Morning Oregonian., October 23, 1913, Page 5, Image 5

THE MORNING OREGONIAN. THUKSDAr. OCTOBER M'd, 1U13.
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FELIX DIAZ TURNED
BACK FROM MEXICO
Candidate to Have No Choice
When Huerta Orders War
ship for Exile.
PARTISANS ARE ARRESTED
Nephew of ex-President Makes
Speech Declaring He Will Con
tinue In Fight, but His
Friends Lose B'ope.
VERA CRUZ. Oct 22. General Felix
Diaa, in defiance of the contention of
the government that he proceed to
Tampico aboard the steamer Coronado
and to disembark, has decided to re
main at Vera. Cruz, at least tempo
rarily. He is unwilling to admit that
he is not free to come and go and talks
of a trip to the capital tomorrow or
Friday.
According to reports current here to
night he is likely to return to Havana
aboard a Mexican warship and, unless
the orders from the capital are altered,
no choice will be left him.
General Diaz was to have been noti
fied on the high seas of the govern
ment's wishes, but the captain of the
gunboat Saragoza, who put to sea in
the middle of the night, with Colonel
Vladaurrazaga, secretary to the Min
ister of War, to whom the mission had
been intrusted, lost his course. A new
captain for the Saragoza was named
today.
When the Corcovado arrived a Gov
ernment representative attempted to
induce General Diaz to continue his
voyage to Tampico. From the mo
ment of his landing at 11 o'clock today
he professed his Intention of contin
uing the political fight, even although
close followers have suggested that
this would be futile, in view of the
announcement that the Huerta-Blan-quet
ticket had been placed in the
field.
In a speech from the t-alcony of a
hotel to a few hundred workingmen
who gathered to greet him, despite
police orders against demonstrations,
General Diaz reiterated his purpose of
continuing the campaign, but at the
same time members of the committee
which had come here to welcome him
were convinced that he would not be
permitted to finish the Presidential
contest.
There was no disorder here today,
nut 12 arrests were made in connection
with his coming. Four of the prison
ers are army officers. They are held
in the barracks subject to Instructions
from Mexico City. The officers were
members of the commission named as
a special embassy to Japan of which
General Diaz some months ago was
the head. The officers were instructed
to remain at Havana, but allege that a
shortage of funds forced them to dis
obey the order. For this they were
arrested. Three of the prisoners are
Italians who are accused of plotting
the assassination of Diaz. The others
are partisans of Diaz, who are charged
with attempting to Influence the po
lice in favor of their leader.
The German cruiser Bertha holds
her position in the harbor near the
Corcovado. The action of her com
mander in landing two officers today
appears not to have created great in
terest and no protest has been made
by the authorities.
terized by State Attorney Webb as the
forerunner of other Indictments.
Those indicted today include Charles
S. Lambert. Mayor in 1911-12: N. t.
Gerold, ex-City Treasurer: W. R. Roden
berger and John G. Faulkner, ex-City
Controller; L. J. Griggsby, present chief
of detectives: Dr. Lemuel Short, ex
head Commissioner: Daniel G. Wuersch
ex-superintendent of streets; J. Ed-
minston, ex-asslstant superintendent;
John D. Young, ex-deputy Building
Commissioner, and ex-Aldermen Tieje.
Gavin, Hahn, Leckel, Malinee, Frlwer,
Spiesbach, Runtz, Roche, Rouge, Degen,
SDeer. Brown and Huschle.
Many of those indicted are charged
with conspiracy to defraud the city
of $100,000. The 14 ex-Aldermen are
charged with conspiracy to defraud the
city of $25,000. In addition, Gerold and
Rodenbereer are charged with em
bezzlement and Griggsby is charged
with burglary and larceny.
The $100,000 conspiracy charge. It Is
believed, refers to irregularities in the
health and street department. Claus
Tide, ex-chairman of the Council
claims committee, it is declared, re
ceived hundreds of dollars monthly on
statements that he had furnished sup
Dlies to thn contagious hospital. Some
of these bills were rendered, it is said,
when there were no patients in the
hosbital.
Other city officials also are alleged
to have been interested in contracts
with the city. t
The $25,000 conspiracy charge is be
lieved to cover an appropriation for a
trip by members of the Council to But
falo and other Eastern cities in Septem
ber, 1912, and appropriations for sal
aries illegally paid to Councilmen.
