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Newspaper
Mobile Tribune
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1918
Page
6
Final plans for calling 200000 selective service men have been made by Provost General Enoch H. Crowder. The call will be issued tomorrow with mobilization to camps beginning June 24. All states except Arizona must furnish men, bringing June totals to 265000.
Paris reports that the Aisne Marne front shows a pause only, with military experts predicting a new push toward Montdidier. The German reserves on the Rheims front are dwindling while French planners prepare a blow in the Rheims district. losses mount by the hour.
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels declared that the road to France will stay open despite German submarines. He emphasized the challenge of keeping Atlantic routes open and warned that submarine warfare would not deter the United States from supporting allied efforts.
The American schooner Dauss was found afloat off the Delaware capes after a German U boat torpedoed it. The fate of the crew remains unknown. The Edna, earlier reported submarined, reached an Atlantic port safely today.
Sam Wilcox was found guilty of robbing a house in Plateau and Rayford Sanders was found guilty of stealing a tierce of lard from an M and O freight car. Sentences were withheld until later. Reedy Ross Norman Ross and Dan Williams stood trial at noon with Sanders. Will Foster pleaded on theft of a cow from Margaret Watkins with the hide and head shown at the trial.
German artillery remained busy north of the Scarpe and Lys and along the Morris and Ypres Comines sectors. British raiders struck enemy trenches near Lens and the LaBasse canal, while German raiders were repulsed near Marlancourt.
A total of 345 men had been registered by the county and two city draft boards by 2 o clock Wednesday. The county board reported 160 registrations followed by 105 for the first city board and 80 for the second city board. Officials anticipate a late afternoon rush.
The Navy Department announced that 265 survivors of the New York Porto Rico liner Carolina had been landed at New York this morning by the schooner Douglas.
R. C. Finlayson and Houston Reynolds were each fined five dollars and costs for violating the state auto law in the inferior court.
Edward Murray operator of Murray s padhouse on Cedar Point road received one year of hard labor after three prohibition violation charges in inferior court. Deputy J Daves led three raids within thirty hours. Fines ranged from 51 dollars to 52 dollars with 30 days hard labor plus six months extra in two cases. He appealed, posting bonds of 150 and 250 dollars.
Mayor Pat J Lyons approves the Mobile branch parade by the Ku Klux Klan calling it a best thing done and noting similar events in Montgomery and other cities. The reports say the parades warn slackers loafers and pro Germans to behave properly.
Miss Erline Wilson was today appointed assistant clerk of the inferior court by Edward J. Huet who succeeded Fred W. Hermann and took up duties June 1. Miss Wilson was formerly employed in the sheriff's office.
New York June 5 reports indicate sixteen dead and eleven missing from the torpedoed steamer Carolina. The disaster adds to a toll of wartime losses as authorities seek survivors and determine cause and fate of the vessel.
Tom Williams, a Black man accused of robbing Jake Zuckerman’s store and later attempting to shoot, received three years in the state penitentiary. Policeman Toxey Clarke earned the same three year term for grand larceny. Andrew Williams was discharged after being held. Detective Reese Dawson recovered the gun used in the incident.
Washington reports Ambassador Egan has resigned from his post in Denmark. The development comes amid discussions in Washington and reflects a shift in diplomatic assignments. No further details on successor or timeline were provided.
The secretary grants John E Mitchell authority to collect and receipt all subscriptions for the fund from subscribers, with a principal office at 72 St. Michael street. Subscribers may pay at maturity without personal notice, to avoid extra expenses. signed by S. H. Peck, Chairman.
Special to The Tribune reports 39 soldiers killed in action with Pershing, among them three Alabamans. One died of disease, one is missing, and a third severely wounded. Names include Colonel Bertram Clayton of Salisbury Wisconsin and Privates Williford Funderburk of Durand Georgia Admiral Hulsey of Rebecca Georgia Shellie Poole of Wedenee Alabama Clyde Fulcher of Talladega Alabama and Private John Jones of Ord Alabama. The casualty breakdown lists 39 killed in action 13 dead from wounds 6 dead from disease 3 from accident 47 severely wounded and 2 missing in action.
Washington June 5 A call for forty thousand colored selective service men qualified for general military service was issued by Provost Marshal General Crowder today. The men will be sent to training camps between June 20 and 26.
The auxiliary schooner Samuel Menel was reported to have been sunk after being pedoed and ran Suey 176 miles south of Sandy Hook. Details pending as of June 5.
Preston was arrested Wednesday on a federal warrant issued by United States Commissioner Jere Austill. He is charged with making remarks calculated to disrupt an industry engaged in essential war work at the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company. A preliminary hearing before Commissioner Austill is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.
R. W. Stokes, local secretary of the war camp community service, will address the employees of the I. Hammel Dry Goods Company at 6:15 PM Wednesday on behalf of the Girls' Patriotic League.
Discharged British soldiers send a message to General Foch in London praising his 1914 victory and expressing faith that his forces will again stem the invasion and defend sacred French soil.
The schooner Eva Douglass reached New York on June 5 with 150 passengers and 94 crew rescued from the torpedoed liner Carolina. Relatives waited at the pier as survivors, many wrapped in blankets, arrived at the dock.
A savage close quarters battle in the New Wood sector near the Anne area saw American troops engage German forces in hand to hand fighting. The clash produced heavy casualties on the German side as U S troops repelled assaults and bayonet use proved decisive amid machine gun fire.
Reported German forces exert heavy pressure on the Marne near Choizy with strong artillery and armored support. French troops with tanks hold lines near Villers Cotteret Wood as bombardment intensifies north of the Aisne River.
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce briefed its board on securing a government concrete ship plant for Mobile and on reopening the Demopolis cement plant. Secretary Clemens outlined Washington work securing the shipbuilding contract, while Cobb noted progress toward a New York railway traffic representative approval. Harris C. Vaughan served as a director.
The secretary of the comm. training camp at Camp Sevier Greenville sent a letter to R W secretary detailing introductory actions. This note, though garbled, indicates involvement of select men assigned to roles, with letters read to attendees.
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