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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1917
Page
7
Lieutenant describes hospital service as excellent and patients well cared for. He recalls Boulogne and Ramsgate hospitals, American nurses, sea air at Ramsgate, and humorous as well as poignant scenes with artificial limbs and a memorable “hand joke” on visits.
London reports British forces engaged in the Kattegat and North Sea between Sweden and Denmark. An admiralty statement says 10 armed patrol craft and a German auxiliary cruiser with six inch guns were destroyed and 64 prisoners rescued with no British losses. A Copenhagen dispatch notes Marie of Flensburg's destruction with 30 crew killed and others rescued by Danish and other ships.
Pueblo Colorado boot black Thomas Price seeks assignment to shine boots for General Pershing's troops abroad. Disabled from enlisting he writes to President Wilson asking for a chance to serve. He runs a shoe-shining parlor and pledges he will work hard without loafing.
The fuel administration issued an order requiring 10 percent of output from virtually every coal mine for government use. The coal will be distributed to meet emergency needs as shortages bite parts of the country. Essential industries and households face fuel shortages and possible closures as production lags demand.
Local federal officials expect a nationwide barred zone within 100 miles of the coast as fires along the Brooklyn waterfront and other coast cities prompt decisive action. An estimated 600000 enemy aliens would be affected by the order.
Omaha market report shows hogs 26c lower with receipts 3,600 and prices from 14 to 18.50. cattle receipts 7,300 and market strong about 10c higher with natives 9.78 to 16.75 and cows 6 to 9.75. sheep receipts around 24,000 with a 26c drop and lambs 16 to 16.75.
Chicago Nov 7 hogs receipts 17 000 market 15c under yesterday. Bulk 16.10 16.90 night 15.35 16.90 mixed 15.75 17.10 heavy 15.70 18.10 rough 15.70 16.95 pigs 11.25 14.76. Cattle receipts 16 000 market slow native steers 6.60 17.15 western steers 6.15 stockers and feeders 4.50 11.80 calves 7 13.50. Sheep receipts 17 000 market weak wethers 8.60 12.75 lambs 12 16.25.
Hogs receipts 10,000 with prices 25 cents lower. range 15.25 to 16, bulk around 15.75. Cattle receipts 10,500 with killers 26 cents lower. steers 5.15, cows and heifers 5.50 to 7.50, veal calves 5.32 to 5.50, stockers and feeders dull around 5.10. Sheep receipts 2,000 with lambs 25 cents lower. ewes 7.10 to 10.50, wethers 7.18.
London news reports that officers of the American forces on leave or passing through will soon have a regular American club. Lord Leconfield has given up his Chesterfield Gardens residence and a committee of the Pilgrims are converting it into a cozy officers club. It will be available to American officers within a few weeks.
Minneapolis grain reports show Wheat receipts at 55 cars with comparisons to 809 a year ago. Corn and oats prices noted, with flax at 3.35 to 3.37, rye 2.73 to 1.74, barley 0.96 to 1.26, and bran 31.50 to 82.0, reflecting price spreads and weekly movements.
Eighteen bodies were recovered from the Salvation Army rescue mission ruins in Paterson New Jersey after a fatal fire. Ten men were hospital bound with likely fatal injuries while many others suffered non fatal harms from jumping from burning windows. Authorities fear complete identification may be impossible as records were destroyed. Eight men slept inside the mission when the blaze began next to an adjacent frame building.
The first Scandinavian passenger steamer in months has arrived at an Atlantic port via Halifax carrying 1,281 passengers. Reports from Petrograd note Premier Kerensky plans official travel to London after recovering from illness.
Washington reports first American clash with German troops during instructional trench work. Three Americans killed, five wounded, twelve captured or missing. Pershing notes a heavy German barrage, isolating a salient, with a wounded German taken prisoner.
Frederick August Richard Schutz, described by Justice agents as not a prominent German spy, was arrested in Butte on October 31 as he tried to board a Short Line train to Salt Lake City. He was interned for the war period by presidential decree received by U S Marshal Ashridge. The details of Schutzs wartime activities remain undisclosed.
Washington reports the homeward bound American transport Finland was torpedoed by a German submarine off November 3. Eight men died and one is missing. Two dead and the missing were naval armed guard members. The rest were civilian crew including a private and a transport worker. The ship reached port under her own power despite heavy damage.
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