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V VOL.. LIU. NO. 16,570. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS V FEDERAL ARMY Oil VERGE OF FLIGHT Border Patrol Prepar ing for Reception. CASUALTIES BELIEVED HEAVY Fugitives Seeking Asylum Dis armed and Sent Back. , RED CROSS READY TO ACT Neither of Contending Forces in Mexican Battle Is Equipped to Care for Wounded Flght Ing Goes On All Day. I'ASS CHRISTIAN, MImh Jan. 1 John .Llnd, personal representative of Prnldcat Wilson in Mexico, arrived here tonight from Vera Cra aboard the root cruiser Cheater, bnt he old not leave the itMrl. He will come ashore early tomorrow for a conference with the President. PRESIDIO. Tex.. Jan. 1. The north ern division of the Mexican federal army at Ojlnaga. Hex., with Its XI gen erals, other officers and about 4000 sol diers, after a merciless three days' at tack by General Ortega's 6000 rebels, appeared tonight to be on the verge of fleeing across the river Into the United States. The ending of the Ojlnaga battle, at tended by the worst scenes witnessed on the border In the present Mexican revolution, was declared to have In store only one possible result he flight of the whole federal army to American oil. Deserters Appear on Border. With a line of straggling wounded at the border to indicate the extent of the carnage and deserters appearing In numbers. Major M. N. McNamee, com manding the border patrol, made every plan in anticipation of the flight. Fewer . than 600 cavalrymen, mostly from the Fifteenth Cavalry, form the border patrol here. To this small body! of American soldiers would fall the task of surrounding and disarming 3000 or more foreign soldiers. The ability of the American soldiers to handle the refugees was based on the assumption that the rebels would pursue the fed erals merely to the river. "I expect at any time the greater part of the federal army, possibly two or three thousand, may be forced across the river. I have made dispositions to disarm and hold them if this takes place." was the message which Major McNamee, commander of the cavalry, sent out today. Major McNamee's ref erence to "two or three thousand" im plies the loss in dead or wounded of the rest Of the 4000. Wounded Estimated at 1000. An estimate as carefully as could be obtained of the wounded on both sides was 1000. Most of the wounded were left on 'the battlefield. The less dis abled succeeded In reaching the river and were cared for by the Red Cross on this side. Scores of uninjured federal deserters came to the river and, in defiance of the American patrol, crossed with their arms. All these were disarmed and forced back to the Mexican side. More than 200 rifles, other arms and ammu nition were taken from the fugitives. It was impossible to learn accurately the number of dead and the belief thirt it would be great was based on the number of wounded. Many were be Hevd to have died through lack of med ical attention, as neither federals nor rebels are equipped with any field hos pital service and the Red Cross officials on this side were not permitted to cross the river. . Wounded Need Help. " Supplies of bandages and hospital equipment were needed. It was ex pected this want would be relieved by the arrival of more Red Cross fTurses and physicians who were coming from Marfa, 66 miles away. Those who ventured to help the wounded from the river risked being shot. A few shots fired by the rebels fell close to or on the American side 'north of Presidio, but no one on this side was wounded. It was necessary for Major McNamee to send Ortega a ' warning that any further firing across the river might entail grave conse quences. . . So far Major McNamee has adhered to a policy of sending back all of the unwounded combatants. Should all of the federals come across they would be disarmed, but they might be permitted to remain on this side on grounds of humanity after they had been placed under temporary arrest. The later dis position of the. prisoners would be in the hands of higher Army.. authorities. Uneasiness Is Felt. ',. The inclination of the deserters to carry their guns to this side with them was the cause of some uneasi ness. In view of the expected arrival of so many foreign soldiers at a point where the United States border patrol is so small. The battle at Ojlnaga proceeded un interruptedly, with the federals fight ing from aobe huts, while the rebels, always drawing closer, fired artillery ana small guns from the hills and ap proached. Soon after daylight the federals rpade a, desperate attempt to rally. (Concluded on Fas 2. CONTINUAL-SALMON SUPPLY PREDICTED PISHIXG FOR PRODUCT WILL EXTEND TO SEA. University of Washington Professor Says Fish Will Be Available Re gardless of River Runs. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 1. (Special.) The salmon fishing industry, worth millions of dollars to the 'Northwest, will .be extended from Puget Sound and the Columbia River to the outer sea and a continuous supply of salmon made available irrespective of whether the fish are running in the rivers, ac cording to professors in the biology department of the University of Wash ington. This possibility was revealed when it became known that the Unit ed States deep sea dredging vessel Al batross had been assigned for work on the fishing banks outside :Puget Sound and the mouth of the Columbia River. Professor Trevor KIncald. head of the department of biology, this morn ing explained the significance to Washington of the work to be done by the Albatross.. . "It seems probable," he said, "that the salmon have fixed locations in the ocean, and .that they do not go very far out to sea. If this is so it should be a fairly easy matter to locate the salmon banks outside the Sound. A continuous supply of salmon would then be available without regard to the run in the rivers. Little is known of the deep-sea history of the Balmon. but It has been thought by scientists that they migrated far out into the sea, returning to the rivers to spawn. "It now seems probable that they never go far from shore, but have def inite geographical locations in compar atively shallow water. The Albatross will endeavor to locate the salmon banks and an entirely new face will be put on the salmon fishing industry In the Northwest." . HEIR GIVING MONEY AWAY Minneapolis Colleges and Cliaritles Receive Gifts of $230,000. MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 1. Twelve colleges, hospitals and charitable ' in stitutions of Minnesota, nine of them in Minneapolis, are the recipients of New Tear's gifts aggregating $230,000 from David D. Stewart, of St. Albans, Me., who inherited the' estate of the late Levi M. Stewart, of Minneapolis, a pioneer who died here two years ago. - No restrictions are attached to the gifts. Mr. Stewart's charities in the past year have reached $630,000, nearly half of the estate that was left him. He had given about " $40,000 " to the churches, colleges and charitable in stitutions in Main. ' HIGH TIDES DOOM HOTEL Business House Also Menaced by Waves at Moclips. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Jan. 1. (Spe cial., The Moclips Hotel will be a to tal wreck within a week if the un usually high tides of this week are re peated. The north end of the struc ture has collapsed, the waves having washed the sand from beneath the building. A small building belonging to R E Sutherland and located at the .rear of his store was washed away yesterday and the store building, valued at $2500, is menaced. Much damage to the beach has re sulted since Sunday, an erosion of about eight feet being cut by the eurf yes terday. HILLSB0R0 NOW DRY TOWN Five Saloons Close at Community "Wet'.' for 6 5 Years. HILLSBORO. Or., Jan. 1. (Special.) Last night at midnight the five Hllls boro saloons closed doors in response to the County Court's order declaring this dry territory by 23 votes. As a result, for the first time in 65 unin terrupted years Hillsboro is without liquor, legally speaking. A large crowd from all parts of the county gathered at the county capital. today, to be here on the last day of the saloons' existence. The saloons were crowded throughout the day, but there was no disorder, even at midnight, when the doors were locked. JERUSALEM SEES FLIGHT First Aeroplane Ever Seen In Holy City Causes Excitement. JERUSALEM, Jan. 1. General Fran cols Xavier Bonnier, another French aviator making fhe flight from Paris to Cairo, landed near the Pool of Slloam on New Tear's eve. The arrival of the first aeroplane ever seen by the inhabitants ' of the Holy City created great excitement. PORT SAID, Jan. 1. General Bon nler started in his aeroplane from Jerusalem this morning " and ' arrived here about noon. After a brief stop he proceeded on his flight to Cairo. STRAW HAT PARADE GIVEN Walla Walla Elks March Through Principal Streets of City. