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MEDFORD OllICCiON. MONDAY. MAKCIf HI, kOKJ
NO. H02
Medford Mail Tribune
TMfllNATinNSDEGLMtE ARMY
iniHTnifllS INADEQUATE TO
win nHS M
V LLH uunn
United States Accepts Carranza's
Proposal for Reciprocal Arrange
ment liy Which Troops of Both
Nations May Cross Border in Pur
suit of Bandits Army Preparing
to Carry Out President's Orders.
WASHINGTON'. March 13. Tho
United Stntw this afternoon ac
cepted flenernl CnrrnnBft'a proposal
for a reciprocal arrangement by
which either Ills troop or Amcricnn
Iroopa may pursue bandits on either
Milo of the liorder. A note of no
reptnucc was went forward to Gen
eral I'nrriuiM at Qucrelnro.
Lato today Secrolnry Lansing- nn-
nottnectt that the United Ktntea limit
3 icnm wiui Gonai
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...,..,,. .,,.1 tho mmnh.montnrV
""! " II ' .
dutement explaining its purposes, in
the bunds of Klisoo Arrendondo,
General Cnrrnnxn's nmbnssndor here,
Not mi Intervention
The text of the note to General
Cnrransn will bo mmlo public later
todny, nccoiupMiiiud by n statement
which, it i understood, will set forth
that the Unitwl Stale is not intor-
onintr in Mexican affair, but is not
hit; to obviate tho necessity of doitiK
so.
The army today continued Bloodily
preparing to enrry out President
Wilson's order to pursue, the Villa
bandits.
No movetjii(tf,Uoo)xujiui'Hi.tUa,
iiornei were reporieu iu mo r m-piirtmt-nt,
although they wore oxpeot
id hourly. -
ln practice the Carransn ngroc
n.ent will hare mo effect in tho Unit
ed Stutes. because American troop
w ill be kept in miffieient number on
the bolder to make incursions of
Mexican troop unnecessary, but t
the same time it ! expected to avoid!
..... .!.i. n I '-... I
a cnwocrsy wim wuiieim ui-
runru.
K-uisIns's Statement
Later Seerctiiry 1 .a using issued
(In- statement:
"In order to remove any roisnp
pnheiiMnn that may exist either iu
the United Stale or in Mexico, the
prtMilt-nt bu aauthoriiod mo to gie
in his name the public assurance that
the military operation now iu con
templation by this government will
be scrupulously eon fined to tho ob
ject already announced, nnd that it,
n titciimstaiiees will thoy bo suffer
ed to infringe in any degree iipon tho
mvireignty of Moxico or develop into
intervention of any kind in the in
ternal affairs of our sister rejHiblie.
On the contrary, what is now boing
done i deliberately iuetuded to pre
clude the possibility of interxun-
tltill."
Tint of Iteiily
Tin- i- the text of the reply to Gen
eral Carrunsu's proposal, sent to
American Consul Silliinnn:
'The government of the United
States has received the courteous
note of Senor Aeuiia and has road
xwili satisfaction hi suggestion for
li.Mprocal irivilgs to the American
and Mexicuu authorities in the pur
nut nnd apprehension of outlaws who
ini.-t Iheir reepestiva torritories ly.
nit: .il'ngr the international boundan
mi.! who are a conbtaut menace to the
Inc. and projwrty of residents ot
that rtU'H.
(Continued on page two.)
IS. BOOTH GUILTY
F
MMINNT1LLE. Or.. March 13. -Mis.
Anna Booth was tound guilty of
murder in the second d'etre for kill
in.' her husband, tha late William
Unutli. neur WUlamina last Oetobcr,
, tiit- vci diet of a jury returned on
uti.rdnv nijfbt. The jury hod been
out Mui-e 3 uVlock in the afternoon.
William Branson, jointly imUcUd
vitli the woaaau M the m fharge,
b.d been eonieted lut month of
,1 ibu'rec minder, mid i n"v m
l.i '. uu .ij'l . ' tu a In. In i
I ;
Senator Chamberlain Says Only
30,000 Regulars in Continental
United States and Only Half of
Them Available Predicts Upris
ing for Villa in Mexico.
