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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1918
Page
2
British destroyer Mounsley rescued more than 200. Captain Craven hailed for steering eight shoreward passes. Survivors praised Red Cross aid as chaos and cold seas struck the Otranto after collision with the Kashmir near Islay.
From Ticonderoga Washington Oct 12 three officers and 71 soldiers are said to survive the torpedoed steamer Ticonderoga. Ten officers and 106 enlisted are missing while two naval lieutenants are prisoners. Names given include Lieut. Frank Muller Oakland Cal and Lieut. Julius H Fulcher Frisco NC. Northwest man Elmer Calhoun of Rockland Idaho is among the missing. Also a collision in British waters between the US destroyer Shaw and a British vessel costs two officers and 11 enlisted from the Shaw and 13 injured on the British ship.
Corporation Counsel Walter Meier plans an ordinance to authorize an additional $1,750,000 in utility bonds against the city lighting plant. The funds would cover construction and extension work over the next three years, with approval sought from the capital issues committee.
British and French forces drive German retirement along a 40 mile front northeast of Rheims as Angl ian advance nears Douai. Serb troops reach the Toplitza and Morava rivers while Austrians are expelled from Pristina and Prizren in the widening Balkan push. Italian cavalry cross the Skumbi in Albania.
Paris says on October 11 the German retreat stretched about 60 miles from northwest of Rheims to the Argonne Forest with French and Italian forces pushing them back. Cavalry pursued along Suippe and Arnes rivers while gains included Bertricourt Aumenancourt Le Grand Bazancourt and several villages toward the Chemin des Dames front.
Paris war bureau says French troops entered the town of Vouziers on the western edge of the Argonne forest this morning. The latest communique reports progress along the Champagne line and holding the Retourne river and the Pauvres to Vouziers road.
Arthur Brisbane announced he bought the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin and will serve as its sole owner and editor.
British forces under Haig push toward Douai as they hold Suicy Brebieres Cuincy Hamel and lie east of Hetin Lie tard and near Annay Lens. The front reports only local fighting at other points with a continued northward movement toward the coal center.
Seattle youth Swan Johnson of Company G 16th Infantry receives the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in action on July 18. The war department reports totals of casualties by category for Friday and Saturday, listing killed in action, missing, wounded, died of disease, and other causes across Northwest and Pacific soldiers and next of kin addresses.
American troops in France report German annoyance at frequent encounters along the line. An American outfit captured a German line officer after a three day attempt to break through. A German officer cited Americans as the reason for their failures and estimated four million Americans in France.
In Amsterdam on October 12 an imperial Junker named Dieck refused to sell soil for communal benefit and offered his farm for sale. Threats of imprisonment and a $5000 fine forced a change of course.
Paris Oct 12 Luxemburg longs for German occupation to end after four years of conquest. The populace endured oppression yet hopes for relief when German forces retreat. The royal coach tale recalls Verdun era and Kaiser's link to Luxemburg, now fading as German control wanes.
The October issue of the Emergency Fleet News, published in Philadelphia, highlights Northwest shipbuilding feats. Seattle North Pacific Shipbuilding's 9400-ton freighter Ozette launched in 84 days and Grays Harbor's 4000-ton speed motorship Aberdeen in 17 days draw praise from EC officials and observers. A note mentions Archbishop Czernowilcz being removed from power during Bukowina occupation for ordering clergy to pray for the Russian emperor.
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