26 Mar 1917
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1917
Page
1
The Indiana WNG Gazette discusses wartime policy debates and presidential actions. It criticizes Roosevelt’s allies and cautions about private armies, while noting U S defense and possible naval movements in the Great Lakes amid broader conflict concerns.
The New York World reports Americans are ready to support their country in any war with Germany but reject hysteria. The public understands the seriousness of wartime decisions and hopes leaders direct energy toward constructive efforts when ordered to mobilize.
A collection of dated trivia asking about British Empire divisions Mexico's navy and Belgium's separation from Holland. It references Pekin in 1900 and Russian intervention in 1848, plus questions on the Bank of England, trade security, and measures against Jews in Russia.
A young man named Willie, unaccustomed to combat, joins the army amid a tender parting with a loving girl. She argues he must go to war to avoid a dull home life, insisting that staying would ruin the chance to serve. He bids her goodbye, torn between affection and duty, as he heads toward the Union of conflict.
The American liner St Louis has arrived safely in an English port. Secretary Daniels announced the arrival at 11 o clock, noting she was the first U S liner to leave port since Wilson ordered armed neutrality toward German submarines. Navy officials praised the voyage as a jubilant milestone in the policy.
At Hempstead Plains a landmark exercise saw twenty five aeroplanes take to the air to simulate locating an imagined enemy in trench warfare. Regular officers and civilian trainees flew in squads, reporting back to headquarters within an hour and twenty five minutes. Observers in each craft documented movements, while a mock regiment and supply train stood in for enemy forces. The test proceeded without mishap and met scheduled objectives.
The Seatte Post-Intelligencer endorses faith in American genius to outpace European weaponry. It cites Frederick Palmer and Edison, notes that U S engineers created many modern war tools, and recalls the Monitor versus Merrimack as proof American innovation can meet any threat.
The party carried maps sketching pads and cameras while the First Signal Corps photographer Captain J W Butia used a revolving propeller to capture several hundred images. Artillery positions and an imagined regiment were located quickly. The flight formed a squad and the motor car moved toward Mineola with other planes along the Long Island Parkway. In Indianapolis the Red Cross chapter mobilizes for war with a $25,000 base hospital pledge and daily surgical dressings and hospital garments. Yale Dean Frederick Jones advocates converting Yale into a military camp with dormitories barracks and parade grounds to support national defense.
A speaker argues that conscription and selection by lot among men of military age would be the fairest method and best for the country, advocating a lottery system to allocate military service among eligible volunteers.
The Lenten series opens at Zion Lutheran Church this evening at 7 30 with a Song Service, followed by short lectures on Lutheran fundamentals each night. All members and friends are welcome. This week’s themes: Baptism Confession and Absolution The Lord s Prayer The Church The Plan of Salvation. Further notices will follow.
Concrete mixers ten foot capacity listed at 525.00 and eleven foot at 183.00. Street pavers Studiobaker wagons Keraners and other contractor goods marketed by Raw Macrununy Co of Pittsburgh Pa. Harpo y ow ons Seb Hataarg ye Oa.
A long list of local residents and visitors is reported. Misa Blanche St Clair teaches at Latrobe school and spent the weekend at her Philadelphia street home. Mrs Warry McCreery hosted young ladies Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs William Kissinger returned from Florida. Miss Mary and Margaret Lochard visited Church Street. J E Parnell’s Windber trip. Mr and Mrs Charles Cunningham and gon Banks visited Banks’ home. Ford Gibson from Windber spent Sunday at home. Mrs Robi Mullen visiting her former home. Mr and Mrs Getty from Johnstown visited the St Clair home. Rose Wilson of New York Easter vacationing with her mother on Sixth Street. Mrs Eastwood returned to daughter. W F Elkin ill on Sixth Street. Mr and Mrs Robert Sutton hosted his mother Mrs Fastman of Phillipsburg. Miss Georgian Boyd and others visited Tareroem and Peyomm er. Mrs William Steving and grandson of Manor visited. Mrs William Templeton of Clymer was Indiana visitor. Ernest Caldwell of Diaz spent Sunday here. Mr and Mrs John W Hastie of Freeport visited R N Ray on Water Street. Jesse Telford, about 25, former Indiana resident, died of pneumonia at Parkwood and was brought to Indiana for interment yesterday.
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