80 Pages
Section One
Pages 1 to 16
Seirest Sections,
Including:
Semi-Monthly Magazine
VOL,. XXXIII-M). 9.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUXDAY MORXIXG, MARCH 1, 1914.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
i
POLITICAL FISH
A!
E WIS SET
Governor's 'Machine' Is
Baited for Deputies.
NEW WARDEN GETS FREE REIN
Ousted Helpers, if 'Right,' May
Get Back Jobs.
L. ALVA LEWIS DISMISSED
Allejred Disloyalty and "False and
Malicious Statements" Laid to
Employe of Commission.
Duncan at Meeting.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 28. (Special.)
Finishing touches were out on the po
litical "reorganization" ot the State
Fish and Game Commission at a meet
ing here today when C. H. Evans, a
personal friend of Governor "West, and
the new State Game Warden, was em
powered to employ' such deputlos as he
desired.
This action, following fast upon the
wholesale dismissal of the deputies,
politicians here declare, proves conclu
sively that the appointments to be made
will be with a view of enlarging the
scope of the "machine" which is in
tended to do yeoman service for Dr.
J. C. Smith, Governor West's candl
date for Governor, and other candidates
favored by him.
41 Old Deputies Let Oat.
About 41 deputies under the old
regime were let out and Mr. Evans said
after the meeting that it would be nec
essary for him to employ about 28 or 30.
He denied that there was anything
political In the move, and said the men
had been dismissed because it was be
lieved the best way to bring about a
reorganization. He intimated that many
of the former deputies would be ap
pointed. It is believed that a number
of the men will take the hint to "get
In right" politically.
A resolution summarily dismissing L.
Alva Lewis from the employ of the
Commission, for alleged disloyalty and
"false and malicious statements" was
adopted. State Biologist Finlcy, who
presented the resolution, said that Mr.
Lewis had made false statements to
Governor West. He is agent for the
United States Biological Survey in Port
land, and received $50 a month for
work done for the fish and game de
partment. Reappointment Gets Notice.
B. E. Duncan, ex-member of the Com
mission, who was reappointed by Gov
ernor West yesterday, attended the
, meeting. His reappointment gives color
to a report circulated at the time the
Governor accepted tils resignation and
those of Commissioners Hughes and
Stone, who said they could not get
along with Commissioner Kinney, thai
eventually one or two of them would
be again made members of the board
when the Governor had obtained com
plete control of it.
When the Governor found he could
not dismiss Mr. Kinney it became nec
essary for him to devise a plan for at
least preventing him from accomplish
ing anything on the board until he
could be removed. Evans, one of the
new appointees, in a few weeks ob
tained a place at a salary of J2100 a
year provided by the board, and he re
signed as a Commissioner. Duncan was
then named as his successor.
Should Mr. Kinney attempt to retain
his position on the board through court
proceedings, it is declared because o
a constantly changing personnel of the
Commission he would not know who
(Concluded on rage 4.)
CITY TO GIVE AWAY
105,000 ROSE SLIPS
PLANTS TO BEAUTIFY SIDE
AVALKS XOW NURTURED.
Cuttings From Parks Are Being Set
Out at Mount Tabor Xursery and
Will Be Distributed in Fall.
One hundred and five thousand
choice rose bushes are to be given
away free by the city next Fall to per
sons who will agree to plant them in
the parking strips and take care
them. Announcement to this effec
was made yesterday by Park Superin
tendent Mische, who has worked ou
plans for a mammoth city rose nursery
at Mount Tabor Park.
All the cuttings from rose bushes in
all the' parks of the city have been
sent to Mount Tabor FarK, wnere
gardeners are now setting them out.
They will be carefully cultivated until
next Fall, when they will be strong
plants with roots. It is the plan then
to take .them up and distribute them
among persons who will agree to care
for them. Each bush will be marked
correctly as to name and color, so that
persons can have a choice in selecting
the plants for their parking strips.
It is estimated that if the bushes
are planted 12 In front of each BO-fooV
lot there will be a sufficient number
of plants to extend along both slde
of the street over 1100 blocks. Here
tofore the rose cuttings from the parks
have been thrown away or used for
making slips for use in the parks. The
innovation is one aimed to beautify the
city by havin-r healthy rose bushes
along every street.
MARS CANALS CHANGE HUE
Development Held to Support Theory
Snow Is Responsible.
