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M .ft 7f -- - Fu Leased Wire Dispatches Today's News Printed Today THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR 8ALEM, . OEEOOK, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1914. MAY USE TO HMD A U U . Jv-JL LI 7 Mil . ?JL . M rnVS K 11.11 rtiTT "lYSY fw -i iv-"v'0 r ... ONTttAiNsANI) .NEWS LSON ARMS RESPECT i i I".' $50,000,000 FOR . NATION'S DEFENSE SAYS CHAMBERLAIN Oregon Senator Would Equip Pesident With Available War Funds. MAJOR-GENERAL WOOD NOW COMMANDER Preparations Being Made All . Through Nation to Rush i Troops to Border. Washington, April 20. A bill'nppro printing 50,u00,010 for the president to "use at hi a discretion tor national defense" was introduced in the senate toduy by Senntor Chamberlain of Ore gon. Wood in Command. Washington, April 20. Major Gen eral Leonard Wood will command the United States invading army in Mex ico if such a move is ordered. Announcement to this effect was made here toduy by Secretary of War Garrison. General Wood's term as chief of staff of the army expires to morrow, and he had been assigned to duty at Governors Island, N. Y. Sec retary Garrison would not say whether General Wood would leave for tue Mexican border tomorrow. "If need arises 5enernl Wood will take hold at Texas City," said Garri son. "During the Inst four years Gen oral Wood as chief of staff has super intended preparation of the strategists' Kiexiean campaign, and is regarded as being the ideal mnn for assuming su preme command of the army in tho field." Secretary Garrison today ordered General Bliss at Kl Pnso to concen trate two brigades of artillery to be held in readiness to act as the van guard for an American invasion of Mexico if the president should decide Ou such a step. Troops Leave for Border. Aan Diego, Cal., April 20. Two brig ades of coast artillery left Fort nose crans here at 5 o'clock this morning, bound for the Mexican border. The l.-.h company marched direct to Tijuana, where camp was pitched early today. The 2Sth company left by automo bile for Tecate, where Postmaster Frank Johnston was recently killed by Mexican bandits. I'ivc powerful military aeroplanes were being packed today for shipment ut the United States . aviation camp here. They are expected to be used for scouting purposes along the border. Americans Leave Mexico. . Mexico City, April 20. Two train loads of Americans started for Vera (Continued on page 8.) Company M Recruited Full War Strength Captain Max Gehlhar, of M company, Third regiment of the Oregon National Guard, in response to orders received from Washington, through headquar ters art, Portland, has ordered that a re cruiting station be opened in the ar mory tonight for the purpose of filling up the ranks of the company and bring ing it up to war strength, which is 150 men, as soon as possible. It is prob able, if the situation remains as it is, that the recruiting office will be kept open all week. . Many personal applications were re ceived this morning by Captain Geh lhar from former members of the com pany for enlistment. These men have spent from three to five year in the guard, and are well trained for such an : Mexican situation became critical, three emergency as has crisen. It is be-' years) ago, army officers have made a Jleved by the guard officers that M; close study of the topography of the company can be recruited to its niaxi- land, the requirements for transporting mum strength within a short time after supplies, and the health conditions to be the actual call for servk-e comes. met. It is the plan of the Oregon guard, I All the members of M company have when called into service, to mobilize at i been on the qui vive since the trouble Clackamas. 12 miles from Port'and. and' started across the southern border, in there spend the first week in hard drill anticipation of participating in actual of recrnits: A commissioned- ofticer! service. This morning' th. general top 'will remain at the home station reveiv-' ic of conversation was Mexico, and the ing recruits up until the time the reg- probability of starting soon for tub intent leaves for the field. Adjutant- border. - - . MAKES DASH FOR LIBERTY ON WHEEL ASYLUM ATTENDANT MOUNTS BICYCLE AND PURSUES FLEET INO PATIENT DOWN TWENTY POUETH STREET. A nii-and-tuck bievelo race took place down 24th street this morning be tween Otto Dahron, a patient at tho