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ESTABLISHED 1871—Vol. 45, No. 127.
AUSTIN, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 10,1916.—TWELVE PAGES.
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on factories at Dombasle (Ar-
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RECRUITS POUR IN.
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LAREDO COMPANY OOES.
allayed here today by a reconnassance
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dardsmen were
ing’s rear guard had been attacked.
MEXICO WARNED
FULL WAR STRENGTH.
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-HOUSTON'S LIGHT GUARD.
HOUSTON,
precisely the same hr the Balkan
Ing the forenoon were deneribed by or-
ficers as "unprecedented." In some
might, leave at full war strength.
DALLAS MEN READY.
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tonio before thia evening.
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FRENCH SHORT OF LABOR.
SENTENCED FOR 99 YEARS.
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on Glenn S,
10. —Caude
Colonel Sibley,
ind guilt
the murder of Charlie Brown or
BRITISH DESTROYER HIT.
INSTRUCTED FOR WILSON.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 10.—A
board of army officers began the work
today of laying out camp sites for the
men of the Sixth Cavalry, who arrived
rerently to obtain remounta, ware earn
SPENT THE NIGHT
UNDER THEIR TENTS
PARIS, May 10, 2:30 p. m.—Activity
on the Verdun tront has decreased, ac-
National Guard to? Be
in San Antonio
Thursday.
by townsmen geing to i heir Work Wed-
nesday inornipg. and the soldieru, after
SCOTT AND OBREGON
WILL HOLD ANOTHER
CONFERENCE TODAY
them compelled te drop some business
or employment on short notice, when
the call to assemble at the Armory was
MORAHT SAYS THE
FRENCH ARMY AT
VERDON IS 800.000
Cooler Weather
Forecast for Texas
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PREPARING FORT
SAM HOUSTON FOR
NEW MOBILIZATION
RUMOR MONGERS
KEPT COLUMBUS
AWAKE ALL NIGHT
19—Upward of
the Texan Na-
Lansing Received the
News Officially From
Gerard.
BERNARD SHAW SAYS
IRISH EXECUTIONS
ARE BAB MISTAKE
of •
otion
you
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AUSTIN BOYS TO
LEAVE THURSDAY
Hulen to Confer
With Gen. Funston
Companies Are Being
Recruited to War
Strength.
tosia, and sentenced to 93 yearg in the
penitentin rv ____
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land
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MILITIA FORCES
WILL MOVE EARLY
TO SAN ANTONIO
POBLIC HEARINGS
ON BRANDEIS ARE
TO BE-REGPENED
COMMANDER HAS
BEEN PUNISHED
Americans Leave
the West Coast
Admits Sinking Sussex
and Offers to
Pay.
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CLAD IN KHAKI DAUGHTERS OF 1916 RALLY TO THE CALL;
FOREGO COMFORTS OF LIFE TO LEARN WAR-TIME DUTIES
bridge on the Galveston, Harrisburg A
Ban Antonio Railway at thatpoint.
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men over the State line.
About 100 "asuais" or soldiers who
have become detached from their com-
Machine guns were mounted in some
parts of the camp and soldlers kep'
close to their barracka. To investigate.
Captain Dodd flew over territory sev-
enty-five miles to the south and west
DALL.AS, Texas, May
500 troops, members of
eof in
urday,
bound.
Superiority
Of The Statesman’s local
new* account* largely for th*
fact that it !■ the popular Hom*
Paper in Austin. “ ......
We Invite Compartson
With an papers that you may
mee how freah the afternoon pi.
Pg Pa how much of the men*.
ABILENE, Texan, May
D. Arman, today was foui
respect
i States
y of
Po-
! of German troops engaged in rnurh
Ihas than half that of the French. The
number of French troops may be cal-
culated at not leer than 800,000. This
EL PASO, Texaa, May 10.—Increas- figure represeytn half nt the entire
QUINY, nt. Mar 10—With the
at the :Ammjnmippi at 11.2 feet
today a rime la twent-four hours of
ome-tenth nt a foot, trains on the Ch.
ago, Burlington A Ouinc Hallroad
botwemn bar. and Or^arr. Mo. are
plowing through water, whien reaches
Iha ralia.
