Morning Oregonian., June 30, 1916, Image 1

VOL. LVI. XO. 17,350.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 191C
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VITAL ISSUE IS
HOT YET SOLVED
Officials Think Carranza
Will Stand Ground.
"OREGON ROBBER"
COMES TO GRIEF
LAST OF REGIMENT
STARTS FOR SOOTH
PERSHING RETIRES,
TREVINO REPORTS
VIIXA GEXERALS PERMITTED
TO EXTF.lt CARRANZA LINES.
WILSON ADMITS HE
MUSTEHIXG OFFICER ORDEREIl
TO WITHHOLD XEWS.
JOHN AUSTIN HOOPER SAID TO
BE HELD AT JOPLTN.
TROOPTRAIN MOVES
WILL BE CENSORED
MOTHER, BROTHER
KILLED IN QUARREL
Father's Life, Too, Is
Attempted.
IS IN FIGHTING MOOD
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WAR PREPARATIONS GO ON
Intimation Received That
Order to Resist Troops
Y Will Not Be Revoked.
FUTURE MOVES UNSETTLED
United States Not to Agree
to Military Status Quo
During Negotiations.
SA'W ANTONIO. Tex., Jane 29. Ban
dits attacked the bridge over the Me
dina River at MacDona, Tex., about SO
miles southwest of San Antonio, to
night, according to a report received
here. The . bridge guard of United
States aoldlera routed their assailants,
who fled in the darkness.
Two Americans were wounded and
are being brought Into the base hos
pital at Fort Sam Houston. One of the
bandits was taken prisoner.
WASHINGTON, June 29. The
Washington Government still awaited
tonight full compliance with its de
mands by the de facto authorities of
Mexico.
Release today, by General Car
ranza's order, of the American pris
oners taken at Carrizal- has averted
the probability of immediate retali
atory steps. It is possible that it has
also helped to pave the way toward
an attempt at peaceful settlement of
the whole border situation. High of
ficials made it clear, however, that the
vital point at issue the future atti
tude of Mexican forces toward Ameri
can troops in Northern Mexico, en
gaged in guarding the border and pur
suing bandits who raided American
.territory remains to be settled.
' Troop Movements Keep On.
The State Department had no ad
vices tonight as to when a diplomatic
reply to its demands might be ex
pected. The Carranza government has
adopted the unusual course of comply
ing in fact with an urgent demand
from a foreign government before it
even acknowledged receipt of the note.
Pending a satisfactory answer to
its second and more far-reaching re
quirement, the United States will con
tinue to hurry troops to the border
and to take every 6tep necessary in
preparation for the carrying out of
its purposes by force of arms. Inti
mations have come, it is understood,
that Carranza intends to back up the
orders issued to General Trevino di
recting that American troops be at
tacked if they moved in any direction
in Mexico except toward the border.
Refusal Is Expected.
Officials are fully prepared for a
reply of that character despite the
fact that the prisoners taken at Car
rizal have been promptly surrendered
on demand. They expect, however,
that the reaffirmation of the position
will be made in a note free from hos
tile language, and continuing the dis
cussion of the advisability of the with
drawal of the American troops from
Mexico. Apparently Secretary Lan-
feing is determined to get a clear state
ment of intentions on which action by
the United States can be founded.
Mexicans Seem' Eager for Peace.
Carranza officials profess an earn
est desire to avoid a clash, however,
and a further struggle to fix diplo
matically responsibility for hostilities
that may come is foreshadowed.
Mr. Lansing made it clear today to
Ignacio Calderon, minister from Bo
livia, that pending a formal reply
from the Carranza government to his
last note, no offer of mediation would
be acceptable to the United States,
The attitude of the Government on
this question, as officially outlined
later, is that arbitration is wholly out
of the question; that the United
States has nothing to arbitrate. If
General Carranza should withdraw his
hostile orders, however, and then pro
pose that an attempt be made to
formulate, through mediation, an
agreement of some sort for joint op
erations in protecting the border, it
might receive consideration.
The right to pursue raiders into
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War Department Says Malicious Act
Might Hamper Movements and
Cause Loss ot Life.
