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ti FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES XI CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY THIRTY-NINTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS EZ2PSg DANGER OF WAR IS IK RAPIDLY,, UP TO CARRAhtA If He Will Co-operate in Ei? ing Banditry Peace Seems! Assured PRESIDENT WILL GO FOR TO PUT END TO ANARCHY His Great Object Is To Help Mexico Establish Real Government By Robert J. Bender (United Press staff correspondent) Washington, June 50. Danger of war with Mexico is waning fast, of ficials believed today, as President Wilson nwnits the reply from General Carrana to his note threatening "grave consequences" if the American expedition is attacked. But despite this bejef, militiamen Icjmtinued, to pour steadily southward toward the border. The administration is bv no means certain that it may not have early need for the troops. A United Press dispatch from Mexi co Citv stating that Carranzas reply was about completed, was read with with interest at the White House. The president hopes to have the communi cation in his hands, possibly before rne addresses the New York Citv Press club tonight. The Mexico City dispatches report ing the belief that the Carranza reply will avert wnr buoyed up hopes for a peaceful settlement. The arrival of the American prisoners In El Paso and the expressed willingness of the Mex ican authorities to return the bodies of the I'nrrizal dead were other opti mistic factors. Officials waited with interest the detailed stories . of the American troops while refusing to comment on the story of Lem Spills bury, Mormon scout who placed blame for the Carrizal battle upon the Aiiffr ' iean officers. As for the possibility of further clashes, much depends upon the atti tude of Carranza in his forthcoming reply. Should it be conciliatory of fering the basis for friendly coopera tion between the two nations there were few here today who doubted 1he president would go "to the extreme in relieving Carranza as much as possible ol the irritating influences attached to the presence of American troops in Mexico. Will Not Withdraw Troops While the president will not with may P expected to cover the move draw the troops in Mexico, new orders meats of Pershing's column making a recurrence of the Carrizal fight impos sible. Smiic reports indicate Pershing already may have received new orders perhaps to get clear of towns where trouble might omir. Reports indicate at least that the general is shortening his lines somewhat. The president early in his adminis tration announced an ideal on which he hoped to work out the Mexican problem. That was to let Mexico work i1 out herself. He has clung to that ideal and may be expected to continue to do so whatever the criticism ai'riint it. "It is not easy to think first of what America, if .she hives justice, oii"ht to do in the field of internation al affairs." the president said yester day at Philadelphia. "She cannot in sist on other people treating her with justice and respect unless sTie is will ing to act in tiie same manner towards them. That I am ready to fight for at any cost, myself." There were none In the audience who ilid not believe the president had Clem Harner has n dollar thut's quite a curiosity. He saved it durin' th' year ' th' Tnft administration. Left over biscuits make a fine border fer a flower ceil. CO V Mrs. Sanger and Others Are Arrested Portland, Ore., .Tune .10. Mrs. Mar garet Sanger of New York, and three other women were under arrest today as the result of holding a meeting of protest against the previous arrest of three men for selling Mrs. Sanger's birth control pamphlet. The protest meeting, held in a large theatre, drew a big crowd. Expurgat ed editions of Mrs. Sanger's pamphlets were distributed. The police "morai squad" waited until the crowd had thinned and then arrested Mrs. Sanger, Dr. Marie Equi, Mrs. F. A. Greatwood and Miss Maude Bourner. A near riot followed, but the women were hustled into a patrol wagon. Several mher wo men clamored to be arrested on the same charge. The four women were charged with distributing obscene literature and were released ou bail. Several Thousand Being Dis tributed, Leaving Regulars Foot Loose San Antonio, Texas, June 30. Two wounded American soldiers were ex pected to arrive at the base hospital here today with an official accouut of the attack on tile Medina river bridge of the Southern Pacific at Mac Dona, Texas, last night. Bandits rushed the bridge shortly before midnight firing into the Ameri can guard. One of the bandits was captured. The others fled into the dark ness when the Americans returned the fire. Army officers here welcome any de lay occasioned by further negotiations with Carranza. They said that the long er the two governments make time, the better the American forces would be prepared in the event of hostilities, while Mexico would enjoy no corres ponding benefit. A few more days will see the distribu tion of several thousand national guardsmen along the border, releasing .15,000 regulars for active service. In addition, a delay will permit the con centration of large supply of food stuff and the mobilization of transport facili ties and the rehabilitation of the civil an corps. The quartermasters depart ment will open bids tomorrow for big quantities of provisions, including 18o" 000 pounds of beans, ISO, 000 cans of tomatoes, -80,000 pounds of coffee, 480,000 pounds of sugar, 00,000 pounds of rice, 45,000 pounds of prunes, L'0, 000 pounds of evaporated peaches, 50,. 