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DEMOCRATS NOMINATE WILSON AND MARSHALL rr anni ai rrrri AT CT T rTTTO MILITIA FOR DUTY Troops To Be Sent to Mexican Border Brief Resume of Genera! k ror immediate Service. rrom All Around the Earth. WAR VESSELS ORDERED SOUTH PRESIDED CALIS WORLD S DOINGS OF CURRENT Carranza's Demand for Withdrawal of Pershing's Expedition Brings Crisis in Border Trouble. Washington, D. C. Virtually the entire mobile strength of the National guard of all states and the District of Columbia was ordered mustered into the Federal service Sunday night by Presi dent Wilson. About 100,000 men are expected to respond to the call. They will be mobilized immediately iui dulu service on me Mexican Doruer as may be assigned to them. General Frederick Funston, commanding the uuruer lorces, win designate the time and place for movement of guardsmen i fi ... .. uj uiu iiuernauonai nne as the occa ainn nhnlt ronnira , -.,..... In announcing the orders Secretary 'u me Biaie iorces wouia he employed only to guard the border, and that no additional troop movements iiiuj iMBAico were contemplated except in iiursuii ui raiuers. Simultaneously with the National guard call, Secreary Daniels, of the mvy aeparment, ordered additional war vessels to Mexican waters on both coasts to safeguard American lives. Within the last two weeks, however, tension has been increasing steadily. The crisis presented by General Car ranza's note demanding the recall of General Pershing's expeditionary force has been followed by a virtual ultima tum served on the American officer by General Trevino, the Mexican com mander in Chihuahua. To this was added Sunday the oosaibilitv that American and Mexican troops had clashed across the border from San Benito, Texas. Militia of very State in Union Called for Guard Duty on Border Washington, D. C President Wil son has called out the militia of every state for service on the Mexican bor der. In annnnm-lncr thn P,-.i0,', , .voiucm, B UCCIB- ion late Sunday, Secretary Baker said the militia would be sent to the border whenever and as fully as General Fun ston determines them to be needed. Brigadier General Alfred Mills, chief of the division of militia affairs, estimated the minimum militia force which would respond to the call as iuu.uuu men. PM win. in." ... I .imiMi i w " 11 , j . . - . i m i.1. w -" "t i.,j'-,"i!".nyii'i'" T,v i'1-"'1;.- J . - , . . . : . , . i ( w.s'' - ' -"" ,' j t ' ',' ' .. ' ' :. ' ,. :. . ,,, .. -,.. ,. : 3 " . - ' ' ' " ' ! - i . ; '. :; f i - . . j ' : J, - . ': " ' - a 1 j ' i '.-j i .: - . I ! ? ' - I h . ,'"i'4 ' 1 ' '$ it't'."' s V , .' f;: ' ? : ; j,: 1 : 7 ' ix 1 . 1 7 . 1 1 ' 3? ; ; I' Vvi - J , It A rw ' ; " rv : ' ivll (( t " ' v - ' - I- ! I? " 'r.-'.-V-rf-: ,-A''-v3i : : II! & WOODROW WILSON, PRESIDENT. PLATFORM ADOPTED: . SESSION ADJOURNS Oregon Guard Mobilizing. Salem Immediate mobilization of all the units of the Oregon National guard was ordered Sunday night by Governor Withycombe, who notified Adjutant 'General White to proceed "m uiuuiiizaiion upon receipt of an urgent message from Secretary of War "v., itiuctiiiig gucn action. In his message to the governor, the uowBuu-jr ueciarea tnat he was in siructed by the President to request the mobilization of all the National guaras oi the ditrerent states. Washington Militia Gaharinr Seattle Adjutant General Maurice Thompson, of the Washington National guard, received orders early Sunday is" w uio mooiiization or the Washington militia. The Washington militia i!i- . . . .... .v. nlii uiouiiize at American Lake, south of Tacoma. Adjutant General Thompson imme diately issued orders to the various company commanders to assemble their (Vtrnnanina n " I ... w,t'" i uieir nome stations and 10 recruit to full war strength of 142 men ior each company. Idaho To Be Readi In Thr.. n.u. ' "v "J 9, Boise, Idaho Adjutant General P. H. Crow said Idaho will mobilize 1000 guardsmen within three days. The men are 10 oe Drought together at Boise. Lieutenant Governor Taylor issued the can for mobilization shortly before uuuuiKiii ounaay. War Declared in Redding. Kedding, Cal.