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FEAR BOYD'S
FORCEWIP
GUTIN FIGHT
Whether Cavalry Company Was Able
tv to Fight Was Throunh Ring of
Mexican Troops Surrounding Them
Is Still Unknown by Pershing
Final Outcome of Battle a. Mystery
Stragglers' Stories State Attack
Was Entirely Unprovoked and Was
Made Through Treachery.
SAN ANTON" 10, Tex., Juno 23.
Whether the Utile force of the 10th
United Stales cavalry under Captain
Chtirle T. Iloyd fought their wny out
successfully throunh thn rliux of
Mexican troop which had almost Hiir
rounded them tit Carrlsnl Hi III wan
unknown nt General Kuimton'a head
quarter today. No uewi from (lore
rnl Pershing hn hi'Pii received tdnee
lust iiIkIiI'm report littxed on the xtor
lo of straggler fioin C'urrliul.
Fear that the casualties Htiffored
by Captain lloyd's command had been
very heavy, woro oxprossod by army
officers horo. It was pointed out that
if 12 mou had boon killed us reported
throunh Mexican sources, it would
mean that from 35 to 10 had boon
wounded, according to tlio usual pi
portlon. 1'hoso. with the number reported
to have boan capturod, would account
for priietleully one troop, or SO pej
runt of the command, ludeod, from
the reports avallublo no far, It la by
no means certain that Captain Iloyd'
command waa not practically wiped
out.
May llavtuSuiiendoHil.
Combining various stories, army
men believe that Captain Iloyd, after
lie dismounted and deployed hla men,
bad been forced v to fall back to es
eape the cross-fire of thn Mexican,
who virtually bad aiirrouuded him
under cover of a parley. It la be
lieved that those captured may have
been cut off from the main body
from an overwhelming force and
forced to aurroudor.
The fact that the men detailed to
bold the horioa reached General I'or
sliing's column also la believed to ac
count In a measure for the heavy
cusualllo. The command waa with
out wagon or other meana of trans
portlim the wounded men and the
loaa of the horses may have been a
serious factor in delaying a retreat.
Captain lloyd's prevloua record I
one thing which haa Influenced arm
nton to place eonfldonce in the re
liort of the stragglers to far ai It re
late to the opening of the ungago
mont. He la regarded a one of the
mom efficient and careful officer ol
thn army and a stickler for ohevlng
orders to the letter.
Attack t'tipmvnkeil.
According to the atary told General
derailing by ttragglera, the attack
wa entirely unprovoked and waa
mode after the Mexican force had
partly lurrounded the American
under cover of a parlay between
General Co mot and CapUla Iloyd. It
waa not until after the Mexican had
opened fire with a machine gun that
Captain Hovd dismounted hi com
mand and returned the flro.
(Continued on page six)
YALE OARSMEN
NEW LONDON. Conn , June U '
Harvard unheritv oaismeu opened
their fiftieth regatta with Yale here
tbia forenoon b wliinlug lotb minor
race in a decisive faabion. The
Criniaott first ear ere defeated the
Kli freshmen in Ua-mile contest by
about three-quarter of a length with
a fast spurt in the last half mile,
hile the iend 'varslt) crew set
the pare for the, full two miles and
oa by less than a length. The of
Jalal tints of the sights bo the fmlt
raau rare wars':
Harvard. 10.3 .1-5; Yale 10-31
In the junior lontest Harvard' of
ti.UI time Wiit l .'' nj Vale
le .:
HARVARD
DEFEATS
JAPS DENY
ARMS SENT
to no
Japanese Minister of W?r Declares
No Shlpmert of Munitions From
Japan to America Entire Output
of Government Factories Taken by
Entente Allies Private Supply Is
Taken hy China Japan Hopes for
Preservation of Peace In Both
AmftClnric
TOKIO, Jnimn, Juno 23. "Of
course, any claim that the Jnpanoto
government will assist Moxlcana with
munition nml arm la out of the
question and absurd, unld Union lahl,
foreign minister, to a correspondent
of tlio Associated Proas, who asked
him today for hi views on I lie Mexi
can situation.
The Interview waa nought on ac
count of the declaration attributed
to the Mexican that aaauranco hod
liooii received from Japan that muni
tion and other nssUtnnco would be
given .Mexico, in tlio event of war
with the I'nltod Statea.
Allies TiiKe All Made.
"A for private Jnpunoae com
panion soiling arm to Moxlcaua," the
foreign minister continued, "I con
aldur It Improbable. Ah you know,
all available rlfloa anil ruiir are bo
liig furnished to Japan' allle to
assist In bringing the Kuropoan war
to a successful isue. And, 1 fancy
though I do not know, that muni
tion not available, for our nllloa, may
havo 'found their way to China dur
ing the revolutionary trouble.
