War News and Political Turmoil Dominate Global Dispatches
European fronts report no decisive shifts with Verdun quieting, British trench actions, and Austrians retreating in the Trentino. Russians claim a major win near the Dniester and Kolomea while Austrians suffer heavy losses in Bukowina. Carranza forces advance in Chihuahua as American troops retire northward. Naval developments include the Italian auxiliary cruiser and French destroyer sunk by a submarine, and the Petrolite note to Austria-Hungary.
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Verdun
Cote de Froi de Terre
Fleury
Mexico City
Trevino
Chihuahua
Mexican War Department
San Buena Ventura
Las Cruces
Namiquipa
Santa Clara
International Briefs Across Wars and Diplomacy
Reports from Vera Cruz to London span cabinet moves and treason verdicts. Casement death sentence. Connaught to Canada governor general. Carranza tax on bank notes. meat tickets in Berlin. Carranza relatives join ambulance corps. Villista leaders enter de facto territory. Rios surrenders with amnesty granted to his force.
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London
Duke of Connaught
Canada
Duke of Devonshire
Carranza
Republic
Lloyds
San Francisco
Genos Aires
Genoa
Barcelona
Spain
Trevino
War Department
Villa
Marcelo Carabelo
Juan Cabral
Ramon Sousa
United States
Villista
Jesus M Rios
Chihuahua
Col. Zuazua
Great Western Trotting Purses Hit $200 000 This Season
The Great Western Trotting Association announces purses totaling 200000 for the upcoming racing season. Highlights include bantam boxers and heavyweight bouts, with notable names such as Jack Dillon, Frank Moran, and Roy Moore among the week’s sports notes from Colorado Springs to New York.
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Great Western Trotting Association
Chick Hayes
Jack Dillon
Bantams
Colorado Springs
Roy Moore
Pacific Coast
Fred Beebe
Palisade
Cole
Indiana A. Baseball
Cleveland
White Sox
Indianapolis
Frank Moran
Pittsburg
Washington Park
New York
New Mexico Mines Value Soars in 1915 Report
Output for 1915 totals 19 279 368 dollars with gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc rising from 1914. Mogollon district remains most productive, while new finds near Organ and Pintada spur activity. Albuquerque seeks War Department approval to mobilize National Guard for border duty.
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Silver City
New Mexico
United States Geological Survey
Charles W Henderson
Denver
Survey
Mogollon
Socorro County
Albuquerque
Q O. N. Marron
Commercial Club
A. A. Jones
Interior
War Department
Mexico
Santa Fe Guard Ready for Muster in New Mexico
Adjutant General Harry T. Herring reports eleven New Mexico National Guard companies, each of sixty five men, ready to be mustered in with several already in Federal service. He cites total guard strength at ten dollars? plus. Columbus spies removal follows reports of Mexican spies in the expeditionary base camp leading to discharge of several Mexican employees of the army quartermaster department by Capt. Louis J. Van Schaick.
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Washington
Carranza
Chihuahua City
House Appropriations Committee
National Guard
Senate
House
Santa Fe
Harry T. Herring
New Mexico National Guard
New Mexico Guard
Columbus
Army Quartermaster’s Department
Louis J. van Schaick
Intelligence Department
Scottish Rite Masonic Reunion Opens with Daniel Cantata
The Santa Fe three day reunion opened at the cathedral with a superb rendition of a cantata Daniel by the Masonic choir directed by J A Jeancorn. Attendance was the largest on record for the event.
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Santa Fe
Daniel
J. A. Jeancorn
Refugees Overrun Pecos Mesilla Valleys Feed Path
Report from Santa Fe New Mexico describes starving refugees from northern Mexico overrunning Pecos and Mesilla valleys. Local peons seek work but are forced to beg for food during their journey.
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Santa Fe
New Mexico
Pecos
Mesilla Valley
Mexico
Peons
Santa Fe Broker Buys Goat Ranch in Grant County
Santa Fe G E Head purchased the Edgar Weseley and Cloud goat ranch on the middle Gila in Grant county for 20000 dollars. The deal includes 2600 Angora goats.
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Santa Fe
G. E. Head
Edgar, Weseley
Cloud
Gila
Grant County
Head
Angora
Wheat harvest tops record in Mesilla Valley
The Las Cruces area reports the largest wheat crop ever known in the valley with harvest underway from Anthony to Garfield, signaling a bumper season for local farmers.
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Las Cruces
Anthony
Garfield
Army flyer survives 4000 foot drop with minor injuries
Columbus Lieutenant Carlton D Chapman piloted an army biplane that dropped near here from about 4000 feet after a broken propeller. He sustained only minor injuries in the crash and the incident is being investigated.
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Columbus
Carlton D. Chapman
Here
Alamogordo Man Dies After Auto Rolls at Rousseau Sanitarium
Billy Nelson died from injuries after his car overturned at the Rousseau private sanitarium in Alamogordo. The accident occurred when his vehicle turned turtle, leaving Nelson with fatal injuries.
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Alamogordo
Billy Nelson
Rousseau Private Sanitarium
Market notes on cattle and sheep with varied quality
Late market data shows steers pulp and grain fed good to choice around 8.25 to 9.00 per cwt and hay fed at 8.00 to 9.00. Cows pulp and grain fed good to choice about 6.75 to 7.00 with other grades 5.75 to 6.50. Veal calves and feeders and stockers listed with several price ranges. Sheep and lambs shown with bids around 7.75 for ewes, 8.40 for yearlings, and other notes pending sale dates.
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Chicago
Buying Prices United Upland and Grains in Colorado and Nebraska
Upland and grain price list shows per ton values for Colorado and Nebraska, including Timothy and Alfalfa, plus straw and grain items. Poultry and eggs prices listed for Denver region, with creamery grades and apples, berries, vegetables and other market items.
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Colorado Upland
Nebraska Upland
Colorado
Nebraska
South Park
Choice
Pds O Link
San Luis Valley
Gunnison Valley
Market prices for metals livestock and grains listed in Chicago notes
Lead and copper forwards cited with prices in New York and Boulder. Hogs cattle and sheep values shown for wholesale trading with ranges across light heavy mixed and feeder categories. Chicago grain offers No 2 red wheat No 2 yellow corn oats barley timothy clover and pork lard ribs prices around 1.00 0.78 0.38 to 0.41 and 13.02 to 13.86 for meats.
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Chicago
Mexico Defies United States and Carranza Accuses Americans
Mexico denounces Washington in a 35 point memorandum denying U S troop rights on Mexican soil while accusing the United States of aiding bandits. Carranza refrains from tolerating Pershing's army and Wilson signals no war unless no other choice remains.
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Mexico City
Foreign Office
Lansing
Washington
United States
Mexico
Entente Advances Reported On Multiple Fronts
London reports successes on three European fronts including France Italy and Galicia. French capture Thiaumont work northeast of Verdun while British raids and bombardments continue in German trenches. Russians take Kolomea in Galicia and Italians push Austrian forces in the Trentino. Violent actions persist near Verdun and Hill 304 with continued artillery pressure from Ypres to the Somme.
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London
France
Galicia
Thiaumont
Verdun
Kolomea
Lemberg
Villa Bandits Hanged in Pairs in Columbus Raid
Four Villistas who took part in the Columbus raid were executed by hanging in the county jail. Jusevio Renteria and Taurino Garcia were hanged first and lingered twenty minutes before death. Jose Ranagel and Juan Castillo followed, their necks broken and death almost instantaneous.
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Columbus
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