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4 THE aiGRXIXG OREGONIAN. THURSDAY, 3IARCII 18, 1915. I etc After they load op their wagons they drive away. I: 10 AMERICAN FLAG NO RESPECT SHOWN v. a. m i THEATER W l Mexicans Show Open Con t tempt for Emblem, Says i , Letter of J. B. McManus. j FILING CLAIMS USELESS American since Murdered by Zapata !' Soldiers Describes Keign of Ban dits and Previous Attack Made on His Home. ; CHICAGO, March 14. (Special.) The J eister of John B. McManus. who was I murdered in Mexico City by Zapata sol- - diers entering the capital, today pro l duced the last letter written by Mc : Manus before he was murdered. The I letter gives a vivid description of - - bandit reign" in Mexico and tells of ' a rifle battle between McManus and ten looters some time ago. The letter is dated February 4 and reads: r "Dear Sister Your letter of Jan- - uary 11. with clippings received. I am jT cleaning up a little over $1000 a month profit on the ranch and am raisins over 45 head of fine heifers, which r should begin to produce next year. "If this foolish revolution would ter- minate and permit honest people to develop the land here. I could easily pile up a stake and reinvest in United " .States. I am convinced this is no place S for a permanent residence. Even if J peace is established it will only be temporary, unless uncie ora itiH ' and assumes control of the finances. 1 similar to the Cuban arrangement. Kntierrea Seta Example of Looting. "I suppose you have read in the pa- f pers how the provisional president, T w.iiiii utirres. lit out one dark night i with about $6,000,000 that was in the treasury. When this occurred me J soldiers started in stealing horses on the streets of Mexico City, looting the I stores and some private houses. "A friend of mine phoned me in the J morning of January 16. advising me to 3 keep the gates closed and to prepare for trouble. I didn't pay .much atten- tion because I was busy with art auto- mobile that refused to work, but for- tunately I carried two of my United States Army Kragg rifles up to the roof " of our house, which is quite large and commands all of the dairy proper. - "The house has a 200 foot front and is built of stone. It is very old and - has an open attic or garden in the ; center. The rooms, which are 16 or 12. I open up on this attic with a shaded f corridor running the entire length. The i walls of the house are three feet thick and extend about three or four feet above the level of the roof. j "Along about 11:30 A."M., when my men had finished the morning milking ; and gone to their houses for breakfast. I heard a racket at the large front door, or "xaguan," and saw my port j er's "doorman" light out on the run. .' Demand Answered With Bullet. "I ran out to the door and could see ." some khaki uniforms through the ; cracks, and heard the bunch demanding me to open up. I asked what was wanted. They said they wanted to get I In and would do no harm. I said wait v a moment and I will see. J "I hustled out a ladder and went up on the roof and grabbed some of the ? Kraggs and a belt of cartridges. By this time Zapatistas were getting peev- - sh and threatened to burst in the door p if it was not opened at once. " I called to them from the roof and J! told them plainly that the door would not be opened and that any greas- era who tried to climb over would get s shot. "One of the men got off his horse and t was boosted up by a companion and succeeded in climbing up to the roof - of the small porter's lodge. He re s' marked: 'No, quire abrir verdad, quire- mos nada mas media her a, en sii casa.' This translated means: 'You won't open up. will you?" "There was nothing to do but to plug " the bandit, so I let go with the Krag '.' and caught him just below the stomach. ? Ho let out a yell and grabbed for the . flagpole, but hobbled backward into J the street. . Loot Left In Doorway. "By this time I saw I was in for a - fight, so I started in plugging at the 1 balance of the bunch, which did not " number over nine or ten at most. They k all ran like a pack of yelping dogs, and I kept plugging away as they ran across the prairie. "By tills time some of my men got up courage to come upon the roof. The " bandits fled, leaving a strange amount : of loot in the doorway from other homes clothing, blankets, hats, and ' loot of all descriptions. "I had taken a furnished house in the city for Ruth and the children a short time before. 1 intended to keep them I there for the present. Ruth comes out j. in the machine e-ery little while, but goes back at night. "At present the Carranza party fs in power, but I believe that they will skip , out at the first intimation of danger and then Zapatistas or some other ; party will start in looting again. "About a week ago, when Zapatistas . departed, the Carranza troops began to ;. arrive immediately. A party of 300 " troops rode up in front of the dairy and -began shooting. I skinned up on the - roof to see the battle, but there was not an enemy within sight. They Just seemed to gallop up and down the road way shooting In the air. also at the buildings or anything moving in the distance. American Flan; Not Respected. "I thank fortune that onr stables are .. all Inclosed with a high stone wall so that none of my stock were hit, but tb .bullets hits most everywhere. "After they rode away I rode out - over the prairie to see the dead and wounded, but the only one hurt were a few masons building a wall nearby '..and a few humble Indians driving bur rows loaded with alfalfa. j "The next day there was a big ac count in the Mexican papers, with pic tures of the