Cabinet ministers weigh grave situation in White House discussions
London dispatches report two American engineers aboard the Manchester say the torpedoing occurred without notice. In Washington the United States asks Germany through Ambassador Gerard if its submarines torpedoed the Sussex. The cabinet contemplates inquiring and weighing a possible protest, with divisions over how Germany might respond and conditions tied to Lusitania and the submarine dispute.
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London
Arthur Mackenzie
Savannah
Tom Fifer
Delaware
Manchester
Central News
Queenstown
Washington, D. C
United States
Germany
Gerard
Sussex
K Ing
Washington
Manchester Engineer
Bares Her Past in Suit for Damages
Chicago March 26 The trial of William Rufus Edwards a wealthy St. Paul lumber man resumed with reading letters from Ada Cox to Edwards. Miss Cox was the only witness yesterday. Her testimony showed trips to St. Paul and other towns across state lines. Attorneys sought to prove relations with other men including John Ganzer a ball player a booking agent Nash W S Meers of Indianapolis and W G Carmichael of Milwaukee. She said relations with these men were moral and Edwards fed her astray in 1910 at St Paul. Edwards who wed a St Paul society woman stands with him in troubles.
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Chicago
William Rufus Edwards
St. Paul
Miss Ada Cox
Edwards
Miss Cox
A. B. Anderson
John Ganzer
Nash
W. S. Meers
Indianapolis
W. G. Carmichael
Milwaukee
Misa Cox
T Edwards
St. Paul Society
German Premier Is On Defensive
Amsterdam dispatch reports the Vossische Zeitung discussing Germanys submarine policy and the chancellors budget committee speech. It notes public doubt sobre leadership and warns of difficulties in making sensitive matters public while defending the emperors military and political stance.
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Amsterdam
London
Vossiche Zeitung
Germany
Center
Neur
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Injuries Reported After Attack At City Event
A fragmented report indicates injuries tied to an incident at a city event. Police and federal authorities are investigating possible involvement by perpetrators connected to a drinking or intoxication incident. No further details are clear from the text.
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Federat
Wilson weighs German submarine actions as Sussex dispute grows
President Wilson and his cabinet debated the Sussex and Englishman sinkings with Germany. Officials said evidence was not yet conclusive, though a majority believed the Sussex was torpedoed. A Germany inquiry was planned to avoid a break with Berlin while seeking decisive proof. Ambassador Bernstorff was to return and confer with Secretary Lansing.
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Sussex
Wilson
Congress
Bernstorff
Lansing
Stenaers
Engishman
State Department
France
England
United States
Germany
Lane
McAdoo
Stan Hee
Dover
Gerard
Berlin
Foreign Office
Wilmer Penfield
Joshua D. Armitage
George H. Crocker
Persian Prince Bahram Missing at Sea
Paris reports Prince Bahram of the Persian royal family is still unaccounted for after being aboard the Sussex. His father Zillen Sultan, currently at Nice, has practically given up hope for his son's safety.
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Paris
Bahram
Persia
Sussex
Zillen Sultan
Nive
Empress Midland Sunk. Cramer Brings Crew to Maassluis
Reuters dispatch from Amsterdam reports the sinking of the British steamship Empress Midland, 2224 tons, en route from New York to Cardiff. The steamship Cramer, arriving in Maassluis, brought all of Empress Midland's crew.
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London
Reuter
Amsterdam
Cramer
Maasaluis
Holland
Grows
New York
Cardiff
Wales
Miners killed and dozens hurt in West Virginia blast
A King Coal and Coke mine at Kimball West Virginia exploded at about 8 o clock this morning killing three miners and seriously injuring around twenty more. Rescue crews worked through the day as coal dust and debris blocked passages and many injured could not be saved.
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W. Va
King Coal & Coke Company
Kimball
Canara
Min
Plots of a Dentist Doctor Dr Waite Case Expand
New York March 29 Findings by the grand jury in the Dr Arthur Warren Waite case are delayed by new evidence. Prosecutors say they are satisfied with the blood tests and murder link to his father in law John E Peck. Waite purchased arsenic and germs and confessions reported by his brother are under review.
