VOL. lylll NO. 16,503.
PORTLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
V
MORE AGGRESSIVE
ACTION CONSIDERED
Washington Sees Peril
in Mexican Affairs.
THREE COURSES ARE OPEN
Constructive Solution to
Sought First of All.
Be
HUERTA IS OUT OF BOUNDS
Calling by Spanish Minister of Meet
ing of Diplomatic Corps Taken
as Indication of For
eign Agreement.
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 15. The dlplo
. matle representatives of Great Britain,
Prance, Spain, Cnba, Guatemala and
Norway, at a conference tonight, de
cided to recommend that their respec
tive governments send warships to
Mexico for the pnrpose of affording? le
gation guards should trouble arise. It
xrnn said tonight the diplomatic rep
resentatives had recommended n tem
perate attitude In the matter of M
Ico's reply to Washington.
WASHINGTON, Oct. IB. Admlnls
tratfon officials up to the hour of clos
Ing the Government departments today
were without advices as to the result
of a reported conference in Mexid
t-iiy or too entire diplomatic corps,
called by the Spanish Minister. Th
development in the situation, follow
Ins; close on President Wil60ns shar
note declaring that the United States
was shocked at the "lawlessness" of
General Huerta in assuming a dicta
torshlp over Mexico, was taken to mean
here that foreign governments might
bring pressure to bear in an effort to
compose the situation.
General Huerta's decree taking to
himself legislative, as well as execu
tlve powers, has swept aside all hope
here that the Huerta regime would re
establish constitutional government or
be able to cope with the increasingly
vigorous fighting of the constitution
allsts.
Aggressive Coarse Considered.
Both President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan are turning over in their minds
the possibility of a more aggressive
course of action by the United States,
Three methods of dealing with the sit'
uatlon are being suggested as open to
the Washington Government:
First. There is the ever-recurrent
suggestion in official circles of a mill
tary and naval demonstration which
would serve as a precautionary move
in case a forcible policy later is re
quired. For the present, however, the
President and his advisers are concen
'.rating on a constructive solution by
the use of peaceful measures.
Huerta's Elimination Desired.
Second. Many officials think a series
of strong demands made upon the au
thorlties at Mexico City to force the
Immediate elimination of General
Huerta would complete the record of
the United States in attempting to as
slst, "as the nearest neighbor," in an
effort to solve the problem. It is held
by some officials that should such de
mands be ignored, the American Gov
ernment would be Justified in throw
ing its support to the constitutionalists
in the north.
Third The United States could for
mally announce its absolute termina
tion of relations with the Huerta offi
clals, leaving it to the influence of
both the constitutional movement and
liberal element in Mexico City to se
cure the elimination of Huerta and the
establishment of a provisional govern
ment with which the constitutionalists
would negotiate for peace and hold
free election in compliance with Mexi
can law.
Bryan Leaves Washington.
Secretary Bryan left nere today for
Waterloo, la... and before his depart
ure told his callers he did not expect
the American Government to take any
further steps for a few days at least.
The dispatch of an additional Ger
man warship to Mexican waters did
not bring forth any comment, as the
Washington Administration looks on
such action, as well as on the confer
ence of the diplomats today in Mex
ico City, as the beginning of a series
of manifestations by the governments
of the world generally that may have
a sobering effect on Huerta.
. The arrest of General Maas, a rebel
officer, on civil warrant, while travel
ing through the United States to get
from Piedras Negras, Mexico, to Neuvo
Laredo, Mexico, excited attention
chiefly because the War Department's
permission was overriden. As the Gen
eral was released on bail, however, it
is believed the Huerta government will
noit make ary representations in the
matter.
GOLD LIKELY LEFT BY GALE
Miners Believe '.sand at Nome Will
Pay for Damage.
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 15. Miners
who have worked the beach sands of
. iome lor meir gold tnmic it likely
that the storm that half destroyed the
northern city drove ashore gold-bearing
sands that will more than pay for
the damage done. After each big storm
miners pan the new sand that has been
cast out.
