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RICHMOND, VA., SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1916. -FIFTY-EIGHT PAGES.
V? ?CLOUDY
PRICE, FIVE CENTS
U. S. EXPECTED TO GIVE CARRANZA CHANCE
TO REPUDIATE ATTACK AT CARRIZAL
IE AT 10P SPEED I
IN HAIL OF BULLETS
AT MEXICAN TRAP i
j
American Troopers Charge
Twice Directly Into Jaws
of Ambush.
LED ON GALLANT DASH
BY WOUNDED CAPTAIN
First Detailed Account of Car
rizal Fight From American
Sources Received.
CORPORAL GREEN TELLS STORY
Of Men Engaged, 13 Were Killed, 22
Taken Prisoner, 33 Reach Camp
and 10 Unaccounted Eor.
FIELD HEADQUARTERS, .1 >.e 24
(by wireless to Col'.imbus, .V. M.j.?
Trapped and flghtlr.jr against heavy |
olds. the troops of the Tenth Cavalry,
engaged at Carrlzal on Wednesday,
charged twlc* directly into the Jaws
of th* ambush which the Mexicans had
laid f or them. With bullet. in his
arm and shoulder, Captain Ch.irles T.
Boyd, the commander, remained in th*
(addle. leading his negro ' ? -p-i.- ':n
*lj they had captured t:. r ealed
Mexican mach'.ne-g-un treii when he
fell, mortally wounded a b'.llet
lis the eye.
This was the gist of the ftrst detailed
s.ccount '>f the engagement from Amer
ican sources which was brought to Gen
eral Pershing to-day by Corporal Green,
of r Troop, who -,vas at Captain Boyd's
ffi* when he tell.
The Americans were flanked on both
r.ldes by the Carranzlstas. who hud
partly surrounded the little command
durir.g a conference between General
Pellx Gomez, the Mexican leader, and
Captain Boyd. In front was a con
r,.v|?,? machine-Run trench
from which a stream of bullets unex
pectedly was poured into the Amer
ican ranks
UOVD. TIIOL'CJIl WOl'.NDKD,
fin US OUDtllt TO CIJAHCM
Corporal Orc-n nald that Captain
Boyd although wounded In th? arm
and shotiIder by the flrst fir>-. lmmedl
a? r.y c.*:v e the ord?r to charge. -*r. 1 the
de?a.chment rode at tup speed, in a hall
<-.f bullets, directly at the trench. c.*p
tur'r.g it ?ust as the American leader
fell. The Mexicans retreated to rover
in a near-by adobe shack.
Lieutenant Henry Adair assumed
command and ordered a =<-ror. ; charge,
which drove through the shack, fat,
terlng the Mexican command.
Gre? n said he J'.d not see Lieutenant
A4a!r after this charge, and believed
that he lost his life !n It.
Meanwhile Captain Lewis P. Morey.
rMnriiar.'l'.:.^. K Troop, which was also'
pa fly Mir: ?I'.iniUil during the parley.;
occupied another adobe house with his
'r.en. from which he engaged a second
detachment of the Mexicans. While It
!f assumed here that Captain Morey j
was wounded ti the fight, neither Cor
poral Green nor :ny of the other sur
vivors reachine !-,<?-?? knew any'hint;
of the outcome o; his part of the ri-'ht. ?
SHATTERED REMNANTS
JIAV UK ON \\ tV Til < AMP
It is believed here, however, that he
may have collected the shattered rem
nants of the. American command, and
is bringing them slowly through ob
stacles to General Pershing's lines. The
survivors arriving here said that th?
Carranzlstas circled far around Car
rlzal, aftor the engagement, and over
took and captured a nuttier of soldiers
who had been holding horses back
beyond sight of the point where the,
fight began.
Piecing- together the fragmentary re
ports which have reached field head
quarters, all except twenty-one of the
/Ighty-four men engaged In the fight
have been accounted for. These reports |
indicate that thirteen were killed and
seventeen taken prisoner. Thirty
three have come into camp here iti tho ,
last two days, most of them coming
afoot over n desert, suffering the
greatest hardships from lack of water.
News dispatches from Chihuahua
City on Friday indicated that with the.
."ipture of five additional prisoners, the.
aptives In the hands of the Carran-'
siit.'-.s now number twenty-two. leav- !
Jng sixteen of the men engnied at Car
rizal unaccounted for.
