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VOL.. LIU. XO. 16,459. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, J 913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LlfJD PREPARES 10 LEAVE MEXICO GIT! Envoy to Start for Ver; Cruz Today. HUERTA MAINTAINS POSITIO William Bayard Hale May Also Return to United States. RULER SUMMONS OFFICERS One Rumor Is That Trerino Has Been Called to Capital to Become Provisional President Dial Said to Hare Been Recalled. MEXICO CITT. Aug. 15. President Wilson's representative, John Lind. will leave the Mexican capital tomorrow, proceeding; to Vera Crux. Mr, Lind called on Foreign Minister Gamboi today to say good-bye, out there was nothing: In their conversa tlon regarding the resumption of nego tiations or to indicate that Mexico would recede from her position. Mr. Lind will sail from Vera Cruz at an early date, presumably on a battle ship. It Is expected that William Bay ard Hale, who has been In Mexico City In an official capacity, will ac company Mr, Lind or leave soon after ward. , Rumors persist that General Trevino, who .baa been summoned to the capital, will become Provisional President, but confirmation is lacking, and this re port is offset by another that General Huerta has called In most of the re tired officers and many of those on detached service to report for duty. General Felix Diaz, who started for Japan as special Mexican Ambassador, Is also said to have received a sum mons to return to the capital. As an indication of the cordial per sonal relations established by Mr. Lind with General Huerta, the President placed his private car at the disposal of Mr. Lind. who accepted the proffer and will occupy the car tomorrow on. the trip to Vera Crux, COXGRES3 WILL HEAR TODAY Wilson Decides Time Has Come to Make Message Public. " WASHINGTON, Aur. 25. President "Wilson will read his message on the Mexican situation at the Capitol to morrow. This was decided at midnight, following the receipt of a message from John Lind, personal " representative of President Wilson In Mexico, that he had said good-bye to Foreign Minister Gam boa and would leave Mexico City to morrow. Negotiations, so far as Mr. Lind is concerned, have been terminat ed. The United States will receive any further proposals through Charge d'Aff aires O'Shaughnessy, of the Amer ican Embassy. The policy of the United States was outlined to the members of two Con gressional committees of foreign rela tions today at a conference at the White House by President Wilson and Secretary Bryan. The President's message received practically universal support. The course of this Government will be one of non-interference, in the hope that the effect of its present efforts and the pressure of foreign governments will constitute a moral suasion that ulti mately will bring about peace In Mex ico. The message makes it plain that there will be no lifting of the embargo on arms: that no faction or government In Mexico will be allowed to receive munitions of war from the United ' States. If necessary the President pro poses to increase the American border patrol to enforce this policy. President Wilson read tonight to the members of the Senate committee on foreign relations and the House com mittee on foreign affairs. Republicans as well as Democrats, his message on the situation. It is. a message of friendship, not hostility, and precedes a policy of ab solute non-interference. It proclaims to the world the sympathetic feeling that the United States Government and the American people have for their neighbors in the rebellion-torn repub lic south of the Rio Grande. It records the views of the United States on con stitutional government Its unalterable opposition to government set up by the Irregular and arbitrary acta of ambi tious Individuals and formally an nounces that the government of Vic toriano Huerta shall not be recognized. The efforts of the United States to bring about a peaceful settlement of the difficulty through the representa tions made by John Lind, special envoy of President Wilson, are outlined as well as the answer of the Huerta gov ernment. The United States had proposed that a constitutional election be held and - that Huerta should not be a candidate. To these suggestions, through which the United States believes peace could be restored, Huerta