14 Jul 1913
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1913
Page
1
Nine men and boys drowned in waters near New York as lifesavers battled to rescue others. Some victims were thrown from capsized boats while others hoisted by swimmers with cramps and exhaustion.
Robert Von Reutlinger and six assistants, funded by John D. Rockefeller Jr., review New York Police Pension Bureau with Census Bureau tools. The report, due within two weeks, will indict current pensioning and expose cases of officers retired for general and feeble condition while healthy, urging tighter medical exams and annual re checks.
A morning page blends scattered local items and national snippets. Notes include a drowned fight, export criticisms, a full recount of vows, mayoral politicking, cabinet urged appointments, and stray items on landowners, camp life, and a poet politik. Foreign updates touch Adrianople and intervention invites, with miscellaneous notices and a weather and markets section.
Lena Capps aged several years lives at Ninth Avenue Brooklyn. Patrolman Detcavieh of the Butler Street station pulled her from the streetcar tracks as the vehicle bore down. He leaped onto the car fender, grabbed her with one arm, and swung her clear just before impact. The child was frightened but unharmed and returned to her parents.
Johns Hopkins physician Dr. L. G. Rowntree has studied venom from giant South American toads. A microgram dose can trigger convulsions or death in test animals, yet diluted venom reportedly acts as a heart stimulant directly on the cardiac muscle. The finding suggests potential replacement for digitalis due to potency and production ease.
A fierce windstorm battered the city yesterday tearing up large trees and damaging property. Dozens of residents including Willis Young and Arthur W. Peace had structures struck by fallen limbs. Police say a tree toppled the high flagpole at Talejeades Park and trolley wires were knocked out for an hour near Palisades woods. Thousands of rain soaked spectators fled indoors while several show windows were broken and one auto narrowly escaped a crushing tree. Several residents and workers sustained minor injuries.
Pittsfield July 13 A Berkshire cutter on the New York New Haven Hartford line blocked stations from Lenox to Sheffield seeking information on the late “millionaires press” train. Lenox passengers noted delays while the locomotive switched to a freight engine at Great Barrington. Lenox to Sheffield guests awaited further word as Mellen, N H system president, rode aboard.
Mrs Francie Durkes of North Bergen died near Weehawken Cemetery after sixteen years of visiting her husband's grave. The 64 year old had mourned daily since his death and reportedly wished to join him. She collapsed at the cemetery and died of heart failure, authorities said.
The widow of police captain Thomas W Walsh sues four police benevolent associations to obtain death benefits she says are owed. She alleges officers shunned Walsh after he intended to expose graft, and that no steps have been taken to pay her the widow’s share. Her lawyers list claims totaling about 1,000 from the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association and smaller sums from the Hearts, Lions, Sergeants, and Captains groups.
The Diana under Professor D id 1B. MacMillan sails from Sydney toward the Arctic as the Jolny Crocker Land expedition stages its final supply run. The Newfound land sealer carries about 1 000 tons of stores and furs for Battle Harbor and dog team preparations. If all goes well, the party aims to depart by Wednesday morning, with a last preps run by Thursday.
A series of drowning incidents occurred along the Hudson and nearby waters as numerous excursionists faced collisions and canoe capsizes. Names include Sanford, Peterson, Mott, Roxenstram, Angele, Goldberg, Connelly, Arida, Garrity, and Siebert among others. Police recovered several bodies while others remain missing.
Lee Ko Whitney general manager of the National Drain Tile Company traveling 12000 miles without mishap stopped at Motel Astor in New York where a tire and rim worth 100 were stolen from the rear of his car. He and his wife and two sons plus company officials were in the party. The theft was witnessed near Patrolman Mahoney. They will return to Indiana tomorrow after spending Saturday night at Lake George.
Alfred Brown, veteran long distance swimmer from the Battery to Coney Island, attempted a 25 mile course from Coney Island Point through Buttermilk Channel and Hell Gate to College Point. A gale, shipwreck and capsizing sloop disrupted the voyage. Brown and companion Zeisloft quit after two hours twenty six minutes covering about two and a half miles.
French aviator Leon Letort flew from Paris to Berlin without a stop. He departed Paris at 4 10 am and landed at 1 10 pm, about 500 miles, surpassing Eugene Gilbert’s April 24 flight from Villy to Vittoria, Spain in eight and a half hours.
French aviator Lecomte was entangled in telegraph wires and fell onto railway tracks near Nancy while making a Might. An express train thundered toward him but the engineer stopped in time, avoiding a serious accident. Lecomte and the bystanders escaped unharmed.
Union leaders announce a nationwide strike vote by 100000 trainmen and conductors on railroads east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and the Chesapeake & Ohio. Garretson and Lee vow to delay walkout until after a White House conference with President Wilson. Arbitration urged but leaders say no mediation offered if railroads refuse. Milk and mail impacts discussed with concern for public well being.
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