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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 28. 1913. AMERICAN ires IN BUTTLE IN HAITI One Killed and Ten Wounded, Among Those Shot 'Being ; H. P. Youngs, Portland. 50 HAITIENS ARE SLAIN JT.-itives Object to Expeditions Sent Out by United States and Engage Troops, Who Rout Superior Force. TVASHIXGTON, Sept. 27. Details of fighting between natives and American forces near Cape Haitien yesterday, in which one marine was killed, 10 were wounded and more than 50 Haitiens were killed, reached the Navy Depart ment today in messages from I-tear-Admiral .Caperton. The marine patrols had been sent out to clear the lines of supply from Cape Htitien to the in terior. - The first expedition sent out on Sat tirday afternoon to flaut Vu Cap and Petit Anse, close to the city, and on the main line of supplies passed native out posts whose commanders, objected to the expeditions, but offered no resist ance. About 50 ntatiTF Ivillrd. Next day two patrols went out again, and after the expedition reached Haut Vu Cap firing- became general, and both patrols were engaged. About 50 natives were killed. The patrols returned to Cape Haitien last night, and Admiral Caperton reported the supply routes had been completely cleared of hostile forces. A later message said Captain Un derwood led an expedition of 60 mount ed marines to Petit Riviere and Dalarte Bonite Sunday, and encountered 150 armed Haitiens. They were driven Into the hills after a vigorous skirmish, in which one marine and two natives were killed and three natives were wounded. Marines Hold Two Towns. The marines are holding the two towns, where quiet has been restored. The marine killed in the fighting near Cape Haitien was Sergeant John Piatt, of Detroit, Mich., who had served long and honorably in the corps. Piatt had been ashore in Haiti since July 29, attached to the Twenty-fourth company. He enlisted in 1901. and had three honorable discharges. The seriously wounded were: Corporal Cieorge Washington Strout, Kleventh company. First Regiment, of Baltimore, and Private Vincent Gage, of the Connecticut detachment, of Cam den, N. J., both of whom were shot in the right shoulder. Portland Mnn Wounded. The slightly wounded were: Private Howard Parson Toungs, Portland, Or., left leg; Private Charles Frederick Schropp. Pittsburg, Pa., right forearm: Private Julius Cooey. "VVestville. Fla., left foot; Private Goff Ellsworth Jordan, Goosecreek. W. Va., right shoulder; Private John Brandle! Brooklyn, N. Y., left foot; Private Ber nard Cosmus (Jlassner, New Murdock, Kan., left leg. Private Frederick Will iam Remar.i. enlisted at Norfolk. Va., and Private John Wittek, Newark, N. J., were injured, extent not given In the' report. HOUNDS TRAIL SLAYER KDITOU'S Ml RDKRRK BEUKVGD TO UU HIDIC IX M1XE, Colorado roMea Guard l'.rjlrnncrx of Workings Where Fugitive May ; Kt-ade Tbem for Days. WALSEXBURG, Colo.. Sept. 27. Armed men tonight guarded every exit from the Walsen, Cameron and Mc Nally coal mines where the murderer of Robert Mitchell, Democratic county chairman and editor of the WalsenburR Independent, is believed to have taken refuse. Bloodhonnds today went di rectly from the place where Mitchell fell at his home last night to an en trance to the Walt-en mine, which is connected with the others. The au thorities beiieve that the murderer Is hiding in a section that has been wcked out and abandoned. I-ate today fi-ur miners reported that they had seen a man near what is known as the ninth west back entry, making .his way with the aid of a searchlight. Upon receipt of this news a posse entered the Robinson mine, hoping to intercept the fugitive m-2r where it is connected with the Wal--'en mine. Meanwhile other posses are .vvs'eruatioall v searching every portion of the abandoned workings. Men familiar with the mine- d c!re that one acquainted with the workings might avoid capture .for days. Mitchell was shot when he returned home last night with his wife by some one who is believed to have, been en Eased in robbing the house. GERMAN APPEALS CASE Rnim.i: 1)v.amitkrcigstios kx. THADITIOX PROCEISDIXliS. Objection Also Rained to Court's Re fusal to Permit Reservist to In voke Law of Xations. BOSTON. Sept. 27. Werner Horn, the Gorman army reservist