Greater Army readiness eyed as new regiments formed
Friday's Daily outlines national push for preparedness with the signing of the new army bill. Gen Funston to organize six regiments, four infantry and two cavalry, recruiting across Texas and neighboring states. West Point cadet output to rise, camps to train officers, and veterans note soldier pay, benefits, and post service opportunities.
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United States
Funston
West Point
Texas
Oklahoma
San Antonio
Unrest in Mexico Fueled by Hunger and Distress
The unrest in Mexico is not temperamental but a result of widespread hunger and distress. As the revolution led by Madero progressed, the public hoped for abolition of burdens, yet the struggle intensified over the months, revealing deeper social strains.
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Mexico
Madero
Grand Jury Reconvened For Second Time In Webb County
Webb county grand jury reopens today in extraordinary session to investigate charges against four Mexican bandits tied to the San Ignacio battle and the death of Corporal Oberlies, with district attorney directing and one member replaced by H Fr Valdez. Leila's stabbing death adds to the docket.
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J. F. Mullally
District Court
Webb County
Sam Mackin
San Antonio
San Ignacio
Grand Jury
Oberlies
Troop M
Fourteenth Cavalry
Leila
Indictment Returns for Murder of Cavalry Corporal Oberlies
The grand jury returned a murder indictment against Jose Antonio Arce Vicente Lira and Avelino Sanchez three Mexican bandits jailed here for Oberlies death in the San Ignacio battle Additional arrest of Mexican bandit chief Jesus Maria Cerda reported on Santa Maria Avenue bringing total jailed bandits from San Ignacio to four All four are held on the grave charge with further identifications expected as needed
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Corporal Oberlies
Fourteenth Cavalry
San Ignacio
Jose Antonio Arce
Vicente Lira
Avelino Sanchez
Oberlies
Santa Maria Avenue
Jesus Maria Cerda
Luis de la Rosa
United States
Allen Walker
Tom Ross
M. H. McMahon
Cotulla
Cerda
Laredo
Grand Jury
Remains Sent to Old Home for Corporal Oberlies
The body of Corporal William Oberlies of Troop M Fourteenth Cavalry, wounded in the kidneys at San Ignacio on June 15, died at the post hospital here Wednesday night. His remains were shipped last night to his former home in Bayonne New Jersey after a long critical illness.
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William Oberlies
San Ignacio
New Jersey
Fourteenth Cavalry
Post
Bayonee
Oberlies
Neat and Accurate Jobe Work Ring Up 48
A brief item notes that Neat and Accurate Jobe Work rang up 48 in a reported event. Details on date, location, and context are sparse in the readable text. The snippet mentions a numeric score or tally 48 and attributes it to Jobe Work. Further specifics are not provided in the fragment.
Fatal stabbing on Lincoln Street in Laredo claims young Mexican man
Witnesses say Andres Leija was stabbed through the heart by a baker after Leija attacked him with a loaded quirt. The assailant fled. police searched through the night with little trace, amid mystery over a prior enmity.
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Laredo
Andres Leija
Benito
Lincoln Street
Zarita Avenue
Leila
Leija
Notice to Contractors for Three School Buildings
Bids are invited for the erection and completion of three school buildings in Laredo Texas including plumbing and wiring. Bids due 4 p m Monday July 3 1916 at the office of M S Ryan president of the school board. Each bid must include a 3 percent certified check payable to M S Ryan. Plans available from C H Page Bro Austin Texas with a $25 deposit. Right reserved to reject any or all bids.
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M. S. Ryan
School Board
Laredo
Texas
C. H. Page & Bro
Austin
Laredo Enlistments Sought for Milmo Rifles Company
Captain M R Matson asks the Times to publicize that all former National Guard units now in federal service will be recruited to full war strength of 150 men. The Laredo company at Fort Ringgold has 70 men, so 80 more enlistments are needed to reach full strength. Local men are urged to enlist with the Laredo unit quartered at Fort Ringgold, Rio Grande City.
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Rd. M. Matson
Co. I
Second Texas Infantry
Milmo Rifles
National Guard
Laredo
Fort Tinggold
Matson
Fort Ringgold
Rio Grande City
Washington marking time as Pershing report delayed
The Associated Press reports German attacks on Champagne with three French trench assaults repulsed near Mt Teut as von Linsingen’s forces advance west and southwest of Lautsk amid Russian counterattacks. In Carrizal San Antonio notes uncertainty on the fate of the Tenth Cavalry, fears of heavy casualties, and expectation of a complete Pershing report.
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Associated Press
Champagne
Mt. Teut
von Linsingen
Lautsk
Berlin
Brody
Plans to Swim Across Chesapeake Bay Rivermouth Cape Henry to Fishermen Island
Philadelphia bank clerk Charles B. Durborow, long distance swimmer, plans a 30 mile crossing from Cape Henry to Fishermen's Island across the Chesapeake Bay. He will start at 10:30 p.m. to ride favorable tides and aims to finish the next afternoon after swimming overnight and through the forenoon.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
Charles B. Durborow
Chesapeake Bay
Cape Henry
Fishermen’s Island
Summer meeting at Aqueduct promises strong showing
New York reports indicate a highly successful Summer meeting of the Queens County Jockey Club at Aqueduct starting tomorrow. Hundreds of renowned horses are stabled, with continued influx after Jamaica closes. Fourteen stakes are slated including the Brooklyn Handicap, Brooklyn Derby, and Queens County Handicap. The Brooklyn events trace back to Gravesend with Dry Monopole and Hanover victorious in 1887.
