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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
1
German rear guards fight to slow the pursuit along the Marne while Allies press toward Soissons and Rheims. Reports say German withdrawal is orderly with three miles gained for the Allies since Tuesday. Private Gerrell W Summey of Illinois visits his sisters in town.
Genreal Ludendorff faces three reasons to strike back as Paris anticipates a counter blow. Chiefs press to clear the front, lessen the effect of retreat, and regain initiative in ongoing operations.
The Ward at Mare Island Navy Yard in California completed in 70 days after keel laying, a new record for destroyer construction. The ship was launched 1714 days after the first plate was laid, far quicker than the former 24 month completion time.
A Moscow dispatch to a Berlin paper reports the Russian Bolshevik government regards Entente troop landings on the Mumaen coast as a total war declaration and has ordered countermeasures.
President Wilson met with Acting Secretary Polk at the State Department to discuss Japan's possible reply to the proposal for extending military aid to Russia via Siberia, though officials would not confirm receipt of any reply.
An American submarine of the latest design was fired upon by an allied armed ship off the New England coast. The sub was only slightly damaged and a naval tug is towing it into port. No one aboard was injured. The submarine, cruising submerged, appeared near the allied ship and the latter opened fire.
Lord Derby British ambassador to France and former secretary of war told Liverpool chamber of commerce the greatest modern battle is being fought. He praised unified command and warned against overestimating gains or assuming the end is near.
London reports an English air plane factory plans to produce a standardized aircraft for general use after the war. It expects to market the plane at a uniform price of 500 dollars.
Report from New York dated July 25 cites Cologne Gazette claiming Deputy Waldstein warned in June that many wrongs must be righted in Alsace and Lorraine. He said popular feeling there is less friendly to Germany since the war, signaling pressure on Reichstag.
Paris reports that German reserves have been committed but could not halt Allied progress. Oulches le Chateau is under pressure as observers foresee Ludendorff likely to launch a counteroffensive to clear the Soissons Rheims line and ease the Vesle retreat.
Wireless operators on ships crossing the Atlantic report reading coded orders from the German admiralty to submarines. Submarines never acknowledge receipt to avoid revealing positions. Messages originate from Nauen near Spandau, a major German wireless station, with nine towers up to 550 feet. In 191? totals, Nauen sent about 5 million words for the government.
In Nashville on July 25 Ira Warden, 35, is dead and George Garrett, 46, his brother in law, is hospitalized after a street shooting in front of their home. Family says Warden may have shot Garrett through a parlor window as he waited for a street car, then shot himself. No motive is known.
The Irish Times reports that a Brinsley MacNamara novel stirred disorder in Westmeath. Residents attacked the author’s father, a local schoolmaster, attempted to evict him, and kept children from the school, which is now near collapse. Sinn Fein and volunteer groups split over the protests.
General Leonard A. Wood, recently head of the western division, is assigned to Camp Funston Kansas and may command an American army in Italy. Secretary Baker contemplates sending forces to assist Italy.
Enlistments in the navy and marine corps have been withdrawn, as told to A. KE. Tate, chairman of the local exemption board. Draft registrants must wait for their call in the national army and cannot volunteer for naval service. Local boards had acted as recruiting agents, rapidly lowering first class enlistment pools.
The local exemption board sent 16 drafted registrants today for training in the national army at Camp Hancock near Augusta Georgia. Fifteen went from the local board and Walter J Fink transferred from Allentown Pennsylvania. A large crowd witnessed the departure. The registrants include Melvin Harmon Ernest N Parsons John Bain Willie B Hayworth Adolphus Martin Luther Farlow John D Gordon George Allen Henry Grissom John M McDowell Charles Spencer Wm H Pitts Denver Smith John W R Isom Franklin C Pearce. Registrants also hailed from Rockingham Alamance and Randolph counties.
British troops push forward toward machine gun nests with steady gains today, tightening lines and mop up small detachments while forces of the German Crown Prince are regarded as practically extractable nowhere on the field.
On the Marne front Franco American forces gain ground as German withdrawals continue. The Allied line north of Chateau Thierry widens its advance with French and American troops pushing forward while German resistance remains strong in key sectors.
Allied forces push the German line north of Chateau Thierry driving enemy troops from much of the Chatelet forest and beyond the town of Brids. American cavalry supports operations as German rear guards resist with machine gun fire while allies widen the gap toward German supply lines.
San Antonio July 25 James L Slayden longtime congressman from the 7th Texas district and a renomination candidate in the upcoming primaries has withdrawn after a telegram from President Wilson. The message states the administration does not favor any candidate but notes Slayden’s record showing support for the administration.
Lieutenant Commander A. C. Carpenter of the destroyer Fanning received the Distinguished Service Order from King George at Buckingham Palace in a private ceremony. The Fanning, led by Carpenter, had been prominent in the anti submarine campaign.
The marine corps casualty list for today shows 64 total with 20 killed in action 3 died of wounds 38 wounded severely 8 missing. Names include Sergeant Grover C. Conrad Lexington William H Campbell Roanoke Rapids and Ralph J Charles Winston-Salem.
General Pershing reports fair progress in the attack between the Ourcq and the Marne. Northwest of Jaugonne American forces penetrated enemy positions to depths of one to two miles.
Paris reports a German counter attack on the north bank of the Marne around Dormans. The enemy briefly held the wood north of Treoup and the village of Chassins before French forces recaptured them. Heavy artillery activity continued near the Oureq and west of Rheims, with a French surprise raid south of Montdidier resulting in prisoners taken.
London reports the western front near Saissons Rheims shows Allied troops pushing to an average depth of three miles along a 12 mile front over the past two days. No new developments by noon, field reports say the situation remains satisfactory for the Allies.
British troops pressed forward slightly south of Rossignol wood in the Hebuterne area north of Albert. Field Marshal Haig reports a few prisoners and six machine guns captured. South of Villers-Bretonneux Germans entered one British post but were repelled by a counter attack.
Copenhagen on July 25 reports that cooperative stores across Scandinavia plan a centralized purchasing organization for groceries and commodities. The combined business is expected to exceed 250 million units annually.
Reported gains show HMS forces seizing two towns and enveloping a third, bringing allied units within five miles of a key communication center. The development signals a narrowing advance as planners push toward strategic infrastructure.
The Pall Mall Gazette reports a rumor of a major British drive toward Fismes between Rheims and Soissons. It also notes French advances in the Aisne Marne salient and the German crown prince’s armies appear trapped with no clear escape.
London dispatches report General Foch maintaining encirclement tactics between the Aisne and Marne. Armentieres fall, Oulch le Chateau enveloped, and Breey taken as Allied forces push within five miles of a key German supply hub. Fronts link near Chateau Thierry and Rheims area with British etc.
French Army reports troops within three miles of Sereen Tardenois, a key German communications hub. The town faces heavy daily shelling and bombing by Entente air forces. In Dresden, German war food official Stegwold says potato supplies barely cover until the next harvest.
Rev Milton A Barber of Raleigh will inaugurate a revival at St Marys Episcopal Church starting August 19 and run through the following Sunday. During September Bishop Jack Blount Cheshire of the North Carolina Diocese will visit High Point to conduct services at St Marys Church with topics to be announced.
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