Villa Is Defeated In First Skirmish
American forces led by Colonel George A. Dodd attacked Francisco Villa's band near the Rio Santa Maria route on March 20. About sixty Villistas died, including General Eliseo Hernandez, with Villa wounded and rushed to a secret lair in a light wagon. Four American privates were wounded as Dodd's troopers pursued the scattered remnants for miles through rugged terrain.
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Texad
Francisco Villa
Villa
George A. Dodd
Villista
Querrero
Dodd
Eliseo Hernandes
Sore
Pablo Lopez
Leutenant
Columbus
Mountain Peak
Tralle
Ttllefeld
Rio Santa Maria
Laguna de Castillo
Santa Ysabel
Patce
United States
Santa Yeahel
Villas
San Geronimo Ranch
Carrinse
Ohlet
Guerrero
Pershing
Funston
Fecomwen
Celene Dodd
Athens
Aviator Hurt in Fall at Gringel Aviashow
A man suffered severe burns after a fall during the Gringel Aviashow event held Sunday in Beach City. Witnesses report he tripped near the main stage and slid across hot coals. Emergency responders treated burns on his hands and face.
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Aviator
Gringel, la —A
Beach
Successor
Billy Robinses
Gringel Aviashow School
Shadow Laws Shadowed by Washington President Wilcoe
Fragmentary report notes a political comment in Washington referencing President Wilcoe and what readers call shadow laws. Details are unclear and legible phrases are limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gelecta Bummer
Washington
Wilcoe Pene le Cemmpy
Villa Pursuit Tightens as Villa Narrowly Misses Escape
Reports say Francisco Villa led 172-man garrison north from Guerrero to the Santa Maria river headwaters and camped on the San Geronimo ranch near Quemado. U.S. General Funston and Pershing are advised of Villa's location as American and Mexican troops close in, with Carranza forces possibly converging.
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San Antonio
Texas
Guerrero
Francisco Villa
Santa Maria
Funston
Villa
San Geronimo
Quemado Ranch
United St
Mexico
Pershing
Carranza
Yonvedting
Nia
Bandit Holds Up Steam At Delaware Breakwater
German stowaway Schiller aboard the British steamer Matoppo forced captain Bergner to alter course and land him at the Delaware breakwater after rifling the ship and taking valuables. He is jailed in Lewes awaiting U S district attorney and British consul general arrival. Roosevelt and Root Meet in New York signal political significance amid 1912 Republican split. Canton province governor assassinated by troops. province declares independence from central government, Hongkong cable report says.
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Wilmington
Del
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Root
New York
Elihu Root
Henry Cabot Lodge
Robert Bacon
Leonard Wood
Theodore Roosevelt
Brigadier General Evans in Demand for Eight Day Work Week
Brigadier General Evans, leader of the second brigade of infantry, discussed with workers the eight day and higher overtime rates. The workers submitted their own propositions to their employers in a bid to resolve the dispute over pay and hours.
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Rewert
Evans
Intenty
Ville
Bie Bendite
Thureday
Dinewanien
Germany to Explain Submarine Attacks on Passenger Ships
Secretary Lansing with President Wilson's approval instructed Ambassador Gerard to ask Germany whether submarines torpedoed the British steamer Swasex with 25 Americans aboard or the British ship Englishman which sank with one American life. No conclusive proof exists yet. response from Berlin may determine next steps. No protest or demand has been issued.
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Washington
Lansing
Wilson
Gerard
Germany
United States
Berlin
State Department
Wreck near Amherst Claims Thirty Lives in Ohio
A multi train collision near Amherst Ohio killed at least thirty and injured more than forty as the Twentieth Century Limited and two Chicago to Pittsburgh sections of No 86 crashed in fog on the New York Central line. Investigators consider tower man duty lapse and fatigue, with his sick wife cited as a factor.
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Cleveland
New York Central
Amherat
Lake Erie
Ohio
Congress approves 8.6 million for pursuit of bandits
Washington reports an emergency appropriation of 8,611,502 dollars to fund the pursuit operation. The state department moves to seek General Carranza's consent to use Mexican railways for troop supply.
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Washington
Congress
State Department
Carranza
Americans Return to Chihuahua City as Border Tensions Ease
Eight Americans who fled from Chihuahua City when U S soldiers crossed the border returned to the Mexican state capital on Wednesday. They said they felt danger had passed and the coast was clear.
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el Paso
Chihuahua City
United States
Aerial raid hits Turkish base at Bir Shillaspah
British forces conducted a successful air attack on the Turkish forward base at Bir Shillaspah near the canal. The operation was reported by military dispatches dated March.
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London
Birshilassspah
Gilles Fant
Guts Canal
Euler Dupaich
Gece
Reid
Britleh Alrmee
Incomplete Signal Note Sparks Maritime Fire Safety Alarm
Fragments describe a malfunctioning signaling system amid dense smoke. Text hints at electrical wiring, cones, and potential danger but lacks clear names or locations. The readable portion suggests a cautionary note about equipment vulnerability in smoky conditions.
Amnesia victim Cecil Lavelle found after nationwide search
Cecil Lavelle a 44 year old former dean of Queens College Kingston Canada and ex history professor at Columbia University was located by police in Colorado Springs ending a nationwide search that began in November after he wandered with amnesia for three years.
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Colorado Springs
Cecil Lavelle
Queens College
Kingston
Canada
Columbia University
Obregon Era Aerial Record Allegedly Reaches New Height
Reports from Peninsula Florida claim Lieutenant BK Baudey of the navy aeroplane corps achieved a new world altitude record when he ascended 1607 feet aboard a bodreseroplane pursued by Carranse troops. The claim ties with Gen. Alvaro Obregon's forces in pursuit.
