Tenth Cavalry Defeats Marauding Villa Band Near Bachinava
Reports from El Paso and San Antonio describe the 10th Cavalry clashing with Villa’s men near Bachinava and Agua Calientes. Brown’s squadron allegedly killed 30 to 40 Mexicans with about equal horses captured. Pershing noted lack of confirmation. A second engagement north of Guerrero involved 200 American cavalry against an equal Villista force with similar losses.
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Col. Brown
Villistas
Guerrero
EL Paso
Tex
Bachinaba
Tenth
San Antonio
Villa
Tenth Cavalry
Agua Calientes
Pershing
Brown
San Geronimo
Chihuahua
Colonia Dublan
Columbus
N. M
W. C. Brown
10Th Cavalry
Funston
Rubio
Major Evans
Agua
Calientes
Bachinava
Lockport And Belvidere Day Decatur Dry
CHICAGO April 5 Important cities split between wets and drys in Tuesday local option votes with no large majorities. Moline and Waukegan chose to oust saloons while Bloomington and Lockport returned saloons after two years of prohibition. Rock Island the largest city among these towns stayed varied. Moline showed a clear women’s victory as men backed liquor.
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Chicago
Moline
Waukegan
Bloomington
Lockport
Rock Island
Lake Michigan
Uminois
Alton
Amboy
Aurora
Belvidere
Canton
Carlinville
Dreath
Decatur
Dixon
Elgin
Freeport
Galena
Kewanee
Mattoon
PANA
Sterling
Wauckegan
Maple Park votes to return to wet column by 12
Maple Park switches back to wet status by a 12 vote margin. Yorkville stays dry by 153 votes while Plainfield in Will county remains dry by 97 votes. Kirkland and Hinckley in DeKalb county stay dry, and Somanuk in LaSalle county remains dry.
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Maple Park
Aurora
Yorkville
Plainfield
Will County
Kirkland and Hinckley
DeKalb County
Somanuk
LaSalle County
Spring Bay Dry 82 Majority Shuts Saloons
BLOOMINGTON UK April 4 Spring Bay Woodford county voted dry by 82 majority. Three saloons will quit business.
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Spring Bay
Bloomington
Woodford County
Livingston County Liquor Vote Totals and Bloomington Result
In Livingston county the tally shows Campuss wet by 125 and Cardiff wet by 125 while Cullom and Dwight remained dry. Bloomington city township voted for saloons by a 146 margin, with totals showing 5,865 dry and 6,011 wet ballots when combined by gender.
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Livingston County
Bloomington
Cullom
Campus
Cardiff
Dwight
Flanagan
Chenoa Township Dry Vote Passes by 49 Point Margin
In McLean County Chenoa Township voters approved keeping the township dry by a 49 point margin. The outcome settles the long standing local controversy and keeps the alcohol ban in effect for the township.
Dry majority of thirty nine in Bloomington township
Bloomington township voted by a majority of 39 to remain dry in the April 5 balloting. Endorsements from local groups were sparse as residents chose to uphold prohibition with a slender margin.
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Bloomington
Til
Bloomington Township
Two Townships Vote Dry In Livingston County
In Bloomington Illinois on April 5 Chatsworth voted to remain dry by 162 and Strawn by a majority of 45. Livingston County townships vote to continue prohibition, reflecting local temperance results.
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Bloomington
Chatsworth
Livingston County
Strawn
Odell Dry Vote Abolishes Saloons By 225 Votes
Bloomington April 5 Odell township in Livingston county voted to abolish for two years the six saloons now operating there. The tally showed Wet-men 228, Wet-women 67, Dry-men 203, Dry-women 17.
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Bloomington
Til
Odell
Livingston County
Canton Bars Salons Vote Keeps Canton Dry
Canton Hawaii on April 5 voted to remain dry by 114 in a 5160 total. Buck Heart Putnam and Farmington townships also stayed dry in the election.