RAPIDLY
a ’
nnd her crew landed at Blyth, Eng-
The sinking of the ship caused
indignation in Brazil and the
prings and Boquillas,
vho will be in general
General orera, covering the move-
ment of the Texas National Guard to
Han Antonio for use in the border pa-
trol, will be issued Wednesday arter-
noon by Adjutant Qeneral Hutchings
nnd ftrindier General John A. Bulan
g?
€ A
$ A
oure.
'^3
night, was confiscated by troops here.
It was helleved the ammunition was
nteneor us* of hanits in Mexico.
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WASHINGTON, Mny 19 Premident •
Winon, been mas of the international
LANDON, May 10- G. Berard
Shaw, discussing the execution of Sinn
And TRIBUNE
ONLY DAILY PAPER PUBLISHED IN AUSTIN CARRYING THE COMPLETE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
Houston after their arrival for distri-
bution along the border as the situa-
tion may demand. It was indicated by
officials that the militia will hr given
border stations before the const artil-
lery is sent out.
General Funaton was unable to leave
Ki l"Ano last night as he had planned,
but officers at headquarters are con- i
fldent he will return at the earliest'
possible moment.
Sounded. One man was the keeper of
a small store a few miles out. He could
find no on* to take chare of It for
him, and #o was compelled to close it
BEAUMONT. Texas, May 10.—-Com-
pany M will depart tonight for San
Antonio. Volunteers are pouring in
this morning and by the time the troops
entraim" it is expected they, will be re-
ctuited up to war strength.
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to today's war office stalement.
MAmmtiaekonpverteGiemenmerwew
the oise and the Aisne was repulsed?^
COLUMBU8, N M. May Fears
begotten in a rumor-ridden night wera
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So tu an th. Texan National Guara
is concered, th* mere enlistment of
the present companies up tn war
"trenssth.wil notLbe.au the entintmen >
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their number of the enemy. The prin-
cipal elements in victory -Quality of
troops and courage—are steadily work-
ing to our ddvantage."
bassador Gerard today giving notice _________________. _____ ______
that a new note on the Sussex case had back. One detachment was captured.
been handed him and was on the way ' The new German positions on Hill 304
Houston Light Guard, 100 to 150 strong,
and Troop A, Houston Cavalry, will
love tonight for Fort Ham Houston.
Captain Dallas J. Matthews of the
Ight Guard had not returned early
today from Austin.
Enlletments In the Light Guard dur-
to Washington. It has been indicated i were extended.
Top, President Wilson and Mrs. General Scott at opening exercises: bottom left, Mrs. Wiluon visiting National
Service School; some of the girls at the encampment.
Maida, manicures and man are only a few of the comforts of life which have been banished from the tented
city in Chevy Chase, Md., near the national capital, where during the month of May 1,000 society women will
learn the eaaintiala of war-time duties. The site of their self -denial is called the National Service School, and
preparedness is the watchword. President and Mrs. Wilson attended the school’s opening exercises._____
Toby hans, Pa.
Unofficial estimates
b*r of troops now on
mobilized at 45400.
has been punished and promises to
make reparation.
attacking the Sussex, gives notice that 1 bombs
the submarine commander responsible gonne)
LAREDO, Texas, May IA—The local
ice immediately upon arrivsi. This
WIN said however; to be merely a pre-
eautionary meanum in the event it
should become necessary, to send the
tional Guard, called out for service on
the border yestefday by Presidnt WI-
eon. expect to be en route to Han An-
to arms to achieve the indepenenee oN qunrters it was indicated that. th* guard
assume that the Increasing of the hl» country is doing only what Fng- __v. .------
forces along the border to an army of: Hah men will do it invaded and con-
almost 50,000 to be solely for the pro- quered by the Germans Buch an Irish-
tection of towns on the American side man is ns much fn order morally In
and laughed at suggestlons that any- nccepting assistance from the Germans
thing more serious might be content- As England la in accepting the ansist-
plated. ance of Russia in a struggle, with Ger-
Major Langhorne, commanding two! many The fact that he knows that
troops of the Eighth Cavalry. was near- 'hla enemies will not respect his rights
Ing th* international boundary line , if they catch him and that he must
early today and It is understood that fight with a rope around his neck
he is prepared to. cross into Mexico if । adds in some measure to his glory in
he sees any chance of running down [ the eyes of his compatrlots and In the
any of the bandits implicated in the eyes of disinterested admirers of 10-
BERLIN, May 10 (Wireless to ay-
Ville).—The Germans have made fur-
ther progress on Hill 304 on the Verdun
front and have driven back French de-
tachments southwest of the hill, the
war office announced today.
