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OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IX MEXICO TO CAPTURE VILLA PASSED
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May Ask for Militia.
WASHINGTON. April 11. Marked
progress toward solving- the problem of
supplying General Pershing's columns
snd further evidences of co-operation
ny carranza soldiers in the pursuit o
Villa were recorded in today's official
reports from Mexico and the border.
Humors from several sources that
v ilia had died of blood poisoning: and
press dispatches from Queretaro telling
or an announcement by the de facto
government's war department that it
had reason to believe the bandit chief
had been killed in action were the oc
casion of much discussion here. In
some quarters there was a disposition
to credit the reports, but they were
without official confirmation and both
Army officials and State Department
officials suggested that they probably
had been put out by Villa's friends as
a ruse.
News from I'ershlng Lacking.
At the State and War departments to
night it was admitted that Villa's exact
location was not known and that ab
solutely no news regarding General
Pershing's operations had been received
tor several days. The last State De
partment report regarding Villa's
whereabouts was that he was near
1'arral and headed south.
Officials expressel great satisfaction
over the results accomplished by use
of the Mexican railway in forwarding
supplies through private shippers to
General Pershing. Two trainloads were
reported to have left Juarez recentlv
Major-General Scott, chief of staff, said
the transportation situation was much
improved and that the troops now ap
parently were being supplied abund
antly. .
Satisfactory Conference Held.
General Funston telegraphed that a
sansiactory conference" had been held
oy uenerai Pershing with General Her
rera and another with General Gutier
rez.
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eral Funston said today that General
Pershing had made no request for ad-
umuiiBj iroups, oui nis silence on that
point was regarded by staff officers
here as due to hi rxluctanoo n
a phase of the situation that might be
luMM-uerea emtiarrassing, rather than
to any confidence he has in his ability
to conduct the rflmnai vn ao-atno. xr;n
much longer with the forces at his
command.
Additional troops may be sent to him
without his asking for them, but if
not. General Funston will make rep
resentations to the War Department
explaining the necessity for strength
ening the punitive expedition at the
first call from General Pershing.
Continued Advance Amaze.
Heada uarters n f f ; i t r
1n their expressions of amazement that
general i-ersning had gone as far as he
has with the forces he has. and almost
1 o u r 1 V have exnrtH -wrr-A -. i. :
that he dare not send further into Mex
ico tne cavalry columns now about
Parral. 400 miles south of the border,
unless more men for the extension of
the line of communication are provided.
In the absence of any news from an
official source indicating Villa's death,
the routine work incidental to the con
duct of the punitive expedition In Mex
ico was continued at departmental
hcadouartprs
Although headquarters officials have
.iui. auauuonea meir nope mat Carranze
will grant the use of the railroad from
Juarez to Chihuahua to the Americans
most of them agree that by the end of
the week at the latest arrangements
would have to be made for sending
troops to General Pershing or to es
tablish a new base and a new line of
communications that would be ehorter
than that maintained between Co
tunibus and the front.
Militia May Be Asked For.
General Pershing now has some
thing less than 12.000 men and along
the border there are something more
than 18,000. General Funston does not
consider it wise to remove any of those
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WIRELESS HEADQUARTERS AT CASAS GRAXDKS, MEXICO,; OPERATOR IS RECEIVING MESSAGES EROSI THE
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now on duty along tho border unless
their places are taken by others. There
are only about 4000 others available,
it is said, but if it is decided to rein
force General Pershing's army, it is be
lieved probable that General Funston
will ask for militia organizations to
replace those he will send across the
border.
EL PASO. Tex.. April 11. The pur
suit of Villa will probably be brought
to a definite conclusion within 48 hours,
according to information received here
today by an American mining concern
with large interests at Parral and Tor-reon.
The messages received said that the
report that Villa was dead was cur
rent throughout Southern Chihuahua
and Northern Durango and. while it
was still far from confirmed, it was ex
pected that definite news would be re
ceived within the next two days.
There are only two possibilities
which are accepted here as true in the
present situation: Either . Francisco
Villa is dead and his pursuit is auto
matically ended, or he is far to the
south, in Central Durango. If the lat
ter is true. Army officers says that the
'entire plan of campaign of General
Pershing must be reorganized or aban
doned altogether.
