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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1918
Page
3
In Austria-Hungary on June 14 United Press reports serious food riots at Lemberg force troop interference. Some thirty six thousand Austrian women and children are pressed to work on the Italian front and seek release amid hunger and harsh labor.
An American steamer arriving from a West Indian port reported receiving a wireless call for help on Tuesday off Cape Hatteras, claiming a German submarine torpedoed a vessel. A British steamer also reported a wireless from Kee Mum saying it had been torpedoed and was sinking.
Local Food Administrators Lang and erry of Cass county report a new federal order reducing sugar sales to consumers. Retailers may sell only 2 pounds to city customers and 5 pounds to rural customers at a time, with canning exceptions requiring a formal certificate. Violators face supply cutoffs and severe action.
George Knoké, proprietor of the People's Market on Chestnut street, notes high demand for beef substitutes and meat suitable for hot weather as the food administration limits household consumption. He urges buyers to consider available stock and calls attention to changing supply conditions.
United Press reports from Amsterdam that Germany's war minister Heldengrates told the Bavarian parliament that certain independent socialists have been imprisoned for threatening the government and the Kaiser, aiming to topple the regime even at the cost of removing the Kaiser.
Information from Postmaster J. W. Blake, via the Provost Marshal General, states men registered on June 5 1918 may enlist in the Marine Corps without local board classification. They must bring their registration card and a local board certificate granting consent to enlist. These men will join the early draft quotas after registration and should apply for enlistment promptly unless choosing to wait for the draft. This district leads the recruiting service in applicants from Postmaster Stations.
A half inch of rain fell here last night, bringing relief to farmers and residents. Local weather observed improved soil moisture while skies cleared afterward. No major damage or disruptions reported.
Marne Iowa June 14 Nearly two inches of rain fell here last night bringing relief to crops and fields. The rain came when needed and many residents express happiness at the timely shower.
An Iowa theater event titled Why 18 Sugar 50 Scarce prompts accusations of cheating the public. The Garden Theatre hosts the day’s feature, drawing attention from local patrons and media coverage.
Arthur K. Coomes purchased the interest of Ray Asay and others in the Farmers & Merchants Insurance agency, becoming sole owner. The agency, located in the Farmers Savings Bank building at Third and Chestnut, offers fire, life, hail, accident and automobile insurance. Coomes had been a district court clerk candidate and formerly lived on a Franklin Township farm.
A digest of brief items: Arizona makes employment of military slackers illegal. Hawaii reports first food regulation violation with a Chinese merchant fined for Red Cross relief. Aviation student Percy H. Long is killed at Kelley Field. Senate defeats a war debate limiting resolution. Austrian reformists call for immediate ceasefire and peace talks. R Sidney Drew killed in France. Greek prisoners in Bulgaria casualties high. AFL meets in St Paul with “Win the War for Freedom” slogan. Frank H. Bush leaves $2 million for relief in France and Belgium. All England hopeful on Foch’s grip on the front. Quincy flood losses total $500,000. Thomas J. Mooney seeks new trial in San Francisco. Wilson supports suffrage bill. Postal Telegraph hires only union men. Montana fires devastate timber belts. 108 Americans at Toul front honored for bravery. Marshalltown casualty list grows. Frank L. Glick among the dead. Yearling cattle prices set new highs on Chicago market. Arkansas farmers tour with Go Brough. George McCluaky and Irene Bickert killed in a wreck near Jessup.
In The Hague on June 14 a mob of Dutch fishermen furious over a German submarine sinking a fishing smack and shelling its life boats tried to lynch German airmen interned at Ymuiden.
A memorandum to the US secretary of state from the Belgian minister reports intensified deportation and forced labor by Germany. Boys over 13 are seized and all girls and women aged 14 to 40 are gathered, draining grammar schools. Deported Belgians are now sent to work behind the German front in France and Belgium.
Gen Foch halts the German offensive and drives the enemy back under French fire. American marines seize about one thousand German prisoners in the Marne action. Berlin papers report 500000 American troops in France as England transports 17 million soldiers since the war began. Ex President Taft predicts three more years of war.
A Rothschild Wire dispatch from Paris notes a notable decrease in submarine sinkings in the western central regions and the English Channel since Zeebrugge and Ostend harbors were closed. The report also mentions wage talks pending, and a rash of local incidents across Iowa including a man convicted of white slavery and various drowning and accident reports.
All county office candidates except two filed expense accounts with the county auditor. The highest expenditure was 70.75 by A. A. Emigh for the clerk of the district court race. The two nonfilers were A. K. Coomes and W. J. Pellett. Other declared amounts ranged from nothing to 70.75 across Frank Van Brocklin, W. A. Follett, C. A. Zellmer, Mike Matz, D. J. Bode, W. A. McKee, C. E. Kringel, C. M. Hobart, Andrew Lastine, and W. C. McCurdy. Yesterday was the legal deadline for filing primary expense accounts.
Herbert and Leach, proprietors, have leased and fitted a north adjoining room to serve as a rest room for women. Also, Flag Day events proceed with a city hall concert by an eighteen piece Atlantic band, benefiting the new band. Mayor fines Bob Davis five dollars for disturbing the peace. fine paid.
Mr and Mrs Albert Johnson have gone to Orleans Indiana to spend the summer at their lakeside cottage. Miss Anna Henderson visits sister Mrs Rose Doeplie at Ackley Town and Teiss Teninia Dick of Winnes Atlantic visiting at the home.
Four Iowans are named in Gen Pershing's casualty list this morning. No Atlantic boys are listed. One Iowan was killed in action, one died of disease, and one was wounded severely with another's wound degree undetermined.
Thursday's war summary notes German offensives between Montdidier Noyon and southeast of Oise diminishing. French and Allied forces hold lines, repel near Montdidier and Courcelles, and push back gains. Americans near Cha teau Thierry defended. 108 Americans receive French war cross. Macedonia front sees village gains and 910 enemy prisoners. Berlin cites possible danger zone declaration off American coast for neutral shipping.
In today’s dispatches the name of Herbert P. Groves of 1812 Highastreet, Dex Maines appears among Iowa soldiers wounded overseas. He is a son of John Groves, former superintendent of the local electric light plant and a well known resident.
Mina Nellie Stevenson of Keota and other relatives traveled to Atlantic yesterday to visit her aunt Miss Gusta Rosling and Mrs. Emil Rothchild.
June 14 report from Gile Front says the German southward push between Montdidier and the Oise, once the fiercest offensive, has been halted. French strategy counterattacks, meeting each assault halfway. Marne, Picardy, and Flanders fronts note artillery activity, French actions near Villers Cotterets forest, Chateau Thierry, and Gerives, with British raids repelling German efforts.
Paris June 14 The French conducted a raid in the Courcell region capturing thirty prisoners. French forces advanced at Frome Costages and pressed between Villers Cotterets and Chateau Thierry with active artillery. New prisoners were taken at Houssaiers west of Rheims and in the Compiègne region.
Eighteen young men from Cass County will join a Flag Day parade tonight. The marchers, part of the national service, will entrain tomorrow morning and participate in the evening events at the Elks building. A banquet by the Royal Neighbors precedes the parade along Chestnut street at 7:80. Citizens are invited to join.
A fragment from a 1900 era page hints at sugar scarcity causing confusion at a Garden Day event with a misread sign reading Cheating Lid. The note mentions 3818 as a possible reference or date.
Special to News-Tohi reports a barn on H. M. Bartlett property, about a mile and a half southwest of Brayton, was struck by lightning around 8 this morning. The fire damaged machinery and property valued around $2300 with $900 insured.
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