TTTR MORXTXO OREGOTA?T. WEDXESDAT, JANUARY 6. 191o.
BESIEGERS OF HO
ORDERED TO RETIRE
Abandoment of Attack Is Or
dered by Government at
Mexico City.
MORE STUDY IS DECISION
SENATE MAY QUESTION
WOMAN SENATOR'S RIGHT
Governor's Power to Name Successor to District Attorney George Neuner,
Jr., Likely to Be Settled in Review of Action.
Solution May Develop at Conference
Between Villa and United States
Army Ciller of Staff Amer
icans Are Released.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5. The Gutier
rez government In Mexico, in a cote
to the State Department transmitted
today by the Brazilian Minister, an
nounced that orders had been sent to
'General Maytorena at Naco "to make
no attack and to withdraw bis forces
from the border." pending a closer
study of the situation in iu military)
and political aspect. I
The note was dated January 4 and I
was signed by Ortia Rodriguez, the
Outlerrez Acting Secretary for Foreign
Affairs. It was aa follows:
"The government of Mexico, showing
the best Intention of solving the Naco j
i ixsa in a mx l i -1 iic ioi y manner, loaay
Issued orders by wire to Maytorena to
make no attack and to withdraw his
forces from the border. As, for the
time being, the situation is so much
relieved the Foreign Office at Mexico
ity will take the time necessary for
the purpose of making a study of the
case In its military and political as
pect, with the view of giving its final
declbion.
Bridge Meeting la Near.
"This course will be followed because
the Acting Secretary of Foreign Af
fairs la very much occupied with the
ork of reorganising the office force
and giving attention to other Important
affairs of an international character."
The general understanding in offi
cial circles tonight was that the closer
study referred to probably would de
velop In the conference to be held to
morrow or Thursday on the interna
tional bridge at Kl Paso and Juarez,
between Brigadier-General Scott, chief
c f staff of the United States Army, and
tlcneral Francisco Villa, commander-in-chief
of the forces of the Gutierrez
government.
The latest advices from the conven
tion at Mexico City of the Gutierrez,
Villa and Zapata followers was sum
marized tonight In the following from
the State Department:
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WATERPOWER BILL
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MUCH
MOD F ED
Senate Committee Decides on
Provisions to Encourage
Investment.
SECRETARY IS RESTRICTED
C'lvlllaaa Are C'oasidered.
"The session of the convention yes
tcrday was devoted to a discussion as
to whether It could admit civilians as
delegations in representation of mill
tary principals, and. If permitted, the
extent to which such representation
of civilians could be allowed. The con
vention came to no final decision on
thi point."
The following announcement of the
release of Charles C. Lockhart, of
liouglas. Arli.. was also made by the
Liepurtment: a
"In response to an inquiry from the
Department, Consul Simpich reports, in
a telegram dated January 4, from
Mosaics, that Lockhart and another
American were arrested and held by
Maytorena for some days: that the ar
rest took place on December 27: that
thr-ir case was taken up by telegram
with the American Consular agent at
Cnnanca. and that he telegraphed from
Naco on December 30, saying both men
had been released and returned safely
to Douglas. Ariz., with their automo
bile. Maytorena released them as soon
a their case was fully explained to
him."
TWO V1LIA FOltCKS ROUTED
Carrunzs Gcnt-rai Takes Puebla,
With 1000 Prioiiers, 00 Cannon.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5. Dispatches to
the Curranza agency here from Laredo,
Tex., announced tonight that General
hregon captured Put-bla today at 11
o'clock, defeating a force under Gen
eral Angeles and taking 1000 prisoners
and 90 cannon. At Labiza Station, the
' message added. Villa forces were routed
with a loss of two trains, six machine
funs and many prisoners.
According to the Carranza agency,
Obregons attack on Puebla Is the first
step toward a general campaign on
Mexico City, which is expected to re
establish General Carranza and bis gov
ernment In the capital.
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V ladow Pried Opea Kb Ax and
Faaea f hlororma lllat at Method
lard Hair A lose Takes.
TUALATIN. Or.. Jan. 5. (Special.)
