Baker cuts red tape to rush militiamen to border relief
Major General Leonard Wood received an urgent order from Secretary Baker to mobilize eastern state militia within 24 hours. Medical exams for the troops would be waived and New York units led the first departures. Massachusetts New Jersey Connecticut guardsmen at mobilization camps soon follow.
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New Tork
Leonard Wood
Cwormander
Department of the East
Baker
Ofea
Governor's Island
New York
Camp Beekman
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Connecticut
National Guardsmen
Maine
Vermont
Delaware
Istrict
Columbia
West Virginia
Flori
Billy Sunday’s Mother Dies at Winona Lake
Mrs. Miry Stowell seventy three, mother of evangelist Billy Sunday, found dead in bed at Winona Lake after a recent visit to Syracuse. Heart failure listed as probable cause. Survived by sons Billy Sunday, Edward of North Trenton, and another son. funeral to be held at Westminster Temple, Winona Lake, then Ames Town for burial.
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Winona Lake
Miry Stowell
Tilly Simday
Fanotte
Nami
Aft
Hand
Tir
Meronald
Westminster Temple
Ames
Town
Nein
Mexicans Held Within Borders
New York June 25 Military authorities in Mexico barred departure of any Mexican subjects on grounds of military necessity. The Wardling steamer Esperanza from Tampico Vera Cruz stopped 30 to 40 Mexicans planning to sail to the United States. The ship carried over 100 passengers mostly officials and workers of American mining and oil firms.readable quotes truncated
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New York
Mexico
Pacsencers
Esperanza
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Oney Call
Congress Ready for Emergencies Rush Routine Business
Congress moves to bolster war readiness with a $20 million increase to the army appropriation and an urgent $6 million munitions bill. Leaders pledge continued readiness for rapid action as modernization, equipment, and transportation needs drive the extra expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House
Situa UN
DIU
New Carriers for City Mall Service
After weeks of effort to gain his point, Postmaster Turner Miller announced city letter carrier routes would be extended starting July 1. Delivery to residents of new additions, including Phiving Park and Harrison Hill, will lengthen old routes and improve service. All residents will receive daily delivery, with new carriers handling routes and substitutes filling gaps.
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Millar
Miller Glans
Bern
Phiving Park
Herrison
Cline Assisting Inaganal Appeal Raised by Colonel Millis
Colonel Millis tells Telegram to Association that the board will give us consideration. Cline assists in the appeal raising questions about the process and potential outcomes.
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Cline
Canal association letters push hearing and time extension
Copies of letters from MOEN MULLIS and CYRUS CLINE discuss scheduling a hearing, extending the deadline to July 10 for Erie and Michigan Deep Waterways queries. The Erie and Michigan Deep Waterways Association negotiates with the Rivers and Harbors Board and Army Engineers to allow Four Wayne and Huntington workers time to prepare and send a representative to New York.
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Michigan
Fort
Cahall
Canal Boas
New York Post Office
Newport
Washington Board
Moen Mullis
Inginanus
Erie and
Alehigan Deen
Ana
Army Engineers
Anty Gal
Wayne and Huntington
Lima
New York
Mittis
Ellisson
Left in desert at own orders note blames Carrizal attack
A terse note by a soldier asserts he was left in the desert by his own orders after the Carrizal attack and places blame on Mexican forces. The fragment cites his writing as commentary on the incident and military actions surrounding the engagement.
Captain Morey Report Reaches General Funston In Mexico
Captain Lewis Morey of the Tenth Cavalry, wounded, and two unwounded troopers were rescued after being abandoned by Morey in a desert hole near Carrizal. General Pershing and General Funston received messages about the fight as Mexican troops attacked the American advance on June 2.