000 cans of jam, 00,000 tins of tobacco ami 100,000 pounds of salt. Forage for horses and mules will cost the army about 070,000 a month, it is estimated, and $45,000 worth of gasoline will be used every mouth. The pay roll for officers and men along the border now already totals 1,SOO,000 a month, while the urrival of the mili tia will greatly increase this. (Continued on Paae Tore.) in mind his policy toward the Mexican people. In the meantime, however militia movements toward the border will con tinue. The administration is bv no means certain it may not have early need for the troops. Mexican Reply 1 ouch on Main Points But j Does Not Ask Withdrawal Mexico City. June 3o. The foreign office this afternoon issued u three thousand word statement in reply to the Lansing note. The statement con tains n strenuous denial of many of the charges made in this communica tion with counter charges against the I'nited Stntes, but docs not contain a repetition of the demand for the with drawal of American Troops. (Note The cable dispatch does not make it clear whether the statement was given out by the Mexican foreign office is the actual answer of the Mex ican government to th American note, or is simply an official comment, pre ceding actual delivery of the note.J ' Replying to the charge that Ameri can citizens hnve been murdered in Mexico, the statement points out that because of internal dis'urbnnces, Mex ican citizens also hnve suffered from the depredations of bandits and rev olutionary forces. It declares it un reasonable to expect that foreigners I should be immune under such eircum j stances. It is also asserted thnt in many eas es Mexicans have been murdered on American soil and that their murder ers have gone unpunished though the attention of the American state de partment has been called to these crimes. The foreign office points out further thnt many of the alleged out rages complained of by the American government occurred before the I'nit ed States recognized the Carranza government and adds that in view of this fact, it is not proper to bring L BE INADEQUATE Is Criminally Weak Says Chamberlain. But Boys Not To Blame GLAD IT WAS MEXICO EXPOSED OUR WEAKNESS Whole Country to Blame for Condition of Criminal Unpreparedness Washington, June 30 Had trouble threatened with a powerful, aggressive nation, instead of Mexico, the last few days would have shown the "inherent weakness of the national guard system even more strikingly than has been the case," Chairman Chamberlain of the senate military committee said today in an interview with the United Press. He had before him reports of guards men leaving for the front short of horses, mutes, supplies, even rifles, of state forces were, sixty per cent of the men never had fired an army rifle, of large proportions of national guard companies being disqualified by. Unit ed States army regulations. "Let me make clear first," he said, "that this is ot an attack on the guards. The guardsmen, faulty as the system has shown itself, are better pre pared than any of the rest of us. In deed they are the only men who have imposed any sacrifice on themselves. KU'l..,- l. .i.- .... .a "iiui. in- liiiiiut-s ul me past ten days ought to do is to show the Amer ican people their duty the duty of each one to begin to get ready for whatever situation may come. up. "It is the American people who are responsible for few machine guns, no areo service to speak of, a lack of horses, an organization so inefficient that in ten days we have succeeded in starting only the militia of a few states to the border and those in vari ous degrees of criminal unprepared ness. Butt of Jokesmiths "Tt was wrong to expect a small percentage of citizens largely under paid, largely the but of gold laced ! jokes and always with military inter tests strictly secondary to bear our pro ! piiredness burden. The system has 'shown its weaknesses as we should have anticipated. "Neither can the railroads be blam ed for the delays. "The American people never have suggested that railroads ought to be prepared, as a part of the nation's mil itary machinery. "Industries suddenly called on to give up part of their employes and at the same time to hurry up supplies for them are altogether wrongly blamed. Lately 'industrial prcpiirediicj ' has become a phrase. I'p to recently it has been only that. "We find, most serious of all, wide physical unprcpareilncss. Men called from stores, warehouses, offices, or (Continued on Page Seven.) Does Not ! these complaints to the attention of j the de facto government ut this time. I The foreign office ldterates previ ous declarations that every effort has been made bv the constitutionalist. i government to punish every person I ! 