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3 THE MOTINTXG ORECrONIAJT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1915. BRYAN ADVISED 15 VILLA IS PRESIDE!! Friction With Diplomats in Mexico City Is Denied by Carranza Agents. EXAGGERATION IS CHARGED Monterey Is Captured by Constitu tionalists, While Zapatistas- Are Surrounding Old Capital Pop ulace Becomes KcsUtc. WASHINGTON. Feb. ?. General Villa's announcement of his assumption of the "executive power in Mexico was confirmed in oflleial reports to the State Dcnartmcnt today from Georce C. Caro ther.-. American nsent with Villa, and by Enrique C. Llorente, representative h-re of General Villa. Villa announced that his action had been "rendered .necessary by reason the temporary inability of the sovereign convention t-. communicate freely with the northern states of the republic. Diplomatic Friction Umlrd. In connection with the recent demand bv ;cncr.il Obrepon on the Spanish Mln i.-UT at Mexico City for the retention of Ansel del Paso, a Spaniard accused of bcinp a Villa agent, the Carranza tcenty here made public tonight the following telegram from General Car ra nza: "It is false that any friction exists between the diplomatic corps and the brut chief." i:iis'o Arredondo. head of the agency, raid undue importance had been given the Del Caso incident, and that there vas no likelihood of it developing any iuinundr.staiiding between Carranza and the diplomatic corps. The agency also gave out the following telegram from Laredo: "Reported here Monterey has been taken by constitutionalist forces. .No details of the fighting1- The fall of Monterey lias been ex petted fr several days, and the fact t hat telegraphic communication be twet n I'A Paso and Monterey has been suspended tends to confirm the report that Monterey has been captured, '.apatlfttas Surround .Mexico City. Kightinij was reported to be going on rear Monterey yesterday and Saturday In State Ocpartmcnt advices. Xapiitista forces are gradually clos ing in on Mexico City again, today's official dispatches report, and the ap prehension in Iaily growing more acute over conditions generally. JVartically all the foreign diplomatic representatives there have asked their home governments for instructions as to what they should do in certain con tingencies, and are hoping to be per milted to use their discretion as to abandoning their legations. Demonstrations continue by the pop ulace, which has been affected by the nullification by Carranza authorities of paper currency issued by previous administrations. Scarcity of food is causing grave anxiety. CARRANZA TAKES MONTEKKY Three Trninlouds of Villa's Troops Are He ported Captured. LAREDO. Tex.. Feb. S. The con stitutionalist Consul here today an noti need Carranza troops have recap tured Monterey. No details ar available. Telegraphic communication with Monterey by way of El Paso i cut. BROWNSVILLE, Tex.. Feb. 8. A re port that three trainloads of Villa troops, at tern pting to etscape from Monterey to Saltillo, were captured Sunday south of Monterey by Carranza forces was received today from General J'aMo Gonzalrs by his brother In Mata morori, Mexico, opposite here. Lritaiti Kocojrnlzes Huerta Last. LONDON. Feb. ft. Neil Primrose, Par liamentary Under Secretary of the For eign entice, replying today to questions In t iie House of Commons, said the Lritish government had not recognized anybody as President of Mexico since the retirement of General Victoriano 3 Inert;!. He added, however, that the government bad brought to the atten tion of the I' ui ted States several cases of damage and loss to British interests in Mexico which had occurred since JIuerta's departure from that country In July of last year. Exiled American Millers Arrive. DOL'GLAS. Ariz.. Feb. S. C. W. Lily white. It. F. Lilywhite and Arthur Hay more, millers of Colonial Morelos, 63 miles south of Douglas, arrived today, liatiug boen banished from Mexico by Matorena troops. The latter a officers ti I lesrtd that the three Americans had a I lowed a rlour shortage to prevail at Colonial Morelos. The exiles said they were imprisoned for two weeks, and were beaten and otherwise maltreated. t arntiuii Ilout to Attack Eiisennda! LO ANGELES. Feb. 8. The Mexi can gunboat Guerrero, which sailed Irom Saltna Cruz several days ago, will attack Kr.eenada. the capital of Lower California, according to advices re ceived by Mexican representatives here toda. The Guerrero has about SOi) 'arranza soldiers aboard. L'nscnada 1 held by a garrison