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Natal Cruisers to Conduct Z* TRIES TO KILL Mail and Passenger Linen FARM MAYOR MITCHEL Assassin’s Bullet Barely Misses New York’s Executive. Resentment of “Extravagant Ex penditure»” and Failure to Get City Job It Rtaton. New York In nn attempt to take the life of Mayor John Purroy Mitch- el, Michael P. Mahoney, an apparent ly Irresponsible elderly man, who later aald he was a blacksmith out of work, fired into a group of three men seated in the mayor*« automobile, which stood at the Mat able of City Hall park. The bullet from hla revolver entered the Jaw of the cor|K»ratlon counsel, Frank L. Polk, who was sitting next to the mayor in the tonneau of the au tomobile. With blood spurting from hia m<»uth, Mr. Polk waa taken Into the city hall and afterward to the New York hospital, where it waa said the wound would not prove fatal. Mahoney ahot at the mayor, he aa- aerted in the course of a disjointed statement, because he felt aggrieved at the city executive’« "extravagant expenditure»" and becauae he waa In censed at being turned back from the door of the mayor*» room in the city hail on two ocraalon« thia week when he went to apply for a municipal job. Muhoney fl red only one »hot at the mayor and hi» party. Before he could lire a «econd ho win overcome by De tective George Neun, who wrenched the revolver out of Mahoney*» hand. The mayor aal in the middle of the back »eat, with Mr. Polk on hi» right and George V. Mullan, the mayor’» former law partner, on hi» left. The bullet |>aa»<xi ao chaw to Mayor Mitch el that the left aide of hia face was acorchod. Standing within a few feet of Mahoney waa Police Gomtninsioner Wo>»la, who waa waiting for the chauffeur to get into the car. Within 30 seconds after the »hooting the City Hall plaza and Park Row were flooded with a »urging crowd and ¡«dice reserves were called out. A» soon as he had aeen that Mr. Polk received medical attention Mayor Mitchel went to the police elation in the basement of the city hall, where Mahoney had been taken, and ques tioned him. "Why did you »hoot at me?” he asked Mahoney. The mayor aeemed aa calm as if nothing had happened. The prisoner’s answer was incoherent and to the effect that he had nothing to «ay. Cowering before hi» ques tioner«. ho seemed hardly to know what he had done. He was alim and gaunt, wore a ragged fringe of white beard and was clad in an ill-fltting auit. It was lielievcd at the time that the corporation counsel had lost most of hia lower teeth, but a later report »aid that only one tooth had boon knocked out, and the wound waa not serious. Reluls If (turn Arm» Taken From American Visitors Douglas, Ariz. - With a severe rep rimand administered by Colonel A. M. Guerrero, constitutionalist commander along the Sonora border, to the cap tain of the squad which deprived four Arizona militia officer» of their side arms Wednesday, and the return of the swords Saturday, the incident was closed. W’hen Governors Hunt, of Arizona, and McDonald, of New Mexico, cro«acd the border Wednesday to visit Agua Prieta the bonier guards took the side arm» of the officers. It has been customary here to lay aside weapon» when crossing the line. In hi» defense of hi» action the cap tain of the guani said the Agua Prieta military authorities had not been noti fied in advance about the visit of the governors and he thought the advance of Arizona military anil citizen» was a |M>ssible outcome of the Tampico inci dent. When he saw 14 automobiles filled with men coming from Douglas, with officer» carrying »word», he be lieved nt first it wa» an attacking party. The captain apologized for the af front he said he had offered the two governor» and their aides. “Mileage" Cant Out. Villa and Huerta Would Not Unite Against U. Burnside Blondie s. Juarez, Mexico-The startling de- velopments al Tampico in point of in terest felt here far exceeded that in the reporta of a new victory by the rebel force» at San Pedro. No official would lend hia name to comment on the situation, but one man in a confidential constitutionalist posi tion declared that under no circum stances would the rebel« join with Huvrta against a common enemy. "In caae of a foreign invasion Gen erals Villa and Carranza long ago agreed that they would simply content themselves with opposing any armed force which entered rebel territory,” said this informant. It is known that Villa would find it practically im|xmsible to co-operate with Huerta. Huerta, it is related, at the battle of Rellano two years ago compelled the proud and arrogant Villa, then serving under him, to get on his knees and apologize for soma offense. Later Huerta threw him into prison in Mexico City, where Villa learned to read and write. He finally escajied and made his way north, where, on the asnassination of Madero and the elevation of Huerta to the pro visional presidency, he started a revo lution anti in due time joined other in surgents under the nupreme chiefship of Venustiano Carranza. Helena Assay Office Cut Out. A college Ayreshire that produced in four months 5383 pound» of milk, contain ing 230.7 pound« of butterfat, equivalent to 271.8 pound» 85*^ butter. During this time thi» cow traveled