United States Troops Near Villa In Mexican Border Clash
Reports from El Paso describe expectant border tensions as American expeditionary forces move toward Villa territory in the Casas Grandes mountains. Censorship blocks official updates while locals and experts note Carranza troops operating against Villa and rumors of unrest among those forces.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Villa
Casas Grandes
Mexico
United States
Carranza
Washington Feels Easier
Consul Silliman with General Carranza reports no trouble expected from Carranza forces regarding American troops entering Mexico. Overnight dispatches to Acting Secretary Polk and Secretary Baker are optimistic, with administration officials noting the Mexican situation appears entirely satisfactory. President Wilson received the reports before the cabinet meeting as officials say Carranza opposition danger is diminishing.
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Washington
Carranza
Mexico
State Department
Silliman
Polk
Baker
War Department
Wilson
Ins
San Antonio March Update on Mexican Expedition
Reports from Fort Sam Houston state that American expeditionary forces in Mexico have had no casualties or clashes with Villistas to date. The dispatches arrive from San Antonio dated March 17.
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San Antonio
Mexico
Fort Sam Houston
Fourteenth U. S. Steel Report Details 1915 Performance
The United States Steel corporation reports total business of $486,352,054 for 1915, up from $380,228,143 in 1914. Domestic business rose 15.9 percent while export business climbed 122.4 percent. Earnings increased to $140,250,066, a rise of $58,503,548.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Americans Travel in Box Cars From Torreon to Laredo
United States consul C A Williams and 45 other Americans completed a rail journey by box car from Torreon to Laredo Texas arriving late yesterday. They stated no Mexican acts or lack of protection prompted the trip. Eleven Americans joined at Monterey.
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Laredo
Tex
C. A. Williams
United States
Torreon
Mexico
Monterey
Deed Filed: Campbell Transfers Lot on Thissell Street
J I Campbell transferred a 50 by 156.6 foot lot on Thissell Street in High Point to Amanda H Johnston for 200 dollars as of yesterday. The deed documents the real estate sale and ownership change.
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High Point
J. I. Campbell
Amanda H. Johnston
Thissell Street
Senate Backs Mexican Policy With Unanimous Support
Washington March 17 Senator La volletti a Republican introduced and the senate adopted without opposition a resolution approving President Wilsons punitive expedition to Mexico and assuring the Mexican people the objective is purely private and not conquest
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Associated Press
Washington
Senator Lavolletti
Senate
Wilson
Mexico
Tubantia Sinks Off Dutch Coast After Explosive Sinking
The Tubantia, Holland’s finest steamship, was sunk shortly before moonrise off the Dutch coast. Investigators weigh mine or torpedo as causes while noting the violence of the blast and midships impact. A small loss of life is feared amid launch-related incidents. The disaster shocks Holland, where the ship was a popular luxury liner.
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Amsterdam
Landen
Holland
Tubantia
House votes to hold the sugar tariff in place
Washington reports the House passed by 346 to 14 the administration bill to retain the present one cent a pound sugar tariff, blocking the Underwood Simmons free clause set for May 1. The measure moves to the Senate as debate waned until Majority Leader Kitchin spoke late.
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Senate
Kitchin
SECTION MASTER HOWELL KILLED AT SPENCER
Spencer March 17.4). W. Howell fifty five years old a section master for the Southern railway at Spencer was struck by a switch engine and instantly killed while walking on the yard last night He had just quit work for the day and did not hear the locomotive His head legs and body were crushed His body was prepared for burial and shipped to Pine Level near Selina He is survived by a wife and several small children.
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Spencer
W. Howell
Southern Railway
Pine Level
Selina
Washington Probes Tubantia Sinking and Patria Torpedo Attempt
United States authorities in Washington announce investigations into the Dutch liner Tubantia sunk with an American aboard after a suspected torpedo attack. Consular agents in Gibraltar and Lisbon are also ordered to probe an alleged failed torpedoing of the French liner Patria.
