VOL. LIV. NO. 16,906.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY "SO, 1915.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
UNION
MAN STRIKES
AT ROCKEFELLERS
Oil Man's Testimony Is
Bitterly Arraigned.
PHILANTHROPY IS RIDICULED
Methods and Purposes
Foundation Scored.
of
COLORADO SCENE PAINTED
John K. Lawson, Appearing Before
Federal Commission, Belittles
Rockefeller's Confessed tact
of Knowledge of Conditions.
KEW YORK. Jan. 29. The policies
and purposes of the $100000,000 Rocke
feller Foundation and the recent utter
ances on the witness stand of John D.
.Rockefeller, Jr., were vigorously as
sailed today by John R. Lawson, a
member of the board of United Mine
workers of America for the district
which includes Colorado, when he ap
peared as a representative of the coal
miners at the hearing being conducted
by the Federal Commission on Indus
trial Relations.
Among' other things Mr. Lawson as-
erted "a skillful attempt is being made
te substitute philanthropy for justice."
To the philanthropy of the Rocke
fellers Mr. Lawson referred as follows:
Where Money llaa Not Gone Told.
"Health for China, a refuge for birds.
food for the Belgians, pensions for New
York widows, university training for
the elect and never a thought or a
dollar for the many thousands of men,
women and children who starved In
Colorado, for the widows robbed of hus
bands, children of their fathers. There
are thousands of Mr. Rockefeller's ex-
employes in Colorado today who wish
to God they were in Belgium to be fed.
or a bird to be tenderly cared for."
Mr. Lawson criticised John D. Rocke
feller, Jr for his lack of knowledge of
conditions and said he was "equally as
Ignorant and indifferent as his trusted
executives."
The witness told of striking miners
in Colorado being shot down by militia
"in the pay of the Colorado Fuel &
Iron Company," and hundreds or per-I
sons being dumped into the desert with-I
out food or water while others were
beinsr driven over the snow of the
mountain ranges.
Corrupt Policy Blamed.
"If any appearance of poverty clings
to the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company,
Mr. Lawson declared, "it is due to its
stuniriitv and oorrunt ooiicv. Had
ir taken the money it has spent in con-
- i
trolling officials and electorate, in pur
chasing machine guns, the employment
of gunmen and in crushing the aspira
tions of human beings, and spent In
wages and the improvement of working
conditions, they would have had rich
returns."
The manner in which the directing
forces of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Com
pany "handed down power from man
to man." Mr. Lawson characterized as
"a chain that no individual can climb.1
The Rockefeller Foundation's inves
tigation into industrial unrest, Mr. Law
son said, is to be conducted by "Mac-1
Kenr.ie King, an alien, whose chief con-
tribution to the industrial problem is
a mw mii piucnun eiiieui.-o
lor inu worKer who uarca iu lay oowu
his tools."
rver Is Inheritance.
"Your body can well afford to let the
testimony of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
bring your investigation to an end,"
Mr. Lawson told the Commission. "Out
of his mouth came a reason for every
discontent that agitates the laboring
class in tho United States today, and
ir remcoics are provioeu lor mo injus-
tiers that he disclosed, a long step will
be taken away from industrial distur
bance. For mnrm than 10 vpars he has Wn
a director of the Colorado Fuel & Iron
company, resieu wnn wnat is viriu
any the power of life and death over
11.000 men and their families. This I
newer, let It be pointed out. came to
him bv no healthful process of struir-
rlo and achievement, but entlrelv
through the fact that he was the son
of his father. His hujre control of
men and money was, in effect, a gift
that marked the attainment of matur-
itr
"In those first days when he mlcht J
have been expected to nossess a cer-
tain enthusiasm in his vast resnonsl-
bilitics... Colorado was shaken by the
coal strike of 1903-4. It is a matter
of undisputed record that a mercenary
militia, paid openly by the mine op
erators, crushed the strike by the bold
violation of every constitutional right
that the citizen was thought to pos
sess. Conditions Are Described.
"Men were herded in bullpens like
cattle; homes were shattered, the writ
of habeas corpus suspended; hundreds
were loaded on cars and dumped Into
the desert without food or water; oth
ers were driven over the enow of the
mountain ranges; a Governor elected
by 15.00 J majority was unseated; a man
never voted for ou that office was
made Governor, and when there came
.i thing called peace, the blacklist gave
6'00 miners the choice between star
vation or exile.