A strict censorship is to be observed
in future relative to the movements of
troops to the Mexican border in order
that no malicious act may take place
to hamper those movements, according:
to advices received from Ban Francisco
last night by Captain Kenneth P. Will
lams, mustering officer at Camp
Withyeombe.
A copy of a telegram from Adjutant
General McCain, "Washington. D. C,
was forwarded to Captain Williams,
bearing Instructions that no informa
tion relative to movements of troops
be given out to the press. The tele
gram says:
"In view of the fact that general
knowledge of troop movements en
route to the Texas border or in Texas
might result in some malicious act that
might seriously hamper these move
ments and which might result in un
necessary loss of life among troops,
the Secretary of War directs that all
concerned in your department be in
structed to the effect that no informa
tion as to the movements of troops be
given representatives of the press or
to any Individuals other than the of
ficials of the railroads concerned, or
the representatives of the American
Railway Association, located at the
various department headquarters and
mobilization and concentration points."
NAME OF FLEET CHANGED
Pacific Reserve Is Now "Reserve
Force, TJ. S. Pacific Fleet."
SEATTLE, June 29. The name of the
Pacific Reserve Fleet, with headquar
ters at the Pug-et Sound Navy-yard, has
been changed to "Reserve Force, U. S.
Pacific Fleet"
Six vessels of the reserve force are
in Mexican and California waters un
der command of Rear-Admiral Fullam,
who today shifted his flag from the
cruiser Pittsburg to the cruiser Colo
rado. His title henceforth will be com
mander of the Reserve Force, Pacific
Fleet, instead of commander-in-chief of
the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
2 GIRLS IN AUTO INJURED
Machine Is Hurled Down 50-Foot
Bank: Near Venatchee.
WENATCHEE, Wash., June 29. (Spe
cial.) Miss Jessie Bolton, of Peter
Falls, Iowa, was Injured Internally and
Miss Mabel Fairbanks, of this city, sus
tained a badly sprained ' back in an
automobile accident between here and
Cashmere today.
Miss Fairbanks, driving a light car.
endeavored to pass a heavier automo
bile going in the same direction. Her
car was shoved orr the roaa ana aown
a 60-foot embankment. The girls were
pinned beneath the car.
BANKS MILL TO REBUILD
W. H. Eccles Says Burned Plant Is
to Be Replaced by Smaller One.
BAKER. Or.. June 29. (Special.)
The mill at Banks, which burned last
Saturday, will be rebuilt, but on a
smaller scale, W. H. Eccles, president
of the Eccles Lumber Company, owner
f the mill, announced today on hta
return from Ogden.
"Of course, we will rebuild," he said,
'both in order to be able to fill con
tracts and because there is still much
valuable timber in the surrounding
country, but we will not at first at
tempt to put up as large a plant as
that lost."
FIRST WHITE ROBIN SEEN
Young Bird Mothered by Regular
Redbreast Variety.
The first white robin of any season
has been reported by M. M. Lyons. The
rare bird was seen flitting about at
East Fourteenth and Weiser streets
yesterday. That it is a robin Mr. Ly
ons feels certain, for, he says, it is a
young bird and is being mothered by a
regular robin redbreast.
"The bird Is marked and built like a
robin, and it chirps like one," said Mr.
Lyon. "But It is white from beak to
the tip of its tail."
ATTACK LAID TO STRIKERS
Auto of Steamship Man Stoned;
Longshoreman Arreslwd.
The automobile of L & Williams,
traffic manager of the Dodge Steam
ship Company, was pelted with rocks
last night near the Couch-street dock.
One rock whizzed past Mr. Williams'
head and several struck his machine.
The rocks were thrown by men said
to be members of the striking long
shoremen's union. John Norene, a
longshoreman, was arrested and
charged with participation in the -af
fray by Patrolman Clement.
TROOP MOVES SCREENED
War Department Orders. Army to
Give Out No Information.
.SAN FRANCISCO, June 29. It was
announced at Army headquarters here
tonight that orders had been received
from Washington forbidding the giv
ing out of any information regarding
troop movements. Federal or National
Guard, In the Wester Department.