BOSTON, Feb. 28. The so-called
canals on Mar are now exhibiting
striking seasonal developments, ac
cording to Dr. Perclval Lowell, of the
Flagstaff (Ariz), observatory. In a dis
patch received here today he said:
"The North Polar cap of the planet
Is melting and the canals are strongest
and darkest near the edge of the cap."
This is said to be in accord with Dr.
Lowell's theory, that the melting of
snow at the Martian Pole produces
floods that, sweeping south, are re
sponsible for color changes in the
"canals."
GIRL F0UNDWITH POISON
Homesick One Plans to Die if Effort
to Reach Home Fails.
LOS ANGELES, Feb.. 28. Caught with
a bottle of poison, wl lch she said she
intended to take if her plans miscar
ried, Mildred Weinberg, a penniless
girl, aged 17, was found today hidden
aboard a train on which she said she
intended to beat her way to Chicago,
her old home.
"I am homesick; that is all," said the
girl when arrested. "I want to go hack
to Chicago. If I can't go back I want
to die."
The girl refused to give the address
of her former home in Chicago. She
was taken to the Detention Home.
MILITANT CHIDES ROYALTY
Suffragette Thrown From Hall for
Scolding King and Queen.
LONDON, Feb. 28. At a charity
concert in Albert Hall tortniit, where
the King and Queen were present, a
suffragette seated opposite the royal
box started haranguing King George,
demanding why he did not make his
ministers stop torturing women.
Attendants seized the woman and
ejected her from the hall, the audience
meanwhile hissing her vigorously.
Immigration Station In View.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Feb. 28. Secretary Wilson has
informed Senator La'ne that if immi
gration increases with the opening of
the Panama Canal an immigration star
tlon will be established in Portland in
due course.
CHT00TI3T
GARRANZA REFUSES
OF
Benton Case D&clared
British Question.
CASE OF BAliCH DIFFERENT
Rebel Commander Will Investi
gate Fate of American.
OWN DIGNITY DEFENDED
"I Am Supreme Chief of Constitu
tionalist Army," Says General,
and Adds letters Should
Be Addressed to Him.
NOOAT.RS Snnnro T7Vl! N 1
Carranza declined today to, . ..llh in
formation to the State Department at
wasmngton regarHing the killing at
Juarez of the British subject, William
xienton. At the same tln-m h t-n va
assurances to Secretary Bryan that he
wouia investigate the disappearance
near Juarez of Gustav Bauch. an Amer
ican citizen.
This strongly defined stand rnmps
after three days of negotiation between
the American Secretary of State and
constitutionalists' commander-in-chief,
through Frederick Simpich, American
Consul at Nogales. and Tsld
Acting Secretary of Foreign Relations
in carranza s provisional Cabinet.
Two Answers Made at Once.
Until today General Carranza had re.
mained silent retarding hla st.nii nr.
the request of Secretary Bryan made
three days ago for information of Ben
ton's death.
Another mcssace arrived tnrlnv fmm
Secretary Bryan in which he requested
immediate information about the dis
appearance of Bauch. Carranza's re
plies were made to both nnpstinn at
the same time and In the form of docu
ments translated into English.
The stand was taken bv thA rovniu-
tlonary leader that the death of Ben
ton, a Briton, should be tak en 11 n
through the diplomatic channels of Js
country. "
The fact that Enirland has j-Bcno-nWni
the Huerta central government was not
mentioned in the document, but oc
casioned much speculation among
those familiar with the situation.
Pointed Notice Taken.
Carranza, in his reference to the
Benton case, pointedly remarked
Bryan's original message had been the
first official mention of the matter
brought to his attention as directing
head of the revolution.
In the written message to Secretary
Bryan which was addressed to Consul
Simpich, Carranza did not say that any
Investigation of the Benton case was
being made on his part. However,
simultaneously with the two notes to
Washington, Secretary Fabela issued
an official announcement saying that
the Benton case was being investigated
for the satisfaction of the Constitu
tionalist party.
It was understood that Secretary
Bryan's first message merely asked for
information regarding the Benton
death, which had been requested by
the British foreign office. On the
delivery of this telegram. General Car
ranza entered on lengthy conferences
with his adviser.
Investigation Is Ordered.
Senor Fabela when pressed for more
ample information in the Benton case
said:
Mr. Carranza has officially informed
the Department of State at Washing
ton that he could only attend to rep
resentations regarding the Benton case
(Concluded on Page 4.)
DEMAND
BRYAN
EEY1T0LDS AGAIN COMMENTS PICTOEIALLT
vvi ts v v h-f t r r 'Vw-?
. ySMSSMMl
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum . temperature, 54
degrees; minimum, 48 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain; brisk to high southerly
winds.