Asylum, and Engineer Force, of the institution, with tho result the patient, who attempted to escape, was caught and returned to his ward. Attendant Ruby, who is located on tho first ward, tool; Dahron out for a regular morning walk this morning and had hardly got started from tho build ing when the patient, made a dash for liberty. Seeing that ho was being out stripped, the attendant called Engineer Force to assist. Mr. Force being a lonir legged man and swift of foot, gained ou Dnhreu and was right on tho latter'sj On the ninth of April a paymaster heels when the patient grabbed up a of the United States ship Dolphin land wheel which was ftandiiiff alonp tho eil at lfmhl.ln hri.1i,,. I.i;.,.. rr, curb on 24th street nd succeeded in getting under way before the engineer could reach him. Mr. Force finally se- cured another bicyclo and the two wero ! soon having tne Iinest kind of a race, and siiiad of men of the army of Gen Kngineer Force proved to 'be a more eral ilureta. export peddler than Dahren and tho! jiuueiiD was captured alter several , mocks ot mad racing over the pave inent had been indulged in Plihreu was committed from Mult nomah county and is said to be quite a sprinter. Had Mr. Force failed to find another bicycle, the patient would have undoubtedly made a clean get away, as he knew how to work the machine admirably, state the at tendants. FINZER CONFIDENT THAT MILITIA WU.L BE CALT.il D Put '.land, April 20. Confident the issuance of orders calline th-j national guard to colors, officials a: tacheil to Adjutant General Finzer's office today completed preparations 1c momiize the state militia at Clackamas as soon as .nstructions to do so are re ceived from tho war department. Gen eral Finzer, who is out of town on official business is hurrving back to Portland, Tho Oregon nat!onal guard on a peace footing aegre.iates 1.706 men. fully drilled and equipped. I. W. W. OBJECT TO A WAR WITH MEXICO Xew York, ' April 20. That there will be a general .strike Of the Indus trial Workorg of the World if necesmry to prevent war between the' United States and Mexico, and that the United Mine Workers of America will join it, was declared here today by William V. Haywood, the I. W. W. leader. "Better be a traitor to your country than a traitor to your class," he said. "If war seems certain the Workers will simply fold their arms and there will bo iio war." DIGGS' TKiAL BEGINS. San Francisco, April 20. The trial of Mnury Diggs, on charges preferred by Miss Ida Pearring, which was to have started today, was continued by Superior Judge Cabaniss until tomor row upon motion of defense attorneys. It was said the attenuance of import ant witnesses could not be secured un til then. to be to Its General W. E. Finzer made an mspec-!the town with his prisoners when met ; w "iH 3- "n'l8y: "!d re),ort8by an officer of higher authority, who' v,...r....M., . , ordpre(1 nim t0 rotrn to the landing were ready for instant use. , await oH d within 8n h According to the officers of M com-1 8Dfj a haIf from the time of the arrf o' . Jfi m V y ttu.thon.tlerha7c! orders were received from the com mado a plan of campaign in Mexico, nt th Hnerta force, at. and have arranged the disposrd of the lorces oi tne army, ii tnis pian, worked i ... al ii , x 1 ... .1. ii i x ' MTvt k ge.' ,,8ucamed 0UV should Mex.co be invaded by an armed One army would enter from the east,; one from the west and one from the north. It is believed that the soldiers of the Pacific coast would be thrown into the division that would enter Mex ico from the west coast. Since the President Outlines Trouble in Detail THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. Gentlemen of the congress: It is my duty to call to your attention a sit uation which hais arisen in our dealings with Genernl - Victoriano Ilureta at Mexico City, which calls for action. and to ask your advice and co-operation in actinir unon it. ideo with a whale boat nnd hrmt ere to take off certain stnmMm ne.p,1 hv the ship, and while engaged in loading tho boat was arrested by an officer Xeither the paymaster nor anv onn of the boats crew was armed Tan the men were in the boat- when rh arrest took place, and wore obliged to leave it and submit to be taken into custody, notwithstanding the fact thai the boat earned, both at her bow and at her stern and flag of the United .. States The incident cannot be regarded as . . . ,, . A . , L .",lreSP7:"y V tW?K0Vl1! mpn nrrpGltn.l vnra taken ftf,n hi l.nit men arrested wero taken from tho boat itself that is to say, from territory of the United States; but had it stood j by itself it might huve been attributed to the ignorance or arrogance of a sin that. I,. i nff,a TTnpAH..nn..i.. : ..... A series of incident have recently occurred which cannot but create tho impression that repre sentatives of General Ilureta were will ing to go out of their way to show dis regard for the dignityand eights of this government, and felt perfectly safe in doing what they pleased, mak ing free, to show in many ways their irritation and contempt. U. S. Mail Is Halted. A few days after the incident at Tampico an orderly from the United States ship Minnesota was arrested in Vera Cruz whila ashore in uniform to obtain the ships mail and was for a time thrown in jail. An official dispatch from this gov ernment to its embassy in Mexico City was withheld by the authorities of tin telegraphic service until peremptorily demanded by our charge d' affaires in person. So far as I can learn such' wrongs and annoyances have been suffered to occur only against i cpresentatives of the United States. 1 have heard of no complaints from any other government of similar treatment. Subsequent explanation and formal apologies did not and could not alter the popular impress.cn which it is possible it had been the object of the Huertista authorities to create, that tho government of the United States was being singled out and might be singled out with impunity, for slights and af fronts in retaliation for its refusal to recognize the pretensions of Genera!" Huerta to be regarded as the constitu tional provisional president of the Re public of Mexico. Officers May Grow Worse. The manifest danger of, such a situa tion was that such offenses might grow from bad to worse until something hap pened of so gross and intolerable a sort as to lead directly and inevitably to armed conflict. Tt was necessary that the apologies of General Ilureta and his representa tives should go much further; that they should be such as to attract the attention of the whole population to their significance and such as to im- 1 press upon General Huerta himself tho , necessity of seeing to it that no further occasion for explanations and Drofessed reerets Fhould arise. The officer who made the arrest wa proceeding upon one of the streets of I Ta .0 for the , o( the ,.'. ,r u: . in. . paymaster and his men. The re- iuai-t.-r mm mo men. iiio rc- ee was followed by apologies ! f rom tne cominanil,r an,i later by an I The Weather f I'll MEE?1 Fair tonight, light frost west, heavy frost east portion. .Tuesday fair, warmer east portion; northerly winds. i II WW I Wilson Cause of himself. General Huerta urged that martial law obtained at the time at Tampico; that orders had been issued that none should be Allowed to land as Iturbide bridge and that our sailois had no right to land thore. Apologies Not Satisfactory. Our naval commanders at the port hail not been notified of any soon prohibition and even if they had been, the only justifiable course open to the local authorities would have been to request the paymaster and his crew to withdraw, and to lodgo a protest with tho commanding officer of the floet. Admiral Mayo rewarded the arrest -lUB serious an unroll! mat ne WR1 not satisfied with tho apalogies offered .ut. omanded that the flag of tho Unit"' tt sa.utod with special cercnon,s. . f V"01 felt it my duty to sustain JUJ lu wnoie oi nis uo- niand and insist that the flag of the United states should be saluted in such n " ir h iv iiiui;ait7 a lit w Buirii, ami attih'' n the I't f Huertaists. f . Such a salute' General Huerta has ro fused, and I have come to ask your ap proval and support in the course I now propose to pursue. Hopes for Peace. This government can, I earnestly hope, in no circumstances be forced in to war with the people of Mexico. Mexico is torn- by civil strife. If we are to accept li.nsts of its own constitution, it - has no government. ueuerni iiuerta nas set bis power up in iu-unu i ouiTii us it i;t, nriMiOUC right and by methods for which thore can be no justification! Onfy a part of the country is i'ndi'r nig t control. If an armed conflict sh'd uihappily come as a result of hi OMAude of personal resentment tpwaiVlis gov ernment, we should be fig.'Kig onlv General