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K VOL. LIII. XO. 1G,519. PORTLAND, OREGON, TITKSDA Y. NOVEMBER 4, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. V V WILSON ORDERS HUERTATO QUIT OFFICE AT ONCE Ultimatum Sent Mexican Dictator Demands Ac-" , tion Without Delay. ONLY TWO COURSES OPEN Washington Edict Advises Ruler He Must Not Leave Blanquet in Charge. REPLY IS NOT YET IN SIGHT United States' Attitude Taken to Favor Rebels. OFFICIAL NOTE IS GUARDED Intimates I" -rdly Expect Present Mexican deader to Abdicate and Issuance of Passports to Diplomats Thrn Kemalns. MEXICO CITT. Nov. 3. President Huerta must resign the Presidency of Mexico without loss of time and must r.ot leave as his successor General .V.ireliano Blanquet, his Minister of War, or any other member of his of r.cial family or of the unofficial oterlo whom he might bo expected to mr.trol. This ultimatum from Washington y.'5-s conveyed to President Huerta H-.rough his private secretary, Eennr Kabago by Nelson O'ShauglTnessy, the American" Charge dIAffalres, acting under Instructions from the State De partment. Huerta Gnnrda Note. Senor Rabago presented the mem orandum to his chief late Sunday, but up to this evening President Huerta had returned no answer, and, as far as could be learned had guarded Its con tents from almost all of his official and intimate counsellors. Those who learned of the Washington note regard General Huerta's position an one in which he would be forced to give one of two answers refusal point blank to comply with the demand, pos sibly groin? so far as to hand the dip lomatic representative passports or the elimination of himself officially. .America's Attitude Clear. Those most Intimate with the Presi dent insist that the latter course will not be taken for many reasons, chief among which is that such an action would be tantamount to submission to the rebels. Official Mexico is no long er In doubt that the Washington Ad ministration favors the rebel cause and is convinced that this is the means taken by President Wilson and Sec retary Bryan to assist Carranza to win. General Huerta summoned to the National palace tonight the diplomatic corps, .but for what purpose was not revealed. Three, of the ministers, those of Germany, Norway and Rucela were ab sent. They have been In Vera Cruz, where they were In conforence with President Wilson's representative, John I.ind, who is understood to be fully conversant with the latest representa tions from Washington. Rebels Surround Queretnro. Changes In the military situation throughout the country today Included, according to the report the advance of the rebels to attack Zacatecas. but the government believes that the garrison there is sufficiently strong to resist an attack successfully. Queretaro, cap ital of the state of the same name, on the main line of the National Railway, south of San Luis Potosi. Is surrounded by rebels and practically in a state of siege. North of San Luis Potosi a new method has been adopted by the rebels to prevent the operation of trains. Pla cards addressed to employes have been posted notifying them they would be hanged If they attempted to run the trains. As a result the men are refus ing to take out the trains. BRYAN'S OPERATOR AT KEY Plan if Huerta Refuses to- Accede Is Sfot Made Public. WASHINGTON. Nov. 3. The Asso ciated Press dispatch from Mexico City was read to Secretary Bryan over the telephone 6hortly after midnight. He manifested, much interest, but said he would make no official comment. All evening the Secretary had been expecting new developments and pre pard to stay up late to receive dis patches. The night operator in the tel egraph room of the State Department, who usually leaves the key at midnight, was ordered to work through the night. News of the ultimatum had been ex- (Couolud.d on Pag 8JI TENTS GOIN HONOR OF WOMEN VOTERS VOTING TODAY WILL- BE INSIDE OFBOLDLXCS. Officials Must Keep Two Set of Registration Books "Tes" Is Vote for Measure. For the first time in several years, an election will be held in Portland today with no tent voting places. With the advent of woman suffrage and a large number of women election offi clals. County Clerk Coffey has abol lshed the tent booth and has made ar rangements for all the voting places to be indoors. In several cases apace -for voting booths has been obtained In school houses. Fire engine houses also, have been utilized. Judges- and clerks of the election today will have two sets of registra tion books to watch, Mr. Coffey ex plained yesterday. The old books, which were used at the general election last Fall and again at the city election In June, contain the names of voters reg istered up to that time. In the new registration books, distributed last week, however, are the names of 3227 voters who have, registered this Fall. ' It behooves voters whose right to vote Is disputed by election officials to make sure that their names may not be in the new book. In addition