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PORTLAND. OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 24, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LIV. ZVO. 16,718. V v IS IN BUTTE WARFARE One Dead, 3 Wounded by Fire of Deputies. EXPLOSIONS SHATTER HALL Miners, From Housetops, Fire V Shots Into Meeting Piace. UNION OFFICIALS FLEE Part of Building Remains at Mid' night, but Crowd Is Still Dyna miting GoTernor' Considers , Calling Out Troops. BUTTE, Mont, June 34. The front ot ths Western Federation of Miners' On ion hall here was blown out last night with dynamite by a mob of Insurgent miners and their sympathizers In a pitched battle between 80 Deputy Sher lffs in the hall, armed with sawed-off shoteruns. . and Insurgent miners sta tioned on the tops of adjoining build Ings. More than a score of oharges of dynamite were exploded, One bystander was instantly killed and three were Injured, one fatally, when the deputies began firing over the heads of the mob, fearing -that the crowd that surged up to the hall would try to rush a meeting of the union millers, called for tonight by Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, who expected to announce his plan for settling the strife between - the warring factions of miners. Moyer and Riley Escape. President Moyer and Bert Riley, bead 'of the federation local here, who were in the hall and who. had asked Sheriff Driscoll ' for the presence of deputies In anticipation of possible trouble, eluded the mob when the firing began by leaving through a. rear en trance, where an automobile was said to have been waiting. Ernest-j: Noy," a "Great Northern freight clerk, was killed in the depu ties' first Volley; an aged federation miner, J. H. Brune, was shot through the head and cannot live; Christian Kramer, of Los Angeles, was slightly hurt when a bullet grazed his body, and T. Noland, a spectator, was wounded in the leg. SIob Shouts for Dyanmlte. Surprised by the unexpected, firing by . the deputies, the crowd fell back, but when it was learned that several bad been shot the insurgents began arming and there were shouts from the mob to get dynamite. A party of armed miners seized a box of dynamite at the Stewart mine, but were pre vented from placing the explosive ef fectively by the fire of the deputies. In the lull that followed the first vol ley Sheriff Driscoll appeared at the entrance of the hall and shouted that lie wanted BOO deputies, but he re ceived no response. - The deputies continued to hold the hall until the miners succeeded in gain ing the roofs of nearby buildings, when a hot fire was directed into the hall. With darkness falling the depu ties withdrew from the building when it became apparent that the ap proaches no longer could be protected from attempts at dynamiting. Deputies Guard Powder Magaslne. With the crowd in possession of the structure, a march was made to the Stewart mine nearby and the engineer held up and compelled to lower sev-J ...i n h. rim... . ih. sine. Half a dozen men carried a 50 pound box of dynamite each to the hall and blasts were exploded repeatedly against the walls of the building. More than a dozen blasts were Tequired be fore material impression had been made on the building, but the 13th charge brought down the entire front of the two-story structure info a Jumbled mass of brick. The side and rear walls were left standing at midnight, but appeared wabbly and the crowd still was continuing the dynamiting. The explosions rocked the neighborhood, shattering windows in every direction. The shattered glass Is inches deep for a radius of. a block and a half of the hall. " Before a blast was set off at the hall, a small blast was fired in the middle of the street to warn the thous ands that packed the streets and the crowd nearest to the hall responded by making a wild dash down the street. At midnight. Governor Stewart, who had been in telephone communication with Butte, said that he had under consideration the question of ordering state troops to Butte. He said that no ifference how great the need for troops, he could not get them here tonight. At 12:35 o'clock this morning (Wednesday) 23 blasts had been ex ploded against the