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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1913
Page
8
London reports Home Secretary McKenna weighs army help to curb Militant suffragettes amid rising attacks. Over 500 Scotland Yard detectives guard public buildings and ministers while arrests target Emmeline Pankhurst aide Augie Kenney and six others for conspiracy.
President Wilson told reporters he will not entertain any compromise on the wool or sugar schedules of the Wil son Underwood tariff bill. He will stand or fall by the measure as approved by the House and made clear to the Senate that no compromise is acceptable.
Albany May 16 Governor Sulzer will veto the two platoon firemen’s bill for Buffalo and Rochester noting local authorities can achieve the plan under the home rule for cities law. He contrasted fire heroes with battlefield sacrifice and praised the new authority. Three boys drown in Lake Erie near Bay Point Toledo May 14 as a small boat capsized in sudden wind leaving one survivor who swam half a mile to reach shore.
Chronicle of public unrest as Big Bill Haywood is seen on camera addressing striking workers in Paterson. The city fears a courthouse bombing plot and awaits the verdict in the Patrick Wainlin case amid labor tensions.
At a Paterson rally Adolph Lessig of the I W W urged 10 000 silk workers to protest the Quinlan conviction by halting trolley lines and auto garages for two nights. He claimed leaders would decide when to call motormen and others to join in a plan to cut city power and stop cars to pressure authorities.
Boaz W Long of Las Vegas New Mexico is appointed chief of the Latin American division of the state department. The role requires no senate confirmation and he will assume duties immediately. He is son of New Mexico's chief justice and has long worked in advertising with frequent trips into Mexico. The post is highly important given extensive American commercial interests in Latin America.
Readers are urged to monitor the Record’s classified section daily for potential purchases at low prices. The page promises opportunities to find needed items at very low cost and urges close attention to listings.
150 gold coins from Roman Britain were found in a bronze jar three miles from Hexham at Corstopitum. The coroner's inquest could not decide if the coins are treasure trove. the landowner claims they were abandoned during a Caledonian raid. The jury will keep them for a week to seek disposal through the treasury. The piece later notes life preserver use and various holy lands references.
A mother calls her three year old daughter "My little comfort" then, with visitors present, gathers her child in her arms and shows neglect. The child asks, Mamma, is your little blanket, revealing a need for reassurance and emotional distance in the family moment.
A Kansas City Journal note comments on moral consequence with a motto about transgression, reflecting editorial tone and a compact moral stance from a historical local paper.
Birmingham fire department unveils a cage system that lowers and raises to burning building windows to reach entrapped persons. The device promises rapid rescues by delivering victims to safety through a controlled window access method.
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