Negro Cavalry Routs Villa Band Near Bachimba
A detachment of the Tenth Negro Cavalry under Col W C Brown surprised the Villa band at Aguas Calientes Chihuahua and killed 30 to 40, with 30 plus horses captured. The fight followed a 24 hour chase from Rubio through rough country and storms, with no American casualties. Troops moved 400 miles from the border as Pershing and Funston exchange reports.
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San Antonio
Tex
W. C. Brown
Aguas Calientes
Chihuahua
Funston
Pershing
Rubio
Bachimba
Brown
Cavila
Juarez
Villa
Satego
Guerrero
War Department
Mexico
Troop Pursuit of Villistas Reported Near Mexico Border
Washington reports say American forces are relentlessly pursuing Villistas as Carranza troops mobilize near the U S border. Columbus New Mexico warns of Villa adherents gathering to threaten line of communication from Columbus to Casas Grandes. Gen Pershing cites 12 000 to 13 000 troops in Mexico with others guarding routes.
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Washington
Mexico
Carranza
Villa
Columbus, N. M
Chihuahua
Ascension
Columbus
Casas Grandes
Pershing
United States
Madera
Sonora
Trade Board Light on Packers Complaints Before House Committee
Hearings opened by a House sub committee on Borland resolution to empower the Federal Trade Commission to probe an alleged combination of beer packers to control cattle prices. Doolittle and Fisher favored an inquiry.
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House
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Representative Borland
Missouri
Federal Trade Commission
Borland
Representative Doolittle
Kansas
Walter L. Fisher
Carranza Seizes Mexican Shops for Government Sales
Gen. Carranza orders seizure and public auction of stocks from closed Mexican stores in Galveston. Goods are sold to raise funds and owners are denied renewal licenses, with proceeds returned to the owners.
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Carranza
Galveston
Tex
Allies defend right to seize parcel post while rejecting mail seizure
The Allied governments reply to the U S protest on mail seizures defends their authority to seize merchandise sent as parcel post and items falsely mailed as first class. They will not seize letters or dispatches, calling the U S note a flat rejection of demands. The response stresses police control over parcels while noting no exemption for inviolable mails.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Eile] Friederich
Norfolk
Americans Corner Villa Bandits at San Geronimo Ranch
400 U S cavalry led by Colonel G A Dodd attacked Francisco Villa's bandits at San Geronimo Ranch after a 55 mile night march. Villa's men were surprised as they slept. at least thirty bandits were killed and several weapons and horses left behind.
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el Paso
Tex
Santa Maria
G. A. Dodd
Francisco Villa
San Geronimo Ranch
Villa
Guerrero
Milk Riots Near Chicago Over 100 Cans Spilled in Strike
Rioting near Chicago and towns in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin saw many bruised hands as dairy farmers, striking for a 20 cent price increase, spilled more than 100 cans of milk onto roadways.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Wisconsin
McKenna Opens Budget Speech in Britain
In the British House of Commons Chancellor Reginald McKenna says the war is expected to extend through the financial year. Other items note record weekly merchandise shipments from New York valued at 78,753,339 dollars and a divorce suit filed in Michigan.
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London
House of Commons
Reginald McKenna
New York
Grand Rapids
Mich
Clara Louise Peck Waite
Arthur Warren Waite
Isabel
Okla
Tme
Washington
Federal Reserve
French Regain Ground After German Push Near Verdun
British and Allied updates report German forces occupying French positions north of the Forges brook near Haucourt and Bethincourt, then facing French counterfire that inflicted heavy German casualties. French defense repelled German attempts at Douaumont and Lepnois, while Russian fronts show continued artillery activity and Dutch border mobilization.
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London
Forges Brook
Haucourt
Bethincourt
Verdun
Bourrus Wood
Kaiser Wins Malancourt in Verdun Battle
German forces captured Malancourt nine miles northwest of Verdun after multi sided assaults that pushed French from the town while redoubts and surrounding positions remained in French hands. Bethincourt and other Verdun front areas faced renewed pressure as air and artillery duels intensified.
