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THE MORXIXG OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 37, 1914. T MEXICAN FIRST CHIEF WHOSE AGREEMENT TO RETIRE IS INDI CLAYTON ACT BOBS OP IN STEEL SOU CATED IN DISPATCHES TO WASHINGTON. WILLING TO RETIRE MEiFURNISHERS S 360-66 EAST MORRISON sr. Short Provisional Government and Right to Run for Presi dency, Reported Terms. Cost Charge Opposed by Ore Companies as Evidence of Violation of Law. ALUMINUM WARE CONVENTION IS IN HARMONY ACTION THREE YEARS OLD CARRANZA THOUGH jnn- F wm vr f- it, in i r 4 I W (1 Committee Returns Highly Optimis tic After Advising First Chief or Delegates' Desire for His AVlthdrawal From Office. WASHINGTON', Oct. 26. Indications that General Carrama had agreed to retire in deference to the wishes of the Mexican National convention at Agues t'alienteg were contained in official dispatches to the State Department to night. General Obregon and the committee which went to Mexico City to Inter view the first chief returned to the convention "highly optimistic," accord ing to official reports. It is generally understood that Carranza informed the committee that he would not submit his resignation a second time, leaving it to the convention to reconsider, if it chose, the action taken at the recent Mexico City convention, the minutes of which were formally ratified by the assembly at Aguas Calientes. With the arrival of the 28 delegates . representing General Zapata, the con vention was expected today formally to consider the question of a successor to Carranza. Much optimism prevails in 1 convention circles, according to of ficial reports, and a spirit of harmony is distinctly noticeable. No report had been received late to day of the result of today's delibera tions when the all-important question cf the Provisional Presidency was to be discussed. Officials of the Washington Govern ment had no doubt that the two con ditions which Carranza was reported to have stipulated as necessary before he would retire, namely, that the tenure of the provisional government be brief and that he be permitted to be a can didate for the Presidency in the elec tions to be ordered, would be satisfac torily met by the convention. MEXICAN 'HOLY WAR RCMORED Priests Reported to Have Ijetl Fight Against Factions. EL PASO. Tex.. Oct. 26 A "holy war" in Mexico as a counter revolu tion against the Carranza-Villa era brogllo has been threatened, according to reports brought here today by Amer icans and Mexicans who arrived by va rious routes from Guadalajara. They told of uprisings against the constitu tionalist authorities of Central Mexico, led by Mexican priests. It was indicated by local activities that the "Clenttfico," or ex-federal ele ment, which flourished under the Diaz and Huerta regimes, would combine with the new movement in ousting the constitutionalists, who disagreed even before the triumph of their revolution. The new movement was started at the town of Union de Tula,, Jalisco State, when the constitutionalists from the roof of the cathedral waved at the populace a bishop's mitre, and after ward confiscated the church property. This act so enraged the people that, led by a priest and the town Mayor, they engaged the soldiers in a running right, boon the trouble spread to ad joining towns located around Guadala jara, second largest city in Mexico and industrial center of the West Coast country. The "residents of this district pro claimed themselves in favor of the Villa revolution for the reason that their grievances were directed against the troops of General Obregon, a Carranza partisan. - - A carload of ammunition was conns- cated today by American troops at Mim- bres. west of Columbus, New Mexico, on the ground that it was not passed through a regular port of entry. These munitions, it .was learned, were being cent to arm an expedition in rorth western Chihuahua and Sonora -which was to have been independent either of the Villa or Carranza factions. A local Spanish paper publishes to day an unconfirmed report that Parral -had been recaptured by General Mac lavio Herrera. a Carranza partisan, who last Friday was routed by the Villa troops. It was also reported without confirmation that several Americans were killed in the fighting. MEXICAN XFAVS IS CENSORED American Reporters Are Barred From State of Sonora. DOUGLAS, Ariz., Oct. 