Villa forces march on Chihuahua City amid isolation
Villa expands to 8,000 troops and splits for Torreon and Parral while cutting rail, telegraph, and telephone lines south from Chihuahua. Gen Trevino blocks reinforcements as Villa’s main base sits at Cerro Gordo, with a possible bid toward Mexico's capital and even the US border.
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Chihuahua City
Villa
Mexico City
Jiminez
Trevino
Parral
Torreon
Cerro Gordo
Pancho Villa
United States
Mexico
Villa routs Carranza forces in Southern Chihuahua after 12 hour fight
Unofficial reports to American officials say Pancho Villa routed Carranza forces in Southern Chihuahua after a twelve hour battle near Parral. Gen. Francisco Gonzales and Consul Andreas Garcia could not confirm an official report, a silence viewed as significant by U S military. Also reported is that Gen Jacinto Trevino was relieved as supreme commander in Northern Mexico and to be replaced by Gen Ignacio Enriquez.
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el Paso
Pancho Villa
Carranza
Chihuahua
Parral
Francisco Gonzales
Juarez
Andreas Garcia
Jacinto Trevino
Mexico
Ignacio Enriquez
War News In Brief Form From Somme to Trebizond
Heavy fighting around the Somme wanes with heavy bombardments on British lines and calm on French fronts. French forces northwest of Verduy seize German positions while near Thiaumont east of the Meuse they penetrate first line trenches. Russians advance in Lutsk region as Vienna says all assaults are repulsed. Baiburt in Turkish Armenia is reported captured by Russians. Germans take Le Maisonette and Biaches in July 15 attacks but are driven back by French counterattacks. Champagne sees renewed French activity aided by incoming Russian troops.
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London
Somme
Verduy
Thiaumont
Meuse
Lutsk
Vienna
Petrograd
Carpathian
Baiburt
Armenia
Black Sea
Trebizond
le Maisonette
Biaches
Champagne
France
Senate estimates on typhoid malaria losses in U S
Washington reports Senate figures from Chairman Ransdell show typhoid and malaria cost the United States about 923 million dollars annually. Typhoid accounts for 271.9 million and malaria 694.9 million in preventable losses. The contrast notes government spendings: 5.0 million for animal and plant disease research versus 1.9 million for human disease research.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Ransdell
Senate Committee On Public Health
America
Labor Bureau Report on 1915 Food Prices Decline
Washington reports that after a rise since 1907 except 1911, cost of living fell in 1915 with retail prices for 29 food articles averaging 1 percent below 1914. Meats lard and eggs down 1 to 9 percent, potatoes 22 percent lower. flour sugar and corn meal rose. War influenced price changes but local and seasonal factors largely governed trends. Beef prices spiked at war onset then stabilized.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor
Germany
Austria
Russia
Europe
Prevent Mexican Raid by Second Texas Infantry at Donna
To Company C of the Second Texas Infantry, Capt A S Horton, belongs the distinction of being the first national guardsmen to exchange shots with Mexicans. Six armed Mexicans attempting to cross the Rio Grande near Donna Tex were detected by outposts. They halted then advanced and were fired upon. The Mexicans retreated, with no known injuries on either side.
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Second Texas Infantry
San Antonio
A. S. Horton
National Guards
Rio Grande
Donna
Tex
Cleveland Judge May Secure Supreme Court Berth
John H. Clarke of Cleveland is understood to be the probable choice of President Wilson for the Supreme Court seat vacated by the resignation of former Justice Hughes.
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Cleveland
Supreme Court
Washington
John H. Clarke
V. S
Wilson
Hughes
Floods Leave 5 Dead and $10 Million in Damage
News from July 16 reports five killed and 20 missing as floods sweep Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and East Tennessee. Bridges collapse near Charlotte and several workers and nurses are unaccounted for amid inundation of towns including Asheville and Biltmore.
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Asheville
N. C
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
East Tennessee
Biltmore
Southern Railway
Western Union Telegraph Company
Catawba River
Charlotte
Floods kill five in North Carolina and flood city areas
Damage from the July 16 flooding of the French Broad and Swananona valleys in North Carolina is estimated at six to ten million dollars. Five lives were lost, hundreds displaced as waters rose 15 feet above banks, with scattered damage from Toxaway Lake to Hot Springs. Asheville areas report major flooding in lower sections while the main city avoided severe damage.
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Asheville
N. C
French Broad
Swananona
North Carolina
Toxaway Lake
Hot Springs
Memphis Opens Harahan Bridge Connecting Great South
Memphis opens the Harahan bridge across the Mississippi River on July 15 with four Rock Island trains and Iron Mountain services crossing the span. Westbound passenger and freight trains from Rock Island Iron Mountain and Cotton Belt now route across the new bridge, with 40 to 50 trains daily. Arkansas & Memphis Railway Bridge and Terminal Co. and the three roads coordinate traffic, marking Memphis as a major gateway linking southeast and southwest regions.
