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Vsf 1 . 1 I I - IVrt v. I TO CHECKMATE PLOTS Army Changes Made to Curb Intriguers. OFFICERS IN FIELD FEARED Transfer of Blanquet From Cabinet Significant. TREVINO ENTERS CABINET Disclaimer From O'Shaughnessy at Mexico "o Surprise to Admin istration, but Faith In Outcome Continues. WASHINGTON. Sept. 7. While no announcements were "made at any of tha Gorernment departments today of any change In the diplomatic side of the Mexican controversy, two phase of the situation attracted attention in official circles. One was the published disclaimer on v. n.r of Nelson O'Sbaughnessy, American charge d'affaires at Mexico City, that any positive assurance uu been given him ot the Intention of Vlc toriano Huerta not to be a candidate in the approaching; elections. Th nth- was the receipt of private telegrams from sources close to the -.ii.ttion In Mexico City saying .t n.n.r.i Reronlmo Trevlno would bo made Minister ot War soon to auc-l . .. T hail t,n I ceea uenerai oimnuoi. - 1 supposed nere u dered back to Mexico City by H&erta to receive the reins of the government as provisional President while Huerta . . n.....i;-iil .otnnn! irn. I enterea mo x-n"- r " WHklutM Jfot SurprUM-a. ii. n'shinrhn.iiT'1 statement was .not surprising here, as it had been pointed out from time re r Washington officials that they had re lied only on the repeated emphasis by Federico Gamboa, Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs, of the statement that Huerta waa ineligible nnder the con-, atltution to succeed himself. Mr. O'Shaughnessy Incidentally dis closed the fact that the Mexican of ficials had supplemented the argument of the second Gamboa note, calling at tention to Huerta's Ineligibility by verbal references to that part of the note. This further encouraged Wash ington offlclala to believe that the Huerta candidacy will not materialise. They realize that Huerta could circum vent constitutional obstacles by re signing in advance of the elections, but such an act. It has been openly declared by high Administration offi cials, would be regarded as a breach of faith and a subterfuge, and they still are proceeding on the assump tion that Huerta has been eliminated. Haerta Feara Plotters. The story that Trevlno would be ap pointed to the Cabinet and General Blanquet. the present Minister of War. sent to the front is In line with the various reports that have reached here f the alleged infidelity of some of Huerta's military chiefs. When Huerta recently Issued an order redistributing his generals to various frontier parts of Mexico, the move was Interpreted as of a military character only, but Since then officials have been led to believe that Huerta feara the Instiga tion of plots and Intrigues among his renerals. and Is moving them about to prevent any concerted action against Jiim. General Blanquet was the right hand man of Huerta In the days Just preceding the overthrow of Madero. The War Department received a re port of the killing of lieutenant Acos ta. a Mexican federal officer, by Amer ican Immigration agents at El Paso. Tex. The report confirmed press dis patches of the Incident, saying that Aeosta waa killed after he crossed to American territory and fired on the Americans. The affairs is In the hands of the civil authorities at El Paso, al though the Immigration Department here will make careful inquiry Into the occurrence. Mine to Get Explosive. Th State Department announced to night that shipments of dynamite and other explosives neeoea lor worKing me great mines In Mexico will be author ised as heretofore. Literally interpreted. President Wilson's message to Con r.a indicated that the exportation Into Mexico from the United States of explosives, even lor industrial pur would be discontinued. However. when representatives of the mining interests told tne rrejiaeni inrougn tne Et.i. rnartment that this would work a great hardship, they were told that such a step was not contemplated. Every precaution will be taken by the Government to guarantee that none of the explosives permitted to be h TTnlted States shall hj, Hlv.rt rrnm Industrial USeS. It iS understood that President Wilson also will authorise the exportation of limited quantities of arms for Americans In Mexico for self-defense. Goo Faith la Don b ted. Until the President announced In his message that the embargo would be placed on all arms out of this country Mexican constitutionalists opposite Ea gle Pass. Texas, petitioned in behalf of Americans In that country that they be permitted to equip themselves for de fense with arras purchased In their own country, but officials doubted the disinterestedness of the motive for the HUERTA .MOVES t Concluded oa rase 3) m.