hall. . The miners apparently ran but of dynamite and a party left for further BUDDlles. Pistol shots were used as a signal .that blasts were about to be1 fired when the dynamite supply sot low. wj The streets in the vicinity of the Miners' Union hall still were rowded j at an early hour this morning. " j An appeal by Michael McDonald. DYNAMITE USED president of the Insurgents' uniort, i Thorne as vice-president and director urging the miners to disperse was ftaX- j of purchases of the Union Pacific Rail tily printed and read by thousands, but way. Mr. Thorne will remain on the with. -lit tie apparent effect. , .. : . ' 1 board of directors. STRIKING POSTMEN STOP PARIS MAIL 600 ANGERED BT KEFCSAIi OF INCREASES BY SENATE. Central Postoffice Is Held by Force From . 5 o'CIock to Midnight. Police Beaten, Auto Wrecked. PARIS, June 24. For seven hours last night 600 angry postmen were in possession of the Central Postoffice and prevented the . movement of all incoming and outgoing mail. The trou ble arose over the refusal of the Sen ate yesterday to include in the postal budget certain increased allowances. In favor of which there has been a strong agitation for some time past. The news of the vote in the Senate was received by. the men with groans and . hisses. They then sallied forth Into the. yard and tried to prevent the mail automobiles from going out. The authorities had established guards with a view to possible disorders, but they were unable to prevent the postmen from overturning a machine and block ing the gateway. The - disaffected postmen rapidly grew in numbers and violence and. the police were beaten and driven out of the building. The Minister of Commerce, Gaston Thompson, sought- to induce the men to withdraw. The minister's words had little effect. Finally, ai midnight, the men left,, having accomplished their purpose of completely paralyzing the mail service of the city from 6 o'clock. SHIP HITS ROCKS; ALL SAFE Wireless Messages Bring Aid When Craft Strikes Off Scilly Isles. SCILLY. England, June 28. The Bel gian steamer Gothland, from Montreal for Rotterdam, laden with grain, struck the rocks near Bishop Lighthouse, off Scilly Islands, In a dense fog today. Wireless messages for assistance speedily brought the steamer Lyon- nesse irom penzanio, two iiierjoata from St. Marys and the steamers Ascanius and Montezuma from Lizard Head. The Gothland was badly damaged and all attempts to launch boats proved hazardous, owing to the heavy sea that swept over the reef. Eventually, all the passengers, numbering 130 emi grants and 86 of the crew, were safely transferred to the Lyonnesse and land. ed at pHughtown, St. Marys Island. HELP SENT SHIPWRECKED Schooner -Captain's Wife, Children and 5 of Crew Short of Food. ON BOARD U. a S. CALIFORNIA. Mazatlan, June 23. (By Wireless to San Diego.) The cruiser Cleveland at Acapulco sent word to Rear-Admiral Howard, in command of the Pacific fleet, that a boat, arrived there today containing the second mate and two men from the wrecked American schooner Nokomls, bound for San Fran Cisco, which went ashore on Clipperton Island February 28. The captain, his wife, three children and five of the crew are on the island. short of provisions. Admiral Howard ordered" the Cleve land to carry aid to the shipwrecked crew, and she departed today. LABORER HEIR TO $500,000 Grandview Ranch Employ Notified of Fortune In England. GRANDVIEW, Wash., June 23. (Spe cial.) William McKenzie came to the Grandview district about three weeks ago in search of work, which he found on the William Sayre ranch east of town. A few days ago he went to North Yakima to pay his lodge dues and was given a letter telling him that he had fallen heir ito $ 500.000 in Wales, Eng- tlcket to England and expense moner were Inclosed. He left last night for England to claim his fortune. MONEY ORDER RULE ISSUED Anv Postoffice After July 1 Will Cash Postal Checks in Time Limit. WASHINGTON, June 23. Instruc tions regarding the operations of the new postal money order system, which goes Into effect July. 1, were sent to day to postmasters throughout the country. Under the new plan a money order, although drawn on. a specified office, may be cashed at