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TlfE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLIND, Aritlli 16. 1911. r " . "WP7 aammm mmmmmml p"' Bamofe c0fte5 ins ARMIES ADVANCE ON AGUA PRIETA Federal Force of 1100 Moves Out of' Mountains to Recover Towns. REBEL FORCES GATHERING Antonio Garcia Will Add 600 Men ts JmuLe' Army and Des perate Battle Will Enftne VMth Maelita Cons at Work. w ACCA TRIETA. ilex, April IS. The entire Federal army baa moved out of the mountains to the southwest of Aicua I'rteta and ts ow to the Naroiarl valley between Kronteraa and thla place. Americana risjlnar horseback toward lKu(tla passed till Federal force dur inir the tfirrnoon. The combined strength of the Federal army la placed at between 1100 and 140 men, considerably exceeding- the rebel force at Arua Prieta. It la believe that the Federala under Colonel Pedro (Jeda. which have been advancing from I'rrn nd the fore- of Chief of Iturale Medina Barron, with other Federal leader who came out of Cananea. form rd a Junction somewhere In the OJo Mountains, and are now about ready to iR-liver their attack against Agua l"rlela. Haiti? Will lie Peperate. The fed-rals have several machine sruns. the number belns: variously a;lven at from three to seven. They also have one OelJ cannon, brought from Cananea. It la asaumed tiat the comlnsT en gagement at Acu ITIeta will be of desperate character. The -rebela In Aua Prieta have an actual ocbllnar strena-th of about ruea. Antonio Garcia, who la expected to arrive In time for the battle, has In Ms command between and "09 addi tional men. Thla would rive the rebels a combined strenath greater than that of the command of OJeda. It Is considered qolle likely that the forces unJ-r Antonio Garcia are belus; held back In the mountains for the purpose of burling- them on the rear of the Federals when the Utter begin taelr assault upon Ago Prieta. More Ilebcl Forces Coming. la addition to these forces, Glron. with X. rebels, la at the 1'llares mines on the war north, hurrying by forced marches to taJte part In the enpected engagement. Glron was oo bis way southward, but was turned back from ttte Moctesuma campaign to take part la the holding of Agua Prieta. It is reported In A sua Prieta. though not confirmed, that a large rebel force of upwards of 1S04 men Is on a raptd march from Casaa Grandes. In the r-tate of Chihuahua, to Join the tnsur recto garrison . In Agua Prieta. It Is considered nf unreasonable that the rebel leaders in Korthern Mexico should deem It a wise policy to combine ail their forces for the holding of an Im portant border city. The rebels here, have but one ma chine gun. They are heavily stocked, however, with ammunition, ataxy have new Maimer rifles. Others have repeat lag rifles, of different -makes, of .801 caliber. , Wounded Dare Not Cross Line. Three rebels who were wounded In the flghtHip at Bacanochl. near Can anea, applied Tor permission today to cross the line Into Douglas for medi cal treatment. They were Informed that, disarmed, they might cross the line, but would be treated as prisoners and coul.l not return to Agua Prieta. They declined to surrender the chance of another fight and made arrange rueuts for surgeons of the American side to go to Agua Prieta and treat them. In the rebel ranks at Agua Prieta are at least 40 Americans, The personnel of the rebel army also Includes Taqnt Indians, kltaml Indians. Chinese and Japanese. The Insurrectos have one machine gun and it Is probable the Americans will man this piece. El Paso telephoned that they could hear . - . . r i f (.... Bring across me jrcuu - military autborlUea In Juarea state posi tively that none of their troops are along the river, and are unaLle to account for the nring. CAVJOT TO CHECK FEDKRALS American Will Warn Tlirm 'ot to Fight Xear Boundary. DOUGLAS, Aris, April lil Captain Gaujot, commanding; the American cav alry, held a consultation today with Balasaria Garcia,, commander-in-chief of the rebel forces in Ag-ua Prieta. Captain Gaujot explained Cat when the Mexican federala came within ob servable distance of Agua Prieta. he de sired to be Informed at once. -Then I will go In an automobile to the federal advance." said Captain Gau jot. "and deliver the same instructions given to the rebel soldiers that no fighting will be permitted where the shots wUI endanger the Uvea of Ameri can citlsens In Douglas. I will carry the American flag, which will bo the signal of my mission." Captain Gaujot further requested Commander Garcia to Instruct his rebel aoldlors not to fire on bis flag. Garcia said the rebels would not fire on the flag but there would bo great danger from the Yaqul Indians accom panying the Federal troops. -At La