Surprise American Cavalry Attack on Villistas at San Geronimo
Two hundred fifty American troops of the Seventh Cavalry under Colonel Dodd rode fifty five miles in seventeen hours and surprised five hundred Villistas at San Geronimo on March 30. Thirty Mexicans were killed, others wounded, and the Americans captured machine guns and horses. Villa reportedly injured and hiding north of Guerrero. Four Americans wounded. General Funston reported the battle to the War Department.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Washington
Seventh Cavalry
Dodd
San Geronimo
Eladeo Fernandez
Funston
War Department
Villa
Guerrero
San Antonia
Villistas
Chihuahua City
EL Paso
Garcia
Herrera
Chihuahua
Pancho Villa Livad
Temosachie
Carranza
A Picture of Deserted Verdun
H Warner Allen reports from Verdun as shells rain and shops sit closed. Only three civilians remain amid ruins while a kitten in a forgotten house is saved by firemen, and a gala table for sixteen lies set as evacuation chaos unfolds. Verdun’s pigeons wheel above a battered cathedral as gendarmes maintain order in the ruined town.
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London
H. Warner Allen
Verdun
Rue Mazel
Georges Scott
Verdyn
Catheral
Worsole Ub
Joan of Arc
Russia Hopes for Part of Germany in New Offensive
Petrograd reports a conquered depression and renewed Russian confidence as a western offensive is anticipated. The piece claims Russia will push into German soil by late summer, with promises of extending frontiers to Asia Minor and possibly Constantinople, and asserts Turkey victory is near while Armenia becomes a Russian province.
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Petrograd
Turkey
Armenia
Bourse Gazette
Rend
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Japan
United States
Asia Minor
Constantinople
France
Hungary
Russia
Mine Explosion Kills Employee at Norfolk Navy Yard
Pacano International News Service reports a accidental explosion at the Norfolk navy yard during mine manufacturing. Worker W. W. Lilmouth died and the building suffered heavy damage. The town recounts German bombardment holes as shells pounded the area.
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Pacano Int'l News Service
Norfolk
Navy Yard
W. W. Lilmouth
Officer Blamed for Columbus Raid
A Columbus Courier editorial blames the thirteenth Cavalry's commanding officer Colonel Slocum for the raid on Columbus. It recalls he knew Villa's presence and failed to strengthen the guard, while Lieutenant Castleman is hailed as hero for directing machine guns and saving hotel guests. Fourteen Mexicans killed. citizens urged to remain calm as Columbus is well guarded.
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Columbus Courier
W. R. Jamison
Sacramento
Hoover
Columbus
Thirteenth Cavalry
Slocum
Villa
Juan Favela
Carranza
Castleman
Ume
Jamison
Pania
Columbus Border Guard
New Produce Co Starts Business In Elko
The Elko Brokerage Company received its first consignment today and opened for business. The store sits one door east of the First National Bank on Commercial street with a neat storefront. Manager C B Holmes, known in Elko for his Golden Rule store work, will stock a large variety of fresh green goods at attractive prices. See the ad on page four.
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Elko
First National Bank
Commercial Street
C. B. Holmes
Golden Rule
Paris admits heavy loss in Milancourt fall
Paris dispatch reports German forces captured Milancourt after a three sided assault last night. The city is described as a mass of ruins with French troops still holding part of the western edge this morning.
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Paris
Milancourt
Hop the Devil's Brew leads to peril in a smuggling tale
Lydia, wife of customs officer Hop Victin, hides an opium addiction fed by her politician father’s gang. A maid’s blackmail and a stevedore’s smuggling network propel a tension filled drama as the husband’s mistrust climbs while authorities close in.
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Hop” Victin
Phillips Smalley
Lois Weber
Rufus Steele
United States
Lydia
Uer
Waiting for reply from Gerard on submarine situation
Washington March 21 Congressman C A Stone of Illinois and Henry D Flood of Virginia met Secretary Lansing. Stone said the hands of the United States are tied until all facts on the Sussex and Englishman sinkings are received. It may be weeks before Ambassador Gerard reports. He admitted the situation looks very serious and Congress has taken no action yet.
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Washington
C. A. Stone
Illinois
Henry D. Flood
Virginia
Lansing
Stone
United States
Gerard
Will Manufacture Cheap Gasoline
New York March 31. Manufacturers with the national automobile chamber announce plans to form a ten million dollar company to produce gasoline affordable for consumers. A dramatic plot unfolds with a wife revealing her plight and a father’s suicide after discovering his role in his daughter's downfall. An opium-smuggling gang is exposed in a theatrical film review for the Gaiety Theatre.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
New York
National Automobile Chamber of Commencer
Adv
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Kate
M. Scott
NEW Produce CO
Car O. K
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Sunkist
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