Wilson Delivers Ten Press Briefings This Morning
President Wilson held ten press briefings this morning releasing statements through the press corps. Officials reported no disturbances and acknowledged steady media turnout at the briefing room.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1918
Page
1
British Drive Into Western Suburbs of Valenciennes
Allied forces report entry into the western suburbs of Valenciennes and a likely crossing of the Scheldt canal as British units push east from St Anim, with heavy fighting along the Lorraine front and near Ghent. The front around Valen ciennes and the Scheldt corridor shows continued pressure as French troops advance toward Tournai and Crecy sur Serre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Get
Valenciennes
É Staty
French Flanders
Seheldt Canal
Enomymous
Wouzers
Leon
Crecy-sur-Sere
Champagne
Youviers
Berlin
Lorraine
Alsace
Foch
Fifth Liberty Loan Planned For Spring Budget Mobilization
Washington reports preparations for a fifth Liberty loan in spring, with no fixed date or amount yet set. Officials anticipate another drive in March or April to fund ongoing war costs, regardless of German peace prospects, and consider an honor flag and buttons for publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Honor flag idea uses Ronan numeral V for five
A proposed change for bond buyers window cards and posters suggests replacing five bars with the Ronan numeral V. The V may symbolize five and stand for V etary, tying to the homefront display.
Navy seeks ten dreadnoughts and 140 smaller ships plan
Navy department asks Congress to authorize a second three year building program to add ten superdreadnaughts six battle cruisers and 140 smaller vessels at an estimated cost of 600 million dollars. Secretary Daniels explained the request to the house naval committee after briefing on the fiscal year authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Navy Department
Daniels
House Naval Committee
Violent mobs strike Jassy capital of Roumenia
Reports from Paris describe violent demonstrations in Jassy the temporary Roumanian capital. A mob broke into the Tisslor Cozette offices and wrecked the printing room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Jasey
Roumenia
Tisslor Cozette
Tramways firm cancels German staff in Santiago
The electric tramways company in Santiago Chile has canceled its contract with German employees and will henceforth employ Chileans and workers from allied countries. The action alters the workforce as of now and signals a shift in staffing policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Electric Tramways Company
Guatemala Quake Kills 150 and Wrecks Property
Panna reports from Guatemala indicate a severe earthquake causing 150 deaths and substantial property damage. Local officials tally casualties and assess destruction across affected areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panna
Guatemala
Yanks Hold Gains as German Guns Withdraw
News from Verdun reports American forces hold gained positions along the Meuse with German shells focusing on left flank but no bombardment of new lines. Prisoners come from various divisions as the flying shock division is said to no longer be used. an American lieutenant is wounded by a direct shell hit near Maj. Gen. William G. Haan’s dugout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdun
Thevdies
Clery-le-Petit
Meuse
Karalag
Chatel Chelery
Germany
Thette
Leutenant
William G. Haan
Indiana
Haan
No Bald Heads Among Them
A claim states that black people and Native Americans seldom go bald, a remark reflecting racial stereotypes about hair loss.
Teats Make Big Air Raid On Yankees
German aviators bomb American front and rear areas near Verdun in October 23 raids. Hospitals and Red Cross nurses Margery Sawyer and Mabel Butler in Rarecourt area escape injury as shells shatter wards. nurses aid patients amid bomb blasts and falling debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankees
Verdun
Aimerican
Meuse
Argonne
Clermont
Montfancon
Rarecourt
U. S. Hospital
Red Cross
Margery Sawyer
Buffalo
N. Y
Mabel Butler
New Heaven
Miss Sawyer
Yanks May Strike As Allied Lines Thicken
The article notes that Allied lines shorten and American forces led by Major General Bullard may soon enter action. Observers weigh a possible wide attack by eastern and western American armies aimed at Sedan and Montmedy with French support and raids in Alsace informing planners.
