Leasowe Castle Sunk as 101 Die in Mediterranean Submarine Attack
War dispatches report the transport ship Leasowe Castle, 9 737 gross tons, sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean with 101 persons drowned including 13 officers and 7 soldiers. Other items note German advances, Italian gains on various fronts, Dutch ships seized, and U S draft plans.
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Leasowe Castle
British Admiralty
London
Mediterranean
Nanare
Newark
Agawam
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Sinking of President Lincoln Shocks U.S. Navy Reports
The transport President Lincoln bound for the United States was sunk by a German submarine with no further navy details. Boston cable reports Lieut. Edmund O. Diselew of Red Cross in France awarded the Croix de Guerre. Munich notes 400000 enemy troops sailed for France unseen by subs. Sweden Britain pact signed. De Vienne and Lorgnat fly London to Paris and back in 3 10 carrying mail. Mrs Clara Hamilton Deering dies in Coconut Grove Florida.
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Furness Hine
Cheviot Range
Jossay
Nat Boston
Aopport
Mediterranean
Fnland
Fastnet
President Lincoln
United States
Navy Department
Boston
Edmund O. Diselew
Red Cross
France
Clara Hamilton Deering
William Deering
Harvester
Coconut Grove, Ka
Chicago
Chicago and Illinois draft orders urge work or fight
Domestic orders demand all men aged twenty-one to sixty work or face arrest for vagrancy. Chicago men 31 to 60 must secure a job by next Monday providing at least 36 hours weekly. Schwab says U S shipbuilding will top 3,000,000 tons annually soon.
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Chicago
Tlinois
War Industries Board Created by Executive Order
President Wilson formalized the War Industries Board as a separate agency with full powers, directing Bernard Baruch as chair. McAdoo notified six labor heads about potential strikes, while 280,000 men were ordered to report on June 24. Ways and Means advances a $4 billion revenue bill focused on excess profits, incomes, and luxury taxes. A grand jury indicted Francis S. Nash and his wife for hoarding foodstuffs. The House passed the largest army appropriation ever at $12.041 billion, sending it to the Senate.
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Oan
Wilson
The
War Industries Board
Lim
Just March
Bernard Baruch
House Ways and Means
Francis S. Nash
Navy
Washington
Nash
House
Senate
France
England
Congress
Americans Break Through Cantigny in First Real Offensive
American forces in Picardy attacked west of Montdidier and seized Cantigny after twelve tanks led the advance. They smashed German lines, took hundreds of prisoners, and held a ridge beyond the ruined village despite repeated counterattacks.
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Picardy
Montdidier
Cantigny
Pershing
Luneville
Tuns
Toul
Tonale
Piave
Cape Sile
French, German Clash Along Marne Soissons Oise Line
Heavy fighting continues along the Oise river to Soissons and Marne to Rheims front. German attacks push toward Faverolles gaining 3 to 5 miles, while French counterattacks reclaim gains. line from Chateau-Thierry to Faverolles to Soissons holds with fluctuations. Crown prince forces cross Rheims Dormans road as battle stance remains largely unchanged.
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Oise River
Soissons
Rheims- Marne
Paris
Marne
Oise
Rheims
Soissons-Marne
Faverolles
Soissons- Marne
Dormans
Chateau-Theirry
Aeroplane Crash Kills Officer During Exhibition Dive
In Indianapolis on June 3 a Curtiss plane from the Speedway aero camp crashed during a ball game exhibition, killing Capt. E. P. Webb who rode as passenger and seriously injuring Maj. Guy L. Gearhart, the pilot and camp commander. Witnesses say a streamer snagged a control wire causing loss of control as the plane hovered over Washington Park. Aviation experts suggest a dive attempted to escape an airpocket led to the fatal crash.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States Army
Washington Park
Speedway Aero Camp
E. P. Webb
S821st Aero Squadron
Guy L. Gearhart
Maj. Gearhart
British Hospitals Bombed Again in France
British Red Cross hospital groups in France were attacked by German bombers for the second time, starting at 10:30 pm Friday. Several hospitals were hit, causing many casualties among patients and staff, with one facility nearly demolished by a direct bombing.
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France
Red Cross
Fairbanks Not Expected to Recover
Indianapolis June 3 Dr J A MacDonald the attending physician said Charles Warren Fairbanks former vice president is not expected to recover from his illness at his home here He had a very bad day losing strength and was in a very weakened condition by nightfall His condition was described as very critical late last night more so than at any time during the illness
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Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Charles Warren Fairbanks
United States
J. A. MacDonald
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Duckworth Club
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W. H. Taft
United States Naval
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Union Express Company
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Wells-Farzo
Southern
Federal Express Company
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American
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Reichstag Naval Committee
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Grace Lusk
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David Roberts
George W. Stevens
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Speedway Park
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Itay T. Baker
Mint
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Reims
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