--v - m - , : i - ; i : RANCH WIPED OUT BY CLOUDBURST OWNER SEES $40,000 GO IX FEW HOCKS OF FLOOD. AVall of Water 26 Feet High Carries All Before It Or 7 5 Horses, Only Two Remain. ... t tt cent. 7. (Special.) A disastrous cloudburst washed away a fortune for Nlel West, one of the biggest ranchers n - a few hours yesterday. It practically ruined a ranch valued at J40.000. de stroying the orchard and carrying away three large haystacks and all buildings except the dwelling, which was situ ated on a knoll. Of a band of 75 horses, a." ....... -... r-ottle. hogs and Kiuea uui , ... .,. chickens were also drowned. All tools ana iarm iinv"""' sway and the wreck of on. building . i.m AT t wern Va a a - v. was recovered at tmi"- " awa" t mn on the ranch V est WHS iuo at the time. While working around the house, he heard tne roar . Ing waters, climbed on the roof to dis cover the cause, and thereby saved his life. A few minutes later a wall of virti wnt over the water i" , , lower ground, carrying everything In . rv. mnrnonea Its path to destruction. ---- t hold to his pre- man waa cumi.. . . carious refuge until S o'clock this morning. GERMANY BUILDS ISLAND Material Being Sent From Mainland for New Stronghold. -v -VTX"A X" Cant. 7. fS Dedal.) Ger- many has created a new island in the ... t. ii.. fr the lower part orcn cm. , of Helgoland and is half as big as that Island. The materials iui- w new Island are being sent from Ger- u.i - aeldnm visited, as many. ffnB,.. . It is devoted entirely to military works and every arrival is watched with sus picion. j . nilv World. I A correspondent. on revisiting Helgoland after two years, records the discovery Island, which, be eays. shelters small cruisers, destroyers, submarine and torpedo boats. He describes Helgoland as having been changed in an aston . . t. t. heroine a srreat isning iiiM.ii iin . . . naval fortress, with huge Krupp guns. which command ail xno from the sea. MARVIN BALL LIES DYING Wife of 50 Tears Sit In Hospital Beside Her Aged liusDana. t j.,v.ni room In Good Samarl- iu TI...U.1 mrlr this morning. Mrs. Marvin Ball, of Oswego, sat by her husband's cot waiting lor a nan cen tury of married life to be ended by his death. Marvin Ball, Oregon pioneer, aged si. was brought to the hospital yesterday from his Oswego home, wnere, on ...ju. v.- .,rrered an accident which. the physicians say, will cause death in a few hours more. t'. fohi. old man fell. breaKing his right leg and causing hip trouble. Every little while one of the night nurses stopped at the door to look In at the pathetic picture. But there was nothing further to do ror mamn can. ALBEE PLANS CELEBRATION Mayor to Take Holiday After 5 P. M. on Forty-Sixth Anniversary. Mjitot Albee will confine the cele bration of bis 46 th anniversary today to the usual routine of the office. This celebration will start at 7 A. 11 nri end at S P. M. tinrlnr the dav he expects to pass on 8 variety of city ordinances, aireci the oneratlons of several city aepari- ments, consider questions of impor tance with city officials, answer sev eral hundred telephone calls, dictate mwari to a score or two or letters. receive and talk to about 60 taxpayers with as many kinds of complaints ana iv after the routine work of the of fice. After this he will have nothing to do until the next morning. GIRL CUTS LIVING COST Student Now Aspires to Beat Kecord of 80 Cents a Week. ITHACA, N. T Sept. 7. (Special.) ui.. Clara T.oewls. of Towanda, Fa., who lived 10 weeks on 10 last Spring while a student in tne unaca wo""" r.r tiiir. has sent word to the faculty that she would be back here this Fall and proposed to continue ner way of living. Tn f.pt the. vouns vomaB Is han w.rincr after a new record and says she will endeavor to cut the 60 cents a week margin by a few cents. cai . i-..n .re nntrlm that Miss Loewis doesn't start a "cuttlng-the-cost-of- livlng" fad