-Miss I'orena Andrews, the 17-year-otd
daughter of Jimes Andrews, of
Tualatin, last night was the victim of
an intruder, who clipped off her hair.
Miss Andrews, who retired at about
o'clock, lirst learned of her loss when
awakened by her father on his return
from a meeting at the Oddfellows' Hall.
The doors of the house were locked,
and her stepmother and grandfather
were sleeping upstairs at the time. An
examination showed that the window
had been raised with an ax.
Fumes of chloroform gave evidence
r-t the method used by the assailant.
who otherwise offered the young wom
an no attentions. Miss Andrews was
not awakened by the act. and is at
loss as to a motive for the deed or as
to the identity of the perpetrator.
Investigation showedthe ax still in
the room, the machine pushed aside,
the window partly open ard a bench
beneath it on the outside. Nothing but
the hair was taken.
REGON will have two women in
the 28th legislative assembly,
whicb convenes at Salem next
week one in the House and the other
In the Senate.
The Senate member will be Miss
Kathryn Clark, of Glendale. Douglas
County, who was appointed to that
office last week by Governor West to
succeed George Neuner, J r., who was
named District Attorney for Douglas
County to All the vacancy caused by
the resignation of George M. Brown,
who was elected Attorney - General.
Senator Clark conducts a hotel at
Glendale and is well known in the
southern part of the state. She is well
educated and has taken an active in
terest in social and civic affairs for
many years. She has no particular
political affiliations, but is understood
to be reeistered as a Republican.
It in possible that Miss Clark's ap
nointment will be reviewed by the
Senate itself as there is some ques
tion of the Governor's power to All
the office by appointment.
ACRE COST FIGURED
Estimate for Deschutes Work
Placed at $11,583,000.
200,000 ACRES INCLUDED
Irrigable Land Is Divided Into Four
Units to Receive Water From
Two Keservoirs Filled by Di
version Dams at Falls.
CHILD LABOR LAWS URGED
rieas to Employers Are Useless,
Says Senator Kenyou.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S. Delegates
attending the eleventh annual confer
ence on child labor here were urged
tonight by Senator Kenyon. of Iowa,
to reverse their policy of pleading with
the captains of Industry and invoke
a rigid application of law to keep
little children out of "sweatshops."
"It Is no use to argue with the man
ufacturer who employs little children,
the Senator said. "It is time to bring
down the strong hands of the law.
Let us flood Congress with letters so
that Congress may know that this
National legislation prohibiting the
employment of under-aged children
Is what the people want. Congress gen
erally yields to public demand."
Representative Palmer, of Pennsyl
vania, advocated the quick passage of
the Palmer-Owen bill as the most ef
fective means of eliminating the child
from the factory.
The proposed irrigation development
project in the Upper Deschutes River
basin will involve an expenditure of
auoroximately Sll.583.0vv, according to
plans and estimates of cost just com
pleted by the state ana reaemi
h.trittK nrtinc in co-operation.
The area of irrigable lands wnicn
would be benefited by this proposea
nrnwi mvcri more than ioO.OOO acres.
A summary of the plans formulated,
prepared by John H. Lewis, State En
gineer, has been iorwaruea 10 a. v..
Ilonson. of portiana, aiscnct buoi-
vixinsr engineer or tne unueu oiaies
Reclamation Service.
The irritable land lies in rour sep
arate units, classmen as me norm,
south, west and east units, respectively.
These tracts are dependent almost ex
clusively upon storage for a water sup-
nlv and in consequence two reservoirs
are proposed. One of these would be
on the Deschutes River, at Ecnbam
Falls, 1C miles south of Bend, and the
.ihpr at Crane Prairie, on the west
fork r the Deschutes.
A rock fill and earth-dara raising tne
water 54.5 feet is proposed for tne Ben
hum Falls reservoir. This will back
the water up 18 miles, flooding 19.000
acres of land and store 440.000 acre
feet. The estimated cost of this reser
voir is $991,000. including $605,000 for
the purchase of lands.
A 30-foot dam of the same type at
Crane Prairie will flood 6-00 acres and
store approximately 110.000 acre-feet
of water, at a cost of $152,000. The
cost of stored water thus is estimated
at $2.45 per acre-foot, which la said
to be relatively low.
