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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY. 4, 1914.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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BAN ON MUNITIONS
OF WAR REM
Wilson Opens Way for
Mexican Rebels.
DRASTIC REMEDY IS FAVORED
Bitter Civil Wa Held Only Al
ternative of Intervention.
OTHER NATIONS NOTIFIED
Administration Holds Putting All
Inactions on Equal Footing Is
Surest Way to Ultimate
Permanent Peace.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. a. President
Vllsona determination to slve both
factions In Mexico liberty to obtain war
material from tbe Vnlted State will
not cause President Iluerta to deliver
to the American Cbarse d'Affalrea bin
passports; nor will It affect his atti
tude townrun the I'nlttd Stutes or tow-
ard Americana In Mexico. This assur
ance was ii I vcd by Oeneral lluerta to
ll leht.
Few of the Mexican people were
roKulaant of President Wilson's new
move, but nil the foreign residents
were Informed Indirectly through the
American charge. Many of them pre
pared to take their departure from the
capital.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. President
Wilson, by an executive order dated
today and made public at the White
House tonight, removed all restrictions
against the exportation of munitions of
war Into Mexico from the United States,
placing the contending? elements on a
basis of equality with respect to the
purchase of arms and supplies in this
country.
The executive order emphasized that
It was the desire of tha United States
to bo. In the same position of neutral
ity toward the contending factions in
Mexico aa were the other powers."
situation Declared Changed.
Accompanying the order the White
House Issued the following statement
of explanation:
"The executive order under which
the exportation of arms and ammuni
tion into Mexico is forbidden was a
departure from the accepted practices
of neutrality a deliberate departure
from those practices under a well-considered
Joint resolution of Congress,
determined on in circumstances which
have now ceased to exist. It was in
tended to discourage incipient revolts
against the regularly constituted au
thorities of Mexico. Since that order
was issued,' the circumstances of the
case have undergone a radical change.
There is now no constitutional govern
ment In Mexico; and the existence of
this order hinders and delays the very
thing the Government of the United
States is now insisting upon: namely,
that Mexico shall be left free to settle
her own affairs and, as soon as possi
ble, put them on a constitutional foot
ing by her own force and counsel. The
order is therefore rescinded."
American Embassies and Legations
abroad were instructed Saturday to in
form foreign governments of the deci
sion. Similarly Secretary Bryan yes
terday informed the members of the
diplomatic corps here.
Civil War Terrible but Necessary.
The Administration viewpoint on the
nctlon taken today, an gathered from
those familiar with the President's at
titude, is summed up as follows:
"There are no influences at Mexico
City that can be counted on to do any
thing more than to perpetuate and
strengthen the selfish oligarchical and
military interests which it is clear the
rest of the country can be made to
endure only by constant warfare and a
pitiless hurrying of the north. The
President is so fully convinced of this
that after months of careful study of
the situation at close range h-j no
longer reels Justified in maintaining
;in Irregular position as regards the
"'intending pur ties in the tnatter of
neutrality.
n iniciii is, irieretorc, to remove
ti" inhiliition on the exportation of
amis and ammunition to Mexico from
the I'nlted States. Settlement by civil
war .arried to its bitter conclusion Is
a terrible t'.iing, but It must coiuc now,
v.-h-ther we wish It or not, unless some
outside power is to undertake to sweep
Mexico with its armed forces from end
t.i riiij, which would be the mere be
ginning uf a Rtll more difficult problem.
" removing the inhibition on the
exportation of arms and ammunition
into .Mexico lite Government of the
United States puts Itself, and intends
to put itself in the fame position as
other nations whose subjects have all
along been at liberty to deal as they
pleased with Mexico. The Government
of the United States deems it essential
to the settlement of her present diffi
culties that Mexico should be treated
as any other country would be which
was torn by civil war.
Default of Debt Hot Kovrl.
