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units VOI,. I.IV. XO. 1G,G40- PORTLAND, OREGOX, THURSDAY,1, MARCH . 26, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DEAL WITH Blame Shouldered by Minister for War. GUARANTEES ARE WITHDRAWN Government Insists It Will Use t AH Necessary Force. MILITARY IS DENOUNCED Debate in Commons Orcr ITomc Kale Situation Marked by Fiery Ora tory AH Talk or Compro mise Is Suspended. LONDON", March 25. The govern ment today published Its promised statement of its dealings -with the revolting- officers of the Third Cavalry Brigade, and the House of Commons held another heated and disorderly ses sion. Between the documents presented and statements drawn from the Cab inet Ministers, the vital facts of the affair were made clear. They reveal a comedy or tragedy of errors perpe trated by Colonel Seely, Secretary of State for War, and Sir Arthur Paget, commanding the troops in Ireland. War Minister Takes Blame. Colonel Seely took all blame on his own shoulders. He frankly asserted he had made a great mistake. His written assurance to General Hubert Gough that the government "must re tain its right to use ail the forces of the crown in Irelanl or elsewhere to maintain order and support the civil powers in the ordinary execution of their duty, but has no intention of tak ing advantage of this right In order to crush political opposition to the policy or the principles of the home rule bill," was given without the knowledge of the Cabinet and contrary to its policy. The War Secretary tendered his resignation to Mr. Asquith, but the Premier refused to accept it. Guarantees Are Withdrawn. The government has withdrawn Colonel Seely's guarantee, according to the statement made by Viscount Morley in the House of Lords, and Sir Edward Grey told the House of Commons that the government's decision would be made known to General Gough tomor row. Thus the situation with respect to General Gough and his 59 comrades who sent in their papers still is in a state of suspense. The most Important revelations of the day were to the effect that the government did plan an important mili tary and naval demonstration on Ulster. Winston Spencer Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, confirmed the reports that he had ordered the third battle squadron and a torpedo flotilla to Irish waters, but explained that when the military arrangements had been successfully carried out he countermanded the orders by wireless, an explanation the Liberals received with Joy. Ultimatum Regarded as Blunder. The blunder General Paget made ap pears to have been in giving a practi cal ultimatum to the officers of the cavalry brigade to say whether they would take active service In Ulster or accept dismissal. The Cabinet . on Monday framed a general statement of the officers' posi tion and duty under the law, and Colonel Seely admitted that his error was In yielding to General Gough's de mand for a written assurance that the army would not be used to suppress the covenanters. Premier Asqulth's statements that the officers should return to duty un conditionally were made in good faith, since he learned of Colonel Seely's amendments to the Cabinet memoran dum only yesterday. The Prime Min ister made plain the government's posi tion regarding the army to the House of Commons, declaring that he would not assent to the right of any body of BRITISH ARMY REPUDIATED "fmand assurances of what they would f be required to do in circumstances which had not yet arisen. Government Would Use Force. Sir Edward Grey spoke even more strongly. He said: "The government is prepared to use force to whatever extent is required to make the will of the country prevail. That is a contingency which cannot arise for a long time and we will still labor to avoid it." Much of the oratory of the debate in the House of Commons today consisted of fiery denunciations of the military aristocracy. The government members were placated by today's revelations, but there remains a strong and out spoken dissatisfaction with the affair among the . Radicals and Laborites. Many think the subject would have been allowed to rest except for the almost unanimous attacks by the Lib eral press and boastings of the Con servative press over what they speak of as General