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WARRANT OUT FOR MEXICAN CONSUL Official Held in Juarez by De struction of Railway He Plotted Against. FILIBUSTER IS ADMITTED Three Americans, Paid to Cut Line, Xow Appear as Complainants in Federal Case Madero'a Cncle Also Accused. Eti PASO, Tex., Feb. 6. Between two fires, Enrique C "Llorente, Mexican Con sul to El Paso, is Isolated in the Mexi can border town of Juarez. If bo re turns over tne river to El Paso, the United States commissioner bere de clares he will be arrested on a charge of conspiracy to ship arms to Mexico, in spite of the refusal to make the arrest by the United States Marshal's force. The United States Consul may not proceed south to Mexico City, his avowed plan, as rebels today cut the Mexican Central Railway below Juarez, To proceed overland would throw the official in danger of capture by rebels operating in the vicinity. Thus the Consul's escape is cut off by the destruction of the same railway It Is alleged he sought to cut last June by employing three Americans, every one of whom made the complaint. Senor Llorente. in an Interview to day, admitted launching the filibuster ing expedition to cut the railway below Juarez when the border town was held by rebels. But he warned the agents, he said, not to violate the neutrality laws, although giving them $700 with which to buy arms and equipment. He explained that important business in Mexico City made it Impossible for him to be arrested in El Paso, for If re leased, on bond he could not leave the United States before trial. To this the commissioner answered that if the Consul would give himself ap he might visit Mexico City and re turn without a forfeit of the bond. Llorente declares that within 20 days he would return to El Paso, bringing Alberto Madero, uncle of President Madero, who is named in the same com plaint, and Llorente admits being pres ent at the time of the transaction with the Americans. TRAP SET FOR DRUGGIST Marked Dollars Are Found In Till at Roseburg Store. ROSEBURO, Or, Feb. 6. (Special.) Two marked dollars, a local option "spotter" and a colored hot tamale vender were the three principals em ployed by Sheriff Quine today In bring ing about the arrest of Owen Osburn. a prominent local druggist on a charge of violating the local option laws. The spotter was given the marked dollars by the Sheriff and according to a pre-arranged plan these were later turned over to the unsuspecting Tamale vender with the request that he pur chase a bottle of whisky. An hour later the spotter was in possession of the whisky while the marked coins were found in Mr. Osburn's till. Mr. Osburn was- later arrested and upon being arraigned today entered a pica of not guilty. The Tamale vender was Innocent of the plot and not until Mr. Osburn was taken in custody did he realize the part he played in bring ing about the arrest of his fellow townsman. Although a party to the transaction the Tamale vender will not be prosecuted. Instead he will be used is a witness against Osburn. MUTUALISTSHAVE SESSION First Public Meeting Takes Place In Brooklyn Speeches Made. The first public meeting of the Brooklyn Mutualist Association was held last night in Urfer's Hall, on Mil waukle street. - E. J. Burrows, secretary of the Brooklyn Improvement Association, was chairman. The speakers were James Ruddlman, familiar with Eng lish co-operative success: Mr. Voelker, manager of the rautuallst store in Alblna, the business of which is grow ing at a rapid rate, and Edmund P. Sheldon, member of the Central Mu tualist Association, and president of the Kose City Park Mutuallst Associa tion. - After the speaking a temporary or ganization was effected as follows: E. J. Burrows, president; J. Ruddlman, secretary: W. H. Armstrong, treasurer: directors. Mrs. W: H. Gordon, R. Greg ory. C. W. Dempsey, Mrs. C. DauralL A. V. KauratiL "your husband is charged In the In dictment with assaulting you. Did he do It?" "He did not do It," she exclaimed with emphasis. "What did he do with the stick when he put both bands on your shoulders and forced you downr "T don't know." The presocutor told the witness he thought she should be able to know something. "I was terrified to death," she re plied. Fallnre to Scream ExDlalned. "Then why did you not scream when he touched you?' "I think my voice must have failed me." Mrs. Beach Indignantly denied that Beach had asked her "to lay It on Pearl Hampton's brother." On re-direct examination Mrs. Beach declared that she had never said that the earrings she lost that nighthadany great intrinsic value. She said sne treasured them because they were eiven to her bv her mother. Miss Marion Holllns then took the stand. She testified that she had gone upstairs to bed and had