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MEDFORD 01UW0X, SATrRDAY. MAY 13. 1916
NO. 15
U.S.AI
IV TH HAN DM
CONSIST OF
Regular Army Capable of Expansion
to 254,000 in Time of War-National
Guard to Be Federalized as
Reserve Totals 425,000 Senate
System of Organization Retained
Vocational Training for Enlisted
Men Mobilization of Industries
Authorized.
WASHINGTON, May 13. A regit
lur nrniy of 1200,000 moil nt ponce
fdrongth, capable of expansion to
'J51,000 men in time of. war, was
agreed upon today by bouse and sen
nto conferees on the iinny reorgnn
inition bill, first of the liijc national
dcfciiNc measure1. Tbo report will bo
htibmitted to both branches of con
gro.s for ratification next week.
The volunteer reserve army of
1201,000 men provided in tbo senate
bill noos out, leaving the reserve army
to tbo national guard, whieh will be
federalized, according to provisions
of the house bill. All officers and
men of tbo guard must take oath o
allegiance to the I'm ted States as well
as to the respective Mates.
The national guard at maximum
strength would lie recruited on the
basis of 800 men to each congression
al district, whieh would aggregate a
total of J'J.j.OUO men. The roservo
force, togutber with the regular army
Of 125 1,000 war strength, would pro
duoo a combined defence force of
070,000 inon.
' Scnnlo I'lim Adopted.
Ill the agreumont on the rogulni
army tbu senate bill system of organ
iration was retained uk a substitute
for tbo house system, which would
nave provided a maximum army of
MO.000 mon.
The regular line of Hie anny. tho
bill now provide, chii never go below
100,000 mon and its mximuui
strength in timon of peace would bo
17."i,000 officers and men. In (hi;
calculation, however, there are e.
eluded .rj":t Philippine seouts. filOii
in the qunrtominstorV corps. 7200 in
the medical department, Xt87 in Hia
kignal corps and 87,'i0 unuseignod ic
criiits, n total of .'H.uTiO. Thco added
to the regular line of 175,000 moA
give a total regular annv pcacd
strength of 200,050. The president
i authorized to increase the regulai
army division to maximum strength
without congrossional action.
CoiiissltJon of Anny.
Under tbo eonforonco ngioomeut
the regular army would consul ot
Q5 regiments of infantry, 25 rogi
incuts of cavalry, 21 regiment ot
liold artillery, k voast artillery eorp
of IIO.OOU offieor and men, a ignal
' corp of .'11187 mon, including the aw
Ntiuu section, and nevcii regiment nt
engineers. In the aviation section
tbo number of otficer i increaed
from a total of 00 to 118. including
one colonol, ono lioutenaiit colonel
ami 111 first Nontenant...
The organisation (dan contem
plate carrying the full pU4
strength within five yoars m pro
jKiked in the original projMirodnosd
plan.
General officers of tho lino would
bo increased by four major general,
and 19 brigadier generals. The gen
oral staff of tho anny would bo in
created from 3 1 officers to 52. The
provision of tho senate hill, which
would have placed five officer ot
the national guard in the general
sUff, wa stricken out, hut provision
was made for oftieen. of the national
guard to be assigned to volunteer
f Continue an pag two.)
COOL AND FAIR
FOR GOING WEEK
W SHINGTON, Mav 1.; Weather
prediction for the week beginning
Hunds made b) the wiyher burgu
todav say
(icnerallv fair and cool weather
will prevail during the wegk ocopoff
Rok mountain and pUtttu r.siLO
inl fcr Pa. iflc state?
206,000 IN
i i
-VtKUUN KON
T
Douaumont Region Again Scene of
Heavy Bombardment, Followed by
infantry Attacks Which Are Re
pelled With Heavy Losses to At
tackersFrench Repulsed.
LONDON, May 13. The Douatl
inont region on tho Verdun front,
where the Germans for moro than
two months past hnvo boon fairly
clone to the lino of tholr original ad
vance In tho February drive, Is again
the scone of dcBUcrnto fighting.
Violent bombardmont of French po
sitions In that sector yesterday was
followed by strong attacks In which,
according to tho afternoon bullotln
from Paris, the Germans suffered
heavy lossos and failed to gain any
ground. " '
Tho roglsnutlon of Dr. Clomens
Dclbrucck, Gorman vlro chancellor
and mlnlBtor of tho Interior, is an
nounced from Dorllu. HI health is
given as the reason. Dissatisfaction
has boon wldoly oxprossed In Ger
many recontly with tho mlnlstorlul
handling of tho food situation, as an
outgrowth of which riots havo been
reported and thoro havo been hints
recently that tho resignation of Dr.
