French Lose A Hill West Of The Meuse In Verdun Drive
German forces press west of the Meuse gaining a foothold on a hill near Malancourt amid violent artillery and infantry bombardment. French barrier fire slows the attackers though Malancourt wood suffers heavy shelling. Prisoners rise to 2,944 with 58 officers. aeroplanes duel above Verdun as Yuan Shi Kai abandons monarchy in China, resuming presidency.
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Malancourt Wood
Four de Paria
la Fille Morte
Lieut
Bolke
London
Meuse
Haucourt
Malancourt
Avoecourt Wood
Noerthsaat
Verdun
Douaumoar
Algeria
Matancourt
Tas Honda
Va- 14
Voule de Parla la Fille Morte
Montfaurcon
Kooont Woola
Toe Parla
Paris
Foris
Argonne
Four de Paris
la Fille Meera
Montfaucon
Nant Va
Haute Chevauches
Thatlermany
Or Front
Frerman
Nendo
Ding
Avecourt
Yuan Shi Kai
State Council
Senate
China
Far East
Presa
Russians Make Gains in Northwest Front as Berlin Reports Heavy Losses
Russian forces push deeper into northwest Russia with day and night fighting north of Postavy. Berlin reports Russians suffered extraordinarily high losses while breaking through three lines of German trenches near Lake Narocz. An unofficial Rome source claims Czernowitz, Bukovina’s capital, may have fallen to Austrians.
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London
Russia
Postavy
Berlin
Lake
Narocz
Rome
Czernowita
Bukowina
Fire Sweeps Two Cities in Mexico Crisis Fears Rise
A massive Augusta Georgia blaze destroys the heart of the city wrecking eight million dollars in property including the Dyer building and cotton warehouses. In Nashville a blaze started by a boy's lighted yarn leaves 600 homes destroyed and 3,000 homeless with losses of about 1.6 million. Reinforcements rush from Atlanta and Savannah as fear grows over Villa Herrera alliance and U.S. forces near the Mexican border.
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Nashville
Augusta
Dyer
Broad Street
Union Bank
Augusta Chronicle
Herald
Broad
Jackson Streets
Macon
Columbia
Savannah
Charleston
Atlanta
Savastock
Mecon
Cotton Exchange
Board of Trade
Reynolds Street
Union Savings Bank
Postal Telegraph Company
John J. Evans
Empire Life
Western Union
Chronicle
Augusta Trunk Factory
Augusta Herald
Commercial Club
Irish- American Bank
Masonic Temple
Citizens’ and Southern Bank
Savannah Citizens
Southern Bank
Planters Loan and Trust Company
Woodlawn Christian Church
Woodland Presbyterian Church
St. Columba Church
First Baptisl
First Presbyterian Church
Louisville and Nashville
Boy
Tenn
East Nashville
Big Warner
Chattanooga
Girl Rider Shot Near Elizabethtown Kentucky
Miss Eva Gregory an 18 year old Elizabethtown resident was shot dead on a road near her home as she rode home from Solway. Her father heard the shot in the yard and found her riderless horse nearby. Bloodhounds were reported to be on the trail as officials search for a motive and the assailant.
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Elizabethtown
Washington Post
Lexington
Eva Gregory
Steve Gregory
Solway
Miss Gregory
Gregory
Only Seven Regiments Left in U S for Service in Mexico
Exclusive of reinforcements ordered for Gen Funston yesterday and the coast artillery and staff corps there are left in the United States only seven mobile organizations available for service. They are Second cavalry Fort Ethan Allen Vermont Third infantry Madison barracks New York and Fort Ontario New York Fourteenth infantry One battalion at Fort Lawton Washington Twenty-first infantry Vancouver barracks Washington Thirtieth infantry Plattsburg barracks New York Fifth field artillery with the exception of one battery Fort Sill Oklahoma Third field artillery Three batteries at Fort Myer Virginia Every other mobile organization in the army is now in Mexico on the border or in foreign service.
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Funston
Coast Artillery and Staff Corps
United States
Second Cavalry
Fort Ethan Allen
Third Infantry
Madison Barracks
N. Y
Fort Ontario
Fourteenth Infantry
Fort Lawton
Wash
Twenty-first Infantry
Vancouver Barracks
Plattsburg Barracks
Fifth Field Artillery
Garrison at Juarez Reported in Revolt
El Paso March 22 Brig Gen George Bell Jr extended censorship to news dispatches from El Paso deeming them incendiary He said no advance information on preparations would be allowed and he investigated reports that the Carranza garrison at Juarez had deserted to the Villa cause He ordered commercial telegraph companies to submit dispatches on El Paso defenses to military authorities.