numbering 400 men. who are supposed to be partisans f Villa. Peace Proposal Ignored. SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Feb. 8. Fred crick Gamboa. president of the Mexican l eace conference held in, San Antonio Saturday, had received no further re plies up to noon today to the message inviting the loaders in Mexico to a i'cace conference. Alvaro Obregon. the only one to answer, rejected the invi t 1 1 ion. ('sro Troo.vers Admit Killing Man. DOl'GLAS. Ariz.." Feb. S. lien Merri wethers and Charles Dingle, negro troopers of the Ninth United States Cavalry, confessed today the murder of Armando Hernandez, a Mexican chauf feur, who Mas robbed and killed Satur day night. AMERICAN TRADE CLIMBS our country on a- scale commensurate with modern' needs and. opportunities should be inaugurated. Our problems are National, our op portunities are National; let us hear more of National common sense and see it we cannot get back to work. Public sentiment and Governmental inclina tion unmistakably favor a live and let live attitude towards business. Firm Foothold In Market Sought. "Whatever may be. the political out come of the European war. it is of vital consequence to America's future position that advantage be taken of the present opportunity to exploit the products of American invention, enter prise and quality, io establish a firm foothold in foreign markets." There is a strong sentiment, Mr. Farrell said, for co-ordinated effort in trade activities. Confidence In the business future of our country, he de clared, is growing and a balance of trade is piling up that will place the business of the country on firm foundations. "We are the only nation at the pros ent time In a position to assume the role of the world's banker," he said. "American dollars will be spent in America this Summer as never before. The outlook for raising New Tork to first place among the financial centers of the world is declared by able bank ers to be substantially more tangible than a dream. Money is plentiful and low rates obtain. Cotton has recov ered in price from 6 "4 cents in October to fully 8 cents a pound today. Ship ments to date exceed 4,000,000 bales. or two-thirds of the corresponding total of a year ago. America Europe's Granary Today. "The United States today is the chief granary of Kurope. The prices received should Insure for our farming popula tion an unprecedented measure of pros perity, and it has come to be an Amer ican axiom that when our farmers are prosperous the whole country prospers. "The Interstate Commerce Commis sion's decision in the Eastern freight rate case has raised the drooping spir its of the railroads as has been tangi bly reflected by Increased orders for material. "There Is less clamor for indiscrimi nate Governmental suits- against cor porations and we reasonably may hope that honestly conducted enterprises hereafter will be allowed to carry on their legitimate functions without fear of political or legal harassment" REVENUE DEFICIT IS LOAD ON CONGRESS Extra Session Looms Up as Solution Seems Unlikely in 22 Days Left to Work. BLAME CAST TO AND FRO (ME PLAGUE TRIVIAL GOVERN.MKXT NOT WORRIED OVIIR FOOT AND MOUTH OUTBREAK. Only Stock, in Treatment of Cars Deemed Yards Infected and These Places and Only Necessity. WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. While reap pearance of the foot and mouth dis ease in stockyards of nine cities ad mittedly is a serious setback In the campaign against the plague. Depart ment of Agriculture officials said to day the new outbreak did not present as grave a situation as the original in fection because it did not attack stock held on farms. All the cattle infected in the yards at Chicago. Pittsburg, Indianapolis, Louisville, Buffalo, Cincinnati. Colum bus, Jersey City and Baltimore were for immediate slaughter. The yards will remain closed until they have been thoroughly disinfected. Elimination of the infection, a Department statement said, is principally a matter of disin fecting all cars used in these ship ments and ell yards through which they have passed." The statement added: "In the opinion of the Federal au thorities, the renewal of the plague emphasizes the necessity of adhering for some time longer to the quarantine regulation that prohibit the shipment of any stock from the quarantined area for any purpose except immediate slaughter and. also prohibit its ship ment at all to points in free area. The Government also holds that cat tle purchased for slaughter and found to be affected