been there only a short time when she heard screams outside her winaow. one sam she rushed downstairs In her night clothes and found Beach carrying his wife into the house. IRON CLAIMS ATTACKED HARRIMAX DREAM RECALLED BY GOVERN MEN T SOT. Railway 3Ien Said to Have Planned Smelter Operated by Oil From Adjacent Wells. LOS ANGELES. Feb. 6. A contest in volving 4000 acres of mineral land in Riverside County. Cal.. composing num erous iron claims valued at many mil lion dollars. Is scheduled for the near future In the United States Land urnce In Los Angeles, according to an an nouncetnent made late today by G. vV Helm, in charge of the field division of the local office. The contest will be begun by the Government in an effort to oust from the property the Iron Chief Mlnint Company, said to be a subsidiary ot tne Southern Pacific Railroad Company. The latter company now is a defendant in oil suits in the Federal courts here Involving property valued at 1230,000, 000. According to land officials In Los Angeles, the Iron Chief Company, after expending $1,600,000 In buying up tne claims of other entrymen In the River side field, asked the Government In 1910 and 1911 for patents on the prop erty. The Government will seek to show that the company did not live up to its obligations as to Improvements. It Is said to have been a desire of the late E. H. Harrlman to erect a gigantic smelter somewhere on the Southern California coast, to be oper ated by oil from the Kern County fields and kept busy with Iron ore from Riverside County. Reedsport to Get Mill. GARDINER. Or., Feb. 6. (Special.) The Starr Lumber Company, of St. Paul, Is making arrangements for the con struction of a big mill at Reedsport. near here. It Is stated that the mill wil. be started soon and that plans call for an expenditure of $500, 000 in Its construction. The Starr Lumber Com pany Is Identified with the First Na tional Bank of St. Paul, In which J. J. Hill is Interested, which has given rise to rumors of a railroad in connection with the present project. The company owns about 500.000.000 feet ot stumpage on the Umpqua and will operate its own vessels. Timber to Be Cat Soon. FOREST GROVE, Or., Feb. 6. Ral eigh Phelps and associates, of this city, have completed negotiations for the opening up of a large tract of timber, approximating 900 acres, about two miles above Gales City on Gales creek. A 30,000 capacity mill, valued at 16000, is now on the way to this city from Slfton, Wash., and it Is expected that operations win be commenced May 1. The tract consists of about 600 acres of yellow fir, the balance being excel lent tie timber. The ew concern will be known as the Fair Creek Lumber Company. DIRECT SALES PROPOSED Vow York Grange Would Abolish Middleman by Co-Operation. BUFFALO, N. y7 Feb. 6. Definite line of action to do away with the middleman and to build up a co-operative system whereby farm products may be sold and delivered by the pro ducer to the consumer was adopted at today's session of the 40th annual con vention of the Newark State Grange. The plan provides that a committee shall formulate a workable plan for the organization of co-operative so cieties in the various subordinate granges, after which a supervisor will be named to direct a state-wide or. ganlzation. The second step will be the establish ment of co-operative wholesale and re tall markets In New York and other ritles throughout the state. . COUPLE CLING TO STORIES (Conttnnfd From First Page.) screamed. I was thrown to my knees twice and my throat was cut. I did not realize It until I put my hand to my neck and felt the warm blood. 1 remember striking the man in the face and then I began screaming hysterical ly. A door slammed and the man ran out of the gale after hitting me on the side of the head with a stick, as Mr. Beach ran to my assistance. I was leaning against a post at the end of the porch when he reached me. I neg lected to say that when the man cams into the yard he was twirling a heavy stick. Mrs. Beach said that her husband carried her into the nouse and turned her over to Miss Holllns and the ser vants who helped her to a lounge. He then went upstairs for bis gun and im cedlately ran out of the house. "Mr. Beach was gone but a moment. When he was out I remember saying to Marion, 'shut that door ?d keep that black man out.' - -Mrs. Beach," said Beach's lawyer, t Mrs. Henderson Pleads Guilty. WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. Mrs. John B. Henderson, wife of ex-Senator Hender son, of Missouri, and a society leader here, pleaded guilty today In Police Court of having been responsible for chopping down a tree on a public thoroughfare near her home without first obtaining a permit She was re leased on her personal recognizance. