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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1914)
SENOR JOSE ROJAS Lm B '. H Benor Joe Rojas, Huerta's Minister of Foreign Affair, whose resignation It Is believed Indicates opposition to the Dictator's policy. Brief News of the Week It was announced that Colonel Roosevelt would sail from Para, Brazil on the steamship Alden for New York May 17. The. Duke of Argyll, son-ln-lnw of the i-i t - Queen Victoria and former Oovernor General of Canada, In dead. Major General Daniel K Sickles, now 89 years old, is seriously III at his home In New York. A hospital for the special treatment of cancer pat lento will be established In New York. An ample supply of radium will be provided, It Is said. A fund of $1,000,000 In already on hand. Detective W. J. Hums was attacked at Marietta, Qa., by a man because of the sleuth's activity In the murder case of I. en Frank, sentenced for the murder of Mary Phngan. The sleuth wos hit In the face, but he escaped In a hotel. Great relief was felt nt the news from Manila that the Purine Mall learner Siberia, reported wireless to have bean In great peril off the coast of Formosa, arrived safe at Man ila. Delegations of women from every part of the country are to engage In a mammoth demonstration In Wash ington on Saturday for the purpose of calling the attention of congress to the demands of the American women for the right to vote. The leading fea ture of the demonstration will ba a great parade from tbe White House to the capltol. THE MEXICAN EMBROGLIO War department baa ordered that Spanish American war veteran who , vVL4v "Many People Never Liked Beer Until They Tried Grain Belt" Have you taken our advice given last week, to trv our new shipment of "GRAIN BELT have not you have missed a taste of the finest beer in the land. It is brewed in the model brewrey of America, of special materials, by an expert among experts, and is always the same. have been pronounced by foreign experts, equal to any and superior to most American beers, and the peer of any export beer. D.m't delay getting some of this great beer for your A. E. Price & Co. J wish to ko to the front will have to enlist with the Matt mllltla. The practice of ' pnlplng" In Vera Cruz hns ".cased, r.tul the people are gradually returning to their normal occupations. Aeroplanes performed valuable serv ice In doing scout duty at Vern Cruz. The American blrdmen ascertained the location of the Mexican outposts. One of the flights was made at night. The United States navy, it Is said, now has Its full complement of 51,500 men, as result of the enlistments since the trouble between the United States and Mexico started. Rebel Commanders Carranza and Villa agreed to remain spectators of the trouble between the United States and Huertn, president of the de facto government in Mexico. Announcement that Foreign Minis ter Rojas has resigned from President Huerta's cabinet was taken as con firmation of reports that formidable opposition to the dictator Is develop ing In Mexico City. Farmers surrounding Vera Cruz have asked Funston to extend his lines as they have found the Ameri cans excellent customers for their pro ducts and want to continue snpplylng them but are harassed by "snipers" except within the cone under Ameri can control. Admlrnl Fletcher made a personal Inspection of the fortress of San Juan De Ulna at Vern Cruz. The horrors he found rivaled those of the dark ages. There were llti prisoners liv ing In Indiscrlbable filth and under conditions of the most awful degrada tion. Many were barely alive. Others were In enverns under the sea. Hats wero everywhere. The admiral or dered the place thououghly cleaned and nil the prisoners transferred to light cells. Colorado Provides for Military Duty. Denver. The Colorado legislature will provide a means of meeting the hi lie military Indebtedness of approx imately i.ipiiii.ciin before a lengthy re cess or final adjournment of the spe cial session Is taken. This was the consensu of opinion expressed by the house and senate leader at (he con elusion of a long Joint executive ses sion at which the subject contained In the governor's call were discussed. Carrania Will Not Cease Hostilities Kl Paao. Tex. General Carranzn has formally declined the suggestion of the mediators that he cease hos tilities against lluerta pending the outcome of the plan of mediation. Hit