Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 21, 1916, Image 1

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GARiRANZA
Strorcj Pressure hy Atjcnts Entente
Allies Brounht to Bear Upon Mex
icoGerman Influence Blamed as
Cause of Trouble Bclicveil In
flaming Carrar.za With View to
Prcver.tiun United States From
Gathering Trade Formerly Hild hy
Germans.
WASIIIXOTOX, Juno 21. Strung
iim- i- boiii" brought In hour up
iiii (icncnil Currunan liy roprwon tu
tu c ut' Kiiroiiin imwei to prevent
Intn lioiii forcing n bmik with tlio
1 iiilul Stilton. Indirect iM)rt
rciiiliiiiix the elate ilopiiiliiiont Induy
told ul' tho effort unit niil there
wa n pnrtiliility tliut they would bo
nieeeful.
Auenoie of the entente nllio nre
iindrrtood to ho notivo for ponce,
luiiticiiliirly u the- bclioe flermim
influence hw nought lo iiilliiino tin
Jilrxiiim government nfium-l tho
Vuilcd Stute-. with n view to pro
M'tiliMK tlii country from giithornnr
in 1 1 wilt formerly eont rolled by fler
iiitiny in Mexieo, South nnd Central
Aiiii'i ioii.
I'nt It l'i to liin'.
It i-. pointed out Hint Currnnxn
mi-lii iiwiitl war by culling for nu
iiitoriuitioniil pominiion to ilicn
the bonier ituntinn h provided for
in tin- treaty of 18-IS. So for, how
ever, nu Miup'stion for him'Ii it Ktop
lui- come troin Mexico.
A del mile lutement hn been re
ceived i lint lienerul Curmnxu i do
int? nil in hita owor at I hi lime to
protect Americiin in .Mexico from
ii I link In the ixipiiliice. lie U wild
to luixe "iven S wiul Agent Uodger
in Mexico City alt the aid in hi
power in urrouginir for train to
r.irix American rcfugeoi from the in
terior to Vera Crux. In mmiio quar
ter here thi wiim ooiiMtrued n evi
dence i luii ho i not bent upon pro
M.kinv liotilitie.
'flic -tute department had no ad
vice hearing nut theee hopeful in
dication, osteoid that from Special
Agent ItoilueiH announcing tho piog
ic of hi effort to get American
citir.cn. out. Willi the full consent
of the Cnrranan uuthorilie. he Maid,
and the promise of adeiiuato protec
tion trom poihle buudit attack, ho
hud mr.iuited for a Hoiul train to
leave Mexico City tomorrow cumin.:
American- to Vera Crux.
Ainoiiouu I'uiteoteil,
Mr. I.d"ci added that ho and lu
diploin.itic uooiato iu the .Mexican
ciquiiil lnac been given every aur
nio'c of snfe conduct and protection
mi ihcir tiii to the coat if it became
ncie ,n lur them to leave. The
coip, ot American newi:icr eorre--pmidcnt
there ban decided to re
nin hi with Mr. Hodger until such
time ii lie muy find it neoeary to
leave.
Another inci!te from Mr. Kode-it-
.iid a train leaving Mexico City
M'Mi-iilnv carried a peoinl ear with
i In 1 1 niri-iii citizen, nio-tlv u
(Contiuuod on pa so tlireo)
MEXICAN LEADER WHO APPEALS TO EUROPE AGAINST AMERICA f
C.ciiernl C.iininwi, tho I Irstflilcf of Do I ai to (iincinment.
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TALIANS
CAPTURE
wmm um
IN
F
ROM
II FORT AWAIT COMPLETION
OF
AUSTINS
MOBILIZATION
IlllMK. June Jl. A 11 1 hi :m n
out by the war olhic toil.ix .i:
"At the head ot the I'o-nni nlle
detuchntciilK ul i.iirAIiiw troop cap
tured n troti" iHtMtion Houthweit of
Monte I'urehe. l'.npnuomontf. on the
welerii kIoim- of Monte Cenitio re
nailed in favor of our iufnntry. .