SLAYER ONCE IN ASYLUM
Sisters Also Endangered by
Claude Tinker, Bridgeport.
STOCK TRADE CAUSES ROW
Voung Man, Who Surrenders Quietly
to Deputy Sheriff, Has Been in
Trouble Several Times and
Served Term for Cattle Theft.
WATERVILLE. Wash., June 29.
(Special.) As a result of a family
quarrel near Pearl. 14 miles southeast
of Bridgeport, about 10 o'clock this
morning. Claude Tinker killed his
mother and his brother, Trank. He
also attempted to kill his father, who
It a well-known rancher in that vicin
ity, but did not succeed.
He was captured this afternoon and
brought here tonight by Deputy Sheriff
Harry De Camp and lodged in jail.
Deputy Sheriff De Camp reports that
the tragedy started over a proposed
stock deal. He did not learn full par
ticulars, but understood that the family
was considering the trade of stock and
that the terms of the deal did not suit
Claude, and the quarrel ensued. Claude
got a shotgun and fired, killing his
mother, and then fired two shots at his
father, but did not kill him.
Peacemaker Is Target.
The son then ran into a building and
secreted himself, where he remained
for some time. His brother thought he
could go to him and placate him. The
father endeavored to dissuade him from
doing so, but Frank insisted, and when
he reached the building Claude fired
and wounded him.
Two daughters of the family were
also mixed up in the trasedy7 but
neither of them was injured. According-
to Deputy De Camp's information,
after Claude -.aw t-; his . broui .-
Frank was not killed he took his knife
and cut Frank's throat, which caused
his deaths
Arrest Not Resisted,
The alarm was given and the citi
zens turned out in pursuit of the fugi
tive. Word was sent here and Deputy
Sheriff De Camp left at once for the
scene. When he arrived he found an
armed posse surrounding the barn in
which the slayer had taken refuge. He
made no attempt to resist arrest by
the officer and was brought here with
out any further trouble.
To Deputy De Camp he refused to
make more than a. general statement
to the effect that the tragedy was due
to a quarrel over the stock trade.
Penitentiary Term Served.
Claude Tinker has been' in trouble
several times in the last half dozen
years. About six years ago he was
arrested for assault on a man, and after
trial was fined $90. About four years
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Man Accused of Murder Thought
Same Who Was Suspected of Loos
Series of Crimes Here.
John Austin Hooper, known as "King
of Oregon Robbers," is under arrest in
Joplin, Mo., on a charge of murder, ac
cording to information received In
Portland iMt night.
The news came to the detective bu
reau in a letter from the San Fran
cisco police, who bad been notified by
the authorities In Joplin. The San
Francisco message refers to "your num
ber 2610," which was Hooper's designa
tion here. Telegraphic inquiries made
by The Oregonlan last night to the
Joplin police brought word that they
had no record of Hooper's arrest.
Hooper may have been under an as
sumed name, which would account for
the failure to confirm the report.
Hooper, a handsome college graduate,
with a diction like that of a, college
professor, was arrested in The Dalles
July 21, 1915, for the robbery of a bank
at Rogue River, and escaped from the
Grants Pass Jail while being held for
trial a few weeks later.
He is known to have violated his
parole from Foisom penitentiary and
is suspected of eight hold-ups, five of
which took place in Oregon,, besides
several burglaries.
The following are- the crimes at
tributed to him by the police: Holdup
of Gordon Jacobs, Hornbrook, Cal., net
ting $600 worth of gold dust; holdup
of Oregon City train at Canemah,
March 3, 1915; attempted train rob
bery at Sedro-Wooley. Wash.; holdup
of Rogue River Bank, at Rogue River,
Or., netting . $1800; burglary of" two
banks in Grants Pass; holdup of tele
phone exchange at Grants Pass; hold
up of Southern Pacific depot at Grants
Pass; holdup of Oregon City electrls
train at Glen Echo, June 2, 1915. and
possibly the holdup of a party of
Shrlners in the Yellowstone Park, July
9. 1915.
