VOL. Lrlll. SO. 16,514.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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UeOPE COUNTS
AMERICANS TO ACT
Co-operation as to Mex
ico Indicated
NATIONS ACCEDE TO REQUEST
France Shows Good Faith by
. Asking Help of Warship.
HUERTA STILL OPPOSES
Administration Believed to Cling
I to Policy That Mexicans Must
Hold Election That TTnlted
States Can Kecogniie.
' MEXICO CITY, Oct. 28. In the event
that the Huerta - Blanquet ticket la
ahoTrn to have polled a majority suf
ficient to be declared elected, aa now
aeema probable, Congress Trill declare
the Huerta voir void and Blanquet
will take the oath aa Vlce-Prealdent
and asanme the Presidency pending; the
calling- of farthes elections. Thla Mate
ment vras made by the Mexican Foreign
Milliliter tonlg-ht. The clause In tbe
constitution prohibition: the President
from suceeding himself does not apply
to the Vice-President, Senor Moheno
explained, and Blanquet would be eli
gible for election.
The returns continue to pile up plu
ratifies for the Administration ticket.
Even the leaders of the Catholic party,
who at first vrere extremely optimistic,
admit the probability of the election
of Huerta and Blanquet.
The majority of Senators and dep
uties reported elected thus far are aald
to be members of the Catholic party.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. Three Euro
pean nations Great Britain, Germany
and France have agreed to adopt no
new policy toward Mexico until the
Government of the United States can
submit for their consideration a def
inite plan for the future treatment of
the revolution-torn republic
That a request of the powers to
await a proposal regarding Mexico from
this Government had been made, and
that the three great European nations
had yielded to the request was an
nounced late today by Secretary Bryan.
President Wilson was en route to
Washington from the' South when the
announcement was made, and the Sec
retary of State did not say what would
be the nature of the contemplated ne
gotiations with the forelcrn govern
ments. The President arrived here late
tonight and planned to confer early
tomorrow 'with Mr. Bryan.
Reasonable Time to Be Given.
When the note to the powers Is to
be presented has not been determined,
but the belief prevails that reasonable
time will be given for the announce
ment from the Huerta government in
Mexico of the result of last Sunday's
election for a new government. That
the announcement will be that the elec
tion of a new President had failed be
cause of the Insufficiency of the votes
still is the expectation of officials here,
and It is believed President Wilson and
his advisers are proceeding on the
theory that some concerted effort must
be made by all the governments Inter
ested in Mexico to rid that nation of
the domination of General Huerta.
Refuge Only Temporary.
Although Interest in this development
overshadowed all else in official cir
cles here, the flight of General Felix
Diaz from Vera Cruz to refuge on the
American gunboat Wheeling was much
discussed. Rear-Admiral Fletcher was
notified tonight by Secretary Bryan
that political refugees could be shielded
only temporarily.
Admiral Fletcher, who Is In command
of the American ships in Mexican
waters, notified Washington early to
day that asylum had been granted to
Diaz, with two Mexican champions and
tn American newspaperman, on the
Wheeling after pleading that their lives
were endangered. The Adrr' I asked
for instructions as to their disposition.
Tho State Department first Instructed
him to inquire of the Mexican refugees
where they wished to go. Later the
Department notified the Admiral that
within a reasonable time they must be
transferred from the American war
vessel. They may be placed aboard a
commercial liner bound for Havana or
New York, as they choose.
America Probable Haven.
It was believed here tonight that
Diaz and his friends would ask to be
placed aboard an American-bound ship.
As to the future treatment of Mexico
ty the United States and other nations,
there has been much discussion, both
here and abroad, since the election Sun
day under supervision of the Huerta
provisional government. President Wil
son, in two public speeches, has out
lined a general policy of international
co-operation with all Latin-American
nations, and from France and England
have come assurance of a desire to
co-operate with the United States on
some concerted effort to restore peace
and good government in Mexico. Ger
many, which recently sent a war ves
sel to Mexican waters, naw has sig
nified a desire to enter such a co
operative peace-making enterprise.
That all tbe foreign nations are look
ing to the United States to take the
(Concluded on Fag 2.)
