U S Rejects Mexican Demands Amid Border Tensions
War Department actions accelerate border defense mobilization as Secretary Baker meets the president. Congress delays foreign service for national guards amid fears of provoking Mexico while Carranza shows no sign of peaceful aims. Eliseo Arredondo remains as ambassador designate in Mexico City.
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Rodgers
Carranza
Mexico
United States
Congress
Baker
War Department
National Guard
White House
Eliseo Arredondo
Diplomatic Engagement Cancelled Ahead of Note Delivery
An engagement with Secretary Lansing was cancelled at the embassy with no explanation given. It was understood Arredondo sought the timing of the anticipated American note, and delivery of the communication ended the need for further inquiry.
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Day
Lansing
Mr. Arredondo
Rodgers Sends U S Citizens to Vera Cruz Amid Tense Talks
Consul Rowe attended the scene as Special Representative Rodgers left. Mexican workers plan to send a commission to Piedras Negras to meet with an AFL committee and urge efforts to avert war. No U.S. restrictions on departures. foreigners promised protection on coastward trips. An exodus of Americans to Vera Cruz or the northern border is underway. Engineers presented a national defense plan to General Carranza, who agreed to consider it. No Americans have been harmed in recent demonstrations.
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Consul Rowe
Rodgers
Piedras Negras
American Federation of Labor
United States
Mexico
J. Linn Rodgers
Carranza
Foreign Office
Begus
Vera Cruz
Commission of Engineers
Americans Held in Sinaloa After Mazatlan Clash
A heightened standoff near Mazatlan leads Commander Kavanagh of the gunboat Annapolis to warn Americans to evacuate. Ensign Kessing and Paymaster Mowat are captured then released after appeals to General Flores. Six Mexican casualties reported amid exchange of fire with U S sailors.
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Cal
United States
Arthur G. Kavenaugh
Annapolis
General Flores
Carranza
State of
Sinaloa
Mazatlan
Winslow
Pacific Fleet
O. Kessing
Andrew Mowat
Kessing
Kavanagh
I. M. Laughter
Monht
Flores
Hunger News Shapes Carranza Troop Draw in Northern Mexico
Reports from El Paso on June 20 describe growing hunger as Carranza recruits in Chihuahua and surrounding areas. An American trader estimates 25,000 troops with 2,000 in Chihuahua City, 4,000 in Juarez, and 5,000 in Villa Ahumada, while thousands move toward San Antonio and Madera. Refugees recount famine and desperation, including offers of food in exchange for loyalty and an American rail supply train becoming a potential target.
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EL Paso
Tex
Carranza
Mexico
United States
Mexico City
Chihuahua State
Chihuahua City
Juarez
Villa Ahumada
Chihuahua
San Antonio
Madera
Mexico Northwestern
General Pershing
el Valle
Edwards on American Soil Closes Consulate Desk
T. D. Edwards the Juarez consul set up a desk in the American customs house to handle diplomatic business. He denied plans to close the consulate though it will be run by a clerk and operate at set hours for commercial work. Mexican and American detachments failed to locate the reported body of an American killed in Texas on the Chihuahua side of the Rio Grande.
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Serting
Clrss
Edwards
T. D. Edwards
Juarez
Francisco Gonzales
Rio Grande
George Bell Jr
Americans Flee Mexican Provinces Under Arm Orders
About 100 Americans including 20 women and children arrived in Douglas Arizona after armed guards surrounded Americans in Nacozari and Pilares. Governor Calles ordered foreigners to leave Mexico and prisoners were released as a border exodus began with a few French subjects planning to cross.
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Ariz
Nacozari
de la Huerta
Nacozart
Pilares
General Calles
Frederick Simpich
Mexico
Agua Prieta
Red Cross Plans Base Hospitals in War With Mexico
Chicago announces four base hospitals of 500 beds each costing 160000 will be contributed by the Chicago branch of the American Red Cross in a potential war with Mexico after a conference between national and local Red Cross officials.
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Chicago
Ill
American Red Cross
Mexico
Militia Encamping and Border Moves Under Funston Orders
General Funston ordenar militia encampment here and gradual border movement to ease rail congestion. Army buys over 66 600 horses and mules for militia and frontier use as tension rises with Mexican forces near Del Rio and Laredo.
