American Reaches Laredo After Trek From Mexico
Edward McKay an American contractor from Port Arthur Texas arrived in Laredo after marching about 250 miles on foot from Monterrey to Nuevo Laredo. He had been working in San Geronimo Tamaulipas on oil line excavation when bandits took his mules and supplies. He survived hostile districts and reached the border with a cautious tale of hardship.
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Edward McKay
Port Arthur
Texas
Mexico
Laredo
Mr. McKay
San Geronimo
Tamaulipas
McKay
Villa
Zapata
Carranza
Nuevo Laredo
United States
Garrett
Lin
Montemorelos
Big battle eyed at Lampazos as forces converge
Large Villista contingent arrived at Golondrinas last night and moved toward Lampazos to confront Carranza troops. About 500 Carranza soldiers departed Nuevo Laredo by special trains to intercept the Villa army. Local anxiousness grows as Nuevo Laredo prepares to defend the town with a public meeting planned. General Herrera has succeeded Ricaut as Nuevo Laredo commander.
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Lampazos
Nuevo Laredo
Carrancistas
Villistas
Monterey
Golondrinas
Carranza
Villa
Ricant
Garrett
Ricaut
Maclovio Herrera
Bender Hotel Announces Annex To Double Capacity In Laredo
Ground was broken for an annex to the Bender Hotel by C. J. Soltau. The three story addition adds forty five rooms with baths and four sample rooms costing about 25 000 including furnishings. Completion expected late July with opening August 1 raising total rooms to eighty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jauredo
Laredo
C. J. Soltau
Bender
Chamberlain's Tablets Endorsed for Constipation Relief
Paul B. Babon of Brushly Louisiana says his daughter used Chamberlain's Tablets with good results and recommends them highly. Available for sale by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Brushly
Famine and disease plague interior Mexico as trains fail
A visitor reports severe famine and smallpox in central and southern Mexico where train service is cut off, shops closed, and mills idle. Families walk between towns seeking food, with many dying en route before relief from revived industry, mines, and railways reaches the interior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Monterey
Nuevo Laredo
False Economy of Alum Baking Powder Debate
Leading experts say alum baking powders are unsafe and banned in Europe. Royal Baking Powder, made from cream of tartar, adds healthful qualities. the cost difference for a pan of biscuits or cake is about one cent, not worth the risk, says a New York source.
Personal notices mark Maundy Thursday events
The notice lists guests at the Hamilton and Bender hotels in San Antonio and Asherton, including Mr. and Mrs. Everett Love and Capt. J. C. Minus. It notes a San Antonio Express staffer visiting, several residents returning from trips, and a large Bender list of attendees. Masonry observes Maundy Thursday with a Laredo gathering and park banquet at Bella Vista.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Everett Love
San Antonio
Hamilton
Capt
J. C. Minus
Asherton
Bender
Hd. H. Everett
The
San Antonio Express
Fanny Flores
City
Reid Poster
A. M. Yeary
Little Son
Eugenio Rivera
Laredo
Corpus Christi
C. V. Holland
E. O. Saunders
Ninth Infantry
Saunders
29Th Infantry
9Th Infantry
B. F. Blair
Sedalia
Thos. Miller
R. Warde Miller
Fred Holmes
Austin
B. P. Myers
C. M. Benson
James Harrington
H. H. Young
Dallas
Jose Armsolo
el Paso
Harry A Dwyer
H Everett
H. A. Melton
Edward Tyrell
H. B. Swope
Cleveland
T. R. Mara
St. Louis
Everett Love
T. J. Armer
J. O. Saunders
New York
R. O Powell
Narciso Flores
Jose Huerta
Hacinal
van K. Anderson
Ranch
E. H. Altage
J. A. Rippeteau
A. R. Bacon
San Antonio Ross
A. Asterwein
Zapata
J. C. Wilson
J. B. Larkin
J. &. Kapecky
F. Lozano
SS. H. Anderson
Raneh
J Baum
Boston
W. J. Asher
M. M Ampasso
New York City
M. W Bahan
Fort Worth
W. P. Lawry
Richmond
Jose Ma. Ramirez, Jr
Martin Volpe
N. Carter
Villaldama
Council of Royal and Selected Masters
Malta Commandery
Knights Templar
Bella Vista
Dr King's New Life Pills Ad Claims Liver Health
An old advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a remedy for a sluggish liver and related symptoms. It promises relief from dizziness constipation biliousness and indigestion and urges readers to ask their druggist for this product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Bids Sought for Jarvis Plaza Improvements
The city invites bids for paving Jarvis Plaza and erecting a bandstand with seating. Bids open April 20 1915 at 10 o clock in the city secretary office. Plans and specifications available there. The city may reject all bids. John Maher chairman Park Committee Laredo Texas March 26 1915.
