02 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1918
Page
1
Allied forces brace as German spearhead drives from the Soissons line toward Paris via the Marne and Oise. Foch concentrates reserves, Americans already in battle areas, while French and British report gains and prisoner losses along the Soissons and Charleville fronts.
The Associated Press reports the Austrian offensive is expected to break shortly after the meeting of the German and Austrian emperors. A high Italian official claims Italy’s armies are thoroughly prepared with up-to-date material, indicating readiness on the front.
General Pershing reports a quiet day at all American positions around Cantigny after several German repulses. The war department communique notes ongoing artillery exchanges with another hostile airplane shot down.
Allied dispatches from the American fronts in France describe generally normal activity in the last twenty four hours. Artillery around Lunéville Toul below normal. American pursuit planes engaged in several combats and one pilot claimed a distant German plane shot down.
French counter attacks near Soissons and Chaudon Vierry slowed German advances. Reported gains include several hundred German prisoners as fighting continued along the Marne and on the Dormans to Rheims road. No change noted northwest and north of Rheims.
Washington reports railroads received 90.6 million dollars in loans or advances as rentals in May under federal operation. The four month total advances by the government now reach about 124.9 million dollars.
Train No. 16 struck an automobile truck at Jennett crossing near Franklin Furnace Ohio. The truck driver Caldwell of Catlettsburg Kentucky was killed instantly. Engineer D E Gardner was slightly scalded, treated at Ironton hospital, and returned home. Two express cars toppled, two head coaches and the engine wrecked. Passengers escaped serious harm as debris slowed the train.
District fuel administration report notes total coal output rose to 51 063 tons for the week, but car and labor shortages hinder production. In Pocahontas and Tug River fields, 5 000 tons lost to transport limits and 620 tons lost to labor issues reduce gains, while hours worked rise as miners push to full shifts.
Representative Caldwell of New York stated that American shipping in the trans Atlantic trade rose from one vessel at war entry to 2,200,000 tons. He noted railroad facilities in France expanded due to American construction and predicted monthly U S shipping output could reach 500,000 dead weight tons after January 1.
Representatives of electric interurban lines in the United States urged all roads to apply to state commissions for authority to raise passenger fares to a basis of three cents a mile and freight rates about twenty five percent. City street car lines are not included.
An American pilot shot down another German aircraft in morning air battles near St Mihiel northwest of Toul. The enemy plane began to fall after the American opened fire, part of a series of combats reported unofficially.
A Russian prisoner says he witnessed American POWs in Tuchel camp, West Prussia, begging for relief as they suffered hunger and poverty. The statement came from Moscow and is now available here through the Associated Press.
West Virginia expected thunder showers with Sunday and Monday fair. Virginia forecasts fair and warm through Sunday and Monday.
The trial reopened with Justice Darling blocking refutations not relevant to the issue. Lady Keppel left amid disputes over witnesses and letters involving Oscar Wilde. Lord Alfred Douglas clashed with the court while Bernard Vanagten praised Pemberton Billing for backing Salome’s production.
Paris reports heavy German losses from a day of German attacks along the front from the Oise to the Marne. French troops resisted with strong counter actions, withdrawing from some positions only when faced by superior numbers, while holding key positions near Villeys Neon Fauroy Priez Monihiers and Champagne Thierry.
Washington June 1 The term died from other causes in the army casualty list may be amplified. Secretary Baker says the belief is that the heading includes soldiers executed for military offenses and the war department notes unnecessary anguish for relatives of those who died honorably but not in action.
Agents of military intelligence seized Hans Lentza a former Standard Oil employee in Croton New York and brought him to New York. Papers found on him listed all Standard Oil tanks with those torpedoed checked off.
Ben L. Winchell, newly appointed regional director for the south under the federal railroad administration, assumed his duties in Atlanta on June 1.
German crown prince forces hold north of the Marne as plans to consolidate the Aisne and Picardy fronts intensify. A Paris attack is anticipated, with a new Amiens front drive possible, while the War Department speeds American troop movement and equipping with British and French units. The North German press notes the offensive continues, aided by reserves and rail/logistics limits.
London reports the American transport President Lincoln was torpedoed by a German submarine while in the naval war zone. The ship sank in about thirty minutes near her return route. destroyers reached the scene to pick up the crew and a few convalescent soldiers returning home.
Washington reports the Navy Department still lacks full details about the sinking of the American transport President Lincoln by a German submarine yesterday. Secretary Daniels cited delays in getting information from the destroyer that answered the transport's distress call.
Leaders of railroad shop trades including machinists blacksmiths electricians and carmen plan strong protests as they contest the wage increase granted by Director General McAdoo. The new board on railroad wages and working conditions will hear the objections in Washington.
Railroad earnings in April rose to about 80.09 million dollars, the Interstate Commerce Commission report shows. The advance indicates stronger activity across the network and better freight and passenger revenues for the month.
British forces launch a minor morning assault against Avery wood near the Ancre river gaining a foothold in that sector. German raids persist along the front from Flanders to Montdidier as they improve railways and roads to concentrate troops. prisoners taken suggest relief forces have sent weak troops into the line.
Lieutenant Campbell of California is credited as the first ace in the American flying corps after shooting down a German biplane near V Point-a-Mousson. It is officially his fifth victory, with speculation that Edward Rickenbacher of Columbus may soon be announced as the next ace to reach five victories.
Dispatches from the Petrograd Telegraph Bureau report German artillery is being used to quell a peasant revolt in Ukrainia. The revolutionaries are said to burn forests destroy crops and refuse to surrender agricultural implements.
General Bridges of the British mission says American troops now decisively influence the fighting in France. He warns the Germans aim to Paris via Amiens, with a prolonged battle expected as manpower governs the outcome. Ground must be given for reinforcements, and German concealment aided by railways woods and long front.
The war office reports another air raid on Karlsruhe carried out by British air squadrons. An official aerial operations statement released tonight details the action and confirms the attack location and involved forces.
Washington reports the United States has placed about 5 000 commodities under restricted imports through war trades board lists amid ongoing postwar readjustment. The policy aims to accelerate shipping backhauls and supply troops and allies, while England curbs stand at over fifty percent.
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