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Feb. . Maximum tempera ture. 24 degrees; minimum, 29 degrees. River reading. 8 A. M., S.T feet; change In last 24 hours, 0.1 foot. Total rainfall. 5 P. 11 It I F. M.. none: total rainfall since September 1. 1912, 24.74 Inches; normal. 37.07 Inches: deficiency. 2.SS Inches. Total sunshine. 6 hours 51 minutes; possible. 9 hours 55 minutes. Barometer (reduced to see. level) at 5 P. M-. 20.17 inches. THE WEATHER. STATIONS. - Wind sl I I ?" : C a : ; State of Weather Baker Boise Boston Calgary ... Chicago , Denver Dfta Moines .... Duluth Eureka Galveston ..... Helena Jacksonville ... Kansas City . . . laurler Los Angeles ... Marsh ft eld .... Med ford Montreal New Orleans ... New York North Head ... North Yakima . Phoenix Poeatell Portland Rose bury Sacramento .... St. Louis ...... St. Paul Salt Lake San Francisco . Spokane Ttromi Tatooah Island . Walla Walla ... Washington .... Winnipeg 26:0.00j 4JE Clear SfiiO.OOf 4(NW PL cloudy S4lO.0Q;l4;W Clear 360. 00. cairn Clear 22.0.00112; W Clear 1810.01 10lNE iSnow 22 O.OOI SlN'WiCIear 81 T. I12IW IClear 2 0. 00 4INE jCloudy &410.06;14.NE 160. 0O 6 W $:0.00l 4iW 28 O.OOiX'NW 110.00! 4;S Rain Cloudy Clear Cloudy uiear 0.14 fi'N'WCloudT 6010.00 4NE (Clear 64 0.00! calm Clear 10 0.34I16NW Clear ! f8 0.001 4)E Cloudy 20. 0122 NW Clear j 40 0.00-18 E Cloudy 2tj0.00i 6 SE Cloudy 720. 01 4!W Cloudy 30' 0.00 1 iW Cloudy 84 0.00'22 E Cloudy 42)0.00 4(W Clear 62 0. 00 4 X Clear 28,0.00 SlW Clear 121 T. lSlXW'Clear 4S 0.O0 8 NW Clear 66 0.00 6 NW Clear SS'O.Oi) 8!XE Clear 40 0.00 6.NE Cloudy 40 0.09 S2E Cloudy 2O 0.Ol( 4:s PL Cloudy 0iO.00tl2!X Clear 4jO.OOj 4-W Clear "WEATHER CONDITIONS. The nigh-pressure area noted yesterday as extend ln from British Columbia southeast ward to the Gulf States has remained nearly stationary and has Increased slightly In magnitude. The barometer has fallen de cidedly over California and It continues rela tively low over the New England States. Light rain has fallen tn extreme Southern California and along the west Gulf Coast. No precipitation of consequence has oc curred elsewhere In the United States. The temperatures have risen In tha Upper Mis sissippi Valley and remained nearly sta tionary In nearly all other localities. The conditions are favorable for fair and con tinued cold weather In this district Friday with disagreeable easterly winds. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Fair and continued cold; easterly winds. Oregon anfl Washington Fair and con tinued cold: easterly winds. Idaho Fair, continued oold north, colder south, portion NEW 01 LI NDUlPiY Soaring Price of Crude Stim ulates Officials. SMALLER CONCERNS HURT Government Xow Wants to Know Whether Trust Subsidiaries Cre ated Conditions Responsible for Advance. VVASHTXGTOK, Feb. 6. The soaring price of crude oil is being Investigated by the Department of Justice in con nection with its injuiry to determine whether the decree dissolving the Standard Oil Company has been violated. The Government wants to know whether the decree dissolving- the Standard Oil Company has been vio lated. The Government wants to know whether any of the remaining subsld iaries of the trust have created condi tions responsible for the enormous rise, and whether there has been any con certed action. Information in posses sion of the Department alleges that some of the big companies have a year's supply of crude oil in their tanks and the present high price does not affect them, but is a Duraen upon smaller concerns. The entire oil investigation in all probability will be completed before the end of February and a report submitted to Attorney-General Wlckersham by Charle. B. Morrison and Oliver E. Ha- gan, the attorney? in immediate charge of the Inquiry. Jlr. Morrison oonferred with the Attormiy-uenerai late loaay. The second warrants issued by United States District Judge Meek, of Dallas, for the arrest of John D. Archbold. H. C. Folger, Jr., and W. C. Teagle. of the Standard Oil, for the alleged criminal violation of the Sherman act. are be lieved to have reached New York by thin time. The fact that they have not yet been served is said to indicate that the Attorney-General has directed mat they, like the original warrants, be withheld until he is satisfied that the Government has sufficient evidence to sustain, a case In Texas. YAQUINA PLAN REJECTED EVGIXEERS ALSO TtRX PORT ORFORD DOWN'. Kxcessive Cost and Lack of Adequate Commerce Are Reasons As signed for Action. OREGOKIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Feb. . (Special.) The Secre tary of War today sent to Congress the adverse reports of the Army engineers on the proposal to build Jetties at the entrance to Yaquina Bay and the pro posal to build