any money order postoffice within- 30 days of its issue, after which it may be paid only at the office on which it was drawn or repaid at the office of issue. - CHICKEN GIVESUP NUGGET Lucky Buyer Pays $1.25 for Two and One Has $3 Crop. - BAKER, Or., June S3. (Special.) A nugget worth $3 was taken from the crop of a chicken sent to Baker from the Burnt River country Sunday. W. F. Weeks, who paid 11.23 for two chickens, was the lucky purchaser, who got not only his dinner for nothing, but a bonus in addition. The chicken had been sent in by L. Anderson. Harriman's Son to Direct Purchases. ""NEW YORK. June 23. Announce- meet was made today that on July 1 w." Averill Harriman, son of the late E H. Harriman, would succeed W. V. S. E AGREES TO SELL BATTLESHIPS One Dreadnought to Be Built With Price. GREEKS PREPARE FOR WAR Protest Made by Turkey Will Not Be Heeded. . RESULT PLEASES DANIELS Three War Vessels Made Possible In. stead of Two Four Karnes to Be Chosen for Unchristened Ones Fourth of July. WASHINGTON, June 23. The bill embodying the Administration proposal to sell the battleships Idaho and Mis sissippi to Greece, already approved by the Senate, ' was passed by the House today by a vote of 174 to 87. One dread nought will be built with the proceeds. The action of the House allows the House managers In conference to agree to the Senate amendment, with altera tions providing specific appropriations for the new dreadnought, which will cost 87,800,000 exclusive of armament. The proposal provides immediate funds of 82,635,000 to begin work on the ves sel as soon as the sale Is completed. - Result Pleases Daniels. Secretary Daniels Issued this state ment tonight: "This is a splendid thing for the Navy and I am naturally much grati fied that the House concurred with the Senate in accepting the department's recommendation and thus taking ad vantage of this unusual opportunity. In the stead of these two vessels the Navy will obtain a super-dreadnought of the most advanced type, such as the Penn sylvania, and not unequal to four ves sels of the type of the Mississippi or Iraho. "This ship will carry a main battery of 12 14-Inch tuns, as against the eight 12Vi-lnch guns carried by the Mississippi and the Idaho combined. She will have a speed of 20.6 knots, as compared with the maximum of 17.17 knots attained by the Mississippi and Idaho. - Economy In Mea Possible. ' "Through the concentration of her big guns in four turrets and use of oil tor fuel she will require a crew of about 800 men, whereas each of the old ships required a crew of .700 men. "Battleship No. 39 has not yet been named and this year's naval appropria tion bill authorizes the construction of two new ships, which, with this new ship will total four unchristened young leviathans. Therefore, on this coming 'Concluded on Pag-e 2.) HOUS e..eeeeeeeesaeeeeeeeeseeseeeesoeseseeeeaseeoeeeeeeseee.eeseoeeo eseeee INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 67 decrees: minimum, otf decrees. TODAY'b Shower; variable winds. Mexico. v Reoort that Villa will treat Is renewed. Page A : I" oreiga. Truth" Is slogan of world's convention ef admen Pass 3. Six hundred striking; Paris postmen stop mails and capture postoffice. Paso - - National. Nicaraguan Minister says Germans sought to outbid United States for canal right. Page li. House agrees ' to sale of battleships to Greece. Page 1. House subcommittee criticises Judge Speer as tyrant, but reports against impeacn " ment. Page 2. President finishes his decisions In dyna- mite conspiracy pardon cases. Page 13. - Domestic. Statue of pioneer mother arouses women's protest, rage i.