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THE aiORXIXG OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1916.
ARMY OF 120,000 AT
01IGEI5 PROPOSED
House Makes Way for Reso
lution to Give Authority
to President.
BOTH PARTIES IN ACCORD
Captain Sims Urges Construction
of Eight Battle Cruisers to
Ward Off Attacks of Fast
Jestrojers or Submarines.
WASHINGTON',, March 34. Chair
man Hay, of the House military com
mittee, late today prepared for im
mediate introduction of the resolution
to permit the President to raise the
fighting strength of the standing
Army to 120,000 men at once.
( Republicans and Democrats worked
In perfect harmony for the adoption
of the resolution, despite the fact that
their leaders on the military commit
tee disagreed as to the exact meaning
of It.
1'Jshtlns Strength May Be Meant.
Representative Hay holds, and War
Department officials agree with him,
that under the resolution the President
is authorized to raise the Army to a
fighting- strength of 119,947 men. In
cluding all divisions, such as the med
ical corps and the other non-fighting
units, he says, the total number of
men in the Army under the resolution
may reach 135,000.
y r. Kahn, the ranking Republican
member, insisted that a total of not
more than 102,000 fighting men may be
maintained under the provisions of the
resolution. Ho contends that the out
wide estimate of the total strength that
can be legally mustered tinder the res
olution would be about 120,000 includ
ing soldiers of all classes.
The one point on which all agree,
however, is that the resolution will add
20.000 men at least to the fighting
strength of the Army.
Special Rule Obtained.
Preparation of the resolution began
woon after a conference between Repre
Fontatives Hay and Kahn and Secretary
Kaker at the War Department. They
hastened hack to the Capitol, consulted
Republican Leader Mann and Senator
Chamberlain, chairman of the Senate
military affairs committee, obtained a
.peWal rule for immediate considera
tion of the resolution and were ready
la present it in little more than an
hour.
It had been planned to send the
resolution to the Senate for concur
rence today, but on account of the
death of Senator Shively the Senate
aljourncd before the House could act.
flattie Crulera Advocated.
Immediate construction of eight or
nine battle cruisers to provide an
vUmpnt of u t ro ncf h now lnrkinfr in thp
American fleet was urged before the
House naval committee today by Cap
tain Sims, commanding the battleship
Nevada.
The Captain also advised the build
ins: of many additional destroyers. He
aid that while much had been accom
plished toward making armored ships
less vulnerable to dettroyers, there had
been no solution of the problem of
protecting a fleet against torpedo at
tack in open sea. Therefore, he said,
the Navy should have plenty of fast
craft to chase off destroyers and sub
marine enemies.
Knpmy Would lie Bawe.
Much information was given the com
mittee by the witness concerning the
navies of the world and their opera
tions. He aid it was improbable that
any great expedition against the United
states would start from either ide of
the Atlantic, but some point in the
West Indies probably would be used
as a base.
Before the committer beean its hear
ings today. Chairman Padgett conferred
with President Wilson, who urged him
to speed up work on the naval ap
propriation bill. The chairman said he
expected the hearings to be concluded
within two weeks.
sitions. so far as they are known to the
War Department, were indicated on
military maps displayed in the Cabinet
room, The Secretary, it is understood, out
lined the natural difficulties which
General Pershing and his expedition
will have to overcome, the adverse cli
matic conditions, lack of water, great
stretches of territory to he searched
and poor communication lines.
The Cabinet also discussed the pro
posal to increase the Army to full
strength. The President has power to
do this by executive order, but with
Congress in session it was deemed
wiser that Congress should act on its
own motion.
American Note Seems Satisfactory.
The Cabinet considered also advices
from many parts of Mexico, all of an
assuring nature. There were no indi
cations among these of any anti-American
feeling because of the determina
tion to pursue and captre or kill the
bandits. Later the State Department
made public the following message
from its representatives at Queretaro,
where the Carranza government is now
located:
"Reply of the United tates to de
facto government's note of March 10,
Columbus border situation, received at
5 this (March 13) afternoon. Person
ally presented this important commu
nication orally and in writing to For
eign Secretary Acuna at 5:30 P. M. He
read same in my presence and after
ward said:
I am pleased to receive a reply of
this character from the Government of
the United States. It will relieve the
very delicate situation that has devel
oped owing to the Columbus affair. I
will immediately transmit this reply to
the chief executive and am of the opin
ion that there will be a reply to this
courteous note expressing appreciation
of same. In this event, I shall deliver
it to- you immediately for transmittal
to tne Government of the United
States
Censorship Is More Severe.
