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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-22
RE PUT THROUGH THEIR PACES TRAINED TROOPS DRILL AND
FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR
FIGHTTAKENBY OBREGON.
ACT AMAZES WASHINGTON
BY International News Service.

BY International News Service.
Mexico City, June 22.-F'ull respon-
Hbtltty for the attack upon American
soldiers at Carrizal is assumed by Min
lster of War Obregon in an official
statement issued at the war depart
ment. This says that the Americans
were trying to occupy the railway sta
ton at Carrizal.
General Carranza has called a full
meeting of the cabinet for this after
noon. At this General Obregon will
make complete report on the sit
uation.
The statement issued by General
Obregon follows:
''The ministry under my charge by
the first chiefs orders instructed Cen
era1 Trevino on June is that If Gen.
sral Pershing's forces forming the
punitive expedition which penetrated
our national territory after the Co.
tumbus incident moved southwark,
westward or eastward from where they
were, they should be attacked
early this morning "wednesday
an American force tried to occupy the
station of Carrizal. on the Mexican
Central railway. General Trevino or
resulted is described in official reports
rendered to this ministry by General
Trevino as follows:
June 81, 1915.
Headquarters, Chihuahua City, to
Minister of War and Navy, General
Alvaro Obregon:
General Francisco Gonzales re-
ported to me last night from Ciudad
Juarez that American forces were ar
riving at Santo Domingo. Therefore,
I ordered them attacked to-day, and /
am informed the fight began at s
o'clock this morning in Carrizal.
have just been informed that the
American forces were repulsed.
General Felix Gomez was seri-
ously wounded. He commanded our
forces. We have others killed and
wounded.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-22

side of the railroad track. The houses
themselves might easily be shattered
by artillery fire, but would make an
excellent shelter against rifles.
Artillery to Open
Juarez also affords such shelter
from rifle fire, but the effect of the
American Al, fired from the Mesa be-
hind Ell Paso would undoubtedly make
the town untenable within a few
hours.
That artillery fire will open an en-
gagement here-if such an engage
ment is ordered-is practically a GER
tainty. One we'll directed shot could
put out of service the water supply at
Juarez and its lighting system. The
American officers have not been vast
ing their time on the border.
This seems so certain that there
have been rumors that the Carranzista
garrison thereis on the point of evacu-
ating without waiting for the first gun
to fire. If that had been the intention,
the victory the Mexicans claim at Car
rizal has put out of their minds all
thought of retreat before having
chance to kill some more "gringoes."
The Mexicans, too,hav artillery and
1t would please their gunners i'm
mensely to take a few shots at the
taller El Paso buildings that offer such
a fair shot on the American side.
Whatever the Juarez commander
intends to do, the Juarez population
does not relish the prospect of Amer
lean shells dropping into their dusty
town. Motley caravans of persons have
been tramping out of the town, bound
rather vaguely for the hills and desert
stretches toward the interior. The
sufferings of these refugees can better
be imagined when it is understood
that food is scarce and water scarcer
in Juarez.
But the Dance Goes On
Last night at a dance on the roof
Of Paso del Notre Hotel a report was
brought to the gay crowd that the
Mexicans were ready to start some
thing" On the balcony overlooking
Juarez hung a crowd of men and wo-
men between dances. With the bright
lights on the roof they were occupying
perhaps the best target afforded the
Mexican artillery.
But they were willing to accept the
risk for the chance of seeing the
| fighting start. Many families have
departed from Ell Paso for the sum-
mer, but any suggestion that they left
to avoid the difficulties that might
arise were Indignantly denied.
Great numbers of the Mexican pop
ulation of FL Paso have left for the
other side of the RIO Grande following
| the example of Consul Andreas Garcia,
who sleeps in JuareZ every night and
who has sent his family into Mexico.
The police and provost guard are
keeping watch for disturbances.
There have been numerous reports of
clashes between individuals and badly
battered MeXicans have limped into
the Mexican settlements after unsatis-
factory efforts to debate the issues in
question on the streets of Ell Paso.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-22
)RILL AND RECRUITING IN FULL SWING IN THE CITY
RAKE AMERICANS WITH
MACHINE GUN AFTER THEY
ARE TRAPPED IN PITFALL