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New York
Arthur Warren Waite
Walte
John E. Peck
Grand Rapids
Mich
Waite
Frank Waite
Bellevue Hospital
Arthur Warren Walte
Ohn E. Peck
Edward Swann
William Webber
Cornell Medical School Laboratory
Swann
Peck
Margaret Horton
Mrs. Peck
Senate Would Place Cent Duty On Sugar
Washington D C March 24 Senate democrats in caucus voted to substitute for the House resolution repealing the free sugar clause with a four year extension of the current duty of a cent per pound The vote was 23 to 7 Senators Broussard and Ranadel of Louisiana opposed the substitute saying four years would not aid Louisiana sugar growers The other democrats backed the measure and a rematch in the House was forecast.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Finance Committee
Broussard and
Ranadel
Louisiana
Louisiena
Motion picture industry silver wall author biographies 24 years old
A fragment mentions John Galeworthy aged 24 before he began writing and alludes to large silver production tied to photography and film. The text references seven or penenn fil and a yearly 154,000 ounces of silver, with a motion picture industry context.
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John Galeworthy
Severe fighting on British front and other World War I frontlines
Berlin reports heavy fighting on the Franco-Belgian front south of St Eloi and along the adjacent line. A German air squadron bombed Saloniki harbor and depot. In Verdun region there is continued infantry and artillery activity with renewed shelling near Malancourt. Austro Italian front sees bitter fighting with Austrian attacks at Val Piccolo and Italian counterattacks regaining ground. Russian activity noted with no major attack against German lines. Paris notes no change in the Verdun area and calm east of the Meuse.
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Berlin
St. Eloi
Dia
London
Saloniki Yesterdoy
Val Piccolo
Rome
Vienna
Galicia
Hatoet
Paris
Verdun
Meuse
Russians Win Small Skirmishes in Galicia Report
Berlin dispatch from March 28 notes only outpost clashes in Galicia with Russian gains at Dniesster described as coming against small Austrian forces. Official Vienna war office report confirms no large force engagement.
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Berlin
Sayville
Galleia
Dneister
Saya
War Office
Vienna
German Submarines Taking Heavy Toll
London reports United Press summary that since March 15 German submarine warfare has sunk about 70,000 tons of shipping in under two weeks, with roughly one third neutrals. The Telegraph notes the period may date from Admiral von Tirpitz’s resignation and begins March 16, 1916.
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London
Germana
Daily Telegraph
Admiral von Tirpits
Germany
Wilson Urges Speed on Shipping Measure
President Wilson urged rapid action on the shipping bill in a message to House Democratic Leader Kitchin today. He also backed a resolution for investigating railway transportation conditions, though the measure was not included in the caucus legislative program presented last week.
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Washington
Wilson
Kitchin
Masked Man Suspected in Fire at Foster Apartments
In Cleveland at 1117 Prospect avenue a third floor blaze killed J. E. Lewis and Mrs. Elizabeth Simpkins and injured many others. A masked man reportedly entered Miss Bessie Reimer’s room bound her, started the fire, and fled. Police call the fire incendiary and hold three men and a woman at headquarters. Reimer is hospitalized with a broken shoulder.
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Cleveland
Ohio
J. E. Lewis
Elizabeth Simpkins
Foster Apartments
Prospect Avenue
Bessie Reimer
Mine Reimers
Miss Reimer
Relmer Irl
Farrel
Reimer
Allies at Entebbe Conference Press Unity of Purpose
Paris reports a participant at the conference of the Entente Allies describing a rare spirit of unity. He notes a breath of high purpose and resolve, with all leaders focused on humanity and the shared aim to reduce the common enemy, embracing sacrifice and common action.
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Paris
Core
Riots Hit Russian Factories After Turmoil Report
Berlin dispatches quote Russkoye Slovo claiming growing riots among Russian workers, with arrests in Petrograd munitions plants. The paper alleges executions of 13 workers and that 100 from Putiloff and 30 from Nobel works were sent to the front.
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Berlin
Stockholm
Russkoye Slovo
Petrograd
Putiloff
Nobel
Ohio Streams Are High Flood Damage Feared
Central and northern Ohio faced ongoing flood fears as torrential rains overflowed rivers and creeks. Thousands of acres of farmland were inundated and hundreds of families were forced from their homes, but property loss was limited and no deaths were reported. Residents of Columbus returned home after flood warnings, with a potential lever break cited as a remaining concern.
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Columbus
Ohio
German Theater Opens in Lille With Iphigenia
A new German theater venue has opened in Lille featuring the play Iphigenia by Goethe as its main attraction. The production marks a cultural addition to the city with performances slated in the coming weeks.
