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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1917
Page
2
Paris dispatch reports German casualties in the Aisne fighting at about 200000 to 235000 killed wounded and prisoners. About 130 guns captured, including several heavy calibers, with roughly 20000 German prisoners and a high intensity battle for Chemin des Dames.
Washington The French War Mission conveyed to the American government that France most needs money food fertilizers coal steel oil and ships to transport goods from the new world to the old. The mission aims to stress the food shortage in Europe and warn of a possible world famine while expanding talks to practical wartime cooperation.
Washington reports the War Department aims to train 2,000,000 men within two years after the selective draft bill passes. Within ten days after signing, townships will begin registering young men for duty, and work starts on sixteen training cantonments to begin in August or September. Cantonment sites are tentatively chosen with troop concentrations arranged.
Washington moves to censor all cables to the United States and lines into Mexico. Regulations by State War Navy and Justice with the new Public Information Committee approved by wire company representatives. Offices set for New York Key West Galveston and San Francisco with navy directing censors.
Prices of eggs drop three to four cents a dozen after 162000 cases hit Chicago and New York markets in two days. Analysts anticipate further reductions as wholesale supply expands.
The British freight steamship City of Paris of 9 229 tons gross was sunk by a German submarine as advised to Insurance Underwriters.
Washington reports state department advisories that Mexico warned Germans in Mexico that any concentration near the U.S. border will lead to arrest. Mexican authorities justify the move by wartime status with Germany, pleasing U S officials who long doubted neutrality claims. E C Eckhardt in Mexico City was instructed to seek an alliance if war with the United States occurred.
Ohio troops serving at Ft Sheridan are ordered moved to Camp Perry under Major General Barry. The First Battalion of Field Artillery the First Battalion of the Signal Corps and the First Battalion of Field Engineers from Ohio will be relocated immediately with Company D of Engineers to Camp Perry to ready the camp. Company B remains at Ft Sheridan.
Preliminary Treasury reports indicate the United States may finance the allies to at least 400 million dollars monthly under the war finance act with possible rise to 500 million. Most borrowed funds would be spent in the United States for food, munitions, coal, clothing, railway equipment and other supplies.
London reports the Spanish Government notes to Germany warn that continued sinking of vessels to defend German life would force Spain to take similar measures to protect its own.
A wireless message reports the steam schooner Coronado bound from Grays Harbor to San Pedro is on fire off Eureka, with radio stations around San Francisco receiving the alert.
In Dover England the bodies of 50 wartime victims, 28 German and 22 British, were buried with full honors following the naval battle and the German destroyer raid on Dover.
President Wilson approves immediate U S financial aid to France and Italy. America will loan between 200 and 300 million dollars to the Allies within days, with France receiving 150 to 200 million and Italy 50 to 100 million. Ambassador Jusserand to receive funds before end of next week. Total loans to Allies near 600 million, with 500 million more anticipated by year end.
Hight times in 72 hours Hindenburg hurled gigantic bombs into the teeth of British fire belching death dealers east of Arras. Hindenburg reserves 10,000 to a mile came on in dense masses. Thin lines floated back as a nightmare. The front south of Chemin-Des-Dames sees Teutons and French in the six and a half mile blood soaked hills.
Washington measures to compensate families of American sailors killed by German submarines and mines are planned. Legislation will be introduced in Congress soon. The administration recognizes that sailors aboard the vast fleet carrying supplies to the allies are in government service and their families should be compensated if harm comes to them.
A Rome dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph reports a violent earthquake in Tuscany and Umbria. Many persons are stated killed at Monterchi near Arezzo, the provincial capital.
German destroyers attacked Ramsgate London firing a large number of shells but were driven off by coastal land batteries. No further details on casualties or exact timing are given in this brief report.
Marshal Joffre told Washington correspondents that France hopes the United States soon will fly its flag on French lines. He said joint Allied victories will hasten the war’s end and strengthen the bonds between France and the United States. The French mission planned a visit to Mt. Vernon after leaving for its tomb visit.
A meeting of representatives from political parties and farmers groups including several state governors will seek to press President Wilson and Congress for wartime prohibition. White House says no engagement yet. The idea, backed by the Council of National Defense, aims to conserve grain with no final conclusion reached.
The government designated commission for international affairs advised China enter the war. Parliament will consider the question soon. American Minister Dr. Paul Reinsch hosted a reception at the legation for 20 provisional military governors of the military conference that recommended China declare war.
German official Karl Helfferich told the Reichstag that in the first two months of unrestricted submarine warfare more than 1,600,000 tons of shipping were sunk. He said the campaign was a great success with early results exceeding prior levels by substantial margins, including over 1,000,000 tons of British tonnage.
Gallipolis Ohio police arrested three coal miners Pearl Butcher Jesse Little and Everett Jones for possessing 22 kegs of powder believed stolen from the Hickey Transportation Company coal washery. The powder was found near a bridge at the time of arrest.
Copenhagen reports confirm a May 1 general strike ordered by the Austrian Social Democratic party. peace demonstrations will be held across the country as part of the action.
French and British hands joined with American hands at Mt Vernon to honor George Washington. A global pilgrimage of goodwill united the three great democracies in reverence for the man who made democracy possible at the shrine.
Department of Agriculture reports forecast crops will be less satisfactory than last year. Insufficient soil preparation, fertilizer shortages, and unusually heavy rains cited as contributing factors in Paris.
The Berlin Vossische Zeitung reports the death of Vice Admiral Katler von Kaltehfels, head of the Austrian Navy Department, in Amsterdam.
The Danube town of Orsova sits above the Iron Gates and near the Kazan Defile as a picturesque free port with Old Orsova and New Orsova on opposite banks. It hosts Kronen Kapelle shrine, Mehadia springs, and Ada Kaleh island with a Turkish bazaar.
The piece argues glasses no longer mark aging and help preserve youth by reducing eye strain. It notes many wearers are children and asserts glasses can enhance certain face types, countering the view that glasses spoil appearance.
A visitor teases the deaf ward asking how to call people to dinner. The superintendent explains a ward orderly walks through the area wringing his hands as a signal rather than ringing a bell.
A doting father declares his wish for his daughter to enjoy wealth. The count replies that he is one of them, implying shared wealth or status. The exchange presents a social satire on class and material indulgence.
Market report lists prices in Cincinnati for flour, hay and grain, butter eggs and poultry, and live stock. Includes detailed ranges for flour types, corn, oats, wheat, hay, butter and eggs, broilers and fowls, cattle, calves, and stockers with varied grade levels and price bands.
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