The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 14, 1916, Page 1

port them. And all this, mind you, is not a war, but just a little bandit-hunt. many, or Japan, or England? expressly for The Star and its sister papers. He knows what he is talking about. . To Seattle Star Readers In these days of big events the UNITED PRESS is furnishing to you, thru The Star, the best and most accurate newspaper tele- graphic service in the world. : SS) VOLUME 18 ATTLE, WASH., TU twice. The dance music muffled the quick reports estate, was found dead, a bullet thru his heart namé, Clears the mystery-in entertaining chapters consecutive installments, STARTING NEXT DAY, MARCH 1 1916. @A man garbed in motoring apparel stepped thru the French window. \ few seconds later, Phillip Maxwell, young master of the And Mildred Leslie, the butterfly-minded girl who would not marry him, lay unconscious with a little stream of blood trickling from her shoulder. @‘‘The Maxwell Mystery” was not quickly or Riaily MONDAY. ved, WORD ABOUT PREPAREDNESS . G As the first newspaper in the Northwest to preach preparedness, The Star is convinced, today, that the nation even yet is only half awake to the danger which confronts it. It has been a week now since the bandit Villa raided an American city, killed American citizens in his mad lust for blood, and got clean away, IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THE CITY WAS SUPPOSEDLY GUARDED BY AMERICAN SOLDIERS. @ It has been a week since then, and, altho we’ve made a lot of talk about what we're going to do to Villa when we catch him, OUR ARMY IS STILL GETTING READY. From El Paso today comes word that many troops ordered to the border from inland points have not yet arrived. No cars were available, it seems, in which to trans- And there is no definite word as to when the chase after Villa is going to start. @ A lot of peanut congressmen are complicating matters further by yowling around today, back in Washington, about the way President Wilson is handling the affair. @ What would happen if the United States, to preserve its honor, should have to go to grips with a first class world power? If one savage, unwashed bandit, a ‘ fugitive from the law even in his own country, can turn the United States topsy-turvy like this, what under the sun would we do if we were called upon to make war against Ger- @ The Star has published preparedness warnings in its columns since the very beginning of the struggle in Europe. It has published articles by the foremost experts in the country. It believes in the efficacy of the Swiss military plan of compulsory TRAINING for the nation’s youth. Today it publishes another article by Charles Edward Russell on this particular subject which you are urged to read. Russell has studied the Swiss and other army military systems at first hand in Europe, where he went | q¢ The Star believes the one paramount duty of this session of congress is to settle down, and stop its petty quibbling ii) over affairs nobody gives a hang about, AND GIVE THE NATION SOME ADEQUATE MEANS OF DEFENDING ITSELF. The Seattle Star THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT ONE CENT y 4 He raised a gun and fired But Carolyn Wells, in her novel of that well Mystery” is to be printed in The Star in six me ewe) eranna. | nl GEN. PERSHING REFUSES HIS - PEAYFOR EL PASO, March 14.—It was reported this afternoon) aun t | | | | Offers the Way to Safety of Country HAAS LEADS FOR poepenrenrteee: | COUNCIL HONOR HE kind of argumentative dope Slate against preparedness that has been showered upon the sen ate and house committees doesn't get very far with anybody that was in Paris {n 1913 and 1914 1 was there and saw the firm shot of this great war drama, and I ma Gives Presidency of Body to Veteran say to Inquiring | Member friends that in pn } the most effec |LINEUP AGREED UPON tive way it knock | ed the dreams Councilman Haas was placed in out of me | the lead for the prealdency of the| council by the eclty hall dopesters | [ie i fean could have | Tuesday. | ween that play, The caucus preliminary to the| congress would first meeting of the new council pass & military will be held either Friday or Sat ee te i urday, in the next wee! to In the meantime, councilmen are 0. avery | Ob carrying on thelr sub-roxa confer serving person in eee Europe in the The chief fight Tuesday centered "bag She ee harry on the chairmanship of the finance mer of 1913, the committee, which ? ia sought by fact was ac clear | Hanna and Fitzgerald i Gy en ter | Dale js still in the running for “i a acto |the city utilities committee chair 1 ROT ms Vor “ fact, already be manship, but other councilmen say | un | Erickson undoubtedly will be given | To all practical | that position purposes, the Ger. | The slate that was considered by fcoh”” Teichatag a majority of the councilmen Tues idadleeed war in |day as most likely of winning, was I president of the counell ee ee rb Sen Erickson, chairman of city utill| passed the extraordinary war Hes; Hanna or Fitzgerpla chatr-| credit of $250,000,000, Every think caused a whirlwind of excite- (of habeas corpus to prevent their! cnien Moor sdi¢iaty Bolton, | In France were many thinking ment around the courthouse | coming here to testify Atreeta and nowera: Dale, license, |per#ons. There always are ‘n Tuesday, when he walked into Upon the arrival of the girls) ood the finance fight | Prance They now diligently warn the county jail