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TERMS, $1.?0 IN ADVANCE PER ANNUM. " I II K HANI) OF THK DILIGENT SH.M.L HI* I,K." 1 '< s'iii,ii CM A I* 1 KS W. Ml lU'M.MOKK, PROP VOLUME 32. CAMDEN, KEKSHAW COUNTY, S. C, TUESDAY. JL'NK 27. 19k>. NUMBER 39 I FIGHT IN MEXICO I U. S. TROOPS AMBUSHED AND I SHOT BY CARRANZAS LIST OF DEAD UNKNOWN Machine Gun Feurful Work Upon Ne^ro Cavalry ? l". S. Squad ron Wm Working About 70 Miles East of Pershlnjc's I>lne When At tacked at (ho End of a Parley. Stragglers from the Tenth Cavalrv detachment that was In the tight at Carrizal arrived at Gen. Pershing'* headquarters Thursday and told him that the fighting began with an in provoked attack on the Americans a; tho concluBion of a- parley with the] Mexican commander. The men were unable to tell an/ thihg regarding the casualties or even the phases of the engagemen' They retreated during the fight, oe~ cain e separated from their com mands, making their way back to the American lines. Two troops of the Tenth Cavalry (oin panics C, commanded by Capt Chas, T. Hoyd, and Company K, com manded by ('apt. Louis Morey, con: prised the detachment that advanced within a mile cf Carrazal at savor a. tn. June 21. They had stopped a' O'o de Santo Domingo on the previ oi night, resuming their march to \1 '?? the east at four o'clock the n ornlng. From their position In front o' Carrazal the commander of the de tachment, believed by Gen. Pershlnr to have been Capt. Boydi since he was senior in rank to Capt. Morey Bent forward a Mexican guide to ge" from tho commander of the Mexlcat garrison there permission to pas through the town. Gen. Felix Gomez sent back word by tho guide that tho American* might pass through if they woult1 consent to a parley. Without wait lng for the commander of tho Amer lean force to reply, Gon. Gomez, ac compnnled by an aldo, apneared am' tho American officer rodo forward to talk with him. While they were talking, the mei told (fen. Pershing, the Mexicai troops moved forward In force ant deployed In such manner that then appeared danger of (he Americar force being surrounded. One of th men said the American officer ar poured, to protest. against the pos' tlona Oon. (iomes'k ttwpij "V6rte't8V lng. A few minutes lator Gon. Gome rode toward one end of the Moxlca lino and, lmmedlatoly after he got there, tho Mexicans began the attack sweeping tho Amorlcan line with r machine gun. It was not until then, according t< the story, that tho American com mandor gave orders for both troop to dismount and return tho tire. Gen. Pershing said that boforo th Americans left on the expedition both he and Major Evans, of the Tenth Cavalry, cautioned tho com manding officer to he very carofu not to provoke a fight. Gen. "Pershing had received nc news of tho two squadrons of th Eleventh Cavalry he sent out to ge In touch with the troops that were at Carrizal. Staff officers hero ca ru'ated that the relief party Rhoul' ro'ch tho remnnnt of tho ll'.tlo de tachment lalo Thursday night or Fr' day morning. It was assumed thr.t because thr two troons wore returning with tho! wounded progress necessarily wn slow. Tho engagement t^ok place on th Santo Domingo ranch near the Mexl can town of Carrizal, which is nl"' mllos southwent of Villa Ahuinads the Mexican fl"ld headquarters I' northern Chihuahua. The number of (lend, American or Moxlcan, In not (lfflnltol)- known htil nearly h ncoi-e of (ion. IVr Hlilntl's men are na!<1 to havo boon killed and tho Mexican* are sn'd to linvr l'?st more than two score. Seventeen Americana urn declare*' by Mexican officials to havo boo captured and to havo boon hurrlot' to Chihuahua City undor adoquat guard. A machine gun used by the Moxlcann Is reported to havo don< heavy execution. Tho clash nt Carrlzal botwoer American and ( 'arranzlata troops brlngR tills country to tho threshold of mtiml bf'Rtllltlon with Mexico. Th* : attnek l>v Moxlcana on a dotaohmon* of tho Tonth Cavalry Is nothing Ion tlinn official* linvn boon foarltu? ?' moHl moniontarlly since Sunday. In view of Con Trovino'R warning t' flrn I'orahlng that. IT American troops wore moved south, orist. or womI It would bo construed as a ho*; tlio not. and tboy would bo fired upon. Tho detachment of tho Tonth Cav airy, which had boon scouting north east r>f F,1 Vallo. wan doroyod Into an ambush. and thou fired upon by a superior force of Mexicans. accnrdlnn to a roport that roarhod (Son. Fun nt on. Tli I r version wfir el von to O^n I '.oil In Kl l'aso t>y Americana who paRRod through Villa Alumsida With this roport (Jon Moll wont tho roport of tho