"It was plainly evident that the re
ry created a most favorable impres
sion." Official reports from Monterey. Mata
moros and other points said good order
prevailed and conditions were un
changed, although the people had full
Knowledge of what transpired at Co
lumbus, and the plans of the American
Government dealing with Villa. From
the West coast Navy advices said the
people of the Mexican towns appeared
undisturbed by reports that American
troops were to move across the border.
Admiral WInslow said the situation
was greeted with satisfaction by a
great majority of the people. Mean
while the censorship over movements
on the border was drawn tighter and
few mesages regarding troop move
ments were allowed to filter out.
I'oor Correspondents to o.
It is understood the department has
cautioned General Funston against too
full a publication of his plana or of
the purpose beh ind orders to various
units of his force. Four newspaper
correspondents were officially desig
nated during the day to accompany the
expedition and orders were issued for
their credentials.
In announcing General Funston's de
cision that no more than four corre
spondents could accompany the troops,
Secretary Baker made It plain that
there was no disposition to limit pub
licity as to what was done beyond the
border. Only the military aspects of
the matter were considered, he said.
It was understood General Per
ching, who will lead the expedition,
fixed the number of correspondents to
go along.
CARRANZA MAKING EFFORT
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full statements of all that has trans
pired since the raid on Columbus and
of the attitude of the United States
Government and its reciprocal agree
ment with the Carranza government,
went forward to Consuls and State De
partment agents throughout the South
ern republic.
The intention is to keep these offi
cials fully informed in order that they
can correct immediately and authori
tatively any misstatements or misap
prehensions in their districts. Also
they will be able to advise Americans
with a full knowledge of the situation.
In effect, the United States has es
tablished a publicity bureau in Mexico
to ma ke clear its peace f u I purposes
toward every resident of Mexico with
the exception of Villa and the bandits
who raided Columbus.
Problem Kxplmtned to Cabinet.
The situation along the border was
explained in detail to the Cabinet to
day by Secretary Baker. Troop dispo-
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MEXICANS CLOSING IN
(.e.xkhai, says 13,000 jie' are ox
bandits trail.
Koroc 1o Be Inrrrucd to 18,000 While
Vlllit Is Believed to Be Maklns
for Old Mountain Haunts.
EL rASO. March 14. "I hope we
shall lake Villa soon with the help oC
the United States." said General Ga
briel Gavira, commanding the Carranza
forces at Juarez, tonight.
Gavira made this remark in English
in his office. General Gutierrez, commander-in-chief
of Chihuahua, was
present.
Both officers spent the entire day in
conference, largely in the company of
Andreas Garcia, the Mexican Consul in
El Paso, who has a wide acquaintance
with American affairs.
From what information has been giv
en out at headquarters, however, the
Carranza forces are making a deter
mined effort to catch Villa before the
Americans get the opportunity.
Gutierrez says he has 15.000 men
closing in on the bandit, who was last
reported at Alamo, some miles directly
south of Galeana.
Other reinforcements are now coming
from Sonora, according to Gutierrez, so
that in a few days he will have 18.000
fighters at his disposal. Villa is be
lieved to be making for the mountains
to the south, which he has made his
recuperative station during most of his
revolutionary activities.
Staff officers and clerks around the
headquarters office in Juarez still take
a significant interest in reports about
the American troops crossing the bor
der. This is the first subject they
question visitors from El Paso about.
BRITISH COLUMBIA TO VOTE
Legislature Will Act on Prohibition
Hill, Abolishing Licenses.
VANCOUVER. B. C. March 14. A
prohibition bill will be introduced by
Premier Bowser in the British Colum
bia Legislature this week, probably
on Thursday. The act will be modeled
on those already passed in Manitoba
and Alberta, doing away with all li
censes, but providing that householders
may have. a limited quantity of liquor
for their own consumption.
in the meantime, beginning" prob
ably on June 1, licensed premises will
be forced to close at 7 o'clock at nig lit.
FUNST0N ITGHTENS NEWS
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started north, according to reliable
radio advices received here today. Raids
by the Yaquis on American settlements
are feared.
