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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1918
Page
5
By Bert Ford, the piece recalls American troops aiding the British on the Picardy front at Bray and Somme. It highlights rapid rifle fire, lack of machine guns, and bold charges that won a tough strip of ground amid hot weather and shell bursts.
Report from an Atlantic port says a sub chaser crew believed they sank a German submarine after depth charges. Navy officials in Washington had no confirmation and treated the claim with reserve awaiting official word.
Lord Northcliffe estimated at a luncheon that Britain has lost 900000 men killed since the war began. He cited 800000 as the total killed wounded and missing by year end and challenged German claims that England would fight to the last Frenchman American and Canadian. He lauded the American public’s fighting spirit.
The naval affairs committee of the American House, now in Europe, was hosted by General Pershing at luncheon. Pershing showed them headquarters as he explained military operations. The delegates will depart for Italy tomorrow. Representative Frederick Hicks of New York praised the allied spirit and solidarity.
Washington Aug 16 a July 8 water pressure forced a torpedo back into a United States submarine and Chief Gunners Mate Frank R Wills braved danger to seal the breech. Secretary Daniels commended him. Paris Aug 16 allied advance saved wheat fed by Germans on French soil except in Fere en Tardennois region where Germans abandoned munitions to protect grain.
Washington August 16 Provost Marshal General Crowder announced all men who reached 21 between June 5 and August 24 must register by August 24 regardless of grounds for exemption. After registering their claims for exemptions will be considered.
London dispatch reports French forces nibbling through Thiescourt Massif to envelop Lassigny from Belval. The Thiescourt Massif controls access to Noyon and Lassigny, shaping operations on the French front observed by Reuters today.
Allied forces led by British French and American troops report gains against bolshevik forces around Archangel and along the Onega coast near Vologda. The Archangel expedition clears 100 miles of rail south toward Vologda and drives bolshevik troops, while anti Bolshevik and Czech Slovak forces approach the Dvina river. Bolshevik appeals to the old army are said to have failed as peasants rail against the Tenine Trotzky government amid unrest near Petrograd.
Washington officials say the Mexican tax on oil, deemed confiscatory by U S and British interests, causes great concern though no action is disclosed. Carranza’s government insists taxes affect Mexicans alone while oil leaders warn of court challenges and possible U S British responses to ensure oil flow from Tampico and Tuxpam.
Washington reports the overall health of U S troops remained strong despite rising measles and pneumonia in army camps. For the week ending August 9 there were 260 pneumonia cases, 128 deaths, up from the prior week. Camp Cody had the fewest sick rate but the most new pneumonia cases with eleven. Camps Gordon Travis and Custer showed the highest sickness levels.
Amsterdam reports Berlin says German military chiefs urged renewed national ardor. General Ludendorff is quoted stating Germany must fight until conquering. Hindenburg and Ludendorff are credited with insisting Germany must have colonies to secure raw materials for industrial prosperity.
Amsterdam dispatch reports Bolsheviks fortified and took refuge in the Moscow Kremlin. Entrances are commanded by guns and large stores of food and supplies have been stockpiled there. The Kremlin sits on a hill in central Moscow, ringed by twenty one towers and five gateways.
Navy department announced four casualties this afternoon. James L. Goggins aviation section New Haven Connecticut killed in an Italian airplane accident. Allen Shea Berlin New Hampshire killed by a train at Ayer Massachusetts. Harold Husband Cleveland Ohio lost overboard from a submarine chaser. Walter G. Wilhelm New York City found electrocuted by third rail on Bronx subway extension tracks.
An official dispatch to the Italian embassy reports the Italian press unanimously applauds the allied intervention in Russia. It rejects Budapest’s claim that Rome is hostile to the Archangel expedition and Italian troop participation.
James Lyons Goggins of New Haven, 27, Navy aviator and Georgetown graduate, was killed in an Italian air crash on August 11. A message to his mother from the Navy Department reported the death.
Stamford bee keepers report bees deserted their hives after a grocery store fire two weeks ago. The bees located half burnt sugar and swarmed away. The incident occurred in Stamford on August 16.
Samuel A. Salisbury, 40, jailed for murder, escaped by sawing bars with fellow inmate Albert R. Wells, a highway robbery convict. Salisbury killed Constable William Kinney at his Salisbury home on May 6 and fatally wounded Herman Chapman. He was later captured in East Liverpool, Ohio, on May 20.
Marguerite Clark, noted actress, wed Lieut. H. P. Williams of New Orleans in Greenwich at the First Methodist Church with sister Cort Clark as honor attendant. Williams, 31, is divorced from his first wife. license lists both as 31. In Boston, Michael J. Farrell faced two years nine months for cheating the widow of a soldier, $6 claimed as insurance money.
Washington August 16 the department of labor targets rent profiteers in a new bulletin. Remedies are proposed for affected industrial centers. Proposals include canvassing facilities and appointing a committee of a landlord representative a real estate agent and a public representative to publish names and addresses of profiteers.
General Naulin commanding the 21st army corps issues orders commending the Rainbow Division for valor ardor and spirit. The praise comes as the 42nd division has been under his command and is affirmed from Washington dated August 16.
General Pershing reports no important developments in any sector occupied by U S troops for August 1 in the war department release. The message emphasizes stability and routine operations across all theaters as of the date.
New York on Thursday saw the sub treasury gain $92,000 from banks, lifting the cash net gain since Friday to $4,768,000. The report details weekly financial movement and bank activity for the period ending Thursday.