MISS HOBBS AT CAPITAL
WEST'S SECRETARY CONFERS
WITH SENATORS.
WASHINGTON KEEPS SILENCE
Xew Announcement of Policy Ex
pected After Election.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. State De
partment officials declined today to dis
cuss in any way the inquiries made by
Ambassador Page in London in respect
to Great Britain's attitude on Mexico.
It was evident that whatever is pass
ing between Great Britain and the
United States on the latest phase of the
Mexican situation, the utmost secrecy
is to be observed. At the White House
there was no information available and
Secretary Bryan, who spent the day at
home working on foreign matters, dis
played extereme reticence about the
subject.
Diplomats generally were of the
opinion that there would be further con
versations after October 26, when tne
Mexican elections are scheduled to take
place. A new expression of policy is
expected from the United States imme
diately after that date.
The dispatch of warships to Mexican
waters by France, Germany and Great
Britain brought forth no comment from
officials here. It is known that the
sending of warships is not regarded by
the United States as conflicting in any
way with the desire of this Government
for a free hand in dealing with the
Mexican problems.
LONDON, Oct. 22. The London news
papers are only Just awakening to the
possibility of an embroilment between
the United States and Great Britain
over the Mexican situation. Their
warnings heretofore have all emanated
from Washington and New York corre
spondents. The Pall Mali Gazette to
day says:
"There is evidently a grave misun
derstanding between this country and
the United States In regard to the Mexi
can crisis, which should speedily be
removed. There are elements of danger
in the situation, which may easilly
arouse strong feeling on both sides of
the Atlantic."
"It cannot be denied that President
Wilson had some grounds for complaint
against British policy in Mexico," says
the Globe. The newspaper considers
a grave mistake was made by the Brit
ish Foreign Office's hasty recognition
of Huerta, which was in such marked
contrast with Its dignified delay in rec
ognlzing King Peter of Servia.
State Land Matters Now Before De
partment Command Attention
of Oregon Woman.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Oct. 22. Miss Fern Hobbs, pri
vate secretary to Governor West, who
has come to Washington to adjust nu
merous Oregon land matters pending
before the Interior Department and
Forest Service, had preliminary con
ferences with Senators Chamberlain
and Lane today and tomorrow will dis
cuss with them the best method of
handling the various cases intrusted to
her by the Governor.
Miss Hobbs received assurances of
aid by both Senators. She expects to
have her work mapped out by tomor
row and then will begin a series of
conferences with Secretary Lane, Land
Commisisoner Talman, Forester Graves
and others having jurisdiction. These
conferences will be arranged by Sena
tor Chamberlain.
In addition to her work before the
Department, Miss Hobbs will undertake
to obtain action in the House on Sena
tor Chamberlain's bill, which passed
the Senate some time ago, providing for
the exchange of state school lands in
forest reserves for a solid area of for
est land, to be turned over to the state
for use as a state forest.
Miss Hobbs' mission to Washington
has created general interest.
DISHONESTY HELD
TO
NJUBE MINING
Convention Favors Imprison'
ment of Directors Who Are
Not True to Trust.
COAL LEASING ASSAILED
Colorado Senator Advocates Sal hy
Government, Which, Ho' Says,
Would Promote Development
of World's Supply.
UES' PROTESTS FEW
INTERPRETATION OF LAZX-HUS-BAND
LAW DAMPER.
Mrs. Huxtable Loses Snlt to Compel
County to Pay $1.50 Daily While
Spouse Is Jailed.
TACOMA. Wash., Oct 22. (Special.)
As the result of a recent ruling by
Superior Judge Clifford in a suit
brought against Pierce County by Mrs.
Charles Huxtable, there has been a
sudden cessation of arrests in Tacoma
under the new "lazy husband" law.
The popular impression seems to have
been that neglected wives could have
their husbands arrested under this law
and that the county was required to
find work for them at $1.60 a day or
pay the wages in the event of failure
to find work.
Huxtable, a cook, who tried to imir
der his wife one night several weeks
ago, was one of about six "lazy hus
bands" to get into the county jail
under the provisions of this law. The
county had no work for the "lazy hus
bands" and about six of them lan'
guished in Jail while the neglected
wives got no more than when they
were free and, in some cases, not as
much.