STATU OK AMERICANS
STILL IS t'.NKNOWN
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. June 2L?,
The force of the Tenth United States
Cavalry under Captain Charles T. Boyd,
succeeded in breaking through the
lines of the Mexican force under Gen
eral Kelix Gomez at Carrlzal. accord
ing to a message to-night from Gen
eral Pershing (o General Funston, but
whether any of them were able to
make, their escape still is unknown.
Captain Boyd's men of C Troop took
the ditch In which the front line of
Mexican troops were intrenched and
?harged through into the town of Car
rlzal. Troop L, under Captain Lewis
(Continued on Tenth Page.)
SPENT* Jt'I.Y rorilTH AT WEST TOIXT
Mir tUr(M> T1CII'?,-?0c
Enjoy ?h?i day on tiriiutiftil York Rlior.
Flshlnsr, boating, etc. SOUTH RJtN HAIL
. WAV,
b - -
Elected Treasurer
nii hi ii i ii tthinmm
\V. F. AUfitlSVIXE. <>f Itlchmond.
CDNTRRCT RATE NOT OVER
8 PER CENT IS FAVORED
Virginia Hanker*' Association Would
Raise Maximum Prescribed
by Law.
MKETIXfi ADOPTS RESOI/TTIOX
Check-ColleetinR Plan Defended In
Address by Charles S. Hamlin.
Ofillers Are Elected and Reports
of Vnrious Committees Made.
[Special tc, The Tlm^s-Dlspatch.]
D!,|) POINT. VA , June 21.?Directed'
towards procuring relief from untoward
conditions brought about, in part, by
the Treasury Department's campaign
agalr.-"t "un:rir'??*" Interest charges, the
Virginia Hankers* Association to-ijnv
ratified a resolution looking to the
enactment of .1 State law permitting
a contract rate not exceeding S per
cent. Instead of the r. per cent rate,
which now is fixed as the legal maxi
mum.
The recommendation was reported by
itir. 1 evolutions committee, which dis
cussed the matter at an extended ses
sion. Vast sums of money, bankers
tri'nl this committee, are K-aving V;r
cin'.a for Georgia. Florida and other
States where higher rates of interest
prevail, and only the raising of the
con tract rate in this S'iUt, they said,
will correct this condition.
The resolution was adopted after a
short debate over scattering opposition.
Jt directs the president of the associa
tion to appoint a committee of ten
members, two from each of the five
bank irroups. one to be an officer of a
national and the other an efneer of a
State bank. The committee is directed
to take steps to secure the enactment
of a law legalizing a contract rate not
In excess of S per cent, but leaving the
rate per cent where no other rate
is specified.
ftPPOSF, COI.I.KCTIOX or
rorvriiY items at pah
Shortly before final adjournment,
upon the motion of J. F. Jtison. of Dan
ville. the convention adopted a resolu
tion condemning that portion of the
n..\v check-clearing system proposed by.
the Federal Reserve Board affecting
country items. The resolution is In
this language.
"Resolved, That it is the sense of this,
association that the provisions of the
Federal reserve law which contemplate
the ultimate collection at par of coun-]
try items, form an unwise and unneces- ^
sar.v featuie of that law, atul that the
Senators and Representatives from this
State he requested to use their efforts j
to secure an amendment of the law in j
this particular, eliminating this feature!
therefrom, and that, in the meantime.!
the. Federal Reserve Board be requested i
not to take action looking to the en- ;
forcement of said provisions."
1 Having dealt this blow at the Federal
collection plan, the bankers listened |
with Interest to an able defense of the;
Federal reserve banking system in gen- ;
eral and of the proposed new check- ,
collecting plan in particular by Charles ?
1 s Vlamlin, of Washington, governor of;
tile Federal Reserve Board.
I Admitting that a few country banks'
j will suffer a loss in income from ex-i
[change by reason of the par collection \
plan, said Governor Hamlin, even these ;
within a short time, will be compensated j
for the loss by Increased deposits andj
the 1m r?"r volume of business that will .
fall to them through the stimulation of.
industry and agriculture that will fol- j
low more enlightened hanking practice.)
