Villa Routed in Ten Mile Battle Near Guerrero
U S cavalry defeated Pancho Villa's 500 men at Guerrero in a ten mile pursuit. Thirty Villistas were killed, Gen Eliseo Fernandez slain, Gen Pablo Lopez wounded, two machine guns captured, and American casualties were four wounded. Villa fled in a carriage, crippled by a leg injury, and is reportedly southeast toward the Santa Maria river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guerrero
Fernandez
Lopez
San Antonio
Tex
Pancho Villa
Eliseo Fernandez
Pablo Lopez
Twelfth Cavalry
Pershing
Funston
Villa
Dargue
San Geronimo Ranch
Dodd
Carranza
Batle
Columbus
N. M
Minaca
Mexico & Orient
Herman Blankenberg
Acklin
Hemple
Locke
Doctor Stell
el Paso
San Geronimo
Washington
Guerréro
U. S
Eliseo Hernandez
Lopes
Hernandez
Congress
Mexico
Villistas
General Funston
Secretary of War
Trains Crash at Amherst Ohio Kills 26 Injures 40
Double wreck on the Lake Shore line near Amherst Ohio leaves 26 dead and 40 injured as eastbound trains collide with a westbound section. Towerman Ernst and engineer Herman Hess figure in investigations while relief workers search the wreckage and identify victims from cities including Toronto New York Detroit Philadelphia and Chicago. Eleven bodies named and several unidentified others are recovered as investigators probe blame for the fatal accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Lake Shore
Amherst
Twentieth Century Limited
Chicago
Ernst
Herman Hess
Dora Roseberg
Toronto
Arpad Heltai
New York
Walter Easton
Philadelphia
Raisin Obdah
Indianapolis
Marcines Binnce
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Gustav Walyi
First Evangelical Church
Thaddeus Street
Detroit
Fred Weazer
J. H. Hearn
Gallipolis
D. Fruichtman
B. B. Aish
Olmsted Falls
R. Thomas
Gyorgi Ojinci
Pullman Porter
H. White
Edward Leroy
St. Louis
Ill
Bruce Bromley
Hillsville
Jennie Dreymmer
Charles Nelson
Congress Cheers News Takes Riftless Expedition Cheer
Republican Leader Mann reports strong public support as the expedition’s success is deemed assured. Dodd and other leaders receive praise for their commitment to the expedition’s aims and its alleged exploits.
Rail unions press for eight hour day and overtime pay
About one hundred thousand engineers firemen and trainmen from the Big Four unions demand eight hours work with no pay cut and time and a half for overtime. They present the demands to general managers across the country at headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Educator Edward Cummings Shoots Self in Chicago Hotel
Edward P. Cummings superintendent of Lansing schools shot himself in a Stratford hotel while his brother Dr. Herbert Cummings swallowed poison in Grand Haven. Police believe neither acted out of knowledge of the other, and Edward had recently recovered from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He left letters stating he did not want to burden his family or the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edward P. Cummings
Lansing
Mich
Stratford
Herbert Cummings
Grand Haven
Doctor Cummings
E. P. Cummings
State Teachers’ Association of Michigan
Cummings
R. S. Brown
Detroit
Seagrove
German stowaway nearly seizes British ship Matoppo
The British steamer Matoppo reached Lewes Delaware with a piracy tale. German Ernest Schuler was captured after he seized control with two revolvers, forcing the captain into a cabin and disrupting wireless for hours. He is under arrest at the federal customs house with papers and money tied to the captain in his possession. The Matoppo had sailed from Sandy Hook bound for Vladivostok with war material for Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewes
Del
Matoppo
Russia
Ernest Schuler
Federal Customs House
Sandy Hook
Vladivostok
New York
Schuler
Wilson aid to wed heiress
Washington announces that Miss Alice Gertrude Gordon, heiress and former ward of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, has announced engagement to Dr Cary T Grayson Navy surgeon and president’s personal friend. Gordon is a millionaire heiress whose father was a renowned bridge builder who died five years ago. The match marks the fourth White House romance since Wilson took office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Alice Gertrude Gordon
Woodrow Wilson
New York
Cary T. Grayson
United States Navy
Mise Gordon
Gordon
Misa Gordon
Revolt Reported by Carranza Chief Causes Army Alarm
Army men in Columbus New Mexico were alarmed by confidential warnings that Villa adherents were gathering in the Chihuahua desert north and south of Ascension and near the Columbus to Casas Grandes corridor. An extra heavy guard accompanied a truck train bound for the front while field telegraph linked isolated camps. Lieutenant A W Gullier of Lexington Kentucky, adjutant of the base, departed for Colonia Dublan to coordinate expeditionary and base camp efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union News Service
Columbus
N. M
Francisco Villa
Chihuahua
Ascension
Casas Grandes
Mexico
A. W. Gullier
Twentieth Infantry
Lexington
Colonia Dublan
Five ships sunk in North Atlantic by mines or subs
London reports say five steamers, three British and two Norwegian, were sunk with an estimated 18 lives lost. The Norwegian Peter Hamre suffered the heaviest losses with 14 missing. The British liner Achilles also went down with four crew fatalities and the captain plus two others were landed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lloyds
Peter Hamre
Achilles
Zeppelin Raid Strikes Scotland and England Coast
An official War Department notice reports Zeppelin attacks on Scotland’s coast and northern and southeastern England. Bombs were dropped at several locations with no casualties or further details available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Scotland
England
Secretary of War
Cincinnati Market Prices for Wheat to Lambs
Market report lists grain, hay, eggs, poultry, cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb prices in Cincinnati. Wheat and corn prices vary by grade, oats and hay values, eggs at 19 to 20 cents, poultry ranges, cattle and hogs show wide bid ranges, lambs and sheep priced per category.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
Amoy Detaches From Yuan Shi Kai Regime
Amoy Chang Chow Fu declares independence from Yuan Shi Kai government in Fo Kien province. The port city with about 900000 people asks the American consul to dispatch a warship. Chang Chow Fu lies 24 miles northwest of Amoy and is a center of silk manufacture and iron works linked to nearby mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amoy
Chang-Chow-Fu
China
Yuan Shi Kai
Chang- Chow-Fu
Fo-Kien
Was the fugitive bank officer the cashier now a runner
The Change ponders a banking fugitive with a twist as the officer shifts roles from cashier to a running figure. The piece uses provocative phrasing to suggest a swap of positions or identity within a crime narrative.
Money Favors Those Chasing Wealth Says Echoed Adage
A terse exchange about money and happiness surfaces in a modern quip. The speaker disputes happiness tied to wealth yet concedes money aids pursuit and effort toward gains.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Willistag
U.S
Willa
Lieut
Henry C. Pratt
Pratt
George Bell, Jr
Fifth Brigade
NEW York Central
Ohio
Pershing Road
General Scott
Army
Rail Union
Reade
Arthur Warren Waite
Waite
John E. Peck
Michigan
Lansing, Mich
Self
Wilson
Cary Grayson
Cincinnati
Bologna
Dean
Kentucky
Harriet Davis
Ann St
Mayfield
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
Fletcher
Grove
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Skinner
Paul F. Skinner
Skinner Mfg. CO
Omaha, Neb
America
the Fashion Tailors of
S. Franklin St
Brothers Nurseries
N.Y
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!