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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1912
Page
6
Washington State college at Pullman announces phonetic instruction in modern languages. A new language laboratory with special phonographs and foreign-records will record and compare student renderings to help correct accents and intonation. Tests and materials will be available to students for a small fee.
Democratic leaders consider a new representation scheme by Representative Burleson of Texas. It would award one delegate per district plus extra delegates for Democratic districts and at large seats based on Senate compositions. The plan seeks stronger party interest and could influence future national conventions.
President Taft names a large list of West Point cadet appointees mainly from Army officer families. The selections include A. K. King, H. H. Jones, J. M. Crane, W. A. Snow, F. O. Scofield, J. B. Bennett, Craigie Kraynbohl, F. P. Bonham, E. G. Bliss, G. J. Newgarden, T. Tl. Evans, K. M. Halpine, J. W. Rafferty and others, reflecting the custom of favoring sons of officers who move frequently and lack local political backing.
The obituary lauds Wilbur Wright as a conqueror of the skies and a maker of flying craft. It honors his pioneering spirit through a poetic tribute, noting his role in opening uncharted air realms and inspiring generations of flight enthusiasts.
The family faced deportation due to residency doubts and high local costs. Overseer Munson ordered deportation to Russia after determining the Schliski home was not clearly within New Jersey or New York limits. The case hinges on residency rules and the expense of keeping the family, with relatives awaiting them abroad.
The Ladies Auxiliary of Long Branch Lodge No. 742 BPOE hosted its first social at the Garfield avenue Elks Home drawing over 100 attendees including Elks wives and sweethearts. Sixteen card tables hosted ten games with about 40 souvenirs, a candy mouse prize with a cheese piece and a five dollar bill twist, plus refreshments and music.
Newark N J June 5 In a riot sparked by wives of striking workers a mob of about 500 clashed with police reserves. Seven were injured two fatally including a school boy and a woman. The mob attacked a railroad repair gang and gunfire wounded bystanders. Several arrests were made.
Robert Livingston Stevens sailed from New York to Liverpool before ocean steamers. During the Chime era the voyage lasted two months and he pondered how to run a railroad without stringer tracks. A whittled T rail with a broad base, applied to solid wood, emerged as the solution and is now used worldwide.
Reports describe the Eagle's nest rock near Killarney as the source of a remarkable echo. The peak rises about 200 feet above the lake, with the best echo 100 feet west of Devil's Mouth where whispers reportedly repeat up to a thousand times from surrounding crags and cliffs.
A large wedding ceremony took place at the Madison Avenue Synagogue New York with many Long Branch relatives in attendance. The bride Mrs Pauline Sternberger of New York and her groom Wolff Wolff of London Pay were married with Rev Fr DeSola Mendes officiating.
William W Dorsett aged 56 eldest brother of Charles B Dorsett fell thirty feet from a third story window at his Trenton home and died two hours later at St Francis Hospital from a ruptured liver and fractured pelvis. He had moved from Asbury Park where he ran a furniture business and is survived by two sons and a daughter. Funeral services are planned for tomorrow afternoon as Charles B Dorsett and family travel from the city to Trenton.
Washington reports the US Cruiser Prairie landed 450 marines near Guantanamo Cuba to guard American property amid a fast-moving revolt. Consul reports indicate the Cuban government loses control as the insurrection grows. Lawyer Jacob Steinbach Jr. recovers from a fractured leg at Mount Carmel Memorial Hospital and will stay three weeks longer before using crutches.
At the May Asbury Park Board of Education meeting Commissioner Pittenger proposed radical changes to the courses of study. The resolution was deferred again and Pittenger urged an investigation into current courses and pupil progress. President Coleman appointed Pittenger Dr. Thompson and Superintendent Shepherd to gather information and draft suggestions.
At a special meeting of the Board for Freeholders in the Germania Hotel parlors Red Bank Jacob C Shutts of Broad Street was named supervisor over the roads recently accepted by the county Riverside avenue East Front Street West Front Street and Broad Street from the fountain to the railroad tracks He has begun work with men improving Broad Street which was in a deplorable condition.
Grand Knight Frank Saguerton District Deputy William J Howell and others from Red Bank Council No 626 will attend the Columbus monument unveiling in Washington D C Saturday. The group departs Thursday night and returns Sunday night. The monument was funded by a Congress appropriation of 300000 dollars.
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