TIIE JfORMNG OEEGONIAX, FRIDAY, , OCTOBER 22, 1915.
3 TROOPERS KILLED
ON MEXICAN BORDER
Bandits Attack in Dark, Then
Take Refuge Across . Rio
Grande When Pursued. -
FIVE DEAD LEFT BEHIND
Raiding Body Well Organized and
Maneuvers by Bugle Calls, Like
Seasoned SoldiersBrowns-
. ville Sends Protest.
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Oct, 21. Three
American troopers were killed and
eight wounded in a 40-minute t battle
with Mexican raiders at 2 o'clock this
morning at Ojo del Agua, on the Amer
ican side of the Rio Grande, 60 miles
from here. .At least five Mexicans were
killed.
The attack was made by Mexican
bandits on a detachment of 15 Ameri
cans. The Americans were reinforced
later by more cavalry and the Mexicans
retired.
All eig:ht of the American wounded
wer expected to recover.
The body of one Japanese was found
Amonsr the dead Mexicans. 'This Jap
anese had apparently been shot in the
fijrht, but there was nothing about the
body to indicate whether he belonged
to the raiders.
Rio Grande Tirice Made Refuse.
The Rio Grande was used twice a
ay by two separate bands of Mexican
ba ndits to etop pursuit by American
soldiers, most of the bandits crossing
into Mexico, in both instances. The
first crossing' was in the retreat from
the Ojo del Agua fight. The second
occurred about 30 miles up the river,
where soldiers and civilian posses
chased a small body of Mexicans to
the river. They crossed in a boat.
Captain Frank R. McCoy, of the Third
Cavalry. - commanding the Mission pa
trol district, reported tonight his be
lief that there were not more than 30
Mexicans in the party which attacked
Ojo del Agua.
Not all the bandits appear to have
crossed the river after the Ojo del Agua
fight, for a trail of blood, made ap
parently by at least two wounded men,
was followed for several miles in the
brush until it finally was lost., at a
point where the bandits obtained,
horses from some source.
AV omen's Screams Give Alarm.
The 3 5 American soldiers in Camp
at Ojo del Agua received their first
warning of the bandits' approach from
screams of Mexican women. Soon
afterward, according to the story of a
trooper at M isston, a sentry saw a
bush moving suspiciously and slipped
over beside the cot of Segeant Shaefer,
in command of the detachment, saying:
"Things are looking bad out in the
brush."
He had hfvdly finished speaking
when the bandits opened fire from all
sides. One of the flret volleys killed
Sergeant Shafter. The attacking party
seemed to advance, to retreat and to
maneuver by bugle, like . seasoned
soldiers. The Army wireless operator
ran to his machine to send out a call.
butv a bullet penetrated ' bis arm and
the same- bullet or another broke the
wireless. Captain McCoy, at Massion,
was notified of the fight by N. C. Ca
vasos. a merchant at Penas, three miles
from Ojo del Agua.
Among the hatband ribbons left by
the bandits after the fight were in
scriptions reading: "Viva the Independ
ence of Texas." and "Viva Villa."
Brovrntrvllle Cltlxens Protest.
Mayor Browne and citizens tonight
snt the following message to United
States Senator Sheppard. of Texas, ami
Representative Garner, of this district:
"It is the consensus of opinion among
our citizens, who are misinformed on
Mexican conditions along this lower
border, that bandits are receiving com
fort and assistance from and are being
recruited upon the Mexican side of the
river and taking refuge there after
perpetrating outrages. Further, local
authorities on the Mexican side are, if
not assisting bandits, at least making
no bona tide effort to co-operate witn
the American authorities in apprehend
ing thra.
"In addition to any other steps which
may be taken we believe strong repre
sentations should be made by our Gov
ernment to the end that the Mexican
side of the river be adequately policed
and criminals run down when they take
refuge yiere. As long as bandits Jiave
what is practically a refuge and asylum
across the river, these outrages will
continue and no force on this side can
prevent tl cm.
TexiiM Ironing Patience.
"Something decisive must be done
nuickly as the patience of our citizens
in this section is about at an end and
the situation is fraught with the grav
est consequences."
Charging that Carranza soldiers on
the lower border are furnishing bandits
with arms and ammunition County
Judge Yates today telegraphed the
State Department urging an embargo
on arms on the border. He said Car
ranza could receive arms and ammuni
tion by water.
The American troopers who were
killed were: Sergeant Shafer. Troop G.