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Second Army
Bullard
Meuse
Sedan
Montuedy
Argonne
Alsace
War Lords Should Hang Revered by Underground Press
Amsterdam reports German pro Venerial and sealist papers demand punishment for war leaders. The Frankische Tages ost calls for abdication of the emperor while the Volks Zeitung and Arbeiter Zeitung urge the guilty be hanged or punished when soldiers return home after four years of slaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Nuremberg
Fest
Germany
Volks Zeitung
Nuremburg
Junkers
Gerany
Socialist Arbeiter Zeitung
Vienna
Huns Plan to Give Belgium Freedom and Return Sword
Letters and reports reveal German plans to free deported Belgians and political prisoners after evacuation. A Belgian king’s return sword, designed in Paris, will be presented in Brussels. Germany’s 1914 to 1918 Belgian war bill totals about 2 billion dollars with large losses in labor and resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huns
Belgium
Her
Brussels
Germany
Rome
Buron von der Lancken
Cardinal Merciey
Osservatore Romane
Vatican
Cardinal Mercier
Baron van der Lancken
Kirey Albert
Wilson
Paris
Albert
Tighte
Holland
London
Oer
Vatican appeals to German chancellor to spare Belgian towns
The holy see urged Prince Maximilian to stop destroying sections of Belgium as German forces retreat. Osservatore Romano reports a German reply dated October 1 that the general staff has issued orders to preserve and respect localities as much as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Maximilian
Holy See
Belgium
Osservatore Rtomane
Vatican
Canada Bars IWW Postal Mails Destined for Canada
Washington dispatch reports the Postmaster General barred all IWW printed matter from Canadian mails. Burleson instructed postmasters not to accept material intended for Canada, citing the Industrial Workers of the World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Industrial Workers of the World
Burleson
Canada
Rate on Excess Earnings Is Cut In War Tax Plan
Senate finance panel shifts from alternate tax method to a compromise war revenue plan expected to raise less than 8.2 billion. General 50 percent rate retained on war profits while excess profits are taxed under a three bracket scheme with credits and deductions guiding the final amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
McAdoo
Yanks Win Big Fight and German Note on Armistice
American forces north of Verdun report capturing 75 prisoners after intense close combat at Bas de Forest. British assault between Le Cateau and Solesmes advances, enemy yields slowly. German note unchanged stance: no armistice until occupied lands are evacuated. Austrian authorities hand Polish administration in Polish areas as Vienna dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Scheldt River
Fourth Army
Valenciennes
le Catena
M Evening Journal
Verdun
Bas de Forest
Evening Journal
London
le Cateau
Solesmes
Amsterdam
Poland
Vienna
Bolshevik Foreign Minister Rebukes German Austrian Consuls
Paris reports that German and Austro Hungarian consuls were sharply rebuffed by Bolshevik Foreign Minister Tehiteherin in Archangel advices. The consuls protested alleged inhumane treatment of political adversaries, and the minister replied that Germany, having violated Belgian neutrality and subjugated invaded populations, is not qualified to intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Tehiteherin
Archangel
Germany
Belgium
Senate panel widens probe into brewers
Washington October 23 The senate judiciary subcommittee expanding its inquiry to cover all charges of illegal political and publicity activities by brewery interests and the purchase of the Washington Times by Arthur Brisbane with brewer supplied funds. Hearings postponed until members return after the November elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary
The
Washington Times
Arthur Brisbane
Prison in U S Fraud Case Leads to Sentences
Felix Gouled, a contract promoter convicted of ecotr spiracy to defraud the government in the manufacture of army raincoats, was sentenced to seven years. Capt. Aubrey Vaughan, former chief of the division of supply in the quartermaster's department, received a two-year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Get
Felix Gouled
Aubrey Vaughan
Division of Supply
Quartermaster’s Department
Gouled
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France
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W. W. Mail
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Bos de Forest
Doughboys
Washington, D. C
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U. S
Capt
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