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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1918
Page
13
Raids sweep hundreds of offices nationwide in a probe into an illegal practice involving manufacturers and agents. Authorities search for papers showing commissions paid on war contracts with Peru noted as part of the investigation.
A nationwide fraud inquiry reveals manufacturers and agents solicited government war contracts through illicit commissions. Raids hit hundreds of firms as four Boston businessmen face charges. indictments name John Fleming and others in Boston for steering contracts via claimed army influence.
Charles T. Ruhl a 59 year old farmer from Hoagland died today after a lengthy illness. He was born in Root township Adams county and married Alvine J Shirkman in 1880. Surviving children include A F Ruhl Ruth Teegnalds and Dwight Teegnalds with seven grandchildren and four brothers and two sisters. Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM from home and 239 PM at Antioch Lutheran church with burial in Antioch cemetery.
The Marine Corps reports 717 total casualties overseas up to June 9, including 106 killed in action and 533 wounded. Officers account for five killed in action and 25 wounded severely, while enlisted totals show 101 killed, 184 wounded severely, and 373 wounded slightly. One missing and one prisoner in Germany are listed.
Democratic leaders arriving for the state convention in Indianapolis made World War policy the campaign’s central issue. They urged a slogan supporting the President and a vigorous prosecution of the war, signaling unity behind Wilson.
A runaway street car hurtled from the Wells Street line toward the Kessler home on Wells Street. Motorman Stock left momentarily to drink water and an air release started the car. conductor failed to stop it. No deaths or serious injuries occurred amid the chaos.
NEW YORK June 17 Appointments of general managers of railroads in the eastern and Ohio Indian districts were announced tonight by Regional Director Smith of the administration. The officials designated include A Worthington of the L& W at Indianapolis W B Goad of the Grand Rapids Indiana at Grand Rapids Th May of the I and I railway at Lafayette Ind and W U W Master of the Wheeling and Lake Erie with offices at Cleveland.
Indianapolis June 17 1918 statistics from the state education office show 776,868 children aged 6 to 21 enrolled in the 1918 school year an increase of 2 226 from the previous year.
June 17 report says German gas use rises along the Marne front near Belleau Wood and Chateau Thierry. American lines hold firm as patrols cross the Marne, engage the enemy, and withdraw by boat amid rain and rising artillery fire.
Mrs Lilly Busch widow of Adolphus Busch, late brewer of St Louis, has seen her estate seized by the government under eminent domain, with Palmer and Sonneto as property custodians. The move affects breweries, rent estate, and stock valued at millions. Mrs Kunetta American, returning from Germany, seeks to learn more and may visit the State Department and Justice Department.
Heat is blamed for a plane crash near Clarksdale Mississippi that killed Lieut Fred W Keller and Sergeant Basari Chapman. They were en route from Park Field Texas to Camp Shelby Mississippi for Signal Corps maneuvers when the aircraft crashed after a turn. Keller’s home address was not learned.
Washington reports an increasingly hopeful view that the Austrian push in Italy has been checked by the reorganized Italian army with aid from British and French units. Some officials believe a shift could influence the western front and prompt a large Italian counteroffensive if the Austrians falter.
In Fort Wayne thirty one alien enemy women registered yesterday at the federal building as required by the government. Women may register at city hall council chamber during a ten day period. Police Chief Abbott oversees the effort with female clerks and fingerprint takers. Many more women are expected to register to avoid imprisonment and fines. Officials estimate about six hundred alien German women in the county. German subjects over fourteen must register. American-born German women must also register, while Austrian subjects with full citizenship are exempt.
The House approved a civil bill package totaling about 2.1 billion dollars including funding for the building program and a president's emergency fund, with amendments delaying information committee salaries for draft age men unless medically disqualified. It awaits Senate action. The measure also funds the shipping board and several wartime agencies, while organizers plan a Fort Wayne rally by Sergeant Charles Bisset and defer class meetings for men missing night work shifts.
Lieutenant Leslie Grozer an infantry officer and Cornell University alumnus was killed in action in France. He edited the Cornell Daily Sun while a student and was 27 years old. he married Lenore Strong of Philadelphia last August.
Allied lines report a German reconnaissance raid on the Luneville front early in June. The action followed a patrol engagement in which American troops penetrated enemy trenches, killing one German and wounding another before the raid captured several American prisoners.
Italians and Allied forces counter attack to strengthen positions in the hill country along the Piave. Strokes of the enemy are reported as violent in the Montello plateau region where Austrians suffered great losses.
Allied forces in the Italian front region hold and counterattack against Austrian pressure along a hundred mile line from Trent to the Adriatic. Italians and allies regain ground in hill sectors while Piave defense tightens. fighting remains vigorous with Austrians pressing to reach plains and threaten key river crossings near Montello and Zenson.
A gathering of mothers and workers who joined the child weighing and manaur ine campaign will meet at the First Presbyterian church on Wednesday afternoon at 2 39 o reloj. The meeting aims to discuss a vital health problem affecting the Gillies of Port Wayne requiring immediate attention.
Dispatches from Geneva and Swiss Tyrol say Austrian forces are massing toward Italy. Rail traffic is halted and Austrian German headquarters sit near the Setee Communi region as troops push forward and Tyrolean units guard the line to deter desertions. Vienna papers feature bold claims of German influence but deny Berlin ordered the offensive.
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