VOL. LVI.-XO. 17.2G1.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 191C.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
AMERICANS ARE SO
MILES INTO MEXICO
$40,000 A DAY IS
COST OF PURSUIT
IMS INTEREST III
GRANT LANDS LARGE
ASTORIA WILL HAVE
$300,000 SHIPYARD
SEATTLE CONCERN ACQUIRES
FRONTAGE OF 1200 FEET.
PORTLAND VIEW OF
RATE DISPUTE GIVEN
INDIANA MOOSE GET
ONLY 7567 VOTES
BRITAIN POTS BAH
m m luxuries
AKMY OFFICERS GIVE FfGl'KES
OX VILLA CAMPAIGN.
FAIRBANKS POLLS 17 6,178 TO
1 CO, 423 FOR WILSON.
.IS"
Carranza Forbids En
try Into City.
CAMP OUTSIDE IS PERMITTED
Garrison Commander atCasas
Grandes Gets Orders.
OUTLAWS BURN BRIDGE
Tension Between Nations at El Paso
and Juarez Increases Children
- on Mexican Side Throw Mud
on Passing Americans.
E.L. PASO, Tex., March 17. American
troops will reach Casas Grandes at
midnight tonight. General Gabriel Ga
vira announced at Juarez late today.
Casas Grandes is a little more than
60 miles from the point where Colonel
Goorge A. Dodd's columns entered
Mexico, so that the Americans have
been moving more than 30 rrfSles a day.
General Gavira announced that he
had a telegram that a courier from
the Americans already had reached
Casas Grandes, announcing that the
United States troops might be expected
about midnight. 'The General said he
had telegraphed Lieutenant - Colonel
Refugio S. Davila, in command of the
Constitutionalist garrison at Casas
Grandes, not to permit the Americans
to occupy that city.
Occupation of Cities Forbidden.
His instructions from General Car
ranza, said General Gavira. did not
give him authority to let American
troops .occupy a city. It would be con
trary to General Carranza's orders, he
said.
"Would your instructions present the
Americans from passing by Casas
Grandes?" General Gavira was asked.
"No."
Would they forbid the Americans to
camp outside the city?" was asked.
"No," the General replied, "but they
are not to occupy the city."
"Under those instructions," he was
sfked, "would it be permissible for
them to march through the streets of
Casas Grandes?"
"No," the General replied.
Outlaw Burn Bridge.
Simultaneously with the news of the
whereabouts of the American column
came the news that Villa's followers
had burned a railroad bridge on the
Northwestern Railroad of Mexico, be
tween Summit and San Pedro, Chihua
hua. The burned hridge is directly in the
line of 'advance of the main expedi
tionary force, which started from Co
lumbus and would strike the railroad
at Guzeman, 40 miles north 'if Corrali
tos. It was close to the latter place
that the bandits are said to have mur
dered five Mexican ranchers on Sun
day and to have driven off their horses.
Arrivals from Columbus today re
ported intense activity at the American
military base. They said fresh troops
were being sent forward across "the
border both night and day, and that
one aeroplane had already joined the
forces in Mexico. Seven other aircraft
are flying over the border continually
in Bcouting expeditions.
Peons May Support Villa.
With the practical certainty that, the
American soldiers had at last reached
the Villa territory, the questions of
absorbing interest on the border are
how many men has Villa and will he
fight or run. Americans from the
Casas Grandes region assert that the
peons there are certain to support
Villa, partly through his system of ter
rorism and partly through the glamor
of his reputation as a warrior.
The Carranza officials here and in
Juarez insist that Villa has disbanded
whatever men he had with him and will
not offer to fight, but will rely for
safety on his knowledge of the almost
inaccessible mountains of the Sierra
Madre. which he knows by heart.
Americans who know Villa and the
country in which he has taken refug.
are equally confident that he will at
tmpt to check his pursuers by i
guerilla campaign.
Trnolon on Border Increased.
The tension between the two nation
at this point on the border was notice
ably sharper today, as far as Juarez
was concerned. Few Americans vis
ited Juarez today, and those few re
turned with word of a decidedly hostile
attitude shown toward them by the
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In some instances the children in the
streets threw mud at passing Ameri
cans and shouted insults after them.
