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t FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES ' CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY ' 1 :- 11 i! i it, ; if- THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1916 PRICE. TWO CENTS Kri $E& he Mmh fl Ml feiflifiiil Hi 'Mill I REFUGEES Til PEONS VILLRUS ID ASSIST Ii Say Anti-American Feeling Was Shown By All Mexi I i cans They Saw j-i-i PARTY WAS INSULTED ON STREETS OF CITY Papers Say: "Mexican Eagle Will Eat Stars Out of ' American Flag" . .SAYS VILLA TINANCED BY INTERESTED AMERICANS Mexico City, Mar. 15. Well laiil pin us to force American intervention in Mexico were de feated by President Wilson's acceptance of Provisional Presi dent Veiuistiano Carranza 's military reciprocity proposals, Carranzistus asserted today. Carranza knew of these plans. He believed the Villa raid on Columbus. X. M.n was financed by American interests seeking intervention. Patriotic demonstrations con . tinned today, foliuwrng tfie an nouncement thnt American-Mexican differences had all been settled. Military bands paraded the streets, playing itatiunnl airs. Ml Pso.Toxas, Mar. 15. An iron elnd military censorship thnt even refused confirmation or denial of the report that Hachita, N. M., hail been seized by by n Carranzistn army, caused the be lief today that the American expedi tionary force was about to move. Hrigndied General John ,T. Persh ing's ordern were for him to cross the border when ready. Americans from Columbus, X. M.. where Pershing has established headquarters, arrived at Doming, X. M., today, and declared the soldiers were ready to march earlv to (lav. The stringent censorship at Colum bus makes it plain that the troops will enter Mexico hours before newspaper correspondents are allowed to flash de tails. With the report that .1,000 cavnlrv would make up the flving column to encompass Francisco Villa, armv men gave out the impression that it' would not be an infantry expedition. Tt is believed the in'fantry coming to the boundary from interior posts will lie used only for the purpose of guarding the line. General Pershing is keeping in wire less touch with Major General Fred Funston. It is expected the American advance guards will dash upon Guz man, a small Mexican town, and estab lish their first base of operations there. Latest reports concerning the where ab,.urs of Villa said he was in Oalennn district marching upon the settlement of Americnn Mormons. General Gu-' tierrez, Carrnnzistn nrmv leader, is due to leave Juarez for Chihuahua immedi ately personally to lead his soldiers in their pursuit of the arch bandit. His earlier statement that he had o'.Oui fighters already at Villa's heels was re-vi.-'d to the assertion that he had LOOP (Continued on Paffe Six.) t j(: sj jjt I ABE MARTIN Mm Iff ''Ifavin' sciinethin' sent h'ime on ap proval is 'bout tit only way you kin get out of a store these days." said Lib I "ash t 'day. If th' munition factories lire workin' overtime these days, jest think how fer back on ther orders th' cigarette factories must be. Will Make Army 100,000 Move Made to Recall Sol diers from Philippines Washington, Man 15. The Hay Chamberlain resolution increasing the size of the regular army to its full strength of 1110,000 men was adopted today by the sen.ite. It provides for an immediate increase. Jlolie .Smith was the only senator to oppose the resolution during the debate, lie proposed an amendment making the enlistment term two years instead of the usual four. Smith said ho was igainst Ion;; enlistments, and that, in the present case, he felt sure the re cruits could be more easily obtained if ;ho term were shortened. The senate enjoyed unlimited debute of th'i measure until Senator Gnllinger called for a vote. Then it was passed unanimously. Senator Sherman introduced resolu tion suggesting thnt the American forces be withdrawn from tiie Philip pines. He said: "Twelve thousand regulars could be sent to Mexico. They would be ideal soldiers in that, tropical climate. Furthermore, they have been well trained in guerilla warfare. " He said he would leave 5,700 native scouts in the islands as a Philippine garrison. STORY NOT CONFIRMED Ml Paso, Texas, Mar. 15. A Villista band looted homes on the outskirts of Hachita, New Mexico, last night, according to reports today over the El Paso and Southwestern wire. The local police were misinformed that a large Carranzista force had captured the town. All is quiet there now. Early ac counts failed to state whether the .American garrison engaged the raiders. Hachitn. N. M.. is on the El Paso and Southwestern railway, a little more than 10 miles from the Mexican border. It is about 40 miles directlty west of Columbus. Following This Mexican Gen eral With 1000 Troops Leave Palomas El Paso, Texas, Mar. 15. The Amer ican expedition entered Mexico follow ing a battle between Carranzistas at Palomas and United States outposts at the border, south of Columbus, uncon firmed reports from Americans on a train from Columbus arriving this aft ernoon. General Bertani evacuated Palomas immediately following the clash, ac cording to these unconfirmed reports, lie was said to be going toward Guzman with the American expedition in full swing across the border near I'alomas. Xothing was obtninnble from Amer ican officials at El Paso to confirm or deny the reported trouble with Car ruuzistns. According to the passengers no Amei- I ienn soldiers were killed, j They hail no knowledge of any Car ; ranzn fatalities. When the firing was ! opened by the Carrnnzistas. Americans mobilized at Columbus were ordered to arms. General Bertani then led his men. es timated at l.ooo, out af Palomas. Tom Duvis. a ranchman two miles from Columbus and his son Rov, who brought the news of the outpost battle and the subsequent crossing into Mex ico stated the Mexicans killed between 10 and 15 employes of the Toledos Cat tle company yesterday. The ranch of this concern is located about 10 miles south of Palomas. Many of its employes are Americans. The elder Davis said the company's manager escaped toward Columbus with the news. Davis heard rarranza's troops attacked the ranch hands. Cut All Wires. Douglas, Ariz., Mar. 15. El Tigre and Xucozari, two large American min ing camps south of Dougflns. were cut off from communication with the bord er this afternoon when Carranza sol diers mobilized at Cabullonn, cut nil telegraph and telephone wires. Culiul bum is IS niles south of the Xacozari railroad. Twenty-five Americans are isolated at El Tigro. - Funston Denies Story. Snn Antonio, Texas, Mar. 15. Tinted States troops crossed the border into ; Mexico at noon today, Major General Fred Funston officially announced this 'afternoon He declared that there had 'been no resistance st the border and I that the Cnrraaza troops were joining 'the American forces. ALLIES SEEK TO CLOSE IRON RING AROUND -. The GREATEST OF ALL BATTLES OF WAR ABOUTJO BEGIN German Crown Prince Hopes to Break French Lines North of Verdun IF SUCCESSFUL THIS WOULD BE SEVERE BLOW French However Are Confid ent Teutons Will Be Fought to a Standstill By Charles P. Stewart. (Tnited Press staff correspondent.) London, Mar. 15. Between the shell shuttered town of Betliincourt and the slopes of Dead Man's hill, the Germans have driven a new wedge deep into the French defenses, Berlin messages an nounced today. Teutons surround Betliincourt on three sides, and a slight further ad vance, it is declared, would force the French to evacuate the city, French strongholds on Dead Man's hill are again imperiled by this resumption of infantry attacks on Verdun. Latest Paris communiques contra dicted these German cluims. They admit there were infantry attacks in the specified region following an almost un precedented bombardment, but assert all charges were replsed except at two isolated points between Betliincourt and Dead Man's hill. It is indicated mat tho assaults there mark the beginning of a most severe battle which may prove to be the last phase of the Verdun 'fight, r is believed that the German crown prince hopes by a brilliant stroke to break French lines northwest o'f the citadel. If such a smash were success ful, the French army on the Mouse cast bank would be trapper) and it woub) mean the capture of great quantities of munitions, supplies and artillery am munition, as well as the probable sur render of many soldiers. Paris dispatches said military ex perts there were awake to the danger of new (iernian successes. The critie-s said: "Were, the Germans to gain Verdun via Douaumont and Vaux it would lv an empty victory. They would lose .'iOO.OOO more men for an empty husk. "Success via Goose If ill and Betliin court might be more substaniul. The French are holding the Lorraine front on the east Bide of the river. Their guns and material run the risk of rap ture as the main brigades spanning the Mouse might be commanded by the foe. General Petitin's precautions guard against surprise. The Germans are ex pected to hurl solid musses against Dead Man's and Goose Hills. A French are convinced the Teuton wi' be fought to a standstill." Aviators Raid Essen. London, Mar. 15. Allied' aviators have raided Essen where the Krupp works are located, according to Amster dam dispatches today. Others were i said to have attacked Munich and Giar" bach. Six sheds at Essen were dent roved, the Amsterdam Telegraph reported. The raid was not confirmed official ly, but reports caused tremendous enth usiasm. It is some time since war ex- iron ring" around the Teutonic. a'.liance. perts urged air raids on the Krupp works. 