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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1918
Page
5
London reports Von Holler’s reinforcements and Crown Prince Rupprecht’s reserves have arrived on the Picardy front in strength. Tanks and cavalry moved past Roye yesterday, fueling rumors of center evacuation, though war office statements do not confirm this.
British French and American forces push along the Somme Oise front. Haig reports progress east of Fouquescourt and at Proyart while French seize Gury near Lassigny. Americans enter Bray suburbs as German casualties mount and 40 000 prisoners plus 700 guns counted.
James Pershing, a traveling clothing salesman and brother of Gen. John J. Pershing, resembles his famous sibling and is mistaken for him. He mentions a son in the army and another waiting for a draft call, and he jokes of going to France soon to “break my brother's silence” after years of multilingual restraint.
British forces report continuing advances north of Roye and along multiple points on the fifteen mile front to the Somme. Some gains are also noted north of the Somme itself.
French forces launch new strong attacks on the Oise river advancing significantly on the east bank. Enemy trenches west of Bailly are evacuated as German positions on the east side yield ground to the advancing French.
Reports state a German U boat used poison gas against Smith Island near Cape Fear. Six men were gassed with no deaths reported. A destroyer responded with depth charges and bombs. Other Allied and neutral vessels suffered further submarine losses off the U S coast.
An Atlantic Port reports the former Norwegian steamer Sommerstad, now under the American Shipping Board, was sunk yesterday by a German submarine. The Fire Island bound vessel was attacked while in transit.
Copenhagen reports Ryazan and Novgorod seized by counter revolutionists. Bolshevik officials are massacred. Berlin dispatches say German troops advancing on Perograd with potential impact on the region and Russian cities.
Reports on unskilled labor needs to Oct 1 by all war employers without a return by Aug 1, when government control began. These returns are due at the department of labor by next Thursday. Supplemental quotas will be issued to states, with an expected total around 500 000 men.
Amsterdam reports violent anti German riots widespread in Ukrania towns. Unrest grows as German crop requisitions fuel anger. Additional German forces are diverted to the territory to quell the disturbances.
Washington reports Secretary Daniels rejected the idea that the United States collier Cyclops disappeared in the Caribbean last spring could have been captured by a German submarine and towed to a German port. He said a ship of its size at slow speed would not have eluded the North Sea patrol en route to Germany.
Aug 18 newspaper report describes N Widlow, a Black man who shot and killed Chief of Police Mull and wounded City Clerk De Young before escaping. Billy Parker, a local aviator, spotted him overhead and signaled a 500-strong posse, who captured Widlow and handed him to the sheriff. A riot occurred with the mob burning most Black houses, save for one occupied by an elderly Black woman. Mull had been shot while trying to arrest Widlow for wife beating.
Amsterdam reports Boris Danskio, who killed old Marshal Herman von Eichhorn, was executed on Saturday according to Kiev dispatches.
Three aviators attached to the Pensacola training school were killed in a midair collision above the clouds. The incident occurred near Pensacola Florida on August 18 as two training aircraft collided during flight.
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