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VOL. LIV. NO. 16,G25.
PORTLAND.
OREGON,
MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1914.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
:
SACRAMENTO WILL
EXPEL IDLE-JUfflif
Back to San Francisco
Plan Decided On. .
CITIZENS SUBSCRIBE FUNDS
force Will Be Used,; Militia
Called if Necessary.;
TROOPERS HELD READY
City Wecides to Discontinue Free
Food Supply ol Men Who Admit
They Do Xot Want Jobs Gov
ernor Promises to Act.
SACRA AlENTO. March 8. The two
factions of the so-called "army of the
unemployed" reunited today, with Kel
ley In command. A demand for food
-as made and "General-' Kelley said
If the food werb not supplied by to
morrow morning he could not control
his men longer. s
Offers of transportation back to San
Francisco were made today by a citi
zens' committee. A few men accepted
and deserted, but a majority refused
to accept the offer. It has been defi
nitely decided by city and county au
thorities no more food will be supplied
the men.
Militia May Be Called.
The reunited "army of unemployed,"
now numbering about 1700, will be
shipped back to San Francisco in a
special train tomorrow morning at the
expense of Sacramento citizens. A
fund of $2500 has been raised for this
purpose. Negotiations are pow under
way with the Southern Pacific to fur
nish transportation facilities. Fifty
policemen and 50 Deputy Sheriffs will
be recruited to load the men on the
cars. The failure of this force to dis
perse the "army" will result in calling
out the militia.
These announcements were author
ized tonight following conferences to
day bejtween city and county officials,
citizens and Southern Pacific officials.
Governor Promises Help.
Governor Johnson assured the au
thorities that martial law would be de
clared by him if a riot ensued which
the police could not handle.
Adjutant-General Forbes tonight
ordered infantry militia companies from
Oroville and Chico and the Stockton
battery of field artillery to assemble
at the State Arsenal here and join the
two Sacramento infantry companies
and one cavalry troop already assem
bled. The Oroville and- Chico com
panies will leave at 1 A. M. tomorrow
on a special train and will march to
the Arsenal at Eleventh and X streets.
Men Refuse Pay for Meals.
Six men walked nto a restaurant
here tonight and after being served
refused to pay for their meals.
"We are members of the army of
the unemployed and this is one of our
peculiarities Sacramento can expect
for a while," they. told the restaurant
keeper.
Thirty additional deputy sheriffs
were sworn in tonight, which brings
the total armed force guarding the
"army" camp to (0.
Cltlsen Are Determined.
The determination of the citizens not
to help the "army" go East, or to fur
nish food was made positive by the an
nouncement of the men that they did
not want jobs, but would only continue
on to Washington.
The situation on the sand lots Is a
mixture of the ludicrous and the threat
ening. Despite the effort of the army
to levy on the city for $15,000, Sacra
mento turned out today to view the en
campment as if it had been a county
fair. A baseball game and several box
ing bouts were staged to amuse the
populace and some of the mills were of
professional caliber. The police, how
ever, stopped the latter and the base
ball game broke up when a slugger of
the Kelly nine tried to knock out a
home run.
Inflammatory speeches werj deliv
ered by the leaders. All afternoon a
torrent of villification was poured on
the "capitalistic class." One member is
sued a pamphlet denouncing the Gov
ernor in unmeasured terms.
OAKLAND TO RESIST RETURN
Police Will Be. Armed With Rifles
and Shotguns if Necessary.
OAKLAND, Cal.. March 8. Oakland
Is ready to resist the return of the
jobless hosts from Sacramento to this
city. Should - Sacramento induce the
unemployed men to retrace their steps
toward San Francisco the police force
of Oakland will be turned out with
rifles and shotguns to prevent any of
' them from leaving the trains.
This was the edict of Chief of Police
Petersen tonight.
"The members of the so-called army
are vagrants," he said, "and they
should be treated as such. My force
is capable of taking care of the situa
tion, and if necessary we will resort
to arming the officers with rifles and
shotguns. The armies will not return
to Oakland."
Chief of Police Petersen is the offi
cer who assumed command of the sit
uation when General Kelley'S unem
ployed band threatened resistance here
last Thursday when ordered to move
across the county line into Contra
Costa County.
