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FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES 0 m ' CmCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY THIRTY-NINTH YEAR BANDIT VILLA LOOMS UP Unconfirmed Report S ! He Is at the Head of Band of 2,000, anils Mei I kg Important Garrisons Held by CarranzaV Troops clexican Officials Say Report Is Made by Those WiJ kg InterventionAt Same .Time United States Is Warned . El Paso, Texas, July 7. Villa again looms up in the Mexican situation, threatening Carranza's army in northern Mexico. Unconfirmed reports to United States officials here today declare the bandit leader himself is at the head of over 2,000 men, in possession of Jiminez and menacing Torreon, Gomez Palacio and other cities now held by small Carranza garrisons. Defeating several detachments of de facto troops south of Parral, the rebels have been leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake, according to in formation reaching state department agents. As the Villista army advances northward hundreds of recruits are said to be flocking to the bandit chief's standards. If it be tine that Villa, once believed dead, has recovered from his wounds and is leading the rebels, officials fear that in a short time he may again have a sufficient number of followers to challenge the large Car ranzista army in Chihuahua state. Government agents fear that Villa may soon approach the American border. . " . However, in circles friendly to Carranza it was charged today that the reported reappearance of Villa is a plot by interests who favor intervention and wish to keep the American punitive expedition in Mexico. Mexican snipers secreted in a clump of bushes on the opposite bank of the Rio Grande yesterday fired on Privates Jiruchen and Worden, -mounted orderlies at tached to the Massachusetts infantry in camp here. The shots were not returned. ' ' v '. ir- .The body of Captain Charles Boyd probably will be shipped east this afternoon for burial in Arlington ceme tery at Washington. The remains of Lieutenant Henry Adair and the seven negroes, also exhumed from the Car rizal battlefield, will be held for a day . or two longer, pending advices from relatives. . As Peons Tell Story , leved in the outskirts. The Carran- By Webb C. Miller Izista commander ordered the troopers (United Press staff correspondent) to fall back immediately and not to Columbus, N. M., July 7 Declaring enter the village, according to the that Villa is alive and desires a great truckmen. An agreement was finally rriny to fall upon the gringoea and reached lor a motor train, unguarded, drive them from Mexico. Villista to transfer the supplies. agents are recruiting in villages south of the American expedition's ndvanc-j Carransa Plays Fair. d base. . I Washington, July 7. Mexican Am- The agitators and recruiting ngen- bassndor Arredondo, acting upon in 'ios have also been wotking among the structions from Mexico City, today no-'-nrranzistn troops at Villa Ahmuda tified the stnte department that a large and other gnrrisons, encouraging de- band of Villistas attacked the Cnr-t-ortion to the bandit leaders army, rnnzn garrison at Corralitos. near Jim They used the argument that C'arran- inez, state of Chihuahua, Wednesday, m is in league with the United States, almost destroying it. The Mexican natives who brought Fearing the bands might take to the this story to the American lines, ac- desert, Carranza has asked the state cording to motor truck mon arriving department to have the American boTd here today, firmly believed Villa is er watched on the American side bc nlive. tween Boquillns and Ojinaga, to pre- The arrivals n!so reported tha-: a de- vent a raid. Carranza has promised to tachment of the Fifth United States do his utmost on the American side to Javalrv. narrow'!,- escaped, a Carran- intercept such an attempt if made, r.ista trap in the village of San An- Jn order to avoid delay, the embassy tonio, shortly nfter the Cnrrizal inci- telephoned the information to the state dent. The detachment had-been sent department as soon as it was received nfter a large consignment of supplies and shortily afterward a formal written intended for Genera! Pershing's forces communication was sent, which through design or mistake reach- ?1 San Antonio, south of the American Militia Put at Work, line. Mexican soldiers hid in adobe Columbus, N. M., July 7. Militiamen houses, ' covered the American troop- from Western Massachusetts have been ers ns the leaders of the two sides par- assigned to outpost duty in the base vv'.wwr camp here. One battalion under Major ( problem of eating in the high wind by brother, who went putting molasses on bis knife and stick ago t' investigate a iug the beans to it. Many of the Mas Tilford Moot vest some time luinin' proposition, has returned thor oughly recovered. Pinkey Kerr has won a scuoiarsnip in a barber college. tl. 11. Warren took up their lonely posts last