WAR OR PEACE
IS PUT UP TO
MEXICAN CIIIEE
Carranza Is Severely Castigated
in Note by President Wil
son.
WARNS OF DRASTIC ACTION!
“Gravest Consequences Will Follow"
If First Chief Carries Out His
Threat to Attack—Troops will
Stay in Mexico.
Washington.—Imputing bad faith,
broken promises and failure to dis
charge tlie obligations of sovereignty
implied when this government recog
nized the de facto government of Mex
ico, President Wilson in ids reply to
Carranza puts the question of war or
peace with Mexico.
In effect the document charges Car
ranza with protecting rather than
seeking to punish the bandits who
have murdered American citizens on
American and Mexican.soil aud con
cludes with the warning that if the
Carranza threat to have “recourse to
arms” if the American troops are not
withdrawn form Mexico is carried
out, it “will lead to the gravest con
sequences.”
Is It Backdown or War?
It is the opinion of the highest offi
cials of this government that the ef
fect of the note to Carranza will he
either to cause a complete backdown
by the de facto government of Mexico
or to precipitate hostilities at an early
date. This government is prepared
for either alternative, but optimism
prevails that hostilities will be
avoided.
The indictment against the Carran
za government in the note contains
the following counts:
The Mexican note of May 22 de
manding the immediate withdrawal of
American troops was “discourteous in
tone and temper.”
The government of the United
States has viewed with deep concern
and increasing disappointment the
progress of the revolution in Mexico.
American capital and enterprise
have been destroyed or rendered non
productive, the lives of Americans
and other aliens have been sacrificed;
bandits have been permitted to roam
at will, and robbery and murder have
gone unpunished.
Says Murderers Are Protected.
Incursions hnve_been made into
American territory, depredations and
murders have taken place on Ameri
can soil. American garrisons have been
attacked at night and American sol
diers killed and tiieir property and
horses stolen. American ranches hare
been raided and American trains
wrecked and plundered, murders ‘‘char
acterized by ruthless brutality and un
civilized acts of mutilation” have been
perpetrated. Representations have
been made to stop these outrages to
no effect. Towns in northern Mexico
have not only harbored the perpetra
tors, hut "so far has the indifference of
the de facto government gone that
some of these leaders have received
not only the protection of the Mexi
can government, but encouragement
and aid as well.”
The note enumerates nine raids last
September as typical, recites in detail
the successive steps taken to prevent
the attack on the Ousi mining prop
erty which culminated in the “Santa
Ysabel massacre” and the subsequent
pursuit of tlie bandits which, to date,
has resulted in the capture of only
one bandit *by the Mexican govern
ment.
Allowed Villa to Escape.
Taking up the operations of Villa,
the note charges that Villa was per
mitted to remain for days in the vi
cinity of Cusi unattacked, that his
progress toward the American border
was unimpeded by a single Carranza
soldier, culminating in the attack on
Columbus. The note charges that no
effort was made by Carranza to stop
Villa's flight, although, in his retreat
he passed within sight of the Carran
za garrison at Casas C.randes.
Declaring that this government had
no recourse but to run Villa down, the
note charges that the “co-operation or
assistance in the field” which General
Carranza promised the punitive ex
pedition has never been forthcoming.
It charges that the Carranza soldiers.
In an attack on United States troops
at Parral, “arrayed themselves on
the side of outlawry and became in
effect the protectors of Villa and his
bandits.”
The next Indictment of Carranza
lies in the charge that his attempt to
block the American expedition by
negotiation was directed “to the form
and nature of the agreement rather
than the practieal object.” that his
sole endeavor was “to impede the
progress of the American troops rath
er than to place obstacles In the way
s of the escape of the outlaws.”
Mr. Lansing charges that nowhere
in the memorandum drawn by General
Ohregon and General Scott will the
Mexican government find justification
for its charge that General Scott prom
ised the withdrawal of American
troops except upon conditions not yet
fulfilled; that nowhere did General
Funston promise that no more puni
tive expeditions would invade Mexico.
HOT JABS FROM NOTE
OF U. S. TO CARRANZA
In these attacks (on specified Ameri
can towns) on American territory Car
ranzista adherents, and even Carran
zista soldiers, took part in the looting
burning and killing.
Since these attacks leaders of the
bandits, well known to both the Mexi
can civil and military authorities, as
well as to American officers, have been
enjoying with impunity the liberty of
the towns of northern Mexico.
