War News Roundup Mixed Fronts and Alliances
Western Newspaper Union reports British submarine B-31 sunk by German gunfire off Denmark as Italian and Austrian air raids hit Adriatic targets. Russian advances in Galicia and Black Sea clashes, while Verdun sees trench losses for France. U.S. debates army size. German concessions on submarines cause Berlin optimism. Other items note Irish executions, Cuba to Wyoming party shifts, and various war and political developments.
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Denmark
U.S
Glenn Springs
Tex
Durazzo
Al‘eania
Aviona
Brindisi
Ilurist
Galicia
Black Sea
Constantinople
Sudan
Nile
Verdun
Berlin
Mediterranean
Asia Minor
Erzingan
Germany
Petrograd
Bredlau
Crimea
Bajburt
Miz ‘Angan
Gymrie
London
Dublin
China
Joseph Plunkett
Dubdeath
Ditfard
Thomas MacDonagh
Sweden
United States
Wilson
Maximillian Harden
Senate
Caperton
Port Au Prince
Washington
Dent Wilson
New Mexico State News Briefs and Local Notes
A mixed set of items lists coming events including the Democratic State Convention in Albuquerque May 24 and the Republican State Convention in Santa Fe September 4 7 with other notices of local developments. It reports theater and cinema changes in East Las Vegas and Roy fire damage, new farmers near Springer, a jail arson case in Sante Fe, and civic appointments and road work across Curry Rio Arriba and San Miguel counties.
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Springer
Roy
Raton
John M. Moore, Jr
Albuquerque
McDonald
Espanola
Samual ‘Eldodt
Camita
Rough Riders
Santa J’é
Abo
Melrose
United States
Luther Gage
Columbus
Woman shoots man in Mora town killing him on street
Mrs Frederico R de Sanchez shot Desiderio Dialbando on a main Mora street after he allegedly grabbed her companion and tried to drag her away. She was arrested and released on a 2000 dollar bond pending further proceedings.
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Mora
F. R. Sanchez
Desiderio
Dialbando
Union News Service
Las Vegas
Frederico R. de Sanchez
Desiderio Dialbando
Rio Grande Threatens Belen Dike Breaks Flood Farmlands
The Rio Grande washed out half the Haugal dyke three miles north of town threatening Belen. The sixty five foot long barrier protected farm land and has breached three times in recent years due to an irrigation ditch headgate break. Counties monitor dykes as river cuts ease pressure on them.
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Belen
Rio Grande
Rio Grande Tie Drive Opens From Taos To Deming
Albuquerque reports the annual tie drive underway with 450000 ties shipped from Taos and Rio Arriba counties to Deming for wood preserving treatment. In Deming two sticks of dynamite were found behind a door in an unfinished armory. authorities seek who placed them, while militia use remains unused.
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Albuquerque
Rio Grande
Taos
Rio Arriba
Demingo
Deming
Ten Mexicans Shot to Death in Telegraph Wire Case
Reports say ten Mexican men have been killed by American soldiers over weeks for cutting field telegraph wire. Observers note wire cutting has largely ceased since the killings.
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Columbus
Engineer Injured In Fall Under Train Wheels
Santa Fe railroad engineer Frank Snell ing of Las Vegas suffered severe injury when falling while boarding a moving train. His right foot and ankle were crushed, requiring amputation.
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Filomena Chavez
Willard
T. B. Lieb
Clayton School
Frank Snelling
Las Vegas
Vegas
Santa Fe Railroad
Santa Fé
Reprieve Granted in Silver City Murder Appeals
Santa Fe Governor McDonald reprieves Lucius C. Hightower and Pedro Montes, sentenced to hang in Silver City. The Supreme Court had issued a mandamus ordering District Judge Neblett to show cause within ten days why appeals should not be granted. Reprieve time is granted to allow the matter to be settled in the Supreme Court.
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Montes
Hightower
Santa—Fe
McDonald
Lucius C. Hightower
Pedro’ Montes
Silver City
Supreme Court
Neblett
Pershing Shifts Troops to Meet Border Emergency
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports 8,000 additional troops including 4,000 Arizona New Mexico and Texas National Guardsmen ordered to the Mexican border. Pershing and Funston urged springing more forces while Obregon delays ratification, with policy unchanged to pursue raiders across the line and use full National Guard strength if needed. Columbus New Mexico dispatch notes Pershing redistributing forces in the Big Bend area.
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Washington
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Wilsen
Scott
Funston
Obregon
Pershing
Mexico City
Carranza
Mexico
Barder
National Guard
Columbus
N.M
J. J. Pershing
Border Conference
Big Bend
Turks March Against Egypt In Turbulent Front
Overseas News Agency reports Turkey plans an advance on Egypt as German and French forces stall at Verdun in a stalemated battle. In the Middle East Russians push Turks from a mountain front near Husk, while Turkish forces press toward Bagdad amid ongoing shel ling and near Ikskull bridgehead. Dispatches from Saloniki recount activity in the theater.
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Verdun
London
Egypt
Overseas
Ikskull
Armenia
Husk
Bagdad
Paris
Saloniki
Texas Governor Urges Intervention in Mexico
Governor James Ferguson of Texas returns to Austin and signs a statement urging United States intervention in Mexico to restore order, saying the timing is right and the effort could span ten to fifty years.
