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the situataion that would warrant ar
bitration proceedings. , Mr. Lansing
talked with the minister for half an
hour and !s understood to hare told
him that the blame for the grave out
look rested . squarely upon General
,. Carranza. The attitude'of the United
States was so fully outlined that Mr.
Calderon did not mention directly the
original purpose of his visit.
When the Minister left the state
department he said the time "seemed
inopportune" and that for the present
the diplomatic representatives of six
South and Central American countries
who had approached the Mexican
Embassy on the subject of mediation
and received assurances that the Car
ranza Government was favorable to
. the principle would hot tender their
' good oices to the United States. He
Indicated that the attempt to arrange
mediation might be renewed if Gen
eral Carranza's reply to Secretary
Lansing's last, note furnished . any ba
sis on which the proposal could be
founded. -
The United States now Is waiting
for Carranza'B final word in reply to
the note demanding release of the
prisoners taken in Carrizal and a for
mal diplomatic announcement of in
tentions. Special Agent Rodgers re
ported receipt of the note adding
that he had failed in his first efforts
to place it in the hands of the Car
ranza Minister of Foreign Relations.
Meanwhile both Congress and the
War Department put new urgency
into their preparations for war. There
were indications that should a formal
break occur during the week, General
Funstton will be in a position to de
fend the border adequately and rein
force Gen. Pershing's expedition, al
though aggressive action may be de
layed somewhat.
War Department activities during
the day covered a wide field. Sup
plemental orders to departmental
commanders called for greater haste
in getting the National Guard to the
border. Authorization went out to
accept the men under the physical
examinations on which they entered
the state service, postponing final ex
amination until they are en route op
have reached the border. Those found
unfit will be sent back at once.
Estimates to cover the pay and
maintenance expense of the state
troops, totalling $88,000,000 up to
January 1, were laid before Congress.
With them went figures of 113,000,000
for the purchase of horses and mules
for army use. The total estimates
of the Quartermaster General alone
pais the $100,000,000 mark.
The House passed the annual army
appropriation bill after adding $26,
OC0.O00 for emergency purposes dur
ing the brief debate that preceded the
,vote. An urgent deficiency bill car
'rylng $25,000,000 for National Guard
pay, equipment and transportation
was framed in committee for presen
tation to the House.
Railroad representatives were call
ed into conference at the War De
partment to hasten the shipment of
troops and supplies to the border.
GUARDSMEN ARE RUSHING
TO MEXICAN BORDER
20,000 Are Due to Arrive In El Paso
' During This Week.
El Paso, Texas. Hurried prepara
tions for the reception of thousands of
National Guardsmen were under way
in El Paso. Military authorities ex
pect approximately 20,000 guardsmen
to arrive here before the end of the
week, and with the 5,000 regular
troops stationed here now, will make
El Paso the largest military concen
tration camp in the United States.
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LANSING SENDS NEW
NOTE TO CARRANZA
LATEST NOTE FROM UNITED
STATES IS SHORT BUT POSI
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MUST RELEASE PRISONERS
In Reply to Note From Carranza About
Carrizal Battle President Wilson De
mands an Immediate Release of the
17 Prisoners.
Washington. The official text of
the note to the Mexican de facto gov
ernment, transmitted to James Lynn
Rodgers, special representative of the
American government in Mexico City
follows:
"Mr. Arredondo delivered to this
government the following communica
tion: - -
"'l am directed by my government
to inform Your Excellency,-with ref
erence to the Carrizal incident, that
the Chief Executive, through the
Mexican war department, gave orders
to Gen. Jacinto B. Trevino, not to
permit American forces from Gen
eral Pershing's column to advance
further South, nor to move either
East or West from the points where
they are located, and to oppose new
incursions of American soldiers into
Mexican territory. These orders were
brought by General Trevino to the
attention of General Pei-shlng, who
acknowledged the receipt of the com
munication relative thereto. On the
22nd instant, as your excellency knows
an American force moved eastward
Quite far from its baser not withstand
ing the above orders and was engag
ed by Mexican troops at Carrizal
State of Chihuahua. As a result of
the encounter several men on both
aides were killed end wounded and 17
American soldiers were made prison
ers. "You are hereby instructed to hand
to the Minister of Foreign Relations
of the de facto government the fol
lowing: ... .
'"The government of the United
States can 'put no other construction
upon the communication handed to
the secretary of state of the United
States on the 24th of June by Mr. Ar
redondo, under instruction of ywrr
government, than that it is intended
as a formal avowal of deliberately
hostile action against the forces of
the United States now in Mexico and
of the purpose to attack them without
provocation whenever they move from
their present position in pursuance . of
the objects for which they were sent
there, notwithstanding the fact that
those objects not only involve no un
friendly intention towards the gov
ernment and people of Mexico, but
are on the contrary, intended only to
assist that government in protecting
itself and the territory and the peo
ple of the United States against irre
sponsible and Insurgent bands of rebel
marauders.