over 1000 mile» on a demonstration train in two week» and waa used 54 times for demonstration during this time. T "The problem ia not a difficult one neighbors wish to sell their best cattle. and improvement of both type and Further, the time, expense and labor producing ability can be easily effect involved in hunting stock are almost ed,” »ays Professor Grave», head of I prohibitive to a busy farmer. Where the college dairy department. "That the standard of production is main there is great need of improvement in tained by purchasing cows to keep up the producing power of the average the herd there is grave risk of intro dairy herd of our state ia very evident. ducing tuberculosis or other contagious Two facta of vital importance to dairy diseases into the herd. "Our easiest, quickest and most men have been revealed in the work of experiment stations, cow testing satisfactory methed of improving our associations, and investigation by dairy herds is the use of a meritorious creameries. These are, a great varia sire of one of the dairy breeds, the tion in the producing ability of differ careful selection and raising of his ent individual» in the herd, and a low daughters from the best cows, and average yield per cow. These results systematic co-operative breeding. have shown the farmers the need of ' "There is nothing that will pay the awakening to a more careful study and dairyman better than to study his herd investigation of the producing power' carefully and take steps to start breed of their cows. It has been shown in I ing operations with the definite object these investigations that the best cow in view of increasing the value of his sometimes yields two or three times as herd through [weeding out the un much as the poorest. And if a record profitable cows and selecting carefully of food eaten is also kept, it will be the animals to be mated. In selection. I Juarex, Mex.—The rebel wounded during a six days’ battle at San Ped- ra» de loa Colonia», east of Torreon, is placed at 500 in an official report of General Villa to General Carranza. The combined forces of the federal», »aid to have numbered 12,000 to 15,- 000, were defeated by 10,000 or 12,000 rebels, according to the report. General Carranza forwarded the re port to Rafael Zubaran, his secretary of the interior, who remained here af ter Carranza and other officials re moved the provisional capital to Chi huahua. General Villa’s report reads: "I have the honor to communicate to you that after six days’ of terrific fighting the town of San Pedra» de los Colonia» was evacuated by the enemy, which was under the command of Gen eral» Velasco, Demoure, Maas and others. "Before the evacuation they set fire to the greater part of the city. In these moments my troo[>» are taking possession of the city. Tomorrow I will forward details of the battle. My only regret is that 500 of my troops were wounded in the assault». I have captured 700 prisoners. I hope that the great sacrifice of human blood will be for the welfare of our country.” 2,040,000 Egg» In Cargo. Nome, Alaska - John Johnson, holder of the record for the 412-miIe all Alaska sweepstake« dog team race, became the winner in the 1914 Alaska classic when he drove his 18 Siberian wolves into Nome, at three minute» after 6 o’clock Friday night, having covered the 412 miles over the snow trail from Nome to Candle and return in 81 hours and three minutes. A. A. ("Scotty”) Allan, driver of the Allan-Darling team of 18 mala- mutes, was still on the trail, while Fred Ayer, with his team of 14 fox hounds, was still further from the goal. When Johnson left Solomon, 32 mile» from the goal, shortly after noon, it was posted on the bulletin board in the Board of Trade saloon that he would arrive about 6 o’clock, and every man, woman and child in the camp gathered to welcome the winner. When Johnson’s team ap peared over the snow, every dog in harness and showing little effect from the long drive through blizzard and below-zero weather, the crowd went wild. Johnson’s time was seven hours slower than the record set by himself in 1910, when he drove the Siberians over the course in 74 hours, 17 minutes and 20 seconds, The racers were handicapped this year by »tormy weather, blizzards and below-zero temperatures, making the going slow most of the way. Bill Would Open Lands to “Stock-Raising” Entry Washington, D. C.—A bill to pro vide for the opening to homestead en try of "stock-raising lands” in the public domain was reported to the house by the public lands committee. It was agreed on after conferences be tween the house and senate members and officials of the Interior depart ment. The measure would authorize the secretary to designate as subject to entry in tracts of not more than 640 acre» “lands, the surface of which is, in his opinion, chiefly valuable for grazing or raising crops and which, in his opinion, do not contain merchant able timber and are not susceptible of irrigation from any known source of water supply.” Entrants in order’ to ’perfect title would be required to make permanent improvements on the land tending to increase its value for stock raising purposes amounting to at least $1.25 an acre. Two Slip» Call Million». New York—Two slips of paper, each representing $32,971,250, were deliv ered to the city of New York Satur day. They were certified checks, turned over to the city by the success ful bidders at a recent bond sale in payment for the issue of $65,000,000 and the premium. It was said that these checks were the largest written since Leslie M. Shaw, then secretary of the treasury, gave a check for $40,000,000 to the New York banking-house which repre sented the French interest in the pur chase by the government of the par tially completed Panama canal. PACIFIC FLEET ORDERED SOUTH Demonstration On West Coast of Mexico As Precaution. .San Diego to Be Bate of Opera tion» Huerta Would Arbi trate, But Now loo Late. Washngton, D. C.