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Newspaper
The Hays Free Press
Location
Hays, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
2
Kansas Supreme Court affirmed the 1917 Good Roads law preserving cost distribution for road improvements and overruling the old Hodges law. The decision, delivered amid injunctions and petitions from property owners, sets the new framework as the sole effective law.
The article notes modern science increasing knowledge of cyclones and sailors learning regions, paths, and wind directions. Storm cards aid navigation as cyclones bring rain or cloudbursts, with saturated air creating a whirl and a strong upward current building vapor until it breaks. Probity is emphasized as paramount.
Senate closes possible clash over aviation inquiry as Chamberlain’s war investigation resolution passes after removing contentious language. Attorney General Gregory forwards Hughes letter noting DOJ aircraft production probe should proceed without Congress interference. Subcommittee to limit review to current situation, leaving past actions to Justice. further talks planned.
Washington May 23 Regional directors of the railroad administration were instructed by Director General McAdoo to recommend immediate federal directors for every railroad to be responsible only to the railroad administration and to replace railway presidents as chief operating officers. Pending appointments the present managing staffs will continue. The first directors may be named this week with salaries from 5000 to 20090 dollars.
President Wilson supports Secretary McAdoo in pushing a revenue bill this session. Officials say committees will begin work soon, with recesses likely for lawmakers to campaign before final consideration. Tornado kills ten and injures fifty across Wisconsin counties, causing about 1 million dollars in damage. German push to secure ships for postwar trade is uncovered by the U.S. government. Tobacco rationing for American soldiers in France is under discussion following Pershing. Investigations into Kerensky begin in Washington.
Washington reports that railroads under government control will expend about 1 billion dollars this year for additions betterments and equipment, roughly three times the amount of the past three years. Total approved capital expenditures reach 837.96 million with 440.07 million for additions and improvements 479.64 million for equipment and locomotives and 14.20 million for track extensions.
The President led a foot parade along Fifth Avenue in New York on Saturday at the head of 75,000 Red Cross volunteers. In the reviewing stand he saluted the white gowned marchers as women in Red Cross uniforms filed by, appealing to onlookers to donate part of the $100,000,000 goal for the organization.
China and Japan sign a set of agreements on various topics, with details kept public and the rest addressed privately. Meanwhile reports from Moscow indicate two German aircraft encountered a new model over the Caspian Sea, with estimates claiming about two thousand dead and three thousand injured or missing.
Forces along the western front strike vicious blows at the enemy while repelling German counterattacks. French and Australian advances near Locre and Amiens extend gains as British and French troops push tactical positions and capture hundreds of prisoners, with French action across Flanders improving allied positions. Local clashes continue near Hebuterne and the Vap wood region amid active artillery and gas shells.
Washington May 21 President Wilson signed the draft bill on military registration for youths aged 18 to 21 as of June. Registration set for June 5. Report notes ongoing congressional gridlock and future conference to resolve revenue plan. An American cargo ship sunk and Mexican snipers killed a soldier in ongoing combat with mixed casualty reports.
Washington reports the Berlin Vorwaerts notes bread rations to be cut on June 15, provoking grave distress in wartime diets. The dispatch cites concern over reduced supplies and the broader impact on morale as Ukraine and Romania grain promises fade while German authorities requisition cattle and pigs in Poland.
Texarkana May 22 report says one soldier missing and eighteen injured after a Western train derailed at Marton station south of Garland. A. J. McAlister, engineer, was killed. One car with the missing soldier went into fifteen feet of water. engine baggage car and two coaches overturned but did not fall from trestle. Soldiers belonged to the 15th Aerial Squadron.
Maj. Raoul Lufbery top American ace shot down in France this morning by a large German triplane. He had seventeen confirmed victories. The German plane’s attack left a bullet hole through Lufbery’s thumb and appeared to puncture a fuel tank area as his aircraft was hit.
Washington March 11 President Wilson completes his first act under the new law by reorganizing the air service. The order shifts authority from the signal corps to separate aircraft production and operation duties, giving John D. Ryan full legal status and power as director of aircraft production. Draft of government clerks is proposed to exempt draft age clerks. A tornado damages Norfolk Nebraska.
Dec weather battered a convoy ship in the Bay of Biscay. Joseph Marcle, promoted to chief commissary steward, risked his life to aid a fellow sailor swept overboard as three boats were destroyed. He is cited for bravery. the incident underscored the courage shown by crew amid brutal seas and freezing 36 degree water.
In a Washington address reported by Pathfinder Speaker Clark muses that if overwhelmed by Rockefeller wealth he would start a publishing house in St Louis and publish an dictionary Then he envisions a history of the United States and giving credit to those who have done things with a uniform not previously seen Before era system notes
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