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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1917
Page
6
President Wilson issued a proclamation placing government control over all U S exports. The order aims to license every commodity shipped from American ports, with a board led by Vance McCormick to administer permits. The move covers enemy countries and European neutrals to safeguard U S needs and wartime priorities.
Reporting from the week’s front lines shows renewed Allied offensives across Belgium France and Italy with gains at Lens Verdun the Ypres sector and the Isonzo front while Austro German resistance remains strong. Russia faces shortages and political turmoil as the government seeks aid. Pope Pius proposals draw cautious replies from belligerents. President Wilson imposes coal price controls and appoints Harry Garfield as fuel administrator amid ongoing economic strain.
Chicago reports William Jennings Bryan in an interview stating unpatriotic utterances by prominent men stem more from a wrong attitude of heart than an error of the mind. He argues Americans must choose sides with the United States and avoid aiding the enemy through division.
On August 27 reports from Petrograd say Russian forces beat back attacks at several points on the Russian and Romanian fronts and advanced on the Caucasian front. Berlin confirms limited Russian activity with artillery and infantry clashes. In the Monastir area the Germans conducted a successful reconnaissance and Bulgarians repelled British detachments near Lake Doiran.
Tighten Ltd at Camp New York announces orders to close all saloons within five miles of Camp Union at Yaphante. The move aims to create one of the cleanest army environments in the country.
William Zinke, secretary of a German socialist group, killed himself by turning on gas in his Davenport room. Report notes he had been under secret service surveillance.
I The News. Briefly told of Arnold Henkel a German army officer who escaped from prison at Fort Oglethorpe and was captured by a farmer near there. Investigation of sugar cost production as a basis for price fixing widens at the Food Administration in Washington. Lower prices to housewives are held out. Chicago weighs the first little city to complete its draft quota. Capt. Joseph W. Mattes buried in Chicago with full military honors. News of a running fight between an American liner and a U boat in the Irish sea reaches an American port. B D Whitelaw slain in a running battle with Patrolman Bert Stanley after a saloon hold up. Charges of concerted action to raise book prices filed by the federal trade commission against 23 manufacturers and their bureau of statistics. First death of an American naval flyer in France announced. George Herbert Manley killed in an airplane accident. Capt Cyrus W Crooks says the German commander hated to sink American ships. General Pogososki falls valiantly on the Bereth river during fighting in Mollavia. A Harvard Alumni bulletin catalogue shows about 5400 graduates and undergraduates in war work. Army officers testify before a senate subcommittee praising Col Carl Rettman’s military record amid pro German accusations.
Washington reports evidence that Germany plotted to strike the United States after France fell. The State Department confirmed Lord Cecil's claim but Secretary Lansing provided no details.
Washington Aug 27 Major Alvin G Reed designated commandant of the second officers training camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana He is senior instructor in the frat camp General Gletin recommended Col onel Gignillini but he had already been assigned to a post in the National Army
Commodity prices across corn, flour, wheat, rye, timothy, cattle, hogs, sheep, and lambs mixed. Notable figures include hard and soft wheat patents, midwestern cattle and hog price ranges, and lamb values. market listings list several grades and formats, with export and domestic figures.
John Moller Jr., 47, sues father in New York for lifelong support after his $5,000 a year allowance is cut. He claims the father forced a “gentleman” lifestyle, refused him self sufficiency, and reduced then ended his funds, seeking $61,560 to cover a life of dependence.
Charles Sikorski awoke at midnight and shot Mia Sophie Sikorski after mistaking her for a burglar. She was wounded three times in the abdomen and Sikorski was arrested after claiming the intruder appeared at his window.
A man calling himself Wilson was arrested in Iowa after being found selling court plaster. Police say the item was rumored to be germ impregnated and linked to a German agent in town, stirring local concern.
Mahanoy City residents Patrick Hyland and his sister Mrs. Jane Young now of Shipsburg Mass reunited at the local railroad station after forty years apart, meeting again for the first time in years during a moving and affecting moment.
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