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ft FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY S'V THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS DEAD m corpse mm mum i Slaughter On Its Northern Slopes has not been Equal- ed During War "each side disputes all stories of cains Germans Hurled Series of Night Attacks Against Fort De Vaux By Charles P. Stewart. (United Press Staff ( orrespondont.) London, Mnr. 17. Head Man's hill lias earned its sinister name. After three days fighting thousands of Ger mans an. I trench corpses strew itsi slopes today. The slaughter on its northern ridge, where the Silesiansj trained n fiwitlinl.l lino Iwtun ........ ....11 ,,l I sinee the battling around Douaumout and Vaux. Head Man's hill forms the bulwark of the French lines west of the Meuse. Official communiques are contradictory regarding the situation around the em inence. The llritish are accepting the .French claim tlmt soldiers of the repub lic recaptured the hill. Had they not done so, the evacuation of Hetliiiieourt would li.ive been inevitable, declare Knglish experts. Ilerlin did not ehiim Reiliincnnrt was captured, anil the German state ment WHS rntlli.t- v-nima i ,. . I ...... -I t . I .. I J' rench attempts to reconquer loil Man's hill. Artillery firing there con vinced critic the kaiser's: SMesiana have not given up their effort to take it. Unless they drive French from the hill they cannot hope to approach the northwestern Verdun forts. Germans Lose Heavily. I'aris, Mnr. 17. Transferring their nativities to the east bank of the Meuse Germans during the night hurled n aer ie. of attacks against Tort Be Vaux mid the village of Vaux, it was official ly announced today. Two assaults on the town and two on the fortress were shattered by French fire. Failing at those points, the Germans, under cover of darkness, tried to debauch from the Minken road southeast of Vaux village. A torrent of French shells swept nwnv each German rank as it appeared, until the effort was abandoned. The Germans suffered heavily in al! five attacks, the communique said. In the region of Hethuicourt and the Cum inercs woods, tha bombardment slacken ed. There was no new attempt against Dead Man's hill during the night. "Jn the YVoevre region cannonading occurred last night,'' said the an nouncement. "West of Pont-a-Mous-mii the Kriini-li n Hucl-orl n .... trench in Morlmare wood, capturing aj iiiminer or mniuers. r.isewnere t lie night was calm. ' ' By Charles P. Stewart. (Tinted I'ress Staff Correspondent.) Lead London, Mar. 17. Milted by a withering fire west of the Meuse, "the Germans resumed their drive against the northeastern Verdun forts "with Mnashing attacks on the village of Vaux and Fort He Vaux. Paris reported today. Preceding their attacks the Germans unloosed a TTrrific artillery fire upon the French trenches. Then regiments f llrnndeuhurgcrs. who won so much glory in the fighting at Douamnont, en:eiged--fi'oni Kavines in which they had been concealed east of Vaux and (Continued on oage two) , ABE MARTIN ' Ambrose Spry, orator, author, rhil nsnphcr, an' o' late years a wellknown -b;ar butt eollei tor, wu. taken t' th ' I.r farm t 'day. What's become o' th' ide time frigidly ncqnnintuni-e that used t' ask, ' Travelin' or goia' some jilare " mm Km. TRY TO PROVE HUB Woman Swears She Was In Slaughter's Home Until Mid night Girl Not There Oroville, Gal., March 17. What the defense regarded as highly important testimony was given today by Mrs. Ivey Camper in the trial of l!ev. Madison Slaughter on a charge of at tacking Gertrude Iainson, aged 15. Mrs. Camper declared she was in the Slaughter home until after midnight on November l.'l, the date of one of the al leged offenses. She said the girl was not seen. Furthermore, Mrs. Camper asserted, Gertrude was not in the spare room in the morning. The girl had previously testified that she was attacked while in the spare room that night. Tho session of court today was marked by wrangling among lawyer. Judge Gregory dismissed the jury while he qdmonished. them to be less quarrel some. An attempt to show that Mrs. Camper was biased in favor of Slaughter on account of being an intimate friend of his familv was made bv the prosecu tion. llev. K. M. Smith. Methodisfcaminister of Chico, was present to give Slaughter his moral support. Out of court Smith declared he believed the newspapers were trying to "railroad" Slaughter to- the penitentiary. William King and George Murphy, sons of wealthy cattlemen, and admit ted admirers of two of Slaughter's daughters, swore that they were at the Slaughter house on the evening of November 13 during the period in which Gertrude asserted an offense was com mitted They declared she did not call at the house while they were there, and furthermore testified that they left their hats and coats in the spare room where the attack was alleged to have been made. When they went to get their things they found them undis turbed. More Than 50 Per Cent of Property Owners Sign the Petitions After half a century of agitation and watchful and patient waiting, the im provement of the fair grounds road is practically assured. This was decided at the meeting held last evening when the property owners along the road and city officials met to discuss the matter. As fully SO per cent of the property owiiers were present and others favor able to the iniprivement hail so express ed themselves, the petition already signed includes enough names to make the improvement a sure thing, and un less soothing unforseen happens, work will begin as soon as legal publication is made, liesides the fair grounds road, the Portland road, from the grounds to the city limits north, about l.Ooo feet will also be paved before the next state lair. As the matter now stands, the own-1 ers of property on the fairgrounds road feel thev can stand n price of liu cents a square yard, or about $1.30 cents a I lineal foot. The city offers to do the! grading anil excavating and the state has also promised material aid. After the amount of help from the state is determined, ndditiiijnal donation will be required from the citizens of the city. I The next step is to advertise the pe tition for the improvement. After this is done, it is up to the city council and the civic department of the commercial dub to make arrangements for addi tional funds. No nssesseat will have1 to be paid this year, and the amount! assessed against property may be paid i 10 per cent yearly installments. About ijO property owners were pres ent at the meeting. Mayor Ilarley O. ' White and the sheet committee, W. H. ' Cook and .. A. Mills, spoke briefly in favor of the improvement. With the' exception of one man who was against! improvements of any kind, the property! owners of the fair grounds road were in favor of doing the work tins spring.; provided they were assured the cost to them would not exceed liO cents a' square yard. With this assurance, ev-j erything at last looks like something will be doing. I M. L. Jones Reappointed j to State Fair Board Governor Withycombe today nn-i nounced the reappointment of M. L. ! dunes, of Ilrooks, as a member of the! board of state fair directors, for a four year period ending March 14, lDHO. Mr. Jones was first appointed to the board in April, 1!1.. and after the re ignation of President Hooth was elected president of the board and is now serv ing in that capacity. II ROUNDS AMMUNITION ARE IV HANA This Was Held at Douglas Until What Carranza Would Do Was Known RUMOR CARRANZISTAS MUTINIED IS DENIED Mexican Agent Familiar With Country Says Chase Will Be Long One - sjt , WRIGHT BAnV SAVED San Francisco, Mar. 17. Mexican Consul Devira received a message from General Alvaro Obregou today declaring Car- rnnz.n troops had captured tho : Villistas who kidnaped Mrs. Hawk Wright. Her child, which . s(c 'was taken fiom her by tho out- sje laws, was 'found unharmed sn among the Villistas, and will bo returned to Mrs. Wright. She ! escaped from the bandits while they were attacking Columbus. Douglas, Ariz., Mar. 17 The 700,0(l( rounds of ammunition for the de facto troops at Cabullona, held up pending a decision from Washington, were being transported across the border into Agua 1'rieta today. Reports that the Carranza troops at Cabullona were threatening mutiny were branded as preposterous by Car ranza Consul Ives Lavcllicr. "There is no truth in the report," declared I.uvellier. "Governor Calles' most trusted troops are at Cabullona." Despite this assurance some uneasi ness is felt here over the fact that this large amount of ammunition hns got into tlirrhands of the Carranzistas. The border here Is still being closely patrolled by United States cavalry. Rumors of a revolt of Carranza troops south of Agua Prioia, presumably at Cabullona, reached Douglas today. No confirmation was obtainable. Ranchers arriving here reported see ing American troops encamped north of Asceucion, Chihuahua. It is bcliced a junction between the Columbus col umn and Colonel Dona's divisic-i from Culberson's ranch may take place there. If this report is true, the Columbus column has penetrated 55 miles into Mexico. Should Villa escape to the Sonora side of the Sierra Madres an American expedition against him, stc.rtirg fro'o Douglas, was considered a possibility. The forces at Camp Douglas could move on an hour's notice. l.