20 Oct 1917
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1917
Page
1
Fortified port of Reval at entrance to the Gulf of Finland is being evacuated by Muscovites as government units relocate from Petrograd amid rising dangers. The evacuation accelerates civil defense and military repositioning for possible action in the harbor area.
Petrograd dispatch reports the government will move the capital to Moscow as war zones threaten Petrograd. Evacuation of Reval has begun and schools closed while officials seek Kremlin buildings for parliament and diplomatic corps. Sailors urge fleet action but leaders fear leaving Petrograd undefended.
Swedish commissioners in Washington Axel Nordvall and Dr Hjalmar Lundbohm seek via cable from the Swedish foreign office the statistics demanded by the United States War Trade Board on consumption production export and import. The data are in mail pouches seized by British authorities and held at the British embassy. Communication by cable to Stockholm has been blocked and it is unclear when the pouches will be released. State department officials deny knowledge of the delay cause.
Washington on October 19 reports advances of 25 million dollars to Great Britain and 20 million to France. The total loans to the Allies now reach 2,756,410,000.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo urged a westward audience to subscribe to the second liberty loan. He cited the torpedoing and sinking of the Antilles with seventy lives lost as a call to duty to defend democracy and America. He warned that failure would threaten global security.
At midnight six or seven airships raided eastern and northeastern England dropping bombs at various points including the London area. The raid was in progress at 12:33 a.m. according to an official statement.
A speaker urges Americans to buy government bonds, stressing all government activity draws from the treasury and that loan success, like victory in war, depends on a strong gold reserve. He argues gifts are unnecessary and highlights bonds as the best investment aiding soldiers, sailors, and the Stars and Stripes.
The United States Geological Survey reports 1917 coal production up over 1916, with soft coal output rising sharply due to strong manufacturing and transport demand. Through eight months, soft coal output reached 363.5 million tons, 37.6 million more than 1916, while anthracite shipments rose 16 percent.
Berlin reports indicate the war office is reticent about any plans to strike the Russian squadron. The naval engagement that sunk the Slava is noted, while Petrograd offers no further details.
A Petrograd dispatch reports two German torpedo boats destroyed in Moon sound while two trawlers were sunk by Russian fire. Russian authorities plot moving the capital from Petrograd to Moscow as civil evacuations begin at Reval. Artillery duels persist on Belgian fronts with limited infantry action beyond raids.
Petrograd reports the Slava could not keep pace with retiring ships and was sunk by her own crew to block the enemy. Minister Verderyski, preparing to rejoin the Baltic fleet, calls the action a necessary measure by Russian forces.
The account notes that a single German Koenig class dreadnought surpasses the entire Russian squadron, highlighting the German fleet’s might and the valor of those at sea.
Petrograd reports Zeppelin airships attacked Pernau on the western shore of the Gulf of Riga Thursday night. Twenty bombs were dropped, killing ten persons and injuring others as authorities assess the damage and casualties.
Washington Oct 19 The Food Administration urged all state food admins to curb unlicensed retailers and backed Hoover who blamed high consumer prices on retail dealers. It transmitted resolutions from retail trade reps endorsing licensing of staple food dealers and pledging compliance with regulations for licensed or unlicensed operators.
The St. Louis board approves a $25,000 plan to set up twelve coal yards selling fuel to the poor at 12 cents a bushel or $3 a ton. Authorized by the director of public welfare, opening is targeted within three weeks after aldermen vote.
Jefferson City Missouri announces the introduction of a merit system for prison discipline beginning March 1 at the Missouri penitentiary. The move aims to reward good conduct and improve routines within the facility.
Helaire Carriere, labeled a bad man, was hanged at the Louisiana state penitentiary for the July murder of Sheriff Swords. He resisted execution, attempted self-harm in his cell, and claimed innocence while the pursuit and escape attempt preceded the sentence.
In a widespread daytime raid, armed robbers in a big truck plundered grocery stores in Millington Newark Lisbon and Helma, passing up cash registers. Sheriffs across six counties chase the bandits as they flee.
The Army transport Antilles, homeward bound under convoy, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the war zone. About seventy men are missing, with 167 survivors including all naval and army officers aboard. The ship sank in five minutes after the hit, with authorities citing safeguards and quick rescue as factors.
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