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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
4
During Rutgers College commencement exercises John Howard Ford of New York announced a 110000 gift to fund a new dormitory to be named Ford Hall. Architects Cram Goodhue and Ferguson of New York prepared the plan, noted for work on West Point and Princeton projects.
Uncalled letters dated June 14 remain at the Long Branch post office. Names include B Andrews Jack Burkley Sam C Caldwell Mrs Db De Na David Clark Mrs Flora Fields Miss Besasie Flynn Mrs A Fury Mr Frank Oscar Gleckler Miss Sarah Gray Mrs N Harris Mrs Edgar Hellman Lawrence Hogan Mary Keb ly Mrs Katherine Lennon Mrs Carrie Larking Eugene Osborne Willie Pitts Mr and Mrs West Thos Williams Mrs Jer Wilson and L L Woolley Raymond J Wylie.
Charies 1 Dougherty, engine driver of the fatal Springfield express crash near Stamford, testifies at a joint hearing in Bridgeport. He claims glass cocks on New York, New Haven and Hartford locomotives failed and recalls foreman John Carroll warning brakes were faulty. Experts discuss clock hands and signal timing as officials probe the accident.
Senator O Gorman visited the White House to urge President Wilson to appoint former Governor John A Dix as governor general of the Philippines before its independence law takes effect. He argued Dix would administer the Insular government efficiently, but some officials doubted the president would share the view. A second item notes a humorous exchange about an engagement ring offered by telephone.
Mrs Reginald Vanderbilt asked Sheriff Harburger in New York to appoint her deputy sheriff so she could carry a pistol and protest her property. The sheriff reviewed the law and found the request could not be granted.
Camden, June 10. Joseph Gilkyson, a New Jersey political figure and public works contractor, died of pneumonia in Philadelphia. His death exposes a double life, with one wife at the Robeson Hotel in Philadelphia and another woman claiming he was her husband who has long resided at 245 South Fortieth Street, Philadelphia. The will and estate are said to be large, with the brother Frederick Gilkyson acting in the absence of clear proof.
President Wilson sent to the Senate a long list of nominations including Meredith Nicholson of Indiana as minister to Portugal and Thomas Nelson Page of Virginia as ambassador to Italy. Edward J. Hale and Pleasant H. Stovall were named ministers to Costa Rica and Switzerland respectively, with William F. Gongs listed for Cuba. The Foreign Relations Committee favorably reported the nominations.
About 3 000 babies from five days to fourteen years paraded through Newark Avenue to Warren Street in Jersey City watched by some 100 000 spectators. Mayor Fagan and ex mayor Wittpenn led dignitaries in the grandstand as Governor Fielder and other officials judged the event amid flags and bunting on a two mile route.
Empire Steel and Iron company files suit for 5000 dollars claiming damage to machinery at Mount Hope mine near Wharton during the recent strike. Mount Hope Minera Railroad seeks 25000 dollars after a locomotive wreck and rails torn by dynamite March 20, under 1874 legislative act. Similar to Wells Fargo vs Jersey City case.
Montclair New Jersey June 19 four persons were painfully injured when John J Kaveny of Valley road drove his automobile into a trolley pole at Walnut street and Valley road after the steering gear broke. The car wrecked and the four passengers were thrown out. Kaveny and his son Gordon eleven had injuries including a broken nose Henry Lanaille former secretary to Mayor Vinek was cut and bruised along with Harvey Gibbs ten years old.
An ancient eastern custom observed in the western Alps involves placing one hundred eggs on sand as dancers circle them. The couple that finishes the dance without breaking an egg earns a token of compatibility and is betrothed.
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