WASHINGTON, March 11. Senn
tor Ilnrnh, republican, urged the- sen
nte todny to drop nil dthor legislation
nnd iminedintely consider the nn
tionnl preparedness program in xiow
of the consequences that might urise
from the decision to pursue ucnonil
Villa in Mexico.
Chairman Chamberlain of the mili
tary committee told the nenntc that
in bin opinion The United States nnny
did not have enough soldiers to cope
with Mexico or enough equipment. Ho
said not moro than 30,000 regulars
were in continental United States and
ho estimated that not more than half
those could be used in Mexico
"If wo think wo can go into Mcx-
i(' na h,P thwn int .r,,0r '". ft
few weeks, this country will bo mis
tnhen," said tho sonntor. "I would
not be surprised to see every Mexi
can rnlly around ilia or ono stnn
'dnrd to whip tho United States. He
sales laekinic men, wo lack equip
ment, nju'Ii as aeroplauoH to incut the
present emerKoncj'."
Senator Smoot, republican, de
clared he believed there were more
machine guns in Mexico today than
vin the United States, and more am
munition. 11b declared tho United Slates
could not put more than 25,000 men
'on tho Mexican border.
Senator Hoko Smith siiKgosted thnt
tho-military committee briupr-inan
army bill immediately to double the
enlisted strength.
Senator Simmons asked Senator
Chamlwrlain if the nntiotml xunrd
would not be nvailablo fur patrol
dutv alonjr the border.
Senator Chamberlain replied there
were nbout 120,000 men in the na
tional jtuiird and all were mailable
fiircr tee.
'
PEACE SOCIETY
I
WASHINGTON, March 13. Ar.
thur I), (all of the American Peace
sooiety; Dr. Suniuel T. Dutton of
Now York, active iu Stirhlan and Ar
menian mliel work and in penoo
proiMifanda, mid Kwiicis K. Caroy'of
Baltimore, spokexnisn for tho anti
prMrt'(lHess eommittee, told the
house navul comuiittee today that
"tho war hysteria has lieeii arousml
by tho work of tho so-called defeiuo
league and tho subterranean int'lu
onuoe of makers of war munitions
nnd traders in wht brides,
"Those who bcliove as I do," said
Mr. Carey, "are no more likely to
oppose efficiency, ooonomy and up-to-date
cquiHM0it in tho amy and
navy than thev would bo to tolerate
neglect or inefficionoy which supplied
the police force, with rotten night
stick or inuzftle-loadinic pistols.
"We aic pretesting: earnestly nnd
solemnly against tho ill-timed hyster
ica) and dramatio entry of the United
States into tho droadiaught Jiuilding,
army organizing, international cora-
p tit urn which already has laid wasto
nlmoot the ret of the civiliied
world.''
no
s
EL PASO, Tex., Mur.b 13. Cav
alry troop have been diiputehed
from Laguna, on the line of the old
Mexican Central railrouJ, noitb of
Chihuahua City, direct to Cusas
Grande to uid tho 500 wemherw of
the Mormon elony concentrated at
ilint (Miint. but now rut otr' from
i in ii urn i! mi willi i itln i I liiliii.iii 1. 1
til v ui Jj. U
HEARD
AN
WAR
HYSTERIA
F
E
General Gavira Plans Campaign In
Conjunction With American Forces
Cavalry Reported Assembling to
Cross Border Near San Bernar
dino, Mexico.
EL PASO, Tex., March 13. In
spite of official denials, reports per
sisted here today that American cav
alry on tho Arizonn state line had
Ruthcrcd for immediate crossing of
the Mexican bolder, and that they
might ro ncross at any moment to
dny. An advance guard of several
cavalry troops was collected on that
border two days ago with the pros
pect that it might be the first force
into Moxico.
