Villa Near Death Mary Pickford at Victim's Hands Is $600000 Star
Francisco Villa reportedly killed 172 men at Guerrero and moved northward toward the Santa Maria River with a sizable force. Unofficial information says he is near the San Geronimo or Quemada ranch as U S and Mexican troops close in.
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Mary Pickford
San Antonio
Texas
Guerrero
Francisco Villa
Santa Maria River
Funston
Villa
San Geronimo Ranch
Quemada Ranch
United States
Mexico
Villa Going South Says Gen Pershing
General Pershing reported three days of fighting between Villa troops and Carranza forces near Guerrero and said Villa's men were moving south. It is believed Villa accompanied them as he neared the southern route. Francisco Villa narrowly escaped death days ago at Corralitos ranch when he tortured and killed five Mexicans. One victim leaped at him.
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San Antonio
Texas
Villa
Carranza
Guerrero
Pershing
Funston
American Expeditionary Forces
Colonia Dublan
Chihuahua
Columbus
Francisco Villa
Corralitos’ Ranch
Strangling Incident Ends as Officers Subdue Attacker
A struggle unfolded as a suspect attempted to strangle a victim named Villa before officers intervened with gun butts, overpowering the assailant. No further details were provided.
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Villa
Gringo Lovers Mucio Polanco and Villa Rivalry Detail
Mexican contender Mucio Polanco nearly ended Villa's career in a storied confrontation. Report continues on page five, first column.
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Mucio Polanco
Villa
French and German Frontline Actions Reported in Nearby Sectors
Official dispatches describe German attacks on Fort Douaumont outskirts repulsed with heavy losses and infantry drives near Avecourt failed to regain lost positions. French assaults west of the Meuse repulsed after night fighting, while a French aerial squadron shelling Sablon station near Metz. In the Italian theater, Austrian and Italian forces clash at the Gorizia bridgehead with Austrians suffering several air losses in Venetian provinces.
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Fort Douaumont
Paris
Avecourt
The
Meuse
Berlin
Sablon
Metz
Gorizia
Vienna
Rome
Mary Pickford Tops World as Paramount Signs Big Contract
The Post reporter, after dining with Charlie Chaplin who inked a $670,000 year deal, was entertained by Mary Pickford who signed a Paramount contract for more than $600,000. The piece contrasts Pickford with famed icons of fame and notes her global popularity.
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Mary Pickford
New York
the Post
Sarah
Paris
Mrs. Styvesant Fish
Newport
Geraldine Farrar
Mary Antin
Russia
Mary
Post
Charlie Chaplin
Miss Pickford
Paramount Picture Company
Two Top Salaries Boost Chaplin and Pickford Amid Merger Buzz
The theatrical world celebrates the two largest salaries awarded to Mr. Chaplin and Miss Pickford as a $40,000,000 movie merger stirs controversy, a development seen as rivaling the influence of Standard Oil and American Tobacco.
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Mr. Chaplin
Miss Pickford
Standard Oil Company
American Tobacco Company
Embalmer Kane Details Bribe Request in Waite Case
Eugene Oliver Kane, an embalmer, told District Attorney Swann that on March 21 Arthur Waite asked him to provide embalming fluid containing arsenic to disguise John E. Peck's death. Waite feared detectives and the electric chair as he pressed for the sample.
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New York
Swann
Eugene Oliver Kane
Kane
Arthur Warren Waite
John E. Peck
Germany Silent on Sinking of Steamers
The United States reports it has substantial evidence of German torpedoing steamers but will grant Berlin time to respond before releasing full findings.
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United States
Berlin
Stowaway Captures a Ship Alone in Bloodless Odysse
Ernest Schuler a German stowaway armed with two revolvers overpowers the Matoppa off Sandy Hook on schedule to Vladivostok. He disables wireless, robs crew, disperses papers, and steers the vessel toward Delaware Breakwater after forcing the captain to surrender.
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Philadelphia
Matoppa
Ernest Schuler
Sandy Hook
New York
Vladivostok
Schuler
Bergner
Delaware
German pirate Schuler Arrested Near Rehoboth Del Coast Guard
Off Rehoboth Delaware a German pirate named Schuler was captured by the United States coast guard after attempting escape with loot from a vessel. He claimed to have planted bombs on the Matoppa and threatened to blow the ship and cargo if interfered with, but was stopped by the vigilant Maritime Exchange reporting station superintendent.
