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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1918
Page
2
A sprawling United press style digest reports on efforts to curb liquor traffic in colonial Africa, clergy licensing cases in Chemung County, and a Methodist mission update from Meerut India. It notes Max Eastman on trial, Australian soldiers’ home leave, Pershing on casualty disclosures, and dispatches about linen from old plans, Red Cross missions, and plant closures.
Washington Oct 17 Growing German dissension against Kaiser rule leads authorities to believe the Hohenzollern power will soon fall and Wilson peace terms may be accepted. Turky collapsing and Alsace Lorraine remains a sticking point while Poland and Czecho Slovakia movements threaten Austria and eastern Germany. Diplomats note anti Kais er demonstrations and possible early independence moves in Bohemia Moravia and Poland.
Washington reports President Wilson ties Germany’s peace prospects to a radical constitutional amendment. He says power to shape war and peace must move to the people, achievable by a bill in the bundesrat then the reichstag, though the upper chamber’s 61 prince appointees restrict popular voice. The Reichstag opposition grows, signaling a likely push for legal enactment.
Des Moines Oct 16 The state board of health warns the Spanish influenza in Iowa is serious beyond comprehension and urges drastic action. Public meetings should be canceled for 40 days and people told to avoid travel and house to house visiting to curb the disease.
Dereth Minn reports a timber fire trapping Indians in the Pond Du Lac area. Adjutant Gen. W. B. Kiven says two to four more days needed to locate and remove beds. Veterinarians went out to salvage wandering livestock as pockets burn in isolated districts. a country rain could tame the blaze.
London October 16 field marshal Haig issued official aviation brief detailing thirty hostile planes destroyed and multiple enemy aircraft downed or driven out of control. British forces bombed the Fres enly aerodrome damaging a Zeppelin shed and hangar with thirty three tons of bombs dropped today and thirteen at night. Royal air force and navy cooperation in Belgian operations faced weather hindered activity while Ostend Zeebrugge and Bruges remained under observation. An Italian Capron squadron crossed the Alps to France to support Italian divisions on the French front.
Secretary Daniels said he would soon seek congression al appropriations to fund a greatly enlarged naval program. Most funds would go to destroyers as Washington marks time to counter Germanys new and greater submarine effort. He urged American shipbuilders to speed output.
Olga Roosevelt Bayne, cousin of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, was granted a divorce from Dr J Breckenridge Bayne in Reno. The physician offered no contest and custody of their 10 year old daughter was awarded to each parent for all months of the year.
Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the admiralty, told a Pilgrim Society dinner in New York on October 16 that Britain must not relax its fighting arm or its war effort in anticipation of early peace. He appealed for faster U-boat craft construction and urged U.S. support.
The St Louis report records congressman Jacob Ek dying this morning from Spanish influenza after a private midnight marriage to his aide who will serve as private secretary. The brief notice notes his position and sudden illness during the influenza outbreak.
Ottawa report quotes acting premier Sir George Foster on President Wilsons response to German peace overtures. The note reportedly disposes of any chance that the central powers would escape consequences after four years of war and barbarous methods, and it claims the world breathes more freely with Kaiser and his clique removed from influence.
United Press expert J. W. T. Mason reports Ostend and Zeebrugge can no longer serve as German U-boat supply bases. Belgium rail lines are cut to Ostend, with Bruges still linked. French cavalry threaten the route, forcing German supply reloading at sea and longer journeys, increasing submarine losses and signaling a rapid decline in allied shipping losses.
Forest fires in Aitken county threaten to spread as wind shifts intensify. Firefighters have been deployed to the district while Duluth officials confirm fires burned vast tracts in northern Minnesota, with hundreds killed and more deaths likely as searchers reach isolated zones.
London October 16 Great Britain's reply to Turkey is reported to demand weapons for all national forces surrender. The Turkish side continues negotiations under General Allenby commander of British forces in Palestine and Syria. Paris October 16 dispatches say retirement of Ver Pasha and Talaat Pasha indicated cabinet resignations and possible peace. Amsterdam January 16 Reichstag meeting postponed indefinitely per Der Avice.
In a German camp near Washington DC on February 16 Frank Cin, a native of South Omaha Nebraska, was reported to be assigned to the German mission camp at Pruriatt, according to a War Department release.
Washington October 17 the food administration appears to move into the Chicago corn market to buy corn this policy aims to stabilize prices for producers and support a large crop that year as a preliminary step in fixing a minimum price for corn shares.
Fragmentary text reports a French demand for reparations causing a political stir in Washington. The note mentions a proclamation or declaration affecting a broader territory and references a French source or negotiator. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
Fire rips Great Northern oil piers trapping Japanese liners as crews battle flames across the waterfront. The blaze mars Deplogh Union harbor as authorities coordinate firefighting efforts amid smoke and heat.
Allied forces surge through Belgium and northern France as Lille suburbs fall, Menin and Courtrai near capture, Beveren and Lichtervelde reports emerge, British and Belgian troops advance toward Bruges and Zeebrugge, with 3 723 prisoners and 141 officers taken and 50 guns seized.
Allied and Italian units report rapid advances across occupied zones. British and French troops push toward Bruges and the sea while Italians seize Durazzo and push through Paljomab and Sasso Rosco. Heavy rain and mud slow progress as battles intensify from Flanders to the Adriatic.
Reported uprisings across Ukraine claim thousands hoisted red flags in eastern cities. Robals fight near Kharkov as loyal troops attempt to halt advancing insurgents. Military forces noted a large convoy and scarce supplies as the conflict escalates in the region.
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