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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1917
Page
4
The nation learns the first serial number for selective service 258, with 4,657 exemption districts to summon twice the quota for the initial 687,000 fighting men. Detroit's district produced over 10,000 registrants, while most districts held around 3,000.
On Ambassador Fletcher's urging, Wilson agrees to allow the Mexican government leader Venustiano Carranza to import 2,700,000 rounds of ammunition into the United States.
Floyd Irwin, 23, world class trick rider and oldest son of Charles Irwin, was killed during steer roping practice at Frontier Park. His horse fell when a rope slipped on a steer, trapping him and causing a skull fracture. An operation followed but he died soon after.
In Biahee Arizona the first number drawn in the selective draft in Cochise county was held by Alexander Duarte who is now in a detention camp at Columbus New Mexico. Duarte a coal heaver employed by the Southwestern railroad at Lowell was deported July 12 with the band of alleged I W W members and sympathisers.
German forces launched a broad assault on the Alene front between Craomne and Vaudero. The French army says it repulsed the attacks and kept all positions. In Petrograd an attempted assassination targeted War Minister Kerensky in Polotak. the shot missed.
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports the Reichstag approved a peace revolution by 214 to 116 with 17 abstentions. Michaelis vowed an honorable peace if possible and defended the submarine campaign as lawful to shorten the war. He blamed Russian mobilization and British blockade for the conflict and praised Bethmann-Hollweg.
In Queenstown a new memorial marks the Lusitania victims with an artificial bouquet, a photo of Margaret Butler, and a marble cross reading In memory of my dear wife. This burial site for over 1,000 perished when the Lusitania was torpedoed May 7, 1915, by a German submarine twenty-three miles off the coast.
The federal farm loan system approves five percent loans to farmers at a high pace. The Federal Board announced a distribution rate of about 800,000 per day, indicating rapid access to funds for agricultural producers and expanding government lending support.
Washington reports the War Department says the National Guard added 80,081 recruits in June. Of these, 86,252 joined regiments in state service and 10,449 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.
London reports cabinet shuffles with Sir Eric Campbell Geddes and Winston Churchill taking key posts in munitions and government while Dr von Seidler outlines Austria's aim for an honorable peace. German leadership turmoil continues as Bethmann-Hollweg resigns and Von Stein resigns in Prussia. Allied air raids strike Krupp works in Kesen.
Washington reports 118,021,370 to the Red Cross war fund with western states listing 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.
Washington reports the Reichstag peace program opposing conquest to be considered for immediate action. It pledges negotiations, a generic peace and freedom of the seas, while vowing unity and perseverance while Germany defends its liberty and independence. The article also notes Kerensky’s abduction attempt and draft exemptions in South Dakota and Kansas.
Representative Taylor of Colorado introduces legislation to refill tobacco containers instead of single use. He argues current law wastes about seven million dollars annually by discarding cigar boxes and tin containers for smoking tobacco after one use.
Sixteen women jailed for participating in a White House suffrage demonstration were pardoned by President Wilson and released after serving two days of their sixty day terms. The incident highlights early 20th century protests for women's voting rights.
John L. Donnelly president of the State Federation of Labor is jailed after being accused of shooting at Frank O'Leary of the police reserve corps in Phoenix. Local authorities pursue formal charges as the case unfolds.
British and German fronts erupt in renewed action as Kaiser mobilizes forces in Europe and the Middle East. Reports describe shelling near Rheims and Soissons, a twelve mile British advance against the Turks up the Euphrates, and heavy fighting along the Galician frontier and Volhynia. The British fleet suffers losses from submarines and mines, while Greek officials report severed ties with all central powers and a formal belligerent stance.
The Senate on Friday approved by 60 to 16 a joint conference amendment limiting government control of food, feeds and fuels and vesting authority in three salaried members rather than one, as debates move toward final form. Also in Chicago a Ringling widow, Ancle M Ringling, aged over 60, wed Howard D Maule of the Board of Trade.
Reuters dispatch from Petrograd reports about six hundred killed or wounded over two days of disorder in London England. The casualty figure reflects intense unrest and clashes during the period reported.
The item lists varied market quotations for metals and crude ores, including copper at $26.50 to $27, tin at $63.50, bar silver around 9.7%, and London silver at 40. A dense block also shows Chicago grain prices for wheat, corn, barley and oats, plus live stock values for cattle, hogs, and sheep with multiple price ranges and delivery months. The text is a garbled OCR of a late market page with numerous misreads and inconsistent formatting.
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