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MEDFORD OK MOV, SATrifDW. MARCH 1s. mil!
NO. H07
Medford Mail Tribune
A
I AN
M 0 1
INTERIOR TOWNS
Cnrranza Authorities Request Troops
Not to Take Possession of Mexican
Centers Would Be Rcnarded as
Breach of Sovereignty and Break
In Traditions.
KI, PASO, Texas, Murcli IS.
Krnnclsco Vllln is In tlio neighbor
hood ot Las Crucos, 110 mllos sbtith
or Casus Grantlos, according to Infor
inatlon recoivod horo today tiy Gon
ornl Gubrlol Onvlrn, Cnrranzn com
niiimlor at Juarez.
1SI. PASO, Texas, March IS. A
now problom faced tlio Ainorlcnn
troops in Mexico as they ontoroil tlio
ronton whore Vllln's trail Is scurcoly
threo days old. This problom enmo,
not from tlio Villa clinso, but from
tlio attitude of tlio Cnrfnnzn authori
ties that they did not wish tlio Amorl
ctms to occupy any .Mexican city.
On tlio border, at toast, Mil was
regarded an tlio most serious develop
ment In tlio oxpudltlon to date. It
for military reasons the army of Ron
oral J. .1. Porshlng should fool com
polled to occupy a city, tlio Ameri
cans would bo in mime duiixor of
crossing the Moxlenn senso of natlonnl
initio In one of Its strongest attri
bute. Occupation of n city among
Mexican soldiers, and to tlio mnssos
of the Moxlcan people, is tlio sign ot
Bovorolgtity. Some of the bloody bnt
tloH of tlio last four yonrs In Mexico
havo boon fought over cltlon whoso
military liuportanco wan small, but
possession of which, nccordlug to the
idoas of the Moxlcan people Indicated
(loiulnanco of that roglon.
To Pm-xjimi TiikIHIoii.
Although the Cnrrnnsn authorities
are not giving up their sovorolgnty,
it Is r problem with them to break
this tradition and jiormlt American
armed forces to occupy cities as bases.
In making; his announcement that
ho had asked the Americans not to
ontor or occupy Casas Grandes, tlio
city whoso possession means safety
to the American Mormon colonists of
that ronton, General Gabrlol Gavlra,
commander nt Juares, expressed no
vexation at tho presence of the troops
in his territory, but he was firm In
his announcement that under his
prosout Instructions from Goueral
Carranzn he has no power to modify
the orders of his troops against per
mitting the occupation or cities. The
general offered no comment on what
he would do provided the American
troops occupied a Moxlcan city.
Dispatches direct from Mexico, and
tho official announcements from Major-General
Kunston uiailo it ovident
today that the two Amorlcaii columns,
one from Columbus, X. M., under
General Pershing, and the other
from Ilaclilta. N. M., under Colonel
Dodd, had gotten Into clogo com
munication with each other and prob
ably had formed an actual Junction
when a little more than half way on
the route to Casas Grandee.
SI m tuny f Adwiiuv.
Soniothlng of tho strategy ot the
dash on Villa's trail also was appar
ent. The Ilaclilta column made Ita
actual start from San Ilernardlno
ranch, which Is in the little square
of territory, about the size of a large
county, whero the state of New Mex-
(Continued on Page (I.)
IS
DFCSVE
OUR
WAR
REACHED
1'AIUS, March 18. "We Luxe
reached the daendve hour," said Al
exandre Itibut, mini4r uf finance,
(leaking in the chamber of deputies
last night on the financial and mili
tary situation. "We can say without
exaggeration, without illusion and
without vain uplimUn that we now
sea the end of thi horrible war."
jr. Ribot'n utterance is taken to he
of the utnot iupoiiance, as indicat
ing official iiniii with regard to the
reult of tin- bin tie of Verdun.
Whether n-m-v i or is not appreci
ably nearci. it i iuu)itetioaaale that
the tension in Franc h relaxed nml
th.it men'- thought, arc turned to the
l.iml ill vc!niuiriit ot M.-nt lnyir-
.(1.1. I.. (Ik .(111.-.
