Militia Units Called Into Federal Service for Border Work
President Wilson has ordered the militia from all states into federal service for potential action on the Mexican border. Secretary Baker outlined mobilization plans while navy ships shift to protect American interests and aid any needed army involvement. The move follows reports of Mexican forces gathering toward Pershing and a seven day request from Carranza for U.S. withdrawal, risking war if unmet.
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Union News Service
Washington
Wilson
Union
Navy Department
National Guard
Baker
United States
Mexico
General Pershing
General Trevino
Chihuahua City
Namiquipa
Villa Ahumada
el Valle
State Department
Carranza
Mexico City
100000 Ready to Serve for Mexican Border Service
Washington estimates about 100000 militiamen ready to answer the Presidents call for border service. Mobilization of National Guards to support General Funston could free around 30000 Regulars for Mexico if hostilities arise. Guardsmen require Congressional authorization and voluntary duty. a new law taking effect July 1 would allow federal use of the militia.
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Washington
Funston
Mexico
Carranza
Congress
Withdrawal of Troops Within Seven Days Aflame Border
El Paso reports heightened tension as Washington calls for the national guard. Anti American demonstrations erupt opposite major settlements from Yuma to Brownsville as the Mexican populace accepts the move.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico
United States
Washington
National Guard
Yuma
Ariz
Brownsville
Dispersing of Mexican Bandits Ends American Expedition
Brownsville Texas The Fourth American punitive expedition withdraws after dispersing bandits raiding Texas ranches and attacking a detachment of the Twenty sixth Infantry east of San Benito There were no American casualties Two bandits were killed and two wounded in a clash as the Americans began to withdraw The expedition camps at San Pedro Texas twelve miles west of Brownsville awaiting developments Carranza commander at Matamoros promised to punish the outlaws A young lieutenant leading the attack was killed and his costume showed Carranza soldier uniform
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Brownsville
Texas
Twenty-sixth
San Benito
Mexico
Carranza
Matamoros
San Pedro
Brownaville
James Parker
San Pedro-Banchito
Tahuachal
Mobilization Orders for Ohio and Kentucky Guards
President Wilson ordered the Ohio National Guard to mobilize for service on the Mexican border and ordered Kentucky's National Guard units to mobilize at Fort Thomas Kentucky. The move includes one brigade of infantry three regiments one signal company one field hospital and one ambulance company with assignments to meet federal service strength standards. Officers of state adjutant general quartermaster and medical corps will be placed on camp staff duties.
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Washington
Ohio
Wilson
Ohio National Guard
Cincinnati
Kentucky National Guard
Ft. Thomas
Signal Corps
War Department
Adjutant General's Department
Quartermaster’s Corps
Medical Corps
Call to Guardsmen Amid Border Tensions
Mr Baker’s statement reports the President mobilizing nearly all state militia for border protection. He says the action is separate from General Pershing’s expedition and only targets bands attacking American soil. Troops will be stationed at home stations with recruiting as needed.
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United States
National Guard
Department
Baker
Washington
General Pershing
Mexico
Militia Officers Mustered for Camp Administration
The department commander may muster staff officers into U S service for camp administration and mustering out when not needed. Militiamen who refuse to serve may face court martial. A B Critchfield, former adjutant general of Ohio, welcomed the order and spoke with Adjt Gen Hough by long distance telephone.
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United States
A. B. Critchfield
Ohio
Adjt
Hough
Mexican Troops Parade in Nuevo Laredo Across Border
About 500 infantry and 250 artillery troops from the Mexican army paraded through Nuevo Laredo opposite Laredo Texas. A large orderly crowd witnessed the ceremony as Gen. Reynaldo de la Garza and mayor Eusabio Gonzales urged patriotism and dispersed an anti American demonstration.
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Gonzales
Mexican border tensions reach Nogales police actions
Mexican customs records moved from Nogales to just south of the line as armed civilian demonstrations end. Military authorities arm 12 year old boys, eighteen carloads of Mexican families are sent south, several Americans are briefly detained and released. General Calles arrives near the border then travels to Naco amid strict censorship and fears for Americans in Emberlantes.
Warships Dispatch Planned Amid Mexican Tensions
Secretary Daniels orders seven destroyers and nine small vessels to Mexican waters as a precautionary measure. East coast movements include the transport Dixie and the scout cruiser Salem while the Dolphin and Hancock head toward Guantanamo and Santo Domingo. Rear Admiral Winslow will allocate four destroyers and five other ships on the west coast.
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Hancock
San Domingo
Key West
Winslow
Armed civilians aid soldiers in quieting Nogales riot
Anti American rioting in Nogales Mexico stopped as armed civilians helped the Carranza garrison patrol the streets. Three trains left Nogales to Magdalena with all federal and state officials aboard. Several hundred Mexican residents crossed into Mexico and rode south. Telegraph wires between Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Mexico are down.