On January 10 a train was stopped
by Villa bandits and 18 of the Ameri
can party were stripped of their cloth
ing and shot in cold blood, in what is
now known as the “Santa Ysabel mas
sacre.”
Within a month after this barbarous
slaughter of inoffensive Americans it
was notorious that Villa was operating
within twenty miles of Cusihuiriachie,
and publicly stated that his purpose
was to destroy American lives and
property.
After murdering, burning and plun
dering, Villa and his bandits, fieeinf
south, passed within sight of the Car
ranzista military post at Casas
Grandes, and no effort was made tc
stop him by the officers and garrisor,
of the de facto government stationer
there.
While this government would deepl)
regret such a result, it cannot recedi
from its settled determination to main
tain its national rights and to perforn
its full duty in preventing further in
vasions of the territory of the Unitec
States and in removing the peril which
Americans along the internationa
boundary have borne so long with pa
tience and forbearance.
I am reluctant to be forced to the
conclusion which might be drawn from
the circumstances, that the de facto
government, in spite of the crimes com
mitted and the sinister designs of Villa
and his followers, did r.ot and does not
now intend or desire that these out
laws should be captured, destroyed or
dispersed by American troops or, at
the request of this government, by
Mexican troops.
If a denial is needed that this gov
ernment has had ulterior and improper
motives in its diplomatic representa
tions, or has countenanced the activi
ties of American sympathizers and the
American press opposed to the de facto
government, I am glad most emphati
cally to deny it. It is, however, a mat
ter of common knowledge that the
Mexican press has been more active
than the press in the United States in
endeavoring to inflame the two peoples
against each other and to force the two
countries into hostilities.
and this count concludes with the
charge that 1 lie Mexican government
itself refused to ratify the agreement
reached, thereby inferential!}- proving
its own charges unfounded.
The promises of Carranza to redis
tribute his troops and to pursue ban
dits have been so htully kept that this
government has been forced to the
“reluctant conclusion that the de facto
government did not, and does not now.
intend or desire that these outlaws
should be captured, destroyed or dis
persed by American troops, or. at the
request of this government, by Mexi
can troops.”
The note accepts the statement of
Carranza that he gave orders to Gen
eral Obregon to notify this govern
ment that no further punitive expedi
tions would be permitted to enter Mex
ico unopposed, hut denies that Ohre
goti ever delivered the ultimatum.
Carranza's charge that this govern- I
mint has not acted in good faith in
ward the de facto government in Mex- i
ico. hut lias hindered it in a restora
tion of order in Mexico is not only
denied, but evidence is offered in sup
port of a countercharge of absolute
had faith by the de facto government
in all its recent dealings with this
government. The announcement is
made that until subordinate command
ers of the Mexican government cease
to “menace American troops” at their
commands and co-operate with them
in good faith this government “will not
permit munitions of war or machin
ery for their manufacture to he ex
ported from this country to Mexico.”
Admitting that the punitive expedi
tion crossed into Mexico “without no
tice to or tlie consent of” the Mexican
government, this government reiter
ates its good faith in the promises
made in connection with that expedi
tion. cites tit length numerous in
stances of had faith on tlic part of
Mexico in actions and negotiations
since the arrival of thp expedition
and the simultaneous growth of an
archy throughout Chihuahua, and as
serts that it will neither withdraw the
army nor “prevent its entry again”
into Mexico “to protect American lives
and homes—safeguards which General
Carranza though Internationally obli
gated to supply, is manifestly unable
or unwilling to. give.”
The charge is conveyed to Carranza
that by reason of his attitude toward
bandits he is not discharging Mexico’s
duty toward the protection of life and
property, “and governments neglecting
or failing to perform it nro not worthy
of the name.” It also nsserts that if
reasonable excuse exists for Mexico's
failure to discharge this obligation, it
iherehy “makes stronger the duty of
the United States.”
In conclusion the note declines the
Mexican invitation to withdraw Amer
ican troops for the reasons given, in
vites Mexico to assume and exercise
the responsibility which this govern
ment now feels compelled to assume,
hut adds that if Mexico persists in
ignoring this obligation or undertakes
to repel or hinder the American puni
tive expedition by attacks, only “the
gravest consequences” will ensue.
STUDENTS SKIN AN ELEPHANT
Not in College Courses, but Eoys
Couldn’t Resist Body From
Circus.
