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THE MORNING OREGONIAX, MONDAY. JUNE M, .1918. 2 IB REVOLT APPROACHING END General Orozco to Ask Huerta to Agree to Policing of Chihuahua by Rebels. GUERILLA WARFARE FEAR 'Federals With 6000 Men Control . Situation Garrison at Jnarex to ' Evacuate Insurrectos in Des perate Need of Money. . CHIHUAHUA, June 23. General Pas cual Orozco, tne rebel chief, has de elded to ask General Huerta, the fed eral commander, advancing northward with 6000 men, to agree to the policing; of this city by a rebel -garrison whose neutrality should be respected by the government. Though declining to ad mlt that be Is contemplating an evac nation. General Orozco said today he did not wish to submit the city, with jls numerous toreign residents, to the orgies or a ianaticai moo. , U ' Guerilla Warfare Feared. - Officials at rebel headquarters are reticent as to their plans, but the In tentlon to send an emissary to General Huerta to negotiate for the possible abandonment of Chihuahua Is taken to mean. In connection with other symp ioms of disorganization here, that the 4lexlcan revolution will pass In a few days from an organized revolt against he Madero government Into guerilla warfare, uncontrolled and irresponsible. ".The garrison at Juarez may be the irst to exacuate end begin guerilla tkctlcs. i It virtually Is certain that there will Be no big battle at Bachimba, 46 miles south of her?, as has been expected, The rebels may put up a lively fight for a brief interval In order to hold the federals back, but an orderly re treat Is really being planned, together with the destruction of every bridge and culvert between Bachimba and Chihuahua, further to delay the gov ernment advance. " Rebel Army Desperate.- Efforts to convert Into cash gold bul lion confiscated within the last few days Indicates the desperate straits of the rebel army. Discontent within the ranks and at headquarters is also ap parent. When General Orozco evacuates the city it is teared tnat certain lead ers will satisfy grudges and that the disgruntled element will seek recourse In mob violence. It Is In anticipation of this that Gen eral Orozco wishes to leave 200 or 300 men and officers here with the under standing that on the entry of General Huerta's federal forces, the garrison be allowed to depart with its arms. This dispatch escaped the censorship of the rebel authorities. Significance attaches to the granting of honorable discharges today to earn Drobln, of Philadelphia; Tracy Rich ardson, of Lamar. Mo., and Jack Zim merman, of Pulaski, Pa three Amer ican soldiers of fortune, who had handled the artillery for the rebel col umns under General Campa, operating recently around Torreon. The Amer leans, after the southwestern campaign, returned here, but decided to abandon soldiering In the rebel army with its present outlook. Most or tne zoreign ers fighting with the rebels have asked for and been granted discharges. BRIDE IS LOTTERY PRIZE "6000 Tickets Being Sold for Bight to Larry Beautiful Russian. ST. PETERSBURG. June 15. (Spe cial.) A remarkable bachelors' lottery Is being organized at Swolensk. The prise Is a beautiful young wife, and 6000 tickets at half a crown each are being sold. Not every one who pays half a crown can. however, hope to win the bride. She Is to be "at home" every day for a week to the ticket holders, and after Interviewing them. If she does not ap prove of some candidate as a possible husband, bis money Is to be refunded to him and the ticket withdrawn. Another stipulation of the scheme is that when the winner eventually eomes to claim his bride, he may yet be re jected by her. but receives by way of compensation half the sum of the total proceeds from the sale of the tickets. The drawing of the lottery, which tm been sanctioned by the authorities. WjII take place shortly. Fiery Cure for Hysteria. Kansas fclty Star. Rv. Anthonv Kuhls. of Kansas City. in., now retired, once was awakened ttf.out midnight by a man who be ttfeched the father to come to his home. $Iy wife Is dying." said the man. "The dfetor was there and says there Is no hi'pe." J On arriving at the home Father Kuhls saw at once that the woman was suf fering from a plain case of hysteria. Tie asked the family to leave the room, "lien he locked the door. A fire was burning briskly In the grate. The priest took the poker and wedged It be tween the hot coals. He kept turning tie poker In the embers and pretended t be deeply absorbed in his task. The xroman stopped her mosning and wtith iig and began to watch the priest. I "What are you going to do with that pVker?" she asked finally. I "I'm going to brand you with It when il becomes hot enough." he said. I The woman leaped from the bed and jaeaded .for merry. The hysteria dis appeared. ("Put on your apron and go out and wsh the supper dishes." said the priest, fend I won't brand you." t She-obeyed the request and. accord ing to Father Kuhls. never again suf fered hysteria.' r Summer House in Oak Tree. Providence (R. I.) Journal. One of the finest and most remarkable trees In the suite li the mammoth oak oil the estate of WiP-lam Barber In the town of Exeter. The tree is about J8 feet in