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Newspaper Page Text,-f VOL.. L.III. XO. 1G.510. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. V STERN MEASURES Hi MEXICO LIKELY Wilson Silent, Bryan Also Reticent. . EUROPE MAY GET WARNING Crisis Acute as Next Sunday's Elections Approach. PEACEMAKERS ARE GRAVE Administration Expected to Indicate Intention of Dealing: With Sit uation Without Help of Foreign Nations. VTrn.V CRUZ, Oct 23. General Felix DIas left hla residence at 10 o'clock to night, escorted by President Wilson's personal representative, John Lind, the American Consul, W. W. Canada, and hla secretary, tiro Americna residents and a few friends. It la believed that he Is on his way to the American con sulate to take refuare there. WASHINGTON. Oct. 23 An atmos phere of gravity and somber alienee enveloped the Mexican situation here tonight, not only with regard to the dissatisfaction of the United States at Great Britain's attitude, but as to the critical state of affairs in Mexico City as the election ' of October 26 draws near. There were no tangible developments. but an incident of the day which offl cial Washington interpreted ominously was President Wilsons' refusal to dls cuss Mexico, or any phases of the prob lem, when he met the Washington cor respondents in the usual semi-weekly conference. The President heretofore always had discussed informally and unofficially matters of International consequence, giving the general status of affairs. Today he asked to be ex .used. ..I- Crisis Thought Approaching. Secretary Bryan showed equal reti cence. The conclusion drawn generally was that a crisis was slowly approach ing; that the arrival of General Felix Diaz appeared to complicate Internal affairs in Mexico, and that stern meas ures by the Washington Government would not be surprising. For the first time in the talk of recess and adjournment of Congress the Mexican situation was injected as i reason for keeping the National Legis lature in session, and in Administration circles it was admitted that It was not the currency problem alone which made it advisable for members to stay in Washintgon. British Help Not Expected. It became apparent in well-informed quarters that Great Britain's failure to repudiate the action of Sir Lionel Car den, British Minister to Mexico, who pre - sented his credentials immediately after Huerta proclaimed his dictatorship, had caused Washington officials to feel that they no longer could depend upon the help of England in solving the Mexican problem, and henceforth the United .States would go forward single-handed. If necessary, in a firm and aggressive policy. Many officials believe the Wash ington Government will soon assert it self in a manner that will be tanta mount to a notice to Europe generally that interference in Mexico by foreign powers is not desired by this country. The attitude of some of the Admin istration officials, hitherto strong ad vocates of a policy of moral suasion, was decidedly pessimistic today. Situation la Embarrassing. Though officials do not discuss the British attitude in any way, persons close to the Administration say the pol icy of Great Britain has created an embarrassing situation here with an ever-Increasing tension. It is not like ly that Ambassador Page and the Brit ish Cabinet will discuss Mexico until after the election of October 26, as Sir Edward Grey was reported as intimat ing that he would not bind 'bis-gov eminent to any policy until after the elections. , " - - " There Is a, confident feeling in of ficial circles that whatever pronounce ment President Wilson will make after the elections will be an emphatic reit eration that the- United States will stand by Its policy of dealing only with governments founded on law and or der, and there Is a likelihood he will go a step further and assert an. Inten tion of seeing that constitutional gov ernment is maintained on this hemi sphere despite any foreign Influence. Cnrden's Advent Untimely. The Washington Administration con siders that the Huerta government was toppling; that natural resentment was being manifested throughout Mexico, after the arrest of the members of the Mexican Congress, when, at the critical moment, the presentation by Sir Lionel Carden of his credentials, unrepudiated by Great ' Britain, had the effect of morally supporting the Huerta regime. Secretary Bryan's only comment