LOAN SHARK FOES
EARN DIVIDENDS
BUSINESS PROSPERS DESPITE
BORROWED CAPITAIi.
Iiess Than Three and Onf -Half Per
Cent of Business Goes Into
Unredeemed Class.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28. (Spe
cial.) The sound condition of the San
Francisco Remedial Loan Association,
organized a year ago by philanthropic
citizens to combat the grasping loan
shark, was' reported at a meeting of
the executive and advisory committees
at luncheon at the St. Francis Hotel
today.
Incidentally It appears that Portola
week enhanced the business of pawn
shops, as well as other lines. Manager
Auger said that the Portola brought
many additional customers: to the
wicket with their Jewels during the
festival week.
December will see the close of the
first year's business of the Remedial
Association and steps were taken to
day looking to the announcement of a
dividend, to the Increase of capital and
to holding the first sale of unredeemed
pledges.
The unredeemed pledge sale will be
held on December 3, at which time all
articles which have been held by the
association for eight months or over
will be sold to repay the loan. Any
balance realized at the auction over
the amount due on the pledge will be
returned to the borrower. This sale
will cover the business of the first four
months. The total value of the arti
cles which will go under the hammer
between $5000 and $6000. As this is
less than three and one-half per cent
of the total business of these four
months, it Is considered a remarkably
good showing.
The association has now $91,400 paid
in capital. It is borrowing $85,000
from the banks and also has a cash
surplus out in loans. The intention is
to increase the paid-in capital after
the first of the year and pay the bank
loans. These, however, have proved
profitable, as the association earns
more with the money than the amount
of the interest it pays plus its ex
penses. ROBBERS CHASE 'CENTRAL'
The Dalles ' Operators Robbed
and
Driven to Street.
THE DALLES, Or., Oct. 28. (Spe
cial.) Breaking Into the local tele
phone exefiange building, robbing three
operators and chasing the frightened
girls to the street, screaming for help,
two robbers made their escape. Later
Frank Peterson and Anton Paulson
were arrested as they entered the ex
change to secure an overcoat which'
one of the robbers had left in his hur
ried flight. The two men, were bound
over to the grand jury today by Justice
Allen. ' .
The arrests were made by Policeman
'McLane, who stationed himself at thj
telephone building, hoping the'' robbers
would return to recover the coat. The
girls lost only small amounts of cash.
SEA'S ROAR COSTS $1200
Engineer Sacrifices $100 a Month
to Return to Moaning Surf.
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 28. "The sound
of the surf at night is worth $100 a
month to me," reflected Charles L.
Snyder, chief examiner and secretary
of the State Civil Service Commission
today, in announcing his resignation.
The position pays $3600 a year. Sny
der, may now return to Alameda, a
suburb of San Francisco, and resume
work as secretary of the Pacific divi
sion of the Federal Civil Service at
$2400 a year. He has been on leave
from this position, which is a perma
nent one.
POTATO GROWING LURES
Idaho Mali's Success to Lead to
Planting of 15,000 Acres.
CALDWELL, Idaho, Oct. 28. (Spe-.
cial.) As a result of the phenomenal
success of J. B. Frye, a Deer Plat set
tler under the Payette-Boise project, in
raising potatoes, there will probably be
some 15,000 acres set out to tubers in
this vicinity next season.
Mr. Frye this year made J4500 off a
15-acre patch, gathering 9000 bushels,
an average of 00 bushels to the acre.
He used the Idaho rural variety and
got an average price of 50 cents per
busheL
AUTOS CATCH HORSETHIEF
Members of Ancient Society Reviso
Methods to Fit Occasion.
DEDHAM, Mass., Oct. 28. The Ded
ham Society for the Apprehension of
Horsethieves abandoned today methods
in vogue in the society for ioO years.
When W. Cameron Forbes, ex-Gov
ernor-General of the Philippines, re
ported that a horse had been stolen
from his stable the society, which has
been renowned for its hard-riding
members, turned out in full force in
automobiles, recovered the horse and
captured a man supposed to have
stolen it.
FAR-AWAY BUTTER COMES
First Imports From Siberia and Ar
gentine Reach Chicago.
