The Ringwood Leader (Ringwood, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1916 Page: 4 of 8
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PERSHING MOVING
HIS LINES NORTH
Mexican Troops Occupy Aban-
doned Towns as Soon as
Americans Leave
C1RRIHZJI CAVALRY GATHER
Twelve Thousand 6ald to Have Been
Mobilized Near Border— Militia
Crotaet Lire
Mexico City June 30 — General Tre-
vino commanding tbe de facto forces
In Cblbuabua Informed tbe war depart-
ment by telegraph today tbat tbe
American troops had commenced a re-
tirement northward and bad aban-
doned the towns of San Buena Ven-
tura Las Cruces Namiquipa and San-
ta Clara Tbese places be added were
immediately occupied by bis forces
General Trevino also advised tbe
war department that tbe Villa gener-
als Marcelo Carabelo Juan Cabral
and Ramon Sousa bad been permitted
to enter tbe de facto government's ter-
ritory coming from the United States
Mexican Cavalry Mobilizes
Columbus i M June 30 — Accord-
ing to reports received here 10000
Carranza cavalry have been mobilized
at Bustlllo on tbe Mexican Northwest-
ern 12000 men are at Villa Ahumada
2000 are at Guzman and Gen P Elias
Calles of Sonora is moving large bodies
of troops toward the Sonora-Cbibuabua
border
if tbese reports are true the envel-
oping movement of tbe Mexicans
around General Pershing's army is be-
coming more and more pronounced
Army officers say however tbat tbe
American commander is readjusting
bis men to meet every move
Guardsmen Cross Border
For tbe first time since their mobil-
ization on the border national guards-
men crossed into Mexico on military
service last night
Tbree motor trucks were loaded with
New Mexico guardsmen and dispatched
down General Persbing's line of com-
munication to help guard against tbe
line being cut
This action was taken following re-
ceipt of a report tbat the Carranza
troops bave been concentrating large
forces of cavalry at or near Gusman
on tbe Mexico Northwestern railway
Such troops would be In a position to
break tbe American line of communi-
cation wblch Is ten miles from Gus-
man A large number of remounts which
left here yesterday for General Per-
sblng’s headquarters were ordered
turned back by the American com-
mander who feared tbe reports might
be true
Back Under Old Glory
El Paso June 30— Half clothed in
rags and apparel of nondescript char-
acter the twenty-three United States
cavalrymen whose arrest at Carrlzal
and Imprisonment at Chihuahua came
near precipitating Mexico and the
United States into a war reached El
Paso this afternoon after being re-
leased by the Mexican officials Their
ragged tattered appearance contrast-
e dstrongly with the natty new uni-
forms of the Carranza guards Ap-
parently some of the best dressed sol-
diers at Chihuahua had been picked
to guard the Americans to the border
"We shore am glad to be back" was
the general expression of the dusky
troopers
They were sent to Fort Bliss for
food and clothing and after recuperat-
ing will be returned to their command
In Mexico
Two stories widely diverging were
brought back from tbelr captivity by
the prisoners One told by Lem
8ptllsbury Mormon scout upholds
statements he was credited with mak-
ing at Chihuahua City charging Cap-
tain Boyd with 'bullbeadedness" In
advancing In the fees of a certain
Mexican attack The other narrated
by fighting men of tbe Tenth declared
the Mexicans to bave been tbe ag-
gressors s American 8oldlere Free
El Paso Tex June 29— President
Wilson's peremptory demand on Gen-
eral Carranza for release of the Amer-
ican prisoners held In Chihuahua pen-
itentiary today met with compliance
Late this afternoon It was an-
nounced from Juarez that a message
had been transmitted over the Mexi-
can telegraph which stated tbat tbe
twenty-three negroee of the Tenth
cavalry captured at Carrlzal with
Lem H Splllsbnry Mormon scout had
been removed from prison
The message added that tbe men
with their arms and accoutrements
under heavy guard should be placed
on a Mexican Central train bound for
Juarez where they expected to ar-
rive tomorrow morning
The telegram conveying this news
was addressed to General George Bel!
