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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
2
Brazil debates entry to war amid Tijuca sinking. French and British actions on the Western Front, Russian and Romanian fronts see skirmishes. War revenue bill advances. Logan Act restrictions on Stockholm conference participants. Domestic fires, Prohibition assembly actions, and public notices appear amid broader war coverage.
President Wilson signed the conscription bill setting June 5 as the registration day for men ages 21 to 31. He rejected sections allowing Roosevelt to organize volunteer divisions and ordered a regular army expeditionary force to France led by Maj. Gen. Pershing.
Washington May 25 offers to serve without compensation in the national food administration were received in great numbers at Hoover's offices. Hoover will select aides to organize four branches including regulation of commodities and state cooperation, with a plan to enlist every American woman in domestic food conservation.
In Tuskahoma Oklahoma this morning three bank robbers tried a heist at the First State Bank. A.H. Palmer the cashier had warned locals to arm themselves. The trio were shot during the escape with one killed inside and two dying or dead outside.
London reports four or five German airships raided the eastern counties of England last night. They dropped bombs, pursued by Allied airplanes, and escaped in thick rain clouds. One man was killed in a Norfolk village. damage deemed negligible.
Washington reports that arrivals from Turkey have reached Switzerland, with American Minister Stovall in Berne confirming safety. Consul General Horton, along with his wife and daughter, were among the passengers.
The Rev. Frank A. McElwain of Faribault was unanimously elected bishop of Minnesota at the Episcopal diocesean council meeting held in Minneapolis. The May 25 announcement confirms his selection to lead the diocese.
The piece notes Canada and the United States aligning in the war, with Western Canada attracting thousands of farm laborers and immigration to homesteads. It cites W D Scott of Ottawa reporting a 60 percent rise in US-to-Canada immigration over the past three to four months and forecasts over a 100 percent yearly increase in 1917. It details arrivals through Emerson, North Portal, Coutts, Kingsgate, and Vancouver, and shows Saskatchewan’s 1916- year totals and Winnipeg stock-car movements.
A partygoer buys a new silk hat and after slipping on the sidewalk he scolds his misfortune. He then notices the lid and, after a moment, replaces it on the chair and departs wearing his own hat.
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