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THE 'MORNING- OREGOyiAN, SATURDAY. FEBRUABT 21, 1014.
CITIZENS GALL ON
CONGRESS-TO ACT
Mass Meeting at El Paso De
clares Belief State Depart
ment Suppresses Facts.
VILLA HELD "DISGRACE"
Administration Condemned for "Vac-
Hinting rolicy" That Tolerates
Salazar, Castillo and Offen
ders of Their Kind.
Eli PASO, Tex., Feb. 20. Resolutions
condemning the Government for Its
handling of Mexican affairs were
adopted at a mass meeting held in a
theater here tonight to protest against
the execution of W. S. Benton by Gen
eral Villa at Juarez.
The meeting came as the climax of
a day of excitement caused by news of
the death of Benton. The meeting was
first called for Cleveland Square, but
Mayor Kelly urged the renting of a
hall, as he regarded an open meeting
as dangerous. The Mayor said he
would suppress any attempt to hold
the meeting in open.
Richard Dudley, head of the con
tracting firm which built several hun
dred miles of the Mexico Northwestern
Railroad and one 01 the most wealthy
and Influential refugees from Mex
ico, promptly paid 150 for the use of
the theater.
Hrotal Assassination Charged.
The resolutions declare that Benton
was "brutally murdered and assassi
nated at Juarez by Francisco Villa,"
and declare the desire of the citizens
of El Paso and refugees from Mexico
to set the facts before the world. They
continue:
"The cold-blooded and heartless as
sassination of William S. Benton Is
but another crime to be added to
but another crime to be added to
hundreds, with members driven from
their homes, their property destroyed,
in many cases women have been out
raged and foreigners murdered in cold
blood, and for no other reason than
on account of their nationality.
"We believe that the State Depart
ment at Washington has persistently
suppressed facts concerning the true
conditions in Mexico and endeavored
to mislead the American people and
form public opinion for political pur
poses in support of a policy that is
ruinous to all foreign interests in
Mexico and to the Mexican people
themselves.
Bryan's Statement Challenged.
"In support of this statement we
would call attention to a recent article
in the New York World, which pur
ported to be a semi-official interview
coming from the Secretary of State's
office and which stated that while a
jrreat many Americans had lost their
lives in Mexico not one had been mur
dered solely on accoun- of his nation
ality. This statement we know to be
Absolutely false. We believe there are
reports on file in the State Depart
ment from our own consuls to the
contrary. We recall in the last few
months such .cases as the assassination
of Mr. Burton at Santa Rosalia, Mr.
Hayes and Mr. Thomas at Madera and
Mr. Brooks in Northern Chihuahua, and
in every one of these cases they were
most brutally murdered for no other
reason than that they were American
citizens.
"Some months ago the State Depart
ment officially declared in one of its
messages to Mexico that it would hold
the Mexican leaders personally re
sponsible for outrages committed
against American citizens. At the pres
ent moment our Government is harbor
ing General Ynez Salazar, who has an
unbroken record ever since he took the
field in Mexico of outrages committed
against our citizens. There are many
citizens of this city who were cruelly
and brutally treated by this man. many
of whom have been held for ransom
and at least one, Mr. Fountain, who
was shot by his order, and thus far he
has been immune from all punishment
by our Government.
"Vaccllatlng- Policy" Blamed.
"At the present moment Maximo
Castillo, who for many months has
been at the head of an outlaw band
in Northern Mexico, holding our citizens
tor ransom and perpetrating all kinds
of outrages, whose band recently
burned alive between 60 and 60 pas
sengers in the Cumbre tunnel on the
Northwestern Railroad, is being given
asylum and protection by our Govern
ment. "We submit these facts as evidence
that our Government is, through a
weak and vacillating policy, encourag
ing these lawless leaders to commit
all kinds of outrages against foreigners
and doing a great injustice to our own
people that is resulting in a loss of
hundreds of millions of dollars of
foreign capital, the murder of many
of our citizens, in assaults on Ameri
can women and In the ruination of
Mexico Itself."