"Let m say this with all the
emphasl and earneatuesa at my
command," said the minister swing
tint around in hi chair, "the Japan
ese nation sincerely hopos that armed
conflict botwoen the United States
and Mexico may be averted. Jaixtu's
Interest In America, North, Central
and South, being essentially pacific
and commercial, In event of the be
ginning of disturbance thn market
would feel It keenly In Japan. Till
1 especially truo at a moment when
the whule ICuropcau trade I virtually
closed to Japan and the Chlueso mar
ket I seriously upset."
Ilcpi-oxentntlvo I'nkiioMU.
iltaron Ishll declared he hail never
heard of Itamon Iturbe, a tepiese il
lative of General Currants, who was
reported several weeks ago to be on
his way to Japan on a secret mission.
Japan's Interest in Mexico, he said,
was In charge of Seorotary Ohta,
formely attached to the Japanese em
bassy at Washington. He said he
had received no advices from Secre
tary Ohta In regard to the situation.
Colonel Manuel Itomero, recently ap
pointed minister to Japan by General
("arranaa. has reached this country,
but has not had an audience with
the emperor.
M. C. Telles, the Mexican charge,
in an Interview asserted emphatically
that the Mexican government had
ordered no munitions or arms In
Japan and that no negotiations for
such supplies were under way.
The last Mexican transaction In
Japan, he continued, was between
General lluerta and the Mitsui com
pany In li'i;!
Story Is Groundless.
In regard to General Iturbe, Senor
(Continued on pago three)
LIMA. Peru. Jam- J ; A Iiu note
from the Mexican unin-i i t Ionian
nffuirs, setting forth tin- opinion of
the Mexican government that war
with the Fulled State u iiu-titnble,
oil account of tlu tlltthisl- employed
by the American government. wo re
ceived ut the foreign oft ice tod.iv.
The note poiuted out that all the re
public, of (eutral and fcouth Aoicr
irii would be affected Itv a confliet.
The Peruvian .ovcriuiii'lit returned
a i.iii'IiiIIn Worded rcl, coin bed in
lrn'iill l-1 in - ,iihI it- in., lin
ll'JH l. J. Ml .11 i 'Uh L1 Ill.Hliltlllil il
WAR
PROBABLE
ASSERTS
MEXBO
P
TELLS STORY
OF BATTLE
Narrative Is Based Upon Personal
Questioning of Men Engaged At
tack Unprovoked, But No Estimate
of Casualties on Either Side No
Definite Conclusion as to Blame
Gomez Asked for Conference With
Boyd and While Talk Was Going
on, Mexicans Surrounded Troops.
WAKIIIXfiTON", June 2.'. Seei-p-tnrv
linker mnile nulilic totlny n if
port from flenernl Perilling or tlie
fight nt ("nrriiuil, Iimc(1 on perioiml
iUctioning of men front IliT two
I roup of the Tenth euvnliy enaageil
in the confliet. It indicated that the
iiltnek iion the American wiis nii
nrovoked, lull gave no eliiimle of Ihe
eiiHiiHltiea on either aide.
dcnot-iil PeroliiiiK Imd uol liml an
opportunity to confer with tiny oi'li-
eer of tlie two companies nml Seeie
tnry linker uil that a definite con
cliiHion ns to where the hlnine rcted
could tint he formed.
The report, which vn taken lo tlie
white !ioiie earlier in the ilnv anil
afterwnnl laid before the enbiuct,
(old Mili-tHiitiallv the Mime sor
earrieil in border pre diNpatchc-.
luat night. It xaiil Ihe .Mexican tioop
opencd fiii willi a machine gun after
a twenty-minute conference between
flenernl Iloyd of Troop (!, tenth en
a I ry, couimHiiding the dctacliment.
and Clemiwl domes, tlwCnrjiuiMji
eoinffrtftMler 1 rVrrixiil.
PeiblimS Kepoit.
Secretary ItakcrV -liileineiit fol
lows :
"The wnr licpnrtment has received
from General Fiiti-don the following
traiiMiiitted from Ooneinl Itr-iiiiiK:
" 'I'eraoimllv iUetioiiiig troopers
with refeience to the Aliiimuiln f
fulr. Two trootK, tenth cavalry,
lbydV (mop (', and More,V K, join
ed on tile night or the 'Jlltli. Ojo
Santo Doiiiiugo, ma relied to within
one mile of t'aiTi.al on the "JUI. Cap
tain itoyd in command, arming (here
at 7 :.10 a. m. Iloyd went in a .Mexi
can guide to nk M'nuiion to ihmm
through the town. Mexican guide re
turned wllli refiiul fi-om General Go
niex. Then Gomes eut out note by
ut dcily anying dial Iloyd might imihh
through the town, provided he Mop
p4'il for conference.
