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Least Two Boats at Work Less Than
Hundred Miles Off Coast of New
Ited Press Leased Wire Service]
YORK, June 3.—Tell-
|& story of having been held
iff the Jersey coast by two
submarines, ordered
small boats and their ship
with bombs, Captain H.
|Tewcombe and ten members
lie crew of the American
oner Edwin H. Cole ar
here today. The men
taken in charge by the
authorities, who are
B-exa mining them.
bearding to the story told,
jsubmarines appeared, one
jitter side of the schooner,
crews aboard, placed
and blew up the vessel,
le men, in their small
were picked up by the
ican steamer Bristol and
Sfht into New York.
Hey asserted the attack
place at four p. m. Sun-
lie schooner was enroute
Boston to Norfolk with
Mowing reports that sev
ships had been sunk off
st, port authorities this
refused to allow ves
leave the harbor.
ae
PORTS ARE: CLOSED TODAY
That Fifteen Schooners Have Been
Sunk in Bold Raid by Enemy
.Pirates.
Wire Service.]
Jane
3.—General
thn casual
ties:
departm®nt
today,
id^Uo^ fl
three dead of
dead
fr°m
accident
M«tepwTdeTdfcslightly-South
p*- W- Johnson,
fist follow*3^
kU,ei
111
^thS3
action.
Harry
nt Bethlehem, Pa.
iPMvate^n
raPleT.
Maiden,:
Pdge, m.. Raymond J. Burns,
fork. ^8a-» Benjamin F. Lair,
l°f wounds:
M^rnI1Hudu0n-
T^rry-
h"S5?*
1220 Bath
One member of the crew of the
schooner Cole declared the German
submarines were first sighted at a dis
tance of about three hundred yards.
They circled around the American ves
sel and hoisted the German 'naval en
sign.
Just as the schooner halted, the
smoke of a steamer was seen on the
horizon. One submarine immediately
sheered off and made away in pur
suit.
The other boat came closer along
side and the commander shouted
through a megaphone, giving the
Americans ten minutes In which to
leave their vessel. The submarine
launched a small boat, rowed along
side the schooner, planted bombs in
the hold and blew up the ship.
ATTACK THIS AFTERNOON.
WASHINGTON, June 3.—The navy
department received a wireless SOS
this afternoon saying the Porto Rican
steamer Carolina was being attacked
off the coast to the south of the point
the other vessels were sunk.
PERHAPS FIFTEEN SUNK.
NEW YORK, June 3.—German sub.
marines, operating off the New Jer
sey coast, sank several American
vessels during the night, according
to reports brought In by the crews.
The first attack was made on the
schooner Edwin H. Cole, seventy-five
miles off the Jersey highlands, at 4
p. m. yesterday. The crew landed
here this morning.
A steamer and several other ships
were said to have been sent to the
bottom at various points along the
coast as far north as Nantucket
shoals.
'AY'S CASUALTY LIST
CONTAINS THIRTY-SIX NAMES
Killed in Action, Three
Wounds and. Twen
ty Are Wounded.
Died of disease:
Privates Edward Anderson, Deep
River, Conn. Walter N. Bailey, Wil
kinftburg. Pa. Cornelius Frommeyer,
Pittsburgh, Pa. John Kastner, Chica
go Henry J. Kruger, Spokane, Wlash.
Leslie Robert Lee, Chicago Hfebert G.
Martin, Brooklyn. N. Y.
Wounded (degree undetermined):
Lieut. George W. McCabe, Vieks
burg. Miss. Privates Brace B. Beem
er, Vincennes, Ind. Wasily Nuede
kow, Hartford. Conn.
Wounded severely:
Lieut. William Hepfourn, Windsor,
disease three Conn. Corporals Francis D. Bodewig,
Penson, ZeBmton, Ky.: Wm. B. Ram
sey, Dunfbar, Ws. Harry S. Staley,
Grayville. Ill: Anton Trostnski, Dwy
erviUe, Texas.
Private Frank Kurzynske, Ripon,
Wis.
Private Teodor Beniewes, Webster,
Mass.. previously reported wounded,
now reported killed in action.