circumference at the base and five, great branches which leave the trunk about 12 feet above the ground form, toe support for a spacious plat form which In times past was used by tl.e owner of the farm as a Summer hi 'lite. The lowest of these branches, which forms the principal support for the platform, leaves the trunk of the tree almost at right angles and the others form a symmetrical dome which pro vides a canopy over a dancing platform which has been built beneath the tree on the ground. The great oak formed an ideal retreat for gatherings of relatives and friends f the owner. It is located not tar from Beach pond, which a few years mKO was a favorite retreat for a consid erable number of Summer visitors who maile the Summer house among the blanches their favorite rendezvous. - Tourist trains on us of the Pacific rsll rnd ere rqu1pp.l with el-trlcal ctxjk It f arpltanre and travelers are encouraged iq aaaJce as of them. MEXICAN EEBEL LEADER WHO PROPOSES NEUTRAL POLICE FORCE FOR CHIHUAHUA. sit- f--::u I 4 GENERAL PASCUAI, OROZCO, WITH AIDES. AUTO TOLL THREE Succession of Fatalities Oc curs at Los Angeles. ROADHOUSE IS. CLOSED Two Railroad Men and Lawyer Dead Young Woman Expected ' to Die 'Eight More Injured Is One Day's Casualty List. LOS ANGELES, Cal., June S3. (Spe cial.) Three men have died in this city within 24 hours as the result of three different automobile accidents of sensational description. At 1:10 o'clock this morning Herbert D. Stokes, of this place, a railway man, waa run over and Instantly killed at Santa Ft and East Vernon avenues by an automobile returning from the Vernon Country Club.. His blood spat tered the wheels and running gear of the machine, the occupants of which, five In number, drove the car on, leav ing the man's body in the road. Six hours later the automobile was found on West Pico street badly battered. The police say the wheels had been carefully washed, but the axle still howed blood stains. A. W. Spears, found In the rear seat in an Intoxi cated condition, was placed under ar rest. He was unable to give a clear account of- the affair, but admits that the party had been drinking. The po lice have so far been unable to locate the owner of the car( who has not re turned to his home. The victim of yesterday's auto acci dent on the Venice road was today iden tified UM.K. Fletcher, secretary to E. O. McCormlck, vice-president of the Southern Pacific, in San Francisco. His machine turned over in the ditch near nglewood aa he was endeavoring to dodge a farm wagon. His companion. Miss Loralne Saylor was badly bruised, but will recover. J. W. Rannels. lawyer and wealthy real estate broker, died at 1:30 o'clock this morning as the result of a collision between his speeding automobile and a switch engine at 3:30 o'clock Thurs day morning. The members of the party admitted having been at a v er non resort. Eight others were hurt in the collision, one of whom. Miss Leola Parker, of Whlttler, is not expected to live. As the result of the succession of accidents, the Vernon trustees, ordered the roadhouse closed. POLITICIAN IS WRITER Assistant to Lloyd George Began as Journalist. LONDOU June 33 (Special.) Flnan- lal Secretary of the Treasury C. F. G. Masterman, who has been proving himself this parliamentary session an ble ltteutenant of Lloyd George, first served his apprenticeship to public life In the field of journalism and lit erature. For some time he was lit erary editor of the Dally News and before that of Granta, one or tne best known university magazines. This Is one of the proofs that English politic-.! conditions are altering, for until re coct years only the man with social "pull" regarded politics as a likely ODenlna- for his -talent. For a time Masterman was a -visiting master at HorBmonden School, in the heart of the Kentish hop fields, where his unconventional appearance ana sieech always caused lively Interest. During the time he was connected with this school, a boy interviewed his for the school magazine, a little manu script publication of which few copies are now extant. "I ran him 'to earth In a hop gar den." wrote the youthful scribe. He was sitting on the ground pretending to pick hops into a small pall, soitiy crooning to himself a song, the refrain of which sounded like: 'Was it a kiss, a sweet car-ess?" the words apparently refering to the clods of earth which were continually striking him as the pickers got annoyed by the chant. In reply to the interviewer's inquiry about the journalistic calling. Master man said:- "The first point Is never to pay any contributors. It is quite easy to elude them. Keep two strong men at the office and nevr go there your self. It also pays well to take up the most Dopular side in any contro versy which may arise and to rub It well Into the losing side." "Does the Granta then, demand your whole thought?" I asked. "I never think." was the reply and again the weird chanting began. Although, the boy apparently faked some of his material, the crudely penned Interview evidences !ntimat. personal knowledge ' of Masterman while he was shaping, for his public career. He was none ' too carefully dressed In those days and a playful allusion to "the lappet of his coat, which came off In my -hand," is a pal pable hit at Masterman's contempt tor dude attire. But now that he is well on the way to a seat In the Cabinet he looks as smart as a city stock Jobber. 