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Peniscula
Fla
BK. Baudey
Teutons Hammer Away at Verdun Amid Heavy Fighting
At Verdun the German assault pushes near the Caillette wood and Fort Domment. French counterattacks fail to regain ground as Vaux is evacuated and trenches near Malancourt and Le Morte Homme fall to the Germans. Air activity rises with three German planes downed by French fire.
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London
Gertie
Caillette
Fort Domument
Avecourt
Vaux
Bertin
Haucourt
Malancour
le Morte Homme
Verdun
Berlin
Hehmente
Baranovitc
Minsk
Villa Loses Leg in Mexican Campaign Dispatch
A Te mosachie official report to the war department says Villa was badly wounded in a surprise attack on Guerrera. He reportedly lost a leg and received amputation of herb.
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Villa
Queretaro
Mex
War Department
Temosachie
Chituahua
Guerrera
Russian decree orders transfer of Galician Jewish refugees to Siberia
New York reported that the Russian government decreed Jewish victims from Lemberg and other Galician cities in Kiev and those expelled by admin order must be sent to Siberia. Information was obtained by the American Jewish committees and released here.
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New York
Lemberg
Kiev
Galicia
Siberia
Prisoners to be Held in Stockade at Columbus New Mexico
Villista prisoners will be confined in a wire stockade to be built on the military reservation in Columbus New Mexico. The stockade mirrors the one erected at Fort Bliss in 1913 for about five thousand Mexican refugees who crossed the international line at El Paso when Villa attacked Juarez.
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Stockade
Columbus
N. M
Villista
Ft. Blan
el Paso
Villa
Juares
Germany Silent On Sussex Englishman Sinking Request
Berlin reports no reply yet to U S requests for information on the sinking of the Sussex and the Englishman. Germany insists it had no involvement in the Tulantia disaster and holds no blame for the incident.
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Berlin
United States
Germany
Tulantia
Carranza threatens forced bankruptcy over currency in Mexico
General Carranza orders strict currency measures across the republic. Native merchants who refuse to exchange goods for paper money face compulsory bankruptcy and public auction of their assets as penalties.
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Carranza
Queretara
Republic
Carransa
Crew abandons vessel Olive Maru near Leonia islands
The Japanese steamship Olive Maru with 22 passengers mostly American was towed by a British warship after being stranded in a storm twenty miles south of Hongkong. The crew is believed to have abandoned the ship.
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Leonia Islands
Hongkong
Engineer help at Fautt Amid Casualties and Confusion
An incident at Fautt left twenty eight dead and forty injured, with relief efforts involving Merman Voss, an engraver credited for the excied section of Iralia No. Ad. Local authorities coordinate aid and document the event as emergency response unfolds.
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Fautt
Merman Voss
Iralia No
Abe Bethisbew Steel Board Chair Acquires Dultimare Ghost Tie Place
Benwae Buys Tin Plant Haltimore Usaries in Sebwab. Abe Bethisbew Steel chair Dean eer and Wulibgulliigeaire alee Enapter purchase the Dultimare Ghost and Tie Place company.
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Haltimore — Usaries
Sebwab
Abe Bethisbew Steel Company
Deaneer and
Wulibgulliigeaire Alee Enapter
Dultimare Ghost & Tie Place Company
Millions of Turks Face Famine Amid Blockade Relief Efforts
Reports from Washington say Americans plan aid for 600000 Turks and Armenian refugees dying of starvation in Constantinople and Marmara shores. The Red Cross seeks cooperation with the Red Crescent as famine and typhus spread. relief shipments hindered by Allied blockade and may be sourced from Roumania.
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Washington
Batirdar
Turkey
Hindreda
Heil Cries
Red Crescent
Die Paieh
Consantinopis
Marmora
Adrianople
Erase
Emyr Pa
Sii
Bet
Tevd Lelgy
Weal
America
Red Cros
Roumanta
Dodd’s Troops Pursue Villa Survivors Across Mexico
American columns led by Col. George A. Dodd press a brutal chase across the Guerrero region after a clash at San Geronimo ranch. Villa’s guerrilla band, long elusive due to rugged terrain and caves, faces intensified pursuit as U.S. forces seek to wipe out the living remnants of the largest Villa commune.
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Columbus
George A. Dodd
Francisco Villa
San Geronimo Ranch
Villa
Dodd
Guerrero
Porfirio Tanz
Mexico
Cavalry Seeks Villa in Mexican Hills
Gen Pershing drafts mobile cavalry units to chase Francisco Villa after the March 29 defeat near Guerrero. Authorities report Villa may be wounded or uninjured and headed toward mountains west and south of Guerrero as searches intensify in the Santa Maria river headwaters region.
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San Antonio
Francisco Villa
Pershing
Guerrero
Villa
Santa Maria
Guerrera
England Hit by Zeppelins in Ten Night Raid Toll
The official tallies show ten nights of Zeppelin raids causing 16 killed and 67 wounded with 117 injured in the latest English air attacks, surpassing prior losses this year. The January 21 raid remains the deadliest with 67 killed and 117 injured.
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London
Perenne
Plan Preparedness Parade Steps Forward in New York
A New York business delegation representing various industries will march on May 18 to support national preparedness. The event is organized by a civic group formed by prominent local citizens.
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New York
Alodes
Prouinews Ehisens
Scatland Raided by Zeppeline Lands
Coastal regions including Bootle and southeast England were attacked by a zeppelin on a recent night, according to official reports. No further details are provided in the fragment.
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Ladon
Bootle
Garthern
Belles
England
Oklahoma Senator Owen Leading Democrats at Conventions
Senator Robert L. Owen visited Oklahoma City to address the Democratic county conventions. The event highlighted national and state party priorities and showcased Owen as a prominent party figure.
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