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PORTLAND. OREGON. TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1914.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WILSON SAYS TOLL
REPEAL PARTY I0EA
Democratic Majorty
Backs President.
FILIBUSTERING PLOT CHARGED
Administration Plan Result of
'Deliberate Consideration."
EARLY VOTE IS DESIRED
Part of Progressives Favor Policy of
Executive Vote In Senate to Be
58 For to 24 Against, in
Opinion of Mr. James.
WASHINGTON, March 23. President
Wilson asserted today that in seeking
the repeal of the Panama tolls exemp
tion, he not only asked that the Na
tion do that which it was bound in
honor to do, but was going the way
of the majority in the Democratic party.
He pointed out that when the Panama
Canal act was passed a majority of
Democrats then in the House voted
against the tolls exemption, and that
only -by a coalition of a minority of
Democrats with a number of Repub
licans did the measure become a law.
This announcement was taken in Ad
ministration circles as the President's
answer to the argument that the Bal
timore platform made the tolls exemp
tion Democratic doctrine. The Presi
dent is understood to believe that the
majority opinion of Democrats in the
House, as last expressed, was the re
sult of more deliberate consideration
of the question than was possible at
the Baltimore convention.
President Suspect Filibustering.
The President made no secret to
callers of his anxiety for the repeal
measure to come to a vote. Asked if
he thought influences were at work to
prolong the debate unnecessarily, Mr.
Wilson said it certainly appeared to
him as if there had been filibustering;
that minorities always filibustered and
disclosed themselves in filibusters.
The President is confident he will
have a majority 'of hia party behind
him in , the House when the repeal
comes to a vote. He has been assured
that at least 200 Democrats will sup
port him, and many Republicans. Sena
tor James, of Kentucky, has informed
the President the vote in the Senate
would be at least 58 to 24 in favor of
the repeal.
Debate Delays BUI.
There seemed little prospect today of
getting the repeal bill before the House
until late in the week. Debate on the
rivers and harbors appropriation bill
Is dragging, with no prospect of im
mediate conclusion. Today the ap
parent effort of members to prolong
discussion of trivial matters brought
constant reference by champions of thj
toll exemption repeal to filibustering
tactics.
No attempt will be made to report a
bill that would limit debate on the re
peal bill to 15 hours until the measure
has been called up and this probably
cannot be done until Thursday, when
Majority Leader Underwood is sched
uled to make the opening speech in op
position to the repeal. Representative
Murdock, the Progressive leader, urged
today that if the House would limit
the repeal discussion to. 40 instead of
15 hours sentiment on the tolls issue
would be so shifted that the vote
"would result America's way instead
of England's."
Gag Rule Snssested.
Several suggestions of "gag rule"
were made, but Minority Leader Mann
declared that while he had heard it
reported that while the House had sent
word to hasten repeal, he did not be
lieve the President had attempted to
interfere with House procedure.
That all Progressive party members
of the House are not opposed to repeal
of toll exemption was disclosed today
when Representative Thomson, of Chi
cago, issued a statement declaring his
intention to support the President.
Progressives to Vote "No."
Representative Chandler, of New
York, also a Progressive member, sup
plemented the recent statement of his
party leader in the House, declaring his
opposition to the repeal "because I be
lieve the political platform is a cove
nant with the people, a sacred thing
to be loyally observed and faithfully
executed by Representatives of the peo
ple." , Senator O'Gorman, who is fighting
against the Administration's repeal,
poucy, saia today that the committee
on interoceanic canals would act on
the repeal bill in due time, but reiter
ated Ms staement that the committee
would not meet until Senator Craw
ford returns from South Dakota.
CAPTAIN GOES WITH BQAT
Sinking Barge Pulls Steamer to Bot
tom at Evansville.
EVANSVILLE. Ind.. March 23. Cap
tain Arch Hollerbach, 69 years old.
Government contractor of this city, was
drowned today, when the steamer Old
Reliable sank in the Ohio River a few
miles below Golconda, 111. Nine mem
bers of the crew escaped by swimming
ashore.
A barge of rocks towed by the boat
eprang a leak and sank, dragging the
steamer down in 30 feet of water.