on the Mexican situation was to the effect that representations had been made, to persuade the federal authorities in Mexico to give the captured Maderos a fair trial. While General Felix Dial by no means is regarded with favor by the Administration here, it was apparent that American officials would look with displeasure on any harm to him or any other candidate in the coming elections. BOARD, 'FIRED,' SAYS "LET'S ARBITRATE" 'WE'LL RESIGN IP WRONG," SAY WATER C03IMISSIONERS. Oregon. City Judge" Will Hear Argu ments on Both Sides If City Council Agrees. OREGON CITY, Or., Oct 23. (Spe cial.) The City Board of Water Com missioners wants to arbitrate its troubles with the City Council before Judge Campbell, of Oregon City. At its meeting tonight the members decided to appear In a body before the Council at a SDecial meeting to be called tomorrow night, requesting the Council to Join with the water board in presenting the facts In the form of a friendly suit to be heard and settled lnstanter. Members of the water board declarej that should Judge Campbell decide against them and In favor of- the Coun cil they will resign in a body and thus save the Council from dismissing them from office. Just how this suggestion will ap peal to the Council is unknown, for from the stand of that body the Water Board has been dismissed already. When the Water Board declined to lay a main to the hydraulic elevator over the bluff and the Commissioners refused on the ground that the city water plant would be Jeopardized, the Council passed a resolution declaring the board non-existant until a new board could be elected. In the meantime the fire and water committee of the Council was Instruct ed to take possession of the plant to day, which It did, despite threats that the employes would resist this au thority. The committee notified the superin tendent, William Howell, that the Wa ter Board had been discharged and that the 'Council was in control. MAIL-ORDER BRIDE JILTS Linnton Han, Rejected In Pennsyl vania, Will Turn to Iowa. HAZ ELTON, Pa., Oct. 23. (Special.) John Kissell, proprietor of the Whit wood Court Hotel, Linnton, Or., came to McCadoo, Pa-, a prosperous village a few miles north of this city, with the intention of returning with a bride, but his dream of bliss Is shattered and his faith in womankind somewhat blunted. Kissell courted Edith Klsh, whose name he found when perusing a matrimonial bureau magazine, and after months of correspondence proposed marriage, to which the woman readily consented. Kissell sending on a diamond engage ment ring. After one glance at Kissell on his arrival Miss Klsh confessed to him he was not her ideal and returned the ring, refusing to have anything more to do with him. Kissell pleaded to- no avail. " Kissell said he had another affinity in Marion, la., whom he called his "Sec ond choice," and said he would not re. turn to Linnton without a bride. ALL ALIKE GUILTY OF WAR ATROCITIES INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Report Arraigns Bal kan Soldiers. CHILDREN GIVE TESTIMONY Bulgarians Worst Offenders, Others Bad Enough; SERVIANS RESIST INQUIRY COURTESY PROVES COSTLY Teamster Cranks Car for Stranger and Is Nearly Run Over. SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 23. (Special.) His willingness to accommodate a stranger nearly cost the life of W. W. Harvey, 42 years old, a teamster, about 11:30 o'clock this morning. He received a number of painful body bruises. The accident occurred, at, the corner, of Riverside avenue and Monroe street. Dr. S. P.' Seaberg. County Coroner, had "killed" his engine and tne accom modating teamster, whose wagon Btood near the curbing, stepped over to the physician's machine and cranked it. The clutch accidentally slipped into place and the automobile lurched for ward, knocking Harvey to the ground with great force. The pnysician stopped the car before it passed over the teamster's body. In Dr. Seaberg's automobile the In Jured man was taken to the emergency hnxnltaL trtven treatment and later taken to his home. r -r 11 CENTS GROWS TO $10,000 Idaho Homesteader Shows Remark- ahle Gain In 10 Years. CALDWELL. Idaho, Oct. 23. (Spe cial.) An unique competition has just come to a close here in connection with the recent Canyon County Fair. A local firm of hardware dealers of fered a valuable premium at the fair to the homesteader under the Govern ment project