MANITOBA PROVES FRAUD
Builder of Parliament Buildings Is
Found Guilty.
WINNIPEG, Man, June 29. Thomas
Kelley, millionaire contractor, accused
of defrauding the Province of Manitoba
in the erection of Parliament buildings
here, was found guilty by a Jury In
Assize Court today.
Kelley's trial lasted 10 days. The
jury was out three hours.
ITALIANS CAPTURE FORT
Ridge? on Trent! no Front Is Carried
by Storm, Also.
ROME, via London. June 29. The
Italian advance continues on the
Trentino front.
The official report of today says
that in the Arsa Valley the Italians
stormed Fort Mattassone and carried
the ridge of Monte Trappola.
EL PASO FIREBUGS BUSY
Two Blazes Started and Mexican
Conspiracy Is Rumored.
K , PASO, Tex., June 29. Two fires
in the downtown district today, caus
ing a total loss of $75,000, were at
tributed to incendiarism.
Rumors spread of a plot by Mexi
cans, but were given no official basis.
TO MAKE THE HEART OF A RABBIT QUAKE.
First Battalion and
Headquarters Leave.
COLONEL PRAISES HIS TROOPS
Army Man Says That Oregon
Showing Is Remarkable.
NIGHT FINDS CAMP BARE
Mustering Officer Announces Re
cruiting or 700 Men Will Be
gin, to Fill Ranks to Full
War Strength.
TOO RECHCITS WASTED
Captain Kenneth P. Williams.
United States Mustering Officer
for Oregon, has received orders
to enlist between 600 and 700
more men at once t bring the
companies of the Third Oregon
to full war strength.
He opened recruiting offices
at Camp Withyeombe yesterday
and applicants for enlistment
should present themselves there.
As fast as men pass the required
physical examination and are ac
cepted and equipped, they will
be rushed In small detachments
to San Diego to Join the Third
Oregon.
In case of war this regiment
undoubtedly will see active serv
" ice before any other organiza
tions that may be formed from
this state, as it is enroute to
the border ready for duty.
CAMP WITHTCOMBE, June 29.
(Special.) This Army camp might very
appropriately be called Camp Soli
tude tonight.
The rows of company tents are gone.
There Isn't a sentry on post. But
more than all is missing the life and
bustle that nearly 1400 young- soldiers
supplied in plenty a day or two ago.
With the departure for San Diego at
12:36 o'clock this afternoon of the
First Battalion of the Third Infantry
and the supply company, sanitary
troops, headquarters company and regi
mental headquarters, the only troops
left In camp are a handful of recruits
and a few men rejected In the physical
examinations who have not yet been
sent home. '
The contingent that left for the front
today was made up of 21 officers and
414 men. In the First Battalion were
1 officers and 361 men.
Closet McLaughlin Commands.
Colonel Clenard McLaughlin, .of the
Third Infantry, was in command of
the final contingent of Oregon troops.
Major I A. Bowman was In command
of the battalion, with First Lieutenant
George W. Wilson as battalion adju-
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American Force In Mexico Said to
Be Moving Norths Removal of
Bodies at Carrizal Allowed.
MEXICO CITY-. June 19. General
Trevino. commanding the defacto gov
ernment forces in Chihuahua, Informed
the War Department by telegraph to
day that the American troops had com
menced a retirement northward and had
abandoned the towns of San Buena
Ventura, Las Cruces, Namlqulpa and
Santa Clara. These places, he adds,
were immediately occupied by his
forces.
General Trevino also advised the War
Department that the Villa generals,
Marcello Carabelo, Juan Cabrll and
Ramon Sousa. had been permitted to
enter the de facto government's ter
ritory, coming from the United States.
Minister of War Obregon today in
structed General Trevino to inform
Cousul Ctxcla at El Peso that no im
pediment would be placed in the way
of the American authorities If they
desire to remove the bodies of the
American troopers killed at Carrizal to
American territory for burial.
PACIFIC PATROL IS AMPLE
Sou til Dakota's Order to Go South
Is Rescinded.
