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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1918
Page
1
President Wilson announces he has directed the Attorney General to cooperate with the Senate Military Affairs Committee in a sweeping investigation of the aircraft program. The move signals high level involvement by the White House in scrutinizing military aviation operations.
The White House directs the attorney general to cooperate with the Senate military affairs committee in a broad aircraft investigation. If the committee does not pursue it, DOJ will conduct the inquiry independently. Senators Chamberlain and Hitchcock guide the effort as a committee meeting aims to decide the course.
Riverhead Long Island May 6 Military police from Camp Upton and Suffolk County search adjoining terrain for a man who yesterday fatally shot a man and a woman on the military reservation. Authorities with Sheriff Biggs offered no names but said the victims and the slayer are known. The shooting took place in the northeast section of Camp Upton before the suspect fled into the woods after firing two shots.
Washington May 6 The Sherwood pension bill increasing all Civil War pensions about 30 percent with a $25 to $50 monthly range was passed by the House this afternoon. It appropriates 22,467,500 to fund the plan, excluding soldiers homes inmates and old soldiers and sailors with net income above 1,000 dollars annually from the increase.
Paris dispatch reports a mysterious explosion destroyed the electric railway station at Frankfortmaine Germany. The same report notes tobacco cards are being issued in France to ration tobacco, including to women and men.
London May 6 reports Germany has issued an eight point peace offer to England including renunciation of western claims and restoration of Belgium. The terms cover autonomy for Alsace Lorraine, east status unchanged, Austria-Hungary concessions to Italy, Balkan talks at an international conference, and Africa and Asia Minor settlements at the peace table. China’s Kiao-Chau is to be abandoned with concessions sought in return. London says no peace offer or German envoy has been seen here, and Balfour calls the reports a mare's nest.
Gerard Liebisch, 45, described as a vicious German propagandist, arrived at an Atlantic port from Porto Rico in U S Marshal custody en route to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta to complete a four-year term. Evidence showed he urged Puerto Rican draftees to desert to French lines for $2000 and a German wife selection.
Chicago, May 6. Mrs Potter Palmer, one of the nation’s wealthiest women, died at her Sarasota home today. She was a leading figure in Chicago social life and was frequently seen in the city’s society circles.
The Times asks readers to identify Warrenites and men from Warren and nearby counties among casualty lists and notify promptly in the public interest.
Washington May 6 Eighty eight names are listed by the War Department as casualties today. Six men were killed in action nine succumbed to disease and two were victims of accidents one dying from other causes four were severely wounded and forty eight slightly wounded.
Washington May 6. The Senate without a roll call unanimously passed the King Walsh bill outlawing the I. W. W. The move signals swift action against the radical organization amid national tensions and labor unrest.
London May 6 Cambridge University authorities have endorsed the suggestion to confer the degree of doctor of laws upon President Wilson. The action signals formal recognition of his work and leadership.
Paris report says Dr. Alexiex Carol Hospital at Noyon endowed by John D Rockefeller has been completely destroyed by German shells. Noyon lies on the Picardy front near Amiens with heavy fighting reported around the town.
Mrs Minnie A Rutherford Fuller state W C T U president urged national action at the National Federation of Women's Clubs conference in Hot Springs Arkansas to protect women and children from war induced employment risks. She warned of low spirits, reduced marriages, and rising juvenile delinquency and urged safeguards including prohibiting night work, better wages, and stronger homes to sustain the nation during wartime.
Washington May 6 the supreme court upheld Congress power to act without limit in prosecuting war. The ruling overruled an appeal asserting the selective draft law barred sending citizens abroad to fight. Gen Leonard Wood faced contempt allegations for sending Robert Cox abroad during the case, which was decided against him.
Washington reports an effort to add universal military service as a rider to the army appropriation bill of fifteen million six hundred dollars. An amendment would require every American boy to spend twelve months in military camps with training, totaling ten years of service. Proponents claim ten million trained men would be ready in a decade.
Chicago May 6 iron workers at the government ships under construction returned to work after a Saturday walkout. The stoppage arose from a miscommunication about Saturday half holidays, which were expected to begin in June but were denied. Police reportedly collected six German agents.
London May 6 Boria Litvinoff Bolshevik envoy to England declared that Moscow reports of a counter revolution in northern Russia are absurd He said such reports are circulated for political purposes and should not be trusted
Rome May 6. Francesco Bonom feo divisional chief of the ministry of munitions has died by taking poison. He was recently arrested on charges of defrauding the government of a large sum of money.
The forecast for Washington on May 6 calls for showers tonight followed by a cooler Tuesday. The pattern suggests unsettled conditions with cooling daytime highs and lingering rain chances into Tuesday.
The big question today centers on whether Von Hindenburg plans to wait for a long heralded Austro Hungarian drive before renewing the offensive against the Allies on the Western Front.
London official reports indicate British lines advanced and improved on both Picardy and Flanders fronts. Somme Ancre sectors, Mortancourt area, Locon, Lawe River improvements cited. Over 150 prisoners taken, two machine guns and a trench mortar captured. British casualties described as slight.
Champaign Illinois May 6 Military and civil authorities seek three student aviators who were with Mrs Stella Johnson on a joy ride late Saturday night when she died. She is believed to have leaped from or been hurled from the speeding car at 60 miles an hour. Bystanders heard screams, saw a black car flee, and found Mrs Johnson with a broken neck. The death ends a nightlong search.
In Buffalo on May 6 a chemical plant explosion at the National Aniline and Chemical Company on Abbott Road and Buffalo Creek left seven workmen believed dying. Ten others injured were hospitalized and property damage estimated at about $25,000.
French troops declare present fighting exceeds anything witnessed in the current war. They express strong affection for young British drafted men amid the Verdun sector, signaling shared resolve and morale in harsh conditions.
French veterans in the Locre sector say Verdun bombardments were nothing like the present fighting. The enemy has spent enormous ammunition in recent battles and must substitute fresh divisions before resuming attacks. Casualties rise for Germans while Allied losses ease as French and British reserves strengthen the line.
Harrisburg May 6 Governor Brumbaugh issues a proclamation naming May 13 to 18 as Pledge Week to urge Pennsylvanians to purchase War Savings Stamps. The document cites National War Savings Committee guidance under Robert J. Cassatt and calls every citizen an investor and patriot in support of the war effort.
Amsterdam May 6 The suffrage bill passed the lower house of the Prussian Diet on Saturday. Delayed dispatch from Berlin received today confirms the electoral change.
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