1
i Vi - jj1?" '' 0 . H IX'33 mh&jj '
M.00 a Year in Advance ' cnp Rnn cno rfti.iril a' -rn.wu , .1 v.'f-l E::.m ;vj
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v5l. xxvii.
GUARDSMEN FADING
lis OF SElGl
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I, -
PLANS ;TO DIVIDE MEX.1CA
DE
FUNSTON, BEPM
Each General WilT-Cmmarttni5epai-ate
Territory. Guardsmen Will Pat
rol the 1,800 Mile Border Line.
Washington. Department measures
for a new distribution of the border
patrol -clearly indicated that months
of active service along the frontier
await 'the thousands of National
Guardsmen gathering there from all
parts of. the country.
Only the appointment of a general
officer ; to supreme command. is lack
ing now to complete adequate admin?
istrative machinery not onlyVJtervfegSJ
der operations but for a campaign
of any desired proportions in Mexico
should general hostilities come. Un
der the- new plant the 1,800-mile fron
tier will be divided so that the South
ern and Western military departs
ments will take care of the Eastern
and Western extremities of the line
respectively.
r'nt General Frederick Funston,
relief- from responsibility for the
entire ' rder at his own recommen-.
datioh jl continue in command of
the s ihern Department while Ma
jor Genfal J. Franklin Bell, . com
manding the Western Department,'
will transfer his headquarters from,
San Antonio to Douglas, Ariz... , to -.be
in direct touch with his share 'of the
border work. - t
The.ro'Vseotion of the borderline;
embracing all territory between tpi
Paso knd a point near Douglas, and,
reaching northward io the 1 Colorado1
state line, will be known hereafter as.
the Department of New Mexico., Un
der its, ) jurldiction will fall theerpe-"i
ditionf into Mexico, based at Colum
bus. Nil M., and General Pershing has
been offered the post of department
commainder. A message wento Gen-'
eral Pershing asking if he desired -t
assume! the duties of department chief
in addition to those which now fall
to hiinwas commander in the field.
Thejbxpedition is believed to have
about ,'dompleted the movement begua i
10 days or , more ago when t General
Pershing, for strategic reasons, spr
dered .the lines drawn in closer gythe
border, The War Department has 'no
definite" information as to tUeetaot'
whereahonts of the variouf . .cfipjas,,.
but' it ; is thought that the most ad
vanced; patrols now are within 150
miles Fof the border. n,,' "
;,i i (tl
MRS. HETTY GREEN, WORLD'S
' RICHEST WOMAN, 'IS DEAD
fiarles 'of Paralytic Attacks Prove
fXai lO ou-li -wiy r
lj Financier. ,w ttt.i
New j York. Mrs. Hetty Green, 80
years )fl age, known as the world's
wealthiest woman, died here. She
had suffered three strokes of. paralysis
rfnrlntflthe last two months and for
several' weeks had been ratotJicafl''
helpless. nl
MrsiliGroen's death occurred at 8:05
o'clock; July 3, at the homVbi U4r
eon, Colonel Edwin H. II. Green, at
INo. eijWest Ninebeeryh street, ad
joining, the plain brick, ur-fttory
house a No. 7 on the corner of Cen
tral Park West.
10,000 PBISOJIERSr
PLYMOUTH, IT. FRIDAY, j. S
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J nr.rinH ..ft A
THE VJESJJSXMMipf:- V
Continue Efforts Around Verdun In
tensity of the Great Battle Does Notj
Diminish Any During Sunday.
London. All through the night and
'Sunday the great British and French
offensive which began Saturday morn
ing in the Somme and Ancre sectors
continued with intensity; Both British
and French War Offices report
steady advance at certain points, but
speak also tt the formidable Germ&n
;re'siBtamje,. s$py h f, .
FricburG van important tdwT:,thrBd
:ikltrik SnV 2.1a . i Mitt JS. - 1
milts iLast or-AXBeri, nas ranen-to tne
British arms, while the French have
taken Gurlu, which lies to the South
east.; The fighting at -the - southern
endof. the British. line, where p, W In
contact with, ihq French, ...is" of the
fiercest .nature tcemendpus, aillery
actions preceding all infantary ' at
tacks.
