Carranza Shows Rage Toward U S Amid Mexican Crisis
U S Navy reports unveil the Guantanamo fleet as the strongest ever assembled, with 19 battleships and 20 destroyers, preparing for possible action toward Veracruz amid Carranza's ultimatum and Mexican turmoil. The Red Cross appeals for food to Mexico City as Obregon and Zapata troops shift control, and sisal exports from Progreso face Carranza blocks. Secretary Daniels notes Atlantic fleet maneuvers near Haiti and the Caribbean as tensions rise.
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Ashington
D. C
Guantamano
Cuba
United States
Daniels
Veracruz
Carranza
Mexico City
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Bryan
State Department
Progreso
Yucatan
Fletcher
Atlantic Fleet
Guantanamo Bay
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Mexico
Mexicans May Yield Negro Murderers
United States army officers travel to Columbus New Mexico to receive from a Mexican commander two deserting negro cavalrymen suspected of killing ranch manager John McFarland near Campbell Wells Arizona on March 4. The Mexicans demand proof of guilt to their satisfaction before surrender. The deserters Albert Powell and Wilbur Field were near Ascencion Chihuahua after fleeing from Alamo Hueco New Mexico.
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United States Army
Columbus
N. M
Douglas, Ariz
Huerta
John McFarland
Campbell Wells
Ariz
Albert Powell
Wilbur Field
McFarland
Alamo Hueco
Ascencion
Chihuahua
Soldier Mortally Struck by Golf Ball near Wormit
A Fourth Black Watch (City of Dundee) soldier on sentry duty at Wor mit near Wormit was struck on the temple by a golf ball driven from the Wormit golf course. He was taken to his billeting villa in a dazed state, collapsed later, and died from the injury. The incident involved a female golfer from a considerable distance.
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G Company
Fourth
Black Watch
Crucifix Survives Messines Church Fire After Bombardment
An eye witness report from British headquarters details the destruction at Messines Belgium six miles from Ypres where heavy shelling wiped out most church structures. Only a crucifix within the church remained untouched as medieval masonry withstood the bombardment, leaving a ruined shell of a building still standing.
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Messines
Ypres
Put Your Hammer Away in Exchange Remarks
Cain killed a quarter of humankind then built a city in Nod and did not mope but worked. He showed initiative by settling ground, naming the city after his son, and supporting local enterprise with loyalty and investment. The writer praises this industrious, forward moving spirit.
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Land of Nod
Nod
Cain
Chicago Ward One Vote Buying Indicted Officials
Four Democratic election officials and workers in Chicago's first ward were indicted after grand jury testimony that votes were bought in the recent primary for 25 to 50 cents, and in some cases for a breakfast or a night's lodging.
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Chicago, Ill
First Ward
Arctic Pictures to be Seen at Goebel's
Arctic Pictures from Capt. F. E. Kleinschmidt come to Goebel's theater Friday March 12 featuring a mother bear protecting her cub and scenes of polar wildlife. The photoplay also shows Eskimo life and hand to hand battles with Arctic creatures, previously shown at the Crystal theater in Albuquerque with success.
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Arctic
Goebel
Kleinschmidt
Goebel’s
F. E. Kleinschmidt
Polar
Arctic Wilds
Crystal Theater
Albuquerque
Smallest Homestead In the United States
Serena Helen Blue owns the smallest U S homestead a triangular 0 08 acre plot jutting into Turtle lake Minnesota costing ten cents She has a house on it grows tomatoes cabbage and clover and need not live on the land three years as required by law The interior department even issued a description with a picture of the homestead.
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Serena Helen Blue
United States
Miss Blue
Interior Department
The editor and public news in small communities
The Headlight urges respectful coverage of citizens and warns against trashy notices. It argues editors who push cheap notoriety erode trust, inviting censorship and contempt for all local papers while noting editors should report useful news with dignity.
St Patrick’s Social Tea at Goebel’s Opera House
The Ladies of the Methodist church invite all to a St Patrick’s social tea and free silver offering for the church on Wednesday March 17 at Goebel’s Opera House. Everyone welcome.
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St. Patrick’s
The
Methodist Church
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Expected to Testify in Thaw Trial
New York officials indicate Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will likely testify for Thaw in his current trial. The defense challenged the indictment while prosecutors outlined Thaw’s escape and alleged conspiracy from Matteawan to Canada. Penny, clerk, identified trial records and commitment papers.
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Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Jew York
N. Y
District Attorney’s Office
Thaw
Wm. Penny
Matteawan
Judge Lashes Mob Violence in Padilla Lynching Case
Cleofes Jimenez appears in district court to plead not guilty to murder in the Padilla lynching case from 1914. The other indicted man failed to appear. Judge Abbott denounces mob law as an attack on the court and endorses bringing mob participants to justice.
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Abbott
Padilla
Cleofes Jimenez
Adolfo Padilla
E. C. Abbott
Jimenez
Southwest
Texas Fruit Not Damaged by Cold Snap Says Davis
Austin March 9 report says no serious fruit tree damage has been received. Commissioner of agriculture Davis notes blooms had not advanced far enough to hurt the prospective crop despite two days of snow and freezing weather in the state.
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Austin
Tex
Davis
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Zapata
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Key West
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Turtle Lake
Minn
Land Office
ESS
Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw
District Attorney's Office
Hary
Thew
New York
Kennedy
Thompson
Beacon
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Texas
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