U Boat Raid Off Atlantic Coast Sinks Ships and Rescues
The U S destroyer interrupted a submarine attack on the French steamer Radioling off Maryland coast. Sixteen lives lost after the Carolina disaster. Survivors described a brutal sinking, with a girl survivor Elena Donato Virola rescued from a drifting motor launch. Tanker Herbert L Pratt towed to port. Atlantic ports closed briefly then reopened. Airplanes and hydroplanes patrol the coast as officials assessed the raid’s impact and confirmed multiple sinkings and near misses by U-boats.
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Navy Department
United States
Maryland
Edward Baird
Atlantic
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Del
Hattie Dean
Edna
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Columbus
Missinn
Jacob M. Haskell
Governor Cobb
Dorchester
Huron
Carolina
Elena Donato Virola
Porto Rico
Herbert L. Pratt
Delaware Caped
Atlantic Porte
Newport News
New England
Boston
Long Island
Bristol
Edward M. Cole
Edward H. Cole
Barnegat Light
Barnegat
New York
New Jersey
Coastwise Transportation Company
New York Faces Air Raid Darkness Citywide Lights Ban
Police Commissioner Enright orders all city and seashore illumination halted except for street lamps amid fears of enemy submarines and possible air raids. Officers must draw shades in offices and homes and notify concerns. Airplanes were seen over Manhattan as residents reported a tense, shadowed night with landmarks barely visible.
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New York
Jersey and Sound
Enright
Polie Department
Metropolitan
Hudson
Jersey
Long Island Sound
Miss Doherty
Cky
Death of Charles Warren Fairbanks Former Vice President
Indianapolis mourns as Charles Warren Fairbanks former vice president and Indiana senator dies at 8:55 PM at his home from nephritis. He was born May 11 1852 in Union County Ohio and began law practice in Indianapolis after 1874. He served as senator from 1896 and was Republican VP nominee in 1904 and 1916. Five children survived him. wife Cornelia Cole had died earlier. Maj Richard Fairbanks was abroad in France at the time.
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Indianapolis
Charles Warren Fairbanks
United States
Indiana
Maj
Richard Fairbanks
France
Union County
Ohio
Ohiog Wesleyan University
Cornelia Cole
Ohio Wesleyan
Fairbanks
U S flyer in fight with five German planes
American pilot Howard Rickenbacher in France near Toul engages five German aircraft. He shoots down one Albatross bi plane and crashes another. He also disables a damaged Lieut. James A. Feissner’s plane in the melee. Rickenbacher then battles two more monoplanes before the action ends.
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France
Toul Loieut
Howard Rickenbacher
James A. Feissner
Brooklyn
Rickenbacher
Greeks Win Big Victory on Macedonian Front
London dispatch reports Greek troops captured over 1,500 German and Bulgarian soldiers including 33 officers on the Macedonian front, along with a large quantity of war materials, according to an official Salonika communication.
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London
Saloniki
Loss on transport President Lincoln torpedoed by U boat
Washington report describes May 31 sinking of the transport President Lincoln after a 9:58 a.m. torpedo strike, all passengers saved with no serious injuries. Navy notes note four officers missing and list several names with home towns. U boat engagement witnessed by destroyers and a subsequent submarine sighting. Commander remarks credit ship discipline and seamanship, with Vice Admiral Sims cited.
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Washington
Navy Department
Lincoln
Nfe
Sims
L. ©. Whiteside
Lehighton
Arrest of Dr Roberts in Grace Lusk case
Dr David Roberts was arrested in Waukesha after Grace Lusk sued him and his wife was killed by Lusk. A Milwaukee deputy sheriff served a warrant charging a statutory offense punishable by up to 100 days. Roberts testified at Lusk’s trial about being with her at the Hotel Wisconsin in Milwaukee on the first of June last year.
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Wis
David Roberts
Grace Lusk
Miss Lusk
Milwaukee
Doctor Roberts
Roberts
Winconsin
Supreme Court strikes down child labor law
Washington reports that on Monday the United States Supreme Court held the child labor law unconstitutional after a nine battle, ruling local communities may regulate such matters themselves without congressional interference.
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Washington
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Allies Down 1127 Planes Record May Losses
London reports a record 1,127 airplanes downed on all battle fronts in May. Thirteen German planes were shot down on the western front, credited to American airmen.
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London
Timea
Americonr
Avening schools urged to teach English and civics statewide
State Superintendent A M Devon calls for universal English and American government instruction. Iowa groups form the Iowa Dairy Council to promote milk and stabilize prices. Des Moines Army recruiting seeks men 18 to 40 for service in France across multiple branches.
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Deyos
Towa Dairy Council
National Dairy Council
Des Moinas
Des Moines
France
Coast Artillery
Field Artillery
Medical Department
Cavalry
Infantry, Engineers
Quartermasters Corps
Signal Corps
New
London
Masonic Lodge of
State Center
McClellan
Jackson County
Maquoketa
C. Q. Morey
U. S Department of Agriculture
Jackson
Scott
Clinton
Jones and Cedar
Gilbert Lehr
Edward Lehr
Burlington
Edward
Timber Creek
Marshalltown
Ed Putnam
Tama County
Charles Coleman
Volon Township
Perry
Mark Scroggy
Waterloo
Marengo
Nervous condition cured by Lydia E Pinkham’s remedy
Philadelphia mother describes long fatigue backache and nervousness. After one week on Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound she felt better and three months later she could eat without distress. She credits the tonic with restoring health and energy amid motherhood pressures.
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Philadelphia
Pinkborm’s
Worthline
North Taylor St
Lydia
Pinkham
Virtue Exaggeration Cited In Kentucky Offer
Representative O Cantrill of Kentucky quoted a Philadelphia Telegraph anecdote at a political gathering to warn that a virtue can become a vice when exaggerated. The tale centers on a serious man who explains that four aces are not greatly admired but five aces cause all kinds of dissension.
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O. Cantrill
Kentucky
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
Tim Healy’s Warning on New Power Bill Sparks Irish Gunfire Tale
A Tim Healy remark likens the power bill to a mask for home rule as a gunner is badly wounded on withdrawal. An officer tries to fire a gun but the wounded gunner shouts not loaded, delaying the detachment's action in the West Front scene.
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Tim” Healy
Fragmented Quote Exchange Reflects Unclear Amusement Query
A fragmented, cryptic dialogue asks about a favorite amusement and pits patience against self-revelation. The quoted lines reference telling others how ill someone is and invoke Buffon on patience as genius, but lack clear context or attribution.
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