has replied in the negative. Foreign govrnments gen erally since that rejection have been active in support of the American pol icy to persuade Huerta to yield. There was still some hope at the White House tonight thai word of con cessions may be telegraphed from Mexico City before the President goes to the Capitol tomorrow to read his message, a circumstance that would de- (Concluded on Fag S- MERIT SYSTEM IS ADOPTED BY CITY SALARY REVISION TO BE MADE OX EFnCIEXCY BASIS. Mnnicinal Employes May Advance " In Rank Under Xew Plan Worked Ont by Research Bureau. Uneasy were the heads that held the Jobs at the City Hall yesterday, for the Civil Service Commission and the City Commissioners started the task of re vising the salary lists in all the de- partments on an efficiency basis worked out by officials of the New Tork Bureau of Municipal Research. Under the new system, employes will be grouped in classes, ranks and grades and will receive a standard salary established for their particular line of work. A man in a certain class will be able to advance year by year In salary only according to the work performed At the end of each month the head of each department will give the em ployes under him marks showing de merits for mistakes and merit marks for. good service. At the end of the year, if his marks have been good, he will be advanced a grade. After ad vancing a certain number of grades he will . be eligible to advance in rank. Then he may continue to advance in class. The inefficient man will remain at the bottom of the ladder. The classifications are to be based upon reports of records made by the various employes. Yesterday Commis sioner Dieck met with the Civil Service Commissioners and arranged the class! flcations for the employes In his de partment. During the rest of the week other Commissioners will attend to the classifications in their departments. CANAL'S OPENING DELAYED Blowing Up of Gambos Dyke Post poned Until September 12. PANAMA, Aug. 25. Contrary to ex pectations the blowing up of the Gam boa dyke, which would remove the last obstruction to the navigation of the Panama Canal by light draught ves sels, was not carried out today. The destruction of the dyke has now been set for September 13. The flooding of the 5000-foot section of the canal between the Mlraf lores locks and the Gamboa dyke by di verting into the newly excavated pit the water from a nearby stream was begun August 23. .It is desired to fill the pit nearly to a level with the open water in the channel on the other side of the dyke in order that the steam shovels may remove the mate rial of the barrier, after blasting, with facility. On this account It waa deemed advisable to delay for a. brief period the destruction of the dyke. The pit is filling slowly and sea water probably will be admitted to hasten the process. The lower gates of the Mlraflores locks have been perr manently closed to prevent flooding of the lock chambers. NERVE EXPERTS FIGHT RUM Doctors of 20 Nations Urge Prompt War on Aloobol. GHENT, Aug. 25. The International Congress of Neurology, at which 20 na tions are represented by more than 100 physicians, adopted today a resolu tion. inviting the various governments. In view of the disastrous, consequences of alcoholism, to take prompt and rig orous measures to put an end to the evil. Dr. Maere, director of the Strop Asy- um of Belgium, demonstrated the won derful results achieved by the treat ment of abnormal children by the im proved polysensorial Froebel method. combined with . rhythmical exercise. Twenty-five per cent of the t children treated, he said, had Been permanently cured or greatly Improved. KARLUK MEETS ACCIDENT Stefansson's Polar Vessel Damaged by Ice Off Point Barrow. NOME. Alaska, Aug. 25. The old whaler Karluk, which was taking Wilhjalmur Stefanson's Canadian Polar exploration expedition into the Arctic, met with a serious accident in the ice off Point Barrow, the northernmost point of Alaska, and may have to un load her cargo. This was the word re ceived here today from the revenue cutter Bear. The extent of the accident to the Karluk is unknown, but it la reported that a large bole was stove in her hulL NANKING FORCES GIVE WAY Chinese Northerners Press Rebels, but Both Sides Suffer Heavily. SHANGHAI. Aug. 26. The Northern troops are closing in on Nanking, where