Wilson warns Carranza as U S troops stay on Mexican soil
President Wilson rejects Carranza’s demand to withdraw American troops. He warns that any attack on U S forces will bring grave consequences and emphasizes U S aim to protect its borders. The note cites recent violence at Brownsville and other northern border incidents and calls for U S protection of American lives and property.
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Washington
Wilson
Carranza
Lansing
Mexico
Mexico City
Eliseo Arredondo
United States
Wilison
Mexican Republic
Brownsville
Redhouse Ferry
Progresso Post
Chihuahua
Cusi
Santa Ysabel
Venice
Triesis
Arma
Panama Locks Guarded After Mexican Conciliation Efforts
The Panama Canal locks are being guarded amid heightened security following Mexican conciliation talks. Officials report reinforced patrols and restricted access as diplomatic discussions continue to influence regional stability.
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Manan Eotalore
Americans Leaving Mexico for Capital Evacuations
In Mexico City, many Americans departed by special cars to Vera Crow Calla and were sent toward Guadalajara Guanajuato and Puebla as part of a mass relocation request to come to the capital.
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Mexico City
Guadalajara
Guanajuato
Puebla
Six Armed Mexicans Kidnap Two Texans Near San Antonio
American born Mexicans Jorenelo Val dee and Manuel Lopes were abducted from their homes about a mile west of San Antonio by a band of six armed Mexican intruders and forced to accompany them.
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San Antonio
Texad
Jorenelo Valdee
Manuel Lopes
Mexicans Attack American Soldiers in Carri Gal War
San Antonio reports a clash on June 21 near Carri Gal nine miles south of Ahumada between U S troops led by General Funston and Mexican forces under General Felix Gomez. At least twenty Americans and forty Mexican troops were killed along with Gomez. The exchange raises possibilities of swift punitive action from General Pershing and General Bell, with units from Brownsville to the Pacific poised for rapid redeployment.
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San Antonio
Texas
Carrigal
Ahumada
Tenth Cavalry
Carranza
Felix Gomez
Juarez
Francisco Gonzales
el Paso
Funston
Army Headquarters
General Pershing
Bell
Pershing
Department
Trevino
Brownsville
Pacific
Geeeral Funston
Chihuahua
Carrizal
Lem H. Spillsbury
J. J. Pershing
Spillsbury
Chas. T. Boyd
Henry R. Adair
Moore
Jacinto Trevino
General Trevino
Persn Ing
War Department
Progressives in Kansas No Ticket This Year
Topeka Kansas progressives announce no Progressive party ticket this year as the ten presidential electors chosen at the state convention last month will not file their declarations.
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Topeka
Kans
Progressive Party
Kansas
Potato Supply Exhausted Threatens Cologne
In Amsterdam reports, Vorwaerts says a potato famine threatens Cologne with only two and a half pounds per person per week available. The warning cites dwindling stocks and distribution challenges affecting residents.
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Amsterdam
Cologne
Rear Admiral Usher Leads Nation's Largest Navy Yard
A new photograph features Rear Admiral Nathaniel A. Usher, commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, noted as the most experienced and popular figure in the navy and head of the largest yard in the United States.
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Nathaniel A. Usher
Brooklyn Navy Yard
United States
Japanese Fleet Not in Mexican Waters
Federal officials in San Diego denied persistent reports of a Japanese squadron sighted near Mexican waters along the west coast. The clarification came after ongoing saltuation alerts and continued wartime vigilance reported Wednesday.
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San Diego
Cal
Villa Wife Deported With Sister and Child in Juarez Case
Mrs Villa de Deported, wife of Francisco Villa, along with her sister and the sister’s five year old child and a German courier Maria Hugadoy, were arrested by police and deported to Juarez.
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Ke Paso
Textie Mra
Las Torres Villa
Francisco Villa
Maria Hugadoy
Juarez
President mobilizes national guard for border duty in Mexico
President Wilson orders virtually all state national guards to federal service for border security with about 100000 men mobilized. Frederick Funston will direct movements to the Mexican line while Secretary Baker notes guards stay on border duties. a plan to release regulars forMexico follows. Navy orders additional warships to Mexican waters as tensions rise with Carranza forces.
