Havoc Among American Ships Along the Atlantic Coast
New York reports the City of Columbus, a passenger liner, sunk near America by German submarines. Washington confirms Germany’s raid opens a new phase as U S naval officials vow full preparedness with submarine chasers and destroyers along the coast and at embarkation ports to protect transatlantic troop movements to France. Officials say every agency will be mobilized to meet the threat and minimize loss of life.
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Germani
America
France
Atlante
Navy Department
Europe
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United States
Orids Isles
America Naval
Vnteers
Germany
Two More Ships Sunk by German Submarines
New York June 3 reports say two more American vessels, the Hattle Duin and the Samuel W. Hathaway, sunk by German submarines. Vessel details note dimensions and ages, with ongoing Atlantic coast losses amid unrestricted warfare. The crew of the Jacob M. Haskell, eleven aboard, lost en route from Norfolk to Ireland.
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York
A. H. Qa
Steamship Company
Jacob M. Haskell
Haskell
Norfolk
Iriland
Kesru
U Boats Close In On Schooner Off New Jersey Coast
Captain H G Newcomb of a Boston vessel reported two U boats sighted less than 600 feet away about seventy six miles southeast of Atlantic Highlands New Jersey. The submarines unfurled the German navy flag after signaling to abandon ship and the crew took to lifeboats.
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New York
H. G. Newcomb
Boston
Atlantic Highlands
N. J
Tankers in peril as U boats attack off New Jersey coast
A British steamer reported wireless pleas for help from two American tank steamers under attack off the New Jersey coast. Both tankers said they were sinking. In New York, June 3, details listed two vessels: the Jacob M. Haskell of Boston a 1262 ton four mast schooner built in 1901 at Rockland Maine and the Isabel B. Wiley of Bath Maine a 611 ton three masted schooner built in 1906 at Bath Maine.
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Atlantic
Havng
New Jersey
New York
Jacob M. Haskell
Boston
Rockland
Isabel B. Wiley
Bath
New England
Schooner Sunk by U Boat Gun Off Block Island
A wireless message reported the American schooner Bila M Willey sunk by gunfire off Block Island. An American steamship delivering the report arrived in New York from Tortola. The notice cites U boat action with no further details.
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New York
Bila M. Willey
Block Island
Torta Rte Var
Survivors recount U boat raid near New Jersey coast
Survivors describe the sinking of the Edward H. Cole seventy five miles off New Jersey after a raid by German submarines. The crew reached an Atlantic port and were moved to safety. Reports also list two additional ships sunk, the schooner Haskell and the Isabella D.
Ports Worldwide Tighten Exports as War Tides Rise
June 3 dispatches report New York port closed to outgoing ships with unspecified restrictions while Norfolk Newport News and Philadelphia ports also restrict departures amid war fears. Zurich reports Swiss Social Democrats oppose strikes as global tension escalates.
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Newport News
Folk, Va
Norfolk
Submarine attack feared on steamship Carolina
A wireless dispatch from the steamship Carolina reported being attacked by a submarine while en route from New York to Puerto Rico. The ship, 3,125 tons with 220 passengers and 120 crew, was twelve hours overdue and no further calls were received. A U.S. gunboat aided in the search as naval stations in Atlantic coast waters prepared to assist.
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New York
Porto Rico
Carolina
United States Guardship
Navy Department
British Bomb Karlsruhe Town Amid Air Raid Losses
Bremen Weser Zeitung reports the open town of Karlsruhe was bombed at 9 am Saturday causing four deaths six seriously injured and many slightly injured. Two British airmen were shot down and one aircraft failed to return according to a British War Office statement.
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Amsterdam
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Bremen
British War Office
Pershing denies loss of stores in France
Washington June 3 General Pershing in a continuation of yesterday denies the German official statement that Franco American depots at Feren Tardensis have been captured. No American depots were located there.
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Washington
General Pershing
Feren-Tardensis
Protest Sent to France by Russia Echoes War Strain
Moscow reports a protest to France by Foreign Minister Tchitcherin over continued Russian troop retention on the French front. The note cites a division or more of Russian troops since 1916, and notes Russia has not actively participated in recent hostile actions.
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Moscow
Tchitcherin
France
Paris Front Holds As French Repress German Offensives
Paris reports heavy German losses as French counterattacks along the Marne and Oure riverfront drive back advances near Chateau Thierry and Bourges, with prisoners taken and regional bombardments continuing. British forces gain around 200 prisoners in northern Pentagon area while sustained fighting persists east of Villers-Cotterets and near Soissons.
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War Office
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Marne
Chateau Thierry
London
War Department
Aure
Suyter
Three American Schooners Sunk by U S Navy Report
A navy department statement reports that three American sailing vessels were sunk off the coast by enemy submarines near Tarnegat New Jersey and Barnegat. The schooner Edward II Cole and another vessel were sunk while Cristal rescued crews and brought them to port. The Jacob S Haskell and Ward class ships were reported sunk with crew saved as submarines fired shells and boarded vessels. Captain Newcomb described the Cole incident, noting a submarine about 209 feet long with two large guns. A separate item notes student J Webster from Grand Rapids burned to death in a Fort Worth air crash.
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Nav Department
Navy Department
Bristol
New York
Edward
Milesoutheast
Tarnegat
N. J
Cristal
Barnegal
Bay Marines
Grecian
Jacob 5. Haskell
Jeaila D. Willey
Newcomb
New Shipping Plant at London Readies Yard for Wartime Shipbuilding
Belfast dispatch reports German submarine attack sinking twelve of a fishing fleet as crews abandoned vessels. No casualties. In England on the northeast coast a new concrete shipbuilding plant is described as nearly magical, with two ships already aided and a full yard by November able to build four ships a year, employing 2000 workers including many women.
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Belfast
Daily Telegraph
Caat
England
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Waltie
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Ocean
Edward H. Cole
Edward H Cale
Kaiser
Associated Press
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Edward WY. Cole
Isabella D
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Ecretary
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Walt
Zurich
Switzerland
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Arbeiter Geitung
Vienna
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Pershing
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Parle
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Faria
Nostwert
Parin
Bourcadien
Oureq
Vevera
Pointe
Oltier Anchora
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Dala
Sonk
Neyon
HMS
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Grand Rapids
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