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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1918
Page
1
Reports say Germany's post peace plans accelerated occupation pressure in Romania. German merchants and politicians swarmed Jassy prompting the royal family to flee the capital and seek refuge in the remote village of Hotz.
Premier Botha warns that serious unrest exists in the Union of South Africa as strong police and military measures are used to cope with the situation. Few serious deaths have occurred since the war began, though an early rebellion planned a republic.
July 4 report from the Associated Press states General Pershing awarded the Distinguished Service Cross to 82 officers and enlisted Marines for acts of gallantry at Bouresches and in Hellean wood near the Chatmau ferry sector in France during fighting with the American Army in France.
Dayton July 6 Lieut. John W. Bradley an aviator at the Wilbur Wright aviation school died today of injuries from an airplane crash last Monday. He sustained the fatal injuries while testing or training at the facility and passed away during the current day.
A June 28 Irkutsk dispatch read in Washington shut all communications with Vologda Moscow and several western Siberian places for days. The State Department’s latest report from Ambassador Frances at Vologda is dated June 24.
President Wilson urged Congress to rush a resolution authorizing him to seize telegraph and telephone lines before the upcoming recess. The measure aims to give the president authority to take over critical communications infrastructure in wartime.
British press dispatch reports Czhecho-Slovak troops defeating Bolshevik forces west of Irkutsk and forcing them from the region. The telegram indicates Bolshevik retreat and a significant setback in the area.
Cardinal Sebastian Martinelli, prefect of the Congregation for the Sacred Rites and former papal delegate to the United States, has died in Rome on July 5 according to Associated Press reporting in The Banner.
Philadelphia July 6 87 ships launched on the Fourth of July week plus eight more on July second and third bring the weekly total to 95. Emergence Fleet reports 58 wooden hulls and 37 steel ships contribute to a total tonnage of 474 464.
Stockholm July 5 At editorial offices a declaration of war by Finland against the Entente nations is expected any hour. Germany aided the Finnish government with troops to defeat the Bolshevik Red Guard and has since wielded influence to push Finland to extend its activities.
Officials and diplomats in Washington endorsed President Wilson's July Fourth Mount Vernon address calling for no compromise in America's Declaration of Independence and Purpose. They believed his insistence on no half way decisions could deter another German peace offensive and shape global resolve.
Lowell Dotey, 24, fatally shoots his wife, 19, then kills himself with a revolver during a family reunion in Portsmouth on July 4. The event involves several local relatives and guests who had traveled to Columbus in the holiday period.
A brief item notes a July 5 to 10 incident in North Liberty where an individual was kicked by a horse and sustained an arm injury described as being licked by four horse worms, with unclear context or parties involved.
Army casualty report lists 23 names with five killed in action and three severely wounded. Joseph Kottyn of Cleveland died of wounds. Marine Corps casualty list includes 30 names with eleven killed in action and Horace A. Ward of Plymouth among the dead.
Allied forces press on the western front with renewed gains and large German prisoner captures. British, Australian, and American units advance in multiple sectors near the Somme and Oise while the Italians report strong local gains. Prisoner totals rise to about 6,000 in the past week as operations continue. American sectors observe only normal Independence Day activity.
The Senate today approved a resolution urging the president to issue a proclamation calling on Americans to observe a noon prayer during the war. The measure now goes to the House for action.
Rear Admiral Aaron Ward retired U S Navy dies at his Roslyn New York home after a three days illness from heart trouble. He served in the Navy and his death follows a brief period of declining health. The Associated Press reports the veteran officer passed away July 5 at age.
Associated Press reports a deadly blast at Hercules Powder Co plant in Kenvil New Jersey. Several men killed and others injured as crews battled fires and investigators searched the wreckage for details.
By Associated Press to The Banner Camp Dodge Iowa July 5 three negro soldiers Nelson Johnson of Tuscaloosa Alabama Stanley Tramble of Alabama and Fred Allen of Georgia Alabama selective service men were hanged after court martial for assaulting and outraging a 17 year old white girl on the cantonment grounds May 24. The execution was witnessed by nearly the entire division as the men sang God Have Mercy on My Soul.
On the Marne front July 5 American aviators reportedly shot down two German airplanes in flames. In a small engagement last night two Germans were captured and another enemy soldier killed by an American detachment.
George W. Straver of Columbia University New York was elected president of the National Educational Association at the closing session of the annual convention held in Pittsburgh.
Washington July 5 Special railroad rates of one cent a mile for farm workers were asked today of the railroad administration by the department of labor.
Armenian forces 25,000 strong have taken Erivan, occupying 116 miles south of Tiflis and within about 60 miles of the Transcaucasian border, according to reports from Kiev via Amsterdam dated July 5.
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