"The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
organized and led that attack on the
liberties of the free men and yet you!
heard from Mr. Rockefeller's own lips'
tionduded ua Page 2.)
WEST MAY WIN ONE
ON COMMISSION
PRESIDENT NARROWS TRADE
BODV CHOICE TO FEW. -
East and South May Get Two, Mid
dle West Two and Pacific Coast
Only One on Board.
"WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. President
Wilson today narrowed the list of men
he is considering for the r ederai
Trade Commission down to a few men.
He will send the nominations to the
Senate early next weeK unless unfore
seen complications intervene, accord-
ins to indications today.
The five men considered most likely
to be appointed to the commission to
night were Joseph E. Davies. of Wis
consin; E. N. Hurley, of Illinois; Will
H. Parry, of Seattle, Wash.; George L.
Record, of New Jersey, and William J.
Harris, of Georgia.
Mr. Davies and Mr. Hurley were
said, in official circles, to be the only
two men of this list sure of going
on the commission. George Rublee, of
New Hampshire, was still being se
riously considered, it was understood.
Samuel Rogers, of North Carolina;
Thomas S. Felder. of Georgia, and sev
eral other Southern men were said to
be under consideration with Mr. Harris.
Under the law, not more than three
of the members of the commission can
be of the same party. Mr. Davies, Mr.
Hurley and the Southern men under
consideration are Democrats; Mr. Rub
lee and Mr. Record are Progressives,
and Mr. Parry Is described here as be
ing a Progressive.
3 JUDGES PLEAD FOR MAN
F. H. Xoltner Convicted of Embez
zlement but Mercy Is Advised. .
After three Circuit Judges had testi-
"ed as to the good character of F. H.
Noltner a Jury in Circuit Judge Davis'
court yesterday found him guilty of
embezzlement and recommended him to
the mercy of the court. He will be sen
tenced Tuesday.
Noltner, as cashier of the local branch
Crlbben & Sexton Company, a Chl-
cago stove manufacturing concern, was
alleged to have been $2700 short in his
accounts. Evidence was brought forth
to show that before resigning from his
position in January, 1913, he had made
good a shortage of $11,000, but that
$2700 still remained unpaid. The de
fense brought in Judges Morrow, Gan
tenbein and Gatens as character wit
nesses.
PRELATE IS GUEST HERE
Rev. T. P. Brown, Provincial of MiS'
sourl Province, Is on Visit.
rtev- Thomas P. Brown, provincial
of the Missouri province, accompanied
by Rev. Father Franzen, rector of St.
Alphonsus Church, St. Louis, Mo.
passed a few days in Portland as
guests of the Redemptionist Fathers
In theHoly Redeemer parish, Pled
mont. The children of- the parochial
school tendered them a reception. An
address was read
by Miss Dorothy
Leader.
Dr. Brown told the children that the
receDtion was full compensation lor
the weariness of the trip. The party
eft St. Louis January 2. They wen
to Nashville, Tenn., thence to Isew Or
eans, San Antonio, Tex.; Los Angeles,
Fresno, San Francisco and to Portland
ANCIENT PAPER AT FAIR
Oregon City Spectator, 69 Years, to
to Be in Coos Exhibit.
OR-FGOV pity. Or..' Jan. 29. (Sne-
,, . T-ilo. after 69 years, but still
le5ible a copr 0r the first newspaper
printed on the Pacific Coast, the Ore-
cnl.t.tnr. will be sent to the
Panama-Pacific Exposition and occupy
a prominent place in the Coog County
exhibit.
The raper is the property of Jack
McDonald, of Marshfield. It has been
framed to protect it from further Wear.
The first issue of the Spectator ap
oeared in February, 1846. It was fol
lowed by the Argus and the Enterprise.
.,. Rn,.rri,. established in 1866. is
the only one of the three still pub
lished.
JUNEY PROTEST IS FILED
jlator Tells North Portland Callers
.
Matter Is Being Cons.dcrcd.
Business men of North Portland for
mally protested yesterday against the
Council permitting the jitney bus serv-
ice to continue without regulation. The
protest was presented Dy ur. j. i.
Palmer, W. A. Morse, Eugene Palmer,
- N. Hanson and D. Rodgers.
