Submarine raid yields mines and survivor tales
reports from Lewes and New York describe German U boats deploying floating mines off the Delaware capes with ten found and eight more recovered. Carolina survivors reach New York with officers and crew, while a warning to avoid wireless use accompanies accounts of the perilous voyage and sailors' resolve.
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Lewes
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Delaware Bay
Delaware Cape
New York
Barbour
Carolina
Porto Rico
Barnegat
N. J
United States Army
San Juan
Red Cross
Thearolina
Ali
Uptown
New York Trials Dark City Lighting After Air Raid Fears
New York's lights went out last night as police and war department officials tested a city darkening plan. Army aviators over the town will assess how far lights aid bombing and whether street and private lights should be extinguished after dark. Security fears persist about German submarines and a possible coastal raid.
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New York
Enright
War Department
Call for 25 More Selects Draws Class Two Men Soon
Richmond selective service board has issued a call for 25 men from Class 1 to be sent to Camp Sherman Chillicothe Ohio. They will depart over the five day period beginning June 24 with selections by the board in the coming days. With these departures and 20 men already sent to Purdue university and Indianapolis training, Class L will be nearly exhausted prompting next calls to extend into Class 2.
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Richmond Selective Service Board
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Purdue University
Indianapolis
Slow Registration for Selective Service in City and County
Registration of young men for the new selective service draft moved slowly at Division 1 in the courthouse and Division 2 in Cambridge City Town Hall. By noon about 60 men registered with the Richmond board, with an estimated total over 250 for the day, though officials doubt reaching 270. In Cambridge City 37 men registered by noon, with a day total forecast of about 75 to 80, and a year-on-year estimate of around 110 based on the 10 percent rule.
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Selective Service
Division No. 1
Court House
Division No. 2
Town Hall
Cambridge City
Richmond Board
Carr
Registration of German Alien Women in Richmond Planned
Arrangements are under way to register German alien women aged 14 and up in Richmond from June 17 to 26. Non naturalized German females in the city must appear at the chief of police, submit affidavits sworn in triplicate, and provide four 3x3 photographs. Failure to register risks detention and other penalties.
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Richmond
United States
Million youths to register on first mobilization day
On June 5, millions of youths born in 1899 or later register as the United States advances its manpower mobilization. The draft system, praised as highly efficient, will place most new registrants into Class One and into the foot of the 1917 list, with calls to service delayed until those above are processed.
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Associated Press
Washington
America
Crowder
United States
Wilson
Naval Recruiting Offices Swamped After Submarine Raids
New York June 5 The raid of German submarines off the north Atlantic coast has flooded naval recruiting stations with applicants for the naval reserve. At the central station more than 2000 applications were received yesterday as the rush forced the redirecting of applicants to sub-offices to ease the overload.
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Associated Press
New York
North Atlantic
Naval Reserve
Norwegian Ship Captured by German Submarines
Washington June 5 The Norwegian ship Fikundasund with a German safe conduct was captured by German submarines and taken to Swinemunde as a prize. It was en route to Stockholm carrying a cargo of herring under Swedish food commission.
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Ty Associated Press
Washington
Nor’wegian
Swinemunde
State Department
Stockholm
Fourth of July Patriotism Demonstration Aims Unity
A patriotism event on Independence Day will unite native and foreign born residents to support the president and war policy. The South Side Improvement Association, county defense leaders, and diverse nationalities plan a large parade with patriotic floats. Local militia units may join, with committee representation from Richmond and Wayne county to organize activities.
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South Side Improvement Association
Henry Bode
Hans Koll
John Zwissler
County Council of Defense
State Council
Germany
America
Six More Ships May Be Sunk
Associated Press reports the American auxiliary schooner Samuel C Mengel was sunk 175 miles off New York. Eleven crewmen were rescued by a Danish steamship. Captain Hanson quoted a submarine commander claiming six additional vessels had been sunk, though officials doubted the account.
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Associated Press
New York
Samuel C. Mengel
Mengel
HT. Hanson
Hanson
Sim
Plot to Smuggle Romanoff Jewels Discovered in U S
New York and Washington report a drawn up scheme to import crown jewels of the dethroned Romanoff dynasty valued at about 2 million dollars. U S customs officials suspect the plot was uncovered. A separate Agriculture Department note questions prizes at state county and fair events and war savings stamps for the year.
