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Newspaper

Cranbury Press

Location

Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 1916

Page

2

Wilson signs Rural Credits Bill Transforming Farm Lending

President Wilson signed the Rural Credits bill creating twelve land loan banks under a Federal board. The ceremony included Senators, farmers groups, and witnesses such as David Lubin. Secretary McAdoo will select the new Farm Loan Board as district banks map out 12 regions.

Washington Wilson Congress Fletcher Florida Southern Commercial Congress House Senate David Lubin National Grange Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union Farmers’ Society of Equity The Ancient Order of Gleaners Farmers’ National Congress National Council of Farmers’ Co-operative Association McAdoo New Farm Loan Board Herbert Myrick New York United States New England Springfield Mass Pennsylvania Binghamton N. Y Michigan Ohio Toledo Virginia Carolinas Raleigh Alabama Mississippi Georgia Tennessee Kentucky Birmingham Ala Champlain Iowa Missouri Burlington Wisconsin Minnesota St. Paul Dakotas Montana Wyoming Aberdeen S. D Nebraska Kansas Colorado Hastings

Order for Aerial Reserve Created by President

Washington reports President Wilson signed an order to form a special aeronautical reserve for the United States army. The reserve will supply trained flyers and expert mechanics to staff an aerial squadron for each of 12 National Guard divisions. Any civilian with flying and mechanical skills may join.

Washington Wilson United States Army National Guard War Department

Deutschland Built Submarine Profits Pay For Ship

The Koelnische Zeitung reports profits from the Deutschland’s first voyage paid for the vessel. Built in six months in Berlin the submarine may herald a wave of new German warships.

Berlin Koelnische Zeitung

Karolyi Forms Peace Party to End Hungarian Hostilities

London report says Count Michael Karolyi resigns as Hungarian Independence party president and plans a new movement demanding immediate peace. The peace party will operate with or without German and Austrian consent and begin with seventy Hungarian Parliament members.

Count Karolyi London Michael Karolyi Hungarian Independence Party Hungary Germany Austria Count Karoly

British and German forces clash amid Somme fighting and Galician retreat

Reports from Rome and Petrograd describe widespread turmoil as General von Linsingen retires across the Lipa, prompting panic and evacuations in Galicia. British forces widen the Albert salient while German counterattacks along Picardy push for gains, with heavy armament captures cited and air warfare continuing north of the Somme.

London von Linsingen Lipa Galicia Lemberg Rome Reuter Petrograd Boerse Vladimir-Volynski Volhynia Russia Dardanelles Army and Navy Committee of the Duma Douglas Haig Haig Teuton Somme Albert Salient

War Dispatches Note Large Call Up From Class of Eighty Six

Paris dispatches report additional conscripts from the eighties class and wartime exemptions for munitions workers and field laborers. German counter attacks aim to regain ground south of the Somme and north of the river while Russians push toward Kovel and in Volhynia report wide officer and man losses. The German High Command appeals for public confidence as Russian casualties mount with about 243000 soldiers killed or wounded.

Paris Somme Berlin Biaches la Baisenette Soyecourt Barfeur Kovel von Bothmers Volhynia Germany

Floods Ravage South Turn Rivers Redraw Maps Across Three States

Vast floods from unprecedented rains scour the South Atlantic coast, destroying mills and warehouses, washing away dams, and crippling rail and telegraph service. In North Carolina and Virginia five people die and hundreds are homeless as rivers burst banks, with large losses estimated at 10 million dollars. In Asheville and Biltmore area the French Broad floods homes and factories, killing Capt J C Lipe, Miss Nellie Lipe, and Mrs Leo Mulholland. two nurses at Biltmore Hospital are missing. Southern Railway suffers heavy damage. 18 men and 4 Telegraph linemen are missing, swept away when a main line bridge over the Catawba River collapses. Property losses mount in Henderson County and along the Swananoa and French Broad rivers. Vanderbilt estate status unknown.

Atlanta North Carolina Virginia South Atlantic French Broad Asheville Biltmore J. C. Lipe Nellie Lipe Leo Mulholland Lipe Mabel Forster Charlotte Walker Biltmore Hospital Vanderbilt Hendersonville Henderson County Southern Railway Swannanoa Western _tnion —Telegraph Company Catawba Charlotte Spartansburg

Curbing Infantile Paralysis Health Officials Prompt Calm

New York reports rising infantile paralysis cases yet officials urge calm. Total cases 1 719 with 342 deaths and 354 patients at Willard Parker Hospital 306 at Kingston Avenue Hospital and 20 at Riverside Hospital. Outbreak prompts regional travel advisories and certificates for those leaving infected areas.

