One Hundred Years Ago

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The Tacoma Times, April 5, 1917.

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https://youtu.be/rP_zPq7N4_c

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Everett True, April 7, 1917.

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The Chicago Day Book, April 7, 1917.

NEWS OF THE DAY CONCERNING CHICAGO

Seven Germans admitted to U. S. citizenship.

State's Rep. T. D. Murphy freed of charge of shooting and wounding brother.

Policeman Edw. Keating, Englewood station, on force 38 years, dropped dead.

Saloon license of Mrs. Minnie Cohen, 3200 Federal, revoked. Man killed there recently.

Charges against Mrs. Mamie Abel, 1949 Barry av., who put concoction in hubby's coffee, dismissed.
   
Bomb damaged home of Basile Manfre, 1156 Milton av., wealthy Italian. Received "black hand" threats.

Chief Schuettler wants federal control of sale of firearms.

Surface and elevated lines may carry soldiers and sailors free.

Police asked to search for Emma Phelps, 17, Lafayette, Ind., Salvation Army girl.

Freight thief suspect probably fatally shot by private detectives of the Rock Island road.

Lyman F. Johnson, La Grange, fatally hurt when he tried somersault from springboard.

Geo. Gibson, Harvard graduate, arrested for kicking recruiting office signs. Opposed to war.

Mme. Schumann-Heink worried. One of her sons in German navy; three others allied with U. S. forces.

Woman with small girl snatched $94 from Paulina st. "L" station window while Agent JV. A. Burdick, 71, wasn't looking.


POLICE SAY MEDA YERION WAS KILLED BY DEGENERATE

  That Meda Yerion was murdered by a degenerate, after she had been dragged from 31st st. to the ashpile behind the notorious Pickwick cafe early yesterday morning, was the opinion of Capt. Thomas Meagher of the Cottage Grove- av. station expressed today.
  Meagher says Meta was choked into unconsciousness and pulled along on her back for a distance of about 75 feet. Then the girl was thrown on the ashpile and later her throat was slashed. Her skirt was pulled up to cover her face.


POLICE KILL CAR ROBBER - CAPTURE THREE OTHERS

  Four men were caught in act of loading a wagon with woolen goods taken from N. Y. Central at 37th and tracks this morning. Serg'ts Neary and Doren came upon them in an alleyway off La Salle, between 36th and 37th. The men ran. Several shots were fired by the police. Thos Dowd, 3661 La Salle, dropped. Died later at Providence hospital. Others surrendered. When booked on burglary charge they gave names of John Burke, John Walsh and Jerry Shay.

BASEBALL   

  Today the Cubs are in St Paul putting the finishing touches to the training trip. Next Monday the team will be home for a day's rest before setting out against the Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday on the North Side.
  Mitchell has done as well as could have been expected. Considering the mapping of his tour, he has performed miracles in bringing home a collection of athletes in partial command of their arms and legs. Even Larry Doyle has strengthened his ankle until there is small doubt he will be ready to start. If Larry had been able to train sanely he would have been in much better condition.
  Jimmy Archer is in town, waiting for the club and ready to catch. Jim looks to be in prime condition. He has trained enough to limber his muscles, and his eyes are clear. It is more than probable that he will do considerable work in the early part of the season, when the team may have trouble starting.
  Al Demaree added himself to the regular pitching corps by downing Des Moines. He gave the Western leaguers five hits and had his curve ball breaking deceptively. His best asset was control.
  The Sox got nothing out of a game against Ottumwa but a crack on the head for Eddie Collins. The star second baseman narrowly escaped serious injury when a wild pitch connected with his thatch. Today the club rattles into Minneapolis, and tomorrow will tackle St Paul.
  Liebold has been decided on as the right fielder for the first game of the season and will hold down the job as long as his work warrants. If he slips Eddie Murphy will step into his shoes. Eldred appears to have been eliminated because of a weak arm.
  Connie Mack has ordered Outfielder Amos Strunk to turn in his uniform because of indifferent work in training.


Eddie Collins  By Bain News Service, publisher. - George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7349315

[Rix Gins]

The Evening Star, April 7, 1917.