The north unit comprises 99,300 acres
In the vicinity of Gateway, Madras, Me
tolius. Culver and Opal City, and would
cost $5,519,000. The west side unit of
30.325 acres adjoins the state's Tumalo
project, is on the west side or tne De
schutes River and extends to Squaw
Creek. The Aubrey Falls diversion dam
Is about eight miles south of Cllne
Falls and will cost $161,000. The de
velopment of this unit will cost about
$S3 1.500.
The east side unit Includes 36,000
acres in what is known as the north
canal project of the Central Oregon Ir
rigation Company. This company now
has a contract to reclaim these lands
under the Carey act. but recently of
fered to turn it over to the public for
a consideration. The works are com
pleted partly. The total cost Is in
excess of $1,000,000. and the acre cost
ranges from $32 to $42.50 per acre.
The south unit embraces 48.460 acres
of land lying south and east of the
Carey act projects. The greater part
of this land is in the vicinity of Prine
ville, and the estimated cost Is. because
of natural obstacles, relatively high
and is estimated at $J, 929. 000, or $60.44
per acre.
If the work is carried out ultimately
as planned, all of the surplus waters
of the Deschutes River above Bend will
be utilized. From the standpoint of
engineering and construction difficul
ties, reports John T. Whistler, civil en
gineer in the Reclamation Service, John
H. Lewis and Mr. Hopson, all projects
are considered feasible.
Yakima Funds Favored.
OREGONION NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Jan. 5. Secretary of tne Inte
rior Lane today recommended to Con
gress that $3,000,000 be authorized to
be expended in irrigating 120,000 acres
of land on the Yakima Indian Reserva
tion, and asked for an initial appro
priation of $400,000 to begin construe
tlon.
Out of the area to be irrigated 100,-
000 acres la owned by Indians and the
remainder by white settlers, but It Is
the expectation that 40.000 acres addi
tional of Indian lands will be sold by
the time the project is completed. Full
eost of irrigation is to be repaid in 20
years, as under the reclamation act.
The report shows this land, when irri
srated. to be worth $125 to $150 an acre.
It now is worth $1.25 an acre. The
estimated cost of irrigating this land
is $25 an acre. The project contem
plates the purchase of water from the
Yakima storage system ana win ae-
velop water power worth $500,000.
PRESS CLUB GETS STAR
SOPHIE TUCKER TO ENTERTAl-Ftf
NEWSMEN FRIDAY NIGHT.
Renowned Ragtime Singer and Her Ac
companist to Enliven Jinks "Rip
Van Winkle Promised.
Sophie Tucker, renowned ragtime
singer, star of the show at the Empress
Theater, will be one headliner at the-
Press Club jinks next Friday night.
This is one of the surprises the enter
tainment committee said was in store
for the newsmen.
"Sure as Rip Van Winkle," respond
ed Miss Tucker when a committee of
newspaper men, through H. W. Pierong,
manager of the Empress, pleaded with
the ctar to shine in the Friday jinks.
"Who Paid Mrs. Rip Van Winkle's
Rent?" is one -of the songs made fa
mous by Miss Tucker. The fascinating
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Xotice of Government's Intention to
Acquire Plant at Expiration
Required Opposition of
' Pinchot Is Expected.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Jan. 5. Radical amendments
were made today by the Senate pub
lic lands committee in the Ferris
waterpower bill, in accordance with
suggestions advancea by practical
waterpower men, who recently were
heard bv the committee, and in -its
amended form the bill probably will
be reported to the Senate tomorrow.
The bill will encourage capital to in
vest in waterpower projects on the pub
lic domain, but it is expected that the
conservationists, headed by Gifford
Pinchot. will make a fight to kill the
bill rather than permit it to pass as
amended.
The bill now directs the Secretary or
the Interior to lease power sites on
public domain for 50 years, unless the
lessee desires a shorter lease. As
nassed by the House, the Secretary had
discretionary power as to Issuing
leases and could issue them for any
period up to 50 years. The commit
tee struck from the bill the provision
that the lessee shall at no time con
tract to deliver to any one consumer
more than 50 per cent of his output.
