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THjjSjljXgjSE MEN ALWAYS MAKE IN THE SAME OLD WAY
PAPEH THAT
BELIEVES IN THE BEST
AND ALWAYS BOOSTS
A CLEAN WHOLESOME
NEWSPAPER FOR ALL
SOUTHWEST OREGON HOMES
Vel. No. XXXIX.
ED
CFF coos m
! Helpless Craft Sighted Short
ly Alter iioon i ociay rrom
Sacchi's Beach
IUFE SAVERS 0UT
of Craft Not Estab
lished by Parties Along
Shore Tins Afternoon
FEW PARTICULARS GIVEN
Toon liny Const Guard Clout In Power
Lite llo.il Hushes (o -Heller of
Utile CrnfV Drifting Helpless ,
To Sen
Drifting npsldo down ofC Sac-chl'i
I bench n small liont wns sighted sliort-
Ijr after noon todny. Antono Sacclil
' Immediately gnvo tho nlnrin, 'phoning
word to tho Coast Clmml station at
Charleston Day. dipt. Ilrltt and his
crew of eight men launched tlio Mb
i power liont nnd put out across the
liar about 1.10 p. in. No word has
lieen 'received from thoni nlneo.
That tho boat was the fishing boat
Dig Chief, of Coos Hay, wob thought
it first. This story was rather doubl
ed at 3 p. in. wlien u 'phono call
from Sacc-hl's ranch ntntod that far
out 1 8C:) possibly two nillps, could
bo Ken a fishing bont.
About 2:30 Herman Hansen,
known ns "Steanibcor," ranio Into
Sunset iluy In his fishing boat, he
had been off shoro with tho IJIg
Chief, owned by .Mrs. .Ins Wnsson
of this city. He said tho boat was
in rigid wucn nc ion. Aiioaru unn
ero Mans Hanson nnd Charles Jen
len. Thero woro no othor bonis In
tho vicinity at Hint tlmo ho said.
The life boat wbh then well on Its
way outside.
Tho bar wns vory roiiKli. making '
hard for the Const Guard crow to ge;j
to tea.
It Is so cold nnd choppy off shore
that It is not bolloved that anyone
on the luckless crnft could have long
tun trod tlio disaster.
Tho Coast Guard crow had not
returned at four o'clock.
Lator word from tlio Capo Arngo
Lighthouse was to tho effect that tho
tout was passing out to sou mid
heading toward Sacchi's bench, south
of Sunset Hay. From tlioro nothing
could be eeen of tho distressed
craft.
Drifting to Son
At Ilia tlmo of ills nailing. Mr.
Sacclil was unublo to toll tho name
of the gasoline bout or tho numbor of
its occupants. Ho snld it wns n small
boat and off shoro drifting rapidly
nil helplessly further out to sea.
Great fear wa3 felt that tho coa.it
suard crew woud bo unabo to get
there In tlmo to savo any poisons
ho might bo on board. Sacchi's
bfacli Is many miles south of Cuos
Bay and it wns somo tlmo before
ord wns gotten to thorn.
GETS LIFE I
W'. W. SMITH, AHHKSTF.D V.KS-
TKiiii.w, si:nti:nci:d todav
''leaded G,,ty to Doing Habitual
Mmliuil When Accustsl of Tho
Assaults on AVomeii
Bf AuwIikj PrfM to Coot Diy Tlmrt.l
ot'UKANR, May 23. William
Smith, n formor convict, who
V
a arrested yesterday on two
elllrge8 of assaulting women, was
ntenced to life imprisonment by
"e uperlor court today after he
Pleaded guilty to holng n habitual
trunlnal. The courtroom was
"owded and eight policemen guard
Ihe prisoner agalnbt rumored
wiilng,
TO DF.DICAT-i: UOAD
fORTL NDrjiu723. Tha Coluni-
River Highway, will recolvo its
Clonal dedlcaton the afternoon of
UDe ". opening day of tho Tenth
lanal Rose Fcstval.
