Navy Reports Suspected Mines Near Cape Charles and Bodie Island
A Hydrographic Office report dated yesterday describes two suspected naval mines found at sea. On June 11 a round smooth object resembling a mine was located about eight miles northeast of Cape Charles Lightship. An oval red-painted object about nine miles northwest of Bodie Island Lightship was also observed and considered probably a mine.
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Hydrographic Office
Cape Charles
Bodie Island
Wood Reassigned From Western Command To Camp Funston
Washington June 17 War Department revoked orders placing Major General Leonard Wood in charge of the Western Department and moved him to Camp Funston Kansas The shift follows his removal from the division he trained at Camp Funston before sailing for France Some say a special assignment awaits him while others note the temporary nature of the move Hartford remarks criticize the administration for shelving Wood during Trinity College remarks urging the public to demand his services
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Western Department
Camp Funaton
Kan
War Department
Wood
Camp Funston
France
Adjutant General
Camp Funson
Hartford
Conn
George Wharton Pepper
Philadelphia
Trinity College
Pepper
Congress
Perlin
Our Negro Troops Training in France
An eyewitness dispatch from France describes African American troops in training and approaching front duty. It highlights pride in uniforms and band music, debates on leadership by black officers, and the drive to prove equality through service with the American Army in France.
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France
America
Lucius
New York
Ray
Megroes
Ole
Guard Mount
39 Casualties, Five Officers in Pershing List
Special to The New York Times reports 39 American casualties in France bringing total to 8124. Six killed in action, two died of wounds, one in plane crash, 24 severely wounded, one wounded undetermined, one missing, four died of disease. Officers include Captain Gwynne killed. Captains Tucker and Lieutenants Gabring Gilmore wounded. Names and next of kin listed.
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France
Harry
Gwynne
Albert 8. Tucker
William Ross Gabring
Samuel i. Gilmore
Hugh Smith Thompson
Washington
Jazz Bridges Spunner Homestead Warfronts
A writer describes a wartime concert that brings joy to French civilians and American soldiers alike. A Frenchwoman knits as a rocking chair keeps time while the band plays songs that lift spirits and defy color barriers, uniting audiences under the Stars and Stripes.
Americans Reach Alsace Front in Alsace Campaign
In May 1918, American troops marching under a moonlit Alpine sky enter Alsace, finding German frontier lines crossed. A platoon commander explains the historic border, while soldiers collect mementos and observe front positions near Mulhausen. Civilians cheer as French troops and veterans accompany the Americans in a quiet sector along a longer western front.
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Alps
United States
France
Germany
Leaguer
Old
Rhine
Mulhausen
Wilson
Lorraine
Alelens
Picardy
Cuban relief fund sent to Red Cross for refugees
General Torriente, head of the Cuban National Commission for War Victims relief, has forwarded 571 422 francs to General Pau of the Red Cross Committee for use aiding refugees from invaded Cuban regions.
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Paris
Torriente
Cuban National Commission For the Relief of War Victims
Pau
Red Cross Committee
German Press Praises Uboat Attacks on American Coast
Secretary Lansing released a cable of German press comments praising submarine actions along the Atlantic coast. The reports predict more raids and panic in U S ports while noting American fear and the potential for substantial retaliation. Twenty survivors from the Norwegian bark Krinsjaa were landed at an Atlantic port.
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New York Times
Washington
Lansing
Germany
Atlantic
France
England
Unitetates
New York
America
Wilson
National Zeitung
Basle
Switzerland
State Department
Navy Department
British salvage of 407 sunken ships from German action
From January 1915 to May 1918 the Admiralty Salvage Department reports 407 sunken ships in British waters have been salvaged. Through December 1917, 260 ships were recovered and 147 were saved in the first five months of 1918, aided by better methods despite poisonous cargoes and dangerous seas.
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London
Admiralty Salvage Department
40 Fight for Life in a Sunken U-Boat
London dispatch reports the destruction of a large late German submarine near Zeebrugge as it struck a mine. Of forty crew members only two survived surfacing after an hour and a half at twenty fathoms. Some chose death. two escaped by forced conning tower ascent using compressed air.