Brookings, S. D.—Skinning dead ele
phants isn’t in the curriculum of many
college students, yet that experience
was enjoyed by twenty zoology and
pharmacy students of the state col
lege Prof. Shirley Miller received
word from Elkton that he had fallen
heir to the show elephant which had
been shot there after escaping from a
circus.
Professor Miller’s class spent a day
skinning the carcass and getting the
bones ready for shipment to the labo
ratory at the state college. The bones
of the pachyderm will be mounted in
the state college zoology museum for
class purposes. It is reported that
various students have surreptitiously
appropriated pieces of the inch-thick
hide as souvenirs. The boys’ boarding
club ate a dinner of elephant steak
recently.
STRENGTH OF THE NATIONAL GUARD
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*ZAriif^a . '*f 163 186 *.745 2.931
3~Pkansas . 18 100 11S 1.542 1,660
8 Colorado . 24 101 125 1.735 3 800
6—Connecticut . 31 103 394 2.711 2 905
.—Delaware . g 33 4. ,K1
,P£1_0r_1j,a . 18 71 89 1.172 1.261
?i—il4®*11 . 10 43 53 802 1 855
13—Illinois . ,9 447 526 5,808 6.331
it-liicana . 3X 167 198 2.3S8 2.586
15—Iowa . 34 182 216 3.037 3.253
J^-Kansds . is 103 121 1.665 1 776
20 —Maryland .. 26 338 364 1,963 2,127
S-«f?,achUSetts . 80 385 443 6.492 6,937
22"M ch‘gan . 36 163 199 2.421 2,620
;3“JJ nnesota . 28 198 22G 3,027 3.253
24~M ssisslPPi . 13 TS 91 1.416 1,507
2d—Missouri . 4$ 184 232 3.914 4,140
26-Montana . 11 36 47 637 684
^-Nebraska . 13 108 121 1,538 1.659
2S—Nevada (a) . ... (a)
29— New Hampshire . 34 77 Vl **i*275 1 366
30— New Jersey . 45 25S 303 4,273 4.576
31— New Mexico . 9 51 60 912 971
I2-J*ew Y°rk . 212 822 1,034 16,440 17.474
33— North Carolina . 41 384 225 2,869 2 914
34— North Dakota.. 6 51 57 ’<53 'siO
2?~S,h!0.. ®5 410 505 5.866 6.361
c6—Oklahoma . 21 54 75 1,099 1 174
3.—Oregon . 20 89 ]09 1.408 1,577
38—Pennsylvania . 127 665 792 10,097 10 889
29— Rhode Island . 12 82 94 1 329 1*433
40— South Carolina . 24 128 152 l’54« j 638
41— South Dakota . 30 61 71 973 i'oM
4:T~3’enm‘sse« .!. 33 93 115 1.701 l[si6
43— Texas . 36 161 196 3,185 3.3S!
44— Utah . 6 25 31 454 4S5
45— Vermont . 12 67 79 758 837
46— \irgima. 26 179 205 2 731 2 935
47— Washington . 12 71 S3 3 197 j’->vi
Virginia . 36 100 316 C 793 C909
49— V Isconsin . 23 166 1S9 2 898 3 087
50— Wyoming . 6 £9 35 '590 625
T°la'. . l-935 7,578 9.103 123.105 132.208
la) No organized militia In Nevada.
HOW THE UNITED STATES AND
MEXICAN ARMIES LIKE UP
ALONG BOHDLR.
Douglas. 2,500
Columbus . 2,500
El Paso . 3,500
Rio Grande. 1,500
Presidio . 1,000
Laredo.10.000
Brownsville . 5,000
San Antonio. 4,500
Total .34,500
These men are stretched along a
front of 1,300 miles. This makes the
line average nineteen men to the mile.
IN MEXICO.
Namiquipa . 3.500 i
Babricora . 1,500
San Miguel. 5C0
Madera . 500
Galena . 1,000
Casas Grandes. 3,000
Corralitos. 1,500
Ascension . 500
Total.12,000
These men are stretched along a
front of 250 miles. This makes the
line average forty-eight men to the
mile.
Organized National Guard of the United States (mobilized) .145,000
AGAINST THIS FORCE CARRANZA HAS
In Sonora under Calles.12,000
In Chihuahua facing Pershing’s front.40,000
At other points along border .15,000
Total .67,000
Condition of the National
Guard in the Various
States.