night in the desert surrounding Columbus. The men remain on duty for two hours, are relieved for the next tour hours and so alternate for 24 hours. The outposts were ordered to chal lenge any moving object and to shoot j if no answer came or they suspected j anything. Shortly after midnight a sen try on the post south of camp toward I the Mexican line notimed a moving ob ject in the mesquile bushes. He chal lenged and, receiving no reply leveled his rifle to fire. A burrow saved its life by walking up to the militiaman and muzzling in his pockets. With the approach of the rainy season cool winds have 'somewhat moderated the heat. Most of the militiamen, tak ing a tip from regular enlisted men, have had their hair clipped short in approved typhus hair cut style, making easy the removal of alkali dust. Prac tically every down-east guardsman has j been equipped with hideous goggles of ! amber celluloid that cover the upper half of the face. When a sand storm' comes up the militiamen put handker chiefs over their nostrils and mouths. The militiamen have already acquired a eoast of tan and are hardly dis tinguishable from the regulars. One In genious Yankee guardsman solved the sachusetts men came here without forks j ' (Continued oa Page Seven.) AE RANGE TO EXCHANGE CIVILIAN PBISONERS Copenhagen, July 7. Eng- land and Germany have agreed to an exchange of civilian prig-. 4c oners, according to information received by Americans here to- day. The exchange will affect $ many thousand Germans who were interned in England af- ter the Lusitania sinking and a large number of English civ- ilians in German internment camps. TO STAY IN MEXICO ' 1 May Job Carranza Forces In Giving Battle to Villa By Carl D. Groat. (United Press staff correspondent.) Washington, July 7. General Persh ing's punitive column will not only remain within Mexico "for the time being" but it may even be further south to take a whack at the Villa band reported to have practically annihilated a Carranza garrison near Jiminez Wednesday. This was learned on high authority today following a formal no tification of the Villista-success by Mexican Ambassador Arredondo to the state department. Besides state department rumors of Villa and Villistas moving northward in considerable force, Secretary Baker said this afternoon he had heard sim ilar stories from border Bources. He had not, however, received Arredondo's re cital of the Corralito fight until he re turned from the cabinet meeting. The cabinet determined that the border situation does not yet warrant withholding any of the militia now in state concentration camps or any pres ent proposal for replaying militia by an increase of the regular army. Russia and Japan , J t 'Form New Alliance London, . July 7. The new Russo Japanese, treaty provides that Russia and Japan shall confer with tie object of defending their territorial or spe cial interests in the Far East by joint action, according to a summary pub lished hero today. "Mutual consultation measures will be taken with a view to support and cooperation in the mutual safeguarding and defense of those rights and inter ests," the summary stated. . The treaty further provides that neither Japan nor Russia shall be a party to any political arrangement or combnintion against the other, The purposes of the agreement, it is stat ed, are to maintain lasting peace in the Far East. FUEL OIL HIGHER. San Francisco, July 7. Tho price of fuel oil is increased five cents a narrel today by the Standard Oil company of California. A barrel of 42 gallons now costs 05 cents. Producers of this oil, it was announced, will receive an ad vance of five cents for every barrel. Would Remove Present y And Prevent Any Future Causes of Border Trouble By Bobert J. Bender. (United Press staff co-respondent.) Washington, Julv 7. Declaring "tho government of the United States is pre pared immediately to exchange views as to a practical plan to remove finally nnd prevent a recurrence of the diffi culties which have been the cause of controversy," Secretary of Htate Lans ing dispatched to Mexican Ambassador Arredondo today a reply to Ueneral Carranza's note of July 4. lhe American government comments favorably in the note of the "frank statement of the difficulties which have unfortunately arisen," and ex pressed gratification over the "unre served expression of the desire of your government to reach an adjustment." Arredondo will immediately telegraph the note to the Mexican foreign office, and it is expected that he will at once be instructed to begin the desired ne gotiations with the state department. Acting Secretary of State Polk will conduct the negotiations for the depart- j ment in the absence of Secretary Lans- j ing, who leaves on bis vacation this aft-! ernoon. It is understood that a practical plan already considered favorably by repre sentatives of the two governments n advance of the drafting of today's note, is for a commission to study the