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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1919
Page
2
A broad dredge of notable items from across the Forty eight states. Capital developments and updated cable condensations summarize the day’s latest happenings in public affairs and domestic intelligence.
President Wilson, ill, cancels remaining speaking engagements to rest in Washington. Dr. Grayson says nervous exhaustion from overwork. recovery requires a substantial rest period. Other items note treaty debate, Fiume crisis, and various political moves and appointments.
Washington figures push for compulsory arbitration to curb railway strikes and restrain labor disputes. Samuel Gompers defines steel strike aims as workers right to be heard and organize. Naval machinists demand 44 hour week and higher pay. Ashurst opposes League amendments, Lenroot seeks troop reservation. Cranberry crop projects 637000 barrels, up from 330000. Palmer cites living cost relief from anti inflation campaign.
Mineola New York honors J A B Rumsdell with Lightnin and Powelton in amateur saddle horse show. Mrs Millory and Mrs Mills win New Jersey doubles tennis at Orange. Tris Speaker credited for Ray Caldwell comeback. N C Hildreth buys Krewer for 6000 dollars then wins Oakdale Handicap at Aqueduct. Boxing trio to England. Paris match discussed. Major Schroeder sets two man alt. record at 30900 feet. Aero Club contemplates world aerial derby with 1 million prize.
The Paris teachers conference voted to affiliate a new teachers union with the General Confederation of Labor. In the last six months Berlin area saw about 100 000 divorce petitions granted. A strike affecting 680000 British rail workers follows failed wage negotiations. Government mobilizes motor vehicles mail planes and armed protection for loyal staff. Rationing for butter sugar meat and petrol is established. Spanish provincial governors will attend the Washington international labor conference. Irish harvest suffers from millions of crows destroying crops. British subjects are refused entry into Mexico by officials at the embassy. Spitzbergen and Kongu territories awarded to Norway and Portugal respectively. House Agriculture Committee backs a bill to regulate cold storage of foods.
Four jockeys and horses fell in a race at Havre de Grace Maryland. Philip Musgrave was killed and Andy Schuttinger suffered a broken leg. The incident prompted questions about track safety and race conditions.
The great steel strike presses on as both sides push to sway mills in Pittsburgh and surrounding districts. Rioting erupts in Glassport and Lackawanna while police quell disturbances. Reports say production remains strong in Pittsburgh but crippled in the West as labor seeks to halve output.
The General Education Board announced a $20,000,000 donation from John D. Rockefeller to improve U S medical education. Income from the gift will be distributed over fifty years with preference likely to larger medical schools.
London reports a new October food order giving local governments control over prices for fish fruit and vegetables. Retailers may take a maximum gross profit of 85 percent to cover wastage losses.
Washington AG Palmer declares the department will not set up wartime prohibition enforcement changes and will not proclaim demobilization complete until the Senate ratifies the peace treaty. He does not discuss the Trenton case on liquor sales arguing wartime prohibition ends only after treaty ratification and demobilization.
Pittsburgh observers claim the steel strike stalls while officials report progress. Gompers testifies that employee voice and recognized rights are central to the dispute. Ford cuts layoffs in response to steel shortages as international talks on Irish sedition continue.
President Woodrow Wilson, exhausted by more than three weeks of nonstop travel and speeches, has been ordered to the sick list. He canceled planned appearances in Kansas and beyond after suffering headaches and fatigue from extensive campaigning for the League of Nations.
The Cloth Hall and nearby church in Ypres will be kept in their ruined state as a memorial. The interior minister told the Chamber of Deputies that the plan, agreed with British authorities, aims to prevent vandalism and preserve the historic ruins for Allied remembrance.
London reports a nationwide railway stoppage with about 600 000 union workers called out and total affected rising toward a million when clerks and other employees are counted. Underground staffs may join, along with bus and tramway workers.
Automatic telephones to be installed after a string of marriages among the local exchange operators. Four hello girls wed in days and an epidemic of marriages spans over two months. Nearly all workers now wear engagement solitaires.
New York dispatch reports Elbert H. Gary stating United States Steel directors cannot negotiate with John Fitzpatrick or union leadership. Gary asserts directors represent about 159000 shareholders and 250000 employees, and that moral questions cannot be arbitrated. E R Grace of Bethlehem Steel refuses to meet workers under threat of a strike.
United States marines land in Delmatia triggering war talk in Congress as senators seek meaning of the act. Clemenceau urges rapid peace ratification in France. Senate debates a six to one British vote amendment while Wilson vows to reject any peace treaty changes not acceptable to him. Carlisle MacDonald cables Paris. Italy must yield Fiume or face economic blockade. D Annunzio advances in Jugoslavia as Italians move in Dalmatia toward Spalato and Sebenica.
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