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r mm UNlOf VOL. L.VI. NO. 17,449. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FALSE MUSTACHE HAS COMEDY PART T COUPLE, 1200 MILES APART, WED BY WIRE FT7LL SERVICE OF EPISCOPAL CHURCH IS USED. HUGHES ASKS ONLY TIRED ATHENS MISS 1 GREETS AFFIANCED PREPARING TO FLEE PATRIOTIC SUPPORT IMMIGRANT'S DISGUISE DROPS AFTER 8000-MILE TRIP TO WED, BRIDE-TO-BE CURTSIES. OFF AT CRITICAL MOMENT. AMERICANS SLAIN III SMI DOMINGO CAHRANZATHOUGH i iiliiuii umivL mu GAINS AT VERDI Rebels Shoot Down Two Officers of Marines; LIEUTENANT ALSO WOUNDED Engagement Opposite Capital Causes Panic Among In A . habitants There. ATTACKERS ARE DEFEATED Trouble Is Caused by Effort . of United States Forces k to Arrest General. SANTO DOMINGO, Oct. 24. In an engagement between American troops and rebel forces today, General Ra mon Batista was killed. Several Americans also are reported killed, Including two officers, and one Amer ican officer was wounded. The names of the American officers killed are given as Captains William Low and Atwood. Lieutenant Morri son was wounded. Rebels Are Defeated. The American commander attempt ed to arrest General Batista, and the latter ordered an attack on the Amer ican forces. Fighting continued for a considerable time, but the rebels were eventually defeated. The engagement took place opposite Santo Domingo City and caused a panic in the capital. Reinforcement were sent' there ' to aid American troops in maintaining -order. The number of rebels killed and wounded in the fight' are at present unknown. A revolt occurred in the Dominican army several weeks ago, but Ameri can marines and bluejackets soon had control of the situation. They were reinforced with American troops from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Captain Low Is With Marines. The available naval lists make no mention of Captain Atwood, who is reported as having been killed. Cap tain William W. Low was attached to the first brigade of marines, sta tioned recently at Port-au-Prince. Lieutenant Victor I. Morrison is listed as attached to the first brigade of marines. WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. No re port on the fight in Santo Domingo had reached the Navy Department tonight, but officials assumed that the latest outbreak was the work of a small band of rebels who recently re volted from the Dominican army, and that it did not presage any general attempt at disorder. Constabulary Being Organized. ' Last reports from the island told of comparative quiet throughout the re public, where the American marine forces are busy organizing the native constabulary, which is to place the country under the direction of Ameri can officers. Captain William W. Low was, sent to Santo Domingo with his company from the marine barracks at Philadel phia. He was a native of New Hamp shire, appointed to the Marine Corps from Connecticut in 1899, and was 47 years old. Officers at Marine Corps headquarters tonight were un able to identify the name Atwood. BACHELOR DIES AT 106 Kansas Man Said to Have Iieft Buried Fortune. WICHITA. Kan., Oct. 24. John Muh leine, 106 years old, a native of Ire land, is dead at a local hospital. He was a bachelor, and it was. rumored that he had considerable money buried on his farm near Clearwater. . He often remarked that he hoped to live to the age of 116, the age both his parents attained, he asserted. WASHINGTON HOUSE BURNS Colonial Residence Built by Father of Country Destroyed. ALEXANDRIA. Va, Oct. 24. The three-story Colonial residence on the Hayfield farm in Fairfax County, which was built in 1772 by George Washing ton and sold to his cousin, Samuel Washington, in 1784, was destroyed by fire today. It was owned by James M. Duncan. Man's Effort to Restore Resemblance to Own Passport Picture Comes Near Disaster. SAN FRANCtSCO. Oct. 24. It all came out right in the end when the steamer Ventura arrived here today and G. Fitwros' mustache dropped off while immigration officials were scan ning his passports. But it looked for a time as if the hero was going to "exit" with blasted hopes. Fitwros left Australia with a flar ing mustache and e. passport into the United States bearing his picture. "I'll go have a shave." said he to himself, one day when time aboard ship hung heavily. And he did. "You'll never get into America now," said a friend, "your passport shows a mustache." An actress dug a false mustache from her trunk, and Fitwros pasted it on. The Immigration official was about to pass hin when the mustache fell off. and a heavy hand fell on the shoulder of Fitwros. The drama ends with Fitwros sur rounded by friends, his mustache in his hand, and the ship's barber testify ing. BABY EYES WORTH $25,000 Judgment Given Against Midwife for Infant's Blindness. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 24. The value of a baby's eyes was fixed at $25,000 here today by Superior Judge Frank J. Murasky, who gave Judgment for that amount to the parents of Mary Rubio, 1 year old, against Mrs. Amalia Razzuoli, a graduate midwife. It was alleged that the midwife failed to care for the baby's eyes properly at birth, and now the eyes are sightless. "A pair of babies' eyes are price less," said Judge Murasky. 'No amount of money that this or any other court could give, no matter how large the amount, would compensate for the loss of this baby's sight." Mary's father is a restaurant stew ard. "60 WOMEN TOUR COUNTY Grays Harbor Voters Aroused, for Meetjng for Mrt. Han ley. ' v ' ' - ' ABERDEEN, Wash.. Oct. 24. (Spe cial.) Sixty Aberdeen Hughes women toured the county today In automobiles and held rallies on the streets of the principal towns. Women of the county were urged to attend the meeting here Friday, when Mrs. E. B. Hanley. of Medford, Or., will speak. Hughes is gaining rapidly in this county and Republican 'leaders confi dently predict a 2-to-l victory for him in Aberdeen and a big lead elsewhere throughout the county. CREAM FAMINE IS" FACED High Price of Butter Makes Product Scarce in Pendleton. PENDLETON, Or., Oct. 24. (Special.) Due largely to the high price but ter now commands, Pendleton is fac ing a cream famine. All places handling cream ran entirely out Sunday and could not supply the demands. The Pendleton Creamery declares it is un able to keep cream for commercial pur poses more than half the time. Butter is quoted here at 85 cents a roll and the farmers are saving all of their milk and cream for the cream eries. WHALE ATTACKS FISH BOAT Ribs of Boat Said to Have Been Torn Out With Teeth. SAN PEDRO, Cal.. Oct. 24. A whale attacked the Japanese fishing boat Toyo off the west shore of Catalina Island late today, tearing five ribs from the bow, according to Tom T. Yura. owner and commander of the Toyo, and four Japanese sailors who were aboard. The Japanese said the whale appeared suddenly at the bow of the boat and made a fierce attack, tearing the ribs out with its teeth. The water com partments saved the boat from sink ing. QUAKE RENEWS OIL FLOW Well in California, Latent Two Years, Is Producer Again. BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Oct. 24. Ad vices received today from the Maricopa oil district. 40 miles southwest of here, relate that the earth tremblors of last Sunday have caused the resumption of the flow of oil from a well that had been latent for more than two years. The well is in the foothills near Mari copa, and it is said that in the past when earthquakes were felt the various wells In that vicinity have Increased their production. POLICE MUST SALUTE FLAG Pittsburg Hopes to Inspire Greater Patriotism. PITTSBURG, Oct. 24. Uniformed po licemen must hereafter recognize the Stars and Stripes with a salute when ever seen on parade, according to the duty manual for 1916, Issued by the department of public safety. The object of the rule, the manual explains, in addition to proper respect for the National flag, is to lnspfre In all members of the police department a livelier spirit of patriotism. Charges Freely Made in Mexico.. " GRIP ON SITUATION SLIPPING Reports Reach Washington From Reliable Source. WIFE'S GOING SUSPICIOUS Mrs. Carranza Accompanied by Mrs. Obregon and Mrs. Jacinto T re vino, Now In United States. , Story Is Generally Credited. ' WASHINGTON. Oct. 24. Charges that General Carranza is preparing to leave Mexico are being freely made by his political opponents In Mexico today. They are based on his decision to leave his capital tor Quereta.ro. and the fact that Mrs. Carrarza already has crossed the border into the United States, ac companied by the wife of her husband's war minister and chief supporter. Gen eral Obregon, Information to this effect is reaching officials here from various reliable sources. So far nothing tangible tend ing to 'support the story has come through official channels. It Is known, however, that many officials here be lieve General Carranza has committed a political blunder, at least, if he Is not in fact preparing for flight, by per mitting his family to leave Mexico Just at this time. Followers Suspect Weikaeai. The trip, they say, was certain to be construed by his followers as a con fession of weakness. The purpose of the visit Of Mrs. Car ranza and Mrs. Obregon, as explained at the Mexican Embassy, Is for a tour of the United States. Word of the ar rival at the border also of Mrs. 