Baker Carries Trevino Threat to White House
Washington reports confirm General Trevino warned any American troop movement in México beyond the border would be treated as hostile by Carranza commanders. Secretary Baker conferred with President and top Army officials while no reinforcements were ordered and no public reply from Pershing was disclosed.
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Washington
Trevino
México
Carranza
War Department
Laker
Pershing
Washangiton
Baker
Kevine
White House
Brownsville
Funston
San Benito
Texas
Twenty-Sixth Infantry
Hullard
Newman
Mexico
Third Cavalry
Runston
Scott
Bliss
Millis
General Mills
Mexico City
Roosevelt Returns Home No Comment On Political Situation
Theodore Roosevelt, recovering from a pleurisy attack, reached Sagamore Hill from New York and sent word he was “all right” and had “nothing to say” about the political situation, declining to see reporters.
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Rosevelt
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
New York
Italian Troops Take Malga Fossetta and Monte Magari
Rome reports Italian forces have seized the Austrian positions of Malga Fossetta and Monte Magari between the Frenzela valley and Marcesina. Italy took 203 prisoners and captured six guns and four machine guns in the operation.
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Rome
Malga
Fossetta
Monte Magari
fFrenzela Valley
Marcesina
War Department
Consuls Arrive at Laredo Texas Visit
Philip C Hanna United States consul general at Monterey and one of the two remaining canals in Mexico arrived at Laredo with six other Americans. He was reticent about the purpose of his visit.
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Laredo
Texas
Philip C Hanna
United States
Monterey
Mexico
Mobilising Industries in War Mobilization Campaign
New York June 17 The nationwide campaign to ready American factories for war mobilization, begun weeks ago by the United States naval consulting board committee on industrial preparedness, is proceeding swiftly and satisfactorily with ongoing plans and cooperative effort across industries to boost production and efficiency for national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Naval Consulting Board
Committee On
Senate Not In Session And House Meets At Noon
The Senate was not in session while the House met at noon. They passed a $158,000,000 annual pension appropriation bill. The judiciary committee deferred impeachment charges against Federal Attorney Marshall in New York until Monday. Adjournment occurred at 5 40 until 11 am Monday.
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Judiciary Committee
Marchall
New York
Industrial mobilization data flow to national committee
The committee announced that about 100,000 leading industrial concerns have notified mobilization possibilities and 30,000 engineers are sending hundreds of inventory forms to headquarters, showing capacity to manufacture war materials.
Editorial Sees U S Election as World Turning Point
Alfred G Gardiner of the Daily News argues the forthcoming U S presidential election marks the most momentous since the earlier ferm election in shaping America's stance on war and the future role of the United States in world affairs.
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London
Preparednes Isite
America
Globe
Cal
Alfred G. Gardiner
Daily News
United States
Tide Water Parade Unites Norfolk For Preparedness
Norfolk on June 17 held a large preparedness parade with national colors and the American flag dominant. Sailors marines from the navy yard and training station joined workers from the Newport News shipyard, lawyers, doctors, state militia, unarmed civilians, and a large division of society women in the display.
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Norfolk
Tidewater
Navy Yard
Newport News
Russian Offensive Advances Across Volhynia and Galicia
British and American dispatches report the Russian drive in Volhynia Galician regions continuing with sharp advances toward Kovel and near the Galician border around Dubno. German forces engage in Stokhod Styr sectors as Italian and Austro German air actions continue along multiple fronts.
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London
Volhynia
Galicia
Bukowina
Brusiloff
Volhynian Triangle
Styr
Stokhod
Kovel
Linsingen
Stokhod-Styr
Count von Bothner
Przewolka
Verdun
le Morte Homme
Paris
Rome
Asiago
Trentino
Frenzela
Vienna
Dolomites
Doberdo
Padua
Bar-le- Duc
Dunkirk
Punitive Expedition in Mexico Remains on Alert
Reports from Columbus New Mexico say the American punitive expedition is sleeping on its arms ready for any contingency. General Jacinto Treviño’s threat is taken seriously as he reformed his line south of Namiquipa. Scout patrols monitor the Northwestern Railway to avert surprise moves while troops are redistributed to guard potential attack points.
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Columbus
N. M
Mexico
Jacinto Trevino
Namiquipa
Mexican Northwestern Railway
Austro Italian Front Moves Amid Retreats and Naval Skirmish
Reports describe projectiles on Austrian encampments north of Asiago as Constantinople says British forces retreat after failing to cross the Euphrates in Mesopotamia. Russian troops push back near Bana on the Persian frontier while an Entente torpedo boat attack on Parenzo fails, repelled by Austrian batteries and aeros.
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Asiago
Constantinople
Euphrates River
Mesopotamia
Bana
Parenzo
Istria
Vienna
Aeros
Summer Weather Forecast for Southeastern States
Washington reports the weather bureau forecasts generally fair and warm conditions across the southeast for the coming week starting tomorrow. Local thunder showers likely along coast districts and in Florida and Tennessee later in the week.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Florida
Tennessee
American Troops Cross Border Pursuing Mexican Bandits
More than 400 cavalry under Major Edward Anderson crossed the Rio Grande from Fort Brown in two sections to pursue Mexican bandits suspected of attacking U S soldiers near San Benito. Lieutenant A D Newman led the first crossing at 10 o clock with a second detachment at 10 30 joining the expedition around 3 this afternoon. Heavy firing was heard from Villa Nuevo as officers at Fort Brown refused to disclose progress pending further word from Anderson's column.
