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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, THTTRSDAT, OCTOBER 8, 1914. BOUNDARY MARKED AS MEXICANS FIGHT American Commander, Moved by Violations of Neutrality, Prepares for Action. VILLISTA FIRE IMPROVES five-Inch Field Pieces Throw Three Shells Into Xaco, Sonora, JJamag lng Postofrice and House. Reply Is Ineffective. NACO, Sonora. Oct 7. Beleaguered Naco and its Villa attackers under Governor Maytorena have drawn the United States border patrol virtually Into the role of umpire. Repeated attempts of unneutral acts by both sides caused Colonel Guilfoyle, American commander, to prepare for action. The international boundary was marked today with American flags and protecting: outposts were placed where the two armies could be watched. Despite the vigorously repeated re fusals to allow wounded Mexicans to be brought across the line. General Benjamin Hill, the Carranza garrison commander here, is making a final ef fort to have his wounded shipped in bond to Agua Prieta by way of Amer ican Kaco and Douglas, Ariz., adjoining Agua Prieta. This plan, if successful, would also be available for May torena's forces. In spite of the constant effort of both sides to have wounded Mexicans cross the border, neither side so far lias re ported any but trifling injuries. May lorena said yesterday he had one wounded. Hill has reporte'd nothing ex cent minor wounds caused by his own fire. Today, the fifth of the ostensible siege, saw the first effective gun fire, Maytorena's five-inch field-piece throw ing three shells into the town. The postoffice and a residence were dam aged. The piece is reported to be handled by a German artilleryman, a Captain Maplow. Hill continues to receive supplies and ammunition and he has mounted 14 machine guns. Their fire, however, is as ineffective as ever. SET1XKMEXT ' IS PREDICTED Carranzii Quoted as Without Per sonul Keeling Against Villa. WASHINGTON", Oct. 7. Speedy res toration of harmony between Generals Carranza and Villa through open con ferences at Auguas Calientes was pre dicted tonight in a stateemnt issued by the constitutionalist agency here. The statement quotes Richard Cole, of I.os Angeles, who it says is a personal friend of Carranza, and continues: "Carranza has no personal feelings against Villa," said Mr. Cole. "He feels that the General of the division of the North has been led to his pres ent rebellious position by designing and unscrupulous persons who have posed as Villa's friends. I think Villa is a big enough man to admit his mis take when it is once brought tome to him. Mexico can use both the services of Carranza and Villa, acting in their proper spheres. "Carranza is eager to retire to pri vate life. He is worn out and only a sense of duty keeps Trim engaged in directing the constitutional cause. He has promised to visit the United States and make a few months' tour." Mr. Cole is here to seek recognition for the Mexican central government. He said he expected to confer with State Department officials within a few days, and would ask that formal con sideration be given the question of rec ognition. Consul Silliman, who has returned to "Washington after a sojourn of three months as the personal representative of President Wilson, resumed confer ences with the State Department offi cials today on the Mexican situation generally, without reference to - the question of recognition, it was said. Tending the outcome of the prelim inary conference at Aguas Calientes and the general convention which has been called to meet there Saturday. Officials here say it would be unwise to give this question serious attention. The constitutionalist agency an nounced today that an attempt to arrest and extradite several former Huerta officials now residing in the United States would be made within a few days. The names of those whose return to Mexico sought on charges of "high crimes and misdemeanors" are Felix Diaz, V. Gomz.Marcelo Caravo, Louis Medina Barron, Francisco del Toro, Felix Terrazo and Juan Cenegas. all of whom are ex-Huerta officers. Others whose extradition is contemplated were not named today. S. H. PILES' SON ELOPES E.