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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1917
Page
10
Summary of wartime events including Belgian cavalry naval actions and submarine encounters. Russians retreat from Tarnopol while Germans gain ground in Galicia and the Putna region. American troops arrive in Europe as air combat claims rise in Belgium and the Netherlands reports.
Reports from across the world describe strikes in Rio de Janeiro and labor unrest in Poiland under German influence. Earthquakes in Buenos Aires, combat in Chengtu, and new measures like restoring the death penalty mark escalating wartime tensions and political shifts.
Lou D. Sweet says potato output may not reach the anticipated figure. Bakers declare the two dollar maximum for wheat will not allow bread price reductions. National guardsmen patrol Youngstown business district to deter race rioting. Rev. K R Voris from Manhattan Kansas is called to aid YMCA work for soldiers’ camp at Linda Vista California. Violence marks day two of the switchmen’s strike in Chicago with train wreck attempts. British and Canadian recruitments of US residents signal stronger English-speaking alliance in the war. Mrs Ida Snow and daughter Hester Snow held after the death of Jacob Snow found in Cahokia creek near Edwardsville Illinois.
Government withholds comment on dispatch announcing another contingent of American troops in Europe. Bronze service exemption button sent to local boards for all rejected men. Red Cross allocates 300000 dollars for American and Syrian relief. Panama Canal ship use shows large rise. Exports Council presents ration plan for neutral northern Europe to President Wilson. Senator Penrose targets George Creel publicly criticizing the censorship bureau.
Boxer's death follows a gunshot inflicted by his father during an attempted defense of his mother. Palzer ran a mile and a half to the hospital before succumbing. The father is held without bail. Clarence Shockley wins the Denver to Cheyenne auto race in two hours two minutes, with Earl Longley second. Cheyenne Frontier Day crowns new Wild West champions across events.
New York state has supplied its full quota for the regular army and 200 more. John T. Lamberton, assistant editor of the Encylopedia Britannica, died at Philadelphia. David Schwartz, a deputy sheriff, and an unidentified negro were shot and killed at Chester, Pa., in a fight in the negro section. The provisional government has closed Russia frontiers until Aug. 15 except for diplomats. Jacob Dickinson discharged as Rock Island railroad receiver. William M. Garland elected president of National Association of Real Estate Boards.
The late market quotations list cattle by class with price ranges for steers pulp fed good to scarce 11.00 to 12.25, steers fair to good about 10.00 to 11.00, grass steers good to choice 9.50 to 11.00, heifers prime 9.25 to 10.25, cows pulp fed good to fair 8.25 to 10.00, grassers 7.50 to 9.00, canners and cutters 4.50 to 7.50. Feeders and stockers range 5.75 to 8.50, with spring lambs 4.50 to 14.75 and yearling lambs 8.25 to 14.75. Wethers 9.00 to 9.50, yearling wethers 11.00 to 11.50.
Upland hay in Colorado and Nebraska ranges per ton from 18 to 24 dollars with deliveries from Prairie and new crop offerings. Timothy and alfalfa show varied tones with Colorado and Nebraska regions cited and regional price references included.
Lead spot at 111 cents. Copper electrolytic at 26.50 to 27.00 dollars. August and later copper 23.50 to 26.50. Tin firm at 62.62% bid. Bar silver 78.0 cents. London bar silver 39% per ounce. Boulder tungsten concentrates 60% at 17.00 per unit. Crude ores 60% at 15.00 or 9.40 to 12.00 with 10% at 8.70 to 10.00 per unit.
Chicago livestock prices list hogs with multiple weight classes and bids from 14.35 to 16.00. cattle include native beef, western steers, stockers and feeders, cows and heifers, and calves with varied ranges. sheep show wethers, ewes, and lambs priced from 7.00 to 15.50 in different grades.
Chicago market notes show Wheat Nos 2 and 3 red at about 2.48 to 2.45, No 2 hard nominal, Corn No 2 yellow around 2.25 to 2.26, No 8 yellow 2.25 to 2.26, Oats No 8 white about 0.78 to 0.80, Barley 1.25 to 1.52, Timothy 4.00 to 7.50, Clover 12.00 to 17.00, Pork 41.15, Lard 20.42 to 20.52, Ribs 21.45 to 24.95.
Kansas City Produce lists butter at 36c for firsts and 34c for seconds with packing 33c eggs show firsts 30c seconds 25c poultry prices include hens 16c roosters 13c and broilers 20c.
Secretary of State Lansing declares peace can come only after the united democracies overthrow the German military system. In a Madison Barracks speech to 1,700 officers he insists democracy is the people’s will and notes that liberty must triumph over autocracy for lasting peace. He urges officers to view the France mission as a just, humanitarian cause.
Loyal Russian forces have returned to action in Galicia, halted retreat, and hold a key height on the Zbrocz River after a fierce battle. Romanian reports claim village captures in Ca sin and Putna valleys. Canadian forces advance in a minor operation near Reservoir hill and Cite du Moulin. Artillery duels persist on the Aisne and Verdun fronts as German surprise attacks are repulsed.
President Wilson appeals to women nationwide through Secretary of Agriculture D F Houston to begin immediate fruit saving. He urges canning preserving pickling drying and storing to avert large losses of perishable fruits and vegetables, especially in twenty four states seeking government help.
The Paris based Ambulance Section No 31 of the American field service departed for active duty at the front. The unit sails as part of wartime relief efforts coordinating medical support for advancing forces.
The Chicago switchmen's strike was laid to rest after an all night conference ended at breakfast. By nightfall most yards in the Chicago switching district were operating as usual.
Washington reports House and Senate conferees have agreed on a single administrator for food control replacing the Senate’s proposed three member food administration board. The plan centers on streamlining oversight under a lone official.
The Globe trial of sixty-eight strikers for rioting is noted along with loan applications for Arizona land. Mines near Calumet Jerome and Mayer show progress while White City Fort Huachuca turmoil closes areas. Arizona men join the army. Red Cross contributions reach $121,216.26.
Mrs Margaret Quinn of 259 Worthen St Lowell Massachusetts reports three years of nervous weakness headaches and pain. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with alleviating her symptoms and improving her condition adding it is the best remedy a sick woman can take.
An aviator recalls a strange wartime moment when bullets rising from ground fire passed his plane as a glinting shower above him. He observed a slow topmost arc of fire, likened to rain rising, while the shooter below remained hostile. The companion piece notes wives being more liberal than husbands.
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