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nTT TTZ rrr ' v,, ivn m.Tr.nv rrT?Trv irrrvF . 17. 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LIV. .U. IO;t. .iwiunnm. - . ' . N CARBAJAL TO RESIGN OFFICE TO CARRANZA Direct Transfer of Gov ernment to Constitu tionalist Planned. WAR IS BELIEVED ENDED United States to Use Offices to Aid Transfer Without . Further Bloodshed. GENERAL AMNESTY ADVISED Rebels Counseled Against Ex ecutions in Revenge. RECOGNITION IS PROMISED Government Resulting From Agree ment Between Contending: Fac tions Obtain Standing- by Niagara Protocol. MONTEREY, Mri, July ral Carrsnss will not recognise the validity, of the debts of Huerta after he enter Mexico City and establishes a constitutional coveramemt," was the statement made here today T high eoastltntlonallst officials. It was la anawer to questions eon eernlas; a statement said to have beea published la the Tatted States that for eign aatlons had made a demand th roach Washington that Carraasa acres to reeojmlae the legality of the debts of Huerta aad grant amaesty to all political prisoners. WASHINGTON. July 18 Francisco Carbajal, successor to General Huerta as provisional President of Mexico, to day advised the United State Govern ment ' Informally that he Intended to retire In favor of Gensral Carranza, the constitutionalist chief. Mr. Carbajal wishes only that a general amnesty be proclaimed and protection given to the property of those who opposed the con stitutionalists. This statement of the attitude of Huerta's successor, together with the announcement from Saltlllo that Car ranxa was willing to enter Into nego tiations with Carbajal relative to the transfer of authority at Mexico City, was regarded here tonight as practi cally assuring a cessation of hostilities and the restoration of peace in Mexico. Views Conveyed to Bryan. The views of Mr. Carbajal were ex pressed in detail to Secretary Bryan today by Jose Castellot, ex-member of the Mexican Senate, who called at the State Department with a personal tele gram which he had received through the Mexican Embassy. It was the first communication between the American Government and the Carbajal adminis tration. The message incidentally revealed that Generals Huerta and Blanquet, now en route to Puerto Mexico, are planning to go to Europe. The communication, addressed to Mr. Castellot, a personal friend of the new President, was dated last night, aa fol lows: "I have just taken the oath of office as President of the republic Generals Huerta and Blanquet departed tonight fur Europe. I desire to make It known with emphasis that my only purpose is to facilitate a solution of the grave problems which weigh upon our coun try. I have not the slightest ambition for myself and merely wish to termin ate the Internal conflict of our coun try. Please give me your impressions of the situation in Washington. "FRANCISCO CARBAJAL." Cood Offices Are Kx tended. Secretary Bryau thanked Mr. Castel lot for the information he brought and told him that while recognition would not be accorded Carbajal, the United States was amicably disposed toward him and would applaud his patriotic efforts to bring about peace. Mr. Cas tellot left the State Department in a happy mood and promptly telegraphed the result of his conference to Mr. Carbajal. To assure a transfer of authority without further bloodshed or disturb ance, however, the American Govern ment began today to use its good of fices with General Carranza. John R. Silliman, formerly American Consul at Saltillo and now personal representative of President Wilson there, received a long message from the State Department Instructing him to urge on General Carranza the belief of the United States that further fight ing was useless on account of the read iness of the Carbajal - government to surrender Its power. Carranza was urged also to give ConciuJ.il on Fat 2.) WILSON ILL AFTER BIRTHDAY DINNER JXDIGBSTIOX COMPLICATED BY COLD IX STOMACH. Heat Has Annoyed President Greatly but He Will Not Leave Capital While Trust Bills Walt- WASHINGTON. Julv IS. President WilKon. suffering from an rttack of In digestion, whlcn followed Secretary Lane's BOth birthday anniversary din ner last night, was still confined to hi. room tonle-ht. It was said at tn White House that ha was better, but that all engagements for tomorrow nrobablv would be canceled, as It was thought best to keep him quiet lor an other day. Th. President's Illness was compll cated by a cold In his stomach. He has- been a-reatlv annoyed by the heat re- cantiv hut refuses to leave Washing ton as long as Congress is at work on the anti-trust bills. Mr. Wilson, who also has been ill. has nlanned several times to leave, but finally decided to stay until the presi dent can get away. BRUSH FIRE OBSTINATE Council Crest Slope Is Swept by Flames