Morning Oregonian., July 15, 1916, Page 5, Image 5

TIIK MOK3iltx OnKtrOtflAK, SATUKUAV, JUL1 13, 1016.
RECRUITS WILL GO
TO
Friendly Attitude of Mexico Not
to Affect Movement of
New Troops.
LONG STAY IS- INDICATED
Mess Kits TJscU Only in Ticld of
Action Issued to Men at Camp
Withycombe Day Adds Six
-1 to Enlistment Rolls.
CAMP WITH YCO JIBE, Or.. July 14.
(Special.) The addition of six recruits
today to the ranks here brought the
day nearer when the next troop train
of Oregon Guardsmen will start for
the Mexican border. The approach of
that day is one of the certain things
In life for guardsmen stationed at
BIG VESSEL THAT IS REPORTED
Camp Withycombe although It appears
to be a fact not appreciated by men
on the outside.
Even men appearing for enlistment
frequently have apprehension on that
point. With the resumption of a more
peaceful attitude toward the United
States by Mexico the impression has
gained ground that no more troops are
likely to be gent to the border. This
is a mistake. Uncle Sam has ordered
his boys to the border and he is going
to keep them there for a while. The
men now in camp belong to the com
panies now at the border. They are
meant to fill vacancies in the ranks
and are going down Just as sure as the
Oregon boys already there will be kept
on the border.
Postmasters Are Recruiting;.
Of the six men enlisted today one
was from Idaho. He is Homer G.
Wyatt, of Sand Point. This is the
farthest point thus far from which a
recruit has been obtained.
There is a general indication of a
stimulation of recruiting, which for a
day or two has seemed to drag. Cap
tain Williams said today that he had
received encouraging replies from some
40 out of 50 postmatsers with whom
he had corresponded. Applications for
transportation are on hand from 14
postmasters. This is considered en
couraging by Captain Williams in view
of the fact the arrangements to furnish
transportation were only made the
first of the week.
"When are we going to move to the
border?"
This is a question heard with im
patient insistency in camp. It is a
question to which a definite answer is
not permitted by the rules of the War
Department, but there are other indica
tions which seem to give the answer
with a degree of definiteness that Is
almost complete. .
Field Hcm Kita Isaaed.
For instance, today mess kits were
Issued to all men in camp. These mess
kits consist of a haversack containing
a canteen, mess pans, a knife, a fork,
a spoon, suspenders, a belt and a few
other knick-knacks used on the field.
These are used only on the field and
their issuance indicates that the men
will soon be called on to use them.
Again yesterday the recruits' toilet
kits were issued.
The Quartermaster's department is
becoming daily a scene of busier activ
ity. The men are becoming more pro
ficient and thorough in their drills and
in their general knowledge of Army
requirements and the list of recruits
is growing.
Today it was just two weeks since
recruiting was begun, following the de
parture, of the Guard companies to the
front. In that time 108 men have been
enlisted. Men are now coming In faster
and the next 100 men are expected to
come in less than half that time.
Early Departure Certain.
Long; before another two weeks they
will be off to the border.
Even though recruiting has been un
der way for two weeks, the men. that
have been here from the beginning
have been here considerably less time
than numbers of the Guard In some
other states have been in the mobiliza
tion camps before being sent to the
border. The Idaho troops, which re
cently moved south were In camp
about three weeks.
The men enlisted today were Emil
W. Kreofsky, Portland; Edward A. Kre
ofsky, Portland; Homer G. Wyatt, Sand
Point, Idaho; Chester W. Brown, Port
land; Ellington C. Bruce, Condon; James
R. Meek, Corvallis.
Tonight the boys were the guests of
the Y. M. C. A. at an entertainment
Kiven in their tent. Fritz Debruin,
baritone soloist; Charles B. Hutchens,
whistler, and Herbert Preeg, violinist,
were the entertainers. The latter was
concert master for the Y. M. C. A. at
Seattle last season. The boys enjoyed
the performance immensely and liber
ally applauded. Other programmes are
promised by the Y. M. C. A.
ROAD LINK INSPECTED
WASHINGTON - MULTNOMAH ROUTE
SUGGESTED FOR PAVING.
Slight Grades and Good Hlghvray Prom
Portland Will Be Established If
Plana Are Carried Oat.
HILLSBOKO. Or.. July 14. (Special.