much desperate fighting has taken place during the last fortnight. Heavy casualties have resulted and many wounded have been brought to hanghat. The northerners have now finally captured Purple Mountain, the western ridge of which had changed hands many times. General Chang Hsun, of the govern ment forces, has depended more upon fierce assaults than upon military skill. THIEVES ROB EVERY NIGHT Even With Police Guard Home In Ixs Angeles Is Looted. LOS ANGELES. Aug. 25. Every night for a month thieves have robbed the residence of S. W. Black, according to his complaints to the police. Tester day he asked the policeman on the beat to keep a sharp lookout during the night. The officer made an hourly Inspec tion, but this morning a baby buggy was missing. THAW SHEERS AI JEROME'S -ARRIVAL Case Takes Interna tional Aspect. CANADIAN TREATY RECITED Stone Says Snow Will Be Deep Before Leaving Dominion. LEGAL TANGLE IS WORSE Ex-Governor of Pennsylvania Brings Up Question Which Assails Con stitutionality of Immigration Laws, as Yet Untested. SHERBROOKE. Quebec, Aug. 25. The arrival of Williams Travers Jerome, Harry Kendall Thaw's old prosecutor, the assumption by ex-Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, of the position of spokesman here for Thaw pending the coming of Robert O'Mara, the Pittsburg detective, anu the in jection Into the case of renewed talk of its assuming international aspects. were chief developments of the day in Sherbrooke. the ninth since Stanfard White's slayer fled from Matteawan. If Thaw was terrorized by Jerome's coming he succeeded in concealing his feeling to ail who visited him In his cell. Again ha spoke of Jerome sneerlngly. calling him "Willie." and Insisted that his lawyer reissue a summary of Jerome's remarks made In 108, when he said that no one had ever contended Thaw was Insane. . Thaw Showa Temper. Of the lighter incidents of a day of excitement exciting, principally, be cause of what might happen was Thaw's show of temper over the fact that his breakfast was 10 minutes late and his continued erratic statement relative to plans tor the publicity cam paign, which he regards as more im portant than any legal aspect of his case. Tire-- possibility of an International twist In the case came when ex-Governor Stone raised the point that a Cana dian, embroiled in the Dominion's iron clad Immigration law regulations, would doubtless have a right to ap peal to the courts. Thaw, It had been said, would have no such prlv-I liege, no opportunity to appeal, should he be ordered deported, except to the minister of the Interior of Ottawa. Mr. Stone regarded this as contrary to the treaty between Canada and the United States guaranteeing to Amer ican citizens before Canadian courts the same rights as Canadians. "In my opinion,' said Mr. Stone, the snow will .be deep in Sherbrooke before Thaw leaves Canadian soil." None of the' contingent of Thaw's (Concluded on Page 2.) TlL W rj ?! INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. " TESTERDArS Maximum tunperatnr. 8 dearees: minimum. 57 degrees. TODAV3 Probably fair;, northwesterly winds. ' Forelan. Hindu Princess Indira weds Prince JKsndre. Pas S. Thaw cass take on International aspect. Pir. x. Jack Johnson cheered in London music hall. Pace 2. John Lind to leave Mexico City today. Pao i. National. Currency bill l amended satisfactorily to both factions, in Democratic caucus. Pace 2. Free li.t In tariff bill is ratified with reser vation!. Pace S. Domestic. Camlnettl trial to besin today. Faze J Civilization is viewed as Its own destroyer at International School Hygiene con gress, pace 3. Indictment of Murpby, Frawley and Lvy la aougnt. rage x. . Sports. Mighty pitchers go on mound la Portland toaar. pace 1. Northwestern Leacue results: Portland 1, Vancouver O: Tacoma S. Seattle 1: Vic toria 2, Spokane 0. Pag 14. Tennis Champion McLaughlin meets young N orris Williams zor Conors tuaaj, Page 14. Pacific Northwest. Addison Bennett telle why T.koa prospers, Pag . v Portland couple arrested at Ion for trying to kidnap. Pag 1. Seattle soapbox orators cited for contempt ana misdemeanor, fag . Stat officials find farms In Central Ore gon. Page 5. Southwestern Washington Fair opens on en larged scale. . Page 0. Commercial and Marina. Early variety of hops bought at 23 cents. Pas 15. Wheat firmer at