Tbe president of tho United f-tatos.
s fablnet. representitlves of foreign
BOAT
I
he d XentS at WashlnKton. crowned expec
ads of Europo. governors of all iout t
tates
and senators and congressmen
Kstnbllshctl 187H
As Tin. Toast Mull
ATTACK IN AUTO
ami:kicax
wiiklm
thoops ovi-:ur
villa fohcu.s
Mnlsp Surprise A.snnlt n Cms Dun
ning Sixty Miles Per Hour
Kill Severn!
tllf AHocUte.1 rrrts to Coot Dt Tlmra.j
FIKLD illOAUQIJAIiTKIiS, May
23. (Motor to Columbus) Autos
woro put to new iibo in tlio Vllln
ampnlgn .May 1 I when the bandit
lor. Colonel Cardenas and two
of bl.i lieutenants were killed.
'Ilireo touring ears from Pershing's
ramp were driven to rancho San
.Miguel Do lluulo whore bandits hud
their rendezvous, they came in
sight or tlio ranch hair a mile nway
from tho top or n bill. Running
nearly Co miles an hour, they
worn within less than 200 yards of
(be buildings boforo their presence
was discovered, lleforo the bandits
could mount thoir horses and dash
away, they were surrounded. Car-
donas and Lieut. Patten engaged
in ,n pistol duel, In which a shot
riom Pattern weapon broke the
bandits arm and drove him Into
tho tnnrh bouse, later to bu klPe-d
by the Americans when he trle.l to
escape.
.MAUSIII'II.LD AND N'O.ltTII ItlON'l)
corxeii-s to (ji:t TO(ji:rin:it
Aro To Talk Over Purchase or Wat
er System In Special .Meeting
Little Interest Kvidoncisl
At a Joint session or the Marah-
Held and tlio North. Item! city coun
cils, to he hold In North llend
within tlio next Tew days, will I
dUcussed Cm matter or purclun.
Ing tlio Coos Day Wator company.
This decision was reached nt a meet
ing lint ulg-lit or the city fathera.
Not milch Interest was evidenced
In the project. 1). L. Hood ex-'
pressed tha situation In this wlse.j
"I can't see how wo nro going to
icduco tho water rates if wo take
It over. And for that reason 1 can't
sen why It Isn t just ns won to lot
Flanagan and Dennett keep on with
tho system".
"And tho picsent supply Ijn't
ndoiiunte: either", put In George K.
Cook, "to supply a larger city that
we expect to have here ono or these
days".
Questions Figures
"I inn wondorlng too, whether
or not In tlio figures that woro sub
mitted to us," sa4d Mayor Copplo,
"If n proper reduction was made for
depreciation". J
Hut inasmuch as North Itond bad
evldonred enough Intorost to write
a letter reiiuestlng to moot with tho .
Marshflehl council it was decided
to see the matter through, and to
meet In their city, for sovornl tlnns
tho city futliors from down tho
hay have come to Ma rail field.
This nctlon was taken nfter ses'-
oral had auggosted that the matter'
bo Indefinitely postponed and bo al
lowod to "die n natural death"
ITEIOffi
North Dro.idwny Paving I "an Kaciiern, nn oxporlenced log-
Agitation of lato bus boon for the'gor formerly on tho Columbia river,
ininrovliiK nnd hard surfacing of
! North Droadivny through to whoio
' It Joins Front Stroot. City Attorney
I James T. Drnnd oxplulned. Tho
present projoct. for which tho plans
and spoeiricatlons aio being made,
call3 only for the Improving iuc far
ns Hlrch nvoniie. Tho claim A'as
mado Hint thoio ought to bo con
elderablo trnfflc ovor tlio street with
tho paving going all tho way
through.
Mayor Copplo said Hint difficulty
had boen exporloncod in getting
pay for tho last iniprovonionts 'along
the northorn section of tho Jtroet
and that tho city now holds somo
$2,000 worth of proporty, ha.i-ig
securod It for nonpayment of sir
assessments. No action was tak
In the matter,
have been Invited to bo present.
