Americans Seek 300000 Aid to Evacuate Mexico Crisis Delays Reply
Secretary Lansing asks Congress for 300000 to move Americans from Mexico as Wilson administration awaits Carranza response. House adjourned for July 4, delaying a final crisis decision. Baker's emergency border funding estimated at 1643500. Rumors and telegrams keep Carranza’s stance uncertain.
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Mexico
Carranza
New York Times
Washington
Wilson
State Department
United States
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Seventh Arrives for Border Duty. General Parker To Command
The report notes the arrival of Seventh Army forces to the border area as General Parker is assigned to command the unit. Details emphasize the transfer and leadership change affecting border security plans and oversight.
Defense budget outlined at 600 million under ongoing orders
The defense budget of 600 million dollars will be kept in close touch with the 71st and 14th units as proceedings continue under the same orders.
Officers chase mishap trains in Texas border move
Seventy regiment trains out of San Antonio with orders to Fort Sam Houston near Brownsville. A runaway train carrying portions of the Seventh Regiment is pursued after kidnappers derail and steal troops, with Lieutenant Despard and Colonel Fisk leading the border chase.
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New York Times
Seventh Regiment
Skidmore
Texas
San Antonio
Funston
Rio Grande
James Parker
Fort Brown
Brownsville
Fisk
Willim
George &. Dice
Antonio
San Fisk
Douglas C. Despard
Francis J. McCann
O' Ryans
Fort Sam Houston
Border Forces
McCann
Quartermaster Corps
Seconds Brigade
Parker
New York
Myers
Commissary Department of the
South
Colonel Fisk
Robert Mazet
Seventy-first
Despard
Elmendorf
Cor
Mexico
Company B
Waco
British Offensive on Western Front Prompts Alarmed Hope
London observers hail a possible shift in the war, with experts citing Allied strategic momentum and a bolstered British and French offensive on the western front. Professor A. F. Pollard notes uncertain quick victory but suggests a major campaign may unfold next year with Germany facing supply and morale strains.
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New York Times
London
Western Front
von Bethmann Hollweg
Albert Frederick Pollard
London University
Pollard
Germany
Great Britain
France
Bellum
Russia
Verdun
Germat
Ainst Verdun
General Joffre
Mexicans Urge Volunteers as Army Clears Border
Refugees in Namiquipa report Carranza troops driving Americans north and call for volunteers to support the Carranzista cause. Pershing’s expedition expands base nearby with rail spurs and new buildings as censors withhold troop movements. At Columbus New Mexico gunfire from the Mexican side prompts border patrol inquiries. no injuries reported.
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Columbus
N. M
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Here
South Gate
Carranza Customs Guard
Mexico
H. L. Sickies
Border Patrol
British Say Baltic Ports Are Now Tightly Closed
British naval men on leave describe strong Baltic operations. An iron rule was imposed, hitting German supply lines as submarines menace Memel Koenigsberg and Gulf of Danzig ports. The Baltic sea traffic is disrupted and disorganization grows.
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Baltic
Star
Edinburgh
Grand Fleet
North Sea
Memel
Koenigsberg
Gulf of Danzig
Pomeranian
Berlin Reports Start of Allied Offensive on Western Front
Berlin dispatches say British forces begin a serious advance on the western front after prior light probing. Reports note heavy artillery, mining, and gas shells with cautious official tone, as Turkish Second Army also opens a Persian front against Russia from Kermanshah to Urmia.
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London
West Front
Douglas Haig
Persia
Kermanshah
Urumiah Lake
Russians Press South of Dniester In Major Offensive
News from Petrograd reports Russian forces pushing Austro-Hungarian troops south of the Dniester in Galicia. Large prisoner totals and captures around Kolomea and Lipa River accompany claims of heavy fighting as Austrian defenses collapse, with German forces coordinating counteractions in Volhynia and Meuse front actions continuing in France and Verdun.
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Galicia
Russia
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Nicholas
Letchitzk
Dniester
Colomea
Brezova
Kimpolung
Letchitzky
Lipa
Vienna
Berlin
War Press
Invncement
Volhynia
War Office
Ugrinov
Torchyn
Sokul
Count von Hothmer
Thumacz
Stanislau
Somme River
Attack on 25 mile front fails to hold all trenches
German forces launched a first rush along a 25 mile front leaving some trenches retaken by defenders while others remained under enemy control. Command reports mixed progress as heavy fighting continued.
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Paris
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Calire
Nancy
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Te Mesnil
War Office
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Spere
Ancre
Gommecourt
Montauban
Mametz
Fricourt
Souchez
Ypres
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