a harbor of refuge at Port Orford. Lack of adequate com merce and the excessive cost of both projects are the reasons assigned for rejecting them. The renort shows that the outer ends of the jetties at Yaquina have been beaten down and submerged, lor several hundred feet and that a shoal has formed, creating two outlet channels. In which the maximum depth at low water is only eight or nine feet. The present commerce of Yaquina Bay, however. Is found to be relatively small, there being no large Industries established on the bay, and, consider ing the fact that the cost of restoring the Jetties to their original condition and other improvements of the bar en trance would be large, the engineers hold that the new project is not ad visable at this time. Especially do they recommend against this improvement because local Interests when appealed to failed to signify any willingness to co-operate with the Government in de fraying the cost of the work. Inasmuch as It probably would cost $5,000,000 or $6,000,000 to build ade quate breakwaters at Port Orford Har bor to make that harbor a refuge, en gineers do not think such a project should be undertaken by the Govern ment at this time. They made sur veys for the proposed breakwater at Graveyard Point, but found that only a limited anchorage could be provided and that at excessive cost. The ract that there is practically no local com merce at Port Orford and the further fact that the establishment of a port at this point has been delayed also op erated against the project. Local in terests signified a willingness to con tribute $43,000 toward constructing a breakwater 200 or 300 feet long at Graveyard Point, this being one-fQurth the estimated cost or work. But en gineers are of the opinion that such a breakwater would be of little advan taee and the cost of a breakwater long enough and heavy enough to afford ad equate anchorage in rough weathei would be excessive. vneroiore, tnis project will be Indefinitely postponed. Congress will make no appropriations. PARCEL BUSINESS HUGE 40,000,000 PACKAGES HANDLED IX FIRST MOXTH. Postofflce Regards January as Dull Season and Estimates Are Billion Pieces Will Be Sent in Year. WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. Approxi mately 40,000,000 parcel post packages were handled In January. At the 50 largest postoffices 19,365,433 parcels were handled in the first month of the operation of the new system and the business of the last two weeks exceed ed that of the first two weeks by more than 5,000.000 packages. Chicago exceeded all other cities in the number of parcels handled. Its total being 4.163.153. New York handled 3.619,788, Boston 1.151.408. Philadelphia 1 035.000 St. Louis 917,809. Cleveland 879.768. Brooklyn 834.000, Detroit 510,- 073, Cincinnati 412.3S1, Kansas City 357.102. Baltimore 328,300, Minneapolis 300.000, San Francisco 290,000, Buffalo 264,000, Washington 222,953, Milwaukee 212,940, Pittsburg 207.076, Atlanta 183, 000, St. Paul 181,056, New Orleans 166, 391, Seattle 155.693, Indianapolis 152. 942. Dallas 130,200, Louisville 114.076. Denver 110.396, Richmond 100,000. Portland, Or.. 94.938, Nashville 69,270, Jacksonville 42.963. The present season Is the dull one In Dostofflce business, but even if there should be no increase in the parcel post work, about 500,000,00V parcels would be handled in the first year. Some post masters estimated that 1.000,000,0.00 packages will be handled this year. From tne more remote sections or tha country postmasters report that merchants are preparing to extend their field to the rural districts through the new system and farmers are preparing to send produce to cities and towns upon the opening of the Spring season. The preliminary appropriation for the establishment of the parcel post has been exhausted and Postmaster-General Hitchcock asked today for an addi tional appropriation of $750,000. VICTIM OF MOB ARRESTED Assailants Xot Molested and Officers Patrol Renton Streets. SEATTLE. Feb. 6. Because the City Marshal at Renton. the coal town where miners have been on strike sev eral months, arrested J. H. Carlisle, a nonunion blacksmith employed in the mine of the Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company, who was se verely beaten when he left the stock ade to get supplies last night, and did not arrest the assailants. Sheriff Ed ward Cudihee today detailed two deputy sheriffs to patrol the streets of Ren ton and see that order is preserved. - Fifteen deputy sheriffs have been on strike duty at Renton, but until today they confined their operations to guard ing company property. Sheriff Cudihee said the Prosecuting Attorney had promised to co-operate with him in preventing further out breaks at Renton. REPORT FAVORS PIPER BILL