DEMOCRATS NOMINATE WILSON AND MARSHALL
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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
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uj uiu iiuernauonai nne as the occa
ainn nhnlt ronnira
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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.