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(MEXIGAN SITUATION UNCHANGEL
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?* WASHINGTON, June 23.—Following a Cabinet meeting to
- day the commanders of the East-ern, Central and Western Depart
- ments were ordered to send allmilitia under their jurisdiction to
.. the Mexican border as “soon asthey are ready”.
- The militia will start in units without waiting for completion
#uf individual state mobilization.
' New York and Illinois militia-leave immediately.
~ General Funston has urgently appealed for cavalry, infantry
- and artillery and signal corps to relieve regulars for “any general
offensive that may be planned.”
i WASHI“NGTON, June 23.—Secretary Bakter this afternoon
~ said it is the government’s intention to send all militia to the border
’as soon aj they are ready and fit to go. The militia will be distribut
~ed along the border.
" The house unanimously authorized President Wilson to draft
'..{’c.jhne‘ hundred thousand militia to serve “within or without United
States” amid great patriotic excitement.
. EL PASO, TEXAS, June 23.—Reported this afternoon that all
' but seven out of|sixty-five American troops engaged in the fight at
- Carrizal wiped out struggling to reach headquy iters.
Believed certain that Americans will move on Juarez within
- forty-eight hours.
“(Special to . Leader-Enterpris-.
. WADHINGTON, June 23.
After eStonfercnce with President
Wilson this morning Secretary of
War Baker said the Mexican sit
uation today was unchanged.
The administration is awaiting
complete repgrts from the Car
rizal encount& |
- Secretary Baker refused to say
whether/he had received mes-
NWm Funston urging the
{ueraent of militia to the border
it said there had no change in
fae Administration’s policy and
that no new orders have been is
‘sued. ,
(Spec¢ial to Leader-Enterprise.)
SP}%}:TGFIELD, ILL., June
23 —The Illinois Militia has been
ordered to move immediately to
the Mexican border, regardless of
whether fully equipped.
SECOND ENGAGEMENT
(Special to Leader-Enterprise.)
“EL PASO, TEXAS, June 23.
Unconfirmed reports have been
received here today of a second
battle near Carrizal.
General Pershing has sent part
of the Eleventh Cavalry to relieve
the negro Tenth, who were trea
cherck"sly attacked Wednesday.
Six thousand Carranzistas have
concentrated in the Carrizal dis
trict.
A battle in vicinity of Ahume
da is expected to occur soon.
' EVERY day you come to the Empire Store you see éomething new and different. We keep it coming all the
time so you-can always get New Yorks latest touches at home. Never before have we had such beau
tiful materials for Summer wear. White Goods that will please you in every particular.
Skirtings 25, 35, and 50c. Organdy, Voile, Flaxon, Batiste, and many other white materials for all pur
poses: from 10c to $l. Great reduction on Embroidery. Lace for 1 penny yard. A few more good style
Ladies Suits at 1-2 Price. ‘ : :
iy Our Entire Stock of Trimmed Hats at 1-2 off. |
U EMPIRE MERCANTILE CO.
4 ONE PRICE TO EVERYBODY e ;
THE LEADER ENTERPRISE
(Special to Leader-Enterprise.)
WASHINGTON, June 23
The officia Ireport of the engage
ment at Carrizal has been receiv
ed at headquarters here.
General Pershing reports that
the Mexican troops fired on Com
panies G and K of the Tenth Cav
alry during a parley with the
Mexican generals. No casualty
list has been given out and the
losses by our troops are supposed
to have been small The official
report corroborates all press dis
patches.
Americans Victims
Of Mexican Treachery
(Special to. Leader-Enterprise.)
HEADQUARTERS OF U. S.
ARMY, MEXICO, June 23.
Only seven of the U. S. troopers
who took part in the fight at Car
rizal have returned to camp. They
declared the American troops
‘were victims of treachery and
knew nothing of the fate of their
comrades, but believe survivors
were fighting their way back to
headquarters against overwhelm
ing odds. \
- Dr. A, VanHoose, president of
Shorter College is spending the
day in the city in the interest of
his college.
THRICE-A-WEEK
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, JUNE 23, 1916
DIKIE: HIGHWAY MEETING
HELD AT GOURT HOUSE
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President W. R. Bowen presid-l
ed over the meeting called to fur
ther the fortunes of the Central
Route of the Dixie Highway at
the courthouse this forenoon.