"Soulhwct of Aiiauo ou the niiiht
of Juue 10 thriH- HiieeenHivt xurpriM'
Hllack nuaiiiMt our Kmilion at
Monto MiiKimb and Ocehi were re
pulxed. "North of tho Frenxeln vallov we
continued yextenlny the difficult ad
vance nc rot. routrh ground.
('lor.tile aircralt dropMd bomb
on our line of communication,
wounding a few eron and cu uiue
omo Hlight dnmnge. Smuulron of
our Caproni and Snvoia neroidunoi in
wkixh vrm lliii'tv-I'mir mnchine.
liomliKrded tho axiation station at
I'i'ivino, at tho head of (he Siiuana
vnlloy. They were enxageil hy a
Miundrou of the enoniv, but returned
afelv after brinuiii" down three hos
tile niacliiiie-.''
AMERICANS LEAVE
I
NK YOHK, June 'i
-Sixteen
WASIMNCTON. tunc -'1 Marili
Ing order for Nutlouul (iuard or
Ranlxatlomi nuniruoneil to tho colors
under Irealdent Wilton rail are
atill held up at the war department,
jwnijln completion of molilllxatlon
ot the troena at atate eainps. Juat
kh aoou as a aufflrUnt number of the
luarriamen hav been muatered Into
the federal aervlce, the war depart
ment wilt act ou denei-ai r'uuatou'a
report of ycaterday. atatlnx the num
ber of unlta he deaired and to what
polnti he deaired them forwarded.
Only preliminary report! of the
progreaa of the mlbllixatlon In va
rious atatea had reached th war de
partment today. There were viewed
aa eatlafaclory.
Secretary Baker eald the auggea
tlon that the aenlor claaa at Welt
Point military academy be graduated
Immediately for actlre aervlce wn
under eonalderatlon. but that no de
elalon had been reached. The cadetn
vould be commlaaloned aa aecond
Heutenanta. Immediately l( the emer
gency warranta auch atepa.
The department had no additional
advlcea from Oeneral Kunston re
garding the movemenle of Carratua
trooiia near the tierder or In the vi
cinity or Oeneral Perahlng'a rolumnx
tu Mexico.
Americana who said they had left
Constantinople owing to a nrnrrli of
food auppllea and hecauite the native
population had evinced atrong an-'
tipathy for all Kngliah-apeaklug per-'
aona, arrived here today aa paaaengerii
on tli Uaulah steamer Oacar II from
Scandinavian ports. Among them
were Professor Henry 11. Dewing,
Charles I.. UwU, and George H. Hun
tington, connected with Kobert col
lege, an American Institution In Tur.
ke ; and ProffKor Maurice Tanguary
a zoolotslbt, Mho wai with the Mc
Millan Croi ker iiirt
WAKIIINOTON. June -1. Chief
lk'iluki ot the ilcpailmeiil of ju
tice'i. bureau of iinetiuatiou, today
telecrapheit hi Kl I'ao agent to
drop churget. againt l'"redcrick
Uriee, a (lermun banker of Mexico
City, detained there c-teidnv for al
levted iitUuioti to violuto Ameiicnn
neutrality. Inw -tiiraliou e.im lined
oftieiaU lure that there hud been no
violation-.
S DIKUO, Cal., June 21 -I'nderi
oider to take station at port on tfce
Mint coast of VlexJeo the torpedo
boat destroyer Hull, flagboat of
Lieutenant W. W. Bradley, flotilla
commander, and the destroyera Hop
kins and Truxtun aglled from ian
Diego this morning. Tho Hull, It
was announced, will proceed to la
J 'hi- the Hojikins lo 8a n Jose de Cato
and the Truxluu 10 TojioloHaniho
ii h i ''i ait ire of the d-tio ei -t
i i i i - ' In i it in. tin iio w .if
c' ' . I I t ll I i'I
WASHINGTON'. Jim. Jl. An
identical note r"te.lm moioiiI
illTUIIl-t interference li llie inleiite
lllllC- With the nitilltlllie tl.nle of
Greece hiii beeu pii-cntetl by tin
Greek mini-ler to the -t.tc depart
ineut and the diplomutic riiroenta
tie here of the liiii-Americau
t:oM'l Mill lit . It 11 -.- t - tli.it "irii-
i i .., I I Mln I"'' -' ' ' If t I H' T
, , ., ' I III' ... I ' I I.
