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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1915
Page
2
A sweeping digest reports Allied gains in France and Flanders, German setbacks, and strategic shifts. It notes Allied air battles, Austro German troop movements toward Serbia, and Kaiser Wilhelm moving eastward preparations while Paris reacts with relief to frontier victories. Also covered are Florida package laws, fires in New York, armed robbery in Philadelphia, and various wartime notices and local incidents.
Washington Mint director Wooley says no more silver purchases for now due to ample supply. Six Naval Academy midshipmen face dismissal and four suspended after hazing inquiry. Villista officers Maytorena Flores and De la Vega arrested at Nogales and paroled for Wilson decision. Wilson reviews Grand Army parade in D C. Report claims Private Richard Johnson was tortured and beheaded after a border clash near Progreso. Commerce and FTC to curb cheap European imports after the war. Wilson votes in New Jersey primary at Princeton. US spent 51000 to dismiss Sullivan as Minister to San Domingo.
General The Toyo Kisen Kaisha will operate ten ships in service between San Francisco and the Orient by year’s end. E I du Pont Co distributed stock worth 1.6 million dollars to officers and employees. Fourteen shipwreck victims were buried with honors at Arlington after the US submarine sank in Honolulu harbor. An American noncommissioned officer was killed and ten marines wounded fighting Haitian rebels in Port au Prince. forty rebels fell. Maryland Steel Co received an order for 12,000 tons of steel rails for the Charleston Southern Railroad. Rear Admiral Charles D Sighehee, once commander of the Maine, is hospitalized in Brooklyn with a nervous breakdown. King George and President Poincare exchanged telegrams praising Allied gains in France.
National Baseball Commission met in New York to finalize arrangements for the world series. Cincinnati Board of Education will start a two year night school class to train umpires. David Danforth the Louisville star pitcher was drafted by the Chicago White Sox. Eddie Collins of the Pittsburgh Nationals was released to the Boston Braves for a waiver price of 1500 dollars.
Dispatches from Stockholm reported the German government apologized to Sweden for the sinking of the Swedish steamship Malmland and offered compensation to the owners. City authorities in Moscow estimate riot damage at 38,506,623 rubles with about 6,000,000 rubles borne by German and Austrian subjects. Admiral Corsi named Italian Minister of Marine, succeeding Viale. M Weinstein elected to the Petrograd Empire Council, first Jew seated. King George awarded Lusitania heroes medals. Temps notes France and Great Britain taking measures to defend Serbia and Greece from Bulgarian aggression. British reply counters accusations of discriminating against American neutral trade.
British and French forces reported significant advances near Lens and in the Givenchy wood with thousands of prisoners and dozens of guns captured. The offensive broadened along the front from Champagne to the Belgian coast as air raids and rail attacks continued.
Fishermen win at coast resorts as workers strike in Warren Foundry. Courts assign A L Rogers to defend Benjamin Robinson for a Labor Day killing. Poultry losses from Paris green grain hit Frenchtown yards. Cumberland County plans teacher institute in Bridgeton. Westmont seeks two polling places amid 460 mines. Clayton Church resignations prompt losses. Hurtsville watermelons thefts cut crop. West Jersey & Sea Shore scouts plan a wireless station at South Millville. New Sharon road project with 18 teams hauling stone. 16 feet wide road will be oiled. Woodstown canning plant begins apple canning. Paulsboro school plot under vote. Collingswood appoints Amos Flake to Camden County Teachers Board. Millville shifts to night Hoot Owl Shift. Paulsboro beggar problem grows. Game Warden fines De Nuffo. Oaklyn reduces insurance with better fire equipment. Reverend Bushel and Mrs Bushel visit relatives in Beverly. Salem police detain deserter Shubart Jr. Paulsboro petitions ban on sidewalk roller skating. Albert Davis fined for horse neglect. Millville fined Goldblat for keeping chickens in dining room. Westmont Bible Class canvasses town to lift attendance.
Paris reports French forces pierced the second German line at Champagne with bayonet charges. Ground won included heaps of guns and ammunition seized as the French pressed their assault amid heavy artillery support. Germans acknowledge Hill No 191 loss near Massiges while Greeks back a state of siege measure and Bulgaria cites armed neutrality in the Macedonia crisis.
Captain Henry of Polignac, second son of Heraclius Duke of Polignac, was killed in Champagne at age 37. Born in Paris in 1878, he served as an officer in the infantry.
The French Government protested neutral nations over booty seized in Lille being sold in Berlin and Paris. The protest cites a German officer’s letters to a prisoner at Fougeres announcing the sale.
German official statement confirms another trench loss near Neuville after a night French attack. Heavy snow slows Austro Italian fighting. several small engagements yield heavy losses. German shells lash French rear near Suippes but are silenced by French guns. Russian lines realign from Minsk north to south as von Hindenburg’s objective stalls. Italians launch anticipated offensive. France sends General d Amade at Nicholas II’s field HQ. British fleet shells Belgian coast batteries. allied airships drop 72 bombs on Guignicourt amid heavy fire. Eastern, Austro German forces advance toward Dvirisk and Vilna, with Vilna still out of reach.
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