A number of representatives from
each county along the route re
sponded to the call by the Presi
dent and made their verbal re
ports as to the condition of the
roads in their respective territor
ies. Col. Patten, of Abbeville
spoke for Wilcox county; Mr. T.
J. Holland for Coffee, Commis
sioner Yoeman for Ware, Senator
Oliff for Charlton county. Gen
eral Manager J. D. Mitchell spoke
of the route through Pierce and
Charlton and assured the meeting
that the work is being pushed in
those sections.
.~ Hon: W. ‘T. Anderson, High
way Commissioner, addressed
the meeting on the importance
of maintaining the roads after
they are built and suggested the
co-operation of the farmers along
the route in using the split log
drag after each rain, within a cer
tain distance of their farms. As
the farmer’s teams are usually
idle after rains this suggested it
self as the most economical way
of keeping up the roads.
Mrs. Massey, of Macon, spoke
for the Ladies Auxiliary of the
Dixie Highway and urged that
trees be planted along the route.
'F.ihl) county, with the help of the
auxiliary, stated Mrs. Masscy, is
}p}antimg pecan and o‘the‘r‘tret}rs on
the Central Route. A legislative
’c,zjmnmittcc was voted to be ap
pointed to look after-some, spec
ial legislation and a resofution
was adopted to endorse the estah
lishment of a State Highway
Commission. g
The meeting adjourned aßout
1:30 p. m., subject to the call of
the President.
Second Regiment Leaves
(Special to Leader-Enterprise.)
Macon, June 23.—The Ilatest
news from the concentration
camp is that the Second Regi
ment National Guards will leavc
for the border tonight. The de
parture may possibly be delayed
‘unul tomorrow.
Troop Trains Leavi
Iroop rains Leaving
(Special to Leader-Enterprise.)
' THE HAGUE, June 23.—One
hundred troop trains have left
within the last forty-eight hours
from the Western front carrying
German troops to the Eastern
front to stop the great Rusisan
| drive.
And Press
ABOUT THIRTY CARS
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HERE FROM MACON
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Hon.. W. T. Anderson, Dixic!
Highway Commissioner, accom-|
panied by a motorcade of thirtyl
cars from the future capital of
Georgia, arrived in the city about !
11 a. m. to participate in the Dix-’
ie Highway meeting and to bring
that message of closer co-opera~|
tion from our sister city to thcl
Metropolis of the Wire (}rass.l
Great enthusiasm is expressed |
by the splendid fellows who madc!
the trip for the roads on the Cen- |
tral Route, whose condition is|
proved by the fact that the pacc—g
maker, Editor Geo. Long, of the!
Telegraph, and his chums, Ghant, |
Williams and Miller, made the|
trip in 2,48, including four stops
between Macon and Fitzgerald. |
In the party making the trip
are: o
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Wortham |
and guests, Mr. and Mrs. W. 1).%
Lamar and guests, Mr. and ‘\lrs.g
B. E. Roughton and guests, Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. Anderson and|
guests, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Spiro|
and guests, Albert Brown and
guests, Judge Hugh Chambers,
wife and guests, Mr. and Mrs. !
Fugene Anderson and guests, 1.
V. Arnett and guests, Mr. and|
Mrs. Lamar Williams and guests,
W. E. Small and friends, Mr. and
Mrs. Peter W Martin and friends,
Mr. and Mrs. E. B:Harrold, Mr.
and#Mrs. J. Freeman Hart and
griests, J. D. Crump and party,
Eden Taylor anyd iriendsgsf. B
Hart and friendd 1. T. Anders n,
wife and guests,, Malcolm D.
Jones, Marion \W. Ramsey, Con
iru(l Lee apid friends; . Mr. and
Mrs. J. . Satterfield and friends,
J. T. Gantt and friends, Miss Lil
lie Griffith . and iriends, G. H.
Tharpe and fricnds, Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar W. Kinney, Mrs. G. Mor
gan Yates and triends, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Robert Sheppard
':md friends, Alex S. Loegan and
friends.
GERMANS O OFFENSIVE
(Special to Leader-Enterprise.)
