Employers to Pay Guardsmen Full Wages Expanded
The Merchants Association bulletin lists Silk Industry Home Defense League members pledging full pay for Guardsmen called to duty or attending Plattsburg training. Firms like Sonora Phonograph Co and Gillette Safety Razor Co commit ongoing wages and job protections, with various others offering full pay or top-ups and some promising government-allowance offsets. The article also details U S Army daily pay scales and lists numerous employers extending support to National Guard employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants’ Association
Silk Industry Home Defense League
Plattsburg
Sonora Phonograph Corporation
Gillette Safety Razor Company
Massachusetts Militia
Gillette
Mortgage Company
National Conduit and Cable Company
Louis Lewinson
Boorum & Pease Company
Native Americans Make Up Half of Maryland Recruits
Special to The New York Times from Baltimore on June 25 reports that about half of recruits in two Maryland regiments are native Americans. Recruiters say many recruits are children of foreign-born parents and that Russian descent leads among foreign blood recruits, followed by Germans and English. Colonel Washington Bowie Jr. urges natives to fulfill duties, noting Americans must be ready for responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Baltimore
Maryland
United States
Washington Bowie, Jr
Steamer Puts In for Repairs at Port of Spain
The American steamer PD. N. Lickenbach from Rio Janeiro May 31 to Port of Spain and New York was towed in with a broken shaft. She will dock at Port of Spain for repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port OF Spain
Trinidad
PD. N. Lickenbach
Rio Janeiro
New York
All Americans Out of Mexico This Week
Washington reports reveal rapid American exodus from Mexico with officials expecting full departure or decline of opportunities within days. Naval vessels ordered to Vera Cruz to aid refugees. transports and warships move along Mexican ports to evacuate citizens and bring others to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Mexico
United States
Officals
Amctican
Vera Cruz
Reid
Key West
Flusser
Colphin
Guantanamo
Cuba
Winslow
Buffalo
Mazatlan
Topolobampo
San Diego
Cal
Interior
State Department
Mexico City
Rodgers
Nebraska
Monterey
Sumner
Hancock
Tampico
Eagle Pass
Texas
Torreon
Refugees Reach Shore As Mexican Ports Close
The Ward Line steamship Esperanza arrived from Mexican ports with nearly 100 American refugees including mining officials. Mexican officials warned departure was blocked for many Mexicans, and Vera Cruz Tampico Progreso residents planned inland moves as fear of shelling by U S warships grew. Mining engineers in Yucatan noted mine shutdowns and scarce personnel. Captain Louis Tanning presided over a sea wedding for Zelma Dahlman and Dudley Schwarzeman, timed amid postbreakfast vows in the dining saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Line
Vera Cruz
Tampico
Progreso
Yucatan
Monterey
Albert Ennis
Dudley Schwarzeman
Schwartzman
Miss Dahlman
Mexico Baffles Aviators in Border War Trials
Army Flying Corps officer explains unprecedented conditions on the Mexican border where Pershing forces operate. High temperature, thin air, desert whirlwinds and light sand create cooling, radiator, wheel and propeller failures. Mechanics combat heat cooling needs and new tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Pershing
Army Flying Corps
Henry Woodhouse
Aero Club of America
Mexico
Denver
Minneapolis
Ganda
Red Cross Prepares Twenty Base Hospitals for War
After an all day Red Cross meeting in New York the organization announced it has ready personnel for twenty base hospitals and is purchasing equipment. Taft said the base hospitals could serve 10,000 patients and 6,000 nurses are ready to go under Miss Delano. An appeal for funds will be issued from Washington to complete the setup and supply committees will be guided by new instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Committee
The
American Red Cross
Charles D. Norton
East Eighty-fifth Street
Washington
Taft
Red Cross
War Department
Mexico
New York
Jefferson R. Kean
Military Relief
Miss Delano
Bellevue Hospital
Regular Army
Antonio
el Paso
Red Croce
National Executive Committee
Charles Horton
Tode
Red Cross Plans Civilian Relief Efforts At Home