Colorada." said Garcia, "the Taquis came to us before the battle and professed to have deserted the Federals and asked to Join our army. They took up a position with us and when the name openeo. uunreum..j turned their guns against our men. killing many." Garcia said he would lavo a lrri itna of 100 to guard the town and with his cavalry deployed to prevent the Federala from flanking him and get ting between hira and Agua Frleta, would open the battle as far as pos sible from the American line. The Douglas Chamber of Commerce and Mines today sent the following tel egram to President Taft: "It is reported that 1300 Mexican Fed erals are approaching Agua Prieta and Douglas with a view to retaking that city from the rebels, who equal them In numbers. In case of a battle thla city will suffer serious Injury trom bul lets and army stragglers. Captain Oao Jot. In command of the Untied 8tatea troops. Is rendering efficient service, but has only 40 men. and In case of serious trouble more troops will be needed to enable him properly to pro tect American Interests here of $15,000. 000 value and Inhabitants of 70UO. Thla organisation and all authorities are doing all In their power to keep Ameri cana away from the scene of action." The customs officials hsve served no tice that all Mexicans crossing the line . . - i-i.t Kt.tea. whether mem bers of tho rebel army or otherwise, and not coming through the Amerlran customhouse, are immediately liable to arrest and deportation. TRADES OFFICERS ELECTED Metal Association of I'kolflc Coast Meets In Taconia. TACOMA. .April 13. At the closing; session of the Metal Trades Associa tion of the Paclllc Coast today, the fol lowing officers were elected: President. 11. C, Clark, of Portland: first vice-president. John Hartman, of Tacoma: second vice-president. F. G. Frlnk. of Feattle; treasurer. A. M. Clark, of Portland; secretaries. F. G. Porter, of Portland, and A. It Garrison, of Seattle. The afternoon was devoted to an automobile tour. A banquet will be held tonight . BORDER TO BE PEACEFUL rOntlnud From First Pa.J ATTACK ON BEGINS TARIFF IN HOUSE Kitchin Opens Debate on Ca nadian Reciprocity and Hinds Replies. , CLUB WILL STRIKE TRUSTS times hats Schlost BilUmort Clothes BATTLE BEUl'X NEAR JtAREZ ltcbela Ambush Federal Cavalry and right All Day. KL TASO. Tex.. April IS. Fighting, which la believed to be preliminary to a general attack on Juarea. began thla morning 17 kilometers south, near Ciu che. and has been In progress all day. The latest Information received hero ehortly after ( o'clock tonight was that the battle was still In progress, but with what advantage to either side was not stated. Information regarding casual ties is equullv meager. Today's fight was entirely unexpected and opened when loo federal cavalry men were ambushed by Insurrectos. The federals were later reinforced by 100 In fantry and 0 cavalry from Juarea. The ineurrecto force Is estimated at (00. . The Insurrectos came from the south on a train and took their position In a well protected canyon while the feder als fought In the open. However, tho rebels declined to take the offenslvo throughout the day. being content to meet the federal asaausts. I -a to today the federals sent to Juares for a field piece with which they hoped to be able to dislodge the rebel force. Shortly before dark a Herald repre sentative and a Juares physician re turned from the battlefield bringing with them tvro wounded federals. They were Informed by a staff officer that several federals had been wounded, but none killed. No information was ob tainable on the field aa to tho lnsur recto loss. precautions are being taken by Mex ican and United States officials for the protection of non-combatants. General Navarro today notified American Con sul Edwards that an embargo would be placed on all traffic from the Uni ted States. The Kl Paso Chamber of Commerce today also conferred with Colonel Sharps, commanding the Uni ted States troops here, relative to the protection or thla city from a situa tion like that at Douglas, Aria, dur ing the battle of Agua Prieta. when Americans were kllleWb7 bullets from across the border. Juares officials are making so more strenuous preparations for the defense of the city than have been In progress for several days. The commanders In sist that they do not believe it Is the Mexican rebel army near Baucho and aa erly attack on Juarea H not feared. Notwithstanding this view, today's fight k closer to Juares than the battle of liaucne. February . when General Oroxco wrecked tho train on which Oen ersl Babsgo was traveling to Juares with Federal relnforpements. The lat ter is slain marching to the relief of Juarez, having left Chihuahua severed days