Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1914)
i. : VOL. LI V. XO. 16,634- PORTLAND. OREGON. THURSDAY, SIAKCII 19, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SENATOR CHARGES DEAL WITH BRITAIN Hands Off in Mexico Is Swapped for Tolls. WILSON POLICY IS ATTACKED Reparation for Confederate ; Bonds Declared in View. BIG "BLUNDER" FORECAST Resolution Calling on President for Further Information as to For eign Protests Precipitates V" Debate Anew. WASHINGTON". March IS. Prelim inary skirmishing on the Panama Canal tolls controversy will occupy the Sen ate tomorrow as the result of an effort made today by Senator Jones, of Wash ington, to have passed his resolution colling on President Wilson for In formation as to what foreign govern ments have protested against toll ex emption for American coastwise ships and for correspondence between the United States and foreign powers re lating thereto. Senator Smith, of Georgia, moved that the Jones resolution be referred to the foreign relations committee, as serting that the Senate should not con sider hastily a resolution calling for information relating to foreign affairs. Issue of Which Committee Forced. Senator Bristow, of Kansas, who Is opposed to repeal of tolls exemption, urged that the resolution be referred to the committee on interocanic canais, of which Senator O'Gorman, of Jew York, is chairman. Opponents of the repeal, of whom Senator O'Gorman is the leader, believe that the canals com mittee would give a favorable report on the Jones resolution and that the committee on foreign relations would pigeon-hole it. On this issue the Senate-may be forced to vote tomorrow. . That such, a vote, could -not strictly be considered as a test on the repeal issue, however, is maintained by some of the Senators, because some might vote In favor of a request for more in formation who would not vote against repeal on the final rollcall. Price Paid for Non-intervention. In urging his resolution today Sena tor Jones charged tnat exemption re peal was the price to be paid by the United States for non-interference in Mexico by foreign powers and that President Wilson's plea to Congress for repeal followed negotiations with Great Britain whereby that nation had agreed to support the principles of the Monroe Doctrine. The Washington Senator assailed the views of the Pres ident, declaring that to reverse the policy of the Government would be a humiliating, cowardly, craven action.' Senator Jones asserted further: "It Is reported as one of the conditions that Great Britain will seek reparation on its losses through Confederate bonds Issued during the Civil War, by a plan sanctioned by this Government under which, if successfully applied, the bur den of reparation will fall on the Southern states." For that report. Senator Jones main tained, developments, had shown there was a basis. Economic Blunder Theatens. Senator Jones argued that a repeal would be "a great economic blunder,"' that it would "benefit the Canadian Pa cific Railroad, Canadian interests and the transcontinental railroad lines, and no others, and injure more or less every other interest in this country." lie contended that the exemption con travened no treaty obligations, either in letter or in spirit, and. therefore, no question of National honor was in volved. "The President's message," said Sen ator Jones, "is not only remarkable for its lack of facts, dearth of reason and fur the sublime assurance of the school master that the boys will do what he wants, but it is more remarkable in its conclusion. He says: I ask this of you in support of the foreign policy of the Administration.' "What are the "other matters of even greater delicacy and nearer conse quences ? That this legislation is a part of an understanding expressed or tacit ly implied, relative to Mexico, is shown in tlie words of the message and by the circumstances surrounding its delivery. Message Follow Conference. "It has been repeatedly announced t):at no message would be sent to Con gress on the tolls question. A British subject was murdered In Mexico by rebel authorities, whom Great Britain does not recognize. Our position pre vents Great Britain from entering Mex ico. The British Minister has a long conference with the President and im mediately the newspapers say: 'Presi dent Wilson announced tonight fol lowing the conference with Sir Lionel Carden, that he will go before Congress Thursday (this conference was Wednes day evening), and deliver a message urging the repeal of the Panama Canal toll exemption section.' "A hint is declared to have been taken from the historical fact that the Monroe Doctrine was originally In spired by England. The President is aid to realize that the Mexican tangle has brought about almost a parallel situation with that which existed when (Concluded on Paso 2.) MEN OF AFFAIRS, IN OVERALLS, FIX ROAD GOVERNOR, EX-GOVERXORS AND MAYOR SWING SHOVELS. 