The resolutions declare It a "disgrace
to our Government" to tolerate Villa
and demand that the Congress take
action to protect Americans and to
"maintain the honor and prestige of
our country in the eyes of the world"
THAW RECEIVES HOPE
(Cwntlnaed From Firnt Pare.)
send Thaw 'to Matteawan is sufficient
evidence of bad faith in itself.
Jerome Dlrertly Accused.
"When I charge bad faith I do not
make the charge against the people
of New York or the Governor of New
York, but a representative of New
York State. The record on Its face
contains evidence of unsonscionable
acts of bad faith. For instance, Mr.
Carmody, Attorney-General of the
State, instead of the District Attorney,
went down to New York and procured
an indictment. The grand jury of
Dutchess County had failed to find
such Indictment.
"Furthermore, we found that Mr.
Jerome did not go Into the Jury room
as counsel, but as a witness. He crept
in to testify against Thaw where there
was no counsel of judges to check his
efforts to get Thaw back to New York.
Answer la Jromlsed.
"I would rather have my name n
tfe doorpost of any county Jail In -New
York then to have my name on that
indictment against this poor unfor
tunate man, who had nobody in that
grand Jury room to proteot him."
Mr. Jerome said that he would an
swer all the allegations in the Thaw
brief.
In the event that Thaw obtains the
habeas 'corpus writ and no appeal is
taken by the State of New York he
will be a free man. If New York ap
peals Thaw will be held pending the
determination of -the appeal.
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BRITON AND UNITED STATTIS rrvNTKTTT. at tttatjt.
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BRITON IS KILLED
Occurrence Causes Great Ex
citement on Border.
DETAILS ARE HELD BACK
Outspoken Ranchman Known to
Have Declared He Would Speak
His Mind if Rebel General
Refused His Request.
fContlnuod "From First Page.)
the result was that while he was tell
ing the tragic story the widow, on the
verge of a nervous breakdown because
of her sustained anxiety, gathered only
the purport of the ale that her hus
band was no more.
Villa had gone and thus his version
of the story remained locked up in the
Consul's breast and in his records.
Just what occurred between Villa
and his ill-fated visitor last Tuesday
may never be known. Through the
widow and a cousin, William Benton,
and through friends of the decedent
it was learned that Benton asked per
mission to bring to the United States
400 head of cattle on his ranch, Los
Remedlos, in Western Chihuahua.
His cousin, who is part owner 'of
Los Remedios, thought that the request
would be wasted, although other for
eigners have been considerately treat
ed; when t asking him favors.' Charles
Qualey, of New York and Mexico, a
friend now here among the other refu
gees, advised him of the probable pro
cedure. Benton Threatens Accusations.
"Villa probably will grant your re
quest, but he'll give you a lecture and
you must not resent the lecture. If
you do, you may get into trouble,"
said Qualey.
"If he lectures me, I'll lecture back,"
replied Benton. "I have never made a
political move in Mexico, and If he
accuses me of it, I have some accusa
tions of my own to make."
Benton made the request and his
military trial. A copy of the sentence
of the court, setting forth the evi
dence in the case, was promised the
American Consular representatives.
Mr. Bryan said a full report of the
affair was on its way by mail from
Consul Edwards, 'to whom General
friends never saw him alive afterward.
As Mr. Benton gathered the story from
Consul Edwards, Villa declined to grant
the permit, saying:
"Mr. Benton, you have never been a
friend of ours, and I don't want the
cattle taken out of the country. We
can use them ourselves." " ,
At this point, it is assumed, the
quarrel started. Benton was not in ac
cord with the Madero revolution, which
expelled Porfirio Diaz from Mexico, and
in the foreign ciud at Chihuahua was
wont to express his opinion freely.
Succeeding revolutions were also crit
icised by him to his friends, but the
latter agree that be never went- fur
ther. They asserted unanimously that
he kept out of politics and accepted
his losses without any overt act of
attempted reprisal.
