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TEMPLE DAILY TELEGRAM
member associated press, carrying full leased wire day and night report
last edition
2:30 A. M.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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. TEMPLE, TEXAS, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 2,1916.
VOL. IX. No. 239
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MEXICANS BELIEVE WAR IS INEVITABLE
SWEEPING VICTORIES FOR THE ENTENTE ALLIES
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COMBINED OFFENSIVE ON THE WESTERN FRONT,
BEGUN A WEEK AGO, RESULTS DISASTROUS-
LY TO EMPEROR WILLIAM'S FIGHTING MEN.
RUSSIANS AND ITALIANS GAINING
Muscovite Troops on the Eastern Front and King
Victor Emmanuel's Forces in the Trentino Region
Continue Their Respective Victorious Drives.
Summary of the Day's War News.
American Troops "Somewhere in Mexico"
LONDON, July I.—The grand offensive on the wes-
tern front begun by the British and French on both
sides of the river Somme, sixty miles north of Paris,
early this morning has already realized in a great wedge
being driven into the German lines along a sixteen mile
front with its sharp point penetrating nearly five miles.
Both to the north and south of a number of other
villages, including Hebuterne, Serre, Laboiselle and
Mametz, had been swept out of German hands, some of
them only after determined resistance on the part of
their defenders.
1 Fricourt, three miles east of Albert, was still in Ger-
man possession in the early evening, but with the cap-
ture of Mont Auban and Mametz to the east and south-
east of it and La Boiselle to the northeast the place was
nearly surrounded and its speedy surrender seemed
!inevitable.
Further south the French are co-operating with the
British and have taken the village of Curlu and scored
other notable advances.
The entente allied drive was begun against German
trenches leveled after a seven day bombardmnt, in which
more than 1,000,000 shots daily has been fired.
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CARRANZA'S MINISTER OF WAR IS RUSHING
PREPARATIONS BY STRENGTHENING HIS
BORDER FORCES FOR EXPECTED CLASH.
GUARDSMEN READY FDR IRE FRAY
Uncle Sam's Boys Rushing to the Border by Tens of
Thousands Are Enthusiastic and Anxious to See
Real Service at the Front—Mobilization of State
Troops Is Proceeding Without a Hitch.
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These pictures have just been re-
ceived from Mexico. Upper photo
shows Battery C of the Cth field ar-
tillery, resting on a road in tho
wooded section of Dolores, Mexico,
while en route. Lower photo shows
Company A of the 5th cavalry sit-
ting down to « meal after a thirty-
four mile hike over the hot and dusty
plains of northern Chihuahua.
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III IMSl CASE
CONVICTION OF CHILD BRIDE
FOR MURDER IS HKLD BY
j, COl'RT TO BE REGULAR.
OTHER AM IES GAIN.
FORT WORTH, Tex., July 1.—Mrs.
Katherine Vance Harrison, found
guilty Wednesday <in a charge of
murdering \V. L, Warren and sent-
enced to a penal term of five years,
was denied a new trial in district
court here today. The principal
ground on which the new trial was
asked was that one of the jurors who
convicted Mrs. Harrison had served
a term in federal prison for sending
obscene matter through the mail and
that he had never been pardoned. It
was claimed that this disqualified
Mm. The court ruled that the of-
fense for which the juror had been
sent to tho penitentiary was not a
felony and therefore the juror had
not been deprived of his citizenship.
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ORPETS DEFENSE.
Strong Case Expected to Be Made Out
For Young Student.
Waukeegan, 111.. July 1.—The appar-
ently powerful evidence of the three
white spots alleged to have been left
on the overcoat of Marian Lambert by
cyanide of potassium in solution was
the subject of attack at the trial of
,Wm. H. Orpet, college student charged
with her murder, today.
It was said by a member of the de-
fense forces that a number of sur-
prises on this point are in store for the
■tate and that the most startling of
these will come from the witness stand
when court which adjourned over the
Fourth of July, is called in session
next Wednesday.
HE WINS AND LOSES.
Drinks Boose on Wnger, Then Crosses
The Sty*.
Chicago. 111.. July 1.—Eleven
^glasses of whisky in a row on the
bar of David Breliant, on the night
'of June 20, were negotiated consecu-
t tlvely by Walter Ganozek as the re-
sult of a bet that the latter had
' made with his son-in-law. Later
that night, Ganosek was dead. His
widow yesterday filed a.Jt for $20,-
' •»» against the saloon keeper, wbo
also had his license revoked by the
yor.
Russians and Italians Continue Their
Smashing Drives.
British and I-'rench troops thrown
forward in a grand offensive against
the German lines on Doth sides of
the river Somme, sixty miles north of
Paris have penetrated at one point
to a depth of five miles; taken sev-
eral villages and cantured a labyrinth
of trenches extending to a depth of
one thousand yards on a front of
seven miles. Tho drive, the most
spectacular in this region since the
British captured Loos last Septem-
ber, began Saturday after the Ger-
man trenches had been bathed in a
hail of shells from guns of every
calibre for days. Progress has been
reported along the entire front of
about 25 miles.
