Villa fights Villa led bandits in Chihuahua clash
El Paso reports Cano forces of about 900 cavalry clashed with bandits led by Villa at Namiquipa in Chihuahua's Guererro district. Dispatches say the battle outcome was not decided, while Carranza troops allegedly waver and some detachments withdraw as U.S. forces advance toward Mexico.
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EL Paso
Tex
Cano
Villa
Namiquipa
Gavira
Carranza
Juarez
Guerrero
Chihuahua
el Valle
Casas Grandes
Vila
Mexico
Sierra Madre
Sonora
Galeana
Allied air raid hits Zeebrugge base and Houstade
About fifty Allied aeroplanes bombarded the German seaplane station at Zeebrugge and the Houstade aerodrome near Zeebrugge, with substantial damage to depots and submarines. Bombs averaged 200 pounds. only one Belgian officer injured. Several French aviators sent to England to bolster coastal defense after Sunday raid.
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The
Commercial Tribune
London
Zeebrugge
Houstade
Belgium
Admiralty
Amsterdam
Namur
French War Office
England
Ramsgate
Dover
Dover Harbor
Pacific Talk in Capitals Appears at Hand
A brief note reports Pacific Talk in Capitals moving closer to fruition with developments expected soon. Officials imply progress is underway though specifics remain scarce and timing undetermined.
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Pacific
Conference of Entente Allies Opens in Paris This Week
Galveston Texas reports that negotiations to charter lumber vessels for the allies were nearly closed when a London cablegram canceled the agreement. The cable cites belief that the war may end soon. Firms involved are high standing and unnamed.
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Paris
Galveston
Tex
London
War at Sea Toll Passes Threshold of Vessels
The Department of Commerce reports that the European war has claimed over 2,000 merchant ships totaling about 4 million tons. Germany leads losses with 600 vessels sunk or detained, while Britain and its allies suffer heavy submarine or mine damage. Neutral fleets see 726 losses, with 92 submarined and 94 sunk, and 23 damaged.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Germany
Brit
Austria
Turkey
Nitric explosion damages houses fifty miles away
A nitro glycerin magazine of the American Glycerin Company at Bailey farm near Spencerville Allen County exploded at night. No injuries reported by Jeff Lemley based on a phone message. An employee left the site fifteen minutes earlier. Windows shattered in Findlay. communications wires were cut. An overheated oil stove at the storage room is suspected.
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Lima
American Glycerin Company
Bailey Farm
Spencerville
Allen County
Lemley
Villa scout led pursuit of Villa by U S troops
A large American cavalry detachment from Texas border points moved into Columbus New Mexico escorted by supply trains. Native scouts familiar with Chihuahua trails guide the column as authorities weigh whether this unit operates independently or joins Pershing's punitive expedition. A San Antonio dispatch cites Mexicans firing on a Pecos Bridge cross in Del Rio with no injuries reported.
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Columbus
N. M
Texas
Francisco Villa
General Pershing
Chihuahua
Villa
Mexico
San Antonio
Tex
A. L. Parmerter
del Rio
Carranza Men Join Villa in Eternal War on United States
Special dispatch reports Villa and followers outlawed by both nations eluding U S Army and Carranza forces. They are said to be near Temosachi in the Sierra Madre, with strong mounted troops and several hundred recent defections after the Columbus raid.
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Villa
United States
Mexico
Temosachi
Sierra Madre Range
Columbus
Briand
England
Asquith
Douglas Haig
W. R. Robertson
Edward Grey
David Lloyd- George
Cadorna
Italy
Salandra
Baron Sonnino
Russia
Gilinsky
German Suspect British Sunk Holland Ship Tubantia
Berlin reports Count Revent low cites ground for British submarine sinking of the Dutch liner Tubantia near North Hinderland. Dutch Diplomat says no German subs or mines in area. Also notes torpedoing of Nominoe and sinking of Port Dalhousie and Langlei with crew losses and multiple sailors saved.
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Berlin
Count Reventlow
Deutsche Tageszeitung
Tubantia
Germany
Holland
Foreign Office
Ministry of Marine
North Hinderlands
England
Rouen
France
Dalhousie
Bulgarian postman wounds coachman in Sofia assassination attempt
A Bulgarian postal worker named Ivanhofff tried to kill Premier Radoslavoff in Sofia. The premier escaped unharmed, but his coachman was shot and injured.
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Bucharest
Ivanhofff
Radoslavoff
Bulgaria
Sofia
Ivanoff
Germans Respect Red Cross Flag on Mauretania Hospital Ship
Stewards arriving from Liverpool aboard the Orduna report that German and Austrian submarines in the Mediterranean honored the Mauretania when she carried wounded British soldiers from the Dardanelles and passed untouched as a hospital ship.
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New York
Mediterranean
Dardanelles
Liverpool
Orduna
Mauretania
The Men Who Play the Game by Herbert Kaufman
A 1916 essay praising men of steel who play by fixed rules, refuse bribes, and pursue virtue and hard-fought conquest. It extols builders of progress, cites heroic public deeds, and urges steadfast honor over ease, offered as a multiple card in a Kaufman series.
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Herbert Kaufpmas
Herbert Kaufman
Thermopylae
Balaklava
Salamis
Drake
Perry
Arctic
mid-Africa
Huff
Maggie
The
Commercial Tribune
Shively Succumbs, Taggart Appointed Indiana Senator
Governor Ralston named Thomas Taggart, longtime Indiana Democrat, to fill the U S Senate vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin F Shively. Taggart, a former Marion County auditor and three term mayor of Indianapolis, will take oath in Washington later this week.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Ralston
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
United States
Benjamin F. Shively
Taggart
Washington
Marion
Twins sue twins in unique Ohio case
In Wauseon Ohio on March 20 1913 Harold and Arnold Meinzer two husbands and twins file petitions against their wives who are sisters and twins. Both suits allege desertion with wives leaving on March 4 1913. The couples wed in a double ceremony on October 20 1909 with wives Elda and Elva Conklin.
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Wauseon
Harold and
Arnold Meinzer
Elda
Elva Conklin
Weather Forecast US and Canada Mixed Precipitation
The bulletin notes rain or snow in Ohio and West Virginia with warmer conditions Tuesday and fair on Wednesday. Kentucky and Indiana see rain then fair midweek. A separate Northwest storm brings rain to the Pacific States and plateau regions while much of the rest of the country remains fair. Temperatures run high in the central states from 15 to 35 degrees above normal with cool Atlantic conditions.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Pacific Coast
British Columbia
Pacific States
Plateau
Atlantic States
Norway Seeks Role in European Peace Effort
Norfolk report notes Norway readiness to help the United States push peace in Europe. Foreign Minister Ihlen urged neutral nations to take initiative while Mowinckel pressed America as a lead in mediation. Paris and London discuss possible end of war as a grand Allied council convenes in Paris with leaders from six nations.
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the Commercial Tribune
Christiania
Norway
United States
Europe
Ihlen
Mowinckel
America
Chamber of Deputies
M. Alexander Ribot
Finance
Verdun
Saloniki
Paris
England
Russia
France
Belgium
Italy
Serbia
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