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VOL HII. NO. 16,513. 'PORTLAND,. OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. V VIEXiCAN ELECTION IC 111 Trunin puninc VVIIIIUUI UIIUIUL Day Orderly, But Too Few Citizens Vote. CATHOLIC PARTY HAS LEAD Selection of New Congress Re garded as Assured. CALERO ABSENTS HIMSELF Liberal Candidate Refuses to Re gard Affair Seriously Hnerta to Issue Decree Increasing Army to 150,000. FACTS ABOUT THE ELECTION IX MEXICO. In Mexico there are 10.000,000 uned ucated Indiana, whose males of vot ing age never have cast a ballot, have not the slightest Idea of suf frage and would not vote If they coald. There are no restrictions on man hood suffrage. That means not fewer than 4,000,000 legally quali fied voters In Mexico. It la doubtful If 100,000 Votes were cast In the only National election ever held, 'he one which seated Madero. It is doubtful If one-half of the qualified voters of Mexico know or ever will know that Madero was elected or foully assassinated. There are millions of Indians, none of whom speak a word of Spanish, and none of whom are Mexicans save In name. They are absolutely unconcerned with the fate of Madero There are about 1,000.000 male Mex'cans of voting and fighting age, fitted by education and position to participate In self-government. This Is the responsible Mexican mil lion and It constitutes the class ( which must be Induced or forced to exercise Its responsibilities or sur render them. Not 10 per cent of the "responsi ble million take any part in the constant outbreaks. OREGON'SOLDCREW MAY REJOIN VESSEL 5IEX WHO MADE FAMOUS VOY- AGE SEND PETITION. Provision for Expenses Will Be Necessary and State of Oregon May Be" Asked to Help. B A B 7 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26. (Special.) Fifty men around San Francisco Bay, members of the crew of the battleship Oregon when that famous fighting craft made her forced run from the Pacific to the Atlantic in 1898 to be present at the fighting; around Cuba, have Detltloned the Secretary of the Navy to be allowed to enlist for 60 or 90 days in 1915 for the purpose of bringing: the ship through the canal to this port. The movement is headed by Adam Gill, of Vallejo. and A. A. Zelinsky, of San Francisco. The float in the Portola parade Sat urday night, a replica of the famous Oregon, was manned by six of the for mer crew of the ship, in command of Zelinsky as captain and Gill as execu tive officer. These two believe they will find ISO men who will Jump at the chance to tread the decks of " the battleship again as they did on the history-making trip 17 years before. but some means will have to be found to raise money for their expenses, as many are the heads of families and could not get away for three months on the regular naval pay. ' It is suggested the people of the State of Oregon might get behind the scheme to help these men to man their former ship, and while it is probable that they will not form the regular crew they can be made the guard of honor in place of the regular marine guard. The news from Washington that Rear-Admiral Charles E. Clark, re tired, captain of the ship in 1893, has accepted the command tor the canal trip is pleasing news to the members of the old crew, who are more than ever determined to find some way to be aboard in 1915. 17 PRISON REFORMS URGED BY QSBQHNE Self-imposed Term Cell Fruitful. in "SILENCE RULE" DEPRECATED "Men Are Made to Talk," Says New York Board. INDEX CF TODAY'S NEWS MORE BATHING ADVISED Men Should Be Allowed to Read Newspapers and Magazines, -and Rule Regarding letters Revised, is Conclusion. MEXICO CITY. Oct 26. At the close of the Mexican election today indica tions were that not sufficient votes had been cast to constitute a legal choice for the Presidency to succeed General Victorlano Huerta. No official announcement was made tonight, but It was estimated, judging from the results In the capital, where It was expected the vote would be up to tne average, that fewer than 10,000 of the 80,000 eligible voters in the ted erai district went to the polls. There are about 3,000,000 eligible voters In the entire republic. It would be no sur prise if Congress, the members of which also were voted for today, declared the election void when the body is or ganized and revises the returns. Catholics Claim Loag Lead. The leaders of the Catholic party claimed a long lead, although they were unable to estimate the number of votes polled for their candidates, Frederico Gamboa and General Rascon. If this claim is correct. It is generally thought that General Felix Diaz and Senor Re quena ran second. The Liberal candi dates, Manuel Calero and Flores Ma gon, had no printed ticket at the polling places, their constituents being obliged to write their names in blank spaces. President Huerta spent the day at his Popotla suburban home. A decree will be Issued' by General Huerta tomorrow, increasing the army from 85,000 men. its reported present number, to 150,000. General Huerta prpposed such an in crease some time ago, but the Congress which he dissolved limited him to 