchess of Marlborough will sail on the Cunard liner for New York tomorrow and will not return until August. The voyage follows earlier travel plans and reflects a long absence from home.
In St Petersburg on June 19 twenty five Russian lawyers were found guilty of insulting the Ministry of Justice during the Beiliss trial. Two defendants, Sokoloft and Kerenski, received eight months imprisonment while the others were each given six months. The protest accused Kiev court and the ministry of justice of racial enmity. The courtroom was crowded with Duma members and public figures. Noted advocate Nikolai Teslinko of Moscow spoke for the defense. The sentence voids political rights but leaves civil rights intact.
The Grand Duke of Oldenburg's daughters Duchesses Ingaborg and Aitburg narrowly escaped injury when a shot struck their motor car near Berlin. The bullet was found in the upholstery and is thought to have hit the car accidentally rather than being aimed at it. The shooter has not been found.
Sotheby’s sold a rare first edition of The Raigne of King Edward the Third for 2100 dollars, with Brontë manuscripts and Emma drafts also drawing strong bids. Christie’s offered Jerningham modern pictures, including Fielding’s A Scottish Loch, selling for 2100 dollars and related works at 1650 and 1050 dollars.
In London a dramatic hearing of the Lord Decies appeal before the House of Lords disrupted by counsel interruptions. Leslie Scott for Holland Hannon Cubitts clashed with Lord Decies's attorney as judges reacted with varied amusement and shock from Justice Phillimore.
The New York Times reports June 19 that a ballot on building trade settlement proposals left the situation largely unchanged as men reportedly rejected the terms by a large majority despite union executive committees favoring acceptance. Special London coverage.
The North German Lloyd liner Columbus, an 8000 ton vessel, will depart Bremen on October 3 for its maiden trip and is expected to reach New York on October 12, marking the 422nd anniversary of the discovery of America.
Reports from London state seven people died when a Highland Railway train plunged through a bridge into a flooded stream near Inverness. Four bodies recovered, three passengers missing. Sir Oliver Katgn rumored dead though his daughter survived. passenger Ethelbert Crawford of New York relayed a harrowing escape and miraculous survival amid the torrent.
In Weymouth England on June 19 the American yacht Utowana owned by Allison V Armour of the New York Yacht Club was refloated after grounding at Chapman's Pool between Warbarrow and Saint Albans Heads and then sailed to Southampton. The steamship Buelow of the North German Lloyd, grounded in Blacknor Bay on a Yokohama to Hamburg voyage, was also refloated with all passengers and baggage ashore, anchored at Portland Breakwater, and readied for onward docking at Southampton. damage slight though fore compartments took on some water.
In Paris on June 1 a pearl dyer faced charges after a pearl originally valued at 1,600 was transformed into a saleable gem worth about 30,000. The owner and the dyer claim a secret process. officials consider charges as pearl traders protest doctored stones worth immense sums in the Paris market.
Twelve persons died and seven injured when a landslide collapsed a tunnel on the Nice to Cuneo railway. Rescue workers fear others may be buried beneath the debris in the tunnel near Nice.
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