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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1918
Page
9
Washington reports the Franco American drive between the Aisne and Marne pushing toward Soissons and Chateau Thierry. Tanks and infantry advance amid heavy German shelling. seizure of towns grows with thousands of prisoners and hundreds of guns captured. Submarine activity off Long Island threatens U S coastal shipping. Survivors recount the San Diego sinking and air of renewed vigilance.
Reports from Bay Shore say Canat urd patrols near Fire Island sighted a submarine offshore between 10:00 and 10:30 this morning with heavy firing heard shortly after. The detail relies on seemingly reliable reports from the area.
United States armored cruiser San Diego was torpedoed ten miles southeast of Fire Island Light. Report says the ship was sunk but still afloat with no confirmed loss of life. Submarine activity reported along the North Atlantic coast as war news updates unfold. San Diego's peacetime crew numbered 874.
A Navy Department report says the armored cruiser San Diego sank ten miles southeast of Fire Island Lighthouse at 11 30 this morning. One officer and two boats landed at Long Island life saving station. other survivors in boats. Four steamers stood by. cause of sinking not yet determined. The cruiser weighed 13600 tons with 1114 crew.
The Associated Press report describes a naval incident or policy ignition affecting a state and the sea, involving U S authorities and a notable figure, with terse official language. It notes a tense moment in naval affairs and hints at implications for national security and maritime operations.
A San Diego class cruiser of 13 688 tons carrying 1114 officers and men sank near Fire Island after leaving naval yards bound for New York. Thirty sailors and an ensign were landed north of Fire Island Light. A tank steamship reported 300 men aboard, presumed survivors onboard the sunken vessel. Captain H H Christy was in command during repairs at the naval yards.
Mrs Jennie West wife of J H West a locomotive engineer from East Eleventh street died Friday morning at the hospital after an operation on Monday She was 28 years old a Cheyenne resident for 12 years and mother of four children Her sister in Seattle was to decide funeral arrangements as the family mourns in the M E church community
In El Paso a bank note carried a message on its face reading To my darling boy in camp Mother and the owner H J Baron plans to keep the bill as a memento of the war. The fragmentary rest of the page includes stray lines about real live news.
Francco-American forces pushed forward late today on the Solesons Chateau Thierry front, gaining about a mile and a quarter before German machine gun fire hindered progress briefly. German tanks were attempted but driven back by heavy fire.
Front reports indicate intensifying Franco American counterattack facing German reserves along the Aisne and Marne line. French troops have reportedly taken sixteen thousand prisoners in yesterday’s fighting between the Aisne and the Marne.
On July 19 reports say American forces captured the town of Vierzy six miles south of Soissons as part of a plan to straighten the line along the Soissons Chateau Thierry front. Northern and southern villages were also taken in the operation.
On the Aisne Marne front American French forces advance between Solsosns and Chateau Thierry and seize several towns during the night. Early today the American line made further progress as German reinforcements moved northward. The expected counterattack did not develop this afternoon. More than one hundred guns were captured in yesterday’s allied assault per the Herald.
A German official report says Allied troops broke through German infantry and artillery between the Aisne and Marne at isolated points on Thursday. The German line was stabilized by reinforcements, preventing further advances.
Washington. July 19. The House Ways and Means Committee favored a ten percent minimum income tax for individuals and corporations in place of the current four and six percent rates. Lowering rates drew little support amid concerns over funds from income and excess profits. Some suggested consumption taxes, but these were set aside.
Twenty one ambulance drivers received the Italian cross for bravery during the Austrian offensive which was crushed by the Italian army. The award news came from Rome to the Red Cross in Washington.
In New Orleans on July 19 the Red Cross forbade distribution of dice and game pieces in four army cantonments within the gulf division. The division headquarters urged the public to stop contributing such items as the Red Cross does not support gaming or cameo activities.
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