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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1917
Page
3
London was raided between nine and ten in the morning as a larger German air contingent descended lower than before. Thirty seven people were killed and 141 injured. Navy pilots claimed three German planes fell, while seven more were shot down by British aircraft after intercepting the raid.
President Wilson ordered the export control provisions into effect on July 15, placing under license a broad list of commodities. The policy prioritizes American needs, then allied requirements, then neutrals, with emphasis on preventing shipments to the Central Powers. Goods covered include coal, fuel, food grains, meats, pig iron, steel, scrap, fertilizers, arms, ammunition, and explosives. A possible sixty day embargo on food is noted to assess national supplies.
Official dispatches report the republic firmly reestablished at Nanking with Feng Kuo Chang as president of the provisional government. Republican forces move toward Peking to oust remaining Manchu loyalists in the capital.
Richmond Virginia reports E. K. Wister the former German consul saying he does not know where to go and does not want to go to Mexico as Washington orders recalled consulates to leave the United States. He recently sold his tobacco warehouse for $100000.
New York report says Secretary of War Baker vows to stop soldiers who disrupt free speech or the right to peaceably assemble. The statement responds to complaints of soldiers and militiamen breaking up meetings arresting citizens raiding rooms and headquarters during protests to the police.
Washington reports the final contingent of General Pershing’s expeditionary force has arrived safely in a French port. American destroyers protected transports from two submarine attacks with no American lives lost. at least one submarine was sunk, and others were believed destroyed during the crossing.
Americans celebrated Independence Day in Paris as a battalion of the first expeditionary force moved toward the front. Russian advances in eastern Galicia are reported with heavy losses for Austro German lines. In Champagne the German crown prince renews attacks northwest of Rheims, but French defenses repulse the assaults.
Federal inquiry into East St. Louis race riots begins under Col. George H. Hunter to report to Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Barry. The violence left 33 Negro and 4 white deaths and about 310 Negro homes burned as authorities probe the disturbances.
The American steamship Orleans of 2808 tons sank after torpedo attack by a submarine. Four crew members drowned while the armed naval guard were saved. The State Department withheld the attack’s place and time. The ship sailed from New York June 18 for France under Capt. Allen D. Tucker.
Washington new national army draft to be drawn this week as exemption boards finish organizing and forward certified cards. A single Washington wheel would supply numbers for each district, with roughly 30 000 men drafted per draw and 1 200 000 called in the first selection amid possible complications and alien exemptions.
Soux Falls South Dakota regular army officers say I W W leaders in the state have maps of agricultural districts and men stationed to launch simultaneous crop fires this season. Federal officers have been apprised and will pursue those involved, as farmers are warned to guard against the plotters.
Washington report says Lord Northcliffe head of the British mission authorized releasing portions of a confidential National Press club speech given July 4. He outlined spy activities in England and a flood of vital information passing through neutral countries to Germany, warning against nontechnical press censorship.
In New York Samuel Gompers denies union involvement in East St. Louis riots while Theodore Roosevelt denounces the murder of helpless negroes. The exchange triggers a tumult at a Carnegie Hall meeting honoring the Russian mission to the United States.
National Guard units on duty as rioting businesses burn throughout East St Louis. Officials estimate up to 250 deaths among African Americans and whites, with extensive property loss at about 3 million dollars. Fire departments from St Louis assist as fires threaten the city core.
War Minister Kerensky personally directed a multi day Russian push from the front lines. He rode to the trenches and ordered the advance, with reports of thousands of prisoners and numerous guns captured. The news sparked nationwide rejoicing.
Paris reports the Greek destroyer Doxa, crewed by French officers and sailors, was destroyed by a double explosion on June 28. Twenty nine men including all officers were lost as the ship blew up near a merchant vessel she was escorting in the Mediterranean.
Washington reports that representatives of Allied secret services have arrived in the United States to work with American agencies on destroying German espionage. The piece notes existing cooperation among state, war, navy, and justice departments while calling for enhanced cross border coordination and new machinery to handle thousands of plotters and spies. It also mentions attacks on transports and troop movements tied to enemy espionage.
General Leonard Wood, commander of the U S Army Southeastern Department, spent July 6 in Charlotte inspecting three proposed army camp sites. He also spoke to thousands at the First Presbyterian church lawn and later at a banquet at the Selwyn hotel, urging preparedness and civic duty amid national crisis.
Washington officials grow increasingly confident the monarchial coup in China will fail as northern military leaders align against General Chang Hsun’s attempt to overthrow republicanism. Minister Reinsch notes military action supporting the republic appears underway.
A pro allied shift spreads from Mexico City through northern Mexico with open breaks from Germany and calls to join the entente. Despite daily pro German sentiment in Chihuahua City and other papers believed subsidized by Germans, sentiment favors the Allies.
The Columbia federal farm loan bank issued the first $1600 loan to W A Calk and his mother Adelaide T Calk on 130 acres. The loan carries 5 percent interest with 1 percent yearly payments, runs 36 years, and totals 96 dollars yearly for 35 years and 161.44 dollars in year 36. The loan is linked to Saxa-Gotha association in Lexington County amid North Carolina Georgia and Florida lending races. The affair marks the rollout of a broader rural credit program with appraisers and attorneys appointed and M Efird as secretary.
Eighteen hundred workers toil eight hours daily to complete the Columbia cantonment by September 15. The camp will house 40 000 national army troops, with 130 by 30 foot barracks for 160 men each and hundreds of laborers building the Columbia street railway line to the site. The Hardaway Construction Company staffs, a 16 inch water main by six miles, and 33 Motor Truck Company vehicles support operations. Guard duties are assigned to the South Carolina National Guard Second Battalion First Regiment.
Eggs bring solid prices across Columbia and statewide markets with quotes from 25 to 80 cents a dozen. Large wholesale demand supports the range as some sectors push 35 to 40 cents per dozen. Creamery products show slightly higher pricing.
A cloudburst moved from two to five miles south and southeast of Olanta through the Central community toward Lake City. Little wind limited damage but roads and fields were washed. some dwellings struck by lightning and crops, notably young corn and tobacco, suffered.
Comptroller General Sawyer orders county offices to close their books on June 30 to settle 1916 taxes. The tax department will run settlements for three months, as Sawyer returns to Columbia after a trip to Lexington, Alaska.
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