The French have taken 6,000 pris
oners, according to the latest esti
mates,, while the British, though re
porting the capture of 3,500 later, de
clared that the estimates were : too
low. Owing to the nature of the bat
tie. it is hot 'doubted that the casual
ties are very hieh.
Notwithstanding the terrific offen
sive against: them in the Somme River
region, the Germans have not ceased
in- .thedr. ffru-around s Verdun. : .They
have bombarded several of the .Ver
dun" sectors 'and have launched infari
try attacks against -the. French, trench
es. . While Berlin declares that the
Ff en hh "attacks against "the famous
iThiamont work. were repulsed bycur
tains of fire the French War Office
announces, that thi? , strategic position
has been re-captured by the French
fordes and Is held by1 them;
, R?erring ,t9, the Ajnglq-Fre nch vdrive
the Germany official statement says
thatl .af -severar ' pofnts 'or , tnes nrst
line trenches, along, h.pnme the
enemy forces gained success ana were
able to .advance. A German division
'fa hlslctoF 1 to? withdr&wn- K
BANDITS DRIVEHORSES . .
W T R 0 M BO RD E R R A NCk
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tiikiEiPaiiiiywiiEiiE
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FOREIGN OFFICE IS
ANDUM IN REPL
SING'S NO,
ES MEMO
TO LAN-
REPLY RESENTFUI
t
VITAL POINT -M 4
THf WASHINGTONOVERtJMENt
AVvXiTs itjF'O ll ''d,M'iN
OF- DEMAND vl P.
CHASE OF BANDITS AN ISSUE
Return of Prisoners Clears Atmos
phefe , Pending a Satisfactory 'An
swer to the More Fan-Reaching
quirement. Continue to Move
Troops.
i i
SO INVASION
N RIRHT) OF
No Mincing of Words in America's
AntuiAP r A netpla O mx mA I ri em A f Vr
on; .petrol ite. uemana Apology,
Washington. The Washingtpn Gov-
e"rnment still awaited full compliance
with its demands by the de facto auth
orities of Mexico. Release by , General-
Parranza'a nrilpr nf the Amftrlnnn
Prisoners taken at Carrtiaf has'averd -indemnity.
ed the probability of immediate re
taliatory steps. It is possible that it
1 Ntahment'and lntfeWnltyl ''
i it - 1 ; . 1 1 U-' '5 f
Washington. The American rejoin
der' io Austria1 'regkrdmg' ther 'Arfstrikh
submarine attack; on , ,the, . Anierlcan
Y a i i j ' t.. i ; 1. 1
state department, describes the act as
a deliberate insult to the flag of ,the
United States and an' invasion5 of the
rights', of American citizens.", and . re
quests a prompt apology, punishment
'of the submarine .; commander,'
and
r
In vigorous language the communi
cation sent a week ago,' makes 'it 'cleat
that the United States government
believes 'the fatfs Sof the case entirely
different e f rom . jthat ( which the, Aus
riari submarine commander 'reported
them' to be and that Immediate amends
are , exectedj . ; Thet Austriaps j plalm
that the Petrolite's captain vo"luntari-
has also helped to paye the way. to
ward an attempt at peace settlement
jot the whole border situation. High
officials made it very, clear,( however,
that the vital point a issue, he 'f u'ttire
attitude of Mexican forces U toward
American troops in northern Mexico
engaged in guarding th. bd.ajftd .JVlMilWaAlKf$M. f5
pursuing- bandits who raided . Ameri- steamer Dy me suDmarme commana
caniterritory remairti tb iSefflHl4! J -flatly tfofatradiateWftaite
vices as-to when a diplomatic reply , . , . l. , .
toil demands might be expected. was sheJIed ad
vv oa n ii i ii ifLTr ill nii ii v ii in n u uuiai iiic
Pending a satisfactory answer mtoontmtder
second and more far-relcLTng Yecfal.-1&7 r-
ment. the United StlliWi xSP
tov MirrV troops to tjd wjH fAl
take every step necessary in prepara- "
iROfeS'EVELT
TROOPS RUSHED TO THE
! ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM
Columbus, N. M. Troops of the New
Mexico National Guard have been or
dered rushed to the Elephant. Butte
dam 135 miles northeast of Columbus.
