26 Jun 1916
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1916
Page
1
A bank invites accounts with a Commercial Department promising mutual profitability and a Savings Department urging saving. It offers four percent interest on savings and emphasizes convenience and usefulness to customers for financial needs.
The text extols the chief engineer of nature’s progress toward comfort. It claims sun stored heat in the earth’s bowels for centuries and credits premium coal with proper caloric units to ensure a comfortable heat for the family furnace.
An old ad promotes Jap Enamel Varnish stains in colors Cherry Mahogany Walnut Dark Oak and Light Oak. Prices listed: 1 3 pint cans at 12 cents, pint cans 20 cents, quart cans 35 cents.
Field Headquarters of the American Expeditionary Force reports that Captain Morey and 26 men from Troop K at Carrizal have not been heard from. Commander Captain Charles T. Boyd was mortally wounded after leading a charge into a concealed Mexican machine gun trench. Lieutenant Henry Adair and Corporal Green provide the narrative of the two charges and the surrounding Carrancistas as the force fought to escape. About 63 of 84 men are accounted for, with 21 unreturned.
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker oversees the Mexican situation while a scout camp reports seventeen taken prisoner. In two days thirty three arrive at the camp, many traveling on foot through the desert under severe water shortages and harsh conditions.
Reports from El Paso say Villa generals and former enemies join Carranza troops in Chihuahua City after two trains bring about 2000 ex-Villa soldiers. Surrender of Durango command promised, crowd cheers Villa revival rumors persist as Massachusetts militia mobilizes for the border.
Washington June 26 South American envoys will seek mediation to avert war with Mexico. Minister Calderon to present South and Central American offer of good offices before Secretary Lansing. Carranza has not replied to Wilsons ultimatum, and a formal response may take days. Consulate at Torreon destroyed, 3,000 Mexicans led by the mayor caused damage. Americans fled with aid from the British consul. Mediation proposals from Buenos Aires include border police, open-country pursuit of bandits, and reciprocal Mexican access for searching forces. Captain St Morey and four troopers reported at San Luis Ranch. The White House conferred with congressional leaders on the Mexican situation.
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