who tried to blow up the international bridge be tween Canada and the United States at Vanceboio. Me., last February, to day tiled an appeal from the decision of the Federal Court in denying his release on a writ of habeas corpus. Through his counsel, ex-Representative O'Connell, the prisoner questions the regularity of the extradition pro ceedings by which he was removed from Maine to this state,-and also the refusal of the court to permit him to invoke the law of nations, or present a commission as an officer in the Ger man army in defense of his actions. The appeal will be heard by the Fed eral Court of Appeals, which begins a ittiii.r here next Monday. In the meantime Horn will remain in the Mast Cambridge jail, where he is await ing trial on the indictment charging him with illegal transportation of dy namite from New York to Vanceboro. NEWBERG HELPS BABES KIr.t Tag Day Xrls $8 1 and Sup plies for Two Homes. XEWBERC1, Or.. Sept. 2". (Special.) 'The first Tag day in the history of Newberg occured yesterday and was a surprising success. It was conducted in the interest of the Kerr Nursery and the Louise Home of Portland. The use of a storeroom in the business district was donated. A committee of energetic women, headed by Mrs. Upton, wife of the Free Methodist minister, and with Miss Kdith Graves, a school teacher as secretary, took .charge of the affair. Boys and girls sold tags and from their activity $81 in money was re ceived and a great quantity of canned goods, fruit and vegetables, was do nated, the Southern Pacific taking these supplies to Portland without charge. In the show window of the store was placed a baby's crib, occupied by two handsome babies brought out from the nursery by Mrs. Lovett, superintendent, Mrs. W. G. McLaren and Miss Carmie Wood, one of the nurses at the institu tion. Two wide-eyed lads 1 year old drew the attention of the crowd as they sat in little red chairs looking wondering ly at those who passed. One of the first of the children to receive tags for eale was Helen Manion. 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Airs. P. J. Manion. She started out witii 28 tags and in an hour returned with $2.60 in cash. A feature of the event was the interest taken by the business men who co-operated in furthering the cause of the children. HOLDUP SUSPECTS FREE JAMES TAYLOR. RELEASED WHEX COXDl'CTORS FAIL, IDENTIFY. Erstwhile Prisoner Promises to Re main Away From Clackamas and Keep Friends Out. OREGON CITY, Or., Sept. 27. (Spe cial.) James Taylor, arrested Friday night as a suspect in the Woodstock, Mount Tabor and Canemah streetcar holdups, was released today by Sheriff Wilson, following the Inability of the officers to produce evidence which would connect him up with the three crimes. Taylor wore the same confident smile he has had for the last three days when he left the courthouse and took the 4 o'clock car for Portland. "I want to ask you to keep o:t of this county," said Sheriff Wilson as the two shook hands. "I will," was Taylor's reply. "And I want you to tell your frienda to steer clear of Clackamas County," Mr. Wilson insisted. "I'll do that," Taylor promised. The Sheriff invited Taylor to visit him whenever the erstwhile prisoner returned to Oregon City. Taylor is said to have admitted to Sheriff Wilson before he left town that the burglar's tools were his own property. The case against Taylor was greatly weakened Saturday, when the conduc tors on the three cars which were held up failed to identify him. Each of the three declared that Taylor was taller than the highwaymen who robbed them. Special Agent McShane, of the South ern Pacific, and Special Agent Lillis, of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, were in Oregon City today and had a talk with Taylor. Mr. Mc Shane accused him of stealing speed ers from the company, but Taylor de nied it. "Whenever I use a speeder on one of my jobs I always return it," he said. "I have never dumped one of your speeders in a creek yet." GERMANY ADJUSTS SELF ECONOMIC CHANGE! MEET NEW COXDITIOXS, SAYS BANKER. tiold Influx and Traffic on RailTraya Increase, While Steel and Iron Out put Is 70 Per Cent of Normal. BERLIN. Sept. 27, by wireless to Say. ville. Rudolph Havenstein, president of the Imperial Bank of Germany, re viewed the financial