DREAM LURES MAN
ON HUNT FOR GOLD
SPOKANE CONTRACTOR WORKS
CLAIM SEEN IX VISION.
Hills and Creek Recognized and
Prospector Hopes to Slake Real
the Climax of Digging Out Ore.
v.
SPOKANE, Wash., March 23. (Spe
cial.) How C. Olsen. a Spokane con
tractor, dreamed of the location of a
mine near Nelson, B. C, later staked
the claim, and is pushing operations
to bring the workings to the stage in
which, in the dream, a vein of wondrous
wealth was opened, is told by Mayor
Malone. of Nelson, who recently in
spected the Dream Mine for Mr. Olsen.
Years ago Mr. Olsen dreamed that
he was operating a mine. He saw the
surrounding scenery in detail and
toward the end of the dream he began
to shovel out ore rich in gold.
A year or so afterward he went to
the Nelson district to inspect some
timber land. He recognized a spot on
Hall Creek as that which he had seen
n his dream. The creek, the contour
of the mountains, the size and condi
tion of the trees and all other condi
tions, he told Mayor Malone, coincided
exactly with what he had seen in his
sleep.
"The prospect is not too promising,
but I never laugh at any ideas of a
man who is mining. Gold, you know,
is where you find it," said Mayor
Malone. '
41 BL00DEDH0RSES BURN
Two Army Thoroughbreds Escape in
Fire at Fort Riley.
FORT RILEY, Kan., March 23. For
ty-one blooded horses belonging to the
mounted, service school on the United
States military reservation here were
destroyed in a fire that burned the
stables today.
The mounts were being schooled as
Jumpers and a number of them were
being trained for the coming interna
tional military contests to be held in
Madison Square.
Two high priced horses, including the
stallion Vestibule, presented to the
school by August Belmont, were res
cued. $59,500 B0NDS0N BALLOT
Five Separate Park Proposals Up to
'St. Johns Electors.
ST. JOHNS. Or.. March 23. (Spe
cial.) According to the statement of
Recorder Rice bond issues to the
amount of $59,500 will be submitted at
the Bpeclal election in April. ' These
are: Triple expansion auto fire engine,
$9500; five park tracts, Catlin
Markwart, $10,500; Cook, $5000; Nancy
Caples, $11,500; Jaeger tract, $11,500;
plaza tract, $11,500.
Mayor Breaeson vetoed all the ordi
nances submitting these parks, saying
the Council had ignored the recom
mendations made by the Council and
citizens' committee so that voters
were not informed about these parks.
SALEM PAIR TO WED TODAY
Miss Sophia Catlin to Be Bride of
Frank Speers, Merchant.
SALEM, Or., March 23. (Special.)
Miss Sophia Catlin, one of the most
popular young women of this city, and
Frank Speers, a Salem merchant, will
be married at St. Paul's Church at 9
o'clock tomorrow Rev. Robert S3. Gill
officiating.
Miss Catlin is a daughter of Russell
Catlin, a hop merchant, and she is a
graduate of Willamette University. Mr.
Speers is interested in the U. G. Ship
ley Mercantile Company.
The wedding will be a quiet one and
after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Speers
will go to California on their honey
moon. THRIFT CONTEST IS NEAR
Competition Is Announced for Grade
Schools.
Superintendent Alderman, of the
Portland public schools, has received
information from the American So
ciety for Thrift, of a "thrift contest"
in public schools of cities of more
than 10,000 population and the prepara
tions for launching a new contest for
grade schools anywhere in the United
States and definitely relating to the
thrift value of gardening.
Fifteen prizes are offered in the con
test; a first prize of $20, four second
prizes -of Si and 10 third prizes of tl
In schools where cash prizes are not
permitted the equivalent In books w'lll
be awarded to winners.
CYCLE SOLD; FINE IS PAID
Several Speeders Assessed for Sun
day Violations.
Duff Smith, of St. Johns, was fined
$20 by Municipal Judge Stevenson yes
terday morning for speeding on the
Willamette boulevard. County Motor
cycle Officer White made the arrest
Sunday. Smith paid his fine out of
the proceeds of the sale of his motor
cycle. Other speeders who drew fines were:
U H. Hoffman, $30; J. M. Furlow. $40,
and C. B. Sewall, $35, the rate being
a dollar a mile according to speed.
