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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1918
Page
1
World War I dispatch reports heavy losses for German forces near Paris with casualties reaching 525,000 while Allied counter operations halt their advance in the Triple Alliance region. French and Allied units engage in intense fighting as the central objective remains contested.
April 2 report from front lines details Haig's forces taking fifty prisoners and thirteen machine guns after raids along the Avre and Luce in the Moreuil region. German casualties claimed. local advances reported near Acheville Hol and Hebuterne with additional prisoners and machine guns seized. Paris notes calm along the Oise Somme with limited capture between Somme and Demain.
United Press report from the French front details a German three-pronged attack aimed at Arras Amiens and Paris. French Canadian units heroically reoccupied Moreuil and Montdidier in fierce bayonet fighting while the American Red Cross aided civilians and recovery efforts after the retreat.
The Arras region faced heavy bombardment with civilian casualties reported as shells fell near Arras and St Pol. The front line lay within a few miles, with German troops advancing in a tense sector as fighting continued near the city.
Milwaukee April 2 Wisconsin voters went to the polls to choose a United States senator and express support for or against the war. Candidates were Joseph Davies Democrat Irvin L Lenroot Republican and Victor L Berger Socialist. The race featured a split loyalty vote between Davies and Lenroot with Berger seen as a possible upset. The election capped Wisconsin s bitter campaign history.
Chicago holds its first daylight election with 35 aldermen and a congressman to be chosen. John W. Rabey, a Democrat, is favored in the Fourth Congressional District, as loyalists unite against socialists to back war measures. Drys reversed themselves at the eleventh hour and urged no write ins against saloons. Ballots may be rejected if mutilated by write-in liquor votes.
Tacoma conducts a primary to nominate two mayoral candidates two for comptroller and four for two city commissions. A bond question seeks 5 2 million for electric railway lines. Mayoral candidates are Fawcett George M Thompson C M Riddell and Edwin W Beedle.
The Valentine Case reports Mayor Hanson dismissed Superintendent Valentine of the city utilities department and appointed Thomas F. Murphine to the post. The mayor emphasizes it is his responsibility to ensure active and satisfactory department work and to pursue improvement without council interference.
City detectives search for a mysterious quartet after Fred Laubner is found dead following a lake side dance. Blood on the coat front and a loose pen knife hint at foul play. Laubner paid for the party with a large twenty dollar bill from a roll, with $700 to $1,000 missing. The couple and two women who were with him at 3 a.m. remain unidentified.
The city council and Mayor Hanson agreed to wage increases to be effective in April. Salaried staff gain 15 dollars monthly and day workers 50 cents per day, adding about 500000 dollars yearly to payroll. Initial 20 dollar monthly raises for lower paid staff were reduced. Fire and police sought 20 dollars but were limited to 15. The salary issue has occupied the council for four months.
The Chicago board of trade was closed today due to the city election.
Washington April 2 The food administration vows action against profiteers in corn meal and flour as a probe tightens. Hoover says unrestricted profits push prices beyond reach of the poor and aims to equalize the burden by limiting profits on wheat substitutes amid high retail and wholesale costs nationwide.
Petrograd dispatch reports Gen Bayoff, commander of Moscow district, expects to form an army of about one million for defense of the government within two months, based on advices received today.
The pope has protested to Berlin against the bombardment of Paris, a Rome dispatch said today. James H. Maybury famed college athlete of 1904 and former University of Washington track coach died last week in a St. Paul hospital. word of his death was released here today.
American trade is being pared to provide tonnage for troops abroad as non essentials are curtailed. Troop transports increased this year. National Army and National Guard reinforcements under Gen Pershing to join the fight before summer. U S troops likely to be brigaded with allied units but will not delay current forces in France.
City council convenes in special session to ratify Mayor Ha's appointment of Thomas F. Murphine as superintendent of city utilities after A. L. Valentine is dismissed. Debate centers on residency, civil service principals, and immediate confirmation amid mixed votes. Valentine served since 1909. Murphine is a University of Washington Law School graduate.
The front reports brutal combat around Morentl Demuin and Hecaull between the Avre and Luce rivers as German forces push toward Amiens. Allies briefly held Amiens area, then retook towns Saturday and Sunday amid counter attacks west of Moreau and Hangard. Berlin says allied attacks failed and claims 75,000 prisoners taken.
Washington reports a Senate resolution introduced by Senator King calling for a declaration of war against Turkey. The dispatch notes a sequence of bombings linked to the German bombardment. The Associated Press items mention casualties in a Paris church and a Roman Catholic church, with American victims named and identified.
A statewide conference to discuss suppressing vice and vice diseases will be held in Seattle on April 23 and 24 at the Frye hotel. Mayor Ole Hanson announced plans to discuss state hospitals and internment camps with mayors boards of health and county commissioners invited from all cities. The state board of health meets April 22, and delegates may stay for conference sessions.
New York dispatch reports no further information available early today on the White Star liner Celtic torpedoed by a German submarine off the Irish coast while en route from England to America.
Three civilians died and over a hundred were arrested during anti conscription street riots in Quebec. Dense fog hid snipers who fired on troops from doorways and snow banks last night.
A four hour air raid on the Belgian coast continued Sunday night as reported from Flushing Holland. The attack affected the Belgian coast with repeated bombing and bombardment and caused damage and heightened alarms.
Senator Thomas of Colorado charged that 2900 of 5000 American gas masks were tampered with by pro German factory workers in the United States. He linked South strikes to German propaganda and condemned striking shipyard workers as harming the army.
Washington April 2 investigation by the American government shows no Bulgarians are fighting on the West front. Consul General Murphy at Sofia cables that Bulgarians were only on the Balkan front, and the United States will not declare war on Bulgaria.
London April 2 dispatches from the French front say Germans again contest air mastery. Their leading ace Richthofen has regrouped and is commanding a new squadron of aircraft.
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