The Red Cross outlines care for soldiers families left destitute, assigning duties to Director General of Civilian Relief Mr. Bickoell. It will issue instructions to chapter committees on fund collection and proper safeguards, while offering its machinery to support civilian relief within its charter. The group expects public subscriptions, citing American Red Cross work in Europe and anticipated fundraising for wounded Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bickoell
Red Cross
Europe
United States
Open Hospital Work Rooms Run By Women’s Defense Union
The Hospital Supply Committee of the Women’s National Committee of the American Defense Society, led by Mrs. Robert Goelet, opens new workrooms at 4 West Forty ninth Street to prepare hospital supplies for troops in Mexico. Executives to be named alongside Mrs. Goelet, Mrs. John Hays Hammond, and Mrs. Charles B. Goldsborough. Local firms report priority orders. cutting and sewing machines needed. The effort includes fundraisers led by Mrs. Alice Fisher Harcourt and Mrs. Russell Bassett and events at Long Beach and Narragansett Pier. A surgeons and nurses unit from Polyclinic Hospital will supervise initial work, with potential to expand to other hospitals if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s National Committee
The
American Defense Society
Robert Goelet
West Fortyninth Street
Mexico
Goelet
John Hays Hammond
Charles B. Goldsborough
Alice Fisher Harcourt
Russell Bassett
Long Head
Narragansett Pier
Polyclinic Hospital
John A. Wyeth
Slackers Decorated in Baltimore Guard Muster
National Guard members initially refused to sign the new government oath at Baltimore with Captain Rockwell and Captain Heslop appealing to patriotism. After most relented, three men in Company B, Fifth Regiment refused to sign, were whipped with yellow ribbon, stripped of uniforms, and sent back to Baltimore twenty miles away in their underwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Baltimore
National Guard
Rockwell
United States
Heslop
Company B
Fifth Regiment
Laurel
Day defends Wilson in Mexican policy address
The Rev Dr Jonathan C Day, four teenth Street and Second Avenue Labor Temple superintendent, praised Wilsons Mexican policy and urged continued American troop presence until bandits are kept from crossing the border. He attacked Morris Hillquit and Lincoln Steffens and challenged critics to prove their claims. He urged constructive action to straighten affairs in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan C. Day
Labor Temple
Fourteenth Street
Second Avenue
Wilson
Mexico
Morris Hillquit
Lincoln Steffens
Jews Plan to Form First Volunteers in Non-Sectarian Group
A meeting at the Woolworth Building formed the First New York Volunteers to combat Jewish exclusion from the National Guard. More than fifty men attended, pledging equipment funds led by S. S. Rosenstamm with $500. The group aims to drill in an armory, recruit immediately, and be mustered into Federal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York National Guard
Merchants’ Association
Woolworth
S. S. Rosenstamm
Rosenstamm
Adolph Lewisohn & Sons
First
New York Volunteers
Aast
Louis Stotesbury
National Guard
Albert Moritz
Navy
Fing
H. S. Mildenberg
Joseph Barondess
I M. Levy
J. B. Bloom
Re Landes
G. B. Hartley
Nathan Hal
Max Klein
A. L. Nathan
Samuel Weisbach
Nathan Rubenstein
Jerome All
Julius Stern
Arthur Smith
Nathan Hyman
Lawrence Landsman
Mr. Rosenstamm
J. J. Bloom
S Mildenbers
Jalecia
Solomon A.aks
Stella Kramer
Qapiliery
Nathan Schwartz
If Marine Corps
Vera Cruz
Fletcher
Schwartz
Consul Garza Reopens Brownsville Office Amid Tensions
Brownsville June 25 Consul J Z Garza returns to the American side and plans to reopen his office tomorrow amid moves by First Chief Carranza to prevent a US Mexico break. New orders urge border commanders to bar bandits from entering US territory. Matamoros commander Alfredo Ricaut is gathering bandits and sympathizers including Anecito Pizana and partner Luis De La Rosa with plans to send them to Monterey next week for the tertiary there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Texas
Perez Abreau
México City
J. Z. Garza
Matamoros
Ter
Garza
Carranza
United States
Mexico
Alfredo Ricaut
Anecito Pizana
Monterey
Luis de la Rosa
Pizana
Mexican Troops Prepare for War and Villa Maneuvers
Reports place Pancho Villa at Hacienda Rio Florida near Jimenez and Escalon, with Carranza officials allegedly seeking his command of 7,000 Villista troops. A tentative U.S. invasion plan envisions operations from Juarez to Villa Ahumada and Chihuahua City, highlighting armored and artillery limits in Carranza forces and local geographic advantages for an offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Villa
