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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
3
Ottawa reports a British cabinet cable summary stating the Entente will not deploy the American army until it is a complete, self supporting force. German resources are drained as the Allies press to exhaust the foe, while Foch holds French reserves and prepares for decisive counter moves.
A German eyewitness account describes the sinking of the Vindictive at the Amsterdam harbor jetty after air bombardment. The ship broke up, with the deck littered by wreckage and the wheel on the bridge smashed. Dead were found aboard. no one else needed to be aboard. In Pittsburgh, Richard T. Waters aged 40 of Baltimore leaped from a hotel room on the 10th floor and died after leaving notes about his poor health and grief over not joining the U S army.
Vienna dispatch reports Emperor Charles, who had visited the Italian front, departed for major headquarters. He was accompanied by Haron Burlan, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, and Field Marshal Ara von Strassenburg, Austrian chief of staff.
The Uruguayan minister London has been appointed minister to the United States, reflecting a formal diplomatic posting. This move places London as Uruguay’s chief representative in Washington during ongoing bilateral relations and negotiations.
Reports from the front describe the loss of Second Lieutenant Dudley Co Paukhatcu of Joliet in England after an airship crash near Minitrose. A U S warship damaged a German submarine by lifting and breaking it in two. Frank J. Baylies of New Bedford, Mass, claims seven German planes downed in France over two months. A German-American spy is reported captured on the American front with a subordinate officer. Provost Marshal Crowder orders a nationwide draft registration for all states except Arizona Delaware and Vermont to train specialists by May 20. Capt James Norman tall, famed in American armored warfare, is missing after heavy action. The American freighter Tyler and an Ol Dominion liner were torpedoed offshore with eleven crew lost.
A rambling outage of notes links radicals and foreign influence to U S war aims in the Southwest. Former Gov. Campbell alleges agitators and conspirators inside the region seek to disrupt wartime programs.
Foreign King Ron writes a welcome autographs for American troops in England. A supply march through Loddon marks American help. In London, Curzon warned Britain may have to concede ground yet urged united command and indomitable resolve. Asquith’s motion to probe Lloyd George was defeated in Commons. A German submarine incident and a court martial threat surfaced. Romania's peace treaty with Germany redraws Balkans, renouncing indemnities and allowing Danube navigation.
British battle planes carried out a daring strike in France where two English aircraft fought twenty German scouts, destroying eight and forcing others to retreat. The Royal Navy announced in London that a minesweeper was sunk on May 1 after striking a mine, with twenty three sailors and three officers killed.
Fragmented OCR reveals a jumble of names and actions. It mentions CHULA Borgun the sculptor and references to aircraft, negotiations for a new diecast firm, and a plan to set prices on wheat flour corn and barley. Administrators and recalls are sketched amid political notes and a congressman's departure for the Midwest.
Notes from Story county April births total twenty nine boys and twenty eight girls while Logan endures a major fire. Iowa crops outlook grows stronger with 1918 prospects and wheat acreage up by fifty one percent. Liberty bond participation rises with twelve thousand eight hundred fifty seven subscribers city and county. Coal production targets urge order now to avoid winter shortage. Davenport board ends German language and displaces twenty seven teachers. Trench war orphans potential adoption seeks state aid. Tornadoes devastate Chickasaw and Winneshiek counties and other areas.
Washington May 9 The railroad wage commission proposes advances for 1 980 399 workers totaling about 300 million dollars with increases from 1 to 4 percent. Director General McAdoo may adopt part of the plan balancing living costs with other industries while opposing moves that disrupt pay schemes. The report argues for equal pay for same service regardless of sex or race and notes the task of classifying hundreds of job types.
A list detailing monthly pay increases for railroad workers as set by the Wage Commission. The table shows present and new rates across ranges, with numerous figures from about 40 to 250 dollars, indicating stepwise adjustments by wage band and month. Strong entities include the Wage Commission and railroad workers.
The article details union demands averaging just under 40 percent with raises around 20 percent, and the push to amend the proposed scale. It notes the wage advances range from 1 to 34 dollars monthly, costing railroads 280 million, against an 800 million government operation deficit. It cites living cost rises and calls for tribunals to study ongoing railroad labor issues.
The state department translation reports German propaganda listing confiscated items across Belgium and France, including watches, underwear, silk, and wine, with totals in pesetas. It also accuses Belgian priests and Belgian resistance of provoking punitive measures and cites church destructions, fines on Alsatian children, and large wartime sums. It notes English colonial losses and prisoner statistics, portraying Allied civilians and churches as targets and urging neutrals to heed the warned fates.
Zurich reports the peace treaty between Romania and the central powers provides for ceding southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria and governing northern Dobrudja by a joint commission pending final settlement. Dobrudja is a Romanian region bordered by the Black Sea and the Danube, covering about 4,000 square miles with roughly 100,000 inhabitants.
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