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SECOND DEMAND 8Y HUERTA IS REFUSED Answering Salute Not to Be Simultaneous. NO PRECEDENTS ARE FOUND New Phase Regarded as Mere L "Haggling Over Details." UNCERTAINTY IS RENEWED President and Secretary Bryan De cline to Admit Situation Is Grave, hut Defer Vacations Xor the Present. WASHINGTON, April 17. President Wilson flatly rejected today General Huerta's suggestions for a "simultane ous salute" to the American and Mex- lean flags. He informed General Huerta that the United States would insist on a literal compliance with the original de mand of Rear Admiral Mayo, made on April 9 in a written communication to General Zaragoza immediately after the arrest of American bluejackets at Tamplco. "Simultaneous Salute" Unprecedented The Washington Government in formed Huerta that his wish for si multaneous firing of the salutes was untenable and that as demanded by Rear Admirable Mayo a salute of 21 guns would be insisted on, the manner of returning the salute to be left to the American Admiral, who had agreed to fire one to the Mexican flag. Naval precedent showed no "simultaneous sa lute" had ever been fired In apology for an offense. No reply to the last American note transmitted through Charge O'Shaugh nessy had been received up to tonight . r.H nriiera to the American war fleets to slow down or turn back had been issued. Administration officials considered, however, the main point at Issue the exchange of salutes had been settled, they regarded Huerta's "hasrsrllnfr over details," as one offi cial expressed it, as not likely to pre Vent an adjustment of the controversy. Scrlons Outcome Possible They believed the crisis was over, but on the other hand, in view of the kaleidoscopic changes of the last three days, said they would not be surprised if the hitch over details became serious again The American Government has taken the position that when a salute of 21 runs is fired to the Stars and Stripes the salute in acknowledgment wouia oe tired to the flag of the Mexican people, tnd not to the Huerta administration or any government or individual. There was much discussion in off! cial circles not only about the proprl rtv of returning Huerta's salute in view of the peculiar diplomatic rela tions between the Mexico City admin istration and the Washington Govern ment, but because of a Navy regula tion. No. 1194, which reads: "No salute shall be fired in honor of tiny nation, or of any official of any nation not formally recognized by the Government o the United States." Point of Recognition Interpreted. In explanation of this point, Kear Admlral FIsk, after conferences with Secretary Daniels, issued the follow ing statement: , "This regulation is Interpreted as a prohibition against firing a salute in honor of any government which has recently come Into being, or- in honor of an official of such government, If it has not been formally recognized by our Government. Any such salute would be considered as a recognition of that government; and in order to escape from the consequences of such apparent recognition, it would become necessary for our Government formal ly to disavow it. "In 18!3 Rear-Admiral Stanton, United States Navy, made the mistake of saluting the flag of Rear-Admiral Mi'llo, who was then in revolt against the Brazilian government. The Bra s.llian government complained to our Government. which promptly dls avowed the salute and relieved Ad miral Stanton from command. Individuals Mot Considered. "Paragraph 1194 is not interpreted its forbidding the firing of a salute in honor of any nation of which the gov ernment has merely passed from the hands of certain Individuals to hands of other individuals, even though our Government may not have recognized tne new country, l or instance, our ships in entering Mexican ports have saluted the ports and the salutes have been returned. This salute is consid- ered merely as in honor of the sover- eignty of the republic of Mexico and not in honor of any individuals who may nave gotten control or the ma , - . , chinery of the government. The lutes are national salutes and not per eonal salutes." ' It was pcintea out that the colors f Admiral Mello were not the Brazilian lias, but the flag of rebellious forces. Secretary Daniels, discussing the return of the salute said he