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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1918
Page
6
German plans for a silent raid were foiled by American artillery early this morning. A heavy barrage on the German lines stopped the attack, with German casualties believed heavy. Two U S soldiers wounded as gas shells churned along the front while patrols inspected damaged trenches and kept fighting.
Washington D C Feb 5 Four additional general officers were added to the general staff of the army today as assistants to the chief of staff. The functions of the staff would be distributed among these assistants with authority to act in the name of the chief. The object is to expedite decisions and action. The functions are distributed as follows executive and operation storage and traffic purchases and war plans. The effect of the order is to add Maj Gen Goethals and Brig Gen Palmer Pierce to the general staff in their capacities respectively as director of traffic and storage and director of purchases. The war plans section including the war college is headed by Brig Gen P D Lochridge. Maj Gen John Biddle now acting for Gen Buss as chief of staff but soon to be relieved by Gen Peyton March in that capacity will head the execution section and will be available as the immediate assistant of the chief.
Dis patches from Richardson's Landing Tenn report the ice gorge breaking up and heavy ice moving south. Memphis river stage at 21 feet after an overnight rise of about five feet with logs and ice in the current. Army aviators from Park Field planned to fly over Osceola Ark to assess craft wedged upriver.
Chicago milk producers meeting at a downtown hotel draft a petition urging Wheeler to review the price investigation and end a boycott cutting over 70 percent of supply. Distributors seek milk from St Louis Detroit Omaha and other points while outside shipments increase supply.
Columbus Feb 5 As penalty for alleged violation of the government food control act Fred C Croxton federal food administrator for Ohio today revoked for two weeks the license of the Central Sugar company of Chicago which operates a large sugar business in Ohio with branches at Cleveland Akron Canton and Sandusky
In Cedar Rapids on February 5, Mr and Mrs Will Turner reported two of their children faint with bleeding tongues after eating freshly baked bread. The slices showed ground glass and flour sack yielded a large quantity of glass. Authorities seized the flour for investigation.
Figures show U.S. war expenditures total about 7.1 billion, with 4.1 billion in allied loans and 3 billion for domestic war needs. Monthly spending rose from 75 million prewar to 715 million in May 1917 and 715 million last month, while shipping programs lag and allied loans boost the bill.
London February 6 1918 German administration condemns the burgo master aldermen and town councilors of Mons to heavy fines for refusing to ring the bells of the city when the Germans announced a victory on the Isonza.
Washington reports indicate fuel transport and coal movements remain hampered by extreme cold. Garfield and McAdoo clash over abandoning heatless Mondays, as railroads struggle with car shortages, miner absenteeism, and very low coal stocks. Snow and zero temperatures paralyze Pennsylvania trains and water supplies, delaying freight and coal trade.
Chicago February 6 Francis G Heney of the federal trade commission obtained a search order from Judge Landis to seize Swift & Co papers at Henry Veeder offices as part of a government probe into packing industry practices. The warrant targets letters and records alleging price fixing, false entries, and conspiracy with Armour Cudahy Wilson and Morris to bid on US military contracts for leather and meats. U S Marshal Bradley seized Veeder offices, and Heney warned force could be used to reach all areas including a vault.
The German defendants led by Captain von Rintelen face a jury after prosecutors described them as murderers at heart in a conspiracy to destroy entente munition and sink ships bound for Europe before U S entry. The trial centers on plots to disrupt Allied shipping and American wartime operations.
Washington reports union leaders blame railroad management for congestion at the wage hearing. W G Lee president of the railway trainmen cites banks in New York City as controlling financing and accuses managers of delaying trains to discredit government operation. He cites examples from Philadelphia Alliance and a crew kept beyond the 18 hour rule. The testimony implicates four New York banks and calls for reforms from top to dispatcher level.
A meeting will be held in Walnut Grove tomorrow at 8 pm to promote the sale of thrift stamps. Speakers include Homer Miller Des Motes Miss Ade me 2 Laawiher and others from Des Moines Dubuques Webster City Mason City and more. Admission will be charged with the public invited to hear talks on the state campaign and related sidelights.
Amsterdam dispatch reports German press predicting a decisive western front offensive within months. Editors tout the year of decision and claim central powers will marshal all strength, with Hindenburg choosing the time and place. German officials promise a crushing blow as American involvement remains limited.
Reporters in Berlin cover a conference where von Hindenburg warned German editors that food shortages would worsen and predicted a return to Paris by April. The exchange highlights tensions as German leaders discuss the looming crisis with the press.
Washington dispatch reports the food administration ordered a two ounce wheat bread ration for patrons of hotels restaurants and dining cars with rolls capped at one ounce each. The rule allows four ounces when non wheat breads are used and mandates wheatless and meatless days including one wheatless and one meatless meal daily for hotels.
Camp Dodge, La., Feb. 3. All is set for the arrival of 14984 Iowa and Minnesota national army men in a five day window beginning Feb. 23 to report here. Plans are made to speed physical examinations and induction so each contingent is processed on arrival. The Clinton Schools board votes to end German instruction at the close of the present year.
Chicago on February 5 Captain Joan Philip Sousa director at Great Lakes naval training station offered his historic baton for sale to raise funds for baseball equipment for the Jackies. It sold for 120 dollars. The baton had been in his possession for 48 years since 1870 when presented by the band members he led.
Severe cold waves grip the Northeast with 7 below in New York and the St Lawrence valley, but Des Moines and Iowa see rising temperatures. New York faces a dire coal shortage with only one day of supply left as harbor ice halts traffic and tickets for 100 pounds of coal go to priority. Harbor freezes resemble Archangel while steamers and barges struggle through the ice jam.
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