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Newspaper
Piqua Daily Press
Location
Piqua, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1917
Page
4
Sunday patriotic union service at the Presbyterian church featured speakers urging national unity and Liberty Loan support. notes on rescue efforts at the North Butte mine and heroism of Manus Duggan linked to Red Cross and Y M C A work amid World War II era issues.
Washington June 21 figures from Secretary McAdoo show total Liberty Loan subscriptions near 1.06 billion dollars with none of the twelve federal reserve districts at its minimum. New York leads with 588 million. others range from 125 million in Boston to 20 million in Dallas. San Francisco trails with about 20 percent of its allotment. overall effort described as inadequate amid war urgency. A later New York report notes 300 new patriotic songs published in Los Angeles since the war began, but no replacement for historic national airs.
June 11 reports a 300 000 loss of company funds and the disappearance of its president William Anthony Kennedy of Kennedy Mitchell and Company, a Wall Street firm linked to Verdun reconstruction contracts. Kennedy is said to be aboard a ship bound for Spain with a Justice Department agent aboard. state banking examiners oversee the firm’s offices. The firm rose rapidly in 1916 as a transmitter of funds from banks and individuals.
The United Press reports the Shipping Board let an eight million dollar contract to Terry and Trench of New York for building twenty 40-ton steel ships. They will establish a large shipyard in Savannah and bring two thousand skilled workers to the area.
Charles Ho ward Russell a noted Socialist and member of the American war mission to Russia was expelled from the Socialist party by the New York local central committee at a meeting in New York City on June 11. In a separate item Mrs Sarah Rousch aged sixty one was killed when she jumped from her buggy and her head struck water?
Railway men expect summer field battles as American history comes home. Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia vies with St. Augustine for continent’s oldest settlement, famed Vauban fort features and a black underground prison. Imagined exploits span Indian sieges to colonial clashes with French and English.
President Wilson commends the Red Cross for universal wartime relief work. The organization supplied care to wounded, aided prisoners in Siberia, fought disease in Serbia, and brought hope to noncombatants, proving Americans’ commitment to alleviate suffering worldwide.
Akron reports Ohio veterans marching to the state encampment with 5000 expected for the opening. main Civil War veterans arrive tomorrow while the camp proper starts Wednesday. Major events include a big parade Thursday and a reception to patriotic orders, with Department Commander W. F. peared arriving from East Liverpool.
Fort Wayne Ind June 11 Two men are dead and another dying after a boiler explosion on an Erie freight train engine near Uniondale early today. The deceased are Wil-
Washington June 11 United Press reports efforts to inject politics into selecting members of exemption boards are underway in Congress. Officials expect the attempt to fail and say only men of high standing will be chosen. The piece notes the political leverage of board members and outlines the board structure and review process. It also mentions an American vessel sunk by a German submarine, the Magnus Manson, with the crew affected.
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