A threat of force by the Chief of Po
lice was sufficient to impress the men
with his sincerity of purpose. . , i
WILSON HIMSELF;
; TO NAME ADVISOR
BRVA.V TO BE IGNORED IX SE
IECTIXG MOORE'S- SUCCESSOR.
President Wants Man of Exiierlence
'. in. Statecraft John Lind and ,
Joseph W. Folk Rejected
i:
WASHINGTON, March 8. (Special.)
Secretary of State Bryan is not to be
permitted to name the successor of
John Bassett Moore, counselor of the
State Department. ' . V. -"
President Wilson will select the new
counselor himself. The appointee win
be a man of diplomatic experience,
whoso renutation throughout the" raa.
try will be a guarantee of his" ability
to discharge the duties assigned to the
chief? jssistant to the Secretary f
State, It is said.
. it is certain that John Lind, the pres
ident's sDecial sommissioner to Mexico,
will not receive the appointment. Will
iam W RockhilL Democrat, who had a
long- career in the diplomatic service,
rising from secretary of legation to
ambassador to Turkey and serving in
the department as chief clerk and as
sistant legation secretary, is among
those suggested.
Besides naming the counselor, the
President proposes to have a good deal
to say also with reference to the solici
ts, for thn department This post be
came vacant as a result of the accept
ance" by Joseph W. Folk of the posi
tion of counsel for the Interstate Com
merca Commission.
Before this appointment was made It
was the understanding that Sir. Foil:
was Secretary Bryan's choice for the
office vacated by Mr. Moore. The Pres
ident did not believe Mr. Folk had the
experience requisite for the discharge
of the duties of the counselorship.
HOME-MADE COFFIN USED
Man Occupies Himseir In Close of
Life Defeating "Coffin Trust."
MACON, Mo., March 8. Arlington
Simpson. 72 years old, was buried today
n.iixi Wn. in a coffin made of
walnut luThber, cut and prepared by
him. Simpson, who died baturaay at
his farm near here, made preparations
t ,! f.mornl months ago. getting
ready the materials for his casket and
arranging for its manufacture, in or
der, he said, "to defeat the coffin
trust."
Carpenters worked last night to put
I,- nnfin together. Recently Simpson
hj maA several coffins that he of
fered at cost "to aid poor people," he
announced, "in evading the burial com
bine." -
WOMAN ACTS FOR JUDGE
Fair Clerk of Court at Eugene Re
ceives Verdict or Jury.
TnTTfiKVE. Or.. March 8. (Special.)
For what is believed to have been the
first time in Oregon legal practice, a
woman. Miss Ethel Graham, acting for
th court received the veraict oi a jurj.
It was the case of Mrs. Carrie Steph
ana T3inst the City of cottage throve
to recover $5000. Her award was J250.
The iurv was out when Judge Clee-
ton wished to leave for Portland Sat
urday noon, and by consent of attor
neys it was agreed that the verdict
should be received and read by Miss
Graham. Clerk of the Circuit Court.
NOW WHO'S TO BLAME?
Wife Puts Gems in Grip; Hubby Al
lows Theft by Carelessness.-
VANCOUVER, Wash., . March 8.
(Special.) "A suitcase is a poor place
to hide diamonds," George P. Larsen,
of this city, complained to his wife
over the' phone last night.
"A public hallway is a poor place to
leave a suitcase." retorted Mrs. Larsen
when informed by her husband that the
grip containing her diamonds, valued
at $400, had been stolen from the hall
way of the Blurock building, where Mr.
Larsen left it while he went into his
office for his coat, preparatory to join
ing his wife in Portland.
MARC0lfl TESTING PHONE
Wireless Experimenter to Exchange
Message on Battleship.
SYRACUSE, Italy, March 8. William
Marconi arrived today with apparatus
for experiments in radio-telephony. He
was received on board the battleship
Reglna Eleni by the Duke d'Abruzzl,
who tonight gave a dinner in honor of
the inventor. .
Mr. Marconi expects to spend ten
days on the battleship, exchanging
messages with points on the Mediter
ranean. ) ... . .