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Jarvis Plaza
John Maher
Gruesome Find in Hotel Annex Dig Reveals Mass Skeletons
Excavation for the Bender Hotel annex uncovered several skeletons indicating past human burials at the site near an old graveyard. Men diggers reported the discovery during construction this afternoon, suggesting historical interments on the location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bender
Black Draught touted for indigestion in Madison Heights
A Madison Heights reader endorses Thedford’s Black Draught as the best medicine for indigestion and stomach trouble. The ad highlights nervousness nausea heartburn and fullness after eating as symptoms and notes 75 years of success with a 25 cent price available everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Heights
Chas. A. Ragland
Thedford
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Endorsed by J W Sexson
When customers ask for relief, J W Sexson of Montevallo Missouri recommends Chamberlains Cough Remedy. He writes that customers are pleased with it and call for it again when in need of such medicine. For sale by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Sexson
Montevallo, Mo
Praise for Chamberlain's Tablets in Stomach and Liver cases
I N Stuart of West Webster New York reports using Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach and liver disorders over five years with satisfactory results. He calls them mild in action and true to their representation and values them highly. For sale by all dealers.
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N. Stuart
West Webster, N. Y
Times subscription offer note
Newspaper notice advertises a daily Times subscription at 650 cents per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Still No Fighting Yet at Matamoros
There was no fighting at Matamoros last night or today. General Funston has arrived to command the border situation. Three batteries of United States artillery are completed here tonight. Villa casualties lie in front of the Matamoros entrenchments where they fell Saturday. Carrancistas planted dynamite before trenches. Conditions worsen in Yucatan with authorities claiming crush of opponents and impending punishment.
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Associated Press
Brownsville
Texas
Matamoros
Funston
United States Artillery
Carrancistas
Texas frost kills much East Texas fruit crop
Autin Texas March 30 Commissioner of Agriculture Davis reported that frost has killed much of the East Texas fruit crop though not all. The statement notes continued risk to sensitive varieties and potential price effects for local markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Autin
Texas
Davis
East Texas
Not Up To Anything Says Wilson On Peace Prospects
President Wilson told callers that Col E B House, now in Europe, was not up to anything. It had been reported that he was seeking prospects of peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Col E B. M. House
Europe
Night Riders in Kentucky Face Court Over Abduction Case
Rockport Kentucky March 30 a special term of Butler County Court opened to try the night rider group called the possum hunters charged with blindfolding disrobing and lashing two sisters from a prominent family. The grand jury indicted many wealthy men and damage suits by Louella and Katherine Webster seek 10000 each naming 36 defendants including Jacob Serum and J A Gardiner.
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Rockport
Butler County
Louella
Katherine Webster
Jacob Serum
J. A. Gardiner
Alarm clocks end sitting hens in prize letter
Farm and Fireside, the Springfield Ohio paper, published prize winning letters on stopping sitting hens. The first prize letter recounts placing a small alarm clock in a hen nest to wake the broody hen. The hen fled the nest and began foraging, ending clucking and broodiness. The writer notes trying the method on many hens with success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ohio
Waller
Yaller
Alabama arrives as British ships supply coal for warships
Associated Press report from Newport News notes British merchantmen near by supply coal to Allied warships awaiting the Prinz Witel Friedrich. This is cited as a reason for ordering the battleship Alabama to the area. The Alabama arrived this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Newport News
Alabama
Prinz Witel Friedrich
Germans Capture Large Russian Force in Krasnopol Area
Berlin reports that near Krasnopol the German army took 3,000 Russian prisoners, seven machine guns, a cannon and several ammunition carts, with 2,000 Russians killed. In Klimil 600 more were captured, and other night Russian attacks failed. Western frontier saw only artillery and sapping engagements.
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Berlin
Krasnopol
Russia
Klimil
Turkey Concentrating Troops Near Smyrna
A Paris dispatch reports Turkey is concentrating troops at Smyrna to block Allied landings. Recent days have seen only intermittent bombardments of the Dardanelles as operations continue.
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Turkey
Paris
Athens
Smyrna
Dardanelles
Kaiser to remove Von Kluck after Berlin report
Amsterdam dispatch reports General von Kluck, said in Berlin to be slightly wounded, hurt while inspecting trenches at a dangerous point after a stormy interview with the Kaiser. The Kaiser is expected to remove Von Kluck.
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von Kluck
London
Amsterdam
Berlin
Bomb Attack on British Warships Reported Outside Dardanelles
Official bulletin states a Turkish seaplane dropped bombs on British warships off the Dardanelles near Constantinople in March 380. The incident details remain unclear with no reported casualties in the language available.
