VOL. JLIH. XO--16,525.
POKTI.AXD, OREGON, TUFSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ASQUITH REASSURES
AMERICA ON MEXICO
Political Intervention
Never Intended.
NAILED AS FALSE
Prime Minister Tells Why
, Huerta Was Recognized.
POLICY STILL UNCHANGED
England Forced to Deal With Some
de Facto Government as Only
One That Offered Prospect
, of Protecting Subjects.
ASariTH'S EXPLANATION OF
BRITAIN'S RECOGMTION
OF HUERTA.
We have recognized President
Huerta, because, having neither
the will nor the power to Inter
vene, we were bound to deal with
the de facto government and, be
cause of Information then In our
possession, there appeared to be
no element except that of Huerta
and his supporters which offered
any prospect of the restoration
of stability and order. This
was on March 31. Very shortly
afterwards, in answer to our In
quiries, we were Informed by the
Government of the United States
that as regards the recognition
of President Huerta, no definite
answer could bo given, except
that they would wait some time
longer before recognizing him.
Extract from speech of H. H.
Asqulth, British Prime Minister.
LONDON. Nov. 10 Prime Minister
Asqulth discussed the Mexican ques
tion In his annual speech at the Lord
Mayor's banquet tonight.
"Our interests in Mexico," said the
Prime Minister, "call for vigilant care.
Mexico is still in the throes of a civil
war, but there never was and never
has been any question of political in
tervention by Great Britain In the do
mestic concerns of Mexico, or In the
Central or South American states.
i America Not Thwarted.
"It Is no part of our duty to prevent
revolutions or control civil wars. The
utmost we can do Is to give what pro
tection Is possible on the coast to Brit
ish subjects and property. There have
been rumors that after the United
States had adopted a line of their own
In regard to Mexico we took a line
calculated deliberately to thwart Amer
ica. There Is not a vestige of founda
tion for such a rumor.
"We have recognized President
Huerta, because, having neither the
will nor the power to intervene, we
Were bound to deal with the de facto
government, and, because of Informa
tion then In our possession, there ap
peared to be no element except that
of Huerta and his supporters which
offered any prospect of the restoration
of the stability and order.
Poller Not Changed.
"This was on March 81. Very shortly
Afterwards, in answer to our inquiries,
we were Informed by the Government
of the United States that as regards
the recognition of President Huerta,
no definite answer could be given, ex
cept that they would wait some time
longer before recognizing him.
"Since then there has been no change
In policy and no departure of any kind.
The change of Ministers to Mexico in
volved no change of policy. We have
the right to assume that in whatever
policy America adopts she will have
regard for the legitimate commercial
foreign Interests In Mexico, as well as
her. own. There has been an inter
change of views with the utmost
frankness and cordiality on both sides.
Our diplomatic relations with the
United States have been such for a long
time that with the freest frankness of
discussion on all matters that might
from time to time arise, we both feel
the fullest assurance nothing can hap
pen to disturb our common resolve to
maintain a sympathetic attitude.
Brjct'n Work Lauded.
"It is only right to say that no one
In our time has contributed, more
largely to create and foster this tem
per between the two great and kindred
peoples than our distinguished Ambas
ador, now once more home amongst
ue, Mr. Bryce."
Premier Asquith began his speech
with a review of the Balkan troubles,
mid congratulated the powers on pre
serving peace among themselves dur
ing these troubles. He pledged Eng
land to do all possible towards the re
habilitation of Turkey, .but only after
consulting the desires of the other
powers. .
Mr. Asqulth warned his hearers the
exuberant industrial development of
the older countries in conjunction with
rapid development, largely by borrowed
capital, of Infant and adolescent com
munities and costly schemes of so
cial reform and waste of wealth in
In warfare and armaments, portend
a slackening In the tide of present
progressiveness. It behooves them,
he said, to ask whether it was not time
for statesmen and business men to
take counsel together to secure a
more sane and fruitful apportionment
of the common resources of mankind.
Churchill Recalls Plana.