had consulted the general naval board, which unani mously agreed that in all cases where salutes have been given they must be returned. Mr. Daniels spoke of the fact that Mexican gunboats even although In the (.Concluded on pare a.j CHILD SAVES BABY AS OTHERS WATCH SEVEX-TEAIt-OlcD GIKXi VI2iS HACK WITH TRAIN. Engine Hits Tiny Rescuer as She llces With Tot, While Neighbors ' Shut Eyes, Fearing Tragedy. . EUGENE, Or.. April 17. (Special.) While neighbors shut their eyes, ex pecting ' to Bee 3-year-old Dorothy Wooley ground to death beneath a Southern Pacific . passenger train be fore her home today, Gladys Wooley, her 7-year-old sister, sped 150 feet and paying no heed to the approaching train,- lifted the little one from the track. . The side of the locomotive struck her as she fled from undef it. Her dress was torn, but she wa unin jured. Spectators do not understand how the little figures which flew past them reached the train in time. Mother, why is it that when one sees someone on the track one can naraiy make their legs go?" asked the little 7-year-old girl after the accident, not thinking of herself. "I saw the engine way down the track and before I could get to Dorothy it was almost there. S The shriek of the whistle which started the race between the sister and iho locomotive was the same which brought the children's mother and dozen neighbors to their doors, yei oniy Iha child moved. elrl-a father, J. C Wooley, cred its Engineer Mason with throwing the emergency brakes and doing all possi ble to stop his train. Little Dorothy was crossing the tracks with her red wagon, when the sound of , the whistle startled her. It caused her to' sit down In the center of the track, dazed. The red wagon, was splintered. LAST CANDIDATE FILES David Stout, Business Man, Wants to Be Judge at McMinnvllle. M'MINNVILLE, Or, April 17. (Spe cial.) The last candidate to rue nis petition for county office for this coun ty is David Stout, a. well-known resi dent of McMinnvllle, seeking the Re publican party nomination for county Judge. Mr. Stout owns several valuable real estate holdings in this county and has lived here more than 40 years, was formerly identified In a grist mill and other business ventures. 1'our aspirants for this Dla.ce have now filed and the result is much in doubt. Mr. Stout's ncnoncnta in the Drimary are J. B. Dod- son and Roy R. Hewitt, both McMinn vllle attorneys, and John W. Bones, former Carlton druggist. Walter Mil ler of this city, will be the Democratic nominee, while T. I. Van Orsdal. a re tired McMinnvllle merchant. Is an inde pendent candidate for County Judge. PIPELINE TERMS FIXED Oregon City Committee lie ports on Agreement With West Lino. OREGON CITY, April 17. (Special.) The water question was brought up again at the Council meeting last night and the water committee reported the tentative plans for partnership as recommended bv the joint committee of Oregon City and West Linn. The com mittee recommended that the city pur- chase rights of way and obtain the water rights. The main feature as suggested by the committee is that Oregon City own a ' two-thirds Interest in the pipeline and that West Linn own one third. Each town is to pay a corresponding part of the upkeep cost of the line. The committee In charge of the con struction of the project is to be com posed of six members, four from Ore gon City and two from West Linn. NEW PEACE. TREATY SIGNED Compulsory Arbitration Not to Be Rule With Denmark. WASHINGTON. April 17. Secretary Bryan and Minister Brun today signed another peace commission treaty be tween the United States and Denmark in place of the one which contained the compulsory arbitration feature. The new treaty relates only to the settle ment of Issues by arbitration. Secretary Bryan said that he had abandoned the original treaty now pending before the Senate, even though it has already been ratified by the Danish Parliament, in deference to the objection manifested by the Senate foreign relations committee to com bining in one treaty the two subjects, investigation and arbitration. WOMEN AVOID JEALOUSIES Organizations to Be Ignored In Chi cago Suffrage Parade. CHICAGO, April 17. No political, so cial,, church or other woman's- organ ization will be represented as such in the suffrage parade here the evening of May a, it was announced