A reassuring- conference was hold
here today between Brigadier-General
I'enlhing, commander of the Ameri
can expeditionary force, nnd General
Gabriel Gavira, Carrnnza comman
der at Juurcz. During tho conference
word arrived from Washington unof
ficially that General Carranza's re
quest to crosH tho American border
might be granted. This news was
cordially received by General Gavira.
To Cross JWmlcr
The point where the cavalry expe
dition is reported assembling today
to enter Mexico on the Ariroun boun
dary is near San Bernardino, Mo.x.
This conference was the first time
that the two commanders had met.
They came together in the offieo of
the Mexican consulate with Coiibul
Guroin as a third party. Nothing was
given out afterward except of n gen
eral nature.
"I have nothing to say except thnt
the muuting wnM- entirely satisfac
tory," said General I'erslung.
General Onvim's comment was to
tho same effect.
"If there is anything to be given
out, it must come from General Per
shing," said Consul Garcia, after his
visitors had left. But when asked if
the discussion was personal and in
formal or in their ciiaeity as offic
ials of their respective governments,
he ad)ld that it partook of both.
Altogether it lasted about half nn
hour,
Shortage of Boiling .Stork
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 13.
General Kunston said today thnt the
announcement of the expedition's nc
ttiul start into Mexico probably would
come from General Pershing, to whom
would bu left the decision an to tho
exact hour for setting the movement
afoot.
Shortage of rolling stock, General
'Kunston said, was hindering the con
centration of cavalry at tho bnso of
operations, ami this was one reason
why h movement today was unlikely.
The fault, he said, lay with tho rail
loads west of Kl Paso.
"We have even had to transport
men iu box cam," ho declared.
"If this had been merely nn infan
try expedition wo could hao been
into Moxico on Villa's ery heels," he
continued, "but this is largely n cav
alry niovompnt, nnd that is why thcie
has been dolny."
J-argo Movement Plumietl
.Light was thrown on the size of
tho expeditionary force by the gen
eral, who said:
"When this movement is complet
ed thero will bo only six or eight reg
iments left in tho United States other
than til 0e troops stationed along the
border for patrol duty.
"Of oourse," ho said, t"if the Car
rnnza govornmont wcro unablo to
control tho situation and there should
bo general oppositfbn to tho entrance
of American soldiers, the entire reg
ular array would have to bo omployed
in the movoraent and part of the mil
itia, too, Patrol dutv along the bor
der would be delogatcd to the militm."
Big Offensive at End
London, Mareh 13. An Amster
dam dlspateb t the Central News says
that on account of the German of
fensive at Verdun the Dutch-Belgian
frontier bad been closed for several
weeks. That part of It south or
Maastricht has new been reopened
and this fact is commented on in
Holism) as probably Indicating that
the Uermans consider their offensive
near an end. The dispatch adds that
St more hospital trains with wound
ed C'Tiimn. from Verd in h.ivt- j4m
(1 throng Lu.u mUir',
MEGAN
H
III 1 FER
i;t
WH
PER N
KAISER AND VON MACKENSENIPLAN VERDUN ASSAULT
! ,
a9fe iisy
r VrA Jg 1 KEk,aTffaflS&hlS"
Tills! tilmfjirf iv til tt tins f?itrttttiit
In clilrf of hLs jinnlcM, wnn UxUvn at tlio fnuit In Knuico when llio nrtnloH
unilor Olroct cliw of tlio rniun prlnro ucto iioparhi(; for llii'lr ffivat
offensive) whoso objort wns Iho rapture of Vritlnn.
L
BRITISH TREATY;
IWASItlNOTOV, Mari-li 13-Por
tURal entered the war, tho Portuguese
legation announced today, because
firout llrltaln rcauestcd hor to do so,
In fulfillment of troaty obligations
dntlnK back to 1373. A ntatmuont
outlining PortiiKal's position, Issuod
by VlHcount do Alte, tlio PortuRtiose
minister, says:
"Portugal Is drawn Into the war as
a result of hor Ionic standing nlllanro
with KnRland, an alllnnco that has
withstood uubrolion the strain of 500
yoars.