To oppose a national system of check j
I clearing at par, said Governor Hamlin. J
j Is no more Justifiable than to oppose 1
| the construction of a great free high-;
way because a few owners of toll roads j
I benefit by their continuance. Akin to:
J such opposition, he said, wns the op
position of the city of Erie. Pa., many
! years ago to the transformation of the
j narrow-gauge Eastern railroad into a
standard-gauge road, thus making pos
sible physical connection with the
standard-gauge roads leading to the
West, whose, terminals were located In
another section of the city. The Join
ing of the two systems on a single
1 standard gauge, the clt.v of Erie feared,
I tContmucd on Fourteenth Page.)
I
Memorial Hospital Campaign to
Raise $250,000 Is Com
plete Success.
RICHMOND KEEPS FAITH
Largest Sum Ever Contributed
to Single Object in His
tory of City.
After k campaign which has been
filled with doubt and nervous anxiety!
an to its success, the fund of $2r.f>.Cinn
for a greater Memorial 7Iosp!tal was
assured last night. The campaign re
sulted In a complete success, and the
amount subscribed Is the largest sum
over contributed to any one object In
tho city of Richmond.
While the thermometer at headquar-!
frs was registering close upon the
f200.00ft mark shortly before 9 o'clock
last nlc-hr. the advisory committer was
In session in the offices of John Kerr
Branch, In the Merchants' National
I'&nk. The advisory committee, backt-d
by the amounts already raised in cash i
at;d in pledees. hound Itself to see that
'he complete sum was raised. It was
a matter of civic pride, and the c|tv
kept th? faith.
Concerning the meetlnir of the cam
paign committee in Mr. Branch's offices
Ihomns I Moore, general chairman,
made the following statement:
"In view of the fact that a large
number of corporations and individuals
h.t\e not yet subscribed to the fund for
Memorial Hospital, but have the mat
ter under advisement, and will not
rt-.ch a conclusion during the cam
of mJ /'1! ?n'!S lo-nicht' ? number
n Pledged themselves to
are from others additional subscrlo
. or.s which, with those made during
the campaign, will aggregate S25J..000.- i
ampalgn headquarters was kept'
T"""Khl ?UT|
scrjptions. Juki |nside the doors Mrs '
'.rt^vT V Randol?,h- wh" has worked" !
;?< t.\ f ly among the negroes. ?:it knit.
. , (Jur*"P the thunderstorm, waiting
cold Viln i h"r oolore'1 blends, a!
Put th? Wa" Ktt for ,h* workers !
Hut the canvassers came in only ,o re-!
t!.!bu,(JheJ? To seo,"e ?'her con
othe-"cui ' st:'a?eled in again with
oth<. subscriptions.
trflnul.lt ? l'IOOk ,203-0^ had been con
"hour the^cL'bV"^'*, WaS na8hcd
. ' ru>- Campaign managers
reHevc0 '?>- sue- !
Mue- ?n<* 'here was ;in air of
thankfulness that the campaign h-d
come to such a happy ending. :
i.innitai. ur:^i?o\sR
"ADE TO appeals
The campaign was begun on quiet'
?Mv T , r" Contributors were j
?. ? nd was decided to nnlsh with
? nhJrlwtnd canvass of the whole city '
luring the last .wo weeks. Though'
Hivhmond had alre-wH- .
1'beraiu. , , a,read> contributed
.. ra 11 j to various war relief meas i
>res and had been called on to Z-1st
n the building of a railroad, there was '
' h ral response to the call of Memo- |
Hal Hospital. As the need was vital 1
*"?*" ?- .?? wui imm":
Memorial Hospital w!M ,
greater. The negro pavilion, the ward
for contagious diseases and the homo i
for nurses will be huilt
Contributions have come ln rang- \
ing from 5 cents to J40,00l>. The f lc
tory p.rl gave her mite as the wealthy
man gave- from his millions. it '
a community effort, and men and
women of every class, creed and con
' "j,' ,1""- Eenocial
! ls *,vcn *o Thomas L. Moore ]
c a,man of 'b. advisory committee.!
and to John Kerr Branch and to John I
, a R' yan. to Coleman Wor-i
tham and to W. T. Dabney. of this'
committee, who gave liberally of their.
time and means io the success of the j
movement. j
No less credit ,s given to the phy
sicians. all of whom labored hard
nnd faithfully in helping to raise th" \
required amount. The committees
headed by r?r. pnui w. Howie. I'm- !
fessor \V. T. Rudd nnd r?r. Lawrence i
i. I rice, were '-specially successful I
in raising largo amounts.