Customs officials on the American side
of the international bridge reported
that they had heard scattered shots
fired in Juarez the past two nights,
but were unable to ascertain the cause
of the shooting.
COLUMNS SOON TO DIVIDE
Pershin? Nearly Ready to Begin
Systematic Search.
SAN ANTONIO, March 17. Calcula
tions about Army headquarters here
today indicated that General Pershing
soon will be in position to re-divide
bis forces and from near the heirt of
the region, where Villa has beeil op
erating begin a systematic search for
him. Official reports to General Funs-
Concluded on Fage 4, Column 2.)
Carranza Officials Hope American
Soldiers Will Not Be Called On
to Garrison Cities.
EL, PASO, Tex., March 17. The Unit
ed States' pursuit of Villa, under pres
ent arrangements, is costing the Gov
ernment $40,000 a day, according to
estimates made here today by Army
officers.
Carranza oficials. it was learned to
day, have been discussing with some
concern whether American troops dur
ing the Villa pursuit would have to
occupy any Mexican cities and the ef
fect of such occupation on Mexican
public sentiment. The Carranza offi
cers have frankly expressed the hope
that the garrisoning of the cities can
be left to their own troops.
The American Army's choice of the
Chihuahua desert as its place of entry
precludes for the present such a prob
lem as city garrison duty.
WATER PURIFIERS ORDERED
Precautions Taken Against Disease
in Mexican Campaign.
NEW YORK, March 17. Orders were
received by the United States depot
.quartermaster here today for 125 water
purifiers to equip the American troops
in their campaign against Villa in
Mexico. The purifiers are intended to
prevent the spread of disease which
might follow the drinking of unsteril
ized water from pools or rivers.
They are canvas-covered rubber bags,
each with a capacity of 20 gallons.
When the water is dipped from pools
and placed in the bags purifying chemi
cals are added, and after 10 minutes
the water can be drunk without dan
ger, it is asserted. This system Is not
effective against poisoned water.
CHILD LABOR BILL DISLIKED
Representatives of Mothers Say Some
Training Is Valuable.
WASHINGTON, March 17. Mrs. A. A.
Birney, secretary of the National
Mothers' Congress, and Miss Mary A.
Garrett, of the Pennsylvania Juvenile
Court and Probation Association, today
opposed the Keating-Owen child labor
bill before the Senate Interstate Com
merce Commission.
The Mothers' Congress, the committee
told, was composed of 100,000 mothers
who were becoming more convinced
that any cast Iron rule applied to child
labor was a mistake, and that a moder
ate vocational training in various in
dustries was a good thing for the chil
dren. HEN LAYS .1000 EGGS
Oregon Fowl Breaks World's Rec
ord in Agricultural College Test.v
OREGON AGRICULTURAL, COLLEGE.
Corvallis, March 17. (Special.) "Ore
gona," a White Leghorn hen at the
Agricultural College, has laid her thou
sandth egg.
"This," said Professor Dryden, "is
the greatest long distance trap-nest
record known to the world."
At the end of her fifth year the hen
had laid 987 eggs. She has now laid,
at the beginning of her sixth year,
the 13 necessary to make her a 1000
egg hen. Formerly it was believed
the domestic hen could lay 600 eggs
and no more in her lifetime.
LINN VETERANS ARE READY
Men Who Know Spanish Language
Could Be Mobilized if Needed.
ALBANY, Or., March 17. (Special.)
Frank C. Stellmacher, past department
commander of the United Spanish War
Veterans of Oregon, announced today
that he could raise a company of 100
veterans in this vicinity if they were
needed.
The Albany post has a membership
of about 50 and the veterans of Cor
vallis, Lebanon, Brownsville, Toledo,
Philomath. Newport and Alsea have
sent word they are ready for service.
Mr. Stellmacher -says all these men
are familiar with the Spanish language.
STOLEN BILL USED IN SPAIN
Ninth of 20 Gold Notes for $10,000
Each, Taken in 1912, Reappears.
NEW YORK, March 17. A United
States Government $10,000 gold note,
one of 20 of the same denomination
stolen from, the mall in September,
1912. on the way to New York from
Havana, Cuba, was received today by
a bank in this city, from the American
Bank of Madrid, Spain.