today from suffrage headquarters. It was de cided to avoid at the outset any of the antagonisms and jealousies as to precedence that might be aroused by the women s clubs parading as organ izattons. The only regalia required in the parade will be the Illinois suf frage and American flags. Every woman in Chicago was urged to march, in literature sent out today. Ministers received requests to urge their parishioners to take part. PUPRRIFQ RRIMfi SlFiR fl RflY I Wl I Ul II M k.U hIIIIIW W W I Philadelphia Goes $25 Better Than Chicago for First of Season. SACRAMENTO, April 17 An 11 pound box of California cherries was sold today in Philadelphia for $55, ac cording to reports received here. It was the first box of cherries sold in Philadelphia this year. The regular price for cherries during the Summer season is approximately $2.50 a box. The sale of a box of cherries in Chi cago for $30 was reported by another California shipping firm. CLASH OVER TOLLS AT Reference to Contract Breakers Resented. BRISTOW TAKES UP CUDGELS New York Business Men Di vided on Exemption. OLNEY INDORSES WiLSON Telegram From Cleveland's Secre tary of State Is Read Witness Says Canal Will Get Bulk of Traffic Anyhow. WASHINGTON, April 17. Support for the proposed repeal of the tolls ex emption clause of the Panama Canal act was given today before the Senate canals committee by representatives of the New York Chamber of Commerce, who said their organization, made up of representative business men, had approved of the repeal . by an over whelming majority. Their testimony caused a wordy con flict between Senator Bristow, oppos ing repeal, and Edward E. Page, a member of the chamber, as well as of the New York Merchants' Association. After Mr. Page had declared that In his opinion the United States should repeal the' exemption clause in order to avoid breaking a contract. Senator Bristow asked whether the supporters of repeal could not be called traitors to America, as well as the opponents could be called violators of contracts. "Catchwords" Are Avoided. "Those are catchwords used by dem agogues." replied the witness, but I do not intend to use any personalities. do not believe the opponents of re peal have any- right to question the loyalty of those on the other side." Senator Bristow wanted to know whether the New York Chamber of Commerce had not been - originally chartered before the revolution of the colonies against King George of Eng land. Mr. Page replied that waa true, but that it now had a charter from the State of New York and he added that during the Civil War the organization gave money to and loyally supported the Union. Pirn Made for Experts. Mr. Page asserted that National honor and character were business assets to any nation and that the industries of the United States In the future would largely be dependent on exports. The business men of the country could do little if the Nation did not keep its contracts, he added. Eugene H. Outerbrldge, an Importer (Concluded on Psge SOME OF GOMES HEARING 1 INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. t7 degree.; minimum. 44. degrees. TODAY'S Cloudy and unsettled; probably ugut snowors; variable winds. Mexico. Huerta's demand for "simultaneous" reply to saluto refused. Pass 1. Congress opposed to further "hssgUnsT" with Huerta. rase 2. , National. Senator and witness clash at tolls hearing. I'ajs 1. Iometic. McKee Rankin dead. Page S. Attempt to kill Mayor Mitchel falls. Page 1. Pports. Coast league results Portland 8, Oakland 4: ban Krsnclsco s, Los Ans-eles 7; bac . ramento 2. Venice 1. Page a. Northwestern League results Portland 0, Seattle 3: Spokane 4. Victoria S; Van couver a. Tucoma 5. Page 6. Columbia track and field meet is on today at 2 P. M.- Page 7. - Rltchls-Murphy fight by rounds. Page 7. Pacific Northwest. Little girl saves baby from in front of train as older people shut eyes, fearing tragecy. rage 1. Republican meeting ct Tacoma may bring Harmony in party In VV ashlugton. Page 6. Mrs. Barnhlsel says she loves her husband still in spite of everything. Page Commercial and Marine. Surplus of Oregon potato crop worked off. Page 17. Turn In Chicago wheat market prices are higher. Page 17. will be and last Advances expected at London wool auction sales. Page 17. Wall street ' bears raid selected stocks. Pago 17. Bear arrives early with S10 Pago 12. passengers. Portland and Vicinity Claim of W. K. Purdy for property of Henry 1. Winters decided adversely. Page lo. Churches prepare welcome for city on "Co- to-cnurca Sunday." Page- tt. Use of Derby street as bridge approach to oe urgea again, rage is. Women's Civic Club, of McMinnvllle, visits city to boost "Made-ln-Oregon" goods. x ago lo. Prevent fires will be slogan today. Page 11 BRIDGE COMMITTEE NAMED Vancouver Body Appointed to Inves tigate Union-Avenue Deal. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 17 (Special.? The committee to investi gate and confer with the County Com missioners concerning the terms upon which the right-of-way for the Co lumbia River Interstate bridge may be granted over tne right-of-way of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Com pany on the extension of Union ave nue. In Portland, was announced to day. The members are B. L. Dorman W. G. Drowley, F. M. Kettenring. R. C. Sugg and A. B. Eastharo. It is feared by many that the Port land Railway, Light & Power Company will . have the bridge bottled . up so that no other road can cross unless complying with conditions set by this company. JAILBREAKER GOES HOME Albany - Man Found Asleep Hours After His Kcape. Few ALBANY. Or., April 17. (Special.) After breaking out of the city Jail here early this morning, Frank E. btmpson went to his mother's house and went to sleep. He was located at noon and returned to jail. Simpson, who is serving -0 days for a second offense for drunk and dis orderly conduct, smashed a hole in the wall near a window on the second floor of the jail and crawled through, reach ing the ground by dropping to the roof of a shed. Simpson served five days for the same offense recently, being rear rested the day after he was liberated oiv, the first charge. THE FOLKS WHO ARE ESPECIALLY INVITED TRIES TO KILL Bullet Goes Wild, Hits Corporation Ccosel. CRY ?'i"liCH HIM' RAISED Victim, Shot in Jaw, in Danger Only of Blood Poison. ASSASSIN ELDERLY MAN Grievance for "Extravagant Expen dltures" and RebuHs at City Hall Given as Reason Mitchel Calm Through All. NEW YORK, April 17. In an at tempt to take 'tne life of Mayor John Purroy Mitchel today, Michael P. Ma honey, an apparently irresponsible, elderly man who later said he was a blacksmith out of work, fired Into a group of three men seated in the Mayor's automobile, which stood at the east side of City Hall park. The bullet from his revolver entered tho jaw of the Corporation Counsel, Frank L. Polk, who .was sitting next to the Mayor in the tonneau of the automobile. With blood spurting from his mouth, Mr. Polk was taken Into the City Hall and afterward to the New York Hospital, where it was said the wound would not prove fatal. Man Telia of Grievances." Mahoney shot at the Mayor, he as serted in the course of a disjointed statement extracted from him tonight, because he felt aggrieved at the city executive's "extravagant expenditures" and because he was incensed at being turned back from the door of the Mayor's room in the City Hall on two occasions this week when he went to apply for a municipal Job. Mahoney fired only one shot at the Mayor and his party. Before he could fire a second he was overcome by De tective' George Neun. who wrenched the revolver out of Mahoney'a hand. ' The Mayor sat in the middle of the back seat, with Mr. Polk on his right and George V. Mullan, the Mayor's former law partner, on his left. The bullet passed so close to Mayor Mitchel that the left side of his face was scorched. Standing within a few feet of Mahoney was Police Commissioner Woods, who was waiting for the chauf feur to get into the car. Mayor C'alna Afterward. Within 30 seconds after the shooting the City Hall plaza, and Park Row were flooded with a surging crowd and po lice reserves were called out. As soon as he had seen that Mr. Polk received medical attention Mayor (Concluded on Pass 2.) AN NEW YORK'S MAYOR CRAFT TO BE SOLD LOST BY MARSHALS rOKTUXA SAILS AWAY TO PUR SUE FESTIVE CODS. Day of Judgment Against Schooner Reveals Owners Have Seized Her From Maury Island Guards. SEATTLE. Wash.. April 17. (Spe cial.) With her course set straight for the fishing grounds of Alaska and her prow cleaving the waves in gleeful ex ultation over her release from a Winter of bondage, the schooner