to the five state meas ures on the ballot on account of the referendum, Multnomah County voters will have the proposed $1,250,000 bond issue for the Columbia River Interstate bridge to Vancouver, Wash, to vote on. In five precincts of the city, also, there are local-option contests. In voting on these referred measures, a "Yes" vote is a vote for the measure; a "No" vote Is a vote against the measure. MRS. GATES GETS ESTATE Widow to Get $3,000,000, "While Cousin Is- Heir to John W.'s Cash. NEW YORK, Nov. S. (Special) It became known today that the fortune of Charles G. Gates, estimated at JS.000,000, Is left outright to his widow, who was Miss Florence Hop wood, of Mineapolis. The bulk of John W. Gates' wealth eventually will pass to Henry Rockwell Baker, a cousin of Charlie. ' . . When John W. Gates died he be queathed almost his entire fortune to his widow. Charles G. Gates, the only son, received $1,000,000 and an income of jlOO.OOO a year from Gates' proper ties. Had young Gates lived, the bulk of the $35,000,000 estate left to his mother would have gone to him. ' Nowv it is believed. Baker wll inherit this money. NEW BOND PLAN UP TODAY City Commission to Consider Pro posal at Special Meeting. At a special meeting of the City Com mission this morning the question of submitting to the voters at the special city election, December 9, a proposed charter amendment providing for the issuance of serial bonds, in place of the present form- of issue, will be con sidered. At the meeting there will be con sidered also a proposed charter amend ment, prepared by officials of the New York Bureau of Municipal Research, providing for the sale of improvement bonds in advance of the completion of street Improvements. The plan involves the payment of contracts as work progresses. KILBURY CHOSEN MAYOR McMinnville Women Out En Masse to Cast Ballot First Time. M'MINNVILLE ,Or.. Nov. 3. (Spe cial.) Women played a prominent role today for the first time in the city election, when one of the largest votes ever cast in such an election was re corded. Without opposition, C. Kilbury was named for Mayor, A. C. Chandler for Recorder, and for Councilmen, E. N. Bidwell, A. B. Mardis and D. H. Turner. There was no competition out side of Councilmen and Marshal, the latter office going to Peter Petersen. Good weather brought out the large vote, fully 800 ballots being cast. A total of 350 women made use of their suffrage rights. JACK L0ND0N IS SUED Sheet Metal Company Seeks to Col lect $319 Balance. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 3. (Special.) Further trouble for Jack London, whose S0,000 home on his ranch at Glen Ellen burned down a few weeks ago," developed today, when suit for $319 was filed against him in the Superior Court by a. local sheet-metal company, They seek this sum as a balance due for copper flushings and gutters used in construction 'of the London home. , London and Mrs. London at present are cruising up the San Joaquin River in his sloop "Roamer." DANCERS ARE SUSPENDED Twenty-Five Engene High. Students Ousted by Faculty. EUGENE, Or, Nov. 3. (Special.) Twenty-five students of the Eugene High School, both boys and girls, were suspended this morning by the faculty because they engaged in a dance at the high school Saturday night following a social gathering at which it had been specially stipulated there should be no dancing. The faculty has not announced what farther action, shall ba taken. 9000 FACE ARREST AT GOTHAM - POLLS Strong-Arming of Vot ers New Phantom. 700 POLICEMEN AWAIT TASK New York Prepares for Intimi dation by Gunmen. PRECINCT CAPTAINS SHIFT Alleged Illegally Registered Voters Will Receive' Warrant Instead of Ballot Tammany Smiles, Predicting Victory. NEW YORK, Nov. 3. With fusion and Tammany leaders predicting a landslide tomorrow for their respective candidates, the municipal campaign, de scribed by old-time politicians as the liveliest' of a generation, came to a close tonight with speechmaking in all parts of the city. "We will win by 150,000," declared Charles F. . Murphy of Tammany Hall, who In the last three weeks has been moved to break his sphynx-like silence more often than in any previous cam paign. Fusion estimates of victory ranged from 75,000 to 125.000. Conn Purroy Mitchel is the fusion candidate for Mayor, while Edward E. McCall is the Tammany standard bearer. "Strong-Annlng Feared. Information reaching police head quarters that "strong-arm" men, gun men, guerrillas and thugs were .to be employed to intimidate voters tomor row resulted in promises tonight that 700 picked policemen familiar with the underworld characters will be assigned to parts of all boroughs. At midnight tonight every police captain was shifted from his regular precinct to another for 24 hours. Police Commissioner Waldo gave these orders acting upon a communica tion from Mayor Kline, who had been visited a few hours previously by John Purroy Mitchel. Waldo said he had been informed of the threatened inva sion of election districts by gangsters by both Mayor Kline and ex-Governor Sulzer. . Nine Thousand Face Arrest at Polls. - In addition to the police measures for protection of voters, warrants were is sued for the arrest of .000 persons and will be served as they appear at the polls. - The warrants charge Illegal reg istration. A new charge was made against Mc Call today by the fusion managers. It was that the Democratic Mayoralty (Concluded on Page C ) l VOTE EAEiY AND VOT YES. " I I'M . . ... INDEX CF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 81 degrees; minimum. 