The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-09

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lean expeditionary commander, left
headquarters recently for his first in
spection trip TO the border since the
troops crossed the, frontier twelve
weeks ago.
Despite the threatening tone Of Gen.
eral Carranza's last note, his military
forces in Chihuahua state are being
disposed in general accord with the
plan disclosed by General Obregon
during his conference at Ell Paso with
Generals Scott and Funston.
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In the explosion of tank Of oxygen
in blacksmith shop at Quinton, Ok,
Jasper Oliver, 60 years old, was killed,
Asbury McGhee was probably fatally
injured and Benjamin King, a. bank
cashier, was severely burned.
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Wayne Roach, 26 years old, and
Paul Clawson, %, were blown to
pieces six miles southeast of Tulsa
recently, when wagon load Of nitro
glycerin exploded, completely destroy
ing the men, wagon and horses and
tearing huge hole in the ground.
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Nine persons were killed and thirty
five Injured when a northbound pas
senger train on the Mexican Railway
was in collision with a southbound
freight train near Rodriguez, Mexico,
forty miles south Of Laredo, Texas.
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Foreign.
As a protest against possible Amer
lean Intervention in Mexico, fifteen
thousand Mexicans paraded through
the streets of Monterey the
other day, while anti-American senti-
ment was freely expressed in dispar-
aging remarks and yells.
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The funeral at Paris of General Jo-
seph Simeon Gallieni, former minister
of war, was the occasion Of an impress
sive public demonstration, 1t began
with religious ceremony in the Hotel
des Invalides, where the dead war
riors body had lain in state, at which
Cardinal Annette, archbishop of Paris,
officiated.
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Phenomenal cold for this time of
the year prevails throughout Russia.
The street cars at Kazan have been
STOPPED by snow.
Cardinal Gasparri, papal secretary
of state, in an interview with a repre-
sentative of the Associated Press, de-
clared that the pope was influenced IN
his peace efforts solely by desire to
stop the Suicide Of Europe"
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Dispatches to Lloyds report the
sinking of the unarmed British steam
ships Dewsland and Salmonpool. The
Genoa steamer Marterso also is re-
ported to have been sunk May 81.
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Immediate withdrawal Of the United
States troops from Mexican soil is de-
manded by the de facto government
in 12,00O.word note to the American
government, made public in the City
of Mexico. 1t is claimed that the
words and protestations of the United
States have been entirely in contra
diction Of their acts, and that in spite
Of declarations not to intervene in
Mexico, soldiers of the United States
are in Mexico without the consent Of
the Mexican government and in viola
ton of Mexico's sovereignty. A yelled
hint at armed opposition in the event
that the demands are refused is con-
tanned in the note
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| Japan has asked Great Britain to
approve the appointment Of viscount
Sutemi Chinda, now ambassador to
the United States, as Japanese ambas-
sador to the court of st. James, sue.
ceeding the Marquis Katsunosuke
Inouye, who desires to return home
All Russians above the age Of 10,
according to a Petrograd dispatch ID
the London Times, have been called
to the eolors for immediate service
The age limit at which liability fol
military service begins In Russia has
hitherto been 20.