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VOL. LIV. XO. 16,G75 PORTLAND, OREGON, ' WEDNESDAY, MAY G,, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ARMY IS PREPARED FOR HOSTILITIES Funston to Command . Advance, if Made. VERA CRUZ POLICY STANDS Mediators Meanwhile Embrace l Whole Mexican Affair. CONGRESS ENTERS SCENE Rhodo Island Senator Demands In formation on Keport That Ad . ministration Seeks to Elevate i Villa to Presidency. WASHINGTON", May 5 Secretary Brjfti announced tonlgbt the three South American mediators In the MexL can trouble would meet at Niagara Kails, Canada, May IS, to receive rep resentatives of the parties tu the con troversy. Mr. Bryan saldi "The mediators have notified the dif ferent parties that Niagara Falls, Canada, has been selected as the place where the mediators will confer with representatives of the different parties Interested in the mediation and that May la has been fixed as the date when the conference will begin." "WASHINGTON. May 5 Develop ments in the Mexican situation today were divided between the diplomatic and the military sta'tus. The South American mediators con tiued their sessions and for the first time it became authoritatively known from them that they considered the whole range of Mexican affairs as properly embraced in their work. Their reply to Carranza had made this clear, and while they have eliminated him from the mediation for the time being, it still was left open to him to enter proceedings later. Preparation for War Is Made. At the War Department it became clear that the policy at Vera Cruz would be maintained, with .no advance of the American forces unless to repel attack. It waa known, however, that a definite course of action had been outlined In the event of a resumption of hostilities and the extension of the campaign to ward Mexico City. In that event Major-General Leonard Wood will be in supreme command, with General Funston directing the ad vance beyond Vera Cruz, and General Charles J. Bailey, of the Coast Artil lery, assuming command of the base at Vera Cruz. This arrangement, however, is wholly In the line of preparedness and signifies no present purpose of be ing put into operation.- Senator Asks for faformatlon. Congress, after, a period of Bilence on 'Mexico, again came into the situa tion. In the Senate Senator. Llppttt. of Rhode Island, introduced a resolution railing on President Wilson for Infor mation as to published reports that it was the Administration's purpose to aid General Villa to secure the Presi dency. During a brief, spirited dis cussion, Senator Dodge read from a Dondori paper a scathing denunciation of Villa- The Lippltt resolution went over until tomorrow under the Senate rules. President Wilson and his Cabinet met. but it was announced afterward that only routine had been considered The sessions of the mediators con tinued through the day, with the three Kuerta delegates now named and un derstood to be on the way; the United States delegates not yet designated, and Carranza definitely eliminated from mediation as long as ho persisted In his present attitude. Canada Meets With Objections. The destination of the Huerta dele gates was not clear. It became known that Huerta wished the negotiations to take place in neutral territory, sug gesting Canada as a suitable location. Tills had encountered opposition on the ground that Canada, being a British colony, might introduce into the ne gotiations a European element, and also because it was believed the Brit ish government waa not particularly desirous of having tlje controversy brought Avithin its domains. It was said that ten days might elapse before definite work on a settlement could begin with the arrival of the Mexican delegates. The text of the note from the medi ators to General Carranza. made public during the day. declared definitely for the first time that "all the difficulties which contributed toward the present situation in Mexico bear either directly or indirectly on the solution of the pending- conflict between Mexico and the United States." The mediators therefore announced . that all these difficulties "should be made the sub ject of consideration in the negotia tions." Armistice Is, "indispensable. . They also Informed