06 Aug 1917
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1917
Page
1
Kerenoky Till tries to impose discipline in the internal Slavic government. Premier returns to Petrograd and withdraws resignation presented Saturday to committees.
In Petrograd Premier Kerensky receives renewed support as the workmen and soldiers councils back him by 147 to 46 and the Duma committee confirms the vote. He issues a manifesto promising changes to strengthen government while resisting external pressures during wartime strain.
An all night conference at the Winter Palace expressed confidence in Premier Kerensky and invited him to form a cabinet. Ministers lauded Kerensky as Russia's savior, debating power, unity, and the need for a strong government amid the crisis. The talks touched on Korniloff’s demands for drastic powers and the uncertain status of the councils.
Denver Colorado forecast for August calls for variable conditions with some sun and cloud mix. For New Mexico expectations show partly cloudy skies on Monday and Tuesday with warmer readings in the eastern portion.
The day recorded a high of 90 and a low of 65 degrees with a 24 hour range of 25 degrees. By 6 PM the temperature stood at 80 degrees with a west wind and mostly cloudy skies.
A historian argues that excluding the councils from government would cement anarchy, stating the councils are the only creative force produced by the revolution and must shape governance.
Paris reports 25 percent of 1076 samples in May impure at the municipal laboratory. Milk and wine show frequent frauds with substitutes multiplying as artificial foods grow bolder. Despite prosecutions, a reduced inspection force struggles to keep pace with frauds.
At a Rotterdam anti militarists meeting officials reported 115 conscientious objectors in Holland. Seventy two remain in prison and there are no signs the government will fast track legislation to address scruples against military service.
Nippon Yusen Kaisha has placed contracts with Osaka iron works and other Japanese shipyards for ten steamers totaling 85,000 tons. The vessels are valued at about 21.1 million dollars and are to be completed by 1915.
A school bond election is called in district No 6 Curry county for August 5 to authorize issuance of $3,000 in school bonds to build a new school.
Li Yuan Hung, former president of the Chink Republic, left the French hospital and returned to his home in Peking. Acting President Feng Kwo Chang urged him to resume the presidency, but Li Yuan Hung declined and said he would retire permanently. Feng Kwo Chang's administration is anticipated to begin with an inauguration in the capital.
Baron Fuchi Shi lusawa, Japan’s leading financier now retired, lectures on ethics before Tokyo commercial schools. He argues from fifty years of business experience that morality and economics can be harmonized and urges commercial students to adopt this principle.
Hope is expressed that taxation measure may go to the president early in September. The House marks time as it aims to complete work and send the bill to the executive branch by week’s end.
Washington Aug 5 Final enactment of the administration food central bill tops the week agenda as Congress readies the war tax bill and contemplates a September recess. Senator Stone promises a peace speech while leaders push to complete food legislation and move ahead with other war measures.
Canadian forces extended their hold near Lens on the western front, advancing in the Cite du Moulin and gaining ground along a 1,000 yard front to 200 yards depth. British and French units reported successes against German counterattacks around Hollebeke and Bixschoote as Russian political tensions shift and Argentina opposes submarine outrages with a firm stance toward Germany.
United States railroads reported a 16.1 percent rise in freight service in May 1917 compared with May 1916, with virtually the same number of cars and locomotives. Fairfax Harrison of the railroads war board released figures covering 173,105 miles of line, showing an increase from 25,426,845,011 to 29,522,870,109 tons carried one mile.
Rome reports numerous aircraft activities as a hostile seaplane was brought down by Italian guns and fell into the River Po in today’s war statement.
London reports that the first standardized ship under the government program will enter service by month end. The vessel has an approximate gross tonnage of 5,000.
Allied forces clash along the western front in renewed heavy fighting. German forces briefly retake the village of Hollebeke but British counterattacks push them back as the battle continues with mounting pressure on the front lines.
Geneva August 5 The Secolo of Rome reports German and Turkish forces are assembling to retake Bagdad. General von Falkenhayn has arrived in Constantinople to command. Turkish divisions from Dobrudja and Thrace concentrate at the capital. Austria supplies heavy artillery and Germany officers. Offensive slated for mid September.
Indians provide crucial aid in locating a group organized to resist federal law. The suspects, referred to as old Outlaws in Oklahoma, are now jailed as authorities continue the probe.
A fragment recalls troubling times when opportunistic groups urged forceful theft of needed cotton. The text links the exhortations to two years past, noting ignorant men influenced by calls to loot during lean conditions.
Ed Blalock a draft objector was killed and posseman Jack Paige wounded in the leg as a large posse sought rescue near Holdenville Oklahoma twelve miles southeast of town. Henry Johnson was wounded in the head and two resisters said wounded as fifty objectors allegedly of the Working Class Union fought with posse members near the South Canadian river bend.
In central Oklahoma counties the draft resistance movement led by the Working Class union and allied groups yielded to federal efforts. Seventy-four captives were reported, with 26 camps on Ball creek and a large jail burden as authorities rush to process detainees. A Seminole Indian, Parney Fixico, captured and humiliated captive Manealy in a road arrest, underscoring the tense crackdown.
Affidavits show tenants believed draft into the national army meant certain death and that force would yield promised fruits. Two years of discontent led agitators to fuel uprising as officers report deserted homes and uncertain gathering at Salt Creek amid ongoing posses and searches.
In Chicago Aug 5 the Knights of Columbus reported the $1 million relief and recreation fund for Catholic service members is oversubscribed. Supreme officers may raise the target to $5 million at the annual convention starting Tuesday as contracts for chaplained quarters and recreation centers push funds. More than $1 million in contracts have already been issued.
London Aug 5 King George attended an intercessional service at Westminster Abbey marking the fourth year of the war. Premier Lloyd George and Sir John Jellicoe sat nearby as a block of seats held wounded soldiers. The Archbishop of Canterbury preached on Let us run with patience the race that is set before us.
In Bersemer Michigan on August 5 a committee for the Gogebic range miners resolved to end the strike after a week. Miners will resume work Monday at the same pay and hours that were in effect when they quit.
The Canadians yesterday advanced 1,000 yards along a front toward Lens and dug in at a depth of 200 yards. British sources report a heavy German counterattack at Hollebeke around 6 o'clock this morning as the action continues on the Western Front.
Ferlin Aug 5 reports no infantry activity on the Flanders front. Bad weather in Aisne and Champagne hindered operations. Only one action occurred with nearly 100 prisoners taken in a raid on French lines near Javincourt.
Early today German forces launched a heavy attack on the French front south of Javrincourt northwest of Rheims. The French line remained intact and the Germans were expelled from a single trench they briefly entered, according to the war office. Artillery activity in Belgium was intermittent and somewhat more violent around Verdun. Minor assaults on the Sunken Plateau and the Aisne front were repelled.
British tank squadron proves its firepower at Planders Saint Julien and Presenberg as heavy guns fail to stop the armored units. Tanks drive redoubts, force German surrender and capture sixty at a fort while supporting infantry and holding Saint Julien before a heavy British withdrawal.
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