U S Troops Break Villa Band in 17 Hour Chase
Four hundred American cavalry under Col George A Dodd attacked Francisco Villa's camp at San Geronimo Ranch after a 55 mile pursuit down the Santa Marta River valley. Villa wounded, fled. 31 bandits dead including Gen Eliseo Hernandez. four American troopers wounded. Villa's power described as broken, with death or capture likely days away.
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Dodd
San Geronimo Ranch
Hernandez
Villa
George A Dodd
Aftat Continental Divide
Francisco Villa
Thountain
Juarez
Inta Marta
Viila
Guerrero
Han Lita
Rosade
Sattea
Col Dodd
Santa Maria Ftvar
Vila
Esatta
da Cantitla
Ita Ynabel
United
Aoa
Ostateamwepft
Hoop
Mexicati
Anurceaa
Neor
Ita
Border Uneasy As 12 000 Soldiers Gather Near Border
AP reports Mexican forces north toward the Arizona line. Units from Agua Prieta march west toward Naco while 406 infantry move out and 1000 cavalry briefly arrive then vanish. Estimates place 5000 to 12000 troops in the Moctezuma Campas Nacozari area with 6000 more near Caballona. Some officers say they are told to minimize numbers and avoid exaggeration. A Yaqui River expeditionary unit is withdrawn from the mountains near Nogales.
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Associated Press
Deouglas
Aris
Arizona
Agua Prieta
Naco
Jesus Aguirrs
Caballona
Paasengera
Nacozari
Arnulfo Gomez
Esqueda
Moctezuma-Campas
Nacezari
Yaqui
Fearful Pirate Stowaway Captivity Sparks Berlin Plot Claims
Lewes Delaware March 31 detective move to transfer Ernest Schiller the German stowaway pirate who seized the Matoppo and terrorized her crew to New York amid fears of rescue attempts. Schiller described revenge against England for his arrest as a spy and claimed not all conspirators were German. He urged protection from British authorities and detailed his path from Hull to the United States. London reports a separate Zeppelin raid on eastern England with about ninety bombs and other allied air activity over Italy and Lemnos with multiple aircraft.
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Lewes
Del
Ernest Schiller
High Seas
Schiller
Harrington
New York
Tuatige
Peace Register
Reiss
Mesaick
Justice Hegister
England
Pals
London
Washington Post
Theodore Roosevelt
Elihu Root
Robert Eaton
France
Root
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Leonard Wood
Col. Roosevelt
Mr. Root
Senator Lodge
Roosevelt
Old Guard
Wen
Chicago
United Party
Col Roosevelt
Taft
Wrangling on Waite murder case links to Kane fund burying
A detective and embalmers aide unearthed a roll of bills buried under a Long Island tree amid the John E. Peck murder case. The hoard counted $7,800, with Waite claiming a check for $8,400 was also given. District Attorney Swann planned further action as indictments loom.
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New York
Long Island
Eugene Oliver Kane
Arthur Warren Walte
Waite
John E. Peck
Grand Rapids
Edward Swann
Kane
Waites
John Cuniffe
Orient Point
Greenport
Mafi
Swann
Submarine Campaign Is Unchanged Says Germany
The German government clarifies submarine warfare policy to neutral states via the Netherlands. German naval forces will still refrain from attacking neutral vessels unless they resist examination, with clearer rules for armed merchantmen. A Reuters copy from The Hague dated March 29 summarizes the notice.
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London
Netherlands
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Reuter
The
Hague
British Losses in March Total 20,424 Men Reported
London report cites British casualties for March as 20,424 men and 1,107 officers, with 18,817 other ranks. Figures drawn from official lists reflect continued wartime losses.
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London
Verdun Seen by Visitor as Center of 6000 Guns and Million Men
A visiting correspondent portrays Verdun as the hub of 6000 rival guns and a million fighting men. Shells exchange hourly as the Crown Prince's army advances slowly yet steadily, with French defense praised and prisoners shown in high spirits. The landscape is described as ridged and scarred by relentless artillery, with evacuation looming as enemy pressure mounts.
