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It til l VOL. LVNO. 17,212. PORTLAND, OREGON, - FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. tm VILLA CAUGHT, EL PASO HEARS Mexican Rebel Leader Re ported Captured. TRAP SPRUNG IN TRIANGLE Three Carranza Detachments Close In on Bandits in Mountain Retreat. CONSUL RECEIVES NEWS Request Is Sent From Juarez That Prisoners Be Put to Death at Race Track. ' EL PASO, Texas, Jan. 20. Fran cisco Villa has been captured at Ha cienda San Geronimo by Carranza forces under General Cavazos, ac cording to a private telegram from Chihuahua City received here. The news is not officially confirmed, but is credited by Carranza agents here. The telegram came from the same source that first reported the mas sacre of Americans at Santa YsabeL Cavazos was last reported to be bringing prisoners from Guerrero to Chihuahua. News Confirmed by Consul. Mexican Consul Andreas Garcia late today confirmed the capture of General Villa. His advices said that the capture was effected by Maxim iano Marquez, who recently also cap tured General Jose Rodriguez, ona of Villa's Generals.. A message announcing Villa's cap ture also has been received at the of fices of the American Smelting & Refining Company. Messages from Chihuahua today, also confirming reports of the cap ture of Villa, said also that several bandits who participated in the San Ysabel massacre were also captured and are being brought to Chihuahua City for execution. Information Deemed Reliable. Consul Garcia explained that his confirmation of the report of the cap ture of Villa was based on unofficial, but reliable, information. He tele graphed at once to Chihuahua City, asking that official confirmation on the part of General Jacinto Trevino, the military chief of the northern states, be given. At the same time a message was prepared, to be filed in the event of a formal confirmation, requesting that Villa be sent to Juarez to be ex ecuted at the race track. This mes sage was prepared at the office of General Gabriel Gavira, commandant at Juarez, who said that he had re ceived nothing official concerning the capture of the outlaw chieftain. Rebel Caught in Triangle. Hacienda San Geronimo is on the boundary of the Hearst property, named the Babricora Ranch, near the railroad station of San Tomas, south east of Madera. Reports received here indicated that Villa had been hemmed in in a triangle formed in the mountains. Colonel Maximo Marquez was on the south west point, marching from Madera; Colonel Jose Alexondo was closing in on the northwest, while General Cavazos advanced from the southeast. Band Reported Slain on Capture. Military telegraphers in Juarez, in charge of all wires between that town and Chihuahua City, declare that every message which has come in so far from the south tends to confirm the report of Villa's capture. Villa, they say, still is alive. The following telegram was re ceived from Albert H. Davison, a prominent broker of Chihuahua City, who is one of the best informed Americans in Mexico: "Your telegram received. Carranza officials here declare reported capture of Villa near San Geronimo absolutely confirmed. They say Villa will be brought alive to Chihuahua. His band of 50 men were executed immediately after capture." Allies Bombard DodcaphaUli. I.ONDON. Jan. 20. Allied warships bombarded Pedeaghatch Tuesday, ac cording to a Salonikt dispatch to Reu trr's Telegram Company. The bom bardment caused considerable damage. A train was destroyed and several slorcliuujicg were set afire, COMPULSION BILL AGAIN ADVANCED iOCD CHEEKS GREET VICTORY FOR GOVERNMENT. Promise Made That Measure Will Be Enforced Without Severity. Asquitli Warmly Praised. LONDON, Jan. 20. The military serv ice bill passed through the committee of the House of Commona at 11 o'clock tonight amid loud cheers. Walter Hume Long, president of the local government hoard. In a speech chosing the discussion, said he desired to remove the impression that under this bill the government was creating a great monster in the form of a military machine which would grab all coming within its scope. There was no in tention that the War Office should act with undue severity, but on the con trary it intended to maintain the pres ent system almost identical, but giving it a statutory position it hithero had not occupied. Philip Snowden, the Socialist mem ber from Blackburn, speaking as an opponent of the bill, paid a warm trib ute to the generous way the bill had been piloted through the House by Andrew Bonar Law and Mr. Long. Mr. Bonar Law then expressed the grateful thanks of himself and Mr. Long to all sections for the restraint shown in committee. John Dillon, Nationalist., added that he had never .seen a measure that might have so easily led to passionate, heated debate pass through the House with greater skill or a more concil iatory manner. He thought that Pre mier Asqulth never had shown greater skill than in leaving its conduct to Mr. Long and Mr. Bonar