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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1916
Page
1
The report notes that a final decision hasn’t been reached and the resident has taken no action regarding Carrazal. Authorities or officials have not provided a concrete outcome or timeline, leaving the matter unresolved.
Washington notes show both the United States and the Carranza government seeking to limit the Carrizal clash impact. Pershing hunts for details from the Tenth Cavalry as war talk and peace hopes mingle. Mazatlan and diplomatic cables shape potential responses while President Wilson awaits army reports.
Fragmented scraps report a broad array of items from a Mormon scout's account of a fight to floods and Carranza encouragement, plus theater openings, divorce cases, jail mentions, and mining and sports notes.
June 22 reports sent from the War Department show orders to mobilize the first 6 000 guardsmen for federal service, with 5 000 to the western department led by General Barry in Chicago and General Bell in San Francisco. Inquiries to state governors accompany the moves while eastern and southern departments wait for allocation.
Chihuahua City June 22 The 17 American soldiers, negro troopers of the Tenth Cavalry captured at Carrizal were brought here with Lem H Spillsbury a Mormon scout. Capt Boyd commanded the detachment and was among the killed. Moore wounded, Adair mortally, and 11 negroes lay dead on the field. Trevino says Pershing warned him not to move and four more negroes and a white American have since been captured.
In Naco Arizona June 22 William Mumphrey a watchman at the Neco water plant was exonerated by a coroner's jury for killing one US soldier and wounding five others as they approached the plant at 2 AM He testified he could not identify uniforms and believed the troops were bandits The incident followed his firing on the advancing contingent preparing to change guard.
Special dispatch from Great Falls reports that except for the Billings branch, all Great Northern lines out of the city were halted by slides, washouts, and damaged bridges. Trains from Butte and Helena detoured or held, bridges near Collins and Ma Has unsafe, and a Havre line slide blocked service. Rivers rise then recede as Sun and Missouri waters affect the region. Knights of the Khorassan assembly postponed to July 15 due to railroad troubles.
Brownsville Texas June 22 customs officials moved to stop railroad rolling stock from entering Mexico via Matamoros to prevent equipment from falling into Mexican hands. The action followed orders from the war department and reflects wartime control of critical transport assets.
Washington dispatch describes alleged German encouragement to General Carranza and de facto authorities in Mexico opposing U S troop presence. Moral rather than material aid is claimed. German subjects enjoy protection as Americans maneuver to protect property. Mentioned figures include Capt Franz von Rintelen, Frederico, Andrew C. Meloy, and Stallforth, with grand jury testimony cited on Von Rintelen’s activities and a false passport indictment.
Armed guards protect strike breakers at three points on the San Francisco waterfront as the general longshoremen's strike resumes at Pacific ports. The Water Front Employers' union says it will deploy enough strike breakers in San Francisco within three hours to handle all port shipping.
Kansas City dispatch reports Cananea Consolidated Copper Co property worth 60 million dollars has been placed under protection by Cananea municipal authorities in Sonora. An American concern, the company’s assets are safeguarded as all American employees have crossed the border, per attorney Delbert J. Haft who represents the firm.
Stragglers from the Tenth Cavalry report to General Pershing that Mexican troops attacked after a parley with the Mexican commander. Pershing forwarded the account to Washington as officers sought orders while the relief column nears Carrizal. Casualties, exact details unknown.
In Waukegan Illinois June Orpet sits during a trial reading 22 letters to Marian Lamert from Madison and Lake Forest, 44 letters in total. Prosecution aims to prove murder while the defendant shows a grave glare and bows head during evidence on the charge.
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