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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1916
Page
1
A gang known as the Villa Bandits escapes pursuit again as authorities spread nets and search efforts fail to contain the fugitives. Investigators confirm ongoing manhunt and urge public vigilance.
The battleship Kentucky sailed from Galveston after arriving yesterday amid sealed orders. Reports credit rumors of a destination to Tampico, but no confirmation emerged. General Pershing’s movements and wire outages near Casas Grandes fuel continuing uncertainty over Villa and Carranza forces.
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with likely rain or snow in the west. Warmer conditions anticipated Thursday in the east and central portions.
At the White House President Wilson rejects reports that Ambassador Gerard in Berlin was awaiting Germany’s peace proposals. Secretary Tumulty stated there is no basis for the inference and authorized a denial of the published stories.
A large fire consumes Greensboro area town of Spray in North Carolina with most business district structures destroyed. The blaze rapidly spreads through the town of about 6,000 residents, home to several major cotton and woolen mills in the state.
A violent Northwest storm swept Indiana Illinois Wisconsin and Iowa with rain sleet hail and snow. It left several dead and many injured as unroofed buildings wreckage deaths and injuries occurred in Logansport and Illinois cities including Kankakee and Beaversville while Chicago faced a blizzard and Lake Michigan floodwaters peaked against the breakwater and river mouth. Railroad and streetcar service halted and utilities damaged. By morning the worst had passed.
The sleet deposit froze sidewalks near Mitchell, but effects were minimal. A government thermometer hit 22 degrees below zero, the coldest in some time. Snow sleet and rain across the state did not disrupt railroad schedules, with trains into Mitchell largely on time.
Paris reports Senator Tumbert citing a Journal article that Germany has about 1.2 million workers in munitions. He notes Krupps at Essen and multiple plants boosting workers from peacetime levels to hundreds of thousands, with Thyssens and Bhradt works highlighted as large artillery producers.
A massive blaze in Paris Texas destroyed 1500 to 2000 dwellings and large business blocks, leaving an estimated 8000 homeless. Property losses exceed five million dollars as fire crews from Dallas and Greenville battle the flames with scarce water and no rain in over fifty days.
Butter receipts show market unchanged as sleet falls in Chicago. Prices listed for creamery and process dairy categories hold steady with No 1 and No 2 grades cited and temperatures at 32 degrees.
Cole Younger, surviving member of Quantrell guerrillas and James-Younger outlaws, died after weeks of illness in Less Summit Missouri. He joined Confederate raiders, endured prison, was paroled in 1901, and later led a sober life, with Jesse James Jr. visiting his bedside.
Reports from Washington show Senator Sherman proposing to call 50 000 volunteers for Mexico while the Tillman bill for a government armor plate plant advances. Bethlehem Steel again offers to cut armor price to 395 per ton as debate over defense and army funding continues.
The Lehman artillery remains active amid the Verdun battle, continuing to engage enemy positions as the conflict intensifies. Allied forces report heavy shelling and sustained frontline pressure near Verdun through ongoing combat operations.
The article reports Verdun in its fourth week of heavy fighting with German artillery striking toward Avecourt wood and Hill 304 near Mines while French forces contest further advances. Russian ships are active in the Black Sea and Czernowitz in Bukowina reportedly abandoned by Austrians.
In a brief report the text outlines that officers and men of the National Guard carry obligations to both federal and state governments, affirming the federalRight to their service while acknowledging state authority over training and deployment.
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