Reader laments omitted historic Bazoches Mont Notre Dame details
A letter from Auburn, June 2, 1918, criticizes The Times article Germans Tread Historic Path for missing Bazoches fortress and Mont Notre Dame ruins. The writer describes the fortress and cathedral, cites local legends, and questions French defense, rail links, and the region’s wartime role around Mont Notre Dame and nearby hills.
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New York Times
Timms
Bazoches
Mont Notre Dame
Dumas
Rheima
Amiens
Banochesain
Baccuré
Soissons
Jesus Christ
Charles V
Duc d’Aumale
Louis Philippe
Stheims
Fereen-Tardenols
Chéteau
Fismes
Paria
Meaux
Caspian Sea
War Department
United States
Rheims
Boulogne
English
France
Auburn
Finland and Berlin in the White Guard argument
Santteri Morteva of New York argues that the Times letters defending the Finnish White Guard misrepresent Finland’s independence and align with German interests. He cites dispatches alleging a German framework over Finnish affairs, German control of imports, and a Helsinki bank branch, claiming real independence is absent. He recalls Finnish and White Guard leaders’ ties to Germany and cites violent reprisals and mass imprisonments as evidence of German‑style order in Finland.
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New York Times
Today’s Times
White Guard
London
Finland
Germany
Politiken
Hjalmar Branting
Stockholm
Associated Press
Deutsche Bank
Helsingfors
Alsace-lorraine
Trot
Red Guard
Times Current
HighTorr
Washington
Vaikonen Suomi
White Guards
Donner
Mme. Malmberg
Belgium
Serbia
Santeri Morteva
New York
New York Times 1918 ads and masthead fragment
An archival fragment from the New York Times dated June 7 1918 shows ad blocks and contact points across Manhattan and nearby offices, listing pricing for daily weekly and Sunday editions, with various street addresses and publication sections. The text includes postal rates and mentions of the Times Current illustrated Monthly and other related publications.
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Werk
Nome Rmape
Canada
York Times
Current Illustrated Monthly
Polish and Slavic Allies Form Common Platform
At the Rome Congress of Oppressed Nationalities in April, delegates from Austro-Hungarian Rumanians Italians Czechs Poles and Jugoslavs declared shared aims and a platform for joint action. The Polish memo calls for a united independent Polish state with access to the sea including return of Danzig and the Polish portion of the Baltic coast. Western powers pledge support for Polish Czech and Jugoslav aspirations as a path to a just peace, while Austria-Hungary is denounced as an imperial aggressor and Germany’s domination looms.
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Jugoslava
Poland
Vistula
Danzig
Lithuania
Germany
Austria
Ukraine
Laut
Prus
Europe
Lansine
Jugo
Asia Minor
Adriatic
Austria-Hungary
Hungary
France
Italy
Great Britain
Tes
Mora
Hapsburg
United States
Dispensing With the Courts and Farm Machinery Debate
The piece argues against abolishing the Supreme Court by statute to advance child labor reform, warning of constitutional overreach and the dangers of Congress overruling judicial decisions. It contrasts old labor laws with upsurges in tractor farming, noting Wall Street funding, shifts from muscle to capital, and potential price pressures as machinery reshapes agriculture.
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Supreme Court
Owen
Oklahoma
Congress
Black flag crusade in German press demands war aims
The Kreuz-Zeitung argues Germany should reveal its true aims of conquest, discarding peace-hoping pretense. It claims a brutal disclosure would unite Germans but provoke harder resolve in France and Britain. It targets pacifists and leaders like Scheidemann, praising a shift to military pressure.
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Germany
Kreuz-Zeitung
Kreuz- Zeitung
The
Michaflin
Brest-Litovsk
Tageblatt
France
England
Erzberger
Scheldemann
Theodor Wolff
Puhilitpr Scheidemann
War gas controversy urged transfer to Bureau of Mines
President Wilson faces pressure to stop the planned transfer of General Libet’s gas division to military control. National chemists led by Ina Remsen and others argue preserving the Bureau of Mines’ structure keeps research moving without red tape. They warn a transfer would disrupt progress and hinder war aims.
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Wilson
Libert
Army
Bureau of Mines
National Advisory Committee
Ina Remsen
Johns Hopkins
Housettit
Princeton
Bancrort
Cornell
Ricxagos
Harvard
Talnot
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Venable
University of North Carolina
Nichols
General Chemical Company
Hoskins
Chicago
Parsons
Bureau
General Street
Europe
General Simeret
War Gas Organization
Department of the Interior
War Department
Smbert
Nationality parade and unity amid diverse origins
The column argues against a Fourth of July nationality parade, urging Americans to march as undifferentiated citizens rather than by ethnic groups. It favors a single parade of unity, emphasizes assimilation, and notes the need to present common American resolve during wartime. The piece also critiques Hoover’s Prohibition stance and notes German plans to form convict regiments, highlighting broader war-time concerns.
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Dans
United States
Law to Admit Jugoslavs to Fight for the United States
A Senate Foreign Affairs Committee hearing urged Congress to grant 300000 to 500000 Jugoslavs in the United States eligibility to join the American army. About 60000 could enlist immediately if their status were changed to friendly aliens, arguing the move would reflect who they are rather than where they come from and help fight Germany and Austria-Hungary.
