Mexican bandits resist U S troops near San Benito
Carranza officers gathered at a saloon threaten a come to a treaty as American soldiers cross into Mexico. General Ricaut mobilizes townsfolk distributing arms while Consul Garza and General Parker discuss a possible clash. A reported bandit raid near Mata- All soldiers at Fort Brown are on alert.
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Carranza Army
Alfredo Ricaut
Matamoros
Mexico
J. J. Garza
Parker
Aniceto Piasna
Mata
Army Nears Cross-Border Clash as Texas Troops Pursue Bandits
June 17 San Antonio army officers view the border pursuit as a grave crisis. Third Cavalry crosses the Rio Grande at Brownsville to chase bandits who attacked San Benito, while General Parker and General Funston mobilize reinforcements and seek assurances from Mexican officials and Texas Governor Ferguson.
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San Antonio
Texas
United States Army
Alfredo Hicaut
Mexico
Third Cavalry
Brownsville
San Benito
Onesie Parker
Ville
Newman
New
Juil Parker
Andreas Garza
Garza
Parkers
Parker
Department
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Third Texas Regiment
International Boundary Line
Rannin
Ojar Anderson
Ricaut
Brownsvile
Funston
Funston Tonight Asked Gen Parker
Governor Ferguson
Calles vows to oppose any American troop passage into Sonora
Consul Ives Lelevier quoted General Calles in Douglas Arizona on June 17 saying he would not tolerate American soldiers in Sonora. He pledged to oppose any attempt to pass through Sonora or enter the state with all his power.
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Douglas, Ariz
Calles
Carranza
Sonora
Ives &. Lelevier
Bonora
Ammunition Issued to Fort McIntosh Soldiers as Bridge Closes
Soldiers at Fort McIntosh received forty rounds of ammunition and were deployed on patrols along the river after the International Bridge was shut. Ammunition and food were distributed to citizens in Nuevo Laredo by Constitutionalist allies for potential cross border use if conflict escalates. Reports said a large Mexican force was massed north of Laredo for an attack on U S territory with more than 6 000 Carranza troops reported moving through Villa Aldema.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Texas
Fort McIntosh
International Bridge
Interior of
Mexico
Carranza
Villa Aldema
Precautions by Pershing Reported as Expedition Stays Ready
Reports from Columbus New Mexico say Pershing’s punitive expedition in Mexico sleeps on its arms. supplies are rushed and troops are well disposed for any eventuality as General Jacinto Trevino’s threat lingers.
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Columbus
N. M
Mexico
Jacinto Trevino
American Forces Reformat Line South of Namiquipa
American troops tighten security along the Mexican frontier near Namiquipa. Patrols guard the Mexico Northwestern Railway to thwart possible surprise moves while Pershing expands command freedoms and arranges supply runs from Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Namiquipa
Mexico Northwestern
Pershings
Consuls Leave Posts and Cross the Border
United States Consul General at Monterey Philip C. Hanna and a small party of Americans reached Laredo with remarks that conditions in Mexico are quiet. Hanna may stay two to three days and noted he could leave his post at any time per State Department guidance. In Matamoros, Consul J. H. Johnson closed his office and crossed into Brownsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Texas
Philip C. Hanna
United States
Monterey
Mexico
Hanna
State Department
Brownsville
J. H. Johnson
Matamoras
Consul General Hanne Ordered to Américan Side River Border
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS JUNE 17 The arrival at Laredo today of Philip Hanne Consul General at Monterey shows state departments ordered him and H Siiliman Consul at Saltillo to the American side of the river. Consul W P Wicker brought the news today.
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San Antonio
Texas
Laredo
Philip
Hanne
Monterey
H. Siiliman
Saltillo
W. P. Wicker
Patrols Expand Across Rio Grande Into Eagle Pass
His office reports force, family, and household pods moving across the river from Piedras Negras to Eagle Pass as part of border operations.
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Piedras Negras
Eagle Pass
Countermove by Mexicans report intercepting American cavalry
A report from Mercedes Texas dated June 17 states Carranza soldiers may have been sent from Matamoros to intercept American cavalrymen who crossed the border after a botched trail. Confirmation is lacking. Lieutenant A D Newman commanding F H Third Cavalry crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico at Ranchita with three other troops nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercedes
Texas
Carranza
Matamoros
A. D. Newman
Third Cavalry
Rio Rande
Mexico
Ranchita
San Benito
Army engineers to start 120 mile road to Mexico
Preparations for shipping road building material to Columbus New Mexico indicate army engineers will begin work at the international border camp. Major K J Hampton Acting Quartermaster reports four tractors four graders eight dump wagons scrapers and other implements will be sent plus sixty motor trucks for border transport.
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Chicago
Columbus
N. M
Io Sfexico
K. J. Hampton
Central Department of the Army
Army rushes preparations for border relief expedition
El Paso Texas June 17 General Belt mobilizes rapid response along the border ordering motor trucks and manning three aeroplanes from Chicago for scout duty. An additional artillery battery from Columbus arrives to deter raids while troops camp tonight to secure the section.