The Washington County Court and
Commissioner Holman and Engineer
Nunn, of Multnomah County, met yes
terday and inspected the proposed line
of a new road by which both counties
desire to establish a shorter route into
Portland.
The line leaves the Canyon road near
Beaverton and joins the Slavin road at
the new bridge at Bertha. The steep
est grade on the proposed new' route
Is but 2 per cent in Washington CD'inty,
and the road already in Multnomah
County, la not more than i per cent.
BORDER
SOON
While measurements have not yet been
taken, it is estimated that the new
route would be about a mile shorter
than by the Canyon road.
With the connecting link built light
travel would enter Portland by way of
the Terwilliger boulevard, while heavy
vehicles would be diverted to the Sla
vin road. Washington County will this
month complete the macadam road be
tween Ilillsboro and Beaverton, and
will next month begin the work of
hard-surfacing the road between Ilills
boro and Forest Grove. There is ma
cadam between the latter city and the
Yamhill County line, and establish
ment of the new road would mean a
stretch of hard-surface on practically
level grades through. Washington
County.
About two miles of new road would
be necessary to make the connection.
At a meeting of the officials with the
Beaverton Board of Trade last night
circulation of petitions for the improve
ment was decided on.
GOVERNOR SEES RICHES
NITRATE DEPOSITS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE GREAT RESOURCE.
"Mountains of Nitrate" Are Visited and
Development Plan of Company
Is Discovered.
SALEM. Or.. July 14 (Special.) In
the development of the great nitrate de
posits in Central Oregon, Governor
TO HAVE BEEN SUNK, WITH 142
ATLANTIC COAST IN STORM.
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. .UNITED STATES NAVAL COLLIER HECTOR.
Withycombe sees an Industry which
will bring thousands of dollars into the
slate. The Governor returned today
from a week's trip with other mcmbeis
of the Desert Land Board, through Cen
tral Oregon, where the nitrate deposits
on Buzzard. Rawhide. Wagon Tire and
Sucker Creeks were inspected. The
party also visited Harney and Malheur
lakes, where a project is on foot to
drain Malheur Lake into Harney, there
by making approximately 40,000 acres
available for agricultural purposes.
"We saw whole mountains of
nitrates," said the Governor. "These
are owned by the American Nitrate
Company, organized by Chicago capi
talists and a plant is now being in
stalled to extract nitrates. Nitrates, be
cause of the war creating a demand
for their use in the manufacture of ex
plosives, are valuable now and the price
has risen to about $803 a ton I am
told."
Assistant State Engineer Cupper, who
was a member of the party, said that
it was the intention of the company
owning the nitrate claims to install
rock crushing devices to pulverize the
rock containing the nitrate. The mat
terial will then be placed in water
where the nitrate will be dissolved. The
plan then, he Bald, was to drain off the
water into tanks and let it evaporate
leaving the nitrate in the tanks.
Secretary of State Olcott and State
Treasurer Kay will return here tomor
row, having stayed a day longer than
the rest of the party to Inspect the
Tumalo project.
BIG COLLIER GOES DOWN
(Continued From First Page.)
ing of the naval collier Hector off
Charleston had been unavailing. A
series of calls for help from the collier,
stopping abruptly at 4 P. M., gave rise
to grave fears for the safety of those
aboard, but officials believed there
still was a possibility that they had
escaped.
Five brief messages, all indicating
that the collier was in a serious plight,
reached the Navy Department during
the afternoon. After the last of them
came at 4 o'clock, saying that the ves
sel had settled to the bottom and was
breaking up, and making an urgent
appeal for help, the department was
unable to re-establish communication
with Charleston.
The first word came from the Hector
at 2:05 P. M. It gave her position as
14 miles south of Charleston, and said
she had a starboard list of 10 degrees.
Twenty minutes later she sent out an
S. O. S. call and added to the distress
cipher, "Believe we are sinking."
At 2:25 P. M. the S. O. S. call again
was picked up and the Hector's master
said his ship was In a sinking condi
tion. "Crew to leave. Send help," the
message said. No further word came
until 3:55, when the following was re
ceived: "Hector aground 10 miles south
east of Charleston lightship. Breaking
in two. Rush help."
The last message. 10 minutes later,
said simply: "Send help at once." It
was addressed to the 'steamer Alamo,
which was ctanding by.
