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VOL. LIV XO. 16,6o9. PORTLAND. OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ft HUERTA'S OFFER OF SALUTE ACCEPTED United States Will Re ply, Gun for Gun. CRISIS REGARDED AS PAST Department Officials Say Prec , edent Justifies Course. RECOGNITION IS DENIED President Likens Act to Gra&ping : Hand of Individual Who Apolo gizes as He Extends It Gen- eral Policy Unchanged. OX BOARD THE V.S.-8. ARKANSAS AT SEA, BY WIRELESS, VIA CHARLESTON Anrll !v The United State battleship squadron, composed of the Arkansas, Vermont, New Hamp shire and New Jersey, was off Charles ton this afternoon. The battleship South Carolina, which mi Intercepted by wireless en ronte from Santo Do 1 nlngo, will join near-Admiral Badcrers command off Key West Sunday morn-las;- . The ships are making abont 12 knots an boor. WASHINGTON, April 16. The United States ""Government tonight accepted General Kuerta's offer to salute the Stars and Stripes as an apology for the arrest of American bluejackets at Tampico a week ago today. The Hu erta government's salute to the Ameri can nag wui ue answered with a sa lute to the tri-color of the Mexican nation. , f . This arrangement, the details of which were being: finally arranged to nigm in an exenange or official mes sages between Washington and Mexi co City, ended, in the view of all hlgn Administration officials, the crisis that had arisen in the last few days, result' ing in the dispatch ot American war . vessels to Mexican waters. Executive Quarters and Congressional' circles breathed a sigh ,of relief that the ten sion had passed. Naval Force to Be Increased. No time has been set for the firing of the salute and until the details are arranged no further orders will be sent to the American fleet now proceeding south. It practically i3 certain, , how ever, that while many of the vessels will be turned back, others will con tinue south and a substantially in creased Naval force will be maintained in Mexican waters. Huerta's offer and request for a re - turn' salute caused President Wilson to ask for an opinion from the Coun sellor of the State Department and Navy Department officials. All report ed that it was the invariable custom in naval practice to return a salute and cited precedents. The, president also was informed that Hear-Admlral Mayo, on making his original demand for a salute, agreed to return the courtesy. ' Recognition Not Involved. Mr. W uson said a return of a salute under such circumstances did not in -oive recognition of the Huerta gov ernment, but merely was an act of the same character as grasping the hand of an individual who was apologizing as he extended it. Secretary Bryan also took the view, that the American sa lute would be given to the flag of the Mexican nation. Just as much respected by the Constitutionalists as the Huerta government, and no technical recogul tion was involved. Precedents in which the United btates returned the salute of other nations which apologized to it- were cited and it was generally agreed in executive quarters that General Hu erta s compliance with the ,Unlted States' demand had dissipated a tense situation. In less than 4S hours after President Wilson had ordered the Atlantic and Pacific fleets to Mexican waters, and had informed General Huerta that unless a" salute was fired to atone for repeated offenses "against the dignity of the United States there would be serious consequence, the answer came a complete acceptance of the demand of the Washington Govern ment. Officials Plan Vacations. Immediately there was a change in the atmosphere of official Washington. ja ine storm ciouus mtea ana a wave of satisfaction spread through official headquarters. President Wilson ar ranged to go to White Sulphur Springs, w. a., tor the wee end and Secre tary BYyan, who is ill, planned to take his long-delayed trip to Miami. Fla. Attention that temporarily had been diverted from the legislative pro gramme turned again to the routine of the hour. The numerous happenings which led to the aggressive stand of the Ameri can government, the strong pressure brought to bear at Mexico City by " Charge O'Shaughnessy and the diplo matic representatives of other govern ments. backed by advices