Huerta and those who adhere to him, and give him their support, an.l our object would bo only to restore to the people of tho distracted republic the right to set up again their own laws and their, own government. But I earnestly hope war is not now in quetion. I believe I speak for the American people when I say that we don't desire to control in any degree the affairs of our sister republic. Our feeling for the people of Mexico is one of deep and genuine friendship, and everything that we have so far done or refrained from doing has proceedod from our desire to help them, and not to hinder or embarrass them. Leave Strife to Mexicans. We would not wish even to exorcise our good offices of lriendship without their Welcome and consent. The peo ple of Mexico are entitled to settle their own domestic affairs in their own way and wo sincerely dedire to respect their right. The present situation need have none of the grave implications of interfer ence if we deal with it promptly, firm ly and wisely. No doubt I could do what is neces sary in the circumstance to enforce respect for our government without re course to congress and yet not exceed my constitutional powers as president; but I don't wish to act, in a matter possibly of so grave consequences, ex cept in clove conference and coopera tion with both senate and house. I therefore come to ask your ap proval that I should use the armed forces of the United States in such ways and to such extent as may bo necessary to obtain from General Huerta and his adherent the fullest r"col?"ition of tn8 HKhts and dignity T tfte yiitea Htatos, even among the distressing combtions now unhappily obtaining in Mexic.. Will Maintain Dignity. There can, in what we do, be no thought of aggression or of selfish ag grandizement. We seek to maintain the dignity and authority of the United States only, because we wish always state only, Decause we wish always to keep bur great influence unimpaired . - r i tho uses of liberty, both in the United States and wherever else it may ,kin BASEBALL TODAY. At Cincinnati: Pittsburg-Cincinnati game postponed; rain. . American. At New York: Washington-New York game postponed; rain. , Federal. At Detroit: Cleveand game post poned; cold weather. At PitUiburg: Buffalo-PIttsburtf game postponed; wet gTounds. At Baltimore; Brooklyn game post poned; wet ground. . National League. At Philadelphia: Boston-Philadelphia game postponed ; wet groonds. At Brooklyn: New York-Brooklyn gam postponed; rain. - EIGHT MEN BEAT UP ONE EDITOR MONROVIA FACTION RESENTS IN- SINUATIONS IN EDITORIAL PRINTED IN CITY NEWSPAPER. Monrovia, Cal., April 20. Eight young men are under arrest today, charged with assaulting (', N. Whitak er, editor of the Monrovia Messenger. Whitaker alleges that he was seriously beaten and threatened with lynching. The attack was the result of articles printed in the Messenger, in which prominent citizens and public officials woro named. According to Whitaker 's story, he was thrown into an automobile, taken out of the city and stripped of his clothes and dragged about with a noose about his neck. Some of his teeth were missing today, and he was fear fully bruised. The cut'ire rn4tinfty has itakn Bides over the affair, and county of fiiinls have been asked to lauuhh a grand jury investigation. City Clerk Margotts was among those arrested. He is said to have taken of fense at a Messenger editorial that re ferred ot him as "an erratic cuss who spent his years riding in a rickety laundry wagon ; hauling diapers, and has been elevated to a man's job." SUPPLY SAYS OFFICER Seventy-five Per Cent of All Milk Bold Is Put Up in Sanitary Bot tles. rOOD HANDLERS SHOULD HAVE CLEAN HANDS Bi-ead Should Be Wrapped Up In Oiled Paper Before Leavlnf Bakery. "Salem's milk, as supplied by the dairies within a radius of 5 miles is above par and is delivered In sanitary bottles," declared Deputy City Health Officer J. D. Hurt well, who is also dep uty food and dairy commissioner, this morning as the result of a careful study and survey of the situation sur rounding the Capital City. Deputy Hartwell went on to say thai; there are about 14 farms tlint supply Salem with all its milk, an that the daily consump tion is estimated to bo about 700 gal lons In addition to 100 gallons of cream used by the restaurants, ice cream con cerns, and private individuals. "No milk is pasteurized in Salem,'' said