German Submarine Raid Off Maryland Coast Sinks Ships
Survivors of the steamer Carolina recount a deadly attack by a German U boat off the Maryland coast. Forty, or more, lives unknown. sixteen crewmen survive after the vessel sinks during a cyclone and shelling. A French steamer Racheline was also attacked, with two sailors saved from the Edwards Baird. The U S destroyer reports the U-boat threat remains active near Atlantic waters.
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Navy Department
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Washington County Evening Journal Summary Item
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Evening Journal
Washington County
U Boats On The Side Two Months
The Texel crew of 36 survivors tell how their steamer was torpedoed and sunk off New York by two German submarines. Captain Lowry of Brooklyn describes the U boats circling the ship and the crew being ordered to abandon, with all hands saved in two leaky boats after a dramatic escape.
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Girard College
Philadel Talia
Lowry
Texel
Americans Help Halt German Push in Second Marne Offensive
In France on June 6 the American Army aided the French in repulsing the German advance at the Marne, stopping their north bank assault near Chateau Thierry and Neuilly wood. Pershing reports French and U S troops held key positions along the Marne and in Lorraine and the Woevre, with German losses and prisoners noted.
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Lorraine
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Pleardy
Baker
British In Italy Win Raid Across Val Aasa Front
Rome June 5 officials report frequent artillery actions in the Val Aasa from Zenson to the sea. A British party penetrated the envoy line south of Asiago causing losses and damaging the enemy positions as Vienna notes ongoing artillery activity along the entire southwestern front in Italy.
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One Million 21-Year-Olds Sign Today Amid Registration
Washington reports machinery ready for the registration of one million youths who turn twenty one since June 5. Provost Marshal General Crowder delivers a message to the 1917 class, recalling the 10 million who voted last year and urging all Americans to support the war effort at home and abroad.
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Baker Appeals for Nurses
Secretary of War Baker urges nationwide cooperation from the public civilian hospitals and training schools to ensure a sufficient supply of military nurses. He emphasizes conserving army health, coordinating hospital staff, expanding nursing training, and relying on hospital visiting nurses to meet cantonment and base hospital needs.
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Baker
American Red Cross
Sub Trapped by Warship Near Atlantic Port
A flotilla of destroyers and two seaplanes captured a German U-boat after it sank the American tanker William Rockefeller. Survivors reported the sub surfaced exhausted and was netted, while nearby Herbert L. Pratt was floated and towed to harbor for repairs.
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Navy Department
City of New York Orders Lights Out Across City
Police issue order to extinguish all display lights and advertising signs citywide except essential street lamps. Shades to be drawn in offices and dwellings where lights exist. Aimed at reducing visibility for potential air raids near U boats. residents viewed as precautionary due to wartime tensions.
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Jersey and Sound Cousis
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Police Department
Forty Second Street
Kuright
Allies Hold Positions on the Marne Front
French forces repelled several German raids near the Marne as Allied troops maintained strong holds. The defense limited gains by the attackers with persistent counter actions and fortifications in key sectors.
Sub Victims Landed By Danish Ship After Rescue
A Danish steamer rescued the crew of the American schooner Mengel after they were picked up following a German attack. The incident comes as Allied forces report heavy losses on the Marne with American British and French troops repelling German advances. The French front lines near Courcy show adjustments in the battle’s northern sector.
German Assault Repulsed Near Amiens
Special to The Evening Journal reports a heavy German assault southwest of Morlans court in the Amiens region was repulsed by British forces. The June 5 dispatch notes fierce fighting and the setback for German troops amid World War I hostilities.
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Sinking of Mengel Crew Brought to New York
The Mengel schooner sank after a German submarine attack Sunday afternoon. Its crew were rescued and brought to New York by a Danish steamship, marking the twelfth submarine victim off the U S coast in four days.
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Evening Journal
New York
Mengel
United States
Blackout Test Shuts City Lights Amid Warned Public
A wartime blackout order darkened theater lobbies hotels and signs while the Metropolitan tower offered a sweeping city view. Eight aircraft over the city observed compliance and sparked fears of a German bombing, later eased as the test's purpose became clear.
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Long Island Sound
Sharpe Receives New Command At Southeastern Department
Gen Henry G Sharpe, removed as head of the army quartermaster corps, is reassigned to command the southeastern department with headquarters at Charleston C. He relinquished quartermaster control last winter but retains a tithe of that department awaiting announcement of its disposition. A Swiss dispatch notes Bavarian General Prince von Buchau was killed in Muse fighting.
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Henry G. Sharpe
Quartermaster Corps
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Charleston
Quartermaster Department
George W. Goethals
Sharpe
Goethals
Robert BE. Wood
Switzerland
Prince von Buchau
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