VOL. LV. XO. 1G,931.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY. 3IARCII 1, 1915.
PKICE FIVE CENTS.
SPIES GIVE FLAVOR
10
OCEAN
V0 G
E
New Crop of Travelers
Goes to Europe.
CORRESPONDENTS TRY AGAIN
EASTER SUITS ARE
DRILLERS' REWARD
RESERV
WF.L.L-OWXKR, KEEPS PROMISE
WHEX OIL IS STRUCK.
E ARMY IS
TO BE ORGANIZED
Lusitania, Eastward Bound
Is Ship of Mysteries.
TYROS NO LONGER SEEN
Will Irttin. on Way to Disturbed
Continent, Describes "Stale or
War-' That Begins on Tier and
Is Manifest Everywhere.
TIT WILL IRWIN.
ON BOARD STEAMSHIP LUSITANIA,
In Atlantic Ocean. Feb. 10. Three
timu since this war began I have
sailed from New York for the dis
turbed continent, and each time as the
panorama of the New York skyscrapers
faded from view, I have experienced
the same queer sense of an overturn
in civilization. From the time of
Columbus to times within our own
memory, the westward voyager has
felt that he was leaving security.
regularity, civilization for a measure,
at least, or peril, irregularity and barbarism.
Now the shoe Is on the other foot.
Back there people are living their
own lives In their own chosen way.
under guard of the police. Over yon
der are tears and anxieties and part
ings and losses. No one smiles, no one
laughs naturally, the mist of disaster
lianas over everything. The tide of
civilization has turned, it is flowing
now from west to cast.
Sailing No Common Kvent.
The "state of war" begins, in fact,
at the pier. This was no common
sailing of an Atlantic liner, any one
could see that with half an eye. There
was much excitement in the crowd
which came to bid us good-bye. much
emotion expressed and suppressed.
Wives clung emotionally to their hus
bands; a few women, blinded by their
tears, refused to wait to see us off,
but ran away down the pier before
the deckhands drew in the gangplank.
When finally, the shores of America
faded away in the mist, we came upon
our first sign of real war the British
cruisers which for four months hav
stood at anchor Just outside the neu
tral zone, monotonously waiting for
something to happen. We always be
stow a little sympathy, in passing, on
the crew of the Essex.
Patrol Seemingly I'seleea.
All this Winter they have done noth
ing hut patrol the most monotonous,
nerve-tearing work known to the ser
vice and all that time they have
looked over at the magic lishts of New
Tork, with its lobster palaces, it
Eight-avenue dances, its beer gardens
and its girls. They might as well be
patrolling in the North Sea, for all the
good they get out of New York.
The war Is settling down to Its pace
the "piker sails the seas no more.
This is a passenger list of old, experi
enced voyagers. It has been a rough
passage no worse, probably, than any
other February passage, but no Winter
trip on -.the Atlantic is very comfort
able. Besides, the Lusitania is loaded
with certain mysterious and very
heavy contraptions of steel which she
was not built to carry, and she has
rolled miserably in the Winter gale.
YoyauEr-ra' Errands Varied.
Nevertheless, the dlnlng-saloon and
smoking-rooms, have been almost as
well filled In the rough days as in the
tsmooth. These are people who got
over the habit of seasickness long ago.
There is the regular delegation of
American buyers, over to get the ad
vance Spring styles from Paris. Most
of them will not cross the Channel this
reason; the Parisian dressmakers will
move their stocks over to London and
meet them half way. There are at
least a dozen gentlemen, Americans
and foreign, concerned In furnishing
tiie allies with munitions and clothing.
There Is a delegation of young and
adventurous Americans billed to our
hospital at Paris; they are going to
drive lAotor ambulances from the front
to the base hospitals. There is Mary
Carden, going over to be a nurse. Elsie
Janis, Joe Coyne and Frank Belcher
are going to fill theatrical engage
ment. Just as though there were ito
war In England. Kmest Thompson
Scton is on a lecture tour. We had
supposed that his Winter engage
ment was off, until he communicated
with his managers in London. They
spurned the idea that Great Britain
was letting the war interfere with
anything:
"Cub Reporter dorm. Too.
Ex-Senator Lafe Young, of the Des
Moines Capital, is going over at the
age of 66 to be his own war corre
spondent. The other newspaper men
aboard tell him that this business of
sending cub reporters to a great war
has got to stop. George Doran. the
publisher, is on his way to see why
the British authors are not writing.
