TITE MORXING OREGOXIAy. WEDNESDAY, MAItCII 8, 1911.
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GENERALS WHO WILL COMMAND ARMY OF 20.000 MEN IN MANEUVERS ON MEXICAN BORDER.
ORDERED! SOUTH
MEXICAN BORDER
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Commander of Department of
Threat of Foreign Intervention
Causes Taft to Move
Swiftly.
Columbia Leaves Tonight
" for Fort Houston.
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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
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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,
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
At the beginning of the war with Spain
he was promoted from Captain to Lieutenant-Colonel
and served throughout
the war as Inspector-General. He -was
present during the siege and surrender
of Santiago, Cuba, and accompanied the
Gill's
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The Prices
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"We have some splendid bargains in slightly used pianos. You will
be able to find what you want, and the prices will be right. Pianos
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Hovenden Piano Company
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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
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