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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1916
Page
1
Train ready but no movement from Juarez toward General Pershing on the railroad line. Orders reportedly slow as military supply shipments await clearance and coordination.
El Paso reports gasoline and supply shortages hamper Colonia Dublan relief. Rumors place Villa wounded or moving toward Parral with no solid confirmation, while military officials withhold details. A funeral in West Point honors Lt. Joseph W. Allison, Jr. and his Dallas, Texas father attends.
San Antonio March g0 General Punsten delayed the use of the Northwestern railway to send supplies to troops in Mexico pending a conference of General Gavira in Juarez. General Bell at El Paso and Mexican consul Andres Garcia at El Paso discuss shipments with army headquarters. Shipments over the route expected to begin tomorrow with cautious handling. The Carranza situation remains unsettled.
The Day in Congress records a noon session where debate on an army reorganization bill was shelved and a resolution directed the attorney general to probe gasoline prices. Secretary Daniels testified to the naval committee on the immigration bill with literacy tests and Asiatic exclusion provisions. the measure passed 408 to 87. Adjournment times noted as 12:22 p.m. to noon Friday.
Fragmentary OCR text provides no clear date or location. It hints at March weather but content is unreadable.
A twenty four hour weather report notes temperatures around ten to sixteen degrees with variable readings. Military dispatches say supplies from Columbus proceed while a rail route remains under evaluation. General Pershing reports a defeat near Guerrero as pursuit of Villa and Wilki continues through mountainous terrain.
Thomas Taggart, recently appointed U S senator ad interim from Indiana, announces he will not seek the renomination to the United States Senate. The brief notice appears in the Morning Journal Special LEADED edition from Washington.
The Department of Agriculture announces an order removing foot and mouth disease quarantines and restrictions on live stock shipments. The move makes the country entirely free of the disease.
Eugene Kane the embalmer testifies Waite pressed him to place arsenic in a embalming fluid sample for the district attorney. Kane says Waite forced money on him totaling about 9 400 dollars and urged him to swear to arsenic in the fluid. Kane kept the money at his Long Island home and planned to deliver the sample and report to the DA. An indictment against Waite is expected. Margaret Weaver Horton, Waite’s friend, delays visiting Waite at Bellevue.
Vast clouds of smoke mark the burning suburb as the hard pressed Gallic stronghold endures a major air raid. French lines hold while the sight of smoke signals ongoing battle near Chell. Military observers report intensified bombardment with civilians fleeing the suburb.
German guns pound Verdun north front as smoke veils forts Helleville and Froideterre. French lines north of the river hold a narrow strip near Tend Man's Hill and Averfesurt, with hill 304 and Muntancourt villages. French gunners hunt hidden German batteries with precise fire.
In a statement to the Associated Press Candido Aguilar Mexico's foreign minister denounces U S press for publishing stories aimed at embarrassing both governments. He urges patriotic restraint to aid peaceful settlement of the incident. He says constitutionalist forces are advancing with a careful plan to capture Villa, with accord between military leaders and the war minister.
A Rome wireless dispatch reports that an Entente patrol ship found four hostile submarine bases among the Greek islands during maritime operations. The announcement, dated London March 30, conveys the discovery in the evening update.
An In Council order announced that neither the vessel nor its cargo shall be immune from capture for blockade violations as it sails toward a non blockaded port. The decision cites the ship’s current route and the sale ground as justification for the embargo.
Rev Adrian Cazales, longtime Terra Aria parish priest and former Cathedral assistant in Santa Fe, died this week from pneumonia.
London dispatch reports the steamer Minneapolis torpedoed in the Mediterranean last week sank last Tuesday. This follows earlier reports from Malta via Reuters.
No word has come from Germany regarding recent disasters to British vessels bearing American citizens as Washington weighs how to respond.
The United States advances a cautious inquiry into the Sussex disaster with officials awaiting conclusive reports from Hertin. Secretary Lansing and the State Department study dispatches as Washington weighs submarines and unarmed British vessels losses.
The Hurnett migration bill passed the House by 508 to 57 with the literacy test sustained 284 to 167. It moves to the Senate where approval is expected. Debate centered on exclusion provisions and political rhetoric, with representatives noting past veto battles by Cleveland Taft and Wilson.
A bandit leader tormented five Mexican captives near Wila Life as authorities report a plan to murder them. In a dramatic turn, one captive attempted to strangle the leader, disrupting the assault.
The American expeditionary forces push toward Columbus amid harsh conditions including a snow storm. Villa's brutal reprisals at Corralitos ranch left five men dead after torture and mock hangings, while the campaign tests endurance, resourcefulness, and rapid problem solving at field headquarters under censorship.
An infantry unit records improvised comforts from discarded materials. Soldiers heat with a tin vented box and weed fuel, craft a Morris chair from boards and nails, and improvise shelter tents. They note scarce supplies, late supply outfits, and the cottonwood windbreaks that shelter troops in arid plains.
Washington reports General Carranza's consent to use the Mexico Northwestern railroad for supplying Pershing's expedition against Villa will be given a fair trial. In the interim the US will not press broader terms. Funston is to ship under Mexican authorities' rules. a first consignment may go out tomorrow. Baker and Laneing caution on results while approving aeroplane and horse boosts and 2000 cavalry horses being purchased.
Dispatches report 172 men killed at Guerrera across a Santa Maria river region as Francisco Villa retreats northward and Pershing coordinates to trap him. U S and Mexican government forces mass from the north, hoping to prevent a breakout toward San Coromín and Carranza positions.
Man Antonio Texas March 30. General Pershing reports three day fight between Villa troops and Carrancista detachment. No battle details released. Pershing says Villa’s men are moving south, and villa believed to be with them.
El Paso March 40 Gen Gabriel Gavira Carranza commander at Juarez said he received a message from Madera Mexico stating Villa had been shot in the leg He called the source reliable and wired General Bertan at Madera for confirmation
News from Columbus reports two spreading tales about Villa’s raid prospects. A Mesilla ranch hand suggested Villa’s band might be near Santa Maria, 65 miles south, but military officials called it a wild rumor. Local residents fretted as armed groups gathered and signals were noticed, though authorities urged calm.
The A T and T US railroad announces a 22 cent decrease in freight rates on condensed milk and a general rate cut on condensed ik between California points on the Northwestern Pacific railroad and New Mexico and At noda points. A schedule of reduced rates for Californian dried fruits and terra cotta products to Arizona and New Mexico is being prepared. The condensed milk rate drops from See per 100 pounds to &2 ee.
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