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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
8
A New York cantonment soldier praises new army shoes for comfort despite their rough hobnailed soles. He notes the footwear resembles British trench boots and accepts the look as part of practicality rather than style.
Paris reports the fourth winter campaign on the western front as British and French troops brace for harsh weather. The plan calls for selective attacks, air raids, trench work, and heavy artillery with Americans aiding in logistics and training for a decisive spring offensive against Hindenburg.
Washington reports a humorous miscue as Secretary Baker toured Hampton Roads guarded by a British cruiser. A signal asked who was going ashore on official flags and the reply secretary of war prompted a dry British aside. The episode concluded with a whispered quip about trust and secrecy.
In Lincoln County a pursuit ended when suspects fled after a car, loaded with liquor, was stopped. Worth Feldman rode a motorcycle nearby, mistaken for an officer, while the Iowa-licensed vehicle was confiscated. Authorities say liquor was smuggled into South Dakota.
Virginia Minnesota teachers find love messages hidden in toys produced by German toymakers in nearby Pittsburgh factories. The notes request friendship and handwriting from a Heim friend, with signatures mostly German and writers expressing social isolation.
Judge John McBride a renowned federal mediator and former AFL and UMWA leader died after a runaway horse struck him on a Globe street corner. He suffered severe leg lacerations and arterial bleeding after being knocked through a plate-glass window. McBride helped the Wilson commission from Phoenix and was famed as a pioneer of the closed shop and check-off systems in coal regions.
Washington dispatch notes drafted Negroes from Pennsylvania will be sent to seven designated cantonments for training. Yaphank Wrightstown Annapolis Junction Chillicothe Rockford Des Moines Fort Riley will host Northern state troops. Final distribution decisions pending as Pennsylvania draftees train at multiple camps.
Vatican circles report Pope Benedict is widening his peace effort to ease belligerent bitterness by pressing Germany and Austria to abandon air raids on open towns. The appeal marks a new phase in his campaign for reconciliation during wartime.
Washington October 19 The supreme court refused to review and thereby upheld Texas federal court rulings that Harrison drug law is constitutional and ordered K T Thurston a Galveston Texas druggist to serve one year in prison for violating the act.
Observation of United States Weather Bureau taken at 8 p m yesterday shows updated conditions and readings. Data record details are incomplete in the fragment but indicate routine meteorological notes.
Stockholm report says representatives of multiple political parties agreed to respond separately to King Gustave’s appeal to form a coalition cabinet to succeed the Swartz cabinet, which resigned last week amid political turmoil.
Washington reports the government made new loans of 40,000,000 to Great Britain and 40,000,000 to France. The total loans to the Allies now amount to 2,613,401,900 dollars.
Salisbury N C Oct 10 Judge Cline denies the motion of counsel for Gaston B Means to force Assistant District Attorney Dooling of New York and others to surrender papers alleged to have been seized in the Means apartment in New York City.
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