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Washington
National Guard
District of Columbia
Wilson
Frederick Funston
Baker
Mexico
Daniels
Navy Department
Navy
State Departments
Curran
Pershing
Trevino
Chihuahua
San Benito
Texas
Anderson
Funston
Carranza
Congress
Utah Cavalrymen Sought for Federal Service
Two more cavalry troops and a field hospital were requested from Utah for federal duty by War Secretary Newton D. Baker. Utah must supply two squadrons of cavalry one battery of field artillery and a field hospital under current orders.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Newton D. Baker
Mexican residents in Douglas pledge loyalty to Mexico
At least 500 Mexicans in Douglas and nearby areas have applied at the local Mexican consulate in two days to express their willingness to die for Mexico. The consulate statement notes the strong nationalist sentiment among the community.
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Douglas, Aris
Douglas
Mexico
Union Picket Killed in San Francisco Clash
A union picket was killed Sunday in a confrontation between striking longshoremen and strike-breakers on a plot leased by the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
Carlo Resta Retains Speed Crown Over De Palma
Chicago racer Carlo Resta dethroned veteran Ralph De Palma by sweeping two heats at Speedway Park. One race covered fifty miles and the other twenty four miles confirming Resta as America's speed champion.
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Chicago
Carlo Resta
Mexican Governor Calls For War Like Stand After Sailor Attack
The incident at Mazatlan reports Mexicans firing on a US Navy boat from the Annapolis, killing or wounding six Mexicans and injuring Boatswain's Mate I M Laughter while Ensign Kessing and Paymaster Mowat were briefly taken prisoner. Americans were urged to evacuate.
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San Diego
Cal
United States
Arthur G. Kavanagh
Annapolis
General Flores
Carranza
State
Sinaloa
Mazatlan
Winslow
Pacific Fleet
O. O. Kessing
Andrew Mowat
Kavanagh
I. M. Laughter
Kessing
Mowat
Flores
German guardship blown up near Falsterbo
A German guard ship was destroyed by a mine off Falsterbo. All but one crew member were saved and taken to Sweden.
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Stockholm
Falsterbo
Sweden
Lieutenant Patton raids San Miguel ranch unit ambushes Villietas
Lieut. George S. Patton on a foraging trip near the San Antonio camp visits the San Miguel ranch about sixty miles southeast of Namquipa with a scout and nine enlisted men in three automobiles. They encounter and kill three Villietas during the action.
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George S. Patton
San Antonio
San Miguel Ranch
Namquipa
Flood Drowns Four Men in Joplin Missouri
Four men drowned in Joplin Missouri after a flood that dropped 6.75 inches of rain. Damage was estimated at 600000 dollars as water reached five feet in Malin street.
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Joplin
Malin Street
Five Hour High With Mexicans At Carrizal
Reports from Columbus New Mexico describe a five hour engagement at Carrizal where Tenth Cavalry troopers under Captain Charles Boyd held off Mexican forces before retreating. Seventeen troopers were captured and interned in Chihuahua. details vary as Pershing and Funston relay the incident to Washington.
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Carrizal
Columbus
N. M
Tenth Cavalry
Chas. T. Boyd
Carrizal clash seen as incident not war trigger
Washington weighs the Carrizal fight as an incident aggravating tense U.S. Mexico relations. US officials await a full army report after Mexican sources briefed the situation. Both sides seek a peaceful path, with optimism tempered by daily new clouds.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Carrizal
Wilson
Carranza
Villa Peace Reported From Carranza Sources
State department contact via Carrancista sources reports that Pancho Villa has made peace with the de facto government and is placed in command of a division under Calixto Contreras. The unit is being mobilized on a ranch between Jiménez and Parral in southern Chihuahua.