circumstances surrounding tho fight that hnd boon made public by tho Moxlcan officials at Juarez. and which placod all tho blamo on tho Amorlcann, charging thorn, among othor thlnga, with shooting a Moxl can dispatch boaror undor a flag of true? nnd thon chftrging tho Moxlcan force No othor roport wur rocolvod by (Ion FunRtnn. and It wan thought probable that tho nown of tho fight hnd not yot reached Con, Pershing, to whom muflt bo carrlod overland by courier. Tho Amorlcnn whoso version of tho light wan Inoludod In OiVn. Holl> re port upoaka and understands Span ish. ?nd Untuned to th? conservation of Mexicans on tho train otol ith* and coldleri on th? VUl* Ala ATTACKED WITHOUT CAUSE SAYS GENERAL PERSHING Mexicans Opened Fire With Machine Guns After a Conference lle tween Commanders. Secretary Baker made public Fri | day a report from Geu. Pershing on tho fighting at Carrizal based on per sonal questioning of Gen. Torching from two troopers of tho Tenth cav alry, engaged in the conflict. It in dicates that the attack upon the Americans was unprovoked, hut gives no estimates of casualties on either side. Inasmuch ns Gen. Pershing had not had an opportunity to confer with any officer of the two troops. Secre tary Hakor said that a definite con clusion as to where the blame rested could not be formed. The report, which was taken to the White House earlier in the day and afterward laid before the cabinet, told substantially the same story car ried In border press dispatches Thurs day night. It said the Mexican troops opened flro with a chine gun after a twenty-minute conference between Captain lioyd. of Troop C, Tenth cav alry. commanding the detachment, and Gen. Gomez, the Carranza com mander at Carri7.nl. "The war department has received from Oen . Funston ttie following transmitted from (Ion. Pershing: "'Personally questioning troopers with referenco to the Ahumada af fair. Two troops. Tenth cavalry. Boyd's Troop C and Morey's K, Join ed on the night of the twentieth at Ojo Santo Domingo, marched to with in ono mile of Carrizal on the t wen ty-flrst. Captain Boyd In command, arriving there at seven-thirty a. m Boyd sent in a Mexican guide to ask ^ermistdon to pass through the town Mexican guide returned with refusal 'rom Gen. Gomez Then Gomez sent out note by orderly saying that Boyd flight pass through tho town, pro vided they stopped for a conference. " 'Then Gen. Gomez himself came out nnd discussed the situation t\ f - '.eon or twenty minutes with Boyd Meantime Mexican troops moving out from tho town began surrounding Boyd's column, Gomez retlre<l, anil when he readied the right of his troops, Mexican troops hetgan firing nachino guns. Boyd Qj^n dismount Td to tight on foot.' "Gen. Pershing also reports that ^e lias sent out cavalry to support md bring back tho two troops in luestion. As yet. however, lias not ^ad any opportunity to confer with iny officer of either of the troops, ?vnd what, if any, misunderstanding 'ed to tho attack, it is impossible to ? i.dge from tlio o.vJjionc? at l^nd.'* BAKER ORDERS MILITIA DIRECT TO THE BORDER "Jommanders Instructed to Notify Funston When Heady and Ho Will Station Commands. Secretary Baker issued orders to all army departmental commanders to send to the Mcxican border all mlllt la available Immediately upon their organization, without waiting for completion of the mobilization of the separate states, Tho commanders were requested to notify Gen. Funston when each regi nent, trocp, battery or other unit ?ompleted muster. General Funston vl 11 Indicate where he wishes the 'orces sent in each Instance, nnd the lopartmontal commander, without "urther instructions from Washing "nn. will nrr.inpn transportation and ?nd them forward. Tho announcement of the new irders was nnde officially a for Fri 'ay's cabinet meeting, but it was un lorstood that they ncf^nlly had boon ssued before the ca t> i 1 et convened. No explanation was offered for the Mnge in tho original plan to send ?>n!y a pirt of tlu- aval'able Guards en at present and officials would ?ot disclose whether news of any mnortant developments in Mexico >ad caused the step. FORD DISCHARGES SOLDIERS >."trolt Manufacturer Hays Hermits Will F/0?0 .lobs. In linn .with Ills pacifist policie' 1 CM ry Ford nnti'iiincivl thnt any em loyo?*s of the Ford ^lotor company v 'o are members f > t" tho M;"htt'a'' National (!uard will not only no! re M vp pay while absent. 