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THE MORNING- OREGOXlAy. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1914. " WASHINGTON STILL NEUTRAL Ifi MEXICO Consul Silliman Told Adminis tration Has No Desire Ex cept for Peace. FRENDSHIP IS PREDICTED Envoy Tells wspaper "o Keal Hatred for Americans Is Kelt by Mexicans Armistice in North Is Over. "WASHINGTON". Oct. 8. In .dealing with constitutionalist authorities re garding the establishment of a pro visional government. Consul Silliman, who left Washington tonight for Mex ico City, will follow closely the wishes of President Wilson and other Admin istration officials with whom he has consulted during his brief stay here. The Consul was advised the Admin istration would observe strictly neutral relations in the Carranza-Villa contro versy and. desired only a peaceful set tlement. To members of the National Press Club at a luncheon in his honor today, Mr. Silliman said the restoration of normal conditions in the Southern re public would find Mexico's people and those of this Nation more closely bound in friendship. Mexicans Feel No Hatred. "'I think we will And," he said, "that much has been said in hastiness and bitterness, and that there is no serious antipathy and no hatred toward the. United States in Mexico. I find no rea son why the friendship between the two nations should not become stronger, broader and deeper in the new Mexico than it has been in the old." General Bliss, commanding the bor der forces, telegraphed the War De partment tonight that every possible step to protect Americans from danger of fire from the Maytorena field forces in the battle at Naco had been taken. He forwarded a message from Colonel Hatfield, commanding the Second Cav alry Brigade at Douglas, Ariz., saying that Maytorena informed him that the armistice with Hill was over and that the attack on Naco would begin in earnest; that Maytorena would do all possible to prevent injury to Americans. American Troops on Guard. The message said American troops, co-operating with civil officers, had done everything possible for the pro tection of inhabitants and that many have left town. Four troops and a machine gun troops of the Ninth cavalry are now at or in the vicinity of Naco. The constitutionalist agency here an nounced tonight the receipt of the fol lowing message from Mexican con sular agent, F". S. Elias, at Douglas: "Yesterday Colonel Guilfoyle, com mander of the American troops, at Naco, made the following statement to me: "I am convinced that the United States soldier who was wounded yes terday was not fired on by the Mexican ti'oons with malicious intent or pre meditation. The American troops in care of the border line are strung out over a distance of one mile and are situated midway between the Yaqui Indian command of Maytorena and the entrenched troops of Hill. I thinjt that soldiers in both of the camps mis took my men as troops of the enemy and fired upon them under this mis conception.' " CLERK TAKES NO DAY OFF Registration Books Held Open on Columbus Day for A'oters. Registration books will be open next Monday, Columbus day. despite the fact that it Is generally regarded as a legal holiday. County Clerk Coffey holds that v it is not a non-Judicial day and that all business transacted will be legal. He expects not only to keep the registration department open, but the other activities of his office will be kept going as well. A total registration of 86,000 or more is looked for. judging by the rate at which electors are flocking to the of fices in the west wing of the Court house, on the ground floor. Yesterday there were 727 voters registered and 235 gave notice of a change in ad dresses. When the offices closed last night a total of 81,243 voters had reg istered. Commencing tomorrow the office will be kept open every night until 9 o'clock. Klectors are asked as far as possible to arrange to go to registration head Quarters early in the day. ONTARIO CHARTER PUZZLES Custody of City Funds Not Fixed Definitely In Articles. ONTARIO. Or., Oct. 8 (Special.) A kink in Ontario's new cjty charter has just been discovered. It calls for the Placing of city funds in a bank which has submitted to the council & bid of fering interest upon monthly balances. Kor years Ontario has elected a city treasurer who, as a matter of course, has been a bank officer and the funds have been deposited in his bank. A bid was submitted for the use of the city funds. The charter did not provide for advertising for bids, but only for re ceiving them, and as this was the only bid received, it was accepted by the council. The funds were transferred from the bank of tha present city treasurer to the bank of the cashier councilman. DEMOCRATIC VICTORY TOLD AVar in Ea&t! Fence in West! Thank God for Wilson. " Motto. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. "War in the East! Peace iu the West! Thank God for Wilson!" This is the cap. tion of the Democratic text book for 1914, which has just been is sued by the Democratic Congression al Committee and the Democratic Na tional Committee. It is heralded in large type on the front cover of the book, above a striking engraved por trait of the President's face, and like wise adorns the back cover over the face of Vice-President Marshall. A likeness of Speaker Champ Clark .in the middle of the volume completes the illustrations. As for text, there are some 350 page's devoted mainly to the achievements of the Democratic administration and the Congress. A considerable portion of the book is given up to quotations from Republican sources of praise for President Wilson and his policies. At tention is also paid to the part played by Republicans !n. enacting some of the principal measures of the Con gress. Secretary McAdoo comes in for praise for moving the crops with Gov ernment aid, while other departments' achievements are also noted. Secretary William J. Bryan contributes an article describing the economic reforms secured under Wilson. Roosevelt gets a scant -four pages under the ehading of "Greatest Fighter of Sham Battles T. R." "Re markable Record as a Wielder of the Stuffed Big Stick Held by the Big Bull Moose." "The Wonderful Story of Watchful Waiting," is one of the most important chapters in the book. It tells authori tatively of the handling of the Mex ican situation down to the present is suance of the President's order with drawing the American troops from Vera Cruz. It also contains a hitherto unpub lished statement of Secretary Bryan telling of the negotations leading up to the signing of peace treaties with 26 nations. Trust legislation, the federal reserve act and the Underwood-Simmons tariff bill are dealt with at length. TRIBUTE PAID MR.BQOTH GOVERXOR DEXOINCES REPCBLI CAST POLICIES AJil) LEGISLATORS. Mr. West Opens Campaign In Lane County With Praise for Himself and Georce Chamberlain. EUGENE, Or., Oct. 8. (Special.) "Mr. Booth has a large amount of money; and I know how he trot it. I am going to admit that Mr. Booth got ""J uoua.r oi nis money honestly." The declaration was made by Oswald West, Governor of Oregon, and for merly special investigator for the state iar.d Board, who handled the Eugene candidate for the Dnimrt star Senate, less roughly than he did other memDers of the .Republican ticket in three addresses, which opened the Governor's Democratic campaign in Lane County Tuesday. Otherwise the Governor's address was a bitter char acterization of the Republican candi dates and principles with a sensational sketch of the workings of the "inside" of the State Legislature. The Legislature, he said was "a bunch of crooks," and glaring misuse of the public's money, with appropria tions running like water, except those which he nipped. Republicans, notably incompetent, fattening upon the public purse, formed the burden of this ex pose, which, the Governor asserted, is casting the state and its natural wealth into , hands of greedy corporations, ex cept for protection thrown about these resources by himself and George Chamberlain. The words "gang." "bunch" and "crooks" were applied repeatedly, and he declared that only wealth prevented many of the members of the Legisla ture from being in prison instead of the petty thieves whom he has been seeking to pardon. He told how George Chamberlain had transformed the prison from a "hell hole" to a de cent place for prisoners, and how he had done the same. "I never saw any good in booze be fore, until it revealed to me that bunch of highbrows which came down from Portland to the Legislature to loot the public treasury roughshod, drunk on railroad and corporation booze," de clared the Governor as he continued his "inside" story. "I stayed in the capital to veto those millions of dol lars in appropriation bills while the old "gang", went