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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1918
Page
1
French forces who held Verdun and overcame at the Somme now fight to hold the Channel coast. British allies are aiding as London authorities express gratitude for the resilience and success in the latest engagement against the advancing enemy.
London reports violent bombardments on the Picardy front near Amiens. British forces attack Hangard and Villers-Bretonneux while French advances along Loere strengthen positions. Allies warn a full counter offensive has not yet begun amid inter allied talks at Versailles.
Secretary Baker will testify before the House Military Affairs Committee to outline the administration’s war plans for the coming year. Marshal General Crowder to join, detailing draft estimates to raise 3,000,000 fighting men and 5,000,000 total army personnel, with auxiliary, replacement, and emergency forces projected to 2.090.000.
Washington May 1 Gen Pershing has sent back 170 soldiers to receive treatment in reconstruction hospitals across the country. They were received at Ellis Island depot and distributed to several hospitals assigned for rehabilitation. Col Billings says progress is good but expansion is delayed by War Industries Board construction priorities.
Chicago May 1 with the opening of a new saloon regulation it is estimated that over 1,000 thirst parlors will go out of business. Cabarets also face closure. The city treasury already low will lose revenue from saloon licenses.
The report covers April 30 on the French battle front between Amiens and Paris. American and French artillery active, German counter-fire limited. A village concentration point suffered heavy bombardment with likely German casualties. Infantry patrols were small and mostly nocturnal. An Allied attack between Lake Doiran and the Vardar River failed, per the German official Balkans statement.
London reports Gaberio Prinzip, the assassin of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, died of tuberculosis yesterday in Thereseinstadt fortress prison near Prague. The July 1914 murder sparked a world war that engulfed Europe for nearly four years.
May 1 reports from Copenhagen and London describe a stormy Prussian diet session over postponing electoral reform. Soldiers participated as center party urged delay, Liberal critics warned of consequences, and independent socialist Hoffmann threatened to urge soldiers to stop fighting if delay carried. The measure faced strong opposition and was rejected. Count Von Hertling’s franchise pledge faced potential defeat, with forecasts predicting defeat by about 30 votes.
Great Lakes Illinois May 1 Ritchie Mitchell a noted lightweight boxer from Milwaukee has been temporarily rejected from the navy due to a minor boil. Though not serious the physician advised treatment to prevent possible blood poisoning before induction.
London dispatch cites The Hague correspondent stating reports of Holland yielding to Germany are untrue. Optimistic rumors are unjustified, but the situation is not worse.
London reports that the right Honorable Henry Duke, former secretary for Ireland, is appointed a lord justice of the appeal court. Swinfen Eedy is named master of the rolls, signifying major shifts in the Irish judiciary.
Harrisburg May 1 Governor Brumbaugh issued a proclamation designating May 17 as Pennsylvania music day. The move honors state musical groups and encourages public performances and appreciation statewide.
Washington doubts the Pope Benedict XVI mediation offer. Officials say the peace feelers lack concrete terms and real bargaining power. The statement questions whether the Vatican’s hints at opening negotiations signify substantive U S involvement or a strategic propaganda maneuver.
A May 1 wireless report from The Hague claimed Pope Benedict plans a peace feeler offering mediation with neutral aid, to be sent around Whituntide. In Washington officials called the claim propaganda, noting Allies see peace as unlikely while the war to the death between autocracy and freedom continues. At the Papal Legation no confirmed plans were known. Members of Congress dismissed the report as German propaganda.
Seventeen elk and four buffalo formerly housed at the Portland city zoo are released into the wild. Elks depart to Deep Bottom in the Cascades north of Cucadero, aided by Portland Lodge, No. 142. Buffalo ranches in Washington County, about fifty miles south. City ownership remains, but bidders failed at auction due to high feed costs amid wartime economics. Elks may never return to the zoo, while a pioneer rancher offers pasture for the buffalo.
Washington on May 1 reports 113 sick and wounded from the American expeditionary forces landed in the United States during the week of April 26. Surgeon General George announced the figures and noted the destination for recuperation was not divulged.
London May 1 Central News dispatch from Berne reports the German imperial entourage alarmed by the Kaiser's mental state. Epoch says he has hallucinations and advisers struggle to keep him from the battle front while he speaks of a divine mission to save the world and humanity.
Washington May 1 The national war labor board this afternoon appealed to Western Union and Postal Telegraph to halt discharges of telegraphers allied with organized labor pending a conciliary conference between the parties and the board probably Saturday. Leaders Konenkamp Whit ten Morris and others awaited the companies reply to the board special appeal.
Zurich May 1 Emperor Charles of Austria and his military staff with Baron Burian and the Austrian foreign minister will confer with the Kaiser at the German headquarters. Berlin and Vienna attach importance to the talks, believed to address Ukraine and Balkan issues.
Detroit reports Michigan’s statewide bone dry law takes effect with all liquor dealers closed permanently. No riot or celebration occurs as Detroit, the city with the world’s largest ban, shows no regret over John Barleycorn’s passing.
Copenhagen dispatch reports Bolshevik Red Guard forces in Finland defeated and dispersed. Helsinki, the Finnish capital, endures famine with two days without food and many deaths from starvation amid the upheaval.
A dynamite blast in Lexington Kentucky wrecked Riley Hall’s home shortly after midnight injuring several people. The shock was felt across roughly a third of the city with no arrests reported at this time.
Washington May 1 Government this afternoon took over unsold wool of the country.
Gompers states labor stands behind Wilson, offering full wholehearted cooperation across ranks and trades. The call emphasizes united labor support for government efforts during the closing days of the campaign.
Boston reports President Samuel Gompers arrives from Montreal to pledge labor loyalty to President Wilson. He declares organized labor supports the war, will win, and provide full co operation across trades. He notes Canada also shows ideal conditions and firms up the labor effort until victory.
The steamship Oronso, torpedoed by a German submarine while carrying Y M C A workers from the United States to Europe, broke in two after the hit and had to be abandoned. All passengers were saved thanks to regular boat drills and fine weather. Among the passengers was the American wife of an Australian named Harry Holmes, on her honeymoon to France. Holmes had served as a soldier on three continents and later became a British Y M C A attaché.
Subscriptions based on returns from twelve Federal Reserve districts, announced by the Treasury Department, total 2 509 814 600 dollars. The report notes the figure reflects all district inputs received by last night.
Washington May 1 President Wilson will set the example for Americans to buy one more Liberty bond tonight at a theater. He plans to purchase a $50 bond on an installment plan of five dollars down and five dollars a month as thousands of Liberty loan speakers engage audiences nationwide urging additional purchases. The Treasury reports the third Liberty loan total at 2.1509 billion with less than 500 million remaining to reach the 3 billion minimum.
War Department releases a casualty list naming 72 men with eight killed in action three died of disease one from accident five seriously wounded fifty one slightly wounded and two missing in action. Names include sergeant arvid a cederholm corporals john f giles george gritzback privates james o carey earl d d clark clarence e coem clinton de forest james n boyce and others. Forecast for washington may 1 calls for fair tonight with heavy frost.
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