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Washington
Holland
Tubantia
Cousul
Gibaritar
Lisbon
Patria
Lieutenant Zell Dies by Own Action at Columbus New Mexico
Advices from Columbus New Mexico report that First Lieutenant Edward M. Zell of the Eleventh Cavalry committed death by his own hand yesterday. The Pershing command regiment suffers the loss. melancholy is given as the cause. Zell starred at West Point in baseball and football and later coached there. He is survived by his widow and two children at Fort Oglethorpe.
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San Antonio
Tex
Marcel
Columbus
N. M
Southern
Edward M. Zell
Eleventh Cavalry
Pershing
Zell
West Point
Fot Oglethorpe
Prominent Greensboro Citizens In Courtroom Scrap
After a Superior court adjourned for dinner, Dr. Gd. Battle and merchant W. J. Meyer fought in the lawyer’s room beside the main courtroom. Several blows were exchanged before friends separated them. The altercation arose during cross examination by John A. Barringer in the case W. D. Meyer vs J. T. J. Battge, linked to local trading stamp organizations.
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Keensboro
Mare
UP. A. Battle
W. J
Meyer
Superior Court
W. D. Meyer
J. T. J. Battge
Steele named agent at High Point depot
Thomasville March 17 W D Steele long in charge of the Carolina and Yadkin Valley depot in Thomasville has been made its agent at High Point He will assume new duties after checking books here but will not move his family from Thomasville for the time being
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Thomasville
W. D. Steele
Carolina and Yadkim Valley
High Point
Mexican general reports capture of Villa informant
General Calles, governor of Sonora, reports to General Obregon that his command captured a prisoner who detailed Villa's plans and whereabouts. Copies were sent to General Gaviria and to U S army officers at Columbus.
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Douglas
Ariz
Calles
Sonora
Obregon
Villa
Gaviria
United States Army
Columbus
Revolt Report At Ojinaga Denied By Presidio Messages
Reports from Ojinaga that the Carranza garrison killed their commander Colonel Rojas were denied in telephone messages from Presidio Texas. Border conditions are calm at Marfa and across the frontier.
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Marfa
Tex
Ojinaga
Carranza
Rojas
Presidio
Christian Endeavor Society Meeting Notice
The Christian Endeavor society of the Methodist Protestant church will hold its regular meeting at to. The gathering is in session and the public is cordially invited.
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Christian Endeavor Society of
The
Methodist Jrotestant Church
The Weather Fair Tonight and Saturday
Fair tonight and Saturday with frost tonight. Winds rise from the north and northeast at a moderate pace.
Negro convict savagely attacks man on Randolph roads
Sam Motley, a negro convict, bludgeons Millis Farlowe three times with a mattock near Sophia in Randolph County injuring him severely. Motley is captured near Asheboro after a posse fires on him. Bell is arrested for aiding Motley’s escape.
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Randolph County
Mattock
Millis Farlowe
Howevr
Sumner
Sophia
Aseboro
Tom Bell
Asheboro
Sheriff Burkhead
Thomas Cox
Duncan Steed
Bell
Ating
Motley
Chatham County
High Point
Farlowe
Eastern Carolina seeks missing boy amid gypsy band alert
New Bern March 17 authorities search for a gypsy band believed to have James Glass a missing boy from Greely Pa last May The national search has circulated his photo in motion pictures and reports in Beaufort and Washington counties place the band near Parmilee A $500 reward is offered by the boy’s parents for information leading to his recovery.
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Associated Press
New Bern
Carolina
Beaufort County
Washington County
Parmilee
Charles Hand Receives 20 Month Road Sentence in Wife Beating Case
In municipal court Judge Dalton sentenced Charles Hand to twenty months on the roads for repeated wife beating reported by Rachel Hand. The case traced assaults across High Point Charlotte and Richmond with Hand eluding warrants before his arrest this morning.
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Dudes Dalton
Charles Hand
Charles
Neero
High Point
Charlotte
Richmond
Shaw
Greensboro
Rachel Hand
Dalton
Deing
Arrest on Two Year Old Warrant in Rowan County
Officers Carroll and Wood served a warrant on Jake Reid for assault with intent to kill a white man in Rowan County. The dated July 10, 1914 warrant had worn edges from long circulation. Reid had eluded officers for nearly two years before being brought in for trial by Sheriff J H Krider.
