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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
6
A Tribune brief notes Carrizal attack blamed on Carrancista troops with US near war posture. Minister Obregon claims responsibility for the assault on American troops at Carrizal while prisoners are to be handed to the US. Pershing seizes Nueva Casas Grandes and Casas Grandes as diplomacy pressure grows.
Detroit battalions forming eight companies of the Thirty-first M. N. G. with Cavalry Troop B and an ambulance unit totaling 1,657 arrive at Grayling Michigan. The item notes mobilization for state defense and organizational details.
About 4,000 Indiana National Guard members at Fort Benjamin Harrison have been mustered into federal service. They drill intensely, expect border moves, and await war supplies. Orders from Washington push readiness, with units and hospitals prioritized, while recruiting surges across Indiana.
A string of Indiana items reports Nicholas Zolk crushed to death at Wanatah, Mrs Martha Allen McCarty dead at Jackson after grippe, a small cyclone injuring Monroe county, J C Snider dying in county jail, Tippecanoe planning a centennial celebration, Joe Dobb acquitted for lack of evidence, women’s centennial tea planned in Monticello, Dr Beeler’s arrest of police chief Yanness amid quarantine issues, Company F volunteers reconsidering oath, Weather damage in Bartholomew county, Richmond reports Mexican mission concerns, Washington and Indianapolis on legal fights over Prohibition, Battery 4 oath for foreign duty, Fort Harrison mobilization, Alexandria auto crash with runaway hogs.
Washington reports the de facto Mexican government issued orders to restrict American forces and defend Mexican territory. The United States demands a formal statement through diplomatic channels, asks for the release of Carrizal prisoners, and seeks a clear course of action from Mexico regarding future actions toward U.S. forces. The note stresses adherence to official channels and opposes unilateral military moves.
John Franklin 49 of Paris Illinois died at Good Samaritan Hospital after being thrown from an east bound Clover Leaf freight near West Middletown Indiana. He rode an oil tank car to Toledo for a hotel job and was ordered to jump by a brakeman whose name is unknown. Franklin suffered both legs severed below the hips.
Mrs. Claude D. Torr, 85, was instantly killed when an interurban car struck an automobile in Indianapolis on June 26. Her husband Claude D. Torr, 87, a barber college proprietor, survived the crash.
A military courier recounts the Carrizal engagement with Mexican forces under General Gomez. Tenth Cavalry troops, 65 men, faced superior numbers and machine guns, horses fell, several soldiers killed while retreating toward the hills, four riders sent to Pershing for relief.
Washington. Rev Ferdinand F Schultz a minister from Chillicothe Ohio offers to serve in time of war to Maj Gen George Barnett commander of the US marine corps He is pastor of Church of Christ Disciples and a practical engineer He would work in a battleship fireroom or as chaplain of marines in the field He is fifty seven years old and says he is ready to respond to a call to serve Old Glory at any time.
A conversational line compares a prize fighter’s photo placement to a misstep, with a witty exchange about fixing the display by elevating him to an upper class position. The dialogue hints at taste and decorum in arranging portraits.
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