Harold McKern was turned over to the
Juvenile Court for trial.
SEED MAIL RATES FIXED
Packages More Than Eight Ounces
May Go Fourth-Class.
WASHINGTON. March 23. Plants,
seeds and cuttings may go through the
mails at fourth-class rates in packages
weighing more than eight ounces, by a
bill which passed the Senate today and
now goes to tlie House.
A rate of 1 cent for two ounces was
provided for packages of eight ounces
and less. 1
CRUCIAL BATTLE OF
MEXICAN WAR ON
Villa Begins Cannon
ading at Torreon.
FEDERAL BATTERIES ON HILLS
Rebel Leader Confident Out
posts Will Fall Quickly.
HUERTA MEN FORCED BACK
Eutiro Valley Is In Slate of Defense,
Irrigation Ditches Not Flooded'
Are Tscd as Trenches De
fenders Hold Mountain.
ELVER J EL, Durango, March 23.
The battle of Torreon opened at 1 P.
M. today, according to an official dis
patch received here by General Man
uel Chao, military governor of the
State of Chihuahua, and signed Gen
eral Francisco Villa.
"I have Just begun attack on Gomez
Palacio and will take it tonight," was
the substance of the message. It was
filed at Eiverjel, a village five miles
north of Gomez Palacio. The latter
city is a suburb of Torreon, three miles
distant and connected by a streetcar
line.
Maintain Strategic Point.
'The message made no mention of an
attack on Lerdo, a nearby manufac
turing town.
Gomez Palacio, a railroad center of
importance lies on a plain, but it is
commanded by a mountain called Cer
ro de la Pila. The heights, according to
recent reports, were fortified bythe
federals and it is assumed that Gen
eral Villa's attack opened with a shell
ing of the federal positions on its
rugged slopes.
The three towns are practically one
in a commercial and social sense and
are connected by four miles of street
railway, but Torreon proper represents
the military stronghold where the main
federal force is gathered under General
Refugio Veiasco.
Torreon Real Test.
Gomez Palacio And Lerdo are with
out important natural defenses, and in
previous revolutions have never been
seriously defended. The real test of
strength is expected to come when
Villa hurls his force against the de
fenses of Torreon. On this battle, it
is conceded, hinges the fate of the revo
lution.
The mountain, Cerro la Pina, lies to
the right of the streetcar and railroad
tracks which connect Gomez Palacio
with Torreon. While naturally ap
proached by a hostile force from Gomez
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THE
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. S4
deK'ees; minimum. 44 degree,
TODAY'S Probably showers; westerly
winds.
X'ore ten
Battle of Torreon is begun by Villa, con
fident of victory. Page 1.
Seventy per cent of British army officers
in Ulster would resign rather than fight
Ulster-men, is report. Page 1.
National.
President says majority of Democrats fa
vor canal tolls repeal bilL Page 1.
lmmestic.
Poison case at Chicago, Involving R. J.
Widney, develops mystery. Page 3.
Professor Harry T. Peck, formerly of CO
lumbia, is suicide. Page 2.
Denver bank ready with $400,00 to meet
third day of run. Pago 1.
Secretary Redfield says Natlona is passing
revolutionary stage. Page 2.
"Mother" Jones is prisoner again. This
time in jail cell. Page 3.
Walter G. Campbell disappears after spend
ing fortune. Page I.
( Pacific Northwest.
Declaration of move to abolish State Sen
ale filed. Page 5.
Spokane contractor works mining claim he
saw in vision, page 1.
gports.
Gunboat Smith says stage has increased
his speed. Page 6.
Federal League to ask Injunction against
two Cleveland pitchers. Page 7.
White Sox Goofs defeat Seals. 2 to 1 in
12-innlng game. Page 7.
Federals try to lure three signed Beavers.
Page 6.
Tennis dates set. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Hops firmly held at all Coast points.
Page 17.
Wheat and corn shorts hurt by advance at
Chicago. Page 17.
Hill shares lead upturn in Wall Street stock
market. Page 17.
First unit of public docks to be ready for
acceptance. Page 10.
