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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1913
Page
2
A compact history style roundup of seven day events presented in brief bulletins. The item signals wire and wireless reporting as its source and notes coverage of foreign news and notable interests.
The 1909 value of essential outputs reached 1 737 234 000 in the United States with sixty eight firms active in the industry, per a Bureau of the Census report released today. Insurgent Senators forced party leaders to grant higher tax rates than in the Tariff bill. President Wilson urged strict neutrality and asked Americans to leave Mexico as a policy toward the country. It was noted that Wilson and Governor General Harrison might promote independence for the Philippines.
Despatches report U. S. Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade Owen St Aubin Botsford attached to the cruiser Saratoga died at Shanghai General Hospital in China. The report places him with the Saratoga during service abroad.
Members of the Ilinois Athletic Club of Chicago won all medals in the one mile swim at the Perry Centennial in Put-in-Bay. Finishing order was McGillivray first, McDermott second, Merriam third. Umpire McGreevy of Chicago resigned due to his wife’s illness, with eight arbiters remaining to cover the season. Laurel race course to join the Jockey Club circuit. New American Powerboat Association rule lets an amateur helmsman race for cash prizes if he wins.
A report notes General Secretary of State Bryan spoke to about 3000 people at a Chatauqua gathering in New Hope Pennsylvania. Other items include Huerta signaling Americans in Mexico and various political, social, and criminal news across the United States.
Report notes Sainean Foreign TV coverage of English militant suffragettes burning a residence in Finchley. Government forces seize Nankin while rebels lose their last stronghold. A Petersboro Ontario store collapse kills five and injures twelve. Premiers meet in West Point en route to ABA convention. Typhoon devastates Japan with over sixty dead. Rembrandt painting reportedly found in Calais Museum. The Picture of Dorian Gray stage adaptation premieres in London with Lou Tellegen.
Johnny Sherritt and Tommy Bridges were killed when four racing cars crashed in the sixth lap of a twenty five mile race at Cumberland Park Nashville. Billy Bherrod and Gooch Brown died later at a hospital from injuries. Driver Clyde Donivan attempted to avoid a crossing boy and plunged his Car No 13 Studebaker into the high fence. The wreck left Sherrill aged 25 and others aged 20 to 22.
Washington. The Senate finance committee unveiled higher rates for large incomes in the income tax portion of the tariff bill. Rates rise to 3 percent for $100,000 to $250,000, 4 percent for $250,000 to $500,000, 5 percent for $500,000 to $1,000,000, and 6 percent above $1,000,000, plus a 1 percent normal tax on the first $20,009 with $3,000 exempted.
Albany experts estimate the Sulzer Murphy impeachment fight will cost about $1,000,000 to the state. The bulk of the expense will cover the extraordinary legislative session mileage postage telegraph calls messengers and other necessities. The largest single line item is pay for the 49 Senators serving as a trial court. debate centers on whether they receive $40 or $10 a day, with the latter likely shortening the trial.
Washington report says Democrats plan to propose an amendment to the Wilson Underwood tariff bill enabling President Wilson to place monopoly controlled products on the free list. The move follows pressure from Senator Kenyon and Progressive Senators who oppose tariff protections.
The Panama railway once vital to ocean to ocean travel and canal construction faces reduced significance after the canal opens. From modest beginnings in 1850 with brutal labor and high costs, it grew to haul passengers and freight, aided by U.S. ownership, but now its days of prominence decline as the canal alters trade routes and the line modernizes. J A Smith, longtime superintendent, has resigned.
A September lesson outlines the Decalogue with focus on the first two commandments and their relation to God and man. It cites Deuteronomy and New Testament references to show the law's eternal principles, rest day, and the need for sincere worship without images.
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