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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
5
Washington looms large as a focus of attention while legislatures in many states work through busy sessions. The week highlights the light and shadow of news in foreign policy and domestic lawmaking.
The House approved the Underwood La Follette Wool bill despite the President's veto. Hitchcock opened an inquiry into La Follette's mail tampering charges. Meyer authorized the gunboat Monocacy at Mare Island with a 215000 cost limit. Odell testified on Harriman's 240000 Roosevelt campaign funds. Post Office Appropriation bill grants postal clerks labor group rights. Root and La Follette clashed verbally. McClintick of the Public Health Service died after a bite from a Bitter Root Valley tick while tracing this disease.
Personal Joseph E Widener suffers appendicitis in Newport. Roosevelt plans a September 10 Seattle speech at the Washington state convention. Reginald W Rives sues for divorce in Reno alleging cruelty. Mrs Oliver H P Belmont promotes suffrage on her checks. James Whitcomb Riley deposits 50 000 dollars for Edmund H Eitel on his nephew’s recent wedding. Congressman Theron Catlin, a St Louis society figure, is unseated amid accusations of spending. La Follette accuses postal officials of rifling his mail. officials deny the charges.
Sporting Stovall of the Browns had seven assists at first base in a recent game. Mike Donlin is batting .364 for the Pirates, 89 points better than the best hitter in the Giant outfield. A Steubenville pitcher died from injuries after a curve ball caused a broken leg. Boxing plans in New York foresee tickets at 10 20 and 20 dollars. Boston archery and Maine doubles finals feature notable results.
A New York mov ing-picture theatre doorkeeper was convicted of admitting a minor. Two boys were arrested charged with stealing to go to the movies. The vaudeville duo Amann and Hartley won 60 000 damages against United Booking Offices for discrimination, claim a restraint of trade. The estate of Frank Work, New York, is valued at 14 228 808.29, mostly railroad securities. Ellis Kinsley, called a typhoid carrier, claims to have boosted a dairy farm he supervised, though he appeared in robust health. The 58th International Typographical Union convention met in Cleveland. Elizabeth Lebar, 18, a balladist, drowned in Lake Michigan near Muskegon. A Georgia mob killed a black murderer by shooting him in a courthouse guard stretch.
Reports note no new bubonic cases in Puerto Rico while Chicago theatres drop orchestras under the Chicago Federation of Musicians demand for 11 employed players. A Brooklyn man is arrested for adulterated drugs. Alaska’s James Wickersham is reelected delegate to Congress by 1200 plurality. Other items include a fatal New York suicide, fires destroying moving pictures in Pittsburgh, and the Equitable Building site sold for a future 36 story office block led by Gen. T Coleman du Pont.
A broad survey of international events lists mourning in Italy after the Dowager Duchess of Genoa’s death and a German slag bank collapse at Dortmund burying 26 workers. Other items note a sailboat tragedy in Lake Schwerin, political shifts in China and Turkey, and a Russian mutiny trial. In New Jersey, real estate activity hints at a recovery, churches fund drives, school upgrades, and local incidents from burglaries to traffic enforcement.
Former Pickpocket and second story thief known as New York Slim confesses a life of crime from 1907 onward and explains his election to the Thirty third Ward. Mayor Rudolph Blankenburg signals support to let Burke face the consequences and stay as a city council member.
New York Police Inspector Cornelius G Hayes was degraded to captain and suspended awaiting trial on a charge of making a false official statement. He is to answer also for district conditions after Herman Rosenthal, the murdered gambler, sought warrants against Hayes and Capt. William Day for oppression. Magistrate Butts denied Rosenthal's request, leading to graft accusations brought to the District Attorney.
Pittsburgh Public Health Director E. R. Walters ordered all residents in the upper Lawrenceville district to be vaccinated at once to prevent further spread of smallpox.
Mayor Billard appoints Mrs. Lillian A. King to the Topeka police force. Former newspaper publisher and temperance union secretary will be assigned to arrest wayward young girls.
Mulai Hafid ex Sult an of Morocco will get 7000 dollars yearly from France to remain inactive in politics. He and his harem reached Gibraltar en route to Paris. East Side merchants blame Yiddish Camorra for poisoned horses recently. Segura Sugar Co plant at New Iberia Louisiana destroyed by fire, insured loss about 500000 dollars. US training ship Newport arrived at Plymouth from Sweden. all aboard well.
Mrs J G Johnson of Scottville Michigan praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for her health and energy on a farm. She claims it helps her thirteen children and her daughter with painful periods and irregularity and says the medicine is free of narcotics.
Evelyn asserts plans to marry Reggy citing his future but Natica worries about jeopardizing it. The exchange reveals family concerns over a union and its potential impact on Reggy's prospects.
A Washington Star excerpt recalls a couple at a ball game where the wife enjoyed some moments, found much running around the lot tedious, but was amused by the umpire disputes. The exchange highlights lighthearted attitudes toward baseball spectators.
A physician details using Postum for five years in place of coffee to boost weak patients energy. He reports wide adoption by grocers and patients, recommends it for indigestion and nervousness, and notes its use in convalescence from pneumonia and typhoid fever. The letter is presented as a genuine Postum testimonial.
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