Benton was unarmed. The many
persons who know him well in Chi
huahua and along the border, assert
he never owned a revolver and did
not have one on him when he went to
Juarez. Villa on Wednesday night,
talking to a reporter, asserted that he
had Benton's six-shooter.
"What do you think of a man who
would come here and threaten mr
exclaimed the rebel general. A Mex
ican bystander replied:
"He ought to be shot."
This was 24 hours after the execu
tion, or murder, had taken place.
Villa did not tell the American Con
sul that Benton was court-martialed,
but official- Juarez was busy today
with assertions to that effect. Names
of those who sat as a court were given
out for publication and it was said at
the Jefetura that Benton's last request
was that his property be turned over
to his widow.
Request for Body Denied.
Edwards last night asked Villa for
the body to be brought to this side
of the river, but the request was curt
ly denied.
"Then, as a favor to me and to the
widow, will you have the grave
marked?" asked the Consul.
This Villa promised. As far as
Americans know, however, the grave
is unmarked. Benton, it is said, was
tried on a charge of conspiracy against
the rebel government and with "pro
voking and insulting General Villa."
Major Jesus Rodriguez presided,
Adrian Aguierre Becavldes acted as le
gal adviser to the court and Major
Manuel Gloria as prosecutor. Benton
is believed to have been held in
communicado the while and It is ad
mitted that there was no one there to
represent him.
That there was a real court-martial
nobody on this side of the river pre
tended to believe. The action was too
summary, particularly as contrasted
with the case of Gustav Bauch, a
German-American, accused of being a
spy. According to the rebels, the ease
of the obscure Bauch had been on trial
for four days, and it was said today
that no decision had been reached.
Benton comes of an excellent Scotch
family. His maternal grandfather.
a nnTTfiTin -. J
mem
Above, General Francisco Villa
and One of His Aides Below.
Consul Thomas D. Edwards.
Colonel Hay, is said to have partici
pated as an officer in the famous
charge of the light brigade at Bala
klava. Two cousins are in the British
army. . One, P. Norman Benton. Is with
the engineers corps at Eastbourne,
England. The other. Lieutenant Svan
Benton, is an artillery officer at pres
ent on leave in Switzerland.
Fear was expressed tonight that the
other two British subjects, Lawrence
and Curtis, had been shot. Lawrence
is chief engineer of the California De
velopment Company and was here on
a vacation from Yuma, Ariz.
CA.PITAIi FEARS INTERVENTION
Impression Is Britain Will Force
United States to Act.
" MEXICO CITY, Feb. 20. The execu
tion of William S. Benton, a British
subject, by the Constitutionalists in
Juarez has revived the fear among
the government supporters that- the
United States will be forced by Great
Britain to take action that easily
might become intervention.
Although since revolutionary condi
tions assumed serious proportions three
years ago there have been killed in
various parts of the country some 160
Americans, including participants on
both sides of the revolution, there are
on record the deaths of only four
Britishers, including Benton.
The three others were killed in dis
tricts where the chiefs of neither fac
tion had any direct authority, and Ben
ton's is the first case where it appears
that culpability may be placed defi
nitely. THREE WANT STATE JOBS
Superintendent, Justice and Engi
neer File Declaration Papers.
SALEM. Or.. Feb. 20. (Special.) J.
A. Churchull, Superintendent of Public
Instruction, today filed his declaration
as a candidate for election to that of
fice, subject to tho action of the Re
publican party. His slogan is "Good
schools for poor schools and better
schools for good schools."
William M. Ramsey, Justice of the
Supreme Court, filed his declaration
as a candidate for election to that
office, subject to the action of the
Iemocratlo party.
John H. Lewis. State Engineer, filed
his declaration as a candidate for re
election, subjest to the action of the
Republican party.
TORRENTS CARRY DAMAGE
(Continued From First Page.)
luging the entire Coast with rain for
the past two days is being felt especial
ly in the region of San Francisco Bay,
which is experiencing heavier precipita
tion than an other section except Los
Angeles.
Vessels coming to San Francisco from
the north are being held back by the
southerly wind, which blew 60 miles
an hour at Point Reyes today. There
was heavy weather at sea.
