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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1917
Page
2
The United States Shipping Board reports a merchant fleet surpassing 1 600 ships totaling about 9 200 000 tons by year end. All U S vessels over 2 500 tons will be requisitioned after October 15. Adjutant General McCain announces a third officers training camp series starting January.
Reported items include a candidate’s push to measure constitutional prohibition by town vote on October 15, Roosevelt’s 1902 ultimatum claim to force German arbitration over Venezuela, Chicago mayor Thompson running for U S Senate, Ford donating a Boston plant for wartime use, a 3.8 percent rise in world wheat output to 11,065,489,600 bushels, and Texas Governor Ferguson’s ouster by a senate court of impeachment proceedings.
In Chicago Colonel Theodore Roosevelt denounces Senator Robert M La Follette as the most sinister enemy of democracy. He says it is a pity not to send La Follette to the Kaiser for use in the Reichstag. Roosevelt's remarks trace to a broader anti pacifist stance amid wartime tensions.
Labor department data show retail food prices down about 4 percent for the month ending July 15. President Wilson approves a 2 billion dollar war savings certificate program and halves steel prices via a War Industries Board quota system. Treasury promises nationwide sale of war bonds, while aviation plans for a New York to San Francisco air route win presidential approval. Wilson asks Gregory to review Thomas Mooney case, and efforts rise to train women for wartime roles. Farmers seek more liberal draft exemptions to protect agricultural labor, and lawmakers warn about escalating war expenditures as the eight billion dollar deficit bill clears the Senate.
German air raids on Monday caused fifteen deaths and twenty injuries, while British papers demand reprisals. Germany published a list naming two Norwegian steamers sunk en route home, likely lost with all hands to storms. Officers say losses in the last two Zonnebeke battles surpass Ypres, with British week totals at 23 085, including 103 officers and 4 480 killed or died of wounds, plus 18 070 wounded and 482 others.
The Red Oak court discharged the jury in Rev. Lyn George J. Kelly’s Villiscaux murders trial after an 11 to 1 acquittal stand. Kelly remains jailed without bail as Attorney General Havner vows not to dismiss the indictment. Foreman Bruce and juror T. C. Brown resisted verdicts, Brown the lone holdout.
A staff member said the second 40 percent draft movement will resume within days after completing construction. The base hospital is not finished but a large force is rushing work. Mobilization, previously set for October 3, likely won’t face delays beyond about a week.
A warehouse fire at Merchants' Transfer and Storage destroyed more than 300000 gallons of oil valued at 250000 dollars owned by Vacuum Oil Company manager Charles B White. The blaze produced a towering black smoke pillar visible citywide and burned for hours with the crude oil stock, mostly heavy lubricants, completely destroyed. The fire origin is under investigation.
The base hospital at Camp Dodge reported the second death of eighty eighth division recruits. Frank J. Schultheis of Minneapolis from the 387th field artillery died of an illness he had upon arrival at camp. His father in Minneapolis has been notified. Cyril Carpenter of Moline Illinois, a 49th Infantry member, died en route to Fort Des Moines base hospital.
The Camp Des Moines based reserve signal company under Capt. L W Ainsworth is activated Oct 6 and attached to the Highty eighth Division at Camp Dodge, instead of joining the Thirty fourth Division. Maj Clyde L Eastman notes it will form one of two field signal battalions alongside units from Detroit and Kansas City. Each company has 76 men and will see strength increased.
Maj. Gen. EB H. Plummer states eighteen thousand men of the third increment must report to Camp Dodge between October 15 and 20 with the camp ready to receive them by October 16 according to construction quartermaster department officers.
Gen. Plummer and two aides, chief of staff Col. Lincol n, and two enlisted men will tour France for about six weeks. The trip aims to expose division commanders to current warfare to speed training before deployment. Official dates are not released due to voluntary censorship and secrecy at camps.
Leo Perrin, jailed at Fort Leavenworth for funds default at Cedar Rapids National Bank, left prison to attend his wife’s funeral in Eagle Grove and returned. He was tied and robbed at the bank during the incident two years earlier, later confessing and repaying part of the money. Perrin faces a sentence of not less than two years. Their child had just been born after his imprisonment.
More than 200 Iowa men called to the colors at Camp Dodge as the first increment to the Eightieth are serving as non commissioned officers. They are tested for permanent appointments with night classes in the barracks. Officers lead instruction in the school of the soldier drill tactics and related duties.
W. Webster of Waucoma treasurer of the state council of defense has been appointed coal administrator for Iowa by Dr. H. A. Garfield federal coal administrator. Webster, who was in Washington with Gov. Harding, returned to the national capital for further conference on the plan of work the government.
Ames S McComis a sophomore agricultural student at Iowa State College sustained a compound fracture of the right leg and possible internal injuries during the annual pushball contest between freshmen and sophomores on the state field. He was taken to a local hospital after the accident.
At a Sabula auction under the local Red Cross, a pedigreeless rooster sold for 83 dollars after opening at five dollars. The bid spread as patriotism grew, and the bird was donated by a German farmer.
The nineteenth biennial Crocker’s Iowa brigade reunion in Toledo closed with unanimous resolutions to back the president in the war. Cornell College's O. W. Flint delivered the chief address praising wartime unity and pacifist sentiments, reflecting strong Patriotism among attendees.
Des Moines officials and national defense figures bid farewell to the 168th Infantry at Camp Mills New York. Senators Cummins and Kenyon and Governor Harding expressed pride and support for the unit bound for France. They assured backing for soldiers and families and praised Iowa’s defense efforts amid looming shortages and agricultural shifts.
Adjutant General Logan will review voting options with Governor Harding for the October 16 special election on the prohibitory amendment. A commission system like last fall’s border ballots may be impractical with troops scattered. absentee blanks offer an alternative, though they require written requests. Polk County guards its voters with prepaid blanks, and Iowa soldiers will vote as in Civil War-era practice if no ruling changes. Women’s war work progresses as the Council of National Defense’s Iowa committee gathers about 100 volunteers to sign food pledge cards, with speeches by R. E. Logsdon and J. F. Deems guiding efforts.
Governor Harding pressed for lowering the government fixed coal price in Iowa during a Washington conference with Fuel Administrator Garfield. He urged a 50 cent reduction to 2 1 2 dollars per ton for private consumer grades and a 70 cent cut for steam coal, citing recent Iowa steam coal sales of 1.25 to 1.76 dollars per ton while the fixed price stood at 2.45 dollars. Garfield to discuss further with Harding tomorrow.
The Wild Rose, the official paper of the 168th United States infantry formerly the Third Iowa, issued September 22 at its Long Island camp. Chaplain Robb directs the mimeographed issue funded by Des Moines Consistory No. 3, A A S A. Items note rapid growth of the chaplain's fund and thanks to home supporters for aiding the soldiers.
Private Francis Drake of Company K 349th Infantry was struck by a gravel train on interurban tracks near Polk Junction. He suffered a crushed left foot and an amputation at Camp Dodge base hospital. Drake hails from Illinois and was found lying on the track by a baggage train motorman.
Des Moines dispatch reports a spike in egg thefts by the carload at Didora. Chief of Detectives McDonald received a message from the Eidora sheriff stating that for the second time in a week a grocery was broken into. Authorities note the unusual motive focus on eggs rather than money.
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