The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 20, 1916, Page 1

IFUNSTON CALLS FOR MILITIA The Seattle Star “.°"™ IT’S MAIN 600 THESE BE UNSETTLED DAYS, WHAT WITH MO: BILIZATION GOING ON AT THE ARMORY, CAF : HEREAFTER, WHEN YOU WANT TO CALL UP ZA GETTING NOTES PROM WILSON, THE BULL THE STAR, ASK FOR MAIN 600, OUR OLD NUMBER OOSERS FLOCKING AROUND WITHOUT A HEAD. HAS GONE INTO THE DISCARD UNDER THE TEL AND 80 THE WHATHER TODAY SAY “TO. PHONE COMPANY'S PLAN TO SIMPLIFY ALL NU THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEW NEWS : } NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY, UNSETTLED WEATHER BERS IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT, AND PROBABLY SHOWERS AINS AND s _RTANDS, Se VOLUME 19. SEATTLE, WASH,, TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1916. ONE 2] } VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR ARMY) | Three hundred new recruits are still needed in Seattle to put the Second regiment of Washington National Guard infantrymen up to war strength. To enlist, go to head- quarters at the Armory, Western ave. and Lenora st., or the recruiting office on Second ave., near Spring st., one door north of Cheasty’s haberdashery, or call up Maj. Fred ' } Llewellyn at Regimental Headquarters, Main 2837, if you have not the time today to visit the recruiting offices. The requirements are that you must be able-bodied, having good | } teeth, feet, and eyesight (which may be corrected by eyeglasses): You must be between the ages of 18 and 45. Sec’ y Lansing Gives Out Text of Reply to Demand for Withdrawal of Troops | PRESIDENT 2 “ SEATTLE ARMORY, WHERE MILITIAMEN BASK THREE DAYS IN GIRLISH SMILES ASKS WASHINGTON FOR SC HUNTN Co AT LEAST 85.000 MEN ON INSWERTO AOROER. IMMEDIATELY CARRANZA | Fifty Thousand Horses to WASHINGTON, June | Be Purchased for Militia; emene today threatened Government Prepares for 4 ernment today threatened bs oe ) Gen. Carranza with “the | u ravest consequences” if | C mp g ¢ = attacks American a al nN. : troops. | ; : i } This threat was con- | SAN ANTONIO, June 20.—Gen, Funston announced 7% tained in a long note, re- |today that the quarterm s department at Fort Sam plying to his last with- Houstor ed the war department to pur- drawal demand. chase 50. ; mules for the National Guard. Full of short-arm diplo- } hey assembled various stations thruout the 4 P matic jabs, the note posi- country is will be advertised at once. ; tively declined to take the Funston was asked by the war department to indicate I A forces. out of |how many thousand militia he wants at once. 5 Mexico. It — excoriated He said he wired a request for a certain numbers bat ‘arranza for his failure to clined to state the exact figures is co-operate and resented his It is believed, however, he has asked for at least 65,000, brusqueness and his inti- }perhaps more. The troops will be distributed from the Gulf mations of bad faith. of Mexico to California—a brigade here and there, the re= 4 facto government is mainder at other points. si 3 petit to ce gf ee Soagpin | No indication is given as to what militia will be called bandits), said the note, “and | first ve that, in case of a refusal ! (At top)-—Guardsmen and their friends on the court beside the! cs ee 8 8 to retire the troops, there is no fur- Armory. Among the friends are many of the fair sex, who are spend- ther recourse than to defend its ter- ing as much time possible in the company of their soldier husbands U S TRAM PLES OVER 4 ritory by an appeal to arms, for the | or sweethearts before the expected order comes which will take them . s government of the U. 8. would sure- |to the border. | PP 9 d ly be lacking in sincerity and friend- | (Beiow)—A young guardsman doing sentry duty at the entrance) MEX! AN DEADLINE ship if it did not frankly impress to the Armory. (inset) Col. Wm, Inglis, commanding the Second regi- upon the de facto government that jentet, %,. 9. PFs. EL PASO, June 20.—Defiance | The body of an ynidentified the execution of this threat will lead j | by United States troops of Car- American was found on the Mexi- to the gravest consequence: } | ranza'’s threat to attack Gen. (can side of the Rio Grande last Biuntly, the note told Carranza | PT IN TT DENT Pershing’s forces if they moved night that this government “cannot re | South, east or west was the Officials are investigating the 99 ede from its settled determination | most important development in possibility that the Americaa was | eer COMPANY MUST LEAVE | &fcnrs Ss 9 and to prevent further raids across | threat is carried out, American Sate department officials am | 5 Je to bring to the bo ai Ee eecwwnent of Goreenan 94 | | Upon learning from friendly the ‘Americans. still vematatng ae courteous tone and temper In Mexicans that bandits were op- —_\rexivo. his last note. —Charges that bandits gone unhampered