18 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1918
Page
1
Washington dispatch reports Marine corps overseas casualties total 717 from landing to June 9, with 106 killed in action and 58 died of wounds. Wounded in action total 533, plus one missing and one held prisoner in Germany. the army list adds 49 names with various causes.
Milan reports via Pesther Lloyd that the Austrian government anticipates a revolutionary campaign tied to the Versailles declaration. Slovene clerical deputy Sustersiteh retires and will live in Switzerland, a move seen as a victory for the Juso Slav movement and a sign of rising opposition difficulty.
Report of German submarine crews trapped as water and gas filled the hull near twenty fathoms. Attempts to open torpedo hatches failed while air pressure and poisonous fumes rose. Survivors watched mates die or dive to escape, rescued only by a passing British trawler.
Special Cable reports June 16 that Italian forces captured 3100 Austrians, including 2 colonels and 85 officers, as smoke shells and black fog from Montello crossings hindered Italian defenses. The Piave frontline saw three Austrian river crossings and rapid reinforcement by pontoon bridges, with Montello viewed as a hinge between mountains and plains.
Bulletin reports ongoing actions near Montello heights with fighting in the Cape Sile area. It notes Austrian and Hungarian units sustaining losses and retreating portions, while foreseeing push with food seizures as German forces observe fronts. An unrelated GROVE'S BABY BOWEL MEDICINE ad follows.
A fire at the Dixie Oil and Refining Company plant on the Trin City round started at 11:20 Tuesday when oil spilled from a boiler ignited by a furnace. Emploves checked the blaze and it caused no damage. A second fire from a coal bin at Merchants' Tea and Cold Storage at East Houston and Walnut Streets caused about 25 dollars in damage. A couple of San Antonio fire crews answered the alarm.
State Department summary notes German newspapers threaten submarine activity near the American coast. One panel warns such actions are only the beginning and that scenes in the United States will make Wilson’s bones run cold.
London reports indicate intensified German artillery activity along the Ancre River south of Albert and west of Serre. Allied patrols repulsed a hostile raiding party near Villers-Brettoneux and captured several prisoners, with additional seizures around Moyenneville and Nieppe forest areas. Paris notes French prisoners taken south of the Aisne and along the Ourcq to Marne patrol zones.
An article discusses a German socialist figure Lensch who claims the German party has drifted toward pacifism and harbors admiration for English views on barbarism. It notes Austria-Hungary's role, Russia’s influence, and sees Germany’s enemies as economic targets while predicting domination of world markets.
The War Department formally announced that the 2d Division National Guard is now fighting in Alsace on German soil. The 322 Division is drawn from Michigan and Wisconsin troops, commanded by Major General William G. Haan, trained at Camp MacArthur Texas.
Allied and Italian war office statements report Austrian forces halted along the Piave front between Zenson and Fossalta. They note successful counterattacks, river crossings repulsed, and several hundred prisoners plus machine guns captured as enemy infantry attacks were checked in mountainous sectors around Mantello and Montello.
Testimony describes payments to Detective King by Wilson and others to avoid police trouble. Wilson, a showman, said he gave 45 dollars in January to King while noting pressures and threats. Witnesses recounts payments of 157 dollars total in varied small sums and fear of retaliation if disclosed.
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