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THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1916. "
AMERICAN KILLED
JIHINEZ HOTEL
Five Others Are Seen Under
Guard of Villa Bandits as
t. Parral Is Occupied.
MEXICAN WOMEN BURNED
AH Captured Foreigners Except
Japanese and Germans Are Pat
to Death Bodies of 35 Gyp
sies Seen on Roadside.
Eli PASO, Tex., Nov. 19. An uniden
tified American was killed when a Villa
band took Jiminea, and four Americana
were seen under a guard of bandits at
Parral during Villa's occupation of that
town, according? to reports believed by
Federal agents to be authentic, brought
to the border by refugees.
Refugees further say that the district
between Parral and Jiminez has been
cleared by Villa's followers of more
than 200 Chinese.
The American killed at Jiminez was
described as about 60 years old, and
known to be from 7 reon on his way
to Chihuahua City. He was murdered.
Bay the refugees, in the Jiminez hotel,
and his body lay for some time in
front of the building, when, after being
robbed of clothing' and valuables, it
was placed on a bonfire.
Women Cremated Alive.
The same refugees, who say they
were witnesses of the outrages, also
say that two Mexican women who had
married Chinese, and their five half
caste children, were found and thrown
Into the fire and cremated in the sight
of the crowd. The bodies of seven
murdered Chinese, according to the
same source, were seen In the streets
of the town.
Two Mexicans who escaped from
Parral affirm that they saw four
Americans there under a Villa guard.
They said these men had lived in the
town, adding that they heard that the
Americans working at the Alvarado
mines got away. Another report
brought to the border was to the ef
fect that the bodies of 35 gypsies of
both sexes were seen on the roadside
near Parral, murdered and robbed by
Villa bandits. The gypsies were be
lieved to be of Syrian origin.
Japanese and Germans Spared.
All foreigners whom Villa has
caught, except the Japanese and Ger
mans, have been put to death, the re
ports agree, and even the Germans are
said to have suffered at least in the
instance of Theodore Hoemuller, of
Parral. Various reports of Hoemul
ler's death have been received here dur
ing the past week.
The Chinese are called the heaviest
sufferers. The fact that none are to be
seen in the district in whichhey for
merly did a large mercantile business
is taken by the refugees as proof that
all, numbering over 200, met the fate
of the Chinese caught at Parral and
Jiminez.
CHIHUAHUA CITT. Mexico. Nov. 19.
According to a report received here,
the Americana. In the Parral district
left that place on the advice of General
Luis Herrera two days before the
evacuation of the town by the Carranza
garrison. The Americans are said to
have left for the mountains.
German Robbed, Life Spared.
Prom a source believed to be reliable
It is learned that Edgar Kock, a Ger
man subject, whose fate has caused
anxiety to his friends, arrived in Santa
Rosalia from Parral October 26. with 57
bars of silver. Both Kock and his silver
fell into the hands of the bandit lead
er, Julio Acosta, when the town was
seized the following day. Kock. how
ever, was set free after being robbed
of his treasure, the report says.
The vanguard of Infantry commanded
by General Ozuna, which left here for
the south, came into contact with a
Villa band near Santa Rosalia and cap
tured several prisoners, after a skir
mish, according to an official dispatch
received here today.
The departure of General Trevlno for
the field has been delayed for military
reasons, it is announced here.
GRAVE PROBLEMS FACED
(Continued From First Page.)
neutrality is "intolerable." War has
become so world-wide, so unlimited as
to national boundaries, that it is no
longer the hostile army, but the hos
tile state, men, women and children,
with its outposts all over the world,
that i3 involved.
First and oldest of the entente al
lied restrictions is the blockade, which
the United States Government has de
clared illegal, because it is both in
effective and discriminatory ir favor
of Norway and Sweden, in that It does
not blockade the Baltic, and because
it attempts to blockade neutral ports
contigvous to Germany, to which Brit
ish goods are allowed to go. The case
dates back to March 11, 1915. and the
last note was the British refusal of
April 24, last.
Rights Are Conflicting.