Winston Spencer Churchill. First
Lord of the Admiralty, disappointed
.tCoaoludstl on Pas 6.X
LATIN AND YANKEE
SWAP COMPLIMENT
MOXROE'S. NAME MAY K KPLACE
CANNING'S IX ARGENTINA.
United States Must Dominate Car
ibbean Sea, Says Buenos Ay res
Statesman to Roosevelt.
BUENOS AYR.ES, Nov. 10. The Uni
versity of Argentine conferred the
honorary degree of Doctor of Laws on
Colonel Roosevelt today. In an address
Estanlslao Seballos, ex-Prime Minister,
eulogized the ex-President of the Uni
ted States and his policy toward Pan
ama. The ex-Premier said eventually
the United States must dominate the
Caribbean Sea, otherwise the repub
lics In that vicinity would Invite Euro
pean Intervention.
Senor Seballos declared the homage
done by Argentine to Canning was un
called for and suggested that the name
of Canning, given to a street in Buenos
Ayres, should be changed to that of
Monroe, who saved the Independence
of all America. He declared that now
adays the Argentine Republic did not
accept the protection of the Monroe
doctrine, but It did accept the doctrine
of Pan-Americanism. This did not mean
hostility to Europe, however, as that
continent supplied immigrants and
capital to the country.
Colonel Roosevelt, In his reply, recog
nized that Argentina did not need the
protection of the Monroe doctrine.
"We should have regard for Europe,"
said the ex-President, "but above all
we should be citizens of our own coun
tries. I always will denounce revolu
tions in countries where the people are
unable to govern themselves."
TAYLOR MAY BE CHOSEN
Assistant Chief Engineer Likely to
Succeed Mayor Mclndoe.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Nov. 10. Lieutenant-Colonel
Harry Taylor, of the Army Engineer
Corps, now on duty in Washington as
assistant to chief of engineers, and who
for several years was district engineer
In Oregon and Washington, Is likely to
be sent to Portland to relieve Major
Mclndoe. though his detail has not yet
been ordered.
Since Major Mclndoe's transfer finally
was decided on. Senator Chamberlain
has urged the War Department to send
some competent officer to Portland,
preferably one familiar with Columbia
River work.
Colonel Taylor is out of the city to
day.
SULZER INDICTMENT ASKED
Assembly Is Requested to Instruct
Attorney-General to Prosecute.
ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 10. Assembly
man Cuvillier caused a stir today In
the Assembly by introducing a resolu
tion asking the Attorney-General to
seek the indictment and criminal pros
ecution, of William Sulzer, Impeached
Governor, on charges of perjury, con
spiracy and other offenses and also to
prefer charges with the State Bar As
sociation In an effort to bring about
the disbarment of the ex-Governor.
Majority Leader Levy objected to the
resolution. He thought It was not
within the province of the Assembly to
call on the Attorney-General for such
action. There was no further consid
eration of the resolution.
GERMAN'S PROTEST READ
Portland Society Joins in Attack on
Ambassador Page Address.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. Protests
from the Confederated' German-Speaking
Societies and the Robert Emmet
Society of Portland, Or., against Am
bassador Walter H. Page's recent Lon
don speech In which he was credited
with having said the United States
was English-led and English ruled was
read In the Senate today.
Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, made
the request to have the protests read.
MILK USED TO FIGHT FIRE
Firemen Pour 100 Gullons or Dairy
Product on. Burning House.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 10. More than
100 gallons of milk were used by fire
men in an attempt to extinguish a fire
that destroyed the home of Julius A.
Kane in Kansas City, Kan., today.
The home was in a suburb far from
a fire hydrant. Firemen seized the
milk standing in cans on the platform
at a dairy nearby and poured it on the
flames.
FARMERS WILL DRAIN LAND
Plan Is to Reclaim More Than 1000
Acres Xear Aberdeen.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Nov., 10. (Spe
cial.) About 25 farmers and land
owners along the Chehalis Valley be
tween Elma and Satsop, met at Elma
Saturday and decided to organize a
drainage district. A petition probably
will be presented to the Commissioners
at the next meeting.
It is said the work contemplated will
reclaim more than 1000 acres.
