Carranza Upholds Order to Attack Americans
The de facto Mexican chief asserts he will not revoke orders to fire on advancing troops and signals an inevitable break. Washington is advised that Pershing’s column may face broader demands for immediate evacuation from northern Mexico as U. S. forces move in any direction toward the border.
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Mexico
Pershing
Arrolondo
Lansing
Mexico City
de Martine.t
Pecin
Holger
United Bieter
Mexicco City
Talisco
Cuanajuato
Republic
State Department
Ley
Vaal
Hia
Namiquipa
Preparations for War Rushed by Administration
Washington reports private advices from Mexico City that General Carranza and advisers intend to attack American troops near the border. Carranza cabinet members reportedly press a defiant reply to U S demands and may withdraw recognition of U S troops, while Wilson considers action if no reply arrives. War preparations accelerate as officials fear a Mexican upheaval within 30 days.
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Washington, D.C
Washington
Mexico City
Carranza
Trevino
Mexico
United States
State Department
Rodgers
Wilson
New York
Carrangia
Carransy
Mico
Quilious
Lansing
Eliseo Arreconds
Ait Lancing
Male Mt Plotn
Waattiti¢pton
Bia
Biale
Teco
Han Genayen
Burials at Carrizal Provide Update on Casualties
El Paso June 30 American reports note that bodies of Captain Boyd and Lieutenant Adair along with a few others have been buried at the Carrizal cemetery. A returning American says some unburied corpses lay on the field edge. Mexican losses are listed as 26 killed and 50 wounded with about five horses killed.
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EL Paso
Tex
Carrizal
Boydoo
Adair
Carrigal
Tension at El Paso Eases With Troop Return
El Paso Texas June 7 tension eased after 24 Tenth Cavalry troopers and one American foot soldier captured in the Carrizal engagement returned safely. Soldiers said they received no mistreatment and efforts were made to curb violence at Villa Ahumada and Chi Huahua City. Authorities in Juarez and Mexico City welcomed the turn toward a peaceful solution and plans were set to repatriate bodies killed at Corrigado No. 15.
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el Paso
Tex
Tenth Cavalry
Mexico
Villa Abumada
Chi- Huahue
Juarex
Mewiron
Rio Grande
United States
Andres Garcia
George Bell, Jr
el Fuse
Gounda
Buriel
Atdiera
Corrigad
Fort Elias Hospital
Chihuahuas
Sane
Cabinet Executive Council Forms For National Welfare Coordination
Washington June 20 Six cabinet officers formed a new council of executive information for coordinating industries and resources for national security and welfare. The group includes Secretaries of War Navy Interior Agriculture and Labor with a civilian adviser to be named. An initial 200000 appropriation is requested for investigations employment of experts and related activities under the pending appropriation bill.
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Washington
Council
War Department
Wilson
Pew
Navy
Three shifts in federal arsenals planned in 1936
Washington, June 30 86 massive appropriations for war material were announced by General Crogler chief of ordinance. The plan would shift thousands of workers to produce items from pipes to six thousand additions.
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Washington, D. C
Crogler
Earthquake Recorded Near Washington DC At Georgetown
A moderate intensity quake was recorded in Georgetown today by university seismographs. The event began at 10:05 p m and lasted about one hour. The epicenter area is estimated to be roughly 400 miles from Washington.
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Washington, D.C
Georgetown University
Washington
Great Hospitals Ready on Border
San Antonio and Fort Bliss host base and camp hospitals ready to treat up to 50 patients each. Additional base hospitals planned at Fort Crockett near Galveston and Nogales with seven field hospital and seven ambulance units in regular army plus 22 more field hospitals and 22 ambulances for the National Guard. A later report of a guard bridge incident near MacWona, Texas, proved erroneous after a brief clash left two soldiers wounded.
