Villa Battle Reports Wounding of Villa and Pursuit Paths
Reports from the Mexican theater describe Francisco Villa being wounded in the knee during a clash with Carranzistas at Namilaulpa. General Pershing’s forces pursue Villa as mountains and deceptive terrain hinder swift capture, with uncertainty over his exact location in the Tapuntajos region. News notes rail transport delays to Juarez and seven carloads of food en route, while Colonel Dodd’s troopers press to trap Villa.
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Villa Faeble
Divide
Villa Iz
Tapuntajos
Battle of
San Geronimo
Trenett
Pershing
Juarez
Mexico North
Casas Grandes
Mexico
Dodd
Villa
Queretaro
Alvaro Obregon
Francisco Villa
Namilaulpa
British Schooner John Pritchard Sunk off Greek Coast
Patras Greece April 3 The British schooner John Pritchard was sunk off the coast of Greece by a submarine on Thursday. The crew was saved and aliens
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Patras
Greece
John Pritchard
Norwegian Steamer Memento Sunk After Battle
London reports the Norwegian steamer Memento of 1076 tons was sunk and crew members, except one, have been landed. The event reflects wartime losses with limited detail on location or cause.
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London
Memento
Dutch Army Readied as Parliament Meets in Specie Turmoil
Central government cables report military readiness amid protests in Sosia and Germany. Storms disrupt London Holland links. Copenhagen reports circulate as Hague officials dispute submarine claims. Spanish cabinet protests Germany over Sussex attack with casualties acknowledged.
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Ite
Army
Navy
London
Holland
Copenhagen
Hague
Germany
Cabinel
Steemer
Weile Recovers in Bellevue Transfer to Tombs
Dr. Arthur Warren Weile, confessed slayer of Mil lionette John E Peck, has recovered from drugs and moved from Bellevue to a cot 49 spa Tempbe. Authorities plan close watching to prevent self harm as he awaits trial for murder. He admits poisoning his mother in law Mrs Hanna Peck and claims he expected indictment.
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New York
Arthur Warren Weile
John E. Peck
Bellevue Hospital
Spa Tempbe
Tim
Pam
Hanna Peck
Weite
Milk War Sparks Riots Near Chicago Suburbs
Riots broke out as farmers en route to small stations around Chicago faced attack their wagons overturned and teams driven home. Early reports came from Huntley and Hampshire near Elgin with W J Kittle, president of the Milk Producers association, confirming details.
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Chicago
Huntley
Hampshire
Elgin
W. J. Kittle
The
Milk Producers’ Association
Rebels Kill China Chief Amid Hong Kong Putsch Rumor
A garbled report claims a provincial governor in Pasion province was assassinated by troops near Hong Kong. The article notes ongoing unrest as the province allegedly declares independence from the central government.
Waite Confesses to Double Murder in Mental Defense
Dr. Arthur Warren Waite confessed to killing his mother in law Mrs. Bannah Peck and father in law John E Peck with disease germs and arsenic, claiming a dual personality. He cited a man from Egypt as influencing him and described discussions with lawyers and an undertaker over embalming and testimony. Meanwhile Amherst wreck inquiry cites shared blame among railroad workers after the Lake Shore collision killed 27 and injured 40.
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New York
Arthur Warren Waite
Bannah Peck
John E Peck
Swann
Mancusco
Brothers
Walter R. Devel
Doctor Waite
Mr. Brothers
Mrs. Peck
Mr. Peck
Egypt
Clara
Doctor Waits
Grand Rapids
District Attorney¢ Vfice Art
Peck
Swain
Waite
Raymond C. Schindler
Cleveland
Lake Shore
Amherst
Chicago
Airship shipment planned for Mexican forces
Capt. W. Clark aeronautical engineer and Lieut. Thomas DeWitt Ailing have orders to go to Washington to inspect purchase and test a number of new aeroplanes destined for the Mexican canary forces operating in Mexico.
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Mexico
San Diego
Cal
W. Clark
Signal Corps Aviation School
Thomas DeWitt Ailing
Washington
Pullman Car Works Strike Ends as Workers Return
Five hundred Pullman car works strikers who walked out two weeks ago for a wage raise from 20 to 25 cents an hour returned to work. They agreed to accept a two cent increase.
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Pullman
Enda
Chicago
Pullman Car Works
Train Robbers Take Mail at Shreveport Station
In Shreveport Louisiana on April 11 robbers boarded Texas and Pacific mail train No 22 at the station and took the mail disrupting the service with a bold daylight theft.