80 -000. Congress Election Seems Assured. Since the Deputies and Senators are not subject to the election provisions governing the Presidential elections, it is said tonight that the choice for Con gress is assured. It Is assumed, on the showing so far as known, the Catholic party will secure a majority In both Chamber and Senate. There was no disorder In Mexico City. The polling places opened at I o'clock and remained open until noon, when the atendants closed th8 booths until 3 P. M. At that time they were reopened and closed finally at 5 P. M. From three to five officials, one of whom was. deslg nated "president," were in attendance at each polllne nlaca. These officials represented the various WIRELESS EXPLODES MINE Electric Waves Reach Unattached Blast Beneath Water. LONDON. Oct. 26. (Special.) An experiment conducted secretly into the possibility of exploding mines by means of electric waves without direct con tact is said to have been highly suc cessful. The method employed is var iously reported to have been Ulivi's invention and. other Inventions of a similar nature. The old cruiser TerpsichoreVith the, watertight ' compartments closed, was placed over a mine and when the ex plosion was effected it tore the bottom out of the ship, and she had to towed hurriedly to Portsmouth to pre vent her from sinking. It Is said that the work was accomplished from battleship eight miles distant. RECLAMATION HEAD HERE F. II. Newell Inspecting Project at Henniston. HERMISTON, Or., Oct. 26. (Special ) F. H. Newell, director of the Recla mation Service, arrived here this morn lng from Washington. It is not made public what the object of his mission is, but a number of questions concern lng this project and the west extension will be discussed with, him by citizens and local officials of the United Sc .ies Reclamation Service. Mr. Newell is in favor of extension of time for settlers to meet the water right payments and is in accord with the proposal to Issue bonds for 100 000,000 for use in the reclamation c lands in the West. HORSES HAVE 'APPLE DAY Fruit to Be Distributed, Together With Plea to Drivers. CHICAGO. Oct. 26. (Special.) Working horses of Chicago will have an "apple day" next Friday under the auspices of the Anti-Cruelty Society. Ten barrels of juicy apples will be distributed to the horses when they approach the various drinking foun tains. Accompanying each apple will be a copy of "The Horse's Prayer, which will be handed to the driver by society women who have volunteered their services. Apple cay- ior Horses will be an annual event, according to the officers of the society. COLDER WEATHER IS DUE Bureau Forecasts Chilliness Northwest by Mid-Week. Over WASHINGTON, Oct 26. Tempera tures below normal, with rains through out the country, were forecasted by the weather bureau tonight Decidedly parties and assisted In the preparation 1 colder weather will overspread th9 of the ballot when necessary, but of fered no coercion or suggestion as to now tne applicant should vote. No Secreey Observed. The election officials appeared to be a representative class of citizens. So far as could be ascertained, no gov. ernment employes served in that capacity. The polling places, of which there were said to be 928, were situated In the entrances of buildings generally, but. In some instances, were set up on the sidewalks or on corners of public squares. Each had a table on which were spread the tickets of the various candidates. From these the voter made his selection, signed, folded it and de livered it in the box In the presence of the voters. There was no secrecy about the voting. As the vote was deposited the name was checked on the registration list previously prepared through personal great central valleys Monday. A disturbance in the far West Tues day will move eastward, preceded by rising temperatures, and attended by general precipitation. Considerably colder weather will overspread the Northwest Wednesday or Thursday. PACKING RECORD BROKEN In Nine and One-Half Hours Man Packs 141 Boxes Apples. SCIO, Or.. Oct 26. (Special.) W. L. Dresback yesterday broke the world's record for apple-packing In one day. The former record was 140 boxes in ten hours. Dresback packed 141 boxes In nine and one-half hours. He was pack ing at Gllkey Station for C. D. Mlnton and W. W. Gibson, who own 20 acres of orchard. The variety now being shipped Is the Baldwin and is being packed for the California trade , AUBURN. N. T.. Oct 26. Seventeen urgent recommendations for reforms in the management of the Auburn state prison were made today by the state prison commission as a result of the week which the commission's chairman, Thomas Mott Osborne, spent behind the bars in the guise of a convict. Mr. Osborne presented the report to the state superintendent of prisons today. The recommendations are as follows: Privacy in bathing new arrivals. Now the men are bathed in a tub in the shop. In full view of the convicts work ing there. . More frequent baths. One bath a week is insufficient for men engaged in hard manual labor. Men Sleep In Underwear. Each convict should have three suits of underwear.