Military authorities here expressed
no doubt that both commands suffer
ed heavily in the fight but pointed out
that no information concerning the
engagement other than that from
Mexican sources has been received.
Even the two Americans, James Maxey
ana j: G. Hubble, who brought the
most detailed accounts to the border
said that their informants were all
MeXicans. Hope was expressed that
the American casualties will not prove
as heavy as the Mexicans reports have
indicated.
1t was not considered unlikely that
General Pershing already has taken
steps looking toward the reinforce
ment of the cavalry command engaged
ana to a swift punitive action. 1t was
also expected that he would take such
steps as are possible to rescue the
captive Americans, who now are on
their way to Chihuahua City, to be
held subject to the orders of General
Trevino, commanding Carranza's army
of the North.
Evacuating Juarez
Reports of the evacuation of towns
held by Carranza garrisons in the
territory occupied by the expeditionary
command, continued to-day and 1t was
thought that General Trevino has
ordered the redistribution of the troops
composing the ring which had sur
rounded General Pershings forces for
some weeks to offset a realignment
which the American commander be-
gan yesterday During the night up
ward of one thousand MeXicans cross
ed the border from Ell Paso to Juarez
and to-day the exodus continued.
Many of these left imm ediately for the
south while the town itself was being
rapidly depopulated. Through the
night a steady stream of wagons carry
ing the household goods of citizens of
the town poured out along the roads
leading to the south. Whether the
civilians had been warned by the
military authorities to leave the towns
could not be learned.
Army officers asserted to-day that
the Mexican leaders have long realized
that in the event of hostilities with
the United States they could not hope
to hold Juarez against the Americans
and have planned to withdraw to a
more strategic point.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-22
Changes in NoncommissiOn
Staff of Eighth Announced

Official orders issued last night pro-
vided for the following changes in the
Eighth's noncommissioned staff:
Private Charles L. Crist, Co. I, SER
geant major. vice James B. Wheeler.
is hereby appointed regimental SER
geant.
"Regimental Sergeant Major James
B. Wheeler is hereby appointed bat
talon sergeant major, vice Battalion
Sergeant Major F. p. WHARF, dis
charged.
Private Henry NJ. Gross, Co. I, is
hereby appointed regimental commits
sary sergeant. vice Commissary Ser
geant #. w. Houston, discharged.
Mr.: Gross is a son of Park Commits
sioner E. 2. Gross; Mr.. Wheeler, who
is more familiarly known among the
younger people of the city as Jimmy
VIII eeler is a former second lieutenant
of Cory company of the Guard. He
lis employed on the Hill
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-22
Prominent Columbia Men
Go Into U. S. Service

Columbia. Pa. June 22.-Columbia
will send to the United States service
with the National Guard of Pennsyl-
vania some of its most prominent citi-
zens, among them being Colonel Ed
ward G. Shannon. commander of the
Fourth Regiment; Chief Burgess Will
liam S. Detweiler. who is second lieu
tenant in Company C, Fourth Regi-
ment; Major Cleon n. Berntheisel,
district attorney of Lancaster county,
judge advocate on the staff of Major
General Charles M. Clement; COM
mander of the division; DIR. Andrew
II. Baxter, captain of Company C, and
II. w. Zeamer "a druggist and former
burgess, who is first lieutenant of
Company C. The company will leave
the armory recruited to full peace
strength and the second lieutenant will
remain at Columbia to bring the COM
mand up to The war footing of $50
men.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-22
Vast Stores of Supplies
and Ammunition Already
in Mexico For u. S. Troops
Bv Assoeiated PrsSs