"The circumstances that Mexico is
for the time being: unable to meet her
financial obligations creates no novel
or exceptional international rights, and
she will be tho sooner able to meet
her obligations and resume her full in
ternational responsibility if she Is left
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.OWED
FASHIONS DEFORM
CALIFORNIA CO-EDS
OLD IDEA OF WOMAXLY GRACE
DECLRED IX DANGER.
Styles Make Flat Chests, Crooked
Spines, Round Shoulders, Flat
Feet, 'Says Physlea Trainer.
SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. 3. (Special.)
Mrs. William E. Magee. head of the
women's department of physical edu
cation at the University of California,
was emphatic today in saying that the
physical training of women is neg
lected to an appalling degree, and that
the dictates of fashion are destroying
the old ideal of womanly grace.
Other instructors of the department
concur in this opinion.
"Five out of every six women enter
ing the university," said Mrs. Magee,
"when examined this year were found
to be afflicted with flat feet or broken
arches. This is due directly to the
high-heel shoes which fashion decrees.
"Last year we had an epidemic of
deranged internal organs, caused by
tight lacing.
"Curvature of the spine Is common,
and, while it could be easily prevented
by exercise and sensible' dressing, it
takes a year to correct even a minor
case. "Girls coming to the university to
day show a decided increase in such
deformities as crooked necks, crooked
spines, round shoulders and flat chests.
All of these are Imputed at once to the
slouchy pose which is fashionable. The
new way in which women have to
stand to be fashionable is dangerous
to their health."
KISS WINS 30 DAYS IN JAIL
Husband Sentenced for Annoying
Wife Seeking Divorce.
SAVANNAH, Ga.. Feb. S. (Special.)
A man has no right to kiss his wife
against her will, according to a de
cision by Recorder Schwarz In the
police court today. Recorder Schwarz
sentenced Morgan Martin to 30 days in
jail for displaying such affection for
his spouse over her protest.
Mrs. Martin has Instituted suit for
divorce and has obtained her first de
cree. Martin met hla wife on the
street and after attempting to persuade
her to return to him held her while he
kissed her goodby.
CABARETS TO END MARCH 1
Major AVbee Issues Edict Against
Costume Feats In Cafes.
Cabarets, Including vaudeville and
costume performances In places where
meals and liquors are served, will bo
Under the ban in Portland after March
1. This was the definite announce
ment yesterday of Mayor Albee.
The order will not prohibit women
or men from singing singly or en
semble from a stage in any of the
cabarets, provided they appear in ordi
nary costume, but it will prohibit
vaudeville performances of any kind.
HARVARD LOSES ATHLETE
Lewis Hunt Mills, of Portland, Ends
His Academic Course.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass., Feb, 3. (Spe
cial.) Lewis Hunt Mills, Harvard foot
ball player and oarsman, has severed
his connection with the university,
having finished his academic career in
three and half years.
Mr. Mills' home is in Portland. Or.
He made his letter in football against
Yale last Fall and has had a seat in the
varsity crews which have turned back
the Elis in the past two years. He is
president of the student council and a
member of other college fraternities.
KARLUK LIFE BELT FOUND
Preserver From Stefansson Vessel
Washes Ashore in Alaska.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. A lifepre
Ferver bearing the name "Karluk," the
whaling, vessel on which Vilhjalmur
Stefansson, the Arctic explorer, sailed,
and which was last reported in August
off Point Barrow, the northernmost
point of Alaska, has been washed
ashore at Kivallnl. Alaska.
This was reported to the United
States Bureau of Education today by
William T. Lopp, chief of the bureau's
Alaska division.
PUBLIC DEFENDER IN FAVOR
II. L. Lyons, Appointed to Place,
Frequently Consulted.
The office of public defender met
with favor yesterday, wh-n it was
first tried by Municipal Judge Steven
son, who appointed Attorney II. L.
Lyons to fill the place.
News of the appointment was circu
lated among the prisopers. and Mr.
Lyons was extensively consulted.
The public defender will handle only
cases in which the defendant has not
sufficient money to employ an at
torney. CATHOLICS CENSURE PLAYS
List or "Worthy" Shows to. Re Read
From Xcw York Pulpits.
