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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1913
Page
2
Charles P. Neill was renominated by President William Howard Taft to serve as Commissioner of Labor. The move reinforces Taft administration priorities in labor administration and regulatory oversight.
New York January 7 Gardner Murdock a merchant from Bellport N Y testified in a case accusing Henry Eddey of alienation of affections and plotting to exchange wives. He described visits to hotels in Staten Island Galveston and Panama and claimed Eddey without success tried to settle the suit. He spoke of threats and a pistol incident and questions about divorce and reconciliation.
A reflective snippet links charity to faith hope and action. It emphasizes looking upward and forward, lending a hand as true charity in thought and deed, attributed to Edward Everett.
In London on January 7, malicious damage struck three British Army aeroplanes. The Royal Aero Club funds a search for culprits. Lawrence Santoni, director of British Deperdussio Aeroplane Company, says tamperers were experts who aimed to cripple engines midflight, an alleged midair murder attempt. Authorities can only conjecture about motives.
Governor Donnnghey appointed Jeff Netherland Uelskell editor of the Arkansas Gazette of Little Rock as United States senator to succeed the late Jeff Davis. The appointment lasts until March 14 and makes Heiskel a first time politics office holder. He will return to Little Rock to resume editorial duties when the legislature elects a senator.
Striking garment workers and clothing manufacturers remain apart as unions demand higher wages and recognition. A citywide picket campaign spread across New York with thousands of strikers in front of shops, while police stayed alert. At a Hotel Lafayette meeting 200 manufacturers unanimously refused wage increases and a closed shop, with plans for a Wednesday parade by the strikers.
Beginning April 15 two fast ships of the United States Navy will patrol North Atlantic steamship lanes to detect and warn ships of ice. The cruisers Salem and Birmingham are likely choices for this mission, reporting by wireless to vessels at sea as part of a program modeled on the post disaster patrols.
A witty exchange from a New York Jerald item about a wife seeking new quarters. The hallboy quotes rental rates while the mother balks at extra charges for dogs and a leash for the baby. A brief Life joke follows about a traveling salesman and a patient streetcar bell ringer.
Reports from Vienna depict a nation crippled by fear of war. Banks hoard cash, 25,000 workers displaced, theaters half empty, and Christmas profits ruined as security values plunge and losses mount in stock and bond markets.
An inquest at Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire revealed a box mailed through the post carried a two foot long body of a girl. Police testified the box moved from Funcham to Woburn and was handed to officers at a Leighton Road house before being opened to reveal the child's remains.
MHarveld Willis Powell Maguntata Larry believed to be the last surviving scout with Custer at the Battle of the Lire Ble Flora, dropped dead recently in Worcester Mississippi. He was a Legion of Honor member and held several gold medals of bravery from the government.
The London crowds, influenced by Whiston's 1700s prophecy and Bell the lunatic, swarmed Islington Highgate Hampstead and fields expecting London’s end from earthquakes and Thames floods. In 1524 fears of a flood drove tens of thousands to Kent and Essex as Thames waters were believed to engulf the city, while 1761 saw two shocks and a predicted third that spurred mass exoduses and river-ship congregations awaiting catastrophe. The fears collapsed as the days passed, with many distraught residents returning home and Bell later confined to a lunatic asylum.
The article notes England began parcel post in 1883 linked to inland and overseas services. It details rates, weight limits, and rapid growth, including 1884 85 totals and 1908 rate changes up to eleven pounds for the UK. It contrasts France where only 60 gram parcels go through postal, heavier items handled by railroads. It cites 1911 French mail totals and railcar evolution.
Dr. Mary Walker proclaims onions curb contagious disease and smallpox. She advises eating them variedly and spreading their fumes in alleys and lawns. She cites Madrid as an affected city and notes officials saw disease halt due to onion use.
Briggs, famed for fleeing Asheville church gang custody, walked into police headquarters and surrendered. He revealed he had not removed leg shackles and said he returned to complete a promised whipping. The escaped man Briggs sought to whip could not be found for comment.
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