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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1914
Page
3
A push by New York Republicans seeks Elihu Root as a direct primary candidate to succeed himself. James W. Wadsworth backs Root and plans a bold Saratoga convention opening to unite party forces against Democrats.
The Massachusetts ballot will show party emblems to the left of candidate names due to many foreign born voters. Emblems are reduced to a small five sixteenths inch square, with offices listed under heads. A second ballot will group delegates by party columns with emblems atop each column. Democrats celebrate that their star emblem prints well at reduced size.
A subcommittee of the Republican State Committee chaired by Abraham Gruber selected the bald eagle as the party emblem for the upcoming campaign. The old talon on ballot box and quill emblem will be abandoned due to a newly required Matsuchupegie form of ballot enacted last December.
Capt Robert Bartlett, commander of the Karluk, arrived in Nome from St Michael after being brought from Siberia by the whaler Kerman. He plans to sail north in July aboard the Bear to reach the eighteen Karluk crewmen and four Hakimon left at Wrangel Island.
The America airboat built by Curtiss, Rodman Wanamaker’s craft, is to be named launched and tested at Lake Keuka area weather permitting. Lieut Porte and pilot Hallett prepare for first trial with limited fuel and measures to handle storms as mid July deadlines loom. Miss Katherine Masson of Hammondsport will name the airship with an iron bar bottle break.
Chicago aviator K Jaquith wrecked his Curtiss hydroaeroplane while attempting to surface dives at Atlantic City inlet. He and his passenger were drenched but unharmed. rescue captain Edgar Headly and two companions towed them ashore after the craft flooded and drifted to Rum Point.
In a Bronx night court the case of Solomon Berger against Police Officer John Hayden of the 8th Street Station was adjourned for an investiga tion into Berger’s charge that Hayden attacked him with a blackjack after a brushing incident near his home. Berger and neighbors testified conflicting accounts while Berger’s wife produced the alleged blackjack. Court officials planned further questioning of the station desk lieutenant and two neighbors pledged to take the matter to Mayor Mitchel.
Mary Flardy Folsom, a Smith College graduate, shot her husband Henry H. Molsom, chairman of the Somerville School Committee and Boston lawyer, and may be committed to an asylum after questioning. She claimed not to know why she killed him and said she acted not in her right mind. Her defense team plans to seek insanity evaluation while she recovers in a jail ward. husband was 48, they had one child, and she previously faced confinement in an asylum.
In Rimouski Quebec on June 21 a diver from New York, Cossoboom, employed by the Quebec Salvage Company, died after an underwater descent to the sunken Empress of Ireland. He fell unconscious at 130 feet and could not be revived despite surface aid by British divers and doctors aboard the Josephine.
The American Museum Journal features Frederic A. Lucas on how beavers were saved from extermination by fashion driven demand for beaver fur. The article notes New York State reintroduction efforts, beaver populations in the Adirondacks, and the beaver’s canal building instead of tree felling as its notable engineering.
Ten entrants compete in an open air race circling New York with flying boats and land planes. Curtiss will field a sister America craft piloted by Lieut. J. C. Porte, with prizes totaling 2000 and the Stuart Blackton Trophy for the fastest time. The route covers Shooters Island, Spuyten Duyvil, the Narrows, Norton’s Point, then back to the start.
Washington June 21 Landon Warner of the Smithsonian Institution is safe. Relatives feared he was lost in a Mongolian orange fire in the heart of Mongolia. Dr Charles D Walcott secretary of the Smithsonian received a telegram from a Warner family member stating his wife heard from him. Mrs Warner is Miss Loraine Roosevelt a cousin of Col Roosevelt and is in Shang
Martin W Lit tleton leads a Safe and Sane Fourth plan for a chorus of 1000 singing patriotic songs at City Hall at night. Henry T Prof Fleck invites all singers to Hunter College to try voices tonight and join the chorus with Edison Company lighting an extra sunburst of electric lights for the all peoples chorus.
Mrs Marie FE Lavine aged 65 of 160 East Forty eighth Street died last night after collapsing while leaving a wedding party at the Ben Ray Hotel 1301 Madison Avenue. She was with her husband Albert Lavine and daughter Ciara.
Henry C. Meyer of the Bronx suffered a possible shoulder fracture after his horse Hero slipped on wet pavement near Aldus Street on Southern Boulevard. Meyer was dragged free, treated at Lincoln Hospital, and later returned home.
Special to The New York Times Robert M Matonegv known in theatres as Willard the Wizard killed himself in the county jail where he had been confined since December 30, 1913. The errand jury Maloney shot and killed his wife and young daughter earlier that day. Maloney climbed from the probe floor to the cell ledge and cried I told you what I would do then jumped to the floor below to kill himself.
The American hotel managers tour through Europe reaches Vienna where a Pennsylvania host tries to lead songs in many languages. The group hums God Save the King and America, then German and French words flow, ending with a faulty attempt at Die Wacht am Rhein. A toastmaster’s joke provokes laughter and the party responds with Britain’s anthem as Austrians and Hungarians applaud.
Trieste maintains a permanent Commercial Museum to boost its trade. Supported by the Trieste Chamber of Commerce, it features a Library with tariffs and trade literature, bulletins for Austrian exporters, and data on industries. The museum connects with foreign chambers and travel traders to explore markets in wines citrus fruits and marble.
Delegates from the Associated Advertising Clubs of America arrive in Toronto for their tenth convention and peace centenary events. Visitors from across the United States and Canada attend sermons at multiple churches as leaders discuss one hundred years of peace and closer US British ties.
Mrs. Gertrude A. Wood sues William H. Barnard alleging he diverted her husband William Weed from their marriage, induced her to move to New York, and promised support and a $20,000 payment plus weekly alimony in a divorcees case. The suit seeks $26,200 for alleged breach of an agreement and damages.
Morris Bolton an Indian staying at Seventh Avenue and Thirty Seventh Street was held on $2000 bail in Jefferson Market Court after police found a bag of crude opium and a can of opium in his furnished room. Bail was set for further examination by Magistrate McAdoo. Bolton pleaded not guilty. A black man and a white woman boarder in the same house were arrested on related charges and Bach pleaded guilty and was held for trial.
The advertisement extols Saks clothing as thoroughly dependable in statement and finish. It touts flawless workmanship, elegant lines, immaculate detail, and low price, asserting Saks garments are unbeatable regardless of cost.
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