I'F.OIM.K IV A 1,1, WALKS
?? TIIHIH SHAUK
The Woman's Auxiliary, of which
- is. I.), a. lvuyk was chairman, raised
during ten days more than ? 5,500, t>r
inoro than <550 a day.
Mrs. Norman V. Randolph, chairman
?T I he negro committee, than whom
fn,7,hf Trk7' hnrflor> ,onP'1r <?? more
faithfully, brought In a large num
ber of contributions. The colored peo
ple gave liberally, knowing that they
aro largely to benefit when tho great
er hospital is erected. Their contribu
tions amounted to more than $?. ooo
< olored girls working In laundries gave
from their sore-won wages, and men
working in the street did not forget
All were anxious to accept the t.rlvl '
lege of giving.
Committees working among the
white people solicited every section of
'h? city, obtaining subscriptions from
financier and factory girl. Oirls liv
lng on a wage of }?; * week donated"
several hundred dollars, while |ho
wealthy men gave their thousands. Tho
small contribution showed that the
community call had Its effect. and
that the, returns would have, been
(Continued on T?Jiith FageT) ~?
MEDICAL CORPS
IS MUSTERED IN
Hospital Arm First of Virginia
Volunteers to Enter Fed
eral Service.
?
RUSHING WORK AT CAMP
All Commands Ordered Out Will
Be in Richmond on
Tuesday.
Lieutenant-Colonel A. N. Stark and
Captain Arthur M. Shipp, United States
Army, yesterday mustered the Medical
Corps of the Virginia Volunteers into
the Federal service, giving that branch
of the State militia 'lie distinction of
helr.g one of the tirst organizations in
the country to becomn members of the
volunteer army of the United States
under the terms of the Hay-Chamber
lain reorganization act, which has
become effective as an emergency
measure. j
Under thf? reorganization plan, I.leu
tennnt-Colonel Junius !?'. Lynch, sur
geon-genera 1 in Virginia's military or
ganization. now becomes a major in
the volunteer army; Major Giles B.
Cook., of the First Regiment. Medical
Corps. retains bis former rank, and H.
Norton Mason and \V. Nelson Mercer
have been designated as captain and
first lieutenant. The officers underwent
the physical examination yesterday
afternoon at the Grays' Armory.
KLEVKN OF MXKTRION"
PASS PHYSICAL TBST
Out of the nineteen members of the
Hospital Corps who applied for admis
sion into the reorganized militia, eleven
stood successfully the riuid test of
physical ability prescribed by army
regulations. Fight of these will be
assigned to duty with the First Regi
ment, and three will po with the newly .
constituted First Cavalry Squadron, for-i
merly designated as the Light Infantry
IUues' Battalion.
Lieutenant-Colonel Stark is a mem
ber of the Medical Corps of the United !
States Army, and was transferred here
from Fort Monroe to assist Captain i
Shipp. who has been designated as chief
mustering officer at Camp Stuart, mus
ter the Virginia Volunteer*: into the
Federal service. The medical examina
tions are conducted hy Colonel Stark. '
Unlisted men In the. Ho.-pital Corps
who stood successful tests are: Marshall
\\*. Sinclair, sergeant of the first class;
Stuart D. Scott, sergeant; Horace G. I
Dodfi, Harry C. lnman, Leonard H. May-j
n.ird, Thomas P. Sliarpley, Leon .T.
Walton and Rugene R. Wltten, of the
First Regiment, and John M. Hughes,
Henderson R Harris and John McGuire,
of the Blues.
I'NDKil CANVAS AT CAMP
ON TUKSDAV NIGHT
Orders have been issued by the Ad
jutant-General to commanding officers
of every military unit in the Virginia
Volunteers included in the mobilization ?
call from the War Department to move
their men to Camp Henry Carter Stuart j
on Tuesday. Special railroad facilities
have been provided for the troop move
ment to Richmond, and little trouble is
anticipated In converting the Fair
Grounds site into an armed camp of |
troops by nightfall of the day speci
fied.
Immediate steps will be taken on the
arrival of the men to transfer them
from the State militia to a part of the
volunteer army of the United States,'
under the terms of the Hay-Chamber
lain act, now effective. Captain A. M.
Shi pp. mustering officer for the War
Department in Virginia, and Colonel
Alexander Stark, United States Army
medical officer, have already mustered
in the Medical Corps, which will assist
in the general muster.
