Senator Tillman Proposes Smoking Ban in Senate
Senator Tillman introduced a resolution prohibiting smoking in the United States Senate. President Wilson plans no race problem action from patronage appointments. He will not appoint negroes to posts opposed on racial grounds. Navy notes say 127 vessels assembled last October in New York Harbor were not ready for war. President Wilson visited the Capitol to discuss the Tariff bill with Senators.
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Notable figures and events across public life
President Wilson accepted the presidency of the American Red Cross. George F. Baer of Reading Railway received a private car valued at $100000 for exclusive use. Professor Taft will lecture at Yale this spring on Modern Government questions. Mrs. Graham E. Babcock, worth $13000000, married William Ceavney in Tenafly New Jersey.
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Died Sporting Bingen Sire of Uhlan at Castleton Farm
Sporting Bingen, sire of Uhlan, the world’s champion trotter, died at Castleton Stock Farm in Lexington. Kay Bingen was owned by David M. Look and was once sold for $35,000. Baseball fans in Cleveland will see a flag over a newspaper office when games are played, as threatening weather keeps fans home. President Johnson promises faster games in 1913, aiming to reduce game length. Seibert’s pitching carried the Midshipmen to a 4–0 win over Cornell in Annapolis with thirteen strikeouts and no hits.
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Ice floes halt early navigation on Lake Superior
The lake remains clogged with ice floes preventing any chance of an early opening for navigation. The Wheeling West Virginia school board ordered removal of mirrors from the high school after girls spent too much time before them. Senator Bacon of Georgia was formally elected chairman of the foreign relations committee in the U S Senate. Judge Addison Brown of the U S District Court died in New York at age 63 after retirement in 1901. Two American ironworkers on Panama Canal lock gates were killed when scaffolding collapsed. Senator Borah introduced a bill to have the government accept the Abraham Lincoln birthplace in Kentucky. Mrs Mary Lucas of Lansing Michigan was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. Governor Fielder of New Jersey planned a special session on May 6 to consider President Wilson’s jury reform bill. Representative Cullom proposed a government residence second in rank to the White House for the Vice President. Secretary McAdoo urged resignations of four Philadelphia customs officials. Governor Sulzer urged direct nominations legislation. Rev Marion Cappy of Fort Smith Arkansas, convicted of burning two of his children to death in an oil soaked bed, was sentenced to hang on May 30. President Wilson indicated the United States would not recognize Huerta until peace is secured.
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Oregon farmers seek carload of wives in westward move
A jumble of short items notes Oregon farmers seeking wives, the Union League Club of Brooklyn dropping politics for social work, Lenox abolishing kerosene lamps in favor of electric lights, and various oddities from 1913 including prize medals at Yale, prison reforms, a jury duty exemption, a wolf escape in Boston, and a jail choice in Baltimore.
Global Events Mention Various 1909 Incidents
Reports note Herbert Lang's Congo expedition arriving safely at Farabje in May 1909. Cuba’s Mayor elect Ceferina A. Mendez is assassinated, with the killer at large. Japan commits to the Panama Exposition. a young missionary dies in Cairo. a Sydney railway strike widens toward total paralysis.
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Jersey City to Host Major State Political Affair
Statewide uproar surrounds a special Legislature session called by Acting Governor Fielder to advance jury reform. President Wilson plans three tour stops including Jersey City and Asbury Park to press the issue, with Newark and Essex County opposing the reform effort.
State road work boosted by 1913 legislature review
Colonel J A Stevens State Road Commissioner discusses how 1913 road legislation fixed defects in the 1912 acts and extended the Delaware river drive while authorizing 500 miles of state highways and funding for repairs. Receivers seek to take over and operate the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad property and enforce $32,000 interest on bonds.
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New Jersey Census Bulletin Details Native and Foreign Born Demographics
The Census Bureau reports New Jersey demographics by county urban rural and nativity. It shows foreign born white shares from 6.1 percent in Salem to 39.3 percent in Passaic and native white foreign or mixed parentage from 8.1 percent in Salem to 41.4 percent in Hudson. The urban native white share is 33.6 percent and rural 68.7 percent for native white of foreign or mixed parentage. Foreign born whites 28.8 percent urban and 17.3 percent rural. negroes 3.4 percent urban and 3.9 percent rural. State sex totals 1,286,463 males and 1,250,704 females, or 102.9 males per 100 females. Among native whites the male to female ratio is 98 to 100.
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New Jersey Population by Race Nativity and Age, 1910
The bulletin summarizes New Jersey demographics by color nativity and parentage, listing urban rural splits and school attendance. It reports native whites native parentage 49.8 percent foreign born whites 25.9 percent and 3.5 percent negroes, plus foreign nationalities and voting age statistics.
Newark’s Public Service Fees Spark Calls for Reform
Newark in this state collects about 125000 dollars yearly from the Public Service Corporation under an ordinance that requires 6 percent of gross receipts for street use. Critics say foresight years ago could have boosted city income, while urging reform in state finances to publish appropriation contents two weeks before adjournment to ensure full scrutiny.
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