among other stuoents xnis Fall. JEROME IN COURT TODAY Date of Thaw's Removal to Montreal Not Vet Announced. COATICOOK. Que.. Sept. 7. Unless a hltrh oceura. William Travers Jerome. especially retained by New Tork State to secure the return of Harry K. Thaw to Matteawan, will appear before Dis trict Magistrate Mulvena here tomor row afternoon to answer to a charge of gambling. No word has come to Coaticook to night from the Department of the In terior at Ottawa as to when Harry K. Thaw will be taken to Montreal for his hearing September 15 before the King's bench on the writ of habeas corpus ob tained by hla counsel. CIVIL SERVICE IS STRETCHED TO SUIT Republicans Fated to Lose Offices. BURLESON POLICY AT WORK Democrats Favored Whenever He Gets Inside Limit. HIGH RATING NOT COUNTED Letter of law Not Violated, but Spirit Is Much Neglected, Since Burleson Started Out to Get Party Spoils. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Sept. 7. The sacred principles of civil service are being stretched somewhat by the Postofflce Depart ment in filllna- vacancies in fourth class postofflces, and If the present rule is followed when the department enters on the wholesale examination of all fourth-class postmasters now In office, few Republicans will be left on the pay-roll when the examinations are concluded. Whenever a vacancy occurs In a fourth class office, the department. through some of Its Inspectors, orders an examination open to all applicants. When the examination Is concluded, tne papers are rated and the three highest records are Bent to the postmaster-Gen eral, and from among ine mrce ap Dllcants making the highest record he selects the new postmaster. Democrats Always Preferred. The Postofflce Department is not following strictly tne civil service prin ciple in making Its selections, in that It does not appoint, necessarily, the candidate with the highest rating, p.th.r it examines into the capers of all applicants, and if possible finds a Democrat, and the Democrat gets tne appointment, whether he passed first, second or third.. If there be oile. Dem ocrat and two Republicans who pass a certain examination, and the Repub licans have made a rating in the ex amination above that made by the Dem ocrat, the Democrat get the appoint ment, provided his rating Is above 70. the passing point. His competitors may have made a rating of 90 or higher that makes no difference. This line of action is not a violation of the civil servle law, for under that law whenever a vacancy Is to be filled, the civil service commission certifies three names from the eligible list, and the appointing power makes Its own selection, but usually takes the person with the highest rating. That is true (Concluded on Page Z) ANY T PRICE FIVE CENTS. rfT?TT, AXT). OREGON. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1913. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tbe Weather. TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature, 79 oegrees; miuiiimm. v " TODAY'S Probably showers and cooler; southerly winds. Foreign. Japanese crowds demand war with China. Page 1. National. Huerta moving to prevent plots among his generals. Page 1. Burleson using clvl! service law to rid de partment ot Republicans. Page 1. Congress leaders ready with ambitious pro gramme.' Page a. Panama canal will be ready for small craft by October 10. Page 2. Domestic Antl-surtraglsts predict trouble when Mrs. Pankhurst comes. Page 2. Mercury goes to 100 In Chicago; vast area parched. Page 1. Huge Canadian Spring wheat crop over shadows market. Page 2. Mr. Cousins says good Investments are more than ever In demand. Page 2. Cloudburst wipes out S4O.000 ranch. Page 1. Transport Bnford sails for Mexico to bring home refugees. Page 3. Sports. Pacific Coaat League results: Portland 0-2. Oakland 2-0; Venice 2-2. San Francisco O-O; Sacramento 5-4, Los Angeles Page 8. Northwestern League results: Seattle S-s, Purtland 1-2; Vancouver 0-2. Tacoma 2-0, Victoria 6-2. Spokane 14-1. Page 8. Multnomah football squad begins practice. Naps and Phillies not yet out of Major League races, rage Western Tri-State League ends with Boise as pennant winner. Page v. Pacific Northwest. Girl's lips tempt bishop at Walla Walla . lac :i In Nampa, Idaho, dream of late Colonal Uewey s is reauicu. run Btork visits