ago. Unltaw he arrives shortly, the general belk-f here Is thst the rebela will attack Juares. mad Asoerlaaa residents aaat or Into Douglas vis caused by the com pany of "Red Lppex running along a niinuH directly between Douglas and the Mexican fortifications. Tho company la composed largely of American ciuxena and these Americans fighting with the in.rrvtm were the direct cause of the ' casualties thst occurred at Douglas." In the opinion of the commsnder of I the American forceei at Douglas, the Mexican Federals and" lnsurrectoa at Agua Prieta were equuily to blame lor exposing Douglas to their Ore. The War Department waa officially advised to this effect In a teltgram received from the American officer today. The question of Indemnity for the loss of life and property at Douglas has not yet been raised. That Is a matter for tho future. Imperial Valley to Bo Protected. The State Department requested the Mexican Government today to extend protection to the Canal Development Company, an American concern whose supplies at Mexican. Lower California, according to reports received here, are threatened with destruction by Insur gents. It Is on this plant that the Im perial Valley of California, depends for Its water supply. The disposition of the iO Mexican Federal soldiers (three officers and 47 men) who surrendered at tho battle of Agua Prieta. and who are "in charge of the commanding officer of the Amer ican forces at Douglas. Arizona." pre sents an Interesting problem to the American Government. The general Impression seems to be that there Is no statute under which the United grates can hold the soldiers. SOCIALISTS' REIGN HURTS (Ooptlnued From First Ps f. even the most partisan administration heretofore. Tho position of Street Commissioner was created and a New Torker. son of the superintendent of the so-called asphalt trust, obtained the place. He likewise has been employed for more than 13 yeafs with the combine and the result la that at present nothing but bftuminoua pavement can be laid In Milwaukee. A large" number of other positions were created, all' at good aadarlea. and where a Socialist could not be found In Milwaukee In perfect harmony with the party leaders, an outsider waa called In. The million-dollar river park, the project of Congressman Berger. whlcii had the Indorsement of the people at large, has been lost to the city because of parliamentary blunders. With the advent of Socialism diffi culty was experienced In disposing of municipal bonds until the Interest rata had been raised and the market la not J easing up In the least. For the first time in its nisiory us cur u compelled to borrow money on Interest In anticipation of tax collections. In previous years the banks gladly helped tho city out of Its few weeks quandary duo to tho antiquated financial system by which such receipts were antici pated. CARD OF THASKS. I wish to express my heartfelt grat itude to my friends and acquaintances for their kindness and sympathy In my hour Of bereavement. all&i ABBUS FIXKEXBIKH. La I'ollette Promises Vote for Free Lumber In Exchango for Kltch ln' Support of Free Sugar. Trust-Made Goods Free. WASHINGTON. April 15. The opening arguments on Canadian reciprocity were made In the House today In two speeches. Claud Kitchin. of North Carolina, one of the leadlngDemocrats. spoke for three hours In favor of the measure, arraign ing the Republican argument of protec tion for the farmer and characterizing It as "humbug." Following him. Aeher C. Hinds, of Maine, made his first speech as a new member and aligned himself In opposi tion to the treaty In an address devoted to tho support of protection for the farmers. The reciprocity treaty, he said, menaced National prosperity In threat ening to take away from the farming communities the protection to their products. Taft Pictured on Itended Knees. It waa a day full of Interesting debate and Incident- Kitchin, skillful In re partee, drew frequent Interruptions from the Republican side and kept the House In a tumult- He paced up and down the main aisle of the House, arraigning the leaders on the Republican side who hsve fought for the protective principle, paying particular attention to Dalzell of Pennsylvania. He pictured President Taft aa coming to tho Democrats on bended knees to solicit their support. The success of the President's desire for reciprocity with Canada depended upon the Democrats, he said. Interruptions from Insurgent Repub lican members Injected much Interest ing debate Into the Kitchin speech. He was ssked If he would vote for free lumber, free sugar, lees protection on J cotton gooas ana use reaucnons ul iu tariff. "I will vote for free lumber," .said La Follette of Washington, whom Kitchin