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LOLL REPORTED
IN BATTLE ALONG TO OCCUPY CITIES
WESTERN FRONT CORING PURSUIT
Germans Make No Attacks Ayalnst
Verdun Artillery Duels In Prog
ress Increasina Military Activity
in the Balkans Aeroplane Battles
Between Armies Raid on Mctz.
Since the united attacks of
Thursday night ngtiiuM tlio village
And fort of Vuux, northeast of Ver
tluii, tliu Germans hnve not advanced
nt iiiiv point on the defences of tho
YortrtwH, Paris announced today.
Last niulit passed without iufttutry
activity and even tlio nrlillory action
ih dexcribed uh intermittent,
'HepoiU of duvolnpmoiiN of impor
(iince in tlio other war fields are lnek
uig. There nppetjr io he incrouMiig
military activity in tlio Hnlknn, how
ever. Heavy troop movements in
Hulgnriu uu repotted from lluclinr-
est.
An official stulcmont from Con
stantinople my. Knver Push, Turk
ish minister of war, lias leturnud to
CoiiHttiiiliuoplu from u trip of inspec
tiou to Syria, PuloMino nml Aruliin.
Xo Infantry Attack.
PAKIS, March 18. Xo infantry
attack wote nindo hint night in the
Verdun region, Mho war office an
nounced tliis afturiioon. There was
intermittent cannonading.
The text of tlio French official
communication read:
"In tlie Argotine region there hits
been fighting willt mini'n, which iu
Hulled to our advantage. To the went
of tlio lliver Mouse wo have directed
a concentrated fire on the Herman
trenches in the direction of Hill 'ill.'i
and nlxo on tho Corlienttx wood. To
thin the enemv did not lesponri.
"To the eut of the Motco there
hug been n violent bombardment in
the region of Vaux.
"To the northeast of St. Mihiel our
long-range artillery bombarded nil
lnxt uiulit the roadwav lietwceu Ante-
mont nnd Yigneullcs, over which it
hud been retorted that cerlain regi-
mcntu of the enemy were inarcIiiiiK.
llnttlcs In tlio Air.
. "During the day of yesterday
French nviiitoix wore netive iu the
region of Verdun. A German ucro
plane of the Fokkor type was nctioiis
ly (laniHjji'd.
"DaritiK the night of March 17-18
a group of seventeen I'leneh ncro
iIhiick equipped for bombardmcut
threw down fifty-four largo nnliber
hIicIIh, forty on (he railroad fetation
at t'ouflanx and fourteen on the ata
tiou at Met.. Thee shells fell ac
curately. A number of oxploMon
were ohcrvod on the truck and
th ico firc were et in the Metsc mil
road statiHi.
"The French machine were sub
jeeted to a violent cannonading dur
ing this trip, but they all returned
tiuda tunged."
(ermnii Statement,
HKItMX, March 18.--The fighting
activities of both the French and the
German aimios on the western front
wore less vigorous yesterday, accord
ing to the oftieiul statement iuml
today at the (Jcriuun anwy h'eMiliuar
ters. The text of the statement fellews:
"Western theater: Fighting activ
ities ou both ides yostunluy were
o- vigorous.
"Kustern theater: Artillery firing
on the diotriot ou both sides of Lake
Xarcs was very active, A weak
I(ic-iun night attack noith of Lake
Madziol was cailv repuUed.
"lialknu theater: SouthwcHt of
Luke Doirun uniinMrtant patrol kir
uuthct "dcieloppd."
COAST ENROUTE HOI
WA8IIIXOTON'. March 18 -N'avy
department reports today from Vera
Cruz say about S00 Americans of
Mexico City and otaer Interior points
have arrived there, mast ot them act
lag upon advices from friends and
relatives in the United State urg
ing them to leave Mexico. Conditions
at Vara Crus, the message said, are
quiet and many ot the Americans,
after Investigation of reports is to
the fiitu.itlou, are returning to the
Q rlor.