Paris August 16 officials announced a new system of economic police in Paris to control the food supply and curb rising prices. The move aims to stabilize markets and prevent shortages amid growing concerns about food inflation.
Clearing House data from New York shows sub treasury figures ranging 368,670 to 582,453 with a balance of 571,038.00, reflecting the day’s financial positions and reconciliations among the sub-treasury accounts.
Major Claude K Rhinehardt leads a joint American British squadron touring the midwest to showcase modern aviation for public information. Near Cincinnati a crash killed Captain James Fitzmorris of the Royal Flying Corps, a three year front veteran credited with 29 German planes downed.
Hartford reports that some tobacco growers hire workers from essential war industries at high wages. Federal Director Leo A. Korper says such acts violate government orders and threaten war needs. The U S Employment Service is pursuing immediate action to return workers to war industries.
1 288 ton Brazilian motor ship Madrugada was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine south of the port. 22 crew members reached safety in lifeboats, rescued by Norwegian ship Pounton from Port Antonio Jamaica. Survivors lacked provisions and clothing. ship sailed from New York to Santos Brazil.
Washington details of an $8 billion revenue bill taxing autos by horsepower with $10 to $50 rates and a two cent per gallon gas tax, plus electric car levies, motorcyclist fees, business license taxes, tobacco duties, life insurance rates, oil, pipeline, stamp, and entertainment taxes, with broad industry and consumer impacts.
Sheriff Brown of New London County and Deputy Sheriff Casey of Stonington searched for Sam Saulsbury who broke jail in Norwich by sawing his cell bar. Aged 40, 5 ft 6, 140 lb, lame with cork right foot, last seen Colchester and possibly Middletown or Willimantic. listed as wanted for murder. A second escapee, a very black male, 21, 5 ft 6, 135 lb, also fled at the same time.
A man in the north end, recovering from a hangover, filled a tub with cold water at 2 15 this afternoon to sober up, but fell in and could not free himself. Friends hauled him out by the legs while the landlady threatened to call the police, and was persuaded not to disturb him.
At Montauk Point New York Mr and Mrs Russell A Frisbie spend a week listening to the sea waves and the Frisbie Marine motor's pop pop. The engine is popular as more than half the boats in the area are equipped with it. Dense fog in recent weeks has disrupted dawn fishing and made navigation difficult.
Engineer Harry A. Nowell of the west bound afternoon freight train on the Air Line suffered severe pains yesterday afternoon before reaching Fast Hampton. He rode to Middletown where Dr A J Campbell was summoned. An engineer from Reed's Gap joined and the freight train was run to New Haven after under an hour delay.
Atlantic City authorities conducted raids on the boardwalk area arresting five hundred men. More than a hundred remained in custody the following day as federal agents swept hotels cabarets dance halls and other resorts in a broad crackdown.
Lead prices in New York on August 16 show spot at 805 and August bid at 865. Brisk activity noted with stainless quotations at 865 in St Louis for September, and rising to 880 for later months including November and December.
Washington reports that passage of the new man power bill to age 18 to 45 will not stop the possibility of invading deferred classes. General March told the senate military affairs committee that further invasions may be authorized to push the war, and warned Americans will face hardships as the nation surges troops abroad. He said France and England can maintain their forces, while Allied manpower on the western front grows with American troops joining in greater numbers.
Irregular tone in early trading at New York stocks with modest changes by late morning. Marine preferred drew demand before a lack of post directors news. Steel common rose then dipped. American Hide and Leather preferred moved briefly up before retreating. Liberty 3s opened high. General Motors and Westinghouse saw mixed moves as dull afternoon session concluded with small shifts.
Chicago notes show corn down and oats up with prices for August through October futures. Pork and rib futures also move lower, while General Motors faces a ban on clearing and delivery rules after an exchange committee probe. Belfast claims the city hosts the largest shipyard and tobacco factory, but the text is garbled.
Five persons in Boston and nearby towns were arraigned on secret indictments by a federal grand jury for using the mails to defraud in the soap business. The defendants include Mrs A Wheeler, Edward Bridge, Charles H Baker, All Bixby and Stephen Libby, with Durkee ordered elsewhere. They face $5,000 bonds and trial in Chattanooga.
Frederick W S Ward of Newfield celebrated his 83rd birthday by rising early to tend his large farm and walk through familiar grounds from the house of his birth to the farm where he has spent 83 years. He shared the fine weather with Middletown and Middlesex county, a quiet observance reflecting a life in service to farming and his community. His wife Mrs Ward died about eight years ago, and he remains a familiar figure, greeting friends with a warm smile and firm handshake.
James M. Beach, Walter L. Main shows agent, arranges a big circus to play Me day Sept 9 with a 10 a.m. street parade and two performances at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Tryon Silver street grounds. The event employs about 600 people and 200 foreign and domestic animals. The Main shows are long established and reputed for high class presentation and honest dealings.
Asheville is observing interned Germans at Hot Springs after a fresh appearance of typhoid was announced. No new cases among the under treatment. two new illnesses noted from other causes.
Mr and Mrs John Allison of Bai Ave receive word that their son Jol Allison has arrived overseas. Three policemen search for boys who stole tomatoes and a garden truck from different gardens. Detective Frazier of the News police visited Chief Inglis in the afternoon on his way to New London. Frasier is the detective who arrested someone last spring.
For sale kitchen stove in good condition apply evenings. Mrs Bailey Walnut St Farms. For right pianos priced at $65. H H Silver motor and reverse hood in good condition cheap. Box Grove Beach. Wanted woman to work four days a week at ur Laundry 76 Hamlin St. Wanted young or woman over 16 with fair education.
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