There Is an absolute conflict between
neutral and belligerent rights. Neu-j
irais nave me rignt or inviolability of
genuine correspondence; belligerents
have the right to search mails for con
traband. Obviously, mails cannot be
searched and held inviolate at the same
time. A reply Is due from this Gov
ernment to the British and French note
of October 15. which itself was more
than four months delayed.
The British refusal of the American
attitude as to the blacklist will re
quire answer. The British contend It
is merely municipal control to prevent
their own subjects from dealing with
firms aiding the enemy. The United
States holds that in effect this is ex
tending British control over into
American affairs.
The prohibition of Importation of
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HI JZDlSONor
U VICTOR,
raw materials from the British domin
ions into this country, except under
guarantee that they will not reach
German firms, is another galling re
striction, since in its administration
the British Embassy here decides fi
nally what firms shall and what firms
shall not be favored. This gives a
control over American industries and
a knowledge of American trade secrets
that are resented.
Retaliation la Suggested.
To meet these trade restrictions Is
the possibility of retaliatory legisla
tion. It may be applied to all cases
or to only certain specific cases and
may be invoked whenever the Presi
dent decides it can reach all the points
of issues above.
Looking beyond, the President must
decide America's attitude toward the
peace conference. Undoubtedly Amer
ican interests will be involved, notably
in China and the Pacific islands taken
from Germany.
The trade war-af ter-the-war offers
most tangled problems. Great doubt
is felt whether It can go through, be
cause it is admittedly uneconomic, in
that the entente allied nations are
competitive rather than co-ordinative.
Its approval by the Paris conference
and its increasing agitation abroad,
however, make preparation against it
necessary. The Webb bill, now before
Congress, to permit co-operation among
exporters, will be one of the first steps
urged.
Leagroe of Nations Vital Issue.
Most vital of all questions perhaps
Is President Wilson's advocacy of a
league of nations to guarantee against
another war. Admittedly this destroys
American isolation and commits the
Nation to active interest In and co-operation
with other countries. It re
mains for this country to work the
plan out In practice.
Mexico is in a serious plight. Offi
cials are beginning to despair of Car
ranza; yet no alternative is seen. The
NIcaraguan treaty la being bitterly
protested by the other Central Ameri
can nations, and offers a possible
source of trouble. Conditions there
and in San Domingo and Haytl are un
settled. Also the treaty for the pur
chase of the Danish West Indies for
$25,000,000 is still unratified by Denmark.
0. A. G. HEEDS BUIL
FCSDS FROM HILLAGE TAX NOT
EXOl'GIl FOR COLLEGE.
School Growth Makes New Library
Strnctnre Required and Leglala
tore Will Be Appealed To.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Corvallis, Nov. 19. (.Special.) The fact
that the Income for the Oregon Agricul
tural College for the year of 1917 will
be $S9,000 less than the amount that
It was estimated to be at the time when
the millage tax law was enacted by
the State Legislature in 1913. is the
justification offered by the college au
thorities for asking the coming session
of the Legislature to make a special
appropriation of $100. 000, to be used in
the construction of a new fireproof li
brary building.
In his report to the Secretary of State
President Kerr set forth the fact the
estimated valuation of state property
for 1915, as made by the State Tax Com
mission, was $1,000,000,000, while as a
matter of fact the valuation droppeo
to $932,000,000. Reports for the coming
year are not yet complete, but the Tax
Commission estimates that the valua
tion will drop to $880,000,000.
With the steadily increasing student
body and the advancing cost of ma
terials and maintenance, the college
finds its income from the millage tax
scarcely more than adequate to carry
on the work of instruction and mainte
nance. The present library quarters In the
Administration building are entirely
inadequate.
BOY TOO BAD FOR JAIL
COUNTY EXILES LAD AFTER HIS
PRANKS OF 3 HOURS.
Every Conceivable Bit of "Fbb" Is En
Joyed, From Tormenting Cat to
Trying to Burn Neighbor.
SAN RAFAEL. Cal.. Nov. 19. Feter
Scheutten, "the Peck's bad boy of
Marin County," whoee pranks sent him
to the county Jail a dozen times in as
many months, was exiled from the
county Saturday for a year by Sheriff
J. J. Keating. Peter left.
Young Scieutten was released from
prison yesterday on probation, and to
day he took up his comic supplement
existence where he left it a month ago.
