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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1918
Page
5
American troops have reached Vandieres within a mile and a half of the German frontier, part of a broader advance as shells fell on targets across the sector. Pending confirmation, the push signals continued efforts to breach defenses and gain ground near the frontier.
London dispatch reports the Serbs and the French armies pressing in Macedonia. They have advanced five miles and taken control of a key ridges system, signaling a significant territorial gain in the offensive.
London reports a renewed British advance northwest of St Quentin with progress toward Le Verguier. Field Marshal Haig says relentless pressure maintains on the German line in the sector as troops tighten the grip in this area.
Secret Russian documents disclosed by the American government reveal German efforts to aid Bolsheviks, including requests for storage details of Allied supplies and propaganda campaigns. The reports describe German plans to move submarines to Vladivostok and coordinated actions with Bolshevik agents, amid broader wartime intrigues.
British and Greek troops press toward a concerted push after reporting the capture of Bulgarian lines along a ten mile Doiran-Vardar section with hundreds of prisoners and several guns. Serbian and French forces also claim successful advances on the Saloniki front and on Lorraine, while British, French, and American actions push toward key objectives across multiple fronts.
President Wilson flatly rejects Austria Hungary’s call for a peace conference and issues a terse 60 word reply, read aloud by Secretary Lansing. The swift exchange, delivered to the Swedish minister within hours, signals U S allied stance and dismisses Austrian terms as hypocritical wartime maneuver.
Col Henry L Stimson of New York former secretary of war under Taft is recalled from France to command the Thirty first Field Artillery at Camp Meade Maryland He has long been active in the New York National Guard and led the battalion that fired the first shell of the national army against the Huns.
An authoritative report says in August British independent air forces bombed 21 German towns including railway stations and factories. Bomb tonnage rose to over 100 tons for August with prior months totaling 48, 66 and 87.
Melbourne reports the seventh Australian war loan campaign inaugurated with Acting Premier Watt selling the first bond to the lord mayor. Officials aim to raise 200 million dollars in a nationwide effort.
J B Thorn a 51 year old janitor for the Lansing State Journal was arrested on charges of attempting to blackmail the Morgan family of New York. He allegedly demanded $20,000 claiming to lead a gang and warned of a fatal disease germ with a cure offered for payment.
Documents reveal a January plan to use Russian ships under the Russian flag to move agitators into the United States Japan and eastern Asia. Notes from German intelligence discuss the February assault on the Italian ambassador in Petrograd and a detailed watch on American and allied embassies.
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