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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1918
Page
2
A concise capsule reports major happenings across the United States with emphasis on the capital and national affairs. It notes ongoing conflicts and the latest cable condensations shaping public awareness.
A Harbin dispatch dated February 20 reports Bolsheviks in Siberia preparing action and a Brest-Litovsk peace delegation. British forces seize Khana Burayat in Mesopotamia and push toward Trebizond. German U boats sink another Spanish ship. Lenine’s government orders guerrilla warfare as Petrograd fears fall. Jericho is captured by British, Americans hold Aisne sector amid clashes.
Gustavus Ohlinger testifies against the German American Alliance amid claims it aims to label English as foreign in public schools. A railroad hearing in Washington features the Pulliasan Company manager defending tipping. President Wilson fixes wheat price for the DLS crop at 220 with small differentials. Hoover defends food supply, and Meantime licenses for fertilizer industry due by March 20 under a food and fuel conservation proclamation. The Philadelphiaa sunk by a submarine near Feb 21 while Canada fishing vessels gain access to U S ports.
Reports describe heavy U S ordnance and rifle output as the war widens with Allied successes on the western front and in Italy. A Chemin des Dames patrol returns with two German officers and twenty others, plus a machine gun, after a sharp clash. enemy losses noted. Governor Brough warns Chicago crowds of three wartime fears, while Marine enlistment stalls. Clothing stocks cover millions, and production surges push Enfield rifle output toward 250000 monthly to arm divisions. Other notes cover a dog show winner in New York, Federal League money, Eastern League plans, Providence league moves, and the death of Terry McGovern.
Forty four survivors were rescued from the wrecked Red Cross steamship Florizel near Cape Ince after a disaster left many dead. Two of twelve women aboard and none of the four children survived. Senator La Follette faced a Wisconsin Senate rebuke by a two to two vote amid calls for mobilizing national labor power. Samuel Gompers defended labor's loyalty against charges of disloyalty, while Captain David A. Henkes received 26 years hard labor and a discharge for anti German protest letters.
Foreign count von Hertling said he agreed with Wilson on a just peace and would welcome negotiations. he warned that Allied concessions in Belgium and France were unlikely. Swedish troops remain on the Aland islands through the war. A steamer, Florizel of the Red Cross, was wrecked off Cape Race with 145 aboard. Pneumonic plague spreads in Shansi Province, China. Rallion cards take effect in London.
A New Jersey legislative session discusses reform of the duties of assistant commissioners of education and flexible authority for the state board. Debates on summer schools, censorship, and public defender refer to budgetary needs, municipal control, and administrative flexibility amid bills on quail restrictions and election procedures.
A compilation of New Jersey items across towns notes shifts in potato prices in Moorestown, Taft's April charity speech in Newark, and East Orange hour restrictions for war work. Also covered are boxing bill progress in Trenton, deaths in Somerville and Paterson, new Boy Scout troop, silk factory in National Park, and local civil service exams.
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