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VOL. LIV. so. 16,621. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HI GILL IS CHOSEN MAYOR OF SEATTLE Majority of 14,000 Is Result of Vote. FORMER FOES HIS SUPPORTERS Elected, Recalled, Re-elected, t Is Three Years' Record. LAW ENFORCEMENT EDICT Promise Replaces "Open Town' Platform of First Campaign and Erstwldle Friends Oppose, i J. D. Trenlioline Defeated. EEATTLK, Wash., March 3. Hiram C. Gill, who was elected Mayor of Se attle in 1910, recalled in 1911, just after the women of Washing-ton had been enfranchised, and defeated in 1912, was elected Mayor of Seattle today by a majority of 14,000, defeating James D. Trenholme. Gill ran today cn a platform of ptrict enforcement of the laws. Four years ago he was elected on a "open town" platform and his recall resulted from his alleged toleration of vice. The effort to revive the issue of three years ago, when Gill was recalled for tolerating gambling- and disorderly houses, failed completely. Former Fvm His Supporters. Gill's chief " supporters in the pres ent campaign were men who brought about his recall in 1911. Many of his supporters in former campaigns were against him today. Ninety precincts complete out of 281, with about 30 per cent of the total vote of the city, give Gill 11,207, Tren holme 7457. This ratio, if kept up, would give Gill a plurality of more than 12,000, but a reduction can be ex pected from the outlying precincts. This Is the fourth election since 1910 In which he has been a candidate for Mayor. In 1910 he defeated 'William Hickman Moore, Democrat, py. more than 3000 plurality; thenext year, with women voting for the first time, he was recalled with an adverse plural ity of 6000 victory going to George W. Dllllng. Two years ago he was de feated by George F. Cotterill by 800 plurality, with the moral issue still predominating. Pnbllc Career Is Lonff. Mr. Gill came to Seattle in 1889 and found employment in a law office. He studied law and has been a practicing attorney in Seattle for more than 20 years. He was first elected to the Council in 1898. Defeated in 1900, he tried again in 1902 and was elected. From then to 1910 he represented the Third Ward in the Council. He was elected Mayor in March, 1910. He is married and has three children attend ing the Seattle public schools. Mayor-elect Gill is a native of 'Wis consin and is 48 years old. His father, a distinguished officer in the Civil War, was Commissioner of Pensions under President Grant, and Attorney General of Wisconsin from 1865 to 1869. Trenholme Groomed Secretly. Mr. Trenholme, who was one of the organizers of the Northwestern Com mercial Company of Alaska, and is . now manager of a corporation which is developing a large land grant in Southwestern Mexico, was selected as andidate for Mayor at a secret con ference of business men several months ago, when Mr. Gill's candidacy had not been thought of, even by Mr. Gill him self. A Trenholme campaign fund of sev eral thousand dollars was raised as a result of this conference, a leading brewer giving $500, the president of the Chamber of Commerce J1000 and the head of the local traction and light company $500. Sensation Is Caused. Publication of the circumstances of Trenholme's selection caused a sensa tion, and all efforts to rally the women and reform forces, as was clone two and three years ago, came to naught, for the Issue raised by the Gill leaders whs "forporation domination." Mr. Gill was the last of the nine can didates for Mayor to file his declara tion and in making his announcement he said he entered the field because no competent man had been presented. Mr. Gill himself furnished all the funds used in his campaign, about J 1200, refusing all offers of aid. He ld no speakers and no paid workers. He went alone to his meetings, which were attended always by great crowds, and frequently had no one to introduce him to his audiences. Thanks Only Words. Mr. Gil issued a statement tonight to the Associated Press saying: "I thank the people of Seattle for what they havedone for me. I can and will say no more tonight." In his campaign speeches Mr. Gill said that he would retire Chief of Po lice Bannick to a captaincy and reor ganize the police force; retain Superin tendent Ross of the municipal lighting plain and maintain its efficiency, and continue the development of the mu nicipal street railway system. Socialist Nominees Lose, The other city officers elected are: Corporation Counsel. Jamea K. Brad ford; Controller. Harry W, Carroll; Treasurer, Ed I. Terry. These candi dates were opposed by Sociulliit num. lneeg and were elected by) over- Concluded en Fug &) J ACTOR INHERITS UNMEANT RICHES WOMAN ITXABLE TO MAKE WILL, SO HACKETT BENEFITS. Bulk of Estate Valued at $2,500,000 . Goes to Star Because lece Was Mentally Afflicted. NEW YORK, March 3. (Special.) Mrs. Minnie Hackett Trowbridge died here today from the effects of a stroke of apoplexy suffered more than five years ago'. In consequence, by a com bination of circumstances, James K. Hackett, the actor, will inherit the bulk of an estate valued at $2,500,000. Hackett himself does not know