VOL,. TAX. NO. 16,G09. PORTLAND. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1U14. PRICE FIVE CENTS. V V HI. GILL HIGH MAN IN SEATTLE PRIMARY "Business Men'sCandi date" Is Second. REGULAR ELECTION MARCH 3 Gill's Triumph Remarkable and Campaign Unique. TWO HIGHEST NOW IN RACE Campaign of Leader of All Candi dates Directed Chiefly by Men , Who Brought About His Recall in 1911. SEATTLE, Waxh., Frb. 17. One bu dred and ninety-nine precinct com. plete give for Mayor, Gill 10,62.1; Tren tolmr Sill. Winsor :!4, UrlfrltbB ol-4. SEATTLE, Feb. 17. Hiram C. Gill, who was elected Mayor of Seattle In 1910, recalled "for alleged misconduct in office the next year and defeated by Mayor Cotterill in 1912. was nom inated for Mayor in today's- preferen tial primary, receiving nearly as many votes as his three nearest competitors combined. For second place, James D. Tren holme. so-called "business men's, can didate," is about 900 votes ahead of Richard Wlnsor, with returns from one-third of the city counted. Although Wlnsor, under the law, filed as a non partisan candidate, his nomination was made and his campaign managed by the Socialist party. Austin E. Griffiths, indorsed by the Ministerial Federation, is fourth in the votea thus far counted. Itesular Election March 3. The two highest candidates will con test for tho Mayoralty in the regular election of March S. A majority of all votes cast In the .primary does not elect under the law here, which Is different from the' pref erential primaries in most cities of the Coast. A remarkable feature of Gill's tri umph is that his campaign was direct ed chiefly by men who brought about his recall In 1911. Gill tonight gave the following signed statement to the Associated Press: How Nomination Was Won. "My nomination at the direct primary election was due to the fact that more citizens voted for me than for any other candidate. To them I am pro foundly grateful. But I feel that my nomination really was caused by the powerful and remarkable letter of Erastus Brainerd. former editor of the Seattle Fost-Intelligncer and recently of the San Francisco Call. He was known to the people of Seattle as the man who effected my recall. "At a time when every daily news paper In Seattle had told me I must not be a candidate, because It would disgrace the city elsewhere, and they gave me no other publicity, the letter of Mr. Brainerd giving his reasons why he supported mo was published and thousands of the people who had fol lowed him In recalling me followed him In supporting me. "I expect to be elected and under all the circumstances I would be worse than human and would be as black as the devil and I have been so painted if I do not give every ounce of my ef ficiency to tho best interests of all the people of Seattle, after their magnani mous treatment of me. - H. C. GILL. Fourth of City Reports. Seventy precincts, or one-fourth of the city, give GUI 6180. Trenholme 2781, Winsor 2271, Griffiths 1902. Ten scattered precincts out of 2S1 give Gill 710, Winsor (Socialist) 31S. Trenholme 226. Griffiths 206. The pro ilncts reporting almost uniformly give Gill first place and Winsor second. Under the law governing city elec tions In Seattle no final choice of city official can be made at a primary There must be two candidates in the election to follow the primaries. A majority vote, which Mr. Gill may re ceive, will not elect him; it will simply serve to indk-ate a probable walkover for him in the election next month. t'lty Hall precinct, the first to report, gives Gill 113. Trenholme 33, Winsor (Socialist) 26, Grimiths 17. Thirty-five precincts give Gill 3030, Trenholme 1354, Winsor 1149, Grif fiths 913. Winsor is tho nominee of the Social ist party, although under the law the ciectlon is non-partisan. The other nominees for city offices am: Corporation Counsel James E. Bradford, Edwin J. Brown.' Controller Harry W. Carroll, W. H. TIazen. Treasurer Ed L. Terry, George W. Scott. Brown. Hazen and Scott are nominees of the Socialist party. The full list of Council nominees cannot be given tonight, but Oliver T. Krickson and Robert B. Hesketh are renominated. ' $64 00 Package Is Stolen. FARMINGTON. 