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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1916
Page
2
President Wilson delays action on the Persia sinking awaiting conclusive evidence of whether a submarine caused the loss and the liner's nationality. He urges calm study and consultation with Congress before any steps, while harsher action may follow if the submarine commander is identified.
Washington officials acknowledge submarine activity in the eastern Mediterranean complicates explaining the sinking of the Persia liner. They hope the situation may lead to a new understanding between the United States and the four Teutonic allies on submarine warfare.
A collection of brief items notes gasoline price increases led to House discussion via resolutions by Representatives Steenerson of Minnesota and Fuller of Illinois. Other notes report the German Emperor's alleged cancer, an income tax recommendation in Boston, and U S actions over the Persia sinking. Also President Wilson returns from honeymoon after Glengyle sinking and Lima Ohio oil prices rise ten cents per barrel.
Influenza spreads coast to coast in the most serious epidemic in memory, crippling workers nationwide. Public health reports warn major cities like New York Chicago Philadelphia and others face widespread illness with up to 100000 cases in Cleveland and Detroit. Local authorities must lead suppression efforts as federal help remains limited. In New York, pneumonia deaths in the week ending January 1 reached a record 272 with 74 influenza deaths. Chicago reports 1112 grip and pneumonia deaths in the last week of December, the worst on record for the city.
Vienna reports Austria agrees with Washington that humane laws apply in war and offers indemnity for American lives lost. The note says the Austrian submarine commander was punished for inadequate precautions aboard the Ancona. It also states non resisting merchant vessels should not be destroyed until occupants are safe, and mutual good relations with the United States should be strengthened.
The steamer Fastland sold for 46000 to Captain Edward A Evers of the Illinois Naval Reserve. Federal Judge Landis confirmed the sale amid opposition from 115 claimants representing victims of the Chicago River excursion disaster last July who argued the vessel was worth at least 125000.
The relief commission announced a $150,000 cloth contract to rush warm clothing and underwear to refugees in Belgium and northern France. A steamer sailing this week will carry the material to aid destitute men women and children in need.
In the Mediterranean four more ships were sunk by submarines as Britain faces conscription pressure. The Glengyle, Kenkon Maru, St Oswald, and Geelong were sunk with mixed casualties and no confirmed American passengers aboard. Bulgarian leaders pledge not to fight for the Teutons on Turkish soil.
Reports say the Allies have landed troops at Orfano near Saloniki and at Castelorizo near Asia Minor. The aim in both cases is to seize Adalia and disrupt enemy routes to Egypt and the Tigris. Rome notes a general front withdrawal by the Central Powers amid the Russian push in Bessarabia. Durazzo falls to Italy per Geneva-reported dispatches.
London reports a major Russian push across 300 miles from Pripet to the Romanian border with 190 miles of initiative on Volhynian and Galician fronts. Kyiv-based dispatches say Khrinsk fell near the Styr, and Entente observers expect a colossal drive that may fracture the Central Powers across the Balkans.
Secretary Lansing disclosed that Germany abandoned the claim that Lusitania was an armed vessel during wartime negotiations with the United States. The surrender of this contention comes as Washington and Berlin press toward a settlement over the disaster that killed more than 100 Americans.
Swedish authorities expel several British commercial agents described as spies for shadowing cargoes at Gothenburg and other ports. American buyers’ negotiations are monitored as Swedish authorities follow business dealings closely.
War dispatches report Austrians pressing to seize Mount Lovcen as Montenegrins hold the strategic Gibraltar of the Adriatic. Greek anger grows over General Sarrail blocking consuls seized at Salonica. Turkish shelling intensifies at Gallipoli as Austrians claim bitter fighting on the Bessarabian front. Italian decree puts ports and dockyard workers under military control.
Rahway state reformatory inmates nearly unanimously chose to be governed by officers again after a trial of self rule. The Board of Managers reported that politics and favoritism undermined the system, prompting a return to officer-led discipline. The vote followed a 1913 experiment with The Council, showing inmates recognize inability to self regulate.
Evangelist Billy Sunday urged preparedness praised by President Wilson in Trenton as he linked faith to national defense. He spoke of guns and soldiers, warned of European war implications, and attacked pacifism while noting he would not seek a diplomatic ambassadorship.
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