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el Paso
Tex
George Bell, Jr
Bell
Carranza
Juarez
Torreon
Villa
Carranzista Garrizons
Andreas Garcia
Gavira
Herrerk Command
Rio San Pedro
Chihuahua
Villista
Fort Bliss
Beltran
Herrera
Mexico
Brother of Herrera Arrested in El Paso
Macardo Herrera, brother of Luis Herrera, was arrested in Juarez El Paso after returning from a two hour conference with Gen Gavira. Capt. Hall of the city police said Herrera refused to make any further statement about the arrest.
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Carranza General
Juarez
el Paso
Tex
Cano Joins Villa In Fighting Invaders
A report from Paso Texas dated March 22 says Col Cano, earlier described by Carranza as fighting Villa near Namiquipa, joined Villa after a parley in which Villa urged bandit unity against foreign invaders. The New York Tribune published the account this morning.
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Carranza
Washington Post
New York
New York Tribune
Fi Paso
Texas
Col
Cano
Carranziatas
Villa
Namiquipa
Refuses to salute flag leads to nine year sentence
Des Moines, March 22. Hubert Eaves, colored, 11, was taken from public schools and sentenced to nine years in the state reformatory by District Judge C A Dudley for refusing to salute the flag. After a private hearing the court suspended the sentence and paroled him to his parents on condition of enrollment in a private school meeting Iowa education requirements.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hubert Eaves
State Reformatory
C. A. Dudley
Index to Today's Issue Page i French Lose Hill Near Verdun
War and political notes from the front and capital mix with local briefs. Headlines reference Verdun losses, Mexican crisis fears, troop movements, bond seizures, and political choices. Other items touch on banking, naval actions, social scenes, and local news briefs.
DODD S MEN HIT VILLA AMERICANS LOSE TWO SCOUTS
United States forces under Col. George A. Dodd engage Villa’s band 80 miles southeast of Casas Grandes. Reports say two U S scouts and 81 Villistas killed. Dodd’s troops include two cavalry squadrons and a field artillery battery. Villa conferences with Col. Cano as Carranza forces mass in Chihuahua. News from El Paso notes growing anxiety and shifting loyalties as Carranza positions move northward.
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International News Service
el Paso
Tex
Courier
Mexican Federal Telegraph
United States
Y Villa
Casas Grandes
Seventh Cavalry
Fourth Field Artillery
George A. Dodd
Villa
Col
Cano
Carranza
Paris Fire Leaves 8000 Homeless In Texas Disaster
Paris Texas residents face total loss after a devastating blaze. About 8000 people are left homeless with property damage estimated at 16 million dollars. Three fatalities are confirmed and another person remains missing. Relief efforts include incoming trains with provisions and tents. A mass meeting raised 17,000 for local relief.
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Paris
Tex
John Stroub
W. J. Bailey
A. G. Paul
King's Friend a Bankrupt in War Beset
London March 22 George Cornwallis West intimate friend of the late King Edward declared bankrupt in court with liabilities of 79440 dollars and assets of 4010 dollars.
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Washington Post
London
George Cornwallis West
King Edward
Ita
Funston Receives First Front Report From Pershing
Gen. Funston, in San Antonio, received a 60 hour old front report from Gen. Pershing. It cites Villa Carranza fighting near Namaquipa and notes Herrera has renounced Carranza for Villa with 2,000 troops in west Chihuahua. Herrera may gain local peasant support, signaling a potential shift in pursuit of Villa and a more complex international situation.
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Herrera
Pershing
San Antonio
Tex
Funston
Carranza
Chihuahua
Villa
El Paso street cars halted amid border unrest
El Paso Texas March 22 street cars between El Paso and Juarez were stopped on military advice. Capt Hall of the El Paso detective force said troops were stationed nearby. Carranza officials doubted Herrera’s revolt reports, while observers linked the disturbance to wire service cuts and possible Pershing Funston communications.
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Texas
Juarez
LL L Hall
Yerrera
Casas Grandés
Juares
Torreon
Ojinaga
Preatdio
Tex
Cassas Grandes
Gén. Pershing
Funston
Herrera
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