Mexican War Crisis Deepens Near Carrizal and Casas Grandes
Reports from Casas Grandes say Mexican garrison evacuated and troops march toward Madera to avoid U S forces. Carrizal clash provoked fatalities and injuries. American forces reportedly advanced toward Chihuahua City as Consul Garcia confirms the 10th Cavalry involvement and plans for swift punitive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiamesciely Aren
Carrizal
Felix Gomez
Ageia Tromps
Gomez
Chihuahua City
Genzales
Gomex
Chihuahes City
Bar
Carranza
Casae Grandes
Haas
Madera
United States
Cams Grandes
Casas Grandes
Mexico Northern
Mexico
Chihuehua City
Namiquipa
Consul Garcia
Juares
10Th Cavalry
Pershing Force Ready to Meet Any Attack
General Pershing commander of the American expeditionary forces says his troops are redistributed and ready to meet any attack after a clash. No orders were issued by Funston as of June 21 in San Antonio. The note indicates strategic shifts and full readiness amid ongoing operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carranza
Carrizal
Namixquipa
Colonia Dublin
Santa Clara Canyon
Namiquipa
Funston
Persh
Bell
Pershing
Army Headquar
Anston
General Pershing
Heil
Ahumada
San Antonio
Prent
Sefior Burns
George Weeks
Mexican Bureau of Information
Mexico City
Iran
United States
Mujica
Tabasco
Brooklyn Republicans Challenge Gerrymander in Supreme Court
Jacob A. Livingston Republican leader of Brooklyn, backed by Senator Alfred J. Gilchrist, protested in the Brooklyn Supreme Court before Justice Cropsey against the reapportionment of the 21st, 22d and 23d Assembly districts. The GOP cites citizen population, contends districts lack compactness, and asks review as Aldermen’s plan proceeds to further hearings. Continuous argument expected today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob A. Livingston
Brooklyn
Alfred J. Gilchrist
Supreme Court
Justice Cropsey
James 0. Bell
Democratic
George Green
Mules and Horses Arrive as New York Mobilizes for Camp Whitman
8000 mark time noted as 2000 march phrase appears while bands parade through uptown. Sixty ninth New York Infantry and other units march to Camp Whitman, with Cavalry and Field Artillery set to move. Beekman and Van Cortlandt camps host growing mobilization as horses and mules arrive. Urban armories bustle. orders hold back Seventy-first Infantry and others due to Camp Whitman water issues. Storm King used for Hospital Corps transport. total mobilization cost projected around $690000. Coast Guard recruiting gathers at 9th Coast Defence armory. many seek service commitment despite not being officially mobilized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixty-ninth
New York Infantry
Twenty-second Engineers
Camp Whitman
New York City
Mexico
Beekmant
Hoekman
van Cortlandt
O'Ryan
New York
Tnfartry
Brooklyn
Heckman
Hospital Corps
Ed Ambulance Company
Tat Field Hospital Corps
Storm King
18Th Street
Franklin Avenue
1St Cavalry
Staten Island
Sherger
Dicisins
Hall
Coast Guard
9Th Coast Defence Command
Fourteenth Street
Sixth Avenue
Sth
Torday
Martin Ford
Byen
Mth
Sereview
Westchester Cavalry
Nerbert J. van Wyck
van Wyck
War Department
Federal Reserve
Plattsburg
Wiman Charles J. Crowley
Eite
Red Cross
Youn T. Burns
Equitable
Congress Feminista
Yucatan Peninsula
Db. Ala
War Brides and Suffragists Fill Busy Marriage Chapel
War brides and suffragists flocked to Brooklyn Municipal Chapel to wed as guardsmen rushed to call to arms. Dozens of marriages followed amid flags, cake, and suffrage cake in a scene of wartime ceremony and civic involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Misa Emma Wigcet
Meurai
Mexico
Horey
Margaret Jeanne Kearns
Leak in Morgan offices fuels probe into munition data
Attorney Swann summoned Ravenelle, secretary to Morgan’s munitions chief, amid suspicions that cablegrams and private figures on war contracts were exposed to large bidders. Publicity man Martin Egan also met investigators as DA Swann moves toward possible charges involving William Burns and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Morgan & Co
Tistriet
Swann
Josxe Ravenelle
East Fifteenth Street
Flatbush
George W. Bacon
Europe
Edward KR. Stettinius
Ravenelle
Morgan
Brooklyn
Martin Egan
Chi
McAdoomuer Kean
William J. Burns
Frederick Seymour
John T. Dooling
Wigan
Orpet Love Letters to Be Read to Jury
The jury in the William H. Orpet murder case will hear letters he wrote to Marion Lambert in two series, before and after a school vacation. Judge Donnelly ruled the earlier letters show seduction and could prejudge the defendant, but they will be read to the jury tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Lambert
Waukegan
William H. Orpet
University of Wisconsin
Orpet
Donnelly
Marion
City playground becomes armed camp for war drill
Van Cortlandt Park shifts from peaceful recreation to military reserve as 450 horses and multiple batteries of the 1st and 2d Field Artillery set up tents. Troops dig trenches for drainage while crowds, including photographers, watch the rapid camp life under Lt Col Merritt H. Smith and Captains McClure Delaney Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Cortlandt Park
1St Field Artillery
Certo
2D Field Artillery
Brooklyn
A. Hamilton
Western Pointe
