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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1918
Page
1
Brand Whitlock accuses Teu of mass killings, claiming mothers with babies in arms were shot down. The report highlights civilian targets and widespread casualties.
In Everybody's May issue, Brand Whitlatch recounts alleged German atrocities as retreating forces crossed the Meuse. He cites 90 civilians shot near Andenne, including 12 children, and mass executions at Place Des Tilleuls as residents were forced to walk toward the square. The piece ends with a wartime poem condemning the Prussians.
Reports from Paris and London cite German writers estimating total German killed and prisoners at about five million since 1914. Gen Pershing notes American casualties near 500 in Leicheprey Toul battles as Amiens bombardment intensifies.
Lieut Albert Smith and Private Bickel earned the Croix des Paris after six days and nights under shell fire in France. They and their unit carried wounded under continuous danger, with Smith and Bickel reportedly not sleeping for days. Mrs. Smith, mother of Albert, lives in Spokane. Message from Paris reported via United Press in Seattle.
William F. Bickel reports Edward Bickel and Smith led a dangerous ambulance evacuation from trenches. The pair saved wounded under heavy fire, earning the Croix de Guerre. Edward was decorated and listed as well. The father praises their courage, highlighting rivals: two ambulances lost and the rescue of the trapped wounded.
Baron Rittmeister Von Richthofen, famed German air commander known as Richthofen's circus, was killed Sunday in the Somme valley. His 77th and 78th aerial victories were reported earlier. funeral honors to match a British flight officer. British aviators praised his skill.
American troops urged to rush to the front as German forces extend drives into new sectors. German plans allegedly target a free push between Amiens and Arras while maintaining pressure from the Ailette to the North Sea, with only two major offensive zones left.
About 500 men used two steam trains to cover industrial waterfront districts leaving Yesterway and Occidental avenues. The service, capacity 1,500 to 2,000, faced congested streets and late workers. Capt. Blaine of the Shipping Board called the trains a success if workers cooperate, with daily departures from Yesterway foot and from Occidental and King streets serving East Marginal and East Waterway districts.
Washington April 22 President Wilson spoke against Senator Chamberlain's bill to allow court martial trials for those arrested for treasonable utterances and acts. The proposal would remove civilian judicial proceedings from such cases.
Four men died in the Southern California quake that rocked San Jacinto and Hemet, 80 miles southeast of Los Angeles. Frank E. Darnell of Boston died on a Santa Monica pier, August Carlson of Astoria, Oregon, died of heart failure in Los Angeles, and two unidentified men were buried in a magnesite mine south of Hemet. Property damage is estimated at 500000 dollars. the towns lack water gas and electric lights as authorities brace for aftereffects.
Field Marshal Haig says British forces improved positions in Villers-Bretonneux Albert and Robecq sectors. Raids yielded prisoners and machine guns while reciprocal artillery fighting occurred near Lens Somme Ancre Lena Festubert Nieppe. A local enemy attack near Mesnil north of Albert was repulsed after capturing an advanced post. British losses were one post and ground gained elsewhere.
The French war office reports repulsed German attacks east of Rheims and east of the Avre. In Thennes near Hangard French forces took prisoners as artillery fire remained active along the front. Albert C. Snell was seriously injured Saturday when a truck skid off Sixth Ave and Plummer St.
London reports Andrew Bonar Law presents a record breaking budget in the House of Commons. He says votes of credit for the coming year reach 2,550,000,000 pounds, with last year’s expenditures about 2,403,000,000. He compares Britain’s costs to Germany’s daily outlay and debt.
In a joint operation, British and French forces arrived at Mourmansk on the northeast Kola peninsula. They support Bolshevik units in guarding the Mourman coast and railway against Finnish White Guard raids, reinforcing a British marine detachment sent ashore weeks earlier.
Washington April 22. The war department announced seventy two American casualties for today. Ten killed in action five dead of wounds four of disease one from accident two from other causes forty two wounded slightly seven severely wounded and one previously reported wounded now listed as killed.
A United Press dispatch from the French front says Germany prepares a fresh offensive between Amiens and Arras as Hindenburg seeks to renew drives along the Somme and Scarpe. Haig notes raids and a possible consolidation of fronts near Lens and Vimy Ridge amid ongoing fighting in Flanders and Picardy.
J W T Mason reports Teutons failed to hold Seicheprey on the American front in a first major clash. Pershing’s counterattack preserved American forces, with reports of 183 prisoners claimed by Germany, while Americans retreated to avert encirclement.
Restless to act, he transferred to American ambulance units near Rheims serving with French armies. The first University of Washington man to volunteer and reach the front he was praised by French officers for soldierly qualities. His father, vice president of the Washi Parents association, said Allied and German armies sparred like prize fighters awaiting an opening. He belonged to Sigma Alpha Epsilon at UW. Another youth, Smith, studied electrical engineering and by war’s start was a sophomore who earned a commission and led an ambulance company. no relatives could be reached in Seattle Monday.
Officials revise reports on two American vessels. The Lake Moor was sunk by a U boat in European waters on April 11 with five officers and 39 men missing, including Chester M. Iverson of Seattle. The Florence H. was destroyed by an internal explosion in a French port. five officers led by Lieut. Commander Kinchen Powers and 13 enlisted men were landed at an English port.
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