whole problem and make recommendations to the heads of the two countries. -Text of Note. The note delivered today by Secretary j Lansing to Ambassador Arredondo in re ¬ ply to that received Taesday from For eign Becretary Aguilar, follows; "Sir: I have the honor to acknow ledge the receipt of your communica tion of July 4, 1916, In which you sub SALEMOREGON, FRIDAY, H ITHER AID THAIl MAKEVAR ON MEXICAN PEOPLE Cabinet Discusses Plans to Place Mexico On Firm Footing $100,000000 WOULD BE NEEDED FOR THIS WORK Nothing Can Be Done How ever Until 'Government Shows It Is Stable . By Bobert J. Bender (United Press staff correspondent) Washington, July 7. President Wil son proposes to allow General Carran- 7.1 himself to suggest the best means by which this country can aid Mexico to solve her difficulties. This, it was stated today, is the most important reature or . tne note Irom, . Secretary Lansing to Mexican Foreign Secretary Agunar, accepting tne latter s propos al for direct . negafiations. The note, in completed form, was gone over ty tliftf president aud his cabinet in a long session today. It was expected, to be forwarded to Mex ico City, by . Ambassador. Arredondo before nigjt. The session., was expected to mark the second step by the president; in working ont the Mexican question. Primarily the cabinet had for con sideration Secretary Lansing 'b formal reply to Secretary Aguilur's pacific note. This formally accepts the idea of direct - negotiations and, it is. un derstood, indicates the willingness of this government to go a long way in helping restore the. shattered republic. Other problems of prime importance before the cabinet were: First, what is to be done about guarding the border and permitting Carranza to establish a parallel patrol in cantonments on his side of the line. ' Second, what to do about sending militiamen on the border to their homes with the incidental increase, in the regular army to fill their places. , ' Third, and basically most import ant, what to do ,to place Mexico on a firm footing among the nations. With respect to the latter, the ad ministration feels that it cannot at present encourage bankers to extend aid in Mexico. lint it is hopeful Car ranza can now take a strong guiding hand which will ensure a stable gov ernment ultimately and thus afford the opportunity for American financial aid. One hundred million dollars, accord ing to a high government official would be the salvation of the stricken nation, if it could be obtained upon other than confiscatory terms. The great fear is, however, that ' ' loan sharks" may demand Mexico as their collateral, a proposition which Carran- (Continued on Page Four.) scribe a note addressed to me by the secretary of foreign relations of your government, and to request that you transmit to him the following reply: " 'Mr. Secretary: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your court eous note transmitted to me by Seuor Arredondo on the fourth instant, in which you refer to my note of June 20 and June 25, and to assure you of the sincere gratification of my government that the frank statement of the diffi culties which have unfortunately arisen in our relations along the international boundary and tho unreserved expression of the desire of your government to reach an adjustment o'f these difficul ties on a broad and amicable basis. The same spirit of friendship and of solici tude for the continuance of cordial re lations' between our two countries in spired my government which equally desires an immediate solution of the dif ferences which have long vexed both governments. " 'It is especlclly pleasing to my government that the de facto govern ment of Mexico is disposed to give quick as well as practical consideration" In a spirit of concord to the remedies which may be applied to the existing condi tions. Reciprocating the same desire, the government o the United States is prepared immediately to exchange views as to a practical plan to re move finally and prevent a recurernre of the difficulties which havo been the source of controversy.' " 'Accept, Mr. Secretary, the renew ed assurance of my highest considera tion. "I am. sir, "Yours very sincerely, "ROBERT LANSING." JULY 7, 1916 GULF STATES ARE DAMAGE IS GREAT Details Are Meager-As Wires Are Down Yet in Many . Places ESTIMATE SAY LOSS OF IJFE IS ABOUT EIGHTY Big Bridge at Pensacola De stroyedLoss Will Run Into Millions Gale 104 Miles An Hour : Jacksonville, Flaw, July 7. Pour prominent citizens of St." Auuustine are dead today as a result of the tor rential rains and heavv wind of yes terday. Whipped by tho tail of the tornado that struck Mobile- and Pen sacola, the rain blinded E. P. Coe, wealthy turpentine manufacturer who was driving an automobile in which H. B. Parris, John NeweuD and John E. Ouigley were riding. All were killed when the car skidded into a freight train near r.ixion. Reports so far received have filtered in over shaky wires. So