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VOL. LTTI NO- 16,530.
PORTLAND, OREGON. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 17, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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HUERTA DISMISSES
fll
Dictator Says He Will
"Play Out Game."
ALOAPE ORDERED TO RESIGN
Jntrigue for Presidency Divides
Cabinet Into Camps.
SITUATION MORE TENSE
fall of Juarez Is Admitted, but No
Comment Is Made De la Barra
to Complete Mission That
Felix Iiai Began.
MEXICO CITT.Nov.16. It vraa learned
today that the American charge had
aeen President Hnerta and from the
I'realdent himself had learned that he
wonld not resign and would listen only
to such proposals as nwe compatible
with his own dignity and that of hia
country. '
This Is the substance of a report
Tvhlch, it is aald, Mr. O'Shaugbnessy
has made to Washington.
MEXICO CITY. Nov. 16. What doubt
remained regarding General Huerta's
Intensions with respect to compliance
with the American demands for his
own elimination was removed from the
minds -of most Mexicans and foreign
residents by his peremptory dismissal
today of Manuel Garza Aldape. the
Minister of the Interior. who was
looked upon as the head of the Huerta
Cabinet.
Aldape led that group of the Cabinet
which held the conviction that it would
be best to accede to that portion of
least of Washington's demands which
meant the total abandonment of power
by the provisional President, and he is
said to have been the only one with
sufficient courage to discuss' the Inter
national situation frankly . with his
chief.
Game to Be "Played Out."
It was he w;ho.- called, at the, Amer
ican Embassy recently and Induced
Kelson O'Shaughnessy, the charge
d'affaires, to send to Washington his
appeal for the reopening of negotia
tions. Senor Aldape's resignation was
demanded at a Cabinet meeting at
President Huerta's house early this
morning. Huerta is said to have re
iterated at this meeting the statement
that he would not resign; that with
him it was a case of life or death, and
he was disposed to play out the game
Certain intimate friends of General
Huerta have been indicating to him, it
Is said, for some time, that the Minis
ter of the Interior was Intriguing for
the Presidency and that the Cabinet
had become divided Into camps. Those
who opposed Aldape included Querldo
Moheno. Minister of Foreign Affairs;
ueneral Blanquet, Minister of War;
and Jose Maria Lozano, Minister of
I' omen to.
Aldape Sent to Europe.
It is said authoritatively that these
three ministers assured General Huerta
that unless the Minister of the Interior
was removed they would resign. Aldape
was designated by the provisional
President to go to Europe In fulfillment
of some undetermined special mission.
His friends think it possible that he
may be named to succeed Francisco de
la Barra as Minister to France.
Senor de la Barra has been ordered
to Japan as special ambassador to pre
sent the thanks of the Mexican govern
ment for the participation of Japan in
the centennial festivities under For
nrlo Diaz In 1910. It was on. this mis
slon that General Felix Diaz was pro
ceedlng when he decided to return to
Mexico to take part in the elections.
Senor Aldape was the last remaining
Cabinet officer appointed by agreement
between Huerta and General . Felix
Diaz at the close of the battle in the
capital la February. The agreement
was signed in the American Embassy.
The other ministers then chosen have
been eliminated one by one. For a short
time Aldape was acting Minister of
Foreign Affairs, pending the arrival In
Mexico of Federlco Gamboa, Minister
to Holland and Belgium, to whom the
portfolio had been given. Aldape went
into the Ministry of the Interior on the
resignation of Dr. Aureliano Urrutla.
News of the fall of Juarez was re
celved too late to be generally knowr.
Mexican officials admit the fall of
Juarez, but no one was Quoted or gave
any definite statement.
The situation at the capital tonight
la extremely tense.
I.IND
STILL
NEGOTIATING
Washington Adopts Attitude That
Situation la Not Critical.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. Negotla
tlons between Charge. O'Shaughnessy
and John Llnd and the Huerta govern
ment in Mexico are continuing, ac
cording to dispatches received at th
State Department today, but no tangl
ble conclusions have been reached.