1 > vi ' w'll f < > r ?"elt their places np well Many F<>ril ?moloypes who Intend in enlist as r< ?n't'? In 1 1 < o rju rd likewise will re 'nrpilsh their p'accs. It was cald At " o offices of Mr Ford Information I" .'inw mnny milltlar'jon wore In fMrled In bin twenty thousand odd employees at Detroit was refused "We would be sorry to ser, any of eur men resign to enlfst In tin f!ur?rd." one of Mr. Ford's assistants said, "hut both recruits and State militiamen will he treated alike as thouph they <|ult the plant to encase in other linos of business." KOCKEFELLER PATRIOTIC ?folin l>. Si?> m Ills Mine* Will (ilvr Ilnlf Pay to Wives. John IV Rockefeller has <1 ?? rn ? ? n - at rated I r patrlntlam through an of n- Inl announcement to .1 I-" Wei born, president of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company, that nil employee? of the cornpnny who t"> with Statol militia to the. Stale mobili/ itlon ramp or the Mexlrnn border wi 1 xct hark : their old John when they return Married men will receivo half pay | from the company. ' other on tha clevorneRa which en abled thorn to capture neventeen American prisoner* and kill a num ber of others. He nald the men on the train llntened eagerly while the! ?tor"* wn told of him the Americana hod lM?n ?ntlr?d into a narrow pao tfliln# gun, RUSSIANS CHECKED i + 'GERMANS HOLD IP ADVANCE OF SLAVS IN THE EAST FIRST GAINS LNDENIED Statement* From Hattlefront Sent to America From Vienna ftn<l Ilerlln Tell of Hussinn Attack??? Austria Sml on Third Kvncuntion of ( V.ner owltz, Hut llope Iluns HIkIi. The official communication* issued by the German. Austrian, and Rus sian war offices all indicate that, as lias been anticipated, the Germans are making a determined effort to resume the initiative lost by the Rus sian general Hrusiloff's drive and create a diversion by n strong attack on General Kuropatkln'B armies in the north, and especially in Volhynta, on the Styr and Stokhod Rivers, In an effort to prevent t lie Russians re ceiving reinforcements. .Xltlnuigh up to the present the (iornuiUH Hio making no striking ad vances they arc clearly holding up their opponents. Most stubborn light ing, Willi fluctuating results, is pro ceeding around Gruziatyn, west of Kolki. The Germans also are again attacking further north, in the Stnor gon district and the region of Riga. Military experts say that it remnins to be seen whether the Germans will bo ablo to bring sufficient pressure In these sectors to relievo the hard prssed Austrians in Hukowlna and enable them to make a fresh stand 011 a now line. The German and Austrians lu Vol hynla were vigorously on the offen sive against the Russians Friday and seemingly have stopped, for the time being at least, the Russian drive westward. Along the Stokhod River, west of the Styr in the region of Sokul, and still farther west around Mylsk sanguinary engagements are in progress. In these encounters the Russian war office says the Germans and Atis trains have been repulsed, while Ber lin declares that on both sides of Turin River and southward from Sviniukhl to Grochov, the Russians have been driven farther back, and that northwest of Lutsk, the Russian utempts to dispute German successes were without result. Ou the Stripa in Galicla, the Rus siauS imvfa taken V j trenches of the Teutonic altlos near Galvoronka, and farther south in Hukowlna have driven their forces forward southward and captured Radautz, about thirty miles below Czernowitz, and taken inoro officers, men and guns. From north of the I'rlpet marches to the region of Riga the Germans igain have opened what apparently is a- general offensive, heavily bom- 1 barding Russian positions or throw ing violent infantry attacks against them. Wnlle Berlin reports nothing except successful German patrol in- J cursions, Petrograd says the Germans ire violently bombarding the Ikskul) bridgehead, and have driven their in fantry against Russian positions around Dvinsk. near Dubatowka, -outh of Krevo, and on the Oginskkl Canal. All these attacks are dech.red to hnvo failed, except near Krevo, where the Germans crossed the river, but later wero driven back to the west bank. Berlin reports a headquarters dis patch: After Initial undeniable suc cesses the Russian offensive has been -lowing down in tempo from day to day. West of Lutsk they only felt their way along with the utmost cau lion. In '.he region around Torchin lively r(.?.r guard actions .lovelopod. The reasons why the vast Russian human tidal wave has luckily ebbed so rapidly are to be sought in the juallty of the Russian army itself. \ltlK ueh because of tlielr superior ity in artillery and tlie use. of colossal su.'stititles of ammunition the first etorm succeeded with relative ease, he Russian soldiers petered out In later attacks. Moreover, the situation is quite lifferent triiin what it I m < I been pic 'ured if) t'.ie Russian troops, w h os< 1 officers. according to stat cinciil h of ?