Sussex Revives U-Boat Issue in Diplomatic Row
Washington reports the State Department will ask Berlin and likely Vienna whether German submarine commanders were responsible for the Sussex and Englishman attacks. If implicated, Germany may disavow the act and punish the commander, while officials seek conclusive facts on the Englishman and Sussex torpedoing.
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Washington
State Department
Berlin
Austria
Germany
Sussex
Department
Waite Admits Poisoning in Peck Death Case
Dr. Arthur Warren Waite admitted giving poison to aid millionaire John E Peck in two deaths at 434 Riverside Drive New York. District Attorney Swann ordered detectives to arrest Waite on homicide charges after reviewing the investigation into Peck and his wife deaths in Grand Rapids Michigan.
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Millionaire Peck
New York
John E Peck
Grand Rapids
Mich Weon
Arthur Warren Waite
Colosseum
Riverside Drive
Swann
Dr. Waite
Willard Defeats Moran to Retain World Title in Madison Square Garden
New York heavyweight champion Jess Willard defeats challenger Frank Moran in ten rounds at Madison Square Garden. Willard dominating from the bell as the Westener who won the title last April in Havana proves his right to the honors.
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New York
Jess Willard
Frank Moran
Madison Square Garden
Johnson
Havana
Congress approves 8.6 million deficiency bill for Mexican expedition
In Washington the House passed the deficiency bill by a single dissenting vote with no Senate opposition, authorizing about 8.61 million dollars for army punitive expedition expenses into Mexico. Senate finance committee to report on delaying free sugar provisions to May 1920. Indictments against Judge E. H. Gary and U S Steel dismissed in Youngstown. Chicago floods claim five deaths and seven injured with $500,000 property damage. A new film company with 40 million capitalization to form in New York under B B Hampton.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Mexico
Senate Finance Committee
Youngstown
Ohio
HE. H. Gary
U.S. Steel Corporation
Chicago
Ilinois
Wisconsin
A_ “movie” corporation
New York City
B. B. Hampton
Flying Squad Sent for Dash on Villistas Near Namiquipa
Pershing prepares a rapid cavalry operation to close in on Villistas as a picked force is held in reserve south of Namiquipa. A new base 120 miles south of Casas Grandes may shift Pershing closer to front lines with no reported engagements on the American side.
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Namiquipa
American Expeditionary Force
Colonia Dublan
Chihuahua
Columbus
N. M
Gen. Pershing
Guerrero District
Casas Grandes
Aviators report bandsmen advance and relief trains
From Casas Grandes Mexico to Columbus New Mexico pilots say the punitive force is half a day behind the Villista bandits. Supplies flood toward the new army base 250 miles south of the border. President Wilson warns against a border rumor campaign and urges editors to verify reports before publication to avoid war and bloodshed.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Mexico
White House
WILLARD SAYS HE WILL STICK TO BOXING
Jess Willard arrived from New York with his right hand bandaged but showed no ill effects from his recent fight with Frank Moran. He said a knockout would hurt the sport and that he does not intend to retire despite rumors.
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Chicago
Jess Willard
New York
Frank Moran
Moran
Willard
Export Combinations Favored by Trade Commission
The FTC report on foreign trade conditions notes a general sentiment favoring export combinations similar to Germany's, aimed at stabilizing postwar commerce, reflecting developments tied to the war.
Rival slain in Lexington courtship dispute at home
In Lexington near Scottsburg Indiana, 24 year old Harry Robinson shot and killed 17 year old Ancil Phillips in the presence of 15 year old Grace Huffman at her home. Robinson had courted Huffman for two years but Phillips was allowed to call.
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Scottsburg
Ind
Grace Huffman
Harry Robinson
Ancil Phillips
Miss Huffman
Lexington
Robinson
Phillips
Wao
British Break German Lines at St Eloi Front Near Ypres
British infantry charged and captured the first two German trenches on a 600 yard front near St Eloi south of Ypres after a mine explosion. Berlin admitted German losses and continued bombardment of Verdun and surrounding areas as Russian and Allied actions unfold on multiple fronts.
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London
St. Eloi
Ypres
Berlin
Bethencourt
Lee Mort Homme
Dead Man's Hill
Cumieres
Meuse
Vaux and
Douaumont
Verdun
Postavy
Teutons
Dvinsk
Vilna
Black Sea Littoral
Rome
France
War Office
Joffre
Paris
Woevre
Moulainville
Eparges
Paris-Verdun
Haucourt
Berlin War Office
Kaiser
Malancourt
Bethincourt
Riga
Petrograd
Jacobstadt
Rica
von Vindenburg
Tigris
Felahie
Constantinople
Kut-el-Amara
American donor gives 14.06 in loan coupons to Allied relief
Paris paper The Temps reports 73 francs 75 centimes in coupons donated anonymously by an American citizen from Anglo French loan pools. The donor asked the funds go to the French Treasury or be used to aid civilization for the Allies. The Temps directed the money to the Servian relief fund.
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Paris
Temps
Lost 11 on Minneapolis torpedoing
A March dispatch from Malta states the British steamship Minneapolis was sunk in the Mediterranean by an enemy torpedo. The crew reached Malta except for 11 men who were killed in the attack.
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Malta
London
Mediterranean
Lloyd's
PITH OF THE WAR NEWS
The State Department sent urgent inquiries to Berlin on possible German torpedo attacks on the Sussex and Englishman. German air units bomb Sa loniki harbor works and Entente camps north of Saloniki. A German torpedo boat destroyer rammed by the British cruiser Cleopatra. Entente leaders in Paris hold a key conference. Seven aviators bomb Saloniki in retaliation for attacks on German camps. In the Gorizia sector Austria captures Podgora Heights as Austrians and Italians clash. West Prussian regiments retook artillery posts near Narocz Lake.
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Gerard
American
State Department
Foreign Office
Berlin
Saloniki
Paris
Gorizia
Podgora Heights
West Prussia
Narocz Lake
Convict Road Work to End as Funding is Cut
The New Jersey Road Department will end convict road work after April as funding was slashed by the Legislature. 133 convicts in camps across Sussex, Salem, and Mercer counties face removal, with 100 to be sent to the Leesburg prison farm. A later plan to continue road improvements with $100,000 in the annual bill is deemed insufficient.
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Trenton
State Road Department
Road Department
Edwin A. Stevens
Sussex
Salem
Mercer
Rocky Hill Gang
Mercer County
Leesburg
Cumberland County
State Board of Prison Inspectors
Stevens
Governor Fielder Vetoes Key Measures in Assembly Session
Gov Fielder rejected a wide sweep of bills, vetoing 39 in a day. Major targets included a death penalty repeal bill, election law changes, municipal finance measures, a new Elizabeth normal school, and a Passai River bridge monument fund. The action also touched labor, moving picture booths, and agricultural boards.
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Fielder
Senate
Wolverton
Board of
Court of Pardons
Pancoast
Wilson
Pierson
Morgan
Elizabeth
State Board of Education
Washington
New Jersey
Passaic River
Department of Labor
Commissioner of Labor
Dalrymple
House
Department of Shell Fisheries
Potters
Organized Labor
Wielder
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World’s News
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Wien
Jenton
Haucourt-Bethincourt
England
North Sea
Schleswig
Sylt
Folkestone
Dieppe
Dover
Boulogne
Minneapolis
Te Board of Public Utility Commssioners
Burlngton Sewerage Company
Collingswood Sewerage Company
Utility Board
Trenton Water Power Company
Sanhican
Assumpink
Delaware River
Gov
Supreme Court
Atlantic City Commissioners
Edmund C. Gaskill
Martin N. Keffer
Keffer
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