Fortuna is riding the billow's today, while United States Marshals in Tacoma are grind ing their teeth in rage. Legally the Fortuna is supposed to be in the cus tody of Uncle Sam's peace officers, and by decree of the court is to be sold in satisfaction of a judgment rendered against her, but the difference between the legal supposition and the actual facts is several hundred miles of Nep tune's briniett water. Some time within tho last ten days the Fortuna. while lying at Dockton, on Maury Island, near Tacoma, presum ably in custody of the United States Marshal and with a guard specially appointed to watch her, was seized by her owners, outfitted for a voyage and dispatched to pursue the festive codfish in the waters of the north. In the Summer of 1913, according to II. II. Johnston, an attorney of Tacoma, the captain of the Fortuna purchased from Dickson Brothers Company of Ta coma a quantity of clothing to replen ish the Fortuna's "slop chest." Charg ing that the clothing had never been paid for, Dickson Brothers libeled the Fortuna, and she was seized by the United States Marshal. Today final Judgment was entered by Judge Jeremiah Neterer, directing that the Fortuna be sold by the Mar shal, and that the sum of $200 be paid out of the proceeds of the sale to satis fy the claim of Dickson Brothers. ARMSTRONGS LOSE POINT Information Given Before Grand Jury Admitted Over Protest. After argument between State's At torneys Evans and Maguire and At torneys Moody and Collier for the de iense, circuit Judge Kavanaugh yes terday allowed testimony given by Robert Armstrong before the grand Jury to, be Introduced at the trial of A. P. Armstrong and Robert Arm strong, charged with giving out secret Information relative to police cap talncy examinations held bv the city Civil Service Commission, of which P. Armstrong waa a member. Objection was made to the introduc tion of the testimony, because at the time Robert Armstrong appeared be fore tha grand jury he was riot ad vised that the information he was giv ing would be used against him. dYNAM.TE FOR ROAD IS IN Two Cars Received at Ashland for Pacific Highway Work. ASHLAND. Or.. April 17 (Special.) Two cars of dynamite to be used on the Pacific Highway have reached here from Giant. Cal. The explosive will be divided between the operations which are being curried on near the Steln- man and Siskiyou sections of the job. more men and teams are being em ployed. The arrival of this dynamite indi cates that rock work is to be tackled next. Inasmuch as preliminary clear ing operations are about over within those localities. Some extra heavy ma chinery also Is going forward. HAMMERSTEINS LOSE SUIT Comic and Grand Opera Enjoined in Two Cities Until 18S0. NEW YORK. April 17. Oscar Ham- merstein and his son, Arthur R are re strained from producing either comic or grand opera in Boston and New York until April 26, 1920, according to decision today of the appellate dl vision of the Supreme Court. The complaint against Hammersteln was filed by the Metropolitan Opera Company and declared that Hammer steln agreed not to produce opera in Boston or New York for 10 years if the Metropolitan would buy Hammer stein s Philadelphia opera-house for X 1.200,000. STRIKE DELAYS TERMINAL Building Trades Council Calls Of Work in Kansas City. KANSAS CITY. April 17. Four hun dred plumbers, electricians, gas fitters and marble finishers, employed in the construction of a railway station here, struck today by the order of the build ing trade council, which protested against the alleged unfairness on the part of one of the firms. Until the strike is settled much the work on the $30,000,000 termina project will oe tied up. The open ing had been set for May 10. AMBUSH SLAYER HANGED Korean Missionary Breaks Dotvn While Comforting I.ee Nam Chin. SAN QUENTIN. Cal., April 17. Lee Nam Chin, a Korean, was hanged today for the murder of Kim Yuen, whom he shot from ambush as the result of a quarrel in September, 1912. F. Y. Whang, a Korean missionary of San Francisco, who attended Chin, broke down as the black cap was be ing adjusted and was compelled to descend from the scaffold and leave the execution chamber. California Requisition Honored. SALEM. Or- April 17. (Special.) Governor West has honored a requi sition of the Governor of California for Frank Morris, wanted at