>risoners. had toid them the offon i\e would be a veritable parade. Instead, thev found themselves faring sturdy nu'l bravo defenders \g;iln, tin ir main army, the ln-avy srliMery. pot stu'k in the KwainpH. r I n ? i" ?? f ( i e. it is not surprising, now ' r.t Ctrriinn troops have born hurled into the bottle. Iliat t li r? Russian ad . :i n < ? ** hr>s come to n dead stop. It would be preniat uro to indlcn'o a t > > 1 1 1 i it k about events in tbe Inline 'lialo future, but this miicb may b<> -stated with s.i t isfail ion 'I he spirit of on i troops is excellent Tltey are full of quiet roiilid<MK'e and the joy of battle. Austrian Headquarter* reports The Russian offensive inm entered a new phase. The main Russian thrust from Rovno o\i>- lo l.utsk, has heen bronchi to a (?""andstill for the last four days, while for two days tie1 Russian offensive wedge. whose point had rem -lied l.okatchi. has been involved in fresh fighting against three fronts, namely toward the west in the original direction of Kovel. toward the nouth, and against troops of the upper Styr front, who on go ing hack took up new positions on the Kuga and I'lpa. These three groups of our forces are now engaged in hard ftghtlnsc w'th the enemy. Whllo for tlireo days It seemed that the advance of the Russian left winK, too, had been checked it do veloped that the enemy's masses In the eastern sector of t..e Rruth line c.ould not he hold for any length of time, and. thereby, C.jornowltz'R fate was sealod Ar wo did not want the Hukowlna capital to ho Rhot to ploces I only to hnvo lo give It up In tho ond | we had to evacuate it. CzomowitZ I waa novor further than flv? mllo? b?* hiud our flghtln* front, YVHUt U?t mo?t rtUtwii ot til* -r_ > * 1 JkUMLI r- I AN EIGHT-SHIP PROGRAM IS TO GO BEFORE SENATE Tillman Snys Sitb-Coiumittee Will Favor l our Battle (,'ndser* antl I'our Dreadnoughts. A proposal for four battle cruisers and four dreadnoughts in this year's i naval construction program was dis cussed by the Senate sub-committee, before which the naval bill is pend ing. While no decision was reached. Chairman Tillman predicted after tho conference that the e.uht capital slnp plan would bo approved, and Sena tors Swfinson and I.oduc, tho two other members. Bald a substantial in crease was certain over the House buildine pf""ram of five battle cruis ers and n ' * .-adnougljts. President Wilscu and Secretary Paniels outlined to Senators Tillman atul Svvansoti nt a W hite House con fer. -nee their belief that the House building provlsiot * should ho ex panded. The administration's de termination, Mr. Tillman said, had found a ready revonse in the sub committee. which had indicated its willingness tit least to meet the presi dent's recotiuyenda' ions. It is under stood that elirht capital ships" will more than satisfy the administration, and that four battle cruisers and three dreadnought* is the most it has I iope<! for. "We are going to give the navy the entire increase in personnel ihat they ask for, too," sa d Senator Tillman. "I think the total enlisted strength they want is about seventy thousand men. or an increase of twerj thorn sand seven hundred men. The sub committee alrend v lias practically agreed on that. We are seeking to get the revised hi'.l to the full com mittee the last of the week and will trv to net i; in th" Senate early next week." ARMY MEN FEAR DISASTER TO SOLDIERS AT CARRIZAL Lossoh Admit JeUt.v Mo;u) ? Over oO Per Cent. ? No News Indi cates Destruction. Whether the little force of the Tenth I'nlted Slates cavalry under ( apt. Charles T. Ituyil fought their way out Biiccssfully through the ring of .Mexican troops which had almost MiiTOimdcxl them at Carri /.a I .June 21 ctill was not known at (ifn. Ftui.-ilon's headquarters Friday. No ne^s frf^i (Ion. Pershing has utn.1i r lh<?.. ar^'vnl last ThurHclny nighV of the report based on tho stories of stragglers who start ed back to the main column before tho fighting at Cairlzal had ended. Hear that tho casualties suffered by Capt. Hovd's command hal been very heavy was expressod by army officers in San Antonio, Texas. It was pointed out that If twelvo men h;ul been killed, as reported through Mexican sources, it would mean that from thirty- live to forty had been wounded, according to the usual pro portion. These, with the number report ed from Chihuahua to have hoen captured, would account for practi cally one troop, or fifty per cent, of the command. From the re ports ?