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Rehoboth
Del
Schuler
United States Coast Guard Service
Bergner
Matoppa
Delaware Breakwater
Maritime Exchange Reporting Station
Local anniversaries for John Hays Hammond and John La Farge
Today celebrates anniversaries of mining engineer John Hays Hammond born 1855 and artist John La Farge born 1835. Sun rose at 9:25 Sets at 6:09. Moon rises at 4:40 am. Auto lamps needed tonight by 6:39 for cars and 7:00 for other vehicles.
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John Hays Hammond
John la Farge
Boston Area Weather Outlook Fair With Light Winds
Fair Friday and Saturday across Boston and vicinity with little temperature change. Moderate northerly winds expected. Forecast for New England calls for fair conditions Friday and Saturday.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Miss Gordon and Mrs Wilson in White House circle
Miss Gordon aged 25, orphan daughter of the late General Gordon, has joined the White House social circle with Mrs. Wilson. She has traveled Europe with Mrs. Wilson and lately lived in New York studying languages. Dr Grayson, senior navy assistant surgeon, serves as White House physician and travels with the President.
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Washington
Cary T. Grayson
President Wilson
Alice Gertrude Gordon
Miss Gordon
Mrs. Wilson
Europe
J. J. Gordon
Cornish
N. H
New York
Grayson
Virginia
Navy
White House
Wilson
Street Car Hits Woman Fracturing Collarbone in Arlington
Mrs Emma Riley 69 of 278 Broad way Arlington sustained a fractured collarbone and body cuts yesterday after being struck by a Boston Elevated trolley on Massachusetts avenue Arlington. She was crossing from Franklin street.
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Emma Riley
Broadway
Arlington
Boston
Massachusetts Avenue
Franklin Street
More Evidence Germany Blame Reaches State Department
Washington reports Germany delays crisis actions after the Sussex sinking. The United States awaits Germany’s admission or denial of responsibility as Ambassador Gerard seeks an explanation, three days after the inquiry was sent.
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Germany
State Department
Washington
Manchester
Gerard
United States
German sinkings and U.S. response hover in limbo
Ambassadors report the Sussex was sunk by a British mine while Germany withholds formal statements awaiting submarine reports. Officials say the United States will act once Germany replies, as the State Department pursues conclusive proof of the disasters to protect American citizens aboard unarmed British merchant ships.
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Bernstorff
Germany
United States
Berlin
State Department
Wilson
Gerard
Captain Joy Dies Suddenley After 53 Years With Ferries
Captain Francis P. Joy, longtime East Boston ferries captain for 53 years, died suddenly while walking with his daughter on Tremont street. He was 77, born in Boston, began service in 1858 and retired in 1913 on a pension due to illness. He leaves a brother Joseph Joy, four daughters and two sons.
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Francis P. Joy
Joseph Joy
Promoter Freed on Bail Misses Lunch With Boston Mayor
Dillon Clarence Willough, a New York promoter, was released on $10,000 bail and left for home. He said his Monday arrest prevented him from keeping a luncheon appointment with Mayor Curley at the Parker House, to discuss possible appointment as expert adviser on railroad terminal issues facing Boston.
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Dillon Clarence Willoughby
New York
Curley
Parker House
Boston
Curley denies recollection of a man named Willoughby
Mayor Curley declined to recall any man named Willoughby when questioned about statements attributed to him. The remark followed questions about connections and possible implications in the ongoing inquiry.
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Willoughby
Curley
$30 000 Year Apartment Leased in Millionaires’ Row
Charles A. Stone of Stone & Webster and head of International Trading Company will rent the 907 Fifth Avenue residence for 30 000 dollars a year. The seven bathroom, 26 room suite stacks with co tenants including Herbert L. Pratt and Daniel G. Reid as Wall Street prospers. The agent calls the rent reasonable and notes only millionaires would pursue such suites.
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New York
Charles A. Stone
Stone & Webster
Boston
International Trading Company
Fifth Avenue
Stone
Herbert L. Pratt
Standard Oil Company
Daniel G. Reid
Henry Sanderson
Paul Morton
Equitable Assurance Company
Victor Morawitz
Wall Street
Positi Nervousness Viciae 2 Konerva Fesol Chem. Co. Boston
Product listing from a Boston chemist firm notes Positi Nervousness and Viciae 2 Konerva Fesol as items offered by Drug Stores priced at $1.2% (text fragment).
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Positi
Viciae
Konerva Fesol Chem. Co
Boston
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