TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAN. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 18. 1915.
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AMERICAN TROOPS
2 BORDER FIGHTS
Lieutenant of Cavalry Fired On
Treacherously While Mak
ing Investigation.
17 MEXICANS WOUNDED
One of Jiattlcs Lasts Two Hours
and a Half Mob Forms at Mat-
V araoros, Demanding Guns of
, Carranza Commander.
Brownsville. Tex., sept. n.
American cavalrymen had two flgrhts
with Mexicans across the Rio Grande
today, one here and one near Donna,
about 60 miles ur the river. In both
n lashes the American soldiers were
ked on and returned the lire without
Themselves suffering any casualties.
Ten American cavalrymen - in the
I'onna nplit. which lasted two hours
and a half, reported they were fired on
by about fi0 Mexicans, and believed that
they had hit about 17 Mexicans.
Twenty American cavalrymen fought
on the outskirts of Brownsville for
half an hour with Mexicans on the op
posite side of the bank of the river.
After the light one Carranza soldier
was taken to Matamoros, probably
fatally wounded, but tonight Carranza
officers denied emphatically that any
of their men joined in the battle. In
vestigation of the affair is In progress.
Firing: neeun by Mexican.
Colonel A. P. Blocksom. American
commander at Fort Brown, here, re
ported to Major-General Funston at
Han Antonio tonight that the Mexicans
started the firing- near Brownsville.
Immediately after the battle a small
mob formed in Matamoros about the
headquarters of General K. P. Nafar-
rate. Carranza commander, shouting:
OJive us guns." .
They had heard the rifle shots and
tre angered by reports that their
people had been fired on. General
Nafarrate refused their demands. He
sent Colonel P. A. Chapa, his chief
of staff, to investigate and Colonel
Chapa took United States Consul John-
pon with him to the Mexican side of
the battle ground.
Snipers Shoot Into Ranch.
Mr. Johnson found some evidence to
support the Mexican soldiers' assertion
that they were not implicated in the
light, but after coming to Brownsville
to learn the American version, Mr.
Johnson said he was convinced that
Colonel Chapa had not yet been put
In possession of all the facts.
Few Americans knew f the fight
until it was over. The trouble at
Brownsville began when Juan Diego, a
Mexican resident of Brownsville, re
ported to Colonel Blocksom that for
two or three days snipers on the Mexi
can side had been shooting into his
ranch on the river front. A bullet
struck nis house and another killed
one of his horses. Colonel Blocksom
sent Lieutenant E. L. N. Glass with 19
men of Troop C. Third Cavalry, to in
vestigate. Arriving at the Diego ranch
house. Lieutenant Glass heard a shot
near the river.
Glass himself went out on the river
bank when he saw two Mexicans sit
ting on the opposite side, one of whom
appeared to be fishing. Glass, calling
across to the fisherman, held a short
conversation in which the Mexican de
nied having heard shots.
Q Lieutenant la Fired On.
Glass was on the sand bar some dis
ance from cover. As he turned to re
turn to the bank half a dozen rifles
opened fire on him. and Glass replied
with a pistol, trying to hamper the
Mexicans' fire while he retreated to
ward the brush. His men came for
ward on a run, opening fire on the
Mexicans.
The firing died down when the Glass
detachment had- used a few rounds.
Then a lull came and two Mexican of
ficers rode up on horses, waving their
swoi ds.
Glass stepped from cover, signalling
that he wished to talk. He asked what
' this firing by the Mexicans meant.
The officers, after a couple of ques
tions, replied, according to Glass:
"They were only irresponsible pela
dos" (a word variously meaning a com
mon man or an irresponsible).
Then these officers, using swords as
whips, were seen to drive some men
away from the levee.
Near Donna two men of the Twelfth
Cavalry were fired on by Mexicans
0:ross the river. Ten other men of the
velfth, under Lieutenant Holliday,
ere sent investigate. They also
were fired on and returned the fire.
Lookouts on the American bank re
ported that 17 Mexicans seemed to have
been hit at various times.
COTCH NATIVE DIES AT 82
.Roderick McKenzle, or Summerville,
I.evcs Six Children.
LA GRANDE. Or., Sept. 17 (Special.)
Roderick McKenzie died at his home
In Summerville this morning in his 82d
year. A couple of months ago he suf
fered a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Mc
Kenzie was born in Rosshtre in the
Highlands of Scotland, February 14,
1834. At the age of 12 he embarked
with an uncle and followed the seas
until 1S57. He crossed the plains to the
West in 1S63.
He leaves a widow and six children.