with' foot and mouth disease shall not be paid for, but may be condemned under the Federal meat inspection law like any other diseased stock. Purchasers of cattle for slaugh ter In territory where there is reason to suspect the existence of the disease. puchase at their own risk, and there is no reason why the Government, should nsure them against the possibility of loss." Democratic leaders Decry War for Condition That Is Traceable to Underwood Tariff Law and Failure of Administration. WOMEN ATTACK WORKERS Strikebreakers Are Beaten by Fair Sympathizers of Union. ROOSEVELT X. J.. Feb. 8. A crowd of angry women stormed the gates of the Liebig and Williams & Clark fer- ilizor plants here today, where 19 trikers were shot by deputies Jan uary 19, and administered a beating to Elmer Osborne, chief engineer at the Liebig works, and Frank Davis, clerk at tho Williams & Clark plant. Both men were rescued by policemen, sworn n yesterday. The trouble started when some' of the men attempted to go to work for 1.60 a day. This was the wage they received at the time of the strike, the previous wage having been $2 a day. The women jeered and hooted the men going to work. One man among the crowd of women was arrested The companies -operating the plants ssued a notice yesterday that unless he men returned to work they would be discharged. Strike leaders said none f the strikers was among the men who went to work today. Fnm Kiret Pape.i cords a marked improvement in the peneral situation." "It sorm? to me." he continued, "that the time has come when co-operation should manifest it?elf among business men. to bring about conditions which will result in a larger employment of labor. "As business men let r.s give our attention to solving industrial unrest by crvatig work, by toiling and spin ning, and creating a normal circulation In tho arteries of commerce. In my Judgment a campaign for the con structive upbuilding of tho business of WASHINGTON DEATHS FEW State's Kate Ixmc&t With 8.3 Per 1000 in 1913. WASH1.VGTON. Feb. S. A death rate in 1913 of 14.1 per 1000 or tne stimatcd population in the registra tion area of the United states, com pared with 13.9 per 1000 in 1912, is honn in a report today by the census Bureau. The number of deaths in the registration area containing about two thirds of the population was approxi mately 890.948. Washington state snowed tne lowest rate, being S.a per loot', wime JNew Hampshire was the highest with 17.1. The lowest rate shown in 1913 by any of the 50 registration cities with pop- lations of 100.000 or over in 1910. was that for e-eattle., which was S.4. while Memphis showed'the highest with 20.8. Cavalry Ordered From Arkansas. FORT SMITH. Ark.. Feb. 8. Im mediate withdrawal of the four troops of United states cavalry from the Prairie Creek coal-mining district of the Hartford Valley of Arkansas has been recommended to the Department of War. according to an amvouncoment made today by Major Nathaniel F. Mc Clure. in command of the troops. The cavalry was ordered here last Novem ber in connection with labor difficul ties at the properties of the Bache Dcnman Coal Company. OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU, -Wash lngton, Feb. 8. The opinion is grow ing that an extra session of Congress is inevitable, and that it must be called to consider revenue legislation even though the appropriation bills all be passed before March A. The state of the Federal treasury, with its stead ily Increasing deficit, has presented a situation which must be met. Time seems to be lacking to adjust this prob lem during the 22 remaining days of this session. - Speaker Clark. Representative Under wood and Democratic Leader-elect Kit chin, at a conference today over the leg islative situation, argued that if the congestion in the Senate continues week an extra session was virtually certain. They estimated the ship bill could pass by a majority of 15 to 20 votes in the House under a special rule, with probably two or three days of debate. The deficit of nearly 880.000.000 is something that the President cannot Ig nore. Brought out by the daily Treas ury statements, it has begun at last to sink into the minds of the Democratic leaders in Congress. Already the Ad ministration is placing the blame for the deficit upon Congress, and Con gress is hurling back the accusation. Deficit Reflf cts No Credit on Party To fix the responsibility is in Itself no small task, but to devise some prac tical means of overcoming the deficit Is an even more serious problem. Since