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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1918
Page
2
Compilation of distant events including air raid on Karlsruhe Austria Hungary recognizes Finland independence and wartime food policies. Notable deaths include Major Augustus P Gardner and Frederick L Small. Russo German talks face potential breach as armistice nears. Prohibition ratification urged in Virginia. Weather and industry notes from across the United States wrap the week.
Naval intelligence officers seized Walter Spoermann in an aviation field near Newport News after he allegedly attempted to blow up a magazine. He is detained in Baltimore for a Justice Department hearing as an enemy alien with ties to Boyed and Bernstorff, with charges pending. The case points to a wider spy network across Washington Baltimore and other cities.
In Commons Sir Auckland Geddes announced Britain's plan to recruit about 500000 more men, tapping younger exempt workers in essential industries. He cited 7600000 fighting and labor troops enrolled empire wide and urged continued labor leadership cooperation while noting a rift with the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Women’s work was praised as crucial to war efforts.
Emma Goldman and Alexander Berk are upheld on charges of conspiring to block the draft registration. Louis Kramer and Morris Becker convictions are affirmed with Kramer receiving two years and a $10,000 fine and Becker twenty months in prison.
Tacoma reports better health at Camp Lewis with five deaths this week from scarlet fever pneumonia and meningitis. Communicable disease cases total 146 among 1800 men as German measles and scarlet fever decline.
London report shows British losses totaling 24,979 officers and men for the week ending Monday. The list breaks down casualties into killed or died of wounds among officers and other ranks with further details likely following.
Washington bills aim to empower the food administration to enforce wheatless and meatless days and limit portions in public eating places. Representative Lever and Senator Pomerene argue the measure will curb waste, ensure fair treatment of rich and poor, and cover foods and materials needed for production without fixing prices.
The government plans registration of all men who have turned 21 since June 6, 1917 to fill wartime ranks. Draft age remains up to 81. A War department backed bill by Senator Chamberlain aims to implement universal 21 year old registration and adjust quotas and furlough rules. Provost Crowder supports the plan, with additional bills proposed to refine the draft system and remove enemy alien population from quota calculations.
Rear Admiral Taylor chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair and Rear Admiral Griffin chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering testified to the House investigation committee on Tuesday. They said contracts for adequate supplies were placed a month before the war resolution and that the Navy now holds all material needed to repair warships.
A wireless message Monday reported the Ameri can Hawaiian steamship Texas sinking off the coast and a New York dispatch on Wednesday said the fate of the vessel remained a sea mystery. Officials have no further information and fear a collision may have caused the loss.
Indianapolis reports a massive fire at the Industrial building complex along Tenth Street, destroying over a city block and housing about 80 wartime manufacturing firms. Despite six homes and a church burned and icy canal conditions, no loss of life was recorded. officials suspect incendiary origin. In Washington, President Wilson publicly backs the federal suffrage amendment, indicating advice given to lawmakers to vote for the amendment as right and proper.
The Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reports from Washington that the United States will ship 90 million bushels of wheat to Europe, declaring this a heavy blow to the entente cause. It cites pacifism and Japan tensions as factors and says France will face deeper low mood and no relief for weary troops.
A large Washington, D. C. fire damaged the bar racks used by engineer troops destroying $1,000,000 worth of food and injuring several structures. The blaze started after a gasoline explosion in the warehouse, fought by much of the city’s fire apparatus for an hour and a half before extinction. An ordnance building with small arms ammunition was endangered but secured by soldiers. Officials did not disclose the fire’s origin. A small amount of clothing and shoes was lost.
A mission appointed by General Carranza sails Sunday from a Pacific port to Japan to purchase arms and munitions for Mexico, secure a loan, and negotiate a treaty. Led by General Boucher, ex chief of staff, and Juan T. Burns, former Mexican consul in New York, Burns reportedly faces a $10,000 bond over alleged arms embargo violations.
The weather bureau reports higher temperatures across the nation ending the east coast cold spell. Williston North Carolina registered 38 below, the country’s lowest. St Paul Minnesota hit 10 below. Louisville 6 below. Chicago 4 below. St Louis 2 below as readings eased.
Three murderers Powell Gullieh and Pisher were hanged in the jail yard of Silver Bow County at 4 40 Monday morning in Butte Montana.
The hospital ship Rewd was torpedoed without warning near midnight on January 4 and sank within an hour. Of 550 aboard including 80 bedridden and malaria patients returning from Gibraltar, most were rescued after drifting in rafts and boats in freezing seas. Three crew members died in the explosion.
The Food administration will acquire no more than 20 percent of each flour mill's output to supply the army, navy, exports, and allied wartime needs. A reserve stock will be kept and flour shipped to shortages, aiming to smooth transportation, prevent congestion, and maintain stable market flow at favorable loading points.
In Washington D C an anonymous sender mailed 108 in counterfeit bills to the treasury cashier for deposit in the conscience fund claiming deep remorse for defrauding the government. The note described the act and stated the money was returned. Chief Moran investigated the counterfeit clue.
Chicago presses on with heavy snow as 90 percent of streets remain blocked to traffic. Millionaires and laborers answer the call to clear drifts and support relief efforts amid famine fears.
Chicago residents and volunteers from neighborhoods, churches, and clubs joined officials and workers in a massive effort to clear snow across the city. Millionaires, captains, and service workers labored together to open streets, with women supplying meals and support as the city battled a record snowfall.
Idaho Senator Jn IT Brady died Sunday night in Washington from a heart attack while en route from Idaho. Born in Pennsylvania 66 years ago, he moved west as a boy and was educated in public schools and Leaver Nortons college. He taught for three years, then worked in the pipe business before moving to Idaho in 1905 and rising in Republican politics. He chaired the Idaho Republican state committee, served as governor, and was elected to the senate by the state legislature and then by the people in 1914 for seven more years.
Minneapolis Miss Mabel Drumler, a fuel company clerk, shot a robber Saturday night after he demanded she raise her hands. He was a railroad official with a wife and several children. The girl suffered a nervous breakdown upon learning the danger she faced.
An 18 member Russe commission met in Odessa to discuss repatriation and conditions for civilians. The session, led by the president, aimed to clarify procedures and potential outcomes for those affected.
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