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r TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN", TUIISDAT. NOVEMBER 4, 1913. ORDNANCE BUREAU PREPARED FOR WAR United States Can Equip Army of 500,000 for Action on Short Notice. STATUS FIRST IN HISTORY Plans Which Have Keen Older Way for Six Years Are Completed and Kased on Possibility of Ileal War Hostilities. WASHINGTON', Nov. 3. The war plans of the Army Ordnance Depart ment are completed, and for the first time In the history of the country t'nele Sara is in readiness at a mo ment's notice to arm and equip 500,000 men to send into the field in the event of war with a first-class power. These plans have been worked out in the last six years through the systematic and unremitting: labor of Lieutenant-Colonel J. T. Thompson, of the Ordnance Department, under the direction of Brigadier-General William Crozier, chief of the department. Colonel Thompson pointed out that his "war plan" is based upon condi tions as they would exist in the event of hostilities. The line of the regu lar Army would be increased to its maximum enlisted strength, as pro vided for by law; the entire organized militia of the country would be mus tered Into the service of the United States at full war strength; and the remainder would be raised by the en listment of volunteers. The "war plan," as now completed, provides this force shall be armed and equipped at the concentration camps before the different unita are sent to the scenes of operation. Increased Needs Shown. Tables and maps have been prepared, Firing; for the mobile and the organ ized militia for each arm of the ser vice, their present strength and the number of troops required to bring each to war strength, as well as the number and kind of volunteers to be raised to complete a half million ' of troops. The various Increases needed In each branch of the service are shown on a map which is divided into five ordnance supply sections, corre sponding as follows: Sections numbers 1 and 2, Eastern Department of the Army. Section 3, Southern Department. Section 4, Central Department. Section 5, Western Department. The number of sets of equipment of the different kinds required can thus bo very closely approximated. The ex act number of arms and equipment of every kind to be held on hand at the supply arsenals throughout the country Is then determined. Field Supply Arranged. The Department also has worked out a system of division field supply de pots. Each depot has the necessary personnel, tools, ordnance stores and supplies estimated as sufficient fol maintaining for six months a complete division of infantry or cavalry or aux iliary Army troops. These division de. pots are so arranged that several can be combined into a field army depot. The system includes telegraphs, let ters, and various orders which would need only to be dated and signed in the office of the chief of ordnance in order to set the machinery of equip ment in operation. The general staff f the Army deems the new "war plan" as applied to ordnance so valuable In the expeditious placing of properly equipped troops in 'the field, at short notice, that it has directed other de partments, such as engineers, quarter master corps, medical department, and signal corps, to prepare similar systems. HUERTA ORDERED TO QUIT fContlnud From First Page.) peuied in official circles, though un usual efforts had been made to keep secret the plans of the Administration. Early in the evening an Intimation was conveyed to Secretary Bryan by the press that some announcement was expected in Mexico City. He acquaint ed President Wilson with that fact, but the President had retired when the news dispatches came and was not awakened. No intimation had been received up to midnight by the State Department es to what the nature of Huerta's re ply might be. and no news had been received officially that a meeting of the diplomatic corps had been called tonight. These .developments were awaited with keenest Interest by offi cials hero. It was reported in diplomatic circles here tonight that copies of the ulti matum had been transmitted to all for eign governments by the United States in line with the policy oO keeping them informed of every step taken In the Mexican situation. The ultimatum was regarded by official Washington as the first step of the programme in which the United States had asked all na tions to await before they formulated any new policy toward Mexico. It was learned, too, that the Washington Ad" mlnistratlon had Indicated a desire to all foreign powers that any government set up as a result of the election of October 2 6 should not be lecogr.ized un til the United Slates had communicated its view on the subject. All efforts to learn from Adminis tration officials what alternative course had been mapped out by them should lluerta refuse to accede to tjho Ameri can demand, were futile. Likewise there was no information forthcoming as to whether lluerta had been told what the intentions of the United Btates were, should he decline to retire. 