Thomasville Fourth of July to Feature Notable Speakers
Senator Thomas W. Hardwick and Judge Eugene Cox have accepted invites to speak in Thomasville for the Fourth of July celebration. Mayor J Fondren Mitchell will deliver the welcome address. Invitations continue from national leaders, with a big picnic planned and a watermelon cutting planned led by EB Gibson who has donated 102 melons.
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Georgia
Senator Iformally
Thomasville
Judge Cox
Savannah
Coast Line
Thomas W.W. Hardwick
United States
Busch
The
Commercial Association
Thomas W. Hardwick
Senator Hardwick
South Georgia
Thomasvile
Eugene Cox
Albany
Superior Court
J. Fondren Mitchell
Woodnow
Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles B. Hughes
Leonard
Wood
Hugh. M. Dorsey
EB. L. Gibson
Bugle Draws Crowd as Quitman Rifles Recruit
Bugler BH R Clarke of the Quitman Rifles toured the city and demonstrated crowd appeal of a bugle call. He aims to raise Quitman Company to 120 men and reported 75 recruited with about 20 more expected from Thomas County.
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BH. R. Clarke
Quitman Rifles
Quitman Company
Germans Gain Near Vernon After All-Night Fighting
Paris reports that June 22 sees German forces capture the French first line trenches between Fumin Wood and Chenois in Verdun after heavy bombardment. Attacks on both sides of the Meuse occurred with fighting near Dead Man's Hill and Fort-Vaux, halted by French Grenade detachments and rifle fire on the right bank of the Meuse.
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Paris
Fumin Wood
Chenois
Verdun
Meuse
Dead Man’s Hill
Fort-Vaux
Carranza Troops Kill U S Galvalry in Mexican Clash
Washington reports indicate the Carrizal clash will not alter U S policy toward Mexico until General Pershing files his findings. The Mexican Foreign Office denied responsibility while diplomacy continues. details from Villa Ahumada and Casas Grandes sparked debates over who fired first and the risk of open conflict.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
Pershing
Wilson
Foreign Office
State Department
Carranza
Mexico City
Arredondo
Lansing
Casas Grandes
Neuvo Casas Grandes
Carrizal
Mexicans Begin Evacuation of Juarez
El Paso Texas June 22 Juarez was more than half evacuated by ten oclock this morning by the Carranza garrison. Three trainloads of soldiers have gone Southward this morning and three more are loaded and ready to move at a moment s notice.
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el Paso
Texas
Juarez
Carranza
Aviators Not To Return To American Service
Paris June 22. American aviators in the French service cannot answer whether they will return to join the American army if war with Mexico occurs. They are enlisted for the duration of the war in the French army and must observe its discipline. Negotiations between French and American governments would be required to change their status.
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Paris
Aero Club of America
Mexico
German Sub Arrives Off Cartagena Amid German Embassy Visit
The German submarine U-35 reached Cartagena and anchored with the Spanish cruiser Catalina. The German Embassy secretary heads to Cartagena to obtain an autograph letter from the German Emperor to King Alfonso, said to thank Spain for hosting Kamerun internees.
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Madrid
Spain
Cartagena
Catalina
Alfonso
Kamerun
Carrizal clash prompts U.S. Mexican protest
A Mexican Foreign Office communication to Secretary of State Lansing reports an engagement at Carrizal near Villa Ahumada on June 21 between about 200 American troops and Mexican forces. It notes deaths of General Felix Gomez and several Mexican troops, 17 Americans captured, and unresolved questions about American troops’ presence away from base. Further details promised.
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Washington
Mexican Foreign Office
Carrizal
Lansing
Senor Arrendondo
Aguilar
Carranza
Department of State
Villa Ahumada
Chihuahua
Felix Gomez
State Department
Secretary of State
Cuidad Juarez
Mexico
Columbus
New Mexico
Americans Lost Twelve Dead In Carrizal Battle
The American forces suffered twelve dead including the commander and seventeen taken prisoner in yesterday’s battle at Carrizal. Fourteen Mexican troops were killed and thirty wounded. The American Consulate released the totals and said wounded were evacuated. Names of the American commander were not yet known.
