Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 14, 1916, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tribune mm SECOND EDITION WEATHER Frost TdiilKliU Knlr Wed nesday. Mitt. O'-'j Mill, 'M, -a Korly-flflh Ter. TXllv Tonth Tmr PERSHING OFF Brigadier Joins 4000 Troops at Col umbus to Lead First Expeditionary Force In Dash After Villa Cen sorship In News Bandit Reported Encircled by 15,000 Carranzisas. KL PASO, Tex., March ll.-Urig-ndicr Guttural John J. Pershing, com manding tho American expeditionary foreo ittlo Mexico, left hero on a westbound train 1nt night and siuee his dcpartnra military authorities lmvo refused nil information nbout him. Gcnnrnt Pershing's trnin was Raid lioro to bo going to ColumbtiH, N. M., where todnv some 1000 men of the first expeditionary force are in road iuess for tho dash after Villa. Somu hours after General Pershing left here, howevor, it heenmo evident that military authorities in thin sec tion intended that no information should leak out about his further movements. Censorship 1'nfotrcil Soon after General Pershing's de parture lust night the mass of detailed infortunlion which had been pouring in for several days from numerous bolder points west of hero nbout do tails of troop movements was stop ped. This wns in lino with the pnl icy fot coast by military nuthorities to keep secret any important troop movements. No information intoned here as to how soon movements in force might bo expected. General Funston's an nouncement lust night that tho ex pedition was nwniting only tho plac ing of ndequato bonier patrols did not servo (6 t'lCnV ip the question of when the troops will enter, for al though considerable information has been obtained about gathering of units for tho expeditionary column, ho military authorities have effect ively cheeked in secrecy thoir prep arations for maintenance of n sec ondnrv lino for patrol duty along the Amoricnn border. The shutdown on information from the border territory where the first large force had gath ered was taken hero to mean simply that the military nuthorities hnu completed their arrangement to try to keep Villa in tho dark as (o what pursuit ho may oxpeot. Villn L'ndrclcil Villa, heading south from Galena, is now encircled by Currnnza troops, nccording to advices from General Luis Gutierrez, commander-in-chief of Chihunhun, today. With 1!5,000 men in riiiliuuhna, nnd heavy rein forcements on their way from the di vision of General Colics in Sonora, ho thinks Villa has small chnnco of es cape. . General Gutiorrcy armed in Juoie; 4o(lny nnd cotifeired with General Gairn, the local commandant, and Consul Uaieiu of HI Paso. Alter ward, General Gutierrez gavo out n .statement that besides the troops holding points and maintaining pa trols, fne column-, of 1200 men each ro closing in on the bandit chief un der the respective commands of Gut ierrez himself, nnd General Luis Her- (Continued on pago six) REMARKABLE TO LEAD TROOPS BORDER i i -5rzwiiymiJii4i .iziJTrti . t s---.,-tS,"4::iJi7i"s. vJlil5tvc3pmwsftSc '-hawiKSIB3iiB v . T,3&rir vfi&juMi, TSr- -. c "r "uTr- "- .ZTl-LL . , j. . -L mtLJKsm; 'rJm9S ' 'mi?-4mKB "" mi ' -t - yaLr. - ts2mtgj vi4jii. ... n rrrA -iw. . jat, mi i jLKmmt&kTrfH - Joj sWufc'M... - 11 wm m MvmmmmmfflmzMi, m - - -,mi " - , .f . r . Mmkmtr-mT-' -5imFr&7ruimmuMn vv - rmims i rm i'rsr .rrwwA v i c Gspsr-"-. -. --"s- rmsiw. ysy im um .- 4itiBiiaW x-x?i?teii j i t?rg?rfe?- . ElWr1- -'-':tL-JlllB, 9 7Hr-v 4'-,:- Jv v ' - 1mKWTTftimnffW I we rxL...sjB&Li . vnvv"w j w ' r,7wmmmamm m.i wm i--- --' .