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SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
Frost TdiilKliU Knlr Wed
nesday. Mitt. O'-'j Mill, 'M,
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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-
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TO LEAD TROOPS
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(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
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MAKE AMENDS
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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.
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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
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.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 .
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WAR
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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
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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
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