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Verdun
Crown Prince
Berlin
Amsterdam
Meuse
Verdun Panoramic View Shows Mighty German Advance
Reporter from the Meuse region describes a sweeping German assault north of Verdun. He notes Dead Man Hill and Fortresses such as Mort Homme, the Crown Forest, and details of No. 304 strong position as shells rain on French defenses. The battle involves about a million troops and thousands of guns in a 40 mile arc.
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Forges
Crown’ Forest
Bolsa Des Gorbeaux
Mort Homme
Dead Man Hill
Dead Men Hill
Verdun
Meuse
St. Mihiel
Ayocourt
U S Code Notes Read Guard Neutral Rights Send Protest
Berlin reports diplomats protest to State Department over ties to a diplomatic code. Secret dispatches, even naval ones, may be read by belligerents, officials warn. A stolen American codes book in the Balkans raises fears of broader access. Navy reports show a secret observer missive opened in Washington. Submarine debates dominate Reichstag as Socialists purge seceders and defend naval liberty amid wartime needs.
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Balkans
State Department
Washington
Navy
Carl W. Ackerman
United Press
Berlin
Gerard and Penfield
van Dyke
Hague
United States
Department
Secret Service
Navy Department
Germany
London
Swiss town bombarded by unknown planes
In Berne on March 31 two keroplanes of unknown nationality dropped five large bombs at dawn on the Swiss village of Porentruy near the French frontier. Some property damage reported.
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Berne
Switzerland
Porentruy
U S Troops Rout Villa In Page One Entry
In today’s index items reported U S troops rout Villa forces, with additional notes on inquiries at Berlin and awaiting U-boat date. Other items mention Fourth District civil service and editorial comments, along with social notices and racing results.
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U. S
Villa
Britain
T R
Root
Mouse Town
U .S
Berlin
Sutton
News of
Alexandria
City News
Meuse Town Taken French Save Hill Verdun
German forces under Crown Prince drive from east to west across the Meuse and seize Malancourt near Verdun after an all night battle. French reserves and Avocourt woods defense halted a full-scale assault while the Kaiser deploys about 560,000 men on the Verdun front in a bid to break through.
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Malancourt
Bethinco Salient
Avocourt
Aaiser
London
Meuse
Verdun
Teuton
Ware
Avecourt Woods
Crown Princea Verdun
Esnea
Cheppy
Pass Verdun
Kaiser
Avodéurt
Paris
Champagne
Ste Marie An
Tahure
Argonne
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Pablo Lopes
Leutenant
Randita
Austined
Carranza
Airvt. A
U.S
Harry Schiller
Lodge
Gen. Wood
Robert Bacon
North Sea
Dif
Colonisl
George W. Perkins
Matoppo
Moene
Appam
Hull
Scittler
Great Britain
America
Danbury
New Haven
Bridgeport
Aeros
Venice
Verona
Turk Fliers
Lemnos
Iaierent
Italy
Rome
Pordenone
War Office
Piave Bridge
Tagliamonte
Mestre Valley
Parks Shell Lemgod
Constantinople
Mudros
Horton
Col. Hoosevelt
Georges W.perkins
Mr Perkins
Walter Brown
Ohio
T O Disney
Oklahoma
Henry Allen
Kansas
William Hamlin Childs
Brooklyn
Meditt McCormick
Horace S&s. Wilkinson
Syracuse
Henry L. Stoddard
Perkins
Progressive Conference
Bacon
Organizationa Actin
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Perkins
Karl H. Wiegand
New York World
Heroe Defenas
Gerard, Penfield and
Lansing
Socialist Party
Tuckerton
Meuse Town
Dead Man
Nicht
Verdun Road
Tub Cde
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