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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1916
Page
1
General Funston announced a broad militia mobilization to defend the U S border amid Mexican tensions. He expects a sizable force to entrain within 48 hours and be deployed along the border with a major reserve at San Antonio for rapid dispatch to border points.
The War Department says Major General Funston will oversee the National Guard mobilization called by President Wilson. State troops will move at his direction to designated locations, with later dispositions left to his discretion. He has urged immediate border deployment and a large reserve force at San Antonio.
Nougerd reports to Washington that he is arranging a special train due to rising hostility in Mexico City. He cites potential danger to travelers and requests government guidance and escort. The action aims to protect citizens and ensure safe transit amid tensions.
Special Agent Rodgers in Mexico City says he is arranging a special train to move Americans and other foreigners from Mexico City to Vera Cruz. He will remain at his post as anti American demonstrations grow with parades and mass meetings in the capital and sentiment turns bitter. No open violence is reported.
Washington notes the de facto Mexican government must curb border raids and accept U S troops to prevent further invasion. The note asserts U S resolve to defend its territory, criticizes Carranza for failures, and warns of grave consequences if hostilities continue. It charges Mexican press with inflaming conflict and emphasizes U S rights and duties along the border.
Passengers arriving at Matamoros say word spreads of Americans massacred by Mexicans in Cerralvo Nuevo Leon. One American Jim Hughes and a Canadian Wardrope are named as survivors with reports of Americans taken from a Monterey train. Officials note the last American left Cerralvo over a month ago.
A Mexican consulate message states the forces that fired on the American expedition departing Mexico near Matamoros were Carranzistas, not bandits, according to H Perez Abreu director of the de facto consular service.
Forecasts from The Light cover St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington with temperatures ranging from 56 to 68 and conditions including cloudy partly cloudy and clear Winds vary from east to northwest and forecasts indicate a likely cloudy or clear Wednesday with highs up to 84 and lows near 54 to 64.
On orders from Washington W P Blocker moved all official records from Piedras Negras to Eagle Pass. John R Silliman United States consul at Saltillo was handed his passports and is en route to the border. Reports say anti foreign feeling at Saltillo is intense with several Americans seeking refuge in the British consulate. About 1200 Americans in Mexico City.
Hundreds of Mexican bullets hit the hotel housing the American Consul W. A. Julian’s office in Cananea, endangering American guests as a large demonstration denounced the United States. Carranza pledged not to seek war but warned Mexico would defend national dignity if war comes. The American consulate was pelted during the protests.
Admiral Winslow leads the armored cruiser San Diego and destroyers Hull Hopkins and Truxton as they depart San Diego at 7 30 this morning toward Guaymas or Mazatlan. The fleet aims for the west coast of Mexico at top speed with plans to overtake the cruiser if needed.
Governor Alvarado of Yucatan issued a cablegram denying a Galveston report that Mexico and the United States were at war and that all Americans were expelled from Yucatan. He told Dr. Victor A. Rendon, American representative of the Yucatan Sisal Commission, the claim is untrue.
The body of William Browne, brother of Brownsville mayor Albert Browne, was found in the Rio Grande on the Mexican side ten miles south of Matamoros. He was last seen in Matamoros Saturday afternoon and believed murdered before his body was discarded in the river. Browne, known in San Antonio, had lived in Brownsville after release from the Southwestern Insane asylum about six years ago, following a 14 year stay. His share of the Browne family estate near Brownsville had been allotted after habeas corpus proceedings. He had been living in Brownsville since.
About 650 Americans crossed from Cananea to Douglas on June 20, forming nearly the entire American community left in the town. The group arrived safely at the border and is reported to seek refuge.
Streets and public squares of Mexico City filled with paraders in the afternoon as bands led crowds to public offices bearing national emblems, signaling strong patriotic displays.
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