Iloyd Slli'Miiiudeil.
" 'Then General Gome, hiiitwelf
ea me out and dieued the situation
fifteen or twenty ininulei with Iloyd.
Meantime,, .Mciean troon moviiiB
out from the low u begun -unrounding
Ko.mI' column. Gomes retired, and
when he renehed the right of bin
trooiix .Mexican troop-, begun firine
mncliitie giiuw. Itoyd then dismount
ed to fight on foot.'
''General Pershing alo reMrla
that he has sent out cavalry to sup.
port and Iii-iii- buck two troops in
ipic-tion."
TOM SHARKEY FAILS,
SAN FRANCISCO, June 81 -Tom
Sharkey, former heavyweight prize
fighter, filed a petition In bankrupts
In the United States district court to
ils), giving his liabilities as 2,0oo
and his assets as 20 50. He owe
$2.'.2,000 to Henry Stern of New York
under the terms of an unfilled lease.
Sharkey Is at present manager of a
loral saloon. ,
T
TO
JAMIICiT.V J'Hie ' ! Older..
H'XHillllllg; sew I'u! initio. nl- to dis
regard the loii mill -liort haul clause
of the railroad ratilau which tor
bid higher rates for intermediate
limn to tfriiiin.il tollit-, Weie i-Mied
b tlie uittr-t.ili I'lUiiineire .lurm --mil
I. id it I M I . ,i- Wlo'ii V. .1
I II I I"! Hi Il I f.
COMMANDING AMERICAN FORCES 1NMEXIGD
jf1p?MM& yi,Jss tp!WRL it fl
GEM. PERSHING
ItrlK, ('en. PcisIiIiik Is here Minvui at woilc at Ills lm-c In
wlieix lie Is In couiuianil of the only troos. now ladou the Imiiiulai
REVINO
BLAMES
AMERICAN TROOPS
OR
SEEKING
WAR
Cllllll'AIII'A CITY Mexico. Juno
23. Criticism of American military
men, who ho wild have caused all the
trouble between .Mexico and the Unit
ed States, was made by fleneral
Jncluto Trevlno, military commander
for tlio northeast, in an Interview
with the Associated Press today.
rienoral Trevlno said that Oeueral
Hugh Scott was evidently wrong
when ho told the Mexican conferees
nt the meeting lu Kl Paso that the
American military men, luaat of all
factors In the United States, wished
to fight ngulnst Mexico.
"Tlio Amorleaii military ha ills
obeyed tlio orders of Its own chiefs,
has never respected the feelings or
the property of Mexican cttliens and
has contemptuously lanored the dis
positions of thn Mexican govern
ment," declared the general.
"I do not want war," added Oene
ral Trevlno, "and I am doing my ut
most to control the situation, but If
war Is forced on the Mexican nation
by the Americans, I am both ready
and willing to do my duty, like every
other faithful son. to uphold the
honor and dignity of im couutry."
Officers arriving here today with
the body of (lonerul Felix domes, who
was killed lu the Currlsal engage
ment said that the American lead
ers evidently had lntructed their
men to concentrate their fire on the
general who, on account of bis great
bulk, wa an ean taraet. They aald
(Jciierul domes wax Hie firm Mexican
to full, wilh tlirr, UilleU In hi
(bent.
I
E
I
ItOMK. Jane '.; 1 be w.ir office
loda Urn lied the following atuteinent
on military operation
"In the Arsa valle, we occupied
new positions b)ond Koinlnl, east
of the Maxxana neak and on the
l.ora spur, west of Monte i'asuldo.
"Hides, ammunition and bomb
were captured from the enemy.
' Along the Poslna-Astlco front
there has been artillery activity on
both sides.
."Attacks hy enemy detachments In
the regions of Oataglla and Monte
Spin were tepulsed.
' On the Aslago pistesu wa main
talned our ureasuto asjbinst the
eneni's positions.
"In the Cainlu reioji and on th
Isoiuo, the artillti u ( i t a en
iiciUllv tit I it dim lin t i, i .-r
Hut
IL S
REPOR
P
SSONFRON
Mitvlco
y Hues.
