TITE MORXING OREGOXIAy. WEDNESDAY, MAItCII 8, 1911. IS GENERALS WHO WILL COMMAND ARMY OF 20.000 MEN IN MANEUVERS ON MEXICAN BORDER. ORDERED! SOUTH MEXICAN BORDER 7" V. Commander of Department of Threat of Foreign Intervention Causes Taft to Move Swiftly. Columbia Leaves Tonight " for Fort Houston. .V .'rC CAVALRY AT BOISE GOES GREAT SECRECY OBSERVED GENERAL MAUS r i UMT HURRIED TO Vf tec ' i !m ; v v;'-: Official Say Joint Army and Nary Motrnirnl J Only for Maneuver, bat Itritaln and Grnninj Are Accused of i"orclnj It. AKMT AXD JfATT WILL M.V NElVl.lt OX MEXICAN UOkDKK. WAfHIXOTON. Marrh T. Twin ty thousand Uuttrd statas trtvpa and two flaete mobilising far ma Bauvara naex the Mnlraa border. The la.-rat moTvmcat of the Bind rar sndartakaa Id tbla country In ttma of paace. barlarad br White House and Ia partmama coacernad to to rnly for purpose of training ofttcara and mea la co-oparailra work. A division of thraa brlaadaa Infantry and an indepandent biiaada of cavalry with beiriquartTa at baa Antonio, Major O.oaxal William H. Caxtar. rommandlns. and Itrlgadlcr Canarals M. V Maul. F. A. Smltta and R- TV. ITnyt. A brlcada at GIth(h. PrlradWr Canaral A. L. Mills., nmmaadlna. A bnasde In tha Vom Ans'laa. Cat. district. ilrtcadiar-Oanaral Taskar H. Bllaa. cotnrnandlne:. Tw j thousand marines I gather at Ooantanair.o; euo now ua tha f'.aat thara and to b landad al ooca; TOO on tha Pratria a ad o on tha DUia to Iaaa fhlladrlpMa f.r Guanta naino Thursday or Friday. Four artnord cnlra T.'naaaaaa. MoRtaos. N.r:h Carolina and CTaab Irstoa t3"j officers and man I to aaavrabie at Ouaaiananso. Haar-Ad. mlral Sldnay A. Staunton, command Inc. Mnat of tha pa-ine flaat to aaaarn e!e at Kan l'adro and Pan HL. Rear-Admiral Thomas, com manding. lOontlnuad Trom First I'asa. sudden burst of martial activity cava It color. Arr.bas'a!r do la Barra. of tha Re public of MexK-o. profrssod antlra ! noran.-a as to tha niranln-r of tha mo blllxatloa of Am'rl.-an troops. It was said that on reason for the return of Ambassador de la Barra to Near Tork tor.ljrht was to meet there tomorrow S-nor LJmantour. the Mexi can Minister of Finance,' who arrived tonttrht from rance. Hanry Ijtne Wilson, the American Ambassador to Mexico, has bean in the 1'ntEed Scttas on leave for about ten days. On the subject of moat Interest at this Juncture he has been dumb to Interviewers Trouble? at lmiirxial Admlttrtl. It was admitted at the White House this evenlne that Mexican Insurrectos had been K'vlnar considerable trouble tt tte contractors encased In the work of unmmlnic the Colorado Klver acrosa the line from the Imperial Valley In California, and that Mexico was send ln. bv way of the Ou!f of California, a reirtmeni of federal troops to sruard the work, which waa undertaken by the I nlled States to prevent flooda In the valier in the surrounding; country. Two hundred Mexican soldiers, sent throueli Yuma. Arli some time tiro for this purpose, were captured by the trvsurectoe. and never reached their des. tlnt!on. The iTesldent told callers tojay that Texa4 and tha adjacent country offered an admlraMe field for maneuvers at this time of year, but vouchsafed no further Information. ScxTrey WlUioat ITrccJcnt. No such secrecy ever before ha marked the preparations for practice maneuvers quite the contrary: At other times the participating officers hare been only too clad to draw public attention and arouse public Interest in the work of the Army and Navy. Furthermore. It was fr.-ely said to day that the appropriations for Army maneuvers for the current fiscal year are all but exhausted, and It la pointed out that In ordinary circumstances no such movements a-a those cf the Army and Navy durlns; tha last 4S hour would be thought of. Hence It was Inevitable that Wash ington should be skeptical toward the explanations riven officially. and should look to conditions In Mexico, known or suspected, as explaining this concentration of an Army close to tha border, with, a (toodly portion of the Navy at hand In either ocean. Entire Division Takes Field. The movement of troops will take an entire division of the United States Army to Trxaa and along the Mexican border within five days, as the result cf orders riven by telegraph from Wash Initon within the last 14 hours. In command of a force of 10.000 men. or more than a quarter of the entire Army or the I nlted States, will be Major-Orneral William II. Carter, who ranks as assistant to Major-Ceneral Ionard Wood, chief or ataff. He will have a full divisional staff at his head quartrra. 