Tho evout take place ut .Muiinoman
Falls. Slueo thero will bo hu nil rods .
of automobiles on tho highway Juiif
7, nrrangements have been mado to
havo the Oregon National Guard po-,
lico tho load way.
The highway as well as other
bcohIc attractions of tho Northwest '
have been widely exploited this yonrjv
by the festival association and rail-
roads and thousands of tourists are
ted festival week, and through-!
tho summer ns a result or mo.-
ndvertlslng campaign of 191C.
'
(Eons
MARSHFIELD, OREGON. TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1916. EVENING EDITION
LOIS OREGON
LUIFR BATES
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion Orders Reduction to
Three Central States
F ELDS
Will Enable Oregon Mills to
Compete for Business In
Large Northern District
EFFECTIVE JNJEPTEMBER
Oregon-Washington Railroad ,,nil
Navigation Coinpnuy's Charges
Held to lie riivcnsonnhlo Will
DL Dig Itenellt
Mir Ar.orUlaJ rmn to Coot 1m, Tlmi J
WASHINGTON, I). C., .May 23. '
Combination r.itos on lumber Trout'
Knstorn Oregon points on tho Oregon-'
WnhliiKton Itnllroad and Navigation
coiniiany to Montana, South Dakota.
North Dakota, Minnesota nnd Ne
braska woro found today by tho In
terstate Commence CommlHilon .'to
! It tinrensotiiihlo. The railroad was
, given until September I to lower
rates.
I
Oregon lumber inanufnctiirerH
claim tho reduced rales will enable
them to compete for tlio business or
tho lnrgo district specified nnd will,
Immensely Increaso their business. I
The niuount of thelediicllon wns not!
specified.
ras m
m START L
0
' lll'KII.VKIt COMPANV (JIITTINf.
Kgni'Ain.vr iu:.dv on lakic
i:x',wt to K"lly Hotm-on nnd 7.-.
Men In Cnuih Concern to Handle
Pmctlrttlly All Own Logging
Logging equipment of the Diiohnor
Lumber company Is now being assem
bled ut North Lake for the starting
titers- within tho noar future, or n
logging camp employing possibly be
tween GO and 7T inon. Logs arc tc
bo brought to tho mill In North Horn!
via tho Wlilanietto 1'nelflq.
Aboard tho outward bound train
yostorday morning wont two ex
treiuoly lnrgo tlmbors, occupying two
fhitenrs, to bo used as skids for tho
big donkey engine plnrod on another
flat ear. Those woro unlondod
at i
I
Lakeside,
"I.
Georgn it. Sailor, or the Uuehiier
company, said this morning tho camp
will not he plnced right In Lakosldo
Ho did not yet know Its exact lo
cation. !
in the purchase from tho Simpson,
company the concern secured sovoral;
thousands of acres around Ten Mllo
nn( ,orth Luke and rlso along North
Inlet. These aio the trnets that aro
now to bo tapped,
is foreman out at Ton Mllo nt tho
prosent tlmo and It Is probable that
he will he rotalued after the on nip
has started Into operation. Under
good conditions about 100,000 feot
a day can bo turned out.
Ton days ago Tho Times told of
tho lliiohner company taking over u
i;ood sham of tlio McDonald mnl
Vaughn logging ocpilpmo.it nt l)un.(tompted to escape from Toxas rangers
lols Crook, this to bo effective about
Juno 20. Also tlicy now own
.f. ,.. ,,.., ti.a
J liuil unn Hi
logging apparatus ut Sumner.
Mr.
Sailor said Jfio company is not cor
taln at this tlmo ns-to what changis
are toy bo made on Coos Itlver, hut
It Is yxpected Hint tho operations will
bo continued though tlio Daniels
eok ramp may be moved into othor
Imber on Coos It Ivor,
KAXSVS STltOXtJ
i-oii hoosi:vi:lt
V
nr AIoilt4 I'roM to Coal nif Tlmft.)
i
lui-nivA, ixns... -u-j .o.