The bottom of the sea In front ot
NonVe is rich in gold, but no method of
w or king it has been successful. ,
schooner Merced
wrecked on rocks
VESSEL GOES AGEOOD IX FOG
OFF CALIFORNIA COAST.
Passengers and Crew Reach. Shore
in Small Boats Wireless
Summons Help.
EUREKA, Cal., Oct. 15. A wireless
message received here late tonight
from the steam schooner Merced, bound
from San Francisco to Astoria and
Portland, with 25 passengers ana
cargo of cement, said that the vessel
had gone on the rocks off Point uoraa.
All the passengers and most of the
rrcw vnrB sent ashore in the small
boats.
In the foggy weather prevailing it
Is believed from the brief advices that
the boat ran out of her course.
The sea is calm tonight.
The Merced is a schooner of 960 tons
register and is commanded by Captain
A Anlnn1- She is owned by the
Charles R. McCormick Company, of San
Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16. (Special.)
Wireless messages to the Merchants
Exchange, in this city, said 80 persons
rohrl Rhnre from the wreck at 1
o'clock this morning.
The operator aboard the Merced said
the vessel probably would be a total
loss. Part of the crew remamea py
the wreck. Point Gorda is 185 miles
north of San Francisco.
The latest wireless report says the
schooner is going to the bottom and
other ships have gone to her aid.
291 EGGS LAID IN YEAR
Corvallis lien Wins World's Cham
pionship by Wide Margin.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallis, Oct 15. (Special.) The Ore
gon Agricultural College hen that
broke the world's egg-laying record a
week ago by laying 283 eggs finished
her full year today with 291 eggs to
her credit. She is still in excellent
condition and shows no signs of end
ing her wonderful performance.
The Oregon hen. was not pampered
or petted during the time she was
making her record. She was fed and
housed in a way that would be en
tirely practlctable in commercial poul
try raising.
The champion was only 5 months
old when she commenced her record
performance. Her dam was a cross
bred Barred Plymouth Rock and White
Leghorn and her sire was a son of
her dam and a White Leghorn.
COURT SEES TANGO DANCE
Accused Teacher and One of Pupils
Demonstrate Before Judge.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 15. As part of
Asa Anderson's injunction Buit to re
strain the city from barring the
'tango" at his dancing school, Ander
son and a young wommi
tango" exhibition in a hall beneath
Judge Vlckery's courtroom late today.
Anderson's suit is directed against
City Dance Hall Inspector Meyers.
With music furnished by a grapna-
phone, Anderson and one or tne young
nils danced "the only real
ijnirn" according to Anderson's de
scrlptlon.
Judge Vickery will announce tomor
row his Judicial opinion on the ques
tion of "tango" dancing here. He gave
It a nod of approval today.
LOGS RESCUE 4000 SHEEP
Unlaue Method Used by Eastern
Washington Rancher Saves Flock.
POMEROY. Wash., Oct. 15. (Spe
clal.) A unique but effective means
was employed by Charles Dodge to
break the blockade and rescue his flock
of 4000 sheep, which were caught in
the big storm in the Blue Mountain and
cut off from the ranges of the lower
altitudes by a stretch' of mountain
country 12 miles long, covered with
snow from one to 3 hi feet in depth.
With a force of 10 men and 15
horses Mr. Dodge dragged logs through
the forest, making two trips each way,
and scattered hay along the path thus
made, to toll the sheep out. Only one
sheep was lost as a result of the
storm.
REMIUM BID FOR BONDS
Wide Range in Tenders for Highway
Issue of Jackson County.
MEDFORD, Or., Oct. 15. (Special.)
Bids for Jackson County highway
bonds, the first road bonds ever offered
in Oregon, were received by the County
Court today. Eleven bidders were
present, either by representative or
letter, and the bids ranged all the way
from a discount of $22,000 for "attor
ney's fees" to a premium of 18.90 on
each $1000 bond. The best bidder was
syndicate represented by H. B. Wood,
f Minneapolis, comprising C. W. Near
& Co., Well. Roth & Co., R. M. Grant
Co. and Wells & Dickey Company,
f London. No action was taken by
the court, which probably will accept
this bid, however.