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Constantinople
Dardanelles
Portugal Crisis Seen Serious with Rioting Reports
Madrid dispatch cites impartial sources noting ongoing Portugal crisis remains serious with numerous bread riot reports alongside exaggerated monarchical and revolutionary accounts.
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Paris
Portugal
Madrid
German Air Raid Wounds Two at Rheims Cathedral
An official report states a German aircraft dropped bombs on Rheims on March 30, wounding two people. One blast struck the cathedral apse. French artillery later forced German troops from a northeast St Mihiel position with no infantry combat reported.
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Rheims
Paris
St. Mihiel
German Offensive in North Poland Fails West of Niemen
Petrograd reports the German assault in North Poland failed, held at all points west of the Niemen river. Bombardment of Ossowetz has effectively ceased.
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Petrograd
Poland
Niemen River
Ossowetz
Fall of the City Attributed to Credit Refusal and Laxity
Austrian prisoners claim the city's fall was caused by officials refusing to credit Russian victory reports and by lax preparations for Russian advance. The details point to deteriorating morale and strategic neglect in Galicia.
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Proemysl
Galicia
Missing Boat From Aquila Reaches Safety in London
The missing boat from the British steamer Aquila, sunk by a submarine, has arrived safely in London. The tragedy reduces the missing list to nine aboard the vessel.
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London
Telegraphers Strike After Ruling Union Dispute
In St. Louis on March 30 telegraphers from Western Union voted 125 to strike over alleged union discrimination. Western Union denies the charge while a federal mediator heads to the city at the telegraphers’ request.
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St. Louis
Western Union
States Seek Historic Banner for Oregon Battle Flag
Oregon seeks to buy the historic flag used on the battleship Oregon at Santiago. The Oregon Historical Society wants the state to purchase it from J. M. Brown of North Yakima Washington, with California the possible alternative buyer if not acquired by Oregon.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
California
Santiago
Oregon Historical Society
J. M. Brown
North Yakima
Wash
Arrested Negroes in Katy Brakesmen Killing Case
Dallas March 20 Eugene Lawson and Clarence Green two Negro suspects were brought in today for the killings of two Katy brakesmen in Denton last week. The sheriff says one confessed to the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Eugene Lawson
Clarence Green
Denton
Submarine F4 Moves 300 Feet Nearer Shore
Washington dispatch reports the submarine F4 was moved 300 feet closer to the shore and awaits further orders as of today. The message originated from Honolulu and was directed to the navy.
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Washington
Honolulu
Navy
Five Bank Robbers Surrounded in Osage Hills
Sheriff Wilder reports five Stroud bank robbers surrounded in the Osage hills near Chandler. They are armed and desperate but short of provisions as authorities close in.
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Oklahoma City
Wilder
Chandler
Stroud Bank
Osage Hills
Social Workers Open Ten-Week Conference Series
Milwaukee Wis March 30 a ten week series of conferences for social workers opened today. Some of the country's leading social workers will attend sessions held each Tuesday Porter Lee of the Russell Sage Foundation is the principal speaker today on Investigating Family Conditions.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Porter Lee
The
Russell Sage Foundation
Relatives Claim Murder In Railway Building Death
In Chicago on March 30 the inquest resumes into the death of Fred White who fell from the Railway Exchange Building on March 18. His brother Ernest White says he was murdered, overpowered, gagged and thrown, opposing suicided theories. Police preparations and lack of clear motive for self destruction are noted.
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Chicago
Fred ©. White
Railway Exchange
White
Ernest White
Opponents of Western Freight Rate Increase At ICC Hearing
Chicago March 30 The opposition of shippers state railway commissions and commercial groups in the West to the railroads proposed freight rate hike will present before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Eighteen state commissions participate in protests against rates that would add ten million dollars a year to Western freight bills. Clifton Thorne Iowa official chairs opposition. forty one railroads and 98 000 miles of line affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Western Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clifford Thorne
Iowa State Railway Commission
Movie Men Demand Dismissal of Censor Breitinger
Harrisburg March 30 The Legislative Committee considers a clash between the film industry and chief censor J Louis Breitinger. Filmmakers seek repeal of the censorship powers and refuse to display certificates with each picture. Backing Breitinger, the Holy Name Society and Bishop John J McCourt defend the censor and oppose critics over morals and profits.
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Harrisburg
J. Louis Breitinger
Emotion Pictures
Breitinger
Holy Name Society
John J. McCourt
Catholic Church
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Joe Rippitean
Grip of
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Earnest & Bunn CO
Tex
Mr. Ragland
N.C
Ady
Gen. Funston
Browns
Ville
SITUA
Yucatan
Mobile
Ala
F. W. Blake
United Railways of
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Katy
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