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.
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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. :
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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.
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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
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