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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1911
Page
5
Washington May 10 The farmers free list bill has moved from the house to the senate and is referred to the finance committee. Most members oppose it and a pigeonhole outcome is likely. Democrats seek caucus to align policy on reciprocity and the free list amid party divisions.
National League games in Se conducted with Mathewson Myers and Brown Kling in a 3 2 loss. Brooklyn St Louis 2 0. Adams Gibson Pitt Pittsburg 8 1. Keefe Clark and Tyler Graham. Boston Cincinnati 6 3. American League Detroit 16 New York 0. Cleveland 5 Boston 4. Teams standings list Detroit Chicago Boston Washington Philadelphia Cleveland New York St Louis with varied win loss records.
Senator Gore of Oklahoma introduced a senate resolution to guarantee the ultimate independence of the Philippines. The measure states the United States should cease sovereignty and grant a stable independent government, authorizing the president to pursue negotiations with major powers for a neutrality preserving treaty.
Judge Blair sentences fourteen Portsmouth voters to five years disfranchisement and six months in a workhouse with $25 fines and costs each for selling votes. Imprisonment and fines suspended, likely due to the men's poverty. Each vote sold for $1 to $3.
Senator Jones of Missouri labels the El Paso Douglas killings as murders and challenges U S inaction. He urges the Foreign Relations Committee to consider his resolution for American protection along the Mexican border.
New York May 10 Samuel Koenig was elected to succeed Lord C. Griscom as president of the Republican county amid a fight between the Roosevelt faction and the Barnes Grober Halpin old guard. Koenig received 336 votes while Josiah T. Newcomb had 257.
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Portrait of Harvey Garber as an Ohio politician whose testimony is sought in bribery cases. The item notes legal scrutiny and the call for his cooperation with investigators.
Columbus report May 10 says Prosecutor Turner and Attorney General Hogan seek testimony from Harvey Garber Ohio Democratic national committeeman who sailed for Europe. Garber linked to Bell Telephone interests and may illuminate methods used to pass merger bills in the Ohio legislature. He headed the state Democratic organization for years and says he has not discussed any bills with legislators this year.
Representative Levy of New York introduces a bill to amend the Sherman Act applying common law principles to restraints of trade. He says juries would determine viability or unreasonableness of each combination based on case specific circumstances and public impact.
Empire music hall in Edinburgh where King George planned an entertainment after the coronation is destroyed by fire. Seven killed and five missing among backstage workers. Audience escaped unharmed. performers and stage hands barely fled. The blaze started behind the scenes and rapid flames left only the walls standing.
Report from May 10 states Kirin, capital of its province in Manchuria, was partly destroyed by fire with about half the city burned. Kirin lies roughly twenty seven miles west by south of Vladivostok and has a red population around 80 000. Fire lines are down, limiting details.
General markets indicate steady butter with 15 499 packages received, steady cheese with 5 640 boxes, and steady eggs with 41 546 cases. Potatoes show a new firm trend amid weak demand with prices around 5.25 to 5.70 per barrel, while Florida whites range from 3.90 to 5.25 for No 2 to No 1 grades and cull lots.
North Fifth Avenue shows rapid growth with several new houses under construction. Frank W. Hampton advances a cottage toward completion, becoming one of the street’s most attractive homes as the Hamptons move from Dare Cottage to their new residence.
Louis Brown of the A. M. Townley & Co store has recently bought a house on Lippincott Avenue and is making extensive alterations. Contractors Robbins are advancing the project as Brown plans to add a fine exterior and interior improvements once changes are complete.
Workmen erect a new portable building on the site of the Ye Old Elkwood Inn which burned last winter. The project progresses well and is expected to be ready for occupancy within about two weeks.
Henry Baden a New York businessman living at the Morris Cottage Belford had his left hand badly cut while trying to separate two fighting dogs yesterday morning. He was starting out for a walk with his dogs when a bulldog attacked, tearing his hand. Dr Budlong cauterized the wounds and no serious results are expected.
Mrs Henry Schencker of Belford has suffered through the past winter with pulmonary conditions and is now very low. Oxygen therapy is deemed necessary. Dr Budlong is the attending physician.
The Scarboro Hotel undergoes several improvements under Li V. Kahn. W E Dobbins of Philadelphia has supervised the changes for some time, and plans include adding multiple suites and poems to enhance the hostelry.
Belford teachers and scholars are fundraising to buy a new pipe organ for the church. A social by Miss Alma Osborne’s class added six dollars. A handkerchief sociable, directed by organist Miss Aileen White, yielded over 100 donated handkerchiefs and about thirty five dollars. No set socials planned, and continuous activity expected until the goal is reached.
Mrs J Herbert Stearns of Irving Place Red Bank presents forty volumes of scientific works to the Red Bank High School library. The set was used by her husband when at Stevens Institute Hoboken and was given through Charles D Warner Red Bank Board of Education president.
Emily Halmoth twelve daughter of Mr and Mrs Augustus Halmoth Belford has endured spinal meningitis for two months. She is now able to take short walks outside under Dr Budlong care and many regard her recovery as remarkable.
Mrs. E. M. Budlong of Belford has gone to Washington to visit her son O. H. Budlong who is convalescing from three operations for calculus at Garfield Hospital. The octogenarian made the trip alone.
George E. Major of Hartford North Carolina visits Dr O W Budlong at Belford. Major is Budlong’s brother in law and partners Hartford manufacturing with William Hudgon Budlong’s stepson.
Rep Sulzer and five Smiths in the new House are noted for attire and seats. Reading clerks sparingly call delegate Jonah K Kalanianoale. Chief Justice White speaks French. AG Wickersham favors soft cuff shirts. Andrew Carnegie wears fifty cent spectacles. Charles Taft mans the White House switchboard with ease.
Washington reports from Peking that China agrees to indemnify American physicians aiding the pneumonic plague fight in Manchuria. The government will pay 6500 to families if any American doctors die while serving, with Strong and Teague among U S representatives at the Mukden conference.
Governor Dix orders Superintendent Cheney to provide a long overdue explanation of his conduct regarding the Carnegie Trust failure and signals no tolerance for blocking a full banking department investigation. Senate may vote on George C. Van Tuyl’s nomination as Cheney’s successor, with possible confirmation today amid banking interest pressure.
Los Angeles May 10 J J Mc Namara s bid for bail on complicity in dynamite at Llewellyn Ironworks was denied Judge Bordwell ruled nine teen murder charges are prima facie non bailable and bail on any charge would not aid the defendant Mrs McNamara cannot pay her own way and awaits invitation funds from allied women group
In Herkimer County New York forest fires have destroyed over 400 acres and threaten further damage. Utica reports fires spreading in northern areas as dry conditions persist. Fire wardens warn that without immediate rain the losses could rise to enormous sums.
In Hunnewell Kansas the town hall stalemate over governance by men on the council versus women led by Mayor Mrs Billa Wilson continues. The male councilmen claim their last meeting was illegal and they rejected attending and approving mayoral appointments such as W E Hilton without the mayor's signature.
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