Teutons Take Thiaumont in Fierce Verdun Fight
Berlin reports capture of the Thiaumont fortress north of Verdun and the Fleury fort and village with 2600 prisoners. Paris notes continued violent Meuse fighting, French gains north and east of Verdun, and fierce German efforts near Fleury. German losses cited as 40 to 50 percent of engaged forces.
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Thiaumont
Verdun
Fleury
war office
Vaux
PARIS
Meuse
Anxiety Over Fate of Miner Douglas Near Ariz, June 24
Rumors of de facto government troops moving toward Douglas prompted U S troops to tighten precautions in the border town. A field hospital train carrying about one hundred men arrived from Monterey, California. Locals grow uneasy over the absence of Edward Symes and two American companions, believed isolated in a canyon near Arizpe, Sonora, and unsure if they have received orders to leave Mexico.
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Ariz
Monterey
Cal
Edward Symes
Arizpe
Sonora
Symes
Mexico
Pope Appeals to Wilson and CarTanga to Avert War
A Rome wireless dispatch reports Pope Benedict urged President Wilson and General CarTanga to use their earnest efforts to avert war. The appeal, relayed from Rome, seeks peaceful resolution and urges restraint from all sides amid rising tensions.
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LONDON
Rome
Benedict
Wilson
Car- Tanga
Four Men Die In Air Tube Explosion In Boston
Four men were killed and one seriously injured by a compressed air explosion in a tube under construction in South Boston. The men were at work in a shaft 85 feet below the surface as the tube was built under water.
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BOSTON
Fall of Carranza Would Be Good He Says
Gen Felipe Angeles a Mexican refugee in El Paso says U S intervention in Mexico will unite factions only if aimed at conquering Mexico rather than deposing Carranza He warns that an invasion for conquest would rally refugees from all factions to resist and topple the first chief from his throne.
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EL PASO
Tex
Mexico
United States
Carranza
Felipe Angeles
Huerta
Angeles
Car anga
Mexo
Annihilated Trevino Now Kdmits Americans Fate
Mexican commander says Pershing ignorant of Boyd column fate. Most Americans believed dead, five new prisoners brought in. Trevino vows to apply Carrizal treatment. 17 American black prisoners held in local penitentiary. no hangings planned.
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CHIHUAHUA
Mex
Pershing
Boyd
Trevino
Carrizal
British steamship Brussels captured by Germans
The British steamship Brussels, owned by the Great Eastern Railway, was seized by German destroyers and taken to Zeebrugge. It was en route from Rotterdam to Tilbury with passengers and mails, most of whom were Belgian refugees bound for England. no Americans were aboard.
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LONDON
Brussels
Zeebrugge
Great Eastern Railway Company
Rotterdam
Tilbury
England
Mediation off the table in U S Mexico crisis
Washington reports that Latin American nations plan talks on mediation though the United States says its priority is protecting its people and territory. Officials note no immediate overtures from Latin diplomacy as Ambassador Naon of Argentina seeks guidance.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Mexico
Eclvador
Salvador
state department
Naon
Argentina
New York
Survivors May Be On Way Back From San Antonio
San Antonio and Ojo Caliente are focused as American columns push toward them from the field base. Gen Jacinto orders attack if retreat stalls. El Paso officers believe Trevino threatens action against the Ojo Caliente force. page three continues.
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SAN ANTONIO
CHIHUAHUA CITY
Mex
Ojo Caliente
Jacinto
EL PASO
Tex
Hold Freight Back on Border as Order Issued
Washington June 24 customs officials along the Mexican border have been ordered to hold freight shipments into Mexico and tell railroads to keep rolling stock on the American side. Treasury officials said collectors act under general instructions to cooperate with military authorities and that no specific orders had been issued.
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WASHINGTON
Mexico
Treasury
Officers Reported Dead After Carrizal Battle
Columbus New Mexico June 24 AllAmerican force that engaged Mexicans at Carrizal has returned to the field base except Captains Boyd and Morey Lieut Adair and 40 troopers. The three officers are believed dead and total American dead probably 26.
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COLUMBUS
N. M
Carrizal
Boyd and Morey
Adair
Mexican inbroglioq doesn't affect copper
New York June 24. Inquiries from Europe for copper have little impact as no substantial business forms. Domestic demand remains weak. large producers hold at 29 to 29 1/2 cents for electrolytic and show no urgency to push sales amid the Mexican crisis while re sellers offer small lots at 27 to 28 cents for nearby and forward delivery.
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NEW YORK
Europe
Relations Near Break Over Mexican Cavalrymen Killings
Washington reports relations between the United States and the de facto Mexican government approach a breaking point after a casus of American cavalrymen being allegedly assassinated at Carrizal by Carranza forces. The event sparks diplomatic uproar and calls for action.
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United States
Mexico
Carrizal
Carranza sal
Missing of Troops Taken in Trap Chronicle
The San Antonio dispatch reports Gen Pershing noting 57 missing with press tallies of 14 dead and 3 prisoners, total 84 in two troops with 27 returned. Rescue efforts by Lieut Meyer saved horse-holders not in the battle as machine gun fire raged, tallying 25 mounts sighted beyond fire range.
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SAN ANTONIO
Tex
Tretshing
Meyer
Pershing
11th cavalry
10th
Four Hundred Lose Lives As Mercury Sinks in Black Sea
Petrograd reports the Russian passenger steamer Mercury was sunk by a mine in the Black Sea near Grigorievka about 10 am. Roughly 550 aboard. around 400 lives lost. Rescue teams from Odessa saved survivors clinging to life belts and debris amid the five minute bow-down disaster.
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Mercury
Black sea
Grigorievka
Odessa
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