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Jan. 1. (Special.)-The Elks gave their annual "straw hat parade" this afternoon marching through the principal streets and returning to the Elks Temple. The day was milder than many New Tears' Days have been, and the men suffered no discomfort. The plan was started years ago to advertise the community- STORM ABATES' BUT S AGA G Floods Still Continue to Cripple Railroads. TRAINS ARE RUNNING NORTH Mountainous Seas Play Havoc Along Ocean Beach. SNOW IS MELTING FAST Weather Forecaster, However, Reas sures People That Next Summer's Supply for . Irrigation' ' is Not in Real Danger. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan." 1. (Special.) The dawn of the new year brought a cessation of the storm that has held California, in its grip for three days, but the death throes of the old year left the state bruised and dazed. The relief does not promise to be permanent. United States Forecaster Wilson announces that another storm has appeared off the mouth of the Co lumbia River and Is due here tonight. More rain is predicted- for -tonight and ton w. Railroads Badly Damaged. Railroads in' the ' northern and cen tral sections are crippled by floods and landslides. Traffic in many districts Is at a standstill. ' Transcontinental train service - on the Western Pacific has been suspended, owing to more than a score of. washouts and slides on the main line between Oroville and Portola. The line to Oroville was re opened today. The Southern Pacific sent trains slowly across the Yolo basin on the way north. When attempting, to cros th swollen Trinity River near Trinity City yester day, Sam Voeder, a miner, was drowned. Floods are reported in many locali ties. Gilroy, suburbs of Napa and Chlco and numerous smaller towns In Marin- County and elsewhere were In undated. , - Sacramento - Rlv-v- IrllliiR. ; The gale on the ocean kicked up a mountainous sea, which played havoc with the ocean beach. The breakers cut away a big slice of the beach from the Cliff House to a point below the life station. . Record-breaking rainfall in the up per part of - the Sacramento Valley swelled the river to alarming propor tions. The situation was le;- menacing today, and the river at Sacramento is falling tonight. When the ebb tide was running the inner portion of the launching pier of the Golden Gate llfesavlng station was carried out to sea. The breakers had cut away the foundation of the struc- (Concluded on Page 2.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 68 degree: minimum, 40 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; increasing southerly winds. . XatlonaJ. Year's changes in government are many. Page 18. Secretary Wilson replies to miners. Page 5. Domestic. Mitch el inaugurated. Mayor of Kw" York Fags 1. California storm abates. But threatens to ' break out anew. Page 1. Mexican federals momentarily expected to ties to United States. Page 1. Student volunteers told world must be evangelized in present generation. Page 18. Important food test found is belief. .Page 18. Chamberlain urges Portland bankers to col late tacts on bank situation. Pago 2. Unemployed men besiege Governor John son's house, demanding steady work at 83 a day. Page 4. Sport. Multnomah Club defeats University ot Idaho football team, M to 8. Page 7. Leach Cross knocks out Bud Anderson la seventh round. Page 9. Gunboat Smith knocks out Pelkey In fifteenth round. Page 8. St. James Club defeats The Dalles football team, 13 to 8. Page 7. Paclfie Northwest. Continuous supply of salmon Is forecast. Page 1. O. A. c. ready for commencement of short course Monday. Page 15. . Bank Superintendent Sargent says annual report shows most satisfactory condition. Page . Zach Stewart arrested on charge of mutila tion of Spokane County records. Page 18. Portland and Vicinity. Miss .Hobbs and squad of men are off for Copperfleld. Page 1. Annual edition of The Oregonlan supplies expected surprise. Page 19. Taylor street Methodists offer solution ot difficulty. Page 19. Banks open today in handsome new