" 'I am instructed, therefore, by my
government to demand the immediate
release of the prisoners taken in the
encounter at Carrizal, together with
any property of the United States
taken with them and to inform you
that the government of the United
States expects an early statement from
your government as to the course of
action it wishes the government of
the United States to understand it has
determined upon and that It also ex
pects that this statement be made
through the usual diplomatic channels
and not through subrodinate military
commanders."
CRISIS WILL FIND CONGRESS
READY FOR EMERGENCIES
House and Senate Work to Clear Slate
So Mexicans May Have Undivided
Attention.
Washington. Congress solidly
faces the Mexican emergency ready
for any legislative action its leaders
declare which developments may de
mand. THe house already is planning
increased appropriations to meet extra
expenditures incurred through mobili
zation, equipment and transportation
of the National Guard and to provide
more munitions.
Congress has contemplated to add
$20,000,000 to army appropriation bill
and an urgent deficiency bill for
$6,000,000 is in the course of prepara
tion. Congress. Is working hard to dis
pose of the routine legislative pro
posals before it." The house is clear
ing up the special program and ap
propriation bills rapidly, but the sen
ate is far behind. Legislation to be
disposed of by the upper house be
fore adjournment includes the govern
ment shipping 'bill, the child labor law,
ratification of the house amendments
to the credit legislation, the immigra
tion bill and conservation measures.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1916.
LONG MAY
(Cou'-taht)
GREEKS TO DEMOBILIZE
ALLIES ARE GREATLY RELIEVED
BY ORDER OF THE GREEK
GOVERNMENT.
Will Be Followed By a New General
Election As Soon As Electoral Body
Has Been Restored to Normal Con
ditions. London. The urgency of the Greek
problem has greatly diminished since
last October, when Premier Venizelos
was driven from power by King Con
stantino and his court and the pro
German element in the Greek army,
but the news that the Greek Govern
ment had accepted the demands of the
Entente Allied governments for the
-demobilization of the . armyr dissolu
tion of the Greek chamber and a gen
eral election, was received in Great
Britain with much relief and satisfac
tion. The British Government Issued. the
full text of the Entente Allies' note to
Greece, which contained four demands,
as follows:
"First Real and complete demob
ilization of the Greek army, which
must, with the least possible delay,
be placed on a peace footing. 4
"Second The immediate replacing
of the present Greek Cabinet by a
business Cabinet having no political
color and offering all necessary guar
antees for the application of the ben
evolent neutrality , toward the allied
powers and sincere concentration of
the national wishes.
"Third The immediate dissolution
cf the chamber, fofllowed by new elec
tions after the period required by the
constitution and after general demob-
illzatjjn has restored the electoral
body to normal conditions.
"Fourth Replacement of certain
police functionaries whose attitude,
inspired by foreign influence, has fa
cilitated attempts against peaceful cit
izens, as well as insults against the
allied legation and those under their
jurisdiction."
FUNSTON AND STAFF
WORKING ON PLANS
San Antonio, Texas.-rWhlle General
Funston awaited a report from Gen
eral Pershing that would bear out the
American version of the Carrizal fight
he and his staff worked at high press
ure perfecting military details. Two
reports from General Pershing came
during the day, but when they were
sent no survivor of the detachment
that faced the machine fire of the
Mexican troops had returned to the
American lines.
Two sauadrons of the Eleventh
Cavalry were sent by General Persh
ing to get into touch with the rem
nant of Troop H, of the Tenth Cav
alry, which was engaged in the fight.
The distance to the scene of the
ght was calculated by army men as
being about 90 miles instead of 60,
when full allowance was made for all
the curves in the trail.
General Pershing manifested sur
prise at the Mexican report that the
officers of the troop had perclpltated
the engagement. He told General
Funston in his report that all of his
men had received the most positive
orders-not to do anything that might
precipitate a fight.
TROOPS ARE RUSHED TO
FORT RINGOLD, RIO GRANDE
Mission, iexas. .rune omcers ana i
286 men of the Twenty-eighth Infan-'
try. stationed here for the last eight
months were rushed to Fort Ringold,
at Rio Grande City, following receipt
of reports that Mexican bandits were
IT WAVE I
U. S. SOLDIERS ARE SLAIN
GENERAL FUNSTON OFFICIALLY
ANNOUNCES HEAVY LOSS
OF LIFE.
Detachment of Negro Regiment En
counters Enemy. Near. Ahumada.
General Gomez, Commanding Force
of Mexicans, Shot Dead.
San Antonio, Texas. American sol
diers of General Pershing's command
and a force of Carranza troops com
manded by General Felix Gomez,
fought at Carrizal, nine miles south
west of Ahumada, the Mexican field
base, and 70 miles east of General
Pershing's line of communication.
