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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1913
Page
12
A large liner and another vessel narrowly avoided collision at sea in dense fog. Strenuous steering and teamwork prevented disaster as passengers loudly congratulated the crew for averting danger. Medical staff stood by in case of injuries, but there were no serious casualties.
The French liner La France carrying Mr and Mrs Alfred C Vanderbilt and other notables reached New York after a near-miss at sea. In heavy haze the ships La France and Campanella of the Uranium line narrowly passed each other when one vessel altered course to avoid collision.
Charles A. Crowell of New York found his summer home ransacked at Atlantic Highlands last Thursday. He reported firearms, canned fruit, golf balls, tennis racquets, imported liquors and cigars, along with personal items missing. Police chief Snedeker has a clue and intends to locate the culprits.
Treinton March 22 The Appropriations Committee led by Senator John W Slocum worked through a state holiday to push final adjournment set for April 3. The panel weighs many requests while guarding against overspending as potential revenue drops from the seven sisters corporate laws and charter fees. Armory bills and new school and exhibit projects add to the spending mix with extensive pending measures.
Nearly two score Y M C A members and friends attended a social at the Red Bank Y M C A last night. Harry Malchow played violin and Archie Brown of Camden gave readings including The Heavenly Guest by Tolstoi. Brown, former Red Bank resident, is now boys' secretary of the Camden Y M C A. The program was followed by refreshments and the social ended at 10 36 PM.
Abram 8 Lokerson of Broadway and Captain George H Green and Richard D Crum of Bath Avenue have been critically ill but are recovering. Lokerson near ninety can move around the house while Crum is fast recovering. Green, improved yesterday, is not as well today but hopes to soon be able to get around. All three are over eighty.
Mr and Mrs B W Reid of Atlantic Avenue returned home after a long Southern tour. Miss Ruth Mooney former local teacher now in Maplewood NJ spends her master vacation in this city at Gaskill cottage Chelsea Avenue. The West End depot interior brightened with varnish coat. Union News Company building repaired with new floor and painted exterior. The rest is advertising notices and brief local items including Easter plans and condolences.
A massive storm caused extensive damage across the west midwest and Ontario with estimated losses of at least 50 million dollars. Alabama town Lower Peach Tree wiped out with many dead and hundreds injured. Canadian and Ohio damages noted. War Department sent relief from Fort Oglethorpe.
The Easter mail surge increased parcel post activity and daily mail delays at the post office. Edgar Woolley and Louis Feinders worked as extra carriers to ease regular staff, with ten thousand one cent stamps sold for Easter souvenir cards and high load per trip. The text also notes a nuisance court case in Detroit and unrelated advertisements.
Easter plans at The First Reformed Church feature sunrise service at six with Christian Endeavor led by Mrs. V. J. Blekkink, 10:30 morning service on Easter theme An Easter Anthem, choir pieces and soloist Margaret Parker, two-thirty Sunday school program with songs and readings, and seven-thirty evening service on After the Resurrection What. Additional noted is Star of the Sea Mass offerings and St James parish observances.
Judge John E. Foster will sit at City Hall on Monday to hear a large number of appeal cases. Thirty three appeals listed plus one common pleas case Solomon Michelson vs. Joseph T. Jackson. Names include Morris & Allaire vs. Smith & Holden Andrew Jones vs. Oliver W. Pros Spring Stokes vs. Frederick BE Backer James Gorman vs. Irving Okerson etc.
Members of the Eintracht Singing Society in Red Bank will hold a dance in their rooms on Monday night March 31 in place of the following Monday. The committee includes Carl Munch Jacob Eurich Jr and Otto Mhor Mae Munch donated a large German flag for the societies 25th anniversary to be celebrated in late May.
Advertisement lists satin slippers in all colors at 2.50 a pair and mentions a $250 incentive or budget line in the ad.
Trenton leaders predict passage of a statewide referendum jury commission bill under a tight schedule as session ends April 3. With 220 bills advanced in one house and 54 awaiting Acting Governor Fielder’s action, lawmakers face a final rush amid constitutional convention battles and reform controversies.
Easter visitors include summer cottagers opening houses for the weekend. The Towers on Ocean avenue belongs to S. R. Guggenheim. Daniel Guggenheim and family stay at Firenzi. Newman Erb and family occupy their Ocean avenue cottage. Philip Lowey and family plan Sunday at Codler avenue home. Mr Lowey undecided on closing or keeping open. Frederick Frelinghuysen and Newark family spend Easter at their Oakhurst villa. Long Branch Opera House offers Talking Pictures and illustrated songs with Griffin's Orchestra. piano giveaway of 250 dollars tonight. Broadway Theatre and Lyceum ads note upcoming events with West's Orchestra.
A lecture before about 150 people in Red Bank Borough Hall features George Willis Cooke of Boston discussing What Is Socialism. He traces civilization, explains individual freedom, and notes the Catholic Church’s stance, with further talks planned by Hila Reeve Bloor.
Worry over the girls’ condition keeps their mother hospitalized as authorities report the first hitch in the case. Police chief and overseer of the poor are cited signing papers for the girls who told a startling story.
After delays the needed o pera committing Ilda and Sarah W cott to the State Home at Vineland was submitted to Governor Fielder for signature. Judge Foster sentenced the girls on March 6 in Freehold after the family physician Dr William D Sayre refused to sign, leaving them inmates at the county jail women’s department until signatures from officials were obtained.
Mrs Anna Deborah Cook Adams wife of Rev Jasob J Adams pastor of Red Bank A M E Zion Church died in the parsonage after a long illness. She is survived by her husband and one son Oliver Cook Adams of Rochester NY. Funeral at Red Bank church next Tuesday at 2 PM. Interment in Elmira NY under Harry C Fay. She was born in Elmira and was active in church circles.
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