The daon is the second largest artifi
cial body of water in the world and ir
rigaites a valley, for 150 miles 'to the
south. ;
PRESIDENT WILSON SIGNS
THE HAY RESOLUTION
. .Washington President Wilson sign
ed the: Hay resolution to providee for
bringing members of the National
Guard Into the regular army service.
MEXICAN TROOPS BEING
CONCENTRATED A'LONG BORDER
Troops Face Each Other Across River
and" SerttrteVEcffange-enots.-0' ;
San Antonio, Tex. Captain Leroy
Eltinge.wtthj4wa! trooiiSi!0-1.th EighJLh
Cavalry searched the country on the
exfcan &aV'df 4 tne 'rtver'" Opposite
Ftxnt? Hancock, Texs, JSpXi bandits ?wh
fled back into Mexico, . after raiding
'the America Side. trMi Veporlede:;
had. fttiruedto .the -A9eriQAn:d4 oi
the river,, having tost the trail of the
The beat, toforma ttoif johtaflnaib-lfl , tnj
dicated there were" eight Mexicans in
;th raiding; party which drove off a
few head of h6rse3''aiid tattle 'ffm' 'tf
; ttidemand. Thev expe hWever'flfSf Hi-wBaf9rea
polatwhre'it ended, at the river, nd,'
Captain Eltinge, several hours later
arrived with two troops from El Paso
to make an investigation and to oon-
intt&th pWsiflt &hecrfiiddre- it od-
viaable. He was instructed not to pre
cipitate a clash with Mexican troops'
if it could be avoided.
All reports received ait Gen. Fun
eton's headquarters indicated" nothing
.more excitigalntf thte totrnatiqijai
line than th.exQhmggf, be
tween sentries at Nogales. Apparent
ly ho early offensive by the concen
trated forces of the Mexicans in front
of General Pershing's positions was
contetntia'ted. 1 . ' -i 1 t
All officers commanding the troops
along the 1,700 mile of border are
cautioned to avoid clashes with the
Mexican troops that face them, but
the recurrence of such incidents as
that at Nogales has caused staff offi
cers to fear that something may hap
pen at any time that may serve as
the basis for further complicating the
situation. . ... ..'.. .
IN TONE
U Acr; vct occm be.
i- ' 1 t I 11 V Imm Wb-bIV I mm-
YksrSEVJEGARDING THE,
Ui llfft ftiii JFUTURE. -r'i. iruM
"flvd lima nr, , , ; . .. r.'.U,
Memorandum Contains! 35 Counts.'
Denies That Bandits Along Interna-'
tional Boundary Li ii Have Been
Protected. As to Hlrta. ,. '-'
I ' '
Mexico City. The foreign Office!
issued a memorandum U reply to Sec--
retary Lansing's recentjiote, in which
the correctness of assertions in the
communication fromf j Washington
itere repeatedly denied The memory
Odum declares that thffUnited Statei
jf id no right to maini-iin its armed
rces on Mexican soili j
rhe memorandum ! contains
35
fKHVYtfLOSSES SUSTAINED
counts. Although not ;in the form of
a direct reply to the Washington note
it is considered equivalent to an an
swer to that document.; It expresses
surprise that the Washington Govern
ment should have been pained at the
tone and the contents of the Carranza
document, since it maintains that the"
United States has sent to the Constitu
tional Government not only one, but
Lnijhny discourteous and even overbear
ing notes.