T
Troops ChasinQ Villa Have No Inten
tion artl No Orders to Occupy Any
Towns During Their March Into
Mexico Reports From Front Re
ceived at Capital Optimistic.
WASHINGTON', .March IS. Amer
ican troops pursuing Villa and his
bandits havo no Intention and no or
ders to occupy any cities or towns
(luring their march Into Moxlco.
This was statcil at tho Whlto Iiottso
anil war dopartmont today ufter tho
rocolpt of a report that Oonoral (Ja
vira, the Carrnnxa commander nt
Juaroz, hail given notice that Ocn
real Porshlng's troops would not bo
nllowotl to occupy Cava flratulos or
other towns.
It was declared by administration
officials that tho pursuit ot Villa, be
ing entirely a punltivo expedition,
had none of tho characteristics of an
Invasion' anil that thoro was no ob
ject In occupying towns or cltlon bo
catiHO tho Ainorlcnn troops will keep
constantly on the move.
Officials said today that tho sit
nation at Tamplco, whoro unoaHlnoan
Is said to exist among Americans and
other foreigners had no hourlng on
tho pursuit ot Villa.
Reports recoivod at both tho war
and state departments today contln
nod to ho optimistic.
Sccrotnry Ilakor today Issuod tho
following Rtntement:
"The reports recoivod directly
through military channels, nnd those
sunt to this dopartmont from other
departments of tho government, Inill-
cato (pilot along tho entlro border ex
cept Home oxcltcmont at Tamplco,
which la, npjiarontly tomporary and
without cnuso.
"There aro no roports of tho expe
dition available."
Tho secretary said ho would loavu
Washington today for his homo in
Clovelaml O., and would not return
hero until TuoAduy.
TAKES FLOOR TO
TALK ARMY BILL
WASHINGTON, I). (, March 18
i3Rakui' Clark abandoned llic chair
and took the Hour in the hoitc today
to Hjienk for the niluiinitrution'b
army bill. He declared it was as
guod Ha eould be expected under the
circtunstanees and predietel it would
liave the general support of the coun
try. Summing up what he believed to
be the view of the American people
on the present (dtiiHliou, he Mtid:
"Thuy want poaee, but nut 'peace
nt any price.' "
"While peace is the normal condi
tion of Americans, and while they
lovo it iHcwt fondly nml pray for it
constantly, they believu thorouKhly
that there itru tilings worth fighting
for.
"They aro unalterably opM.ed, al
ways have been and forever will be, to
a large iamliiiK army, because while
we have never had a big ktunding
artuv hK', they know full well that
in other couutrio huge standing arm
ies have been the instrument of du
potiMin. "Theij havo no doairu or Miubitiou
to have our (Jiuutry pose as a groat
niililnry rower and tlioy Ijave no in,
tentiou of seeing it a liWjtless as
China.
"The average Amerieaii is iu fa
vor of reuonabl and adaiiuute Hej
a rat inn by land and sea."
The kMJer made no attempt to
dinciion the bill in detail. '
ANOTHER DROP IN
PRICE OF FLOUR
PORTLAND. March is Portland
miliars today announced a drop of SO
cents per barrel on all grades of
flour, patents being quoted at IS. 10.
8tnie .Januarv 2U. the price 1ms fallen
fort', ceut.9 anil ! attributed to the
eaknen jn iK-at prices. (
AM AN NO
SPEAKER
CLARK
m HUNTIFORCMEXICAN BANDIT VILLAjCENSORSHIP TO
DRiaGEN. JOHrH J PERSHINO
lltlgaillci'-ficnci'iil ('colling Is in nrllu cliurgc of (be t ultcil Stiitcc
Milillcr.H In pursuit ot Villa atro the I'oidct'. lie N icgiirilcil m'll filled
to lead the tuau-luint. Ho hKut scvonil yea cm In action In the I'lilllp-pines.
LA
REPORTED
VS TNG
CACHE
N
NAMIQUIPA
DOCOI.AS, Ariz, March is.