William Bayard Hale, who has been
Industriously conferring with the Con
stltutionalists at their Nogales head
quarters, also telegrephed at length to
the department.
That the situation was not regarded
as critical was evident from the attl
tude of official Washington. The Ad
ministration Is confident of the ultl
mate retirement of Huerta, as well as
CANDID
MINISTER
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HOOP SKIRTS OR NO
TANGO DIP IS EDICT
CHICAGO ALSO WANTS 4-IXCH
SPACE BETWEEN DANCER'S.
Modern Steps in . Modern Splits
Fright, Says Censor Without
the Split Horrors!
CHICAGO. Nov. 16. (Special.)
Women who wish to dance the tango
in Chicago must go back to the "hoop
skirts" of their grandmothers or elim
inate the "dip," which now Is considered
one of the Intricacies of the dance.
They also must provide themselves
with tape measures or rulers, set a
marker at four inches and make certain
that their partners do not cross the
dead line."
Corporation Counsel Sexton ana the"
fflcial censors of the city morals have
decided that these rules are imperative
and should apply to every public dance
hall In the city. The Council undoubt
edly will make the order official by an
ordinance Monday night.
Major M. L C. Funkhouser. the of
ficial morals censor of the city, thought
ix inches of air between the dancers
was the proper distance, out several
of the Alderman argue that this makes
dancing difficult, so the four-inch rule
will prevail.
No especial fault Is found with the
dip" itself, but the censors say It Is a
fright when attempted by a girl wear
ing a skin-tight skirt split half way
to her waist or even higher. It Is
till worse when a slit skirt is not
worn. The Aldermen argue tnat no
woman canjdo the "dip" in the present
style of skirts with any degree of mod
esty and that. If the tango is not roado
modest, it will be barred.
NEW WAREHOUSE PLANNED
Front-Street Commission Firms May
Move to East Side.
A $64,000 commission merchants'
warehouse, cold storage and salesroom
building, to be built on East Alder
treet, between East First and East
Second streets, will probably be com
menced within the next few weens.
The structure will be at least 200 by
100 feet, and two stories hlgh.v A plan
to lease a quarter block, giving a
frontage on East Washington street,
is not yet perfected.
Nothing definite will be decided un
til Wednesday," said C. G. Ellison, of
Palmer & Ellison. "But this marks the
beginning of the end of Front street as
a commission district. The commission
merchants must have cold storage, and
they must also be able to switch cars
in the daytime."
Mr. Ellison refused to state the oc
cupants of the new building, but intl
mated that four or five firms on Front
street probably would move there.
IFTY INFANTS BAPTIZED
Lengthy. Christening Ceremonies
Held by Methodists at Moscow.
MOSCOW. Idaho, Nov. 16. (Special.)
Fifty Infants were baptized today In
the Methodist Church here, the Rev.
Robert Warner officiating. For more
than an hour mothers with their babes
n arms filed past the pulpit, staying
long enough to permit the christening.
The baptisms were administered in
connection with the "Cradle Roll" work
of the church and similar ceremonies
will be held at frequent intervals dur
ing the Winter. The big auditorium
of the church was crowded with mem
bers and spectators today. This Is said
to have been the biggest baptismal
class ever recorded in the Inland Em
pire. "BABY M'KEE" IS MARRIED
Harrison's Granddaughter Becomes
Wife of Grandson of A. Busch.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16. Miss Mary
Lodge McKee, who was the "Baby"
McKee of the White House when her
grandfather, Benjamin Harrison, was
President of the United States, and who
was christened In the executive man
sion, was married yesterday to Kurt
Reislnger, son of Mr. and Mrs, Hugh'
Reisinger and grandson of the late
Adolphus Busch.
The wedding took place In the Cen
tral Presbyterian Church here. The
bride Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James R. McKee, of this city. She took
an active part in fashionable life at
Washington last Winter.
TENNIS STAR IS MOTHER
Eight-Pound Boy Born to Former
Miss May Sutton.
