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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1918
Page
1
Washington reports a spike in Navy enlistments after German U boats raided American ships. About nine vessels sunk, mostly small schooners, with 350 or fewer casualties. Submarines believed to have retreated, base sought. Carolina survivors rescued by schooner in open boats.
New York reports the possible death toll from the submarine invasion falls below 350. Nineteen survivors of the Porto Rican steamer Carolina reached the Delaware coast while 202 Carolina passengers and 120 crew members remain unaccounted for. The City of Columbus, once thought missing, has arrived safely. A British steamer recovered empty lifeboats from the Carolina showing shell damage.
Reports from Washington on June 4 indicate Navy enlistments increased yesterday as submarine raids boosted public resolve. Secretary Daniels believes the raids aimed to spur demand for returning American naval vessels from the Allied fleet to home waters.
Washington dispatch notes all 111 vessels in the coastwise trade under the Railway Administration are reported safe.
Atlantic City reports two boatloads of Carolina survivors arriving this afternoon, bringing belief that all passengers and crew were saved after the steamer was submarined Sunday night. The captain states lifeboats were used immediately.
Survivors of the Texel describe a German submarine captain who spoke good English and said he was ordered to attack or return home. The remark reveals the tension as the Texel was submarine sunk amid wartime threats.
New York June 4 an afternoon telegram reports eighty passengers and the crew aboard the Carolina are missing according to the captain in advices received.
Washington reports growing belief only one submarine took part in the raid. A captain’s remark to a survivor about a submarine in the Atlantic for two months prompts officials to consider whether that submarine destroyed the missing naval collier Cyclops or captured her for Germany.
A naval mine sweeper picked up a mine off the Delaware Capes, placed where the tanker Herbert Pratt was sunk yesterday.
New York police order all display lights to be out at night until further notice. Authorities say the blackout aims to reduce visibility and energy use amid ongoing concerns.
Officials believe German submarines likely sank over ten American ships off the Atlantic coast while en route to base. The danger is over for now with no further attacks reported this morning. Warships, submarine chasers, and aircraft scour the seas for the enemy. the raid failed to sink American transports and its overall result is negligible.
The military tanker Herbert L. Pratt was sunk late yesterday afternoon four miles off Cape Henlopen Delaware. The crew landed at Lewis Delaware. One man was lost.
Scores of American warships sweep North Atlantic waters seeking submarines in cooperation with planes. Foreign aviators and Army flyers in New York are eagerly volunteering for duty.
The Texel crew arrived at Atlantic City last night after the steamer was sunk Sunday afternoon about 60 miles off the coast. Rescue and salvage details remain scarce, with authorities investigating the vessel's loss and the fate of any passengers aboard.
Naval officers state five submarines have operated along the Atlantic coast with two sighted near the Virginia Capes, based on their reports dated June 4.
The Clyde liner Havon from Jacksonville to New York arrived with 90 passengers and a heavy cargo. She headed in at Delaware Capes to escape submarine menace. Passengers were sent to their destinations by rail.
Paris reports Lieut. George Madon credited with twenty eight aerial victories in World War I. His career includes an earlier landing on Swiss soil, internment, escape, and return to combat. In Nantucket, June 4, two American pilots Ensign Foleau and mechanic Harrington were rescued from a disabled hydroplane ten miles off by a patrol boat. the aircraft sank after they were removed due to engine trouble.
Washington June 4 The War Industrial Board announced the appointment of directors for twenty industrial zones to supervise production of war materials within their districts as the country is divided by the board.
Washington June 4 The United States Supreme Court has declared the federal child labor law of 1916 unconstitutional. The act prohibited interstate shipments of products made by child labor. The ruling states the law oversteps federal power and intrudes on state authority.
Dublin June 4 The Lord Lieutenant issued a proclamation asking for 50 000 volunteer recruits and thereafter from 2 000 to 3 000 each month with a view to maintaining the Irish Division in the field of operations.
Indianapolis June 4 Former Vice President Fairbanks has slipped into a complete coma and is sinking rapidly. Physicians believe there is no chance for recovery and death is expected hourly.
Governor Thomas Riggs Jr names E J White, pioneer Northern newspaperman and proprietor of the Douglas Island News, as Publicity Agent for Alaska. White arrived in 1897 and served as editor of the Stroller, a noted local publication.
