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Cranbury Press

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Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1909

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Fraud arrest follows New York cotton firm scam in Berlin

Martin Kaufmann of New York City, charged with $107,000 fraud tied to Cotton Goods Converters’ Co., vanished after a six month run. His wife alerted a hotel room photograph in Vienna leading to his capture in Berlin with aid by Henry C. Hill. He sailed May 25 on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. a tug failed to stop him.

Berlin Germany Martin Kaufmann New York City United States Postoffica Henry C.hill Cotton Goods Converters’ Company Kaufmann M.A. Isaacs Cincinnati Blum Isaacs Hill Europe Lawrence, Meas Vienna Kaufmon Marvin Kent Hil Arthur Kugemann Nils United States Blum and Kaufmann East Twelfth Street

Hookworm in Far West Reported in San Francisco

The San Francisco report attributes hookworm disease to immigrants from Hawaii and the Orient. Dr. Herbert Gunn notes treating over 100 cases locally and recalls at least one death from the illness at Lane Hospital two years ago. He says the disease was rare in California until about four years ago and cites a West Indian laborer colony with high infection rates.

San Francisco Cal Hawaii Orient Herbert Gunn Lane Eospital California West Indies

German State Church Backs Fixed Easter Date Plan

Berlin reports the State Church general synod approved in principle fixing a movable Easter Sunday by legislation to aid church and public. Dr Bryander, vice-president of the Superior Church Council, said the matter is under advisement.

Berlin Germany General Synod Bryander Superior Church Council

Prisons Worded for Boy Desperano in Canada

Ottawa Ontario report states Carl St Armand of Thurso a ten year old was sentenced to six years for horse stealing. At eight he was convicted of attempting to wreck a Canadian Pacific Railway train. His youth spared him from sentences for other burglaries until now.

Ottawa Ont Carl St. Armand Thurso Canadian Pacific Railway Sentenice Bay Cyril St. Armand Canadian Pacific

Hermit Peter G Leist Found Dead in Savannah Home

Peter G Leist was discovered dead at his Savannah area residence. He sat in a chair facing the wall where he had written his will, leaving his property to his son in Sharon, Georgia, and in event of his son’s death to Henry Dryer of Brooklyn, New York.

Savannah, Go Peter G. Leist Savannah Sharon Henry Dryer Brooklyn N, Y Tulsa Okla S. E. Morman Troupe Texas Here Morman

Thieves not wanted in Navy recruit questioned

The Secretary of the Navy ordered Lt Commander John R. Jedie of Baltimore to explain how he enlisted confessed thief Charles H. Stehle. Stehle was dismissed by Baltimore Magistrate Grannan after assurances the crime would not bar enlistment.

Washington, D. C Secretary of the Navy John R. Jedie Naval Recruiting Station Baltimore Charles H. Stehle Grannan

Mail pouch rifled of 850000 in Chicago theft

A mail pouch containing express and postoffice money orders worth between 25000 and 60000 dollars was stolen and later exposed by cashing several orders in Chicago. The rifled bag was found by a farm boy in a Tolono cornfield, with the bag believed taken from two trucks near the station platform.

Chicago Tolono

Kennedy Will Doles $60 Million. Public, Family Shares Noted

The Kennedy will disposes of about 60 million with roughly half to educational and charitable institutions including Columbia University and the New York Public Library. Emma B. Kennedy, widow and executrix, receives 16 million and the remainder goes to relatives and friends. The estate details list many church, college and civic benefactions and designate specific sums to organizations in New York and abroad.

New York City John Stewart Kennedy Emma B. Kennedy Hes J. Pierpont Morgan James J. H Morris K. Jesup Mr. Kennedy Glasgow Scotland Bar Harbor Columbia University Metropolitan Museum of Art Presbyterian Hospital New York Public Library The Presbyterian Church Astor, Lenox and Tilden Board of Foreign Missions of Presbyterian Church In the United States of America Board of Home Missions of Board of Church Erection Fund General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church

Blue Law Indictments Dismissed After Crusade

In Kansas City Missouri Judge Latshaw dismissed over four thousand blue law indictments from a pre election crusade led by Judge William H. Wallace. Hundreds were issued as theaters and businesses were targeted. only nine cases were tried with seven acquittals and two convictions. Prosecutor Virgil Conkling urged dismissal.