1TO.IX IIAZ GOIXXJ ABROAD Slexicun Fugitive ex-Leader Issues Statement to People. - HAVANA. Nov. 3. General Felix Dial, fugitive from Mexico, arrived l;ere tontsht on the steamr Esperanza, to which he had- been transferred from the United States battleship Michigan off the Mexican coast. General Diaz gave out the following statement tonight: , "To the Mexican People: When I left the country to fulfill the mission entrusted to me towards the Japanese .-overnment, constitutional order pre vailed in full vigor. This lawful sit uation was maintained until the date on which, by Instruction sent to Paris, I. was relieved of my high charge and left at liberty to fulfill the obligation voluntarily contracted by me with my followers and friends. "True to. my promise I returned to my country without losing time, and during my homeward Journey the dissolution of Congress and the arrest of a ma jority of the people's representatives were brought about by executive or der, which, unfortunately, disrupted the constitutional condition which pre vailed when I left. Before such a ter rible .situation the. sole purpose which guided me was to remain in the coun try during the time occupied by the Presidential election, thereby fulfilling by my presence the requirement of the law governing election. "My purpose being accomplished, and aa I did not wish to be involved in the antl-ccnstitutional proceedings which are certain to develop in Mexico, I am compelled to leave the country. 1 am going abroad." DIPLOMATS LEAVE MR. MXD German, Norwegian and Russian Ministers Off to Mexico City.' VERA CRUZ, Nov. 3. The German. Norwegian and Russian ministers who have been conferring with Mr. Llnd, left tonight for Mexico City. The United States battleship Michigan has returned here after placing General Felix Diaz aboard the steamer Esper anza, for Havana. It is reported at military headquar ters that a band of 200 rebels, in com mand of Hilario Salas, appeared this morning near the Laeotalpan and burned a large- sugar plantation. They captured two rich planters whom they are holding for ransom. Federal troops attacked the rebels this afternoon, but the result of the fighting is not known. AMERICAN CARTRIDGES STOLEN Ten Thousand Tuken From Army Stores Into Mexico. DOUGLAS, Ariz., Nov. S. Ten thou sand cartridges, taken from Army stores, have been stolen and smuggled over the Mexican border with the col lusion of supposedly United States sol diers on patrol, according to revela tions made here today. Army officials admit that the cart ridges were stolen from cases belong ing to the Ninth (colored) Cavalry, and Federal agents who have been conduct ing an Investigation Jointly with Army men declare they could not have been sent over the international line without the knowledge and connivance of soldiers. REBEL LEADER IS IIOPEFCL Catranza's Appeal to Wilson Expect ed to Bear Fruit. NO GALES, Sonora, Nov. 3. Both General Venustiano Carranza, leader of the Constitutionalists, and Henry Allen Tupper, supposed to be a representative of Secretary of State Bryan, predicted that some encouraging development would follow Carranza's appeal to the Washington Administration for the lifting of the embargo on the exporta tion to Mexico of arms and ammunition. Tupper said tonight that when Car ranza returns to Hermosillo, Wednes day, he would accompany the Constitu tionalist leader, at his request Sirs. John Lind Reaches Rome. MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. 