- -South Dakota tornado kills 9. injures scores. Page 1. Dynamite used in Butte miners' fight; by standers shot by deputies. Page 1. ' & ports. Coast League results: Portland S, Los Ange les 1; Venice 7, Ban Francisco ; Sacra - men to 3. Oakland L Page 8. Northwestern League results: Portland 5. Seattle 0; Tacoma 6, Vancouver tti Vlo - toria 8, Spokane 0. Page 6. McGraw still wants Zimmerman, says Matty. Page 7. , ,. Woman Coast tennis champion meets first defeat in , years. Page 7. Far Western championships probably will be held July ZD-XL Page 6. Pacific Korthwest, 1 Doctors at Bossen trial say chloride of mer cury caused deatn ol woman, i-ago w. Sheriff Rand follows Edward Fisher's trail Into wilderness. . Page 8. Work on. Willamette Paclflo railroad de scribed by Addison Bennett.' page s. Klickitat Range again is quiet. Fags B. Retail Merchants' Association takes first step against mail order houses, page a. F. M. Woodcock, of Portland, Is shot from ambush while iisuing on uaies treo. Page 3. Commercial and Marine. Bulk of unsold hops on Pacific Coast with drawn from market. ' Page IS. Official estimate of huge Kansas crop breaks Chicago wheat market. Page ly. Stocks adversely affected by Spokane rate case decision. Page ID. Square-rigger Alcides - makes fast trip. Page is. Portland and Vicinity. - Man is killed on automobile -with girl. Pare 1. Weather report, forecast and data. Page 1. Recall promoters pursue some mysterious new tack. Page la. Big water main at East 80th and Stark breaks, rage 41. . Weed-catting is begun by dty.x Page 18. Engineer completes report on- new paying specifications ana wcrs win e auwaw. Page 11. Four city schools hold graduating exer cises, page 4. Christian Brothers College graduates 14 from business, department. page x. Dr. T. L Perkins is candidate fur presi dent of senate, page 1. Boys' and Girls' Aid Society celebrates three anniversaries. Page &. . , Mayor will ask Council to probe Richards' Grill raid, says nis secretary, page n. Telephone merger may be result of Govern ment's suit, page a. INSURGENTS TAKE DURAZZ0 Paris Receives Report Tbat Albanian Rebel9 Are SuocesefuL . PARIS, June 23. According to a re port received here tonight, the Albanian insurgents captured Durazzo by storm today. , , LONDON, June 23. No confirmation was obtainable here of the report In circulation in Paris tbat Durazzo has been captured by the Albanian rebels, but, according to dispatches from Vi enna, 'the rebels have taken El Bassan, 64 miles southeast of Scutari, and are threatening the towns of Avlona, Be rat and Fieri. TORNADO III DAKOTA KILLS 9; IVIAHY HURT 40 Blocks in Ruins in Watertown, S. 0. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS HIGH Twister Takes Everything in Path; -300 Buildings Fall. BARN SHIFTS TO NEIGHBOR Rock Island Passenger Train Runs Into Storm and Windows of All Coaches Crash; Wires Are Torn Down; Confusion Reigns. WATERTOWN, 8. D., June S3. A tor nado struck here tonight and tore a path through the. city two blocks wide and 20 blocks long. Nine fatalities are reported, and scores of people are believed to be In' Jured. - The property damage Is est! mated at $100,000 or more. The storm approached from the south west, striking the southern edge of the city and wrecking buildings In a strip about two blocKS wide and 20 blocks long. Telephone service and the elec tric wires went out with tne storm and great confUBion reigned. 1 The storm lifted the big two-story barn on the John B. Hanten property and left it turned upside down on the roof of his neighbor's barn. An incoming Rock Island passenger train was caught In the storm and all of the windows blown out of the coaches. Only one person, who left the train and took refuge in a ditch by the side of the track, was Injured. SIOUX FALLS, S. D.. June 23. Com munication " by telephone was estab llshed late tonight to a point . near Watertown. when It was learned, that at least nine persons were killed, 40 injured, some fatally, and 300 buildings destroyed in a tornado which swept through tbat olty. . The same report stated that the tor nado did. much other damage In the vicinity, with probable loss of Ufa ' Watertown, S. D., has a population estimated at close to 8000. It is the county seat of Codington County, in the northeastern part of the state, and Is the center of one of the most pros oerous farming- communities. The town Itself is inhabited by many well-to-do people, who have made their for tunes on farms. In the vicinity of Watertown and now removed to the city to pass their declining years. The town is one of the most progres slve in that part of the state. It is a (Concluded on Page 4.) GARB OF STATUE STIRS PROTEST FIOXEER MOTHER DECLARED TO BE CLAD AS COMANCHE. Exhibition of Model, Intended, It Is Said, to DlTcrt Attention, Has Opposite Effect. SAN FRANCISCO, June !. 