- "At the present time the conditions of the bodies and under clothing of convicts is far from healthy because of perspiration. If an extra suit were in each cell a man could use one for wear, one for nlghtclothes and one would be In the wash. Now the men sleep in their underwear and wear it day times." Prisoners should be allowed to read newspapers and magazines. The rules of writing and receiving letters need drastic revision.- - - 'Take away a man's benefits, if nec essary, to punish him, but do not de prive him-of his friends and family," Bays the commission. While the food is good, "the coffee and tea are execrable," and the report recommends the abolition of the use of tea and improvement in the coffee. Tea I it says, is harmful because It causes constipation and sleeplessness. Punishment Often Unnecessary. The system which sends men to pun ishment cells on limited portions of bread and water is brutal and unneces sary. A graded system of punishment should be adopted for offenses. There is no sense of proportion or fairness in the present manner -of meting out punish ment The punishment for whispering is the same as for assault . There seems no good reason for en- The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 53 degrees; minimum. 47 degrees. TODAY'S Probably fair; westerly winds. Foreign- Mexican election results in no choice fort President. Page 1. General Diaz severs last tie with Huerta by resigning from army. Page 2. England's obligation to Huerta ends with election. Page 2. National, Congress sessions degenerate into farce. Page 2. Domestic. Colorado mine guards and strikers fight all-day battle. Page 2. Opponents of suffrage say Mrs. Pankhurst encourages white slavery, page o. Burglar turns out to be leading- wholesale Jeweler. Page 8. Prison reforms urged as result of self-lm posed term as convict. Page 1- Body of mine superintendent and wealthy young man recovered. Page 4. Income tax law will reveal wealth's hiding; places. Page 1. Oregon's old crew want to make canal voy age. Page 1. Seven firemen die and 24 Injured In Mil waukee fire. Page jl. Folsom convicts betrayed by child and re captured. Page 4, Sports. ' Coast League scores: Portland 0, Sacramento . a; Venice 4-1, San Francisco -:: land 6-7, Los Angeles 13-5. Page lu. Coach Stewart denounces Dobie and Horr. Page 10. Bender trains winning athletes. Page 11. Football results upset "dope" In East Page 10. Bayless ends season with best Coast bat ting mark. Page 10. Pacific Northwest. F. H. Newell commends Oregon irrigation system of laws. Page 8. Willamette Valley people to confer at Albany regarding exhibit plans. Page S. Portland and Vicinity. I Roblnwltz arrested again tor getting loans on cheap Jewelry. Page 14. Regular politics played at Press Club nom inations. Page 14. Five hundred expected at banquet follow ing Interstate bridge rally. Page 14. Oman's Intended leap- from bridge pre vented uy policeman. Page 9. Arts and Crafts Society to give exhibit of members' handiwork. Page 14. Society plans many Hallowe'en affairs. Page 7. Portland Chamber of Commerce will not secede from the National organization. page . Night work ruling of Welfare Commission limited in scope. Page 9. Methodist insurgents not recognized by First unurcn oriiciais. page 4. Two women hit by speeding automobile. Page 1. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 11. SAILORS AT 'DRY' MEETING Audience Rise and Cheer. Eight Tars Arrive. When NEW TORK. Oct 26. Enthusiasm was aroused at a mass meeting held at the Brooklyn Acaaemy of Music to day when eight sailors from the U. S. S. Washington made their appearance at the con vehtf ii. ' r-f the' World's Wo men's . Christian Temperance Union. Many in the audience rose and cheered. Representative Hobson, who was to have addressed the meeting, wag un able to be present as he Is making a prohibition fight in his State of Alabama. HIDDEN WEALTH TO BE PUT ON RECORD Names of Bondholders Now Required. BANKERS STUDY NEW RULES Complications in Income Tax Law Still Are Many. MEETING WILL BE- HELD Those Who Refuse to Give Xames Henceforth Will Lose Benefit Under Existing No-Deduction Contracts. HOW IXCOMT5 TAX WILL BE ENFORCED BY GOVERNMENT. Collection will besln Km-ember 1. Every citizen of the United States, whether res! dine at home or abroad, and .every person residing: In the United States, though not a citizen thereof, with an income of more than $3000, must pay the tax. Even foreigners and foreign cor porations doing; business here, though residents abroad, will be made to pay on their earnings. The corporation, or Its paying; agent. If a foreign concern. In the United States Is classed as the debtor and is responsible for the payment of the Government levy. If any person, for the purpose of obtaining any allowance or reduc tion by virtue of a claim of ex emption, either for himself or for any other, knowingly makes a false statement or false or fraudulent representation, he is liable under the act to severe penalties. TWO WOMEN HIT BY SPEEDING AUTO MACHINE STRIKES PASSENGERS LEAVING STREETCAR. Driver