Emphatically reiterating the Mexi
can Government's position denying the
right of the United States to keep
armed bodies in Mexlqo, the memo
randum denies energetically that the
Mexican Government tljias protected
bandits who had committed depreda
tions in tne unueu stales j
Blame for the Santa'Ysabel massa-
cree is placed on the jjsp-called impul
sive and irascible disposition of Char
les Watson, generaij.J manager of
Cushihuiriachi Company; and General
Scott and General Funaton are accus--
ed of. bad faith and pack of honor
in misleading -'General; Obregon in an
alleged evasive replyijrregarding the'
crossing of American troops into Mex
a. .i m... o .il i A l .1 I
The memorandum asiserts that w
it is true that the United States ar-'
. . t . i. ! A. 1 ! '
restea juenerai inuerta, me muuvu
l LL. .t
AH of; Men Are f Being - Vaccinated
igainst Ayphoid. Second Regl-
Ivi ff! v?';-ment Arrives. ;;..;5M.-,'!i
Camp, i Glenn. No , Information ; ha?
! reached here yet aa'to thei future, des
' tinktixm -of the North Carolina troops.
1 Orders areut as they ?were 'when the
cottTpaTiiea'- arrived ' at ' the ' cainp ' ' All
;tie officers ihd menl'sand ready tq go
wth. equal, alacrity '' toj ' any.' point,
WhitheV they may be ordered,: whether
'it be El 'Paso' or Del'Rib; San Antonio
or Marf a,' ' Vera Cruz or. Alphine," an
unpeopled waste or a; populous cityi
'The' typhoid vaccination of the men
of the 3 First Battalion- 'has '-been com-
.'pletjed and now the whole regiment is
immune - against, typhoid;! Immediate
ly .tterthefrDhp e
whole regiment will be vaccinated
against jjmallpox. - iTv .'.nyZt'
.v.. rVv1 ?in"1 t.
C There was ; no , joj Company C, :
Captai Wpoten, Winston-SaleniT when
the physical examination' of that com
pany left only 57 qualified, 43 having
been rejected principally for under
weight' The field hospital and 'ambu
lance conmpaieSfHve been mustered
in, officers and' men, the hospital of
ficers beiQg Maj, F,.? Clemmenger,
Lieutenant Piatt, Lieutenant McCon
nell - and - Lieutenant i Ben jamirv'f'Merri
ether. . During examination, .the .field
! hospital lost by rejections eighteen of
'its 72 men' and the' ambulance' com
pany only five- out o2 79'. men! .JThe .
four officers passed; of .the. ambulance
company are Captain leynolds, Lieu
'tenaht1 Meas;' Lfeutettatrt' 'tta-V' 'and
Lletltenant'DaVis.ttns! ht fMli
. From' authorativ-el souroa Mi 'ti'Jearn
. ed, hat, ,ther Peprtment aWashjKton
has' decided to furnish 'only Western
horBefl'tb N
The$e1wUllb&d4Ucde3 toiOita-;when
th.eyjgf tpjo.hough i is
understood that the , Cavalry troops.
tioii to carry out its tew;yc& IgS V". fiL A?i?
tif -arms. . 'll -,,...h ....
be. attacked if they ..moved,". ,in. my,
ffireetion in Mexico excepf toward Tpe
border. Officials ary-fUfflpardj
fofa.jeply of that character, JfPjJe '
tiia tff that tho nriannprs at ITarrizarl '
the reaffirmation of, vifUAovw-fli&fe llft &jSk& Ah.
'ftSffe in a note free 'from hostile ianT 3
,guage and. continuIngnh mshiS&fbrf' V-fT
of the advisability ofiTfrithd wl MifAS
Of Amedcan troops flexlco? ' V ? SSX
. , tsic?Taniit tqxeaficiawait-
Carranza officials profess an elrntol. tfie -wantPL JTtalk Tith
desh-e to avoid. a claWWid fifirjrItTO t?tPf-
a further struggle to fix diplomatically gueg Qf the caiiipaign and asked hlm
responsibility for hostilities that may . . .