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el Yuso
Texas
State Department
Carranzisia
Pancho” Villa
Villa
Carranga
Calixto Contreras
Jimines and
Parral
Chihuahua
Fortifications Bill Passed With 4.3 Million Defense Fund
The House approved the fortification appropriation bill carrying 4 300 000 dollars for defense including coast and field artillery ordnance and ammunition. The measure moves to the Senate for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mexican Border Clash Kills Three Refugees and Soldiers
A clash near Clenega Fria leaves three refugees dead including an American and two others with thirteen Mexican soldiers involved. The fight occurred as refugees attempt the U S border prompting a deadly confrontation.
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Douglas, Arix
United States
Clenega Fria
Colorado Guardsmen Mobilized for Mexican Border Service
A Denver battalion of field artillery with headquarters staff will be recruited into the Colorado national guard for duty on the Mexican border. Orders were received on Monday.
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Denver
Colorado National Guard
Allied Meet Ordered to Cruise Before Piraeus
A Havas dispatch from Saloniki reports an allied meet ordered to cruise before the port of Athens Piraeus. It is said the fleet will be supported by a landing party later.
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Paris
Piraeus
Athens
Havas
Saloniki
Russians Capture Radautz Amid Furious Verdun Fighting
Reports from Petrograd say Russian forces under General Letichaky captured Radautz thirty two miles south of Czernowicz with 1 022 prisoners. Germany and Austria claim heavy counterattacks and battlefield gains at various fronts as three large German armies engage the Russians near Kovel Владимир Волынский and the Soka district while Verdun sees renewed trench battles along the Meuse.
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London
I Flanser
Letchitaky
Radauty
Czernowicz
Petrograd
von Bothmer
Przow
Loka
Berlin
Turin
Pripet
Kolki
Lutsk
Vienna
Volhynia
Kovel
Vladimir Volynsky
Soka
Brusiloff
Fumin Wood
Chenois
Verdun
French War Office
Meuse
British Hoping For Peace On Front In 1916
London dispatch reports a Times correspondent in France conveying strong British optimism that the war will end in 1916. He cites growing Allied numbers, more munitions, Russian victories, halted Austrian advance in Trentino, the Jutland sea battle, and German manpower strain from conscripts and prisoners in munition work.
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London
Times
France
Trentino
Jutland
Carranza Warns Against Any American Move
Mexico City reports General Carranza reiterated in a press statement that any movement by the United States toward the north would be considered hostile. He said Mexican commanders have orders to resist if such action occurs, while protecting foreigners and avoiding hostilities and loss of national lives.
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Mexico City
Carrand
Mexis
Bey
President reviews Guardsmen on walkthrough near White House
President Wrist observed about 2000 District of Columbia National Guard members as they marched along Pennsylvania Avenue toward a mobilization drill at Fort Meyer Virginia. The scene occurred on a Wednesday beside the White House.
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Washington
Wrist
White House
Columbia National Guard
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fort Meyer
Vathie
Resignation of Baron Wimborne as Lieutenant of Ireland
Premier Asquith announced in the house of commons that the resignation of Baron Wimborne Lieutenant of Ireland, tendered after the suppression of the recent Irish rebellion, had been accepted.
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Wimborne
London
Asquith
House of Commons
Baron Wimberford Meutenant
Ireland
Russian forces seize many prisoners in new push
Fragmentary report claims Russian troops captured a large number of prisoners as a new offensive pressed in Thursday and last week. The military office indicates moves continued along the front with heavy fighting reported in several sectors.
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Petro
Onrad
Rad War Office
Rocke feller protests Pocantico Hills estate assessment
John D. Rockefeller has objected to the assessment of his Pocantico Hills estate in Tarrytown New York. The current valuation is 1,324,300 dollars, an increase of 875,000 over last year.
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John D
Tarrytown
N. Y
John B. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Nine Hurt in Storm in Colorado Town
Nine persons were injured in a Tuesday night windstorm sweeping through Prowers County in southeastern Colorado. Two victims were reported fatally hurt as rescue units and local officers responded to the scene with limited information available.
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Denver
Prowers County
Colorado
Tuesay
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