Jr commander of the El Paso base It
was signed by General Jacinto Tre-
vino commander of the Mexican mili-
tary district of the northeast whose
headquarters are at Chihuahua City
General Bell in Jieeping with hia
custom of maintaining close secrecy
regarding all military developments
refused to say whether or not he had
received the message He said that
all announcements must come from
General Funston at San Antonio
On receipt 1 of word that General
Funston had given out tbe contents
of tbe message he said that no escort
would be sent to meet the prisoners
In the morning but that an officer
would be delegated to take command
of them and lead them to Fort Bliss
Relieves the Tension
Washington June 29 — News of the
release of the prisoners received
early tonight in press dispatches
brought undisguised relief to high of-
ficials It was accepted as correct
although no announcement had come
through official sources Moreover
it was assumed tbat Carranza Im-
pressed with tbe urgency of the situa-
tion had ordered the captured caval-
rymen started for the border without
waiting for his announcement of the
action to reach Washington
While It is generally conceded that
this move lessens tension and makes
the crisis less imminent no one con-
versant with the grave problem is los-
ing sight of the fact that the all Im-
portant question of Carranza’s attitude
toward the American expedition
across the border to protect the ter-
ritory and citizens of the United States
from bandit outrages remains unset-
tled If the de facto government
stands upon tbe orders tojGeneral
Trevino to attack Pershing’s men
when they move otherwise than to-
ward tbe border the situation actual-
ly is Just what is was before except
that there now is a possibility of dip-
lomatic negotiation tbat did not exist
while the Americans were held pris-
oners at Chihuahua
War Moves to Go On
The preparations of the United
States for war will go steadily for-
ward There will be no interruption
of the rush of national guardsmen to
tbe border and General FunBton will
continue disposing of the forces under
bis command as though he expected
an Immediate attack from tbe Mexi-
cans To Motorize Army in War
El Paso Tex June 29 — Coincident
with reports that Carranzlsta forces
bave been concentrated with a view
to holding the railroads of Chihuahua
In the event of hostilities with tbe
United States American military au-
thorities here were taking steps today
that would render them practically
Independent of railroads for the
transportation of troops and supplies
A train ef twenty-seven armed mo-
tor trucks with fuel tank cars and re-
pair trucks arrived today and was as-
signed to the local brigade while at
the office of the depot quartermaster
it was announced tbat two additional
truck trains are expected to arrive
from eastern factories tomorrow
Steps have been taken also looking
toward the commandeering of such
trucks as are available In El Paso
should occasion warrant Reports to
military authorities on the border in-
dicate that General Pershing Is re-
taining at each of bis chain of field
bases a number of empty trucks for
the rapid transportation if necessary
of troops and supplies across country
Congress Avoids War Talk
Prompt compliance by Congress
with any request the President may
make as to Mexico was foreshadowed
today by the calm which prevailed In
both houses Although measures de-
signed to prepare for war were under
consideration and the corridors of tbe
Capitol hummed with rumors there
was no excitement and discussion of
tbe subject on the floor was avoided
Still Raiding
Columbus N M June 29 — Ameri-
can cavalrymen assisted by posses of
ranchmen and citizens of Hachita and
nearby towns last night were pursu-
ing the bandits who early yesterday
raided the Double Adobe Ranch
about thirty-five miles southwest of
Hachita N M killing Wlllllam Park-
er a ranchman and Mrs Alice Park-
er his bride of five months Because
of the isolation of the district no re-
port had reached Col H C Sickle
commanding the border patrol bere
at a late hour tonight but It was as-
sumed that tbe raiders had crossed
tbe frontier -
- Trevino's Army Digs In
El Paso Tex June 28 — Informa-
tion received here yesterday has It
that the army of Gen Jacinto Trevino
Is intrenching at Villa Ahumada and
In tbe country west and It la consid-
ered certain that In case of hostilities
