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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1917
Page
2
Woodrow Wilson urges Americans to mobilize navy, army, farms, and industries for a total war effort. He stresses food production, materials, and cooperative government action, appealing farmers, workers, merchants, and editors to accelerate supply, labor, and transit to sustain troops and Allies.
German man claiming Johns Hopkins origin named Dr Frank Reeves of Baltimore was arrested with his wife after completing a map showing all oil and gas wells and gasoline plants under construction in the Kanawha valley. Police seized the map and detained the couple for questioning.
Richmond Virginia members of the Hermitage Golf Club have plowed 20 acres of its historic course for the National Food Campaign. Club officers say 41 percent of the 125 acre tract not used for sports will grow vegetables, with club employees carrying out the work.
The National Security League of New York states Mid West residents are not opposed to universal military training when its true meaning is explained. The league returned to New York after a two week speaking tour of the region.
A roundup of wartime developments includes French gains on the southern front driving toward Soissons, German defenses collapsing as casualties mount. Reports note German evacuations, renewed troop movements, and heavy fighting along the Hindenburg line. Other items include anti liquor war measures, steel price changes, Coast Defense Reserve enrollment, food resource bills, and naval vessel names Saratoga Constellation Constitution Ranger Lexington. Major death: Major John M. Burke. Canadian free list policy shifts open cross-border markets.
The Secretary of the Navy says American shipyards capacity caps the U S drive against the German submarine menace. President Wilson warns treason acts will be prosecuted and calls all Americans to unite for democracy. Roosevelt backs volunteers and conscription. New York votes elect Thomas F. Smith to Congress. Fluctuations lift flour prices in Boston. Ignacio Bonillas presents credentials as Mexican ambassador. New Hampshire Governor Keys signs the Lewis bill for 1915 prohibition. Pennsylvania votes for a nine member food commission. Billy Sunday prays for city leaders. James Buchanan Brady leaves most of his wealth to charity. George J. Meyer pledges $6,000 yearly for wartime relief. Middlemen to face probation. coal miners win 20% wage rise. Mayor Mitchel bans all-night licenses after May 1 with 1 A M cutoff.
Reports from Washington on Wilson and the draft act. Wood calls for expeditionary forces. Editor Henry Watterson attacks German propaganda. Congress passes a seven billion dollar war finance bill. Voluntary recruitment targets and seed aid discussed. Boxing law repeal fails in Albany. Baseball rosters trimmed. Jockey club stakes revived. Welsh Kilbane bout set for May 1 in New York City. British Parliament extends life, Irish home rule on horizon. Oil prices rise in Canada. Cuban arrests of suspected German spies. Wilson portrait favored in Havana. Belgians advance near Dixmude. British rail wage bonuses. Russian capital name change considered. French appoint Tardieu as High Commissioner to U.S.
The French and British forces push on a broad front near Arras and Soissons Rheims. They break through multiple German defenses and seize 10 000 prisoners plus guns and materiel. Vimy Ridge is cleared as Canadians report starving Germans and halted relief attempts amid persistent artillery and air support.
Bethlehem Steel Co president FE. G. Grace said on May 1 a 10 percent wage rise will apply to about 50,000 workers in South Bethlehem. This marks the fifth advance since August and widens the impact across the plant community.
Montevideo notes express sympathy with the United States after Washington declared war on Germany. Uruguay states it will remain neutral but shares the allied cause and recalls protests by American republics, including Uruguay, against Germanys submarine warfare.
Indiana Governor Goodrich begins site wide city farming program by plowing a five acre tract in Indianapolis. A Purdue University instructor calls the land highly desirable for truck gardening and the area will be divided into family plots for cultivation.
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