from the Krench and German Ambassadors at Washington, who learned from th tate Department the serious in tentions of the Washington Govern ment, an naa Drought about a grave International crisis. Congress 'showed its readiness to stand by the Admin lstratlon and the House committee on (Concluded on Pag 6j DISCOVERY MADE TO ORDER FOR T. R. SOUTH AMERICAN" HOSPITALITY ATTAINS NEW' HEIGHT. Party Guided to "Uncharted" River, Which Was toHave Been Named "Teodora," as Double Honor. - LONDON. April' 16. (Special.) A man who recently arrived from Brazil brings a story of how Colonel Roose velt was made the hero of a carefally stage-managed "discovery." Before the arrival of Colonel Roose velt in Brazil, friends held a meeting and called on the services of the lead ing geographers and explorers with the idea of fixing up a plan so that the Colonel should not emerge from his trip to the interior without discovering something. After many things had been dis cussed, 'it was decided that a. river would be the best thing to stage, as relatively unknown rivers are numer ous in Brazil, while mountains might arouse the suspicions of 'an astute per son like the Colonel. It was also de cided that the newly-found stream should bo christened Teodora, the given name of both Colonel Roosevelt and President de Fonseca, of Brazil It was arranged that when Colonel Roosevelt started for the Jungle he was to be accompanied by guides, and by natural stages led to the" banks of a stream, where the explorers with feigned emotion were to exclaim: "This river has never been charted. It must be a new stream which you have had the honor of discovering." Dispatches from Brazil say the dis covery, was made, according to plan, but whether the river was christened "Teodora" is not yet known. PRUNE CROP IS DAMAGED Reports Show Frost Has Hurt Yield of Douglas County Orchards. ROSEBURG. Or.. April 16. (Special.) The prune crop - of Douglas County Is damaged, according to reports from over the county. Near Riddle the loss is reported to be serious, and in other spots in the orchard districts the prunes have dropped so as to seriously lessen the yield. . The trees blossomed early this year. Other fruit seems to be unharmed so far. Danger is not over yet, for until May 10 the thermometer may drop low enough to Injure or destroy the fruit crops. TheJ. K. Arraaby Fruit Company has announced that it will build a new packinghouse here this Summer. It has also made the Commercial Club a proposition to build a cannery. ----- ". ARGENTINE FAVOR SOUGHT Fight for Commercial Supremacy Leads Germany to Send Prince. PARIS, April 16. The contest be tween the United States and Germany for commercial supremacy in the Ar gentine Republic is the subject of a dispatch, today from Buenos Ayres to the Temps. The correspondent attributes the South American visit of Prince Henry of Prussia to Germany's desire to counteract the effect of Colonel Rooee velt's presence there. He adds that the raising of the United States legation in Argentina to the rank of an em bassy is another episode in American and German rivalry. . SMALL RIFLE KILLS BEAR Lacomb Men Capture Two Cubs After Slaying Their Mother. " ALBANY, Or., April 16. (Special.) After killing a black bear with a .23- caliber rifle, Wayne Downing, of La comb, captured two cubs about j month old and W. L. Burton brought them to this city yesterday. He sold one to Harry Douglas, of this city, and the other to members of the Albany Fire Department, who have installed it as a mascot at the engine-house. Downing s dog treed the old bear and later chased it into a hollow lo Downing began firing at the animal. which rushed out. He fired 12 shots. The next day Downing and Barton returned to the log and found the two cubs. SALMON TROLLING IS LURE Man Comes I'rom Wisconsin to Fish In Willamette but -Must Wait. OREGON CITT. April 16. (Special.) Half ray across the. continent, from Menasha, Wis., to Oregon City, is the trip that Duncan McKinnen has made to troll for salmon in the Willamette. This is the second trip he has made to the Coast to lish here. The lirst was in 1913. Now that he has arrived in Oregon the river is too high for successful tishing and he Is forced to. -wait. Mr. McKinnen is interested in -paper making in Wisconsin. He has traveled over the greater part of this continent on his fishing trips. NEGRO TIES UP SENATE Southern Democrats Filibuster for 3 Hours Against Appointment. WASHINGTON, April 16. -Southern Democrats filibustering late today against the confirmation of Robert H, Terrell, a negro, as Municipal Judge in the District of Columbia, kept the Sen ate in executive session for three hours without reaching a' vote. Senator Vardaman, of Mississippi, said he would continue the struggle, "until the last ditch." Northwest Postmasters Xamed. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, April 16. Postmasters appoint ed as follows: Mlna G. Nichols, Bridge port. Or, vice Edna C. Eastman, re signed: Lillie M. KJrkpatrick, Patter son. laano, reappointed. HUERTA HAS SAVED FACE, SAY BRITONS t - Dictator Regarded as Stronger at Home. BENTON INCIDENT IS REVIVED Editor Calls Tampico Affair "Trumpery" by Comparison. POLICY NOT UNDERSTOOD London Papers Comment-With Sat lsfactlon on Outcome, While) " Continuing to Criticise) President Wilson. LONDON. April 17. The London morning papers, commenting with sat isfaction on the conclusion of the Tam pico Incident, continue to : criticise President Wilson's policy. The Daily .telegraph says: It seems plain that Huerta's face is thoroughly well saved and a con- iderable strengthening is given to his position in the eyes of his countrymen. He will call the acknowledgment of his salute a measure of recognition and if the Mexicans regard it in that light, it matters little what Washington may say about it. "Competing Desperadoes" Dubious! "The truth" is that the policy of pick ing and choosing among the competing desperadoes, in Mexico can only, be ex ercised safely on the old principle of recognizing the one who is uppermost. If a statesman's mor-Jl sense revolted at doing that, his only wise course would be to leave the whole situation severely alone." The Graphic says: "The bargain has a double advan tage satisfaction to President Wilson and the saving of President Huerta's face. If the incident has the effect of convincing Mexicans that there is limit to patience and pacificism, even of President Wilson and Secretary of State Bryan, it will go far to assure the pacific solution of all pending ques tlons between the United States and Mexico." Benton Case Brongnt Up. The Daily Graphic, describing the tampico onense as a trumpery af fair as compared with the murder of Benton," asks what President Wilson proposes to do in the Benton case. The Post says: "It Is a moral victory for the United States which will leave Huerta -just where he was. President Wilson's pol icy is not' quite intelligible to observ ers outside the united tetates. It Is a t.'on-lU"ll on Page v f2 Br No CvT INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 65. 4 degrees; minimum. 38.v degree. TODAY'S SSowen; winds mostly southerly. ' I'd reign. South Americans stage "discovery- for Roosevelt. Page 1. Huerta has saved his face, says Britons, fage 1. National. Taft and Choato quoted as against tolls ex emption. Page 2. Witnesses In favor of National prohibition heard. Page u. Huerta offers to salute flag. Page 1. Daniels lauds Admiral Badger. Page 5. Pacific fleet awaiting orders. Fag 5. Domestic. Wireless tip results In- customs raid on liner's passengers. Pago 2. Medical professor on trial for cruelty to dogs in vivisection operation. Pag Charles S. Mellen may become head of great - labor union. Page 1. Sport. Coast League results: Portland 4, Oakland x: is Angeles lw, san crancisco o: Venice 8. Sacramento 1. - Page 8. Northwestern League results: Seattle S, Portland 2; Vancouver 7, Tacoraa 6; Victoria 6, Spokane 4. Page 9. Boosters open ball season with much eclat. Pago 8. Home team wins opener at home. Page L ' Pacific Northwest. John Becker killed near Roseburg by Mer- riHon campbou. alter zeua sua quarrel Page 7. Washington Public Service Commission grants "Everett compromise." ending rate war. Page 7. Pastor'a wife says divorce suit Is due to her refusal, to turn over her property. Page 7. Warden John Snook, of Idaho penitentiary, saves life of aheepherder. Page ti. Student body at O. A. C. forces ban on full dress suits. Page 1. . Commercial and Marine. Firm