and unpunish- have @d in attacking Americans. —Recitation of instance: of banditry. =—Charges that the Carranza fegime had been indifferent to atrocities and even encouraged and aided some of the leaders of these. —Charges that Carranza did mot take proper steps to appre- hend Villa and others. Tells of Atrocit ‘The note stated: “It will be tedi- ous to recount instance after in- stance, outrage after outrage, atroc- ity after atrocity.” It does mention, however, cific cases Details of attac ape. s on Brownsville, Red House, F Progreso, Post office and Las Paledas, “all occur- ring during last September.” are @lted. “In theso attacks,” the note says, “Carranzista adherents, and even @ivil soldiers, took part in the loot ing, burning and killing. ‘ot only were these murders characterized by ruthless brutality, but uncivilized acts of mutilation were perpetrated. “Notwithstanding representations of Gen, Carranza and the promise of Gen. Naffarett to prevent at tacks along the Internationat (Continued on page 7) BEN SLEDGE, Political Boss! bitterly DOES HE WIN HER? We know, but will not tell, You will find out by reading “A TALE OF KED ROSES” It is the new novel-a- week, and say, George Randolph Chester wrote it. That’s enough. The first of six large install- ments begins in Monday's Star. MEXICO CITY, June 20.—"If the United States wishes war with Mexico, they will have to begin it by invading our terri- tory,” Gen, Carranza told a del: egation of men teachers and and women students whe WASHINGTON, June Fearing that it would hes con. atrued as an act of war, the war department has decided to with draw until later its request to congress for the passage of a resolution authorizing the presi- dent to ute the National Guard in Mexico. | WITHDRAW REQUEST Galled on him today, “We will _ tolerate the sending of no more Punitive expeditions across our border even on the pretext of hunting bandits and assassins,” added the First Chief. WAR BULLETINS GALVESTON. — Private ad vices say American warships at Vera Cruz today removed large numbers of Americans. WASHINGTON. — Ma}, Gen Leonard Wood, commander of the department of the East, has requested the secretary of \ { | CARRANZA SPEAKS DEFIANCE war to assign him to a position in active service appropriate to his rank. WASHINGTON, — Mexican Ambassador Arredondo this noon canceled his engagement ‘to See Secretary Lansing at 2:30. He broke the enga ment after having read this government's reply to Gen, Carranza’s demand for with- drawal of American troops from Mexico. BROWNSVILLE.—The body of William P. Browne, cattle buyer, brother of Mayor A. A, Browne, found today on Mexi- can side of Rio Grande with a bullet hole in hi i} BY CORNELIA GLASS There is one very disappointed young man in Seattle today. The young man’s name {is Alvin Eck berg. He is 12 years old and he lives in the Adassah Home, on Mercer Island Alvin {s the brightest of seven Httle Eckbergs, and is the livest young person imaginable. Two months ago several unt versity students visited the Adas sah Home, and Alvin was his most captivating for the occa sion. He quite won every heart, but his most complete victim was Beverly Alexander, youth- ful captain of F ‘company, the university unit of the Washing. ington National Guard. ALVIN TAGS OFFICER Capt. Alexander won Alv too. In fact, Alvin was reduced to such a state of hero worship that he tagged the young officer mercilessly, and almost wailed when the boat left the dock. A week later Capt. Alexander again called at the Adassah Home, and Alvin showed him the island, including the trees that make the best climbing and the hole where the swimming is warmest and most secret Then, as a proof of absolute confidence, Alvin pointed out a nest with a family of very new birds in it, and after that the lit tle boy and the big little boy were friends. HE TELLS apoutT ALVIN Monday afternoon I found Capt. Alexander in the university armory surrounded by a busy boyish, staff, and before a desk littered with papers “Have you a moment t Alvin?” I asked The young man pushed his papers with a smile, “T can usually find time to talk about Alvin?” he answered “What would you like to know?” “Have you really adopted him?" Capt. Alexander laughed gayly HE'S HIS BIG BROTHER Adopt Alvin? I? Well, no not exactly, [ don't think I would know how to go about be. ing a father to Alvin, but IT want to be his big brother as long as he will let me, and we do have bully times together,” Capt. Beverly Alexander has the general appearance of one with whom a 12-year-old might have @ “bully time’—or a 40- to talk ab aside year-old, for that His youthful privates do his Bleefully, and there {s much ughter and friendliness in th rulting offices of F company There is a decided vein of ser! ousness and hard work, too. Capt, Alexander wandered away from Alvin for a moment GETTING HIS MEN