Submarine Route Around Britain Reaches New Jersey Sinkings
German submarines that sank ships off the New Jersey coast would travel about 5,000 miles around the north of Great Britain to reach targets. The map shows their route from Wilhelmshaven as Zeebrugge and Ostend remain closed by British raids. The English Channel is guarded by nets while American naval activity pushes subs from the Atlantic route toward France.
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New Jersey
Great Britain
Wilhelmshaven
Zeebrugge
Ostend
English
East Atlantic
France
Monster Submarine Seen Off Maryland Coast Attacks French Tanker
June 6 navy summary: the French tanker Radioleine reported a huge submarine fired 15 shots from long range before an American destroyer arrived and the U boat submerged. Radioleine fired three shots with 12,000 meters range but none hit. Lookout mistook the sub for an American destroyer at six miles. The sailing ship Edward R. Baird may have been involved.
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Maryland
Navy Department
Monster
Edward R. Baird
Tle
Submarine Sighting Near Radioleine During Uneasy Chase
The Radioleine reported a broadside encounter with a submarine several miles off. No shots were fired, no damage occurred, and no casualties were reported. The submarine hoisted French colors before submerging, while a three masted schooner and wreckage were observed. A destroyer later pursued, but visibility and distance prevented full actions from being confirmed.
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Radioleine
Norse Ship Sinks Off Virginia Capes As U Boats Roam
German submarine activity off the American coast appears to be increasing as the Norwegian steamer Eidsvold was sent to the bottom forty miles off the Virginia capes. The crew was rescued, and patrols recovered mines and reports indicate U boats avoid armed craft while threatening coastal shipping.
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Virginia Capes
French Gain Ground in French Sectors
Faris June 6 report says German advances were repelled in the French sectors and ground was regained by the French with prisoners taken according to the war office.
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Faris
War Office
Sirens to warn New York of possible air raids
New York officials announced specific civil defense signals in case of enemy air raids as German submarines lurk offshore. Siren or whistle signals will run for ten minutes with all occupants directed to evacuate to cellars, followed by short blasts every minute for twenty minutes after danger ends. Lights will be extinguished until further notice as the city preps.
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New York
Enright
New York City
Taft Pays Tribute To C. W. Fairbanks
President Taft in Cedar Rapids on a speaking tour eulogizes Charles W. Fairbanks who died in Indianapolis. He calls Fairbanks an able industrious public servant with high minded patriotism and excellent government knowledge. Taft notes mutual respect and mourns his death.
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Cedar Rapids
William Howard Taft
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indianapolis
United States
Area Swarms With Bombing Craft
In Picardy the battle area is swarming with aircraft as the enemy tries to bomb villages behind American lines. Most bombs landed in fields while artillery activity intensified but reports say the front line remains firmly held by American forces.
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Associated Press
Picardy
Bulge on Western Front Faces Allied Resistance in France
June reports describe German forces concentrating along the bulge from Troesnes to Molin Touvent as they press on the southern ear while allies hold at forest edges near Corey and Longpont. The Aisne sector shows stability with local gains for the Allies and note of an American unit at Chateau Thierry.
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Associated Press
France
Troesnes
Taferte Milon
Molin-Touvent
Soissons
Aisne
London
British Admiralty
Wireless Press
British Wireless Service
Western Front
Aisner
Chateau-Thierry
Supreme War Council
Paris Papers Praise Spirit of U. S. Army
Paris dispatches praise American troops amid battle, noting the valor and ardor of allies. The Petit Journal lauds the latest exploit after Cantigny as proof of allied vigor and hopeful prospects for the future.
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Paris
Spirit of
U. S. Army
Petit Journal
Cantigny
France
Survivors Recount Sinking Near New Jersey Coast
Captain Thomassen of the Isabel B Wiley docked in New York with 15 survivors from three vessels sunk by German submarines off New Jersey. He chased ashore in a motorboat after taking aboard 11 Americans from the undersea craft, while rescue ships later picked up additional crews from the Winneconne and Edna.
King proposes bill to insure farm produce risks
Washington June 6 Government insurance of farm products is proposed by Representative King of Illinois. A bureau of farm risk insurance would be created under the bill which would appropriate 10,006,000 dollars to pay losses for producers unable to obtain reasonable terms from private insurers.
