Local Amarillo leads drive to form Panhandle squadron
Captain Harry Ingerton, Amarillo postmaster and former National Guard captain, is authorized to organize a Panhandle squadron of about 450 men for federal service. He urges veterans and former Rough Riders to apply, with headquarters in Amarillo and temporary posts in the Panhandle, western Oklahoma, and eastern New Mexico.
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Harry Ingerton
Amarillo
National Guard
Panhandle
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Amsrillo
Texas
Alee
San Antonio
FE Paso
Four Merchant Ships Carry Americans Sunk or Missing
Dispatches report the destruction of four merchant ships with American crews. Two Americans believed dead on the Crispin with eighteen missing. three Americans missing on the Ange. Eptafolos and Snowden Range suffered no confirmed fatalities though Americans aboard faced exposure.
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Washington
State Department
Crispin
Ange
Eptafolos
Snowden Range
Wildfire of sentiment sweeps country in wake of losses
News item notes growing public emotion as American fatalities rise with little change in official responses. Citizens express concern over ongoing casualties while authorities and communities seek measures to calm fear and address the crisis.
Wilson to Speak Tuesday on War Readiness
Washington expects a declaration of war with Germany to follow Congress convening. President Wilson aims to outline urgent preparedness measures as officials push for rapid military and naval expansion and a coordinated industrial defense plan.
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Associated Prins
Washington
Germany
United States
White House
Baker
Jonal Defense Council
Wilson
Congress
Ilu
Wilson to Pardon Thousand in Wide Clemency Move
Attorney General Gregory announced President Wilson will exercise executive clemency in numerous federal prosecutions where suspensions were ruled illegal by the Supreme Court. Clemency will be granted in cases with guilty pleas or verdicts before June 15, 1916, and where sentences were not imposed or were under the court's time frame. More than 5,000 cases are affected, likely totaling thousands pardons or commutations.
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Washington
Gregory
Wilson
Supreme Court
United States
Killita
Department of Justice
District Attorney
Villa assault on Chihuahua City blamed on telegraph lines
Reports from Chihuahua reveal Villa's attack failed due to a network of telephone lines outside the city manned by signal officers, enabling Carranza forces to coordinate artillery and machine guns before Villa reached the outskirts. Seventy rebel prisoners were publicly hanged, and Villa's scattered forces retreated under pursuit.
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Villa
Chihuahua City
Murguia
Chiheahun Cipy
Mexico
Favila
Carranza
Miguel Saavedra
Jose Chaves
Santa Rosalia
Prancisco Murmuia
Chihuahua
Colum
Weather Update for Amarillo Readings and Dates
Sunday forecast shows fair and colder conditions in Amarillo with maximums around 0.67 and 0.42 and minimums near 0.40 in 1916. Data appears fragmented with multiple stray figures and unclear units.
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Amarillo
Yielnity
German band forced to play star spangled banner leaves town
Abbottsford Wisconsin March 31 one man Mike Fahey ran a German band from town after making the troupe play the Star Spangled Banner for patrons at his saloon. He locked the door drew a revolver and demanded patriotic tunes before ordering the musicians to catch the first train out in fifteen minutes.
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Abbotsford
Wis
Mike Fahey
Fahey
Miks
Musiccians
Submarine Capture Rumor Declared Naval Targets
The report of eighteen submarines captured by an American warship was denied. Rev. and Mrs. Thomas H. Cawdor said on the Carrillo that the boats were a procession of harmless naval targets in tow of seven warships.
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New York
Panama
Watling Island
Thomas H. Cawdor
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Carrillo
Martial law declared as Vallaldoliit workers strike
Martia llan in Spain via Paris reports workers at Vallaldoliit began a strike on Thursday. An armed force intervened injuring a number of people as martial law is declared.
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Martial Lan
Spain
Madrid
Paris
Tromier Tromanones
Vallaldoliit
Anotrian Socialists Seek Peace Declared
A Vienna socialist newspaper reports the Austrian Socialist party adopting a peace declaration. The text is addressed to the Russian proletariat and appears in a Copenhagen London transmission dated March 3. The item notes a brief official stance on ending hostilities.
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London
Socialist Newspaper of
Vienna
Germaan Socialist Party
Austria
Scouts Save New York City Hall in War Time Drill
Boy Scouts from across the city rushed to City Hall with rifles and machine guns in a wartime drill and saved the historic building from an imaginary enemy landing at Manhattan’s upper end.
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New York City Hall
Associated
New York
City Hall
Hdstoric
Manhattan Island
7000 More Guardsmen Go Back Into Service
Local youths are ready to join 60 000 designated for police protection at a moment's notice. They will gather at their armory today to report for duty and bolster border or civic security as required.
War prep advances as guards recalled and coast patrols expand
Washington reports swift mobilization steps across army navy and coast guard. States from Texas to Rhode Island see guardsmen and infantry recalled while coast artillery and submarine chasers are expanded under new orders. Secretary Daniels expects many chasers in service and national defense bodies coordinate resources for war footing.
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Oklahoma
Louisiana
District of Columbia
Texas
Arkansas
Rhode Island
Coast Artillery
Navy Department
Oan
Old Plain Henry
Wilson
Pennsylvania
Department
Daniels
Army
Navy
Econo
Two American Seamen Reach Copenhagen On Detention Tale
Officials report two Americans Alexander Meyver and Jack Benson reached Copenhagen with claims that about fifty other captives from the Esmeraldas and Brecknockshire are detained in Westphalia camps. Germany had detained fifty nine Americans aboard Yarrowdale as armed vessel status was announced. Navy recruit totals show 4,474 new sailors in March and a net gain of 8,628 with 62,687 currently serving.
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Associated Press
Washington
Copenhagen
Germany
Moane
Spanish Foreign Office
Egan
Alexander Meyver
Jack Benson
Staat
Esmeraldas
Westphalia
United States
Navy
Texas National Guard mobilization orders issued
Captain Golding of B Troop and Captain Ridings of S? Company receive telegraphic notices to assemble their units at Amarillo Armory for mobilization as the war department directs. Mobilization points and dates to follow with orders detailing deployment, horses and equipment currently at San Antonio.
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Flrst
Texas Cavaliry
S. PD. Ridings
Ervin
Fourth Texas Infantry
Treneth
War Department
Washington
Ridings
Wident
Texas National Guard
San Aninio
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