to the hotel and got drunk upon booze purchased by the corporations." He told with pride of kidnaping the Speaker, and, placing a man who would ignore the rules of the House in the chair, passed the printers' flat salary bill, after he had agreed not to veto certain pet appropriations to see that it passed. E-9 FLAUNTS SUCCESS TWO DEATH'S HEAD FLAGS SIGM FV St.NKES GERMANS. Kaiser'a Torpedo-Boat S-1S6 Victim of British in Attack of Octo. ber 6, Says Berlin. LONDON, Oct. 8. A dispatch to the Mail from Harwich, describing the re turn to that port of submarine E-9, says that flaunting from her periscope are- two flags, one bearing a death's head and cross bones on a yellow field for sinking the German cruiser Hela and one for the destruction yes terday of the German destroyer. This little privilege submarines have tacitly claimed heretofore and have succeeded in evading their admiral's displeasure Submarine crews call them racing flags and treasure them with greater delight than the white ensign which all British battleships fly. AMSTERDAM, Oct. 8. A telegram from Berlin says that the e'vening papers of the German capital announce that on the afternoon of October 6 the German torpedo-boat destroyer S-126 was sunk by a British submarine and that nearly all the crew were saved. The sinking of the German destroyer was announced by the British Admir alty Wednesday, but the designation of the craft was not given. The S-12 6 was built in 1901-05 and was 210 feet in length. She carried three four pounders, three torpedo tubes and a crew of BO men. DAHLIAS DISPLAYED TODAY Show at Central Library to Continue ITntil Tomorrow Night. The second annual dahlia show will be opened at noon today at the Central Library. Flowers will be displayed in the north wing, on the third floor. The show is under the auspices of the Oregon Dahlia Society, of which R. W. Gill is president and E. H. White secre tary. Entries are free and admittance also is free. The doors of the show will close to night at 10 o'clock, open tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock and remain open until 10 o'clock P. M. Flowers for display may bo submitted this morn ing after 8 o'clock. ft. M. Buttler, president of the North west National Dahlia Society, in Seat tle, will judge amateur cactus and peony dahlias and Mrs. Petersen, of Tacoma, will judge all other classes on the amateur list. The judges of pro fessional classes have not yet been se lected. Fifty-six prizes are offered for the best dahlias. Teaeliing Demonstrations Given. ' DAYTON. Wash., Oct. S. (Special.) At the County Teachers' Institute, which concluded recently,- demonstra tion of plays and games suitable for the (Trades were given by Alma A. Dobbs. Others who participated in the last day's programme were: Pro fessor Dumas, Miss Grace Holman, George E. Craig, Mrs. Ewalt and Dr. H. G. Lull. The primary work, as demonstrated by Mrs. Ewalt, lately of one of the state normal schools, was regarded as quite an innovation in that line. General satisfaction has been expressed by tha attendants of the institute, regarding tha work accomplished- during the three days' sessions. MORO'S FMR OPENS WITH LARGEGROWDS Addison Bennett Pays "High Tribute to Moving Spirits for Accomplishment. VARIED DISPLAYS PRAISED Livestock Said to Equal That of Any Section of Xorth-w-est, Races Un usually Good and Great At tendance Is Expected. Br ADDISON BENNETT. MORO, Or., Oct. 8. (Special.) Today the people of Sherman County have enjoyed what may be called the trial bout for the greater events to take place tomorrow, which will be the big day of their fifth annual fair. Liter ally speaking we all ought to doff our hats to the folks hereabouts, particu larly to the farmers, for the energy and spirit they have shown in building and equipping one of the finest half mile tracks in Oregon. The names of the farmers leading the Fair Associa tion are as follows: A. H. Barnum, L. L. Peetz. L N. Lemon, John Fulton and C. A. Buckley. During the past year these men have accomplished a task of great magnitude, involving the removal of a good many thousands of yards of dirt, and from what a few years ago was a series of knolls, hollows, hills and canyons they have constructed a race course and show grounds of which any people might well feel proud, and a large amount of the work was done voluntarily without pay. Attendance la Larce, There was a