Pranslsco Villa and a large number
of his bandits have been located near
San Cluronlino, Chlhtiahua. and aro
making their wa to N'amliiilpa, iu
western Chlliuahua, near tho town of
Madera, according to a telegram re
ceived here today by lvos I.elevlur,
consul ot the de facto Mvxloau gov
ernment. Tho message was from Gen
eral J. tils Gutierrez, commander of
ono of the Carrausa columns operat
ing near Chihuahua City.
General Gutlerros wild that Villa
was en routo to Namlqulpa, ton miles
south of I.as Crucos, whoro Vllln was
located In earlier advice to General
Gavlra at Juarez, to recover a iuan
tlty of ammunition which ho left
there several mouths ago.
It was said by local Moxloans that
Villa has not less than ton million
rounds ot ammunition eaohwl in va
rious parts of Chihuahua. These
shelli and powder wero made by I
Villa, they said, In his Chihuahua mil'
nltlous faetory during last year.
The message from General duller
rex did not contain any Information
as to the slie of the caaho at Naml
qulpa nor was there any local Infor
mation concerning the amount of
ammunition hidden there.
Lieutenant-Colonel I) to Campbell,
In command of the ('arrnuxa troops
guarding the mountain passes alona
the Soiiora-Chlhuuhua state line, ar
rived in Aguu Prleta last night and
hold a conference today with General
P. KILiH Calles, military governor
of Sonoia.
PAULS, March lb. Movements of
trooMt on u I urge ale in llulguna
are reHMted by the llutaa uorreton
dent at Hucharct, Rumania, in a dis-
Mlch filed Wedueduy. It is said
theme operations are so t tensive that
both iMiaaenger and frafght traffic
have been husjieiidtd.
In Ituuiauia, the aorreapondeiit
say, iwsseuger travel baa ueeu stop-
1ed for ten days on the raiiiwid run
ning north from liucharast to Pre
heal, ou the Hungarian frontier.
FRENCH STILL OCCUPY
DEAD MAN'S SUMMIT
WASHINGTON. Maib 18. The
rreiich eniba--y, upon instruction
i'roin Par i- lnla, iiipli.dic.dK ilc-
Tlllli 1 III t III llll. Ill !( I'- "I'M' ll'il'l-
iii' div iMiiiiou ot I'' .id M.iu i Hid
RUMANIA READY
TO ENTER WAR?
' - - -- I I !- Id
MEXICAN
CRISI
DECLARED PAST BY
L
t i:h PASO. Toxnr. Murrh la. aen-
cral (lavlra, ('arransn commander at
'Juares. In a statement given out to
day to tho Associated Press, declared
that the crisis In tho relations be
tween tho United States and Moxlco
was past and that there was no fur
ther need to fear trouble.
"We have passed the crisis," said
General fjnvlra, "and I feel much re
lieved. There Is no question that the
situation was very dellonto and ovon
serious for a while, but that is all
over now. The Carranxa govern
ment has demonstrated its ability to
control the people and has boon ably
seconded by Its generals In the Mold.
"I do not wish to be understood
as In any way approving the entry of
American troops on Mexican soil. Tho
restraint that the Mexican people- has
shown has been due solely to thu con
fidence that they have In the first
chief and bis administration. Thu
American people must surely realize
the significance of their soldiers over
so Urge a part of Mexico without be
ing molested in any way. It Is a
supreme tribute to General Car
ranxa." I.ONIMiN, Murch 18. The ttvam
ship Palcuibang haw been toruaiload.
All tht members of the crew ware
uved.
There are two leniuer of tho name
J'ulerauang. both Duteh. Tha oria
uHe, uf IMJ7I ton grosa, was last
rcMirted h having paxsed (liuraltur
February 15 from Itulnvia for Hot
icrdam. The other vecl, of l.'tiUI lous
fid", Mim ln-t rcMited March 10 at
Kirkwall time I'hibiilclphia with pe
tlolcain lor Aalt'-uiid, Norway.
