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T1IF MORNING OREGOXIAN, 3IOXDAY, APRIL 20, 1914. VILLA IS EXPECTED TO MEET GARRANZA OH CAN SEND 2000 MEN QUICKLY SPEAKING OF WAR. Extension of Rebel Campaign to Capture of Second City ' in Mexico in View. ' Colonel Martin, U. S. A., Na tional Guard Commander. Says He's Prepared. TAMPICO ATTACK WAITS Chie'tains rtclieve Tfucrta Would Kot Hesitate to riunge. Nation Into Foreign War w Cur . reiicy Is neailv foi-.issue. JUAREZ, April 19. Matters of the greatest Importance will be discussed at Chihuahua tomorrow If General Vll l:i, lis expected, a'rrivcs in that city for t lirst of a series of interviews with Oenerai Carranza. The Tampico incident will come in lor the graven consideration, for rebel loaders declare their belief that Huerta would not hesitate to bring: about a for eign war if by so loing ho ' hoped to unite the country. Finances, loreien relations, civil ap pointments and details of future cam paigns arn othor subjects which will le threthed over. All Cabinet mem bers expect Secretary Subaren, of the ,3nterior Department, will be here. Su baren and Koberto V. Pesqueira, con fidential agent of the constitutional ists in El Paso, will be present on Tues day. Xew Cnrreaey Is Ifumed.- The first shipment of the new paper currency designed to replace the some what crude anil much counterfeited Villa currency will be sent to Chihua hua tomorrow. Jt consists of $5 and JIO bills to the aggregate value of 1.000,000. It is on finer paper and is better printed than the money it re places and it is said will be more dif ficult to counterfeit. Some of the spurious money is said to have reached the army paymaster and to have been paid the, troops. A newspaperman who brought out some which he had bought from the pay master had it refused here as spurious. Recruits Require Ammunition. The conference on military affairs will include tho problem of obtaining ammunition for the rebel recruits said to be flocking In since the victory of Torreon and including captured fed erals impressed into rebel service, as well as new supplies for the. original army. Monterey and Saltillo remain to be taken in the north and the preliminary campaigns against San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas already have begun. General T'anfilo Natera. who says he has a fol lowing of 3600 men, reported today that he began the attack on Zaratecas yesterday. He gave no details and the fighting -is assumed to have been be tween outposts. The city Is 7D0O feet above sea level and has a population of 33,000. It is built in a ravine at the foot of the BufTa and Grillo moun tains. It Is In the center of a mining country, the mines of which have been worked since the days of the Spanish conquest. There is a diminutive street car system and there are many tine buildings. Rebel Iyen on Guadalajiri. Further south, arter the expected capture of these cities, the rebel pro gramme included the taking of Guada lajara, one of tho finest, cleanest and most modern of Mexican cities. . It has a population of 125,000. making it the second city of the republic in siae. and it Is said to be the first in beauty. A force of rebels already is moving down the west 'coast to attack it. ac cording to rebel reports. The Tam pico campaign, which has been on for months, will not be resumed until af ter the complications with the United States are settled. These subjects alone, not to mention innumerable mi nor matters, are said to be sufficient to keep Villa in Chihuahua for a week if he can spare the time from the front. POST SOLDIERS READY VANCOUVER MEN PREPARED TO START FOR WAR AT OXCE. Company E, Engineers, Will Leave for California Ttdaj for Annual Tar. Set Practice and MinraTrn, VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash.. April 19. (Special.) The officers and soldiers of the post are eagerly await ing news on the Mexican situation. Colonel George S. Young, post com mander and in charge of the Twenty first Infantry, said his troops are ready to entrain within a" few hours' notice. A special train will leave the post mi a o ciock tomorrow morning, with ComOanv F. F,ntrinArc 11 ,v a n ,i four officers, in command of Captain .it. Moore, ror maneuvers in Califor nia. The other officers are Lieutenant harles C. J. Taylor. Lieutenant Philip Fleming and Lieutenant Gilbert Van 15. Wilkes. Twenty-four horses, three private norses and ,17 mules will be transported. Arriving at Gilroy, Cat., the troops will march 30 miles tn a nnint camp will be pitched. Other officers ii join me company in California. The men will map about 30,000 acres of land, have thiir n n n un 1 