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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1921
Page
2
A compact overview of timely history paragraphs covering industrial activities at home and abroad and currents events that loom large in the nation’s capital. The piece emphasizes significant happenings across land and sea as they unfold in Washington.
President Harding and American arms delegates clash over Picitic treaty application but he insists the dispute must not derail the Washington conference. Early submarine questions to be reviewed with Britain ready to present its case formally. Supreme Court upholds prohibition amendment as valid. Treasury to back sales tax for soldier bonuses and consider high tax light wines and beer under Volstead Act reform. Immediate campaigns in nine states push Woman's party rights. mixed notes on other policy topics and sports moves remain in the broader news roundup.
Obituary notes Judge Robert R L Henderson aged four the former Fourth Federal District jurist died in Cumberland Missouri. Census data show retirement and long service in the judiciary.
A Belfast outbreak was quelled by troops who arrested thirty persons and seized large quantities of ammunition. Other world notes include France insisting on submarines and ships for defense, Briand’s stance on capital-ship tonnage, and shifts in international ratios. Read also about a Canadian winter oval in Ottawa, a Shakespeare memorial proposal abandoned in London, and a major fire at Winnaird Castle with multimillion losses.
Washington sources report President Harding stated the four power treaty did not cover Japan proper. The White House later clarified that American delegates accepted inclusion of Japan, with no objection to the construction. Officials note conflicting statements and a tense press conference.
West Virginia University and the city of Morgantown receive a 1900 acre coal land gift in Marion County from state geologist Dr. L C G White. Estimated revenue to exceed 3 million dollars will be split equally between the university and Morgantown.
Food costs for the average U S family were one per cent lower in November than in October according to Labor Department estimates. The figures cover prices of 43 food items in 51 cities. Since November 15, 1913, food products have risen by about forty five per cent on average.
The Supreme Court, in a six to three decision read by Justice Clarke, upheld a Tennessee district court ruling that the open price competition plan of the American Hardwood Lumber Manufacturers Association violates antitrust law. The plan pooled production data and market statistics to fix prices, limiting output and driving costs higher. Justices Brandeis McKenna and Holmes dissented.
Japan and China postponed talks on Shantung with resumption contingent on Tokyo advisories. British delegation seeks plenary session to argue for submarine elimination. Rep Lester D Volk introduces a bill for adjusted WWI veterans compensation funded by a sales tax. Hoover named chairman of the U S section of the Inter American High Commission. Arizona ban on injunctions against boycotts upheld in Truax case. Hunger relief for Russia urged with $20 million bill facing Senate. November wholesale prices show another drop per BLS. Toy makers urge 40 percent tariffs on children’s wares citing Japan and Germany undercutting U S with child labor.
Washington Rep. Ansorge introduces a bill to punish farm bloc participation with fines up to 5000 per instance. The measure mirrors the Sherman Act and targets blocs among senators and house members. He argues for end to sectional government and stresses that prosperity requires both farmer and manufacturer to thrive.
Blackhawk Post filed a 1100000 fibel suit against the Illinois Staats Zeitung, a German language daily, alleging publication of an December 15 editorial accusing the American Legion of being an instrument bought with British gold to suppress truth and freedom of conscience. The piece also allegedly called volunteers trumps varshends and bums who ranked the American uniform below prison garb.
The German consulate told Emma Goldman and fellow anarchists Alexander Berkman and Alexander Shapiro that aid could be provided only if they promised to leave Germany for another country and remain there during transit. The note from Riga notes the possibility of repatriation to Russia depends on those assurances.
Nearly 28 million dollars worth of bullion has been recovered from the liner Laurentic sunk in January 1917 off Ireland by a German submarine on the way to New York. A spring salvage effort aims to recover the remaining 10 to 15 million dollars still at the bottom of the sea.
Washington President Barding signed authorization for 100 000 000 Harding peace dollars with over 300 000 coined already stored in Philadelphia. Eight 40 sculptors prepared the design by Anthony Jebransise New York City. The standard silver dollar will symbolize peace Liberty and the disarmament conference. The reverse shows an eagle on a mountain with rising sun and olive branches. The word Peace appears beneath the eagle and United States of America around the top.
Counterfeit stamps and whisky labels seized by federal agents in Chicago. Emil Car lone and wife arrested. In Minneapolis two men robbed the Liberty State Bank vaults of 815,000. In Ireland British troops withdrawal suspended pending treaty ratification. A Portuguese revolt erupts in Dormugal amid casualties. Belfast loyalists warned to defend lives if a Free State is created. Langley Field hangars burn causing 200000 damage. Columbia Hall fire in Westfield causes 60000 damage. National Guard deployed to Pitt sburg Kan amid possible Amazon Army strikes. raids fail.
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