-- - Tills rvinarknble ptiotogruph shows tiie ciact scene of Villa Uiudlt atUik. Hero Is seen tho camp (Vi- tho loisler In th nlgbt, fltwl buildings In Columbus, sliot Ainericanocltleiis as they il from their baniUO- veto kUJeU and t ba-tdlts fleI uclVsS tUo boixlr ilU ibo U-ooieO. In hot ,umUt. JFHMT ACTION ENLARGES ARMY T0 1 20.000 MEN Joint Resolution Introduced In House to Bring Regular Army Up to Flghtlnn. Strength Mobile Army Raised From 33,000 to 50,000 Senate to Act Following House. WASHINGTON'. March tJ. Chair. mnn Hay of the house military com mittee Into todov nrennrod for im. mediate introduction of the-rcHoltt-tton to permit the president to raise the fighting strength of the standing army to I'-'O.OOO men at once. The nrescnt strennth of -tho nrmv is about 87,000 men. Tho nddittottnl troops are desired to fill thq places of men who may bo withdrawn from their present locations for service in Mexico. Itcprc-cntnlhc Kahn said Secre tary Maker went over the entire situ ation with Chairman Hay nnd him self and satisfied them that tho men were needed. Tho becietnry said that no new developments had come in the Mexican situation which would cause tho department to desiro to in create the standing force, but that army officials were convinced it would be best at this time to fill the places of tioldiers leaving this coun try. Increase Mobllo Army Sccrctnry linker later explained that it was proposed to increase all regiments of tho mobile army to Mill strength, which would bring the to tal strength of the regular establish ment up to approximately l'J0,000 men, including tho quartermaster's corps, medical corps nnd other mix diary troops. The strength of tho mobile unity would bo raised front .1:1,000 to 30,000, which would bo the number available for border duty. Less than 120,000 are now on duty on the Mexican bolder. As the various arms of the senico arc now dtntribtitcd as to personnel, tlto order would add 10,000 enlisted men to tho infantry, 1100 to tho field artillery and UOOO to tho cavalry. The text of the apodal joint reso lution, which will be sent to the sen ate as soon as it passes the house, is as follews: Joint Ilc'solntion "Resolved, by the senate nnd house of teprcsentutives, in congress as sembled, that whenever in the judg ment of the president nn emergency arises which makes it uceessnry all organizations of tho army which arc (Continued on pago sir) PROBABLY KILLED ATHENS, March 1 1. The Tttik ish legation which hitherto has de nied absolutely the reports which have been in circulation concerning tho assassination of Lnvcr Pa situ, Turkish mtni-tcr oi war, made this announcement toda : We hat no otliual adwui eon et tiling Knvcr Pushn." lURKIsftlSIER " PICTURE SHOWING EXACT SCENE OF MEXICAN BANDIT ATTACK, SKIRMISH AND FLIGHT viluag- or CoiUtr0usr , T-rtw ALTCDFORD 111 STATES IK EXPECTED 10 BE 10 MAKE AMENDS E WASHINGTON, March 1 1. Unof lioinl iTdvfcos received hero today in dicate that Germany will make com plete amends to the United Stntos if it is found that a German submarine. torpedoed the Norwegian bark Silius, Trout wljloh seven Amei icons wore rescued in Havre roads. Tho German government is repre sented here as believing that a tor- pedo was not responsible for the loss of the bark and thut any commnnder who attacks n neutral ship such as the Silius without warning would be exceeding his instructions. The sinking of tho Silius has been the cause of much concern hero be cause American Consul Osborne at lloxre reported that tho ship was torpedocnVwithniit warning, Hi re port was based on statement of American stir vivo is. Off minis ure inolincd to entertain the' possibility that the ship might have been stmuk by n mine, but the ease is being in vestigated iurther. Todtty the stuto dopnrtmoitt raepiv ed another report from Consul O. borne which ntndo no mention of the cause of tho linking, merely snying that tho vessel was ununited, carried a cargo of