According to the latest war depart
ment records, the condition of the Na
tional Guard is as follows::
Alabama—Medical department, good ;
field artillery, poor; infantry, fair and
good.
Arizona—Medical department, good;
infantry, fair and good.
Arkansas—First Infantry Companies
B, D, F and K, poor; others good or
very good. Second Infantry Compa
nies C and K, poor; others good or
fair.
California — Medical department,
good; cavalry, fair; field artillery, very
good; coast artillery, good and fair;
infantry, fair or poor by company.
Colorado—Medical department, good ;
corps of engineers, fair; cavalry, good ;
field artillery, poor; infantry, good and
poor by companies.
Connecticut — Medical department,
very good; cavalry, good and excel
lent ; field artillery, very good; coast
artillery, good and very good by com
panies ; infantry, excellent and very
good.
District of Columbia—Medical de
partment, excellent; signal corps, fair;
infantry, fair, good and excellent by
companies.
Florida—Infantry, very good and
good.
Georgia—Medical department, fair;
Infantry, fair ard poor by companies;
cavuiry, good; field artillery, very
good; coast artillery, good and poor
by companies.
Hawaii—Medical department, very
good; infantry, good and fair by com
panies.
Idaho—Infantry very good and good.
Illinois—Medical department, very
good; engineer corps, fair; cavalry, ex
cellent and very good; field artillery,
very good and good; infantry, very
good and fair by companies; Seventh
and Eighth tr-fantry, Chicago, excellent
and very good.
Indiana—Medical department, fair;
field artillery, fair; infantry, good and
very good by companies.
Iowa—Medical department, fair;
field artillery, good; infantry, fair
and very good by companies.
Kansas—Medical department, very
good; field artillery, fair; Infantry,
very good und good.by companies.
Kentucky — Medical department,
fair; infantry, fair and good to ex
cellent by companies.
Louisiana — Medical department,
very good; cavalry, good; field artil
lery, fair; Infantry, good, fair und
poor by companies.
Maine—Medical department, fair;
coast artillery corps, fair and good ; in
fantry, good.
Maryland—Medical department, very
good; Infantry, very good and fair by
companies.
Massachusetts—Medical department,
excellent; cavalry, very good; field ar
tillery. excellent; coast artillery, good
and very good; infantry, good and
| very good by companies.
Michigan — Medical department,
poor; engineers’ corps, fair; signal
corps, good; cavalry, good; field artil
lery, poor; infantry, good and very
good.
Minnesota — Medical department,
fair; field artillery, very good; in
fantry, good and very good by com
panies.
Mississippi — Medical department,
poor; infantry, fair and poor by
companies.
Missouri—Medical department, good :
cavalry, very good; artillery, excel
lent; infantry, very good and fair by
companies.
Montana—Medical department very
good ; infantry, excellent and good.
Nebraska—Medical department, very
good ; Infantry, excellent, good and fair
by companies.
New Hampshire—Medical depart
ment, fair; cavalry, fair; field artil
lery, good; coast artillery, poor; in
fantry. excellent and very good.
New Jersey—Medical department,
very good; cavalry, good; artillery,
very good ; Infantry, fair to good.
New Mexico—Medical department,
good; artillery, excellent; infantry,
very good and good.
THE CALL TO ARMS;
The militia of all the states were
called to the colors in the following
statement addressed to the governors
of the various states by Secretary of
War Baker:
“Having in view the possibility of
further aggression upon the territory
of the United States and the necessity
for the proper protection of that fron
tier, the president has thought proper
to exercise the authority vested in him
by the Constitution and the laws and
call out the organized militia and the
National Guard necessary for that pur
pose.
“I am in consequence, instructed by
the president to call into the service
of the United States through you, the
following units of the organized mili
tia and the National Guard of the state
of . which the president
directs shall be assembled at the state
mobilization point . (or at the
place to be designated to you by the
commanding general, eastern depart
i_ mmm j
Brig. Gen. A. L. Mills.
ment), for muster into the service of
the United States.
"Organizations to he accepted into
the federal service should have the
minimum peace strength now pre
scribed for organized militia. The
maximum strengtli at which organiza
tions will be accepted and to which
they should be raised as soon as pos
sible Is prescribed in section No. 2,
“Tables of Organization,” United
States Army.
“In case any regiment, battalion or
squadron, now recognized as such, con
tains an insufficient number of organi
zations to enable it to conform nt mus
ter to regular army organization ta
bles. tlie organizations necessary to
complete such units may be moved to
mobilization camp and there inspected
under orders of tlie department com
mander to determine fitness for recog
nition as organized by the war depart
ment.