Foreign.
German Admiral says Dewey threatened
war. Section 1. page 1. .
Troubles o; Winston Churchill, First Lord
of Admiralty, multiply. Section 4,
paga 9.
Tax revision aids poor of Austria. Section 4,
page .
Fool-proof ditch Is plan at Panama. Sec
tion 4, page .
National.
Congress to be asked to preserve present
status of Central and Southern Pacific
railways. Section 1, page 4. v
Italy's attitude on Immigration bill likely
to rail to block it. Section 1, page 2.
Wilson confronted with own words favoring
tolls exemption. Section 1, page 1.
Domestic.
Presentation of medal to Colonel Goethals
to be big occasion in New York. Section
1. page 2.
Sports.
Los Angeles club must climb ' on pitching
staff or not at all, says Fawcett. Section
2, page 1.
New rules adopted for college athletics. Sec
tion 2, page 4.
McCredie leaves for Spring training camp.
Section 2, page 2.
Edwin Pullen wins grand auto prize race in
record time. Section 2, page 1.
Entries asked for Columbia University meet.
Section 2, page 4.
1 Tennis Insurgents win fight at annual meet
ing In New York. Section 2, page 4.
Committee on water carnival has day on
river planned for festival. Section 2,
paga 4.
Australians enthusiastic over baseball since
visit of American teams. Section 2, paga 2
Earl R. Goodwin picks all-star basketball
team of Interscholastlc League. Section
2, paga 4.
Weight question killed off Bud Anderson.
says Harry Smith. Section 2, page 5.
Captain Xavler Clerln, of Lincoln basketball
team, leads Interscholastic League as
point-getter. Section 2. page 4.
Pacific Northwest,
Governor West's poHtlcal fish and game
"trap" is set at Salem meeting. Section
1. page 1.
Gill confident he'll win In Seattle election
and admits "it's soft." Section 1. page 6.
Secretary of State of Washington calls con.
ierence to plan caring tor seiners
1815. Section 1, page 7.
County farm assistants named from Cor
vallls: Section 1, page 7.
Problems arising out of Vancouver's ap
proach to Interstate bridge to be con
sidered at meeting xuesuay. eecuun a.
page 7.
Big steel mills with Columbia River power
feasible, section i. page u.
Real Estate and Building-
Meier & Frank plans stimulate real estate
market. Section 4, paga 10.
Two of finest farms in state sold in week.
Section 4. page 10.
South Mount Tabor district shows steady
gain. Section 4, page 10.
Lower Alblna to become railroad center.
Section 4, page 11.
Advantages In "deviating" Stark extension
pointed out. Section 4, page it.
La Grande Catholics building lto.000 church.
Section 4. page 11.
Lumber Industry of Northwest awakens.
Section 4, page 11.
Line to Mount Hood thought feasible. Sec
tion 4, page 10.
Payette-Oregon slope, including 21,500 acres.
to get water, (section 4, page iz.
Commercial and Marine.
Week closes with higher prices in North
western wheat market. Section 2, page 17.
Lighter foreign demand weakens wheat at
Chicago. bectlon z, page it.
Advance In Wall street stock market is
continued. Section 2, page if.
Report of 1913 shows foreign ships and
coastwise carriers total far in excess of
mark reached In 1812. Section 2, page .
Lumber rates to Orient cut. Section 2,
paga 6.
Automobiles and Roads.
Yankee auto conquers world. Section 4,
paga 5.
Prospective "six" denied by Henry M. La
land. Section 4, paga 4.
Portland and Vicinity.
Mayor Albee answers critics. Section 1,
page 12.
City to give away 105.000 young rose bushes
to those who will beautify sidewalks.
Section 1. page 1.
Statistics show Portland enjoyed moderately
healthy business In February. Section L
page 12.
Sheriff Word nips In bud plot of enemies to
ensnare him by scandalous story. Sec
tion 1, page 1.
Two safe blowers admit robbing Kadderly
store. Section 2, page 18.
Grand Jury passes along graft and bribery
charges In Ilnal report, section i, page
15.
Weather report, data and forecast. Section
2, page
Circulation of referendum petitions on Daly
water meter scheme likely this week.
Section 1, page 13.
Washington County dairy farmers form com
mercial club. Section 1, page 14.
German-speaking folk of Oregon organize
at Portland meeting. Section 1, page 13.
Llpman-Wolfe employes form club. Section
2. page IS.
Shrine circus to be at Multnomah Hotel.