The greatest success gained by the
British was on the right. In the
center they captured what are desig-
nated in the official report as "many
strong points" along a front of four
miles. But north of the Ancre valley
to Gommecourt, powerful counter at-
tacks by the Germans have resulted
In forcing the British back from va-
rious sections of the ground gained In
their first onslaughts.
Many Germans Captured.
The town of Albert, was the start-
ing point of one of the fiercest
thrusts, the British advancing from
east of the town to Mont Auban,
more than five miles away. Besides
Mont Auban and Serre, the villages
of Hebuterne, La Boiselle and Ma-
metz have been captured. Two thou-
sand German prisoners have passed
through the British collecting sta-
tions.
In co-operation with the British,
the French initiated a strong offen-
sive. South of the Somme they cap-
tured four villages and north of that
river they established themselves In
the neighborhood of Hardecourt and
Curlu. The number of unwounded
German prisoners taken by the
French had reached 2,500 up to the
time of the sending of the last of-
ficial report.
The recapture of the famous Thlan-
mont works by the French also has
been affected. This important stra-
tegic point has changed hands several
times and around it probably thou-
sands of men have fallen. On the
left bank of the Meuse, the fighting
Is most intense ar»>und Hill 204, Le
Mort Homme and Avocourt.
Russian Italian Gains.
In the Trentino the Italians con-
tinue to advar.ee along the entire
Posina line and In the Arsa valley.
Artillery bombardments mark the
(Continued oa Pare Two.)
While Nothing New Has Transpired to Indicate an Imme-
diate Break, Congress and the War Department Are
Hastening Measures of Preparation For War.
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WASHINGTON, July 1.—Sec-
retary Lansing today asked con-
gress for $300,000 to foe used in
getting Americans out of Mevico.
He said available funds lutrf been
exhausted and it was Uglily de-
srlnble that every citizen of tlio
Untied States should he brought
out.
Washington, July 1.—With the ad-
journment of the house tonight over
the Fourth of July, It became highly
improbable that the crisis between
the United States and the de facto
government of Mexico would come to
final Issue before Wednesday at the
earliest.
Despite growing impatience over
General Carranza's delay in comply-
ing with demands that he state his
Intentions toward American troops In
Mexico, President Wilson made no
move today toward laying the situa-
tion before congress. Officials be-
flclals refused to discuss these reports.
It is known, however, that they are
fully confident of General Pershing's
ability to protect himself under any
circumstances.
The rumored movements of Mexi-
can troops, however, appear to he in
line with the decision General Car-
ranza is said by private advices to
have adopted. It was predicted that
he would reaffirm his intention to al-
low no operations of tho American
forces on Mexican soil except toward
thf border.
It was the order to this effect to
General Trevino, commanding in Chi-
huahua state which gave the present
crisis Its most ominous aspect. Sec-
retary Lansing has defined the order
as a hostile act and tersely asked tho
de facto government. If it desired that
it should be so construed. On the
answer to that Inquiry hangs what-
ever action President Wilson has
planned.
A few bulletins written in abrupt
We Are at War,
Says Watterson
The situation and the times call
for plain speaking. The people of
this country are not going to pour
out millions of money and send
their Isiys to Is' shot down III bat-
tle after It Is over to lieg pardon
of the McxU-ans anil slick tilings
over wllli goose grease for the
l4»tln-American*. When we go
again Into Mcxieo we shall go to
stay out the need. Wi)-shall mean
business. It Is farcial, after all
which has passed, and Is passing,
that any further writing should foe
sent forward from Washington.
We an* already at war—very inueh
at war. The whys and the where-
fores are plain to Ik* seen—visible
to the naked eye—and do not re-
quire any diplomatic Interchanges.
I'rom this onward there must he
action, vigorous action and nothing
but action.—Henry Watterson In
Louisville Courier-Journal.
lieve he will wait some days at loa.st. military style were given out during
for a reply to the note sent a week
ago tomorrow, provided there are no
further attacks upon General Per-
shing's men in the meantime.
Before the de facto government
had complied with tho first demand
made In that note by releasing the
prisoners taken at Carrizal, it was
expected the president would act
within a time limit fixed in his own
mind, If there was no reply or an
unfavorable one. The effect of the
release order apparently has been to
lengthen this time limit, though how
much only the president himself
knows. There were no official dis-
patches today dealing with the prob-
able tenor of the note, it Is known
the de facto government officials are
framing. The private messages had
nothing to add to the gloomy outlook
they reflected yerterday. In fact
there were no developments of any
sort during the day in the diplomatic
situation although the war depart-
ment and congress still ground away
on measures of preparation against
whatever the future may hold.
Mexican Troop Movements.
Under the war department censor-
ship no Information General Funston
or the general's staff may have as to
movements of Mexican troops beyond
the border was available. Rumors
said Carranxa forces were massing
around the strip of territory occupied
by General Pershing's men, leaving
open only the well guarded road back
to the border. War department ol-
the day by Secretary Baker's new
military aide, Major MacArthur.
