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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1918
Page
1
A Russian provincial paper details a prisoner sentenced for selling secrets and plotting powder factory explosions that killed thousands. During the execution debate a vote of confidence sees the condemned become secretary of the meeting while the hangman is threatened with imprisonment.
The Bible House in New York City is turning out thousands of Bibles weekly for army and navy personnel. Volumes are sent worldwide to educate and comfort service members, with careful, orderly binding and gilded edges marking quality throughout production.
The Southern railway faces a cruelty to animals suit in Chattanooga after a tank train carrying sulphuric acid leaked, spreading acid in grass along the line and killing many cattle. Settlement was made with stock owners, but the Chattanooga Humane society filed the action.
Charles E. Currier longtime president of the Atlanta National Bank left about 120000 to Miss W M Ballenger his nurse of a year and a half who was with him at death. Miss Cecilia Valentine received 10000. The remaining 130000 goes to friends distant relatives and charitable institutions.
Government experts calculated that Germany fields 143 soldiers for the cost of one U S fighting man. The same ratio applies to maintenance, showing America must raise 14.30 dollars where enemy nations raise one dollar. Higher U S pay and supply costs drive the difference, underscoring economy as essential to win the war.
State labor commissioner C H Yourger cleared after an inspection trip to the railroad shops of the state. Women on Great Northern and Northern Pacific lines in the state like their work and prefer it to housework according to findings at Spokane and other division points.
The article cites Sir Bernard Mallet noting war-era Britain saw about 200,000 marriages between August 1914 and June 1917 that would not have occurred otherwise. It reports 1915 as the peak marriage year, 19.4 per mille, versus 1853’s 17.9. It compares birth trends with Germany and Hungary, analyzes infant mortality, and notes shifts in the UK male birth ratio and overall population changes.
A conservation plan proposes using sheep to mow grass in Estes Park areas and Denver parks. Advocates say sheep are economical lawn mowers for city green spaces and could add a quaint scene with attendants and Dickensian shepherdess imagery.
The United States Food Administration urges no royal road to food conservation. It pledges that only voluntary action by all citizens can achieve savings, with every kitchen, dinner table, and establishment sharing the burden in proportion to means.
A London prize court relays the dramatic sea incident of a young wireless operator on the Edna who masked calls to the German cruiser Leipzig. Smith shortened sound waves to mislead the enemy after a German operator failed to understand Marconi. The Edna was later taken by the Mexican government.
Chairman Padgett of the house naval committee said in St Louis that within a year the United States would have a submarine fleet as good as Germany if not better. He noted 138 submarines were being built under the August 1916 program, with details secret.
Lady Wimborne, wife of the lord lieutenant, governs official hospitality and social welfare in Dublin. Born Hon. Alice Sibell Grosvenor, she is the popular hostess at the Viceregal lodge with son Ivor born in 1903 and daughters Rosemary and Cynthia born in 1905 and 1908. Lord Wimborne served in the Imperial Yeomanry in the South African war and became lord lieutenant of Ireland in 1915.
Anthony J. Boyarsky, a Warsaw Military academy graduate, serves as a private in the National army at Camp Upton New York. He was a Russian officer who fought with the 175th fusiliers before fleeing after the revolution and later reached Philadelphia and New York where he was drafted as an alien.
Mrs Z M Morton John Hicks Gertrude and Annie Simpson heirs of Thomas I Hicks of Mountain Home Ark received a treasury warrant for 861 58 for money due Hicks from the Civil War era. Hicks held a mail contract Middleburg Belivar Tenn joined Home Guards after the war and later moved to the Arkansas Ozarks. The claim was aided by Congressman J M T man who secured a bill expanding similar awards totaling 210 600 in the same legislation.
Major General McCain reports 1600 to 3200 National Army men suspected of being German spies or disloyal Americans. Reports detail each man from company, battery heads and intelligence, with many suspected Germans. Internment is said to be recommended. Hastern cantonments show the largest lists, others send 200 names.
A Californian correspondent in France details rapid American and Allied efforts to build bases, docks, hospitals, and housing for 26 000 troops. He describes the methodical haste of crews, rail spur work, and the transforming landscape around a central site as rails, dikes, and barracks rise.
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