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Huns Bring Warfare to Very Door
of America-Rumors For Weeks
MANY PORTS CLOSED TO SHIPS
Survivors of The Edward H. Cole Landed
At New York Say That Vessel Was Sent to
the Bottom off Highlands ot New Jersey
THREE AMERICAN SCHOONERS ARE SUNK
Presence of Subs off Barnegat and Nantucket
Shoals, 200 Miles Apart, is Indication Subs
Are In Numbers and Plan Practical
Blockade of Efijte
SUBMARINE REPORTED CAPTURED
New York, June 3. A rumor has reached the of-,
fice of the third naval district here that a submarine op
erating off the coast has been captured by United States
warships. It is said that the U-boat is being towed to this
port. There is no confirmation of the rumor as yet.
NEWrYORK, Tune 3. One steam
ship, one schooner and two or three
other vessels have been sunk off the
Jersey coast by German submarines.
One of the ships sunk was the Ed
ward H. Cole, a sailing vessel.
It was stated in shipping circles that
it was possible as many as six addit
ional vessels were destroyed, not in
cluding those known to have been
sunk.
The ship& were attacked some time
during the night, according to infor
mation which was received here. De
tails were not immediately available.
The port authorities barred the de
parture of outgoing ships before noon.
It is presumed here that the sub
marine or submarines are now being
dealt with by American destroyers.
Rumors of the preisence of German
submarines off the American coast
have been current for the past two
weeks, the reports telling of one
0r more haying been sighted in
southern waters.
The attack upon Americah ship
Pugj almost, at the very entrance of
DRIVE OF 1
ON MAR N
E HALTED
Dashing Counter Blow of the
French Turns Huns Back
FIRE, BROKE ASSAULT
Yesterday Was Poorest Day
Germans Had Since Ad
vance Was Begun
CANNOT BREAK FRENCH
Bodies Have Not Yet Crossed
Marne and Made No Strong
Effort to Do So Quiet
on Other Fronts
The German rush towards Paris be
tween the rivers Marne and Ourcq has
halted, according to today's statement
from Paris. French troops stood
their ground firmly at the - point of
greatest impact, near the Marne, and
in dashing counter attacks drove the
enemy back in other sections of the
battlefield to the northwest!
The main force of the German blow
was directed alohg the road that runs
from Chateau Thierry to Paris. The
French met it astride that road, to' the
southeast of Boureschos, within less
than two mileaxtthe riverd broke L SJs.JTJm
fee '-astaiilt Srmsrtf.: : 'f-.Sf
Bitterly defending every- barrier in
the enemy's path, the French resist
ance on the western side of the Alsne
salient is increasing. r Sunday appar
ently was the poorest day the German
advance has had-since the offensive
.was renewed a week ago today.
Although able to push-back the
French line between Soissons and
Noyon, the Germans have been unable
to break it, and "while continuing
their stron t- attacks they are making
most violent attempts from the line of
the Marne to norh of the Ouroy. The
inention probably is to outflank the
northern sector by forcing back the
sector south of Soissons to west of
Villers-Cotterets.
Heavy fighting continued all day
Sunday east of Villers-Cotterets and
the forest of the same name west of
the town. Late Saturday the French
had re-taken four towns in this re
gion.. Under the enemy pressure the
French were again compelled to give
up Faverolles, about three miles south
east of Villers-Cotterets.
Assuminr the initiative west of
NeuillySt. Front, the French re-captured
Passy-En-Valoie, southeast of
Faverolles, and Hill IIS, nearby. Ger
man attacks elsewhere southward to
ward the Marne at Chateau-Thierry
were repulsed, Paris reports.
The Germans have not crossed the
Marne and apparently hav enot made
very strong efforts to do so. They
now hold a greater part of Chateau
Thierry with the French maintaining
a foothold in the western section. '
On the eastern wing, the Germans
who crossed the Dormans-Rheims road
and took VJlle-En-ardenois, have been
driven from Champat. Around Rheims
the situation is unchanged, the Ger
mans probably hoping that their ad
vance from Ville-En-Tardenois will
outflank the allies in the Rheims sec
tor. In seven days the Germans have
driven a dangerous salient in the al
lied line and have, met with some suc
cess in attempting to link the new
salent with the orie drive ntoward
Amiens in March. In addition to their
other captures, the Germans too ka
huge amount of Franco-American
stores at Fere-En-Tardenois, the booty
including 500,000 artillery shells, much
material and 1,000 vehicles.
There has been little activity else
where on the western front, including
the American sectors.
British airmen continue their bomb
in graids and have accounted for 25
more German airplanes. On the Toul
sector in a combat between four Amer
ican airplanes and six German ma
chines, one enemy biplane was shot
down and one American machine was
sent down in flames. German airmen
have dropped bombs on hospitals be
hind the. British lines. The raid last
ed two hours. One hospital was de
molished and a large number of pa
tients and workers were killed or
wounded. .
