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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1917
Page
6
A Western Newspaper Union News Service report says the push for a $50,000 principal fund extends to distant regions worldwide. Officials warn of broad reach and potential influence of the pledge.
The document alleges that CAISD's diplomats sought to sway Congress against Sennen, funded by secret sums, and used Swedish and Austrian intermediaries to push plans for sinking ships and destroying U S munitions. It claims covert messages from Count Luxburg and Cronholm, with aims to provoke revolts in the Philippines and involve Mexico and Japan.
The State Department released Ambassador von Bernstorff's Jan 22 1917 message asking authority to pay up to 50000 to influence Congress through a known organization to prevent war. The note hints Bernstorff foresaw submarine warfare and U S hesitancy to be placated by promises as relations with Germany were severed shortly after.
Buenos Aires officials plan immediate dispatch of an army to Europe as war rumors surge. British forces regain positions on the Western Front with 1,000 more Germans captured, totaling 3,000 since a major drive. Italian gains appear in the Dolomites while Crown Prince losses at Mont Haut are reported.
President Wilson forms a special labor commission to visit Pacific coast and mountain states, with Secretary of Labor as chairman. Members include Col J L Spangler, Verner Reed, John H Walker, P Marsh, and Felix Frankfurter as secretary. The panel aims to mediate shipyard strikes and prevent wider unrest during the war.
The House approved a $7,000,000,000 war deficiency bill funding the army fortifications Shipping Board and related items. It directs $4,830,000,000 in direct appropriations with $2,314,000,000 more via contracts, to go to the Senate for action.
Typhoon Hite struck Amoy China at the end of last week killing more than 600 natives. The storm destroyed about 85 percent of watercraft in nearby harbors. No foreigners reported lost.
Thomas B. Stearns of Denver will serve as the food administrator for Colorado, appointed by the Washington office. The move places a new federal administrator in charge of state food programs and supply management.
Denver reports 604 Colorado draftees depart for Camp Funston as part of the second contingent. Washington notes 300000 National Army troops head to sixteen cantonments for intensive training before overseas service. Railways prepare for heavy movement while wooden camps near completion.
Atlantic City March report shows Herbert Hoover warning to the war convention that starvation may decide the outcome and that neutrals in northern Europe must contribute to the common pool. Lord Northcliffe details Britain’s purchase role and weekly spending of 50 to 60 million dollars, noting wartime industrial shifts likely to hit the United States as well.
Seventy thousand French women serve in Red Cross ambulances and hospitals with French armies in France Algeria Morocco and the Orient. Ten thousand more women of various nationalities assist them. The number far exceeds prewar levels and shows France's wartime female contribution.
The War Department announced new wartime plans for gas wave and liquid fire warfare in France. Engineer regiments will train for this method and one such unit will be assigned to every division, signaling a return to the Kaiser’s battleground strategies.
In London the British losses show 125 officers and 4 755 other ranks killed or died of wounds. Officers wounded or missing total 41 with 21 843 men wounded or missing.
A crowd of soldiers estimated at 200 to 400 wrecked the headquarters of the Industrial Workers of the World in Los Angeles causing property damage and dispersal of observers.
About 25 000 metal trades workers in San Francisco and nearby areas walk out in a sixth week strike against United Railroads. The walkout halts government shipbuilding contracts valued at about 160 million dollars, with seven injuries, eleven arrests, and ongoing talks that have yet to yield a settlement.
Chinese cabinet signals willingness to send 300000 troops to France upon entente request and asks U S aid to finance Chinese forces. Clash near Tsianhsian leaves two Chinese and one Japanese dead. town to be evacuated. locals expect a local settlement. Japan to begin supplying shipping support to the allies.
It is nearly certain that seven million men not yet called for examination in the first draft will be summoned and either enrolled for service or exempted promptly.
The Giants and White Sox open in Chicago on October 6 with a second game on October 7. Official schedule by the National Baseball Commission lists matches in Chicago and New York on October 6 7 9 10 12 and 15 with umpires O Loughlin Byrne Rigler.
British forces report the capture of about two thousand prisoners in the Flanders drive. Haig says north country and Australian units penetrated German lines for over a mile, taking Hamlet, Veldhoek, part of Polygon Wood, Zevenkote, and some guns amid heavy bombardment. The front resumes with Allied gains while Romanians abandon Ocna positions and German lines near Ypres face bombardment.
The Missouri Grand Lodge adopted a resolution to expel Masons who sign petitions for saloons or bonds for saloonkeepers. The vote was 1 180 for and 960 against. Dr W A Clark of Jefferson City was elected grand master. Senate approves 11 billion war credit bill.
The report lists quotes for dry hides, horsehides, metal prices in New York and London, crude ores, and concentrates. It includes Chicago grain and provision prices for corn, oats, barley, and pork products, plus sugar and molasses values. Live stock prices from Chicago and Minneapolis show hogs, cattle, calves, and sheep with varied per hundred weights and prices.
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