A proclamation over General Carran
za's signature was published late yes
terday at Guaymas saying" that Car
ranza had informed the American Gov
ernment he would not permit armed
forces to invade Mexican territory. The
proclamation urged the greatest mod
eration and that perfect security be
given Americans.
Many deaths from smallpox are re
ported at Guaymas and Km palms and
the disease is reported to be on thm
increase. There are no disturbances
there nor at the United Sugar Com
pany's plantations at Los Mochis,
binaloa.
Carrier Pigeons Offered Army.
CHICAGO, March 14. A flock of car
rier pigeons to supplement wireless
telegraph and other means of com
municationMn case of need in the Mexi
can border troubles will be offered the
Government by Chicago dealers, it was
learned today.
Tt Is estimated that the annual loss to
agriculture in this country from th dep
redations of inserts and rodent! alone i
$10.000.000,000 about $1 a month for every
man, woman and child in the United States.
SENATOR SHIVELY
OF INDIANA DEAD
Thomas. Taggart, of Indiana,
Expected to Be Named as
Temporary Successor. '
POLITICAL LIFE ACTIVE
Study of Law Begun After Election
to Congress lie-election as
Senator in 1914 First in
State "Under Direct Vote.
WASHINGTON, March 14. Benjamin
F. Shively, senior Senator from Indi
ana and for years a prominent figure in
Congress, died today at a hospital here.
He had been ill many months from a
complication of diseases, and for more
than a month had been unable to per
form actively his official duties. He
was 58 years old.
During three terms in the House and
the seven years he had been in the
Senate, Senator Shively had devoted his
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B. '. ShiTrlr Senator From Indiana
Who Hied In WaMhinirlon Yesterday
After J'rotracted Jllnetts.
activities particularly to foreign affairs
and tariff legislation. At the time of
his death he was ranking Democratic
member of .the foreign relations com
mittee, of which he had been acting
chairman during the critical period
preceding and following the American
occupation of Vera t'ruz.
In the House he had been regarded
as a tariff expert, serving conspicu
tee. and later as a member of an im
portant ub-committce of the Senate
finance committee exerted a powerfu
influence in the framing of the Under
wood-Simmons tariff law.
Illnens In Iroonc;ed.
Senator .Shively had suffered from
diabete for nearly 13 years, and
resulting cancerous growth in the
throat confined him to his bed Febru
ary last, lie improved under treatment,
but was not able to attend the present
session or congress except on the dav
he took the oath of office for his second
term. His condition became more crit
ical last night, but toward morning he
rallied. Today he suffered another an
other relapse, and Mrs. Shively and a
son and daughter were in the sickroom
during his last hours.
Benjamin Franklin Shively, born on
a farm in St. Joseph County, Indiana.
on March "0. 1857. had been prominent
in tne political history of that state
since 1SS4, 'When he was first elected
to Congress. He was re-elected in
1886, 1888 and 18:0, and declined to be
a candidate in 1892. When he left the
House, after these four terms, Mr.
Shively returned to the practice of law
at South Bend, and became one of the
leading lawyers of Indiana.
The Democrats paid Mr. Shively the
nonor or giving mm their party s com
plimentary vote for United States Sena
tor in 1903 and again in 1905 and elect
ed him to the office January 14, 1909,
He was re-elected in 1914 by the direct
vote of the people, the first Senator to
receive his election in this way In In
diana.
Career as Carpenter Averted.
During his early life Mr. Shively had
seriously considered becoming a car
penter, but when he learned that some
of his chums were making $40 a month
as teachers, he decided to be an edu
cator and entered the Northern Indiana
Normal School.
After he became' a member of Con
greps he took up the study of law and
received his degree in that profession
at the University of Michigan in J8S6.
In politics he was regarded as
strong and fighting leader and it was
said of mm that he never conducted
a defensive campaign but was always
aggressive.
Senator Shively. ever since he turned
his back on the carpenter trade to be
come a schoolteacher, had taken & deep
interest in education and for many
years was a member of the board of j
trustees of Indiana University, lie was
president of the board or several
years.
In 1889, Mr. Shively married Miss
Emma Jenks, daughter of George A.
Jenks, of Pennsylvania, who was Solicitor-General
in the first administra
tion oit Grover Cleveland. He is sur
vived by his widow and three children,
George Jenks, John Joel and Mary.
