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PORTLAND. OREGON. SATURDAY. MARCH 11, 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
A11Y ORDERED
IflTO MEXICO
Villa and His Men to Be
Taken, Dead or Alive.
CARRANZA TROOPS
WILL CO-OPERATE
CREDITS GATHERING
DODGES ITS TASK
DETAILS ARE LEFT
RANCHER SLAIN IN
RAID INTO ARIZONA
CAVALRY EAGER
TO BEG1II CHASE
Troops Confident Villa's
" 1 - wnuiuu,
TO. fill on ground:
GENERAL CAI.L.ES WITHHOLDS
COMMENT ON" WILSON" ACTION.
WIKKLESS TO KEEP PRESIDENT
IX TOUCH WITH EVENTS.
BAND OK 200 TO 500 MEXICANS
CltOSSES BORDEK.
3
WATCHFUL WAITING ENDED
Whether Genera! Occupation
Will Follow Depends on
Carranza's Attitude.
FUNSTON WILL COMMAND
American Columns Expected
to Be Moving Across Bor
der Before Tonight.
WASHINGTON, March 10. Amer
ican troops were ordered across the
Mexican border today by President
Wilson to take Francisco Villa and his
bandits dead or alive.
Under the direction, if not the
leadership, of Major-General Funston,
who ended the Philippine insurrection
by taking 'Aguinaldo, American col
umns are expected to move into Mex
ico before tomorrow night,
Carranza Troops Have Fled.
They go to meet 3000 guerrilla
troops in a mountainous region, from
which Carranza troops have fled.
Whether this long-deferred armed
action, which begins purely as a
punitive measure, to clear Northern
Mexico of menacing bandit bands over
which General Carranza has no con
trol, shall grow into a general armed
intervention or occupation in Mexico
depends, in a large measure, on Gen
eral Carranza and the Mexican people.
White House Issues Statement.
The following statement was issued
it the White House:
."An adequate force will be sent at
once in pursuit of Villa with the sin
gle object of capturing him and put
ting a stop to his forays.
"This can be done and will be done
in entirely friendly aid of the consti
tuted authorities in Mexico and with
scrupulous respect for the sovereignty
of that republic."
The statement was prepared by the
President himself.
Watchful Waiting Ended.
President Wilson's intention to de
part from the policy of watchful
waiting, ended by the Columbus mas
sacre yesterday, was announced today
after it had been unanimously ap
proved by the Cabinet and Adminis
. tration leaders in Congress. The
President's position was explained
fully to the latter, who agreed that
he should not be embarrassed at this
time by discussion of a minority
which might arouse trouble in Mexico.
After a brief Cabinet meeting, at
which the President was described as
being as determined to eliminate Villa
as he was to eliminate Huerta, Sec
retary Baker hurried to the War De
partment and sent orders . to the
border troops.
Staff Confers on Plans.
Soon afterward the Army General
Staff assembled and conferred over
the plans, long drawn and perfected
since the Mexican situation loomed up
as a disturber of the peace of the
United States. .
General Funston telegraphed urging
secrecy of the Army plans. The
border is honeycombed with Mexican
spies, and it was agreed that the ex
pedition would be pushed to success
by keeping Villa and his men ignorant
of its movements. It is possible that
no correspondents will be permitted
to accompany the columns. At any
rate, a strict censorship will be im
posed.
Garrison Returns to Aid.
Ex - Secretary Garrison, familiar
with the Army's Mexican plans by his
association with .the crisis of two
years ago, came to Washington and
offered his services to aid his suc
cessor. They were at once accepted
and Mr. Garrison went into confer
ence with Secretary Baker at the War
Department.
General Carranza, in a telegram to
che State Department, expressed re
gret at the Columbus massacre, but
made no comment on the proposal of
sending American troops to hunt down
the bandits. Eliheo Arredondo, (his
Ambassador here, was officially in
formed of the American Government's
action. He replied only that he would
communicate with his chief. He pre
(.Concluded on Page 6, Column 3
Remarks on Move by American Gov
ernment .Must Come From Car
ranza Pursuit Is Hot.
