Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 23, 1916, Page 2

KNERICAN TROOPS DR INT0 PITRALL Mexican Oivilian Brings New Ver- * , sion of Fight in Which Gen- * eral Gomez Was Killed, ' 'MACHINE " GUNFIRE DEADLY R El Paso, Tex., Jume 22—A new ver- sion of the engagement was brought here today by a Mexican civilian, who was in Villa Ahumada early yester- day afternoon, and who said he as- sisted in dressing some of the Mexi- can wounded. He said that General We're Here! Fel Gmui the ' slain Carrancista luk:v. n’zwlr: of ‘the ap-|’ had of the Americans for twelve ours and had sent a number of ‘couriers to them warning them to re- to their encampment. en they persisted in their ad- vance, he said, a 1l several hun- dred feet in lei dug, directly in the trail which the aulr{- " men must ride. This was clever] cogcealed with brush. As the Amer- icans rode unsuspectingly through the sand dunes toward the entrenchment, General Gomez lay concesled some hundred yards nvzniu the mesquite. f the American vanguard e horses of plunged into the pitfall, unseatin 8 number of their riders and them, . _Beventeen Americans Capturdd. ' Then, the Mexican asserted, the Carrancistas, lying in ambush, raked . the American ranks with 3 machine m‘l‘he heavy fire forced the Amer- { icans to withdraw, to their # line, and the Mexicans captured sev- iugmth ;ovl‘d‘l.‘n. who had been thrown e e rted that it was then that T eu_ll“&ame: v.unt lomrdnuudu i Y .of truce, and that before the mpmmw o Soldlee ?;'-“t:'m': cilf; ‘machine gun i C 1L OLASH IN MEXICO BRINGS NATIONS . T0 VERGE OF WAR (Continued From Page One.) equally anxious to receive from Mex- ico City o indication of Carran- 2a's attitude toward the American note sent Tuesday, 1t the fight represents the answer t. the note is little doubt that President Wilson will recomthend ;| that congress declsre war against /| forts of the War g shefle The incident yesterday rencwed ef- ent to pre- rfl the gnlml rd for imme- ‘.h‘r l‘!“ the border. ltm:;; some units already mol might be ordered to entrain nof ‘la:tr then temorrow. hss becom g g KA na is paying 9 ce ‘gor drled cockchafers, a Insurance THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, JUNE MEXICAN ENVOY ASKS EXPLANATION Ambassador Wants to Know Why Americans Were 80 Far Away from Base. FEAR ATTEMPT TO TAKE TOWN Washington, June 22—An official communication from the Mexican foreign office, announcing the clash between Mexican and American troops at Carrizal, and saying the de facto government found it difficult to understand why the Americans should have been so far away from their base, was delivered to Secre- tary Lansing today by Eliseo Arre- | Wil | GUARDSHEN SPEHD LAST NIGHT HERE (Continued From Page One.) 8 bandage which was bound around his arm. “It's a religious reason I ,” he said. The officers would not believe him and they made, him take it off. Underneath was evidence of physical deficiency, and he was turned down. “I want to fight for my country, even if I have to lie,” was his ex- planation. The fibbers are quickly spotted, however, and they dannot get past. 'he following ‘are the newest re- cruits: TaT frrane Ralph'B, Russell, L Guy H. Foley. Howard A. Wilson,” a. A.Aioeohndv, W, A, Lovelady, Ed W, Johnson, John 8ilk, Otto Gawinner, John Costello, A B ine Com dondo, the Mexican ambassador de- Ilfill& r. Arredondo also sought an ex- lanation of the reported action of eral Perlhlnfi in occupyinfi the towns of Casas Grandes and Nuevo Casas Grandes, saying such an act would be one of upen hostility. Official Mexican dispatches were de- scribed to Secretary Lansing indicat- ing that the Mexican forces thought the American troops who approached Carrizal intended to take the town. Mr, Arredondo said he called Secre- tary Lansing’s attention to the dis- tance traversed by the American troops from their base and to what he called “the lack of prudence of the Americart commander i1 approaching the Mexican railway.” / He said his reports showed that seventeen American soldiers had been captured, but did not give the number of casualties among either the Amer- ican or the Mexican forces. Secretary Lansing had no official information on which to discuss the Carrizal affair and, according to Mr. Arredondo, also was without knowl- edge of whether any Mexican towns actually had been occupied. , Text of Communication. The communication telegraphed by Genersl Aguilar, Carranza’y foreign misister, follows: “Please bring to the attention of the Department of State that an engage- ment occurred today (the 21st) at Carrizal, near Villa Ahumada, Chi- huahua, between American forces numbering about 200 men with a force of our government, during which en- gagement General Felix Gomez and several of our troopos were killed. There were several casualties among American troops, seventeen taken P er. “According to the statement made by the interpreter, who was acting as guide for the American forces, the commander of the latter is responsible for the encounter. “Please make proper representa- tions to the department and say to the m:reu;y of state that this gov- ernment finds it difficult to understand why the American troops that took Klrt in the engagement should: have een at Carrizal, a point on the line of he Mexican Central railroad some dis- tance Ciudad Juarez and rather far from the point which is alleged to be the base of the rest of the Xmerb which entered Mexico b Furth tails will f fy . \ HAS PASSED " $10,000,000.00 IN ASSETS o 23, 1916. GREECE ACCEPTS ENTENTE DEMANDS New Premier Agrees to Meet Terms of Ultimatum Delivered to Him Wednesday. BACKED UP BY ALLIED FLEET Athens, Wednesday, June 21.—(Via London, June 22).—Greece has ac- cepted unconditionally the demands made by the entente powers., This decision was communicated to the French legation by M. Zaimis, the former premier to whom the forma- tion of a new cabinet is reported to have been entrusted. The new cabinet will be made up on non-political lines, even including one or two adherents of former Premier Venizelos. Late tonight the sound of a heavy explosion drew a crowd to the home of M. Venizelos, owing to the ground- less fear that an attempt on his life had been made. The ultimatum of the efitente pow- ers was delivered to the Greek govs ernment at noon today (Wednesday). Fleet Cruising Off Piracus. Paris, June 22—An allied fleet has been ordered to cruise before Piraeus, | in the port of Athens, according to a Havas despatch from Saloniki. It is said the fleet eventually will be sup- ported by a landing force. 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