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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1918
Page
1
British forces press the German front from Peronne to Lens and advance toward Cambrai. Haig reports rear guards captured or routed, positions at Baralle and Le Mesnil secured, and Batteries harassing retreating columns. Prisoners numerous as British push north and east.
British forces seized Lens after German evacuation and took Quennt, with over 10,000 prisoners captured Monday and more on Tuesday. The advance also included Doignies Velu Bertincourt Rocquigny, holding positions on a twenty mile front south of the Scarpe toward Douai.
New York report says members of the Preparedness League of American Dentists who provide free dental care for draftees will not gain draft exemption even if they serve on medical advisory boards. Police and firemen in New York and other large cities will enter Class 80 of the draft under Crowder’s order, per Maxwell Lustig of the mayor’s national defense committee.
Edmund J. James, 64, president of the University of Illinois, resigns at a trustees meeting seeking immediate release to enter active service during the war. In Utah, a fire at Bingham mining camp destroys 16 businesses and 25 homes, leaving about 1500 homeless with $100,000 damage.
The war revenue bill favorably reported to the House would raise about 8.01 billion dollars in taxes this year to help fund an estimated 24 billion dollar war cost. the rest, about 16 billion, to be covered by bond sales. It tightens taxes on excess profits and incomes, expands levies on luxuries and war profits, and sets filing requirements for dependents under 21 with higher income thresholds. An amendment on water power leases would tax private plants by capacity, with government repayment when value and leases converge, setting a tiered horsepower fee path over ten years.
Sergeant Ira Croshaw of Grand Rapids Michigan spent four days and nights in a concrete shell tower directing U S Army operations near Juvigny France. He witnessed daylight action from the observation post and described crossing barbed wire trenches under heavy shellfire as American troops pressed toward Neuve Chapelle and Soissons.
One hundred fifty nine sailors from a Norwegian steamer and five fishing schooners from Lunenburg Newfoundland and France arrived by a trawler in a Canadian Atlantic port. They were picked up off the Grand Banks after a German submarine ordered them to abandon ship and denied access to food clothing or money.
The United States recognizes the Czech Slovak peoples as a de facto belligerent nation and their national council as the authorized government directing military and political affairs in the war against Germany and Austria Hungary. Secretary Lansing notes Britain France Italy have already recognized them and Japan shows implied recognition through Siberian expedition participation.
The movement seeks to reestablish the eastern front with headquarters in Paris and aims to include Bohemia Moravia and part of Galicia. Recognition by the United States would create a new independent ally and aid Czech Slovaks captured by the enemy. Deserters among Austrians have been executed without trial.
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Petrograd says Bolsheviks invade and search private homes after Lenine assault attempt. Englishman and two foreigners killed as troops seize and occupy the British embassy. thousands of officers captured and slain by the bourgeoisie.
A fire at the Norfolk Army supply base, possibly after an explosion, threatened buildings under construction. At Colonel Butler's headquarters officials said the blaze was away from core activities. An hour after ignition the fire was reported under control with damages not yet estimated.
British forces advance on the city of Marquion as part of ongoing operations in the region. Allied commanders report firm progress and intensified bombardment aimed at securing key streets and strategic positions.
Special report from Eventage Journal notes British forces reach La Gache southwest of Marquion near Cambrai and have crossed the canal Du Nord capturing Romancourt. French and American troops advance between the Allette and Aisne rivers while Cambrai remains a critical German stronghold.
French forces push toward the old Chemin des Dames front north of Soissons. They seize woods near Coucy de-Chateau and Nogent will, gain a foothold west of the Allette, and press along the plateau east of the Ailette. Heavy fighting between Crecy-in-Mont and Leuilly and between Juvigny and Terny. over 1,200 Germans routed with tanks and air support aiding the French advance.
A bomb exploded in the Federal building in Chicago on September 4 killing five people and seriously injuring a score. The incident prompted immediate emergency response and widespread panic across the city.
Washington reports show American motorists vastly increased gasoline conservation after Doctor Garfield urged refraining from driving on Sundays in Mississippi river territory. The fuel administrator called the response 160 percent, expressing gratification and noting it may eliminate the need for compulsory orders if repeated.
Community notices from Washington County report upcoming meetings, school events, and budget updates. Local officials urge residents to attend hearings and participate in public discussions shaping the area's phases this month.
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