who could show the largest improvement on his filing from the smallest beginning. Out of a large number of contest ants, the race has narrowed to three. John Jansen, Clark L. Roberts and S. M. Burtt. . Mr. Janssen filed in 1903 with a to tal capital of 11 cents, one span of mules and a wagon. Today his place is conservatively valued at $10,000. The others show similar records. Curious Psychological Feature Is That Bulbars, .Who Were Merci ful to Turks, Were Hideous ly Cruel ' to Allies. PARIS, Oct. 23. Troops of all the warring Balkan states committed gross atrocities, according to the evidence gathered at the International Carnegie Commission In Its searching Inquiry Just ended. The conclusions of the Carnegie com mission are to be published in book form, with illustrations and facsimiles of a number of the documents on which the book is based. In view of the com mission's desire to present an abso lutely impartial account of its Investi gations, the text will not be. divided into sections written by individual members, but issued as a whole, for which all the members of the commis sion take responsibility. Horrible Revenge Depicted. One of the noteworthy tasks was the minute examination and verification by the commissioners of the famous packet of letters from Greek soldiers captured by the Bulgarians, containing horrible descriptions of how Greek sol diers "avenged themselves" on Bul garians who fell Into their hands. The commission believes that It has established the authenticity of these letters. Other documents testify that the Greeks occasionally made use of Forty Thousand Men on 90 Western the forbidden dumdum bullet and shew-f--. Roads to Be Affected. also the misdeeds of Bulgarians and other belligerents. The Inquiry did ndt extend to the rRoumanlans. V The commlsslon'sxathered matter' from every available source. After having visited the officials the commission went to the scenes of alleged atroci ties and Interrogated at length every class of witness, from soldiers who took part in the battles to women and children who were spectators and vic tims of the horrors. Some of the most important evidence taken by the com missioners came from children. Bulgarians Worst, Others Bad. While it was found that the Bulgar- ( Concluded on Page 2.) The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 63 degrees: minimum. 4ft degrees. TODAY'S Increasing cloudiness followed by rain; winds smiting to soutneny. Foreign. Carnegie commission finds all Balkan fac. tiona guilty of atrocities. Page 1. Huerta says complete democracy is lmpos sible In Mexico. Fags 4. Rational. Wilson inues Thanksgiving proclamation. rage x. Rival to Administration currency plan launched formally. Page 1. Mexican developments regarded as ominous. rage 1. Continuous Congress session will cut off mileage allowance. Page 1. BUI gives relief to seamen. Page 2. Domestic. Rec field pleads for vocational guidance. age o. Death list In New Mexico colliery probabl zoi. f age 1. Mrs. Eaton's counsel pictures Admiral as arug naDitue and drunkard. rage o. Sports. Coast League scores: Portland 8, Sacramento 24; Venice 8, Ban Francisco 6; Oakland B. A.OS Angelas B. page v. - Multnomah team will outweigh Pullman here tomorrow. Page 8. University of Washington kowtows to O. A. C and will play game. Page 8. . Williams Ignores California threat. Page Pacific Northwest. Labor rioters draw prison sentences at Van couver, B. C. . Page a. Von Klein loses case appealed to Supreme Court. Page O. Supreme Court bench popular from candi dates' standpoint. Page 7. Another new champion ege-laying hen like ly ac uregen Agricultural college. Page 1. Julius Kruttschnltt Invites criticism of Southern Pacific patrons. Page 7. Hearing of Bell telephone unmerglng suit resumed in Seattle. Page 4. Seattle burns buildings Infested with plague rats, page 0. Union officers convicted as rioters sent to Jail lr. Canada. Page 6. Grants Pass votes $200,000 bond issue for uresccnt city line, vaga 8. Oregon City Water Board, "fired," would argue in court, page 1. Commercial and Marine. Farmers In Northwest holding their wheat. page la. Short covering advances wheat at Chicago. rage iv. Effort of bears to break stock market only temporarily successful. Page 19. Numerous ships are chartered. Page 18. Portland and Vicinity. . School survey notes good and bad points of Portland school teachers and' principals. Page 