Major J. C. Bowman, of the Field
Hospital Corps. Fast Radford, has been!
directed by the Adjutant-General to,
proceed with his staff of assistants to
the camp site to-day, so as to be in
readiness for any emergency that may
arise. The corps, consisting of forty:
men and five officers, will be quartered
in the Hermitage Road corner of the
Fair Grounds, at the Junction of the
Hermitage Road with the Boulevard.
The order for troop movement went
(Continued on ?Tweift"h Page.) ~
How About Japan?
Von know wlwt I American*
think of .Inpan. hut do you know
ivhiit .Inpniiene really tlilnk of
America? Do you knim what
tlie Japanese believe to l?e the
world-mission of llielr empire t
You Know tliat Japan nuide
twenty-one demand* on the '
Chinese Km |>l re. Inn do yon
renllj.e what tlin*e demand*
menu* to tlie I.'nlteil State* and
her people f Have you considered
what change* lite ne*t few jfiiri
will hrlnc fortli in American
commerce and industry f
You know that America must
reach out Into the Held of world
wide trade. Hut have you
thouKlit of the problem* we will
find there f Do you realise whnt
?Inpan'x i>nr with l.ermnny in
China will mean to American
trade In South Anicrlcaf
All tlie*e point* and many
other* are treated In a clear and
Interesting mnnner In a serle* of
ten article*, entitled "How About
Japan f" liy Frederic J. lfunkln,
which The Tlme?-DI*patch will
publish, hc&lniiliiK Monday, June
A Ktory you will want to rend.
Colonel Cornelius Vanderhilt, mil
llonnire nation;)I guardsman. super
vising the departure <>f the Sixty
ninth Regiment, .\. V. (;., aj the
railroad yards.
IN MOtfE TO man WAR
All Agree Thnt Conflict Met ween
C. S. and Mexico Would
He Calamity.
MEDIATION* FORM IMUH'OSKD
Inquiry Already Made of Arredondo,
Who Will Refer It to Cnrrnnzn. j
To He Taken l'p With Secretary
Lansing on Monday.
A\ ASHINtiTON, June 24.?Minister!
rsriiaeto Calderon, of Bolivia. speaking !
for several South and Central Anier
lean reptiblics, to-day asked Kliseo Ar- ?
redondo, Mexican ambassadnr-do3ig- I
nate., whether the Carranza govern
ment would be willing to accept media
tion in the crisis between the United ;
?States nu?l Mexico. The Mexican am- :
bassndor said he woidd communicate !
til*1* inquiry to General Carranza, but '
that he \va; not empowered to make a I
reply at this time.
Mr. Calderon failed to .see Secretarj i
Lii'isini; to- lay c.n the same mission, !
but announced to-niuht that lu- ex-,
pecteri to direct a similar inquiry to '
the American government on Monday, j
What form the inquiry from Minis
ter Calderon took was not disclosed ,
to-n:ght. His oonfc r< i*i's probalvly 1
will be followed by others to-morrow j
between many r.atin-Arnerlcan repre- j
sentatives to the United States. Am
sador Naon, of Argentina. returned to-j
night with the authorization of bis I
government to propose mediation. Dr.
(Sonzaln s. Cardova. the Eeuadorean ;
minister is expected to-morrow to dis- :
cuss the subject with Minister Zaldivar.
of Salvador.
^ if was indicated tonight that Mr. !
( alderon asked his govTriitm nl several
days ago to authorize him to take part
in any mediation negotiations. Imme
diately upon receiving the authoriza
tion he conferred with other J.atin
Amerlcan diplomats and then took up
the subject with Mr. Arredondo. It
was understood to-night that all the
South and Central American r. pre- i
sentatives approached by Mr. Calderon!
agreed with him that a conflict be
tween the United Stales and Mexico I
would lie a calamity, and that the!
American and Mexican governments :
should be ?>ked whether they would bet
willing to accept mediation
It was indicated in ofllcial quarters!
earlu>r in the day that the United I
States, engagr d oi;ly In protecting j
American lives and property, corn-id
ere,I there was nothing at this tin,- to1
mediate, so far as the policy of this
government was concerned. it was
not denied, however, that future devel
opments might permit mediation.
IHI'I.OM ATS TO com Milt
ox -mkoiatiov I'UV
^OUK' ?,un? 24.?Conzalo S
ardoya, minister from ICcuador to the
nited States, announced through his i
?secretary to-night that he would leave!
for Washington i;it<> to-night or ,.llriv j
to-morrow to confer with other South '
American diplomats l? ?? ,.?nrt
?ring about mediation between the
I nlted States and Mexico.