the first decisive battle will be fought
there
Tbe removal of the troops north
from Namiquipa to El Valla ia said to
have been a cause for the wildest en-
thusiasm on the part of the Mexican
peons In tbat country Tbs word had
gone forth that the "gringos" had been
whipped and tbat they ware retreat-
ing Into their own country
HEWS OF THE
STAFF CAPITAL
MILITIA COMPRISES 17SS MEN
WITHOUT THE DI8CRE-
TIONARY INCREASE
OKLAHOMA CITY HEWS EYENTS
What the Stats Officials end Depart
manta Are Doing— Items of In-
terest About the State
Government
Here is the organization of an in-
fantry regiment under the new army
law which will become effective July
1 The First Regiment Oklahoma
National Gtiard will conform to the
provisions of this plan before entering
active service
An Infantry regiment shall consist
of one colonel one lieutenant-colonel
three majors fifteen captains sixteen
first lieutsnants fifteen second lieu-
tenants one headquarters company
one machine guq company one supply
company and twelve infantry compan-
ies grouped In three battalions of four
companies each
Each battalion shall consist of one
major one first lieutenant mounted
(battalion adjutant) and four com-
panies Each Infantry company in a battal
Ion shall consist of one captain one
first lieutenant one second lieutenant
one first sergeant one mess sergeant
one supply sergeant six sergeants
eleven corporals two cooks two bug-
lers one mechanic nineteen privates
(first class) and fifty-six privates
Each Infantry headquarters com-
pany shall consist of one captain
mounted (regimental adjutant) one
regimental sergeant-major mounted
three battalion sergeants - major
mounted one first sergeant (drum
major) two color sergeants one mess
sergeant one supply sergeant one
stable sergeant one sergeant two
cooks one borseshoer one band lead-
er ene sergeant bugler two band ser-
geants four band corporals two musi-
cians first class four musicians sec-
one qjassf thirteen musicians third
class four privates first class
mounted twelve privates mounted
Machine Gun Company
Each infantry machine gun com-
pany shall consist of one captain
mounted one first lieutenant mount-
ed two second lieutenants mount-
ed one first sergeant mounted one
mess sergeant one supply sergeant
mounted one stable sergeant mount-
ed one horseshoer five sergeants
six corporals two cooks two buglers
one mechanic eight - privates first
class and twenty-four privates
Each infantry supply company shall
consist of one captain mounted one
second lieutenant mounted three reg-
imental supply sergeants mounted
one first sergeant mounted one mess
sergeant one stable sergeant one
corporal mounted one cook one sad
dler one horseshoer and one wagon-
er for each authorized wagon of field
and combat train Provided tbat tbe
president may In bis discretion In-
crease a company of Infantry by two
sergeants alz corporals one cook one
mechanis nine privates first class
and thirty-one private! and an infan-
try machine gun company by two ser-
geants two corporals one mechanio
four privates first class and twelve
privates
Without the discretionary Increase
a regiment will consist of 1766 offi-
cers and men and with the Increase
will consist of 2386 officers and men
Rate Compromise Pending
Another conference between Attor-
ney General Freeling and representa-
tives of the carriers looking toward
adjustment of pending freight and
passenger rate esses bam been held
Representatives of tbe Rock Island
and Missouri Kansas A Texas met
with the attorney general
Compromise negotiations started by
the railroads were abandoned some
time ago when the railroads refused
to accept the state’s proposal The
stata proposed a compromise on a
passenger rate of IVi cents a mile with
tbe understanding that litigation in-
volving freight rates would be aban-
doned Tbe same proposition it Is
understood Is still being considered
Confederate Pension Roll Enlarged
The names of approximately 600
former confederate soldiers and sail-
ors and their widows will be added
to the state confederate pension rolls
nt the next meeting of the board of
oension commissioners It was stated
hy W D Matthows chairman of the
board At this time the amount of
enelons also will bs Increased from
86 per quarter to $750 per quarter
This is mads possible by Increased ap--onilnilons
for peuslona which were
tisdo st the last extra session of tbe
Isg’Hlature
