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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1917
Page
1
Hamilton County residents answered the call Tuesday with 49 011 registrants for selective service. Precincts from Norwood to Cincinnati reported heavy turnout as registrars stayed open after work. The result created a new sense of national duty and a Blue Badge of Courage for all who enrolled.
In Richmond Israel Gerson was detained for registering twice as the June 5 nationwide enrollment tops ten million. The first wartime draft census completed with no major incidents as all eligible men registered. Officials report broad compliance and await final selections for frontline service.
A British air raid over the Essex coast at 6 15 pm targeted naval bases at Medway while German claims report damage to houses but minimal naval impact. British forces respond with ships and air patrols, two planes lost. Casualties listed as two killed two seriously and 27 wounded. Separately French and British actions include bombardments on Ostend and Aisne frontline battles. Registration drives extend nationwide with governors reporting high turnout and delays in returns. General Crowder states enrollment options cover regulars national guard or selective service with absentees listed for later address updates.
Ohio and West Pennsylvania expect showers and thunderstorms Wednesday with cooler conditions Thursday. Tennessee and Kentucky face showers and thunderstorms followed by fair weather by Thursday. West Virginia and Indiana show possible showers and storms Wednesday and Thursday with cooler conditions on Thursday. Temperatures at various stations vary from the 50s to 80s, with precipitation totals noted for several cities.
On a northern Arizona reservation the Ute Indians refused to register under the selective draft act and spent the day in war and bear dances. Reports say younger men fled into the hills with liquor, threatening to burn the settlement and attack the Indian agent. Dickinson reports that a local registration officer and two traders fled last night after warnings of trouble. The tribes appeared confused over the registration's purpose.
Navajo Indians halted an attempt to register them under the war draft bill, driving an Indian agent and other federal officers from the government reservation near Flagstaff. Advices from 100 miles northeast of there tonight reported fears of a potential warpath if registration continued.
In Butte Montana a parade of several hundred foreigners protesting registration sparked a riot. Police were attacked by women marchers as shots rang out without injuries. Mayor Maloney warned fifteen minutes to disperse before state troops with fixed bayonets cleared streets. Arrests made. Martial law conditions with soldiers patrolling and saloons closed.
Col. Max Fleischmann, U S Aviation Corps officer, received telegraphic orders to report for active service. Born 1877 in Riverside Ohio, he served in the Ohio National Guard and Spanish War volunteer cavalry, and is noted as an author and yachtsman with many memberships and positions in finance and industry.
Charles Thiemann was held to the next grand jury in U S Court on treason charges after bail was set at 15000 dollars. He was among eleven men arrested for circulating antidraft handbills and circulars in Mohawk street areas. Witnesses said he stated he did not believe in war and that he had been named by the Socialist party to distribute the anti draft materials.
S. W. Straus & Co. buys the La Salle Opera House property at 106 116 West Madison Chicago from Mrs Anna Linton Taft and Charles P Taft for 825000 The site fronts 80 feet and 175 feet deep and yields roughly 59 a square foot with a 10 312 50 front foot On offer for future upgrades to a high grade store and office building.
In Washington on June 5 the Senate adjourned in honor of Southern soldiers after Confederate veteran Senator Bankhead of Alabama urged the chamber to pause. He recalled four years of Civil War service and relatives now serving in the Stars and Stripes. veterans then filled the Senate chamber in a unity gesture.
Paris report says ten French ships were sunk by German forces and eighteen escaped. Twelve engagements occurred between French torpedo boats and German submarines, with additional vessels involved in the clashes.
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