Gen Villa Beaten Back at Torreon in Major Battle
Rebels under Villa were routed at Torreon with heavy losses. Federal troops under Maas and de Moure arrived from Saltillo to tip the balance. Villa entered Lerdo near Torreon but was driven out as federal artillery and cavalry pressed the retreat, with rebel dead and wounded estimated at two thousand.
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City of
Mexico
War Department
Villa
Torreon
Joaquin Maas
Javier de Moure
Saltillo
Lerdo
Valasco
Battle of Torreon Fights Shrink Constitutional Army
Telegrams from San Antonio say the constitutional army near Torreon has largely retreated. Estimates of casualties reach about 2000 as Villa blocks lines north of Torreda and through Chihuahua. Villa’s agents reportedly censored messages that did get through, officials believe.
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San Antonio
Tex
Torreon
Villa
Torreda
Chihuahua
Fighting at Gomez Continues Near Juarez Mexico
Officials in Juarez report ongoing fighting at Gomez Palacio as the Villa force battles for Torrecn. The status since Monday is unclear and a false ceasefire report suggested rebels had captured the town.
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Gomez
Juarez
Mexico
Villa
Torrecn
Gomez Palacio
Seely Blamed In Irish Army Crisis Dispatch
London reports reveal a cabinet statement on revolting Third cavalry officers. The documents show errors by Col. Seely, secretary of state for war, and Sir Arthur Paget, commander in Ireland, amid a disorderly Commons session.
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London
House of Commons
Col. Seely
Arthur Paget
Ireland
Bandit Suspect Linked to Rail Robbery Case
Greenville man John Radliffe was arrested in connection with a Queen and Crescent express and mail train robbery near Birmingham Alabama. He denies knowledge of the time. Bank books showing deposits totaling 24 000 dollars in Green Bay and Atlanta banks were found among his effects.
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Greenville
Dynamite Ship Blown Up Near Pearl Harbor
Honolulu reports an interisland teamer Baui blew up off Pearl Harbor with the crew presumed dead. Tugs have left a post to search the coast.
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Honolulu
Hawaiti
Interisland
Baui
Pearl Harbor
Coxey to Lead Army of IIile From Massillon
Cleveland reports President Wilson fears a new Coxey’s Army. It is said the marcher group will depart Massillon, Ohio, for Washington on April 16, echoing the 1894 protest led by Jacob Coxey. The plan mirrors the original movement that began years ago.
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Coxey
Town Prays for New Depot in Somerset, Pa
Residents of Somerset urge a new depot with a plea for action as Baltimore and Ohio railroad dials are cited. A campaign of cottage meetings and local advocacy is underway to push for the project.
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Renly
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Somerset
Ken
Robbers mistreatment case near Ville details
Report from an unspecified location describes two robbers punished by poured grease on a merchant Wil Lyles’s bare feet. The incident involved a store proprietor and occurred as part of an attempt to compel information or confession. Authorities are investigating the misdeed.
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Wil‘Lyles
British Officers Forged 10 Serve Ulster Crisis Shake
London. Mutiny in the British army over the Ulster crisis is described as being crushed with an iron hand. Col. J. E. B. Seely announces officers who resigned rather than go to Ulster have been ordered to rejoin their forces. Resignations were explained as misinterpreted orders and troops were moved only to protect government stores in Akater.
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London
Ulster
King George
House of Commons
J. E. B. Seely
Asquith
Ireland
War Office
Gough
Sixteenth Lancers
Fourth Hussars
Curragh
Seely
Aysquith
Akater
Severe Volcano Eruption On Suwanese Island Near Kyushu
A severe volcanic eruption on Suwanese Island south of Kyushu sent flames 500 feet above the crater. An expedition has been dispatched to provide relief to the 280 island inhabitants.
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Tokio
Suwanese Island
Kyushu
Electric Train Kills Portland Couple Near Estacada
George L. Michelle of Portland and Miss Essie Ellis of Salt Lake City were instantly killed on a trestle near Estacada as an electric train passed. Ellis tripped, foot caught in a crevice, and both victims died at the scene.
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Portland
Ore
George L. Michelle
Essie Ellis
Salt Lake City
Estacada
Ellis
Diamond Wedding Anniversary for 97 and 96 Year Pair
Freeport residents Mr and Mrs Thomas Sifer near Lanmark mark a diamond wedding anniversary. The couple, ages 97 and 96, have rarely been ill and will celebrate soon.
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Freeport, Sr
Thomas Sifer
Lanmark
Beggar boasts of 415 convictions in Eastbourne sentence
London. William Jeffray was sentenced to 14 days imprisonment in Eastbourne for begging. He boasted that he had been convicted 415 times and that 1,200 policemen had helped arrest him.
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London
Eastbourne
William Jeffray
Cannibals fatally harm six teachers in Malekula area
Natives north of Malekula Island in the New Hebrides killed and ate six teachers from the Walia Island mission station. The attack highlights dangers faced by mission personnel in the region.
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Sydney
S. W
Malekula Island
New Hebrides
Walia Island
Louvre Papyrus Missing From Paris Museum
A rare Egyptian papyrus once donated to the Louvre in 1887 by Egyptologist Adolphe Cattani has vanished from the Paris museum, triggering a search for the valuable artifact.
