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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1922
Page
2
Congress remains divided over funding the soldier bonus with a general sales tax or delaying action. President Harding insists other revenue sources harm the economy and highlights existing veteran programs, hospitals, and $400 million yearly spending on compensation and rehabilitation.
A New York jury in Surrogate's Court ruled the will of Amos F Fine invalid. The estate valued at 13 million dollars largely favored Columbia University and other public institutions. The testator was found to be of unsound mind when the will was signed on June 18, 1915, marking a second jury finding of invalidity.
Admiral Robert E. Coontz told the House Naval Committee that more than 200 destroyers are in ports with depleted crews. Only 65 ships are in operating commission and crews run at about 80 percent strength.
The opening ceremony in The Hague featured judges taking oaths amid bright lights. Queen Wilhelmina and her mother attended as Holink Queen voiced hope the court would bring light to humanity. Speakers included da Cunha representing the League of Nations Council and Sir Eric Drummond for the League Secretariat.
Representative Byrnes attacks Lodge figures on savings. Hitchcock urges documents on framing the four power treaty. AFL's Gompers urges Denby to scrap battleships to save jobs. Senators attack Lodge McCormick, Harding to name Russel as ambassador to Haiti. White House notes sales tax support for veteran bonus. Dallinger attacks Laaker over Leviathan deal. Kenyon calls public works to curb unemployment. 3009 U.S. troops return from Germany. ARA to withdraw from famine relief in Russia by Sept 1. Senate reopens Kenyon bill to empower quick public works when needed.
The Oregon likely will become a stationary floating memorial preserving its appearance from the Spanish War era. The ship will be stripped of weaponry and sensitive gear but kept visually intact to honor its days as a flagship in the battle of Santiago.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee resumed consideration of the armament conference treaties. The naval agreement and the submarine and gas treaty portions drew no visible opposition, while strong demand for reservations and overall resistance to the four power pact were noted.
State Department to use diplomatic channels with friendly powers after other methods fail to curb alien smuggling. Officials say cooperation with foreign governments will help stop the exodus of undesirables from screening ports toward the United States.
The Shipping Board awarded Newport News Shipbuilding the contract to recon stitute the former German liner Leviathan. William Francis Gibbs and Frederick H. Gibbs will supervise, with first class passengers gaining telephone ashore and a radio link. The project costs total $6.11 million, Gibbs brothers’ fee $182,000, and a month is needed to ready the ship for voyage to Newport News.
Street fighting in Belfast has claimed twenty three lives to date. The Reichstag backed the Wirth government 230 to 185 with sixteen abstentions. Poland banned all American dances except the one step at a military ball. George Boden killed his wife and mother in law before killing himself in Los Angeles. In Montreal a priest is held for murder of his half brother amid an Ottawa University student’s will estate. In New York a Tammany leader was indicted for extorting to end a strike. In El Paso tensions rise as 5000 troops mobilize at Fort Bliss to guard the border amid a threatened Juarez attack.
The Salem common council weighs extending New Market and Smith streets. In Penns Grove the solicitor and street committee draft a plan to raise funds for street improvements. Deepwater forms a 200-member village improvement society with regular meetings. Salem tracks extension for the Salem and Penns Grove Traction Co. starts March 1. Notables include Hammonton's Cyrus F. Osgood death at 79, and Hammonton daughter Betty Simon and 20-year-old Allie Venutti found together in Elkton. Andrew Macedick drowns at the Bayway plant. Ridgefield Park sees five local deaths from poisoned liquor linked to a single source. Mantua and Woodbury streams thawed. and various court, education, and municipal actions across Trenton, Vineland, Gloucester City, and nearby towns.
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