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TV nT. TT THE DAIL-r OAPITAi JOtTKlTAl, BAXEM, OSEOON. SATURDAY, MAT 2, 1914. AMERICA!! TROOPS AND WARSHIPS I FACE TASK OF PACIFYING ' DISTURBED MEXICO ' At New Crisis After Months of Patient Waiting For Peace. United States Well Equipped to Police Fiery Republic, Uncle Sam's Efficiency. FIIOM tbo day that it became parent that the dreams and , "tabulnry properly equipped and back Ideal, of Francisco Madero I e"n " 'e ?! could not take the place ot tho I Ue Unlte(1 urrtao the clt" rclentless materialism of PorQrlo Waa i , , , , ' it hourly became more evident that the United States wight be forced to PRINCIPAL CAUSE uwwi i WW tiwi'.jwip 'if ' V-.V' j?' Tj .' ' "' ' i. ' U '''" -' . fi V'i' . ' , p ' ?tj.7;rK a Photo copyright, 1913, by American Press Association, VICTORIANO HUERTA. lutorvene in Mexico. Tho flmt nmtter ings hist June, the more recent "pres Biiiu" ami the stops which followed wore simply regurded ns the loglcul progruNa toward a forcible solution of tho problem which hax been a thorn in tho side of America for years. Along the border towns there have Ih'imi massed troops for months, umuy of them trained and seasoned Dghters. Conservative estimates placed the num ber of men immediately available for a campaign In Mexico at about 05,000. In addition to these there are availa ble within o short time 20,000 addi tional men. Tho population of Mexico is about U.OXKHM). nrctirutn rmnnuhiHnii nf course being Impossible. Of tills uuni- oer over .ooo.uuu lire oi luo wince race, mostly of Spanlsb descent, many of them as highly educated and culti vated aa can be found anywhere, with u sprinkling of white foreigners num bering iierhaps, until President Wil son's recent warning, 50,000. The re maining 11,000.000 or 12,000,000 aro nearly equally divided between the pure blooded Indians, the descendants of the aborigines whom Cortes found tliero, and the mestizos, or people of mixed blood, the latter somewhat out numbering the former. Tho great mass of the people are ignorant and Illiter ate, living from hand to mouth on starvation wages, without ownership lu tho land. ' . . Guerrilla Warfare Faarad. It is this element in Mexico that may j cost hundreds of American lives. At a luncheon In Juarca at which Mox- lean federal olllcers Wei's present it i was admitted that the t'nlted States I would have little trouble blockndimi I nil tho ports and thnt nit the land Hues 1 couid lm cut off and the supply of urn-1 munition shut off. j "You have done nil that, and wo are j In tho mountains," said nn oillcor of ' Bala star's command. "How aro you go- ; lug to get nt us? We know tho coun- j try; wo know every water bole, the j places of the forage, the securest hid ing places. We will bo able to live where none of you gringos can last What ore you going to do then?" That was answered by tho fore casts of tho government plan. The Mexicans in the mountains the Zapn- tns, the Snlazars, the Orojjcos, tho VII- ' las and all the other half bandits, half revolutionists, now on one side mid now on the other will be fought by i their compatriots. Sure pn.v. good clothing, comfortable surroundings nd 1 fair treatment will bate a marvelous I effect In a short time. An efficient con-. Many Battleships at Principal Mexican Ports - Soldiers Long on Alert to Move From Galveston Facts About Kusrta and Mexico. u is uoro mill major ueiicrm ivn- llatn II. (.'after Is expected to figure. 1 Cor months ho hiifl bad under hliu 10,- OF THE TROUBLE 'IV 000 Infantrymen at Texas City, Tex., and nt Galveston, Tex. It was early planned that on General Carter and these troops would fail the first real war movement. These men are tried soldiers, all hardened by active service mid pccullurly (Htt'd for the kind of EYES OF THE WORLD' 1 i,i t ' k i ; - ' x , i - ' . , .? i f j- I . . - f ; . i 5 - - "'i," f Photos Copyrttiht, 19 IS, by American Press Association, UPPER LEFT, SECRETARY OF 8TATE WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. UPPER RIGHT, PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON. LOWER LEFT, , SECRETARY OF WAR LINDLEY M. GARRISON. LOWER RIGHT, SECRETARY -OF THE NAVY JOSEPHUS DANIELS. service expected In a clash with Mex ico Qanaral Carter Finished 8oMwr General Carter baa seen active aer ice in the Indian campaigns and In the Philippines and has distinguished him self on several occasions, lie baa serv ed on the general staff of the army and boa a thorough knowledge of the rout-. Ino work of the "desk man" at Wash ington. General Carter's abilities as a covul ry commander are exiwted to s!ior up strongly. Preliminary operations in Mexico fall mostly nn the cavalry and. In fact, throughout uny trotiHe the cavalry would play an Important part because of the nature of the roiiu try and the guerrilla HghMn rharsi ter Istlc of Mexico. General Carter was horn at Nnxli ville, Tenu., in November, Pill. lie graduated from West Point In 1873 and went to the Eighth Infantry s second lieutenant. In November. 