—A naval demon stration on the Pacific coast of Mexico waa decided oo Thursday by the ad ministration. It waa declared, how ever, that while the Atlantic fleet went primarily to obtain reparation for the incidents at Tampico, the Pa cific fleet was ordered south chiefly as a precautionary measure should serious emergencies ensue. Rear Admiral Howard, on the Pa cific coast, as well aa Rear Admiral Badger has been ordered subject to further orders. The additional ships ordered for ser vice on the Mexican west coast will bring the force of warships there up to 18, with a personnel of 5000 men, including a regiment of 900 marines. The armored cruiser Pittsburg will take marines to San Diego, which is to be used as a base, and will go into reserve after manning the cruisers Cleveland and Chattanooga. The armored cruiser Maryland, the cruisers Cleveland and Chattanooga, the transport Buffalo and the colliers Jupiter and Saturn will increase the force on the West coast to 12, with five torpedo-boat destroyers and their tender, the Iris, standing by for orders at San Pedro, Cal. The cruiser Denver is at Corinto, Nicaragua, and available for Mexican service. The six vessels already on the West coast of Mexico are the ar mored cruiser California and supply ship Glacier, at Acapulco, and the cruiser Raleigh and gunboat Annapolis at Mazatlan, both points being held by the federal», while the cruiser New Orleans and gunboat Yorktown are at Topolobampo, held by the constitution alists. It was learned Thursday that Gen eral Huerta, when apprised by Charge O’Shaughnessy of the proposed demon stration of the Atlantic fleet, declared that the episode growing out of the arrest of the American bluejackets at Tampico was a fit subject for arbitra tion at The Hague and that he would appoint a commission to investigate the incident. President Wilson, in an emphatic reply through Charge O’Shaughnessy, is understood to have told General Huerta that the time for delay and evasion had passed and that the Amer ican government would temporize no longer. Administration officials hold that insults to the flag and questions of national honor are not subjects for arbitration. AU information that reached Wash ington from Mexico City tended to show that General Huerta was uncon vinced that the United States was in earnest and thought the Washington government was bluffing. Young China” Chief Arrives. Portland—Tse Yin Bark, secretary to Sun Yat Sen, former provisional president of the Chinese republbic, has arrived in Portland from San Francisco to meet the Portland Young China association regarding a new rev olution against the present Yuan Shi Kai government. Yuan Shi Kai placed a price of $100,000 on Tse Yin Bark’s head and also on that of Sun Yat Sen, who is said to be in Honolulu. Tse Yin Bark will deliver a lecture on Chinese conditions at the library. Villa Reports Complete Rout of Superior Force Washington, D. C. — The house struck the time-honored "mileage” al lowance» for congressmen out of the legislative appropriation bill Saturday and provided for actual expenses of members to and from Washington. The senate has yet to agree to the pro posal. All the representatives from the Northwest except Bryan, of Wash Robber And Victim Die. ington, and French, of Idaho, voted in Seattle —Charles F. Swartz, aged favor of continuing, payment at the rate of 20 cents a mile, anti both Bry 33, of Snohomish, Wash., the passen an and French supported 20-cent mile ger who was wounded when Clarence age until Saturday. Trew and William Sears attempted to hold up a Tacoma-bound interurban Strike Delays Terminal. train at Riverton, south of Seattle, Kansas City—Four hundred plumb and Trew, one of the robbers, diet! at ers, electricians, gas fitters and marble local hospitals Wednesday. finishers, employed in the construction The prosecuting attorney has an of a railway station here, struck Sat nounced that he will file an informa urday by order of the building trades tion immediately charging both Trew council, which protested against the and Sears with murder in the first de alleged unfairness on the part of one gree. Sears, though badly bruised, of the firms. will recover. Washington, D. C. Appropriations for the assay office at Helena, Mont., were stricken out of the legislative bill by the house Saturday. An effort will be made to have the senate re store them. ORCHARD Washington, D. C. Feasibility of establishing a line of fast naval eruto- | era to carry passengers, mail and Notes m<d