3. Mrs. John Liud, wife of President Wilson's per sonal representative to Mexico, reached her home here today, from New York, where she arrived ffora Mexico- last week. BACK ALIMONY IS PAID MILLIONAIRE BAKING POWDER . MAN GIVES CP $10,000. Robert B. Davis, , Whose Marital Troubles Rave Reld Court Sway, Would Avoid Periodic Call. LOS ANGELES, Cat. Nov. 3. Rob ert B. Davis, the millionaire baking powder manufacturer of New York, was cited before Judge Monroe in the Su perior Court today for contempt, grow ing out of alleged failure to pay his wife, Jennie W. Davis, $10,000 In back alimony, E. A. Meserve, attorney rep resenting Davis, told the court the aged manufacturer did not believe he owed the money, but in order to avoid pe riodic summons to court, at the in stance of his wife, he had Instructed his . treasurer to pay Mrs. Davis $10, 000 several days ago. The Davlses have been appearing In courlaf requently for several years. Mrs. Davis sued for divorce, but was denied a decree. Later she instituted suit for separate maintenance and was awarded $1500 a month temporary ali mony. Subsequently her suit for sep aration also was denied, but was ap pealed, and Mrs. Davis contended that the alimony order was in effect pend ing the disposition of the appeal. She agreed not to obtain further summons against her husband, provided he con tinued to pay the alimony. The first appearance of the Davlses In court was in connection with the husband's allegation that his wife was trying to "railroad" him to an insane asylum. WOMAN KILLED BY AUTO PROMINENT SALEM RESIDENT HIT NEAR HOME. Mrs. Kyle Is Cared for Immediately .After Accident, but Dies in Few Hours. SALEM, Or., Nor. 3. (Special.) Mrs. Jennie Gray Kyle, one of the best known women of this city, was knocked down and fatally Injured by an automobile truck at Fourteenth and State streets at 6 o'clock tonight. Mrs. Kyle was crossing the street in front of her home when she was struck. The driver stopped the machine and helped carry the injured woman into a tailor shop, where she was attended by Dr. W. H. Byrd. It was found that she was suffering from concussion of the brain. Mrs. Kyle later was moved to her home, where she died at 10:20 o'clock. The truck belonged to Steusloff Brothers, who conduct a meat market. ' Mrs. Kyle is a daughter of the late W. T. Gray, a pioneer of this city. She has two children, Hugh and Gray Kyle, both of this city. EMERSON'S GRAVE IS ALTAR Couple Married Over Last Resting Place of Noted Poet. CONCORD, Mass., Nov. 3. Mutual veneration of Ralph Waldo Emerson led Richard Wlghtman, and Mrs. Pa tricia . Margaret Street, both of Say brook, Conn., to have their marriage ceremony performed today beside tne grave of the poet and philosopher. The ceremony in consequence was held in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. "POLITICS" lAiPOLISR! IS CRY IN BIS Streetcar Company Not Pro tected Because Election Nears, Is Charge. CARS DO NOT LEAVE BARNS Situation Further Complicated by Filing or Snit to Forfeit and Annual Franchise Numer ous Outbreaks' Mark Day. ' INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 3. Six; hun dred structural workers and engineers quit work late this afternoon In sym pathy with the street railway strikers. It became known tonight. 'Officials of the anion Involved declared that no sympathetic strike was 'called and that the men acted on their own Initiative. INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 3. The third day of the strike of employes of the Indianapolis Traction & Terminal Com. pany ended tonight with no attempt to move the cars which have stood idle in the barns since late Friday night.' Charges that partisan politics caused the police to fall to give the traction company sufficient protection to run its cars were made by candidates for office at tomorrow's election, while an effort of Sheriff Portteus, a Democrat, to swear in 200 citizen deputies resulted in the charge being maue that he had summoned the men chiefly to keep active Republicans from working at the polls. Situation Further Tangled. The strike situation was further com. plicated late this afternoon when a suit for the annulment and forfeiture of the traction company's franchise and the appointment of a receiver for the company was filed in the Circuit Court. The suit was filed by Attorney Albert C. Pearson, acting as a taxpayer, and alleges that the company by Its failure to operate cars for the last three days, has violated its franchise contract with the city. The summons In the suit was made returnable No vember 13. After a day in which numerous minor riots were reported, Thomas Carlton, a chauffeur, was shot and fatally wounded while watching a crowd of sympathizers making an attack on the Louisiana car barns, where the strikebreakers are housed. Company Heads Attacked. President Todd, of the traction com pany. Superintendent J. J. Mahoney and Martin Hyland, superintendent of police, were bruised by missiles near the terminal station and later Todd and Mahoney were attacked while passing the Statehouse and forced to take refuge in a streetcar to escape a shower of bricks and stones until mounted police cleared the Statehouse lawn. Four