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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1912
Page
3
The piece notes Stephenson of Wisconsin declared elected by 40 to 34. Sitka naval station in Alaska closed by order of Acting Secretary Winthrop. Philip Hichborn, son of the late Rear Admiral, died by his own hand in Washington amid distress over his wife’s elopement.
In Peking doctors diagnose his illness as nervous prostration from drug overindulgence. In Wilkes Barre Pa a girl baby weighing 18 pounds is born to Mr and Mrs E A Morrow with one tooth at birth. An auction sale in New York features the Marquis of Queensberry's art objects.
Sporting Cleveland fans defend the moniker as the Butcher of the Naps dominates hitting in the South. Dan Murphy of the Athletics asserts his aggressive leadership while Connie Mack smiles. Lawmakers in 12 states seek copies of Frawley boxing law from the New York State Athletic Commission amid club licensing questions. Manager Callahan of the White Sox opposes the kneeling catcher stance, arguing it hinders quick throws.
A roundup of brief items notes railroads denying an 18 percent wage rise, Taft administration stance on anti trust after packers acquittal, Measles calls in Newark, a fatal boiler explosion in Salisbury Maryland, a Buffalo high school fire, and political moves in Arkansas Ohio and North Dakota with Bryan influence at the convention.
Report by Mayor Gaynor's committee labels New York City streets as the world's worst. Arrest of Antonio Mariano in Providence for the murder of Billy Mather is noted. New Mexico lawmakers elect Fall and Catron as US Senators. US Steel sells bonds to J P Morgan for 30.5 million. Eight indictments in Carroll County reveal Allen faction murder conspiracy. Illinois guards quell riot on Rock Island with police killings. John Arbuckle dies in Brooklyn. Colorado GOP names Taft endorsers and Guggenheim committeeman. Roosevelt denounces primaries as fraud. Coal miners strike suspensions idle 400,000. talks to end soft coal dispute hoped in Philadelphia.
Foreign Ambassador and Mrs Whitelaw Reid dine with King George. Leonidas Plaza elected President of Ecuador. French protectorate treaty signed over Morocco. Jamaica labor agent to protect Central America residents. Suffragette Miss Gibb imprisoned in London. German post service tests three wheel carriage. Kaiser departs Venice for Corfu. Italy lands troops to occupy Lemos. British coal strike efforts declared a failure. Minimum Wage bill to be enacted. Bishop Yoichi Hondo dies in Nagasaki at 64. Tsaochow besieged by mutinous troops. 1,200 Canton-bound reinforcements. Emperor Francis Joseph threatens army reform in Hungary. Tuberculosis germs found in perspiration, Dr Piery claims. Terra Nova returns to Akaroa. Antarctic winter planned. Aldershot troops ready for mining region move. Wilhelm denies Panama Canal fortification claim. Baron Rothschild meets J P Morgan in Rome. Canadian jury awards $5,000 against Mikail Mordkin. Extradited Greek robber Strati promises ransom revelations.
The Interstate Commerce Commission and express firms near agreement on reforms to simplify receipts prevent double charges and extend delivery limits. A zone based charges system aims to mirror parcel post rates and reduce widespread overcharges and complaints.
In New York the jury on the conspiracy case against John E. Parsons Washington B. Thomas Arthur Doner and George H. Frazier, Sugar Trust directors, reported they could not agree. The jury stood seven for acquittal five for conviction. jurors debated whether the conspiracy persisted after July 11 1906, with one holdout preventing a verdict.
Uniontown Pa. One hundred thousand reorganized miners and coke workers employed by H. C. Frick Coke Company and fifty independent companies in the Connellsville coke region receive notice of a seven and a half percent wage increase. The raise is attributed to strong demand for coke and high product prices.
The U S Supreme Court upholds Missouri Supreme Court judgment ousting Standard Oil and Republic Oil from corporate rights in Missouri and fines of 50000 each. Waters-Pierce Oil Company fined 60000. Court rules it had jurisdiction.
Statewide items report varied local news from Westville to Vineland. Posts include a postal savings bank proposal, a delayed cleaning day, and funds for a South Jersey normal school. other notes cover a scarlet fever outbreak in Gibbstown, a missing high school bond issue, factory job shifts, student enrollments, and an upcoming bridge project on the Pennsylvania Railroad line.
The Belgian syndicate credited $2,100,000 to the Chinese government. Horace Fogel claims the National League pennant for Philadelphia. Lowell cotton mills idle as 3,500 workers strike. Governor Foss to appear on the Massachusetts primary ballot with no opposition from Harmon or Clark.
A lesson on first Corinthians 15 1 11 explains the resurrection as the central proven fact of history. Paul asserts Christ died for sins and rose, witnessed by many including himself, guiding believers to awake to righteousness and live in newness of life until Christ returns.
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