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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1918
Page
4
The draft questionnaire for registrants outlines essential services and deferred classification groupings. Issued by the provost marshal, it differs from prior forms and must be returned within seven days under penalties including fine or imprisonment.
A batch of obituaries and funeral notices lists mourners, memorials, and services for residents including Coffey, Hurley, Lawlor, Lutz, Seaman, Snyder, White, Bachfield, Seweon, Zepp, and others. Entries provide dates in September 1918, residence details, and funeral arrangements across local churches and cemeteries.
The text explains division based on marital status, dependents, and occupation, detailing first and deferred classes, including divisions A to D for various dependent scenarios, and third class for dependents, officers, and essential workers. It notes supplementary flyleaf, evaluation of personal essentiality, and extensive questionnaire questions for deferment and industrial necessity claims.
The Illinois mine workers of the United Mine Workers of America, about 96,000 members in 2230 local unions, pledge full service to the nation, increase coal output, and support Allied arms. Frank Warrington urges loyalty and duty, condemning production restrictions and urging good faith in agreements. Illinois miners have funded liberty bonds, war stamps, Red Cross, and other war funds, with thousands serving in the armed forces.
The text outlines affidavit requirements for registrants who are employees. One affidavit must come from the immediate superior and a second from the enterprise executive head. If the business spans multiple states the second affidavit may be from the head of the dictation or plant where the registrant works. For part owners, affidavits must come from a stockholder or copartner and a near neighbor. If sole owner, both affidavits may be from near neighbors.
On Mount Valerian a Paris cemetery holds 280 American soldiers who died in Paris hospitals. French mothers adopt the graves, placing wreaths on each cross with cards pledging perpetual flowers. The oldest grave is Private Bought of the 1024 Infantry, died March 28, most markers note Marine Corps. Mort pour la patrie.
Mrs Ella G Mulligan of Savannah Ga received a live healthy snake neatly coiled in a paper bag mailed to her and later found wrapped in a box. She suspects a young man once employed catching snakes for museums and circuses sent it with deadly intent. Savannah police and Federal authorities are asked to locate the sender.
An ad touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a daily cure for backache, promising lasting relief if taken three or four daily. It cites Holland government authorization and urges buyers to seek the genuine Gold Medal, noting refunds if ineffective and warning against imitators.
Two Manitoba field battery signalers earned praise for repairing a downed wire under heavy shellfire just before a vital operation. Other accounts describe a Canadian-Scottish colonel rallying his unit for a decisive assault and a northern Alberta battalion clearing Jig saw Wood, continuing with bold trench work and heavy firing. In California, sixteen suspected arsonists tied to industrial plant fires were jailed across Los Angeles Fresno and Sacramento, with Dublin Bob Connell confessing.
William G. McAdoo, director general of the United States Railroad Administration, released a report to the president detailing seven months of trusteeship reforms. He cites wage cuts, overhead reductions, and eight hour day gains, claiming $4.6 million in salary savings and substantial freight traffic efficiency improvements while aiming to humanize railroads and maintain a public service, not profit.
The policy under wartime government control promotes standard locomotive types and bulk production to cut rail equipment costs. Side door delivery and uniform freight classification speed operations and reduce office workload. Wage policy raises living standards and includes eight hour days equal pay for equal work old age pensions and accident compensation. Freight and passenger rate increases, and rehabilitating crippled lines raise operating costs. Between May 1917 and July 1918 railroads moved 6.46 million troops and expanded shipping of lumber and coal, setting records for coast to coast delivery.
William G. McAdoo director general of railroads wraps up New England inspections after logging over 12 000 miles since June 1 and nearly 25 000 miles since the war began He travels with Col E E House at Manchester and walks portions of the route then trains to Cleveland Youngstown Pittsburgh Altoona Harrisburg Charleston Norfolk and other points as part of a government tour to study rail service and gasoline conservation. The Post automobile route provides guidance on travel.
The German chancellor von Hertling faces sharp press criticism after a speech seen as ambiguous about reform and crown protection. Conservative papers condemn concessions while pan-German outlets warn equal suffrage would threaten the dynasty. Only Hertling’s organ seems satiated.
Athens papers urge Greeks in Palestine to join the war effort and be mobilized. They note Greeks in Salomike should be enlisted in the Greek army, while the Armenian contingent remains to be organized in the Macedonian capital.
G B Johnson, first vice president of Pacific Mutual Insurance, died in New York at age 47 while attending the International Convention of the Association of Tape underwriters. Johnson, formerly of Los Angeles, collapsed while walking near the convention hall. He was sent home tonight.
Reports state Luxemburg has been reduced to a vasal or man state under Vascian domination. Belgian officials note the drastic change following the collapse of autonomous governance.
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