WOMAN LAWYER HONORED
Tacoma Feminine Attorney to Prac
tice Befere Highest Court.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Nov. 10. Miss Nelda Jaeger, of
Tacoma, was admitted today to prac
tice before the United States Supreme
Court.
She is the 63d woman admitted to
practice before this court.
SCOTT TEMPTED BY
POISON TO END ALL
Antarctic Martyr Re
veals Plan in Diary.
POTION DEMANDED OF DOCTOR
Explorer's Last Writings Tell
Decision to Struggle On.
NATURAL DEATH CHOSEN
Thoughts Kecorded as Lire Slowly
Ebbs Bares to World Frightful
Hardships of .Dash to Pole.
Rival's Success Depresses.
(Copyrighted by The New Tork Times.)
LONDON, Nov. 5 (Special.) "Cap
tain Scott's Last Expedition" Is to be
published tomorrow In two big, hand
some volumes. It contains Captain
Scott's diary, written methodically
day by day from the departure of the
Terra Nova in 1810 to the moment in
March, 1912, when, "with death actual
ly in the tent pitched for the last time
in the frozen waste of the great Bar
rier, the dying commander wrote:
"The end cannot be far. It seems a
pity, but I do not think I can write
more. For God's sake, look after our
people."
Published in facsimile, the last
lines, although they are penciled by
the hand of a man suffering physical
agonies due to frozen feet and the
resultant commencement of mortifi
cation spreading upward, and to acute
mental distress and almost at the
actual point of death, are marked by
masculine firmness and complete
absence of tremor.
The second colume includes Dr.
Atkinson's report giving the reasons
why it was impossible to undertake
the relief of Scott, but the bulk of the
volume is devoted to the scientific
achievements of the expedition.
The main facts of Captain Scott's
absorbing narrative have already fc-een
published. What follows has jeen
heretofore unpublished and throws
lisut on obscure points.
Petty Officer Evans Collapses.
Scott, next to the blixzards sud the
phenomenally low temperatures rn the
Barrier, ascribed the disaster mainly
to the astonishing failure of the
strongest man of the party. Petty
Officer Evans, a physical giant. A
study of the diaries shows the course
and causes of the failure.
The first refrence, January 17, 1912,
to Evans' frozen hands, says this com
pelled premature camping. A week
later Evans' nose was frozen and his
fingers were badly blistered. Scott
wrote: "He is a good deal run down.
He is very much annoyed with himself,
which is not a good sign."
On January 29, 1912, "Evans dislodged
two fingernails. His hands are really
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 48
degrees; minimum, 47 degrees.
TODAY'S Cloudy, probably with rain; light
variable winds.
Foreign.
Captain Scott's diary reveals plan to end
horrible hardships by poison. Page 1.
-Belliss found not guilty of ritual murder.
Page 3.
Prime Minister Asqulth reassures America
on Mexico. Page 1.
Argentina and Roosevelt swap compliments.
Page 1.
American battleships welcomed In European
ports. Page 8.
National.
Proposal to caucus on currency measure
causes outburst In Senate. Page 6.
Huerta in note to diplomats says his aim
is peace and legality. Page 5. -Republican
leaders elated over returns from
last week's election. Page 2.
House chooses diamond necklace for Miss
Wilson's wedding gift. Page 2.
Domestic
Anna Held, actress, decries drinking "hab
it" among American women. Page 1.
Eastern tr'alnmen win pay increase through
arbitration. Page 1.
Eastern storm leaves ruin and death. In
wake. Page 1.
Purity Congress attacks dims novel,
"Tango," and other dances and public
drinking of women. Page 4.
Mrs. Blake drops alienation suit against Mrs.
Mackay. Page 8.
New corn-crop will make record. Page 2.
Sports.
Lobar confirms story that he refused major
league trial. Page 0.
Major leagues say baseball material hard to
find. Page 9.
Ritchie defeats Leach Cross in champion
ship battle. Page 8.
Undefeated elevens to meet on Multnomah
field Saturday. Page 8.
Seats for dinner to be given world baseball
tourists in great demand. Page 8.
Pacific Northwest.
Jobless on road work suggested at labor
meeting In Seattle. Page 6.
