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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1917
Page
6
Chelan County issues a notice to all citizens with brush or refuse along road right of way to burn or haul away within thirty days. The order warns enforcement of law against dumping on public highway right of way after the date. Dated April 5 1917 and Wenatchee April 18 1917.
Northwest growers led by J Curtis Robinson condemn the Interstate Commerce Commission move to allow a 15 percent rate increase. They warn extra freight costs raise barriers against Eastern markets, stressing a carload penalty and the need to rally support and funds for national harvest efforts. The piece also urges public service through wartime harvest programs and Red Cross support.
The speaker urges immediate, total war against Germany, blaming the Junker-led regime for frightfulness and arrogance. He argues peace cannot come while two nations worship different gods and insists victory over Germany is essential for global stability.
The editor notes little change on the battlefield with small Allied gains and brutal fighting near San Quentin in France. Reports of German demonstrations against Russia and a looming munition workers strike hint at growing unrest, with food shortages. Rumors via the Vatican suggest a renewed strike next May Day and widespread German disillusionment with Kaiser and Yunkers.
Mayor Hale received a circular urging statewide enlistment in Seattle founded Harvesters League. It asks citizens to plant and help harvest to feed Europe and the United States, raise Red Cross funds, and supply labor for farms while industry and shipyards continue wartime work.
The U S steamship Algonquin crew fired on a German submarine off the English coast and sunk it with the first shot. The gun that fired the fatal shot was named Teddy Roosevelt. The Roosevelt contingent to Europe has 123,000 applicants, including about 10,000 Black men.
Industrial civic and educational progress noted. Seattle Marine Iron Works buys West Seattle site and begins schooner construction. Jitneys banned in South Bend as nuisance. Touchet to build alfalfa meat mill powered by electricity. Standard Oil to install tanks and building at Kent. Pacific highway construction to accelerate between Puget Sound and Portland amid wartime.
Engine building plants run day and night and northwest yards are projected to produce about half of the government’s planned wooden ships. Major industrial projects advance from a $1,000,000 pulp mill at Aberdeen to a $1,000,000 smelter at Kellogg and a $75,000 theatre at Centralia, with expansions in packing plants and a new condenser near Mt. Vernon.
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