Carranza that they considered a suspension of hostili ties as "indispensable" to his partici pation In the mediation. They said In their note to Carranza: "We have received your telegram. In which you are kind enough to tell us that you deem it inconvenient for con stitutionalist cause to suspend hostili ties against General Huerta, on the ground that such suspension would only accrue to the benefit of Huerta t Concluded on Page .Jl HUERTA WILL NOT RESIGN, HE AVERS DICTATOR HAS "XO THOUGHT" OF GIVING IP PLACE. Conduct of Government Toward Americans "Remaining in Capital Mentioned as Answer to Query. LONDON. May 6. (Special.) Presi dent Huerta told the Mexico City cor respondent of the Dally Mail yesterday that he was not going to give up his position of chief executive of Mexico. He said: "I have had no thought of resigning the office which the republic conferred upon me." General Huerta declared that his health was good. In reply to a ques tion as to his sentiments toward Americans he said: "The conduct of my government and of the Mexican people towards Ameri cans who are remaining here during the present conflict 1s the best answer to that question." EZRA MEEKER WINS SUIT Pioneer Gets Share ot Estate Held by Prominent Centrallan. CKNTRALIA. Wash, May 5. (Spe cial.) Judge Rice, in the Lewis Coun ty Superior Court, has returned judg ment in favor of Ezra Meeker, the pioneer, and trail blazer, in his suit brought against R. W. Waddle, a prom inent resident of Centralia, to recover land in this city. Mr. Meeker asserted the property belonged to his wife at the time of her death. Mrs. Waddle and Mrs. Meeker were sisters. When the former died, with out, leaving any will, Mr. Waddle took charge of the property. The court holds that with the exception of a $2,000 mortgage, held by her husband, it should have been divided among all of her heirs. When Mrs. Meeker died she willed her share to her husband. ITALIAN TREATY SIGNED Fifteenth of Bryan Compacts Is Per fected; in Washington. WlCmMn-PAM It... c " . Bryan and Marquis Cusanl Confalonieri, t-Aatv i : .i . . , . ....j yiuiiuing dial question oe- tween the United States and Italy which cannot be settled by diplomacy ........ .ji.i.i. vv. iwi iiivcBiigauun to an international commission of five ;. aim yenuu ui investigation is fixed at one year, althoucrh it mnv ha shortened. The treaty follows the term f similar one negotiated by Secretary Bryan with The Netherlands. It is the 15th of the Bryan peace treaties. ASTORIA STOPS REPEALED Senator Lane's "Bill Passed Allowing Vessels to "Pass TTp" City at Bar. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 5. Senator Lanetoday se cured the passage through the Senate of his bill which permits vessels en tering the Columbia River bound for Portland to proceed to their destina tion without stopping at Astoria, as now required by law, and also per mitting outbound vessels to proceed to sea without the Astoria stop. The bill repeals three obsolete sec tions in the navigation laws. NEW MAYOR INSTALLED Tacoma Officials Assume Duties Without Any Speeclunaking. TACOMA. Wash., May 5 A. V. Faw- cett, elected Mayor, after having been recalled three years ago, entered upon his duties this morning, together with James C. Drake and Charles D. Atkins, who werf respectively chosen as Com missioner of Light and Water and Com missioner of Finance. Tire Council chamber was packed by an enthusiastic crowd. Without cere mony or speechmaking the Council went directly to business, confirmed a few appointments, and adjourned in 12 minutes. 250 CAPTIVES CRUCIFIED Albunian Invaders Wreak Double Vengeance on Mohammedans. DURAZZO, Albania. May 5. Two hundred and fifty Mohamedaii Alba nians, captured by the Epirote. In vaders at Hormova, were crucified in the Orthodox Church at Kodra. ac cording to information received by the Albanian government. The Epirotes are said to have set fire to the church afterwards and al lowed the bodies to burn. BIG APPLE CROP EXPECTED Orchards in Ilusum District Will Have Record Yield, Say Growers. HUSUM, Wash.. May 6. (Special.) That a record crop of apples is now assured for this section of the White Salmon Valley is the verdict of orch ardists. J. R. McCraken states that his orchards will