13 Jul 1918
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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1918
Page
1
Amsterdam July 13 Associated Press reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg is dead according to Les Nouvelles. The death is said to follow a stormy interview with the German emperor at the great headquarters. The emperor and the field marshal are declared to have had a spat.
Reports detail serious rifts with Emperor William II over the western offensive while rumors of Hindenburg’s illness and death circulate. Claims cite brain congestion, apoplexy, typhoid fever, and an acute nervous disorder, with German staff changes and health rumors spreading from Belgium and The Hague through London and New York.
A critical examination argues that Chancellor von Hertling seeks to push detailed peace offers to bury Allied terms, while portraying American resolve as aimed at German destruction. It accuses German leaders of deceiving the public to shield war lords, and predicts punishment for German militarism as Allied efforts intensify.
reports from Washington note von Hindenburg's suspected illness and a rumor of his death while officials remain skeptical without official word. The article recalls Hindenburg's rise to chief of the general staff on August 10 1916 and Ludendorff becoming his chief lieutenant and quartermaster general.
New York plans elaborate Bastille day events with allied air formations over the skyline and a Madison Square Garden night pageant. Chicago churches will recount the Bastille tale in multiple languages with Grant Park observances in the afternoon. Havana to mark French independence with a nationwide celebration including a mass meeting and multilingual addresses.
Eight people die and several are injured when the top floor of a Lymnburner Limited warehouse storing shell components collapses. George Lymnburner, nephew of the Ari head, is named among those cited in the incident in Montreal.
Copenhagen reports Count von Mertling declares Germany has no intention to retain Belgium. He says future negotiations will determine Belgium’s status after the war and that Belgium shall be self dependent and live in friendly relations with Germany. Von Payer resigns if Admiral von Hintze pursues pan-German war aims.
The German emperor, in a conversation with war reporters after surveying posts, outlined a future where Germany meets nitrate needs by air extraction, uses purified waste waters for farming, deserts bloom, oceans yield treasures, and solar energy is harnessed once a strong peace is secured.
The Pioneer Press increases price from two to three cents and The Dispatch from one to two cents. Morning papers in St Paul adopt higher rates, while Minneapolis afternoon papers have also moved to two cents.
Federal approval was given today for a sixteen foot concrete highway between Oshkosh and Fond du Lac at a cost of 75 000 dollars. Bids will be opened July 31 in Milwaukee. Fond du Lac will build four and a half miles of pavement making a continuous highway from the city to the north county line.
Index of today’s six panel paper includes Rotary Club meeting notes Sonal News and a sermon outline. Also The Teutonic American casualties report and a short story fragment with references to British response and editorial notices.
Federal grand jury in New York to hear Albert A Sander and Charles W Wunonenberg as key figures in a spying camp case. Witnesses include Maxon and Wirbelauer in a proceeding linked to a man named WL La. Wirbelauer faces related charges as the inquiry unfolds today.
In New York a Spanish oil steamship anchored in the harbor exploded with a death toll of six and fifteen injured. Submarine chasers rushed to the burning vessel and ferried the wounded to hospitals as five boats battled the blaze amid collapsing waterfront buildings and smoke. The ship, 2156 tons, carried motor trucks and oil destined for the army in France.
A plan is forming to market surplus agricultural produce via a nationwide district market system. A clearing house is being set up in Lor ton to coordinate supplies from different regions. County societies will map district locations to ship surplus goods to the appropriate markets.
Thirteen members of the house naval affairs committee will sail for Europe to inspect American naval forces abroad. The trip, set for September, aims to study British and French methods and aid the next naval appropriation bill. Chairman Jadgad leads Riordan New York Houston Missouri Connelly Kansas Oliver Little Rock West Virginia Wilson xu Butler Pennsylvania Browning New Jersey Purr Pennsylvania Mudd Maryland Peters Maine Dicks New York on the delegation.
Federal officers and Great Lakes naval personnel conducted a raid targeting draft evaders in Chicago. Amusement venues, railway stations, and streets were checked. Nearly 250 men were sent to draft boards. over 1,900 held for card verification. The operation ends tonight.
Four American soldiers lost their way along the border near Pontarlier and Geneva were soon found by local residents who showered them with furs and flowers. They were allowed to return to France after a brief reception, traveling toward the nearest point of the battle front, about two days’ march from Geneva.
Washington senate, by unanimous consent, postponed final action on national prohibition registration until after a three day recess ending August 26. President Wilson's veto of the agricultural bill was sustained as defeat of a motion to pass the measure over. The bill returns to the agriculture committee for reconsideration without the price fixing provision.
Senator Borah urges military aid to Russia to help establish a stable government and resist German influence. He argues lasting peace depends on Russia's stabilization and warns against aiding Bolshevik forces or aiding opponents of allied aims. Poindexter criticizes isolation and Russian policy shifts amid Bolshevik activity.
Allied forces carried rapid night operations along the front northwest of Compiègne and near Poste farm region as French troops advanced and seized trench lines. British raiding parties targeted Sandocash area and Amici while the German response showed limited activity in the Flanters and Motoren sectors.
New York arrangements perfected by the foreign press cable service bureau of the committee on public relations to send daily home news to American troops abroad. Walter S Rogers heads the effort designed to give soldiers a sense of home through headlines and brief reports copied for military distribution in France and other stations.
National Coal Association urges a policy linking prohibition to expanded coal output. Aimed to speed mines operation, the plan calls for curtailing booze in mining districts and substantially increasing coal production this winter. Congress members are being advised by a letter from the association’s production committee.
Sweeping eastward rain drenched North Dakota, breaking the Red River valley with up to 1.16 inches at Langdon and widespread totals from Langdon to Larimore. Over the week an average inch to inch and a half fell statewide, boosting crops and aiding wheat planted late.
A fire partially destroying John Davis High School in Marinelle Menominee Mich caused about 170000 in damage with interior loss estimated at 17000. Fire Chief Collins suspects incendiary act linked to a German text book found on campus. district attorney begins investigation.
A fragmentary Associated Press brief notes a Vienna market item on horse slaughter for meat. The text mentions Aerion and theories about dowry or daughters, but details are obscured by OCR errors. The passage cites an unprecedented price and a likely market report from Vienna.
General March told reporters that overseas and shipboard troops have surpassed the 1,100,000 mark, an increase of about ninety thousand in a week. Three army corps of 225,000 to 250,000 men each have been organized from American divisions in France, with shipments continuing at the same July pace.
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