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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1918
Page
6
German crown prince works with remaining 1919 recruits to rebuild divisions in France as Allied fronts near Vesle and Montdidier show pressure. Reports detail German losses, French and American advances across the Avre, Vesle, and Aisne while Allied command maintains initiative and prepares for further crossings.
German Zeppelin raid on the Anglian coast failed to achieve its aims. British fliers shot down one airship in flames, drove another away, and damaged a third. a fourth’s fate remains undisclosed. The report notes no confirmed bombs dropped. Across the front, French and British forces push wartime positions while American troops engage along the Vesle and at Fismes, with Archangel operations drawing cheers in neutral areas amid Bolshevik resistance.
Investigators probe a group of about 50 Germans and German Americans around Calexico California near a wire communications setup. Reports say residents, including Japanese and Chinese individuals, mingle with a shop run by a German linked to prewar propaganda. Wireless gear at the location is described as capable of contacting another city.
The war office says fighting along the Piave intensified with artillery activity in the Morte Grappa area and downstream. Our batteries set fire to an enemy ammunition dump while patrols recovered abandoned war material and hostile captives were killed.
NEW YORK August 4 The Earl of Reading British ambassador and high commissioner to the United States has arrived in London to confer with the British war cabinet His absence will be covered by Colyne Barclay who will run the embassy Sir Richard Crawford stays in charge of commercial affairs and Sir Henry Babington Smith assists the war invasion in the United States.
Victoria B C August 6 Statistics from Military District No 11 show that since the war began 43 600 soldiers from British Columbia and the Yukon have gone overseas. The district recruited 52 202 men from August 4 1914 to July 15 1915 indicating 8 902 must remain in the district.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6. The heat wave continued causing deaths and numerous prostrations. Thousands sought relief in parks and beaches as the blistering days persisted. Two persons sleeping outdoors collapsed and died amid the sweltering weather.
Charles R. Crane of Chicago, former member of the American mission to Russia, conferred with President Wilson ahead of a cabinet meeting on staffing the new economic commission aiding Russia. Crane warned Germany’s systems failed to utilize Russia’s resources. A heat record was broken in Detroit with 103 degrees at 2 pm, while street readings reached 113.
The naval correspondent of the Times reports on so called Q ships and other covert methods used to counter U boats. Tales include a woman and baby supposedly used to destroy a submarine, a haystack ruse, and a decoy ram that repelled a U boat. Captain Gordon Campbell earns Victoria Cross honors for earlier bold actions.
Aug reports outline revisions to exemptions to protect wartime industries from large withdrawals of men over 32 for military service. Provost Marshal General Crowder told the Senate military commission he favored a liberal interpretation of the law to keep essential workers in civilian industries from being drafted.
Three persons die in a mysterious shooting at the Royal hotel. J. R. Williams of Anderson Missouri and Mrs. Dexter are among the dead, with Williams believed to have fatally wounded Mrs. Dexter before likely taking his own life. A woman identified as Mrs. Williams dies later. A boy witness is the sole testimony.
Amsterdam dispatch reports that German authorities urged rejecting all prisoner exchanges with the United States. The Nachrichten von Hamburg argues Americans would gain special treatment, unfair to others, and could trigger reciprocal exchanges. The piece calls for release of all prisoners before any deal and demands U.S. action against perceived German targets in America.
Tokyo announces that Japan is in perfect accord with the Allies and will ready to dispatch more troops and arms if needed. Domestic politics in Japan face charges and cabinet resignations amid suppression of discussion of negotiations. Authorities plan to protect Czecho-Slovaks and Red interests against German Austrian influence in Siberia, with execution arranged.
A Vienna paper argues manpower will determine the war and that Entente numerical superiority grows daily. It notes French and Allied morale dips on the Western Front, German and Russian dynamics, and cautions central powers face inevitable defeat as American mobilization strengthens the Entente.
A Copenhagen dispatch relays a Moscow-Berlin sourced report that the Bolshevik government in Russia is considering declaring war. The item notes the rumor circulated in press exchanges and signals the volatile wartime communication environment.
In a night raid on England by German airships one Zeppelin was shot down and another damaged but believed to have reached safety. Official confirmation was issued today as authorities assessed the attack and its impact on air defenses.
Sy Mutton was arrested by Deputy Wi Beown on Twenty Atle street and held in county jail pending an investigation into his draft status. Dullom allegedly resisted an officer and engaged Deputy Crown during questioning, then attacked Deputy Brown in a scuffle before being restrained.
British officers escaped a German prisoner camp at Halzmins sen and remain at large. The Osnabrueck Tageblatt reports twenty nine officers fled. a reward is offered for recapture. Daily air mail service between New York and Chicago plans announced by the post office.
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