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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1917
Page
13
The War Department announces troop reallocations with 637,000 National Army entrants scheduled. Entry dates spread from September 5 to October, with the Rainbow divisions preparing for abroad deployment. Locations include Fort Riley Kansas and other camps, listing state troop numbers and commands.
President Wilson approved 28 men as federal food commissioners across as many states. State-level appointees will administer the food control act locally and coordinate with the food administration. All will serve without pay. Listed are Riordan in Arizona, Merritt in California, Deems in Iowa, Atkinson in Montana, Wattles in Nebraska, Hoyt in Nevada, Bly in New Mexico, in Oregon, W. W. Are in Utah, Hebberd in Washington, and Diers in Sheridan, with other states to follow.
In the Ypres sector near the River Steenbeke French and British forces report gains while German counterattacks halt on the British front. French and Pivitiah troops seize twenty four German guns. Canadian forces at LugeLens sector have captured 1,120 prisoners.
In the House of Commons Premier Lloyd George declares Britain cannot starve despite the German submarine campaign. He notes a one third rise in wheat stocks in Britain, improving harvest prospects, while shipbuilding speeds up and total 1917 tonnage nears two million.
War Department announces Colorado National Guard units will join the Fortieth division under Maj. Gen. Fr. Strong. Colorado guardsmen in the National Army will be in the Eighty-ninth division led by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. Wyoming guardsmen join the Forty-first division under Maj. Gen. H. Liggett. National Army draftees from Wyoming join the Ninety-first division commanded by Maj. Gen. H. A. Greene. Fortieth division will include guardsmen from California Nevada Utah Arizona and New Mexico.
Reuters notes China has officially declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary, with the declaration dated 8 o'clock August 14. The move signals widening international involvement in the global conflict marked by rapid shifts in alliances and military posture across Europe and Asia.
Hoge Geli prices in St. Louis surged to 18.45 dollars on August 16, setting another record as Hog values continued climbing. Traders reported sustained demand and a tight supply market driving the rise.
Luther Burbank announced a new wheat variety described as a wonderful cereal ready for distribution. It is claimed to yield 49.88 bushels per acre regardless of soil conditions, including in Santa Rosa and Burbank regions of California.
The Joseph A. Beep Oil Agency announced a 16 cent per barrel price advance. Pennsylvania crude is quoted at 1.46, marking the highest level in fifty years.
Washington reports the government advances a plan to control wheat and flour through a grain corporation with a $50 million capitalization. President issues an executive order licensing wheat and rye. Herbert Hoover to chair the grain division. Julius Barnes to serve as president of the wheat corporation. Garfield leads a committee to set a fair price for 1917 wheat. Miller and elevator groups endorse the plan.
War Department completes plans to ship the first national guard troops to France forming a division drawn from twenty six states and the District of Columbia. Read in states including Louisiana Pennsylvania Wisconsin New York Ohio Georgia Alabama Iowa Illinois Indiana Minnesota Maryland South Carolina California Missouri Virginia North Carolina Kansas Texas Michigan New Jersey Tennessee Oklahoma Nebraska Colorado Oregon and the DC.
American officers visiting the front may carry firearms as guests and shoot any German who shows his head, a rule settled by the French after prior hesitation. The change ends American concerns about trespassing on French rights to repel invaders.
Olympia Governor Ernest Lister issued a proclamation appealing for an eight hour day in Washington state’s lumber industry. The move comes as strikes cripple the sector and disrupts production across the region.
The Far West hosted a Japanese mission that docked at a Pacific port and proceeded to Washington, with local officials and citizens extending hospitality for their route through the region.
Anglé-All reports record highs across hogs cattle and sheep with no relief seen without government action. Hog tops $18 a hundredweight up 26 cents from Tuesday while cattle reach $14.90 and are held near $16.00. Previous highs included $14.60 on Tuesday and $14.40 on Monday.
The steamship City of Athens struck a mine off Cape Town on Aug 10 and sank with nineteen lives lost. Among the dead were Rev. Arthur Duckworth, his wife, and six children of Denver, who were en route to India to resume missionary work, along with twelve others including four crew members and five Americans.
William Howard Taft in Chicago said the pope favors peace but Germany under the Prussian military caste blocks any result. He criticized Mayor Thompson's plan to keep a new American army in the U S, calling it silly or worse. Taft travels to Canada to recover from illness.
Elihu Root head of the special diplomatic mission to Russia spoke at New York’s official reception. He denounced the men here who aided German agents during Russia’s peril, naming extreme Socialists and anarchists aligned with I W. W. in his charge.
A grand jury in Belleville Alabama returns sixty eight indictments against 105 individuals for murder arson conspiracy rioting and assault to murder linked to East St. Louis race riots July 1 to 3.
The Russian News Agency reports former Emperor Nicholas II and his family were removed from the palace at Varakoe-Selo and are being transported to Tobolsk in Siberia.
Kansas City street car motormen and conductors ended their strike after a compromise proposal from a delegation of businessmen and city officials was accepted by both sides.
The Forty second National Guard division including the Pirat Field Hospital Company of Colorado and units from Iowa Indiana Wisconsin Michigan and other states has been ordered to mobilize at Mineola Long Island for embarkation to France. General Barry retains jurisdiction until the division is turned over to General Bell.
British and French forces push along a nine mile front east and northeast of Ypres, taking key objectives including Lange marck. Canadians storm Hill No 70 dominating Lens, entering the city amid desperate fighting. Germans suffer heavy losses as five counter attacks fail.
Vienna reports four tons of bombs dropped by airplanes on the Maritime arsenal at Venice caused several fires and widespread damage according to an official Austrian war office statement.
Capt Boy Ed formerly the German embassy military attaché in Washington resigns and will join the army in the field. Madrid imposes martial law across Spain as disorder from the general strike spreads nationwide.
Louis L. Cherry and Dr. J. Bernfeld members of the local draft exemption board were removed by President Wilson and placed under arrest by Department of Justice agents.
Adolfo de la Huerta, who has served as provisional governor of Sonora, has been appointed provisional governor of Yucatan, the republic’s wealthiest state.
A chaotic late market listing outlines prices for cattle hogs sheep and feeder stock with mixed grades from prime to fair. It also covers buying prices per ton for various feeds and grain values in Colorado Nebraska and nearby markets along with metal and financial quotes.
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