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Newspaper
Reno Evening Gazette
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1917
Page
1
Federal and local authorities prepare for Reno registration tomorrow from seven in the morning until nine at night. Officials aim to enroll all men aged twenty one to thirty with strict penalties for evasion. factory whistles and church bells to signal the day.
German forces appear ready to endure great losses to stabilize the Western Front. French and British lines endure ongoing counter-attacks in Aisne, Champagne, and near the Chemin-des-Dames. Paris reports indicate some German success as crown troops push into advanced French positions while Haig’s front shows limited action near Lens.
In New York on June 4 authorities announced the arrest of three alleged minor figures in a German spy network and a fourth man linked to the case. The detainees include Harry Perissi a steamship company superintendent George Melcher a Harlem saloonkeeper and Irving Bonaparte a clerk. Authorities say mail seizure hints at steamship information flowing to Mexico and possibly Germany by wireless. Another arrest involved John Scerenski accused of advising draft age youths to avoid registration. In total 141 alien enemies have been arrested in the district amid ongoing security actions.
New York June 4 Infants contract infantile paralysis through personal contact rather than milk or animals. A Rockefeller Foundation funded report to Mayor Mitchel documents 5496 cases noting slight and paralytic forms as common infection sources. Disease develops 3 to 10 days after exposure. no immunity from prior health. Males more susceptible. parents urged to isolate sick children.
Silvio CamBgio, Italian minister to Mexico, arrived in Laredo on a special train from Mexico City and said he planned to enlist in the Italian army. Henry Ferge, 63, leading Milwaukee builder of many structures including the San Francisco post office, died yesterday.
Springfield, June 4. J Holland Keet refused county help in locating his fourteen month old son Lloyd abducted Wednesday night from the family home. Friends planned to search the Ozark hills by commandeered cars that night, amid belief that three men plotted the kidnapping, weakening a prior theory of a female involvement.
New York officials and patriotic societies completed plans for the military registration to-morrow. Placards marked registration sites in bold letters as police and Home De... prepared to enforce the order amid city, county, state and federal involvement.
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Kronstadt garrison sailors arrived in Petrograd claiming ships would land troops to stage demonstrations. Initial reports of an island attack proved false, but heightened city tension prompted a military response. Sailors demanded new elections for the council and the handover of former Emperor Nicholas, criticizing Kerensky and the Provisional Government.
All men who have passed their twenty first birthday and not yet thirty first birth day must register on June 5 in person at their election district between 7 am and 9 pm. Traveling men, actors, and others away from home by June 5 must register by mail so cards reach home districts. No male in the ages is exempt for nativity citizenship occupation health or dependents. Penalty for failure to register is one year in jail followed by enforcement of registration.
On registration day hundreds thronged the municipal building to obtain licenses at a rate of one every 90 seconds. By noon 125 licenses were issued and fifty couples wed in the chapel as officials note many grooms sought marriage to dodge the draft.
Washington date line reports Attorney General Gregory issued a final warning against evasion of the draft registration. He said a few men in each community may refuse to register but no force would be used to prevent execution of the law. The department will prosecute evaders.
The government registration system is ready across the state with United States Attorney Woodburn directing district attorneys to enforce the act. Unregistered men within age limits face arrest at closing time nine o'clock tomorrow evening and will be brought before a justice or judge for preliminary hearings. If bound over, trials proceed as for a misdemeanor with the maximum penalty defined.
Beginning at seven o'clock tomorrow morning and continuing through the day until nine in the evening the registration of all men aged twenty one to thirty under the selective draft system will be conducted. The county registration board has organized the effort with registrars named in every voting precinct by Sheriff Ferrer and the county officials including the county clerk and county physician.
In Petrograd on June 4 the Council of Peasants' Delegates election results show M. Tchernoff leading with 10 votes, followed by Madame Catherine Breschkovskaya and War Minister Kerensky, with Lenine and Gorky among notable non‑elected figures. the vote tallies reflect a crowded field and shifting allegiances. Also, Mexico orders public charity lands to be cultivated for institutional support.
London June 4 report from the war office confirms Capt Albert Ball, famed British aviator from Nottingham, was killed in action after a noted service record of twenty nine enemy aircraft. Ball, age twenty one, held the Distinguished Service Medal with two bars and the Military Cross. His home city honored him with the freedom.
The Senate Finance Committee approved a tentative revised war tax bill that would tax advertising receipts at a flat two percent and authorize about two billion dollars in short term bonds for the year. The measure aims for quick consideration by the Senate Thursday or Friday.
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