It was the ninth of the stolen notes
to reappear since the theft. As the
notes appear they are given to the in
surance company which paid insurance
covering the amount of the theft.
MEXICANS STAB AMERICAN
Fight Follows Attempt to Stop Hos
tile Speech in Spanish.
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., March 17.
John Lightburn was stabbed and prob
ably fatally wounded in an anti-American
outbreak late today at Point Isa
bel, Tex., 23 miles below here on the
Gulf Coast.
He attempted to stop a Mexican who
was making an anti-American speech
in Spanish and sustained his wounds
in a resulting fight. Officers stopped
be outbreak. One Mexican was ar
rested. Point Isabel was reported quiet
tonight.
Tract Worth $150,000
Held for Debt.
LETTER TELLS OF TRANSFER
Sum Due From Smith Lumber
Company Is $63,000.
TESTIMONY IS SOUGHT
Man Who Represented Wilson in
Mexico to Be Called On to Ex
plain Why He Wanted Vali
dating Provision Included.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, March 17. John Lind, or Min
nesota, who was President Wilson's
personal envoy to Mexico during the
Huerta administration, was ehown to
day to have a much heavier Interest
in the Oregon & California grant lands
than heretofore had been supposed, and
after baring several important facts
the sub-committee which is redrafting
the land grant bill voted to summon
Mr. Lind to Washington to explain
fully bis connection with the transac
tion. It is expected he will be heard
Tuesday.
Representative Kent, of California,
who previously sought to ?how that
C. A. Smith had no Interest in the Attorney-General's
amendment confirm
ing outstanding executory contracts,
appeared today and read a second tele
gram from his son-in-law, G. S. Arnold,
who is now land attorney for C. A
Smith. A previous telegram from
Arnold said that Mr. Smith had no in
terest whatever in that amendment.
The message read today said that Mr.
Smith had transferred to Mr. Lind his
interest in between 5000 and 7000 acres
of Oregon & California' lands in satis
faction of Mr. Lind's claim against the
C. A. Smith Lumber Company, amount
ing to 163,000.
Letters Establish ConnrtiOD.
The sub-committee thought it more
essential than ever to clear up Lind's
connection with the Attorney-General's
amendment and Representative Len
root, of Wisconsin, with whom Mr. Lind
recently conferred, then produced a let
ter from Mr. Lind saying his interest
was explained in a letter he had writ
ten Senator Chamberlain. This latter
letter Lenroot also read. InN it Mr.
Lind said that Mr. Smith owed him
a large sum of money and had trans
ferred to him a tract of Oregon &
California land as security. The trus
tees of the C. A. Smith Lumber Com
pany, he said, knew all about the trans
action, and he further said that the
transfer was on record in Oregon.
On top of this S. W. Williams, of the
Department of Justice, informed the
sub-committee that Mr. Lind had con
ferred with the Department of Justice
with reference to the amendment now
in dispute, and admitted further that
the amendment had been suggested by
Mr. Lind and was intended to protect
his interests, as ,well as the interest
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Ground Will Be Broken Monday for
Ways Completed Plant Is to
Employ -100 Men.
ASTORIA, Or., March 17. With the
acquisition of 1200 feet of frontage on
Young's Bay, at the foot of Seventh
street in this city, the 3, A. McEachern
Company, of Seattle and Astoria, today
completed final details that will give
Astoria a $300,000 shipbuilding concern
with expansion unlimited.
Ground will be broken for the ways
Monday. t ,
W. W. Clark, vice-president, who
built the battleship Nebraska for Moran
Bros., now with the Seattle Construc
tion & Drydock Company, will be
manager.
Soundings have been made and show
that deep water . fronts the . property
with & deep channel to the main chan
nel entrance.
The concern will employ 400 men
when the plant opens.
The firm is low bidder on barges
for the Alaska Railway Commission,
and has other bids In for vessels.
Timber can be secured close at hand.
Local capital is interested in the en
terprise. The capacity of the yards as
to wooden vessels will be unlimited. .