Kansas City William H. Wallace Criminal Court Latshaw Virgil Conkling

Millions to arrest disease in war on tuberculosis

Mrs. Russell Sage donates 1 million dollars to the Public Health and Marine Hospital for a nationwide tuberculosis campaign. Andrew Carnegie adds another 1 million from New York to fund pellagra prevention in the South. Rockefeller contributed 1 million a week earlier for hookworm research, bringing total gifts to 3 million so far.

Russell Sage Carnegie Washington, D. C Public Health and Marine Hospital Andrew Carnegie New York City Pellagran South John D. Rockefeller Gige Ite

Women vote in Norway and radical government defeated

Christiania Norway in a general election women for the first time gained suffrage and voted heavily in towns though lightly in rural districts. Sufficient returns show the radical government defeated and a new political balance emerging nationwide.

Christiania Norway

Forbes Named Governor General of the Philippines

President Taft selects W. Cameron Forbes as Governor-General of the Philippines to succeed the resigning James Smith. Forbes is designated to lead the colonial administration as the next top official after Smith steps down.

W. Cameron Forbes Philippines Taft James Smith

Taft Travels From Savannah To Charleston After Grueling Day

After twenty strenuous hours in Savannah Georgia Taft toured the automobile race course at fifty two miles an hour then spent the night in Charleston South Carolina continuing his tour.

Taft Savannah Charleston S. C

Seven Year Old Buried in Sand Bank Collapse

John Henry Bennett seven years old was killed at Newburg New York while playing on a sand bank that caved in He was buried under several tons of sand in the accident authorities said the tragedy occurred as children played near the bank on a hillside.

John Henry Bennett Newburg N. Y

Memphis Opens Cotton Market With New Spot Price

Memphis spot cotton rose to fifteen cents marking the first Southern market to record the new level. Officials see steady demand as merchants note early movement in fiber prices across regional trade centers.

Memphis

Puck and Judge Barred from Sioux City Public Thvary

In Sioux City Town, Puck and Judge faced a bar from the Stuns City public theater. The move affects local civic events and community performances, with officials citing policy violations and venue rules.

Puck Judge Sioux City Town Stuns City

New Rules Sought After Cadet Byrne Fatality

New York City reports recount the death of Cadet Byrne at West Point and midshipman Earl Wilson injuries at Annapolis. The piece discusses football risks, calls for rule changes, and debates whether the sport should be limited or abolished.

Byrne New York City Cadet Byrne West Point Earl Wilson Navy MacCracken New York University Villanova Opi Nion Carpe Midshipmen Annapolis Robert P. Kernan Harvard

Cornell Scientist Attacks Football as Relic of Barbarium

Ithaca physicist Burt G Wilder of Cornell derides football, urging abolition. He claims recent casualty has little effect on his stance and would back bull baiting and prize fighting over football, arguing that deaths might benefit the community.

Cornell Ithaca N. Y Burt G. Wilder

Field of Sports and Champ News Highlights

The article notes Jack Johnson and James J Corbett both at six feet one inch, the Detroit Baseball Club posting a season profit of 200000 dollars, and UPenns sixteenth annual relay set for April 30 at Franklin Field Philadelphia. It references Arthur Irwin on Detroit's title loss to Pittsburg and Cobb Crawford, Henry Farmans 48 miles in 1 32 16 4 5 minutes, Yale Hobba kicking thirteen touchdowns, Princeton Walter eleven, and Penn Braddock ring. Johnson warns Jeffries may end match plans as national demand grows for a Johnson Jeffries fleet, with Jeffries seen as the likely challenger to the colored champion.

Jack Johnson James J. Corbett Detroit Baseball Club University of Pennsylvania Franklin Field Philadelpia Arthur Irwin Detroits Pittsburgs Cobb Crawford Henry Farman United States Jeffries

Yale to Enforce Strict Football Reforms at Remaining Games

Yale plans tight reform measures for the rest of the season. No diving tackles will be allowed and trainer Mack will promptly remove any player showing signs of exhaustion. The faculty will debate football policy but delays in action depend on injury counts.

Warner Carlisle Glenn Sithough Brooklyn William Fairley Commercial High School Yale New Haven Mack

War ships arrive as unionists hope for victory

A fragmented report notes British warships reaching Phalerum near Piraeus after a Greek navy revolt ended. Indictments draw focus to the Oregon Trust case. General elections in Britain are anticipated mid January amid budget rejection talk.