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San Antonio
Tex
Mexico
Fort Bliss
Douglas
Ariz
Fort Crockett
Galveston
Eugie Pass
Laredo
Nogales
Tiel
Fort Sam Houston
MacWona
Tes
Revenue bill set for House debate next week
Washington reports Democratic leaders will introduce the general revenue bill in the House next Monday. The measure would provide about 210 million dollars in additional income for government needs and is slated for consideration on Wednesday.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
El Paso Car Strike Sees Sympathy Actions By Co workers
El Paso Texas June 10 strikes by car men crippled street car service yesterday and sparked a sympathetic walkout by cooks and waiters. Chauffeurs threatened to join if wage demands are unmet. Street cars operate today with quiet conditions prevailing.
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el Paso
Tex
Woton
Field Marshal Kitchener Will Probate Reveals Estate Value
London June 80 The will of Field Marshal Karl Kitchener secretary of war who died while commanding the cruiser Hampshire off the Orkneys on June 1 was admitted to probate today. It shows an estate valued at £171,420 sterling about $550,000.
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London
Karl Kitchener
Huntish
Hampshire
Orkneys
Fear of Attacks on Troop Trains
San Antonio June 94 troops in the National Guard move toward border stations with strict secrecy on routes and schedules. General Funston ordered railroads to conceal troop movements to hinder possible attacks. Intelligence says potential threats exist, though Pershing reports show no hostile Mexican forces and no interruptions to communications.
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San Antonio
Tex
Funston
Secretary of War
General Funston
International Line
Cenert! Pershing
Pershing
Fourth Nebraska Regiment Mustering Under Way
Lincoln Neb June 36 The Fourth Nebraska regiment will be fully mustered and physically examined and ready to begin its journey to the border by noon today officials say. All were examined yesterday except two companies. The mustering of the Fifth regiment has been delayed due to half of Company from Gothenburg refusing the oath but is expected to be complete today as most have decided to comply.
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Lincoln
Neb
Gothenburg
Eastern Guard Troops Routed Through Chicago
Chicago becomes a hub for moving federalized national guard units to the Mexican border. Overnight, First Connecticut cavalry and signal corps arrived by Nickel Plate, transferring to Chicago Great Western. Eighth Massachusetts infantry battalions followed on Nickel Plate, switching to Chidge and Alton roads. Pennsylvania troops expected today, with West Virginia guards possibly passing through late afternoon.
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Chicago
Eastern Department
United States Army
First
Connecticut Cavalry
Connecticut Signal Corps
Nickel Plate
Chicago Great Western
Eighth Magenchusetta Infantry
Chidge & Alton
Enpenylvania
National Guards
West Virginia
Hampton, American freed by Mexico on murder charge
Washington reports release of Hario Hampton, an American held in Oaxaca City on a murder charge. Special Agent Rodgers from Mexico City relayed the decision to the state department on June 10.
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Washington, D. C
Hario Hampton
Mexico
Oaxaca City
State Department
Rodgers
Mexico City
Mexican bonds weaken as new issue trades low
New York in June reports Mexican government 4 per cent debenture hands depert the took exchange today at 2 3 4s and a 28% patos from the February sale.
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New York
New Cabinet Formed in Chinese Republic
Weking June 40 Yuan Cheng declares a compromise cabinet. Tuai Chi Jeu takes war portfolio and premiership, Tang Mhalo Yai becomes premier, succeeding Yuan Shi Ku as head of government and maintaining former affairs under the new setup.
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Weking
Ld Yuan Cheng
Tuan Chi Jeu
Portfunlo
Tang -Mhalo Yai
Yato
Yuan Shi Ku
Clemency Urged For British Traitor Casement
London report says The Manchester Guardian pleads for clemency for Sir Roger Casement, arguing death would glorify fanaticism and harm future peace in Ireland. An indirect mercy push emerges from other papers. In Washington, a Senate resolution seeks a stay of execution pending new facts, referred to foreign relations.