Mrs. Huxtable finally began suit
against the county, alleging it was re
quired to pay her for her husband's
time. The court decided against her.
holding that only when work was
available for the prisoner or could be
found somewhere by the Sheriff the
wages were to be taken by the county
and turned over to the wife. OS late
there have been no "lazy husband" ar
rests In Tacoma.
PHILADELPHIA, Oca. 22. A reso
lution offered today by Sidney Norman,
of Spokane; Wash., was adopted at
today's session of the American Mining
Congress in this city, which re
fers to the "dishonest operations of
the financially powerful" as a great
mence to the mining Industry.
Through his resolution the congress
went on record as favoring the passage
of state laws that will provide pro
tection to minority stockholders, by
making directors more definitely re
sponsible for their welfare and con
stituting infraction of such laws a
felony, punishable by Imprisonment.
The resolution pledges he congress
to support legislation necessary to put
such laws into effect and suggests
that the Department of Justice inves
tigate "scandals recently disclosed re
garding securities listed on the New
York Stock Exchange," to the end that
responsibility may be placed properly
and the offenders brought to justice.
Federal Control Attacked.
An attack on Federal control of coal
land: and water rights was made by
United States Senator . ..mfroth, of
Colorado, ex-Governor of that state,
in an address before the convention.
Senator Shafroth's address, which
was interrupted several times by ap
plause, was directed particularly
against Government ownership of
9,425.000 acres of coal lands in Col
orado, valued, he said, at from $500,-
000.000 to $1,000,000,000. The lands
thus held, he recalled, were exempt
from taxation for county, state or
school purposes.
The Senator assailed the policy of
Gifford Finchot, chief forester under
the Roosevelt administration, "who,"
he said, "would lease these coal lands.
which would bring a return to the
Federal government, but still would
not provide the state with any revenue,
though Colorado might protect them
and raise taxes from other sources for
such purposes."
Sole of Coal Lands Advised.
He urged the sale of these lands to
citizens or to corporations for $400 an
acre, but believed they would not be
worth so much. In this manner, said
the speaker, they would be developed
and would produce enough coal to last
the entire world 300 years. The ge
ological survey's estimate, he declared.
showed that Colorado contained more
than 371,000,000.000 tons of coal.
The Senator said he believed Pinchot
ao, honest man with right intentions.
but one not familiar with conditions.
"The water rights belong to the
state, which should have a right under
the law of eminent domain to use
them. The states should have a right
over all lands not used for Federal
purposes," he said.
ARMY TO VOTE FOR HUERTA
Civilians at Juarez Also Said to
Favor Dictator.
EL PASO, Tex., Oct. 22. President
Huerta will receive the vote of the en
tire military organization of Juarez for
re-election for the presidency of Mexico
at next Sunday's elections, miltary
commanders of the town said today.
The majority of the civilian voters of
the city, in addition, have openly an
nounced their intention of casting their
votes in favor of President Huerta to
keep him in the presidential chair.
The election of General Pasquale
Orozco as governor of the State of Chi
huahua is practically assured, as he is
the only candidate. He announced his
candidacy at Chihuahua a few days
ago.
23 ARE ACCUSED OF GRAFT
Ex-Offlclals or East St, Louis, 111.,
Indicted.
. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 22. Twenty-three
ex-officials of East St. Louis. I1L, on
charges growing out of an investiga
tion of alleged municipal irregularities,
were indicted today. This was charac-
BOWLERS JOIN LEAGUE
Fourteen Teams Enrolled In Com
mercial Organization.
Fourteen teams last night joined the
Commercial Bowling League at the or
ganization meeting called by the Port
land Bowling Association at the Ore
gon Alleys. It will be a Class B league,
with men able to smash pins at an
average of 160 or better.
The officials of the league Intend to
have 16 teams, so that the fives may
be placed in two divisions to make
the schedule possible. The winner in
each section will then play a series
for the championship of the league.
AH the teams will be entered in the
Northwestern Bowling Conference,
which takes place the latter part of
March.
Those which joined the organization
last night are: Dooley & Co., Colum
bus Club, Joe Gideon, Crane & Co.,
Vancouver Barracks, Brunswick-Balke-
Collender Co., A. J. Winters, Baker
Shoes, Rainier Beer, Germania Life In
surance Co., Jaeger Bros., Saratoga
Alleys, Multnomah Club and Boyce &
O'Neil.
This league will hold its sessions on
Monday nights.
Tom O'Donnell defeated Harvey Gil
roy two games last night on the Sara
toga Alleys and three on the Oregon
Alleys.
