Rail wage commission urges raises for railroad workers
The Railroad Wage Commission recommends wage increases for all employees earning under 250 a month in December 1915. It calls for $100,000,000 back pay to January 1 and a payroll increase of about 288 million by 1917, subject to deductions for prior raises and adjusted by location and job class. Director General McAdoo will decide within days, likely modifying the plan to fit union scales and other factors.
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Iy Associated Press
Washington
Railroad Wage Commission
McAdoo
Harbor Bill Reported by Senate Committee
The annual river and harbor bill was reported to day by the Senate Commerce Committee. An appropriation for improving Los Angeles Harbor was raised from 100000 to 304000, of which 204000 is for a channel. The bill's total is 19571000.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Los Angeles
Weather Summary for Ohio Indiana and Nearby Regions
The weather page reports showers in Ohio and Indiana with warmer conditions Thursday and cooler Friday. West Virginia is expected to be fair with a chance of showers and cooler temperatures. Temperatures across stations such as Montreal Denver Jacksonville Seattle Chicago St Louis Cincinnati show variances with some days reaching the upper 70s to low 80s and precipitation totals varying from trace to a few tenths of an inch. The May 8 1918 records include temperatures from 61 to 77 degrees, winds NE to N, and light rain traces at several stations.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
Billion-Bushel Wheat Crop Hopes Rise on May Report
The Department of Agriculture forecasts winter wheat at 72,539,000 bushels with potential for a billion-bushel harvest this year. Secretary Houston urges continued effort and conservation, noting gains over last year but warn against complacency. Rye is projected at 82,620,000 bushels, up 22,000,000 from last year. The final outcome hinges on growing conditions through harvest.
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Associated Press
Walington
Department of Agriculture
Houston
Lloyd George crisis sparks Commons vote on Maurice letter
London dispatch reports a political crisis over General Maurice's letter questioning the Premier and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. In the House of Commons Andrew Bonar Law and former Premier Asquith clashed as Asquith won a motion to discuss inquiry into Maurice's statements, with the government prepared to stand on the ensuing vote.
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Maurice
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
Asquith
Seven Die as Mountain Flood Ravages Big Isaac Village
In Doddridge County West Virginia a torrent from the mountains drowned James Carder his wife their four children and Mrs Leroy Enix as Big Isaac Creek swelled during storms. Several homes were torn from foundations and extensive property damage occurred with bodies recovered a few hours after the flood.
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Associated Press
Clarksburg
W. Va
James Carder
Leroy Enix
Big Isaac
Doddridge County
Big Isaac Creek
Breadth of American Troop Deployment to France Surges
May 8 report from Secretary Baker notes over 500000 American soldiers sent to France, surpassing January forecast of 600000 planned troops. He confirms no current shortage of light or heavy machine guns in France or the U.S. and cites rising heavy Browning gun production, with ongoing expected increases.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
Baker
Congress
Senate
America
Arly
Ordnance Department
Teuton Warning Circulates About War Loot and Destruction
A German circular circulated in Spain and captured by the U S State Department warns neutral nations of punitive fate if they join the Allies. It details booty seized in France and Belgium including watches, underwear, fabrics, and champagne, plus 73 churches and cathedrals destroyed or damaged and heavy fines imposed on Belgians. It notes confiscations extend to Poland and cites Treasury payments in pesetas as reprisals.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
Belgium
Spain
State Department
Department
Cardin
Mercier
Poland
Patriot Society Plans Grave Decoration in France
La Cocarde du Souvenir, a patriotic group, plans to decorate all American graves in France with War Cross of the Dead markers. A committee led by Senator Poirrier met with Ambassador Sharp to arrange preliminary actions.
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Associated’ Press
Paris
la Cocarde du Souvenir
France
Senator Poirrier
Mr. Sharp
May Raise Draft Age to Forty Considered by Leaders
Washington May 8 The draft age to 40 was discussed as a possibility within months at a meeting of Provost Marshal General Crowder and the House Military Committee. Crowder asked 15 756 000 for draft expenses next fiscal year and said half a million more men would be examined for 21 year olds. The committee plans to strip from the draft bill an amendment granting states credit for volunteers, while President Wilson opposes that credit plan. The 21 year old registration bill faces a heated House debate, including ministers exemption.