of Taxlcab and Unidentified Fair Patron Also Injured, But Only Slightly. . Skidding 64 feet over a slippery pavement at Union Avenue and Failing street, a Portland Taxicab company machine, driven by H. E. Killian, and containing- a woman passenger, about 10:16 last night crashed into Lydia Schlewe and Eleanor Miller as they stepped from a streetcar and threw them to the pavement 14 feet away. Passing: on, the machine, which eye witnesses say was going at about 40 miles an hour, skidded 52 feet farther, hitting a telephone pole and throwing its driver in a heap on the sidewalk, at the doorway of the Rose City drugstore. Miss Schlewe, who lives at 802 Michi gan street and is 21 years old, suffered concussion ot the brain, dislocation of the right hip and possible internal in juries. She was rushed by a Red Cross ambulance to Oood Samaritan hospital where her condition was said to be serious. Miss Miller, who lives at East Twen ty-second and East Oak streets, was also badly bruised. She was sent to her homer' in a taxicab by Dr. J. G. Abele, who was summoned. Both the taxlcab driver and his pass enger, whose name was not learned, were somewhat bruised when the ma chine hit the telegraph pole with such force as to snap the cable, causing the arc light to fall into the street. John Krieger, of 825 Grand avenue Nortn, and B. Westphal, of 800 East Twelfth street North, eyewitnesses, say that the cab was going. 40 miles an hour. . PRIESTS PRAY AS 7 FIREMEN PERISH Rite Administered Peril of Lives. in OTHERS ARE BELIEVED DEAD Half Million Damage Done, 24 Firefighters Injured. VICTIMS BADLY MANGLED Destructive Conflagration In Mil. waukee Plant of Rubber Company Causes Loss Also to Oliver Business Houses. GIRLS GULP IT, SAYS CRITIC Fault Found "With Table Manners of Weliesley College Students. WELLESLEY, Mass., Oct 26. (Spe cial.) The table manners of girls at tending Weliesley College come in for caustic criticism in the current issue of the college paper. One paragraph In the Free Press columns, under the heading of "Eating," reads: "The most approved college girl style Is to bolt or gulp as rapidly as pos- CHICAGO, Oct. 20. Names of thou- sible and with the minimum degree of sands of bondholders who have always mastication as much luncheon or break- (Concluded on Pace 2.) REV. ROBERT FORBES DIES Bishop of Methodist Church Expires at Home in Duluth. DUXiTJTH, Minn., Oct. 26. Rev. Rob ert Forbes, secretary of the Board of Home Missions of the Methodist Epis copal Church, died at his home here today. Bishop Forbes was taken ill about four weeks ago at Eugene, Or., while on a tour of inspection. I ucceeded In hidlnjr vheir wealth will become a matter, of public record after the National government begins col lectins; the new Income tax Saturday Bankers and their legal repr-penta- rtives who spent today studying; - the first regulations promulgated by the Treasury Department, say . that the holders of bonds which specify no deductions now must reveal themselves or lose money through their secrecy. The bankers say that the regula tion? satisfactorily explain most of the Immediate problems those relat ing to collection of interest coupons in the new law. A meeting of the bankers' sub-committee, of which James C Hutchlns, general counsel of the Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, chairman, will be held tomorrow to consider the regulations. Many Other Phases Remain. "These regulations only deal with certain classes of coupons on bonds,' fast as is possible in five minutes. "It is much quicker to slap a butter pat onto one's plate than to transfer It in the most approved style; so slap it goes. . Sliding rolls across the table takes less time than passing them around; so forthwith the rolls slide." (Concluded on Page 8.) THE. POSSIBILITIES OF THOSE CHAMPION OREGON HENS ABE SIMPLY UNLIMITED. LAND SEEKERS FILL TOWN Registration for Government Ground in Nebraska Reaches 7 6,663. NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Cct. 26. Men were set at work today putting the opera house in order for the ''and draw- ng of Tuesday, when the Government will give away 531 sections of land in the North Platte Forest Reserve and the Niobrara Military Reservation. Judge Wltten expects 2000 persons will be able to get Into the structure, Every hotel In town Is full and land seekers continue to come In. Railroads entering North Platte have arranged for special trains to accom modate Monday's and Tuesday's crowds. The total registration Is 76,663. o . o o o o o oo o y Get that) Pllill hiliiilT PORTLAND GETS WARRANTS Bend Banks Decline to Cash Unpaid Paper Issued on Project. SALEM, Or.. Oct. 26. (Special.) Having been notified by Engineer Laur- gaard that tho banks at Bend had de clined to cash unpaid warrants issued In favor of the Tumalo Irrigation proj ect. State Treasurer Kay today made arrangements with the Lumbermena National Bank, of Portland, to cash them until taxes are collected next April. The general fund was exhausted several weeks ago, and the warrants were stamped unpaid for want of funds. They bear 6 per cent Interest