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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1917
Page
5
In Washington on November 22 the Hoover administration outlines a proposal to stabilize flour by mixing blended corn components aimed at reducing wheat demand. The plan seeks to relieve farmers' pressure and support corn producers amid grain market shifts.
Washington reports a War Department plan to cooperate with state authorities and railroads in creating a federal force for internal control. Soldiers will end watchman duties and new guards may enlist voluntarily. Old soldiers with army training are expected to be especially valuable for this military characterized force.
News brief notes U S authorities delay exports to Russia amid unspecified situation. Interruption affects consignments from a company indicated by dateline Co. W dated November 13. No further details given.
War correspondent describes a crow struck by shrapnel on the trench line in France as bursts of shellfire rip the no man’s land. The moment captures the chaos amid barbed wire, weeds, and distant gunfire with soldiers near the firing step.
German agitators and prominent business leaders flee to Argentina as martial law looms in Brazil. Officials accuse conspirators including foreign consuls and local elites of complicity while property is abandoned amid moving borders and threat of conflict.
Mey 31 The chamber of deputies grants confidence votes amid a political reshuffle with 48 lawmakers supporting the measure. The report notes the outcome reflects shifting support within the government and its priorities.
Paris reports Signor Cavallinie an Italian intermediary with Abbas Hilmi and Bolo Pasha is under arrest abroad. A woman friend of Cavallinie is also detained. Cavallinie allegedly travelled to a Paris hotel in April 1915 with 2,000,000 francs, introducing a man said to be Bolo Pasha.
Rome reports continued Italian resistance along the Piave with possible strategic retreat. Allied reinforcements have not yet entered action as Italian troops bear heavy casualties, their morale high and fighting on. Austria seeks to define Adriatic Venice fortress status amid anticipated operations.
General Diaz reports the capture of 1,200 Austrian troops who crossed the Piave River. The message to the Italian army was received by cable in Washington on November 21.
The Matin reports Austria agrees to Venice following church appeal but insists authority stays with the papacy. It notes Venice will not be defended if Italian forces retreat again.
New York stock exchange conduct committee begins inquiry into trading in Liberty bonds on Saturday Monday and Tuesday. Aims to determine if brokers traded bonds not immediately deliverable and to ensure cash deals in actual bonds. Some reports state Chicago received bonds before New York.
Aprad Egun von Dillmont, an Austrian reserve officer, was arrested by federal agents in Rockford Illinois on November 2. He spent a week at Camp Grant taking photographs for the Bureau of Public Information in Washington.
The report describes a British call for U S troops to reinforce France as World War I pressures mount. It cites Lloyd George and the Entente fears as German forces threaten from the east, with emphasis on American shipping and naval support shaping the crisis.
Petrograd reports 360000 Ukraine troops recalled from the front and notes a campaign of upheaval including the Moscow duma dissolution, arrests, and shifting leadership. Reports from Copenhagen Stockholm and Washington discuss Bolshevik power, possible peaces talks, and governance changes as the war unsettles Russia.
The article notes a penny shortage in eastern and midwestern areas prompting a nationwide push to circulate more small coins. The treasury received requests and began an accelerated shipment, with 63,400,000 new pennies and 16,000,000 new nickels entered circulation in the six weeks ending November 16, as a response to ad hoc shopping demands.
Representatives from North and South Dakota insurance departments arrived to probe the Bankers Insurance Company of Helena. Officials report the firm collected premiums totaling about 205,000 in North Dakota, with an estimated risk exposure around 1.428 million across the state.
London reports rapid Allied progress as Gen Byng’s forces attack between St Quentin and the Becarpe line. Tanks breach deep German defenses and capture prisoners and guns. Ridge troops seize Navinies hamlet, Ribecourt, Flesquieres, Haverin Court, and other positions as advance continues despite storm.
London dispatch reports President Wilson seeks a definitive allied declaration of war aims. The American commission would select humanitarian, democracy protecting terms to present to all nations and neutrals as a war move to democratize war making and curb self interest.
Unconfirmed report from New York states Herman Sielcken a German coffee merchant tied to the Wange fressee firm is believed dead in Baden Ruaden Germany amid possible routine trade news.
The American Federation of Labor reaffirmed loyalty to the country and support for the national administration without a trembling vote, pledging to stand behind war plans until peace is achieved.
El Paso reports that American officials and employees of the American Smelling and Refining Company in Chihuahua have been ordered to come to the border. Eight of seven church bells in Germany have been fed for munitions of war.
In the Cattegat near Denmark and Sweden a three hour battle saw British destroyers sink German patrol boats and the auxiliary cruiser Marie. Captain Lauterbach was wounded but reached shore. The engagement, daylight and on Germany’s doorstep, yielded 64 German prisoners and numerous sailors saved from the sea.
In France, American troops of the first battalions trained for trench duty crawled into No Man's Land and waited all night but German troops did not appear. A separate ambush near a shell ruined farm house drew a bullet and a German withdrawal. Two staff officers narrowly escaped a shell while traveling rearward. The first regimental colors carried on the line returned to headquarters, not flown at the front.
London reports General Brusiloff once Russian commander in chief wounded in the leg by a shell that struck his Moscow residence during the recent fighting.
In Los Angeles on November 2, supporters claimed victory for an initiative ordinance to remove saloons after April 30 1918. The measure allows sale only in original packages or by the glass with wines limited to 14 percent alcohol content.
Washington Nov 21 American shipyards under government commandeering completed 20 000 tons of merchant shipping last week raising total output to 51 000 tons. The first government output vessel will be finished in the autumn Moldy plant Seattle November 24 a 5 400 ton steel ship with 11 knot speed. The wooden ship is to be launched December 4.
British troops and tanks breach the Hindenburg line along a 20 mile front from St Quentin to the Scarpe, capturing several defenses and advancing toward Cambrai. French raiders report prisoners as British command posts win a major drive amid heavy fighting and rising prisoner tallies.
General Pershing commander of American forces in France visited British Field Marshal Haig’s headquarters to witness the British offensive with keen interest as the British army drove through German lines.
Reports suggest British forces exploited an element of surprise during a push in northern Italy. German troops were redeployed from Russia, weakening the front as Britain mounted a sudden assault with minimal artillery preparation.
Swondon reports on November 22 that British forces in Palestine have advanced five miles northwest of Jerusalem, according to the war office. The progress marks a significant push amid ongoing military operations in the region.
In Red Oak Iowa on November 2 the defense plans to close its case this afternoon in the Kelly murder trial. The defense argued the admissibility of a statement to Postmaster Dinwiddie at Macedonia about a Villisca murder letter. Witnesses described events and dates in 1912 as the defense prepares their theory.
Final official report at noon confirms the Y M C A war fund exceeds 50 million dollars with total 50 153 004. The eastern department leads with 20 100 026 and the central department has 15 380 733, headquarters in New York and Chicago.
Berlin reports Herr Schwanger the economics minister is relieved of office and awarded the Royal Crown. Von Stein and Herr Radowics receive posts as under secretary and department head respectively as Friederich von Payer reshuffles the cabinet amid opposition claims.
In Copenhagen in November authorities ban Shea opera lectures and public meetings in Munkeh Cyan and Bia until mid February due to a severe fuel shortage. The action aims to curb energy use as the shortage worsens.
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