-AboutE0 Mexicans "i.u are employed on an irrigation ditch construction gang near here en paged in a street fight with several Americans here Sunday night in the restricted district. After the disturb ance was quelled by the police, aided by deputy sheriffs, 15 Mexicans were placed in jail, many of . them severely injured. Knives, stones, club and flsta were the weapons used by the lighters. Six men were stabbed. St. LoUis Thfi Dpmnnrafi'n Mli I Vw...ub.ubib x.atiuimt Convention fininhH its v.:a.... 1 adopting the party platform exactly as friuvcu rresiueni wuson and sub mitted by the resolutions committee, including the planks on Americanism and favornig woman suffrage, but not until tliA j . . uui.11 Liia iiHni 111 v ht ira thraa Hnt. J uaj ncnoiuii iiau Deen rippled with a row over the suffrage plank. No voice was raised against the declarations of the Amricanism plank. At one time it looked as if the suffrage plank had been lost, but after Senator Walsh, of Mnntuna Korl M , , . u wm kllD mll vention that President Wil considered it vital to party success it vuieu into me platform, 888J to 181J. The whole platform then was adopted without roll call. As it went Intn tha nUtrn. iL. suffrage plank stands: we lavor the extension of the franchise to the vnmon rf thin v vuuu- try, state by Btate, on the same terms 00 iu 1110 men. The women mifTi-u ira iaaAwa . ? . ivaucia CUUHIU- ered it a much more favorable declara tion than they got from the Republi can convention at Chicago; they threw all their force hnMnd it - .v uu nun me support 01 the adm inistrot inn l... who were found fiffht!ni n, when danger threatened. Haggared and night session, the platform makers were not reariv with thai. ....... afternoon, when Senator Stone, sleep less for more than 80 hours, took the oiwaaer s siana to tpbiI tho a - uviumeiii kbvo over mis tasic to Senator Walsh 01 moniana, and Senator Mollis, of ew fiamnshim. Tho ,nj eacn other reading the long declara tion. The fight on the guffm nui in the air. Every body was keyed up vw it, niicii ml inn mnn hm ah g 11. reading of the platform Martin Loma9. nan i( T 1 .-v. u fusion, aeiegate, claimed the flttantin nt UA . L , 1 n, UlUUtlU mai ne was opening the fight. It was wverai minutes before the shouts of approval and cries nf rfio,...i ....m 1. .-ii 1 . t c"i ruuia be stilled sufficiently to hear that he wanted to out th , - ...v.ivivH uii rtjcoru u sympathizing with "the people of ireiand." "Rails mit him " 1 . i .i.. ji . T H " Baiumore delegate and the convention h.11 im-aou wnn laugnter. The real fiht v " "U" iiimicuiaieiy uer, however, when r.ovB.n. p. IT- - 1 r. CONVENTION ACTS IN HARMONY THOMAS R. MARSHALL. IMlNfin rir I nvnn n.U. 1 It t who neaoed the mi nority reDort tion plank, was given 30 minutes in wnicn to discuss it. The Dlank nfferoil h ti,- was this: ' u' 'nomy 'The DemocratiV nnpt h.. .1 ' .. t it iL rv "m mways Stood for the sovem crnt n tk- . ' eral states in the control and reeula tion of elect! nna Vila rr! nifltoric DOSltlon nf nim . regard and favor the continuance of T.". 01 tne federal con- stitution which vests in the several states of the union the power to pre- tors." Mirw5 Great Britain's Answer on Mail Seizures to Evade Issue Again Washington, D. C.-While Great Britain has 1 indicated to the State de partment that examination of detained Sm m" 5"! d.ePrt"ent officials h. v-.m..j7" . ".c "Mion could wiioiurmi IV Tnta rrn..n. . . only a minor one, not affecting the ,-.... 4 ,,Klll w ge,zur which the two governments have dis agreed. al8 Intimations hava rnhj .. ,0, ,, k :. - """ku me depart ment that the Rr tiph ,oi.. ,FT to he 8tep8 taken to obviate delay in mail examination, thus disposing of many snecific ivimnia.v. .l.. 1 1 . .""'" mai me a hes S,eededuth6irright8in "tending their censorsh n nnta, . . . K t-andhemploSt qu.sitor.al" methods in enforcing J. Coliseum, St. Louis-President Wil son and Vice President Marshall were 7",mltu y acclamation late Thurs day night by the Democratic National convention the ticket being completed four minutes before Friday. Contrary to expectation, however the Convent nn rtirl t c:i. . ' because the nlntfm . , ' r. n as iiui, readv and ,t met again at 11 o'clock Fridai mominc. uojr It Was fl.nnnnna.4 i tu. thnt th , u . 