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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
1
Senate military committee backs expanding naturalized citizen conscription and revised army draft regulations. The changes lower weight standards for tall men and widen chest expansion allowances while tightening dental and vision scrutiny, with local and district boards reporting daily progress to ensure timely enrollment and quotas.
Sir Arthur Currie takes command of Canadian forces in France amid reorganization. The appointment elevates Currie to lead training, strategy, and operations for Canadian troops on the Western Front.
Washington announces a labor adjustment commission with three representatives from government employers and labor. It will rule on wage and employment disputes in government contracts and may require arbitration. A compulsory clause may bind employers and workers to comply, pending AFL agreement.
Detroit August 10 Justin Nig Clarke former baseball star slipped up two flights of stairs to enlist in the United States Marine Corps and passed the physical examination. He will take the oath Sunday behind the plate at Navin Field where he once catcher for the Cleveland team.
At Pittsburgh Philadelphia 19 runs to 5 Pittsburgh 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 21 2 Alexander Killefer Jacobs Schmidt. At Chicago Brooklyn 65 to 12 Chicago 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 Smith Wheat Douglas Elliott. At St Louis New York 12 3 St Louis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a 18 2 Schupp Rariden Meadows Snyder.
In Washington Chicago defeated Washington 3 to 2 with Benz Danforth Lynn Gallia Shaw and Ainsmith contributing. Philadelphia edged St Louis 4 to 2 with Davenport Severeid Bush and Meyer notable. New York beat Cleveland 13 to 1 as Lambeth ONeill Shocker and Walters starred.
Kaiser summons military and diplomatic leaders for a major wartime conference at grand headquarters in Essen. Key figures include Crown Prince, von Hindenburg, Ludendorff, Helferich, and von Stumm as the empire charts a new program.
A Sunda night collision near Enos Indiana left Philip Hoaks and Neddie St Pierre both about fifty and their companion dead when a car was struck by a New York Central Danville division train. Fireman Oscar Ewing with home at Danville died at the overhead bridge crossing near Hartsdale.
Gus H. Beaulieu longtime Chippewa agent who helped quell the Sugar Point uprising of 1893 died of heart disease in Brainerd Minnesota at age sixty five.
In Pontiac Illinois on August 10 a man identified as Alexander Letven of Iroquois County was shot and killed during a pistol duel with Policeman Henry Redman.
Geoffrey Stiwell nineteen and Fay Griffin seventeen of Kokomo were arrested by Patrolman Coy in Tipton while en route to Jeffersonville to marry. They were held until Fay's father arrived and returned to their homes.
A German plot allegedly caused a large army bakery to waste 6000 loaves after yeast spoiled and bread tasted odd. Troops could not eat the bread, triggering public alarm about a poison in army rations.
Washington official statement says the government has no plan to deploy troops to Russia at the present time.
Governor Lowden travels to Chicago to urge coal operators to lower fuel prices before the state council of defense recommends seizing and running Illinois mines. He has studied the law committee report and signaled readiness to act by Aug 16 if terms fail, with talks underway among operators and midwestern governors.
Indications point to Governor Goodrich calling a special session soon as Indiana faces high coal prices. The state coal committee reports operators ignored patriotic appeals to accept reasonable prices. A conference of public heating company reps plans for winter amid requests for surcharges on bills.
Governor Campbell travels to Bisbee to personally investigate the incident involving six investigators from the Arizona State Federation of Labor after their turned back actions, citing apparent inability of Attorney General Wiley Jones to handle the situation.
A Colombian national named Lopez Leon, consul general of Colombia in New York, confessed in police court to a robbery from his homeland. The case hinges on his alleged involvement and the details remain unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
Rioting flared in Lima as three people were shot during a clash between strike sympathizers and guards aboard Guise Electric Railway cars. Two streetcars were burned as Mayor Simpson ordered saloons shut at 5 30 pm. In Kansas City, streetcar service remained paralyzed with no immediate plan to resume work as workers demand union recognition and reinstatement of discharged colleagues.
Berlin reports artillery activity in Flanders has risen to peak intensity with bombardment along the Belgian coast from Schoote to Hollebeke. London cites a further French ground gain northwest of Dixmude on the Franco Belgian front. Paris notes heavy artillery in Chevregny sector and a French detachment clearing a Teuton trench north of Vaux les Palameix on the Aisne front.
United States agents here uncovered a gigantic plot to undermine selective service by wholesale exemptions. Propaganda, likely of German origin, is being mailed to men summoned for examination urging evasion on grounds of conscientious objection. No arrests yet. Also, Alvo von Alvensleben was arrested in Portland on orders from President Wilson amid Teutonic intrigue in the Northwest.
The Peruvian senate adopted a resolution expressing sympathy with the motive of the United States as declared by President Wilson for participating in the European conflict.
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