Eaker County slayer Is maniac. Page 6.
Columbia George testifies In own behalf at
Pendleton. Page 6.
Plans are made to reclaim 47.000 acres In
Umatilla County. page 7.
Lawyers fight at disbarment hearing In
Vancouver. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Produce Jobbers of Oregon and Washington
form association. Page 10. '
Damage to Argentine crop lifts wheat at
Chicago. Page 10.
Stock market adversely Influenced by Mex
ican sltaation. Page 10.
Den of Glamia ordered to fumigate here
after unloading. Page 14.
Portland) and Vicinity.
Federal Government to Investigate death of
patient at Coe Sanitarium. Page 18.
Flower show Is to be thrown open to pub
lic today. Page 12.
James J. Hill confirms invasion of California
by steamship line. Page 18.
Murlock Hall gay at opening party of Mon
day Night Lianclng Club. Page 12.
Increased patlonage at Library cited as
Justification for larger approprlation.
Page 12.
James J. Hill promises to aid plan to de
velop river harbors. Page 18.
Pay of City Attorney, Engineer and Judge
to be advanced materially. Page 18.
Nation will pay homage to apple. Page 13.
Higher standard for examination to Cregon
bar is proposed. Page 13.
S. Benson explains his war on whisky.
Page 14.
CvHl Service Commission proposes to ehange
se'-eral rules. Page 4.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 18.
LORD MAYOR IS INSTALLED
Sir Van Slttart Bowater Takes Office
With Historic Display.
LONDON. Nov. 10. Sir Van Sittart
Bowater was today installed Lord
Mayor or the City of London with all
the solemnity and display that ancient
custom demands. The oath was admin
istered by the new Lord Chief Justice,
Sir Rufus Isaacs.
The "Lord, Mayor's show" was a re
production of the show of Just 300
years ago. It was called the "Triumph
of Time" and Included a number of
curious old floats and detachments of
soldiers and sailors in the uniform of
the period of Waterloo and Trafalgar.
DRIFTING.
EASTERN TRAINMEN
WIN PAY INCREASE
100,000 Men to Share
$6,000,000 Grant.
ARBITRATION BOARD DECIDES
Binding and Final Action Ends
Long Controversy.
LIVING COST CONSIDERED
Commission Rules Against Workmen
on Four of Five Contentions.
Roads' " Plea Threatening
Rate Increase Futile.
NEW TORK. Nov. 10. The long-
lived controversy between railroads of
the East and their conductors and
trainmen over the latter's demands for
more pay ended tonight.
The employes are granted an in
crease of wages averaging 7 per cent.
and totaling 6, 000, 000,. about half of
what they asked.
One hundred thousand men will share
in the Increase.
Loig Controversy Ends,
Thus ends by arbitration under the
Newlands amendment to the Erfiman
act a controversy that threatened at
one time to tie up by strike the trans
portatlon facilities of all states east
of the Mississippi River and north of
the Ohio.
The award of the arbitration com
mission filed late this afternoon in the
Federal District Court Is binding and
final.
The two board representatives of the
employes filed a minority report In ad
dition, and the two reports of the 41
railroads, a dissenting opinion.
In reaching its award the board
ruled mainly against the employes on
four out of five points submitted as
reasons, .why the increase should be
granted, and found for them on the
fifth the Increased cost of living.
Since 1909. when last an increase
was granted, the arbitrators found the
cost of living had increasod 7 per cent
Certain minor contentions also were
conceded to the employes.
Living; Coat Important.
"The board does not find its action
entirely upon the increased' cost of liv
ing," reads the award, a document of 75
printed pages, "though It loaks upon
this as Important."
Without attempting to standardize
the rates of pay between railroad em
ployes of the East and the West, thi
board asssrts its belief that it is desir
able but not possible at the present
time. As to this, the award voices the
opinion that Congress should make an
inquiry as to whether there la any
longer a substantial reason for the
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ANNA HELD DECRIES
FAIR 'SEX DRINKING
AMERICAN WOMEN "LIVE" TOO
ARDENTLY, SHE SATS.
Const Types Handsome Enough Is
Noted Actress Assertion, but Not
"Elusive or Alluring."