nine Chehalls postofflce em Milwaukle Tavern license embarrasses city oltlclals. i-age a. Clarke County Fair opens today. Page 10. Goldendale to entertain Development As- Supreme court decision sought in Walla W alia recall xignu jrase Portland and Vicinity. Portland Turn Vereln lays corner-stone of siuu.wu noma. r.s, x. Traveling educators scatter knowledge. Page 14. Von Klein. In Jail, writes drama dealing i . . v.1- .ll.lit Pari 14. Youngsters practice for production of 'The Mikado." Page S. San Diego youth checked in mad career of spending money. Page 14. Trophies for eugenics exhibit at Salem Fair shipped from New York. Page 10. Mrs. Margaret Renee Sbarron becomes Budget-making next problem for City Com- Estimate made ot advantage fo farmer in opening ot canal. Page 11. News of Portland Churches. Page 5. Weather report,- data and forecast. Page 11. Kev D. H Trimble discusses origin of styles and scores X-ray dress. Pago 5. Education rather than legislation to be weapon of Social Hygiene Society. Page o. Andy Weinberger arrested for conducting char! ty lottery at picnic Pagp 4. Life crew saves fishers Colombia River Boat In Distress All If ight Off Coos Bay. MA.RSHFIELD, Or., Sept 7. (Spe cial.) A Columbia River boat, manned by fishermen, narrowly escaped de struction while crossing into Coos Bay last night. . Three boats came down the Coast, and In crossing In the engines of one stopped. The other two came In and quickly summoned the lifesavingr crew to the scene. The lifesavera reached the boat, which was being: carried in dangerously near the breakers by an ebb tide. The llfesavlng crew had to remain out most of the night, but brought the disabled craft In safely this morning. Two of the fishermen were Stiver brothers from Astoria. Or. ROAD LEADS THEE.Z3 THIS WEEK. HtYKI0 : MS TMS THE i JAPANESE "INSIST I' Recent Incidents In flame People. FOREIGN POLICY DENOUNCED Determined Crowd in Tokio Marches on Foreign Office. POLICE ARE KEPT BACK Government Profits by Riots Fol' lowing Peace With Russia Agi tators Declare Voice of People Is Speakinff. LONDON, Sept. 7. A Tokio dispatch h- Mail says: "The goTernnesi announces that It la formulating terms for presentation to China regarding tne Nanking murders and Insults offered to two Japanese military officers." TOKIO. Sept. 7. The assassination of Mortiario Abe. director of the political bureau of the Japanese Foreign Office, has Inflamed the masses, and a dra matic chapter In the history of the new Japan was written today. Fifteen thousand persons gathered in mass meeting In Hibiya Park, calling mill to rv ant inn fi.sra.inst China. A mo 1nri tv of these marched to the for eign office and clamored for admission. They demanded the dispatch of troops tn China, to take such measures as were necessary to obtain satisfaction for the killing of Japanese at Nanking, or failing this, the resignation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baron No buaki Makino. Nation's Diplomacy Denounced. The speakers denounced the empti ness of Japanese diplomacy in connec tion with California and China and in sisted that the insult to the Japanese flag at Nanking should be wiped out. The manifestation clearly was an ex plosion of popular resentment against the ministry and Its treatment of the California and Chinese questions. Profiting by the lessons of the riots which followed the conclusion of peace between Russia and Japan, the govern ment reduced tho risk of violence to-, day by refusing to allow a single soldier or policeman at the scene. The manifestants, many of whom were stu dents, were orderly the early part of the proceedings. A score of agitators, including a girl, decried Japanese diplo macy and declared that it never had contributed to the upbuilding of the empire and had always ended In failure. The incidents In China were unbearable Suddenly the cry to march on the foreign office was raised and there was a general stampede, many persons (Concluded on Page 4.) OiJ WAR WITH CHINA POSTOFFICE FORCE FAVORED BY STORK NIXE SMAMi PARCELS LEFT FOR CHEHALIS EMPLOYES. Only Two of Married Clerks Are Missed by Bird When He Makes His Rounds. CHEHAXJS. Wash., Sept. 7. (Spe cial.) The birth statistics among families of employes of the Chehalls Postofflce affords a record within the past few months that challenges com parison with any other institution in Southwest Washington. Of 11 post nrrino cmnlnvp.i who are married, the stork has left a small package at the home of nine within a comparatively shnrt norlvrl nf tltTlfi 19 follOWS! Clara Isabel DeLeau. at the home of Clerk Joseph DeLeau, October 14, 19li; Lela Doris Jubb at the home of Rural Carrier W. P. Jubb, June 10, 1912; Orvel Thni, Batt at the home of City Casrler L. O. Bassett, November 17, 1912; Clarence Conn at the home oi cnr.i farrier K B. Conn. February 21, 1912; Maurice Jensen at the home of Assistant Postmaster J. M. Jensen, ue nmhr 11. 