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London
The
Manchester Guardian
Roger Casement
Guardian
Casement
Tfreland
Washington
Pendine
Senate
Martine
New Jersey
Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt and Wood barred from border command by Wilson
Washington July 1 President Wilson will not allow Colonel Theodore Roosevelt to lead a volunteer division as major general nor assign Major General Wood to command on the border or in any Mexican operation. Political factors and ongoing Hughes campaign ties impede both leaders from receiving such commands. Roosevelt had planned a volunteer division with retired or war department approved officers, aiming for infantry and cavalry balance similar to the Rough Riders.
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Washington, D. C
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Roosevelt
Wood
Mexico
Congress
Peperbey
Hoowtevelt
Roonevelt
Weed
Hughes
Wilsen
Hoonevelt
General Wood
Plattaure
Cenernal Wood
Lindley M. Garrison
Maxien
War Department
Many Seek to Fight Under Colonel Roosevelt
From Bay, N Y June 30 applications pour in to join a volunteer division Colonel Theodore Roosevelt plans to organize if called. Secretary Walter J Hayes says they have been deluged with messages and letters and cannot reply individually. Applications will be filed for future reference in case of hostilities. Offers of equipment include shoes automobiles and xeroplines.
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Pyyeter Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Walter J. Hayes
Farm Loan Board Names Soon Sent to Senate
Washington June 20 President Wilson will send the nominations for all five members of the Farm Loan Board to the Senate within days. The board created by the new rural credits act will have a long list of men under consideration for these posts.
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Washington
Farm Loan Board
Senate
Wilson
Will Not Interfere With Steel Mergers
In Chiladelphia on June 10 Judge Meheragy refused to interfere with Methlehem Steel's plan to purchase the Us Silent? of the Sono nylvania Abb ll company of New Jersey and its subsidiaries. Clarence TH. Vennor of New York, a stockholder, argues the consolidation violates federal antitrust law.
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Me‘heraggy
United States Court of Hppeats
Methiehem Steel Compny
Parchiate Us Siete
Soneylvania Abbol Company
New Jersey, & Holding Corporation
Clarence TH. Vennor
New York
City to use Fourth of July funds for pension relief
Roewell New Mexico June 20 The city will divert 600 yearly Fourth of July celebration funds to a relief program for pensioning dependents similar to the national guard contingent now in federal service.
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Roewell
N. M
National Guard
British Workmen Urge Government Control of Food
A 600 delegate trades union congress representing 3,000,000 workers met in London and urged government price regulation for food and fuel with power to requisition crops and establish standard prices. They also backed government ownership of merchant shipping and called for wage increases to maintain living standards amid soaring costs.
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London
Trades Union Congress
Jthe
Congress
American Aviator Victor Chapman Dies in Battle Over Verdun
Paris reports Corp. Victor Chapman of New York a Franco American aviator killed in action while engaging German aircraft near Verdun. He downed two German planes before being hit. Captain Boelcke’s force claimed him. A religious service will honor the fallen American ace.
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Paris
Corp
Victor Chapman
New York
Bourke
Chapman
Ihe
Wydhidron
Ferg
Clyde Halsley
San Antonino
Verdun
Chapmen
Pinin Boelke
Semlomset
United States
America
Wiliam K. Thaw
Pliterureh
Legion of Honor
Kiffin Rockwell
Atlanta
Bert Hall
Bowling Green
Ite
Murder suspected in Delaware Dorchester County car death
Cambridge Maryland June 30 William H Medford clerk of Dorchester county a noted republican figure in politics business and social circles is believed murdered on a Dorchester county road. The car ring he rode in was found abandoned roadside by Fred Hudley a tavern keeper who was told by a stranger that his riding companion jumped into a river before vanishing.
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Cambridge, Md
William H. Medford
Dorchester County
Fred Hudley
Hudley
Slayer of four men pays penalty in chair
Sing Sing N Y June 20 Oresta Mitten was executed in the state prison this morning for the murder of two New York policemen who tried to arrest him for a third man in a quarrel outside a club. He showed signs of insanity during his trial but was calm in the death house. A week ago he procured a revolver, shot and killed one guard, and wounded another. his mother and sister escaped but were recaptured.
