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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1915
Page
1
Villa Matamoros and Nuevo Laredo influence shift border control as French forces win in the Vosges while the Czar faces a setback in the Carpathians. The report notes gains and strategic moves affecting border states.
Washington reports Villa begins attack on Matamoros opposite Brownsville as Carranza forces concentrate there. The move aims to control key border towns and secure exports from Coahuila and Nuevo Leon, with Tampico and Vera Cruz targets after. State and Navy updates note ongoing fighting near Ebano and Tampico, with foreigners safeguarded and shipping movement continuing.
Special dispatch reports efforts to confirm outrages against Americans and refugees in Urumiah and Gulpashan Persia. The State Department faces delays as ambassadors seek protection assurances, while press reports say Turkish authorities vow to protect Christians and quell uprisings.
Allies obtain command of a vast stretch of country occupied by German troops in a broad frontline development. The report highlights mounted forces and territorial gains amid ongoing military operations.
Reports from Philadelphia say navy yard authorities call all enlisted men to report at 8 a.m. Sunday as part of wartime security. Meanwhile Allied and Axis forces clash across Europe with French gains at Hartmanns Weilerkopf and ongoing battles in the Carpathians and Bukowina.
Senator Pomerene met Secretary Bryan to press for the release of Leonard Worcester of Jefferson, Ohio, held for ransom by Villa’s men in Chihuahua, Mexico. Bryan said he would telegraph Special Agent Carrothers to demand Worcester’s immediate rescue.
Miss Winifred Johnson, inmate of Harriett Tubman Home for Aged Colored Women, Auburn, died at 113. Born in slavery in Winchester, Virginia, she moved to Elmira at emancipation and later joined the Tubman Home. Officials verified her long life record.
Representative Edward Ricketts of Ohio lauds Governor Frank B. Willis as a rising political star. He praises Willis for fair patronage distribution and predicts a greater honor, possibly Ohio’s presidential bid, noting Willis’s current high standing.
In Honolulu on March 27 the submersible F-4 failed to rise as a chain loop slipped and the craft sank again to the ocean bed. Officials say there is little chance any of the twenty-one crew survive. divers face depth and coral shelf obstacles as rescue efforts continue with the Alert aiding the dredger.
President Wilson will depart at 10 PM tomorrow for a two day trip to Annapolis aboard the Mayflower to attend a luncheon on the Argentine battleship Moreno in honor of Ambassador Romulo S. Naon. He travels with Secretary Daniels and Secretary Tumulty and will stay until Tuesday morning while remaining in wireless contact with Washington.
Fire swept part of the Collins Carriage Company plant in Camden New Jersey destroying many cars under repair and causing an estimated $100,000 in damage.
The British Embassy in Washington cited a London Foreign Office message denying rumors that Lady Paget died at Uskub in Serbia while serving with a Red Cross hospital union. The note stated there is no truth to the report and that her latest news was good.
Wilson and Taft presided at the corner stone laying for an $800,000 marble Red Cross Memorial honoring Civil War era women. Taft, Breckinridge, Mabel Boardman, and Justice Lamar spoke as the President oversaw the ceremony.
In Indianapolis on March 27 defense witnesses in the Terre Haute election fraud case indicate a general denial from all twenty eight defendants. Three defendants testifying admitted participating as election inspectors and operating the voting machine lever while instructing voters.
Desperadoes fleeing a Stroud raid stage a last stand as a 300 man posse closes in. Nine robbers escape into woods after taking about 5000 dollars. two wounded and captured. One captive is Henry Starr, the Cherokee outlaw sought with a 1000 dollar reward, and another man named William Estes. Starr, a former bank robber, is tied to a 1902 train robbery near Pryor Creek and a romance with a girl who later wed him.
Washington reports a rumor that Secretary of War Garrison may resign to become Chief Justice of New Jersey. No official comment is available from the War Department or the White House. Friends say he has judicial aspirations and could pursue them.
Nathan Cohen, who traveled 33 000 miles on a 45 dollar steamship ticket after being deported from the United States, had his voyage stopped five minutes before returning to Brazil. A stay of deportation was secured in Washington, and Cohen was taken to Ellis Island. He will be released on a 500 dollar bond when arranged.
Governor Willis orders a full inquiry into alleged illegal lobbying in the Ohio General Assembly. He requests the Secretary of State provide a complete list of registered lobbyists under the anti lobby law and will cooperate with the Attorney General to prosecute violations. The move aims to determine compliance and curb improper influence on pending legislation.
The British Admiralty announced that from April 1 two lightships will be moored in the English Channel off Folkestone. All ship ping in the Straits of Dover must pass between the lightships with eastbound traffic on the south side and westbound traffic on the north side. The notice was sent to the State Department by Consular Robert Skinner.
Four steamers loaded mainly with American foodstuffs are detained at Kirkwall in Scotland. The Norwegian ship Lark from New York to Copenhagen was held on March 23 over barley consignments, with Korsfjord also detained as authorities investigate the cargo.
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