Great Britain United States Pacific Manila New York Phalerum Piraeus New Haven Wilson Princeton University Plainfield N. J Portland Oregon Trust and Savings Bank Great Briain Philip Musica Almira, Noy

Nine Die in Brooklyn Celluloid Factory Fire

Fire at Nos 150 152 Columbia Street Brooklyn kills nine men and injures several including a girl who may not survive. Robert Morrison and Ben owners in the firm, his son AW Morrison among the injured, rescued by Oliver Davis the porter and his bulldog. Fire from sparks on celluloid sheets raced through the three story building and all escape routes were blocked by barred windows.

Brooklyn Columbia Street Robert Morrison Angonio Frank Burns Aurenio Francesco Copper Mamle Burne Maybie Crosio Raffaello Lotterre Glusenpe Morrison Robert Sincinquenouo Pietro Long Island College Hospital Joseph Greenstein Greenstein Davi Davin Mr. Morrison

Colonel Astor Silent on Wife's Separation Claim

Colonel J. J. Astor aboard his yacht in Kingston Jamaica refused to discuss his wife’s suit for separation, avoiding comment as reporters pressed for details.

Astor J. J. Astor Kingston Jamaica

Real estate dealer from Lexington found murdered in Oklahoma City

Roy R. Gannon, 28, a Lexington, Kentucky real estate dealer, was found murdered on the roof of a ten story offset building in Oklahoma City. He had draw from a bank and $0 missing. The body showed cuts and bruises and friends say the murder stemmed from a jealous quarrel.

Lexington Oklahoma Oklahoma City Okla Roy R. Gannon

Unions Form Across Cities and Trades in 1908 Scene

The Iron molders union in Dallas reorganizes while a new blacksmiths union forms in Wichita. New York janitors publish a monthly, Portland molders seek anti store manufacturing laws, Wyoming miners federation forms, Schwyz apprentices insured against accidents, and San Francisco janitors debate a death benefit. Concord votes weekly pay for city laborers with overtime and preference for American workers.

Iron Molders’ Union Dallas Tevnor Wichita Kan Janitors’ Union New York City Germany Molders’ Union Portland Ore Wyoming Schwyz Switzerland San Francisco Cal

Beavers Flood a New Jersey Silo and Farm Field

New Jersey farmer Bartley Schoonmaker reports beavers dammed Lauber's Run above his Threa Uridgea farm flooded part of his corn field. State laws bar beaver killings, but the industrious animals drilled a canal across higher ground to flood a ready built silo and store potatoes. Plus Carnegie Hero Fund honors Ralph H. Reeder of Bordentown for saving two girls from drowning in Delaware. Also Paterson saloon keeper Samuel Gore recovers $377 four years after misplacing it in an iron box.

Bartley Schoonmaker Threa Uridgea Lauber Schoonmaier Ralph H. Reeder Bordentown Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Reeder Horace G. Reeder Delaware Catherine Cain Bessie Lewis Samuel Gore Twelfth Avenue Paterson Gore Galvan

Widow receives $980 back pension and $16 monthly grant

Mrs. Mary Winder of Beverly, past seventy, amid a busy houshold scene, signs for a long pursued widow's pension. Congressman Gardner had worked to secure relief for the relict of Captain James Winder, Civil War hero. The envelope contained $980 back pension and a lifetime $16 monthly guarantee.

Mary Winder Beverly John J. Gardner James Winder Winder Wes

New Jersey Railroad and Canal Valuation 1909

The aggregate assessed value of railroad and canal property in New Jersey for 1909 is 251,214,168, per a schedule filed with the State Comptroller by the State Board of Assessors at Trenton. The total tax levied for 1909 is 5,088,384.43, with 3,761,004.73 allotted to State uses and 1,337,340.70 to local uses.

New Jersey State Board of Assessors Trenton

Iron Chancellor McGowan Locks Up Sheriff Thropp In Trenton

Sergeant McGowan of the Trenton police, famed as the Iron Chancellor, jailed former Sheriff Thomas H. Thropp after Thropp assaulted a cab driver and backed his auto into a cab horse. Thropp protested bail was withheld until he had time behind bars. A Salem four year old died after strychnine ingestion. doctors traced it to a sick person at a house visited by the child. In Millville, Mayor Smith fined Miss Fanny Scott seven dollars and twenty five cents for profanity directed at Albert Reid.