and economical position of the country at a meeting today of the executive committee of the bank. His remarks are given as fol lows by the Overseas News Agency: "The goLd influx again has increased, after a short period of relaxation. In the last three weeks the gold reserve has increased 8,000,000 marks ($2 000 -000) notwithstanding gold shipments in considerable amounts to foreign countries for reasons well known. "Loaning institutions hold securities to the value of only 262,000,000 marks for money borrowed for the second war loan. There is a gold cover of 43 1-3 per cent for circulating treasury notes. "Economic conditions have been adapted entirely to the changed condi tions. Iron and steel production have reached 70 per cent of the amount In times of peace. The figures for coal and coke production still are higher. In spite of the call to arms of amu jority of the railway workers, traffic has increased steadily. The figures for July established a record surpassing that of peace times. "Deposits of savings institutions hav increased to such an extent that not only were the unusual demands of the third war loan satisfied easily, but. there is a valuable cash reserve still to be disposed of." PLAYSHED IS DEDICATED At Parent-Teachers' Meeting. Held at Cornelius, Band Plays. CORNELIUS, Or., Sept. 27. (Special.) One of the largest parent-teachers' meetings ever held here took place last Saturday evening at the school grounds, when the new playshed was dedicated. Thomas H. Talbot, a mem ber of the school board, gave a splen did address in which he brought out clearly the relation of the parent to the school and the necessity of keeping abreast of the times. Mrs. Joseph Leiter, president of the Ladies' Civic Club, spoke of the work of the club in connection with the school. The Cornelius Military Band was present and gave several selec tions during the evening. Songs by the school children and a quartet by the teachers made up the rest of the programme. About 300 people attended. SWAMP IS TO BE DRAINED South Beach Property-Owners Vote to Let County Dig nitch. ABERDEEN. Wash., Sept. 27. (Spe cial.) More than 1300 acres of swamp land at South Beach will be reclaimed this Winter by a three-mile ditch con structed by the county at the expense of owners of the property benefited. The cost of the job is estimated at be tween $3000 and $1.1,000. Most of the land to be drained is suitable for cran berry culture, some 30-odd acres of marshes having been converted to that purpose already. The new ditch will connect with that already dug in Pacific County and when completed will make travel by csnoes between the two harbors pos sible. Property owners in the South Beach district voted unanimously Sat urday to have the work done. PACKERS PROTEST AT SHIP SEIZURE Big Chicago Concerns to Com plain to Secretary Lansing of Britain's Action. FOOD ON WAY TO NEUTRALS Consignment From America to Hol land, on Norwegian Craft, Held to Be Immnnc Under lie cent Pact With England. CHICAGO. Sept. 27. Attorneys for Armour & Co. and Swift & Co. tonight said they would protest to the State Department against the sehure by Eng land of the Norwegian e.eamer Vitalia. with a cargo of 70 carloads of Chicago packing-housei products. Henry Veeder. of Swift & Co.. and C. G. Faulkner. Jr., of Armour & Co., said they would reach Washington on Wednesday to present a complaint to Secretary Lansing. Selasure Is Surprise. These attorneys said they were at a loss to understand the seizure, as the products were chipped aboard a neu tral ship to a neutral port and con signed to the Netherlands Oversea Trust, "which was primarily estab lished to assist American shippers in their commerce with neutrals, England apparently being satisfied that those in charge of this organization would see to it that none of the products was re shipped to Germany." . The attorneys' statement adds: "In the past shipments were seized and held on the pretense that the prod ucts eventually were to reach Germany. This claim was based on the unsound theory that neutral countries then were importing products of this character far beyond their normal requirements. In this seizure of the Vitalia this ex cuse is not forthcoming, as there al ways Is a large demand for such prod ucts by the Holland manufacturers, and