Verdun Battle Rages As French Regain Ground Northeast of Verdun
Paris June 24 The Verdun clash intensified with heavy fighting on both sides. The French regained much ground northeast of Verdun near Hills 320 and 821 after driving back German forces. The Thiaumont works fell to German assault but the French line remained largely intact as battles raged east of the Meuse and near Fleury.
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Paris
Verdun
Meuse
War Office
Fleury
Thiaumont
Thiaumont Works
Russia
Champagne
Damloup
Vaux Ravine
Souville
Tavannes
Caillette Woods
Chaptre Woods
Hill 820
Fumin
Ghenois
Vaux Fort
Ecuador Takes Lead in Call for Peaceful Mexican Crisis
Messages from Ecuador to all Latin American governments urge united action to avert war between the United States and Mexico. El Salvador approves and seeks mutual diplomatic efforts, while Chile communicates with Argentina Brazil Ecuador and the United States on possible continental intervention for a peaceful solution.
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Ecuador
San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
Foreign Office
United States
Mexico
Rafael Salvidor
Washington
Santiago
Chile
Argentina
Brazil
Mobilize Aviators Along Mexican Border
The Aero Club of America announced a plan to mobilize national guard and civilian aviators for a continuous aerial border patrol. Forty guardsmen will take exams for military aviator service and 300 more seek entry, with many civilians volunteering as aviation posts and training begin immediately.
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New York
The
Aero Club of America
National Guard
Carrizal Fight Details Show Disorganized American Troops
General Pershing reported to General Funston that the Carrizal engagement with General Gomez’s forces left the attacking American units largely annihilated. Only horseholders returned with stories of ambush and treachery, while many soldiers remain unaccounted for or presumed dead or captured.
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Carrizal
Carranza
General Pershing
United States
Pershing
Santa Maria
Meyer
Tenth Cavalry
Packer
Gomez
Americans Advance Trevino Threatens Attack Near Ojo Caliente
American columns move from the field base toward San Antonio and Ojo Caliente as General Jacinto Trevino orders attack unless retreat. He vows to mirror Carrizal actions, with all subordinates ready to stand with him. El Paso officers suspect the force seeks Carrizal survivors, distance details given for Ojo Caliente and San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Ojo Caliente
EL Paso
Tex
Trevino
Carrizal
Villa Ahumada
Namiquips
Allies Offer to Subordinate Munitions Contracts
Representatives of the entente allies signified to the United States government their willingness to subordinate their munitions contracts in this country to U S needs in the present emergency.
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U. S
Washington, D. C
United States
First Bale of 1916 Cotton Sent to San Antonio Exchange
San Antonio received its first bale of the 1916 crop on Saturday afternoon. The bale was shipped by express from Dilley, Texas, by the Miller Mercantile Company to the San Antonio Cotton Exchange for Monday morning auction. It was grown on G. R. Newman’s farm near Dilley. The previous first bale was received July 24 from Winchester Kelso’s farm in Bexar county.
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San Antonio
Express
Dilley
Texas
Miller Mercantile Company
Hay Resolution Before Senate
In Washington on June 24 the Senate military committee favorably reports the Hay resolution after removing relief provisions for militiamen families. The House had adopted it yesterday to authorize drafting the national guard into U S service. A substitute directs discharge of militiamen with dependent families.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Military Committee
House
National Guard
United States
Carranza Preparing Reply To U.S. Note
An official dispatch from Mexico City reports General Carranza is preparing a reply to the last American note. The reply is expected to be published in Mexico City probably tomorrow, without awaiting its delivery to the United States.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico City
Carranza
United States
Court Overrules Orpet Attorneys in Murder Case
Waukegan NL June 24 Judge Donnelly overruled defense motions to take the case from the jury and discharge Will H Orpet in the Marian Lambert murder case. The ruling leaves the trial proceeding with the jury to decide guilt or innocence.
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Waukegan
Will H. Orpet
Marian Lambert
Donnelly
Weather Outlook for San Antonio and Vicinity
The forecast indicates unsettled conditions tonight and Sunday with changing skies and possible showers across San Antonio and surrounding areas. Temperature trends show mild lows and moderate daytime highs as a front moves through the region.
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San Antonio
Weather outlook for tourists across major cities
The Light presents a city by city forecast for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington. Temperatures range from the mid sixties to the mid seventies with varying wind directions and Sunday cloudiness.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Return of Carrizal Force and Casualties Recounted
Reports from Columbus New Mexico state the entire American expeditionary force has returned to base except Captains Boyd and Morey Lieutenant Adair and forty troopers. Three officers are believed dead. Total American dead listed as twenty six with seventeen taken prisoner to Chihuahua City. Mexican reports claim twelve American dead at the scene.
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Pershing
Spillsbury
Chihuahua
General Pershing
Funston
Gomez
Funst
Gomes
Columbus
N. M
Carrizal
Boyd
Morey
Adair
Chihuahua City
Four Hundred Lost On Steamer Mercury Sinking
Four hundred people die when the Russian passenger steamer Mercury sinks in the Black Sea after hitting a mine off Grigoriovka. About 550 aboard. the ship goes down bow first in five minutes. Survivors describe harrowing scenes as rescue ships reach wreckage and life belts.
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Petrograd
London
Mercury
Black Sea
Grigoriovka
Odessa
Kniazpotemkin
Oregon Company 5 First 10 Organize Border Duty Mustered
A War Department report states Oregon Infantry Company 5 First 10 Organize was sworn in for federal border duty. The unit, third Oregon infantry, counted 3 officers and 143 men as it mustered into federal service under President Wilson's call.
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Washington, PD
Third
Oregon Infantry
National Guard
Wilson
War Department
British Steamship Brussels Captured by German Destroyers
A British steamship Brussels carrying passengers was captured by German destroyers and taken into Zeebrugge. The report states no Americans were aboard.
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Brussels
Zeebrugge
London
Fire damages Needles business district deadly blaze
Fire swept Needles California destroying the business section and trapping at least five people in two hotels. The loss was estimated at 175000 dollars.
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Needles
Cal
Explosion Injures Men in South Boston Tube
A compressed air explosion in a tube under construction in South Boston today injured several men, with some believed to be fatally hurt. The blast occurred during work on the project, and emergency crews responded to the scene.
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Boston
Brazil President Seeks Amicable U S Mexico Settlement
The Brazilian president sent a cablegram to Ambassador Domicio da Gama in Washington expressing hope that the dispute between the United States and Mexico would be settled amicably.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Domicio da Gama
Washington
United States
Mexico
Mediation Talks Reported As U S Mexico Tensions Grow
Elikeo Arredondo was told that Ecuador and Salvador offered good offices to Carranza to avert war with the United States. Argentina's Naon telegraphed his government that mediation could not proceed now. Officials stressed the U S aims to protect its people while awaiting possible moves. Secretary Baker and Lansing reviewed options at the White House as talks on releases and actions remained unsettled.
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Washington, D. C
Eliseo Arredondo
Ecuador
Salvador
Carranza
United States
Mexico
Deepartment
Naon
Argentina
New York
South
Central American
Carrizal
Lansing
Baker
White House
Wilson
Chihuahua
Enlisted men sought as Texas militia expansion
Adjutant General Hutchings announced the Texas War Department is flooded with applications from young men wishing to form militia companies for service in Mexico. Texas has already supplied its militia brigade and no new companies or officers are needed unless War Department calls again. The need is for enlisted men to fill existing units to war strength.
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Austin
Tex
Hutchings
Mexico
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Senate
ORPET
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