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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1918
Page
2
Field Marshal Mik lead British and Allied troops in France report a major breakthrough four weeks into the offensive. They claim 75,000 German troops captured and that German gains from 1917 have been wiped out as Allied forces advance beyond former lines.
Paris reports French forces push beyond Hinacourt with strong resistance. In the Cambrai sector near Gouzeaucourt Havrincourt and in the Olke river area the French and American troops gain ground against stubborn German defenses. St Quentin and La Fere are threatened as river lanes tighten.
Amsterdam reports show Austro Hungarian foreign minister Faron Burlay telling visiting German journalists that an exchange of views between central powers and Entente was tentatively suggested in Vienna. He warns the war will cost this tormented earth much bloodshed and loss of possessions before an enemy victory is achieved if possible. He says both sides wage a defensive war and rejects responsibility for the prolongation.
Wartime prohibition advances with House agricultural committee favorable on the food production bill. An amendment sets prohibition for July 1, 1919, while a provision allows Italian wine imports until May 1, 1919 as requested by Italy through the State Department. Paris says Emperor William lavishly grants Iron Crosses to 61,286 generals and staff, 153 princes, 967 generals, 12,645 noncommissioned officers, and 4,743 private soldiers.
Miss Bluma Zalzaney, nineteen, indicted for conspiring with Hindus to spark an uprising in India against English rule. Federal authorities claim she leads the Bolshevik party in San Francisco.
A Western Newspaper summary reports heavy Allied air superiority with 25 enemy planes shot down on Sept 4, 16 balloons destroyed, and multiple enemies driven from control, plus ground gunfire accounts. It notes total enemy aircraft lost since Aug 5 and bomber tonnage dropped, alongside corn and wheat forecasts and other wartime items.
A dramatic report states that thirty six British lives are to be taken if Lenine dies as authorities pursue captives linked to the consul affair. The warning underscores tense political stakes and international strain surrounding the incident.
Dispatches report Czech Slovak forces along the railway from Olovyanna to Penza, with German artillery aiding Bolsheviks west of the Volga. British officials imprisoned in Russia face potential execution tied to Le Nine’s fate. Diplomats may exchange if neutral powers guarantee safe conduct.
The list names Colorado men graduated Aug 1 from the artillery officers training camp at Camp Zachary Taylor Ky and eligible for commission as second lieutenants. Denver Paul G Hardie Victor Percy V Franer Boulder James L Bingham Loveland Pan Ashby Back Rocky Ford P Herdman Rocky Ford F Carroll Colorado Springs Fl Ball Fort Collins Delwin V Glens Olney Springs Harry W Elofson Salida and others.
Congress opens work on a historic revenue bill to raise 24 billion dollars through 8 billion in taxes and twice that in bonds to fund wartime costs and aid co-belligerents. House leaders explain draft as hearings begin while other fronts report Japanese occupation at Khabarovsk and the death of Prince Ferdinand in action. Provisions urge employers and dependents to file exemption claims to close loopholes in the draft process.
The Mount Vernon transport crew of thirty five perished when a torpedo struck the vessel on September five, with the ship formerly named Cecilie. In Indianapolis the Right Reverend Francis Silas Chatard, bishop of the Indianapolis diocese, died after a long illness born December 13 1834 in Baltimore. President Wilson abandoned his speaking trip plans as the Liberty Loan drive proceeded with passengers safely landed.
Western News Service reports arrests in Moscow dated Sept. 5 targeting rightist social revolutionists and anti-bourgeois factions. Priests and high ecclesiastics seized over link to British plot as precaution against new conspiracies. Prague base planned for Czech councils with Boukoup in charge, per Swiss dispatch. Maximalist papers in Petrograd urge murder of French and English nationals.
Nearly 1,000,000 railroad employees will gain $25 a month in wages under a McAdoo order effective Sept 1, boosting annual payroll by about 150 million dollars. The measure, supplementary to a prior wage act, targets clerks track laborers and maintenance workers, shaping one of America's largest postwar pay raises. Public figures Haywood and LWV ties appear in related prison and bomb case reports from Chicago.
French and British troops push forward from entrenched positions in 1917 operations, advancing toward the outposts of the Hindenburg Line. The assault tightens pressure on German defenses as artillery and infantry coordinate for key gains.
Paris reports French troops push toward Cambrai and St. Quentin with gains near Vendeuil and the St Gobain forest. British forces reach Villevalle and capture Rossel and St. Emilie while German counterattacks around Laffaux and Celles sur Aisne test Allied resolve. American soldiers advance east of the Canal du Nord amid continued fighting on the western front.
Miss Margaret Bale twenty two year old American woman has endured four ocean crossings and four trips across the English Channel over four years seeking her fiancé. He moved between Minnesota France Canada and Flanders for military service, repeatedly delaying their wedding. She arrived at a port ready to haste to him, declaring she will marry him if she catches him first.
Evansville Indiana sixteen year old Ceellin Heeger was knocked from her bicycle by a large laundry truck. She bounded through the air and alighted on the hood, clung to the radiator until the truck stopped, and was lowered to the street by passersby. Her injuries were slight.
A farmer driving a team hit a collapsing shaft and the mowing outfit slid into an abandoned coal mine. He calmly urged the horses to back out and emerged unharmed, continuing work at the Geld.
Denver returns indicate Keating leads Martin 2,239 to 7,149 in the Third district race. Early statewide results show Tynan and Shoup leading in key races, with Gunter and Waterman contending for Senate and several Republican and Democratic nominations outlined. Also reports of a Denver turnout around 30,000, and separate notices of a Nebraska train crash and WWII draft calls for 19 to 36 year olds.
Col Horatio Gates Bickel U S A retired shot and killed himself in his St Louis home aged 64 He formerly commanded the Twelfth cavalry and was in charge at Columbus New Mexico when 1200 alleged I W W were deported from Blebee Arizona to that town He entered West Point from Pennsylvania in 1872 and became a major in 1908.
An American oil tanker crew reports sinking a very large German submarine 1,600 miles off the coast in a battle that began when the U boat was mistaken for another tanker. The final hit drove the submarine beneath the waves.
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