Allied forces land on Murman coast in Russian invasion
American and British troops reportedly landed along the Murman coast and now occupy the region as an Anglo American force. An appeal to the public calls for support in the fighting effort.
15 Jul 1918
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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1918
Page
1
American and British troops reportedly landed along the Murman coast and now occupy the region as an Anglo American force. An appeal to the public calls for support in the fighting effort.
Washington July 15 Madame Batchkarova commander of the Russian Bat talion of Death appealed for military aid in the capitol this afternoon before about a hundred people including many senators. She urged sending 1606 000 American soldiers to Russia and said she would accompany them stating you sent me for help and I have brought you friends. She warned that without Allied aid Russia will bleed to death and in twenty years Germany will be ready to attack America.
American troops have been landed on the northern coast of Russia with British forces on the Murman coast. The dispatch says the whole Murman coast is now occupied by Anglo American forces. The report continues on page two.
Speaker Champ Clark signed the wire control resolution at 12 13 PM after the House journal reading. The measure aims to place telephone and telegraph control under the post office with anticipated president approval soon. Burleson would oversee take over and efficiency efforts, with fears of rate increases and consolidations in wartime.
American forces in France fight today at the peak of their actions since entering the war. High army officers emphasized the disciplined American response amid scarce official reports and relied on press dispatches to gauge the battle for Paris.
Four people die and about twenty are injured at Fort Sheridan Illinois when a southbound North Shore electric train collides with a pickup truck carrying picnickers homeward from Foss Park. The wreck occurs at the North State grade crossing as the train slows for the Fort Sheridan station. Ambulances rush the injured to the base hospital Lake Forest hospital and others home.
Paris July 15 The Red Cross plans hospitals aimed at skin grafting and gas casualties for all Allies. Five June hospital enlargements and two new navy hospitals. Five convalescent homes for officers and men. Thirty canteens operate on the French front with many itinerant canteens along communications and front lines serving up to 2000 meals daily.
Boston aviator Joseph Millen a Harvard student reported missing after a bombing expedition is now believed captured after a forced landing inside German lines. He previously earned the French War Cross for gallantry while serving as an ambulance driver three years ago.
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with probable showers. Warm in the south portion tonight with generally fair conditions elsewhere.
Overnight war report shows Allied troops breaking through in Albania with French and Italian forces capturing Hill No 500 and Narta. In Flanders the British advance south of Ypres and British landings on the Murman coast secure Kem port on the White Sea.
Following a Senate lead the lower house approved a series of three day lay offs lasting until August after debate that lasted over an hour.
The House, following Senate action, reached a unanimous consent agreement to recess Mondays and Thursdays through August. A gentlemen’s agreement allows no business, with meetings to begin after prayer and journal reading. The water power bill retains its current status and is expected to pass the House before Senate session resumes on August 24.
Chicago federal officials, expanding the slacker drive, search for violators of the work or fight order after detaining over twenty thousand for registration and checking cards. Authorities say the net around the city has captured most slackers and expect similar results in the next drive.
Count Von Hertling told Reichstag leaders the German army would secure a decision before October. The private address followed a speech to the Reichstag main committee in Berlin, with dispatches from Frankfort citing the Zeitung.
London reports a major German push crossing the Marne and striking French positions in Champagne near Rheims. The assault targets high ground around Rheims to shield a potential southward advance while fighting rages on a 30 mile front between Chateau-Thierry and Rheims and another 25 mile arc east of Rheims at Prunay to Maison de Champagne.
Washington July 15 The House Ways and Means Committee opened behind closed doors to draft a revenue measure promising the largest tax levies in U S history Led by F W Taussing special advisor and Kitchen as chairman the bill will likely double many taxes while excess profits and swollen income taxes face sharp debate Completion anticipated no earlier than September first. treasury lines guide the draft.
Washington reports that starting October 1 all labor organizations in the United States will fall under federal control. Each city and town will form a community board with labor department representatives and an employer representative to pass upon labor questions and determine applicability for railroads farms and non war work establishments with 100 or fewer workers.
Paris July 15. German offensive unfolds along a fifty mile front from Chauteau Thierry to the Champagnes in a three pronged push. American troops on the Marne line fight with gallantry while French defense strains to hold Rheims against a push toward Paris.
Senator Harry S. New of Indiana said the aircraft disclosures have led to faster progress. He emphasized that the country is now seeing results and moving toward a quantity production basis as the aircraft investigation continues.
Washington July 15 Pittsburgh newspaper publishers have eliminated voting contests use of premiums awarding of prizes and trading stamps to secure circulation according to a letter to the pulp and paper section of the war industries board The movement was fathered by the Pittsburgh Newspaper Publishers' Association in the interests of print paper economy.
British troops made gains south of Villers-Brettenneux on the Picardy front and carried out an raid near the Ayette river. Prisoners were taken and 260 were captured in fighting around Dickenbush lake near Ypres. Artillery remained active in the Dickenbush area on the Flanders front.
Graduates of a French town military training school received diplomas from Gen Pershing during Bastille Day celebrations. They presented a volume of patriotic French episodes to a general, asking it be sent to General Pershing's son Warren, by his comrades in France.
Paris dispatch reports a major German offensive on the western front. Heaviest attacks focus on Chateau Thierry and Vaux as the war office describes violent artillery preparations and a four-front clash over roughly eighty kilometers.
The Intertate Commerce Commission ruled that rates charged by fruit and vegetable shippers in Wisconsin and Michigan to points including St Paul Minneapolis and Duluth via the Ahnappe and Western Railroad Company are excessive. The complainant was the Wisconsin and Vegetable Jobbers Association.
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