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The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, April 7, 1917.

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[Rix Gins]

The Tacoma Times, April 7, 1917.

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Actor R. G. Armstrong was born on April 7, 1917.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._G._Armstrong


R. G. Armstrong in the 1960 film The Fugitive Kind.  By Source (WP:NFCC#4), Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36700785

https://youtu.be/yafQ1sMtW28

[Rix Gins]

https://youtu.be/XT8YfWzd_zQ

[pate]

I drool and salivate over the first Amer-Frank causality!  @Whn? mien friend?

so soon yet too late?

A bit late to the party, but as a resident near the nearly one-hundred year old meowmoarial in the us.  I assay!

Dollars and donuts, though the dougbeyet oar fried:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=petqFm94osQ

Apologies for spelling APLOGIES, rong!\\

ediot: properly splet ALPO GEEZ...

[Rix Gins]

If you would have been a British, front-line soldier at Mercatel, France on April 7, 1917 at 5:45 in the afternoon, you just might have seen an aerial dog fight going on, up in the sky. If you would have been in the right spot, you would have seen a burning, spinning, out of control Nieuport XVII (single seater) heading for the ground.  What you probably didn't know was that the plane had just been shot down by the Red Baron.

Richthofen and four of his gentlemen (his word) pilots came across a group of six Nieuports, flying over the British lines, in search of some badly needed photos of the southern Arras area.  The Red Baron got behind one of them and, rather interestingly, just happened to count the number of times that his opponent attempted to shake him off.  In his combat report he noted that, "The plane I had singled out tried to escape six times by various maneuvers.  When he was doing this for the seventh time, I managed to hit him, whereupon, the engine began to smoke and the plane itself went down head first., twisting and twisting.  At first I thought it was another maneuver, but then I saw that the plane dashed, without catching itself, to the ground near Mercatel."

The pilot of the downed Nieuport was Second Lieutenant George Orme Smart of 60 Squadron. In their book "Under The Guns of The Red Baron" authors Norman Franks, Hal Giblin and Nigel McCrery wrote that Smart was burned to death when the plane crashed.  A group of nearby  soldiers took their comrade from the skies and buried him in a shell hole.  They marked the grave with the plane's propeller.  This was an active part of the line and the fighting crossed over the makeshift memorial, effectively destroying it.  Smart's brother Charles (also a pilot) attempted to locate the grave ten days later but could find nothing.  George Smart's name is listed on the Arras Memorial of The Missing.  He was Von Richthofen's 37th victory.

Info and photo of George Orme Smart: http://westernfrontassociation.com/great-war-people/remember-on-this-day/2381-7-april-1917-lieutenant-george-orme-smart.html#sthash.RUhOBHnK.dpbs

Photo of Von Richthofen dressing for a flight: http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/images/0145750_500.jpg 


Nieuport 17 flown by René Dorme while with escadrille N.3 during the battle of the Somme in late 1916.  By Université de Caen Basse-Normandie - https://www.flickr.com/photos/universite_caen/15204900430/, No restrictions, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41553772   

[Rix Gins]

I drool and salivate over the first Amer-Frank causality!  @Whn? mien friend?

so soon yet too late?

A bit late to the party, but as a resident near the nearly one-hundred year old meowmoarial in the us.  I assay!

Dollars and donuts, though the dougbeyet oar fried:

Apologies for spelling APLOGIES, rong!\\

ediot: properly splet ALPO GEEZ...

Hi pate.  Now I want a donut and I'm not supposed to eat them.  The doughboys loved donuts but they got pissed off when they had to buy them from the Red Cross. The Salvation Army gave them away for free.

Remember, you don't have to apologize for anything on this thread.

[Rix Gins]

https://youtu.be/BhihCjJM-48

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It was eight against three, up in the sky over Vimy, on April 8, 1917.  11:40 in the morning to be precise.  Manfred Von Richthofen was one of the eight, along with three other pilots from his group.  The three planes were Sopwith Strutters, piloted by British airmen. 