'iuilty of outrages against foreigners. The statement declares that the Amer-j ican victims of the Santa Ysabel mas sacre were fully warned by constitu tionalist military chiefs that the coun try in which they were proceeding was infested by Villa bands, but insisted on entering the region of danger, de spite these protests. The foreign office further declares t'?t several days berore Villa's raid upon Columbus, Mexican military au- Jtliorities notified the United States' border officials that Villa was moving toward the border with his bandits and that ample time elapsed for the 'American military commanders to safe guard border towns. The foreign office resents the charge j that constitutionalist troops have failed to cooperate with the Ameri can troops in the hunt for Villa, seat ing that after the raid of Columbus, jfl Mexican force took the field in pur .suit of the Villistas, scattering them. I The statement that the Carranza ! government never gave permission for ! American troops to enter Mexican ter ritory is repeated and the blame for the encounter at Parral is laid upon jthe commander of th American forc es, who, the statement declared, en itere.l the town without permission of the Mexican authorities. NAI GUARD SYSTEM SHOWN TO Will Rush Work On Alaskan Railroads Seattle, Wash., June 30. Confident that the appropriation of $0,240,000 asked for this season's work on the Alaska railroad will be granted, Chair man W. C. Edes, of the Alaskan rail road eommisison, is hore today ready to start north and increase the working force now estimated at 2,000, to 3,000 or 4,000 men, and rush construction from three points. Ho will leave Sunday for Soward with Hrs. Edes. Flenty of men are now in Alaskn to supply the additional force, lie said. Work will bo continued on the main lino from Anchorage north towards Fairbanks and the Matanuska coal fields, and preliminary construction be tween Anchorage and the old Alaska Northern railroad started at once. More Than 60 Already Signed and Still the Boys Keep Pouring In As in the ense nf Cntminnv T Ttili-.t . ,. ' : - 1 j mtantry, the new company now bung formed in Salem promises to Be in the lend. Recruits are signing up at ft rate that Will result in t',m unonriiwr ft! a lull complement within a very short in. Initiators otdhe movement at first thought thnt sixty men would be about in that could be found in this citv willing to volunteer for active serv ice, if needed. That mark has been passed and the leading spirits now be lieve a full company of 150 men can oe secured and they are working to this end. The movement has received the in dorsement of Mayor White, who, in a statement issued today, says: "The men back of the new company of volunteers to be organized in Sa lem are certainly to bo commended m every way. t "Their zeal'in giving their time to make this undertaking a grand sue- cess and to form anotner company here 01 which Salem will be as proud of as that great company of boys composing Company M shows that Salem has the loyal teeling for this country that Is western country and insures that this country Trill always have its defenders whenever any danger threatens and that it will continue to be the greatest country in all tho worlfl. "I know that they will make it a go and if their call comes will go will ingly and will do their full duty iu every way." 11. O. WHITE, Mayor. The regiment to which the Salem company will be attached will prob ably be known as the Fourth Oregon infantry. The Const artillery has been equipped as infantry and is to be used in this capacity. At present it is iOO men short and Judge (iantenbein of Portland is organizing forces to re move this deficiency. As soon as the Salem contingent is all signed up a meeting will be held at which the officers will be selected and arangements made for uniforms, equipment and for drilling facilities. fc 5(C 9C 3jC sfc 5C 3 )C 3C 3fC 3C t TODAY'S BALL SCORES American R. IT. E, New York 7 11 I Philadelphia OSS Fisher and Nunnmnker; Hush n ti T Meyers, Tt. Boston G Washington 1 Maves and Thomas; Gallia, and Henry. H. V.. 0 1 2 0 Avers If. II. E. Detroit 2 f 2 Chicago 5 7 1 Dans ,'ind Stanage; Scott, nnd Schalk; llendrix replaced Ccott. It. IT. E. St. Louis 1 3 2 Cleveland 2 4 1 Groom, Knob and Severoid; fliirmon, Heche and O'Neill. National R. II. E. Philadelphia 3 !t 1 .M'w York 4 S 1 Alexander, Chalmers and Killifer; Tesrcau and Kocher. Mayer replaced Chalmers. It. IT. T.. lirooklvn x 2 8 4 lloston' ....' 0 9 1 Dell Mails and Miller; Ilarues nnd Cowdv. I(. TT. E. Pittsburg 3 8 0 Cincinnati 2 K " Harmon and Wilson; Schneider and Wingo. The Forresters of America, at the meeting last night, decided to attend in a body the Salem Street Railway employes' picnic to be given at New port Sunday, July 10. BERLIN BELIEVES T T Italians Launch Powerful At tacks On Austrian Forts at Goritz AUSTRIANS PUTTING UP DETERMINED DEFENSE Germans On Russian Front Bombarding Kuroputkins Forces By Carl W. Ackerman. (United Press staff correspondent.) Berlin, June 30. Breaking out of a new liuiian offensive on the Isonzo front and the stendik- I ence of tho British artillery assaults leaves little doubt in Berlin that the allies are in the early stages of their "grand offensive." Vienna disnatches tmlnv nm,mi,.n mat me Italians nave launched power ful attacks around the Austrian strong hold of Goritz, where no serious fight ing has occurred for many weeks. The Italian nttacks on the frentino front continue. The