Those from the first marriage are: James
McKenzie. of Summerville; Dan Mc
Kenzie, of Wallowa, and Mrs. Ellis
Rinehart. of Moses Lake, Wash. There
are three sons from the second mar
riage, Alexander and Clyde, of Sum
merville, and Roy, of Corvallis.
ENATOR LANE ON TOUR
Needs of Curry and Klamath Coun
ties Being Investigated.
r.OSEBURG. Or.. Sept. 17. (Special.)
United States Senator Lane, accompa
nied by Mrs. Lane and daughter. Miss
Marjorie. arrived here last night by
automobile en route to Curry and Kla
math counties.
In Curry County Senator Lane will
Investigate the need of a breakwater,
for which the people of that county
recently petitioned Congress.
In Klamath County Senator Lane will
inspect the Indian reservations and re
port his findings at the next session of
Congress. Sen itor Lane is a member of
the Indian committee of the Senate.
Widow Awarded $15,444 by State.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Sept. 17.
(Special.) The widow of C. A. Wood,
who ai killed last month at the plart
of the Pelican Bay Lumber Company,
of this city, was notified yesterday
ttiat she had been awarded as a death
claim the sum of $15,444.53 by the State
Industrial Accident Commission. This
is one of the largest claims ever al
lowed by the Commission. Mrs. Wood
has five children dependent upon her.
FAMOUS WAR WRITER, EDITOR
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PEACE PLAN GIVEN
German-Americans Can End
War, Says 'Lafe' Young.
FALSE IMPRESSION FOUND
Teutons Thought Millions Here
Would Have Aided Fatherland,
, Says Iowan Republican
Victory Is Predicted.
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ment are not swarming around him. I
repeat what I have often said, that
there is nothing so badly needed in
America as a patriotic awakening.
"We have allowed every man to in
vade this country and have taken up
his cause instead of our own.
"The fight for peace in America has
destroyed all patriotic impulses, be
cause it has not been on a legitimate
basis. Some people think this country
of 100,000,000 can exist without any
friends and support of its own. They
may live to learn differently."
Diners Rise and Applaud.
At a luncheon in his honor at the
Chamber of Commerce at noon. Sen
ator Young brought the 250 diners to
their feet with a swelli ng outburst of
applause and feeling at the conclusion
of a remarkable address on "UnAmerl
can Americans."
He declared that the time had come
for America to stand for one people
and one language. He deprecated the
fact that men of foreign descent, or
those who had recently come to the
United States, failed to recognize that
they now owed their allegiance to the
United States and its flag.
"If these citizens do not care to ren
der that allegiance there is no room
for them here. I believe that every for
eigner should be required to read ami
write the English language before he
is allowed to be . naturalized.
"I believe in one language for one
people. In America it must be the
English language. The difference of
languages has been the cause of more
wars than all the differences of re
ligion the world has ever known.
"It is the cause of the wars of En-
rope today.
in the Lnited States we have the
same number of languages that a
well-known manufacturer has pickles,
and the time will come when this thing
will be the undoing of the Republic.
We have colonies of every nationality,
with their oj-n churches and their own
schools where their children are
taught and their sermons are preached
in a foreign tongue.
Warning: Is Given Americans.
"What does Germany, or Italy, or
Russia, or Austria do with the" lan
guage of the people under their gov
ernment? They require that the lan
guage of the people shall be the lan
guage of the countries. And we can
learn from them that much.
"I warn you Americans that you 'are
fiddling while Rome burns' bv not
giving this matter your attention."
The speaker paid a warm trlhnto in
that large body of naturalized Ameri
cans who have been true and loyal and
appreciative of American institutions.
"I want a free government of a free
country and a free people," he went on,
"but I want it one people. J. want
every man to be at liberty to cuss the
government if he wants to, but I want
him to cuss it in English. I want to
know whether he is speaking treason
or just exercising his right to differ
with the President or yie constable. I
want a country that is filled with
Americans and not spies for some
foreign power."
Mr. Young praised President Wilson
and his peace policy, and paid even a
greater tribute to the Roman Catholic
Church for the splendid work it Is doin"
in relieving the distress of the countries
where the effects of the war are most
apparent. In so doing he described the
attendance at worship from his per
sonal observation, and told of the mil
lions of women gowned in black who
are the only attendants at church. He
closed with recoupting his war ad
ventures and his own arrest and ex
perience in prison."
Repetition of Speech Irged.