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Carroll and Wood
Jake Reid
Rowan County
Reid
Rowan
J. H. Krider
Salisbury
Kaiser Wants German Fleet to Engage British
Paris reports say Admiral von Tirpitz’s retirement reflects his opposition to expanding the fleet while Emperor William desires action against British forces. Observers anticipate a shift in German military policy and note recent North Sea activity as signs of early action.
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Associated Press
Paris
von Tirpitz
Cireles
William
North Sea
Cottonseed Crushed Shows a Decrease in 1915 Crop
Washington reports 1915 cottonseed crushed at 4.152406 tons versus 5,779,005 in 1914. Linters yield 500 pound bales 80.7? and 86,900 from 1914. State figures list North Carolina 202,201 seed and 52,531 linters. South Carolina 322,922 seed and 7,337 linters.
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Associated Press
Washington
Census Bureau
North Carolina
Linters
South Caroline
President Signs Army Strength Increase Bill
President Wilson signed a joint congressional resolution authorizing the army to rise to full strength of about 120000 men. The action was announced in Washington on March 17.
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Associated Press
Washington
WilIson
DuPont to Build New Dynamite Plant Near Yorktown
Announcement from Wilmington Delaware March 17 states the DuPont Powder Company will acquire a site near Yorktown Virginia for a new dynamite plant of moderate capacity. The project aims to expand production and strengthen supply.
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Associated Press
Wilmington
Del
DuPont Powder Company
Yorktown
Greensboro hotel manager dies after attempted robbery
J. W. Brady, manager of a Greensboro hotel, died from wounds believed to be from an attempted robbery. He was found with throat cut and skull crushed in an alley after midnight. Police arrested three Black suspects, including a former employee, and held them at headquarters.
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Associated Press
Greensboro
J. W. Brady
Brady
Miamosa Inn Near Tryon Destroyed by Fire
The Miamosa Inn near Tryon was destroyed by fire today before noon. The hotel was full of visitors and no deaths or serious injuries were reported though many guests lost trunks and belongings. The fire reportedly started in the boiler room and damage and insurance figures were not yet known.
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Associated Press
Asheville
Tryon
Botler
German Drive Again Shifts Focus in Verdun Vicinity
Paris reports major German offensives east of Verdun with five assaults on Vaux and Dead Man's Hill area repulsed by French fire. Bombardments continue as Vienna notes rising artillery activity on the Russian front and Italian-Austrian front tensions while Russian and Austrian positions exchange counterattacks.
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Erdi
Verdin
Vaux
Paris
Vaux Village
Vienna
Galicia
Austrian War Office
Soute
Russian War Office
Mrs Nancy Cecil Dies After Long Illness at 77
Mrs Nancy Cecil of Davidson County died last night at her home three and a half miles west of High Point after more than a year of illness. Funeral services are set for Saturday morning at Pleasant Crove church with Rev J A Hiettielad leading. She leaves four children three step children and one adopted daughter.
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Nancy Cecil
Davidson County
High Point
Pheasant Crove Church
Cecil
Alpheus
Joby
Barney
Viney
Julia York
C. A
BF. Cecil
Pleasant Methodist Protestant Church
J. A. Hiettielad
British Forces on Tigris Retreat After Defeat
Berlin reports from Constantinople say British forces on the Tigris below Wat-El-Amara began a general retreat after a defeat near Fehlie. Turkish pursuit is described as active, per headquarters dispatches received by wireless.
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Berlin
Missionary Meeting Postponed to Monday Afternoon
Trinity March 17 Rev J N Crowder announces the missionary meeting delayed from Sunday to 2 oclock Monday with Dr Frank Siler and Dr Weaver in attendance The High Point pastors and locals are invited. Birth of a Nation screenings noted at Winston and High Point journeys. Little Braxton Craven improving after illness. Joan Eberof Hopewell VA returns home.
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United States Steel
House
Yester
Underwood-Simmons
Howell
Columbus, N. M
Christian Endeavor Society
Sam Motley
Randolph
Fred Farlowe
Flint Hill
Sopha
Walker
Gypsies
James Glass
Greely, Pa
Kaiser
Miamosa Inn
Tigris
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