Tide of dead and missing from U boat raid lingers
New York reports total dead and missing from the Atlantic coast raid now stands at fifty eight. The Carolina steamship loss accounts for sixteen deaths when a lifeboat capsized after sinking. Survivors aboard the Evar Douglas and lifeboats reached Atlantic City and Lewes. Navy notes show seven ships sunk and two submarines active, U 37 and U 106, with raids continuing along the coast.
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New York
Carolina
Porto Rico
Sandy Hocix
Bavoour
Evar Douglas
Atlantic City
Lewes
Quittina
Washington
Atlantic
Radio Seine
Maryland
Edward Baird, Jr
Navy Department
Daniels
Baird
Wilmington
Del
Navy
Almontbid Nulyse
Coastwise raid fails to harm war effort says Daniels
Congressmen with Secretary Daniels said the raid seeks to force return of American ships fighting submarines. The plan did not injure military aims, transports remained safe for four days, and German efforts to curb US participation failed. Coastwise shipping faced panic but no material damage was caused.
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Daniels
France
United States
Air crash near Rockwell Field kills two pilots
Lieutenant Stanley Coyle aged 27 from Coudersport Pennsylvania died in an air collision above Rockwell field North Island. Evy Chatman aged 26 from Brookline Massachusetts was badly injured as their plane spun and fell to the ground.
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San Antonio
Stanley Coyle
Coudersport
Evy Chatman
Brookline
Mass
Rockwell Field
North Island
French Halt German Drive Toward Paris After Eight Days
Paris dispatch reports the German offensive aimed at Paris ended after eight days. The French halted the advance and now confront a phase of battles for position, leveraging favorable terrain.
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Paris
Steamer Grecian Arrives With Jace M. Hassell Crew
Vineyard Haven Massachusetts reports the steamship Grecian has arrived at an Atlantic port after picking up the crew of the schooner Jace M. Hassell yesterday.
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Vineyard Haven
Mass
Jace’ M. Has*cell
Atlantic
Germans Halted After Great Drive Near Paris
Berlin virtually admits the great western German drive has been halted with no claimed gains. American and French troops aided in the counterattacks near Chateau-Thierry and Neuilly Wood, inflicting losses and driving back Germans across the Maine. General Pershing notes American forces arrived Saturday and fought promptly, sharing in the defense of the line.
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Washington
Berlin
Foch
Pershing
Neuilly Wood
Cheteau-Lhierry
Maine
Picardy
Associated Press
Chateau-Thierry
Marne
Paris
Jturn
Nineteen Survivors Land After Carolina Sinking
Nineteen passengers and crew from the torpedoed ship Carolina were landed at Lewes Delaware and Atlantic City after forty hours at sea. They tell of a storm and a stubborn rescue, with sixteen lost and a German U-boat shelling lifeboats before the ship burned. A German master among the crew is detained for investigation.
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Lewes
Del
Carolina
Delaware Capes
Cape Henlopen
New York
Hadeen
Atlantic City
N. J
Porto Rico
Passengers Rescued From Torpedoed Steamship Carolina
At Atlantic Port on June 4 three hundred passengers and crew were saved from the torpedoed steamship Carolina. The schooner Etta I B Douglass towed a large group to safety while seven crew members reached the inlet wharf.
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McClaren
South Carolina Avenue
Atlantic
Carolina
Etta
B. Douglass
Coast Guard
Martin Carroll
Newark
N. J
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Outlook
West Virginia is forecast fair on Wednesday and Thursday. Virginia expects fair skies with warmer conditions on Wednesday and Thursday.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Modification of Order Raises Freight Rates
Washington report on actions to modify the order raising freight rates by twenty five cents to create differentials and end discriminatory provisions. Rail executives and public utilities commissioners from about thirty states conferred with ICC and railroad officials to draft recommendations for interim tariff modifications. They plan to present changes later and meet Director General McAdoo at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
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Washington
Ste.s
Jooking
R Ailroad
Public Utilities Commissioners
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Administration
McAdoo
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
May Ship Production Greatest in History
Washington reports that May production of new vessels was the greatest month in U.S. history for shipbuilding. Forty four ships totaling 268571 tons were completed and delivered to the Shipping Board, three times January and twice February. June output is hoped at about 500000 tons.
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Washington
North Atlantic
Shipping Board
Confidence in Foch and Wilson Backed by War Council
London dispatch reports the supreme war council expresses complete confidence in the war's outcome with American forces and pays tribute to President Wilson for his cooperation in transporting and brigading American troops.