Law. GIRL, 16, RATED BEST JUDGE Lone Tree Lass Wins Corn Contest Held at Caldwell. CALDWELL, Idaho. Jan. 20. (Spe cial.) Sixteen-year-old Norah Mitchell, of Lone Tree, was declared the best Judge of corn in Idaho, winning first prize from a field of 40 at the Idaho Seed Show. The Lone Tree team, cap tained by Miss Mitchell, won first in judging and Boise second. The afternoon convention session was largely attended. Addresses on the seed industry were delivered by J. A. Watters, of Twin Falls: J. H. Lowell, of Roswell; William Wagner, of Je rome; A. J. Snyder, of Springfield, and H. P. Ashby. of Boise. ' At the evening session Justice William M. Morgan, of the Idaho Supreme Court, addressed the delegates on legislative matters. Judging of the exhibits will be con cluded Friday. LIEUTENANT MALONE DEAD Army Officer, Husband of Portland Woman, Is Pneumonia Victim. EL PASO. Tex., Jan. 20. (Special) Lieutenant Harry S. Malonc. Company H., Sixteenth Infantry, died at the Fort Bliss General Hospital today of pneumonia after an illness of a week. He had been here only two weeks. coming from Honolulu, where he bad been stationed with the First Infan try. His wife lives in Portland. Or., and has been making her home there since her husband has been on foreign and border service. There will be a mlli tary funeral, probably Friday, and the body will either be sent to Portland or to Arlington Cemetery at Washing ton. He was to have been made Captain soon. MAN KILLED IN BRAWL Clare O'Xcil Is Victim of Shooting Fray at Riverside. VALE, Or., Jan. 20. (Special.) D. M. McFadden has been arrested here charged with the murder of Clare O'Neil at Riverside, Malheur County, last Tuesday. McFadden formerly was a bartender, but has been operating a soft-drink house at Riverside since the first of the year. , It is alleged he shot O'Neil In the head with a rifle, killing him instantly. O'Neil was intoxicated and had attacked McFadden with rocks, according to in formation given out. The trouble arose over a boarding-house. INSECT FEEDERS STARVE Bluebirds on Farm Cannot Eat Grain and Die In Snow Storm. MONMOUTH, Or., Jan. 20. (Special.) Last Spring E. R. Ostrom. a farmer living near Monmouth, erected several birdhouses on his farm, and in two of these houses 12 bluebirds were hatched and raised. During the snoW storm of the past week all of these bluebirds starved and froze to death. As the bluebird feeds entirely on insect life, they cannot be fed grain. Hundreds of China pheasants have been found frozen stiff, and also sev eral bunches of quail. DOG TEAMS RACE IN GALE Alakan 108-Mile Contest Starts Temperature 10 Below. ANCHORAGE. Alaska. Jan. 20. Four dog teams started today In the 64-mlle race from Anchorage to Old Knik and return. In spite of a northwest gale and a temperature of 10 below zero. The four teams which started were driven by Albion Gustaffson, William Greer, Walter Howard and J. Dixon. Dixon was reported leading at Peters Creek, 24 miles from the start. Gus-: tafftiuu was second aud Howard third. OREGON REPUBLICAN CLUB IS LAUNCHED Library Hall Filled by Enthusiastic Party. PROGRESSIVES HAVE BIG PART Many Stand Throughout Meet ing Lasting Long. WOMEN AID ORGANIZATION Permanent Officers of Body Bent on Success in Presidential Con test to Be Named at Future Session at Armory. The new Oregon Republican Club was launched formally at an enthusiastic gathering of men and women interested in Republican success, held in the as sembly hall of the Central Library, last night.' The meeting was the response to a call for organization and party har mony signed, by nearly 500 Republicans of Portland last week. The big room was jammed to the rear walls with one of the largest crowds that' has ever gathered at the Library. Progressives Take Part. Numbers, unable to get seats, stood through the meeting, which lasted 2i hours. - Charles- A Johns- was elected tem porary chairman; John Y. Richardson, temporary secretary, and a constltu tion and by-laws were adopted in the course of a lively and interesting ses sion. Progressives, just coming back or al ready returned and considering them selves -members again of the good old party, took just as active a part in the proceedings as did those who have been Republicans all the time. - - Future Meeting? Is Set. ' After a warm debate, led by John F. Logan, who urged that permanent or ganization, by all means, .'should . be postponed to another meeting, that there might not be the slightest ground for suspicion that a "slate" had been rushed through or proceedings "cut and dried," the meeting adjourned subject to the call of the chair without having chosen permanent officers. This meeting probably will be held at the Armory, and the date next Thursday night. If not within one week, the meeting will undoubtedly be held within two weeks. BRITISH USE SMOKE BOMBS Berlin Says Attack Was Beaten Off With Heavy Loss. BTRLIN. via London, Jan. 20. An at tack by the British with the use of smoke bombs on the German positions