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Louvre
Paris
Museum
Adolphe Cattani
Four Train Wreck Attempts Hit Olympia Special
Four attempts to wreck the Olympia Special, a premier Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad train, have been reported within a few weeks, signaling a pattern of interference with the service and raising safety concerns for passengers and crews.
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Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Roosevelt Expedition Mysteriously Reaches Brazil Narrows
Anthony Fiala reports from San Tarem Brazil that the Roosevelt expedition has lost equipment and specimens in rapids of a tributary of the Amazon. Five Americans are in the party including Col Theodore Roosevelt and his son Kermit with museum curator George Cherrie. The Rio Durvata or River of Doubt is the target of their explorations.
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New York
Anthony Fiala
Brooklyn
Theodore Roosevelt
Brazil
Manaes
Amazon
San Tarem
Pernambuco
St. Vincent
Azores
Amazon River
Roosevelt
Mr. Fiala
Fiala
Tapirapoan
Matto Grosso
Frank M. Chapman
American Museum of Natural History
Col. Roosevelt
25,000 Soldiers at Ulster Quiet Amid Guarded Province
Ulster remains orderly as 25,000 troops maintain security in Belfast and surrounding areas with no disorder reported. Government forces surpass 265,000 in the province while officers’ desertions trigger jubilation among provisional government officials and followers. Curragh depots and other Irish military sites monitored via secret correspondence.
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Ulster
Belfast
Edward Carson
Provisional Government
Curragh
Ireland
Rebels Ready to Strike Near Torreon
El Paso reports Pancho Villa and his rebel forces pushed federal defenders back toward their final base. Villa’s advance guard sits at Brittingham Junction, six miles from Gomez Paracio, a Torreon suburb, as the main army moves up.
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el Paso
Tex
Pancho Villa
Torreon
Brittingham Junction
Gomez Paracio
Villa
Hope for Early Action in Congress on Anti-Trust Bills
Democratic leaders in both houses plan to expedite committee consideration of the anti-trust bills so they can move swiftly to passage as soon as the tolls repeal measure is settled.
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Washington
Dokrris Motor Car Company
Mfrs
Laclede Avenue
St. Louis
Missouri
Paris Sensation as Aphrodite Nude Actress Stuns Stage
The first production of Pierre Louy's Aphrodite at the Renaissance theater featured a totally nude woman in the final scene, creating a dramatic and controversial moment for the Paris audience.
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Paris
Pierre Louy
Aphrodite
Mote
Wilson the Man Asks Simple Life and Freedom in Public
Washington reports Woodrow Wilson told the National Press Club he feels confused by identity as president and struggles to be free of official restraints. He said he borrows brains, dislikes heavy precedents, and when hosting at home, he slips out of the presidency to be a gentleman away from reporters and curators.
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National Press Club
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
National Press Club of
United States
Newlands
Blooming
Earth Swallows Two Miners at Shenandoah Colliery
Pottsville report says earth opened swallowing two miners and a work shanty at Kehley Run Colliery Shenandoah Pennsylvania. No trace of men or building found. they may have dropped 500 feet.
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Pottsville
Cuntain
Kehley Run
Shenandoah
Three Die in Ardmore Gas Explosion Fire
A gas explosion in Ardmore Oklahoma caused a fatal fire that burned three people to death. Two others were seriously injured. The deceased are Mrs Dora Murphy Corrine Murphy and her daughter and Miss Mabel Cutts.
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Ardmore
Dora Murphy
Corrine Murphy
Mabel Cutts
Woman Remarries Twice After Divorce Decree
In Clayton Missouri a 1912 divorce decree for Mrs Myrtle Beatley was set aside, revealing she had two husbands. The decree had allowed Beatley to marry J E Schertz, while her first husband Lew S Beatley remained legally her spouse according to the time’s records.
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Clayton
Myrtle Beatley
J. E. Schertz
Old Road Caves in Two Dead Near Brandonville
A section of the public road near Brandonville caved into an old mine. Two people are reported dead in the collapse.
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Old Road
Pottsville
Brandonville
Final Answer Sparks Hope In Bereaved Suitor
Henry argues for commitment to Genevieve Stubbles as her uncle died leaving him homeless and penniless. Genevieve voices tenderness and asks for time to think, then confesses her affection, and Henry collapses from shock as she faints.
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Miss Stubbles
Henry
The Two Kinds of Curiosity Quoted by Dr Williams
Dr Talcott Williams of Columbia School of Journalism said at a luncheon that sensational newspapers are dying. He cited editors who defended sensationalism as natural curiosity and contrasted two kinds of curiosity. One uses the brain, the other the nose.
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Talcott Williams
Columbia School of Journalism
City Papers Definition Sparks Classroom Debate
In a playful city edition, a teacher asks what a pedestrian is while a student lectures on safety, turning a simple term into a neighborhood discussion about road awareness and pedestrian rights.
Truth About Grape-Nuts Food Promoted By Personal Testimony
A New York man shares a personal experience with Grape-Nuts revealing relief from stomach acidity and improved appetite after two weeks on the cereal, with Postum and fruit. He notes earlier breakfast had included oatmeal and meat and urges readers to consider direct experience over hearsay. The testimonial is attributed to Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan.
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N. Y
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Hyer
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