Sailors Die in Agony in U-Boat Tragedy Report
Consul Krogh at Rotterdam cites Capt. Pher’s account of the Healdton sinking in the German safe line off a lighthouse north of a shelling lightship. Fifteen men died from suffocation exposure or burns after torpedoes struck. many crew unable to escape as the vessel sank, with survivals reporting no rescue attempts.
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State Department
Germany
Lutehenast
Krogh
Rotterdam
Christoe Phers
Enemes
Frey Getien
Jose Jacinto
Kinitee
Aretinne
Obituary notices in a late 19th or early 20th century paper
Fragmented obituary items list names and partial details of deaths and memorials. Entries mention Maren Barnes aged 95 and others with dates, addresses, hospitals, and relatives. scattered phrases reference residences on streets such as Syfar, Raynend, New York Avenue, and Twenty, with March dates and times for services.
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Barnes
Maren
Dorthwrest
Slyok
Vaostuy
Marek
Eliza Watlow
George Hay
New York Avenue
Treshiy
Inet Gutseenat Camelerr
Oatirabay Mareh
Lacve
Alis
Ferry
Flemming
Ensmore
Colleraiming
Americans on Two Boats Sunk By Torpedoes
The Wilfred and the Chorley were torpedoed with Americans aboard. Wilfred carried two Americans and was not armed, while Chorley had three Americans and crew landed at Portland. Berlin reports vast Allied losses including British hospital ship Asturias and several American steamers Illinois and City of Memphis among sunk vessels.
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Berlin
Wilfred
Chorley
State Department
T General Skinner
London
Mhorter
Cardiff
Portland
Sweet
Hetrick
Walters
Sharp
Paria
Brest
At & Pp Om
Newport
England
Gibraltar
Bill Southward
Wayne County
John Palmer
Panama
Sant
Ushant
Erika
Denpack
Granton
Glynymel
Memnon
Asturias
Sir Joseph
Robert
Rivend
Tally
Case
Martha Yvonne
Cordouan
Petitjean
Henry Louis
Meu de Garde
Nazal
Rupella
Louis XIV
Pentileu
Acide Ma
Ria
Juliette
Camileemtle
J. R
I. R
Madeline
Felicite
Madonna
Entente Cordiale
Medusa
Solferino
Girda
Blaamanden
Ronald
Expedit
Frisk
Einar Karl
Efen
Illinois
City of Memphis
la Campine
France
Huelva
Hartlepool
Morgan Puts Up 1 000 000 in Aid to War Dept
J P Morgan & Co announced it will advance up to 1 million dollars without interest to relieve the War Department depot quartermaster facing payment stoppages for army supplies after Congress failed to pass the deficiency bill. A Chamber of Commerce committee urged Morgan to help, with terms requiring promissory notes and government vouchers.
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York
J. P. Morgan & Co
War Department
Congress
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Morgan
Col. J. M. Cargon
Suspected spies arrested near Shenandoah River bridges
Three men, thought to be spies, carrying high explosives were arrested near the Cumberland Valley and Norfolk and Western Railroad bridges over the Shenandoah River near Elkton Virginia. The bridge junction remains guarded as officials learn identities.
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Hagerstown
Cumberland Valley
Norfolk and Western
Shenandoah River
Elkton
Nokomis Yacht Engines Ruined by Acids at Wilmington Dock
Acids poured into the engines of the Nokomis, owned by C. J. Dodge of Detroit, were discovered at the Wilmington dock. The machinery is ruined, and the yacht had been offered to the government in the event of war.
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Wilmington
Del
C. J. Dodge
Detroit
Interned Teutons Sent to U S Forts
Philadelphia dispatch reports 700 crew members from German auxiliary cruisers Kronprinz Wilhelm and Prinz Wittel Friedrich moved by train under marines to Fort Oglethorpe and Fort McPherson in Georgia for internment until further orders. Two sailors escaped, swimming the Rio Grande to Matamoros, Mexico, with the journey largely uneventful and little public awareness in Washington.