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San Antonio
Lewis Sidney Morey
Funston
Tenth United Sbuilew
Carriza
Lewis Morey
Tenth Cavalry
Persnine
Morey
Bidime
Mares
Henry A. Meyers
Pershing
Meyer
Ha Wetaila
Pervhirug
Gene Funston
Boyd
Oktrogy
Indianans Flock Fort Ben Harrison For Guard Service Visit
Thousands of Indiana residents crowded Fort Ben Harrison in Indianapolis for a visit to the Indiana National Guard encamped there. The crowd blocked traffic as interurban service proved inadequate and many waited to board vehicles blocked by the throng.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indkina
Inti
iMerurbahena Wayland
Fort Henjaini
Marisa
Indiana
Kuardamen
Leing
Aaa
Golumn
Mexican and American casualties at Carrizal attack
A historical note records American and Mexican victims at Carrizal and mentions Mexican American casualties near Larrizal. It cites Captain Henry B R Adair as one of three American officers believed killed in the treacherous Mexican attack near Carpal where Captain Srevino acted as interpreter. The photo was taken months earlier during a period of better relations.
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Henry BR. Adair
Wis
Carpal
Srevino
Russians Take All Bukowina and War Updates
War report from London notes Russian forces have captured Bukowina in full and push Austro-Hungarian troops toward the Gurptthian passes. Russians sever rail lines, seize towns, and push toward Volhynia and Vilnius regions. French gains near Verdun are reported with progress in Kliry, while British and Italian actions are mentioned in the Straits of Otranto and around Adriatic theaters.
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London
Bukowina
Gurptthian
Kimpoting
Tukowinn
Jokebeny
Beteometti
Wianitz
Prax
Rolomes
Willaehoff
Lulskind
Vedasvitott
Berlin
Musiartyeks Lohe
Vindimur-Volynat
Rho Triass
Hermanus i
Prancne Rly
Posina
Arslera
Trias
Polnta
Agate
Ati Fuek
Chea i Mesxiun
E Testroyon
Battery B May Be Reorganized
Military men will go to Indianapolis Tuesday to set about a commission. Steps are being taken in Fort Wayne to reorganize Battery BL, mustered out in November 1914. Harry Clark, longtime captain and former Fort Wayne resident, met with John C. Sheer, Walter Berman and Walter J Long of Perrinton and Fort Wayne, to discuss the effort.
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Lndianapolis
Fork Wayne
Servicr
Harry Clark
Batters
Fort Way
Uleveland
John C. Sheer
Walter Berman
Walter J Lojg
Piorenton
Fort
Declaration of Senator Stone on Foreign Relations
The note communicated from the de facto Mexican government claims the Carrizal clash resulted from orders to attack American troops. Secretary Lansing state messages show Carranza leadership and General Carranza actions tied to Pershing forces. The State Department demands formal accountability and response to the incident.
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Senator Stone
The
Foreign Relations Committee
Ashuington
Carranza
Mexico City
Lansing
State Department
Carranga
Nyine Ant
Pershing
Catiforth
Germany Denies Influencing Mexico Amid US Tensions
Berlin dispatches report Germany’s Reich and its Mexico City legation actively encouraging General Carranza against the United States. Officials dismiss the claim as unfounded and ridiculed by observers, noting war-time propaganda from hostile circles. A close associate of Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg ignored comment, calling such charges ridiculous.
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Berlin
London
United States
Germany
Weather Forecast For Indiana And Oslo
Forecasts show fair conditions in Indiana and Oslo with mainly clear skies Tuesday. Local showers are likely at night Tuesday into Wednesday with possible mingis-Mur Friday and varying showers in the north portion by Thursday.
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Washington
Indiana
Oslo
Demand Release Of Prisoners Taken At The Carrizal Fight
The United States demands the immediate release of American prisoners taken in the Carrizal engagement in Chihuahua after Mexican forces blocked Pershing’s column. The exchange notes misgivings over hostile actions and calls for a formal diplomatic statement through proper channels.
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Carrizal
United States
Secretary of State
Arredonde
Mexico
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Billy Sunday
Son
Maryland
Miller
Millis
Washington, D. C
Canal Aexociation
Fort Wayne
Cyrus Cline
Bulletin
Ben Harrison
Eeenico
Larrizal
Trevino
Liedt. Herry Rada Vhdm Gor
Uybwsee
Straits of
Otranto
Captain Ranke
Ashington
James Linn Rodgers
Arredond
Mexican War Office
Jacinto B. Trevine
Garrizal
Chihuahua
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