( uglas has been plnjrj under the most strict military censo.'s! ip the same as that enforced ut Colufbus. Newspa per correspondents were put on tho'r honor net to send ou; .in ii red dis p.vns even if th-y devised methods ol ' tie. ting the cens ir." Five hundred de facto government cavalrymen have been sent to guard Oj itns I'nss and prevent Villa from slip ping through it. This Governor Has Sense Knsenada, Lower C'nl., Mar. 17. It is dangerous to even "talk politics" iu this city, the capital of Lower Califor nia, today, Anti-American demonstra tions wilt not be tolerated, Governor Lsteban Cantu has decreed, and he has issued orders to his soldiers to arrest any Mexicans who so much as discuss the United States-Mexican situation in public. The situation is quiet hern rr.d no trouble is anticipated. Will Be Long Chase. Pan Antonio, Texas, Mar. 17. Jest before starting for Washington this nft emoon Roberto Pesquiera, confidential agent of Venustiano Carranza, predict ed a long hunt for Francisco Villa and his men. "It took 11 years to eliminate Jess James and his band," said Pesquiera. "Villa is in a country vastly bettei adapted to hiding than the tnrritory roamed by James. Villa is suffering from the worst swelled head in history, because the American newspapers have lauded him." COST OF THE WAR Paris, Mar. 17. War credits for the flecoiht quarter were voted today by the chamber of deputies. Minister of Finance liibot estimated that France was spending US,00(),000 a day, and had been doing so since April , last. Great Britain is now upending 2O,000.O)0 a day. Next month it is estimated the British will be spending $25,- 000,000 a dav. ' FOTJB.TH GERMAN W.-J LOAN Berlin, Mar. 17. Intrducing a new war budget in the reich- stag today, Dr. Ilclfferich of the German treasury declared enemy agents were spread- ing rumors to hinder subscrip- t ions to the kaiser's fourth war loan. - "The campaign of defama- tion has extended into Ger- many," he charged. "Let me remind you of tiie great bat- tling now at Verdun. The troops have a right to expect we will prove worthy of them, and that every one at homo will contrib- ute to the victory." lie said that the German pub- lie debt has doubled this year, but that in spite of it Ger- many was financially better off than the allies. SEAHLE SOCIETY IS AFRAIDOF PUBLICITY Sheriff Threatens to Turn Names and Pictures Over to Newspapers Seattle, Wash., Mar. 17. Sheriff Hodge announced positively today that he would wait uutil night for" word from Los Angeles that Deputy M. K. llalley had left there with Mrs. Isabel Clayburg, alleged Seattle "badger" queen, if no word conies, he says he will open up on the wealthy alleged vic tims in Seattle, who were reported to be backing her fight against extradi tion, and "give them all the publicity they want and then some." "They are hampering the ends of justice," Hodge declared. "They must be dealt with summarily." Mrs. Clayburg was refused a writ of iiabeas corpus in the superior court at Los Angeles Thursday and given 21 hours in which to prepare for a trip to Seattle for trial on a charge of j'on spiracy to blackmail a wealthy mining promoter and clubman, and other per sons here. Defense Attorney 'Darl lingers gave notice of an appeal to the circuit court, which action would delay the case here for several weeks. "One of victims has gone from here to Los Angeles and is financing this le gal fight," said Hodge. "I announce right now that if this man don't let the law take its course I will turn over every bit of evidence I have, including the names of every vic tim the gang photographed during the two years of their operations, together with the pictures, to the newspapers. "At the same time, using photo graphs as evidence, 1 can charge a number of our best citizens, so-called, with crimes, the minimum penalty for which is two