Mexico Faces a Serious Food Shortage Amid War
El Paso reports a committee warns four years of fighting in Mexico have crippled food supplies. They project a 39,370,000 bushel corn shortfall by November 1915 and describe widespread raiding, with only five states likely to have enough corn. Most of the population may face hunger by July with only 675,000 tons in reserve for 13.5 million people.
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el Paso
Mexico
Xico
Axaca
Morelos
Campeche
T:sco
Chiapas
Yucatan
Steamer Emma Sunk After Torpedo Near Beachy Head
The French steamer Emma bound for Bordeaux was torpedoed in the British channel off Beachy Head by a German submarine. Nineteen crewmen drowned, two saved. The ship sank in three minutes, with a British destroyer recovering two survivors and two bodies. A Dutch cargo boat, Lodewijk Van Nassau, suspected of aiding subs, was captured near Brighton by torpedo boats. crew appeared German.
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Bordeaux
London
Emma
Beachy Head
Exchange Telegraph Company
New Haven
English Channel
Sussex
Lodewijk van Nassau
Brighton
Plea Bulgaria Readies Action on Threats
Prime Minister Radoslavoff declares Bulgaria will take necessary measures if its interests are threatened or harmed. The statement, delivered in Sobranje and reported by Narodni Prays, drew applause from pro German press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Radoslavoff
Narodni Prays
The Sultan's Loss 12000 in Northwestern Persia
Russian Turks clash in Atkutur north of Dilman with 12000 Turks killed wounded or captured. Turks massacre Christians near Hafidewan, recover 20 bodies found in wells. Russians discover mutilated victims as widows bury the dead. Reports of abuse of American J E T Allen also emerge.
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Tabriz
Persia
Petrograd
London
Atkutur
Dilman
Salmac Plains
Azerbaijan
Urumiah
Hafidewan
J. E. T. Allen
War News Roundup From The Western Front And Carpathians
Airmen on both sides press bombing and counter attacks as the western front activity remains limited. In the east the Russians wage heavy fighting to push through Uszok Lupkow and Dukla passes toward Hungary. British critics say Carpathian advances threaten Austro German lines while Australia offers a third contingent to the empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Poland
Uszok
Lupkow
Carpathians
Dukla Pass
Hungary
Australia
Dominions
Expired in London Home of Nathan Rothschild
Nathan Rothschild, first Baron Rothschild and head of the London banking firm, died at his residence after an operation for removal of the prostate gland. A March bulletin noted recovery but news of his death shocked the city. He was beloved for benevolence across classes and once decorated omnibus drivers with pheasants and racing colors.
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London
Nathan Rothschild
Baron Rothschild
Great
Rothschild
Explosion in Powder Mill Kills Five in Alton Plant
A terrific explosion at the Equitable Powder company plant near Alton destroys a concrete wheel house. Five men were killed and a sixth is missing and believed dead. The blast shook the entire city and was heard as far as Mattoon, Illinois, about 100 miles away, with the cause still undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
Equitable Powder Company
Mattoon
Prins Maurits Sinks in Atlantic After Fierce Gale
A Royal Dutch West Indies steamer Prins Maurits with forty to fifty aboard reportedly founder near Cape Hatteras during a Sunday hurricane. Distress calls, sea patrols failed to locate any survivors. last message read sinking fast. Ship left New York April 1 bound for Cape Haitien and West Indies ports.
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New York
Prins Maurits
Royal Dutch West Indies Company
Cape Hatteras
Cape Haytien
West Indian
H. J. Vandergoot
Marion C. Wallace
Wilmington
Del
del., Mr. and Mrs. C. Miot of Hayti and Mrs. Gatcroche
Algonquin
Clyde Steamship Company
West Indies
City of Macon
Savannah Line
Funch, Edge & Co
Line
McManus Incident Closed No Flag Desecration Found
Secretary Bryan declares the Mexico City flag desecration episode closed after the Brazilian minister’s telegrams clarify no official insult occurred. The inquiry showed no representation of any party in Mexico City insulted the flag, ending international questions. Further notes indicate authorities report murderers have been captured.
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Bryan
Washington
United States
John D. McManus
Mexico City
State Department
Ity
Aes
Exp
Germany threatens reprisals over submarine warfare
London reports Germany would punish British officers held in Germany for harsher treatment if its own prisoners in Britain are mistreated. British Foreign Secretary notes two German submariners are held in camps as they sank merchant ships and killed civilians. Daily Chronicle editorial warns that after the war suspects may face trial or execution for initiating submarine warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Great Britain
Germany
The
Daily Chronicle
Admiral von Tirpitz
Fire devastates Ramsey business district in Illinois
A $25,000 Ramsey Illinois fire started in the Charles Leigh meat market and spread to J A Rogers restaurant and H Strobel harness and saddlery. R Lindhorst general store damaged. Loss estimated at $25,000. In Wilkes Barre mediation fails to end a 350 worker strike with the railroad, trolley lines halted and no progress reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsey
Ill
Charles Leigh
J. A. Rogers
Wilkes Barre
Wilke Barre Railway Company
McKinley Memorial Plans Move Forward in Niles
Papers filed in Trumbull county court record the transfer of nearly $100,000 of real estate in Niles to the City of Niles for a $300,000 memorial to President McKinley who once lived in Niles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Youngstown
Trumbull
Niles
Rival Italian Camps Report in Marion Upheld
Springfield Illinois Governor Dunne was told by John M Picco Italian consular agent in Springfield that trouble between rival Italian camps at Marion Illinois has been greatly exaggerated. Picco said one Italian had been slain but no further trouble was feared.