"The first troaty of alliance bo
twrnn tho two count rloa was con
cluded Juno 16, 1S73, by Kordlnand
of Portugal and ltd ward III of ICnx
land. Suhsoquont treatlos have sf
flrmod tbeilllaace and doflnod its
seono.
"Mho IlalRlum, PortURnl desires
nothing that iielouns lo nny olhttr na
tion. bo bus nothing to anla and
niuoli to loso In the prosunt conflict.
Hut sbn is ready, notwithstanding,
to aid Kngland to the full oxtont of
hor resources. She roady to stand
or fall by tho principle for which the
IlrltUh empire Ih fUialiiu."
SAIDTOHAVESUNK
PAWS, Mar-1. 1 : The lu-t i.tt.
ccr of the N"orH(j.'iiiii liaik Siliu- i
quoted by the Pan Horahl u cx
"prossing the opinion that the e-el
may hae been strneg by a bomb
from an aeroplane instsnd of by a
torpotlo, as previously reported.
Tlio first officer was on watch at
the time and heard a neiac which he
thought was made by an aeroplane,
although he could sea none. Then
earns a terrific explosion at about the
middle of the ship on the port side.
A huge wave swept ovar the vessel,
drenching the men.
The crew got into bonis with great
difficulty and cleared A Silius just
as a mast fell. A FrWch torpedo
boat took all on board. The officers
of the torpedo bout i-ume to the cm-flll-iuli
that the Slim-, on whirl) wire
- m rul Amerii .in-, w.im -Inn I, I. i
tvipcdw itvnt u aiibin.iiii.i,
PORTUGA
DRIVEN
INTO WAR THROUGH
AIRSHIP
BOMBS
NORWEGIAN
stlitlhMivK fltTt nml (In Miiittirttilit
EMBARGO
UPON
WAR
MUNITIONS
SHIPPED MEXICO
I
SAN FHANVISCO, March I.I. An
(inliniyn on rdupnu'iits of war muni
tions from this poit to Mo.xiuun
poiuU was dcdaicd today by .lohn
O. Davis, collector of the port, in nc
t'ordanee nitb instruction. frpui
WasliiiiKtou sinned by V, P. Mnl
liuiu, iisMiHtaut secretary of tho
treasury,
I'or several iiioiiIIih there has been
increased shinnents of explosives to
Mexican )xits, dynamite and powder
for miuiiiR companies constitutlmr a
large irt of the Hhipinents. Tho in
structioiiK icceivcd by Collector Da
vis prohibits "the tninorttition of
munitions to indmduals or compan
ies, not nheudy exported."
Port authorities immediately began
a tully of the i-nrgocs already clear
ed, but uot di-uirtcd, nml it wax Mtid
that homw of these MhipmentH would
be prevented, uiidcss a roquostcd rul
iug in the phrase "not already ex
jiorted" should oMrHte favorably for
the exporters.
WASHINGTON, March i:i.-Thc
a mis embargo orders affect ouly .Sun
Francisco, Xogale and I.im An
velfx, the gateways to Chihuulilia,
Sunorn and lwer f'Mlifomin. No
general cmhuiK" on arms has been
urden d
WASMIXOTOX. March M Short
age of papor stock In the United
States was discussed at a eonfeiune
today between Secrotary Itadllald
and Charles A. Holder of the foreign
trsde advisers office. France's em
bargo on the export of rags has caus
ed many American manufacturers to
fear they may bars to eurtsll pro
duction of their mills.
Today the department began send
ing out ohs million circulars to
posted In offices and elsewhere
throughout the eountry urging that
pspriM and rags be saved. The WW
uien o dt imrhusnt promises to put
those who save paocra and ragf In
touch lth manufacturer. Chsmbers
of i oiiiiinrif .tinl trade uxxoclatlun-i
lull' lii-iii .i .Si it to .o ornate.