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Mexico
A. D. Newman
Third Cavalry
Fort Brown
Newman
Anderson
Villa Nuevo
San Antonio
Texas
United States Army
Alfredo Ricaut
Matamoros
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Twenty-Sixth Infantry
San Benito
Funston
Parker
Ricaut
Third
United States Cavalry
Matamoras
Edward Anderson
Twenty Sixth Infantry
Naranjos
Troop H
San Pedro Ranch
Alfredo Ricalli
Carranza Commander Ricaut Holds Large Force Near Brownsville
The report states commander Ricaut commands a sizable force near Brownsville as American expedition units cross the border in pursuit of bandits amid threats of attack.
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Carranza
Ricaut
Brownsville
United States Cavalry Crosses into Mexico Near Matamoras
San Antonio and Brownsville report that the Second Squadron of the Third U S Cavalry, over 400 men, crossed the Rio Grande after a clash with Mexican bandits. No casualties. a field wireless link is set up. Tensions rise as Matamoros residents arm for potential conflict and officials warn war could be near.
Ultimatum Delivered by Carranza Consul
Carranza Consul J Z Garza in Brownsville delivered Alfredo Ricauts ultimatum to General James Parker warning of attack if the Anderson punitive expedition is not withdrawn. Garza then closed the consulate and moved to Matamoros as U S troops ride to Naranjo to reinforce crossing point with Mexico.
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Brownsville
Tex
Carranza
J. Z Garza
Afredo Ricaut
James Parker
Anderson
Garza
Matamoros
United States
Twenty-Eighth Infantry
Third Cavalry
A. P. Bloxsom
Naranjo
Mexico
Body of Alabama Judge Found Near Huntsville
The body of Judge W. T Lawler of the Madison County probate court was found in fifteen feet of water near Huntsville with two gunshot wounds and a crushed skull. Two militia companies arrived from Florence and Decatur to aid the sheriff in protecting several men arrested in connection with the death, described as prominent in politics.
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Huntsville
Ala
Florence
Decatur
W. T Lawler
Probate Court
Lawler
Court House
Madison County
Dodge Wins Latonia Derby at Latonia Track
Murphy rode Dodge to victory in the thirty-fourth Latonia Derby at Latonia Kentucky. George Smith finished second with Dick Williams in third place. Time was 2 37.
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Dodge
Cincinnati
Murphy
Latonia
George Smith
Dick Williams
West Virginia Fair Weather Outlook for Sunday and Monday
The forecast calls for probably fair weather in West Virginia on Sunday and Monday. In Virginia the outlook is partly cloudy on Sunday with likely fair conditions on Monday.
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West Virginia
Virginia
German Vessels Torpedoed Off Copenhagen
Swedish fishermen report two large German steamships torpedoed in the Baltic last evening. They say the vessels sank after a violent cannonading witnessed near Copenhagen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Paltic
Mexican town braces as hundreds arm for possible invasion
Riots flare near the border as rifles pistols and ammunition are distributed to men women and even children at a town headquarters. About 1 500 patrol the streets under arms while American troops stand ten miles outside Browneville Texas as officials confer and rumors swirl of armed Mexican civil guards and secret organizations.
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J. J. Garza
James Parker
Aniceto Pizana
United States
el Paso
Juarez
Russians Drive Deep into Austrian Lines Amid Large Prisoner Toll
Czernowitz was nearly razed as Russian forces decimate Austrian positions in Bukowina. About 165000 prisoners reported with 150000 dead or wounded signal a major Russian success. News notes Lutsk, Stripa, Czernowitz advances while Tarnopol region sees Austrian resistance.
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Petrograd
Czernowitz
Bukowina
Russky Invalid
Pripet
Brusiloff
Lemberg
Lutsk
Stripa
Tripa
Tarnopol
Sokol
Roetok
Four Railway Brotherhoods Meet in Bluefield for Labor Talks
Delegates from the Norfolk and Western Virginian and Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio railroads gather in Bluefield for a two day session to back executives in negotiations with railroads. About ten thousand members attend a dinner and public meeting at the Masonic Temple and Bland Street church with speeches on efficiency wages and eight hour day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk and Western
Virginian
Carolina
Clinchfield
Ohio
New York City
Masonic Temple
Brotherhoods
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
Order of
Brotherhood of
Princeton
Four Brotherhoods
C. V. Heck
S. W. Moore
Bland Street Methodist Church
C. V.heck
Heck
W. Shafer
Chamber of Commerce
Transportation Brotherhoods
Bluefield
E. E. Wiley
H. S. Shott
H. S. Mabie
Heaven
Ibberson
J. M. Carter
W. W. McNeal
H. G. O'Neil
C. H. Bass
Masonite
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