yield 12.000 boxes this year, an Increase of 50 per cent over last year. The Hilmar Orchards, of 40 acres, owned by H. M. Papst, of Portland, will produce the ftTst bearing; year about 2000 boxes of apples. KERMIT WEDS ON JUNE 11 Ambassador Willard Announces Inf inite Date for Daughter's Marriage. RICHMOND, Va. May 5. The mar riage of Miss Belle Willard to Kermit Roosevelt will take place in Madrid June 11. This definite announcement was contained in a cablegram from Am bassador Willard to friends here. - COLORADO PARTIES FOR LAW ANKER U J ot Appeal Made for Sup. port of Programme. LEGISLATURE BEGINS WORK Bonds for Payment of Militia Are Proposed. MORE CAVALRY ARRIVES Colonel Lockctt Reaches .Trinidad With Regiment and Iudlow' Is Occupied by Regulars State Police Is Advocated. DENVER. May 5. Three facts stood out prominently tonight in connection with "Colorado's industrial conflict: First The introduction of bills In the Legislature which, if passed, will pay the expenses or the military campaign of the state militia and give the Gov ernor additional authority in time of internal strife. Second The appeal of the Republi can and Progressive state eentral com mittees to the people of Colorado to unife in support of a programme for the restoration of law and order. Third The arrival in Trinidad of Colonel James Lockett and the Eleventh United States Cavalry and the occupa tion of Ludlow district by United States troops. LralHlation Set In Motion. At brief sessions of the Senate and House today bills to carry out the law and order programme of Governor Ammons were placed in the hopper and legislative machinery set In motion to expedite the final action. . Identical measures introduced in the House and Senate provide a constitutional amend ment giving the Legislature authority to enact a eomuulsorv nrhttraifnn and laws giving the Governor authority to close saloons and regulate the sale or purchase of firearms in times .of In ternal oisoroers. In addition a bill to .ot-j state police force was offered In the Senate and a measure for a bond issue to pay the mi-litia and the expense of the military campaign was introduced in the House. Each bill was referred to committees and adjournment wsm taken, until tomorrow. 1 and Order Sentiment Gratifying. Administration leaders xnn satisfaction at the law and order ap peal of the Republican and Progres sive state central committees for "all affiliations to unite" In a campaign to. secure legislation for the "peaceful .and orderly settlement of all industrial dis putes." This was taken as a further iConcluded on Page 2.) ; ft INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERDAT Maximum tern perm tare. 75. degrees: minimum, 47.2 degrees; fm4r. TODAY Fair, northerly winds. Mexico. Army prepares for eventualities at Vera Cruz. Page 1.. Villa removes governor and secretary of staff of Chihuahua, friends of Carranxa. Page 3. Villa, refusing to Join federals, charges foreign war was plotted. Page 2. Huerta says he has no intention of resign ing. Page 1. foreign. British doctors Indorse spiritual healing, with' reservation. Page li. National. La Follette charges conspiracy In advocacy of rate Increase. Page Woman suffrage and Nation-wide prohibition pass committee overwhelmingly and go to House unrecommended. Page 4. Advocates of "little". Navy beaten In House. Page 1. Domestic Big freighter burns at sea; 13 rescued by Cunard liner. Page X. Political parties in Colorado unite In ap peal for -law and order. Page 1. . August Belmont's son must pay S10O monthly alimony. Page 3. Commercial and Marine. Oregon mohair equal to beat foreign grade. Page 19. Early gains In Chicago wheat market not maintained. Page 19. Stock speculation slow and price changes narrow. Page 19. Dodge Steamship Company takes charge of Portland-Alaska line. Page 14. Pacific NoriBwest. Campaign In behalf of proposed Marlon County road bond issue on in earnest. Page 8. Nugent wing of Idaho Democratic party wins control. Pag 8. Sports. Coast League results: Venice 3, Oakland 1; Sacramento 4. San Francisco 1; Portland Los Angeles game postponed, non-arrival . of Portland. Page 6. Venice must awaken or Coast Lea gue will cause It to be swallowed up. Page ft. Northwestern League results: Vancouver 7, Portland 4; Tacoma 4, Spokane 8; Seat tle 6f Victoria 1. Page 6. Showing of New York Yankees big league fans' surprise. Page 6. Matty shows how much &ood or false starts mean to baseball players. Page 7. Johnson Injunction case hangs fire till May 14. Page 7. Though team Is badly crippled, O. A. C. has faith in few. Page 7. Vancouver High School beats Lincoln, of Portland. In track meet. Page 7. Portland and Vicinity. . Thirty-two thousand acres public land made available in Coos and Curry. Page 18. Alder-street property -owners favor general taxation for street repairs. Page 11. Festival Queen's tour itinerary Is announced. Page 13. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 19. Governor uses militia to close' Friars Club in Milwaukee. Page 4. Warning against indorsing other candidates sounded at Prohibition convention. Page 18. . C N. McArthur looms as winning opponent of Representative Lafferty. Page 14. GIRL DIES ON MAN'S GRAVE Ruth Strong, -T Or.ivllle, Ends XJfe Where Betrothed Was Buried. DAVENPORT. Wash., May 4. Miss Ruth Strong, 17-year-old daughter -of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Strong, of Oravllle. committed suicide Thursday, on the grave of her betrothed, Elmer Gas- Bert, who died & year ago and who was burled near Chesaw, north of here. Since the death of lier sweetheart. Miss Strong bad made frequent visits to the grave. Last week she went to Chesaw, hired a livery rig and drove as usual to the cemetery. "When she did not return by dusk, apprehension was fe!t by an acquaintance in Che saw, and a trip to the cemetery was made. She had taken poison. No note was lert. POOR OLD MULE. ROOSEVELT TELLS OF TRIP INTO WILDS Sixty Days Spent by Party in Canoes. NARROW ESCAPES ARE MANY OneMan Goes Mad, Kills Com rade, Flees Into Jungle. KERMIT NEAR DROWNING River Thousand Miles Ions,- Not on Published Maps, Explored Col onel Has Severe Fever, but Is Practically Recovered. PARA, Brazil. May 5. Colonel Theo dore Roosevelt In an interview with the Associated Press on board the steamer Dunstan, on which he had Just arrived from Manos, gave many Inter esting details of his exploring trip through the wilds of Brazil. He said: "The expedition has proved a sig nal success. It waa undertaken orig inally for the American Museum of Natural History. "During our trip George K. Cherry and 7-eo Miller, the naturalists, col lected more than 2100 birds and mam mals and a few reptiles, batrachians and fish, chiefly from , regions not hitherto traversed by any collector, and many presenting specimens hith erto unknown to science. (Thousand Mile River Found. "The most Important part of our trip was geographical. In the explora tion of an unknown river we have put on the map a river nearly 1000 miles long, the existence of which is not hinted at on published maps. The upper part of Its course was unknown to anybody except the wild Indians along its banks, while the lower part waa known to a few rubber men only. The river takes its rise In the high uplands of the western part of the state of Matto Grosso, Just north of the lth parallel of south latitude and between longitude SO and 60 west of Greenwich. "We embarked in latitudo 12 de grees one minute south and longi tude SO degrees 15 minutes west. Sixty Dora Spent In Canoes. "The river ran with many doublings and twistings almost due north Into the River Madeira, where its entrance was at about 5 degrees 30 minutes south latitude. "We were 60 days In canoes. In lati tude 7 degrees south we passed the last rapids and reached the steamer, when we were but 36 hours from Ma naos. "In latitude 10 degrees 58 minutes south we struck the mouth of a big (Concluded on Paso 3.) 'LITTLE NAVY' PLAN IS LOST IN HOUSE UDERWOOD AN 1) MANX SIDE WITH "OXE SHIP" MEX. Motion to Eliminate Battleships Alto gether Is Swamped Private Yards right for Work. WASHINGTON. May S '"Little Navy men in the House lost their fight to day against the two-battleship con struction programme In the annual Navy appropriation bill. An amend ment by Representative Buchanan, of Illinois, to provide for one ship was de feated. 148 to 91, while a motion by Representative Witherspoon. of Missis sippi, to eliminate all provision for battleships was swamped. 