14.. Five thousand children will be Symphony Orchestra's guests October 81. Page 12. Portland society folk to dance and sing for cnarity next montn, page 12. Two candidates aspire to be president of Oregon congress o Motners. page is. Jonathan Bourne speaks on Portland harbor. Page 14. Alnsworth school children enjoy visit to luseuin of Art. Page 14. Streetcar company pleads low returns In re . duced fare hearing. Page 14. . , ENGINEMEN DEMAND RISE lootnotlv .engineers aijoj: firemen -employed by the 90 railroads running west of Chicago have notified officials of the lines that they will terminate their present, labor agreements November 10 and demand a wage increase aggregat ing 50,000,000 a year, according to statements in railroad offices here today. , The railroads in turn notified Warren S. Stone, chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and W. S. Carter, chief of the Firemen, that they would welcome a readjustment of wage sched ules. VALTO CURRENCY S GHEME PROPOSED Idea of Single Bank Finds Favor. FEDERAL CONTROL RETAINED Banks Not Compelled to Fur nish Part of Funds. TRUE BANK NOTES ISSUED Vanderlip Explains Plan, Which Brlstow, Reed, O'Gorman and Hitchcock Say They Favor ; Its Main Principles. WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. A Govern ment-controlled and operated central bank to dominate the financial system of the country entered the legislative arena today as a rival of the Adminis tration regional reserve currency plan. Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the National City Bank of New York, ex plained the plan to the Senate bankln and currency committee. He had evolved the new scheme as a result of conferences with members of the com mlttee, who, he said, had expressed ap proval of such a plan. Under his proposal the Governmen through a board of seven members, appointed . for terms of 14 years and receiving salaries of $15,000 or 17,500 year, would establish a huge bank with $100,000,000 capital, which would control financial conditions by powers conferred on it to issue money, to rediscount commercial paper for bank and to concentrate the reserve gold of the country. Stock to Be Held by Public. Mr. Vanderlip suggested that If pos sible the stock of this institution be held by the public as an investment security. The stock would have no voice or vote in the control of the bank, which would under" all circumstances. est entirely with the Government, Mr. V tderllp .pointed our; .t ms mil dii V'roiu tho Atlmiai.tUun plan 1 hat It eliminated the banks from par tlclpatjou in the administration of th system-which would control, the jssu of currency. In the pending bill th banks would own the stock and elect six of the nine directors of each of the regional reserve banks, which would Issue currency, make rediscounts -and hold bank reserves under the control of the Federal reserve board. The Vanderlip plan differed from the so-called Aldrlch plan, proposed by the National Monetary Commission, In that . the latter provided for a central NEW CHAMPION AT . EGG LAYING LIKELY SECOXD OREGON' HEX PASSES FORMER WORLD RECORD. I E DEATH LIST PROBABLY IS 261 (Concluded on Paga 8.) PICK OWN FUN, GIRLS TOLD Their Morality No Concern of Em ployers, Is View, EVERETT, Wash., Oct. 2S. (Spe cial.) One hundred working girls were informed by Mrs. Florence Swanson, of Raymond, a member of the State In dustrial Welfare Commission, at a meetinsr hold in Labor Temple, that their moral character was not a ques tion for their employers to Interfere with and not proper for employers to concern themselves about. The statement made by the member nf th Ktnt TnHnstrlRl Welfare Com mission ia in keeping with the line of argument advanced here yesterday dur ing the minimum wage discussion. Mrs. Swanson advised tne working girls to seek amusement wherever they chose. WHAT'S THE ANSWER? t I. STirn' YIfmsSSfvN flLrrKW 1 M V P 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II I I M I" I 1 P - I I y. 7 , . , 1 I f I - . .. . H-5S t I T- ' : : : : ' I latest Contender for Highest Honors Lays 285 Times 300 Mark Possible In Year. OREGON AGRICULTURAL, COL LEGE. Corvallis, Oct 23. (Special.) Another Oregon Agricultural College hen, known to the scientific world as CS21, has broken the former world record of 282 eggs and promises to rob her sister hen of this institution ol her recently acquired championship