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VOL,. LIV. NO. 1G,G58. PORTLAND. OREGON. THURSDAY, APRIL 1G, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. V HUERTA IS TOLD HE CANNOT ARBITRATE Insult to Flag Permits No Temporizing. CONGRESS BEHIND PRESIDENT Party Lines Ignored in De cision to Back Up Navy. GRIEVANCE IS MANY-FOLD Tampico Incident Only One of'Manj, lending to Show United States Was Singled Ont" Among Nations for Affront. WASHINGTON",. April 15. General Huerta was warned finally by the United States Government today thac unless a salute -was fired to the Star3 and Stripes within a reasonable time to atone "for repeated of fenses against the rights and dignity of the United States" serious consequences would result. This warning was emphasized by ac tion which placed the majority of the ships of the American Navy under or ders to proceed at once to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Mexico. It was learned today that General Huerta, when apprised by Charge O'Shaughnessy of the proposed demon stration of the Atlantic fleet, declared that the episode growing out of the arrest of the American bluejackets at Tampico was a fit subject for arbitra tion at The Hague arid that he would appoint a commission to Investigate the incident. Insult Held Not Arbitrable. - , President Wilson, in an emphatic re ply through Charge O'Shaughnessy, is understood to have told General Huerta that the time for delay and evasion had passed and that the American Government would v temporize no longer. Administration officials hold that Insults to the flag and questions of National honor are not subjects for arbitration. All information that reached Wash ington from Mexico City tended to show that General Huerta was uncon vinced that the United States was in earnest and thought the Washington Government was bluffing. Some anti American demonstrations at Vera Cruz and other points were reported. Developments of the day here indi cated that a determined and forceful policy hfi been adopted by the Presi dent, which would be backed up by Congress and enforced if necessary by the Army and Navy. ' President laslfftM on Reparation. While expressing earnest hope for peace, the President unequivocally told members of the Senate and House com mittees on foreign affairs that the of fenses of the de facto government at Mexico -City to the dignity of the United States could no longer be toler r.tcd and that unless Huerta complied " 1th the American demands the seiz ure of the custom-houses at Tampico and Vera Cruz and even the declara tion of h pacific blockade, shutting off rommercial intercourse with the United . States; would be fully justified by precedents in international law. It was established that no aggressive act, such as the landing of marines or Vie shelling of any towns or the seiz ure of any ports, would be undertaken runout aumorization rrom Congress lifter President Wilson had personally delivered a message on the subject. The practically unanimous approval which Republicans and Democrats alike gave the Administration's initial steps made it apparent, however, that should' Rear-Admiral Badger find it necessary to act vigorously in an emergency. Congress would back up the American Navy without hesitation. Double Demonstration Ordered. After orders had been issued today for a naval demonstration on the Pa cific' Coast of Mexico, as well as on the Atlantic, General Huerta was advised that the most powerful fighting force the American Government has ever as sembled on sea. carrying thousands of marines and bluejackets, is headed for the seaport towns of the southern re public ready to enforce to the extreme the American policy. On General Huerta depend the next developments: he has practically a week to decide the question, for the warships will not reach Mexican waters for several days. In the meantime, all foreign governments have been notified by the United States of its attitude to ward the Tampico Incident and of the dispatch of the fleets to Mexican waters. This notification is in line with the previously-announced policy of keeping foreign nations advised of all steps taken by the American Government in the Mexican situation. Scml-Ofncial Statement Made. The position of the Administration. as It was explained to members of the Senate and