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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1916
Page
9
Britain has secretly agreed with Holland to buy surplus foods including milk milk powder pork mutton potatoes and butter paid via treasury bills. England will cover price differences to Holland and will supply 15 percent of Dutch cheese to deny it to Germany.
Ten German torpedo boats attacked in the English channel as a British patrol engaged the raiders. The Queen was sunk before help could reach her. one British destroyer Flirt is missing, nine sailors saved. Berlin says 11 or more stealth steamers and several destroyers were damaged or sunk.
Virginia becomes the eighteenth state to ban intoxicating beverages, closing all saloons and shaping a dry region from Washington to New Orleans. Other items note the German submarine Deutschland reaching New London, Queenstown reporting the Marina sinking, flour prices rising in Minneapolis, and General Bertholet named commander of the Romanian army.
Allied lines hold firm north of the Somme as French and British advance near Lesboeufs Morval and Sailly Saillisel. German forces recapture trenches north of La Maisonnette and near Biaches, with 412 French prisoners and 60 Germans captured in the operations.
Three Milwaukee printer groups urge Congressmen Cary and Stafford to secure federal action. They claim a study shows current print paper prices far exceed production costs, urging a full investigation of Wisconsin’s paper manufacturing industry.
Harvard football players from the first and second squads cancel all weekend visits due to the infantile paralysis quarantine. They may not leave around Harvard Square and face expulsion or probation for a year if they do.
Reported actions show Rumanians repelling Austro German forces at Livéchi and in the Alt valley with hundreds of prisoners and multiple machine guns seized. Bucharest claims continued pursuit as invaders withdraw to mountains. Meanwhile Russo Romanian troops retreat in Dobrudja toward Tulcea bridges.
German and Austrian armies drive into Romania from the east and west with Von Mackensen pressing toward Bucharest and Vulcan Pass stormed by Von Falkenhausen. Russian and Romanian forces suffer setbacks as Zakitchkovsky and Averescu appear unable to retreat across the Danube bridge.
London reports six American losses and 51 survivors when the British steamer Marina was torpedoed off the Irish coast. US officials seek Germany's explanation through Berlin and Count von Bernstorff reiterates pledge adherence to submarine limits. Victims named Thomas, Brown, Robertson and Middleton. two rescued, Miller and Davis injured.
Francisco Villa and his army captured Santa Rosalia after routing the garrison and sacking nearly one hundred prisoners and arms. Villa’s forces entrained on three trains toward Jiminez and Parral as he aims to expand control in Northern Mexico and threaten Chihuahua and Juarez, with supporters asserting his bid to reassert northern dominance.
Violent fighting continues along a broad Russian German front from the Carpathians to Lemberg with even honors so far. Bucharest reports another severe repulse of the Austro German army as storms and fog hinder infantry actions on the Allied front. Von Mackensen pursues the Romanian plain amid contested battles near Cameolung while Hindenburg predicts France's doom and notes a failed attempt to abduct the Romanian queen. A British aviator reportedly shot down Captain Boelke near Cambrai.
The Cooke Works of the American Locomotive Company in Paterson New Jersey received an order for 100 locomotives for the British Government. The plant, active since the war began, has added hundreds of workers and is also building 79 engines for Russia.
The Italian general staff reports that Austria has mobilized 7,400,000 men aged 18 to 50. In 26 months Austrian dead wounded and prisoners total 4,400,000. Austria's present army is estimated at not more than 8,000,000 officers and men.
Changes sweep New Jersey towns with rostered officials in Clayton Pitman and Haddonfield as clubs, sewer projects and post offices shape local governance. Steelman estate borings and gas findings near Cumberland spark oil hopes while fires hit Englewood Lincoln School.
The State Department of Public Instruction promotes rural school consolidation with research by Dr. J. J. Davis and support from Commissioner Kendall. Benefits cited include better supervision, community-use schools, longer teacher service, and cost savings, while a major concern remains student transportation. A call to improve rural life aims to keep youth on farms.
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