Dr. Talmer declared that the jitney
has no responsibility and is not in com
petition fairly because the service is
not extended beyond the point where
such service is profitable.
Mayor Albee announced that the
Council has the proposition under con
sideration. .
LOSS OF AIRSHIP ADMITTED
Ruffian Report of Bringing Down
German Craft Is Confirmed.
BERLIN, via London, Jan. -9. The
Parsival airship which flew over Libau,
the Russian port on the Baltic, on Jan
uary 25, did not return.
The above dispatch apparently con
firms a statement by the naval general
staff at Petrograd thai a German air
ship which dropped bombs on Libau
last Monday was brought down by gun
fire, falling into the sea. The airship
was destroyed and the crew captured,
"t was stated. The statement, however,
referred to the balloon as a Zeppelin.
DE1CBATSSCHEI
TO BOLSTER F
Fffort Afoot to Advance
Postal Charges.
$30,000,000 DEFICIT IN AIR
Wilson
Impresses Need
Economizing.
for
DUTY ON SUGAR WILL SAVE
Following Cabinet Meeting Post
master-General Burleson Gives
Orders for Sweeping Reduc
tions In His Department.
"WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. (Special.)
In an effort to avoid the necessity for
an extra session of Congress the Demo
cratie leaders tonight decided to at
tempt at this session of Congress to
enact legislation to bolster up the fail
ing finances of the Government
William F. McCombs, chairman of
the Democratic National Committee,
after a conference with Speaker Clark
and Leader Underwood, tonight, said
that such legislation would be present
ed to meet a crisis.
The hope of the leaders Is to raise
the revenues needed through legislation
permitting increased charges and an
extension of service in the postoffice
department, especially in the parcels
post service. By this legislation it is
hoped also to offset a threatened deficit
of $30,000,000 or more in postal revenues
attributed to loss of business because
of the European war.
Other Plans Discussed.
Other plans discussed for revenues
include: Suspension of the law remov
ing duties from, raw sugar; imposition
of all the stamp taxes of the Spanish-
American war, a part of which were
carried into the war tax bill enacted
last Fall; reduction of the Income tax
exemption so as to derive revenues from
smaller Incomes; tho appropriation,
committees of the House and Senate
were warned that excessive cuts in ap
propriations for governmental works in
the fiscal year 1915-16 must be made
and the pruning work has started.
How deep the slashes are to be made
and where has not been disclosed. The
rivers and harbors bill, recently passed
by the Hou30, seems certain of failure.
The great sundry civil bill, which pro
vides for continuing contract work on
public buildings and waterways. Is
marked for slaughter. It is in course
of framing.
Mr. McCombs reached the city today
In response to the call of the Demo
crat leaders. Thomas Taggart, of Indi
ana, came also and several more Na
tional committeemen are expected to
morrow for conference with Mr. Mc
Combs. President Wilson's views of
the situation will be given Mr. Mc
Combs tomorrow.
Representative Broussard, of Louis!
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
degrees: minimum, 36.6 decrees.
TODAY' S Occasional rain : aoutheaaterly
winds.
Lefftalmttire.
Appropriations for six state departments
snow saving- of $245,747 ver last bien
mum. faee 6.
Dr. Sisson's educational system attacked in
Idaho House. Page 7.
L-earlsIature at Olympia starts Investigation
or Cheney Normal and Scnool lor eeD.-
-Min fled. Face 7.
Merper of 50 state tooards Into 12 approved
by Senate committee. Page .
War.
German losses heavy and gains are nil, says
roe. Page 3.
Russians invading Germany avoid route of
previous defeat. Page 3. -
Torture of Jiving seen in Antwerp by war
correspondent. Page 6. . . .
Mexico. .
New President Is missing and Villa "is re
ported seriously hurt. Page 1.
National.
President Wilsfcn declares public confidence
ras rescued business from maze or mis
understandings of score of years. Page 1.
President narrows choice for Federal Trade
Commission down to few men and nest
may set one. Pace 1.
Democrats blame big losses to war and
party leaders rush to Washington to plan
economy programme. Page 1.
Domestic.
Convicted accomplice of Lo Frank denies he
confessed murder. Page 2.
Tariff, not European war, blamed for busi
ness ills. Page 2-
Engineer who made $533 In October worked
long hours for 31 days. Page o.