'Jacinto Trevino, wife of tfea military com mander of Chihaaa-at-state. had cot been received tonight. It was pointed out. however, that Trevino has been among Carranza's staunchest support ers and if the first chief believed his bold on the political situation was weakening, Trevino probably would be warned, in order that he might also place his family in safety. Reports Peralat on Border. The State Department had not re ceived tonight word that Generals Car ranza and Obregon had left Mexico City for Queretaro. Previous advices. (Concluded on Page 2, Column 3.) TO HEAR T MARCH 1 IjUNEl i I ' ' --- ' sept I Soldier at Laredo, Tex., and Bride at Butler, Mo., United, Two Clergymen Officiating. LAREDO. Tex.. Oct 24. A marriage ceremony performed over 1200 miles of telegraph wire, with two telegraph operators acting as proxies, united to night Private Byron J. Linhart. Com pany B, Second Missouri Infantry, sta tioned here, and Miss Ruby Swarts in her home town of Butler, Mo. . The rites of the Episcopal Church were used. Linhart, accompanied by Rev. C. W. Cook, appealed at the Laredo office of the Western Union Telegraph Com pany at 8 o'clock tonight for the unique ceremony. At the same hour. Miss Swartz, accompanied by Rev. E. M. Tal bot and Mrs. Captain Edward S. Clark, the bridesmaid, arrived at the telegraph office In Butler. The telegraph oper ators handled messages direct between the two places embodying the full mar riage ceremony of the Episcopal Church, wherein both bride and bride groom signified their acceptance of each other as life partners. After the telegraphic ceremony Lin hart was "waylaid" and pelted with rice by his brother guardsmen here and later In the evening was charlvarled by a brass band from one of the Missouri regiments. Linhart said tonight that no ar rangements had been made yet for a honeymoon. CANADIAN STRIKE NEAR Orders for Walkout This . Morning Said to Have Been Given. LONDON, Ont.. Oct. 24. Preparations were being made here tonight by Cana dian Pacific Railway trainmen for a strike. Orders were said to have been given for them to walk out at 5 o'clock tomorrow morning. a Representatives of the unions have been sent to Winnipeg with instruc tions to confer with the delegates at the convention there. It was said. Train men In this district voted in favor of a strike in the event of the company's declining to meet the demands of the Winnipeg meeting. DEMOCRACY' IS DESERTED Nonagenarian, to Cast First Repub lican Ballot November 7. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct 24. (Spe cial.) After reaching the age of 90 and voting the Democratic ticket all that time. James Bybee. a pioneer of 1850, has seen the folly of his way. and if he lives until November 7 will vote for Hughes and Fairbanks,' his first Republican ballot He voted first for Buchanan.. He said that each time the Democrats blame their misfortunes upon the Re publicans and promised to do better. but they Invariably do worse." HER TELL IT "IT WAS SO UNEXPECTED I No Interest Superior to United States. POLICY IS WHOLLY AMERICAN Divided Allegiance Is Declared Intolerable. RIGHTS MUST BE UPHELD Republican Nominee Says His Ad ministration Will Not Permit Any Threats or Foreign In fluence to Sway It. NEW YORK. Oct 24. Charles E. Hughes tonight told an audience that crowded Scheutzen Park Hall In Queen's Borough that he did not want the support "of any one who has any Interests superior to that of the United States, who would not instantly cham pion the right and interest of America against any country whatever, who wants immunity for foreign aggres sion, or who would have the power of this Nation held captive to any foreign Influence or swerved by alien ma chinations." Mr. Hghes declaration was made at the first of three meetings at which he spoke in New York City tonight The other two meetings were held in Har lem and The Bronx. Policy Exclaatvely American. "It is hardly necessary to say that if I am elected." Mr. Hughes declared, "we shall have an exclusively American policy In the service of American In terests. I have no secret understand Ings, no unstated purpose. If anyone supposes that in case of my election the right and