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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1917
Page
12
The 2 18 am draw of the 10500 numbers of the draft lottery named 258 as the first serial. America’s Army of Liberty 9 600 000 strong prepared to mobilize for the initial call to examine fitness for service.
On Ambassador Fletcher’s urging, ident Wilson approves Carranza import of 2,700,000 rounds of ammunition to Washington.
Cheyenne reports the first Frontier Days mishap as Floyd Irwin 23, world champion trick rider and son of Charles Irwin, dies after his horse fell during steer roping practice at Frontier park. He sustained a skull fracture and died following surgery.
Alexander Duarte won the first number in Cochise county’s selective draft and is detained at a Columbus New Mexico camp. Duarte, a coal heaver for Southwestern railroad at Lowell, was deported July 12 with the band of alleged I W W members and sympathisers.
German general assault on the Alene front between Craomne and Vaudero is repelled with the French retaining positions. In Petrograd an assassination attempt on War Minister Kerensky at Polotak misses its mark.
The Reichstag adopted the peace resolution by 214 to 116 with 17 abstentions. Chancellor Michaelis declared Germany would seek an honorable peace and oppose prolonging the war. He defended the submarine campaign as lawful to shorten the conflict and attributed the war to Russian mobilization and Britain's blockade.
Queenstown marks the Lusitania disaster victims with a glass case memorial containing a widow’s photo and cross inscribed in memory of Margaret Butler who drowned when the Lusitania was sunk on May 7 1915. The graveside markers include three rough mounds for over 1 000 aboard.
The federal board announces rapid approval of five percent farm loans, approving about 800,000 daily under the federal farm loan system.
Washington reports a June rise of 80 081 National Guard recruits. Of these 86 252 joined regiments in state service and 10 449 were in regiments already federalized. State gains include Arizona 163 Colorado 1 197 Kansas 4 270 Missouri 6 599 Montana 227 Nebraska 181 New Mexico 126 Texas 311 Oklahoma 26 South Dakota 780 Utah 286 Wyoming 95.
Vienna reports Austria-Hungary pledges unity with its allies and a peaceful settlement based on justice and moderation. Premier von Seidler says Austria supports the sacred right of peoples to decide their destiny and seeks a firm front with civilized nations to abolish causes of the war.
The latest reports show the Red Cross war fund total at 118,021,370 with western state contributions listed: Arizona 121,210 California 3,978,202 Colorado 1,108,179 Idaho 279,106 Iowa 1,241,190 Montana 450,005 Nebraska 749,615 Nevada 22,709 New Mexico 62,449 North Dakota 111,481 Oregon 737,793 South Dakota 69,168 Texas 1,342,071 Utah 525,354 Washington 1,074,363 Wyoming 140,840.
The report covers the German Reichstag peace plan urging settlement by negotiation and condemning conquest, with unity against war while defending liberty. It mentions a bold Maximalist attempt to kidnap War Minister Kerensky in Russia and notes South Dakota and Kansas counties exempt from the first draft contingent.
Representative Taylor of Colorado introduces a bill to conserve tobacco containers by refilling deigned for cigars and smoking tobacco. Current law allows single use of cigar boxes and tin containers, wasting about 7 million dollars annually, the congressman says.
Sixteen women jailed for a suffrage demonstration at the White House accepted presidential pardons from Woodrow Wilson and were released after two days of a sixty day term.
John L. Donnelly, president of the State Federation of Labor, is arrested in Phoenix on charges related to a shooting at Frank OLeary of the police reserve corps. The incident involves a high profile labor leader amid tensions with city police.
A long bulletin from London and Washington reports Kaiser era offensives across Europe and the Middle East. British progress near Monchy le Preux and a twelve mile Euphrates advance clash with Turkish forces while Russian and French lines resist German assaults in Galician and Meuse sectors. Greece declares war on all central powers. German money tied to I W W intrigues cited by W. A. Clark.
Washington reports the Senate advancing a food control measure by a 60 to 16 vote. The compromise shifts authority to three salaried officials over food feeds fuels kerosene and gasoline, replacing a single administrator. Also notes the marriage of Ringling widow to Chicago broker Howard Maule, both ages listed as over 60.
Reuters dispatch from Petrograd reports about six hundred killed or wounded in two days of disorder in London England. The tally reflects harsh unrest and heavy casualties amid chaotic events.
The report compiles metal and agricultural quotes from New York and Chicago markets. Lead and copper futures fluctuate while tin and silver hold around recent levels. grain and live stock prices in Chicago reflect mixed demand and seasonality.
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