San Antonio, Tex, June 22.-Vast
quantities of ammunition and supplies
are already in storage in Mexico and
at points along the border for use of
American troops, high army officer
at General Funstons headquarters de-
clared to-day.
Factories are in a position, he as
serted, to keep supplies going as fast
as they are needed. He pointed out
that the government had taken the
precaution to make large preliminary
purchases as well as to increase the
output of its arsenals.
During the three months American
troops have been in Mexico, such i'm
provement has been made in the
army's organization and equipment
that officers here admitted that it is
far better prepared than If break
with Mexico had come Immediately
after the Villa raid.
The greatest forward step has been
made in the transportation depart
ment, the army experts declared.
When General Pershing started his
pursuit of Villa in the middle of
March the quartermaster corps did
not have single motortruck as a
part of the supply system; now there
are upwards of five hundred machines
in the service.
Not only have the trucks been used
for the transportation of supplies but
they are being employed to rush
troops from place to place. Expert
ments have proven that entire regi-
ments can be moved in trucks much
more rapidly than cavalry.
A large increase has been made in
the number of motorcycles in use by
the army Some of these machines
are of special construction, with ma
chine gun attachments.
High-powered aeroplanes, of the
latest design, are now at Columbus and
will be sent into Mexico as soon as new
propellers have been provided.
The long stretches of territory to be
covered in Mexico have led to marked
betterments in the field wireless equip
ment and "buzzer" telegraph lines.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-22
Lack of Cooks Causes
Wall From Pittsburgers
By .Assoeiated PrcSs

Pittsburgh, Pa, June %. Enlist
ments are numerous in Western Penn
sylvania's many National Guard units
and the entire Second Brigade in full
strength will move to Mt Gretna
promptly Friday. night, commanders
say officially.
1--WE can get all the privates we
want, but nobody who can cook is en-
listing and competent enlisted cooks
are our greatest problem" declared
several commanders last night. 'It
might sound like levity, but it's no
joke, this lack of cooks and nobody in
our outfits are able to cook" walled
the captains of the Pittsburgh ambu-
lance company and the radio COM
pany of the signal corps. Numerous
prospective recruits have been turned
back because of defective teeth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-22

"'Seven Americans were taken pris-
oners and just now ] received another
message reporting the death of Gomez.
1 am giving the necessary orders.
General in Chief Jacinto B. Tre-
vino
Another message quickly following
this read as follows:
Headquarters, Chihuahua City, to
General Obregon, Urgent:
"'I have just been informed from
Cuida Juarez that when the forces
were reorganlzed it turned out that
seventeen Americans were captured,
not seven, as stated in the foregoing
report. The Americans interpreter was
captured. He confessed that the
American leader was responsible for
the conflict. I have ordered that the
prisoners be brought here. Respect
fully. General in Chief Jacinto b.
Trevino'."
BY International News Service.
Washington. D. c., June %. - An
nouncement from Mexico City that the
de facto government in the person of
General Obregon, war minister, ac-
cepted full responsibility for the at
tack upon the Tenth Cavalry was re-
ceived in official circles to-day with
amazement. 1t was everywhere ac-
cepted as forcing a showdown by the
Up to 9 o'clock Sec
retary of War Baker protested to be
without any official word of the fight
ing. He refused to say what action
was being planned in view of the
Obregon announcement.
Everywhere in administration circles,
however, a declaration of war against
Carranza was considered certain
should the official reports bear out the
at present available. This
is due to the fact that Carranza had
the warning contained in
this governments note on Tuesday.
That is the situation, officials say.
and the United States must defend its
with all its armed forces.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-22
MEXICO SENDS
OFFICIAL WORD
Wants to Know Why U. S.
Troops Were So Far
From Base