CHICAGO, Oct 28. The first butter
ever received in the local market from
Siberia or Argentina made its appear
ance today 750 pounds from Siberia
and 56 pounds from the Argentine.
The importation with a chance of
profit was made possible by the new
tariff law, it is said, .
CHARLES G. GATES
DIES OF APOPLEXY
Youthful Millionaire
Passes in Wyoming.
CODY CHURCHES' DEBTS PAID
Knowing Death Near, Gates
Gives Away Riches.
HEALTH SOUGHT ON TRIP
With Party of Friends, Son of Late
Financier John W. Gates, Conies
West on Hunting Jaunt, bat
Heart Fails Career Varied.
- ESTIMATE I WEALTH OF LATE
CHARLES G. GATES.
Combined riches placed at $20,
000,000, distributed as follows:
Southern Wire Company, United
States Steel Corporation, Baltimore
Ohio Railroad, Western Maryland
Railroad, Republic Iron & Steel
Company of New Jersey, American
Salt Company, United States Realty
& Improvement Company; Tennessee
Coal, Iron & R. R. Co., Clyde Steam
ship Co., National Bank of North
America, Texas oil fields. First Na
tional Bank, Port Arthur, Texas,
and other Port Arthur corporations.
Heirs.
Mrs. Charles G. Gates, of Minneap
olis; Mrs. John W. Gates, of New
York; many Illinois cousins.
CODT. Wyo., Oct. 28. Charles W.
Gates, son of the late John W. Gates,
died in his private car here at 2 o'clock
today from a stroke of apoplexy. His
body will be sent East by way of Bill
ings. Mr. Gates came West about a month
ago In poor health on the advice of
physicians, who accompanied him, be
lieving he would improve with a
change of climate and altitude. His.
health improved sosnewhat after his ar
rival here, but he was considerel a sick
man. . . .. .. ,;
Together ' with his physicians ' and
friends, he was taken to a mountain
resort and a hunting trip was planned.
Hunting Trip Successful.
The trip was successful from a hunt,
ing standpoint, but upon its conclusion
Mr. Gates was still In poor health and
(Concluded on Page 5.)
WHEN. IN DOUBT
to gonMLr
SITEiaiHLIEATrilS
INDEX GF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 62
degrees; minimum, 42 degrees. .
TODAY'S Probably fair; north to east
winds.
. Foreign.
Mexicans chuckle when Felix Diaz takes
refuge on United States warship. Page 2.
Domestic.
Colorado strikers and guards battle fierce
ly. Page 1. .
Peru threatens to be serious rival for Latin
American trade. Page 5.
SUngsby nurse sticks to story of substitut
ing baby. Page 1.
Charles G. Gates, millionaire broker, dies In
Wyoming of apoplexy. Page 1.
Antl-Ioan shark association earns divi
dend. Page 1.
Dr. Clarence True Wilson says Godly Ad
ministration is at Nation's helm. Page 2.
Sulzer publishes letter from ex-Senator
now convict, offering . to expose "boss
rule." Page 4.
Burglar deeds fine home, bought with steal
ings, to sister. Page 1.
Mrs. baton's case expected to go to Jury to
day. Page 5.
National.
Leading nations look to United States to
lead In Mexican affair; Page 1.
Senate committee decided, 6 to 6, on cur
rency bill. Page 4.-
Wilson returns to capital, but Is silent on
Mexican situation. . Page 2.
Sports.
Brains not needed in golf, says Britisher.
Page 7.
Mute will seek revenge on McNeil. Page 7.
Aggies not up to 111 form, says
Page 6.
Western football players eg.ua! those of East,
says expert. Page o.
Llndsay-Metzger transfer Is denied. Page 6.
Odus lavor Lincoln In Academy same.
Page 7.
Pacific Northwest.
Parole privilege for Insane abolished. Page 8.
Governor and Engineer Lewis disagree.
Page 8.
Secretary of State Olcott announces . forest
reserve fund to be $35,U50.72. Page a.
Vice-President Hazeltlne. of Wlllapa Har
bor Telephone Company: resigns. Page b.
Commercial and Marine.
Heavy buying of Yakima hops for Eastern
account. Page ID.
Relief from drouth In Argentina weakens
wheat market. Pago 1U.