The ex-Senator was . surrounded by
AND EX-UNITED STATES SENATOR,
REAWAKENING OF PATRIOTISM.
scores of prominent citizens when the
luncheon adjourned. He was pressed
to repeat his speech at the Chamber of
Commerce next Monday night.
After continued urgings, Mr. Young
consented, though this made it neces
sary for him to remain in Portland a
day longer than he had intended. The
meeting will be held on the eighth
floor of the Commercial club building,
and will be open to the general public,
women as well as men. as well as to
members of the Chamber. He will be
introduced at 8 o'clock, and will tell
the story of the war In vivid words
from his experiences in the trenches
and with the artillery and the aero-t
planes. He was with the German army
in the German trenches, and was down
as far as the battlefield of Sedan, fa
mous in 1870, where Napoleon III sur
rendered. Mr. Young cannot remember the time
when he hasn't been in the newspaper
business. As long as he can remember
he has been puttering around with type
or writing articles or editorials.
Twenty-six years ago he founded the
Des Moines Capital with $1500 and not
much else except natural ability and
a capacity for work. For years he was
publisher, proprietor, reporter, business
manager, printer and janitor for the pa
per. Those lean days are past now, and
the Des Moines Capital has a circula
tion of 46,000 in a town of 110.000.
War Experience Is Wide.
Mr. Young went to the front as cor
respondent for his paper in the Spanish-American
War, and served through
the Cuban campaign with the Rough
Riders. He was with the regiment in
every fight of the campaign, and was
made an honorary member of the
Rough Riders before the regiment was
mustered out.
He was with the Serbian forces in
the Balkan War of two years ago, and
again went to the front as correspond
ent when the present war broke out.
In politics Senator Young is almost
as experienced. As a delegate to the
Republican National convention of
1900. at Philadelphia, he made the
speech nominating Theodore Roose
velt for Vice-President. In 1911 he
was appointed United States Senator to
succeed the late Senator Dolliver of
Iowa, but in 1912 was defeated for
re-election by Senator Kenyon.
Senator Young and his party are
staying at the Benson Hotel.
"COLONEL" TIMMONS DEAD
Auctioneer and ex-Deputy Sheriff
Succumbs at 64 Years.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Sept. 17. (Spe
cial.) W. H. Timmons. for the last 12
years one of the country's leading auc
tioneers and familiarly known as
"Colonel" Timmons. died at his home
in Gladstone last night, after an illness
of six months. He was 64 years old.
The funeral was held today.
Mr. Timmons was born at Cadiz. Ky.,
and lived there many years, serving as
jailer and Deputy Sheriff for several
terms. Four years ago Mr. and Mrs.
Timmons moved to Gladstone. He is
survived by his wife and the follow
ing children: Harry Timmons, Glad
stone; Mrs. Orville Dann. Sellwood:
Mrs. Albert Stone. Woodburn; Bunyan
Timmons, Cadiz. Ky.; Archie Timmons,
Lake Charles, La.; Mrs. Richard Solo
mon. Mrs. Newton Wallace and Miss
Gertrude Timmons.
Let Resinol Make
Your Sick Skin Well
That itching, burning skin can be
healed! The first use of resinol oint
ment seldom fails to give instant relief.
With the help of res
inol soap, this sooth
ing, healing ointment
usually clears away
all trace of eczema,
ringworm, rash or
similar tormenting,
sleep-preventing skin
diseases quickly and
at little cost- Physicians have pre
scribed resinol ointment regularly for
over twenty years, so you need not hes
itate to use it freely. Sold by all drug
gists. For a sample free, write to
Dept. 4-R, Resinol, Baltimore, lid.
IS VOIR TOILET SOAP SAFE?
Many toilet soaps contain harsh, in
jurious alkali. Resinol soap contains
absolutely no free alkali, and to it Is
added the resinol medication. This
gives it soothing, healing properties
which clear the complexion, comfort
tender akins and keep the hair healthy.
COWBOYS ABE KURT
FURNISHING THRILLS
Bulldogger and Bull Rider In
jured at Walla Walla
Frontier Celebration.
BRONCHOS BUCK VICIOUSLY
Several Give Spectacular Perform
ances and Others "Hit Dust" In
Busting Contests Finals
Are to Be Held Today.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., Sept. 17.
(Special.) Featured by good steer rop
ing and broncho busting, the second
day of Walla Wallas Frontier Days,
ended with practically all the prelim
inaries completed for the finals tomor
row. There will be a few prelimins?
ries in the morning. '
The lineup tonight Insures the best
list of entries in .the finals of any of
the celebrations.
