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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1912
Page
2
A condensed digest summarizes actions from the White House and various departments. It highlights policy notes, casualty mentions, and ongoing government activity reflected in period sources.
Washington officials hailed the adoption of the anti opium agreement by 11 governments including major powers. Gifford Pinchot withdrew support from La Follette to back Roosevelt. Meyer halted bargain sales pending expert valuation. Taft considered Mahlon Pitney for the Supreme Court. Naval Academy passing score lowered to 2.50 out of 4 enabling 40 midshipmen to stay.
Personal Father Vaughan preached on Love at St Francis Xavier Church before a society audience. Theodore Roosevelt Jr contemplates leaving carpentry for Wall Street bond sales. Monsignor Benson from Canterbury arrives to lecture on religion's future. Jonathan Bryan of Richmond and wife travel world trip with Taft introduced letter securing free train to Delhi Durbar.
Three Magees reach the big leagues Sherwood with Philadelphia Lee with St Louis and James with Cleveland James fronts details on Mike Donlin’s Pittsburgh move Umpire and staff praise by President Lynch Baseball hints Nohowel and Erhard join Giants and Highlanders potential Collins ends with hopeful outcomes
The cornerstone of the Maine monument was laid in New York. The Pennsylvania Limited wreck near Warrior's Ridge injured over sixty people and killed three after departing Chicago for New York. General F C Ainsworth is relieved from duty and likely to face a court martial. Governor Dix appoints Richard L. to probe the Brandt case as Judge Rosalsky seeks to move a convict case to General Sessions. Mrs Roger A Pryor dies in New York at 82. Georgia Republicans back Taft for renomination in Atlanta vote.
Reports span a New York suicide of George F. Parson and a bank messengers robbery in Trinity Place. Lexington horse sales reach 18,475 dollars from 76 head. Lunacy commission notes 33,311 insane in New York. Iron Workers letters, Florida land frauds testimony, and Yale Alumni banquet plans surface. Skating tragedy, drowning students, school closures, ice prices, and rail safety debates follow.
Radical Deputy Johannes Kaempf was elected president of the Reichstag succeeding Dr Spahn. The report notes political shifts in Berlin and ongoing international diplomacy including Lord Haldane's Berlin visit and discussions on naval and military proposals.
President Taft transmits the Postmaster General annual report for the year ended June 30, 1911, noting stable finances and postal improvements. He endorses a 1 cent per pound rise for second class mail and calls for cost-system safeguards while opposing government ownership of telegraphs. The commission recommends abolishing the cent a copy rate for non weekly newspapers mailed locally.
A Boston and Maine Express passenger train collided with a freight train inside Hoosac tunnel near North Adams. Four trainmen died Luth er Davis Henry Gregg Reuben Kemp Archibald Simonds. Fifteen cars burned, tunnel filled with debris and smoke, wrecking crew escaped.
New Jersey hearing before the Judiciary Committee heard Oscar F. Osby of the Commercial Acetylene Gas Co allege an extortion attempt of 5000 dollars linked to two bills. The investigation targets Senator Richard F. Fitzherbert and involves affidavits presented by former Attorney General Robert H. McCarter alleging improper efforts to influence jury selection.
Eight people died and about fifty were injured when a tornado swept the western outskirts of Shreveport Louisiana. All the deceased were African American except for a two month old baby of A J Manheim. The storm caused extensive damage to homes and property in the area as responders worked through the night.
F A Becker a freight brakeman living at Keyser West Virginia was arrested at Forty Mile Station by Baltimore and Ohio police Lieut Kenney after loot from passengers was found on him. He held up the Baltimore and Ohio Express and money and watches were recovered.
From New Jersey dispatches a weekly wrap highlights a frozen Delaware River near Lambertville for five weeks. Mary Elliott resigns as Glassboro public school teacher. Millville helps 160 poor children with shoes. W Herman Morris resigns as first lieutenant in Salem National Guard. A schoolhouse fire blamed on defective flue at Downstown. Burlington Chamber pushes trolley freight plan. Lewis Washington convicted of assault on wife in Camden Court. Chancelor Learning names A R McCracken receiver for Physicians Hospital Association of Vineland.
Mayor W F Sawyer selects 23 prominent Vine land residents for a City Beautiful Committee to urge cleanliness and flower planting in the borough next year. West Millville residents told to stop sewer use as lines have been connected for years and refuse is dumped into Maurice River.
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