One of the German planes (from a group other than Richthofen's Jasta 11) got shot down.  A little while later a Sopwith, piloted by Second Lieutenant John Seymour Heagerty was attacked by two German planes, one of which was Von Richthofen. Both Heagerty and his observer, Lieutenant Leonard Heath Cantle, shot back at the two pursuers, but to no avail.   As Richthofen wrote in his combat report, "The plane I singled out, soon made a right-hand curve downwards.  The observer ceased shooting.  I followed the adversary to the ground where he dashed to pieces."

You would think that was the end of the story, but no.   In their book "Under The Guns of The Red Baron" authors Norman Franks, Hal Giblin and Nigel McCrery state that pilot Heagerty did take note that a red plane was firing at them, but he didn't know who the pilot was.  Bullets were flying all about him when his observer's gun suddenly grew quiet and the controls on his plane stopped working. John could only watch as his plane nose dived for the ground.  In a last desperate move, he stood on the rudder bar and managed to turn the plane so that it crashed wing-side and not head on.  The pilot was thrown off the plane on impact and received a bad gash over one eye.  He would have died from bleeding had not an experienced German doctor been on hand to stitch him up.  There was an active battle being fought on the ground and the physician had no anesthetics, so he had three assistants sit on Lieutenant Heagerty while he did the stitching.  The pilot was then carted off to the rear where he began his stay as a POW.  Cantle, the observer, was dead.  Killed most likely by Richthofen's guns.  Some British soldiers would later advance over the plane's wreckage and they buried Cantle. Later on, the body could not be found for proper burial.  Leonard Heath Cantle's name can be found though, on the Arras Memorial to the Missing, France.

Slide show of Arras Memorial to the Missing: http://c20society.org.uk/war-memorials/france-faubourg-damiens-cemetery-and-memorial-to-the-missing/


Royal Flying Corps or Royal Air Force Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter in 1917-1918 period.  By unknown RAF photographer - gallery link image link, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8474049



 

[GravitySucks]

Thabks for all of your posts Rix. I haven't added anything in awhile but I enjoy reading yours.

[Rix Gins]

The Red Baron would achieve a second victory on April 8, 1917.  This one occurred at 4:40 in the afternoon and it was a BE2g that was out doing a photo mosaic by order of H.Q.  (A major offensive by British forces was slated to occur several hours later.)  The plane was piloted by Second Lieutenant Keith Ingleby MacKenzie and his observer was Second Lieutenant Guy Everingham.

Von Richthofen made quick work of the BE2g.  He would later make note that it only took a very few shots before his opponent's plane broke to pieces and fell near Vimy.  Both the pilot's and observer's bodies lay in an active battlefield for a good week before they were buried by British soldiers.  The bodies were recovered after the war and the two men were re-buried alongside each other in Bois-Carre British Cemetery in Thelus, France.  Keith MacKenzie was 18 years old and Guy Everingham was 22.

This was Von Richthofen's 39th victory.

A very interesting article along with photos of MacKenzie and Everingham: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3897246/Piece-canvas-ripped-wing-British-WWI-plane-downed-notorious-German-ace-Red-Baron-set-sell-3-000.html

Info on Keith MacKenzie: http://www.isle-of-wight-memorials.org.uk/people_m/mackenzie_ki.htm

A memorial (in a family plot) to Guy Everingham: http://historypoints.org/index.php?page=memorial-to-guy-everingham






 

[Rix Gins]

Thabks for all of your posts Rix. I haven't added anything in awhile but I enjoy reading yours.

Thanks.  Glad you like them.

[Rix Gins]

The New York Tribune, April 9, 1917.

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The Chicago Day Book, April 9, 1917.

NEWS OF THE DAY CONCERNING CHICAGO

Scenery slashed and electric wires torn loose in Apollo theater, 524 E. 47th. Police investigating.

John Hustis, 44, 553 S. State, overcome by ammonia fumes in Western Cold Storage Co. plant. Revived.

Dave Montgomery, musical comedy star, in serious condition at Presbyterian hospital following operation.

Maj. Henry W. Lee, Officers' Reserve Corps, complained that garbage dumped in lake by city teams has contaminated water.