The Joe Gideon Whiskey team took
three straight from the C. H. Baker
Shoe Co. five on the Saratoga Alleys
last night.
Berthold, of the Gideon team, bowled
the high game of the night, making
262 in the second game and 224 in the
first, both scores being high above
competition. His average was one of
the best rolled this season, even better
than the average the Class A leaguers
have been making. His third game ran
176, making his average 220 and 2-3.
Peterson, of the same team, was next
high with 217.
A lighthouse on the south coast of
the Isle of Wight has been equipped
with a revolving light of 16,000,000
candlepower..
PREACHERS' RATES HIT
RAILROADS CONSIDER ASKING
FULL FARE OF MINISTERS.
General Move Is On to Abolish Re
ductions Long Granted
Men of the Cloth.
to
Shall preachers continue to travel oh
special rates?
This question now is receiving seri
ous consideration from the passenger
officials of nearly all railroads in the
country.
At the recent meeting of the Central
Passenger Association, which com
prises all roads operating east of Chi
cago, a special committee was appoint
ed to .report on the advisability of
abolishing the special fares that
preachers now receive.
The same agitation against conces
sions to preachers exists on the ilnei
west of Chicago. Most pasoengor of
ficials are in favor of abolishing them.
When the Interstate Commerce rules
prohibiting the issuance of passes went
Into effect six years ago an exception
was made in the cases of ministers of
the gospel, traveling secretaries of
railroad Y. M. C. A.'s and other agents
of so-called charitable institutions.
There is not much regularity or sim
ilarity among the railroads for issuing
this class of transportation. In view
of the decreasing revenues that some
railroads have been suffering in re
cent years, the demand to make preach
ers pay full fare is gaining in volume
and in strength.
FIELDS' TRIAL IS ON TODAY
Ex-County Clerk to Fight Technical
Shortage Charge.
The trial of Frank S. Fields, ex-
County Clerk of Multnomah County, on
a charge of larceny by embezzlement of
$18,051.96 of county funds will begin
in Judge Kavanaugh's court this
morning. Fields was indicted last
Spring, two months after his successor
had taken office.
It is charged that when he checked
the county funds over to John B.
Coffey, present County Clerk, the funds
were $18,051.96 short. John F. Logan
is counsel for Mr. Fields.
"The charge against Mr. Fields," sal
John F. Logan last night, "is not one
that involves his integrity or honesty,
but is purely technical, and the de
fense will be along technical lines."
HILLS PLAN CONFERENCE
President Young, of North Bank,
Going to See Steamships.
J. H. Young, president of the North
Bank and other Hill lines, wil leave
within a few days for St. Paul, Chi
cago and New York to consult with
Eastern officials of the Hill system on
plans for work in this territory in the
coming year.
It is understood that Mr. Young, to
gether with other Hill officials, will go
to Philadelphia, where they will view
the new steamers now being built at
the Cramps' shipbuilding yards for
PORTLAND, Oregon, October 22, 1913.
Inasmuch as the Gordon Investment Company, of this city, in a court proceeding
states, as published in the daily press, that I had made misrepresentations to its
officers to induce them to purchase the Henry Building, I submit the following facts in
relation thereto:
As a matter of fact, the property was sold through a broker, Mr. Edwin Hooker, in
the early part of February last to the Lawyers Title & Trust Company, at which time
I was in Los Angeles, and, at which date, the so-called Gordon Investment Co. was not
in existence. On February 15th, I received, while in Los Angeles, a telegram from
my stenographer, stating that there were two deposits by different purchasers in her
hands, and asking which should be ratified. I favored the sale made by Mr. Hooker to
the Lawyers Title & Trust Company. On returning to Portland, I found the follow
ing agreements, which not only speak for themselves, but show that the Lawyers Title
& Trust Company, by H. Gordon, President thereof, took or obtained $5000 of the $7500,
commission which I paid to Mr. Hooker out of the cash payments on the purchase
price.
February 28th, 1913.
MB. EDWIN HOOKER, City.
Dear Sir: Subject to arrangement of details and terms we agree to purchase the property at 4th
and Oak Streets, this city, known as the Henry Building, for a total consideration of four hundred
twenty-five thousand dollars ($425,000.00), with the understanding that out of the $7500 allowed you
by Mr. C. K Henry, we are to receive five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars.
