12 Mar 1913
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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1913
Page
1
The Daily Citizen reports an apparent suffragette attempt to set fire to the British Museum yesterday afternoon. Half burned rags saturated with oil were found in a room. no culprits are identified. The item appears amid coverage of the Cambridge Boat Race and riotous suffrage activity in Nottingham.
Five suffragettes arrested while presenting petitions to the King were charged with obstruction in the Mall. They refused to bind over, chose prison, and claimed legality. Other reports mention threats to Oxford boat race, Nottingham riot at a meeting addressed by Annie Kenney, and a new tactic involving unstamped letters offering a coin and a fee.
Havana reports charges of conspiracy may be filed against Thomas J. Keenan of Pittsburgh and other Americans who signed a petition for annexation of the Isle of Pines. Cubans accuse them of plotting to seize Cuban territory and malign American settlers.
A famed Fifth Avenue jeweler found his fox terrier outside the Waldorf near Peacock Alley. The dog held the missing bank book with over $2,000 in checks, which had been dropped when the master patted the dog farewell. The dog received a substantial reward for the return.
In Baltimore on March 11 Dr S J Crowe of Johns Hopkins performed a rare operation on the fifteen year old daughter of Rochester manufacturer W C Likly. An abnormal growth above the palate had caused deafness and speech issues. The risky procedure used a powerful illuminating ray to guide removal and the patient recovered from anesthesia and rallied after the hour long operation.
In Columbia South Carolina on March 11 the city Recorder fined Harrison Neeley for speeding the governor's car. The governor pardoned Neeley but police chief Clint Cathcart refused to remit the fine. The governor warned of martial law and a possible suit over refunds while city police remain under civil control.
Levi P Morton resting comfortably at his Fifth Avenue home after doctors noted a slight improvement in his condition. Dr. Hermann Biggs reported the patient showed better strength and steadied breathing amid his arterial hardening.
Howard Taylor for The World argues Mayor Gaynor defamed Ralph Pulitzer's father Joseph Pulitzer in a speech, seeking criminal libel summons. Magistrate Kernochan doubts the charge while subpoenas for aides and stenographers are discussed and the case considers publication across papers from New York City.
The famed French artist visited New York to paint portraits of eight American women he deemed the most representative. These subjects will be featured in two color portraits in an upcoming Sunday Times supplement.
Tammany Hall leader Charles F. Murphy denied requesting Governor Sulzer to appoint James E. Gaffney as Superintendent of Public Highways, saying he learned of the proposal only from newspapers. He warned a break with Sulzer could follow if Sulzer inspired the report, and discussed Albany talks about a constitutional convention and a spring election with Democratic legislators.
Sophia Bauze a 20 year old of Passaic New Jersey was killed in Kulpmont Pennsylvania after declining to marry Harry Sabo the suitor. His brother Joseph Sabo 24 fled into the woods and Harry was arrested as a witness. Mrs Horvath heard a shot and found her sister dead at the door.
Illinois Senatorial Vice Commission notes low wages drive female prostitution nationwide. They cite wages from 3 to 5 dollars weekly in stores, urge Federal minimum wage for women, and plan to press President Wilson and New York officials for action. They warn environment also misleads but stress wage reform as solution.
Gov Sulzer in Albany and Gov Clarke in Des Moines push for state level inquiry into white slave traffic. Sulzer backs Illinois request for uniform laws and remedial wage reforms amid factory commission review. Clarke urges legislature to form a two year commission to investigate white slave conditions in Iowa.
Panama March 11 Gen Mena the former Nicaraguan revolutionary mailed a petition to President Wilson for release claiming no trial and no reason for six months imprisonment at Ancon.
A wireless message from the 3200 ton steamship Monte Video reported trouble 39 miles offshore Colon. Passengers were safe but assistance was requested. Government tugs departed immediately to aid the vessel. The Monte Video, built in 1889 in Scotland, is 410 feet long and owned by Compania Transatlantica.
Berlin says farewell to German American aeronaut Joseph Brucker before he sails to the Canary Islands to start a transatlantic balloon voyage in Suchard II. The craft, 50 feet diameter with 200000 cubic feet gas, will be shipped from Triest March 27 with two assistants and three weeks of provisions aiming for landfall in five to ten days near the West Indies or northern South America.
In Los Angeles on March 11 actor Jack Barrymore was ordered to pay $800 after a Superior Court jury found he inflicted a black eye on barber Bergman. Barrymore, in New York, testified by deposition that the barber attacked him after insisting on a haircut. Bergman testified the actor started the hostilities.
Leo Hickey aged 21 of West 115th Street collapsed from heart disease while riding a horse at the First Regiment Armory 56 West Sixty sixth Street. He served as a sergeant in the Second Battalion Field Artillery National Guard and died before medical help arrived. He had previously been wounded in an incident on the Upper West Side, earning a promotion to corporal and becoming the youngest sergeant at his death.
Supreme Court jury awards Rose Eisenberg one dollar in a suit by Mrs. Karmel seeking ten thousand dollars for alienation of affections. Karmel's wife and child mentioned. Justice Hooker and the judge also offer to pay the judgment.
Passaic New Jersey March 11 Traffic Policeman James F Green filed a speeding complaint against Justice James W Gerard of the New York Supreme Court He will be arraigned before Judge Costello in Police Court Friday morning after reporting that Gerards automobile was speeding along Main Avenue Sunday afternoon The Motor Vehicle Department at Albany was notified and a letter confirmed the case was pursued against the justice
A passenger train departing Suffern New York collided head on with a freight train between Tallmans and Munsey on the Piermont division. Thirteen injured, two serious. George Ude of Nyack suffered broken ribs and facial injuries. William Stepler of Spring Valley, a fireman, broke both legs. The crash occurred on a forty foot embankment as engineers braked from 22 mph.
A Punch magazine cartoon titled The New Cocktail shows President Wilson peering through a magnifying glass at the tongue of a sick American eagle with a caption about dire times. The piece reflects wartime political satire from London on March 12.
President Wilson led a cabinet meeting to issue a statement outlining U S policy toward Central and South America. The document warned against revolutions fostered by ex presidents and malcontents, stressing peaceful cooperation, lawful government, and mutual respect among republics.
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