Gustav Hallock, 24 E. Illinois, shot and wounded Jas. Pettit, 103 E. Oak, when latter escorted Mrs. Hallock home. Hallock arrested; said it was accident.

Three men in auto stolen from Dr. B. A. Baskind, 6317 S. Halsted, collided with auto of Stanley Katwoski, 4801 S. Ada. Machines wrecked. Men escaped.

Edw. Dunlaps, 7152 Emerald av., leaped from speeding auto. Hurt. Said car contained thieves.

Five safeblowers bound and gagged John Whitman, night watchman, Pennsylvania Lines offices, 521 W. Adams. Failed to crack safe containing $500. Got $500 from Union station cash box on fifth floor.

Safeblowers entered Guthman, Carpenter & Telling's shoe house, Monroe and Franklin. Got nothing.

Sixteen men and four girls missing. Lured by war is the theory.

Geo. Stebbings, 80, 18 N. Desplaines, fell in river. Rescued by police. 

Highland Park children barred from movies. Contagious illness spread feared.

Jas. Young, 27 E. Harrison, beaten with baseball bat. Sid Miller and "Chick" Connors sought

Tom Sara Kawa, 3707 Lake Park av., threw brick through central detail window. Wants war to stop. Arrested.

Arbore Savino, 3036 W. 36th, mysteriously murdered. Michael Roedoero, 3608 S. Rockwell, wounded. Black hand plot suspected.

Samuel Goldstein, 1145 N. Sacramento av., gave $100 cash and $1,000 worth of jewels to three con men for "$10,000 worth of platinum." Turned out to be talking machine needles.


BASEBALL

CUBS BACK FROM STRENUOUS TRAINING TRIP
By Mark Shields

  The Cubs are home from their cross-country training trip. They arrived this morning and joined the second squad under Jim Sheckard, which arrived yesterday. A practice session was put in today on the North Side and the same program will be followed tomorrow. Jim Archer worked out with his mates for the first time this year.
  Sheckard and Mitchell had a long conference regarding some of the men under Jim, but it was believed only one of the yannigans was recommended. He is Dutch Reuther, southpaw pitcher and first base understudy. In practice games Reuther has been hitting the ball soundly and has played first base in a creditable manner. He will be needed in case Vic Saier is injured.
  Chief interest as to the make-up of the team that will face Pittsburgh Wednesday centers on second base. It is strongly hinted that Mitchell will use Rollie Zeider at that bag. But, in the face of these reports, we see Doyle at the keystone in the last practice game of the year. If Larry is not to take the field Wednesday, why was he played against Minneapolis? Doyle isn't in first-class condition. That is admitted. But his injured ankle is in better shape than was to be expected, considering the training program mapped out. It will be no surprise to see him out there in harness Wednesday.


Walter Henry Ruether (1893-1970).  By Unknown  Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3124245

  The White Sox Will close their exhibition season with a game against Des Moines today, then travel on to St. Louis to open the big show Wednesday. Tomorrow the club will practice on the Browns' field. Rowland is still undecided as to his pitching selection for the opening game. Claude Williams is a candidate, but the youthful southpaw has been unsteady in his last two trials. Eddie Cicotte is eager for the honor, and Red Faber is also in line for the assignment. Reb Russell certainly will not be the fortunate one. Russell still has a kinky arm which prevents him curving the ball to any extent, and in his recent exhibitions he has been compelled to rely on speed alone. He tried it against St. Paul yesterday and was merrily hammered. The Texan needs much more hot weather before he will be as good as he was in 1916. Without Reb the team loses much of its strength in the box, for, in addition to pitching his own games, he was the ready little rescuer last season.


1919 photograph of Eddie Cicotte.  By Digital reproduction or scan of original photo.Under US laws mechanical reproduction of a work does not create an additional copyright to that of the original. Category:Mechanical reproductions of original works in need of additional detail, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47213608

[Rix Gins]

The Evening Star, April 9, 1917.

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The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, April 9, 1917.

AMERICAN B1RDMEN GIVEN THEIR FLAG

  PARIS, April 9. The placing of the Lafayette flying corps under the American flag to symbolize the entry of the United States in the war has been discussed for several day and The Figaro now says the stars and stripes are flying over the headquarters of the squadron which is composed largely of American aviators.