49 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; brisk southerly winds. ' Foreign. British Ambassador may retire. Pass 1. National. For first time in history. United States is ready for war on moment's notice. Pago S. Wilson, by ultimatum, tells Huerta he must resign at once. Page, 1.- Harvester "Trust" hearing- develops pre diction of great two-family combine. Page 1. Domestic Nine thousand face arrest at Gotham polls. Page 1. Old . parties in New Jersey confident of victory. Page 2. Sports. Aggie and "17" uncertain as contest ap proaches. Page 7. Matty and McLean may pitch In Portland. Page 0. Halfback Small Willamette's best scorer. Page 7. Physical directors of Y. M. C. A. meet. Page 6. Three autos Hght for first place In Cali fornia race. Page a. Pacific Northwest. Several Idaho attorneys suggested for All- shie's place on Supreme Bench. Page 18. Clatsop County citizens vote today on $400.- 000 bond issue for roads. Page 10. Man, who killed companion for deer, faces prosecution. Page 16. Commercial and Marine. Higher prices offered for hops at all Coast points. Page 17. July option alone shows strength in Chicago wheat pit. Page 17. Stock prices decline, but selling pressure Is not severe. Page 17. Port Commission refuses to contract for oil. hearing of probable competition. Page 12. Portland and Vicinity. Cheaper streetcar fares not early probabil ity. Page 1. Big majority in favor of bridge bond Issue Is hope. Page 11. Psychology Club plans for busy study sea son. Page lO. County officials promise members of Tax payers' - League to work for more efficiency. Page 11. Insinuations of Intimidating Bench made against Federal attorney. Page 12. Voting tents discarded in honor of women voters. Page 1. Mothers' Congress of Bottin School District Halloween hosts. Page 10. School Board Is asked to build, new schools, but budget items stand. Page 4. Bishop sustain First Church officials In Methodist differences. Page 4. Jury in VonKlein case 1b locked up. Page 5. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 13. WOMAN LAWYER'S FEE BIG Balance of $42,000 to Be Paid at Pankhnrst Banquet. CHICAGO, Nov. 3. A check for 25. 630, the remainder of a fee of $42,000 said to be the largest ever paid a wom an attorney, will be handed Miss Mary E. Miller tomorrow at a luncheon she will give for Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst. The payment is the final act in liti gation conducted In behalf of heirs to the estate of Judge William Bross. KUTZE TO K&.IEVE M'INDOE Army Engineer Now In Manila Said to Be Slated for Portland Job. OREGONIAN.NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Nov. " 3. Major Charles W. Kutz, Army Engineer Corps, now at Manila, but under ordern to return to the United States, may be selected to succeed Major Mclndoe at Portland, though Els selection Is not finally de termined. Several Army Engineer officers soon will be ordered back from Panama, GREAT TWO-FAMILY "TRUST" IS FEARED McCormick-Deer ing Move Pointed Out. MONOPOLY HAS YEAR TO FORM Government Agent Predicts at "Harvester Trust" Hearing. DOTTED MAPS SHOW PLAN Edward P. Grosvenor, Special As sistant to Attorney-General," Says Every Implement American Farmer Uses Involved. ST. PAUL, Nov. 3. Edward P. Gros venor, concluding the first portion of his final argument for the Govern ment in the suit to "dissolve the In ternational Harvester Company, this afternoon declared to Judges of the United Statea District Court that unless the "harvester trust" Is disintegrated, two families within a few years will own a monopoly of every implement made in this country for the American farmer. The special assistant to Attorney General McReynolds specified Cyrus McCormick and James Deering, of Chi cago, as the heads of these families and characterized them as "willing to, use their great power to fix prices and Intimidate local dealers as means of crushing competition." Map Vsed to Aid Arsmments. With dotted maps of the agricultural states of this country as exhibits with which to drive home his argument to the court. Mr. Grosvenor showed the location of 40,000 local agents or deal ers in 30,000 villages, towns and cities, who. he declared, were but a portion of the vast selling machinery dominat ed absolutely by the International war vester Company. Through the medium of the general sales committee of the corporation, said Mr." Grosvenor, acting