United Mine workers' leader bitterly arraigns
young John D. Rockefellers philanthropic
spirit. Page X.
Sports.
Walter McCredie only flies list of Cleveland
cas toils. Page 12.
Imperial Amateur Athletic Club appears In
boxing circles. Page 22.
Pacific Coast League will fight for equal
rating with American Association, page
12.
Pacific Northwest.
Woman arrested at The Dalles said to be
one of desperate highwaymen. Page 16.
Profits of Oregon banks Increase in 1914.
Page 1G.
Commercial and Marine.
Pacific Coast wheat cargo sells at record
price. Page 17.
Wheat market at Chicago unsettled by peace
rumors. Page 17. -
Steel sales heavy, partly for foreign account.
Page 17.
Shin rates soarlnar and exports of grain
likely to exceed early estimates, age lb.
Portland and Vicinity.
Auto show. closes tonight.- Page 11.
Business men and officials discuss unemploy
ment problem. Page 11.
State's greatest needs are more people and
capital, hears Realty Board. Page IS.
Weather report, data and forecast. Pajje 17.
IINERS WILL ARBITRATE
Olilo Wage Controversy Agreement
Affecting 15,000 Men Reached.
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 28. Agree
ment to arbitrate the wage controversy
which has - kept io,00U coat miners in
the Ohio field out of work since April
virtually was reached tonight.
The Joint conference at which the
agreement was reached was attended
by United States conciliators, mine
operators and miners' organization offi
cials. COLONEL R. A. MILLER WEDS
President of Jackson Club Lets Only
Few Friends In on Secret.
Letting: only a few of their intimate
friends Into the secret. Colonel Robert
A. Miller, president ot the Jackson Club,
and Mrs. Daisy E. Allen were married
at the First Presbyterian Church Thurs
day night by Rev. John H. Boyd.
Colonel Miller is an attorney and is
prominent as a Democratic leader. He
lives at 670 Johnson street.,
Mrs. Miller formerly lived at Albany.
SOME SOLONS SEEN AT SALEM.
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PROSPERITY AGAIN
WILSON'S FORECAST
New Era at Hrre
diets President.
ENTERPRISE LONG CHECKED
Mists of Score of Years Now
Shuffled Off, He Says.
FEAR AND SUSPICION GONE
Nation's Executive In Washington
Address Asks America for Period
of Test to Determine If Correct
Remedy Has Been Found.
PRESIDENTS RULES FOR THE
GAME OF BUSINESS.
First Publicity, taking the
public into your confidence.
Second Giving; equivalent in
service for money received.
Third Conscience is neces
sity, i ' t.
Fourth Have 'the spirit of
service for the benefit of com
munity. w A SHTVGTOX. Jan. 29 Another
confident' prediction that the country
will enter upon a new era of enterprise
and prosperity was voiced today Dy
President Wilson, in a speech befote
the convention of the American Elec
tric Railway Association.
SDeakincr to business men and
through them to the world of busi
ness generally, the President outlined
what the Democratic Congress has
tried to accomplish through its trust
islation, and declared that while a
test period would be required to de
termine whether the correct remedy
had been applied, he believed the
maze of interrogation points" which
had checked, 'enterprise for 2.0 years
had been cleared away.
With a common understanding re
garding business reached, he said,
henceforth nobody would be suspicious
of any business just because it is big.
He gave some of the "rules of the
game" which he thought should be
followed, heading the list with public
ly "not doing anything under cover."
To Koott Men Is to Know Character.
"I always maintained that the only
way in which men could understand
one another was by meeting one an
other," said the President. "I know
many men whose horns dropped away
the moment I was permitted to ex
amine their character.
"it seems to me that I can say, with
a good deal of confidence, that we are
upon the eve of a new era of enterprise
and of prosperity. Enterprise hus
been checked in this country for al
most 20 xears, because mpu were mov
ing in a maze of interrogation points.
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SZ?Sm 7 TV OJ.OS
SYOCtfMAf
NO VAKD UVA
Friday's War Moves
W
ITH the armies In France and
aiders 'recuperatlnx after the
' tA. flchtinar of the earlier days
CO"'iT k and only local actions be
tX, -rded, interest In the war gltua-
C ..on has been transferred to the Rus
sian offensive in East Frussta and the
attempt of a strong; Austro-German
army to dislodge the troops of Emperor
Nicholas from their positions, in the
Carpathians.