This is what he did in two hours:
He sold one of hid mother's prize
turkeys for 25 cents to buy candy;
tormented the cat by feeding it pepper
dosed meat; painted black stripes
about jis neighbor's blllygoat; scat
tered tacks on the State Highway;
locked his mother In a pantry and
turned the garden hoce on her through
a window, and was in the act of having
a "little fun" playing Indian, by burn
ing a younger- boy at the stake. At tais
Juncture he was interrupted by the
Sheriff.
Recently Scheutten escaped from the
county Jail by hiding in a garbage can
and being carried to freedom by a
scavenger.
GLENN BASSETT BURIED
NHVV'BERG ACCIDENT VICTIM IS
HONORED BY MANY.
Late Manager of Logging. Company Is
Survived by Family of Wife
and Nine Children.
NEWBEEG, Or.. Nov. 19. (Special.)
The funeral of the late Glenn O. Bas
sett, who was killed In the unloading
of logs at the Spaulding Logging Com
pany's mills here last Thursday, was
held here this afternoon. He had been
the manager here for the company for
five years.
The largest church in Newberg was
crowded and the floral offerings were
numerous.
The Masons and the "Woodmen of the
World attended In bodies. The Rev.
George H. Lee, of the Presbyterian
Church; the Rev. F. S. Stannard. of the
Baptist Church; Levi T. Pennington, of
Pacific College, and the Rev. B. H.
Hickc, pastor of the Christian Church,
took part In the services.
Mr. Bassett was born April 25, 1873,
and was married In April, 1892, at
Dixon. I1L, to Miss Olive Davis. tte
leaves a wife, nine children, one
brother and three sisters.
Fog Slows Auto Traffic
VANCOUVER. Wash., Nov. 19. (Spe
cial.) A heavy fog fell upon the city
last night, and again tonight, so that
automobiles traveled carefully. The
ferry in landing had some little diffi
culty. This morning a coating of ice
covered the hard-surface pavement and
horses had a hard time to stand. The
Columbia River is yet below zero, on
account of the long-continued dry, cold
weathr.
MEXICO TO BE TOLD
TO HASTEN ACTION
American Commissioners Are
Determined to Bring Con
ference to Close.
JOINT CONTROL DEMANDED
Cabrera Known to Have Been Only
Stumbling Block to Agreement.
Original Suggestions to
Be Renewed Today.
"WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. With Presi
dent Wilson's complete approval of his
course. Secretary Lane will return to
Atlantic City tomorrow, determined to
bring the sessions of the American
Mexican Joint commission to an early
conclusion.
If the commissioners fall to formu
late a plan, it is thought that the pros
pect of settling border disputes through
diplomacy will be remote. Officials
make no prediction as to what steps
the Washington Government might
take In that event to Insure the safety
of border towns and ranches.
Secretary Lane is understood to have
found President Wilson, Secretary
Lansing and Secretary Baker in full
accord with him when he laid before
them last night a review of the efforts
the American commissioners had made
to reach a settlement.
Cabrera Is Stumbling Block.
It is an open secret that Luis Cabrera,
president of the Mexican commission,
has proved the stumbling block in the
way of reaching an agreement. Com
missioners Bonillas and Panl, it is said,
have been ready to approve several dif
ferent suggestions for co-operative ac
tion. Cabrera, however, held out for
control of any Joint operations by a
Mexican military commander.
It is believed the American com
missioners will renew their original
suggestion: That each Government
patrol its own side of the line inde
pendently, but with the understanding
that American troops will pursue Into
Mexico on a hot trail any bandits who
attack border towns, coupling that
suggestion, presumably, with the state
ment that General Pershing's forces
would be withdrawn gradually from
Mexico, and that no large force would
be sent across the line again unless the
do facto Government permitted raiders
to assemble in such force In Mexico
that a strong expedition was necessary
to prevent a serious attack.
Troops to Stay for Present.
It was understood here that the
troops would not be ordered home
while negotiations were pending.