Gough's victory. All talk of a compromise on the home rule bill is for, the time sus pended. The Conservatives hold recent events have shown no compromise is possible, except on the unconditional exclusion of Ulster. The Liberals say that would not be compromise, but sur render. Andrew Bonar Law, leader of the op position, denounced the government's (Concluded on Pace 2) KINDNESSOF BOXER REPAID BY CHINESE JIM POX WIULS $10,000 TO JOE CHOVXSKI, PUGILIST. Fighter Also Is Xamed Executor of Chicago Estate and Gnardian of Heirs of Oriental. CHICAGO, March 25. Joe Choynskl, former pugilist and now director of a sporting class In Pittsburg, will receive a legacy of J10.000 by the will of Jim Pon, a Chinese whom the boxer be friended years ago. Jim Pon died a few days ago, and his sons, Ned Ying and. Bert Ying, unable to open the safe In their father's Twenty-second-street restaurant, "The Garden of the Seven Lilies," telegraphed to their old friend Choynskl. The boxer reached Chicago today and with him brought a safe expert In a few minutes the big steel doors swung open and on top of a pile of papers was found .Pon's will. It named Choynskl as executor and guardian of Jim Pon's sons and awarded him a sub. stantial part of a good-sized fortune. Choynski's first act of kindness to ward Pon was in sending his boys to school. Later when Jim Pon became wealthy he sent fed Ying to China, where the boy married. When Ned returned to America, leaving his wife and their little child In China, he was halted by the immigration officials at Seattle, but Choynskl again came to his aid. He explained by letter Ned Ylng's American birth and had him re-admitted. Choynskl has arranged to have Jim Pon's little grandson join his father here and also arranged, in accordance with Jim Pon's will, to have both Ned Ylng's wlfo and mother taken care of in China. WILL CONTEST INTIMATED Mrs. Matilda G. Ashman Cuts Off Son With, $1. Intimation was made yesterday when the petition for the probate of the es tate of Mrs. Matilda G. Ashman was filed that the will would be contested by Mrs. Ashman's son, Jacob Stover. By the will filed by H. 1L Newhall, who petitioned for appointment as executor, Mrs. Ashman left $1 to her son, a life estate in her property, valued at $3000, to her husband, Charles E. Ashman, and the residue to Mrs. Smith Rohr. Petition was filed by Merritt A. Raymond for his appointment as ex ecutor of the estate of Luzon Ray mond, who died February 15, leaving an estate valued at $10,850. After $2000 legacies to each of two sons, $3000 to each of three daughters and several smaller bequests, the residue of the es tate is left to nis widow, Mrs. Olive b. Raymond. , THRIFT CONGRESS CALLED Means to Be Sought to Teach Ameri can People to Save. . CHICAGO, March 25. Bankers, edu cators and industrial interests of Eu rope will preach the doctrine of thrift at a Congress of Thrift to be a part of the Panama-Pacific Exposition In San Francisco next year, according to an announcement of the American Society for Thrift here today. The di rectors accepted the Invitation"-of the exposition officials to arrange for par ticipation In the fair. Statistics show that nearly all Euro pean countries are greatly In the lead of the United States in the thrlftlness of the citizens, the -directors said, and means will be sought to extend this sense of saving to Americans. TINY MISS GUARDS MOTHER Registered Hog With Xose Ring In spires Fear of Voter Kcgistrar. ALBANY, Or., March 23. (Special.) Determined that the registering of ficer should not put a ring through her mother's nose, Josephine Powell, 5-year-old daughter of Frank M. Powell, assistant postmaster of Albany, ac companied her mother when she went to the County Clerk's office to register as a voter yesterday. Mrs. Powell found that when at the farm of her uncle, P. B. Marshall, east of Albany, recently the little girl had seen "a big red hog registered and it had a ring in Its nose," and had formed the conclusion that the ring in the nose was an incident of all registration. GANDER CHASES SMALL BOY 5-Year-Old Flees to Hay Mow and Falls Into Manger, Breaking Arm. BANKS, Or., March 25. (Special.) When little Jamie, aged 5, son of Wess Shipley, tried to make friends with the big gander out on his farm- yes terday, the