Captain H. G. Newcombe, of the
Edwin H. Cole, declared that two
boats flying the German naval en
sign, captured his ship after firing a
shot across his bows gave the men
ten minutes to abandon ship, then
blew up the vessel with bombs.
As the Americans were taking to
the small boats, they saw one of the
submarines turn aside and start off
in pursuit of a steamer.
Officials of the port of New York
ordered all ships to remain in the
harbor. The submarine net was
swuqp across the harbor entrance.
This followed receipt of .information
that a number of ships, including
three schooners, had been destroyed.
There was also a report, credited to
the Maritime Exchange, that the toll
ran as high as fifteen ships.
The Maritime exchange is under
stood to have a list of fifteen vessels
which have been sunk. It will be
made public wtven permission from
naval authorities is secured.
Sailors of the Cole had no oppor
tunity to talk to the Germans, but
they declared the boats were very
bold that they carried guns forward
and remained on the surface of the
water to get greater speed.
The Ward liner Esparanza arrived
here today without having seen sub
marines. The captain said he was
detained at Havana fifteen days on
The schooner was making about
three knota an hour In a light breeze account of submarines being reported
and the submarines had no trouble in
making her halt 5ne shot was fired
across the vessel's bows from a gun
mounted on the forward deck of one
of the boats.
nearby.
At Boston tt*e collector of the port
received information that one of the
submarines had been caught and that
It was being taken to New York by
naval vessels.
The chief of staff of the third naval
district and tt^ commandant of the
Brooklyn navy yard, said they had re
ceived pnly vague reports of the al
leged submarine operations. Some
of these, they said, placed the toil
of victims as high as fifteen ships.
The chief of staff said no submarine
chasers had been sent out from New
York so far as he knew, aside from
those which are constantly patrolling
the coast.
SEVEN VESSELS VICTIMS.
NEW YORK, June 3.—Seven ves-
England coasts up to two o'clock this
afternoon and there was a possibility
that the number might increase to fif
teen as fuller reports are received.
Despite this heavy toll, officials
pointed out that the submarines un
doubtedly were sent into American
waters to attack transports and there
fore their, mission was apparently a
failure.
boats attacked merchant ships at
various places, one schooner being
sunk seventy-five miles off Atlantic
Highlands, New Jersey, and two tank
steamers about 150 miles at sea.
The navy department reported two
more schooners blown up, and sailors
of the Edwin H. Cole, which was sunk,
said they saw a submarine closely pur
suing a steamer.
One Reported Captured.
Una to the list of ships reported sunk
ITthe New Jersey coast
There are seven ships of that name
—six steamers and one bark. Two of
the steamers are American vessels,
thp largest having a tonnage of 5,093.
ticially announced by the navy depart
ment today.
A full statement of the depart-
Cedar Rapids. Neb. August F. Miller,
Seymour, Conn. Charlie T. Morrow,
Douglas, Ala. Cook Charles Coart,
Nerw Haven, Conn. Privates Oscar J.
Carter, Ariton, Ala.: John P. Claverie,
R. F. D. 3. Box 56, K, San Diego, Calif.
Hubert S. Coon, Briggsville, Wis.
George E. Hurt, Wallingford, Pa. Jno.,
M. McDonald, Wellington, Mass.: Sam come within fifty miles of the New 1 Candidate for Governor Arrested.
Mowinski. Michigan City, Ind. Oliver|Jersey coast, came as a shock to MADISON, Wis., June 3.—Judge J.
North, Indianapolis, Ind. Clarence [Washington. The report spread rap-J Becker, Monroe, announced can-
have gone so far afield as to actually
anb Corattitution J3emotrat.
KEOKUK, IOWA, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1918
GREAT MOMENTS
IN U. S.
American Forces Scattered
From English Channel to
Switzerland and Ready
to Fight.
ALLIES
Battle in Sky Between Ten Aeroplanes
Results In Two of
Them Coming
Down.
[By Fred S. Ferguson, United Press
Staff Correspondent.]