Instructions from Agricultural College» and Experiment Station» freight between the United State« anil of Oregon and Washington, Specially Suitable Io Pacific Coast Condition» South America wa» indorsed by Secre tary Daniela in a riqiort to the senate Need of Better Dairy raising heifer calves. Some dairymen on the resolution introduced by Sena depend upon purchase and others raise Cows Shown By Tests calves enough each year to keep up the tor Weeks. The committee on naval Oregon Agricultural College, Cor- number in the herd. affaira at once introduced a bill to ea "If these 30,000 cows were as much valli» Moat of the item» of coat that tablish one or more navy mail linea to enter into the production of milk have superior to their dams as they could be South American porta. greatly increased in coat during the made by proper methods of breeding, It ia the plan to uae in time of peace last few years, but there has not been this state would soon attract the atten such swift scout cruisers aa are little a corresponding increase in the price tion of the whole world because of the high average production of its dairy needed in fleet maneuver». The mail of milk and milk product». Since the cows. The aim of the breeder should success of the dairymen is dependent ahi|« would be commanded by retired upon the relative cost of production not be merely to secure reproduction, officers at the discretion of the Navy and price of dairy product« it is evi but to secure animals that are superior department, which also fixes ratea |and dent that he must lower the cost of to their ancestors. "In bringing about this improve production if he is to carry on his bus fare«. iness with any profit. It is plain ment it is not necessary to establish InJUa letter to Ghairman Tillman, that he cannot fix or materially alter new types or breeds. The Jerseys, of the naval committee, Daniels said: the price of dairy products. The coat Holstein», Guernseys, and Ayreshires, "It ia practicable, by the use of of feed, labor, equipment and dairy respond favorably to our conditio». naval vessels, to carry out the purpose operation is also largely beyond his “The first step in improvement is to indicated and the following will be fiower of extensive cqntro). The solu stop at once the crossing of breeds and available for the service: St. Ixiuis, tion of thia embarrassing situation, the use of grade or scrub bulls. There Charleston, Milwaukee, Columbia, Min which is becoming acute, is to keep is not much hope of improving herds neapolis, fast cruisers; Salem and better cows. by buying cattle, for not often do oui ('heater, fast scout cruisers; Buffalo J___ ■ « and Rainbow, trans|K>rts; Ancon, Cris tobal and Hector, Panama steamer»; Mars, Vulcan, Cyclops and Neptune, (or two equally good), and the Nan- shan, colliers. ” Secretary Daniels expsets that a round trip from New Orleans to Val paraiso could be made in 24 days and 17 hours. "The department sees in the plan an opportunity for a two-fold advantage,” wrote Secretary Daniels. "First, the opportunity for developing a large trade with South America which is not practicable for private vessels under the United State« flag. Second, the gradual development of a large auxil iary fleet, which would be necessary in time of war, which would be built up and maintained in time of peace with out coat to the government, as it will pay for itself after having once been firmly established." Siberian Wolf Dog Team FVi/ui Alaska Sweepstake» Coxy Army Falls Away. lianastine Belle De Koi The champion cow of the Holstein-Friesian breed ami the greatest producer of any cow of any breed. Record 365 days, 29,404.4 pounds milk; 1058.34 pounds butterfat; equivalent to 1322.9 pounds 80% butter. found that there is a great variation we have the most direct and powerful in the milk yield of cows receiving the means of improvement at the disposal same amount of feed. The coat of of the breeder. production is usually inversely propor Feeding Baby Chicks. tional to the amount of production. Young chicks receive the first feed "Abundant opportunity for improve ment exists here in the Northwest, if at the Oregon station when about 24 we but avail ourselves of it. If proper I to 36 hours old. They are given bran, methods are used, improvement can be mixed crumbly with raw egg, or bread easily and quickly effected. dipped in milk and squeezed dry, twice “The breeding cf cattle is an in- tegral part of the progressive dairy- a day for the first week, and equal man’s business. The herd must be re ■ parts of cracked wheat and cracked plenished and the natural increase I corn on clean sand three times a day. After two or three days the grain mix cared for if continuous productiveness ture is fed in the litter. Clean water, is provided for. The usefulness of the , grit, charcoal, and cracked bone, in average dairy cow does not cover a | separate dishes, are kept before them. period of more than eight years. For They also have access to green food. various reasons animals are continual When one week old the chicks are ly dropping out or being discarded. fed a moist mash of three parts bran, Not fewer than 30,000 cows are need one part wheat middlings, one pound ed to replace those that will finish corn meal, and a pinch of salt—about their profitable work in the herds of what they will eat up in an hour— Oregon this year and furnish the nec Rrain mixture two or three times a day, beef scraps in a hopper, and other essary increase. supplies as before. When three weeks "These must be secured either by old. they have milk added to the ra purchasing outside the state or by j tion. Negligible. Still She Could Fib. "They telljme, ” said Mr. Bobbets, "that the automobile ia absolutelyjie- »tructive of humility.” "Wa-al, that ain’t much of an ob jection,” said the rural sage. "They ain’t so much humility left in the land these days thet the loss of it’ll come to much.”