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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1917
Page
3
Federal agents raid Industrial Workers of the World HQs and gathering places in Minneapolis San Francisco Denver Duluth and other cities on September 6seizing books papers and printing material authorities say similar actions will target Minnesota Iron ranges and related sites
Petrograd reports seize of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich and his wife, Grand Duke Paul, and the Countess Pahlen with others held on suspected monarchist conspiracy linked to Moscow talks. In Iowa, the Villiscaux murder indictments prompt juror selection and defense fund scrutiny.
Washington reports the first 5 percent of draftees entered uniform, arriving at 14 cantonments with gear issued. Training begins tomorrow as the 40 percent second group heads to camps. some units delayed, with Camp Upton and Meade among listed sites awaiting formal opening.
Mrs. Helen Swift Morris of Chicago, widow of Edward Morris the Chicago packer, married last night at her Chicago home to Francis Neiston a former member of the Commons in Hyde Park Cheshire. The couple's union follows Morris's prominence and single tax ideas.
London reports six German escapees recaptured by British forces during North Sea patrols aboard Bo. 1. A small boat containing prisoners who had escaped, was seized by the patrols, ending the escape attempt.
A brief note indicates the governor received broad authority amid political changes. The report mentions a return of the governor, with emphasis on expanded executive capabilities and the potential impact on governance.
Corfu reporters note Italy has proclaimed a protectorate over Albania, sparking debate among European powers. Albanian views are not discussed, while rival claims to Epirus and the Adriatic stir concerns of Serbs, Slavs, and Greek interests in a shifting regional balance.
The American Bar Association committee on reports and digests urged courts to shorten opinions. They reported that average judicial opinions have lengthened over the past twenty years, and a memorial from Saratoga Springs requests a conscious effort to reduce opinion length.
Eleven militants of the main woman's party were arrested yesterday during a parade reviewing stand picket. They received 40 day sentences in the workhouse after declining to appeal and began serving time.
Senator Ken Yon spoke at the finance committee on a war tax bill, urging higher rates on war profits and incomes. He argued critics misread the measure, saying the bill aims to tax profits while defending reasonable gains and national duty amid war. He cited Powder company profits in 1917 and 1918 to illustrate corporate returns.
Samuel Gompers heads the American Federation of Labor and the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy as they open a national conference in Minneapolis. He calls for uniting workers to support the war effort and defend democracy, warning against disloyalty and autocracy.
New York Sept 5 Eskimos at Etah in the Arctic now amuse themselves with phonographs from the Crockerland expedition led by Donald B McMillan who has just returned to New York after four years. They prefer ragtime and a Hawaiian melody to classical music and are shown to be opposed to autocratic rule maintaining a socialistic view of property. He also notes two step dancing and a nonwarlike view toward conflict. McMillan reports the discovery of coalfields on the west coast of Fallsmoreland, but doubts their global impact.
Paris reports France plans to build three times as many merchant ships in 1918 as in normal peacetime. Anatole D’Enxle, under secretary of merchant marines, led a survey to assess ore and material availability and set a program to triple tonnage based on the findings.
Secretary Houston opened the conference of the United States livestock industry committee attended by 100 cattlemen and stock experts. The meeting aims to discuss removing breeding stock from the West to the East and South where roughage is more available, with administration and Department of Agriculture officials present.
Havre reports information from beyond the lines that remaining Belgian manufacturing machinery is being removed or destroyed. Factories in La Providence and nearby areas have had their machines taken out. Managers who protested say Berlin orders aim to empty Belgium of manufacturing resources.
London dispatch reports that Serbia faces severe famine with harvests seized by Austrians Germans and Bulgarians. Food and fuel are scarce, meat lard butter and spices unavailable, milk nearly gone and many children dying after years of deprivation.
WASHINGTON Sept 6 The justice department broadens inquiries into German language newspapers and pacifist magazines in the United States. Investigations focus on utterances at meetings and suspicious advertising linked to the American League Against Protest and similar groups. Prosecutions may follow as officials seek possible violations of the espionage act.
Lincoln, Sept 6 The conference of state and county councils of defense demands the immediate removal of Frank L. Haller from the presidency of the University of Nebraska board of regents and asks his resignation. It cites disloyalty claims from prewar statements and urges suppression of German language press unless purged.
A September demonstration by soldiers opposed to William Hale Thompson's antiwar stance disrupted a county fair rally. Soldiers ripped a banner from a car they believed carried Thompson and protested the mayoral mood as a delegation of Republicans traveled to the event.
General Pershing arrives at field headquarters in a French town now dominated by khaki. American troops and nurses occupy a French hospital as French and American sentries guard entry while clearances are issued for all who pass.
The German chancellor Georg Michaelis claims Soviet testimony on Boukhomlinoff’s trial challenges Germany’s guilt in starting World War I. He argues the czar’s war decision came from military advisers and a France-leaning bloc, not Germany alone, amid German peace efforts and allied responses.
Geneva report says Luxemburg antiquary M. Jean Nervyard found a wood miniature claimed as Henry VII. No other known portrait exists in museums or private collections. Bernard cites attribution to Geoffrey Tory de Bourges (1480-1583) as the sole work by the engraver.
Washington January report says House Republicans failed to amend the war bond and certificate bill to create a concurrent war expenditure committee. Representative Johns of Kentucky, chair of the committee of the whole, sustained Kitchin's points of order against proposals by Representatives Gillett of Massachusetts and Moore of Pennsylvania.
British Admiralty via Wireless Press reports a mutiny breaking out aboard a Portuguese warship. Madrid dispatch notes several realies seized and a tense situation aboard the vessel.
Reports from London and Paris describe a wide German retreat on multiple fronts. British bombardments hit Belgian targets while Italian troops push toward Trieste and the Ombre lines near the Gortata plateau. Russian and Baltic campaigns show Riga under pressure with naval actions and revolutionary anxieties rising in Petrograd.
Washington report notes allies urge the United States to declare war on Austria to hasten peace by blocking Turkey and Bulgaria and aiding Italy. Secretary Lansing and other officials have anticipated a possible conflict with Austria, though specifics of anti Austrian actions are unclear.
The food administration will consider corn price levels with Hoover watching the market. Officials signal possible action to fix corn prices as the sugar industry moves toward voluntary control via refinery representatives agreeing to funnel raw sugar through a Hoover named committee.
The report details a moonlit air raid over London with bombs injuring or damaging a hospital theater and a shop as British anti aircraft fire repelled intruders. Officials report eleven killed and sixty two wounded, while papers debate invasion readiness and air supremacy.
Adele Pankhurst, daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, was sentenced in Melbourne to nine months in prison for an unlawful demonstration. She had been active in propaganda in Australia where meetings were broken up by soldiers during a conscription protest.
Petrograd reports a brutal turning point as hopes for overthrow of the Romanoffs collapse. Widespread hardship spreads distrust, with troops low on supplies and mutinous rumors growing. Leaders admit strain and fear for the future as the revolution stalls.
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