Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
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5000 TROOPS
O'ER BORDER
HUNT VILLA
Both Columns of American Forces
Now In Pursuit of Bandit and
Meeting With Hearty Co-operation
From Carranza Soldiers Pcrsh
inii Reports That All Is Going Well
Villa Passes Up Mormon Colony,
Is Again on Move Censorship
Veils Movements of Troops.
WASHINGTON', March Kl.Pres
idfiit Wilson was informed by Soeic
tnry linker early toilny thnt both col
umns of American troops now in
Mexico in pursuit r Villa iiml bis
bandit wore meeting with hearty co
operation from tin- Carrnnxn soldiers.
SAN ANTONIO, Ton.; .Unroll 17.
--Tho first report from Itrigndiof
Ocucrnl Pershing, commanding the
expeditionary forces into Mexico to
Major noncml Funston slating tutu
nil wns going well, wns received nt
Fort Sum Houston this morning.
The report ilenlt with the strength
of Oenornl Pershing's command, tho
disposition of tho various units anil
the officers, tlio distance of the first
day's march ami tlio movement of
the CnrrnnKi troops.
VIIUi on tlio .Move
KL PASO, Ton., Mnrch 10,Villn,
since the purauit of the Amerienn
nnny storied, apparently bns pnsnid
beyond the Ainorionii Mormon Polony
about (tosnV'flwiiirteK'i'i'tlfibn' "din
itfitehen todnv indiontitiit thnt those
.100 AiuorieniiN are now safe. These
lUrtjinti'iio iwvo uredit also to Ciir
nnn force about Casa fli-ando
for putting up a front which stopped
ViUn from making his proposed raid
on the Americans.
Todn.v's information indicated that
the shifty bnndit lender with hi sup
ply of horse is agnin on the move.
Information about tlio nature of hi
movement wn closely gun nits! from
becoming public.
Cnsns (Ironile i about 100 mile
due south of the point where the col
umn of fionornl Pershing entered
Mexico yesterday.
Despiio the rigorous censorship
which closed all wire, telegraph and
telephone, to military new, the tory
of the I'. S. troop crossing tho bor-
dor got out in oho form or another
by devious ways. Tho facts were a
follew:
Story of Crossing
About 10 o'elnak yesterday morn
ing the troO foil in ht their enmps
in full inarching order. The older
to move vnmn about 1 1 and wa nns
wcrwl by a shout from the men. Then
the aohinin Mtarted out. Cowboy off
the ranges enrolled as scout, nd
naalrv led the way. Two infantry
regiments, some fluid artillery and a
vagoii train cam after. The depart
ure of the force was unmarked by a
single dramatic detail. It wa a bii
inossliko as a practice march. A
long, haiy line of alkali dut, stand
ing out against tho dull white of tho
plain and tho blaaUyr light of tho
tun marked their progress toward the
border, as viewed from a hill above
I he illago,
Heiioral Pershing aoenmpanied the
fierce n far as the bonier, but be
oaiiu' back later in the alteruoou and
took another dlreetian to the flank
with n part of the troops.
Tho troop taking part in the
movement numbered about fiOOO and
were composed of the thirteenth cav-
" (Confinuod on page two.)
XEW yOItlv. March II.-A check;
fe -13AS,i:(l. otic i mc miuci
ever p'd m th I'nUtd Stnt.
piued through the New York clear
ing kou toila.v. The chck us
.Irawn r the WcJhani ! McIhIh
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SIX AMERICAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN Ti
l' -liO : PQ irrigation
I ft w ' fc tw UtT '"r ET FAVORABLE
I'oul Simon
KAISER AVOIDS
BREACH WITH
ONITEO STATES;
Admiral Von Tlrpltz Out as Result
of Emperor's Decision Not to Ex
tend Submarine Warfare to Neutral
Ships Seeks to Keep Peace With
. America.
HKItLlN, Mm oil 1C "In tome
qunrterM," any tho noml-offli'lnl Ov
oraua Xowa ngoney, "tho liollof jiro
valU that tho iohIkiuUIoii of Admiral
Von Tlriilt. uh mlnlnter of mnrlne
whh connoctod with Hmporor Wll
llnm'a declHlon not to oxtoud suihmn
jJiiq warfare beyond tho limit an
nounced to noulruls In the Oerinnn
Rovoriimeut'H momornndiim and not
to direct It against neutrnt 'hlp."