NEW YORK, Feb. 3. A list of all
the plays now at New York theaters
that are considered worthy the patron
age of Roman Catholics will be read
next Sunday at all the Catholic
churches in the archdiocese of New
York.
This, according to an announcement
made today, will bo the first concrete
result of tho Catholic theater move
ment, launched a year ago.
ASIATIC EXCLUSION
AMENDMENTS DIE
Pleas for Calmness Win
in, House.
PARTY LEADERS ARE STIRRED
Immigration Bill Furnishes
Fuel for Excitement. ;
APPEAL IS TO PATRIOTISM
Representative Mann Cautions Col
leagues Not to Play Politics at
Expense of Nation Debates
Heated at Beginning.
WASHINGTON. Feb. S. Asiatic ex
clusion agitation was quieted, tem
porarily at least, in the House after a
heated debate today that brought both
Republican and Democratic leaders to
the floor .with pleas for calmness an J
deliberation. By overwhelming votes
the House stripped from tho Immigra
tion bill under consideration all amend
ments that would have placed a, bar
against Asiatic Immigration.
The action was taken after Repub
lican Leader Mann, Representative
Sherley. of Kentucky, and other lead
ers made a vigorous fight to overcome
the sentiment which last night ex
pressed itself by a vote of 111 to 90
in favor of the perfection of an amend
ment to exclude Mongolians, Malays
and negroes. The speakers insisted
there should be no hasty action that
might embarrass the State Department
in Its relations with Japan.
Action Rushed by An tin.
The House was surcharged with ex
citement when it met. and Representa
tive Burnett, in charge of the immi
gration bill, forced the attendance of
a quorum. The anti-Japanese forces
rushed action. Representative Raker, of
California, presenting a substitute for
a pending drastic exclusion amendment
presented by Representative Hayes.
The debate became heated, the Cali
fornians differing as to details, but
both manifesting certainty that the
amendment would be accepted In some
form.
The house was in confusion, with
half a dozen members vociferously de
manding an opportunity to be heard,
when tho tide was turned by Repub
lican Leader Mann, who, from the cen
ter of the chamber, spoke in a grave,
low voice.
"I have been long enough in this
House, I hope, to place the country
above party," he said. "I do not be
lieve any of these amendments should
be adopted at this time.
"Dealing with our foreign affairs Is
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 43
degrees; minimum. 31 degree.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; southerly winds.
National.
Representative Slnnott to press amendment
to insure larger share of reclamation fund
for Oregon. page 'J.
House and Senate make progress toward
anti-trust legislation. Page ft.
Administration removes embargo on muni
tions of war for Mexican rebels. Page 1.
Asiatic exclusion amendments killed In
House. Page 1.
Domestic,
John D. Rockefeller taxed on basis of
S900.O00.0O0 by Ohio county officials.
Page 1.
Chicago women do not object to telling
ages. Page 6.
Women who rode ne'lghbor woman on rail
fined J 100 each. . Page 6.
Fashion deforming women, says physical
trainer. Page 1.
Dr. Aked is asked to resign as Federation
head. Page 3.
Red Cross to supervise immense flood pre
vention undertaking In China. Fags 2.
Sports,
West and Derrick sign Portland contracts.
Page li
King Cole Jumps back to Yankees. Page 12.
Columbia University wins soccer game from
Washington High. Page 12.
Pacific Northwest.
Good of co-operation told from demonstra
tion train. Page 7.
Eastern Oregon visited by cold wave.
Page 7.
Idaho horticulturists end session. Page 7.
Supreme Court deals blow to liquor Interests
. in declaring local option elections last
year valid. Page 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Wheat buying slows down in Northwestern
markets. Page 17.
Heavy wheat movement from Middle West
weakens . Chicago prices. Page 17.
Stock advance is resumed with Investment
buying. Page 17.
Free shipping reports from North Head
may end. Page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Pedestrian traffic bill due before Commis
sion todayr 1'keo 11.
Rose Festival heads bar schemes for ex
tracting money from merchants by "of
ficial" devices. Page 16.