1874, bo was transferred to the Sixth caval ry and saw service In the west, becom ing first lieutenant in 1870. ' He was regluientul quartermaster and acting adjutant when the Sixth cavulry was lighting in the Apache campaign in 1881. At Clblcu creek tho lieutenant distinguished himself and won n medal of honor for rescuing a wounded man under heavy fire. General Carter was a captain In the Sixth cavalry fti 1881). In 1897 he went I to Washington as major and usslstant adjutant general. He was made lieu tenant colonel in May. 1808. As chief assistant to Adjutant General Corbln during the war with Spain Colonel Carter's abilities as an organizer won him commendation. The cavalry of ficer labored nt his desk in Washing ton just as bard as he would have worked if be were with his regiment in the field. Has Seen Some Service. He was a colonel In April, 1QQ2, and brigadier general in the following July, lie returned to tho Hue in 11)04, being sent to the Philippine)) to take command of the department of the Vlsayus, Here lie had to dcul with the Pulajan insurrection lu Sumar and bundled the situation with good judg ment, energy and firmness. lie re turned from the Philippines in 1000 to take command of the department of the lakes. On being promoted to major general he assumed command of the central division, with headquarters at Chicago. Mujor General Curter wns in com mand of the "maneuver" division that mobilized lu San Antonio, Tex., In March, 1011, shortly after Madero be gan his fight for the presidency of Mexico. General Carter made a good record for himself lu bundling the troops at the liordor on that occasion. The bill that established the general staff of the army was drawu up by General Carter whllo hd was assistant adjutant general In Washington. The I successful, working out of that scheme was due in a great measure to General Carter's foresight and abilities and hard work In arranging the details of j tho plau. With the establishment of the general staff General Curter was appointed to serve on it with Lleuten t ant General S. B. M. Young and Major General Heury C. Corbln. The execu tive ability that he had previously dis played came Into full play In hla new duties. Whl'e on nctlvo duty with his caval ry regiment General Carter wrote two valuable books upon tho cavalry branch. While detailed in Washing- NOW ON THESE MEN ' loo be was aent on a tour of Spain, England and Tlmee' to Inspect army horses. ' General Carter wue married In 1880 to Miss Ida Dun-ley in San I Francisco. 1 "' Warahipa Wera Asiembled. . j The moreuienta of the sbint of the j i AmerKirn navy buve U-eti sigulUcnt J for mouth. As the situation became' more acnte there was a gralunl as-' Itfnntl.lt,, mnliliM In XffTlr-!lll m'tl- . """"I- term. But the nary did not exiett uny : gun action. The. ships were there sini- t ply for blockade pnrpose. The Mexl- i can navy I a negligible quantity. j War experts- wild that it was safe to Isoy tlsit within two hours ufter the; sending - ot . telegraphic instructions i Sam's field artillery would bo lu n po- Photo by American Press Association. OBNERAL ZAPATA. sltlon to wipe Juarez off the map in a case of no surrender and to razo Mntu moras, Nuevo Luredo, Naco, Cananea and every other Mexican town along the border. Those, same authorities claimed that American troops would bold all these outlets within half a day, if thnt were necessary, and control the termini of the railroads, - national or private, while fleets of worships lu the Atlan tic and the gulf of Lower California would be-moving' up to capture every Mexican port. .y. i A full day would see 10,000 Infantry men and artillerymen, a full division, ajt,. Texas City pa transports waiting for them,- bound: for Vera Crua, the first important strategic point toward Mexico City. The following day, the experts said, would see every United States soldier ou the mainland on train from Washington on the western coast and Vermont ou. the east: moving to ward the posts assigned to them. Figure Out Plan of Aotion. Of course It was given to no one In private life to say