prices ruling In Oregon wool market. Page 18. Wheat adversely - affected at Chicago by break in corn. Pago 19. Shorts raid stock market, but are forced to retreat. Page 19. Dock Commission wants absorption of charces by-railroads made uniform. Page I- Portland and Vicinity. Shriners circus makes bis hit. Pagers. Weather report, forecast and data. Page l'JL Richard Koehler. veteran railroad man. will - be retired on penson. Pago 18. C N. McArthur defends Legislature against high taxes criticism. Psga 13. Will K. Purdy makes argument in contest for Winters estate. Page 19. "Co to church Sunday. April 1ft," campaign Increases In popularity. Page 14. MERIT IGNORED, HE SAYS Insurance Commissioner Wants . Re hearing of Wallace License Case. V saaaaaaan ' SALEM, Or., April 16. (Special.) Insurance Commissioner Ferguson said he would ask for a. re-hearing of the case in which the Supreme Court com manded him to issue a license to Guy L. Wallace & Co.,!"of Portland. "The case was not decided on its merits," continued the Commissioner. "For some reason the evidence was not filed with tho court, and the decision was simply a construction of the gen eral law. I shall also ask that the law be declared unconstitutional. A similar law was so declared by the courts of Kansas. . Dallas Man Gets Albany. Hotel. ALB ANT, Or, April 16 (Special.) J. B. Thompson, of Dallas, for many years proprietor of the Hotel Gail, has purchased the -Hotel Hamniel, the new Blx-story hostelry opened In this city about one year ago, and will manage It hereafter. J. C Hammel has sold his stock in the Hammel Hotel Company, a corporation which owns the building, and also has transferred to the new proprietor the lease on the building and all of the furnishings. SPEAKING OF THE BIG STICK MELLEN MAY HEAD EMPLOYES' UNION Ex-Magnate Receptive . to Offer of Men. NEW FEDERATION JiiitED "I Would Like to Lead You," Workers Are Told. COMMON LOYALTY URGED 'You Have Power and Others Must Pay Price," Is Declaration Or. ganlzatlon to Include 2,000, 000 Men Is Dream. BOSTON, April 16. Charles S. Mel len, ex-president of the New York. New Haven &. Hartford Railroad, may become the active head of a federated body supreme among the various or ganlzatlons of the United States -with which 2,000,000 employes are affiliated. It became known today that Mr. Mellen has been approached on the subject and that he was giving it favorable consideration. The new or ganization, to be known as the Fed erated Council of Railroad Brother hoods, will be formed at a meeting of delegates in this city April 26. Idea Promoted by Station Agents. The idea of the council has been promoted by the Order of Railroad Station Agents, which met here in January and appointed a committee to invite many independent societies of railroad men to send delegations to the forthcoming meeting. It is stated that favorable responses were received and 100 ' delegates have been elected. , At present there is no central body in this country and the organization will be along the line of the Eng lish and German organizations. Harry Phillips, deputy lord mayor of West ham. England, and associate secretary of the Federated Transportation Workers of England, will be present to aid In. tho organization. The coun cil will represent all branches of the service. Including conductors, engi neers, brakemen. station agents, freight handlers, telegraph operators, signal men and track walkers. "Ota era Must Pay, Says Mellen. - The plan to place Mr. Mellen 'at the head of the council was a direct out come of a statement made by him in an address In a dinner tendered him by tho employes of the Boston & Maine hero November 30, after he had J-o signed the presidency of the New Haven. He had talked intimately to Concluded on Page -.) a.) DEATH TOLLED OF 0. A. C. 'SP1KETAIL' DRESS REFORMER'S IX STUDENT BODY FORCE BAN. Co-Eds Threatened With Bluc-Jcancd Partners at "Prom" Insur gents May Defy Decree. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. Corvallis. Or, April 16. (Spe cial.) Never again will the Oregon Ag ricultural College swain dare to don the somber full-dress regalia when he escorts some fair co-ed to e,ven the most formal dances given here in the course of the college year. Such was the decree of the local student body organization in one of the most stormy meetings of the year, held here yes. terday noon. A motion, introduced by L. J. Allen. business manager of the O. A. C. Barometer, started a violent discus sion. After various motions to table the question, to adjourn and to do other things the " motion plac ing; the ban on the "clawhammer" was finally passed with a margin of about a dozen votes. Allen's chief colleague was L. P. Gambee, president of the local oratorical association. A number of opponents of yester day's action, asserting that the motion was railroaded through , are quietly. but seriously, urging a movement to wear the full-dress at the coming Junior "prom." regardless of the stu dent body organization. A few wags even declare they will put on real farm "jumpers," or blue jeans, for the next student affair, if yesterday's action is rigidly adhered to. "YOUNG CHINA" CHIEF DUE Tso Yin Bark Coming Here to Talk for New Revolution. Tso Yin Bark, secretary to Sun Tat Sen, former provisional president of the Chinese republic, will arrive in Portland today from San Francisco, to meet the Portland Young China Asso elation regarding a new revolution against the present Yuan Shi Kai gov ernment. Yuan Shi Kai placed a price of 125,000 on Tee Yin Bark's head and also on that of Sun Yat Sen, who is said to be in' Honolulu. Tse Tin Bark will deliver a lecture on Chinese conditions at the library. 53 - MILITANTS SIGN ROLL Oregon City Company Eager to Con quer Mexicans. OREGON CITT, Or.. April 16. (Spe cial.) Fifty-three young -men of tills city have signified willingness to en list for service in an army to settlo the Mexican troubles. At the head of the number is Captain M. D. Phillips, a Spanish War veteran. In a statement signed by the S3 men Jiey declare that they are not only willing to volunteer for service in Mexican campiagn. but are demanding the opportunity. Ihey are of the opin ion that the War Department Is un duly slow in taking a hand in the Mex lean affairs and believe that tho United States should start a campaign at once. BELLS PEAL M'CALL BABY Oregon Rancher's'' Wife Presents "Tom" La son a Granddaughter BOSTON. Mass., April 16. (Special.) Scituate was aroused at 2:20 o'clock Tuesday morning by the pealing of the chimes in the watch tower at Dream- wold, the country lioine of Thomas W Lawson. The bells were announcing the birth of a granddaughter to the author-financier. The child Is the daughter of Mrs. Henry McCall (Dorothy Lawson). who, with her husband, a son of Samue Walker McCall, arrived two weeks ago from their ranch In Central Oregon. Tho young people were ' married at Dreamwoldi in December, 1910. "WETS" CONTEST ELECTION Bloomlngton Girls Between 18 and 2 1 Said to Have Voted. BLOOMINGTON. 111.. April 16. The Bloomingtou "wets." who lost by 75 votes in the recent election, filed a second suit in the County Court today protesting the legality of the election. One contention is that several hun dred girls between the ages of 18 and 21 voted under the presumption that IS was the legal age. MEN AND DOGS SUFFERING Johnson Sure to Win Race in Alaska for $3000 Pur&c. NOME. Alaska, April 16. In tho 412 milo all-Alaska sweepstakes race, John Johnson's dog team passed through Solomon, 32 miles from the finish at 12:11 V.-yL and is sure to finish tonight. The race, carrying with It a $3000 purse, a trophy cup and the world's dog team championship, is almost cer tain to be won by Johnson, Allan and Ayer are between Boston and Council, niore than CO miles behind Johnson. Both men are frostbitten and their dogs are suffering from the cold. RECALL OF MAYOR SOUGHT Petitions Also Request That Two Los Angeles Councilmen Be Ousted. LOS ANGELES. "April 16. -(Special.) Recall petitions directed against Mayor Rose and Councilmen Conwell and Snowden were formally placed In circulation today. They were sent out by the Property Owners' Protective As sociation of West First Street. Mayor Rose is charged with falling to protect citizens In the natural gas campaign. -- HOME TEAM WINS OPENER AT HOME Oaks Are Trounced by Beavers. 