DOUGLAS. Ariz., March 10. Al
though General' P. Elias Calles, Mili
tary Governor of Sonora. who Is at
Asna Prieta, opposite here, refused to
comment on the action of President
Wilson li ordering a punitive expedi
tion of United States troops Into Mex
ico to capture Francisco Villa, he In
dicated his desire to co-operate with
American soldiers in this taslc today.
Remarks of the action of the Ameri
can Government, he said, must come
from General Carranza. General Calles
dispatched Colonel Dato Campbell, with
a patrol of 100 cavalry, from Agua
Prleta late today with orders to enter
Chihuahua in an endeavor to discover
the Villa bandits. Colonel Campbell
was instructed to co-operate in every
way possible with the United States
border patrol.
The departure of 1000 .Mexican cav
alry from Hermosillo for Agua Prleta.
from which point they will be dis
tributed along the Eastern Sonora bor
der to guard mining camps, was de
layed until today. They were expected
to leave last night.
BOMB KILLSTW0 MEXICANS
Unexplained Explosion in Carnival
Tent May Presage Trouble.
BISBEE, Ariz., March 10. Two Mexi
cans were injured when a small bomb
was exploded tonight under the tent
of the carnival company showing at
Lowell. Ariz., a short distance south
east of here.' The explosion threw the
district into turmoil.
No reason could be assigned lor the
throwing of the bomb, nor was the
perpetrator found.
The injured Mexicans were Juan
Seco, of Cananea, and Antonio Valas
quez, a resident of Lowell.
As a result of the incident. Ameri
cans expressed the fear that there
might be trouble with Mexican resi
dents there.
FAITHFUL HORSE TO REST
"Ginger," of Tire Department, to
Have Permanent Vacation.
"Ginger," known up to a few years
ago as the fastest horse In the Port
land Fire Department is to be retired
from the service. Fire Chief Dowell
decided yesterday that after 1 years'
service the trusty old horse Is entitled
to a permanent vacation.
For years he had the reputation of
being so fast that other horses In the
department couldn't keep up with him
when on a. fire run. For some time he
has been on duty at engine company
No. 25 at Greenwood street and Francis
avenue. He will be put out on pasture
with light work.
PACKING CASES SETTLED
Britain to Protect American Meat
Shippers Against Loss.
WASHINGTON. March 10. From un
official but reliable sources It was
learned today that the long-standing
cases of the American packers have
been settled. The cases involved the
detention by the British government
of large quantities of meat products
shipped from the United States to the
neutral countries of North Europe.
While details of the settlement are
lacking. It is known the British gov
ernment has undertaken to secure the
exporters against loss by a system of
long-time contracts.
$42,000 FOR ROAD SOUGHT
Representative Hawley Asks Money
for Southern Highway.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, March 10. Representative
Hawley today introduced a bill author
izing an advance from forest receipts
in Oregon of $42,000 to build a road
connecting the county road out of
Grants Pass with the Oregon Caves in
Josephine County, the entire road lying
in the Siskiyou National forest.
The money advanced is to be reim
bursed from Oregon's 25 per cent of
forest receipts. The bill is indorsed
by the Forest Service.
TWO AMERICANS EXECUTED
Babe Taken From Woman Captive
of Villa Located in Chihuahua.
EL PASO. Tex., March 10. Edward
John Wright and Frank Hayden,
Americans, were executed by Villa
bandits March 2, according to a dis
patch from Pearson to railroad offi
cials here tonight. These advices also
said that the babe whom Mrs. Maud
Hawk Wright was forced to give to a
Mexican family when she was taken
prisoner by Villa had been brought into
Pearson. Chihuahua.
WIRELESS TO REACH OUT
Holland to Connect With East Indies
Via San Francisco.