that such and such was the definite and authorized plan of the United States. That wns known ouly to the war college and the general staff at Washington and to the heads of the navy, but enough of the general plan was known to say that there would be no repetition of Cuba In the Mexican campaign. No horde mndo up of trained soldiers, untrained mili tia and Irregular 'troops wns to wage the campaign. We were not going to Inundate Mexico with United States soldiers. "We were going to embargo Mexico. Every available warship of the Unit ed States-prepared to blockade and pa trol Mexican w-nters until not a steam ship or boat of any kind could land a rifle or a cartridge" ou its coast. In this way we bad the moral assistance of practicnlly every world power. Mexico Country of Wealth. Although Mexico has been famous from tho days of the first Spanish In vasion for the enormous production of orecious metals, yet the agricultural wealth of the country and the natural resources of the soil have been of equal value. Even in the time of Hidalgo tho annual agricultural output was 29.O0O.O00. exceeding by 1,000,000 the annual average of the nilues. So well known was the country for Its mineral wenlth-the silver produc ing country par excellence thnt for elgn students of Its affairs have paid less attention to its other resources than Its possibilities in this respect fairly warrant It Is acknowledged that agriculture has not boea system ,!tial and that there is room for im provement and development, while. owing to Inattention to natural supply, chere have been occasions when the mimtrv'a tirodoctlon Droved Insuffi cient for the needs of its Inhabitants. The area of the republic, olllclally es timated. Is 73,53f square miles. Of this about 1M.400 square miles may bo described ns land unfit for cultiva tion. The remaining area, about C17, 000 square miles, is divided Into forest and meadow laud. Of the entire area not more than one-fourth has ut pres ent been brought under cultivation. Agricultural Waste. With natural conditions all In their favor the Mexicans have for more than two centnrlea searched for BilYer and gold, but neglected the fields and left the forests untouched, save where the product were needed for domestic purposes; . .. I' - - - r - fc 1 .... if. .' '.. Aa long ago as the early part of the sixteenth century the far seeing Bish op Znmarnga said: "The country la rich and very fertile. - It contains gold, sil ver, copper, and lands abundantly pro ducing whatever la needed. "He who would reap must first sow, but If the tilling of tho soil Li neglect ed to engage solely In the working of mines the ruin of the country is cer tain." As stated before, Mexico's navy need not be feared by the thirty-eight battle ships aud the horde of lesser fighting craft which go to make up the navy of L'ncle Snin. Tho few vessels she IKissesses are for instruction, coast guard service and transport. Tbey in clude tho transport and gunboat Gen eral Guerrero: the gunboats Vera Crux, Bravo, Morelos, Democratn and Tam plco:' the transport Progreso and the training ships Zarngosa and Yucatan. Five States to Be Invaded. " It waa planned to have transports follow tba ships, and after the regular army had settled the towns to Install the militia on garrison duty. The Inud Invasions will he mado through the five northernmost Mexican states Tamiiullpas. Nuevo Leon, Coabulln, Chihuahua and Sonera. The United States troops will advance to the capi tals of those states, take them and then the principal cities. The militia as It Is worked Into shape will be util ised to protect the line from the base. Tho principal movement will bo through Vera Cruz along the line of advance of the Mexican war, and the .bjoctlve will be Mexico City. late Yesterday " At Halberstadt, Germany. Lieuten ant Meyera, an army aviator, foil with his aeroplant and was killed. Pa.ra, Brazil. It was announced that Colonel Koosevolt would sail from here on the steamship Aiden for New York May 17th. - St. Louis. Lin Sehnck, a Chinese detective who has unearthed many im migration frauds was assassinated iu the local Chinatown. San Francisco. Apparently intoxi cn'od, an unidentified man stumbled from a safety isle in front of a Market street car anil was killed. Kircischansk, Knssia. Hans Berlin er, German aeronaut, and two German passengers who landed with him a brl loou in Russia, wero sentenced to nix mouths .imprisonment. Pittsburg. The Carnegie hero "fund commission granted medals and money to 32 heroes, including C. W. Tiddbul: of tho Good Samaritan