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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1918
Page
6
Senator Hitchcock delivers a denunciatory address opposing Wilson's war policy and the suppression of a war cabinet. He challenges Baker's troop projections for France, accuses the president of basing judgment on partial input, and calls for system change to reflect the true situation.
Rev Aloysius Daniels of Hewitt Wisconsin arriving from Germany declares the war will topple the Hohenzollerns within a year unless it ends. He cites Germany’s famine conditions and a high death rate among children and older adults after three years studying in Westphalia.
Burrill B. Cutler head of the United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce warned in 1918 that Americans must seize export opportunities now to hold any postwar trade. He cautioned that without action American manufacturers could fall back to a third or fourth rate power in global commerce as conditions shift daily.
Governor Keith NeVille issues a call for 600 men to join the Fifth Nebraska regiment now the 184th Infantry at Camp Cody New Mexico. The appeal targets men both above and below draft age to reach maximum war strength.
The Nebraska State Press association holds its annual program at Lincoln hotel February 21 22 and 23. The banquet is set for 6 30 p m Thursday February 21 at the Lincoln Commercial club with about 300 newspaper men expected to attend.
Ukrainian rada troops defeat Bolshevik forces and capture Lutsk after three days of heavy fighting with severe losses on both sides, according to a Kiev wireless report to the Ukrainian committee.
The statewide prohibition bill sailed through the Kentucky House by 76 to 11 and moves to a statewide vote in November 1919. If approved, prohibition would take effect July 1, 1920, in Frankfort Kentucky.
Petrograd reports the Bolshevik government says the new workmen and peasant Red Army will serve to support the coming revolution in Europe. The statement frames the army as backing broader revolutionary efforts beyond Russia.
Dispatches from Amsterdam indicate a general strike in Berlin and nearby German industrial centers. Daimler Boersig Ludwig and General Electric plants report near total work stoppages while independent socialists push propaganda. Strike activity spreads to Rhineland and Westphalia with meetings banned in several industrial hubs.
Comptroller Williams reports the U S banking power at 37.53 billion dollars, up over 14 billion since the current administration began. National banks hold 18.55 billion in resources, surpassing the combined resources of all state and private banks by around 2 billion. The United States leads global banking strength.
During a year of unrestricted warfare, 69 American vessels totaling 171 061 gross tons were sunk by submarines mines and raiders. The United States has seized 107 ships totaling 686 494 gross tons, yielding a net gain of 515 433 gross tons. Over 300 lives were lost in the sinkings.
An Amsterdam based dispatch reports Deutsche Tages Zeitung urges German revolt against the regime. The paper portrays a traitor among them in a red coat, accusing the Kaiser of being Germany's hangman and calls on Germans to help themselves with God aiding.
A drastic bill by Representative Carter of Oklahoma would grant citizenship to Indians born in U S territory. It authorizes land titles to all adult mixed blood Indians and payment of full pro rata tribal funds, with commissions appointed to implement the plan.
Petrograd dispatch reports Kiev surrendered after Bolshevik forces pressed Ukrainian defenders in Ukraine. London remained under pressure as the siege continued.
The Director General directs the railroads to remove executive and political agents and all lawyers not needed for legal work and to enforce the free pass law. This first economy measure under government operation will reduce large staffs and thousands of jobs nationwide.
Washington reports new draft rules by Provost Marshal General Crowder to extend selective service. Local boards will refer uncertain cases to a medical advisory board and may accept men with remediable defects. Height limits shift. now men shorter than five feet eight inches may be considered if well proportioned.
Vorwaerts reports that Berlin strikers have sent the government an eight-point ultimatum. Demands include accelerated peace negotiations without indemnities, worker delegations from all countries in talks, better food distribution, end of the siege, restoration of public meetings, demilitarization of war factories, release of political prisoners, democratization of state institutions, and equal direct secret ballot suffrage.
Lincoln reports that within sixty days every major city and town will map vacant land and its rental value. The university agricultural extension service leads a state wide effort to organize war gardening for spring and summer with schools aiding in surveying vacant plots and potential free or rented use by gardeners.
Reports from neutral press dispatches indicate about 700000 workers in Berlin have ceased work with widespread stoppages across Kiel Rhine Westphalia and Bavaria. The empire reportedly sees around one million people on strike as the movement enlarges.
The state council of defense will furnish sample cards to all county councils for the card index system. Cards record name address telephone automobile number and rural route for individuals supporting war activities.
American troops now occupy a sector of the Lorraine front in France as a shift in wind clears mist that hampered aerial operations. Several air battles are reported with patrolling planes engaging, and French aviators repelled a German effort to cross behind American trenches.
Madrid reports rising prices for food and coal scarce to obtain. Wages drop and strikes occur as a long drought and winter frost ruin crops. Hunger, beggars, and deaths from cold fill Madrid streets while prisons run full and crime persists.
Secretary Baker indicated no fixed date for a new draft or size of call. He noted that expansion depends on events abroad and the shipping situation. He cited half a million destined for France early this year and a possible total of 1.5 million if ships are available, with future developments deciding further forces.
Reports from Haparanda recount a northern Finland upheaval as the red guard occupies Helsingford station and fighting erupts at Viborg. Russian aid, Petrograd reinforcements, and Bolshevik control of Helsingfors threaten to escalate the crisis amid protests and claims of anarchy in the disturbed zone.
United States minister to Denmark Dr Maurice Francis Egan warns that two more years of war will push the world toward famine. He says northern European neutrals face dire straits with Denmark so short on food that even its famed wolf hounds are slaughtered for sustenance.
Washington announces that men of draft age who married after May 18 1917 must not receive exemption from selective service. Provost Marshal General Crowder orders appeals to district boards against dependency exemptions granted after that date. He also bars draft registrants from enlisting in allied armies pending a call to American service.
Government commissioners announce rupture of diplomatic relations with Romania and declare that the Romanian delegation and all Romanian representatives will be expelled from the country at once.
Major General Wood injured in Washington while Major General Leonard and two other American officers suffer non life threatening injuries. The incident prompted a military response and ongoing investigation into the cause and accountability.
Rumors were unfounded as officials declared the charges without basis in fact. No specific individuals or organizations are named in the readable text. The statement asserts there was no factual basis for the accusations.
Deming New Mexico faces coercive measures as Mayor Nordhaus resigns and calls for martial law under Secretary of War Baker. Camp Cody near Deming is cited, with William Maupin, Nebraska governor Keith Neville's liaison, in town to prepare a report on the camp’s conditions.
Baltimore woman Nellie B. Gham credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing years of nervousness and aches, after using five bottles and avoiding surgery. The testimonial urges others to try the natural remedy before an operation.
Cornelius Vanderbilt praised an old New Yorker as a true blue American for fair at a luncheon at Piping Rock. He noted the man’s ancestors came over on the Mayflower and said his descendants are traveling back on army transports.
Prominent druggist touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as effective for kidney liver and bladder issues claiming it relieves urinary troubles neutralizes uric acid and eases rheumatism Thousands sworn testimonials support the claim and readers are urged to request a sample by mail with ten cents and to buy bottles at drug stores Adv.
A witty exchange between a fair widow and a bachelor questions why men pine for women. The widow asks the line and the bachelor quips that pine is the softest wood, turning a romantic question into a light joke.
A half pint of water is mixed with small amounts of kre Ea phen yy Be seal avon and glycerine. The mixture is applied to each strand of hair to soften and gloss without coloring the hair.
A fragmented line notes a small moth watching the side of things and its finish, presenting a curious, concise image.
A proverb about greed and money moralizing that wealth obsession breeds evil.
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