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Associated Press
Washington
General Crowder
House Military Committee
Crowder
Dent
House
Wilson
War Department
General Federation of Women’s Clubs Elects Officers
Delegates to the fourteenth biennial convention in Hot Springs Arkansas conclude sessions with final adjournment planned for the evening. Officers for the ensuing term include President Josiah Evans Cowles California and First Vice President Georgie Bacon Massachusetts with several updates to secretary and treasurer posts among New Hampshire Colorado Iowa and Washington affiliates.
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Associated Press
Hot Springs
Ark
General Federation of Women's Clubs
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Josiah Evans Cowles
California
Georgie Bacon
Massachusetts
Wagner
Wood
Frances Everett
Highland Park
Mark
William B. Young
Jacksonville
Fla
City Tries New War Work Duty in Sebring
Sebring Ohio May 8 city commission approves a war time labor ordinance requiring all able men aged 18 to 55 to work at least thirty six hours weekly. Violators face 50 dollar fine plus costs for first offense and 50 dollars plus costs and sixty days in the Workhouse for a second offense.
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Sebring, CO
Masons to Raise One Million for War Relief
New York Masons announce a mission to France to aid troops and raise at least 1 million dollars for relief work. Erastus C. Knight will lead a European trip to organize help and establish relief houses for Masons and their friends near troop centers. A national Grand Masters meeting will discuss broader war support.
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Associated Press
New York
Masons
New York State
Battle Front
France
Grand Lodge
Erastus C. Knight
Buffalo
Europe
Townsend Scudder
Supreme Court
Cranemen End Strike After Wage Increase
Five hundred General Electric cranemen returned to work after a federal authorities settlement set a 20 percent pay rise. If federal decision yields a smaller increase, workers will receive a refund of the difference.
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Associated Press
Schenectady, N. Y
General Electric Company
Palmer reports enemy property seizure total near 700 million
Alien Property Custodian Palmer told the House Appropriations Committee that German property in the United States still to be seized will total 500000.00. He said about 700000000 to 800000000 worth of enemy property will have been seized within the next two or three months and that about three fourths of the property taken over was seized in New York.
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House Appropriations Committee
United States
New York
Nine Gunners Dead From Blast Near Fort Worth
Nine American gunners were killed and seven injured when a three inch shell exploded near Benbrook just west of Fort Worth. The disaster wiped out a headquarters company crew of the 141st Infantry and wounded another crew from the 142d Infantry. Dead include First Lieutenant Alan J. McDavid and Corporal Wharton Jones of Texas, with several other identified from Elena Abilene San Marcos Henrietta and Overton.
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FT. Worth
Tex
Benbrook
141St Infantry
142D Infantry
Alan J. McDavid
142nd_ Infantry
Overton
Texas
Wharton Jones
San Marcos
William P. Appling
Elena
Dewey X Tillman
Morgan C. Sanders
Abilene
Euclid Simmons
Henrietta
Lacy R. Langley
Headquar
Governor Cox Refuses Special Session On School Finance
Governor Cox told Ohio city school boards no extra session will be called to relieve school finances. He cited war emergency limits and noted the last Legislature did not amend the Smith law to allow further levies. He pledged support for a practical solution to the problem.
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Columbus
Cox
Boards of Education
Ohio
May Drive Near Ypres Signals Resumption of Hostilities
British and French forces repelled most German attacks along the western front while some penetration occurred south of Dickebusch Lake and in Ridge Wood. French troops north of La Clytte seized ground and prisoners. Australians east of Amiens advanced. Americans opened heavy artillery against the Germans on the Toul sector. Mesopotamia saw British advance within eighty miles of Mosul and capture Kerkuk after Turkish evacuation.
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Associated Press
London
Ypres
Voormezeele
la Clytte
Dickebusch Lake
Ridge Wood
Poeperinghe
Flanders
Picardy
Amiens
Avre
Toul
Mesopotamia
Mosul
Kerkuk
British Submarines Sink Over Forty German Warships
An official British statement released today claims British submarines destroyed more than forty German warships. The disclosure, advertised by the Committee on Public Information, marks the most extensive review of underwater operations to reach this country, with limited prior news on raids in the Dardanelles and the Baltic Sea.
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Associated Press
Washington
Committee ‘on _ Public Information
Littl
America
Dardenelles
Baltic Sea
Churchill Optimistic About French Front Strength
London May 8 Winston Spencer Churchill minister of munitions pledges the Anglo French front will stand firm through the summer while awaiting aid from the United States He praises metal workers for aiding the war effort and expresses confidence that the German drives will not overcome the allied line.
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London
France
United States
Winston Spencer Churchill
National Brass Workrs and Metal Mechanics’ Union
Churchill
Altho
Kithana
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