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Canton
Buck Heart
Putnam
Farmington
Carlinville Votes Wet After Two-Year Dry Period
Carlinville voters approve liquor sales ending two years of dry status by a 127 vote margin. The measure grows slightly from the previous election. Local officials report turnout and confirm the wet status for the city.
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Carlinville
Cook County votes wets in township and village areas
Cook County results from Chicago on April 5 show Proviso township nine villages voting wet and Whiting township voting wet as well. Downers Grove township including Grove and Hinsdale in DuPage also voted wet.
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Cook County
Chicago
Provisio Township
Whiting
Downers Grove Woship
Grove and
Hinsdale
Election Day Liquor Results Across Illinois Towns
Voters shifted in multiple cities on election day with several towns embracing wet conditions while others stayed dry. Notable outcomes include Decatur approving local option by 1594, Bloomington adopting a license system by 146, Rock Island retaining license by 1506, and Moline voting against saloons despite prior wet status by 338.
Danville Petition Opposed by Wets in Saloon Vote
Ill April 5 objections were filed by wets against the city petition. Hearing set for next Friday by the city election commission. They claim numerous errors will invalidate the petition including names signed twice and unregistered signers. Danville votes on the saloon question April 18.
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Danville. Ill
City Election Commission
Wets
Danville
Atlantic fleet to return April 15 from Cuba maneuvers
The Atlantic fleet now finishing winter target practice and battles maneuvers off Guantanamo Bay Cuba will return to the United States April 15. Vessels will proceed to naval yards for overhauling and repairs and will rendezvous at Narragansett Bay around the first of June for summer maneuvers.
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Cuba
Washington
Atlantic Fleet
Guantanamo
United States
Narragansett Bay
King George Donates Rare Stamp to Red Cross Auction
London reports King George, a philatelist, donated a gem from his stamp collection to an auction aiding the Red Cross. A 9 a tritish stamp of 1865, unused and very rare, sold to a collector for 280 rounds, about 1,450 dollars.
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London
King George
Red Cross
Lodge Submits Amendment for Dyestuff Tariff
Senator Lodge filed an amendment to the senate substitute for the free sugar repeal resolution. It adds the house provision for a tariff on dyestuffs. The measure was referred to the Senate Finance Committee.
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Lodge
Washington
Senate
House
Finance Committee
Democrats Triumph in Chicago Aldermanic Race
Chicago voters across 35 wards favored Democrats in the Tuesday aldermanic contest, winning 21 wards to 13 for Republicans with one socialist ward. The results tighten the city council, as only three of the Republican victors bore the Thompson label and anti-Thompson factions gain ground amid local issues and campaign tensions. Dr Theodore B Sachs, longtime head of the Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium, died by his own action after resigning amid accusations of spoils system tied to the mayoral camp.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Thompson
Roy O. West
Theodore B. Sachs
American Tuberculosis Association
Anti Thompson
Dr. Sachs
Indiana G O P Heads Toward Fairbanks Nomination
Indianapolis crowded with Republicans for the state convention. Delegates at large nearly decided with Hem en way Simms and Hays named. Toner or Durbin possibly the fourth. Two district delegates and the at large group will be instructed to back Charles W. Fairbanks for president.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Horace. Stillwell
Anderson
Progressive Party
United States
James A. Hemenway
Fred A. Simms
Will H. Hays
Republican State Control Committee
Edward C. Toner
Progressive State Central Committee
W. T. Durbin
Charles W. Fairbanks
Colonel Dodds Ride on Guerrero Pressed
Colonel Dodd led a 55 mile march toward Guerrero to press Villa forces, but a road error cost an hour and sunrise limited visibility. Despite difficulties, Dodd partly surrounded Guerrero and engaged Villa retreating forces for hours, with Villa reportedly resting nearby after a prior wound. Dodd then shifted northeast to pursue route bandits, leaving a force at Guen.