1T0 miles north of Verdun, nm Gladbach, 'M miles southeast of Essen. Will Not Stop Torpedoing. Amsterdam, Mar. 15. Berlin dis patches today officially denied rumors that the kaiser planned to abandon or postpone his campaign of torpedoing armed merchantmen without warning. Austria Declares War. Rome. Mar. 15. Austria has declared war on Portugal, dispatches received here todav declared. Frsnch Hold losltions. Paris, Mar. 15. French counter at tacks resulted in capture of several trenches on Hill 2o'5, northeast of Vei dun, today's .ajj af t'iccj communis' declared. The i ,nc?i Hold Bothincoiwt, Dead Man's hill ad Cumieres worn' spite pf strong Teuton charges. TC new German infantry attacks have be attempted between Betliincourt and thr west hunk of the Mouse during the night. Cannonading is continuous on the right bank of the Meuse, toward the Woevre plain. "Elsewhere." said the statement, "calm prevails." Rushing Troops From Balkans. Athens, Mar. 15. Large forces ' Germans from Mocedonia and Serbia are being rushed to the western front, it was reported today. Enver Pasha Assassinated. London, Mar. 15. Reaffirming the report that Enver Pasha has been ns sassinnted, the Exchange Telepgraph 's Athens correspondent today wired th Ismil Haki, president of the Commercial Administration, had been appointed ' successor. Athens reports noted that the Bulgarian leader Tufeksicff had been murdered. PREDICT MEXICAN WAR London, Mai. 15. Newspapers today almost unanimously emphasized the pos sibilities of Francisco Villa involving the Tnited States in n war with all Mexico. The Globe said: "It seems that America cannot draw back, having once put its hand on the sword." FUNSTON TELLS WHY START WAS DELAYED; TO BE LONG CAMPAIGN were living on jerked beef. They huve Snn Antonio, Texas, Mar. 15. "I hope the American people appreciate that, this is going to be n hard and very difficult camp iigu. It may be a long one also. In this fashion today Major General Frederick X. I'unston, in whose hands has been unreservedly placed the task of capturing Villa, summed up the cam paign tor the t nited Tress. Funston intimated tint Brigadier Gpeinl John Pershing has his orders, and will move when ready. "One of the best features of this business is the fact that our troops arc in splendid shape for tiie work," Fun ston said. "From a physical standpoint they couldn't be in better condition. The time most of them have spent on the border his hardened and toughened them, lint is is going to be a hard job. Villa has fled into one of the most naturally desolate countries in the world. What nature did not do for it in tnis respect, the fighting factions have done. Tniess we go in sufficient ly supplied with food and fodder to handle the problem of subsistence we would be defeated by nature long be fore we met the Villistas, Thero is nothing left in all that vast naked re gion for us to buy or take. "Our prisoners raptured at Colum bus said that Villa and his followers no other foodstuffs of consequence. TEUTONIC ALLIANCE Tht first iron ring which the en tente ii'lie forged around the Teu tonic alliance was broken when the Germans blrsted their way throui'li rbia. and joined forces with the Bulgarians and Turks. The ring will e welded together again if the Rus dans follow up their recent victor 3 over the Turks in Asia Minor by ;tTecting a junction with the British n Mesopotamia. By their attack on Verdun the Germans are trying to weaken or break the ring on the west. Carranza Orders AH Mexican Troops to Co-operate With Americans FEELING IN MEXICO IS ALLAYED BY CONCESSION In Case of Break with Car ranza, Yaquis Would Side with Americans By J. P. Yoder. (Tnited Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington, Mir. 15. Washington today anxiously awnited first news from the .Mexican battle ground. The American expedition was supposed to be moving against Francisco Villa. Al though officials as well is the public were blinded by n comprehensive cen sorship, they believed Brigadier Gener al John .1. Pershing to be either already in Mexico or so situated that he would be there before the day ended. Formal announcement that he had crossed the bonier might be delayed, it wis admitted, for military reasons. The opinion grew that Carranza (Continued on Page Seven.) Nothing Gained By Hurry. I believe our aeroplanes .uc going j to be most valuable to us in scouting. (They'll be the first we ever used un ider tiiese conditions. I have great 1 hopes of their success. 