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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1917
Page
6
Washington report shows 14 battleships in the first line instead of 44 if Congress had followed Navy General Board recommendations. The piece argues government inaction leaves U S defense under manned as danger looms and contrasts current ships with proposed totals across classes.
The document details Mayo's command at Guantanamo with 14 capital ships, 43 including Arizona absent, and cites a looming vulnerability to coast attacks if overrun. It criticizes the General Board for delaying a broader build program, noting 5 battleships under construction and only 1 big ship authorized in 1914, with Congress repeatedly cutting ship authorizations.
BERLIN reports British losses exceed 2,000 killed in attacks south of the Tigris near Kut Eb Amara on Feb 1. German HQ says the assault failed after initial penetration, with ground strewn with dead and enemy losses over 3,000. Captures include all British forces. British surrender attempt halted by own artillery. A separate note says a hostile ship north of Safra in the Black Sea sank after an explosion.
New York February seven. An executive committee report for Mayor Mitchel’s defense group estimates a possible mobilization of nearly 18 million men if needed. About 10,535,940 are ages sixteen to forty five and fit for service. The memo also cites potential fitness under French and German age standards and notes most of a proposed 1,500,000 trained force could come from ages nineteen and twenty.
Colonial Mrs Vernon Castle stars in the third chapter of Patria. Princess Heiress at Coffee Dan s features Bessie Love. Star Traveling Salesman with Frank McIntyre. Belasco Virginia Pearson in The Bitter Truth. Savoy presents She Forgotten Prayer Tears of a Doll Oh for a Cave Man. Gem shows Fatty and Mabel Adritt. Family Judith of Cumberland with Marguerita Fischer His Wonderful Waste. Quincy Robert Warwick in The Supreme Sacrifice.
Today at the Orpheum Jack Trainor and Olga DeBaugh star in Vanity Fair of 1917 with matinee and evening shows. At the Empire Hippodrome Annette Kellerman appears in A Daughter of the Gods with matinee and night performances. Reb. 9 The Katzenjammer Kids plays. Civilization runs matinee and night on multiple days from Feb 12 to Feb 14.
The committee compared French and German standards to estimate available manpower. It calculated that among 21,071,076 men aged 18 to 45, 45.35 percent are single, widowed without dependents, or divorced, leaving 43.35 percent single. Applying this to 10,535,400 fit for service, the result would be 4,778,050 potential volunteers after deductions for illness and defects.
Palmyra reports a bank Jersey club purchase of 100 head to ship for youths, plus Granville Keller buying 66 grade Jerseys for Marion County. The probate court list records settlements and estates, including multiple estates with balances due and discharges, in a busy notes column.
Washington gossip center on the leak inquiry as lawmakers clash over closing hearings and compelling public testimony. Ruth Visconti and two newspaper men are cited in tentative witness actions while Connolly and Essary dispute authorship.
Swiss government communicates in response to President Wilson that it will maintain strict neutrality as a core principle, signaling no shift in policy. The note from Berne via Paris confirms the stance amid ongoing diplomatic exchanges.
Chicago February 7 plans for statewide recruiting began with Chief Gunner's Mate A E Simpson and aides from Great Lakes Training Station to visit Joliet Aurora Elgin Dixon Lockport and LaSalle starting Monday. Postmasters in these cities offer office space for recruiting stations. About 500 applications were received at the Chicago navy recruiting station, with most applicants aged 17 to 24.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7 The U S torpedo boat destroyer Preston commanded by Lieut Commander Cary Magrunder put to sea quietly Monday after being provisioned for a long cruise, it was learned tonight.
Regularity is essential to health and Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is the standard laxative. Sold for fifty cents a bottle, it is mild and non dependent on opiates. A trial bottle is offered by Dr W B Caldwell at 455 Washington St Monticello Illinois.
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