'Ono clear note out of this
niAiiMi 4 t .. no
the most chaotic condition In
tho history of American poll-
tics, Is tho demand for
Theodore Hoosovelt," declar-
od Henry J Mien, temporary
chairman. In opening tlio pro-
presslve convention here to-
day
.
UUUT Oitjltfli :M2iJw
MKMDF.lt OF TI1K ASSOCIATE)
i ill UOTE
CANCKI.S MFFHAGi:
PORTO IHCO 1111,1.
Island l.ndlo.s Deprived of lllgnr 1,1
Cnvt Their Itallol by it Vote
ol 80 to r.l Todny
tllr AMOtlttr.1 Tith to Coot tiij Tlmn J
WASHINGTON. I). C, May 23.
Tho House atriielc from tho Porto
-r:::z; vz -
llnmlj. The bill then nnsso.1 with.
men dim today by a vote or so
innu.3. The bill then nnRsed with
out roll mil, virtually as Intro-'
dured. I
Xot I'nrty Vote
The voto on tho aniendiuent showed
a complete disregard of nartv lines.'
It watt Inserted In tho bill by Minor-!
Ity leador Mnnn. The bill glvos the!
rorto mean government all or Its
Internal revenues, legardless of J
wliether tho goods on which It Is paid I
aro used In Porlo lllco or In this!
country. Property nnd educational I
lualiricntions nro provided for op-'
pllcnnts for cltlzoiiBhip. j
HOOSIOVKI.T IS
WITVKSSTODAV
(II; AnarlXr.) litu lo rot rif Tlmft.)
WASHINGTON. D. C, May
23 Former Presldonl llooso-
volt nppearcd ns a witness
todny in the purjury trial or
three officers of tho Ulggs
National bank. He testified
ns n character witness for
President Glover of the bank,
saying his standing wns m' tho
highest.
iVOTE COUNT SLOW
WILL TAKi: AXOTIIF.H DAV TO
FINISH OFFICIAL CANVASS
.Mc lonely unit inero will lie
Any Change In List, of Victors
Somo Very ('lose
(Buorlnl to The Times)
COQUILLH, Ore, Mny 23. Cou.n-
ty Clork Watson announced nt noon
that they were only hair through
witli tlio officio! cnnvnsj or tho pri
mary election returns. It may take!
all day tomorrow to finish It. Many
names written In on tho printed
ballot forms make It more difficult.
According to tho unofficial count
from till hut a fow of tho precincts,
Philip will leud Harrlgnn for (ho
republican nomination for commis
sioner by botweou fifty and eeven-ty-flvo
votes.
It Is not believed Hint there will
bo any nuuerlal change ,ln tlio
others.
ll SHOT DEAD
LIIADNHS OF MKXICAN FPIHSING
SLAIN HV TK.YANS
Hungers Kill Men Accused of .Making;
Trouble When They Attempt 'to I FKutlng continued with oxtrenie
Ivsciiikj vlolenco on both bunk of tho Mouse
inr tnfi nr t. r. nt, ti.i i during tlio night. Two Germi'ii coun-
IHtOWNSVILLU. Toxas. May 8S. ' l"r aUiuliH nn ,ini 30' ru"0'1 coin'
Colonel Louis Morln, charged xvltl.j P'tely. Paris stated. In attacking
Planning the Mexican uprising m1 the French positions west of tho Hill,
Toxas, nnd Vlctorlnno Ponce, charged "Hi-mann attacked after Intenso nr
wlth participating In tlio wrecking tlllory prepumtlon but woro driven
nf ii I tii In nn r linrii In at Ditnliot l)UCK,
I woro shot to douth wlion they at-j
Inst nght, according
""" " oraniB io a report
re-,
cuiveu
hero today.
Shot Ncmi' Drouiihvlllo
The shooting took rdnea 7.1 111II03
north of llrownsville while rangers
i taking tho Moxirus Inland with a
vlow to further Identification In
eoiineetlon with the charges ugulnst
them.
