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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1912
Page
7
A Belfast stock sale offers handkerchiefs with embroidered initials at 25 cents each or 1.38 per half dozen, plus 250 walking sticks priced between 1 and 1.50. Tropical suits, featherweight fabrics, athletic underwear, shirts with soft cuffs, and Panama Bangkok hats are advertised by Rocks Pret Company with three Broadway stores on Warren Street, 13th Street and 34th Street.
The advertisement touts a durable exterior varnish built for harsh marine conditions. It claims suitability for boats and exterior surfaces like store fronts and doors, stressing long-lasting protection from wind and water after 54 years of Berry Brothers experience and reputation.
Paris June 23 models at Auteuil for the French Grand National reveal summer gowns inspired by Robespierre coats in white cloth and pale pink trends. Lace trims, large hats, and depictions of socialite attire appear as crowds swell and Americans are fewer than usual.
Berlin officials accuse Equitable Life of New York of creating a false fire alarm risk with office building steam exhaust. Police President von Jagow demands removal at potential cost, while Equitable counters that similar exhausts exist in New York without danger. The American Embassy will review the dispute.
William Chase Greene of Balliol College Oxford becomes the first American to win the Newdigate Prize for a blank verse poem on Richard I Before Jerusalem. The Morning Post lauds his clear medieval view and dramatic, rhetoric rich execution despite general prize-poem rhetoric.
Paris reports Prof Fernbach of the Pasteur Institute backs Prof Perkin in a method to make rubber at 60 cents a pound with a potential drop to 24 cents. Fernbach says artificial rubber could replace natural rubber, beating it from the market as plans shift to new fields and production starts within a year.
London reports playwright Henry Arthur Jones is seriously ill after an operation performed Friday. His condition has caused much anxiety as doctors monitor his recovery in New York.
The Daily Telegraph reports rumors that Oscar Hammerstein's London Opera House will be transferred to Martin Beck. Beck plans to convert it into a vaudeville theatre on the American plan starting this fall.
London June 23 a demonstration by striking transport workers in Hyde Park was attended by MP Will Thorne who said Miss Lilian Troy an American woman had decided to provide free meals to 7000 children each day until the strike ends.
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., son of Central Park designer, urges safeguarding New York City parks from building encroachments. The Scenic and Historical Society backs the effort, arguing Central Park must keep its landscape integrity while officials consider modern needs.
London June 23 The King has conferred knighthood on E T Cook a Liberal journalist Edward Tyas Cook 55 an Oxford graduate with a long active career in English journalism He led Pall Mall Gazette after Stead's resignation left when Astor bought it in 1893 later served Westminster Gazette three years and Daily News five years as editor.
The American Consul at Chefoo telegraphed for a warship after conditions again grew acute in Chefoo. He seeks marines on hand to act if an outbreak occurs as anti foreign feeling rises, raising fears for foreigners in the area.
London reports physicians in Rowsley say Gen. Stewart L. Woodford remains in the same condition, with no improvement noted. The bulletin issued on June 23 confirms his health status as unchanged.
Eight Italian sailors aboard a barge carrying an old sea mine to sink it were killed when the shell exploded near Tripoli on June 23. The incident left eight blue jackets dead in the blast.
Gen James A. Drain of the National Rifle Association who was stricken with appendicitis a few days ago underwent an operation today in Buenos Aires. The doctors report the operation a success and the patient in satisfactory condition.
Sunday evening summer services at Old First Presbyterian Church corner West Twelfth Street and Fifth Avenue drew several hundred attendees. A cornetist led the hymn with a lantern screen projecting lyrics while Rev. Egbert M. Hayes offered prayer and remarks as the City Evangelization Committee directed the event.
The Public Service Commission for the Interior creates the Division of Transportation to inspect maintenance and operation of steam railroads in New York. C R Vanneman named chief, J B Stouder becomes Inspector, and H K Eggleston joins as steam railroad Inspector after W L Dorr resigns. Stouder brings fourteen years of rail experience from multiple carriers. Eggleston has twenty years in track and roadmaster roles.
Secretary of the Navy George Von L. Meyer, resting at his Summer home in Hamilton Massachusetts, has a comfortable day and a physician predicts a rapid recovery from a mild typhoid fever attack.
Waldorf Miller who broke his neck in 1911 at Hudson Park defied expectations by standing for five seconds and again for about half a minute while seated at his home in New Rochelle. He warned against attempting to bluff and predicted being on crutches within a few months.
The Swedish Home for Aged People opened yesterday at St. George's Heights on Staten Island. Built by the Vanderbilt family, the natural stone mansion sits on a prime knoll 400 feet above tidewater, overlooking Clove Valleys. The association cleared over $20,000 at a November fair and with $5,000 more raised, purchased the property including 27 lots. Charles K. Johanson led the ceremony. N. Lorentz Malmros declared the home open. Mayor Gaynor sent a congratulatory letter on the purchase.
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