House committees on for eign affairs by the President," and as it was substantially reviewed in the notes sent to all foreign governments, is de scribed In a statement given out dur ing the day which was prepared by high Administration officials. The state tnent follows: "It has been pointed out that in con sidering the present somewhat delicate situation in Mexico, the unpleasant In cident at Tampico must not be thought of alone. For some time past the de (Concluded on Page 3.) SYMPATHY FELTFOR WILSON IN BRITAIN IDEALISTIC POLICY, HOWEVER, IS BLAMED FOU SITUATION. "Moral Intervention" and High Pur poses Felt to Have Caused Dif ficulty and Embarrassment. LONDON. April 16. Most of the London morning papers "in their edi torial comment on the Mexican situa tion display sympathy with President Wilson in the difficulties wheh have arisen with Mexico, while at the same time contending that those difficulties were largely brought about by his idealistic policy. Much curiosity. Is expressed over the Intentions of the United States be cause, although it is believed Huerta will yield, -it was pointed out that should he prove obdurate the mere oc cupation of Tampico would not have much practical effect, and that the blockade of .Vera Cruz would be the only measure that wo-uld deal'a aerious blow to the Ituerta regime. The Dally Telegraph cannot believe that President Wilson Intends to put into effect's, resolute military inter vention, and sees no hope of putting an end "to the anarchy which has re sulted from the Wilson policy of moral intervention.;' The Daily Graphic considers that President Wilson's high moral purposes have landed, the United States and the President' himself "in a situation of the greatest difficulty and embarrass ment." The Standard says: "The big stick which Roosevelt would have used long ago has at last been used. The door of peace is still open, but it rests with Huerta to avail himself of the chance. TWO' DEER HUNTER SHELD Goldbeacli Grand Jury Indict . Men Who Mistook Men for Game. -asss-a ' GOLDBEACH Or., April 15. (Spe cial.) Special Judge Coke closed the regular April term of the Circuit Court with a night session last night, when the following indictments were re turned by the grand Jury: George N. Nayer, for the killing of Willard E. Isenhart, at Chetco, Or, last February, charged with manslaughter. Nayer. was out hunting and shot Isenhart mistaking him for a deer, so he declared. Edmund Eggers." for the killing of John Bush, on Sixes River, Or., was also charged with manslaughter. Eggers claimed to have mistaken Bush for a deer. . Witnesses for the state failed to ap pear and the, Cooley case was con tinued. As no jury was drawn, no cases will be tried until the August term of court.' . FIREMAN NEEDS NO TRUCK Eugene Man Snatches Motorcycle and Ends Fire as Engine "Wrecks. EUGENE. Or., April 15. (SpeciaL)- Whcn the Eugene motor fire truck was wrecked while turning a corner on slippery pavement. Fireman H. D. Briggs today .picked himself up, seized a band-extinguisher, snatched a motor cycle from a passerby and continued to the fire in time to save the house, which had caught fire from electric wiring.. The huge truck, weighing 10,000 pounds, plowed its way through a con crete curbing, six inches " thick, and was damaged. Richard Kaye, a fire man, was, hurled on to a soft lawn, 15 feet distant. No one was injured. The fire chief was obliged to drive the machine, in the absesnce of the .regular driver. CONDON VOTE LARGEST YET K. W. Cooke Elected Mayor and First Woman Official Chosen. CONDON. Or., April 15. (Special.) The heaviest vote ever cast, here in city election -. as recorded yesterday, 230 helnor the total. Ninety of these were cast by. women. R. W. Cooke defeated John Harrison for Mayor by 52 votes, and Miss Myr tle Ferguson was elected over H. A. Hartshorn for Treasurer by 31 votes. A. B. Searcy, Dr. W. J. Miller and A. S. Hollen. candidates for Councllmen, had no opposition and were unani mously elected, although several at tempts were made to have tne) voters write other names on the ballots. Miss Ferguson is Condon s first woman official. The new officers win take their seats May 1 and have de clared themselves for a strictly eco nomical administration. BRIDGE ACT HELD VALID Clarke County May Join Multnomah in Construction Work. OLYMPIA. Wash.. April 15. The State Supreme Court today held valid the 1913 Haw permitting counties and cities or the state itself to Join with another county, city or state to build a bridge across a stream serving as a boundary. - This means that the 1500.000 bond is sue authorized by Clarke County to pay part of the cost of the $1,250,000 bridge over the Columbia. River between Van couver and Portland is valid and the contracts can be entered into by the county. Man Dead; Wife and Child 111. CLARKSTON. Wash.,' April 15. (Special.)