LOS ANGELES. Cat. Nov. 16. (Spe
cial.) An eight-pound boy who may
add new tennis laurels to California
was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Bundy at their residence in Brent
wood Place, Santa Monica, Bundy and
Maurice E. McLaughlin hold the pres
ent doubles tennis championship of the
United States and. Mrs, Bundy. who was
Miss May Sutton, is the champion wom
an tennis played of the world.
It is the Intention of the parents of
the latest addition to the Bundy family
to name him Nathan, after his grand
father. It is their Intention also to
make him a famous tennis player.
ACID-THROWING EPIDEMIC
British Home Office Considers New
Preventive Regulations. '
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LONDON. Nov. 16. (Special.) The
British home office is considering
adopting more stringent regulations
governing the sale by drug stores of
acids and. similar chemicals to women.
This is due to the unprecedented out
break of vitriol throwing in London. In
two recent cases women of social post
tlon are involved.
BANKING LAWS TO
BE REVISED NEXT
Currency Bill Calls for
Further Action.
GUARANTEE WILL GO OVER
Prohibition of Interlocking Di
rectorates Also Postponed.
MURDOCK HAS PROGRAMME
Third-Party Leader Says His "Pro
gressive Trust Triplets" .Will
Wipe Out Monopoly and
Solve Whole Question.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 16. With the
Administration currency bill due to be
reported to the Senate this, week after
long delay, a plan to revise the National
banking laws to meet the new currency
system has made its appearance In leg
islative circles. It will Include Impor
tant questions originally contemplated
as a part of the currency bill, but set
aside until the next session of Con
gress, when a general revision of bank
ing laws has been promised by the Ad.
ministration.
In connection with this proposed re
vision Congress will take up the far-
reaching question of rural credits. One.
at the provisions which probably will
be inserted in the new law- will forbid
Interlocking directorates In National
banks. An effort has been made to
put this prohibition In the pending
currency bill,' but ' the Administration
has maintained that It should go into
the new banking law.
Guarantee of Deposits Goes Over.
The Senate banking and currency
Administration supporters have ' de
clined to consider a scheme for guar
anteeing National bank deposits, with
the understanding that that question
would be taken up next session.
Advocates of the bank law revision
plan are seeking to place their projects
ahead of the proposed anti-trust leg
islation in. the . Administration . pro
gramme.
The Progressive anti-trust pro
gramme, the main feature of the third
party's legislative plans for the next
i session, is outlined in three bills which
Representative Murdock, of Kansas.
Progressive leader of the House, will
introduce- tomorrow. They embody
proposals to create an interstate trade
commission, to prohibit unfair compe
tition and -'to suppress monopolies.
These measures will be added to the
House Judiciary committee's already
full docket of anti-trust bills intro-
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
64.5 degrees; minimum. 43.
TODAY'S Rain; southeasterly winds.
Foreign.
Deceased Japanese statesman dissected, as
he wished. Page 4.
Huerta dismisses Cabinet Minister who cor
dially advised him to resign. Page 1.
Administration' to amend banking laws to
match currency bill. Page 1.
Naples wearying of visit of American sail
ors. . i-age 3.
Burning steamer towed to port and saved.
rage 3.
Domestic.
AnnymoTis donor gives $4,850,000 to Cor
nell medical school. Page 1.
Jesse Wilson's fiance thinks men who prey
vn women are worse tnan murderers.
Page 4.
Figure au naturel Is rule of fashion. Page 4.
Chicago to drape Tango dip in hoopskirts.
rage x.
Guaymas banks and merchants robbed by
troops of garrison. Page 2.
Trial of "Prophet of Bun" to be begun
. today. Page 2.
Sports,
Game swells college purses. Page 10.
Play upsets ."dope" on Eastern gridirons.
Page 10.
Sox-Giants worla-tourlng ballplayers may
get wetting here tomorrow. Page 11.
Roseoe Fawcett does not see any hope for
Oregon victory over Washington next
year. Page 10.
Aggies rejoice over Improvement In team's
lorcn. rage 11. t
Pacific Northwest.