'ary and Marines to Co-operate. The Navy and Marine Corps are eo operatinic with the Army In the south ward movement. The ships from the farlflr fleet are brine- concentrated at Han Pleao and Sn I'edro. Cal.. for the ostensible purpose of co-operatlns; with te Armr in maneuvers on the south west coast. ' The four armored cruisers Tennessee. Montana. North Carolina and Washing ton will leave New York In a few days tinder orders to go directly to the naval station at Uuantanamx Cuba, which is being made the base of the naval oper ations. I About !') marines also have been or- I dared to assemble al (lutnlinamo. These will consist uf two regiments tinder the ; command of Colonel l . T. Waller, of the Marine Corps, and now In command of the marine barracks at Norfolk, Ya. Squadron Carries 3800 Men. The present total strength of the ar mored crulsvrs of the fifth division of tha Atlantic fleet, which will participate In the operations at Ualvcston, la 1mm men, cvz2lr. y-sv-7 arKz k X '-- v-;:7 - - - -:x4 XJ ; - : - I 1 I v - - X'x - v X',V xll i ' i I --'. '" -' V'; ' T v "' . . "f 'x -..i-x-.-;- o.i-iuk vR:-'-'-" vtOt- S'Sl.''.-v:.v-i I V ...J. - a , a-, -k -. . " - i ' Including officers, bluejackets and ma rines. This number will be agumented by marines, which yesterday were ordered by the Secretary of the Navy from the barracks at Norfolk. New York. Annapolis and Washington to the United States naval station at Guantanamo, Cuba. From the Cuban port the vessels will operate again Galveston. The full division of troops) which will be mobilised at San Antonio, Tex., un der command of Major-General Carter, will consist of nine regiments of Infan try, two regiments or nold artillery, one regiment of cavalry, one battalion of en gineers and one company of the Signal Cor:ie. in addition to the division at Fan An ton I J. an Independent cavalry brigade of two rrgtmenl-r will be assembled there. To Galveston the War Department has ordered three regiments of Infantry snd coast artillery acting as Infantry and a rtmllar fores to Ins Ann!-. Col. Thcee troope. It Is an nounced, to not form part of the division at San Antonio, but will operate inde pendvntlr. "Mafor-General William H. Carter will command the provisional division. Tha brigades at San Antonio will be com manded by Hrlgadler-Generaka M. P. Mus. F. A. Smith and Kalpn W. Hoyt. "The troops at Galveston will be under command of Brigadier-General A- La Mills. "The troops In the Los Angeles dis trict will be commanded by Brigadier- General -Tasker- H. Bliss." In detail the orders to the Army pro vide for the dispatch of the following troops to San Antonio, which will com prise the full division to be commanded by Major-General Carter: 'Headquarters snd two battalion 2gn- tnth Infantry, from Fort Mackensle, Wyo. "First battalion Eighteenth Infantry from Whipple Barracks. Arlaona. and Fort Wlngate. New Mexico. "Fifteenth Infantry from Fort Loug- . Utah. Ucventh Infantry from Fort D. A. Rwril. Wyo. Thirteenth Infantry from Leaven worth. Kan. "Headquarters and Tenth Infantry from Fort Benjamin Hrrtson. "Company B. Tenth Infantry, from Fort Thomas. Kentucky. Twenty-Wghtn Infantry, from Fort Spelling. Minn. "Seventeenth Infantry, from Fort Mc pherson, Ga. "Fourth Field Artillery, from ort jj. A. Russell, Wyo. 'Second Battalion. Third Field Artil lery, from Fort Meyer, a. Ninth Cavalry, from Fort U. A. nils- sell. Wyo. , "Eleventh Cavalry from Fort Ogle thorpe. Ga. Compuiy D. Signal Corps, from Fort Lesvenworth. Kan. ' "Third Battalion of Engineers) from Fort Lravenwoitb. Kan. The following troops have been or dered to the vicinity of San Diego. CaL: 'lgl:th Infantry, from the Presidio or Monterey. Oil. Thirtieth Infantry, from tl-e Pre sidla of Sen Francisco. Cal..' and Pre sidio of Monterey, Cal.. and Fort Ma son. CmL 'These troope will be sent to Galves ton: "Twelve companies or Cosst Artillery from the vicinity or Fortress Monroe and U companies or Coast Artillery from th Gulf Coae." Mare Island Harries' Warships. VALLKJO. CsU March 7. Rush or ders were received at Mara Island Navy-Yard today for the auxiliary cruiser Buffalo to sail for San Diego tomorrow with about S00 marines. The refrigerator ship Glacier Is hurriedly being stocked with supplies and Is ex pected to go south with the Buffalo. The gunboat Yorktown. which was to have sailed for Panama. Is being held and probably will accompany the other two vessels tomorrow. Cruisers Ordered Sooth. SKATTI.E. March 7. The armored cruisers West Virginia and Maryland, now In the harbor, received orders to day to go to the Puget Sound Navy yard tomorrow to coal, and then pro ceed to the Southern Calliornla coast, where they will be Joined y the cruis ers California, South