Orange Is favorite aboard steamer Beav,
which carries record passenger llsi
North. Page 12.
Portland and Vicinity.
Commissioner Daly draws on fancy to try
to discredit The Oregonlan. Page 11.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17.
Union avenue folks want route for inter
state bridge. Page 11.
Press and voters favor R. A. Booth for
Senate. Page 18.
While total of taxicab forgeries grows, cou
ple, held, deny they are wanted. Page 12.
REV. W. H. FRY PRESIDENT
Methodist Ministers' Association
- Elects Officers for Year.
Rev. William H. Fry, pastor of the
Sunnysida Methodist Church, was elect
ed president of the Portland Methodist
Ministers' Association at the annual
meeting held yesterday in the Patton
Church, Michigan avenue and Alberta
street. He succeeds RevBJ. K. Hawkins,
of the Sellwood Church. For the last
year he has been vice-president of the
association.
The new vice-president Is Rev. Del
mer H. Trimble, of the Centenary
Church. Rev. W. E. Willings.. of
Laurelwood Church, is the new secre
tary and treasurer, succeeding Rev.
George F. Hopkins. ' of the Patton
Church.
HEARING RECORDS ASKED
Senate Would Give Interstate Com
merce Findings to Public.
WASHINGTON, March 23. Upon re
quest of Senator La Folletfe the Senate
today adopted a resolution 'calling upon
the Interstate Commerce Commission
for all records of all hearings on pro
posed freight rate increases.
Senator La Follette said he thought
the rate investigation was the greatest
the commission had ever done and he
wished to have the hearings public for
the benefit of the public.
ULSTER TERRIER FINDS A FRIEND
t
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MAJORITY OF ARI
HEADS FOR ULSTER
70 Per Cent Now in Dis
trict Jh It.
KAY ONLY KEEPS OTHERS
Officials of Provisional Govern
ment Make Survey.
CARSON RECEIVES AIDES
Battalion Commanders of Irish Lead
er's Army Confer With Chief,
, Who ' Says He Is Impressed
With "Message of Peace."
BELFAST, March 23. Reports re
ceived by the officials of the pro
visional government would seem to in
dicate that at least 70 per cent of the
officers of the infantry battalions of
regulars now quartered in Ulster would
refuse to serve in a campaign against
the province.
Major-General Sir C. F. N. MacCready
of the Adjutant-General's staff of the
War office, arrived today for the pur
pose of explaining the situation so as
to prevent the resignation of the offi
cers. He was informed that nearly all
the officers of the Norfolk regiment
quartered at Holywood barracks, four
miles from Belfast, had expressed their
readiness to resign rather than to a
cept orders to take part in an anti-
Ulster campaign.
Some Stay Reluctantly.
It is said that among those remain
in loyal are officers whose sympa
thies are with Ulster, but who cannot
afford to sacrifice 'their pay. The same
applies to many other officers of the
various regiments now In Ulster.
The Dorsets tomorrow will give Gen
eral MacCready their decision at Holy-
wood. It is understood that the per
centage of refusals to serve among the
Dorsets is even higher than among the
Norfolks. Most of the battalions in
the province held caucuses yesterday,
showing a preponderance of sympathy
among the officers for, Ulster.
The provisional government officials
are enthusiastic over what they con
sider a crushing defeat for the imperial
government, but continue their active
preparation for war at the behest of
Sir Edward Carson, who declares that
he will continue to take such action
until assured that the danger ha
passed.
Sir Edward Carson is still at Craiga
von, which is surrounded by sentries.
He received today a number of bat
talion commanders of his army and
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BANK IS READY FOR
THIRD DAY OF RUN
DENVER INSTITUTION" AWAITS
OPENING WITH $900,000.
German-American Trust Company
Also Has All Securities and Re'
fuses Aid From Clearing-House.
DENVER,- March 23. With $900,000
cash in the bank's vaults and all se
curities still undisposed of, the Ger
man-American Trust Company will
open its doors at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning to meet the third day of the
inexplicable run upon its deposits, ac
cording to Godfrey Schirmer, president
of the bank. Nor has any further of
fered help from the Denver Clearing
House Association and other iustitu
tions been accepted as yet by the bank.