British are cannonading the German front impartially, bringing a systematic fire to bear upon the whole line southward of the Somme. The same procedure preceded the allies of fensive last September when the whole German front was bathed in fire before attacks were launched around Loos aud in the Champagne. The Vienna dispatches, reporting in tense activity around Goritz and on the Isonzo, contained the text of the Aus trian official statement issued late last night. "The Italians violently bombarded portions of the front on Doberdo plateau (south of Goritz) in Wednesday's fight ing and in the evening brought heavy batteries to bear upon Monte San Midi olo and the sector of San Martino," said the official statement. "After the fire had become most intense, en emy infantry across the plateau. All advances were repulsed. Violent fight ing is going on at Monte San Michele near San Martino and east of Venue gliauo. "In the Trentino the enemy attack ed our new position between the Kal Zugmi and the Adige valley. Wo re pulsed attacks near Monte Zeiha, north of the Bosina valley, Monte Testo and Zugna ridge, taking 200 prisoners." Resistance is Stubborn. By John H. Hearlcy. (United Press staff correspondent.) Home, June .'10 Fulfilling its promise for a more vigorous prescution of the war, the new ministry today called to the eolors the classes of 1SS2 to 1N05 and the third categories of tho classes of 1SS2 and 1SS3. The call adds large forces to the Ital ian armies, though the exact number cannot be made public. The public has been amused to a high pitch of enthusiasm by the steady ad vance of the Ttnlian armies in their new offensive in the Trentino. There are in dications that the offensive is spread ing to their sectors. For the first time (Continued on Page Four.) REA OFFENSIVE ABOU T BE I Want Carranza9 s Whiskers To Put With Santa Ana 's Leg -Militia Puts Life in Trip Chicago, June 30. A free for all for Cirranza's whiskers is in sight if the eastern militia regiments which passed through Chicago even get in Mexico. I The Sixth Massachusetts and about (half of the New York regiments nre idead set on bringing the first chief's defiant chin enctus back home to show the ladies at militia dances. Illinois already has Santa Ana's wooden leg, captured in the Mexican war of 1x10, on display iu a trophy room at Springfield. It was the most sought prize in that war, but Carranza 's whiskers, this time, may have to be di vided, hair by hair, and passed around, to sntisfy all of the eastern regiment:! now en route to the border. ('hulk drawings of the bewhiskered first chief were scrawled all over the! cars of the troop trains that passed i through Chicago today. "We want, those whiskers," was the slogan on nj Connecticut militia ear. The Sixth j Massachusetts chalk artists wanted them too, as well as "Villa's scalp." "Mexico, look out for the bloody 4 First." "Our first stfo across the Rio! Grande," and other chalked inscriptions gave evidence of the guardsmen 's de sire to get into the thick of things. The Eighth Connecticut infantry, which arrived in Chicago shortly after S a. ro. inmiied from their cars in the 'yards and hiked for restaurants to get President to Address New York Press Club Washington, Juno 30. President Wilson left Washington at 12:30 this afternoon for New Y'ork( where he will speak at the New York Press club tonight. The presidential party included Secretary Tumulty, A'ance C. MeCor mick, chairman of the national demo cratic committee, Mrs. Wilson and Tr. Cary T. Grayson. The party will re turn to Washington tomorrow. En route this afternoon the president and McC'orniick were to discuss plans for campaign addresses. The personnel of the enmpaigu committee will be an nounced as soon as all who have asked to serve accept. IRS ARE They Were Members of Gang Raiding Columbus Last March Doming, N. M., June 30. With out ward apathy, four Villistas who were in the Columbus raid March 9 were hanged in tho jail here early today. The men were put to death in pairs on a double scaffold. Taurino Garcia, still suffering from the wound he received in tho raid, said just before the trap was sprung: "I am about to die and wish my enemies to forgive me as I do them." Eusevio Renterin, who with Garcia, made up the first pair, smiled and urged his companions to be brave. Juan Castillo, in the second pair with Jose Hnnget, was defiant. "I am about to die, but I am not guilty," Castillo shouted. A Spanish padre accompanied the four men to the gallows. The quartet faced death with the same stoicism that characterized the execution of two Villistas Juno 0 on the same scaffold. All six were tried in Dealing and found guilty of murder in the first degree for the deaths of Colum bus soldiers and civilians in the raid. Twenty deputies with riot guns and a company of New Mexico militia brought from Columbus formed a cordon about the jail today to prevent any outbreak by the large Mexican population of Doming. London Papers Suggests Clemency for Casement London, June 30. The Daily News today suggested clemency, for Sir linger Casement, who was sentenced to die on the gallows yesterday after his conviction of high treason. Tho News conceded that the death sentence was justified but declared the