through a. dis trlct manager, the local dealer was forced to accept the dictates of the "trust" or be crushed. Also, the Fed eral lawyers said, the local dealer was used to keep the corporation informed of competition, at whatever point it might arise, so Immediate steps could be taken to smother such competition. Court's Work .Pointed Out. "We have shown," argued Mr. Gros venor, "ty evidence which cannot ba disputed . that Cyrus McCormick, James Deering and Harold F. McCor mick, acting as members of this gen- (Concluded on Page 3- AMBASSADOR FROM ENGLAND MAY QUIT BRITISH FRIEND'S FEAR SIR CECIB CAX'T STAND CLIMATE. Absence of Diplomat From Post at Washington Burins Mexican Crl . sis Deplored In London. LONDON, Nov. 4. Friends of Sir Cecil Spring-Rico, according to the Daily Telegraph, .fear he will find the rigor of the American climate too se vere to permit him to continue his duties. "An affection of the throat Is now his most serious pre-occupatlon," adds the Telegraph. The Times says that while It is re grettable that the Ambassador has been ill during the Mexican crisis there 13 no mystery. "It is difficult to understand, however," adds the pa per, "why the embassy was allowed to be under-staffed while the Ambas sador was absent." The Daily Mail thinks it extraordi nary -that at such a critical time the British public should be kept in ig norance of the Ambassador's advice. Expressing hope of a speedy solution of the Mexican difficulty, the Mail continues: "Whatever may be the diplomatic trouble between Washington .and Lon don, there is not the slightest doubt about the sentiments of the British puDiic, which desire no sacrifice of American good will on the question of who is to be the President of Mexico. BOSTON. Nov. S. The British Am- oassaaor, sir Cecil Sprlng-Rlce, and Sir William Tyrrell, one of the private secretaries or fair Edward Grey, the British Minister of Foreign Affairs who- are in Boston for a few days, de nied today that there is any political significance in the extended stay of the Ambassador at his Summer home at Dublin, N. H. Sir William also said he was not in America on a diplomatic mission. - M'LELLAN DENIES WEDDING Suit of Actress-Divorcee for Buck Alimony lias London Affidavit. NEW YORK, Nov. 3. (Special.) Pauline Hall, the actress who got a divorce' in 1904 from George B. McLel lan, brother of C. S. McLellan, the play wright and business representative of his brother, told Supreme Court Justice Pendleton today that, although her former husband was a witness at the trial of the divorce suit and testified that she was his wife, he now makes affidavit in London that he never mar- ried Miss Hall, and that her divorce was obtained by fraud. Mrs. McLellan has .brought . suit against her former husband In London to recover unpaid alimony at the rate of J 10 weekly. AXES USED TO RESCUE SHIP Last Yukon River Steamer Passen gers Have Thrilling Time. VANCOUVER, B. C., Nov. 3. (Spe cial.) Reporting strenuous experiences in coming out on the last .Yukon River steamer, during which the passengers had to use axes to keep the steamer's paddles free of ice, the rear guard of the outgoing Alaskans and Yukoners arrived here on the Canadian Pacific ilner Princess Sophia today. The Prin cess Sophia brought only a few pas sengers from Skagway and some fish from Prince Rupert The last steamer of the season was the stern-wheeler Dawson, and she took six days to get up the river to Whitehorse. BEAVER FACJSL0NG REST Steamer's Accident at Sea More Damaging Than First Supposed. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3 An exam ination of the steamer Beaver, which was in collision last week off Point Arena with the lumber carrier Necani cum, shows that the liner was damaged more severely than it was at first sup posed. In addition to her dented bow plates, her forward frames have been sprung and she must be laid up for long and costly repairs. Responsibility for the collision has not been placed yet. The Beaver was rammed by the Kecanicum. Both ves sels were able to make port under their own steam. JURY SELECTION ILLEGAL Judge Dismisses Trial Board in Case of Gordon's Alleged Slayer. CAIRO, 111.. Nov. 3. The method ol selecting jurors by County Commission ers was declared illegal by Circuit Court Judge W. W. Duncan here today. The decision was occasioned by the trial of Harvey R. Fields for the mur der of Dr. L. E. Gordon. Judge Duncan dismissed the Jury and set the case for December 8. Klelda, it is charged, killed Dr. Gordon on the night of September 1, 1913. In a state, ment to the police at the time. Fields said the physician had mistreated o's wife. HAWAIIAN DOCK PUZZLES Secretary Daniels Wants Congress to Look to Pearl Harbor. WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. Secretar'j Daniels announced today that the ques tion whether the great naval drydock at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, should be completed should be submitted to Congress in