-SEXATOn SHOCKED WHKX IX. FOKMKD OF MARRIAGE. Mlsa Marie Ella Escalet, Beautiful Girl of l'rtneli Descent, 23 Years Old, Becomes Bride In Tacoma. SEATTLE. Wash., Oct. 7. (Special.) Koss 13. Piles, 23 years old. eldest son of s. H. Piles, ex-United States Senator, and a former student at the University of Washington, and Miss Marie Ella Escalet, 23 years old, a beautiful girl of French descent, last Saturday eloped to Tacoma and were married. Subsequently the news was Imparted to ex-Senator Piles, who had not been duly apprised of his son's intentions and who was shocked when made a party to the secret. The ceremony was performed at the home of Rev. c. F. W. Stover. Ta coma Episcopal clergyman, who re cently ran for Mayor. Harry Goetz. son of Herman Goetz. well-known Se attle contractor, acted as best man ami Miss Lillian Escalet, sister of the bride, was bridesmaid. lir. and Mrs. Piles will make their home in the Maiden Apartments, Fif teenth avenue North and East Harrison street, Seattle. Mrs. Piles is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Escalet. both of whom died years ago. Mr. Escalet was a. prominent hotelman of Victoria, B. C. Young Piles met his future wife about two years ago at a social function. The bridegroom is employed in the general auunor s ortiee of the Pacifio Coats Company. He was educated In preparatory schools at Worcester and Easthampton. Mass.. Georgetown Uni versity in Washington. D. C. and at the University of Washington. He is a. member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Woman, 80, Slain With Ax. HAKTSBURQ, Mo Oct. 7. Another mysterious ax murder was added to the long list of such crimes already re corded in Missouri and Kansas with the finding of the mutilated body of Mrs. B. F. Matthews in bed at her home here today. Mrs. Matthews, 80 years old and re puted wealthy, was slain by several blows on the head with a sharp edge of an ax while her husband slept peace fully in the same room. HOPPICKERSBRING SUIT $442 7 Asked From Dorcas Brothers by 160 Disappointed Workers. In a complaint that covers 226 pages, Angelica Peters yesterday brought suit against Dorcas Bros., hopgrowers, ask ing judgment for $4427. This is a case where the plaintiff represents 160 peo ple who allege they were employed by Dorcas Bros, to pick hops at a yard at Quinaby, Or., in August. It is stated that work was promised for a period of 20 days and that 50 cents a box was to be paid for picking the hops. It is alleged that upon their arrival at the hopyard it was found a hop picking machine had been installed, and the bulk of the hops, it is stated, was gathered by this mechanical device. There remained for handpicking, it is stated, only the smaller clusters of hops, and consequently little money could be made by the .pickers. DUEL IMPERILS CITIZENS Chicago Ward Politician and Police Exchange Shots; 5 Are Wounded. CHICAGO, Oct 7. Barney Bertsche, a ward politician, and several members of the police department imperiled hundreds of pedestrians on a busy downtown corner by apistol battle shortly after noon today. More than a score of shots were fired and tonight five victims are in hospitals, all of them seriously wounded. The wounded were Bertsche, William Egan and James Monaghan, detective sergeants; Nathan Spira, recently con victed of arson, and Ted Owens. Both Spira and Owens were reported to have been friends of Bertsche. The shooting resulted from an at tempt of Bertsche to put a spectacular climax on a long career of police his tory, according to an attache of the State's Attorney's office. Bertsche was at liberty pending an appeal to the Supreme Court on his conviction in connection with a clairvoyant ring, al leged to have taken thousands of dol lars from dupes. Baby Already Greataunt. CHICAGO, Oct.' 1. A 12-pound baby girl, who is already a great-aunt, whose father had two great-grandchildren before she was born, whoss sister is a grandmother and whose brother is a grandfather, has made her appearance in South Boston, Mass. The stork left this remarkable youngster at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Rich, and she is, according to her delighted father, "just about the prettiest young one you ever saw." Patrolman Rich, who for several years has been on night duty at City Hall, will be 74 years old In November, and his wife is 35. Mr. Rich's first marriage was in 1862, and his wife was Miss Evelyn Dyer, of Maine, who died several years ago. Four children were born, three of whom are still living and two of them have reached the estate of grand parenthood. In 1912 