Dclbrucck was Immlnont.
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French Statement.
PAHIS, Mny 13. Tho French
trenches southwest of Fort Douau
mont and positions to the north of the
Thlaumont form wore violently bom
barded yesterday, occordlng to an of
ficial roport of tho French war office
today. Tho roport says that oil of
tho German attucks were repulsed,
tho enemy sustaining sovoro lossos.
On tho left bank of tho Mouse artil
lery combats continue uninterrupted.
Tho trfxt of tho stiitcinont says:
"On tho loft bank of the Mouse tho
artillery combat continued without
intnrriintloii In the sector of tho
woods of Avorpurt and lllll SOt. Dur
ing tho night w roallzod furthor
progros In the vicinity of Hill 287,
"On tho right bank tho Germans
ronowod yesterday their attacks on
our tronchoB southeast of Fort Dou
aumont. In splto of tho violence of
the bombardment which procodod tho
onomy assaults, our lino did not wav
er. All attacks woro ropulsod with
sorlous lossos for tho onomy. Othor
attempts during tbo night upon our
positions north of Thlaumont farm
woro llkowlso arrested by our cur
tain of flro and machine guns.
'At Kpargos a strong Gorman ro
connolterlny party, which aftor a
bombardmont attomptor to roach our
linos, was unablo to dobouch.
"In tho rorest of Parroy and at
Dan do Sapt thoro was quite a lively
cannonado."
Gi'i'inan Statement.
HKItLlN, May 18. The repulse of
a nlieht attack by the French south
west of Dead Man hill on the Verdun
front Is reported 1 today's official
statements by the war office. At
tempts of tho French to advance In
the Avocourt and Malanoourt woods
also woro fruitless.
The text of the official statement
by German army headquarters today
says: '
"Western theater: Iletween the
Argonne and the Mouse thore havo
boen lively hand grenade engage
ments at Isolatod points. Knemy at
tempts to gain torraln In tho Avocourt
and Malancourt woods were frustrat
ed. At enemy attack during the night
southwest of Dead Man hill, was
stopped by the fire ot the German
Infantry.
"The French suffered considerable
losses on the east bank of the Meuse
lu fruitless attack on the quarry
west of the Abluln wood.
DE
FOR EVERY STAIE
NKW YORK, Ma 1 : -A move
meat to form organization similar to
the local Young Mn s Ittr.oi rtlc
league in vr state for the rowing
presidential rsmpaigtt tigs ifeo i
proved t. William V .Mei'niu'ut
.bauu.au ot !' tleutMifclfe est(9Ql
("UOiiUtee,
ME
STEAMER ROANOKE WHICH
IiiM'i'at top, left to light, FJi-Mt Officer Hinrlcs CJrcviic and Chief Kiiglncci'
DlckM)ii.
SEEK SURPRISE
OF GLYNN SPRINGS
MARATHON. Tex., Mav lX Ma
jor George T. I.anghorne ami his fly
ing Mpiudron ut' the Kighth cavalry
are dashing over the whito Minded
hills in Mexico today in a supremo
of foil to surprise the Mexican raid
ers of Glenn Spring and Hoquillas.
They seek to rescue alive, if jmw
ihle, .lesao Dcomer and two other
Americans, John Woodson and V.
Halthworth, acconling to infoimatiou
that reached here today.
Crohxing va made yesterday and
military men here helievo that hy to
night Major l.Hiighoriic xhould have
covered fifty mile in the ehaxe aftor
the bandits who were lat reported
at a point Kcventv miles south of tho
border from Iloquilliin in an abandon
ed cave.
Chute behind .Major Laughorne is
Colonel A. C. McComlt and n detach
ment of the fourteenth cavalry, whoso
hiisiucKh it will he to expedite sup
plies and forage i Laiiglmruc and to
fight off snipei.
AT
T
NKWPOUT NKVVS. Va., Ma 1:1. -The
yacht .lnt lower, with the pres
ident and Mrs. Wilxon ahoard for a
week-end cruixe, auehorHl off the
shipyanl here this moruing fiom
Washington.
The naval yacht Slyph wa waiting
off NewHtrt New ami moii alter the
president's arrivul he and Mrs. Wil
kon left the Ma flower and went
aboard. The Sylph started immedi
ately for a triii up the J a mm, river, i
ami it h e.(tvi-ifii iiih ireiieiH
would visit the ruins of .lauitown.
No salutes were fired as the May
flower pasted Fortress Monroe, nud !
the lmttlehii anchoivd in llamptou
Itoads, and the president' flag was
not flown.