THE HAGUE. March 10. In a de
bate in the chamber on colonial mat
ters. Deputy Gillesen explained a
proposal today te establish wireless
telegraph connection with Holland and
the East Indies by way of San Fran
cisco, Honolulu and New Guinea.
Deputy Gillesen said the cost of the
installation would be 1.500,000 florins
($200,000).
Conference Result Is
to Increase Split.
PORTLAND'S YIEWS IGNORED
$9,000,000 Bait Offered to
Each Side to Beat Other.
MR. KAY "SPILLS BEANS"
Corporation Lawyers and Labor Del
egates Vote Together and Foes
of Long Standing Often Are
Found on Same . Side.
SALEM, Or.." March 10. (Staff Corre
spondence.) There was something un
canny about the way the conference on
irrigation, drainage and rural credits
did business, which may or may not
account for the remarkable results of
a widely heralded gathering.
For example. ex-Governor West and
W. Lair Thompson confabulated In se
cluded corners, the lumber barons co
operated with the Grange, and on close
divisions the corporation lawyers lined
up with the Federation of Labor.
As a bubbling, seething leaven for
these Incongruities, State Treasurer
Kay, past exalted spiller of the beans,
was quite busy demonstrating that he
could come back.
Work Intended Not Accomplished.
The record of the conference is that
It calmly but firmly refused to do that
which It was called together to do.
The call was very plainly worded. It
Invited certain organizations and in
stitutions to send delegates to a con
ference to draft a constitutional amend
ment and legislation necessary to
provide district bonds and establish a
system of rural credits.
One might have reasonably supposed
that if any of the organizations or in
stitutions invited to send delegates to
do a specific thing were not in favor
of doing that thing they would have
declined the invitation.. Not so. There
were such organizationa and Institu
tions and they sent their delegates, not
to carry out the purpose of the call,
but to "bust up the meetin". "
Only Rural Credits Wanted.
The delegates from the Grange, the
Farmers' Union and the Federation of
Labor, and here and there delegates
with other credentials, wanted a sys
tem of rural credits and nothing else.
Moreover, they demanded their own
particular brand of rural credits. That
brand would exclude drainage and irri
gation. Be it known to the lagging
pursuer after knowledge that rural
credit Is a generic term applicable to
any one of a number of plans for pro
viding cheap loans for development of
agriculture.
Now development of agriculture, in
the opinion of the webfoot portion of
the state that is, if the delegates rep
resented public opinion may mean
anything from buying a goat to pulling
Btumps, with one exception. That ex
ception is application of water to land
to make crops grow' on it.
Probably the conference was held at
(Concluded on Paee 6. Column 5.)
Message on Mexico May Be Prepared
for Submission to Congress on
Iteturn to White House.
WASHINGTON, March 10. President
Wilson left Washington late, tonight
with Mrs. Wilson on the naval yacht
Mayflower for a week-end trip down
the Potomac River and Chesapeake
Bar.
He plans to be away until Monday
morning, unless unusual developments
in the Mexican situation necessitate
his return before that time.
The Mayflower's wireless will keep
the President- id constant touch with
the pursuit of Villa and his band by
American soldiers.
The President made his plans for
leaving Washington for the week-end
several days ago. He wanted to aban
don the trip today after the decision
to send troops into Mexico, but was
urged not to do so by his advisers,
who insisted that he could keep in as
close touch with the situation from
the Mayflower as by staying at the
White House. Secretary Tumulty re
raai.is here to handle exchanges of
messages between Mr. Wilson and the
War Department.
During his trip on the Mayflower the
President will consider going before
Congress next week and. if he decides
to do so, will prepare a message on
the Mexican situation.
GEN. CARRANZA "SORRY"
Brief Reply Made to Telegram From
Sonora'8 Military Governor.
DOUGLAS, Ariz.. March 10. "I am
sorry that conditions are such that
the United States deems it necessary
to take the action of which you have
advised me."