The official statement follows:
"In the Argonne the enemy, after a
Rio Grande today, although the situa-
tion was not materially altered bv’the
conferees In their three hours’ talk last
night. The optimism appeared based
largely upon the admission that an-
other conference would be held perhaps
General Pershing and • his staff at
San Antonio, Chihunhua, continued to
keep in touch with’the Mexican situa-
tion Many mnessages and all nvailable
news are being transmitted to him by
wireless.
Ing confidence in the ability of Gen-■ forces, which France still has at her
erala Scott and Obregon to effect an disposal foractive fighting.
agreement M t» tn* status of the edsAtn tna Werman,rgneggsweroontnea
with numerically inferior forces. More-
over, the Austro-Hungarian troops for
a year have been holding back twice
Following orders from General Funa-
ton. Adjutant General Henry Hutchings
this morning issued orders to the com-
manders qf the various organizationa
of the Texas National Guard to begin
the movement of their commands to
Fort Ham Houston. Ban Antonio, to-
morrow morning It is planned tohav*
{he entire State guard mobilised at.
Fort Hum Houston by tomorrow night.
The two infantry companies of Austin
will., entrain at < o’clock tomorrow
morning . By that time It 1s expected
that both organisations will have been
recruited up to full war strength. A
number of students of the University
of Texas are among the reeruite.
The department i» operating on the
theory that it is ready to sustain Gov-
ernor Verguson’s view that the time
has come for Intervention and is en-
• cou raging every ulistment and the or-
Eunization of more military units.
Brigadier General Hulon will be in
Han Antonio nome time Thursday. The
headquarters here have been filled with
extra atenographers and clerks and are
almost overwhelmed with offers from
volunteers. The work of recruiting up
> the Htate Ranger force to 100 men also
continues
। Th, quleknem. with which the weverat
’ Texas compnnies have announced
ready for service is proving very grat-
•tying, ewpeclally since many of the
commanding officers were st Camp
Mabry when the cail came and it was
necessary for them to return to thelr
emmunhs The oncomninniened oz.
Leers of ths Hoard are said to have
none splendid work in getting, the com-
Panles together for movement and if
the officers had been with their com-
mand*. It is Mkely that th* troops would
have been called to be in Han Antonio
Wednesday instead of Thursday.
O«N. MARC OFFERS SERVICES.
Drikadler Generni Lather H Mare,
United States Army. retired, who has
made his home in this city since bia
retirement from active service in the
army. has tendered his services to Gov-
ernor Ferguson in the event they are
needed in the present isla. Generol
Hare won distinction during the Span-
ish-American war.
up. Several of th*
Field Artillery
Batteries Delayed
LAWTON, Okla. May 10. Although
the five batteries of the Fifth Hield
Artillery, consisting of 919 men. ordered
to the border yesterday, will be ready
to entrain early this afternoon, they
probably will not get away from here
for Ran Antonio until late tomorrow or
Friday. according to an announcement
today by Colonel Granger Adams, com-
mnanding officer at Fort Hill, near here,
where t he bat twriew ^wre ata tioned.
WILSON GIVES UP TRIPS.
manda were ordered today to join thetr
organizations. One hundred and fifty
RIO JANEIRO, May 10,—The Ger-
man minister, replying to the note of
the Brazilian government in regard to
the sinking of the Brazilian steamship
Rio Branco by a German submarine,
informed the chancellor today, that his
government would answer willingly
any communication on the subject ad-
dressed to it by Brazil. As soon as
th® official inquiry into the sinking of
the ship is concluded a demand for
Indemnity wil] be presented to Berlin.
"East front: A Russian attack south
of Garbunovka along a small front was
repulsed. The enemy suffered heavy
losses.
"Ba’kan front: There has been no
May 10—The
back to the field by motor trucks, the
animals being left here.
Unoffieial reports from the field in-
command, will arrive on the border
some Gm* later with two more troops
and the disposition of the little force
will depend upon circumstances and
conditions he finds. He has authority
to cross into Mexico if he deems it ex-
pedlent. -
of Columbus He reported that all was
quiet along th* American line.