BRIDGE RULES ARE ISSUED
Jockeying for Place and Getting Out
of Line Forbidden.
Vehicles crossing Portland bridges
will go sinstle file and there will be no
jockeying Io places, if the rules
adopted by the Board of County Com
missioners yesterday, as follows, are
observed:
"It is to be understood that all traffic
shall pass over the bridges in single
file in double columns; that all slow
going vehicles shall pass on the right
hand of the bridges and their ap
proaches; fast-moving rehicles shall
keep to the center and there shall be
no diverging from the lines when once
taken. In no case shall a vehicle pass
to the left of a streetcar while on the
approaches of the bridges."
BANDS NOT SENT TO FRONT
Musicians Regarded as Useless Ap
pendage and Kept on Border.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 17.
There will be no music for the soldiers
at either General Pershing's or Colonel
Dodd's commands to enjoy while on
the march or in camp. Not a single
regimental band has been taken with
the expedition.
This is because it was desired not
to handicap the expedition with any
useless appendage, not because the ab
sence of martial music was expected
to aid in secrecy regarding troop
movements.
SLIDE KILLS 1; HURTS TWO
University Students at Salt Lake
Caught While at Play. .
SALT LAKE CITY, March 17. Vin
cent Winter, 17 years old, was instant
ly killed and two other students of the
Latter-Day Saints University were in
jured by a fall of earth and sand here
today.
Students and members of the faculty
were gathering material for the tennis
courts of the university when the'acci
dent happened.
cu v:
StratesHs? Is
Dec. !cu Factor.
FRANK H. RANSOM ON STAND
Alleged- Inconsistencies in De
mands Explained.
EARLY DECISION UNLIKELY
Effort of J. G". Wilson to Read Into
Record Opinions of 3Ir. Teal on
Value of River in Rate
making Results in Tilt.
Portland lumber manufacturers in
sist that their position at the termini
of four great transcontinental railroads,
at the foot of a water grade from the
Interior and in the center of an active
industrial and commercial community
entitles them to an advantage in freight
rates over rival districts not so favor
ably situated.
This is the substance of the conten
tions made before Edgar Watklns. ex
aminer attorney for the Interstate
Commerce Commission, yesterday by
Frank H. Ransom, manager of the
Eastern & Western Lumber Company,
of Portland.
Allefced Inconsistencies Explained.
Mr. Ransom apparently was the
spokesman for all the other large mills
operating in Portland, which are seek
ing a restoration of the two and one
half cent preferential rate to Southern
Idaho and Northern Utah. As he was
conducted through a series of ques
tions by James G. Wilson, attorney for
the Portland lumbermen. Mr. Ransom
explained away the alleged Inconsist
ency of the Portland mills in demand
ing a parity with the Willamette Val
ley mills on California shipments and
a preferential rate over the Valley
mills on Southern Idaho and Nortnern
Utah business.
Mr. Ransom
natural advantages Justify the attitude
of the Portland lumbermen in both
instances. J. N. Teal, counsel for the
Valley mills, could not shake him from
this contention.
Rebuttal Evidence Given.
Mr. Ransom was introduced as a re
buttal witness and presumably for the
purpose of counteracfing the testimony
given on Thursday by A. C. Dixon, man
ager for the Booth-Kelly Lumber Com
pany, who presented the views of the
Valley shippers.
He declared that the Portland mills
have had no undue advantage over
the Valley mills or over the mills of
Grays Harbor and Puget Sound, even
under a 2-cent favorable differential,
which existed prior to October 11 last
year.
He said that the Valley mills, by
reason of lower operating costs, were
able to absorb the differential and to
continue in competition with the Port
land manufacturers.
Mr. Ransom admitted that the group
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Progressive Candidate for Nomina
tion" for Senate Leads Party
Ticket in Hopeless Race.
INDIANAPOLIS. March 17. Fewer
than S0O0 votes were polled by the
Progressives throughout Indiana in the
primary of March 7. according to fig
ures contained in the report of the of
cial canvassing board, made public to
day. James B. Wilson, who was pro
posed for the Progressive nomination
for the United States Senate, received
7567, the highest number cast for any
Progressive' candidate.