Two Possibilities Remain.
One officer, who has had an active
part in the direction of the plans of
the expeditionary force, summed up the
situation in this way:
"If Villa is dead there is no more to
be said except to issue an order for
our soldiers to come back to the United
States as speedily as possible. If he
is not dtad, there is little reason to
doubt that he is by this time well into
the state of Durango. It is simply
ridiculous to suppose that our troops
can keep on going south indefinitely
with no railroads back of them. They
will cither have to halt or arrange
for the dispatch of another expedition
from some point on the border which
will enable them to cut in behind Villa.
I am not a prophet, but the most cas
ual observer should see that the ox-
sting conditions are impossible of con
tinuance."
The report of Villa's death was ac
cepted aa highly probable by General
BcPtani. the Carranza commander at
Casas Grandes, who is now in Juarez.
"There is only one doctor in the
country where Villa now is," said Gen
eral Bertani, "and if blood poisoning
has set in in Villa's wounded leg, as
my information has it, this doctor can
do nothing, even if he has a chance.
Witnesses who saw Villa told me his
left leg was shattered by a fall from
his horse, following his being wounded
by a bullet. They said the leg was in
bad shape."
General Bertani eald that villa had
not more than 50 men with him. The
Villista band which his troops en
countered in the Madera section yes
terday consisted of 23 members, of
whom 14 were taken prisoners.
'Villas forces consist now of only
a few handsful, commented General
Bertani. "who will have to be hunted
down like ordinary escaped criminals."
The Apache scouts have gone into
Mexico from Columbus, it was learned
here tonight, led by Peaches, the captor
of Geronlmo. They started south on
top of motor trucks. Each Apache wore
sun goggles and a wrist watch.
SENATE PLAN VOTED
Substitute for House Sugar
Resolution Adopted.
TARIFF LIMIT IS WEAR
tins and D. A. Jones have the matter
in hand and will take up negotiations
with Governor James Withycomb and
the head of the Oregon National Guard.
Charles Hall, of this city, was dele
gated to make the first advances and
is now in Salem for that purpose. It
was learned that but four companies
of Coast Artillery are yet to be or
ganized in the state.
lone to Have riayground.
ION'E, Or., April 11. (Special.) The
vacant lots north of the bank here are
being leveled for a tennis court. There
Is room for three courts.
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Product Goes on Free Iji&t May 1
Vnless Members of Upper and
Lower Branches of Congress
Come to Agreement.
WASHINGTON. April 11. The Sen
ate late today adopted its substitute
for the House free sugar repeal resolu
tion, extending the present duty of 1
cent a pound on sugar until Mav, 1920.
The vote was 40 to 32.
Four Democrats. Senators Broussard.
Ransdell, Newlands and Lane, joined
the Republicans in voting against the
substitute. They favor the flat repeal
adopted by the House. A sharp contro
versy in conference between the two
houses is predicted. Anticipating that
the House would insist upon its resolu
tion. Senators Simmons, Stone and
Lodge were named as the Senate con
ferees. Unless a conference agreement is
reached and approved before May 1
sugar will go on the free list until
such time as the repeal or extension
of the duty cam be made effective.
Duty on Lemons Defeated.
Most of the tariff discussion today
did not touch on the sugar issue, which
had been discussed yesterday, but was
devoted to an amendment by Senator
Works, of Califronia, to increase the
tariff on lemons and other citrus
fruits to 1 cent a pound. This was de
feated by a vote of 4 4 to 29, Senator
Phelan, of Califronia. being the only
Democrat to support it.
Senator Phelan declared seven coun
ties in California comprised the whole
lemon producing region in the United
States and that the reduction of the
duty or lemons had caused a loss of
$8f0.000 In revenue.
Senator Vardeman opposed the
Works amendment and said, while he
would vote for the Senate substitute
sugar resolution, he would not give
his assent to the House -measure.
"I would not vote to tax any of the
necessities of life for battleships that
are not needed," he said. "I have very
little sympathy for the preparedness
programme that seems to be agreed
upon, but if I had. I would not be will
ing to pay for it with a tax on sugar,
but would raise the money with a
greater income tax, an inheritance tax
and a much greater tax on the luxur
ies of life."
