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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1917
Page
6
Washington reports plan to issue 2 billion dollars in bonds as first step under the war revenue law with possible further issues. Congress debates taxation for war costs, food controls, and prohibition limits while Baker and Wilson push rapid action on the army bill and selective service.
The American navy seizes patrol duties off the U.S. coast while Copenhagen Dagens Nyheter notes a large food demonstration in Klamar Sweden. Five thousand workers halt factory output at noon and form a delegation to press for higher rations from the food commission.
The federal trade commission reports to the senate that Standard Oil interests substantially dominate the gasoline industry. Refining pipeline transportation and marketing of the finished product are controlled by the oil trust.
An American traveler arriving via Saltillo and Torreon reports rumors of a garrison uprising planned for on or before May 1 as General Carranza is to be inaugurated in Mexico. He says the plot seeks to install Obregon with German backing as part of a broader movement to seize the government.
Officers of the Deutsche Kreigerbund Landwehr Verein handed a German flag to Beatrice Nebraska postmaster J R McCann and asked it be sent to President Wilson as proof of loyalty of German veterans. Fred Schwartz surrendered the flag amid German veterans and spectators. New York trade journal publishers banquet endorses universal military training in resolutions.
Western union dispatch from Washington reports the republic will raise an army of 2,000,000 by selective conscription. The draft bill passed the House 397 to 23 and the Senate 81 to 8 after a fierce fight between volunteer advocates and supporters of conscription.
The state department reports an open Swiss movement by German exiles to spread republican and democratic ideas. Dr Roese Meyer, former Berlin Morgenpost editor, heads propagandists who have launched Frie Zeitung to promote a German republic. A traveler notes growing desire for peace in Germany.
The Corriere d'Italia reports German pressure on the emperor to abdicate after a Hohenzollern family meeting. One member suggested following Nicholas II of Russia, the emperor grew pale and left muttering “We shall see.” A later family council was held with the chancellor and ministers present, contents unknown.
Crowds in Copenhagen gather at the market to appoint a delegation demanding higher food rations. They march through the streets and storm shops as police struggle to contain the unruly crowds.
Copenhagen reports Berlin increasing bread and meat rations while Hamburg and other cities fare worse. Hamburg papers list this week’s bread at 1,380 grammes versus Berlin’s 1,600 grammes and only about three and a half potatoes instead of five pounds promised.
Fires started during attacks on German property in Porto Alegre have spread to Brazilian owned buildings. The minister of war telegrams federal troops commander in Rio Grande do Sul to place about 7,400 troops at the governor’s disposal. Officially, the situation in Rio Grande do Sul is now nearly normal.
The Vorwaerts estimates four million soldiers killed since the war began. It argues the loss is beyond comprehension, noting 200 hours of marching time to pass a point and a line 650 miles long from Basle to the Rhine mouth if the victims were alive to witness the scene. All would be dead.
Secretary of Labor Wilson announced plans to recruit 2,000,000 workers for the nation’s farms. The employment service will search nationwide for men to till the soil after a preliminary census indicated the large need. Farmers are encouraged to expand planting with this assured labor supply.
London reports Baron Devonport the food controller orders the takeover of all flour mills in the United Kingdom effective April 30. It is presumed mills will continue to be operated by their present owners.
One hundred thousand demonstrators in Buenos Aires marched with flags, singing the Marseillaise and praising the United States, France, and other allies. A mass meeting denounced German submarine actions and urged readiness, with leaders Alfredo Palacios and Ricardo Rojas urging national unity and support for the Allies.
Washington announces that men married since the outbreak of war with Germany will have the same military obligations as unmarried men. The War Department seeks full publicity to prevent any suggestion that marriages after the war’s start were intended to evade service.
Washington reports the house naval committee wrapped hearings on a bill to raise enlisted Navy strength from 17 000 to 30 000. Rear Admiral Palmer said current strength stood at 79 000 with volunteers arriving at about 1 000 daily and warned recruiting could halt if the bill is delayed. Major General Barnett noted talk of an overseas expedition but no final decision yet.
London newspapers print last week’s ship sinkings and U-boat losses, signaling a serious menace to Britain’s food supply. They emphasize the imperative need for food saving as Germany’s submarine campaign continues.
A resolution adopted unanimously at a conference between the national committee of the Social Democratic Party of Germany and representatives of the Social Democratic Party of Austria calls for the abolition of citizenship inequalities and German bureaucracy.
Vienna papers report Dr Urban minister of commerce and Dr Baernreither minister without portfolio have resigned. German dispatches link resignations to next month’s Austrian parliament convocation amid unsettled political events abroad. Several recent Austrian cabinet resignations noted.
President Wilson and Secretary Baker press Congress to accelerate debate on the administration war army bill with selective draft provisions. They warn that further delay would jeopardize war plans against Germany.
Official notification from the Turkish government breaking off diplomatic relations was received by the state department in a dispatch from American Minister Stovall at Berne. The message was sent by G Cornell Tarler, secretary at Constantinople, acting for Ambassador Elkus who is ill, and forwarded to Secretary Lansing.
The navy is rapidly taking over the patrol previously established by British and French vessels along the American coast, an official statement confirms.
General Lee Christmas, a Memphis native long tied to Central American politics, has reached New Orleans en route to Washington to offer his services to President Wilson. He cites urgent matters to discuss and notes his resignation as Honduras military inspector after U.S. severed ties with Germany.
United States marshal T. W. Taubman dismantled a wireless setup on Chris Vetter’s farm near Wessington Springs. The plant had two sixty foot masts with antennae about 100 yards long and could receive messages from either seaboard. No misuse evidence was found.
Berlinx Emperor Charles of Austria contends in a Luxemburg interview that he understands war and peace from trenches to strategy, while the relief ship Kongsli sinks in the safe zone off Amsterdam after a mine or submarine strike. One crewman is missing, the second mate, a Norwegian. Thirty four aboard, including nineteen Americans, are rescued and landed at Ymuiden.
Government orders declare alien enemies who desecrate the flag as a danger to the public peace and authorize their summary arrest. Aliens within half a mile of forts camps aircraft stations government vessels navy yards factories making munitions must depart by June 1 or face summary arrest under AG instructions to U S marshals.
Nebraska notes list numerous meetings and gatherings across the state from May to June including a biennial session in Omaha a Knights of Columbus state meeting in Alliance and a state track and field meet in Lincoln. Other items mention encampments in Columbus and a Sportsmen association tournament at Fremont with many local civic plans and agricultural efforts.
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