AM
AMP ABANDONED
BY
GAl.YrlSTOX, Tev . June L'l. All
the ml camps in Ihe Tuxpiini region
lime been aliundoucd, aei-ordiiig to
refugee's who urriwil here on hoard
the llritish tank steamer Sun Iti
cnnlo. Them were thirty of Ihe rof
iigeeH, nil Americans suve one, who
is ICuglish.
They were warned by the American
consular agent nt Tnpam aonie time
ago to leave tlio country. Tbcv re
plied that they did not want to leave
and were (hen practically ordered by
the agent to leave Mexico.
The Ciu'mnsn commander of Tux
iaia a few iIh.vs ago issued a state
ment to the effect that n stale of war
virtually existed ln'tweeu Mexico and
ihe I'liitil Stales, though ndiiiillini.'
thai no declniiitioii of wnr had been
made.
A reMtrl current al TuxMm, ihe
refugees said, wus that military au
thorities Imd ileelnied they would kill
every American they could find if an
American win ship were sent to Tux
pain. Another lepoit was that every
American ivinaiiiiiiu; in Mexico after
July 1 would be killed. There were
nineteen Auieiicaiis lei I in Tiixpam.
riKATTI.K, June 23. Prosecuting
Attorney I.uiulln has lustruotad Coun
ty Auditor 1'lielps to limit liquor per
mlts to not more thsu 20s gallons
of alcohol, 101 gallons of whiskey
and 02 gallons of any other liquid
for each drug store during six
months. The four largest prescrip
tion druggists of Seattle agreed that
Hie amount fixed was sufficient for
any legitimate purpose. Three of
i hem xulil beer had no proper place
in a di uti Htore.
T NORT
BLOCKED BY SLIOE
KKATTI.K. Wash., Jane ;.'.. The
Ureal Northern main line between Sc
uttle and Kverett h still closed by
reason of the cuviug ol a bin If onto
I bo truck two miles north of Wicb
uiond Iteach elerday. A large force
of men is shoveling uwa the earth
ami the truck will be oH-iicd tomor
row iiiuminc. In the ineiiulimc the
..llieiii I'.niln ii.ii k lietuicii Sc
lib I I KMi i In in vif' i .1 b
lie .i I I ih ii,
AMER
CANS
ALLL MILITIA
LB BE SENT
TO BORDER
Secretary Baker Issues Orders to All
Army Departmental Commanders
to Send to Mexican Border All
Militia Available Immediately Upon
Their Mobilization In the Various
States Fiinslon to Indicate Point
to Which Troops Will Be Moved
No Explanation Offered forChaii(Q
WASHINGTON", .June 2:i.-Secre
tan Maker today issued order to nil
nnny dppnrtmentiil coiiunniiilem to
-cud to the Mcxicun herder all mil
itia nvnihihle immediately upon their
organisation, without waiting for
completion of the mohilianlioii of the
separate at a tea.
The cniiiiunuilcra were reipioatcit to
notify General Pension when each
legimeiit, tump, battery or other unit
ceiuplcles muster. General Kuiiston
will indicate whore he wishes the
force sent In eueh instance, and Ihe
ileparluinutnl eoiuuinuiler, without
further instructions from Washing
ton, will arrange transportation anil
send tlicui forward.
The niinounccinent of the new or
ders wa made officially after lo
dav's cabinet meeting, but it was un
derstood that they actually hud heeu
issued before Ihe cabiiiot convened.
No explanation was offered for tin
change of the migtiml plan. The
niiuiunl order to the giianlsnieii were
for their mobilisation in slate concen
tration camps to await further or
der. The entile operation will lie carried
out between General hnston and the
departmental commander. The war
ileMirtinent 'will know of what i
proceeilitiir only a a matter of in
formation in reMiits submitted after
the fact by Ihe departmental com
manders. The object nimejl at i to
eliminate all unnecessary delay and
led tiiM in gelling the '.iinril-iiieii to
the Ironl.
SA( KAMIINTO. (al. June '.'.'I.
Cnlifomm lrHip. will be rushed U
the Mexican bonier as fust 114 tliej
are peady, aceordiug to telegrams re
eeived at hcadipiartcrs in the capital
today.
Captuin II. A. Mauigau, insptsdo!
instructor of infantry, representing
the I nited Stales nnny, aud on p
eial deluil with the guard from the
regufur, today received a telegran
from ihe adjutant general of the
I'uiled States army, Washington, or.
deiiug htin lo muster into the service
every tueticul unit.
This means nil the California
t mop must go to tha border iinmedi
atel.v. The iu-truclioiis to Captain Hani
gnu aie imt to wmt ecu for field
tran-portatioii . thai held tiiiupurta-
iHtll Will be till lil-heil .it the bolder.