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Nogales
Ariz
Carranza
Southern Pacific
South
Magdalena
Mexico
Firemen's Annual Meeting in Lima
Firemen from Ohio joined an immense Lima parade followed by an open air ball. The Ohio Firemen's Protective Association and Lake Erie Volunteer Firemen's Association merged into the Ohio Amalgamated and Protective Firemen's Association. Officers were elected and a trusteeship named with leaders from Columbus Dayton Lima and others. H. M. Daugherty spoke on Firemen's Pensions.
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Western
Union News Service
Lima
Ohio
Ohio Firemen’s Protective Association
Lake Erie
Dayton
W. M. Webb
East Liverpool
F. A. Curtis
Geo. van Tyne
Dennison
W. W. McFadden
Jack” Conway
Cincinnati
Joseph James
Youngstown
Jack Welch
Columbus
John Lewis
Chillicothe
Joe Fitton
Bellaire
S. E. Hedrick
Springfield
George Hines
Sidney
Harry Taflinger
H. M. Daugherty
Memorial Hall
Veterans Meeting Closes Golden Jubilee Encampment
About 40 000 witnessed the Grand Army parade closing the golden jubilee encampment of the Department of Ohio in Marion. Commander in Chief Elias R. Monfort of Cincinnati attended the review with other notables. A controversial speech by John M. McElroy of Washington criticized Wilson and mocked Confederates. William H. Surles of East Liverpool was decorated as the new commander. Encampment officers elected included Samuel Titus of Marion as senior vice commander A B Strickler of Lebanon as junior vice and others in administrative roles.
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Marion
Department of Ohio
Elias R. Monfort
Cincinnati
John M. McElroy
Washington
McElroy
Wilson
William H. Surles
East Liverpool
Samuel N. Titus
A. B. Strickler
Lebanon
Edmund Burdsell
Denison University Ends $500,000 Endowment Campaign
President C. W. Chamberlain announced the completion of a two year campaign that increased the Denison University endowment by five hundred thousand dollars. Eighty per cent of the class graduated as seventy eight students completed their studies. A new drive aims to raise another five hundred thousand dollars and the current endowment stands at nine hundred thousand dollars.
Struthers Honored With Memorial Tablet in Niles
Youngstown report states a tablet for Thomas Struthers who built the first modern blast furnace in the Mahoning Valley will be placed in the National McKinley Birthplace Memorial Building at Niles. The Struthers village name comes from him and a bronze bust of Theodore Roosevelt will decorate the memorial.
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Youngstown
Thomas Struthers
Mahoning Valley
Niles
Struthers
Theodore Roosevelt
Otterbein Officers Elected at Westerville Meeting
Otterbein University trustees elected George A. Lambert of Anderson Indiana as president E L Weinland of Columbus as secretary and W O Baker of Westerville as treasurer. Miss Cora McFadden of Dayton will become Dean of the Department of Women succeeding Mrs Teresa Carey who resigned.
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Columbus
Otterbein University
Westerville
George A. Lambert
Anderson
Ind
E. L. Weinland
W. O. Baker
Cora McFadden
Dayton
Department of Women
Teresa Carey
Dixie Highway Exposition Planned in Cincinnati
Hamilton County Dixie Highway Council schedules a nine day exposition at Music Hall September 1 to 9 to celebrate 25 million dollars voted by counties for Dixie Highway construction. The show will display progress since May 20, 1915 with exhibits from key cities along the route.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County Dixie Highway Council
Music Hall
Hamilton County Council
Train Collides With Workmen in Dense Fog
In Cleveland a westbound New York Central passenger train, two hours late, struck about 200 workers on the track. Two killed, three seriously injured, and around twenty bruised.
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Cleveland, O
New York Central
Buckeye News Notes: Ohio City Briefs
Toledo opens baby relief stations staffed by trained nurses to provide free care. Cleveland uses carrier pigeons for rapid communication between confectionery firm and customers. Elyria reports no aid recipients for first time since incorporation. Toledo police record up to thirty arrests in a day as traffic violations rise. Kenton mourns John Nolan a former township clerk and county recorder after a yearlong illness. Columbus honors Camille J. Ebert perfect attendance graduate from Columbia Commercial High School.
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Toledo
Toledo Police Department
Herbert
Columbus
Camille J. Ebert
Columbia Commercial High School
Police officer marks decade with nine hundred arrests
Fostoria, Ohio reports Otto Sorg, ten years on the Fostoria police force, claiming 900 arrests and never using clubs. In Toledo area Lucas County sewers face delays as diggers fail to respond to high wage offers and laborers remain scarce.
