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About The Forest Grove express. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1916-1918 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1916)
/cm CARRANZA’S DEMANDS CARRANZA GENERAI GENERAL STERNLY REEUSED BY WILSON WARNS PERSHING CARRANZA URGES M l ¡0 Bf NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS; CALM; w HOPES FOR PEACE GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS I NEWS ITEMS Of General Interest Mexico C ity—General Carranza, ad Washington, D. C. Upon General Portland — W heat — Bluestem, 96c i C arranza’a reception of a stern refusal per bushel; fortyfold, 8flc; club, 85c; dressing a mass m eeting in front of his | to heed hi* demands for recall of red Fife, 86c; red Russian, 86c. residence Sunday night, urged the c iti Barley— No. 1 feed, «27.606429.60. zens to re frain from hostile acts American troop* from Mexico hinge* Bran $28.756424.60. Tract Containing 360,000,000 1 the question of a Mexican war, in the Hay- E astern Oregon tim othy, $24 against Amreicans. Feet at Hood River Offered opinion of P resident W ilson’s close ad- 6424.50 per ton; valley timothy, $2164 He declared th a t he had hope of Hood R iver—W ith the probable sale visera. They were prepared Tuesday 22; aifalfa, old crop, $166417; new peacefully arran g in g the differences between Mexico and the United States. by th e U nited S tates Forest Service for the [tossibility of open hostilities crop, $14. Millfeed- Spot prices; Bran, $2664 th is sum m er of a 7340-acre area of The first chief said in p a rt: after the note which wa* sent forward 26.60 ;>er ton; aborts, $296429.60; rol virgin Douglas fir on the headwaters “ This ia not the tim e for hasty ac of th e west fork of Hood River, the to Carranza. led barley, $31.606432.60. Corn— Whole, $36 ton; cracked, $37. tion. 1 am try in g to arrange our d if lu m te r industry the coming year, with No indication ha* come th a t the first Vegetables— Artichokes, $1 dozen; ferences w ith the United S tates peace three other large mills, the average chief’s attitu d e of implacable hostility tom atoes, $1.60641.75 per crate; cab fully and have hopes of succeeding. I 'daily cut of each reaching approxi would be shaken by the reiterated dec $2642.76 per hundred; garlic, m ately 90,000 feet, and some half Arm y Officers Believe Mexicans Plan laration of the latest communication bage, 10c per pound; peppers, 25c; eggplant, want you to aid me. dozen lesser plants in operation, bids “ The encounter between American fa ir to be stim ulated to a record mark th at the United S tates ha* no aggres 206425c; horseradish, 8Jc; lettuce, A tta c k - Are Not Alarmed Over sive or w arlike pur|>o»e toward Mexi- $1.60641.76 per crate cucumbers, 76c soldiers and Mexicans near Matamoros in Hood River. has been tem porarily solved w ith the Outcome for Americans. According to W. T. Andrews log 1 co, but is firmly resolved to protect 64$ 1 per dozen; spinach, 4646c per pound; asparagus, $1641.25 per dozen; withdraw al of Am erican troops from ging engineer, and A ssistant D istrict her border* and end brigandage in the rhubarb, 14642c per pound; [teas, 664 th at region. The m atter is now being F orester F. E. Ames, who were here ; border states. There was recently from Portland, the total 8c; cauliflower, $1.25 per crate; taken up diplom atically. I .nr wto, Tex mm Report* th a t Huy Indications th a t the m ilitia now be beans, 10c per pound. some trouble in M azatlan, caused by stun,page of proposed fir sales reaches Am erican m ilitary Ml tem pt to cron* ing mobilized is intended a* well for P otatoes—Old, $1.60641.75; C alifor the intrusion of an American sailor, appioxim ately 360,000,000 feet. Ap the Itio Grande in the Neuvo I.aredo invasion of Mexico a* for guard duty and th at has also been adjusted for the plication to have the forest area open nia, new, 2 6 t2 |c per pound. d istric t in purauit of bandit* would on the border appeared in adm inistra Onions — California red, $2.25 per tim e being. ed and offered for sale was made the m eet with energetic re*i*tance, were tion circle* when steps were taken to "G o to your homes and be good Mex past w inter by J. W. Palmer, a local , sack. confirmed F riday night on what i* te- iiave the new arm y reorganization law, Green F ru it — Straw berries, $1.50 icans, rem em bering also th at I will do Moved to be unini|>ea<'hable authority. which