north of Frellnghien, in Northern France, is announced in today's offi cial statement hy the German army headquarters. It is declared the attack was beaten off with heavy loss to the British. DEAL FOR OREGON HOPS IS REPORTED SALE OK 3000 BALES TO EX POUTERS IS RUMORED. E. Clemens Horst, ot San Francisco, Said to Be Purchaser of Most of Block Offered. Reports were in circulation in local I bop offices yesterday that the Oregon I Hopgrowers' Association had disposed of a large block of hops, variously es timated at from S0OO to 8000 bales, to E. Clemens Horst, of San Francisco, and to other exporters. The association is holding about 24.000 bales of the 1915 crop, and it is understood that negotiations for the sale of a part of the lot have been under way for some time. Mr. Horst, who is now in the city, declined yesterday to make any state ment regarding the reported deal. J. L. Clark, vice-president of the Ore gon Hopgrowers' Association, who is said to have had a number of confer ences with Mr. Horst in this city' in the past few days, positively denied last night that any deal had been closed. WOMEN BID FOR SALOON State Fair Bar to Bo Closed if Mothers' Council Gets Privilege: DALLAS, Tex., Jan. 20. (Special.) The Mothers' Council of Dallas voted today to submit bids for the bar privileges of the State Fair of Texas. Half a million persons visit the fair annually and the saloon man who gets the liquor selling right pays from $3300 to $5000. The Mothers' Council will raise a fund to buy the saloon right and publicly burn the contract, if their plans succeed. The fair is owned by the people of Dallas. The directors are not favorable to liquor selling, but they say the fair needs the money. "If money is what you want, we will give it to you," said an officer of the Mothers' Council today. RAIN STARTS UP MILLS Salt Is Placed in Ponds to Prevent Accumulation of Ice. ELM A, Wash., Jan. 20. (Special.) The Vance Brothers' shingle and lum ber mills and logging camps resumed operations today after being closed down since the last snow fall. The com pany purchased two tons of rock salt to' place in -the mill pond to keep it free of ice. Schaefer Brothers' logging camps are running full capacity. Lyttle Brothers at Porter and the Saginaw and Western logging camps are getting ready to start tomorrow should the rain keep up. COPPERFIELD ECHO HEARD Wife Asks Divorce From Witness Who Aided Governor West. BAKER. Or.. Jan. 20. (Special.) E. A. Fitch, one of Governor West's wit nesses at the time of the visit of Fern Hobbs to Copperfield, appeared today ae defendant in divorce proceedings. Mrs. Fitch testified that Mr. Fitch had left her destitute and that he had, in the presence ot their children, ac cused her of undue familiarity with other men. The Fitchs' son was said to have re ceived liquor from Copperfield 6aloon men. which was reported to Governor! West. WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK! WAR ISSUES AROUSE SENATORS IN DEBATE Belligerents on Both Sides Accuser gontrov:5j; heated Hoke Smith Demands Embar go Against Britain. BORAH INDORSES STAND Idahoan Willing to Take Responsi bility, Not of Speech but Action. Mississippian Says "Murder" Merits First Attention. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Issues aris ing from. the European war were dis cussed without restraint in the Senate today in the warmest debate on inter national questions since Congress con vened. Great Britain's interference with American trade was characterized as 'perpetual robbery," Germany was branded as "guilty of murder;" plea: were made for an embargo on muni tions and foodstuffs to England charges were made and denied that British censors intercepted American mail to take advantage of trade secrets. Possibility of war to enforce Amer ican rights did not escape attention, but the suggestion of war was coun terbalanced with appeal for calm de liberation to await justice from cooler heads after belligerents had recovered from war madness. Hoke Smith Proposes Embargo. Debate was precipitated by Hoke Smith, of Georgia, who delivered a long prepared speech denouncing Great Britain's course in holding up neutral commerce, and particularly her inter ference, with cotton shipments to Ger many. He proposed an embargo against England, who, he said, could not continue the war without muni tions from this country nor feeH her people without food from the U. ited States and other neutrals. His vigor ous assaults on England's attitude was - endorsed by Senator Borah, Idaho, who said he was willing to take responsibility- for "action, not speech to protect American rights, but feared embargo ' legislation could not be passed by Congress. From Senator Williams, the Georgia Senator's utterances drew a stirring reply, with a declaration he was not willing to go to war for mere dollars, nor to have the people of "Dixie1 placed in an attitude of holding, prop erty on a plane with human life. Williams Slakes Murder Charge. Senator Williams