Villa orders Spaniards to quit Torreon as wounded and refugees flood city
In Torreon Villa imposes expulsion on Spaniards while other foreigners may stay. The city bears scars of battle with dead and wounded moved to field hospitals. Water supply resumes as reconstruction begins and provisional state leadership is expected under martial law. Beef from ranches feeds the hungry as relief crews work.
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Villa
el Paso
Chihuahua
Torreon
Huerts
General Villa
J. M. Ulmer
Sacramento
Noa
Velasco
Mercado
Ojinaga
Huerta
Velanco
Gomez Palacio
Lerdo
Cient
Conhultay
Huerta Troop Trains Blown Up by Rebels
Two Mexican federal military trains were blown up Friday between Tampico and San Luis Potosi. Thirty six soldiers were killed or injured. The attack was mounted by rebel forces under General Carrera Torces, aiming to disrupt reinforcement movements to Tampico.
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Brownsville
Texas
Tampico
San Luis Potosi
Matamoros
Victoria
Carrera Torces
Rebels Prepare to Move South Toward Monterey
Brownsville Texas April 5 Preparations for a southern movement were observed at constitutionalist headquarters in Matamoros. Officers sent for orders to depart within two days for Rawhiones station 49 miles north of Monterey, a hub for rebel forces for months. The plan aims at Monterey the federal stronghold, with Carranza Villareal and Gonzales likely leading.
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Brownsville
Texas
Constitutionalist
Matamoros
Rawiones Station
Monterey
Porreon
Villa
Jesus Carranza
Pablo Gonzales
Antonio Villareal
Carrenza
Villareal
Guerrero
Gamaulibes
Nuevo Leon
Tampico
Ramones Station
Calero released after Huerta spy acquittal in Matamoros
In Brownsville Texas April Ber nardo Calero, recently absolved by a rebel court martial in Matamoros of spying for Huerta, secured his final release and crossed into the United States. He is brother to Manuel Calero, former Mexican ambassador to Washington. Velasco evacuated Torreon in good order destroying ammo and ordnance, with about five to six thousand men splitting toward Saltilio and a southern route. Rebel brigades and Villa’s forces were active nearby as federals retreated through the region.
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Bernardo Calero
Brownsville
Texas
Matamoros
United States
Mexico
Calero
Manuel Calero
Washington
Temez Palacio
Mex
Chihuahua
Refugio Velasco
Torreon
Saltilio
Zacatecas
Saltillo
Gutierrez and
Natera
Pablo Gonzales
Monterey
Villa
Laguna Bank
Ulmer
Cotton seized by Villa to be taxed before release
Traders recount a night of evacuation as sixty thousand bales of cotton captured in Torreon are subject to heavy taxation by Villa before the stock is released to its owners.
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Torreon
Carranza Ignorant of Spanish Expulsion Order
Suarez reports from Mexico April 5 that General Villa ordered expulsion of Spaniards from Torreon, acting without Carranza who says he has read only newspaper dispatches. Carranza and aides avoided discussion. privately some fear international complications. Carranza met Generals Eulalio Guberez and Panfilo Natera, who describe rapid town captures, loot, rail disruption, and hospital work halted as wounded find care in Chihuahua. Supplies at the track will be sent there. no news on pursuit of federals from Torreon.
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Suarez
Mexico
Torrcon
Ville
Carranza
Villa
Torreon
Eulalio Guberrez
Panfilo Natera
Chihuahua
Forreon
Bryan Informed Of Spanish Expulsion In Torreon
Washington reports Secretary Bryan said no official advices on Spaniards expelled at Torreon had been received. The Spanish ambassador has previously appealed for action. officials expect no change in policy unless Spain makes formal representations. Developments in Mexico City are watched as Huerta’s government faces uncertain outcomes after Torreon.
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Washington
Torrean
Bryan
Mexico
State Department
Torreon
Carranza
Mexico City
Huerta
Algara
Japan
Pardons Sought for Dynamite Men in Chicago Action
Chicago moves to pardon Structural Iron Workers convicted in Indianapolis for illegally transporting dynamite in interstate commerce. Chicago Federation of Labor circulated petitions to President Wilson claiming rushed trials. Frank M. Ryan of the Structural Iron Workers criticized the government for preordained conviction and called for a stay after Supreme Court mandate.
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Chicago
Structural Bridge and Iron
Indianapolis
Wilson
Chicago Federation of Labor
Frank M. Ryan
Structural Tron
Federaon
Ius
Leavenworth
Lisseld
Miller
Ryan
United States Supreme Court
Federal
Sunday Organ Concert Delights Atlanta Audience
A free organ concert at the Auditorium-Armory Sunday afternoon drew a large crowd led by City Organist Edwin Arthur Kraft with director and Charles A. Sheljdon Jr. as accompanist. The program featured diverse works from Faulke, Puccini, Hollins, and others including adults and choral pieces by the Atlanta Music Festival chorus.
