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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
1
Two American soldiers were killed in an engagement with bandits near San Ignacio, 40 miles southeast of Laredo, early today. Seven Americans were wounded and six Mexicans were killed. the bandits numbered over 100. The clash began at 2 o'clock with two troops of the 14th cavalry, 140 men, under Major Gray.
June 15 field report says Pedro Lujan, leader of the Columbus raid, was captured by Captain Turner of the 13th Cavalry. A bridal couple at the camp exposed the hid ing place at Hacienda Tepehalines where Lujan initially denied identity, claiming to be a peon before Iris gold teeth confirmed he was the wanted man. He was taken to the American camp.
Two thousand refugees arrived at Juarez from the interior on June 15. Four of the evacuees were Americans who said famine raged at Torreon and that the civilian population welcomed international intervention.
In San Antonio on June 15 a bandit was found with clothing and papers showing he was an officer in the Carranza army. American casualties were three dead and six wounded after a 30 minute fight. The Mexicans fled before American pursuit across the river. Additional cavalry is ready to proceed to San Ignacio.
American Consul Garett at Nueva Leon wires Washington urging that Laredo be placed under martial law as of June 15, with the report coming from the city.
Philadelphia on June 15 reports that Louis D. Brandeis soon to be justice of the supreme court will be the principal speaker at the annual Zionist convention on July 2. The Zionist movement targets re establishing a Jewish nation in Palestine.
J W Stringfellow of Salt Lake, secretary of Caribou Gold Mining, will visit the old Cari bou property with an engineer to overhaul the power plant and prepare the ten stamp concentration setup. A new vein shows higher values than six fifty per ton, signaling potential strong returns with development.
The first regular park train No. 15 reaches Potatello at 11 50 tonight and departs 12 05 heading to Yellowstone arriving next morning. Returning No. 16 leaves Yellowstone at 7 p m arriving Potatello 1 45 a m with a ten minute layover. Time cards Nos 81 and 183 effective now. Train numbers shift widely across lines with many renumberings noted and a quip at the end about memory for track changes.
W. R. Holt of Arkansas, a Progressive national committee member, says he will work for Charles E. Hughes’s election and expects most party members to follow. He calls Hughes’ nomination a downfall of the old guard and invisible government, and credits Hughes’ acceptance statement with Progressive principles.
New York June 15. Thirty yachts participate in the annual regatta of the New York Yacht Club today off Glen Cove Long Island. Some of the fastest vessels in the country are entered.
Washington reports the interstate commerce commission faulted Flagman Lcombs and Engineer Mansfield for not attending to seals in the Bradford Rhode Island wreck of April 17. The inquiry notes that old fashioned cars and gaslights aided the fatalities with five dead and 17 injured.
Five bodies recovered from the coastwise steamer Bear wrecked last night on Sugar Loaf rocks near Eureka California. A tug aided rescue after a heavy fog and swell hampered operations. eighty survivors were saved and five lives are confirmed lost. The Oregon battleship and Dollar steamer assisted the wreck.
Intense artillery on both banks of the Menage in Verdun fighting. Germans shell Souville forts and push a wedge south of Cumieres. Russians drive headway east as Czernowitz opens to Turkish influence. Galicia near Lemberg reported fifty miles away. Britain and France protest Greece blockade and neutral treatment. Turks repulse British on the Tigris after Townshend’s surrender at El Amara.
Vienna says Austrian forces repelled Russian attacks while keeping them north of Czernowitz and driving off assaults elsewhere. Athens reports Allied discussions with Greece yielding a resolution expressing loyalty.
Rome reports Italians captured Austrian trenches in a surprise east of Monfalcone on June 15. The action yielded several hundred prisoners and seven machine guns before Italian forces consolidated their gains.
Petrograd reports over 150000 captured by Russian forces during the offensive on Volhynia and the Baltic front as announced by the war office.
Secretary Lansing presented a draft note to the president in Washington rejecting Carranza's demand for U S troop withdrawal from Mexico. The administration will not withdraw until order is restored and will frame a statement to show friendly intent while promising future cooperation against bandits.
Idaho Governor discloses in a signed Deseret News reply that politics solely motivated his vote to seek Heber Q. Hale's resignation as state land board register. He praises Hale's integrity and states the action was political, not personal, offering to write a personal recommendation if Hale desires.
The convention advances a formal program as the administration aims to renominate the President and Vice President as standard bearers. Delegates and factions show support for the ticket while candidates and policies are debated within party ranks.
The Idaho veterans convention ends after a three day session with officers installed. Department commander J H Barns Boise and other posts across Twin Falls Pocatello Lewiston and Coeur d Alene were named. Delegates toured the city by auto and reported no serious illness among attendees. Most veterans and families depart for home tonight.
Salt Lake reports Senator Reed Smoot returning from Chicago upbeat on Charles E. Hughes nominating the Republican ticket. He predicts a nationwide GOP sweep, says party unity may delay a Democratic return for a generation, and plans to join a committee to select a national chairman and campaign team.
A bomb exploded today on an Oregon Short Line mail car in Butte Montana as mail moved from Burlington to the Oregon Short Line. Authorities believe the device was aimed at Governor Spry of Utah, and the car was wrecked in the blast.
The St Louis convention adjourned following adoption of a rules committee report ordering nominations at 9 o clock tonight. The body will reconvene at that hour and then stay in continuous session until nominations are completed.
The second day of the Democratic national convention began at 11 40 a m with Wilson and Marshall expected to win the nomination. Ollie James of Kentucky gave the keynote as permanent chairman as platform planks on tariff dyestuff duties and warehouse storage were reviewed. A hoboes' group sought a hearing while a death occurred of proxy delegate William Hastings. The White House urged a strong Americanism plank and a hyphenation challenge to foreign policy critics.
Wheat closed July at 1.03 a bushel as Chicago market reports show July wheat rising while corn traded around 72.44 cents and oats at 39.14 cents. The figures reflect steady demand and modest gains in grain futures in morning trading.
The New York rumor notes on June 18 report railroads have notified the heads of a brotherhood of workers about ongoing labor talks. No full details are provided in the fragment.
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