4 to 2. RODGERS, RYAN, HIG STARS Fans and Fanettes Glad to Shiver to See Contest. RAMEY KNOCKED OUT IN 6TH Portland Lands Hard on Former Local Sclioolboy and Latter. Is Compelled to -Give. Way to Killilay, Who Fails to Save. Pacific Coat League (Handings. W. I Pet. I W. L- Pct. Sn Fran 1 3 ,titT'Sacramento i S .420 Venice t 7 .0'J-Portland . . . . S 7 .417 Loa Angeles 8 S .oOOakland.. .. 4 9 .GOS Yesterday's Results. At Portland Portland 4, Oakland . At Han Francisco Los Angeles 10. Siil! Francisco . 5. At Vmlcc Venice Sacramento 1. BY ROSCOH FAWCETT. Had not 10.000 spectators chortled A'ith glee at the affair, and hud not a huge pennant and columns of type been used to press-agent It, thcro might be some hope of keeping dark to the Oakland fans a pathetic incident whici occurred in Portland at Twenty-fourtn and Vaughn streets yesterday after noon. But since there is no hope, and since a two days' postponement by rain Isn't conducive to acts of charity, here's the untarnished truth: Final score: Portland 4. Oakland I. It was the unveiling of our star spangled same, baseball, in Portland for 1914 so far as the Coast Lcasuj Is concerned and the result dem:n strated that the philosopher, butcher or motorman who said "you can't win all the time" must have resided in Oakland. Devlin, Too, Altrer. The man may have been a born or acle, but there is a slight suspicion abroad that he took a couple ' of glimpses at the Portland batting or der before the launched his saebrut-h lament. And Mr. Arthur Devlin will agree thoroughly. In fact, he is pretty apt to add that It is hard to win at all when two such sterling swatsmiths as Bill Rodgers and Buddy Ryan are cocked for action and are co-ordinated perfectly with a smooth-working pitch er like Irve Higginbotham. These three brought about the Oak land rout, almost exclusively, although there were sundry and other athletes out there trying to commit battery on a poor little globule that never did anybody any harm, nohow. Rodgers bagged two hits and Ryan three, giv ing them five of tho nine off Ramey and Killilay. Hetling and Zacher were the Oak stars, with three safeties apiece. Concerning the climate no story is complete .without some reference to the weather the regulator of tho lights and scenic effects tried his best after two days of dampness, but his best was hardly more gracious than father forgiving the chauffeur for running off with his favorite daughter. Clou da Hans; Low. Heavy gray clouds hung low over the city most of the forenoon; the tun seldom showed its frozen face to Mother Earth: it was a day for trag edy, for shrouds and crepes perhaps that is why Portland's pursuit of pleasure yesterday was not tinctured with magnanimity. "Rain or no rain, the game will be played," was the order that went out from baseball headquarters and by 3 o'clock the huge grandstand was al ready hair-filled with semi-shivering fans and fanettes. Portlaud's fourth Coast League pen nant was to be unfurled. Weather or no weather, tho fans wanted a ball game. By 2:45 o'clock fully 9000' fans were crowded into the voracious grand ssajpd and bleachers and strewn abroad on the temporary circus seats. Ueorgca, Too, Are There. Then came the usual amount of howl ing noises by the -3-cent proleta riats: the usual amount of unfinancial chatter: the usual bands burst out in spasmodic assault on modern music; Boy Scouts gencralisslmoed about the sward; the two Georges Baker and Shepherd hoisted the 1913 pennant without the use of hatchets and, well there was more delay for tho chafing crowd. Nine old-timers, looking every bit as good as they did before the Civil War professional men, lawyers, doctors, politicians and others shoehorned their 48-lnch chests into 16-inch shirts and tried to stage one inning against the Beavers. They were all photographed a hun dred times by a battery of cameras, moving, and the usual stationary news paper boxes: then followed flowers for Walt McCredie and Art Devlin,' and the game was on. The blasted blooms served as starting signal to Umpires Guthrie and Hayes. Oaks' Hopes II a a Over. Guthrie announced the batteries as: Higginbotham and Fisher for 'Port land and Ramey and Mltze for Oak land. Two minutes later, at 3:1:. to be exact. Oakland's straggling hopes were run over by the cars. Rodgers and Ryan didn't deley matters a mo ment. Captain Rodgers watched two of his (Concluded on Fag S.