far as could be learned today, no lives have been lost in Pensacola although it was there that the full brunt of the gale broke. It is feared property damage at Pen sacola will greatly exceed that of Mo bile. Some reports, still unconfirmed, said government property at. Pensacola. in cluding flying apparatus and buildings suffered heavy damage. Nearly all the Government muidings are located on the water front which thi last com munication from PeusacoJft, over 48 hours ago, said was - being furie.Uf.ly lashed 4y giant seas and wind. ' ' Wind -.velocity at some points was said to have reached 104 miles an aonr Wednesday afternoon. Crop damage about Tallahasee ami in southern Alabama will be heavv. Some crops for acres were totally de stroyed. . 1 Railroads in the same section - also were hard hit. in many places it will require much time to repair damage before even temporary service can be resumed.- - Eighty Persons Missing New Orleans, La., July 7. More than eighty persons are missing, ac cording to reports reaching here at seven o'clock this morning from vari ous sources. The radii to Mobile and Pensacola was working fairly well at this hour and it is thought the loss from Thursday s hurricane will be known some time this afternoon. Munv ships are missing. The Frieda Captain Wick, with a crew of twenty one, New Orleans to Progreso, Mexi co, is two days overdue and it is fear ed she went down. A schooner with sixteen aboard, which left Gultort Thursday afternoon . is still unheard f rom. Reports from Chandler, Miss., said (Continued on Paee Six.) TODArS BALL SCORES National R. II. E. New York 2 0 2 Kttshiirg H 8 3 Anderson and liuridcn; Jacobs and Wilson. R. II. E. Hrooklvn 4 7 3 Cincinnati II 4 2 Pfeffer nnd McCnrly; Knetzer and Wingo. R. II. E. Boston 0 1 0 Chicago 14 4 Allen and dowdy; Packard and Fish er. R. II. E. Philadelphia 1 ! 1 St. Louis 0 fi 1 Alexander and Killiter; Meadows and Gonzales. American. R. H. E. Chicago ... 3 11 0 New York 4 9 2: Wolfgang, Scott and Schalkj Mog ridge aud Nuuainakcr. 12 innings. I n. n. e. Detroit 14 2 Philadelphia 2 10 3 Covaleskl and Stannge; Meyers, Wil-' Itams and Aleve r, juurpny. B. II. E. St; T.ouis S 7 0 Washington 0 0 7 Plank and Chapman; Johnson and Ainsmith. B. . H. , K. Cleveland 1 4 3 Boston 2 C 0 Beebe, Bsgby and O'Neill; Ruth, Muyi and Thomas. HURRICANE nrTr-c irnrn A AVXVU illW Department of Safety Forbids Bare Knees Atlantic City, N. J., July 7. Summer maids, with dimpled knees, must stop parading me oeacn in enorus girl aqua tic costumes. , This was the order hand ed down, the first Teform edict of the season, and today the mackintosh man is saving the modesty of the conserva tive. Daily processions of pretty girls in abbreviated "Burf attire" have been stopped and blushing oops have been ap pointed censors of beach raniment.' Com ing from the department of public safe ty, the order is regarded as sinister. ' If Have Others Dependent On Them Can Be Released from Service Washington, July 7. Though having no statistics on the number of national guardsmen with dependent - families, war department -orticials today esti mated not more than 1,000 men will be discharged under Secretary Baker's permit to department commanders to tree such men from, service. Hundreds of letters asking release of men with families have reached the department, but many of these dupli cated the same cases. -.' In freeing the men, the states will give them an honorable discharge and must tuen recruit others to fill their places "' The guardsmen who wish to escape service may make affidavit at any time that his family is in need of his Bupport-and 'the department com mander can free him without . other ceremony or formality. The war department believes there will be an extremely large number of cases where men who have families will not claim exemption,, becauso there is a nest egg tucked away, in the bank or other bread 'Wifiners in the family. ALLIES CONTINUE TO - GAINOOLiFRONIS Austro-Hungary Hard Hit Be tween Russian and Italian Drives By Ed L. Keen. . (United Press staff correspondent.) London, July 7. British troops re lumed their great offensive against the Germans at dawn today, with simul taneous smashes aguinst the Germun lines on a wide front. An official statement from Goneral Hnig given out at 2:45 this afternoon, announced a Btriking British success east of LcBoiaclle, where 1,000 yards of German trenches were taken, and the capture of several important tactical positions. The official statement from the Her man war office this afternoon reported violent fighting on both banks of the Homme, but contained no admission of allied gains. The Germans, however, admitted a re tirement under heavy Russian attack near l.zartory, ami announced tnat tne Russians delivered strong attacks against Von Hindeuburg's front in the north. These attacks, however, were re pulsed. The Italian war office reported anoth- er victory for the great allied offensive! in