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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1914
Page
4
The Macy Information and Public Service Bureau offers free travel and amusement services for shoppers and visitors. It arranges rail, steamship, hotel, tours, baggage handling, passports, and theater tickets, with special sightseeing cars and post office facilities, serving domestic and foreign routes.
Vienna dispatch reports Baroness Bertha von Suttner, Austrian writer and 1905 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, died after a three week illness. She authored Lay Down Your Arms and led peace work in Europe, lecturing in the United States in 1912 and aiding arbitration efforts with the International Peace Bureau. Her cremation was planned at Gotha without ceremony. The obituary notes her influence on pacifism and ties to Nobel and Carnegie foundations.
Special to The New York Times reports that Tokyo and Washington will publish the week’s parallel correspondence on the anti alien land act and related treaties. Officials indicate a plan for arbitration or settlement may be discussed, with Foreign Minister Kato to speak at the Diet session alongside naval credits debate.
Sir Joseph Beecham and other investors continue negotiations over Covent Garden estate including Covent Garden Market Drury Lane Theatre and the Opera House. The deal linked to Duke of Bedford and H Mallaby Deeley faced possible collapse with price estimates ranging from two to three million pounds. Beecham owns the Aldwych Theatre and serves as Pears Soap director.
In Paris an old man, Francois Prudhon, shot Dr. Henri de Rothschild in front of a boulevard café. He claimed the banker’s milk project ruined him and admitted the act though regretted it. Police note delusions and prior threats. de Rothschild’s wound is slight and expected to heal within days.
In Hyde Park on a Sunday crowds harassed suffragette speakers, with police escorting women to safety. Meetings were dispersed as mobs hurled threats of docking in the Serpentine and rough conduct toward female spectators required police clubs to restore order.
Miss Lucy J. Price accuses some suffragists of alliance with liquor interests. She cites WinneMucca Nevada leaders who published a reading notice claiming suffrage does not threaten order and that some saloon men assist the movement. Price cites Utah and Colorado voting histories and San Francisco liquor results after women's suffrage.
Suffrage activists organize a flower market today on Broadway and Barclay to raise funds. Miss Lavinia Dock chairs the event with daisies, bluebells, and lilacs from noted gardens and literary figures. Aides include Miss Martha Klatschkin, Miss Sarah McPike, and Mrs Norris Underhill assisting Dock.
British authorities extend full inspection access to defenses for the American midshipmen arriving aboard the battleships Missouri Idaho and Illinois. They will tour sites of interest and are to be entertained in their honor during the visit.
Dr. Frank J. Goodnow, returning to America to lead Johns Hopkins, hails China’s revised provisional constitution. He notes the President’s dictatorial powers yet under forms of legality, with wide executive control, legislative influence, and veto power, while a future permanent charter may follow via a citizens conference.
London June 1 negotiations between the Chinese Government and the Marconi Company aim to build a network of wireless stations under a ten million dollar contract. The deal would pay Marconi a 15 percent cut on receipts for twenty five years. Godfrey Isaacs says documents are with China but no signing has occurred yet.
In Cherbourg on June 21 a diver recovering a torpedo buried in harbor mud was pulled to the surface when the torpedo’s mechanism launched the air pipe. He clung to the torpedo, was brought to the boat by teammates, and revived after an hour or two in distress.
Frederick Zipf the driver in the collision that involved Mrs John H Flagler and Mr and Mrs J F Stone was released on bail in Greenwich Connecticut. Police saw the accident and deemed Zipf reckless. The Flagler car overturned after being hit on the rear wheel as it traveled toward Greenwich. Mrs Flagler is recovering from shock and injuries while Mr and Mrs Stone also fare well. Mrs Stone is said to be sister of Rev Pureel Stickney Girant of New York who had visited the Flagler home.
Philadelphia churches invite eminent physicians for Public Health Sunday during the American Medical Association meeting in Atlantic City. Dr Howard A Kelly of Johns Hopkins urged practical Christians to diagnose societal ills and carry remedies from churches to the street, citing Baltimore reforms that cut saloons and vice and reduced arrests by 50 percent.
Detectives Finn and Harvey arrested Dr Harris of 2 Willett Street and Anna Dale of 6 Fast Fourth Street after watching a crowd near the elevated terminus. Harris allegedly pocketed a man’s pocketbook containing $18 and passed it to Dale, who denied involvement. A Dry Dock Savings Bank deposit book in Dale’s name showed deposits of 1000 on May 16 and 700 on May 25. Dale admitted knowing Harris but denied aiding him.
Cardinal Begin of Quebec presided at a Blessed Sacrament procession at the Church of Saint Jean Baptiste on Lexington Avenue and Seventy sixth Street. Visiting clergy included Mgr Lyons of Wilmington and Fathers Crevier Lacflamme Thibaudeau and Letellier. Edward Doherty welcomed the Cardinal who spoke of his elevation as a sign of Canada church growth.
A 19 year old youth claiming to be Harry Burke was arrested in Bryant Park after John Calloris identified him as one of two men who robbed Calloris’s store on May 27. The other robber, Thomas Donatto, has pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing. twenty three suits were stolen and later recovered.
P C Laverton Harris of the Toronto Humane Society urges parents not to give boys whips with rocking horses and cautions against keeping large dogs in cities, especially collies. He cites stray cat and orphan animal cases, condemns hoarding and releasing kittens, and notes historical support for cruelty prevention including Richard Martin and Queen Victoria.
Emperor William of Germany honored Christ German Evangelical Church at 64 Wyona Avenue Brooklyn yesterday for its golden jubilee by presenting a Bible. The flyleaf carries the Emperor's autograph written recently at Corfu. The German Consul Baron Hans von Angelter presented the gift on behalf of the Consul General Dr. Paul Maleke.
Henry Fielding Dickens writes an intimate portrait of Charles Dickens's home life in the July Harper's Magazine. The issue features eight short stories by Margaret Deland Katharine Fullerton Gerould Marie Manning Keene Abbott Mary Leaton Vorse and others plus traveler science discovery and adventure articles with color illustrations.
The U S 8 Texas first battleship to replace coal ranges with electric ovens. It houses ten ranges in the general mess, five in the officers gallery, and two bakers ovens. Crew of 2800 plus 70 officers. A single meal requires up to 200 pounds of meat, 175 gallons of coffee, and 140 gallons of soup.
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Anthony of Padua on Sullivan Street displayed a gold and gem studded reliquary containing Saint Anthony relics, donated by nearly 900 supporters. Father Himes said gifts surged after two young women in St. Louis mailed gold trinkets, with most donations coming from the East.
Mrs. Muntee E Huff, once selling over 100000 pies yearly, declares bankruptcy with liabilities of 4510 and assets of 578. She attributes the decline to fewer visitors from New England and lists debts including 820 from the Pennsylvania Railroad, 4 from the Hoffman House, 4 from the National Arts Club, and 1 from the Central Railroad of New Jersey.
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