04 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1918
Page
1
Bulletin from Atlantic City reports a German submarine sank the Texel, a US steamer with 42,000 bags of sugar, en route from Puerto Rico to New York. The 36 crew members landed in Atlantic City after the attack last Sunday 60 miles off the coast.
Report from New York lists ten vessels sunk since May 25 including the Carolina and Werbert L. Pratt with 220 passengers and 130 crew. Survivors describe humane submarine crews who allowed escape or took prisoners for days before drifting ashore. Some ships’ fates remain unconfirmed and more attacks were feared along New Jersey and Delaware capes.
New York reports 48 survivors from the Winnieconnie and the schooners Hattie Dunn and Edna landed after being sunk by German U-boats. Captains tell of prisonership aboard the submarine, with several men transferred to a motor yawl and later rescued by a coastwise steamer.
Berlin via London reports fresh French units have joined the battle line. German reinforcements failed to hold assigned positions as Allied line stiffens. British wireless service notes German pressure on the Aisne flank between Soissons and Chateau Thierry has been met with severe resistance and costly local actions. Momentum of the drive appears to slow as reserves deploy and German advances diminish.
Paris dispatch notes LeMat and Petit Parisien predict an Allied offensive. They say Generals Foch and Petain, proven offensive leaders, will handle supreme command for Allied and French forces. Front reports show gains and renewed German pressure, with French resistance steady and counterattacks increasing. Sunday actions left the enemy checked at several points.
New York June 4 government airplane sighted three lifeboats filled with persons and several apparently empty boats about 35 miles off Beach Haven New Jersey Coast guard cutters have departed to assist. Beach Haven lies about 20 miles south of Barnegat New Jersey.
Associated Press reports from Dublin that the Lord Lieutenant issued a proclamation calling for 50,000 voluntary recruits for the Irish divisions and a subsequent 3,000 monthly to sustain them. The appeal aims to bolster forces amid ongoing tensions.
Washington dispatch reports the torpedoing of the American transport President Lincoln. Three officers and 23 enlisted men are missing, one officer captured by the U boat. Names include Lieut. Edouard V. M. Isaacs and Surgeon Lindsay Whiteside among others, with a long list of missing sailors and a noted survivor, Robert Fielding of Quincy, a fireman saved from the crew.
June 1 the destroyers and two seaplanes hunted for two days around the sinking of the American tanker William Rockefeller. Survivors landed Monday and reported the submarine was netted after surfacing with exhausted air tanks.
Judge Stone of Peoria, Republican candidate for state supreme court justice, led Judge Craig, Democrat, by about 5,000 votes in incomplete returns Monday night. Stone carried Knox County by roughly 100 votes. results also show Stone defeating Craig in the fifth district race with early Knox results.
Washington June 4 Air raids were reported in which one enemy machine was brought down and one American plane failed to return in Monday nights communique from the American expeditionary headquarters in France. Patrolling was active in Picardy and Lorraine with artillery fighting in Lorraine and the Woëvre. At a number of points there were air raids and our aviators shot down a hostile machine while one of our planes is missing.
On June 3 an artillery duel northwest of Toul broke out between American and German batteries, lasting hours with gas and high explosives. no infantry action followed. In Picardy American troops aided French anti aircraft guns, maintaining a heavy barrage against German aircraft, with one German plane reported down behind American lines.
Lieut Sumner Sewall of Bath Maine shot down an enemy two seater inside American lines northwest of Toul after a 15 minute duel with six German and three American planes. An American chaser aided, and the wreck was displayed in Toul. Other Allied planes drove off German machines in three additional flights.
Latest reports to the navy department in Washington list the vessels sunk in the raid by submarines. The casualties include the schooners Edward H. Cole Winniconnie Edna Hauppaug Isabel Wiley and Hattie Dunn plus tankers and steamers Texas and Carolina and the steamer Samuel W Hathaway and the schooner Herbert L Pratt.
Norfolk reports indicate five German submarines operating along the Atlantic coast with two sighted off the Virginia capes. Rear Admiral Fechteler notes two seen near the caps, while Rear Admiral Mclean says two more were reported off New Jersey and one off North Carolina. no engagements with American ships known.
United States reports show German submarines attacked coastwise ships near New Jersey but failed to hit transports or ships bound overseas. Five sailing craft and the tanker Herbert L Pratt are listed sunk with crews rescued. Carolina's fate remains unknown. Secretary Daniels assures no coast defense withdrawal and urges public resolve for war aims.
The American tank steamer Herbert L Pratt carrying oil for Philadelphia was torpedoed by a German U boat off Cape Henlopen near the mouth of the Delaware. The crew was landed at Cape Henlopen naval station and no injuries were reported. The Arco escaped after firing at the sinking ship and naval vessels pursued the submarine. The Pratt sank about four miles east southeast of Cape Henlopen light with its stern visible from shore.
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