wholly unex Tuesday morning, Attorney John Bop} harbors and public | €4 the rest of their countrymen of pectedly with two distracting |F. Murphy, former prosecuting at > sites what was at hand and inevitable ly pretty prisoners—Miss Dot- torney, appeared at the office of acti of the new|. A Vast number of amiable f. tie Coots and Miss Lillian Pet- [Sheriff Hodge and demanded to LW he etd ae ne, mem |felsts, ax much like the American erson, held in connection with | see both young women. Monday, The old council will clea brand as one pea is Hke another the prosecution of a blackmail igo denied him the privilege | ney i ten Monday morning | bobbed up in response with vehe ring which has robbed wealthy her of the girls has asked | ment protesta Seattie men out of large sums of fe ane declared ot Than we Hadid covery. argustient money vole, Homes queers TQ WARN AMERICANS | * iss "sss vtred hore sean Instantly the word went around) rr htatned ay court order | preparedness, only urged with that the fat was in the fire, insofar] 7000 abba demanding — * greater force, nestness and rea an certain wealthy men of emi-| 10) ne saeusitied to saw the | WASHINGTON, March 14.— | son nence,. alleged victims, were cOn-| youny women as his clients | The @ department is con- Some went far beyond all this cerned, and a chil! of nervous con. Attorney for Bankers | sidering again warning Ameri Representatives of millions of cern spread over club and financial! ¢ toage again refused Murphy,| °2M8 t? leave Mexico while un- | irrench workingmen declared that ‘quarters haying he wished to talk with Miss | Sttled conditions prevail. }under no eonditions would the “We are innocent!” chorused the) peterson fore any on e State department officials French workers fight two dainty young enchantresses T have authority to nat) OY it would cee wise” for There were even those (and “We don’t like newspaper reporters! torney for Misn Petersc um a| Americans in Mexico to depart. | they were not assauiters of the nd have nothing to say prominent banker in Miles City, | wine bags, either) that exceed 1 Dodges Process Servers Mont,” said Murphy hotly. “I also GAMBLERS ARE FINED ed all this. They said that it McGillivray’s flight with the twO am authorized to look after Miss Germany invaded France, girls from the San Francisco city| Coots’ interests by another banker - ¢ prison, without extradition papers,|in San Francisco. | Fined $10 and costs each for be (Continued on page 7) was characterized by many narrow, The girlie testimony, it is sald,|ing in a place where gambling was pases nastics ci a Fs escapes: Thru California and Ore-| may divulge the names of many al-| conducted, 28 men are being held NON Cael ed set gon he dodged from train to train,| leged victimes, all men of reputed|in the city prison Tuesday. They WEATHER FORECAST eluding successfully a small army —- were arrested at 123 Prefontaine|| Fair tonight and Wednesday. | of constables and attorneys who (Continued on page 2) place Monday, ry mma If every Amer.) Ss. Preparations for Invasion Chamberlain Bill [15,000 TROOPS WILSON WANTS HELDON BORDER A BIGGER ARMY Goes Ahead With Asks Congress to Authorize Recruiting 19,947 More Men. the Carranza government asked the United States, thru’ | Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing, to delay the start of the Ameri- can expedition two weeks Gen. Guiterrez was said to have made the request. He would neither deny nor confirm the report’ this afternoon. Gen. Pershing’s reply was reported to have been such that it angered Guiterrez. Whether it was a flat refusal or jnot Guiterrez would not say The delay is believed to have been requested to give Carranza time to capture Villa. | How the reported conference between the two took place Fort Bliss authorities, in furtherance of the strict censor- TRAINS MOVE SLOWLY/ASKS FULL STRENGTH |¥@S not learned. BY H, D. JACOBS United Press Staff Correspondent Mobiliza tion of United States soldiers on the border continued today, Carranzistas were reported in hot EL PASO, arch 14 pursuit of Francisco Villa, to capture him and ren American invasion unnec With Maj. Gen Funston ing Carranza’s possible opposition will not halt the expeditio: leaders are planning to southward simultaneously Paso, Douglas and Columb It may be Thursday or before the Americans enter, altho} with more than 12,000 men teries of artillery and machine guns already boundary, officers say are ready for the word Army Censor wie the troops | Issues Bulletin CONGRESS PROVOKED AT ARMY CONDITIONS WASHINGTON, March 14, —Delay while in starting the hoping Mexico expedition after der the Villa threatens today to pr sary voke criticism in congress, declar. aimed generally at the army, its transportation facilities and its lack of ammunition, a, army | Administration officials in- smash sist diplomacy has not im- from El|] peded the work of mobiliza- Us tion. Friday Final orders for the Villa hunt are in Gen. Funston's , 48 bat.) hands, ‘ores of The wires hummed today on the} with messages conveying de- talle wh news of the expedition, Washington awaits that the Americans |ship, refused to admit Pershing had returned to El Paso from Columbus, or that Guiterrez had talked with him on the long distance telephone A Mexican railroad bridge, ten miles south of Juarez, has been destroyed by fire. Carranza officials were unable to account for it American military men believed it was burned in an attempt to