had charged with representing the lum ber Interests, "if you will vote for free sugar." All right." said Kitchin. Til rote for both of them." "Will you vote to put all trust-controlled articles on the free UstT" de manded Lenroot of Wisconsin. "Yes." ssld Kitchin. "and within four or five days we will bring In a free list bill that will give you all. that oppor tunity." Kitchin expressed pleasure at seeing the Insurgents "dancing around the fires with Vie distinguished standpatters of protection singing hosannas and halle lujahs to the farmers." Hinds Makes) Maiden Speech. The speech by Hinds waa followed with close attention by the House for an hour and a half. The first speech from tho roan who bad served the House In an Intimate capacity for many years showed deep research and a Krasp of the history of American legislation. Hinds said the statesmen of Germany, France and Great Britain had recognized the necessity of the maintenance of pro tection on the products of ' the farm; and that, if Congress enacted the reci procity bill. It would be going against the best Judgment of the leaders of all these countries. The reciprocity debate will be taken vp again Monday and will continue through long sessions Monday and Tues day. in opening the debate Kitchin declared that the Canadian reciprocity bill was the first move toward a downward re vision of tho tariff. "A united Democracy gives thanks to President Taft for calling this extra session of Congress," said Kitchin. "granting an opportunity to Democrats to quicken the fulfillment of their pledges to the people. How well they havo embraced these opportunities thus far the records of the last 10 days will show." Kitchin declared the Democratic House had done more In the two weeks of the present session than Republican Congresses had accomplished In 10 years. He referred tov the passage of a resolution for d'reet election of Sena tors, economy In the House management, election of tho committees of the House, the psssage of a bill for pre-election publicity of campaign funds, and the taking up or tariff revision. Kitchin said President Taft had called two extra sessions, the Brat to enact the "Iniquitous Payne-Aldrich tariff act," and the second to give the Democrats a chance to undo It. His speech was In terrupted by a demand from La Follette of Washington to know If the difference In 'the price of wheat on the two sides of tho Canadian border was not evidence of the value of a wheat duty to the American farmer. Farmers' Protection Humbng. Kltchn eplled that Inquiry of the tariff board showed that such differences did not exist. Kitchin sala the price of wheat was fixed in Liverpool by the world's supply, and that the difference between Ameri can and Canadian prices did not exist. Northwestern Republican members Im mediately challenged this statement. Kitchin turned to the Republican side of the House and quoted from the Re publican campaign text-book prepared lart year, declaring what was said thero regarding the relation of the tariff to farm products was "an acknowledgment by the Republican party that it had been humbugging th Unite- States farmer for the last M years on the tariff." His colloquy .with Xenroot followed. chloss IRaltimore Sthhss pillfmor Chthts ' Sthloa BilUmort t ei-,t 1 sv iMJimsM BilUmort Chthts A Sthloa BilUmort fttHlmon L riihe 1 Clothes Are "Repeaters Scfi.'oif BilUmort Chthts Schlots fitlth Cfotoes 4 Let a man become familiar with Schloss Baltimore Clothes and he will not be satisfied with any others .simply because they offer more quality, more style, more tone at a given price. Yet They Cost No More Than the Ordinary Kind Spring Suits from $15 to $40 Every "Schloss" Suit guaranteed to retain its shape or a new suit given free to replace any that may fail to make good. Spring Neckwear IX, 1 tiawes 1 hats awtSwhawesi 1? "J I . -2 ' 1 - Fl J te- Ki Fourth and Alder Streets CloHlitig CO. Cranf Phegley, Manager Spr'ng Shirts Schloss BilUmort Schloss Baltimore Clothes 1 .finc ' Rafmnr Ctnthe Y ;-rrr--r Schloss Baltimore Clothes rtlawe& Hals $3.00 j Hawes Hats $3.00 'Hawes Hats HOT STEEL KILLS 6 Molten Metal Floods Workers Before They Can Flee. . SEVERAL, HURT, WILL DIE Ping In Container Burns Out and Men Lose Control of Kettle Con taining Fierce Liquid, 'Which Pours) Out Upon Them. early in the week. They will inspect I the school buildings In that city in an ! effort to solve some of tho problems I which confront them In connection with the construction of the new buldlng here. Some criticism has already been made of the plans adopted by the board and an effort will be made to determine the strength of the building to bo erect- . ed In accordance with the plans before ' the work starts. i BILL IS TO AID SETTLERS vork-j it act SCHOOL TEACHERS CHOSEN Pasco Elects and Decides) to Erect $40,000 Building. PASCO. Wash, April 1. 