1 "I hope the people will understand' j tho reason for the apparent delay in I crossing into Mexico and stnrting our I chase. It won lil have been sheer folly for us to Inve continued the pursuit of Villa on the day he raided Columbus, j Ue would have had only about '.'50 men gainst Villa's 1500 or possibly more followers. Our men had no supplies ; with them. Thev might have continued 'the running fight, and killed a few j more, but unless we had nctu illy cap tured Villa there was no particular mil itary advantage to be gained. In fact. Villa's forces so out numbered ours that there would have been iliuger in lis continuing the pursuit. ! "Our men mignt have been surround ed, and another Custer massacre would j ! have resulted. j "From all I have learned I believe Villa raided Columbus as a result of one of his i liar icteristic brainstorms. These fits of his blind, unreasoning anger are well known. When in the grip of tlicin. he will do anything. "Back of that rage was the hope, I presume, that intervention inigiit re sult in swinging the tide of Mexican j popular favor toward It in. so he would 1 n g i i u bo made a political factor there." E IP i HOLD UP HEWS OF BORDER EVENTS Defense Tries In Vain to Get ' Her Raliied Will Try to Prove an Alibi Oroville, Cal., March 15. Words from ltev. Madison Slaughter's ger mons crept into tho letters Gertrude Lamson, 15 years old, wrote dnnying her immorality charges against him, according to her testimony under cross examination in Slaughter's trial to day. The girl said she inserted the phrase "I pray God to forgive and forget" because she had heard Slaughter say it frequently in the pulpit. Gertrudo today blamed the entire in spiration for the letter of denial on her mother's alleged coaching. She reiterated repeatedly thut she was "telling the truth" when she accused Slaughter. As the girl manifested signs of labor ing under a great strain, Judge Gregory occasionally ordered brief recesses to let her regain her composure. Defense attorneys sprang a sensation when they suddenly charged that Char lotto. Kegan, an officer of the deten tion home, who has custody of Ger trude, was signaling to her from the audience. Judge Gregory overruled the objections. Many women have asked the district attorney for permission to adopt the girl. ' Fifth Day on Stand Oroville, Cal., March 15. Gertrudo Lnmsoii started her fifth day on the witness stand today, testifying ngainst Rev. Madison Slaughter, charged with attacking her. She was taken repeat edly over ground covered in her direct examination. Every effort was made to confuse and trip her. At times she complained of headache or had spells of trembling but she always adhered to her reiterated statement: "Everything I have said is the truth." " The defease cainied today that the prosecution had shifted the date of the alleged attack from November 7 to November 11, because it was dis covered the girl was infused in .bar story of what happened Xuvember 7, anil it was further ascertained the pastor had a clear ulibi for that oc casion Defense lawyers asserted ho also had an alibi for NoveinKcr 14, and that it would be proved when the time comes. General Funston Admits It But Doubts Story of Fighting Han Antonio, Texas, Mar. 15. Major General Frederick Funston admitie this afternoon thnt Colonel Doild's cav alry command hail probably crossed tin border into Mexico. The Tnited Press asked him to confirm reports of cavalry fighting on the Mexican 'side. Funston replied: "Dodd's probably crossed, but he's out of communication with concentration points at the place of crossing, which was about !!) miles from Columbus in a sniiight liae from the town." Fuasloa also said: "The report that our cavalry has been in an engagement is interesting, and may be true. Frank ly, I tun out of toucTi with Colonel Dodd 's column, lie will get into wire less communication with General Persh ing before evening, I expect, and then I'll h"iir details. Reports of fightie so soon lifter crossing were unexpected, ft