fowl chased him into the barn and up Into the hay mow, from which he fell Into the manger and sus tained a broken arm. Now little Jamie has almost lost faith in Mother Goose's fairy book, and its tales about the companionship of geese and other animals. CROWN PRINCENOT TO GO Hint Given German Parliament Would Not Pay for Trip to Africa. BERLIN, March 25. The trip to Africa which the Crown Prince had purposed this year has been definitely abandoned. It is understood the rea son is the Emperor's objection to the crown prince's Interrupting his work on the general staff of the army by such a long absence. . Another reason put forward is that the Imperial Parliament would refuse an appropriation to cover the expenses of such a trip. GOVERNOR WEST IS GRILLED BY JURY Copperfield Invasion Is Held Unwarranted. BAKER OFFICIALS ARE UPHELD Executive Aid, Instead of Op position, to Court Suggested. WITNESS CHOICE RESENTED State Chief Declines to Return In dicted Saloonman Attorney, At tacked From Salem, Is Also Exonerated by Probers. BAKER, Or., March 25. (Special.) The Baker County grand Jury tonight submitted its final report which was chiefly given over to a severe arraign ment of Governor West, with bitter protest against his interference in Ba ker County affairs and a strong de fense of District Attorney Godwin, Sheriff Rand and Attorney Nichols, who has recently drawn Governor West's fire for his defense of the Cop perfield saloonmen. The grand Jury sets forth that it does not require dictation from Gov ernor West as to what witnesses should be called and it points out that the complaints in the Copperfield mat ter were already In Mr. Godwin's of fice at the time Governor West start ed his crusade in the little mining town, but that there was no demand for a special grand Jury at the time. The action in calling out the militia is described as "unwarranted" and the Governor's actions there are described as being not according to law. Governor's Dictation Resented. Following is taken from the report: "We feel that this grand Jury un derstands better than the Governor the witnesses that are necessary for the grand Jury, and it is our opinion ttyat the grand Jury of Baker County does not, require any dictation from Gov ernor West as to what witnesses shall be called. "We find that Sheriff Rand has been enforcing the law as closely as possible and that the Prosecuting Attorney had In his office the complaints covering the Copperfield matter which led to Governor Westt's crusade and declara tion of martial law about January 1. Action was promised at the next ses sion of the grand Jury. "It is our opinion further that Gov ernor West's action in calling the militia for Copperfield was entirely unwarranted and uncalled for. This opinion is arrived at from the evi dence submitted to us from all sources regarding Copperfield matters. "We have carefully investigated the (Concluded on Pag. 6) JOHN' EM OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,' 48 degrees; minimum, as degrees. TODAY'S Partly cloudy, with occasional rain; southwesterly winds. Foreign. British government repudiates compromise with army. Page 1. Mexican War Department declares rebels are routed at Torreon. Page 1. National. House passes bill to prevent Importation of convict or pauper-made goods. Page a. Ambassador Page's speech transmitted te Senate. Pase 2. Test vote on canal tolls now expected today. Page 4. Domestic. Chicago Chinese wills $10,000 to fighter who befriended him. Page 1. Secretary Redfleld promises "forward pol icy" for Pacific Coast. Page 8. California lawyers say women cannot be convicted of crime. Page 2. Banker's daughter still falls to make mar riage mystery clear. Page. 3. Hindu scholar, ex-college professor, arrested . as undesirable alien. Pago 3. Educator says bad teeth cause many social Ills. Page 1. Sport. Beavers again defeat negroes when Buddy Ryan finds his batting eye. Page 8. Brother of "Stuffy" Mclnnin, red-haired, called Brick, tries tor squad. Fags 8. Helena players to start practlco at Vaughn street grounds today. Page 9. Nick Williams releases six Colt recruits. Page S. raclflo North went . Governor West scored by Baker grand Jury. Page J. Woman at Albany denies she is wife of two. . Page tf. Note of Governor for $2200 appraised as worthless In Asahel Bush estate. Page 6. State Tax Commission tells taxpayers to use own Judgment. Page 3. Great Northern tralnrobbers-murderers de clared known. Page 7. Two killed, three others injured in collision on Great Northern In Idaho. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Oreson growers holding wool for later mar. ket. Page 19. Wheat lower at Chicago on better crop out look. Page 19. Stock market affected by unfavorable rail road reports. Page 1!. Portland goes on w. R. Grace &. Co.'s map as regular port of call. Page 14. Dock Commission explores big liner. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Jefferson Meyers declines to run for Gov ernor. Page 20. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 14. Supreme Court ruling In Sylvan annexation case may put Lents out of Portland lim its. Page 13. , County officials may decide Friday whether to appeal Cleeton decision on tax col lectlona Page 5. "WHITE WOLF" SACKS CITY Chinese Brigand's Forces Kill 230 and Capture Many Hundreds. PEKIN. March 25 "White Wolf," the Chinese brigand, and his followers captured and sacked today the City of Lung Chu Chai, In the province of Shen SI. They killed 230 of the in habitants and- wounded and captured many hundreds more.. The depredations committed by "White Wolf" had hitherto been chiefly confined to the provinces of Hu Pen and Ho Nan. and many thousands of Chinese regular troops are in the field against him. NOTED MISSIONARY DIES Record of Church a Month Main tained for 20 Years. ST. PAUL. March 25. Brigadier General R: N. Adams, who as a pioneer Presbyterian missionary of the North west had a record of establishing one church a month for more than 20 years, died at his home today. Death followed a short illness. He was born in Waverly, Ohio, in 1835. BULL HAS TROUBLES ALL HIS IS ARRESTED AS ALIEN Britain Said to Want Har Dyal Deported. M' V vniiiH-CASTE BRAHMAN Descendant of World Conquer' ors Held as Undesirable. ISSUE IS RAISED ANEW Former Stanford Professor, of Inde pendent Means and High Attain ments, Arrested at Lecture In San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, March J5. Har Dyal, former lecturer on Hindu, philo sophy at Leland Stanford University, was arrested here tonight by the Im migration authorities, charged with be ing illegally a resident of the United States. It was said oh high authority that Dyal's deportation is desired by the British government. While In this country he has advocated sedition in India and reports received here with in a day or so were that an Indian malcontent was arrested with papers from Dyal, urging summary action. Hindu Issue Precipitated. Dyal is held for deportation. The arrest was made following an address by Dyal at a small hall In Fill more street. Because of his culture, standing and independent means, it is expected to bring the whole situation regarding Hindus to a focus unclouded by any other issues. He is a high- caste Brahmin, descendant, according to scientists, from the Aryan conquer ors of India. He has an Independent income, is highly educated and has cir cled the world in his travels. The arrest astounded a considerable circle of university men and writers, among whom Dyal is known as an apostla of abstinence. . ' ., Lectures Given Without Salary. He lectured at Stanford without sal ary and resigned more than a year ago. There was some dissatisfaction among individual members of the teaching force there over doctrines which were said to emanate unofficially from him regarding the present economic system. Since then he has lived at Berkeley, Cal., the seat of the University of Cali fornia, The position of local immigration au thorities regarding Hindus in general as outlined by Samuel W. Backus, commissioner of immigration, is that they are to be deported because, in the opinion of the authorities, they are not assimilable and because they are likely to become public charges, even if they have money when they land. Labor circles on the Coast oppose (Concluded on Page SO OWN HINDU SCHOLAR BAD TEETH BLAMED FOR SOCIAL WOES EDUCATOR MAKES PLEA FOR SALVATION OF CIVILIZATION. Xeglect Declared Even to Have Made Self-Control Impossible and Caused Court Cases. SAN FRANCISCO, March 25. (Spe cial.) Twenty millions dollars spent