the supply of the American packers at Rotterdam is now almost exhausted. Bonds Given by Shippers. "In this particular shipment, the con signors have given bonds that the products' are consigned to, and their disposal is subject to the decision of the Netherland Overseas Trust: and no sales or deliveries can be made except on permission of the trust, which names the buyers and furnishes whatever other particulars are specified. As we understand the Netherlands Overseas Trust is virtually dominated by England, it is Impossible to under stand the reason for the seizure. The packers have made every effort to avoid friction, as witnessed by their con signing all shipments to the Nether lands Overseas Trust, instead of as usual to their branch houses." Cubn's 1P14 importation of ihoes abro gated $1,249,S1. - - - BURNING GAOSLINE KILLS 20 (Continued From First Pagre. ) to have been spared. The enitre block In which the Pennington wholesale gro cery was located was razed by fire. At the store of Maddin & Co., sccres of girls were working and it was feared tonight that some of then iost their lives. Many Heroic Feats Done. Deeds of heroism were many. A wom an waiting at the railroad station with a baby in her arms and a 4-year-old child at her side, dashed three blocks, her clothing blazing as she ran. Pass ersby smothered the flames with thelri bare hands. The mother was taken to the hospital dangerously burned. The children, were not injured seriously. l-'or' five hours after the explosion Ardmore was cut off completely from the outside world. The telephone and telegraph service was severed by the wrecking of poles in the downtowno district. The following havs been reported dead: Charles Smith, former policeman. M. K. Atkins, drayman. A. C. Gould huckster. Brestotn Blaze, Santa Fe flagman. Ruben Warren., farmer. Tom Gilkey. S. Twyford. T. E. Simms. Santa Fe flagman. The body of an unknown 16-year-old girl, an unidentified Indian, an uniden tified boy and five unidentfied negiroes were at the undertaking establishment. 31 Bodies Recovered. At 9:15 o'clock tonight 31 bodies had been recovered. Of these, 12 were ne groes. The property loss was estimated at $50J,000. Many of those who lost their lives were buried under' debris when the force of the explosion shat tered buildings and threw down out side walls. Charles Smith was standing on Main street when the shock occurred. He was killed by bricks from a building nearby. M. E. King, a drayman, was three blocks away when the explosion was felt. The wall of a building buried him. A. C. Gould, a huckster, was driving across the Santa Fe tracks. He met death, along with his horse. His w-agon , was blown to pieces. An In dian sitting In a wagon near the Love Hotel was crushed to death when the east side of the structure fell. Dainagt Is Widespread. Along Main street, from the Santa Fe station to the AVhittington Hotel, everything was demolished. On the opposite side of the street Swift & Co.'s plant was wrecked and burned. A two-story rooming-house at the corner of Main and Caddo streets was razed, as was Bigg's restaurant. The body of a woman was dragged from tJe ruins. The bodies of several negroes also were taken from the place. Ladd & David son's wholesale house east of the rail road station was wrecked. Mrs. Clara Davidson was in a dangerous condition when extricated. Raymond McCoy, a bookkeeper, also was severely injured. GRAND ARMY IN SESSION PRESIDE AT WELCOMES VETERANS 5 YEARS AFTER STRIFE. Blue and Gray Meet at Nation's Capi tal to Ite-Eaict Parade of Half Century Ago. WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. President Wilson tonight welcomed to Washing ton the Grand Army of the Republic. It was the first day of the 4th annual reunion of the men who wore the blue during the Civil strife of 50 years ago. The President extended a cordial greeting to Lieutenant-Colonel David L. Palmer, Commander-inChief of the Grand Army, who called to pay Ms respects. The greeting was pro phetic of next Wednesday, when the President will review the remnant of the Union post that made Pennsylvania avenue historical in 1865. The veterans are here by the thou sands to participate in the celebration of the review 50 years ago of the greatest army that the world had known at that time. They