This answer was made by General
Carranza to a telegram sent to him by
General P. Ellas Calles, military gov
ernor of Sonora, asking the first chief
of the de facto Mexican government
for an expression of his opinion on the
act of President Wilson in ordering a
punitive expedition of United States
soldiers into Mexico to capture Villa,
according to reliable information re
ceived here tonight.
RIFLE CLU3 IS PROPOSED
Employes of Forest Office in Port
land Plan Organization. .
A rifle club Is to be organized by the
men of the local Government forest
office, the movement having been start
ed by District Forester Cecil. Already
36 of the some 50 men employed in the
office have signed the roll.
Guns will be provided by the Govern
ment, and it Is hoped to get the use
of the Clackamas range. Permission
to do some indoor shooting at the Ar
mory will also be sought.
WILSON CHEERED FOR ACT
President Congratulated on Order
Sending Troops Into Mexico.
WASHINGTON, March 10. President
Wilson was enthusiastically applauded
today when he entered a theater to at
tend a concert.
Within an hour after the word that
the troops had been ordered to Mexico
had been given out, messages congrat
ulating the President on his action be
gan arriving at the White House.
THERE'S NO STOPPING KIM NOW.
Funston Not tojV"'
few
GENERAL INSTRUCTION SENT
Villa's Greatest Handicap Is
Lack of Ammunition.
MACHINE GUNS ARE FEW
Area of 160,000 Square Miles May
Be Covered In Pursuit Possi
ble Necessity for "Dragnet"
Method Is Considered.
WASHINGTON. March 10. Indica
tions late tonight were that the carry
ing out ot President Wilson's order that
American troops re-enter Mexico to
capture or kill Villa and his bandits
would be left to the man on the
ground. General Frederick Funston.
After a late conference with the Presi
dent, Secretary Baker announced that
no invasion of Mexico in force was con
templated; that the troops would be
sent to disperse or capture the raiders
and would b'e withdrawn immediately
when their work was done, or when
the de facto government was able to
insure peace along the border.
Staff Prepares Instructions.
Officers of the general staff began
at once the preparation of instructions
for General Funston in accordance
with this announcement. Their purport
was not revealed. Earlier in the day
General Funston had suggested that
the plans for troop movements across
the border be kept secret. He desired
to add the element of surprise to his
weapons for avenging the murder of
Amricans at Columbus.
General Funston also urged that cav
alry be sent to replace the mounted
forces he might withdraw from border
patrol duty to form the expeditionary
cqlumn or columns. Steps to comply
with this were taken at the War De
partment. Kreded Troops Will Be Sent.
.Whatever new troops are needed will
be ordered promptly to the border. Of
ficials of the department and Secretary
Baker himself worked far into the
night on details of possible troop move
ments, supplies and the like.
The Secretary's call at the White
House followed a busy session at the
War Department. The machinery of
the general staff was set in motion im
mediately after President Wilson's de
cision to hunt down the raiders was
announced at the close of the Cabinet
meeting. The war plans committee as
sembled and went over the situation.
Funston Left Unhampered.
Little detailed information as to the
immediate situation on the Mexican
side of the border Is available here.
Such matters are under the jurisdiction
of General Funston, who has his own
intelligence office. The committee
quickly reached the conclusion, it is
understood, that Funston must be left
unhampered to work out the problem
of pursuing the bandits with whatever
fConc'uded on Pifte 3. Column 2.)
Men From Tenth Cavalry Are Sent
to Rescue and Are Awaiting Sally.
Livestock Arc Driven Off.
BISBKK. Ariz.. March 10. An Amer
ican rancher was killed early tonight
i
when & band of approximately from
200 to 500 Mexican bandits crossed the
border southeast ofOsborn Junction,
Ariz., according to reports reaching
here tonight-
Many head of livestock were killed or
driven off by the bandits, it was said.