said until the issue of murdered American women and chil dren on the high seas was settled he could not nag the President of the United States about property, nor to attempt to force settlement for mone tary loss of property from war-mad dened people until he could appeal to their calmer judgment when war had ceased. For several hours the Senate was (Concluded on Page 4. Column 1.) Xr-. FAMILY IS HELD CAPTIVE BY YAQUIS AMERICAN" ADMIRAL ENDEAV ORING TO OBTAIN RELEASE. Woman, 2 Daughters and 2 Sons , Are Prisoners Mexican Au thorities Preparing Campaign. GUATMAS, Mexico, Jan. 20. (By radio to San Diego. Cal.) Admiral Cameron McR. Winslow, commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet, is making every effort to secure the release from Yaqui captivity of the family of John Lehr, an American citizen, of Suaque Grande, Sonora. The Indians carried off Mrs. Lehr, who is a Mexican, her two daughters, aged 14 and 23, and her two boys, 5 and 7 years old, and have held them captives since November 11. A son, 17, was killed attempting to save his mother and sisters. The Lehrs own and were operating a 14,000-acre ranch In the Upper Caqui Valley, about miles northeast from here. Troops continue to arrive here for the campaign against the Indians. The exact strength of the Taqul force is not known, and the estimates by those in authority here vary from 1500 to 4000. To prevent the Indians from caching their arms and seeking employment in the villages and outly ing ranches, a census of all Yaquias has been taken throughout the settle ments, and the Covernor of Sonora has issued a decree requiring all who em ploy Indians to submit a monthly re port snowing tne names of all em ployed and the date of employment. Failure to observe the edict is punish able by imprisonment for one year. HOUSE ON WAY TO BERLIN Wilson's! Emissary Expected to Re main Week in German Capital. BERLIN, via London. Jan. 21. Lan cer B. Winslow, secretary of the Amer ican Legation at Berlin, leaves on Fri day for Switzerland to meet Colonel Edward M. House, President Wilson's emissary, and escort him to Berlin. Colonel House, it is expected, will re main here about a week. According to Mr. Winslow. Colonel House is coming to Berlin merely to transmit verbally President Wilson's views and receive verbal report .from Ambassador Gerard. ELK SENT J0 COLORADO Animals Bought by Citizens to Be Turned Loose in Mountains. BILLINGS, Mont., Jan. 20. One hun dred selected elk from Yellowstone Na tional Park went through here tonight en route to Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Idaho Springs, Colo., which raised about $2500 by public subscription to obtain them. Fifty of the animals will be turned loose on Pike's Peak and 25 each in the mountains near Pueblo and Idaho Springs. Weather Twists Albany Car Track. ALBANY, Or., Jan. 20. (Special.) As a result of the recent low tempera ture and sudden changes, damage to the extent of several hundred dollars has been done to the brick pavement along the Albany streetcar line. It may be necessary to relay the entire track because of the shrinking and swelling resulting from the freeze. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 41 degrees; minimum, aeg-rees. TODAY'S Rain; southwesterly winds. . Mexico. Villa captured. Page 1. Family held captive by Yaaul Indians American Admiral seeks their release. rage l. Villa's fall as rapid an his rise to fame. Page 5. War, Kins of Greece says allies violated neu trality, as did Germans in Belgium. page z. French troops glad to leave Serbia. Page 1. Conscription bill passes committee stage in commons, page l. National. Senators vigorously debate European war Issues. Page J. Brief of Portland lumber concerns points out discrimination In railroad rates. Page 4. . i . Domestic. Roosevelt says America is earning contempt by Inaction wnile its people are being slain, page 4. Many lives lost in storms in California and Arizona. . Page '1. Pacific Northwest. Seattle victims of liquor raid turn on Sheriff Hodge. Page 1. More than $40,000 distributed from forest receipts among Oregon counties. Page 6. Sport. James John basketball team defeats Hill Military Academy. 39 to 10. Page 12. Walter Hammond, ex-Beaver, may go to New Orleans, page vz. Spokane boxers and wrestlers to compete with Muitnomah Ciub athletes here to night. Page 12. Ice hockey season is now half over. Page 12. Commercial and Marine. Sale of 3000 bales of Oregon hops is re ported. Page 1. Wool contracting prevented by high prices asked by growers. page t. Advance in ocean freights weakens wheat at Chicago. Page If. Wall-Btreet stocks weak, with specialties leading in declines. Page 17. Ice causes damage to three river steamers. Pago 16. . Portland and Vicinity. Story of old Company I reaches former member, . wounueo. vanauian oiticer. Page 13. Cops in band smile as letter week rolls on In expectation oi Dig ucKei saie lor bail. Page 9. Part of exhibits from fair arrive at Cham ber. Page 6. Jitney law is put into force. Page 5. Woman braves fire till call is answered. Page 13. Long file drops in letters to tourists. Pare la. Insurance agent recovers policy, but races charge of tampering wun roans, rage id. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17. Equality of common carriers is asserted In action to lorce liquor ueucry. rage o. School Boird authorizes employment of Mrs.! 11. L. Richards, page m. SEATTLE ' VICTIMS' TURN OH SHERIFF Bondsmen May Be Sued as Result of Raids. OTHER OFFICIALS CALL HALT Bob Hodge Defies Governor and Prosecutor. POLICE TO PASS UP HOMES District Attorney Lundiu Says Ho Wants to Clean Vp Disreputable Places and Does Not Want Law Put Into Disrepute. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 20. (Special.) Enraged millionaires, whose homes were raided yesterday under the dry law forbidding possession of more than two quarts of spirituous liquors or 24 pints of malt drinks, today went after the scalp of Sheriff Bob Hodge, threat ening to oust the doughty "coal miner of Newcastle," by attaching his official status. Mayor Hi Gill joined the forces of Hodge's enemies by announcing he had forbidden the police to raid any pri vate homes, and Prosecutor Lundin, generally considered a member of the reform element and himself prominent in King County Sunday school work ers' circles, announced he would refuse to issue any more informations for raids on private homes. Hodge la Defiant. Hodge defies them all, asserting that he Is going to enforce the law and that these prosecutors and Mayors were elected to enforce the initiative law as it was and not to decide themselves what sections of the people's mandate should be obeyed. Hodge declares if search warrants are refused him by the Prosecuting At torney's office, he will make arrests and prosecute the cases himself. Legal Battle Promised. - Such are today's developments re sulting from raids on the residences of W. B. Boeing, The Highlands, presi dent of the Greenwood Timber Com pany and president of the Northwest Aero Club, and D. E. Skinner, 725 Four teenth avenue North, president of the Skinner-Eddy Shipbuilding Corporation and millionaire lumberman, in which thousands of dollars' worth of liquor was confiscated by deputy sheriffs. Attorneys representing both of the aggrieved citizens conferred today and it is promised a hot legal battle will be . started. Bondsmen May Be Sued. There also is possibility that civil action may be brought against Sheriff , Hodge and his bondsmen, as the asser tion is made that the fight, once begun, no stone will be left unturned In an effort to punish the Sheriff for what yesterday's raid victims declare to be , illegal interference with their rights in their homes. Prosecuting Attorney Lundin, while refusing to comment on yesterday's raids, is firm in his declaration that his office will not Issue further search warrants for private homes on appli cation of Sheriff Hodge. Mr. Lundin Explains Stand. Mr. Lundin says he wants to clean up former saloons, hotels and blind tigers, and doesn't want to get the law into disrepute by invading homes. He , explains, however, as follows: "The law leaves us little choice In the matter, for if we refuse a com- t plainant may go before any Justice of the Peace or Superior Judge and de mand a search warrant. I will, how ever, put Hodge to that trouble" Sheriff Isanea Deri. Commenting on this statement, Mr. Hodge says: "I don't care what Prosecuting At torney Lundin, Mayor Gill or Governor Lister say about enforcing the dry law. As chief executive officer of the county of King, I recognize only the provisions of the law and not instruc tions from these worthies. I shall continue to recognize' and investigate any deputy's complaint that may come to me, even if I am compelled to search the homes of the rich and the exclusive aristocratic clubs- I was informed thifi morning that Lundin, Gill and Lister had issued orders that no more resi dences be entered. I'll take care of that part of enforcing the law, and if Lundin doesn't assist, I will swear out the warrants and prosecute the cases ' myself. Last Year's Work Cited. There were. I am told, about 340 search warrants for liquor issued last year directed against people In mod erate circumstances. The Governor, the Mayor or the Prosecuting Attorney never felt called upon to interfere until men of wealth and members of exclusive social organizations arro gated to themselves the rights denied by law to the common people. The poor man has not me means to test out the law. The rich man has. Now he will have his opportunity; let him have the (Supreme Court settle all contentions forever." Grangers at Junction City. JUNCTION CITY, Or., Jan. 20. (Spe cial.) Seventy-five Grangers met in Oddfellows Hall today for routine buxl- ness. . P.. B. Coglon, county agricul turist, and E. A. Keys, of the United States Department of Agriculture, dis cussed "Government farm burvey. Out-of-town visitors were J. M. Uevers and Walter Jones. '3