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New York
America
United States Customs
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Weather outlook Indiana and Wayne County forecast
United States Weather Bureau reports generally fair weather tonight and Thursday with warmer temperatures in the northeast. Wayne County forecast from W E Moore calls for partly cloudy skies, mostly fair tonight and Thursday, and continued warmth. General conditions describe overall fair weather east of the Rockies with no significant storm in the United States.
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Indiana
United States Weather Bureau
Wayne County
W. E. Moore
Rockies
Lake Region
Texas
United States
Merchant Marine Recruiting Office is Established Here
Richmond youths gain entry to Merchant Marine under United States Shipping Board guidance. John Foster of Foster Drug, Main and Sixth, is the local enrolling agent. Ages 21 to 30 eligible. no prior sea service required. Apprentices on training ships earn $30 monthly with food, quarters, and uniform. Service is noncombatant but essential for wartime transport.
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Richmond
Merchant Marine
United States Shipping Board
John Foster
Foster Drug Company
Main and
Sixth Streets
Europe
Americans Drive Germans From Veuilly Wood Front Battle
Allied reports describe a br il liant American bayonet attack on the north west of Chateau Thierry, clearing Veuilly Wood and driving Germans back from the Marne area near Jaulgonne. French and American troops push the advance as machine gun emplacements disrupt German efforts, with American losses said to be slight and frontline positions held.
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France
Chateau Thierry
Veuilly Wood
Veuilly-la-Poterie
Marne
Jaulgonne
Veuilly
U S Minister to Denmark Quits Post
Maurice Francis Egan United States minister to Denmark has tendered his resignation to the state department due to ill health.
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U. S
Denmark
Associated Press
Washington
Maurice Francis Egan
United States
State Department
President Wilson Urges Mooney Pardon in New Letter
Washington June 5 President Wilson writes a second letter to California Governor Stephens urging clemency for Thomas Mooney. The request comes amid ongoing efforts to secure a pardon for the controversial labor organizer and figure.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Stephens
California
Thomas Mooney
Mysterious Chicago Stockyards Fire Under Federal Probe
Federal officials opened an inquiry into a mysterious night fire at the Chicago stockyards. It follows a prior blaze and explosion earlier this year that destroyed Union Stock Yards Transit company pay barns, with losses estimated above 100000 dollars. Hay stored in 150 carloads fed the blaze and hindered containment.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Union Stock Yards Transit Company
State will pay honor to late C. W. Fairbanks
President Wilson sent a sympathy message to the Fairbanks family as the Senate paused in tribute. In Indianapolis arrangements were made for Fairbanks to lie in state at the Indiana capitol, with a funeral at his home and burial in Crown Hill cemetery. Indiana militia will escort the body, and messages of condolence poured in from across the nation.
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Indiana Capitol
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Watson
Indiana
Martin
Senate
Fairbanks
United States
Indiana State Capitol
Crown Hill
State Capitol
Log Cabin
Unionville Center
Oliver Cromwell
Fayerbankes
Jonathan Fayerbankes
America
Boston
Mr. Fairbanks
Loriston Monroe Fairbanks
Vermont
Union County
William Henry Smith
Abraham Lincoln
Ohio Wesleyan College
Delaware
Carpenter
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Cornelia Cole
Mobilization Orders Issued for Forty Thousand Negro Troops
Forty thousand black draft registrants qualified for secret military service will entrain from June 20 to 25. The orders, issued by Provost Marshal General Crowder, target registrants from twenty states and are part of ongoing mobilization efforts.
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Washington
Crowder
British Repulse Raid Signals Change in War Tactics
The Allied lines hold with gains only near Soissons to Chateau Thierry as German assaults falter. American units distinguish themselves at Marne bridges and Chateau Thierry while Pershing’s troops press defence and countermeasures. Berlin admits no new advance amid heavy artillery and local attacks across multiple sectors including the Meuse and Aisne fronts.
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Soissons
Chateau Thierry
Chezy
Corcy
Dommiers
Morlancourt
Ancre
Somme
Albert
Pershing
Marne
Chateau- Thierry
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Ailette
Berlin
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French Chamber of Deputies
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Arras
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Merchant Marine Recruiting Office
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Arillery
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