Official advices today Indicated that
all of the Americana at Parral had
made their escape and will soon arrive
In Nogales, Ariz. There has been much
anxiety here because of persistent re
ports that Villa bandits had put many
foreigners to death when they raided
the town recently. The Americans,
six or seven in number, are believed to
have made their way across the moun
tains to Culiacan, einaloa, and started
toward Nogales over the lino of the
Southern Pacific of Mexico.
CEREMONY TO BE SIMPLE
President to Be Inaugurated With
out Elaboration.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 9. President
Wilson's second Inauguration probably
will be comparatively simple. He is
known to desire that there be as little
ceremony as possible.
It is accepted as certain by officials
that there will be no inaugural ball.
In addition tO the Prfsilixnt'a nnnn.
sltlon to elaborate ceremony at hln In
auguration in 1913. officials point to the
recent death of his sister, Mrs. Anna
Howe, the fact that March 4 falls on
Sunday next year, and the prospect that
the'liuropean war will still be in prog
ress next March as reasons why the
next inaugural exercises will be as
simple as possible.
CLOTHING INDUSTRY HUGE
Production in New York Is Fourth
of City's Total Output.
NEW YORK, Nov. 19. The annual
production of clothing In this city
amounts to approximately $532,000 000
or one-fourth of the total production
of all the industries here, according to
statistics made public by the Mer
chants' Association.
The compilation shows there are
585,279 workers in various industries
in this city. In 29.621 manufacturing
establishments, earning in wages
J357.498.000 a year. Raw material
worth $1,229,155,000 is converted into
finished products worth $2,292,832 000
every year. A decade ago, it was said,
the manufactured output of New York
was valued at $1,526,523,000.
SOCIAL LABORATORY FIXED
Cincinnati Scene or Experiment In
Centralizing Work.
NEW YORK1. Vnv io Tk. -v--. i i
Social Unit organization, created - to
attempt the experiment of centralizing
social activities, has selected Cincin
nati for a. National laboratory experl-
" - Lwtuiuumiy worn, according"
to an fltinnnnct'm.nt . u. i
Glfford Pinchot, Its president. The ob-
joui. oi mo organization Is the develop-
t uiuuei programme lor com
munity organization.
Mr. Pinchot said work would be be
gun in Cincinnati about December 1
Fifteen communities have asked to be
considered as the field for th n.H.
ment
PASCO WOMAN IS DEAD
Mrs. Fred Kortnnan Is Victim of
Typhoid-Pneumonia.
PASCO, Wash., Nov. 19. (Special.)
Mrs. Fred Kurtzman, long a resident
of Pasco, died at her home here yester
day from typhoid-pneumonia. Mrs.
Kurtzman was a native of Vermont,
and was 50 years of age. In 1889 she
was married at Oshkosh. Wis., to Fred
Kurtzman and the couple removed im
mediately to Pasco and have resided
here ever since.
She is survived by her husband and
one son. Allan Kurtzman. The body
will be taken to Seattle.
Forest Grove Ships Prunes.
FOREST GROVE, Or.. Nov. 19.
(Special.) Approximately 800,000
pounds of dried prunes have been
shipped from Forest Grave this sea-
: son. une rancner naa aoout 100 tons
to Ms credit, and the price has been
between 6 and 7 cents.
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INDIAXAPOIJS. Ind.. Nov. 19. Will
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RET. J. H. BOYD SAYS HrCKKAKI.VG
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Presbyterlaa Minister Declares Poller
lias Developed Conunn Seolds
of Varloas Classes.
"The muckrake has gone everywhere
since the Idea of remedying existing
evils by publicity was taken up some
25 yeara ago. and we look down upon
the whole mass of our sins exposed
pitilessly, but the only result of this
policy has been to turn this country
Into a common scold." said the Rev. J.
H. Boyd in his sermon at the First
Presbyterian Church yesterday on "The
Danger Which Threatens America."
"You cannot remedy anything by this
Indefinite scolding. Man scolds man,
class scolds class because of the ex
posures that have been made, but the
evils are not remedied.
"God has gone out of the land. The
condition that exists I would charac
terize as a condition of underspirituall
zatlon. Our people have been moving
away from the deep spiritual centers
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ences of themselves."
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the present day, and quoted from the
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