JAP MUNITIONS
TOKIO, June :' : The Mitsui
company informed a lepresentatlve
of the Associated Press toda that
It recently received- inquiries from
the Mexican government as to wheth
er it could supply ammunition and
arms. The com pan) replied that It
was physically impossible as it had
mora orders than it could fill for the
allies of Japan.
The Mitsui, Takada and Okura,
three large companies exporting
arms, formed a joint muultlon cor
poiatlon before the war to purchase
iiuiiutioin from tlie Government ar-".r-ii.il
whui, is the only esttihlUh
lnUd of tin Kind til Ji'j.uii.
RUSH
CALIFORN
TROOPS TO BORDER
MEXHO
SEEKS
CONGRESS
DECLARES
EMERGENCY
President Authorized to Draft Into
Federal Service National Guards
men Wlllliifi to Take the Oath Un
ilcr New Army Law Emcrrjency
for Draft Declared to Exist Now
Does Not Contemplate a State of
'War-iCrlllcIsm hy Mann, Who
Holds. War Already'ExIsts,,
a '
1 i,
c
WASHINGTON', June 2.1.-In nit
nineiidiiipnt to the Hay resolution nu-
tliurlr.lng (he president to dmft into
tlio federal service hnmodinicly' nil
nntioiinj snjjinlmncii willing lo tnkn
the oath, the lioiiso-toilay iiiianinioiig-
ly ileclaieil that nn Piiioixenuy now
exist cd, iu'ceaitiiliiiR a cull on alnte
troejv.
Not u Stato of War.
Questioned by Itcpiilillenii Lender
.Mann and other, Mr. liny told the
house that the resolution did not
contemplate a Mnto of wnr, but Hint
the mere fuel of the introdiietloii of
the resolution luuulcd to him by the
wnr department "shows that in the
opinion of the executive the cmtjfK
cney doe exist and Hint tii resolu
tion is ahsolulely necessary to meet
I lie emergency."
I'unniinoiis consent for consilient
tion of the resolution wns given unit
general debute began under mi ngrce
jMsiit for n lwn-hotirIimIU,
llcpieseutntive Maun tilltilc u
speech declaring Hint n stnio of! wnr
with .Mexico already ojclaicd lo nil
intent aud purpose and o.vprosaine;
the opinion that the regular troop
were not carrying out luo purpose for
which they were sent into .Msvxico.
lie aid, however, that he did not wo
how they could be withdrawn under
Ihe present situation, and if they
were to sluy Ihe military strength oC
the country necessarily must be lu
creascd. Representative Duller of I'oiiiij.
vnnia, Republican, nrged that fi
proHMlent hould adviso congress of
hi reasoHs for determining that mi
eiiU'igeney existed.
A ixi Dcclnrliitr War,
"I think we are ileoUnng wnr
here," declared ItenreMOMinlivq Mad
den of Illinois.
Mr. I lav leplied that thn iHTCsidont
would be requested to oohic berpio
i-ongress if u declaraUoN was ileeiu
ed necesnry.
"This resolution docs not eoiitein
plnle a declnrnlion of war or a tlau
lurntioii that n stute of wnr extals,"
he added.
Thi Huy amemlmeui, under whfcli
congress declare tha eiueraency now
exist, was adopteit unawiiHniUy.
An amemliuent by Represenltiliro
CliiojKTfield of HliiKHH, provMfiuf
that wheu the national guaiiUiusn un
dichiirged nfler the emergeney
ecose. thev shall resume their fot.
nml national guanl orfHiiinitiuii
tain, wa iiilnptcd witJiouL objec
tion. One agreed ujhih Iij; Kmirwentn
live Mann and lla- provhlud flint
the national guard should srvo for
the Mnod ol the emergency, "not
exceeding llii.e ciu," uiilesi. ononer
dlscbaigcd.
BILL ToTeNSION
SOLDIERS FAMILIES
WAMIISUTUN, June. 'Jl. A bill
to uppiopriate .fj,ti.')0,(jl)0 lo provido
a ill for deHudeiits of federal volun
teers and eullsted men of til notional
guard mustered into the military ser
vice of the United State was iiitro
duced totlay b Scimtor Ue of
Maryland and icieiie.l to the com
mittee Oil H-H-IOl-
The iiii-a-iui' would direct the ee
relary ot the interior, cu-oieinlinj
With tin . oiiiiiiiioiici nt )M'll-ion, (u
make mv into the . hihIiiioii tt'
pcrsous dejHindeut upou guariUmeit,
or upon volunteer, if they should btf
culled lor war, ami pay such depend
ent, m.t to exceed $.10 a mouth, ess
cent in extraordinary ouacs, .. ,
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