The wind blowing down Market street
caused several amusing sights. A wom
an who slipped on the sidewalk was
unable to arise and was literally blown
along the width of two stores. Hats
were blown over the tops of sky
scrapers, while boards came hurtling
down from housetops. A 200-pound
policeman was picked up by a playful
gust on Market street and rolled Into
the muddy gutter. Considerable dam
age was done to fences and signboards
all over the city.
The adage that lightning never
strikes twice in the same place was
contradicted at Lick Observatory. In
a severe electrical storm bolts of light,
ning twice landed on tno dome of the
observatory. The motor that revolves
the great James Lick memorial tele
scope was burned out of commission.
Lightning struck the mountainside all
around the observatory.
Disclosure) Drives Woman Insane.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Feb. 20. Miss
Mary -McCormlck, who created a sen
sation on a crowded street last Sunday
by holding up and threatening to shoot
a young woman stenographer was ad
Judged insan today. She became men
tally unbalanced, it was said, when
she learned Just before the date set
for her marriage to a New York man
that he was "already married and. had
a family.
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HEW. DEVELOPMENT
STIRS WASHINGTON
British Ambassador Calls on
Bryan to Discuss Killing of
Subject in Mexico.
FULL REPORTS ORDERED
Persons Familiar With Aggressive
Attitude or Great Britain in
Similar Cases Predict In
teresting Outcome.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. a slumber
ing Mexican situation was brought
quickly to a point of intense interna
tional interest today by the flash of a
message that William 8. Beuton. "a
British subject, had beer killed In
Juarez by order of General Francisco
Villa, the constitutionalist commander.
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British Am
bassador, conferred with Secretary
Bryan about it; President Wilson and
his Cabinet discussed it briefly, and a
thorough investigation was ordered by
the State' Department from consular
representatives on the border.
Warning Plainly Ignored.
In this case, for the first time since
the present revolution began a year
ago, the warning from the United States
Government to Mexican factions to
protect all foreigners went unheeded,
although there is every evidence to
show that both the British Ambassador
and the State Department were advised
too late of Benton's impending fate to
intercede for him.
The news shocked officials who had
come to believe that General Villa
fully realized the position of the Amer
ican Government in regard to the pro
tection of foreigners in Mexico,, par
ticularly in the north of that country.
Bryan Reserves Opinion.
"I haven't sufficient facts on which
to base an opinion." Secretary Bryan
said today. "Until I have the depart
ment will express no opinion."
This was the official view of the sit
uation. Only a few details were an
nounced by the State Department
that Benton had been executed after a
Villa had personally explained the in
cident. Interesting Developments Foreseen.
The killing of a British subject under
circumstances such as dispatches from
the border portrayed caused a atir ui
diplomatic circles. Those familiar
with the aggressive attitude Great
Britain assumes in pressing for rep
aration when her subjects have been
wronged were inclined to foresee in
teresting developments impending.
Discussion of the case between the
Ambassador and the Secretry of State
developed clearly the absence of any
responsibility on the part of the United
States for the killing of the British
subject, even- though investigation
should prove it to have been unjusti
fiable. The United States simply had
acted as a friend and exerted every
effort to save the man's life and the
fact that through its consular officers
the American Government might have
virtually recognized the de facto con
trol of Villa over a certain portion of
Northern Mexico, -it was held, in uo
wise increased its liability for the ac
tions of that individual.
Tales of Outrage Printed in Spain.
MADRID, Feb. 20. Stories of the
shooting to death of 75 Spaniards and
the burial alive of others by Mexican
rebels at Torreon are published at
length in most of the newspapers of
Madrid and the provinces today.
FRANCIS LAUDS BIG FAIR
EXFER1E.VCE OF ST. LOUIS CITED
' AS EDUCATIONAL.