policemen refused today to mount the car platforms to protect nonunion men. President Todd an nounced no effort would be made to move cars until the nonunion men were assured of ample protection. Twelve arrests were made today from the crowds that flocked about the cars. The majority of the prisoners were charged with inciting to riot and throwing stones. MRS. PANKHURST GRIEVED Militant Hears of Daughter Suffer ing in London Jail. CHICAGO, Nov. 3. Revelations of suffering undergone by Mis3 Sylvia Pankhurst recently greatly perturbed her mother, Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, here today when she received a letter from her other daughter, Christabel. The letter stated that Miss Sylvia again had been subjected to forcible feeding after being "starved within an inch of her life." "Sylvia had a. great and successful fight Monday, but on Tuesday was ar rested by 50 policemen and a collection of plain clothes men," ran the letter. "We shall fight our best for her, and the East Side will no doubt play up. Annie (Miss Annie Kenney) Is worse In health than she has ever been, and we are making -plans for her protec tion. Miss Christabel asks If her mother cannot do anythingto interest Ameri can physicians to bring pressure on their British colleagues, without whom, she says, the "Cat and Mouse" torture would be impossible. The doctors, she says, watch the starving patient weak en to the last limit of safety, and then scientifically, but forcibly, feed them back to life again. "The doctor is in fact the only one who has any power over the suffra gette, and he is not only policeman, but torturer," continues the letter. "It was the International Medical Congress that saved you and Annie Kenney last Summer, so evidently the doctors of other lands have some other information." GREAT TRUST IS FEARED (Continued From First Pai?e.) Honduras for Peace Plan. WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. Secretary Bryan and Minister Membreno, of Hon duras, today signed a treaty embody ing President Wilson's peace plan, an nounced by Mr. Bryan early In the present Administration. Honduras is the fourth nation to conclude such a treaty with the United States. The others are Salvador, Panama and Guat eral sales committee, have approved directly the monopolistic methods of the corporation's managers or em ployes, and in doing so have estab lished beyond any doubt the character of these people. And that character Is such as to make it necessary for the courts to restrain them in the future to prevent the destruction of competi tion and the entrenchment of monopoly by unfair methods," The Federal prosecutor, touching upon the brief filed by the defendant, said: "The answer of these defendants con sists solely of the naming of an Intent to expand their foreign business. Or, in other words, they demand to be permitted to break the laws .f this country so that their business may expand That, I insist, is the sum end substance of their answer. And, as the court well knows, that is no justifica tion." Precedents Are Quoted. Mr. Grosvenor in this connection quoted precedents in the Unloo Pacific case, the trans-Missouri freight case, the Northern Securities case, the bath tub case, the cotton case and the an thracite cases as substantiating his contention. Mr. Grosvenor completed the . first portion of his argument and yielded to Judge McHugh, of counsel for the de fense, shortly before the termination of the afternoon session of court. Judge McHugh had just begun his argument when court adjourned for the dny. "I am confident, if it please the court," continued the District Attorney General, "that this disposes-of the evi dence and answer of the defendants. Further, I desire to emphasize the point that the combination, as alleged, was not necessary to the expansion of the foreign trade of any of the Individual concerns which went into it. In that respect the answer of the defendants is untrue." Sales Reports Shown. To justify this assertion Hr. Gros venor read copies of the sales reports of the Deering and McCormick" con cerns to show that for several years previous to the formation of the Inter national Harvester Company their for eign trade had been Increasing at a steady ratio. Going into that portion of the de fendants' answer labeled "Growing competition," Mr. Grosvenor directed the court's attention to the evidence of Matt Sprule. of Sparta, 111., called as a witness to substantiate claims of com petition adopted by counsel for the har vester company. Idea of Competition Given. "That case of Matt Sprule, if It please the court," said Mr. Grosvenor. "is fair ly typical of the sort of competition that this powerful monopoly has met since Its organization. . "The testimony of Sprule shows that In 1907 Mr. Sprule's concern manufac tured one machine, in '1908 two ma chines. In 1900 three machines, in 1910 three machines, in 1911 three machines and In 1912 two machines. These fig ures compared with the more than 100. 