honors. This biddy laid her 285th egg today and has 20 days more before her full year Is up. She appears to be in good condition and has been laying steadily for some time. It is even pos sible that she may pass the 300 mark, The new contender Is one of the flock of SO which is averaging more than 200 eggs a hen and which includes the world's champion. "Like the champion, this new con tender is not a pure-bred within th meaning of the fanciers' standard of perfection," says Professor Dryden but she is a pure-bred egg layer, pro duced from several generations of good layers. These two hens are of similar breeding, but not closely related. Both hens were kept in the same yard throughout the year and had the same care. There are other high layers In the same yard and the encouraging feature of it is that they all have an ancestry of good layers." The present world's champion since completing her record of 291 eggs -on October 15, has continued to lay every day. PIONEER OF 1866 IS DEAD Robert Springer, Xatlve of Ireland, Lives to Ago of 90 at Walla Walla. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Oct. 23 (Special.) After a brief Illness Robert Springer, a pioneer of 1866, died to day, aged 90. He was born in Kilkenny Ireland, and came to America with his parents when 18 years old. He was en gaged as a meat contractor in the Gov ernment service during the Mexican campaign and also during the Civil War Mr. Springer came West by way of Panama in 1865 and was appointed to take charge of Fort Lapwal when vol unteers were mustered out. He came to Walla Walla in 1866 and was en gaged in the meat business for years. His wife, six children, two grand children,! and two great-gran'lchlldren snrvivo.j Ou'e son, AjuirftW, is well i-nown -the sporting ts Oiv as 'Colonel Andy fttuiiigan, a, fignt promoter. - WOMEN PROTEST CENSOR Oakland Police Incur Wrath by Put- tins "Ud" on Play. OAKLAND, Cal., Oct. 23. (Special.) All the unpleasant things Bernard Shaw had to say about the British cen sorshlp are said today by women of Oakland as the result of the action of Chief of Police Petersen, who in the guise of Oakland's moral censor closed tonight the doors of "The Traffic," Rachacl Marshall's sociological play of white slavery, billed for the rest of this week at i local theater. Women and ministers urged the City Council to overrule Chief Petersen, but the vote against them was unanimous. The protestants declared it was a play from which one could learn much of the world and study life conditions. Rescuers Working in Peril of Lives. COLLIERY BELIEVED MODEL "Unloaded Gun Discharged" Is Judgment of Expert. EXPLOSION LIKE VOLCANO Women Fight for Vantage Point rrom Which toee Bodies Taken Out Slow Fire Spreading to Remote Recesses. DAWSON. N. M.. Oct. 23 Two hun dred and twenty-three miners are be lieved to bo dead tonight beneath tons of fallen earth, timber, coal and rocks n the cuts and rooms of Stag Canon mine No. 2, of the . Stag Canon Fuel Company here. Hundreds of miners. working in shifts of 15 each, are slowly forcing their way through the rooms and entries, fighting against dangers of gas and a fire which today started in an adjoining mine, and which' to night threatens to reach the space . In which the entombed men were trapped. Only 23 men have been taken from the mine alive. At 6:15 tonight the first miner to be rescued alive within 12 hours was taken from the main entry. He was found unconscious near mule which earlier in the evening had been found alive. Tho man was two miles within the mine. Thirty- eight dead and 23 rescued make up the total of the day's work of recovery. The total dead may reach 261. Live Male Gives Encouragement. The finding of the live mule in the mine late today encouraged officials in charge of the rescue work to hope that so-ne miners perhaps are still alive m than 4000 feet in the ml no. ?inry P. McShane, son of Mrs. E. V. SI' STARVATION "CURE" FATAL Disciple of Mrs. Hazzard Tries Rem edy for Catarrh. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 23. (Special.) Fred Ebbeson died today at the City Emergency Hospital after having gone without food for 49 days. He had taken a starvation "cure" for catarrh at the advice of a student of Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard, who had refused to take lils case. Ebbeson was taken from the Warner Hotel, 114 Fifth avenue South, three days ago, after his case had been re ported to the city by Carl Lind. At that time his condition was almost hopeless. He had taken no food in the hospital. 