18 Apr 1918
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
1
A house ignites amid white smoke then bursts into flames while shells rain over cultivated fields. The incident disrupts a peaceful area as observers report the sudden blaze and fiery skies.
British general reports near Bailleul as of April night a dramatic war panorama unfolds across the countryside. Infantry move under aircraft and artillery fire while civilians shelter in cottage interiors as shells illuminate the sky and cows cease grazing.
Citizens urged to boost Third Liberty Loan subscriptions as Seattle faces an urgent crisis. Secretary McAdoo set the objective at 5 billion dollars, roughly doubling expected personal responsibility. Despite progress, many households with moderate incomes have not met their proportional share. Plans to accelerate the drive and a closing date of May 4 were to be discussed at a dinner.
On the front the American artillery halved German firepower with rapid bombardment, while a daring raid by eight men cleared enemy positions. In Seattle, Liberty Loan drives surge with unions and companies pledging large bond subscriptions. Local rallies and booths, with veterans and Uncle Sam figures, push bonds.
In a wartime appeal the speaker asks YOU MILLIONS to provide clothing and weapons for the front. He describes trench hardships and toll of death while urging steady home-front support as essential to sustain the fight and courage of soldiers like Citizen Soldier No. 2538.
The Star reports Seattle residents offer aid to the abused mother and child, with dozens of households and a businessman proposing wartime rent controls and real estate reform. G M Dyer of East Union Street volunteered to host the family for the war, while calls to aid flood The Star.
Washington report shows flour mills and middlemen profited heavily since the war began. The Federal Trade Commission notes prices to consumers will fall this year due to price fixing and Food Administration rules. Millers' net profits rose from 11 to 62 cents per barrel in 1916 17, while distributors and jobbers also saw larger margins. The commission criticizes fixed profit limits as dampening efficiency and suggests maximum flour prices.
Three thousand soldiers fought a large Governor's Island barracks fire that caused about $10,000 in damage. Officials probe the blaze origin as a cannon alarm sounded across lower Manhattan drawing aid from New York Fire Department.
The New York federal reserve district office announced total subscriptions of 318.2 million dollars in the campaign for 900 million dollars for the Third Liberty Loan as of today.
The French shell Germans along a 56 mile front from south of the Somme to the Oise near Noyon. United Press reports heavy Allied artillery pounding German positions and rear areas, with prisoners saying casualties are high and digging hindered. Haig claims no change on the British front and reports repulsed assaults near Mont Kemmel. Belgian lines back toward Ypres appear to be retreating slightly as fighting broadens toward Dixmude.
London reports the appointments of Lord Derby as minister extraordinary to France and Viscount Milner as secretary of state for war. Austen Chamberlain joins the war cabinet, while Milner's new post places the war office under an experienced, action minded leader renowned for his drive and ruthless efficiency.
London April 18 British merchant ships sunk during the week ending April 15 included 11 of more than 1 600 tons, four of smaller tonnage and one fishing vessel according to the admiralty report. This is the heaviest submarine toll since the week ending March 26 when 16 large ships and 12 small ones were destroyed.
London April 18. Confirmation that the Hungarian cabinet has resigned was received today. Count Tisza, former premier, has again been appointed to that post, succeeding Count Wekerle.
Rumors report Austrian troops in the Ukraine refuse service on the West Front or in Italy. Authentic information indicates German Austrian plans to convert Ukraine into a German Austrian colony with officials replaced by Austrians or Germans and communications to Russia being cut.
Chicago April 18 Robert Praeger a Collinsville Illinois miner was lynched not for pro German ties but after a quarrel with miners at Maryville Attorney General Brundage says investigators report supports the theory The Madison county grand jury is in session at Edwardsville and indictments are expected soon
Rome reports that during the past week an Italian merchantman of over 1500 tons and two smaller vessels were sunk by enemy submarines. An official statement confirms the losses and notes a U boat attack involved one steamer.
London reports say German infantry attacked Kemmel hill and surrounding sectors in three waves. Haig notes a brief setback then a counterattack restored the line, with ongoing artillery fire along the Lys from Givenchy to Robecq and renewed fighting near Nieppe forest and Wytschaete front.
United Press reporting from the field says Allied artillery pounds German lines from Somme to the Oise over 90 kilometers. Officials call the battle decisive for Germany and predict exhausted German defense after losses. American arrivals boost Allied superiority and may shorten the war.
The Kaiser is quoted during a visit to the Armentieres battle front asking what more he could have done to spare the world from horrors. The remark appears in a dispatch to the Lokal Angzeiger from Amsterdam dated April 18.
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