26. Censorship of Mexican border news was estab lished in the State of Sonora today by General Benjamin Hill, commanding the Carranza garrison at rxaco, Sonora. American newspapermen will be barred from the State of Sonora and all the Carranza news will be given out through the Constitutionalist authori ties here. Sixteen tons of empty cartridges, gathered by men and boys outside Hill's entrenchments at Naco, have been bought by junk men. The armistice declared Friday be tween the Naco garrison and the Villa besiegers under Governor Maytorena, is still observed. There fs still fear among the garrison at Naco that the Yaqui Indians will make an unexpected attack. Colonel Ygnaclo Figueroa, of Hill's command, who was accidentally injured by a bullet from his own revolver in a fall from his horse a month ago, died yesterday. The United States Government has notified C. G. Roriano, secretary of the Sonora Land Commission, that it will co-operate with the Constitutionalists in an effort to drive out all idle Mex icans to eliminate the danger from rev olutionary activities. A thousand 30-30 rifles were received here today from the garrison at Naco, which has received a supply of new Mausers. AGITATORS PLACED ON TRIALi Mexicans Charged With Plan to Pilfer Phoenix, Aria. PHOENIX. Ariz., Oct. 26. Nine Mex icans, part of the band led by Miguel Ortiz, who is still at large, were placed on trial in the Federal Court here to day, charged with conspiring to cause a revolt among the Yaqui Indians. The men were arrested in August after the discovery of their alleged plot to seize the militia's arms and am munition here and in nearby towns. They were said to have planned the equipment of an Indian force to join in the Mexican revolution. It was said to be part of their plan to gather a sufficient force to terror ize and sack Phoenix and other towns meanwhile collecting further arms from citizens, seizing supplies, and then make a dash across the Mexican border Ortiz, supposed to be the organizing eplrlt, escaped. 1 r K v g ' t & t 3r VEXI'STIAXO COLLAPSE IS FATAL Three Men Killed Following Hippodrome Cave-In. YOUNGSTOWN, 0., IS SCENE Gangs of Men Rush to Rescue Bnried Workman Three- in Hos ' pital Crash or Building Come9 Without Warning. YOUNGSTOWN, ,0... QcW,?6, Three men .are dead and three others are in a hospital as the result of -the col lapse of the . third floor, of the new" Hippodrome building late today, which burled seven men under tons of con crete and steel. The- crash came without warning, and the inside of the building fell into the cellar, carrying the workmen' with it. Some of the workmen escaped by clinging to Jutting beams, while others, were thrown clear of the wreckage into the street. " Several gangs were put to work to remove the concrete and rescue the buried men, bnt little progress was made tonight. It was believed that the imprisoned man could not be reached until morning, so tightly is the mass of concrete and steel packed over him. Of the seven men burled under the concrete and steel, three were rescued alive and three bodies were recovered. One man still' is unaccounted for. It was reported at first that 20 men had been caught but later Investigation by the contracting company showed all accounted for but one. rone of dead have been identified. the DECISION TO BE IGNORED Clackamas Judge to Race Regard less Ruling in Cleeton Case. ; OREGON CITY, Or.. Oct. 26. (Spe cial.) As far as they personally are concerned, the two candidates for County Judge in Clackamas County, Judge Anderson, incumbent, Republi can, and John Cook, Democratic as pirant, will take no action on the re cent Supreme Court decision on Judge Cleeton's election to the Circuit Court. The two expect to go ahead with the! campaign as if the ruling had not been made. Moreover both men are con vinced that Judge Anderson under the law would, be a hold-over officer rather than a candidate for re-election. "I will continue my campaign in any event," said Mr. Cook today, "even if they should decide to scratch " the judgeship race off of the ballot. I am determined to work harder than ever that the voters may decide the issue for themselves, notwithstanding the action of the Supreme Court." SWETHEART IS SUSPECTED Frank Wilson Sought by Sheriff for Moscow Iviling. MOSCOW. Idaho. Oct. 26. Frank Wilson is being sought by the Sheriff today in connection with the death of Miss Edna Erickson on the porch of her home, six miles from here, li night. The girl was called from her home and was shot to death. Her slayer then disappeared in the timber. Wilson was a former sweetheart of Miss Erickson. W00LGR0WER IS MISSING Li. K. Witt, North Yakima, Disap pears; Wife Says He Wanted Rest. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Oct. 26. (Special.) L. R. Witt, president of the Yakima Sheep Company and secretary of the Washington Woolgrowers' As sociation, has been missing from his home here since last Wednesday. Mrs. Witt says he told her that he was going away for a rest and would write. Church to Discuss Measures. ST. JOHNS. Or.. Oct. 26. (Special.") A conference will be held Tuesday and Wednesday nights of this week in the St. Johns Methodist Episcopal Church to study measures and candidates to .4' ' Mf S ex, - CARRANZA. be considered at the November elec tion. Dinner will be served in the basement of the church, Friday even ing, at 7 o'clock, in honor of the pas tor. Rev. Ingal's. MAYOR AIDS LIFESAVER Leg Brace Official Presents Enables Cripple Rescuer to Work. Elmer C. Kimberlln. whose llfe-sav Ing feats when night timekeeper for the Union Bridge Company won him recommendation for a Carnegie medal, but who has been incapacitated from hard work for the past two years, due to partial paralysis of the right leg. was presented yesterday with a S45 leg brace by Mayor Albee. Now Mr. Kimberlin Is in a position to earn good wages again. Since he was 10 years of age, Mr. Kimberlin has saved a large number of lives. When working for the Union Bridge Company in Portland he made the record of saving 20 men irora drowning in IS months. Sun's Glare Turned Upon ' Disturbing Violinist Neighbor Reflects Light, in Girl's . I'.yen With Mirror to Silence Bow. Deputy Prosecutor Hears Other Plaints. savage breast with one exception according to the novel story told Deputy District Attorney Delch yester day by Mrs. Charles Casten, of 444 Eleventh street. Mrs. Casten complained that Mrs. B. Ellison," who resides next door, objected to the "music" which sounded daily from a violin in the hands of Mrs, Casten's young daughter. Mrs. Casten admitted that- her daughter practiced room directly opposite Mrs. Elli son's reception parlor, and that the window always was open. , 'Why, declared Mrs. Casten Indig nantly. "Mrs. Ellison said if my daugh ter, who plays grandly, did not stop playing her violin she would go crazy. Yesterday she got a mirror and reflected the sun In my little girl s eyes and nearly blinded her." Well," finally ruled Mr. Deich. "the rainy season soon will be here and Mrs, Ellison will not be able to shine any more sun in your daughter's eyes." The apartments In charge of Mrs. O. Zimmerman, at 966 Albina avenue, are comfortable but they are not fastidious and elegant, said Mrs. Zimmerman to Deputy District Attorney Deich yester day. But. nevertheless, complained Mrs. Zimmerman, her neighbor, Mrs. J. Nixon, of 962 Albina avenue. Inserted an advertisement in an evening paper which read: Elegantly furnished apartments for rent at low rates," or something to that effect. This adver tisement, Mrs. Zimmerman declared, was inserted without her knowledge or consent. The result, she said, was that apartment-seekers came by the dozens and all went away dissatisfied. Mrs. Zimmerman asked for a warrant, which she didn't get. www Portland doesn't show proper appre ciation of Seattle visitors, says James Qulnn. Quinn visited Deputy District Attorney Delch yeBterday and declared that he arrived In the city four days ago from Seattle with nearly $80 in his possession. After three hilarious days and nights at a rooming-house, he said, he woke up minus the S0. Forthwith he called at the office. District Attorney's You don't treat Seattle people right," he said. Portland pride abounds in Mr. Deich, and he replied: If you Seattle visitors can t stand the pace here in Portland, you ought not to come here. METHODIST UNION IS URGED Secretary Daniels, of Xavy, Advises Merger of Divisions. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. Mobilization of a great army of Methodists in one organic union to include the Northern and Southern divisions and all the various branches of the denomination was advocated here tonight by JosephuB Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, in an address at the centennial celebration of the founding of the Methodist church. Such a union, he said, would have an enrollment of 5,295,864 souls. If Methodists were united today,' said Mr. Daniels, "they could mobilize an army of righteousness which mrght well put to flight the evils of our coun try. All denominations have agreed among the heathen not to encroach upon each other's territory and yet one srreat family of Christendom cannot agree at home. There is a Northern Methodist Church in Atlanta, and i Southern Methodist Church in Seattle.' On Anniversary of Effort to Break Alleged Trust, Lawyers Close Argument -Carnegie Lauded and ; Denounced. PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 28 The third anniversary of the institution by tne Federal Government of its suit to break up into independent units the United States Steel Corporation on the ground that it violates the Sherman anti-trust law was observed today Dy the contending lawyers continuing to fire their verbal batteries at each other. Henry E. Colton, special assist ant to the Attorney-General, concluded his argument in support of the peti tion to dissolve the alleged trust and he was followed by Darvld A. Reed, of Pittsburg, counsel for the steel corpor ation, and a son of James 1L Reed, a director in the big concern. A development of the oay was the Government's announcement that in view of the cancellation of the lease of the Great Northern Railway inter ests' ore deposits in the Lake Superior district to the steel corporation, the Government's action against 18 land companies controlled by the Grsat Northern had narrowed down to a question of the costs in the present suit. Monopoly Charged Suit. The Government originally wanted the lease cancelled on the ground that it gave the steel corporation monop olistic control of ore beds in the Lake Superior region. Since the suit was filed at Trenton on October 26, 111, the lease has been superseded by an arrangement between the steel corpor ation and the Great Northern interests by which the corporation gets a com paratively small amount of ore from that territory. , Counsel for the ore interests, how ever, has announced that ' the Great Northern will oppose a decree assess ing costs against the ore companies on the plea that it would brand these companies and officers connected with them as violators of the anti-trust law. Another important reason for opposi tion, counsel said, is that under the Clayton anti-trust act recently signed by President Wilson, a .third person could use" the decree and It would lay as prima facie evidence in any pro ceeding brought for triple damages under the Clayton anti-trust- act for alleged injury to his business by rea son of the illegal lease, if the court decrees 1t was unlawful. The present argument is probably the first court proceeding where the new Clayton law will come under discussion. - Control of Price Alleged. Mr. Colton. In closing, presented figures to support the Government's contention that the steel corporation, along with independent manufacturers. kept the prices of iron and steel prod ucts uniformly high through most of the years since the organization of the concern. . He gave alleged instances of where high prices were maintained, and said that the steel corporation sold products cheaper in foreign mar kets than it did at home, and added that this was an Indication of the de fendant's purpose to keep prices up. the steel corporation with a tribute to Andrew Carnegie, named as an indi vidual defendant, for his philanthropic work. He said: "Mr. Carnegie, in selling his inter ests to the-steel corporation, did not have in mind any monopolistic intent upon the part of the corporation and he disposed of his ownership in the Carnegie company to unburden nimseii or tne heavy weight of busi ness cares and to devote his time and lortune to help his fellow men." Mr. Reed resented the Government's characterization of Mr. Carnegie as a conspirator to monopolize the steel business and restrain trade. He pre sented figures to show that the steel corporation's business is not growing as rapidly as that of independents. He also combatted the Government's con tention that the steel corporation had a monopolistic control of the ore re serves of the Lake Superior regions. LIVESTOCK INTEREST KEEN Farmers' Union and State College Preach Silage