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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1913
Page
6
A stream of satirical notes from High Point outlines social quirks and curiosities of the era. It touches on courtship, gender roles, and ridiculous fads, mentioning luck in odd numbers, parcel post fudge, licensing, and a curious parade of modern inventions and social observations.
Congress celebrates ratification of the income tax amendment by three-fourths of the states. Delaware and Wyoming are credited with the decisive votes, while New Mexico also supported it. The measure will be considered with tariff revisions in a future session. four states opposed the amendment: Connecticut New Hampshire Rhode Island and Utah.
John Paul Farrell a gaunt ex-sailor and former inmate says he made and mailed three bombs that killed Grace Walker at 103 West Seventy-eighth Street Judge Otto Rosalsky at his home 611 West 110th Street and Mrs Made line Herrera at 1473 Fulton Avenue The 63 year old former janitor blamed Walker for rebuffing him and said Rosalsky and Herrera were targeted over personal grievances He spoke in a flat tone describing his motives without emotion.
The Allies reopened hostilities at 7 pm attacking Adrianople and the Tchataldja lines. Adrianople bombardment resumed while Tchataldja actions were deemed unimportant. A report claims Tchataldja village is burning as Bulgarians retreat to lure Turkish pursuers. Foreign consuls urge safe zones for residents.
President-elect Wilson announced Joseph P. Tumulty of Jersey City will be his secretary in Washington. Tumulty served as governor's secretary before November last year and was named Clerk of the New Jersey Supreme Court. The governor conveyed his gratification at Tumulty agreeing to assume the duties.
The Chinese Government and a six power bankers group signed a loan agreement for 125000000 dollars. The funds are to be used to disband troops and reorganize the salt gabelle as part of the settlement.
General Hirschauer receives word from Dr. Cousin and aviator Jules Vedrin about a small knapsack device. The apparatus allegedly disturbs the air to capsize any aircraft, even above 9,000 feet.
Olympia Wash The House refused to submit a recall question for judges to voters at the 1914 general election. The motion for reconsideration failed 53 to 40 after a morning vote of 50 to 32. Sixty five votes were needed, five members were absent. Bull Moose and all but one Democrat supported passage.
New York police captain Thomas W. Walsh confessed before District Attorney Whitman to a system of graft linking police and politicians. He said most money from protection rackets was shared with Inspector Sweeney, with 25,000 to 50,000 dollars passing monthly, and that a high civilian at Police Headquarters took a share. He aided Policeman Eugene Fox in collecting protection money from disorderly hotels and crooks.
In San Salvador President Manuel Arraujo was shot as he left a club en route to the municipal palace. The assassin Virgil Sequor, called the little mulatto, was captured amid mob threats and a riot scare before police saved him. He confessed the plot originated in Guatemala.
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved a resolution to amend the state constitution to allow women to vote. The galleries filled with supporters and anti-suffragists as speakers were applauded. The measure, passed 131 to 70, advances to the Senate and would need 1915 legislative approval before a statewide vote.
Five Vassar students rode a toboggan on Sunset Hill when it slid onto thin ice of a new artificial pond. The toboggan broke through trapping all on board with Elizabeth G. drowning. The remaining four girls were rescued. Corporation Counsel John J. Mylod of Poughkeepsie assisted.
The Senate Committee on Arrangements outlines the full inaugural schedule for President-elect Woodrow Wilson. Taft and Wilson will enter via the east front, take seats in the Senate chamber, and have the oath administered by the Chief Justice. After the oath, Wilson will deliver the inaugural address, followed by a parade to the White House and an evening reception.
London reports James Bryce the British ambassador at Washington has been named by the British Government to join the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. His appointment fills a vacancy to occur next August upon the retirement of the Hon. Sir Edward Fry.
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