German U boat menace reaches U S shores as battlesome raids grow
Washington reports Germany conducted coastwise attacks near New Jersey and Delaware. U boats sunk five sailing vessels and the tanker Herbert L Pratt with unknown loss of Carolina liner passengers. Navy and army officials vow protection of coasts and increased patrols as survivors reach port and Coast Guard units mobilize in response to the raids.
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New Jersey
Navy
Berlin
Washington
Germany
United States
Atlantic
Herlin
Europe
America
Herbert L. Pratt
Navy Department
Carolina
France
Daniels
House Naval Committee
Congress
Edna
Lewes
Delaware
New York
Mr. Daniels
Department
Atrew
Cenartment
Solicitor General Davis backs Watson in interview
Washington June 3 Special. Solicitor General John W. Davis issued a formal interview statement endorsing Watson for senator. He clarifies he speaks only for himself not for the administration or national party, pays Watson a high tribute, and says he hopes and believes Watson will be successful.
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Charles Brooks Smith
Washington
Cornwell
Col. C. W. Watson
W. E. Chilton
John W. Davis
Watson
Davis
National Party
Tar dieu outlines American war preparations
Paris reports Capt. Andre Tardieu the French high commissioner told La Prensa that Americans view the war as their own and have the most complete organization for hostilities among belligerents. He predicts two million Americans in France by 1919 and notes German plans.
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Russia
Tardieu
United States
Paris
Andre Tardieu
la Prensa
Buenos Aires
France
Rules for enforcing work or fight order to draft age
Washington announces rules for Crowder work or fight regulations. Local boards act as courts to hear idle or nonproductive cases weekly. Notices sent to registrants with 3 to 7 days to respond. Records go to district boards for approval. if vacancy exists, registrants go to camp or top of the invocation list. Appeals possible only after district dissent with appeal agent recommendations.
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Washington
Crowder
Cor
Missing Twenty Six From President Lincoln
Washington reports three officers and twenty three enlisted men missing after the torpedoing of the American transport President Lincoln. Lieutenant Edward V M Isaacs of Arizona was captured by the submarine. Surgeon Lindsay Whiteside of Pennsylvania and Assistant Paymasters Andrew Mowat Newport LL and J E Ardston are listed as missing, though Ardston’s name may be an error in transmission.
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Washington
Navy
President Lincoln
Edward V. M. Isaacs
Arizona
Lindsay ©. Whiteside
Pennsylvania
Andrew Mowat
Newport
I. LL
J. E. Ardston
Ardston
Allied offensive predicted by French papers in June reports
Paris dispatches note Le Matin and the Petit Parisien foresee an allied offensive. Generals Foch and Petain are praised as effective offensively, with editors believing the equilibrium on the front is restored and fluctuations are diminishing.
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Paris
le Matin
Petit Parisien
Focha
Petain
Havas
William at Chemin-des-Dames Front Visit Report
Emperor William neared the firing line during a wartime visit to the Chemin-des-Dames front last week. He inspected captured positions and spoke with General von Boehm at Fort Conde, according to Karl Fosner of the Lokal Anzeiger.
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Kaiser
Amsterdam
Emperor William
Karl Fosner
Lokal Anzeiger
Berlin
Chemin-des-Dames
Ort Conde
von Boehm
French Hold Germans Across Front In Strong Night Counterattack
Paris reports France repelled German attacks along the entire front between the Oureq and the Marne. French counterattacks captured prisoners and made progress at several points. A German push near Chateau-Thierry was checked by French forces.
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Paris
War Office
Oureq
Marne
Chateau-Thierry
Crew of Edward H. Cole Landed
The crew of the Edward H. Cole has landed in New York. Survivors report the ship was sunk about seventy five miles off the New Jersey highlands yesterday afternoon.
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Edward H. Cole
New York
Highlands
New Jersey
Weather forecast for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia will have fair skies Tuesday and probably Wednesday with continued warmth. Virginia sees fair and warmer conditions Tuesday and Wednesday with fair weather.
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West Virginia
Austrian Strike Off Declared By Social Democrats
The Austrian Social Democrats in Vienna, per the Socialist Arbiter Zeitung, decided that now is inopportune for a strike and urged workers to avoid rash acts that could cause disaster and deprive future power.
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Amsterdam
Social Democrats
Arbiter Zeitung
Vienna
German Drive and Allied Resistance on Aisne Front
British wireless report from London notes the German push on the Aisne and Chateau-Thierry is limited to local advances. Over 48 hours, resistance has been severe, with heavy fighting and allied counteractions. Allies concentrate reserves as Germans face depleted momentum and planning for grand-scale battle. The action extends toward Ville-en-Tardenois and across the Marne with mixed gains and evacuations.