CIVIL WAR VETERAN OFFERS HIS SERVICES

  BAKERSFIELD, Cal., April 9. Frank McGowan, aged 74, a veteran of the civil war, and survivor of the Congress when she was sunk by the Merrimac, leaves tomorrow for Vallejo to seek to enlist in the submarine service.

[Rix Gins]

The Tacoma Times, April 9, 1917.

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The Battle of Arras was begun 100 years ago, today.  It was an offensive push by the Brits, and it lasted for a full week.  Some innovative troop movement tactics were attempted by the British, many of which were successful in gaining ground.

Ariel support was increased and the planes were busy in gaining photographs of enemy territory and in dropping bombs over German trenches.  Of course, with more allied planes flying about, the busier Manfred Von Richthofen and his fliers would become.  There was so much action going on in the skies above that the entire month would later be described as 'Bloody April.'

I doubt that most people will read a full accounting of this battle and for those who don't, (including myself, ha ha) the whole operation was termed as a success for the British.  They gained lots of ground but failed to make any type of breakthrough.  They also lost more men than the Germans, so calling it a success is rather debatable, I guess.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Arras_(1917)  Click on Did you mean: Battle of Arras (1917)? to get to the article.  (Sometimes Wikipedia can be rather persnickety.)


British machine gunners fire on German aircraft near Arras.  By John Warwick Brooke - This is photograph Q 5172 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 1900-13)Originally uploaded to en.wikipedia; description page is/was here.Original uploader was Carom at en.wikipedia, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2573080  (Wikipedia is being persnicity with this link.  Click on the 'Did you mean the Battle of Arras 1917?

The Canadians also began a push at Vimy Ridge that would last for three days.  The Canadians were successful in gaining some all important high ground.  Here is a link for that battle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vimy_Ridge


Machine gunners operating from craters on the plateau above the ridge.  By Canada. Dept. of National Defence. Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4351472

[Rix Gins]

One of my most favorite character actors, Mr. Brad Dexter, was born on April 9, 1917.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Dexter


Brad Dexter.  Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3214711

https://youtu.be/VNWfSJtqkbY

[Rix Gins]

The Evening Star, April 10, 1917.

[Rix Gins]

The Chicago Day Book, April 10, 1917.

NEW OF THE DAY CONCERNING CHICAGO

Frank Marshall  arrested for wearing regulation army coat.

Three "jackrollers" beat Michael. Houlihan, 62, 246 W. 45th pl. Took his shoes.

Patrick Cusack, 1001 Harrison, saloonkeeper, robbed of $30 and locked in icebox by three armed men.

Judge Brothers fined Wm. Selcer $25 for tampering with jury that is to try Mrs. Selcer on charge of shooting him.

Louis Berges, 28 N. Sangamon, hurt in gas explosion at Lake and Halsted April 5, died. His is 8th death from blast.

Henry Landwirth, 1046 N. California av., free love apostle, sued for divorce by Jeannette Landwirth. Says he left her for Lillian Dreschef.

Mrs. Zoe Wilkins Cunningham, girl-wife of Thos. W. Cunningham, 75, Joplin, Mo., banker, got divorce and $307,000 settlement.

Isaac Hoffstadter, who recently divorced Anna Hoffstadter, sued Julius Roth, baker, 901 N. Ashland av., for $25,000 charging alienation of wife's affections.

Police seeking degenerate as murderer of Meda Yerion. Have description of man who tried to seize 6-year-old girl night of murder.

Leopold Kryzebaum, 3253 Fox, tied noose around neck and jumped from window. Will recover. Despondent over war.

U. S. agents investigating report that Chas. Richards, 2833 Qrady ct, insulted flag. Jacob Magarski, 1238 W. 33d pl., made complaint.

Jos. Urbanski, 1028 N. Ashland av., and Jos. Pendzinski, 859 N. Marshfield av., stabbed in fight over war. Police seeking assailant.