Dakota and Pennsylvania. nr..c.z7-t' cartnzwciGJQ 0JZ'3T CUP f 1 ' i ' - -- -; S GREEL GIVES VIEWS No Need of Intervention by Any Nation, He Declares. NO COMPLAINT IS HEARD Mexican Minister of' Foreign Keia tions Says There Is Xo lteason to Doubt WnHhlngton'g Word ' About Massing- Troops. MEXICO CITY-. March 7. The Mexican government has no reason to doubt the word of the State Deportment at Wash ington that the movement or the 2O.U0O troops to the border Is ror nothing more than maneuvers designed as Instruction tor senior officers. "We do not solleve that In the situa tion as it Is at present there la any oc casion tor Intervention . by the United Slates or any other power. No Amer ican property haa been damaged and, so tar as I know, no complaint has been ma.1 by any American." . Enrique C. Creel. Minister of Foreign Relations, so commented tonight upon the dispatches from Washington. Noth ing In the events in Mexico thus far. in the opinion of Mr. Creel, would JustlTy Intervention. No Representations- Made. No representations, he said, have been made to the Mexican government by tha United States. Great Britain or any other nation that rorelgners had sustained loss or had been traced, In Jeopardy to an etx.Mit that would suggest Interference. "The situation in the north, and, ror that matter, throughout the republic, s entirely satisfactory." said Mr. Creel. "News has reached us that Madero has practically exhausted his money re sources. He has made an attempt to raise JtOOO.O'J, guaranteeing the debt by a bond issue, and has failed. Rebel Support Weakening. "Since the activity or the United States In placing troops along the border to pre serve the neutrality laws, the support which the rebels has had from within th. Un'ted States Is rolling away. The rupture between Madero and Flores Magon has spread dissatisfaction in the ranks or the rebels. Magon. per haps the more dangerous of the two, continues to secure publication of his at tacks on Madero. calling him various names, among th?m traitor 'and 'thief.' and Madero also persists In his attacks upon Magon. all of which is operating to weaken the rebel cause. "We have scarcely touched our re sources as yet," said Mr. Creel. "With the money, guns and men at our com mand, we can easily put In the field 60,1 000 men." " Eli PASO SEES INTERVENTION Recent Arrest of Americans Is De clared One Reason for Move. EL PASO. Tex., March 7. American Intervention Is on every Hp today as the result of the Federal Government ordering additional United - States irooDi toward the Mexican border.- Only last week the Cabinet stated that there were enougn troops on tne Bor der and Americans here know this to be -the truth. Consequently, the send ing of additional men Is taken by Americans to mean only one thing American Intervention in the near future in tha Mexican disturbance. Many Americans believe the recent arrest of Lawrence converse ana r-a- ward Blatt, of California and Pennsyl- GET; 4.. oJVSr-ir. 4 T2-r-Ztr U-E7- vanla. by Mexicans on Texas soil, was one of the reasons for the despatching of troops. ' The United States Consul In Juarez has proof In his possession that the boys were kidnaped In Texas and has wired the State Department asking; that their release be demanded. Americans also see In the destruc tion of American property In Mexico an excuse for the United States Inter fering. The Mexican Northwestern Kallroad has been cut to pieces by the rebels because It carried Mexican Fed eral troops, and the Southern Pacific line in the Yaqul River Valley has been treated likewise. The rebels have also notified offi cials of the Nacozarl road (Phelps Dodge) property, and of the Southern Pacific lines, between Naco and Can anea and Nogales and Cananea, that the lines will be destroyed It Federals are handled, and since then the Mex ican government has forced the handl ing of Its troops. The rebels say they will destroy the lines as soon as they get to them. Many Americans are also stockholders In the National lines destroyed. TALK OF WAR CAUSES LAUGH Llniantour Insists Intervention la Only Idle Gossip. NEW YORK, March 7. Mexico needs no aid In keeping peace or In protect ing foreign interests within her bor dors. Is the opinion of Jose Ives Llm antour. Mexican Minister of Finance, who arrived here tonight from Europe. "The sending of American troops to tho border has nothing to do with affairs In our country," said Senor Llmantour. "Of course, tha presence or a large body or soldiers might have a good moral effect upon the insur gents, but the United States troops certainly are not going across the bor der to tight." "It