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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1918
Page
1
At an Athens Retail Merchants Association meeting twenty retailers discussed shifting to cash basis. Thirteen votes favored adopting cash terms by August 1 1918 with others to decide after discussing with partners. An editorial excerpt warned inflation and debt hinder recovery postwar.
Dates of entrainment for 5 000 Ohio selections to Camp Sherman were announced. Five thousand men depart in the five days after July 22 with 7 200 others to Camp Jackson in Columbia South Carolina. The movement July 23 includes Washington and Athens counties.
Provost Marshal General Crowder announced the August draft call for 12 143 men to begin schooling between August 1 and 28. Of these, 11 989 are white and 154 are Negro. The total August call is planned around 300 000 men. In Washington the same day, Chief of Staff March said three American army corps in France have formed, each ranging from 226 000 to 250 000 men.
Class Six meets tomorrow morning in the Chautauqua tent at 9 o clock. Dr. Sanford will address the class and Prof. T N Hoover's quartet will sing. A fine program is assured and good attendance is expected. Men’s orations may join Class Six for this service.
Washington reports 71 casualties to General Pershing with 14 killed in action 1 died of accidental causes 46 wounded 8 missing in action. Names include R Howard Newell WV M W Nenneman Noble OH W Orwick Steubenville OH M R Roshon Wadsworth OH. Wounded severly include K E McVey Mansfield OH and H Dix Cincinnati OH. Missing Private C Pauley McCorkle WV.
Washington July 13 The Marine Corps casualty list totaling thirty three today was divided as follows killed in action eleven died of wounds received in action five severely wounded include C. E. DeGrange Berkley Springs W Va O Harris Grantsville W Va J H Whited Gay W Va E G Strubbe Cincinnati Ohio and L Zak Cleveland Ohio.
Seven men will report to the commanding Officer at Ohio Mechanics Institute in Cincinnati Monday for instruction along mechanical lines. They include blacksmiths carpenters electricians general mechanics machinists and sheet metal workers led by Foreman John L. and list Howard Edgar Cleveland Clarence Albert Grimm Edward Rittemeyer Junod Joseph Popovish Charles Ernest Stanert with home towns Nelsonville Larue Buchtel Athens and Cleveland.
Three white men will depart Monday for the University of Akron for instruction as vulcanizers. Named are Berrett Shepard of Glouster John Chauncey Call of Nelsonville and Waymer White of Broadwell.
Three colored men volunteering under Call 871 will depart Monday for Wilberforce College in Xenia for training as Cobblers gas engine men general mechanics locomotive firemen machinists and blacksmiths. Inducted are David L Wayne Jr Nelsonville Carl Stribling Athens and Frank Nero Athens. Eleven colored men will depart Thursday July 18 for Camp Sherman. They are Chester Jones Nelsonville Ezra E Dalton Stewart Earnest Lewis Nelsonville William Sanford Williams Columbus George Smith Buchtel Thomas Gibson Sharpsburg R D 2 Charles H Newman Gloucester Bernest D Morton Jacksonville Hoyt E Sloan Athens Roy Andrew Smith Gloucester Elmer Morris Leach Albany. Substitutes called are Lewis Gibson and Samuel Lowe Nelsonville.
Detroit July 13 Hagle No 1, first of new submarine chasers, rests on River Rouge near the Ford plant. A novel launching method carried the craft on a trestle above the water and lowered it into the river for sea trials.
Letters from German prisoners describe heavy losses in the Chatillon Thierry area as American infantry machine gunners and artillery push forward. Messages from regiments 461st and others recount exhausted troops, fierce bombardment, and repeated assaults with Allied forces including English French Americans and colonial troops advancing.
Washington report notes President Wilson vetoes the 28 million agricultural bill over a 2.40 bushel wheat guarantee and says farmers do not rely on price subsidies. London dispatches describe French Albanian advances and Italian actions shaping the western front with Macedonia activity amid German opposition.