New York bankers 'engage gold in London.
Page ID.
Steel quarterly report shows larger earn
ings tiian year ago. Page lit.
Government inspector to study navigation
aids in Portland harbor. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
F. W. Hild returns from trip and saya Port
land finance is in good shape. Page 13.
Club women are complimented for 'opposing
referendum on University appropriation.
Page 12.
'Battleship Oreson" marooned on badly
upset Fourth street. Page IS.
Dancing week for younger set is at hand.
Page lis.
Demand made on ex-County Clerk FieldB to
account lor missing funds. Page 12.
Widespread Interest being taken In Inter
state bridge parade Saturday. Page IS.
Many persons have signed up for good roads
, encouragement trip to Astoria and Sea
side. Page 18. . '
President Mohler, of Union Pacific, arrives
and Judge Lovett is en route. Page IS.
School Board cuts new budget to figure less
than last, year's for bare maintenance.
Page 14.
Progressives scolded by Mrs. .Hidden when
women are aeteatea tor oince. page 4.
Miss Kathleen Baker, working girl, attacks
ruling oi vvenare commission, page v.
Weather repor forecast and data. -Page. 15.
Telegraphers Get Increase of Pay.
CHICAGO, Oct. 28. There will be no
strike of the 1500 telegraphers of the
Rock Island System. ' Points at issue
were adjusted early today. The rail
road company granted an increase of 5
per cent in wages.
VOTE YES, WHEN NOT IN DOUBT VOTE YES.
HOT BATTLE WAGED
fl COLORADO MINES
Guard Killed and Chil
- dren Are Shot.
MACHINE GUNS PUT IN USE
Forces Numbering Hundreds
Engage on Either . Side.
MEN TRAPPED IN CANYON
Militiamen From Trinidad Reach
Strife-Ridden Camps and Close
'Saloons Strikers,
Armed, Remain
Heavily
Xenr.
BERWIND, Colo., Oct. 28. Three bat
tles, the hottest fought since the
strike of coal miners in Southern
Colorado began, marked the first day
of martial law In this district. One
mine guard killed, four union men
wounded, two badly; two children of
non-union men shot, one mine guard
missing and a County Marshal wounded
were the casualties of the three fights,
one here, one at Tabasco -and the
other at Hastings.
The most serious fighting took place
In Hastings, and It was there that
the mine guard was killed and the
strikers were wounded. The mine
camp had been hemmed in on two
sides by the strikers, who climbed
the steep hills of either side of "the
canyon in the night and at daylight
began shooting into the camp. Miners
had been notified that Marshal Robin
son with deputies was on his way into
the mine camp, and when the fighting
started they made a. rush out of the
stockade in an attempt to locate the
Marshal's party.
Guards) Driven , Back.
Not more than 25 guards were de
fending Hastings when the miners at
tacked them and for almost an hou
the battle raged in the hills surround
ing the mine. Then the strikers, wh
numbered. It is said, approximately 300
men, succeeded in driving them slowly
back to the mine and-whelter. '
While fighting outsfide of the stock
ade. Guard Angus Alexander was killed.
According to the story told by strikers
and guards alike, Alexander had sho
a Greek striKer tnrougn tne leg, tne
fighting being at closie range at that
time, and another Greek, one of fou
(Concluded on lage 2.)
BURGLAR DEEDS
HOME TO SISTER
HOUSE BOUGHT WITH CRIMK
PROCEEDS GOES TO GIRL.
One of Victims Offers to Help
'Raffles' in Every Possible Way
to Be 'Real Man.'
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28. (Special.)
Two lines in the real estate transfer
list today chronicled the love of San
Francisco's most remarkable gentleman
: burglar for an Innocent little sister.
The luxurious home of William Bas
tian, at 1177 Stanyan street, was deeded
to the sorrowful girl, who does not un
derstand. She Is iosephine Bastlan, 17
years old, who is being shielded from
some of the hard facts of her brother's
downfall by the motherly arms of Mrs.
James Cottle, wife of Detective Cottle.
The house was bought with the pro
ceeds of numerous crimes.
