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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1918
Page
2
American infantry pierced the Verdun front capturing thirty towns and advancing toward Metz. Prizes exceed 12 000 with hundreds more expected as German resistance collapses and the Verdun Commercy railroad is freed for use.
Washington reports show senators and representatives united in calling for force without limit as America’s answer to the Austrian peace proposal. The House defeats an income tax exemption amendment for the President and state officials. In London, press denounces the Austrian plan as a German ploy. Mrs. C. E. Chapin, city editor’s wife, is found dead from a pistol shot. her husband disappeared after writing of tragedy. Washington also notes President Wilson’s pledge to push suffrage amendment passage. British troops push in Macedonia on a ten mile front capturing prisoners and guns. French and Serbian forces secure key heights.
British and American forces tighten pressure from Verdun to Pont-a-Mousson as Pershing and Muangin press the Germans back to prepared positions. French gains around Vauxaillon and Vailly heighten the drive toward the Meuse while reports note heavy fighting on a 21 mile front near St Gobain and the Aisne sector.
Bridgeport machinists and tool makers at large Bridgeport munition plants resume work after hearing President Wilson’s message. A mass meeting voted to return as a body and sent a reply reaffirming striker loyalty.
The report notes Polish officers organizing a division to join American forces in Siberia Harbin region. Conservative estimates place more than 100000 trained Polishmilitarists ready in Harbin Nikolsk and Vladivostok areas as they head westward to aid their homeland.
The State House Commission plans to end the $2,000,000 annual state supply fray by adding purchasing experts in printing hardware mill supplies and paints. Printing chief Wii TL Furman would lead printing, with other experts chosen later to bid on open-market contracts to secure better prices and uniform quality.
President Wilson flatly rejected Austro-Hungarian proposal for an unofficial peace conference. Lansing released the 68 word reply, framing a world bulwark against peace sniping and outlining Wilson's terms for future negotiations with the Allies’ support.
British foreign secretary Balfour doubts Austria’s peace conference plan will work. Washington expects a major Allied blow to German lines in Flanders Laon and St Mihiel. Metz bombings by Allied airmen. Maissemy captured. Ambassador Sharp says French soil will be freed as American victory inspires. German towns in Baden fear Allied advance after St Mihiel.
In Washington the prevailing view is that only force without stint will bring victory and any nonbinding peace talks are rejected. Berlin has proposed a definite peace with Belgium omitting reparations and indirect acknowledgments, while Austria Hungary invites belligerents to a neutral conference to discuss terms.
The Fed calls on the nation to reduce spending by 24 billion dollars next year to cover the year’s war costs. It states America must have six billion dollars more in the next 13 months than in the previous year.
Paris report says John D. Ryan American assistant secretary of war in charge of air service toured the front area. He expressed gratification with the aviation corps and observed the US Army air activities during a recent operation, noting substantial progress and dedication by personnel.
Bolshevik leaders are urged by Lenin to form a defensive and offensive alliance with Germany. Czecho-Slovak danger is cited as the reason for the shift. Nicolai Lenin, wounded and bed-bound, sends preliminary démarches from Moscow through London.
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