George Tyler will look over the the
atrical situation. Dr. Crozier, of Win
nipeg, veteran of the Boer war, finding
himself too old for any' more fighting,
will go to the front as an army surgeon.
T. Boyce. the Chicago newspaper
Woman's Order for 28 Outfits Irom
Same Piece of Clolli Inspires
Tailor lo Call Police.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2S. (Special.)
"Boys, if this well runs 300 barrels or
better a day, I'll buy every man on the
lease a new suit of clothes for Easter.
The speaker was Mrs. Kate Arms
worth, owner of oil wells in the Coal
inga field, and the "boys" were the 28
men employed by her In sinking a new
well.
"It's a cinch," said the foreman, and
never did men work harder. Next day
when the well "came in," it was found
to be a gusher, sending up more than
1000 barrels a day, but it soon settled
down and for three weeks has been
averaging $50 barrels a day.
True to her promise, Mrs. Armsworth
came to Los Angeles. Entering a tailor
shop the announced she wished to buy
S suits of clothes. "One moment.
madame," said the clerk, wild-eyed, as
he rushed to the telephone. He called
the proprietor at another store and
asked if he should get the police. The
proprietor hustled right over and lo his
joy found Mrs. Armsworth really meant
what she said.
Siie bought four entire bolts of "silver
sheen," all the same color, and has a
promise the suits will be finished long
befoio Faster.
"I guess I'll Just call that well the
ilver Sheen,'" she said to the tailor.
T. R, Would Raise Divis
ion If War Begins.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
LEGION OF 300,000 IS PLAN
Ex-Members of Army, Navy,
Militia and Civilians Wanted.
NOTED MEN IN MOVEMENT
Assurance of United States' Pre'
paredness Is Purpose Prepara
tions Should Have Begun
Months Ago, Says Teddy.
LEGISLATORS WILL TALK
Several. Besides Governor, to
tend Ratification Luncheon.
At-
Besides Governor Withycombe, sev
eral members of the Legislature will be
present at the "ratification" luncheon
to be given Thursday at the Hotel Port
land. The luncheon is being arranged
by the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, with the co-operation of other
women's organizations of the city and
state. Kathryn Clarke, R. S. Farrell,
. T. Vinton end W. A. Dimiek, Sena
tors, and Miss Marian B. Towne, E. V.
Littlefield and J. E. Anderson, Repre-
NEW YORK. Feb. S. Formal an
nouncement was made here tonight of
the formation of an o-rnization of
first reserves, to be known as the
American Legion, to be composed of
former Army, Navy and Militiamen
which will better Insure the Nation's
preparedness in case of war..
Captain Gordon Johnston, aide-de
camp to Major-General Leonard Wood.
commanding the Department of the
East, made the announcement on be
half of a group of Army and Navy men,
who in an unofficial capacity are acting
with civilians in promoting the movement.
. Force or .100,000 Is Plan.
Captain Johnston said that It was
planned to establish within a short time
first reserve of between 250,000 and
000,000 former Army, Navy and Militia
men for Instant call in case of emerg
ency.
Major-General Wood has already
given the plan his unofficial indorse
ment and ex-President Roosevelt has
sentatives, will respond to toasts. Gov
ernor Withycombe is scheduled to give written a letter approving the proposal,
a formal talk. I Numerous other public men have in-
It is expected more than 100 will at- I horsed the project and an announcement
end the luncheon. Tlates may be re-1 y tne promoters says that ex-Secre-
erved by calling East 5210. Mrs. G.
L. Buland Is In charge of the arrange
ment details.
W.
publisher, is on his way to Petrograd,
not so much because he wants to write
about the war as because he cannot
(.Concluded on, Pace 2.).
CENT PER LETTER URGED
Senator Weeks Begins Campaign for
Cheaper Postage.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. (Special.)-
Senator Weeks, of Massachusetts, today-
launched a campaign for 1-cent letter
postage. In a statement Senator Weeks
declared:
"The American people have a right
to expect Congress to consider enact
ing general 1-cent letter postage. Thei
Government is making a large profit
from first-class mail, just how much it
taries of War and of the Navy have in
dicated their willingness to act In an
advisory capacity.
T. R. Would Head S Regiments.
Asserting that he and his four sons
will become members of . the legion,
Colonel Roosevelt, in a letter to fhe or
ganizers, says that in the event of war
he intends to ask Congress for permis
sion to raise a division of cavalry. Mr.