153 to 41. Democratic Leader Underwood and Republican Leader Mann, with several other prominent figures In the House, voted with the one-ship advocates. When the House adjourned the re mainder of the building programme was pending, with a motion by Repre sentative Maher, of New York, that at least one of the new battleships be constructed in a navy-yard and one by Representative Moore, of Pennsylvania that both contracts go to Government plants. Representatives of districts In which private yards are situated are making a vigorous fight against these proposi tions. Representative Jones, of Vir ginia, said the battleship New Tork, built at the Brooklyn navy-yard, cost $1,000,000 more than her sister ship, the Texas, the product of a private builder. Chairman Padgett, of the naval com mittee, said that on account of conges tion of work it meant a delay -of at least a year to build the ship in Gov ernment yards. Consideration of the bill will be resumed Thursday. WOMAN DIES IN ICY RIVER Train Passertgers Electrified as Sui cide Leaps Prom Bridge. CLE ELUM, Wash., May 5. (Special.) Passengers and train crew on North ern Pacific 'passenger train No. 4. at noon today, were electrified at the spec tacle of & woman, known as Annetta Browning, throwing herself to her death from a wagon bridge that crosses the Yakima River, a short distance from where the train was passing. She disappeared for a. moment be neath the water's surface, but waa seen to rise and make a desperate struggle with the current In an effr-rt to reach shore. Tne current and icj cold water soon overcame her. however, although she remained afloat until she had passed the city. -6he had divested her self practically of all her clothing be fore making the fatal leap. The woman's clothes were later found on the wagon bridge, a note attached to them, on which was inscribed: "Life is not worth living." The woman is believed to be Mrs. Doyle, of Calgary, although little is known of her here. MORRIS', PAROLE MOCKS Governor West Shifts Responsibility to Multnomah Officers. SALEM, Or., May 5. (Special.) Governor West today attempted to shift the responsibility for the paroling of Jesse L. Morris, after he served nine months in Kelly Butte, on a charge of Morris, it is alleged, after obtain ing his freedom, became Intoxicated, visited his home in Portland and threatened to beat his wife and take their children from her. He was re turned to prison to serve the remainder Of 1 i H EiirtDnf. The Governor says the man was given . , uu" on me request of , Buu nmt iiBirici At torney Evans, in a letter,, said that he " " wujwiiuu iu me paroon being granted. WOMAN LONE POPULIST In Prohibitionist and Independent Registrations Women. Beat Men. ' ASHLAND, Or., May 5. (Special.) Jackson County figures, at the close of registration. May 2. are as follows: Republican. 4112; Democrat, 2139; Pro hibition. 476; Independent, 431; Social ist, 296; Progressive. 276; Unclassified. 57; Populist 1. Total, 7808. of which 4898 are men and 2909 women. Only in the Prohibition and Inde pendent registrations do the women outnumber the men. The lono Populist registration was by a woman. WILLIAM MORTON 91 TODAY Veteran Portland Business Man to Receive Friends 4 to 10 P. M. William Morton will be at home to his friends at 193 Fourteenth street. from 4 to 10 P. M. today, his ninety- nrst birthday. Mr. Morton is one of the few men re maining in Portland who were in busi ness here 50 years ago. He arrived in Portland March 10. 1863, taking the position of bookkeeper ana manager for the commission firm of Richards & McCraken. PIER BORING NEARS END Bed Rock on Vancouver Side of Bridge Site Found at 35 Feet. VANCOUVER, Wash... May 6. (Spe cial.) Little concerning the beginning or wow on tne Columbia. River inter state bridge has been heard in this county for several weeks, and crac tically no agitation has been started to have a rehearing. The boring for piers to determine the strata in the bottom of the river has been about completed and the boring crew has moved its scow to the sloughs. The bed rock underlying the river was found on this side at dis' tances of about 35 feet or less. It was nearly loo xcet on Uja Oregon, side, FREIGHTER BURNS AT SEA; 13 RESCUED Survivors