prevent the ted States expedition from using the railroad on its advance into Mexico. Under Gen. Pershing, conqueror of the Moros and the Filipinos, organization of the main army d which will hunt Villa began today |\Col. Slocum Will Lead Cavalry | Col. Herbert J. Slocum, who “licked” Villa when the jbandit chief raided Columbus, was appointed to command the “flying squadron” of cavalry which, it is believed will com- prise the larger part of the armed forces entering Mexico from this point To investigate reports of Carranza’s soldiers mobilizing Palomas, in the direct line of the contemplated pursuit, Ge has for a with Carranzista ivision at J Pershing conference Gen rehing, who will com had entered Mexico, arrange mand the American expedition, is Gen, Bertani. He wants to ascertain if the Mexicans are at Columbus, N. M, Col. George » to oppose his » The ° eet « ovior: ofthe Wakis icavaire, 4a BY J. P. YODER planning t oppose his advance Phe two will meet oa in command at El Paso, indicating U, P. Staff Correspondent Ametican soil today Se the main column probably will] WASHINGTON, March 14.— Gen. Pershing evidently is awaiting reinforcements. More j start from Columbus Urgent action to increase the |cavalry was expected today, together with the signal and Lieut, Martin L. Schallenberger, leer ae sts poems U. 8. regular army by 19,947 | acro-corps. jaide de camp and official censor, | Witl hind + lala mn lécaris: sarathal h lissued his first bulletin today, He| men wae decided upon today. ith nothing but single track railroads paralleling the | “Concentration and mob ilization Secretary of War Baker asked | border to the west, the absence of strategic railways for mili- congress to pass the necessary | : tary concentration is commented on are now being arranged, Gen,| "eeetution Immediately, . Pershing is engaged in studying} . An attempt to rush it thru | out a strategic plan of movement.”| the house will be made late | Manne trom” Coates ert The SA YS ‘ARRAN 1S AS Troops from. Cheyenne, Fort| The additional troops will re ( ), ] Laavenwatn Mort Ta San {erult the army to its full war Francisco, Monterey, Chicago and | Strength of 100,000 Chattanooga are reported coming| Many regiments are deficient in cae numpers at present ic pea 5 dabe basteatiy| baker thought it should be au thorized by congress specifically all the jar army will be used!" President Wilson today got a re RS oe sccate jelther on the Refore night it is expecte lee. | The delay in arrival } American regiments from j terior is explained by | immediately the border jon according Funston's secret orders, The University of will be inspected by Dr. 8. education, and Dr. A fessor 0! week, They are members of the state ‘survey board, recently ap: pointed, border or in pursu-| Jing Villa within a fortnight men will be mobilized between El| Paso and Nogales, ready for serv rolling stock to move the troops |to confer As fast as new com. TO INSPECT U. OF W. en, of the United States burean of J, Inglis, pro sponse to his “hurry up prepared dl ness” request of yesterday ‘4 15,000) house rules committee arranged to set aside other busin consideration of army | ness of some! ‘The Mexican the in-| chief reason. situation ts P. Cap-| debate, with night ions. day night of claret wine and 34 bottles beer in the place, The sand begin prepared- Police officers arrested B. Spag jucation at Harvard, this| na, 914 Pine st., in his home Mon They found 90 gallons EL PASO, March 14 (Bulle- tin).—Gen. Guiterrez arrived at Juarez today and announced that his Carranzista troops are surrounding Francisco Villa In the Galeana district. He said action, He has only a small guard [wien him.” | Guiterrez, commander of the de jfacto government troops in Chi- |huahua state, has been placed in complete command of the Car |ranza troops hunting Villa | “Five cavalry columns the | of 1,200 the lack of} A sub committee was appointed | he heped to captlPagvilla be }men each have been ordered into with Speaker Champ| fore the American expedition jthe field to pursue him,” he de- Clark in an effort to bring up for| could enter Mexico. clared. “They will draw a com: panies arrive, they are distributed| consideration the Hay army reor Galeana is in Chihuahua | nieta ring around Villa to Gen.| ganization bill | state, 11 miles south of El Expect Further Trouble | Chairman Hay of the house mili-| Paso and 50 miles west of the I have ordered Gen, Bertini to [tary committee appeared before | Mexican National railroad. aid and he will evacuate Palomas the rules body with Rep. Kahn and The Carranza government can | shortly. Bertini probably will join urged immediate action take care of Villa,’ Guite said. /our forces at Guaman. The committee reported a spe-| Gulterrez outlined a comprehen In addition to our five col cial rule making the Hay bill in| sive military scheme for the sur/ymns,” be declared, “we have or- Washington | order and providing for a full day's | rounding of Villa and indicated the | dered between 7,000 and 8,000 ,Carranzistas already have the ban-/ troops to concentrate at all towns j ait chief virtually hemmed in onjin the territory where Villa's ban- ja sides in the Galeana district dits are, | Guiterez Is in Charge His statement was interpreted | “We are in touch with Villa,” he/to forecast a further attempt by of|said. “My scouts will follow him|Carranza to prevent American until all my columns can come into! forces from entering Mexico,