Bastlan called his attorney, Thomas
O'Connor, to the city prison and asked
him to arrange the transfer. The prop
erty, with its modern and complete
furnishings, is valued at 112,000.
"Josephine can live in the house if
she wants to," Bastian said to O'Con
nor. "She ca sell it or rent it, any
thing to Insure her comfort. I want
her to know she is taken care of when
I go behind the bars. That is all the
comfort I can ask." .
Bastlan was taken to the Lome of N
Wood and gave a vivid portrayal of
the manner in which he entered the
house and robbed it of $30'J woith of
jewelry last December.
, While demonstrating his prowess, the
Raffles was introduced to Mr. Wood.
When the owner of one of the homes
he had looted offered to help him in
every way possible to be a real man
the strange burglar showed tears In
his eyes. -
Captain of Detectives Mooney indi
cated the first figure of $100,000 will
not fully cover Bastian's stealings.
FRUIT IN GRANT IS WINNER
Quality of Samples Received in Port
land Is Unsurpassed.
Over in Grant County, which here
tofore has been famous only for its
livestock, its grain and Its minerals,
they grow some of the finest fruit pro
duced in Oregon. This was amply dem
onstrated at the recent Grant County
Fair at Canyon City.
Samples of the prize winning fruit
have reached this city. The quality of
the pears are pronounced by experts
to be unsurpassed and the apples are
declared as good. . ,.
The O.-W. R. & N. Co. offered a
valuable gold and silver cup for the
test general display of farm products.
It was won by Mrs. Jennie Fields, of
Mount Vernon. She had,more than 60
separate specimens on exhibition. Some
of the fruit in her display has been
received at the O.-W. R. & N. Co.'s gen
eral offices in Portland.
HYGIENE AIMED AT WASTE
Lecturer Tells Schoolboys Two
Ten Will Bo Moral Wrecks.
in
CHICAGO. Oct. 28. The course of
lectures on sex hygiene in Chicago
public schools, begun yesterday, in
cluded additional schools today. Of
the 700 boy pupils of the Senn High
School, only five were absent by ordc
of their parents. Several fathers were
present. Dr. C. A. Cotton in addressing
the pupils said:
"One out of every 10 of you sitting
here never will grow up; you will die
before you attain maturity. This Is
borne out by statistics. Two out of
10 of you will become moral wrecks,
This seems wasteful and by these lec
tures we hope to prevent some of the
waste."
JOHNSON DEFEATS MATTY
Giant Veteran Knocked Out of Box
During Snow Storm.
TULSA, Okla., Oct. 28. Walter John
son, pitching for the Chicago White
Sox, opposed Christy Mathewson here
today, and the White Sox won over
the New York Giants, 6 to 0. Johnson
held the Giants to eight scratch hits,
struck out eight men and walked one.
Mathewson was taken out after he
allowed two doubles and a single in
the fourth. Wiltse, who succeeded
Mathewson, was pounded freely. The
game was played in a snow storm,
LEMON GIFT WINS DECREE
Wife's Request for Casli Brings Old
Clothes, Faded Blooms, Divorce.
BOSTON, Oct. 28. As a result of
receiving several dried lemons, a
bundle of old clothes and a bouquet of
faded flowers, from Ashken Shooshan,
Mrs. Shooshan received a divorce today
on the ground of desertion. Both
came from Armenia.
Mrs. Shooshan told the court that she
received the lemons, old clothes and
withered flowers after she had asked
her husband to send her some money.
SEVENTH WIFE KILLS MAN
Eighth Spouse Sees Slaying in Ken
tucky.
WILLIAMSON, W. Va., Oct. 28. Mrs.
Sarah Sloan shot and killed her di
vorced husband at an isolated point on
Blackberry Creek, Kentucky, near Mat-
wan early today. After the shooting
Mrs. Sloan boarded a train ana came
here, where she was arrested later.
Mrs. Sloan, it is stated, was the sev-
nth wife of Jud Sloan and the man's
eighth, .wife saw. the snooting. .
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ADHERES 10 STORY
Woman Says Body of
One Baby Burned.
FRASER'S CONFESSION DEhlED
Mrs. Biain Insists She Told
Truth in Sub-Heir Case.