becomes effective July 1, be- per c rate; apples, $1641.75 box; goose my utm ost to preserve the dignity of W est Side orchardist, who has had many years of experience in th e lum C arranza troop* in Neuvo I.aredo, it | come in force at once. If we are forced te r business on the Lower Columbia. berries, 4c per pound; cherries, $1.25 the Mexican nation. i* naid, have iimturction* to put up a While the diplom atic steps were in 641.60 per box; cantaloupes, $1.6064 to resort to arm s I will lead you in Mr. Palm er is a prospective bidder on fight to re*i*t any |M>**ibie crossing in progreas the nation waa stirred 3.50 ; person." per c rate; apricots, $1.35643.57 the huge tract. to Mexico of Arneriran force», regard throughout its length and breadth w ith [ter c rate; apricots, $1.35641.50 per A crowd composed of several thous The mission of Messrs. Andrews and less of the cau*e. the movement of National Guardsmen box; [teaches $1.50 [ter box; w ater and people cheered the rem arks of the Ames here concerned a letter from the mobilizing to guard the border. At first chief. local commercial club. The missive, Chihuahua City, M exico— General lea*t 100,000 and possibly a far larg e r melons, 2Jc per pound. E arly in the evening a big demon w ritten several weeks ago, asking for Egg» — Oregon ranch, current re Jac in to Trevino, commanding the number were preparing for active aerv- stration ha«l been made in front of the C arran zaista arm y of the North, F ri . ice under President W ilson’s call. For ceipts, 226422)c per dozen; candled, 23 national palace, and afterw ards the inform ation on the proposed sale, ex ®23J c . pressed th e fear th at the denudation day advi*«<d General J. J. Pershing, the present th eir miasion will be pure dem onstrators had paraded through the of so large an area m ight be a menace P oultry— Hens, 146415c per pound; Am erican ex|>editionary commander, ly one of defense, hut, should war »tags, 10c; broilers, 176420c; turkeys, principal stree ts of the city. General to the irrigation system of the valley th a t any movement of American come, they will be ready also for that. C arranza’s words are expected to have troopa from th eir pre»ent line* to the They will not be assigned for border I live, 186420c; dressed, choice, 2364 a good effect in m aintaining th is con- and was considered by the F orest Serv ! 25c; ducks, 146416c; geese, 10c. ice as an indirect protest against the Houth, ea»t or went, would be conaid- duty until muat«r«xi into the federal B u tte r—Cubes, extras, 25Jc; cubes, j dition. sale. ered a hoatile act and aignal to begin service. prim e firsts, 25c; firsts, 24c. Jobbing Mr. Ames explained th a t the tim ber w arfare. General Trevino act«*! upon Official report* from many quarters would be cut a fte r the usual m anner of »pecific inalructiona from General C ar show th a t a flame of popular feeling prices: P rints, extras, 276429c; but- te rfa t, No. 1, 27c; No. 2, 25c, P ort logging in Douglas fir regions. It will ranza. against the U nited State’s is benig land. take probably from 10 to 12 years to A ppar V eal—Fancy, 116411}c per pound. :u t th e entire acreage. Once or tw ice San Atonio, T ex.—O vernight dis- kindled throughout Mexico. Pork— Fancy, 1 0 6 tl0 |c per pound. patchen to General Funaton’n headquar ently it ia being done w ith the sanc Douglas, A riz.—Advices from No each year the slashings will be burned Hops— 1915 crop, 9J6 4 llc per pound; ter* «ay General Kicaut ha* ordered tion of General Carranza, for the acta gales state th a t all telephone w ires be over, every precaution being taken to 1000 de facto governm ent troo|>* into in many rases are those of his author 1916 contracts, nominal. tween th a t town and Nogales, Sonora, guard ag ain st damage to adjoining na Wool— E astern Oregon, 236433c per th e te rrito ry opfioaitu San Ignacio to ized m ilitary or civil agents. have been severad by Mexicans. All tional forest acreage, as well as pat N either S tate departm ent officials pound; valley, 306435c. ented tim ber lands. pur»ue the bandit* who took p art in state and federal officials have left nor members of the diplom atic corps Cascara bark—Old and new, 4c per " W e find,” said Mr. Ames, " th a t the attack on American trAop*. with th eir books and funds for Hermo- reforestation of fir tak es place most General Kicaut expre»*ed re g ret here have been able to satisfy them pound. sillo. Federal and state