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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1913
Page
2
A compact digest from Telegraph and Cable presents assorted weekly items. It surveys both important happenings and minor events, assigning each its space in a broad overview.
President Wilson calls diplomatic service hampered by lack of men with means and leisure to accept envoy roles. He and Congress planned radical currency reform for the extra session. Huntington Wilson resigns as First Assistant Secretary of State protesting repudiation of dollar diplomacy.
Personal Edmund Trowbridge Dana praises railroad firemen and street car conductors as true friends. King Alfonso donates $1,000 to the Boy Scouts. Mrs Elizabeth Milkbank Anderson contributes $650,000 for social welfare inquiries in New York. President and Mrs Wilson observe Holy Week, skipping festivities.
Major league clubs break camp and head north for the pennant races starting April 10. A young pitcher named Smith impressed in a spring game against the White Sox in Redlands, leading to a late signing by President Comiskey. Clark Griffith touts Joe Boehling of Richmond as a promising right handed hurler for the Senators this season. Abel Attell returns to the ring at Forty-fourth Street Sporting Club, stopping Ollie Kirk in the third round.
General Walter S Richards drowns in Cayuga Lake while Cornell student. Socialists contest Two Harbors Minnesota election. New Hampshire rejects woman suffrage. Walking smallpox epidemic hits the Northwest. Naval Academy cadets sail on the Illinois for summer cruise. General J H Kidd dies in Ionia Michigan at 73. Lottie Vorhees and Raymond Haist die in car crash near Seneca Falls. War Secretary orders retrial for West Point cadets. Artist Hayden Jones sues landlady for 31000 amid insect powder poison claim. Moon age 16 shot near Oswego while playing Indian. Indraghiri freighter sets Singapore to Boston record. New York Senate bans under 14 child labor in canneries. Snow removal cost in New York drops from 2 million to 200000. Musica family arrested in New Orleans after fleeing New York. Pa bill bans fishing by aliens. Switchmen vote for Chicago rail strike. Joseph Stefanski shoots at Buffalo City Hall wounded officer. West Virginia Governor Hatfield frees prisoners after miners strike martial law.
A collage of brief notes reports events and happenings including awards and gifts to President Taft openers and launches, wage increases, stamps color editions, ship speeds, fires, political criticism and legal matters. Individuals and places range from Augusta Taft Washington Stamford Springfield Lincoln and New Jersey to Missouri West Virginia and New York.
A broad survey notes events from Martinique earthquakes to Mexican politics with Petrovitch’s death near Scutari and Pascual Orozco becoming Mexico City Governor aspirant. It cites suffrage advances in France and Britain, Rome’s royal oath, and a Russian financial tribute to the Czars amid imperial turmoil.
Tragic Omaha cyclone devastates the city and nearby Council Bluffs, with two hundred dead and millions in property loss. Fires sweep through 47 blocks. 15 churches and eight schools destroyed. hospitals overwhelmed as militia and police seal the area. Looting reported but arrests few as aid pours in from across the country.
A devastating storm sequence left hundreds dead and thousands injured across nine states led by Omaha Nebraska where 200 dead and 500 injured were reported. The disaster touched Chicago Waterloo Yutan Ralston Council Bluffs and Berlin with extensive damage and mass evacuations. Hospitals overflowed and relief efforts mobilized with militiamen guarding ruins and hotels opening to shelter the homeless.
Governor Fielder visits White House sparked a move to revive an old jury reform bill with a new number. Senate Leader Davis and State Treasurer Grosscup favor court appointed jurors while Assembly member Martin threatens a referendum rider. President Wilson urges a straight bill, setting the stage for a sharp political clash.
South Jersey readers note the Hennessy proposed constitutional convention bill appears certain to fail in the Senate after passing the House with strong Essex Hudson and Passaic county support. Senate opposition led by Senator Davis and a parallel amendment proposal signal the measure will not advance. A related Leavitt rail safety bill proposes a five dollar trespass fine and cites track death statistics to justify public safety aims.
The piece notes opponents of a Constitutional Convention arguing that amendment must come via two legislative sessions with a public vote, while no precedent exists for citizens proposing a new constitution. It criticizes Assembly insistence on a referendum for jury reform and cites President Wilson pressuring Assemblymen amid political bargaining, with Washington distant from Trenton.
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