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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1917
Page
2
The piece argues the decisive great war battle will occur on the French German frontier with probable fighting in summer 1918. It notes Germany moves top troops to the western front and predicts the US will deploy two million soldiers on French soil by May, with ample arms and ammunition to shape the outcome.
The capture of Jerusalem by the British holds little military value, yet carries strong moral and sentimental weight. The infertile region lies far from sea ports and water, with limited rail access, a small population, and little wealth, but its historical and religious associations give it deep meaning to Christians and Jews alike.
Dispatches report two defeats of the Bolsheviki by a Cossack led counter revolution, leaving the movement with limited support outside St. Petersburg. The I W W is portrayed as sympathetic to Germany amid wartime tensions. A note on peace terms with Romania mentions installing a German prince as king.
Mayor Hi Gill faces impeachment as city council weighs a committee report. The push gains from business interests backing removal after Gill ousted Chief Beckingham and appointed J. F. Warren, a former Spokane police chief, who pledges to clean Seattle up.
A political tract argues that the Russian masses and Americans seek a square deal and property rights earned by work. It denounces Bolsheviks and I. W. W. as divisive, examines wealth and honesty, and criticizes leaders and the idea of power during wartime.
Van H Manning director of the Bureau of Mines estimates the United States will need 350 million gallons of gasoline for airplanes trucks and tractors to meet army navy and civilian motorist needs. The National Automobile Organization calls on manufacturers dealers garages and repair shops to join a wall placard campaign advising lean fuel use and leakage prevention and summarizes fourteen concrete gas saving steps.
A peculiar gold coin dated 1806, about the size of a $5 piece, arrived with Keifer at the Philadelphia subtreasury. The coin's gold is nearly red and bears the head of Liberty. It is not a government mint product and appears privately coined. The gold quality exceeds that of circulating $5 coins.
Nine year old Harriet Owing was struck by a stray .22 bullet in Atlanta but the shot did not penetrate her skull. Doctors removed a perfectly flattened bullet from her forehead and the girl returned home.
Echo readers can obtain a gratis 1918 Pocket Diary by mailing two cents in stamps to D Swift & Co patent lawyers Washington DC. The diary packs 365 days of memoranda health tips weight guidance cures for catarrh rheumatism and more. It also includes business and patent laws, parcel post charts, crop data for 1917 and state maps showing wet dry and suffrage patterns.
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