Extension school moves Lewis County farm
era to enthusiasm. Page 9.
Victim of Bend tragedy sinking, assailant
still at large. Page 9.
Second week of labor convention to be busy.
Page 9.
Florence citizens feel Justified for deporta
tion of Industrial disturbers. Page 1.
Portland and Vicinity.
Anabel church Is rededlcated with all debts
paid. Page 14.
Henry Everding had long- business career
in rortiana. page 7.
Tablet unveiled at Armory to Captain
Farrar. Page 14.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 11.
Mayor Albee eager to found detention home
lor women, page 14,
Reception will be held at Young Women's
unristlan Aaspciatlon, Thursday. Page a.
Rotary Club will observe apple day at Its
iuncneon. page a.
Wets in six Oregon towns contest election
results. Page 1.
Checkers and dominoes replace poker in
police circles. Page 8.
Likeness of souls shown In "The Bird of
Paradise." Page 3. V,
JEWELS WORTH FORTUNE
Washington Widow Brings $2 5 0,00 0
In Gems From Europe.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16. (Special.)
Mrs. Richard H. Townsend. prominent
in Washington society, arrived here to
day from Europe with $250,000 worth
of Jewels and 35 trunks. Mrs. Town
send received permission to send all her
belongings to Washington In bond, to
be examined and appraised at leasure.
She reised to discuss her reported
betrothal to M. Constantin Brun, he
Danish minister. ,
CROOKS BEATJOHN M'RAE
Penny-Matching Game Costs Pallas
Resident, $8 0 In Chicago.
CHICAGO. 111., Nov. 16. (Special.)
John McRae, of Dallas, Or., was swin
dled out of $80 by two men with whom
he matched pennies in Grant Park to
night, .
They met McRae while he was wait
ing for a train at the Grand Central
station.
FLORENCE AWAITS
WEST'S MESSAGE
Justification for De
portation Attitude.
FACTS WILL BE PRESENTED
Whole Town Declared Impli
cated in Ejectment.
OWNER OF MILL RETURNS
Citizens Declare That Industrial
Workers Proposed to Call Strike
Which Would Result in Dis
turbing Community's Peace.
FLORENCE, Or.. Nov. 16. (Special.)
No word has been received from the
deported Industrial Workers of the
World since they were started north
along the beach Friday, and Florence
had settled back to peace and quiet
until news was received that Governor
West was sending a personal represen
tatlve to Florence to investigate the
deportation and intimation that the
Governor might attempt to prosecute
those responsiblle. Arrival of the
Governor's agent is eagerly awaited.
Action Declared United.
Practically every business man and
all the leading citizens of Florence
were united In approving and carrying
out the deportation, so that any action
the Governor may take will be practi
cally against the community as a whole.
for It will be difficult to single out
anyone as leader It is considered prob
able that Florence citizens will sug
gest how the situation may be handled
at a minimum of trouble ond expense
to the community.
The deported men were reimbursed
for the rent they had paid In advance
for the building they occupied, were
not injured in any way and were given
food to last them until they could
reach another town. None of them had
any property or personal belongings
and nothing was left behind by them
except some records and literature of
their organization.
Evidence Is GntJaered.
Evidence concerning their plan to call
a strike here will be furnished to the
Governor to show why such prompt
action was taken to protect the com
munity and the Governor will be asked
whether deportation carried out with
out turmoil was not less expensive and
more certain than martial law or other
measures to prevent loss of life and
property that might follow such
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$4,350,000 FUND
ANONYMOUS GIFT
CORNELL MEDICAIi SCHOOL IS
BENEFICIARY OF BIG SUM.
Previous Generosity Indicates Pres
ent Donor Is Colonel Oliver
Payne, of New York.
ITHACA. N. Y.. NovTl6. (Special.)
An anonymous gift of $4,350,000 to Cor
nell University Medical School, New
York City, was announced today by
President Jacob Gould Schijrman, of
Cornell University. Dr. Schurman said
he was not at liberty to discuss the
name of the donor and no official an
nouncement of it will be forthcoming.