PETROGRAD, June 23—Three
German armies, largely from the
west, are taking the offensive in
the region of Kovel, Valdaimir,
Volynski and Sokel to stem the
Russian advance and save the
Austrians. -
It has been reported that Mac-
Kensen has been placed .in com
mand.
The Russian troops have ad
vanced thirty miles since the cap
ture of Czernowitz. i
AUTO SHOW CREAT SUCESS:
CITY THRONGED WITH VIGITORS
ENGLISH HOLD GERMAN
INFLUENGE RESPONGIBLE
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FOR THE DIFFIGULTES
(Special to Leader-Enterprise.)
LONDON, June 23.—British
newspapers unanimously hold
that German influence has been
responcible for difficulties be
tween the United States and
Mexico
DIPLOMATS WORKING
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10 PRERENT
(Special to Leader-Enterprise.)
MEXICO CITY, June 23.
Two foreign Governments have
suggested mediation to Carranza
to prevent war. The request has
received earnest consideration but
no decision has been reached.
Huropean and Latin Americans
are working hard to prevent ac
tual hostilities. s
Armed Mexicans 1
-+ | Cross Border
(Special to Lc:u](-r-'l’,ntcrpri.\"c.)i
COLUMBUS, N. M., June 23.
—Armed Mexicans crossed the
border southwest of Huachita to
day and raided the Parker ranch.
Russian Steamer
l . °
| Strikes Mine
i(Spcciul to Leader-Enterprise.)
i PETROGRAD, June 23.
Three hundred and thirty-six
persons drowned today when the
Rusisan steamer, Mercury, struck
‘a mine and sunk in the Black Sea,
off Odessa.
Mexican Government
Appeals to Nations
(Special to ILeader-Enterprise.)
LIMA, PERU, June 23.—The
Mexican Government has appeal
ed to all nations of Central and
South America for .support .in
their conflict with the United
States, which it declares inevit
able.
Peru has replied expressing
hope that hostilities may yet be
avoided.
Mondavy
Wednesday
JLriday
VOL. XXI, NO. 75
i Fitzgerald's First Auto Show
‘opened Thursday morning under
the best of conditions. The wea
ther was ideal and the recent rains
had made the travel on the High
ways most pleasant. Hundreds
of cars arrived from the surround
ing country early during the day
;and when 10:30 arrived, scores of
,decorated cars lined up on Cen
tral Avenue to take part in the
{cclcl)mtinn of the ofhicial opening
.of the city’s great Auto event.
:'The Planters Warchouse, so gen-
Icrnusly donated to the promoters
tof the show by its owners, was a
busy place all morning, exhibitors.
making ready and visitors
thronging the spacious exhibition
hall.
The chassis of a Cadillac 8, ex
hibited in all the large Auto
Shows in the state, attracted the
'lzu‘;{cr crowd all day, being ' a
istn(‘k chassis with sections of
icrank-case, cylinders, transmis
fsi(m case and housing cut away
{to plainly show every working
tpart of the machine as it is slow
ly propelled by a tiny motor
which also furnishes current for
numerous incandescents which
thoroughly illuminate every part
iof the machine.
The Show is a decided success
and the many exhibitors have ex
pressed their satisfaction at the
splendid management of the affair
by the local committee. A matter
of special comment by the exhi
bitors is the ]ih(:l‘(lfity of the pro
moters in giving free space to all
exhibitors and free admission to
the show to all comers, most cit
ies charging both for space and
admission to the public at such
events. The following are - the
cars exhibited:
Ll B Truck: :
1 White Truck. '
1 3-passenger Oakland. ,
1 5-passenger Hupmobile,
1 5-passenger Chalmers.
t 1 7-passenger Chalmers. '
1 7-passenger Cole 8. :
1 5-passenger Oldsmobile,
1 7-passenger Paige.
1 5-passenger Chevrolet.
2 5-passenger Overlands.
! 1 5-passenger Bell.
1 5-passenger Maxwell. ,
1 3-passenger Saxon.
1 2-passenger Saxon.
1 7-pasesnger Jeffrey. :
Lg S-passenger Dodges.
l 1 7-passenger Mitchell. ;
1 7-passenger Hudson. ;
1 5-passenger Dort.
1 7-passenger Cadillac.
1 7-passenger Marion-Handley.
1 2-passenger Buick. :
1 7-passenger Buick.
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