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Ers
Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Congress
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Wall Street Farmers Plan Big Indian Reserve Wheat Venture
An article describes a new venture where Wall Street talent will cultivate 16 million acres of Indian reservations with a $2,000,000 nominal capital, starting this fall. A factory-like farming model relies on machinery, including tractors, to boost yields to several million bushels next year and beyond.
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New York
Canada
United States
Wall Street
Prairies
Tractor Trade Journal
Federal Reserve Bank
Maryland
France
Michigan
England
Pennsylvania
Neutral Shifts For Food Trade With Sweden
A wartime accord with Sweden will charter 300000 more tons of ships to the U S Government and Allies, joining 100000 tons already in use. Sweden cuts exports of high-grade iron and ore, while the U S ships grain, fertilizer, cotton and oils in return. Sweden needs 2500000 bushels of wheat before harvest. threats loom as neutral ships face Berlin’s prize rules. Denmark’s envoy warns of famine risk. cargoes may be torpedoed, straining neutrality bonds amid a global food crisis.
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Sweden
Germany
United States
Denmark
America
Belgium
Arctic
Germans may recruit criminals into army to bolster forces
The author argues that Germans, including soldiers, have jailed convicts for acts seen as virtuous elsewhere and suggests that integrating German convicts into the army could improve morals or worsen them. The piece contemplates whether such penal regiments would exacerbate hostility toward Germany.
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Belgium
France
Trians
Germany
A Blow at Latin Republics
A letter to the editor argues that U boat piracy near U.S. and Latin American coasts threatens troop movement and Latin American commerce. It warns against a potential full U.S. port blockade by Prussians, calls for strict accountability and possible war if crimes against citizens continue, and urges Latin American nations to resist Prussian manipulation and uphold human rights.
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New York Times
Latin America
Carolina
New York
Porto Rico
United States
Bello
Calvo
Drago
R. Munoz Tebar
Braver Days A World War I Letter to the Editor
G Terry Sinclair writes from New York on June 4 1918 recalling a wartime incident aboard the Florida. The ship captured the Electric Spark carrying many passengers and transferred them to a schooner before a gale, saving all aboard. He contrasts wartime conduct with the fate of those aboard the Carolina.
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New York Times
Florida
New York
Carolina
Electric Spark
New Orleans
G. Terry Sinclair
Mothers of Defenders of Democracy enroll wives and mothers
Pauline Arnoux MacArthur, president of the National Association for Mothers of Defenders of Democracy, acknowledges in the press and in letters from wives and mothers of service members the enrollment of associate members. She notes the national bulletin and the 2,000,000 women with sons or husbands in war and thanks readers for support on Mothers Day. May 31, 1918.
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The
New York Times
United States
National Association For Mothers of Defenders of Democcracy
East Forty-second Street
New York City
Pauline Arnoux MacArthur
National Association For Mothers of Defenders of Democracy, Inc
New York
A World War I Mother of Men Mazie V. Caruthers
A tribute praises Mazie V. Caruthers for her unwavering support of soldiers abroad. She accompanies the officer's son, greets him in France, comforts the wounded, and embodies a vast, global motherly spirit. Her enduring compassion multiplies the care of countless families and servicemen.
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France
Opportunities in the New York State Guard for older men
Arthur W. Allan of Cambridge Mauss voices support for the 9th Coast Artillery option in the New York State Guard, noting older men in various 6th Coast Artillery infantry companies include bankers lawyers and doctors. He argues drill and march would improve health and morale while stressing the guard's role as a home front bulwark and orderly force in stress. He also critiques field clerks in France for parade uniforms causing tension with enlisted men and suggests distinguishing marks or different uniforms to reduce salutes and maintain harmony.
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State Guard
New York Times
New York State Guard
9Th Coast Artillery
United States Army
6Th Coast Artillery
New York Guard
Was
New York
War Department
France
Arthur W. Allan
Cambridge, Mauss
What Work for General Wood
J. M. Connor of Greenville South Carolina writes June 4 1918 asking what appointment will suit Leonard Wood. He praises Wood for his work at Camp Sevier and Wadsworth Moldin soldiers and ensuring camp safeguards. He calls the record of his zeal thorough and memorable.
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General Wood
New York Times
Leonard Wood
Campa Sevier
Wadsworth
J. M. Connor
Greenville
3. C
A Measure of Retaliation in World War I Letters
In Brooklyn on May 31, 1918 a letter to the editor defends retaliation for German abuses while condemning violence. It cites two Sunny Lorraine women fined for speaking French in public and an Allied aviator captured after calling an officer a boche urging measured responses amid wartime tensions.
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New York Time
New York Daily
Lorraine
Brooklyn
Rent Profiteering Complaint From Brooklyn Resident
A Flatbush Brooklyn tenant criticizes high rent increases by a German landlord, claiming rises up to 23 percent in large houses. The letter disputes J Clarence Davies’s claim that no such cases exist and calls for attention to profiteering in housing.
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New York Times
J. Clarence Davies
Flatbush
Brooklyn
Ma. A. Lench
Lvls
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