\ullnhle so far it Is hy no means certain that Capt. Hoyd's command was not practically wipe?l out. SCOTT FEARS WAR IS NEAR (Jeneral is t'nahle to Accept In Per son Degree From College. Gen. Hugh I/, Scott, chief of staff of the I'nited States army, Wednes day received the honorary degree oi Doctor of .Military Science at tho an nual commencement of Pennsylvania Military College. L'p to the last mo ment it was thought that Con. Scott, despite, the Mexican crists, would be present to accept, the honor, which has been conferred only on -e before in this country, and then upon Majoi (inn. Leniijml Wood, when he was chit1! of still f. (h'li. Scot' sent this message from ? I i ?* war department to Col. Charles K Hyatt, commandant at the tollege. "The situation is such that, the secretary do> s not wish me to leave the rlty. Any moment may require my presence here to Initiate war ncaimt M e \ j co if ;i telegram should conie in s tying (ien. I'ersliiiiK had been attacked, as threatened." PACKERS ARE PREPARING Sldol rurh liiK I'rivnto ConroriiH for (.infrnincnl Oiflers. Mt?bili/ illun of Chicago's great food imlu-tries for the supply of i <T ii l:t r army art*' Cuard^men heg;m Thursday. Sovcral corporations d< rl.ired I !???>? 1 1 ; i < I sid '?! rack <m1 private I roii 1 1 ,i< I <; to k i v?* government order i Im' pr> fe? encn. Moiri s and Co . packers, f t a r I ed om rii'-h orders for five hundred tliou Jsail'l poll Till?* Of ' 'Hiked corned lie<<f In !><? ?t I ? i | to San Antonio, Tftin Hi.- order will 1k< filled before lli?* 'nil of iIim work. ' Our only apprehension about fill I ii ?t orders for the government li?-s In tin- scarcity of livestock." said N'i Ison Mo rls of Morris and Co "\at iiral'v. with such a condition, tin pai'ki'i s are making extraordin ii ry efforts to Iviv ill the livestock tln<v can in order to i>e prepared for Hie govern merit's calls " , eneniv armlftf. already, Involved In a 1 fierce battle in the north, in which 'the Austro Hnnparlnns with the nld of German troops already havenchlev ' ed successes, or.r southern wins: un ! der the tried leadership of Oeneml ! I'flnnzer flnltln. and seasoned by passing through many orlses, will ac cept battle wjiero the leadership j deem* b?nt I Tl>?? ?t?rrny'? ln?s??, despite Hri|*< (poft&fcntd on I tut ***??)' BRITISH ABE BEADY PLAN OFFENSIVE WHENEVER THE FRENCH GIVE WORD HOLO LONGER LINES NOW I >ispatches Indicate Hi^ Kffort M?> l>e Mailc by Allies on Western Front at \ 11 \ Time ? Fnulish Have Plenty of Mi'ii and Ammunition Hut Wait for llinht Time. Partly as a result of the activities on the various war fronts this week :\ widespread belief ovists in London that the :i< At fortnight may prove the most important thus far in the war. Paris reports: (iivat interest ha> heen aroused in Frame b\ a state ment made hy Hoiiar Law to the Matin that the llritish army, com pletely in accord with (ion. .loffre, was prepared to mii\c whenever the French headquarters staff saw (it. The statement is accepted as a suf ficient answer to the charge of !'>rit ish indifference to the French losses hetore Verdun. The press e\;>re>e> much satisfaction over I'.onar Law's frank statement. From the outset tho military authorities have insist ed that it would be playing Ger many's jjatnc for the Hriiish to move before the psychological moment, a Jill have scouted anti-Uritish ru nu)"s as idle or malicious gossip, ilonar l.awV. statement will no far to reassure the French people. Til ore is reason to believe, says the New York Times, that in addition to the ftreat Kussian olfcnslvn under way against the Austrian*, mid an ndior already began ugainst the Cior inims on (ho northern part of tin* lino, a third is about to l>o launched t?y (lv* British in (ho wom If (his laM is not now u n< It-i- way. For woo kg (hero have been unmis takable signs of a groat British of fensive impending. which would b o conie uclive when (lie Gerinp.ua be foro (ho British line hail in on re duood to a minimum, and propitious offensives had boon begun by the Allies in other quarters. The British front formerly extend ed from the Belgim front, which ends about ten miles north of Ypres, for thirty-two miles down to about the Bamo distance from Arras. In the hist wook in .March t.lio British i^placitl the French as far Jts the U'ijo Hallway, south of (ho Soniino, untl llniN occupied a front of ahou( ninety mllo.s, or a <|u>u irr cj the en tire woKlorn front. The substitution of British for French troops In the southern sector, the French going, It is believed, to