that he became a millionaire today. The woman who died desired above all things that others should inherit her property. She had never received Hackett at her home. She declined to hold any communication with him; she had expressed totally different pur poses and plans for her money; yet for three years other relatives, her warmest personal friends, lawyers and financial institutions who had the management of her property have known that the actor eventually must receive the bulk of it. Hackett will receive the money be cause as uncle of Mrs. Trowbridge he is nearest of kin and entitled to a residuary estate which had been be queathed to her husband, Francis E. Trowbridge, who died in 1910. Suffer ing from a mental affliction at the time. Mrs. Trowbridge was the follow ing year declared Incompetent by the courts, which made it impossible for her to make a new will, although in lucid intervals it was a matter of poignant grief to her. She had cousins whom she loved and who had devoted years of life to mak ing her comfortable, but she could not do anything for them except that which had been done by specific bequest in a will of 1908. ' AUTO VICTIM GETS VERDICT Supreme Court Awards $8000 Against Portland Company. SALEM, Or., March 3. (Special.) A decree for $8000 damages against the Howard Automobile Company, of Port land, awarded by a jury for personal injuries as the result of an automobile accident, was affirmed by the Supreme Court today, Justice Eakin writing the opinion. John F. Holmboe, the plaintiff, was injured at Tenth and Washington streets by being run down by a ma chine operated by W. H. H. Morgan, who was, negotiating with the- .How ard Automobile Company for the pur chase of the machine. One of the stipulations in the con tract for the sale of the automobile was that the company would teach Morgan how to operate it. While riding with a demonstrator he was al lowed to take the wheel and the acci dent resulted. C. W. P0S"TRACES DEATH Special Train Carries Millionaire to Minnesota Hospital. LOS ANGELES, March 3. In a race with death C. W. Post, millionaire manufacturer, of Battle Creek, Mich., passed through here late today in a special train bound for Rochester, Minn., for an immediate major suglcal operation. He was accompanied by Mrs. Post and a physician who attend ed him at his Winter .home In Santa Barbara. ". - Mr. Post arrived at Santa Barbara a month ago, broken in 'health. His condition steadily grew worse and at tending physicians said his only hope of life lay in an immediate operation. Doubt was expressed, however, that he could survive the trip to Roch ester. JUDGE HARRIS IS GUEST Aspirant for Supreme Court Justice Addresses Michigan Alumni. Judge Harris, oi Eugene, was guest of honor at a banquet given at the University Club last night by his fellow-alumni of the University of Michl- an. Although an aspirant for the Republican nomination for Justice in the Oregon Supreme Court, he refused to mix politics with amusement, and spoke to his younger brethren about the athletic heroes of the old days. Judge Harris is filling Circuit Judge Cleeton's place in the Multnomah Coun ty Court for a week. About 40 members of the Michigan alumni were present. James L. Con- ley presided. ALASKA HAS "DRY" HOURS X'oiv Fairbanks Saloons Close From Saturday Midnight Over Sunday. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 3. Act ing under Instructions from the Attorney-General of the United States, Dis trict Attorney Crossley today ordered all saloons to close from Saturday midnight to Sunday midnight. Similar action has been taken at Nome, Valdea and Juneau. Heretofore the saloons have re mained opened continuously night and day. WATER SYSTEM IS VOTED Turner, Or., Decides for Gravity riant by Two to One. TURNER, Or., March S, (Special.) At the special election here, Monday, the gravity water system carried, two lo one. The elsetiofl breught out the larvest VPte eyf polled in Turner, ' BRITAIN FORBEARS FORCING AMERICA Official Disclaimer Re lieves Tension. REPARATION NOT DEM "High - Minded Declaration" Impresses Cabinet. CO-OPERATION IS SHOWN However, Sterner Policy In Treat ment of Situation Is Indicated. Sir Lionel Carden Confers With President Wilson. WASHINGTON, March 3. A pro nouncement loday by Great Britain through Sir Edward Grey that the United Stales was in no way respon sible for the recent execution at Juarez of William S. Benton, a British subject, and that the American Govern ment would not be -asked to resort to force as a result of the Incident was the chief factor today in the Mexican situation. President Wilson in a conference to night with Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, British Ambassador, and Sir Lionel Carden, British Minister to Mexico, Is understood to have expressed his ap proval and appreciation of the friendly sentiments uttered by the British for eign secretary in the House of Com mons. Aggressive Action Indicated. Tension which had been felt over the killing of Benton arose largely be cause it was believed Great Britain might' press the- United States into taking drastic steps to secure repara tion. The British view that the