75 ORGANIZE SOCIETY DOUGLAS COUNTY EX-RESIDENTS HAVE PICXIC. Association . Formed at Sell wood Park Gathering and Plans of Body Are Outlined. More than 76 ex-reaidents of Douglas County, now residing in Portland, at tended a plcinic at Sellwood Park yes terday. The gathering waa one of business as well as pleasure, ' for of ficers were elected for the Douglas County Association, of Portland, and a committee was appointed to draw up by-laws. . The object of the association is to hold an annual picnic and to create good fellowship among its members. The officers elected were: Lon Parker, president; Mrs. A. B. Castor, secretary: G. A. Taylor, treasurer; George C. Johnson, chairman by-laws committee Mrs. L. A. Kent, one of the or ganizers and manager of the first pic nic, said: "We have an organization which will grow very large as soon as the Douglas County people learn of Its existence. "There are many persons coming from Douglas County to live in Port land, where they may -not know any body. The object of this association is similar t the state societies of Port land, which put forth efforts to make the newcomers acquainted." LEUIENGY PLANNED FOR HOMESTEADER Borah's Work in Behalf of Set tier Shows Signs of Be ing Rewarded. IRRIGATION RULE LIGHTER Provision That 40 Per Cent of Con. st ruction Charge of. bitches Must Be Paid Before . Patent , Issues Is Omitted. : L IS NEWSPAPERS SEXD HTMj TO PO LITICAL GRAVEYARD. If a man In these day baa only $1,000, 000 he cannot expect to own a gallery of maaterp feces. At the price they are br'nif lns nowadays three or four picture would uae up hla fortune. A Frans Hals ts re oorted to have sold lately for J 500.00O, and Rembrandfs "Portrait of a Dutch Mer chant" has Just been bought by an Ameri can multimillionaire ror .u.uw. OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, June 23. Now that the House committee on Irrigation has favorably reported the Borah bill directing the Issuance of patents to homesteaders on Government irrigation projects at the end of three years. If they meet the requirements of the homestead law in that time, there would seem to be very fair prospect of securing- the final passage of this bill before adjourn ment. Only one material amendment was made by the House committee, and that ' amendment Is in favor of , the settler, and Is very acceptable to Sena tor Borah, the author of the bill. That amendment strikes out the provision inserted by the Senate at the. demand of Secretary Fisher, which provides that a patent shall not be Issued when the homestead law is complied with unless the settler has paid at least 40 per cent of the construction charge as sessed a train at his land. Taylor Explain Law. Xn reporting the bill. Representative Taylor, of Colorado, for the irrigation committee, said: As the law now stands, a patent cannot be Issued to. homesteaders under reel am a tlon projects until full and final payment Is made to the Government for the amount due for the water right. The leral title remains in the Government until such final payment Is made, which may be. according- to the circumstances, all the way from 10 to 20 years from the date of the original entry. The settler is compelled, to improve the land, make payments to the Government for the water right, and in most cases Incur an enormous outlay for ..a man of ordinary means, during the years when he has no title to the land, or any basis of credit or financial standing In relation to his land by which he -can -borrow money. He cannot dispose of his land, he cannot encumber it. and he has no assurance that he .will ulti mately obtain title to it. - For these reasons he is greatly handicapped In the develop ment of his property and the maintenance of himself and family during that period. This condition has worked a very great hardship to the settlers; has seriously re tarded the settlement and development of the country and hindered the Government from getting as speedy returns of the funds invested aa It otherwise would. The opinion Is universal throughout the West that this situation ihould be changed for 'the general good of the Government and the develop ment of the 32 reclamation projects. . Government Retains Lien. Tour committee, has- adopted all of the recommendations of the Department of the Interior, excepting as to the suggested pre payment of 40 per cent of the building charges. The commmlttee believes that that la unnecessary, because the Government re tains a first lien on the property and the requirement would work a great hardship upon the en try man. because he would In all probability have to borrow the money at a high rate of Interest -In order to make that payment, tender the present law the settler could not possibly make sufficient money on the premises to pay the 40 per cent to the Govemmont within the residence period In which he Is allowed to make final proof; and whenever the Government retains the first lien both upon the land and water right, which additional security has