1 "10 cnvention that the sub-committee drafting the p a form had finished its wlrk" u that the ent re rpinit;. done; ",,uwu wnen t"at could be President Wilson's own plank chareine ennsnir.,,, " pla.nk' .. auiuutr gome fnr. repudiatigsuWiUotaTt inere never non . j .. . . dential booms mi.rht h k-... . Pre81' nated Mr. Marshall .J e"nomi- I nominnto Th ' "el-'ared. 10 FresiHont tir:i. . there was on lv on 7 ' "?minaon Robert EmmeL ld n? vote, came to the conTe'n he was onnosoH t tv- ue?'aring that vote technic .", :: '0 "e3'aent. His nomination 1091 Z T FreSident was the action ;; u;u! 01 tfie session calling on William J p ""'""'on in This Ls 1 SB"i.77'?t Peak. tnr Th ",e "lotion of Sena tor Thompson, of Kansa Z.' ruies be suspended nTu 1 lne tary be rrn,,tt!d ni. the -secre- form. The ".l-.take the plat- Mr. Bryan was L w"JCairied an form imSiaSy68 101,16 P)at- Live News Items of All Nations u facinc Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers, The Austriana hvo o,T0rtt , . . "i-uoieq i n- nowiU, capital of Bukowina, acTOf to dispatches to the HPmi.n(?!:.i " irrad News wnrvfrftm v Two suits to reenvpr Rin . . . land in the San Jnnnnin voii.. . , at $750,000, were filed by the ml ment against five rnmnonin. n was alleged by the government. The British column which is gW inginto German East Africa iC the seaboard has occuoied towns. A report from General Smui the British commander, says that June 13 this force reached MakuvnnL Wilhelmsthal has been occupied and Tanga cleared of opposing forces. The fitrhtinp nn tho Aimt.. t.. line in Tyrol seemingly has died down in violence, only artillery duels and small infantrv been reported. To the east of MoM cone, which lies a short distance from the head of thn Italians have captured Austrian posi tions and taken prisoner 498 officen and men. Near Felahifi nn tha t:.- - , ... j.iKiid river, the Turks have repulsed an attempt of the British Constantinople. The annihilation of 400 British trooDs on thn . t , 1 -uf-iHBKJ sector also is reported by the Turkish war office. Perm'fin Vnlllntaaa n.a il. -.uvvwoflHJW clared to be attackine theKumiim near the Persinn hnrflo nfli.;t;.. heavy losses. More than 500.000 union and nmw union workers of America will vote within a month on thn calling a general strike to enforce their demands for .nn oitrht.h mi Aov ( vigui iiuw uoj and time and a half fm mioii;ma w W T VI V1141C BOB result of the failure by representative! of the railroads nnH tho mm tn cok settlement in New York, after 1 twe weeks' conference. The French on the slopes south of Le Mort Hnmmn nnrthnroat Vv dun, have attacked and caotured t German trench. The Germans are Still vinlpntlir (uinL.J:.,. tl, . vu.iiuaiuillg Uie DCCW10 of Thiaumont and Fort Souville, north east Of Verdun, nrnhnhlw to another infantry attack, with the hope of a further advance toward the fortress. Only artillery activity is it progress on the remainder of the front in France and Belgium. Fire destroyed 200 feet of the Bel- lineham & NnTtJiorn "Poiltijoir funnel half a mile east of Deming, Wash,, on the branch line the company is con structing between Goshen and Wel come. The dammta ia eatimatwi it $40,000 and will Hola new line fit Ipoat R( Aw Ta ti'mrwr lining of the tunnel caught fire from the sparks from a steam shovel which was working inside removing a small slide. Firemen were sent from Bel lingham to assist in fighting the fire. The Itali nna ha ira .H..u 110 V W WW Uii UbU vw- advance in the Arsa vallev. in the Pasubin vvut oaiu atuu cue x wow Astico line in the Southern TyroL ; Formation nf o Mnti.1 nsn.ni-ti; Women's league was announced in Chi- Cairo rnoontl.. k.. u. t...n. K JJOwneS. President nf nn Til cratic women's organization. It will represent, she declares, 75,000 women throughout the United States. German infant ottoUo Vrmch Positions west of Port Vaur on the Verdun front Tuesday night. The aault failed entirely, the official report says. The Germans continued their heavy bornhnnlmont ; tho k'oh - i Vi i V. - north of Souville and Tavannes forts. West of the Meuse there was heavy artillerv tancourt. ' Russian torpedo boat destroyers have sunk 13 large Turkish ships laden with merchandise off the Anatolian coast. The Bulmrion ln.i: 1. o cgai,iuii at duuj- has received informstinn that the Bul garia-Roumanian frontier will be tem porarily closed against passengers or merchanrliap ... . n 1 j.-catrh w, ooj, B neuier uiof"-- irom the Roumanian capital It is 7VU unit Bulgaria has taken w step to manlr immi4on 4-.n move menta.