LAREDO, Texas, May 10. - One
lon rounds of rinl ammunition, i
Mexicans attempted to smuggle’across
fhe river into Mexico, near here last
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RERUN, May 10. (By Wireless to
Bayville, N. T.)—In an’engagement off
the Belgian coast Monday between Ger-
man and British torpedo craft a Brit-
ish destroyer was badly amaged by
artillery fir*, according to official an-
nouncement by th* German admiralty
under data of May 2.
A machine gun company. Company
G, Fourth Infantry; Second separate
company, fourth separate company, am.
bulance company and a sanitary de-
tachment ar expected to entrain at
2 o’clock this afternoon. Battery A.
First Field Artillery, plan to entrain
at 4 o'clock.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.. May 19 - Th#
Democratic Htate convention today in-
stmcfed th* Connecticut delegates tn
the national convention at St Louis to
vote for the renominatlon of President
Wilson.
WACO. Texas, May 10. -Both of
Waco's military companies leave at
midnight for Han Antonio to report to
General Funston. It is expected that
the" contingent- from here will number
about 200 men. The Fourth Infantry
band of twenty-nine pieces has been
ordered to mobilize at Fort Ham Hous-
ton.
Whether the. conference will take ppip,r, ln ,, , pp, )++,, son* ’
place before late today was unknown'eners n an ' Pen letter tortay, says ,
either at oeneral brekon' henquar-l. "Afyyew i that men shot <
ter, or at General Seot'N necauw nt In cold blood after thelr rapture w
the new phases suggesed by General . "urrender ere prisoners of war nd
Obregon It W sieved probable that!”. Is therefore entirely Incorreet to
he would consult with Carranut and , "lawshter them. The relation nt ire. •
that delays in communicating with the Gand to Dublin Castle is in this
Brazil and Germany
Are in a Wrangle "Peet "en"
placed the num- altnatlon. has decided to remain con-
Mexican duty er stanty in Wushington for the next
I few weekA.
seaboard points and the Sccqnd Bat-
talion of the Third Field Artilkery from
Tobyhanna, Pa.
In addition General Funston has or-
dered the five batteries of the Fifth
hield Artillery at Fort Hill to move to
the border. It was announced at head-
quarters that the butteries would prob-
ably be sent direct to Kl Paso from
Fort 8} to join the one battery of
the same regiment now on duty there.
According to. information given out
St headquarters, »hr coast artiliery
companies will be held at Fort Sam
operatlons now in progress
"The French have not been ample to
compete with German artillery and am-
munition The enormous losses of the
French are due partly to the effect
of the German artillery and partly to
the tenacity of the French, who will not
abandon t,eir trenches.
"Although it is generally considered
that attacking forces must be four
। times superior tn those of the defense,
in the Verdun campaign tHe nuuf.ber
and those military men with him, nor
did Juan- N. Amador, subsecretary of
foreign affairs, appear perturbed. They
the Increasing of the
Brigadier General John A. Huies of
th* Texas National Guard will confer
with General Frederick Funston. United
States Army, at Fort Ham Houston to-
morrow, according to announcemen
mad* here twiay. The conference will
deal with the disposition of Texas Na-
tional Guard companies which will be
mobllezed at Fort Nam Houston. Aus-
tin companes entrain Thursday morn-
ing at • o'clock.
protest against German submarine
arfare. .
Forecast: ,
East Texas Tohight generally fair,
cooler in the interior; Thursday fair,
1 cooler.
West Texas: Tonight and Thursay
fair, cooler.
♦ CHICAGO May 10.-AU rail- 4
♦ way safety records were broken ♦
soldier was tuampanied by yoma
member of his family, or his sweet-
heart, glad of the privilege of a parting
bilk and fond g^it-by.
THE AUSTIN STATESMAN
in ASM whenn32 Americansd
roads, reporting to the bureau 4
of railwny nene and ulatlotlca ?
here, went through the entire ♦
fiscal year to June 30 without ♦
a single fatality to n passenger ♦
in a train Accident. .These roads ♦
operate over 161,948 miles. It •
is stated that this record of safe ♦
LESS ACTIVITY
AT VERDUN. SAYS ,
FRENCH REPORT
u Mexicans along the entire border had
* 210 planned an uprising for today. From
Wa1e1 Mazatkn, on west coast of Mexico,
came word that the consul there had
BERLIN, May 10 (By wireless to
— -- -----— —, —. - I Bayville).—"The German attack on
Thtenum I
aholdfotr wit Eeonited Rt.tM in fortresses in!«»>« west attthe beginnins
a protent against German sbmarine wasau 5 ahprguaoftoeqx JrtK
WASHINGTON, May 10 Admiral
Winsiow re i .! te <i to iay that the steam-
er Fan, Juan had taken sixty eight.