Yours truly,
. LAWYERS TITLE & TRUST COMPANY. '
By (Signed) IL Gordon, President.
PORTLAND, Oregon, February 28, 1913.
LAWYERS TITLE & TRUST COMPANY, City.
Gentlemen: I hereby accept the above terms and I further agree to accept the sum of Twenty-fiva
Hundred Dollars ($2500.00) in full payment for all my services as agent or broker in consummating
the deal. I agree to accept Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($1250.00) in cash and a mortgage for
Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($1250.00) in accordance with our verbal agreement.
Yours truly,
' (Signed) EDWIN HOOKER.
3-31-1913.
Received payment in full as above.
(Signed) EDWIN HOOKER.
The sale was not ratified until March 6th, at which date I purchased and procured
the surrender from Mr. M. E. Thompson (a responsible lessee) of his lease on the corner
store in the Henry Building, wThich the Lawyers Title & Trust Co. demanded be pro
cured for them for its main office.
Mr. M. E. Thompson is well known and will verify the above.
After all of that, the sale was not fully concluded and deeds passed until the 19tH
day of April following, Mr. Gordon wanting to, and finally organizing a subsidiary or
holding company the Gordon Investment Co., with Herbert Gordon, President, and
Frederick Gronert, Secretary, the said Herbert Gordon being President and the said
Frederick Gronert being Secretary of the Lawyers Title & Trust Co. a ring within
a ring.
During all this time, they had the statements as prepared by Mr. A. N. Gambell,
the Superintendent of the Henry Building since its erection, having access to his books
and ample opportunity to verify all statements. More than that, Mr. Gordon himself
had been an occupant and tenant of the Henry Building for more than a year prior to
that date and was very familiar therewith.
At the time of the sale, Mr. Gordon stated that he had had the property appraised
by eight different persons, and shortly after the sale told me that he had been offered
$25,000 for his bargain. Now, after having collected seven months' rents, when it
comes time to pay the interest and to pay the payment called for on the principal,
they throw up their hands and shout, Misrepresentation! They fail and refuse to pay
the interest on either mortgage or the installment coming due on the principal, their
tactics corresponding to those of a former title and trust company in this city, with its
subsidiary companies, within themselves. I feel certain that had I not been able to
promptly meet the interest payments on the first mortgage, which they should have
paid, that by delays and litigation, they would have eventually wrested from me the
JTem-v Building in some such manner as the Marquam Building had been wrested
from the late Judge Marquam, by another title and trust company and its subsidiary
companies.
In disclaiming any misrepresentations on my part in this sale, I respectfully show
that I was absent from the state on February 15th, the date of the deposit, that theso
men were old-experienced business men and surely had ample time from February 15th
to the following April 19th, the time of closing the sale, to have ascertained every item
in connection with the purchase, and also to show that I accepted a very small cash
payment, giving long time payments for the remainder without accepting other or addi
tional security than the property itself, and relying on fair and manly dealing, which I
am satisfied that the United States Court will now enforce. I am, respectfully,
service between Portland, Astoria and
San Francisco. The boats are to have
a speed of approximately 23 knots an
hour. They will carry freight and
nassengers. Passengers, however, will
be handled between Portland and As
toria by fast train service. In this way
It is aimed to beat the time of the
Southern Pacific's Shasta Limited be
tween Fortland and San Francisco.
The vessels. It la reported, will be
finished early in the new year and
brought to the Pacific Coast through
the Panama Canal in July.
In connection with this steamship
service it i3 reported that the Hill peo
ple intend electrifying the rail line be
tween Portland and Astoria, but Mr.
Young says this project is too expen
sive to make it feasible.
LECTURES ARE SCHEDULED
President Foster, of Reed College, to
Tour Washington, Idaho.
W. T. Foster, president of Reed Col
lege, left last night for a lecture tour
of Eastern Washington and Idaho. He
will speak at the University of Idaho on
"Education for Leadership," "The Pro
fessional Spirit," "Robert Louis Steven
son" and "Tne ADsuraiues or umgiisn
Spelling." He Is to give six lectures
at the Spokane County Institute and
one address at the Cheney Normal
School. On Thursday evening he will
address the Spokane Club.
On the two days following he will
speak at the Washington State Teach
ers' Convention, at Spokane, on "Peda
gogy of Sex Hygiene" and "TIie Use
of Mental and Social Measurements in
School Administration."
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