Mr. Schirmer issued the following
statement tonight:
"We will be ready for our depositors
in the morning, as usual, either to cash
their checks or to accept deposits. We
still have $900,000 cash on hand and
all our securities. We have not had
to avail ourselves of the kind offers of
assistance from other financial insti
tutions and shall not.
"Approximately $300,000 was with
drawn today and about $100,000 was re
ceived m deposits."
COMMERCIAL CLUB ELECTS
G. T. Hockensmilh Is Chosen Presi
dent of Albany Organization.
ALBANY, Or.. March 23. (Special. )
G. T. Hockensmith was elected presi
dent of the Albany Commercial Club in
the annual election tonight. Dr. J. H.
Robnett was chosen vice-president; C.
H. Stewart was re-elected secretary and
William Bain was re-elected treasurer.
The following board of directors was
elected: L. G. Lewelling. J. A. Howard,
F. H. Brundage, E. M. Reagan. M. Mc
Calman, G. A. Flood, A. M. Hammer,
Waldo Anderson, P. A. Young. Rev. D.
H. Leech, Dan Johnston, G. W. Penne
baker, O E. Kinne, B. R. Westbrook,
W. V. Merrill and W. L. Marks.
The club's annual banquet was held
at the St. Francis Hotel. J. S. Van
Winkle, the retiring president, pre
sided. Talks were made by several of
ficers and members. Secretary Stew
art presented the annual reports.
ALBANY HAS EXCITEMENT
Three Teams Run Away at Once and
One Collides With Streetcar.
ALBANY. Or., March 23. (Special.)
Three driveriess wagons were running
away at one time on First street, Al
bany's leading business thoroughfare,
this morning, and all were stopped
without damage to any person or them
selves. The three teams were almost
abreast at one time.
Not only were two of the Eastburn
city delivery system wagons in this
runaway, but another was run into by
a streetcar earlier in the morning. This
collision occurred at Fourth and Lyon
streets and resulted in the breaking of
the shaft of the wagon, a slight injury
to one of the horses and the kicking
out of a window in the streetcar.
I. W. W. ORGANIZER TAKEN
Frank' Starr and Jason Mullinlx
Charged With Theft.
Frank Starr, an organizer of the In
dustrial Workers of fthe World, was
arrested yesterday by Detectives
Swennes and Pat Moloney, and charged
with the theft of a large quantity of
wire form the Portland, Eugene &
Eastern Railway.
His companion, Jason Mulftnix, was
also taken into custody, as they were
about to dispose of about 100 pounds
of the material. Frequent complaints
nave been registered by the railway of
ficials, who say that the removal of the
wire has in many cases held back
trains. The wire stolen is said to have
been on the line from Orenco to Port
land. FLIES ARE ELECTROCUTED
Inventor, Formerly of Aberdeen, Has
Scheme to Exterminate Pests.
DALLAS. Or.. March 23. (Special.)
Edward H. Smith, an inventor, for
merly of Aberdeen, Wash., has made
an electrical device he says will ex
terminate flies. The trap is 12 inches
long and six inches wide. As soon as
the fly enters the cage, he forms his
own connection. There is a small
spark, and the fly is electrocuted.
It is estimated that the cost of oper
ation for the season will not exceed
3 cents.
NO ARRESTS IN 7 MONTHS
Newport, With Population of 1500,
Has Unusual Record.
NEWPORT, Or., March 23. (Special.)
There hasn't been an arrest in New
port since the middle of August, a rec
ord perhaps not surpassed in any town
of 1500 residents in the state.
Newport has three saloons. There
has been drunkenness, of course, but
those under the influence of liquor
have not been many and they have be
haved themselves in a manner not to
attract attention.
The city Jail is going to seed.
MURDER INDICTMENT IS IN
Gust Namanus Charged With Having
Killed William Karahalous.
CORVALLIS. Or March 23. (Spe
cial.) The Benton County grand jury
returned Saturday an indictment
against Gust Namanus, charging him
with murder in the first degree of
William Karahalous.
Namanus is charged with having
shot and killed Karahalous January 19
at a railroad camp near Philomath.
