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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1916
Page
1
The county tax rate for the coming year will be 7.57 per thousand, down from 11.06 last year. The joint rate will be 34.20, versus 234.48 previously. State tax 122. F2L228.68 1,798.14, Supreme court tax 1,183.79 1,497.87. General fund 43,982.05 34,905.64. Four fund 21,945.38 11,088.38. City audits 4,486.55. Amory tax 2,039.93. Railroad rebate 593.33. Total 95.2. Treasurer's credit 66,280.68.
Berlin dispatch reports Roumenian forces lose Beazu in northwestern Moldavia a key rail hub where three lines meet. Bulgarians cross Denube near Beteshti. German allies press pursuit despite bad weather. Ninth army reports 1000s of Russo Romanian prisoners captured and Russian gains on heights limited. Verdun front sees renewed French attacks with heavy gains noted at several points.
Washington dispatch reports submarine E-3 H-3 grounded off Eureka California during a storm. Navy Department says the vessel is intact and can be pulled off the war area if weather remains favorable.
International News Service reports in Los Angeles on December 15 that armed deputies confronted I. W. W. members who hijacked a Southern Pacific freight train at Sangas. The crew was ordered to Los Angeles and the prisoners were herded into a freight car for transfer.
A chamber of commerce board adopts a broad plan at a special meeting outlining agriculture support, farm cooperative efforts, road and street improvements, education health cooperation, municipal justice, parks, publicity and utilities. It calls for street widenings, lighting, grit on Dolson avenue, and a focus on industrial promotion and suburban tourism.
Lansing dispatch reports S Willard Beakes failed to secure a certificate of election against Republican Merk R Bacon in Michigan s second district. Bacon held a small lead on face returns, Beakes previously served as mayor and postmaster of Ann Arbor and held multiple local offices.
Mr and Mrs W A Martin hosted the Hurtin store employees at a turkey supper Thursday night at the Hurtin residence 85 South Street The event is an annual gathering with Main Street clothing merchant and featured music after the feast Attendees included G E Hackett John Shepard Frank L Whitten Wilber Pitney Gabriel Card Harry Currea Alton Packett Floyd Keeney Charles Riker and Grace Cox
Premier Van der Linden told the lower house in The Hague that the Dutch government still fears danger of Holland being dragged into the war, according to a Reuters dispatch.
In Newburgh on December 15 the Supreme Court heard the case of George W. Cornell and others versus Mary Cornell. The plaintiff says George T. Cornell was mentally incompetent and unduly influenced when land was transferred to his son and Mary Cornell. Testimony reveals John A. Cornell, a grandson, has two wives living and believed he had a right to marry again.
Omate County Board of Supervisors recessed for one week after a short meeting and will reconvene on Friday morning December 22. A county board of canvassers will meet on December 21 at 11 o clock to count and print the vote of Orange county militiamen. The annual report of T. E. Mileman, manager of the Orange County Farm Bureau, was received and filed, summarizing the year’s work. A Craft Colony for Epileptics communication noted one inmate from Orange county, James Delan of Port Jervis, described as unimproved.
A blinding snow storm hit New York causing traffic chaos in the city and harbor. Quarantine 22 trans Atlantic and coastwise steamers were held up while hundreds of shovelers and snow crews battled the blanket of white.
B P Flory oversaw a large gathering of master mechanics and clerks from various points in the system at his office in the city on Thursday. The meeting focused on methods for shop operations and administration. Flory was out of town, and few details emerged about additional business. About 12 conferees lunched at William Schulter’s Tevigurant in the Wickham avenue depot.
New York reports that city egg dealers are urged to fund a campaign against proposed food laws. F O Fos, a food expert with John J. Dillon's Foods and Markets, discusses potential steps to thwart prosecution and to stamp eggs with the storage date as Dillon plans to start today.
A Budapest newspaper reports the resignation of Romanian Premier Bratiano. The Budapest item is quoted in an Exchange Telegraph Copenhagen dispatch. The notice notes the resignation is reported internationally and carried by foreign press.
Suffragists of the Second Assembly district met at Grace Church Parish House despite heavy weather. Prominent speakers included Mrs. Frank A. Vanlderup of Scarborough on Hudson and Miss Myrta Gibbs, with topics on suffrage history, results, objections, and democracy. Lunch followed as campaign plans were outlined for future efforts.
The Vatican was said to be preparing a general Christmas proclamation in response to Central Powers peace overtures as World War I diplomacy shifts. Reports from Copenhagen and London note budding hope amid continued government drive for war, with a possible British House of Commons reply to German offers anticipated.
Cyprus Commandery No 67 Knights Templar held a ceremonial degree at their regular meeting last night with many visitors from Florida Warwick Liberty and other areas attending The templar degree was conferred on Tr C A Paull Otto E Keller James E Mance of Liberty and Ralph D VanDuzer of Middletown
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