home. Page 20. Many flaws found In city's new efficiency system. Page 13. Records In county clerk's office brought up to date for year In 30 minutes. Page 12. New Year's Day observed In delightful manner. Page 12. Civil service . believed In Jeopardy as result of Chamberlain case appeal. Pago 12. No California sailings due for some time, as Rose City is being repaired. Page 15. Weather report, forecast and data. Page IS. Mazamas return from Mount Hood strong for skiing. Page 14. Choice of interstate bridge engineer causes protest. Page JL BAKER HAS $10,000 FIRE Big Storehouse of Sumpter Valley Railroad Is Destroyed. BAKER, Or., Jan. 1. (Special.) The big storehouse of the Sumpter Valley Railroad was destroyed by fire tonight. The flames started from unknown causes. The loss is $10,000, covered by insurance. The storehouse is located in the heart of the big lumber mill district, in which the water pressure . was light The only thing that prevented a con flagration was about a foot of snow on the roofs of the adjoining mill of the Oregon Liiniber Company.. PASADENA SHOWS ROSES - . Seventy-Five Floats Entered In New Year Floral Parade. - PASADENA. Cal., Jan. 1. Pasadena held its 25th annual rose tournament today. Seventy-five floats were entered in the floral parade, with uniformed fraternal organization bands and auto mobiles helping to string out the pro cession to a great length. It is estimated the attendance was 150,000. Hundreds of horseback riders appeared in costume, while a large number' of the floats were allegorical in their significance. GET BUSY IT'S A RAHE BIRD. WOMAN WITH SQUAD OFFTO GOPPERFIELD Penitentiary Officials May Close Saloons. PARTY EQUIPPED TO USE FORCE Fair Leader's Presence injn vading Body Mystery. MARTIAL LAW IS POSSIBLE Sleighing at Baker Part of Pro gramme of Governor's Secretary and She Insists She Is Alone ' on Her Journey. Although Miss Fern Hobbs. private secretary to Governor West, Insisted last night as she passed through Port land that she was alone on her trip to Copperfleld, Or., with the declared purpose of closing the saloons of that town, it developed that on the same train on which she left at 6:40 P. M. there were B. K. Lawson, superintend ent of the State Penitentiary, and five men, provided with the wherewithal to close the saloons by force if the proprietors do not close them peace fully themselves. Just why Miss Hobbg has been sent to the scene of the trouble, in view of the fact that Superintendent Lawson and his nren are going along to do the work, is a mystery, and Just what Miss Hobbs is going to do is a still greater mystery. Few Honrs' -Stay Intent. Miss Hobbs refused last night to shed any light on the subject, more than to say that she expects to reacrf. Copper field this afternoon about 2 o'clock, to remain there only a few hours be tween trains and to have the saloons closed by Saturday. For some un known reason she insisted that she was proceeding alone and intimated that she expected no assistance In her fight, lnd-loating by what she - natd . that -the. closing would be brought about by peaceful tactics, rather than by force. "Are you armed?" she was asked by a reporter for The Oregonlan at the depot. . Visible Sldearm Is Umbrella. "Armed?" she replied. "Well, yes; I am. I have a dressingbag, a port folio and an umbrella. I don't believe I could do much damage with these. Do I look like a Carrie Nation to you?" "How do you propose to proceed?" she was asked. "Well," she said with a smile, "I guess I will proceed to Baker and from there to Copperfleld." "When you get to Copperfleld, what (Concluded on Page 5.) MITCHEL ENJOINS POLICY OF SILENCE SCBORDIXATES TOLD TO LET ACTION'S Do TALKING. Xew York's ?Tew Mayor Says It Will Be Unnecessary to Tell People Dally What Will Be Done, NEW YORK, Jan. 1. A policy of silence among department heads re garding their administration of branches of city government during their first few months in office was suggested to his appointees by John Purroy Mltchel upon his inauguration today as Mayor. "We will develop our programme slowly." Mr. Mitchel announced. "It will not be necessary to go to the peo ple of the city every day to tell them what we propose to do. It will be bet ter for us to wait and then tell them what we are doing and have done. "I