been added as an amendment to this bill. It Is deemed that this additional security will fully protect the Government for all amounts due or to become -due. If this act shall become a law, it will give the settler an opportunity to mortgage his land or to sell a part of it and much more readily pay tne Government. And as the Government Is perfectly safe and the settler is given more opportunity to obtain money with which ne can improve nis land and build up the country, it Is confidently believed that the terms of the bill as rec ommended by your committee are much bet ter both for the Government and the settler than the biH as it passed the Senate. For the above reasons your Committee is unanimous In their favorable report upon the measure. ' Law Applies, to Indian Land. As the bill now stands It directs 'That from and after the filing with the Commissioner of the General Land Office of satisfactory proof of residence and substantial cultivation, as required L to 'person, whi haveBmrde o"r sha.l lee on Indian affairs, it provides: make homestead entries witoin rec lamation projects under the act of June 17, 1902," and the same applies to home steaders on irrigated Indian lands. These patents shall issue, says the bill, "the same as though said entry had been : made under the general home stead act, and upon satisfactory proof of auch .cultivation final water-right certificate shall Issue to purchasers of water-rights for private lands under the act of June 17, 1902. No patent or water-right certificate shall be issued unless at least one-half of the total Irrigable area of the entry has been re claimed for agricultural purposes; and all charges then due to the Government for building, operation and mainte nance,, including drainage, have been paid-" Section 2 provides that every patent and water-right certificate issued under this act shall expressly reserve to the United States a lien on the land patent ed or for which water-right Is certl nurtenant or belonging thereto, supe rior to all other claims and demands whatsoever attaching to said lands after the making of the entry or the filing of the application to purchase said water-right, for all amounts then due and thereafter to become due to the United States or -Its successors in the, control of the project on account of such entry or water-right for building, operation and maintenance charges. In cluding drainage cnara-es." Under the bill default of payment will result In the forfeiture of the land to the United States subject to the right of the settler within one year to redeem the land by paying all accrued charges with Interest at 8 per cent The United States may sell any forfeited land and from the proceeds pay all amounts au the Government, turning back to the settler whatever balance may be left. The Government Is authorized to bid in such land at not more than the amount in default and may then sell land so bought under terms to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior. The bill concludes as follows: "Upon full and final payment being made for all amounts due on account of the building charge to the United States or Its successors In control of the pro eot. the United States or its successors. as the case mav be, shall issue upon re quest a certificate that payment of the building charge in full has been made and that tne lien upon tne land rss been so far satisfied and Is no longer of any force or effect except ac to an' nul charges for operation maintenance." 'Hat Kicked Out of Rlnit": "Koosc- velt Has Ruined Party" Are Samples of Editorials. LONDON. June 23. (Special.) Amerl cans in London are rejoicing over the defeat of the thlrd-tea-m candidate. The London newspapers this morning send him to the do It leal graveyard with scant words of eulogy. . The Dallyr News says: "The machine did no more than It always does., or than Roosevelt taught It to do when he forced Taft's nomination four years ago." ' The Standard says: "His hat has been kicked lgnomlnlously out of the. ring. His passionate urging to his followers to seize the convention by force frightened his calmer lieutenants, for a dim vision of 'the man on horse back' began to be seen in his mad plan." ' - The Dally Express says: "If at his last nomination Mr. Bryan had stood on the Koosevelt . platform, even he would have been howled down as a wild man. Roosevelt seems to have achieved the ruin of the Republican party." The Morning Post says: "Failure is failure, and Roosevelt has failed. Taft has done good work, and it Is absurd to pretend he Is the tool of moneyed Interests." The Graphic says: "That Roosevelt can gain anything by his bolt except the ruin of his party Is extremely doubtful. He cannot hope to carry more than an ineffective minority with him." The Daily Chronicle says: "Taft Is an able statesman, but not a politician. In a. straight fight no Democrat is Roosevelt's match at capturing the radical vote, but as the candidate of a new party his chf.nces are Impossible to forecast." The Times says: "Roosevelt's failure In the convention has been complete, not only with the stalwarts of the reg ular party, but with the moderate pro gressives, who, accepting his princi ples, deprecate his action In splitting the convention, and have refused to Joint him." NEW DITCH IS PLANNED SENATOR JOXES WAJfTS AMEND MENT TO INDIAN BILL. Irrigation of 120,000 Acres at Cost of $1,600,000 Is Agreed To by Senate Committee. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash- 4ngton,' June 23. (Special.) If Sena tor Jones can induce the House of Rep resentatives to agree to his amendment to the Indian appropriation bill, an other ditch will be constructed which will irrigate 120.000 acres on the Yak ima Indian Reservation. As the amend ment was agreed to by the Senate com- Thnt fnr the nuroose of construetinr stor age reservoirs to impound flood waters of the Yakima River to provide 1300 cubic feet of water per second of time at the reservation Kates for the Irrigation of 120. 000 acres, more or less, on the Yakima In dian Reeervatlon, there is hereby appropri ates oat of any money in the Treauaury not otherwise appropriated. 11.800.000. or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended in said works by the Reclamation Service. ' . . That the lands within the project of the Yakima Indian Reservation owned by In dians in fee or otherwise to the extent of 32 000 acres estimated to be necessary for the support' of Indiana allotted within the project for which a water supply of 00 cubic feet per secona or time is require a. hnil nwaIv water free of cost. That other lands under Indian ownership to the extent OI (U.ouo acres auamonai, more or less, shall bear the proportionate acreage cost for providing- said storage waters in the river. That the claim for water of the owners of the remaining area or jb,ww acres, more or less, of Irrigable Indian land, shall be equitably adjusted by the Secretary of the That the owners of Irrigable lands within the nrolect shall oar the proportionate cost fied. together with all water-rights ap- of the distribution and darmage systems FORMER RESIDENTS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY ENJOY FICNIC AT SELLWOOD PARK. a-;. S i h. -y '.-' J rROFP OF EX-DOIGLAS COCXTY CIT1XE.NS WHO ATTKXDED THE KIRST ASKTA1, PICNIC OK THE DOUGLAS COUWTT ASSOCIATION OP . .. - PORTLAND YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. , . i2 : III w--.v"lo.t- -ii .11 II mm l;:,!::sj mm l&iji? mm mm iil NvS 1'- r " Ogams ilfliM upon sucb terms as may be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior. Moonlight Schools la the South. Pittsbilrg Leader. Mrs. Cora W. Stewart, Superinten dent of Schools in Rowan County, Ken tucky, is said to be the originator of the moonlight schools which aro being established in many parts of the South. Most of them are In the mountain dis tricts of Kentucky and Tennessee. Massachusetts Also . . Against Duplication The Supreme Court of Massachusetts settled the question of two electric light companies in one field, where an existing company could supply all demands, by rendering an opinion in the case of Weld vs. the State Gas & Electric Commissioners 197,. Mass. 56li, on an appeal from a similar decision handed down by the Commission. The court held: : ' ' "We have adopted in this state legislative regulations and control, as our reliance against the evil effects of monopoly, rather than com petitive action between two or more corporations whfre such romppti tion will greatly increase the aggregate cost of supplying the needs of the public and perhaps cause other serious inconvenience. "The state, through the regularly constituted authorities, has taken complete control of these corporations, so far as it is necessary to pre vent the abuses of monopoly. -? "Our statutes are founded' tin the assumption that to have two or' more competing companies running lines of gas pipe and conduits for electric lines through the same streets from time to time interferes with the pavements, street railway tracks, water pipes and other structures. "In reference to some kinds of public sen-ice and conditions it is thought by many that regulation by state is better than competition." If the State of.Massachusetts holds to the above opinion, is it not worthy of the attention and careful scrutiny of the citizens of Port land, before there is added an additional burden to that already car ried by the consumer T PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER CO. 1 M FAG'-TORY i -v v'-i- , I I -the Jrk. way of furnishing your s A iTN P-i-a-n-o 1 Ay ' ; x "direct from factory to g fii jt ) ) you" cutting out and 3 ( fs-tfcjr J J saving you the middle- 3 VVy-ll man's profits. B & Ha .fifli 3 2JSZmj 2p Investigate jS& While away, to free your mind from worry and thus make your out ing more enjoyable, you should protect your silver,-jewels, furs and other valuables against loss by fire, and theft. . You may deposit all such articles in a safe deposit box or the storage vaulU of the Security Safe Deposit Company. Large boxes, trunks, suitcases, etc., are stored from 50 cents per month upwards, according to size. While for your jewels, stocks, bonds, insurance, etc., a safe deposit box is the most satisfactory, costing only $3 per year upwards. ' SECURITY SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY Fifth and Morrison Streets, Portland, Oregon.