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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1917
Page
3
United Press reports an influx of women visiting the Ft Harrison officer training camp in Benjamin Harrison Indiana. Genera Glenn ordered escorts for visitors and restricted unaccompanied female attendance to maintain training discipline amid ongoing social interest from girlfriends and relatives.
Lafayette Ind June 25 Millions of chicks are lost yearly from improper feeding says Purdue University experts in a bulletin. First feed at three days old, grain fed thrice daily. Milk or meat scraps in a dry mash aid rapid growth and feathering. By two weeks, feed several times daily. Rations may include scraps and oats. Provide greens or graded fields and ashes for chick range.
An Indiana National Guard member on patrol at a Baltimore & Ohio rally road tunnel near Tunnelten was injured when hit by a heavy stick, likely from eastbound train No 2 departing the tunnel at 5 58. Police detained a man named Robert Bell of Oklahoma for questioning as investigators pursue how the instrument came aboard. The impact fractured the guardsman's right leg and authorities pursue full details.
Greensburg segment reports Raymond Goins, 16, confessed stealing a pig and a car, carrying them home in a sack. Other notes include Bartholomew County turning $50,066.25 in taxes to the state, a call to fill Company C to 150 men, coal price impacts on Terre Haute heating plants, and ten Evansville teachers retiring for inefficiency.
Indianapolis June 26 Farmers urged to boost livestock stocks amid record low meat availability. G J Christie food director warns of reduced meat and lard supplies due to a harsh winter and early selling. Conserving breeding animals and delaying slaughter of brood sows and heifers are advised to grow autumn supply.
Indianapolis June 25. President Wilson's call for 70 000 volunteers this week finds backing across Indiana. State defense councils recruit stations and business leaders urge men to enlist. Soapbox speakers, parades, and street campaigns push the drive, aligned with mobilizing national guard units to full wartime strength by August. Registration boards aid in filling guard ranks, with focus on the First Regiment of Field Artillery as it may be called to federal service at Ft. Benjamin Harrison.
Voters in Indiana's sixth district moved to the polls to choose a successor to Daniel W. Comstock amid war issue concerns. Republican R. N. Elliott and Democrat Finly Gray, both from Connersville, lead a brisk campaign with national interest and aid from Sen. Johnson and other party leaders. The district is normally Republican and the result could affect control of the House.
Indianapolis report shows about 6,000 people statewide were arrested on intoxication charges in the past year. State statistician Henry A. Roberts lists 2,110 Indianapolis cases as part of the broader turnout of roughly 30,415 persons in custody over twelve months. Local figures form the largest share of the state total.
Washington reports Liberty Loan subscriptions totaling 3 025 million with a 52 percent oversubscription. More than 80 percent of funds come from 50 to 10000 dollar pledges, with large blocks of 5 million dollars or more. New York district leads at 1 186 billion, followed by Chicago and other regions.
A published letter by Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske outlines a plan to annihilate the German fleet in Kiel Canal and Wilhelmshaven using torpedo planes and bombers. The Aero Club of America released the document, and its recommendations were endorsed by the club’s board of governors. The program is to be presented to the National Defense Council and the military and naval affairs committees of both houses.
June 23 reports say Ben Harper, a Houston Negro chauffeur, was lynched at Courier Texas after his automobile fatally injured May Goodrun, 13. The incident follows an unresolved regional violence pattern. A separate note mentions a Punxsutawney Pa home built with stones from around the world, two years in construction.
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