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New York Times
EL Paso
Texas
Telegraph
Chicago
Cam
Artiery Ie
Columbus
Oes
Curtiss
Farmans
Henry Youngblood
Wilson and Baker Confer on Mexico
President Wilson prepares a formal reply to Carranza over U S troop withdrawals from Mexico. The note, nearly complete, includes references to Ignacio and San Benito raids and border attacks and faces amending to address threats in the Treviso note. Military moves include four U S naval vessels in Mexican ports and troop transfers to border duty.
Mexican civilians drill in Juarez as border forces grow
Seventy five Mexican civilians drill in Juarez under Jesus Valdez while border precautions rigidify. A large influx of guns and ammo is reported among refugees who fear hunger and discuss crossing the line for food as Juarez hosts 2,000 soldiers encamped near the riverbank.
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Bell
Juarez
Pershing
Casas Grandes
Namin
Namiquipa
Jesus Valdez
Mexican Paper Reports Texas Revolt and Equality Efforts
A Saltillo dispatch in La Voz de la Patria, published June 15, claims Texas is in a revolution led by those seeking independence and racial equality. The extra reports revolters have blown trains and torn tracks, with travelers from Laredo delivering the message to Piedras Negras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Saltillo
Coahulia
la Voz de la Patria
Piedrak Negras
Laredo
Sonora Faces Hunger Amid Currency Crisis and Fixing
News from Sonora reports severe food shortages and price fixing by de facto government officials. Foreign merchants balk at stock increases, causing rising scarcity in Guaymas and interior Sonora. US naval forces patrol coast while Sonoran civilians arm. General Calles moves toward the border with Gomez's forces marching from Agua Prieta.
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Guaymas
Sonora
Mexico
San Pedro
Cal
United States
Manzanillo
Cleveland
Yorktown
Topolobampo
Annapolis
Mazatlan
Albany
Buffalo
San Diego
West Coast
Gavira Sees Obregon in Mexico City Talks
General Gabriel Gavira, Carranza commander at Juarez, met with War Minister Obregon in Mexico City after arriving from Juarez. He said American troops in Chihuahua City were retreating northward and that Constitutionalists controlled Chihuahua. Many Americans here plan to stay or send families to Vera Cruz. Mexico City remains quiet.
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New York Times
Mexico City
Gabriel Gavira
Carranza
Juarez
Obregon
Chihuahua City
Gavira
Chihuahua
Vera Cruz
Cuban Officers Desert Mexican Army Over U.S. War Fears
Several Cuban officers in General Carranza's army arrived in Havana claiming they must quit Mexico as they foresee war with the United States. They say they fought Americans because the latter freed Cuba, signaling tensions near a potential conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Havana
Cuba
Carranzas
Mexico
United States
Garza Denies Reported Amnesty Request to Carranza
Roque Gonzalez Garza, former Villista lieutenant and provisional Mexico president, denies asking amnesty from the Carranza government to return home and take up arms. He says a Feb. 22 memorandum, signed with two others, outlines his views and asks for corrections to a Times article.
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Roque Gonzales Garza
Francisco Villa
Villista
Mexico
Carranza
Garza
Sefior Garza
New York Times
Senor Carranza
United States
Senor Carranga
Truth
BR. Gonzalez Garza
Dual Oath Necessary for National Guard
Washington June 17 The War Department has taken no steps to mobilize the National Guard amid Mexico developments. A new Army bill will auto proceed July 1 requiring dual oaths for state troops in Federal service. Kansas Guard unique in already taking the oath. governors urged to swear in promptly to avoid a legal hiatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
National Guard
Mexico
Kansas Guard
New York Militia Readied for Border War Plan
Officers of the National Guard of New York say orders from Washington could call the division into active service along the Rio Grande or in Mexico. The plan envisages mustering field artillery early, with 1,000 horses bought in Oklahoma and allocated to Manhattan and Brooklyn units, plus mule provisions for the Quartermaster Department.
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National Guard of
New York
Washington
National Guard
Rio Grands
Mexico
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Oklahoma
National Guard Division
Quartermaster’s Department
Adjt
Stotesbury
Wilson
Whitman
Baker
German newspapers win more freedom in censorship talks
Berlin reports show the Chancellor promising milder censorship and freer discussion of war aims to German press via a letter to the German Press Association. He warns full freedom cannot come immediately but urges practical recommendations from the press group and a transitional plan toward postwar liberty.
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Berlin
the Hague
Press of
Germany
German Press Association
Press Association
Tageblatt
Germany Retaliates Against French Prisoners in Kind
Berlin reports ten French officers moved to a military prison in retaliation for the treatment of German Lieutenant Erler held by the French. The German government provided proof of Erler’s innocence after France condemned him as a criminal, prompting further exchanges. The move mirrors the French handling of Erler and aims to pressure Paris until the German lieutenant is brought to a comparable prison.
