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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1917
Page
5
Washington reports mutinies in the Austria navy and clashes with German U boat crews at Pola and Ostend. Officers killed, German flotilla moved south, and mutineers punished as tensions rise among alliance navies.
Washington reports President Wilson will hold only a cabinet meeting this week. He plans months of rest and study of war problems presented by department heads. Inventors crowded the White House seeking brief hearings while Tumulty redirects them to agencies reviewing war devices.
The War Trade Board said the export prohibition on butter lard cottonseed oil and other fats will be eased slightly for West Indies Mexico and Central and South American nations. The changes stem from the reliance of many people in these regions on American fat supplies.
Paris reports Nancy endured another German air raid as thirty planes attacked the city. The French war office says eleven German aircraft were shot down or forced to land, with damage to railroad stations at Courcelles Thiouville Mezieres and depots as French aviators conducted bombing sorties.
Eight persons injured, several seriously, when Chicago Milwaukee St Paul passenger train No 25 collided head on with a freight train at Valdora siding eleven miles west of McGregor. The injured were taken to a hospital at McGregor and include L B Matteson Milwaukee Andrew Stinger Charles City Iowa A Haveland Ossian Ia B Anthony Clinton Ia and Nathan Saffarn Milwaukee.
Farcour, a Belgian horse champion from the William Crownover herd in Cedar Falls Iowa, sold for 47500 dollars at public auction, setting a world record price for horses of his class. The buyer was G. Good of Ogden Iowa.
The Brooklyn National League club claimed pitcher Clarence Mitchell of the Cincinnati Reds for the waiver price of 1500 dollars. He is a left-hander who won nine games and lost fifteen last season.
Miners in Illinois Indiana Ohio Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas remain at work with negotiations pending. J P White and district leaders guess a return to normal by Monday as talks with operators continue. Chicago authorities await federal action under Coal Administrator Garfield.
Mexico City Oct 19 Gen Benjam in Hill was named secretary of war in the Mexican cabinet succeeding the previous secretary. The appointment comes amid cabinet reshuffles as Hill assumes defense oversight.
First Lt. A. Graham of the medical reserve attached to British forces was severely wounded in the thigh by a gunshot, with Pershing reporting to the War Department. If he was shot at the front, he may be the first American Expeditionary Forces wounded on the firing line. Pvt. Joseph A. Ziemkowski died October 15 of natural causes, next of kin Mrs. Mary Ziemkowski of Manistee, Michigan.
Washington reports the La Follette hearing on statements from his St Paul speech will be postponed to November 26. The investigating committee plans to summon witnesses including former Secretary Bryan to testify about attempts to have the president prevent the Lusitania from sinking. A letter has been sent to Bryan requesting a statement.
Senator La Follette asked the Pomerene investigating committee for a full verdict on charges of disloyalty. The committee refused, saying it has no power to grant acquittal or conviction and the Wisconsin senator may not appear today.
Reports circulated of a German warship lost in The Sound between Denmark and Sweden. Indefinite and unconfirmed, the rumor follows the drift ashore of two German marines and a sailor near Eistnor, Denmark.
Amsterdam reported that German gall ors who joined the mutiny at Wilhelmshaven have been dispatched to the western front to fight in the trenches, per a German source.
Food Administrator Hoover declared the corner has been turned on high prices and urged Congress to grant power to curb retailer profiteering. He said essential goods will steadily fall through year end while distributing chains tighten regulation. Prices at wholesale still outpace retail, with subsidies in France and England noted as contrast.
Berlin reports Moon Island captured with 10 000 prisoners and 500 guns. In the Gulf of Riga Russian Slava sunk after heavy hits. German forces press through Moon sound and seal the entrance with coast batteries silenced. Copenhagen notes possible next step against the Aland Islands.
Hugh Sweeney, dubbed the wheat wing of Montana, is exempt from the selective draft as the government deems him more valuable as a food producer than a soldier. Sweeney did not seek exemption.
Des Moines, Oct 19 Attorney General H M Hayonor ordered a recount of ballots from Monday's special election on constitutional prohibition. Unofficial returns show wets ahead by about 1000 in a 430000 vote. Dry leaders say an official canvass will be made and officials suggest the result may still change.
Adolph Germer of Chicago executive secretary of the National Socialist party and ten others were acquitted by a jury in Grand Rapids district court of conspiracy against the selective army act. It is alleged he distributed antiwar literature.
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