POPE'S HEALTH IS NORMAL
Bishop Dunne, of Peoria," Has Prl-
. vate Audience With Pontiff.
!
ROME, March 8. Pope Pius today
received in private audience Right Rev.
Edmund Mitchel Dunne, -. bishop of
Peoria, 111., with whom he conversed
at some length.
Bishop Dunne said after the Inter
view that the pontiff was in normal
health. ,
CIGARETTE FATAL TO 24
Russian Miner Opens Safety Lamp
for Light; Explosion Ensues. '
EKATERI
fcOSLAV, Russia, March 8.
Twenty-fo
r men were killed in an
explosion of
;as in a coal mine yester-
day.
The explclslon was caused by
miners opening nis safety lamp in a
gas-filled chamber to light a ciga
BY TEXAS RANGERS
Body, of American Is
. Brought Back.
EVIDENCE OF TORTURE FOUND
.Vergara Burned, Beaten and
V Three Times Shot.'
TRIP IS MADE SECRETLY
Man
Who Saw Both Execution and
Burial Leads Way to 'Grave on
Mexican Territory Invest!-.
, gntion Will Continue.
LAREDO, Tex.. ' March 8. Texas
Rangers who secretly crossed Into
Mexico, .last night today brought to
the American side the mutilated body
of - Clemente Vergara, Texas rancher,
and established the fact ot his execu
tion after ,he was seized by Mexican
federals. f .
The rangers were hot opposed, ac
complishing their search without the
slightest violence, taking the body
from a grave in Hidalgo Cemetery al
most within sight of the Texas border.
The seizure was divested of possibly
grave aspects in international compli
cations by reason of the fact that the
rangers were virtually making use of
permission granted officially by Mex
ican federal authorities several days
ago for the recovery of the body. This
permission had been given to United
States Consul Garrett at Nuevo La
redo, but he did not get the body be
cause of what he reported as dangers
attending the search for it in the im
mediate vicinity of Hidalgo.
Evidence of Torture Manifest. '
Vergara was shot twice through the
head and once through the neck, his
skull was crushed as by a blow from a
rifle butt and the charred fingers of
the left hand indicated that he., had
been tortured before ' being . put to
death.
Identification was made by Ver
gara's son and by numerous friends.
many of whom were in the party of
nine, led by the state border patrol,
which made the grim journey to the
Hidalgo Cemetery during the early
morning hours today.
In addition to recognizing the fea
tures, young Vergara took a bit of cloth
from the trousers on the body and
matched it to the coat his father wore
the day he crossed the Rio Grande.
The body was brought into the United
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 60
degrees; minimum, 47 decrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northerly winds. . .-
Slexice. 2
Villa not to execute-young Terrazas, but
bold him to force father to remain neu
tral. Fags 1.
Texas Rangers cross border and return-with
- ooay. or American. rage 1.
Suffragettes use clubs Jn battle with police.
National. ',
Congress doing nothing for Western States.
rage 2.
Strike inquiry ends; legislation discussed.
rage s
President to Ignore Bryan In choosing sue
cessor to John ,Bassett Moore. Page 1.
Domestic. ,
Morgan & Co. deny exorbitant profits In New
tiaven aeais. rags a.
James K. Hackett's inheritance of $2,500,
000 reveals old family feud. Page
Sacramento -to send idle army back to San
Francisco, rage 1.
Sports. - .
Davis ,and Rodgers feature in opening prac
tice games. - Page 12.
White Sox draw blank from San Francisco
Seals. Page 12.
Federals to Ignore contracts and sign major
players at any price. Page 12.
Ritchie remains favorite over Ad- Wolgast.
Page 12. ' - ,
Pacifio Northwest.
Vaudeville chiefs arrive from East and con
fer with John Consldine. Page 5.
Lumber company at Deer Park -sells .for
?U50,000. Page ' 8.
' - Portland and Vicinity.
All Portland . playa in Spring sunshine.
Page att.
St. Johns nominates for city election. Page 8.
Hibernians break ground for '.new home.
Page 3.
Explosion ot paving material injures three
workmen. Page 7.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 13.
Big 12-act show wins at Empress. Page ltt.
