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Newspaper
Mobile Tribune
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1918
Page
1
Saturday drive raised 800.15 dollars for illiteracy relief among soldiers with Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs leading. Girl Scouts and local groups contributed. totals from clubs and organizations across Mobile and Semmes reflected in the final report.
Weekly pledges amount to 4038.08, elevating the national Red Cross collection to 62 617 36. Executive Secretary John E. Mitchell urges four monthly installments starting July 1 unless noted otherwise and asks subscribers to pay at his office. A War Fund sign marks the entry at 72 St Michael Street.
Rome dispatch reports Austrians in critical condition along the lower Piave due to ongoing floods and Allied air operations. The front line conditions reflect swollen rivers and intensified combat strain as floods hamper movements.
Washington June 22 the senate military committee approved a provision in the $12 000 000 000 army appropriation bill as it passed the house. The measure empowers the president to call to the colors all men of draft age who can be trained and equipped.
Washington reports Major General March states five months ahead of program for mobilizing men to France. He notes 900000 American troops have already sailed from all ports. He cites Cantigny as key in judging training of the first division under Maj. Gen. Robert L. Bullard. He praises unified Allied command under General Foch.
London reports a Zurich dispatch stating Nikolai Lenine has resigned as Bolshevik premier of Russia. The note adds no further details and mentions ongoing fund support to prevent losses.
The government has taken control of the entire fir log and lumber output of the Pacific Northwest and the yellow pine output of the Southern states for the war period. After military needs are met, remaining supplies will be allocated to essential industries and then to commercial buyers. Lumber in Alabama Georgia and the South will average $4.80 per thousand feet under the new government list. Commercial mill prices have been higher than government rates.
Chicago reports a Michigan Central collision near Ivanhoe six miles east of Gary Indiana. The wreck killed about seventy and injured around 115 as empty Pullmans collided with circus cars. Officials estimated 67 dead from later tallies while the railroad list showed 59 dead.
The Tribune reports Thomas S Crossland of 202 Church Street, 22, a Marine who enlisted in Houston Texas a year ago. He was seriously wounded and listed among casualties from the conflict. The family was informed Friday evening by the war department and confirmed Saturday morning.
The Railway Administration announces a government supervised merger of Wells Fargo Adams Express American Express and Southern Express. The move consolidates major U S parcel services under federal oversight.
Washington June 22 the ordnance program for three more years of war was presented after committee favored the fortifications bill The measure carries nearly five and a half billion dollars and outlines continued wartime procurement and fortification spending by the government.
Washington reports 153 names in the casualty list. Army deaths total 163 across action and wounds. Marine deaths include disease and accidents. Southern state entries include Private Isaac N. Boone from North Carolina and Sergeant Sam V. Campbell from Alabama, with multiple others listed for wounds, missing actions, and disease.
The War Industries Board will enact prices for manufactured cotton cloth on July 1. From June 21 to October 1 all sales will be based on these new prices, which will replace the peak market levels. Prices will be revised on October 1 to reflect current conditions.
Dispatches report Ireland as in a state of severe anarchy unseen since 1898. Shootings and killings are frequent amid rising insults and tensions. Crowds cry out against Ireland and often reference America in protests.
Norman A. Graham a United States Navy yeoman visits his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Jake Markstein and sister Miss Velma Graham in the city during a leave from the U S and South Carolina Navy base.
Rome reports the Austrian advance halted since Thursday night with 150 prisoners taken. Italian forces claim heavy artillery action near Montelle and Grapha while repelling attacks at Cavasuccherina. one hundred and more enemy troops were thrown back in ongoing clashes.
International despatch reports growing clashes in Vienna with military forces reinforcing to restore order. Munitions factories and bakeries attacked by mobs. Austrian Socialists arriving at The Hague acknowledge Hungary faltering. rising anti Germany sentiment noted amid Austria unrest.
The war office reports repulsed enemy prise attacks in the Belleyan sector of Alsace. Prisoners were taken in the fighting south of St. M.
London reports circulated in Amsterdam claim an attempt was made on Emperor Charles of Austria but there is no confirmation. Last heard on the Italian front the emperor’s life had been in danger for some time and no further word has come since Vienna’s riots proclamation threatening punishment for rioters.
London dispatch notes Austria faces shortages harming children and the elderly. Vienna police warn parents they are responsible for their offspring actions as councils push for higher rations and government aid to address the crisis.
London report quotes General Ludendorff saying Germany cannot meet Austria's food needs. Dispatch states front line has only limited supplies for troops and reserves, with grain exhausted and a large grain shipment delayed by new disturbances.
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