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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1917
Page
3
An 1917 estimate places US wealth at just over 200 billion dollars and war costs to spring 1917 at 66 billion. The piece argues global expenditures rise, demobilization will take time, and postwar recovery depends on new economic and social reforms across Britain France and Europe.
Miss M L Martin now Mrs Mary Fumes reappears after 25 years to collect back dividends from Elechi mining stock bought at 10 cents a share. The company locates her under her new name and notes the stock was worth 66 dollars per share at issue. Officer John A Finch paid 8 100 assessments in those early days.
The text discusses mining by Hebrews as described in Job 28, noting the poetic portrayal of mining operations. It references Neyet and describes how gold mining involved groups of convicts and captives in ancient practice.
Miss Suphrosina Weigert sued for wages from 1902 to 1914 as a domestic servant in Brooklyn. Justice Cropsey awarded her 2066 dollars and 71 cents after testimony alleging long absence by the employer and casual outings to the cemetery with meals provided.
In Marysville California Emery Coe of Allen township reported a cow died under baffling circumstances. An autopsy revealed the heart contained an open safety pin and an eight inch piece of No 11 wire was removed from the stomach. The animal is believed to have swallowed the pin while eating silage.
The report notes rock breaking by fire and subsequent use of picks and chisels. It observes miners being naked and compares them to contemporary African workers in South Africa's diamond mines.
The text urges adherence to natural health laws, warning sickness arises from neglect or disobedience to nature. It argues wisdom lies in observance, claiming drugs and cures become unnecessary when one follows nature's principles.
Governor Harding urges an advisory council of leading Iowa farmers to craft a plan to raise national food supplies through supportive state funding and collaboration with the agricultural college. He calls for openness to legislation if needed and stresses Iowa must aid worldwide hunger with its harvest gains.
Des Moines report says the Epps bill to add an eighth Iowa Supreme Court justice died in the house when a motion to table the senate amendment carried. Disclosures about the court’s workload shifted sentiment, with supporters arguing no new justice is needed.
Reuters Amsterdam reports Dr Alfred Zimmermann minister of foreign affairs said Germany did not mail a letter to General Carranza but was minimally addressed by a route. Instructions to seek a German Mexican alliance and Japan joining were to apply only after US declared war. He defended loyalty but US broke relations abruptly.
The final bone dry bill reported by the Senate committee on suppression of Intemperance moves to the Senate. It makes failure of express companies to keep required records of freight shipments a misdemeanor. Senator Whitmore notes a court has ruled current law lacks a penalty and allowed violations to go unpunished.
The senate amended the Mcfarlane headlight dimmer bill to avoid a single brand requirement. The attorney general had said the house passed law barred any headlight rising more than forty two inches above road level. The amendment allows headlights that emit only diffused light above that limit.
Berlin reports quote Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg denying any intent to attack or wage war on the United States. He cites Germany’s submarine campaign as defense and says if bloodshed is required, Germany will not bear sole responsibility. He also discusses Russia and warns America of potential consequences if war arises.
London reports a March tally of merchant ships totaling over 420 000 tons lost to war measures. Lord Beresford, speaking in the House of Lords, warned longer days and calmer seas would raise losses while urging the public be told the facts. He cited 28 ships and more than 500 000 tons of losses in February and criticized naval control by the foreign office.
Representatives Harrington and Padgette of the House Foreign Affairs Committee met with Secretary Lansing to consider measures for the new Congress. They discussed espionage censorship and aid to France including a large bond issue to finance French bonds and possibly sending a military force to the front. The president’s final recommendation was not yet determined.
In Los Angeles on March 31 Joe Frisk a Russian shot and killed Kurl Trautermann and Frank Roth both Germans then killed himself. Authorities say Frisk and the Germans discussed the war frequently.
Wilhelm Parn des, among six accused Germans on trial for plotting vessel destruction, testified he manufactured 250 lead cylinders aboard the ship intended as fire bombs afterward.
Two hundred fifty employees of the Cudahy Packing company in Kansas City began taking out first citizenship papers on Wednesday at company expense.
Berne March 20 The Kaiser is suffering from diabetes and is under treatment at homeburg according to a Berlin dispatch. Worry is said to be retarding the emperor's recovery.
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