General Pershing had been unable
jo get to General Funston any report
of the engagement, but there appeared
no reason to doubt the report from
Mexican sources that a serious en
gagement had taken place and there
was little doubt -that the Americans,
a detachment of the Tenth Cavalry, a
negro organization, had suffered
heavily. s
El Paso, Texas. American and Car
ranza troops fought a sanguinary bat
tle only a few hours after President
Wilson's 6000-word note warning Gen
eral Carranza that the "gravest con
sequences"., would follow an attack
upon American forces in Mexico had
gone forward. With which side vic
tory rested was not known on the bor
der as no report from General Per
shing had come through,
v The casualties also were not known
but nearly a score of General Persh
ing's men are aaid to" have been kill
ed and the Mexicans were reported
to have lost more, than 40. Seventeen
Americans were declared by Mexican
officials to have been captured and
hurried to Chihuahua City under
guard. A machine gun used by the
Mexicans was said to have done heavy
executon.
The " Americans . engaged were
thought to have been members of a
troop from the Tenth Cavalry, a negro
regiment, returning from a scouting
trip to Guzman. The size of the Mexi
can forces, whose commander. Gen
eral Feliz Gomez was killed, was not
known. .
EUROPEAN POWERS SEEK TO
PREVENT WAR WITH MEXICO
Exert Pressure Upon Carranza As He
Considers American Note.
Washington. While General Car
ranza and his cabinet had under con
sideration the American rejection of
the demand for the recall of General
Pershing's troops from Mexico, Euro
pean diplomats were exerting press
ure upon the first chief to prevent
him from going to war with the Uni
ted States, according to advices reach
ing here from Mexico City.
Allied diplomajtc representatives
in Mexico believe too that German
influence has been working on Car
ranza in an effort to create a situation
that might embarrass the enemies
of the Central Powers. They have
asserted that German agencies have
been active in stirring up feeling
against the United States not only in
Mexico, but throughout South and Cen
tral America, to prevent this country
from securing trade formerly con
trolled by German merchants.
It is understood that the diplomats
have pointed out to General Carranza
that the American note only declines
to consider immediately any sugges
tion that is troops be withdrawn from
Mexico and that it quotes a portion
of the agreement between General
Scoft and General O Oregon, providing
for the gradual withdrawal of the
NATIONAL GUARD
HASTEN FOR DUTY
NEW ORDERS CAST ASIDE "RED"
TAPE" M I LITI MEN RUSH TO
BORDER.
WASHINGTON IS STIRRED
U. S. Hovers on Brink of Hostilities.
Grim Evidences Appear That Ten
sion Has Been Greatly Increased.-
Report of Battle of Carrizal.
NEW ORDERS BEAR
CALL FOR HASTE
Washington. National Guard
organizations throughout the
country were straining every
nerve to prepare for active ser
vice on the Mexican border.
New orders flashed over the
wires by Secretary Baker bore
a call for haste. Red tape was
cast aside and authorization giv
en under which the state sol
diers will be pushed to rein
force the border guards at the
earliest possible moment. The
entire army of 100,000 men
summoned by President Wil
son's call was placed directly at
General Funaton's disposal.
Field Headquarters, Colons Dublan,
Chihuahua, via wireless to Columbus,
N. M. That Captain Lewis S. Morey
of Troop K, Tenth U. S. Cavalry,
either is dead or a prisoner was the
conslusion reached when no report had
been received from any of the three
officers who accompanied the troops
of the Tenth engaged in the battle
at Carrizal. Mexican reports said
that Captain Charles T. Boyd and
Lieutenant Henry Adair were among
the dead.
The only word of the fight has been
brought to General Pershing by seven
enlisted men, who have straggled into
camp. These men all insisted that
General Felix Gomez, the Mexican
commander and Captain Boyd parley
ed, apparently reaching an amicable
conclusion and that immediately
afterward the Americans were led into
a trap, from which the Mexicans open
ed fire upon them with concealed ma
chine guns.
None of the stragglers reaching
here were able to give any informa
tion as to the fate of the remnant of
the 100 or more men composing the
command.
San Antolo, Texas! rThe two troops
of the Tenth Cavalry under Captain
Charles T. Boyd, practically were
wiped out by the attack of the Mexi
can forces under General Gomez at
Carrizal, June 2, according to indica
tions given in a fragmentary report re
ceived by General Funston from Gen
eral Pershing.
General Pershing's message stated
that seven survivors in all, have reach
ed the main column. All were enlisted
men, but the report did not say
whether there were non-commissioned
officers among them.
