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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1918
Page
6
American forces and French troops conducted three coordinated raids opposite the Lorraine sector. Two simultaneous actions, northwest and northeast of the target area, penetrated the first German line and reached the second, 600 yards beyond. The Americans blew up dugouts, captured two wounded Germans, and seized materials and papers after a 43 minute stay. German artillery countered briefly before being silenced by American fire.
An official Haig statement reports a successful British raid south of St Quen and near La Bassée. The action killed or captured several enemy soldiers and seized two guns after repelling an approaching force with artillery and machine gun fire.
Wilfred W. Lufkin is named successor to the late Representative Augustus P. Gardner of Massachusetts after fifteen years as secretary. Gardner died recently at a training camp, making Lufkin the first to fill the vacancy following his passing.
In reports from Europe, British activity extends beyond St Quentin as fighting ramps up on the flag the front in Armentieres sector. Austrian troops attempting to cross the Plage River are repelled by Italian batteries opposite Fagare. Secretary Baker visits France to inspect American troops and meet Pershing, while Allied artillery and aerial activity increases on the western front and in Mesopotamia and Palestine as Allied advances continue toward Hit and Jerusalem routes.
G. Harry, former commissioner of conciliation, said caulkers in Puget Sound and Columbia River shipyards show loyalty by accepting wartime needs. Wages run 7.40 for eight hours with time and a half overtime. Unions assert no caulker shortage and plan to train apprentices as caulkers to prove commitment.
Mrs Jena Gilbert Ford American poet and her about thirty year old son Walter were found dead in the wreckage of a house destroyed in a German air raid last week. Twelve others perished in the same bombing. Ford formerly lived in Elmira New York. She authored Keep The Home Fires Burning, a popular English war song. Her mother Mrs Brown of Elmira was pulled from the rubble Friday. The Ford home and five adjacent houses were leveled by a bomb.
Waslington March 1 testimony before the Senate Agriculture Committee charged that the food administration fixed a maximum price for lambs and paid producers a fixed sum. Senator Gore noted the inquiry aims to see if the food administration is fixing prices or if packers control them. McClure, secretary of the National Wool Growers Association, accused the administration of price fixing and large influence. The committee will continue the meat and wheat questions with witnesses from Minneapolis Omaha and Des Moines.
Washington March 1 An investigation of methods for prevention and control of communicable diseases especially near army tents will be commenced immediately by the public health service under Secretary McAdoo. The work will relate largely to finding a reliable series for meningitis.
In Mesopotamia the Turkish garrison at Hit evacuated toward Khan-Baghdadi as British airmen bombed and machine gunned retreating troops. The force fell back seven miles upstream, with heavy losses reported and the British advance continuing.
Washington reports General Pershing's casualty list: four killed in action, four severely wounded, twenty-one slightly wounded, four died of wounds, and eight from disease, plus two from other causes. The roll includes Private Frank J. Osgood and others. many named soldiers, with pneumonia, meningitis, and other causes noted. Senate committee may investigate the new plain for issuing casualties. Senator New of Indiana urges department information.
Italian dispatches report Naples attacked by enemy aviators early this morning. Twenty bombs fell in a residential quarter injuring seven occupants of the hospital of the Little Singers near Arcobaleni, Naples, about 200 miles south of the battle line. The fragmentary text notes the attack along the Atlantic coast and a nearby area.
Tornado activity and heavy fighting are reported in Finland with White Guard clashing against Red Guard troops. Fronts Satakunta and Savalake see ongoing day and night combat as thousands of troops pour in. In Ohio, a Saturday tornado caused widespread destruction across Van Wert and Payny counties with several fatalities and multiple injuries.
The Supreme Court sustains claims by American citizens to property confiscated by Mexican authorities in 1813 and sold. The case centers on hides taken and transported to the EL Prag and sold to Central Leather Company, with lower courts upholding U S authority to determine status of nation forces in wartime.
New York March 21 Bell Telephone reports rapid wartime expansion to meet government needs after U S entry. President Wall says system prioritized government service with 12 000 toll operators reallocated. National service used 15 000 miles of toll and 27 000 miles of circuit previously serving commercial use handed over to the government.
Washington, March 11. Reed Juatronet leads hearings on wage scales and working conditions across New York and New England shipyards. Labor representatives from both sides test the conditions, with sessions starting in the Tan ton yards and Maine wooden yards upcoming. Morgan Steamship lines seek ICC approval for graduated data increases, terminal storage, and higher demurrage rates on lighters and barges in New York.
Special session of the South Dakota Legislature ordered by Governor Norbeck to meet March 18 to consider appropriations to cover rising state costs and to provide for granting franchise to sellers with Europe, plus other measures deemed necessary.
Washington March 11 reports criticize RANY's commercial intrigues amid deficiency appropriation debate. Proposals would empower the president to seize enemy property and acquire Hoboken shares of North German Lloyd and Hamburg America lines, but opposition grows to taking over Hoboken piers already used by government. Heavy fighting continues in Brittany and Belgium with British forces repelling German assaults and German plans thwarted by deserters and allied artillery.
Two well known Ogden residents have joined the military. Clarence W. Ferguson of 882 Twenty fifth street has become a lieutenant in the army. Benjamin Ballantyne, formerly with First National Bank, received leave to enlist and will go to Fort Leonard Wood.
British naval air service seaborne units raided Belgium bombing docks and ammunition dumps at Ostend and Zeebrugge, starting two fires. In aerial combats three enemy aircraft were destroyed and four driven down out of control. All Belgians returned safely. The report notes Allied air actions continuing with French support.
March 11 report notes three weeks without a murder end with the fatal black hand killing of An seta Mario Gasparro closing the lull. Police records show no longer than a short stretch of calm before another deadly event in the city.
Madrid March 11 Premier Macquis de Alkhemas, who yesterday offered to resign and declined to form a new ministry, tonight again faced the arguments of King Alfonso and a continued stalemate. No cabinet changes will be made.
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