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Colonel Dodd
Guerrero
Villa
Mexico
Col. Dodd
Dodd
Senate Fight Grows Bitter Over Volunteer Army Plan
Washington April 5 The fate of the federal volunteer plan within the army increase bill hung in doubt after an all day senate debate. Senator Lee of Maryland led a bid to strike the provision, with support shifting as many senators wavered. The session adjourned with several positions unsettled and a Wednesday vote anticipated. The debate also touched on fears from Senator Borah over federalizing the national guard and concerns about policing and state sovereignty in wartime.
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Washington
Senate
Lee
Maryland
Chamberlain
Lewis
Illinois
Chaiman Chamberlain
Sterling
South Dakota
National Guard
Volunteer Army
Borah
Idaho
House
West Virginia
Reed
Missouri
Senator Cummins
Iowa
Curtis
Kansas
Cummins
Lodge
Weeks
Massachusetts
Clapp
Minnesota
Villa Crippled Says Telegram From War Dispatch
El Paso report says Consul Garcia released a telegram quoting Gen Gutierrez that Gen Villa was wounded in the knee at Namiquipa, leaving him unable to mount his horse after prisoners testified. The message cites eye witnesses including a prisoner among Gen Gutierrez’s sources.
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EL Paso
Tex
Garcia
Gavira
Gutierrez
Namiquipa
Villa
French Repulse German Assaults Near Douaumont
Paris reports a strong German push against the French first lines south of Douaumont repulsed with German forces driven back toward Chauffeur wood. A separate Meuse sector assault on Haucourt failed. London notes the German southern thrust near Douaumont also repulsed, French progress north of the Caillette wood continuing. Minor engagements and mining persist along the western front. on the Russian front artillery activity rises with no major position changes. Austrians occupy border ridge between Lobbinalta and Montezumo. Zeppelin air raid targets England. British casualties denied.
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Paris
Douaumont
Chauffeur Wood
French War Office
Meuse
Haucourt
London
Verdun
Caillette Wood
Teutons
Lake
Tegzion
Dvinsk
Lobbinalta
Montezumo
Doberdo
Col di Lana
Giudicarian Alps
Military training course for Chicago high schools
A Chicago board of education sub committee completed a four year military training curriculum for high school boys. It provides setting up and school of the soldier in year one, expanded drill and unit structure through years two to four, under direction of physical culture teachers trained by military experts.
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Chicago
Board of Education
United States Army
General Lyon Dead in Sherman Texas
Gen Cecil A Lyon progressive national committeeman died in Sherman Texas after several weeks illness Tuesday.
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General Lyon
Sherman
Tex
Cecil A. Lyon
Progressive National
Will Renew Request For Railroad Lines
Washington April 3 with word of clashes between American troopers and Villa bandits near Cuernavaca the United States renewed representations to Gen Carranza on shipments of supplies to Pershing via Mexican railroads A dispatch from Queretaro urged the de facto government head to honor last week’s pledge to permit American shipping on all lines and deploy orders to Gen Gavira at Juarez and other Chihuahua commanders shipments remain delayed as Gen Funston expected to send the first ship soon.
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Army
Carranza
Pershing
Vila
Mexico
War Department
State Department
United States
Washington
Funston
Field
Col. Brown
10Th Cavalry
Villa
San Antonio
Chihuahua
Guerrero
Parral
Gavira
Juares
El Paso Reacts to Second Villista Defeat Near Aguas Calientes
El Paso reports a second Villista defeat at Aguas Calientes, 30 miles northeast of Gue. Pershing’s railroad supply issue and Carranza negotiations dominate talk as concerns rise over Mexico campaign logistics. Juarez to execute three ring leaders at dawn for plotting to seize the garrison. 50 to 60 others to face military trials.
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EL Paso
Texas
Villistas
Aguas Caltes
Gue
Dodd
Confinnas
Villa
Parral
Juarez
Sebastian de la Cruz
Nicolas Chavarria
Lorenzo Hernandes
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Ilis
Department of Justice
David Rosenweig
Heitler
Roseenweig
New York
Gary
Burnham
Ill
Richard Flieishner
San Francisco
Maggie Sanders
Kansas City
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Yarmouth
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