In East Prussia a Russian offensive
has developed in the extreme north,
where the renewed fighting seems to
confirm the belief that a definite effort
to advance north of the Mazurlan Lakes
district, where previously the Russians
were defeated, has been decided upon
by the Russian general staff.
More vital to both sides, however, is
the campaign in the Carpathians, where,
southwest of Dukla Pass, the Russians
have delivered an energetic attack. Ac
cording to their account of the combat
they compelled the Austro-Germans to
retreat,. leaving behind ammunition and
stores.
This attack, according to military
observers, indicates an attempt by the
Russians to turn the flank of the Teu
ton allies. If It should Drove success
ful, observers say, it would have serious
consequences for the large Austro-Ger
man army in and about the Carpathian
passes.
Russian military experts anticipate
that the Austrlans will deliver their
main attack with their extreme right
In Western Eukowina in the hope of
achieving a signal victory and thus give
Roumania cause to pause.
The only thing holding Roumania
check at present, it is stated, is the
uncertainty as to the action Bulgaria
would be likely to take. Bulgaria, it
is asserted, still is demanding that part
of Macedonia now under Serbian rule
as the price of her neutrality, and Ser
bla is reported unwilling to make this
concession.
Greece, it is asserted, also objects to
Bulgaria extending her boundaries
westward, taking the ground that this
would place a wedge between her and
her ally, Serbia.
Thus, seemingly, the whole Balkan
situation remains involved, and it is
stated it Is not likely to be cleared up
until the demands of Bulgaria are sat
isfied. Another skirmish, with the Turkish
advance guard not fur from Sucx is re
ported by the British forces in Egypt.
It was not of a serious character. Brit
ish marines are said .to have landed at
Alexandretta, Asiatic-Turkey, and to
have cut the telegraph wires.
HEAVY WEATHER COMING
Barometer Drops to Lowest Since
1891 and Mariners Get Ready.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29. With the
barometer at 29:18, the lowest since
1891, mariners all along the Pacific
Loasc prepared today for a spell of
heavy weather.
Southeast storm signals were ordered
displayed at points from Eureka to
ban Diego. All vessels which arrived
today from Northern ports were
hours overdue and a wireless message
from the liner Matsonia. outbound for
Honolulu, reported a heavy gale and .
nusiy sea.
MONEY AND THANKS VOTED
Senate Adopts Resolution Lauding
Work of Secretary Olcott.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Jan. i 3.
(Special.) After allowing Secretary
ot State Olcott the amount he asked
for the operation of his department
the ways and means committees
the Senate and House today adopted
a resolution, offered by Senator Day,
extending the official a vote of thank
for the efficient manner in which he
had conducted his office.
Mr. Olcott returned to the general
fund 816,500 of the appropriation for
the past two years and asked 89000 less
for 1915 and 1916 than was allowed in
1913 and 1914.
BABY BOY IN NEED OF HOME
Appeal Made on Behalf of One of
Family of 1 0 Fatherless Children.
A healthy 2 Vi-year-old boy, one of a
family of 10 fatherless children, wants
a home, for a time at least. His mother
is gone, his temporary guardians are
going to leave him in the hands of the
Juvenile Court, and he is too young to
go to the Detention Home, where eight
of his brothers and sisters arc.
Chief Probation Officer Mcintosh
wants a home for this boy for 60 days,
until the mother returns. She is navr
111 in an Eastern hospital.
CAPTIVES FROM ALL SHIPS
Kill ire German Squadron In Sun
day's Buttle Is Represented.
EDINBURGH, via London. Jan. 30
The Scotsman says it learns that
among the German prisoners who have
arrived in Edinburgh are men from
virtually every large German vessel en
gaged in the naval batllo in the North
Sea last Sunday.
Some of the smaller vessels of the
German squadron also were represent
ed by prisoners, the Scotsman says.
ITALY CALLS MORE TROOPS
Artillery Reserves and Alpine Troops
Arc Ordered to Colors.
ROME. Jan. 30. A royal decree has
been Issued calling to the colors the
talian soldiers of the first category.
born in 1858, belonging to the field
artillery.
The Alpine troops and the soldiers
of the third category, born in 1S91,
1S92, 189.1 and 1894, belonging to the
Alpine troops, also are called.