Postal Receipts Growing
The following is a comparison of
the postal receipts of Oklahoma City
with Tulsa Muskogee Wichita San
Antonio and Fort Worth for the salary
year ending March 80 1916 as com-
piled by George M Flick from the
official figures as given by the auditor
tor the postofflee department:
1916 1916 ' Osin
Oklahoma City 6616899 $461146 $54496
Fort Worth 489174 416967 16117
San Antonio 418128 891848 18475
Wichita 871648 828896 47772
Tulsa 161984 18902S 88964
Muskogeo - - 118263 116083 2180
Comparison Within ths Stats
In reviewing the figures in 1915 at
tentlon was called to tbe fact tbat the
previous year Oklahoma City "exceed
ed the combined receipts of the next
five largest offices In the state" In
1916 the receipts are larger than the
next seven offices by over 623000
lacking only $8000 of equaling the
next eight offices
Here are the official figures for ths
twenty principal ofllces of Oklahoma
showing the gain or loss over the cor-
responding period of one year ago for
fourteen of them:
- Llat of Twenty Offices
1916 1916 Gain
Oklahoma City- 6515839 6161143 654693
Tulsa 161984 139026 22945
Muskogeo 118268 116088
Enid Z6782
McAtester 45747
Guthrie 40203
Fartleaville 40162
Shawnee 39626
Chit-kasha 81060
Ardmore 30233
Sapulpa 28229
Okmulgee 26908
El Reno 24852
Lawton 22504
Cushing 19782
Norman 19242
Vinlta 19119
Durant 18925
Ada 18625
Woodward 18274
The postal receipts ttf
City for the fiscal year ending June 30
1916 will probably run about 8525000
showing a gain of $20000 In the last
quarter Receipts of over $600000 are
forecast for the ensuing year on ac-
count of the political activities of the
coming months
Skeen ef Training School Displaced
A K Gossom at present teacher of
chemistry in the state normal school
at Tahlequah has been elected by the
state board of education as superin-
tendent of tbe Training School for
Boys at Pauls Valley eifectlve Aug-
ust 1 He succeeds C A Skeen who
has been superintendent of the school
for about a year He resigned on re-
quert of the board
The vote on the election of Gossom
was 8 to 1 State Superintendent Wil-
son casting the dissenting vote He
stated be did not consider Gossom
qualified for the place
The records of the hoard were made
to show that Charles W Brlles - rc
sigurd as president of the East Cen-
tral State Normal school at Ada in-
stead of being removed by the board
Brlles haa recently been given a place
on the faculty of the Agricultural and
Mechanical college at Stillwater -Tbe
board adopted the following
reading circle text boohs for use by
teachers in the public schools during
the next year:
“Methods of Teaching in High
Schools” (Parker) Ginn & Co Dal-
las —
"Elementary School Standards”
(McMurry) World Book Company
Dallas
"The Rsckward Child” (Morgan)
P Putnam’s Bone New York
"School Discipline” (Bagley) Mac-
Millan Company Dallas
"Vocational Guidance" (Puffer)
Rand-McNaily & Co Dallas '
"Fundamentals In Elementary Edu-
cation" (Phillips) Charles E Merrill
company New -York (For use In
normal training schools)
Oklahoma May 8upply Animals
Oklahoma City — Oklahoma may
furnish a number of the 20200 mules
and 40092 horses called for by the
government a few days ago for army
use Davis A Young local horse and
mule buyers will submit a bid to tbe
remount station at Fort Reno Accord-
ing to the firm the state of Oklahoma
in spite of the enormous drain upon
supplies of animals sent to France
England ud Italy could still furnish
enough mounts to fill the needs
the American army for many months
to come
Real Estate Grafter Convicted
Fifteen months in the federal pent
tentlary at Atlanta Ga is the pun
Ishment Imposed upon Clarence
Bali president of (he Success Realty
Company of Oklahoma City after he
was found guilty by a Jury In fedora’
court at Indianapolis of having used
the malls in a scheme to defraud Bali
will ask for no arrest of Judgment nor
take an appeal Lots which were
practically worthless were sold
Wants Order Compiled With
Corporation Commissioner W D
Humphrey oalled attention of railroad
officials to Informal complaints that
an order requiring the opening of the
rear door of smoking oars and one
door of each first class car for ths
egress and Ingres of passenger was
tain violated
GOT PRIZED STOVE
ESKIMO EARNED POSSESSION
DEAREST TO HIS HEART
Big 8tl Ship's Rang SubJet f HI
Adoration— HI Igloo Now Easily
th Warmt In All th Trrl v 1
