CAN'T GRANT LIQUOR LICENSES New Jersey Supreme Court Decision
New Jersey Supreme Court rules borough councils lack power to issue liquor licenses. In Highistown, Justice Swayze states revisions of 1897 override prior charters, limiting borough powers to the revision. Consequently hotel licenses must be sought from the county court under the general inn and tavern act.
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New Jersey Supreme Court
Trenton
N. J
Justice Swayze
Supreme Court
Highistown
Swayze
Chief Engineer Named to Panama Canal Role
Admiral Walker announced John Findley Wallace of Chicago will become chief engineer in charge of Panama Canal construction with a $25,000 yearly salary. Wallace will report June 1 in Washington, taking an office at canal commission headquarters while plans and visits to the isthmus are arranged. The appointment follows extensive commission deliberations on qualifications and leadership for the project, with Wallace giving up Chicago opportunities for this historic task. The project is projected to require about two years of surveys and cost roughly 200 million dollars, employing about 60,000 workers beyond engineers and machinists.
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Wallace
Washington
Admiral Walker
Panama Canal Commission
John Findley Wallace
Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Canal Commission
Commission
Panama Canal
Isthmus
New York
Fish
Ilinois Central
Bombardment and battles reported near Port Arthur
May 11 dispatches describe heavy bombardment of Port Arthur with high angle fire and planned assaults on a weak point. Reports claim General Kuropathin concentrates forces at Mao Tien Ling Pass for a major engagement while Japanese armies threaten positions near Hat Cheng and Newchwang. Rumors persist of heavy fighting, Zassalitch killed, and Port Dalny remains under Russian control with no confirmed naval junctions.
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Mao-Ling- Pass
Zassalitch
Russia
Port Arthur
London
Tokio
Morning Post
Pitsewo
Shanghai
Kuropathin
Mao Tien Ling Pass
Daily Chronicle
Shan Hai Kwan
Yalu River
Hat Cheng
Paris
Mafin
St Petersburg
Mao-Tien-Ling Pass
Kuroki
Shan Hat Kian
Mayu
Liao Yang
Newchwang
Port Arthur Railroad Open Restored Amid War News
Port Arthur railroad and telegraphic links have been reestablished, per St. Petersburg dispatches. Viceory Alexeiff notes unclear details on how the break was bridged, while Japanese activity in Eastern Manchuria and advances near Feng Wang Cheng, Liao Yang, and Mukden are reported. Citizens remain eager for fuller official explanations.
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St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Alexier
Manchuria
Kuang Gen Sian
Huang Tiang Sai
Feng Wang Cheng
Liao Yang
Mukden
Tayang
Takushan
Kuropatkin
General Kuroki Leads Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
General Baron T. Kuroki commands the first Japanese army in Manchuria and is described as one of the mikado's ablest military men. He earned fame for the initial advance across the Yalu River, opening hostilities with the Russians and inflicting heavy losses.
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Kuroki
Yalu River
Manchuria
Port Arthur and New Jersey Republicans In State and National Events
The report notes the repaired railroad line and dispatch over telegraph lines near Liao Tung with sparse engagement details. It covers New Jersey Republican delegates to the national convention, Stokes and Lentz acknowledgments, Howland’s dissent, and Murphy Kean and Dryden’s unanimous roll call support, plus unrelated notes on Philadelphia events and New York bond signing duties.
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Liao Tung Peninsula
Genere Kuropatkin
Tayangho
Takeshan
Feng Wang Cheng
Kuroki
Port Arthur
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Trenton
N. J
Chicagt
Stokes
Maifey Carl Lentz
Essex
David Baird
Camden County
South Jersey
William Howland
North Plainfield
Franklin Murphy
United States
Kean and Dryden
Camden
Upland
Aigie
Baird
Republican Party
Howland
Murphy
Kean and
Dryden
Mr. Baird
Somerset
Building submarines for Japs
Newport News Shipbuilding Co is said to have a contract for four Lake submarine boats for the Japanese navy amid war in the Far East. Officials would not confirm but the report suggests accelerated wartime work for the Mikado's government.
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Newport News Shipbuilding Co
Newport News
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Far East
Mystery surrounds death of Philadelphia millionaire Edward Wentz
Bristol Virginia May 11 Inquest into the death of Edward L Wentz reveals a 32 calibre pistol ball in the body and a missing right hand. investigators note cloth holes and an intact body beneath, sparking debate whether it was accident suicide or murder. Detectives, Pinkerton agent F P Dimaio, and Wentz brothers depart with the body as wards discuss rewards. Warrants issued for Silas Ison and Tom Wright in connection with the killing near Big Stone Gap Virginia.
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Edward L. Wentz
Philadelphia
Angaben
Smith & Wesson
F. P. Dimaio
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Wentz Brothers
Wents
Wentz
Knoxville
Tenn
Werg
Silas Ison
Tom Wright
Tazewell
E. L. Wentz
Big Stone Gap
Virginia
Wisa
Wheat area falls 15.4 percent from last year
May 11 reports from Washington show winter wheat cultivation at about 27,083,500 acres, 4,932,700 fewer than last fall and 5,427,000 less than last year’s harvest. May 1 condition averages 76.5, similar to April 1.
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
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