RELATIVES MVE IV OREGON
J. N. Shively, Early Astoria Pioneer,
Was First Cousin.
Aonator Shively had several relatives
in Oregon, Mrs. John C. McCue, wife of
a prominent attorney of Portland, be
ing a distant one. Mrs. McCue's father
was a second cousin of Senator Shively.
John N. Shively, who came to the Pa
cific Coast in the early days and located
one of the donation land claims on
which the city of Astoria is bunt, was
a first cousin. John N. Shively was the
first postmaster west of the Rocky
Mountains. ,
Through marriage the Shively family
and the Meade family, of which General
Meade, the hero of Gettysburg, was a
member, were related.
TaBgrart la Probable Appointee.
' Governor Ralston has the power to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of
United States Senator Shively until his
successor can be elected, which will be
next November. While no one in au
thority would make any comment. It
was generally believed that the Gov
ernor would appoint Thomas Taggart,
Democratic National Committeeman for
Indiana.
PORTUGAL IS WELCOMED
GREY SAYS GERMANY HERSELF
PRECIPITATED WAR.
Allies, However, Glad New Coadjutor
Haa Been Added to Cause for
-Which, Conflict Is Wased.
LONDON, March 14. Speaking on be
half of Premier Asquith, who was ab
sent on account of illness. Sir Edward
Grey, Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
explained in the House of Commons to
day the entry of Portugal into the
war. He confirmed the statement that
the British government had urged Port
ugal to requisition the German ships
and said that Portugal promised event
ually to indemnify the owners.
The Secretary argued that the right
in an emergency to requisition prop
erty of all individuals and convert it
to publlo use was a right Inherent in
every foreign state and could not be
challenged by any foreign power. Port
ugal, however, was not a neutral state
in the narrowest sense of the term. At
the outbreak ot the war Portugal
promised that under no circumstances
would she disregard her ancient alli
ance with Great Britain, a-nd she had
remained faithful to the obligations or
that alliance.
The action of Portugal, continued
Sir Edward, would Injure no third
party, because she had promised com
pensation, but Germany saw fit to pre
cipitate events and declare war. thus
altering the whole position as regarded
the payment of compensation.
"It must be observed," said the For
eign Secretary, "that Germany, who
has accused Portugal of a breach of
neutrality, had herself, in October and
December, 1914, raided the Portuguese
colony of Angola and tried to stir up a
rebellion in Portuguese East Africa."
In conclusion. Sir Edward Grey said
Portugal would be welcomed by the
allies as a gallant coadjutor In the
great cause for which the war had been
waged.
LEASING BILL DEBATED
MOST OF WESTER! SENATORS OP
POSE POWER SITE MEASURE.
Right of Central Government to Exer
cise Any Control Over Waters
of States Is Denied.
WASHINGTON. March 14. Debate on
the Myers bill to lease public lands for
waterpower sites began today in the
Senate. Most of the Senators in the
Rocky Mountain states, which would be
most affected by the bill, are opposed
to the measure and it is predicted it
will be as vigorously discussed as was
the Shields bill providing for water
power sites on navigable rivers, which
passed the Senate a week ago after
more than a month's discussion.
Western Senators oppose the prin
ciple that the central government has
any control over the waters of the
states other than relates to their navi
gability and are against the leasing
system.
The Myers bill would authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to grant
leases for 50 years, after which the
Federal: Government, on payment of a
fair value, might take over the prop
erty, extend the leases or. release the
improvement to another applicant.
Charges for leases would be assessed
on a basis of the power created, 50 per
cent of the proceeds to go to the state
In which the improvement is situated.
and the remainder into the reclama
tion fund.
Owner of Swine Herd Sued.
VANCOUVER. Wash., March 14.
Special.) Sixty to 80 hogs turned
loose in the county road last October
are alleged to have damaged the corn,
potato and oat crop of R. N. Hess, and
he has sued the owner of the swine,
William Asnenbrenen. for'?550.
Cottage Grove Gets Weather Man.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or., March 14.
(Special.) The Cottage Grove Commer
cial Club has received word from Rep-
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who submitted the best name to be given
to a new brand of creamery butter.
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but owing to the tremendous number of
names submitted, the judges regret that
they are compelled to defer making their
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