President Wilson entered the White House and the Democrats as sumed control of all branches of the Government a Treasury surplus has been converted into a serious deficit that reflects no credit upon the party in power. The Democratic leaders are making no headway with their clamor that the condition of the Treasury is due to the war in Europe. Rather, a considerable part of that deficit is traceable directly to the Underwood tariff law. The re duction of the duty on sugar alone has cost the Treasury to date S15.000.000, and the promised lower price to the consumer never for a moment has ma terialized. Sugar today is selling for twice what it brought under thePayne Aldrich law. The income tax, that was to yield $70,000,000 a year, according to Secre tary McAdoo's estimates, yielded on the first return only $28,000,000. and the revenue from that source next year will be still less, because of the general reduction in incomes. Revenue Act Misses Mark. Even the war revenue act, passed when the United States is not at war, has failed to come up to expectations. The Administration and the Congress, therefore, stands convicted on the charge of being unable to revise the tariff so as to bring in revenue suf ficient to meet the-running expenses of the Government. The Democracy, in other words, has proven itself in competent to handle the big Govern ment business. Congress, on the other hand, yielding to the greed of Democratic politicians, has swelled the appropriations $100, 000,000 beyond those of any preceding Republican Congress. has created countless new jobs at abnormal sal aries, and, even so, kept its appropria tions way below the estimates approved and submitted by Secretary McAdoo. According to the Cabinet, it is not possible further to economize, and therefore necessary that more revenue and lots of it be raised in some way In solving this problem Congress is embarrassed by the fact that the Sec retary of the Treasury has shown him self to be incompetent to compute pos sible revenue from various forms of taxes. It is true, of course, that Con gress was handicapped materially in framing the tariff law. for the Fresl dent accepted the judgment of .the Secretary of the Treasury and ignored the counter advice of Representative Underwood and several other well-in formed leaders in Congress who fought. in vain against free sugar, free wool and other such features. Whether tho President is convinced of the error of his obstinate stand or whether he will insist again in solv ing the financial problem in his own way, will have to be developed. The problem of financing the Government for the next two years is one that will keep Congress in session all through the Summer, if the problem is to be tackled squarely. The session can be shortened if the President lets Secre tary McAdoo make a few more guesses, and Congress Is willing to accept those guesses as accurate. But there are not a few Democrats in Congress who place little reliance in Secretary McAdoo's judgment, in view of his wild miscal culations on the income tax and the war revenue acts. Wardrobe Trunks Are Always the Best 1915 models now here in all sixes. Basement MAIL ORDERS FILLED BY EXPERT SHOPPERS man woiic Lvy vto. Merchandise ofciMerit Only"' Phone Marshall 3000 c-JJLD Phone A 6691 Sole Agents for Free Se win g Machine the only insured sewing machine made. $1.00 down. $1.00 week. Fiftli Floor Nothing Newer for Spring Suits and Dresses Than These $1.50 to $2.25 Dress Materials at 98c Yard In This Greatest Sale which will continue until Wednes day at 6 P. M. Second Floor Continuing the Most Remarkable Sale Of Pure Thread Silk Stockings At $1.15 Which Sell Regularly at $2.00 and $1.50 Pair -In black and white. In all sizes. Fli-rt Floor Continuing the Sale of Spring Models W. B. Corsets Regular Price $2.50 In newest models, suitable for all fig ures, in sizes 19 to 30. At $1.79 Fourth Floor Our First Special Spring Sale of Boys' NEW Wash Suits $1.59 For Regular $2.00 Suits Every suit was made to our especial order and carries the Lipman-Wolfe label, which assures you of the highest standard in boys' clothing. These suits just came in by express. They show the newest, most up-to-date styles, including new Oliver, middy and U. S. Navy models, of the finest quality galatea cloth, in blue and white, brown and white stripes, all-white, or white with navy, cadet or brown trousers. Some show the new vestee effect and have long pants ; others are braid trimmed and finished at neck with cord and tassel, and