officials have C attle — Steers, choice grass, $864 readily a fte r burning. We anticipate th a t the attack had been made, and at selves aa to C arranza’s motives. There also left Agua P rieta and Naco. from experience th a t we have had in the *ame tim e gave w arning th at if are some, however, who believe he 8.35; good, $8648.15; cows, choice, D em onstrations occurred in Naco- Am erican troo[»s crossed the border ho|>c8 to ride into popularity by a $7.25647.56; good, $6.75647.25; me zari, Moctezuma and other points in other sim ilar locations th a t reseeding diplom atic trium ph over hiB powerful dium, $6.25647.25; heifers, $5.50648; C ararnza force* would attack. eastern Sonora, directly south of Doug will be ample and th a t w ithin a short For two hour* Friday Major Alonzo northern neighbor or upon a war wave bulls, $3646; stags, $4.50647. las. In each place speeches were tim e th e acreage will not only be cov Hogs — Prim e light, $8.05648.10; ered w ith young firs, but also a dense G ray aro u n d a »trip of the country on which m ight re-establish his to tte rin g made ag ain st Am ericans and inflam the Mexican aide of the Rio Grande for governm ent in popular estim ation. good to prime, $8648.05; rough heavy, m atory sentim ents expressed by the undergrowth th a t will tend to conserve tracca of th e bandit* who raided hi» Once the war waa on and the certain $7.50648; pigs and ski[ts, $7.35647.80. orators are reported to have Eieen rain fall as well as the forest tree s th at defeat of his arm ies foreshadowed, the will be taken off. By the tim e the Sheep — Y earlings, $7.50 64 8.50; cam p at San Ignacio. cheered. last of th e tim ber is removed refo r He croaaed at Ramiereno, aix mile* observers say. General C arranza m ight wethers, $7647.50; ewes, $5-60^6.50; The situation then became calmer. estation of the first burned slashings below San Ignacio, w ith a part of the sue for peace, tru stin g to the m agna lambs, $8649. Reports from along the Nacozari ra il will have taken p lace." tw o trooj»* o f the F ourteenth C avalry nim ity of the W ashington governm ent road and m ining camps in more isolat th a t fought off Luis De La Roaa’a men to leave him in power. ed localities indicate th a t th e civil ; Mr. Ames fu rth e r showed th a t the Arrival of First Watermelons Thuraday. Moat of the bandita are population o f Sonora is arm ing to aid area embodied in the proposed sale Mexicans M arching on Del Rio. known to have cro»a«d into Mexico, the m ilitary in the event of an A m eri does not extend to th e source of th e Proves That Summer Is Near w est fork of Hood River, which in San Antonio, Tex. — Mexican gov and Major Gray had received inform a can invasion. Spokane—If the w eather had not tion th a t tom e of them were concen ernm ent troops were reported Monday Im m ediate arrangem ents for b rin g fact is fed by glaciers and would be tra tin g on the other Hide for a aecond night to be m arching toward Del Rio, brightened and warmed as it has the ing out Am erican employes of mines affected in no way by cuttin g of the attack , e ith e r on hi* force or the de a border town about 100 m iles up the ap[>earance of th e first watermelons in Sonora m et w ith opposition by Dr. | tim ber. The governm ent officials explained tachm ent at Zapata, fa rth er down the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass, with the P. Elias Calles, m ilitary commander of river. No trac e of the Mexican* wa« announced intention of attack in g the of the season would have made known th e state of Sonora, who arrived at th a t 25 per cent of th e funds realized the nearness of sum m er. They retail from th e proposed sale will be appor Americans there. discovered, however. Agua P rie ta unexpectedly. To Am er This inform ation was the most nota at 4 and 5 cents a pound. Three Mexican* alleged to have par ican m ining men here, apprehensive tioned among Hood River, Clackamas ticipated in the raid* were captured on ble bit of evidence indicating the a tti The first blackberries or dewberries for the safety of th e ir employes, the and Waaco counties, proportionate to the area of th e N ational forest w ithin the Am erican aide of the river during tude of the de facto governm ent th a t general s a id : th e ir bounds. Ten per cent of the re I t was of this y e a r’s crop are also in evidence th e day, and the body of one of thoae reached General Funston. " I give you