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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1918
Page
6
Washington reports high military confidence in repelling the German drive in France. Allied manpower, including American and Italian troops, strengthens the front as plans are made for renewed action under General Foch, with some predicting the war may end this year.
The Italy Day celebration in New York featured remarks by Secretary of War Baker Count V. McChidi Cellere the Italian Ambassador and Charles E. Hughes head of the Italy America Society which organized the nationwide demonstration mark the third anniversary of Italy entering the war Baker said Americans would soon fight on the Italian front.
In Chicago the internment of Count James Minotto began after Judge Baker of the Federal Court of Appeals refused to extend the $50,000 bond and ordered the Count held until the case is heard on June 12. Minotto, son-in-law of Louis F. Swift, moved to the Federal Court of Appeals after Judge Carpenter in the District Court allowed the appeal.
Washington reports danger from submarines has lessened and the Bureau of War Risk Insurance urges cutting life insurance rates for officers and crews of merchant ships in the war zone from 2.50 to 1.60 per 1000. The move follows a general drop in marine insurance rates from 3 to 2 percent.
Cincinnati postmaster reports Treasury Department guidance discourages chain letters for sale of war savings and thrift stamps. The government states the chain-letter scheme was not started by the National Committee and urges public awareness.
Vienna issued a ministerial decree dividing Bohemia into twelve districts to reduce Czech representation in Parliament. A French dispatch links the move to ethnic Germanization and cites riots at Ostrau Pilsen Nachod and other towns with martial law and 160 arrests.
The Moldavia, a British armed merchant cruiser carrying American troops, was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel. About 56 Americans are missing with many wounded. Survivors, scantily clad, sang on deck as destroyers rushed to rescue and supply aid.
Moscow reports indicate a new German ultimatum may force Russia to sever ties with the allies. Premier Lenin reportedly says the Soviet government’s existence hinges on the western front, not the Brest-Litovsk treaty. Ukrainian leader Skoropadski is said to have proposed peace talks with the Soviets.
President Wilson approved arrangements to remove starvation for 10,000,000 in German occupied Belgium and France. Herbert Hoover, CRS Belgium chairman, said the fleet would be restored to its original number to dispatch 90,000 tons of foodstuffs in the next 90 days.
Costa Rica has declared war on the Central Powers, bringing total Allied nations to 21. Central American states are defined in their stance with Panama Nicaragua and Guatemala belligerent, Honduras breaking diplomatic ties with Germany, while El Salvador remains neutral citing friendship to the United States.
Chicago witnesses describe I W W efforts to organize miners in Butte Montana, the ensuing strike and violence, and the lynching of Frank H. Little on August 1 1917. They recall an open air mass meeting July 19 where Little insulted soldiers and Pershing. Creary notes the I W W parade after Little's burial.
Rome confirms that Commander Pellegrini and his crew, who torpedoed an Austrian battleship at Pola on May 4, were captured. Earlier dispatches indicated uncertainty about the fate of the Italian and his men who entered the harbor in a small boat and sank it after the attack.
The United States via the Spanish embassy in Berlin has proposed a Berne conference with Germany on POW treatment. No reply yet. Britain France and Italy have held similar talks with German officials, yielding notable improvements in POW treatment.
Stockholm dispatch says pogroms occurred at Vielicza in Galicia with many Jews wounded and shops vandalized. Property damage is reported to exceed 1,000,000 kroner, per the Jewish press bureau.
Washington reports the House Military Affairs Committee approved an amendment to the military bill giving the President power to draft any number of men within the ages set by the selective service act. Secretary Baker won an easy victory in securing unlimited draft authority under the current law.
Provost Marshal General Crowder announces a drastic work or fight rule effective July 1. All draft registrants in non-useful occupations must accept a new job or enter military service, with few exemptions. The list includes gamblers, waiters, bartenders, theater staff, elevator operators and other service workers.
Vancouver shipyard workers quit in obedience to a Metal Trades Council order. Nearly 10,000 workers walk out to compel the Imperial Munitions Board to grant U S wage scales and a forty four hour week.
Mexico City Mexico announces severance of diplomatic relations with Cuba after official confirmation that Mexico's Charge d Affaires in Havana and Cuba's minister in Mexico were recalled from their posts.
A Russian wireless dispatch to the State Department says a German division at Dvinsk refused to proceed toward the western front. Sixty men were executed and 1,000 imprisoned as demonstrations by nearby German troops supported the division. Reports also state 66 German regiments and others moving west protested the war continuation.
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports nearly two million railroad workers nationwide will gain retroactive pay increases effective January 1, with back pay issued in lump sums. The plan raises hourly rates for track workers and shop trades, guarantees equal pay for men and women and for races, and creates a three laborer three executive Wage Board to address regional pay inequities. Wages will be increased by percentiles based on December 1915 pay, with some long-term raises offset by earlier increases. The eight-hour day principle is acknowledged, but hours remain unchanged with overtime paid pro rata.
Federal Trade Commission charged that beef from Wilson & Co and Morris & Co was sold to U S troops in Texas as fit for consumption. Over 10,000 pounds of fresh beef shipped to Camp Travis were destroyed by order of the Food Administration. Hoover notes 26 carloads condemned nationwide. prosecutions halted by law.
Father Joseph Mulry of Fordham University led the sixteenth annual military field masses at the Brooklyn Navy Yard before 20 000 attendees. He urged men not to die for selfish ends but to aid others, while Father Chadwick, former Maine chaplain, celebrated the mass aboard.
A large blaze in Sidney New York swept away fourteen houses and a prominent novelty factory. Firefighters battled the flames through the night, but the entire block suffered severe damage with extensive property losses reported. No injuries were immediately confirmed.
Moscow reports severe unrest as 10 000 Sormovo workers in Moscow push for assembly and one day strike. Peasant actions devastate crops in Volhynia and Podolia while Nishni Novgorod faces growing food shortages and social tension.
A Fremont Ohio reader describes midlife symptoms during a forty six year period. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is credited with restoring strength and reducing heat flashes nervousness backache headaches irritability and blues. The Pinkham Medicine Co offers further guidance and confidential correspondence.
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