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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
4
Weather report from the Mt Higby station covers twenty four hours ending noon with max 74, min 39, mean 6.5, wind northeast, clear skies. The column blends notes on draft changes, Austria's status, coast shipping normal, strikes in the industrial state, and reflections on U S war effort, politics, and public opinion.
The passage notes the death of a well known Democrat who played a major role in state politics over the last twenty five years. He was outspoken and unafraid to engage in political battles at state conventions, leaving a strong presence in those gatherings.
A Sunday scene at a Presbyterian church on 105th Street and Amsterdam Avenue recalls a passenger in a city surface car who bragged of retirement if the war lasts longer. A woman in black confronted him, calling him a hog as she recounts two sons in France and French soldiers, saying such profiteers make humanity blush. The fat man alighted at the next stop.
The Rome conference unites Italians, Czecho-Slovaks, Poles, Romanians, and south Slavs in a shared policy. British French and Italian leaders back a united Poland. The Entente rejects Austria-Hungary as an oppressor and envisions a Pan German central Europe replaced by independent nations. Freedom requires free Czech, Slovak, Polish, and Romanian states with access to the sea, reshaping Central Europe toward peace.
The New York Sun notes that American troops, tested at Seicheprey Cantigny and Veuilly wood, reveal superior fighting skill. They faced German machine-gun fire, destroyed positions, and drove Germans from Veuilly wood with bayonets, while Pershing’s men maintained a bold, resilient spirit alongside the French. A British terrier named Norah reportedly killed 100,000 rats in trench warfare.
Washington reports an exceptionally favorable war outlook with optimism over the Austrian front, Piave flooding aiding defenders, and Italy possibly reaching a turning point. White House weighs actions over Tabriz incident. Russia and Turkey matters loom as allied plans unfold. Navy channel work and Hell Gate debates persist in Congress.
Former Connecticut congressman Thomas I. Reilly of Meriden is expected to be renominated by Democrats in the Third District. The record shows a long faceoff with Tilson, including wins and losses across elections from 1908 through 1916. Tilson, a Republican, is set for renomination, making a fourth consecutive matchup between them.
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