Third cavalry, and First-Class Privates
Joyce and McConnell, Company IX
Signal Corps. The list of wounded in
cludes Privates Bowner, Behr, Lang
lands. Shallenback and Kuble. Troop G,
Third Cavalry, and First-Class Ser
geant Smith, Corporal Cansler and
Private Stewart, Company I, Signal
Corps.
HOOD ERUPTION SCOUTED
Iirectop of Lick Observatory Ad
mits Possibility, However.
SAX JOSE. Cal.. Oct. 2t. Mount
Jlood. tho highest peak in Oresron. 50
miles h-outheast of Portland, has not
erupted within the period covered by
scientific records, according to Profes
sor William Wallace Campbell, director
of lAck Observatory.
Comtneminjr on the veil of smoke,
reported! today, as screening the peak.
Professor Campbell said an eruption
would be possible and that similar
eruptions of quiescent volcanoes had
be.cn observed, as in the case of Iassen
Peak, but that it was unlikely such
was the case at Mount Hood.
Jount Hood, lie said, is a volcanic
cone. composed largely of volcanic
ejects. 11.200 feet high, with only a
part of a crater surmounting it.
The peak was reported in eruption
as late as 1875. but according to Pro
fessor Campbell there are no scientific
records of such phenomena.
PRICES OF HOGS TUMBLE
Iacker Blames British Trade Inter
ference In Tart for Slump.
CHICAGO. Oct. 21. Sensational
breaks of 35 to f0 cents on the hun
dredweight took place today in the
value of boea. As Quotations last nisht
showed a drop of 40 to 50 cents under
the. previous- day s average. . the smash
in prices today ranged from 75 cents
to tl hundred pounds, as compared
with 48 hours ago. - "
Edward A. La Bart, an official of
Morris & Co- said the extraordinary
drop in values was largely the result
of the interference of Great Britain
with the commerce" of the ' United
States' with 1 neutral European coun
tries. The oversupply of hogs and the
unusual crop conditions this year also
cut considerable figure. - . .
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 21. A violent
break in the local hog market sent quo
tations down 40 to 60 cents a hundred
weight below yesterday's prices soon
after the market opened today. The
total drop in the last two days is $1.25
here.
MASONS GET HONORS
31EX F RO M IV O RTH W KST ELECTE D
TO HO!SORARV 33 D.
New Member of Conjure From IVaak-log-ton
Made KnlKht Commander
of Court of Honor.
OREGONTAN NEWS BURB .C. Wash
ington, Oct. 2t. The suprerr.'council of
the Scottish Rite of the Southern Juris
diction has elected to 33d degree
honorary membership the following
Masons of the Northwesti
Oregon James F. Drake and Robert
A. Miller. Portland; Eldredge H. Thomp
son. Bridal Veil.
Washington Adam J. Chisholm,
Everett; Albert C. Gaillac, Aberdeen;
Ervin S. Goodwin and Rav Mines. Se
attle; William G. Hall and" Charles H.
Voss, Spokane: Francis M. Lamborn and
Keith J. Middleton, Tacoma; John C.
Minton. Bellingham.
Alaska Royal A. Gunnison. Juneau.
The following Masons were elected to
be knights commander of the Court of
Honor:
Oregon Oscar Hayter, Edwin T. Jor-
gensen, Robert Lutke. Samuel R.
Mosher. Argumento Thurl6w and Bren-
harn Van Eiusen.
Washington and Alaska Thomas M.
Askren, Oscar J. W. Burg. James
Christoe. William T. Drips. Alpha II.
Gundlach. Uindley H. Hadley. William
w. Jelly. .Everett V. Klein. Charles D.
Lewis. Archibald J. McKillop, Richard
K. Mclean, Shelley E. Momell, Henry
W. Newton, Patrick J. CHara. Banks
M. Richards, Frederick W. Stocking,
James N. Stoody and Randall S. Williams.
Mr. Hadley is a new Representative
in Congress from Washington.
TO
CHICAGO EDUCATOR SAYS SHE
WII.l, RETIRE DECEMBER 8.
Persistent Discussion of Superlnten-
deney -of Schools la Newspaper
Blamed for Determination.
CHICAGO. Oct. 21. In a letter ad
dressed today to Mrs. John MacMahon.
chairman of the school management
committee of the Board of Education,
Ella IHagg Young, for six years super
intendent of schools, announced that
she would resign on December 8, when
the regular school election will be held.