The grand Jury returned five other
indictments, but these were suppressed
as the accused have not been appre
hended.
MILLIONS VANISH;
SO DOES SPENDER
Walter G. Campbell Is
Sought by Creditors.
WIFE AND CHILD DESTITUTE
Once Rich Broker in Portland
When Last Heard From.
COAST CITIES JOIN SEARCH
Mexican War Is Partly Rcs-ponsible
for Dissipation of Fortune Once
Kstimatcd at More Than
$3,000,000.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 23. Search
is being made in Coast cities for Walter
Greer Campbell, who three years ago
had a fortune of $3,550,000, but today
is penniless and a fugitive from his
creditors, to whom he owes upward of
$100,000.
Mrs. Campbell, who is only 23 years
old and pretty, is left without money
to pay her servants or buy food. She
is living with her year-old son in a
fashionable apartment, but must seek
other quarters, as she cannot pay the
rent.
"My husband told me he was going
to Portland on a business trip the day
he left," said Mrs. Campbell today. "I
had only a few dollars, but knew he
would send me money, as he has always
been most considerate. I know he loved
me and our little son. When he reached
Portland he telegraphed $160, and I
paid a bill with that Now I have no
money at all."
The plight of Mrs. Campbell is piti
ful, as -a year ago she was living in
the greatest luxury. Her husband was
a prodigal spender, and he urged his
wife continually to satisfy her every
desire.
Campbell, who began his career as a
poor boy, was a speculator and was
rated a. millionaire before he was 20.
In 1910 he sold timber land in Mexico
valued at more than $4,000,000 to an
English syndicate. He received $530,000
cash and bonds worth $3,000,000. The
Mexican war made the Mexican bonds
worthless and Campbell has since made
no money.
Apparently Campbell did not want
his friends to know he had spent his
fortune, for he was lavish in his ex
penditures to the end.
DEATH DUE TO ACCIDENT
Madras Man Found by Son With
Gunshot Wound in Head.
MADRAS. Or., March 23. Vllliam
Thielman, wno was found dead Satur
day, accidentally shot himself, accord
ing to the verdict of a jury empaneled
by Coroner Poinflexter.
The body was found when Ray, a son
of the dead man, came home from work,
and not finding his father at home, left
for the held where the man's team was
found with the body lying a short dis
tance away, the side of the head being
blown off. A double-barreled shotgun,
containing one empty shell, was found
near the body.
The funeral services will be held at
the Madras Church, and Interment will
be had in the Oddfellows' Cemetery to
morrow afternoon.
AGE WITNESS IS FREED
John Isitt Not to Be Tried for Al
leged False Swearing.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., March 23.
(Special.) John Isitt, arrested two
weeks ago charged with perjury for
swearing that a girl was 18 when she
was less, and thus enabling her to get
a marriage license, has been released
from the County Jail.
The officers said it would not pay to
bring the witness here from Oregon,
as the case might not result in a con
viction. Isitt was charged with swear
ing that Addie Ella Reed was over IS.
The girl was married to John Earl
Sherrer, of Oregon City.
WHITMAN RESIDENT DIES
W. F. Hickman, Civil War Veteran,
Succumbs Near Colfax.
COLFAX, Wash., March 23. (Spe
cial.) William Frank Hickman, 68
years old, a resident of Whitman
County for 42 years, died Sunday at
his home 13 miles south of Colfax. Mr.
Hickman served from 1S62 to the close
of the Civil War. He came West in
1S72 and located on the farm where
he died. A widow, three sons and seven
daughters survive.
Funeral services will take place from
the Onecho Church. Services at the
grave will be conducted by the Grand
Army of the Republic Post, of Colfax.
Interment will be in Onecho Cemetery.
TELEPHONE CHANGE MADE
Willamette Plant Sold and Extensive
Improvements Contemplated.
OREGON CITY, Or.. March 23. (Spe
cial.) New wires, new poles, new
equipment of every kind, and an all-
tnight connection with the Oregon City
telephone exchange are included in the
plans of the Willamette Telephone
Company, which has taken over the
property formerly owned by T. J. Gary
in .that town.
The new concern will remodel the
property in Willamette and the ex
change will bo moved to Oregon City.