Vindictive Raid Blocks Ostend Harbor Entrance
Graphic Admiralty account depicts the Ostend raid by the Vindictive and accompanying craft. The cruiser steered through a smoke screen, torpedoed the piers, and breached the eastern quay while monitors and air support blunted German batteries. The Vindictive drifted into a pier gap and sank after the crew abandoned ship. the operation aimed to deter enemy access rather than fully seal the harbor.
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Ostend
Ostend Harbor
Sir Robert Keyes
Hubert Lynes
Dunkirk
Calais
Flanders
Royal Marine Artillery
Wanders
William R. Slayter
Albert L. Poland
Paris fetes not halted despite wartime restrictions
Paris keeps to its fête tradition as the Old Iron fair opens on the first of the month. Thousands of promenaders gather under the famed “colossal cannon,” continuing the prewar customs amid occasional suspensions of parades and diversions.
Counterfeiter Shortage Another Result of War
Washington reports a shortage of counterfeiters due to the war. Secret service operatives say the popular ten dollar note fabrication has nearly vanished as foreign members were mobilized and Americans drafted. They continue strict scrutiny on currency for any new talent.
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Washington
Secret Service
Fabricated vessels reshape Britain’s shipbuilding drive
London reports a new class of fabricated ships with components manufactured inland and assembled away from traditional yards. These vessels lack curved frames and aim to speed production using bridge-building and land engine facilities, promising higher tonnage output.
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London
Great Britain
Amsterdam mine town shows full patriotic support
Steubenville Ohio reports Amsterdam a mining community fully patriotic after a public square meeting. More than 16000 dollars in Liberty bonds were sold.
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Steubenville
Amsterdam
Woman Walks 18 Miles Sleeping From Hazleton to Berwick
Miss Elizabeth De Ray twenty five walked from Hazleton to Berwick while sleeping waking only to yawn rub her eyes and carry her shoes. She arrived exhausted with bruised feet, unaware of the journey until the mystery was explained.
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Berwick
Elizabeth de Ray
Hazleton
Registration Drives 1,000,000 Youths Turn 21 Since 1917
Provost Marshal General Crowder announces that machinery to register nearly one million youths who reached twenty one since June 5 1917 is ready. He cites the June 6 1917 call urging all Americans to fulfill their duty whether at home or on the front and predicts grateful national praise for volunteers.
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Washington
Maachinery
Crowder
France
Death of Charles Warren Fairbanks Former Vice President
Indianapolis reports the death of Charles Warren Fairbanks at 8:55 PM on Tuesday. The former U S senator from Indiana and former vice president died of nephritis at his home, with most family present except Maj. Richard Fairbanks in France. He was born May 11 1852 in Union County Ohio and began law practice in 1874. He served as senator in 1896 and was Republican vice presidential candidate in 1904 and 1916. He and Cornelia Cole Fairbanks had four sons and a daughter. she died earlier.
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Indianapolis
Charles Warren Fairbanks
United States
Indiana
Maj
Richard Fairbanks
France
Union County
Ohio
Ohio Wesleyan University
Cornelia Cole
Ohio Wesleyan
Fairbanks
Frightening Red Cross Nurses Won't Sway U S Women
Miss Jane A. Delano, director of nursing for the American Red Cross, rejects German bombing as a deterrent to American nurses. She says brutal tactics will only spur more women to enroll and support the war effort, asserting American women will not retreat.
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Washington
Jane A. Delano
Department of Nursing
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Stepson of Ribot Killed in Action Near Soissons
Paris, June 6. Marcel de Mongcot major in the French army was killed in action near Soissons on May 27. He was a son of Mme. Alexandre Ribot and stepson of the ex-premier. Mme. Ribot was formerly of Chicago.
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Ribot
Paris
Marcel de Mongcot
Soissons
Mme
Alexandre Ribot
Mme. Ribot
Chicago
Debate Over German Submarine Bases in Mexican Waters
Washington observers split on whether Germany has established submarine bases in Mexico or other American coasts. Navy officials and the State Department say no solid evidence exists while Shipping Board officials warn of strong suspicion. Some link the loss of the Cyclops to the resurgence of German submarines returning overseas.