United States is not obligated to demand repa ration for Great Britain relieved this tension to some extent, although it is clear that the Benton incident has de veloped an intention on the part of the American Government to take a more aggressive attitude toward the con tending factions -in Mexico. The situation was discussed by the President in his conference with the two British diplomats. It was the first time the British Ambassador had called on the President since the Ben ton execution, all his conferences having been with Secretary Bryan. He came primarily to introduce Sir Lionel Carden, , whose Intimate knowledge of the political and diplomatic situation in Mexico City enabled him to give the President first-hand information on conditions there. White House officials said afterward the conference was for "mutual infor mation," and that no plans had been (Concluded on Page 2.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Foreign. Huerta Government now demands liberation of 5000 Mexican refugees. Page . 1. . . National. Pro and anti-suffragists heard In -Washington, page 1. Geographers honor Goethals for changing map. Page 1. President Wilson to deliver message in per son opposing tolls exemption. Page 5. Steam roller to be used in forcing Wilson's canal Ideas through Congress. - Page ,9. Board of Trade man says stored wheat Is manipulated so as to regulate price to farmer, .ige 2. flN ' Domestic. ,ts digging its way out o snowdrifts. - ge 8. Bishop Bowman dies at 07. Page 5. Calumet and Hecla manager says even President may not act to arbitrate strike. Page 1'. Sports. Claude Berry will play with Federal League. Page 8. Dozen Beaver players reach Spring train ing camp. Page 8. Federal League threatens proselyting war on rivals. Page U. Columbus defeats Jefferson, 3 to O, for 1814 soccer .championship. Page 8. Paclflo Northwest. Hi Gill elected Mayor of Seattle. Page 1. State Treasurer Kay to let voters know he is not "Tom Kay"; Senator Chamberlain files. Page 7. Supreme Court holds employes of state in stitutions do not work more than 8 hours. Page 7. Men of four Vancouver streets seek bridge approach. Page 8. Idaho farmers widen scope of cultivation. Page 6. George Turner, Spokane attorney, candidate for United States Senate. Page 5. Pendleton graft charges are denied. Page 3. Commercial and Marine. California buyers bidding up prices for Northern wheat. Page 10. . Fine" crop prospects weaken wheat prices at Chicago. Page 19. Stock transactions small, but undertone of market good, page 19. Puget Sound rates to Alaska go Into effect today from Portland.' Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Alaska steamship service from Portland only forerunner of greater development. Page Rotarians. in meeting, paddle each other "with childlike abandon." Page 13. Injunction against cashing of Klamath war rants asked. Page IS. Kotary Club defies any organization to out bid it in Rose Festival aid. Page 11. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17. Miss Theodora Booth talks of social service alms. Page 3. INDICTMENT TO BE FACED Former Banker of Roseburg Coming to Portland to Give Bond. ROSEBURG, Or., March 3. (Spe cial.) T. R, Sheridan, former presi dent of the First National Bank, of Roseburg, who was indicted by the Federal grand jury at Portland, late yesterday on a charge of violating the National banking laws, left for Port land late today, where he will post a bond in the sum of $6000. The bond was prepared here, with local capital ists as' sureties. - - Mr. Sheridan received a telephone message that he had been indicted and he immediately made preparations to furnish the required bond. Two indictments are pending against him in the local courts, one charging forgery and the other obtaining money under false pretenses. Eggs Scrambled in Sack. NEWPORT, Or., March 3. (Special.) A mail sack of scrambled eggs ar rived in Newport Saturday night, and as the price of eggs has gone down the bespattering of eggs over packages and papers was not appreciated. Somebody sent some eggs by parcel post, prob ably to test a new method. of packing them. BACK AGAIN COHORTS OF WOMEN CLASH In CONGRESS Cheers and Jeers Punc tuate Arguments. SUFFRAGISTS ARE NOT UNIT Congressional Union Presents Argument of Expediency. DEMOCRATS ARE WARNED Contrast Between Non-Action for Women and Action for Tolls Ex emption Drawn Opposition Presents Its Case. WASHINGTON. March 3. Various phases of the woman suffrage question were presented to the House Judiciary committee today, accompanied by cheers, jeers, hisses and applause. Deserting sentimental phases of the suffrage argument, Mrs. Crystal East man Benedict and Mrs. Mary Beard, New York lawyers, threw down the gauntlet to the Democratic party in no uncertain terms, warning the commit tee that the political wrath of the four million women in suffrage states would be visited on the party unless favorable consideration was given the constitutional amendment for woman suffrage. All Settled, Say nr. Walker. Anti-suffragists told the committee that woman suffrage would be harm ful, "not only to women, but to the country." At the conclusion of the