Note Warns Carranza of Gravest Consequences Over Villa
The de facto Mexican government is rebuked for aiding bandits and failing to curb Villa and raids into U S territory. It claims Carranza ignored obligations to protect American rights and prevent further attacks, threatening drastic actions if U S troops must defend themselves.
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Washington
Carranza
Mexico
United States
Villa
Lansing
Cusi
Santa Ysabel
Casi
Columbus
Casas Grandes
Parral
N. M
Gavira
Carranza in Wit Son's Reply Sparks U.S. Tension
The United States presses Mexico on Carranza amid threats of armed response. Secretary Lansing rejects bad faith claims while urging peaceful compliance. Nuclear notes outline that no arms will reach Mexico from the United States as tensions rise near the border.
Fears Damage To Posterity Suit Counts Bite Injuries
Edna F Alterton filed a $20,000 damages suit in the supreme court alleging that dog bites on Athens on-the-Hill left scars and fear of dogs that could be inherited by future descendants. The plaintiff names dog owners Mr and Mrs George W Law as defendants.
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Los Angeles
Edna F. Alterton
Guy E. Alterton
Supreme Court
Athens on-the-Hill
George W. Law
Women and War Work Across Nations
Wartime labor spread sees 15000 British women in agriculture. Mrs. William P. Anderson of Tashi kent Russia begins regular animal husbandry studies at Missouri College. The German Women's Franchise Union grows to 4000 members while 10500 women in 45 cities held unpaid posts and 897 were salaried.
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Great Britain
William P. Anderson
Tashi‘kent
Russia
United States
Canada
Missouri College of Agriculture
iMnion
China Expands Telegraph and Phone Services
Receipts from telegraph administration in China reached 3 million dollars last year, about one million more than expenditures. The government owns and operates the telegraph lines and is moving to acquire telephone service as fast as possible.
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Telegraph Administration
China
Second Battle Near Carrizal Mexico Reported Again
San Antonio and El Paso dispatches recount a second battle near Carrizal with seven U S troopers back at camp and reports of Mexican treachery. Pershing's initial findings suggest a prolonged clash and possible new expedition toward Juarez, stoking war talk in El Paso.
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San Antonio
Tex
Funston
Carrizal
Pershing
U.S. Army
Mexico
Columbus
N. M
United States
el Paso
Boyd
Tap
Gray Hills
Ojo Berrendos
Sian Luis
St. Bliss
Juarez
Tenth Cavalry
I Paso
Wilson
Charles T. Boyd
Louis 8
Morey
Henry H. Adair
Vilage
Felix Gomez
Gomez
Expensive Perfumes and the True Violet Extract
The article warns that real attar of roses from the Orient commands high value and is sold in tiny quantities. It notes violet perfume is often imitated and reports a new chemical process enabling synthetic perfume to mimic true violet extract, a product worth $100 per ounce wholesale.
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Orient
Uine
Mexican forces maneuver as border tensions rise near Juarez
Eyewitness accounts describe a fierce clash with Mexican troops led by Gomez as American detachments retreat under heavy fire. Pershing warns scouts to avoid provoking fighting while Carranza forces concentrate near Villa Ahumada and Juarez, with reports of fresh Mexican recruiting and tense frontier conditions.
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Iide
Boyd
Gomez
Morey
Adair
Pershing
Carranza
Villa Ahumeda
Juarez
Chihuahua
el Paso
Fort Bliss
Francisco Villa
International Bridge
Washington
War Department
Carrizal
Tenth Cavalry
Death of Dr Paul Paquin Kansas City Health Chief
Dr Paul Paquin Kansas City health director died after a lingering tuberculosis meningitis illness. He fell ill May 15 at the Kansas City Tuberculosis Hospital in Leeds and later became paralyzed and partly blind, struggles linked to his lifelong work against the disease.
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Paul Paquin
Kansas City
City
Harvard Wins Yale Harvard Regatta Sprint
New London Conn June 24 Crimson oarsmen swept the Thames River course winning both the freshmen eight and varsity junior eight races by clear margins in the opening races of the annual Yale Harvard regatta.
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Harvard
New London
Conn
Crimson
Thames River
Be yez drowning or col lectin' fer th Beljins
A rugged exchanges on the riverbank as a man in the water cries for help and Pat on shore questions whether he is drowning or collecting for the Belgians in a sharp town topic moment.
Mexico Says War Now Inevitable
Lima reports Mexico appeals to Central and South American nations for support as conflict with the United States is deemed inevitable. Mexican foreign minister Candido Aguilar states U S actions make war unavoidable. Peru hopes hostilities can be avoided. Japan’s Bar on Ishii rejects any Japanese arms aid to Mexico.
