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PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, xVPRIL, 14, 1JI16.
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A
MEXICAtlS FIGHT
Clash Gomes as Garranza
Is Asking Withdrawal.
PARRAL PROTESTS PRESENCE!
Part Taken by Carranza Sol
diers in Affray Reported
as "Doubtful."
RELIEF PLAN MAPPED OUT
Possibility of Attempt to Eject
Americans From Mexico
Is Foreseen.
WASHINGTON, April 13. Ameri
can troops in Mexico have had their
first battle with the natives at the
moment General Carranza is urging
their withdrawal.
On Wednesday night, while General
Carranza's note was on its way to
Washington, troopers of the Seventh
Cavalry, under Major Tompkins, were
fired on in Parral, a Villa stronghold,
in Western Chihuahua; were pursued
to the suburbs, while the Carranza
garrison took a doubtful part in the
affray, and were attacked during the
night.
One American Reported Killed.
Complete information regarding the
losses to the American troops or to the
Mexicans had not reached Washing
ton tonight. Secretary Baker in
formed President Wilson that a brief
dispatch to the War Department said
that, according to unofficial reports,
one American cavalryman was killed
and that the troopers used a machine
gun against the Mexicans.
Mr. Baker announced later that he
had ordered General Funston to take
any steps that might be necessary to
prevent further trouble. When asked
whether this might mean the enforced
use of Mexican railroads for the
movement of soldiers and supplies, he
said General Funston was on the
ground and would act in any emer
gency. Carranza Reports Many Dead.
General Carranza, directing his
Embassy here to point out that the
clash proved his contention that the
presence of American troops in Mex
ico is leading to a situation which
threatens to go beyond his control,
telegraphed that many deaths had oc
curred on both sides.
. Foreign Minister Aguilar, in a dis
patch sent before that from General
Carranza, said one American trooper
was killed and several citizens
wounded.
Consul Garcia, the Carranza agent
at El Paso, telegraphed the Embassy
that "several persons were killed on
both sides." His dispatch added that
when the American troopers entered
Parral "the people protested, and it
appears the garrison did also."
Statements Are Contradictory.
This latter statement is in direct
contradiction to the dispatches of Car
ranza and Aguilar, which declared the
Carranza troops attempted to hold
back the Mexican mobs. A report to
the State Department from Consul
Letcher at Chihuahuu, forwarded
through General Funston, said there
had been some "trouble" at Parral,
when the American column was fired
on by Mexican civilians.
The State and War Departments,
receiving from the Mexican Embassy
their first information that the clash
had been a serious one, at once sent
out orders for a full report. It had
not been received tonight.
On President Wilson rests the de
cision of what the effect of the attack
upon the Administration's policy shall
be; whether it shall have a bearing on
consideration of Carranza's. proposal
for the withdrawal of the troops, and
finally whether Carranza's proposal
shall be accepted, rejected or ne
gotiated. Immediate Withdrawal Unlikely.
Members of his official family in
dicated tonight that it was practically
certain no immediate order for with
drawal of the expedition seeking Villa
would be issued. The subject will be
laid before the Cabinet tomorrow. Be
cause of the serious turn in the Mex
ican situation and the gravity of the
submarine issue with Germany, the
President canceled an engagement to
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MONSTER JAWBONE
FOUND NEAR BAKER
PART OF SKELETON Ol' PREHIS
TORIC ANIMAL. DUG L"P.
Esposed Surface of Two Huge Mol
lars Measure 3 Inches Across.
Other Teeth 11-2 Indies.
BAKER, Or.. April 13. (Special.)
Bits of the skeleton of a prehistoric
animal have been dug: up In the Virtue
Flat district by Maurice C. Werner, a
prospector, who brought one of them
to the city and sought to have a hard
ware dealer repair the loose parts. The
bones were found in gravel beds and
are the first ever found In that vicinity.
The fossil brought In was a lower
Jawbone which is largely decayed, but
wherever the bone has given way. a
silicious deposit has renewed the
strength of the honeycombed osseous
tissue. A distinguishing feature is the
presence of two parallel tusks, six
inches "In length, protruding straight
from the bone, one of them, broken
in two, revealing that .only the outside
of the ivory has been injured by
weathering.
Two huge molars are imbedded firm
ly on each side of the Jawbone, their
crowns worn down by use and the ex
posed surface of each measuring three
inches across. The other teeth have an
average surface of one and a half
inches, while the entire fossil Is ap
proximately two and one-half feet In
length, by one foot in width.
The other bones, for the most part
badly shattered by water grinding,
were found in tho Second Creek gulch
at the same time as the jawbone.