hearings Dr. Mary Walker, trousered and silk batted, presented to the com mittee what she called "the crowning constitutional argument" to show that women already have the right to, vote under the Constitution. In the meanwhile debate on the suf frage amendment was continuing In the Senate. The suffragists who appeared before the committee were divided. Mrs. An toinette Funk, Mrs. MedUl McCormick and Mrs. William Kent, representing the National Woman Suffrage Associa tion, urged that if the committee would not report the proposed amendment it report an amendment to allow the suf frage question to be decided by refer endum in the various states instead of by the Legislature. Mrs. Benedict, Mrs. Beard, Mrs. Glendower Evans, of Boston, and Dr. Cora Smith Wing, for the Congressional Union, asserted that they had come to make the suffrage question one of political expediency. . "It is because 1 have the interests of this Administration at heart," Mrs. Evans said, "that I hope the Demo- (Concluded on Page 3.) HUERTA DEMANDS 5000 REFUGEES HABEAS CORPUS PROCEED1XG IS LIBERATION MOVE. Mexicans, Who Fled to United States Arter Battle of Ojlnaga, Are Cause of Action. EL. PASO, Tex., March 3. Asserting that there is no warrant of interna tional law or treaty under which the 5000 Mexicans who fled to the United States after the battle of OJinaga and who are interned at Fort Bliss can be held, representatives of the Huerta government here are preparing to in stitute habeas corpus proceedings to obtain their liberation. Two lawyers are acting for the Huerta government under the imme diate direction of Miguel E. Diebold, Mexican Consul-General-at-large. "I assume the clause on which these Mexicans are being held Is the one In The Hague treaty which states that if a group of belligerents from one country warring with another ' takes refuge In a third the third country must interne them for the period of the war," said one of the lawyers to day. "The United States and Mexico are signatories to the treaty, but that instrument contains no reference to a situation like the present, where the conflict is internal. Mexico is not at war with any other country, and yet that was the only contingency fore seen by the authors of The Hague treaty. "Before going into court we will ap proach the State Department on the subject. If we fail there we will ap ply for a writ of habeas corpus, for that right is suspended only in time of war or where martial law has been declared. Neither condition exists here." STEEL REBATES CHARGED Xcbraskan A'olunteers Information and Gets Into Hot Water. WASHINGTON, March 3. Certified copies of entries on the books of the United States Steel Corporation, alleged to show the payment" of enormous rebates by railroads on the corpora tion's ore shipments, were promised to the Interstate Commerce Commission today by William H. Green, of Ne braska. Mr. Green was testifying be fore Commissioner Harlan in the in' quiry into alleged rebating authorized by the Senate. He promised to have the copies on hand tomorrow. David Lamar, of New York, from whom Mr. Green admitted getting much of the information, told the commissioner the Steel Corpora tion's books would show the- payment of rebates, and that the payments were made through dividends on the stock of the railroads, "which was pure wind and water. Vhen Commissioner Harlan was cross-examining Air. Green as to his source of information the witness pro tested strenuously. "I paid my own fare down here." he said, "and had been trying to do a public service, but it seems I have gotten into deeper water than I expected to. NEW STOCKYARD PROVIDED Eltopia, Wash., Ships Its First Car load of Cattle. ELTOPIA, Wash., March 3. (Spe cial.) The Northern Pacific Railway has a crew of men engaged building a stockyards and loading chute here. Nagel Bros., are shipping a carload of beef cattle and a car of hogs to the Portland market. This is the first beef that has been shipped from this point- Other ranchers are engaged In stock- raising here extensively and it is pre dieted that Franklin County will be come an important stock center CAP EXPLODES; BOY HURT Roslyn, Wash., Child's Hand Is Torn Off by Blast 'While Playing. ROSLYN. Wash., March 3. (Special.) While his mother was up town shop ping Lucas Lopetich, a 6-year-old boy, found a dynamite cap and exploded it. His left hand was torn off at the wrist, he was severely injured about the head and face and his right hand was severely lacerated. His little sister, who was playing with him when the explosion occurred, escaped injury. Neighbors took the boy to a doctor. ! CITY TO BUY WATERWORKS Olympla Citizens Vote 3 to 1 in Favor of Municipal System. OLYMPIA, Wasn., March 3. (Spe cial.) By a ?