-come is. foreshadowed, .; . . .4.-
H 3VIk. Lwisin;ma!de-.4t,,cear IBrt iglgaitfery' -defightful inter-
pending a formal vepiy Trom the tJr-
which prompted the Met was not a,Lr".i. T'vAl lfilZtiL lJL ,
mirpose of aiding the &MmuUonalst
Government, but because the United uiw' wf v m
States feared that General Huerta Waff!? Jit4aitb;3iuppat)mess .call was
plotting with Germanyjl , sounamg tne wnoie camp, was arous-
Thfe note con'cludeil?, by declaring ed y cheers half mile up the rail-
that the presence of Js.pierlcan troobs fttadf -It fMtne first section of the
Mexico invites r?gier man pra5Bv--w" tuuuS. iU
vents bandit raids altfag the bordtr. the rourteen cpapnes , were company
4l - B, Kinston; Captain Hill; Company C,
.Ii' ' t . n.if ri .l -m r 1 1-
SOUTHERN BANKS -fHOW WWi Vw twrnag;. uompwiy
the mftGrr iwcREAStTab"CaPtlnMaloneJ Company
j p(G6dsbt)ro,,' Captain Bayne, and
Comptroler cf Curacy's Repdrl""1'; , v
show i.r. increl. in South! MW". were accompanied by
hHc H1 4ftnfetareMfnkus AlaJ f , , , ll
wtth.TJwpdQri eYflUwhich Jasted -uu M'H jdew Irom
Z. v 'CT7ilJi!i:- largest percentage ociancrease since,
Hurts .mail iwu nuu ua.11. iiuuis , A , , 1 'iJ'Tfio' rpel
. Ii... ... . - a - I Jnn 30- 1910. Tennesilft rankiNf fli!s l,tx8? it&f
ihii wiirm,MttnflifMii,rtf ' " j . j.i-
Washington. A retfrt Just maflehjiiIi Pr-fr:,. . ..
public bv the com-DtrMer of the citior oet;uuu
public by the comptrejer or tne cur - m command of the traIn
rency on deposi accosts in natloijw along the hospital company.
joj8jffioer .and 28- men and band, 29
Kinston. . . ,
mental staff of the second
Colonel W. C. Rodman,
Washington, who is already here;
L Lieutenant Colonel J. Van D. ,Metz,
. Wilmlogton; Major Faircloth, Clinton;
Major Simpkins, Goidsboro; Captain
ShaV, 'Adjutant; Captain ' Freeman,
Quartermaster;, Captain F. L. Black,
Charlotte,' Commissary.
f ,..,'
.Tha.jBrsti.secUgnarriyed earlier in
the day. Company H brought three
cfrSa'I74laorfrfeom'pr,,. 3
officers and 104 men; Company I), 3
officers and 83 'men; Company Cj, 2
officers andG meaT Company,, 3 of
.flcers ana .,$3) Jnejji; Sergeant Major
Bagby, 30l band, members and tnfiirm
ry.onje pffiper and 23 men. On arri
val at feamp Glenn they went imme
diatelyihto camp, which had been pre
pared for themj Major Faircloth ald
there were no caspalties ,and the 'Con
duct of the .troops 'was excellenti
able to the United States.
Eagle Pass, Teias Mexican troops
throughout the north of Mexico are be
ing concentraited alohg sound 'military
lines according" to dose students of
military affairs among officers here.
News reaching the border indicates
that the plan is to scatter small mo
bile forces of cavalry throughout, the
country Just south of the" borde and
concentrate the main forces at pointa
ome distance in the interior ' "
FORTIFICATIONS BILL
- BIGGEST EVER VOTED
Washington. Approval of a i con-
Lferenjfcer report on the biggest fortifica
tions- appropriation bill ever sent jto
the White House was voted by the
hous and senate. It carries 25,748,
050 Jn cash appropriations and $13,
800,000 for authorized contracts. , The
Ejenaie adied ,880,oo toUhe houso
toal; largely -ifftreasffig itema'"for re
serve ammunition.
DEATH PENALTY PRONOUNCED
Irish Agitator and Leader of Separlst
Lord
very fully over all
complete accord
ranza Government to his last" nfrte-wftfiefriirrha-ffifeen: a-'VerrpTeirsanfT1 1916" 0klahoma increased 18S petj
offer of mediation would be accept- one . cent.. Idaho 169 per .cent. Virginia;
Partv Guiitv -of .Hiah .TreMon,
London. Viscount Reading,
Chief Justice of England, with the
black oloth by tradition called a cap
spread ever his head, and his two as
sociates in scarlet gowns, . likewise
black-cappeaT'r onduhceil "'" 1 ' Ufe'Hsenv
Ksnce of .death cr, Jgh easoo.njthe,
Irishman, Sir Roger Casement,' half an
hour after the foreman of thejijury, in
a shaking voice,-, gave j'the cer,dict Df
guilty Ki fa i ) iJ
air? lcogar, j- afloresscu ui roun,
reading his final statement, with the
explanation that he wished it might
reach a; much, larger, audience; than
the one before him, and particularly
the people of America from whetn
had come many messages of sympathy
It is understood that Co. Roosevelt
tlMlr. 'ildgfifcsHthit J4i wo4
operate heartily with him in any of his
plans, even to the extent of making a
speaking tour if Mr. Hughes so
desired.