December. As a large expenditure would be necessary to restore the upheaval of the dock's bottom and there Is some question as to whether a like accident might not occur in the future, the Secretary thinks Congress should be consulted. . CHEAPER CAR FARE RE SET ASIDE Railroad Commission to Stay City's Hand. INVESTIGATION IS UNDER WAY Chairman Miller Explains Com mission's Position. EQUITY TO ALL IS OBJECT Detailed Examination of Portland Railway, Light & Power Company Property to Be Completed Be fore Changes Are Ordered. Action by the State Railroad Com mission setting aside the "slx-for-a-quarter" rate until after its own in vestigation, now under way. has de termined the exact physical valuation of all the properties of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, thus giving a scientific basis from which to proceed with rate making, is almost certain in case the Portland City Coun cil passes Us proposed ordinance re quiring the company to sell streetcar tickets, good on all . its lines in the city, at six for 23 cents. In fact, the Commission, to be con sistent with the purposes of its pres ent investigation, according to its chairman, could hardly do otherwise than suspend such a rate until all tha data are on hand. Data neimf Uatliercd. Frank J. Miller, chairman of the State Railroad Commission, in an in terview yesterday, authorized this statement. Making clear that his atti tude was in no way one of criticism for the City Council or any of its members, Mr. Miller said that, in view of the in vestigation the Commission is making, and Its superior facilities for obtaining correct data, he thought the question of rates one that should be left with the Commission to decide. In assuming on its own Initiative some months ago the big task of ap praising all .the properties of the com pany put to public service use, Mr. Miller explained, the Commission was acting with the intention of holding a series of rate hearings after the. phys ical valuation problem had been de termined by exhaustive investigation. At these hearings the rates oh all pub lic utility commodities; such as electric light, power and street railway serv ice, sold by the company, were to bo readjusted as found necessary. Task Declared Gigantic. This question of what readjustment of rates is necessary, however, is so intricate and technical a problem, espe cially in- the case of the Portland Rail way, Light & Power Company, one of the largest public service corporations on the Pacific Coast, that even the Railroad Commission, with the data already at Its disposal and Its previous wide experience In railroad-rate cases, did not feel competent to undertake any rate tinkering until all tho facts as to physical valuation had been ascertained. Mr. Miller pointed out that after this was done the Commission would occu py the unassailable position of having been fundamentally right in its rate ruling, because these rates would be based on exact physical valuation as the chief factor of consideration. Rul ings so fixed would stand against any attack, because fixed scientifically, on absolutely accurate preliminary knowl edge. Accuracy la Aim. This is the theory on which the in vestigation and appraisal of the prop erties of the big public utility corpor ation Is being conducted, as a neces sary preliminary to fixing equitablo rates for each of its commodities. Some further idea of the great amount of technical and detail work required to assure accuracy may be gained from the fact that though the checking up by the Commission's experts of the in ventory and appraisals submitted by the company has been in progress about three months, it is only about half finished. In the meantime, the Commission has been gathering data on car service in Portland almost since the public utility law went into effect not quite a year ago. These data Include information relative to travel at all hours, rang ing from the "peak load" to the slack period, the number of cars in opera tion, and the seating capacity of ey.cn. This information lias been charted and filed. It will all be used by the Com mission as a basis for rulings requir ing betterments in the service in many cases. Right of Appeal Held. Although the City Council has pow er under the public utility law to. en act such regulatory legislation as the proposed 'slx-for-a-quarter' ordinance," said Mr. Miller, "the law also provides that upon appeal by a public utility corporation, the Commission shall de termine whether the ordinance com plained of Is unreasonable, and if so, it then becomes void. If the ordinance were passed, the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company could appeal either to the United States Court di rect, or to the Railroad Commission. If it appealed to us, we could not In con sistency do anything but suspend tho ordinance pending the outoor.ie of on: own investigation. "In no other way would we ba able to determine whether the ordinance is MAY .(.Concluded on Page 4.). I