POOLHALL BET BAN IS DUE
Card-Playing Also Is Prohibited by
Proposed Ordinance.
Card-playing and systems of betting
on sporting events in pool or billiard
rooms of the city will be put under
the ban it the City Council adopts an
ordinance which has been prepared by
City Commissioner Bigelow. The meas
ure will be presented to the Council
next week.
It provides $100 fine or 30 days in
jail for any person who plays cards in
a poolroom or who bets on a sporting
event, and provides for the prosecution
of the proprietor of the hall and the
revocation of his license if he permits
any card-playing in the hall or in any
room adjoining it or permits any bet
ting or any "boosting" of a betting
scheme in the hali.
VESSEL DRIFTS IN STORM
Fishing Schooner Has Rough Ex
perience Off Yaqnina Bay..
TOLEDO, Or., April 13. (Special.)
Captain William Judd, of the Alaska
fishing schooner Freemont, yesterday
reported a rough experience in a storm
off the Yaquina Bay The boat went
fishing about 15 miles offshore Sun
day, returning to the bar at night.
The engines failed to work. By hoist
ing sail the craft succeeded in tying
up to the whistling buoy for the night,
and weathered high seas all Monday.
About 10 o'clock Monday night the
line holding the boat to the buoy
parted, setting the schooner adrift.
She was picked up by the Yaquina
Lifesaving crew. Captain Stewart,
seven miles south of Newport.
STOCK DISEASE IS LESS
Animals in Better Condition This
Year Than Usual.
WASHINGTON. April 13. Losses of
livestock from disease and exposure
last year were smaller than the 10
years' average of such losses, and the
conditions of animals on April 1 was
slightly better than the average, the
Department of Agriculture announced
today.
Hog cholera is on the wane, total
losses from that disease last year
being estimated at 6.6 -per cent, com
pared with about 10 per cent the year
before.
Losses of horses and mules from dis
ease are estimated at 1.75 Per cent,
compared with a 10-year average of
1.S5 per cent.
BABE IS BURNED TO DEATH
Clothing Ignited When Child Tries
to Start Fire at Salem.
SALEM, Or., April 13. (Special.)
Margaret Harper, aged 5, only daughter
of Mrs. Vivian Harper, this city, died
today from burns suffered when
matches with which she was attempt
ing to light a fire ignited her clothing.
The tragedy occurred at the child's
home during the absence of her mother
in Portland.
The child had been left in care of
an aunt, Mrs. Edna Bessett. While
Mrs. Bessett was away Margaret tried
to start a fire in the kitchen stove. Be
fore neighbors could reach her, her
clothing was burned off and terrible
burns inflicted.
BARK FROM PORTLAND LOS
Inverlyon, Which Left Here Decern
her 7, Sunk by Submarine.
LONDON. April 13. The British bark
Inverlyon has been sunk by a subma
rine, according to a report received by
Lloyds. Twelve members of the crew
were rescued.
The Inverlyon was a vessel of .1827
tons and was built in 1904. Her home
port was Aberdeen. The bark sailed
from Portland. Or.. December 7, for
Havre or Bordeaux, and was last re
ported as leaving St. Michaels, Azores,
March 31,
FIRE-BOP PLOT
WIDENS IN EXTENT
Three More Arrested,
Two, Sought.
RINGLEADERS NOT CAUGHT
Conspiracy Reaches Beyond
Ports of United States.
HEAVY BOND IS EXACTED
Men Arrested Yesterday Are From
Interned German Liner at Ho-
boUcn Those Still Wanted
Also Are r,""nans.
NEW YORK, April 13. Three more
arrests were made tonight in connec
tion with the alleged conspiracy to
destroy ships carrying war munitions
to the entente allies by placing "fire
bombs" in their cargoes. Warrants,
it was announced, are out for two oth
ers, thus involving in all nine persons.
Tho arrests tonight closely followed
the arraignment before United States
Commissioner Houghton of the four
men taken in custody last night. The
three additional prisoners . are Carl
Schmidt, chief engineer of tho steamer
Friedrich der Grosse of the North Ger
man Lloyd line,, and Frederick Praedie
and Carl Paradis, assistants to Schmidt.
The authorities still are looking for
Charles Karbadc, also an assistant en
gineer aboard the big German vessel
interned here, and Walter T. Scheele,
president of the Now Jersey Agricul
ture & Chemical Company, of Hoboken,
N. J., where bombs are alleged to have
been manufactured.
Rlngleadrr ot Yet CaiiRht.
Assistant United States Attorney
Roger B. Wood, in charge of the prose
cution, declared that the evidence thus
far obtained indicates a conspiracy
with far-reaching ramifications, in
cluding not only the shipment of bombs
to all ports of this country, but to
South America. He said the men under
arrest and those for whom warrants
are out probably were not the ring
leaders in the plot.
