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Univeit of p-nn L lirary Medford Mail Tribune FORECAST SIIOWKIl.S TONIGHT AXII TOMOltltOW WEATHER .Maximum Vtwtcrduy 78; Minimum Today no. Forty-sixth Tear. Dnllv Klsvsnth Year. I MEDFORD OK 1XK)N, SATURDAY, ,)TXU 21, 1916 "a NO. 81 STRAINING AT THEIR LEASHES ALONG THE RIO GRANDE 1 CAPTURED II UO A . . , ji , " "TV -jf rniMim WIT 5 ,v ? I Massacre of American Cavalrymen Likely (o Brinn Drastic Retaliatory Action Against Mexican Forces by United States Occupation of Northern Mexico Likely to Be Or deredDemand Repudiation of At tack by Carranza Nearly Entire Command May Have Been Killed. WASHINGTON, June 21. Kolu t iiiiit- between tin; United Stilton and t lie do facto government of Mexico tiro closo to the breaking point today tia a roittlt of the belief that Aineri (tiii cavalrymen wore niBssiicred on Wednesday ut Ciirrisnl by Curranzu soldier. Secretaries l,nuing mid linker wore at tliu wliitu house euilv con i'oiiiug with President WiNnn. It is known that the possibility of drastic lulaliutory ni'tion against the Mcm (an foico in Chilnialiiia wiih given grave consideration. If tin Carranza government ucecpts responsibility lor tin attack at Currixul it is cniiidcr cil virtually ccitaia liy officials that oeciipntiou of most of noitlicin Mex ico will he ordered by President Wil feon to take ulace a, rapidly as (he nuccwury military forces can be placed at the ;linposnl of (icnciul Kunston. Demand Itepiidlutlou, It in boliovud the- first act of tho Washington government whun fuller Snforuiatioii is at hand will be to de mand icpudiatioii of the attack by Chi rnnxH. Preliminary re-airta have conviue itd official here IIihI the American troou were deliberately led into u Imp. I'mpiabfied reHidintinn of the at tack nail immediate ftiirreiidci' of prisoners pridmbly will be demanded, III iicwintion for early develop liwitls of k serious nature, technicHl harrier bud biien removed to allow iiHtional guard unit from nil over the country to be diNilchcd to the bor der H soon nt4 each is iviuly. Secretary linker hud issued orders urging BXtiiHiio haste, and final ac tion wan assured by congress today to allow Piosident Wilson to draft immediately for service either in or out of the I'nitcd SImIck nil iiational gnanlsuieu who subscribe to the new oath. Await I'lnat Itopoit. President Wilson Mt ill awaited a final reMrt from fleneral Pershing m the Carrixal flm.li, anil arniy of ficer Huid it might btt another day or two before thin arrived. Kridence now ' available flora American source seem to show that in both the Maxatlau and Carrixal (dashes Carraimi authorities precip itated the fightiug. At Cnniaal, it IHHarw, the assault wax treacherous and without wainiiiit. Wlu'ii final renirts arrive, the Wualiini'toti government i c.ected to iihc theui the w,.i fur H direct tefuteliou of claim of tlic Mexican government that American-, wete (be aggre..ors. Oeutaud probably will lie made that the act, be disavowed and the r-oiiMhlc Mewcun pun Ulled. Oftlciul- doubt whether the Carranza gn eminent will cuii-ent to coinplt le di-aovvul. FIRST 10 MOBILIZE POHTI.AND. Or.. June 24. --Com-lwny M, Thiid Oregon infantry, which wa reported troni Wa-liiiti'tou today to be the tir-t unit ut the na tional vuard in the I'mtid Stale to m actually uiutered into the tedcral Mtrviee, waa organised at Salem and is under command of Captain Max H. Oehlar. The compunt rvm-lnci the luobiliiation center at i.m VVitht combe on the mornuif of June 'u. being the fir.t to arrive. Xobtlua lion of the entire elate militia wa completed on the following day, giv injr Oregon The added distinction W III llj tllC tllt -l.ltc It, IIKlfllllf iU- mSk Wm mm- X jLJjal-JW ni 1 IX ijjHp VataBBP 'i 1 I ; V3S3KStlSSir'" - ,',Mtew &H?te?