300 "White Collar" Leaders, Includ ing Bankers, Mend 2 1-2 Miles on Caldwell, Idaho, Holiday. CALDWELL, Idaho, March 18. (Spe clal.) The Governor of the State, two ex-Governors, the Mayor of Caldwell the bankers, professional men, mer chants and citizens generally, this aft ernoon donned overalls and shouldered shovels and other implements and went out to mend the roads leading into Caldwell. By proclamation of the Mayor, the day was made a holiday and about 300 amateur road builders, -30 teams and a couple of big tractors, to say nothing of. dozens of drags assembled on the main highway leading into town from the east and in a few hours put two and a half miles of bad road into per fectly good condition. Governor Haines, ex-Governor Haw ley and ex-Governor Morrison did yeo men's service with the shovel and then had their pictures taken. WEST IS URGED TO AGREE Hawley Starts Movement for Cnited Action on Homestead Law. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, March 18. Representative Hawley today addressed letters to all Representatives from the public land states, inviting them to attend a gen eral conference to consider legislation looking to an amendment of the home stead law which will abate the burden now imposed upon settlers and permit homeseekers to acquire ttltle to public lands without undue hardship. "Concert of action and agreement on essential provisions of legislation for the relief of homesteaders will enable us to secure action," he says in his let ter. When a date is agreed on Mr. Hawley will endeavor to get the West erners together and as soon as they reach an agreement will arrange to have their views laid before the public lands committee, in the hope of secur ing a prompt report on the bill as agreed to. SNOW FALLS IN KANSAS Temperature Has Fallen 52 Degrees Since Sunday. KANSAS CITT, March 18. Kansas. as far south as Wichita, and the -western part of Missouri, was covered with from two to four Inches of snow to night and the local bureau predicted a further precipitation. The snow followed, a fall in tempera ture of 52 degrees since Sunday. It is believed the fall will not casue great damage to fruit, trees, as most of the trees were not fa renough developed to be injured. In Kansas City two inches of snow had fallen up to 9 o'clock tonight, with predictidna of an all-night precipita tion. SWISS PROHIBIT BETTING Police Peal Blow to English Gam bling on Continent. GENEVA, Switzerland, March 18. Public sentiment against gambling on horse racing has extended to Switzer land and the police authorities today prohibited the drawing of the various Bweepstakes on the chief horse racing events in England. The drawing was advertised for March 21 and $75,000 of English bet tors' money had been received here during the past few weeks. The action of the police is a blow to English bet ting on the Continent MRS. WILSON IMPROVING Grave Reports Arising From Daugh ter's Remaining at Home Denied. WASHINGTON. March 18. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson is recovering slowly from the effects of a fall on the White House floor two weeks ago. The declination by Miss Eleanor Wil son of an invitation to attend a dinner at the British embassy on account of the inclsposltton of her mother gave rise to reports tonight that Mrs. Wilson was seriously 111, but these were denied. It was said Mrs. Wilson would be up and about in a few days. OREGON DELEGATES NAMED Heads of Two Universities and Port land Pastor Going South. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. Salem, Or., March 18. (Special.) At the meet ing of the Pacific Coast convention of the Religious Educational Association, to be held at Berkeley, Cal., the seat of the California State University. April 23. S4 and 25. the State of Oregon will be represented by President Fletcher Homan. of Willamette Uni versity, and President Bushnell, of Pa cific University. Aside from the two college presi dents. Dr. Frank L. Loveland. pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Portland, also will represent the state. BOY KIDNAPED, BAPTISED Dad Wanted Name Patrick, Mother Herman; Father WItw. SAN FRANCISCO. March 18. David G. Powers, the Government's star wit- I ness in the prosecution of the Western Fuel Company, kidnaped his 18-months- old son today long enough to have him baptized. Mr. Powers took the youngster from his mother's residence and returned him after he had been christened Pat rick David Stuart Powers. The mother I wanted him baptized Herman. The Pownrs have been separated since the HUERTA REPORTED SEEKING JOHN LIND Negotiations in Way of Being Reopened. FOREIGN MINISTER STARTS Efforts Made to Keep Prospec tive, Meeting Secret. ' NEED OF MONEY PRESSES Dictator Summons 60 of Wealthiest Mexicans to Palace and Gives Intimation Financial Sup port . Is Welcome. MEXICO CITY, March IS. Forced by the increasing seriousness of the situa tion in Mexico, from a financial rather than a military standpoint, however. President Huerta at last appears to be ready to resume negotiations with John Lind, President Wilson's personal representative, which were broken off last August, if reports current In the capital tonight are true. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jose Lopez Portlllo y Rojas, has been di rected to reopen the unofficial dip lomatic exchanges with Mr. Llnd, ac cording to the report here, and for that purpose went to Vera Cruz today. Whether he will meet Mr. Lind at Vera Cruz or at some point further removed from the general public is not known. Secrecy Is Observed. Every effort has been made to keep the meeting a secret and should it for any reason fall to take place the gov ernment would be in a position to fall back on the explanation already given, that the Minister is taking the trip to celebrate his saint's day and color is given to this by the fact that he was uccompanied by his wife and other members of his family. President Huerta today summoned to the national palace 60 of the wealth iest Mexicans residing in the capital and Intimated .that indirect financial support would be hlgnly agYee'able, in view of the vigorous campaign he pro poses to inaugurate against the rebels. He reminded them that a decree issued several months ago calling owners of haciendas to equip and maintain ten men for purposes of defense had never been complied with and he urged them now to do this. Haciendas Number 52,000." Such compliance would mean, accord ing to the official figures, the main tenance of about 500,000 men, as it Is estimated that there are 62,000 ha ciendas and smaller ranches within the federal jurisdiction. President Huerta also requested these (Concluded on Page 3.) I TWO THINGS NOW CALCULATED TO ATTRACT THE KAISER'S ATTENTION. til -sss -rr. V - t I I SPLASH a I I ii v t5-t 7 a ri h-r-rz -r- - i i I.I 1 ' - I 1 I I II - - a I i i r-rL-i i i a ri r t i A I tZOni H ! - " I i VI J , ov- V X : 1 r- I - I I r I I i . 1 1 i s -t- nil I I : : i I v - ' I . - - - INDEX OF TO? riWS Weather. TEST' , Maximum temperature, 71 de& minimum. 47 degrees. TODAY j Fair; easterly ; winds. , . Foreign. Huerta to reopen negotiations with John Liud. Page 1. French scandal to be closely investigated. Page 1. Free government far distant in Mexico. Page 1. National. Early vote and defeat of suffrage amend ment Is programme in Senate. Paga 3. Senator Jones charges tolls exemption is price of deal with .Britain. Page 1. Lehigh Valley Railroad defendant In anti trust suit. Page 2. Representative Bryan bidding for support higher up in Senatorial campaign. Page 2. - Domestic Powder mill explosion shakes country for 100 miles. Page 1. New York's idle men spurn jobs on farm at prevailing ruraj wage. Page 3. Sports. Jay Gould wins world's open championship in court tennis. Fags 7. ' Bridegroom Benz shuts out Sacramento Wolves. ' Pago 6. Schedule fixed for Colts on trip north. Page 6. Smith and RyggB to be released by Beavers. Page 6. Jay Gould wins world's court tennis open championship.. .Page 7. . raclflc Northwest. Seattle's "purity" squad goes and economy move is on. Page C Idaho men of affairs don overalls