Section 1. page 13.
Oregon may return 400,000 Income tax.
Section 2, page 17.
Northern Crook County considers Irrigation
possibilities. Section 4, page 12.
Eighteen women In law class. Section 1,
page 12.
Messrs. Chapln and Herlow, real estate op
erators, indicted. Sestlon 1, page 10.
m n l ISI SSMMSMSM
- - . ---fL L I 1 I
DEWEY READY FOR
1
GERMAN
Situation at Manila De
clared Tense.
BRITISH GOSSIP IS BLAMED
American Described as Lashed
by "Anxious Jealousy."
RUSE OF ENEMIES FEARED
Appearance of German Ship Under
Officer of Higher Rank Attribu
ted to "Chain of Un
fortunate Event's."
BERLIN, Feb. 28. In a statement of
11,000 words. Admiral von Dlederlchs
replied today to Admiral Dewey's ver
sion of the international incidents In
Manila Bay in 1898. He says Admiral
Dewey threatened the Germans with
war If they did not cease Interfering
with blockade regulations.
Admiral Dewey Is declared to have
been laboring under great tension.
British interests are accused of fanning
the flame. Admiral Diedrichs con
cludes with the startling statement:
"It was even related that Admiral
Dew37' had already worked out a plan
for the destruction of the German
ships."
Warlike Threats Reported.
The German Admiral says that when
Flag Lieutenant von Hintze visited Ad
miral Dewey, this happened:
"Admiral Dewey , gradually talked
himself into a passion. He said, "Why,
I shall stop every vessel, whatever may
be her colors. And If she does not stop,
I shall fire at her. And that means
war, do you know, sir?"
Admiral von Diederichs makes the
comment that Admiral Dewey must
have known a declaration of war did
not depend on either admiral. He at
tributes Admiral Dewey's conduct to
nervousness arising from the weight of
responsibility resting on him as com
mander of the blockading fleet, and
from the rumors reaching him in re
gard to the falsity of the Germans.
Iluse Feared by Dewey.
The German Admiral took up prompt
ly Admiral Dewey's assertion that it
was his right and duty to communicate
with all vessels entering the port of
Manila and to make such inquiries aa
were necessary to establish their iden
tity. Admiral Dewey had declared that
the showing of false colors was a com
mon ruse in war.
The correspondence between Admiral
Dewey, Admiral von Diederichs and Ad
miral Chichester, of the British fleet,
is reproduced. On July 11, 1898, the
German Admiral denied Admiral
Dewey's right of visitation, and sent
copies of his letters to all the foreign
commanders in order to- ascertain their
views. According to the German com
mander, the French, Austrian, Japa
nese and British commanders shared his
opinion, although Admiral Chichester
required some persuasion and endeav
ored to demonstrate that Admiral
Dewey's "pretensions" were Justified.
Disagreement Turns on Word.
The letter of July 12 from Admiral
von Diederichs to Admiral Dewey,
which ends the correspondence, shows
that the two commanders were sub
stantially In accord in regard to the
procedure In connection with warships
arriving at Manila. The variance of
opinion was chiefly as to the inter
pretation of the word "inquiries,"
which the German Admiral Interpreted
as an invitation to establish the truth
(Concluded on Page 2.)
ON SOME OF THE WEEK'S NEWS.
STAjL y THE
WILSON RECENT
TOLLS CONVERT
CHANGE OF FROXT SHOWX BY
SPEECH MADE IX 1912.
'Platform Xot Molasses to Catch
Flies," Said President When
Candidate for Office.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S. (Special.)
That President Wilson has made a
complete about-face on the Panama
tolls question and only recently ex
perienced a desire to surrender to Great
Britain was shown today by Repre
sentative Knowland, who had read Into
the Congressional Record a speech de
livered by Mr. Wilson to 2500 farmers
at Washington Park, N. J., August 15,
1912. In this speech the President
said:
"Now there is another matter,
you know; we are digging a tremen
dous ditch across the Isthmus of Pana
ma. One of the great objects in cut
tinsr that great ditch across the Isth
mus of Panama is to allow farmers
who are near the Atlantic to ship to
the Pacific by way of the Atlantic
ports, to allow all farmers to find an
outlet, to have coastwise steamers
carry their products through the canal
and up the Pacific Coast.
isow at the present there are no
ships to do that, and one of the bills
pending provides for the free toll for
American ships through that canal and
prohibits any ships from passing
through which is owned by any Amer
ican railroad company. You see the
object of that, don't you? We don't
want the railroads to compete with
themselves.
