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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1918
Page
1
Washington dispatch reports Provost Marshal General Crowder announcing roughly 24 million Americans aged 18 to 45 are registered. He stresses a just and wise classification to aid military needs and national economics, clarifying nonproductive occupations and nonpriority industries.
Eugene V. Debs, Socialist leader, convicted by a federal jury in Cleveland, Ohio, of violating the espionage act. The verdict cites attempts to incite resistance to the United States and to obstruct recruiting, with a $10,000 fine reduced by five and a half.
Allied forces continue to push toward St Quentin with French and British cooperation. British detachments take Vermand Atlly and Vendelies and cross Canal du Nord near Havrincourt while expanding holds east of Moeuvres and Toien woo. German resistance remains stiff with counterattacks along the Chemin des Dames flank.
Vienna dispatch reports Baron Burian Austro Hungarian foreign minister told German newspaper men that an exchange of views between central powers and entente could be held not as peace negotiations but to discuss everything that keeps the belligerents apart. He said adversaries need only provide the opportunity for a calm direct discussion to bring the sides closer without further fighting.
American forces under General Pershing launch a major offensive in the St Mihiel sector, driving to capture multiple villages, with U S cavalry operating in the rear and French units aiding. Reports say 8,000 prisoners taken, total nearing 10,000, and gains stretch from St Mihiel to Pont a Mousson with rapid advances and heavy air and artillery support.
President Wilson abandons plans for a fourth Liberty loan tour. He says war needs keep him in Washington for short periods, unable to handle crucial questions from afar. He acknowledges missing travel but cites access to information as essential during the war.
President Wilson signed the joint resolution empowering creation of prohibition zones around shipyards munitions factories and other war industries following congressional passage as World War I efforts intensified.
A war correspondent journeys from HQ by car to observe a pending attack, gathers fragments from brigades and wounded, studies maps at headquarters, then endures a long return trip to craft a vivid yet censored battlefield account for the next edition.
A portable kitchen used in Wilmington Delaware proved successful in teaching children to conserve food. It moved from school to school as needed, with an exhibition showing five varieties of Liberty bread made from conservation recipes for a prize contest run by the state women's committee. Many men around the free lunch route were seen entering a first class hotel.
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