SAX DIEGO. Cal., June 29. The
cruiser South Dakota, which was under
orders to leave Mazatlan this morning,
will remain indefinitely. A wireless
message sent today by Admiral Wins-
low to the South Dakota's commander
told the latter to keep his vessel In
readiness here for future orders.
Admiral Winslow's action Is taken
to indicate that the general situation
along the lower Mexican coast, which
is now patrolled by practically the en
tire Pacific fleet, is improving.
U. S. CONSULATE LOOTED
Nogales, Sonora, Mob Makes Anti
American Demonstration.
WASHINGTON. June 29. Consul
Slrapich advised the State Department
today that during an anti-American
demonstration yesterday at Nogales,
Sonora, the American Consulate was
entered and looted.
The message did not give the ex
tent of damage nor confirm border re
ports that Consul Simpich had fled
before the mob and that the Ameri
can shield had been dragged through
the streets. -
$50 0 Is Given to Troop.
TACOMA, Wash, June 29. (Special.)
Henry Hewitt. Jr., millionaire lum
berman, has sent five checks of $100
each to Captain Hartwell W. Palmer,
of cavalry troop B. which will entrain
for the border tomorrow.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. T
degrees ; minimum, 53 decrees.
TODAY'S Showers, southerly winds.
Mexico.
General Trevino reports that General Per
shing's army 1 retiring. Pase 1.
Washington doesn't expect Carransa to re
voke order to attack. Pace X.
Last ot Third Oregon regiment Is en route
to California. Pace 1.
Censorship extends to troop train move
ments. Page 1
Twenty-tnree troopers of Tenth Cavalry
asaln on American soil. Pace 3.
Third Oregon battalion Is now In California.
Pae .
Southern Pacific handles transportation of
Oregon troops admirably. Page 6.
Foreign.
Wilson tells admen he is in fighting mood.
Page 1.
Sir Rodger Casement sentenced to death.
Page .
War.
Teutons defeated by Russians. Page 4.
British raid Gorman trenches continually.
Page 4.
National.
Senate committee blocks action on naval
base appropriation. Page 9.
Domestic
Orpet seeks to prove girl committed suicide.
Page 3.
Sports,
Willis E. Davis, of California, star In Na
tional tennis meet. Page 14.
One Portland golfer left in Spokane tour
ney. Page 15.
Philadelphia twice wins from Giants.
Page 14.
Pacific Coast League results: Portland 2,
Low Angeles O; salt Lake 8. Vernon O;
OUcland 0, San Franclscp 1. Page 14.
White Sox win from Detroit, 8 to 2. Page 14.
Jack Dillon defeats Frank Moran. page 14.
Pacific Northwest.
Ex-convict kills mother and brother near
Bridgeport. Wash. Page 1.
Reared farmer at Condon shoots wife and
self. Page 8.
eaid celebrates completion of Highway
link. Page 2.
Governor Lister reviews Washington Guard.
Page ?.
Grand Army veterans parade at Spokane,
Pag-e T.
Commercial sod Marine.
Steamer Beaver is damased by fire at pier
at San Francisco. page is.
Seventy-five per cent of Oregon wool clip
has been sold. Page 19.
Wteat higher at Chicago, owing to bulge
at Paris. Page 19.
Stock market rebounds on latest Mexican
developments. Page 19.
Willamette riae due to backwater from Co-
1 um bie. Pe ge 1 8.
Strike spread threatened because of armed
guards. Page IS.
Portland and Vicinity.
Daly taxlcab regulation ordinance to be
presented today. Page 20.
Some of city's lost wood went to pay eon
tractors teamsters. Page 20.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 39.
Relief for soldiers families Is under way.
Page 13.
Oregon Summer school for Episcopal clergy
opens. Page IS.
Shrlners give extra pro gram mo at Helllg
tonight. Page 5
Hundreds of men volunteer for Judge Gan
tenbein's regiment. Page S.
Plans for big Hughes ratification take
form. Page 8.
"Klna of Oregon robbers" thought under
arrest in Joplin. Page 1.
Knights Templar from Pittsburg will visit
Portland. Pag 5.