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el Paso
Texas
Carrizal
Villa Ahumada
Battle at Santo Domingo ranch near Carrizal rockily uncertain
At the Santo Domingo ranch near Carrizal Texas border, American and Carranza troops clashed in a bloody fight. Casualty tallies are unclear with estimates of nearly a score of Pershing’s men killed and heavy Mexican losses reported by Mexican officials. The outcome and which side held the field remain undecided.
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el Paso
Texas
Santo Domingo
Carrizal
Pershing
Officials Confer Over Delicate Mexican Situation
Secretary of War Baker conferred with President Wilson on the Mexican situation and later with Secretary of State Lansing and congressional military committee chairmen. He submitted to Chairman Hay a resolution authorizing the President to draft into the regular army all militiamen willing to take the Federal oath immediately.
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Washington
Baker
Wilson
Lansing
Congressional Military Committee
Hay
House Military Affairs
Pershing Says No Report Yet On Carrizal Fighting
General Pershing informed Major General Funston he had not received reports from the Carrizal clash on June 22. He noted San Antonio dispatches prompted sending two squads of the Eleventh Cavalry to contact Tenth Cavalry units already engaged, with orders to avoid actions that might precipitate further fighting.
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Pershing
San Antonio
Texas
Funston
Eleventh Cavalry
Tenth Cavalry
Militias of three states ordered to the border
Washington dispatches were sent by the War Department to the Missouri Kansas and California militias instructing them to be ready to entrain for the border at once.
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Washington
War Department
Missouri
Kansas
California
Action in Senate Expected Friday on Mexican Intervention
Washington June 22 Senator Works of California opened debate by introducing a resolution to authorize U S intervention in Mexico. He warned that if the Foreign Relations committee did not act promptly he would move to discharge the measure from the committee and bring it to the floor.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Works
California
Mexico
United States
Cananea Copper Company Property Seized by Carrancistas
A message from Mexico City reports that the Cananea Consolidated Copper Company, a U S concern with fifty million dollars in value, has been taken over by the de facto Carranza government in Cananea Sonora.
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Kansas City, Mo
Cananea Consolidated
Cananea
Sonora
Mexico City
Evacuation of Juarez Begins After Carranza Clash
Reports say four thousand troops under General Francisco Gonzales prepare to leave Juarez after yesterday’s battle between United States troops of the Tenth Cavalry and the Carranza command at Carrizal. Trains stand ready and supplies are loaded as evacuation starts amid detachments moving toward border points near El Paso.
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el Paso
Texas
Juarez
Carranza
Carrizal
Bell
Francisco Gonzales
James Allison
Pershing Maintains Strong Outposts Near Front Lines
Wireless report from June 22 says Carranza troops near the southern end of the American lines. General Pershing maintains strong outposts in every direction and is taking every possible precaution to cope with the evolving situation.
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Pershing
Columbus
N. M
Carranza
Miss Estelle Fackler Dies After Illness
Miss Estelle Fackler, about fifteen, died Wednesday morning at 9:80 at her parents’ East End home after a three week typhoid illness. A beloved member of the First Bap... she was known for her devoted faith and gentle nature.
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Estelle Fackler
Eest End
Miss Fackler
Arabs Proclaim Independence as Mecca Falls to Rebels
London reports relay a serious uprising against the Turks in Arabia with rebels seizing Mecca and Jiddah and proclaiming Arab independence from Ottoman rule. Sultanate authorities say Medina is besieged as Arab tribes back the revolt that began June ninth.
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London
Arabia
Mecca
Cairo
Jiddah
Arabian
Tait
Medina
J Thomas Vann Dies After Sudden Stroke At Home
J Thomas Vann died Tuesday night after a sudden illness described as a stroke. He collapsed at home following an apparent relapse after visiting neighbors with his wife present. Funeral services were held at his Bartow Street residence with interment at Laurel Hill cemetery officiated by Rev R H Harris and Rev B H Parker. He is survived by his wife and six children.
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J. Thomas Vann
Bartow Street
Laurel Hill Cemetery
R. H. Harris
B. H. Parker
Vann
Thomasville
Community Mourns Loss of Local Resident
A local resident was laid to rest Thursday at Sunny Hill after a period of illness. The community offers sympathy to the bereaved parents and notes the cherished employee’s deep interest in church activities and city life.
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