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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
7
Large scale unrest grows as 65 000 threaten to quit amid wage discrepancies and pacifist influence. Coventry and Birmingham workshops report stoppages with women displaced as men strike to avoid the draft. Labour leaders warn of government friction and rising discontent among semiskilled workers.
A July communique notes French and Italian forces advancing in Albania and propaganda fronts. It reports Albanian village occupations Jagquba Kokoshovo and Devoll valley control, plus prisoners and light losses for our side. The Austrian front also claims thwarted attempts to break Devoli lines.
In Amsterdam on July 24 a Cologne paper reports rumors of an attempted assassination against the Kaiser and General von Hindenburg. The rumor spread through copies of the paper.
A Washington Post and New York Herald special dispatch from France dated July 24 reports German forces fortifying hills north of Soissons near Chateau Thierry as Allied pressure increases. Despite gas and heavy bombardment, American troops push forward, with Germans retreating north of Chateau Thierry and leaving large caches, while German losses mount and civilians describe the devastation and advancing Allied lines.
The Red Cross is aiding thousands of Siberians displaced by German prisoners and Bolshevik movement. About 100 wounded Csacholo vaka are moved to a Vladivostok Red Cross hospital from an American cruiser. Dr. R B Tuesler will head relief teams to Vladivostok with Shanghai Red Cross support. Eight hundred refugees in Manchuria are in freight cars, 80 percent women and children. The Red Cross has wired $10,000 for Vladivostok relief and plans care for about 20,000 refugees in Manchuria.
Berlin reports the British steamer Justicia was torpedoed and sunk, with the German admiralty announcing the act. German papers celebrate the defeat of a vessel described as having large steel anti torpedo nets, and official notes suggest several U boats participated in the attack.
Mrs Zalma Bradley Lee who ran a contagious disease hospital in Creil since early in the war has closed the facility after frequent enemy air raids. Patients are moved to a safer location away from raids and gunfire. She notes her hospital achieved the lowest mortality rate among similar institutions in France due to American methods.
London reports the British steamship Leasowe Castle torpedoed and sunk on May 28. The twin screw steel vessel of 9,737 tons gross, built in 1916, hailed from London and was owned by Union Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd.
Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan, paymaster general of the navy, will address the Paymasters class at the Naval Academy Annapolis at 11 this morning. He will discuss the navy’s record of equipment and the scale of forces, with battlefield observations from the Franco American advance and the vital role of air support, communications, and logistics in sustaining victory.
Omaha police report 26 year old Myrtle Neal of Cheyenne arrested in male attire after riding a freight train with her 43 year old baby. She claimed husband abused her, planned to work as an engine wiper, but they reconciled when he arrived. New York lights dimmed as fuel administration cuts power. signs dark, only remaining lights from streetlamps and theater marquee.
James T. Huastis district railroad director assumed charge at Buzzards Bay tonight to take over the Cape Cod Canal direction. Huastis arrived after a long journey to oversee operations and ensure smooth management of canal duties.
The Cuban espionage bill, reported to require President Menoval to restore constitutional guarantees before it could become law, was signed today after a veto attempt. Officials said the reform would strengthen civil rights protections amid ongoing disputes.
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