PAPER
SHORTAGE
THREATENS NATION
SLINGSBY BABE
ILLEGJTMATE
British Court of Appeals Sets Aside
California Verdict anil Sustains
Appeal liy Slintjsby Brothers De
cision Forfeits Claim to $500,000
Estate In Yorkshire.
LONDON'. March 13. Tho court of
npponls baa allowed tho appeal In tho
rlllngsby legltlmnry ault, rcvorslnB
lower courtn, and dcclarltiR tho
SlliiRsby bnho Illegitimate, tliini for
feiting Its claim to tho Iinlf million
dollar oHtnto Iu YorUshlrc.
Tho ono InvolvoH tho question
whnthor np Infant born In San Frnn
claco and declnrcd to bo tho lawful
sou or Clinrlofl it. Sllngsby nnd hla
wlfo Dorothy, Is tho rightful succoso
or to tho oxtenntvo HllngRby ostnten
In KiiKlnnil. A California court said
tho child was tho legitimate heir and
a couit In Kngland uphold thnt decis
ion. An appeal wns taken nnd wan
argued In Jnnunry and Fobrunry of
this year.
Clillil lllegltlnmto
Tho bearing on tho appeal of tho
Sllngnby brothers against tho Judg
ment declaring Teddy 81lngsby to bo
tho logltlmnto holr, InBtod nevonteon
days, and tho tbren appeal court
Judges who today allowed tho ap
peal had tho matter under ronnldor
ntlon five weeks. In delivering tho
Judgment tho mnstor ot tho rolls said
It was ImpoHslhlo to ovcrrnto tho Ini
portnnco of tho advertisement said
to have boon written by Mrs. Slings
by nnd Inserted In n San Francisco
uowHpapor within a fow dnya of tlio
ttmo a child was horn to her. Tho
ndvortlKomcut culled for a new born
male Infant.
Furthermore, the mnstor said, It
was ImiioMilhlo to dnutit that Mrs.
Hllngshy called at tho Awoolntml
Charities and mndn application to
adopt a child. Tho master wan un
able to make hlmsolf hollovo that n
woman oxpectlng to glvo birth to n
child vtouhl lake such a con run whloli
he said was repugnant to all ono
knew of mntornal Instinct. IIo hold
thero should bo n declaration thnt
tho child was not tho logltlmato holr.
1fc.os $r.no,oon Kstjlfo
rrho offwt of tho Judgment ron
dornd today Is that tho child In
question Is declared to bo Illegiti
mate thus losing his claim to tho
Sllngsby estates In Yorksblro, valued
nt ahout $600,000.
No official anuounooment has been
made regarding what further stops,
If any, will be taken, but It Is be
1 loved tho oaao will now bo carried
to tho bouso of lords, whom nn ap
peal will be made against tho Judg
ment returned today.
TO
AID MARKETING
OF BOXED APPLES
POltTI.AND. i . Mar.b HI.
With the BiiMinment at its back, uu
organization which ulreiulv cmbraecs
(10 per rent of the growers and ship
pers )' apples in the northwest, has
heen tunned, it was kiiiiouuihmI to
il UN, lor the puiHse of marketing
boxed a pules nnd soma other fruits
tin-, -.eusou on a co-operative basis.
Tho organization, it is said, will in
suie a fair margin of profit to its
members through J tetter uiuikcfiug
information and facilities.
The aiinouiicatuent was made by C.
K. Itassstt, Ctarenco V. Moomau and
W. II. Kerr, government market ex
perts of the department of agricul
ture who me in Portland today after
several mouths of orguuiiatioti work
in the northwest.
'The organisation will market in
an orderly manner 1)0 ur rent of the
crop grown on the f:i(),fl00 ucrex in
apples in tin' four northwestern
st. ill - of thrynli, ldabo, Mnlitnnn
uiul W.i-hui'.'l " -.iid Mr. Kirr. "If
tin' inai Innerv can be n-iil tor other
crops tbnn upplus the wembeis may
(In so It i- probutlle that we shall
It. i iidlc a lurge jiait of the prune
'!
