Sinking of Vessels Off New Jersey Coast
The report lists multiple ship sinkings by German submarines near New Jersey during the night. One Edward H. Cole sailing vessel, plus two more sailing ships the Sadie Dunn and the Samuel W. Hathaway, were torpedoed and sunk, with survivors landed.
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New York
Maritime Exchange
Fifeen
Edward H. Cole
Highlands
New Jersey
Navy Department
Washington
Navy
Pe Eice
Sadie Dunn
Samuel W. Hathaway
Cole
Americans Repel Two Hun Attacks Near Chateau Thierry
Washington reports a French War Office release stating American forces counter-attacked near Chateau Thierry, breaking a German advance toward the south and driving enemy units back north of Neuilly woods. On the Marne front a German battalion was repelled, suffering heavy losses. Patrols operated in Picardy and Lorraine as shells hit positions in the Woevre.
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Washington
Pershing
French War Office
Chateau- Thierry
Marne
Chateau-Thierry
Neuilly
Jaulgonne
Picardy
Lorraine
Sewell
Caillaux Faces Treason Probe With Calm Nerve
Paris June 5 Joseph Caillaux former French premier under treason inquiry meets charges with sang froid. After leaving the chamber he searches for a cab then hops into a police detective car to be driven home.
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Associated Press
Paris
Joseph Caillaux
France
Sapristi
M. Caillaux
Caillaux
German Attacks and Casualties Reported Across Fronts
German forces probe French lines at Carlepont wood Domiers Corcy and Chezy with mixed results French aided by tanks stabilizes Corcy border. German raid southwest of Morlan court east of Amiens repulsed with prisoners taken. U S casualty list lists 110 names including 39 killed in action 13 died of wounds 3 died of accident 6 died of disease 47 wounded 2 missing.
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Associated Press
Paris
War Office
Carlepont Wood
Domiers
Corcy
Chezy
London
Morlancourt
Amiens
Washington
German advance on Aisne front wanes amid French defense
In the Aisne sector the German push falters as French troops hold firm. Reports describe slight enemy progress on Sunday and balanced gains on Monday along the western front. An allied air raid on Cologne killed 146 and wounded about 150. Cologne residents faced widespread panic.
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Associated Press
Aisne
Rheims
Washington
Cologne
State Department
Allied defense halts German offensive south of Ailette
Allied lines hold against German attacks in the Ailette salient as French forces stop advances on both flanks. Fighting between the Oise and Marne remains heavy while improvements are reported north of Moulin and Trouve, with minimal operations elsewhere on the western front.
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Associated Press
Ailette Wood
Oise
Marne
Moulin and Sons
U. S
W. S
Submarine warfare reduces American ship losses to under 350
Reports from New York on June 4 state that the possible American death toll from German submarine actions in the last ten days drops to fewer than 350. Nineteen survivors from the missing Carina were landed at Lewes Delaware, with 331 yet unaccounted for, including 202 passengers. The City of Columbus arrived safely, and other ships reached port, leaving only the Hathaway crew unaccounted for. The total known American tonnage sunk exceeds twenty thousand tons. Authorities report another American steamship sunk by submarines, though details are scarce.
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Associated Press
New York
Germany
Atlantic
Lewes
Delaware
City of Columbus
Savannah Line
Cobb
Dorchester
Huron
Samuel W. Hathaway
Boston
Official notice on porting apportionment withheld
An official notice from Washington dated May 31 states that 280000 porting June 34 is withheld. A rumor circulates about an exemption or grant affecting the arone apportionment, with details not disclosed.
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Eee
Wilson urges pardon for Tom Mooney
President Wilson has written a second letter to California Governor Stephens urging clemency for Thomas J. Mooney who faces death after conviction for a bombing that killed several during a preparedness parade two years ago.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Stephens
California
Thomas J. Mooney
No Promiscuous Giving for War Campaigns Warned
Oklahoma City warns the public against unauthorized war work solicitations. Verify authorization with County Councils before contributing. Sanctioned agencies include the Red Cross, YMCA, YWCA, Knights of Columbus, and Jewish Welfare Board. National Day on June 28 mobilizes women’s efforts in Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Okahoma
State Council
County Councils of Defense
Young Men’s Christian Association
Young Women’s Christian Association
Knights of Columbus
Jewish Welfare the
Red Cross
Bay
Oklahoma
Mobilization orders for 40000 Black draftees issued from Washington
Washington reports mobilization orders for 40000 Negro draft registrants qualified for general service to entrain June 20 to 25. Oklahoma to furnish 500 men for Camp Funston Kansas. Also notes a Oklahoma senator Owen drafts a new child labor bill and local notes from Knox "Happenings" with community updates and Red Cross fund drive planned.
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Associated Press
Washington
Oklahoma
Camp Funston
Kansas
O. S
Owen
Supreme Court
Congress
S. C
Survivors Sift After Carolina Sinking Off New Jersey
Reports say all but ten of 218 aboard the liner Carolina have been accounted for. A schooner saved Captain Barbour, 156 passengers, and 94 crew off Barnegat. Another ship, the Samuel C. Mergel, sunk Sunday afternoon 175 miles off New York. 11 crew rescued by a Danish steamer.
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Associated Press
New York
Carolina
Porto Rico
Barbour
Barnegat
N. J
Samuel C. Mergel
Funeral rites for Colonel Jack Love in Oklahoma Capitol
Funeral services for Colonel Jack Love chairman of the state corporation commission who died Saturday at Mineral Wells Texas were held this morning in the hall of the house of representatives at the state capitol. Governor Williams ordered all state offices closed for the day as friends from across Oklahoma paid tribute to a state pioneer and well known figure.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Jack Love
State Corporation Commission
Mineral Wells
Texas
House of Representatives
State Capitol
Oklahoma
Williams
Weather Report for May 1918 and Past Records
May 1918 shows rainfall 7.68 inches with a maximum temperature of 93 and a minimum of 44. Clear days total 16. Year to date rainfall 19.69, compared with 9.97 in 1917 and 25.58 in 1916. Includes scattered garbled notes on War Society and locations Wisner Tioga Texas.
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Proseabuine
Ter A Wisner
Ot & Anakos
Tioga
Texas
Explosion at Baussen plant kills hundred in France
A blast at the Baussen war materials plant in southern France killed about 100 people and injured 50, according to a Havas dispatch. The disaster is reported to have occurred Monday, with a large death toll and many missing.
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Associated Press
Paris
Baussen
France
Havas
Co. W. Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Charles Warren Fairbanks
United States
Richard Fairbanks
Wilson
Washington
Eres
Texas
Seek Photographs of German Views Urges Public Help
Oklahoma City June 5 special says the government seeks photographs drawings and descriptions of bridges buildings towns and areas occupied by German forces in Belgium France and Luxembourg and the German areas west of the Hamburg line. Send material without duplication to Colonel A B Cox Washington D C by parcel post or express. it will not be returned. Citizens urged to assist in the battle against the Huns. S VU. S Buy War Savings Stamps
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Okahoma City
Oka
Belgium
France
Luxembourg
Germany
Hamburg
A. B. Cox
Fifteenth Street
Washington, D.C
S. VU. S
Draft registration progress and Camp Cody call for Pontotoc county
More than 200 young men became of age in the past year and 208 appeared by 2 o’clock to meet the registration requirements. The War Department announces an apportionment of 90 men from Pontotoc County to be sent to Camp Cody in June likely around the 24th. The newly registered men will be classified soon and the first calls are expected before summer ends.
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War Department
Pontotoc County
Camp Cody
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Lola Ledbetter
Elva Howard
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Retary
John H. Howard
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