some with laced fronts. Middy styles have short or long sleeves. Also at this price we show the new unbleached drilling play suits, trimmed with black buttons and black tie. Every suit is new and freshly pressed. The most attractive styles for boys from 2 to 8 years. Three of the styles as illustrated. Fourth Floor NEW Spring Styles in Trimmed Millinery Inexpensively Priced 3.95 4.95 All the charming new styles for Spring are represented among these smart models, in all the newest coloringsnew blues, sand and putty shades, gray, becoming rose color, striking black and white effects, as well as black hats. There are hats of satin or faille, effec tively trimmed with straw or bunches of French fruits and wreaths and bouquets of vari-hued flowers. Tipperary. small tilting Empire models, flat sailors, bonnet effects, close-fitting models and any number of "different" shapes, you will find here, and so very becoming, too. Second Floor FRENCH WEALTH RETURNS Half Billion in Bonds, Removed for Surety, Is Brought Back. GENEVA via Paris. Feb. 8. A sec ond consignment of Bonds, stocks and scrip, sent here from Paris for safe keeping soon after the Germans invad ed France, was shipped back to the French capital Saturday in a strongly guarded car. The value of the ship ment was estimated at between J500, 0U0.000 and JGOO.000.000. According to a Bucharest dispatch. Baron Burian. Austrian Foreign Min ister, at the request of a number of Hungarian Deputies, who pointed out the serious conditions which prevail at Budapest because of the scarcity and high cost of food and also because of renewed activities of the peace party, has decided to visit the Hungarian capital to study the situation. Bohemian Czechs continue their manifestations against the war, not withstanding numerous arrests. Dozens of New Silk Jersey Top Petticoats Have Just Come In and Go on Sale Tuesday At $1.95 Regular Selling Price Would Be $3.00 Made with a deep messaline flounce, which is pleated and tucked. -Shown in all the popular colors that match the new shades used in milliners- , Putts, royal purple, grays, American Beauty, military blue, navy blue, Russian green, sand, black and many of the combination striped effects. Third Floor This Unusual February Sale of Offers The Greatest Bargains of the Year and comprises The NewestThe Smartest as well as The Most Comfortable Kind $3.95 Usually $5.00 and $6.00 -Basement .HOOVER ELECTRIC SUCTION SWEEPERS. MORE CHARGES OUT Sullivan's Proposed Loan Plan Is Related. HEARING MAY END TODAY Minister to Dominican Republic Said to Have Paved Way for Xego tiation ot $500,000 Deal Through Country's Banks. WASHINGTON". Feb. 8. Further tes timony concerning the conduct and fit ness for office of James M. Sullivan, Minister to the . Dominican Republic, was given here today before Special Commissioner James r. Phelan, of California. Walter W. Vick, former Collector-General of Dominican cus toms, resumed the stand and made fur ther charges against the Minister. Mr. Vick submitted evidence int'ended to show that Minister Sullivan had en deavored, without the knowledge of the Government at Washington, and without the approval of the Dominican Royalty on Tolstoy Work Renounced. PETFvOGRAP, Jan. 28. (Correspond once of the Associated Press.) As a New Year gift to the world. Countess Alexandra Tolstoy, daughter of the writer, recently announced that she will relinquish all right to any royalty from his writings, as she wishes hie works to be free for all the world to see- New Year gift to the world Countess Tolstov. daughter of the writer, re- rmik- announced that she will relin-, quish all right to any royalty from his writings, as she wishes his works to be free for all the world to use. Congress, to pave the way for the ne gotiation of a loan of $500,000 to be made to the Dominican government through banks in the republic. He asserted that W. W. Smith, secre tary of the Legation, first told him cf the proposed loan, and that later a Dominican banker showed him a letter from Minister Sullivan which was sent to the three banks in San Domingo City seeking to open negotiations tor the loan. A copy of this letter was placed in the record. It sets forth that Sullivan had been instructed by his Government to arrange the loan; that Dominican bonds would be issued to repay it, and that tho United States would agree to an extension of the legal limit of the Dominican debt to cover the amount. President Bares, of the Dominican Chamber of Deputies, and a deputy named Moscosco organized a