Roosevelt's letter in part follows;
I and my four sons gladly will be
come members. I very earnestly hope
and pray that there will be no war;
but the surest way to avert war Is to be
prepared for Iti. and the only way to
avert disaster and disgrace in war is by-
preparation, both military and naval, in
advance.
Earlier Action Declared Need.
"In the event of war I should ask
The Weather,
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 5-'
degrees; minimum, 4i degrees.
TODAY'S Cloudy and threatening, probably
without rain; winds mostly northwesterly.-
War.
Will Irwin, on way back to war tone, de-
scribes changes in eastward ocean travel
alnce war began. Page 1.
Belgians do effective work with artillery near
Dlxmude. Page 3.
Roumanians desire to shape policy so as to
help her nationals under other flags places
her in dilemma. Page J.
Queen Wilhelmina leads nation -in trying
task of -maintaining dignity as well as
neutrality. Page 3.
Lloyd George says If Germany wins she will
be dictator of world, page
Russians report great success over Germans
and capture of Przasnysz. Page '.
Mexico.
Carranza firm in punishing priests; capital
In turmoil. Page 1.
National.
Secretary Lans announces discovery that
may treble gasoline output. Page 1.
Domestic .
Unofficial organization of United States re
sere army Ls begun. Page 1.
Bride kills herself because husband insists on
beer on Sunday; husband commits suicide
over her body, page u.
Wheit to be much in demand, regardless of
effect of war. Page o.
Oil well owner gives suit of clothes to each
or zs urlllers striking on. rage i.
Chinese firm In intention of boycotting Jap
anese goods. Page 5.
Sporl s.
Spring entraining of Beavers is on. Page 10.
Matty lays Calvo's failure to make good with
Angels to story written by faob bister
about Cuban's 100 suits. Page 10.
Conference basketball, teams lace strenuous
week. Page 10.
Seals defeat White Sox. M to 5. In training-
camp contest. Page 11.
Pacific Northwest.
Clarence Russell refuses to make statement
on charge of murdering brother. Page a.
Olympia Legislature has most of programme
to dispose of in ten days. Page .
Fear of extra Idaho session delays adjourn
ment. Page 6.
f Portland and Vicinity.
Gus Moser explains legislation to members
of Westminster Presbyterian Church cur.
rent Events Club. Page 9.
Bringing Up Father." musical comedy, is
produced at Baker Theater. Page 7.
Orpheum bill Is full of laughs. Page 14.
Patrolmen Kellogg and Murphy arrested in
ooms with young girls. Page H.
Wider publicity given Portland Rose Festi
val man ever betore. page i.
Montara to Visit East Coast after SI years'
absence. Pace 11.
Fatal accident expected to give impetus to
movement to eliminate grade crossings.
Page 14.
Y. M. C. A. membership contest tearing
close. Past 9. ,
Professor Ewer speaks in Unitarian Church
on "Bergson's Philosophy." Page s.
New movies win applause. Page 9.
CARRANZA FIRM IN
EXPELLING IWIS
Sunday's War Moves
1"
SparvoS to Go, Na
tives Stay in Prison.
CAPITAL IS IN DISORDER
Military Used to Quell Anti
Clerical Uprisings.
LEVY OF FOOD IS MADE
Demand on. Bankers for 5,000,000
Pesos Met Hesitatingly, so Obre
gon Informs Tlicm Amount
Will Be Doubled.
THE Russian offensive operations ap
pear at the present time to extend
along the whole front, an indication
that the Russians have been able to
bring strong reinforcements into the
field. They have successfully checked
the German advance in North Poland,
where the Germans are reported to be
in retreat, and the recapture of Prz
asynsz after severe fighting has given
them an excellent pivotal front from
which to carry on their further operations.
All the Petrograd correspondents re
fer to the capture of a largo number
of Germans as a new phase of the war,
and credit it to a lack of officers among
the German armies and the large num
ber of young untrained men who have
been drafted into them.
The Russian offensive extends to
what is now known as the Bzura
Ravrka front, where the Russians suc
cessfully opposed Field Marshal Von
Hindenburg's attempt to advance on
Warsaw In December and January.
SCIENCE 10 TREBLE
GASOLINE OUTPUT
AnnouncementMade by
Secretary Lane.
PROCESS TO BE MADE FREE
Fears of Automobile Industry
Are Set at Rest.