-to-l vote the condemna tion or purchase of the Olympia water works, to be operated as a municipal system, was authorized at a special election today in which about half of the registered voters participated. Bonds previously voted for a com peting water system had failed to find purchasers. SHARK SAYS EARLY SPRING Atlantic Fishermen Prediet Season "When Finny Marauder Hooked. BOSTON, March 3. An early Spring was predicted by Boston fishermen, when they learned today that a shark had been hooked off the Middlebank. It was said that the appearance of sharks In these waters is a sure sign of an early mackerel season and of Spring. Accident Victim Buried. CENTRAL! A. Wash., March 3. The funeral of Harry McGregor, the young man killed in the local railroad yards Sunday night, took place this morning. H. j. McGregor, the victim's father, ar rived here from Seattle late yesterday. The elder McGregor formerly was com missioner of public works In Tacoma and is at present superintendent of construction on the new dock being built by the port commission in Se attle, ' GOETHALS PRAISEO hi nr. Medal Publicly Given by President. MAGICAL DEED REFERRED TO Wilson Says Life of Mankind on Globe Is Altered. NEW FRIENDSHIPS MADE National Geographic Society Honors Canal Builder in Presence f Noteworthy Company or Distinguishcd Men. 0 CH MAP WASHINGTON. March 3. Washing ton paid tribute tonight to Colonel George Washington Goethals, builder of the Panama Canal. The occasion was the annual ban quet of the National Geographic So ciety, with Colonel Goethals as the guest of honor and to receive from President Wilson a special gold medal, awarded him by the society in recog nition of his achievement. Secretary Bryan was toastmaster. At the banquet table with the distin guished scientists of the society were President Wilson and his Cabinet. Jus tices of the Supreme Court, members of the diplomatic corps, high officers of the Army and Navy, leaders In both Houses of Congress and other notable figures in the life of the National capi tal. At one end above the table the words, "Atlantic Goethals Pacific," blazed in brilliant electric letters as all other lights were entingulshed. Ice Cream Served In Dredges. Ice cream was served the diners from miniature dredges, carried by waiters in the uniform of the United States Engineer Corps, and followed ( by sailors bearing a tiny battleship. Individual dishes of cream appeared moulded in the shape of the Panama Canal dump car. The medal awarded Colonel Goethals was a heavy Roman gold, given as an expression of the appreciation of the society and the Nation. This was the final act of President Wilson's first year as Chief Executive. On the medal were the words: "This medal of the National Geog raphic Society is awarded to George Washington Goethals, to whose ability and patriotism the world owes the con struction of the Panama Canal, March 3, 1911." President Presents Medal. Presenting the medal, President Wil son said: "I am here to do what I suppose is an unusual thing for a society of this sort. It generally confers its honors , on those who have disclosed geography rather than those who have altered it. It is a sort of advertiser and custodian of the globe, but it is now about to honor one who has had the audacity to change the globe. The engineering pro fession Is one of the few creative pro fessions. Those of us who have at tempted to be literary men conceive that we have created conceptions of the mind, but never can produce them in court. They are never visibly upon exhibition. "But the magic of the engineer is that he can change the face of nature and show the work of his hands, and that it is in some deep sense creative in character. Life of Mankind Altered. "The life of mankind on the globe is altered, for example, by the cutting and the use of the Panama Canal, it fills the imagination to think of what this work will accomplish. It will cre ate new neighbors. It will generate new friendships. It will make a new atmosphere of rivalry and generous as sociation. The whole tendency of the routes of trade will be changed and the routes of trade are. the routes of enlightenment. Only when neighbors touch one another do they cease to be provincial and look out on the greiit tasks of humanity, Instead of confining themselves to the relatively selfish tasks of their own domestic develop ment and it is only as we export ajid import ideas that civilization becomes thoroughly established." Dynamic Force Is intbvrtai. "We have, therefore, to honor to night the greatest living representa"Vjve of the extraordinary profession. It seems to me to be natural, if I muy say so, with apologies to some of cur friends present, that the greatest en gineer should come from the Unifci-3 States. The United States has mace the world uncomfortable, but it has at least done so by the exercise of extraordinary dynamic qualities. "I take for granted that we do sot tonight forget that distinguished giflsH of men who have been associated with Colonel Goethals, that gallant and e- voted soldier who gave his very Ufa to see that the great work was don at Culebra cut; that man who made so much of this work possible, Sur-sreon-Genersl Gorgas. by knowing how to hold disease off at arm's length while these men were given leave to work; Colonel Seibert, who built the walls of Gatun dam and created Gatun lake, making it look to the eyes of the be holder as if nature had done the work over which he himself presided., and Colonel Hodges, who made the locl-s and the machinery by which those great things are administered."