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New York
Queens County Jockey Club
Aqueduct Race Course
Jamaica
East
Gravesend
Templar Conclave Ends in Los Angeles
The triennial Knights Templar conclave closes in Los Angeles after five days of ceremonies with many women present. Homeward bound delegates will split routes to visit West Coast sites. A midsummer pageant for visitors featured a floral parade and an allegement with over 3,000 Los Angeles public school pupils across eight divisions.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Knights Templar
Far West
California
Washington Cabinet ends meeting with no change in Mexican situation
Secretary Lansing reports no shift in the Mexican situation after a two hour cabinet session and says a full report on the Carrizal incident is still awaited.
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Washington
Lansing
Carrancista orders halt attack on Americans in Chihuahua
Washington reports Arredondo told South and Central American diplomats that Carrancistas in Chihuahua are under orders not to attack Americans unless the Americans attack first. He said Mexico City instructions did not mention Treviño's threat being rescinded.
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Arredondo
Carrancistas
Washington
Exiles Offer Services to Carranza in Juarez
In El Paso on June 23 a large group of Mexican exiles crossed into Juarez offering services to Carranza. General Marcelo Caraveo was sent to Trevino who will assign him to an army command.
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el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Carranza
Marcelo Caraveo
Trevino
Bandits near San Antonio elude sheriff posse after chase
In Texas on June 23 near San Antonio, a posse pursuing four bandits who had been tracked for three days fired on two officers from the brush but missed. The attackers withdrew, the officers unharmed, and the bandits escaped.
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San Antonio
Texas
Americans Pursued Mexicans After Border Raid
Unofficial report from Columbus New Mexico on June 23 states Mexicans crossed the border and raided an American ranch stealing horses and mules. Americans pursued across the boundary in response to the raid.
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Columbus
N. M
Secretary Baker orders immediate Mexican border militia mobilization
Washington June 23 Secretary Baker directed all departmental commanders to dispatch available militia to the Mexican border without waiting for state mobilization completion. Commanders must notify Gen Funston when each troop battery or unit is ready for forward movement.
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Washington
Baker
Funston
Drafting Guardsmen to federal service declared emergency
In Washington on June 2 the military affairs committee offered and the House adopted the Hay amendment declaring that an emergency now exists for the draft. The amendment passed unanimously after suspending the rules, authorizing the president to draft Guardsmen willing to take the oath into the new army.
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Washington
House
Hay
Military Affairs Committee
Indian missionary cites bowel remedy in lecture
A Des Moines church lecture featured an Indian missionary who faced illness in the interior and credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his life. He says the remedy is used in India as a preventive and cure for cholera and can help milder bowels complaints here as well. Obtainable everywhere.
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Des Moines
India
Chamberlain
Nebraska Guard Ordered to Border Mobilization
Lincoln Nebraska June 23 The Nebraska National Guard about 1200 men has been ordered to move to the border Governor Morehead announced they would move in a few days The announcement comes as security measures increase along the frontier amid rising tensions.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska National Guard
Morehead
Conference to Mediate
A brief notice from New York dated June 25 announces a conference to mediate a dispute. Details are sparse in the readable text.
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New York
Tampa Public Execution Records First Private Death
In Tampa on June 23, the city carries out its first strictly private execution at the county jail. Charles Haines, a Black man, is executed for the murder of Marsial Joe S Walker in Port Tampa city several months earlier.
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Tampa
Fla
Charles Haines
Marsial Joe S. Walker
Port Tampa
Anna Gordon to Speak at Kansas WCTU Convention
Beloit Kansas June 23 A large attendance opened the first annual convention of the Kansas Young People's branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The three day meeting will close Sunday night with Miss Anna Gordon of Chicago national president of the WCTU delivering the address.
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Beloit
Kas
Kansas Young People’s
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Anna Gordon
Chicago
Moody conference opens at Northfield with eastern students
The Students Conference at Northfield Massachusetts opened today and will run ten days through July. College men from leading eastern and Canadian institutions attend as well known religious and educational leaders are scheduled to speak.
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East Northfield
Mass
Dwight L. Moody
Canada
In the Right Place At The Asylum Now
A visitor at the asylum confronts a lunatic who alternates hammer blows, then smiles. The inmate explains his ritualistic act as feeling good when he stops, revealing a fittingly ironic and darkly humorous moment.
Easier way during great strike confuses North Brinaa Railway staff
During the North Brinaa Railway strike many challenges arose in staffing qualified engine-drivers. A young driver misjudged a distance at a station and nearly returned the wrong way. The stationmaster joked to passengers as he suggested hiding while they shifted the situation.
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Brinaa
Bae
Thomas
Teras-Merican Rail Way Company Stockholders Meeting
Annual stockholders meeting set for June 2 1916 at 9 a m at the company office in Laredo Texas. Directors to be elected and business conducted. Board of directors to meet immediately after adjournment. Secretary A B Muller signs notice.
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Teras-Merican Rail Way Company
Laredo
Texan
A. B. Muller
Conference to mediate US and Mexico at El Paso announced
The American Union Against Militarism announced a conference of American and Mexican citizens to mediate between the United States and Mexico at El Paso. Telegrams were sent inviting Bryan, David Starr Jordan and Frank V. Walsh and other prominent Mexicans to participate. No fate was not for the meeting, however.
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el Parso
United States
Mexico
American Union
Bryan
David Starr Jordan
V. Walsh
Oil Camps Abandoned at Tuxpam Region
Oil camps in the Tuxpam region have been abandoned and activity halted. American and British refineries arriving on the Hrinieh tanker San Ricardo report a Carranza commander stating a de facto war exists between the United States and Mexico, though no formal declaration was issued.
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Galveston
Texas
Tuxpam
San Ricardo
Carranza
United States
Mexico
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