and fix roads. Page Jl Governor West on return from trip East says war with Mexico seems inevitable. Pago 5. Commercial and Marine. German hops sell at highest prices of season. Page 17. Sensational advances in corn at Chicago. Page 17. Copper are strong feature of Wall-street stock market. Page 17. Supreme Court decision in river Shoals case cites imposition on state officers who sold. Page 16: Parking to be planted about city dock. Page 18. Portland and Vicinity. Fight on water meters becomes more vigor ous. Page 11. Hill officials, protesting against lower rate to Garden Home, say electrlc's earnings small. Page IS. Flatcar is used to add zest to T. M. C. A. membership campaign. Page 11. Hamilton - lad's mother now accused of kidnaping own son. Page 1. PRACTICAL FARMER IS NEED Walla Walla Commercial Club Hears ' Address by Portlandcr. WALLA WALLA, Wash., March 18 (Special.) C. C. Chapman, of Port land, speaking at the Commercial Club luncheon Tuesday strongly recom mended that the main aim of the club should be getting more people on small farms and urging business men to get together for their common good and the benefit of the whole city and val ley. . There is danger in the "back-to-the-farm movement" that the city-bred men, without expedience-"-and"" often times without a taste for hard work, will be encouraged to try their hand in the country, often with most unsat isfactory results. - The' practical ex perienced farmer is the one most want ed. Oakland Woman Is Dead. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Ma'rch 18. (Special.) Mrs. L. B. Mabie died at the Schleef Hospital of heart disease Monday night after an illness of sev eral months. She was a resident of Oakland, having moved there from Wisconsin. She had been here for medical treatment for some time. In terment will be made at Oakland. Mrs. Mable was 63 years old. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. William Barrett, and two sons, H. and W. Cook, of Oakland. COUNTRY IS SHAKEN 100 MILES AROUND Powder Mill Blows Up, Quake Reported. 5 TWO DISTINCT SHOCKS FELT Glass Is Broken in Houses 50 Miles Distant. SMOKE CLOUD ON JOURNEY People of St. Louis, With Minds on Kecent Disasters, Vainly Seek Supposed Fire Only Man Within Milo Missing. ST. LOUIS, March 18 An explosion at the Equitable Powder Company's plant at Alton. 111., near here, tonight shook territory in Illinois within a dis tance of 100 miles. The effect of the explosion, however, did not cross the Mississippi River into Missouri. Henry Miller, night watchman at the plant and the only man known to have been within a mile of the mill at the time of the explosion, ia believed to have been killed, as no trace of him could be found. Soon after the explo sion reports of earthquake shocks be gan coming lu from Decatur, Assump tion, Orleana and Centralia, 111. In most of these places two shocks were felt. At Centralia, more than SO miles from the scene of the explosion, doors and windows rattled for five sec onds, and in some instances were broken. The explosion left only a deep hole in. the ground on the spot where the building stood. Nine tons of black powder exploded in one blast, at a cost to the company of more than $20, 000, including the loss of the building. The shock rocked buildings in Alton and broke every plate glass window in East Alton in one home.-The kitchen stove was overturned and the house set a Are. At 9:30 o'clock tonight a dense smoke carrying a strong odor of burning gun powder settled over this city, 3u miles trom -the -scene .of -the expioeton. It had taken the black cloud three hours to travel diagonally across the river from Alton to St. Louis. Recalling the Missouri Athletic Club disaster and numerous other bis" mid nitfht fires which have occurred in St. Louis during the last few weeks, people rushed from one street to another in search of what was thought to be a new fire. Killing Will lie Investigated. ASHLAND, Or., March 18. (Special.) E. S. Waterman, of Minot, N. D., a resident here for the past two years, left tonight for Bonners Ferry, Idaho, to investigate the death of his father. A. F. Waterman, who was shot last Monday by a neighbor In a quarrel over a line fence. ELEANOR AND MR. M'ADOO DEFY LUCK WHITE HOUSE BRIDE-ELECT WEAKS OPAL-SET 1U'G. Fiance Is Guest of Future Wife at Lunch, Tea or Dinner Every