"omulo s Xaon. Argentine ambassa
lor to the 1 nited States, i,.rt r?r vv.^h |
ington late to-day accompanied by his '
secretary.
i>r. Cardova said he had received in
structions from senor i:. n rhz-ild.
the Foreign Minister of F>.?ador" di'
roc ing him to confer w?h the other
diplomats and s.ating he bad ,.r,t mes- !
ages to the Foreign Ministers r.f Hj|
; r''nn <*?"
O direct their representatives In Wash
'"> "?? B??,, ,r?,
effort to avert n contlict.
POPE MAKES APPEAL
l.'rge* \VII,ftn nn.l Cnrronni to
Their Knrnrsf Kn.lravor, t?
Avert Wnr.
LONDON*. June 1M.?A wireless dis
patch from Rome says that Pope Bene
dict has appealed to President Wilson
and General Carranza to use th? Ir
earnest endeavors to avert war.
f r?o
FORCES MIY BE AT GRIPS
ON MEXICAN SOIL NOW
Apprehension Over Probable Meeting!
of ltival Troops in at Least
Two Plares Stirs Border.
TRKVIXO TIIKKATK.NS ATTACK
|
Pershing Vncloubtcdly Takes Steps
to Protect American Detachments.
Carri/.al Kiglit Part <>r Plan forj
General Move Against. Americans. j
l-;i. PASO. TKXAK, June 24.?Appro- ,
hetisiou thai battles may ??t; in prog-I
ress between American ami Mexican j
troops :n ai least two places in North-j
cm Chihuahua, gripped the border to
night.
American columns were moving in j
the direction of San Antonio and OJo- j
ealiente, while General Jacinto Tre- <
vino, commanding the Carranza army ;
of the north, has ordered troops at
adjacent points u> attack them if they '
do not retreat immediately.
While information concerning these
movements readied here to-day from
Chihuahua City, additional advices in
dicated that Ueneral Trevino's scouts
reported the approach of the Americans
yesterday and that his orders wero
issued immediately. With the lapse
of twenty-four hours, it is assumed
here that Hie opposing forces may
have met.
Kittle was Known here to-night as
to the strength of the American col
umns or their mission, but it was
assumed that one of them might be a
detachment sent by General Pershing
to rescue the survivors of the Tenth
Cavalry, engaged at Carrizal.
Army officers here also pointed out
that the column headed for Ojoealiente,
about thirty miles south of Carrizal,
probably is composed of the troops
surviving the engagement there, and
the two squadrons of the Kleventh
Cavalry sent tc> reinforce them. Mexi- ,
can authorities content themselves with '
asserting that the strength of the I
commands dispatched t?> meet them'
is adequate.
A M Kit It.'A.VS MA \ I IK
IX I't ItSI If OK II V.N I)ITS
It is believed here that the American !
command advancing in the direction of
San Antonio, fifty miles southeast of
Namiquipa may be in pursuit of ban- ;
dits.
While th<- lack of definite informa
tion begets apprei^ension. military men
point out. that General Pershing, with
General Trevino's threats and the
Carrizal fight before him, undoubtedly
has taken steps to protect detachments
he has sent out, and that preparations
havn been made to reinforce the Ameri
can columns if necessary.
A suggestion that the Carrizal fight
was but .in Incident ot what was plan
ned to be a gctitral attack on ths
American expeditionary command was
received here late today front General
Pershing's headquarters. The reports
pointed out that only the palpabl.)
strength of the Americans deterred
the Carranza followers.
Support is lent to this belief hy the
(Continued on Srrond Page.)
Mt.IlT I.IXK TO n.VI.TIMOttK
New |i.t!ull.il Stenmr:-*. St.it. rooms be<t i
ronin* .single .inti en miIIi>. pni-d- t>uhs ?-t<
"'? < ry . .'.ii.ter: A ? Sr!t*iittili, > c?i exiting
trip. CllLSAi'ljAKE b. b. CO,
URGENT DEMAND
BYWASHINGTONTO
BE MM ONCE
Also to Insist on Immediate
Release of Captured
U. S. Soldiers.
FAILURE TO COMPLY
WILL BRING ON'CLASH
War Department Continues Ef
forts to Speed Up Mobiliza
tion of State Troops.
