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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1918
Page
2
An engineer urges straw hats with stiff brims for workers around electrical stations as safer than felt hats. The brim or crown reportedly shields the head from accidental contact with wires and also guards against steam pipes, with a recent incident cited where a straw hat might have prevented injury from 17,000 volts.
Washington reports German efforts to seize the Baltic fleet failed. Most European naval craft retreated or withdrew to Kronstadt or Viborg. Several auxiliaries in Helsinki before the occupation may have been captured, including submarines destroyers and trawlers.
Washington April 18 The fourth officers' training camps will open May 15 at multiple divisional camps. Two percent of enlisted personnel from regular army national guard and national army excluding coast artillery and staff corps will attend. Graduating senior division ROTC members and those with required advanced course hours may apply. Applications due by May 1. Eligible graduates will be commissioned as vacancies arise in infantry cavalry and field artillery.
New York April 18 Germany faces a heavy national debt for which Count Arthur von Posadowsky-Welner former vice chancellor warned the taxpayers will endure harsh reckonings The Cologne Gazette reports his remark from March 1 noting the debt then stood at 124000000000 charka while he recalled a 1760000000 mark debt from his tenure as head of the imperial treasury department.
Washington reports neutral powers plan to dissolve the Ukrainian trade and install an Austro German government. Germans cut off communications with Russia, Austro Germans replacing locals, and their money in circulation in Ukraine. Arrest of Entente officers in the province ordered.
Five Austrian workers who refused Liberty bonds at the Lyttle colliery near Pottsville were seized by striking miners and dipped into a heated oil tank. They emerged stained amber and later bought bonds to play.
Washington D C April 18 the new wage scale for civilian employees in the Pacific coast navy yard provides a 20 percent pay increase and goes into effect May 1 the cavalry department announced today
New York reports a setback in the cotton market with prices slipping from early advances. Trade opened higher but soon fell as traders reevaluated positions, leaving prices lower on the board.
Milan dispatch quotes General Foch from Corriere della Sera as saying the Allies hold the hordes, reserve forces are intact, and they will intensify actions beyond current progress as of April 19. The exchange frames ongoing efforts in West Front operations and strategic escalation.
Italian Premier Orlando announced in the chamber that Italian regiments would join the battle front in France forming the right wing of the allied armies. The plan drew loud applause as Rome and Washington confirmed Italian troops are already in France ready to fight beside French British American Belgian and Portuguese forces. The move sparked strong public pride and hopes for strengthened political unity among the allied nations.
In Chicago on April 20 a morais court dismissed charges against Prof W L Thomas and Mrs Pa Granger for disorderly conduct after the city prosecutor dropped the case to breach of the peace. Judge Graham discharged the defendants as Darrow defended lack of a city statute.
Lieutenant T. H. Bweetser of the American medical corps is cited for gallantry near Passchendaele on March 14. He treated 40 gas victims despite exposure and aided a wounded platoon, as heavy artillery pounded the American sector with no infantry action noted.
Reports from Port De France Martinique describe earthquake tremors felt for five days. The piece notes volcanic activity and widespread destruction following a historic eruption, with tens of thousands affected on the island.
The new defense council organizes for action in April with a preliminary meeting to work out structure and organization The aim is to perfect all plans under the law and prepare for another meeting to advance regulatory enforcement and active measures in the state government.
Washington April 1 Gen eval Perabing reports wear for more American marines. The House military committee voted to raise the corps from 50,000 to 76,000 with marines at stations here. The panel granted 60,900 earlier, while Daniels asked for more. The committee also approved $277,900 to acquire land at Great Lakes station near Chicago to expand the largest facility of its kind. The naval appropriation bill debate began as well with totals exceeding 1.25 billion.
Minneapolis court records show Bontall receiving a five year term at Leavenworth prison after charges tied to a socialint act. Judge Mage Morrla presided. outcome announced Tuesday with Monlab and Wiehe among those mentioned in the case.
A wartime note from New York reports Ukraine cannot provide further food relief to Germany due to supply constraints. The discussion, cited by Counselor von Werwen, notes ongoing bomb damage and hotel disruptions in Berlin affecting distribution.
United Press reports April 20 that French troops fought with the British before Harelbrouck while General Foch withholds reserves for a major counteroffensive. He preserves the army maneuver for later action, keeps morale high, and relies on steady lines at Ypres and Hazebrouck despite German pressure.
Paris reports Rheims is a smoking ruin after a week of bombardment with 100000 shells. Firefighters remain at work though many are killed. The historic cathedral with rose window and Romanesque sites are destroyed.
Washington dispatch reports three enemy planes downed for every Allied aircraft lost in the western offensive. On March 24 and April 7 Allied losses were light, while German air activity targeted military centers and rail lines.
French artillery bombarded a 60 mile front in Picardy while a narrow Avre front attack drove Germans back toward Castel near Thennes. The operation aimed to relieve pressure on British forces, with French and British units staging counterattacks and seeking a southern diversion to break the German hold.
A fragment reports a 1649 Beverlo mutiny of German troops in Limburg province. The note mentions English printed accounts and travel writings by James Howell describing the unrest and executions, with limited readable details from the damaged text.
A conference of Irish parties including Fein and Laborite factions issued a manifesto denouncing conscription as a violation of national rights. The document calls for public opposition and pledges to spread the message at the Liekopa meeting in May, urging Catholics to resist.
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