large attendance this afternoon. The weather was just right and the track was in prime condition. The agricultural exhibits are of a high order and cover the whole range of cereals, vegetables and fruits. In a county supposed to be given mostly to growing wheat these exhibits speak volumes for the enterprise and perseverance of these Sherman County farmers. But the livestock! It would surprise almost any Oregonian to see as fine sheep, hogs, cattle and horses here as one could find in any county of the state. Indeed, there are some of the finest Hereford's and Jerseys here as there are In the West and as good swine as one usually sees at any fair. The same is true of sheep and horses, which shows that the Sherman farmer-folk are swiftly taking the advice of Dr. Withycombe and his fel low Oregon Agricultural College workers and putting their eggs in several baskets in place of one a.3 for merly the wheat basket, so to speak. Races Win Praise. There was a fine racing card of 10 events this afternoon. and almost every one was good. In the pony ex press race Sid Seal won rather easily, but in the standing or Roman race he ind his brother, Walter, had the closest heat I ever saw in such a race. From the time they left the wire until they passed under it at tha finish there was never six feet between them. Sid, however, nosed out and won by a whisker. Ben Hur and Messala again fought out their chariot race. It was great, Messala getting the best of it by only a few feet. Everybody is expecting the biggest crowd tomorrow ever assembled in this beautiful little city of Moro. The Dalles people are going to shut up shop for the day and move the popula tion up here by special train. Gee, but it sounds fine to see the folks of neigh boring counties so loyal to each other. Yes, it shows a commendable spirit. It ought to be a day of fine sport, too. There are 18 events on the racing card and several of them are bound to be hair-raisers. I am glad to be here to see the sport, but I am doubly glad to be once again among these splendid people of Sherman County. EXTENSION ACTION TO WAIT Demand for rourth-Street Work Xot Urgent Enough, Says Mr. Dieck. Until there Is a greater popular de mand for the improvement, the pro posed extension of Fourth street south along the hillsides to the city limits will not be undertaken by the city. This was the ruling yesterday of City Commissioner Dieck. The Fourth-Street and the Fulton Park Improvement clubs have been Urging proceedings for- the improve ment for some time past. Commis sioner Dieck reports that he has had preliinary surveys made and has de cided that the Improvement would be expensive and that it would not be well to take it up until there is -a more pronounced demand for it. He recommends to the Council that the proposition be pigeonholed for the present. Portland Boy Yell Leader. UNIVERSITY, OF OREGON, Oct. 8. (Special.) Ernest Vosper, of Portland, was chosen varsity yell leader by the student body council at a meeting yes terday evening. Mr. Vosper is a senior in college and a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He is a graduate of Jefferson High School, Portland, where he was a member of the baseball and football teams. A Fellow From the Country The Other Day Came in With a Musician. A fellow who knew the real value of a piano because he had been a tuner for many years. After thoroughly ex amining the pianos now on sale at 3S8 Morrison St., he not only bought one for himself, but the tuner bought two, one player piano and an upright to send down to the little town where they came from. The piano tuner said he could easily get $100 or $150 or $200 more money. He knew the old reliable makes we are selling. Don't overlook the fact that you can now buy almost any make at cost wholesale and less. Checkering, Kimball, Knabe, Behning, Wegman, Lester. Steinway. Steck. Weber, Emer son, Schuman, Weber Pianolas, Steck Pianolas, Vose & Son, Briggs, Hobart M. Cable. Hallet & Davis, Ludwlg, Es tey. I think we have told you about all of them. Possibly we have missed telling you about the Kxell and the Chase & Baker, and we are positive there are a lot more. You name the make, we cut the price. Nearly all of these pianos are new. Those that are second-hand, with a very few excep tions, look as though they were just slightly shopworn, but everything goes, regardless of their cost or value and on any terms that will suit you. The store is open evenings until 9 or 10 o'clock. 