Sacra mento "for violating his duties as a driver of a vehicle." "Morris, according to the complaint, engaged in reckless automobiling on the Stockton road near Sacramento and smashed into a vehi cle containing several persons. GAL FQRNIA MAYOR VICTOR IN FIST FIGHT Los Angeles Executive Fells Recall Worker. "INSULT" TO WIFE IS BASIS H. H. Rose Dashes From Of fice to Avenge Spouse. . APOLOGIES THEN FOLLOW Pedestrian Tries to Stop Altercation but Ofriclal Declines to Be' Stopped Until Man Wlio 'Ragged' Mrs. Roe Falls. LOS ANGELES. April 17. Mayor 11. H. Rose engaged in a fist fight on tho street today as the result of an allege! Insult offered Mrs. Rose when she de clined to sign a petition for her hus band's recall. The Mayor said he merely slapped the ther man's face, but bystanders as serted Rose knocked him down. The encounter gscw out of an after noon call by Mrs. Rose upon her hus band. As she entered the City Hall Myron H. Pollard, a rancher who main tains a residence In the city, asked her to place her signature to petitions to recall the Mayor. Mayor Gori In Pninult Mrs. Rose declined to sign. Tollard followed her as she retreated up the steps, shouting out that the recall of her husband was a certainty. Two friends of her husband appeared on the scene. One of them seized Pol lard's arm and dragged him awa. The other escorted Mrs. Rose to her hus band, who Interrupted a meeting of the police commission to hear her story. Then the Mayor dashed down the stnlrs and Into the street. asking where the man who had insulted his wife had gone. Pollard was walking away from the City Hall when the Mayor overtook him and stopped him by a "right to the Jaw." Apologies Then In Order. A pedestrian tried to stop the Mayor, because Pollard looked older than thu executive. The Mayor declined to bo stopped, but. according to members of a crowd which quickly gathered, knocked Pollard to the pavement. Some of the crowd interfered. Pollard was helped away and the Mayor returned to the City Hall. Later the Mayor announced that he had merely slapped Pollard's face and as the result of a call and an apology by Pollard, had accepted the upology and tendered another to the rancher. "I have an unfortunately hasty tem per," explained the Mayor. NEW DEFICIT OBLIGATORY Approximate Excess or Publishing Initiatory Measures $15,000. SALEM. Or.. April 17. (Special.) Another "tax eater" was discovered to day, w hen tho State Printing Board an nounced that It would he necessary to create a deficit of probably tlu.000 to publish the, pamphlets for measures to b Initiated at the November election. There Is about 17000 remaining of the pacer and binding appropriation. The creation of a deficit in this In stance will not be optional with the State Emergency Board, for it will have to provide the money, as the law says the pamphlets must be printed. MIDNIGHT IS DANCE LIMIT State Law Violated, Says Opinion, if Run Later on Saturdays. SALEM. Or.. April 17. (Special.) All dancehalls in the state must be closed by 12 o'clock Saturday nights or the keepers are subject to arrest, ac cording to an opinion rendered by Attorney-General Crawford today. A. L. Mosler, of Bridge, Intimating that dancehalls were being kept open early Sunday morning, asked for the opinion. The Attorney-General says a state law provides for their closing at mid night Saturday night. DALLAS TO VOTE ON BONDS Cily Council Calls Special Election to Be Held June 10. DALLAS. April 17 A special elec tion has been called by the City Coun cil for June 10 to give the voters of the city an opportunity to pass upon two proposed charter amendments. One amendment Is to authorize an issue of 7500 in bonds to buy tho nec essary site and install an outlet for the sewer system of the city: the other to authorize a S500U bond issue to buy a site for the permanent location of the County Fair. The Commercial Club Is backing both measures. C. W. FAIRBANKS INJURED SeaUers Stand Collapses at Arbor Day Exercises in Indiana. FRANKFORT. Ind., April 17. Churles W. Fairbanks, of Indianapolis. ex-Viee-Presidcnt, was slightly Injured today when the speakers" stand on the Court house lawn collapsed at the Labor dtiy exercises here. Mr. Fairbanks whs reviewing a parade of school children. lie suffered an injury to his right leg and num erous bruises about the body.