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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1916
Page
1
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Western Newspaper Union dispatches note Austro-Hungarian losses in Lugana valley and Verdun fighting. Russians advance in Bukowina and Galicia with large prisoner totals. Carrizal clash details and Mexican casualties tempering U S reports. Strike called off in Chicago with 1,000 surrendering. Wedding bells as National Guard mobilizes. Pardons grant reprieve for Col Bulger. Floods linger in the Northwest. rail washouts affect transcontinental service. Wilson urges naval expansion and Boy Scouts gain exclusive name rights. Trade figures show US exports to Europe near 5.98 billion. imports at 0.95 billion. Navy plans push for a 60,000 ton ship with 16 inch guns.
A special train carrying 160 Americans departed Mexico City en route to Vera Cruz. Amsterdam Ver Waerts reports a looming potato famine threatens Cologne, signaling European distress.
The note to Gen Carranza asserts American troops will not be withdrawn from Mexico and warns war will follow any renewed Mexican attack on U S troops. It details American concerns about bandit violence, property losses, and failure to stop raids along the Rio Grande, urging Mexican authorities to protect American lives and interests.
Reports from Gen Pershing and Gen Funston describe the Tenth Cavalry detachment under Capt. Boyd at Carrizal being wiped out by Mexican forces on June 21. Seven survivors reached the main column, and the engagement involved flank charges and machine gun fire, with the fate of the detachment described as sealed without escape.
Report from Brownsville Texas notes rumors of Americans massacred at Cerralvo in Nuevo Leon. Only one American confirmed there, James Hughes. A Monterey rumor and a train stop outside Monterrey further claim Americans were killed or taken.
Special Agent Rodgers in Mexico City arranged a special train to move Americans and other foreigners from Mexico City to Veracruz. He stayed at his post as demonstrations and mass meetings grew more anti American, with increasing bitter sentiment reported. No open violence was mentioned.
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