On account of his magnificent gener
osity to Cornell Medical School In the
past, however, it is the general belief
that the man who made the gift to the
medical school is Colonel Oliver Payne,
of New York City.
The report was circulated here a few
weeks ago that a gift approximating
$4,000,000 had been made to the medical
college, presumably by Colonel Payne,
but President Schurman at that time
denied it.
The gift was actually made to Presi
dent Schurman in New York City last
Friday. The sum will Insure the med
leal school a yearly income of about
$200,000. None of the money Is to be
used for a building, but all will be de
voted to paying the annual running ex
penses of the college. It will be used
entirely on the medical school of New
York City, none going to the Ithaca
branch of the medical department.
WEATHER IS UNSETTLED
Rains and Snows In. Northwest Ex
pected to Travel South.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. A week of
unsettled weather throughout practic
ally the entire country was predicted
tonight by the Weather Bureau. Rain
will set In Monday over the extreme
Northwest, reaching the central por
tion of the country Tuesday and
Wednesday. In the Southwest the
weather will be generally fair.
About the middle of the week a high
area will appear In the Northwest,
with local snows and with much lower
temperatures and the colder weather
will extend eastward and southwest
ward, reaching the central portion of
the country Thursday or Friday.
West of the Rocky Mountains condi
tions will also be unsettled and the
rains and snow over the northern dis
tricts will extend southward Tuesday
and Wednesday and will be followed
by lower temperatures over the inte
rior districts.
RAILROAD MEN ON JUNKET
Northern Pacific Officials Visit
. Maryhill on Way to Bend.
MARTHILL, Wash., Nov. 16. (Spe
cial.) A special train bearing Colonel
Clough, chairman of the board of di
rectors of the Northern Pacific, of
New York; George T. Slade, vice-presi
dent of the Northern Pacific, and other
Northern Pacific officials, accompanied
by Superintendent J. P. Rogers, Traf
fic Manager W. D. Skinner, Traveling
Passenger fcnd Freight Agent J. T.
Hardy, J. Russell, general superintend
ed the Spokane, Portland & Seattle,
stopped at Maryhill two hours this aft
ernoon as guests of Samuel Hill.
The party covered several miles by
automobile over Mr. HlU's faaious good
roads, going to the top of the range
overlooking Klickitat Valley. The en
tire party left tonight for Bend and
will come north from Bend tomorrow.
CAVALIERI COMING OVER
Diva and Tenor Both Parry Ques
tions About Marriage.
PARIS, Nov. 16. (Special.) LIna
Cavalierl and Lucien Muratore. the
tenor, said to be her latest intended
husband, sailed on the France today.
Mme. Cavalier! answered only with a
brilliant smile when asked If her nup
tlals with Muratore would be cele
brated In New York. Muratore also
turned aside the question, but, glanc
inj at Cavalierl, said gallantly, "How
happy I am that I cross the ocean in
such charming company."
Mme. Cavalierl wore a long fur
trimmed wrap and a round toque with
out a feather. "Oh, no. I wear no
aigrette," she said. "I do not wish to
vex these nice customs men on this
side. It would be a bad omen for the
season for me to get into trouble
right at the start."
$300, ASKED, $700 GIVEN
Pastor of Salem Church Thinks Fi
nancial Conditions Good.
SALEM, Or., Nov. 16. (Special.)
After a collection amounting to more
than $700, for use in repairing the
church, had been taken in 16 minutes.
Rev. H. E. Marshall, pastor of the
Fir.st Baptist Church here, gave it as
his opinion that financial conditions in
this city were far from being bad.
Mr. Marshall said that he asked for
only $300 or $400 and that the money
came in so fast the secretaries were
swamped with coins and certificates of
various denominations.
PULM0T0R SAVES HUNTER
Marshfield Man, Who Is Apparently
Drowned, Is Resuscitated.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Nov. 1$. (Special.)-
Frank Davis was resuscitated
by a pulmoter today after having been
taken apparently dead from the lower
bay.
Davis, Ronald M. George and Guy
Torrey were hunting ducks on the bay.