Day. WASHINGTON. March 18. (Special.) Miss Hleanor Wilson and her fiance are as free from superstition as were Miss Jessie Wilson and Francis B. Sayre. The next White House bride is. wearing a beautiful opal ring, sur rounded by diamonds, the first gift of her fiance. The numerals "13" fig ured conspicuously in the marriage of Miss Jessie Wilson, but they did not worry her, and now her sister has braved the opal superstition. When Miss Eleanor's diamond en gagement ring was placed on her fin ger the opal was relegated to the third finger of the right hand, where she now wears that. It was given her some little time before the engagement was announced. Mr. McAdoo lunched with the Presi dent's family today. Each day since the engagement was announced he has taken lunch, tea or dinner with- his fi ancee in the White House. Tonight Mr. McAdoo was among the guests at a dinner at the British Em bassy, but his fiancee was not present. Several qf their friends believe the wedding will take place at Easter in stead of in June. MILK ANALYSIS HURRIED Secret Inspection Campaign Soon Productive of Results. Three chemists and two bacteriolo gists are working night and day in an effort to complete the chemical anaysis of the samples of milk secured from 157 dairymen of the city In the secret milk inspection campaign which was started Monday morning by the city health department under the direction of Professor Bothell, of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, and Professor Graves, of the Oregon Ag ricultural College. During the campaign which closed Tuesday night inspectors secured sam ples from dairymen in all parts of the city without them knowing the pur pose of the taking of the samples. It will be several days before the exDerts working on the analysis can complete tneir work and prepare a score of the dairies based upon the quality of their milt BABE SAVED FROM SLOUGH South Bend Man Dives as 6-YTear- Old Girl Sinks Last Time. . SOUTH BEND, Wash., March 18. (Special.) Horace D. Olds, gpocery man, proved himself a hero todaj when he saved Lorna Carlson, S, daughter of John Carlson, from drowning in a slimy slough 12 feet deep. " Mr. Olds heard other children on the bank a block away screaming and , saw the form of a child in the water. He reached the pool just as the little. girl sank for the last time. She was un conscious when rescued, but was soon revived. The property belongs to a Tacoma man and will be condemned by the City Council as unsanitary. The rescued girl's parents wept for joy when she was rescued. POVERTY DENIED PLUMBER Court Refuses to Accept Plea of Weil-Paid Workman. KANSAS CITT, March 18. (Special.) Judge Bird virtually ruled today that no plumber may righteously plead pov erty. He compelled James A. McCauley, a plumber who is suing Kansas City, to put up 925 as a guarantee of the costs in the suit. McCauley had con tested the city's move to secure costs on the ground that he is too poor. He earns only $5 or 86 a day. "In 15 years of practice I have known of only one bankrupt plumber. Judge Bird said, "but there were hundreds of bankrupt lawyers in that tir-e." 3000 VICTIMS0F STORM Fears Also Entertained for 10,000 Russian Fishermen. ST. PETERSBURG. March 19 The storm which swept over Russia, ac cording to a dispatch from Rostov, claimed more than- 3000 victims in the territory near the mouth of the River Don. A fishing settlement of 400 houses at Atchuovisk Spit was swept away, the victims numbering at least 300. According to an Astrakhan dispatch, fears are entertained for the safety of the fishing fleet and crews numbering 10,000 men. POLICE STATION IN DANGER Dynamite Found Under Building by Small Boys. SAN FRANCISCO, March 18. Two I small boys, playing about the founda tions of the -otrero Police Station to day, found enough dynamite under the buildlnsr to blow It to atoms. Eight sticks of TO per cent 'dynamite, 22 giant caps and 50 feet of fuse had been packed in fresh sawdust and stored in a box. Whether the dynamite was intended to destroy the station house or had been hidden there as an unlikely place in which to be found, the police had no Idea. Forgery Charge at Ashland. ASHLAND. Or.. March 18. (Special.) Lewis Prince was bound over to the grand jury today by Justice Seager on a charge of forgery in default of $500 bonds. He is charged with having signed the name