Today's events were more thrilling
to the spectators and dangerous to the
contestants. Clayton Danks broke a
shoulder blade in a tussle with a steer
in the bulldogging. and J. Roff got a
bad scalp wound when he fell from a
wild bull.
A variation was given the wild
horse race today. The horses were
freed in the arena and at a pistol sig
nal the mounted cowboys dashed for
them in an effort to lasso, bridle, sad
dle and ride them. It was 10 min
utes before a cowboy succeeded.
Funny Race Is Stasrcri.
The night shirt race caused much
fun. The cowboys mounted, rode a
quarter way around, dismounted,
opened a suitcase, took out a night
shirt, put it on and continued carrying
the suitcase. They stopped again, dis
mounted, picked up an umbrella and
mounted, opening it on the run. Sam
Garrett won.
Pablo Martinez took the cowboys'
saddle race: Thomas Yallup the Indian
cayuse race; Irene Bushman the squaw
saddle race; Mrs. James Parsons the
cowgirls' pony race; Tom Yallup the
Indian thoroughbred.
Jam-3s Parsons made the best time
in the relay. 4:03. while Bob Lee on the
Irwin string, did it in 4:04 4-5.
Tomorrow brings the finals and the
pioneers' parade, which this year will
have more pioneers than before. This
is the big feature of the three days,
pioneers from the time of the Whit
man massacre, 1847, taking part.
POLK CROPS ARE GOOD
Grain All Harvested and Quality Is
Declared Perfect.
RICKREALL, Or.. Sept. 18. (Spe
cial.) Polk crops of grain, hay. hops
and fruit are heavy this year. Hay in
large quantities was stored away for
Winter feeding. There was a larger
acreage than usual and the yield was
good in all parts of the county.
The grain has been wholly harvested.
The last fields threshed had been stand
ing for three weeks, but were in perfect
condition. Wheat was grown more
generally in this county than since
Dioneer days, owing to the high prices
of last year. From 15 to 40 bushels
was the yield obtained. Some of the
richest fields raised wheat this year.
On the Riddell farm, near Monmouth,
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the wheat grew sLx feet high, and sup
ported a hat. wnich is the old test
for heavy-yielding wheat. The average
to the acre was 37 bushels.
The acreage in vetch and oats was
uncommonly small. The " oats out
crowded the vetch and both yielded
poorly.
Hundreds of acres were planted to
Spring oats which yielded heavily all
over Polk County. What is believed to
be the best here is that of Sheriff
Orr, near Rickreall, which ran S2
bushels to the acre. An 80-acre field of
Riddell Bros., near Monmouth, averaged
55 bushels an acre.
J. F. Morrison, a well-known farmer
of Perrydale. gives the estimate in that
district as follows: Wheat. 30 bushels
an acre; oats. 45 bushels: vetch, 15.
Farmers there are holding for higher
prices.
The hop harvest is practically com
pleted. Yards in the Independence.
Dallas and Rickreall sections were
heavy with hops. although in the
Luckiamute Valley, south of Mon
mouth, the . yield was exceptionally
light, the harvest requiring only from
six to ten days. At Independence sev
eral large yards had three weeks pick
ing. In 1913 a trainload of hops was
sent Last.
The prune harvest now is employ
ing many in Polk County. The yield is
average, but the effect of Spring
frosts is noted.
DUMBA STILL REMAINS
-NO PREPARATIONS FOR DKPAR
TIRE HAVE BKE .MADE.
BcrnMorff Takes Pains to Announce
That Visit of Austrian Ambassa
dor Is Not Conference.
NEW YORK, Sept. 17. Dr. Constan
tin T. Dumba. the Austro-Hungarian
Ambassador whose recall has been
asked by President Wiison. visited
Count von Bernstorff at his hotel late
today and remained with the German
Ambassador more than an hour. When
Dr. Dumba left he declined to discuss
his visit or any other question.
Through his secretary. Count von
Bernstorff said he wanted it under
stood that Dr. Dumba had not held a
conference with him and that, being
an old acquaintance, the Austrian Am
bassador had merely dropped in to pay
a friendly call.
' Asked if Dr. Dumba's call was in the
nature of a final adieu, the secretary
answered:
"Not at all."
He added that he did not believe that
Dr. Dumba had made definite arrange
ments for his trip to Vienna.
Inquiry at the steamship offices in
this city today brought out statements
from officials that no reservations had
as yet been made for Dr. Dumba for
any steamer leaving this port in the
near future.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 17. The Aus
trian government intends to recall Am
bassador Dumba for consultation, ac
cording to intimations given to Am
bassador Penfield, when he delivered
the note from the United States, ask
ing for the return of the Ambassador
to Austria.