are here eager to retrace the steps of that historic march, when Grant stood beside President Johnson and saluted them when General Sher man led them from the Capitol to the corner of the Treasury building, where his equestrian monument now stands to give them inspiration. Tonight the oldest soldiers frater nized in illuminated streets with sur rivors of the Confederacy, many of whom have come, by special invita tion to join in the 50th anniversary of American peace. Ten thousand veterans of the Union Army had registered tonight at Camp Matthew G. Emery, the headquarters of the reunion. Thousands more were ex pected during the night and prepara tions have been made for entertaining a crowd that will rival any inaugura tion assemblage. NSLAUGHTNO SURPRISE GERMANS SAY NEW MOVEMENT IS TO AWE BALKAN STATES. "Iron Wall 'Unshaken and Insurmount able," Is Declaration of Ber lin Publication. BERLIN. Sept. 27, by wireless to Sayville. The German General Staff was hot surprised by the new Franco British offensive movement, says the Lokal Anzeiger, although on this occa sion it was not announced in advance. "The brave German troops withstood the onslaught," the newspaper con tinues, "and will hold out until the enemy has been driven back. The German iron wall is unshakable and insurmountable. "It is possible that the new move ment was inspired more by political than by military reasons, in the desire to influence Balkan states, particularly Greece and Roumania. and to awe Bul garia. Germany quietly awaits the issue." Postal Service to Use Jute Twine. WASHINGTON. Sept. 27. Jute, in stead of cotton twine, will be used for tying letters in the postal service dur ing the year beginning November 1. The contract for the twine, of which about 2,500.000 yards will be used, was let today to a Boston manufacturer at .099c a pound. This year cotton was substituted for jute because it was cheaper, but the lowest cotton bid for the new contract was $0.15875 a pound Th Tisl oil nitln. which In working well l?i water craft in Kurnpr, will he thor oughly tc&ted in locomotives by tho I'russian rallroHfls. XV the ...... i-vr "... j -IP! rfe. ,, Gci cry Standard Service Sta tions at convenient cor ners in the city Stan dard branch stations along- the roads that you tour all ready to sup ply you with ZEROLENE ihe Sfancore ' O for Mo for Cars RED CROWN "ihe Gasoline of Quaiy oil and gas, , made from California asphalt base crude that won the highest awards at the P. P. I. E. in competition with other oils and gasolines. Zerolene, highest in lubri cating value. Red Crown, first in carbureting proper ties, in purity, in uni formity. Are you using these gold medal products? Standard Oil Company California ) Portland All purchases made Today, Wednesday and Thursday will be charged on Nov. 1st Bills. Mail and Telephone Orders Filled by Expert Shoppers c Merchandise cfcJ.Merit Only" Pacific Phone Marshall 5000 Horn. Phone A-669I ' 9S U OS QQ' to- y u v9 u V w Is fr The Models Illustrated Were Sketched From Models on Sale ffaf Price Tuesday House Dress and Apron Day Over 1500 Garments Enter This Sale AT SPECIAL PRICES THAT APPEAL TO BOTH THE ECONOMI CAL AND FASTIDIOUS WOMAN Aprons at Half Price Full band aprons, gored, bib and parlor maids' aprons, tea and house aprons in white and colors. Some plain, others trimmed with embroidery, tucked or hemstitched. Made of lawn, cambric, plain or doited Swiss. Also house aprons of good percale and gingham, in coverall and bib styles. 38c aprons for 19c 75c aprons for 38c $1.00 aprons for 50c $1.25 aprons for 63c $1.50 aprons for 75c Envelope Style Aprons, special. I OC Made to slip over the head, with square neck and fasten from shoulder to under the arm. Belted all around. Trimmed with wide bandings. Made of gingham and percale, in checks and stripes. $1.25 Breakfast Sets for 98c Of good gingham in checks, stripes and plain colors. Jacket in Empire style full-gored skirt "and dainty little cap. 85c Coverall Aprons for . 59c Several different styles in this group, including middy aprons of either gingham or percale, made just like a dress that slips over the head. Also regulation cover-all style in gingham and extra size percale coveralls and elastic waist and belted aprons. All in a great va riety of patterns and colorings. 3-Piece Belgium House Sets, sp'l. $1.19 Including jacket, skirt and cap made in three different styles. Of plain colored percale and of striped madras. In stripes, checks and plain colors. 35c Work Apron In fitted style. 25c These aprons are made of light and dark colored percale in fitted style, with bib fastening at back of neck. Finished with white bias pipings. $1.50 and $1.75 House Dresses. . 98c New Fall house dresses just re ceived of gingham and chambray in several different styles, with trimmings of embroidered pique collars, and with collars of scal loped ' self materials. One very good model is smocked oth:r models with pleated vestees or yoke waists all full-gored skirts elbow or three-quarter length sleeves. In sizes 36 to 44, and two styles shown in extra sizes. Rubber Aprons at 45c and 50c In two sizes, in all white or white with blue or lavender stripes and black and white checks. $1.00 House Dress Aprons for 79c These aprons are of Amoskeag gingham, they fasten down the left side, elastic at the waist as well as shirred waist line. In plain colors and checks of blue, pink and lav ender. Fourth Floor poots for Saiomcn at $5.00 The slender, graceful lines aiJ the medium vamp mafce these models particularly) appropriate for ihe Fall and Winter modes in suits and dresses. In both the button and lace styles. Patent coll vamp and fox ing tvilh cloth tops, bronze or dull kid vamps and cloth tops, Cuban-Louis heels. Dress models. . Also walking heel models of patent colt with black cloth lop pings, plain and tip models. The correct and distinctive character of these shoe styles will commend them to particular wearers, while the price of $5.00 will appeal to those economically inclined. Sreond Floor PICTORIAL REVIEW PATTERNS Our Great Linen Sale ivhich started Monday has been the busiest linen sale Toe have yet inaugurated. This is a very decisive and economical Linen Sale and people have been quick to realize its importance and have taken advantage of the chance of saving on their Winter linen supply. $5.00 Round scalloped full bleached Table Cloths, $3.75 $4.50 to $5.50 Odd Linen Napkins, 22x24 in., doz., $3.50 $1.50 Pure Linen 70-inch Table Damask. Special, $1.24 $3.75 Pure Linen Hemstitched Cloths, 58x62 inches, $2.50 $5.00 Eyelet Embroidered Linen Napkins . .$3.69 $4.00 Linen 13-piece Luncheon Sets $2.98 35c Warranted Pure Linen Huck Towels 25c 20c Etxra Heavy Union Huck Towels 15c $4.50 Irish Embroidered Bed Sets for $2.95 $2.00 Full Sixe Crochet Bedspreads $1.69 $4.00 Satin-finish hemmed Bedspreads $2.95 Secoad Floor a la 55)ptrite orsct What Is Your Version? The present-day tendency toward extreme individuality in dress makes every Well-dressed woman seem to be presenting a different version of smartness. you are corseted in a C-B a la Spirite Corset wearing the model designed for you especially you will rest assured that your version of Fashion denotes a true realization of smartness and elegance. See the new C-B Fall models in Corset Department today. THE STANDARD EVERYWHERE FOR THE WOMAN OF FASHION Fourth Floor. " have never seen such pretty Waists for $1.00," A young woman remarked about our Veribest $1.00 Waists V or have we. Such dainty, fine materials, such good look ing styles, such attractive Ways of trimming and so Well tail ored and finished. You should see them. TVeJy models this week, several of them, that come up to the high standard of our Well-known "Veribest" Blouses. Third Floor Baby Week Everything Reduced except contract goods') Have you visited the Baby Shop this week? All the baby things are now at very special prices. Monday fond mothers eagerly bought little coats, dresses, bibs, stockings and all sorts of dainty infant articles, as they appreciated the very rare sale prices now prevailing. For instance 1.00 Knit wool sacqucs are 79c. Long hand-made slips are 85c. $1.59 and $1.89. short hand-made dresses can be had as on as 85c and others at $1.49 or to $14.95. Warm Tuool afghans are sell ing af $1.19 to $3.79. 65c knit goiims are 49c, and some 50c shoes arc 39c. Hand - embroidered pillow slips sell at $1.19 to $1 3.95. Fourth Floor Agents for the Frances Fox Preparations for the Hair and Scalp The Frances Fox Shampoo Treatment is a simple method of cultivating the human scalp. Flmt Floor, Urate Drpl.