years in the peniten tiary." While Mrs. Ckivburg's fate is still uncertain, Miss Lillian Peterson and Miss Dottie Coots, the other alleged "badger girls" brought here for trial, from San Francisco, are languishing in the county jail. JUarket Rather Dull Prices Are Unchanged New York, March 17. The New York Sun's financial review today said: There was a marked contraction in the volume of business compared to the sessions immediately preceding. Prices were irregular, and confined within a narrow range. Professionals described the maikct as awaiting defi nite news of Mexi-nn developments and the Verdun fighting, but nn explana tion comporting licf.er with recent Wall Street performances was that relative dullness and hesitation were the natural result of recent heavy realizing sales. With the short interest reduced and little public buying, the general list nevertheless acted well. The market opened uncertainly, re sulting in a sharp break in Crucible Steel upon failure of its directors to act toward liquidation of' the dividends ac cumulated by preferred stock, which now amount to li.j per cent Steel was active and higher upon the wonderful showing in its annual report. Mercan tile preferred, Baldwin Locomotive and American Beet Sugar were strong features. Name of Bartholomew Caused His Arrest I'pon information that George Bar tholomew, the in. 'ii wanted for the mur der of J oil ii Linnd in Portland, would irrive in Salem yesterday ufternoon, the police arrested Claire Bartholomew of Fossil, but later released him. The Salem police were informed that Bar tholomew would leave Cnburg yester day for this city and that he was the man wanted and as l result he was ar rested as he stepped from the train. He was immediatcl v taken to the rooming house where Linnd and Bartholomew stopped in Salem before the murder wiiere it was found out that Claire Bar tholomew was not the m in who was with Linnd in Salem. Claire Bartholomew had been in Co bnrg to visit relatives and told Chief Welsh that he was held in Portland last week, to be examined but was later released. MEXICAN PEONS MAY CAUSE BREAK IS OflLY dahcer Ignorant of Expedition's Na ture May See In It a Gringo Invasion VALUABLE AID TO ARMY 100 Carranza Troops With Pershing's Army Aiding As Guides San Antonio, Texas, Mar. 17. As yet unexposed to an enemy's fire, the. Uni ted States troops hunting Francisco Vil la pushed further into Chihuahua des ert today, it was indicated by official announcements here. Major General Frederick .Tunston is sued a bulletin stating tint no casual ties had been suffered bv the Ameri cans, and that so far the' scouts had failed to locate any Villistas. line Hundred Carranza scouts and an army aeroplane are being used in tho effort to find Villa, it was stated. Armv headquarters were still appre hensive with regard to the attitude of Mexican peons who, ignorant of the ex pedition s real nature, may see in it a "gringo" invasion of Mexico and fight accordingly. "I note certain dispatches state no Carranzistas are co operating with Gen eral Pershing's column," said General Funston today. "On the contrary, about 100 are with him. They are not part of General Ilertani's forces, lint were connected with a subordinate body which mot Pershing at Las Palomns "after his men had crossed the border. Ilertani was not there then, and did not personally meet tho American column." Mormon scouts whom Pershing is al so using doubt that a contact with Vil listas is likely before another day has elapsed. Indications are that Viilistas are hidden around Galeana. The ex pedition will not arrive in that district until Sunday. The report that Colonel Herbert J. Slocuni had offered $10,000 for Villa's head was not confirmed, and was re garded a erroneous. Slocuni, it was stated, had no authority to make such an offer. Increasing excitement nmong Mexi cans at Harlingcn, Texas, was noted. Colonel Dullard, who is there with the Twenty Sixth infantry, does nol re gard the situation alarming. Colonel Sage at Nogales reoprted ho had boon informed Mexicans were quiet I in iierinosino anil uunymas. Aeroplane Is Scouting. Snn Antonio, Texas, Mar. 17. Gen eral John J. Pershing's columns inarch ing through Mexico have not yet come in touch with the Villistas, anil no cas ualties have been suffered, it was of ficially announced today. Sweeping in a gigantic circle uillos In extent, an army aeroplane is flvinir