Exposed 40 Hours in Open Boat. . OTHERS ARE BEING SOUGHT Cunarder Cruises in Search of Missing Ones. WIRELESS IS CRIPPLED Steamship Bound From Antner Takes Fire Ofr Newfoundland and Explosion Prevents Sending Call for Help. . ON BOARD STEAMER FRANCONLV, -Via Sable Island. N. S.. May 5 Thir teen survivors of the steamer Colum bian, bound from Antwerp for New York, which caught fire at sea Sunday night, were picked up today by th Cunard liner Franconta, from Liverpool for Boston. In the boat with the survivors waa the body of the chief steward, Mat thews. Another boat, containing the chief and second officer and 17 men. waa still adrift. The Franconla cruised in search. . Survivors Suffer Intensely. Those aboard the Franconla are: James Drohan. wireless operator; An tone Elas, carpenter; Ivar Iverson, boatswain's mate: Unguse Prlnz. Jen Jensen, A. Abelnick. quartermaster; Gusts. v Schriborg, donkeyman; Thomai Connor, Juni Lei and Arthur Brantik, able seamen; Antony Cordones and Bennett Rother, firemen, and Frank Wedekind. messroom steward. The survivors suffered terribly dur ing 40 hours' exposure in an open boat. Their exhaustion was so great that it was Impossible to obtain a coherent story from them several hours after they were picked up. - The Columbian caught fire ounday night when about 300 miles south of -Cape Race. A series of explosions fol lowed immediately. Captain McDonald ordered tho wireless operator, James Drohan. to send out calls for assist ance, but one of the explosions put the wireless apparatus out of commission. Crew Abandons Vessel. With the vessel belching flames and torn by the explosions, it soon became evident that the crew could do nothing, and the order to abandon the ship was given. The men left the Columbian in two boats. Chief Steward Matthews waa in charge of the first. This boat put away and lay to for a time, but in the dense smoke which surrounded the burning vessel the other boat was not visible, and the stewards' boat finally drifted far from the scene. Of their sufferings during the 40 hours in which they were tossed about and of the death of Chief Steward Mat. thews during this time, the men could say little when they were brought on to the decks of the Franconla. Search for Second Boat Made. Food and sleep were the first con sideration and although sympathetic passengers were ready with offers of assistance. Captain Miller, of the Fran conla.' saw to it that the survivors first obtained the required rest. Having learned that another boat with 19 men, probably including Cap tain McDonald, still was missing. Cap tain' Miller ordered the Franconla turned about on a searching cruise. VESSEL IS FREIGHTER ONLY Columbian Believed 3ot To Have Carried Any Passengers. NEW TORK, May 5. The steamer Columbian, which the Cunard liner Franconla tonight reported burned at sea, sailed from London April 16 for Antwerp and thence on April 23 for New York. The Columbian was a cargo vessel and is believed not to have had any passengers on board. She was 442 feet long. 4S feet beam and 31 feet depth. She was built at Belfast in 1890 and was owned by K. Leland & Co., Ltd., of Liverpool. The Cunard line late today received a wireless message from the Franconla which read: "Rescued 13 survivors and Chief Steward Matthews, who Is dead, of tho steamer Columbian from Antwerp. Crew suffering from exhaustion, said to have been in boat 40 hours. . Colum bian caught fire Sunday night and al most Immediately a series of explo sions occurred. The wireless appar atus was destroyed. "One other boat containing the chief officer and second officer and 17 men ' is adrift. The Franconia is making diligent search for it." It developed tonight that the Colum bian was running under charter by the Phoenix line, with offlcee in Antwerp, having been borrowed by the Leyland line for this one voyage across. A. Mackay Pentz, local agent of the Phoenix line, tonight estimated the number of the Columbian's crew at be tween 45 and 50.- Of these the Fran conia reported having saved 13 alive and the body of another, while 19 were said to be in the boat still adrift, mak ing a total of 33. There were no passengers, Mr. Pentz said. The steamer had a miscellaneous (Concluded oa I'aga 3. ; r p I Lna 108.0 i