Rural superintendent Fred Laughlin told of an amused incident in Tablertown where a road plow uncovered the bottom of an old attic shoe. Mick Burk, thinking it Kaiser related, attacked the shoe with a shovel, breaking its handle but pressing on with bold resolve.
Stockholm reports that M. Alexandrovitch, one of the assassins of German Ambassador Mirbach, has been executed according to Moscow dispatches. The other assassin, M. Bloomkin, remains at large as of the latest reports.
Amsterdam July 13 reports German forces may sink the American hospital ship Comfort. The ship, marked with the Red Cross and sailing date known to Berlin, would depart for the war zone without convoy or escort, risking attack by submarines despite its humanitarian status.
Information shows Pearl Clark, 19, a miner from Trimble, to marry Pearl Wilson, 18, of Sharpsburg. Windhell Brickles, 19, a miner from Nelsonville, to wed Myrtle Barrows, 22, a domestic from Nelsonville.
With the Americans in France on July 13, exhaustion of gasoline and fierce winds forced U S bombing planes that failed to return after a Wednesday raid to land on German soil. The German war office said five of six planes attempting to raid Coblenz were shot down and the sixth captured.
Four American soldiers lost their way and wandered into Franco-Swiss Valle de Joux were greeted by locals who showered them with fruits and flowers. They were then allowed to return to France.
The Athens County draft board notified the state draft headquarters that its July induction will leave on July 23. About 200 are in class one with others in classes two three and four eligible to volunteer to meet the quota shortfall. The Swedish hydro electric plant north of the Arctic Circle aids Lapland railroad power. Ty Cobb to quit baseball after this season until after the war, per White House visit.
The mint produced 714,129,119 coins in the fiscal year ending June 30, with a value of 43,596,895 dollars, surpassing all prior records. Operations ran 24 hours most of the year, yielding 600,000,000 cent pieces, 83,060,000 nickels, 24,000,000 half dollars, 45,000,000 quarters and 116,000,000 other coins.
New York on July 13 reports Chancellor von Hertling beginning a peace offensive to seize the initiative for ending the war by offering terms to the Allies. The move aims to erode Allied insistence that militarism be crushed before any treaty and portrays America as seeking Germany's destruction. The German leadership seeks to blur the line between overthrow of the warlord and Germany’s statehood.
Contracts to build 47.39 miles of new state aid road in eighteen Ohio counties at an estimated cost of 1,054,893.20 will be let on July 26, according to State Highway Commissioner Cowen. Counties listed include Erie Guernsey Lucas Montgomery Wyandot and Shelby.
A Mohicans group announces a meeting of special importance to be held Sunday morning and requests the presence of every member.
Paris July 13 reports French forces deliver rapid thrusts along the Oise and Avre fronts. Prisoners captured in raids near Montdidier and Compiègne, with French posts advancing toward Porte Farm and southwest Mos.
July 13 dispatch reports rapid official statements on enemy actions. A ban and failed destruction of bandant material hindered operations while Borat civilians welcomed advancing troops as liberators amid ongoing clashes and retreat.
The Murman region received an official communication today outlining the outcome of an appeal filed by the local government. The decision, delivered by an authorized source, confirms the final disposition and impacts regional administration.
Washington July 13 reports an agreement to postpone the vote on war time dry prohibition. Plans for a congressional recess are shaping up as dry leaders and senate allies finalize the postponement.
The Hague July 18 A flyer reports that Marshal von Hindenburg has returned from Germany and that rumors of his condition are widespread despite newspapers being barred from printing about it. The Seamen's International Unit of America again calls for the elimination of all shipyards.
A call to keep money circulating among local businesses to boost housing, land sales, wages, and property values. Urges residents to favor local merchants over mail order houses to protect the town’s economy, taxes, schools, and churches. Warns that big city giants threaten small retailers and community map.
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