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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1918
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR notes describe troop movements between the Somme and Ancre rivers. The brief item mentions forces pushing forward with lines advancing and positions held in rough terrain. No dates or unit names are legible. The tone suggests a wartime brief update from a battlefield front.
British advances west of Marlancourt near the Somme and Ancre rivers improve positions around Locon and the Lawe river in the Lys salient. Casualties were light for British, 164 prisoners and a trench mortar captured amid heavy German resistance. Paris and Vienna report continued bombardments and strategic moves on multiple fronts.
Fragmented wartime dispatch notes Allied and German actions near Amiens and Bohemia. Brigadier General Carey led a diverse force to slow a German push and prevent a split of British and French lines. American artillery and patrols repelled German efforts near Luneville, with several German troops killed or captured.
The Supreme Court today upholds the 1906 merger of Cumberland Presbyterian and Presbyterian churches and confirms control of a $200,000 endowment and property by the Presbyterian Church. Federal decrees on habeas corpus for Thabert Cow and a railroad stock dispute were sustained. A request for a $1 billion aircraft production appropriation was noted, with March membership figures for the United Mine Workers reported as the largest in history.
Chicago May 1 Benjamin Schrager editor of I W W publications and a defendant in a trial of 112 I W W leaders for espionage announced an agreement with the national Socialist party to raise defense funds for the I W W The Socialists are providing funds to aid in our defense Schrager said confirming the alliance as favored by some labor groups while opposed by others In labor circles the feud unfolds as possible government action against Socialists and unions is warned Chicago May 6 Adolf Germer Socialist navy secretary said Schrager statement would be followed by a formal reply from the party to the meeting’s fundraising plan
Amsterdam reports a circula r de nouncing democratic parties in a Teichstat. Gustave Noskepmaht and government Socialists denounce democracy, claiming money drives it in democracies and urging action against democratic reformers. Cologne Gazette notes pamphlet circulated among General von Wichhors forces in Ukraine. Photo in Vekal Anzeiger shows Hungarian troops at the front with machine guns aboard a locomotive as troops press surrender.
Sir Horace Plunkett, leader of the recent Irish convention, writes to the press urging establishment of a cooperative government in Ireland as a remedy to the disaster of the conscription policy. The letter calls for a united approach to resolve the crisis.
Allied dispatch says the Australian forces struck near Morlancourt on the Somme front and advanced about a mile, taking 150 German prisoners while incurring light casualties. Farther south French troops repelled a German attempt at a penetration after a heavy bombardment near Amiens.
British and French troops in France face heavy mud and stiff German resistance amid ongoing bombardments and local advances. Allied forces press 40 mile front with gains near Leven and Sailly le Sac as German reinforcements arrive. letters from the front express resignation and hope for an early end to the war aided by American involvement.
Berlin reports from London via field dispatches that the Flanders front saw renewed artillery activity and captures exceed 300 prisoners. French divisions attacked Kemmel and Basleul without success, while British forces south of the Somme recoiled with losses. The balance of fighting shifted around Villers-Bretonneux and the Somme approaches. Japanese denial follows Soviet dispatches about Vladivostok arms fear. Sergeant Caddock expected to wrestle Hugane in Kansas City as war continues.
Seward Pronser of the Bankers Trust Company of New York urges rapid conversion of resources into war effectiveness. He warns against delays or secrecy and states the U S must develop and use its war power before Europe ends the conflict, as reported from Tretrorivoux on April 24. He notes the precarious state of Allied trenches and details a heavy machine gun armed rail car prototype with limited mobility and vulnerable exposure, describing its armament, engines, and crew composition.
Mrs Potter Palmer of Chicago dies at her winter home in Myre after illness. Born in Louisville she was widow of Potter Palmer and a prominent clubwoman. She led women managers, served on the US Paris exposition commission, and received Legion of Honor honors. Her estate valued at 33 million was managed by her after 1902.
Eddie McGoorty of Oshkosh Wisconsin, a middleweight boxer, heads to Camp Grant with a Chicago contingent. The report notes Mel McGoorty registered in San Francisco on return from Australia, and suggests he may become a boxing instructor at the camp.
President Wilson ordered a Justice Department inquiry into graft in aircraft production amid graft charges by sculptor Gutzon Borglum. Borglum and others face accusations of pro German influence while Senators urge criminal prosecutions. The White House released Borglum’s correspondence and noted March's briefing to House committees. Public funding requests for the army budget included major appropriations for quartermaster and ordnance departments.
New Haven May a boxing promoter J P Babesfulll offers to stage the Willard Fulton bout in Connecticut at 416000 in liberty bonds with 75000 to the winner and 23000 to the loser in a twenty round decision. Yale bowl or other venues may host with 70000 in reserves. if Yale bowl unavailable, other venues considered.
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