Americans and French Drive Germans Back at Marne Front
American reinforcements join Gen. Foch’s reserve army on the Aisne Marne front south and north of the Marne river. They repelled crossings at Jaulgonne and Neuilly, inflicting heavy losses and destroying a pontoon bridge as German assaults sought to reach Paris.
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Marne River
International News Service
Paris
Aisne-Marne Battlefront
Foch
Marne
Jaulgonne
Chateau Thierry
Eva Tanguay Sued for Absolute Divorce
Actress Eva Tanguay is sued by husband John W Ford known as Johnny Ford for an absolute divorce. The complaint alleges offenses in Chicago and Indianapolis while Tanguay denies and says she already obtained a Chicago divorce last December. She says the marriage was a joke and that Ford expected not to work after marrying.
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Eva Tanguay
John W. Ford
Johnny” Ford
Ford
Chicago
Indianapolis
Miss Tanguay
Johnny
Americans Repel German Assaults On Front Near Paris
Paris June 4 The French war office reports Americans repelled a German attempt to penetrate Neuilly wood and pushed back crossings near Jaulgonne. German losses were heavy with hundreds of prisoners taken and a bridge destroyed as Allied forces held positions between the Oise and Aisne rivers.
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International News Service
Paris
French War Office
Salient
Ourcq River
Soissons
Rheims
Pennant
Commique
Mosley
Neuilly
Torcy
Bourisches
Marne
Oise
Asine
Aisne
German U-151 Captives Report Onboard Seasting Methods
German submarine U-151 left Kiel April 20 with orders to patrol off the U S coast until August and sink ships. Enlisted seamen say the crew made captives learn German and played patriotic airs, with 58 former prisoners from the Edna and Hattie Dunn confined aboard the sub.
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International News Service
New York
Kiel
United States
Enoch Roker
Edna
United States Shipping Commissioner
Hattie Dunn
Six Men Sent To Army Service
The local army recruiting station sent six men to Columbus barracks last night. Those leaving are Harry L. Smith of 102 West Long avenue and Fred Ellis of 1414 Hamilton Street both in the medical department. Also departing are Robert B. Humphrey of Grove City in medical, Roy G. Cousin of Mercer Pa in medical, Carbis A. Walker of Grove City in medical, and Charles A. Gardner of Slippery Pa in the quartermaster's corps of National Army.
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Columbus Barracks
Harry L. Smith
West Long Avenue
Fred Ellis
Hamilton Street
Robert B. Humphrey
Grove City
Roy G. Cousin
Mercer
Carbis A. Walker
Charles A. Gardner
Slippery
Quartermaster’s Corps of National Army
Young Men To Register Wednesday In 21 Plus City County
City and county young men who turned 21 since June 5 must register on Wednesday. Three registration sites open at council chambers city building, county court house, and Ellwood City fire hall. Volunteers assist as registrars and clerks with interpreters available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Ellwood City
Harvey Milholland
Homer Drake
James Long
Mark Rabinovitz
Arthur Reese
Wm. Hilbourne
C. Ed Brown
J. Clare George
Carl S.&. Johnson
John Rucker
Ray Robinson
Jas. A. George
Thos. W. Dickey
John Holsinger
Wm. T. Burns
A. Martin Graham
John Prioletti
Geo. W. Ramsey
John Hart
Ralph Reed
Peter P. Capitola
Katherine Granfield
Cordelia Zeigler
Pansy Flannigan
Mildred Roberts
Chas
M. Grace
R. F. Mitchell
J. Cavell
William McElwee
Medard
Mathew Riley
Messrs. Criswell
Wait
Clark
Leslie and Gardner
Edwin L. Ayres
Margaret White
Mildred Pritchard
W. S. Reynolds
Enlisted in Medical Corps Leave Columbus for Training
LeRoy Smith son of Harry D. Smith of Hotel LeRoy has enlisted in the U S Army medical corps and departed for Columbus to begin training. Fred Ellis of Hamilton Street, formerly of Youngstown and employed at Youngstown Sheet and Tube, has also joined the same corps and left with Smith.
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LeRoy Smith
Harry D. Smith
Hotel
LeRoy
Medical Corps
U.S. A
Columbus
Fred Ellis
Hamilton Street
Youngstown
Order Lights Out In New York City
Police Commissioner Enright ordered all electric lights that illuminate the city turned off beginning today except street lights. The measure, described as precautionary, will remain in effect until further notice.