As soon as the first call for help,
relayed - by the Charleston Navy-yard
wireless, reached the Navy Department,
the big station at Arlington sent broad
cast an appeal asking any vessel in
tho vicinity to go to the Hector's assist
ance. Tonight, after the last wireless
message had been received. Secretary
Daniels went to the department and
supplemented the efforts of the radio
officials by trying to reach Charleston
yard by telephone. No sort of com
munication, however, was established.
The Hector, built in 1908, was one of
the first of the new type of naval fuel
vessels to be completed. She was 383.9
feet long, 52.5 feet broad and had a
draft of 24.5 feet. Her speed was 12
knots an hour and her carrying ca
pacity 8128 tons.
Some concern was expressed by Navy
officials tonight for the safety of the
destroyer Terry, which was off Charles
ton when the storm broke, in tow of
the tug Relief, which was bringing her
nortn for repairs. She recently ground
ed in Haitien waters.
Vessel Beached to Save Company.
NORFOLK. Va.. July 14. Wireless
reports received . here shortly after 4
o'clock today eaid the naval collier
Hector had beached near the Charleston
ugnismp to prevent her from founder
ing with all hands on board.
Tax on Movies Protested.
CHICAGO, July 14. Delegates to the
convention of the Motion Picture Ex
hibitors' League of America voted to
day to send telegrams to Senators and
Representatives in Congress protesting
against the proposed Government war
revenue tax on motion picture theaters.
l resolution federalizing the allied
branches of the motion picture industry
was' adopted.
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" MAY SETTLE ISSUES
Carranza Believed to Havo
Won His Point in Negotia
tions With Wilson.
TWO POINTS IN DISPUTE
President Believed Satisfied Willi
Drift of Negotiations Mexican
Diplomat Warns Against
Sensational Stories.
WASHINGTON, July 14. The infor
mal negotiations for the settlement of
issuec between the United States and
General Carranza are understood to
have advanced a long step today, when
Acting Secretary Polk and Ellseo Arre
dondo, Mexican Ambassador-Designate,
held their third conference since Gen-
MEN ON BOARD, OFF THE
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eral Carranza's proposal for a diplo
matic adjustment was received and ac
cepted. Although both Mr. Polk and the. Am
bassador declined to say what matters
were uuder discussion, there were In
dications that the conversations had
passed into the definite stage where
specific questions were being formu
lated foi probable submission to a
joint international commission.
The Commission plan of settling dif
ferences between the two countries is
provided for in the treaty of 1848. Un
official advices from Mexico City have
indicated that General Carranza fa
vored resort to it in the present case,
and Mr. Polk is believed to have ac
ceded to the suggestion, despite the
belief of the State Department officials
that more could be accomplished
through continuance of the informal
conferences with Mr. Arredondo.
Wilson Believed Satisfied.
President Wilson discussed the ques
tion with some of his advisers today
and the fact that no interruption of
the Polk-Arredondo conference re
sulted was taken as an indication that
the President was satisfied with the
trend of the negotiations.
General Carranza's note nronosinsr n
diplomatic settlement narrowed the is
sues to two specific points, the desire
of the United States for protection of
its frontier and the feeling of the
de facto government that presence of
tne united States troops, in Mexico
menaced friendly relations.
Secretary Lansing's reply did not go
into the particulars of the questions to
be negotiated, but it is assumed that
General Carranza's definition of the is
sues is in the main satisfactory to the
United States' If it does not nredicate
Mexican action against bandits on Im
mediate withdrawal of American
troops.
Diplomat Issues Warning.
Mr. Arredondo Issued a tatm,n to
night warning against sensational
stories circulated throughout this coun
try by those who desire intervention.
i Deg to warn the American peo
ple." he said, "against the falsity of
reports published within the last few
days constituting an actual propaganda
system by persons interested In causing
a conflict between the two countries,
especially at this time that they see
the favorable course of diplomatic
negotiations Detween the two govern
ments proceeding toward a satisfactory
settlement. Out of spite they invent
reports oi ail Kinds for the purpose of
misleading and alarming the population
ana Dringing new complications.