Federal Acquisition Guarded.
The committee also struck out the
section which prohibited the sale of
oower to distributing companies and
rewrote the section under which the
Government may take over any plant
at the expiration of the 60-year lease.
The Government must give three years
notice of its intention to acquire any
power plant and must pay the fair
value of the property so taken. If
the Government does not take over the
plant after 50 years, the original lessee
shall have a preference right to re
newal over any others desiring to lease
his plant.
Charges imposed by Government for
use of power sites are to be measured
by the amount of power developed, half
of the receipts going annually to the
states in which power development
takes place and half to the reclamation
fund. Rates, under the amended bill,
will be regulated by the public serv
ice commissions of the states in which
the power is developed, if the system
lies within a state, and if tne project
is interstate, the regulation of rates is
given to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission and taken away from the Sec
retary of the Interior.
Secretary's Control Circumscribed.
Where not more than 5 per cent of
the land used by any power system is
public land, the Secretary of the In
terior may impose a fair rental of such
lands and shall have no further juris
diction over the power company which
owns or leases from a private 6wner
at least 95 per cent of its land.
A new provision was inserted in the
bill to the effect that no permit or
lease shall be issued by the Secretary
of the Interior until the power company
has secured from the state the right
to sufficient water to operate the plant
to its full contemplated capacity.
Men- Buy New Shirts for Less
Big Reductions in
Men's Underwear
2-piece garments
Vassar Union Suits
at Sale Prices
Suit Cases and
Traveling Bags at
Januarj7 Prices
"QJTAR" and "Cluett" Shirts in new pat
y terns are all reduced. Buy today at the
lowest Winter prices.
Regular
$1.50 Shirts
Only
Regular
$2.00 Shirts
Only . ....
Men's $1.50 Gloves
Only $1.15
January Sale P
in effect through
out the store.
Ben Sellings
Morrison at Fourth
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rices
THRILL IN EXCHANGE
Everybody Buys Wheat and
Prices Advance 6 Cents.
SALES REACH $112,200
February Bluestcni Brings $1.41,
Best Quotation of Session at
Which 60,000 Bushels of All
Grades Are Sold.
The present wholesale quotation of
$6.40 a barrel is 5 cents more than any
price known here in recent years.
The highest previous market was In
January. 1910, when flour sold at $6.35
a barrel. Flour prices have gone up
all over the Northwest. At San Fran
cisco bakers' flour was advanced 50
cents a barrel yesterday, but there was
no change in family grades.
Oat prices also are climbing under
the export demand. The sales made
at the Merchants' Exchange were at
advances of fl to J 1.50 a ton over Mon
day. May oats sold at $36.50 a ton,
the highest price of the season.
HURLBURT'S PLEA DENIED
AUTOIST GETS 7-DAY TERM
Union ' Stockyards Superintendent
Drives Car- "While Intoxicated.
'He drove the machine like a
drunken man walks," said Patrolman
H. S. Raney of John Kennedy, super-
ntendent of the North Portland Union
Stockyards, and Kennedy was sen
tenced to seven days in the City Jail
by Municipal Judge Stevenson yester
day for driving an automobile while
ntoxicated. The defendant was repre
sented by Attorney John Manning and
will appeal from the decision of the
court. Bond was fixed at $100.
According to the polioeman's testi
mony, citizens living in the vicinity of
Union avenue and Fremont street
called his attention to the erratic driv-
ng of Kennedy on New Year's day. Of
ficer Raney stopped Kennedy and told
him to drive to the police station.
Kennedy admitted in court that possi
bly be had more than he should have
taken in the way of liquor.
Police Captain Moore and w. H.
Jacobus. 1694 Peninsula avenue, also
testified to Kennedy's condition that
day.
The Merchants' Exchange had the
most exciting session yesterday that
the grain trade here has known. Wheat
prices struck a high level at the open
ing and continued to advance. Sixty
thousand bushels were sold and the
prices paid show gains over the pre
ceding day of 2 to 6 cents. The total
business at the noon session repre
sented an actual cash value of $112,200.