Weather report, data- and forecast. Page 17.
Mr. Bourne may or may not enter Senatorial
race Pago 5.
George C. Hodges asks fine, is sentenced
to JalL Page 9.
Hundred and thirty school students get
diplomas tonight. Page 16.
Banquet to "China Team" attended by S71.
Page 4.
Political gossip links new names among
possible candidates. Page 4.
M. E. McFSaul elected president of new Lin
coln Republican Club. Page 5.
TEACHERS FIRE HEROINES
Hijrh School Building at Eugene
Slightly Damaged.
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EUGENE, Or., Feb. 3. (Special.)
Fire in tbe roof of the Kugene High
School was discovered today, when
Miss Mildred Bagley. instructor in
physical training fcr girls, returned
to the gymnasium in the attic shortly
after school had been dismissed for
the. day. . With her ms .Miss Kath
erino Fraley, who '.played a hose on
the blaze while Miss Bagiey ran to a
telephone anl summoned the Fire De
partment. Miss Fraley and the jani
tor had the fire out before Principal
Hug and. Superintendent Collins, who
were in the building, knew there was
anything wrong.
A sparlt had ignited the roof and a
good-sized hole had been burned when
discovered.
Mouth's Rainfall 28. 4S Inches.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 3 (Spe
cial.) January records show a rainfall
of 23.43 Inches, six Inches more
than was ever recorded here during
any January in the past 22 years.
DEMOCRATS
ADD
ISSUE OF SUFFRAGE
House Caucus Rejects
Plea of Women.
COMMITTEE IS NOT CREATED
Question State, Not Federal,
Resolution Declares.
RAKER. DEMANDS ACTION
Member XYom Colorado "Among
Those Voting in Affirmative Op
position Is Led hy Representa
tive Heflin, of Alabama.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. House Dem
ocrats, at a caucus, "went on record
tonight against tho creation of a
House committee on woman suffrage. :
By a vote of 124 to 55 the caucus
adopted a. resolution declaring this a
state question, and rejecting the Raker
resolution, to create the committee.
'Members Vote "Present."
Of the 290 House Democrats, a few
more than ISO attended the caucus,
some voting "present" or not respond
ing at all. Speaker Clark and Demo
cratic Leader Underwood voted with
the majority.
At the outset of the session, Repre
sentative Raker, of California, pre
sented his resolution to create a stand
ing House committee on suffrage, de
claring that the magnitude of the
question demanded the action, and
pointing out that the Senate had such
a committee. Then Representative
Heflin, of Alabama, target of attack
for many months from the suffragists
because of his opposition to their
cause, urged his substitute, declaring:
"Jt is the sense of this caucus that the
question of suffrage is a state and
not a Federal question."
Debate Is Cut Off.
Representative Clark, of Florida,
moved the previous question, shutting
off flebate, and the substitute - - was
adopted.
Representative Kindel. of Denver,
was among those voting for the adop
tion of tho substitute declaring suf
frage a state issue. Against appeared
the names of Representatives Church,
of California; Evans, of Montana; Hay
den, of Arizona; Keating, of Colorado;
Kettner, of California; Raker, of Cali
fornia; Seldomridge, of Colorado;
Stout, of Montana, and Taylor, of
Colorado.
Federal Employes Warned.
WASHINGTON, Feb. S. Classified
Federal employe? affiliated with suf
frage organizations were warned today
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JOHN D. IS TAXED
ON $900,000,000
OFFICIALS MAKE FORMAL DE
MAND FOR $11,000,000.
Cuyahoga County Claims Wealthy
Man as Resident and Makes Ievy
on His. Personal Property.
CLEVELAND, Fob. 3. John D.
Fackler and William Agnew, deputy
state taxation officers for Cuyahoga
County, went to the home of John D.
Rockefeller on Forest Hill, East Cleve
land, today and filed a written de
mand on him that he pay taxes on his
personal property, estimated at J900,
000.000, Into the treasury of this
county.