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Philadelphia
Kronpring Wilhelm
Prinz Witel Friedrich
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Fort Oglethorpe
Fort McPherson
Georgia
Washington
Brownsville
Tex
Matamoros
Forts Oglethorpe
McPherson
Want Consul to Seize Boy in England Trip
In New York on March 26 Secretary of State Lansing was asked by Congressman Henry Bruckner for Mrs. Peter Eckert to urge the American consul at Avonmouth England to seize and hold Peter Eckert Jr four teen on his way to England aboard the freighter Colone for return to the United States. The Bronx couple fear for their son who left home March 15 to seek work and misrepresented his age at an employment agency. A postcard from Newport News Va dated St Patrick s Day noted the voyage.
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New York
Lansing
Henry Bruckner
Congress
Bronx
Peter Eckert
Avonmouth
England
United States
Peter Eckert, Jr
Peter, Jr
Newport News
Peter
St. Patrick's Day
Germans Near Oil Fields At Tampico
United States government agents report German forces advancing toward the Tampico oil fields from the border. The briefing warns of potential destruction of oil wells in the district as forces move inland.
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United States
Fil Taso
Tex
Germany
Tampico
Argentina to Freeze Wheat Exports Amid Embargo Decree
The government of Argentina ordered an embargo on exports of wheat and flour, with a decree signed by the president to take effect immediately. This action follows reports of escalating export controls and aims to conserve domestic supplies.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Poison Kills Mrs McMason in Baltimore Home
Mrs Mamie J McMason aged 52 died at Maryland General Hospital from bichloride of mercury poisoning after a morning illness at her Madison avenue apartment. Coroner's certificate cites mercury poisoning. Daughters Mrs Arthur W Johnson and Dr Ralph M Lecompte were notified and came to Baltimore to handle arrangements. In Columbus Ohio an emergency measure allocating 250 000 dollars for Ohio National Guard in wartime was passed by the house under suspension of rules.
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Baltimore
Mamie J. McMason
Maryland General Hospital
Madison Avenue
Mary Stuart
Wilthire
Arthur W. Johnson
Novel Experiment Station
Ralph M. Lecompte
Champlain Apartments
Washington, D. C
Johnson
Lecompte
McMason
Texas
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio National Guard
St Louis Safe in English Port Amid War News
London reports the American steamship St Louis reached an English port safely. New York notes it left March 17 with 31 passengers and 394 crew, 131 Americans aboard. Secretary Daniels announced the ship’s safe arrival to ease family anxieties.
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London
St. Louis
New York
Daniela
Navy Department
American Line
Daniels
Dante Alighieri
Italy
Louisiana
Lloyd
Cape Bozza
Remuera
France
Rumors Of U Boat Threat To Liner St Louis
The St Louis reached port safely on March 26 amid rumors aboard of near misses with a submarine. Passengers reported three British destroyers firing and an oil slick sighting, while officers called the tale galley talk but acknowledged a wireless dispatch about a lucky escape on a submarine plagued route.
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St. Louis
England Not Invaded Rumors Addressed in Commons
London reports that rumors of German landings in Scotland or the English coast were dismissed in the house of commons. Chancellor Bonar Law explained such rumors stemmed from home defense troops being recalled to readiness for an emergency, causing unusual uproar.
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London
Scotland
House of Commons
Bonar Law
Year in Prison for Bacon in New York Case
George Vaux Bacon, an American newspaper man arrested in England as a spy, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to aid a hostile military enterprise. He received one year and a day in Federal prison. Bacon allegedly forwarded military information to Germany via Carl Wannenberg and Albert O. Sander, who were previously jailed for two and a half years.
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New York
George Vaux Bacon
England
van Freet
Bacon
Germany
Carl Wannenberg
Albert O. Sander
Enllty
Knox
Pigland
United States
Navy Recruitment Drive Seeks 26000 Recruits
Secretary Daniels urges nationwide newspaper cooperation in a Navy Department campaign to enlist 26 000 recruits. Applicants must be at least seventeen, literate in English, and pass a physical exam. One recruitment station sits at Ninth and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Recruits undergo months of training before assignment to ships.
