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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1918
Page
2
Fragmentary item notes Bean Taylor and W Taylor as managers in a local trade setting with a price of 1.00 mentioned. No further details readable.
William G. McAdoo, director of railroads, orders immediate payroll cuts for lobbyists, supernumerary lawyers, and passes both intrastate and interstate. The measure, cited as General Order No 6, aims to save several million dollars in the first year by curbing non transportation expenses and free transportation.
European allies press for tighter food use as war continues. Officials warn even small waste harms hungry Europeans and insist every ounce saved will reach an empty stomach abroad. Food is described as sacred and essential to life with no waste among the allies.
A simple advisory urges calling the number 4274 for taxi service requests.
The local exemption board opened the week with physical examinations for class 1 men. The list shows county draft numbers and names in order of the day called from Monday January 28 through Friday February 1, detailing numerous individuals amid ongoing processing for the draft.
Epworth League holds regular business meeting Tuesday evening at 700 North B street hosted by Miss Carrie Stever. Attendees are asked to bring a pair of scissors. Society note.
Relatives and friends are urged to purchase Smilage Books for soldiers. The national committee plans cantonment theaters with 3,000 seating and large chautauqua tents. Two book sizes offer $1 or $5 in coupons to entertainments, meant to replace other amusements.
General Pershing lists two soldier deaths from an accident in France and several deaths from natural causes. Names include Private George W. Benjiman of Chicago and C Corporal Walter H. Buckley of Delano Minnesota, plus many others by city and state. Several others were wounded in action with varying severities.
Sensational disclosures in the federal trade commission investigation reveal efforts to head off the inquiry, ties between packing houses and Kansas City street railways, and a documentary agreement among the five great packers to split the nation into five districts for buying livestock to restrain competition.
A Brooklyn Rapid Transit subway car ran out of control for three miles with 40 passengers aboard before slamming into a stalled train. About a score of people were hurt, one woman seriously, in the Jan 2 incident in New York. A separate note reports German citizen Mathew Torka, thirty-eight, arrested in Seattle on June 28 with photographs of two western fortifications.
The famous novelist Maxim Gorky was wounded by a stray bullet in Petrograd. The Smolny institute announced the injury on January 28.
Former U S Senator C M Fulton of Oregon died suddenly in Portland on January 28. He had served in the Senate and was a prominent political figure in Oregon history. The report notes his sudden death and his long public career.
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