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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1918
Page
10
Notice to subscribers details mailing options rates and renewal guidance for The Washington Post in 1918. Instructions cover address changes, prepayment, and how to ensure delivery to Washington and Alexandria plus nationwide. Includes office details and editor president Edward B McLean.
A translated Vienna communique admits Czech troops in the Austrian army are revolt minded and provided Italian command with battlefield plans for the Piave disaster. It notes deserters supplied details, cites Czech and Jugoslav desertions, and claims Czechs fight in allied fronts while yearning for independence. The report argues oppression will end as nationalities resist Habsburg rule.
Director General Mc Adoo reports a government rail system spanning 395012 miles of track and 23057 miles of canals with vast navigable waters. The plan emphasizes winning the war and low costs with fair wages, noting savings in salaries and reduced legal and advertising expenses. Troop and supply movements from May 1917 to July 1918 reached 6455558 personnel moved without major disruption, with swift war-material deliveries coast to coast in fifteen days.
Six months ended July show railroads handling 22,000,000 tons more coal than in the same period of 1917. Government takeover aimed to boost efficiency for war, and the Public should focus on gains in efficiency over financials. Control has achieved much and justified forecasts.
The War Industries Board establishes a four class priority list to classify U.S. industries for war needs. Class 1 covers essential military material. classes 2 to 4 follow with subordinate priority. The system guides the Draft, employment, fuel, and rail logistics to keep critical plants operating and align resources with national war requirements.
A factory earned a million dollars last year with a $600000 tax bite. Dividends left after tax were hit for $200000 income tax. Plant closures due to material shortages and priority rules threaten $800000 in next year output. Comment notes the treasury and priorities board must act before the golden eggs end. Also remarks on Bolsheviks and Austria's Croatia plan provoking Slavic splitting.
Director General Mcadoo ended a la carte dining on dining cars effective October 1. Standard four course table d hote meals replace them. Lunch and dinner will cost $1 each, with some trains charging $1.25 for dinner. Breakfast remains a la carte with moderated prices. Equipment pooling and unified dining car organization planned to save food costs and speed service.
The Lords debate Lord Beauchamp's remarks on William Hughes during a visit to England. His prior governorship of New South Wales included a controversial penal history remark and a French cease supporting a diplomatic rift. His public missteps led to classing guests by colored tickets and a cabinet resignation, prompting recall by England amid anti Beauchamp sentiment in Australia. The piece also details the Newdegate and Lawley family histories tied to Arbury Hall and Westminster, linking ancestry to notable figures and titles.
The House and Senate met noon to 4 39 p m adjourning to noon tomorrow detailing progress on lands patents for homesteaders with seven months residence and no cultivation requirements. A national budget system bill advanced, with appropriations and a Kenyon motion to discharge the appropriations committee. The Senate began considering a $50 000 000 wartime minerals and morale production fund, amid opposition to broad corporate powers. An espionage act amendment passed punishing false reports to interfere with military success. A Senate resolution directed fuel data sharing with the Senate. Borah urged relief for families of captured officers. A protest over a wartime wine prohibition provision was transmitted from Italy. Hampton complained of tax burdens on farmers amid war revenue measures. Baruch to testify on cotton price stabilization. A Senate resolution authorized prohibition zones around war plants, and tax debates on Hog Island shipyard funding and where taxes would fall, with party perspectives from Fordney and Moore.
The government bans gold bullion issuance from Philadelphia Denver San Francisco and New York assay office without a war industries board license. The treasury secretary Raymond Baker directs the Fed to restrict gold use to regulated war time credit needs. Jewelry making crafts will be curtailed. licenses available for domestic use and export decisions by McAdoo and the Federal Reserve Board.
War Department officials say soldiers will receive gifts this year but may limit package sizes or reduce quantities. General Pershing's view on continuing the practice remains under consideration as the force size this year is much larger.
Fire in a New York naval warehouse Sunday night destroyed valuable paintings furniture and ship fixtures removed from interned German liners. Among the paintings were works from the Vaderland later the President Lincoln of the Hamburg American Line. The Vaderland silver service and the liner's grand stairway were also destroyed.
The War Department announced yesterday a site at Raleigh North Carolina has been chosen for a new tank training camp. No details were released on camp size or building types at this time.
The Washington Fest presents a condensed train timetable from Washington to major cities with Chicago serving as a connecting hub. Times vary by line and day, and changes occur as railroads update schedules. accuracy of departures is not guaranteed. Trains run to Atlanta Baltimore Boston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Detroit Indianapolis Key West Louisville Memphis New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St Louis and more, with multiple daily departures listed for each city.
A list of officers assigned to orders includes C Flannagan Fort Leavenworth H Turner Baltimore W H Titus this city O M Salisbury Camp Joseph B Johnston W C Thomas this city C G Mitchell Dayton W Smith this city M A Kerwin New York J E Lee Camp Upt on J J Geringer Camp Humphreys C B Hoover this city E V Hughes Camp Holabird K H Behr this city R S Merrill this city R Le Meredith San Diego By direction of the President Capt A A Mandez is honorably discharged from the service Leave of absence for two days granted Col B M Balley
Treasury figures for September 7 1914 show revenue receipts and ordinary disbursements for the day and month. The report lists totals for the fiscal year to date and current year comparisons, with detailed balances across gold silver dollars United States notes and Federal reserve notes, plus bank and coin holdings in the general fund.
The Census Bureau reported 1,039,620 bales ginned before September 1, the most in history for that date. The previous peak was 556,668 bales in 1916. Ginnings reached 9.3 percent of the 11,137,000 bale crop forecast by the Agriculture Department. Heat and dryness in Texas and Oklahoma drove earlier opening and picking, with expanded southern Texas acreage contributing to an early mature crop.
Stockholm Sept 8 The arrival of 14000 bales of cotton at Gothenburg from New York will permit Swedish cotton mills to resume operation halted since August 1917 The cargo will be divided among the different mills.
In Washington discussions, former Governor Edward Dunne cites Illinois Democrats' unity and predicts gains in the House. Senator Lewis remains unopposed for the Democratic nomination and may defeat any Republican rival. Other voices urge support for war workers, cotton prospects in Georgia, and coal supply optimism as draft rules shift labor.
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