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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1917
Page
6
A German official statement reported from Berne via wireless press says Germany has agreed to evacuate Belgium on specified conditions. The dispatch is dated London September 26.
British forces push along a broad sector east of Ypres gaining 1,000 to 1,200 yards as German resistance stiffens. The line runs east of St Julien to southwest of Gheluvelt with heavy artillery duels reported from Verdun to the Aisne. Meanwhile Kerensky to return to Petrograd amid cabinet formation debates as Bolshevik influence looms.
The Lafayette squadron reports the death of Douglas MacMonarle of San Francisco during a partisan action on Monday September 21. He died after being surprised by eight German machines believed to be part of a “tangy circus” unit. Lieutenant Luthery and Sergeant Meckweil, also Americans, were with him. Rockwell died trying to rescue. MacMonarle’s body was recovered and his funeral will be held Wednesday with American military honors near the squadron base.
Up to September 7 1920 French aviators known as aces have destroyed 19 German aircraft in all combats. Captain George Guy remains the top ace for the force with 19 kills. Eleven other aces who have died accounted for 91 Germans, while Germany had 57 aces with 29 killed in the Franco-British front.
Washington reports the emergency fleet corporation will have a merchant fleet of more than 1600 ships and 9,200,000 tons ready within a year. The plan includes 458 American ships overseas, 117 German and Austrian ships, and 16,816 contracted ships with total tonnage over 3.1 million. Several commandeered vessels are complete and others will be launched monthly.
In Madrid on Sept 25 engineers study plans for a direct Madrid to Paris railroad. The proposed line would run from Madrid to the frontier near Sorin, Pamplona, and onward toward France. From Nome on Sept 26, a railway source denies reports that Papa Benedict plans peace mediation proposals under King Alfonso of Spain.
London Sept 46 Germany has agreed to evacuate Belgium under conditions including the right to develop economic enterprises in Belgium especially Antwerp. The pledge came in a Vatican note replying to Pope Benedicts peace initiative. Foreign Secretary Kuchmann conveyed the terms to the papal nuncio at Munich. Germany would contribute a share of war damages compensation and Belgium would guarantee future exclusion of any threat that troubled Germany in 1914. Belgian administration might keep separation of Flanders and Walloon districts as Germany prefers, citing Belgian public will and racial considerations.
Sept 36 report states Tobaten rent to American caldiera bencefarin will enter France free of duty. Similar arrangements already made for Beitleh Netalan Mussian and Portuguese troops fighting in France.
Delayed report notes calm among residents despite ongoing partial evacuation as Petrograd authorities move priceless artifacts from the Hermitage and church treasures to an undisclosed location. Don Cossack leadership reshuffled after Kerensky dispute while Finland faces new political tensions and instability.
The jacksonian port report describes an American warship the Jackson adopting a French family of two mothers and four sailor children after their home near St Quentin was destroyed by German forces. The article covers their arrival, aid from the ship, and the political backdrop in France and Finland, with mentions of Bolshevik influences and provisional government actions. It also recounts a separate daring escape from a German prisoner of war camp at Kirworth, Nottinghamshire, via a tunnel, with many details on recaptured prisoners and deceptive dummy figures.
Thousands of U S artillerymen train in rural English valley camps near a former Canadian site. West Point officers command recruits learning mobile gun handling while British instructors drill them through big field pieces. Off duty, Americans mingle in M C A tents, hear ragtime, and share U S culture as they prepare for cross channel service.
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