Carranza warns Pershing as Villa death rumor grows
Carranza military authorities warn Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing that further expedition advances into southern Chihuahua could provoke trouble. White House seeks definite proof of Villa's death, urging Americans in position to identify him, while officials weigh withdrawal amid German consulate influence and new troop movements.
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Washington, D. C
Chihuabhua
John J. Pershing
Mexico
Frederick H. Funston
Pershing
Villa
White House
Carranza
State
War Department
Loth
Teport
Parral
Frank Tompkins
SSS T Io
Mawson Returns Home Discusses Shackleton Rescue
Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson, arriving in San Francisco on the way to London, says Shackleton’s party may be marooned with a rescue expedition urged to Admiralty. Ice on Great Lakes near Keweenaw Point breaks up amid a gale.
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Shackelton
San Francisco
Calif
Douglas Mawson
Australia
London
War Office
Robert Shackleton
Antarctic
Douglas
Great Lakes
Calumet
Keweenaw Point
Wilson for Senate Sugar Bill Postponement
Washington reports President Wilson supports the Senate bill delaying sugar on the free list until 1920, preferring this over the House plan to indefinitely postpone. Also noted are very severe earthquakes recorded in Georgetown University seismographs beginning at 11 30 a m and continuing all day.
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Wilson
Senate
Washington
House
Washngton
Georgetown University
Bulgarian Spy Executed in Salonika
A Bulgarian convicted of espionage was executed in Salonika amid war tensions. Another Bulgarian awaits trial as authorities report they were caught spying on Allied forces.
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Salonika
Gary marks 10th birthday amid city’s rough start
Gary Indiana celebrates its tenth anniversary as a city. It notes that on April 19, 1906, the unloading of a car of cinders began Gary, a town then with about 45,000 inhabitants. The milestone reflects the community’s early industrial growth.
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Gary
Ind
Gary Ind
Chinese Labor in France Organization Aims Chinese Labor
Paris reports an organization formed in France to employ Chinese labor across agriculture and industry due to labor shortages. The note highlights efforts to recruit Chinese workers for various lines of work amid ongoing shortages and economic needs.
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France
Paris
Pershing Leads Largest Cavalry Force in Villa Hunt
Gen Pershing’s expedition concentrates 650 cavalry at Santa Cruz ranch north of Parral as efforts to kill or capture Pancho Villa continue. Reports say Villa’s body may have been found near Juarez but identity unsure. communication lines broken and opposition grows. German consul rumored to fuel tensions between civilians and Carranza troops.
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Pershing
Pancho Villa
Santa Cruz Ranch
Parral
Chihuahua City
Villa
Carranza
Chihuahua
el Paso
Tex
Gavira
Juarez
Pearson
Francisco Villa
Trade Bureau Establishes Bureaus in Bucharest and Berlin
The Germany Romania trade agreement creates a selling bureau in Bucharest and a buying bureau in Berlin to exchange statistics on exports and imports of goods.
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Berlin
Germany
Romania
Bucharest
Transatlantic Line Planned From Vigo to New York
The Imparcial cites official sources claiming a new Vigo to New York transatlantic line will be launched soon, signaling expansion in Atlantic shipping and European connections. The report frames Madrid as a source hub for the impending project.
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Madrid
Imparcial
Vigo
Spain
New York
Augusta Ga Fire Damages Downtown Section
A blaze in downtown Augusta Georgia caused about 100000 dollars in damage. The fire occurred near the area previously devastated by the March 22 disaster and threatens nearby principal buildings.
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Augusta
Cost of each primary vote in Chicago estimated
Chicago figures put the price of the presidential primaries at about 700000 dollars total, averaging roughly 2.80 dollars per vote. The estimate reflects turnout and expenses for the machinery, polls, and administration of the primary.
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Chicago
Wreck on New Haven kills eight, injures 35
A rear collision on the New Haven line at Bradford Rhode Island involves the Gilt Edge express crashing into a local on a siding. Eight persons are dead and 35 injured in the crash, prompting emergency response and investigations.
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New Haven
Bradford
R. I
New Haven R. R
Immigration Bill Reported by House to Senate for Passage
The house immigration bill including the literacy test was reported to the senate with a recommendation that it pass. The report signals movement on the contested measure in a period of debate over immigration policy.
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Washington
Senate
Crowds Celebrate Carranza Parade in Mexico City
Ten thousand people joined the streets of Mexico City to cheer Gen. Carranza. Labor unions fraternal societies and students took part in the celebratory parade.
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Carranza
Mexico City
Gen
Former Gov Peck Dies in Milwaukee at 75
Milwaukee Wisconsin George W Peck aged 75 former governor of Wisconsin died here after a short illness. Before his public life Peck gained national fame as a writer of humorous tales his best known work being Peck's Bad Boy.
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Peck
Milwaukee
Wis
George W. Peck
Wisconsin
Woman kills Hinds Man in Champaign home
Ray Ludwig was shot and killed by Mrs. Toots Mul MN when he tried to break down her North Walnut street door. The incident occurred in Champaign Illinois as authorities investigated the fatal shooting.
