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Newspaper
Grabill Review
Location
Grabill, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1913
Page
2
President Wilson issues a proclamation restricting all exports of foodstuffs and war materials except under license. The order aims to conserve U S prime supplies for domestic needs and military needs while assisting neutrals where possible and outlining penalties for violations and vessel clearance powers.
Washington reports the draft system will use gelatin capsules containing numbered squares to designate drafted men. A public drawing will select numbers from a globe with over 4 000 counties and cities involved, overseen by a committee of witnesses as President Wilson’s advisory board endorses the fair method.
Petrograd reports vigorous Teutonic attempts to recapture ground gained by Russians in eastern Galicia were repulsed. Enemy assaults north and south of Helics and near Ziochof, Godov, Kentuchy, and Chibalia were checked by Russian forces. Artillery and armored-car assaults failed to dislodge our troops as the offensive spreads in Geteia.
London residents watched a squadron of twenty German planes attack the city center for about twenty minutes. Casualties totaled 87 killed and 141 injured, with no military damage to London, while incendiaries hit upper floors and thousands observed from roofs and streets. Reprisals and anger over defense shortcomings dominated the response.
Bloomington Illinois July 7 tentative recognition of the Bloomington and Normal Electric Power and Railway street carmen union ends a weeks long strike. The move averts a broader walkout of 5,000 workers and prompts reinstatement of the strikers while militia camped near McLean county courthouse following clashes with drivers and machinists from Chicago and Alton shops.
Washington reports Illinois will enter federal service July 25, Indiana on August 5, and Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa on July 15. Officials explore keeping relative ranks after swearing in while awaiting official approval. The dates July 15 July 25 and August 6 will be used to mobilize guards for national service amid a war department push for more volunteers aged 25 and under.
Washington reports American destroyers, protecting transports for France, repelled two submarine assaults. At least one submarine sunk, no American lives lost, and the convoy safely reached a French port with General Pershing’s expeditionary force.
Seventy eight men in Freeport were sentenced to a year and a day each with hard labor in Chicago’s house of correction by Judge K M Landis. Two others got 80 days and one 90 days. About 150 defendants remain to be sentenced as the court continues.
Paris reports a four sector German assault on the Alane front met with determined French resistance and heavy losses, with only limited gains between Robovetten and Froidmont. Verdun success saw three German salients captured by French forces near the Meuse, while London notes raids southeast of Hargicourt and north of Ypres with several prisoners taken.
A port in the Azores was shelled by a German submarine in July. No damage was reported and authorities did not indicate casualties or further losses.
The Senate voted to prohibit use of foods for distillates and to commandeer all distilled spirits in bond. Owners would be paid cost plus up to 10 percent, with massive possible federal spending to purchase 200 to 300 million gallons. Immediate withdrawals were forecast as war measures unfold. Beer and wine gain leverage while whisky becomes scarce.
Six companies of Chicago's Second regiment guard East St. Louis as order returns amid few clashes between whites and blacks. Estimates place negro fatalities at about 100 with another 100 injured, four whites dead. Major Gerard's detachment and Colonel Hunter arrive to investigate as General Barry directs. General Dickson says the trouble may be over for now.
A message to Arizona Attorney General Jones from Globe County Attorney Foster says the strike situation is beyond local control. U.S. troops from Douglas have been ordered to Globe on Maj. Bundell’s recommendation. About 8,000 armed strikers face 800 citizen deputies as four U.S. cavalry units with a machine gun troop depart Douglas for Globe.
A French report in Petit Parisien says a large training center for thousands of aviators will open in France. Other items note Caranza seeking a 50 million gold loan, suppression of Die Zukunft, Emily notes on Day Book closure, and various war and transport developments.
San Francisco reports United States District Attorney John W. Preston announced 139 indictments charging conspiracy in a German scheme led by Alfred Zimmermann to exploit U S hospitality and spark revolts in British India. Agents were sent to China and Japan to sway media and seek secret treaties as preparations for war with England occurred in the United States over a year before war broke out.
In Havana July 4 a small dynamite package with fuse attached was found by laborers unloading the Danish steamship Newa, which had arrived from Newport News. The incident occurred amid unclear circumstances and no injuries were reported.
Open high low and closing readings for wheat with monthly futures, flour prices for spring and hard wheats, rye values, and hay and cattle figures. Includes ranges for prime livestock, hogs, and packer quotations, reflecting a broad grain and meat market snapshot.
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