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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1916
Page
2
Submarine UBOAT arrives in Baltimore signaling the first of a line of commerce carriers to break British blockade. Cargoes are consigned to New York and destined for U S markets, marking a shift in wartime trade.
The account describes a submarine liner named Deutschland commanded by Captain Koenig with a 29 man crew. It sailed a 16 day voyage from the North Sea to Baltimore, covering about 4 180 miles with 1 800 miles submerged. Propulsion diesel oil engines, speed 12 knots surfaced and 18 to 20 knots submerged. Armament listed as two guns for defense. Consignees include A Schumacher & Co and a Kaiser to President Wilson letter noted. home port unknown.
The German U boat Deutschland anchors off Baltimore after a 16 day Atlantic voyage. It carried 750 tons of chemicals and dyestuffs and will return with nickel and crude rubber. Captain Koenig says 4100 miles traveled with about 1800 miles underwater. The unarmed ship conveyed a German government message to President Wilson and a mail cargo.
Washington reports that H Snowden Marshall United States Attorney New York had impeachment proceedings tabled by the House Judiciary Committee by a divided vote recommending no further action. Also notes a mother in Trenton leaped into a pond amid tuberculosis fears and other brief items from Berlin Baltimore Amsterdam.
The Democratic revenue bill, aimed at about 200 million dollars in extra revenue, cleared the House 240 to 140. Bankers tax was struck from the section, salaries of tariff commissioners cut from 10 000 to 7 500, and former Congress members barred from serving on the commission. Minnesota and Wisconsin led Republican votes for the bill.
The 69th Regiment the Fighting Irishmen headed for Texas border when Major Gen Wood from Governors Island relieved Colonel Lewis D Conley and Lieut Col John J Phelan citing physical disabilities The move caused unrest among troops Also Colonel E P Babcock of the Sixty fifth Infantry Buffalo was retired and replaced by Colonel Daniel W Hands turning the unit into heavy artillery under regular army leadership
Ninety fertilizer manufacturers from across the United States attend the Twenty third Annual Convention of the National Fertilizer Association in Hot Springs Virginia. The Soil Improvement Committee plans a nationwide Hessian fly campaign. Purdue University expert Prof. G I Christie headlines with The New Agriculture. others include F C Schwedtman of National City Bank and W Rankin of the Apprasial Company of the South.
The Berlin Arms Factory reduced the workday for its 4,000 women employees to eight hours. Vorwaerts urges similar factories to follow suit as long hours and underfeeding hurt health. Dr Thiele of Chemnitz refutes that the war diet is injurious.
In ten days of fighting, British gains span eight miles and seize the German first defense system. French efforts around Peronne bolster the southern Somme, with Verdun and other fronts seeing action. Nearly 22,000 prisoners taken. 7,500 by British. French also advance near Falucourt and Biaches as Ovillers remains contested.
German forces repelled Russian advances toward Kovel near Hulewicze and seized three machine guns. French troops, including colonial units, were pushed back at La Maisonette Hill on the Somme, with other attacks near Belloy en Santerre and Hardecourt failing. Somme fighting lulls but French push toward Peronne continues as German defenses retreat only to be countered. Austrian losses on the Italian front in May and June total about 150,000 per Rome’s Messagero report.
New York reports 14 deaths as 103 new infantile paralysis cases are mapped in Health Commissioner Emerson's office. Manhattan sees a surge with 30 new cases while officials seek $100,000 for federal research. Quarantines rise in upstate towns as New Jersey towns border New York with strict checks on travelers with children.
Washington reports the diplomatic scene with Mexico awaiting Gen. Carranza’s next move for a joint discussion on border patrol. Acting Secretary Polk, at a Cabinet meeting in Secretary Lansing’s absence, briefed President Wilson on informal talks with Ambassador Arredondo. Carranza may favor a formal joint conference over ongoing informal talks.
Forty militia men of Company L Ninth Massachusetts Infantry were stricken with ptomaine poisoning and hospitalized at their regimental field hospital in El Paso Texas. Major Fred L. Bogan said most would recover after their illness traced to canned salmon eaten Sunday night.
A Wall Street rumor claims Fred Boscher, once with the Consolidated Exchange, won between 10 000 and 15 000 by taking large odds that the German merchant submarine would not arrive and then cashing in after its expected arrival.
New York State and city health authorities urge vigilant home care and hospital transfer for suspected cases. Advice covers isolation, disinfection, handling discharges, and strict hygiene to curb spread amid a growing epidemic with expert guidance from the Rockefeller Institute and state health officials.
Morristown resident Joseph Faulkner sheltered a wanderer who vanished next morning after lodging with him. Frank Saldi arrested for theft. fire at Hamilton Farms stables in Peapack caused 25000 dollars in damage, 21 horses and many cows saved. A triple funeral in Mays Landing for Eckel hotel gas explosion victims. Emory McClintock dies at Bay Head aged 76. Lightning frightens Newton widow to death. 12 year old James Hitchings dies from blood poisoning after insect bite.
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