IN “We have been busy since last night,” he admitted. “You see, I had to wire all my men who had left town, but now they are beginning to report in nobly matter, sergeants and bidding almost If recruiting will only keep up the way it’s going now, this unit will be at fighting strength when they are ready for us.” What will you do with Alvin while you are away?” I asked His face clouded Poor chap,” he said. “I had promised to take him with me to encampment this summer, and of course that's all off now. He was looking forward to !t a lot, too, ALVIN'S A SOLDIER “Of course,” he added, “I may be able to arrange to have him with me a while if we are not sent South But he soldier now, clear to his backbone, and if we are sent to Mexico and Alvin misses his encampment, he'll never whine about it, or even let me see how disappointed he is.” jo when the little boy bids the big little boy good-bye this week, there will be no assurances of future meetings But because the little boy is a soldier, too, he will shake hands hard with his brother-father, and grin at him bravely as he goes. MULE DRIVERS ARE NEEDED BY MILITIA Twenty-one “mule skinners” are needed by G. W. to mule teams that will haul the regiment's com bat and supply wagon train Two blacksmiths and one drive four saddler jare also needed BASEBALL GAME OFF Today's schedule game between Butte and Seattle was postponed on account of wet grounds, the Second infantry, N. | erating south and west of Nam- iquipa, Pershing sent two de- tachments of cavalry in pursuit, troops tram- “dead- | The American over Carranza's pled line Pershing arranged to support these detachments with heavy rein- |forcements, should they Jed. He is also ke jnication lines north strongly guarded. | Trench have been thrown | z near the two internation to ancisco Gonzales, garrison, stat ot expect | d that man jwhile he | with Gen s forces in El! Paso, jthe entrenchments were jas a precaution against att | | Washington National Guards- men may be hurried to the Mexican border Immediately, without waiting to recruit to war strength, Seattle officers belleved Tuesday, following Gen, Funston's appeal for im- mediate reinforcements. | Because the Second regiment, N. G. W., made up of companies thruout the state, has been ranked at the top of the list in the war department, it will be among the first to be called, they say. | The be attack- ying his commu: Columbus com- lash intended ap | troc | Estimates of their number reach- ed as high as 4,000 men, women and children Twelve’ hundred, Mexico City, are reported unable to reach Vera Cruz because of numerous bandits operating slong the road American refugees reachi here declare they passed se troop trains sidetracked near Mon- tezuma. They estimated the trains carried 2,000 Carranza soldiers, It is believed these were rein- forcements for Villa Ahumada, near Gen. Pershing’s line, Another motor truck train heap- ed with ammunition and supplies for Pershing left the Columbus, N. M., base at dawn today guarded by s with machine guns. said to be in SECOND REGIMENT EXPECTS GALL TODAY Between the rolled-uj)) men and the canvas-covered floor will be sacks stuffed: with straw, At 6 a. m. they will get up at the sound of the reveille, Then will come the setting-up exercises, At 7:15 they will sit down at one jof Chauncey Wright's restaurants jand eat a “two-bit” breakfast, A five-day “mess” contract has been plan of waiting to recruit to war strength and then go to Ameri ean lake for 30 days would, in that case, be abandoned The outfits would entrain few hours’ notice. Adopt Military Routine and rush south on aj Washington militiamen mobilized in the Armory will start, Wednes day order of Their they soldiers. and to sleep where they pleased, Tuesday, when Col, Inglis |mander of the Second infantry aued a for a military schedule | At 10:20 p, m will sound “taps Five hundr up in blankets on the Armory floor Sentr on guard duty, as pleased eat com ore complete Tuesday daily will pace back and forth | from to live acconiing to the routine| permission to go and come and closed buglers | | a pace uardsmen will roll | that | signed with Wright Drill Five Hours Daily Then for five hours each day the men will drill, going thru. the school for the soldier,” close order formations and brushing up on mil- itary courtesy Half of the drill period will be in the morning and the rest in the aft- erno Telwoave the Armory, the men will have to present signed passes thelr company commanders at the door. After 24 hours of systematic rush, Washington National Guard officers were able to sit back Tuesday morn- ing while the wheels of their organization turned in nearly every part of the state. Recruiting continues at so hot here and in other parts of state as to cause prediction Washington will have more than 1,300 young men under arms Continued on Page 6.) the »