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London
British Admiralty
Wireless Press
British Wireless Service
Aisne
Chateau-Thierry
Somme
Lys
France
Associated Press
Paris
Dormans-Rheims
Ville-en-Tardenois
Marne
Villers-Cotterets
Oureeq
Oise
Tracys
Chateau Thierry
Artillery Battle North of Toul Breaks Quiet
After a period of inactivity an artillery duel opened this morning northwest of Toul, pitting American and German batteries in a hours long clash. The fight featured heavy gas and high explosive shells, pausing by noon with no infantry actions forthcoming.
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France
Py Associated Press
Toul
Navy Defends Atlantic Coast Defenses Against U Boats
Secretary Daniels told the House Naval Committee that coast defenses are adequate and no recall of vessels from the war zone is needed. Six vessels are confirmed sunk by German submarines including the Herbert L Pratt and schooners Hastell Isabel Wiley Hattie Dunn and Edward H Cole. Survivors from several ships were landed, and fears of further submarine activity near New York and Bermuda prompted cautious naval inquiries and intelligence briefings.
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Washington
Herbert L. Pratt
Cape Henlopen
Delaware
Daniels
Pratt
Lewes
Edna
New York
Carolina
Navy
Mr. Daniels
Jacob H. Hastell
Isabel B. Wiley
Hattie ‘Dunn
Edward H. ‘Cole
House Naval Committee
Atlantic
Secreary
Ozark
Charles E. Richards
Thipley
Fla
Navy Department
Hureau
New York Harbor
Germany
France
America
Newport
R. I
Nantucket
Bermuda
British Isles
Jones
Barnegat
N. J
Nantucket Shoals
U-boat Reconnaissance Reported Near Atlantic Ports
Reports from the vy department note German submarines active near Virginia Capes and Hampton Roads. Navy flying boats, submarine chasers and anti sub craft deployed to sea. A British vessel arriving at Norfolk on May 27 fired at a submarine about 150 miles off Cape Henry. Other ships report sightings of submarines along Atlantic ports.
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Atlantic
Vy Department
Virginia Capes
Hampton Roads
Navy
Norfolk
Cape Henry
Porte
Virgil Highland backs vigorous war prosecution
Virgil Highland, Republican candidate for U S senator, spoke at a Clarksburg meeting pledging a vigorous war effort with minimal civilian sacrifice and low cost, urging a return to protective tariffs and postwar prosperity he links to labor compensation and roads and forests conservation.
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Clarkoourg
W. Va
United States
Virgil Highland
Friends and Neighbors
Highland
Wilson
Ihs
Clarksburg
Harrison County
West Virginia
Exorbitant pride in lives exacted for small gains
German losses mount as they reach thirty miles along the Marne line with heavy fighting between Soissons and Chateau-Thierry. French and Allied troops counter, retaking towns and weakening German offensives while British airmen destroy German aircraft and American planes suffer losses in the Toul sector. Fere en Tardenois yields Franco American stores and matériel to the German advance.
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Soissons
Chateau-Tierry
Paris
Chateau-Thierry
Marné
Rheims
Marne
Villers-Cotterets
Faverelles
Neuilly-St
Passy-en-Valois
Faverolles
Dormans-Rheims
Ville-en-Tardenois
Changplat
Wachang -G
Ville-en- Tardenois
Amiens
Arch
Fere-en-Tardenois
Toul
Patrolling Active in Picardy and Lorraine
Washington dispatch reports air raids with one enemy plane shot down and one American plane missing. Communique notes active patrolling in Picardy and Lorraine with continued artillery fighting in Lorraine and the Woëvre region and raids at several ports.
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Washington
Ameri- France
Picardy
Lorraine
Woevre
British Gain In Flanders Operation Reported
The British last night gained ground in a local operation on the northern side of the Flanders salient. The war office reports nearly 200 prisoners captured.
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London
Flanders Salient
War Office
Submarines Attack and Sink Edward H. Cole
Two German submarines attacked the schooner Edward H. Cole and signaled the crew to abandon ship. One submarine’s commander boarded in a small boat, gave ten minutes to leave, then bombs were planted and the vessel blew up as an American steamer appeared and the U boat gave chase.
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New York
Edward H. Cole
Newcomb
Germans Push Into Asia Expands Central Asia Footprint
London reports on June 3 that Germany extends economic influence into Central Asia by buying crops including cotton and placing long term orders. The expansion links to German control of Romania and the Ukraine, building a foundation for influence abroad.
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London
Central Asia
Toe Daily Chronicle
Rumania
Ukraine
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North Atlantic
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Sandy Hook
Atlantic Refining Company
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Hauppauge
Delaware Capes
Happy Dunn
Isabelle Wiley
Operon
Generial Davis
M. Tardieu
Isaacs
Aisne Salient
Allied Line
Flanders
Asia
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