“Circular 19, division of militia af
fairs. 1914. prescribes tlie organiza
tions desired from each state as part I
of tlie local tactical division, and only
these organizations will tie accepted
into service.”
EVENTS LEADING TO MEXICAN CRISIS
_
The following brief chronology con
stitutes the highlights in the politi
cal history of Mexico, starting with
the Mudero revolution against Presi
dent Porfirio Diaz, November 13, 11110.
culminating in the present crisis, as
follows:
1910.
NOV. 23—Francisco I. Mudero pro
claims himself provisional president,
and two days later Diaz resigns,
sailing with his family for Europe
Mny 31.
1912.
OCT. Id—Second revolution started un
der General Felix Diaz. Two weeks
later he is captured by federal
troops and uprising apparently
crushed.
1913.
FEB. 21—Third revolution takes place
and Victoriano Huerta proclaimed
provisional president. Gustavo Mu
dero executed.
FEB. 21—Fourth revolution, this time
against Huerta, started by Carran
za, governor of Coahuila.
OCT. 14—Huerta proclaims himself
dictator and abrogates constitution.
1914.
APRIL U—Paymaster and seven sailors
arrested In Tampico by Mexican sol
diers. Though released a few hours
later, Rear Admiral Mayo demanded
an apology, punishment of the Mex
ican officer in charge and u salute
of twenty-one guns. This was the
APRIL 21—United States marines oc
cupy customhouse at Vera Cruz
and take charge of city.
JUNE 24—Pence protocol signed by
“A B C" mediators at Niagara Falls,
Ontario.
JULY 15— General Huerta resigns us
provisional president.
AUG. 14—Carrnnza, by agreement with
General Obregon and General Itur
bide, named provisional president,
to succeed Francesco Carbajal, who
held office one month after Huerta's
resignation.
NOV. 11—The outbreak of hostilities
between Carranza and Villa takes
place.
1915.
JAN. 5 to MARCH 5—Sporadic fight
ing between Villa and Carranza
forces.
MARCH 9—Secretary of State Bryan
warns Americans to leave Mexico.
Two days later John McManus
murdered by Zapatistas in Mexico
City.
ACG. 8—First big fight between Mex
icans and American ranciiers takes
place in Cameron County, Texas—
American soil.
SEPT. 17.—Six Carranza soldiers
killed in tight with American sol
diers near Donna, Texas.
Oct. 19—United States fonnallly rec
ognizes Carranza de facto govern
ment. Wild jubilation in Mexico
City.
NOV. 20—Three American soldiers
wounded in fight with marauding
Mexican troops near Nogales, Ariz.
Forty Mexicans killed.
1916.
JAN. 1—Villa atrocities against Amer
icans become daily.
JAN. 13—Fifty Americans massacred
by Villistas near Chihuahua City.
JAN. 15—Fight between American
troops and Mexican soldiers near
Fort Hancock, fifty-three miles east
of El Paso.
JAN. 17—Villn orders his troops to
shoot all Americans on sight.
JAN. 23—Eight Americans hanged by
Villn’s orders at Carnejutla. Mexico.
FEB. IS—Official report made to Sec
retary of State Lansing disclosed
that total American murders in Mex
ico numbered 146 in three years.
MARCH 1—Sporadic raids by Villistas
across border become almost daily.
MARCH !>—Columbus raid by 1,500
Mexican rebels under Villa. Seven
teen Americans slain.
MARCH 19—American troops under
command of Colonel Dodd enter Mex
ico as vanguard of General Per
shing’s punitive expedition.
Militia Below Peace Strength.
Reeords of the division of militia
affairs of the war department show
that the National Guard of the coun
try lacks 22,000 men of the number re
quired to bring It up to Its supposed
peace strength of 151,000. It is short
by 186,000 Men of its full war strength
of 315,000.
Of the 12 divisions existing on pa
per, only two, the Sixth New York and
the Seventh Pennsylvania, have a divi
sional headquarters organized.
Of the 30 brigades, on paper, mak
ing up these divisions only 28 have
their hendquarters organized. Due to
the troops of many of the brigades
and most of the divisions being from
different states, and the war depart
ment having no regular officers to
spare, there is no one available for
these staffs.