-r-B. B. Slgman, aged 59, died today from asthma and la grippe.' He was born in Illinois and came to Wash itigton 16 years ago. ills wire la In a critical condition from injuries re ceived in a. runaway. A daughter1, Alice H., has Just recovered from being ruu over by a wagon. - PACIFIC FLEET IN SOUTH AUGMENTED Demonstration on West Coast Decided On. MOVE IS PRECAUTIONARY ONE Marines Sent to San Diego as Base of Operations.' 5000 MEN IN READINESS Additional Vessels Ordered for Serv ice Will Increase Force of War ships to 18 Torpedo Boa ts Under Orders. YKSSBXS NOW OX PACIFIC COAST DITTY IN SOTTHKRN WATERS. The following- war vessels are now on patrol duty in west coast waters: Cruiser California, flagship of the Pacific fleet, at Guaymas. Supply ship Glacier, at Guaymas. Cruiser New Orleans, at Mazatlan. ' Cruiser Raleigh, at Mazatlan. Gunboat Annapolis, the Culf of California. Gunboat Torktown, in the Gulf of California. Cruiser Denver at Corlnto. WASHINGTON, April 13. A naval demonstration -on the Pacific Coast of Mexico was decided on today by : the Administration. It was declared, how ever, that while the Atlantic fleet went primarily to obtain reparation for the incidents at Tampico, the Pacific fleet was ordered south chiefly as a pre cautionary measure should ' aerious emergencies ensue. Rear Admiral Howard, on the Pacific Coast, as well as Rear Admiral Badger has been ordered subject to further orders. Sum Dlrcs to Be Used as Base. The additional ships ordered for service on the Mexican west coast will bring the force of warships there up to 18. with a personnel of 5000 men. Including a regiment of 900 marines. The armored cruiser Pittsburg will take marines to San Diego, which Is to be used as a base, and will go into reserve after manning the cruisers Cleveland and Chattanooga. The armored cruiser Maryland, the cruisers Cleveland and Chattanooga, the transport Buffalo and the colliers Jupiter and Saturn will Increase the force on the west coast to 12, with five torpedo-boat destroyers ' and their tender, the Iris, standing by for orders at San Pedro, Cal. The cruiser Denver is at Corinto, Concluded on Page 3.) t "" " ' v .THE . OPEN DOOR I i - 1 ' S0j-voiQS I l . , . -: I a L- " - . ,, .1 INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS - Ttaa Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum, temperature. .V degrees; minimum.- 45.2 decrees. TODAY'S Showers, followed by fair, warm er; westerly .winds. , Mexico. Huerta warned ' he cannot arbitrate Insult to flag. Page 1. " Tampico Incident officially reviewed la conference. Page S. Congress stirred - to high pitch of patriotic fervor. Page 3. Demonstration on -Pacific Coast decided on. Pag 1. British press sympathizes, but blames Wil son for delaying "big stick." page 1. Army ready for Instant service Page S. . National. House committee holds hearing en Nation wide prohibition. Pag . Domestic Mrs. Katherlne Soper'. Pence, granted di vorce, will sue Lillian icke for 1160,000. Page 2. , . Sports. Forecast '-is for good-enough weather by 3 P. M. today. Page 8. Northwestern League 'results: Portland 4. Seattle S; Vancouver 3, Tacoraa 1; Spo kane S, Victoria 2. Page 8. ' Coast . League results; Portland-Oakland game postponed, - wet grounds: Venice 14. Sacramento 0: San Francisco 8, Los Angelea 1. Page 8. Earl Hamilton Jilts outlaws and will-rejoin at. Louis. Page ....-. Pacific Northwest! Vancouver soldier arrested on bigamy charge. Page 7. Governor " West favors new contract before time - extension: Is- granted on Deschutes project. Page. 6. . . Preference .shown - baggage company in boarding trains declared Illegal.. Pag 1. Oregon "prizefight" law held defective by iinamook judge. Page (. Commercial and Marine. Eastern . Jobbing trade Interested in new pack Oregon prunes. Page 10. May wheat forced to higher level In Chicago pit. Page 0. i i Pressure on stock market : is relaxed and prices rally. . Page 19. Lonsdale, first foreign - vessel at-municipal dock, unloaded quickly. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. ' Attorney and witnesses clash In .hearing of winters will case, page 18. Realty board accepts challenge of Ad Club to work on Columbia highway. Pare 1.. Circus opens' today.- - Page 18. Mayor Albee for "go-to-church" Sunday. Page 20. Oakland pitcher arrested for "beanlng" chorus girls. Page 1. Visiting ShTiners from Northwest' take city captive. 'Page , . FAMILY TREE FLOURISHING New Arrival at Outhlamet Well Sup plied With Forebears. . CATHLAMET. Wash.. April 15. (Spe cial.) When the stork left a little girl at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Morgan, of this place, the young lady found herself the fourth living branch of two family trees, with- one great grandfather, two great - grandmothers, two grandfathers,' and one grandmother, besides her parents. .. Her great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Morgan and Mrs. Fretshcom all well-known pioneers.- . $27,000 GOES IN SWINDLE Farmer, "70 Years Old, Says Confi -. - dence Man "Worked" Hint Twice. BUFFALO. April 15. George Creste slnger; a Williamsvllle farmer, who re ported' to the ponce yesterday that he had been swindled out of $12,000 by a confidence man, said today that in all the swindler , had relieved him of $27. 000. The swindler - made two trips to Buffalo, getting $15,000 on the first trip. BAGGAGE SYSTEM ORDERED CHANGED All Portland Carriers Get Equal Chance. P.nNTRAP.TS ARF SET ASMF Monopoly 'ny Company Declared Unfair. PASSENGERS' RIGHTS CITED Xorlhern Pacific Terminal Company Informed by State Railroad Commission That Prefer ence 'Shown Illegal. SALEM. Or., April 15. (Special.) Holding that the privilege gives an undue preference to the Baggage & Omnibus Transfer Company, and works hardship upon passengers who do not natronlze It. the State Kauroaa Commission today ordered that the Northern Pacific Terminal company, which controls the Union Station and terminal in Portland, discontinue giving the Baggage & Omnibus Transfer Com. pany a virtual monopoly of the bag gage business of the railways entering the station. Almost every contention made by the Baggage Transfer Service Company, which filed a complaint against the Northern Pacific Terminal Company, is upheld by the Commission. ' -Orer la fanned. The order issued says: "That the defendant shall, from and after ten daya after the date of the service of a copy of this order upon It, cease and desist from making and giving to the Baggage & Omnibus Transfer Company any privilege with respect to the entry upon railway cars for the purpose of removing baggage, and with respect to the stripping of baggage of railroad checks, and re moval of such baggage from the cars. and with respect to the delivery of baggage without simultaneous sur render of duplicate railroad baggage checks, which it does not at this time afford to each and every other person, firm or corporation which ha8 the right to claim and remove incoming Oregon Intrastate baggage destined to the grand central station of defendant." Individual Contracts Given. It is recited thr.t the capital stock of the Northern Pacific Terminal Company is owned and its operation and policies are controlled by the Oregon-Washington .Railroad ' & Navigation Company. Southern Pacific Company. and Northern Pacific Rxilroad Company, which use the station as their passenger terminal 4 Concluded on Page 3) OAKLAND PITCHER "BEANS" CHORUS PKCIETT MAKES PONIES HOP LIKE CHICKS OX GRIDDLE. Training; Camp Prank Willi Birdshot and Toothpick, Tried on Girls on Stage, Causes Hurler's Arrest. A charge" of "beaning the players" at the Lyric Theater during the mati nee yesterday led to the arrest of C. L. Prulett, crack right-handed pitcher in the visiting Oakland baseball team, on charge of disorderly conduct. Prulett is accused of placing No. 8 birdshot between his teeth and throwing them with a toothpick, beanshooter fashion, at the players on the stage. His aim. the chorus girls admit, was excellent. vThls method of throwing shot is said to be & favorite amusement in base ball training camps. The stinging pro