Mr. 1-ich married Miss Ellen McDonough, of this city. Mr. Rich's mother died last year at the age of 94 after she had become a great-great-grandmother. I MILLION ALLOTTED TO GOLUMBIAJETTY Oregon and Washington Re ceive More Than Tenth of Whole Harbor Bill. NEW PROJECTS REJECTED Engineer Board Impressed by Obser vations Made on Recent 'Visit ' to Coast Some Allowances Increased' OTer Bill. OREGOMAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Oct. 7. One million dollars of the $20,000,000 appropriated b Con gress to continue river and harbor im provements was today allotted by the Secretary of War for work on the north Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River, this amount being deemed suffi cient to keep construction under way until another river and harbor bill can be passed. The total allotment made to projects in Oregon and Washington was $2,032, 500, as compared with $2,710,975 carried by the river and harbor bill at the time it encountered opposition in the Sen ate. Oregon and Washington combined received tmore than one-tenth of the full amount appropriated by Congress. Engineer Board Impressed. Other amounts allotted to North western projects are: Celilo Canal. J525.000; Lower Willamette and Co lumbia, below Portland, 1200,000: Wil lamette and Yamhill, above Portland, J25.000: Columbia, Celilo to the mouth of the Snake, $20,000; Columbia. Bridge port to Kettle Falls, $35,000; Snake River, $5000; Coos Bay, $70,000; Coquille River, $26,000; Sluslaw. $5000; entrance Grays Harbor, $110,000: inner Grays Harbor and Chehalls River, $15,000; Cowlitz and Lewis rivers, $6000. The liberal allotment made to North western projects is a result o strong recommendations made by the River and Harbor Engineer Board, which re cently visited Oregon and Washington, and was favorably impressed by the work in progress there. It is noted that the allotment for Coos Bay is $20. 000 greater than provided in the river and harbor bill, and the allotment for the Columbia River from Bridgeport to Kettle Falls is $10,000 greater than the river and harbor bill carried. Reiv Items Disregarded. Allotments for the mouth of the Columbia, for the Celilo Canal and for Grays Harbor are the same as provided in the" river and harbor bill. A note worthy feature of the allotment is that only those projects which were author ized in the House bill as a result of the efforts of Representatives Hawley and Sinnott received funds under the appor tionment just completed, and the new items inserted in the bill after it reached the Senate have been disre garded by the War Department. Items for which no allotment ' was made and the amounts proposed for these projects in the river and harbor bill which failed are: Nehalem. $116,175; Coos River, $3000; Suislaw. new project, $112,500; Columbia at Cascades. $10,000; NEW FRENCH ARTILLERY DECIMATES GERMANS Mysterious Guns, Whose Construction Secret Was Long Carefully Guarded, Proves Effective in Tirst Trial on Battlefield. LONDON, Sept. 22. French preten sions to superiority over the Ger mans in the matter of field artillery, according to a military expert, seem to be borne out by reports from the theater of war. As the battles in France are, to a certain extent, being decided by artillery, this superiority, if it exists, must necessarily be of great value to the allies in their fights against the German military machine. It is not in the possession of great siege guns that the French have the advantage. It is in field artillery, light guns dragged about by teams of six horsB to each gun. New Gun yorlu Havoc. The development of these French field pieces has been due to General Langlois and Colonel Dupont. They designed the French gun that is wreaking such havoc in the German ranks. France in 1870 was outclassed by the Krupp field pieces, of the wedge block type. - The French mitrailleuse, upon which, so much faith had- been placed, failed in that struggle. These were a sort of rapid-fire gun. The models now in use by the French are said to be very efficient. During the Boer war the French field pieces of the Boers had a much greater range than the standard field pieces used by the British. As a re sult, the English bought guns from German makers and took . 