&,' iBPB I M3 -" ,! & tLSZ l J&tr ,?' - tW I roT 5hoiwoiiiiii m 1 ' ' s. xoSC 1 " J 'n-euibo on iloiui Horler. Souli-y on Oiito-l lluly. innpn'SfB Mpii NEGROTROOPERS RUSSIAN DIE a' l TRfJOPERS- S mSSm m mm fflffi SURROUNDED BY ISStSSSi PUTlFfiMlfP" GOIWEZ FORCES i b ii iiii ! n a American Columns Advancing From Field Base Threatened Willi Same Treatment That They Received at Carrizal by Mexican General in Command Mission Unknown. Cimil'AlirA CITY, June 21. -Auieiiciiu column. liuc been Keen ailvaiicinK front the Aniuricau field biiKe in the direction of San, Antonio and Ojo Calicnte and (leneral Jacinto Truviuo hax inmicil ordeiH to attack them if they do not immediately re treat. General Trevino ttaid the Ameii- caiin would net the xauie treatment that they received at Carriwil, hh he in deteiuiined to parry out hi ordera to the letter. In thi-, he Haiti, ho haw all his MtihordiuntCM with him, and they will Mick with him in enwe of a rupture. The .Mexican ciuaiuauilcr -aid to day that it M'emed probable, nut i ii M'cmeii proiuinic, iiut- flcneral IVrhhiiw m .dnAl Tfl OfTTI T of the talc of the iioyd - i Y i M I I I ,M I I I T t outMde of fie additional ! Lnll IU UL I ILL much nx ijtMornnt limn, that prihiuici-M now beinir liioubt here, the Americniu were aanihilaled, al though it was posible wore hud -cajl. (lenorat 1'erNbinw haa wired hrc for the name of the dead and the prixonerx. . Kb PASO, Tfv., June 21. Amu officer here beueve that the roluuiu bound for Ojo ('a I unite, which fleu eral Twviuo baa threatoueil to at tack, probably is eomMed of the lrooto. surviinur the Currual battle. Ojo Calieiite is hImmiI forty loiiew south wct of Villa Ahumada. San Aiiloiiui i- till, miles south east nl Nnuiiiiupii, ami the uiiion of the column procccdinir in that di rectum i nut kti"un hoc unlesk it be to ncaii h tui ,iIiii. ALLIES SUBORDINATE WASlIIN(i'l). .lane Jl llcprr cutntii" nl tin oiti'iiic ullies have ij.'iuhcd to the I iiitid Static u'ocrn menl their uilliutfiie to ubordinate their munitions contracts m thin cotintr lo the needs of the United Stale- in the pic-nit i mcrgencv. DE PALMA WINS 111 ViUNfN. It J. ?,e 2l Kulph He aliro tda trir. i'e an nual He- Monica Oct UlAOO'le derh ePl.Mi mile- Jlnl0r-im ecoud, HiekenhaclQr DiiiI. Ix-wi, fourth. mi 1 1 "- i mi,, i i; ii, ,,i, v , ,,,(., I I I 'I WS. UKIIMX. Juno 2 I.- Canturo of tho Hi'iuorcd fortiemi of Thlaiiiuout, north of VordiiiH and tiio Tort and vitiligo of Kloury, (urthur xouth, wng an noiincuil toilny by tho war offlcu.. (Iron ml alio wan Knlnod Routh of Vaux. Tliu aeiinans inndo 2,000 lirlKonom. PARIS, June M.- The battle of Verdun oontluiiod lant night with the turnout vlnlcuro on both sldua of tho JJcuh. The war offlr0 aniioiinriftl today that the French have reiialued a larae part of the ground northeaat of Verdun, near IIIIU 320 ami 3X1. UudertakliiK a vlgoroiu offenalve, the Krencli drovo bark the nermana over the Kroiind which they won yesterday. The battle wn particu larly violent In the vicinity of Pleury. The Kreuob did not aucceod In regain ing poaaeaalou of the Thlaiiiuout works. More than alx German dlvlilona liartlolpnted In the offcnulvo action eaat of the Metti cHterday. COAST SHIP STRIKE SAN rilANlISCO. June 2I.