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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
5
Amsterdam reports German high official Herr Von Sengburch has been assassinated at Wonden, Russia. The event marks a third killing of German empire representatives in Russia, and observers expect swift Central Powers action in response.
Provost Marshall General Crowder issued a new call for 12,000 white men for limited military service. The announcement from Washington D C dated August 15 outlines the latest draft action by the army leadership.
German forces pull back along a five mile front north of Albert in Picardy as Ribecourt and Lassigny are reported captured or evacuated. Paris confirms Ribecourt’s fall while Lassigny remains contested amid heavy fighting as French forces press toward the An emergency retirement and shifting lines threaten a broader change in the battle.
Prof Albert A Michelson the only U S Nobel Peace Prize winner besides Theodore Roosevelt has been commissioned as a lieutenant commander in the United States naval reserve. He will serve as consulting technician in the bureau of ordnance after graduating from the Naval Academy in 1875 and later resigning to civil life. He is a renowned scientist.
Paris reports official statement that methodical pressure aims to occupy the triangle formed by Lassigny, Ribecourt and Noyon as forces ambush and advance. The note signals intent to seize the area amid ongoing operations in the region.
London reports twenty one German aircraft shot down and ten forced down out of control in aviation ops. Six British planes are missing. British and American air squadrons cooperated in an attack on an enemy airfield destroying six planes near the hangars.
St Paul report states youths who reached age twenty one since June 5 1918 will register August 24 per a telegram from Provost Marshal General Crowder. The event is distinct from September pending legislation. Most registrants will be in class 1 and likely join the army within a month after listing.
Washington reports the house ways and means committee added a 10 percent tax on all soft drinks sold by manufacturers producers bottlers or importers and a 1 to 2 cent tax on soda fountain drinks. The plan calls for 2 cents per 10 cents for fountain sales and 1 cent per 7 cents or less.
President and Mrs Woodrow Wilson spend the weekend as guests of Col. E. M. House at his summer cottage in Magnolia Massachusetts. The visit highlights a peaceful seaside retreat during August.
Washington Aug 15 All larger colleges have been added by the War Department Commission on education to lists of schools to be equipped for military training. These institutions will host units of the Student Army Camps and prepare students for military service.
Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the senate military committee, reported today that the 18 to 45 year manpower bill approved by the War Department and the president is before the senate. Action is expected promptly unless opposition delays due to administration agreeing to longer discussion.
American units along the Vesle River in France report stubborn defense amid heavy enemy pressure. They repelled intensive artillery and machine gun fire and endured a massive German air raid as they maintained their line.
Public service commissions of Washington Oregon and Idaho filed complaints with the interstate commerce commission challenging a 25 percent freight and 10 percent express rate increase on fruit vegetables berries and fish shipped from the Northwest.
London reports Central Powers losses in the last month total 420000 with 230000 dead and wounded and 70000 prisoners. Allied losses are described as unusually light while the cited figures compare to their spring gains and describe the costs of strategic retreats.
President Wilson reduces a dismissal sentence to forfeiture of $50 monthly pay and three months confinement for Captain Roy A. Jameson of the One Hundred and Forty third Infantry who assaulted Private Raymond F. Ruskin at Camp Bowle Texas.
A violent artillery duel rages over the front between the Avre and the Oise rivers. A German raid in Champagne was repelled in the latest engagement.
A German submarine fired on the steam trawler Walrus near Highland Light Cape Cod. Captain Morrisey escaped in fog and warned others as the raid raised fears for Boston harbor approaches. The incident followed a freighter chase and gun duel 45 miles off Fire Island with torpedoes fired and many exploded.
Secretary McAdoo told the Ways and Means Committee that the treasury plan would raise 800 million to 1.0 billion more than the tentative measure, with a maximum 80 percent rate affecting about 90 percent of corporations. He predicted early passage while admitting shortfall against the 8.8 billion target, hinting at tea and tropical fruit taxes if needed.
Samuel Gompers of the AFL sends a letter to the Senate Military Committee opposing work or fight provisions in the new manpower bill. He cites Senator Thomas’s amendment to withdraw deferred classifications for industrial absences beyond five days, a limit the committee stripped in Reed’s modification.
One thousand foreign born soldiers mainly English French Belgian Russian Italian Norwegian and Swedish took the oath of allegiance as U S citizens at Camp Jackson in Columbia South Carolina. Federal Judge Woods administered the oath.
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