Rio Florida
Jimenez
Escalon
Mexican Central Railroad
Parral
Carranza
Villista
Jacinto Trevino
Trevino
Hla
Chihuahua City
Fort Bliss
Juarez
United States
General Bell
Villa Ahumada
Pershing
Villian Ahbumada
Bell
Torreon
Hanocherla
Juares
Mexico City
Spoiled German Raid Plan Beatty Fight Prevented Escape
Officers aboard the Cunarder Andanta arriving from London reported that Admiral Beatty’s attack halted six fast German auxiliary cruisers intended to raid Allied commerce. They claimed the raiders were sunk or returned to Kiel, while the grand fleet pursued prior to disclosing full German losses and fleet details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andanta
London
Thames Estuary
Jellicoe
North Sea
Beatty
Kiel
Atlantic
Iceland
Moewe
Hindenbure
Flower Day raises funds as hundreds aid relief drive
In New York, florists donated wares for Flower Day under the Joint Distribution Committee relief effort. More than 1500 Jewish young women sold flowers on the streets to support war relief. The campaign follows prior drives for the Jewish War Relief Fund with articles and excerpts from foreign papers highlighting sufferings and self-help efforts. The Joint Distribution Committee comprises the American Relief Committee, People's Committee, and Central Relief Committee with treasurers Warburg, Goldberg, and Fischel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Distribution Committee For
Jewish War Relief Fund
Joint Distribution Committee
American Relief Committee
Felix M. Warburg
People’s Committee
Jacob Goldberg
Central Relief Committee
Harry Fischel
Roosevelt Denies Rough Riders Reorganization
Oyster Bay June 27 Colonel Roosevelt was not available for comment on a Milwaukee rumor about a Rough Riders reorganization. His secretary Walter Hayes issued a firm denial of the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rough Riders
New York Times
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Milwaukee
Walter Hayes
Surgeon Donates a Hospital for War Effort
PHOENIX Ariz June 25 A local surgeon offers to fully equip and operate a field hospital at his own expense at any government designated point The Red Cross accepted the offer making it the largest individual contribution along the border since tensions with Mexico escalated The act underscores private medical support for wartime mobilization and civilian relief efforts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Phoenix
Ariz
War Department
Red Cross
Mexico
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Debrew
National Jewish Weekly
Herman Bernstein
Nathan Straus
Edward Grey
Israel
Palestine
Russia
Sele
East 23d Street
Country
the Woman's Magazine
Woman's Magazine
the Babies’ Hospital
S5th St
Lexington Ave
Oceanic, N. J
Associated Advertising Clubs
Philadelphia
Church
U. of P
Franklin Field
Mail Times
Silk Industry Agreement
Plattsburg Camp
United States Army
Artillery
Infantry
Signal Corps
Engineers
Ordnance
Hospital Corps
Cavalry
Field Artillery
Coast Artillery
Acti
Basile Horseshoer
American Raw Bilk Co
American Woolen Co
B. Belding Bros. & Blum
J A
Boorum & Pease
Brooklyn Trust Co
Browning
King & Butler, James, Inc
D David
B. Edmun Dery
Dommerich
Iaf
Duval, W. H
E. Higemann
Samuel Bretein
Fr. Fleitmann & Co
General Electric
Peony
General Silk
Imp
Giilette Safety Co
H. Hoboken
City of
Iselin
Lawyers Mortgage Co
Lewinson
Louis
M. Mallinson
Michaela
J. Mitsui & Co
Morimura, Aral, & Co
National Conduit &Ble Co
le National Ribbon. Co
Nonotuck Silk Co. Oo
Ce Openham, Wm, & Sons
P. Pease Piano Co
Phoenix Silk Mfg
Portland Silk Co
Post & Sheldon Corp
R. Read & Lovatt Mfg
Richardson Silk Co
Road State Bank
Rusch & Co
Salinger & Magnus
Sauquoit Silk Mfg. Co
Schefer, Schramm & Vogel
Schroeder, W., & Co
Skinner, W., & Sona
Sonora Phonog’ph Co
Stanford, H. B., & Co
Stearns
John N.,&co
Straus, F. A., & Co
Susquehanna Silk Mills
Tata Sons & Co
Travelers One, Co
Uniton Cigar Stores Co
Printing & Whithe Co
Vs Steel Corp
Bremerton
Wash
Jn Pas
Guaymas
Tsump
Wes
Edward Miller & CO
Ievattinnca
Park Place
Woolworth Building
Ciety
William H. Taft
Arthur Murray
W. C. Traisted
Ernest C. Bicknell
Scarlets
R. C. WILLIAMS &@ co
Knog
DR. Day
Labor Temple Head
Stotesbury
Organization
Mat Abe
Glalane
Saul Aoae
Harriman National Bank
Fifth Avenue and
4Th ST
Golf Norfolk Suits
Saks
Saks Company
Broadway
34Th Street
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