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Newspaper
Grand Forks Herald
Location
Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1917
Page
1
President Hoover argues the food control bill aims to stabilize supplies and curb speculation. He warns a continued shortage could threaten democracy and ally food imports, while detailing domestic price pressures and the need to organize resources.
Dublin reports multiple demonstrations late last night tied to the return of the released Sinn Fein leader. Two men climbed the wall of the ruined building during the unrest.
Reports say the American steamer John D Archbold was sunk by a submarine off European waters. Four crew members are lost with five feared dead while twelve armed guards aboard were saved. The vessel, 8374 tons, owned by Blandford Oil, sailed May 20 from New York to Havre and Rouen with cargo. Captain H B Thompson commanded a crew of 12 Americans aboard. State Department confirms five crew lost and all armed guards saved.
The Russian duma secretly urges an immediate offensive and threatens separate peace with Germany. Women in Moscow and Odessa form a "legion of death" seeking permission to join front lines. Kerensky tightens discipline including voting bans for deserters and arrests of soldiers' committees.
Reports from Copenhagen via London say Germany faces a widespread grain crop fire season. Officials note rapid burning of harvests as authorities warn of a drought and heatwave reducing yields across multiple provinces.
The Red Cross chapter in Grand Forks announces a patriotic mass meeting Wednesday at 7:30 in the city auditorium. Captain W. W. Pitt of Winnipeg will speak on Red Cross work under war conditions, with battlefield experiences. Grand Forks Military Band will provide music and local talks will follow. The county Red Cross fund is aimed at 34 860 with a foundation of over 6,000 already subscribed. Subscriptions from city and county donors continue as the campaign progresses toward the $20,000 city goal and statewide allocations are outlined.
Revenue from liquor and tobacco set a new high for the fiscal year end with internal revenue receipts totaling 426,327,404 dollars, driven by whiskey beer and tobacco taxes. The article notes cigarette consumption rising and compares current figures to the previous year’s totals.
Basil Switzerland June 18. A Vienna dispatch says the Austrian cabinet has resigned triggering a political shakeup in the capital and prompting new government considerations.
Washington June 19 First days of Red Cross Week reporting large liquor ad bans and tax receipts. New York cities show 3 203 256 in liquor ads pledged to wartime relief funds. Prohibition remains in effect with exemptions for medical and scientific uses. many states to report totals.
Fort Snelling Minnesota officials announce a base library to serve trainees and staff as the United States forms a great army. L H Woir of the American Playground and Recreation Section will oversee the move, with Miss Gratin Countryman appointed to monitor activities in St Paul and Minneapolis.
Fort Snelling Minnesota June 19 Officers will cooperate in training men for mess sergeant positions in the army through the mess sergeant abort course at University Farm St Paul June 18 to July 27. Young men take laboratory work at University Farm and practical work at the fort, including mess sergeant accounting and sanitation.
Correspondent reports French children evacuated to German lines under Allied pressure show the war’s toll. Orphans, without homes, half starved and anemic, wander damaged villages in northern France. They suffer tremors and fear, a stark signal of brutality of the conflict and a large postwar challenge for relief efforts.
About two hundred merchants attend the nineteenth annual convention of the North Dakota Retail Merchants Association opening at the Blackstone theater. Speakers include G. J. Schwoebel, O. L. Hohultz, and A. W. Patterson.
Stockholm June 18 N C Pare Jon of Ragunda was sentenced to ten years in prison for attempting to murder an elderly man with a “medical cigar” that exploded with dynamite. The victim, holding the cigar, was badly injured. Robbery was the motive behind the crime.
Allied fronts report renewed French activity in France and Belgium. General Petain expanded the Champagne line, gaining a trench system about a third of a mile long between Mont Carnislet and Mont Blond. A German assault to recapture failed, with French guns breaking the attack. General Haig notes only raids along the southern British front.
June 19 Vienna Poles enraged in the Reichsrat after a deputy alleged more than 30,000 Poles were hanged by German authorities. Deputies Btriberny and others condemned political treatment. the chamber erupted as Slav and Polish members surged toward the chair.
North Dakota camp meeting attendees say the current world conflict signals the imminent return of Christ. Prominent church leaders cite biblical passages linking present events to prophecy as they urge readiness for the millennial kingdom.
The report notes a June 10 event in New Forse Pa where Speaker Clark delivered a speech praising Washington's winter encampment and the founding of free government. He urged adherence to the will of the people and the duty to support Congress as the great deliberative body.
Draft registration on June 8 will likely start next month as officials estimate North Dakota could supply about 10 000 men for the first selective draft. Des Moines hosts the Thirteenth division camp with 40 000 troops expected from surrounding states. Camp Dodge Des Moines Fort Des Moines Dodge Camp will be the largest training site in the nation with extensive construction and equipment plans and thousands of workers needed.
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