111., Feb. 17. A stranger walked Into the Adams Ex press Company office tonight, knocked C. I Brown, the express agent, un conscious, and escaped with a package containing 16100. Tho currency was consigned to. a Chicago bank. STRIKINGTEACHERS VICTORSINENGLAND DEMAND FOR MINIMUM PAY OF $500 A TEAR GRANTED. Cnion Forces Education Department to Terms as 8 0 Schools Close ' In One County. LONDON, Feb. 17. Striking teachers of the elementary schools In the County of Hereford today won their fight for a minimum' salary and the strike, which started, on February 2, wa's called off. The National Union of Teachers, which .guaranteed full salary to Its members for five years, succeeded In forcing the Education. Department to grant substantial increases. The teach ers had demanded a minimum sal ary of $500 a year Instead "of $450. When they struck on February 2 80 of the 120 schools under the Jurisdiction of the council were closed and the ed ucational work of the county was stopped, except In a few cases where head .masters, assisted by their fami lies,, made an effort to continue it. James Corner, vice-chairman of the Herefordshire County Council, today re signed his office, owing to his opposi tion to "surrender" to the teachers. WILSONS DINNER HOSTS President's Daughter Aids at JIusl calc That Follows. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. The Presi dent and Mrs. Wllsonwere hosts at the final state dinner of the Winter at the White House tonight in honor of Speaker Clark. In the absence from the city of Mrs. Clark, the Speaker was accompanied by Miss Clark. Miss Wil son, daughter of the President, rendered several numbers of a m,usicale that fol lowed. The guests included the Seaker of the House and Miss Clark, Senator and Mrs. BoralC of Idaho; Senator and Mrs. Kenyon, of Iowa; Senator and Mrs. Poindexter, of Washington; Senator and Mrs. Sutherland, of Utah; Repre sentative and Mrs. William Kent, of California. TIME ASKED FOR SETTLER Extension of. Payments for Water Advised In Senate Bill. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 17. The Senate irrigation committee today favorably reported the bill amending the reclamation act by allowing settlers on Government projects 20 years Instead of 10 In which to pay for water.. Under the bill as reported settlers will be required to pay 5 per cent building charge at the time of filing an entry an be exempt from further pay ment for five succeeding years. During the second five years they must pay 6 per cent of the total charge each year and 7 per cent annually for the last 10 years. , . HILL TO ISSUE NEW STOCK Great Northern "Will Sell 19 0,000 Shares at Par Value ot $100.' NEW YORK, Feb. 17. Announce ment was made today that the direct ors ot the ureat jNormern xiauway Company had adopter a resolution pro viding for an issue or 190,000 additional shares of stock at the par value of $100. Stockholders are to be permitted to subscribe for the new stock on a basis of 8 per cent of their present holdings. The proceeds of the issue are to be devoted to the acquisition of extension lines, telephone and telegraph termi nals and similar properties. News of the proposed issue caused the stock to decline two points. QUART OF PICKLES IS MEAL Man Residing Near Oakland, Or., Eats Nearly Gallon Daily. , OAKLAND, Or., Feb. 17. (Special.) A strange idiosyncrasy, aided and abettted by a capable appetite, has been found in a man living three miles south of Oakland, who eats a quart of dill pickles at every meal. Three-quarters of a gallon Is his daily capacity. ' He himself does not look upon it as remarkable, for it is his opinion that one of the fundamental tastes, which in the case of most people is sweet, in his case simply happened to be sour. Pickles to him are the same as candy to others. 