For the 127 regiments of infantry
and cavalry there should be 635 ma
chine guns. At last reports a few
weeks ago there were but 172 in the
possession of the various regiments. j
The ordnance department had only 77
available. There were G7 others in
the sea-coast defenses, but they were
needed there.
Transportation is of the utmost im
portance in any field operation and
this will be particularly true in Mexi
co. Yet the Sixth New York division
is the only one with complete regi
mental and divisional wagon trains.
The Seventh Pennsylvania has com
plete regimental trains but needs ljr>
wagons to complete the divisional
trains.
BATTLE TOTHE LAST
AMERICAN FORCE NEARLY WIPED
OUT AT CARRIZAL.
MILITIAMEN ORDERED SOUTH
All State Troops Will Be Rushed to
Border at Once—Congress Adopts
Federal Draft of Militia.
San Ar.tonio, Tex.—The two truops
of the Tenth cavalry under Captain
Charles T. Boyd were practically wip
3d out by the attack of Mexican forces
under General Gomez at Carrizal
June 21, according to reports receiv
ed by General Funston from General
Pershing.
According to the stories of the sur
vivors, as outlined in General Persh
ing's report, a mounted force of Mex
icans made a charge from the flank
at the conclusion of a parley be
tween Captain Boyd and General
Gomez at the same time that a ma
chine gun opened fire from the front
as General Gomez reached his lines.
Captain Boyd had ordered 'nis men
to dismount as the machine gun
opened fire and the combined effect
of the Mexican charge, the machine
gun fire and the rifle fire from the
Mexican garrison of Carrizal. which
had almost surrounded the little
American force under cover of the
parley sought by General Gomez to
discuss whether Captain Boyd shou'd
be allowed to pass through the town,
stampeded the horses. No details
were made known to General Persh
ing as to whether the Mexican
charge was checked.
With their mounts gone, caught
without means of escaping, ringed
about on three sides with the fire of
an overwhelming force, the fate of
the little detachment is believed by
officers here to have been sealed. It
is declared that only the most stu
pendous effort backed by desperate
valor, could have extracted Captain
Boyd's men from the trap.
The reports from Mexican forces
place the number killed, including two
officers at from twelve to forty. It is
reported seventeen were taken cap
tive Into Chihuahua City.
The accepted percentage of wound
ed to those killed in modern warfare
would place the wounded at from
thirty-five to forty at the lowest esti
mate.
The strength of the two troops is
not known here, but it is estimated
that they could not exceed 130 men,
allowing for those sick and on de
tached service. With but seven sur
vivors reported as arriving ?* the
main column, the number of thos° ac
eountd for at least speculatively is
pitifully small.
Militia Ordered to Border.
Washington.—-National Guard or
ganizations throughout the country,
numbering about 100,000, called out
by President Wilson, have been or
dered rushed to the Mexican border
at the earliest possible moment. The
entire army will be placed directly at
General Funston's disposal.
Congress has adopted a resolution
which declares that an emergency
calling for the United S’cUs troops
in addition to regular troops now
exists, and authorizes the president to
draft immediately into the service of
th° United States all members of the
National Guard, who subscribe to the
new oath for that service. In effect
the measure gives legislative ap
proval of President Wilson’s call on
state soldiers and provides for their
use in or out of the United States. It
also furnishes new machinery with
which to hasten the strengthening of
the border guard.
An appropriation to aid depender/
families of the guardsmen so drafted
lias be»n adopted by congress. Dis
tribution of the fund will be left to
the war department with the restric
tion that no family should receive
more than $50 a month.
Stirred by Story of Battle.
General Pershing’s report indicating
that the American cavalry command
engaged at Carrizal was the object of
a treacherous attack by Carranza sol
diers and virtually wiped out, stirred
Washington with a deeper apprehen
sion than has been aroused by any
other development in the series which
have brought the two countries to the
brink of war.
At the war department officials ap
parently credited for the first time
the story that the Mexican troops had
been guilty of an act which should
lead only to the most serious conse
quences
Gets Infection From Fence Post.
Cheyenne, Wyo.—Infection from a
fence post may cause the death of
William Solomon, a miner 78 years of
age, who is suffering from blood poi- I
soning. Solomon- leaned against a !
post which a diseased horse had
scratched himself.
American Concern Seized.
Kansas City.—The $25,000,000 prop
erty of the Cananea Consolidated
Copper company, an American con
cern, has been taken over by the de
facto government of Mexico.