now on the teeth of America's school children and 75 cents a year a child hereafter was declared today to be the salvation of civilization. Professor Lewis M. Terman, of Stan ford, said so. Formerly professor of child psychology In the Los Angeles State Normal School, he is now as sistant professor of education at Stanford. He made the statement in the current issue of the Forum. Many social ills he attributes di rectly or indirectly to poor teeth. "We do not want to give up our civilization," he said, "and we should find some way to retain it without the cost of our teeth." The evil effects on the individual he touches on thus: "Moral self-control may even become impossible. Bad teeth have brought more than ono boy into the juvenile court." "OREGON CHERRY DAY" SET July 1, 1915, to Be Great Dato In History of Panama Fair. SALEM. Or., March 25. (Special.) July 1, 1915, was chosen today as "Ore gon Cherry day" at the Panama-Pa cific Exposition by the Salem Commer cial Club. The club was asked some time ago by the officials of the ex position to name a Cherry day, and cherries being at their best July 1 in th Willamette Valley, the club de cided upon that day. Many samples of the Marion County product will be on exhibition at the big air, and an effort will be made to have as many residents of the county as possible at the fair on that day. October 15 has been named as "Oregon Apple day" at the fair. 1400 GREET HELEN KELLER Special Truin Carries 'Several Hun dred to Ashland Audience. ASHLAND, Or., March 25. (Special.) An audience 'of 1400 greeted Helen Keller at the Armory tonight. A spe cial train from Grants Pass brought several hundred people from various points in the vallexy, 100 coining from Medford. Miss Keller was .introduced by Su perlntendent Brlscce, of the public schools. She appeared here under the auspices of the Sunshine Society. Her subject was "The Hearts and the Hand The high school band and the boys' and girls' quartets took part in the enter tainment. Miss Keller stops only at Ashland and Roseburg between San Francisco and Portland on her present lecture trip. MIDDIES TO HAVE LIBERTIES Annapolis Graduating Class to Be Treated as Officers. ANNAPOLIS, March 25. Midshipmen of the graduating class at the llaval Academy during their final 12 mouths at the Institution will hereafter . be treated as officers and will have privi leges never before allowed here. Under the new order the first clasK men may visit the homes of officers and places In Annapolis any afternoon of tha week. Superintendent Fullam said today that there is to be no relaxing of disci. pline, but that members of the first class would be expected to maintain it without compulsion. TWO SCHOOLS "PERFECT" Reports Are Made on Attendance in Eastern Lane County. EUGENE, Or., March 25. (Special.) Out of 50 schools in the eastern supervisory district of Lane County, two had perfect attendance and only seven fell below 95 per cent for the past month, according to the report of Supervisor A. I. O'Reilly, just made public. The perfect schools were at Eagle Rock, Harriett Morsman, teach er, and at Wycoff, Lucile Cook, teacher. Mr. O'Reilly, in reporting the stan dardizing of the Oakrldge school last Friday, mentions particularly the fact that fire protection is provided the fine new two-room schoolhouse by means of water piped from the nearby hills. EARTHQUAKE IS MYSTERY Xe-w Jersey Towns Feci Tremors but . Neighbors Are Undisturbed. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., March 25. Reports of mysterious earth tremors which shook houses and broke windows were received here tonight from Wild wood, N. J., and Ventnor, a suburb of Atlantic City. According to the report from Wild wood, the tremors occurred at intervals of one and two minutes for a period of half an hour, while a similar report was received from Ventnor. No shocks were felt here and no reports of ex plosions have been received. BOAT REPORTED BLOWN UP Explosion on Hawaiian Steamer Be lieved to Have Cost 12 Lives. HONOLULU, March 25. The inter lsland steamer Maul is reported to have blown up tonight off Pearl Harbor. The reports indicate that the entire crew of 12 lost their lives. Tugs have left this port to search for tha vessel. The Maui left here at 5 o'clock for Kauai with a cargo