'DRYS' CONDUCT MEMORIAL Temijerance Workers Laud Efforts of Miss Frances Willard. CHICAGO, Feb. 17. Memorial serv ices were' held here today for Frances Willard. temperance worker arid for years the head of the Woman's Chris tian Temperance Union. "In the banishment of the saloon,' said Rev. E. L. Williams, speaker of the day, "which will surely come in a generation. Miss. Wlllard's work will be completed." The services marked the 16th anni versary of the death ,of Miss Willard. BAND" PLAYS AT FUNERAL German Musicians Fulfill Request of Late Magazine Editor. NEW YORK, Feb. 1 7. (Special.) The little German band which Mrs. Zoo Anderson Norris loved, played at her funeral, on the East Side, today,! just as the magazine editor had re quested In a remarkable prophecy of her death, which she wrote In herl magazine, The East Side. SENATE MAY FIGHT FOR LITERACY TEST Wilson's Attitude Be wilders Members. POSITION IS MISUNDERSTOOD Committee Had Reported President Would Sign. DEFIANCE IS DISCUSSED Certainty Felt That Measure Can Pass Senate, With Possibility That It Also Could Be ' Repassed Over Veto. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. Informa tion that President Wilson would veto the immigration bill if it is sent to him irom congress with the literacy test provision today amazed members of the Senate Immigration committee. Many of them confessed tonight they were bewildered. Inasmuch as they had determined to retain the literacy test in their draft for the measure as it passed the House, under the impression that the President would accept the bill if it passed the Senate. An Inter esting session of the committee is looked for tomorrow. The committee two weeks ago directed Senator Smith or faouth Carolina, the chairman, to consult with the President on imml gration legislation. ' Waste of Time Opposed. It was said today that tho members especially desired to learn whether the veto power might be directed at the il literacy provision of the Burnett bill. some or tne senators were inclined to the belief it would be a waste of time to take up consideration of immigra tion reform at all if the restrictive lit eracy test would fall again. They were committed to that provi sion as a beneficial form of restriction, had votea for it twice before and felt constrained ' to insist on it again, but didnot want' to waste the time "of a busy Congress should there be a possi bility, that immigration legislation would fall again under the execu tive ax. Senators Show Ftfffct. Senator Smith reported that while the President did not look on the liter acy test with favor, he would sign the bill If it passed the Senate. On that basis the committee began its test. Now the members are inclined to stand by their guns despite the President's at titude, certain that the measure can pass the Senate and not at all sure that it might not repass both houses by a two-thirds vote over the head of the President. The Senate repassed a similar bill over President Tart's veto, but it failed in the House. i ' m. , w A : I CP timmSSS Grf KV Ml ,il . , nVWM x Bffi&ffl I t TW .Mf tt-&?M. Tl ! M,JI.IU..,...l.,m . ' 1 T 1 3T . jtr 9 y JrfTJri"Xt-W7-fi V V f J li I I I I I M I I M II I I I M I H I I 111 ffllilfff I A i t i r i s. it r7--' m j-i - rK.T',caSk-'. JrsvsAt vz&zxm u i 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i i i 1 1 1 1 1 i i i i i i i i ii l 1 T I . wtft J M STJ KEXVTTrSXrAA. VI 1 11'' I 1 I 1 I I I I I 1 I I I I 1 111 I I 111 1 I I I 111 A I III I - JJ I I I , Tl R SS f 1 : X I 'I 1 I , . , : fe-r i i T INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tbe YTeather. j YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 44 degrees; minimum, 88 degrees; TODAY'S Rain and wanner; southeasterly winds. Foreign. Striking teachers win more pay in England. National. Administration to advocate ultimate revision , of developed power. Page 2. i Wilson denies Tumulty Is influenced by re ligious prejudice.. Page 2. Senate may fight for literacy test. Page 1. Domestic Bandit responsible for Mexican tunnel out rage captured by Americans. Page a. New York engineer refuses to waive im munity In graft cases. Page 2. Hopgrower blames early season for condi tions that lead to riots. Page 3. Girl's former sweetheart charged with, club bing her to death. Page 4. Both sides scored in closing argument! in Gore case. Page 3. Socialist leader says red flag must fly beside Stars and Srlpea. Page 4. Three fuel men convicted of conspiracy to defraud Government of customs duties. Page 1 Miss Margaret Wilson reported bethothed. Page 1. Sports. Ebbets plan to fight Federals with new club in Brooklyn is blocked. Page 12. Jefferson High School defeats Washingtosv 4 to 1, at soccer. Page 12. Baker may hire King to manage ball team page is. -Oregon loses game to Washington by one point. Page 12. Pacific Northwest. Price of Oregon wool to be above last year's despite new tariff. Page &. Eight-hour law not violated in police or fire department, says bupreme Court. Page h. New tax law is praised by Commissioner Eaton. Page 6. Prominent Spokane woman reveals herself as veiled kidnaper. Page 3, Hi. GUI la high man in primaries at Seattle. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Coast potato markets depressed by heavy offerings. Page 17. May wheat sells at highest price of season in Chicago. Page 17. - Stocks present firm front in face of lower London prices. Page 17. New dredge Multnomah to get 30 days' test before acceptance. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Mr. Daly's water meter scheme opposed by Mayor. Page 7. O.-W. R. & N. Company telegraphers may go out on strike. Page 11. Registration for day near record despite weather, puge 7. Congress of Mothers holds flag sale for child welfare. Page 7. f orth western Electric turns hot steam coursing through 13 blocks under city, Page 5. Auditorium site hangs on City Attorney's opinion. Pago 2U. Aiding band blamed by would-be sujeide for ceeira 10 uie. ragQ i . Percy W. Rochester, prominent Coast builder, commits suicide here. Page 5. President of Ad Clubs of America speaks at dinner in fortiuno. Page Weather report, forecast and data,. Pago 17. WAVE ELECTRIFIES VESSEL Huge Sea Slwrt Circuits Wires on :' Steamer Crew ".Shocked. . BOSTON, Feb. 17. How a huge sea which boarded the German steamer W'artenfels wrecked- the charthouse, smashed a powerful electric signal lamp, short-circuUed the wires and for a time charged the ship with electric ity was related today by Captain Schov when the steamer arrived from Cal cutta. Chief . Oftlcer Voight was thrown from the bridge and a beam from the demolished charthouse pinned the quartermaster to the deck. The vessel was rolling heavily and a human chain was formed to pull away the beam. "When the end man of the chain took hold of a steel stanchion he and all the others were knocked down by an elec tric shock. THEY DON'T HEAR THE BELL LIKE THEY DID A FEW WEEKS AGO AUTHOR 0FTU1EL OUTRAGE IS CAUGHT United States Cavalry Take Castillo. BANDIT GROSSES BOUNDARY Legal Question Involved Surrender to Rebels. in CAPTORS USE WIRELESS Americans Are on Watch as Result of Message From Ranch 'Man ager on Mexican Side Villa Expresses Gratitude. EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 17 Tke Ao- clated Tress dispatch saying that Ca tillo would be turned over to the con' titutlonallsts, delivered to General Villa at midnight, vra received with great satisfaction by the General. He said that Castillo would be for mnlly charged with the murder of M. J. Gllmartln. an American, and 50 others at the Cambre tunnel. He nmmlitd that the trial would not be clogged by any red tape. EL PASO. Tex., Feb. 17. Maximo Castillo, the Mexican bandit charged with responsibility for the Cumbre tun nel disaster, in which ten Americans and 41 others lost their lives, was cap tured 38 miles south of Hachlta, N. M., today by American troops. This Infor mation, was conveyed to General Hugh L. Scott, commandant at Fort Bliss, in an official telegram from Captain White, Ninth United States Cavalry. With the bandit were six of his fol lowers. According to Captain White's brief dispatch they surrendered with out a fight. They will be brought here. Arrest Ordered by Wireless. Castillo, to avoid a range of moun tains on the Mexican side, made a de tour which brought him into American territory:- - Captain White -was -on tile watch, having received information yesterday from Walter McCormlck, American manager of Las Palomas ranch, on. the Mexican side, that the much-wanted man was In the vicinity. Captain White telegraphed by Army wireless to General Scott for instruo tions and was ordered to arrest thi bandit should, he put foot on American soil. Whether the prisoner shall be sur rendered to the rebels is a legal ques tion which remains to be settled. If this is done there is no doubt he will be executed for the Cumbre disaster. He is not charged 'with any crime ou this -side. Castillo set fire to a freight train in the Cumbre tunnel two weeks ago. Concluded m pase 