11 May 1918
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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1918
Page
1
Herbert Corey describes American soldiers taught to fear gas, with regimental gas officers enforcing mask use. He recalls Fighting Irish regiments, Civil War pride, and a brutal No Man's Land night during a French and Irish bombardment.
American forces marching from Wellington Barracks Hyde Park will traverse three miles of fashionable streets in London today. The parade will be led by staff officers on horseback and pass the American embassy where Ambassador Walter Hines Page will salute the troops. The column then reviews before King George at Buckingham Palace before returning to barracks.
An accident in Vancouver on May 11 left four city firemen dead and one injured when a hose wagon responding to a fire collided with a street car. Six passengers aboard the street car were uninjured.
Elizabeth Sweeney, 68, testified that she heard three groans, two shots, a scream, and a body fall inside the bank where Edgar A. Strause stands trial for Berne M. Head’s murder. Lenna Mead identified spectacles found at the bank as Head’s, noting he owned no revolver. Gun-store witnesses said Strause bought two revolvers of the same model in 1917.
Two English aircraft battled twenty German scouts to a standstill in France. The pair destroyed eight enemy planes and forced several others to retreat after a half hour of rapid engagements. Both British machines returned safely after exhausting ammunition.
Orders issued for immediate organization of an additional Marine brigade to join the front line force in France. Most personnel to come from Quantico training units in Virginia. Brig. Gen. John Lejeune at Quantico is seen as the probable commander of the new unit.
BLOOMINGTON NL May 11 The Illinois State Music Teachers association Friday elected Harry Detweiler of Aurora as president Charles Sindlinger Bloomington as vice president and Merry as secretary treasurer.
London May 11 The bulk of German reserves remains behind the Somme front and a major effort is expected there while attacks in Flanders continue. Between March 25 and April 23 French losses were one fourth to one fifth those of Britain, with French losses since April 25 not heavier than British. British losses since March 21 tallied near 250 000, per the British mission at Washington.
Paris is reported as May 11 with pupils from a Dercy district school leading a subscription for the first American war orphan. About 260000 French school children contributed their sons and the goal of 365 francs grew as more schools joined. The final total exceeded 13000 francs when the drive closed.
Moscow report says Soviet troops offered little resistance when Rostov was occupied by German troops. After Rostov, Austro German units moved along the railway to Ratajsk as infantry forces press northward. Communications with the northern Caucasus have been cut.
Second Lieut. Louis Eddy Davis of Blooming ton Illinois died late Friday night from injuries after his plane crashed following engine trouble that threw it into a tail spin. Lieut. A. L. Lawrence was uninjured. Davis was stationed at Ellington field and his wife, father, and mother were visiting. Davis was a son of LI. O. Davis, head of Pantagraph Publishing.
One thousand five hundred striking molders and 50 Chicago casting plants will submit wage disputes to the War Labor Board for arbitration. Workers return to work immediately, with new wage scales backdated to their return. Plant output serves munition manufacturers.
Former President Taft and Frank P. Walsh, joint chairmen of the war labor board, were directed to mediate between the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies and operators discharged for their affiliation with the Commercial Telegraphers' Union.
Official dispatches show Italy has nearly 250000 men in reserve behind the Ypres line in France for supreme emergency use. Gen Foch is building up forces and strengthening the position as Premier Orlando discusses the trip from France and the inter allied war council.
Official French statistics released in Washington show total allied and neutral ship losses in April were about half of April 1917. April 1917 losses were 633,685 gross tons, while this April’s figure was 381,631. Submarine attacks are costlier for the enemy as they shift to torpedoes from gunfire.
Hugo C. Gibson, assistant in the munitions purchasing department of the British military mission, issues a statement defending himself and Gutzon Borglum amid disclosures in Washington about Borglum's alleged aircraft scheme activity. Gibson says Borglum acted from patriotic motives in investigating handling of aircraft production and would have joined only to share propeller design ideas.
American artillery and infantry aided a French raid in the Apremont forest northwest of Toul at dawn. German gas shells limited bombardment. patrols disrupted barbed wire near Apremont and entered the village, found deserted, drawing a German barrage. A second patrol fought fifteen Germans ten yards from trenches for 15 minutes and retired with no American casualties. Luneville sector remained quiet.
Secretary Baker announced Marlen E. Pew of the Committee on Public Information as his personal press representative to centralize public information on war department activities. The move signals a new publicity policy with details still under discussion with General Pershing.
British admiralty reports the old cruiser Vindictive sunk to block the Ostend channel, though some doubt remains whether the harbor gate is fully closed. Berlin denies a successful raid while noting prior Zee Brugge damage, amid wider Allied moves in Ypres Somme and a major mine field in the North Sea to curb submarines. Pope Benedict designates June 29 for global Catholic prayers for peace.
Des Moines report on Thursday's tornadoes across north eastern Iowa lists seven dead and over a hundred injured. Calmar in Winneshiek County suffered the heaviest property loss, with half the town leveled and estimated damage around 300000 dollars.
A Senate sub committee led by Senator Slitchcock will confer with Assistant Secretary of War Stettinius Major General Williams and others for detailed production schedule information. They plan to visit ordnance plants at Bethlehem Steel and other sites next week. The Signal Corps report to Senator Thomas shows aviation expenditures of 749,586,000 with excess contracts and expenditures of 157,453,009. Contracts total 556,473,000 under fixed price and 350,860,000 under cost plus profit plans.
Reports from Paris Rome Berlin describe violent artillery actions in Grisvesnes Lasigny Noyon and Mont Kemmel along the Yser and Oise fronts. Serbian troops repelled Bulgarian attacks near Zborski as Allied aviators bombarded Drama and Beronci encampments. Five enemy aircraft were shot down on the Asiago front with Italian fires catching enemy columns in Brenta and Seren valleys.
Washington May 11 Congress rejects the idea of extending the session to pass new war revenue measures. Leaders postpone action on Secretary McAdoo’s proposal for immediate funding after a treasury survey and plan to confer with McAdoo and President Wilson next week. They expect to avoid new legislation this summer, possibly using bonds or temporary credits, and may adjourn by July 1 or delay to December.
In May 1 reports, Italian commissioner F. Quattrone warned that any further cuts in tonnage plying between America and Italy would threaten the Italian people and their army with starvation. The protest targets the Shipping Board's reductions affecting wartime supply lines.
Washington reports the Senate confirmed a capital benefits fee authorization tied to war preparations, marking a political approval dated May 1 as part of ongoing defense funding measures. The item notes congressional action in the capital.
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