"For example, the absurd report of
the defection of General Jacinto Tre
vino, chief commander of the forces in
Chihuahua, whose loyalty never has
been doubted, as he is a personal and
intimate friend of Mr. Carranza, who
has followed him and supported him
from the first. X received yesterday a
telegram from our Consul in El Paso,
Tex., reading as follows:
" "General Gonzales has just received
a telegram from General Trevino deny
ing the ridiculous Invention of his de
fection and execution of General Igna
clo Enriquez, and that he was sending
arms and ammunition to the Villistaa.' "
VALLEY TROOPS READY
SPECIAL TO CARRY COAST ARTIL,
LEBY TO FORT STEVENS.
Eocene, Cortase Grove and Albany
. Companies Are to Leave Sunday
for Annual Encampment.
EUGENE. Or., July 14. (Special.)
A special train will leave Eugene early
Sunday with the Second and Third com
panies. Coast Artillery Corps, for Fort
btevens for their annual Summer en
campment. The train will be made up
at Cottage Grove, where it will take
the company of the Guard of that city
aboard. At Albany a fourth company
will board and all will make the trip
to Portland, where other companies
will be joined.
Lieutenant Thomas B. Harris and a
detail of 13 men left Eugene Thursday
night for Fort Stevens to make ar
rangements for the encampment.
Fred Hanssen. trainmaster of the
Southern Pacific, who has been han
dling the troop trains on the way to
the Mexican border through Oregon,
will have charge of the special train
Sunday. He said the Southern Pacific
had carried between 1700 and 1800 men
from Oregon to the Mexican border and
thatjthe company expects to carry 700
or 800 more Oregon soldiers, as fast
as they are recruited.
British Steamship Sunk.
LONDON. July 15. A report to
Lloyds says the British steamer Sil
verton has been sunk. Latest marl-
time recoras report tne suverton. a
veseel of I6S3 tons, as leaving the
river Tyne, England, on June 11 for an
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FILING FEE IS VALID
Multnomah Winners Are De
clared Properly Chosen.
EITHER METHOD IS LEGAL
Justice Harris Can Discover No Ob
jection to Sew Act, as All Can
didates Are Placed on Same
Footing at Election.
SALEM, Or.. July 14. (Special.)
The Oregon Supreme Court today de
clared valid the legislative act of 1915.
providing- that candidates for primary
nominations may file declarations of
candidacy by payment of a specified
fee to the Secretary of State, in addi
tion to the method of filing by petition
permitted under the direct primary law
adopted by the people in 190-4. The de
cision was written by Justice Harris.
In sustaining the 1915 act. the court
at the same time upheld the demurrer
to the application of H. M. Patton. of
Portland, for an order restraining- Gov
ernor Withycombe from issuing certifi
cates of nomination to Gus C. Moser,
A. W. Orton. Conrad P. Olson, S. B.
Huston and Robert S. Farrell. Repub
lican nominees for State Senator from
Multnomah County. '
Loser's Appeal Testa Liw,
Mr. Patton was the only one of the
six candidates for nomination to file
by petition, the others filing their can
didacies by declaration as provided un
der the 1915 law. Failing to receive
as many votes as Messrs Moser, Orton,
Olson, Huston and Farrell, Mr. Patton
began mandamus proceedings, contend
ing that the 1915 law was Invalid, and
that, therefore, since he was the only
one to file under the old law by peti
tion, he was entitled to a certificate of
nomination.
The court points out In its decision
on Mr. Patton's application for a writ
of mandamus, that the successful can
didates for State Senator in Multno
mah County gained no advantage over
him when they filed their declarations
under the 1915 act, because their
names were printed on the same ballot
and exactly as they would have ap
peared if they had filed petitions aa
did Mr. Patton.
No Advantage Glvea Either.
VThere is nothing on the printed bal
lot." i.aid the court, "to indicate the
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Another lot of these sturdy vacation
suits in weights that can be worn
right through the early Fall.
Full Norfolk Styles,
cheviot, cassimere and fancy
weaves. Good vacation suits.
Priced exceptionally low. Buy
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Nobby Wash Suits for Small Boys
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method selected by the candidate, but
his name is printed on the ballot,
which Is submitted to the voter, in the
same place, manner and form, whether
a petition Is filed under the 1904 act
or a declaration is made pursuant to
the statute of 1915.
"It is argued, however, that the sec
ond statute enables a rich person to
become a candidate when perhaps the
electors might Be unwilling to sign
a petition; but this argument fails
when viewed In the light of local his
tory, for it is common knowledge that
no person has failed to secure a suf
ficient number of signatures on ac
count of any unwillingness of electors
to sign his petition.