Ameri 4g refugees from Manzanillo
and. twenty-three from Mazntian and
was pro eeing with them to flan
Diego, Cal The admiral made no ref-
erem e in his report of urbani'ee on
the coast, but said there was a general
desfe among Ameicans to leave Mex-
Ico. ---
Tried to Smuggle
Rifle Ammunition
The statement follows:
• "Between tire Oise and Aisne a coup
de main upon one of our trenches
southeast of Moulain-Sous-Toutvent
: was completely checked.
"In the Verdun region the bombard-
ment west of the Meuse noticeably
diminished. East of the Meuse and in
the Woevre region there was intermit-
tent cannonading.
"Hand-grenade skrmishes were re-
ported during the night in the woods of
Avocourt and south ofFort Douau-
mont. "h.
"In upper Alsace an enemy recon-
noitering party was repulsed with
losses."
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tues of hopefulness
„ Th* Mexican representatives yester- |
day insisted upon placing the question 1
of withdrawal of General Perehinga
mining operation, attempted to enter
, Am pur lines, bnt was repulsed.
a8e -rom ATA "Southwest of Hill 304 advanced de-
been warned by anonymous letters that
the consulate would beblown up
All Americans ware urged to leave
Mexico within forty-eight hours. These
reports in^reaaed anxiety over th* sit-
uation among officials today.
In addition to the 4000 United Stafen
soldiers and an equal number of mili-
tiamen from Texas, New Mexico and
Arizona ordered to the border yester-
day, Secretary Baker announced about
1000 soldiers comprising eleven compa-
nies of United States coaat artillery
stationed at Gulf and Atlantic seaboard
points had been ordered to San Antonio
to serve as infantry with the border
patrol
The Secretary also sai five batteries
of the Fifth Field Artillery had been
ordered from Fort Hill, Okla. Three
additional batterles of th* Third Field
Artillery were held in readiness at
PAR IB. Mey 10.—-Unemployment,
which was a difficult 'problem at the
beginning of the war, now virtually
exists no longer in France, according
to a report laaued toay by th* minister
of labor. Jin the contrary there is a
dearth of both skilled and unskilled
labor.
TIMPSON, Texas, May 10. Recruit-
ed to full strength. Company H Third
Infantry, will leave tonight for Han
Antonio. R R. Morrison is captain
and commanding.
militia organization wi)l -leave tonight
under orders to report at Fort ------------a _____ _ ______________ ______ -- __________________
" wiLLquarO . AMERICANS ALONG
EL PANO, Texas, May 10. Compa- 350 c rhnzm notarr weraton. Nhn: Fhe Armory was a acene of animn qAror nnAAT nr
nies i. and D. Twenty-third Infantry, on Cofumbus and that General Persh- ton again Wednesday and men.n MAI I 11 fl \ I IIF
were ordered today to leave El Paso ing’s rear guard had been attacked. khaki were *<en on the sidewalks VVLUI UUIVI UI
for Devil’s River to guard the high
n--,-
•mere-=L
American punitive expedition in Mex-
ico was evident on both sides of the
operation has never . been
equaled by the railrouda of any
one country in the world.
muilitia, and regular troops that will
begin arriving hens within the pext few
Anei*Gesgeganswos une.
mobilised at thin point for service along J
he bordei -in Mexico will be in
XAeaa of 5000 men.
Th* troops ordered to San Antonio
include ull the organized miltia of the
Ht a to of Texas, eleven companies of I
const artillery from Gulf and Atlantic
WASHINGTON May 10.-- Re-open-
ing of public he a rings on th* nomina-
tion of Tuis P kandels Jo th Su-
preme Court was orered today by th*
Senate judiclary committee to investi-
gnir Mr UrandGg connection with a
proposed merger several years ago of
th* United < igur Stores Company and
the Hiker-Jegeman chain of drug
stores Louls K. Liggett of Einton nnd
George W. Anderson, United States
Attorney at Heston, have been sum-
moned to appear in that connection
Friday. e
■ — - dicated tension among the detachments
a night a reat on the graaay earth, were along the line of communication similar
sunning themaelves in the little park. | to that which neemed manifest here
They apoeured to be in the beet of < At military headquarters, however, it
spirits. I waa athted that there had been no large
The 150 or so of men compowing I new movements of troops in ths ex-
Companies IS and F" were most of peditionary command
forced ahead of the question of co-
operation. General Scott was expected
to receive from the War Department a
communication on which a reply could
be delivered to General Obregon’s coun-
ter proposal for a joint patrol of the
border by th* trops of each country
on its own side of th* line. With this
agreed to. General Obregon belleved
that co-operation in the running down
of bandits would be more effective.