Undrnrood Drfenda Tariff.
Senator Underwood defined the com
petitive tariff as a tax allowing reason
able competition and raising a reason
able amount of revenue. 'I believe it
is wrong to tax a dollar out of the
pockets of one citizen into the pockets
of another," he said. "Our tariff has
succeeded in producing revenue and in
reducing the tariff wall. If there have
been mistakes made on some points,
they have been mistakes of the head,
and not of the heart."
Senator Weeks attacked the Demo
cratic tariff, declaring it was not a
good revenue producer. He argued at
length against the contention that the
European war was responsible for the
great falling in customs receipts.
CHARGES ARE REITERATED
Mrs. Stephens Declares Allegations
in Article Causing Suit True.
Mrs. Alva Lee Stephens, president of
the Parent-Teachers' Association, ad
mits that she caused to be published an
article in The Oregonian of February
13, 1916, which Grace Vandemarr. in her
suit filed In the Circuit Court against
Mrs. Stephens and the newspaper, al
leges was libelous. Mrs. Stephens fur
ther affirms that all charges set forth
in the article are true, in her answer
filed with County Clerk Coffey yester
day. The Item in question was a warning
to business bouses not to consider ad
vertising for programmes being printed
for various Parent-Teacher circles as
being requested by the association. Miss
Vandemarr, of the firm of Vandemarr &
Grow, believed the article was directed
at her firm.
Advertising was solicited on behalf ot
the printing-house and not on behalf of
the Parent-Teachers' Assocfatlon. as
was represented, pointed out Mrs. Stev
ens in her answer. The newspaper
warning to advertisers was determined
upon at a meeting of officers of tha
Association, the answer further goes on
to state.
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BRITISH SEE PLOT
American Organization to
Evade Blockade Charged.
case of the Joseph W. Fordney also ap
plied to the cargoes of three other neu
tral steamships, whose cases were ar
gued simultaneously. These steamers
are the Louisiana and Tomsk, Danish,
and the Nordic, Swedish, all of whose
carpoes were said to be destined for
Sweden.
ART BRINGS 2 MILLIONS
MORGAN TAPESTRY SALE IS
CEST O.V RECORD.
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WARRANT ISSUED FOR HYDE
Action Charges Murder or Colonel
TV I. Swopc,
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. April 11. A
compiaint charging Dr. B. Clarke Hyde,
of Kansas City, with the murder of
Colonel Thomas H. Swope, an aged mil
lionaire, was filed in a Justice Court
here today, . and a warrant for Dr.
Hyde's arrest was issued.
The action followed the filing yes
terday by the prosecuting attorney of a
new Information against. Dr. Hyde, in
which the physician was charged with
poisoning Colonel Swope. Colonel
Swope died in 1909, under mysterious
circumstances. Dr. Hyde has been tried
three times for the murder.
ARTILLERY PLAN INDORSED
Marshfield Chamber Approves Move
ment to Form Company.
MAESHFIELD, Or., April 11. (Spe
cial.) The Marshfield Chamber of
Commerce has approved the movement
towards securing a Coast Artillery
company for this city and a commit
tee of Sons of Veterans including John
C. Kendall, W. A. Keid, Fred K. Get-
GIRL'S COMPANIONS HELD
Kugeno Business Men Are Accused
of Contributing to Delinquency.
EUGENE. Or.. April 11. (Special.!
W. J. "W'hitmarsh, manager of the Dink
building, an ex-employe of the fell-man-Newland
Furniture Company, and
A. F. Cherry, a member of the firm ot
Fuller & Cherry, cement contractors.
are prisoners In the Lane County jail,
charged with contributing to the delin
quency or a minor.
They are alleged to have taken a
young girl on a camping trip to the
vicinity of Fall Creek, where they were
arrested by the officers while living
with the girl and an older woman In a
tent.
Koseluirg School Plans Accepted.
ROSEBURG. Or.. April 11. (Special.)