McGowan Trenton Po- Hce Thomas H. Thropp Thropp Willan Mahan Salem Fanny Fanny Scott Millville Smith Albert Reid

Notable South Jersey Briefs Across State Lines

In Hurtsville EM Gant picked eighty pumpkins from one vine. Mr and Mrs Stacy Hann of Flemington celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Edward Prinsen of Mannington Township earned 1.57 per chicken at the Salem market. Cumberland Freeholders award three year bridge contracts over the Cumberland mill stream and Fries mill stream. The three year old daughter of Joseph Butterworth of East Millville was fatally struck by a grocery wagon. Rev Frank Anderson of Millville leaves for Johns Town to begin a new pastor ate. Rev Dr John J Countermina of Philadelphia accepts a call to Hammonton Presbyterian Church. Thousands of ducks arrive in bays and inlets signaling coming winter, say South Jersey watermen.

EM Gant Hurtsville Stacy B. Hann Flemington Edward Prinsen Mannington Township Salem County Salem Cumberland County Freeholders Cumberland Mill Fries’ Mill Joseph Butterworth East Millville Frank Anderson First Baptist Church Millville Johnstown John J. Countermina Philadelphia Hammonton Presbyterian Church South Jersey

Duke of Abruzzi to be rear admiral and marry Miss Elkins

Milan correspondent cites a court member claiming the Duke of the Abruzzi will be promoted to rear admiral and marry Miss Elkins. Details allege Miss Elkins will enter the Catholic Church and be raised to princess at a forthcoming ceremony amid court intrigues.

Vetit Parisien Milan Abruzzi Katherine Filkins Miss Elking Elkins

Four Killed in Jersey City Wreck On Penn Railroad

A two-engine collision on parallel tracks near Waldo in Jersey City killed four and injured score or more of passengers. The Philadelphia express and a Long Branch engine collided on an elevated track, the steel cars mostly withstood the crash. Names of the dead and wounded list engineers, firemen, track workers, and travelers from Newark Perth Amboy Elizabeth and New York City.

Jersey City N. J Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia Long Branch New Jersey Specto Droskie James McClure Newark John Monroe Perth Amboy John Spiiey Trenton A. C. Alligon Nassau Street New York City St. Francis’ Hospital Joseph Aniewski Morgan Street Frederick E., Binns Sawyer Street Elizabeth Missa Anna G. Brook Elm Street Bt. Francis Hospital H. Clark Metuchen City Hospital Max Donaldson West 135Th Street William L. Douglass Emmet Street William Ewing Allendale Charles Hudhizer Rahney Raymond Maynar Rahway Frederick McGarry Daniel Mead South Nineteenth Street City Bielville J. Quinn Hedden Terrace John Rolle George L. Senday Til Wright Street William Siebert Henry F. Simpson George Smith Elizabeth Avenue Kenneth Spear G. EK. Spittlehouse George Tench Light Street Bt. Francis E. G. Weil Camp Street S. Zelarski Hierman

Auto crash near Greenville kills two notable locals

In Greenville North Carolina two men were killed and a third severely injured when E G Flannagan lost control while attempting to pass a lumber wagon. J L Fleming a Pitt County State Senator and Harry Skinner Jr son of U S District Attorney died.

Greenville, X. C Here J. L. Fleming Harry Skinner, Jr Greenville E.G. Flannagan Fleming Flannagan Skinner Pitt County United States Harry Skinner

Roswell Editor Declines New Mexico Governorship

William Robinson, editor of the Roswell Register Tribune, declines the offer to become governor of New Mexico. The resignation of Governor Geo. Curry takes effect next February. Robinson says he prefers his newspaper career to public office.

William Robinson New Mexico Albuquerque N.M William Robinson Roswell Register Tribune Geo. Curry

Deadly Erie wreck near Belmont claims two engineers

In Hornell New York Chauncey Green engineer and Christopher Ryder fireman were killed when two engines and fourteen cars derailed near Belmont on the Erie road. F O Trats brakeman likely fatally hurt and two other railway workers were slightly injured. All the dead and injured were local.