3ps- cial.) The propriety of arraying the statue to represent the pioneer mother at the Panama-Paclfio Exposition In the garb of a Comanche Indian rather than that of a California woman ef '49 has caused strained relations be tween the Women's Pioneer Association of this city and Joba E. D. Trask, chief of tlie department of fine arts of the exposition. According to members of the Women's Pioneer Association, It was their gen eral wish that the statue should be the product of a California artist, and the act of the department In giving the work to an Eastern artist was regarded as disloyal and unnecessary. The exhibition of the model, which was assumed by the Women's Pioneer Association to have been for the ulterior purpose of diverting attention from both the Eastern artist and Mr. Trask. had tne effect only of further Increasing the strain, for, according to Mrs. North-Whitcomb, a prominent member of the California Association of Pioneer Women, the model repre sented a figure draped In a skin, much the vogue with the Comanche Indian squaw, when the occasion required full dress. Those interested In the status pro. tested against the style of drapery se lected by the Eastern artist, declaring to the chief of the department ot fine arts that the whole costume was In error. HAITI MUST PAY ITS DEBTS France and Germany Warn Island Republic Is Washington Report. WASHINGTON, June 23. News reached Washington from unofficial sources that France and Germany have warned Haiti that her custom-houses will be seised unless arrangements are made to meet the outstanding lialtlen financial obligations. Reports of the serious situation In the island republic, torn within by revolution and besieged by creditors from without, was the subject of a long discussion at today's Cabinet meeting. What the attitude of the United' States might be was not Indicated. BAREFOOT HIKECOMPLETED i . Of Six Who Started, Two Make Phlla- delphla-St. Louis Journey. ST. LOUIS, June 23. Dr. Edwin O. Gilpin and Dr. Arthur Daly, recent graduates of ths University of Penn sylvania, completed a barefoot walk from Philadelphia to St. Louis today. They went to the City Hall and asked Mayor Kiel to slve them a certificate saying that they arrived barefooted. The men said a club at the university offered $1000 to any two men who would walk barefooted from Philadelphia to St Louis. Six started. One dropped out at Pittsburg, ons at Indianapolis, one at Chicago and a fourth at Btreator, I1L They left Philadelphia May It. WATER PROJECT CARRIES Ashland Votes, 8 1 4 to 2 5 1 , to Amend Charter as Required. ASHLAND, Or., June 23. (Special.) By a vote of 814 to 261 Ashland today voted to amend its charter providing for a commission to carry out the Springs water project. The result im plies that Bert R. Greer, J. .P. Dodge and R, A. Mlnkler will be selected as the commission. Bids for the $175,000 bond Issue will be opened July 21. COLONEL -ARRIVES TODAY Abatement of Fever Permits Prepa- ' ration of Pittsburg Speech. NEW TORIC. June 23. The steam ship Imperator, with Theodore Roose velt on board. Is expected to arrive in the lower' harbor late tomorrow. A wireless message received from. the liner today by the agents of the com pany said that Colonel Roosevelt had virtually recovered from his attack of fever and that he was preparing a speech to be delivered In Pittsburg on June 30. GRACE LILLYCHERRY QUEEN EIIV Lodge Candidate Wins Over State Officials' at Salem. SALEM, Or., June 23. (Special.) Miss Grace Lilly, candidate of the Elks' Lodge, was elected queen of the Cherry Fair today. She received more than 10,000 votes. Miss Eunane Craig, who had the sup port of the state officials, was second, with more than (000 votes. Miss Prls cllla Fleming, the business men's can didate, was third, with 1300 votes RAIN THREATENS CHERRIES Lane County Crop Will Be Bumper One If It Cain Be Harvested. EUGENE, Or.. j"uiTe 23. (SpeeiaL) Rain falling here tonight is menacing Lane County's $34,000 cherry crop now being harvested and which will prove I a bumper crop If the weather clears. So far no damage has been done. Fifteen tons of cherries dal?y