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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1913
Page
1
A blaze in Act Springs sweeps through the town, affecting about two thousand residents who lose homes. Mayor Appepta reports Governor of Arkansas offering to call out militia to patrol the burned district.
A major Hot Springs fire swept a mile by several blocks, causing about 12 million in damage. Sixty city blocks burned and over two thousand residents were left homeless but no fatalities reported. Governor Hays ordered militia to patrol the burned district as the blaze subsided at West Mountain.
Arrowsmith Post No 61 Red Bank with Sons of Veterans and Auxiliary commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of Colonel George Arrowsmiths death at Sandy Hook. Rev Everett Van Dright delivers tribute to soldiers and veterans, and attendees tour Fort Hancock batteries before returning by Andrew Whites launch.
The Shrewsbury Township Democratic Committee met at Alston Beekman’s Red Bank office and endorsed Governor Fielder for governor. Elwood Harvey of Little Silver is their candidate for collector, with Benjamin J. Parker not seeking reelection. Democrats predict sweeping victory this fall. A prior fundraising event for Monmouth Memorial Hospital and the Chamber of Commerce raised $628, shared equally between them.
Mrs Guntay Maas entertains at her Ocean Avenue home this afternoon with a luncheon for friends. Music will accompany the serving. In the Grand Sunday edition, eight pages feature grand pictures and music for an evening of enjoyment.
Funeral director John H Sexton Joseph Brown and Joseph Burner fished off Shallow Point with little luck as the day proved slow for nibbling. They did manage a quantity of hard crabs for lunch, while Charles H White of 926 Broadway remains ill and bedridden two months with fever attended by Dr J T Welch. Later notices advertise varied theater programs and charity events at Broadway Theatre with admission 5 and 10 cents.
The Long Branch public schools opened for registration and exams with many ground and building improvements on Morris Avenue. A new cement sidewalk circles the Chattle building and a flag sidewalk removes mud between the Grammar and Chattle schools. A six foot wide passageway with a high wire fence eases cross-campus access. Barbed wire fences deter walking on Intermedial lawns. Teachers returned ready for work and Carlton Lee Clark will enter Peadie Institute in Hightstown this fall.
Inclement weather forces the St Luke's Sunday school picnic at Clark's Landing Point Pleasant to be postponed a week. Attractions including the parade will occur then with a full announcement tomorrow at Sunday school. The girls' baseball game is set as a picnic feature next Saturday.
In Coatbook Quebec on September 6 Jerome William Traverg Jerome former New York district attorney and special attorney general for the Thaw case failed to appear when his gambling charge was called. On request by his counsel the hearing was continued to Friday September 11 with bail renewed at 500 dollars.
New York widow Natalie Schenck Laimbbeer to inherit her late husband William Laimbear's estate valued at $75,000 after Wall Street friends intervened following the fatal Long Beach automobile crash that killed Laimbear and Os G. Pell.
New Haven inquiry reveals Engineer Miller of the White Mountain Express had been covering his own run and another engineer's for a week before the Wallingford collision that killed twenty one aboard the Bar Harbor Express. He defended the pace as necessary with no stimulants, while officials note steel cars' safety and reference a Tyrone Pennsylvania wreck with no fatalities.
Isador Greenspan of Greenspan Bros grocers and butchers Highlands was arrested Thursday on a warrant by Recorder Harry Badeau Red Bank on complaint by John N. Riker proprietor of the Thompson House Highlands charging obtaining money under false pretenses Riker says he can prove items on bills were altered and charges raised Greenspan waived hearing and was held on 500 bail awaiting grand jury action.
In San Francisco on September 6, Judge Van Fleet announced that F Drew Caminetti and Maury I Diggs will receive penitentiary sentences for their roles in eloping with Miss Marsha Warrington and Miss Lola Norris to Reno. Caminetti was convicted on one count of violating the Mann White Slavery Act after a jury trial that lasted about three hours and used eight ballots. An unconfirmed report from Martford indicates a Bolen coal mine explosion outside the city entombed three men, with escape blocked by fire in the shaft.
A fragmentary theater list advertises two part shows including The Substitute Melies and The Mad Cap Countess. Also promoted are admissions to a benefit for Arra gon at Broadway Theatre and nightly attractions at Rothenberg's Hotel with noted performers.
Two cases heard by Recorder Arrowsmith addressed a suspected theft and a board dispute. Benjamin Huberman accused Ernest Fowler of attempting to steal pants. Fowler claimed he searched for empty bottles with William Wegeman and witnessed the commotion. The judge dismissed the case. In another matter Sallie Bass accused William Johnson of stealing money from her home. Johnson denied the charge and was released on recognizance. The Long Branch Board of Education plans to elect a new truant officer to replace Raymond Britton.
Morris Pach and Mrs Pach will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary with a golden wedding dinner at Burn's Silvermere Inn Little Silver. Guests are immediate family including four sons Alexander Mort V Lester and Priest with families and Mr Pach's brother Alexander of New York. Pach has lived in Red Bank 45 years and spent 30 in the cigar trade retiring seven years ago.
Passengers were hurled into the water when gates gave way on the Waldowa ferry. Dozen victims are reported with two possibly fatally injured as the vessel sank near Wee-s Hawken.
In Palisades New Jersey on September 6 a two car trolley derailed after leaving the ferry area. The steep incline caused cars to plunge from the platform toward the street with twelve riders falling from the platform to the street. Passengers escaped serious injury as the car failed to leave tracks.
A planned garden party at the home yesterday for the queen and king Bawine Taber Cordon Biddle was changed to a two house event. Guests arrived in parade dresses as games and refreshments entertained attendees. The Doll ladies joined as invited guests amid rival spirit.
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