Great Truck farmer dies in Chicago after long cultivation

A veteran farmer born in 1820 at Cranston HLL died in Chicago after years of farming within the city limits. He had moved to Chicago in 1857 and left behind a cultivated tract of land.

Lyman Hi. Rudiong Chiscago Chicago Cranston Hll

Taft Praises Southern Loyalty in Birmingham Speech

President Taft at Birmingham Alabama asserts the South remains loyal and would not yield a single traditional right, praising regional steadfastness and reiterating constitutional fidelity amid national unity concerns.

Taft Birmingham Ala

Despondent Girl Ends Life in Card Building

A nineteen year old Celia Daver stein in Cleveland leapt from a ninth floor window of the Card Building after despair over a hoped for abandonment by a New York sweetheart. The item reports neighboring briefs from Taunton Massachusetts to Guthrie Oklahoma, including indictments, sentences, and accidents.

Cleveland Ohio Celia Daverstein New York Card Building

Global dispatches note battles and treaties across continents

Reports from Persia, Greece, Ecuador, and Russia recount tribal skirmishes in Ardabil, mutiny arrests near Athens, and British petroleum rights approved in Quito. Also noted are a Japanese Korean residency withdrawal, a deadly fire in Kiev’s stud farm, poisoned bullets aimed at Ito, Knees in Korean sentiment, and a mine lease dispute in Bogota as plague and yellow fever press Guayaquil.

Hypnotist Faces Manslaughter Charge Over Somerville Death

In Somerville New Jersey authorities investigate the death of Robert Simpson after an exhibition by Arthur Everton a hypnotist and former piano salesman. Autopsy shows rupture of the aorta likely from natural causes while enthusiasts debate suspended animation. Everton awaits trial as eight doctors confirm natural death.

Somerville N. J Arthur Everton Robert Bimpson Everton Sewerville Opera House William &. Davenport Newark Simpson Bob Bop John Quackenbos Columbia University Somerville Opera House Arcade

Fall River Herb Doctor Pleads Guilty in Tiverton Case

In Bristol County Superior Court Frank L. Hill admitted manslaughter linked to the Tiverton suitcase mystery. His attorney said Amelia Bt. Jean of Woonsocket died in Hill's office from a self-inflicted act after he refused to perform the requested surgical relief.

Taunton Mass Frank L. Hill Fall River Amelia St. Jean Woodstock R. I Amelia Bt. Jean Woonsocket, R. L Hill

Supreme Court Rules Oleomargarine Returns Apply to Corporations

The Supreme Court of the United States held that the oleomargarine return law covers corporations. The Union Supply Company of Camden New Jersey was indicted for failure to make returns, and the district court had quashed the indictment, ruling the law only applied to individuals. Justice Holmes announced the opinion reversing the lower court.

Washington, D. C Supreme Court of the United States United States Union Supply Company Union Company Camden N. J United States District Court For District of New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Holmes Tstrict Court

Taft Cancels Panama Visit Plans

President Taft has decided not to make his projected trip to Panama and will remain in Washington for the coming winter.

Taft Panama Washington

Athlete Dies of Hydrophobia After Dog Bite In New Jersey

Elizabeth New Jersey. William Scheerer forty two weighed 250 pounds and was an athlete. He was bitten on the finger three months ago by a pet dog and later died at Elizabeth General Hospital. Dr Otto Wagner says hydrophobia caused the death. Scheerer belonged to the German Turnverein and was known as a heavyweight iter.

Elizabeth N. J William Scheerer Elizabeth General Hospital Otto Wagner Scheerer Turnverein

Newsy Gleanings and Global Oddities

A collage of brief items notes Theody of Prince Ito en route to Tokyo and United States Steel stock at four percent. Chicago gambling clubs suffer two bombings, thirty two similar blasts reported. Three steamships with wine reach New York ahead of new duties. The Italian dirigible Ono Ria sails 190 miles Bracciano to Naples. St Marys Cathedral School teacher Anna Gibson dies before her pupils. Carlisle Indian School may supply students to perform a Dan life play. White slave trader Claude Wil tet sentenced in New York City to two years in prison.

Prince Ito Tokio United States Steel Chicago Winer New York la Touraine Bracciano Naples Anna Gibson St. Mary's Cathedral School Garden City L. L Eleanor Lawson Carlisle

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