They told of the movement of var-
ious unnamed national guard regi-
ments to the border, of plans and
regulations under which regular of-
ficers would be assigned to aid In the
training of state troops and of other
matters connected with th<» mobiliza-
tion of 100,000 men to reinforce Gen-
eral Funston's lines.
Sinews of War.
In congress the senate military
committee prepared to increase by
probably more than $100,000,000 the
army appropriation bill as It passed
the house. The committee has now
approved increases totaling $75,000,-
000. It Is expected the $182,000,000
measure passed by the house will
reach a total of more than $300,000,-
000 when reported to the senate.
Among Items added today were
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THE WEATHER
Forecast.
East Texas—Sunday and Monday
unsettled; warmer Sunday in north-
east portion.
West Texas—Sunday and Monday
generally fair.
^AN ANTONIO Tex., July 1—While the war department
was moving into the frontier thousands of the national
guard, General Obregon, Carranza's minister of war, was
engaged today in strengthening his border army. Minor
i changes were directed by him in his armies that now are
quartered in force in almost all the northern cities except a
few that lie under the American guns, according to informa-
tion that reached the intelligence department at Fort Sam
Houston.
It was another day without news of any clashes between
Mexican and American troops that face each other across
the line but almost all information obtainable indicated that
Mexican army officers were convinced that war was prac-
tically inevitable.
One of General Pershing's aviators investigated reports
that Mexican troops had been concentrated at Guzman and
that they even had begun a march towards the American
lines, but his report showed the improbability of immediate
action from that quarter. He flew over Guzman which is
east of the line General Pershing has established and re-
ported that the number of Mexican troops now there ap-
! peared not more than 2,000 and that apparently no prepara-
tions for an early move were being made. Strong forces
have been distributed along lines paralleling his positions
both on the east and west but General Funston and his staff
officers continued to believe that he could take care of him-
self if the Mexicans did begin to close in.
TROOP MOVEMENTS GUARDED.
Increased caution was displayed at army headquarters
today to keep secret the movement towards the border of the
national guardsmen. Agents of the department of justice
were working in close touch with the military in efforts to
learn of any plot to interfere with the movement of trains
and soldiers watched the more important bridges along the
railroads that stretch through the southern part of Texas.
Every guard carried in his belt an unusual amount of am-
munition and the orders that had been given were definite
and drastic.
By the end of the week, those in charge of the mobiliza-
tion believe that it will be almost completed. Without hitch
and without having interfered with the regular traffic the
American Railways association were moving the trains to
their destination and reports to the quartermaster depart-
ment indicated the likelihood that there would be no conges-
tion in the traffic.
The First Illinois was the first regiment to go into camp
here and it was expected that by tomorrow the Second and
Seventh, completing the First Brigade commanded by Gen.
I). J. Foster, would be here.
The Seventh, Seventy-First and Fourteenth New York
infantry passed through San Antonio today on the way to
the Brownsville district. Other New York regiments will
pass through today and army officers believe that by Wed-
pesday or Thursday the New York movement will be
completed.
"AT THE FRONT" IN SANTONE.
The New York division headquarters will be at McAllen,
where auxiliary troops and the Second brigade made up of
the Seventh, Twelfth and Seventy-First regiments will be
stationed. The first brigade comprising the First, Second
and Fourteenth infantry will be at Mission and the Third
brigade of the Third, Sixty-Ninth and Seventy-Fourth in.
fsntrv dt Phflrr.
With the exception of a part of the Seventh New York
and a battalion of Utah artillery none of the guardsmen have
actually reached stations on the border. ... . .
Enthusiastic members of the guards made the most of
their stops in San Antonio today while waiting for trams to
be transferred from one railroad to another. They inspected
• (h<> histnrip A Initio crowded the hotels for baths and gazed
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warfare. Officers in charge of the | curiously at Mexicans occasionally encountered, meanwniie
xdrlm.r.h"?s listast "" i referring to San Antonio as a part of "the front. Out at the
IN Till) SENATE.
Resumed debate on agricultural ap-
propriation bill.
Conferees considered postofflce,
fortifications and rivers and harbors
appropriation bills.
Itecessed at 4:05 p. in. until I a. m.
Monday.
IN THE HOUSE.
General revenue bill introduced by
Representative Kitchen.
Considered calendar business.
Adopted conference report on for-
tifications appropriation bill aggre-
gating $25,748,050 cash and $13,800,-
000 in authorizations for contracts.
Passed Hay bill appropriating $2,-
000,000 for dependent families of na-
tional guardsmen.
I'assed ominus bills authorizing aids
to navigation and other works in tho
light house service.
Passed Kent bill to establish na-
tional park service.
Adjourned at 4:08 p. m. until noon
Wed nesday.
Armored Motor Cars.
El Paso, Tex., July 1.—While little
brown tent cities were springing up
for the national guardsmen on several
camp sites in El Paso, military of-
ficials at Fort Bliss were testing ar-
mored motor trucks. These machines
equipped with machine guns made
several charges across tho parade
grounds under conations arranged to
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