11 Sep 1918
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1918
Page
1
Anonymous posters appeared on lampposts across the town for several nights. Residents report the messages are unsigned and target local issues, while authorities urge caution and no vandalism.
An archived condemnation text critiques The New York Tribune's wartime press stance. It notes attempts to discredit government and praises patriotism while detailing the Tribune’s alleged unpatriotic attitudes and prior antiwar content. It identifies editorial denials and shifts regarding comments by newsroom staff.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit faces a delay as the Public Service Commission suspends a proposed ten cent fare hike across surface lines. A hearing set for September 9 will examine the case while Manhattan service cuts are barred for now. The draft tariffs rely on a zone system and seek transfers changes that would affect outer Brooklyn districts.
In the Independent East for March, George Creel published articles attacking The Metropolitan Magazine and editors at Collier's Weekly The Tribune and Roosevelt for criticizing administration inefficiency. The Tribune reprinted Creel's pieces on its editorial page.
Washington reports announce the enlarged manpower act will call men aged nineteen to twenty and thirty-two to thirty-six first for military service. Questionnaires go out next week, with assignments to camps in October, as Crowder estimates 1,191,684 from the nineteen-twenty group and over 400,000 from the older cohort.
Men aged eighteen to forty five must register unless exempted by prior draft or alien status. Those turning forty six on September 14 are not required to register. Local draft boards and offices listed. If unsure, visit nearest police station. Punishment for failure is up to one year in prison or a $100 fine and induction. Ill or out of town registrants may send a representative to file forms.
The Reichstag will initiate action under government direction while balloons are sent to gauge the wind. Germany must build domestic support before aiming for success abroad. If the peace offensive fails as expected, rulers must have defense ready.
Baron Burian, Austrian foreign minister, urged provisional peace talks in a Vienna dispatch citing a visit by German journalists. He warned that the war must end with substantial bloodshed and the destruction of vast possessions unless military leaders accept a political settlement.
April 12 dispatch quotes Sir Douglas Haig urging troops to hold every position at the last man to repel the onrushing enemy. He asserts victory will go to those who endure longest and calls for unity and resolve despite exhausted efforts.
Paris dispatch describes fighting on the Aisne front as American and French units assault the Chemin des Dames while German countermeasures and missile communications reveal uncertain morale. Mangin strengthens the Ailette crossing as Allied forces drive toward encircling the Chemin des Dames from the west amid heavy artillery barrages.
A Berne dispatch says Berlin has executed plans to divide Baltic territories into administrative districts, forming a single military administration of the Baltic provinces with seat at Riga. The system places authority with the town’s commanding officer and von Goesler, administration chief, who previously led the administration in court and the whole.
Allied forces push through Hindenburg defenses with gains across a twenty mile front. Seven villages and numerous prisoners captured as French and British units strike near St Quentin Gouzeaucourt and Lys banks while Belg ians report progress north of Ypres. Continuous heavy rain slows fighting along the Oise and Aisne fronts as momentum erodes the enemy line.
British forces push ahead amid heavy machine gun and artillery fire as rain and mud slow progress. Evacuations and German rear-line fortifications are reported as Bavarian units mutiny and German defense strains show strain in the north. Civilians flee with possessions, property seized or carried off.
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