is possible that word of operations along the border may have seeped back through the telegraph operators not un der censorship before it reached me. Only Columbus it.self is under censor ship." ROASTS PREMIER ASQUITH London, M ir. 15 In the most violent attack on Premier Herbert Asouith since the war began, Sir Arthur Mark ham, in a speech in the house of com mons this afternoon, culled niin "only a professional politician." "The only thing Asipiith has stuck to since the beginning of the war is his snliry," cried Markhain. "ilo is re sponsible for our present unsatisfactory position. ' ' Governoment members yelled him down, excitedly demanding trat he withdraw his "insults." CHARLES A. PIPER DEAD Portland, Orer Mar. 15. Charles A. Piper, aged 51, brother of George U nnd Fred W Piper, of Seattle, died to day after a long illness Edgar B. Piper, managing editor of the Oregonian, is another brother. GETS STATE POSITION Olympia, Wash., Mar. 15. James Al len was today appointed by Governor Lister to succeed W. H. Roy ns state highway commissioner. Since 100'.) A len has been chief stnte highway en gineer. Prior to thnt he was a locatting engineer in railroad work. THE BORDER SOIE THE TODAY This Indicated by Army Move ments, but Censors Cut Out All News AERO SQUADRON AND FIRST CAVALRY ARRIVE Paper Says: "Villa Has Cap tured Texas and President Wilson Is Fleeing" GARRISON REVOLTS $ Doming, N. M., Mar. 15. (By telephone to El I'asoJ Amer- icun troops have not crossed the border into Mexico, according to automobilists urriving from Columbus at noon today. Camp has been broken, however, and . tho expedition is ready to movo , at a minute's notice. . The Carranza garrison at Pal- omas revolted and declared for Villa, according to unconfirmed roports. The story was that the mutinous troops had started to- ward La Ascension. ;K El Paso, Texas, Mar. 15. Military censorship has been thrown so closely around Columbus and tho border coun try today that it is impossible to ascer tain troop movemouts, although many firmly believed the American expedi tion had started. i Control of the telegraph ana tele phone was taken over by a squad of sol diers acting under orders from Briga dier General John J, Pershing. A lonir distance telephone cull to Columbus merely brought n reply from "central" that Bhe was under military censorship as well as everybody else there. A censored Columbus dispatch from a United Press staff correspondent tobl of preparations to establish a base of operations for tho pursuit. Railroad switches are being built by army engin eers. Troop movements were not men tioned in the mcssngh, Tho censor permitted mention, how ever, of the nrrivul or Te nnro squad ron from San Antonio with its consort of motor lorries. The United Press correspondent's message was timed 9:30 a. m. today, but it does not neccs surily contradict rumors that a start has been made, becnuse newspaper men were not expected to bo permitted to enter Mexico with the vanguard. Officers of Fort Bliss refused to dis cuss rumors that the border had al ready been crossed. Rumored Mexican Attack. The El Pnso and Southwestern rail road telegraph department's statement that Villistas had looted a few houses on the outskirts of Muchitn, N. M., ap parently disposed of the story that a Cnrrnn.ista force had seized tho town. It was announced that Palomas ha'' been evacuated by the Carranzistus, and thnt 1.000 of them were marching to ward Guzman. They nre led by Gen eral Bertani, according to n statement from General Gutierrez, nnd will join the constitutionalists hunting Francisco Villa. Mexican Consul Garcia 's statement that 40 de facto government soldiers re mained to garrison Pnlmos seemed to give the direct lie to rumors that the American expeditionary force had al ready entered, unless tho dn facto troops have definitely decided to co opernte. Reliable Casus Grandes advices snid n number of Ciirrnnzi'stas deserted from, the garrison there nnd joined the Vil listas, being cnuer to fight against tho , American invaders. According to word received by Bishop Hurst of the Mnrmnn church, the Amer ican Mormon colonisis reported men aced by Villa have safely arrived at Cnsns Grnndes. They said Villa and his men were "hovering in the vicin ity." Bishop Hurst said he hoped Currnn-zi-stim would escort the colonists safe ly to Pearson, where a train to carry (Continued on Page Ei?nt. TIIE WEATHER Oregon: To night und Thurs d a y partly cloudy and occa sionally threat ening weather; southerly winds. look's lire