WITH THE AMERICANS IN PTC
ABDY, June 3.—With our forces scat
tered from the English channel to
Switzerland, the greatest moments In
American history are impending. The
capture of Cantigny has given the
troops here a new confidence and a
new zip to their fighting spirit. It Is
also reflected throughout the armies
in other sectors. It has given a feel
ing to their comrades that they can
do every bit as well—or even better—
if afforded the opportunity.
French civilians cheer and salute
the Americans. Children alongside
the roadsides bring their hands smart
ly to salute as Americans pass. Hope
and confidence resits in the Americans.
On every side it Is evident, as France
fights for her life, that she looks to
America as a worthy comrade in arms.
The comradeship of the French and
Americans is even closer than before
as the French face the new crisis.
The past twenty-four hours have
been without any incident of note on
this front.
Pershing'e Communique.
ni5"
or,
made public today, denies the German
official report that Franco-America*
Pershing said, says Franco-American
sels were reported victims of German depots of numerous extent entered in-: from
submarines off the Jersey and New to our possession at Fere-En-Tarden-
"This statement is absolutely un-
in that region.'
Battle in Sky.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
LORRAINE, June 3.—One German
plane was brought down and an
American plane fell in flames on the
German side of the lines in a fight
between four American and six en
emy machines north of Toul yester
day afternoon.
All fronts in Lorraine were quiet
Sunday.
Thirty-six officers and men have
been cited by a divisional order for
bravery and gallantry. Among them
were:
Captain H. W. Worthington, of
Lancaster, Pa. Lieuts. T. E. Wood,!
BOSTON, June 3.—Reports received jot Philadelphia E. S. Controy, Og-jner in a restaurant went on at a leis
here this afternoon added the Caro-1 den, Utah J. J. Bush and M. R. Har-Inrely pace. Groups still collected
rison Seargeants F. J. Wade, A. H. iaround the newspaper kiosks to huv
A report was also received that one Kuhn, O. G. Morlan, C. H. Babb.
of the German submarines has beenjof Chicago and W. T. Fritts and
captured or sunk. privates E. D. Fons, I. Kantrovicz, __
It was rumored this afternoon thatjL Pistikoules. S." E. Mclntyre, G. C. airplanes "lighting to win the "'skies
a ship had been sunk by a German Brookes, of Rich Hill. Mo. W. Kal, over the city and loose their cargoes
of
idly throughout congressional and dip- didate for governor of Wisconsin.
lomatic circles where it was the fore
most topic under discussion.
That the navy department already
submarine off Cape Cod. B. Yoakum, of Akron, Ohio J. Hatch-: of murder bombs now constitutes the Bloches' princf
The port of Provinceton has been !er
closed. I Beyer, of Elllnger, Texas and P. Mati. avenues with their usual reckless
speed, dashing at a great rate down
The startling news that boats -weeks ago. head. Now and then it was possible
was arrested today on a federal grand
jury indictment alleging violation of
the espionage act. He was to be ar
has acted against the, enemy threat raiened here this afternoon
was learned. First information of The indictment was returned at
the presence of the IT boats reached Superior with 148 others, half of them
(Continued on pa«e S- I war lawa.
I dealing with alleged violations of
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4
'W *W
FLEET NOW AT WORK
ON EASTERN COAST OF UNITED STATES
Jity as Gay as Ever and Air
Raids Fail to Keep Peo
ple From the
Streets.
WARNINGS NOT HEEDED
Wonder City of the War Undisturbed
by Long Range Bombard
ment by Hun
Gum.
[By William Philip Slmms, United
Press Staff Correspondent.]
PARIS, June 3.—Paris continues to
be the wonder city of the war.
While the Prussian crown prince's
armies under General Von Beulow
and General Von Boehm, forty-Ove
miles away, hurl their desperate
masses in their third drive against
the city, there is no sign of a panic
here.
People are going about their busi
ness with no sign of any fear that the
Germans may continue their advance.