ahead of the advancing column, seek-1 mg indications of the Villistas or ofj Villa himself. Major General FunstoR confirmed the report tiint Brigadier General Per shing was using the First aero squadron and about 100 Carranza scouts in his hunt for the bandit chief. WILSON HAS SHAMROCK Washington. Mar. 17. President Wil son appeared at his office today wear ing a bright green necktie and a suit with a greenish tinge In his lapel win a real Irish shamrock, sent to him by John Iiedinond, the Irish parliamentary lender. MEXICAN ROW FORCES CONGRESS TO ACT ON PREPAREDNESS BILL By Bond P. Gcddes. (I'uited Press Stuff Correspondent.) Washington, Mnr. 17. While Briga dier General John .1. Peishing's double header American expedition was slow ly crossing Chihuahua desert to close with Frnucisco Villa and his bandits, congress and President Wilson united 'to reorganize the t'nited States army. President Wilson signed the joint res olution of house and senate, bringing 'the regular army up to its full strength, i It provides for nn immediate increase in the number of Fnclc Sam's fighting i en. Army preparedness bills are ready for consideration by both the upper and lower house, A cabinet meeting is scheduled to consider whether addition- lul border forces Knniihl be mustered and whether congress should be asked for immediate emergency npprnprintinns to pav for the present expedition and pro vide for the I'O.niiO annv recruits auth orized to the joint resolution. E Germany Disputes This, But If It Proves True Will Disavow the Act Amsterdam, Mar. 17. Affidavits by tho first and fourth officers of the Dutch liner Tubnutia, sunk bv an ex plosion iu the North sea, declared that the vessel was torpedoed, according to the admiralty's official announcement telegraphed here today. Officers said they clearly saw the torpedo. A major of the survivors as serted the liner was torpedoed, but nono saw any trace of a submarine. PnperB favoring tho allies asserted positively that the Tubantia was torpedoed. Ger man sympathizers wore equally posi tive that she struck a mine. Think Fifteen Perished. London, Mar. 17. Fifteen are feared to have perished in the sinking of tho Dutch liner Tubantia, the F.vcning Standard declared today. A lifeboat containing that number is missing, and it is thought the craft may have been swamped. Will Make Compensation. Ttni-lin Atii IT if u ; nin..i.. ........ ii in f ii-mijr shown that the Dutch liner Tubantia was torpeiloeit, Germany will promptly d'lS.lVnW the net nil.l fillK unmnnnuafn those who suffered by it , sentiment here today indicated. Dutch dispatches, however, practical ly ngreed that the steamer sank after hitting a floating mine in the North sea. Admiralty officials refused to comment on the probability of German submarines cruising near w'here the Tu bantia went down. Congress Drops Everything to Perfect Plans for Larger Army By Bond P. Ooddes (1'nited Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington, March 17. Congross, dropping all other considerations, to day began actual work on army reor ganization. .Senator Chamberlain re ported his army increase bill from com mittee, and announced he was ready to call it up for consideration Mon day. Chairman Hay of the house military committee opened with a speech bear ing ou the proposition of making the regular army 1 10,000 strong. "On a question of this character," he declared, "all Americans should stand together." Tremendous applause greeted this. Hay called the bill a "reasonable meas ure" and said: "It will meet opposition from those who are opposed to any defensive legis lation, and from those who think it does not go far enough Wo hnvo a volunteer system in this country, and must deal with conditions as they arc, not as elsewhere, in countries where there is compulsory military service. An army of L'0l),lHMl men would meati compulsory service. 1 don't think the country would iuce.pt such a proposi tion." Great applause at this point demon strated that there was a strong anti conscription .