BANS'
THREAT HOT
M
RETREAT, NOT VICTORY, WINS FAME FOR HEAD OF RUSS DRIVE
Persh tiff-Gives Carranza Troops Op
portunity to Back Up Their Bluff
liv Sending Small Force Eastward,
But Challenge Is Not Accepted
More Troops Aiflve at Mexican
Towns, But American Forces Un
dlsturhctl Funston Notified to Or
ganize Four Rct'lments Infantry.
ALLIES BLOCKADEiYAQUIS ARRIVE TO
FIGHT AMERICANS
JJAX ANTONIO. Tex., June Jl.
Oontirul 1'erahlng has given the .Mexi
can troopa the opportunity to make
good their throat to nttark him if he
moved east or west, but tho Mo.xU
cans declined tho leauo.
Ilo sent a amall force eastward to
fliizinnn. nhout 3R miles from his
Hue of comniuiilentlou yesterday to
luvostlgato n report that n couceutra
Hon of Mexican trooiia had boon made
there. Ho roporlod tho Incident to
General Funston today, adding that
tho detachment had returned with
out finding any .Mexican troops In
that vicinity.
Iteporta to dopartmont hendqunr
tors today told ot the arrival of more
troops at OJ!u.n(i lnarased activity
wua noticed, but officer here be
lieve (leueriil (iaaton, commandlni;
tho American aide, ban men hiioukIi
to meet the situation. Tho heaviest
addition to the Mexican border army.
was that at Pledras Negraa, where
General Murgla arrived with soon
men. General Kunston announced
that to the army 'a equipment, there
had been added today a large num
ber of aeatrhllghta. Ceneral Parker
reported from Brownsville that he
had not been able to confirm the
rumor that Americans at Cerralvo
had been maaaacred.
General Kunston was notified by
tlia war department today that de
tailed Instructions hate been sent to
him for organisation In this depart
ment of four regiments of Infantry
and two cavalry regiments under the
army reorginlaallon hill, which will
become effective Juh 1. The pro
reed nre will he to imhliai experienced
non-commissloued off hers from exist
ing rcKimcntK to the new organisa
tion to handle the r i hIIh.
FACTIONS UNITE
E
TO OPPOS
GRINGOES
J
GrNURAL A.A.ORVlSSlLorr
Tho man who lend the force that threaten lo ret ake the An Irian
temtor.x from which thev were driven in May, lit 15, i the aino eoldior
who lipHiuht the u-iau hack iicro the Carpathiatik from the i'il' of
the plum ol lluiiunrv mid kept them from iinnilulatiou at the liiiuil of
the vieioiiuii-. A ii-l i in ii- n nd tlner (lenuiin reinforcement-.
HOUSE
DEBATES
APPROPRIA
T
ON
MEXICO PLACES
L : ITS CASE AGAINST
Fi
BIGGER
A!
t IIIIII -Mil A, Mix lime 'l The
:iinili'' n the v .ii . - l,i-tiiui.il
liatici-. mill the n iiiiuent continue-.
1'imIhv General Nalnrrette wired
(ii-uciiil Trcvino that Manuel I'alaer..
-illita "eneral, m ooenitin in
the lluateeua region, had placed
liun-elf at the diMnl of Oeneral
Caninza. .(oxe Y-iibel Kublen and
Canuto Heye urv cxi.ieted iu ( hi
hunhua nhortlv. briueinu their force,
under order from (icin ml Trevino.
All i llliet hcle.
OF
E
KAtil.K l'AS. 'lev . June 21. -(ioucriil
Mil rum, u ( urr.ii.a com
mander, urriwd at 1'iedra NcgniK.
