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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1918
Page
4
Publicating Press publishes in Middletown Connecticut with address details and subscription terms. Notices advise readers to record changes of address and discontinue notices promptly, listing street addresses and printing schedule.
Weather report from Mt Higby notes a high of 56 and low of 31 with 43.5 inches of precipitation and a noon barometer reading. Sunday cools to 58 high and 27 low with 42.5 inches. Editorials urge support for Liberty Loan, warn against profiteers, and comment on German influence in literature and public opinion.
The author argues that a broad income tax is fair if applied equally. A sizable group evades taxation by shifting residence and income, avoiding voter registration. Government should target this element to ensure universal contribution as wartime burdens rise.
An April 8 blast at Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point and nearby Curtis Bay Turners Station plants was blamed on hot slag dumped into water during nightly operations. Officials noted no serious damage, though the quake alarmed residents as industrial sites rattled Baltimore and surrounding communities.
Chicago federation of labor moves to enroll 500000 steel industry employees with resolutions urging Samuel Gompers to convene a meeting of international unions and central bodies to launch a nationwide organizing drive. Telegraphers caution patience amid union firings in several cities.
Fifty armed sailors from British cruisers landed at Vladivostok on April 5 to protect the British consulate, the American consulate cablegram stated. The Japanese later landed 250 more men, with no armed resistance reported. State department officials say this does not signal a general occupation by Japan.
Washington reports Congress begins its second year of wartime action backing President Wilson. The House cleared the way for prompt consideration of army legislation including a new draft law to register men 21 and older since June 5, aiming to add 700,000 troops. The Senate was to receive revised draft treaties with Great Britain and Canada to mobilize hundreds of thousands more. Espionage measures and anti tampering bills for munitions contracts, already approved by both houses, face formal action. Senate commerce panel seeks bills to speed ship production for France-bound troops and supplies.
An advertisement lists a large supply of corn feed middlings and flour seed potatoes Essex fertilizer for garden and grass native potatoes by Theo Anderson.
Rear Admiral John D. Ford retired veteran of the Civil War and Spanish American War died suddenly at his Baltimore home. Though feeble for months his general health was good. He served with distinction in the Civil War and in the Philippines campaign with Dewey aboard the cruiser Baltimore at Manila Bay.
Forest City Council Knights of Columbus conferred the second degree Sunday afternoon in their rooms on a class of 36 candidates. Grand Knight Reilly and staff directed the ceremony with District Deputy Thomas Flood and Past Grand Knight John C. Barry assisting. Barry spoke on patriotic lines and plans were made for the third degree next Sunday afternoon at the Knights of Pythian hall.
Paris reports praise for President Wilson after his Baltimore address praising a just peace. The Paris press notes his stern outlook on postwar work, citing Alfred Capus in Figaro. In Baltimore a man named John I Shane shot young Walter Miller, claiming he aimed to target pro Germans and I W W adherents amid war fury.
Dr Edwards promotes olive tablets as a remedy to keep youth by improving liver and bowel function. The ad argues 90 percent of illness stems from inactivity of bowels and liver and endorses a vegetable oil mix.
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