At a special meeting of the Roseburg
School Board held here today, the plans
and specifications for Roseburg's new
high school building were adopted. The
plans were prepared by F. Manson
White, a Portland architect. Work on
the school building will begin late in
April. The structure will cost approxi
mately $75,000.
Ransom Bill Is Passed.
WASHINGTON, April 11. The Senate
today passed a bill to restore $66,000
to American contributors to the ran
som Yund for Ellen M. Stone, the Amer
ican missionary kidnaped by brigands
in the- Balkans In 1901. The bill had
passed the Senate several times, but
never passed tne House,
COURT RESERVES DECISION
Gigantic Character of Machinations
Asserted by Crown Attorney
General in lieu ring Bo
fore Prize Tribunal.
LONDON, April 11. The prize court
reserved decision today in the case of
the American steamer Joseph W. Ford
ney, whose cargo of cattle and seed
cake the British government is endeav
oring to have condemned on the ground
that it was destined for Germany, al
though ostensibly bound for Sweden.
The attorney-general. Sir Frederick
Smith, said that by the discovery of
documentary evidence there had been
revealed a gigantic organization to
evade the blockade of Germany.
The person referred to as Albert in
certain Interrupted cablegrams, he as
serted, was the chief financial adviser
of the German government in the
United States. Sir Frederick said Al
bert was the governing figure in all
thete 'machinations" in America and
that it had been found he was handling
millions of dollars In these matters
without apparent embarrassment.
The attorney-general altto read some
of the letters taken from James F.
Archibald in an endeavor to prove Al
bert s connection with the Fordney
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The reservation of th derision in the!
FRANCHISE STEP TAKEN
Kugene Council May Grant Use of
Streets for Eugene Yards.
EUGENE. Or.. April 11. (Special.)
The Eugene City Council has taken the
first step to grant the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company a franchise across
certain streets in connection with the
installation of more than one mile of
track ir. the Eugene yards. The im
provements being made in the yards of
the company call for the expenditure
of $100,000. Seventy-nve men and a
number of teams already have been put
to work.
The object of the improvement is to
provide a double track, so that the
Willamette-Pacific Railroad will have
an entrance to the city Independent of
the Southern Pacillc main line.
VANCOUVER "Y. M." URGED
Slalo Secretary Proposes Bnjlding
for Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, 'Wash.. April 11. (Spe
cial.) J.' B. Atkinson, a prominent real
estate man and member of the City
Council, has received a letter from
Charles W. Wilcox, state secretary of
the Young Men's Christian Association,
asking him to take up the proposition
of forming a Y. M. C A. here and erect
ing a building.
Several attempts before to arouse in
terest here have been made bv tha
state organization, but no tangible re
sults were secured. It is believed the
time is now ripe for an association
here.
Read The Oregoninn classified ads.
Collection Includes Masarin, Once
Owned by Famous French Cardiual
40O Years Ago. '
NEW YORK. April 11. Art experts
declare that the sale of 40 tapestries
composing the J. P. Morgan collection
Cor approximately $2,000,01)0 announced
today, is the largest single transaction
ever made in such works of art. The
tapestries are now on exhibition in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. where
they were placed by the late J. P.
Morgan, senior, along with other col
lections of paintings, furniture, sculp
tures and porcelains of a total esti
mated value of from $50,000,000 to J75,
000.000. The most noteworthy tapestry in the
collection is the Mazarin. once owned
by the famous French cardinal. This
is considered one of the world's great
est tapestries. It dates from about the
year 1500, and its subject is "The
Triumphs of Christ and the New Dis
pensation." Another notable example
is the Dolfus "Crucifixion." woven
about 1525 from a design created by
the Flemish artist, Bernard Van Orley.
The noted set of tapestries once
owned by the King of Spain, acquired
by Mr. Morgan, it is said, for $350. 00D
and representing episodes in the Don
Quixote story, are included in the Mor
gan collection.
Knaus Funeral Hold.
The funeral services of tho late Ur
sula Knaus were held yesterday after
noon at Finley's chapel. Rev. O. W.
Taylor officiating. Mrs. E. S. Miller and
Mrs. F. H. Fleininer sang "Rock of
Ages" nd "God Be With You." Inter
ment was made in Greenwood Cemetery.
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