7-inch and 6-inch guns' from their cruisers and manufactured gun carriages for them so they could be used for field work. The Boer guns had been manufactured by Schneider, at Creusot, France. Secret Process Used. The Servians, in the Balkan war, used Schneider guns of a later model. The French today, however, do not use the Schneider gun. Their field pieces have been manufactured with the greatest secrecy. Upon parade they have been kept covered with canvas. All were made at government arsenals. The field artillery used by the Bel gians was manufactured at the great Cockerell works, near Liege. The re volving turrets used in the defense of Liege were made at'lKese works. So strong were the turrets that noth ing short of an 8-inch siege gun could knock them over. The Krupp 2.95 inch field guns failed to wreck them. Both Belgian and French field pieces can be fired 14 or 15 times a minute. This rapidity of fire is obtained by having caissons, or ammunition carts, placed alongside the guns in action. These caissons are the two-wheeled carts to which the horses are attached in front and to which the tailpfeces of the guns are hooked in the rear. This makes a gun section resemble a four wheeled cart drawn by six horses, with men sitting on the front seat, on the gun, and riding the horses. Horses Led to Rear. When the piece is put into action the tailpiece is unhooked and dropped to the ground. The caisson Is then hauled alongside the gun and left there. The horses are unhitched from the caisson and led to the rear. When the caisson is being hauled along on the march the cartridges or shells for the gun are resting on the heads, the shells pointing upward. The bottom of the caisson is heavily ar mored. When it is placed alongside the gun the caisson is upended. Then the heads of the shells face the rear, each shell resting in its individual pigeonhole. The bottom of tile caisson then faces the enemy. , Two gunners sit on seats behind the gun on opposite sides of the tailpiece. One sights the gun and fires it, the other loading shells handed him and ejecting the empty cartridge cases after each shot. Two more men are detailed to sit behind the caisson and pass shells to the gunners. The guns have bullet-proof shields. The tops of the caissons are also armored and form the doors which swing out, ex posing the cartridge heads and afford ing protection to the men behind the caisson. Makers of modern field artillery strive to evolve a gun that will have the most effective sh-napnel fire. Shrap nel consists of the Aead of the shell, corresponding to the bullet in a rifle cartridge. 260 Ballets in Head of Shell.' The head is hollow, weighs about 14 pounds and is filled with small bullets and a bursting charge of some explosive. Field pieces of Europe have a caliber or bore of 2.95 inches. This provides room for about 260 bullets in the head of the shell. The walls of the shrapnel shell are thin. When they burst the bullets fly about, covering a space about the size of that occupied by a company of in fantry. If burst over earthworks by means of timed fuses these bullets will search out ;the troops in the trenches. So searching was said to have been the English shrapnel fire in the Boer wax the Boers built trenches with an in ward slope to them, so they would have earth over their heads to protect them from the shrapnel. The new French guns are said to have a shrapnel range of 6000 feet, or more than a mile. In all the modern field pieces the recoil is taken up by means of cylinders on each side of the gun, or beneath it. Thus the gun car riage does not Jump back after each shot. Only the gun itself Jumps back, the wheels remain steady, and do not alter the aim. Ek HEADACHY TAKE CASCARETS FOR THE BOWELS Tonight! Clean Your Bowels and End Headaches, Colds, Sour Stomach. . Get a 10-cent box now. You're bilious! You have a throbbing sensation in your head. . bad taste in your mouth, your eyes burn, your skin is yellow, with dark rings under your eyes; your Hps are parched. No won der you feel ugly, mean and ill-tempered. .Your system Is full of bile not. properly passed off, and what you need is a cleaning up inside. Don't con tinue being a bilious nuisance to your self and those who love you. and don't resort to harsh physics that Irritate and injure. Remember that most dis orders of the stomach, liver and bowels are cured by morning with gentle, thorough Cascarets they work while you sleep. A 10-cent box from your druggist will keep your liver and bowels clean: stomach