Herrera Loyal Amid Fear of New Revolt at El Paso
Reports from El Paso and Juarez describe Gen Luis Herrera remaining loyal to Venustiano Carranza against Villa forces. Mexican and U S authorities brace for potential border unrest with martial law measures and rounds of arrests as tensions rise along the border.
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el Paso
Tex
Ignacio Enriquez
Chihuahua
Coneal Garcia
Luis Herrera
Chihuahua City
Villa
Herrera
Torreon
Mexico
Juarez
Condemn Two Liners
The fragmentary text mentions Landon and March ay vp Tenner in a condemned context. No coherent event or clear entities emerge to expand. Further readable details are needed to form a factual summary with stable names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landon
March Ay Vp
Tenner Eae Eee
Sherman Pushes Measure To Call Volunteer Army
Washington and Wennington March 23 24 senators discuss using volunteers for Mexico service with Kenyon Sherman and Baker weighing troop levels on the border and on Mexico. Reports say 25 000 guards may be called and 26 000 troops on the border with 5 000 mobile forces nationwide. Herrera revolt rumors raise fears of a wider Carranza collapse.
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Washington
Kenyon
Sherman
Mexico
Wennington
Baker
Carranza
Continental
United States
Ral Funston
Coma
Funston
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Grime Wave Tied to Organized Gang on Pacific Coast
Police hold a signed confession by Howard George alias Dunnigan detailing a five man gang behind three murders and 11 robberies from the Pacific coast. He describes the killings of Corporal Frederick Cook, Policeman Lawrence Kerst, and James H. Shade, with two members jailed in San Quentin and another in local custody.
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San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Coast
Howard George
Dunnigan
George
Los Angeles
Maryland Superior Court
Baltimore
Parchp
San Quentin
Angeles
Corporal Cook
Geo
John L. McNab
United States
Silver and Mexican Dollars Hit High Quotations
New York March 23 Bar silver and Mexican dollars reached their highest quotations since the war began. Silver bullion rose to 69 and a half cents per ounce and Mexican dollars to 46 and a half cents, advancing 2 and 24 and a half cents respectively over last Saturday. The rise is attributed to London supply scarcity and stronger demand in Europe and China.
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New York
Jerson
London
China
Aviator Gorrel Missing. Hope Dims in New Mexico
Columbus New Mexico March 23 No word on Lieut Edgar Gorrel of the American aero corps in today dispatches from the military base. He has been 480 hours overdue at Casas Grandes raising fears he is stranded with limited water and food after a likely crash or forced landing.
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Columbus
N. M
Casas Grandes
Sample
Guar
Tempora
Ascension
Edgar
Gorrel
Aero-Corpa
Leutenant
United States Exports 678443 Horses and Mules to Europe
Export figures show 678 443 horses and mules valued at 131 014 000 shipped to Europe for allied armies. Through 1913 only about 50 000 went to Europe, but after hostilities began shipments rose to 20 000 monthly with a peak of 56 000 last October. Prices declined as supply narrowed and better horses remained.
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Ene
United States
Europe
Bureau of Force
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
Murder suspect Waite arrested as opiate link emerges
New York detectives moved to arrest Dr Arthur Warren Waite in the John E Peek death case at Grand Rapids Mich and arraigned him at 1 pm. Dora Heller testified she saw Waite pour substance from a bottle into Peek’s soup and tea. Waite reportedly took the opiate to sleep and was found in a stupor in his room.
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New York
Arthur Warren Waite
John E. Peek
Grand Rapides
Mich
Grand Rapids
Peck
Otto H. Schulz
Dr. Waite
Tombs Court
Dora Heller
Spe
Mra
Miss Heller
Swann
Loss on big government armor contract cited in Senate panel
Washington March 23 Vice President Barba of Midvale Steel told the House naval committee that the government armor plant has already cost 209 000 on a contract for armor piercing shells. He said delivering would end future navy projectile work under current 10 degree testing specs. He quoted officers hoping not to be assigned to armor production.
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Washington, D. C
Barba
Midvale Steel Colny
House
Naval Committees
Navy
Parole Hearing on Old Scofield Murder Case
Des Moines Iowa March 23 State board of parole today took up the case of Charles Thomas a famous Iowa convict sentenced to life for the murder of Mabel Scofield in 1904. A street car conductor testified seeing a girl answering Scofield description walking toward the river the day before her body was found and a druggist testified he sold Thomas knockout drops suggesting poisoning. Prosecutors who tried Thomas before are hopeful a parole will be granted as the state argues the knockout drops theory.
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Des Moines
State Board of Parole
Charles Thomas
Iowa
Mabel Scofield
Thomas
Norwegian Ship Kannik Sunk Near Havre
The Norwegian steamship Kannik was sunk Wednesday night near Havre. The crew was saved in the incident reported by a dispatch from Havre.