and Tank Emptied. A hrush fire, which started on the south slope of Council Crest at about 3:15 yesterday was still burning at a la.t hour last nla-ht. Fire depart ment officials pronounced the flames under control at about 11:30 f. jn. une nrlaln is not known. Th flumes burned an area of about thru acres. Enelnes Nos. 15 and 17 emntied the 60.000-gallon tank in coun cil Crest Park, despite the fact that the city pumps forced water into it at full capacity. A chlmnev fire on the roof of S. A. Crlsman's home at 239 Grand avenue did little damage. HOUSE FIRED SIXTH TIME Eugene Bootblack and Family Now Live In Remaining Kitchen. EUGENE. Or.. July 16. (Special.) For the sixth time in scarcely a week a mysterious fire occurred today in the house at 413 Pearl street, occupied by Jess Eddy, a bootblack. It Is owned by Mrs. Maude Brury. There had been no fire In the stove since 6 o'clock A. M. Shortly before 10 o'clock Mrs. Eddy observed smoke pouring through the ceiling from the attic. Five days ago the house was par tially destroyed after three previous fires tn two days. Saturday night it again caught fire. Each time the ten ants went back to the uninjured rooms, Only one room, the kitchen. Is left TROLLEY HITS TRAIN; 4 DIE Virginia Intel-urban Crashes Into Freight Near Norfolk. NORFOLK, Va July 17. Four per sons were killed and scores Injured in a collision between an electric train on the Virginia Passenger & Power Company and a coal train on the Vir ginian Railroad early today at Fair mont Crossing, about three miles from Norfolk. Only two of the dead were identified. They were Samuel K. Cuthrell and Miss Annie Meehan, of Norfolk. Crossing trainmen say the safety gates were down and the electric train crashed through them Into the freight train. "DO LIKEWISE; CITY TOLD Eigbt-Foot Thistle Is Sent Coramls missloner Dieck as Subtle Hint. With a suggestion that it might be well for the city to cut weeds on its own property and streets at the same time, it is Insisting that private prop erty owners cut the weeds on their property, an eight-foot thistle, chopped down in East Thirty-first street, be tween Jarrett street and Alnsworth avenue, was sent yesterday to City Commissioner Dleck by E. O. Rauh, president of the Irvlngton Park Im provement Club. The thistle is said to be one of many found in the streets in some sections of the city. CHURCH UNION IS VOTED Half Million Affected by Methodist Protestant Decision! COLUMBUS, O., July 16. Delegates to the general conference of the Metho. dist Protestant Church of America ac cepted tonight the report recommend ing a merger with the United Brethren Church of America. This practically settles a ten-year agitation for a union of the " two churches, which would affect about 500,000 persons. The United Protestant Church is the name which has been se lected for the new organization. WRITER SERIOUSLY HURT Charles E. Van Loan Victim of-Auto ' Accident tn California. SAN BERNARDINO, July 16. (Spe cial.) Charles E. Van Loan, famous sporting and short-story writer, was seriously If not fatally Injured today when his automobile went over the Skyland grade In the mountains near here, carrying him to the bottom of a 30-foot embankment, throwing him out and passing over him. He sustained a compound fracture of the left arm, a broken jaw, probably internal injuries and . serious cuts and bruises on the head. : . MASKED MEN LYNCH lmDEXOrTOI)AySNffSl ILAI1I Twelve Baker County Farmers Act. TRAMP CONFESSES HIS INTENT Prisoner Is Taken From Girl's Father, on Way to Jail. LITTLE VICTIM IS RESCUED Upper Burnt Klver Country Wildly Excited by First Exaggerated Re ports of Attack on Daughter of Rancher Hardman. BAKER. Or., July 16. (Special.) Baker County's first lynching in years occurred between' Whitney and Audrey, In the Upper Burnt River country, to day, when 12 grim and silent masked men took from J. B. Hardman an un identified prisoner who had confessed to an attempted criminal attack on Hardman's eight-year-old daughter, Grace, and .hung him to a tree In a canyon. '. . Lynchers Quickly Dlaappear. The lynchers then fled, and when Deputy Sheriff Jackson and Charles Nlbley, of Whitney, reached the. scene the cold, lifeless body dangled from the top branch of the tallest tree. Jackson could not get up the tree to examine the pockets to establish the Identity of the dead man. He left the body hanging until Coroner West can go from here tomorrow to the scene of the lynching, where an inquest will be held. There is no trace of the men who did the work and so covered are their tracks there is little hope of a clue, un less some of the men begin talking about It. ' ... The dead man looks like a tramp. He s white,' poorly dressed and is be tween 30 and 35 years old. Lynchers' Work Thorough. The lynchers did a thorough Job. They threw a ropa over a tirnb nearly 15 feet from the ground, tied the man's feet together so he could not struggle, and after he. was strung Up they tied the two ropes to the tree and fled. The finders could .hardly touch his feet. District Attorney Godwin left Baker today to make an investigation. First Reports Exaggerated. Belief Is that the ranchers who formed the lynching party were mis informed as to the nature of the crime. as there was a report all over' the (Concluded on Pace B.) THE DEE AM OF CHILD S ASSA --'.