Registration of Ten Million Men
Young men nationwide prepare to defend liberties as the mass registration initiative gathers momentum. Authorities emphasize unity and readiness as millions respond to the national call.
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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
2
Young men nationwide prepare to defend liberties as the mass registration initiative gathers momentum. Authorities emphasize unity and readiness as millions respond to the national call.
Crowds blocked booths as Colorado posted a solid turnout for the selective draft. Denver and state totals neared the 100000 goal, with Washintgon estimating 1 of 100 residents registered. Cities like Cleveland and Detroit reported heavy demand and extended enrollment, while Crowder directed registrars to record all applicants. Indians near Tuirango, Colorado Ute Reservation refused to register, choosing instead to dance war and bear dances in native costume.
Five Chinese provinces secede to press the Peking government with demands including dismissal of the National Assembly and advisers, constitutional revision, reinstatement of Tu’an Chidul, and war against Germany. The reports suggest potential compromises on the first two points, amid broad political tension from Amoy China.
Washington The Senate committee rejected changes to House war taxes on wine and beer estimated to bring in 6 million and 37.5 million dollars respectively. Tobacco rates were adjusted with cigarettes taxed at 2.00 per thousand for light weights and 4.80 for heavier weights. An appropriation of 150 million dollars for food administration provisions is under discussion by the House agriculture committee. Marshall Field Buys 4.5 Million in Liberty Loan Bonds Chicago The Fields made the largest Chicago purchase of Liberty Loan bonds to date, subscribing for 4.5 million dollars.
Miss Margaret M Crumpicker roams Greeley Square New York urging recruits for the United States Navy. The scene highlights a civilian campaign to attract volunteers amid wartime recruitment efforts.
The Diriko a 2005 ton American sailing ship was sunk by a German submarine with one drowning including third mate John Kay. Survivors from Barbara and Frances M were landed at Gibraltar Cadiz and Plymouth after the attacks. The Virgin reported the Washington sunk by a submarine on Maych.
Washington The Senate approved the administration food bill without a record vote after adding Fall's amendment to open public lands in New Mexico Colorado Utah and South Dakota under the Giacre homestead act. The measure includes vast land openings, survey of food resources and strict limits on storage and futures, with a total appropriation near 11 million dollars.
An Austrian emperor asserts authority to set the timetable for peace negotiations while declaring that different leaders will shape the pace of accord. The remark underscores ongoing strategic control over potential settlement.
Reports from Vienna and Petrograd describe strikes by workers and soldiers, Kronstadt delegates seizing effective power and rejecting the provisional government, while in China military governors form a new regime in Anhwei. Latin American nations seek antiwar unity, and other world notes cover Albania’s independence under Italy, and cultural items from Paris and New York.
Reports from Petrograd relay a royalist riot in Tiflis leading to the arrest of Grand Duke Nicholas. Protesters with black banners urged social revolution while armed mobs looted banks and threatened violence as municipal elections approached. The incident follows broader unrest across Serbia and harsh reprisals by Austrian German and Bulgarian forces.
British forces regain positions after counterattack along the San Marco front as Austrian assault on Italian lines is repulsed with losses on both sides. The clash highlights ongoing trench warfare and shifting gains amid the broader theater of operations in Europe.
Russian scouts broke German wire near Kogel and Pnevi and seized a machine gun. British recap tured posts near Cherisy and repelled raids near La Bassee and Neuve Chapelle. Italian forces fended off Austrian attacks on San Marco and Vertolbizza. German naval base attempts thwarted in the Atlantic. French and British drives claimed thousands of German prisoners. Italians advanced toward Trieste. Zeebrugge Ostend Bruges bombed by British airmen. a French submarine sank a large U boat.
Tornadoes on June 1 killed 26 people across Oklahoma Arkansas Kansas and Missouri with more than 200 injured and over a million dollars in damage. Heaviest losses centered in Coffeyville Coffeyville Kansas and Coalgate Oklahoma where several fatalities and extensive damage were recorded.
Washington June 6 Thousands of veterans and visitors attended the twenty seventh annual United Confederate Veterans reunion. President Wilson greeted Dixie soldiers on the Capitol platform praising national unity and sacrifice for liberty. He emphasized self sacrifice and the readiness of young men registering for service as a sign to the world.
The admiralty reports a German destroyer sunk and another damaged after a running fight with six German destroyers and Commodore Tyrwhitt's squadron near London. In Greeley a Denver van driver, J Willis, fined $100 and costs for illegal liquor transport in Justice F Ewing's court.
A dense snapshot of late market quotations across livestock, grains, metals, and produce. From Denver and Colorado upland prices to Chicago live stock figures and New York cotton quotes, listing beef cattle, lambs, hides, butter, potatoes, poultry, wheat, corn, oats, and tin spot prices with multiple regionally tied figures and grade descriptors. Enduring entities include F.C.B. Denver, Chicago, New York, Minneapolis, Kansas City, and the Gunnison Valley with assorted price points and market terms.
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