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New York
Enright
Bonniwell Greeted At Eagle Host By Philadelphia Delegate
Judge E C Bonniwell of Philadelphia Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania governor arrived as a delegate from the Philadelphia Aerie to the state convention. Eagles parade greeted him near the West Side station, then the convention opened with The Star Spangled Banner as delays due to a broken train engine delayed his arrival.
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Bonniwell
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
West Side
Pennsylvania Railroad
H. O. Holstein
Harrisburg
C. C. Horner
R. H. Guise
L. R. Klee
Robert Linton
O. Snyder
E. C. Bonniwell
Mahoningtown
Opera House
Holstein
J. Washington Logue
Narrow Escape From Drowning at Harbor
Misses Mary Hoover and Catherine Gibson of the city narrowly escaped drowning while wading under the Harbor bridge on Sunday. Hoover fell into a deep hole. Gibson was pulled to safety as the current swept them off balance. Howard Sheaff leapt from the Harbor bridge to rescue them. a second unidentified man aided. Hoover recovered consciousness. both women were returned home by B. K. Hoover and were described as well though shaken by the ordeal.
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Mary Hoover
Catherine Gibson
Miss Hoover
Miss Gibson
Howard Sheaff
B. K. Hoover
Four Hostile Planes Downed Over Balkan Front
Paris reports allied forces shot down four hostile airplanes on the Balkan front with two in flames. Three British aircraft attacked twelve enemy machines. Attacks near Monastir were repulsed. Monastir is held by Servians in Serbia.
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Paris
Balkan
French War Office
Monastir
Servia
U-Boat Victims On This Side Of The Atlantic
Reports list nine vessels sunk off the American coast by German submarines with two passenger liners missing and feared sunk. Known losses include the oil tanker Herbert L. Pratt and schooners Edward H. Cole Hattie Dunn Isabel B. Wiley Jacob M. Haskell Edna Hauppage along with steamships Texel Winneconne and the missing Carolina bound from San Juan to New York with 220 aboard.
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Carolina
New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co
San Juan
New York
Herbert L. Pratt
Mexican
Philadelphia
Cape Henlopen
Edward H. Cole
Barnegat
Hattie Dunn
Isabel B. Wiley
Jacob M. Haskell
Edna
Delaware
Hauppage
Texel
New Jersey
Winneconne
Nineteen Passengers From Carolina Landed At Lewes
Nineteen passengers from the steam ship Carolina of the New York and Porto Rico line were landed at Lewes Delaware by a British vessel. The fate of the remaining 211 passengers and 120 crew was unknown. Owners say the passenger action implies the Carolina was sunk or sinking by German submarines.
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International News Service
New York
Carolina
New York &Porto Rico Steamship Co
Lewes
Del
Texel Crew Of 36 Land After Torpedoed Voyage
Thirty six men from the Texel arrived at Atlantic City after the steam freighter was torpedoed by a submarine while carrying 42 000 bags of sugar from Porto Rico to New York. Captain Lowery said the U boat shelled the ship and the crew escaped in boats, rowed to shore, and were cared for by lifeguards and police. The ship sank after the submarine boarded it and took papers.
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New York
Atlantic
W. A. Mutchins
Oakley C. Curtis
Hutchins
Sandy Hook
Washington
City of Rome
International News Service
Atlantic City
N. J
Texel
Porto Rico
K B. Lowery
Lowery
Market St Car Mystery Solved
A New Castle street car marked Market street is traced to Mt Jackson lines. A North Hill man says the only Market street he knows is in Mt Jackson, so investigators presume the car originates there.
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New Castle
North Hill
Mt. Jackson
Empty lifeboat shows three shots as Carolina crew loses survivors
An undersea attack on a lifeboat believed to hold Carolina survivors was confirmed when the Danish ship Brysell arrived with a bullet damaged lifeboat and debris. Three shots pierced the boat, one oar splintered, occupants unconfirmed. No halt expected in U S transport sailings despite the raid.
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International News Service
Atlantic
Carolina
Brysell
Cape May
N. J
Guantanamo
U. S
Washington
Germany
Wilson
Gen. Pershing
Entente
Navy Department
Noth
City of Columbus Safe Arrival Reported at Vineyard Haven Mass
Officials of the Savannah line reported official confirmation of the City of Columbus steadying its safe arrival at Vineyard Haven Mass. Navy and government vessels will convoy the $1,000,000 vegetable steamer to its pier in Boston after departing Savannah on Friday.
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Ternational
Atlantic
Savannah Line
City of Columbus
Vineyard Haven
Mass
Navy’ Department
Boston
Savannah
Ocean Steamship Company
Diehl
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City of
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