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London
Mailancourt
Verdun
Meuse
Bethincourt
Malancourt
Avecourt Wood
French War Office
Haudiamont
Arras
Bapaume
Immelmann
Berlin
Belleville
Riots in Winnipeg Leave Several Hurt After Soldier Arrest
Soldiers clash with Winnipeg police injuring four soldiers and a civilian. Riots lasted about seven hours as authorities suppressed the unrest following the arrest of a soldier with more than 50 soldiers detained.
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Winnipeg
Home Made Army Glasses From U S Makers
Washington reports a shift to domestic manufacture for field glasses for Army officers. General Funston requested 1092 units and the War Department will award all orders to American producers to meet urgent needs.
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America
Washington
United States Army
Funston
War Department
Zeppelins Raid England as L-15 Falls to Thames
London reports a fourth straight Zeppelin raid with bombs dropped between the Tower Bridge and docks. Casualties reach 69 killed and 166 wounded from Friday and Saturday attacks, while Lt. Alfred Brandon of the R F C is credited with fending off a Zeppelin, possibly causing L-15 to sink in the Thames estuary. Elsewhere fighting persists along the French front near St Eloi.
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London
England
Scotland
Tower Bridge
Alfred Brandon
Brandon
Thames Estuary
Leutenant
St. Eloi
Pith of the War News Highlights Broad Crises
Austria informs Holland no Austrian submarine near the Jnner Tubantia sinking. Turkish peace talks proliferate as Rome reports. Dutch envoy to the Holy See says Holland’s measures are precautionary, not intervention. Kent powder plant explosions kill or injure about 200. cause claimed as accidental fire. Two hours of blasts reported. British officials say German raid on Scotland killed ten and injured eleven. French air squadrons raid German cantonments in Belgium causing heavy damage. Germans press on the eastern front. Iskull attack repulsed. Austro Italian line sees heavy bombardments with limited infantry due to weather.
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Austria
Holland
Turkey
Rome
Holy
See
Kent
England
Ministry of Munitions
Scotland
Belgium
Iskull
State Briefs From Hoboken to Paterson Across New Jersey
Fire damaged the William Horre Coal Co plant in Hoboken causing 175000 to 200000 in losses. The German Relief Committee closed. The revived plan aims for 50000 more in revenue. Passaic and Lackawanna railroads plan to remove a grade crossing this summer at a cost of 160000 with city paying 35000. The New Jersey Board of Education reinstated Dr John Carr as Bayonne superintendent after graft removal was deemed illegal. Edison cement plant work resumed and Lackawanna trains between Washington and Phillipsburg restarted.
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State Board of Education of
New Jersey
John Carr
Bayonne Public Schools
Bayonne Board of Education
Edison
New Village
The
Lackawanna Railroad
Washington
Phillipsburg
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Sheikh Osman
Douaumont
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Argonne
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Hoboken
Bacaar
Cornelius Doremus
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William Jess
Pennsgrove
James Hammond
Mercer County
Barton B. Hutchinson
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Court of Errors and Appeals
John McLaughlin
Military Academy
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Abert Juntish
Woodbury
Paterson
Harry J. Geig
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Oaklyn Civic Association
Camden County League
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George
Jackson Prestwich
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Penn Charter School
United States Naval Academy
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Aaron Dress Manufacturing Company
Carmen
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Burlington
Masonic Hall
Mount
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Elmer
Salem County
William Hadley
Joseph Eschard
State Game and Fish Commission
Steele
Ocean City
Caps May County
Daughters of Liberty
Williamstown
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Pitman
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Jacob Richards
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Cooper Hospital
Camden
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Boy Scouts
Benjamin Dellitta
Samuel Price
Andrew Steelman
Harvey Martsatrol
Porch Club
Riverton
H. B. Gilpin
Charles Flannagan
G. Lincoln Ridley
New Jersey Senate
R. L. Beam
du Pont
Carney’s Point
Burlington County Transit Co
Haines Port
Charles Coughlin
James Street
Englewood
Emma R. Chapin
Association
John Kenney
St. Walburgas
Elizabeth
Walker W. Vick
Rutherford
Democratic National Committee
St. Louis
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Democratic County Committee
Westwood
Warren H. Stagg
Josiah Falkenberg
Sea Isle City Lighthouse
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