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Fostoria, O
Otto Sorg
Fostoria
Toledo
Electric shock fatal for 18 year old at steel plant
In Canton Ohio John Kloos aged 18 was fatally electrocuted when his cheek brushed a switchboard handle transmitting 11 000 volts at the United Steel Co plant. The accident occurred at the factory site.
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Canton, O
John Kloos
United Steel Co
Mt Union College grants 42 degrees at 68th commencement
The sixty eighth annual Mt Union College commencement awards 42 degrees with Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of San Francisco delivering the oration on The Perils of Knowledge.
Veteran Employes' Reunion Held by Pittsburg Division
About 300 Pennsylvania Railroad system workers attended the eighth annual meeting of the Veteran Employes Association of the Pittsburg Division in Columbus. All officers were reelected: J. McCullough as president, Dan Laws Smith as vice president, S. C. Bowers as secretary, M A Sprague as assistant secretary, W. T. Pickard and Wm. A. Love on the executive committee.
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Columbus
Pennsylvania Railroad
Veteran
Pittsburg
J. ©. McCullough
Dan Laws Smith
C. Bowers
Steubenville
M A. Sprague
W. T. Pickard
Verdict Upheld in Breach of Promise Case in Canton
Canton Ohio confirms $10,600 award for Mrs Ellen W Canine against the estate of Robert R Jacob. Judge Stephenson overrules a motion for a new trial in the breach of promise suit. Adjacent notes report other state happenings from Oxford Marion Findlay and Amanda township bridge collapse.
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Canton, O
Ellen W. Canine
Indianapolis
Robert R. Jacob
Waynesburg
Pittsburg
Common Pleas
W. P. Stephenson
Findlay
Blanchard River
Amanda Township
Miami Foundry Sale Cleared for Remodel and Reopening
Hamilton D C Ed Freeman F G Traber and A D Stuckey, long associated with H P Deuseh er Co, have bought the Miami Foundry plant. The facility will be remodeled and operations to resume by the start of the new year.
Buckeye State Has Over Two Thousand Civilian Rifle Club Members
More than 2,000 Ohio men are active civilian rifle club members under the National Rifle Association. The government provides equipment as border service calls increase interest in trained civilians. The NRA expects these riflemen to be a ready source for the militia, offering marksmanship even if not full military training.
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Union News Service
Washington
D. C
Ohio
Militia
Border Service
United States
National Rifle Association
German Army Officer Count Moltke Dies in Berlin
The Hague reports the death of Lieutenant General Count Helmuth von Moltke chief of the Supplementary General Staff in Berlin from heart apoplexy. He died during a Reichstag session honoring Field Marshal von Der Goltz, who perished from spotted fever on the Turkish front. Von Moltke was a nephew of the famed Field Marshal von Moltke.
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The
Hague
Count Helmuth von Moltke
Berlin
von Moltke
Marshal von der Goltz
Count von Moltke
Military seizure cuts lines at border in Nogales
Southern Pacific of Mexico system seized by Tucson and Sonora authorities. Telegraph and telephone wires were cut at the border. Mexican custom records moved from Nogales to south of the International Mine. An armed civilian demonstration in Nogales ended early this morning. Boys as young as 12 have been armed by authorities. Eighteen carloads of Mexican families were sent south.
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Tucson
Ariz
Sonora
Nogales
Mexico
British Steamers Sunk Sar dinia and Gafsa Reported
A Lloyds report notes the British steamer Sardinia of 545 tons and the steamer Gafsa of 3922 tons have been sunk. The Gafsa left Manchester for Savannah and its movements have not been reported since.
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London
Sardinia
Lloyds
Manchester
Savannah
Germany orders seventeen year old boys to report
London reports via the Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin that Germany has ordered all seventeen year old boys to report to military authorities.
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London
Lokal Anzeiger
Berlin
Germany
Cincinnati Market Prices for Wheat Through Lambs
Market list shows Wheat, Corn, Oats, Hay, Eggs, Poultry, Cattle, Bulls, Calves, Hogs, Sheep and Lambs. Prices indicate wide ranges by grade and weight, with live stock and eggs quoted for various classes and qualities.
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Mexican
United States Army
Neuvo Laredo
Aziz
P. Elias Calles
Naco
Empalme
Firemen's Annual Meeting
Session Firemen’s Association
Veterans’ Meeting
Denison
Otterbein
Buckeye
Cleveland Confectionery Manufacturing Company
Elyria, O
Elyria
Kenton
John Nolan
Nolan
Oxford
Western College For Women
W. W. Boyd
John B. Wright
Montclaire
N. J
Ella McKelvey
Marion, C
Ohio Valley
Buckeye State
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