'Special.) The faculty of the Pasco High School has been chosen for the coming year, and It will be substantially the same as during the past year. Proressor W. T. Ricks was re-elected superintendent and his salary raised from 1200 to 100 per year. M. B. Dorsey will be principal of the High School. Among tho teachers engaged are the Misses Small. Zent. Patterson, Enke, Stachllng and Ramage. During; the coming year a school building to cost 140.000 will be con structed on the East side of the tracks, north of the Court House, to accommo date the children of ranchers living In that vicinity. C. Lewis Wilson, of Chehalls and Portland. Is the architect who prepared the plans, and contracts for the work will bo let April la. PHILADELPHIA, April 13. Five w men were killed, a superintendent so badly burned he lived but a few hours, two fatally Injured and 12 others seriously hurt at the Mldvale . Steel Works at Wayne Junction today, when a container, filled with molten steel, gave way, and liquid eiplflehing , over more thana score of the employes. The dead: Jrs Tobln, head stamper, 44 years old. Patrick Perrlt, foreman, 44 years old. Patrick Joyce. 24 years old. Patrick Myers. 35 years old. Michael Pinas, 44 years old. George F. Steel, superintendent. Fatally Injured: Patrick Cunningham, Bryan Glynn. Steel En Route to Molds. The accident occurred In what Is known as open hearth No. L Several tons of the molten steel had been poured Into the container and It was being slowly propelled along a traveling crane across the shop to waiting moulds. More than 20 men were under and around It. guiding the vessel with long tongs when, without warning, a pKs in the bottom burned out and the molten steel Instantly began pouring through the hole. It spluttered and splashed over some of the men and they were com pelled to let go of the tongs. In thus releasing their hold, the kettle became unsteady and tilted over, pouring down a stream of molten steeL Seven Workmen Caught, Seven of the workmen were caught almost directly under the flood, but all except one. James Tobln. managed to get from under the container. Tobln dropped In his tracks and waa burned to a crisp. The whistle of the Mldvale works brought assistance and those who were not seriously burned were treated In the Emergency Hospital. Othere were taken to the Germantown Hospital. A quick examination showed the physicians that nothing could save six of the men and four of them died within a short time. The physicians say there Is no hope for Superintendent Steel and Cunning ham. All of the victims taken to the hospitals were In a terrible condition. Their clothing waa burned and in taking It off patches of skin and flesh came with it. Schools Here to Be Scanued. PENDLKTON. Or., April 15. (Spe cial.) With the deal for the sale of tho f 100.000 High School bonds practically disposed of today, the members of the locsl School Board will go to Portland Representative Hawley Wants Ex tension of Time for Delinquents. OREGOXIAM NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, April 15. (Special.) Repre sentative Hawley is preparing and will Introduce a bill authorizing the Secre tary or the Interior to grant an ex tension of time, not exceeding one year, in which settlers on Government irri gation projects may make payments due the Government. Tho bill provides that no entry shall be cancelled for a delinquency which does not exceed one year. Hawley also will Introduce a bill re conveying to Abel Ady one and a halt acres which he deeded to the Govern ment when it was believed the Govern ment would reclaim the marsh lands of the Klamath project. Now that marsh lands are eliminated from the Govern project Ady wants back his little tract, which he says is important to a pri vate project he is fathering; to reclaim the Klamath marsh. liomeseekers! Chehalls, Washington. Surrounded by largest dairy, fruit and farming country In Pacific Northwest. Acreage Inducements for intensive farm ing. County seat Lewis County, where land la cheaper and the best. 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Third and Alder Ms I T S It G L I A n I L 1 T l' Elegant Mission Designs Player Pianos and Regular Pians now on sale at Reduced Prices in the Eilers Closing-Out Sales, still in Progress at 353 Washington Street. Wy y TWfvpaf;MyyroB,. i. mm Mr I JJT1 r"Jj HB 'tit - " ?n 31 f : If; rab i I ill vOw" t.f.t53n- All at the old stand are to be closed out; hence, the low prices. We start with an entirely new stock at 7th and Alder in a few days. Still at 353 Washington Street. Balflmort: WW Hi