Secrecy Surrounds Measures to Combat the Submarine Menace
Navy officials reveal secrecy around actions against U boats after the Carolina sinking. Survivors land at Lewes Delaware confirm vessel losses while the steamer City of Columbus is safe in Vineyard Haven Harbor. A German u boat attack is described with a shelled lifeboat and damaged tanker afterward.
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Frightfulness Brought Home At Atlantic Port
The Danish steamship Brysell arrived with a bullet ridden lifeboat from the Carolina, suggesting the U boat shelled a survivor boat off Cape May NJ. The fate of the Carolina passengers is unknown and secrecy surrounds Atlantic coast submarine measures under Secretary Daniels.
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U-Boat Victims on This Side of the Atlantic
Reports from multiple sources list nine vessels sunk or missing off the American coast due to German submarines. Notable losses include the 6,000 ton Herbert L. Pratt oil tanker sunk off Cape Henlopen with one life lost and several schooners and steamships—Edward H. Cole, Hattie Dunn, Isabel R. Wiley, Jacob Haskell, Edna, Hauppage, Texel, and Winneconne—contracting near Barnegat and Delaware.
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Herbert L. Pratt
Mexican
Philadelphia
Cape Henlopen
Edward H. Cole
Barnegat
Hattie Dunn
Isabel R. Wiley
Jacob Haskell
Edna
Delaware
Hauppage
Texel
New Jersey
Winneconne
Submarine Raid Aimed to Halt Overseas Troop Moves
Washington reports say Germanys submarine attack on American waters aimed to disrupt troop movements overseas. Officials insist the raid failed to halt transports and that navy measures will soon counter the menace. The U boat presence surprised officials but they doubt coastal shelling will occur. next sightings may come off the Gulf or along the Mexico oil route.
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Germany
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Gulf
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Mexican
Government agents clean up New York coffee houses
East Side raid by government agents netted fifty nine enemy aliens held without bail, to be interned. German sympathizers celebrated submarine reports, with sixty arrests and one man released. Several prisoners admitted loyalty to Germany and hoped the Kaiser would win.
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New York
Atlantic
Germany
Belgian Premier Resigns. Cooteman Named Successor
London dispatch reports Premier Brocueville of Belgium has resigned. King Albert appoints M. Cooteman, former president of the Chamber, as his successor in Havre, the Belgian government seat.
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Chamber
Crow Prince Balked as Germans Fail to Overtake Paris Front
Paris dispatch reports German efforts along the Aisne Marne front thwarted. French lines hold south of Soissons and near Moulin Sous Touvent as battles rage around Forelles Mount Choisy and the Forest of Villers-Cotterets. Casualties mount as French counterattacks drive back German advances amid gas casualties.
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Paris
Fort Pompelle
Rheims
Montididier
U-151 Said to Be U-Boat in American Waters
New York reports that the German U-151 sailed from Kiel on April 20 with orders to destroy ships off the U S coast through August. Seamen captured from Edna Hattie Dunn Winneconne recount life aboard the submarine and claim it to be a working partner in a raiding squadron.
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Kiel
United States
Enoch Roker
Edna
United States Shipping Commissioner
Hattie Dunn
Roker
Hundred Tanks Used by Boches in Great Drive
London June 4 The Germans used one hundred tanks when they began their offensive against the Allies on the heights of the Aisne on May 27. It is rumored two hundred Germans crossed the Marne but were captured by the French. Refugees flood Paris as roads from the Marne district fill with troops wagons artillery and refugees.
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Conscription in Ireland Declared Dead For Now
London June 4 Viscount French Proclamation calls for 50 000 voluntary Irish volunteers and 2000 to 3000 monthly to maintain the Irish divisions. The Express says conscription for Ireland is dead for the moment and disarms most objections. The Irish Times calls the viceroy's demands moderate and the proclamation acceptable. The Irish Independent wishes the scheme success.
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Viscount French
Ireland
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Irish Times
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Irish Independent
Archbishop of York Declares united stand for peace
The Archbishop of York stated America’s message is we are coming to stand by you until peace and freedom of the world are vindicated, addressing London on June 4. The pledge emphasizes allied resolve and shared defense in global peace efforts.
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America
York
Explosion at French ammunition factory in Beauzens
Paris reports an explosion at an ammunition factory in Beauzens near Marseilles on Monday with some casualties. Berlin dispatch says Gen. Van Perthas, a German infantry leader, is dead.
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Amsterdam
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Berlin
Yankees Hold On Despite Being Outnumbered Frontline Fire
In the Luneville sector near Hameau Ancerviller American patrols fought a brief engagement as they attempted to surround the German force. Despite being heavily outnumbered, American troops withdrew with slight losses. Air combat over Toul saw Lt. Sumner Sewald force a German plane down from 5000 metres after pursuing it from a broken formation. other German aircraft escaped.
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Newton C. Parke
France
Luneville
Hameau-Ancerviller
Sumner Seward
Bath
Maine
Toul
Sewald
Lights Off Citywide Warned in New York
New York on June 4 ordered a citywide blackout except for street lighting. Police Commissioner Enright announced beginning tonight all electric lights that illuminate the city will be turned off until further notice as a precaution.
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New York
Enright
New Demand Levied Upon German Ally
Berne June 4 Germany has levied a demand upon Austria for the protection of German officers guarding Bohemian Slav and Czech regiments. The seventh Slav regiment recently killed its German officers. The Czech Slovak chasseurs revolted and executed all their German officers.
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Berne
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Austria
Forty Casualties Announced In List Given Out Today
Washington reports the war department lists forty American Expeditionary Forces casualties. Three killed in action, two died of wounds, six from disease, nineteen from accident and other causes, eight severely wounded, one slightly wounded, and one taken prisoner.
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War Department
Americans Reinforcements Hold Aisne Marne Front
American troops arrived on the Aisne Marne battlefront and joined General Foch's reserve forces in heavy fighting near Jaulgonne and Neuilly. They repelled German crossings, reported hundreds of prisoners, and helped steady the Franco American line as battles raged between Soissons and Rheims along the Our River sector.
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Four Planes Downed on Balkan Front Report
Paris reports four more hostile airplanes brought down by Allied forces on the Balkan front. Two were in flames. Three British aircraft attacked twelve enemy machines. Attacks near Monastir were noted as Allied operations continue in the area.
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Balkan
French War Office
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Fairbanks Sinking and Hope Held Out
Nome improvement noted in Charlies W. Fairbanks condition as his family and physicians report the ex vice president remains in an extremely critical state with little hope for recovery. Washington forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and Wednesday.
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