AUS7RIANS CAPTURE
HKKL1N, March ir. iiw laptuic
of au Ituhun position noitli of tho
Tolmino bridge head uu the Uousu
front u rcxirlcd in today's Austro
Hungarian headduurters -tateaaent
receii il hi n 1 1 oiii it mi i Tin A.i
triamt timk ttvtn-r UH lintiauv,
iiiiiuiii; Iiimii were xixtccii otlicer-,
lii'-iili'- i apt in (D.- tliii't in. ii li in,- kuic
.did . if 1 1 li Nil""' I,
GENERA
GAVRA
BE'ENFORCED
AN
Correspondents to Be Held Account
able for Dispatches Movements of
Army Betrayed to Enemy The
More Publicity the More Danrjcr to
American Lives.
COI.UMHUS, X. M., March 18.
New orders wore issued hero today
liolilbtjr every correspondent account
able for his diMpatuhoe under the tut'
tioual dctVnso act.
"American soldiers' lives iilrmidy
have been possibly enilniigercd by
violation of thu consondtlp," so Id Ma
jor Sample.
The major took measure today to
make corrcNpoudsul atHutly ac
coiiiilublc to the national dcfuuiu law
which, he Hiiy, lie is going to see is
nbservcd. Ho received tin order to
thi effect from General Fuuiton.
"Thee bclniynls of our movements
have, oC course, reached Villa, who
nulunillv hna taken menus to iiiaku
himself more eliiHivo," he xuid. "TIiIk
nioiiiis the cxtciiNiott of our lines, and
cxtcnxioiiK mean death to American
soldicrH from disease and other
ciuttes, and American Mnldiora are
American citizens (ho euimu us civll
iaiiN. The Ameticati people should
rcalixe tlii ami ubovu till, thu Ameri
can paper hIioiiM know (he more
publicity the mure deaths of Amuri
enn soldier.
''I'lirthctmoic, this expedition is n
IcmI of prcpitrntions. We uUu havo
u chance to lord the iowcr of cuusor
Hhip. If wo ever got into n big war
the efficiency of censorship would
be a life nnd dontli ninltur to thu na
tion. I regret to suy thut Home men
connected with the impcr havo car
ried mailer ccimored here io other
point k to Iclcgraph. This must ami
will Mop, bv power of tho fudurnl
law-.."
A a n-iilt of the new order, Col
umbuM ceased to be a invomblo place
fur joiiinalihtic enterprise.
I
IircilMN. March in -Tho National
Liberal group on thu rolcliRtug has in
troduced Its measure calling for the
earning on ot submarine war. It Is
as follows'
"Considering thut Groat Ilrltatu
not only makes war on the armed
forces of Germany, but has taken
measures In order to Impede tho
providing of Germany with food sup
plies and raw material, so us to com
pel Germany to submit thtough hun
ger for which purpose Great Ilrltalu
brutally violates International law
and employs force against neutral
countrlos; considering furthor that
Germany Is through unrestrained
submarine warfare to Increase the
Drltlsh lack of tonnage so that It can
bo made extraordinarily difficult and
perhaps Impossible for tho ilrltlsh na
tion to obtain sufficient supplies of
food and raw materials, considering
that such warfare would bring more
speedily a victorious end of the war,
tho Imperial chauoellnr Is required to
enter Into no arrangements with
other countries which would hinder
us In the unlimited use of the sub.
marine weapon and to permit In tho
war sous, against tho enemy's trad
ers, with tha exception of jiasseiiger
ships, such use of submarines as
arises from the peculiarity of such
waupons."
Similar bills ware brought for
ward by tho conservative und center
parties,
Ni:W OIILKAXS, Murch IS. -The
buttlchip Keutueky -.ailed for Vera
t'rtij' pnrlv IhIhv OffitwrM declined
io Mule why the Iveuiucky retained
W'Mcrduv utter xturting. I .ate lut
inula tniiU iiilditioiiul marine were
tiikiii abu.iid,
A V
ON
CN
NAN
OF SUBMARINE WAR
MILITARY BILL
, IS PRESIDENT'S
i i
'This Is Woodrow Wilson's Meas
ure," Says Chairman of House Mil
itary Committee Doubtful If Vote
Is Reached Before Monday Two
Days' Debate on Bill Continues.
