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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1918
Page
19
Hamburg shipping interests protest to the Reichstag against government trust and state control. German magnates warn of ruin as policy shifts threaten their fleets, ports, and business operations. Representatives from major Hamburg-based firms urge urgent relief measures to protect industry and employment.
Amsterdam reports a 165 member German Reichstag visit to Hamburg and Bremen as it backs free port trade. Berlin officials knew of Haeburg activity while Reichstag deputy urged ending wartime economic controls. Balfin of Hamburg American Line said the transitional system risks rearming a future economy war.
Washington reports a new German postwar trade trust aims to coordinate foreign trade policy. The Deutsche Uebisrssesyndikat, formed in Hamburg with 25 000 marks capital, draws bankers and industrial firms including Warburg Krupp Siemens and Hamburg American Line. Alfred Schonlicht leads the mystery enterprise seen as a landmark in postwar international business.
Turkish troops occupy Tabriz, a major Persian city near Tehran, as part of operations described by a Turkish official. The advance follows campaigns toward the Caucasus front, with emphasis on strategic positions and troop movements in Northwestern Iran.
The Steel Minksrotor ship South Pole, 6450 ton class, was completed in forty days at Malinore Drydocks and Shipbuilding Company yards. Charlie M Schwab, head of Vient Corporation, attended and urged workers to stay at their posts. Florence Patton of Milwaukee served as sponsor for the event.
Representative Kiva Sulis Kahn of California told the Senate Agriculture Committee that enactment of prohibition now would bankrupt many growers and wipe out millions in loans. He warned California farmers hold debts of about 10 million tied to this year’s crop and would face liquidation under the plan.
Fallington J T and Bent Mlle lead a committee to accelerate coal production for winter. The group seeks government cooperation and aims to meet national goals, with Meade appointed by A to oversee efforts.
London reports details of a large German submarine sunk after hitting a mine near Zeebrugge. Only two of forty crew survived after a one and a half hour struggle at twenty fathoms, with some choosing death by self destruction. A British trawler rescued the lone survivors.
Philadelphia June 17 reports to the Emergency Fleet Corporation state at least 63 ships will be launched on the Fourth of July. Charles M Schwab as director general urged a grand splash of ships to honor Independence Day, aiming to surpass Germany in ships afloat in a single day.
Special dispatch reports Major General Leonhard Wood will train a new division for France at Camp Funston Kansas. The War Department canceled prior transfers to California and left unclear whether Wood will accompany the unit to Europe or remain out of active service, as speculation grows about a broader wartime role.
Special dispatch cites Stockholm legation telling the State Department that a Petrograd courier reported Ukraine near a German-backed revolt. Germans allegedly cannot leave cities in small numbers due to local hostility.
London June 17 George N Barnes Wartime British policy figure urged a league of nations as the path to lasting peace. He proposed an allied conference to inaugurate such a league before the war ends, with disputes submitted to a tribunal and a potential precautionary boycott. He favored a defensive treaty and postwar reconstruction aid through the Allies.
Premier Hughes says Australia has paid and will pay the price of liberty and will not falter in the war. He states Australia must control New Guinea and nearby islands or place them under a friendly civilized nation and endorses a Pacific Monroe Doctrine while remaining firm on authority.
Washington June 1 The National Forest Reservation Commission approved the purchase of 54 672 acres for a national forest. The largest tract covers 31 687 acres in Falk County Tennessee at 6 per acre with over 20 000 000 feet of merchantable timber. In New Hampshire White Mountains 2756 acres in Grafton and Coos counties approved at 10.80 an acre. They include valuable spruce timber.
General Pershing announces the Croix de Guerre for Private Joseph W. Guyton the first American killed on German soil. Guyton of the American forces in the Vosges was killed by machine gun fire after entering the line his next of kin is Mrs Agnes Winona Guyton of Ewart Michigan the division he joined has been identified and the information is now published
Washington June 1 Senate approves a House resolution authorizing a statue of James Buchanan to stand in a public park here. Opponents attacked Buchanan’s loyalty, while supporters argued the statue honors a former president.
Police Commissioner Enright officiated at the launching of the Robin at Todd Shipyards Brooklyn yard. The 180 by 87 foot vessel is one of 44 government sweepers, part of a fleet to keep Atlantic and North Sea lanes open, with the fourth boat due July 4.
Jacob Hayman of New York urged the establishment of a national conservatory of music and art to be government supported at a Washington hearing before the House Education Committee.
Moscow dispatch reports a German shift on the Brest Litovsk pact as Berlin and Moscow negotiators meet to resume trade under the treaty. Soviet economists warn of Germany seeking to cancel state control of banks, key industries, and the export import monopoly.
Amster dam June 17 Emperor William is seen by Karl Rosner of Lokal Anzeiger acting as a good Samaritan toward two unconscious British soldiers on May 28. While descending Mont Hiver he halted beside the men, arranged a medical attendant to give brandy and salve their wounds, and to arrange transfer to the hospital.
Hartford Conn June 17 George Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia voiced criticism of shelving General Leonard Wood at Trinity College commencement. Pepper urged the American people to demand his services and warned that denying a capable commander could threaten democracy and lead to a Berlin-like state.
A fragmentary wartime speech rhetoric references British Indians and Romer Teproventa, discussing a moral duty toward the ill and wounded. It claims Germans will preserve Christian duty and promise humane treatment of wounded soldiers, even amid terrible bombing. The passage emphasizes recalling days with a clear conscience after the conflict.
Budapest reports that all next crops have been requisitioned by the Hungarian government. Flour mills are now under government supervision as part of the national control measures announced in Amsthrvam on June 17.
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