tho fighting cn the Trentino front. Italian troops captured two important sections near Cascrazebio and Malgnpos su, repulsing a violent counter attuck and driving back t lie Austriuns with heavy losses. "this morning we resumed a vigor ous offensive st dawn," reported Gen eral Haig. "Tho Germans simultaneously launch ed heavy attacks against our new trenches near the Ancre brook and north of - Fric-ourt, resulting in violent fighting between the Ancre and Mon tuubnn and in the vicinity of Ovillcrs and l.alioiselle ami Contulmuisoo. "Severul important tntical successes were gained. East of I.uBoisellc severe fighting occurred with heavy enemy casualties. We captured 1,000 ysrds of a German trench. "Northwest of Thlepvnl the enemy temporarily regained two or three hun dred vards of lost ground. "During last night the enemy heavily bombarded our new positions in Bcr nay wood, at Montaubun and near La Boiselle, some times using lachrymos shells. ' "At tlio Loos salient the enemy ar tillery was particularly active nnd also opposite Hulluch." Berlin's Version of It. By Carl W. Ackerman. (United Press staff correspondent.) Berlin, July 7. A severe check has been administered to the British army in the combined Anglo-French offensive according to reports received here today anil the British have suffered unusual ly heavy losses. Since the opouing day of the British (Continued en Fagr, Tw) (wtto OK .'RAINS AND NEWB iO RTANTIB FIVB (TFWT DISEASE SPREADS TO OTHER CITIES - IS Health Officers Say Most Drastic Remedies Have -No Effect ONE DEAD AT CHICAGO MANY CASES IN ILLINOIS Cleveland Reports Five Cases and Philadelphia Stirred By Two New York, July 7. Overworked board of health officials who save been striving unsuccessfully to kill thd in fantile -paralysis epidemic here, admit ted today their belief that the scourge probably would continue throughout th summer. So virulent has been the out break that none of the drastic measures heretofore, found effective ia dealing with it have served to check its spread. The mortality continues at abont 24 per cent higher than ever recorded! in pre vious outbreaks hore. c . " We have. gone the limit in talcing every known precaution to prevent tha epidemic's spread," said Dr. Emerson, health commissioner, "and yet I have no confidence that we are meeting with success. I look to see the outbreak eoa tlnuo throughout the summer." Health board officials are anxiously awaiting the. arrival here of federal pub lic health service surgeons and empi deinic experts whose aid was promised . yesterday by Secretary of the Treas nry McAdoo. ... ... ... ... , . , . ., . It was estimated today that the total number of cases has reached 730. Sine the outbreak of the disease there have been 165 daths; -i .v-, California i Careful. '' : ' ' Sacramento, Cal., July 7. Believing that the one chance of the infantile paralysis epidem'o reaching California, lies in the transportation of an afflict ed person across the boundary, State Health Officer W. A, Sawyer, has to day sent a communication to Murgeea General Rupert Blue of tha United States public health service request ing co-operation in preventing the pas sage of dangerous persons into Califor nia. While it is not possi bio to. es tablish a quarantine, a close surveil lance will bo kept along the bound ary. Two enscs of infantile paralysis were reported in California during May and three during June. This is not out of the ordinary. The lust big epidemic or poliomyelitis in this state was ia Los Angeles in 1012, when there were 500 cases reported and 121 deaths. One Case in Kansas. Topeka, Kans., July 7. A case oi in fantile paralysis in Cowley county was reported this morning to Dr. S. J. Crum bine, secretary of tho stute board of health. Tncrc were a large number of exposures to the case and some fear ia entertained that an epidemic may re sult. rive Cases In Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio, July 7. The fifth case of infantile paralysis was reported to tho health officials today. No deaths have occurred but city officials are planning a more rigid campaign against flies nnd dirt. All babies arriving from Now York aro examined. . Ten Deaths In Chicago. Chicago, July 7. The death of one child from infantile paralysis and dis covery of several cases hore prompted health authorities today to take steps to . prevent the epidemic assuming propor tions similur to the wave of disease in New York. Scvoral cases were reported down state. Ten deaths from infantile pa ralysis have occurred in Chicago since January 1, lUlfl, about the average for the disease here. . Two Cases in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, July 7. The discovery of two cases of infantile paralysis in this city has led to drastic action to day by health authorities to prevent a repetition here of the New York epi demic. 5 THE WEATHER S - Oregon: To night and Satur day fair; north easterly winds. UNCONTROLLED
