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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1913
Page
2
Charles Klein's drama The Third Degree is set for a Broadway presentation by Merkle Hanler Conurary with a cast including The Mortune thunter and The Great Divile. The paper notes the adaptation aims for high production scale and invites audience critique from theatregoers.
A garbled report suggests General Thomas H. Barry may be considered to replace a deposed chief. The piece notes speculation about succession and mentions the post at Governors Island with no official confirmation.
In Albany a nine hour session saw the assembly pass bills on workers compensation and related appropriations. Governor Sulzer supported the direct primary measure as part of an unusually lengthy legislative week. Senate opposition, led by Elon K Brown and five Republicans, blocked the workers compensation bill.
William N. Washington a stockbroker loses an 800000 suit before Justice Benton in New York. He claimed Atwood Violett defamed him on twelve occasions calling him a liar. Washington sought 25000 per lie for damages from the alleged slander.
In Wilmington Delaware two people are found dead after an auto crash a widow Mrs Harry Pearce forty five of this city and Lord Moore forty two a cigar salesman of Salvat ory Maryland crushed under an overturned machinery on the road from Newark to Delaware. Moore is survived by wife and one child. Despondent death is noted for David Newton Welch sixty one who killed himself after his wife’s death eleven weeks earlier.
The city mourns Father Maurice D O'Conner known as the boss of Harrison for thirty years. He drove out gamblers and closed moving picture shows to protect youth, earning obedience from officials and citizens alike. He rebuilt St Vincent and finished the Church of the Holy Cross, directing funds and church duties while guiding local reform.
A city report details non fatal poisonings at local hospitals. Tompkinsville and New Brighton cases involved mistaken medicines and deliberate ingestion. Medical teams removed kidneys in one operation and carried out follow up care for recovery milestones.
Ruth Bauvevatt Law, a famed aviator, flew over Hackensack streets testing a passenger carry biplane. The demonstration excited local women who hoped to be the first passenger tomorrow at the aviation field as plans for a wireless telegraph test are set for Sunday.
A jumble of names and incidents from New Jersey cities mentions Louis Lawcon and John Relson at a Packard Dredging plant, Bayonne express trains, and a rectory meeting in Trenton. Other items reference Princeton university officials, a New Jersey reformatory inmate, and local political maneuvers involving Jersey City.
The painting La Giovonda known as the Mona Lisa, stolen from the Louvre in August 1911, has been found in Florence. The alleged thief is under arrest, with details kept secret pending notification to French authorities. The frame was recovered earlier, and the case has caused a global artistic stir.
Commodity prices and receipts show wheat steady amid light northwest offerings and mixed futures. Butter, eggs, and dairy products hold firm with varied grades and regional benchmarks reflected in current market quotes.
Market summary from Pittsburgh shows live stock prices across categories. Prices include cattle and calves with figures for prime and good grades, cows, veal, lambs, and hogs, with varied weights and condition notes.
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