22 Feb 1917
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1917
Page
1
The speaker addresses the House urging quick action on the bill. Members prepare to debate, with committees scheduling hearings and potential amendments. The floor session highlights partisan divides and procedural steps toward a vote.
Staff correspondence from Helena reports a tense session as the house appoints a sitting committee to prune dozens of measures while the senate resists transmittal. Secretary Cone refuses to read house communications, signaling limited cross body collaboration amid calls for economy and consolidation.
The Times notes Dr Jackson is recognized as progress continues in the dry nation. Speaker O Connor engages the house as Housewives push action. A rupture is acknowledged with certainty amid the political currents.
Washington reports indicate President Wilson may seek congressional authority before adjourning to safeguard American rights amid the German crisis. Officials stress avoiding war, aiming for power to protect U S rights, and warn against an extra session sparking danger. Berlin pressure rises as Yarrowdale prisoners demand cited, with Austria Hungary posture still unclear.
Stockholm reports that the German submarine Bremen was not lost. Aftonbladet says a letter claims the vessel was never intended for trips to America but to supply armed subs. The Bremen allegedly furnishes oil food shells and other needs, extending enemy subs’ range and time at sea.
Jefferson City Missouri February 21 The Missouri House passed a bill authorizing a special election to decide whether a constitutional convention shall be called.
New York City Mayor Mitchel orders a full probe into food conditions and seeks a $1,000,000 city appropriation to buy and sell bread at reasonable prices. Housewives riot at markets as carloads of vegetables are withheld. Health department issues guidance while railroads and regulators face pressure to ease prices.
Chicago February 21 President J P Griffin of the Chicago board of trade telegraphed the interstate commerce commission and eastern railroad presidents warning that without an immediate embargo on all freight eastbound except fuel and foodstuffs the nation will face riots and anarchy. He cites grain and food shortages and inflation blamed on railroads and urges prohibiting movement of nonessential freight to sustain life.
Amsterdam reports that the American memorandum presented by Ambassador Penfield to Vienna foresees a rupture of relations. London notes Vienna calls the Austro American situation extremely grave and the Pester Lloyd says the crisis has been reached. Rome cites the memorandum as forcing Austria into a terrible dilemma over submarine warfare and potential rupture with the United States.
London reports a proclamation changing the terms of the blockade. Washington officials say they will study the order before judging its legality. The change appears to assert prize court condemnation of neutral ships carrying enemy cargo or bound for enemy ports, shifting from detention to condemnation. The United States rejects the legality of blockade orders in council.
Washington reports strengthened indications that the administration favors the broad principle of universal military training. Secretary Baker said after a White House conference with President Wilson that a universal training bill drafted by the army general staff and war college experts would be sent to Congress. Neither the president nor Baker is ready to advocate the general staff bill or any other specific measure. Baker declined to say what recommendations would accompany the bill.
Minneapolis Feb 21 Organized clubwomen across the United States were likened to a national guard military force with speech as the key weapon at the Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs annual convention. Speaker Frances E Whitney of Webster City Iowa declared that women's main power remains the spoken word used for defense and offense.
London reports Plymouth port closed to all ships except those of the allies until further notice. Plymouth, a major British naval base with a vast dockyard and arsenal, now restricted to ally vessels only.
Portland report records the day’s onion sale as a carload bringing 10.25 dollars per hundred, the highest price ever paid in Oregon for onions, with plans for shipment to the East.
Three-year retreat tied to a fraud scheme in Bozeman linked to "Dr" J Harvey Jackson alias David B Phillips. He served at Deer Lodge from May 1906 to July 1909 for obtaining money by false pretenses and is now being connected to earlier aliases and prison records across multiple states.
Washington February 21 The house approved a senate measure barring liquor imports to states that ban liquor within their borders amid uproar and party line breakdown. The 319 to 72 vote lifts dry advocates, while the Reed rider prohibits mail advertising for liquor in prohibition states. President Wilson is expected to sign, advancing the drive toward a nationwide prohibition amendment.
Philadelphia Feb 21 A riot by wives of Franklin Sugar Refining workers led to one death and nine serious injuries when police and strikers clashed near the refinery. A spectator, John Bromley, was shot. Sergeant Jolly was injured. Mrs Florence Shadle led the protesters and was arrested for inciting to riot as police deployed a cordon and fired on the crowd.
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