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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1918
Page
8
London reports Germany faces critical food shortages as rationing tightens. Flour, meat and butter supplies shrink in major cities, with Berlin and Breslau seeing drastic drops. Authorities warn further cuts risk grave health impacts, including a sharp fall in birth rates from 1915 to 1917.
The Matin features an address by former Premier Viviani to American soldiers in Paris. He calls the Americans soldiers of right and credits them with unreserved commitment to universal justice. He lauds American nurses and recounts talks with President Wilson, urging France to stand firm until U.S. forces arrive in full strength.
A German raiding party of about 180 men attacked the American line south of Thiancourt in Lorraine at 2 am. The Germans suffered at least twenty killed, including an officer and four men in the trenches. one prisoner was captured. American casualties were light. The raiders belonged to the 104th Crown Princes regiment, Fortieth Division, arrived from Russia April 1. Further German shelling followed, with a separate raid reported in Alsace.
Washington reports the Army casualty list with fifty seven names across categories killed in action died of wounds died of accident wounded severely and other statuses. Lieutenant Whitney W. Stark of Brooklyn is the sole officer named among the list.
A damaged OCR fragment notes continued activity in a combat sector with artillery fire and shifting fronts. The wording implies ongoing operations since American forces entered the area, but specifics and dates are unclear.
American troops in the Alsace sector near the Swiss frontier on May 21 reach their first front in the foothills of the Alps. They face German trenches on neighboring ridges as artillery roars across valleys and mountain-views reveal enemy lines while villagers welcome the Americans with wildflowers during their advance in mid May.
Paris June 16 Premier Clemenceau lauds British air force in Western front battles alongside French pilots. L Ame Libre cites British units under French command from Mortdidier to Noyon with operational freedom and initiative. It highlights bomber exploits clearing air and battlefields of enemy batteries.
Colonels Parsons and other American officials arrived in Rome with ambulances for the American army. Ambassador Page presented them to Giuseppe Zupelli, Minister of War, who congratulated the Americans on their timely arrival as the Austrian offensive began.
Paris reports a Balkans operation statement dated June 1 noting artillery activity along the front and Bulgarian recon detachments repulsed with heavy losses. It also records that two enemy airplanes were brought down during the Eastern Theatre action around June 15.
Washington June 16 President Wilson considered a plan from Senator Hitchcock to organize Slovak, Polish, Yugoslav and Czech divisions within the American army to fight with Italy against Austria. The proposal argues it would aid unrest in Austria-Hungary and complicate German operations, while noting risks for Austrian-born volunteers. Hitchcock cites thousands eager to oppose Austria and suggests brigades or regiments could be formed as part of the U S Army.
Berlin reports a serious influenza outbreak with the Lokal Anzeiger noting the number of cases under treatment has been forbidden for publication. Local residents face heightened illness risk as authorities tighten medical data disclosure.
A June report from Amsterdam via Exchange Telegraph says the German War Minister orders all prisoners repatriated from Russia returned to military service after a brief furlough. The dispatch notes rising anti Jewish agitation in Poland with posters in Lodz and Warsaw by the Army of Liberation urging massacres.
Washington June 16 The Children’s Bureau of the Labor Department urges hiring health nurses to protect and save the lives of 100000 children this year as part of its campaign to reduce child mortality.
Second Lieutenant Caldwell Colt Robinson, son of Mrs. Robinson and the late Colonel Charles L. F. Robinson, and grandnephew of Colonel Caldwell Hart Colt, was killed in action in France. The transmitter major general at mailed telegram offered condolences. Robinson had attended New York Military Academy and Sheffield Scientific School before enlisting, later joining the 82d Company of the 6th Regiment, marine corps in France.
The War Department reports 770 casualties in the week ending today among American Expeditionary Forces in France, bringing totals since landing to 8,085. Deaths total 3,192, wounded 4,647, missing 246. Submarine losses are low, with most deaths on the torpedoed steamers Tuscania and Moldavia.
Second Lieutenant Whitney W. Stark, Amherst graduate, 23, reported wounded in France after transfer from infantry to the Marine Corps. Son of broker James E. Stark of 20 President Street Brooklyn. War Department notified father of Stark injuries on June 3. Also reported killed in France was John Leon Gardner, 24, son of Mrs Elizabeth Cole of 168 Brighton Street Tottenville Staten Island, a former Staten Island shipyard machinist.
An Australian officer in the new citizen army, General Sir John Monash, has been made a lieutenant general. He served as a civil engineer and militia officer before the war, commanded an Australian battalion at Gallipoli, led an Australian division at Ypres and Messines, and now heads an army corps. He is a Jew.
Carlos Lopez Bustamante, a Venezuelan editor imprisoned for pro Allied editorials, arrived from Caracas and claimed Venezuela is under German influence aiding U boat activity. He said Neo German sentiment and President Gomez suppressed pro Allied press. German agents offered money to buy his paper. He plans to forward documents to the State Department.
Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves told a Free Synagogue audience at Carnegie Hall that the U S Navy is fully ready for any eventuality, with transport service efficient as the Great Atlantic Packet Company. He asserted Allied forces would win and that U boats now face effective defenses as ships faster than sixteen knots escape attack.
Sub-Lieutenant Nungesser celebrated his promotion by becoming an Officer of the Legion of Honor after downing two more enemy planes, totaling thirty victories. Lieutenant Marcy was killed in action on June 9 with seven prior victories. Also launched was the mine sweeper Pelican at Morris Heights yards with about 1,000 attendees and speeches by Canadian Sgt William Downs and Sidney Story. John J. Amory presided, and Branklyn naval reserves helped police the ceremony.
A German U-boat torpedoed two Norse vessels off Virginia causing loss of ships and crews. The attack follows resumed submarine operations in the Atlantic with the U-boat claiming strategic damage and potential wartime impact on Allied shipping lanes.
Paris June 15 Pan German papers scoff at American army claims and state the United States official communiques exaggerate. They mock Secretary Baker’s 500 000 troops in France and note no American transports have been torpedoed. They question routes to Bordeaux via the Azores.
Two American steamships reached port from the Caribbean without sighting a U-boat. One ship, bound from Venezuelan ports via San Juan, carried 18 passengers and faced fear of raiders during a seven day voyage. The Porto Rican liner left San Juan after government clearance and headed to New York with patrol boats visible along the coast.
A French general order commends the 1st Battalion of the Russian Legion for an April 26 1918 attack near Amiens. The unit held a contested position amid counterattacks and heavy shelling, with 32 killed and many wounded, reflecting high courage and efficiency.
On Thursday June 13 Prince Higashi Pushimi is relieved of second squadron command and named to the Admirals Council. He previously left active command before the Tsing campaign. French Naval Attaché Rrylinski plans to travel to Washington for talks with the French Embassy.
Major General Cooper hosted a garden party for about 350 Americans at the Plymouth base hospital era, including 120 nurses in motor ambulances. The procession toured principal streets led by the Mayor and senior naval and military officials.
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