They contend that under the Warnes
tax law Mr. Rockefeller, by residing In
the county the greater part of the pre
ceding 13 months, has made himself.
liaDie to taxation here.
iuii ui jir. uocKeteuers per
sonal property is as great as tho en
ure tax duplicate of the countv.
The tax officers did not see Mr.
Rockefeller personally, but left a let-
"umying mm or their demands
with members of his household. Th
officers place Rockefeller's tax at $12,-
uvw,uuu.
vnsii f. iviine, attorney for Rocko-
ieuer, said:
"Mr. Rockefeller Is a legal resident
of the State of New York. He has not
maintained a residence in Cleveland
for a quarter of a century. He has
already paid his taxes for the current
year in .New York."
FAILURE -SUCCESS AMUCK
"Millionaire for a Day" Wants Niclx
in Hall of Fame.
WASHINGTON. Feb. a Hri.i,
statue of himself which he proposes
iu as: congress to put into the Hall
oi tame, John J. McDevitt, of Wilkes
barre. Pa., tho "millionaire for a day,'
came to Washington tonluht on a Kr,n
cial train with an escort of admiring
mends, whose hotel bills he will pay
for a few days.
"I am not seeking notoriety." he
said, "I am simply seeking new thrills
and sensations. I am the most suc
cessful failure on earth."
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 3. McDevitt
got hla title of "millionaire for a day
several years ago when ha ennt hi
last cent to charter a, special train to
convey himself, a valet and secretary
employed for the occasion to New York
from Wlkesbarrc, his home.
WOMEN SHOWING INTEREST
Fair Folk to Number or 2 10 Regis
ter in Single Day.
Women and Democrats showed the
most noticeable Increase at registra
tion headquarters yesterday, when 739
voters, one less when the highest single
day's record was made, registered. The
women registered 24 0 voters, an in
crease of 33 over Monday, which, up to
that time, was the greatest number of
women registered in a single day since
the registration books were opened.
The Democrats registered 173, the larg
est day by 18 they have had since the
books were opened.
The Republicans, on the other hand,
scored by being the first party to reach
the 10,000 mark, yesterday's registra
tion of 4S3 taking their total to 10.072.
The registration yesterday by party
follows: Republicans, 483; Democrats,
173; Progressives, D4; Independents, 14;
Prohibitionists. 10. and Socialists, 5.
WOMAN'S LOST PET FOUND
Story i n The Oregon Ian Leads to Re
covery of Stray Dog.
"Jimmy," the pet dog lost by Mrs.
Anna B. Smith in Portland October IS
while en route for Anacortes, Wash.,
has been found and will be returned to
his mistress by 33. C. Heald, of 773 Pet
tygrove street. Mr. Heald read in The
Oregonian yesterday the story of how
Mrs. Smith lost her pet four months
ago, and from tho picture printed and
the description given recognized a
stray dog that he had been caring for
at his home for four months.
The dog was dirty, hungry and
bedraggled when it came to Mr. Heald.
Mrs. Smith Is 70 years old and "Jimmy"
was her constant companion for a num
ber of years.
LISBON SHAKEN BY BOMBS
Unrest Stirs Portugal Troops Aro
Harrying to Frontier.
MADRID. Feb. 3Advices from Lis
bon report great unrest throughout
Portugal. Six bombs were exploded in
Lisbon last night, causing great dam
age. There is probability of another
railroad strike.
A bomb which was exploded in the
market place at Oporto did consider
able destruction.
Rumors of Royalist incursion in the
north have been received. The gov
ernment is hurrying troops to the
frontier.
BOY DELIVERED BY MAIL
Two-Year-Old Travels From Okla
homa to Kansas for 18 Cents."
WELLINGTON, Kan., Feb. 3. Mrs.
E. H. staley, of this city, received her
2-year-old nephew by parcel post to
day from his grandmother in Stratford,
Okla., where he had been left for a
visit three weeks ago.
The boy wore a tag about his neck
showing it had cost 18 cents to send
him through the mails. He was trans
ported 23 miles by rural route before
reaching the railroad.
