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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1916
Page
1
Highly garbled OCR text references soldiers and mass actions, with phrases like near breaking point and creed showing. The legible parts suggest a wartime update or bulletin, but key names, places, dates, and clear actions are missing.
A revised Senate resolution contemplates armed moves toward northern Mexico, with navy operations and rail shipments controlled from the American side. The plan also cuts a three year limit for militiamen drafted into the regular army, extending service through the emergency. The committee plans to report the measure Monday.
Washington reports indicate rising hostilities after Carrizal clash as Pershing reports reach base. Seven Carrizal survivors offer scant details on the fate of the rest. Senate backs Hay resolution to draft militiamen while rejecting a $1 million relief provision for dependents. Border customs ordered to hold freight.
Washington reports six rifles available from entente allies to the United States for the needy amid the emergency. News notes some South and Central American republics may seek mediation in the U S Mexico crisis, but officials say the United States aims to protect its people and territory with no mediation expected. Ambassadors from Argentina and others report limited moves toward dialogue while Carranza’s stance remains unstated.
Col Stubbs appeals to the patriotism of the Louisiana troops urging men to enlist. He asserts the unit has never failed in duty and calls for renewed commitment to service.
Remarkable demonstration draws several thousand as Col. Frank P. Stubls of the First Infantry Louisiana National Guard urges immediate recruitment to reach the maximum strength of 142 enlisted men and 3 officers per company. He warns border tensions with Mexico require a strong army now to avoid conflict and maintain national defense.
Gen Pershing reports disorganization and near annihilation of two Tenth Cavalry troops at Carrizal. Nine and seven men from troops C and others were picked up near Santa Maria. Estimates show fifty seven missing with fourteen dead and forty three prisoners. twenty seven total returned. Survivors saved twenty five horses as Mexican fire intensified.
Columbus New Mexico June 24 all troopers of the tenth cavalry who took part in the Carrizal fight have returned to the field base minus Captains Boyd Mirey lieutenant Adair and forty men the three officers are believed dead total Americans killed about twenty six unless others remain missing from the interior report arrival today
At noon today 98 men passed the rigid medical and physical examination and signed enlistment papers as members of Company D. It is expected that before night the hundred mark will be passed.
Paris June 24 The French regained part of the ground northeast of Verdun near Hill S20 last night as Allied forces press the Verdun area. Troop movements and positioning are reported in the latest war dispatches from Associated Press.
A major patriotic gathering drew strong attendance in Monroe as the Ouachita Guards parade concluded with a halt at Grand and DeSiard streets. Rev. C. Miller delivered a timely address near the parade route, with Capt. Allan Sholars and Rev. F. H. Farrington giving brief remarks two blocks away at DeSiard and Seeond streets.
Music by an Italian band accompanied a demonstration as traffic was halted for an hour. J. Y. Covington & Co. gave $100 to Captain Young, and Dr. P. M. Gayle led a Riv erside Club fundraising drive raising over $100. Contributions from Bar Association and many names followed, with remaining funds to aid the mess fund if recruits aren’t fully funded.
Chihuahua City June 24 American columns moved toward San Antonio and Caliente as Gen Trevino ordered Mexicans to attack if retreat continues. Seventeen American soldiers captured at Carrizal remain in Chihuahua penitentiary with Lem Spillsbury imprisoned. Trevino vows similar treatment for prisoners and states his subordinates back his orders. no transfer to Juarez planned.
Labarre of U Progressive is the sole member to vote against the proposed tax measure, while all other council members supported the plan. The confrontation highlights a split within the council over revenue funding and public services.
Baton Rouge La June 24 The Legislature closes its seventh week with the House in overtime and the Senate adjourning until Monday Night The primary bill sets salaries and expenses for clerks of court with detailed amounts for each parish including Caddo at 4506 salary and 17500 expenses The bill will go to the governor for approval and aims to wipe out the state deficit by generating 425000 for one year The Nix public utilities bill creating a four member board was passed by the Senate and concurred in by the House
San Salvador reports the foreign office received a cablegram from Ecuador urging all Latin American governments to act in concert to avert a war between the United States and Mexico. El Salvador promptly approved Ecuador's initiative.
A Rome wireless states the Pope has appealed to President Wilson and General Carranza to use their earnest efforts to avert war. The message was received in London on June 24.
A historical document details expense allowances by parish with amounts ranging from 17 000 for Caddo to 650 for St Bernard and St James. The list includes Rapides Natchitoches Iberville Jefferson Davis East Baton Rouge Beauregard Vernon Bossier Avoyelles Grant Richland Red River Lafourche Washington Evangeline St Martin Plaquemines Claiborne Bienville Winn Sabine Ascension Allen East Carroll Lincoln Madison Terrebonne Union Morehouse Webster Pointe Coupee Franklin Caldwell Tensas Jackson Livingston St Bernard St James.
Chautauqua national assembly opens a weeklong prepper discussion with invited speakers including Judge Alton B. Parker Major General Leonard Wood former congressman William M Calder of Brooklyn and Mrs Lucia Ames Mead of Boston chairing the peace department of the National Council of Women.
A Grover Cleveland Association committee sent a wreath to Princeton cemetery for the late president on the eighth anniversary of his death in New York. The wreath is a yearly tribute. Committee members include living Cleveland cabinet members Judge Alton B. Parker Mayor Mitchell George B. Cortelyou and others.
Huntsville Alabama June 23 Robert Phillips sheriff of Madison county shot and killed himself at the county jail over suspicion he aided in the murder of Probate Judge Lawler He left a note saying he could not stand the strain and insisted on his innocence He mentioned a man who fooled him and noted his support for Judge Lawler’s opponent in the recent primary The coroner's inquest is not concluded.
Austrian and Italian lines run into each other at Zagora, a mountain hamlet on the Austro Italian front. The report details near contact in rugged terrain, close trench distances, and the soldiers’ stubborn resilience under harsh winter-like conditions. The Italian and Austrian forces fought continually along exposed mountain slopes with crossings and tunnels shaping the hardship.
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