Sixteen Villistas Put to Death in Queretaro
In Queretaro on April 16 a telegraph reported General Obregon confirmed the execution of sixteen Villistas in the Laguna district after capture. The victims were said to have hindered the Coahuila and Puce railway and hindered merchants. The inquiry noted many deaths from a wreck and a banknote issue affected by the crisis. Bodies were buried at Apihecta cemetery by coroner Garver. burial was handled by New York Contest Company.
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Queretaro
Mex
Jucinto Travina
Obregon
Elistes’ Perle
Laguna
Wa- Anon
Coahuila and
Puce
Republic
Oni Yhaza
Lrajn
Nix
J. D. Pirner
Oda
Apihecta
Garver
Gonpany
Keask
National guard strain and military training plans dominate session
Senators urged expanding guard strength and a large peacetime army buildup. Gore proposed a high school military training program with government funding for instructors. Redfield testified on buoyage and mine disposal gear for wartime use. House naval committee was not in session.
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Pinnacle Rocks
House Naval Committee
Blame Continued On Iron Tower Failure
In the Amherat tower a failed mechanism caused confusion over block signals after a crash. Witnesses were uncertain if the signals read clear or danger, raising safety questions about the incident.
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Paratita
Amherat
Wreck testimony contradicts signals on New York Central
Cleveland April 1 contradictory testimony marked the second day of the Amherst wreck inquiry. Trainmen described signals at the scene on the New York Central line, with officials and state and federal representatives reviewing the recent wreck. Herman Hess, veteran engineer, testified amid the debate over the flow of events and responsibilities.
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Aneedaran Ravens
Cleveland
New York Central
Amherst
Herman Hess
Eries
Milk Ditch Dump Affects Chicago Area Dairy Strike
North suburban farmers began dumping milk into ditches to pressure Chicago distributors to meet a 22 cent price increase. Picketing at bottling plants and armed guards accompanied demonstrations as wagons were halted on route to plants in Mokena and nearby towns. In Will County aborigines assisted strikers, and a Munziey plant reportedly closed in sympathy with the action.
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Chicago
Farninra
Northarn
Tilinoly Mata
Acatta
O Chionga
Dla
Mokena
Aboriil
Will County
Gonpanion
Muntiey
Shinnston Freshmen Hold Class Supper and News of War
The Shinnston high school freshmen hosted a class supper in the Meh School building with a lively, well served evening. In other items, China Wan church junior girls entertained at a farewell for Augtine McDermott and Adram Bush, planters discussed wartime events, and city residents noted various social visits, shopping trips, and weather-related updates as Allied plans and German offensives influenced daily life.
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China- Wan
Augustine McDermott
Atlis May Freeman
Adram Bush
Penartayel Ney
Hague
London
Roxe
Alice Blue
Holland
Thhantin
Niewwe Courant
Zeppelin Downed by British Trawler Rescue Crew
Survivors of the Zeppelin 1e15 were rescued by the British trawler Olivine commanded by Lt. William R. Mackintosh. The airship was brought down over the Thames estuary after fire and shrapnel disabled it. several crew were wounded. The Olivine towed the wreck, with survivors aboard, toward port before authorities transported the wounded to Chatham.
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Newocyareg
Olivine
William R. Mackintosh
Royal Naval Reserve
Thames
Inwena
Carpenter Hy Jackson Called to Grafton on Family Illness
Hy Jackson a carpenter with Riley and Riley Company was called to Grafton Friday due to illness of his son in law Arthur Colter.
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Hy Jackson
Riley and Riley Company
Grafton
Arthur Colter
Germans Advance in Village After Fierce Firefight
A fragment from an early page reports heavy French and German fighting as crown prince units push toward a village. French curtain fire and close-quarters actions preceding infantry advances are described, with German troops pressed toward capture.
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Parix
Ithe
Tranches
Theouno
Mylan
Curtis Aviation pilot breaks country passenger-flight record
Glen H Curtis announced that Steve McGordon of New York set a new country passenger carrying record by flying from Newport News to Washington and back, about 400 miles, in roughly four and a half hours with the engine running. The aircraft stayed aloft five hours and four minutes, with thirty-five minutes spent climbing. Lieutenant Vivian Hewett of the British Royal Navy observed the flight for the Blitsist government. The old record was 224 miles from San Diego to Burbank set by Lieutenant Doud, United States Army, on February 14.
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Newport News
Glen H. Curtis
Steve McGordon
New York
Curtins Aviation School
Newport. News
Washington
Personal notices drift with travels and guests
Mrs. D W Alexander and babies visited Mr and Mrs W Frank Stout before moving to Washington DC then Pittsburg to join her husband the Pittsburg city tax commission secretary. Mrs Hi Mesa left Parkersburg for Washington after a visit with her daughter Mrs Charles Alexander. Mrs Abel and daughter visited her father W Brent Maxwell then returned from the Philippines to Washington. Miss Pauline Musgrave Ming Eunice Pritchett from Danville Va guests of Mrs Joseph Wetherell and Miss Lisa Gibson returned home Saturday. Miss Margaret Freeman of Lincoln Neb visiting her grandmother Mrs William Freeman.
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D, W
Alexander and
Babes
Frank Stout
Washington, DC
Pittsburg
Tax Commission of
City of
Mra. 1
Hi. Mesa
Charles B. Alexander
Parkersburg
Washington
Charles Abel
Oregon college man sets indoor track marks in 60 yard dash
Amateur Athletic Union meets at Oregon Agricultural College as Fred Kelley of the Anglos Athletic Club tops indoor records with an 60 yard dash in under ten seconds and 220 yard hurdles in twenty three seconds, while a discus throw reaches 140 feet 1 1 2 inches under the supervision of director Dry H J Stewart and Harry J Cole.
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Phnom Corvallis
Ore
Ward Brolk
Amateur Athletic Union
Rilles
Oregon Agricultural College
Fred Kelley
Tos
Angalos Athlatoc Clib
Hurdies
H. J. Stewart
Harry J. Cole
Oregong Agricultural College
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W. L. Morrison Store CO
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Larson
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John W. Sayers
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Miss Maria Scott
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Virginia Kline
Hawker and Company
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Wheeling
Ray Long
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Fairmont
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Enterprise
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Douglas & Young
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Bridgeport
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Saruly
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Lant Creek
Tobi
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Tridgeport
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Lay Woening
Samuel Altschuler
Bittaburg
J. de Boone
Huntington
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Tug
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Giater
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Monongihel Valley Traction Company
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