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Memphis
New Harahan Bridge
Mississippi River
Rock Island
Iron Mountain
New Bridge
Cotton Belt
Harahan
Fear Ojinaga Garrison Heads North with Villa Forces
Information from San Antonio reports the garrison at Ojinaga opposite Presidio Texas would join a large body of Villa's troops moving northward rather than resist. While Col Rojas is believed loyal, doubts about his ability to defend 700 men persist. Military officers think Villa directs rebel actions south and east of Chihuahua after a Parral attack, with a northern detachment now sought.
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Chihuahua
Parral
Sinking of Hector Collier near Charleston with 60 Marines
The Hector collier, carrying 60 marines, plus 70 crew and 12 officers, sank off Charleston after stormy seas hindered rescue efforts. Capt. Hunt reported the ship failed to reach shelter, remained within nine and a half miles of the Charleston lightship, and its fate and survivors remain uncertain. The vessel, built in 1906 at Sparrow's Point, displaced 11,200 tons and was bound for Santo Domingo with recruits for U S forces in Santo Domingo and Cuba.
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Charleston
S. C
Hector
F. R. Hunt
Vigilant
Alamo
Hunt
Port Royal
Santo Domingo
United States
Cuba
Sparrow's Point
All on Hector Rescued After Cape Romain Wreck
The naval collier Hector with 142 aboard was driven ashore and broke in two off Cape Romain, S C on July 14. All were saved despite many bruises and four severe injuries. A hurricane spared life aside from two deaths on shore and possible losses among drifting barges. The Hector likely faces total loss.
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Charleston
S. C
Hector
Cape Romain
Carolina
Savannah
13 Dead From Blasts In New York Area
A storm linked sequence of two explosions and building collapses in New York and New Jersey has killed at least 13 people and injured 66, with several others missing. Brooklyn suffered the heaviest loss from an ammonia tank blast that collapsed a three story butcher shop building, burying victims in the rubble. In New Jersey near Haskell a Du Pont smokeless powder plant mill explosion killed five workers and wounded 30.
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New York
New Jersey
Brooklyn
Haskell
N. J
du Pont
Senate Passes Agricultural Appropriation Bill in Senate
The Senate approved the agricultural appropriation measure carrying 24000000 dollars. It funds federal grain inspection and licensing of cotton and grain warehouses, imposes a two cent per pound levy on cotton for future delivery, and includes the Lever cotton futures bill, deemed unconstitutional previously for not originating in the House. The passage clears the way for the large naval appropriation bill, which was taken up as unfinished business.
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Senate
Washington
House
Progressive party urged to hold Chicago convention
John M Parker, the Progressive presidential nominee, issued a call to patriotic Americans to convene a new national Progressive party convention in Chicago on August 5. He urged nominating candidates for president and vice president and to continue the party as a distinct organization. He urged burying the Bull Moose and adopting the American Eagle as the party emblem.
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New Orleans
America
Progressive Party
Chicago
John M. “Parker
Mississippi News Items Show River Floods and Local Crime
A Mississippi roundup reports Tombigbee floods washing away over 100 beef cattle at Hairston Bend and the Tom Bigbee River reaching 37 feet at Aberdeen. Other items include Sheriff Baugh’s execution of Frank Anderson for the October murder of Albert H. Cage, Miss Elize Timberlake addressing literacy efforts, mobilization orders for Captain Hammond’s Company D, Chautauqua plans at Crystal Springs, a railroad meeting for Webb to Clarksdale, and notes on high school conference, A. & M. session, and local civic actions.
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Clarksdale
Baugh
Frank Anderson
Albert H. Cage
The
Planters Bank
Richardson game law set aside amid petitions
The Richardson game law passed by the recent Mississippi legislature is set aside and will stay in abeyance until November elections. Secretary of State Joe W Power acted after petitions were filed. Highway work in Hinds county is postponed, pending board action on a $100,000 bond funding plan to improve gravel roads and widen existing routes. Headquarters at the capitol closed as commissioners return home until voters decide on game protection. Migratory waterfowl protections remain via federal law.
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Laurel
Lewis Crook
Meridian
Jones County
Jackson
Mississippi
Joe W Power
Hinds County
Board of Supervisors
Brantley
Capitol
Louisville
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Kilmichael
Tri-County
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J. A. Hammond
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Webb
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Hightower
Brookhaven
First Baptist Church of
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Hattiesburg
Cliff Williams
Lauderdale County
Jackson Military Highway Association
Mobile
Pelahatchie
Amy Atkinson
J. W. Atkinson
Texas
Court House
T. W. Bailey
H. E B. Blakeslee
Beef Clubs
Frank W. Farley
Baby Beef Club
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J.D. Williamson
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