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Auditorium-Armory
Atlanta Music Festival
Willam Faulkes
Giacomo — Puccini
Mark Andrews
Christopher Marke
Sieep
Gioachino “Roestai
Willam Pell
Harry Ajax
Matthews
Jacksonville mayor congratulates Atlanta on regional bank award
Van Swearingen, mayor of Jacksonville, telegrams Atlanta praising the decision to locate the regional bank in the district. He calls the government choice wise and expresses happiness for the sister city.
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van ©. Swearingen
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Frs
van C.swearingen
Oscar Underwood or R P Hobson contested district nomination
Candidates for the district nomination include Morgan J H Ballentine and C J Watts of Madison and Judge B Almon of Galbert. The text notes the question Oscar Underwood or R P Hobson and indicates continuation on Page Two.
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Oscar Underwood
R. P. Hobson
Women shaping Chicago campaign in run to vote
Chicago voters prepare for a historic election as 317,614 women are eligible and authorities expect at least 175,000 to cast ballots. Eight women seek city council seats amid a push by Miss Marion Drake to unseat longtime ward rival Bathhouse Jona Coughlin in the first ward. Miss Harriet Wittum campaigns in the seventeenth ward as an independent.
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Chicago
Marion Drake
Jona Coughlin
Michael Kenna
Lake Shore
Harriet E. Wittum
Northwestern University Settlement
Woman's City Club
Seventeenth Ward
Miss Drake
Illinois Saloon Closures Rattle State Vote Deadlock
Three thousand Illinois saloons face possible shut Tuesday as 54,000 newly enfranchised voters in 300 townships weigh wet and dry outcomes. Women voters loom decisive while centers in Springfield, Joliet, Aurora, Elgin, Rock Island, Moline, Decatur, Bloomington, Woodstock glow in national saloon fights. Anti saloon forces plan a Chicago education push toward a 1925 or 1916 vote.
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Chicago
Illinoia
Fght
Springfeld
Folist
Aurora
Eigin
Rock Islan Moline
Decatur
Bloomington
Woodstock
Michigan Local Option Renewal Faces Twelve Counties
Local option battles in Michigan resume Monday with twelve counties voting whether to stay dry. Eight counties are dry now, and Ingham, in Lansing, has been a prohibition battleground. The campaign has seen over a million dollars spent by both sides in the past decade. Bernhardt plans a world tour starting in New York this October. The Foreign Legion piece reflects on outcasts and civilizational roles, detailing its history in Algeria.
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Petroiy
Mich
Michigan
Ingham County
Lansing
16 Year Old Boy Boots Cops to Night Watch Crimes
New York April 5 a 16 year old Stanley Halley boasted to Police Magistrate Campbell that he and a companion entered twenty five homes in St Petersburg Florida and stole about fifteen thousand dollars worth of jewelry. He was arrested by a pawnshop squad member and held on five thousand bail. Bailey left Wheeling West Virginia to work as a waiter assistant then fled to New York to dispose of the loot.
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New York
Stanley Halley
Campbell
St. Petersburg
Fla
Young Bailey
Wheeling
W. Va
Tampa
Bailey
Supreme Court to rule on Oklahoma bank guaranty fund cases
Washington April 5. Decisions in several important cases may be announced tomorrow when the supreme court reconvenes after two weeks recess. One case asks early consideration of an Oklahoma bank law dispute where depositors seek payment or certificates against the state guaranty fund. The state banking board argues suit against the state lacks jurisdiction. Oklahoma Attorney General West says the fund’s efficiency is impaired by the litigation and expense, eroding public confidence in the guaranty system.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Oklahoma State Banking Board
Guaranty Fund
State Banking Board
Federal District Court
Oklahoma
West
Wandt Man Dies at Private Sanitarium
K R Wandt age 1% years died Sunday morning at 11 80 o clock at a private sanitarium. He was employed in the agricultural department of the Louisville and Nashville railway. Surviving him are his wife his mother one brother and one sister. The body is at Patterson's chapel where funeral services will probably be held today and will be taken to his old home at Burlington Town for interment.
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R. Wandt
Louisville and Nashville Railway
Patterson's Chapel
Burlington
Town
Seminole Indians to showcase at Panama-Pacific Exposition
R. V. French secured contracts to bring Seminole tribes to San Francisco for the Florida state exhibit next year. The display promises to offer the public insight into the tribes methods and manners as part of the exposition.
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United States
Florida State
San Francisco
R. V. French
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Rogers
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Brea
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W. P'tree
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Houston
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Rogers Store
Flant & Auto Top and Trimbeng CO
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Foreign Legion
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Western Union
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Western Union Telegraph Office
Western Union Telegraph CO
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Luther Burbank Flower
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