Such an arrangement, which is in
accord with Dumba's own request for
recall on leave of absence. Is satisfac
tory to the American government. It
is understood, however, that Ambassa
dor Dumba will not return to the
United States at the termination of his
leave.
Caretcria TJnn at Kelso High School.
KELSO, Wash.. Sept. 17. (.Special.)
Miss Roma Huntington. domestic
science teacher at the Kelso High
School, with the Kid of her pupils is
conducting a cafeteria at the hlga
school building. The meals are sim
ple and are served practically at cost
It is self-sustaining, however, and the
students are expected to get much
uabig training fmn their work.
TO PORTLAND
Tomorrow the Retail Merchant Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce will publish in The Ore
gonian a page advertisement, giving the list of Portland merchants who have agreed to par
ticipate in "Dollar Day." If you have not already signed the list communicate with the com
mittee by calling up Broadway 440 and asking for the Retail Merchant Bureau.
A Dollar Will Talk Louder Next
Thursday Than It Has Ever Before
This does not mean that all advertised articles will be comfined to one dollar. It
means that the wide-awake merchants will increase the purchasing power of the
dollar by offering extraordinary inducements for this day, whether the article
advertised is priced at one dollar, five dollars, or more.
SURPRISING OFFERINGS WILL BE
MADE EVERYWHERE
That will make the day memorable. Persons looking for goods of every descrip
tion, though of higher or less cost than a dollar, will find equal money-saving in
ducements in the advertisements of Portland Merchants.
FOR INSTANCE
THE RESTAURANT MAN can give a discount on each check.
THE JEWELER can give dollar bargains and discount on other goods.
THE HABERDASHER can make dollar combinations without number.
THE SHOE MAN can have dollar discounts and perhaps dollar goods.
THE DRY GOODS MAN can make dollar inducements without limit.
THE FURNITURE AND CARPET merchants aside from dollar offers can reduce different
pieces of furniture and rugs according to judgment.
THE CIGAR MAN can sell by the box or give extra cigars to each dollar purchaser.
THE DENTIST can give one dollar discount on every five dollars of work contracted for on
this date.
EVERY BUSINESS MAN can arrange his prices and combinations to suit his business even
if it is something to sell for less than a dollar.
"Dollar Day" means to sell goods at a bargain on Dollar Day not
necessarily goods that sell for one dollar.
Dollar Day is under the auspices of the Retail Merchants
oureau of tne L,hamber of iommerce.
This store will be closed today, Saturday, Sept.
18, until 6 o'clock P. M., in observance of
A Jewish
Customers are courteously requested
to defer, making purchases until
evening. The store will be thrown
open from 6 to 10 o'clock.
Ben Selling-
Morrison at Fourth
Two Great Lectures Today
2:30, Scientific Care of the Face New
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Flynn in Action.
on a charge of robbery and the case
went to the jury last night. Albert
Ferguson will be tried tomorrow on
the same charge.
HAY PALACE FAIR PLEASES
Lower Yakima Valley Makes Success
of Sliow at Mabton.
MABTOX, Wash.. Sept. 17. (Special.)
The Mabton Hay Palace Fair, which
opened Wednesday, is proving success
ful beyond expectations.
Representing Governor Lister, James
Rrislawn addressed a great throng at
the opening, as did C. E. Amy.
Lower Yakima Valley is taking the
greatest interest in this fair. The agri
MERCHANTS
Holiday
8 o'CIock, Cause and Cure
of That Tired Feeling
and the Blues
Fiynn Health
Chautauqua
11TH-ST. THEATER, 11TH AND MOR-'
RISON.
Gen. Admission 2oc or 10c and thia Ad.
Reserve Seats 50c or 25c and this Ad.
WATCH AD. FOR NEXT WEEK.
cultural exhibits are considered equal
to any grown anywhere on the coast.
R. E. Crow is president of the fair.
T. W. Howell is secretary, and A. J.
Bush, treasurer. The directors are
R. E. Crow. C. B. Cox. A. H. Wilson.
J. A. Humphrey and E. J. Lutz.
President Atly, of Water Users, lies.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Sept. 17.
(Special.) Abel Ady, president of the
Klamath Water Users' Association, died
early this morning at his homo at
Merrill, of heart trouble. Mr. Ady
had been suffering much from the dis
ease for several years, since he was
injured in a railway wreck. He was
48 years of age. A wife and four chil
dren survive. He came to Klamath
Falls several years ago from Santa
Clara. Cl.