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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1918
Page
2
A mid ocean voyage excitement arises from a submarine alarm but the periscope proves to be a mere fishing spar. Veterans and officers aboard discuss plans with General Pershing to coordinate American war efforts and communications.
A fragmented report notes rising meat demand and government steps to ease supply, with export possibilities tied to grain stocks and transportation issues. It cites price rises, ship delays, and inspections affecting the year, including notable figures on price levels and percentages.
A man named Akieg Mike Whitl h Peregrin assaults a tele meeting by using dynamite placed in his mouth. The explosion occurs as a tire is tied and the tele bend is torn from its fixtures. The department announced on Jawtlew Ree Nuveen Mayuidrting iste bie GcUItiE Ih Commwetion with consideration for repealing the draft law.
In Newark a baby of Mrs Maude Rewell was found dead near Lucky Baldwin Farm. The incident involved a murder charge and drew attention to a local school project. Arctic explorer Stefansson and other figures referenced in confusing notes appear in the report.
Milwaukee faces a button famine as delayed deliveries and shortages cripple shops. Dealers report nails, safety pins, and other quick fixes as citizens scramble for basic fasteners amid ongoing supply constraints.
Major General John Riddle, recently relieved by Major General Jeyton, is reported to be succeeded by acting chief of staff Mareh who will command all American troops in the land. The transition is understood but not yet formalized.
President Wilson urges unity with Russia and allies, denounces German terms, and pledges independence and self-determination for nations. He asserts American support for democratic aims and warns against harsh peacetime terms, while signaling postwar cooperation and global peace efforts. An aviation report notes a 9000 ton airship capable of carrying heavy ordnance, with plans communicated from Washington.
Billy Sunday sails to France to tackle a noted opponent in a high profile religious mission while his companion and spouse accompany him amidst a publicized international engagement and related plans.
A new photograph shows Judge John Barton Payne of Chicago, a general official serving the railroad administration under the government.
A commission representing American banking interests met Cuban bankers on Monday to arrange a credit for the Cuban sugar crop. The talks aim to secure SOQ goo.Due to Boanee the Cuban sugar crop.
American forces prepare for major western front operations as Secretary Baker hints at a million troops in France in 1918. Spain agrees to free allied exports of pyrites minerals and wool while the United States pledges cotton and petroleum supplies to Spain under a wartime trade pact.
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker arrives in Paris on March 11 to meet President Poincaré and Premier Clemenceau, greeted as organizer of victory by crowds and the French press. He plans to inspect American troops and training camps, then return to the front. General Pershing accompanies him. A separate note mentions a post-Easter conference of central power sovereigns and allies at Constantinople.
Victor J. De Wees of the Twenty sixth company of the 1st brigade was killed in a boxing match at Camp Meade on Wednesday night while fighting Charles F Swann, a fellow member of the same company.
Mrs Georgie A Murdendmark of Omaha says her husband Ernest Murdendmark a railroad conductor is pro German and disloyal in a post war era. The report notes tension at home and possible legal or social repercussion amid wartime sentiment.
The second war fund drive of the American Red Cross for 100 million dollars will start May 20. Advices from Pacific division headquarters report the national headquarters at Was hington and the drive will run across the nation.
Irish Nationalist leader John Redmond died in London following an operation. The death ends a long political career and marks a major moment in Irish politics as leaders respond to the loss of a central figure.
Voters in Sioux City approved the commission form of government by nearly two to one. More than 6000 ballots were cast in a hard fought contest between pro aldermanic and reform factions. A North Dakota labor survey prompted school districts to close statewide on Thursday for a crop and labor study conducted under state auspices.
Washington announces mobilization of 95,000 men beginning March 29 under the second army draft. Details on state allotments and selection methods released as officials stress no sweeping withdrawal and care to protect harvests. Industrial and southern black troops included. vacancies filled from deaths and withdrawals.
Washington orders to rush troops to Europe speed up sending selective draft troops to France. A broad shake up in commanding generals is to hasten mobilization as fresh appeals from Allies and France press for more American forces. General March said the whole move is being speeded as rapidly as possible.
British authorities report a total of fourteen thousand five hundred persons killed by German torpedoes against merchant ships. The figure was cited in Washington by a diplomat recently arrived from New York. The warning attacks are described as without warning.
Henry Ford announced plans to construct a tractor plant in Detroit that will employ 100,000 workers and aims to establish tractor manufacture as a leading world industry.
Chicago report states Sadie Bertolini, a bride of four days, was found unconscious beside a bottle of acid. A fragment cites her intoxication and unclear motive as her husband is mentioned but not named in full, with sources noting distress at the wedding.
Mr Pett Ridge urged pupils of the City of London College to enjoy reading and skip to exercise the mind. He recounted amusing tales about lending and chasing books and offered a quip about a soldier missingTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. He also told of a foreign agent who listed diseases his pills could cure and claimed they would cure unknown complaints as well.
A Petrograd news item reports the abolition of all class titles privleges and distinctions in Russia. The piece cites a joke about passport rules and links to a French Revolution style erasure of names. It notes Saint Cyr’s passport application and parodic dialogue about dropped prefixes and titles.
The article describes steady scientific progress revealing earth’s origins and compositions. It notes rocks and minerals are now being reproduced artificially in purer forms. Experiments are conducted at the Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory, part of the Carnegie Institute of Washington.
A Birmingham Age-Herald exchange shows a protester claiming free birthright while another warns that even free citizens can talk too much. An Optimistic Thought notes self reform accomplishes more than noisy, impotent patriots in shaping public reform.
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