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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
6
VEAN TAYLOR A A TAYLOR 5 a a a A a Manager rates TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION By Carrier Week me Months Three Months Four Months (in advance) By Mail Four Months $1.00 Mail subscriptions strictly in advance entered at the Post Office at Fairlord Iowa as mail matter of the Sec 4 Class Please report promptly any irregularity in the carrier service Telephone No. 23 40.
The British steamship Apapa was torpedoed and sunk. Eighty dead and about 120 saved include passengers and crew. The vessel, 430 feet long and 7,832 tons, built in Glasgow in 1914, was owned by the African Steamship Company and carried wireless and submarine signals.
Farmers and speculators near Camp Mills Long Island panic over stockpiled potatoes. One man hoarded barrels at 10 dollars each. an army commissary officer demanded prices, learning all potatoes were sold at 4 dollars per barrel and ordered not to touch them.
Washington reports that registrants whose qualifications and order numbers fall outside local board quotas may request immediate induction. On filing a waiver of elections of deferred classification, a man in a deferred class can be examined and sent to camp immediately, though not as part of his board's quota, to avoid substitution under the selective service law.
The Judiciary Committee will decide next Tuesday whether to submit a constitutional amendment on nationwide prohibition to the state legislatures. If approved by the House it will be sent to the states before the holidays adjournment.
General Pershing reported to the war department that two soldiers were killed, seven severely wounded and four slightly wounded in a Prairie sector engagement between November 32 and V7. The fatalities were Corp. Virgil G. Winebrenner and Private Peter Wojalewicz. Each entry lists next of kin and addresses, including Father Andrew J. Winebrenner of Marion Indiana and Mrs Salle Wojtalewicz of Chicago. The lightly wounded include Corp. Gus Pardue and Private David A. Saunders among others, with listed guardians and addresses.
Fairfield citizens from Red Cross Hospital Unit A and Unit R await a telegraphic call to depart for government service. Maj J F Clarke reports a message from General Gorgias ordering Unit A to be held in readiness while the exact mobilization date and destination are kept uncertain for military reasons.
The First Iowa district contributed 113000 dollars, 70 percent above its quota of 66000. The state overall surpassed its goal by 85 percent as counties including Lee Louisa Van Buren and Washington showed higher pledges in the Y M C A fund drive.
The Women's Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church meets tomorrow at 2 30 PM at Mrs O T Hoopes 401 West Briggs Street. A called meeting of the Women's Suffrage association also occurs tomorrow at 2 30 PM in the Library to adopt a fifty year constitution.
Halifax December 6 reports say a munition ship, likely American, collided with another vessel and exploded. The blast killed hundreds and injured thousands, destroying much of the city and even severing insulation in telegraph and telephone offices for miles around. The two ships were wrecked with their crews slain.
London reports a night raid with twenty five aircraft over England six reached London three were shot down. Casualties described as light. Clinton Ledge No. 15 A F A M to hold a special communication at Masonic Hall this evening at 7 30 to confer the 8th degree all members urged to attend.
A 1917 note from Camp Dodge Iowa confirms two barrels of jams and jellies sent by the W C T U were received and turned over to the 339th Field Artillery supply officer for use in the enlisted men’s mess. Mrs L E Chilcott Fairfield Iowa is noted as the recipient.
Des Moines. The state executive council purchased the Jackson Beyer home at East Kiernan and Des Moines streets for 17000. Governor-elect will move in immediately. The Beyer estate sold the property once valued at 25000 after the owner died. In local news, Mrs. Jas McCall is seriously ill at Jefferson County Hospital with pneumonia after blood poisoning, a newborn girl born November 17 remains fragile.
Due to mobilization work on Hospital Unit A, Dr. J. I Clarke will hold office hours from 1 to 3 p m only.
The airfield Business Men's banquet occurs this evening at the Methodist church with a large advance ticket sale ensuring strong attendance.
The passage asserts that bravery is an enduring duty and defines valor as essential. It argues fear must be overcome before action, insisting a man’s measure lies in conquering fear as he moves forward in life.
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