are coming Into the Eugene cannery, an amount, in ej.s fit Hi)cij;le4. MAN KILLED WHEII AUTO 15 WRECKED Weldon Darling Dead; Girl Thrown Out RELATIVE'S CAR IS SMASHED Companion in Fatal Accident Narrowly Escapes. END COMES IN AMBULANCE Speeding Auto Skids on Columbia Boulevard and Rolls lulo Dlt h, Crushing Driver Young Worn an Practically Unhurt, Weldon Darling, well known about town, was killed yesterday when as automobile In which be and a young woman had been on a ride te Falrvlew overturned on Columbia boulevard near East Twenty-second street, sorts ef Irvingtoa Psrk. The girl waa Miss E. Rudeea. daugh ter of Charles Rudeea, ewaer of the State Meat Market, who lives at 478 ICast Seventh street Che was only slightly bruised. She taken to ber home. Mrs. Darling l'm tmr Tine. Friends of Darling were unable ta And Mrs. Darling Immediately, and his body waa taken to tbe undertaking se ta bl lihmenl of Dunning sV MtKnlw. Mrs. Darling was found about T e'clntk and came to ths undertaking rooms, where she remained for several hour. Darling was a salesman for the Uiake-MiFall Company. Until recently he and his wife lived at I"$ Multno mah street. lie formerly had an In. terest In a cigar store In the Vfells. Fargo building. According lo the police Miss Rudetn said she met Darling through a friend from Seattle. A aether Car Is Met. The tww drove out the Bandy roe4 and were returning by way of Colum bia boulevard. As they n eared l.aet Twenty-second street another machine approached. gnlng east on the boule vard. Darling turned his machine in the ditch to pasa and then tried to turn back Into the road. Ills machine was traveling at hlkh speed and the mad was slippery from a slight rain. When Darling applied the brakes the nf skidded until It Was facing east, the direction whence It had come. Witnesses say that the wrench of lis stopping was so great that the rsr turned directly over, rolling; down lnta the gulch, and cumlng to rest upright, with its rear end thrust through a farmyard gate. Man t rashed Ulrl Eerapee. Miss Rudeen waa thrown out when the brakea wars set. Darling waa crushed under the steering whel when the machine rolled over. His chest and lungs were Injured. Residents of the farms close by end passing automobillsts carried Darling to the side of the road, where be waa supported on pillows brought from a nearby farmhouse. He was conscious when Motorcycle ratrolman Gouldstona, who hurried tu the scene from police headquarters, ar rived. Marks across his body shorn ed the Imprint of the steering gear, lie was in great pain and could not talk. Aid Ua.tllr Bessasaaed. Qouldstoni summoned sn ambulance, which made a fast run to Good gamarl. tan Hospital. When It arrived Darling was dead. The body was taken to ths under taking establishment. Miss Rudeea gsve ths following ver sion of the accident to I'alrolmaa Goulds tone: "We went out for a little ride te Falrwlew. It had begun to rain end we were hurrying along, but not niak ing any excessive speed, to ths best of my belief. I don't know how I came to be thrown out. I waa sitting en the seat when the shock came and I landed In the road." Marhlne le Relative's. . Tbe machine, which waa a large seven passenger car, belongs to Ituss 11. Wood, of i East Eleventh street. North, brother-in-law to Darling. It was practically dismantled, tbe ti p be ing wrecked, the steering gear twisted and the fenders bent. Its engine con tinued to work end It waa taken bsi k to town under Its own power. Patrolman Uouldstone reported that the machine must have been traveling at a rate of 31 to 40 miles an hour to act aa It did when suddenly stopped. SHIP STOPS FOR SURGEON Operation for Appendicitis U formed in Hldoceaa. re. SAN TRANCISCO. June 51 (T pe dal.) For tie hours ef lis voyage from Sydney to this port the Canadian Australian liner Makura was bote lo, while Dr. T. K. McAlplne. the ship surgeon, performed an operation for appendlrltla en Richard Keller, en em ploye In the steward's department. After a consultation It was derides the vessel should stop In erdar le pre vent vibration while the patient was under the knife. Keller nulckly reilled and by the time Honolulu was reached w 60hj;t,re4 Sui X abge, .