Law Committee Indorses Senator'f Minimum Wage Measure. OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 6. (Special.) The common labor and labor statis tics committee of the Senate of the Washington Legislature tonight decid ed to send in a favorable report on the women's minimum wage bill fathered by Senator George U. Piper, of King County. The report will be signed by all members of the committee. The House labor committee will with hold its report on the bill until the measure has been passed by the Sen ate, transmitted to the House and re ferred to the House committee. The report will then be In favor of the passage of the bill. This procedure is necessary because the Piper bill Is not before the House as yet. JUROR DIES SUDDENLY Death Comes While Libel Verdict Is Being Considered. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 6. Louis Duffy, a member of a jury In a libel case in the Circuit Court, dropped dead in the jury room here today while the jury was considering the evidence and preparing a verdict. The Jury had been out about 15 min utes when the Deputy Sheriff at tached to court was summoned. He found the 11 jurors standing awe stricken about their dead companion. REPORTS FROM VESSELS By Marconi Wireless. Steamer Bear. Portland to San Fran cisco, eight miles north of Cape Arago at 8 P. M.; Navajo, southbound, 26 miles north of Blanco, 6 P. M.; Roan oke, Portland to San Francisco, off Cas cade Head at 4 P. M.; Herrln, for Linn ton. 34 miles south of Columbia River at 8 P. M.; Porter, southbound, 412 miles north of San .Francisco at a P. M. Steamer Columola oft Santa Barbara, northbound, 8 P. M. Steamer General Hubbard ten miles east of Point Conception, southbound, 8 P. M. Steamer Speedwell off Point Hue- neme, southbound, 8 P. M. Steamer vanguard passed romi jt ir- mln, northbound. Stnmr W. F. Herrln, from Mon- HE Last Days Have Collier- Today and Saturday are the last two days of this remarkable sale of ladies and misses' suits and raincoats. Have you bought? If not, today and tomor row can be made profitable days for you For every fancy suit and every raincoat will be half price during these two days only. Plenty of weather ahead in which to wear them they'll give you immense comfort through the remainder of Winter and through the Spring rains. But to get them at this price you must come today or tomorrow? Will you come? Entire third floor. en Selling MORRISON STREET AT FOURTH terey for Portland, 284 miles south of the Columbia River. Steamer Honoluluan. from Honolulu for San Francisco, 1785 miles out. Steamer Lurllne, from San Francisco for Honolulu, 322 miles out at 8 P. M. Tank steamer Asuncion left Van couver for Port Angeles at 6 P. M. Tank steamer Catania, from Seattle for San Luis, four miles west of Point Wilson at 8 P. M. Douglas County Road Wanted. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Feb. 6. (Spe cial.) A large delegation of residents of the country around Drain and Divide left yesterday to visit the County Court of Douglas County and ask for an ap propriation of 113,000 for the Pass Creek road. There were approximately 100 In the party. The large amount ot money Is asked for on the ground that that sum has been paid Into the County Treasury for road purposes by the tax payers of that section and never returned. 3 7ifw zTwcwmTz? weU teU yu how to save some IVliO. LlUiAoVuvLJV, money and reduce your monthly household expenses. Butter is the bugbear on your monthly bills ana, wiui Duixer at presem wgu puces, il a icaiiy caucivcikcuiuc to use butter anywhere except on your table. Discard butter from the kitchen, and use Cottolene. Cottolene is better than butter for cooking; it is richer and will go one-third farther; it costs much less than butter; it will give just as good or better results. Why not, then, try the experiment? is a vegetable fat made from the purest and choicest cotton oil It contains not an ounce of hog fat Cottolene makes delicious pastry crisp and flaky. For frying, it can be heated to a much higher temperature than butter or lard and forms a coating which prevents the absorption of the fat Buy a pail of Cottolene today and convince, yourself by trying this recipe: ' SPICED CLOVERS Sift together two and one-half cnpi of flour, two thirds cup of sugar, one teaspoon salt, two teaspoons cinnamon and four teaspoons of baking ponder. , Chop into this one-half cup Ctttolent and moisten with milk until almost at toft at biscuit dough. Roll ont one third of an inch thick and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar, well mixed, then cut into tiny rounds. Place in threes dike clover leaves) in pant and bake in moderately hot oven. Serve warm with batter, honey or marmalade. Made only by THE N. K. FAIEBANK COMPANY