21 May 1917
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1917
Page
1
A May 21 report forecasts a record sugar beet crop as demand rises. The Department of Agriculture notes growing production to meet national needs and export potential, with increased acreage and improved yields.
Wounded soldiers in London hospitals enjoy musical comedies and operas staged through the electrophone with citizens supplying the entertainment. Generals Haig and Petain push northern France offensives with gains reported. British forces break into the Hindenburg line near Bullecourt and hold firm, threatening Queant and Drocourt. Haig maintains initiative, French advance resumes in Champagne.
Des Moines May 21 The statewide Sabbath blue law enforcement on opening day led to many arrests as courts handled offenders. Drug and cigar stores mostly closed while movie houses operated with little interference. Smaller towns generally complied.
News from Stockholm reports the sinking of the Swedish steamers Vesterland Aspen and Viken by German submarines. The vessels carried grain from England, linked to a recent exchange freeing Entente tonnage. Indignation runs through Swedish papers, with strong editorials denouncing the attack as a crime and condemning German submarine methods.
Leven May 21 report says the Canadian army chaplaincy has been restructured and new methods of caring for the men are being adopted. Several London churches of various denominations have been asked to serve as home chapels for Canadians, with a Canadian chaplain attending each service to meet soldiers.
Arthur P. Heinze representing Heinze copper interests lost a supreme court decision for 15 million dollars in treble damages under the Sherman act against Amalgamated Copper. The Lewissohn interests led by William Rockefeller faced charges of attempted monopoly in Montana copper. The court sustained dismissal of the Heinze suit.
Idaho railroads file with the public utilities commission to allow supplements to existing tariffs proposing a blanket 15 percent freight rate increase effective July 1 1917. Hearings set May 28 and June 15 1917 in Boise to hear testimony and allow cross examination of railroad witnesses.
London reports Premier Lloyd George announced in the commons that a convention of representative Irishmen will be summoned in Ireland to draft a constitution for submission to Parliament. The convention chair will be notified by the Crown and, if a substantial agreement is reached, the government will enable legislative action. the convention will meet behind closed doors.
The U S Supreme Court sustains Missouri statutes from 1909 prohibiting railroads from charging higher rates for short hauls than long hauls. The case involved McGrew Coay Co versus Missouri Pacific and centers on whether rate discrimination is valid or unjust.
London May 21 Arthur Henderson member of the war council estimated seven million men killed in the war thus far in an Richmond address. He put total casualties above the United Kingdom population and warned there was no immediate end in sight. He blamed Germany and the emperor for the prolonged conflict and urged continued Allied resolve until liberation is achieved.
London reports British forces last night captured a supply trench behind the Hindenburg line in an official announcement. The action follows prior artillery exchanges and strengthens allied positions on the front.
Rome May 21 official report: Italian troops seized the hill between Palliova and Britovo in an offensive on the Julian front and extended positions on Vodice.
Paris May 21 report that several lines of German trenches near Moron Villieres in Champagne were captured by French forces last night, according to official announcement.
Berlin reported May 21 that the French gained a foothold on Mont Camillet and Montkeil. It also said German forces shot down fourteen aircraft on the western front yesterday.
The French steamer Colbert torpedoed in the Mediterranean on April 30 was en route to Saloniki when struck below the water line. The engine room flooded, life boats launched as the ship sank in five minutes. A submarine surfaced afterward and asked for the ship’s name, description and destination.
Frank Gibbons aged 74 packs his buggy and supplies, harnesses the horse, and starts toward Florida despite rain. He remains optimistic and ignores advice to delay, saying he is as likely to get wet anywhere as he is on the road, and proceeds with the journey.
In El Paso on May 21 two jurors were chosen to hear the case of Willian Sands charged with murdering Sergeant Bierne of the Twenty third Infantry.
New York copper prices show steady readings with electrolytic and spot quotes around 31 to 32 for second grade, and 28 to 30 for third grade as traders observe market dynamics.
Washington reports the Supreme Court upheld federal decrees fixing two cent passenger and Arkansas maximum freight rates as confiscatory for the Frisco line. The court also sustained a lower court formula used by western and southwestern railroads to judge rate confiscation after a 1913 ruling.
Washington May 21. A considerable number of mine sweepers will be added immediately to the naval establishment. Secretary Daniels conferred with private builders on plans to turn out the craft without delay.
Chicago on May 21 shows wheat at 2.33 dollars per bushel corn at 1.5454 dollars and oats at 6 144 dollars per bushel reported by the exchange.
A damaged OCR fragment references a federal building site at Portneuf and a naval station with marine corps rooms in a hospital building. The readable items mention Room 334 and federal offices in a Portneuf area complex.
J. J. Mitchell U S Navy chief pharmacist mate arrived in Pocatello this morning and will open a recruiting station in room 334 at the federal building. Four stations already operate in Pocatello inviting men to enlist in any army or marine branch for full information, with urgent need for hospital corps men and strong advantages offered.
Washington May 21 The house approved 96 to 92 an amendment to the war tax bill to levy a tax only on manufacturers earning more than eight percent on capital stock. Kelly of Michigan failed to strike out the five per cent factory tax on automobiles, rejected 85 to 45.
Rotterdam May 21 Five hundred Vienna children gain weight during a few weeks in Holland with some adding 18 to 24 pounds medical testimony reports. Prime Minister Cort van der Linden cautions against bringing more foreign children while Hollanders face grain scarcity. German youngsters continue to arrive in large numbers nearly 1200 crossing the frontier in one week.
Paul Cirabe socialist national councillor was freed from jail by sympathizers a day after a court martial sentenced him to eight days for libel connected to La Sentinelle. The district’s general with Neuchatel canton’s request ordered a regiment of infantry and a cavalry squadron to Chaux de Fonds.
Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, a dentist and tennis figure, was found guilty on June 1, 1916, of poisoning John E. Peck of Grand Rapids. The trial unveiled a motive of greed with arsenic bought days before the murder and a scheme involving telegrams, bribes, and cremation plans. Waite’s execution was scheduled for the week, following a dramatic push to secure money from the Peck family.
Two American Red Cross nurses Edith Ayres and Helen Burnett Woods were killed on a U S steamship when a practice shell ricocheted from water and struck the stern. A third nurse was injured in the accident near 2 30 p m, aboard the vessel attached to base hospital 12 in New York.
New York officials announce the regular army enlistment age has been raised from 17 to 18 years and from 35 to 40 years for applicants. The change expands eligibility for service.
Washington May 21 The Interstate Commerce Commission and the Supreme Court have ruled they can compel railroads to furnish a reasonably adequate supply of coal cars to handle normal and regional interstate commerce. They may also award reparations to shippers for failure to supply such cars.
San Francisco May 21 Mrs Rena Mooney went to trial for murder in connection with the preparedness day bomb explosion in New York. The state charged Dr Waite offered nine thousand dollars to an undertaker to prepare a poison mixture and declare it used in embalming the body. Waite received the death sentence with calm remarks indicating a wish to give more than one body and to ease those he harmed.
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