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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1911
Page
3
Local notice announces horses for sale by L. Sharkovitz on Rockwell Avenue 112 to 117. Each horse sold requires cash payment and a 48 hour trial period is offered to buyers before finalizing ownership.
Lost small Scottish terrier with standing ears. Very shy and nervous. Reward. Darby’s 408 Second Ave. Disbrow’s gas light generator top from auto. 197 Broadway. 113 to 115.
An ad seeks a Northern touring car 22 h.p. with shield speedometer and running order at 555 Broadway. Florist William S. Benson, who found Marie Smith’s body, sought a reward. The Neptune committee denied offering a reward though considering one. a meeting on Monday was planned, but the body was found the prior Sunday. The Library of Congress is noted as the largest western collection and third in the world.
A petition signed by publishers clergy professors and scientists asks Congress to investigate D C Worcester the Philippine Islands commissioner. The resolution cites Worcester as notoriously unpopular with natives and points to a unanimous Philippine Assembly resolution as supporting evidence.
Ottawa reports publish the diary of Inspector Fitzgerald and diaries of the 1911 patrol from Fort MacPherson to Dawson. It details starvation and freezing that killed Fitzgerald and three constables Kinney Taylor and Carter amid a relief search. Taylor took his own life in suffering. Fitzgerald blames Carter in his last hours and leaves money and papers to his Halifax mother.
In New York on May 17 a sculptor sued boxer Jack Johnson for 4000 for a white bust. A jury awarded 1000 to Sciarrino. Johnson testified the bust was not to be paid for and claimed he offered to pose to help the artist. He said the bust lacked hair and resembled him little.
Justice Wright of the district supreme court forms a commission to decide if labor leaders Gompers Mitchell and Morrison are in contempt. The action follows Supreme Court guidance to review jail sentences and potentially proceed further if injunctions were disobeyed. Gompers defies fear and asserts resolve against Wright’s actions.
At the Waldorf Astoria New York the National Manufacturers Association harshly attacked labor unionism and the AFL. John Kirby Jr. condemned the AFL and the National Civic Federation while urging applause for his report. General Otis attended and received a cordial greeting amid talk of dynamite outrages and a fund alleged to support anti Otis efforts.
In Suffolk Virginia on May 17 a massive peanut fire consumed over 200 000 bushels of peanuts and collapsed Bain & Co five story warehouse. Losses exceed 400 000 with 160 000 insured. No fatalities reported despite miraculous escapes.
Mix the musician travels with Max Schmidt's Band White and Gold in South Africa led by Sousa. In a Durban letter dated April 18 he cites Kimberley mines and a Kaffir dance film, battles fields, and a stop at Kruger's home near Pretoria. The group sails to Australia on April 21 aboard the Ionic and expects twenty days at sea, arriving in Australia this week.
Tolliver Lindsay purchased several lots on Water street Matawan. He will erect a cottage for his occupancy with a church to replace the ramshackle structure used for worship and a clubhouse on the left. Lindsay is a member of the A. M. E. Zion Church and the Colored Republican Club.
In Little Rock Arkansas on May 17 1910 the annual Confederate union opened drawing about 20000 veterans General George S Gordon of Memphis presided A telegram from President Taft was read at the convention and the union ordered a message of thanks sent at once Yonkers water crisis prompts mayor to ban lawn sprinkling and street flushing amid restrictions. Markets report cheese receipts 12281 boxes unsettled potatos new crop 14 weak hay and straw steady live poultry unsettled dressed poultry steady
London May 17 The budget reveals a new pay measure granting members of the house $2,000 annually while Lloyd George refuses traveling allowances and pensions. The chancellor estimates current year revenue at $908,580,000. Buffalo May 17 Seven hundred mill workers strike over a 5 cent hourly raise and a nine hour day, as owners reject the request.
Judge W. W. Ramsay of Keansburg is mildly indisposed with a cold and sore throat under Dr. O. W. Budlong care. Rev. J. W. Tower of Keansburg Methodist Church, recently recovered from grip, fell ill Sunday and remains home. Dr. D. E. Roberts of Keyport attends.
There are only eleven periodic comets, and their returns have been observed by scientists.
Mrs. Charles Longytted and son from Bank visited sister Mrs. M. E. Wimm in Pemberton Avenue. Mortimer Bamberger returned from Philadelphia and Baltimore. Mrs. Harry Ferry and Miss Jennie Champlin spent time in New York visiting their ill uncle George J. Cannon. Various residents of Oceanport and neighboring towns attended gatherings, visits, and work shifts, with friends and relatives in Brooklyn, Wilmington, Matawan, Red Bank, and Long Branch.
Chilton Rosell, formerly of Freehold and now organist at Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York, will give a recital at Matawan Baptist Church next Friday night.
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