HAIL WOltIC Ill'SIIKD
(V. G. IllndinP(rsh, engUieor In
charge of the railroad work north or
Coos Hay, was In Msrshflold today '
on business. They are getting aloim
nu,1(,y iWjll (1e wo,.k
!..,. ,i.i.. ,i..i
The brldgo
by Knslnoer
, ,, U, i )- UO,IIK I UBIIUll
riroughton and the first span and
tlio swinging draw nro rapidly Hear
ing completion.
JtltlXGS OUT HAIvr
Tho steamer Alert wont up to Al
legany this morning to bring out a
inrgo raft of logs from tlio Curoj
logging camp In . logo to Allegany,
- rrw- J&& L
PItKSS
- FRENCH REGAIN
FT.
I
Recapture Greater Portion of
One of Defenses of Verdun
Fortifications
AFTER 3 MONTHS
M11 ' L ' ' U iVIUINIMU
General Nivellc Takes Advan
tage of German Concen
tration Elsewhere
AnTn i rDV
Wh ' ILLLHY
CLEARED WAY
Purls iCIatcd Oxer I'lrsi Marked OT-
feiislvo Victory I'rencli I'oices
lime Scoii'il Agnlns)
(erininiN
III AMOHfl Cf lo mrf jtty Timft.l
I PAHIS May 23. The nows o'f the
recapture by the I-'rouch nflor three
j months or the greater part or i'ort
Doiiaumont was received with groat
elation here, especially on nccount
of the efrect on noiitrnl opinion.
General Nlvelle took advantagn ot
the fact that the Germans had le-
cently been coiicentrntlug all their
DOUHON
nttentlon on Headman's Hill and as- Iterranenu Saturday by a submarine,
sombled a largo umoiint of artlllorylTbo captain wns taken prisoner on
lor (lie attack on the Douuumnnt'
sector. Sunday General Nlvell,, be
gan n heavy artillery uttnek. Yes
terday afternoon tho Fieneh lufnnlry
began to ndvance, singing Hid "Mnr-
selllnlse."
I German resistance at somo points
was stubborn and the French had to
rorce them back Inch by Inch nt the
i pout or the bayonet.
I Tlio loading Froueh contingent
reatuou inrt uoiiauuionL iiuir an
hour nflor tho uttnek started. They
killed the Germans who restated nnd
: took a largo number of prisoners.
Tho Germans launched a number
or florca counter attacks but all
failed.
West of tlio Mouse. Hill 20H, tlio
western summit or Headman's Hill
tins hecomo No Man's laud. Once
before t1( French nbandoned It teni-
porarlly to avoid useless losses,
FICHTHBlS FIERCE
FltHNCII AMI (JHItMAXS ll'XUI
MAXV VIGOHOIS ATTACKS
llerliu nnd Purls Confllci us to la
tent or Fienih Gains nt l-'oit
Doiinumont
(11 AnorlilM Vtnt lo Coot m 7 Ttnitt.)
LONDON, May 23. French troops'
have recaptured the greater part of
Foil Douuiimont In tho Verdun sector,
Purls unuoiincod today, after sangui
nary fighting,
Tho French official statement says
tho Germans now hold only u smnlr
angle on tho northeastern corner of
tho fort.
,5"t ()f tlio Mouse, betweon Thlay
meut nnd Dousumnnt, the- Gorniuns
reoccupled a trench thoy had lost.
The German official statomeiit to
day admits tho Froueh took soma
first lino (positions hut that Fort
Doiiaumont romalns firmly In Gor
man hands.
IRE WAR FUNDS
Plti:.lli:it ASQUITII ASKS DILLIOX
AND HALF (TtKDIT
xinl.es Total or About Twelic. Ililllon
Dollar That Conflict Has Cost
Kiigluud to Date
IDr Amo"III ITMt in Coot Iltf Tlni.