NEW PRESIDENT IS
MISSING IN MEXICO
Garza Last Heard of Go
ing Back to Capital.
CARRANZA ARMY THERE THEN
General Villa Is Reported to
Have Been Seriously Hurt.
0BREG0N CONTROLS CITY
Long List of Reforms Inaugurated
by Constitutionalists' l'irst Chief
Is Reported to AVahing
ton Government.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. Although
the rapid changes in Mexican politics
have brought the authority of General
Carransa back to Mexico City once
more, after a lapse of two months,
the evacuation of the capital and re
distribution of forces has resulted in
no Injury to foreigners, according to
official reports thus far received.
Only meager advices huve come to
the State Department ot conditions In
Southern Mexico, but It was established
today that General Obregon occupied
Mexico City yesterday with 10.000 men
loyal to Carransa; that Iloque uon
sales Garia, temporary executive of the
convention government, left tho capital
January !7 for Cuernavaca. but re
turned the 28th (Thtirnday). and that
no Information r.as Been rcreivru
to his whereabouts subsequently.
Word Sent Krm Capital.
Knrluue C. Llorente, reprcentative
here of the convention government.
said he received a message from Gen
eral Ornelap. post commander at
Juarex. saying he had been in tele
graphic communication with Garsa In
Mexico City last night.
n unconfirmed report In Mexico
City that General FranrlKi-o ma na
been seriously injured was received to
day from Consul Hilllman. -
The latest dispatches from Mexico
City were summarised by tli Ktats
Department as follows:
A report from Mexico City, dated
January 28, S 1'. M.. ssys that General
Obregon occupied the city with about
10.000 men on the afternoon of the
28th at 2 P. M.
Zapata Treepa K.agasrtf.
"A few of the Zapata troops are re
ported to have been overtaken while
leaving the city, and It Is said there
was considerable firing and several
fatalities. Troops have been dis
patched to occupy the suburban town.
At the time tho dispatch was sent no
manifesto had been Issued or plnn of
government announced. f
"Tho deportment Is In receipt of a
general rt-port. dated January U. cov
ering conditions In tho Vera Crus con
sular district. It Is said that tho con
stitutionalists have been activu In run
ning down bandits In Various sections.
"On December 25 General Carransa
Issued a decree declaring the munici
palities autonomous and doing awsy
with the Jefes polltlcos, heads of the
cantons, who are said to huve b-en
obnoxious because appointed without
consulting the people and because they
were invested with numerous powers,
especially Judicial and executive.
Labor Hours Iteaiilatra.
"This was one of the reforms men
tioned In the programme of social rev
olution which the local newapnprrs
have been publishing for many weeks.
About the same lime there was alio
made generally public a labor decree
on hours of work, wages, etc., which
had been first Issued by General Can
dldo Agullar October 19, 1914, and
which also represented one of the 1
forms mentioned In the programme.
"December 25 also General Carransa
issued a decree permitting the Impor
tation of wheat free of duty for two
months and decreasing the umount of
duties on flour to 3 centavna for the
legal kilogram. Other refurtiiM In the
tariff had been made December 5. 1914,
and prior to that date. Petroleum was
exempted from duty January 6, 1916,
such exemption to be In effect for a
period of two months and to cover
the Import duty on petroleum and cer
tain of Its derivatives.
December 29 General Carransa Is
sued a decree amending the constitu
tion so as to permit divorce and the
remarriage of divorcees.
"January 12 General Carranza tt.aued
decree abolishing the Institution of
the national lottery.
The department Is in receipt of a
report, dated January 20, from Hermo-
slllo, Sonora. paying that food Is get
ting scarce and that prices are high,
as a result of which the poorer clusses
will be greatly affected. It Is said
that Governor Maytorena lias forbid
den the exportation of cattle, hides
and garbanios. which are reported to
have been the only articles that
brought American gold Into that sec
tion, and that as a consequence there
s a feeling of discouragement on the
part of tho local merchants."
American Property Raided.
DOUGLAS, Ariz., Jan. 23. Kl Lllgre.
a mining camp of 30 JO persons In the
mountains south of here. Is reported to
have been raided by constitutionalist
under Major Oteros Thursday and much
property owned hy the American cor
poration operating there tuken by his
men.
All the horses and considerable goo'lx
rom tho co'iipany siore are teporieil
to have been confiscated.