officers in the charge, and ' saying that Zapatistas had been driven off after strong resistance with great loss. I venture to say that there was "not a Zapatista within ten kilometers . of the place. , " "I am afraid that the present outfit I will not last long in power. They will simply remain here in Mexico City ' until they accumulate a few millions In the treasury, then they will depart, leaving the city with no military pro-- tection. This will permit the Zapatis . tas to start sacking the town, and ex perience has shown that they respect no foreign flag. I have a large Ameri ' can flag on a staff over the doorway, and It is no more respected than a dish rag. I am ashamed to acknowledge. Filing of Claims Is Iseless. "I have gained tnore respect since the little affair of the 16th than from any protection that Brazilian legation .Van secure. All the dairies have been fobbed and horses and mules taken, but my place has been left severely alone. I don't think there was any considera tion for the flag. ."The favorite dodge the Carranza troops have now Is to call at the ranch "It is too bad that a man like xeaay did not take the chair instead of the present schoolmaster that thinks he is holding down the Job. Americans here no longer file claims for the losses they have 'suffered, as the government has changed hands so often that it is a useless formality." OREGON WORK, IN FAVOR River and Harbor Allotments De layed Until Later In Month. OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, March 17. Representative liawley today called on the Chief of Army Engineers and the Secretary of War and urged a liberal allotment of funds to continue work on Oregon river and harbor projects. The War De partment said the apportionment proD ably would not be made before the end of this month and would be based on revised estimates which the local engi neer officers had been asked to submit. Tt will be a week or more before the figures are received from the Pacific Coast and at this time it is not de termined what amounts will be made available for work in the Northwest. Both the Chief of Engineers and the Secretarv of War seemed favorably in clined toward Oregon projects, especial ly because local interests in tnat state have contributed so liberally toward meeting the cost of construction. The mnnev allotted last Fall is ample to continue work to the end of March, and allotments soon to be made will cover work from April 1 to June 30, next year. Indications are that not more man $1,250,000 will be allotted to the mouth of the Columbia, as the engineers have heretofore said that would be all they required for that project. GERMANS HUSBAND FOOD Ontinud From First Page.) - If .-. I - -tw solution of the difficulty with Roumania, the pressure was relieved considerably from Germany. For four weeks pre vious to my going to Germany the ox ports from Roumania had been cut oH entirely. But on February 3 petro leum began coming in again, and the Baron von Mumm told me that in tne week that I was in prison I love to say that the week of February 7-14, S0.O0O tons or wneat were resmppeu into Gf.rma.nv from Roumania. The biggest hue and cry in the oaDers. of course, is about bread. Gov ernment lands have been given away free for the cultivation of grains, the use of them for three years on tne con dition of absolute cultivation this year. Even the narrow space between the railroad fences and the rails will be cared for by the employes or the rail road. "Up to now Germany has Imported goo onn tons of saltnetre a year. But it is held that so thoroughly has the land been tilled and cared for during recent years that the lack of fertilizer this year will not hurt the crops. Bread Rules Are Unyielding. There are strict and unyielding rules about the ingredients of bread. Only -a certan amount of white flour may be used. Bread can be baked only once a day, and none may be baked at home. Each citizen is obliged to send in word to the police of the amount of flour he has on hand: of many other things, too, such as petroleum, oats, etc., and If he has more than is allowed the govern ment buys it from him. It is forbidden to sell yeast any more to private individuals. I remember one night in Frankfurt I was dining with friends and the hostess looked suspi ciously at her bread and called the maid. As soon as the girl came Into the room she knew what the trouble was, and began hurriedly, almost cry ing. "I'm pretty sure I know where I can get some more. I forgot to pour any water on it, and it dried up." I couldn't imagine what they were talking about until my friend explained to me that by dint of much exertion they had managed to get a little yeast, which it was Nina's duty to tend care fully each day, so that it kept on making more. Instead of that she had let it dry up and had been obliged to make her bread without yeast. Maximum Prices Fixed. But, as I said, in spite of all these precautions, you cannot feel that they are necessary, except for the future. Prices have gone up only a little in butter. -tea, green vegetables which formerly came from Belgium, and pork since I kept house there three years ago. Maximum prices nave ueeu n:u on everything, and notning is too cosi ly, even for the poor. Onlv. there does not seem to be any poor as there are here in Paris. The government has arranged excel lently for the care of the wives and widows of its soldiers, even as it has for the care and amusement of the soldiers themselves. They are allowed free entrance into many theaters; they ride free on trains and cars the first and second class accommodations are saved for them when they