Everyone appeared to be a buyer and
the demand could not be satisfied. The
best price of the day was $1.41 a
bushel, paid for 6000 bushels of Febru
ary bluestem. That the market is get
ting close to the $1.50 mark was shown
by the bids of $1.46 for May bluestem,
for which sellers asked $1.49.
Feed Wheat in Demand.
Red feed wheat was wanted as badly
or more so man tne mining graces.
Ten thousand bushels of March red
Russian were taken at $1.35, then an
other 10,000-bushel lot at a cent better,
and finally 6000 bushels were sold at
$1.37, a 6-cent advance over Monday s ;
price. 1
The strongest kind of news cam
from the Eastern and foreign markets.
Chicago prices took a Jump of 2
cents, which made the cash prices
quoted there equal to those that pre
vailed in the time of the Franco-Prussian
war. The English markets jumped
6 to 6 cents a bushel, according to
private cables. England is facing a
serious shortage, and It is this that
is causing the flurry. The visible sup
ply of wheat in England decreased
7,364,000 bushels during the week. This
shows a falling off more than four
times as rapid as a year ago.
Floor Advance Expected.
Another advance in local flour prices
probably will be announced today or
tomorrow if wheat continues to go up.
Court Jtefuses to Kequire Word to
Make Churges More Specific.
Circuit Judge Kavanaugh yesterday
denied the motion of Sheriff T. M. llurl-
burt that the allegations of erroneous
counting of ballots be made more def
inite in the contest complaint tiled ny
ex-Sheriff Tom M. Word. The date of
the recount of ballots cast for the of
fice of Sheriff at the November 3 elec
tion probably will be agreed on today.
In arguing the motion oi Mr. uuri
burt. Attorney Dan Malarkey cited the
election contest of Tazwell against
Davis, where, he said, the Supreme
Court required more specific allegations
than that void ballots had been count
ed. He asked for identification of the
ballots.
Attorney Ralph Moody for Mr. Word
contended that no further allegation
was necessary in a contest where a
recount was demanded. Judge Kava
naugh did not set a time for Mr. Ma
larkey to 'file an answer to the Word
complaint, a document of 79 pages, but
requested the two attorneys to meet
him at noon today to discuss the situ
ation and endeavor to arrive at an
agreement for the holding o the re
count. The Word complaint charges that
errors in counting the ballots were
made In each of the 3-6 precincts In
the county, and gives the number ot
alleged void ballots counted In each
precincts.
The ballots are m tne registration
room of the Courthouse, the doors ot
the room are scaled and the room is
under guard.
FLOUR FEELS
WAR
Top Grades in Chicago Rise 55
Cents in 24 Hours.
$2 WHEAT IS LOOKED FOR
"Laborer Is Suicide.
Patrick Dwyer, an aged laborer of
124 Union avenue, was found dead
in bed yesterday morning with an
empty bottle of carbolic acid by his
side. It is assumed that lack of em
ployment and illness had caused the
man to commit suicide. The autopsy
showed a diseased condition of the
liver which might have caused suffi
cient pain to cause Dwyer to wish to
kill himself. Dwyer was 60 years old
and left a wife and two sons in Seattle.
Murkct KnUiuMusIs Base Prediction
on Holier Conrikt Will I.at
Two Years or More Stop
Lossest Check Advance.
CHICAGO, Jan. 5. War prices today
not only hoisted wheat, but dealt a
stunning blow to consumers of flour.
Top grades of the best patent flour
were elevated Just C5 cents a barrel,
as compared with 34 hours previously,
being held at $7.15 a barrel.
Second qualities of flour that sold
for $5.60 lust week were quoted at
$6.30 a barrel after today's rise. Flour
that commanded today $7.15 a barrel
old In August for $..30 a barrel. The
reason given fur tho advance In the
cost of flour was the fact that, owing
to the abnormal European demand for
breadstuffs, cash wheat in Chicago to
day had touched $1.364. the hlghe't
January price In ninro than 40 years.