President Wilson received a total of
160,423 votes, -which was the highest
number announced for any candidate
on the Democratic ticket.
Charles W. Fairbanks, candidate for
the Republican, nomination for the
Presidency, polled a total of 176.178.
30,000,000 FEET IN ORDER
Great Northern Railroad Will Build
Snowsheds in Cascades.
SEATTLE. Wash.. March 17. The
Great Northern Railroad announced
today that it Would purchase immedi
ately 30.000,000 feet of lumber to be
used in the construction of new snow
sheds to protect its line across the
Cascade Mountains from snowslides.
The lumber will cost between S300.-
000 and $ 100.000, and will be one of
the largest orders placed in the North
west in recent years.
STUDENTS STRIKE FOR DAY
Iowa Engineers Refuse to Study on
St. Patrick's and See Shows.
AMES, la.. March 17. Engineering
students at Iowa State College went on
a strike today in honor of St. Patrick's
day. They held ceremonies this morn
ing at the college and "rushed" down
town picture theaters in the afternoon
No interference was attempted by
local authorities and no Injuries were
reported.
PEACE RUMOR IS REVIVED
Turkish Diplomat Said to Be Seeking
Sena rate Compact.
LONDON, March 17. -.The Rome cor
respondent of the Exchange Telegraph
Company sends the following:
A message from Berne says that
Naby Bey, cx-Turkish Ambassador at
Rome, is reported to be endeavoring to
negotiate a separate peace for Turkey
with the allies." ,
MR. WILSON WEARS GREEN
Necktie and Sprig of Shamrock Are
Gifts of John Redmond.
WASHINGTON, March 17. President
Wilson celebrated St. Patrick's day to
day by wearing a green necktie and a
sprig of shamrock..
Boili were sent him by John Red
mond. the Irish. Nationalist leader in
the British Parliament.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, &S
aeffrees; minimum, 4 degrees.
TODAY'S f'air; northerly winds.
Mexico.
American troops HO miles Into Mexico;' entry
into city 01 casas uranaes to be refused
by Carranza general. Page 1.
Pursuit of Vtila costing United States $40,000
a aay. rage i.
Fifty thousand dollars reward reported of
fered tor Villa, Page 4.
Wmr.
Britain to make drastic order against lm
portation of luxuries. Page 1.
Carolyn Wilson says Germany is looking to
c nina lor trade after war. Pajce 6.
German treasury secretary asks for more
taxes. Page 6.
Officers of Dutch liner insist she -was tor
pedoed. Page 8.
Von Tirpf tz' retirement not to change Ger
man submarine policy. page 6.
National
Only one voice raised in House against Array
bill. Page 2.
Admiral Benson urges big Navy-yard at San
Francisco. Page 2.
Secretary Daniels charged with holding Navy
back two years. Page 2.
John I-ind found to have large Interest In
Oregon & California lands. Page 1.
Domestic.
Ex-President Taft is St. Patrick Day speaker.
Page a.
Inneses fear lynching In Georgia. Page S.
Sport.
Beavers beat St. Mary's College 6 to 3 In
first gamof season. Page 25.
Aggies will wrestle Washington State to
night. Pajfe 14.
Wil lard -Moran tickets already bring in
$100,000. Page 14.
Pacific Northwest.
Eugene students eager to form guard compa
nies. Page 7.
Klamath murder defendant relates home
stead dispute. Page 3.
Astoria to have new $300,000 shipyard.
Page 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Flour prices reduced, owing to decline In
wheat. Page 10.
Peace talk causes sharp drop In wheat at
Chicago. Page 10.
Manipulation In Wall-street stocks con
tinues. Page 19.
Eastern mills turn down new business which
they cannot handle. Page 19.
Portland's lumber boom makes great de
mand for carriers. Page 18.
Columbia River gets naval black eye from
Secretary Daniels. Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
School officers elect today. Page 11.
Irish pay honor to pation saint in church and
at celebrations. Page 7-
Abolition of privately-owned employment
agencies proposed. Page 18.
Hotel men propose abolishment of State
Welfare Commission. Page 8.
R. K. Strahorn urges rait project before
Realty Board. Page S.
Commissioner Daly's auto street cleaners
fail to make good. Page 8.