WASMINOTOX, " March 16. Km
per or Wttllam'a determination not to
provoke a break with the United
Statoa in the new submarine mm
nalKit even though it Involves a fac
tional contest In the Gorman relch
stag having alroady brought about
the downfall of Orand Admiral Von
Tlrplli blmsolf Is Indlcntod In to
day' Ilorlln dlinatehos.
UiiiH'Mir for I'enco
The tono of thoso dlHiMtohM from
the riorinan capital, although guard
ed, 1 taken hore to prove the su
premacy of the emperor, Chancellor
Von Ilothmann-Hollweg, foreign Min
ister Von Jagow and the army, which
has been opposing the pUn of Ad
miral Von Tlrpltz and tho navy party
to carry the submarine campaign to
a merciless destruction of all ship
ping, whether neutral or onomy,
bound to and from porta of Groat
Britain ami her alllea.
The development Is regarded here
aa a potent augury for a poacoful so
lution of the situation with German)'.
The passage of today's Herlln dis
patches by the German consor Is ro
gardod aa showing the desire of tho
German foreign of rice to prepare the
Amorlcan people for sueu a contest
In the reelohNtag as wm recently
seen In congroM between two fne
tlons over the armed ship question.
KoImm DecliliiiK Factor
About a fortnight ago. It Is under
stood, a conference was hold In Her
lln. presided over by tlie emperor
himself and attended, among others,
by Chancellor Von llethmann-lloll-weg,
llerr Von Jagow and General
Von Kaikenhayn, chief of staff, and
It Is believe! that Admiral Von Tlr
pits himself waa called Iq. The dis
cussion turned on submnriue warfare
generally and particularly upon the
attitude of the United State.
The general understanding was.
that it was the omporor blmsolf who
decided every effort should be made
to retain the friendship of tho United
States. The result was the rejection
of tho proposed extension of subma
rine warfare to affect neutral nations.
on Tlrplli' retirement fallowed nat-'
urU) Mie rejettion pt the plans he
had fatlieied
ARMY BILL GIVEN
OF
WASHINGTON. March 1C The
lvv hill gut the right "of wav for
;..-.. . uiwr ration in the houc
todiix aiiil .i -ptii.il rule tor it- cn-
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BEDFORD
lVanU T. Kliuluill
HOLLAND LINER
TUBANTIA SOI
BY S
E
Holland Lloyd Stiamer From Ams
terdam for South America Torpe
doed Off Hook of Holland Without
Warning All Passengers and
Crew Rescued.
LONDON', March 10. Lloyd' ie
port thnt tho Tubantin ha gone
4own nnd thnt all the pacngor and
crow ni'O auTo.
LONDON, March 1'0. "II is now
certain, that the Tuhautia wns tor
pedoed without wm tiling," telegraph
the Amsterdam eorriipoudent of the
Central New. "Tliore wore three
Amerieniis on board. They were:
Itichnrd Schilling, an AmericHii con-
oiil, Kinmnt Schilling ami Carmen
Schilling.?
l)NDOf, March 1(5- A Renter
dispatch' from the Hook of Ilnllnnd
says that a wireloa meHoge ha
lus-n received there staling that tho
largo Dutch passenger ship TiiIihu
tia, ontward bound from Amsterdam
to the Hirer i'lnte, bns been torpe
doed ami is in a sinking condition
near the Nooidhinder lightship. All
the wongr have been t.aketi off
in iHiat.
I.ON'nON. Mnivh Kb The London
AgcMt of the tamsbip Tubantia,
which is awhoiI by the Holland Lloyd
of AraUirdam, have received a mes
sage aaying the vessel waa torpedoed.
The steamship, which i of 15,000
grw tons, left Amsteidam yester
day for Duono Aires. She wa to
have stopped at I'abnouth and penin
sular jmils, where the majority of
the passengers were to have lteen
taken aJioard.
A Ufesa ing bout has left the Hook
of llollsud to search for the sUikiug
vesel hwI Dutch terpt'do boat are
leaving nnshing to hurry to the res
cue of lit ship's passengers in the
lifeboat.
