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WILSON THINKS NAVY PLANS SHOULD BE ADOPTED Washington, June 21. Pres. Wil son has decided full first year pro gram recommended by general board of navy should be adopted by con gress. This program includes con struction during first year of three battle cruisers, four dreadnoughts and four scout cruisers. o o GEN. CARRANZA WILL PROTECT AMERICANS WHO STAY IN MEX Mexico City, June 21. The special train ordered by Special Agent Rog ers to take Americans out of Mexico City will not leave for Vera Cruz to day, as was expected. Another demonstration by work ingmen took place last night before the National palace. Several thou sand employes of street car lines and factories gathered to assure Gen. Carranza of loyalty. Hundreds of school cildren and a large number of women were in the crowd. Car ranza again addressed this assem blage, repeating his previous state ments that Mexico was not seeking war with the United States. There was no disorder. Gen. Mujies, governor of the state of Tabasco, informed Carranza last night that many Americans in his territory did not wish to leave the country in case of war and ask per mission to remain. Carranza sent an immediate reply, instructing Mu jies to permit Americans to remain and in all cases to give them the same protection accorded other for eigners. MILITIATABLOlDS Washington. Sen. Wadsworth of New York resigned his lieutenancy In the First Cavalry, N. Y. N. S., holding his services as legislator paramount First cavalry is under orders. Cleveland. Because Capt L J. linn, Fifth regiment, was a soldier this was before the mobilization or-f'-er Miss Jahe Whitelaw joined the Red Cross. An army chaplain mar ried them and they will go south for service together. Paterson, N. J. Private William H. Smith refused to respond to the call to colors and was arrested as a deserter. He faces a maximum pan alty of eight months' imprisonment if found guilty. New York. Max J. Klein, who was excluded frotn militia because he was a Jew, announced he was form ing a company of Jewish-American citizens to go to the front New York. The Aero Club of , America cabled American aviators with the French flying corps to learn whether they would return to serve the United States in case of war with Mexico. New York. Call to colors has re sulted in scores of khaki weddings here. Most of the "war brides" im mediately bade their husbands good by as they hurried to the armories for reporting. Cleveland. Privates John and Robert, Lieut. J. C. and Serg't David L. Gilliland are brothers. All four are members of an engineer corps and will see service together. Camden, N. J. Pjublic service cor respondent of New Jersey announced all employes, members of national guard, called to service will have their positions and wages continued while performing military duty. Philadelphia. Married men in the Pennsylvania national guard who do not wish to leave their wives and families are given until tomorrow to resign. Many are taking advantage of offer. Washington. "Go home and grow," recruiting officers told 50 beardless aspirants for enlistment , papers in militia today. o o Ducks of J. A. Andrew of Shirland tract, California, are supplying him with valuable nuggets, the gizzard of one having two gold nuggets ahd""two platinum nuggets and another a gold nugget