In announcing that she would not
seek reappointment, the superintendent
blamed persistent discussion of the
superintendency of schools in the news
papers'' t for .hen determitiatipn to quit.
She declared she would have resigned
last June but for the fact that there
was a large deficit in the. school edu
cation fund, a condition which, she said,
did not exist now.
Mrs. Young, who is 70 years old, has
been active in school affairs since 1862,
when, at the age of 16, she began
teaching grade schools. Site conducted
an educational tour through France,
Germany. Switzerland and- England in
190. and on July 30. 1909, was made
superintendent of public schools in
Chicago. '
HISTORIC BELL IS JUNK
Relic 3 25 Years Old Is Brought to
America From Pern.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 21. (Spe
cial.) One of the historic bells of the
South American churches was dis
covered and brought to San Francisco
by two Oakland Junk dealers. William
Rosenthal and Iewis Rothenberg. who
arrived from South America on the
steamer Cuzco today. They have been
on a buying trip in. Peru and Chile
for the past two years.
This bell is 325 years old and hung
in the Cathedral of San Austine at
Lima for more than two centuries. In
the revolution of 1895 the Cathedral
was wrecked and the bell disappeared.
The two Oaklanders bought the debris
of the Cathedral and in excavating
among the ruins brought the bell to
light. it was thought in Lima that
it had been stolen 20 years before.
Peruvians wished to buy the bell,
but the new owners thought it would
be worth more in this country and so
refused to sell. The relic weighs 500
pounds and is of bronze with inscrip
tions in sola.
FILIBUSTERJS PUNISHED
Leaders of Orozco Expedition Scn
to need at 1 Paso.
KL PASO, Tex., Oct. 21. A grroup of
18 Mexicans, convicted of organizing a
military expedition to invade Mexico
in violation of the neutrality laws of
the United States, were, sentenced late
today by Judge Maxey in the Federal
Court.
Ricardo Aguillar. alleged leader of
the expedition, and Albino Frias, his
chief lieutenant, were sentenced to 1
months in Leavenworth prison. Jose
Sanchez, another leader, drew one year
in Leavenworth, while 15 other defend
ants of lesser rank were condemned
to serve four months- each in the El
Paso County jail. All were followers
of the late General Fascual Orozco.
The men were rounded up last July
near Fort Hancock, Tex., by troops of
the Thirteenth Cavalry, just as the ex
pedition, heavily armed, was about to
cross the Rio Grande into Mexico.
BOGUS WIDOW CONVICTED
Woman Wlio Promised Million for
$800 Loan Takes Verdict Calmly.
XETV YORK, Oct. II. Mrs. Zora M.
Howe, who posed as the widow of
Henry M. Fiagler. railway and oil
magnate, was convicted of grand lar
ceny by a jury in the Court of General
Sessions today.
Mrs. Howe was csonvicted on the
charge of obtaining $800 from Frank
J. Mahoney. a young telephone opera.
tor. last May. According to the evi
dence she persuaded Mahoney to give
her all his money and all he could bor
row on the promise that as soon as she
received $15. 000. 000 from the estate of
Mr. Klasler she would give him fl.000,
000 and appoint him her private sec
retary at 1.0,000 a year.
Mrs. Howe, who is a gray-haired,
aristocratic looking; woman, received
tno.yeraivt caamiy, . ' .
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EUROPE TO COLLECT
Recognition Awaits Specific
Knowledge on Claims.
AMERICAN LOAN IS LIKELY
Cnited States Probably Will i Not
Press New Government Until
Credit Is Established Mixed
Commission May Fix Sums.
WASHINGTOX, Oct, 21. European
governments are making inquiries of
the United States as to what assur
ances have been given by the newly
recognized Mexican government with
respect to foreign claims. It is gen
erally understood that the powers of
Europe will follew the lead of the
American republics in recognizing Car
ranza. but it became known tonight
that before taking the step they want
to know more specifically what set
tlement is to be made of the huge
claims growing out of the revolution
ary conditions of tho last few years.
Oeneral Carranza has decided on
several mixed 'commissions to be com
posed of representatives of the Inter
ested nations in order that an equit
able settlement may be reached.
The question of claims is related so
closely to the financial rehabilitation
of Mexico that it is unlikely that the
American Government will press its
claims until Mexican credit has been
firmly re-established and arrangements,
made for the payment of the south
ern republic's national obligations.