"Our platform is not molasses to
catch flies. It means what it says.
It is the utterance of eanest and hon
est men."
SPELLING BEES PLANNED
Clackamas School Superintendent
Lavs Out Proposal.
OREGON CITY, Or., Feb. 2S. (Spe
cial.) To secure a team of 18 students
to challenge any county in Oregon in
spelling is the motive of a system of
spelling bees being worked out by
County Superintendent Calavan.
The county is divided into three su
pervisors' districts. By a systematic
and thorough schedule of spelling bees
the six best spellers will be picked
from each of these three districts,
making 18 In all. This number may
be reduced by a system of tryouts to
10 or 12 or even less.
The first challenge probably will be
directed at Marion County if the planB
of Mr. Calavan are carried out.
ALL RECORDS" ARE BROKEN
Registration Picks Up and 14 50 Get
on List in Day.
All registration records since the
books were opened January G were
broken yesterday, when 1450 voters
registered, bringing the total registra
tion to date to 35,214.
The men still maintain their lead,
but the women have cut lnta the hand
icap until the men are ahead now by
but a little more than two to one. If
the women continue the gains they
have made during the last two weeks
they will soon reduce the men's lead
to two to one or less. Of those who
registered yesterday 943 were men and
507 women.
GERMAN INGRADES TAKES
Experiment at Irvington Success and
Others Have Classes.
The study of German In the public
grade schools of Portland, which was
Introduced only this year under the
supervision of Frau Margareta Bekker,
of Washington High School, has at
tracted much interest and is bringing
out large classes. There are nearly
200 in the German classes In the Irv
ington School alone, where the course
was first introduced.
Three other schools also have classes
and it will eventually be extended to
the courses in many other grammar
schools of the city.
THRO$
TL
SHERIFF OUTWITS
GUQUE OF ENEMIES
Scandal Story Framed
by Daily News Upset.
EX-PATROLMAN FULLER HELD
Word Gets Confession of Plot
Aided by Publication.
WOMAN SAYS "MISTAKE"
Ethel Smith, About Ready to Make
Affidavit Accusing Sheriff, Meets
Him AVithout Knowing It and
Scheme Is Foiled.
On the thin clue of two names and
a telephone number. Sheriff Tom Word
yesterday ran down and nailed a false
and scandalous story, which the Dally
News was preparing against him and
had already partially printed, threw
into Jail ex-Patrolman Guy Fuller and
secured evidence which he declares he
intends to use as a club in a fight to
the finish against the News and those
who are backing it in the fight against
him.
Fuller, on a hearsay statement mido
to him by Ethel Smith, a young woman
who had i' n run for tven riovo in , v.
Gooding Aotel at Fifth street, between
Main and Madison, carried to the News
a story to the effect that Sheriff Word
had for more than a week kept and
paid the room rent of a young woman
at the Gooding and had visited her
repeatedly in her roomi purchased
drinks, danced with the girls in the
house and in other ways misconducted
himself.
Sheriff Gets Faint Clew.
It v.-aa planned to bring Miss Smith
to the Wews office yesterday afternoon
and have her swear to an affidavit to
these statements. Fuller called the
woman up by phone and arranged for
a meeting with her for that purpose
The first hint of the attack the News
was preparing was in the form of a
paragraph referring to "pious Tom
Word, dancing with the girls In the
Gooding Hotel
Before this much of the story was
printed, however, the tip came to the
Sheriff that the News waa preparing
an attack on him. The only clews as
to who were furnishing the stury waa
the name of Guy Fuller, the name of
a woman, "Ethel," and a telephone
number.
Sheriff Word called up the number
and asked for Ethel.
"You want Ethel Smith T'
"Yes."
He told her that he had talked tho
matter over with Fuller and suggested
that she meet him at 1:45 at the post-
office and go to the News office to make
an affidavit. The woman believed him
to be Dana Sleeth, editor of the News,
whom she had never seen. She agreed
not to meet Fuller but to make the ap
pointment with him instead and at 1:45
was at the Postoffice waiting for him.
Woman Meets Sheriff.
Walking up Fifth street with hli
she told him that she had seen Sheriff
Word at the Gooding many times and
that she was willing to swear the affi
davit concerning the story she had told,
expressing great eagerness to get "such
a man as him.
They walked into the Courthouse and
to the door of the Sheriff's private of
fice, before the woman suspicioned
that she was not with the editor of the
News.
"Come in here and I will Introduce
(Concluded on Page 2.)
0OUV V"
-aSS