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Shreveport
Texas & Pacific Mail
Chain of Aero Relays Established From Border to Front
A complete chain of aviation relays has been established from the American border to the front. Field headquarters at Colonia Dublan serves as the main base. Relays enable planes to travel with lighter loads from station to station toward Columbus New Mexico in April.
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Colonia Dublan
Columbus
N. M
Russian hospital ship Portugal torpedoed and sunk
Telegraphic notes report the Russian hospital ship Portugal was torpedoed with many wounded aboard. Also two unknown aeroplanes bombed Porrentruy in Switzerland causing property damage, and in London 2000 munition workers struck in government gun factories as unrest spreads.
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Paris
Portugal
Berne
Switzerland
Porrentruy
Frotier
London
Circle
Glasgow
Navy yard plans launch Ways for aircraft carriers
The Puget Sound navy yard informs that all large war vessels will carry aero planes and equipment for launching them. Orders have been issued to build launching ways on the deck to enable aviation operations aboard major ships.
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Beattle
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Quake Shocks Recorded at Georgetown University
The seismograph at Georgetown University recorded severe earthquake shocks lasting almost an hour. It was estimated that the quake occurred sometime near April 3 and was felt in Washington and surrounding areas.
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Washington
Georgetown University
Seized Maroppo Pirate Stowaway Captured by U S Officers
A German stowaway named Exminesi Schuler seized the British steamer Maroppo near Rehoboth Bay with two revolvers and threatened crew and cargo. After terrorizing the ship at sea, Schuler surrendered after being intercepted by U S Coast Guard and the Lewes customs house. Authorities search for bombs aboard.
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Lewes
Del
Maroppo
Russia
Exminesi Schuler
Federal Customs House
Bse
Matoppo
Sendy Hook
Vladivostok
New York
Schuler
Schaler
Rehoboth Bay
Delaware
Maritime Exchange
Delaware Breakwater
Federal Coast Guard
Rehoboth
German Navy Captain Tauscher Arrested in Conspiracy Plot
Captain Hans Tauscher, husband of opera star Johanna Gadski, is jailed in New York on a federal warrant accusing him of participating in a September 24, 1914 conspiracy to blow up the Welland Canal in Canada. He heads Tauscher Arms Co and acted as American rep for Krupp works of Essen.
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New York
Hans Tauscher
Johanna Gadski
Department of Justice
Welland Canal
Canada
Tauscher
Horst von der Goltz
Bridgman Taylor
Tower of London
Tauscher Arms Company
Krupp Gin Works
Essen
Germany
Wilson aid to wed heiress in White House romance
Miss Alice Gertrude Gordon, heiress and former ward of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, announced in New York her engagement to Dr. Cary T. Grayson, a Navy surgeon and president’s personal friend. Gordon is noted as a millionaire. her late husband was a famed bridge builder. This marks the fourth White House romance since Wilson took office.
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Washington
White House
Alice Gertrude Gordon
Woodrow Wilson
New York
Cary T. Grayson
United States Navy
Gordon
Bombs Kill Allied Troops in Saloniki Air Raids
Berlin reports two hundred English and French soldiers killed in German air raids on Saloniki March 30. The dispatch notes Allied losses amid ongoing World War II hostilities and lists Berlin as the source.
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Troopa
Berlin
Saloniki
Suicide shocks Chicago as two doctors die by actions
Edward P. Kings reports from Chicago that Dr J Cummings of Grand Haven Michigan poisoned himself after suffering mental strain and that his brother Edward P Cummings shot himself in a Stratford hotel. Police believe neither knew of the other's death and Cummings left two letters stating he did not want to be a burden.
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Chicago
Edward P. Kings
She Lansing
Mich
Stratford
Ji Cummings
Swas
Grand Haven
Doctor Cummings
E. P_ Cummings
Vember
Teachers’ Association of
Michize
Lanst
Mosths Cummings
Ing
de Mr. Cummings
Dartoza Beach
Cummings
Injo
R. S. Brown
Detroit
Grove
Verdun Drive: Germans Capture Malancourt in Fierce Assault
Paris reports German forces recaptured the fortified village of Malancourt near Verdun after heavy bombardment and multiple massed attacks. The French evacuated Malancourt and Bethincourt is now endangered, with about 20 000 German casualties cited in some estimates.
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London
Verdun
Meuse
Malancourt
German War Office
Bethincourt
Paris
Malatcourt
War Office
Shipgrounding Tragedy Near Hongkong Rescue Underway
A large Pacific passenger ship Miner Chiyo Maru ran aground in fog near Lem Islands south of Hongkong. Nine boats and a British destroyer sent to aid, rescuing seven passengers from San Francisco en route to Manila.
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Loma Islands
Hongkong
Shanghai
Lem Islands
San Francisco
Manila
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