Mayor urges early action toward securing
detention home. Page 8.
Relation of. New Thought to- Christian
Science told. Page 10.
Parochial school system declared Inferior to
free by Rev. D. V. Poling. Page 10.
Alfred Howard, accused Fleischner. Mayer
uo. employe, suicide in Jail. Page 1.
Joy riders Injured when auto hits tele
phone pole. Page 8.
METER MEETING TUESDAY
Opponents of Daly Ordinance Will
Perfect Plans lor Referendum.
At, a meeting of citizens from all
parts of Portland in the Public Library
at 8 o'clock tomorrow night, organi
zation of a general commitee will be
completed and plans made for invoking
the referendum on the 1500,000 meter
ordinance.
Tomorrow night's meeting has been
called by a citizens' committee of which
J. W. Conway is chairman. Arrange
ments are to be made at the gathering
for culling a mass meeting -of persons
opposed to the meter system. It is
planned to have the referendum peti
tions circulated by volunteer workers.
ALEXANDER
BAIRD
DIES
Little
Father of Mrs. Charles P.
Passes at Age of 89 Years
Alexander Baird, 89 years old, died
yesterday at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Charles P. Little, 251 Laurelhurst
avenue. Mr. Baird came to Portland
11 years ago from Bay City, Mich.
He is survived by four daughters,
Mrs. Charles P. Little and Mrs. Agnes
Glenn, of Portland; Mrs. Emmett Far
rell. of Dawson, Y. T., 'and Alexandra
Baird, of Bellingham, Wash.
Funeral arrangements have not yet
been completed.
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ACCUSED
EMPLOYE
IS SUICIDE IN JAIL
Alfred Howard . Found
with Throat Cut.
PENKNIFE USED TO END LIFE
Deed.FoHows Attitude of Con
fident Cheerfulness.
WIFE LATE CELL VISITOR
Presence of Weapon Explained by
Fleischner, Mayer & Co. Confi
dential Man's Prominence Caus
ing Officers to Trust Kim.
Alfred Howard committed suicide by
cutting his throat some time Saturday
night or early Sunday in his cell in the
County Jail, where he had been con
fined since his arrest, late Friday night
on a charge of systematically robbing
th wlinlasala drv STOOdS firm Of
Fleischner, Mayer & Co., in whose em
ploy he had been, as a confidential man,
for many years. '
The body was discovered at 8:15 yes
terday, lying on a cot in his .solitary
cell, by Detectives Swennes and Jailer
Kennedy, who were passing the cell' on
another mission.
Penknife Deadly Weapon.
A pearl-handled penknife' had been
used. It was found under the bed cov
ers, which Howard had pulled over his
head.
The Coroner's office was notified and
Deputy Coroner Leo Goetsch made an
investigation.
The body was cold and rigid and Mr.
Goetsch says that he must have been
dead at least six hours.
nr Rn Korden. who was called in
to make the examination, said the evl-
dence clearly established a case of self-
destruction, and an inquest may not be
held.
Howard left no message.
Others Implicate Him.
Howard ' who had been in the. era
ploy" of Fleischner, Mayer & Co. for 30
years, being head of its domestic de
partment for several years, was ar
rested in company with several others
on the cnarge inai tucy uuu
. . . 11 V. n ni.4A4 In
thefts of large quantities of goods
from the company.
While he did not confess any crlm
Inal connection with the theft, circum
stantial evidence and the admissions of
others involved him.
On Saturday wnen Deputy District
Attorney Robison was questioning
Howard in the Constable's office at the
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DR. BELL PREDICTS
TRANS-SEA FLIGHT
AEROPLANES NEED OXLYiRIGHT
GEARS, IS STATEMENT.
Inventor Thinks Crossing Will Be
. ., Made Two Miles Above Earth
. In Warmth and Comfort.