note, sent to Washington, was made public here. UVii4v. .M LsssssssssW .ssaf bL W sasi a UaYTi 1 nMi r T V W yjj '-V-a 'CfffBirtfrr iiilaffisBVBM KTsWfiy WjraM-'"' M Eg W M i ll Kf " LkJn KJraM L1 g2jffftjHa ICViiS BBSW a. i sxV T ti 'gtfiljl ' (9 Wt'l V 1 LsssW SssBk, bbSSbwB gg. V . f aaJ Bssssl ONTARIO NEWS FROM OUR NATIONAL CAPITAL President Selects Ex-Secretary of State Olney to Head Reserve Board. WashingtonPresident Wilson ha elected the five men, who, together with the secretary of the treasury, W. O. McAdoo, and the comptroller of the currency, John Skelton Williams, are to compose the federul reserve board. Richard Olney, of Boston, Mns., former secretary of state under Presi dent Cleveland, to be governor of the board. Paul Morlt Warburg, of New York, member of the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb A Co. Harry A. Wheeler, of Chicago, vice president of the Union Trust Com pany of Chicago, and former presi dent and organizer of the United States Chamber of Commerce. W. P. O. Harding, of Birmingham, Ala., preside nt of the First National Bank of Birmingham, and one of the leading bankers of the south. Dr. Adolph Caspnr Miller, of San Francisco, now assistant to Secretary Lane of the Interior Department, a member of the faculty of the Univer sity of California, who Is an econo mist and authority on finance. Upon the new board will devolve the task of setting In motion the bank ing system of the country through the 12 regional reserve banks already se lected. They also will constitute the governing board which will regulate the 12 banks and Issuance of currency. Prolonged Session Feared. Member of the house and senators whose terms ara drawing to a close sre becoming uneasy over the compli cations that have arisen In congress threatening to prolong the elon In definitely. The fear to general that little opportunity will be afforded for campaigning this fall. In fact, there are a few senator who begin to fear that the session may drag out through the fall and merge Into the regular session In December. This extreme view, however, is not generally held. It Is evident, however, that unless the president I willing to surrender a part of his legislative program, the session will continue well into tbe late summer or fall. Trust Program In House Mad Up. The antl trust legislative program In the house was made up. when tin- Moore judiciary committee ordered favorably reported its omnibus bill designed to cover the administration recommenda tions, and Chairman Clayton Intro duced a resolution proposing one of the most Ironclad rules on record to rush the measure through. The bill Is mainly the same as when Introduced less than a month ago as a revised combination of separate bills on holding companies. Interlocking 1 1 rectorate. etc The house rules committee contem plates 16 hours of general debate, five minute speeches on any Item, but re stricted In the total to a maximum of four hours an unusual limitation the bill then to be voted upon without Intervening motion. Little Change in Labor Section. The so-called labor section I changed btit little. It declares that "nothing In the anti-trust laws shall he construed a forbidding existence and operation of fraternal, labor, con sumers', agricultural or horticultural organization, order or associations instituted for purpose of mutual help and not having capital tock or con ducted for profit, or to forbid or re strain Individual members of such or ganizations from carrying out the le gitimate objects thereof." National Capital Brevities. Charge d'Affalre O'Shaughneaay and family arrived In Galveston on the tender Yankton. President Wilson ordered the com plete disarmament of all civilians in the Colorado strike district. The senate defeated the bill of Sen ator McCumber providing for federal Inspection and grading of grain, and designed to obtain uniformity and classification of grain. The public building commission. In Us report to congress, urge the cre ation of a federal bureau to have com plete charge of the erection of all public building in the country. A standard plan suited to mevt the needs of the various communities, was rec ommended. In anticipation that President Wll son will spend much of the summer In Wsshlngton, a large tent has been erected In the flower gardnn Just south of the White House, where It I expected th president will transact much of hlr