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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1918
Page
1
Premier Asquith leads the opposition in the Commons preparing a select committee to consider charges raised by General Maurice, the former military director. The move signals a key parliamentary action amid ongoing political controversy.
London reports two Northcliffe papers back the Statesman amid charges from Gen Maurice over misstatements about military matters. Debates in the Commons focus on whether to appoint judges to probe the army matter as Asquith urges a select committee.
Washington authorities possess a complete index of names connected to the Hugo Schmidt Deutsche Bank negotiations. The list reveals key players in the financial case, detailing individuals involved in a high profile international banking dispute.
Albany May 8 A leaked government file shows the Von Bernstorff code deciphered by Attorney General Lewis. It details how Hugo Schmidt used coded names like Sidney Pickford and Richard Houston to relay remittance and war supply moves to Germany. Copper and wool shipments were also coded for transport via neutral countries.
Washington reports confirmation that the American steam ship Tyler was sunk by a submarine off the coast of France on May 5. The Navy Department will announce the five armed guard members who perished later today.
A heavy gun duel was heard at sea off Dover today. The clash began around 2 o clock and peaked between 6 and 8. The dispatch noted the action was ongoing at report time.
The Stavangerford, an 18 000 ton Norwegian American liner, docked at Atlantic Port on its maiden voyage as the first new neutral steamship reaching the port since the war began. It carries no passengers on this trip but will book passengers on the return voyage next week and offers separate cabins for steerage passengers. The twin screw ship cost 4 250 000 dollars and has 90 first class and 300 second class cabins.
Virtually complete returns show Topeka Hartford Birmingham Washington and Boston leading their classes in Liberty loan subscriptions Hartford tops all five classes with 251 percent. In New Castle Pennsylvania a nitrating tank exploded at Graselli Powder Company killing Jacob Thomas 50 and injuring Louis Hainer 50 and James Duffy 48. cause unknown.
Provost Marshal Gen Crowder asks appropriation of 15 million dollars to cover his department's work in the next fiscal year 1917. The prior allotment stood at 19.6 million dollars.
Provost Marshal General Crowder urged quarterly registration for men turning twenty one and asked for a 15 million dollar appropriation to fund a nationwide sweep through the second third and fourth draft classes to uncover slackers. The committee reviewed Nelson Morris and Robert Scripps cases and authorized Dent to seek receding the volunteer credit amendment. A Wilson letter admitting a past error on volunteer credits was read in committee.
Heavy rain drenched the American front in Lorraine and along the Meuse as snipers fought. Captain James Norman Hall vanished after an aerial duel ten miles inside German lines while German fliers clashed with Neuport planes near St Mibile and Ponta Mousson. Premier Clemenceau visited American troops near Amiens as both sides built entrenchments and German gas methods were noted.
War report by Frank Charlton notes continued heavy artillery on the Flanders and Picardy fronts near Robecq St Julien Meteren Kenme Hill and Locon with allied advances near Amiens while no major German offensive has yet materialized amid bad weather and shifting artillery.
Washington May 8 Senate military affairs committee prepared to begin an exhaustive inquiry into the army aircraft program. The probe will be broader than the Justice Department investigation and cover the entire production question. Officials say criminal profiteering charges are only a phase and will be handled by prosecutors. A sub committee of five members may conduct hearings behind closed doors.
London May 8 a court circular has just issued officially appointing Lord French to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in succession to Lord Wimborne Lord French was formerly commander of British troops in France and later commander of the home forces in Great Britain.
Washington reports that William G. McAdoo secretary of the treasury and railway directors remains in bed with tonsillitis. Rear Admiral Grayson the president’s physician said it would be several days before he could return to duties.
May 8 reports describe a 100000 strong Russian force marching toward Finland from Petrograd. Kiev riot violence leaves several dead as Ukrainia state order fragments. Bolsheviks reportedly arrest the Japanese vice consul at Irkutusk amid espionage charges.
London reports a steady increase in submarine sinkings, with Thomas MacNamara noting more merchant ships destroyed month by month. He said tonnage output now surpasses 1917 levels and emphasized that the large ship production program for England and America will require time to mature.
The report notes fair conditions with a slight cooling tonight and a fair day on Thursday in Washington.
French War Office reports ongoing all night artillery action in Picardy southeast of Amiens with heavy guns in the sector held by Allied forces. Continuous bombardment and duels across the Avre line mark the battle front activities.
Paris and London dispatches report renewed bombardments on the Flanders front and offensive activity from the Somme to the Ancre. British gains earned minor captures while German artillery pressed near Meteren and Kemmel and along the Avre sector, with several prisoner takings noted.
British submarines reportedly attacked no fewer than forty enemy warships, per a British Admiralty statement received in Washington. The note says enemy surface ships rarely leave harbors, making the record remarkable given limited attack chances.
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