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Springfield
Dunne
John M. Picco
Marion
Ill
Picco
Record Salmon for President Opens Penobscot Season
Seven salmon were landed at the opening of the Penobscot River fishing season in Bangor Maine. The first fish weighed 16 pounds and was sold for a record price of 2 dollars per pound. It will be sent to President Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Penobscot River
Wilson
Peace Overtures Reported Amid War Fronts
London reports say Austrian diplomats have begun overtures for a separate peace with Russia as Russian forces threaten to push into the Hungarian plains. The information circulated from St. Petersburg indicates ongoing effort to end hostilities between Austria and Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
St. Petersburg
Editor's Wife Fined in Shoplifting Plea
Mrs Eloy Sweets claimed as editor's wife in Palmyra ruling. She pleaded guilty to two shoplifting charges and was fined 85 dollars on each count. The incident occurred in Lincoln.
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Lincoln, Meb
Eloy Sweets
Palmyra
Wggg
Hattiesburg hit by disastrous hail storm
A severe hail storm swept Forrest and adjacent counties damaging roofs and crops. Reports say local hardware firms are busy supplying glass and roofing materials as the region recovers from the storm's destruction. Creditors of Union Bank and Trust Co. in Meridian received forty five thousand dollars in payments as part of regional financial notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bank and Trust Co
Meridan
General State News
Hattiesburg
Mississippi
Forrest
Fire razes six Pontotoc businesses with $50000 loss
A blaze in Pontotoc started by rats gnawing a match destroyed Carr Bros store and five other establishments including the Southern Express offices N M Wheeler’s grocery R B Carr Co and Henderson general merchandise and Campbell garage. I H Daniel a New Orleans salesman and Ike Bell an express wagon driver were injured when a wall collapsed onto the Southern Express building.
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Pontotoc
Carr Bros
Southern Express Company
N. M. Wheeler
R. B. Carr & Co
Carr
Distribution of Union Bank & Trust assets
Checks totaling 45000 dollars were issued by receivers J. A. McCain and W. C. Moore to creditors and depositors. Half the funds were paid to creditors and depositors of the defunct Union Bank & Trust company, with the remaining 45000 dollars to be paid on or before November 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian
Union Bank & Trust Company
J. A. McCain
W. C. Moore
Warring Nation Buys Yarn From Yazoo City Mills
Yazoo City yarn mills secure a large order from a warring nation. Shipment to Gulfport will proceed as the plant runs at full capacity. The mills expect every yard of yarn to be sold before leaving the spindle.
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Yazoo City
Gulfport
Biloxi Editor George W Wilkes Dies After Illness
Biloxi editor George W Wilkes founder of the Biloxi Daily Herald and Gulfport Daily Herald died after seven weeks of illness. He was born January 11 1854 in Princeton Indiana and moved south in 1877.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi
George W. Wilkes
Ship State Cotton Reaches Gulfport for Copenhagen Transit
Five thousand five hundred twenty seven bales of state cotton arrived at Gulfport and began loading aboard the Norwegian steamer Huso for Copenhagen Denmark. Stewart McIntyre of Jackson will sail on the Huso as agent for the Copenhagen prison trustees board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Copenhagen
Denmark
Gulfport
Huso
Stewart McIntyre
Board of Prison Trustees
Governor Brewer Delays Batesville Speech Date
Batesville report states Governor Brewer will now speak April 17 instead of April 12 after accepting an invitation to address the Mendenhall event on the original date. The shift affects local plans and event scheduling.
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Batesville
Brewer
Mendenhall
Young Man Drowned in Bear Creek at Sontag
Will Terry a 24 year old youth fell into Bear Creek near Sontag and drowned. A search party recovered his body after hours of effort.
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Sontag
Will Terry
Bear Creek
Will Grow Tobacco in Adams County This Year
Natchez reports a large amount of tobacco will be grown in Adams county and many planters who experimented last year predict it will become a staple crop in the region.
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Natchez
Adams County
Gets School Contract Awarded In Greenville
Contracts for the erection of the new high school have been awarded to a Birmingham firm as the lowest bidders. The price is $24,000.
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Greenville
Birmingham
Tick Eradication Boosts Mississippi Cattle Industry
The state livestock board officials Dr. Barnett Jackson and Dr. R. E. Jackson meet with H. E. Blakeslee to report progress in tick eradication across Mississippi. Over half of the 80 counties have started eradication with leeches eliminated in many areas. Rising cattle prices and lifted quarantines justify the costly campaigns as a boon to fat cattle markets. Educators from Mississippi prepare to attend a major conference in Chattanooga April 27 to 30 with Ms. Rowan and Prof. Brunson among speakers. State Superintendent W. H. Smith chairs school supervision committee and promotes corn clubs idea. Chancellor Powers says University of Mississippi now funds education access for the poorest boy in the state, with enrollment at 527 last year. Gov. Brewer spoke in Gulfport on April 3, and Champ Clark is being wooed to Jackson for a lecture before his Missouri return, with his daughter Genevieve Clark accompanying him.
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Jackson
Barnett
State Livestock Sanitary Board
R. E. Jackson
H. E. Blakeslee
Delta
Mississippi
Conference For Education In the
South
Southern Educational Association
Chattanooga
Tenn
Sarah Frances Rowan
Mississippi Industrial Institute and College At Columbus
G. H. Brunson
Mississippi A. & M. College
W. H. Smith
Smith
University of Mississippi
J. N. Powers
Memphis
University Board of Trustees
Champ Clark
National House of Representatives
Missouri
Clark
Pass Christian
Congress
Genevieve Clark
James M. Thompson
New Orleans
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PLAIM
Bulgaria
Atlantic
Gayle
Dutch West Indies Company
M’manus
Gulfport. Gov
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