Cattle and Sheep Seized Near Eagle Pass Under Coahuila Order
Near Eagle Pass, about 100000 head of cattle and sheep have been taken from American ranches under orders from the Coahuila governor. Coast artillery units move toward Fort Sam Houston, Eagle Pass, and Laredo, with pontoon equipment and bridge materials being shipped to support engineering troops in San Antonio.
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Harry L. Rogers
Southern Department
Funston
el Paso
Laredo
William A. Mann
Mann
San Antonio
del Rio
Greene
Eagle Pass
Third Infantry
Sibley
Rio Grande
Mexico
Coahuila
Coast Artillery
Fort Sam Houston
Seaboard
Washington, D. C
Illinois Guard Ready to Move Toward Mexican Border
Illinois National Guard units begin moving toward Springfield for camp and marching orders. Six Illinois regiments are in service readiness and the Chicago contingent will entrain tonight for border deployment. Washington approves immediate purchase of horses for the first cavalry and three Chicago field artillery batteries, about 3000 animals to be bought.
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Chicago
National Guard
Springfield
Washington
Camp Whitman Readies Training For 17000 National Guardsmen
In Beekman New York on June 20 the first guardsmen arrived for a training period expected to ready 17000 or more men within two weeks for service on the Mexican frontier. In Oklahoma City the mobilization point was selected for Oklahoma guardsmen with 1300 to entrain for the city and Governor Williams says the guard will be under canvas at the state fair grounds by Friday.
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N. Y
Camp Whitman
Oklahoma City
Okla
National Guardsmen
Oklahoma
Canton
Williams
State Fair Grounds
Funston seeks guardsmen entrainment for mobilized troops
Washington plans entrainment of units ready for service as General Funston's request for national guardsmen reached the War Department. Telegraphic inquiries were sent to determine when the forces of certain states could move and orders for entrainment were expected before night.
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Washington, D. C
Funston
War Department
Rail networks ready to move 25,000 troops daily
Chicago reports railroads with direct links to the Mexican border can transport about 25,000 soldiers each day. Officials await orders as plans to quickly deploy state contingents are finalized. Pullman Company says 500 tourist cars could carry 24,000 soldiers per trip.
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Chicago
Washington
Louis S. Hungerford
Pullman Company
The New Home Treatment for Ugly Hairy Growths
A simple method claims to remove facial neck and arm fuzz. Mix water with powdered delatone to form a paste, apply for 2 to 3 minutes, then rub off to leave skin smooth. The ad promises no pain and certain results if real delatone is used.
Mexican Servant Slashes Woman in Brownwood
Mrs. W. A. Kuykendall was slashed on the head and breast with a butcher knife by Geronimo Lerma a Mexican servant as she slept. Lerma was located by armed posse in creek bottoms ten miles away and shot. He was an orphan taken in as a servant while the family lived in Harlingen Texas.
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Brownwood
Tex
W. A. Kuykendall
Geronimo Lerma
Lerma
Kuykendalls
Harlingen
Obregon Rumor Claims Dictatorship In Mexico
A Tuesday rumor in San Antonio claimed General Alvaro Obregon had imprisoned Venustiano Carranza and declared himself dictator. The Mexican Consul General and Constitutionalists dismissed the tale as another crisis rumor amid reports of joint appearances in Mexico City.
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San Antonio
Alvaro Obregon
Venustiano Carranza
Mexico
T. R. Beltran
Mexico City
National Palace
Travel Offer to New York at 84.15 Round Trip
Advertises a New York round trip fare of 84.15 with the route via the Pacific. Mentions two similar prices 84A5 and New York and return, indicating an airline or rail promo with discounted fare terms. No dates or carrier names provided.
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New York
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
Automobile Dealers Vote to Close Sundays in City
The Automobile and Accessory Dealers of the city voted at a Travis Club luncheon to close all sales rooms every Sunday beginning next Sunday. The decision followed a Tuesday noon meeting and will affect the following Sunday gasoline sales.
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Travis Club
Sunday closing observed by dealers after closures
Departments will be closed and complete Sunday closing will be observed by dealers thereafter.
Bridge Burn Rumor Refuted By Rail Officials
Houston reports that rumors of an International and Great Northern railway bridge north of Laredo being burned by bandits were denied by railroad officials. Authorities say no bridge destruction occurred as of now.
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Houston
Tex
International & Great Northern Railway
Laredo
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