Their scow upset. Mr. George and Tor
rey were conscious when help arrived.
WETS CONTEST
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Question of Legality of
Election Raised.
LOCAL OPTION LAW IS CITED
Irregularities In Signing of
Petitions Also Charged.
INJUNCTIONS ARE SOUGHT
County Court Is Restrained In liar,
rlsburg Case Oregon City Suit '
Filed After Town Declared
Dry by County Court.
Though 13 Oregon towns classed pre
viously as "wet" voted "dry" at local
option elections held in conjunction
with the special state referendum elec
tion on Tuesday, November 4, cortests
have been taken into court in six of
the towns.
These towns are Salem, Harrlsburg.
Oregon City, Springfield. Gresham and
Hillsboro. All are In different counties.
In general, the main point of attack
in each case is the same that the
local-option election was illegal because
it did not take place on the date of a
general state or a city election, but at
a special election called merely to pass
on questions submitted under the ref
erendum. Election Law Cited.
This stand of the liquor men Is based
on the construction their attorneys
have placed on a part of the local
option law, which makes special pro
vision for holding local-option elections
in towns and cities In years when there
is no general state election. This par
ticular part of Section 4922, Lord's Ore
gon Laws, reads as follows:
"If, under the provisions of this act,
an election shall be demanded wholly
or In part in any incorporated city or
tewn or any ward or precinct therein,
to be held at the time of the city or
town election occurring in a year In
which there Is no general election,
then the County Clerk shall notify the
proper authority of such city or town
that such election has been demanded
in order that such city or town author
ity may cause the official ballots to
be prepared in accordance with the
provisions of this act. ..."
lay Is Specified.
The same section specifies that a.
local-option election shall be held only
on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November of any year.
The liquor forces contend in most of
the contests that the requirement that
the election be conducted by the city
in a year when there is no general
election, has not been complied with;
and further, in most of the towns,
that there was no city or town elec
tion on November 4, and that In conse
quence the local option results are
entirely null.
At Salem, for example, where the
Prohibitionists polled a majority of
close to 500 votes, the assertion was
made in a suit filed last Wednesday to
enjoin the county authorities from de
claring prohibition to be In effect, that
the Judges and clerks of election were
not appointed and qualified under the
charter of the city, but were appoint
ed by the Marlon County Court under
the general election laws of the state,
though there was no general election,
on November 4. It was further con
tended that there was no city election
on November 4 and that under the Sa
lem charter there could not be any
city election on any other date than
the first Monday In December.
Irregularities Also Charged.
Irregularities In obtaining signa
tures to the petitions for the local op
tion election and fraudulent voting
also were charged.
At Harrlsburg prior to November 4
the only spot in Linn County where an
alcohollo thirst legally could be
quenched, virtually the same ground Is
taken by the liquor men. It is as
serted that the election boards .were
appointed by the County Court and the
notices of election issued by county of.
fleers, whereas the election should
have been conducted under the super
vision of the officers of the City of
Harrlsburg, if at all.
Pending a hearing of the case. Cir
cuit Judge Kelly has granted the liquor
men a temporary Injunction, restrain
ing the County Court from declaring
the city to be "dry."
Tons Kuy'a Action Issue.
The same question has been raised
at Springfield in a slightly different
form, and with a local Issue, concern
ing the alleged actions of Tom Kay,
one of Governor West's "special
agents," injected into the case. There
was a regular city election at Spring
field, but the liquor attorneys assert
that the local option election was, nev
ertheless, illegal, In that the liquor
question should have been on a sep
arate ballot instead of being on the
same ballot with city measures.
Fraud and intimidation on the part
of Kay in his alleged preventing of
"legal voters" from casting ballots,
and in ordering them out of the polling
places, Is charged.
Saloon men of Gresham, in Eastern
Multnomah County, have prayed the
Multnomah Circuit Court to set aside
the dry returns there on the ground
that the local option election did not
take place on the date either of a
general state election or a city elec-
OREGON
TOWS
.IConcluded on rage 8.)