is reported, Senor,' that if the United States does not act immediately to protect the rights of foreigners, some other power will. Is this true?" he was asked. "It Is to laugh." he replied, "this talk of Mexloo requiring the aid of a foreign power to do this, when the Mexican government does not .recog nize a state or war; It recognizes only that Individuals are causing trouble. It will deal with these Individuals Just as the United States would deal with persons who are disorderly. "These individuals roust lay down their arms, and then the government will deal with t'.iem. There are cer tain questions or reform which the government is now studying, but these must be accomplished as a matter of goverment policy and not as the result of any agreement with the Insurgents. There can be no agreement with them." Senor Llmantour .said Mexico was not in need of money now, because suc cess had crowned his mission to dis pose of an issue of 4 per cent conver sion bonds. The Issue was for 1110, 000.000 or thereabouts, he said, and he had disposed of about half of this amount. "Yo see your sensational Mexican news here did not do our credit any harm," he declared. Of proposed reforms ' In Mexico, which he outlined In an Interview In Paris not long ago, Jie said that for years the government had been giving profound study to the more general distribution or land. Involving the par celling or large estates among the In habitants. The government would welcome suggestions and do anything It could to effect this reform, he said, not because It was one of the Insur gents' demands, but because It was the government policy. WASHOUTS DELAY TROOPS General Bliss and Staff Leave for San Diego, Soldiers Follow. SAN FRANCISCO, March 7. Brigadier General Tasker H. Biles and his staff left here tonight ror San Diego, at or near which place General Bliss will make his headquarters In directing the western end1 of the military operations along the Mexican border. Owing to washouts along the Coast line of the Southern Pacific, the 30th and Eighth Regiments of Infantry were de layed In getting away for the South. The Eighth was brought to this city from Monterey and It waa 11 o'clock tonight before the- "econd section of its special train got away from the Oakland mole. Th fourth nrovlsional regiment, made up of 12 companies of coast artillery. Is , under waiting orders at the Presidio, ready to march at a moment's notice, j Miss Juana Duranona has donated 160 acres of land in Argentina on condition that a practical school of agriculture ba established thereon. Consul-Ooneral Bar tlaman advises that the government has ac- : rented tha donation and will establish a model school. i i Army Officer Is Unable to Say What Rushing of Troops to Mexican Border Really Means Van couver Barracks Interested. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash March 7. (Special.) Brigadier-General Marion P. Maus, commanding the De partment of the Columbia. In this post to day received a telegraphic order to re port at once to Major-General William H. Carter, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Tex. He will leave for that post tomor row evening. Colonel Cornelius Gardner, senior offi cer, who would naturally succeed General Maus in command of the department. Is In Fort Seward. Alaska, and Is so far away that there seems to be some ques tion as to whether he will assume com mand. Inquiries about this have been wired to Washington. When asked tonight what he thought the order really meant. General Maus said: "I hardly know, as the order merely instructs me to go to Fort Sam Houston, where I am to be given a com mand of a brigade. From what I have seen in the newspapers, It looks as though this whole movement of troops Is a war game,, simulating as nearly as possible the actual conditions of war, and Is for the training and practice of the Regular Army. Boise Troops Go. "I ordered three troops, headquarters and band of cavalry, at Boise Barracks to Fort Huachuca, Ariz., this morning, on instructions from the Secretary of War. They will be under command or General Walter S. Schuyler, of the Department of the Colorado. Fort Huachuca Is about 60 miles from the Mexican border. "I do not know that any more troops will be ordered rrom this department, but we are expecting that they will be and) are In perfect readiness to respond at any minute. "At Fort Sam Houston I will be gH'en my staff officers, I presume." , . Dalton Is In Hospital. - General Maus says he Is of the opinion that the sending of troops to Fort Hua chuca may be for the purpose of enforcing- neutrality along the Mexican border. Lieutenant