1912: Katherine Verona Bliss at the home of City Carrier Jesse V. Bliss, July 12, 1913; Wayne Ij. tteoer t ti, hnm of Substitute Clerk William L. Reber, August 23, 1913; Helen Sylvia Bush at the home of postmaiser Jjan W. Bush. August 28, 1913, ana a son whose name has not yet been chosen at the home of Rur. 1 carrier rtojie tv. Francisco, September 6, 1913. Th rhfihalia Postofflce force antici- n.t mnkinir a strong showing with its entries at the proposed baby show that may be staged at the iai aoum- west Washington fair. vives y tutq succumbs Cardinal, Friend of Pope, Does Not Recover From Operation. T?rwrF! Rpnt. 7. Cardinal Joseph Calasanotius Vives y Tuto, prefect of th conereeatton for Teiigious aiiairs. died today. Recently he had. uno-trgone in nnra.tion tor anoendlcltls. Cardinal Vives y Tuto was Dorn at San Andrea de Llevaneras, diocese ot Barcelona, in 1854. Early in the Sum mer it was reported that he had be come insane, but later physicians diag nosed his cate as neurasthenia and he retired to a monastery. The Ca-dinnl acquired a prominent position at the Vatican after the elec tion of Pope Piux X. and had even ben considered as a probable candi date for the succession. The Pope waa deeply, affected when told of tl.e Cardinal's death and ex claimed: "I have lost one of my best friends, the church one of its greatest supports." WILSON TO HEAR FIREMEN Portland Department Band to Play at White House and Capitol. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Sept 7. The Portland Fire De partment Band arrived in Washington tonight, and tomorrow, under arrange ments made by Senators Chamberlain and Lane, will give brief concerts at the Capitoi and White House. The band will play for the Senate at 9:45, shortly before the session opens, .and will play for the President- at the White House at 2 P. M. The band will call on Secretary of the Navy Daniels by Invitation, and will pass the remainder of tomorrow sightseeing. They leave tomorrow night for Pittsburg, where they will be guests at a banquet. WALNUT CROP IS LARGE California Yield Figured at 13,000 or More Tons, Worth $4,000,000. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7. (Special.) Thfl lareest yield known In recent years four million pounds more than the average crop, almost two thousand tons greater than last year Is the sea son's output of walnuts In Southern California, now estimated at from 13,000 to 13,500 tons. While the price for the year's crop has not been fixed, at the prevailing quotation for last season s walnuts tnio will give a return of $4,000,000. The Increase In the value of the yield over last year will be approximately J600, 000. - STATES RIGHTS MADE CLUB Suffragists Threaten to Support Fed eral Act if South Is Remiss. NEW ORLEANS, Sept- 7. States' rights sentiment in the South is to be employed as a weapon by woman suf ragists In their fight for the ballot. Accompanying a call for a general conference of suffragists from South ern States to meet in New Orleans Noyember 10-11, there has been made public a letter addressed to the Gov ernors of every state from Virginia to Texas containing a threat to support a suffrage amendment to the Federal Constitution if the individual states refused to grant women the ballot. W. F. HAVEMEYER IS DEAD Organizer of Big Sugar Company Victim of Heart Disease. NEW TORK. Sept. 7. William F. Havemeyer. one of the organizers of the American Sugar Refining Company, that absorbed the business of the Havemeyer brotners' refineries, found ed by his father, who once was Mayor of New York, died suddenly today at the home of his son-in-law, William R. Wilcox, former chairman of the New York Public Utilities Commission. He was 63 years