SAX AXTOXIO, Tcn., March 18.
'u vmt received at southern de
portiaeui headquarter from Houston
of the suicide of First Lieutenant
Rdnard M. .ell, eleventh cavalry, at
Columbus, X. M., early Thursday.
Lieutenant Cell's regiment was a
member of General Pershing' com
mamj. Mulaticholi is gieu a fhe
eatuo.
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WHERE THE EAGLE IS SCREAMING
I SriCity , abkJij:. T
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OvTucson S T.?liiinai 4 JsrtlUSUol
n.J5S Nacobl ytJou.ftKL LfTAu $t', o s? , . -
jMardJ'ena 1 Irc l V A 7 n....-iwVo &W'o ie tSjnJete
OKKtlON. TlillMUN.
BATTLE WITH VILLA BANDITS AT COLUMBUS, It M., WEEK
lliiny K. Uwell
ilolm (i,
of im
Bf VILLA M FJL5L
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DOt (II.AS, Arir.., March 10.
Reports liern of alleged ic
sentmcut of Mexicans of the
invasion of their tenitory by
American soldier, apparently
emanated from Villa and other
Ti
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sniirco antngonlatio to Car-
T rjliyn nn flitu sittn nV Ilia lull..
der. One icport saying Oeneral
Aharo' Obregon ha lieen ns
saHNinaled wn titiced to thi
eniiree.
(lenenil Calbw received a
message from Colonel Dato
Campbell today saying ho wn
making all poU)lo hnto to gef
to Ojitn mm wljh hi eolitnui
of BOO cavalry, in Jailor to pre-
vent Villa entering Sonorn. It
wii said hen' that Villa might
try to use that pus in order to
rani hi I igre and iciich In sup
pl of fund.
M0IM
WASHINGTON, March Hi.
deniirtmcnt disnntches todnv
Stnt.
said
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Americans in Mexico, imiticulinlv in'baw appreeiaibly increased in io-
the ititorior stales, wotb leaving in
IHiiHts in Sonorn kaid Americans were
leaving.
A retwrl from MohIssb eonrce
said that General Calles. .militan
goveninr of Son. .in, hod placed 'OO0
troops in norilii-a-i Sonora for the
supprcsi-ioii of border raid.
NO MEXKAN REVOLT
NO GENERAL KILLED
MAR FA, Tcn., March 1(1. -Rts.rts
from Ojinaga Tuesday night that the
Cnrrana garrison thero had revolt
ed and killed their commander, Col
onel Rojas, today were denied in tel
ephone incuge-. from Presidio, Tex.
opiMite Ojinau
llordur condition -
lire calm here.
lai-ge numbers, either for tho I'uilwl lent in the region of Rose and tile i Tj (ht ror"ti,yjyjUj
whoiv (Miner prnit'i'iiitu wnm inMHini - . ......p..u .... ....,...., ... warning "be cNrefill
by Carmniui troops. Reports from ter jMrsistent artillery premtion, . . . " '
m..I.. !,.. v.. ' J ml....-.l ......In . ,,,.t,..r ..f II....Lw. mil with. ,"nlwl Dflul '00 I
iiirAit'ii it v. uf-iHPiiris j uiirun iiiiti hiiom' .. sif r. .... -f ,. ....
UAfJCif in. Wlii
Nloverfjelt
1'hmI . (,i'irriii
. One of Frequent Lulls In Verdun
Campaign Again In Evidence Ar
tillery Duels In Flanders Increase
French Counter Attacks In the
Champalgnc Reported Repulsed.
Today's Clcnaa u official lntei)iuul
eoiil'onns with that from Pari a to
the unchanged situation north of
Verdun. Its text, however, apparent
ly indicate that iHeHioii of Dead
Man's bill, on which the (lermans
vest enlav Tit)ort cd an "nilvniiee, hi
claimed b the German wgr office.
One nf the frequent pause which
i haveihuruclorwod the German cam
Mign for Venlun i again in avi -
donee.
