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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
1
About 200000 munition workers walk out in Coventry 16000 and Birmingham 65000 join, crippling plants and leaving 150000 jobless. Government and unions meet with Churchill to resolve. Some Manchester plants stay open as 5000 women vow loyalty to the government and troops.
Washington July 25 Director General McAdoo raised railroad shopmen wages to 6 cents an hour an advance of 5 to 13 cents effective from January with back pay to follow. Eight hours standard workday from August 1 with time and a half for overtime Sundays and holidays. The move will add about 190 960 000 to the annual payroll affecting 500000 men averaging 200 a year.
A Saturday feature in The Star promotes a used car chart offering guidance for buyers. The notice invites readers to consult the weekly chart to find available vehicles and prices.
Desperate German counterattacks southeast of the Aisne Marne salient threaten von Hindenburg and signal fear of a Foch inspired trap. The Dormans strike appears defensive as Germans guard the southern arc while Franco American forces press near Fere En Tardenois, prompting Allied optimism about German hesitancy and leadership.
Gloucester MA July 25 Captain William Price of the fishing schooner Elizabeth King says a German raider or submarine mothership may be offshore. The 2,500 ton steamer with guns forward and aft led the schooner about 20 miles southeast of Nantucket shoals before disappearing after a look at the fishing vessel.
Amsterdam dispatch cites Komische Zeitung reporting French use of about 800 tanks in a counter offensive. The note suggests it refers to the small fly tanks increasingly deployed by French forces.
Dispatches from Moscow report the Bolsheviki abandon Orenburg and establish a new government in the Urals. No further details on leaders or structure are provided in the text.
Tacoma labor leaders pass a resolution calling a citywide strike on August 1 unless Thomas J. Mooney, sentenced to death in California, gets a new trial or clemency. Secretary A L Dickson cites local rights and actions by the city council appointees who set a 7 cent carfare as part of the issue. Resolution sent to President Wilson and Samuel Gompers.
Washington July 25 The German high command pursues an Italian counterblow after their failure in France The Italian military attaché Maj Gen Emilio Coughelmotti believes a push in the Alpine sector is likely to deter Italians from the western front and to mask the Rheims setback as well The Austrian front is cited as less affected by recent routs along the Piave
London reports semi official word that German manpower is on the down curve. Casualties among storm troops are especially heavy as 64 divisions or about 768,000 men have been used across four army groups Crown Prince Friedrich’s Crown Prince Rupprecht’s Duke Albrecht’s and Gen. Von Gallwitz’ sectors, drawing reserves from many parts of the line.
Total allied and neutral shipping losses in June due to submarine action or marine risk reached 275 629 tons according to Admiralty figures released in London.
United Press reports on the Soissons Rheims front where Allied forces press a half million German troops. Picardy action near Hebuterne and Montdidier yields small gains for French, German raids repulsed. Flanders sees bombardments as munitions strikes affect 200000 workers. Italian forces claim success at Cattaro sinking two Austrian transports. Austria Hungary undergoes cabinet shuffle with Baron Handel. Brazil orders seizure of three German banks in Rio de Janeiro tied to German propagandists.
Rio de Janeiro July 25 Brazilian government orders liquidation of three German banks in Brazil. Institutions named Allemao Trans Atlantic, Graziliansche Bank neur Deutchland, Deutsche Sudamericanische with capitals 40 million, 23 million, and 26 million marks. Move seen as prelude to root out German interests.
Fragmentary notes report Austrian entrants connected to wartime actions near Rome on a July date. Details are unclear due to OCR damage, but the notation references enemy involvement and Italian-area operations.
United Press report from Washington notes Allies plan to recognize no single government in Russia and work through the people. President Wilson meets with Polk and Baker as Britain’s Lord Reading arrives for Japan’s attitude. French officers aid the Czechoslovaks in Vladivostok, arming and supplying brigades and helping partisan control against Germans and Bolsheviks.
The Star Press reports its press broke down yesterday afternoon causing late deliveries for yesterday and today. It thanks the Times for assistance and its readers for continued support while the issue is resolved in the next few days.
Allied artillery bombards Fere En Tardenois as French and American forces press toward the Solmonshkiha rail hub. Heavy fighting north and east of Janlgoonne and Epieds continues while Germans leave supplies and letters for home in evacuated villages.
The U S submarine was fired on by an armed merchantman off the American coast on July 23. One shell penetrated the outer hull but did not explode, causing only minor shell plating damage. No injuries occurred and the submarine returned to base under its own power.
ROMF July 5 dispatch reports Austrians abandoning most field artillery and fleeing 25 miles through roadless mountains. Many soldiers deserted and hid in hills, later hunted down and killed by Albanian bands.
Secretary Baker is expected to issue a ruling today on whether to alter the work or fight order and how it affects baseball. The decision is anticipated to stabilize the game through the current season’s end.
Reports say American and French troops advance north northeast of Chateau Thierry reaching Fere En Tardenois and moving toward Fismes on a continuous 10 mile front. Large fires erupt in Fere En Tardenois and Oulchy Le Chateau as German ammo dumps are blown up in anticipation of retreat.
Paris dispatch reports French forces with artillery and air support closing in on the German stronghold of Fere En Tardenois from two sides. Infantry advance eastward toward the city as Epieds falls, helping French Americans reach near the center. The enemy mass, about 20 divisions, could aid in a counteroffensive.
Paris July 25. Germany presses on the Soissons Rheims front with divisions to preserve manpower time and material. The Allies gain initiative by encircling the German line while Ludendorff attempts to prolong the summer campaign. Foch’s actions consume German time and morale flares over Paris.
Washington July 25. Gen Pershing reports American forces have driven Germans back one to two miles northwest of Joulgonne. In local combats between the Ourcq and the Marne the troops engaged on July 24, describing a day of action with gains reported in the communique.
Allied and American air observers report German forces shifting from the front toward the lines in France, while heavy Allied artillery targets railways and ammo dumps. American aviators describe bombing runs and close air cooperation with infantry, and a brief clash near Dormans ends with four German planes shot down and the rest retreating.
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