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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1916
Page
1
Reports state two battles raged in Chihuahua as thirty nine negro troopers remain unaccounted for. Pershing’s force defended against a possible Carranza attack during the Carrizal engagement. A Brazilian cable to the Washington ambassador voiced hope for a peaceful U S Mexico settlement.
Seventeen American Negroes captured at Carrizal are in Chihuahua City penitentiary after being assaulted by Mexican civilians during transfer from train to jail. Names of troopers with Troop H and C are listed. Pershing seeks dead and prisoner names. Authorities say no hangings will occur.
Base Texas June 24 General Alvaro Obregon Mexican minister of war offers amnesty to those who opposed the government if they lay down arms and join in opposing an American invasion deemed imminent by an official dispatch to the consulate. Those who refuse will be outlined.
Paris and London dispatches describe continued heavy fighting around Verdun on June 24. German forces reportedly gained ground at the Thiaumont fortifications and near Fleury amid fierce Meuse fighting, with French counterattacks and substantial German divisions involved.
West Virginia likely fair Sunday and Monday. Virginia shows showers Sunday with Monday turning fair.
Berlin approves a city wide feeding program with daily food distribution. The first public kitchen opens July 7 and the plan will cost about 2,000,000 marks.
Military report states Trevino plans an assault if two threatened battalions do not pull back. Forces move toward San Antonio and Ojocalientes as tensions rise.
Reports from El Paso on June 24 indicate Pershing’s headquarters warned the Carrizal fight may have been only one part of a larger plan to strike the American expeditionary command. American columns moved toward San Antonio and Ojacalientes as Carranza forces prepared to assault if retreat was avoided.
Senate military committee ordered a favorable report on a House resolution authorizing the president to draft national guardsmen into federal service with the oath. The panel struck out a $1,000,000 relief for dependents and a three year service limit. A substitute would discharge guardsmen with dependents who have no means of support.
The Ward line steamship Monterey sails from Vera Cruz tomorrow with every deck space filled by refugees headed to the United States. Regulations on passenger numbers are waived and Captain Smith will fill the ship by space available.
Laredo June 24 soldiers loaded all military equipment and cavalry horses into box cars with indications the garrison would depart for the south during the night.
Corporal Victor Chapman of New York, in the Franco American flying corps, was killed at Verdun after bringing down three German aircraft.
Austrian official statement reports the encircling Austro-Hungarian advance driving Russian forces out of Kuty in Galicia as of June 24.
Circulars distributed in Matamoros claim the US crossing into Mexico near Brownsville amounts to a state of war. Signed by General E. P. Nafarrette as commander of Tamaulipas forces, the notices date June 17 and threaten execution for armed Americans. Unarmed civilians pursuing peaceful work south of the Rio Grande are promised protection.
Washington reports a demand that General Carranza repudiate the Carrizal assault and release all captured American soldiers. Failure to comply would bring grave consequences, with Pershing's report pending. The border patrol is being reinforced as officials fear further clashes and potential mediation efforts emerge.
General Pershing reports the Tenth Cavalry under Captain Boyd broke into Carrizal but 39 men remain unaccounted for. Capt. Boyd was wounded twice and killed in the final rush. Capt. Morey was shot through the shoulder. Five troopers and one Meixcan were found. relief efforts under Major Jenkins push toward Carrizal.
Couriers report relief expedition recovered bodies from the Carrizal fight and found no additional survivors. The missing count stands at about forty troopers and three officers. An attack on a relief column by Carranza followers is denied.
San Antonio reports General Funston urged the War Department to demand the release and transfer of American prisoners held in Chihuahua City after the Carrizal fight. He cited no war exists with Mexico and sought that captured troops be sent to Juarez for transfer to U.S. authorities. Bell at El Paso relayed a Mexican source claiming twelve black prisoners and three white men were seen in Chihuahua.
El Paso June 24 Mexican residents under the consulate's jurisdiction have been advised to return to Mexico following instructions from the Mexican ambassador in Washington. Meanwhile 48 American residents in Mexico continue to leave Mexican territory.
Narrative describes a group retreating into an adobe house and returning fire through windows and loopholes while Mexicans encircle the structure, firing bullets at every opening. The scene conveys intensified combat with the shelter under sustained bombardment.
From Chihuahua City on June 24, reports say American columns move from the field base toward Antonio and Di Caliente. General Trevino orders attack if the Americans refuse to retreat, promising to apply the Carrizal treatment if needed.
Washington June 24 Eliseo Ar rendondo the Mexican ambassador designate here was notified that Ecuador and El Salvador had tendered their good offices to General Carranza to aid in averting war between the United States and Mexico. It is understood the dispatch did not comment on Carranza's attitude.
The Ecuadoran government sent a cablegram to Latin American powers urging united steps to prevent war between the United States and Mexico. The Salvadoran foreign office replied in support of Ecuador’s initiative.
London June 24 a Rome dispatch says Pope Benedict has appealed to President Wilson and General Carranza to use their earnest endeavors to avert war.
In the Senate meeting at 11 a m Eulogies were offered for late Senator Bradley of Kentucky with Beckham among speakers. The House approved a 127 000 000 sundry civil appropriation bill after a clash over a 10 000 000 government munitions plant. adjournment followed until Monday.
A report from the National Foreign Trade Council's Foreign Relations Committee asks Congress to appropriate 100000 to build a legation at Panama and to improve consular facilities abroad. The panel warns higher living costs threaten efficiency and spurring resignations as the nation readies for postwar world commerce.
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