i.t lice at Monterey, and take part In the maneuvers with the brigade sent out from San Francisco. It is reported mis company wm prooably return here about September. I, unless ordered to me ooraer. ADIPOSE , VEXES EDISON "Vacation Is Lazy Thing," Says In ventor, Home From Florida. WEST ORANGE, N. J.. April 19. (Special.) Thomas A. Edison. Mrs. Edi son. Miss Madeline Edison and Theo dore and Charles Edison returned to their home, Llewellyn Park, early to night, after a stay of six weeks at the Edison Winter place In Fort Meyer, Fla. Mr. Edison, several pounds heavier than when he left, said to one of his friends as he greeted him at the station In Newark: "A vacation is a lazy thing and keeps a fellow down bo much that he has to put on weight whether he wants to or not." A Woman of Letters. (Birmingham Age-Herald.) Lady Patient But I cannot take your prescription, doctor. It has alcohol in It and I am a. W. C. T. U. Doctor You may be a whole alpha bet, madam, bnt you'll have to take this medicine for all that. SALUTE 15 REFUSED Huerta Refuses to Meet Condi tions Imposed on Him. NAVY PREPARING' TO ACT Torpedo-Boats Directed to Get 17 ti de r Way Jnet as Ituerta'e First Dilatory Messages Are Re ceived at Washington. Continued Froih Flint Page.) thereafter held & long-dlstahce confer ence with the President, going over the points Huerta had raised. While- the reply was considered favorable In Its general purport as to saluting the American flag, yet it again parleyed over details and conditions. As a result of the discussion Mr. Bryan dispatched a further message to Mexico City making It plain that the President would listen to no counter proposals or suggestions, but must have an unequivocal acceptance of the demand at the time stated, o'clock tonight. While these exchanges were going on by cable between Washington and Mexico, the Navy Department was cen tering its attention on further prepara tion for any eventuality which might occur. Mississippi Seat to Jola Vleet. At 10:30 o'clock Bhortly after Huerta's latest dilatory message had been re ceivedorders were Bent to the battle ship Mississippi, with an aeroplan corps and 600 marines, and the torpedo flotilla at Pensacola to get under way at once, Joining Admiral Badger's fleet as it entered the Gulf of Mexico, and proceed with the fleet to Tampico. The torpedo flotilla consists of 22 destroyers, the tender Dixie and the scout cruiser Birmingham, but several of the destroyers are in reserve, so It is likely only 14 will sail. Secretary Bryan had planned to go to church at 11 o'clock, but as the cable messages began to come In he changed his plans and went to the State Depart ment. There he was Joined by, John Lind, the President's personal repre sentative, and the two went to the telegraph office of the State Depart ment to confer over a piece of decipher ing In the latest message from Huerta. Later it became known that the mes sages showed that Huerta was not rais-' Ing objection to the salute Itself, but as to the details under which the sa lute would bo returned. The main con dition was that the United States agree in writing that the salute be fired In stead of relying on the assurance given by Admiral Mayo for a return salute. This was construed by officials as a wily and adroit move on Huerta's part to obtain an assurance direct from the American Government which would be capable of being construed by him as a recognition Of the da facto Mexican government. There was no disposi tion on the part of those here t6 give any such assurances or to prolong the discussion as to details. They were determined, after consulting President Wilson, to hold to the one concrete question of Huerta's yielding to the American demand as it had been sub mitted. . The reply to Huerta made clear, to him that a "yes" TJT "no" to the Amer ican demand was all that remained for him and that nothing that was tt be done would bear the construction of a recognition ot Huerta's regime. Proceed arc In Outlined. In the meantime tentative plans" were being made Tor the procedure which may place tomorrow the full naval and military establishment of the Govern ment In the hands of the President Tor decisive measures, ugulnst the Gov- V tlST J -iK HER MENTAL. eminent in Mexico. The scope of the authority to be conferred and the means to be placed in the President's hands for exerting that authority will depend upon the President's desires. When the President returns to Wash ington early tomorrow these desires undoubtedly will be submitted to lead ers of the House and Senate before the two legislative bodies meet at noon. Then the President will read a special message to Congress. Urjess the Huerta government recedes and ac cepts the President's terms tonight Majority Leader Underwood will un doubtedly offer a Joint resolution In the House when it meets at noon pro viding for a Joint session within an hour. The Joint session will hear what the President hasJ.0 advise and before he returns to the White House a reso- J APRIL IS WAR MONTH. April has been a -war month through the history of the United States. Four of this Nation's great wars, and four smaller ones, have begun in Aoril. The revolt of the Colonies becaa on April . 