L
THREATENS CLOTHIERS
f'lllfAliO, Mav U Cl.i.Hgo was
threatened today tilth a general
walkout of clothing workers In sym
pathy with about 5000 cutters and
tailors wbo have been out a -seek de
manding maintenance of & closed
shop policy.
tfldney HaUrr.an, iroidont of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers or
Amoriia, ftt a union meeting last
night 01 lei upon the meniorrs of
BAND
RAIDERS
Die union to leave work and today bejAiltued .hi, ,tl
taid to evo rlutiUCK wurKfiH rtt (te- - 1 um - i, ,
TURNED TURTLE AE 5EA
FEDERAL
PROBE
OF OVERL
IE
SAN FHANCISl'O. May l.. - l'cd
onil investigation of the loss of (he
steamer J(o4t whieh turned tur
tle mid wont down TueHilay Kill miles
south of San Kruncisoo with a loss
of forty-six lives, whs to he slatted
horo today by I tilted States Inspec
tors of liullx and Itoilcrs .lames
(luthtio and .lo-eph Dolaii. The of
ficials planned to determine the truth
of the reHrts that the vessel was
overloaded, bv questioning the steve
dores who stowed away the cargo and
officials of the California South Seas
Navigation comiwtny, the charterers.
Mrs. .lolin Dennis, wife of tho Ro
anoke's second offices, whoe bisly
was picked no at Mca yextetdav hv
(the Pacific JMfiil steamer City of
Para, wmk exM-eed to he one of (ho
witniMMOf at the inquiry. Mr. Den
nis jn htalcmetiU made public here
today, said her Hiixlmnd told her be
fore the vexKel's dcMrlute that ear'
penters were -awing away beams,
braces ami certhing in the way, to
make room for the hirgtml eaigo the
boat ever cainel. She declared her
huxband lieliexcd the Roanoke would
get no farther than Kan Pedro on its
Irip to South Americu.
Manuel Im.. Joxeph Klh and
Chaiich Unpin, ilic
the dinter. Imi
Port Sun I. mi in
he quizzed d lln
next Hcik
three iirnorv of
Honied iilioie at
a lit'ebont, iii'i- to
ledeial lli-ie lot-.
I
WAMIlNtiK'N. M..v If Hi
jMitch of don i .irianz.n tioii-. north
ward towaiij the border i it the Dig
Mend diotiiet oi Coubuilit, i'eMirted
ill border aihue., was regarded hy
officiuls here todnv as M.iMy iudi
eatiug that the Mexieun de facto
government in making renewed effort
to eaplure bandits who have raided
American border towns. Heort that
,thc exjMidition might have a hostile
I .nrp. were not regarded ht-rioii.ly
'b adininintiation offieiaU.
They intimated that the movement
tended to xtr nulhen the belief that
the Auiet'icaii and Mexican iiulitsrv
authonties hud reached an unwritten
agreement on eo-opcratioii uhmg the
border to pit-vent fmtlior buudit
raids.
DAVIO CAPLAfJ CASE
NOV IN JURY'S HANDS
UtS AM'H.KS. C'nl. M..v H
Tile vafO of );,vid Cflplun, ihalL'i-d
Willi nmrdt i in gouni'i tmn illi Hie
OADIN
STEAM
R ROANOKE
RAZA
FORCES
SEN
BANDITS
MIL' "I til. ... ,
lili.'. ,i fK i I, t,,,' i
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WITH LOSS OF 46 LIVES!
David Mclnnli. Helow Ciiptnln
M.MtSPFIKI.D, Ore, May 13. C.
It. Hmlth, multimillionaire, owner of
tho Alenasha Woodenwaru coiiMHtny
and having a controlling lutorost lu
.iiiuuy other southern OreHon outor-
lirlsos, dlml today In New York, ac
i
cording to a tolegcam received here
by lleriierl Armstrong, bis loeal man
ager, i
Death was due to a blood slot on
the brain which result ml from an lu-
1 Jury which Mr. Smith received In a
Pullman car near Spokane while on
his way here from the oast tlireo
months ago.
Mr. Smith was a classmate and a
close friend of Piesldeut Wilson, and,
though a republican, cniitt United
heavily to his campaign. Ho grad
uated from Princeton university when
'it, anil shortly afterward ho helped
his father pull the Meuasha company
from a receiver's bauds and built up
an Immense fortune. Ills wealth was
Invested princlMlly lu timber.