triotsm thtoughout the word. The
•laughter of a man in this condition
makes him a mrtyr. The shot Irish-
men will now take their places besie
Emmet and the Manchester martyrs
in Ireland and beside th* heroes of
Poland. Berbla and Belgium in Eu-
rope. Nothing in heaven or earth can
prevent it
"I am not a Finn Felner. I have
alwavs insisted It is the duty of Ireland
to throw herself with all her fore*
against the Germane and Austrian*.
But I remain an Irishman and renenf
anv imputation that I can regard as a
♦ rnPnr anv Trishman taken in A fight
for Trieh Independence agalnst British
government"
The local National Guardsmen who
were called to arms Tuesday had a
taste of camp life Tuesday night while
waiting for the order to proceed to the
point of mobilizntion. On the tem-
porary Capitol grounds a long row of
their tiny sieeping tents was discovered
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4.2
wherever one went. Sometimes the
Mexican capital might make th* hold-
ing of the conference before tomorrow
impossible.
The ordering into the border country
of more regular troops and militia ap-
epeared not to worry General Obregon
WASHINOTON, May 10- VlrtuaRy
the laat American troops in the United
States were- being mobilized today for
Mexican border service. With the Na-
tional Guard of three states, they were
under orders to hasten to reinorc •
General F u ns ton’s army.
The proposed military agreement be.
tween theCarranzaand American Gov-
ernment remained unsigned and Gen-
eral Obregon, Mexican war minister,
after a tbree-hour disc Uss Jorl with Gen-
eral Scott last night, arranged for still
another conference today.
if-the situation warrents, the Na-
tional Guardmen of other States will
be called out for border patrol duty,
off ide la eclared. Secretary Baker
stated, however, that no further mo-
hilizatlon ordara are contemplated im-
mediately.
Unofficial reports were received that
H*
dica-
your
toward Turkey or Belgium toward th*
Kalser or the United States to Great
Britain. ’Until Dublin Costle ia nuper-
ceded by a national parliament and
Ireland is voluntarily incorporated with
the Britsh Empire Ilk* Canada, or
South Africa, an Irishman resorting
- “--U -‘oONN
and supply motor truck trains carrying
ammunition anppllea and equipment
were being sent to the front.
Last night a heavier guard than is
customary was thrown around gaetdine
suPply tanks and store supply depots.
With no aeroplanes in the field, tests
of new planes were being hurried by
army aviators. a
The first compunles of th* National
Cuardumen nr* expected to arrive in
olumbus late in the weok. Major W. — __
R. Sample, base eommander, detailed st ia expected wlfhb^hThne^wo
several regular army officers to muster I or three weeks, two or three adTtonn
the t mops Info Ch© United States serv- f regiments may be organised. t® go lntn
upon arrival. This th* service b> th* event tha: there
■ another call on Texas. The present
«uartermnster‘s depart ment will not be
used by the Texas National Guard but
if will he organised for service on an-
other coll All those who are nutting
to be sent to the border now and who
are unattachd are being told that
there may be another mil for service
and they my get their desire.
There are also a number of ataff nt-
ficers here who will accompany the
troops to th* mobilization point
TRACKS ARE FLOODED.
COLUMBUS, N. M , May 20.- Re-
newed activity in almost every depart-
ment of (he expeditionary bane wasap.
parent here today. Men were beina
sent forward to the field, preparattons
were lacing made for the mobilisation ----- A. r*u>w
here of the New Mexico National Guard 1 The order was prepared this morning
mete....... --------- and General Hutchings then went into
conference with Captains Love and
IonK of the United States Army, in-
structots for the Texas National Guard.
before sending out the order to ths
Beverul companies
ammunition uupplira and
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Lochridge, Lloyd P. The Austin Statesman and Tribune (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 128, Ed. 2 Wednesday, May 10, 1916, newspaper, May 10, 1916; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1449233/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .