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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1914
Page
2
Washington looms large as a center of interest with lawmakers in session across many states. The week highlights legislative activity and the interplay of foreign affairs shaping public discourse.
Constitutionalists claim control of Guadalajara with 5 000 Federal prisoners and seized ammunition. Villa opposes peace talks while Obregon reports defeating a 6 000 strong Federal force, as Craddock visits Vera Cruz to discuss legation guards.
Rear Admiral Southerland retirements noted as 62. Senate confirms George P. Marye as Ambassador to Russia. House reports 4.585 million deficiency bill and approves 200k for Salem fire relief. Four new dreadnoughts named Arizona California Mississippi Idaho. Federal Reserve nominees stalled. Worm Warburg postponed. Ford reports no sign of business slump. Bowdle proposes tax on wives marrying foreign titled men. Panama Exposition exhibit gets 500k funding.
Pennsylvania Railroad annuls free marketing transport starting September 1. Former Chicago mayor Fred A. Busse dies at home. Mrs Martha Crise dies at Trent Somerset County Pa aged 101. Alton Steel Co placed in receivership. Osse Schreckengost dies in Philadelphia hospital. Jules Schroeder made proportional in Holidaysburg. Desplaines camp meeting bans fashion trends. Pittsburg man converts a lot to playground after dispute. Kansas farmhand sues employer over meat. Supreme Court upholds $1000 verdict. Bayonne policewoman resigns shield. Baltimore health chief pushes rat catcher plan. Mrs Carman charged with shooting death. W S Tyler Wire Works employees gain profit-sharing.
Reports include bubonic plague case in San Angelo Texas a Guam typhoon damage to crops Michigan state costs for caring for the insane and a Michigan University cost comparison. Virginia Gay estate gifts to Ohio teachers and a hospital in Iowa. Empress elephant dies in Philadelphia Zoo. bandit train robbery near Matson Missouri. death of abolitionist Thomas B Rice. Mississippi lieutenant governor Bilbo acquitted. Washington minimum wage for telephone girls. Illinois Prohibition Convention nomination. Oregon tax relief push announced. Boston club executive Connelly dies. Slemp renominated. David Starr Jordan elected NEA president. Elmer Carpenter saved from drowning and Warren drowns. St Louis editor Palmer bequeaths 10 million to poor. Hawaiian Building ground broken for Panama-Pacific. Blackfoot Spopee pardoned. Peters burg man dies in train accident. Boston man killed in auto crash. Milwaukee mayor opposes tuberculin milk test repeal. Charlestown Prison prisoners donate for Salem fire relief.
The article notes serious financial trouble in the New England Tri-State K I T South Michigan and Central minor leagues amid waning interest. Yale’s Pete Falsey signs with the Pittsburgh Pirates after graduating, and Bobby Walthour sets a ten mile motor paced speed record at Brighton Beach. Fred Welsh defeats Willie Ritchie for the lightweight world title in London.
The American training ship New port reaches Naples as dispatches report a Russian aviator Lieutenant Schensohen killed in a Gatchina aeroplane collision. Ulster munitions worth 300 rifles and 10 000 rounds land at Belfast, mostly sent to Derry. Francisco Carbajal and three other Huerta cabinet members sworn in. A militant scatters petitions in Dundee. John Krafcheko hanged in Winnipeg for murder of H M Arnold at a bank hold-up.
The Interstate Commerce Commission charges the old New Haven management with massive waste and mismanagement costing stockholders 70 to 90 million dollars. It brands J. P. Morgan and Charles S. Mellen as dominant figures and urges federal and state prosecutions. The report labels the board the Mellen Morgan Rockefeller era and lists the directorate involved.
News notes report Mahy area business awakening with real estate, a new shoe factory in Williamstown, a Turkish towel mill谈 negotiations, and a planned sewer link urged by Hightstown Board of Health. Other items cover railcar handling near Swedesboro, tree trimming near Merchantville, and civic actions across Mercer and Hudson counties.
Washington announces 700 marines sent to Guantanamo Cuba ready for rapid movement into Haiti or Santo Domingo. 300 from Vera Cruz, 110 from the brigade ashore, rest from battleships Texas and New York. Hancock will shuttle 400 more marines to Guantanamo and await orders.
Mrs William S Gutterrez 54 and her daughter Lola 24 of 418 Central Park West New York were killed when Bar Harbor Express struck them near Lake Maranacook Maine Central Railroad station. They were guests at a lake hotel and walked along a high embankment trying to reach the tracks plaza as the train neared.
Geza Dorfler, cashier at the Budapest branch of the Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York, disappears amid allegations he defrauded the company of $18000. He reportedly told his wife he lost the funds on the stock exchange. he served fifteen years with a $1000 yearly salary.
A sermon notes Bartimaeus crying to Jesus as He passes Jericho. The blind beggar defies rebukes, seeks mercy, and is healed, illustrating faith, readiness of mercy, and the call to repentance as Jesus travels toward Jerusalem.
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