WEDDING WEEP IS FATAL
Child Cries Herself to Death as Sis
ter Becomes Bride.
CHICAGO, Oct, 15. Seized with a fit
of weeping at the marriage of her
older sister. Anna Owlak, 10 years old.
died a few hours later of physical ex
haustion. The child began to weep as the bride
walked down the aisle to the altar. She
was taken home, where she continued
to cry, despite the-efforts of a physi
cian. She died while the wedding
dance was in progress.
FESTIVAL TO FLASH
HISTORY OF OREGON
All Counties May Have
Part in Rose Fete.
ELECTRICAL PARADE BIS EVENT
Kaleidoscopic Portrayal of
Memorable Occurrences Aim.
SECOND WEEK IN JUNE SET
Coming of Fur Traders and Arrival
Here of First Steamer Passing
Through Panama Canal Will
Be Depicted in Blaze.
The 1914 Rose Festival will be held
the second week in June and its
crowning and concluding feature will
be an historical pageant depicting the
progress of Oregon from the earliest
pioneer times to the present.
This was decided and other definite
plans were adopted at a meeting of
the Rose Festival board of governors,
President C. C. Colt presiding, last
night.
The days of the week probably will
be Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
with perhaps a feature for Tuesday
afternoon something which, if it is
decided on, will, like other features ot
the next Festival, be absolutely new
and unique.
Daji Considered Best.
These days practically were selected,
after careful deliberation, as being the
very best days possible. It is calcu
lated that the merchants will be able
to make complete preparation for the
big event on Monday and Tuesday, and
that, with the Festival closing on Fri
day, out-of-town visitors will have Sat
urday to do their shopping.
Some protest was heard from the ho
tels that the Festival should not be
held the second week In June, because
the Masonic Grand Lodge of Oregon
meets In Portland that week.
But it was decided that this would
be an advantage, as many, who come
for the one event will be enabled to
see the other, which would be impos
sible If they had to make two trips
to the city.
Plana Fit Together.
The idea of having the Festival the
same week as the Masonic Grand Lodge
also fits in with the plan of Dr. T. L.
Perkins, chairman of the fraternal com
mittee of the board of governors, to
have all Portland lodges declare open
house for visiting members during the
Festival.
It was decided that the chief fea
ture of the Festival will be the elec-
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INDEX CF TODAY'S NEWS
FE STERDATS Maximum temperature, 52
degrees; minimum. 45 degree.
TODAY'S Unsettled, with probably occa
sional rain; winds mostly souinoriy.
Foreign.
Arthur of Connaught and Duchess of Fife
- married in royal chapel Page o.
Three militants sentenced for arson crimes
in Britain. Page ,4.
Hope of rescuing miners Is given up. Page 1,
Plot and counterplot appear In "ritual mur-
aer case, page 4.
National,
Administration desires to make majority
of Philippine Commission natives. Page 2.
Administration considers possibilities of
more aggressive antlon In Mexico. Page 1
Domestic
Final vote expected
Page 1.
In Sulxer
case today.
Jewish plea Is made by Episcopalians. Pas
Evelyn Thaw's son arrives in States. Page 2.
Volturno survivors reach New York. Page 8.
Steamer Merced goes ashore at Point Gorda;
passengers sent ashore. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest. .
Money passed in bribery charge declared
- loan by Raymond agent. Page 14.
Cities of Rogue River Valley meet at Med
ford and plan Ashland exhibit. Page 6.
Oregon and Washington synods meet at
- Vancouver. Page 5.
Co-operative selling aids Yakima Valley
growers. Page 6.
Sports.
Coast League results : Portland 5, Los Ange
las 3; Venice 1, Sacramento 7; San Fran
cisco 4, Oakland 3. Page 9.
Lincoln beats Jefferson High, 12 to 0.
Page 8.
Idaho U. to keep Right-end Johnson out of
game Friday, age 8.
Coach Hayward would use motion-pictures
to help young track and gridiron ath
letes. Page 8.