hospital, Port land, Oregon, Oakland, Cnl. While Judge Harris wrvi granting an interlocutory divorce doerco to ex-Distviet Attorney J. .1 Bullock of San Mateo county and his wife,, word caino that the eotiple were reoneM"'! nn'' no. de'-p wns i.'l,l : Eajj JTose, Ca!. In the legal fight be twoou a iiuiioray oi the menioera ot the Los Gatos Baptist church and the ma jority, headed by t.he Bev. Bobert Whitaker, the superior court decided for the majority, holding that baptism is not a prorequisit to Marietta, Ga., W. J. Burns, the detective, was chased out of town after a narrow escape from being mobbed by people who criticised his methods of getting affidavits for tho defense in the case of Leo M. Frank, under sentence to die for tho murder of Mary P. Hagan. ITG1IY SMT RHEUM Sometimes Called Eczema Removed by Hood's Saraaparilla. Sclt rheum is one of ,tlio worst and unfortunately pne'of tlie nest common of all diseases. How it reddens tho skin, itches, oozes, dries and scales, and then does this nil over ngainl Sometimes it covers the whole- body with iiulamed, burning patches and causes intense suffering. Salt rheum comes from humors in the blood. Tl:i3 is why local ap plications do so little good. It will continue to exist, annoy, pain and perhaps agonize, untiL these humors have been removed. . ; ' .. - Ask your druggist for Hood's Sarsaparilla. It goes to the source of the trouble. ; It cleanses the blood of the humors thnt cause F.ilt rheum. It hns given perfect satis faction id thousands of cases. Get it today. SALEM Thursday, MAY Special down-town reserved scat and general admission sate at ration Kros Book Store, 9 to 5 o'clock Circus day T -CSV 1 !PfW!' w VI ? fW , atH liM. LM tjjja) fta ,4m ritii arii etrl 4Hr PRESENT LULL A BYPLAY COLONEL MARTIN SATS THERE IS NO AS8UEAACE THAT WAE WILL NOT PROCEED. Colonel Martin, commanding the Third regiment, O. N. G., which is holding itself in readiness for a call for service in Mexico at any moment, is of the opinion that the present lull iu the ctrife iu the region south of tho Bio Grando river is merely by-play, and that whoa that is exhausted the army, the navy, and the national guard will invade that war-ridden country. This bolief wub expressed ia a communication to Major Carle Ab rn ins, who in turn transmitted its sub taui'o to the captains of compauios iu his battalion. . ' Colonel Martin says that the pres ent lull in active hostilities in Mexico ou the part of tho United States gives no licciiEO for any cessation of prepar ation for field duty, which he believes o inevitable. The colonel believes tho present effort of the South American republics to bring about a uJttlcmciit is merely by-play. Accordingly, ho urges that every efforf bo made to bring the companies of he Third rogi meiit up to required war-strength so that the Oreou guards will not bo aught napping. To bo caught unprepared, acording to Colonel Martin, will be indefensible. To make sure that mobilization can he ffeeted Rpeeililv, orders detailing the ilans to be followed have been issued already. Colonel Martin is a regular army officer and he ia doing every thing possiblo to make the Third regi ment thoroughly efficient. He urges the companies to continue their recruit ing aS intervention beyong the Hio Orande is inevitable, in his opinion. Accordingly, the recruiting station in the Sajom armory will bo open every light tor receiving recruits until fur ther orders aro received. Although a number of men joinid M company last week, when the situation was at the breaking point and the excitement highest, M company is still behind the other companies of the Third battalion in enrollment. Ma.ior Abrams has urged Captain Gehlhar to use every effort to recruit the company up to at least SO men by next Tuesday night. ucqmsition for auuitionnl . equipment to outfit at least 20 more men was made this morning by Captain Gehl hnr. lu addition to the prospect of ac tual servico in Mexico when the pres out lull is over, tho company offers to recruits a trip to the Portland Eose show on June 12, a 10-dtiys' encamp mont and outing from July 13, and a trip to ban Francisco in 191o to take part in the world's greatest military tournament, with rations, clothes, lodg ing and traveling expenses all paid. i )i n it 0 WHEN Timothy- Jimson hez a good crop, he's a admin istration man, but when crops is bad, he's agin the gov'ment. I say,' principles is one thing,' an' pocketbook another. Both of 'em's in right when you smoke VEL VET. 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