-culiinrnt. Continuing, I lav said: "An army of L'"0.000 men would cost tho nation $7.10,000,000 annually. I don't believe congress is ready to fid dle such an expense ns that on This country iu times of peace." llepresentative advocated an army of at least IIOO.OOO men. It was indicated that the making of both these requests would be postponed until the extent, of the campaign against Villa and the length of time ; probably required to hunt him duwn I could be accurately forecasted. ' Lenders admitted tiint the final army I si heme would be drafted nt uilministra j tion conferences immediately following passage of the Hay and ( hamberlain hills. Setting aside all other business, the house today took up the Hay pro Ipnreilness measure. While some hoped to pass it tomorrow, leaders belies ed the debate would force the time of ' voting over into next week. ! Senator Chamberlain was expected to ask that the Myers water power bill be sidetracked for consideration of his 1 armv law. An increased demand for prepared ness on account of the .Mexican situ ation was indicated, and it was be- ! lieved the niitnoried army strength would probably be raised over the 111,- I 000 men nyproved by the house. SAY THOUSANDS II Civil Authorities Doubt Car ina's Good Faith In Aid in? Americans FEAR GENERAL UPRISING BEFORE VILLA IS CAUGHT That Americans Were Not Al lowed to Use Juarez Rail road Is Suspicious Fd Paso, Texas, Mnr. 17. If Carran zistas do not win the race to see wheth er Mexicans or Americans shall capture Francisco Villa, the United htate forces must follow him to his favorite haunts in mountainous western Chihua hua. This was made evident today by re ports from the advancing "front." While Brigadier Jencral John J. Pershing'B troops were laboring through the dust and heat of Chihuahua desert, Villa and lis followers were said" to have arrived in the forbidding; mountains of San Buena Ventura dis trict. Familiar ns Villa is with the wi-d Sierra Madres west of ccntrnl Chihua hua, having roamed tho country as an outlaw sinco his youth, observers fore casted a long guerilla campaign, with bloody night raids by tho bandits upon American camps. News of tho unopposed progress of two American columns toward Villa " retreat was sent to San Antonio by thu government's wire, but Fd Paso's of ficial reports wore restricted lo stories of unofficial attempts to get 400 Amer ican Mormon settler refugees out of Mexico. After arrangements; had been mnde for a train to go in after the Mor mons, while nnother train was scheduled to start northward carrying part of the Amoricnns to safety, bith plans were upset by Mexicans cutting tho railway and burning a bridge 30 miles north n'f Casas (trnndes. Tho Mormons wero greatly relieved by reports that Villa aiid his men hmT passed to the southward of them, and were in flight tuwaru the hill country. Armlos on thB Movb. Kl Paso, Texas, Mar. 17. Swallowed up in the hills and deserts of northern Chihuahua, two American expeditions nro seeking Francisco Villa todnv. while their movements nre screened behind an nlmnst impregnable censorship. Driving ulong the enHtern slope of tho Sierras, Colonel Dodd 's column is expected to rench the American eolonv at Bublan today. Finding all Mormon's there snfo he will continue his forced march toward Casus Grande-s in nn at tempt to cut off Villa's retreat into Honora. The little American army wliiili started from Columbus Js marchinir more slowly south of Palomas. It mar nossiblv be joined today bv aviators from Columbus, practice fights wer indulged in yesterday by the military airmen, preparatory to soaring south ward and acting ns scouts for thn Am ericans. For the present at least the bomb dropping ability nt these neroplniie nilots will not be tested, owing to the fnot thnt there nre n lnrr" niimler of Carranza troops in the Casus Grandest country nlso trailing Villa, and it would bo hard for the birdmen to tell friend 'from fon while flvintf high. Reports from Presidio. Tutus, told of renewed bandit raids bv ViPa sympath izers on American soil, ft wn d clared thousands of Mexican in tho great stretch south of Presidio worn ready to join Villn. Carranza Soldiers Desert. Desertions of Carranza soldiers throughout Chihiinhua were reported, although nn specific Cnrrnnza opposi tion to tho American operations has vet peon confirmed. The rumored revolt in Oiinngn in which the commander wn said to have been ns-snssinnted was of ficially denied. Hniners, presumably Villa sympathiz ers, fired on a Texas and Pacific, train nonr Alfalfa, but nunc of th bull"s took effect. There was no confirmation fContitined on Tnire ViniO THE WEATHER Oregon: Tonight and Saturday fair and frost tonight interior nfirthwest and east portions, northerly winds. WAITING TO J I VILLA S I