caution the new heads of the de partments to self-restraint and sim plicity, and I advise them to follow the policy which I have outlined for my self, namely, silence for a few months, until we have developed our plans and can point to some accomplishment." As the Mayor already had taken the oath several days ago. the ceremonies were simple. They consisted of an ad dress of leave-taking by the retiring Mayor. A. L. Kline, and the brief In augural address by the new executive. A public reception followed, after which Mr. Mltchel swore In the heads of the city departments whom he had thus far appointed. The Mayor had yet to select a Police Commissioner, a Cor poration Counsel, Water Commissioner and Health Commissioner. POSSE TO ENTER MINE Final Search for Outlaw Lopez Will Be Begun Today. BINGHAM, Utah, Jan. 1. With the expectation of finding Ralph Lopez dead or alive, a posse of eight picked men, led by Sheriff Smith, of Salt Lake County, will -enter the TJtah Apex mine tomorrow at 2 o'clock. The time was set and the posse selected at a meeting held here tonight Although It is believed that if the desperado has not escaped he will be found dead, the searchers will enter the mine fully prepared for a battle. Among the searchers will be Dr. David H. Ray and Deputy Sheriff Sorensen, who were in the encounter In the Andy tunnel . on November 29, when Lopez killed two of their number. i There are more than 60 miles of tunnels, stopes and raises that will have to be gone over. ISLAND IS NO UTOPIA" NOW Young Men Abandon Plan, on Hear ing Story of ("asta ways. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1. The dream of finding a modern Utopia on Easter Island, in the South Pacific, which has claimed the attention of many as piring young swains who seek to wed the island beauties and thereafter lead a life of luxurious ease, was rudely shattered today by Steve Drink water, one of the survivors of the schooner Eldorado, who recently found a refuge on the island. "I spent three enforced months on Easter Island," Drink water said to day, "and if that place, is Utopia, give me the nether regions." In view of these and other facts re grardlng the island. Major Frank Pooley, a retired British army officer, has announced that the proposed ex pedition with a party of young men has been Indefinitely .postponed. ii JACK THE HUGGER" SLUGS Oak-Street Girl Beaten After Refus ing Stranger's Attention. "Jack the Hugger" reappeared in Portland last night and victimized Miss Minnie Oaks, of 580 Oak street. Miss Oaks alighted from a street car at about 10:30 o'clock, and was on her way home when accosted by a young man who aske,d the pleasure of accompanying her. When Miss Oaks resented his attentions the stranger threw his arms about the young woman, kissed her and then struck her a sharp blow on the face. After beatlng his victim over the head and face, the slugging hugger disappeared. MRS. EARL ROGERS SUES Los Angeles Attorney's Wife Follows Example of Sister. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1. (Special. Following on the suit of Mrs. Madge Rogers Thompson, sister of Attorney Earl Rogers, for divorce, Mrs. Belle Green Rogers, wife of the attorney, filed today the divorce suit which she has contemplated for months. ' Mrs. Rogers, it is said, charges ex treme cruelty, and asks for the cus tody of the Rogers children. They are; Bogard. 17 years old; Thornwell, 3 years old, and Bryson, an infant. Adela, the eldest, was married Christmas eve. Access to the petition has been denied by the County Clerk and by Judge Brltt, representing Mrs. Rogers. JOHN D. GIVES TO CHURCH Rockefeller Subscribes $7000 as Congregation Pays $3000. CLEVELAND, "jan. 1. John D. Rochef eller's New Tear greeting to the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church, which he attends, was a gift of $7000. Three months ago he pledged himself to give one dollar for every 40 cents contributed by the remainder of the congregation from November 1 to Jan uary 1. The congregation gave $3000. . The- money will go to the church's reserve fund. CHOICE OF BRIDGE ENGINEER SCORED Nolta Calls Meeting to ' Make Protest. IGH BIDDER OBTAINS JOB Governor Refuses to Sign Con tract Submitted. M0DJESKI OFFER IGNORED Other Figures Thousands Below That Agreed Upon Are Hot Considered by