Traveling Orchestral, Says ex-Governor
of Missouri, Blast Maintain
Standard Exposition Set.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20. "Seven
months spent at the Panama-Pacific
Exposition would have more educa
tional value to a youth than two years
in any one of the best universities in
the country," said David R. Francis,
ex-Governor of Missouri, Secretary of
the Interior under President Cleveland
and head of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition of 1904, in a speech before
the San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce today.
"St. Louis has been a different city
since we had our exposition. Travel
ing orchestras have to play a different
kind of music now than they did be
fore the exposition. There are more
works of art in St. Louis. There are
more beautiful yards surrounding the
homes. The same conditions prevail
throughout Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas,
Indiana, and, in fact, all the Middle
Western states. -
"Change is the great rule of life, and
if you will change your exhibits up to
the time your gates close, and make
it a progressive change, your exposi
tion will be a source of growing educa
tion to the people of California and all
who stay long at the fair."
AIRMAN TO CROSS STATES
Koy iancls to Learn Route for 1815
'Round-the-World Trip.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20. Roy
Francis, aviator, announced today that
he would make a preliminary cross
continent flight over the proposed route
of the Panama-Pacific exposition
around-the-world contest in 1915, to
familiarize himself with the course.
He said that he would make at least
one transcontinental trip next Summer
and possibly several.
HOLDUP MAN KILLS THREE
(Continued From r'frst Pajt.)
bandit took effect, but he. kept the
passengers in a state of fright, a half
dozen women fainting.
Women Give Purses.
The robber who killed the men turned
and started back to the front of the
coach. As he passed along several wom
en passengers held their purses out In
tho aisle. He gathered up a handful
of them and then ran. v
The three bandits left the train to
gether as it came to a stop from a sig
nal given by tho conductor, who had
heard the shooting from another coach
and pulled the cord.
Posses were hurriedly organized here
and a special train was hurried to the
scene of the holdup, but on account of
tho wildness of the surrounding coun
try and the ability to get away A a
boat to San Juan Islands, little hope is
held out for their capture.
Girl and Escort Sec Bandits.
Sheriffs' posses traced Jhe bandits
along the waterfront for a quarter of
a mile, but lost trace of them where
they intersected a crushed stone path
built from the shore to low-water mark
by oystermen.
A young man and woman strolling
along the tracks where the train came
to a stop saw the three bandits leap
from the steps of the day coach and
run along the train to the engine ten-
i der. They attempted to crawl upon the
tender, but the engineer turned a flash
light in their direction, when they
darted under the train and disap
peared along the tideflats.
Posses from two counties joined
forces tonight and a strong patrol was
established along the waterfront, all
wagon roads and the interurban line
which tkirts the waterfront at this
place.
WIFE ACCUSES PASTOR
MINISTER EUKISG DIVORCE DE
CLARED WEALTH-SEEKER.
Preacher at Tacomn Charged With Be
ginning Salt Soon After Taking
S13.OO0 From Spouse.
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 20. (Special.)
"Unbridled speculations and his de
sire to acquire rlcnes," as well as his
"ambition to become a man of great
power and influence in the church and
community," led to financial embarrass
ments of Rev. A. IL Harnhisel. ex-pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church,
and finally to the estrangement from
his wife, charges Mrs. Olive H. Barn
hlsel in her answer to Barnhisel's di
vorce complaint, filed today by her at
torney, Maurice Langhorne. The Barn
hisels are widely known in church cir
cles and the divorce has caused a mild
sensation.
In 102 they came to Tacoma and
the plaintiff became pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church at ?2400 a year.
Mrs. Barnhisel says she was led to
believe from his statements that he
had an income of about $1500 from
other sources.
She Bays she never had any informa
tion about her husband's affairs until
when she was on a visit for her health
in Santa Barbara, in February, 1913,
when Barnhisel wrote her demanding
that she sell her $30,000 farm and give
the money to him. saying that unless
she compiled with his demand he would
leave her. She says she was shocked
and humiliated and returned to Ta
coma. where he reiterated his demands,
and she did sell the land at a sacri
fice for $15,000 and gave the money to
him, and that witbin 60 days thereafter
he started the divorce suit.