'His last meal was on Sep tember 4. BEGRUDGED 2c NETS $1193 Stamp Sent for Letter on Second Xo. tice Brings Big Check. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23. When Gil bert Somerset, of Los Angeles, received notice from the postmaster at Sa'.lna, Kan., that an unstamped letter addressed to him had been deposited in the post office there, ho did not think It worth while to furnish 2 cents for its trans- ortation. A second notice, however. induced him to provide a stamp The letter reached Somerset today and In It was a check for $1193. "A profitable Investment," Somerset remarked. GIFT TO BE NON-PARTISAN House Members to Join in Wedding Present for Jessio Wilson. WASHINGTON, "Oct IS. Democrats. Republicans and Progressives of the House will present a wedding gift next month to Miss Jessie Wilson, the Presi dent's .daughter. Republican Leader Mann gathered a hundred or more members today and proposed that Miss Jessie be remem bered with a fitting gift. The sug gestion met with Instant favor and Speaker Clark was designated to ap point a committee to carry out the plan , se if New. York Cltv. rMn f a t.rmr ay BtockuokieT la tiiewim v is among the known dead. . Mcohane. who was only 19 years old, had come te the mine in which bis father's estate still held an interest to learn mining from practical experience. J. C. Roberts, chief of the United States Mine Rescue Bureau in this dis trict, arrived today and took charge of the rescue work. Mr. Roberts said to night that it was impossible to tell what caused the explosion, but that it was of such violence as to cause him to lose hope for the rescue alive of any more victims. Ventilating Fans Crippled, In the mine at the time of the explo- ion were 284 miners, and that the death list will reach so great a figure is attributed to the fact that tho great fans which kept the air circulating within the mine were rendered useless y the force of the explosion, per mitting poisonous gases to permeate every recess of the mine. Not until four hours after the explosion were the fans repaired. Mr. Roberts said that many of the dead yet in the mine undoubtedly were suffocated. Some of the. rescue parties tonight declared it their belief that a party of the entombed miners had reached a room and had sealed it in time. to keep the gas from overcoming them. i Red Cross Gives Relief. Dr. ,S. r. Morris, representative of this district of the American Red Cross Society, reached, here at noon and at once made preparations in the name of the organization to relieve the families of the victims of the explosion. Dl-, rector-General Blcknell, of the Red Cross Society In Washington,, tele graphed Governor McDonald to draw on the society for $1000 with which to alleviato the suffering of the miners' families here, but Governor McDonald replied that the mine officials had giv en him every assurance that all desti tute families would be amply provided for and that the company would ie-: fray expenses of all funerals. The explosion at the mine, with its attendant appalling death list, has made a deep Impression on this town. The mine is shown to have ' been one of the model mines In the United States, and that such a disaster could befal! the men within it had been considered Impossible. Only two days before the tragedy State Mine Inspector Uiddow had examined the property and pro nounced It in excellent condition. "Unloaded Uuu" Discharged. In telling of the explosion, Mr. Ro berta, of the Government bureau, said: "It was the Impossible that happened. Just another case of the unloaded gun which discharged. What caused tho ex plosion is a mystery which never may be solved." Those who saw the explosion say it was like a volcano in eruption. First came the roar, then the noise of the great explosion. Instantly, - from the lateral entries, Issued flashes of flame, followed by dense clouds of heavy black smoke. The sound of tho explosion attracted practically the entire population to the mine and women began to fight frantically to gain vantago points' from which they could see tho slow progress of the rescuers. noon inejr began to interfere with the work ana the entries were roped off, while po lice officers were forced to drive back (Concluded on I'a.-o 2.) i