grain and no passengers. Of the crew of sccntoon moinbor, only three perished. Among tho vic tims was tho captain, a Norwegian. WASHINGTON, rtucli II. The t.ccret sen ice today issued u warning uguinst a countcrteit ot the Vi note of the San Francisco federal reserve' bunk which bus appeared on tin Pa eific coust. tX&UiQO L CAS OREGON, TUESDAY, MAltCll II, 1910 M SAYS NAVY ! "liO NEEDS POLICY OF MERIT PROMOTION WASHINGTON, March II. Cap tain W. S. Sims ot tho bnttlonhtp Ne vada, told tlto hotiso naval commit too today of tho neod of Immediate construction of eight or nlno bnttlo cruisers to meot Germany's bnttlo cruiser strength. Ho nlno told of tho prlmo necessity of a policy of promotion by selection for tho grades of lloutonant, lieutenant commander, commnnder and captain, so as to put younger men In command of ships. Captain Sims pointed out thnt In the Urltlsh navy officers may attain a captain's rank at 35 years and bo como roar admiral at 4fi, Tho pres ent commander In chief of the Ilrlt IbIi navy, Admiral Jclllco, ho said, Is about -II; American naval officers tindor the present sjstom arc close to sixty when thoy become rear admi rals. Captain Sims said Sccrctnry Dnn lols was tho first secretary of tho navy upon whom those favoring pro motion by selection had made on Impression. "If ho puts It across," wild tho captain, "ho will stand out above all other seorotarlos of tho navy for It will moan a tromendoiiB Increase In naval offlolonc)." Tho wltnoM referred to what lie called frightful mistakes In tho tur ret doslgns of tho Kentucky and other pre-droaduauRlits, whoso sloping tur ret designs made them particularly vulnerable to long rango fire under the changed gun fro conditions of recent joars of the TJilrtconth rrgliiieiil of I burning home, nnd stole tavulry IN PURSUIT OF FRANCISCO VILLA BY NIGHlffi GUNS ROAR I V -St'JMLiisJ' ' lulled Stales Trooper, OBREGON NAMED MINISTER BY ; DOUGUS, Aru., Mutch 1 1. -Ten inu in fuulinjr on both hide of (ho 1 . ... 1 .Homer was tiotieeiiiiiy onsen today. 'General P. Klius Cnlloi, commander- in-chief of Sonora, is only nwniting ofiieiitl eonfiiuiiition from Cfirmiixu of the agreement between the Amuri- cait and Mexican governments bufote co-operating with General Fnustoii's 1 punitive force. J The appointment of Obrofcou its intnititer of war tor Can a nan ! ie gurded with the greatest satisfaotion bv the Mexicans here, as they huliuvc biw n)ipointment menus tho entlie ro organiration ot the Mu.xieutt nruiy mid strsngtltening of its persoinnl. It iu known hero that Calltm prob ably hud grave fears lent his troops got out of control, owing to letiM Itotwl Nnd olten .entirely unfounded renorU from Dnim las. After loamiiiir from Atuoriean nmreos tho news of thu iniiiunbl set tlwnent, Cnllei. last niilit took a se - cm I train to C'ubullona, whr he 111 wpeeted troop and gHUi oixlera fur their eoneentratiou, returning to Agua Priela loday. All foraigueiN that eonld b gt together nt Naeomi will arnve ut tile Udlilet nil it sMeiui tliilli ItnlH . . t . . . WAR A ANZA The iniinaueiniiit ol the I.I Time miiie'i mini til I'.i-Iii- it the Vnlted 1- -i iiniiuiagid l tin -uill 11 Sluii - it in t ( mi. nla u.i- In lit In bo u 1i.i.,i in Jm'hi ilhni Mm l.i-t Jl 1 .hi t I1..11 11 11 train! l tl.nlt bv bouts ',.l, i,il Iinl. 1 L.mdi- tml.iN 't J nr iMif- 'A h Imhim-i's, Just otiUlili Hie tillage or CoIiiiiiIiiin, h Moxlco, which Is also plctitrtsl. 'Ilio bandits, cross. boies Jieroro the trooper, who weio sleeping, weio urotistsl. In 11 pltjwl bnttlo that followed trooiwrs nnd . ... ?.... 