of O. S. Gannard to a check on the United States National Bank for $27.50 and cashed it at Ly man's Billiard Hall, where he owed an account, receiving a balance of $11 In I the deaL mOTHERNQWFAGES E Hamilton Lad's Grand parent Turns Tables. ACCUSED WOMAN VANISHES Defendant Tuesday, in Fight for Boy, Becomes Plaintiff. DIVORCE DECREES FLASHED Grandmother; of 6-Vear-Uld Boy, Who Has Figured In Several Flights, '3uits, Shows One Later Than Daughter-in-Law's. Complaining witness in a kidnaping charge against her mother-in-law, Mrs. Eva Hamilton, Tuesday, Mrs. William Jensen, 82 Tenino avenue, mother of 6-year-old Gilbert Hamilton, was her self charged yesterday with kidnaping her son and is now a fugitive from Justice. The case against Mrs. Hamil ton was dismissed. Mrs. Jensen swore out a complaint against Mrs. Hamilton Tuesday, charg ing her with kidnaping her son, Gilbert Hamilton, from Tacoma, Wash., last June. After a preliminary hearing the same day. Municipal Judge Stevenson placed the boy in charge of his mother, and released the mother-in-law on her promise not to molest the boy, and to appear in Municipal Court for trial yes terday. The boy was found at his grandmother's home, 1034 East Twenty-first street North. 1810 Decree Shoirn. At this preliminary hearing Mrs. Jensen exhibited a decree of divorce from her husband, Fred Hamilton, granted in 1910 by Judge Eakin, of Clackamas County, giving her the custody of the child. The decree pro vided that the mother must not take the child from the State of Oregon. Mrs. Hamilton . excused her seizure of the child by saying that Mrs. Jonsen violated the court orderjn taking the child to Washington. Mrs. Jensen did not appear to prose cute the case yesterday. A request for a dismissal was expected from Mrs. Hamilton's attorneys. To the surprise of all present, Mrs. Hamilton exhibited a modified decree, issued by Judge Eakln August 28, 1913. giving the custody of the child to the father, Fred Hamilton, or the grandmother, Mrs. Eva Hamilton. Service of the summons in this case had been ob tained by publication. Warrant for Mother Oat. A "warrant for Mrs Jensen's arrest on a charge of kidnaping was im mediately sworn out by Mrs. Hamilton. Not until service of this warrant was attempted was it discovered that Mrs. Jensen had left her home. The police believe that the woman has fled to her former home in Taco ma. The authorities there have been requested to place her under arrest. Mrs. Hamilton, who is 68 years old, was charged with kidnaping the boy by exhibiting a forged order to the land lady at Mrs. Jensen's boarding-house in Tacoma. She is said to hano told the landlady that she wished to have her grandson's picture taken before her daughter-in-law took the child to Alaska, where she was preparing to so. Mother Is 23 Years Old. Mrs. Hamilton brought the boy to Portland. he was arrested as she stepped from the train. Municipal Judge Tazwcll released her on her promise not to molest the boy further. Mrs. Jcnseu said Tuesday that the boy had twice before tigured in a flight and a pursuit. While she was getting a divorce from Fred Hamilton, she says, the child was taken to Biggs, Or. At a later time, she charges, the boy was taken from her. He was dis covered in Portland. Mrs. Hamilton says that, although only 23 years old, her daughter-in-law has. been married three times. She alleges that the mother is not a tit person to care for the child. NEWPORT HOME ATTACHED Mrs. Emllc Bruguicre's Castlcwood' May Be Foreclosed Soon. NEWPORT. R. I., March 18. (Spe cial.) There are indications now of ii foreclosure sale on Castlewood, the Summer home of Mrs. Emlle Bruguiere on Coddington Point here. The Savings Bank of Newport holds a mortgage of $35,000. Several attachments have been placed on the property by Newport and other merchants this Winter. I Mrs. Bruguiere and her son are in' Pari3 and it has been impossible to serve writs. RAIDS IN ULSTER FEARED Government Increases Military Guard Over Ammunition Depots. BELFAST. March 18. The govern ment is taking the precaution of in creasing the military guard, both day and night, at several arms and annu- nition depots in Ulster. Including Car rickforgus Castlo and Euriiskillcn Caa tle barracks. Apparently the government is appre hensive of raids by t Ulster volun teers. KIDNAPING nUAHG birth of the boy. I