Carranza aims to forestall expedition by taking Villa
Refugees report Carranza allies plotting to capture Villa to forestall U S military action. Roberto Pesqueira, Carranza confidential agent, travels to Washington with a message. In Mexico, refugees say Calles imposes martial law at Cananea and towns patrols patrol streets to deter loitering amid tensions.
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Wilson
Douglas
Aziz
Roberto Pesqueira
Carranza
Washington
Agua Prieta
Pesqueira
Developments
Border
Mexico
Carrana
Arizona
Nacozari
Caballona
Cananea
Calles
Villa
Tens of Thousands Readied as U S Troops Eye Mexico
Telegraph dispatches report General Funston unsure on Pershing orders while U S cavalry await the advance, Carranza forces move toward Villa and border towns brace for cross border action. Messages from Columbus and El Paso describe censorship and preparations, with officers forecasting a rapid dash toward Ojinaga and Villa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antono
Texas
Funston
Mexico
Pershing
Southern Department
Hatchita
New Mexico
San Antonio
United States
Carranza
Villa
Sunston
el Paso
Tex
Columbus
N. W
International Boundary Line
Washington, D.C
Baker
Department
Wilson
Paso
Southern Pacific
Belen
Here
Villistas
U. S
Torreon
A. L. Williams
Monterey
Washington
D. C
State Department
Williams
Huachita
George A. Dodd
Cuilberson
Hachita
Mexican Editor Arrested Over Common Enemy Call
Fernando Gamiochipi editor of El Paso Del Norte was arrested after publishing an inflammatory piece urging Mexicans to unite against a common enemy should Americans cross the border. The paper was confiscated and a long-standing Mexican consul sought his release, which police refused.
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Paso
Texas
Fernando Gamiochipi
Gamiochipi
Andreas Garcia
Rush work on aeroplanes for United States
Lynn Massachusetts rush orders for aeroplanes reach Burgess Curtis factory in Marblehead. A force is set to work in three eight hour shifts under guard of secret service and Marblehead police. Authorities cannot confirm any link to the Mexican situation and note existing foreign orders may be deferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley Curtis
Governments Orders for Rifles Shells From Major Manufacturers
Philadelphia reports Samuel M. Vauclain of Remington Arms and Allen Johnson of Baldwin Locomotive Works announce rush orders from the United States for rifles shells and steel forgings. Remington plans 2 000 000 rifles while Baldwin and related firms prepare 1 000 000 steel forgings and 2 500 000 shells. They say emergency needs could shift production but foreign contracts would not be canceled if avoidable.
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Philadelphia
Samuel M. Vauclain
Remington Arms Company of Delaware
Midvale Steele and Ordnance Company
Allen Johnson
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Eddystone Ammunition Corporation
Remington Arms Company
Buddystone Corporation
Midvate
Johnson
Vauclain
Mr. Johnson
United States
Austria Declares War on Portugal Amid World War I News
Dispatches report Austria has declared war on Portugal with Berlin backing. French forces retake trenches near Verdun as German advances around La Mort Homme are contested and prisoners captured. British forces curb Senussi tribesmen in Egypt while Italians push on Izzonzo fronts. Goeben eludes Russian fleet and Turkish officers land at Trebizond. Rumors fold around Romanian entry and mobilization.
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London
England
Rome
Austria
Portugal
Paris
France
Meuse
French War Office
Bethincourt
Dumieres
la Mort Homme
Cumieres
Berlin
Germany
Verdun
War Office
Corbeaux Wood
Egypt
Pugeton
Sollum
Galicia
Izzonza
San Martino
Dante del Croviglio
Vienna
Goeben
Athens
Greece
Sultan Selim
New Healhs
Black Sea
Trebizond
Rumania
Bucharest
Daily Chronicle
Silistra
Bulgaria
Senator Shively of Indiana Dies in Washington
Benjamin F. Shively, veteran Indiana senator and longtime foreign relations figure, died late yesterday in a Washington hospital at age 58 after months of illness. He served seven years in the Senate and three terms in the House, ranking Democratic member of the foreign relations committee at his death.
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Washington, D. C
Benjamin F. Shively
Indiana
Congress
House
Senate
Shively
Foreign Relations Committee
Southern Girl Marion Bankhead Hosts Mardi Gras Ball
Miss Marion Bankhead daughter of the south and granddaughter of Senator and Mrs John Bankhead of Alabama served as an official hostess at the presenter ball during a Mardi Gras carnival in Washington held by the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
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South
Marion Bankhead
John Bankhead
Alabama
Washington
Yankee Troops Face Inferno as They Cross Desert Plain
Describes the planned American expedition into Mexico entering near Paso Texas through a barren desert plain. Soldiers will traverse thirty miles to Serra Madre ranges rising 3000 to 3500 feet, amid canyons and scorched valleys where Villa may muster guerrillas.
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Desert Plain
Paso
Texas
Mexico
United States
Serra Madre Mountains
Villa
Serra Madre
Casas Grandes
Mrs Mayer bears of Villas recounts chase of Mexican bandits
In a letter from Fred Sherman, brother of Mrs Mayer, residents of Deming describe the Columbus New Mexico raid by Villa's forces. The account details the attack, fires, a running battle with American troops, and Sherman’s defense of the town. He reports disarming wounded Mexicans, aiding relief, and fortifying a house for protection. A separate note describes Dell Snodgrass’s arrest plot and pursuit by sheriffs.
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Columbus
N. M
Fred Sherman
N. J. Mayer
Pemming
Mitchell
Mayer
Mexico Line
Villa
Deming
Dell
Snodgrass
Mr. Sherman
Dell Snodgrass
Hot Springs
Army Authorization Boosts Mobile Force to Full Strength
The Senate unanimously approved a joint resolution to raise the mobile army to its full strength, adding about 20,000 troops. The House had adopted the measure the day before and the Senate action completes the increase. The same session saw the passage of an appropriations bill totaling 37 million dollars for the legislative, executive and judiciary branches, with Rep Borland’s clerical limit amendment removed.
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Washington, D.G
Senate
House
Washington
D. C
Borland
Missouri
Vote to Increase the Regular Army in Five Minute House Pass
In Washington a joint resolution to expand the regular army by 19 447 men was approved 236 to 1 with only Rep Hay dissenting. The plan aims to meet border protection needs during the punitive expedition into Mexico and follows the administration's recommendation to expand regular forces rather than call up the militia. Rep London voted no.
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Washington, D. C
House
Hay
Mexico
London
Outlaw gang chase ends in capture after overnight pursuit
The sheriff and another officer were killed. one deputy and one bandit wounded. A long night chase yielded one capture by morning. Four assailants were White and one Mexican. The posse recovered the auto after following the suspects through dense brush.
White thief from Faulkton jailed in swift court action
A stranger who called himself Ray C Dillion was arrested in Faulkton after burglary in a hotel room. Sheriff Garrick found a watch chain and pocketbook on him. He pled guilty and was sentenced to sixteen months in the Sioux Falls penitentiary, to begin soon.
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Waulkton
S. D
Ray C. Dillion
Faulkton
Garrick
Dillion
Federal agents target livestock rustling along Missouri
Federal authorities join in rounding up rustlers near the Missouri region. Four men were arrested on livestock theft charges as part of coordinated efforts to disrupt the cross river theft network and protect stock on farms and reservations.
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AEROS
Curtis
Meuse River
Senator Shively
Mrs. Mayer
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