Washington, June %. - 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 under
stand why the Americans should have
been so far away from their base was
delivered to Secretary Lansing to-day
by Eliseo Arredondo, the Mexican
ambassador designate.
The communication telegraphed by
General Aguilar follows:
please bring to the attention of
the Department of State that an en-
eagement occurred to-day (21st) at
Carrizal near Villa Ahumada, Chihua-
hua, between American forces num-
bering about 200 men with a force of
our government during which en-
gagement General Felix Gomez and
several of our troops were killed.
There were several casualties among
the American troops, II taken prison
ers.
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-
| tons to the department and say to
the Secretary of State that this gov
eminent finds it difficult to understand
why the American troops that took
part in the engagement should have
hPen 6
the Mexican Central Railroad some
distance from Ciudad Juarez and
rather far from the point which is
alleged to be the base of the rest of
the American troops which entered
Mexico by Columbus. Further details
will follow"
Occupation Hostile
Mr.. Arredondo also sought an ex-
plantation of the reported action of
General Pershing in occupying the
towns of Casas Grandes and Nuevo
Casas Grandes, saying such an act
would be one of open hostility.
Secretary Lansing had no official
information on which to discuss the
Carrizal affair, and according to Mr..
Arredondo also was without knowI-
edge of whether any Mexican towns
actually had been occupied.
Official Mexican dispatches were
described to Secretary Lansing indi-
eating 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 American commander in ap-
preaching the Mexican Railway"
He said his reports showed that II
American soldiers had been CAPTURED
but did not give the number of
casualties among either the Americans
or the Mexican forces
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-22
Foreign Service Veterans
Offer Services to Flag

More than 100 members of Calder
camp. No. 81, Veterans of Foreign Ser
vice in special meeting last evening
unanimously offered their services to
the nation.
The officers of the camp are: Jonas
T. Reist. commander: Howard Myers,
first lieutenants; E. L. Wagner. sec
ond lieutenant; Frederick Bryan, ad-
iutant
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-22
End Battleship Campaign

camnaien for funds in sunnort Of
Marjorie Sterrett's battleship idea
and henceforth no collections from
individuals will be made or author
lied so far as this newspaper is
concerned. This afternoon a check
for nearly $500. contributed through
the Telegraph by the girls and boys
of Harrisburg and vicinity, was sent
to the New York Tribune. which is
acting as treasurer of the fund for
all the cooperating newspapers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-22
HUGHES, JR.,. A CORPORAL

Plattsburg, N. Y, June 22.-Charles
E. Hughes, Jr., son of the Republican
nominee for President, is to be a cor
poral in the training regiment here,
as shown by the list of officers given
out by Major Murray. Archie Roose-
welt, son of Theodore Roosevelt, is to
be a battalion quartermaster.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-22
Pershing Seizes Mexican
Towns; Disarning Natives
By Assoeiated Prets

Ell Paso, June 21.-Persistent ru-
rnors were current in Eel Paso to-
night that Gen. Pershing had seized
the towns of Nuevo Casa1N NGrandes
and Casas Grandes, about nine
miles from Dublan, had captured a
quantity of Mexican stores and was
disarming che natives. 1t was
pointed out that Casas Grandes,
located on the line of the Mexican
Northwestern railway. is an impor-
tant strategic point.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-22
POST OFFICE MEN GET LEAvE

Business houses, corporations. ETC.,
all over town have asked for leaves
of absence from scores of eager young
men who want to "go down to help
avenge Pershing." James T. Long,
Jr.. Josiah P. Wilbar and E. H. Ander-
son, were among the post office en-
ployes who got leaves of absence yes
terday Mr.. Wilbar is first lieutenant
of Company d.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-22

Dan Cupid was routed horse, foot and
dragons to-day by grim visaged Mars
which ruthlessly tore John E. Shade
from the arms of his bride of a few
hours and forced him to report to the
armory with the other members of
the Governors Troop. The girl, whose
wedding march was played on the bugle
instead of the traditional organ, was
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles C. Mates, of Mid
dletown.
The ceremony was performed at 8
BeT gstresser, pastor of ST. Peters Lu-
theran Church, in the parlor of the
Mates home. Bright and early this
to his weeping bride and started for
the, armory, Mt. Gretna, Mexico
and -?
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1916-03-10
PIG-CLUB PROFITS.