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Lille
Girls March Out as Building Burns in Baltimore
Fire broke out on the third floor of the Keidel wholesale hardware building at 401 407 West German Street endangering a block of big business houses. By 2 45 p m the blaze was under control and confined to the top floor. Nine hundred girls employed in plants adjoining the Keidel building marched into the streets.
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Baltimore
Keidel Wholesale Hardware
West German Street
Reelect Woods Topic At Republican Committee Meeting
A meeting of the Republican congressional committee is set for tomorrow to elect officers. Chairman Woods of Iowa is expected to be reelected. MacKinley of Pinole is poised to become chairman of the executive committee and oversee the financial affairs.
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Washington
Republican Congressional Committee
Rank Woods
Iowa
MacKinley
Pinole
Nance Afalra
Pittman to Committee Vacancy Created by Shively Death
Senator Pittman of Nevada was elected to the vacancy on the foreign relations committee caused by the death of Senator Shively of Indiana.
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Washington
Pittman
Nevada
Shively
Submarine Attacks Escalate Tense U S Replies to Germany
The United States seeks to confirm if German submarines sank or damaged British ships including the Manchester Engineer and the Sussex. President Wilson and officials weigh response options as affidavits from Dover and London support claims of unprovoked attacks. Disaster and diplomatic strains intensify amid possible German disavowal and demanded reparation.
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Wilson
M. House
Polk
State Department
House
Manchester
Ambassador Page
London
Germany
Sussex
United States
San Francisco Fair Revenues Top Twelve Million
Final certified statements of Panama Pacific Exposition revenues show admissions and concession receipts totaling 12,524,090.45 dollars. Paid admissions reach 4,715,623.05 and concession gross 7,509,563.45 with a net concession margin of about 1,850.11.
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San Francisco
Board of Directors
Army Officer Dies in Port Misa Hospital
El Paso Texas March 29 Joseph W Allison second lieutenant of the thirteenth cavalry died today at Port Misa base hospital after being brought from Casas Grandes with a cold that developed into pneumonia.
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el Paso
Tex
Joseph W Allison
Leutenant
Thirteenth Cavalry
Port Misa
Casas Grandes
Columbus
N. M
United States Army Engineering Corps
Des Moines chase ends in thwarted theft at Altoona farm
In Altoona near Des Moines, 16 year old Marley Baker chased a horse thief to his father's farm. Baker's hat blew off during a rapid pursuit but the thief escaped. The flurry marked an exciting moment in a rural chase with no capture. Podgorlic a misheard fragment about Podgorica as a business hub in Montenegro is noted in the dispatch.
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Des Moines
Altoona
Marley Baker
Cavalrymen Press After Villa Amid Supply Road Move
General Carranza permits commercial rail shipments to Pershing’s punitive expedition in Mexico. American cavalry, chasing Pancho Villa across Chihuahua, face topographic and climatic hurdles as supply trains suffer on rough roads between Columbus and Casas Grandes.
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Woshington
D. C
Carranza
Mexic
Mexico
Pershing
el Paso
Tex
Pancho Villa
United States Army
United States
Villa
Terahumare
Monroe Girls Form Society To Aid National Guard
Twenty young women in Monroe Wisconsin form a society to promote enlistments in the national guard and offer to assist Capt A B Mitchell in recruiting his company. They say they will not welcome visitors to their homes unless they are members of the local militia Company.
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Monroe
Wis
National Guard
A. EB. Mitchell
Will Investigate Raid on Columbus
San Antonio Texas March 90 General Funston did not comment on a Washington report that the war department ordered a full investigation of the Columbus raid as soon as Col Herbert J Slocum returns from Mexico The attack by Villa occurred before daybreak March 9 nearly a score of soldiers and civilians were killed as the town was set on fire Reports say troops laxity may have made the Columbus raid possible
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San Antonio
Tex
Funston
Washington
War Department
Columbus
Herbert J. Slocum
Mexico
Villa
Sugar Bill Reported to Extend Tax on Sugar
Washington March 20 Senate heard Henater Simmonseg report the amended House free sugar repeal resolution. It would extend the tax rating duty of 1 cent a pound on evens until May 1, 101a.
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Washington
Henater Simmonseg
Senate
House
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Ada Cox
Bethmann Hollweg
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Lorraine
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Score
Blaze
Woods
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Podgoritan
Montenegro
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