consisting largely of explosives. REBELS SAID 10 BE BEATEN AT TORREON Capital Reports Rout and Slaughter. FEDERAL AID IS RECEIVED Reinforcements in 50 Armored Autos Add to Victory. SUBURB PROVES AMBUSH Villa's Forces Entering Lerdo isaid to Have Been Shelled by Artil lery, Charged by Cavalry and Pursued Xortli. EL PASO, Tex., Marrh 25. An au thoritative telegram wu received here tonight stating that all foreigners In the battle sone at Terreon wrw safe. MEXICO CITT. March 25. The War Department makes the assertion that the i-ebels under Villa were routed at Torraon with great slaughter early to day. Eight hundred men under General Joaquin Maas and General Javier DeMoure, it is announced, arrived op portunely from Saltlllo in time to add greatly to the federal victory. The rebels are said to be retreating north ward, with the federals pounding at their rear. AnbORh la Reported. It is admitted that Villa's men en tered Lerdo, a suburb of Torreon, but it is explained that this was a ruse on the part of General Vclasco to ambush them. As soon as they were well into that territory the federal artillery shelled them, the cavalry charging as the reb els started to retreat. Rebel Loss Given as 20O0. Generals Maas and DeMoure are re ported to have made the distance be tween Hlpollto and Torreon In 50 ar mored automobiles, which they were carrying, the railroad having been cut at Hipolito. The rebel losses in dead and wound ed are reported to be 2000. EFFECT OF XE 1VLOAX STUDIED Washington Learns Huerta. Has 50,. 00 0,000 Pesos Already Assured. WASHINGTON, March 25. Whilo Interest in official circles to-day cen tered on the struggle now in progress between the contending Mexican factions for supremacy at Torreon, there was some speculation as to tho effect upon the financial situation in Mexico of the temporary loan just obtained by General Huerta. Charge O'Shaughnessy, In a report to Secretary Bryan, confirms the news that a preliminary loan of 50,000,000 pesos already had been obtained. It was pointed out that the resumption of" interest payments on the foreign debt. suspended last January, probably would tend to make Mexico's foreign creditors less anxious over the security of their claims. It was learned In a report from El Paso that the military Governor of Chihuahua had given assurances that Luis Terrazas, Jr., long held for rax- om, would not be executed. Noth'vg, fciowever, was said about the prospective reJease of the prisoner. Anxiety over the safety of several Americans under arrest in Mexico was all.iLyed by today's consular dispatches. Thi release of J. H. Newby, long held at t"uliacan for the alleged embezzle ment of funds under the Madero reglaie, has been ordered by Governor Riveras, of Sinaloa, who Insists that Newby leave Mexico for Mexico's good. The Americans, Gold3inith and Dona hue, arrested In San Luis Potosl as spies ly the Federal authorities, have been taken to. Mexico City and their case wUl be considered by federal authorities. Charge O'Shaughnessy has asked brtth the foreign office and the Mexican war department to guarantee a free heiring for both of tho accused men. Like representations have been made in behalf of the American, Byrd, who although arretsed with the other two, is still held in San LuU Potosi. 1'Or.VG Ti'JKKAZAS' LIFE SAFE Insurgent Agent Gives Assurance Prisoner Will Not Be Executed. DOUGLAS, Axiz., March 25 Louis Terrazas, Jr, heJd captive by the con stitutionalists at Chihuahua, will not be executed in any circumstances, ac cording to a statement made here to day by Roberto V. Pesqulera. a Wash- ngton representative of the Insurgents. who was in Douglas on official busi ness. In addition to asserting that Ter razas would not be executed, Pesqulera announced that the ypung man prob ably would not be released. The constitutionalist agent said that nsurgent currency now being prepared would result in the redemption of all present issues, and be guaranteed so as to revive business, in Sonora. Pcs quiera praised President Wilson highly, declaring the Nation's chief executive was Mexico's best friend in the United States. Idaho Postmaster Xuracd. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, March 25. The President todai nominated W. H. Cannon as postmas ter at Gooding, Idaho. A 1 r