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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1918
Page
1
Secretary Baker testifies to the House Military Affairs Committee outlining a tentative plan to draft three million men for France and sets in motion army questions as 250,000 men are to be called to the colors.
Secretary Baker outlined a tentative three million man plan for France while the Provost Marshal General prepared a draft of about 250000 men. Lawmakers said the military appropriation would run a little over thirteen billion, with scope possibly growing and further funds to be requested as operations clarify. Baker reserved the right to seek additional authorizations when full plans emerge.
Washington May 3 The Secretary of War Baker wrote Senator Chamberlain urging prompt action on a bill granting the President power to command any real or personal property for the war. The War Department sent the measure to Congress weeks ago and it faced an unfriendly reception in the Senate Military Affairs Committee due to its broad powers.
testimony before the committee shows pay needs for fighting men rising from original estimates to new figures possibly doubling. Secretary Baker opposes raising the draft age to 40 and aims to confine upcoming drafts to class 1 and 500000 new registrants. Officials project army strength to reach 2,298,000 by July 1, with 228000 more needed in June and 500 million to 600 million in deficit appropriations.
In a dramatic Senate speech Senator McCumber urges enrollment of 5 million troops for World War I. He criticizes the administration's war policy while Nazing potential mobilization. London rumor links Lord Decies to an Irish lord lieutenant post and notes his marriage to Miss Vivian Gould of New York.
In a Senate address Senator from North Dakota urged mobilization to 5.9 million combat troops and greater national effort. He cited Allied forces bearing the war load and criticized underperformance on French front deployment. He noted unmet goals for troops, a flying squadron, and aircraft funding.
Paris dispatch says talks between Germany and Switzerland on renewing their economic accord proceed tediously. Swiss railway directors fear disruption of coal supplies, as Switzerland has relied on Germany for coal and is exploring coercive measures amid the stalemate.
The administration will not oppose a sweeping investigation reopening the Army program. The probe covers the aircraft program ordnance production and the quartermaster corps, signaling wide reform moves and potential shifts in military administration.
The Senate military affairs committee discussed Gutzon Borglum’s charges of profiteering in the billion dollar aircraft program and endorsed an immediate, broad inventory of the War Department’s war progress. The White House had not announced a proposed course of action, while the administration signaled no opposition to investigating the aircraft program.
From Leidheprey on the Toul front under heavy American fire the Germans lost four-fifths of their assault force, according to a captured German Red Cross attache. The casualty figure was relayed to an American patrol. fighting on the Toul front has been unusually quiet with under 200 shells fired in recent days.
Washington reports Provost Marshal General Crowder issued a call for 6 207 selective service men whose occupations are listed in the nations want column Mobilization will begin May 17 and every state except New Jersey will contribute.
London reports William Pedlar an American, sentenced to four months imprisonment and recommended for deportation for inciting and aiding unlawful drilling by Sinn Fein in Dublin according to the daily Sketch.
The third Liberty loan drive ends tomorrow night with about $162,000,000 left to subscribe. Total subscriptions stand at $2,838,317,200 across twelve districts, with New York District showing $750,400,000 and a remaining quota of $150,000,000. The War Department lists 88 overseas casualties including several killed in action and wounded, with names from multiple states.
The Railway Administration reports March operating income down by 6.96 million from a year earlier. Total railway operation revenues reached 284,120,692 with net income 47,462,127 after rent and charges, versus 64,580,648 last period. Eastern 15,583,013. Southern 12,214,608. Western 19,664,506.
Paris reports the French steamer Provence of 35141 tons was torpedoed by a German submarine on April 13 and beached near Palamog on the Spanish coast. Refloating efforts are under way as the vessel, hailing from Marseilles and San Francisco, is accounted a wartime loss. Judge A. G. Hooley of New York, presiding at the Golden Gate Kennel Club show, died in San Francisco after collapsing in the judging ring in front of his wife and the audience.
Forecast calls for fair tonight and Saturday with possible showers near Lake Erie. Temperature expected to hold steady with little change.
London reports German strategists foresee heavy fighting along the Piave as Austro Hungarian forces may be used to relieve western front pressure. Some say Berlin papers hint at shifting submarines from Flanders to Italy while two German subs reach Ostend with mutinous crews raving.
London May 3. W Joyson-Hicks M P told an Empire Union meeting that about 6000 Huns are at liberty in Great Britain and active in commerce. He urged immediate internment with deportation later.
British forces conducted successful raids south of Arras and east of St Venant, capturing ten prisoners and five machine guns. The enemy is expected to renew their Flanders offensive without delay.
Amid a string of Allied successes, German forces fail to renew major attacks on the Picardy front near Villers-Bretonneux while artillery battles rage from Givenchy to Ypres. British and French actions include raids south of Arras and east of St Venant with several machine guns and prisoners taken.
Brigadier General Harbor is relieved as chief of staff to General Pershing and reassigned to field troops. The change follows the policy of rotating staff officers to keep them informed about field conditions and to improve line of command and rules.
A German airplane was shot down by Swiss gunners near Basle. The aviator was not injured. The report appeared in the Matin. A London dispatch notes the Cologne Gazette claims a peace pact with Roumania will be signed immediately to settle Bulgarian and Turkish frontiers.
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