the Mevicun town onoi.ite here, to-
dil Willi .1 detai limelil ot JO(M I Vn-
,, 1- ll ... I'll I II.' ill II -"II I III 1 1
,1.. , M . I II .Ii I . . ll
SAN KHANcmco, lime 21 The
proHpec'. of a second walkout of Pa
cific coast longshoremen tomorrow
heiame aerious today with tho an
nounced refus of the Waterfront
Employers' Union to discharge gang
of non-union stevedores recruited
and held In reserve tending settle
ment of tho longshoiemens' strike
inauguarated, June 1- The union
stevedores, who strmk for h In her
as and u'-'ilofteil -hop rule, i-
tiirin .1 lo ui I I mi 7 Huh r .1 ti in
I i.r ii . 1 1 ..ii . t 1 ' 1 .i.tii.. ii
dm .! I
WASIHNfiTtlN. June .'I. (ieneini
debate uu the iirm .'- r..riii t loll bill
cnrriii a toiul ol il'i7,otMl,o0tl, mi
increue of .Vi,lMIII,IMH) uver llll
er, begun today b the boue. It
in extectoil lo lie ineil by tomor
row nflerniHin.
During the debute tfepuhlicun
leader Mann read into the record ex
cel pin from Keeretarv l4ininu' note
In tho Mexican govemment relating to
outrage agaiut Ameiicun.
"ll thee HtntemenU are true, a
they undoubtedly nre," he .aid. "it
1 to the eiertulitiK hnme of the
American reimbljc."
Ueiri".entutie (lurdner objected
that the bill ilid not provide Miffleicnt
iipnropriulion for the etiiipment of
cnnnoii and artillery ammunition for
1 he niiliouul "uard.
I(enceiitatie Hay, ehninuun ol
1 he military committee, uid the pre-
idem Imd tho Mexican iluatioij well
in liiilld.
"The prowidoiit," he added, "i go
in.' In illl'-lle hi- eiMit-c, llie Will
til ill-- e.iee 1U11I liiiiml In llle I niled
si.iti ., ,ii, i, I 1 1 1 I, in Mi Men "
WILSON INTERPRETS
U. S. WITH EUROPE
PARIS. June :1. Mexlcu In (dur
ing Its case hefore the lOuropeun puh
lie In the form of statements Issued
by Mexican legations ou the conti
nent. Such a statement appeared In
.Madrid on Monday and a similar
statement Is printed In the French
prcaa today fiom the Mexican lega
tion Iu Parla. It says the reports
that was la Inevitable and that
Oeneral Carranaa'a attitude la due to
(lernian Intrigue came from Ameri
can sources.
The statement reviews the negotla.
lions for permission for A mar lean
troops to cross the frontier to pursue
bandits and declarea that the Inter
changes were Interrupted by the
sending of sn expeditionary corps,
eoustltutlug a violation of Mexican
aoverlgnty.
"We are authoritod to state that It
la not Mexico which attacks," the
statement coullnuee.
"In ordering General Trevino to
prerent American forces from ad
vancing south, east or weat, the atti
tude of the Mexican government la
purely defensive This Is established
from document In this legation
which will he piihiKhed at an oppor
tune time.''
SUFFRAGE PLANK
WAhlllNtiTON. June Jl An in
terpictaliou ol the -ullme pi. ink ol
the deinociatic pliiltorm va xouitht
fioui 1'rei.idenl ilon lodav by Mr.
I) K. Hooker of Kieliiiniud, V11., uct-in-
n " -poke-ninn for the Convtre--i.uiiil
Cuioii for Woman Suffrage
iiiui the Virginiu Mtute Federation of
Labor. Khe left the white kouae with
be report that the ureoideut slated
the ilmik lufaut the uuootion bould
lie decided U the tiite, not bv fed
cuil action, uud t ill held to hi re
lual lo urge the pange of the Hu
au ll. Anthony nuffraite amendment
to tho constitution,
"The orctfident kiiid that he hoped
the domoorute i'a writing the tit. I,oui
plunk would not be uccued of inin
centy and "bnnko,' " aid itr.
Hooker. "He alo uid he hoped the
pi. ink un mil I1.1t it -mil."
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II . 1 ii'ii,.. 1.1
AMERICANS LEAVE
T
I
1
)(l (il.AS. An , June Jl. A una
I'rietu, Mex pr.n iienllv w.i decri
ed todav of it owl xiiulnlnin. A
huudfui of oldier, the lutf and
guurd of Geuerul 1. Kliu Culle-,,
military commander of Kouora, ami
the cuMom officers remained.
Fitteeo hundred reeideuta, mo-tly
omeii and children, departed during
the night for the outh. With then
weul innumerable dog uud pareeU.
