if:' FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES 35 JC jjc 3c 3t fc 3fC (C CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY s f Efll o d lojln in nunj TIIIRTY'EIGHTH JEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS $kllfl GOMMUNICA G Supposed Bandits Have Cut Wires, and Wireless Is Out J cf Communication REPORTED VILLA HAS FLED TO MOUNTAINS Texas Rangers Round Up Villa Sympathizers Who Send Him Munitions i:i Paso, Texas, Mar. 22. All efforts to get in communication with General J, Pershing's American columns failed early today. The field telegraph. Cut in 2S places, and the light wireless outfit carried by tho expedition both luoved useless. It is believed certain that tho wire was cut by roving bandits or Villa sympathizers who got between the Americnins and the border. The ex ait trouble with the wireless has not been ascertained, but efforts are stili being made at army headquarters to communicate with the expedition by radio. (ieneral Gnvirn at Juarez made an ef fort to get in touch with the column by using the railroad wire to Casas Gran iles. This also failed. It is supposed the line was broken by bandits in a raid on railway communications. No word of the amount of damage done was to be had, however, constitutional ist officials protesting ignorance. Meanwhile, somewnere deep in Mex ico behind this curtain of silence the American are supposedly pursuing their task of running down Francisco Villa and his men. There is a report current here that Villa . himself has not participated in any fighting yet, the conclusion being that. he. left it to some of his followers, while he himself hurried toward one of . his lurking places in the inountiuns. If it is true that Villa wan present at the skirmish ing around Kamiquipn, army men be lieve it reasonable to suppose that he and his men have already clashed with the Americans somewhere in that re gion. At last accounls, before communica tions failed, the expedition vanguard was only Ho miles from Namiquipa. Should it have come 'face to face with "I'nncho" nnd his outlaws those who know Villa believes he would have split his army into many small bodies and would have spread out in all directions, making the American forces divide into groups nnd fight him guerilla fashion. CaiTanza Troops Unreliable. Border reports today stili had it that there was moro or less serious-disaffection among sumo of Onrranzn's troops. While fnilli wns manifested in C'arranza many doubted his army would obey him in all things. American women, wives of officers, schol teachers and others who live in smnll towns around El Taso have come here so a, o be on the safe side in case of a break. Texas rangers are rounding up all border Mexicans suspected of being Vil la sympathizers. Many of the suspects have admittedly been" engaged in ship ping ammunition across the Rio Grande. At Vsleta, 12 miles east of here, arrest ed following discovery of a plot to transport machine guns Into Mexico A new column headed bv the Kig'hth cavalry is believed making" reodv to en ter Mexico, riding southward over the oni Mnugglers trad. General Bell will rdahly command. J (Continued on P.-7o Sven.1 I ! l ABE MARTIN What's become o' the mother who let her boy wear curls till he wuz It years olef Yes, an' what become o' th' lnyf We'd never know some fellers' middle names if ther wives didn't git in th ' social columns. WITH PERSH 1 BEEN GUI uFF M ? & TO CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS Washington, Mar. 22. Sen- ator Sherman introduced a resolution today authorizing President Wilson" to call 5n,(IOO volunteers for service in Mex- ieo. He asked that it be passed immediately. EAST NASHVILLE FIRE Carried by High Wind Sweeps . All Before It 15,000 Are Homeless MAY WIPE OUT CITY Nashville, Tenn., Mar. 22. East Nashville, including some of the finest residences, is threatened with destruction by fire this afternoon. The blaze originated in a negro's cabin. Over 20 houses have been burn ed, and two blocks razed. The fire department appears pow erless. Outside aid has tieea asked. 