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Austin
James—F. Ferguson
Texas
United States
Mexico
Mission Santa Fe Schools Traversing New Mexico by 1600 Mile Trip
State School Superintendent Al van N White reports a 28 day motor tour through eleven New Mexico counties. The mission caravan highlights educational progress with over a quarter of a million dollars to be spent across the eleven counties.
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Mission Oh
Santa
Indian War Pensions Bill Passes Senate
Washington reports the Senate approves a House bill granting pensions to survivors of Indian wars from 1865 to 1891. The measure is projected to raise the annual pension roll by about $1,000,000.
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Washington
Senate
Child Burns to Death at Bear Creek Ranch
The two year old son of rancher Ben Akers on Bear Creek was burned to death after being left unattended on a bed. The bed caught fire within minutes of a temporary absence, and the child died soon after from extensive burns. It is believed the child ignited matches found in a coat pocket nearby.
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Silver
Ben Akers
Bear Creek
Five Dead Fifteen Hurt in Atlas Powder Plant blast
Five workers were killed and fifteen injured when three dynamite mixing buildings at the Atlas Powder Company plant in Landing, New Jersey were demolished by a dynamite explosion. The disaster followed a storm that sank the steamer R. Kirby on Lake Superior, leaving two of twenty two aboard drowned.
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Lake Hopatcong
N.J
Atlas Powder Company
Landing
Bault Ste. Marie
Mich
rAll
8. R. Kirby
Northwestern ‘Transportation Company
Detroit
Cléveland
Lake Superior
Anarchist Plot Rumor Targeted Swedish King Gustave
Aftonbladet prints a rumor of an unsuccessful plot by socialists and anarchists against the life of King Gustave in Stockholm.
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Stockholm
Afton
Bladet
Gustave
Woman’s testimonial for Pinkham’s vegetable compound
New Castle Indiana reader recalls monthly ailments from age eleven to seventeen. After using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound she reports relief and regular cycles. The ad invites letters to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Young Ragland Gift Brightens Birthday at Vanderburg County
John Ragland four year old son of Floyd C Ragland Vanderburg County schools superintendent gives his mother a geranium for her birthday. He tells her to look at the flower when angry and remember how well he behaved so she will not feel like spanking him.
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John Ragland
Floyd C. Ragland
Vanderburg County
Indianapolis News
Diplomats and new words amid wartime reflections
A reflective wartime note discusses language changes from conflict and a celebratory marriage scene. It includes remarks on understanding women, odds about the bride, and a humorous aside about male labor skills. An advertisement praises Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for digestive health.
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Western Newspaper
Schleswig
Florenth
Vil- Ustun
Ofo- Azules
Custhuiriach
Chicago
Wyoming
Casper
John J. Osborne
Aman
J. B. Kendrick
George T. Johnson
J. I. Carpenter
Peter Kinney
J. J. Cash
P. J. O'Connor
St. Loula
Cheyenne
DPD
J. Hollister
Cody
Ralph_Dento
Sheridan
Pat
Salt Lake
House
Monsignor Bonnin
Pope Benedict
State Department
Acizure
Crulher
Amerigan
Schooner
Oregon
Cannon
Mlinols
Naver
Department of Agriculture
Avo Court
Wood
Sporting News
Kansas
Nebraska
Lawrence
Kan
Anderson
Wichita
Topeka
Missouritown State College
Columbia
Simpson
Missouri Star
F. (. Bawyer
Speedway Track
Barney Oldfield
Vassar College
Poughkeepale
N. Y
Edith“Conant
Boston
F. James Ince
eArold
Felding
Royal Rose
Jett Livingston
Kentucky Association
Lexington
Juarez
St. Louis
Fort, Sil
Okla
Enrico Caruga
New York
Stamar
Italy
Francis
Hishop
Francis J. McConnell
Den
Methodist Episcopal Seneral Conference
Saraden Springs
Ney
Cunard
Williams. Holmes
William Ny. Ivine
Freehold
N. J
Holmes
Wilchita
Pet
Denver
NEW
State News
Willie Gonzalez
Co. W. Adams
Hot Springs
Sierra County
J. M. Waller
St Joseph's Hospital
Fryman
Jose Montero
The
Clovis
M. R .Gonzalez
San_Miguel
Springer Board
Dave, McCullom
Guadalupe Mountain
Carlsbad
Guadalupe Mountains
Martinez of
Artesia
Jesus Aguilar
Sto
Har
Felix Basquez
Julian Gonzalés
Manuel Gyenere
Isda
Gyenere
Ben
Ig Grand“ Jury
Thomas A. Egan
Commercial’ Club
Elka’ Club
RW. Wiley
Commercial ‘Club
D. B. McKee
Santa Fé’ Game Protective Association
Pecos
Wagon Mound
U.S. Border
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Mrs. Hamilton
New Castle
Ind
E. Pinkham
Ultmatom
Dr. Pierce
Red Cross
Deligh
Dean
Colorado
Doan
Doazi
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Dery
S Beers Silier
SOARS
Oed Auto ‘Tires Op Eer
Punta Seeman
Dbl Tread Tire Co
Dway
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