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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1917
Page
3
The Fredericksburg Standard is published weekly by the Fredericksburg Publishing Co with editor and manager T Gliddon and assistant editor Roberts Pennizer Br Lateren listed. It indicates second class mailing at Fredericksburg Texas and a yearly subscription price of 1.50 dollars.
Extract from Viereck’s American Week notes H. P. Davison of Morgan & Co leading Red Cross toward world democracy, provoking protest that a humane, purely charitable Red Cross must serve all wounded and sick as friends. Calls for Davison’s removal to protect the Red Cross’s humane mission amid wartime politics. Also reports on munition profits and tax avoidance claims from northern districts and an ironic patriotism jab about emigration to Canada.
London June 20 Arthur J Balfour British foreign secretary told Commons his American mission trip united United States and Great Britain as permanent allies. He praised US hospitality and the spontaneous American support for world freedom, saying the alliance rests on shared ideals and moral aims, not war gains.
The text asserts Americans have studied the war’s origins and aims and conclude ally victory safeguards civilization. They pledge sacrifice and effort, believing the mission’s success is essential to civilization’s future, and see the results as the mission’s emphatic expression.
Washington, June 20. The government will begin a probe of the causes of rising prices for staples starting July 1 after a conference between the federal trade commission and the department of agriculture. The move follows President Wilson's demand for early action amid fears of food riots nationwide.
Washington notes that on June 15 Foreign Minister Tereshchenko pledged to continue Russia's fight until German autocracy and militarism are crushed. Ambassador Francis in Petrograd cabled the full text of the foreign minister's speech to the Root mission and the state department today.
In Petrograd on June 20 Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst leader of militant English suffragists arrived and met with the Root mission. She urged the Russian people to continue the war against a common foe and to plead for democracy. The American mission split, some remaining and others departing.
Washington June 20 President Wilson issued a proclamation calling for seventy thousand volunteers to join the regular army for the war against Germany. The period June 23 to June 30 is designated as recruiting week and War Department officials expect a prompt response to meet the quota without delay.
A farmer recounts fighting winged thieves in corn with powder and pellets. After a boy reports hundreds of birds, the farmer jams in tacks, fires, and sees birds nailed to a tree before the tree is pulled away with them. The ad promotes Mertin's Wonderful Blue Bug Killer for chicks with a money back guarantee.
Washington on June 13 reports strict enforcement of the bone dry law governing liquor advertising in dry territory. Any ad mentioning saloon or bar or soliciting liquor orders will lead to exclusion from mails. Postmasters nationwide will enforce without leniency, threatening fines and prosecution for publishers sending such ads into dry areas.
Washington June 20 Russia's diplomatic mission called on President Wilson and other officials this morning then toured the Capitol. A suffragist protest erupted at the White House grounds when a damaged banner was torn from its frame as police restrained a mob led by Walter S. Timmins. The mission paid no heed and continued engagements with U.S. leaders.
A peaceful picket by silent sentinels of the woman suffrage movement at the White House escalated into a disorder as a crowd of angry men tore down banners aimed at President Wilson and the Russia mission. Police arrived after the incident ended. The banners accused Wilson and Root of deceiving Russia and urged democracy and full enfranchisement for 20 million American women.
German airships raided the East and Southeast coasts of England early Sunday with one Zeppelin reportedly shot down in flames after drops in Kent. The same report notes wartime notices and industry ads amid a day of war news and public announcements.
A drafted list of Greeks to be expelled following King Constantine's abdication was sent to the Greek Interior Minister. Names include Demetros Gounaris former Premier Georgis Streit former Foreign Minister General Dousmanis Colonel Metaxas chief staff aide M. Mereouris Esslin Sayres Liveieratos and others linked to the December disturbances.
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