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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1917
Page
2
Edward W. Pickard outlines looming government moves to expand American air power, training camps, and aircraft production as battles rage in Europe. Navy and army plans push toward a large air force, while conscription and enforcement actions tighten controls amid war pressures.
British headquarters describe shell holes or craters on the western front as new defensive strongpoints. Craters formed by heavy guns shelter troops and quickly convertable into machine gun emplacements, while fixed trenches reveal to air reconnaissance. German forces, in recent days, cling to belt holes before retreating to rear positions, a shift from their usual preference for deep dugouts and trenches.
Deputies and senators applauded President Wilson’s words addressed to Congress. A telegram from Prince Udine was read, Premier Boselli urged national unity and warned against subverting public opinion. He linked social progress to victory in the social class struggle and warned against an “impossible peace.” A new national patriotic organization is forming.
Wireless operator aboard an American freighter recounts a June 4 engagement off Liverpool where British ships traded fire with a submarine. A torpedo strike damaged the vessel but failed to explode, and gun crews later hit the submarine twice, reportedly destroying its periscope as it submerged.
Ohio Council of National Defense Labor and Industrial Relations backs keeping labor standards, opposing any reduction during the war. Discussants include labor and employers. Work shortage cited at 1,500 harvest hands. highway construction to continue. farms to use country-trained youths. city vacations on farms discouraged.
Marion delegates from nearly 50,000 Eagles in Ohio attend the fourteenth Buckeye Eagles convention. Resolutions call dues for war enlisted members and a $1,000 insurance fund for dependents. Move to grant lifelong membership at age 65 without dues is endorsed. Columbus, Dr. A S Cooley urges veterinarians and stock men to help stop contagious livestock diseases.
Columbus reports a Public Welfare Commission study by George L. McKibben warns Ohio gas supply cannot be increased next winter as coal climbs above 7.50 a ton. He cites Cleveland Mayor Daly and East Ohio Gas Co. in showing maximum output already reached. Consumers should conserve, reduce waste, and lay in coal now to avert another shortage.
A string of Ohio news briefs covers Standard Oil of Ohio donating 70 000 to a Red Cross fund in Cleveland, a Elyria woman’s office eligibility case in the supreme court, Libby Owens Sheet Glass plant blast in Toledo, and a July 2 handover of public works post in Columbus. Also reported are a Youngstown Woman's Home Missionary Society convention, Ohio University chimes bond gift, Holden mayor conviction in Franklin County, Stephen Urban's body found in Horseshoe Pond, a Portsmouth suffrage petition challenge, Railway Mail Association meeting in Cleveland, a Steph Urban incident in Columbus, utility official McKibben possibly leaving, Hamilton County deposit interest loss, McAfee murder arrest, and oil property transfers in the Ohio Valley.
Judge Landis in Chicago federal court orders La Crosse authorities to close saloons on Sundays after finding some remained open. Mayor Bentley Chief Weber and police official Langinn summoned and pledge compliance, with next report due July 9. Also notes the Norwegian steamer Cederic sinking with captain and 12 sailors missing.
In a village talk Mrs Naggs reads of Africa where a wife costs a clay pipe and beads. Naggs remarks some wives may be worth that much. Harker questions Waderly's honesty while Parker notes a baby beginning to say enter things.
The term Slacker is described as a war time coinage from Hnguish origins. It denotes a man who avoids military service or patriotic duties and derives from slack meaning to shirk or neglect work.
Governor office issued a statement promising to prevent indiscriminate organization of home guard groups with public aid. The plan would keep control with the war effort while establishing home guards only where military and strategic needs exist. Bishops Address Graduates Athens Ohio University leaders Crowton and Schenck urge that the war has no divine origin, despite claims by belligerents. Not Bidding on Coal Columbus Coal shortage grows as operators refuse to bid for supplying Ohio State University facilities.
From profit view skim milk serves as a substitute for meat in laying hen rations. Artificial heat is costly and discouraged. Poultry farming offers quick returns. Feeding Leghorn pullets costs about $1 yearly. If you cannot pet your hens, better not keep them. A wild bear is poor property.
Dr. P P Claxton warns that staying in high school or entering college is a patriotic duty. He notes 1 5 million high school students, with about 90 000 expected to enter college yearly, and argues education will not lower productive capacity. Colleges will stay funded and open, while many older students may not return. He urges graduates to bolster lower classes and meet wartime needs.
The Alaska railroad project has opened coal mines and spawned towns from Seward to Matanuska. Anchorage and Seward have transformed from frontier outposts to growing communities with utilities and commerce. Matanuska mines supply high grade coal, with Doherty mine yielding 0 tons daily and delivering fuel for government work at about half previous costs.
The United States Geological Survey reports borax deposits on the east side of the Calico mountains near the Mohave desert in California. Two main beds, five feet thick and about fifty feet apart, have been mined to 500 feet, with California mines supplying all U S borax and Lang and Death Valley as major sources. Values for 1915 borate ore production approached 1.7 million dollars.
USGS reports Michigan copper production in 1916 totaled 273 692 525 pounds valued at 87 328 961 and silver output 716 040 fine ounces valued at 471 549 a combined value of 87 790 910 The average copper price in 1918 was 0 245 per pound versus 0 175 in 1915 Silver averaged 0 658 per ounce in 1916 compared with 0 507 in 1915 The average value per ton of rock treated was 5 34 up from 3 76 in 1915 Smelter refined copper output rose to 269 794 531 pounds, up 30 838 121 from 1915.
A proposed nitrogen extraction plant near Laing, Washington, costing about 500000, aims to supply dyestuffs and fertilizers. Seattle officials fear water contamination, delaying the project while negotiations continue. Local residents and workers exchange small talk as the plan’s fate remains unsettled.
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