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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1917
Page
5
London reports high anti submarine optimism as November proves record setting. British and American fleets credit convoy protection and new tactics for reducing tonnage losses while sinking enemy submarines. U boats fight in groups but risk greater losses.
Secretary Baker defended the War Department in Washington on December 14, saying he bears responsibility for wartime actions but cannot publicly discuss details that could aid the enemy. He noted a board reviewed machine guns including the Browning, confirmed full factory capacity under contract, and stated overseas forces are well supplied and more guns will reach France.
A United States patrol boat was sunk off an Atlantic port after a collision with two other vessels whose identities were not yet known. Wireless reports say the crew was saved and much of the vessel’s equipment removed before it went down. Details remain scarce in the radio dispatch.
Washington on December 18 reports another 25 million dollars paid to Italy, first in weeks, bringing total payments from the 500 million credit to 820 million.
In San Francisco an unnamed Japanese official was testified to have aided a Hindu conspirator by hiding Hiramba Lal Gupta in Tokyo for four months and arranging his passage to San Francisco. The testimony ties the Japanese official to a German-backed scheme to incite revolt against British rule in India.
United States soldiers face casualties behind the British line as German aerial bombs strike a town near Gouzeancourt. Two engineers die in hospital. two wounded in action in Cambrai. Pershing receives Haig’s letter praising U S railway engineers for prompt aid and bravery. Citizen families named: Harold Bryn, Morris Kanner, and Philip Koblentz among those affected.
A morning bombardment ignited a fire at Bethlehem Steel’s shell-loading house near Newcastle Delaware. The frame building 200 by 100 feet burned as 4600 shells exploded. Theodore Jacobs of Harrison New Jersey, chief guard, was killed when a shell struck him near a high fence as he fled.
London report says German armistice terms require Russian evacuation of Petrograd until peace. Unclear if Germans would occupy the capital. Also demanded disarmament of the Baltic fleet and Ukraine territory including the north shores of the Baltic Sea.
Rome reports renewed Italian resistance with some positions abandoned earlier reoccupied by sunset. Berlin notes local mountain front engagements near the Brenta and Piave with Austro German prisoners taken. Washington says reinforcements from the Russian front are arriving for the invaders. Snow falls in the mountain district aiding hopes the drive will be checked.
The U S Supreme Court dismissed damage suits totaling 60 000 by Mrs Cora B Heeran and her mother Mrs Lucinda Burton after they were removed from a train at Syracuse amid suspicion Frau Belle Guinness linked to the Indiana farm murder case The ruling found police and railroad liable only in partial measure according to the decree
Dispatches from Petrograd and London describe joint actions of the Black Sea fleet and Bolshevik forces against Rostov on Don led by General Kal edines and Cossack strongholds at Novo Tcherkusk. Reports from Bielgorod near Bielgorod claim fighting with General Korniloff with conflicting outcomes.
General Crozier testifies before the Senate committee on war prep and places responsibility for machine gun delays on Secretary Baker. He says tests began before war was declared, foreigners provided guns for troops, and that the Browning gun is to be produced with no deliveries before April.
Bakers in Washington started producing a standard loaf of bread under food administration rules. The loaf includes a minimum fat content and is to be sold at 7 cents per pound, though a price had not yet been set.
An American merchant ship from Archangel reports sinking a German submarine three days out from Archangel after gunfire from U S gunners. The incident occurred as the vessel arrived at a port on December 11.
Madrid reports Premier Athucema announced the Spanish steamship Claudte was bombed by a German submarine eight sailors killed and others wounded in the attack.
Navy department reports an explosion aboard submarine A-2 causing the death of Joseph Schaeffer chief electrician. A 23 year old from Omaha Neb enlisted March 6 1912, later re enlisted May 19 1916. Sister Mrs Mara Amen resides Hastings Neb.
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