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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1914
Page
11
Washington dispatch notes conspiracy chatter about defeating President Wilson's policies lacks basis as Democratic majorities back his program. The piece cites Senate and House debates, personnel changes, and the July 1 quorum issue as Congress winds down before recess.
Washington June 6 Daniel Vinten Javueh attempted a stunt to gain fame by warning of a supposed dynamite blast at the Agriculture Department. After a chaotic noon hour he was detained by police as officials and workers fled the building. He claimed the fuse sputtered but investigators found no blast.
About 72,000 engineers, firemen and locomotive workers on western railroads may vote to strike if wage demands are not met. Negotiations broke off with railroad managers, who oppose the demands saying they would raise annual payroll by roughly 383 million dollars.
King George sends a formal message of thanks to President Wilson for sympathy after the Empress of Ireland disaster. The reply expresses gratitude for condolences to the families of those who perished and for President Wilson's kind thoughts. London date June 2, 1914. Washington dispatch notes the exchange.
London reports correct death toll at 1024 aboard the Empress of Ireland after the Storstad collision. Lord Mersey to join a Canadian high court inquiry with Canadian Pacific Railway and Dominion Coal Company witnesses under a policy of silence until hearings begin.
Professor J Woodbridge Riley of Vassar College sues Dr Manery Marvel of Atlantic City claiming negligence left a six inch rubber drain in his daughter Katherine after an operation. The trial opened with testimony showing the drain missing after surgery and the child deteriorating until Dr Penrose removed it in Massachusetts. Defense planned to deny any negligence.
The record in the Harry K. Thaw habeas corpus case reached the U S Supreme Court as Sheriff J A Drew of Coos county New York appeals Judge Aldrich's ruling sustaining the writ. The notice appeared in the Daily Record advert.
Miss Emma Heinze nineteen elopes with Albert Bo Christie an automobile dealer ten years her senior to Paterson New Jersey then to New York for a hat search and dinner at the Waldorf before heading to Atlantic City. The bride’s mother recalls eloping twenty years ago.
Vice Chancellor Backes ordered Samuel Staley released from Camden county jail, saying courts must not be tools of torture. Staley had been imprisoned for contempt over deeds to lands in Stone Harbor after injunctions by South Jersey Realty Co. His prior sentence included three months plus six more months on May 1.
New Orleans merchants favoring the bill face boycott as women canvass the city to obtain signatures for a petition denouncing a measure before the legislature. The bill, introduced in the lower house, would allow a local option election to decide gambling on races in New Orleans.
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