05 Sep 1918
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Newspaper
Oklahoma City Times
Location
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1918
Page
1
A chaotic sports page item recounts a chaotic four days with 16 000 prisoners and 100 guns as Haig’s bag, mixed with a baseball game report featuring Ruth and Vaughn on the mound, weather woes, crowded bleachers, and a Chicago lineup. The narrative intertwines innings, fielding misplays, and batters like Flack Merkle Paskert and Hallocher, with pitchers Vaughn and Killifer.
A fragment reports an attack on the Ish Consulate in Moscow and mentions British presence. Additional lines reference a burglary in St. Louis at John Behnle's residence with a find of six cents, alongside garbled captions from Central News about the events.
Federal investigators focus on a man believed linked to the Chicago bomb explosion. A guess on identity hinges on possible information that could reveal the culprits. A letter from a relative hints at motive, while the case remains with no definite age or full details.
Garland, husband of the former moving picture actress, poses requests in district court while she filed a response denying most allegations. He charges infidelity and seeks a divorce.
Forty two men qualified for general military service entrained this morning at Be over We Santa Fe for Camp Logan Houston Texas. Local board No 2 sent eleven men board No 4 sent ten men while county board No sent twenty one men. Local board No and county board Now had to call for men to entrain today.
New York September 5 air post service began tonight with a three plane formation delivering mail from Chicago to New York. Pilot Mak Miller led the flight, delivering cargo across Belmont Park shoreline.
A Rock Island passenger train derailed near Duncan south of Enid, killing one man and injuring forty five draft men from Garfield county. The late train left Reno late and sped up before the crash. A defective airbrake rod is believed to cause the accident and the dead include James Arthur Mille of Enid.
Pate and trembling, from the eighteens hour in the city jail, A Dewey Crogby awaited alleged murder of Thelma Lovejuy. He stood before Justice Maupin and was arraigned. A plea of not guilty was entered, with Maupin citing a right to consult counsel before pleading. Cromthwaite, handcuffed, was escorted from the jail. Sheriff Homer Adrean led the case.
London dispatch claims General Korniroft, once a Russian commander, was killed by a shell near Yekaterinovar per an Exchange Telegraph report quoted from Politiken in Copenhagen. The death has been repeatedly reported since Kerensky’s overthrow, with last May again cited as confirmation.
An airman fell from a plane and crashed onto a residence roof yesterday. The motor dislodged and the machine struck the Bishop home during a furlough, but the officer was reported not seriously injured. Witnesses described a loud crash as the craft plummeted into the roof.
The Democratic state central committee elected in Shawnee chose Ben LaFayette of Checotah as probable state chairman and George Llowman of Kingfisher as secretary. The meeting in the Skirvin hotel opened with resolutions and credentials committees to prepare for the state convention, with Shawnee likely hosting. Judge Melton received a gold watch for service and will be addressed by Governor Willins and Judge Robertsonstown at the afternoon session.
American pursuit planes engaged ten German airplanes over France. After a brief fight one Fokker was shot down by Lieutenant Strevo. An American machine was forced down behind German lines but appeared under control. An American air crew shot down an observation balloon near Woerte. Another warplane was forced down yesterday afternoon.
In Portsmouth Virginia a landslide at the Norfolk Navy Yard excavation site killed eleven laborers and seriously injured more than twenty. Unofficial estimates say most victims were migrant workers and the event occurred during ongoing work at the dry-dock area.
Allied dispatches describe American and French forces advancing on Sept 4 5 along the Vesle front. Guiscard captured, German retreat broad, with French and American units near Ham and forces crossing the Vesle toward Rheims.
Paris dispatch reports German retreat from the area north of Noyon continued through the night. French forces pressed forward with rear guards and pursued the fleeing Germans toward Canal du Nord. The advance was noted as continuing northeast of Noyon with French troops and allied units advancing along the Vesle.
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