--- - '' ; ..... . ," ....... i .... . ... see sttTsT------ The Weather. TESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,. Btf decrees; minimum, as aegreea. rOBAY'S Fair and warmer; winds. Mexico. northerly Carbajal to resign presidency of Mexico to Carranza, . Page 1. Senora Huerta and other - refugees safe on British cruiser. Faze 2. Mission now on- way. to offer surrender of Mexican government, pace 2. Huerta-. train making leisurely progress toward Puerto Mexico. Page Z. National. President 11! after Secretary Lane's birthday dinner. Page 1. Warburg to wait on outcome In Jones case. Page 4. Trade bill Is attacked. Page 6. lomestlc Bryan indorses woman suffrage. . Face & Victor Berger say equal wages for women will helu solve vice Question. Page 6. Bride shot down on way home trom fur niture-buying- expedition. - rage a. Mrs. Carman likely to be indicted for man slaughter. Pace 4 j Chicago detective sergeant killed, three wounded In battle ot police, page 4. ports. Gunboat Smith's defeat at hands of JTeneh . man starts unfortunate sport flame. Pase 1. Coast League results: Portland 4, Los Ange les 8; Venice 10-8, San Francisco 3-4; Sacramento 4. Oakland L Page 8. Carpentier wins on foul In sixth round. Page 8. State tenuis tournament brines out various surprises in day's play. Page o. Northwestern League results: Tacoma , Portland 8; Vancouver o-o. victoria -. Seattle 8, Spokane 0. Pace u. Tennant, of Sacramento, hurl, bat at Kla- wltter. Pace 8. Heat stops Western tennis crack at Sea- bright. Pace 8. Pacific Northwest. Twelve masked Baker County farmers lynch little girl's assailant. Page L Guard at Camp Jackson studies attack and defense problems, .rage l. Old fighters hear Chautauqua lecturer de nounce war as relic or. oaroarisui. rsgs i. Joseph Knowles, naked, with no weapons. enters Oregon wiias lor dv asys, muuu.. Page 15. Oregon City bridge made dangerous by electrolysis is fear. Page L Church management and system scored by New York apeaKer. page 14. . Commercial and Marine. Northwestern wheat market still above ex port basis. Page l'J. Spread of black rust causes another sharp advance m wneat at (jnioago. r-age Stock market moves In orderly fashion. Pace 19. ' n One line announces schedule for canal sail ings. - Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Member of locators' group who confessed pardoned and used as witness, rage x. School Board buys 15 acrea for high school site. Page 18. . 'Fresh air' places In country are needed badly for Portland's needy 'children. Page 18. Court confirms Market block aa 'auditorium site. Page 13. War on auto speeders starts. Page IS. Jallbreaker is caught at grave. Page 18. Weather report, forecast and data. Page 19. Many to go on Junket to Potlatch, Page 1L Idaho sportsmen up In arms as result of Governors action. -Page 7. Electrical workers are asked for proof of collusion in framing ordinance. Page 14. progressive state chairman replies to Repub lican chairman. Pace 14. LASSEN 0D0R0USLY ACTIVE Air Impregnated With Sulphur 16 Miles From Crater. . MINERAL, CalT July - 16. Lassen Peak, which was in almost continuous eruption all . day yesterday, renewed volcanic activity at midnight, and again at 4:30 o'clock this morning. Ashes fell here, 16 miles from the crater, and the atmosphere was strong ly Impregnated with sulphur fumes. THE OREGON PIONEER WILL NOW THE DREAM OF THE OREGON PIONEER WILL NOW COME TRUE. I GUNBOAT'S DEFEAT IDLES BIG FIRE International Flame of Bad Feeling Near. SMITH'S BLOW UNINTENTIONAL End Is Tragedy to American Pugilist and His Friends. RESULT IS UNFORTUNATE Undercurrent of Prejudice Against ' American Boxers Among English Ring Followers NotedFrench man's Speed "Wonderful. LONDON, July 16. Georges Carpen tier. the young French champion, and the only pugilist of premier rank France has ever contributed to the game, ob tained the decision tonight over Gun boat Smith, the American fighter, on a foul In the sixth round of the fastest heavyweight fight Londoners have seen In many years. The match between the two heavy weights was fought at the Olympia Club, and was scheduled to go 20 rounds. To Smith and his supporters the finish was a tragedy, because the blow for which the American was dis qualified was neither studied nor in tentional. It was launched In the heat of the whirlwind