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Hinds
Champaign
Ray Ludwig
Toots
Mul- Mn
North Walnut Street
War Lifts Bible Prices Amid War Cost Pressures
The price of Bibles has risen and is expected to continue increasing as costs for paper ink leather and glue climb due to the war.
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New York
Senate Acts on Gasoline Bill in Washington
Senator Martine's preamble to a resolution deploring rising gasoline prices and labeling Standard Oil Co. as a trust was adopted by the senate. The resolution's body had been approved last week.
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Senate
Washington
Martine
Standard Oil Co
Message of Hope on Easter and the stone rolled away
A religious meditation by Rev. John Brittan Clark reflecting on Easter, the tomb, and the belief that death is the beginning of greater life. It contrasts sorrow with hope, notes Jesus sorrowed, and likens reunion with loved ones to a homecoming at a pier.
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Jesus
Calvary
Christ
Eastertide Promise of Immortality and Victory
A sermon-style meditation on Easter faith, describing immortality as already near and the soul’s ascent toward heaven. It evokes Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection, the thief at the cross, and the rolling of the stone as a metaphor for liberation from death. The piece likens eternal life to a heavenly tune heard briefly in the heart.
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Christ
Paradise
Heaven
Earth
Message of Easter Proclaims Hope Across the World
ASTER proclaims its message to the world as nature awakens on Easter. The rising sun and blooming scenery inspire joy in man and a call to press on despite life’s trials. Albert M. Ewart reflects on Enaster’s world message and the spiritual renewal of spring.
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Aster
Enaster
Albert M. Ewart
U S Men Unarmed in Parral Attack
In Parral Mexican forces fired on unarmed Americans. Forty troopers entered the town to buy supplies, two were killed and the rest retreated. The pursuing attackers met machine gun fire from the Americans, killing about forty Mexicans. Carranza calls for withdrawal and criticizes current method. San Antonio dispatch.
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San Antonio
Tex
Parral
Chihuahua
Funston
Mexico insists on 1000 cavalry for U S punitive expedition
Mexico's Subsecretary of Foreign Relations Juan Neftali Amador declares the government will demand that any U S armed incursion into Mexican territory be limited to 1000 men of cavalry only. Mexico rejects heavy artillery and slow infantry as illogical and opposes treating the expedition as exceptional, warning of domestic and international risk from such incursions.
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Mexico City
United States
Juan Neftali Amador
Washington State Department
Mexico
Washington
Girl Robbed of Payroll at New Haven Office
Miss Francis I. Martin a bookkeeper for Pflaghar Hardware Specialty Co in New Haven was held up by an unidentified man at the company entrance and robbed of $3090 payroll she carried in a satchel. The thief fled and no arrest was reported.
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New Haven
Conn
Francis I. Martin
Pflaghar Hardware Specialty Co
Rifle Set to Kill Landlord in Tulsa Farm Eviction
A loaded rifle aimed at a door was sabotaged by a severed trigger string to prevent a discharge. Edward Page, brother of philanthropist Charles Page, visited a farm near Tulsa to evict a tenant when the accident was averted.
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Tulsa
Edward Page
Charles Page
Here
Mexican Bandits to Be Hanged in Brownsville
Jose Buenrostro and Melquiades Chapa were found guilty of murder in Brownsville Texas and a jury imposed the death penalty as punishment.
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Brownsville
Tex
Jose Buenrostro
Melquiades Chapa
Treasury orders seizure of prize fight pictures in New York
The Treasury Department notified Dudley Field Malone, New York collector of customs, to seize the Johnson Willard prize fight photographs currently on display in New York.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Dudley Field Malone
New York
Eighty Allied ships sunk in March by German subs
Berlin reports that eighty enemy merchant ships totaling about 107000 tons were sunk in March by German submarines or mines. The official tally lists the ships as part of the maritime war effort, reflecting ongoing losses to Allied commerce.
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Berlin
Canton Troops Clash With Rebels at Canton China
Government troops and revolutionists clashed in Canton as soldiers resisted the rebels landing. Casualties numbered about 30.
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Canton
Hongkong
China
Wage boost at Standard Oil Whiting plant in Indiana
Chicago dispatch reports Standard Oil Co raised wages by 10 percent for 3,600 workers at the Whiting Indiana plant. The voluntary increase covers all wage scales and aims to boost earnings amid rising costs.
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Standard Oil Co
Chicago
Whiting, Ind
Lesson on Easter Gospel and Resurrection Facts
April lesson text reviews I Corinthians 15 1 28 focusing on the resurrection as the core gospel The speaker notes the incarnation passion and resurrection as essential and details witnesses to the risen Christ Peter the apostles five hundred James and others The section argues that Christ s resurrection proves the future resurrection and the power of God unto salvation through faith
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Jesus
Galilee
Paul
Christ
John
Peter
Judas
Thomas
James
Jerusalem
Corinthians
Paul W
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