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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
3
Governor Philip vetoes the Wilcox bill appropriating 525,000 annually for armor des construction by the Wisconsin National Guard. He cites tax burden, war needs, and high building costs. Senate postponed action. passage over the veto is not expected.
The legislature and Governor Philipp signed into law a minimum teacher salary of 45 a month, with funding apportionments contingent on qualified teachers. This echoes Wisconsin’s 1913 standard of 40 a month and aims to improve teaching quality while enforcing funds only to districts employing qualified staff. The governor also backed a Sycrett measure to coordinate state work and departmental cooperation.
Madison and several Wisconsin cities back the Wilcox measure to empower the state railroad commission to order street railway extensions when in the community’s best interests. The bill passed the Senate. assembly passage and prior senate concurrence occurred earlier. Cities like Madison and Wausau show keen interest. extensions may follow if approved.
Neenah committees target 250000 for liberty bond sales with city share set at 240000. Subscriptions already reach 101000 to date as the drive progresses.
La Crosse mourns as prominent western land man Cassius B White age 57 George Cagendish 69 and Joseph Helzel 76 longtime residents die in town.
Charles Derrick, 65, was found unconscious on the floor of his home after a gas explosion. The room was full of gas. it is believed the injury came from the blast. He is expected to recover.
The Neenah Menasha council of the Knights of Columbus initiated Forty candidates under the supervision of Supreme Grand Knight J A Maherty from New Haven Connecticut. The ceremony was conducted by Maherty who oversaw the initiation work.
The Diamond Match Company plans a new brick four story plant 160 by 240 feet in Oshkosh. The facility will employ 400 more workers and boost output by about 50 percent, signaling a major expansion.
The Rev. C. C. Wilson, pastor of the First Congregational Church in Darlington, has accepted a call to serve in Sierra Madre, California. The move will transition leadership from the local church to the California parish.
Marshfield has subscribed about 50000 for Liberty Loan bonds and sources expect the total to rise toward 140000 within a short period, according to leading citizens.
Petence-Charles Branston was arrested at Long Lake on a charge of casting contempt on the American flag. He was fined ten dollars and severely reprimanded by Justice J. E. Johnson.
June 20 graduation to honor 872 seniors with many graduates in absentia as over 300 heads proceed to air service. Fort Sheridan hosts over 200 in training. diplomas may be mailed to those unable to attend. Week features include baccalaureate sermon by Hugh Black and alumni events through Wednesday commencement exercises.
Wisconsin considers a bill to fund an 18 000 annual two year survey to test cattle by areas as a policy trial. Agricultural Commissioner P Norgord backs the area wise plan though admitted experimental, aiming to control bovine tuberculosis statewide while the bill awaits Senate passage. Green Bay club disbands as half its forty members enlist in the army and unit housing ends for the duration. St Marys pupils buy a 50 liberty bond contributing from candy and movie abstinence. a military company forms among the boys.
The Wisconsin Senate, by suspension of the rule, passed the Reinholdt bill granting the railroad commission authority to establish grades for future railroad construction in Milwaukee and other cities. It aims to align future development so city streets and tracks need not be separated later, benefiting west and southwest Milwaukee where new roads and grades are planned.
Oconomowoc girl Ruby Geswein who finished study in District No 1 Concord has eight and a half years with no absence or tardy. She lives two miles from the school and maintains a perfect attendance record.
Rein hardt Rozinski received a two year sentence at hard labor in Municipal Court under the new law for nonsupport of his three minor children. In other news, James B. Kinney, 60, a longtime member of the capital police force, died here after a paralytic stroke.
Waupaca W N Fitzgerald personal representative of Gov Philipp surveys charges against the Veterans Home officers. Local post members allege issues and a complete inquiry is underway at the institution seeking clarification.
The Portage County Red Cross chapter collected $1,060 through a tag day with the city contributing $870 of the total.
Hundreds of liberty loan bonds will be purchased by the congregation of the Holy Crops church at Mount Calvary. This marks the first united effort by any church in the county to aid the liberty bond loan.
Oshkosh job office reports high demand for farm help with more applications than openings. Wages offered range from 35 to 40 dollars, signaling ample rural employment opportunities in the area.
Superior and Superior woke an hour earlier on June 1 as the daylight paving plan took effect at midnight. Street cars and many industries operate on the new time, shifting schedules and routines.
Recruiting resumes in Wausali after several failures to pass physical tests. A number of men await examination to bring Company G up to required war strength.
