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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1916
Page
1
Reports from Paris and Petrograd describe German bombardment plans and new divisions sent toward Verdun while French and Italian fronts press counteractions. In Verdun the French claim heavy German bombardment preparations and local gains canceled by stubborn defense as Allied guns answer with heavy artillery.
Reports from overseas agencies indicate rioting spread in Ireland with widespread street fighting in several towns. Military authorities are said to have taken control in strategic areas and suppressed local press as order attempts continue to take hold.
The submarine attacked the steamer carrying Lord Kelmsford the new viceroy of India, his wife, and four daughters, as it made a call for his new post. The attack was unsuccessful.
A tentative decision to inform Germany that the United States deems it violated pledges in the submarine dispute was discussed. The note will not be an ultimatum and no action will be taken until all facts are gathered. Key officials expect a White House State Department and congressional briefing within 48 hours.
Dispatches from Johannesburg report 190 persons convicted and sentenced for involvement in Madagascar poison plots last year. About 40 were imprisoned for two years to life, while the rest received banishment terms from two to twenty years.
The index lists a germane plan new drive in the Sussex case with references to Carranza and Parral incidents. It includes mentions of a Carranza envoy headed for Japan and a note on limiting DU military actions.
London reports British defeat of Turkish forces on the Tigris with Turks driven back from 11-2 miles to 3 miles. Public mood optimistic for relief of Gen Townshend at Kut el Amara as floods aid British operations and a war office note confirms 3,000 British dead in the April 7 Irak front battle.
First Chief seizes railroads for troop movements. An ammunition train with 27 motor trucks departs Columbus for a Mexican base on 20 minutes notice. Mounted militia divisions in Texas Arizona and New Mexico have received secret orders to prepare for border service.
El Paso April 14 report on U S strategy shows no new orders to Funston. Wilson cabinet weighs Carranza note while Gen Pershing concentrates forces near Parral. Senator Stone argues only alternative is intervention and withdrawal would follow a decisive Carranza showing.
International dispatches report 19 mariners drowned when British vessels Chic and Inversion were sunk by submarines. Orlock Head struck, Primus reported lost. 27 crewmen from Inversion landed at Queenstown. An American on Inversion is identified as William Loss. Chic, formerly Camperdown, 3087 tons, home port Cardiff, last sailing from Boston to England. Vega crew saved at Palma by Jaime II. Also notes Pershing front in Chihuahua with a small engagement against Villa forces, no American fatalities. Baltimore service ad and other brief items accompany.
Reports from El Paso describe conflicting accounts of clashes between U S troops and Mexicans at Parral. Two American soldiers were shot dead, with varying claims of massacres and scattered fighting as Carranza forces worked to restore order. An air reconnaissance flight covered 310 miles without locating bandits or Gomez forces.
Secretary Baker rushed to the White House after 11 pm to meet President Wilson following a decoded telegram from Gen. Funston. He refused to discuss the contents or confirm whether it related to Parral fighting or Pershing movements, citing ongoing information and rumors about a second Parral battle. Baker carried an important update on the Mexico situation.
Persistent rumor from Columbus sources and investigators in El Paso claim a second clash occurred near Parral with United States cavalry suffering serious losses. Censorship tight in Columbus as Carranza officials control Mexican telegraph lines and block information.
Barbed wire entanglements have been thrown up by American soldiers at Colonia Dublan Ascension and Boca Grandes along with additional trenches and small rifle pits. General Gomez with 4000 Carranza troops four artillery pieces and twelve machine guns was reported a few miles west of the border town as unofficial reports filtered in from the supply route between Casas Grandes and Ascension.
Douglas Arizona April 14 The State Department issued a permit to the de facto Mexican government to pass 1,000,000 rounds of small arm ammunition from Fougial across the Agua Prieta during the next few days. The ammunition is now en route to the border.
First Chief Carranza and foreign relations officials advocate a strict cap on invading forces. Subsecretary Amador says punitive moves must be limited to 1,000 cavalry, decrying heavy artillery and slow infantry as illogical and inflaming the border crisis. He cites the Parral incident and warns that U.S. actions risk international complications while stressing friendship with the United States.
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