my absolute personal 1 tu rn s will be spent in building roads killed in the fight was recovered, brought to the border by a Mexican, a t 15 cents a basket. guarantee th a t in th e event of hostili Plums, apricots, Hood R iver straw ties, I will go in person by special or tra ils in the N ational forests of the bringing th e total Mexican loaa in who said the force was 1500 strong. General P ershing’s reports indicated berries, though not superabundant, are train to Nacozari and see th a t every state. dead to nine. Following the explanation of the More detailed report* made by Major th at General Jacin to T revino’s troops arriv in g in g re ater q u an tities and the American there reaches th e border in fo restry officials, the commercial club G ray showed th a t the th ree men of had not yet made any advance move s a fe ty .” Troop M who w ere k illtd were shot aa and arm y officials believed it improb wholesome if homely gooseberry is A dm itting the situation is critical, I m em bers assembled at the specially they were leaving th eir tent* to go in able th a t they would unless Trevino som ewhat increasing in size, though General Calles expressed hope th a t the called m eeting and voted unanimously received special orders from Mexico its price still rem ains a t the popular in an en thusiastic approval of th e pro to the trenchca. | crisis m ight " in some unforseen m an posed tim b er sale. City. nickel the basket. n er” be bridged. Such inform ation as reached General A psaragus is more plentiful and the — Funston concerning the movements of green cabbage, though still arriving Promoter Secures Coos Bay Mexican troops indicated the adoption from the South, is of appetizing fresh of a plan not to m aintain heavy g a r ness. Options for Vast Development risons a t border points, but to hold the New potatoes are increasing in size Marshfield — W. J . Wilsey, who of Eureka, C al.— W ith the death list bulk of the border army some miles and decreasing in price. fered Coos Bay what he said was $10,- Tucson, A riz,—Sonora m ilitary au 000,000 worth of industries in ex W ith the arrival of the carload of from the »learner Bear reduced defin south of the Rio Grande. cantaloupes due on Thursday there will th o rities have seized th e Southern Pa change for good will and encourage itely Saturday to five, intcreat in the S ailors C lash With Mexicans. be a more ample supply in the stores. cific of Mexico system and cut tele ment, le ft Coos Bay on Thursday, a fte r atranded vea»el centered in the efforts W ashington, D. C.—A clash between No more navel oranges will arrive graph w ires at the border, according having been welcomed all over the made to refloat the veaael. F ire and engine crew* of the Bear Carranza soliders and Am erican sea th is season, but Valencias will take to p riv ate advices here late Sunday. Coos Bay d istrict and treated cordially The Mexican custom house records in offerings of property he desired to were aboard the veaael at daybreak, men from the gunboat Annapolis at th e ir place w ith increasing abundance. have teen tran sferred from Nogales, accum ulate. N orth Bend held a rous an<l aoon had »team in the boiler*. By Mazatlan waa called to the attention Mexico, to some point south of th e in ing m eeting one night and leading citi noon the winchea were working, while of the W ashington governm ent Tues ternational line. a ra ft waa In aervice carrying baggage day by General C arranza’s am bassa Increasing Cost of Gasoline zens spoke a welcome th at could not be to the ahore, 160 yards d istan t from dor here, w ith a request th a t in the Is Blamed On Standard Oil A dem onstration of armed civilians m isconstrued. in Nogales, Mexico, ended early Sun th e atranded veaael. Ten wagon loads extising tense situation no men be Mr. W ilsey’s promises were so ex W ashington, D. C. — The Federal day m orning. Boys th ere 12 years tensive th a t some thought them over a of small baggage has arrived a t Cape landed In Mexico from Am erican w ar ships under any circum stances. Trade commission concluded Wednes old have been armed by the m ilitary couple of days before com m itting Town. The incident, which occurred Mon day its investigation of the rise of authorities, while 18 carloads of Mexi them selves to belief in his ab ility to Complete exam ination of the Hteam- cr waa made and it waa found »he waa day, resulted in casualties on both gasoline prices, ending