the Verdun defenses was made without any offensive on the part of the Germans. Prior to the beginning of the Ger man campaign against Verdun on February 21 a British offensive had heen weekly expected by visitors to (lie large British concentration camps, parade, grounds, and store houses in the rear of the British front. Particularly was thhi so whet, a great movement of Gernu.n troop* was observed going eas t and south In the week of Fobrurry IK, through '"ontral Belgium and northern Franco. However, subsequently the gigantic proportions of the Gorman offensive at Verdun were said to have diminished the chances of an offensive by the Allies In the near future, as It was pointed out that the defense of Verdun must necessarily make great inroads on their accumulations of munitions and men. It had unofficially transpired I however, that In the defense of Ver- I dun, the French had not ^otio beyond the use of their lot - I reserves, v? for the veterans who had boon trans ferred from the wcsli'r.i sector. and that the reserve force of 1 '? I 'i and 1 !H 7 conscripts of one million mei rind the veteran Territorial army o mother million had not been touch Ml. Me.-ides, the only aid tlie Mriti?l gave to t he defense of Verdun a the loan of ; :i Australian battery o naval finis. v. Inch performed a s p< la I set \ ji t- ;i ; ii t to -n r (?! i red i t i also siirtiilhant Mat llm I " r ? n? h , ii the defense ot Vei lun, ti,ive made i . > u-e of their heavy mobile artillery Then on May l'.<. Sir Itoinrlas llaii: the Mi Pish i-om ma nd< r hi chief i: France. penned hi; ppoit dev.erihiiu* the last Ii v ? ? nion!h< of !i?;htitu; on In front. In this it port pome fit' th> most re<ent enrac iio ii I ?< which from Merlin and even l.ondon, wen (!?? -i una 1 ed as "Ib-rce drive-" on Mi< part of ' he (jermans are herein calm |y scl down a : "sharp Inial action1*' iif;ir llo<i'.o 'II. e Ml. iff. St Khn \V nl verehem. ilulluch. t ! i ? ? llohcn/.ol bin Uedonlit. and Verrnellep. Tin ve " harp local ;i" liotis.'' how i'ht. reveal the point ? in the (Sermai line whi(h would in ? d n a d i n t men ' in the lace of a Mriti-.h offensive The ctratei'v of tin- I ne r?m*<in what it w.is when the Mrilhdi mad' their salient at N'pre? in f)cioi>er I 'i I 1 . and at N'eii\ <? ( ' : i ipelle ii M ir< Ii of lav I v?*ai and at l,oo?i in Se p 1 1 in her o I la st w nr I up :r< f ? i I the (l"ri1iatl,? HUH I th?ir 11 n i > -a i ili n i and in mii i t ??>i,-~ ?? <r luil'A .ivm ;i licit i ? li off.n "jvi- ill till' l;itt"r would j'op;irdl/'' tli?? (',? rnian lin< ; . . crunin ii ii irn I ion I i tli" < ti i iii ji:i y n ? ? I. ill". I."ii?. I'ouai. nnd St Qii on tin Willi Id tie tlio ikiImi.iI obJortlvoK of fnrli of It ii<si \ i ? in tii" noith air nt"ti of Mi" Alii"1* linvo obsorvod tliat tli" f!"rmnn'i haw- rebuilt tli" Kronrh fort i fl f 1 1 ions ;it IJIU'. Ko'hambeau. jMauboiiRo I ,n ii d rr"i '>*?. Illr?mi. I, a n:i?l I.aon. while in tho no\ith j thoy havn pr"p.'irf>d tl.roo linos of (In j fonro in fa an offensive wore de ; Hvorod In tho ChnmpiiRiif by tho l'ro,.oh ns in Septoniber lant and tho ; Gorman* wore ntill able to defend j tholr rlR*' 'onti'fl wh^ro tho Tlrltlsh then, h i) now. threaten*1*' tholr chief I rail*** Junction* and bine*. Truui Ui* lat?r<jal rrf Blf Gl'NS COMMAND-BORDER AS MEN WAIT FOR WAR (iruve Apprehension Felt for Safety of American Soldiers That Were Captured. American cuns command t V. o sit uation at every important point Fri day. Field artillery bus been mount o l on hillocks in the larger com- j mttnities. the noses of their nuns1 pointing in a southerly direction, while in the smaller towns machine tun detachments have been station-! cd. Military authorities Sn ft I Paso and, in other border encampments an-i noimced that every preparation had | been made for possible hostilities, After waiting forty-eight hours, the' border road news dispatcher giving j the American version of the fight at ("arri/al. containing (I en Pershing's report that it was an unprovoked at tack upon the Americans, and then lapsed into expectant waiting. When the dispatches were read to Cm (Scorne Hell Jr.. commanding the K1 l'aso military district, over the telephone early Friday lie expressed keen gratification, but said that lie had received no additional orders from departmental headquarters. I knew it'"' he exclaimed. "I knew our men did pot. start that i tight ?' | Crave apprehension was manifest ed for the safety of the seventeen, \nierican prisoners taken In the en-] uagement who are held by (Sen. Tie vino, probably in Chihuahua City. It ?vas pointed out that should hostili ties result the Mexicans probably will attempt to carry out threats made by subordinate leaders to hang the cap tives. i SENDS NOTE TO DIPLOMATS American CJovernmont Intends t?