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London
Zeebrugge
Sinking of a submarine crew in a dreadful encounter
Survivors recount a perilous submarine incident where twenty crew members died when air pressure burst their lungs as the vessel sank. A British trawler picked up the survivors who described the end as an awful, horror filled sound. The rescuers noted the survivors endured terrifying experiences aboard the sub.
Bonus for Officers on Coast Vessels
The United States Shipping Board authorizes a 2 percent pay increase for licensed officers in coastwise trade due to German U boat threats off the Atlantic coast. Masters of first class ships will receive $300 monthly, and a broader scale boosts all licensed officers in the coastwise fleet with a bonus extending to West Indies and Central American routes.
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New York Times
Washington
Atlantic
United States Shipping Board
West Indies
Rap Atlantic
Seeuk
Missing dirigible from Cape May base over Atlantic
A large naval air station dirigible disappeared after departing Cape May New Jersey at 6 am Saturday in search of German submarines. Despite continuous day and night searches by seaplanes, submarine chasers, scout boats, and destroyers between here and the Virginia Capes, the missing craft has not returned by late tonight. Officials fear a possible mechanical failure and hope the crew can repair and return to base.
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New York Times
Cape May
N. J
Naval Air Station
Virginia Capes
U-Boat Survivors Arrive Amid Naval Escort
Twenty crew members and the captain of the Norwegian bark Krinsjaa arrived at Pennsylvania Station from Lewes under Naval Intelligence guard. They went to the American Seaman Church Institute and gave no information. The Krinsjaa was sunk by a U-boat at 5 pm last Friday, crew adrift two days before rescue at Lewes.
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Virginia Capes
Pennsylvania Station
Lewes
Del
Naval Intelligence Bureau
American Seaman Church Institute
South Street
Philadelphia
New York
Ship Evades Raider At Atlantic Port
Officers of a passenger steamship arriving from the West Indies report picking up SOS calls during the voyage but sighting no U boat or wreckage. The wireless operator says warnings were received en route from the West Indies, with fifty five first class and thirty three second class passengers aboard.
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Atlantic
West Indies
Two Marines Captured Surprising Rarity in French Combat
Washington reports Marines in France have a remarkable record of not being captured, with 717 total casualties to date including 182 dead and 533 wounded. Only two Marines are captured or missing, despite severe fighting since their arrival a year ago with the initial expedition.
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New York Times
Washington
France
Marine Corps
Ceveserdows
Brooklyn Officer Killed In Action Names Stalwart Local Sons
War Department lists Lieutenant Samuel Gilmore of 312 Fourth Avenue Brooklyn as killed in action. His family also notes he and Lieutenant Leslie Groser of 763 Eastern Parkway were among local officers who died in France near Chateau-Thierry. Groser, 27, Cornell graduate and editor in chief of The Cornell Daily Sun, was married to Lorraine Strong of Philadelphia.
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Pershing
Richard S. Gilmore
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Gilmore
Plattsburg
National Army
War Department
Leslie H. Groser
Eastern Parkway
France
Arbert W. Groser
Chateau - Thierry
Groser
22D
Brooklyn Boys’ High School
Cornell
Cornell Daily Run
Leutenant Groser
Lenore Strong
Philigiphia
Charles Albrecht
Church Avenue
Church Street
Further Cut in Brewing Output Debated
Washington reports a meeting between Noyes of the Fuel Administration and brewers to discuss further coal allotment reductions for breweries. Hundreds of individual brewers and major brewery officers are invited as output has already been cut by about 30 percent under fuel restrictions.
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Washington
Conservation
Noyes
Fuel Administration
United States
Garfield
French ace Quette missing after downing ten planes
Paris reports Adjutant Quette a noted French aviator with ten confirmed German aircraft kills has been missing since June 5. He was officially recognized as an ace on June 4.
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Paris
Adjutant Quette
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