Commission All Important Actions Were Secret. Just why was the firm or Waddell & Harrington, of Kansas City, whose bid, though not the highest, was as high as any proposal submitted, select ed from 12 bidders to act as consult ing and supervising engineer for the Columbia River Interstate bridge? This question came up insistently yesterday, when J. H. Nolta, original champion of the Interstate bridge. Is sued a call for a mass meeting of pro test to be held at the Central Library Saturday night. Word came from Salem yesterday also that Governor West had declined to sign the contract entered Into by a subcommittee appointed by the Bridge Commission, and Waddell & Harring ton. -The Governor said that he wanted more time to look the contract over, and hinted that there had been some unnecessary haste in the drafting of the instrument. It already has been signed by Rufus Holman and W. L. Lightner, Multnomah County Commis sioners, for this county, and by John Lyle Harrington, representing Wad dell & Harrington. Hart Voices Protest. On the other hand. County Commis sioner Hart has not signed the contract and he Bald yesterday that be did not think he would sign it. He asserted that 'he did not like thie-.. way other competent bridge ..engineers had been passed by the bridge commission in favor of Waddell & Harrington. The proposal of Waddell & Harring ton, as accepted by the bridge commis sion, called for a straight commission, as ' consulting and supervising en gineers of the bridge, of 6 per cent of its whole cost. Were the bridge to cost the whole of the $1,750,000 in bonds authorized for it, supposing that tne bonds can be sold at least at par, the amount of this commission would be approximately $S3.300, the S per cent commission being figured on a basis of 105 per cent for the cost of bridge and commission combined. It developed yesterday that the hid of Ralph Modjeskl, builder of the Broadway bridge. which was much, lower than that of Waddell & Har rington, had not even been considered. Mr. Modjeski's bid is said to have been for $60,000 to assume entire charge of the construction of the bridge. Yet he did not receive a single vote in the commission. Nolta Wants to Know Why. "At Saturday's meeting." said Mr. Nolta last night, "we shall demand to know why the Interstate Bridge Com mission gave this contract at such a high figure to an outside firm, when local engineers had offered to do it for so much less. "Why, for example, was Ralph Mod jeskl, builder ot the Broadway bridge and as competent a bridge engineer as there is In the country, absolutely Ig nored in consideration of the bids? Mr. Modjeskl is a resident of Portland, besides being a lower bidder than Wad dell & Harrington. "His first bid was to take complete charge of the supervision and building of the bridge for $65,000. He cut $5000 off this figure, however, and his final proposal was $60,000. Mr. Modjeskl did the original surveying and prelim inary work for the bridge, for which he received $5000. and he was willing to deduct that amount from his bio., leaving it $60,000 net. Tet he did not get a single vote; in fact, was elim inated from consideration. Why was this, when the bid of the successful firm, 5 per cent of the whole cost of the bride, is thousands of dollars higher? Fowler -Bids -3,0OO. "Why was C E. Fowler, of Seattle, turned down? He made a flat bid for the work of $43,000. Mr. Fowler is highly recommended as a competent bridge engineer of experience. "We want to know the why of soma of these things, and we shall demand a hearing from the Multnomah County Commissioners. Why all these star chamber meetings preliminary to the selection of the bridge engineer? 1 per sonally tried to gain admittance to more than one of them, as I thought I had a right as a citizen and one who has worked for this bridge f ixi the first, to be present. "Did I get in? I did not. Why Should any citizen be barred from meetings ot such importance? We want to know, and we have a right to know, especially In view of the way in which this bid has been 'awarded." The proposals submitted to the bridge commission by the competing engineers have never been made public, just as all the meetings to consider the selection of the bridge engineer, took place behind closed doors. This (Concluded on Page 14. v