14 Jul 1912
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1912
Page
1
The national insurance act takes effect Monday in England. Employers and workers face tax, wage adjustments, and stamp duties as the system aims to fund illness and unemployment relief. Treasury officials and Lloyd George defend the plan while benefits are deferred.
British Chancellor announces operative National Insurance Act this week, signaling major social reform spearheaded by David Lloyd George and the government. The act expands coverage and public welfare funding as part of wartime reconstruction efforts.
Caldwell New Jersey July 18 Frank Leonard of Caldwell overtakes a runaway horse drawing a carriage with George E. De Camp president of Caldwell National Bank. Leonard jumps from his auto to pursue the horse, seizes the bridle near the Essex Fells line, and together they halt the animal. The horse slips into a ditch and is only slightly injured.
Milford Lind, eighteen from Galveston, billed himself a frenzied financier and pupil of a burglar named Caney Jones. They planned a crime spree from Galveston to New York, robbed homes, and sold jewelry worth about 1,115 dollars before boarding a steamship.
Dr RH von Ez dert of the United States Marine Hospital Service reports Washington has issued orders making all passengers from Havana to the United States subject to seven days detention. The period includes voyage time to ensure equal quarantine durations at American ports.
Telegraphed item from Tevune San Francisco reports Miss Jen ale Crocker, 25, and Malcolm D Whitman, 35, both obtaining licenses to wed and a deer hunting permit. The county clerk asked why they needed both. Whitman replied they wanted a hunting license and a marriage license. The exchange highlighted their plan to hunt deer combined with marriage formalities.
A blacksmith on Lafayette street Albany found a half million in checks and cash hidden in a red leather satchel behind an iron fence near the State Capitol. The satchel belonged to United Cigar Stores Company messengers in New York. Police in Albany and New York traced the missing boy Joseph F. Kellem, 16, who was last seen delivering the bag to the National Bank of Commerce in Manhattan. Investigations focus on locating the youth and clarifying how the satchel traveled 150 miles from Jersey City to Albany.
Reidpath and Platt Adams add two more first places to the spoils. Ready for the marathon with twelve Americans facing the starter in a long grind, climax of the big Games in Sweden.
The United States leads in track and field with 74 points surpassing all nations. Charles Reidpath wins the 400 metre while Platt and Adams take first and second in the standing high jump. Tel Herna leads the 3,000 metre team event with Taher third as Lindberg places in the 400. Hebner wins the 100 metre backstroke semi final heat. The day also features fencing, riding, and water polo amid a crowded Stockholm stadium atmosphere.
In a formal greeting the Speaker shakes hands with the Democratic Presidential nomine but does not smile, signaling a restrained tone amid the event. The moment underscores ceremonial decorum and political nuance as the two figures exchange appearances of cordiality.
Speaker Champ Clark visited Governor Wilson at Sea Girt New Jersey for a cordial meeting but showed a cold, sullen demeanor afterward. He dodged questions on Bryan and the Democratic platform, saying he would discuss astronomy or the House instead.
President Taft orders the State Department to investigate Stefan Debrowski, an exile in Siberia sentenced by the Warsaw Chamber of Justice on November 24, 1910. Debrowski, claiming U.S. citizenship, accuses U.S. Consul Thomas E. Heenan at Warsaw of neglecting duty after several visits and assurances of aid.
Laurel Springs in New Jersey loses Laurel Lake after a mysterious release last night. The one mile by quarter mile lake drained into Timber Creek, killing the resort’s water and many fish. Sluice gates closed and hundreds of cottages face an early closing as workers predict weeks before water returns.
Victor Morris Smith Jr., holder of the world's amateur speed record for aeroplanes, died instantly near Ravenswood, California, when his plane fell fifty feet after a gust of wind. The Stanford University student, aged twenty, left civil engineering to pursue aviation full time and had previously set speed records at San Diego in April. This marked the eighteenth aviation fatality since the new science began, with the prior June fatalities noted.
In Springfield Massachusetts on July 13 J I Hunt Worcester postmaster played H A Morse Oxford Country Club at Chicopee Falls. Hunt drove into a trout brook killing a ten inch trout lurking in a pool. Oxford won the team match 21 to 17 with thirty eight men on aide. A clambake ended the day.
The Senate unseated William Lorimer of Illinois by a near 2 to 1 vote after a twelve hour, three day speech. Lorimer urged he would resign only if bribery and corruption tainted his election were true, but the chamber rejected his claim and declared his title invalid.
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