Lawrence Milzack, 103rd and Crawford, insulted Wilson in saloon of Nicholas Finley, 4701 S. Halsted. Was made to kiss flag. Later arrested,


Baseball - DOYLE OFFICIALLY GIVEN JOB AT SECOND BASE
By Mark Shields'

  Larry Doyle will play second base for the Cubs tomorrow in the opening game of the 1917 season against Pittsburgh. Doyle told Manager Mitchell after initial practice on the North Side lot that he was in condition to play and Mitchell promptly made the announcement official.
  This ends a couple of weeks of false predictions, during which it was said either Zeider or Yerkes would be at the keystone when hostilities were begun. As late as yesterday there was a strong report that Zeider would have the job. To these reports we have paid lilttle attention, going on the assumption that the infield would be composed of Doyle, Wortman, Saier and Deal.
  Doyle, even with his ankle a bit weak, is needed. He is a fighting, aggressive type of ballplayer and such a man is badly needed to speed up the first line defense of the locals., Saier is a quiet fellow, and so is Deal. Wortman makes some noise, but none of the trio has the pepper and dash of Doyle.
  Larry will be field captain and his judgment in the position is excellent A man with authority and courage to give orders on the field is an imperative need of the North Siders. Mitchell is putting together a new team of cogs that have never worked together before, and there are bound to be rough spots that will be smoothed off quicker with an able field general in command.
  It is a safe prediction that Doyle, once the game begins, will pay little attention to his ankle. In the heat of battle he will run the bases with his former speed, take a toe-hold swing at bat and cover as much ground as is necessary. On the training trip he was almost as good as ever when the lines were tight and the Cubs had to fight for the advantage. It was only in the joke games that Larry favored his prop.


Doyle (right) with Roger Peckinpaugh (left) of the New York Yankees.  By The Library of Congress - Flickr: [Roger Peckinpaugh, New York AL and Larry Doyle, New York NL (baseball) (LOC)], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18563777

  Today the White Sox are in St. Louis, taking a final practice in the Cardinals' park and waiting impatiently for the gong tomorrow. Rowland's team is ready. Good training weather was encountered and the team was brought to the first game through a series of well arranged practice games.
  The only question in the manager's mind turns on the pitching selection. Williams and Faber are the leading candidates. Cicotte pitched a full nine inning game yesterday against Des Moines, and Scott and Danforth performed for the seconds against Rockford. Williams has suffered a bit from a wild streak, but Faber is in tip-top condition.
  Lieoold will head the attack and play right field. That is a settled question, and Risberg will follow him. Collins will occupy his usual third notch, and Joe Jackson will, of course, swat from the clean-up position. Then came Felsch, Gandil, Weaver, Schalk and the pitcher in the order named.


Dave Danforth (1890 - 1970), baseball player.  By American Tobacco Company - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2833260


CHICAGO GERMAN WAITERS LEAVING TOWN FAST, SAY POLICE REPORTS

  Employees of the Bismark hotel have been leaving for Mexico in numbers, according to a report received by the police.
  It is said the police received the tip when a messenger from the Bismark hotel appealed to the police for additional police protection at the Bismark hotel because of the immediate necessity for hiring additional strikebreakers to take the place of those who had left for across the Rio Grande.
  Karl Eitel, manager of the Berlin room and the Bismark Gardens said today that ten employees had left the services of the hotel recently, but that he did not know where they went.
  An official of the Chicago Waiters' ass'n, which has a strike called against the Bismark, said today that most of the Bismark employees have been unnaturalized Germans.
  Federal agents are now on the border investigating the reported exodus of German reservists from the United States to Mexico.

[Rix Gins]

The daily Missoulian, April 10, 1917. 

[Rix Gins]

The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, April 10, 1917.

MADE HIM KISS THE FLAG

  An anarchist who tore down a war bulletin from in front of the Goldfield Tribune office and was arrested, had his fine commuted on offering to kiss the flag in public. The ceremony drew quite a crowd and at the end of the performance the man without a country slunk away aided by several well directed kicks from the bystanders.

[Rix Gins]

The Tacoma Times, April 10, 1917.

[Ciardelo]

That's weird, I'm a free love apostle too.