DRINK DENIAL IS PENALTY
Seven and Hair Tears Abstinence
Instead of Jail Is Sentence.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Seven and a
half 'years of total abstinence from
liquor Instead of seven and a half years
in jail was the sentence imposed by Su
preme Court Justice Davis today on
Joseph A. Sheridan, president of the In
dependent Ice Dealers' Association,
convicted of attempting to extort $1000
from the Knickerbocker Ice Company
by threats to institute a newspaper
campaign against the company.
"It is apparent," Justice Davis said,
"that you are a victim of drink and it
would be a good thing to send you
away to get liquor out of your system.
I will suspend sentence with the un
derstanding that if you drink you will
be brought before this court and sen
tenced." Seven and a half years' imprisonment
was the maximum penalty for the
crime.
AMBASSADOR ABOVE LAW
State Cannot Compel ex-Justice Ger.
ard to Decide Case.
NEW YORK. Feb. 20. The appellate
division of the Supreme Court declared
today that an American Ambassador
to a foreign power is above the law of
his state at home and on this ground
refused to compel James W. Gerard,
Ambassador to Germany, to return
from his post and decide the appeal
in & case which came before him when
he was a Justice of the Supreme Court.
The parties to the litigation declared
that their case on appeal "must" be
settled by the justice before whom it
was tried, and an order to that effect
was obtained, directed to Ambassador
Gerard.
BOMB-WRECKERS CONFESS
Two in Chicago Admit Blowing Vp
Building When $1000 Refused.
CHICAGO, Feb. 20. Salvatore Sorl
ono and Frank Caperalli confessed to
day to the police that they placed the
bomb that wrecked a building in the
Italian quarter early today and injured
several persons.
The men said they attempted to blow
up the place because they had not re
ceived a reply to a letter demanding
$1000 from Leonardo Melone, whose
bank and grocery store occupied the
first floor of the building.
Two Postmasters Xamcd.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 20. Two postmasters have
been appointed for Washington, as fol
lows: Charles B. Penfield, Jared. vice
W. G. Merryweather. resigned; Ferdi
nand C. Buesslng. Stearns vtlle, vice T.
R. Tilly. reRtarned.
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a dissatisfied customer's
money as quick as he can.
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NOBLEMAN Ofi TRIAL
Polish Count Accused of Kill
ing Wife and Her Nephew.
SHOOTING IS IN BOUDOIR
Member of German Imperial Parlia
ment VTalves Immunity and Man
slaughter Charge Is Placed.
Society Said to Have Known.
MESERITZ, Germany, Feb. 20. Do
mestic infelicity in the family of one
of the Polish nobility promises to be
aired here at tho trial of Count Matthias
Brudzewo-Mlelzynski, a Polish noble
man and a member of the German Im
perial Parliament, .vho is facing a
Charge of manslaugnter for the killing
of his wife and her nephew. Count
Miaczinskl. The two were found dead
at the country seat of the Countess in
Dakowy Mokiez, near Graetz.
The charge is manuslaughter because
the state attorney, Dr. Boellfahr, holds
the accused acted without premedita
tion and almost without being aware
of what he was doing. The Count
waived Parliamentary immunity that
the trial might take place.
Servants Come Into Scene.
The Count and Countess, who had
been separated for some time, had re
sumed joint residence at Dakowy Mo.
keiz Just before the date of the murder.
On December 20 the servants were
aroused by shots. Entering the
Countess' apartments, they found the
Count standing with a rifle over the
bodies of his wife and her nephew.
The Countess' personal attendant tes
tified that Count Alfred Miaczinskl had
retired after passing the evening with
his host and hostess. Later on he pro
ceeded to the apartment of his aunt
and she was endeavoring to persuade
him to retire when her husband ap
peared and shot tliem.
Counsel for both sides urged the
judge in the interest of public morals
to make the hearing of the case pri
vate. They based their arguments on
the results of the preliminary investi
gation in regard to the manner of life
led by the Countess. This, they declared,
showed that Count Brudzewo-Mielzyn-ski
at an earlier period had reason to
suspect the fidelity of the Countess,
not only as regards Alfred Miaczyn
ski, but others.