West eliminated In women's golf champlon-
snip, page y.
Motorboat Club dissolves. - Page 19.
Commercial and Marine.
Sugar Is lower at all points, with market
unsettled. Page 19.
Predictions of cheap wheat cause slump at
Chicago. Page 1.
Early gains In stocks wiped out by short
sales. Page 1.
Government accepts Oregon's $500,000 fund
to keep Jetty work going. Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
More than 8200,000 cut from park budget.
Page 13.
Plans for more play to be made by Recrea
tion League tonight. Page 18.
James C. La France Is found guilty. Page i.
Knights of Pythias win hold next year's
grand lodge In Portland. Page 6.
Chinese wedding brilliant affair. Fags 14.
New York girl Is much-feted guest in Port
land. Page 12.
Multnomah Chapter, Daughters of Ameri
can Revolution, meet; other women clubs
notes. Page 12.
Symphony fund now requires but $000.
Page 13.
Ewbank principles approved by railroad of
ficials after car Is tested. Page 14.
Clarence Sudor, Hill Military student, is
tarred and feathered. Page 14.
History of Oregon to be depicted in elec
trical blasb at Rose Festival. Page 1.
County Commissioner Holman strikes un
authorized items from claim sheets.
Page 4.
AUTOIST KILLED; TWO HURT
Racing Car Hits Disabled' Machine
and Injured Man 'May Die.
SEATTLE. Wash., Oct. 15. Henry 3.
Farr was killed and Alfred C. Hoglund
and Thomas G. Simmons probably were
fatally injured tonight, when their
auto; which had broken down near
Rlverton, eight miles south of Seattle,
was run into by a large racing car
driven by Lawrence Duke, said to be
a nephew of the tobacco manufacturer.
Duke was arrested by a Deputy Sher
iff and brought to the County Jail,
where he is held on a charge of reck
less driving pending an investigation
by the Coroner.
VERY CARELESS OF MEXICO JUST AT" THIS
t
CLOSING SCENE OF
SULZER TRIAL HEM
High Court Expected
to Vote Today.
INFORMAL BALLOT RUMORED
Only 32 of 57 Names Called
When Body Adjourns.
PROCEDURE IS DECIDED ON
Guilt or Innocence First Question to
Be Put Removal and Future
Disqualification Will Be
Separate Issues.
ALBANY", N. Y., Oct 15. It is prob
able that the fate of Governor Sulzer
will be known by tomorrow night.
When the high court of impeachment
adjourned tonight it was said that the
final vote probably would be taken at
an open session tomorrow. ah me
deliberations of the court were held in
secret.
There was an insistent rumor that
the case had progressed so far as to
have reached an informal vote on the
guilt or Innocence of the Governor on
the first article of impeachment. This
article charges the Governor with
falsifying his campaign statement. The
names of only 32 of the 57 members
of the court had been called when it
was decided to adjourn, it was an
nounced.
Members May Chancre Votes.
Each member, it was said, had an
opportunity to express his opinion on
the merits of the article and the same
procedure will be followed at the open
session tomorrow afternoon. .bach
member,. It was understood, will have
the privilege of changing his Informal
vote at the public sessslon tomorrow.
The question as to whether article
four of the impeachment charges
should be amended to include the tes
timony of Duncan W. Peck and Henry
L, "Morgenthau or whether the Assembly-should
be asked to bring an
additional article covering the offenses
alleged in this testimony was decided
today when the court voted to admit
the Feck testimony into the article as
It now stands. The decision was an
nounced at a brief public session in the
afternoon. It was rumored that the
decision waa reached by a vote of 41
to 18.
Charge Broadly Cons-trued.
According to the announcement made
by Presiding Judge Cullen the court
had decided that article four was broad
enough to permit consideration of the
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TIME.
HOPE OF RESCUING
MINERS GIVEN UP
FRESH FIRE IX WELSH COL
LIERY ENGAGES ATTENTION.
Number Still Missing Is 3G8 Many
Bodies Encountered, but Hopeful
Rumor Is Proved False.
