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Newspaper
Cordova Daily Times
Location
Cordova, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1917
Page
1
Thirteen black soldiers were executed at Fort Houston for involvement in the Houston riots last August. A number received life sentences in the penitentiary. The condemned sang hymns as they met death.
The newspaper in Girard Kansas reports the Appeal to Reason will change its name to the New Appeal and will support the United States and its allies in their war policy. The notice is dated December 11.
The Senate Military Affairs Committee votes to launch a general inquiry into how the War Department arms and equips American forces. Secretary Baker and other department heads will be required to explain key features and policies.
Rome reports Italian forces repulsed heavy Teuton assaults on the Piave front. Italians retook positions at Agenzia and Zuluai along the lower Piave, inflicting significant losses as winter fighting continues.
J F Child federal ad administrator for Hawaii classed spirits wines liquors cigars cigarettes tobacco candy automobiles as luxuries under the wartime embargo. Candy imports to the islands reach 2300000? per year while oil and tobacco total about a million dollars. If space exists for flour and essential foodstuffs other commodities will be declared luxuries.
Washington December 11 The Federal Trade Commission opened an inquiry into Hoover s accusation that dishonest wholesale and retail merchants and food brokers are criminally responsible for raising food prices and causing shortages Victor Murdock leads the probe.
James Sheakley first governor of Alaska died at his Greenville home aged 90 yesterday. Appointed Alaska governor by President Cleveland in 1893 he had served as an Alaskan commissioner and was a former Pennsylvania congressman.
Evans, defeated Republican candidate for the presidency, called at the White House for his first meeting with President Wilson since the election. The talks occurred late yesterday afternoon during the Washington visit.
Islands off Port Stanley report complete commercial isolation as ships stop for England and Buenos Aires routes vanish. British government buys Falkland wool at 55 percent above prewar prices. flour bread sugar costs rise sharply. rats rampant with a penny offered per rat to reduce them.
Unofficial reports from London dated December 11 say there is unusually active artillery and aerial warfare on two fronts, particularly around Ypres and Arras.
Charles Long, stock superintendent for a transcontinental railroad, said Montana stock growers are selling a large portion of their herds due to lack of feed and water. He noted shipments to eastern markets are about 60 percent higher than last year and predicted strong demand to replenish herds in spring.
BUENOS AIRES December 11 Germany remains without a diplomatic minister in Argentina since Count Luxburg left. The legation staff lack formal rank, and Argentina would not recognize any acting minister or charge d affaires sent by Germany. Future relations must be conducted via the Argentine minister in Berlin.
In San Francisco the Children’s Hospital asks young patients to knit towels for the Red Cross to show appreciation for American sailors and soldiers. The article notes many donors are eight or nine years old and highlights a bed-bound boy among the eager knitters.
Chauncey Wright, owner of four Seattle restaurants, died last night of neuritis at age 45. He and his father ran a road house at Dawson during the Klondike Stampede.
A carrier pigeon with a German message under its wing was captured when it entered a home window in a burned area. The bird carried New York number 29 and was likely wounded in the explosion.
The Department of Agriculture reports the nation's crops worth 21 billion dollars, the highest total in history. More than 3,000,000,000 bushels of corn are recorded.
Idaho officials promote hoarding of apples and potatoes to weather transportation shortages. R F Bicknell federal food commissioner and H W Hochbaum state farm leader back a campaign led by sixteen University of Idaho extension fieldmen to encourage buying and storing produce for winter.
The steamer Alameda departed at 9 this morning bound for Seattle carrying a list of Cordova travelers including J. B. Barrett Alex Burn Frank Moran B J Pittinger V Gorsline R H Johnson and many others along with several women. The group includes Jno Enlund E C Wills H P Hansen C W Geraghty and wives and Horace Currie among others.
It is believed heavy German forces have arrived in France though the location remains unknown. The Western front shows inactive infantry while artillery remains busy. British troops plan an official entry into Jerusalem today.
Washington December 11 The house will consider on Monday the constitutional amendment for national prohibition the senate has already passed the amendment and the house judiciary committee reported it favorably
Yakima valley reports 1917 crop value at 2 increase of 10 million over 1916. Fruit shipments reach 14 000 carloads, up 40 percent to 9 153 200 dollars. New grain acreage plus potatos and hay bolster totals. cereals value tallies 2 224 870 dollars.
From London dispatches dated December 11 report Moscow dire. Bolsheviks place machine guns in streets amid fear of uprising. Garrison refuses to obey commander Muranoff as street fighting unfolds. Troops move from the west front to confront Cossacks.
The Ohio coal shortage worsens as winter chills hit Columbus with subzero temperatures. Governor Cox pleads for immediate relief from the Fuel Administrator Garfield, warning that public confidence in the government could drop without prompt action. This December records the coldest in forty years of the valley.
The Supreme Court declined to review the proceedings brought by Fred G. Noyes, receiver of the Washington Alaska Bank at Fairbanks, to recover funds said to be lost through mismanagement by bank officials. The Alaska decrees are sustained, deeming the Territory's district court a court of the United States.
In Spokane an Associated Benevolent Fraternal Church and Labor groups seeks to lease a coal mine near Missoula Montana to supply fuel for winter. They also plan to acquire a 600 acre tract with about 6 000 cords of dead wood and set up a warehouse to handle flour and feed by the carload.
London December 11 The death is announced of Professor Edward Hull eminent geologist of the British Isles born 1829 in Ireland He led a 1883 expedition to Arabia and Palestine with Lord Kitchener as chief assistant His recent work with the war coal commission covers bedding and continental shelf erosion linking Western Europe to ancient river valleys extending deep below the surface His last study traced the Atlantic bed and proposed erosion of the continental platform by valleys echoing Loire Douro and Tagus patterns.
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