It was slatod here that his affairs
were In such shape that his death
will have an offset on the conduct of
his business. Two weeks ago his
company here sold JMMJ.OUO worth
of timber Is lid to .Minnesota Inter-
exti. '
OF '45
DEAD, LA FAYETTE
roUKST UIJOVK, Or.. May IX
-. Caroline i;ii.abeth Watts, who
lame to (ireuoii in lHI.'i, died lato last
night at her home in (.afayette, aged
h1l. She wuk one of Oregon's ohlent
piouiH-rx. Mr. Watt was horn at
Hpruig field, ()., on March ".'. 1 8J7. and
came here with her parent', nettling
in Chehaleiii valley. On Im-tina-day,
1 H 17. he wu married lo Felix
(I. Don i of Tillamook. Iler second
iiiarnaire wa- to Dr. J. W. Walts,
who wa. r iverol'the I lilted Slates
land oi tiri' at Oregon City during
Prexldent Hum-' .iliillllllratloll.
FARM LOAN BILL
WASIIIMJTiiN Mav II. Tiie bill
etuhlinhing a r.h.nn of twelve tederal
bankn for loaning money on agricul
tural credit at low uiiereat entered
on it- last xtage in the hoiiM today,
with prosi.i t l a-.age bv niifhl
SIT
HER
N OF MARSHFIELD
A
m
YORK
DiMrieiiei - uilli iln- ini.il ( i, ..i lull
I i - - il l Pi -Clllltf VVoili( lie ml
i -t. . lu Min in . J
1 51 .000 PARADE
IN GOTHAM FOR
PREPAREDNESS
Twenty - Mile Procession Marches
Throufjh Flarj-Bcdecked Streets of
New York as Demonstration of Be
lief in Preparedness Mayor
Mitclicl and General Wood Review.
NKW YORK, May IX The grout
osl civic particle in tho history of Huh
country was witnesed hero this nf
tornoou when l." 1,000 cuthmdiistiu
men nud women marched through
flug-hedocked streets as u ilomon
strutiou of their belief in national
preparedness. The liim of niurchors
was estimated ut twenty inilos in
length. It seemed as if nil Now York
wits in thotrcets and (hero wns hard
ly a person who did not wear or wnvo
the Slurs and Stripes.
The pa ruder, headed by Mayor
Mitehel, (funeral Leonard Wood and
Hear Admiral Nathaniel It. Usher,
wore greeted with roars of applause
Tho weather was perfect. With tin
uoropliino circling over the lower part
of the city whore the pantile slutted,
tho first division swung into line
promptly nt UtfO o'clock. Tho pro
cession was not to end until nearly
midnight.
The mnyor's earringe was guarded
by mounted police. So ulosoly uid
they guard the mayor that ho was
scarcely visible to the spectators.
Itcvlcvv 1'anolo.
At 10::l() o'clock the iicud of the
column reached the reviewing stand
ut Madison Sipnuo park, whom tho
mayor, (leuerul Wood and Admiral
Culler took place among other digui-
tiuios to review the remainder of the
parade. The marchers from that
point proceeded up Fifth avenue. The
IMirsilc moved with precision and up
to mid-afternoon there were no un
toward incidents.
Twenty ahrenal, filling the street
from nub to curb, keeping in step tn
the patriotio tunes of 200 bands, the
iwrade that began this morning will
last twelve hour or longer. Il is
cHtimatcd that at least one million
pcivon aw the demonstration.
Twenty Ihoiinaud women are in the
pageant. Worker. in J(( oeciim
tions, lawyers and other professional
men, cilv officials and city employes,
and 10,(100 member of the national
guard in uniform and tliouMauda of
veteran of the SN4iih.h war compose
the long column. The lawyers arc led
hy twenty justices of the supreme
141111 1.
DciiihiiiU for a place in I he itarade
mi greatly exceeded the time ami
hmch I list Hie pitMMolcrs were com
pelled to reject (10,1100 applications;
Major (literal Leonard Wood, Iteur
Admiral Nathaniel It. Cher, com
mnndant of the New York navv vard.
and Mayor Mitehel reviewed the pa
rade. Auti-prepnrednehh Uodic ueh a
the Woman'ii Peace arty aitd the o
ciulits endeavored to offset the nre-
parednehB npirit hv eiienlation among
the Kjwetators of circular. Across
Fifth avenue fnHM the reviewing stand
the woiuau's rty hung out a banner
with the incnptien:
f 'There are only 100,000 o( you.