GOVERNMENT
O C?r
VAUX BATTLE
BL00D1EST0F
GREAT WAR
German Losses In Fio'itinn Around
Fort Vaux Surpass All Previous
Records Rush With Extraordin
ary Courage Atjaln and Again, Only
to Melt Away Artillery Duels Re
place Infantry Ctiargcs Lull In
Battle Due to Exhaustion.
PAIIIS, Mnrch 13 Thero lias hcen
no Infantry fighting fast night In tho
roglou to tho north of Vordun, ac
cording lo tho announcement on tho
progress' of hostilities mndo by tho
Frunrh -wjjr o'f'flco thin afternoon.
Thoro has' been, however, n contln
Unnco of tho artillery activity along
nil thin front.
Oormnn losses In tho fighting
around Fort Vaux last Friday nnd
Haturdny Hurpnsa nil provioua rec
ords In this wnr, according to offi
cers who hnvo returned from Verdun.
Tlmo and again and with extraordi
nary courngo tho Oormatm In columns
four dcop rushed from their trenches
only to molt away under tho flro of
tho French 7C, 1G0 nnd 210 nillll
motcr guns. 'When tho smoko nnd
dust cleared nothing was to bo been
but heapH ot bodies.
The spur on Which the fort Is sit
uated Is almost perpondloulnr In
placos. Tho (Jurmnn lines woro fore
od to halt, but many Ilavnrlan reserv
ists cllmbod upon ono nnothor'a
shoulders and struggled up tho slope,
clinging to angles ot rooks and grasp
ing tufts of grass. Again nnd again
thoso human pyramids collapsed into
shnpeloss gray masses. At tho low
out ostlmnto the nttaokcrs lost two
thirds or tholr effoottvoa.
ncsimnito Fight Inj-
fl'he righting was oxtramob' dos
Pflrnlowhen reglinunts from tho IBth
ntul istli aerman coriw nttaokod tho
village ot Vaux on Frldny. Dawn
was bronklng and ovor tlio country
bung a whlto mist, making ovory
thlug Invlslblo boyand n hundred
yards. This enabled the nurmans to
get within rushing dlstnuco of tho
Frenrh front tninchos, hut nlthough
they outnumbored tho dofmidors six
lo ono, It took four distinct assaults
before tlio first columns of Oormans
Hon the sholter ot a small group of
hoimo boyond tho church of Vnux.
Thoy then organized nn assault up
on tho ohurcli and tho Fronoh being
unablo lo bring up rolnforcementH
on aceount of tho Oormnn curtain ot
fire, withdrew tholr advanced ele
ments. Ftvo times tho North Prus
sian roglinenta rushed to attnok tho
ohurcli hut ovory tlmo they left tbn
shelter of tho ruined house they
were beaten back by tho flro from
machine guns and tho shrapnel .from
the French 68 millimeter mountain
guns. In the moantlmo In tholr rear
a curtain of flro was kept up by tho
French 73' and 310's so that It was
Impossible for munitions and rein
forcements to be brought up for their
benefit and the fight dlod down on
Friday night from shear oxbaustlon.
Frond) StnUmu'iit
The text ot the announcomont follows-
"There was no Infantry fighting
last night north ot Vordun. Tho
bombardment continued, howovqr, nt
Uethliieourt and In tlio vtalulty of
Uousmont, as well an In tho Wocvro,
In tho sectors of Moulutnvlllo and
(Continued on pago two.)
TRIAL OF OSBORNE
WIIITF PLAIN'S, N. Y.. Mnrch 13.
- The trial of Thomas Mott Oshorno
began ui the supreme court horo to
il. i mi mi iiuliitnieut charging him
with H'ijury u conneetioii with invos
ligation into hix admiuiatrntlon ns
wurdon of Knur &r priaon. Os
borne is nlloi.'1-.l tu h.ixe sworn thut
he had no kin'HUr ( certain Iin
mo rul conditions m Sing Sing which
had been testified to by olhere, in
cluding prison inmates Auothor in
dictment charging neglect oi duty
uud uuiuomlity io pcudiiij,',
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