interests of American citizens will be subordinated to any ulterior purpose, or to the interest of the policies of any foreign power what ever, he is doomed to disappointment 'I am American free and clear of all foreign entanglements. We propose to have an Administration an Amerl can Administration, which while deal lng with all nations on a basis of the most absolute fairness will maintain unshakingly American rights on land and sea. "We shall not tolerate the use of our soil for foreign Intrigue. We shall not permit threats, from any quarter or any foreign influence to swerve us from our action. I believe that the great mass of American people are sincerely patriotic. "I said long ago in my speech of (Concluded on FR 3, Column 1.) Baker Festivities' Begin .When Elene Spiroplis Meets Betrothed for the First Time. BAKER. Or.. Oct. 24. (Special.) Nineteen-year Elene Spiroplis. after traveling alone 8000 miles from her home in Athens. . Greece, met her be trothed for the first time today. The meeting was at the home of the girl's cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Speros. A few words In Greek by Mrs. Speros, a curtsy by Elena and a Smile and a message In Greek by the bridegroom-to-be, Nick Spiroplis. formed the introduction. The girl arrived Sunday night tired from her long Journey, and her fiance. whom she had never met but to whom she came, arrived from his home near Durkee today. Several of Spiroplis' relatives ac companied him to aid in the festivities following the introduction. Elene was tired and homesick, but brightened when her future husband and companions brought to her the language of her home country. The wedding probably will take place next month. BIDDERS WANT NAVY CRAFT Torpedo-Boat Fox, Appraised at $500, Brings $3111 Offer. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash (ngton, Oct 24. The extraordinary de mand for ships on the Pacific Coast was demonstrated Monday when bids were opened at the Navy Department for the sale of torpedo-boat Fox. now lying at the Puget Sound Navy-yard and condemned. She was built at Port land by Wolff & Zwlcker in 1S97. and the board of survey recently appraised ner at a00. John Rothschild & Co, of San Fran cisco, bid J1800. Chicago Machinery & .equipment Company, of Seattle. 11033 Nieder & Marcus, of Seattle. $3111. and Phillips Morrison, of Seattle. $1505. BULL GORES MAN TO DEATH Infuriated Animal Slays Young Farm er Before Eyes of Parents. SEATTLE. Wash.. Oct 24. Earl V. Vorls. 17 years old. who resided with his parents on t farm near Juanita on the east shore of Lake Washington was gored to death today by a young ouu. wnich became angered when Vorls was fixing the leash with which the animal was tied to a post The bull Jerked at the leash so hard that the Iron ring was torn from Its nose, and then the animal caught Voris on Its horns and tossed him several feet The young man's father and mother were standing nearby, but were unable to prevent the tragedy. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Thj Weather. toTtRDAl fa Maximum temperature, 60 uc minimum, do aesrees. TODAY'S Flr; winds mostly northerly. Politic. Oregon for Hushes by 23,000, says Judffe iic.ary. rge . French retrain at Verdun In few hours most ci ground lost in two months. Page l. Mexico. Carranza believed preparing to flee from Mexico. i'tr 1. Colonel says self-defense is duty. Pas 4. Mr. Hushes says he wants support only of .Americans oi unuiviaea allegiance. Bl crowds at Baker hears Mrs. Hanley. Page a. Three Republican Representatives sura of oe re-election, hag 4. War. Teutons excel In open battle with Ron- xn-wians. face a. Two more towns In Roumanla taken. Pace 3. Official war reports. Vage 3. Foreign. Two American officers killed by Santa uomingo re Deis, I'age l. Ioine-tJr. Immigrant's dl-guise falls off at critical moment. Fac l. Episcopalian conference takes stand against r-ioon. ni a Trial of man accused of killing antt-Cath- oilc lecturer begun, page o. Couple wedded by wire. Page 1. Sport. Pacific Coast League results; Ran Francisco 7. Portland l: bait Lake 6. Oakland Vernon 11. Los Angeles 5. Page 14. Reed freshmen win 22-mlle relay race. page l. Judge McCredla to vote against permitting Itinca wun majors in spring, psge 14. Lincoln elven defeats James John High ccnooi, it to u. page Ki. Pacific Northwest. Ex-Governor Hay has pointed answer to questions put by Democratic women. Page G. Tired mlm from Athens greets affianced Page 1. Baker goes wild over Mrs. Hanley. Paga 1. Senator Jones addresses enthusiastic audi ence at Hilem. