Supplies to Pershing via Central Line Continue
Dispatches report continued supplies moving toward General Pershing in northern Mexico. Villa, if alive, reportedly in Durango mountains in touch with Villista forces. U.S. columns under Dodd and Brown may stay near Parral to preserve lines of communication. Local firms sent a trainload of provisions to the Mexican Central railroad for shipment to Chihuahua City for Pershing’s troops.
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Villa
Durango
Villistas
Canuto Reyes
Dodd
Brown
Parral
Mexican Central Railroad
Chihuahua City
General Pershing
Funston weighs rail option for Mexican expedition
Declines to discuss details but signals a change to use the Mexican Central railway to ship army supplies from El Paso to Chihuahua. If confirmed, rail shipments could ease the 400 mile Columbus to Villa chase line and free troops for field duty.
Wounded Villa band members reach Columbus under guard
Six wounded Mexican members of Villa's band captured after attacking Columbus arrive by motor trucks from El Valle. They say they fought in the raid but did not know they were striking an American town. Surgeons report two serious wounds but none life threatening. Mrs. McAfee dies at Fort Riley as officers assess the prisoners.
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Columbus
N- M
Villa
el Valle
International Line
Frank Tompkins
Lacey B. McAfee
Prisoners Cross Border As Rumors Of Execution Circulate
Reported details say none of the prisoners is of rank and they deny knowledge of Villa. They were boarded on a truck train and one man feared they were to be shot. Train officers showed prisoners at Mexican towns to quiet rumors. no disposal plan had reached military headquarters.
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Villa
Five hour battle near Torreon and Durango ends with heavy outlaw losses
Carranza garrison at Pasaje Durango repels attackers from Contreras and Centceros. Outlaws suffer about 70 killed, including a colonel and a captain, as they flee into Nazal district hills. Carranza four dead. Initial reports misattributed command to Gen Canuto Reyes amid amnesty talks.
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Torreon
Mexico
el Paso
Carranza
Pasaje Durango
Contreras
Centceros
Nazal
Canuto Reyes
Reyes
Durango
Increase Ordnance Force Adds Ten Men at Columbus
Columbus New Mexico reports plans to boost its ordnance department with ten reinforcements from Rock Island Arsenal under Lieutenant Clarence S. Danielson. Military authorities calm rumors of alarm while noting no confirmed attacks near Casas Grandes Las Cruces El Valle and Namiquipa.
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Columbus
N. M
Ordance Department
Rock Island
Ill
Clarence S. Danielson
Casas Grandes
Las Cruces
el Vaile
Namiquipa
Villista prisoners held after raid near Columbus
Reported by truck crews the sniping at Las Cruces preceded a roadside barricade with a smoking rifle. Six Villista prisoners, wounded, are under heavy guard in hospital and recovering. They are expected to be taken to Deming for trial for involvement in the Columbus raid.
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Las Cruces
Villista
Deming
Columbus
Mexican General Gomez Moves Into Chihuahua With 4000 Cavalry
Reported advance of General Ar nulfo Gomez from Agua Prieta toward northern Chihuahua with about 4000 troops to aid in pursuing Villa. Movement risks crossing American expeditionary supply lines from Columbus as Carranza forces reposition near Hermosillo Nogales and Agua Prieta amid unclear political aims. Officers watch closely for potential disruption of lines of communication.
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Arnulfo Gomez
Chuihuahua
Carranza
Sonora
Gomez
Chihuahua
Villa
Agua Prieta
Casas Grandes
Pulpito Pass
Sonora-Chihuahua
Columbus
Calles
Nogales
Naco
Hermosillo
Obregon
Mexico
Alcazar Stove Burns Gas Coal and Wood
Sam Speir Hardware Co. at 219 Losoya advertises the Alcazar Combination Cook Stove that burns gas coal and wood along with gas ranges and oil cook stoves for sale from April 10 to 15.
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Sam Speir
War Works Hardship On Photographers
The European chemical supply cut off amid war has sharply raised costs and limited availability for developing chemicals. Jack Cones cites Berlin exclusivity on key metal, with a San Antonio contact sourcing it in Mexico at about 50 dollars per pound versus six prewar. Hydroquinone costs surged from 1.80 to 14 dollars per pound, while other essentials like sulphite, carbonate of soda, bromide of potash, rodanol, adurol, tozol and eikonogen jumped 100 to 500 percent.
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United States
Jack Cones
Mr. Cones
Berlin
O. S. Lammers of
San Antonio
Mexico
America
Remedies Worse. The philosopher on cures and happiness
A philosopher remarks on remedies for a cold, noting a friend keeps a memorandum of cures. He laughs at the idea of choosing between many cures and prefers enduring the cold to relying on endless remedies.
Peace Banquet Addresses Militarism’s Deceit
Dr. J Lovat Hilprecht, banker and peace advocate, warned at a peace banquet that militarism uses peace talk as a cover while driving nations to war. He cited the proverb and a shopgirl joke to illustrate the abuse of peace language.
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J. Lovat Hilprecht
Tramps Expected to Be Many After War
Berlin reports after the war many laborers and clerks may refuse to return to factories and offices. The German government considers sending restless wanderers to Asiatic Turkey or German colonies, or housing them in camps for war prisoners at public expense until they can find work.
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Berlin
Mesopotamia
Frankfurter Zeitung
Turkey
Mayor comments on marriages at Ale ron reception
Mayor Rockwell remarks that girls rarely marry unfavorably as boys do, noting the fluence of love can dazzle men more than women. He recalls a pretty girl claiming engagement to a wealthy landowner, while others joked about preferred suitors from last summer's social scene. Deeds, the girl says, speak louder than words.
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Cleveland
Red Faced Man Demands an Ax at Store
Dialog captures a tense exchange where a distressed man requests a weapon after securing items for a phonograph. The clerk confirms availability, delivering a stark snapshot of street confrontation reflected in a Boston Transcript caption.
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Boston Transcript
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J. D. Black
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