COURT SAYS "DRYS"
CAN USE INITIATIVE
Liquor Forces Jolted
by Decision. '
NOVEMBER ELECTIONS VALID
Salem Charter Amendment
Case Won by Prohibitionists.
PORTLAND FORCES HELPED
Lawyers Say Decision Oivcs Council
Right to Vote Drouth Merely ly
Refusing Licenses Liquor
Men Lose All Points.
SALEM, Or.. Feb. 3. (Special.) A
blow was dealt to tho liquor interests
of the state today when the Supreme
Court held that the local option elec
tions last November in Salem, Oregon
City, Stayton, Springfield, Gresham and
HUlsboro, all of which voted dry, were
valid. The court even went further and
held In the Salem charter amendment
case that a City Council, by refusing
to issue saloon licenses, can make a.
city dry, or the residents of a city can
make it so by passing an ordinance or
amending the charter to provide
against the sale of intoxicating bev
erages. That the opinion In the charter
amendment case practically gives the
Prohibitionists far more opportunity to
suppress the sale of liquor through
licensed saloons is the opinion ad
vanced by lawyers.
Dry Portland Possible.
' They say a majority of the City
Council of Portland could make that
city dry by refusing to issue licenses
to the saloonmen. and that the coun
cils of all other cities and towns in the
state could do likewise.
"By the home rule amendment to the
constitution," says the opinion, "a mu
nicipality has the exclusive power to
license, control and prohibit the sale
of Intoxicating liquors, except It shall
be subject to the provisions of the lo
cal option law. . . . When the Coun
cil refuses to prohibit, the people may
so provide by ordinance or in their
charter, not as a local option proceed
ing, but as an initiative measure. Tho
local option law imposes rro restraint
thereon, and Is In no sense exclusive.
Initiative Can He I'sed.
"The local option law was enacted
before we had in the cities tha power
of legislation by initiative. With that
power prohibition can be as readily
adopted as by local option, and that
method is not In any way inconsistent
with," or in violation of, tho proceed
ings by local option."
All members of the court concurred
In the sweeping charter amendment
opinion, while Justice Burnett dis
sented in five of the cases involving
the validity of local option elections,
his reason being that persons regis
tered under the permanent registra
tion law declared unconstitutional by
the Supreme Court were not legally
qnalil'ted to sign petitions calling for
local option elections.
Brewfry Fon'M Ruling-.
The decision relating to the charter
amendment In Salem was In the suit
brought by the Salem Brewery Asso
ciation to enjoin the city authorities
from submitting the amendment to a
vote of tho people. It was contended
that the amendment was In violation
of the local option law.
The majority opinion In the election
cases sustains the following points
raised by the lawyers for the Prohibi
tionists: The result of the elections should
not be disturbed becauso of the fact
that signers of petitions had regis
tered under the permanent registra
tion law, which was later declared
unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
Voters at tho local option election
should not be disqualified because of
their having registered under the per
manent registration law and their fail
ure to have their votes sworn in by the
election officers.
Orders of County Courts calling tha
elections were -alid, becauso they act
ed with the understanding that the
registration of 1899 had been repealed
and the elections could not bo held
void so long as those voting were le
gally qualified, under tho constitution.
Regular Klectlon Not Neccsary.
It Is not necessary that local option
elctions be held at a general state elec
tion or a regular city election the first
Tuesday after tho first Monday in No
vember, as was contended by the law
yers for the liquor Interests.
Justice Burnett, in his dissenting
opinion, holds In effect as follows:
The Supreme Court having held that
the permanent registration law was
void, no lawful procedure can be
founded upon its provisions and that
if it is unconstitutional It is unconsti
tutional for saloonkeepers and Prohi
bitionists alike.
County Courts had no Jurisdiction to
order local option elections, because
the petitions were not signed by the
requisite number of voters.
Signing a petition 13 riot an exer
cise of the electoral franchise and the
constitutional right to vote is not in
volved. The definition of the tTm "registered
voters" is not to be found in the regis-
(Concluded en Pace 2.)
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