sweet, and your head clear for months. Children love to take Cascarets, because they taste rood and never gripe or nlrliini a THIS week's Style Exhibit of Clothes for Men and Young Men is both instructive and prof itable. It shows you here under one roof, Portland's greatest display of newest fabrics from round-the-world ; it is your immediate opportunity to select leisurely that . which pleases you, and at a modest price for ap parel so worthy as this. Scein-Bloch Atterbury System and L System Clothes are in the fullest sense made-ready clothes; every detail of their fashioning shows the result of the most thorough workmanship. The Style Exhibit along the Morrison-street front is a Mirror of Fashion for Men and Young Men; do not fail to see it. Men. Main Floor; Young Men, Second Floor L $20 to $40 BEN SELLING $15 to $30 LEADING CLOTHIER Morrison Street at. Fourth Exclusive Portland Agent for Dunlap Hats $5; Brewer Ilats $3 Willamette locks, $80,000; Clatskanle River. $1000; Willapa River. $100,000; Grays River. $500; Puget Sound, $25,000; Skagit River. $40,000. The amounts allotted for other proj ects in Oregon and Washington have been reduced below the amounts car ried by the river and harbor bill, it be ing the opinion of the engineers that the money today set aside by the Sec rtary of War will be adequate to con tinue work until another river and har bor bill is passed and the money there by appropriated becomes available. LOVE LETTER SAVES WAN Epistle From AVife Prevents Court From Sending Prisoner to Jail. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2. A love let ter, sent him by his wife, saved Amos Sansom, of Camden, N. J., from going: to Jail yesterday when his wife in sisted that she is afraid of him and wanted him sent away. Sansom was before Magistrate Ren shaw in the City Hall Police Court. His wife had told the magistrate how much she is afraid of her husband and how anxious she is to have him keep away from her when Sansom produced the letter. He was in Atlantic City recent ly -when he received the letter. It was signed, "Your Darling Blue-Eyed Kid," and had a decided tone of anxiety about Sansom returning home &s soon as possible. WEST PLEDGES STUDENTS Governor Administers Obligation on University Classes. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Or.', Oct. 7. (Special.) "As a student of the university that is maintained by the people of Oregon, I heartily ac knowledge the obligation that I owe to them. It shall be the aim of my life to labor for the highest good and glory of an ever greater community." , As Governor OswaUF West finished reading this pledge of fidelity at this morning's assembly, the students rose in silent assent. "It rests with you" said the Gov ernor, "whether the government of the future is to be better than that of to day. You must join hands with the people of your community in the cause of good government" A. E. Clark, of Portland, spoke on the significance of pledge day. QUILT HAS 4640 PIECES Kittanning;, Pa., Woman Believed to Have Set World's Record. KITTANNING, Pa., Oct. 2. Georgia Jackson, living just across the Butler County line, has completed a quilt con taining 4640 pieces. She made the quilt while recuperating from an illness. - It Is thought that she has set a new world's record, as the quilt containing the greatest number of pieces of which there is any record is owned by Mrs. N. Newman, of Greenwich, England, and contains 4200 pieces. PASTOR JOINS ARMY Rev. H. Mau, Oregon City, With Germans on Battle Line. ATROCITIES HOTLY DENIED Censor-Marked Postcard to Morning Knterprise Blames Allies for Dum-Dums and Justifies Acts In Louvain. OREGON CITY. Or., Oct, 7. (Spe cial.) A postcard' from Rev. H. Mau, pastor of the German Lutheran Church at Schubel, near this city, was received here today by the Morning Enterprise, a local daily paper. Mr. Mau joined the German army in August and prob ably now is engaged in the fighting. He left Oregon City last Spring for Germany, his native country, to visit his parents at Kiel. The message is written in German and has a number of small checks on the address, probably made by a cen sor. It was translated into English this afternoon as follows: "Kiel.. Germany, Sept. 9. I send my greetings to you and all friends from the old home. I feel very sorry to say that it will be impossible for me to come back until the war is ended. "It Is in London where all lies are fabricated as to the way the war is conducted. German soldiers have no dum-dum bullets, while, on the other hand, many thousands have been found on the French. Belgian and English soldiers. We, nowhere, practiced cru elties on Belgians. We were compelled to destroy cities and villages where our s'oldiers. physicians and even Red Cross nurses were shot by the Belgian civilians even after the places had been occupied by the Germans. Thus, it hap pened in Louvain. "The whole population of Germany is one in heart and sentiment.