000 machines that the International Harvester Company sold annually will give an idea as to the sort of competi tion that the 'trust' was forced to meet." In the brief time allotted him before adjournment. Judge McHugh. for the defense, concerned himself almost sole ly with the "vision of foreign markets which these practical men In the Im plement business saw," following the Paris Exposition In 1900. He argued that the idea of combining forces, after an investigation of conditions In the foreign fields, was a natural one, con sidering the Immense amount of capi tal essential to carry out such a cam paign. COUNTY MAY BE REPAID CONTRACTORS DECLARED LIA BLE FOR. BRIDGE WORK. Engineer Modjeskl Says That Penn- . sylvanla Steel Company Will Correct Broadway- Defects. Multnomah County is not liable for the innnpv (.Tn.n wl . i v. new Broadway bridge according to a statement made by Ralph Modjeskl, chief engineer, to the County Commis slonern vplprHir t;. m . v. v. i ,j was accepted from the contractors last "i""! nppruximaieiy 4uo nas 'been expended, said County Commissioner Lightner yesterday, and Mr. Lightner is of the opinion that if Mr. Modjeskl is correct the county can recover this amount from the contractors who should pay for the repairs. The specification. Mr. Modjeskl says, called for a cushion of sand and pitch spread under the blocks, but it ap pears that no pitch was used. This lack of pitch the engineer says would have no serious consequences if there --'- " " J i liio uiuv, US iu swell and rise away from the plank- The Pennsylvania Steel Companv, general contractors for the bridge, is uimcr uuuu 10 Keep tne machinery and tllA hnitriilA T-tan- In ........I.. i' j ... . )J " I ' iMl uiic VMr After t Vl a n nforttn n . , V. 1 ! .1 j ..v . 1 ...nv VJ. LI1C UtlUKQ and a cracked slab in the switchboard wjii d repiaceu Dy the Pennsylvania Steel Company, Mr. Modjeskl says. The v muij iii.tivi.vr3 aiso nave snipped new packing rings to be used on the buffers and new force grease cups to be used in lubricating the main shaft. M'MANIGjtL LEAVES JAIL RUMOR IS DYNAMITER IS DUE TO BE RELEASED. Ortie Goes From Cell at 2 P. M. and at Late Hour Is Not Returned. Reason Not Given Out. LOS ANGELES. Nov. 3. The depart ure from the County Jail this afternoon of Ortie E. McManlgal, the dynam er whose confession sent the McNamara brothers to San Quentin and 33 other union labor officials to Leavenworth, gave rise to the report tonight that he had been released. It was 2 o'clock this afternoon when he left the cell in the County Jail where he had been a prisoner for near ly two and a half years, and he had not returned at a late hour tonight. Malcolm Malaren, the detective who arrested McManlgal in Detroit and who has been In daily communication with him since as a private operative and as a Los Angeles County officer, could not be found tonight, and the report was current that he was with McMan lgal. John D. Fredericks, District Attor ney, who has intimated, upon several occasions that McManlgal would ulti mately receive his liberty, declared the dynamiter's freedom had not been granted yet, but declined to say why he had been permitted to leave the JalL KELLER RETAKES PRISONER One Man Who Escaped From Astoria ' Train Locked Vp. 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The illustration, though carefully made, cannot accurately convey the beauty of these charming new blouses. There's nothing in the realm of fashion that has undergone such a rad ical change as the styles in waists. Paris has exerted her influence, and if you would be smartly dressed you must wear the new sheer waists of lace or net. Third Floor "MONNA VANNA," BY MAETERLINCK is the subject today of the French lecture by Prof. D. V . De Lory. - I READ THE FOLLOWING BOOKS BEFORE SEEING THE PLAYS "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," by John Fox, Jr., and "Stop Thief," by Carlyle Moore. "Hagar," by Mary Johnston, now on sale. Book Shop. Basement c"Merchandis of cJ Merit Only" night by jumping from a moving train. County, who holds a warrant for him. arrests after leaving Astoria. 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