jectiles, however, hat an unusual ef fect on the lightly clad chorus girls. Some of the pretty victims declared that they had not exactly been "beaned" in the baseball acceptance of term, for to be "beaned is to be struck on the head with a thrown ball. Keally, the girls explained, they would have been better off if it had been so, for their hair might have afforded some protection against the hurtling mis siles, whereas well this year's styles of stage hosiery are rather thin you know. ' Patrolman Howard, who made the arrest, declared the girls were' dancing more like young pullets on the tra ditional hot griddle than like stage "ponies," when a member of the or chestra discovered" the origin of thi fusillade. He slipped- from his place and summoned the police. Patrolman Howard donned a dark overcoat to conceal his uniform. He ed Prulett from the auditorium with out creating confusion. rruiett was released on his own recognizance. The case will be heard n the Munlclpa. lijurt. FANS' HERE ON 'BUSINESS Many Outsiders Travel Hundreds of Miles lor "Opener." Portland fandom is not bounded by the city limits. ' Among the fans disappointed at not seeing the opening game of the Paci fic League season here yesterday were many who came 300 miles or more. All of them had business in Portland other than to witness the spectacle of the Beavers gnawins down the Oaks, but they timed their trip to the metro polis to be here April It. and are wait. ins over. Among those who came here on 'other business" were the following, registered at the Imperial: . T. J. Smith, of Fossil; Dr. J. 11. Rosenberg, of PrlnevIIle;-C. C Pennington and Pat Foley, of LaGraude; W. A. Slusher, of Pendleton; U. S. Paxson. of Newberg Grant Mays and George Biakeley; of The Dalles, and G. K. Scrainlin, of Macksburg. FLEET ARRIVES "WAR DAY" M urships Ileaeli Tampico on 1 (Sth Anniversary of lpnnih War. WASHINGTON, April 15. ( Special.) An historical coincidenco was told here, today in that the Atlantic fleet is due to reach Tampico on the 15th an niversary of the declaration of war be tween Spain and the United States, which was on April II, 13S8. The Spanish War was actually de clared by the passage of a Joint reso lution in Congress April "3, but Con gres declared that war had existed since the 21st. when McKinley's ulti matum to Spain was rejected. It was also noted that the Revolu tionary War began April 19; the Mel' lean War April 14 and the Civil War April 14. PAUL H. WEYRAUCH CHOSEN Walla Walla Commercial Club Names Xew Officers. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. April 15. (Special.) Paul Jl. V eyrauch, man ager of the Blalock Fruit Company, was elected president of the Wall Walla Commercial Club today, Ben G. Stone is vice-president, P. M. Wlnans, treasurer, and F. A. Shaw, secretary. Mr. Weyrauch is head of the local Fruit Protective Association, and als member of the by-products committee of the Northwest, which met recently at North l aklma. UMATILLA ROAD PLANNED Hermlston Meeting Urges Construct lng Highway to Pendleton. PENDLETON. Or, April 15. Spe cial.) A hand surface road from Uma tllla to Pendleton as a link in tb Columbia River Highway is to be urged upon the County Court as a result a booster convention held at Jtermla ton this afternoon. A score of Pen dleton business men were presen Delegates represented Umatilla, Her miston. Stanfield and Echo. Candl dates for County Judge and Commls sioners were also present. The distance from Umatilla to Pen dleton Is approximately 45 miles.. BECKER'S TRIAL DATE SE Ex-Police Lieutenant Hears May Fixed as Tentative Time. NEW YORK. April 15. Wednesday, May 6. was tentatively fixed today fo the beginning of the second trial of Charles Becker, the ex-pollce lieuten ant, sentenced to die for instigating the murder of Herman Rosenthal, but saved by a Court of Appeals decision. Becker appeared in court, brought over from the Tombs, and District At torney Whitman asked that the new trial be called as soon as possible. It was announced that M- T. Manion had succeeded Joseph A. Shay as chief coun sel for Eccker. CITY CAPTURED BY N 0 RTH WEST FEZfil E N Mussulman HordeHere From Far and Near. PAY RANSOMS IN FUN, IS CRY Visitors Refuse to Foreclose Mortgage They Hold. NVADERS ROUT GLOOMS Brass Hands, Arab Patrols and Good rellowthlp Make a