Fires in El Paso Believed Incendiary
Two downtown fires caused a total loss of 75000 dollars and were attributed to incendiarism. Fire at 2:30 a.m. destroyed the James A. Dick Wholesale Grocery Company building and contents and threatened nearby Mills Street. The Dick firm had supplied provisions to the U S Army for General Pershing's forces in Mexico and was guarded by special guards.
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EL Paso
Tex
James A. Dick Wholesale Grocery Company
Mills Street
James A. Dick Correar
Westexas
James A. Dick Company
Quartermaster’s Department
United States Army
General Pershing
Mexico
Mexican News Lets Stock List Climb on Mexican Developments
Wall Street advanced 2 to 5 points as Mexican developments spurred gains in stocks tied to Mexico. American Smelting Greene Cananea and Southern Pacific rose 2 to 4 points, with wide openings in U S Steel Mercantile Marines Reading and others. Mexican Petroleum led the gains, opening 8000 shares at 100 to 101 after closing 91 yesterday.
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New York
Wall Street
American
Greene Cananea
Southern Pacific
U. S. Steel
Mercantile Marines
Reading
Mexican Petroleum
Guard Troops Arrive as Mexico Border Rush Begins
Trains bearing troops from the eastern department move toward the Mexican border. The Third New York ambulance and field hospital corps with 200 men and 150 horses arrived, along with the Second Battalion of the Fifth Massachusetts infantry during the night. The First Battalion of the Fifth Massachusetts infantry arrived this morning.
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Third
New York Ambulance and Field Hospital Corps
Fifth Massachusetts Infantry
Militiaman Ends Life in Missouri Camp
Almond H. Bower a private in F company Second Missouri infantry committed death by his own action in his tent on the Nevada Missouri military reservation. A love affair was suggested as the reason by his brother Morris Bower a member of the company.
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Nevada
Almond H. Bower
Clinton
F Company
Second Missouri Infantry
Morris Bower
Game
Slackers in Oklahoma Guard to be drafted soon
Fort Sill Oklahoma June 29 report says five men face oath as slackers in the Oklahoma National Guard. The piece notes tension over compulsory service and the broader mobilization context during wartime.
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Oklahoma
Fort Sill, Okla
National Guard Oath Refusals Narrowed to Five
Five National Guard members remain unwilling to take the federal oath amid earlier refusals by half a company and others. Officials attribute the holdout to a misunderstanding of oath terms and expect the five to yield rather than face court martial. Mustering orders push rapid mobilization, with regiments poised to move to the border soon.
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Tional Guard
Central Department
Depot quarters established at Fort Brown for 40,000 men
Facilities to supply 40,000 men are established with a depot quartermasters' headquarters at Fort Brown. Several hundred carloads of freight and equipment move toward Brownsville, serving as the base for the eastern division of the army in event of trouble with Mexico.
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Brownsville
Tex
Fort Brown
Mexico
No Fear of Typhoid In Guard Troops
The U S Army Medical Department reports typhoid fever nearly eliminated among the national guard and progress against other diseases cited to reassure families. Troop trains carry Illinois New Jersey and Wisconsin guardsmen to Texarkana and to the Mexican border. Memphis passages confirm the New Jersey contingent reached en route to El Paso with DC troops to follow toward Bisbee Arizona.
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Washington, D. C
National Guard
Army Medical Department
Texarkana
Tex
Illinois
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Memphis
Tenn
New Jersey National
Arkansas Officers Are Mustered Into Federal Service
Four Arkansas national guard officers were mustered into federal service at noon. Major J H Abington was mustered as surgeon of the First Regiment, Captain Almon Stroupe adjutant of the Second Regiment, Captain Clyde H Clarke adjutant of the First Regiment, and Captain A M Claunch quartermaster of the First Regiment.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas National Guard
J. H. Abington
Almon Stroupe
Clyde H. Clarke
A. M. Claunch
Flag makers shorten flags amid demand surge in New York
New York on June 29 reports increased demand for American flags pushing some manufacturers to shorten flag dimensions and switch from silk and wool to mercerized cotton. The commissioner of weights and measures summoned twenty five manufacturers warning them to stop short measuring and material substitutions.
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New York
Commissioner of Weights and Measures
Radio from aeroplane sends message twenty miles high
Captain C. C. Culver, aviation radio expert with the Signal Corps training school in San Diego, announced that a radio message was successfully sent from a military aircraft at 5,000 feet altitude, covering about twenty miles. Further in flight message experiments will follow.
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San Diego
Cal
Cc. C. Culver
Signal Corps
Culver
Russians Capture 10,281 at Petrograd and Pontoon Bridge Supply
Russian troops in Volhynia and Galicia took 221 officers and 10,281 men as prisoners in yesterday’s actions. In Texas, 21 carloads of pontoon bridge equipment moved toward Brownsville while L Company, Twenty-sixth Infantry, from Harlingen patrolled railroad bridges in the district.
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Kingsville
Tex
Brownsville
L Company
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Harlingen
Western Front Battles See Heavy Fighting as Attacks Repulsed
Berlin reports sustained violence on the western front yesterday and last night with significant fighting. British and French assaults were repulsed at all points, according to the war office today.
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Berlin
Western Front
War Office
Refugees Flown From Tampico to Galveston on Navy Vessels
Galveston reports 776 refugees aboard the navy tender Dixie from Tampico and 150 aboard the Herbert G. Wylie with 19 Americans on Fort Morgan. Americans taken to safety amid Carranza orders and ongoing coast guard evacuations.
