The evening world. Newspaper, July 1, 1916, Page 1

; "PRIOR ONE CENT. Lowe rigts, 1088, bey fo (Tee Bee BY CARRANZA ARMY HEADS: TREVINO MENACES PERSHING. MERION CASE OF CONFLICT —_——_———_--9-2-—__-__ Mexican TroopsClosing In and Likely|Camp Preparations Evidence That Militia From This State Will Be! Backbone of Movement WithGen. O’Ryarras the Dominating Figure. By Martin Green. (Special Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) M'ALLEN, Tex., July 1—Camp evidence that the War Department intends that the New York militia shall be the backbone of the invasion to Attack at Once, American Com- mander Is Warned—Bridges and! Trains Bearing Militia Guarded. SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 1.—-Reports from Gen, Pershing in Mexico and from headquarters commanders along the border reflected the hurried preparations being made by the Mexican War Department for a clash with the American army. Troop trains vere nearing the border from north, east and west, but increased efforts were made to keep from the public the actual schedules of the trains and the time of their arrival at destinations, On all lines where armycotticers-endsailway officials believed at- tempts might be made to interfere with the movement, details of soldiers have been sent and bridges were under guard. Brig, Gen, George Bell jr, commanding the American army detach- ments at El Paso, was in wiretess communication with Brig. Gen, John * J. Pershing at the latter's headquarters at Colonia Dublan, Mexico, He has sent Gen. Pershing a synopsis of the Carranza memorandum given ot last night in Mexico City, adding to it an im- perative warning to Le on his guard to-day, even to an attack by tie Car-| ranza fotces ot Gen. Jacinto Trevino, which are closing in on Pershing. Whether this warning was sen: under orders from Washington Gen, (Continued on a Recond Page.) January 1st — 1st June 30th (ALL RECORDS BROKEN IGreatest Advertising Achievement In the History of Newspapers Hl Separate temens Printed in The World From Jan. | to June 30, 1916, Inclusive. 245,633 More Than Last Year i} 70,662 More Than The World's High Water Mark of 1913 566,485 More Than the Herald Summary for Six Months, Ending June 30: WORLD. ‘Newepepers “Oexin® 775,926 ads. 506,665 ads. 269,261 ads. 760,241 ads. 479,644 ads, —- 280,597 ads, }]]) 758,156 ads, 448,621 ads. 309,535 ads, 798,993 ads. 410,665 ads. 388,328 ads, 686,264 ads. 369,854 ads. 316,413 ads, 1915.... 624,022 ads. 330,273 ads. 293,749 ads, 4916.... 869,655 ads. 303,170 ads. 566,485 ads, This Isa New Record and Stands Unapproached by Any Other Newspaper on the Face of the Earth. | H 1910... 1914... 1912... 1913... 1914... |Mexico from Southeastern Texas a Cee hie an Melee Clroulation Books Open to All.” NEW YORK, BATURLAY, JULY | GERMAN LINE i$ CRUMPLED UP | LOSE FIVE TOWNS TO THE ALLIE 1 WR PREPARATIONS HURRIED NEW YORK TROOPS TO LEAD 'BRITISH The Peeee tere Werte). THE INVASION OF EASTERN -<¢2—- Entire Front in a Great Offensive Which Began To-Day, Reaching Second Line Trenches. Hand to Hand Fighting Marks the Struggle at Many Points and by the Allies and the Germans. of Eastern Mexico in case of war multiplies hourly, In fact, the whole war situation at this end of the international boundary is to be in militia hands! , —Reports seceived from the front, five hours with Major Gen, cue of New York as the dominating commanding aft figure, Numerically tetany a combination of all the other units destined’) for encampment in this part of Texas, the New York troops must neces- | sarily form the most important factor of the invasion, pled along the Chihuahua and Son- ora borders of Mexico and to a con- siderable extent to the southeast of Until this district ts approached the regular force is small that territory. and almost entirely occupfed in pa- trol and guard duty. It will not be possible to send into force of regulars sufficient to cope with the well armed Carranza forces that are assembling across the river, hence the mobilization here ef a pow- erful militia force which in case of war is destined to cross the Rio Grande under the protection of fire | from batteries of heavy artillery ata- tloned on the Amerioan alde of the river and make @ dash for the in- terior, At 9 o'clogk last night @ train loaded with artillery horses and ar- tillerymen from Fort Bill, Okla, passed through this town bound west at forty