The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-06-29
'CARRANZA'
TIME IS Up
THE PRESIDENT WILL WAIT NO
LONGER ON GOLD WHISPERS"
WAR IS ALMOST CERTAINTY
&. s. TERRITORY AGAIN RAIDED
BY MEXICANS.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 27.-
Unless General Carranza surrender!
the 20 American troopers held a
Chihuahua City before noon tomor
row night, President Wilson probably
will go before Congress Thursday tc
ask for authority to rescue them by
force. Pending their release, tht
United States government will nOt
consider any offer of mediation on
arbitration.
The State Department had no init
nation tonight as to when a reply TO
the note sent Sunday demanding inn
mediate release of the soldiers might
be expected. 1t was delivered yes
terday at II a. m.
Congress VIII Act Promptly.
Prompt compliance by Congress
with any request the President may
make as to Mexico was foreShadowCd
today by the calm which prevailed in
both houses, although measures de-
signed to prepare for war were un-
der consideration and the corridors
of the capitol hummed with rumors.
There was no excitement and dis
cussion of the subject on the floor
was avoided. The legislative branch
of the government was plainly wait
ing to do it's part when what the
majority regarded as inevitable
should come.
Only Chance For Carranza.
1t has been very plainly indicated
that unconditional surrender of the
American prisoners held at Chihua-
hua would be the only immediate
step General Carranza could take to
avoid hostilities. Whether media
ton proposal might be considered
after their release is a matter Of
speculation.
United States Territory Raided.
FL Paso, Tex, June 27.-Excite-
ment here over the Mexican contro-
versy was renewed tonight with the
receipt of news of a new bandit raid
across the border near Hachita, n.
NJ, resulting in the murder Of Will
liam Parker, an American ranch
man, ard his wife.
The general sentiment seemed to
be that the incident demonstrated
anew the inability of the Carranza
government to offer any protection
% the American frontier and would
serve to bring matters to a head
quickly.
Military authorities here tonight
doubted that the marauders, who are
believed to have been members of a
)and Of stock thieves known to have
4 lair in the Businesses of the Sierra
Maderes south of the New Mexico
border, would be overtaken before
hey crossed into Mexico, pointing
,ut that the ranch is only four miles
rom the line.
Hasten War Preparations.
New York, June 27--At the urgent
of General Funston orders
we're issued late tonight by Major
General Leonard Wood, commander
" the Department of the East, for
and District of Column
,ia troops to entrain for the border
1t the earliest possible moment. It
vas believed at headquarters some
If them might start tonight.
The Pennsylvania troops were or
Tered to Ell Paso and those from the
District of Columbia to Bisbee, Ariz
Major General Wood, in report
o the War Department tonight, said
hat there are now 14,061 troops en-
quite to the border from New York,
lew Jersey, Massachusetts, Connect
cut and Vermont.
The quartermaster's department
tonight that supplies for
IN army of 100000 men have been
along the border. From the
same source it was learned that 2,OO)
motor transport trucks had been
from twenty different au-
manufacturing concerns, at
IN average cost of $4,000 each, and
hat bids had been asked for 400
passenger automobiles to be used by
he officers of the various commands
llong the border.
The National Guard of the State
will be continued as divisional unit
when it mobilizcs it's $4,000 men at
TEXAS. Major General
bryan amour e here tonight.