protest against the proposed loan, Mr. Vick said, and the recent revolution brought the entire matter to a close. Mr. Vick denied charges as to his personal conduct made by H. S. Dickey, and supported by an affidavit of two Dominicans. Rafael Braches, the no tary before whom the affidavit was made, verified the docutnent today. Mr. Vick . discussed at length various charges made against him in the course of the hearings and denied that a min ing scheme with which he was once cannected had "swindled the public out of $6,000,000." Commissioner Phelan hopes to con clude his hearings Tiere tomorrow. SEE OVERNIGHT f REA POSUM HEALS Often when Poslam is applied to an eruptional spot, that is the last you will see of the disorder and the skin is clear next morning. Poslam is efficiency itself in the treatment of any skin trouble. Its merits are easily demonstrated by trial over night. Complexions are beauti fully cleared; blackheads and adolescent pimples removed. Nothing equals Pos lam for eczema. Itching stops at once. All eruptional troubles are controlled and driven away. Your druggist sells Poslam. For free sample write to Emergency Labora torles, 32 West 25th street. New York. Poslam Soap, medicated with Poslam prevents roughness. 25 cents and 11 cents. IF KIDNEYS ACT BAD TAKE SALTS Says Backache Is Sign You Have Been Eating Too Much Meat I I ., I L Da I I PS-",-', Hcdqu.rter.t j : i , 1 V Why don't you make waffles more often? It's hard to think of anything more appetiz ing than crisp, golden browned waffles with TOWLE'S LOGCABIII CANE AND MAPLE SYRUP Mat. Home. "Swmt" Horn, Ind.aJ Trv tho recipe below. Order Log Cabin Syrup now. Alwayi sold in log-cabin-shapea cans your guaranteeof the most delicately flavored and purest of syrup. The Towle Maple Products Co. ff ff i Log Cabin Waffles Three eggs beaten light, one pint sweet milk, 8 teaspoons baking powder, 8 cups flour, 1-3 cup of melted butter. If batter is too stiff, add little more milk. Fill irons 2-8 full. When you wake up with backacli and dull misery in tha kidney region it generaly means you have bean eatln? too much meat, says a well-known authority. Meat forms uric aeld which overworks the fcldncyi In their effort to filter It from tha blood and they become sort of paralysed and logay. When your kidneys get sluggish and clog you must relieve them, like you relieve your bowels; removing all the body's urinous waste, else you have backache, sick headache, dizzy ppella; your stomach sours, tongue is coated, and when the weather is bad you have rheumatio twinges. The urina Is cloudy, full of sediment, channels often get sore, water scalds and you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the nlgltt. Either consult a good, reliable physi cian at once or get from your phar macist about four ounces of Jad fcalta: take a tablenpoonf ul In a glass of water beforo breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fln. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, com bined with lithln, and has been used for generations to clean and stimu late sluggish kidneys, also to neutra lise acids in the urine so It no longer Irritates, thus ending bladder weak ness. Jad Salts is a life saver for regular meat eaters. It Is Inexpensive, ennnot Injure and makes a-delightful, effer vescent lithia-wator drink. Adv. Acute Articular Rheumatism Relieved by Anti-Kamnia Tablets Tb exact cue of rhnmsttrm in on known, thouzh It If Bnnrmlly bliTfd to be due to an excf'i of urloacld In thAhlnod. It maybe also aald with equal truth that no remedy hai been found which la ipeclno In all caft. In (act the literature of rheo matlom shows that there are but few dmn which hare not been given a trial. In tha hands of one observer we find thataeertata drug hat been nned with tha ntmoet at) faction; others have found the same remedy to be ft srreat dlPanDotiitmrnL. All nhfii. Clans however asrea that every method of treatment in aided by the administration of some remedy to relieve the raln and quiet the nervous syntem and Dr. W. 8. SrhuHte exorenftes the opinion of thousands of nnw. tltloners when he says that AoM-Kamnia Tablets should be fflveo preference over ail other remedies for the relief of the pain la ail forms of rheumat iim. Thesa tablets raa be parchaned In any quantity. They are also nnsurpassed in headaches, neuralgias ftod ail pain. Ask for A-K Tab U La, FUtinnrrt hai advanced In price M rae Idly In r-cent ymss that fold Is bln t4 tu alljr t, to tauten thfl nt of lctrtcal apparatus la which it la nccarnair