Chicago on export demand. Fag 15. C D. Kennedy resigns as agent tor Arrow Line. Page 10. Portland and Vicinity. LEast 61d business men get behind milk show, pas o. 8ons of Veterans organise In Orecoo, with Coloner Hofr commander, pas 3. Mr. Willis Goss New Myer, of California, Is widely fet.d. Pag S. Girl capture and pummel alleged pursa snalcner. Page 1. John Edwards, after visit to England. Im pressed with Portland's future. Pag 8. Failure of suit to annul Orr divorce Is pre dicted. Pag . More buyers accent Invitations to visit Port . land. Pag 10. Portland adopts merit system in revising salaries of employes. Pag 1. R. H. Brown Interests Eastern manufactur ers In Oregon territory. Pas 1. Appointment of general manager of Rose Festival unlikely. Pag . General re-routing of streatcars announced. Page 1. Rev. Charles T. McPherson recatve letter from Mr. Sulser. Paz 2. Railroad man say crops will near record. Page 4. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 4. FACULTY CENSORS HOPS Tango, Bunny Hug and Wiggle Dances Barred at Wisconsin. MADISON, Wis.. "Aug. 25. A ban on the tango, bunny hug and wiggle dances will be put on all university parties, according to information that Is given out by members of the faculty. At the close of the college year last season the dances were forbidden at the university parties, but It is now proposed to extend the ban to all dances given by students attending school here. It is said the rule will be an nounced by the faculty and approved by the Board of University Regents and that all persons violating it will be expelled the same as for drunkenness. It Is said the attitude of the Legis lature In demanding the fullest infor mation regarding university affairs, coupled with the pointed questions of Senator Leasdale to obtain the fullest information about the morality of stu dents, has determined the faculty to make the. proposed rule. THE COLD SHOULDER 0 y r-v ROUTING OF CARS VASTLY CHANGED New Service to Start With Bridge Opening. TRAFFIC NEEDS ARE STUDIED Requests of East Side Club All Granted. CONGESTION TO BE AVOIDED Three Months' Work Required to Complete Schedule and Distances Are Measured to Provide Shortest Wny Possible. A rerouting not only of nearly all the streetcar lines coming in from the Northeast Side, but of a number of West Side carlines as well, over new loops in the downtown district, to take effect coincidentally with the opening of the Broadway bridge and the re opening of the burned Harrlman bridge to streetcar truffle on September 1, was announced last night by F. W. Hlld, general manager of the Portland Rail way, Light A Power Company. .Four lines will cross the Broadway bridge, three lines will continue to use the Harrlman bridge . ana lour lines will cross the Burnside bridge. with the adjustment of car routings. The rerouting is the result of three months of the most painstaking study of trafflo needs and conditions. Snsaestlona Are Adopted. As adopted, it Is the belief of offi cials of the company, that the schedule will give the greatest benefit to the greatest number of persons. The new trafflo schedule embodies virtually every suggestion made by the East Side business Men's Club, which had been asked to co-operate. Just as a sample of the minuteness of detail that went Into consideration of the problem of what cars should cross each of the three bridges, Sir. Hikl bad measurements taken of the exact distances fron,' Bast 8i June tlon points to common points on the West Side over each span. From Union avenue and East Broad way to Fifth and Washington streets it was found that the distance was within 100 feet a block and a half by way of any of the three bridges. From East Broadway and Larrabee streets to Third and Washington, the distance was found to be almost ex actly the same over either the Broad' way or Harrlman bridge. Here is the list ot routings over each of the three bridges: Broadway Brldsre. Broadway line, running straight through on Broadway to Jefferson street and return. St Johns line, via Williams avenue (Concluded on Pas 10.) ALLEGED CROOK IS CAPTURED BY GIRL PURSE-SXATCHIXG IS CHARGED AXD JIAIDEX POC7TDS MAN7 Pretty 20-Year-Old Bohemian Miss Wins Chase and Holds Pris . oner for Officer. "I guess I can take care of myself," said Josie Petrlck. Bohemian girl. 20 years of age, as she signed