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Washington
Germany
Mexico
Americas
State Department
Shipping Board
Atlantic
Jersey
Belgium
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Barbados
Planes for U S. budget shows half spent
The House Military Affairs Committee reports 640 million aircraft funds for last year, with 316.5 million spent and the rest on unfilled orders. Deliveries to France total 1,316, and the United States has 8,750 machines plus 1,041 Liberty motors.
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Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
France
England
United States
Aviation Service
America
Passengers on Lincoln Saved as Submarine Attack Succeeds
Navy report says all passengers including the sick aboard the President Lincoln were saved after a submarine struck by three torpedoes and sank in 18 minutes on May 31. Four officers are missing and several enlisted men unaccounted for, with some taken prisoner.
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Washington
Navy Department
Lincoln
Sims
L. C. Whiteside
Lehighton
A. Mowal
Newport
R. I
Adiston
Ardston
U. 8S
Navy
E. V. M. Isaacs
Fort Hunbica
Ariz
J. A. Jenkins
Hugene, Mo
F. G. Heglin
Edyville
Neb
Karl H. Neulet
Columbus
Ind
Eleven acquitted in Prager lynching case
Edwardsville Ill June 4 eleven men charged with murder in the lynching of enemy alien Robert Prager were acquitted by a jury that deliberated 45 minutes two ballots taken. The verdict drew a wild courtroom reaction as a Great Lakes Naval Training Station band played The Star Spangled Banner nearby.
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Edwardsville
Ill
Robert Prager
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Prager
Collinsville
Twelve Irish fishing boats sunk by German submarine
Twelve of a fleet of 30 or 40 fishing vessels leaving Irish ports on May 30 were sunk by a German submarine off Ireland. The sub ordered fishermen to row ashore then shelled and sank the boats, but all survived with no casualties though gear was lost.
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London
Belfast
Daily Telegraph
Supreme Court strikes down child labor law
Washington June 5 The child labor law enacted by Congress last year was declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court. The ruling rests on local communities power to regulate child labor without federal interference.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Washington
Congress
United States Supreme Court
De Palma Wins $30,000 Harkness Handicap Auto Race
Ralph De Palma drove a Packard to victory in the 100 mile Harkness Handicap at Sheepshead Bay, correcting an earlier report that credited Tom Milton. De Palma posted 5 minutes 21 seconds for the century, beating Milton by ten seconds. Oldfield finished third.
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New York
Ralph de Palma
Sheepshead Bay Speedway
Tom Milton
American Automobile Association
de Palma
Milton
Oldfield
Chapin Dies. actor famed for Lincoln lookalike
Benjamin Chester Chapin, renowned actor and scenario writer for moving pictures, died Sunday in a Liberty, New York sanitarium. His striking resemblance to Abraham Lincoln made him widely popular in his era.
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Chapin
Lincoln
New York
Benjamin Chester Chapin
Abraham Lincoln
Liberty
N. Y
General Sharpe reassigned to Charleston command
Maj. Gen. Henry G. Sharpe, relieved as head of the army quartermaster corps, is transferred to command the southeastern department at Charleston, D. C. The move places Sharpe in charge of strategic operations across the region.
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General Sharpe
Washington
Henry G. Sharpe
Quartermaster Corps
Army
Charleston
D. C
Zeppelin downed by British destroyers off Jutland coast
Copenhagen reports British destroyers have destroyed a Zeppelin in the North Sea off the west coast of Jutland. All of the Zeppelin crew are said to have perished.
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Copenhagen
North Sea
Jutland
New U S Warship Ward Launch Near Mare Island
The United States destroyer Ward was successfully launched on Sunday afternoon at the Mare Island navy yard in California, 17 days after its keel was laid.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Ward
Mare Island Navy Yard
California
War Industries Board Names Directors for 20 Zones
Washington announced the appointment of directors for the 20 industrial zones formed by the War Industries Board. The directors will supervise the production of war materials across the zones.