Absolute confidence prevails every
where and the same feeling exists
through all the territory behind the
allied lines
The long range gun continues to,
send
WASH-iiGTON, June 3. General each nfpht brings its airplane bombing
Pershing's communique of June 2, :raid
shells into the capital daily and
so Parls is as
some part3 of tho we8tern front bnt
the pe0ple
depots were captured by the enemy. used to it I Germans suffered heavy
"The German official communique." heard' one business man remark!'°n^?„and
cohference^nd'
true, there being, no American depots wTtX. heafrraid"
Dl(
w?i'C0Un®l k1U
be
arp fa.r tZm hJntr
I strolled up and down the boule
Monument., N. M. P. Fox. A. G. Taxicabs careened through the P"'
Report of Three Sunk. Fairbanks Rapidly Sinking. {darkened streets. On the sidewalk,
WASHINGTON. June 3.—Report! [United Press Leased Wire Service.] the human procession moved on the
that, three American vessels—schoon-1 INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., June 3.—! same as always, only now it marched
ers—have been sunk off the American Charles Warren Fairbanks was rapid-1 in ..deepest shadows. Now and then
coast by the German T7 boats, was of- iy sinking today. Hope for his re- ^one heard a girlish voice raised in
covery has been given up. He has protest arter a "smack" which gave
•been growing weaker for the last some French boy's secret away. There
forty-eight hours and was reported in were notes of merry laughter and a
ment's information on the reports—ja very critical condition early today. soldier's jest about the delights of: CnVmorinac
first definite word .that, the Germans His condition is considerably worse Paris after dark. "tlDinajTn.es
are actually operating in waters near: than at any time since he suffered an I Then the aerial barrage began,
America—was promised soon. I attack of Bright's disease several Shells burst flickeringly high over-
mw9""
WaS
ahoitor Rn« ft
M,Urryinf
or
shelter. But when the alarm sirens
n0thlne
trZtll
1
heard the warnings.
1eaVe
from the front walked arm in arm I ,l,„
with their sweethearts, unperturbed, !. Ju
To all appearances they had not °f
Older men walking home-vard with
their wives and daughters after din-1
Johnson. L. S. Cukela, of Minneapo-! the latest editions and among them Rhelms defenses are barring
lis P. P. Gegere, of Green Bay. Wis. (was a heavy sprinkling of American .er?lan Pro0ress
W. A. Ruleford, G. Slyke, Syracuse, buddies from the trenches, calling for
N. Y. B. L. Rome, K. W. Squire and American magazines. Old ladies sell-, ..
D. Moore, of Omaha Corporals J. ing these periodicals adjusted their
to hear the purring German motors.
Law is invalid.
["United Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, June 3.—The na-
tional and invalid, the supreme court
decided.
The oonrfs decision was by live
votes to four Justices Holmes. Mc
Kenna, Brandeds ««d Clarke dissent
ed.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
PARIS, June 3.—-French counter
attacks yesterday evening drove the
Germans back between the Ourcq
and the Marne, where the fenemy is
making its greatest effort to advance
toward Paris, the French war office
announced today.
A violent German attack astride the
main highway from Chateau-Thierry
to Paris, paralleling the north bank
of the Marne, broke down under
French fir*. The German losses
were heavy and a hundred prisoners
were taken.
"French forces, counter attacking
yesterday evening, advanced at sev
eral points between the Ourcq and
the Marne rivers," the communique
said.
"On each side of the Chateau-Thier
ry Paris road a violent German at
tack was broken up by French fire.
"Southeast of Bouresches (four
J® miles west of Chateau-Thierry) and
everywhere else, French positions are
have long since become suff^
casual,y to hia partner as he took his oners-
pe~ and
ner
started to din-1
t- [By Henry Wood, United Press Staff
after that can Correspondent.]
can|..WITH
rne air ram. THE MARNE, June 3.—The German
mostly.f
«J
hMVV
We t0ok a hurdred
Pr,«-
Turning Southwest.
THE FRENCH ARMIES ON
Progress
of
having been checked to the
eastward and southward they are
nov*
concentrating their efforts
southwestward on a front between
Noyan and Chateau-Thierry, seeking
j0n' rito advance along the three great val- front nightly.
n!ioHav rout", now that the intentions of the
L, Orman high command are revealed,!
nprt to «»troii niiiotiv ir nfh-COn»^IH 'resistance Is increasing hourly.
hills, including the
r,9ht*
are
spectacles with untrembling hands Audigncourt-Fontenoy line and on the
and made change by the dimest candle .r'ver.
