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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1918
Page
1
Dense masses of German troops attacked British positions around Corbie and Villiers on the Somme as Allied defenses held and positions shifted east of Fonquevillers. British gains near Fonquevillers were reported, with improving weather and poor aviator visibility complicating operations.
British and French forces report renewed German assaults along the Somme front repulsed with heavy losses. In several sectors near Albert Bucquoy Dernancourt and Mailly-Raineval counter‑attacks improved Allied positions while Germans gained a foothold near the Albert–Amiens railway.
Commander Eva Booth reports from Adjutant R C Starbard describe German soldiers torturing and killing wounded U S troops in No Man's Land. A sergeant recounts severed heads, bayonets, and a dozen Germans overpowering and throat-slitting American sailors bound for revenge.
Norwegian cablegrams publicized by the legation report continued German submarine ruthlessness. In March, 19 ships totaling 84 904 tons were lost, with 44 seamen dead and 20 missing.
Paris reports German raids around St Mihiel and the area south of Verdun at Vaux les Palameix. American sectors repelled the assaults with no ground gained and little information secured.
Washington debate on antisedition measures centers on Victor Berger of Wisconsin. Senator Lodge condemns peace talk as treasonous and calls for death penalty for spies and German agents while Borah defends broad bill scope and civil rights.
In Youngstown on April 6 police and relatives said an attempt on Congressman John G. Cooper was made after a gas flue was detached allowing fumes to fill the home where his wife two children and a maid were overcome. Neighbors assisting also collapsed. Investigators say a break in and removal of the flue connection were involved.
In Collinsville and Maryville Illinois on April 6 1918 a mob of around 350 men hanged German born Robert P Prager after accusing him of disloyal remarks to miners. Officials fear further violence until federal authority to punish such acts is granted. Prager had sought refuge in the city hall basement before being dragged through the streets with an American flag. He left a letter to his parents and carried a loyalty proclamation and notes about his difficulties entering the miners union before the mob act.
Senator Lodge attacks mob rule rhetoric while Senator Cummins questions practical impact. Hardwick stresses the need for a law so clear that misinterpretation by judges would be unlikely, insisting on precise wording over broad power.
Amsterdam April 5 Germans report Chancellor Hertling is seriously ill. The condition was learned here and follows his recent health concerns.
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