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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
2
The American delegation led by Elihu Root arrived at a Russian port to present the peace proposal. The proclamation outlines goals for freedom of the seas, limits on submarine warfare, and safety assurances for merchant crews, with emphasis on guarding against land warfare tools and defining U S aims in potential terms.
London reports the British offensive on the Arras front with an attack launched and the advance described as in good progress. The official statement notes the action continued from dawn and the efforts are ongoing.
A wartime appeal promotes Liberty bonds as safe and affordable. It stresses that purchases aid 1.6 billion people, including Norwegians and Swedes, with the option to start at $50. The piece frames bonds as patriotic, practical, and accessible to all ages and means.
Senate finance committee approves prohibition as a new feature of the war tax bill. Prohibitive taxes on distillation and importation of whisky and spirits gain approval while beer taxes and fines stay unchanged. Liquor production could be suspended and existing bonded stock restricted to conserve food and support the war effort.
A court upholds a draft law and directs petitioners seeking an injunction to visit the nearest registry place for action. The ruling emphasizes procedural steps and enforces compliance through the registry system.
Judge Daniel Bird in Missouri’s circuit court refused to block state officials from enforcing the draft registration law. He deemed the law valid, denied jurisdiction to halt enforcement, and urged petitioners Thomas Sullivan and Raymond J Moore to seek appeals and the first enlistment place without evading the law. The decision lauded the selective draft as equitable and efficient.
More than 100000 American first class fighting men may join the west front before snow flies. The general staff has under consideration dispatching four to five divisions of national guards abroad amid transport challenges. Army engineers for France begin actual training.
Lincoln will host a semi centennial pageant ending June 12 13 and 14 featuring 350 performers. The event retells Nebraska history in a libretto by Hartley B Alexander Nebraskan poet. Howard Kirkpatrick and Robert Scott from the University of Nebraska contribute as choreographer and director.
Six hundred coast artillerymen will be brought to Los Angeles to guard possible draft registration. United States Marshal T. Walton says agitators aim to stir Mexicans in the city to resist registration, prompting heightened security measures.
Washington reports President Wilson will publicly outline U.S. war aims after receiving a copy of the document from Ambassador. The move follows a request by the Russian government for a unified allied statement on no annexations and related positions amid ongoing negotiations and wartime strategy.
On June 2 the senate proposed a war tax bill aimed at raising 80 million dollars through a two cent levy. The measure, backed by the Pera group, would apply to goods taxed under the war finance plan.
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