The four prisoners arraigned today
waived the formal reading of the com
plaint made by Detective Sergeant
Barnitz, who asserted that to divulge
the sources of his information at this
time would be against public policy.
Captain Otto Wolpert, superintendent
of the Atlas line piers, of the Hamburg
American Steamship Company, and
Captain Bode, superintendent of the
Hamburg-American piers in Hoboken,
N. J., each was held in $25:000 bail,
while Ernest Becker, an electrician on
the steamer Friedrich der Grosse, and
Captain von Kleist, superintendent of
the New Jersey Agriculture & Chemi
cal Company, each was held In $5000
bail.
Some of Men Paroled.
BoOe and Wolpert were released on
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 71
decrees: minimum, 43 degrees.
TODAY S Showers, cooler; southerly wind.
Mexico.
American troops to watch Carranza. troops,
as well as Villa bandits. Page 2.
American troops fired on by clttsens while
leaving Parral in response to request of
authorities. Page 2.
Carranza asks withdrawal of American
Army. Page 3.
War.
Berlin minimizes own losses at "Verdun;
places French losses at 150,000. Pago
Toreien.
Another Chinese province revolts. Page 5.
National.
Senators urge sacrifice of part of Army
plan for sake ot greater Navy. Page 5.
Senator Jones in favor of bigger Army
bill. Page 3.
Washington regards Berlin as BUilty of at
tack on Sussex. Page 1.
British promise to enforce trading-wltn-enemy
act in manner not Injurious to
neutrals. Page 4.
Government continues' gasoline probe.
Page 4.
Domestic
Howard says wife oftered pearls to pay
Portland verdict. Page 6.
Pacific Northwest.
Mrs J. A. Chadwick, widow of ex-Governor
of Oregon, dies at Winlock. Page 6.
Miner share bonus of 100.000 In Coeur
d'Alenes. Page 1.
Jawbone of monster prehistoric animal
found near Baker. Page 1.
Wood row Wilson petition filed at Salem.
Page 7.
Sport.
Pacific Coast League results: Oakland 13,
Portland 5; Los Angeles 6. Salt Lake 4;
Vernon 11, Sail Francisco 0. Page 14.
Red So and Browns continue victories In
American. League. Page 14.
Giants beat Phillies on mix-up play In
ninth?- Page 14.
Intercity League clubs release more than
30 players. Page IS.
Commercial and Marine.
Butter prices declining, owing to Increased
production. Page 19.
Sharp break in wheat at Chicago on heavy
selling. Page 19.
Wall-street slump due to acute phase of
diplomatic situation. Page 18.
Northwest Steel Company secures use of
Port dredge to fill in shipyard. Page IB.
Portl.-ind to he distributing point for for
eign hardwoods. Page IS.
Portland and Vicinity,
few autos offered for salesgirls' outing
Sunday. Page 8.
Case of suicide hastens arrest of St. Johns
druggist. Page 9.
Child welfare exhibit opens next week.
Page 20.
Portland pupils to officiate at launching of
McCor.nIck schooner. Page 18.
Plans made to eliminate speeding on Co
lumbia River Highway. Page 8.
latest Oregon political news. Page 9.
Chamber backs plan for Alaska steamship
line. Page 1.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page l'J.
ROAD TO SPEND MILLIONS
Northwest Will Get Orders From
Alaskan Commisison.
SEATTLE, April 13. C. P. Dole, pur
chasing agent of the Alaska Engineer
ing Commission,' says that more than
$2,000,000 will be expended by the com
imission in tho Pacific Northwest with
in a few weeks.
The material called for Includes rails
and angle Iron, $600,000; groceries and
supplies, $500,000; bridge lumber, $150,
000; marine supplies, $100J)00; flatcars
and other rolling stock, $100,000.
MAIL TO AMERICA SEIZED
Danish Steamship's Pouches Held by
British at Kirkwall.
NEW YORK, April 13. The Danish
steamer Frederick VIII arrived here to
day without 597 sacks of mail with
which she started from Copenhagen,
Christiania and Christiansand.
The mail was removed by the British
authorities when the steamer stopped
at Kirkwall for the customary inspec
tion. THE MAIDEN'S CHOICE.
GIGANTIC PLANS FOR
SEAPORT ARE LAID
Immediate Service to
Alaska Proposed.
MILLION IN BONDS SO""
Chamber Backs. . cs. Wilcox
Plan for Big Fleet.