Fees Declared Reasonable.
"The act of 1915 does not In any way
add to the qualifications of an elector
who desirea to become a candidate. No
person is obliged to pay a fee. for the
method requiring a fee la optional.
. . . A statute requiring the pay
ment of a reasonable fee places no ob
ligation or impediment in the way of a
person, whether he be rich or poor, as
long as another method like the one
here requiring- no fee is open to him,
especially when the name of a candi
date is printed on the ballot without
regard to the method selected.
"The existence and availability of
one concededly valid method destroys
the reason assigned In support of the
asserted objection to the second and ad
ditional method, and when the reason
fails the objection ought to fall with
it. . . The required fees are not
unreasonable In amount."
NOTED SPORTSMAN DIES
Captain Hughes, Veteran of Indian
Wars In Canada, Succumbs.
SEATTLE. Wash.. July 14. Captain
Patrick D. Hughes, prominent Seattle
lawyer and sportsman, died today of
heart disease, aged 53 years. Having
been a member of the famous Argonaut
rowing crew of Toronto. Captain
Hughes, who came here in 1888. took
an active part in developing the aquatic
sport at the University of Washington,
contributing- liberally to crew funds
and serving as an official at many of
the Intercollegiate regattas held on
Lake Washington.
Captain Hughes was born in Toronto,
and gained his military title through
service with the Queen's Own Rifles
in the Indian uprising in the Canadian
Northwest known . as the Louis Riel
rebellion in 1880.
When the European war began Cap
tain Hughes organized the British
American Relief Association, and took
a prominent part in obtaining relief
funds for wounded soldiers of the en
tente allies.
Read The Oregonlan classified ads.
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ACCUSE EUGENE LAMER
"CUTTHROAT AGREEMENT IS AL
LEGED IX DOCUMENT.
Howard Brownell Said to Be Party
to Plan to Get Half of All Money
Received la Divorce Case.
EUGENE. Or.. July 14. (Special.)
In a document filed in the Lane County
Circuit Court today. Attorney Howard
Brownell. of Eugene, is charged with
having Induced Mrs. Stella Gulllon.
wife of Dr. W. T. Gulllon. to sign a
"cutthroat agreement." by the terms
of which Attorney Brownell would re
ceive one-half of all money which Mrs.
Gulllon might obtain from her hus
band in contesting a divorce suit filed
several days ago.
Dr. Gulllon. who is one of the pro
prietors of the Northwest Eye. Ear and
Nose Hospital In Eugene, filed a suit
against his wife several days ago, al
leging among other things that Mrs.
Gulllon smoked and drank intoxicating
liquor. Mrs. Gullion. through Attor
neys Brownell and Walter B. Jones,
filed a counter suit.
The plaintiff's answer to charges
made by the defendant today states
that Dr. Gulllon had agreed to give
his wife 200 in money and 140 a month
alimony and offered her property in
Colorado Springs valued at (10.000, but
that Mrs. Gulllon later consulted At
torney Brownell. who advised her that
she could recover one-third of the
plaintiff's property.
The reply goes on to state that de
fendant showed plaintiff a contract
wherein she agreed to give Brownell
one-half of any money or property she
might secure either amicably or other
wise, in court or outside, and had
agreed to leave the settlement of prop
erty rights entirely in the hands of
Brownell and that the defendant said
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she had been cautioned not to show
the contract or tell anyone of It.
The plaintiff alleges the purpose of
the defendant's counter suit Is not to
secure any material advantage, but to
injure his business.
LARCENY CULPRIT PAROLED
Court Says If Crime Is Wanted,
Choose One Needing- Boldness.
Elmer Church, held on a charge of
larceny of a gold watch and $49.90.
was sentenced to from one to ten years
In the penitentiary by Circuit Judge
McGinn yesterday. Sentence was sus
pended during good behavior.
"You stay out of trouble for th
next 10 years." admonished the Judge
"For Heaven's sake, don't steal. If yos.
must be a criminal pick out some line
of crime that involves boldness."
Labor Plans Mass Meeting:.
The various labor organizations of
the city will unite Sunday at 1 o'clock
in a macs meeting at the plaza to ex
press sympathy for the strikers on the
Minnesota iron range. Representa
tives of the different organizations, in
cluding. Eugene Smith. Victor McCone.
A. Johai son. C. B. Ellis and others,
will spenk.
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