WASHINGTON. March 8. Trans-At
lantic aeroplane flights with present
day flying machines are a possibility
of the .near future, in the opinion of
Dr.-Alexander Graham Bell, inventor
of the telephone, who spoke here last
night before the Federal School Men"
Club. A system of gears for increas
ing the speed of propellers in the de
creased resistance of higher altitudes.
be said, probably would solve the prob
lern- Machines of 50 miles an hour speed
under ordinary conditions, he said, at
.proper altitude traveled 100 miles an
hour. " -
"I think," he added, "we may safely
say that wa will see airships crossing
the Atlantic at a height of two miles
above thfe earth, driven by warm ana
comfortable aeronauts. ,
The question of sufficient oxygen
for tne driver is solved by the tremen
dous speed itself, for the air striking
the face would be condensed. As io
the cold at such a height, the exhaust
of the machine furnishes a source of
heat easily applicable to keep the avi
rator properly warm."
HORSE MAY GET PENSION
Friends Plead for Pat, Fire Horse
' Whose Only Fault Is Biting.
Pat, the handsome fire horse, whose
biting proclivities caused the city au
thorities to determine on his sale at
auction, may yet be pensioned. - -Robert
Tucker, president of the Ore
gon Humane Society, has interceded
for Pat with Mayor Albee, and the pro
posed auction sale has been postponed.
Efforts are being made to provide
suitable home for the animal.
It is feared that should Pat be sold
at auction he might fall into the hands
of some one who would not treat him
right.
RESERVOIR BIDS INVITED
Ilorsefjy Irrigation Project Offers
$370,000 of Bonds for Sale.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., March 8.
(Special.) Bids will be opened for the
construction of storage reservoir, ca
nals and ditches on the Horsefly irri
gatlon project.
On the same day tenders will be
opened for $570,000 of bonds which the
district is offering for sale.
The project is estimated to irrigate
20,000 acres at a cost of $30 per acre.
The reservoir site has been optioned
and will contain 4000 acres and will
store the runoff from 270 miles of
watershed.
PRESIDENT TO EAT SALMON
Pnget Sound Packers Send Mr. Wil-
' son Case for "Thirteenth."
SEATTLE, Wash., . March g. The
Puget Sound salmon packers, who last
year -ent a large chinook salmon to
President Wilson for his dinner table
on "salmon day," March 13, have this
year shipped to the white House a
case of sockeye salmon, packed last
Summer.
Thirty railroads have agreed to "fea
ture" salmon on their trains on the
13th, and many hotels and clubs will
do likewise,
3,500,000 EGGS COMING
Canadian Liner Brings Shipment
From China for United States.
VANCOUVER, B. C, March 8. The
Canadian Pacific's steamship Empress
of Asia arrived today with 3,500,000
Chinese eggs consigned to points in the
United States.
This consignment is from Northern
China, and is said to be in much bett
condition than other shipments recently
brought to San Francisco. Consumers
of the first shipment of Chinese eggs
were not satisfied with the quality of
the Oriental product.
VANCOUVER DOCTOR WEDS
Miss Jean Bagnell, of Portland, Be
comes Mrs. Arthur 3IcCown.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. March 8. (Spe
cial.) Dr. Arthur McCown. son of Dr.
and Mrs. C. C. McCown, of this city,
and a graduate of the Oregon Medical
School of the class of 1912, was married
here yesterday at the home of his par
ents to Miss Jean Bagnell, of Portland.
The couple left on a late train for
Southern Oregon. Dr. McCown formerly
was an interne at St Vincent's Hos
pital, Portland.
"
JULIA MARLOWE' IS ILL
Actress in Serious Condition After
Operation for Appendicitis.
BALTIMORE. March 8. Julia Mar
lowe, the actress, who recently was
taken ill In Los Angeles, was operated
on today for appendicitis at a hospital
here, according to a report from a re
liable source.
Her condition was said to be serious.
NEW POSTMASTER ON JOB
P. W. Todd, ex-Recorder, Takes
Charge of Tillamook Postoffice. -
TILLAMOOK, C-TiT March 8. (Spe
cial.) P. W. .Todd, who was recently
appointed postmaster to succeed Walter
V. Baker, took charge of the office yes
terday. Mr. Todd has held several public of
fices, and was City Recorder whenhe
was appointed postmaster,
WOMEN USE CLUBS
IN POLICE BATTLE
Militants Renew Fight
in: Pouring Rain.