'J$X In I lutse fler Vllbi MID CENSORSHIP 1 TO CONTROL SAN ANTONIO, Tux., MHrch 1 1. A rigid censorship wna ordered ta tiiblished nt Coluiubita, N. M., today by Major General Ptedorick Puimtoii. Ho instructed Iliigndiur General Per illing, coiiiiiiiindiiur (hero, to titko ooiniiiHiid of thu telegraph office, wateh nil automobile routes and tfimid telephone wiies out of the town. General Punston ssld Hist newspa per reHirts from New Mexico bud hmtii iovohIiiik every movit, of troop, the disposition of (he vnrlou forooe nud tho s mount of their otptlptnmit. "'lliero wits no use trying to eon ecu! our pluus hera while tliwre whh lk on the Iwrdor," ho xplInel. t"W Imu lo el." It wm indieatad that if thu cen sorship oidered tinluv w avudwl, j martial luw mibt be the next Ktep in cotitmlling the newM Mitiiudou at Colnmbiw. ASSOCIATED BILL POSTERS DECLARED A TRUST 1 .... .... . ' ( ( (i(l. Mniili II I In- .-- vvicnr. u ; cwAU?y hop. 1 " V ' 1 " M SSs. WAR NEWS BORDER WgWjGFZTJ- -. --- s set;. ... mM. .IL? W- "Ur 1 f i jjr''.-.. g- SSIakwr Uiii? ( atf .-... .-i' a "t-z&u? ' n vl "Mjm. ats I cii ?Xf4A ' . '1 JLm-i& ' AAut. '5fi rf . NO. 30'.) ON N VEROUN BATTLE Spirited Cannonading West of Heuso Bombardment Continues Violent In Region of Vatix and Damtoun Surprise Attack of Germans Re pulsedBritish Airship Winged. PARIS, March 1 1. Last night saw n continuance of tho military activity on the Verdun front. West of the Metiso the cannonading was fairly 10lct1t and n recoiinnisnnco on tho Vnrt of tho Germans in tho wood of ilaiidiemonl was cheeked by tin French, nceording to official nn uouuceiiteut inado in Paris this after noon. There was severe cannonading near mix and nlso in the Wouvrc dis tnct. In the wood of Le Pretro n Oennaii detachment ttdvanciiig on n FicucU ticneh was driven back, Tet of Htnleincnt The text of tho statement follews: 'West of the Meuso there wns spir ited cannonading Inst night. On tlto riitht lunik of this stream a strong reeoniiiilsiiiici in tho wood of HntnU tcmotit was checked bv our ctittatii of Inc. The bombardment continued violently in tho region of Vitus nnd near Dnmlotip. "In tho WoovrCf botlt tho French nnd the Gennuti nrtillery have been active, particularly in the sector ot Fix, but otherwiso there is nothing of iuiputtntice to report in this section. "In tho forest of Lo Pretro n de tachment of Gentians who endeavor ed t" surprise our trenches nt Croir des ('unites wirs resisted by a fusil ade and compelled to disperse, leav ing' seternl dead on tho field. "The night pawed quietly on tho remainder of the front." (criiian Statement UKHLIN, March U.No impor lant development along tho wostcm front are recorded in tho official communication of today, whiuh fol lows : "Generally speaking, thuro was no iliinunte. A small engagement near Wioltje, notlheast of Yprcs, ended in the Ilrilish being driven back. "A British iioropluno was shot down by Lieutenant Immehnnnn east of Anus and one went of llaupome. The occupant Nero dead. Liouteti iinl lloelko brought down two cnomv aeroplanes which fell behind tho French linoa over Fort Mttrro nnd near Malaueourt, northwost of Ver dun. Tho Inttor wna defittoyed bv ,our nitillury. 15y thoao nohiovomonts those officers lmvo pill bora do com bs t thoir tenth and eleventh cnomy aeroplanes respoutivct'. "A Hritish blplano was eompellcd to IhiuI west of Cambrai after nn Hurial fight. Its oacuiMiut were euptiited." WASHINGTON. Miiralt U.Thc hottiHi merclmnt tnaritto ooMmlttce io ported iuornbl today tho Johnson bill to rattl'v the Oiogon nnd Wash iimtini eiiinpiK't regnrditig concurrent pui-ilu lion mer watei of the Col it 111 In . inn 11 nil itt titbittanes lit omiieiti.ii with i'iiiittinv the ttsli indu-lr". 1 f.iKw"fci" ? sZzijL.' Li '., 'M -tl i - innLi I Jav, VGM. .& I -v. ". - nwlplil rjMT u-za Mmtx?mijm m-. a- 4 vTjHiB( t fliurrqRtAMiw4flilHLVS wgKHft'i 1 .',. 1 T" K?ti'T! fJi'n -.'. B- y, -T---' 11 -l j !J ill n