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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1918
Page
2
German forces renewed attacks on Allied lines on the Western Front. British and French defenses repulse some assaults as modest gains are reported by the German side.
American forces join major offensive in Picardy as Pershing leads over 100000 troops toward frontline objectives. British French troops push back Germans around Ayette Feuchy and Somme sectors amid heavy losses on both sides. Russia Romania sign peace pact, Romania to evacuate Bessarabia areas, and Bolshevik troops’ Finland deployment sparks protest from Germany.
Texas Governor Hobby signed a large batch of Senate and House measures in Austin. Bills cover levee districts, cooperative loans, nurse lecturers, court creation in Jefferson County, raising the age of consent, delinquency penalties, water and drainage reforms, public buildings funding, oil pollution controls, land patents, military service provisions, and education standards. Resolutions authorize sale and use of state facilities, funding for a military aeronautics school, and school district boundary changes.
Laredo consular warning declares border entry by fording the Rio Grande will be met with deadly force as war measures. In Austin, Texas, a time crunch for women’s registration ahead of July primaries is outlined under a ninety day suffrage law with rules on distant registration via county tax collectors.
Washington reports that taxpayers who miss the April 1 deadline for income and excess profits returns may avoid penalties. Revenue Commissioner Roper says collectors will accept late returns with statements of delinquency causes and weigh them in penalties and assessments. Penalties range from 20 to 1000 dollars, though historically they are often waived.
Six large German owned New Jersey woolen mills with a value over 70 million dollars have been taken by the alien property custodian. Governing boards of directors have been named to control the mills. Earnings during the war will go to the federal treasury for liberty bond purchases.
Houston dispatch reports Privates John Ba Mann and Walter Matthews of the 870th Infantry to be hanged at Camp Logan for the murder of Private Ralph M. Foley of the 120th Infantry. Foley was killed Feb 13 while guarding two African American troops. They were tried by court martial.
In record time the senate passed the Liberty loan bill authorizing 4.5 billion dollars in new war bonds and 1.5 billion dollars in additional loans to the allies. The treasury indebtedness ceiling would rise from 4 billion to 8.001 billion. The measure has already cleared the house.
Report from London states all available Western Germany buildings are being converted into hospitals for Kaiser's soldiers wounded in the life drive. The number of wounded from the front in France is three times higher than expected.
Captain H. L. Ransom of the Texas Rangers, based in Sweetwater, was shot and killed at the Wright hotel on Monday night. The shooting occurred in the hotel hallway when W. C. Miller and Marion Long exchanged fire. Ransom ran from his room and received two shots. Ransom was a well known figure statewide and had killed several men including Attorney Brockman of Houston in 1910.
Washington senate judiciary committee backed a bill to impose twenty years in prison and a ten thousand dollar fine on any person who by word or act supports or favors the German empire or its allies or opposes the United States in the war. The panel also approved identical penalties for obstructing government war bond issues and for willful attempts or actual attempts to obstruct recruitment or enlistment.
Washington reports the American government will not seize Dutch ships sailing to the United States from Holland when the ships are requisitioned in Dutch ports. The policy applies to vessels in transit at the time of requisition and limits government action upon arrival in American ports.
Washington reports the food administration telegraphed to suspend meatless day regulations for thirty days starting March 30 to ease a temporary meat surplus. Hoover cites abundant hogs and storage limits, noting a continued over-normal market run for hogs in coming weeks.
Washington announced a plan to divide the nation into thirteen employment districts to move workers from surplus areas to shortages. Districts cover all states with named superintendents in several states and a list of appointees in others.
The February sanitary report shows statewide totals with camps in Bexar and McLennan counties. Mumps 3,190 cases with 8,020 in Bexar, pneumonia 195 with 105 in Bexar and 90 in McLennan, scarlet fever 68 with 38 in Bexar and 30 in McLennan, diphtheria 6 split, measles 384 with 275 in Bexar and 197 in McLennan, plus minor counts in other counties.
Federal Food Administrator Peden notes twenty four carloads of potatoes on Fort Worth sidings plus twenty six more cars elsewhere in Texas. Slacking in households hotels and restaurants seen as the cause as bread is still preferred over potatoes.
Kansas City's general strike ends with resumption of normal streetcar service on Wednesday as the city returns to regular operations.
An old fashioned herbal spring tonic and uric acid solvent are advertised as cures for weak heart nerves and kidney disease. The ad touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Anuriee with mail order offers from Dr. Pierce’s Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York.
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