-I!om of a -cttlcmcnt nl the iinif-hii emeu's strike tsrew -tionuer carl today ou the strcnifth of a statement of .Mich ael Casey, vice-president of the Teamsters' uuiou, that the Water front Worker' association will ptc sent to the lougshoteuien u dau which, if accepted, would end the strike immediately. Casey is a dele gate to tha Waterfront Workers' fed eration, which will meet with the e ccntivc board of the Pacific coast district of the longshoremen's union today. 1'nion longshoremen, however, are trhiug to effect a sympathetic sinke of the allied waterfront union-, it Mas said, and the Ituilding Tradc Ciiiiiicil of San Krajcico has adopt ed ie-oliitious riieommeuding such a -tuke, which would include the union seamen. A similar lesultitiou, incited b the oHn-shop ileelu ration of the chamber ot commerce of San Fran-ci-i o. i to be acted upon bv the San Krnnei-eii l.nbiir cuiiin-il. COURT OVER-RULfS ORPET DEFENSE WACKKOiN. Til. Ji.ne 'i Tbo delcn-e in the ea-l ot Wilf OtHt, charged with the murdei ut Marion Iambert, was oerruled bv Judge Honnellv toirav when it a-Led that the So In- iKi-ii l' i 'l.n,i ,i , '& ml tie ld. Seventeen Cavalrymen Captured at Carrlzal Placed In Penitentiary at Chihuahua No Arranncmcnts for Transferrin!! Men Prisoners As saulted by Civilians. CIIIIICAIICA, ilev., June II.--The Hcveitltieii American negroes cap tured in the Curriaal buttle, lime been jdaced in the H'iiitentiarv here. Theie have bwm norrHiiKciiienti. mudc for icmoviiig tlimn to Juarea to bo sur rendered to the American authori ties. I.cm Ki'illshury, the Moruton scout, captured at Carrixal, also is in pris on. The prisoners were assaulted bv Mexican civilians as they were being transferred fiom the train to the Hniteutiary, but were landed safely behind the walls of the building, and according to tint authorities uru be ing well treated. The trooper Imiuuht here aic Pri vates Page, Peterson, N. I.bivd, W. Ward, .Ioiiuh, Koekes, Marshall, 01- i er, M. Donald, Williams, (livens, Stone, I 'a ii-is, ,ee and Orahatn of Troop II, and Hove and Alexander of Troop C. According to a statement said to have beeu signed by Spillsbury, which was made public today by (ieneial Trevino, neither he imr the negroes know which side began the firing. Sti)ltfhury'u statement say that Troop C was lirst to advance against the .Mexicans. It add- that practic ally all the Americans who lost their lives were killed when they advanced to a deep ditch in which Mexicans were stationed, und when other Mex icans, getting around to a deep ditch in the tear, attacked them from the flank. The Mexican numbered 250. It was officially announced today that none of the pn -oners brought here will be hanged, that "not being the cu-toin ot n i mlicd couiiln." LONDON, June 21- The Iluti-h steamship lirussels, with passeugers on board, has been captured by Ger man destroyers and taken into ee bruggc. It is stated there were no Americans on the liru-ueU, Announcement ut the caiture of th Hiu-scIk, which lieloiiifs t the tirf.i Kastsrn Hailoav company, was ..d tisUv bt an otiiciol of the line ntto. Tit etl oils on her nay Inn, Uottcntutr to Tilbury with pas. cuiit'rs nl niHiU. She Was captured c-tcrda. Most of the passengers were Belgian relugees urj) their way to Kngbind. t The Hlll-?els i- a 2 'MX-foot e-scl. I ' l"ll- .in- ,,li tt.i- Ii nil Ill : VKItOOHAI), Juno 2 1. Tho C capture, by the UumiIuiu of the town of Kuty In (lallclu ncrnaa :: tho llukoulnu border nt the fc foot of tho Carpathian iiioun- tnltta, waa announced today by tho war office. . .;. " E EMERGENCY BILL iWA8IIIN(JTON, Juno 3 I gtrlpped or Its $1,000,000 relief (irovlalnit for families of iiillltlameu, the aenate military eommitteo today orderoil favorably reported