old. Heart disease was the causa. CHICAGO PARCHED HERCUHY IS AT 100 Summer Is Hottest in Seventeen Years. GRASS IN PARKS TAKES FIRE Pastures Thoughout Middle West Brown and Bare. SUICIDES ON INCREASE Three and Seven Attempts in Evans vllle Attributed to Weather. Whiskers Go Way of Corn Crop in Kansas. CHICAGO, Sept. 7. (Special.) Not satisfied with having Inflicted on Chi cago the hottest Summer in 17 years, the weather took an additional fling to day, when the official temperature up in the observation tower, where lake breezes blew, was 92, put down in the streets and the suburbs it was 100, ac companied by hot winds. Fortunately few were compelled to exert them selves. Record crowds were at all the lake beaches. Late in the day the wind shifted, bringing in a cold breeze that chased thousands out of water and oft the sands, but the relief did not extend beyond the few blocks from the lake. Indications are for rain during the inlght or tomorrow, ine cny is v0-'" I and withering. All vegetation is as dry as it ordinarily would he in uctooer. The streets have not been sprinkled since August 29 and a neavy pan ui fine dust weighs on everything. In the suburbs today, It was noticed that grass In the parks, ignited by cigarette stubs, was burning fiercely. Typhoid Epidemics Menace. Dispatches from adjacent cities and towns say drought conditions are serious and unless heavy rains come soon, epidemics of typhoid are feared from failing and impure V-ater sup plies. Live stock is being fed practically full Winter supplies as the pastures are brown and bare. Evansvllle, Ind., has a suicide epi demic on its hands. In the past six days there have been three suicides and seven attempts at suicide. The three who ended their lives swallowed carbolic acid. The seventh person who attempted to end her life was Mrs. Ellen Lauderdale, 40 years old, who took an ounce of carbolic acid today. She probably will die. All were affected by the intense heat that has prevailed in this section dur ing the last week. Kansas Whiskers I)lnnear. Cartoonists who have extracted much joy and added to the gayety of nations by picturing the average Kansas man with his face in ambush behind a weird growth of whiskers, must revise their notions. It Is all due to the record-breaking sIps-o of heat For manv years Kansas has been assoc!-d with whiskers, but a bearded man Is now a curiosity. When the hot winds rolled in from the south and curled up the corn on a thousand hills and dried up the streams and wells and turned the pastures brown and sere, they also laid a heavy weight on the Kansan toting around a bushel or so of whiskers. The inhabitants could leave off most of their clothes, and It finally occurred to a few reckless leaders to shear off the whiskers. The example w r-.ick-ly followed and became epidemic. A lot of men who had worn heavy beards since early manhood had to In troduce themselves when they went home. Many of the wives had never seen their husbands without whiskers, and thousands of children, now grown to maturity, had never seen their fath ers with shaved faces. COOLER WEATHER PROSPECT Rains in Northwest Early in Week Are Predicted. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Cooler weather the coming week is promised to the central part of the country by the Weather Bureau, but even higher temperatures are Indicated for the Northwest. In the Northwest It will be warmer Monday and by the middle . nuii temrieraturca will be ris ing generally over tbe central and western portions of the country, fal lowed by a fall over the Northwest toward the end of the week. a m.rind disturbance over Southern Alaska will extend eastward and southeastward, causing rains early in over the Pacific Northwest and about the middle of the week over the Northwestern States east of the Rocky Mountains. MOTHER AND SON GUILTY 'Second Degree Verdict Found foi Murder of Bride. LOS LUNAS. N. M., Sept. 7 A jury .,rr.aH n. vprdlct this morning finding Mrs. Leonides DeGriego and her son. Toribio Grlego, guilty of murder(in tne second degree. Mother and son were tried for the murder of Mrs. Gertrude S. Grlego, the 17-vMr-nld wife of tfio latter, who was choken to death in a family quarrel. The murdered woman was a bride of few weeks. The maximum penalty for tho crime is life imprisonment.