are con valescent wounded. Their every need is met in the trenches. The commis sariat is good, and the clothing is good. I asked man after man who had come back from Belgium or Poland about the number of cases of frozen feet they are so common here in France. But there are few In Germany, owing to the good care that has been taken to send everything necessary for warmth and health. Luxury has progressed so far that there is now a system of circulating libraries between the large cities and the trenches. White Salmon Council Is Host. WHITE SALMON, Wash.. Mar. 17. (Special.) The City Council of White Salmon tendered the Klickitat County Commissioners a reception Monday night at the Commercial Club rooms. Most of the speeches dealt with good roads and civic improvement. White Salmon has two women on Its Council: Mrs. Ida Gearhart and Mrs. Eliza Cooper. Kelso Water Plant Inspected. - . iit .. v. 17 f.QnMllll Mayor Talbert and a number of citi zens inspected me reaeriuji i it Kelso Water Company yesterday and found that sanitary conditions in the . . - , v. n M.aivAlp wrA nrfrelv viciniiy hi " r r satisfactory. A tight board fence, which bas been well maintained and which is animal-proof, surrounds the reservoir, which is covered by a roof. The water is clear and Is free from contamination. 11:30 A. M. TO 11:30 P. M. THEATER PEOPLES ho :lbadi-iG photo-play house: west park asd aldeh- TODAY, TOMORROW AND SATURDAY ONLY. Mol. ;3 You will like "Sunshine Molly." It is the story of a great Cal ifornian oilfield a love story, too. You see the great gushers bursting out of the ground and you see poor little Molly's oil wells burst into flame, making a sensational oil fire. This part of the picture cost $50,000, for the producers had to buy acres of oil land. Louis Weber and Phillips Smalley Are Stars in This Deliehtful Picture. COMING Edith Wynne Mathison and James SUNDAY Neill in "The Governor's Lady." r WHY DFI AY? ,7 n h a aF- , for Four Days "M'LISS" Follow the Crowds Come while you have the opportunity to see "The Spoilers" Most Realistic, Most Dramatic of All Photo-Play Dramas, Adapted From the Great Story of the Alaska Mining Camps by Rex Beach. TODAY ONLY FRIDAY SATURDAY 0 ITS A CORKER! A SHUBERT FEATURE, Filmed from Bret Harte's great story featuring Bar bara Tennant and Howard Estabrook. ALSO RICHARD CARLE in "THE DANCING BEETLE" Everybody is bitten ; they all dance. ' ' i Tn,1" I A i mmi WK3gg Wathhgton and West Park A Marvelous Single Standard Play loaay, rnaay ana f, - : Saturday, 10 A. M. M to 11P.M. Mjt ' WAR COST LONDO STATISTICIAN ESTIMATES FIGURE AT $16,090,000,000. Times Bc11ti TntuI Too Great, bat Admits EnBlnnd Probably Will Soon Hire to Slake Ionn. inxnnv. March 17. Edjrar Cram- mond, a prominent r.r.anclal writer. In - I.-. i l?Aval Statistical Society yesterday dealing with the cost of the war, said the war must end in July through the exhaustion of some of the belligerents. Mr. Crammond estimates the total cost of the war to the end of July at 3.388.000,000 (J16.990.000.000) and the IUIIU CLUlluimi. .... a-- j, . propertv and other direct and indirect losses, "at 9.148.000.000 ($45,740,000. 000). He estimates that Great Britain alone will spend up to the end of July 708.000, VUU ijj.mu.uuu.wuv;. The Times, commenting on Mr. Cram. ' thinkfi ha takes a some what exaggerated view, although he is in possession oi ia.cis v,ihi;i cuuuc t itnn Tpindct The Times points out that Premier Asquith's esti mate of Great .Britain s expeaimre cur ing the same period was only f 500,000. 000. but adds: "Thiy certainly now appears too low. Why Have the People Used Over a Hundred Million Boxes? THE extraordinary merit of Laxative Bromo Quinine explains the reason why the people of all nations have used the enormous quantity of over One Hundred Million (100,000,000) Boxes of this famous remedy. Whenever you need Quinine, think of Laxative Bromo Quinine but remember there is Only One "Bromo Quinine" That is Laxative Bromo Quinine wed roe world oven to cure a cold ih one oat too high, and it is already believed In financial quarters that the government will be obliged to have recourse to a new war loan sooner than was antici pated, probably In the month of May." Ten Licensed to Wed t Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash.. March 17. (Special.) Marriage licenses were is sued to Herbert E. Butterfield aifd Irene Bxley; Ernest Wuthrich and Frieda Katterman, of Portland; B. W. Pollard and Mrs. Nina Weaver, of Chitwood, Or.: Ralph Rogers and Anna Mershon, of Troutdale, Or., and John Perkins and Louise La Fleur, of Me teor. Wash. Louie torn thla mlgnMttirm awt thm box. Mm 2e THEATER I Today, Friday, Saturday E I Last Chance to See 1 Elinor Glyn's j Thrilling Love Drama 'I B El El Ea 1 1 a H H The Battle of the Sexes PACKED HOUSES AT THE STAR Testify this is one of the vital plays of this generation. "Concerns a husband, hiB wife, the "other woman" and his daughter. The daughter determines to kill "the other woman." But she decides on another way. Her father finds her in the arms of his mistress lover. Do you see how the doctrine of THE SINGLE STANDARD is forced home to him? V r; 7 FLAVEL EXCURSION Kull motion picture nf hl emit trip now on at the Htnr Theater. Kvcr)M Ten knew in the film. to. Yes, we've got Marguerite Clark for next Sun day. We heard this morning that we could have "Wildflower" for next Sunday. Now, all you people who have been begging us to put this picture on again, here's your chance. t re A Queen With a Country, A King Without a Throne COMING SUNDAY Blanche Sweet and Harry B. 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