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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1917
Page
1
President Wilson issues a final admonition declaring no class exemptions will be permitted and stressing fearless impartiality in governance and policy enforcement. The statement underscores equal treatment across sectors and emphasizes national duty.
List of men exempt from the draft includes officers ministers and divinity students. U S military personnel. German subjects without first papers. local officials and customhouse workers. pilots and sailors. married men with dependents. sons of dependents and orphans. morally deficient individuals. and members of pre May 18 1917 religious sects forbidding war.
President Wilson releases regulations to ensure equal treatment in the draft calling for selectees to report around September 1. Brig. Gen. Crowder to set dates for draft board organization while stressing impartial and fearless duty to judge each case. The aim is an army formed without injustice, shared by the National Guard, regular army, and navy, under equal rights and responsibilities.
A writer notes the vast waste of time in daily life and describes how he used minutes between dinner calls to draft a book. He urges readers to conserve time and convert spare moments into productive gains, calling for immediate action.
The text emphasizes agricultural education as essential to national betterment and dignity, aiming to raise farming to a high plane it has long deserved.
A notable woman delivers a sharp rebuke to bachelors about courting norms. Marley comments on social expectations while Meekton supports marriage as a counter to lecturing by single men.
The regulations describe how local boards will take over registration cards, determine liability for service, and post designated men for service. Exemptions cover officers, ministers, students, aliens, dependents, and religious sect members, with claims requiring affidavits and rapid three to five day decisions. Certificates of exemption can be temporary and revoked with changing conditions.
In early history the earth grew rapidly by meteoric matter, and it continues today at a negligible rate. Scientists estimate about 20 000 tons added yearly. Over ages larger planets have swept up most fragments of the original disruption, leaving comets as the main remaining source.
Betty arrived at a friend's home after a long car ride and shared a hearty lunch. She admitted she had more than she expected, indicating unexpected fullness.
A D L Moody urges believers to refrain from seeking escape and to prove faith by remaining where they are. The message emphasizes staying rooted in daily life as a demonstration of devotion.
Paris July 6 The American expeditionary force arrives at a permanent training camp under Maj. Gen. William L. Sibert as Premier Ribot and French leaders honor the Fourth of July in Paris. Spectators cheer Pershing Joffre and allied dignitaries at the Independence Day luncheon and review by U S troops.
Buenos Aires reports Argentina has served an ultimatum to Germany. A note says unless Germany pays for past destruction of Argentine ships and pledges no future attacks, Argentina will sever diplomatic relations.
London reports that all Germans in Liberia will be deported to France within a few days. The decision is described as imminent and unfolds amid wartime tensions.
Wesley Greene of the State Horticultural Society reports apples up about 20 percent from last year while small fruit falls about 20 percent. Overall fruit average is 51 percent, slightly above last July. Insects and fungal diseases are near normal, but twig blight is more widespread than usual.
Interstate Commerce Commission denied the railroads petition for a 15 percent rate increase. The June 27 order suspends the proposed schedules until October 28, 1917, except coal coke iron ore rates. The commission notes 1916 as the railroads’ most prosperous year and allows limited interdistrict suspensions. Commissioner McChord dissented.
A sudden Milwaukee River current blamed for the Christopher Columbus excursion boat disaster. Fifteen known dead, over twenty injured with twenty three passengers missing. six critical. Federal agents opened an inquiry with hints of possible arrests.
The private bank of Graham & Sons at 659 West Madison Street in Chicago closed on Friday. Two hours later state detectives entered with fire axes and seized the bank. An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed in federal court by William Shale claiming $3,000. The bank, led by the late Andrew J. Graham, was once among Illinois' strongest with deposits estimated up to $5 million, hindered by illiquid real estate bond investments.
Niagara Falls, July 3. Twenty eight persons drown when a Great Gorge route car was hurled into the Niagara river after a landslide under a trestle caused by rain. Many injured. twenty bodies recovered. some escaped by jumping. others swept into rapids. The car overturned and rolled into the river shortly before four o'clock.
The White House announces President Wilson does not plan a vacation this summer and will remain in Washington regardless of Congress adjournment.
Five automobile bandits held up Clarence Beard the cashier of the National Tea company as he stepped from John Rump's private bank with his firm's payroll and escaped with $20,000 on July 4 in Chicago.
San Francisco reports Acting on Attorney General Gregory orders United States District Attorney John W. Pereston warned against speeches designed to embarrass the government. The notice serves to curb antiwar rhetoric during the July events.
A destructive blaze in Lee county oil fields in Lexington Kentucky on July 3 spreads rapidly. Flames tower into the sky threatening homes and valuable property with several injuries reported among workers and residents.
Premier Kerensky personally led the renewed Russian advance on the Galician front urging troops forward. In the first two days the war office reported 10,178 German Austrian and Turkish soldiers captured along with 164 officers, and the seizure of seven heavy cannons and seven machine guns.
Amsterdam reports the death of German aviator Riessinger who had shot down four opponents. In his final flight Riessinger set fire to a British machine, but the foe rammed Riessinger's plane and both fell to earth.
Virgil G. Hinshaw, chairman of the Prohibition national committee, condemned President Wilson for urging Prohibition leaders not to delay the food control bill by insisting on keeping provisions that affect beer and light wines production.
London dispatch notes that German forces are expected to initiate key movements within the next few days, with details yet to be confirmed by authoritative sources. The report emphasizes anticipated military activity and potential strategic shifts on the European theater.
Joseph Graber thirty three an organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World was arrested here on Wednesday charged with acting as an agent for the German government.
Four persons died and one was injured when a Cleveland and Pittsburgh passenger train struck an automobile at the Jeddo crossing, five miles north of Steubenville Ohio, on Wednesday.
In Argyle Iowa on July 3 a nine year old boy George Routh lost three fingers and sustained a severe facial laceration when a percussion cap exploded the incident marking the first Fourth of July casualty in the area.
Argentina plans a cordial reception for the American squadron at Argentine ports amid ongoing neutrality in the war between the United States and Germany. The July 3 dispatch notes diplomatic courtesy as the fleet visits Buenos Aires.
Washington reports that American destroyers protecting convoys carrying General Pershing’s troops to France fended off two submarine attacks. One submarine may have been sunk and no American lives were lost. Paris celebrations for the Fourth of July included Pershing and Joffre figures, while German political reform discussions continued in Berlin and Saxony with calls for parliamentary changes and democratic reforms.
John W. Foster former secretary of state is improved at his Henderson Harbor summer home in Watertown New York but doctors say there is no hope for a full recovery. He remains near death.
London reports Col. William Cornwallis West died in North Wales at eighty two. He served as lord lieutenant of Denbighshire since 1872 and as honorary colonel of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Berlin reports Lens a heap of ruins after months of fighting. A semiofficial statement from Berlin notes the British encircling movement at Lens remains fierce as the battle rages around the French city.
Ex King Constantine of Greece and his family and suite arrived at St Moritz on July 4. Queen Sophia appeared in poor health. The party were refreshed by the local authorities.
Rome reports the destruction of 18 Italian ships by German subs in the past week including one steamship eight sailing vessels and four fishing boats.
The Boston newspaper argues a banquet is a poor talking proposition not an eating event. The department of agriculture notes vegetable shipments show prices aren’t caused by scarcity.
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