23 Feb 1918
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1918
Page
1
British troops in Palestine capture the city of Jericho giving General Allen control over key roads used to move troops and supplies. The gain comes amid broader German advances in the region and threats to Damascus Mecca railway supply lines.
Amsterdam reports a Russian courier has delivered peace proposals to Berlin. The Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung cites that negotiations with Russia will not resume for some time.
Secretary Baker stated that despite about sixty one deaths at army aviation training camps, the fatality rate is remarkably low. Since last June student aviators logged over 100000 miles, with ten officers and twenty nine cadets killed on training flights and twelve more in unauthorized or ground accidents.
Chicago Feb 22 business men voiced strong backing for the war effort at the National Service Congress session. Waddill Catchings of New York cited tax support and price control while Ray Lyman of Stanford urged focus on human sacrifice over dollars. Louis Hammerling touted foreign language papers backing the government and John Parker urged universal military training for 18 to 19 year olds.
Four national army soldiers at Camp Lewis Washington were held in the guard house awaiting a presidential warrant that would intern them as enemy aliens. They allegedly plotted to shoot officers and to hand over American soldiers to the German army. About 200 of the 90th Division have been weeded out in a broader clean up. Military court martial would carry the death penalty if convicted. No report of the arrests had reached the judge advocate general.
McAdoo assures there is no danger of eastern food shortages and pledges rail transport for Allied supplies if the Food Administration provides exact stock locations. Railroads report 22,104,000 bushels of grain received in one week and daily loading near 6,000,000 bushels, aided by improving weather.
Reports show 25,565,000 bushels received during Feb 9 to Feb 20, including 17,261,000 bushels of corn, 9,329,000 oats, 2,446,000 wheat. In eight days Feb 11 to Feb 19, 39,750 grain cars were loaded, 36,549 in the western district, 922 eastern, 2,582 southern.
A German sailor who mailed a card from New York claiming he stole Dane Carl Nielsen's passport and planned to sail for Europe was arrested in Norfolk and sent back to New York for trial. He was caught as he tried to enter the Danish consulate to have Nielsen's passport visaed. His four German companions who landed from the same steamer are still at large.
The Senate approved a government rail control measure lasting up to eighteen months after the war with a $500000 revolving fund. McAdoo opposed extending control to short lines. the House debated amendments as both chambers push to final action next week. The bill includes a three year compensation basis and presidential rate authority with ICC veto.
The forecast calls for fair conditions in West Virginia on Saturday and Sunday with gradually rising temperatures. Virginia also enjoys fair weather on Saturday and Sunday, with warmer conditions expected on Sunday.
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce held a well attended membership dinner at the Commercial Hotel. D M Easley praised Washington and independence, H J Shot spoke on manpower, Thos J Phelps urged civic loyalty, and Wm McCarthy discussed Bluefield water and future supply needs. John Kee reported on Mexico with revolutions and currency woes.
Sergeant Bob Martin of Camp Shelby knocked out T. F. McFingott the New York heavyweight champion of Camp Wadsworth in the fourth round. Barney Williams retained his featherweight army navy title with a decision over Bud Perrill at Camp Shelby in a ten round bout during the Washington birthday celebration.
The district appeals board reversed sixteen local exemptions decisions from seventy-eight cases. Eleven were granted deferred classification on industrial grounds, five by the naval board for various reasons, yielding a net loss of six class one registrants. About half of local board appeals were acted on. district board has already moved fourteen class one men to class nine.
Washington reports a complete economic agreement with Great Britain and allied nations in accord with the United States and Norway. The terms remain confidential but Norway has acceded to most American demands while insisting on exporting certain wartime products to Germany. The Norwegian steamer Kim was allowed to depart with its cargo of oil cake as negotiations near final drafting.
Americans under instruction in the Chemin-des-Dames sector killed one German and captured another in a patrol. A young New Englander single handedly took a prisoner as French General commanding the sector greeted the Americans and kissed the flag. The force, described as husky and cold-climate trained, marched through shell-pocked ground to their positions while under occasional shellfire.
Four large rest houses in Milan now run by the American Red Cross to serve 200 to 300 soldiers daily. A dispatch to Red Cross headquarters quotes Lt. Angelotti praising Italy's stand for America and declaring no doubt about victory with American aid as soldiers from English French and Italian bases change trains daily.
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