Multitudes in Mexico face famine amid border fights
The El Paso era reports Carranza troops resuming a march north toward Lagos de Moreno andVilla forces threatening Monterey and Saltillo. Zapatista and Mexican Central rail lines suffer from strikes, with freight largely abandoned and trains guarded for ammunition shipments. Families flee Zacatecas fearing Villa incursions as fighting intensifies along the border.
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Villa Ahumada
Salazar
el Paso
Mexico
San Ignacio
Ysleta
Juarez
Villa
Carranza Toops
Largos de Moreno
Carranza
Leon
Alvaro Obregon
Benjamin Hill
Nacon
Serge
Mexico City
Obregon
Go Jose Inez Salazar
Zacatecas
Jefe Politico
Zapatistas
Pablo Gonzales
Mexican Central
American war tensions delay border regiments to Philippines
War department orders delay of the 15th cavalry at Fort Bliss the 27th infantry at Galveston and the Ninth cavalry at Douglas to Manila pending possible Mexican resistance to Red Cross relief efforts. Juarez Consul protests death sentence cases of Marks and Franklin. Reports of Villa and Angeles quarrel surface as Monterey bakery openings aid famine relief. American note to Germany viewed as conciliatory with cabinet meeting at the White House.
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Ashington
D. C
Red Cross
War Department
Philippines
Washington
Wilson
15Th Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Texas
27Th Infantry
Galveston
Ninth Cavalry
Douglas
Aziz
Manila
Juarez
T. Edwards
Marks
Villa-Angeles
American Red Cross
Monterey
Laredo
Tex
Stone
Senator Stone
Missouri
Senate Foreign Relations Commission
Your Land Title Faulty In El Paso Valley
The Herald prints page 3 coverage of a new bill aimed at validating land titles in the El Paso valley. The article notes this as the first complete copy of the measure and urges preservation for future reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Herald
New State Law Protects Loan Brokers
Do you borrow money outside banks read page 5 of today's Herald for details on the new law protecting you when dealing with loan brokers.
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Herald
Railroad commission delays advanced freight rate hearing to June 24
Austin, June 11. The railroad commission, three days behind its docket, extended the advanced freight rate hearing for at least a week. After finishing sand stone and gravel, it will consider coal and lignite rates and then livestock. B C Richards of Round Rock testified that lignite tariffs would add 51 cents. Traffic expert R O McCormack presented petitions from multiple chambers and associations opposing proposed switching charges.
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Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
B. C. Richards
Round Rock
R. O. McCormack
Fort Worth Rate Bureau
Dallas and Fort Worth
Texas establishes typhus quarantine against Mexico
Texas acts to bar entry of people from Mexico due to typhus spread along the southern border. The quarantine runs from Brownsville to Laredo and covers all border points and intermediates, with county and city health officers empowered to enforce it. The federal health service advised on the outbreak and supports the move.
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Austin
Tex
State Health Department
Mexico
Texas
Brownsville
Laredo
Federal Health Service
Panhandle Grain Dealers to Form Regional Organization
Amarillo June 11 Grain dealers of the Panhandle country plan an association to promote agricultural development in northwest Texas. The organization will be formed at a banquet in Amarillo Tuesday night with grain dealers from Panhandle towns attending and all sections hoped to be represented in the new body.
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Amarillo
Tex
Panhandle
Texas
Swede of Noble Family Kills Fiancée and Self
Frederick J. Hussenius, said to be from a Swedish noble line but estranged, shot and killed his fiancée Anna Malmquist a music teacher in Central Park and then killed himself. A park patrolman found them in each other’s arms. a note in Hussenius’s pocket stated the act was a well considered covenant.
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New York
Frederick J. Hussenius
Anna Malmquist
Central Park
Park
Husseinus
Fort Worth Aids Flood Refugees After Trinity River Flood
Charity groups rush food and clothing to about 100 flood refugees in Fort Worth Texas as debris from the swollen Trinity river threatens the $1,000,000 bridge system. One woman, Mrs Josie Gilmer, died when part of a structure collapsed. Property damage excluding bridges totals about $200,000 as the river falls.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Trinity River
Josie Gilmer
Riotous Gathering After Lynching Dispersed in Johnston City
Johnston City Ill June 11 order has been restored after riotous scenes following Thursday afternoon lynching of John Strando who confessed complicity in the murder of W Chapman Wednesday night. A band of foreign miners who gathered Thursday night dispersed.
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Johnston City
Ill
John Strando
W. Chapman
Italian forces seize Ploeken near Innsbruck frontier
Italian troops report capture of Ploeken Austria close to the frontier endangering Austrian lines of communication. Ploeken lies 15 miles south of the Lalbach Innsbruck highway. Austrian claim a submarine sank a British cruiser 30 miles off St Jean Medua in the Adriatic. Liverpool class cruiser details follow.
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Vienna
Adriatic
Ploeken
Austria
Innsbruck
Pedil Pass
Lalbach
St. Jean Medua
Liverpool
Servian Troops Reported to Invade Albania Near Scutari
London reports a private message from Athens says Servian troops have occupied the Albanian town of Elbessan about 64 miles southeast of Scutari and are marching toward the Adriatic coast. The message was telegraphed to London via Copenhagen.
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London
Eng
Elbessan
Scutari
Adriatic
Berlin
Athens
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Allies Lose 2000 Killed in Gallipoli Fighting
A wireless dispatch from Constantinople reports heavy fighting at Gallipoli with about 2000 Allied casualties. The transmission notes fierce engagements and ongoing operations in the peninsula theater, detailing losses and tactical conditions.
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Gallipoli
Berlin
Germany
Constantinople
Stenographer's rebuff in hotel corridor tale told in Texas
Burt Orndorf recounts a hotel lobby incident in south Texas where a gay young man attempts conversation with a stenographer. She pretends to take letters using her notebook and typewriter, then completes the dictation and collects fifty cents before departing.
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Burt Orndorf
South
Texas
Gallipoli Night Assault Costs Franco British Forces
At Avi Burnu on the Gallipoli peninsula during the night of June 5-6 the Franco-British expedition suffered heavy losses with more than 2000 men killed. The combined forces incurred major casualties in the engagement.
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Gallipoli
Paris
Constantinople
Ing
Avi Burnu
Mandate Issued in Fort Worth Jitne Case
A mandate in the Fort Worth jitne case styled ex parte I. W. Sullivan from Tarrant was issued by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and mailed to Fort Worth. This concludes the court actions with no opinion issued after rehearing was overruled.
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Austin
Texas
Fort Worth
I. W. Sullivan
Tarrant
Court of Criminal Appeals
Note to Britain on Orders in Council Still Not Ready
Washington officials said the state department has spent over two months gathering data for a new note to Great Britain regarding interruptions to American commerce caused by British naval operations. No transmission date is set as Britain has not replied to the last American note.
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Monterey
Villa
Saltillo
Maximo Garcia
Nafarette
Carrancistas
Laredo
Washington, D. C
State Department
Great Britain
London
French government acts to boost war munition output
Paris on June 11 reports the French government moved to raise production of war munitions. The action aims to strengthen France's arms supply during the conflict and support Allied forces.
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France
Paris
Valley Farmers Indicted Over Marketing of Valley Goods
A letter to readers discusses long standing tension between Rio Grande valley farmers and commission men over marketing valley products. E P Kepley and Will Crombie critique the farmers and suggest a businesslike meeting to spur valley development.
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Rio Grande Valley
Commission
E. P. Kepley
Will Crombie
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