Dalton, aide-de-camp to General Maus. Is In a hospital In the Presidio, California, undergoing treat ment for an Injured leg, so he will not accompany the General. When It 'became known today that troops from this department had been ordered to the Mexican border, there was much excitement In the' post among the men, all eager to receive a similar order. The officers of the lost would welcome such an order and are prepared for It. The telegraph lines direct to Washington in the headquarters building of the De partment of the Columbia are to be kept open night and day. ready to receive or ders and send messages from the post and department. Colonel George K. McGunnegle, com manding officer of this post. Is prepared to send his regiment to the rront at any time and is expecting an order. Troops Ready to Go. "I think that In. case any soldiers are sent rrom this post it will be my regi ment, the First Second and Third Bat talions or the First Infantry, including the headquarters and band," said the Colonel. "The Engineers would be left, I believe, to guard the post. A detach ment from the Hospital Corps would also i if mirh an order Is re ceived, I can have about to officers and S00 soldiers ready to travel just as soon as we get cars from Portland, and that would not take more than 12 hours at the outside. "The officers and men are ana i r t .. m r and never were In better condition for actual service -than they are today. We would welcome an order to proceed to the front to prove our preparedness. ..t nr.. Informed fi to What the mobilizing of the troops really means, but presume that ir may do reouneu. m Lecture No. 15 6 f' -'X'"V . 'fv ktX te J 'ft. Poison Blindness This Is the English for toxic ambliopia, that form of loss of vision, one or the causes or which Is excessive Indulgence In the cup that -cheers but does Inebriate, When a person can't eee well what he Is looking at, ror instance newspaper print, and no glasses will help, there Is a possibility that the alcohol Is getting in its work, especially as holiday time and the Winter season draw near. Naturallv there are some men to whom we can not say,- 'Toil drink too much." but ir they are doing so it won't take long to find it out in the tests. I have at least a. dozen euch cases each week, and the only thing I can say is: I m sorry, but glasses will not help you If you are an excessive smoker or drinker, stop now, be fore the little vision you have left Is gono forever." Many persons do not realize that nicotine and alcohol used excessively will In time produce total blindness. I trust this lecture will be a warn ing to the many that Indulge too frequently. THOMPSON EYESIGHT SPECIALIST SECOND FLOOR COItBETT BLDG, Fifth and Morrison. Portland's Exclusive Optical Place. An Extraordinary Special Men's New Sweater Goats Wool and-Cotton Mixed, Summer Weight - Selling No 'rmaUy at $1.50 Wednesday and QkCL Thursday Only S-)C SAYS THE MEN'S MAN I realize the importance of attracting men to my department as often as possible. To pull trade and make friends I have to give inducements. . The best kind of boosters a man can have are satisfied cus tomers. It is aU well enough to take a half-page advertise ment and make extravagant claims, but the fact remains in delible that you must back up your announcements with reliable merchandise. The Sweaters that go on sale this morning are the best ever offered in the city of Portland. It is a sweater that comes in natural gray only, trimmed with dark navy blue bands and large pearl buttons. It is made in the coat shape, with pockets and comes in a Spring and Summer weight. The sizes run from 36 to 44. you are passing the store today stop in and let us show you these sweaters. Great Knockabout Coat. prove and demonstrate the preparedness of the United States Army." General Maus Is one of the most dis tinguished officers In the Army. He Is a native of Maryland, being born August 23, 1S50. He graduated from West Point In lilt and had many years' service in Indian campaigns. 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Hovenden Piano Company 106 Fifth Street, next to Perkins Hotel expedition to Porto Rico, remaining there until tho signing of the protocol of peace. CentraMa Has Xew Theater Head. CENTRA LI A, Wash., March 7. (Spe cial.) E. C. Seldon, who put In two seasons with Max Figman and who has been with various stock companies for years, assumed management of tho Rose Theater at Centralia last night. Mr. Seldon takes the place of F. W. Ir win, who resigned to enter other busi ness A Fine $6 Player-Piano Used Only Six Months Kow Easy Terms WHO WILL TAKE II? 50 Of