About half of Wisconsin counties have formed labor and agricultural bureaus to raise crops for wartime support. Fully organized counties include Burnett, Columbia, Dodge, Douglas, Hall, and others. several counties are only partly organized. Twenty eight emergency food agents have been placed and nineteen counties lack a special agriculture leader. The state college has released most students and faculty to support food service.
Madison reports Chippewa Indians on the Odanah reservation beat drums and perform war dances while eager to form a single infantry company for the Wisconsin National Guard. Assemblyman John C. Chapple says they will enlist within 24 hours if accepted, with Adjutant General Holway considering the proposal.
More than 1500 mill workers in Marinette and Menominee will receive a raise of fifteen cents per day starting June 1. J W Wells Lumber of Menominee adds about 400 workers to the raise, with Sawyer Goodman Lumber at 700 and Marinette and Menominee Box company over 400 also granting the higher pay. The total increase for the season reaches 40 cents a day after an April raise.
Kenosha teachers petition the board of education for a bonus equal to one month's salary citing high living costs and inability to fund vacations or summer school work due to financial strain.
Fishing on Lake Winnebago shows improvement with reported catches as warmer weather approaches. The season has been slowed by cold temperatures, but current reports indicate better prospects for angling as conditions warm.
Oconomowoc Lieutenant Llewellyn Jones received commission as first lieutenant of the machine gun company. Lieutenant George Russell has resigned. Sergeants George Behrend and Carl Lugwell have been commissioned second lieutenants of the company.
Beloit-Burdette Eldrich Ellis Den ny and Victor Martin are Beloit boys who have left to join the American ambulance corps in France. Beloit has furnished seventeen men for Red Cross work in France.
The Wisconsin Traction company has bought a site at Neenah likely for a terminal building adjacent to a previously acquired property.
Thousands of wild ducks of all varieties are seen on Lake Winnebago near Neenah. Cold weather is thought to be the reason they are not proceeding north.
Wausau recruiting officer P. H. Kelly returned from Keshean where he examined eighteen Menominee Indians who had applied for enlistment in the navy. All but four were rejected for physical defects.
Holstein Guernsey and Jersey breeders will hold a convention in Sparta on June 20. Speeches and stock judging contests for juvenile and adult stock are scheduled.
Jackson tendered her resignation as a member of the high school faculty to accept the position as head of the literary department at Humboldt State Normal School in Arcata Cal.
Seventeen guards released from Neenah Company 1 amid discharge orders. Other discharge applications have been enacted, with dependencies noted.
The draft office reports about half of registrants claim exemption, with total registrations exceeding census forecasts. Pennsylvania and Vermont show large overages. Delaware undercounts. Crowder extends grace period to register, urging completion before selection begins. Early arrests noted, with widespread compliance and few troubles reported nationwide.
A compact item notes apples sold for higher prices when packed attractively, claims a potent drug boosts immunity from mosquito bites, and records copper production peaking in US history. It mentions French bread consumption, a May 17 presidential decree creating an agriculture and forestry experiment station in Venezuela, and a model project for climate acclimatization near the city.
Reports from New York, Missouri, Ohio, Illinois and others detail official and unofficial tallies of registration for military service. In Missouri the quota and totals are outlined, with St Louis and Kansas City figures noted. Illinois reports about 610000 registered, while Ohio and New York show higher than expected responses and requests for supplementary rolls. Violent anti draft incidents and a fatal shooting near Midway are also reported in separate locales.
Wisconsin completed a wartime census with 230,624 total registrations including aliens, with 218,700 excluding alien registrations. Gov. Philipp praised the orderly effort and low exemptions, noting strong patriotism across counties including Richland 1,603 and La Crosse 1,240, plus Waupun prison enlistment of 350.
The American mission to Russia led by Hildu Root reached a Russian port and was confirmed safe by Secretary Daniels. Root and teammates plan to proceed to Petrograd amid a government beset by disorganization royalist plots radical uprisings and weak power to control the crisis.
The piece notes organized labor in England resenting greater Chinese employment in Britain's mercantile marine. It cites a rough estimate of U S money in pennies and nickels and discusses wood pulp shortages and substitutes for newspapers and magazines. Tourism from the United States to the Far East resumes after a wartime halt, with indicators of an exceptional downturn across the book market.
Oshkosh Winnebago county provided over 5 000 young men for national defense. Oshkosh city registered 2 749 and the county outside the city registered 2 447.