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Nov. 10. (Spe
cial.) Anna Held, famed for her beau
ty, her talent ana her diamond stock
ings, arrived In Los Angeles today la
her private car for a two weeks' en
gagement. Her first remark made in this city
was:
"I hope Los Angeles women are more
beautiful than those in San Francisco.
The women there most of them are
too big, too fat and too coarse. It is
because they are too fond of pleasure,
I think.
"Everywhere I looked. I would see
such large women. Handsome? Tes,
but too oh: too plain handsomeness.
You know what I mean Nothing elu
sive or, well, nothing alluring.
"You see, they live too much up there.
What do you say? Yes. I know, there
are other cities where they do, but in
Paris and New York they pay far more
attention to their beauty than do the
women of San Francisco. Those women,
they drink a cocktail two. even, meal
after meal.
"Ah! Yes. I drink cocktails, but only
occasionally. A cocktail can never
mean as much to a. woman as beauty.
One can buy champagne, but never
beauty.
"Beauty means happiness and love.
No woman can be superior. It Is as
absurd to be too fat as to have hips in
a hipless season.
WORKMEN'S ACT APPEALED
United States Supreme Court to Pass
on Washington Law.
OL.YMPIA. Wash. Nov. 10. (Special.)
Chief Justice Crow, of the Washing
ton Supreme Court, today signed a
writ of error in the Mountain Timber
Company case, appealed from Cowlitz
County, taking the Washington work
men's compensation law to the Supreme
Court of the United States. The state
courts have twice upheld the law. This
will be the first state compensation
law on which the highest judicial tri
bunal will be called upon to pass.
KELSO, Wash., Nov. 10. (Special.)
Attorney-General Tanner has brought
suit against the Mountain Timber Com
pany, a Cowlitz County concern, for re
fusal to pay its assessment for premi
um under the law. The Superior Court
of the county found judgment against
the company, and was upheld In every
point by the State Supreme Court. The
company argues the law is not con
stitutional, for the reason that it takes
property without due process of law;
that it deprives them-he right of trial
by Jury, and allows unlawful seizure
and unwarranted Invasion of private
rights.
ELECTION AUTO BAN VETOED
Drastic Ordinance Declared Interfer
ence With Personal Rights.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10. Declaring
a drastic election ordinance passed by
the City Council "an unwarranted
Interference with the personal rights
of citizens," Mayor Rose today vetoed
the measure.
The ordinance prohibited taking
voters to the polls In hired automo
biles unless the voter was charged full
taxlcab rates for the service, refused
to allow election workers to canvass
votes and prohibited hiring precinct
workers to distribute campaign litera
ture. THREAT TO KILL CHARGED
Man Arrested for Annoying Woman
at Downtown Waiting-Room.
Accused of threatening to kill Mrs.
L. Couch, 6106 East Thirty-sixth street,
who he accosted in the waiting-room
of the streetcar company late last
night, D. G. Jobon, a harnessmaker, was
arrested- by Plain Clothes Officer
Schmirer at the corner of Front and
Morrison streets, where he had fol
lowed Jobon, who again accosted Mrs.
Couch at that point, according to the
officer.
Jobon was released under ball of J50
and Mrs. Couch declared she would file
a complaint against him today.
SULZER ASKS OCTOBER PAY
Deposed Executive Maintains II Is
Still "Legal Governor."
ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 10. William
Sulzer asserts he is still Governor of
New York, it developed today.
In a letter to the State Treasurer and
the State Controller, he demanded his
full salary for the last half of October,
1913.
According to the letter, the Impeach
ment proceedings were "illegal, uncon
stitutional and void." It closes: "I am
till legal Governor of the state."
HOUSE TO ARGUE SUFFRAGE
Woman's Rights Amendment to
Come TTp In Congress December 4.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. Chairman
Henry, of the House rules committee,
has set Wednesday, December 4, for
beginning hearings on the woman suf
frage amendments.
Sir Richard Solomon Dies.
LONDON. Nov. 10. Sir Richard Solo
mon, high commissioner in London, for
the Union of South Africa, died today.
aged 6S. . .
