31 May 1918
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1918
Page
1
Washington May 31 The homeward bound transport the President Lincoln was sunk with small loss of life reported by the Navy Department. The ship was the former German American liner of the same name.
United Press reports American air forces in Lorraine battled German planes for an hour, with pilots Eddie Rickenbacher and Timmie Meisner distinguished. An American squadron claimed at least four enemy planes down while one American aircraft was lost and the pilot captured.
Woge Griffin sent a telegram to Governor Stephens regarding the Thomas J. Mooney case. The report notes Griffin’s ongoing stance on a possible new trial and mentions related arrests and local political figures in the period.
London reports stubborn Allied resistance and orderly withdrawals in the Soissons Rheims sector. The drive toward Paris is checked, with French and British coordination under a supreme Allied command praised, and public optimism rising despite German numerical superiority.
American officers reported that in the Luneville sector after Wednesday night’s fighting in Lorraine nearly all German bodies were shot through the head or heart, indicating high American marksmanship. German prisoners said the attacks aimed to take prisoners. about 70 Germans were killed or wounded.
Seattle's residential construction soared in May 1918 with 352 permits issued, up 275 percent from May 1917. The value of the new homes totaled 449,720 dollars compared with 112,900 dollars for 96 homes last May.
May 31 dispatch describes mass flee of civilians from a 60 mile front between Rheins and Sesssons as homes burn and roads fill with convoys. Refugees travel on ox carts, farm wagons, and carriages along flickering campfires, likened to biblical exodus.
Harry Bourne fifty five, of the Avondale hotel, was killed when an automobile crashed into a pole near Ardena station late Thursday night. Loutee Lusaky, same address, was injured and taken from the wreck to a hospital. an empty whisky bottle was found in the car. Bourne's body was sent to Tacoma for burial.
German airmen bombed a British hospital in France on Corpus Christi day, killing women nurses, doctors, and patients and setting buildings on fire. A direct hit on a large hospital displaying the Red Cross pinned sisters and wounded soldiers under rubble. otherwise the front was quiet with raids, patrolling, and artillery activity reported.
Report from Ramgate England describes hours of heavy artillery fire and explosions offshore near the Belgian coast. The sighting area lies south of the Thames estuary and roughly 40 miles from Hamengate across the English Channel toward Calais.
A reader letter and editorial sketch a London scene of women waiting for news from war while detailing Seattle real estate firms West & Wheeler John Davis & Co. and Henry Broderick Inc. for Red Cross donations. The note argues firms gave $100 each with office staff contributions falling short, calling out perceived inequities and rents rising.
Seattle chamber of commerce housing committee warns rent profiteers and extortion in wartime Seattle. Board calls on Seattle Real Estate Association to set fair rents and urges Metal Trades and Central Labor Councils to form a joint anti extortion panel. Chamber criticizes lack of labor council action and real estate cooperation while detailing efforts and need for support.
The article surveys Seattle figures from Mayor Hanson to Judge King Dykeman and fashion expert Ilena Ipee on furs in hot weather. Opinions vary from ridicule to defense, with some noting vanity and practicality amid warm Puget Sound days.
Mark Odell spoke on Seattle industrial growth Friday at noon in the Oriental building before members of the Seattle Real Estate association.
German forces push west toward the Oise in the Ailette region to consolidate Picardy and Aisne fronts southwest of Coucourt. French admit retirements on a five mile front Merancourt to Epagny and Soissons to Rheims.
German forces press toward Rheims with a plan to encircle the city from the Ardre valley while French reserves slow the advance. Front line units employ four company waves, machine guns, and trench mortars as they push from Brouillet toward En-Tardenois and Fere En Tardenois.
Paris May 31 The German assault in the Ailette region between Coucy Le Chateau and the Oise river consolidates Aisne and Picardy fronts. French troops withdraw north of Blerancourt and Epagny as Germans push toward the Oise, while on left Soissons outskirts hold and Rheims area see a French counterattack retaking Thibaud.
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