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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1918
Page
5
London dispatch reports Bulgarian forces in rapid retreat across Macedonia after a decisive Allied victory. Serbian and French units push forward through difficult terrain, gaining twelve miles as towns fall and stores, ammunition, and guns are destroyed.
London reports vigorous progress in the encirclement of St Quentin, the key railroad and distribution hub on the Hindenburg line between Laon and Cambrai. Night advances expanded both to the north and south of the city as observers await further developments.
American aviators report heavy shelling of Metz with fires in multiple buildings. US big guns target German concentrations as the city comes under intense bombardment.
London dispatch reports a new Allied drive with ten thousand German prisoners taken. The item notes the capture count as part of ongoing British military operations.
In a wartime message the premier declares reparations unavoidable for Germany, insisting past savagery cannot be erased by victory. He warns that the world remembers burned villages and enslaved people and that the price of aggression will be paid.
President Wilson assures support for the federal suffrage amendment as suffrage advocates press for an early vote. Lucy Branham of the National Woman's Party burns a scrap of paper with his words, signaling anger at the administration. Springfield reports state authorities block removal of 12 soldiers killed in a collision near Marshfield, with an inquest planned and 40 injured.
American forces press along the left bank of the Moselle as German сопротивление ebbs under heavy artillery and air fire. Reports claim more than 1,000 tanks used in the St Mihiel operation with significant prisoner gains and German withdrawals toward prepared lines.
London reports Haig says advances of two to three miles on a fifteen mile front northwest of St Quentin. British forces cross the Hindenburg line at Villeret and Gouzeaucourt and take Holnon. French on the right advance about one and a third miles along a six mile front.
Irving Drew, prominent New Hampshire lawyer and longtime old line Republican, is named to the senate for the unexpired term of the late Jacob Gallinger. He will not seek re election. Also notes German and French war reports with conflicting lines on gains near Pinon and Chavignon.
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau tells deputies that France must fight on to force a military decision and achieve a just and solid peace. The Belgian government declines a separate peace with Germany. the nation vows to post the premier’s speech across France amid cheers.
Rush C. Butler of Chicago told the Senate Agriculture Committee that the United States Chamber of Commerce report to President Wilson was prepared before the Federal Trade Commission released its recommendation for government control of packing houses. He argued the FTC has exceeded its legal powers.
Miners in Lake Superior iron and copper industries file claims for deferred draft classification with local boards in Calumet Michigan. Authorities note all essential workers in the sector may pursue this exemption.
Unofficial reports that Bulgarian troops appeared on the western front attracted attention in Washington but no formal step will be taken without an official report. The state department noted a prior rumor proved false. If confirmed, Bulgarians fighting in the west would imply a state of war between the United States and Bulgaria.
London September 19 American delegates urged the inter allied labor and socialist conference to endorse the fourteen points of President Wilson as the basis for peace conditions and lasting settlement.
The second officer and eight seamen of the Portuguese steamer Leixoes, tarped near Sable Island, arrived at the Atlantic Port on Sept. 19.
Amsterdam dispatch notes Bolshevik successes along the Volga and Kuban coasts. Troops advance west of Tzaritzin and occupy Tuapse. Fighting continues near Stavropol. Maikop, about 100 miles east of Novorossiysk, reported captured by Bolsheviks.
Boston sept 18 Bishop Edwin H Hughes of the Methodist Episcopal church will sail for France within days to take charge of Methodist chaplains at the front his departure underscores church support for troops in wartime service
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