LONDON, May 23. In moving for
a voto or credit tor 300.000.000
pounds sterling In tho hquso of com
mons todav, Premier Asuulth com
I
meuted that this was tho
eleventh
voto since the beginning of tho war..
making a grand total of 2 382 000
900 pounds,
AND YOU
PROBABLY
"t rt .m injj
-
Consolidation of Times, Const Mnl)
nnd Coos UuyA'tlvcrtlscr.
TO
I'll US. WILSON SKXDS
ADOPT MAILS
'HOTKST
Discusses Communication With Cab
inet Vigorous I Vol os I
Against Interference.
tllr.Aiiscltt rrctt lo cm vir tIum.)
WASHINGTON. I). C. Mny 23.
President Wllran sent lo tho Rtnte
Department today the completed
draft ot tho now note to Great
Hrltaln protesting ngniiiat Inlorfer
enco with American malls.
It was laid beroro tho cabinet but
Its general terms: woro explained.
The nolo will be cnbled London
Immediately and It Is understood
that a duplicate will n to Krance.
KKKNCII, (IIIKKIC, ITALIAN AND
KNdl.lSII VI"SSi:iS Sl'NIC
('eriiian and Austrian Submarines
Send Cmft to llotlom SeuL-al
Lives Iteported Ihisi
tllf Atiorlttr.1 Prrtt lo root lit, Tlmrt.)
MAILSUILLKS, Mny 23. Inform J-
Hon was received here today concern
ing the loss or tho French ntenmer
nnguedoe, 1012 tons gross, which
shows that sho was sunk In the Med
tho siibmnrluo on the ground that he
attempted to dorend tho ship, The
Lnugucdoo wns sunk by shell flro
from the submarine, which killed ono
ot tlio crow and wounded twelve oth
ers. TllltKi: OTIIKItS Sl'NIC
Greece nnd Allies 1,oso Several Ves
sels tllf AitMltlo.) rmi to Coot lr Tlmi-a.)
LONDON, Mny 23. The- Greek
steamer Adnmauttos Korals, 2IU7
tons gross, wns sunk by tho Austrlnns
In tho Mediterranean. Tho crow was
saved.
Tho Italian sailing vessel Fnhhrl-cottl-F
was sunk In tho Mediterra
nean. The Ilrltlsli steamer Itlieuass, 2ST.
tons gross wns sunk by a mine. Seven
of tho crew woro killed.
Norwegian Ship osi
Paris, May 23, Tho Norwegian
stenmnr TJoino wns sunk In the
Mediterranean by an Austrian nub
marine. The crow won saved.
ITALIANS LOSING
AUSTIHANS ItKPOHT MOItH VIC
TOItllCS t)X SOl'TIIIIUX l-'HOXT
Claim lllg Advances on Doth Sides
Of Siigmm Vulley, Driving Ital
ians Hcfoiv Theiu
(11 AttotUttd l'CM lo Ton Iltf TlmM. J
LONDON, May 23. Tho AiikH
trlaiu tire successfully continuing
their offensive ugulnst tlio Italians
In Southern Tyrol, Vienna announc
ed today. They have advanced on
both sides of tha Siiguua valley,
driving tho Italians before tmuii.
ItFPOItT HV AUSTIHA
Vienna Claims
Tea ted at
Italians lliwlly
Several Place
De
(Or Aitotlitfcl I'rru lo rout Ut; Innrt.)
IIUHLIN, May 23. Tho Aus
trian orrichil icport says: "Our
troops udvoucod on both sides of
tho Suganu valley, Tho Jtulluiu
fled from llorgo. QiiuuHtJes of
booty worn euiturod. Tlio Grnz
corps crosjod tho border and hur
ried the defeated army. The Ital
ian fortifications of Monte Vetnn
ure already In our hands. In tho
brand viilloy uu uttnek iijtulust
the enomy's position near Chlesa
13 in progress. Tho number of
cannon cuptuicd slueo May 0 was
Increased to IKK."
