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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1917
Page
5
The Senate rejected Myers amendment to prohibit beer and vinous beverages and kept Cummins provisions banning distilled beverages and withdrawals in bond. Debate on prohibition split the chamber as cloture threats ended with agreement to limit debate.
Rear Admiral Gleaves oversaw naval escort and sea duties to protect Pershing’s expeditionary forces. His fleet enforced secure routes, shored up supply lines, and maintained oceanic vigilance against threats during deployment.
Washington reports the republic will soon regain control of Pekin as Tuan Chi Jui forces press to the capital. General Chang Haun commands fewer than 5,000 troops with no backup resources, while 30,000 to 50,000 republican troops close in.
Conservative estimates place property losses at $500,000 from the East St. Louis riots and the city faces potential liability under the riot act. The death benefits for known fatalities add another $500,000, totaling about $1,000,000 in financial impact, including burned freight cars and the shacks near the railroad freighthouse.
Bloomington Illinois. The street railway strike of the Bloomington and Normal Railways and Light company ends after riotous scenes and state troops brought in. Workers return to duty as Mother Jones speech incites violence. cars attacked, several beaten, one man shot in the neck and hospitalized, power shut to protect the plant, offices vandalized.
Secretary Baker and Provost Marshal General Crowder finalize draft plans with serial numbering of registration cards and state quotas. Exemption boards face political pressure and resignations as nationwide organization proceeds, while Chicago official Morris Eller refuses to serve, delaying start of the draft process.
Chicago July 7 The Day Book has gone out of business due to high material costs and a public demand for foreign news. Publisher Negley D Cochran says the ad free experiment was a success but could not continue.
The congress of workingmen's and soldiers' delegates adopted a resolution denouncing anti Jewish agitation as dangerous to the revolutionary movement. It calls for energetic opposition to all such propaganda and suppression of related activities.
Eleven suffragists who demonstrated before the White House on July Fourth are in the district jail. They refuse to pay $25 fines set by Judge Mullovny and will stay jailed for three days.
San Francisco July 7 indictments charging about 100 persons with complicity in plots to stir up a revolution in British India are expected from the federal grand jury.
The Norwegian steamship Benguela bound from Finland to Philadelphia was torpedoed and sunk by a U-boat near Copenhagen on July 7. The crew was rescued and transferred to a Spanish vessel.
Seventy eight draft evaders were sentenced to a year and a day in the Chicago house of correction with hard labor by Judge K. M. Landis. Two others received thirty day jail terms and one was given ninety days. About 150 defendants remain to be sentenced later. Each man must register. Judge Landis questioned them individually about residency and naturalization. Most refused to register and cited opposition to war.
London reports persistent rumors that Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg will state new peace declarations in the Reichstag. The announcements are said to address Russia and the Entente powers, with socialist support for a new war loan tied to the debate’s outcome.
Dubuque Iowa July 6 C Russ Campbell a Confederate veteran leaped from an upper story window of Finley hospital and was killed.
A writ of attachment against Loyal Order of Moose property at Mooseheart near Geneva was served to secure payment of Alabama court damages from a Birmingham lodge initiation death. Donald A. Kenney and Christopher Gustin died. $50,000 suit split verdicts included $18,000 to Gustin’s heirs and $15,000 to Kenney’s heirs, affirmed by the US Supreme Court.
Decatur Illinois July 7 Central Illinois farmers worry over blight in the wheat crop. It has appeared in spots with potential one fifth yield loss. Hot dry weather needed to combat it. Many farmers have sold wheat for fall delivery at 1 75 a bushel.
Senator Thomas P. Gore leads discussion on the Dry Clause as Congress debates prohibition era policy in the Senate chamber. Supporters and opponents clash over constitutional grounds and enforcement.
In Hammond Indiana on July 7 the Nickel Plate Railway replaces crippled and elderly crossing tenders with young women to monitor street crossings, signaling a new staffing plan in the town.
Paris reports a renewed German offensive along the Chemin des Dames eleven mile front failed to seize French positions. Despite using large formations and shock troops, Germany did not gain ground or take a French prisoner as French lines held firm and command noted no territory lost.
118 men from Rockford were sent to Chicago for a year and a day in the house of correction after being sentenced at Freeport by Federal Judge Lands. The judge criticized them as whining and bellyaching puppies and said they would not receive the same treatment as in a federal prison.
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