Washington reports a naval training mishap where a vessel mistook the Louisiana for a target and a shell exploded aboard, killing one crewman in rough seas. The incident followed a June 4 Derby in England where Lord Gainsborough won 5,000 sovereigns, and Noel Pemberton Billing was acquitted of libel charges involving Maud Allen and her manager.
June 4 report states the steamer Northwestern cleared Seattle at five o'clock yesterday bound for the North, with passengers Jao Paghot and J. A. Borie aboard for Juneau.
Paris reports on June 4 that German artillery keeps shelling the city with heavy bombardment. Local defenses and authorities urge vigilance as the assault persists.
Washington June 4 Disclos ure by the Treasury Department of evidence of alleged profiteering seemed assured when Secretary McAdoo told Senate leaders he would not object to presenting the records to Congress if properly called for President Wilson seeks revenue legislation that punishes profiteering by taxation for war purposes as a method of discouraging the practice.
Rome June 4 The Valley of Arsia from Zeson to the sea sees frequent artillery action. South of Asiago British forces penetrate the enemy line and take prisoners. Cape Bile repels the enemy attack. One hostile aeroplane is shot down.
Washington report states three officers and 22 enlisted men are missing after the torpedo attack on the American transport President Lincoln. One officer was captured by the submarine. the vessel was returning home with a small group of enlisted men aboard.
New York stock quotes show Alas ka Gold closing down 1 percent, Butte and Superior at 21 percent, American Zinc at 1635, Utah Copper at 78, Ray at 24, and Chino at 41. The brief market snapshot lists key commodities and miners with mixed results on June 4.
An afternoon summary reports American forces and Allied counter attacks checked the German advance everywhere. Fierce fighting remains north of the Marne river as Germans attempt a westward turning move. Allies strengthen positions and expect to stem the advance, now believed at its greatest reach about half northwest of Chateau Thierry on the Marne.
The first batch of American wounded arrived today at the combined American and French hospital in NICE France. The facility now treats both American and French wounded as the war progresses.
American patrol fought a desperate engagement with a large German force near Ancerviller in the Luneville sector. American losses were slight, German casualties unknown. Americans were outnumbered.
June 4 report says German efforts to reach Villers Cotterets failed after a severe struggle. Allied counter attacks around Chateau Thierry on the Marne River improved positions as Germans were checked everywhere.
Refugees from the Marne and Ainse river regions arrive in Paris by train and canal boats, appearing desolate and hungry. Red Cross trucks bring food and set up temporary shelters to aid the evacuees.
Paris dispatch reports Americans bolstering the western front near Compeigne. German forces halted between Oise and Ainse rivers. a counterattack near Neuilly Wood pushed back German advances. Allies, including French forces, retook ground along the Marne as fighting raged between Ainse and Ourcq rivers. Germans pushed in the Ourcq valley capturing Lillylapoters and Neu illy Lapoterie.
A dispatch from Washington says Prince von Buchau commander of the Bavarian division was killed on the Marne river. Amsterdam reports Berlin war correspondent Scheurmann says three large American tanks attacked German tanks south of the Ainse river, one American tank captured undamaged and the crew taken prisoner.
Allied commanders report Germans near the end of their offensive as ground gains are made only when deemed useless to defend. Battles are now fought on a more equal footing, and Allied troops maintain unshaken confidence in preventing a breach.
Berlin June 4 official bulletin reports German troops advancing south and west of Soissons making fresh progress. The War Office notes continued activity on the western sector with gains un specified and no further details given.
Reuters correspondent notes the French Army situation is the most hopeful since the start of the battle. For the first time since Monday the enemy gained no ground during the day.
Paris reports an official bulletin stating the battle resumed with great intensity. German forces, reinforced with fresh troops, attacked between the Oise and Qoureq rivers with redoubled violence.
Fresh French units have taken their places in the battle line. German reports claim these reinforcements will not be able to hold the positions assigned to them.
After a long pause, German and American batteries exchanged heavy fire northwest of Toul. The exchange lasted for hours with no infantry assault reported.
London dispatch says hostile raids were drove back northeast of Bailleul by French forces. Night operations yielded 288 prisoners southeast of Strazzelle, along with an anti tank gun, 30 machine guns and several trench mortars seized.
Norfolk reports nine American ships sunk by U boats with the liner Carolina New York and Porto Rico among the largest victims. Passengers and 120 crew aboard the Porto Rico are missing. No deaths yet from the Herbert L Pratt sinking and only possible minor casualties from other attacks.
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