CASEMENT'S TRIAL AS TRAITOR
IS FILLED WITH SENSATIONS.
London. Aday filled with sensa
tional incidents at the trial of Sir
RogexSajm
trough t','toM'a'' snuclen'anawdramario
.elo&awhen..Sergeant SullUan-Sisi
Roger's leading attorney, collapsed in
the mjdstbf an impassioned summing
Acl
A
D. SURGEON. OF ! V
MEXICAN WAR ILL.
; Washington.-j-Dr. Frpncis Sorrell, a
surgeon In the United States Army"
during the Mexican war and in the
kComfeJerte-'-Array tUinrthe war.be-v
and South Carolina jiecond. North
krolina occupies sixSi place. The'
Southern States JunQl30, 1910, wk
tional bank accounts for each 991 of
population. is j
y The number of deMsltors ' in the
Southern Stiates Juna 30, 1910 was
T.272,746. On May 1.916, this had
been increased to 2.8jf,508, the In
creasing being 1,41,742, or 121 pier,
cent. In Tennessee increase Hp
six years was 251 pS?" cent or froni.
329 depositors in ljfO to 257,508 3fcf
lsib. rne national mn. aeposuore;
in South Carolina indjfeased 217 pe
cent or from 39,217 irij;i910 to 124,425k
155 per cent and North Carolina 152;
t cent. I I ij
EXTRA PAY FOR SERVICE 'z
ACROSS MEXICAN BORDER;
. Washington. Extra pay for foreign"1,
service will be allowed the American
troops serving across the border un--der
a decision by Comptroller Warv-
wick of the treasury. (Enlisted men, arms, and. wa violently ..shocked wAen
burhahri LiJy! Burned".
Durham'. Barely ? escaping f alaj in
juries, iilrsi M T. Adkin3 was , danger
ously Vurnd about the face neck -and
will receive 20 per cent additional and
FAANKhMNQEY BUYS "
THE NEW YORK SUN
to him and f"hps own; struggle' for ttwjeen !h4 sCatfis, u critically llj at.his
liberty, 'hej said abrays'vhaA beeiv an '.mr.e,ero.J itn is a natire of Savan-
Infvpitationi to Irishmen. nah ai d 8C year3 old. i '
s'eirVork. 'Af ter 23 Vears of unsuc
cestui . Effort tpf s;tahjish a propri
tary news gathering and distributing
organisation in opposition to the co-N
operaiive form of the Asociatetl Press' 1
The New York Sun has just been soldj
t9 Frank A. Munsey, a member of the.
Associated Press, ana beginning at
once will no longer try to gather its
own news and will receive the service
of the dominant orjtanizatioa.
)
6he swept dynamite cdprf intd a! small
pen fire in the ; yard at- her honua.
f -' . . 1 rrrr. r.nli h
Stanly Farmers Advancing, i'
Albemarle. Some of ' the ' farniers
In ' Stanly couilty have 'as- much" i as
160 acres in clover sod-. OTer,.$10,00
worth of clover seed was soldfby he
farmers of the county last ' year ind
the yield i Increasing rapidly. Thre
are about 200. boys in . the. 1915 Beys'
Corn Club. ;'ps. oiuba ar bjeing form
ed and a large number of full-bled
plgsr are being distributeri ioLjisj-ta
of thei :COiinty. . Farmef s, ara buying
the fullbred Jersey. Ilolsteins and
other-stocks ' and thereby -raising""- the
Undard, of their livestock.
'