A counter revolutionary plot which
involves a part of Russia has been
discovered in Moscow and Petrograd.
A state of siegje has been declared in
CHILD LABOR LAW INVALID.
Washington, June 3. The fed
eral child labor law of 1916 forbid
ding interstate shipment of prod
ucts of child labor was today de
clared unconstitutional and invalid
by the supreme court.
Injunctions restraining the gov
ernment from putting the statute
into effect and restraining a Char,
lotte, N. C, cotton mill from dis
charging children employed by it
were sustained by the court.
S. 0. S. CALLS FOR
HELP FROM SHJuS
TELL OF ATTACKS
City of Columbus Sunk.
New York, June 3. The City of
Columbus a passenger ship in the
Atlantic Coast trade, is reported to
have been sunk.
The City of Columbus left Sa
vannah on Friday and was due in
Boston this morning. Of 5,433 tons
gross, and built in 1904 at Chester,
Del., she was a sister ship to the
City of Athens, which was sunk
in a collision with a French war
ship off the Delaware coast last
month with heavy loss of life.
: Savannah Closed.
Savannah,; Cfijune 3. Under
direction of, government officials
no vessels are being sent out of
the port pf .Savannah.
New York, June 3. A wireless
S. O. call from the New York
and Porto Bico passenger steam-
was received here today?'
The fate 'of the "Carolina is not
knswn.-- No wireless calls were
received after the first call for
help. A United States -guard ship
got the call.
The Carolina" is a vessel of 3,125
tons, and has long been in. .the
New York-Porto Rico trade." She
was built at Newport News, Va.,
in 1891. " : x
The Carolina, with 220 passen
gers aboard and 120 in her crew,
was bound for an Atlantic port, at
which, sne is this afternoon 12
hours overdue.
Her wireless call for help was
received at 7 o'clock last . night.
Shipping authorities estimated
that when attacked she was in
about the same position as the
schooner Edward H. Cole, when,
that 'vessel was destroyed by a
submarine. The Carolina was
commanded by T. R. D. Barber.
To Ship's Aid.
Washington, , June 3. Atlantic
coast naval stations were direct
ed by the navy department today
to send vessels to the assistance
of the steamer Carolina in re
sponse to S. O. S. calls saying that
she was being attacked by sub
marines. The S. O. S. calls were
received at the Arlington naval
wireless station here.
Havana Closed.
An Atlantic Port, June 3.
Passengers on an incoming steam
ship from Cuba today said that
the Cuban government, presum
ably in fear of submarines, had
kept the port of Havana closed to
all outgoing vessels from May 0
to May 25.
Sunk by Gunfire
New York, June 3. A wireless
message saying the American
schooner Ella M. Willey had been
"sunk by gunfire" off Blockilsland
was picked up by an American
steamship which arrived here to-
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NO STATEMENT POSSIBLE.
No statement ; was ' forthcoming
from the office of Lieutenant Sec
tion Commander Elliott, . in charge
of the sixth naval district, concern
ing any orders that may have been
issued from his office with regard
to the activities of German subma
rines that are today reported off
the Jersey coast and off Nantucket,
and which are said to have de
stroyed 15 or more vessels last
night and this morning. Lieuten
ant Elliott asked to be excused
from discussing the matter, -saying
that it was imperative that any acr
tion taken or authorized be cloaked
in secrecy.
News of the reported sinking of
the vessels spread like wildfire
' throughout the city, the telephone
bell in the local rooms of The Dis
patch jingling all morning with per
sons inquiring concerning the ac
tivities of-the U-boats.
ABERNETHY FILES
no
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BOARD
Claims Votes in Wayne For
Him Were Not Counted
DORTCH IS THE WINNER
Goldsboro Man Will Have
Small Lead on Final
Returns
SUBMARINE
wm find
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DEFENSE-
OF AMERICA AMPLE
Naval Flying Boat and Other Craft
Get Into Action For Defense
Of the Coast
MS-
CARRIED SAMPSON 500
Four Counties Are Assured
Abernethy, But Wayne's
Big Vote For Dortch
Swung District
(Special to The Dispatch)
Goldsboro, N. C, June 3. Charles
L. Abernethy filed a protest with the
board of canvassers of Wayne county
today in which he- charged that he
had received many votes, in the pri
mary which have not been counted and
returned, and if opportunity is given
him he will furnish the board with evi
dence as-to the number of -votes he
has received in said county; that he
has been informed the primary ejec
tion was not conducted according tp
JWWd that ballots were g&enrj
out to individuals to he voted, contrary
td' provisions ot the statute.