> Sc cure INvioe and l'rotft t (Mtl/ons. | While the Carriza) incident was! occupying officials, n circular nolo' addressee! to the South and Tent nil I American diplomats by- Secretary, Lansing in connection with the Mexi-j can situation, was made public at the! ?tn' 3 department. It accompanied copies of the noje to Gen. Carranza, distributed as "a matter of information and was ac- ! ?opted by the diplomats as tho last; word of the United States before pro needing with any steps which Car- j ranza's course might make necessary. , The statement is a blunt assertion ?>f the purposes of the United States' to defend "our national peace and the safety of our citizens," even at i the cost of war. This communication was issued to! 'he Latln-Amurican diplomats, it is understood, to i-oncmirn them ns to1 ?lie policy of the United States and j in an effort to keep intact tho Pan \meriean understanding. European representatives will not fall to get ?opies of tho document and it is understood to be aimed partly at, mti-Amerlcan propaganda conducted I ibrond by Mexican agencies and otli - ' >r Influences which are said to seek! o promote hostilities between the wo countrlos. 1 EXPECT NO SUDDEN ACTION tT. H. Officials Wnltln>, on Keportw of American Officers. Both the IT n 1 1 eel States government ind the do facto authorities of Mox co apparently hope to treat the clash it Carrizal as an Incident ag^ravat ni; gravely strained relations, hut lot of itself likely to pre?it?ttr?te gen eral hostilities. This fact stood out ' Phursday night at the close of a day I >f many developments in tho Mexican I ?rlsis. Sf) far 11s the Washington nrlmlnis-i 'ration is concerned no final decision an he reached until President WJ-; ?on has received a report on t he (1 ^ " t roni American army officers AH nformntion so far has come from Mexican sources. ORDERED TO ItOL'NDARY ? ? ? ? - ? War Department Sends Western Sol diers to Southern Frontier. Orders went from Uio war dopart .ient Thursday night to f J ? n. Marry, ! Chicago., commanding the central! i t-pa :t men t , and <Jr?n. Hell, at San : ?"ra ncisco. commanding the western j h'part riK'iil, directing that as ? .oon as ive thousand National (! ua rdsinen I iave It a ? f ? it mustered into the federal i er v Ice In either department, they] ? hull !><? dispatched to the border. Secretary Maker has te|fy raphed he State gevOI'Hers ask i 11 K e | ' h ho V. win the National fJmird organl/a ? ions in their respective slates called ? 1 1 1 hy I'resident Wilson would h?> eady for muster in the federal sor i' e. I iihikIhr llaiK'f report o f M;iv I 'i lh< '.rillsh luivo four hundred ;uul fifty hotinnnd on the lln<> ami tli>' (i<-r ! nans five )i u n <) r*>?l thounand It il ^<?11 known that lit'* Columns* k ? * ? ? i ? I !.e hulk of tliHr forces on tin- liriiu; !i)<\ while the Freneh and KiihUkIi. inli'^s attacked, do not have more han a tliitil (if t ti ?? i r f < ? r <??? ?-; e\|in?ei| n the normal rondit ion of a dor mailt f ron t TIk-v '1 on I h t j; of j Immi' offii'TM on tlii' fli'l lln?' to no 1 ice tin- sIkiih of an attack in for< on ' hi' part of 1 1n- fiH'inv when tlx* 1 1> <rrvnM fan t>? brour.M up They I ? 1 1 1 * : ?hvi> IliousaniU*. of IIvok <1 u r i n k '1'" I i i I v a r t i 1 lory il ii?'ls In tlii>K<? circumstances the Hi!ti*h force under Sir DoiikIam HaiK Rhould >e about oni! million three bundi'l and flf'y thousand mm Opposite I !ilm there aro forty German ill *? siona. exclusive of ravalrv. or o'isM hundrorl thousand men of all ranks r his nKKroKntn, according to a I i r ! t Ish military expnrt, ' may rfprospn' in rombfttnntR flvo hundred thousand rifle* and ovor thrift thousand Run* It In an acoountnhlo concentration, and wfs ryiuM. further numimn that tli* drsftn to mftkft Rood Jo?*** ir? In th? fl*id dappt* D?hlnd Uie (Mrrnsin Hrom/' GREECE GIVES UP ALLIED DEMANDS ACCEPTED UNDER BLOCKADE PRESSURE PROTEST SENT TO WORLD Washington (Jet.s Note Saying Mari time Commerce Is Stopped and l'dnrkude t'nts off F*xk1 Supplies ? Allies Want l>ciuobili7.ation, Ke?ig natinn of lKilK-eir.cn and Favored Treat incut. Inder heavy pressure from the Kn tonto power*. (iniH'c 1 1 ax been forced to atccpt without n^orve the do niaixls presented \\ tslnesday in a Joint note by t treat HriLaLn, France ami Hiiss^la. At t lie most critical moment i ! re' v ? was without a ^ovomment. 