FICKERT THREAT CHARGED
District Attorney Criticised for Ef
fort to Show Perjury Doctor
Who Admit "Fixing" Records
Not Stranger in Courts.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28. "I do not
care what Pr. Fraser said," declared
Mrs. Hattle Blain today. Just after
making a deposition in the Sllngsby
caso before Douglas Young, British
Vice-Consul here, who Is acting as a
commissioner of the High Court of
Chancery, London. "I am telling the
truth and shall continue to tell it.
"I accompanied Mrs. Sllngsby to Dr.
Fraser's office and negotiated with her
for a living male infant. Later I
took the dead body of her own infant
and burned it. That's the story I shall
stick to, no matter what anybody says."
Lieutenant Charles Henry Reynard
Sllngsby, late of the British Navy, and
his American wife, Dorothy Cutler
Morgan Sllngsby, are attempting to
prove that Charles Eugene Edward
Slingsby, now 3 years old, was born in
San Francisco and is their legitimate
son. The remainder of the family
seek to show that little Charles Eugene
Is a changeling, born out of wedlock
to a Santa Rosa high school girl and a
chauffeur.
Doctor Once Set Free.
Dr. W. W. Fraser, who Mrs. Blain
says performed the substitution, is
from Weaverville, Cal. He was prose
cuted on a charge of having falsltled
a public document, after the case had
been laid before District Attorney
Fickert by the State. Board of Health,
but Judge Dunne in the Superior Court
upheld the contention of the doctor's
attorneys that no crime had been com
mitted, because, within the meaning d'
the law, a birth certificate is not a
public document. '
As neither Lieutenant Slingsby nor
his wife aro American citizens, the
State of California had no further in
terest in the case until it appeared
that testimony given in the preliminary
hearing in Police Court against Dr.
Fraser was so contradictory that some
body must have committed perjury.
Whereupon District Attorney Fickert
convened the grand Jury for a speclul
Investigation and last night Dr. Fra
ser testitied that he had accepted $500
from the faction of the Sllngsby fam
ily hostile to the child.
Hoy Would Be Father's Heir.
If the legitimacy of the boy Is es
tablished he will become his father's
heir to an estate yielding an income of
between J10.000 and ?50,000 a year. If
not the income will revert at the
father's death to a Junior branch.
Counsel for this branch of the fam
ily protests against the activity of th
District Attorney. "I don't think the
District Attorney of this county has
any business to call his grand Jury In
a case before a foreign court, shortly
to be. adjudicated by a foreign Judge,"
said Attorney Knight. "I want to
know his interest In the Slingsby case.
He has got to quit using his office to
intimidate witnesses."
"Mr. Fickert threatened me in his
office today," added Mrs. Blain, who
is a nurse. "Ho said to me: 'Afts.
Blain, you tell the truth about this
business-now, or I'll have you put in
Jail.'
Perjury Charge Investigated.
I looked at him squarely and an
swered: "I have told the truth ana ou
know it.' He repeated his threat about
putting me In jail."
"My investigation," said District At.
torney Fickert, In reply to Knight, "is
quite apart from the hearing In prog
ress before Vice-Consul Young. I have
done nothing to embarrass tnat case
and I don't care whether the Slingsby
baby Is legitimate or illegitimate, is a
Slingsby or not. My sole object Is to
establish whether perjury has been
committed, and if bo, by whom.
"The reason the grand Jury has been
convened at this time Is that the tak
ing of depositions before Vice-Consul
Young has brought together all tlie
witnesses for the first time and thty
are now available lor examination ux
the grand Jury."
COUNTY SEEKS "GOAT"
Responsibility for Many Repairs on
Broadway Bridge Sought.
In order to determine tho responsibil
ity for the many repairs that are re
quired on Broadway bridge. County
Commissioners Holman and Llghtncr
and Superintendent of Bridges Murnane
yesterday made a thorough inspection
of the new structure.
Many of the paving blocks are loose,
the guard rails are not as secure as
they should be and a large marblo fuse
block is cracked. Almost continually
since the bridge was taken over by
the county repairs have been necessary,
and the Commissioners say they want
to know why the bridge, which has
been in use only for a few months, la
proving so costly. .
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