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Berlin
Sayville
Alitary
Brier
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeite
Meddlers Annoy Jellico As Sailor Capt Passow Reports
Captain F M Passow former American Line officer arrives with his three sisters on the St Louis from Liverpool to visit his son in Canada. He says senior navy officers are dissatisfied with civil authority in London over blockade management and Admiral Jellicoe is hampered by political interference. He recalls the North Sea battle coverage causing public gloom and lingering harm from Admiralty bunting.
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F. M. Passow
St. Louis
Liverpool
Canada
Royal Navy
London
Jellicoe
Jefficoe
Admiralty
North Sea
Southampton
Austrians abandon battered armored train as Russians push front
Allied dispatches report Austrian forces retreating toward a well-defended line from Vladimir-Volynski to Gokal-Stoyanoff while Russians advance near Lemberg and Lutsk. Lutsk evacuation described as panic. Russian troops seize trenches with minimal losses as Austrians and Germans pull back further north.
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Olyka
Lemberg
Vladimir-Volynski- Gokal-Stoyanoff
Dutino-Lemberg
Pluichevka
Styr
Rostok
Pitchiev
Kremenetz
Sakharoff
Brody
Lutsk
Boerse
Minsk
Pripet
Teutons Renew Battles Near Dniester River
Austro-Hungarian troops south of the Dniester in Galicia defeated a Russian cavalry force on Thursday, according to an official Austro-Hungarian statement sent by wireless to Sayville.
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Dniester
Visvovczyk
Tarnopol
Berlin
Sayville
Galicia
Fire engine crash kills firefighter among nine injured
In Newark at Sherman Avenue and Pointer Street a collision between Motor Engine 25 led by Fireman Richard Dunwald and Hose Tender 12 drawn by horses killed Dunwald and seriously injured nine others. Mrs Brevoort shielded her baby as the runaway horse bolted through the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Dunwald
Motor Engine Company 25
Newark
Dunwald
Sherman Avenue
Pointer Street
Ruppel
Mrs. Brevoort
Johnson and
Dolan
Punish Belgian Town for Food Action
The German Military Governor of Roulers Belgium orders residents to stay indoors from 2 PM to 6 AM for three weeks. The measure follows reports that citizens supplied food without authority to Russian prisoners used in farm work, per Telegraaf via London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
London
Roulers
Belgium
The
Telegraaf
Agreement on Regular Bread and Clothes to French Prisoners
Paris reports a mutual agreement between France and Germany to regularly supply bread and clothing to French prisoners in Germany. Bulk parcels will replace individual shipments and distribution will be supervised by prisoner committees at all camps.
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Paris
Germany
Russians Engaged by German Forces North of Przewloka
An official German Army Headquarters statement reports that General von Linsingen and General Count von Bothmer's forces are fighting Russians in the Stokhod and Styr sectors north of Przewloka. The fighting involves parts of von Bothmer's army as the conflict continues.
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Stokhod
Styr
Count von Bothmer
Przewloka
von Linsingen
Count von Hrothmer
Emperor of Japan congratulates in Galicia victory
The Imperial Japanese Emperor sends a telegram to the Russian Emperor in Petrograd dated June 17 expressing grave pleasure at the glorious victory of his army in Galicia and offering sincere congratulations on the military feat.
Kapp Publishes Card Challenge to Bethmann Hollweg
Berlin reports Dr Wolfgang Kapp published a card claiming he sought to call on Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg to discuss a pamphlet attack on his policy. An agent for the Chancellor reportedly refused personal explanations, prompting Kapp to vow action when the war press was no longer restrained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Wolfgang Kapp
von Bethmann Hollweg
Reichstag
Kapp
Dr Kapp
Food riot disrupts potato distribution in Amsterdam
Sunday June 18 London reports disturbances in Amsterdam as the municipality distributes potatoes to retailers. Retailers accuse favoritism toward the Workmen's Association. carts with produce are attacked by the crowd. Additional clashes and further unrest are feared amid high tensions.
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London
Amsterdam
Reuter
Alice
Austro-Hungarian Navy repels Allied torpedo boats near Parenzo
Berlin reports that three Allied torpedo boats attacked Parenzo in Istria, ten miles north of Rovigno, on June 12 but were driven back by Austro-Hungarian coast batteries and aircraft. The artillery fire caused minimal damage to one wall and one roof, with no hits on our batteries or aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Sayville
Parenzo
Istria
Rovigno
Won't Prosecute Veteran After Crossed Cane Incident
Lieutenant Scott McFarlane of the U.S.S. Oklahoma declined to prosecute Hertmann Bernhardt a 70 year old optician of 56 Newark Avenue Jersey City after Bernhardt a naval veteran of the civil war said his cane struck McFarlane s automobile while crossing a thoroughfare and that his veteran button proved his status. The arrest occurred at Forty second Street and Fifth Avenue and Bernhardt s brother was the first Union blue jacket killed in the Vera Cruz occupation.
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Scott McFarlane
U. S.S
Oklahoma
East Fifty-first Street
Hertmann Bernhardt
Newark Avenue
Jersey City
Forty-second Street
Fifth
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