Man Killed by Hay Fork.
Yankton, S. D.-Andrew Miller,
aged 20 years, died in a hospital here
as the result of a hayfleld accident
Miller ran onto a ha> fork, which
penetrated deeply into the intestines,
causing death. He was the son of
Fred Miller of Yankton.
Pittsburgh Man Honored.
Los Angeles, Cal.—Lee S. Smith of
Pittsburgh was elected grand master
of the Grand Encampment of Knights
Templars of the United States at the
thirty-third triennial conclave.
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
June 26, 1915.
Germans retook some lost
trenches near Souchez.
Dutch steamer Ceres sunk by
mine in Gulf of Bothnia.
Austrian submarine sank Italian
torpedo boat in Adriatic.
British aviators blew up big am
munition depot near Routers, kill
ing 50 soldiers.
June 27, 1915.
Violent artillery fighting in Bel
gium and north of Arras.
Serbs captured Micharskaada,
Austria, with much booty.
Italians occupied summit of Zeil
lenkofsel, west of Monte Croce
pass.
Russians in Caucasus region oc- I
cupied Gob and moved toward Bit
lis.
French aeroplane bombed Zeppc ‘
lin hangars at Friedrichshafen.
June 23, 1915.
Severe artillery duels from the
Aisne to Flanders.
Teutons took Halicz, Galicia, and
forced back Russians along the
Bug.
Montenegrins occupied Giovanni
Medua, Albania.
Italians entered Austrian terri
tory south of Riva and in the Ledro
valley.
German submarine sank British
steamer Armenian; 29 lost, includ
ing 20 Americans.
June 29, 1915.
Heavy cannonading near Sou
chez.
Teutons drove Russians across
border north of Lemberg and took
Tomaszow, Poland.
Montenegrins entered Scutari,
Albania.
German submarines sank Brit
ish steamer Scottish Monarch and
three Norwegian vessels.
Austria - Hungary protested
against shipment of war munitions
from U. S.
June 30, 1915.
Germans won some ground from
French near Bagatelle.
Austro-Germans took Zawichost,
Poland.
Germans stormed Russian posi
tions on the Gnila Lipa and crossed
that river.
Italians captured three passes in
the Carnic Alps.
Austrians repulsed attacks in
Mcnfalcone, Sagrado and Plava
regions.
Allies took Turkish trenches
near Krithia.
—
July 1, 1915.
Great artillery engagements
along the Aisne.
Teutons captured Zamost and ad
vanced between Vistula and Bug
i rivers.
Austrians boat Italians north
east of Monfalcone.
German submarine sank one Ital
j ian and two British steamers.
| French aeroplane bombed Zee
! brugge and Bruges.
!
July 2, 1915.
Germans under crown prince
took offensive in western part of
the Argonne.
Germans made gains near Le
Four-de-Paris.
Italians took village of Tolmino
but Austrians held the fortifica
tions.
Allies held gains in Gallipoli
against furious counter-attacks.
Russian squadron routed German
squadron in engagement in the
Baltic.
Russian submarine blew up Ger
man battleship near Danzig bay.
British munitions bill passed
house of lords.
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Hard Findings.
William Hard, the scientific man
agement expert, said in a Y. M. C. A.
address in Yonkers:
"Some of the new ideas in scientific
management are worse than useless.
That reminds me of a story.
“ Here come the police! Where
ian I hide?’ gasped a mining shark
as he tore from his outer to his inner
office.
” ’Here, get in here!’ said the treas
urer, throwing open a fumed oak cab
inet. ‘Get in this simplified card in
dex case. I defy anybody to find any
thing in here!’ ’*
Fined for Contempt.
“Pa. were you frightened when you
proposed to ma?”
“No, my dear, but then I had no
Idea of what I was up against.”
"That remark will Just cost you a
new gown,” spoke up mother.—Detroit
Free Press.
Appropriate Site.
“1 see where they have been fight
ing near the site of the Garden
of Eden.”
“Well, why not? Isn't that where
all the trouble started?”
One of His Traits.
Hix—Did you know Swift was dead?
Dix—No; when did he die?
Hix—This morning. He died quite
suddenly, I understand.
Dix—That’s just like him. He was
the most impulsive man I ever met.
Price of a Fling.
"So you have just returned from
New York?"
"Yes.”
"And how is dear old Broadway?"
“Just as dear as ever. I got sepa
r'ted from $600 there in three days.”