Six States About Ready for National Guardsmen Muster
Chicago reports progress in mustering National Guardsmen in the central department for border entrainment. Fourteen states have inventories of property taken as part of the muster process, with Missouri Kansas Illinois Indiana Colorado and Nebraska completing inventories in certain units. Minnesota Wisconsin and Dakota are preparing, as Major General carries department commander overseeing the effort.
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Chicago
United Billton
Carry
Missouri
Kansas
Miinois
Indiana
Dakota
Heavy Artillery Battle Rages On French Front Verdun Front
Petrograd reports Reich forces capture Obertins south of the Dnieper area and nearby villages but British bombardments strike deeply, raid success boosts gains, and German replies remain largely ineffective though active with large shell bursts.
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Londons
War Office
Obertins
Dneleter
Trint
London War Casualties Rise in May Reports
London dispatch notes consular casualty figures for May show 4, six killed, 1,180 wounded and 55 missing. Total war losses since start reach 27,905 officers and enlisted, including generals Houston Heyworth Rice Morrison killed or died, several brigadiers wounded, eleven lieutenant colonels slain.
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London
Ageregute
Hich
Brien- Adler
Houston
Heyworth
Rice
Morrison
Leutenant Colohele
Germans breach Verdun front as French counterattacks reclaim fort
An official French war office statement reports German troops seized a fortified work along Hill S64 in Verdun, but French forces launched a counterattack that recaptured the position. Germans directed a strong assault near Avecourt wood and west of Hill 594, with checks and heavy losses noted. Front activity remains considerable between Nieurtoort and the Aisne sector.
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Paris
Verdun
French War Office
Avecourt Wood
Fil
Nieuort
Alane
Recent Aurela Srecomen In Cancia and Hukowina
The report claims actions in Cancia and Hukowina further demoralize Austrian defenders. It notes the capture of the Kolomen-Lemberc railroad and the fall of Kolomen granting Fimsaln leverage against the Carpathians and toward Hungary.
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Aurela Srecomen
Cancia
Hukowina
Kolomen-Lemberc
Kolomen
Fimsaln
Carpathian Mountains
Hungary
Armenian refugees in Caucasus receive 1100 oxen
New York dispatch reports 1 100 oxen allocated to 200 Armenian families in 46 villages of the Caucasus by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief. Refugees are returning home after Russian army advances. need for larger scale relief noted. The committee cites about 224 000 refugees in the Caucasus and in Permaleta.
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New York
Amercan Committee For
Turkey
Caucasus
Peralta
Russians Retreat as Turkish Forces Push in Persia
Constantinople reports Russian troops in Persia have withdrawn from fortified posts near Kerind after two repulsed attacks. Turkish official announcement says Turkish troops are in pursuit of the retreating Russians.
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Constantinople
London
Persia
Poo Toms
Kerind
Maine Faces Fierce Political Struggle In September
Washington experts say Maine becomes a battleground as the September election will determine two Maine Senate seats. Leaders fear a poor showing to avoid harming national party plans. The stakes are high for both Republicans and Democrats in shaping the Senate balance.
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Washington
Maine
Burleigh
Senate
Monterey to Sail with Refugees From Vera Cruz
The steamship Monterey with American refugees on board is expected to sail this afternoon from Vera Cruz. The vessel lies near the ship Nebraska where many refineries have been quarters. Passenger transfer was to be staged this morning but details are scarce.
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Vera Cruz
Monterey
Pinenger Lst
Nebraska
Raise War Risk Rates on Cargoes to Mexico
Washington, June 10. Mexican and Central American parties were added the day to federal war home hurry. A special rule to which no insurance of either ships or cargoes is invited is copied on arrangements direct with headquarters. Higher premium rates apply, and carriers are urged to take precautions in transit.
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Escopt
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Ercecenares
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