$2r.orx damage suit against moral sinad Is
thrown out of court. Page '20.
Portland lumber rate hearing concluded.
Page 1.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 19.
Drastic Order Coming
to Relieve Shipping.
IMPORTS TO BE RESTRICTED
Autos, Cutlery, Fancy Goods
' and Soap Included.
FRUITS TO COME LATER
Every Vekel Under Brili?.)! I-'la:
Now Under Government Control
and All Cargo Space
Saved for Necessities.
LONDON, March 17. A f ar-reachins
order in council, which will totally pro
hibit Importation into the United King
dom of a large number of articles
which come under the general headins
of luxuries, w ill he issued by the Brit
ish government at an early date.
Among the things which will he
placed under the ban will be automo
biles for private use, musical instru
ments, cutlery of all kinds, hardware,
yarns, chinaware, fancy goods and
soaps. The order will apply equally to
all countries, including the British
dominions and colonies.
Tonnage Needed for Necessities.
This forecast of the coming order in
council was giver to the Associated
Press today by Walter Ruhciman.
president of the Board of Trade. Mr.
Runciman admitted that articles in
addition to those named would be
placed on the list of prohibited im
ports. He declared it was absolutely
necessary to limit the shipment of
bulky luxuries to provide room on
ships for necessaries.
"But please remember." said Mr.
Runciman, "that the issuance of this
order is forced on the country not ss
a matter of policy, but entirely be
cause of shortage in tonnage. . "We want
exports from the United States; we
want your wheat, cotton and meat, and
we need other things which we cannot
get if the space aboard vessels id
taken up with luxuries.
All Ships Xow Controlled.
"Kverything possible is being d- no
to relieve the shortage in ships. Every
ship flying the British flag is now con
trolled by the government. Immense
numbers of them have been requisi
tioned. Others are subject . to direc
tion by way of license. Whether it
will be necessary to requisition more
vessels I cannot say, but for my part
1 hope that this will not be done."
Mr. Runciman said the Importation
of some fresh fruits probably would be
prohibited later, but he pointed out
that this would affect the United
States only .slightly. Turning from the
matter of imports to the general indus
trial situation in the British Isles, Mr.
Runciman said there never had been
greater activity in the larger indus
tries, that wages were higher than
ever before, and that the percentage
of unemployment never had been so
small in the history of the country.
. Unemployment Almost Unknown.
"In all the larger industries," Mr.
Runciman continued, "there has never
beer greater activity, but the bulk of
the output, of course, is for war pur
poses. The only trades relatively quiet
are the building, linen and some of
the luxury producing trades, but even
in these there is little unemployment,
the working people either having se
cured other employment or gone into
the army. Tie amount of short time
is comparatie!y small. The propor
tion of unemployment in the trades
unions at the present is about one
half of 1 per cent. In normal times it
is about 5 per cent, and in time of
peace it has scarcely ever fallen below
2 per cent; The same condition pre
vails in the nonunion trades.
'Those who have .joined the forces
have been replaced by young people,
men beyond the military age and large
numbers of women. Longer hours are
being worked in nearly all the trades,
and it is estimated that this overtime
represents an increase of 4 per cent
in the number of persons employed.
A few firms have had to shut down
but among the active firms only 7 per
cent of their machinery was idle dur
ing the war. This is a better record
than for peace times.
Wages Generally Increased.
"Because of the heavy demand for
labor and the higher cost of living,
wages have increased since the out
break of the war, and nearly all classes
of workers are receiving more money.
About 5,500.000 people have received
raises, and the Increase in wages has
been roughly 1,000.000 a week. Be
sides this, many of the- people have
been transferred to the better-paying
munitions industries. Labor, on the
whole, in spite of one or two notable
exceptions, has been reasonable in it.-j
demands since the war began. One
influence which contributed to this has
been the limitation of profits in indus
tries employed in the manufacture and
transportation of munitions.
"Women who have taken the places
of men in various trades are doing
amazingly good work. It is estimated
that the number of women who have
been substituted for men in the metal
trade is 77,000, in the leather trades
14,000 and in the miscellaneous trades
274,000. Besides these many'are in the.
government employ, an increasingly
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