Four brothers a Macon, Geor-
gle, joined the ham-and-bacon project
of the pig club. This meant raising,
%fattening, and slaughtering a grade
pig. Each brother purchased a pig,
and all started together in the race
to produce the best pig most profit
ably.
The pigs were weighed at intervals,
kept free from lice, and fed regularly
and we'll. The boys wanted cheap
gains, so several times a week they
drove an old mule to town, sold veg
etables they had raised, and brought
back the kitchen wastes of the towns
people. These wastes were cooked
and fed to the pigs. A little bran
and corr and green feed were fed. In
the fall the pigs were turned into a
field planted in corn and cowpeas. AS
the pigs We're handled and fed under
identical conditions, the race was al
ways close.
Calamity overlook one Of the boys
in the sixth month. His pig died.
The others continued to grow. They
were shown at the district show and
the state fair. The race continued tc
be close, with not more than &c
pounds difference in their weights.
Strengthening time arrived. The
boys killed their hogs, which dressed
800 pounds. They We're made up into
old-fashioned country sausage, souse
lard, cracklings, and fresh cuts o.
pork. The products from the frs
sold for $39.4O; from the second fol
$41.15, and from the third for $45.25
making a total Of $125.S0. All tn,
boys made a substantial profit, III.
gains being put on the pigs at 2.>
cents, 81 cents, and 3 cents PEI
pound, respectively. The total cost O.
pigs and feed was $45, leaving a ne
profit of $SO.SO on the three hogs. 4
neighbor who had started to fec
his two pigs at the same time as tn
boys, sold them for $43.4O. BY tn,
use of wastes and green feed, tn
boys put gains on their hogs a
/ about half the cost of gains made un
der the feeding methods usually prac
ticed in their region.
Encouraged by the results Of thei
first pig-feeding enterprise, the boy
intend purchasing a start toward
herd of purebred hogs. They hav
found profits in feeding grade hog
on a small scale. They are now 20
ing to raise: purebreds on a large
scale.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1916-03-10
BROODY HENS POOR LAYERS.

Contrary to the general opinion,
hens that go broody early or often
are poor layers. So says Edward S.
Parsons of New York in Farm and
Home, who bases his opinion on rec
ords kept for three years with a flock
of 1000 White Leghorns.
B%roodiness can be cured, and the
hen brought back to laying, but in
the majority of cases the egg organs
have become absorbed to the extent
that it will take three weeks or more
before the hen is laying again, and
she usually will become broody for
the second time after laying a few
eggs. The few eggs laid by these
hens during the summer months will
not pay for the feed eaten and labor
necessary for curing broodiness. By
never using hens hat have beer
broody as breeders the number Of
broody hens each year can be re
duced. Wether it can be entirely
bred out is a question.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1916-03-10
Practical FQrminQ.
Helpful Facts Gathered from Reliable Sources
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OAT-SMUT

The average annual losses from
smut in oats are greater than those
caused by any other preventable
cereal disease in the United States.
Treating the seed with hot water or
with formaldehyde solution before
sowing is an easy, cheap, and effec-
tive way of preventing this disease.
The latter method, which is the one
most available for general use, is
here briefly summarized. Both meth
DDS are described in detail in Farm
ers' Bulletin 507, which will be sent
free OF application to the secretary
of agriculture, Washington, D. C.
Mix the formalin "a commercial
preparation which is 81 per cent for
maldehyde by weight) with water at
the rate of one pound "a little less
than a pint) to 40 gallons of water.
The grain may be either loosely in
closed in sacks Or put loose into a
tub or vat with the solution. Agi-
tate the sacks or stir the loose grain
occasionally so that the entire sur
face of every grain will be thorough
ly wet. Instead of being immersed
the seed oats may be spread on a
clean floor or canvas and sprinkled
with the solution and shoveled over
during the process so that they will
be wet evenly, as in the other meth
cd. Not over a gallon of solution will
be needed for every bushel of dry
grain. After sprinkling, shovel the
seed into a pile, cover it with sacks,
wet with the solution, and allow it to
stand for at least two hours before
spreading it out to dry.
Precautions-The oats may be
seeded as soon as dry enough to run
through the drill. If the seed is still
moist, however, the drill must be set
to sow more to the acre than if it
is dry. The quantity which should be
sown may be determined by measur-
ing a given bulk before and after
treatment and figuring the proper
ton of increase. After treating do not
expose the seed to freezing until it is
thoroughly dry.
Do not allow the treated seed to
come into contact with old sacks, bins
or machinery in which there may be
smut spores. If such must be used,
scald them or wash them first with
the formaldehyde solution.