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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1918
Page
5
Paris reports July 17 that German forces have pushed three miles into the front south of the Marne, totaling a six mile penetration. Allied lines hold east of Rheims, with German losses listed at no less than 100,000 as the battle continues with no major shifts in positions.
London reports Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt son of former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot down near Chatteau Thierry on Saturday July 14. An American aviator, he engaged a German squadron, lost control of his plane, and fell within enemy lines likely after receiving mortal wounds.
A L Barkman heads a department of labor drive mobilizing men and women for farm service. He places a farm service man in each of 94 federal employment agencies and uses small town post offices as receiving stations. Volunteers ride three miles through shell fire to fetch and deliver equipment, with horses sacrificed but troops pressing on amid danger.
French and American troops recaptured St Agnan and La Chapelle Montbodon amid fierce Marne fighting. United forces drove Germans back across the river, with many prisoners taken, as Descrivec and Fossoy areas saw intensified combat and French defense held the line.
A L Scott of Boston is named to supervise clothes and supplies for the army after government orders. Front reports describe Allied advances along the Marne valley as Franco Italian troops repel multiple German assaults and Berlin claims 18,000 prisoners taken as Gen von Boehm’s army crosses the Marne between Jaulgonne and Dormans.
German aircraft bombed the American Red Cross hospital at Jouy at eleven p m killing two enlisted men and wounding nine, including nurse Jane Jeffrey. Despite explosions doctors kept operating at four tables as three bombs struck tents and the hospital remained in use. Further east near Chalons American field hospitals evacuated wounded as supplies arrived from Paris within twelve hours.
Capt. Andrew Wright, commandant at a Iowa university, died in Iowa City. A retired army officer, he saw service in the Philippines. The report came via a dispatch to the Evening Gazette on July 16.
Paris July 17 The battle along the Champagne front extends over the entire 50 mile line with furious fighting reported on multiple sectors. The fighting remains intense as troops clash across villages and fields throughout the front.
The 21 420 ton Kawachi blew up and sank in Tokoyama bay 150 miles northeast of Nagasaki on July 12. About 500 crew members perished. Built at Kure in 1912, she carried 960 officers and men, was 500 feet long with 84 foot beam and 28 foot draft. Armament included twelve 12 inch guns ten 6 inch guns eight 4 7 inch guns twelve 12 pounders and five 18 inch torpedo tubes.
With the Marne in view, American forces withstood rain and shellfire to repel German advances. A ten hour artillery barrage preceded a disciplined counter assault that drove the enemy back more than two kilometers and forced many across the river to drown or seek safety in gas-filled banks.
The eight British French and Japanese ministers to China protest General Horvath the anti Bolsheviki military commander who has formed a temporary war cabinet for Siberia urging him to withdraw his dictatorship proclamation as unwise and untimely.
Haiti announces a unanimous council of state vote to declare war on Germany. The action follows the president's demand and uses powers granted by the new constitution. Port au Prince. July 16.
The Shipping Board awarded contracts for 80 steel cargo ships to Japanese yards and for 20 transports to Bethlehem Shipbuilding at Alameda California. This marks a major expansion of wartime shipbuilding with both foreign and domestic construction contracts.
Baron Burian says Austria-Hungary will discuss all but its own territory, urging that Entente territorial demands block settlement. He cites Alsace Lorraine and other aims while noting Wilson's points. meanwhile Munich forms a German Mexican society to foster cultural and economic ties and aid Mexican students in Germany.
Washington reports that Provost Marshal General Crowder has ordered 7,000 registrants fit for general military service to receive special training at schools. The movement is set for August 1 to 15.
A nitrate fertilizer plant near Jacksonville, operated by American Agricultural Chemical Company, was destroyed by a July 17 explosion causing about 1.25 million dollars in damages. Local responders battled the fire and investigators began work on the scene.
Buffalo N Y July 16 Homer W Sharp of Washington seriously injured in an airplane fall at Buffalo. A Hale of Quincy TM an aviator was killed when the craft fell at Curtiss field. Sharp had enlisted in the army here and lists Port Worth Texas as his home.
Turkish troops attacked British positions at the Jordan crossings and north of Jericho. The British restored the positions by a counter attack on the ridge, taking more than 500 Turks as prisoners. The announcement notes the action occurred near Palestine crossings and ridges north of Jericho.
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