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Lima
Peru
Central
South America
United States
Candido Aguilar
Foreign Office
Japan
Tokyo
Baron Ishii
Mexico
China
America
Pacific
Iturbe
Ramon Iturbe
Carranza
Ohta
Washington
Manuel Romero
President Wilson backs woman suffrage plank
Carrie Chapman Catt publishes President Wilson’s letter affirming support for the suffrage plank. Wilson says he approves the plank and will advocate extending the vote to women on the same terms as men across the states.
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New York
Carrie Chapman Catt
National American Suffrage Association
Wilson
Summer Sports Hats Return With Modern Black Wide Brims
Summer fashion centers on the exclusive sports hat in black milan or black basket straw. Designs feature wide brims, supple straw, and two tone ribbon bows. Bands vary from white and black gros grain to blue and white or scarlet and white ribbons, completing a fetching look.
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Milan
Effort to Avert War Calls El Paso Conference
The American Union Against Militarism announced a plan to convene American and Mexican citizens in El Paso to avert war with Mexico. It urged Bryan Jordai Walsh and other figures to attend, offering to cover expenses from a cross border fund. Tele grams to mediators also urged action and influencing Carranza to seek peace. Identified backers include Villard Pinchot Steffens Ward and Slaughter.
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New York
el Paso
Mexico
American Union
Union
William Jennings Bryan
David Starr Jordayi
Frank P. Walsh
Kansas City
Doctor Atl
Mexico City
Luis Manuel Rojas
National Library
Modesto ©. Rolland
General Carranza
Oswald Garrison Villard
Amos Pinchot
Lincoln Steffens
Lilian W. Ward
J. W. Slaughter
Philadelphia
Congress Now Responsible for Militia Use in Mexico Crisis
Congress adopted an amended resolution placing formal responsibility on Congress for using the militia in the Mexican crisis. It changes Secretary Baker’s draft authority to require congressional authorization for any militia mobilization. The measure declares an emergency exists and supports a militia draft beyond the regular army.
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Washington
Congress
House
Hay
Military Affairs Committee
War Bakers
National Guard
Congress of the
United States
Mexico
Mexican Band Crosses Rio Grande Near Ranchitos
A group of about forty Mexicans crossed the Rio Grande into Texas near Ranchitos, twenty miles west of Brownsville, with Gen James Parker reporting. Another force led by Gen Alfredo Chant, formerly Matamoros garrison, is moving south. In New Mexico armed Mexicans crossed the border near Hachita to raid a ranch and steal horses.
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Brownsville
Tex
Rio Grande
Texas
Ranchitos
James Parker
Alfredo Chant
Matamoros
Columbus
N. M
Hachita
Crisis in Mexico Draws Brazil’s Keen Interest
Rio de Janeiro June 24 Mexico US tensions attract Brazil’s attention. Press notes President Wilson acts with good motives but faces German-influenced Mexican factions. Officials hope war can be avoided, yet Mexico’s continuing disorder tests all sympathizers.
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Rio Janeiro
Mexico
United States
Brazil
Wilson
German Armies Press Russian Front near Volhynia
German forces on a 60 mile line in the Kovel Vladimir Volynski and Sokal region attack to stem the Russian advance and aid Austro-Hungarian troops. Field Marshal von Mackensen to command Austria-German forces in Volhynia and Galicia as Brusiloff’s left wing advances from Czarnowitz, while the right endures heavy resistance.
Russian Middy Blouses Debut New Sporty Style
Two new midshipman inspired blouses appear this year the Russian sports blouse a lighter cousin of last season smock. It slips over the head and is belted at the waist with hip panels cut at the sides like a man's shirt. Some versions feature shoulder smocking or box plaits and a deep collar with a long front slash over a toned flap.
War Reports Pressure U.S. Toward Mexican Conflict
Washington reports say officials expect a near inevitable war with Mexico if hostilities continue. Pershing and Funston notes fuel the view, while Monroe Doctrine rhetoric underscores defending U.S. borders and citizens rather than conquest. Congress poised to back a war declaration.
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United States
Lansing
Wilson
Indianapolis
General Funston
General Pershing
Congress
Kitchin
Massive German Troop Trains Shift to Eastern Front
The Hague reports more than 100 troop trains moved eastward from the western front to the eastern front in the last two days. The transfers aim to bolster forces resisting a major Russian drive threatening Austro-Hungarian forces in Galicia.
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the Hague
Aix-la-Chapelle
Galicia
Congressmen Consider Radium Cost Investigation
The piece notes that some congressmen may order an investigation into the high cost of radium at any moment. It also mentions Sir Thomas Lipton awaiting a shift away from submarines to yachts and a Tacoma man sued for libel against George Washington, whose reputation remains secure despite the verdict.
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Thomas Lipton
Tacoma
George Washington
George
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