3S8 Morrison St., just opposite Morrlson-St. entrance of Olds, Wort man & King. Tomorrow (Saturday) the last day. Adv. FIFTEEN SPLENDID EASTERN STATES HAVE EXPLODED FALSE THEORY Maine has just elected a governor and a majority of legislators upon a platform opposed to statewide prohibition and pledged to submit to the people at the next general election a local option law. Opposed to these successful candidates were aspirants seeking office on a statewide prohibition platform AFTER SIXTY-FOUR YEARS OF PROHIBITION, MAINE IS CRYING FOR LOCAL OPTION Vermont New Hampshire Michigan Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts South Dakota Alabama . . . f.. Nebraska Illinois . Iowa .... New York Indiana Ohio Wisconsin Is there any reason why Oregon should experiment with this freak legislation? Register Before Thursday, October 15 Defeat of the Proposed Prohibition Amendment Has No Effect on the Present Efficient Local Option or Home Rule Law. SALMON PACK HUGE Estimate Places Catch in Alaska at 3,000,000 Cases. CHOICE REDS NUMEROUS Southeastern District Supplies Half of Total, but Bering Sea Men to Make Most Profit Gain In Price Is Indicated. SEATTLE. Oct. 8. (Special.) Ac cording to the estimates of Alaska can nery men, the total pack of Alaska for 1914 will exceed 3,000,000 cases, as follows: Southeastern Alaska l.soi.ooo Central Alaska , r.S5.000 lierlna Sea 1.OOO.00O Total. .'. 3.08B.00U "While Southeastern Alaska will fur nish nearly half of the total it is prob able the Bering- Sea paok will be more valuable because It is 90 per cent choice reds, which bring- a higher price. The run was much better than last year except in the southern end of Southeasterni Alaska district and the run of reds was better in all sections. Another favorable circumstance for Gevurtz Furniture Store has purchased the entire stock of furniture of .. Ostrow & Co. :AT: on the Dollar Consisting of Ranges, Heaters, Cook Stoves, Rugs and Furniture of Every Description. WE MUST GET OUT IN 10 DAYS Every article sacrificed below actual wholesale cost. Second-hand goods at 50c on the dollar. All the fix tures, balconies, safe, desks, etc., for sale immediately 64 to 66 Third St., Near Davis ALL CAES PASS THS DOOR fS DISfflAl adopted adopted adopted adopted . .adopted adopted ...adopted adopted adopted adopted adopted adopted adopted adopted adopted prohibition in prohibition in prohibition in prohibition in prohibition in prohibition in prohibition in prohobition in prohibition "in prohibition in prohibition in prohibition in prohibition in prohibition in prohibition in VOTE 333 X NO (Voting Qualifications: Six months' residence in the state, 30 days in precinct.) (Paid Advertisement Taxpayer and Wase-Earnera' Leasrue of Oregon. Portland. Or.) the cannery men is that there are signs ox a material increase in prices. Nearly all those in the buslnes are sat isfied with the season's work and the prospect of marketing: the product at a profit. Central Alaska's pack Includes the Shie-nik, Kodiak. Cook Inlet and Cop per River sections. The pack of Southeastern Alaska In cludes everything- from Takutat south and east to the Canadian boundary. The percentage of reds taken in Central and Southeastern Alaska is greater this season than at any time within the past three or four years. WORK IS CONSOLIDATED Idaho Ousts Official and Saves Mon ey In Operation of Ofrice. BOISK, Idaho. Oct. 8. (Special.) Having- removed, or caused to resign, State Pure Food Commissioner James U. WallU. the State Board of Health of this state intends to consolidate the work of the health , department, which has been under the direction of Dr. Kalk with the pure food depart ment and cut the office and field forces of both departments down to the minimum. The operating saving to the state in perfecting this consoli dation will be several thousands of dollars. Commissioner Wallis" removal has caused no end of comment in this state, due to the prominence of Mr. Wallis and the fact he was and still Is considered one of the best direc tors of pure food and sanitary work in the West Th unusual size of some gime fish caught In irrigation ditches In Washington led to the beHe that they had fattened them selves by eating- alfalfa. An investigation provwd ths theory correct. 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