Newspaper: Wabash Daily Times Star, Wabash, Indiana. Date: May 31, 1918. Prominent news stories include: American transport USS Abraham Lincoln torpedoed and sunk; Memorial Day in Wabash County; Wabash Draft Board issues next 100 names; German miracle gun. Condition: 4 pages, including pages 1, 2, 7 and 8. Very good to excellent condition, with minimal wear aside from double vertical fold as shown. Comes folded or rolled, depending upon existing fold lines. Comments: At about 9:00 a.m. on May 31, 1918, the USS President Lincoln was struck by three torpedoes from the German submarine U-90, and sank about 20 minutes later. Of the 715 people aboard, 26 men were lost with the ship, and a Lieutenant Edouard Izac was taken aboard U90 as prisoner. Survivors were rescued from lifeboats late that night by destroyers Warrington and Smith. They were taken to France, arriving at Brest on 2 June.