'High winds are spread ing the flames. The early damage was confin ed mostly to shacks and a few cheap buildings,! but insurance experts said that even if the wind should cease 15,000 would be made homeless. N'nshville, Tenn., Mar. 22. Although every available piece of fire fighting apparatus in Nashville and adjoining eilies was battling tiie flames sweep ing East Nashville this afternoon, the blaze continued to gain. Governor Tom ('. Rye called out state militia to aid police and firemen. At 4 p. m. tiie conflagration showed no signs of nbatin;;. Only tiie Cumber land river, separating tho business dis trict from the portion now wrapped in flames can save the whole city from de struction, it is feared. Neighboring cities even some dis tance away are sending engines on spe cial trains, but every dydraut is busy now, and the additional apparatus will be of little use. Traveling with terrifying speed, the flames have already eaten a pathway three blocks wide and a mile long through the heart of the best residence district. Three churches were engulfed in the fire. Market Was Stagnant Prices Took a Tumble New York, Mar. 22 The New York Evening Sun's financial review today said : Trices were irregular and uncertain during the first three hours, but during that, perioil Reactionary tendencies pre-1 dominated. Peace discussions contin ued to make their influence felt. Tiie heavy opening wherein war stocks lost ground was clearly the result of overnight reports that Germany had in timated the time for pence negotiations had arrived. Despite the state depart-! nient s denial the wide circulation or these rumors confused the public, and restrained trading. The extreme narrowness of the mar ket was indicated by such declines as 10 points in General Motors, fifteen in liethlehem Steel and the almost com plete neglect of railways. Coppers were mostly dull. Mercantile Marine pre ferred was the only conspicuously strong stock this forenoon. I. ate trad ing was not marked bv an expansion of business, and speculative conditions remained unchanged. WHEN BLOOD IS SHED MEXICAN CHARACTER WILL BE By H. C. Boehme. I d'nited Press staff correspondent.) Douglas, Ariz., Mar. 22. Scattered! along the border, reaoy at 'five minutes' notice to increase protection to a mi t-! lion Americans immediately north of the international line, is the finest but j smallest army in the world. i Where 10,000 soldiers hold five miles of front in northern France, slightly' more than that number guard 2.000 1 miles which separates the United States; from Mexico, i Visitors at Douglas and other frontier places where troops have mobilized; since the Columbus affair continually; remark upon the personnel of the New United States army. There has been no Increase in the number of higher officers but non-com-1 missioned officers have been uniformed! to resemble their superiors more. Ser geants and corporals under the regula-' tions wear leather puttees, boots, and, breeches which only the trained eye can distinguish from commissioned officers': garb. - The troopers are clean cut, close shav en, almost to the extreme, and except' PARIS, TEXAS, HAS 11 ,000,000 BLAZE, I 10,000 HOMELESS Swath From Two to Ten Blocks Wide Swept Clean by Fire BUSINESS SECTION IS UTTERLY DESTROYED All But 15 of the City's 140 Business Blocks Are Masses of Cinders FIRE CONTROLLED TODAY Paris, Texas, Mar. 22. Threo arc dead, 10,000 homeless and from $7,000,000 to $10,000,000 damage has been caused by a fire which devastated two thirds of the city. The flames were finally extinguished to any. One hundred business blocks were destroyed including 25 dynamited to checlt the blaze. Between 1,500 and 2,000 dwell ings were burned. Many were injured, some probably fatally. Tour are known dead. The body of James Rector was found buried in the wreckage of his home at Monon. At Mont pelier, Gertrude Alspneh, aged 4, was killed. Paris, Texas, Mar. 22. With two thirds of the city's residential and business districts wiped out by 'flames which left a funnel shaped wake from two to 10 blocks wide across the city, the total loss as the result of the fire which raged all night was estimated today from $2,000,000 to $.'