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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
3
Washington June 5 national guardsmen now guarding factories and railroad bridges will be ordered to join rear commands when national guard units are called out in July by the government. Watchmen or home guard bodies will be called upon for guard duty.
June reports from Rome and allied fronts describe renewed artillery exchanges on the Ypres salient and Corso front. British and Canadian troops face aggressive German positions as talks with captured officers reveal confidence in long, costly war and potential separate peace dynamics.
Canadian troops pushed into the ruins of the electric power station southwest of Lens in a moonlit assault, held the works for about 18 hours against heavy German counter attacks, took 112 prisoners and gathered multiple identifications before being driven back to their original positions.
Copenhagen reports German crops in fairly satisfactory condition despite a record hot dry May in 16 years. Farmers in southern and western Germany expect harvest at the usual date though spring was belated. Washington says missionaries cannot travel to British dependencies without authorization, same India rules.
Swiss edition notes German crown prince ally papers push for a large postwar indemnity. Professor Krueckmann argues Britain will seek a Dover Calais tunnel blow to Germany’s submarines, requiring compensation to blunt English and American power. He contends Germany must secure funds to rebuild industry, fund veterans care, and ease postwar taxes.
Petrograd reports the arrest of Grand Duke Nicholas, former Russian army commander, amid royalist riots at Tiflis. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch cites Petrograd advices. Meanwhile anarchists urge looting banks as crime spreads in Petrograd, with merchants demanding double wages and clashes across Kiev and Kronstadt tensions.
The Daily Chronicle reports it believes the government may grant amnesty to Sinn Fein prisoners to ease the climate before the home rule convention where Sinn Fein will be represented. In Washington, Wheat producers fear a 4 to 5 percent profit drop if 16 percent rail rate hikes are approved, per North Dakota AG William Langer to the ICC.
Berlin June 2 American jockey George Archibald whose license has lapsed rides Hamburg on Sunday The fact Archibald will ride has made Dolman a strong favorite at the event with notable betting interest and expected competitive field.
Italian forces on the Tullun fromthestercey advanced a 400 yard push on a 2.5 mile front south of Castagnavita toward Trieste. German and French fronts saw attacks with gains north east of Soissons. Allied air losses totaled 713 planes in May, with 442 German and 271 British/French. British units captured 3,412 Germans in May amid intensified artillery on Scarpe, Arras, and Ypres sectors.
Twenty six deaths in two days from anthrax in a Gary dairy herd were reported by territorial veterinarian Dr. Victor Norgaard. The herd likely inoculated deliberately, with Dr. Donald Currie confirming a plot to curb island food supply. Federal authorities seek two men seen loitering near the herd.
In Washington on June 4 Senator Fall’s amendment to the food bill opened all public and unreserved lands in New Mexico Colorado Utah and South Dakota under the 40 acres homestead act. The amendment passed 81 to 13 amid opposition from Walsh Nelson and Hastings who warned it could let cattle men monopolize land suited for cultivation.
A Canadian soldier recounts Poles eager to desert the Germans and fight Kaiser. Poles from the 34th Polish regiment, moved to Bavarian corps, door over front lines, later surrender in groups as weather and hardship press them. End strike today in Jerome Arizona as settlement of miners' strike looms.
Washington June 9 By a Senate vote of 87 to 10 17 the food bill amendment by Senator Nelson Minnesota was included empowering the president to bar futures speculation that unduly raises prices of wheat and other foods If not observed the president could close exchanges during the war In Chicago June 4 Indicted 20 individuals and firms charged with attempts to create monopolies in butter and eggs before Judge Landis They face Sherman antitrust violations Sixteen individuals and five firms named The defendants allegedly used butter and egg boards to set higher quotations than true supply would warrant Special Attorney General Robert S Childe said the indictments were only a beginning Directors of the Chicago butter and egg board reportedly prohibited further futures trading to aid the government in patriotic service
Springfield Missouri June 4 The 11 month old son of J Holland Keet remains missing as of early this morning A small boy approached the Keet home answered the door and vanished into the house Afterward Keet backed out his yellow roadster from the garage two hours later he returned alone with no child Judge Johnson Green County criminal court received a mysterious phone call around midnight prompting him to leave his home in haste both men have been seeking any trace of the abductors of the baby
Washington on June 4 reports the government advanced another 20 million dollars to France, raising total French republic loans to 200 million and total allied loans to 843.6 million.
Rove reports from Paris that French forces torpedoed and sunk a large enemy submarine near Cattarow as it left port escorted by a torpedo boat. Circe, attacked by airplanes, returned undamaged to base. In Washington, Senate and House conferees agreed on a three billion dollar war budget including seven hundred fifty million for an American merchant marine.
Joe Ancon reports in the Canal Zone that U S operations include more than a dozen plantations from Atlantic to Pacific. The government has 40008 acres cleared for pasture and farming, with hog and cattle operations plus 12000 chickens already on hand as part of garden truck and fruit production programs.
Fragmented notice describes Washington dispatches June five, 609 men, ships to war, parsting division of 25000 to front. Plans reveal ten camps instead of WY, with reinforcements to supply comfort and reinforce.
Investigations into a German spy network in the United States progress as the Justice Department probes a leak that allegedly let Germany track American destroyers routes and destinations. Ambassadors and Swiss officials face pressure. several German nationals remain in Washington amid tense sentiment and heightened DOJ surveillance of a German club with American-born members.
Tokyo reports Japan’s Times comments on American military expansion as no longer triggering alarm. It notes the Root mission to Russia draws interest and suggests both nations can bolster forces without provoking U S fear, reflecting cautious mutual buildup amid the European war.
Washington June 4 Prince Adi and the Italian minister visited the House of Representatives to a great demonstration. William Marconi, absent from public view since the mission, made his first appearance and addressed the House briefly. The prince lauded American industry as a bulwark against German autocracy, speaking at length as he did in the Senate earlier in the week.
Washington June 4 General Gregory renewed attention to the army draft law. The provision forbids choosing imprisonment as a substitute for registration and insists men will be compelled to register if they resist.
Des Moines bankers announced that about 340000 in Liberty bonds has been subscribed by Des Moines residents. The major campaign is set to begin on Wednesday.
In Tokio June 4. Hoscy the German agent influenced Japanese American intrigue before the war. Lind say Russell president of the Japan Society of New York spoke here on better understandings on both sides of the pane Grat. ete apy to be shot in Can faa. a present war wan Hanely.
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