Militia Called for Border Service Across States
Washington reports President Wilson ordered the militia from every state to mobilize for possible border action with Mexico. Secretary Baker announced mobilization plans and the shift of National Guard units to U S service as General Funston directs. Carranza demands U.S. withdrawal within seven days or war will be declared.
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Union News Service
Washington
Wilson
National Guard
Baker
United States
Mexico
Juarez
Bell
State Department
Carranza
Mexico City
Withdrawal of Troops Within Seven Days
El Paso reports a Washington call for the national guard inflaming the U S Mexican border. Anti American demonstrations erupt from Yuma to Browns ville as Mexican crowds cross to seek protection while many flee inland before possible hostilities. Mexican forces are seen preparing an immediate attack on General Pershing.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico
United States
Washington
National Guard
Yuma
Ariz
Brownsville
Pershing
Ready to Serve Washington Men for Mexican Border Duty
The administration estimates about 100 000 men in the national guard ready to respond to the Presidents call for militia service on the Mexican border. Mobilization could release roughly 30 000 regulars for immediate service if hostilities arise with Carranza. Guardsmen require Congressional authority and voluntary duty. new federal authority takes effect July 1.
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Washington
Funston
Mexico
Carranza
Congress
Dispersing of the Mexican Bandits in Texas
The Fourth American punitive expedition withdraws after dispersing bandits raiding Texas ranches east of San Benito. Two bandits killed, two wounded in the clash as Americans pull back near San Pedro, Texas. Carranza forces promise pursuit. officer killed wearing a mix of uniforms.
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Brownsville
Texas
Twenty-sixth
San Benito
Mexico
Carranza
Matamoros
San Pedro
James Parker
San Pedro-Banchito
Preparations at Vera Cruz Hold Quiet after Orders
Vera Cruz reports calm conditions under Colonel Gonzalo De La Mata who maintains order and has allowed no soldier demonstrations. Mexican troops show excellent discipline while preparations are in place to resist any potential landings by American forces.
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Vera Cruz
Gonzalo de la Mata
Call to Guardsmen prompts National Guard mobilization
Washington reports Mr. Baker announcing a call to the National Guard amid disturbed Mexican border conditions. The President will mobilize nearly all state militia to border duty under General Funston, with adjustments to relieve troops as needed, while denying any new entry into Mexico beyond pursuing outlaws on American soil. Troops will remain within home stations where recruiting occurs.
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Wilson
Sam
United States
National Guard
Department
Baker
United States Army
War Department
Washington
General Pershing
Mexico
Ohio and Kentucky National Guard Mobilized for Mexican Border
President Wilson ordered the Ohio National Guard to serve on the Mexican border and mobilized Kentucky units at Ft Thomas. The order details required units, staff officers, and penalties for noncompliance, with A. B. Critchfield reacting to the mobilization.
Warships Dispatched to Mexican Waters by Secretary Daniels
Secretary Daniels ordered seven destroyers and nine other small vessels to Mexican waters as a precautionary move. Vessels may be used to repatriate American refugees if needed. On the east coast the transport Dixie sails to Key West, with Salem and Dolphin en route to Guantanamo.
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Hancock
San Domingo
Key Weat
Winslow
Armed civilians aid soldiers in Nogales patrols
Anti-American rioting in Nogales quieted as armed civilians aided the Carranza garrison in patrolling the streets. Three trains left for the south carrying all Federal and state officials to Magdalena. Several hundred Nogales residents crossed into Mexico and telegraph wires between Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Mexico were cut.
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Nogales
Ariz
Carranza
Southern Pacific
South
Magdalena
Mexico
Imprisonment of Americans Ordered in Sonora Region
Reports from Guaymas say Carranza authorities ordered all able bodied Americans detained and foreigners disarmed in the Yaqui Valley. Americans tied to railroads flee aboard US ships Cleveland and Glacier in Guaymas Harbor while clashes near Mazatlan injure and capture US officers per Admiral Winslow.
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Americana
Sonora
Carranza
Union News Service
Guaymas
Mexico
Yaqui
Cleveland
Glacier
Cullacan
Sinaloa
Americans Ordered Out of Mexico War Declared in Yucatan
Passengers aboard the Norwegian steamer Nils report the Mexican government in Yucatan has ordered all Americans to leave Mexico and declared a state of war with the United States. Americans and other foreigners are being embarked on an American gunboat at Progreso amid great excitement.
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Galveston
Texas
Yucatan
Mexico
Progreso
Cincinnati Markets Daily Grain and Livestock Prices
The report lists current market quotes across grains and livestock. Corn and wheat prices vary by grade, with oats and feeds shown alongside hay values. Live poultry, cattle, hogs, and lambs are priced by weight and quality, including shippers, butchers, and feeder categories.
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Northwestern
Bologna Soentre
European War Recap A Year Ago This Week
A June 18 1916 overview notes French assaults at Fond de Baval and in Alsace, Austro German forces at Grodek and Lemberg, submarine actions sinking Dulcie and Carisbrook, plus Italian gains in Monte Nero and Isonzo setbacks. Russians retreat around Lemberg as Allied operations continue from Meuse to Gallipoli and Bukoba.
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Fond de Baval
Alsace
Metzeral
Grodek
Tanen
Romarno
Dulcie
Argonne
Mackensen
Lemberg
Monte Nero
Olti
Transcaucasia
Roxburgh
Carisbrook
Bari
Brindisi
Christian de Wet
South Africa
Activities of Women and Public Life Across Nations
The piece surveys women’s work in New York seeking domestic servants, typewriter girls in Japan, and seven thousand women in the United States practicing medicine. It notes Hearst’s Mia estate in California likely to be broken up by Carranza and expanding foreign land removal, Louise Thomas becoming a settlement kindergarten teacher, and French women in uniform attempting to enter the Paris chamber of deputies but being turned away.
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New York City
Japan
United States
Mia
Phoebe Hearst
California
Carranza
Louise L. Thomas
St. Louis
Cumberland Mountains
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
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Mexican
Tahuechal
FT. Thomas
Ohio
Ohio National Guard
Cincinnati
Kentucky National Guard
Signal Corps
Adjutant General’s Department
Quartermaster's Corps
Medical Corps
Organized Militia
A. B. Critchfield
Adjt
Hough
Mazatlan
Annapolis
O. O. Kessing
Andrew Mowat
I. M
Meuse
Lorraine
Teutons
Rawa Ruska
Ruussiane
Upper
Dniester
Labyrinth
Isonzo
Gallipoli
Smyrna
Scutari
Albania
Malborgeth
Cannia
Truma
Bessarabia
Hussar
Galicia
Linsingen
Italiana
Globna
Piava
Bukoba
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Doual
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