MISS PANKHURST ARRESTED
Zelie Emerson, of Michigan,'
Makes Herself Undesirable.
DEPORTATION IS POSSIBLE
Sixth Arrest of Leader Under "Cat-and-Mouse''
Act Inflames Fol
lowers Audience . With
Monarch Is Denied.
LONDON, March 8. Militant- suf
fragettes again engaged in battle with
the police today on their favorite1 field,
Trafalgar Square, and in a pouring
rain. The arrest of Sylvia Pankhurst
for the sixth time under the "cat and
mouse" act precipitated the conflict.
In addition to Mfss Pankhurst seven
women and three men Were arrested.
Among those arrested was Miss Ze
lio EJmerson, of Jackson, Mich. Miss
Emerson has been arrested several
times for participation in suffragette
demonstrations and recently there were
rumors that steps were being taken
by" the British government to deport
her as an undesirable alien. Replying
February 26 .to a question whether
this report was true, Reginald McKen
na. the Home Secretary, asserted no
such steps were being taken.
.American May Be Deported.
"If Miss Emerson again commits an
offense, bringing her within the pro
visions of the alien act, the question of
applying to the court for a recommen
dation for her expulsion will be con
sidered," he added, however.
Several women and men had marched
In procession today to the square to
attend a meeting of the Men's Feder
ation for Woman Suffrage. Sylvia
Pankhurst, who for some weeks has
been hiding from the police, arrived in
the square, in a taxicab to deliver a
speech, but detectives surrounded the
cab and started It for Holloway Jail
before the militants realized what was
happening.
When it was discovered that Miss
Pankhurst had been ' abducted the
chairwoman of the meeting. Miss Pat
terson, who later was among those ar
rested, shouted to her supporters from
the base of the Nelson column: "Follow
the flag and see if we can't find some
thing to do."
' Police Attacked With Sticks.
The militants then surged toward
the government buildings in Whitehall,
with the suffragette banner borne
aloft, but a cordon of mounted police
barred their way. Some of the women
assailed the police with short sticks,
but the marchers were soon dispersed.
Having received a refusal of an
audience of King George, in which it
was proposed that a deputation from
the Women's Social and Political Union
should lay before him their claims for ,
votes and their complaint of "medieval
and barbarous methods of torture
whereby Your Majesty's ministers are
seeking to repress the women's revolt
against the deprivation of citizens'
rights."
Mrs. Pankhurst Threatens.
Mrs. Emmaline Pankhurst, the mili
tant suffragette leader, has addressed
another letter to the monarch. In this
letter she declares her intention to lead
a delegation to Buckingham Palace to
see the King.
In reply to Mrs. Pankhurst's first let
ter to King George, requesting an au
dience, the Home Office wrote her as
follows :
"The Secretary of State has laid
your petition before the King, but he
reports that he has not been able to
advise His Majesty to comply with the
prayer contained in it."
In her last letter to the Js-ing Mrs.
Pankhurst said:
"We utterly deny the constitutional
right of ministers who have not been
elected by women and ate not responsi
ble to them to stand between ourselves
and the throne to prevent us having an
audience of Tour Majesty.
Right of' Petition Asserted.
'I have the honor, therefore, respeet-
fully to inform you that in pursuance
of our undoubted constitutional right
to petition the sovereign in person. 1
and other representatives of the Wom
en's Social and Political Union will
present ourselves at Buckingham Pal
ace for the purpose of claiming an au
dience" Women threw circulars and attehst-
ed to speak in two theaters filled vrttih
fashionable audiences last night, bu)
ushers dragged them out. The militant
suffragettes who for several days past
have.ceen sitting on the doorstep of
Sir Edward Carson's home, awaiting
an interview with the Ulster l.ader.
continued their vigil today.
Pe 11 Plans Commercial Clb.
PE ELL, Wash.. March 8. (Special.)
Efforts are being made to oxanize a
Pe Ell Commercial Club. It ki planmU
to. insure the financial success from the
start. and already pians, are formulated
with-that end in view. tne. erection -
of a building at the outset Is bein
considered, the same to be used as a
rest-room and to display tha various
products grown in this vicinity and the
headwaters of the Chelialis liivcr.