fighting when the Frenchman had slipped to his knees, and the spectators saw the gaunt sailor recoil and attempt to draw back al most as his arm flew out. Nevertheless, the ending of tonight's fight adds another to the unfortunate chapters of International sport, because it has kindled bad feeling and Is likely to be followed by long drawn-out argu ments. Prejudice Is Seen. There has been an undercurrent of nreJudice against American boxers among English ring followers, and how ever unintentional Gunboat Smith's breach of the rules was, it probably will be cited in support of this preju dice. ' The popular Judgment awarded Car pentier the better of the fight on its merits. Pitted against such a powerful antagonist as Smith, It was evident that the Frenchman's marvelous , quickness had not been exaggerated. He showed a left lead like a flash of lightning and a powerful and equally swift right. His footwork was wonderful, and, although Smith waa remarkably quick for a big (Concluded on Page 8.) COME TRUE Li,rmAA f ; CURRENT MENACES BRIDGE, IS BELIEF STRUCTURE AT OREGON CITY MAY BE DANGEROUS. Erosion of Con dn Its by Electrolysis Causes Fear Similar Action May Have Weakened Big Cables. OREGON CITT, July 16. (Special.) The possibility that action of electric lty has made trie big suspension bridge across the Willamette River here dan gerous Is being discussed by those who have studied peculiar conditions at Sev enth and Main streets, within a few feet of the place where the steel cables ot the bridge imbedded In a footing of concrete. In the last 15 months the Home Tele, phone Company has been forced to In stall four new conduits at the corner because of erosion caused by electrol ysis. The Pacific Telephone & Tele graph Company has. experienced trou ble also and electricians are making study of the conditions and actlona "It would npt surprise me if the steel wires of the bridge were affected,' said Ben Hayhurst, manager of tin Home Telephone Company. "It only seems reasonable to me that the bridge cable would be In the line of the ac tivity of the electricity." Manager Ness, of the Western Union who has made a study of the subject. said: "It might seem impassible to a per son who had not studied the actions of electricity to believe that the bridge cables could be so affected, but from what I have learned It seems to me that such effect would not be Improb able under the circumstances." RUN FOR HELP DISASTROUS Woman, Giving Fire Alarm, Col lapses From Exhaustion. SALEM. Or., July i6. (Special.) After running about half a mile today to notify her husband that their house was ablaze, Mrs. Levi Herren, who lives four miles from Salem, on the Sllverton road, collapsed from exhaustion. Dr. C. H. Robertson, of this city, who attended her, said tonight that she was out of danger. Mrs. Herren was alone In the house when she discovered a blaze In the kit chen. She tried without success to ex tinguish It and then ran to the home of a neighbor, where her husband was visiting. The, loss Is about 11408. TOWN STRUCK BY CYCLONE Two Killed, Many Hurt, 150,000 Damage Done In Henderson, Ivy. HENDERSON. Ky., July 16. Two persons were killed, several others In jured and scores of buildings damaged when a cyclone struck this city late today. It Is estimated the damage will reach $150,000. The municipal electric light plant was partially destroyed and the city Is in darkness tonight. Fires started in two different sections after the cyclone had passed, but were quickly extin guished. ELKS' GOAT AUTHORIZED Report on Revision of Ritual to lie Made Two Years Hence. DENVER, July 16 After vetoing a proposition to appoint a commission to codify the ritual the grand lodge of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks today passed a .resolution em powering .the incoming grand exalted ruler, Raymond Benjamin, of Napa, Cal., to appoint two grand lodge mem bers to act with him on a committee to report on a revision of the ritual two years hence. Previously the body authorized the use of the goat at initiations. TWO STAGES ARE HELD UP Masked Men Get $12.50, Missing $300 on Women's Ruse. BARTLETT SPRING?, Cal., July 16. Two masked men held up two stages tonight on the Woodland-Bartlett Springs line at the summit of the Brln grade on the boundary between Colusa and Lake counties, took J12.E0 and escaped. They overlooked 1300, which five women in the first stage dropped to the floor of the tonneau before getting out Into the road. LITTLE GIRL'S PLEA WINS When Dog Is Taken to Pound Com missioner Brewster Pays Forfeit. "Please can't I get my dog back?" pleaded Louise Thorman. a little girl, before the City Commission yesterday. "He got away from my brother and be cause he didn't have a muzzle, the dog catcher got him and won't give him up until I pay $4. I can't get the $4." Commissioner