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Galveston
Tex
United States Navy
Dixie
Tampico
Herbert G. Wylie
Fort Morgan
Puerto Mexico
Houston
San Cristobal
United States
Wheeling
Carranza
Generil Navarrette
Dawson
Marietta
Machias
Texas Company
Bergen Building
Colonial Club
A. Canfield
Canfield
Panuco
Tehuantepec
Railroads warned about withholding troop movement details
The War Department instructed railroads to release no information on troop movements to the Mexican border. The aim is to prevent Mexicans from gaining time to concentrate forces for potential American operations.
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New York
War Department
Change in Weather to Bring Showers and Drop in Temperature
Major Allen Buell of the local weather bureau says a shift in conditions is imminent as the stormy period ends. A Thursday morning weather map shows an irregular formation extending from Northern Mexico to the British northwest with three centers over the Rio Grande, the central Rocky Mountain region, and the British northwest. Intermittent showers have dotted the area across this vast region.
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San Antonio
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Mexico
British Northwest
Rio Grande
Rocky Mountain Region
First rain brings relief as Texas town records downpour
Taft Texas reports the first rain since last September beginning at about 2 am and lasting two hours. Rainfall totaled one and a half to two and a half inches in the area. In a lighter note, a jocular tale from The American Druggist recalls Norah Mulvaney joking about her friend Bridget Carr’s twelfth child with a playful caboose quip.
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Taft
Tex
Norah Mulvaney
Bridget Carr
Arrah
Bridget
Norah
Carr
Militia Movement Heads to Border in Prepared Action
Illinois and Wisconsin guardsmen lead a large mobilization toward the Mexican border. Trains carry militiamen from several states while others prepare for rapid deployment to designated border stations amid calls for drastic action by U.S. authorities.
Army receives 2238 motor trucks for Mexico move at Fort Sam
Fort Sam Houston and border points take in 2238 motor trucks in operation amid Mexico situation. 1485 trucks ordered this week. 10 new and 35 additional companies included. About 750 trucks in use, with over 3000 anticipated. Horse and mule contracts total 73000. 400 Texas cavalry and 50 artillery horses awarded to F A Cocke Livestock Co. Searchlight Company detachment from engineers to Harlingen with 24, 30 and 36 inch lights.
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Fort Sam Houston
Mexico
Harry L. Rogers
Southern Department
San Antonio
Washington
Texas Cavalry
Texas Artillery
F. A. Cocke Livestock Company
Companies of Engineers
Harlingen
Prisoners Return to United States After Mexico Trip
The article recounts American prisoners returning from Mexico under Pershing’s command. It notes threats at Chihuahua prison, humane treatment, and a cautious border crossing. General Gonzales plans describe moving equipment to a later train and assessment of border arrival timing. Mrs Arredondo cites Carranza as avoiding aggravation of relations.
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Gonzales
Pablo Bertani
Juarez
Mexican ambassador-designate reports Carranza order release
Eliseo Arredondo said Foreign Minister Aguiar informed him that First Chief Carranza ordered General Trevino to release American troopers captured at Carrizal. The prisoners have been held at Chihuahua City and the release order was conveyed by Mexico’s foreign office.
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Arredondo
Carranza
Mexico City
Washington, D. C
Eliseo Arredondo
Aguilar
Trevino
Carrizal
Chihuahua City
Foreign Office
Army Orders List Names Frontline Duty Assignments
Today’s army orders assign First Lieutenant Harry Rubin to active duty at Fort Scriven Georgia. Captain Ray Bryan proceeds to Cheyenne Wyoming. Captain William Hamilton, retired, goes to Fort Warden with ten days leave starting July 1. First Lieutenant Augus T. B. Jones must report to Fort Sam Houston after leave. Maur Charles B. Hardin, retired, to active duty in Chicago. Major Ulysses G. M. Alexander, infantry, to duty with National Guard of Oregon.
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Harry Rubin
Medical Reserve Corps
Fort Scriven
Ray W. Bryan
Medical Corps
Cheyenne
Wyo
William W. Hamilton
Fort Warden
Augustus B. Jones
Fort Sam Houston
Charles B. Hardin
Chicago
Ulysses G. M. Alexander
Infantry
National Guard of
Oregon
Premier Briand protests evacuations in Lille Roubaix Tourcoing
Premier Briand has sent a protest to neutral powers over the German order to evacuate civilians from Lille Roubaix and Tourcoing. The protest argues the measure violates The Hague convention. The item appears in the Petit Journal and is cited by the Paris agency.
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Paris
Briand
Lille
Roubaix
Tourcoying
Petit Journal
Immortal Life of Sponges Potatoes and Apples
A Kansas City Star piece reviews a University of Chicago press book on immortality in biology. It highlights how sponges potatoes and apples reproduce and persist, noting experiments by Prof. C M Child and dramatic examples of growth from living parts and grafting, and hints at life and death mysteries.
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Kansas City Star
University of Chicago
France
Chicago University
C. M. Child
Narragansett Pier
Lightning Splits Gas Main Near Pendleton Indiana
A natural gas main near Pendleton was fractured during a storm, causing a ten foot flame. Superintendent Frank Runier investigated low gas pressure and found the damaged pipe several feet split with earth torn away and gas ignition amid reports the flame appeared Friday storm.
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Anderson
Ind
Coutry
Pendleton
Frank Runier
Dictionary debate sparks playful couple spat
A Boston Transcript quip recalls a husband arguing over purchases and a new dictionary said to contain 200000 words. The exchange jokes about time, appointments, and a wife likely arriving late, highlighting domestic humor about overbuying books.
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Boston Transcript
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