You are not the only patriot. Two
million, five hundred thou-siul mine
workers mid organised labor of Amer
ica are opM.M.,J to what mmi ami Wall
street are innlrliiiii tor. Are ou
-ore von arc iiuht '"
IS
I
lilds wore opened S4turds hv the
county court for the nur facing of the
Medford-Jacksouvllle road with
buckshot gravel. The following bids
were received:
C. K. Hade, asphaltlc surface,
U'IU'.66 per mile. C. K. llsde. per
spet'irieatlons, JXII2.16 per aiU;
Chris Xstwlek, llo ur mil; Ms,
ford Concrete Construction eoui-May,
JUs') per mJU; W. T. Schoulta.
11571.13.
The contract was awarded to
Vchoults, formerly with tha Clark
Hsuery company, as the lowest bid
der The specification provide six
inebett of lnjckhot sravel rolled.
with oneimh finwhiiiK ulfacv of
yrunite iblp i I
SCHOOL
AWARD
RAD
CONTRAG
OOIET
ffliS
ALONG M AN
BORDER EINE
Carranza Gives No Imllcatlons pf
Hcncwinij Sii((jcstion That Ameri
can Troops Depart Villa Report
ed Seen Near Corrizo, in Western
Chihuahua Lopez Not Executed.
WASHINGTON, Mny IS. Gonoral
Carranza has given no Indication, Spe
cial Agent Itodfiors at Moxlco City
reported today, of renewing Imme
diately throuKh diplomatic ohannola
his Riiggostlon that American troops
bo withdrawn from Moxlco. Ellsco
Arrodondo, his ambnssador hero, tolo
graiihnd yostorday for Instructions to
gttldo him lu Informal conversations
ho oxpoeta to havo with Secretary
LtinBlng. '
Major General Scott, cltlof of staff,
will roach horo Monday from Kl Paso
and confer with Socntary Lansing on
tho proposals by Gonoral Obrogon.
Ti-oop .Movement.
Consular dispatches todny said tho
only Moxloan troop movoments of Im
portance on tho border region woro
tho dispatch of forcos from Sonora
Into tho Ynipil valley, whoro Indians
nro throntoulug now outhronku, nnd
tho movomonts of parts ot tho Saltlllu
garrison Into tho Illg Ilond vicinity
to chock bandit raids.
An order Issuod today by tho war
department permitting Gonoral Per
shing tn appoint gonoral courtiunrtlal
to try cusc-s arising among tho troopu
without tho nocosslty of sending thoiti
back to tho border Is takon ns fur
thor Indication ot tho administration
Intent to maintain tho army In Iln
present status Indoflnltoly,
. . Wlicjp It Villa;
KL PASO, Tex., .May 13. -With
the conference over, American troop
disposition in Mexico ended and with
inactivity of (louoral Pershing's col
umns promised for the time hoing, tho
border today began inquiring as to tho
whereabouts of rVauciseo Villa, tho
caiHte of all the trouble.
lteKiits readied lil Paso todav
that the bandit leader had been seen
near Corriio, in western Chihuahua.
This is iu loach with the American
columns, hut so far as is known no
detachment have been sent to in
vestigate the reimrt.
From Chihuahua City Information
was received that Pablo Lopez, Villa
lieutenant, caught near Sautu Yxahcl,
where lt February he murdered
eighteen Americans, has not been ex
ecuted, lie is being allowed lo re
cover from hi wounds before being
put to death.
F
M M Ahrenx, the well known mer
chant and hla wife have been dis
franchised b County Clerk Gurdnor
at tha last minute too late to
straighten matters out He registered
before registration closed, April SO,
sud hoard nothing from It until May
10, when he received a formal no
tice from Mr. Gardner that his regis
tration had been refused.
Mr. Ahrens cam to the United
Stales when a baba of 18 months, and
his father was naturallsml during his
ho)hood. His citliOMihlp has boon
recognised by Uncle Sam for homo
fteadlng, and he has voted without
incMtioii during hi six years' resi
lience lu Medford.
Prosecutor Kelly says that h Is on
titled to vote, under tha law. Clerk
tiarduer says ho hi not. Mr. Ahruuti
, "1 havo voted without tiuasttou
alt of my life since attaining my ma
jority. If my registration had bsett
acted promptly upon It would not
have been so bad. Hut action wan
delayed by the county clerk, who
boasts of his promptness and effi
ciency, until too late for me to sand
for my father's registration papers."
STATE FIELD MEET '
HELD AT EUGENE
KKIKXK. Or., May IX- The best
track nud field athlete of Oregon
high xchools particiated here today
in the annual alalc inlereholahtio
track meet. There were H7 entrants,
representing twenty-mx eftooK iu tho.
v.iiiiin- event-.. The pielimmuriet
wire in Id this nrumg und the law
al- wire to be run oti this afternoon
ELEVENTH
HOUR
RANCHISEMENT