Hartwell, "nor are there any deal ers who sell certified milk, but the milk is above par as supplied by the larger dealers. Most of it is produced within five miles of Salem, and is 12 hours old when delivered to the consumer. Over T5 per cent of tho milk sold here is put up in sanitary milk bottles, thoroughly scalded in hot water and steam before filling nnd is then placed in sanitary milk boxes and covered with moist burlap, which keeps off e dust and makes the milk cool. "A score card svstem of dairy in spection is used two or thrco times a year by the Salem inspector. We hope to see in the near future the tuberculin test applied to all dairy cows that fur nish milk to this city. It is the only safe wny to insure the little ones of getting pure milk. Dairymen should milk in clean, whito sung and have clean hands. "insist on -uying bread that is wrapped at the bakery before it is con taminated by the hands of the driver, who pets his horse on the back as he gets into the wagon to call to the next customer on the route. The poor horse might have fallen down or got a Btono in its foot, and Mr. Driver, an unwrap ped bread handler, must take the stone out with his bare hands and hurry to i..e lady waiting at the gate for her loaf of bread and half dozen dough nuts or angel cake. . "If I had my way in this matter of cleanliness I would require a physi cal examination of all persons employ ed In the handling of cows, and also all persons employed in restaurants, mar kets, grocery stores, confectionery stores, bakeries and slaughter houses, in fact any place where foodstuffs are offered for sale. Tell me how many men there are that wash their hands before sitting down to milk a eow early in the morningf Ask your dairyman if he washes bis hands before milking. If not yon must insist that be does, or you will tell the inspeetor. Ask him if he cleans his cows with a brush and then washes the odder and side before milking. See that he thoroughly dries his hands before starting in to milk. You can tell if he docs all this by ex amining the bottom of the bottle of milk to see if any scdmiont is floating In the milk. "By asking your dairyman these questions it will help your inspector to keep the milk supply of oalem par excellence. "Salem has some nice up-to-date san itary bake shops, and by looking on the wrapper of your next loaf of bread you can tell who made the bread. CONGRESS EMPOWERS WISH 10 USE ARMY AND NAVY FOR WHILE THE PRESIDENT HOPES TO AVOID A CONFLICT HE WILL BE FIRM IN HIS DEMANDS THAT HUERTA SHOW THE PROPER RESPECT FOR THE DIGNITY OF THE UNITED STATES-ATTITUDE OF REBEL GENER AL CARRANZA NOT KNOWN AT PRESENT BUT IT IS THOUGHT THAT HE WILL NOT JOIN FORCES WITH THE FEDERALS AGAINST AMERICAN INVASION. Washington, April 20. President Wilson as'ccd congressional authority todny ot use army and navy against Genernl Huerta of Mexico. It mado it abundantly plain, too, that ho meant "Huerta" and not the people of Mexico. For Mexico's people no expressed the warmest friendship. Ho repudiated the idea that he planned war on them. It was Huerta and his foloworg alone against whom ho said ho proposed to act. Ho recapitulated some of tho wrongs and insults tho United States has suffered from the dictator's under lings. If not stopped now, he said, he fenred somo crowning outrage which would render "armed conflict" un avoidable This undercurrent ran all through his address he was acting in the interests f peace and not. of war.' But for all that it was as "war" that nearly every listener interpreted his remarks. Thr,t tho United States had any thought of selfish aggrandizement in Mexico he emphatically donied. The only thought, ho asserted, was to give tho country back to its own people. President Is Stern. President Wilson appeared before tho two houses of congress awaiting him in joint session at exactly 3 p. m. His face was set in grim lines. He was paler than usual. His voice was as clear and his enunciation as perfect as when he has appeared before the lawmakers In tho past, but thore was no affability in his tonos todny. Ho was not aggressive, but he was gravo to tho verge of saddness with a sad ness, howevor, that was not tender but stern. Tho legislators listened in so deep a silence that the very ticking of the clock on tho wall sounded loud. It was tho first time in American history that a president has personally asked congressional sanction