-every-body assisting her with property and with blood. Our armies are standing in front of Paris and Antwerp. We have been fighting great and honest battles and won them. Kiel and Hamburg re main untouched. The whole of Ger many is free from the enemies and the war is carried on in foreign lands. "H. MAU." urged by the 'defense yesterday when the case of Marcella Clark vs. Dr. A. A. Morrison, rector of Trinity Episco pal Church, wa3 called by Judge Clee ton, motions in the action having been set for that time. It was stated that Leroy Lomax, former counsel for the plaintiff, had not filed formal notice of withdrawal, although Attorney G. E. Hamaker filed notice of appearance Tuesday. It was set up that the supplemental complaint, just filed by the plaintiff, had not been sufficiently examined by the defendants' and that they did not yet know whether they would demur to it. It was also thought inadvisable by the defense to proceed with the case until the status of Judge Clee ton's court is determined by the forth coming decision of the Supreme Court. Judge Cleeton held that it was not for the defense to object on the ground of change of attorneys on its own side of the case, but the point was declared to be well taken that time should be allowed to examine the supplemental complaint. Judge Cleeton said he would proceed with the case only if both sides were satisfied as to the court's jurisdiction. Time was given until 9:30 this morning, when de murrers or motions may be filed. This case is that in which Marcella Clark sued Dr. A. A. Morrison, for damages aggregating $25,833 for call ing her a mischief maker. Vancouver Elks to Celebrate. vakcouvjsk, wasn., oct . tape- Spain ciai. a Dig siRg social win pe neiq ments. by the local lodge of Elks, the onlv Elk lodge on the north bank of the Coumbla River for 75 miles, the night of October 12. Columbus Day, follow-, ing the celebration and sham-battle benefit at Vancouver Barracks for the National Red Cross Society. Joseph J.' Donovan. George B. Simpson, Clement Scott and Walter Schwartz comprise n uuiiiuuiLee appoiniea oy Exalted Ruler Shaw to make plans for the entertainment. PIANO WAG0NS Going in AH Directions. And if they had my label on them you would find that nine out of every ten is from Soule Bros.' failure sale. A big bunch of pianos now being sold for 48. $68. 87. and another bunch $250 and $300 pianos for $97.20. Jtou certainly owe an investigation to yourself. The store Is open every even ing until 9 or 10 o'clock. I am Lucore. to whom the court authorized the sale.. ?8o Morrison street, just opposite the Morrison-street entrance of Olds, Wort- man & King's. Read page IS, this pa per, for further particulars. Adv. Doubtful Compliment, fljondon Oninion She h. there goes Peggy Brown! Isn't she lovely? I wish I was half as good looking! He Oh. but you are! s importing agricultural imple- CLARK SUIT IS POSTPONED m Judge Cleeton Will Hear Case if Both Sides Are Satisfied With Court. Three different objections were fell i a Kingdom American Independence and TEA GARDEN SYRUP There is no other syrup like Tea Garden. It is , scientifically blended from choice Oriental sugar and is unequal ed in purity, flavor and food value. Present ten of these coupons to your grocer with an order for a gal lon of Tea Garden Syrup and he will give you free a jar of Tea Garden Preserves. Name. . City... Grocer. Pacific Coast Syrup Co. PORTLAND, OREGON. .ouse wives n Patronize Merchants Giving American Travel Scrip A Mire in Travel for Every Dollar Spent. Always look for this trade-mark. What Is American Travel Scrip1? American Travel Scrip is a service used by leading mer chants to secure new trade and to show their apprecia tion for the loyalty of regu lar patrons. 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