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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1918
Page
8
Sir Maurice de Bunsen heads a British war mission that toured South American nations and reports they now understand allied war aims. The mission settled a Peru Chile tension in Lima over alleged British supply of war materiel to Chile.
Confidential messages from General Pershing and France reports show the American army is supplied with sufficient airplanes of all kinds. General March, chief of staff, told the House committee at the War Department during their weekly conference.
Fresno officials announce sixteen men named by U S marshals as a gang tied to a string of industrial plant fires across California. They face secret federal indictments returned by a Sacramento grand jury. arrests spread across Fresno Lost Angeles and Sacramento counties.
Dr. Charles S. MacFarland said American troops in France stand morally higher than civilians due to Red Cross Y M C A and Knights of Columbus influence. He spoke after tours with the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America assisting armies and French people.
A Munich physician Hans Hertig asks Germany to enact a law preventing widows from remarrying to spare single men for unmarried women. He warns remarrying widows would depress birth rates, noting 800000 widows aged 18 to 45 existed in 1910 and estimates the number remains around 800000 today.
In August American yards produced 66 ships totaling 840145 deadweight tons, exceeding all prior records. Of these, 44 ships weighed 260645 DWT in steel while 22 were wood or composite, a world record August output that ahead of submarine losses and British monthly totals.
Sam Alanko of Des Moines, with a wooden leg, was drafted and sent to Camp Dodge from Fort Snel ling. When called before officers he explained his missing limb and artificial leg, saying he did not know why he was there and that he guessed they wanted him.
London reporting sources say Count George F. von Hertling German Chancellor has resigned citing ill health. The Geneva correspondent of the Daily Express quotes a Munich dispatch to confirm the retirement.
The opening day at Parsons College is postponed to September 17. About 150 to 200 soldier students will need rooms for two weeks to a month until college housing is arranged. Friends are asked to notify the president and help place boys with boarding hosts promptly.
The Jefferson County Womans Association held its regular meeting and elected officers: President Pearl Hague, Vice President L Thoma, Secretary Roland Marsh, Treasurer A S McPherson, Corresponding Secretary Wm Mohr. Mrs Walter Hunt named delegate to state suffrage convention at Cedar Rapids September 18 19 20.
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