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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1917
Page
3
In the Southwest farmers feed wheat to hogs because corn is scarce at 2.05 per bushel. The practice is not widespread due to opposition. Anacortes aims to build a new road from Pass Lake.
The Chamber of Commerce issued a unanimous wartime pledge urging full and unqualified government support until Prussianism is destroyed. It calls on every citizen to pledge loyalty and cooperation to shorten the war and reduce casualties, with information from the State Council of Defense and the National Committee of Public Information.
Richard M. Hurd, newly elected Chairman of the Ameri can Defense Society, warns that most Americans sleep on the brink of an abyss as the war in Europe continues. He calls for a nationwide campaign to awaken the public, urging immediate mobilization, total war effort, and a 10 million man army to crush Germany.
A German born American critic in the Auburn Republican questions fellow German Americans about loyalty during wartime. He argues Germans should support the United States, praises American wages, and urges Americans to back President Wilson while opposing foreign language use and foreign papers in the U.S.
William Jennings Bryan abandons pacifism and proclaims strong Americanism amid World War era. He declares the Constitution vests war power in Congress, the President commands the armed forces, and citizens must support the war effort. Oklahoma Patriotic Speakers Bureau forms with Governor Williams among leaders pledging to speak nationwide on involvement and duty.
Clarence Darrow argues pacifists erred in opposing US entry to World War I. He states he was a pacifist before the war and would be again after Germany is defeated. He says the nation must act to protect liberty and that labor will support action against German despotism.
Washington reports the War Department aims for 3,000,000 troops by next summer with 2,030,000 by January 1 and two more drafted levies of 500,000. It outlines concentration camps at Newport News and Tenafly to train and mobilize volunteers, with 20,000 capacity each and 800 to 1,000 buildings.
A simple note praises a flour variety as the perfect base for light toothsome biscuits. It emphasizes that with the right flour, making a pan of biscuits is effortless. The tone is practical and promotional.
In Washington Sir Cecil Spring Rice and former Secretary Bryan greeted each other with a warm hug in the State Department corridors. They exchanged animated conversation as Bryan met with Secretaries Lansing Baker and Daniels and then dined with Secretary Lane. A separate note from Conway Arkansas reports a German brass band playing at a farewell for Faulkner County draftees headed to Camp Pike.
Guion Arkansas reports a pioneer moonshiner voluntarily wrecked his fifty gallon copper still that had produced about ten thousand gallons of liquor since the Civil War. He then sold the copper as junk and announced he would not face prosecution. Also noted is Berlin tuberculosis mortality rising 56 percent in March, April and May compared with 1916.
Chewelah grading started for the Spokane Valley and Northern Railroad Co line while Seattle Pacific Car and Foundry Co is incorporated with a capital of $1,000,000 and Raymond Harbor improvements are set to begin soon.
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