4
CONTINUE TO BOMBARD ALLIED HOSPITALS
French Counter Attack Drives Boche
With Heavy Losses and One Hun
dred Prisoners Taken.
leys of the Oise, Ourcq and Marne. Prussians and allies do not stop
But along of thess
As a result the enemy's progress is'
I proportionately decreasing/^
th*
reach
!^orU:
the.O.se are barred by an
immense chain of high forest cover-:
forests of
Villers-Cot
a natural
Laigue, Compiegne and
terets, which constitute
on the
extreme
On the western flank, the Germans
thrusting simultaneously on the
the
°,8e
va,,ey
8®u*h,
light, despite the menace of German object of attaining jng to push westward between the
Oise and the Marne, it. wa» indicated
in the night official statements.
and
Vi,ler8-Cotteret"
encircling the
forest
Th®
im»™ediate
'a^ep
objective. Here they
are employing their famous infiltra- (Contimied on' page 2.)
"p
With River Maine as Shelter, Teuton Army is
Trying to Push Westward, But Makes
Little Progress.
•jy v-*-
THE WEATHER
Fair tonight and Tuesday. Lo
cal temp—8 p. m. 79 8 a. m. 65.
EIGHT PAGES
i!
Back
tlon methods, constituting attacks
not where French resistance is
strong, but seeking oat points where
French effectives are fewest and
then, by means of their vast numer
ical superiority, Infiltering into inter
vening valleys, ravines and other nat
ural cover, until they can outflank
the French resistance.
The steady arrival of Freraofc re-'
serves, however, is strengthening the
entire line and rendering infiltration
constantly more difficult. This is par
ticularity noticeable at Chaudun,
where the Germans sought to filter
through the gap between the forests
of Copiegne and Vlllers-Cotterets.
With their efforts to reach the
Oise thus checked and their advance
westward along the Marne meeting
with determined resistance, the
Boches naturally are throwing the
bulk of their efforts into the valley of
the Ourcq.
The entire battle front now meas
ures 120 kilometers (74.52 miles)
divided into three sectors—Noyan to
Soissons, thirty kilometers (18.63
miles) Soissons to Chateau-Thierry,
forty-five kilometers (27.945 miles)
and Chateau-Thierry to Rhelms, foi%
ty-five kilometers.
The Germans to date have engaged
fifty divisions (600,000 men.)
.*
Colossal Bombing Warfare.
WITH THE BRITISH AJIMEBS IN
FRANCE, June 3.—Bombing warfare
on the most colossal scale thus far
seen is in progress on the British
droppifig high explosives from sunset
to sunrise.
Astride the line, and far into the
back area the countryside literally
rocks with stunning strper-concus
sions. while the star lit sky is aflick
er with Archie bursts.
British hospitals continue to re
ceive the full force of German hate.
Another baae hospital, one of the
biggest in the war zone, and as far
behind the lines as it was possible
to install it., has been ibombed by Ger
mans who first dropped a flare to
illuminate the target, then let fly
with bombs. A number of attend
ants were killed.
Trying to Push Westward.
IXNDON, June 3.—Employing the
Marne river as a shelter to their
southern flank, the Germans are try-
ATTACK ON NEW YORK CITY
POSSIBILITY TO BE CONSIDERED
Could Not Get
Close Enough But Could
Send Out Airplanes.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
NEJW YORK, June 3.—Announce-
-i
They have made some progress on
The authorities, however, consider
ed the possibility of an air raid by
airships launched from the deck of
a submarine. This theory has been
widely discussed in the past and its
practicability is admitted by some ex
perts on naval matters.
American military officials have so
accepted such a possibility, in fact,
that anti-air craft guns long have been
ment of the operation of German sub- established at strategic points around
tional child labor law is unconstitu-1 marines seventy-five miles ofT the New *^ew Tork City and its environs, ao
cording to reliable reports.
In case the Huns should attempt
Jersey coast, led today to speculation
as to a possible attack of New York.
Possibility of any submarine pene
trating the nets and other defenses
in the lower harber was Immediately
discounted.
tut
bomb New York, it is agreed that it
would be merely for the effect on
American morale, rather because
of any mflltaxy reason.