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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
9
A special cable reports global effects of a German setback. Spain and Austria face strain while Russia weighs old foes as Allied reinforcements boost morale. Editors note cautious optimism but warn Germany may shift strategy. battles, diplomacy, and fears of a prolonged conflict dominate dispatches from Petrograd to Paris.
Henry Davison of New York appointed chair of the campaign committee to raise a 42 million dollar war fund for the Young Women's Christian Association by the National War Work Council. Mrs Woodrow Wilson named honorary chairwoman. A new office and committee include Mrs Adams Brown and Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr.
Exonerated from responsibility Helen Barnhouse 18 shot and killed her father Sidney J Barnhouse at home 426 North Payne street Alexandria VA. She was arraigned and paroled to her mother until coroner's investigation. The annual Potomac Baptist Association opened in First Baptist Church with sermons and reports. Two negroes jailed for confiscated whiskey celebrated while in custody. Davis found guilty of second degree murder for killing state inspector Shelhorse and sentenced to seven years. Alexandrians arrive overseas. Grace Eichelberger dies in motorcycle crash. George Poffenberger injured at threshing machine.
The English whippet tank and the French light speedster tank disrupt German defenses. Built for speed, they crippled machine guns and mowed down Bun soldiers in large numbers. Their effectiveness fuels ongoing Allied advances and favorable results.
Roumania's chamber of deputies passed a near unanimous bill to create a central exchange office aimed at aligning its exchange market with Germany and the great powers via the Imperial Bank. Germany is expected to buy Roumanian wheat and Roumanian imports may come from Germany as economic activity leans toward the central powers. Drowned as Father Was. Special to The Washington Poet: Valentine Hull 18, drowned in Washington. He was the son of Mrs. Florence M. Hull of Charlottesville. Survived by mother, one sister, two brothers in military service. Alexander Hull at Camp Hancock Ga and G M Hull at Camp Humphreys.
Polish residents of Washington plan a delegation to the all Polish convention in Detroit the week of August 26 A meeting is set tonight at Moose Hall 35 G Street NW to elect a delegate and an alternate The Detroit gathering will include delegates with a representation basis Washington must choose its representative in a public meeting All Poles are invited to attend
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