for a war like demonstration. And it was 10 years ago almost to a day that war was declared against Spain. Immediately after tho president had rinisnoa nis an dress the house commit tee on foreign affairs drafted a reso lution vesting in him the powers he Governor West got back front Pen dleton this morning. He reported the work ait tho branch asylum as moving along satisfactorily. While there the board accepted the dairy barn and tho superintendent! residenco buildings, which have just been completed by the contractor. The Mexican Crisis and Developments of Today in Brief President Wilson arked congress, in joint session, for authority to "use the armed forces of .the United States to obtain from General Huerta recog nition of the rights and dignity of the United States." He reviewed the affronts put on thj United States by the Hnertaiats ex pressed the warmest friendship for tho Mexican people In bis own country men's name, said ..La ..was confident America cannot be drawn Into war with them and strongly disapproved any thought of selfish aggrandisement in the course he proposed. Preceding the reading of his address, the president depreciated the war feel ing he said he thought b saw appear ing in the United BUtea and declared he was acting against Hnerta not te the Interests of war hut because he be lieved be would thus be able to keep peace. The .iddreas) having been read, both houses took Immediate steps to comply with tho chief executive's wishes. IR asked. It was to be rushed through uouso and senate at top speed. Resolution Drafted. The text of the resolution drafted by the foroign affairs committeo in sup port of President Wilson's plea for authority to use the army and navy in tho crisis with Mexico ofllows: "A joint resolution justiiying the employment of tho armed forces of the United Stntos in enforcing certain do mands against Victoriano iluorta: "Unsolved, By tho senate and house of representatives of the United States in congress assembled that the presi dent be and ho is hereby justified to employ the armed forcos of the Uni ted States to enforce the demands mado upon Victoriano Huerta for un equivocal amends to the government of the United States for afcronts and dignities committed against this gov ernment by General Huerta and his representatives. "Rebel Yell" Resounds. Thore was a burst of applauso when tho prcsidont appeared, tho "robel yell" of tho southern members sound ing clearly over the deeper toned chorus of their northern colleagues. The moment the executive opened his lips to spenk sinlence fell upon tho assemblage. The lawmakers leaned forward in their seats nnd strained their cars to catch every syllable. Tho sound of a scuffling foot or a smoth ered cough was as distinct as a rina shot. Tho first applause, except of the out-, burst at his entrance enmo when the president detailed the instructions he gave insisting on the salute of the flag. It was fainter when he declared if war resultod it would bo against Huerta. The address concluded, th entire audience stood and clapped hands, but there was no vocal demon stration. Thon, as the executive took his departure, there went up a buza of excitement. "The president informs me," said Congressman Underwood a moment later, "that it is most important that action be taken on his request today. I ask all members of the house to remain until the resolution is pre sented." The case brought by the Clatsop coutny authorities against Frank Ford, of this city, a statutory crime being al leged, has been postponed for a month by the circuit judgo in Astoria. Chief of Police Shedock is to appear as a witness in the case. Military and naval proparatloni went on at top speed with fightin? vessels approaching both Mexican coasts, transports departing with troops and marines and soldiers entraining for strategic points. It was announced that Major Gen eral Leonard Wood would command the United States laud forces. An American exodus from Mexico was In progress. i President Huerta seemed to be try ing to protect foreigners in Mexico but indications were threatening. France, Germany and England of fered to act diplomatically for tlio United States In Mexico and it was thought Franco'! offer would be cepted. .- The powers wero notified of wlnt the United ' States Is doing and ex pressed their approval Humors wera enrrsnt thtt. Rnsrt showed fresh signs of weakening brt wre aemed. ...