DISCOVERY IS TIMELY
VERA CRUZ, Feb. 23. (Correspond
ence of the Associated Press.) vV hen the
Montevideo, a Spanish liner, sails from portance to the allies. The opening of
There also has been heavy fighting
in Western Galicia and in the Car
pathians, but without bringing any
notable change in the situation. In
Eastern Galicia the Russians report
another repulse for the Austrians, who
have again lost many prisoners. -
With Russia it would seem to be a
case of keeping up the supply of am
munition, which the opening of the
Dardanelles would greatly assist. The
attempt to force the straits by the
allied feet is indeed of momentous lm-
Govcrnment Chemist to Present Pat
. cnt lo People Xcw Bbm-s for
Dyes and High. Kxploslvr
Also Made Known.
TINY ACTRESS TRIES TO DIE
Edna Wulthers, Once With Sotiiern,
Drinks Poison.
NEW 1'ORK. Feb. 28. (Special.)
The, life of Edna Walthe.s, a 18-year-
old kjtretse, who has appeared in chil
i-en's parts with E. H. Sothern and in
William Brady's "Little Women, was
saved today after she had attempted
to commit suicide in her apartment in
the Normandie Hotel.
She drank the contents of a bottle of
poison, following what the police be
lieve to have been a quarrel with her
aunt, who lives with her.
is hard to say. but it must be nearly
1 cent an every 2 paid, for each stamp permission of Congress to raise a di
placed on a letter, and the profit de- vision of cavalry; that is nine regi-
rived on drop letters or letters for de- menu, such as the regiment I com
livery in the same city In which theylmanded in Cuba; and unquestionably
are mailed must be even greater. the ranks of these resriments would be
"There is reason to believe that the filled largely from tne men of the legion
Postoffice Department is not being run
as economically as a private business."
ALLIES "LAND ARTILLERY
British and French Flags ow Fly
Over Dardanelles Forts.
LONDON. Feb. IS. (.Midnight.) A
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company" from Athens says:
"The allies have disembarked detach
ments of artillery near the destroyed
Dardanelles forts and British and
French flags are now flying over them.
'The fleet continued a bombardment
of the inner forts yesterday. A powder
magazine was blown up. There were
numerous victims. The fleet had
reached as far as the lighthouse near
Fort Kilid Bahr. The forts on the
European side have been reduced to
silence. Mine-sweepers' operations continue.
"There are 60.000 Turks on the
European sitie and 15.300 on the Asiatic
side."
(Concluded on Page 5.)
$525 Found on Dead Man.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. 28. (Spe
cial.) When George A. Gardner, found
dead in his bed yesterday, was searched
last night $525 in a roll of bills.
wrapped in a check on a defunct bank
of this city, was found. In his clothes
$50 more was discovered.
Fred J. Keller, with whom Mr.
Gardner had been in partnership in the
Heidleberg saloon, said that money was
not all Gardner's. When the City Coun
cil refunded to the saloonkeepers the
unexpired portions of their licenses.
Keller cashed a warrant for $297 and
he gave it to Gardner to keep for the
partnership. He will ask to be named
administrator of the estate.
here tomorrow there will go on her as
deported undesirable foreigners, 14
priests, almost all Spanish. They were
sent here from Mexico City, where
practically all the native Catholic
clergy are held in prison by Carranza
General Obregon. it is said, arrested
them because of their failure to de
liver a half million pesos which he de
manded. Unless Carranza yields to the
American State Department, those
priests in prison will remain there, it
is asserted, until they produce the
amount of money demanded.
Bitterness Felt In Capital.
So far Carranza has shown no signs
of clemency and in Mexico City the
bitterness engendered between clericals
and anticlericals already has resulted
in serious demonstrations in which the
military has been used to restore order.
Four men have been killed and many
wounded.
Carranza and his official family, it is
asserted, remain inflexible in their de
termination to make the people of the
abandoned capital pay the price for
their fickleness in receiving Villa and
Zapata with open arms. Within tl:e
past seven days General Obregon lias
undertaken to collect several million
pesos, alleging it is to be used in amel
iorating the conditions of the starving
poor.
Catholics' Offer Refused.
Thus far he has not succeeded in ob
taining it from the clergy, who insist
that they themselves have not that
amount in cash and Obregon has re
fused their offer to collect it from the
Catholics at large.
Obregon's next move was to notify
all merchants that they must con
tribute 10 per cent of all staple food
stuffs for use of his army within
three days. A levy then was made on
the bankers of the city for 5,000.000
pesos. The bankers displayed such
hesitancy that he informed them at a
meeting attended by representatives of
all banking houses except a few foreign
concerns that the levy would be spread
over all business firms, foreign houses
not excepted, and that the amoun
which must be paid would be 10,300,000
the straits would release the Russian
grain, which the allies want and would
give to Russia war material which she
herself cannot produce, while it would
be certain to have a marked effect on
the future policy of the Balkan States.