tory of Alaska
i -
- Penaski was an old Eskimo who
ruled Id feudal fashion a llttlo eottle-
ment about 80 miles away between k
our winter quarters and Port Clarence -
He had a -wild yearning to possess our
stove It was a big steel ship’s range
that welghetl 400 pounds which by In-
finite labor we had brought up the
Crus-ga-ma-pa river by flatboaL
- When you consider that tbe Eskimo
get along with one lire a day In tho
mi-idle of tbe dirt floor of bis hot
tbe smoke of which goes out through
a hole in the roof and tbe rest of tho
time relies on hermetic sealing und
animal beat yen will see that It was a
noble and worthy desire Further-
more Penaski knew an Eskimo down
tbs coast toward Nome who boasted
of owning a little cast Iron heater I be
wanted to outshine that fellow
Penaski was rich according to hi
own standards Ho had a home-made -still
muds of a coal-oil can and a gun
barrel In wblch he made "tunguk"
from a mash of flour or rice That ha
sold to bis neighbors at a large profit
He had four wives a good dog team
and plenty of furs and fish
When (he end of winter drew near
the stove became an embarrassment to
ns Our claims lay 60 mile farther
Inland and It was hard to get provi-
sions In to them If wo carried our
big range over we might not bo sbls
to take nything to cook on It We ap-
proached Penaski on the matter After
some negotiation he agreed to oarn
the stove by transporting seven loads
of provisions over tbe divide by dog
sled
Bright and early th next morning
there was a howling of dogs and
chatter of voices and Into our camp
came all the inhabitants and doge of
the little village They loaded ap and
started 60 pounds to the dog Tho
trip was a weary one to me bnt to
the Eskimos gorging on our grub It
was z glorious picnic They would
travel only as fast as I would lead "
The slower we went the better they
liked IL We had to break trail by
snowshoes and I led th way
By th second night I was worn out
go was Penaski but at every stop ho
would come up and start an eager Jar
gon He would hqld his hands five
feet apart 1 would nod Then h
would indicate th height and breadth
of tho stove with his hands I would
reassure him and be would start off
with fresh vigor
Tbe third day was Uka nightmare
to me I was dazed with fatigue Ev-
ery time we stopped to rest I threw
myself down on a sled seeing nothing
hearing nothing knowing nothing Ev-
ery time we started again I moved stif-
fly like an automaton About midday
we reached our goal unloaded and
started back
We returned light and quickly On
the fourth day we pulled Into camp la
tli half light of midnight Penaski
demanded Instant payment W
dumped tbs lire Into the snow and do-
llvered the goods The Eskimo lashed
two sleds together hitched on all the
dogs loaded on the hot stove end
started off bowling and shouting for
their village SO miles away Th last
we saw of onr mammoth cooker It woe
taking a flying leap down a ten-foot
bank and dragging all the Elklmo
with It
Alaska Joe was over that way th
next winter He told me tbat Penaa-
kl's Igloo Is the wannest In all Alaska
and that the Eskimo rltz day and night
with his aged limbs crossed sod his
rheumy eye half shut adoring bis
stove — Chicago News
Valuable Painting Pound
Tbs architect Intrusted with the car
of the Thomnsklrcbe In Leipzig fa-
mous for Its Bach associations has
discovered among th church archives
ten valuable portrait painted In oils
on wooden panels tbe oldest of wblch
dates from the year 1004 They are
thought to be the work of Nikolaus do
Perre a Dutchman who settled la
Leipzig and subsequently assumed th
name of Poehre or Behro Tho portraits
of th first five superintendents of
the Thomnsklrche were painted by hi
son Johann
" Well Earned
"Where did General Tibba get bis
military title? Was bs ever la th
armyr
"No It Isu't a military title at alt
lie used to be general agent for a
patent washing machine"
Critical
"Who composed lb music for thl
piece!" asked tho man In the aisle
Mat
- "I don’t know that anybody did"
replied hi neighbor "It sounds to ma
s if somebody had decomposed It"
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Watkins, John. The Ringwood Leader (Ringwood, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1916, newspaper, July 6, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1722212/m1/4/?q=aRCHIVES: accessed May 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.