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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1917
Page
2
Washington outlines war college plans to mobilize a citizen army including recruitment depots officers selection training and deployment. Provisions cover eligibility enlistment terms English fluency age limits and proportional state quotas with officer appointments from seasoned veterans and exam based channels.
The Arizona is described as the largest battleship in Uncle Sam’s navy, surpassing the Pennsylvania by 200 tons. It carries twelve 14 inch guns delivering a broadside of 20 000 pounds, exceeds the combined broadsides of Kansas Vermont and New Hampshire, displaces 31 600 tons, and moves on oil burning engines at about 20 knots.
A sparsely described Englishman, John M. Little, seeks word about his wife and four children from Anchor Line officials after the California sinks under German submarine attack. He learns only that his wife and one child are missing while others are saved, eliciting his restrained, tearful reaction as staff pause.
Washington reports say James W. Gerard the U S ambassador to Germany arrived in Zurich with staff and a large American party after German authorities pressed for negotiations and cut communications. State Department notes emphasize relief funds and caution on property seizures, amid tensions over war conditions and German measures toward Americans abroad. Elbert H. Gary predicts U S steel capacity could exceed Germany's in key war supplies.
Women inmates at Kansas State Penitentiary join the home economics program of Kansas State Agricultural College in Manhattan under the home study department. The move mirrors participation by more than 200 male prisoners and marks an educational innovation.
Jefferson City observers report fish trapped by a sudden blizzard on the Moreau River. The fast forming ice eight to ten inches thick entombed many fish, creating a curious cold weather phenomenon in central Missouri.
New York reports Count Johann von Bernstorff the German Ambassador to Washington left for Hoboken with sixty in his party aboard Frederik VIII en route to Copenhagen and Germany. He spent his last day bidding farewell at the embassy and Union Station with diplomats and press in attendance.
Count von Bernstorff, leaving after eight years in the United States, thanks friends for hospitality during the war and expresses hope that conflict may end. He and the Countess extend gratitude for farewell messages and wish to restore old friendly relations between the U S and Germany.
Washington report says after a six hour debate the Senate voted 78 to 3 to endorse President Wilson and sever diplomatic relations with Germany. The Stone resolution passed, with four dissenters named along party lines and occurred following a Republican attack accusing US neutrality stance.
Berlin denies inviting war, notes that the Austro-Hungarian order to fly the German flag aboard Adriatic submarines aims to avert a break with the United States. Zimmermann cites detentions of seventy two Americans aboard the Yarrowdale as proof Germany will not release them until safe with respect to German ships in U.S. ports. German food conditions worsen while British forces advance on the Tigris near Townsend’s fortifications.
Sweden Spain and Switzerland urge Germany to modify or curb its submarine decree amid strained relations with the United States. The three neutrals press Berlin through diplomatic channels to ease tensions and avert a broader conflict.
President Wilson and his Cabinet mapped the policy toward Germany after severing diplomatic relations. They stated war is Germanys act, not Americas, and that Congress would be asked only if Germany sinks a merchant ship with American lives harmed. The aim is to defend seamen and rights on the seas while preserving neutrality in all but an act by Germany. The administration emphasized clear illegal action by Germany before any decisive response.
The United States will not seize the war bound German vessels in American ports. After talks with President Wilson, Secretary Baker announced that crews may destroy ships but cannot block channels or impede U S shipping, with close surveillance and no move to worsen relations with Germany.
Congressman Daniel J. Griffin of New York introduced a bill in the House to require all federal employees and District of Columbia workers to be United States citizens. The proposal aims to ensure loyalty and eligibility for government service.
A Louisville Southern Railway locomotive struck a crowded street car crossing in western Louisville, demolishing the car. Four residents were killed and more than twenty injured. Victims named include Paul Huber Frances Wessel Florence Becker and George Cleaver.
Ignacio Bonillas, one of Gen Caranza's representatives on the Mexican American joint commission, is named Ambassador from Mexico to the United States. Ramon de Negri, in charge of the Mexican Embassy since Eliseo Arredondo left, was informed. Bonillas is now at Palm Beach.
The United States told the Swiss minister it will not discuss German policy toward neutrals until Germany withdraws its submarine blockade. The president dictated the reply, aiming to end controversy through official channels and curb pro German pressure. Approval came from Cabinet, Congress, and diplomatic circles.
The 11,999-ton White Star liner Afric was sunk by a German submarine with seventeen crew lost. The Oceanic Steam Navigation Company ship, prewar linked to White Star, was commandeered by the British Admiralty at outbreak. Earl Curzon told the Lords Admiral Jellicoe was not dissatisfied with the number of German submarines that would not return.
Washington report states the House approved a naval appropriation of 368,333,388 dollars with only twenty three dissenting votes. The measure marks the largest naval appropriation in U S history.
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