The allies, however, do not believe
that their success In the Dardanelles
undertaking will be immediate, for
they are now facing the hardest part
of the problem, having the strongest
forts ahead of them, although the guns
of these forts have not the range of
the guns of the larger ships, particu
larly the 13-inch guns of the Queen
Elizabeth.
The fact that the Queen Elizabeth
is in commission suggests that her
four sister ships, all of which were
laid down within a few weeks of each
other, are either in the fighting line
or ready to Join it. These Ave ships
are considered the greatest righting
machines in the world and, besides be
ing heavily armored, are almost as
fast as battle cruisers.
The Belgian army, reorganized and
re-equipped, asraln ;ias hc-n ttikln
part in tne right for the recovery of
its country, and, according to the
French report, has advanced across
the Yser and taken a farm from the
Germans, while its artillery has de
molished two German works.
otherwise the battles in the west
are still confined to the Champagne
and the Vosges, where both sides claim
to have been successful.
(Concluded on Page 2.)
HE SHOULD WORRY ABOUT THE DARDANELLES AND RUSSIAN WHEAT.
TWO DEAD NSHIP'S BOAT
Loss of Bi-iti-.li Vessel "Liverpool"
in Channel Is Indicated.
PARIS. Feb. 18. A dispatch to the
Liberte from Morlaix, in the department
of Finistereo, on the English Channel,
says that a ship's buat bearing the
name Liverpool," and containing two
dead negro seamen, wis picked up to
day in the bay of Locquirec, a well
known bathing resort.
From the appearance of the bodies it
Is believed the men died from exposure
or starvation. The correspondent says
it is inferred that the Liverpool cither
struck a mine or was torpedoed.
RUSSIANS DISLODGE TURKS
Successes at Two Points in Caucasus
Arc Reported.
PETROGRAD, Feb. 28. Russian suc
cesses are reported in an official com
munication from the general staff of
the army in the Caucasus. The state
ment says:
On February 28. on a line from
Trans-Choruk, our troops progressed
with success, dislodging the Turkish
forces from their positions.
In tho passes south of Alacherkerte
our troops in an engagement seized two
Turkish artillery pieces." , I
The labor situation in Britain and the
government's demand that work be re
sumed on the Clyde today are creating
interest. The Clyde workmen will hoid
a series of meetings in Glasgow today,
so it is not likely that they will return
to work until tomorrow at the earliest,
but that they will then obey the gov
ernment's order is believed to be almost
certain, as all their leaders urge them
to do. Should they disobey the order,
the government can declare martial
law.
David Lloyd-George, chancellor of
the exchequer, today intimated that as
a small minority of the employes of the
armament works were not working full
time, owing to the lure of drink, the
government was considering measures
further to control the sale of Intoxi
cants. He did not explain what th
new regulations would be. but it
thought they will not go further tlia
to shorten the hours during which th
saloons may remain open.
The capture of the American steamc
Dacia. formerly sailing under tho Ger
man flag, by the French is welcomed
in England, as it will enable a French
prize court to decide her case, whil
an Lnglisli court will deal with the
cargo of the American steamer Wil
helmlna. Thus the responsibility for
stopping goods in neutral bottoms
bound for Germany will be borne
equally by the two allies.
The larger question of the allies'
prohibition of goods to Germany, it ls
expected, will be expounded by Premier
Asquitu in the House of Commons to.
day. At the eame session the Prime
Minister, in asking for more money to
carry on the war, will explain the
financial needs of the country. It is
understood that no new taxation will
be proposed.
COTTON STEAMER RETURNS
Nebraska Brings General Merchan
dise From Germany.
NEW YORK, Feb. 28. The American
steamer Nebraskan. wntch took a cargo
of cotton from Galveston to Bremen,
reached here today with 1500 tons of
eneral merchandise from Germany on
board. ,
The Nebraska sailed for this port
ebruary 9. Before proceeding far she
was intercepted by a liiiusn cruiser
and taken Into Stornoway. The cap
tain convinced the British officials that
the oil he carried was needed for the
omeward trip and that he had not
supplied any vessel.
In the North Sea, off the Wcser, the
Nebraska passed six floating mines.
iVOMAN MOTHER 21ST TIME
Twelve Children of New York Fam
ily Arc Living.