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Daniels
Navy Department
Navy
Ninth and
Pennsylvania Avenue
Naval
Moewe Inquiry Sent For American Prisoners
The State Department said an inquiry to learn if any Americans are among 5693 taken to Germany by the Moewe has been sent through the Spanish Ambassador in Berlin. It is believed many Americans may be aboard and the US may demand their release, though there is doubt Germany will comply.
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Germany
Moewe
State Department
United States
Berlin
Yarrowdale
Tragic Toy Balloon Death Of Brooklyn Girl
An eight year old girl from Brooklyn named Gertrude Devethal died after attempting to blow a toy balloon up large. She choked in the street during the afternoon while returning to school after recess as peers shouted and a crowd gathered.
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New York
Gertrude Devethal
Brooklyn
Tragic Farm Family Murder Suicide Near Clement Minnesota
Redwood Falls, Minn. March 26 William Kleeman a young farmer who lived near Clement killed his wife and four children with an ax then hanged himself between Friday night and this morning The six bodies were found today in the Kleeman home Authorities believe he brood over debts in the hours before the grim act.
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Redwood Falls
Minn
William Kleeman
Clement
Kleeman
Mosul Vilayet Invaded by Slavs in War Update
London reports Russian detachments in Persia have crossed the border into the Mosul vilayet while pursuing Turks. Field Marshal Mackensen arrives in Constantinople to reorganise the Turkish army. The war office notes Russian advances in Persia with fighting near Khanikin Kalakhahin and Miantaga as Turkish forces hold positions. The Mosul area covers about 35 000 square miles and 350 000 people, with British forces moving up the Tigris from Baghdad and Russians advancing from Kermanshah and Sukki toward a potential junction.
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London
Persia
Mosul
Reuter
Petrograd
August von Mackensen
Berne
Constantinople
British Admiralty
Wireleas Press
War Office
Khanikin
Kalakhahin
Miantaga
Bagdad
Diarbekir
Tigris
Kermanshah
Sukki
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia Dies from Wound
The Daily Express reports Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia has died from injuries after being shot down over British lines near Peronne. Earlier dispatches said he was wounded in the stomach during an air raid between Arras and Peronne. He was a son of Prince Friedrich Leopold and cousin to Emperor William.
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London
The
Daily Express
Friedrich Karl
Prussia
Madrid
Peronne
William
Arras
Friedrich Leopold
Roosevelt kills two devil fish in Florida hunt
From Punta Gorda Florida a telegram reports Col Theodore Roosevelt killing two devilfish during a hunt aboard a launch. The creatures fought for 26 minutes dragging the boat over two miles and splashing six aboard with water as one fish nearly capsized the craft.
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Danville
J. Coles
Theodore Roosevelt
Punta Gorda
Fla
Col. Roosevelt
Miners Rescued After Six Days Trapped in Yukon Mine
Skagway Alaska March 26 Three miners Nick Radovich Harry Graham and Thomas Davies were rescued today from the Pueblo mine White Horse Yukon territory where they had been imprisoned by a cave in since last Wednesday. Of the six men still entombed it is believed three may still be alive in a chamber near the rescue site.
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Skagway
Alaska
Nick Radovich
Harry Graham
Thomas Davies
Pueblo
White Horse
Yukon Territory
German Radicals Call for Peace in Reichstag Rebellion Forecast
Copenhagen reports the German radical socialist group, recently expelled from the regular ranks, forming a new party with a pro peace platform. It seeks speedy peace without annexations, Reichstag assent to treaties, chancellor removal, and universal suffrage, but has limited impact on government policy as WWI peace moves stall. The older socialist faction remains patriotic under Philipp Scheidemann, not wavering while Entente peace talks stay unchanged.
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Copenhagen
Socialist
Germany
Reichstag
Philipp Scheidermann
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