miles an hour, It was followed later by two other artillery trains, both moving as fast as the, engine could turn the wheels, This artillery was routed for Brownaville Thursday night, Some! time after the trains left Houston the War Department divertes them to the West from Harlingen. Pontoon bridges sufficient in size and number to carry large detach- mente of artillery, cavalry and in- fantry across the Rio Grande have! been sent to Samfordyoe, the terminal | of the branch road running weat from Harlingen, in the past two days. ARTILLERY AND PONTOONS MASS8ED AT SAMFORDYCE, The artillery has followed to Sam- fordyce, More than 20,000 troops are to be concentrated about McAllen, convenient to Samfordyce within the next two weeks or as soon as they can be brought from the North, Sam- fordyce is twenty miles across the country from Rio Grande City, an | American town on the Rio Grande | acrosa the river from Camargo, where ja Carranza army is gathering in torce, Motor trucks have been sent to Samfordyce by the tratnioad. It would appear to be reasonable to suppose, therefore, that if there ts war and Mexico is invaded the New York, New Jersoy and Texas troops stationed in thie vicinity, together with the heavy artillery, will be sent across at Rio Grande City with the | Under saw (Continued on Ninth Page.) _—-o-—-_ (rg Racing Resuite See Page 2.) GOTH AND 47TH MAY NOT GO TO BORDER AT ALL ° Regiments Will Not Be Not Be Sent at T tue Time, Anyway—The 23d Will Go, orders Issued to-day at Department of the East Headquarters of the United States Army the Forty. seventh, Sixty-ninth and Tenth In- fantry Regiments, now In camp at Green Maven, are not going to the Moxican border at this time, if at all, The Firat, Second, Third, Twenty- (ilrd and Beventy-fourth will entrain probably to-night or to-morrow, ‘The Twenty-third will leave for the border within the next forty-oight hours, ‘When Gen, Wood wan asked why the Twenty-third was going while the Sixty-ninth, might etay at home, he sald: “You will have to ask Gov. Whitman about it.” ALBANY, July 1.—Gov. Whitman declined to-day to discuas hiv request that the Twenty-third Regtnent of Brooklyn be sent to the border in- stead of the Bixty-ninth. There was No discrimination, the Governor said, in leaving the Mivty-ninth behind at this time. “I think,” he added, “that all of the regiments will go to the front.” ee MILITARY RELIEF BILL PASSED BY THE HOUSE Hay Act Appropriating $2,000,000 for Dependent Families of Militia. men, Goes Through, 297 to 2. WASHINGTON, July 1-/The Hay bill appropriating $2,000,000 for do- pendent families of National’ Guards- men called or drafted in the prosent emergency was passed by the House to-day. The bill which now goes to the Senate, allows not excoeding $50 @ month to the dependent families In the discretion of the Secretary of War Representatives Small (Democrat, North Carolina) and James (Kepub- Mean, Michigan) were the only mem- bere to vote against the bill, which panned, 297 to 2, ———_—_ Ende Life by Three-Story Leap, Joseph Carrida, thirty-five yoare old, committed suicide this morning by Jumping fron the third-story window of No, 481 Henry Btreet, Brooklyn, where he lived with @ married slser, BRITISH HEAD~UARTERS, IN FRANCE, July| to-day. Following is the text of the report: a the combined French and British offensive Swe tnunched. at 7.30 o'clock thie morning, showed that the allies‘had captured the towns of La Boiselle, Serre and Montauban and Curlu and Faviere| The regular army is largely occu-@———. Woods. The main first line trenches over the entire front under attack are reported to have been stormed, and at various points the fighting has) eached the main second line. These reports show that the French and British, at points of their furthest advances, have broken through a distance of more than five miles beyond the first German trenches. Montauban is five and ‘one-half miles east of the old British front, and Curlu Wood is six miles east-southeast of Albert. The British are endeavoring to surround Thiepval, and at other points an intense struggle is under way for towns and villages. Reports from the front indicate that the important German position at Fricourt may be cut off. The British are making progress behind the front lines in German-held territory. Serre and Montauban, which the British have captured, are important tactical points. Serre is