business during hot days Th ml nt I ilstratlons leaders won an other point In the fight for repeal of free Panama canal tolls when the sen ate canals committee by a vote of 8 to H ordered the house bill favoring (lie repeal clause reported to the sen ata. The senators urged an addition ul clause asserting American rights over the canal. .... Hotel OREGON CARRANZA BARRED FROM MEDIATION Refusal to Agree to Armistice With General Huerta Said to Be Cause. Washington. General Cnrranza and the constitutionalists were practically eliminated from proceedings of the three South American envoys who have undertaken to solve the Mexican problem by diplomacy. In a telegram to General Carranzn the mediators announced that In vie of his refusal to agree to nn armistice with General Huerta, they withdrew their Invitation to him to send a per sonal representative to participate In the mediation negotiations. Q iii Carranza had Inquired In a note to the envoys what subject a special representative might be re quired to discuss, pointing out that If the general problem of pnclfylng Mex ico were to be approached he could not authorize anyone to participate In the negotiation. He reiterated that he would consent to mediation only on the Incidents which had brought about a controversy "between the United Stntes and Mexico," holding that he was the constitutionally chos en leader to whom complaint about the Insult at Tamplco and other of fenses originally should have been made. In view of the unyielding attitude of the constitutionalists It Is believed mediation virtually would be limited to the arrest of American marines nt Tamplco and other offenses which had brought the lluerta government and the United States to the verge of war NAVAL FUNERALS FOR DEAD National Ceremony Planned for Those Fallen In Mexico. Washington. Sailors und marines who were killed at the occupation ol Vera Crux will be honored with inner al services of a natlonul character on the arrival of their bodies aboard the United State cruler Montana at New York With all martial pomp and care niony, the bodies of the dead blue Jackets snd marines, killed In Vera Cruz April 21, SI and 2.1. will be brought to New York next week. A national requiem there Is planned, a memorial service typically American. The Ii-.-ii1i-ii caskets, each enveloped ' In the Stars und Stripes, will be the, VV H. W. Whitworth ''''isyi tilers and snrine nt which the countr) will mourn. Methodist Bishops Oppose War. Philadelphia. The board of hi- hop of the Methodist Episcopal Church In ."iniiiinin.il meeting in this city pns ed a resolution Indorsing President Wilson's effort to "avoid a war with lie people of Mexico." MEXICANS ATTACK AMERICAN OUTPOST Vera Cruz, Mexico. A considerable force of Mexicans attacked the Ameri can outpost at the water plant nine miles out last Saturday morning, ac cording to a wireless message, wbtel asked for aid. A Mexican force estimated at from 300 to 500 men appeared beyond the waterworks station, and a lieutenant and a non-commissioned officer bear lng a white flag advanced and pre sented a demand for the Americans to surrender within 10 minute. The American commander Major Russell's reply waa: "Hurry right back and do not waste any of the time your commanding of ficer has stipulated." When Colonel Van Vllet and Colonel Lejuene, with supports, arrived nt the waterworks station, Major Russell and his men were not at all hard pressed. Tbe Mexicans had contented them aelves with a scattering fire, consist lng of not more than four or five shots, at a range of about 1(00 yards. From Major Russell's line only one shot was fired. In accordance with Secretary of War Garrison' order, General Funston I In absolute charge here. Civil Gover nor Kerr and trie other civil authori ties have retired. The Mexican city council suggested the prohibition of bull fights and the algnlng of an order to that effect waa Kerr's laat official act. Sale of Opium Traced to Mayor. linker. Or. A a result of Invest! gallons by Plowden Stott, attorney for the state hoard of pharmacy, and fed ernl officers. II I- Mark, druggist and msyor of lluuilngtou, was arrested on a charge of selling opium without a prescription. Canal To Open Soon. Panama. Plans are being matured under the Instruction of Governor Goethals to put a Panama railroad steamer through the omul within 10 day. 4rVKt. 1 j i J BEER?" If you trade or friends