,
lll'IM.IW Waroh in. A nuuiber uf
unsuccossful stlock have boon made
h, tho UVMU.L n the Uerman lines
h the French on the Herman lines
' south of St. Mouplet, west of the
r"!soHuulkflMriMt(l Jn Iks .JhsniiMKiic
.iiiitMlMfctil todAtt. i1itV(TuJlBM lot
two rtfneer 'Unit' 1 frnnTS? (rwMnti
end captured lueuty machine guns.
1 The lest of the siutemiHt follews:
1 In I'lunders, esiiecially ill the
J proximity to the coast, artillery duels
lence. iney nave necome more io-
out success, on onr imhuIiou otli or
. St. Knuplet uud west of the Somme-
! Py-Snnnin road. 'I'hi eaiWHl us
few losit, whereas their loas were
numeious. We took there two offi
cers and 1"0 imwouuded prisoners
and euptured two machine gnus.
"On the IcA bank of the Mouse,
further H.tteniit t dispute om- pos
CKi,n of the height or Iji llowine
Moit (Dead Muu) and our position
in the wood north of it, were frtjs
truled at the outlet.
"iietueeu the Mcuse and the Mos
elle I lie picillon is iinchiiuued."
SUBMARINE L-10 LAUNCHED
AT QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS
QriWY. Mass., Maich .- The,
iibiiiannc I.-In. the fourth -iibmers-;
ilile to l,c built lor the I'nited States,
'iia - b the Fmc Ricr Shipbuildipg
eorpoialioa, was luuiichod ttsluy.
germans claim 'unarmed liner
deadman'shillwithamericans
: was captured ' dodge torpedo
.Atiuk A. Dobbs
, French Steamer Patrla Attacked hy
Submarine Without Warning Off
Coast of Algeria Had 29 Ameri
cans Aboard, Including American
Consul General at Cairo.
MOW YORK, Miuoli in. Tho
Crunch stoamor Patrla of tlio Kobro
lino, carrying among hor imMongnra
an Amorloans, IncludliiB an Amorl
can oonsul. wns ntlnokeil Without
winning by a submnrlno off tho Al
gerian const March 1, Oaptnln l'lorro
Dest'liellos annoiiiired todny upon tho
arrival of the ship from Mediterran
ean porta, a torepdo illroctml at tha
,,a,r, m," ''M by about thirty
,. , . .
NfiMtil (leiiornl Alsmnl
Olney Arnold, American oonsul
, ,,n,r,', "l c,r. w" iwasenger
I from N,,, ,0 U"bl- H told Dip-
lulu Descbelles he would forward a
full report of the attack to the Unlt-
fiid Slfiuu Rorernment. It was news,
iiuu,necr, m) iseisiii uescneiioM tnat
nltes have since reportod
t if. Ar,iM4 who was roturnlng
Iioiiih, di'i WJljU'on the day after
hi arrtmt WIlT
InformiCUlfli WtTfett by the state
depurlmeiif Vif
H on the
veig of a ae
wn at
De Guarde," liv wlrel
Iters. He remstneil on tlio brlilgB
all night uud had fifteen luukoutl on
duty.
Toi'iNMbi Seen by (TnlW
The eaplaltt sslu he did not Mb tl8
submArtse or the torpedo, sul koLk
wero seen by his first offlaar and sn
Humhsr of passenger. Tha ably was
making full siieed at the tins. Or
ders were Immediately given to stuflr
a nig sag course nud no further two
of the submarine waa seen.
"I regret to say that I did not
have any guns." Captain DoMhellvs
aid. and added that he would wake
request that hi ship be equipped
with gun hen he return to Frsnae.
Captain IMMchtdle ald ha bad
already sent a full report of the Inci
dent to tlie Fri neh Kovernment.
OF
LONDON. March lrt -An Amster
dam dispatch to the Exchange Tele
graph company says the municipal
authorities In Germany have been
Instructed to take a census of all
neutral foreigner who have Uvea In
I each city for more than five years.
Male foreigner who have lived un
interruptedly lu Qeruwuy for five
years will be considered aa having
lost their previous rllUenshlp and
wlil be reaardud as German and
therefore liable to military service
Thee Mill ), enrolled In Hie
arim. toil ulll not In m.iit tu Iho
front ih.v win iiu iut to hoik In
Oflli'-I o U lo leleuKc men Of tllO
laiiUtutui tthu mil thus U u'. to
take their places In the fighting line.
