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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1917
Page
1
President will speak at the earliest possible moment to lay out the man situation and push for immediate action after the joint session convenes. Officials say the address will be positive in tone and will place responsibility for the state of war on Germany. Mrs. Wilson golf outing noted as context.
Two German steam ships, one an auxiliary cruiser, reportedly crossed the British blockade of German East Africa with war supplies. The official overseas news agency notes these feats will sustain German troops and defend positions against a numerically superior foe.
The Danish West Indies were formally turned over to the United States at 11 o’clock. Danish minister Brun received the draft for 25 million dollars, the purchase price, drawn on the U S treasury and signed by President Wilson, Secretary Lansing, and Secretary McAdoo. McAdoo and Secretary Daniels attended with Lansing.
March failed to follow its typical mood in Canton as wind and dust dominated a breezy Saturday. The month opened mild at 33 degrees, but by late March Cantonians sought 72 degrees for a lamblike Saturday, noting the unusual swing from lamb to lion in the weather pattern.
Reports from American consuls in Queenstown and Liverpool state four Americans were killed or missing after the torpedoing of the British freighter Crispin and the British Snowden Range. The Crispin sank off Hook Head after a torpedo strike. 68 of 112 aboard were Americans. The Snowden Range, sunk near Hollyhead, left four Americans among the crew rescued later.
A Bombay citizen faces the workhouse after a failed attempted flirtation in the subway. Berlin reports a new flour made from linden and beech buds. Newark notes J H Force rising at 3 a.m. for over 50 years to deliver milk. he and his wife just celebrated their sixty sixth anniversary.
A flurry of reports from Canton includes higher grain and flour prices, milk price talks failing, a six month workhouse sentence begun 100 minutes after arrest, and a $1090 Bonnet Co fire. Merger talks involve Western Spring and related firms, while 20 worker housing units are planned on Waynesburg road. Confederate fronts and local shifts mix with groceries and riots chatter in today’s ledger.
Canton officers discuss creating a second national guard company with Col Weybrecht Alliance and Company C officers. If needed war mobilizes 30 Ohio infantry regiments. Canton aims 600 men for four companies plus 152 on Company A. Massillon unit advancing. Major Love authorized to form new regiment with recruits from East Palestine to Ravenna.
In Washington on March 31 the 214 Republican members met to iron out differences in caucus and present a united front for organizing the House next Monday. They faced dissensions while hoping a committee report will unite factions and nominate a full party ticket led by Mann for speaker, with Lenroot a possible alternative.
Adv announces Owls meet Sunday at 7 p m with a funeral notice for Brother John W Lower and a prompt to read about "T" in tomorrow's paper.
A Chicago Herald poll of 212 Democratic members of the national House of Representatives finds 147 favor declaring a state of war, 21 for war, 9 for continued armed neutrality, and 35 non-committal.
Dispatch from Amsterdam notes Berlin passes a 28 member committee to probe constitutional questions as socialist and liberal factions back domestic reform. Reports say Russia's revolution energizes German civic rights debates, with Junkers split between resistance and cautious reform. Moored by censorship relaxation, German papers urge parliament to act.
Passengers on the steamer Advance claimed eighteen German submarines and a base were found off Haiti and escorted to an Atlantic port by American warships. U S officials said such sightings were likely divers from American boats, and offered no further details due to naval information policy.
Carl KR Wheeler who failed the enlistment height standard for the Third Missouri infantry is accepted after guardsmen helped raise his stature by massaging and rolling. Wheeler’s height issue linked to recent cement sacks carried, and a later town notice invites men to a Bethany U. E. Church mass meeting at 2:30 p.m. with Hill speaking on The Other Side of Life.
Stark County dairy producers and milk distributors remain deadlocked over pricing in Louisville after a Friday meeting. Producers demand at least nine cents a quart, while distributors propose eight cents if the producers accept terms. A Saturday-elected executive committee meeting aims to resolve the dispute with a follow-up on Saturday afternoon.
John G Owens secretary of the Cleveland Federation of Labor and Charles Smith business agent of the Building Trades council pleaded not guilty at arraignment on graft indictments. They posted $1,000 bond each after arrest for demanding 2000 dollars to prevent strikes on a downtown remodeling project and seven strikes followed. Prosecutor says 60 to 75 thousand dollars has been paid by contractors to prevent work interruptions on multiple buildings.
A Baltimore girl, 12 and growing at an extraordinary rate for three years, may become a prodigy. She now weighs 117 pounds and has shown strong intellect with the Johns Hopkins doctors predicting continued rapid development.
C H Brown, sought on Kansas forgery charges, walked forty miles appealing to Missouri towns and finally broke into Wyandotte jail. The report notes Canton Wall Paper Co ads with new shades and designs priced to 26 cents per roll.
James Carl of 303 Walnut was arrested by Sheriff Norwood at 3 Friday afternoon on a charge of neglecting and abusing his 14 year old daughter. He pled not guilty before Juvenile Judge Krichbaum, was found guilty, and received a six month sentence, sent to the workhouse by 4 40 p m, marking a speed record in local trials.
Negotiations closed Friday for the merger of Western Spring and Axle Co. with Standard Parts Co to form a large motor parts combine. The Western Co. includes Canton plants and other facilities across several cities. The deal, valued with stock exchange terms, expands production and staffing at Standard Parts Co. with executive changes and no immediate management changes for the Canton plants.
Twenty new houses for Timken Detroit Axle Co employees will be built on Waynesburg Road frontage at Sthst SE. Each home costs about 3000 dollars, totaling around 60000 dollars, with no down payment on land contracts. Construction starts immediately and should finish in four months. plans include seven to eight rooms per house and varied construction types.
A fire at Central Power Co caused a switchboard failure shortly before noon cutting power to all city sections for about an hour and a half. Elevators stalled tenants walked stairs while newspapers and factories faced brief disruption, but no external damage or water pressure impact occurred.
London reports renewed heavy fighting along the Von Hindenburg line from Arras to the Aisne as British and French forces press German positions. More than 1.5 million troops and thousands of guns engage across an 85 mile front with ongoing battles in Champagne and near Ripont.
Chicago marks Patriot Day with a citywide display of enlistment appeals and wartime support. A monster rally at the Auditorium Theater will see resolutions pledging Chicago’s wartime duty and universal military training. Cadets and service groups from First Illinois Infantry to Spanish American units participate as mobilization efforts begin.
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