Wuves tif buying III the wheat pit on
'change hero carried the chief si..ciiIm
tlve option. May delivery, up to 91.37
fi 1.37'li , a leap of more than 10 cent
In R week and of S rents or more
above last night. Many brokers de
clared the Intent upturn was merely
another step toward $2 wheat that the
price of the May option would go far
beyond the $1.85 record established In
1898 at the time of the Letter desl.
Such enthusiasts avowedly based tnelr
predictions on a belief that tha Euro
pean war would last as much aa two
years more.
On the other hand, the export buying
came to at least a temporary halt to
day so far as Chicago was concerned,
though not at the seaboard. It was
also a fact that great numbers of spec
ulative trades, including many so-called
eleventh-hour bulls, were content to
realize profits and get out of the mar
ket. Indeed, at one time today, during
a backward sweep of prices, some of
the selling was said to be of an omin
ous stop-Ins ehsrneter.
Sophie Tucker. Mary Garden (
Ragtime, at Empreaa Theater,
Wki Will Sin at Preaa Club
Jinks Friday.
actress said singing of that song for
the newspaper men would afford her
special delight and that she would give
it feature place in her repertoire for
the jinks. Frank Westphal, who ac
companies Miss Tucker on the piano,
also will attend.
'Frank is my atmosphere, said Miss
Tucker, "and I Just have to take him
along."
Another surprise for the Friday Jinks
is due to be announced tomorrow and it
is expected that fully a dozen acts will
be on the programme.
Madame Gerville-Reaclie Dead.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5. Madame Ger-
vllle-Reache, former contralto at the
Manhattan Opera-house, died today at
Roosevelt Hospital. For a week she
had been Beriously ill of blood-poi
soning
BEDFORD BUILDER DECIDED
Pioneer Stone Is Approved by Gov
ernment Architect.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Jan. .5. The Treasury Depart
ment today practically decided to award
he contract for the construction or tne
ublic building at Medford to the Sound
Construction Company of Seattle, that
firm being the lowest bidder. The su
pervising architect today announced
his approval of the use of Pioneer
stone in the Medford building.
The Department has not yet deter
mined on the material to be used in
the building at The Dalles. ' R. W. Ray
mond, manager of the Oregon Manu
facturers' Association, who is here en
deavoring to induce the Department
to direct the use of Pioneer stone in
both Oregon buildings, says that from
conferences he has had with the su
pervising architect, he thinks Oregon
stone will be used at The Dalles as
well as at Medford. and at his sugges
tion" the Department suspended the
awarding of The Xalles contract pend
ing negotiations now under way.
TRIAL OF MAYOR BEGUN
Ii. X. Ward, of Goldendale, Faces
Embezzlement Charge.
GOLDENDALE, Wash., Jan. 5. (Spe
cial.) George Back, of Vancouver,
Wash., is at Goldendale holding a jury
session of the Superior Court. Mayor
N. L. Ward, charged with embezzle
ment, is on trial. The Mayor was ar
rested last November upon & complaint
sworn to by Sarah C. Hughes, of Sal
lisaw, Oklahoma, and was released on
bail.
The day was passed in getting a
jury and taking the testimony of Mra.
Hughes. Ward's defense Is being con
ducted by his brother, ex-Prosecuting
Attorney E. C. Ward, and Judge Don
ald McMasters. of Vancouver. Judge
A. L. Miller, of Vancouver, is assist
ing Prosecuting Attorney C. W. Ramsey.
SUN MON TUE8" WED ThU
'w "' Ten Days
Canned whale meat Is used extensively in
Japan. . ...
If it's coffee that is causing your nervousness, headache, heart flutter,
biliousness, or sleeplessness, and you want to keep on -with these troubles an
other year, why stick to coffee!
(It's an established fact that the poisonous drug,
caffeine, in coffee causes these and other ills.)
But if you want to know the joys of freedom from coffee troubles, quit
coffee and use
the delightful pure food-drink.
Made from prime wheat and a bit of wholesome molasses, and free from
caffeine, or any other harmful substance.
' Usually a ten days' change from coffee to POSTUM is sufficient to con
vince most coffee drinkers that
'There's a Reason" for POSTUM