In Washington. CLARKSTON. Wash.. Oct SR rsn.. clal.) Wheat silage, sweet clover and increased production of livestock in the Inland Empire are belntr advoc&tatri by the Farmers' Union Association and the extension department of the state couege. in tne Big Bend country and th dry unlrrigated central regions of the Bio-io it seems mat tne zarraers are taxing a new lease on life a ch&nire that has come about largely throuu-h new vision in the matter of livestock production under conditions heretofore often considered unfavorable." said Professor J. A. Tormey. of the exten sion department, "rti these regions at many points we have demonstrated particularly the use of green wheat In the silo." DPI AY OflQTQ RARP'C I ICC u H V,UOI DHDC O LITC Xorth Bend Fisherman Runs to Coroner Instead of Reviving Child. MARSHFIELD. Or., Oct. 26. (Spe cial.) Confusion through fear of red tape in the Coroner's office was re sponsible for the failure to resuscitate little Bertha Freeland, of North Bend, tnis morning. The 4-year-old child fell into the bay and was discovered among logs by a fisherman, who went half a mile to tell of the girl's plight. ' A pulmotor and every means of reviving drowning persons were used later, but the child did not respond. The fisherman said he understood nobody was allowed to touch a body until the Coroner had ex amined it. Church Deacons Styled Parasites. ATLANTIC CITY. N. - J.. Oct. 26. 'The most serious thing faced by the churches today, particularly the Bap tist, Is furntshed by the deacons, many of whom are nothing more than moral thermos bottles and tireless cookers, showing religious fire occasionally be cause they find things already heated," was tne statement or Jjean unaller Mathews, of the University of Chicago, in an address before the New Jersey Baptist convent f on here today. "A great number of deacons." he added,' "are moral parasites who throttle the work of the minister." $1 Worth FREcl With Every SlO-ale Every Home Should Replace That OLD Granite ware With FREE Aluminum If during this week's sale. You want something new for Hug, Range, Rocker, -Moms Chair, Extension Table, Dmmg Chairs, .Library Tabic or some other piece. Our stock is complete and up to date, and our prices as low as possible, quality considered. If you want odds and ends and close-out pieces at fire or removal sale prices, see us. You pay less, and, besides, with every $10 sale this week, either cash or installments, we will , GIVE ABSOLUTELY FREE $1.00 WORTH OF ALUMINUM $72 Malleable Range for $5 Worth of Aluminum Absolutely FREE with it Lasn or Just Credit TANKER TO BE FREED Great Britain Orders Release of Steamer Brindilla. VESSEL MAY SAIL TONIGHT Action Arouses Surprise in Shipping Circles of Halifax London Walts for Word I-Vonl Denmark Be fore liberating Paltnria. LONDON, Oct. 26. The British gov ernment, satisfied after an examination of the innocence of the destination of her cargo, has ordered the release of the American oil tank steamer Brin dilla, which will be permitted to pro ceed to Alexandria. The Question of the transfer of the vessel from the German to the flag of the United States will not be raised by the British government. The Brindilla, which was carrying a cargo of illuminating oil, was seized by the British cruiser Caronia and taken to Halifax. N. 8., on October 19. The case of the American tank steamer Palturla, which was seized un der similar circumstances, still Is under consideration, but it is said that as soon as the Danish government -satisfies the British Foreign Office that the vessel's cargo was consigned only to Denmark, she will be released and In her case also the question of the transfer from Oerman to American reg lstry will not be raised. HALIFAX, N. 8., Oct. 26. Prompt steps were taken tonight towards the release of the American tank steamer Brindilla, which was towed into this harbor under detention by the auxil iary cruiser Caronia October 18. The firm of solicitors acting for the British government in the case received word from Ottawa to prepare at once the necessary papers for the release of the vessel. Preparations were made to expedite CLASSY CLOTHES ON CBEDirpS AND CHERRY'S Invite You, Sir! We don't ask you to take our word for it come and see us and let us show you how. really nifty our new Winter woolens are. 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