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Washington
War Industries Board
35000 Cotton Workers Quit Textile Mills Shut Down
New Bedford textlie mills employing 35 000 workers shut down as a general strike called by the textile council demands a 20 percent wage increase.
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New Bedford
Mass
Textile Council
Pope protests bombing of Paris on Corpus Christi Day
The pope expressed indignation over the German bombardment of Paris on Corpus Christi day and is said to have sent a message to the archbishop of Cologne condemning the act.
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Paris
Rome
Cologne
Air raid on Cologne reported 146 dead and 150 injured
The state department was informed that a recent Allied air raid on Cologne caused 146 deaths and about 150 injuries. Civilians were thrown into panic as the attack unfolded.
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Washington
Cologne
State Department
Bavarian General Prince von Buchau Killed on the Marne
A Swiss diplomatic dispatch reports Prince von Buchau commanding a Bavarian division killed in the fighting on the Marne. The casualty highlights the brutal battles shaping the 1914 campaign as forces clash along the river.
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Washington
Switzerland
Prince von Buchau
Marne
Loss of US Naval Motor Launch Ozark Details
The navy department reports the loss of the motor launch Ozark and one crew member, fireman Charles Richards of Chipley Florida, in heavy seas off the coast on May 12. The incident was announced from Washington on June 5.
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U. S
Washington
Ozark
Charles ©. Richards
Chipley
Fla
Navy Department
Two Die and Twenty Six Hurt in Arkansas Train Wreck
The Sunshine Special derailed at Chelsea Arkansas on the Iron Mountain line killing engineer Derington and fireman Walker and injuring 26 others.
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St. Louis
Chelsea
Ark
Derington
Mvireman Walker
Iowa War News and Economic Shifts Surface in State Items
Iowa reports heavy rainfall near Des Moines, military training plans in Sioux City, and wheat feed price cuts by the Food Administration. Chariton man Carl Caviness is listed as killed in action in France, with Irwin McConnellee’s death from wounds in France noted for Atlantic. Camp Dodge tops among U S army libraries. Cedar Rapids Coe College to consolidate with Leander College. Burlington hail damage runs high. recruitment and naturalization news from Delta. State coal and fuel measures face federal bids. Iowa Osteopathic Association joins a German goods boycott. Aberdeen Angus sale hits record $78 000 at Holbrook. Registration for WWI duty urged. Iowa crops two weeks ahead, Daniel Mederhoff dies post operation at Camp Dodge. Bequests to churches and city parks unfold. Red Cross drive surpasses goal. weight car tests for railroad scales statewide. Illinois Central wreck near Upington leaves five dead. Iowa passenger fares rise June 10 with higher intrastate rates and coal costs.
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Des Moines
Board of Education
Sioux City
United States Food’ Administration
Burlington
Carl Caviness
Chariton
France
Mary McConnellee
Atlantic
Irwin
McConnellee
Camp Dodge
United States
Camp Sherman
Camp Funston
Coe College
Presbyterian
Cedar Rapids
Leander College
United Brethren
Western College of Toledo
Gustav Schultheise
Delta
Germany
State Fuel Administration
Federal Fuel Administration
Iowa
Iowa Osteopathic Association
Patrick Donahoe
Holbrook
C. E. Cameron
Alta
State Agricultural Department
Cameron
Daniel Mederhoff
Wellsburg
Three Hundred Fifty-first Infantry Regiment
Winterset
A. W. Crawford
W. I. Atkinson
Waterloo
Iowa House of Representatives
H. B. Kelly
J. J. Rae
Dubuque
General McAdoo
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Sublient
MacLachlan
Patriotic
Pennsylvania
C. W. Fairbanks
Jacques, Dupre
Jacques Durre
Warstricken
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U. S. Transport
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