New York Health Department Willard Parker Hospital Kingston Avenue Hospital Riverside Hospital New York City New Jersey Connecticut

Believe in Trevino forces questioned in Mexico uprising

Washington State and War departments have no verification of reports of a northern Mexico uprising led by Gen. Jacinto Trevino. Army officers familiar with Trevino doubt his loyalty to the Central Government.

Washington Washington —State War Departments Mexico Jacinto Trevino Trevino

Miners Vote Against Strike In Pittsburgh Coal Region

Fifty thousand miners in district No. 5 United Mine Workers will stay at work after a special convention here ratified an agreement with the Pittsburgh Coal Operators Association. The meeting, representing the international executive committee, decided not to strike.

Pittsburgh United Mine Workers Pittsburgh Coal Operators Association International Executive Committee

British Issue Trade Blacklist Published in Official Gazette

London reports the Official Gazette lists eighty seven American individuals and firms blacklisted under the Trading With the Enemy Act. Most are New Yorkers including bankers brokers and commodity traders. Britain says the move constrains trade by subjects and expects Canada to follow. Washington considers neutral rights and notes the measure may curb American commerce.

London Official Gazette Laming Worthington Evans Foreign Trade Department The Foreign Office United Kingdom Germany United States Great Britain Canada Washington State Department

The One Cent Paper May End Soon Says Secretary Redfield

Washington predicts the one cent newspaper will disappear soon due to rising costs. Secretary Redfield notes price hikes across goods and newsprint materials, with contract renewals likely forcing higher prices and industry losses this fall.

Washington Redfield

Congress probes paper supply amid price rise concerns

Proceedings outline a congressional investigation into paper production and supply to determine if price increases stem from combination or conspiracy. The brief items also note nominations, international aid refusals, and a border shooting incident involving Private R. Tucker in Douglas Arizona.

Camp Fire Girls head to Ocean City for ten days

Wenonah Camp Fire Girls travel to Ocean City for a 10 day stay under chaperones Mrs. Potter and Miss Mary Bilderback. The item lists other local notes including fishing feats, ship deliveries, and civic plans across New Jersey such as a Union Chapel ground breaking in Ocean City and a Greek Catholic Church project near Cecil.

Wenonah Ocean City Potter Mary Bilderback Laurel Lake William H. Habel Laurel Springs Troop 1 Boy Scouts Westmont League Island Pocahontas Council Glassboro Vineland Perseverence Council Swedesboro Champion Thirty-second Street Central Avenue Thirty-fourth Street Paul E. Gruesdell Montclair Edward W. Perrine Holmdel New York Erie Supreme Car Court of Errors and Appeals Public Utilities Commission Rockefeller Institute Lake Carnegie Princeton Essex County Board of Freeholders Verona New Jersey Supreme Court Francis J. Swayze Alexander H. G. Maidment Henry 3. Chapman Glen Ridge Borough Hall North Atlantic Seaboard John K.witzemann Philadelphia Orchestra Norma May's Landing Weymouth Atston New Egypt Gustave Kessler New Jersey Zinc Company Franklin Kessler Brooklyn New Methodist Gibbstown Swedesboro National Bank Cecil Raymond Joseph Grabriel Alexian Elizabeth Lockjaw

Lingo Pardoned Free After Court Action in Camden

Camden county figure Lingo, imprisoned for abduction and earlier acquitted of murder, is released after the Court of Pardons remitted a $3,000 fine that kept him jailed beyond his 20 year sentence. The case drew strong local protest in Merchantville and relatives in western Pennsylvania will receive him.

Trenton Francis Lingo Camden County Court of Pardons Lingo Wescott Merchantville Pennsylvania Sam Darigo Darigo Atlantic City Philadelphia Fidele Parone Atlantic County John Cavaldi Ocean County Michael Bianchi Passaic County Jonas Szikely Warren County Szikely Martin W. Reddan Szikely Nad Kraft Camden Linderman

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