Total registration in Ripon reached 278 with most residents registered by 3 o clock Tuesday night. A parade followed the registration activity, marking the event with local participation.
Beloit police report a Tuesday arrest for interfering with registration involving Greek citizen Apostolos Mashovits who allegedly aided another Greek to register. He was locked up pending further action.
A man drowned after slipping into ten inches of water along a Waupun sidewalk. Police report attributes the incident to a dangerous surface and improper maintenance. The victim, identified as a local resident, was found by passersby and pronounced dead at the scene. An investigation into the accident is ongoing.
Washington reports an armed American steamer fought a running battle with a German submarine lasting an hour and a half. The sub fired 35 shots to 25 from the steamer before sinking, the submarine rising clear of the water and sinking stern first. The identity of the liner remains undisclosed. Mongolia was not involved.
A series of tornadoes swept Kansas Missouri Kentucky Michigan causing extensive deaths and property damage. Sixteen deaths were reported in Missouri and Kansas with multiple towns including Jackson Battle Creek Lansing and central Michigan struck. Casualties included Mrs Mark Ranzler and her baby near Ann Arbor and Mrs Florence Brown in Port by falling walls.
Captain J. R. Kintenhoff, former master of the German steamer Liebenfels, pleaded guilty to sinking in Charleston harbor during rising tensions with Germany. He received a one year sentence to Atlanta penitentiary. Russ Workers Win Six Hour Day In Petrograd factories, metal workers gain six hour day across 14 plants amid strike threats. France Decorates U S Woman Mrs Royal Tyler receives gold pedal from President Poincare for devotion as head of aid groups in Belgium proper care efforts.
Edson Maxim, inventor, told a Red Cross reception hosted by Thomas A Edison employees in Orange New Jersey that the United States would sacrifice 2,000,000 lives in the war. The remarks linked war costs to national effort and public resolve.
Mrs Julia Kinney Lamont widow of Daniel S Lamont former secretary of war in President Cleveland's cabinet died at Milbrook New York. Her fortune was estimated at five million dollars. Norway lost ships report lists forty eight Norwegian steam vessels sunk in May with gross tonnage of 75897 and twenty five lives lost.
A US hospital unit from Chicago aboard the steamship Mongolia, No. 12, survived an incident in British waters. Two nurses were killed in the accident, and the vessel has arrived at its destination.
In Chicago on June 7 a prison mutiny left one inmate dead and eight injured including two guards and a chaplain. About 1000 convicts seized the yard, set fires, and damaged buildings during a four hour battle. Warden Bowen cited visits curb and draft discontent as sparks, and asked for militia after bricks and stones struck firefighters.
In New York on June 6 authorities disclosed that two complete wireless installations were shipped to Mexico in parts for use in a German spy network. Three men—Harry A. Periss Irving Bonaparte and Axel TE Melchair—were arrested on charges of conspiring to send military information to Germany via Norwegian ship crews. The case hints the setup attempted to relay advance news of the U S destroyer fleet’s arrival in England.
London reports six German destroyers engaged Commodore Tyrwhitt’s squadron. One destroyer sunk and another damaged in the clash. Vienna confirms an Austrian torpedo boat was torpedoed and sunk by a hostile submarine in the northern Adriatic on Sunday night.
Petrograd reports forest fires in Minsk region have consumed over 7,000 acres, destroying 3,000,000 bushels of wheat and the big elevators at Sarnoff. Officials say the blazes are believed of neen origin. Loss of life not yet learned. Italy’s losses in Isonzo battles total 160,000 killed and wounded, and 20,000 taken prisoner by Austrian forces.
In London political circles it was said Premier Lloyd George would soon explain England's war aims in the house of commons. In Washington the American Federation of Labor subscribed 10000 dollars to Liberty Bond, with Samuel Gompers applying for a registered bond on that amount.
Detroit reports oversubscription to Liberty bonds with an $83 million allotment. Henry Ford aided the campaign by submitting a $5 million application as the final drive concludes. Names of figures and precise dates included in the report indicate strong public support for war financing.
In Sakiz region on the Mesopotamian frontier Russian troops gained a victory, occupying three strategic heights after a battle with Turkish forces, according to the war office.
The Hague reports that due to food scarcity in Belgium and northern France the Dutch government has placed 12,000 tons of grain at the disposal of the Belgian relief commission for relief purposes.
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