HUSSIAN CHOP IS
SAID TO HU LOST
(Of Autw-lttwl I'rrtt lo Cm. ti.j Tlnot,
HHULIN. May 23. AVtro
loss to Snyvlllo) A crop dls
aster In llussta was roportod
In ndvkes received from
Stockholm It ts said that all
winter crops of tbe Northern
ami Middle Russia wero de
stroyed bi frost
KICK
ENGLAND
MJINY SHIPS SUNK
KNOW WHAT IT IS
OITF
EDJTIOK
'CLGK
.-
No. 253
SIBLEY FORCE
American Troopers Return
from 186 Mile Ride Into
Mexico Without Loss
T
Carranza Government Prepar
ing New Note at Mexico
City for United States
TEXAS GUARDMEN REVOLT
lodge Aihocnte OKleo to DottViiilne
Whether 11(1 Avo Subjivt
lo Coiirlniaiilnl for
Mutinous Act
COL
SIHLF.V XKAIt
IIOMIJKAIILVTODAV
tnr Atttf MIM prftt u Ctot fttr TtnM.i
, (.MARATHON, May 23.
Colonel Sibley and MnJ. Lang
honie broke camp at daylight
near Decmers Ford, and with
their commands began tho
ride to the- north, which
idiouhl bring them to tho rail
road within three days. They
will take trains to Fort Dllsa
and Fort Clark.
(11 AMof I.IJ I'n-M lo Coot lit TlmM.)
WASIIINGON, D. C, May 23.
Tho outstanding features In tho
Mexican situation todny wero these:
Colonel Sibley's four cavalry
troops which entered Mexico nesr
ly tv,i weeks ngo In search of the
Glenn Springs Imudlt rahicra wero
back at tho border without casual
ties, having penetrated ISC miles
Into nn unknown torrid country ov
er bad rends. They rescued tho
two Americans held prisoners by
the bandits and brought buck flvo
Mexican prisoners.
Consul Letchor was duo lo nrrlvo
In Wellington today from Chilian
him with a full leport on tlio econ
omic conditions In northern Mexico.
At Mexico City, the Carranza
government was proparlng another
note to tho United States,
Officers of tho judge advocate
general's office aie seeking to de
termine wliether the 11G members
of tho Texa.i National Guard aro
.mbject to coiirtiuurtlal for refus
ing to take tho mustering oath to
enter fedorul servlco.
TO
CAUHAXZA OHDKItS ilO,(MK
MOItK THOOPS XOItTIIWAItl)
Mexican Government IjiiiiicIim
.Move lo Oust llaudlt.s fisiiu
Xeac United Sttw
t;ir A.KlictJ ri'H lo Cnot lur TlmM,
WASHINGTON, 1). C, May 23
The Carrau.u government lias or
dered 30.000 troops Into tho region
south of the border to exterminate
tho bandits, according to Informa
tion received today ut the State
Depaitinent. The now troop move
ments ure nlrondy In progreas
through Chihiiuhuu.
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MKXICAN MAVOlt lMtOTKSTS
AIIOL'T ACTION
S.iy.s They Are Throwing Up 1-tt-trenchiiientH
and KnttVlng
Towns Despite Agreement
(llf AtMUIM I'rru to Coot nr T1mt.
KL PASO, May 23. Complaint
against tlio American troops ut As
coiislou In the Cusaa Grandes ills
Diet wii. reiftved by Gouernl Cav
Ira In Juarez, today In a telegram
fiom tho mayor of the town. Ho
charged that Americans aro com
mitting doprodatlous, theao coa
clstlng of throwing u pfortlflcatioHs.
He nlbo charged that Americans
aro coming Into tho town In viola
tion of the agreement botween the
American and Carranxa govern
ments. Hi- doclarod that tho attitude
of tho foreigners was distinctly hos
1 1 to the Curraiwlstas, Inasmuch
ro U la unnecessary, In view of
, Mexican cooperation, lie satu, lor
. the Americans to fortify themselves.
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BORDER
S TROOPS BOTHER