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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1922
Page
2
President Harding may mediate to settle the Shantung dispute between China and Japan. A White House conference with Dr Alfred Sze and Secretary Hughes discussed China’s demand for Shantung and possible steps toward a prompt, informal Tokyo settlement.
Washington reports the Dyer bill to make lynching a federal crime and penalties passed the House 230 to 119 with four present. Seventeen Republicans crossed party lines to join Democrats against the bill while eight Democrats joined the GOP majority.
The National Retail Dry Goods Association will hold its annual convention February 8 9 and 10 at the Hotel Pennsylvania Chief topic will be reduction in distribution costs The 2000 members handle about 60 percent of the 7 000 000 000 dollars in merchandise sold yearly in the United States
Washington delegates complete groundwork for a new international conference to revise laws of war governing submarines and land and sea attacks. Five nations United States Great Britain Japan France Italy will be represented with timing set after Washington talks. A commission of legal experts will draft recommendations for further civilian powers review.
Vienna reports the Austrian cabinet has resigned. In Chicago a fire destroyed 82 million in property including 100 new cars at the North Side barns of the surface lines. In Nevada Hawthorne the first lethal gas execution is pronounced for Hughie Sing and E Z John for Wong Lee murder. London notes US stance on Genoa conference and Britain trims 100 million pounds from the budget. Dublin describes Irish uniform for new forces and Gaelic language instruction mandate. Tokyo shows demand for reduced army via circulars. Boston reports liquor seizure at 111 Dartmouth street.
Rome reports a solemn funeral for Benedict XV with a rain slicked ceremony at St Peter's. Dignitaries, princes, and guards attend as Benedict's body is interred in a lead coffin within the elm sarcophagus under the dome after the rites and final absolution.
Governor General Wood asks the legislature to authorize a 10 million dollar bond issue, to complete the Philippine government’s financial rehabilitation. He states about 37 million dollars in bonds, guaranteed by the United States, are needed to finish rehabilitation if related bills totaling 27.6 million are enacted.
Delegates from the Merchant Tailor Designers' Association, 290 in number, endorse President Harding at their twenty fourth annual convention, endorsing him as the best dressed and most carefully groomed president in U.S. history.
Miss Anne FE McIntyre of New York is awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honor by the French government for her Near East relief work in the war wrecked city of Marash Gilicia.
Washington delegates at the national agricultural conference unite in denouncing common enemies and demand wage and capital share in deflation. A railroad cost readjustment resolution calls for equal burden on railroads and labor to restore normal agricultural conditions. Samuel Gompers, AFL president, was the sole labor representative present.
Agreement on most Shantung questions reached after a three hour talk between Chinese and Japanese delegates. Only control of the Tsingtao Tsinanfu railway remains unsettled. Senate debate on arms talks faults secret diplomacy and prompts Republicans to press on refunding allied debts. Soldier bonus plans gain shape despite Mellon warnings of higher taxes. Treasury issues 400 million short term notes and plans to buy Victory notes. European diplomats say Genoa exit by U S pushes Europe to stand alone. Farmers group denounces Agricultural Conference and calls for a new farmers conference. Ernest W Camp to head Customs Division as George W Ashworth departs in Treasury reshuffle. Transfers expected in Internal Revenue Bureau.
In Baltimore Maryland letters recount months of backache weakness and sleepless nights then credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief. Women share how the medicine from medicinal roots and herbs without drugs aided their health and encouraged others to try it.
A Jud Tunkins remark defines a fight as often an argument where two men try to reform each other. The quote captures a view on conflict and effort at persuasion between rivals.
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a remedy to cleanse the liver and bowels in sick children. It claims a teaspoonful cures constipation and toxin buildup within hours, assuring mothers a trusted product with labeling for all ages and a warning to demand genuine California Fig Syrup to avoid imitations.
A brief, reflective line about wives and stenographers from Life magazine, contrasting private thoughts with public worry and noting that troubles, like rain on a tin roof, seem less serious from an external view.
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