2.) it 1 MARGARET WILSON TO WED, IS REPORT INFORMAL BETROTHAL TO SO CIAL WORKER RUMORED. Boyd Fisher, of Princeton, Visits White House Regularly and Dally Letters Are Exchanged. WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. (Special.) It was persistently reported here today that Miss Margaret Wilson, eldest daughter of the President, had become informally betrothed to Boyd Fisher, of Princeton and New York, a well known social worker. Strength is given to the report' by the frequent week-end visits of Mr. Fisher to the White House and his con stant appearance by the side of Miss Wilson here. It is known also that never a day passes during his absences from Washington that a letter is not sent him on White House stationery and one from him Is In every day's White House mail. Mr. Fisher was among the guests at the White House wedding and was the only man outside of the Immediate family and the bridal party invited to the bride's table in the private dining room for the wedding feast. SALVATION TASK HOPELESS Public Works Board Will Fix Furni ture bat Not Save Souls. LOS ANGELES. Feb. 17. In a formal communication to the Board of Public Works the City Council today asked the immediate repair of a chair and table and the big fireplace in the Coun cil chamber, to save the Councilmen from "present and future torment." In a formal reply the Public Works Board answered: "This Board at once will repair the chair and table and see that the grate is properly improved, but as for keep ing your honorable body from eternal damnation and future torment, the Board regrets to report after careful consideration that the task seems hope less." FRUIT MEN WIN OLD RATE Washington and Oregon Growers Not lo Pay More Express Tariff. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 17. Washington and Ore gon fruitgrowers will save $100,000, It is estimated, as a result of the action of express companies In withdrawing f e r-.-th 9wco mtnv'slilPTrtn SsearuotrTTti creased tariffs on berries tiled some time ago. Washington and Oregon growers pro tested before the Interstate Commerce Commission on the grounds that orders for this year's crop were taken on the basis of old express rates, and that the new tariff would wipe out tbe season's profits. OHIO S0L0NS IN TUMULT Special Session of Legislature Almost In Riot at Close. . COLUMBUS. Feb. 17. Scenes of tu mult, which at times bordered on riot marked the closing day of tho special session of the Legislature, which ad journed sine die lato today. An altercation in the House today between Representative Warnes, demo cratic floor leader, and Representative Cooper, a Republican, was prevented by other members, who separated them n a quarrel over the automobile license tax bill, an administration measure, which Anally was passed and sent to the Governor. MARKET BLOCK FAVORED Commercial Club Governors Reaf' firm Stand on Auditorium. The Portland Commercial Club reaf firmed the policy which it has held long regarding the municipal auditorium, adopting a resolution favoring the Market site, at the meeting of the board of governors yesterday. The resolution instructs the "commit tee of public affairs of the Commercial I Club to advise Commissioner Brewster and the City Commission that the board approves the use of the Market block for auditorium purposes and particu larly recommends immediate action. . 1 SALOONS WIN IN OAKLAND License Reduced and Number of Drinking Places Doubled. OAKLAND, Cal., Feb. 17. An Initia tive ordinance doubling the statutory number of saloons In Oakland was car ried at an election here today. Four hundred saloons now are permissible, With 122 precincts reported, out of 168 I the vote stood 13,040 for the new ordi nance ana iu,i83 against it. The sa loon license is reduced from $1000 to $650. - The action today was a repudiation of an ordinance passed by the City Commission last October. BISHOP ASKS FOR TROOPS Riots Continue Near Church Where Police Tried to Install Priest. SOUTH BEND, Ind.. Feb. 17. Women and children continued today to riot in the neighborhood ot St. Casimir's Polish I Catholic Church, where several persons were hurt Sunday when the police at tempted to install Rev. Stanislaus Gruza as priest. A. L. Hubbard, attorney' for Bishop Alderlng, ot Fort Wayne, announced he had requested Governor ltalston to call state troops to South Bend to as I sist in placing the priest in charge of , the church. 