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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1916
Page
4
American troops swarm the border and press against Villa's routes from Casas Grandes to Santa Ysabel as Pershing and Gutierrez seal a crescent trap. Villistas, facing capture or death, may choose suicide per cautious insiders while Mexican forces tighten the cordon.
President Wilson and his Cabinet, reassured by authentic reports, decided there is no need to call out the National Guard for border duty. Officials deny Mexican unrest, note no confirmed Villa surround, and await word on his capture or death.
Secretary Lansing warned that many reports pushing for intervention originate in the minds of interested persons seeking intervention to inflame Mexican public opinion. Senator Stone echoed the charge in the Senate foreign relations debate, accusing sinister influences in Mexico of pressing for action.
In a Senate discussion sparked by rumors of General Herrera's revolt and other alarming reports from Mexico, Secretary Lansing said many stories are meant to inflame opinions and push intervention. Senator Stone argued such rumors aim to intimidate Mexico and pressure U.S. action. The debate produced no action as Senator Lewis proposed labeling aid to Villa as treasonous. The army also weighed leasing the Federal Telegraph radio station at El Paso, but officials ruled the needed upgrades too costly.
General Pershing reports two American cavalry columns have reached the vicinity of Namiquipa, 120 miles southeast of Casas Grandes, as the punitive expedition advances into Mexico. The dispatch to Major-General Funston comes by wireless this afternoon.
In Cambridge William A. Hamilton of 56 Middlesex Street. Funeral notice later.
Washington officials move to curb press coverage of Mexico and silence officers lacking first hand knowledge. They warn that publishing such reports could provoke intervention and war. Secret dispatch denying Herrera revolt was kept from public view, fueling administration bitterness and censorship fears.
Mexican wires between Casas Grandes and Madera were cut delaying further details on clashes around Namiquipa. General Gavira at Juarez has no new information, according to Mexican Consul Andreas Garcia.
Captain Arthur S. Cowan, commandant, says no qualified military aviators are available at the Signal Corps Aviation School in San Diego for duty with the expeditionary forces in Mexico. Four North Island students ready for junior aviator tests need cross country flight training before deployment.
El Paso Texas March 24 Sheriff P J Edwards said a telegram to Governor Ferguson requested National Guard assistance on the border in response to developments in Mexico.
The dispatch cites unconfirmed Villa sightings near the area and says Pershing reports no direct sighting. Funston denounces the Herrera defection tale as a fake and reviews a Villa sighting on a Moctezuma train. Governor Hunt seeks troops to secure Arizona border amid armed Mexican presence.
General Funston dismissed as a fake the report that General Luis Herrera and 2000 Carranzistas defected to Villa. He mocked El Paso as a hub of lies calling it a Shanghai and Mole of St Nicholas for falsehoods.
Mrs. McGrath and James McCarthy of Medford face indictment alleging concealment of 5000 dollars in cash and 10000 dollars in property from Robert Ryder trustee in Western Oil bankruptcy. Part of the claimed property is a 50 gallon tank moved from Roxbury to Medford. Mrs. McGrath, a longtime oil executive born in Somerville, vows to stay in business despite adverse actions. She will be arraigned early next week.
Mrs. Waite may accompany detectives to New York to testify before a grand jury about poison potions in Dr. Waite and the Peck case. Authorities report Arthur Waite’s dubious record and frauds, while Grand Rapids residents react with sorrow and curiosity as the New York inquiry looms.
Dr. Arthur Warren Waite confessed to buying poison believed to kill John E. Peck of Grand Rapids, Mich. The district attorney Swann said Waite acted at Peck’s despondent urging and that a private detective claimed Waite offered a $1000 bribe to Waite’s maid to corroborate the tale. Waite described a complex motive and stated he feared the electric chair.
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