STURM LEAVES RUIN
AND DEATH IN WAKE
East Hit by Most Severe
Weather in Years.
14 DEAD; MANY ARE INJURED
Great Lake Ships in Distress.
City Traffic Tied Up.
TRAINS ARE HOURS LATE
In Blinding Snows Some Walk to
Death and Others Are Hurled to
Fatal Ending Many "Live"
Wires Dangle in Streets.
CHICAGO, Nov. 8. (Special.) Four
teen dead, numberless Injured, delayed
transportation, almost useless tele
graph and telephone service in many
districts and terrible suffering from
the cold these are the chief results of
the storm which swept the Central
States yesterday and today.
Duluth and Winnipeg. Canada, tied
for lowest temperature, ,6 degrees
above zero. Every city except two in
the district east of the Mississippi
River and west of the Allegheny Moun
tains as far south as the Gulf States
reported Ice in every space of open
water nearby.
Deaths and DamaRe llenorted.
No deaths were reported in Chicagu,
although at Hammond and Peru, Ind..
not many miles apart, half a dozen per
sons were killed. In Chicago vast
damage was done by the pounding
waves, short circuited electric wires
and a dry, biting cold wind, which
grew to a 40-mile gale and raised to
high midwinter mark the number of
calls for food, fuel and clothing for
the poor. Great havoc was wrought in
electric communication and transpor
tation service. All of Ohio and .West
ern Pennsylvania were practically
without telegraph communication.
Cleveland, O.. has been practically
cut off in wire service from the world
for two days. Only railroad service
wires for directing trains have been
in operation.
Snovr Two to Five Feet Deep.
Snow covered a great part of Ohio
River Valley to a depth of from two
to five feet. In the mountains of West
Virginia and Western Pennsylvania
drifts and banks as deep as l; feet
were reported, and In these trains were
stuck in at least two places.
In Pittsburg low temperature records
for 34 years were broken when the
thermometer registered a decrease of
18 degrees 'in an hour to 22 above zero.
Buffalo experienced a gale of 7:1
miles an hour at noon. Three feet of
snow fell and street traffic was at a
standstill.
Trunk railroads west of Buffalo suf
fered delays to every train operated.
Chicago to New York trains were fro:n
seven to 11 hours late.
Part ot Cleveland Dark.
Not only were hundreds of telegraph
poles blown down, but in many in
stances snow-covered wires were pulled
from cross arms by their own weight.
Part of Cleveland was In darkness
when the city electrician directed that
the current be shut off to save people
from injury when wires were blown
down.
Western Union and Postal wires
were down in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana
and Pennsylvania and business across
that district was routed to the south.
Every lineman available is being
worked 20 hours a day repairing dam
ages. WESTERN SEW YOItK HARD HIT
Suburban Electric Trains in liufialo
District Blocked.
BUFFALO, N. Y.. Nov. 10. Western
New York today is emerging from one
of the most severe November snow
storms on record. A gale that reached
a velocity of 74 miles an hour drove
snow and sleet into drifts that blocked
suburban electric railway lines and
hampered the operation of steam rail
road trains. Shipping had received
ample warning and so far as known no
vessel was caught unprepared on Lake
Erie. One railroad wreck occurred on
the Erie aRilroad, near- Leroy, caus
ing one death and the injury of eight
persons.
The storm was the heaviest along
the south shore of Lake Erie and
through eastbound passenger traffic
was practically at a. standstill from
late Sunday night until 4 o'clock this
afternoon.
LOSS IN CLEVELAND IS HIGH
Wires Are Down, Trains Late and
One Is Known to Be Dead.
CLEVELAND, O.. Nov. 10. The most
severe early Winter storm in many
years raged in Cleveland and vicinity
from Sunday afternon until this morn
ing, the damage running Into thou
sands of dollars. Communication with
the outside world by telegraph, tele
phone, rail or water was cut 'of for 30
hours.
Trains were from 12 to 18 hours late.
Hundreds of telephone poles were
blown down, and not only was streetcar
traffic tied up. but the entangled wires,
many of them charged heavily, were a
constant source of danger. Driven by
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