SHIPYARD NOW IS ASSURED
Proposal Includes Chartering ol
Three Steamers and Construc
tion of as Many Liners for
Service to Territory.
SHIPPING A TV D SIIIPIJI II.DIXG
DKVKLOPJIEXTSVESTKHDAV.
Chamber of Commerce backs
Theodore B. Wilcox in plan for
immediate service to Ala-ka with
three chartered steamers and con
struction in one year of three
liners for that route.
Charles II. Mccormick may open
Portland yard and build fourth
auxiliary schooner for Columbia
River lumber trade.
Spokane capitalists telegraph
fund is available for Willamette
or Columbia shipyard and will
close details next week.
Port of Portland Commission
to make big fill at site of new
steel shipbuilding plant, where
two freighters are to be built.
Permanent steamship service be
tween Portland and Alaska was urged
before-the directors of the Chamber of
Commerce last night by Theodore B.
Wilcox, who outlined a concrete plan
for snaking it possible.
Mr. Wilcox, in brief, propose that the
Port of Portland be authorized to issue
$1,000,000 in bonds for construction of
three steamships to operate between
Portland and the principal Alaskan
ports with the ultimate view of turn
ing the enterprise over to private capi
tal. Meanwhile, however, he urged that
vessels of sufficient capacity to han
dle the business be chartered to serve
until the Port of Portland's ships are
built.
Chamber Lends Indomment
The Chamber's directors received the
plan with manifest approval and in
dorsed it unanimously. C. C. Colt,
president of the Chamber, was author
ized to appoint two committees to be
gin immediate activities to carry Mr.
Wilcox' suggestions into consumma
tion. One committee will confer with
the Port of Portland officials to de
termine what procedure is necessary
to provide the bond issue: the other
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$100,000 is given
MINERS AS BONUS
MEX IN :OKTJU D'ALENES GE'i
75 CENTS A DAY EXTRA
Price of Metal in March, Which Gov
erns April Pay, Will Make Gra
tuity for Month $1 a Day.
WALLACE1. Idaho. April 13. (Spe
cial.) Approximately $100,000 in bo-
will be paid to the 4000 miner?
ved in the district this week.
the bonus system adopted bv
-o miners February 1 the workers re
ceived a bonus of 75 cents a day for
their March work, the bonus being
regulated by the monthly average
price of metal3 in the preceding month.
The price of metals In March, which
governs tho bonus for April, was such
that for April a bonus of $1 a shift
will be paid, and will add another
record-breaking payday to the dis
trict when the pay checks are handed
out in May.
Evidence of the surplus wages be
ing paid is apparent on every hand and
is reflected in every business. The in
crease of wages combined with the op
eration of the dry law lias thrown
thousands of dollars into business, and
merchants report business has doubled.
DAY'S REGISTRATION 1830
Only Four More Days Itcmain in
Which to Quality Voters.
A slight increased interest in regis
trations was"noticed at the Courthouse
yesterday, where 1S30 peoptj regis
tered during the day for the coming
election. Of this number 977 were men,
and 853 women. Yesterday's registra
tions raised the grand total to date
to 61.743.
Ihe voters registered to date are
divided as follows: Republican 44.4S6,
Democratic 12,705. Independent 214!t,
Prohibitionist 1146. Socialist 701. and
Progressive 556.
But four more week days remain In
whicn to register, registrations clos
ing Apr'I IS.
NEW AIR MOTOR TESTED
Design by Silas Christofferson, or
Vancouver, Is AH Enclosed.
NEW TORK, April 13. (Special.)
At the Automobile Club of America's
testing laboratory a new 'aeroplane
motor, developed by Silas Christoffer
son the Vancouver, Wash., aeroplane
designer, was put through a brake
test today. The motor, a six-cylinder.
has several novel features, including
an oil-cooling radiator and a system
of inclosing, all working parts. The
cylinders are of steel with aluminum
casing.
The motor developed 117-horsepower
at an average of 1475 revolutions per
minute.
TEETH SAVE INTREPID MAN
Iog-jrer Undaunted by Loss of Fin
gers While Working Aloft.
ELMA. Wash., April 13. (Special.)
With two fingers pinched ofT in a
tackle block while he was working at
the top of a pole 165 feet above ground,
H. Johnson, high climber for the Lytle
logging crew, working east of here
yesterday, used his teeth to pull up
enough slack in the cable to release the
hand and save the arm, while he clung
on for life on the other hand.
"Just one of those accidents anybody
is liable to have," remarked the in
trepid logger when he had descended.
He was brought to a hospital at this
place.
CO-ED NAMED FOR QUEEN
Eugene to Back OirJ for Highest
Festival Honor.
EUGENE, Or.. April 13. (Special.)