0 CIICI WO mill TV ' ""-IIUUILM One Acquitted at Trial in San Francisco. TWO OFFICERS ARE CONYICTED Weigher Also Held Conspirator Against Government. CHECKER NOT TO BLAME F. C. Mills, Superintendent. James B. Smith, Vice-President, and E. II. Mayer, Employe, or Wcst- -ern Company, Found Guilty. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 17. F. C. Mills, superintendent; James B. Smith, vice-president and general manager. and E. H. Mayer, weigher, officers and employes o f the Western Fuel Com pany, were found guilty- tonight of conspiring to defraud the Government out of customs duties on imported coal, Edward J. Smith, checker, was ac quitted. The first indictments in the case were brought by the United States grand jury February 10, 1913, and were directed aginst John L. Howard, presi dent of the Western Fuel Company; J. L. Schmitt, Sidney V. Smith and Robert Bruce, directors; James B. Smith, vice- president and- general-manager; Ed ward J. Smith, his brother, and a checker employed by the company; Frederick C. Mills, superintendent, and E. H. Mayer, a weigher. Fraud Agreement Charged. They charged that the defendants en tered into an unlawful agrement to de fraud the Federal Government in three ways: First, by causing false weights and measures and fraudulent returns ot weight jon-the incomiug cargoes of their coal for the purpue'bf lessening the amount of duty collected; ?eeond, by causing tho returns of weight on all outgoing cargoes deliv ered into American bottoms to be grossly excessive in weight, making the customs drawback much irrcater than the duties that had been collected on the same coal. Third, by grossly overweighlng the coal delivered to tho United staici Army transports. Second Indictments Found. A second set of indictments, repeat ing the charges contained in tho first, was returned by tho grand jury Juno 28, two days after John L. McNab, United States District Attorney for the Northern District of California, had telegraphed his resignation to President Wilson with a recital of circumstances which he said showed that outside in fluences had been at work through tho office of the Attorney-General to em barrass him and defeat tho end of jus tice. Tho McNab charges became a mat ter of National discussion and led to warm debate in Congress. Matt I. Sullivan and Theodoro J. Roche, of this city, wero named spe cial prosecutors to represent the Gov ernment In these and the Diggs-Cam-Inetti cases and were instructed to proceed to trial with no unnecessary delay. One ot Defendant Dies. The trial opened before United States District Judge Dooling, Decem ber 10. The Government completed Its evidence January 22. Within an hour after court adjourned that day, John L. Howard was stricken with apoplexy and died the next day. Motions for the dismissal of tbe in dictments against Schmitt, Bruce and Sydney Smith on the-ground that their connection with tho alleged conspiracy had not been established were granted by Judge Dooling January 24. The in dictment against Howard was dismissed on motion of Government counsel 'on the day of his death. The last evidence was taken Febru ary 13, one year and three days after the first indictments were brought and two months and three days after tho trial opened. MOB THREATENS FANATICS Lynching Narrowly Averted Wlien Religious Enthusiasts Are Tried. NEWTON, 111.. Feb. 17. The lynch ing of four religious enthusiasts after they had been found guilty and fined J100 and costs each for "trying to whip sin and the devil" out of two small boys, was narrowly averted in the Jus tice Court today. The attack on the men on trial was precipitated when Raymond and Cam eron 4ilchard8on, 9 and 12 years old, exhibited cuts and bruises which It was charged members of the Holiness cult had inflicted at church services a weelc ago. BAKER BONDS AWARDED Denver Company Offers $352.65 Premium for $98,851 Issue. BAKER. Or., Feb. 17. A premium of $3352.65 was bid by E. II. Rollins & Co., a Denver bond house, for Baker's issue of $98,851 water bonds and tho award wastade .on this basis today. A , ' r -