The bidongiug of each family con
futed moMlly of tattered bluuketn and
betiding wrajiped iu bundle.
They were loaded into car of ev
ery deM'hplion, the women and chil
dren huddling on the fluor amonu
their meager btdonging. The mnjor-
it of the Mevii'llll leliiL'ee-, it a
-,i.il, vi.uilil jn tn .n u.iri, -i M'lilv -
' i , o'.'illi . i tin I. .l.l.-r-
I .n i . .1 I1..1 I. Hi ,,! th
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SLAVS SLASH
INTWOARMY
OF AUSTRIA
General Pflanzer's Forces Fleeinrj
Czernowitz, Separated hy Russian
Drive and Doth Winns Surrounded
German Counter-Attacks Ahove
Lutz Check Russian Pronress in
North, But Austrian Defense Col
lapsesFrench Repulse German
Attacks at Verdun.
PICTItOnUAl), Juno 11. Tho wnr
office nunuucod today that tho niim
bor of mon captured hy tho UumIiuin
In tho offensive In Volhynln and Oti
llcln up to Thursday of Innt wcok,
was 1TI.ISI.
Tho offlolnl nniiouncomont anyR
that In ti tovoru ongnKomont on tho
Stokliod rlvor, Ournian troops, which
mndo an attack In massed formation,
woro repulsed nnd took to flight.
"The tot ul number of priomr
taken by Uaweral ItniKilnff from Juno
a lo 1.1, inohwivp," attya the stute
inetil, "una :i:mO ofrieera Mini IflO.I.'ll
men. Wo iiImo ert'itui'ed IDS guns fiul)
uiuchiuo gnns. IfiO Utah IhrowfVrR,
111) artillerv litnlier. :i. aoordhltjilil
nnd a large ipmntitv of othor wnr
imili'lial."
LONDON, .IniiH 11. Conflrinatlnti
or reporu of the cutting In two of
Oeneral Pflamer'a army In llukn
wlna are contained iu a dlanotoh to
tho Stsr from Petrngrail today. IVhen
the Austrlana retired from Cseruo
wltt, the correspondent says, port of
them retreating due south along tho
Hiimanlan border and others toward
the Carpalhlana, their hope waa to
have time lo hold the Ituaelnnx 011
tho fortlflud line running from Kuty
to Hereth along the It I vers Mlkhodra
and aereth. Hut deaplte tho delay,
caused by the prolonged defense of
Cxernowlts, Oeneral I.etejiltiaky
threw hla reserves upon the heels of
the retreating Auatrlans at such
speed that he succeeded In reaching
that line simultaneously with them.
The result waa that Oeneral Pflan
ser's forces were out In half midway
between ICuty and Sereth at Strogl-net.
Hlu l)rlou Hack,
UISrtUN, June 11. Rummh force
which crossed the Styr river weat of
Kolkl were driven back by a counter
attack, the official statement of the
war office today anHeunsea. North
west of Lutsk the KuMtana strongly
resisted the German advances.
liUUUX. June 31. With the Aim
trlan rear guard closely enguglng
them, the Russians have crossed tho
river Seroth, tho Austre-llungarian
war office announced In IU report of
June 30.
In the district of Lokatcnt, aeutli
east of Vladimir-Volynakl, the enp
lure of l,:ioo Huaslana, on can no 11
and three machine guns I reported.
Ou Vuriliiii I'ninl.
I'UtlS, Juue 21. A violent ot
(Continued on page throe)
FACTORY KEPT BUSY
LAKKIX). Tc.. Juno 21. -Approx-iMutel
1 7.000,1100 round- of tun
munition hit been taken in slutrtfv by
Cnrruiuu uulhoritie. at vgrions
I int a thiMiighout Mexico ami tho
government factory 1 workjntr twenty-four
hour daily in order tn aug
ment tht iiptdy, neeordlne, to one of
the American refugee-- I nun Mcmco
I'itv arriving yeeterd. 1 Hi' w.i- lor
inerU iu the hurdware hu-iue- in
llle eniilill. Tho output "I the X" -.
1 mil nl holms 1- iiiii'uim.ilel'
In, mm, nun in mil- 1 . iiilM.lv. - il.iilv,
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