Eugene will enter a candidate for
queen of the Portland Rose Festival.
Today ail organizations united in the
support of Miss Edyle Fraaseh, a soph
omore at the University of Oregon,
suggested by the Atlas Club.
Following a meeting of a joint com
mittee from the Atlas Club and the
Portland Chamber of Commerce to
night, Ernest Gilstrap, chairman of the
committe, said; "Eugene will go into
the contest with the spirit of mak
ing Miss Fraasch queen, and not maid."
"IMMORTALS" BILL PASSES
American Arts and Letters Academy
Measure l"p to President.
WASHINGTON", April 13. The hard
fought bill Incorporating the American
Academy of Arts and Letters and num
bering President Wilson, Theodore
Roosevelt and 4S others among its char
ter members, was passed by the House
today and now goes to the President
for approval.
Its opponents charged its purpose
was to create 50 "immortals,'" while its
supporters maintain its sole object is
to further art and literature in Amer
ica. $500 REWARD ON SLAYERS
State Puts Price on Heads of Mur
derers of Seattle Women.
OLTMPIA, Wash., April 12.- Gover
nor Lister today offered a reward of
$500 for the "'apprehension, arrest and
conviction of the assailant or assail
ants" of Miss Kate Swift and her aged
sister, Mrs. Corinne Wheeler, who were
beaten to death with an axe and a
hammer in their home in Seattle the
night of April 5.
The murderers are believed to have
stolen $2000 from the women.
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DLIiLIIi Id IIlLU
TO ADMIT GUILT
Washington Holds Sussex
Case Has Been Proved.
DRASTIC ACTION PROBABLE
Strong Evidence of Germany's
Good Faith Alone Can
Now Avert Crisis.
OTHER ATTACKS COVERED
Explanations Not in Accord
With Evidence Gathered
by State Department.
WASHINGTON, April 13. The
United States is disposed to consider
that Germany, in the latest submarine
note, practically admitted one of her
submarine commanders is guilty of
torpedoing the Channel steamer Sus
sex. President Wilson and Secretary
Lansing today examined the official
text of the communication from Ber
lin and are understood to have reached
this conclusion, although no announde
ment was made.
Unless Germany should, without
equivocation, admit attacking the ves
sel, which had aboard more than a
score of American citizens, inflict ade
quate punishment upon the command
er of the submarine and in other
ways show evidence of good faith, ac
tion of a drastic nature undoubtedly
will follow. Details of the policy to
be pursued are expected to be for
mulated at the meeting of the Cabi
net tomorrow.
Marked Similarity Noted.
The assumption of Germany's ad
mission of guilt is founded on the
marked similarity of the circum
stances surrounding the explosion
which damaged the Sussex and the
attack on a steamer in the Channel
described in the German note. The
date, time and locations are practical
ly the same. The damage done by
the torpedo fired by the submarine
and the explosion which wrecked the
Sussex are identical. The course be
ing followed by the Sussex and the
vessel mentioned in the note are simi
lar. The only difference in the two ver
sions, that of Germany, based on the
report of a submarine commander,
and that of the United States, found
ed on reports of the British and
French governments' affidavits of
survivors and investigations by Amer
ican naval, diplomatic and consular
officials, is found in the description of
the Sussex and in the description of
the vessel attacked by the submarine,
based on a sketch made 'by the sub
marine commander while peering
through his periscope. It is consid
ered that the slight variation in two
sides of the case virtually could be .
reconciled.
Revelation Changes Course.
Following the receipt recently of
press dispatches announcing that the
German government flatly, denied re
sponsibility for the explosion which
destroyed the Sussex, it is believed
the case the United States was pre
paring against German submarine
warfare would have to be based upon
the accumulation of illegal attacks,
rather than largely upon the disaster
to the Channel steamer. It now being
revealed upon just what contentions
and arguments Germany bases her de
nial of responsibility, the Administra
tion considers that the case of the
Sussex is stronger than ever.
Secretary Lansing today had near
ly completed the collection of evidence
in regard to the conduct of submarine
warfare since the Lusitania went
down. A statement of facts, it was
said, probably will be ready to be
brought to the attention of the Ger
man government within the next few
days.
BERLIN HEARS OF REVOLT
Portuguese Vprlslnjr isolated
Spanish Wireless Iicporl.
lit
BERLIN. April 13. (By wireless to
Sayville, N. Y.) The Overseas News
Agency says that according to wireless
report from Badajos, Spain, several
Portuguese provinces are in open revolt.
It is asserted that a mutiny broke
out among the Lisbon Guards in the
Carmo barracks and that marines were
sent to suppress the mutineers.
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