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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1918
Page
1
The document lists twenty required items from name to nearest relative address and occupational details for the September 12 draft registration day. It also quotes the act’s age limits and exemptions, noting penalties for noncompliance and the regulations’ legal force.
President Wilson will surrender 24595 in income tax under the new revenue bill. He earns 75000 annually and the measure imposes a total normal tax of 8520 and a super tax of 16075, with nearly a third returned to the treasury.
A procession from the Armory gathered for roll call before marching to the Baltimore and Ohio Railway. Eighteen scout troops, the Ladies Band, and three G A R members accompanied the June draft group to Camp Sherman. Names listed include James Newton Phetteplace and Leonard Adams among others.
Americans who die overseas will be buried abroad temporarily with identification. When possible, bodies will be interred in war graves and later moved home after the war ends under War Department plans announced today.
Nelsonville Ohio Sept 6 Ora McCombs 19 was killed instantly when the auto he drove was struck by a southbound passenger train at Kimberly. He rode with two miners Joan Anderson and Ray Lents who were hurt. Anderson fatally or severely hurt and Lents head injuries but expected to survive.
A Wednesday meeting organized draftees from Athens County to enter military service in coming months. A training program led by Corporal Chapin aims to prepare draftees in basic military skills, with an officers school and non commissioned officers course. Drill starts Friday, enrollment immediate, likely start by October 1.
A called meeting of the D A R will be held Friday at 3 pm at Mrs. C E Witt's home to transact important business and obtain a full report on the sale of W 88 by members. Members unable to attend are urged to send reports so the matter may be closed.
The German general staff faces a possible large withdrawal after a British breakthrough near Cambrai and Douai. German defenses along the Hindenburg Line may crumble as American and French forces advance, with 16,000 prisoners and over 1,000 guns taken in four days. American artillery supports the push across the Vesle and Aisne sectors as bridging material rushes forward.
Paris reports the French line on the Picardy front advancing hourly with German withdrawal toward St. Quentin. Captured officers note a new provisional defense line through Berlancourt Ham and Campcourt while Guiscard area has been reached. Jussy Chauny Lafere and other towns are mentioned on the Vesse and Aisne fronts.
Reports from Romania via Switzerland describe growing farmer uprisings against German requisitions of crops. The protests are spreading daily across Romanian territories as tensions rise with occupying forces.
Fred Ferguson recounts American expeditionary forces advancing along the Aisne front in France with vivid scene setting and notes on logistical and morale aspects of the war effort.
London reports Haig says British forces took Ploegsteert Village two miles north of Armentieres and Hill 63 near Messines. The gains mark a continued advance between Armentieres and Ypres. Ploegsteert, nicknamed Pingstreet, endured heavy fighting in 1914 and 1915 with thousands killed.
A wartime update notes the general line held along Lys with positions at Voornezeele Waalverighen Ploegfistveert Nieppe Laventie and Givenchy. The report emphasizes maintained trench positions and routine front reports without further action.
Paris dispatch reports French armies closing on Ham and advancing from the Vesle and Vesle area. They struck eastward to flank new German positions above the Vesle and moved northward in pursuit of retreating forces, with steady gains overnight per the War Office brief.
Zurich dispatch reports Turkey sent a note to Berlin protesting supplementation of Brest-Litovsk treaties viewed as injurious to Turkish interests in the Caucasus.
Amsterdam reports the Kaiser quoted Dresden officials praising unity in the present decisive battle. He said the German people understand the difficulty and have decided to devote all strength to defend their sacred self and culture.
Washington reports Turkish forces are at Tabriz to evacuate the American hospital if it is occupied. The Persian Commander in Chief has been ordered that Americans in Persia shall not be molested.
In New York on September 5, postal aviators Max Miller and E V Gardner began a nine hour flight from Belmont Park to Chicago carrying 353 pounds of mail. Miller flew a standard post office plane while Gardner piloted a Liberty Motor aircraft, passing Pottsville at 10 55 this morning.
The Whetstone Grange in Marion on Sunday endorsed driving autos to church when no law prohibits it. They discussed How Can the Grange Best Serve the Nation and concluded that using cars on the Sabbath is not unpatriotic if legal restrictions do not forbid it.
Chicago on September 5 reports say a bomb exploded at the Federal Building killing four and wounding a score. The building was placed under heavy guard as police and military intelligence agents pursue the bomber with help from nar and secret service workers. William G. Haywood denied involvement in the outrage.
Washington reports nearly 1 000 000 railway workers not covered by prior raises will get new pay boosts. Monthly time workers gain five dollars monthly from January raises, hourly workers twelve cents an hour. Affects clerks, station staff, engineers, laborers and other maintenance crews. Directors General McAdoo approves promotions by ability and seniority and offers grievance procedures. Eight hour day established.
The text notes that increases take effect September 1 with back pay to January 1 if not yet paid, calculated on the actual minute basis and prorated over time. It implies retroactive adjustments for staff or employees under the new wage scale.
A marriage license was issued in Parkersburg on Tuesday to Harry H. Horner and Dora Stephenson both of Nelsonville Ohio Athens County.
Washington report notes that Mexicans in the southwest Indians in western regions foreign-born residents of Atlantic cities and blacks in the south along with a scattered Irish community in Minnesota are all being reached by Red Cross Home Service as they send sons and fathers to war.
Closed for holiday our warehouse and yard will be closed from September 6 to 10 inclusive on account of Jewish observance.
Professor Thomas N. Hoover will fire the first gun in Lodi Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the Church. He will be joined by his celebrated Quartet to sing patriotic songs of the times. Attend if you want to hear something good.
Rome reports Italian writers in Switzerland say German agents are preparing a peace plan based on evacuation of France and Belgium. The proposal allegedly includes an indemnity and acceptance of a British Labour stance on Alsace and Lorraine under German supervision if those provinces vote. German agents reportedly ignore Italian aims.
Copenhagen dispatch reports Ukraine revolutionaries captured Tschoff and killed a 1500-strong German garrison on August 11, later withdrawing. Widespread fighting is described in many provinces with revolutions taking several key cities.
The Board of Health and the Board of Education have ordered that no child will be admitted to public schools at the start of the fall term on September 16 unless previously vaccinated against smallpox.
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