1. 17T5. The war with Mexico started on April 34. 1845. years from next Friday. lloatlll-' ties in the Civil War broke out on April 12, 18S1. with the firing on ' Fort Sumpter. That Spanish-American War began on April 21, 1S38. Of the lesser wars, the Black Hawk Indian war, the Apache, Navajo and Utah war, and the Seminole Indian war all started In AprlL The Phil ippine insurrection came to a head in April, 18t. lution will have been offered In each house in separate Bession. The chair men of the foreign affairs and for eign relations committees will offer the resolutions, which will be referred to the respective committees. . Hurried sessions of the committees will report the 'resolutions and before adjournment they probably will be passed and laid before the President. The form and substance of the reso lution to be presented in the event of a movement against Huerta. however. will depend largely upon President Wilson s wishes. He is expected to at least ask for power to order . blockade of Mexican ports. PAGES TO DON GUM SHOES Senator J. Ham.- Lewis' Protest Against Noise Causes Order. - WASHINGTON, April 17. An order was issued by the sargeant-at-arms of the Senate ordering the pages Into blue uniforms and rubber-soled shoes. The order was due to Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, ot Illinois, protesting against noise. RELATIVE STRENGTH OF ARMIES OF NATIONS NOW POS , SD3LY ON BRINK OF CONFLICT. Forres of I. sited States. Strength of United States Army on June 80 last, 7i,88, of whom 4665 were offlpers and 73,321 were enlisted men. , Total strength in continental limits of United States S8.306. of which 680 were officers and 54,626 enlisted men. Of the forces in the United States, approximately 40,000 are -available for a war with Mexico. ' First troops to Invade Mexico would be the second division en camped at Texas City, Tex., composed of about 12.000 men. Four transports Sumner. Meade, Kllpatrick -and McClellan held in readiness in Galveston harbor for this purpose. Strength of militia organisations, 111.000. Number of males of military age,, between 18 and 44 years in United States, according to census of ,1910, 80,538,347. Number of males available for military duty, according to re ports of Adjutant-Generals of the states, 16,127,357. v. Ferecat Meaie Cast Master. According to the best information obtainable, the strength of the Mexlcon army is between 45,00 and 60,000 men. The ancertalnty of actual strength is due to the deaths and desertions suffered in the recent campaigns against the rebels in the northern part of Mexico. The total peace strength of the Mexican army in 112, the last statistics which are available, show that there were 107 Generals, 6286 officers and 4,S32 men. The army consists of 30 battalions of Infantry. 18 regiments of cavalry, one regiment of horse artillery, two regiments of field ar tillery, one of mountain guns, two battalions of garrison artillery, one battalion of engineers. -The Mexican troops are widely cattered. There are small garri sons in the principal seaports on both coasts held by the federal government, whll the greater part of the federal army Is in Mexico City and in the northern part of the country, campaigning against the rebels. m . Mexico has no coast defenses. The only modern seacoast guns are at San Juan de Ulna Fortress at Vera Criiz. DEFENSE. IS-MADE Senor Rojas Denies American Flag Has B een -Insulted. - MARINES -ALSO SET FREE Foreign, Miinieter Declares Mexico, . Having Yielded as Much as Dig nity'; Permits, Trusts to Fairness of Americans. MEXICO CITY, April 19. The Mexi can Foreign Minister, Senor Portillo y Rojas, announced tonight it would be impossible to agree to the demand of the United State that the flag be sa luted unconditionally, because that flag was not insulted, as it was not flying from the launch, and because the ma rines were set free even before an In vestigation and the officer responsi ble for the arrest was himself arrested and held for trial. The Foreign Minister here announced that the Mexican government would agree that