As yet no move has been made by
the Carranza government to obtain a
loan, but it is considered certain that
in view of the condition of European
markets, funds with which to finance
the new government will be sought
in the United States. The sum needed
has been variously estimated from
J100.000.000 to $300,000,000.
It is not believed in well-informed
quarters here that any loan will be
negotiated, however, until a new con
gress has been elected and the con
stitutional order begun, probably six
months hence.
Official evidence of the recognition
of the Carranza government was given
by the State Department today In the
delivery to Elizo Arrendondo of an
invitation asking the United States of
Mexico to send delegates to and par
ticipate in the International Scientific
Congress here next December.
TRADK CAMPAIGN" IS BEGCN
Federal Bureau Xegotiates for Open
ings Vitb, Mexico.
WASHINGTOX. Oct. 21. Efforts to
regain the ground lost by American
merchants in trade with Mexico during
the past five years of internal strife
in the Southern republic already are
under way. following the recognition
of the Carranza government.
The Federal Bureau of -Foreign and
Domestic Commerce today started . a
campaign to facilitate trade with Mex
ico, and negotiations were begun with
representatives of the Carranza gov
ernment here looking to the opening
of the usual channels of commerce.
Special efforts are being made to
hasten appointment of Mexican con
suls in. various cities where export
trade is handled, so that shipments of
goods to Mexican ports may be handled
through government authorities.
The necessity of the early appoint
ment of Mexican consuls in American
export cities has been placed before
Senor Arredondo. who represents the
Carranza government here. Carranza
has had for some time consular repre
sentatives in New York, "Philadelphia.
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thought, uses up some part of this en
ergy. During rest and sleep the supply
is increased by the blood which gets
the needed elements from the air we
breathe and the food we eat.
Your nervous energy is like a bank
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you add to it you overdraw your ac
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Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by
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will have the consciousness of
knowing that you will conquer
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I See the newest C. B. models
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Galveston, San Antonio, EI Paso and
other export cities, and it is planned to
frive these representatives authority to
handle export shipments to Mexico in
the name of the new Mexican government.
BELGIUM TO PAY FOR RAIDS
Germans to Hold Populace Respon
sible for Allies Acts.
AMSTERDAM, via London, Oct, 21.
German authorities in Belgium have
announced, says the Echo de Belgro,
that on the . occasion of any Anglo
French aeroplane raids on Belgian
cities under German occupation, the in.
habitants of the city will be held, re
sponsible. Advices from Paris last July said, the
German officials in Belgium had im
posed a fine of $1,000,000 on the City
of Brussels in consequence of the de
struction of a Zeppelin dirigible balloon
in sheds at Kvere. north of Brussels,
by aviators of the entfntr allies.
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This display which we have
been fortunate in securing from
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fine art publishing' houses in the
United States is exceedingly ex
tensive and varied in its scope.
During This Exhibition
A209 Discount
Will Prevail on
All Picture Framing
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tionally good and yet priced at $19.85.
At a glance you will think that they should be at least $25.00, and when you examine them
you will be puzzled to know how we can sell them for less than $30.00.
There will be a limited number of these suits, for a manufacturer gave us his small surplus.
As these suits are strictly tailored, they can be worn for street wear, as well as sports wear.
They are belted all around and trimmed with fur collar and cuffs. The skirts are straight gored
or flaring.
We Reproduced a Bernard Fur-Trimmed Coat
Which We Shall Sell Today at $24.85
Regularly It Would Cost $35.00
We had these coats copied in a fine, soft, wool plush, a material which gives warmth without
weight. A roomy, comfortable model, lined throughout with fine peau de cygne silk. A high
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Roman Striped and Plaid Silk Blouses at $6.75
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Attention Men We Are Continuing
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Getting in while the picking is at its best has distinct advantages. And it is well to make
your shirt selections early while the sizes are still complete.
While this is the third day of the sale, we are still offering a most complete range of sizes
in all the various handsome patterns.
Because we are closing out Manhattan Shirts and intend carrying only shirts which bear the
Lipman-Wolfe label is the only reason for these reductions which are now going on.
$1.50 Manhattan Shirts . . $1.15
$2.00 Manhattan Shirts . . $1.38
-$2.50 Manhattan Shirts . . $1.88
$3.00 Manhattan Shirts . . $2.25
$3.50 Manhattan Shirts . . $2.65
$4.00 Manhattan Shirts . . $2.85
$5.00 Manhattan Shirts . . $3.85
$10.00 Manhattan Shirts . $6.45
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