Mexican Expedition Desperately Short of Food Reported
Multiple dispatches from March 28 describe U S expeditionary forces in Mexico facing severe food shortages. Carranza censors telegraph use. Villa holds a twenty mile lead. Givira reports Villistas dispersed in small bands. Pershing concentrates cavalry for a final dash toward Villa. Sen Believes in Taking Railroads calls for military action. House passes eight and a half million dollar deficiency bill including aero planes. Meyer London dissents.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Carranza Censors
EL Paso
International
Bertani
Carranza
Casa Grandes
United States
Villa
San Antonio
General Pershing
el Vale
Givira
Juarez
Namiquipa
Chihuahua
Pershing
Washington
Mexico
State Department
Columbus
Colonia
Austin
Torlinga
Fill
New Mexico
Meyer London
New York
Underground Water in Arid States
The article notes the rise of groundwater use for irrigation in arid regions due to fading surface supplies and cheaper pumping from improved equipment and hydroelectric power. It cites varying groundwater availability across western valleys, with many areas promising yet others offering little or unusable water, and warns of losses from misinformed settlers and unscrupulous promoters.
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United States
Worlk
Ile
California
Pecosley
Arkansas Valley
Caaual
Uv. S. Geological Survey
Allied War Council in Session Opens in Paris
The second session of the Grand Allied Counsel of War opened in Paris. Delegates will discuss financial political and military matters and the financing of Portugal.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Paris
Grand Allied Counsel of War
Portugal
George Frey Narrowly Escapes Mule Drags Him
George Frey narrowly escaped being dragged to death while guiding three mules to water at a Nevada barn. A frightened mule ran, the rope wrapped around Frey, dragging him the full yard length until the animal stopped in mud. He suffered a dozen severe head lacerations and a sprained right arm, among other injuries.
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George Frey
Nevada
Mr. Frey
Degtion Foreman Loses Eye In Accident
Vanl Mastroianni the Southern Pacific section foreman sustained a severe eye injury last Sunday when a nail ricocheted from a board and struck his left eye. The laceration is thought to have permanently destroyed sight. He was taken to the S hospital in Sacramento.
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Vanl Mastroianni
Pascille
Mastrosanni
8. S
Sacramento
Germany Asked Regarding Sussex
Washington reports Secretary Lansing said the United States would ask Germany directly if the English channel vessel Sussex was torpedoed by a German submarine. The question seeks whether Germany accepts responsibility, amid claims of evidence from a torpedo fragment. Lansing denied assurances of reparations or punishment of the submarine commander.
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Washington
Lansing
United States
Germany
Indefinite Postponement Of Suffrage And Prohibition
Washington March 28. After a stormy session the house judiciary committee voted to indefinitely postpone consideration of resolutions for constitutional amendments granting women's suffrage and causing prohibition.
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Pac. and
Int’l News Service
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Lesson of the Civil War
Debate cites Adjutant General records on Civil War enlistments. Statistics show ages ten to twenty-one dominating the 2,778,304 total enlistments with 1,151,000 under eighteen and 2,159,000 under twenty-one. Sheridan credited boys under twenty-one for victory.
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G. Cannon
United States Army
Sheridan
Empress of Midland Sunk in March Sea Toll
London reports another ship sunk today the Empress of Midland of 2224 tons. The crew were rescued by a Danish vessel after abandoning ship in heavy seas near the English Channel.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
London
Tfolland
British Cruiser Cleopatra Sinks German Vessel in Battle
London reports the British admiralty says the cruiser Cleopatra rammed and sank a German cruiser on Saturday with the crew saved. Fierce fighting around Ypres is noted with British mines exploded near St Eloi. Russian reinforcements attacked near Postavy and Mokhrayoe, but were repulsed with heavy losses.
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London
Ypres
Berlin
St. Eloi
Meuse
Postavy
Mokhrayoe
British planes bomb Turkish base Bir el Hassanor
British aeroplanes dropped one hundred bombs on the Turkish base Bir el Hassanor, about one hundred miles east of Suez, causing heavy damage according to British dispatches received today via Suez.
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Int'l News Service
London
Suez
Bir el-Hassanor
Susie Creek Bridge Washed Out Cuts Off Carlin Access
Word from Elko says the Susie Creek bridge washed out yesterday blocking auto and wagon travel to Carlin for a week or more. County commissioners ordered a new wider bridge built at once with steel and wood and concrete abutments, and materials have been ordered.
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Elko
Susie Creek
Carlin
Amusing Ads From Wide World and Tid-Bits
A collection of humorous ad missteps and wording oddities. Examples include an employer warning none need apply who are Monday morning dull, a cottage to let with eight rooms, a hotel run by the widow of a late landlord, and lines from Tid-Bits about a young person who can cook and dress children and a doll stuffed with rags.
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Wide World
Brown
Wireless Telegraph Elko to Ruby Aerial Link
Chas A Stephenson of Elko La moille Light Power and Thomas Carter of Ruby Valley plan wireless message transmission between Elko and Ruby. Carter will use an aerial and storage batteries while Stephenson taps the 30 000 volt Elko power plant line to spark across a foot long. They expect to begin within days and discuss wireless telephone experiments that could revolutionize telephoning.
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Chas. A. Stephenson
Elko-Lamoille Light & Power Co
Thomas Carter
Ruby Valley
Elko
Ruby
Mr. Carter
Mr.Stephenson
Elko Power Plant
Stephenson
Well Known Drummer Wilbur Blair Dies in Sacramento
Wilbur E. Blair, longtime Hall-Luhrs drummer who visited Reno frequently, died in Sacramento last Friday after an operation. He had lived in Reno for years and belonged to the Elks lodge there. He is survived by his wife and daughter. funeral was held in Sacramento on Sunday.
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Wilbur E. Blair
Hall-Luhrs Company
Sacramento
California
Reno
Elks’ Lodge
Two-Story Schoolrooms Accommodate 300 Pupils
The plan describes two schoolrooms, each sized to house 150 pupils, stacked one above the other for efficient use of space. The design aims to provide large capacity in a compact footprint.
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