a complaint at the police station yesterday against A. Lang, alleged purse snatcher, after chasing blm two blocks, pummellng his face and holding him until Traffic Officer Burks arrived and placed the man under arrest. Pretty and attractive, the girl breathed quickly and glowed from the effects of her exertions. She lives at 293V4 Belmont street. Yesterday afternoon, she said, sh went to the bank and drew $20. Cross lng to the East Side, she became aware of a man following her, and at Unlo avenue and East Morrison street he closed In on her and snatched away her handbag. He then Started to run. circling the block, but she outran him and overtook him at Grand avenue. Seizing him by the clothes she swung heavily upon his face, causing a com motion which attracted the notice of the officer. Lang, who Is a young laundry agent, had been drinking. He made vague denials of the act. BOY, 7, RESCUES GIRL, Veryl Hoover Prevents Drowning of Child at Albany. ALBANY, Or.. Aug. 25. (Special.) The heroic work of Veryl Hoover, the 7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Hoover, of this city, saved the life of Ora Gentry, the 4-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gentry, here Saturday. The girl was playing on the gate of the Oregon Power Com pany's water ditch, a few feet from the falls, when she fell in the water. Young Hoover Jumped in the water and after a hard struggle succeeded In getting her to the side, from which they were both rescued. The water la brought from Lebanon to furnish power for the electric light plant here, and the current is swift and deep at the point where the girl fell in. Aside from the nervous shock neither suffered greatly from the ac cldent. CITY TO BAR SMALL LOAF Proposed Ordinance . Would Force . BakeTi to Label Fread Weight. What is a loaf of bread? This is the question to be decided soon by the City Commission. City Sealer of Weights and Measures Jones Is preparing an ordinance to require all bakers to label each loaf giving the exact weight In ounces. A penalty will be provided for violation of the provisions of the measure. It is said now that a loaf of bread means anything from a loaf weighing eight ounces to one weighing IS ounces. It Is proposed to establish a weight for a loaf somewhere between 12 and 16 ounces, and to require the bakers to produce that slse loaf to be sold as a "loaf." Smaller loaves will be per' muted If properly labeled with the exact weight. FOREST GROVE BARS X-RAY Mayor of Smaller City Follows Lead Set by Portland. And now the X-ray skirt is tdbooed In Forest Grove, Or. Mayor Albee yes terday received a letter from Mayor Sanford of that city announcing that Forest Grove would follow the example of -the Portland executive in prohibit lng the wearing of transparent dresses on the streets. "Tour example," writes Mayor San ford, "will have a moral influence to help all of the towns In our state to put a atop to Immodest dress. I shall follow your example in Forest Grove." Mayor Albee yesterday received a number of letters of congratulation on bis X-ray edict. One woman in An tloch, CaL, writes: "I stand on our streets and feel ashamed of my sex." BRIDGE TOLL COMING UP Public Opinion Asked on Cost of Viaducts for Streetcar Use. To consider granting the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company a blanket franchise to operate streetcars over all the city's bridges at a rate of cents a car. City Commissioner Daly will hold a public meeting at the City Hall this morning. Officials of the company and others interested have been invited to attend. The charter provides that any com pany using the bridges for streetcars shall pay not less than 3 cents a car. While Commissioner Daly says be has reached no conclusion, it 1 believed he will demand a higher rental. NEW CABINET IS FRAMED Queen . Wilbelmina's Councillor Makes Names Public. THE HAGUE. Aug. 25. A new Cabi net had been framed by P. W. A. Cort Van Derllnden. Councillor of State, to whom Queen Wllhelmina early in Aug ust intrusted the formation of a minis try to be composed of persons selected from outside parliamentary ranks. Ac cording to the Nieuwe Courant. J. Lou don, at present Minister at Washing ton, is to be named Minister of Foreign Affairs; Colonel Bosboom. Minister of War, and Jonkheer Bertling, Minister of Finance. Councillor