Society Long; In On "Secret."
The investigating magistrate's report
said that these incidents had become
known among tho aristocratic society
of Posen and had caused estrangements
between the Count and Countess.
After a reconciliation had been
brought about last year, the report con
tinues, the Countess continued her in
discretions with her nephew and often
visited him in company with her woman
attendant.
The Count declared to the Investi
gating magistrate that he had killed
his wife under the impression that she
was a man intruder. Otherwise he
would not have shot.
MAN IS HELD FOR MURDER
Henryville Resort Keeper Accused of
Killing John Kelly.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Feb. 20. (Spe
cial.) District Attorney Liljlqvest di
rected the Inquest here last night over
the body of John Kelly, who was
killed at the Henryville embroglio on
Sunday. About 20 witnesses were ex
amined and five swore that James Fer
reri went out of the Galli house, where
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shotgun and on returning, said: "l
have killed a man." The jury recom
mended that Ferreri be held for the
killing and he was returned to tho
County Jail today by Sheriff Gage.
Ferreri conducted a blind pig, it is
charged, at Henryville. and told of his
business while on the stand last night.
All others arrested in connection with
the murder have been released. '
FRUIT UNION INDEPENDENT
Yakima Organization Likely to Re
ject Second Affiliation Offer.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Feb. 20.
(Special.) Following the refusal of
the Yakima County Horticultural
Union to affiliate with the Northwest
ern Fruit Exchange in fruit marketing,
the president of the concern, W. M.
Nelson, received a telegram from the
headquarters of the North Pacific Fruit
Distributors in Spokane, proposing af
filiation with that organization.
TJtie matter will be considered for
mally at a meeting of the directors of
tho union tomorrow, but President Nel
son said tonight that the proposition
undoubtedly would be rejected and that
the union would have no other affilia
tion this season than that with the
Puyallup Fruitgrowers' Association.
FISHING RULES PROTESTED
Proposed Forbidden District at
Mouth of Columbia Opposed.
ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 20. (Special.)
During the past few days quite a num
ber of letters have been sent by pack
ers and fishermen to Colonel McKins
try, of the United States Engineers,
protesting against the proposal of the
department to prohibit fishing within
a prescribed district at the mouth or
tho river.
The protests are based on the fact
that hundreds of gillnetters fish in the
lower harbor during the season, as that
is the best drifting ground in the Co
lumbia, and it will be impossible for
the fishermen to drift in that section
of the rver without danger of being
carried within the foroidden district.
REBEL ROUT MAKES PANIC
American Warship Again Lands Ma
rines at Cape Haitien.
CAPE HAITEN. Haiti. Feb. 20. The
rebel army was routed today after sev
eral encounters with the government
forces, and fell back inside the City of
Cape Haitien. The leaders of the re
volt are preparing to flee to Ouanam
Inthe, 30 miles to the east. Panic pre
vails and an American warship has
landed marines. The consulates are
giving asylum to refugees.
The city authorities have given $4000
to supply rations to the revolutionary
soldiers in order to keep them from
looting.
Clackamas Teachers to Meet Today.
OREGON CITY. Or..- Feb. 20. (Spe
cial.) Tho teachers of Clackamas
County will meet tomorrow at Canby
for their second Institute this school
year. A number of men, prominent
In the educational work In the state,
including Frank Rigler, State Super
intendent Churchill and -N. C. Maris,
will speak. All the teachers in t!-e
county have been invited to attend act
County Superintendent J. E. Calavan
expects that nearly 100 will be present.
Corporation Declared Outlaw.
DENVER, Feb. 20. The Mountain
States Telephone & Telegraph Com
pany wis held to bo an outlaw, oper
ating without a legal right to vise the
streets and alleys of Denver, in a de
cision handed down in the District
Court here today. The decision was
rendered in quo warranto proceedings
brought to compel the company to
show by what right it used the streets
of Denver for its equipment.
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