Police arrest women leaders of protest meet
ing and near riot ensues. Pago 6.
America to Vindicate
Policy at Any Cost.
FIRMNESS FOR LIBERTY VOICED
Warning Against Selfishness
Given in Speech.
JUSTICE TO ALL IS IDEAL
Promise or Firm Stand in Foreign
Relations! Especially Liked by
Audience at Sleeting of Adver
tising Men of World.
PHILADELPHIA, J una 29. Presl
rent Wilson, describing; himself as "in
a fighting: mood," enunciated today to a
large crowd In Independence Square bia
conception of some of the cardinal
American ideals. He declared that
America, in dealing- with other nations,
must "vindicate at whatever cost" its
principles of liberty. justice and
humanity; that "America first" must
be translated Into action exalting: it
above all selfish interests; and that
the Nation's policy and development
must be guided by the whole people
and not by any small group.
Applause repeatedly interrupted the
address. The crowd liked particularly
the President's declaration that Ameri
can principles must be vindicated in the
country's foreign relations, which ap-
parently was interpreted as referring:
to the Mexican situation. At no time,
however, did Mr. Wilson actually men
tion Mexico or any other foreign na
tion directly.
Justice I. Advised.
"I believe," the President said, "that
America, the country we put first in
our thoughts, should be ready In every
point of policy and of action to vindi
cate, at whatever cost, the principles of
liberty, of Justice and of humanity, to
which we have been devoted from the
first.
"I believe that, at whatever cost,
America should be just to other people
and treat- other people as she demands
that they should treat her. She has a
right to demand that they treat her
with justice and respect, and she has
a right, to Insist that they treat ber
in that fashion: but she cannot with
dignity or with self-respect insist
upon that unless she' Is willing to act
in that same fashion toward them.
Readiness to Fight Voiced.
. "That I am ready t fight for at any
cost to myself."
Urging that the whole people should
shape the National policies, the Presi
dent said that some men pretended to
believe in the average man. but when
they acted they showed they did not.
"Oh, you Teddy!" someone shouted,
and the President hastened to explain
that he was not referring to any cer
tain Individual.
" 'America first' means nothing until
you translate it into what you do."
was a statement that brought pro
longed applause. Cheers also greeted
the President's declaration that, while
he was not Interested in fighting for
himself. h$ was "Immensely interested
In fighting for the things that I be
lieve In. and so far as they are con
cerned. 1 am a challenger to all comers."
Admrm Are Addressed.
Officially, the President addressed
delegates to the convention of the Asso
ciated Advertising Clubs of the World,
but a mixed crowd heard him. He
spoke in the open air, under the shadow
of Independence Ball. lie left for
Washington immediately after the ad
dress. The full text ot President Wilson's
address .follows:
"You will understand that I have not
come here to make an extended address
I do not need to explain to you th
circumstances which havs made it im
possible that I should prepare an ex
tended address, but I count myself very
fortunate to be able to leave my duties
at Washington long enough to face
this Interesting company of men who
have the very fine conception that It
Is their duty to lift the standards and
Ideals of their profession.
Truth la Polities) Desired.
"I understand, gentlemen, that you
have associated yourselves together In
order to promote candor and truth In
the advertisement of your business. I
wish very much, gentlemen, that can
dor and truth might always be the
standard of politics -as well as the
standard of business. I want to chal
lenge your attention for a moment to
this aspect of your activities. I do not
see how a man can devote himself to
candor and truth in the promotion of a
ptrticular business without studying
the life- of the Nation to whom he ad
dresses bis advertising. I do not see
how a man can fall, having established
the horizon of his business where the
great hills of truth lie. to lift his eyes
to the great multitude of laboring men
and striving women who constitute a
great Nation like ours, and In the very
act of addressing them get In his own
consciousness some part of the Unpuise
of their life. Tou cannot commend
your business to the people that you
do not -understand and you cannot
understand the people of the United
States without wishing to serve thero
Actlosi on Ideals Advised.
"So I come to you with this thought:
America Is at a point, gentlemen, where
it is more than ever necessary that she .
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