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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1917
Page
5
Washington rush as the Senate adopts the war urgent deficiency appropriation bill in under three minutes. The measure totals 7.737 billion dollars in cash and contracts, funding army needs, ordnance purchases, subsistence, transportation, and war programs through 1918.
A London crowd pleads for reprisals after recent raids while Lloyd George promises swift action. Reports note British defenses improving and discuss potential countermeasures. German authorities order lights out in Düsseldorf and Westphalia as Stuttgart reports injuries from aerial incidents.
Buenos Aires dispatch cites Giornal de Italia: pope tells entente powers that Germany is willing to evacuate Belgium and northern France if Allies desire, with conditions to be discussed in future talks. Conversations with papal nuncios in Monaco and Vienna noted.
William J. Bryan met with President Wilson for about thirty minutes and discussed his plan to engage in prohibition campaigns in Iowa and Ohio and a suffrage effort in New York. He also visited Secretaries Baker and Daniels.
A complaint charging Oregon cattle dealer Frank C. Oxman with perjury in testimony against Thomas J. Mooney, convicted of murder, as part of the preparedness day bombing case, was dismissed today by Superior Judge Frankie A. Griffin in San Francisco.
Washington Oct 4 House Democratic Leader Kitchin announced the plan to adjourn Congress at five o clock Saturday afternoon to speed the passage of pending measures including the soldiers war insurance bill. Senate leaders back similar action with amendments to be resolved in conference and debate focusing on insurance limits and family allowances for service members.
Washington October 4 Manufacturers and retailers ask the federal trade commission to allow manufacturers to fix resale prices. The Supreme Court rules such contracts violate antitrust laws and complaints say firms seek to evade the law. The commission was urged to back the Stevens bill to legalize resale price fixing.
The German submarine commander who claimed American citizenship says he lived in Boston and was naturalized there. He notes after the war a German will be an outcast worldwide and barred from the United States Canada and England. He spoke as sponsors for his statement, British sailors whose ship was torpedoed recently in the Bay of Biscay.
Government life insurance for soldiers and sailors with disability allowance, instead of pensions, is included in the administration bill reported in perfected form to the Senate with plans for rapid passage.
Stockholm October 8 Swedish ministry has resigned but King Gustaf asks ministers to retain their portfolios for the present to ensure stability during the transition.
London dispatch reports a Gazette proclamation banning exports to Sweden Norway Denmark and the Netherlands of all articles except printed matter of all descriptions and personal effects with owners. The measure restricts trade while allowing some basic goods and personal shipments.
Negotiations are under way between Ottawa and Washington to bring Americans of military age living in Canada within the Canadian draft law. Canadian residents in the United States would be affected under the American law.
British forces repulsed a German assault between Tower Hamlets and Polygon Wood after heavy artillery fire. Haig reported all British positions intact and artillery activity ongoing east of Ypres. The Admiralty also said British naval air bombings continued over German held territory. German staff said trenches near Hill 44 east of the Meuse were captured in Verdun region. Verdun front saw continued heavy artillery fighting with no major infantry actions during the night.
London reports eleven British merchantmen over 1600 tons and two smaller vessels sunk last week by mines or submarines. The total, 13 ships, marks the smallest weekly loss since Germany began intensified submarine warfare last February, bringing the total sunk to 987 since the report system began.
Regina police report a plot to blow up the provincial parliament buildings uncovered on October 2. Details identify the location and authorities moving to prevent an attack.
Washington reports two hundred thousand men, the third increment to the National army, head to 16 cantonments as 7,000 called to colors mobilize. Railroads moved about 720,000 soldiers to camps or embarkation points using 13,500 passenger cars and thousands of freight and baggage cars.
In Petrograd on October 4 the all-Russian congress voted 813 to 180 against a coalition government for Russia. The decision directly challenges Premier Kerensky and the provisional government amid a later 766 to 696 vote favoring a multi-party cabinet. The reversal suggests Bolshevik and anti-Kerensky forces exploited weaker attendance to overturn Tuesday’s outcome.
Official Russian war office statement says advance detachments in the Riga region pierced German lines and pushed forward about one mile in October action near Petrograd.
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