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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1916
Page
7
Roosevelt aides expect his support for Hughes after a final draft letter denounces the Wilson administration. The document, to be delivered to the Progressive National Committee, could spark a Roosevelt Hughes conference in Chicago and a summer campaign shift.
The New York Times reports Colonel Roosevelt will publicly support Charles Evans Hughes for president and the Progressive Party will disband at the Chicago meeting. Roosevelt, after talks with friends like Senator Lodge, will declare the third ticket futile and harmful to national interests, ending the Progressives as a separate party.
The article notes potential names for leading the National Committee as a selection near Monday follows a Progressive National Committee meeting in Chicago. It also mentions a circulated program titled The Hope of America proposing actions for Pat Hughes Roosevelt Taft and others. A Kings County committee of nine leads the Hughes campaign in Brooklyn.
Mrs. Helen Desperring testified at the Surrogate Cohalan proceeding over Amos F. Eno's will. She described drafts found at the house and letters showing strong opposition to contestants. Pinchot reported a half full hamper of papers behind the furnace as evidence and Amos R E Pinchot said he learned of his executor status after temporary administrators were approved. Trial to continue.
Ottawa reports plans for a new Governor General as Duke of Connaught likely ends his Canadian viceroyalty in autumn. Possible successor hinted is Lord Curzon of Kedlestone, former Viceroy of India, with the Connaughts preparing to depart for England.
Johann Lindstrom of 133 Stegman Street Jersey City filed in Hudson County Circuit Court a $20000 suit against the Cristi Hospital alleging surgeons left a rubber tube in his shoulder after an operation. He says pain persisted after a second procedure and he lost wage and work time.
The New York Times reports the William Guggenheim suit against five brothers centers on the Chuquisimata Chile copper prospect. Daniel Guggenheim testimony notes prior knowledge of the mine’s fortune and Burrage option agreements while assessing his and his brothers stake and potential profits. Witnesses and experts discuss prior communications and projected ore reserves as the case proceeds.
A Wilson portrait presentation aims to purchase and present a life size portrait of Woodrow Wilson to the White House. Mrs. Crosby and Mrs. Nethan chair the committee. Langenberg painted the piece, now shown at headquarters on West Eighty-seventh Street as subscriptions are sought for the July presentation.
A six inch compressed air main used by United States Realty and Improvement Company in Broadway between Thirty fourth Street and Sixth Avenue burst with a roar heard fifteen blocks away. Pavement fragments and a dust geyser sent crowds fleeing while two feet below the pipe a gas main was shattered. No serious injuries, as people crowded the streetcars, with repairs completed by noon.
The sale consigned by T. J. L. Frank of New York yielded five horses including Battier bought by Stoddard for 250 dollars and Myopia selling for 455 dollars. Auctioneer J. H. Storey reported costs of 42 dollars while Benson of London handled consignments for the shipper of the horses.
Norman Hapgood acting through Emery R Buckner and Adkins Co filed a truth plea in a $350000 libel suit in Federal Court Washington. The action by Henry Lane Wilson former Mexico ambassador centers on Harper's Weekly articles about Huerta and Mexico by Robert H Murray. Wilson says the pieces ridiculed him and questioned his knowledge of the Madero assassination plot.
A meeting of teachers of handicapped children will be held at P. 8. 27, Manhattan, on July 5 6 and 7. It will be the first such meeting in America. Topics include education of deaf, blind, epileptic, tubercular, delinquent and mentally defective children. The conference is open to the public.
A New York trial heard Rae Tanzer sob and audibly react as testimony linked James W. Osborne to the Tanzer case. Prosecution and defense faced sharp exchanges over alleged perjury and previous convictions, with witnesses recounting visits to Plainfield and Kensington hotels during 1914.
The Home at 1,000 Amsterdam Avenue released its forty third annual report showing full occupancy with fifty eight residents. Despite higher invested funds the Permanent Fund had to transfer $8 to cover current expenses and trustees asked for contributions. Two single rooms were endowed by Miss Penelope McCrea and Emily Chamberline plus a double room from Mary Louisa Van Wagenen. Trustee Daniel B Seybel died and Charles B Golan resigned as treasurer amid ill health.
The Babies Welfare Association reports aid to over 8,000 sickly babies in 1915 with active cooperation of about 100 organizations. The central office distributed supplies for fifty groups and moved 1,000 discharged maternity cases to milk stations in March 1916.
An urgent royal summons led to the resignation of Greece's cabinet and the Premier's retirement. Alexander Zaimis may form a new government amid Entente efforts to modify demands. A Greek note to the United States and Latin American representatives protests Allied interference and a near continental blockade affecting Greek food and trade.
The Rev Theodore Sedgwick pastor of Calvary P E Church on Twenty first Street and Fourth Avenue smelled gas in the rectory yesterday and found the body of Jane Foers 35 the house keeper living face downward in the bathroom The doors and windows were locked and no reason for suicide could be given by Pr Kedgwiet who signed the death.
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