a two days’ can fam ilies have been sent south. carry them through, but before he left Several Am ericans arrested there were everybody seemed to be convinced. restin g in an easy position on a »mail sides and in the capture by the Mexi hearing a fte r representatives of Stand released next morning. rock and sand bottom. The outer shell cans of two American officers, who, People had boosted ever since Coos General Calles, in his rush by special Bay was a rivulet, but nothing sub ia slightly dam aged, but she ia taking afte r explanation, were released, ac ard Oil and various independent com no w ater and ia considered Beaworthy. cording to the reports presented by the panies had given divergent explana tra in to th e border, arrived early stan tial excepting sawmills were es In view of the excellent condition and ambassador. A dispatch from Admiral tions of the present situation in the Sunday morning, and le ft im m ediately tablished. It was asserted a t the for Naco. A s tric t censorship of all N orth Bend m eeting th a t miles of of the favorable w eather, aa well as Winslow, of the Pacific fleet, announc industry. A report, based on the m essages to the in terio r is in force at w ater front, areas of land for indus the advantage of her [H>sition, it was ing the capture of the men, made no decided to m ake an effort to float her. mention of th eir release, but officials hearings and on the resu lts of weeks Nogales. tries, tim bered lands on th e peninsula, F ear is fe lt for th e safety of A m eri w atersheds, were being held by per The captain and other officers are assumed it had occurred a fte r the mes of investigation by th e commission’s sage was sent. confident of floating the vessel. agents, will be made public soon and cans a t Empalme, Sonora. sons who never had any intention of will be transm itted to congress in utilizing them . These, the boosters Yucatan Declares War. T . R. Is "All Right” Again. Blockade Not T o Slacken. response to a resolution asking for an said, they would engage to secure at Galveston, T ex.—The Mexican gov inquiry. O yster Bay, N. Y .—Theodore Roose reasonable figures, and expect them to London— As a result of the discus The independent jobbers and refiners velt, who is suffering from w hat his be converted into active commercial sion of the blockade a t the recent al ernm ent in Y ucatan has issued a pro lied conference in Faria conclusions clam ation ordering all Am ericans out who appeared before th e commission phyiscians say is a slight attack of properties. Mr. Wilsey, when he left, had op were reached which will remove many of Mexico and declaring a sta te of war were virtually unanimous in placing pleurisy, returned to his home at Saga misconceptions on the p art of neutrals, existing between the tw o countries, responsibility for th e increases on the more Hill Sunday from New York. He tions on all the Simpson Lumber com according to Lord Cecil, m inister of according to passengers arriv in g here Standard Oil companies, who, they came by autom obile and was accom pany holdings, on the L. D. Kinney war, who attended the conference as a Tuesday m orning on the Norwegian charged, had refused to compete and panied by Mrs. Roosevelt. He was un properties, on a large share of the fixed prices. Standard Oil represent attended on the trip by a physicain. Flanagan estate holdings on the penin B ritish rep resentative. W hat these steam er Nils, from Progreso. Am ericans and other foreigners are atives replied to the charges but did He declined to see newspapermen, but sula, and on 3000 acres of coal land. conclusions were, Lord Roberts would not say, but he asserted there would being taken on board an Am erican not enter into an explanation of the sent out word th a t he was " a ll r ig h t" Probably 60 to 75 per cent of the prop be " n o slack ening" of th e blockade gunboat at Progreso. G reat excite elem ents behind the soaring cost of and had " n o th in g to sa y " regarding e rty asked for was under option when gasoline to consumers. ment is said to prevail. the political situation. Mr. W ilsey departed for New York. and th a t it would work better. About Oregon Movement of United States Troops To Be Considered Hostile Act. SHARP ULTIMATUM IS il Mexicans Cut All Wires and Re move Headquarters Southward Wreckers Now Expect to Refloat Safely Stranded Steamer Bear. Mexicans Seize Railroad in Sonora; Customs Records Are Transferred 1