tho Hay resolu tion, adopted by the hiiuno yesterday to authorise the ilrurtlng or tliw Xa (lonal fiuard Into the service of the (Tutted States. A substitute for the relief provision directs that the mUttlameu having dependent families should be discharged at ohoo. The sedate oommltte also ollmltmt ed the priivislon that mlltlamen to be engrafted Into the regular service should "serve not exceellng three years," thus providing that they shall remain In service, "for the period or the emergency," as passed, the meas ure stands virtually as It was when first Introduced In the house. Denator Chamberlain, chairman of the committee, announced that he would report the amended resolution later today and would aak unanimous consent for IU Immediate coasldeia- tlon and adoption. The committee was praetlcally unanimous In voting to eliminate the $1,000,000 sectlou. PoHTI.AMi ir June 21. - L'n less the war department orders oth erwise, Adjutant (leneral (leorge A. White stated here today thut no more infantry coniuiuies would be re cruited in Oregon until the Coast Ar tillery goes lo the front as infantry. General White telegraphed lo Wash ington offering the Coast Artillery, which has been trained for infantry service, for use on the border. If the offer is accepted twelve new com panies of Coast Artillery will be or ganised lo take the (daces of the present forces. HPMMMMaSS. A. B. Hill and R. M Hill, Jr., ar dyed last niaht from I'etaluma In tMflr new Mm moil i ,tr Tlie will ll'it .'"i l' tali ui.t (e)'iiotlow. SENAT AMENDS WTH A 1 L) 001 Mormon Scout Captured hy Mexi cans Tells of Battle of Carrlzal Americans, All Out In Open Were Surrounded hy Mexicans Durlnu Parley and Raked hy Machine Gun. CIIHICAHl'A, Mi.. June 21. hem tSpillsbuiy, the Moiiuou scout, captured at Carrixal, who is in prison here, in a statement gives the follow ing account of the battle. I. linns Closo Toftutliui'. "The Iron- were about 200 yards apart during the conference. Cup tains lloyd and Morey and I advanc ed half way to meet (leneral domes. It was twenty minutes after we had returned to our res'iective lines mid Hoy 1 1 had given numerous orders to his men and those of Captain Morey, who were stationed some distance away, in line, before lloyd gave the order to advance. "The opMisiug sides were within lot) yards of each other when the firing began. Neither the negroes nor I know who fired first. 1 re mained behind. "Troop C got aa far as a deep ditch, where the Mexicans were idaeed, practically all who lost their lives were there, including Iioyd and Adair. The Mexicans did heavy exe cution with a machine gun, and then, getting around to it deep ditch in the tear, attacked the American from that Minl. "The whole of Troop C waa sur rouuded ami not many seemed to get away. The horn-holders bolted with a few of the mounts, but the remain der were bottled up und were cap tured. "A bullet took off my hat and an other grused my arm. One of the negroes who waa captured i wounded. All Out In Open, "In jail here the uegmea are very bitter about being led into what (hey cgll a deadfall. They were entirely in the ojien with natural defenses all a round them, such as brush and ditches, of which tbe a-Iexieana unt il in II , took advantage. "The Mexicans engaged were about 2"0 in number." The statement concludes bv cred iting Spillsbury with saving that in the first conference he told lieuten ant Colonel Kivus thut if he person ally were able lo get word to (leneral Pershing, he believed he could avert the trouble that threatened, and that he concluded when he beurd after the