12 Jul 1917
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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1917
Page
1
Edmund Jones urges Caldwell and surrounding counties to join Western Battery of Field Artillery under Gov. Bickett. He extols homefront support, better treatment, regular letters, and community pride, urging enlistment with favorable pay and mounts. Williams in Lenoir and Johnson county posts enlisted planks.
Rioting gripped East St. Louis with martial law proclaimed and National Guard on duty. Estimates of dead ranged up to 260 with hundreds wounded as fires burned across the city. Police and state officials toured the outbreak, and 300 whites were arrested. Property losses topped millions while fire departments struggled to contain blazes in negro quarters and near the business district.
War Minister Kerensky commanded the Russian forces at the front, urging a four day push that broke German lines. Russian troops captured Kentucky on the Galician front along with 164 officers and 8,400 men, according to the war office.
Washington reports secret government probes show a conspiracy to deny or hinder Great Lakes shipping, delaying American war efforts and food and munitions movement from west to east. No suspects yet, with state navy and justice departments united to prosecute.
Reports from Peking say Tien Tain Hsuan Tung, the young emperor, has taken possession of the palace occupied by President Li Yuan Hung and is surrounded by senior generals. A demand was made for Li to resign in favor of Hsun Tung. Li refused, saying he must resign to the vice president, not the emperor.
In a letter from Blowing Rock dated July 1 the author thanks a correspondent for defending home talent while detailing an expedition to Brown Mountain Caldwell County. He and Dr. L H Coffey organized camps on Adams Knob and Brown Mountain, observed four appearances of the light, and note it is not a cabin, distillery, or locomotive headlight. He suspects mage production and plans further government inquiry, noting the mountain’s six mile length and the investigation’s anticipated complexity and cost.
The Lenoir Topic prints a tribute to Mrs Catherine McRary mother of Mrs H J Hardin of Boone who recently passed away. It praises her as living on the sunny side of life and notes her strong Christian faith, peaceful death, and heavenly reflection.
A fragmented line from an OCR page notes calls for greater cooperation to oppose or confront an evil presence associated with an aunt figure. The readable text is limited and lacks clear names or locations.
Washington reports that United States secret service agencies and allied partners are expanding cooperation to stamp out espionage. Representatives of war departments and foreign services work to coordinate actions, with operations and archives hinting at startling spy activities and troop transport sightings.
General Wood, commander of the United States Army Southeast, spent July 5 in Charlotte inspecting three potential army camp sites and delivering two addresses. He spoke to thousands at the First Presbyterian Church lawn and to banquet guests at the Selwyn hotel, urging preparedness and civic duty during a national crisis.
Mrs J B Roberta of Hast Street Lonix touts Chamberlain Cough Rememny as the best remedy for whooping cough seen last winter. She says it keeps the cough loose relieves fits and gives confidence in the house. She notes it also helps with colds and croup.
The final American expeditionary force transports reached a French port safely. US naval officials reported two submarine attacks during the crossing. no ships were hit and no American lives were lost. One submarine was sunk, with belief that additional subs were destroyed in the first assault.
Paris features a first American expeditionary force battalion en route to the front as Independence Day is celebrated abroad. Russian forces push in Galicia with hundreds of officers and thousands of men captured, while Austro German and French operations continue on the Western front near Rheims and in the Meuse. Italian reports note Austrian attacks near Gorizia repelled by Rome.
Chinese President Li Yuan Hung and two aides fled the palace and sought refuge in the Japanese lega, according to early reports. The escape disrupts internal stability as officials report the president’s disappearance and possible relocation.
Washington reports show the average American gained about 11.51 dollars in three years. The July Federal Reserve bulletin charts total circulation increasing from 3.48 to 4.742 billion dollars between June 1914 and June 1917, with per capita wealth rising from 34.35 in 1914 to 45.86 in June 1917.
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