. , ''-ported Has WonT
' (Special to The Dispatch.)
Newborn, N. C, June 3. While the
exact vote -cannot be ascertained at
this hour, it is assured that W. T.
Dortch of Goldsboro, won out in the
congressional race Saturday against
his opponent, C, L. Abernethy."
Both Mr. Dortch and Mr. Abernethy
are claiming the election, but when all
of the votes have been counted it is
believed that Dotrch will lead by a ma
jority of 200 or 300.
There is a possibility, though slight,
that Abernethy will poll the largest
vote after every precinct has been
heard from, but his most ardent sup
porters here and elsewhere are con
sidering him defeated.
Mr. Aernethy has given out a state
ment' tSJ the effect that if he is defeat
ed he will be in the race at the next
election.
How Counties Voted
(Special to The Dispatch.)
Goldsboro, N. C.,. June 3. Complete
official returns from the congressional
race have not yet been rereived. It
is conceded here that Abernethy will
carry the following counties: Pamlico,
Craven, Jones, Onslow " and Pender.
Wayne, Duplin, Sampson and Carteret
are for Dortch, whose - majority ! in
Wayne is 1,585. Dortch is confident of
receiving the nomination with a ma
jority of between 1,000 and 1,200.
This mornfng returns from Sampson
gave Dortch something over 200 ma
jority, with several precincts to be
heard from, it being forecast that
the total majority in Sampson will be
near 500. '
Challenge Will Be Met By Navy
FLOW OF TRANSPORTS TO FRANCE
WILL BE GUARDED AS IN PAST
AND TROOPS WILL FLOW
IN STEADY STREAM
Prepared For Attacks For Weeks
Charge German Base Established On Some
Desolate Island to South; Others Claim
Submarines Are Now Working From
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1 ,000 CITY EMPLOYEES
WASHINGTON
E
Dispute Tying Up 4 Towns
Street Railways Is
Ended
Washington, June 3. Nearly 1,000
city employes went on strike here to
day for higher wages. Most of them
were employed in the street cleaning
and water departments. They quit
work when -their, demands for a min
imum of $3 a day pay were hot
granted.
Strike Ends.
Albany, N. Y., June 3 The strike
of United Traction company employes
which tied up street railway service
in Albany, Troy, Watervliet, Green
slland, Cohoes' and Rensselaer over
Sunday, was settled early today.
The employes who struck for an in
crease in wages of nine cents an hour
won a partial victory. They were
granted an increase of 61-2 cents an
hour with a possible subsequent in
crease to be. determined upon by a
board of arbitrators.
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Washington, June 3.--Germany, by striking with hei
submarines at the very doors of America, has admitted to thfc
world that the American army will turn the tide against heii
on the battlefields of France. s , .
As first news of the submarine raid on the Atlantic coast,
brought to the navy, department today by Associated Press
dispatches, was followed by official reports, naval officials de
clared that the American anti-submarine forces in home waters
were ample to meet the attack.
All along the coast line naval flying boats, submarine
chasers and numberless other naval craft immediately gotj
into action.
All officials declared that the navy department was fullyf
equipped to meet the thrust at the very fountain heads of tha
flow, of American troops to Europe, and that all its agencies
were being brought into full force to find the submarines and
destroy them.
This challenge to the fighting forces of the United States
would be met, officials said, with the same measures which
have driven the submarines to cover in the war zone and thqi
steady flow of American transports to France would be guards
ed with the .same, effective protection which has carried them
through the infested waters of the British isles and France with
a remarkably low loss of life.
Submarine blockade in the principal transport lanes and
about the territory containing the principal embarkation ports
for the American army has long been counted upon by Amer"'
ican naval officers as one of Germany's last cards and prep
arations have been made to meet it.
There are indications that the navy department has beerf
watching closely reports of the appearance of enemy U-boats
in unexpected places for some time and that the possibility of '
the arrival of the craft off American ports was foreseen. Soma
officers believe that a base has been established, possibly on,'
some desolate island to the south or in a hidden bay. Others
are convinced that1 the submarines are working out of German
bases. v
.
Those officials and others who have been maintaining,
that bases had been established in the Mexican gulf or in the
West Indies declared today's raid fully demonstrated their !
theory.
This theory was that the submarines which participated
in yesterday's attack were on their way to the base in the
south, having for their immediate object the long line of oil
tankers carrying fuel oil to the allied navies from the Tampica
district of Mexico, and taking the opportunity to raid Amer
ican shipping while on their way.
The fact that the U-boats wasted all the value surprise
attack in home waters would give them in war on troop trans
ports attracted attention. It was pointed out that after all the
present German campaign must be for the purpose of creating Jv-f ;
an impression that a strong patrol was being established, while
in fact only a few boats, perhaps not more than one or two,
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