—Judge. Maud—(with magazine) Mercy! I wouldn’t care to live in Japan Ethel—Why not? Maud—It says here that when a woman buys a dress in Japan the shop keeper asks how old she is, there being special designs for the different ages.—Boston Transcript. Seattle,—Two hundred and twenty It is suggested that if the” consump thousand dozen eggs were part of the cargo of the steamship Senator, which tion of quinine expands to any greater sailed from Seattle for San Francisco ' extent in India, which already take» of ----- the world Wednesday. The eggs were brought ' one-sixth ________ — ------- ’s supply, the •cross the Pacific by a Canadian liner.' price will speedily rise. Canton, O.—"General” Jacob S. Coxey’s “army of unemployed, ft dwindled from 200 to a score of pri vates, camped here preparatory to starting on the second leg of its march to Washington. When Coxey left his home in Massilon, O., only a small percentage of the followers he had counted on were in line. The ranks were swelled, however, by school boys, and when "General” and Mrs.- Coxey climbed ir.to Coxey’s old phaeton and the “General” gave the signal for the start, he had a fairly large command. Argentine Favor Sought. Paris — The contest between the United States and Germany ^for com mercial supremacy in the Argentine re public is the subject of a dispatch from Buenos Ayres to the Temps. The correspondent attributes the South American ÿ»it of Prince Henry of Prussia to Germany’s desire to coun teract the effect of Colonel Roosevelt’s presence there. He adds that the rais ing of the United States legation in Argentina to the rank of an embassy is another episode in American and Ger man rivalry. Millionaire Lumberman Die». Tionesta, Pa.—T. D. Collins, mil lionaire lumberman, died at his home in Nebraska. Pa., aged 83 years. Mr. Collins contributed many thousands of dollars to the foreign missionary move ment of the Methodist Episcopal church and founded and maintained mission school» in India, China, Man churia, Porto Rico and South America. Suffragette» Burn Residence. Londonberry, Ireland — A suffrage Since a process for recovering sul phur from beneath quicksand was put arson squad burned a large residence "Apply for damages into operation in Louisiana in 1904 here Saturday. more than 2,330,000 tons of refined to Sir Edward Carson,” was one of the product have been recovered. 1 placards left behind. Britain Extends Sympathy; Delay Has Caused Crisis London—Most of the London morn ing papers in their editorial comment on the Mexican situation, display sym pathy with President Wilson in the difficulties which have arisen with Mexico, while at the same time con tending that those difficulties were largely brought about by his idealistic policy. Much curiosity is expressed over the intentions of the United States be cause, although it is believed Huerta will yield, it was pointed out that should he prove obdurate the mere oc cupation of Tampico would not have much practical effect, and that the blockade of Vera Cruz would be the only measure that would deal a serious blow to the Huerta regime. The Daily Telegraph cannot believe that President Wilson intends to put into effect a resolute military inter vention, and sees no hope of putting an end "to the anarchy which has re sulted from the Wilson policy of moral intervention.” Bridge Act Held Valid. Olympia, Wash.—The State Supreme court Thursday held valid the 1913 law permitting counties and cities or the state itself to join with another coun ty, city or state to build a bridge across a stream serving as a boundary This means that the $500,000 bond is sue authorized by Clarke county to pay part of the cost of the $1,250,000 bridge over the Columbia River be tween Vancouver and Portland is valid and the contracts can be entered into by the county. The last hindrance to the building of the bridge is gone. Fireman Need» No Truck. Eugene, Or.—When the Eugene mo tor fire truck was wrecked while turn ing a corner on a slippery pavement. Fireman H. D. Briggs picked himself up, seized a hand-extinguisher, snatch ed a motorcycle from a passerby and continued to the fire, arriving in time to save the house, which had caught fire from electric wiring. $27,000 Goes In Swindle. Buffalo, N. Y.—George Crestesing- er, a Williamsville farmer, who report ed to the police that he had been swindled out of $12,000 by a confi dence man, said that in all the swind ler had relieved him of $27,000. Th« swindler made two trip» to Buffalo, getting $15,000 on the first trip.