van Cortlandt
Bockman
Merritt H. Smith
Walter C. McClure
Sylvester Simpson
Jah T. Delaney
Raymond M. Reid
A. S. Mamilton
William R. Wright
Howard M. Cowperthwait
Albert W. Putnam
Latin America Blames Bandits in War Talk
Buenos Aires reports on reactions to US Mexico tensions. La Razon calls war discult, says it would end revolutions but be endless and undesired by the United States. La Nacion mourns the conflict as a disturbance to American opinion. Hi Diario condemns bandit actions yet fears intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
United States
Mexico
la Razon
la Nacion
Argentina
Carranza
Hi Diario
Guggenheim Sues Brothers Over Copper Mine Profit
William Guggenheim’s $10 million suit against five brothers proceeds as his counsel reads into the record a letter in which Daniel Guggenheim admits tests were made at the Chuquicanta mine in Chile. The case centers on when the brothers knew the mine was valuable and whether fraud induced William to waive his rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
Long Island
William Guggenheim
Chili
Stephen C. Baldwin
Daniel Guggenheim
Chuquicanta
William
Samuel Untermyer
Pope Yeatman
Albert C. Burrage
President Wilson Views DC National Guard Parade
President Wilson and Secretary Baker observed the District of Columbia National Guard as it marched past the White House toward Fort Myer for border service. Wilson praised the guards, noting they look mighty nice in the drizzle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Warships Speed Toward Mexico From San Diego
San Diego June 21 The destroyers Hull Hopkins and Truxton led a flotilla toward Mexican waters with orders to La Paz San Jose de Cabo and Topolobampo. The San Diego Winslow cruisers Pittsburgh Colorado and others moved to positions along the west coast, with a full Pacific Fleet disposition planned from Sangre de Cabo to Acapulco and Salina Cruz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
Hull
W. W. Bradley
Hopkins
Truxton
la Paz
Hopkina
San Jose de Cabo
Topolobampo
Peifie
United States
Winslow
Guaymas
Mazatlan
Pittsburgh
Fullam
Pacific Reserve Fleet
Colorado
Admiral Winslow
Pacific Feet
Mexican West Coast
Manzanillo
Saline Crux
Saline Crux. the Armored Cruix
Maryland
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Dako
Puget Seu Navy Yard
San Francisco
Mexican
Sangre de Cabo
Guayman
Cleveland
Glacier
Yorktown
Mazatlas
Annapolis
Albany
Salina Cruz
Denver
Raleigh
Acapulco
Guard mobilization shifts stride through Connecticut
In Hartford and Niantic Connecticut national guard units prepare for encampment with Troop B of the 6th Militia Cavalry leading a two day march from New London toward the inland base. Morgan G Bulkley, a Civil War veteran and former state leader, donates fifty horses valued around two hundred dollars each to the state. Cheney Brothers of Manchester purchases life insurance policies of one thousand dollars for mobilized workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
National Guard
Niantic
6Th Militia Cavalry
Morgan G. Bulkley
Mortford
United States
aBtnn Life Insurance Company
Commonwealth
Purchas Cheney Brothers
Manchester
Frightened Mexicans Flee From Matamoros Evacuation
Civilians flee Matamoros as General Alfredo Kirwitt sets inland HQ ten miles away. Ricaut communicates with Mexico City while soldiers move south. Post office and government offices close. streets deserted. Reports say dynamite threats and a devastated territory across the river with water scarce and crops ruined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Vinea
Matamoros
Alfredo Kirwitt
Ricaut
Mexico City
National Bridge
America
Cros
Firms pledge full pay to guardsmen as patriots
Major General O'Ryan notes press reports that employers of soldiers grant leaves with full pay, calling it practical patriotism. The Tribune lists firms offering full pay or partial pay with insurance or dependent care, including Namm & Son, Altman, Bloomingdale, Brooklyn Eagle, Interborough, Pennsylvania Railroad, Saks & Co, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Ryan
Tribune
Kn. R. F. Goodrich Company
Bloomingdale Brothers
Brooklyn Eagle
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Crane Company
Edison Company
Enhut Company
Hill Publishing Company
Interborough Rapid Transit
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Saks & Co
A. H. Dudley & Co
United Zinc Smelting Corporation
Universal Film Company
W. R. Britton & Co
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Ady
Eme
Iit
Lackawanna
Chicago
Ariving
Phoebe Snowland
O’ryan
Field Artillery
Cavalry Command
Social Register
van Tandt Park
Beekman
38Th Street
Greeley
Lord & Taylor
39Th Street
Palm Beach
Lord &Taylor
Norfolk
Wife
Camp Whitmanterday
Church of the Ascension
Thomas Dorrington Waderton
Rps
Hoxiener
Frank §. Mowe
12Th Regiment
Scully
Uncle Sam
Octavius Estle Davis
Arkansas
Delia Tereen Marron
Providence
Frank P. Oser
Fist Regiment
Florence Emily Koehler
Washington Square South
George Schlede
Latin-America
W. Guggenheim
Gidding & UN
Hifth Avenue
MENT
West Coast
Silk Company Insures
A. 1
Namm & Son
B. Altman Company
New York Railways Company
Oppenheim, Collins & Co
Bankers Trust Company
Wall Street
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