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London
Associated Press
Supreme War Council
Foch
Wilson
German Losses Rise as French Hold Line
Paris reports German losses are heavy and mounting daily while German numbers remain superior on the front. The French command reportedly waits for the right moment to launch renewed pressure, possibly in the Montdidier to Noyon sector.
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Paris
Ottawa
Montdidier
Noyon
Americans V Cats Off German Attacks in France Front
Allied forces continue to repel German assaults from Soissons to the Marne with American troops fighting with veteran spirit. In contrasts, British raids yield air victory while naval actions include the City of Columbus safety and rescue of Carolina survivors.
Pershing Communique Notes Downed Airplane Prisoners
General Pershing reports that an enemy aircraft was shot down and its crew captured. The American air unit involved operated in the Woëvre region, with another plane listed as missing in the prior notice.
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Bowie
Washington
General Pershing
Sewell
Woevre
Display of Lights Forbidden in New York
The police department issued an order forbidding all display lights at night in New York until further notice. No reason given, but officials warn of enemy submarines near American waters and the potential for air raids from U boat launched planes.
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New York
Police Department
Race for Paris On German Advance Near Aisne
The German advance on the Aisne sector is described as a race for Paris with each side racing to bring up more men and sustain momentum as in 1914. The conflict centers on speed of troop movements and deploying effectives to outpace the opponent’s wing.
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Paris
Aisne
the Marne
Germans Restore March On Paris In New Offensive
In the March 23 offensive the German army aimed to seize Amiens and the channel ports but failed to produce rapid results. Realizing this they pressed on toward Paris for a third time, hoping swift success would end the war, though the push now appears a grave gamble to reach Paris.
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Amiens
Paris
Submarine sighting reported near Frying Pan shoals
The Mallory liner Sayvine arrived with forty passengers after meeting a submarine yesterday between Charleston and Frying Pan shoals. A second vessel, unnamed, aided by chasing the submarine away. The Nantucket northbound also docked after a warning of submarines near Frying Pan shoals.
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Atlantic
Sayvine
Gulf
Charleston
Frying Pan Shoals
Nantucket
Germans halted after renewed fighting near Paris fronts
Paris reports that between the Oise and the Aisne German progress was blocked last night while the battle raged hardest between the Aisne and the Oureq. The Germans captured Pennant and gained ground south of the line, with a further advance at a point between the Marne and the Oureq, taking the village of Newilly-la-Poterie, seven and a half miles northwest of Chateau Thierry.
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France
Soissons
Chateau-Thierry
Marne
Rheime
Neuilly Wood
Aisne
Ourcq
Permont
Veuilly-la-Poterie
Oise
Pernant
Pennant
Cureq
Neuilly
la Porterie
Petain
Mosiloy
Toul
Luneville
Paris
Allsne
Pays
Oureg
Oureq
Newilly-la-Poterie
Chateau Thierry
Another Tanker Sunk in Atlantic by German Submarine
Reports to shipping authorities say an American tank steamship has been sunk by a German submarine. No further details were disclosed.
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New York
Americans Active in Defense of Chateau Thierry
American machine gunners arrived on the Marne May 1 and joined French troops in defense of Chateau Thierry. They helped halt German advances with decisive counter attacks while Allied forces held the southern town on the Marne. General Pershing’s dispatch confirms French and American actions repulsing Germans near Chateau Thierry and along the Marne with further patrol activity in Picardy and Lorraine.
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Marne
Associated Press
Chateau- Thierry
Chateau-Thierry
Washington
Pershing
French War Office
Neuilly
Jaulgonne
Picardy
Lorraine
Paris
Champagne Galient
Neuilly Wood
War Office
France
Charles Warren Fairbanks Dies in Indianapolis at 8 55 PM
Charles Warren Fairbanks former vice president and Indiana senator died at his Indianapolis home at 8 55 tonight. Interstitial nephritis caused death, with all family at his bedside. Born in a log cabin May 11 1852 in Unionville Ohio he was among the last American statesmen born in such a dwelling. He rose from carpenter shop beginnings to lead Republican politics in Indiana and the nation.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Charles Warren Fairbanks
United States
Indiana
Fairbanks
Unionville
Enter
Statesman
Feirbanks
Charles
Mr. Fairbanks
Oliver Cromwell
Fayerbankes
Jonathan Fayerbankes
America
Poston
Loriston Monroe Fairbanks
Vermont
Union County
Ohio
William Henry Smith
Associated Press
Abraham Lincoln
Ohio Wesleyan College
Delaware
Pittsburgh
Tyes
Thige
Horace Greeley
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Cornelia Cole
Walter Q. Gresham
Benjamin Harrison
St. Louis
William McKinley
Fair
McKinley
United States and British Commission
Republican
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