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London
Anode
Havre
Carranza Dollar Value Drops to Two Cents in San Antonio
The Carranza dollar fell to two cents in the San Antonio market on March 23, the lowest price since banks began recognizing the de facto government. The highest price previously reached was ten cents after recognition by the United States.
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San Antonio
Tex
United States
Funston Disposes Troops To Meet All Emergencies
San Antonio March 24. General Funston ordered troop dispositions along the border to meet possible Mexican unrest and to support Villa and Pershing. Reports of Herrera entering the field with 200 men caused staff to study northern Mexico movements while officials doubted Carranza or Juarez forces could oppose such a move.
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Funston
San Antonio
Tex
Fort Bamblouston
Mexico
Altomet
Luis Her
Chituahus
Villa
United States
Herrara
Thore
Herrera
General Pershing
Gavira
Juarez
Torreon
Fort Sam Houston
Villa Recruiting Forces Reorganizing for Battle
Pancho Villa bases west of Namiquipa to reorganize and recruit for his army. He plans operations with Gen Luis Herrera and may use Columbus and the Mexican Northwestern railway to move men and supplies. American forces at Columbus report no contact, while Juarez resumes streetcar service and bridges remain guarded.
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Funston
Carranza
Chihuahua
Luia Herrera
Francisco Villa
Washington
Herrera
Villa
United States
Lansing
State Department
Elisio Aredondo
Carranga
Garcia
el Paso
Polk
Allemonde
Lansin
Arredondo
Lansine
Tex
Pancho Villa
Namiquipa
Luis Herrera
Columbus
Perishing
Theariny
Lumbus
Casas Grandes
Cano
Juarez
China to Remain Republic Amid Yuan Shi Kai Move
Peking reports a state department mandate declares the abandonment of monarchy and a republic restored under Yuan Shi Kai who resumes the presidency and reforms imperial documents. In San Francisco observers say the revolution is ended and the Chinese Republic association notes opposition activities.
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Yuanw Shi Kai
Peking
State Department
Yuan Shi Kai
State Council
Sen
Heu Shih Chang
San Francisco
Chinese Republic Association
Yuan Shi Kal
China
Yuan
Opan
Russia
Great Britain
Yuson
Border Country Overrun by Hobos in War-Torn Town
From Columbus New Mexico on March 14 the arrival of the American expedition to pursue Pancho Villa has turned Columbus into a hub for hobos and fortune seekers. Deputy sheriffs are being sworn in to guard property as military authorities deter adventurers who may try to join or accompany troops to Mexico.
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Juarez
Manuel Prieto
Gabriel Gavira
Prieto
Carrangzalata
Gavira
Obregon
Carranza
el Paso
Columbus
N. M
Pancho Villa
Hobos
Mexico
General Otis Ill With Pneumonia At Los Angeles Hospital
General Harrison Gray Otis editor of the Los Angeles Times lies ill in a city hospital with pneumonia. Attending physician J. Perbert reported his condition as satisfactory but noted age and weak heart action increase risk. The 78-year-old press figure has long led the Times and influenced the regional press.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Harrison Gray Otis
Los Angeles Times
J. Perbert
General Otis
Othe
Grain dealer dies in Chicago after brief illness
A. Blaughter, longtime figure in Chicago finance and grain circles as a grain dealer stock broker and banker, died in Chicago March 24 after a short illness.
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Chicago
Blaughter
Prairie fires sweep vast Kansas and Missouri regions
Wide areas of western Kansas and southern Missouri woods burned as fires destroyed farms and pasture. Dodge City reported safe, Utica area bore 49 by 5 to 12 miles of fire. One death, Fred Simmons, and injuries to Mrs. Bert Babb noted. Kansas City endured hurricane winds with property damage but no major fires.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Dodge City
Kan
Utica
Fred Simmons
Fairplay
Polk County
Bert Babb
Sharon Springs
Hammon seeks injunction on Des Moines election
John B. Hammon filed in district court for an injunction against Des Moines election. He alleges 600 primary votes were cast by unregistered voters and that the candidates on the ballot were not legally chosen. Judge Ayers set a hearing for Saturday.
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Des Moines
John B. Hammon
Ayers
Warning to Merry Widows to Behave Sparks Protest
Paria reports a military proclamation in an Austrian village naming widows whose conduct is deemed improper. The Arbeiter Zeitung notes the notice caused a public uproar as many women sign a counter reply arguing blame should be shared.
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Paria
Rom
Vienna
Figero
Arbeiter Zeitung
Former Russian War Minister Removed From Council
Petrotsrad reports General Boukhomiinoeff, former minister of War, has been ousted from the imperial council by imperial Akade. The semi official news agency Aueley confirms the removal.
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Petrotsrad
London
Boukhomiinoeff
Akade
Council of the Empire
Newa Aueley
Massive Southern Fires Ravage Augusta and Nashville
A sweeping blaze in Augusta Georgia destroyed 10 business blocks and 20 surrounding residences, damaging 2 million dollars of cotton and forcing 3,000 residents from their homes. In Nashville Tennessee, 56,000 people were left homeless by a fire in East Nashville, with 690 homes burned and one confirmed death. Paris Texas also faced a major blaze prompting relief efforts for the 3,900 homeless and damage to three banks.