!,000,000, with 10,000 homeless. One man, John Straub, was burned to death in his home. Homeless and destitute families are being relieved by the crty. Half the population of Furis is without shelter. Thousands went without breakfast this morning. Urgent appeals for groceries and money have been sent to neigh boring cities. There is not a dry goods store, drug store, hotel or wholesale grocery left in the city. Among the buildings destroyed were two newspaper plants, the court house, postoffice, Telegraph office, high school, three churches, scVerall apartment houses, two hotels and many costlv dwellings. The fire started in the Long Trans portation company warehouse and spread with great rapidity to the Paris Cotton compress. While thousands 'fled from their homes, throwing furniture and valuables into the street, the blaze swept over the public square and ate into the north side residence district. Tire fighting apparatus was rushed from Dallas, Honey Grove, Bonham and from Hugo, Okla. Every citizen wns pressed into service. Many bucket bri gades were formed. The water supply was none too plentiful, nnd at midnight the fire had taken a:! but 15 of the citv's 140 business blocks. Hot Slaw: Hot slaw is preferred by many people to cold slaw, and may be very easily made by heating some ordi nary slaw. REVEALEDlrihmim , when doing only the most arduous 'fa tigue duty uniforms are always pressed and look "new" Travelers who have seen the fight ing men of Europe, passing through camps of the "new" army, place it on a par if not above any army now at war. But every one of these observers remark upon the insignificance of the force. "A wonderful mnchtne," they say, "but hopelessly small." Residents of these border places take a similar view of the situation. They appreciate the fighting quality of the men. but have a fear of Mexico which an adequate army they say would allev iate. Judge A. A. Richardson, legal repre sentative for the de facto government of Mcxico,( an American who learned the Mexican language before he master ed English, declared that it took him 40 vears to learn the Mexican eharne ter, to find only when war came that he did not know it at all. "I am afraid for our boys down theref" he said, "when the first blood is shed, American also will learn thej Mexican character." GREAT FIRE IN KANSAS Kansas City, yo., Mar. 22. Prairie fires driven by strong winds did heavy damage in Kansas today. The Cushing oil field reported more than $1,- 000,00 loss there alone. Reports from Wichita said flames were sweeping over miles of grass lands, killing livestock and destroying farm build- ings. No casualties have been re- corded. Are Needed to Guard Lines of Communication With Armies In Mexico Washington. Mar. 22. From all sec tions of tho United States troops sped to the border today in instant response to Major General Fred Funston's ap peal for reinforcements. At 4 a. in. Colonel Wilder and four troops of the Fifth cavalry from Fort Meyer, across the Potomac from Wash ington, started for Columbus, N. M. on a special train. Squadrons will be en route to the bor der from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Fort Sheridan, III., and Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., this afternoon. Funston 's latest dispatches indicated that (ieneral Pershing was nearing the Villista fighting line. Reports that Pershing's communications ha J beea cut were disturbing, though the break was believed due to military difficul ties rather than to treachery. More supplies are being urged for Pershing. Officials admitted that if they diii not reach him in a few days the condition might become serious. The stato department and Carranzis ta representatives are rushing work on the protocol under which further oper ations in Mexico are to be conducted. Its essential features have been agreed upon, nnd the u'f.iil are now beijig worked out. ' May Raid In Army's Rear. San Antonio. Tex., Mar. 22. With General Pershing's men reported at Lake Babricosa, Colonel Dodd betwen El V.ille and Namiquipa and a third American column near Carmen, contact with Francisco Villa was regarded as inevitable today, if the bandit is still hemmed in between the fast moving ex peditionary force and Carranzistas to the southward. If Villa has given them the slip and won his goal in the Guerrero fastness, it is conceded the chase will last weeks and perhaps months. The significance of Major General Fred Funston's e ill for reinforcements was admittedly due to a necessity of strengthening the American lines of communication. Army men tear vn listas may have been purposely left be hind when their leader fled, suddenly to raid in Pershing's rear and leave the Americans isolated