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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1917
Page
2
Washington reports 687000 men will form the first draft increment and begin training in October. The initial 30 percent from each district departs Sept 5, Sept 15, and Sept 30 for cantonments, with the remaining 10 percent mobilized as soon after.
A head on collision on a single track line near North Branford Connecticut kills nineteen and injures more than forty as two New Haven bound streetcars collide. Most victims are women and children. bodies are moved to Branford morgues by car and truck.
Secretary McAdoo informs Congress it must authorize an additional 9 billion dollars for war expenditures through June 36 1918. The move would raise total Allied loan commitments to about 4 billion by that date. Washington also lists 184 officers nominated as generals with 37 major generals and 147 brigadiers.
Washington announces the creation of the Forty second Division from National Guard units from 26 states plus the District of Columbia under Brig Gen W A Mann. The unit will include the Fighting Sixty-ninth from New York and total about 20 000 men destined for France. Recruiting accelerates nationwide.
Jack Gottlieb, once with General Pershing in the Philippines, claimed he tore down the Stars and Stripes from Cameron House, the Suffragist headquarters, calling the flag desecration a disgrace amid ongoing demonstrations by women opposing the President.
Premier Lloyd George faced a cabinet crisis by accepting the resignation of Arthur Henderson, labor's War Council minister, after Henderson failed to express the government’s stance on Stockholm. The sudden move surprised many, as George acted promptly to resolve the dispute.
A Washington correspondent notes 48 major corporations expected to pay about 239 million dollars to the government under the war revenue plan framed by the senate finance committee. Senator Simmons is cited with figures showing principal contributions from Byer Bay area firms.
Viscount Ishii leads a Japanese mission arriving on the Pacific coast greeted by Breckenridge Long and city officials. Thousands line streets to City Hall for a ceremony as State Department stresses the mission symbolizing friendship and shared war aims. Leaders include Vice Admiral Takeshia and Major General Sugano.
Washington reports far reaching food administration proposals to control the 1917 wheat supply. The plan calls for purchase of the entire crop, licensing of elevators and mills, a producer price committee, abolition of futures trading, and strict export control of wheat and flour.
The text notes China joining the Entente as the eighteenth nation to do so, alongside Allied powers. It describes ongoing battles around Glencorse Woods, St Quentin, and the Aisne and Champagne fronts, with French and Austro Prussian actions and Russian Romanian counterefforts shaping the war scene.
An official statement reports 23 killed including nine women and six children and about fifty injured in Southend Essex from nearly forty bombs dropped by German raiders. Margate saw four bombs with one uninhabited house demolished and no casualties. British aircraft pursued the raiders out to sea after the attack near Felixstowe and Clacton.
The Navy Department announced the Standard Oil tanker Campania was sunk by a submarine early August 6, 143 miles west of Ile de Re. Forty seven survivors landed safely. The captain and four armed guards are believed captured aboard the German sub and held as prisoners of war, with the State Department asserting their protection under the laws of war.
The Pope has sent peace overtures to belligerent nations proposing restoration of Belgium Serbia and Romania and a peaceful settlement of Alsace Lorraine Trent Trieste and Poland. He calls for the return of German colonies.
Lieut Gen Baron von Freytag Loringhoven testifies that Kaiser Wilhelm's claim of Belgian neutrality violation was caused by French invasion plans via Belgium and not a German aggression. Copenhagen reports admissions by the German chief of staff that the German moves were defensive.
New state militia plan aims for 2500 men to replace the National Guard. Counties supply quotas, with Atlantic 75, Hudson 400, Essex 500, Union 150, and others listed. Armories and state funds to equip the force, which would operate within state borders unless riot or disturbance. Base hospital for Camp Dix to include 1000 beds planned at Wrightstown. State officials who delay annual reports will forfeit half salaries under 1895 law.
Mrs Elizabeth Rand of Pleasantville dies on train en route to Cauelen at Glouces ter hospital of heart disease. Paulsboro fire company forms minstrel troupe and bakers cut bread price. Cape May chosen as naval rifle range site. Red Cross drives grow in Newfield and Gloucester county. Prohibition speakers tour Salem county. Bees under inspection in Cumberland county. Barnegat Bay crabs boost fishermen income. Camden seeks more recruits for the Second Field Artillery. Tomatoes packed in Cumberland canneries. eggs fetch high wholesale prices in South Jersey. Swedesboro bank deposits exceed 1 million dollars. Haddon Heights church lawn carnival nets 1500. Woodbury banks extend Saturday hours boosting business. Accidents and charity events occur across the state, with deaths in Dorothy and Moorestown and donations to Atlantic City Hospital.
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