In response to an appeal from the
residents for help, 65 troopers of the
Tenth United States Cavalry at Naco.
Ariz., were rushed to that point.
The cavalrymen were reported late
tonight to be awaiting a sally from
the bandits. All of the Americans at
Osborn Junction with the exception of
one family came to Bisbee on a special
train tonight.
The reported killing of an American
rancher could not be fully verified,
but statements that livestock had been
killed were known to be authentic. -
BRITISH STEAMER AFOUL
St. Veronica Crashes Into Astoria
Dock in Fog, Doing Damage.
ASTORIA, Or. March 10. (Special.)
The British steamer St. Veronica met
with an accident tonight just after she
had started for sea with Pilot Lapping
on the bridge. She suddenly ran into
a dense fog bank. The engines were
reversed, but the craft would not an
swer the helm and took a sheer toward
shore. The anchor was dropped quick
ly, but the steamer crashed into the
Mack dock, smashing it for a distance
of fully 30 feet and causing damage
estimated at about $7000. Several of
the steamer's forward plates were
dented, and the port rail on the fore
castle head was torn off.
The St. Veronica is anchored in the
upper harbor and a survey will be
made tomorrow.
L. G. PHIPPS IMPROVING
Millionaire Steel Man in Hospital at
Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, March 10. (Special.)
The condition of Lawrence C. Phipps,
millionaire Pittsburg steel magnate,
who was taken to the hospital last
night . immediately on his arrival in
the city, - was pronounced much im
proved today.
Mr. Phipps, accompanied by his wife
and two sons, arrived In their private
car, Mr. Phipps suffering from an acute
affection of the throat. The Phipps
party is on a pleasure tour.
FAIRBANKS LEADS WILSON
Republican Vote in Indiana 17,282
Ahead of That of Democrats.
INDIANAPOLIS. March 10. Practi
cally complete returns from Tuesday's
primary tabulated here unofficially to
day, show that ex-Vice-President Fair
banks, candidate for the Republican
nomination for President, received 17,
282 votes more than were cast for
President Wilson, candidate for renomi-
nation on the Democratic ticket.
Fairbanks received a total of 176,129
votes to Wilson's 158.847.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDAFS Maximum temperature, 63
degrees; minimum, 48 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; variable winds, becoming
southerly.
Mexico.
Army ordered into Mexico to capture Villa
and hi bandits. Page 1.
Rancher killed In bandit raid into Arizona, i
Page 1. '
Details of pursuit to be left to Funston, on
ground. Page 1.
Cavalry eager to begin pursuit of bandits.
Page 1.
General Punston strongly urges relentless i
pursuit of Villa, Page 4.
Villa's young wife says husband has been J
misrepresented. Page -4. j
Carranza troops in Sonora ordered to co- i
operate with United States patroL Page 1. J
Vancouver troops under waiting orders, j
Page 6. I
President, off on cruise, to "keep in touch
with situation by wireless. Page 1.
Villa moving to attack Mormons. Page 5.
Colonel Slocum asks for more cavalry.
Page a.
Oregon state troops not excited, but pre
pared for call to arms. Page 4.
War.
Heavy attack by Germans succeeds north
west of Verdun. Page 2,
Allies reject Lansing's proposal to disarm
merchantmen.
National.
Proposal that Government buy land grant
made formally to House committee.
Page 3.
Domestic . i
Joe Howard weds divorced Countess. Page 3.
Sport.
Speas, South worth and Sothoron sign;
Vaughn. Wille and Harstad hold out.
Page 12.
Washington State quintet beats Idaho, 41
to 24. Page 12.
Pacific Northwest.
Booth case .enters closing stages at Mc
Minnville. Page 7.
Credits conference closes. Page 6.
Wild train wreck kills two. Page T.
Operations of surveyors start rumor of pro
posed Salem-Bend railroad. Page 16.