fight that (leneral Uoiaex was killed that he certain!, would be -hot im nicdialelv. AfflERICAN AVIATOR KILLED AT VERDUN PAUIK, June 24. -Corporal Victor Chapman of New York, a member of the Vaneo-Ameriuan flying corps. wa- killed w-terdnv at Verdun after In num.. ilntwi thiee (leiman aero- r-"" 40 MISSING Pershlnrj Reports That Out of Boyd's Command of Eiflhty-fourT Eleven Return, Sixteen Picked Up hy Cavalry, Seventeen Captured hy Mexicans, Leaving. Forty Killed and Missing All Accounts Agree That Shooting Was Unprovoked and Be gun hy Mexicans. SAN ANTONIO, Tox., Juno 24. Comploto dlsorKnuUntlou of tho two trooiw that woro onRnRcd In tho din URtrotis combnt Wednesday morning nt Carrlzal with Cnrrnnzn'a troops, and tho practical annihilation ot thon0 actually In tho fight, was Indi cated In n roport from Oonoral I'orsh Iiib to (lomirnl Kuiiston today. (lonornl Pershing roportod lato to day that 11 survivors of tho Carrlzal fluht bad returned, 1C woro reported to have boon plckod up by tho cavalry relief column and 17 to havo boon captured by tho Moxlcans, loavliiR uu accounted for 40 of tho 81 offlcoru nnd mon who woro under Captain Doyd. Ono lmckor nnd eight enlisted men of C troop nnd aovon mon of K troop woro plckod up yesterday inorntiiR by Lloutonant Moyer near Santa Ma ria. All woro borsoholdors. Tho Marlon thoso men told woro almost Idontlcnl to thoso told by tho other HtniRKlors that ronched tho transmit, solti IIiioh yostorday. ,Marhliic. (Juii Started l'jrn. Tho troopora told their stprlos bo fore tlioy bad ro-outorod camp niul had an opportunity to talk with tho atraRglora who hud procodud thorn. The accounts they ihvo woro said to have homo out In all oeeontlal do.tc.llH those previously told. They said they saw Genornl Kollx domes and bis aldo ride forward to parley with Captain Iioyd, and later saw him inovo toward the flank or the .Mexican troop that .had boKtiii closing In on the American force Ac cording to tholr story, tho first. Intimation anyono had that hostilit ies wore determined upon was tho outburst of machine gun flro. Thoy corroborated tho Hocounts that said It was not until then Hint Captain lloyd gave the command for his men to dismount and return the flro. The Mexicans during the parley bad crowded forward nnd had an sumed such positions that when thoy attacked they were In position to sweep with killing flro, tho Ameri can Hue, standing exposed In tho open. Only Wounded Isift, Officers at (ieueral Kunstoit'H bond, quarters seemed eonvluood after studying (leneral PorshlnR's lutost report, that all of the two trooiw that would be found now would bo wounded and that, therefore, tho battered remnant eould not havo moved far from the scene of tho risht. General Pershing's mention of tho rescue ot 16 men by Lieutenant Meyers gave headquarters hero thu first Information that bo sent out more than the two squadrons ot the 11th lu search of tbe scatt&rod troop, era. It was believed that tho W( Miuadrous bad beeu held Intact and were driving directly along tho ter ritory to Carrlsal. Ueneral Pershing had net Indicated that he had sent a supporting column, (Continued on page six) i , bs t w wrnt WASHINGTON'. June 24. A fore east tor the week beginning Sunday, issued bv the weather bureau today, says : "Rocky mountain and plateau re re geon: Generally lair, except local showers are piob.iblc tir-t ot week in northern Kocv mniiiitiim region and Idaho. "Par ittc states- l-'atr WtatUtr Hllll moderate temperatures, except local showers are probable Sunday and Moudax in north Pacific ntuJosY1 j Hi Vr Mf yiini ie nonuiHAif