WILL RE RUSHED TO BORDER
In Event of Hostilities, Complete
Occupation of Xortheraf'Moxico
Will Re Ordered.
VTAfmrXOTO.Y. Juno 24.-A peremp
torv demand that General Carranza re
pudiate the attack on American troops
at Carri7.nl and Immediately release all
captured American soldiers wan under
stood to-night to be tho next step In
the Mexican crisis, now contemplated
hy the Washington government.
Failure to comply with either demand
undoubtedly would result in "the
gravest consequences" foretold in Sec
retary I .a nsfn g's recent noto to the de
facto government.
formulation of ? communication
awaited a final report from General
lershlng on the Carrlzal incident.
1 ending its receipt, the War Depart
ment pressed urgently to-day its efforts
to re-enforce strongly tho border pa
trol and prepare for any eventuality
Full information from American
sources as to what happened at Car
rlzal. was still lucking, and the long
delay in rinding additional uurvtvors of
tho fi^ht was regarded as an ominous
sign. No American oflicer may sur
vive. in that event action by the
I nlted .States probably would he based
on the reports already received front
stnipslei's.
from ">e stragglers. tho Amer
,len'1 '^Ported by Mexican authori
ties and the prisoners in Mexican
hands, more than a score of men re
mained unaccounted for. out of Captain
Ho.vd's little detachment of negro
troops. Without exception th*. repotts
of tho stragglers indicate that the
fore was trapped and massaored by
machine-gun lire.
IM'.HSHIMi'N CAVALKY Sl'PPORTS
MOAHIXU SCI'..MO ()P TRAfiEDY
s.,nie hope persisted fo-nlght that a
few of the command, left afoot In the
desert when th.-lr horses stampeded
ii.w et the Mexican fire, may have dug
themselves in somewhere in the coun
try west of Carrlzal, and be waiting
for relief. General Pershing's cavalry
supports were nearlng the scene of tha
tragedy. and already hud picked up a
number of survivors, according to late
teports from the border.
(Mlicials were plainly concerned with
news dispatches from Chihuahua sav
ing that General Jacinto Trevlno. the
;TtV+'\ COm,mander' had tlireatened to
ait.uk American columns, reported ad
vancing from tho field base toward San
Antonio and OJocallente, if they did not
immediately retreat. Another battle
hi.tntMo"!''' m"I"t ???"?"
Humors that the Cnrranza govern
ment was seeking mediation through
other I.a tin-American nations came
irom many quartern to-day. The ao
"vltlra o, Ell.,0 Arredorfdo.
can nmhassador-designate, lent weight
to the reports. Private advices from
Mexu-o City also continued to Indicate
hat .oneral Carranza still hoped to
i?d a way to evade tho storm his policy
has aroused.
No offers of mediation reached th*
" < epaitniont from any source. Ad
ministration omcials hold that thev
have ??thlng to mediate. It I, gen*r'
. M.v regarded as unlikely that Presi
dent \\ ilson would agree to anv pro
Posal that meant tying the hands of
?eneral 1-unston in his efforts to pro
tect the border fro,,, bandits. A media
"on ,|,I,ul r,'st'"g on a military static
Jiuo during negotiations, would prevent
Piu.Milt of raiders or any operation
beyond the bord,r to break up bam'it
organizations before the, Secame dan
r-'ei ous. And it is for ths purpose
n'i i I"? IVn,hin*,?' has been
" ' nt',,in0,1 Present pc,,tl.?, lU"
*>Ptie ? arranzas opposition.
cakrav/.a hi st riiwr.K
vrrri'i dm to kki:p peack
I 'rider these circumstances, it was ir.
t:mated on high authority that efforte
toward preservation of peace, concern-"
"'ff the initiation of which the minis
ter of Salvador was authorize* to-da,
o confer with his diplomatic col agues'
could go r.o further than .in attempt to
persuade General I'arranza to change
his attitude toward ,h.. determination
f'f the I nlted Slates to prote. t Its peo
ple and territory.
Ambassador Xaon. of Argentina, who
was a leader in the movement to recogv
? ...e the ? arranza d<> f.tc'o government
during the fan-American .onference*
as to Mexico, is understood to hav*
?dvised his government last nUht that
' "-trcumaiarces did not lend thom*
?selves ;o a mediation proposal at ibi*j
ii.ne. He Mine here, ye?t?rday fror?.!
* e? \ ork and aun diplomatic and sitLW*
,