Van Derllnden will take the portfolio of borne affairs. MOTHER HELD FOR EFFORT TO KIDNAP Portland Pair Caught in Flight at lone. DIYORCEE WANTS 2 CHILDREN Grandfather of Little Ones Asserts Guardianship. POLICY MONEY INVOLVED O. K. Slater, Husband Xo. 2, Say His Wife Is Entitled to Babies by Former Marriage Suspicion of Auto Drirer Foils Designs. IONE, Or, Aug. 25. (Special) Bound over to appear before the grand Jury on the charge of kidnaping, C K. Slater and Mrs. Slater, of Portland, were taken to the County Jail at Hepp ner today by Deputy Sheriff Fran It Nash and turned over to Sheriff Evans under $500 bonds each. Mr. and Mrs. Slater reached lone this morning and about 1 o'clock went to the home of D. H. Grabill, where they demanded the custody of Mrs. Slater's two children by a former marriage. Mrs. Grabill refused to surrender the children, but was brushed aside by Mrs. Slater, who carried the little ones to the waiting automobile and started for Arlington. John Bryson, an lone liveryman, who was driving the automobile, waa not satisfied that all was well and when he reached Main street he called the City Marshal and explained his sus picions of the Slaters. Graadfatker Recovers C'hildrem. Mr. Grabill, grandfather of the chil dren, then appeared and the Marshal turned the children over to him. Mr. Grabill then swore out a warrant for the arrest of Mr. and Mrs. Slater. charging them with kidnaping. They pleaded not guilty to the charge, but could not furnish bail and were t&Ven to Heijpner and turned "Vver to the county officials to wait, the act.n.ot the grand Jury. About .two year-tgo Mrs. Slater left her husband. Jim Grabill, and went from California to Portland, where she is alleged to have obtained a divorce in Judge McGinn's court, - charging cruelty and white slavery. She al leges that after obtaining the divorce. she later married C K. Slater, who . claims to be a member of the Portland police force.. I nauranre Mo.rj Involved. - A few weeks ago Jim Grabill waa killed in a head-on collision between trains at Vallejo, CaL His father, D. H. Grabill, ot this city, went to Vallejo to settle his son's affairs. Mr. Grabill says be was awarded the custody or his two grandchildren, aged 3 and S years. Insurance to the amount of 14000 was paid over to the children's guardian and It is understood that about $12,000 in all will be paid the children by various Insurance corr nies and fraternal organization F which their father was a membe Mr. Grabill brought his grandchil dren to lone several weeks ago. He asserts that his daughter-in-law de serted the children more than two -years ago; that she never obtained a divorce and is not now legally married to Slater. Slater Defend Wife. Slater, on the other hand, says his wife was granted a divorce aa above mentioned, and that they are legally married; that Mrs. Slater has a right to the custody of her children, and that he will leave no stone unturned to see that they -are given into her care. Slater emphatically denies that he and Mrs. Slater are after the insur ance money and says that the grand father can keep all of it if he will only turn the children over to their mother. It is reported here that Mrs. Slater a sister of the owner of the Crystal Laundry, of Portland, and that she has wealthy relatives who will make a strong legal fight to gain possession ot the children. GOTHAM ADDS BLUECOATS With 500 to Be Named New York Will Have- 10,800 Policemen. NEW YORK. Aug. 25. New Tork City is to have 500 more policemen. Police Commissioner Waldo said today that provision had been made for the added expense, and that he would start appointing the new men. The addition will raise the police force to 10,800. Commissioner Waldo, who has Just returned from studying European po lice methods, announced that be would adopt the system of gymnastics used by the police of Sweden. $100 NUGGET IS EXPOSED Gulnda- Barber Picks Five Ounces of Gold Oat of Lawn t GUINDA. CaL. Aug. 25. (SpeciaL) Considerable excitement has been cre ated here by the discovery of a gold nugget valued at 1100 In the lawn of Lee Wood, a barDer. Mr. Wood had .his lot plowed in the Spring and while leveling it off a few days ago turned up the piece of metal which he toox to a Jeweler for assay. It was about four Inches long, an Inch and a half wide and weighed five ounces.