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Wasilington
King of
Americans Reach Enemys Third Line in Luneville Sector
An American patrol of thirty men moved into the enemy third lines in the Luneville sector in France at dawn. They encountered about two hundred German troops and attacked with grenades bayonets and bullets. The engagement lasted twenty minutes with heavy enemy losses and minimal American casualties.
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Associated Press
France
Luneville
Allied Line Holds Across Battle Front From Soissons to Villiers-Cotterets
Allied resistance remains stiff from Soissons to Chateau Thierry as German assaults try to gain ground. The front line, though under pressure, shows no enemy progress. Americans in the Lunéville sector are praised for daily efforts with a notable successful operation on Wednesday amid intensified German shelling.
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Soissons
Chateau Thierry
Moulin-Sous-Tovent
Troesnes
Viliers-Cotterets
Berlin reports unchanged front as German offenses fail
Berlin announced the warfront remains unchanged with heavy German casualties from failed assaults. Along the Marne there is no major fighting though German artillery shelled near Rheims. In Amiens near Morlancourt Germans failed to take a British position, British forces taking prisoners. Near Lens the British captured several Germans. Unofficial reports credit Russians with defeats of Turks and Germans in Transcaucasus Kars district.
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Berlin
Marne
Rheims
Ces
Amiens
Morlancourt
Lens
Kars
Transcaucasus
German Divisions Withdraw Are They Preparing Another Blow
Washington reports Berlin says no change on the western front. Observers note Marne signals end of the drive to crush Allied resistance. Unofficial front reports claim German divisions repeatedly pierced lines and may be preparing a fourth offensive toward channel ports.
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Washington
Berlin
Marne
Cantigny Wounded Get Best of Care
Paris reports principal surgeons of the American army medical corps judge that ninety of every hundred soldiers wounded at Cantigny will recover. Wounded were quickly moved from the fighting line to hospitals near Paris, with cases arriving from Cantigny and Veuilly wood.
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Paris
Cantigny
American Army Medical Corps
Pans
Veuilly Wood
Chicago Man Chosen By Sons Of Veterans
Royal W Allen of Chicago was named commander of the Sons of Veterans at Peoria annual encampment. Frank Maynard of Rockford became senior vice commander and Sam W King of Joliet was chosen junior vice commander. Sophia Marsh of Springfield was elected department president of the W R C with Helen B King of Pieda named president of the Ladies of G A R and other officers named.
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Peoria
Royal W. Allen
Chicago
Sons of Veterans
Frank Maynard
Rockford
Sam W. King
Joliet
Sophia Marsh
Springfield
Helen B. King
Pedia
Ladies
Elaine Casing
Bloomington
Lulu Rees
Urbana
Carrie Marshall
Treated Kindly by Captain of U-Boat
New York June 6 Like some survivors who arrived here Monday night a number of the sixteen brought in Tuesday were held prisoner aboard a U-boat About eight of them were kept for 11 days on the U-151 The men told navy officials they were well treated aboard the U-151 and that her commander said to them when he took them aboard I am going to hold you on board because I do not want to let it be known that I am operating in American waters I am not the kind of German that kills men if he doesn't have to Upon setting them off they quoted the commander as saying I am letting you go because it is getting close to the time when I may have to return Teantime the men said they had been virtually given the freedom of the boat and received the same rations as the German crew Some displayed some German money which they had exchanged for American coins as souvenirs.
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New York
Navy
Teantime
Several Killed By Steamer Collision
In London on June 6 a lifeboat from the steamer Kenilworth Castle capsized after a collision, with explosion and drowning causing several deaths. About 300 passengers were aboard the 22,975 ton vessel built at Belfast in 1904 and owned by the Union Castle Mail Steamship Company. A number of people remain missing after the incident en route to a British port.
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London
Kenilworth Castle
Belfast
Union Castle Mail Steamship Company
Fatality Reported After Fall Near Brook's Field
Lieut. Franklin W. Clark of Medina Ohio died at Brook's Field post hospital from a fall two miles south of the field. The incident occurred nearly as a separate accident to Lieut. Een J. O'Malley of Albany Missouri who was knifed, six miles away. Clark, a graduate of Obertia, was the son of F. J. Class cop dina.
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Texas
Franklin W. Clark
Medina
Ohio
Post
Brook's Field
Een J. O'Malley
Albany
Clark
Obertia
Dina
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