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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
5
El Paso reports censorship tightens on Mexican expedition plans for Juarez with five censor stations and secrecy on troop dispositions. American units prepare to move toward Chihuahua City amid border espionage, with Mexican observers and Carranza loyalists readying defenses along the frontier.
Senate met at 11 am and pressed amendments to an army drafting bill then opened further conferences. Stone introduced a resolution seeking information on a commercial treaty being negotiated by the Entente. A bill extending current appropriations through July passed. Debate on the postoffice appropriation bill resumed. House adjourned 6 10 pm to 10 30 am Thursday. House met at noon and considered urgent deficiency appropriations. A resolution extending current fiscal year appropriations through July passed. Action on conference disagreements on the national guard draft resolution was deferred until Thursday. Rivers and harbors and sundry civil appropriation bills amended by the Senate were sent to conference. Conference report on the national guard draft resolution adopted, eliminating 1 000 000 for dependents of guardsmen. Boosker Clark said he would suspend rules Monday to allow passage of a separate measure for 1 000 000 for guardsmen families, to be introduced by Chairman Hay of mill. Adjourned 5 43 pm to noon Thursday.
Secretary Baker waited for Gen Funston's report on Gen Trevino's note about freeing cavalrymen at Juarez. President Wilson may address the Associated Advertising Clubs in Philadelphia, awaiting Carranza's note. Arredondo protests embargo and treatment of Mexicans. Amb. says US not to furnish supplies to a potential enemy. War Department swamped with mobilization and supply orders. National Guard clothing and equipment being fielded.
The arrival of Col George K Hunter as inspector general triggers inspections of training mustering and troop equipment at Camp Lincoln. Gov Dunne vows to mobilize Fifth and Sixth Infantry and call for volunteers when the president requests a third brigade. A battery dispute over officer rejections sparks tensions and shifts in command as mustering proceeds.
An unidentified Black militiaman fatally wounded Frank J. Crowley, a Springfield policeman, in the black belt area on Wednesday night. The assailant fled the scene.
A wartime dispatch reviews an exchange over an explosion in an engine room and subsequent submarine fire. Captains dispute who aimed at whom while officials accuse the Austro-Hungarian commander of misjudgment and note the steamer flew the American flag, demanding prompt amends to protect national rights.
In Cerro Gordo near Decatur Illinois Mary Wiley aged five is dying from burns after her eight year old brother Francis threw her into kerosene flames at their home. The incident occurred while their mother was away. George Moore rescued the girl. Fay Wiley, the father, works as a blacksmith in Springfield where relatives seek help.
Allied and central powers report mixed gains with Italians advancing in Trentino and along rivers Adige Brentaro and upper But. French reclaim ground near Verdun north of hill 321 and Thiaumont wood. Germans bombard Avecourt Chatancourt but fail to push east of hill 804. Champagne sees Germans hold Tahure positions then retreat. British front foresees a large offensive from La Bassee canal eastward. Russian attacks in Bukowina repelled as Austrians hold line. Linawke area retaken west of Sokulana.
In New York on June 29 Captain Hans Tauscher, ex German army officer charged with plot to blow up the Welland Canal in 1934, was defended as an innocent tool of Captain Franz Von Papen whose “foolish” scheme to serve his country shaped the case. Tauscher to testify, while lawyer Herbert C. Smyth derided Horst Von Der Goltz as a despicable scoundrel cited in the indictment.
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