GLENN'S FALLS, X. Y Feb. 28
(Special.) Mrs. Frank Chenier gave
birth today to her 21st child. Twelve
re living.
Mrs. Chenier is 42 and her husband 4?.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2R Two dis
coveries, both of vast Importance in
American industries and one regarded
also as a priceless military asset, were
announced today by Secretary Lane, of
the Interior Department. They are
chemical processes developed after
years of research by Dr. Walter F. Rltt
man, chemical engineer of the bureau
of mines.
One ls expected to enable oil renti
ers to increase their output of gasoline
by 200 per cent; the oilier makes pos
sible the production from crude pctio'
eum of toluol and benzol, bases for dy
and high explosives, for which In the
past the United Stales and the lest of
the world has depended almost exclu
sively on Germany.
Patent Helena io People.
Dr. Kittmau has applied fur patent.
on his processes to prevent the possi
bility of any monopoly In their use an't
will dedicate them to the American peo
ple. -
"These prot-essrs." feu id Sen etui y
Lane today, "are fraught wlili tho ut
most importance. The Standard Oil
Company has had a big advantage over
the independents in production of
ollne. havlns it pMtetited proeesi obtain
ing threu times th" Hmui.nt of KjroMin
from a given quaniliy of pct.-o:i.m
than the Independents now oulsln.
"Now the Federal Government,
throtifth the efforts of Dr. Rltunan, pio
poses to make free for the use of a'l
a process confidently expcrled to in
crease their yields ot ga-uillnn fully
per cent and perhaps more. Ii. llitt
man asserts his process is safer, sim
pler and more economical.
Itlneevrry la Opporlnne. "
"Willi a steadily Inere:iKlng dem.ui.l
for gasoline for automobiles, motor
boats and engines, this fortunate 'II--
covery comes a! the proper tiire. Ii is
only two yeurs aso that the automobile
Industry, fearful the supply of gasoline
iniyrht not be adequate for Its rapidly
expanding business, offered n 1100. Ovil
prize for a substitute that would io-l
less than gasoliue. This new pro. e
adds to the hope that In spite of the
wonderful growth in the use of gaso
line, there may pot be iiny shoitase in
the future.
"I am led to believe It will not only
be of Inestimable value to refiners com
manding but limited capital, as well as
those of wealth, but also to the hun
dreds of thousands of users of gasoline.
When it ls realized the gasoline Indus
try cuch year yields S I00.000.0na to
1150,000,000, the Importance of this dl.--covery
is seen."
YAQUIS OUT OF CONTROL
Arms Supplied by C'onstl(iitioiiMlWl
I'scd Against Anierk-uns.
ON V. S. J3. SAN DICGO. San Dicso.
Feb. 28. The gunboat Annapniia L
Guaymas reported to Kear-Admiri!
Thomas B. Howard on the an Diego
today that Jean Cameron, an Aran
lean employed as a lineman on tiie
Mexican brunch of the Southern Tacifio
Railroad, was Killed last Friday at
Lencho, Sonora, by Yaqul Indians. No
details were given.
The Indians In that region are said
to have become a menace to live and
property. The old federal government
held them In strict sub.iectton, Ioibio-
ding them to have firearms. When
the constitutionalists came in control
they armed tho Indians and tried to
make them allies, but the Vaquls could
not be controlled.
Two Americans were robbed uy In
dians on Febru.-iry 13 near the pine
where Cameron was k i 1 1 el.
FRANCE IGNORES OWN LAW
Nation Sells Absinthe, Ihoucli Peo
ple Arc Forbidden lo Do So.
PARIS. Feb. !. (i.'orrf spondence of
TheA asovlaled Press.) A curious ract
Is that the same aoveinnient which has
prohibited tho salo of ahtdnthe. Is II-
self now eoaiced in the rale or It.
The public warehouse at the wine mar
ket is the only known place In Parts)
where this banded drink mny be
bought. The absinthe offered there t
public auction is tho product or Iho
offiilal seizures of the stocks In thi
hands of the dealers or wine met .
chants. The law as it exists reuulrrs
that the product of every seizure ef
his kind be sold t auction, and tin-
director of the public warehouse ot
he win market Is only obeying the
law in selling what a Fovernment ne
reo declares rruiy not Ir sold under
penalty of the law.
Kins Geoi'sc VIU I. rand 1'lrrt.
LONDON. Feb. 2"!. Km? George i.
urncd to tho palace tonlsht. after a
lsit to t-ome of the waishlps of the
grand fleet.
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