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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1910
Page
2
Fragmented OCR style data lists numbers and place fragments including York, Washington, Red Bank, and City references with times and codes. No clear event or narrative. items appear as scattered measurements or identifiers across locations.
Secretary of War Dickinson reports to the House that the United States is nearly unprepared for war with a too small regular army inadequate militia and forts on both coasts. He warns Alaska and exposed areas are vulnerable to attack. Representative Hobson introduces a bill to form a national defense council with annual meetings and a defined policy guiding executive and legislative actions.
President Taft agrees to serve as honorary president of a $10 million international peace foundation funded by Andrew Carnegie. Trustees named Senator Elihu Root of New York as president and permanent U S representative at The Hague tribunal. In Annapolis Carnegie also gifts $167 700 to St John’s College.
North Carolina attorney general prosecutes Standard Oil under the new antitrust law for allegedly trying to crush its sole local rival Indian Refining by cutting prices from 12 14 to 7 ½ cents per gallon in Raleigh while charging higher elsewhere. Maximum penalty is 40000 dollars if convicted. Tommy Burns Hurt In Collision in Seattle
Market notes show firm butter with receipts of 6 765 packages at 32 cents per pound and specials across grades. Cheese remains steady on top grades with 1 448 boxes received while milk quality ranges from white to colored at 12 or 15 percent. Milk products and cattle values appear mixed with prices noted for per dozen and per barrel, amid unsettled receipts and regional supply figures.
Taft will declare several Ohio federal appointments in days ahead. Wade H. Ellis, ex chairman of the Ohio Republican state committee, is tipped for a seat on the Court of Customs Appeals. Granville W. Mooney, ex speaker of the Ohio House, may become Porto Rico secretary. Carmi A. Thompson, Ohio secretary of state, to be assistant secretary of the interior succeeding Jesse E. Wilson.
Pittsburg reports Andrew Toth, jailed for murder for two decades at Riverside prison, may gain release after his four sons won a confession from another Stephen Toth in Hungary. The killer’s admission could prompt the state pardon board to act.
William C Rhinelander once given a 5000 year income from the Rhinelander estate says he has received nothing since Oct 30 and is penniless. He slept at police headquarters after his wife filed for separation. If no support is found he faces county jail.
In Cambridge Roosevelt lauds Goethals Pinchot and Garfield as examples of men who do the work while others only talk. He cites Panama canal under Goethals as a major enduring achievement and stresses conservation as a practical, public service duty.
Gifford Pinchot, ousted chief forester, issues a blunt statement urging Congress to act on the special committee report on Ballinger. He argues the majority report lacks surprise and warns it takes moral courage to oppose a powerful ally. He cites Lorimer as a whitewash example.
Revolt of Bedouins in Karak district near the Dead Sea grows worse as stations north of Maan to Djurfelderwich are sacked. Bedouin attacks have killed soldiers and railway staff. government responds by sending additional troops to quell the uprising.
London reports the Admiralty has ordered a massive battleship of 30 million tons and 22 knot speed. It will be the second largest afloat, with only the Lyon battle cruiser rivaling its size, currently under construction at Devonport.
A comic sketch titled Children Enjoying Their Toys shows eager children watching grownups operate toy wheels. The piece invites readers to visit the toy department on the fourth floor. Enamel watches are advertised as gifts for the school miss with royal blue turquoise red and green varieties priced from 4.50 to 7.00. Silver watches in hunting and open styles range from 3.00 to 5.00.
Tommy Murphy fought Pat Moore in Matteawan State Hospital on a stadium-like stage for inmates. Harry Lorts was beaten in five rounds as inmates cheered and jeered. The bout drew 450 spectators including prisoner Harry K. Thaw who was absent for legal counsel.
The Navy Department accepts Glenn H. Curtiss offer to train a naval officer in operating and managing an aeroplane. Training will occur at aviation grounds near Los Angeles, California this winter.
The annual meeting of stockholders will be held at the company office at the foot of Rockwell Avenue, Long Branch, New Jersey, on Thursday December 15 1910 at 1 30 p m for electing a board of directors and other business. Secretary William C Hayden 286 to 293
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