Villa Masses Troops for Torreon Battle as Mexican Crisis Deepens
Washington reports the Mexican conflict worsens with Villa rejecting mediation and sending 10,000 troops toward Torreon to confront Carranza forces. Carranza troops reportedly routed at Santa Barbara, 200 killed, rail lines cut, and ships ordered to Vera Cruz. Villa faces loyalty questions in Zacatepe and health issues limit his leadership.
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Washington
General Villa
Carranza
Villa
Torreon
Santa Barbara
Saltillo
Mexico
Saltilla
Hipolato
Panifil Natera
Central
Zacatepe
Aguas Calientes
Natera
Alvaro Obregon
Villistas
Mexico City
Chihuahua
Isolation of Carranza army completed in Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Washington reports that 18,000 strong constitutionalist forces under General Jesus Carranza are effectively cut off in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec after former federal troops allied with Villa destroyed railroad lines and damaged bridges to block transport. Reinforcements from Sole Dad and Cordoba move to blunt the remaining federals, while Carranza’s position grows perilous with Villa north and Zapata west. Jose Mireles hopes Oct 1 peace talks will settle the Carranza Villa dispute.
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Jesus Carranza
Tehuantepec
Villa
War Department
Funston
Vera Cruz
Pigenio Aguilar
Benjamin Argu‘meno
Soledad
Cordoba
Orizaba
Candido Aguilar
Mexico City
Zapata
Carranza
Jose Mireles
Cannot Enlist: Mother Refuses War Papers
Windsor Ontario September report says Harold Phillips age 19 attempted to enlist with Canadian troops for Europe but his mother refused to sign the enlistment papers. After his rejection he shot himself in despair, the local militia volunteer, Harold Phillips, had joined earlier.
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Ont
Europe
Harold Phillips
Phillips
N D Man Seen Atrocity Claims Germans Misrepresented
J M Movius of Lidgerwood North Dakota said in Minneapolis at the Hotel Radisson that he saw wounded German soldiers carried to hospitals after Belgians allegedly mistreated them with torch oil poured on their bodies. He spoke with a German wounded by a poisoned bullet and questioned American papers' portrayal of Germans. A letter from Henry M Boehm Munich art student discusses favorability toward German troops and their expected victory.
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J. M. Movius
Lidgerwood
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Hanover
Germany
Hotel Radisson
Twenty Fifth Avenue South
Henry M. Boehm
Munich
J. L. Hall Co
Boehm
Germans Give Ground Amid French English Bombardment
Paris dispatch reports German forces flinching under unrelenting Allied pressure. Left flank holds, but ground is surrendered daily as French English bombardment continues. Germans push toward the Woevre district near Verdun while Lorraine diversion fails. Correspondents wanted for The Times Record. Mr and Mrs Thomas Blewett visited from Sanborn on Sunday.
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Marne
Lorraine
Woevre
Verdun
Thomas Blewett
Sanborn
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