Credits conference dodges task. Page 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Government report of unsold wheat supply
in Northwest not regarded as bearish.
Page 17.
Wheat higher at Chicago owing to light
shipments from Southern Hemisphere.
Page 17.
Mexican situation wakening factor In stock
market. Page 17.
Motor ships to run from Portland. Page 16.
Portland and Vicinity.
Daughters of American Revolution advo
cate military preparedness. Page 15.
Whisky owned by manager of Friars Club
declared nuisance, but destruction is
stayed by appeal. Page 16.
Chamber goes on record for, parity rates.
Pace S.
OkYcaUicc report, uai aud oiex&?V f o i"
Capture Will Be Speedy.
COLUMBUS AT HIGH TENSION
Town Stampeded by Reports
That Bandits Have Made
Another Invasion.
SPIES ARE ROUNDED UP
Funeral of American Woman
Victim Attended by Great
Throng, All Armed.
COLUMBUS, N. M., March 10.
Francisco Villa, with the Mexican
bandit army whose raid on Columbus
was beaten off by the Thirteenth
United States Cavalry with severe
losses Thursday morning, was at Boca
Grande, 25 miles southeast, at last re
ports brought here today by scouts.
American military authorities here
were impatient for orders to cross the
border and assail the bandit leader be
fore he had time to retreat farther
into the interior of Chihuahua.
Colonel Slocum Confident.
With plenty of cavalrymen avail
able tonight, Colonel Slocum and his
officers were convinced that an order
to cross the line now would mean a
quick disposition of Villa. When
Major Frank Tompkins, of the Thir
teenth, with hardly 200 men took up
the pursuit of the entire Villa force,
estimated at 2500 men, yesterday, the
Mexicans fled 15 miles. Six troops of
cavalry were ready and eager to start
the chase.
Meanwhile residents of the town of
Columbus were in a state of high
tension tonight. A report today that
Villa had recrossed the border and
surrounded the town stampeded near
ly all the inhabitants.
Funeral Throng Is Armed.
The funeral of Mrs. Milton James,
one of the American civilians killed
by Villa's raiders when they burst into
the town Thursday morning before
daylight, was held today. A throng
attended. Every man, and even boys
in knickerbockers, in attendance were
alert and armed with rifles and re
volvers. Rifles captured from the
Mexicans when the American troops
drove them from the town supplied
arms for many of the civilians.
The report that Villa was again ad
vancing gained currency tonight.
Armed civilians, supplementing the
two patrols put out by the military
authorities who have charge of the
town, fired shots at everything that
appeared to move in the desert brush
surrounding the town.
Alarm Rings Through Town.
Shouts of "Put out the lights" rang
through the streets and military
camps at 7:30 o'clock, but half an
hour later there appeared no sign that
Villa had reached the boundary with
his army. The entire military force
at the disposal of Colonel Slocum was
ready, however, at a moment's notife
for a fight.
In response to the urgent request
of Colonel H. J. Slocum late today,
three companies of the first battalion
of the Twentieth Infantry were or
dered to Columbus from Victoria, N.
M.,,32 miles west. The battalion only
arrived in Victoria from El Paso at
dawn today.
After it had become known that the
Government had decided to send
troops into Mexico after Villa, Army
officers sent their wives and other
women relatives away. With civilian
women alarmed by reports of another
Villa attack, departures numbered
scores.
A squad of cavalry, sent out today
to investigate a report that Villa sol
diers had crossed the border and sur
rounded a patrol of the Seventh Cav
alry, returned from a reconnaissance
tonight with a report that no Mexi
cans had been seen this side of the
border. At 8 o'clock a report was
received at headquarters of the Thir
teenth Cavalry that firing, heard a
few minutes earlier east of the town,
was the result of the failure of a
Mexican to halt on order of a patrol.
The Mexican was killed.
Suspected Spies Are Held.
A few minutes later the light;, wers
iJourluCcd ta CoiuuAtt 2-).
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