Americans Slain by Villa Bandits Near Paso Texas
Thomas B. Holmes, sole escapee, recounts massacre of nineteen or twenty Americans on a train halted near Chuuhuua, with bandits disrobing victims and shooting them along the railroad. Holmes fled, pursued by about fifteen men, reaching Chihuahua City after the attack. Bodies were later found mutilated.
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Paso
Tex Jan
Thomas B. Holmes
Chuuihua
Menice
Vilistas
P. M
tirey
Sherry
K Watson
Tom Evans
R. R. Manhattan
Holmes
Chihuahua City
Watson
Chiluahuna City
state department
Chinuahua City
Santa Ysabel
General Michel Alexeff Survives Raid to Reach Chihuahua City
An American survivor recounts a chaotic engagement as bullets whistled overhead and he crawled through brush toward safety. He reached a ranch house for a mule and made for Chihuahua City, where he joined other Americans awaiting border safety amid reports of nineteen bodies and the possibility of Carranza's stance influencing forces. Names Thomas Johnson and Joe Enders were added to the list of those affected.
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Chihuahua City
Ben Ottestad
Holmes
Watson
Chihuahua
Carranza
Thomas Johnson
Joe Enders
Hayden
Ariz
Austria Denies Sinking Persia Inquiries Blame Not Submarines
Austria declares no submarine involved in sinking the British steamship Persia with two American deaths. Baron von Zwiedinck filed the denial after government instructions. He notes all Austrian submarines in the Mediterranean were far from the scene and saw nothing. The report suggests a mine or internal explosion as the cause. American consul Kemp in Marseilles reports Persia crew affidavits and new disaster information.
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Washington
Austria
United States
Baron Erich von Zwiedinck
state department
Mediterranean
Kemp
Marseilles
Alexander
Egypt
Master Dead Dog Returns In Lebanon Mountain Search
A six year old married man Elias odig died on a mountain slope after leaving to search for game accompanied by his dog. He was found dead. reported head injury. The dog returned with no sign of him. Two pneumonia deaths at a family farm and another serious illness noted. An Italian liner Canasso Verdi faced restricted clearances due to gunfire, delaying a planned 2200 passenger voyage.
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Lebanon
Elias odig
South Mountains
hely
Tahdoz
awit Wolf
M. dan
New York
Canesope Verdi
sai
Action Demanded Over Mexican Killings in Te/xas and Washington
Urgent calls echo from El Paso and Washington after the killings of Americans and foreigners by bandits linked to Villa. Senators urge U S intervention and immediate punitive action while Carranza is pressed to deploy forces. Willard and Moran reach accord on a heavyweight bout with a $45 000 purse in New York. The Rome Star reports the proclamation of the heir to the Serbian throne in Belgrade by Austro German authorities.
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Washington
General Villa
Can Ysabel
Chihuahua
Mexico
Lansing
Carranza
Sikliman
Queretaro
C. R. Watson
hulrachic Mining company
Villa
Chihuahuas
Obregon
state department
senate
Sherman
Ilinois
United States
republic
Gallinger
New Hampshire
house
Representative Drew
congress
Tandon
Rome
the Star
Milan
Serbia
tag
Belgrade
Vienas
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