According to the stories of the sur
vivors, as outlined in General Persh
ing's report, a mounted force of Mexi
cans made a charge from the flank of
the American troops at the conclu
sion of a parley between Capt. Boyd
and General Gomez at the same time
that a machine gun opened fire from
the front as General Gomez reached
his lines. Capt. Boyd had ordered his
men to dismount as the machine gun
opened fire and the combined effort
of the Mexican charge, the machine
gun fire and the rifle fire from the
Mexican garrison of Carrizal, which
almost had surrounded the little Amer
ican force under cover of the parley
sought by General Gomez to discuss
whether Capt. Boyd should be allowed
to pass through the town, stampeded
the horses.
With their mounts gone, caught
without means of escape, ringed about
on three sides with the fire of an
overwhelming force, the fate of the
little detachment is believed by offi
cers here to have been sealed. It is
feared that only , the most stupendous
luck, backed by desperate valor, could
have extricated Capt. Boyd's men
from the trap.
CONGRESS TAKES VIGOROUS
FAR-REACHING ACTION
Approves President Wilson's Use of
National Guard in Crisis.
Washington. Legislative approval
of President Wilson's use of the Na
tional Guard in the Mexican crisis
was voted almost unanimously by Con
gress in adopting a resolution declar
ing the existence of an emergency
and giving the president a fre hand
to draft as Federal soldiers all guards-
NO. 52.
HUGHES ENDORSED
BT PROGRESSIVES
NATIONAL COMMITTEE VOTES 32
TO 6 ON O. K. FOR REPUBLI
CAN CANDIDATE.
COLONEL SENDS STATEMENT
In Declining Theodore Roosevelt De- -clares
For Justice. Indorsement
Was Led By Perkins of New York.
Chicago. The Progressive National
Committee voted to indorse Charles
E. Hughes for President. The vote
was 32 to 6, with nine declining to .
vote on the ground tbat the commit
tee was exceeding its cower in taking
such action.
By a vote of 31 to 15Uhe committee
went on record as oppoaWto putting
a third ticket in the fieme com
mittee voted down a mo sub
stitute the name of VIotdi -ock.
of Kansas, to fill the vacancy caused
by the declination of Theodore Roose
velt to head the Progressive tickeL
The fight for the Hughes indorse-
ment was led by George W. Perkins
of New York; James R. Garfield of
Ohio, and Chester H. Rowell of Cali
fornia. The radical element in the commit
tee, represented by Matthew Hale of
Masachusetts, Balnbridge Colby of
New York, Henry F. Cochems of Wis
consin, John M. Parker of Louisiana,
vigorously protested against the in
dorsement of any candidate for Presi
dent and fought the majority at every
step of the proceedings. The minor
ity's first move was to insist on an
open session of the committee and It
won this point after a number of com
mitteemen led by John M. Parker,
bolted the meeting.
After Oscar King Davis, secretary
of the committee, bad read a letter
from Colonel Roosevelt, finally de
clining the Progressive nomination ,
for President and urging that Mr.
Hughes be supported by members of
the Progressive party in order to de
feat President Wilson, the committee
voted to accept Colonel Roosevelt
declination and took a recess for
luncheon.
The following states voted for the
indorsement of Hughes on the roll
call:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Cali
fornia, Colorado, Connecticut, Dis
trict of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana,
Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minne
sota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hamp
shire, New Jersey, New York, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Vir
ginia, Wyoming and Hawaii. '
After indorsing Mr. Hughes the
committee, on motion of Dean W. D.
Lewis' of Pennsylvania, unanimously
decided that the action should not be
binding on any Individual.
ITALIANS FORCE AUSTRIANS
TO A GENERAL RETREAT
Vienna Admits Withdrawal of Troops
Between Brenta and Etsch Rivers.
London. Turning to the ; offensive
in Trentino and across the border in
Italy where they were driven recently
by the Austrians the Italians have
forced the Austrians to a general re
treat along the entire front , King
Victor Emmanuel's men are etill on
the heels of the Austrians who are
declared to be rapidly falling back
before the Italian advance.
Vienna admits a withdrawal of the-
Austrian forces between the Brenta
and Dtsch rivers, which it Is declared
was done to safeguard their full free
dom of action.
The Russians in Bukowina have
made further progress against the
Austro-Hungarians in the region of
Kmopolung, but in the operators to
the north of Kuty the Austrians have
repulsed the Russian attacks, inflict
ing heavy casualties on the invaders
according to Vienna.
WANT SHIPMENT OF ARMS
INTO MEXICO STOPPED
Washington. A movement was
made to prevent the shipment of arms
and ammunition from the United
States into Mexico. A resolution to
ths effect was offered by Representa
tive Ricketts o!! Ohio. In part the reso
lutions provides:
"That, it is the eense of Congress
that the further eale and shipment
of firearms, cartridges, dynamite,
gunpowder, and other explosives or
materials used in the. construction of
either of said articles, to said de facto
government be, and the same ts, here
by declared unlawful and Is hereby
repealed.
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