both Hags be saluted, the American flag first and then the Mexi can flag, this arrangement to be made by a protocol signed by American Charge d'Affaires Nelson O'Shaugh nessy and the Mexican Foreign Min ister. The United States Government. Senor Portillo asserted, has Vefused permission to Charge O'ShaughneBsy to sign such a protocol and demanded an unconditional salute by Mexico, which Mexico felt was incompatible with her dignity. In conclusion the Foreign Minister Bald? "Mexico has yielded as much as her dignity will permit. . Mexico trusts to the fair-mindedness and spirit of Jus tice of the Americans." CURES DELUGE MR. BRYAN Secretary Announces Story Voice Is Impaired Is Joke. WASHINGTON, April 17. Letters and packages filled with advice And "cures" are pouring in upon Secre tary Bryan, as a. result of the recent publication of some Joker's state ment that the Secretary's voice had beoome Impaired. Mr. Bryan decided that the Joke had gone far enough, and formally dented there is anything wrong with his vocal organs. WAR INEVITABLE, BELIEVED Forty-liislit Hours Only Required, Asserts Officer, to Put Com mand on War Footing, : Tteady'to Be Transported. Salute or no salute, the Oregon National Guard is ready to mobilise within 48 hours. It is no secret, either, that officers are expecting prompt or ders to move. "As Huerta has refused to fire the salute, I think that war will be declared tomorrow," said Colonel C. H. Martin, U. S. A., commander of the Third-Ore gon Infantry, yesterday. "But even ifJ he had given the requested salute the crisis could not be very long postponed. "We now have nearly 2000 men in Oregon who could be moved almost instantly on command. TheN infantry will include 1500 men and 51 officers, the battery 171 men and five officers, the cavalry 86 men and three officers and the ambulance companies 72 men and five officer. Besides there are eight companies of Coast Artillery that could be used in the field. These companies are ordinarily supposed to serve as coast defense, but they have been trained an infantry and it would perhaps be thought better to send them to the front .in that capacity, rather than send green recruits. "The peace strength of our companies Is only 68 men. with three officers, while the war strength Is 108 men and three officers. Then there will be a band of 26 pieces and 21 scouts, as well as a machine gun company of 108 men. C.aarda Will Become Regulars. "W.hen the crisis comes the President will Issue orders to- Governors, follow ing which the members of the National Guard will report to the Secretary of War and enter the Regular Army as volunteers. The measure now before Congress, calling for the employment of the National Guard" by tho Govern ment,. will undoubtedly pass tomorrow." Nearly every quarter of the state would contribute its quota of guards men to the Oregon contingent. There are six companies of infantry, one bat tery, one troop of cavalry and one com pany of coast artillery at Portland, one company of Infantry each at Oregon City, Woodburn. Dallas and McMlnn vllle and two at Salem, two companies of coast artillery at Engene and one each at Roseburg, Ashland, Cottage Orove, Albany and Medford. All forms and b'anks necevry for converting the Oregon National Guard Into United states service in the event of war have been received within the past 10 days at the office headquarters in the Morgan building. Colonel Martin is in command of the 13 companies of the Third Regiment, Captain H. U. Welch, of Portland. Is in command of the field artillery and Colonel Creed Hammond, of Kufc-ene. Is in command of the eight companies of the coast artillery reserves. i'lackamaa Will Re Readesvous. Immediately following orders, mobil. ization will begin at Clackamas Station 12 miles south of Portland, where everything has been made ready for movement. If the order comes before the forces have been thoroughly organ ised. It is doubtful whether or not the regular troops will wait for assimila tton of the latest recruits. The trained men would probably be dispatched to the field immediately and officers not now on the active list called to Clack amas Station to serve as recruiting of fleers until the full force has been sent to the front. If there is to be an army of invasion the War Department has planned for an allotment of 250,000 men. The Regular Army cannot concentrate, more than 30.000 men. while the National Guard can furnish an additional 110 000. and it is certain that the Guard will be called into service when the crisis comes. None but those physically fit will be allowed to leave. 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