Brewster announced that he would pay the i himself to redeem the dog, saving the city the trouble of taking special action. $160,773 IS SENT TO THAW Court Order as to Accumulated In come Is Carried Out, PITTSBURG. July 16. Judge J. W. Over's order that the Fidelity Title & Trust Company, trustee of Harry K. Thaw's estate, should pay over to Thaw .160.773. this accumulation of his In come since he was declared Insane In New York State, was carried out today. The money was paid over to Thaw's attorney, ex-Governor Stone, who for warded It to Thaw at once. LAND CASE BRINGS FIBSTPARDONteS Wilson Frees 'Locator' Who Confessed SURPRISE SPRUNG IN COURT Harper Declares That lmmun ity Was Not Promised. CLEMENCY LAID TO WIFE Former Member of Group rllin; 'Locations' on Disputed Property, Too Fluent In Testimony, Is Checked by Attornvya. The fact that Henry J. Harper, a Tacoma barber who served 30 days for fraudulent use of the mails, has a full pardon from President Wilson, restor ing his civil rights, first became pub lic yesterday In the United States Dis trict Court with Judge Bean sitting. while Harper was nn the witness stand as a witness agalnKt W. K. MlnarJ. of Portland, and J W. I.ogali un.1 K. J. Sellers, of Tacomti. u-cusel of the same offense. Harper a a member of the so- called "Seattle group" of alleged fake land locators, of which Minard, Logan and Sellers are alleged by the Govern ment to have been members also. Operations Are Kstrnslve. These men. the Government alleges. conspired and used the malls In fur therance of the conspiracy to net per sons to buy worthless "locations" from them on timber lands within the Ore gon & California Railroad land atrant In Oregon. This allegod fraud waa country-wide, and the Federal authori ties estimate that Its operators ob tained at least f l.SOO.000 by this means. Harper's pardon, which was muds a part of the record vt the Mlnuid-l.ngaii- Sellers case, recites as reasons fur Its granting that the United States dis trict Attorney desired to use Harper as a witness, which would bats been impossible without the pardon, and that there were extenuating circum stances connected with Harper's case. which, in the language of the Instru ment, were "sufflcieut to movu" the President to grant It Harper said that lie did Uut know that he had been psrxluiied or that pardon miii be granted to liliu un til notliiod by Mr. Kuanies last Tues day. Witness Bs.ni femstlou. Having related his connection a ila the alleged fraudulent scheme and bow he had spent six weeks in jail in Tort land before his arraignment and pio of guilty. Harper was sskud by Mr. Iteumes if he knew why liu liud re ceived so light a sentence. "Yes," he said. "At whose solicitation uaa It?" usked Mr. Iteaiuea. Harper did not answer at unto, lie turned his face aside and seemed over come with emotion. Urged by Mr. lleames, he answered in a choking voice: My ' wife." "In what circumstances were your family while you were in Jail 7" family Left Destitute. Harper admitted U.at they were des titute. "How much of a family have you?" "A girl 1C," said Harper brokenly, "a boy 12. one seven, otie 4 and one 3." Harper said that from the time, of his own accord, he first went to Special Agent Byron, of the Department ot Justice, at Seattle, and told his story, he bad received no promise of Im munity or pardon. He was working as "extra man" lu a barber shop in Seattle lu January, 1914, ho said, when out morning he read lu a newspaper that the federal grand Jury at Portland was about to Investigate the Oregon A California land frauds. Wife Counsels Confession. "I went bjme to talk the mailer over with my wife as soon as I read it." he continued. "I told her that It looked aa though the whole thing wus coming to a head, and that I believed the beat thing was to go to some Government officer and tell the whole darn story. " 'They will get nie anyway,' I said, and we agreed that I couldn't run; away. SIS said mat n u was m way I felt about It, that was the besl thing to do. My wife had always cald there would be trouble over It," he said, "brie haa tried to get me to stop it, and eveu burned some of the papers that 1 used n soliciting locations." On cross-examination by Claude btra- ban. attorney for Minard. Harper re Iterated that he had acted throughout of his own volition, volunteering ail the information that he gave to tha federal officials at all times. "Where did you get the money to come to Poriiana oeiore ine granu Jury?" asked Strahan. Money Declared Persossl Lean. "I borrowed IV from Mr. Byron," said the witness. "Have you paid It back?" "No." Harper Insisted, however, that llyron had given him the money with the un derstanding that It was not Govern ment funds, but a personal loan, and that he expected It back. Harper denied "scoutlnr around" In (Concluded ea Pass 4.)