southeast of Hebuterne, and Montauban is northeast of Bray. The British are fighting for the villages of Mametz and Contalmaisons, portions of which they hold. The British are fighting gallantly, and have taken many prisoners in the front lines. The French, advancing on the British right, are moving with great steadiness. After the assault they very quickly covered a distance of two kilo- metres beyond the German front line. Thus far the day has gone weil for F well for France renee and England. BRITISH OPEN ATTACK ON A TWENTY -MILE FRONT re ee French Move Forward Simultaneously to South of the Somme River—Five-Day Bom- bardment Preceded Assault. LONDON, July 1.—-The supreme attack of the allied forces, the long heralded advance against the giant German army on the western battie line was begun at 7.30 o'clock this morning, The result of it was a gain for the allied troops such as has not AND FRENCH CAPTURE SIXTEEN MILES OF TRENC Allies Gain Five Miles on Nearly the |REPEATED ‘ALLIED ATTACKS Some Villages Are Partly Heldlattacks by French and British troops along REPULSED, SAYS BERLIN © oS Germans Claim Successes in Engagements Preceding Great Drive of To-Day— Barely Mention New Offensive. BERLIN, July 1 (via London). — western front during the night were in all cases | repulsed by the Germans, the War Office announced | © “Repeated French and’ British attacks during the night were everywhere,. A number of prisoners and eome material in our hands; “The attacks were preceded by intense to igas attacks and mtine explosions. ; | “Early this morning fighting activity. spre jciably increased on both sides of the Somme." ear et | been known since the Germans were beaten from the gates of Paris. . Sixteen miles of the forward entrenchments _ : of the Germans were taken in a drive by the British forces north of the Somme. At the same time, French troops on the British right advanced according to a bulletin from the British War made gains equally effective: The overwhelming attack of the British was made on seal mile front north of the Somme after a bombardment which, lasting an hour and a half, was the most terrific in which the British were ever engaged, For five days the guns had never been silent, thousands ypon thousands of shells had been hurled Into the German works, Then, after the last terrific blast, the British advanced upon the stubbornly held Ger. man entrenchments, ALLIES REACH SECOND LINE TRENCHES. q So determined was the assault of the allled forces that at some points’ all the main first tne trenches of the Germans were taken, and operation have now reached the main second line, according to reports fro British headquarters In France, Town after town was taken by the allles In their irresistible Serre, Montauban, Curlu, La Bolselle and the Faviere Woods were tured In splte of stiff resistance, A Northwest of Thlepval, which was ferociously pombgrdedt ; + duced, the British have taker up a strong position In an effort ; round It, The Germans still hold Pricourt, Ovilllers and Bea but the British have :nade a fresh attack upon the latter place, and attempting to cut off Pricourt, sn Linportant German poaltion, An Intense struggte |3 In progress for the possession of one end of which Is held by the British while the Germans hold the off Fighting Is going on at the village of Mameta, alx miles cast of and the Anglo-French forces are driving eastward In the general of Cambral, Such news as Is permitted to come from the front cates that the advances of the allled troops are carrying the positions of the Germans, The advances reached thelr greatest along a thirteen-mile front extending from a point north of Albert polnt southeast of that village, Serre Is fourteen miles southeast ¢ Arras and Montauban six miles east of Albert, GERMANS DRIVEN OUT OF TRENCHES, Shaken by the Incessant bombardment and confronted by magsed a British troops which advanced In the face of all the fire.the Kalser'a) forces could direct against them, the Germans were/driven from trem after trench, Many prisoners—how many could not be estimated been taken and latest de*patches announce that the battle js pee with the utmost violence on both the British and French front The text of the War Office anneuncemant is as follows) ¥ ‘ “Am attack was launched norih of the River Somme this merme ing, 9 7.80 A. M., in conjunction with the Prengh. British treope ! Os tn SA