Happy Con- glomerate That StrcU-lics Capacities of Mortals. Anyone wearing a red fez and a smile now lias a mortgage on the town. The people'of Portland wouldn't ob- cct much to a foreclosure, judging from the way they made up to those invading Shrlners all day yesterday. But the fez-wcarers are not going to foreclose. They are going to stay in Portland for the rest of the week and let the people discharge their, obliga tion with hospitality, the like of which they started to dish out to the visitors when the first party of them arrived early in the morning. Walla Walla turned in the first con signment. Two special carloads of picked nobles arrived on the O.-W. R. &. N. train as early as 7:10. But that wasn't too early for the nobles of the Al Kader temple of Portland. They were there with their band and their Arab patrol. Then the Walla Wallans joined the local reception army and marched to the North Bank station to meet the special train bringing in a noisy dele gation from Spokane. All the Walla Walla Shrlners belong to El Katlf Temple, at Spokane, and there was a lively Interchange of fra ternal greetings when the two bunches got together. Brass Band lail Patrol Came, Tnt. With the Spokane Mussulmcn' came another brass band that even out played the Al Kader band once in a while, an Arab patrol that stepped off some fancy steps, and a crowd of the finest looking women that hus been seen here hi many a day. Those women were much in demand all day long. Every Shrlner In town wanted to bor row them, to pose with him for the photographers. With only the Spokane and the Walla Walla boys on hand the Portland nobles had little trouble In providing them all with entertainment, but along to wards evening, when other fez tops started to come In from Ashland, Mcd ford. Salem and other points in West ern Oregon, they had more than they could do. Then, when the epeclal train came in from Seattle and Tacoma, late in the afternoon, the Al Kader joyinak ers gave it up for a had job and Just left the visitors to help themselves. This they seemed entirely capable of doing. They overflowed the hotels into tli streets and wherever they went they were the centers of fun. good fellow ship and Innocent amusement. 40 Molees Tread "Hel Sands."' "This spirit of merry carnival con tinued until about 6 o'clock, when tho big ceremonial, the real object of yes terday's celebration, took place at the Armory. For this occasion 40 in trepid adventurers were furnished by the Portland temple. They were con ducted "across the hot sands to Mecca, whatever that means, and, outside of a few dozen pained and blistering feet, the two-score victims now are Shrlnera Just as noble as any of the rest. Following the ceremonial a big feed was served and joy continued to rcisp until long after midnight. Harvey Beckwtth. Illustrious potentate of Al Kader Temple, presided at these functions. But last night's programme was only preliminary, to tho big show today. Tha Shriners" three-day circus opens this afternoon and about half the visitors will stay for the fun. Many of them will appear In tho parade this morning. Not since the National Shriners" con vention at Los Angeles, two years ago, have so many fes wearers appeared in Portland at the same time. At that time the delegates from the East vis ited Portland on their way home and the city was busy for nearly a week; entertaining them. Seattle is now in the field " for the 1915 convention and will make strenu ous efforts at the National gathering, at Atlanta, next month, to get It. All visiting Shriners yesterday wero pledged to support Seattle for the 1915 meeting. San Francisco also" Is a can didate. If Seattle is selected. It will mean that thousands of Eastern Shrin ers will again visit Portland next year, as nearly all who attend the National conclave will want to go to the world's fair, too. Old Omaha Does "Right Well.'' One of yesterday's visitors who seemed to enjoy himself "right well" was F. R. Davis, a member of Tangier Temple, at Omaha. Mr. Davis has been a Shrlner nearly 15 years, having joined In the same class with Colonel William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill." who is aUIll a member of Tangier, Temple. He now lives at Salem. Other members from temples In va rious parts of the country, who hap. iCoucludid uu Pave lb)