WASHINGTON-, March 18. Thu
hoiiso mililnvy bill is President Wil
m's own bill. Chairman Huy of the
military committee so informed the
house today when debate on tho
-mcumiro was resumed on tho tcu-hottr
rule.
"I may suy," In said In reply io n
itumtlon, "in broad lauguue that thi"
is the president's bill; thu J. ho thor
oughly npprovoa of It."
Chairman Hay fivid the bill "envrics
out the recommendations of the prcsi.
dcnt'M mcMHiigo nnd goes tv llttlo far
ther." He lidded that whilo (he-bill
did not contain tho continental iinny
provision, the president was mitix
fied Hint the proposed fcderalizntion
of the national guard would uucom
pliMi Iho Name purpose.
"Tlk'ti," hitid Ilopresentatlve Moore,
republican of Pcnnnylvnnin, "gentle
men voting for this bill will bo vot
ing for the president's convictions?"
"They will," Mr. Huy responded.
Maun Saya luadcipiato,
Kcprcscntativo Munti, tuiuority
leader, attacked thu bill as being in
iiilcipiatc to meet tho deniauds of the
present time, he said:
"We ure having u little trouble on
tho border of Mexico and are sending
u few soldier into that country. The
time for this c.nnio after wo hud bad
troops ou thu border for four years
iu contemplation of--troub c, Yet
when this trouble ooeiirm flii'Mi
troops wore not actually scut noroha
the border until thu liousu hitil passed
u ruholutiou ordering uu increase to
I'.'O.OOU men to the place of thu few
soldiers who inlaid perish.
"Xovcr wiih there a more pat lllus
triiliou than that of tho fact that tho
prexent army and tho proposed in
crease iu it while stiffloicnl in tinicM
of actual pence, would nut bo suffio
teut iu time of war, or when any ou
ciiNiou ariM's for even a miniature
war, nnil today we have the greatest
war of the aoa going on."
Kcprc-ciitiitivo Maun said the
I'nilcd Slates must lake n prominent
placo in defending its own rigbta nnd
tlioe of Niniillor itciitruls, hud iu up
holding iutornutionu! law.
Wonts Linger Army.
"I believe," he said, "that it is (lie
duty of the United State to prepare
now au army which wilt udd to tho
weight of the suggostioua wo madu.
"The timo has oonio when It Is wio
for us to consider thu possibility und
uen the probability of tlie futttiu nnd
picture now for what may eome to
u. If we do not prepare now we may
legiet it to the end of our Uvea."
ltepreeiilutivu ICaliu, ranking min
ority member of the military commit
tee, said war came suddenly iu mod
ern limes and wisdom and iwtriotimi
demanded a reasonable measure of
prearediiess for war. Willi udoqituto
preparation in peace times, he said,
thoiixamls uf live might have buuu
saved iu tbe country's wars.
"Great llntaiu was aumuelled fin
ally to adopt conscription," ho said.
"I believe that if we ovor heeoiuo in
volved iu anv ureal war it will be
ciuiii' tun e-MH v to resort to tbe
diult."
POIITI.AND, March 18. With tho
local announcement today that Dal
tour, Guthrie und company had pur
chased the American schooner Gonovu
from V. II. Ferguson, ot San Fran
cisco, It became known thut tho firm
has acquired recently a fleet ot ultio
lumber carriers for coaatwiso and
offshore trude.
The vessels purchased havo an ag
gregate of 8,000,000 foot of lumber.
They include tho power schooner Co
lumbia rtiver. which Is boing built
at Aberdeen, Wah. Thu other vos
Mis of the fleet are tho American
sehooiiars Sophie Christiansen, Oka
nogan, Gamble. Cumano and Spo
kane; tho Ilrltlsh ship Yooman, and
the Ilrltlsh schooner David lvau.a,
mm w
a