Uranium Steamship Leaves Halifax Harbor
The steamship Uranium departs from Halifax harbor signaling the start of a scheduled maritime movement. No incidents reported as the vessel sails toward its voyage route.
13 Jan 1913
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1913
Page
1
The steamship Uranium departs from Halifax harbor signaling the start of a scheduled maritime movement. No incidents reported as the vessel sails toward its voyage route.
The Hotel Men's Association moves to punish I W W member Joseph J Etter for incendiary remarks at Bryant Hall. Sheriff Harburger vows against seditious speeches while Ettor denies the quotes. Hotel men refuse to yield to waiters with detectives to gather evidence and prosecute violators.
The page presents a collage of short items and headings. It mentions May events, a world tour on Ald missions, coast toll arbitration, a gangster case, New York exports, city finances, and plans for greater revenue. Names and places appear in fragmented form, suggesting a crowded era reporting style.
Port village, Middletown, Conn presents a grim case as a 9 to 11 year old boy is found dead beneath a rock pile two hundred yards from his home. He was strangled then shot, missing since Wednesday. An elder brother, 9 or 10, is suspected after quarrels over errands. The body lay by the railroad embankment near the rocks.
The National Insurance act maternity benefits start today. For each child born after midnight, fully insured parents receive 20 shillings. Mothers gain sickness benefit after confinement, and the measure aims to cover about a million births yearly.
London reports the Grosvenor Thomas collection of stained glass is being shipped aboard the President Lincoln to New York for exhibition at Charles Galpin. The lineup includes eleven panels from Kilburn Grange, Flemish fifteenth century in origin, depicting portraits and heraldic achievements of Emperor Maximilian and family. The Atlantic collection totals about three hundred panels.
John D. Rockefeller was examined in Miami by Dr. Charles W Richardson for the House money trust committee to assess if he can safely testify. Rockefeller, suffering throat trouble that limits speech, arrived on the Miami from Nassau with his son Percy and Dr. Walton F Chappell. No results or statements were released pending the report to Representative Pujo.
In Atlanta at North Avenue Presbyterian Church Reverend WoW Orr of Charlotte urged sterilizing black men accused of attacking women. He argued lynching should be discussed academically but urged forbearance when crimes occur nearby, stating he favored sterilizing such offenders for national welfare.
In a fragmented report, notices mention worker groups and housing plans tied to a so called white slavery scheme. Bail terms surface for several suspects as authorities monitor maritime and labor disputes. Obscure lines hint at market gloom and a broad array of military and financial items.
A liner named Uranium ran aground off Chebucto Head near Halifax while bound from Rotterdam to Halifax and New York. All 600 passengers were rescued by Lady Laurier, Bridgewater and harbor boats with no loss of life. The captain remains aboard and hopes to refloat the ship as tide changes.
Former hotel keeper George A. Sipp met District Attorney Whitman in Jersey City to discuss his grand jury testimony on police graft. He alleges a NYPD patrolman and possibly a captain may be implicated, with corroboration expected from Themes Dorian and Sipp’s son Howard. Attorney Louis J. Grant cautions Fox against acting as a martyr.
After declining a clerical call, the Rev W J Williamson of New York’s Fapiiet Church was presented with a sum by his congregational leaders, who promptly gave the money to charitable organizations.
Dr Henry van Rhe at Princeton defends Victorian poetry against podunk critics and poetasters. He argues George Bernard Shaw and others disdain the era, urging reverence for Tennyson and the era’s enduring literary value.
A committee to choose a chief British Rabbi met at Leopold's residence to nominate Herman Adler's successor. No firm decision announced, with a statement expected within ten days. Dr. Tiernan Deechmap's candidacy reportedly withdrawn.
The widow Mrs. Wilkow G. Chirk of Hamilton Avenue, Cleveland, reports she has borne twenty seven children. The newborn quadruplets, all boys, died due to injury to the mother ten days after birth. Six of the twenty seven are living, with the eldest nineteen and the youngest two. The piece notes large family history in both her and her mother’s lines, including numerous multiples.
Safward Holton James editor of Le Liberateur arrives on La Prove to aid Edouard Mytins held on Ellis Island. Myliux, jailed for publishing alleged Morganatic marriage of King George to Miss Seymour, faces deportation while James argues criminal action not moral turpitude. He plans to defend Myltus, stay with W H L Sedgwick, and visit Concord mother, bringing a Stradavarius violin. Continued on third page.
Albany dispatch exposes secret pardons of two disorderly house keepers by Governor Dix. Mary Chapelle received a pardon without a formal application, prompted by friends. records show no names, with medical certification of ill health. Katie Hicks also sought release amid promises to leave for Europe, facing opposition from Justice Collins and a strong committee.
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