1'remier SUouUunl :s announced to the < . r < 1 1 deputies the resignation of hint. >elf .mil his associates In the .?ahinet and the failure for the prea eii ' to ob'. iu si:ee? ssors*. to them. M Sivouloudis ret used to receive t 'ae I'omtmiii ie.it tons from the En tente powers, oil the ground that no lii.ek r;i b: n ? ? t evicted, as the note was depe.-.ted at the foreign office while he w: s on h:s way back from the re -u!t in .' of the king, where ho presented the resignation of the min istry. On this :ieeount. ho explained, he could not direuss the demands. Ilrfoiv il became known that ( . ihms c had <1 ft- i ? 1 ? ?? 1 to yield it was ?:?nl In government circles that it would I ??? tin impossibility to ac cede (o the demands. A Reunion Sehliciminu, loi hum- tireek minister ;\ ( \\ a.sliiuutoii, and now a member of (In- chamber of deputies, on bo iun asked what the government would d.>, t-epliisl: "How can wo voluntarily renounce the sovereign* t > of our couiilry'."' The ad inn of tho Entente came on one of tho hottest days in year a. The king wan at t'hateau Tatoy, shops were cloecd and the ministries were deserted when the b!o*v fell. The pi ople were unaware what had oc curred until well on toward evening, when newspapers and handbills made known the text of the demands. Meanwhile King Constantino re turned hastily. Ail troops in tho city were ordered under arms. The dep uties were summoned to tho cham ber, where Premier Skouloudis an nounced that he had resigned. Tho chamber adjourned immediately, cheoriiiK tb?? retiring ministers. The people or aibwh loiuaiivou' calm and taik of non-coiuplianco with the demands of tho Allies apparontly awakened no widespread spirit of re sistance. Alter a protracted session of tho crown council, presided over by King Constantino, former Premier Zaimis apreod Thursday to form a cabinot to deal with the situation which has arisen from the demands of the En tente. The demands presented by the En tente powers to Greece, according to tho newspaper Xta Ucniera, v/ore: No. 1 .---Complete general do mobilizat ion . No. L'.- Removal of tho chiof of pOlii'O of \tlHM18. No. ?,. - Popular pro - Entente sent illicit t not to be suppressed. No. 1 Deportation of agents spreading German propaganda. While the ,'issolution of tho cham ber ol deputies also was beidrod, tho newspaper says, it may not oe direct ly demanded. The unegoing version of the nature of the Kntento do mands is said in diplomatic circles to be substantially accurate. An idintic.il note protesting vigor ously against interference by the En i e n t e Allies with the maritime trade dt Cri.ce has been presented by tho iit'"k minister to the state doparv m e i * i ;i 1 1 1 1 the diplomatic representa tives in :? hington r > f the Latln A tip'! i< ;in govei nnieiils. M ;isvrrls that "traditional prin i iplrs" Iwnc Im-om violated anil i hat (trcccc has heen unahlo to iihlafn nn\ ? > 1 1 i < in I explanation in io-pori-?i> i<> inquiries. since Juno <>. il *-a\s, tlx- (iieelt roa^t has liwn vijti ??? 1 in a limit **? I blockade, ^hips held up and sonrrhwl and taken to naval bases establish ed I). (In- \llied torces. \ arloun vessels ri>lnn I In* (iwk flay have been laUrn l<> ISi/erta, Algiers, ami there < i.ii \ i'i H d into transport*! I?y tin' A a r<" ii!!. M i? I'm! . flreecc'a f'.nl Mipjdi" ? ha v l ???? n rut off and |,i r ma rit i in" < ' mi n "i ' ?\ " f h *? esson 1 1 a i <>f )i? \ national economy," IIILMANDS RELEASE OE MEN ? Soldiers 'nptured in farri/.al "Inci dent" Must lie |{rli>n<ir(l. I ' i f' rri/.'ii incident. of courRO, n \ i ? ' 1 1 ; m I ? i \C ? now all oilier develop r ??(?iii" AIMioim'Ii Hii'.v have only M"\l'-:ill ll'IOll-' t'l I'O ? I f?o II . official* (I i i ? ' > t question i?i :? ? i ? i ; i *? n In that many \ n , ? ? r i < a : i 'a va I ? \ ni'ii worn killed, w i ,t d"<! or rii pi 'i i < 'I In vlr>w of the oi <!<???? riven Ani' i i' nn office? In \| !? v i r o . however. tiiev refuse to cred it il" <Iiiik" ? Ii a i Mi" American com 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' I ? ? r w;ii ili" ajr^ressor. W i jit"\"r tli" fart <i may prove to he when den IVrHhlnK h report ar it In certain that no RtopR to v at iltcprhnl will he taken, at least ui til that report has been carefully 'l idled One of the 0 r ?t ac.tlonn, I mvover. would he to demand the ro le no of any Amcrlrnnn captured. Itonihnrrl Fort Yaux. In the region of Fort Van*, norths f>-"d of Verdun, th'<re hna boon rather I I v>ei y artillery fighting and hombard ii r>nt?? and mining operations haVft (: ken plac? nlonfl the remainder of tl a Frvicli front, ^