execution of Casement might stir up ill feeling in Ireland just at a time when the govenimcjii Imped for a set tlement of all difficulties, Ackcd President's Aid. Washington, June 30. .V request that President. Wilson intervene to pavo the life of Sir Koger Cusemcnl is ; m.'i'le in a resolution introduced in the senate this afternoon by Mnitine, of i Nciv Jersey. The resolution was re ferred to Hie senate foreign relations committee where ( 'liuiminii Stone ! promised it consideration at the first ' meet ing. a change of "chow." An hour laler they left for Kansas City via the Rock Island. Movements of the troop trains, for the most part, were under censorship. Troop Movement Secret. Sun Francisco, June 30. Troop move ments from Pacific coast slates to the Mexican border will be conducted le hind a veil of secrecy hereafter. Lieu tenant Colonel Achiliiild Campbell, as sistant chief of staff of the western department of the army declared at headquarters today that instructions had been received no to give out tiny more information. The Second nmW Fifth infantries and a battalion of artillery are waiting at Sacramento for the word to entrain, which may come at any minute. I'ntil it is actually given, however, there will be no hint of when the units may move. Their destination mny also be kept se cret, although it hns already been stated that the California troops were bound for Nognles. Gets Change of Heart. Pes Moines, Iowa, June 30. While the 3, BOO infantry and artillery nt Camp Dodge drilled and awaited orders they were cheered by reports from North (Continued from Page Six.) MEXICAN CAPITAL CONFIDENT 11 Base Their Belief On Actios of Wall Street and English Financiers AMERICANS WERE NOT ALARMED BY WARNING So Far Public Does Not Know Carranza Has Returned Negro Troopers Mexico City, June 30. The foreign office has practically completed the re ply to the last American note. It may be given out within n few hours. The- general belief is that tho reply will l pacificatory and will relieve the pos sibility of war between Mexico and tho I'nited States. The majority of well informed per sons In the capital believe there wilt be no hostilities. They base this be lief not 011 their knowledge of devel opments here, but on the attitude of Wall street and London financial in terests likely to be affected by war. Belief in n pencenble outcome is) strengthened by General Trcviuo's re port that the American troops have evacuated Namiquipa, which had been their base, and other points in Mexico, retiring northward. The places were immediately occupied by constitutional ist troops. As further evidence of the desire on the part of Mexican officials for friend ly relations, It was pointed out that tho American application for tho deliv ery of bodies of soldiers killed at Car rizal met with an immediate friendly response. General Trevino, under direer orders from General Carranza, notified General Bell at El Paso that no obstacle would be offered by Mexican authori ties to the return of the bodies. Mines at Work Again. So strong is the feeling of confidence in a peaceful settlement that only a few Americans were disturbed by a message sent by Secretary I.nusing Tuesday night peremptorily warning all Amer icans out of Mexico nt once, under pen alty of assuming grave responsibilities. Most of those remaining iu the capital feel assured of protection and refuse to abandon their business and property. The I'ai'liuca mines have all resumed operations. Many foreigners among the employes, who fled to Vera Cruz during the first days of the crisis have been instructed to return. Mexico City is ab solutely quiet. Thus far the public has not been in formed what decision was reached by General Carranza regarding President Wilson's demand for the release of the Americans captured nt Carrizal. Special Agent liodgers said that he has not heard from Wushingloii since Wednes day. He said he knew, however, that the cnmmiinif ntiou regarding release wa answered by the Mexican government through a message sent to Minister Ar rcdondo at Washington, but that he did not know the contents of the message. liodgers is attempting to obtain infor mation about seven Americans, arrested and brought here as spies. Two of the men, named Fitzgerald and Ford Dix, were taken off one train arriving here. The five others whose names are nut known, where taken off another train, Uodgers was informed. Await Carranza' s Reply. Washington, June 30. Secretary of State Lansing today asked Mexican Am bassador Arredniido to speed up Gen eral Carranza 's reply to the last Am erican demand. Lansing told the ambassador frankly that the patience of thin government in the matter is about exhausted. It was also pointed out that the I'nited Saes government hud asked originally that Carranza 's statement of attitude be made at once, whereas several days have now elapsed nnd all this govern ment has nnd lias been the "expecta tion" of Consul Rodgct's as to early delivery. Lansing believed this forenoon that he was about to get the message from Arredondo. The latter visited him with out it, but the indications in their (Continued on Page Four.) THE WEATHER : Oregon: To night and Satur day rnin; south erly wiuds. 1 AVOIDED 'k I Wont HAVE I To WATrT TO H lit