20 May 1918
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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1918
Page
1
Board orders moved entrainment of 5722 men from ton to Camp Gordon Georgia to May 29 now revised to 98 entrainment date. New notification cards to be sent cancelling prior notices and alerting registrants of the reroute and rescheduled date.
The Adjutant General's office moved the departure time for Canton men to Camp Gordon from Wednesday to Tuesday May 28. North board men will receive preliminary orders on Monday May 27 at 2 PM. departure now set for May 28 at 7 AM from the Pennsylvanian station. George H. Clark, Chairman, North Board.
Announcement of a special draft transport for Alliance Massillon contingents to Camp Gordon. Train departs Vivania Canton at 7 am, reaches Cincinnati at 4 pm, then continues to Atlanta by 10:30 am next day, arriving Camp Gordon Ga. at 12:30 pm. Route uses Pennsylvania lines Canton to Cincinnati, Louisville Nashville to Atlanta, then South Tailway to Cham 18 miles from Georgia capital. Duration about 28 1 2 hours with meals on board.
The official statement from KIO reports increased Japanese destroyer activity with allied forces in the Mediterranean. It notes extraordinary day and night operations and engagements with allied transports and submarines, with details on one torpedoed vessel and a lifesaving effort, while outcomes remain unknown.
Maj. Raoul Lufberry, famed American ace and ex Lafayette escadrille member, was killed in a running air battle over the American lines in Lorraine. He was struck by a machine gun bullet and his body fell behind the front line. he had a storied life from New Haven to Bourges and trained with Marc Pourpe before joining the American aviation forces.
Three of seventeen indicted by the grand jury pleaded guilty before Judge Robert Day including Dennis Taylor burglary and larceny Frank Colton embezzlement and W A Knoyer grand larceny. Others pleaded not guilty to varied charges with trial set for May 27.
Paris reports the trawler Ailly sank a German submarine and captured its commander. The trawler also liberated the captain and crew of a Spanish sailing vessel who had been taken prisoner, according to a Toulon dispatch.
Miss Mary Roberts of the Red Cross warns there are barely enough trained nurses to meet current needs and thousands more are needed to train in Ohio. She urges Canton women to enter nursing training and notes that nurses will be required for reconstruction, tuberculosis care, mental health, child welfare, and support for returning soldiers. Surgeons General Gorgas and Braistead foresee 25,000 nurses in France by January 1, 1919.
Canton Red Cross postpones the national drive begun May 20 and the local campaign this week. Funds for Canton's share will come from the War Chest plan to coordinate all war relief money into a single annual drive. J H Himes announces funds for local needs will be advanced from War Chest receipts until the campaign resumes.
The Cleveland Telephone Co filed an appeal in the supreme court from a Cuyahoga county court ruling that allowed Cleveland to obtain an injunction restraining a telephone rate increase. Arthur Has the Trunks Offers Canton stock from $6 to $10 and up at Arthur's Leather Shop.
Washington May 20 The United States began today a $100 million Red Cross drive to aid life salvage on and behind battlefields Red Cross week opened with strong patriotism and a surge from the third Liberty loan showing readiness to fund the new humanitarian drive War chest campaigns launched in 300 cities with budgets pooling gifts to be pro rated among relief agencies.
London authorities report four German aircraft brought down during an enemy raid last night. Casualty details are sparse, with only a fragment of shrapnel piercing the side of an Austrian soldier's hat.
The supreme court ruled that railroad employees dispatching trains or working at signal towers may not exceed nine hours in any 24 hour period. The Bloomington Illinois case against the Chicago and Northwestern prompted the ruling, which affects all telegraphers across railroad operations.
The American cargo carrier J. & McCullough was sunk by a mine or torpedo in foreign waters, as announced by the navy department. All aboard were saved except engineer Daughtry, no address given.
In Crofton Nebraska a severe tornado swept the region from Bloomfield to Crofton early Sunday causing two deaths and injuries to 25 people with six possibly fatally hurt. The notice also mentions a Masonic lodge meeting and local advertisements for Portage tires and want ads.
Federal investigators search for missing Oakdale Aetna Chemical Co workers after a TNT explosion destroyed cabins near the plant. Officials warn the death toll may rise as 424 workers were listed, with 40 quitting last week. Authorities expect updates on the fate of about 200 employees still unaccounted.
Stark county resident J. A. Todd of Stamp Block Alliance listed among dead and missing after the explosion. Dispatches say 264 are accounted for as dead, injured, missing, or survivors with searchers in ruins reporting many more bodies likely in twisted wreckage. Parts of 25 corpses were found in a small area as crews worked today.
Investigators from the war and justice departments continue the probe into the Oakdale Aetna explosion. Search teams recover bodies and tally more than 100 dead and over 200 injured. Arrests are under close questioning as a petition to President Wilson seeks moving the plant.
President Wilson drives a campaign to thwart Germany from subjugating Russia and manipulating its people. Allied leaders, while confident Russia can resist, fear chaos could yield to Prussian control. Diplomats warn intervention may be needed to safeguard Russian democracy and prevent German use of Russian labor for munitions.
Ed Thomas's mule died after a horse kicked it during a Saturday fight among West Brookfield residents. The incident ended the mule's reputation as a fighter in the community.
St Mary Branch 705 calls a special meeting Tuesday May 21 at St Marys hall 7 pm to arrange funeral details and plan a house prayer later. Funeral Wednesday morning at St Josephs church at 9 am by order of the president Adv.
German forces mass 140 divisions totaling about 1.68 million men forming five field armies from the North Sea to the Oise. Objective is Amiens and to sever British and French lines, threaten a new northern France front, and establish a submarine base on the Channel. Australian troops then captured Ville-sur-Ancre north of the Somme taking 360 prisoners with light casualties.
The British admiralty announced that most German submarine and torpedo craft once based in Flanders have been immobilized in Bruges. The measure is seen as sealing Ostend and Zeebrugge harbors by sinking concrete ships, trapping the craft in Bruges basin.
County Prosecutor Frank Sweitzer appointed by Major W. B. Pealer as government appeal agent for the south draft board, succeeding C. A. Fisher. He will inspect all appeals on behalf of the government, in addition to duties for the north board.
President Wilson signs the Overman bill giving him power to reorganize and coordinate executive departments of the government. Dance at Eagle Hall announced for Monday May 20 with confetti under Adv.
Dublin notes quiet after 150 Sinn Feiners arrested and Ted O Driscoll shot resisting arrest. Four American labor delegates arrive briefly. London reports government intrigue for Irish rebellion and Casement links. De Valera among Sinn Fein leaders aboard a British warship at Holyhead.
Admirals Keyes and Tyrwhitt and fifteen British Navy officers receive the Croix de Guerre with palms for their role in the Zeebrugge and Ostend raid. French participants are likewise decorated. Also notice seed potatoes offered at $1 per bushel delivered within city limits.
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