and are considered a good Investment. Treas urer Kay estimates that the warrants will aggregate 1 100.000 before they are redeemed. KAISER CALLS ON NEIGHBOR Emperor Francis Joseph Dines With German Ruler. VIENNA, Oct. 26. Emperor William of Germany arrived here today on a visit to Emperor Francis Joseph, who warmly welcomed him at the Btatlon, The meeting, it is believed, will go far toward checking rumors of cool ness between the two countries because of Germany's support of anti-Austrian policies during the Balkan war. The Emperors lunched and dined together and the Kaiser started on his return to Berlin tonight. MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Oct. 26. Seven dead firemen and 24 Injured were taken from the ruins of the Goodyear Rubber Company plant here tonight where fire caused a damage of $300, 000. It Is believed that there arc sev eral more bodies in the ruins. The flames broke out on the second floor and while the firemen were fighting the blazing front and rear, on explosion sent the walls crashing down on 60 firemen. Windows for blocks around were smashed and the flames spread to adjoining buildings. Priests Stand .4 mill Flames. Rescue gangs were sent into the blazing ruins and many bodies of the dead and Injured were taken out. When it was seen to be impossible to get all the men out alive, priests gave extreme unction to all In the ruins. The priests stood crouched beneath the mass of timbers and bricks and with flames shooting forth on all sides as they said the final prayers for the dying. Several nearby business houses suf fered heavy loss. The known dead are: Charles Fenska, Bernard Zanowskl, George Claussen and Max Fletcher. The crushed head of a man was taken from the ruins, but the body could not be found and the head was not Identified up to a late hour tonight. Foor Others Believed Dead. The other two known dead were so badly mangled that their Identity will not be known until all the firemen are checked up at the respective flrehouses. Four firemen have not been accounted for and are thought to be in the ruins. Relatives of missing firemen rushed by the police on, the fire lines and three women whose sons were firemen reached. the ruins before they could be dragged away. Charles C. Newton, of the fire insur ance patrol, who was at first listed among the dead, was taken from the ruins three hours after the explosion. He was burled beneath the wreckage and when found was sitting crouched beneath a heavy timber, which had pre vented the bricks from falling on him. He was removed to a hospital and doo tors say he will recover. MARS SIGNALS DOUBTED Astronomer, However, Snys Time W ill Bring Revelations. BOSTON, Oct. 26 (Special.) Profes sor Percival Lowell, the noted astrono-, mer, is not in accord with the state ment of Lecoultre, the Swiss scientist, that there is a series of luminous ap paritions taking place on tho planet Mars, like flashes of electric lights all turned on at the same time, which causes him to believe the Martians are trying to signal us. Professor Lowell attributes these manifestations on the surface of the planet to peculiar at mospheric changes. 'I do not believe that the Inhabitants of Mars are singallng to us," he said. This is hardly a time for signaling. What is seen there may be snow on the speaks, and with the alkali there exist ing any peculiar colors discernible by Lecoultre may be traceable to this. 'However, do not be too confident about this signaling. There la more In Mars than we can imagine, and as time goes on greater revelations will be made." COMMITTEE CLOSES DOORS Senators to Consider Currency Meas ure in Secret. WASHINGTON. Oct 26. -The Senate banking committee will begin tomorrow behind closed doors a reconstruction of the Administration's currency bill. The issue is clearly drawn between the bill passed by the House and the central bank plan proposed by Frank A. Vanderlip of New York. A majority of the Senate committee admittedly favors the Vanderlip plan, but AdmlnistratloV- supporters declare that such a measure could not be passed in the House. VALVE BREAKS, CITY DARK Oeden Business Demoralized, and Church Services Prevented. OGDEN, Utah, Oct 26. Breaking of a huge valve controlling the water flow of the Utah Light & Railway Company power plant, on the outskirts of this city, early tonight wrecked the equipment and nearly demolished tho building of that corporation, threw two-thirds of Ogden into darkness for nearly six hours, stopped all streetcar traffic, prevented the holding of church services, generally demoralized busi ness and caused the flooding of many blocks surrounding the plant The total damage Is variously esti mated at from SoO.000 to $100,000. The company secures its water through a pipe line six miles long, the source being in Ogden Canyon at an elevation of 500 feet higher than the plant l Mrs. Fairbanks Is Buried. INDIANAPOLIS, Oct 26. The fun eral ot Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks, wife of the ex-Vlce-Presldent, who died at her home here Friday, was held today. and burial was in Crown Hill cemetery. I t