in a pro-Villa district. Extension of the censorship to El Paso was hinted if Carranza permits use of Mexican railways for military purposes. The American base may then be transferred from Columbus to El Paso. Pneumonia Thins Ranks. El Pasi, Tex., Mar. 22. Sickness is thinning the American ranks in Mexico. Several soldiers arrived here for treatment today. They said soldiers are dropping most from pneumonia. By day they suffer from intense heat. At night they almost freeze. This, say the ar rivals, has produced a pneumonia epi demic of serious proportions. A week's hard marching on meagre rations from following months of hearty feeding in camps caused many to fall by the wayside. The worst cases are being sent back to the border. Private K. J. Harding, Company A, Sixtenth infantry said pneumonia was the most prevalent complaint. of uisoraeriy tonauct The jury in the case of the City of Salem against George W. Sheppard, last night returned a verdict of guilty to the charge of disorderly conduct. The complaining witness was E. W. Wyntt who testified that Sheppard struck him with his fist. It was brought out in the testimony of the defendant's witness that Wyatt hen ran back to his own home ami secured a gun. He swore out a conndaint rharging Sheppard with disorderly conduct anil the case was tried out in police court before a jury. Sheppard was fined $15 which he "paid. The jury in its verdict recom mended the leniency of the court in imposing sentence. placing a buoy near the north jetty. Astoria. Or., Mar. 22. Three men of the crew of Ihe lighthouse tender Man zanita were drowned today while re placing a broy near the north jetty. The buoy broke adrift and one of the ships boats with six men was launched to replace it. The boat capsized in the breakers on Peacock spit. The life saving crew from Fort Canby immedi ately went to the assistance of the meu, but succeeded in rescuing only three. GALE RAGES OVER ILLINOIS J One Killed, Many Hurt and Houses Wrecked at Log ansport, Indiana THREE COACHES BLOWN FROM RAILROAD TRACK Fears Felt for Lake Vessels Wires Down and Details Are Meager Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 22 Blizzards and gales cost at least two lives and did property damage which may mount well into the thousands in Illinois, Michigan and Indiana today. W. J. Rickets was killed at Logans port when the roof of a broom factory was ripped away, crashing into his house. At Marion, R. Williams was killed as he slept. The wind sent bricks from a wrecked chimney through the roof of hi sfarmhouse. His wife was badly injured. A girl was reported killed nenr Mont pclicr, where houses and churches were unroofed. A Clovcrleaf train wns blown from the track near Marion, two men being so severely hurt they were taken to the hospital. Many others narrowly escaped. Trains nnd iuterurban earn were do lnen at Detroit by the worst blizzard in several years. , Fear Vessels Wrecked. Chicago, Mar. 22. Terrific gales ac companied by blizzards damaged noth eastern Illinois during the night. Day light " revealed ' houses lilown over at Kankakeo and Pitwood. Many wires were down and fragmentary reports fil tered in from the affected areas. Fears were felt for safety of the freighter Arizona, which sailed last night for Manitowoc. The steamer Maywood was forced to put in for shel ter nt Waukegan. Three men on an iceboat were driven hy the gale into a water hole on Lake Monona, Wis,, and drowned. Steel Coach Saved Them, Marion, Ind., Mar. 22. Good luck and a steel car saved many from prob ably werious injury when tho wind swept three coaches of a Cloverlenf passenger train from the tracks and tc.mbieo' them down a steep embank ment. Although two enrs rolled completely over, only two men were hurt badly to necessitate an ambulance call. During the high wind, fire destroy ed a drug store in the Iinquis block, the largest in town. Twenty-five thousand dollars wns the total loss. R. Williams, farmer, was killed as ho slept in bed and his wife wns se riously injured when the gale toppled his chimney, sending bricks crashing through the roof. Damage May Be Great. Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 22. Sweep ing northern Indiana shortly after mid- (Continued from Page Three.) AND HA LAKES DRAMATIC SCENES AT CASAS GRANDES WHEN AMERICANS ARRIVED EI Paso, Texas, Mur. 22. Brought from their hiding places, United Stales flags wcro dusted off and once more unfurled in the sun when Colonel Dodd's cavalrymen galloped into Casas Grandes, saving American .Mormons there from the Villista menace, accord ing to stories told by arrivals from that district today. The rescue scene wns dramatic. For days the settlers had lived in hourly terror of a Villistas raid. Mexicans at I Cnsas Grandes shouldered them awny. I When uews of the expedition entering ! arrived, their fears were increased. They believed it would take days for the troops to cross Chihuahua desert, and in the meantime more bandit out rages were expected. Hut Dodd's eavnlrvmen made record I uT.eed noma the wilderness. Two days from the minute they crossed the bord er, settlers looked toward the northern I horizon to see a cloud of dust. Panic reigned. They could think of nothing but a horde of Villistas, fleeing before the soldiers anil murdering as they went. The cheering of men who had gone out ready to fight brought to women, ; in their hiding places, the nrst inti mation that Americans and not Mex icans were appronching under the dust 'cloud. Then the stnrs and stripes were 'brought out, men shouted, women wept 3 5(C 3c 3fc jfc jC 3t 3(C )C 3fC SOME PROGRESSIVES San Francisco, Mar. 22. Bearing 144.000 signatures, tho nomination petitions for pro- gressive delegates to tho nation- s al convention at Chicago, June 2, were ready for filing here this afternoon. They will bo filed either this evening or to- day. Petitions were still com- ing in late today from all parts of the state. TEST! E Next-Door Neighbor Gives Direct Lie to Those Trying to Make Out Alibi Oroville, Cal., Mar. 22. Giving tho lie to Gertrude Lamson's parents, Mrs. Thomas Whidden, a next door neigh bor of Rev. Madison Slaughter, charged with attacking the girl, testified in his trial today that Gertrude was at her house on November 13 and 14. Her parents had sworn that sho was at home on those dates, (lertrudo her self testified she visited the Sluughtor residenco Novomber 13 and 14 and was attacked by him. Mrs. Whiilden fixed the dates of Ger trude's visits by saying Mrs. Grein, al so a member of Slaughter's congrega tion, came on those dates, to give her a sponge bath as she was sick in bed. Gertrude heated the water and aided Mrs. Grein, she testified. Judge Gregory strongly admonished Defense Attorney Schooler for asking alleged insulting questions. Schooler asked Mrs. Whidden if she remembered the date so clearly because that was the occasion of her first hath. The court forced Schooler to retire us questioner of Mrs. Whidden, nnd his assistant, U. It. Kennedy, took the witness. Mrs. Whidden 's husband threatened to "have a settlement" witii Schooler. Mrs. Whidden was so overcome she was unable to remain on the stand long afterward, and was excused. Her hus band, followed her. He corroborated his wife, and furthermore asserted he guided Gertrude Lninson to tho door of the Slaughter house with a lantern on the night of November 14. Ho said lie saw her next morning at daybroak when sho returned to his place next door. Blackmail Stories Will be Published by Star Seattle, Wash., Mar. - 22. The tem porary injunction issued yesterday by Superior Judge Ronald, ou application of attorneys for Puttie (loots, Lillian Peterson and Isabel Clayburg, in which the Seattle Star wns ordered not to pub lish its advertised stories by Mrs. Clay burg, was dissolved today. Attorney John II. Perry, for tho Stnr, argued that tho order was clearly in de fiance of the newspaper's constitution al rights. The Star announces today that it will publish the first of the Clayburg stories tomorrow. Mrs., Clayburg, under arrest in Los Angeles, is fighting extradition to Se attle for trial on charges of complicity in activities here of an alleged black mail gang which plucked rich victims with nu elaborate "badger" game. A husband, wishing to reprove hii wife politely for throwing pottery a him, may say: "Here, woman, cut out the ceramics. " hh the Yankee troopers urged their I wiMiry mounts to u last gullop into the i settlement. Children ran out with fruit for the .tired soldiers, water was carried to them, women cooked fur them. Tho Mor mons produced hay and forage for tho horses that made the march Funston called "spendid." Mexicans