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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1917
Page
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Seized by heads of factories as supply runs short to keep plants running for a week. Canton seeks redress from the war industries board. Canton's coal yards to be tapped for fuel with efforts to secure 100 percent car supply. Local mills face immediate shutdowns without coal and gas for manufacturing, threatening a city of 18,000 workers and a $66 000 000 annual output.
The Mercury near frost danger signaled by Thursday night plunge within five degrees of freezing. City residents bundled in overcoats as winter wear sold briskly. A colder Friday is forecast with daytime readings climbing toward 65 degrees.
Fragmentary text reports a selection involving Riegel and Pearson in state instruction duties. The garbled lines imply an appointment or temporary assignment and mention temperature or date fragments, with unclear context and names.
Premier Lloyd George, in Birkenhead, predicts Allied triumph and lauds the United States military prowess. He says America has never known defeat and urges patience as Russia’s revolution could delay victory, while vowing German submarine warfare will fail.
Reports from Berlin say Germany and Austria intend to partition Poland. Austria would annex the larger part to Galicia and Charles would be proclaimed king of a new Polish realm, making Austria Hungary a triple monarchy with Charles as emperor and king.
State registrar J. Fe. Monger notes care in recording births amid the federal census in Ohio. Reports due on the fifth and tenth of each month. Ohio birth records show a 3,700 population increase last year, with Canton's rise at 300 per city health officials.
Canton sent 45 draftees to Camp Sherman Chillicothe for training under the new selective service. The contingent, led by Edward Marston and J R Colle, marched from the courthouse to the station in military order, greeted by cheers from thousands of relatives. The train was an hour late but the camp staff prepared quarters and the men began intensive drills upon arrival.
Mark Hambleton calls for cooperation among churches clubs Y M C A and Chamber of Commerce to drive a Canton housing campaign. He warns that housing congestion endangers industrial welfare and urges long term loans to attract funds from elsewhere to finance homes for workers. The effort aims to stimulate building amid wartime material price fluctuations.
In Columbus on September 7 Gov. Cox denied 15 year old Lawrence Zupp of Bellefonaine a request to enlist in the Ambulance corps. The boy claimed skill as a chauffeur and noted brothers and a cousin already serving, the latter a physician.
The district appeal board reversed, reinstating Clyde A. Braucher of New Berlin to military service after he had been exempted. Accused by supporters of farm dependency, the decision was later rescinded when associates revealed his father’s wealth. Other exemptees and denials followed as the board reviewed several steel worker claims and dependent relations, with cases to be sent to attorney Frank Davis in Columbus.
William B. Williams a 20 year old deserter from the 13th U S Cavalry Fort Riley Kan confessed to two killings near Youngstown on Saturday night. He hunted for five days before being jailed in a hay mow near Pulaski Ohio where he had worked. Williams said he killed John Sweeney 50 a farmer s hand and James Lynn 26 a mill hand to obtain money to run from military authorities.
Alfred Raber a grocer at 425 Tuscarawassi E reports a bull dog has stolen coal and is storing loot at his shop. Two large lumps of coal have been left with the grocer by the wandering canine.
A Masonic lodge advertisement promotes a regular payment scheme with a weekly plan and membership details. It mentions a Kinley lodge and a Delp degree configuration and invites readers to join or inquire about the payments.
Canton faced intermittent power on Thursday night as N O T service was scarce. Thousands waited on street corners for rides while cars moved briefly in darkness. Meyers Lake Park lights flickered as actors used lanterns during the show.
Hubert Miller twenty of Aultman died Friday at 9 45 am in Aultman hospital from injuries received Thursday at 6 pm in Greentown when the automobile he was driving was struck by a Canton Akron interurban car. The body will be removed to his late home Friday afternoon.
An unconfirmed Petrograd report says General Korniloff, commander in chief of the Russian armies, may be made military dictator of Russia until the current crisis ends.
Mrs. George Kriss was shot three times in the dark by her husband who mistook her for a burglar during a nocturnal search for medicine. She is reported near death.
Six soldiers from Company L faced charges of inciting riot after a street disturbance with Canton police. They apologized to officers in a private hearing before Judge Quinn, and the matter was formally closed in police court after handshakes and reconciliations.
Bellefontaine Ohio reports F. J. Zerbee and his wife have 48 commissioned officers among their sons in the U S fighting forces, a record for the state. Sons include Al Zerbee a second lieutenant in the cavalry Leigh Zerbee a captain in the signal corps and Gus Zerbee a first lieutenant in the 19th U S infantry.
A police report lists more than 100 men from the south district registered but absent for physical exams. Names include Efthemois Econemon and Isidoro Canniccian among others. they face enlistment if found. Citizens with addresses are asked to contact Dunetropolis or listed contacts to aid the draft.
The Canton Daily News provides Stark County servicemen at Camp Sheridan a daily wrap of local news from the Montgomery Journal so they stay connected with home affairs.
Russian defense of Petrograd and Kronstadt persists as Baltic fleet pledges loyalty. German forces push from Riga toward Wenden while land and sea operations loom near Reval and the Narva front as Kronstadt seeks to hold the line.
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