Ii Is ald Mieru are about 30,000 foi-
i'-r"' "i imiiuim .ibe in Uermany.
Mius
rvBjst TtEajfilu
Iho llni. ..t 1. 1.. ,l.lial.nK
li'lrtytcffjpjjiiiro.
lire tnsJlllhKnwui.
. licBrllelJoiv JJM,
e cNrefuJ, t&lrlna
Oo miles frolfrcltinS
ess froiirVTi
XO. 305
AGO'RFPnHT m
Survey of Water Resources of Rogue
River Valley Completed by U. S.
Reclamation Service Co-operating
With State, Declares Irrigation Es
sential, Gives Costs of Various
Projects and Recommends a Rec
lamation Project as "An Immedi
ate Possibility."
The reHir of fodeiTil roolnmntiou
'.en ice upon irrigation projects fin
the Itoitiie Hiver valley Jma been oom
plited by Chief Ktigincer John T.
Wln-ler and relensed for publicntlor.
It rceoiumend the m-meets n .
"jmi iminVdinto poaslbility.'' Th.
.iiru'.v was" co-oponitiw work b.
the federal govonunciit nnd Ktulo i '
Oregon under mi appropriation pn
ided by tho slnlo and similar ntuoiii.r
by the secretary of tho interior fro
the reclamation fund.' H donls wit i
the irrigntiim and water supply i .'
that portion of tlio Rogue River vol
ley above Tolo, uud more tmnooiull
the area in the immediiito ioiiiity oi'
Ashland and Medford. It 1 neeom-
punied by map of tho vtmontj pi,,.
Jeet and roads n follews:
Huiuntnry of Itcport'
"Tho investiguliotiH Imvo been
nmdo with iossiblo futnrp dovelop
meiit in mind rather t linn tho project
ulroady oonstniotui or.iropittod, al
thougli theso projcal Hhro' luid u
considemblo Influence on the con
clusion reached.
The laud i practically all in pri
vate ownership. SeetJnu of tho val
ley are closely populated, small rather
than large fiuina lining the ride. Ap
proxiumlely half of tJlo lley is
plaattsl to orchard, tho remainder be
ing devoted to the growing of grain
and forage crop. Tho nien is pm
tieulurly adapted to tho growing of
apples and peal, and somo of the
finest orchard tii tho state ro found
here.
The soil aurroy mfldo by tho de
partment of ngrhjnllui'o in li)l sIiowh
(but the uveragO texture of tho soil
is a clay login. The fact libit prne
licully till of the soils aro doetrnble.
with irrigHtioii, imlluHles that they
will stand the nonslniotiou almrcoH
of ntiy irrigation aj'stsm liaratoforu
f
OJHMIOll.
Iri'lunthfii Xecosjirv i
.yesiw of Hjfejjflji $&$lti v-
ill SIWsij lit. uu, muujaBUuUI,,
crop ih ws ritaay,
Tha wuiMa fnam nilali Ibu ....
npply for irrifaUou njurt Mmo nut-
urully tiivule the arsn is)to. two dis
tricts, which are treated In tho roport
us the Medford and Ashland divis
ion. The Medford division in eludes
all the urea extending uorth to Rogwo
mer at Tolo which Ike Rogue Hirer
Vulley Canal emniiany prsnoaes to ir
rigute. Tho Ashland division iu
cludis all the area sonth of Uiis di.
vision.
Hear Ciwk and I.lttlo Ilutlo
It is esiimated that Hoar oroek nip!
Little llutto creek, aiipplomottted by
(Continued on pago threo)
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"tsa,
POGET SOUND NAVY
YARD BILL PASSES
WAsniNUTOX, Mareh 3C Tlw
M-iiule today paxd Senator Poiu
dextor's bill aiipropriating $'J,005,0(IO
to equip the Puvel SAUtld DAVy yilld
lor cntiuctioit of bnttMHhipa. ll
now Km', io ii. fiiii.-c. Si n.ttor
Pouidexli i . . h.ii that Ser.Mr
Duniels hud urged the uiur be-ciin-e
the Mart) Island, Cul., yju I
ohimi; to -hnlloW V.iter, W.n Hh
.i.iill;le ir tuii-tru' ten,
&
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