Sussex Loss of Sussex Still Ties Us to War Claim
Dover reports 102 missing from the Sussex as Americans among 436 aboard with five dead in Boulogne and Dover. Hospitalized Americans Crocker and Penfield show hope, while embassy lists name Baldwin and others still unaccounted for. Telegraphs from Boulogne and Paris feed doubts about survivor tallies as diplomats weigh possible U S Germany break.
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New German Socialist Split Prompts Expulsion Showdown
Berlin dispatch reports a major rift within the Social Democratic Party as eighteen radicals, led by Haase and Ledebour, split to form the Faction of the Social Democratic Working Confraternity. The march toward war opposition fractures the Reichstag and unsettles the party’s unity amid tumult.
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Three Great Ships Sunk in Submarine Attacks Allege
U S and British reports indicate three large ships were sunk in wartime submarine actions. Sussex and Englishman disasters prompt questions of law, with affidavits from two American survivors and a Belgian officer’s account cited. Other vessels Minneapolis St Cecilia Fenay Bridge are listed as victims with crews saved or missing.
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Francia E. Drake
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Naval Battle Off Grandlyb Lightship Delivers Heavy Losses
Reports from Copenhagen and Esbjerg describe a great naval clash between German and British fleets near the Grandlyb lightship. British destroyers and squadrons clash with German flotilla off Schleswig Holstein, with ships sunk and aircraft losses noted as bombardment continues along the Jutland coast.
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Six die in San Antonio Country Club fire
A Saturday morning blaze at the San Antonio Country Club on Washington Heights killed six people and injured several others. Judge J B Webb, former Texas attorney general James B Walthall and wife Homer Jones, Mrs Mace Stewart of Galveston, and Helen Cockrill perished as guests jumped from windows. Homer Jones and Mrs Stewart died while rescuing Webb. The building, valued at about 545 000, burned after a basement paint storage fire likely caused by spontaneous ignition.
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James B. Walthall
Texas
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Mace Stewart
Galveston
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Index to Today's Issue Page and Notable Items
The page lists multiple items from the issue including wartime updates on Germany and the Verdun front, social and political notes, naval battles, and court actions. It mentions Mrs Berton’s obituary, a potential divorce case, and upcoming society events alongside sporting and financial briefs.
Roosevelt Bout Strengthens Push For Republican Delegates
The New York Herald reports Theodore Roosevelt’s candidacy is solidified as the field narrows. By late March 172 delegates have been chosen from nine states, with 74 instructed and 98 free to vote their state group or leader guidance. Delegation breakdown includes Fairbanks 40, Hughes 35, Cummins 24, Weeks 19, La Follette ??? Constructed. Next week 201 delegates will be chosen in New York, Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois with April 4 primaries for Michigan 30, Wisconsin 26, New York 81, Illinois 68. Roosevelt likely to gain many non instructed delegates.
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Villa Escapes Trap as Pershing Predicts Prolonged Chase
Francisco Villa slips through Mexican troops near Namiquipa and American cavalry pursue in three columns, now about 25 miles south of the border. Gen Pershing’s report to Funston details tactics and split forces with El Valle base, Casas Grandes communications, and ongoing pursuit led by Col. Dodd as Pershing directs operations south of Casas Grandes.
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Chihuahua
New Mexico
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H. D.herring
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New Rail Strike Demands Threaten U S Transportation
On March 26 1920 unions for locomotive firemen engineers conductors and trainmen demand higher wages and overtime terms with a unified plan to tie up freight and passenger service nationwide. They give railroads until April 29 to respond and threaten a general strike if arbitration is rejected. 340000 to 400000 workers are involved across 250000 miles of track.
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Four Brotherhoods
Washington Post
New York
Asenger
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of
Border Tension as 1000 Carranzistas Mass Near Rio Grande
Del Rio Texas reports rising unease as about 1000 Mexican soldiers gather within six miles of the border at Las Vacas opposite the town. Troops claimed to be Carranzistas of the Twenty fourth Infantry arrive to establish a permanent patrol.
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