sullenly watched the demount rut ion. Marion, John and lob Vance, whose father had been reported executed, ar- ' rived nt Casas Grundes telling ul a I perilous journey from their home in i Colonia Chihuahua. En route they bare- ly escaped a Villa band. Colonel Dodd's cavalry rodo through Casas Grnndes, the main body encamp I ing in the outskirts, rrenernl Persh ling's men joined the vanguard with a ' base at Pultlan, outside Casas Grandes, where wireless equipment and aviation headquarter were erected. Refugees coming in said they did not i see Americans along the Mexican , Northwest railroad, and that they had j heard nothing of figuring between Vil listas and Carranzistns. j Bishop Hurst of the Mormon church j planned to leave Juarez on a train car rying supplies to settlers at Publnn. I The American Mormons refused to start ! for tho bonier, believing I'nited States 'troops sufficient protection until Lull- uitry is wiped out. LIQ01D FIRE USED BY GERMANS AIDS 111 i! GAINS Artillery Showered Shrapnel and High Explosives 0a French In Vain .. BUT SHEETS OF FLAME COMPELLED RETREAT Paris Insists Shifting of At tack by Germans Is Con fession of Failure By Charles P. Stewart. (United Press staff correspondent.) London, Mar, 22. Liquid fire playeil its most successful role since the war began when it enabled German troops to make an advance at a point 10 miles northeast of Verdun. Reports received in London today said that German artillery showered shrapnel and high explosives on the French positions in tho Avoeourt wood without success. But jets of liquid flam and billows of smoke drove the French, from several hundred yards of trenches southeast of Malancourt, This now success menaced nevcrat sqnaro miles of French positions north west of Verdun. Latest Paris dispatches however, insist that the shifting Ger man attack is n confession of failure. Russian victories have convinced P critics that the Vcraun offensive will soon be abandoned. By their gain at Avoeourt. the Ger mans arrived within seven miles of the St. Menehould railway, over which sup plies are carried for most o'f the French positions around Verdun. If the (!o--mans fail to squeeze the French out from, their northwestern positions, ther may suddenly change front and smnMi southward in an attempt to seize this railroad. German Steamer Torpedoed. Bucharest, Mar. 22 Russian warship off Kcliakra, Rumania, Sunday tor pedoed nnd -sank the 7,000 ton German steamer Espernnzn bound for Constanti nople with a cargo of fond. Dispatches said tho crew was raptured. The Es perunza flew Spanish and Russian flags. Turks Still Retreating. Amsterdam. Mar. 22. Turkish troops have evacuated Erzinuan where the sultan's men established their hend- qnartcrs when Erznrum was lost, Bu charest dispntchos said today. Before lenving they blew up their ammunition dopot. A Lull at Verdun. Paris, Mar. 22. Although German cannon kept up a' constant uproar dur ing the night northwest of Verdun, there wns no attempt nt infantry opera tions, the war office communique said todny. Tho bombardment, was especially heavy around Malancourt and Haucourt Hill. Shells poured into the village of fsnesbesncs on the Menso cast bank. Cannonading continued between Vaux and Damloup. Russians Continue Assaults. Berlin, Mar. 22. General Kuroputk in's Russians continue their assaults south and southeast of Riga today, it was officially announced. Tho attack were repulsed. More trenches in Vvocourt woods have been captured tho announcement said. The French taken prisoners in recent German gains around Verdun now total 2,072, it was claimed. Artillery firing proceeded on both banks of the Meuso last night, but there was no intar.iry work except the Vocouit smash. Three allied iicroplnnes were "wing ed" and brought down by Oerma.i guns north of Verdun. At Obersept, Alsace, a French ad vance was checked. German counter attacks northwest of Poatnwy netted f)N4 prisoners. The Rus sians have been battling heavily against . . . . . i . . .1 n'L.. me Hermans mere lor iwo uuy. icj were successful only ut Narocz lake. Last night they attacked southwest of Jacobstadt, southeast of Riga, south of DvinsK, nortn or wiucy, neur (Continned on F Hi THE WFATHFR IHU IILinilJLdl Oregon: To night and Thurs day, ruin; south westerly winds, moderate near the coast. (I'M GLAOl