CARDIFF, Wales, Oct. 15. All hope
of rescuing more of the miners en
tombed In the Universal colliery, where
an explosion occurred yesterday, has
been virtually abandoned. The report
that a party of 25 men had been found
alive in one of the galleries has proved
erroneous, but a large number of bodies
were encountered today. j
No official reports have been Issued,
and this has caused much comment.
Fire broke out anew today and still
is raging. There are no further signs
of life in the pit.
Up to"a late hour tonight 49 bodies
had been recovered, while 368 miners
were still missing. The shift which
went Into the mine yesterday num
bered 931.
The engineers have decided to de
vote their efforts to subduing the fire,
as they believe it useless to persist in
tho attempt at rescue.
BOY DROPS DEAD IN GAME
Tacoma Football Player Attacked by
Heart Failure.
TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 15. (Special.)
Phil Otis, aged 14, dropped dead of
heart disease in a practice game of
football on the Buckley field today.
Young Otis was playing against the
first team of the school.
In the midst of the play a long punt
sent the ball sailing 80 yards. Otis
dashed after the ball and just before
he overtook it another player picked
It up. The opposing player dropped the
ball and Otis seized It, running the
length of the field.
Just before he reached the goal line
he was heard tn cry out and dropped
suddenly to the ground. Upon exam
ination it was found that he was dead.
VETERANS VOICE PROTEST
Proposed Pedestrian Ordinance De-
nounced In Resolutions.
Resolutions condemning the proposed
ordinance regulating pedestrians on
the city streets were adopted recently
at a meeting of the Grand Army Pro
gresslve Club, 200 persons being prea
ent.
'We believe that the person on foot
has the same right to use the public
streets as the person driving an auto
mobile," declared the resolutions, which
designate the proposed measure as
"class legislation" and an attempt to
"provide clear and unobstructed streets
in the business section for the special
use and benefit of those driving auto
mobiles." FOOTPADS CAUSE REUNION
Story of Attack Brings Sister to Side
of Long-Lost Brother.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 15. An Item
In a 'San Franclrco newspaper telling
of an attack on William Barry by foot
pads resulted today In bringing to
gether a brother and sister who have
been separated since the San Francisco
fire of 1906. Mrs. Annie Anderson
believed her brother dead until she
read In a newspaper the account of
his serious Injuries.
A touching reunion followed, when
the sister saw her brother In a hospital.
He has a fractured skull, but probably
will recover.
WEDDING DATE IS SET
Miss Nancy Leishmann Will Marry
Duke of Croy October C8.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct 15. The
marriage of Miss Nancy Lelshmann,
daughter of the former American Am
bassador at Berlin, to the Duke of Croy
Is to take place on October 28. The
Catholic bishop will perform the re
ligious ceremony in the cathedral here
after the civil ceremony has been com
pleted. The wedding will be of the simplest
character. The mother and two daugh
ters of the Duke of Croy Intend to be
present.
LILIES COME FROM PEAKS
Thirty-Five Hundred Blooms From
Mountains Planted.
i
Thirty-five hundred of the prettiest
Mount Hood lilies obtainable from the
heights of Zigzag Mountain and other
mountains near Mount Hood now oc
cupy graceful beds in Peninsula Park.
Announcement was made yesterday by
Park Superintendent Mische that men
sent out to secure the lilies have re
turned and have planted the flowers.
The flowers are found only on the
tops of mountains covered with snow
and much work was necessary to get
them down.
BRIDE'S CHECK $2,000,000
Henry Clay Frick Hands Fortune to
New Dnughter-iu-Law.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 15. It was learned
today that Henry Clay Frick, Just af
ter the marriage of his son, Chllds
Frick, to Miss Frances S. Dixon, of
this city, yesterday handed the bride
an envelope containing a check in her
name for 32,000,000.
It is understood that young Frick
received securities valued at $1,200,000.
LA FRANCE IS FOUND
GUILTY OF FB
Judge Will Pass Sen
tence Saturday.
MYSTERY OF BOOY UNSOLVED
Life
Insurance Collected
"Planted" Corpse.