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Augusta
Broadtreet
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Columbia
Charleston
Atlanta
Macon
Savannah
Waynesboro
Lilly Dry Goods
Dyer Building
Cotton Row
Broad Street
Augusta Chronicle
Augusta Herald
Chronicle
Hearald
Amos
W. T Elrod
Dyer
National Buard of Georgia
Nashville
Tenn
Seventh Street
Fifth Avenue
Paris
Tex
E. H. McCuistion
Hermes
Sailors refuse embark on half a dozen ships in Amsterdam
At a Sailors union meeting in Amsterdam crews of about a dozen crossing steamers refuse to muster until government safety arrangements are clarified. The Holland America line says Nieuw Amsterdam will sail as scheduled unless crews refuse, while Zeelandia will not sail for Buenos Aires as arranged.
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The
Hague
London
Amsterdam
Sailors Union
Holland-American Line
Nieuw Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Holland- American Line
Associated Press
Ateamship Zeelandia
Lightship Not Torpedoed Withdrawn From Station
Unofficial reports say the Galloper lightship at the mouth of the Thebes has not been torpedoed. It was withdrawn from its station yesterday, according to Lloyds.
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London
Thebes
Lloyda
Czar Opens Baltic Front Campaign Amid Dual Attacks
Russian operations in the northern front aim to become the war’s major move since autumn. By exploiting Verdun pressures, the Russian staff plans maneuvers to disrupt German plans around Dvinsk and force a shift from their current arc-like line.
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Petrograd
London
Marshal von Hindenburg
Dvinsk
Verdun
Dvine
German Verdun Operations Seen From Theory and Strategy
Berlin reports in military circles that pauses in Verdun are part of a broader German plan. Officers say preparations precede each attack to ensure success with limited losses and that a full front assault is avoided. The aim is preservation of troops, capture of Verdun, and quicker war end.
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Berlin
London
Verdun
Germans Shift Point of Attack in Verdun Sector
Paris reports a French official war bulletin showing intensified bombardments east of the Meuse with several local actions and a surprise trench assault near Fey-En-Haye capturing prisoners. West of the Meuse the bombardment eased and Hauncourt remained held, while Wevre front saw no major changes.
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Verdun Sector
Paris
Meuse
French War Office
Hauncourt
Malancourt
Wevre
Pont-A-Mousson
Fey-En-Haye
Russians Assault Austrians on Long Front
Berlin dispatch reports Austro-Hungarian official statement that Russian artillery is active along the northeast front. Russian infantry attacked in the Stripa and Kormin sectors but were repulsed. in East Galicia a battalion suffered three officers and 150 soldiers killed and 100 taken prisoner, while Austro-Hungarian losses were a few wounded.
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Berlin
Sayville
Stripa
Kormin
Galicia
Russians Fail to Regain Berlin, Berlin Says
Berlin reports no advance by Russian forces despite their large offensive on the eastern front. The German army headquarters issued the official statement today, dated March 24.
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Berlin
London
Three Swedish Socialist Editors Arrested in Treason Case
Stockholm reports three socialist editors Hoeglund Oljelund and Heden arrested on high treason charges after a conference resolution calls for a general strike and revolution if war comes. Hogelund is a prominent Swedish parliament member and the case has caused a great sensation.
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Stockholm
London
Cialist
Messrs. Hoeglund
Oljelund
Heden
Hogelund
Rawson Sees Favorable Sentiment for Cummings Support
State Chairman Rawson after visits to eastern states says second choice strength for Cumming is strong in the east. He notes no entry in New Jersey primaries due to time but adds Cumming will gain personal supporters in New Jersey Pennsylvania and Delaware.
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Washington, D. Cc
Rawson
Cumming
East
New Jersey
Cummine
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Kern Bank Law Amendment Backed by Banking Committee
Washington March 23 Senator Kern's amendment to permit directors of banks in the federal reserve system to serve as directors in other banks without interlocking directorate violations was commended for passage to the Senate today by the banking committee.
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Washington, D.C
Kern
Federal Reserve System
Senate
Banking Committee
Smuggling Schooner La Providencia Wrecked
New York reports the schooner La Providencia wrecked on the Mexican coast while transporting arms and ammunition for General Villa. Consul judge Juan T. Burns cites the Mexican war ministry confirming the cargo and destination.
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New York
la Providencia
Mexico
Fronemco Villa
Juan T. Burns
War and Marine
British steamer sunk near London reported missing
A British steamer named in early notices has reportedly sunk after an incident near the Thames. Officials say the Serpent is missing with unclear details and rescue efforts are underway as investigations begin.
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London
Dea Serpent
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Pererrera
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