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Longshoremen receive conditional proposi tion to work on Alusworth dock on same baais of non-union men. Page 16. Northwestern wheat prices are highest on record. Page 19. Heavy buying by exporters lifts wheat at Chicago. Page 19. . Approach of election responsible for irreg ularity of stock market. Page 19. River fara to The D -riles reduced. Pago 16. Portland and Vicinity. Forestry Industrial Congress considers plan to use aeroplanes lor locating f ires. page o. County road tax for year expected to ba one ana one-naix muis. page 13. Horse Show entries are 145. Page 15. Dollar gifts for Armenians are wanted es pecially. Page 1L Cost of clothing for men advances. Page U. Many trainmen oppose Adamson law. Page 9. General Jackson burled with military honors. Mr. Dleck's budget estimate is cut heavily Dy com m li it-e. rge s. Realtv exchange in Portland property In volves f 300,000. Page S. Ten per cent advance in rail rates an nounced. Page C Orders for lumber exceed production and smpmeni. r&ge 4. Chamber of Commerce adopts big develop ment programme, page 5. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 19. Area Lost in Two Months Retaken in Few Hours. DOUAUMONT IS RECAPTURED Fort and Village Fall and Hau- dremont Quarries Are Occupied Again. PRISONERS NUMBER 3500 Heavy Bombardment Indicates Germans Are Preparing to Attack on Somme. PARIS, Oct. 24. In a powerful se ries of attacks on the Verdun front, the French have captured the village and fort of Douaumont, advanced be yond the Thiaumont work and farm and also occupied the Haudremont quarries, north of Verdun, according to the bulletin issued by the War Of fice tonight. The prisoners captured and counted thus far number 3500. Nearly two miles was gained on a front of four and a third miles. Line Broken Everywhere. Tonight's official communication says: "On the Verdun front, after intense artillery preparations, an attack on the right bank of the Meuse was launched at 11:40 A. M. The enemy line, attacked on a front of seven kilo meters (4 1-3 miles), was broken through everywhere to a depth which, at the center, attained a distance of three kilometers (nearly two miles). "The village and fort of Douaumont are in our hands. "To the left our troops, advancing beyond the Thiaumont work and farm, rushed the Haudremont quarries and established themselves along the road from Bras to Douaumont. Prisoners Already Number 3500. "On the right of the fort our line runs north of La Caillette wood along the western outskirts of the village of Vaux and the eastern border of Fumin wood and continues to the north of Chenois wood and the Damloup bat--tery. "Prisoners are pouring in. So far 3500, including about 100 officers, have been counted. The material cap tured cannot be estimated. Our losses are small." La Liberte's correspondent on the front in Northern France says that the growing intensity of the bombard ment between the Ancre and Somme indicates that the Germans are pre paring for another attempt to rem-' edy a situation which is becoming more critical for them each day. Emperor on Somme Front. Emperor William, adds the corre spondent. has been reported to be at 4 Bapaume, personally overseeing the preliminaries for the formidable coun ter offensive in view, for which the Germany army on the Somme front is said to have received strong rein forcements in infantry, and more especially in artillery. LONDON, Oct. 25. Military ex perts here point out that the French coup at Verdun has regained virtually all the ground lost in the second bat tle of Verdun. This was accomplished with -lightning suddenness in a single day, whereas the Germans occupied nearly two months in wresting this ground from the French. SHORTAGE NEVER WORSE Many Industries in State Suffering From Luck of Cars. SALEM. Or.. Oct. 24. (Special.) The car shortage on th Portland division of the Southern Pacific totaled today 2514. the greatest since the present situation became acute. Members of the Public Service Com mission have reports which show many Industries In the state are suffering now because of inability to obtain cars. Oregon Case Will Be Argued. WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. Requests of attorneys that the case testing the validity of the Oregon law limiting to 10 the hours of certain workmen be submitted without further argument were denied today by the Supreme CoiT-i. with an order for another oral' tftbtntutioa.