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ARRAIGNMENT IS SEVERE
Deputy District Attorney McGuire
Says Evidence Alone Wliliout
Repudiated Confession Is
Sufficient to Convict.
Less than three hours after the case
had been given to Its consideration the
jury found James C. La Franco guilty
of obtaining money by false pretenses
by "planting" a body on the banks of
the Clackamas River and later col
lecting $3000 from the Modern Wood
men of America, Two other policies,
totaling $12,000, were cashed by Mr.
La France, who was Indicted Jointly
with her husband. Judge Kavanaugh
will pass sentence Saturday morning
at 9:30 o'clock.
The verdict was returned last night
shortly after 8 o'clock. Arguments in
the case were concluded at 5 o'clock
and Judge Kavanaugh commenced im
mediately on his instructions, conclud
ing at 5:25, when he ordered the bail
iffs to take charge of the jury.
Mystery as to Body Unsolved.
La France, who had moved to Port
land less than a year previously, dis
appeared from his homo June 18. 1912.
A corpse, supposed to have been his,
was found on the banks of the Clack
amas June 30. About the body, which
was badly decomposed, were found
hunting and fishing licenses, letters
and receipts and a lunch basket, with
the Initials ''J. C. L.," indicating that
the body was that of La France.
The mystery as to the identity of the
corpse used by La France has not been
solved. The defendant was on the stand
In his own behalf for a few minutes
yesterday and gave no intimation as to
where he secured the body. In his
confession, made soon after his arrest,
he said he had obtained it from two
medical students, who, he charged, sug
gested the fraud to him, but subsequent i
Investigations made by the District At
torney's office have proved this feature
of the confession to be false. Several
other stories regarding the Identity of
the body were told by La France, but
each of these were found untrue.
LaFrance Is Indifferent.
LaFrance took the stand on his own
behalf when court convened, but the
sensational testimony expected was not
forthcoming. It was believed that If
the defendant topk the stand some pos
sible clue as to the Identity of the body
he used might be secured. Only one
question was asked him by his coun
sel. "Where were you June 30, 1912?"
"I was at work near Donald, Ore
gon," was LaFrance's answer.
Mr. McGuire did not attempt to se
cure any further admissions from him.
During the arguments which followed
the testimony given by Deputy District
Attorney Murphy, LaFrance sat un
moved, and apparently indifferent.
McGulrc'a Arraignment Severe.
The defense waa a technical one. la
his plea to the Jury, counsel for the
defense ridiculed the confession which
had been offered as having been made
by LaFrance and charged that the de
fendant had been subjected to severe
questioning by the prosecuting offi
cers. Deputy District Attorney McGuire
made the closing address for the prose
cution, confining his remarks closely
to the evidence Introduced, which he
said was sufficient to prove the state
case without the confession which the
defense had attacked. His arraignment
of the defendant for not telling frankly
and freely while on the stand why he
was at Donald during June, 1912, why
he later went to Coos County and why
during all this time he waa traveling
under the assumed name of A. J. Fer
rer, was severe.
"If LaFrance had not been guilty of
misrepresenting falsely that the body
found on the Clackamas Hiver, June 30,
1912, was his body, planted with the
intention of defrauding the life insur
ance companies out of $15,000, which
his wife later collected, he would not
later have used the name of A. i.
Ferger."
Plot Brewing Long.
Deputy District Attorney Jones
made the first argument to the Jury
after the state had rested. The plot to
defraud life Insurance companies or
money had been brewing in the mind
of the defendant, said Mr. Jones, for
more than three years, since before La
France left his former home in Cres-
well. Or., to come to Portland. Mr.
Jones reviewed his theory of the plot
until it was completed with the col
lection by Mrs. LaFrance of $14,900
from Insurance companies after the
supposed death of her husband.
Mr. Jones told the Jury that he did
not believe the corpse found on tho
banks of the river had been carried
there as a corpse, and then he turned
to the defendant and cried out: "That
corpse walked to the spot on the river
bank where it was found, and you,
James C. LaFrance, know it."
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