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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. MAY 10, 1914. REFUGEE PREDICTS lilEXICO'SDOWNFALL All Used Pianos and Player Pianos MAP SHOWING LAND IN VICINITY OF LAPINE AND CRESCENT RECENTLY WITHDRAWN FROM NATIONAL FORESTS AND ACTUALLY AVAILABLE FOR SETTLERS. To Be Sold Out at Once Many Prominent Makes Included at Prices That Are Lower Than Ever Offered Here toforeFully Warranted and First-Class Instruments, Affording Greatest Opportunity for Piano Buying Ever Known. Occupation by America Is Only Solution, Says A. R. Downs in Letter. Tillable HomesteacfLancT 23 Deeded Land 11 Reclamation Service Withdravab EZ3 Deschutes Land Co. E3-".SchoblLand ' - . Over One Hundred Used Pianos to Be Sold, Regardless of Their Value Sale Prices in Groups at $45, $95, Others at $145; a Number at $195 and Some at $265. HUERTA ALONE NOT ENOUGH IS i LEGEND ' ( -L J 4-- Tm- 1 Man Who Is Interested With Many Seattle People Near Guadalajara. 1 Tells of Indignities Heaped . Upon American .Citizens. "Peace can never be established in Mexico without American occupation. The United States owes it to the world to occupy Mexico, and eventually will be forced to do it. "The elimination of Huerta will do no rood. Unless the United States takes over the country and gives the Mexicans a good lesson no American can ever, show his face in Mexico or any other Latin-American country." This is the opinion expressed by A. R. Downs, American refugee from Guad alajara, in a letter to The Oregonian from fcSan Diego, where he arrived May 1 with his son, his son's wife and their seven-weeks'-old baby, and 255 other Americans who had fled from Western Mexico, mainly from the vicinity of Guadalajara. They came from Manzan Illo on the German steamer Marie. Mr. Downs gives a graphio first-hand description of the indignities that Americans have suffered in Western Mexico since the Tampico incident, of the confiscation of their property, of the helplessness of those friends they possessed among the Mexicans to aid them, and of their flight to the seacoast. The town of Manzanillo. mentioned by him. is the port of Guadalajara, 150 miles inland i nd capital of the State of Jalisco. Seattle People Interested. Mr. Downs, with his son, is one of the owners of an American suburb to Guadalajara, which they call the Co lonia Seattle, as many of the people who are interested in the enterprise are from Seattle, Wash. Mr. Downs and his son did a banking business in Guadalajara, which is con nected with their suburb by electric line, and bought and sold exchange on the United States. Mexico and Europe. Mr. Downs was in Portland last Sep tember looking after his interests in Oregon. . I cannot give you the whole truth about conditions In Mexico, because of Toy interests there," said Mr. Downs at that time. Now he writes: "You cannot imagine our surprise and disgust on arriving at San Diego to find that the Unite . States was not at war with Mexico. How the United States can stand such insults and out rages wa cannot imagine," says Mr. Downs. In his letter, Mr. Downs says: Wa had been isolated from all news In Guadalajara for some time and had no idea of the seriousness of the sit uation until we received another warn ing from the State Department April 21. but thouKht but little of it as it was more or less a repetition of the various warnings that we had been receiving for three years. However, we made preparations to leave on the following morning, when we were noti fied by the Mexican authorities that all train service had been suspended and that Americans would not be permitted to leave, but would be held as hostages until the Mexican soldiers at El Paso had been released. "On the 23d, at 8 o'clock In the morn- ln . we were notified by Percy Moimes, the British Vice Consul, that there .aiii4 ha o train 1 uiii i' for ManzaHt illo in one hour. So my son and wife Surveys of Iva Pine and Crescent Dls- hurriedly packed a suitcase each and Just made the train. They had a ter rible experience on the way to Man zanillo. their train being met at every - station by a howling mob crying Death to the Gringoes." At Collma the train was held several hours by the Governor, who declared that he would not allow the train to proceed further. T.21S jgP I ' roe. mUlZ. " . L i -: Biff-l . rrjTjiipi' Li n rr4z-r-zz z: j 7 Tfe? f H h . i Player Plaaoa Cut, Too. Tomorrow morning we continue in each are available. There are many real. enrne 10 ciooo nui u 1190a in- uuierent muea, among tnem a names, Milton nlawr wx.. "T6""" 'e.:erf.h"!irC"raC Bell a Hamilton a Dunbar, etc They pl!aW.tP I"; played piano at $258. Hobart M. Cable at (375, stances made it possible to offer such are all upright pianos in good condl tlon. We do not ask all cash for these. Payments of $S cash and $4 a month buys them. Delivery free, stool included. a vast assortment of the world s best and ' most desirable instruments, in cluding uprights, player pianos and baby grands. For the past few weeks we have been organizing the Player Piano Pur- haeers Club, whereby we supply latest player pianos on very easy terms and at prices heretofore unheard of for high-grade player pianos. A large umber of good, used pianos came to us as part payment on these beautiful lit tle Bungalow players, sold on this P. P. P. Club plan. All of these instru ments are in first-class condition, many of them nearly new. They have been tuned and regulated and are now on display in our main salesroom. Such open cut in prices as we now make may disarrange the im mediate future music trade here, but we feel obliged to make this sacrifice, and especially fine Instruments. Most as in no otner way can we nope to of them cannot be told from new. dispose of these instruments within the Chickering. In ebony case; Kimball, In next several days, at which time we fancy quarter-eawed oak; Marshall & desire to have all of these instru- Wendell, in fancy mahogany; J. & C. ments out of the way. Space here will Fischer, Clarendon, Liester. in. elegant not permit us to enumerate all of the mottled walnut; Story & Clark. In Hun pianos on Bale. However, we will garian ash. and a McPhail. In ma- SOLID BLACK AREA, CONSISTING OF 10,90 ACRES ALO.VE TILLABLE AND OPEN FOR SETTLEMENT. OPEN LAUDS MAPPED Only 19,960 Acres in Eliminat ed Area Available. ENOUGH SETTLERS THERE tricts SI low Most of 171,580 Acres Segregated, With drawn or Patented. Surveys of the land recently elim inated from the National forests in Through the efforts of the British Vice the vicinity of LaPine and Crescent, in Consul at Colima, and after bribing the Southern Crook and Northern Klamath train crew and paying $346 additional counties, have been completed under to the railway company, they were allowed to proceed. The train was surrounded by a jeering mob all the time and the Mexican soldiers entered the train and searched everybody, tak ing their arms and ammunition, even Mearching their baggage. My son, how ever, managed to conceal one large pistol, which from that time on was the only arm in the possession of their party, consisting of 113 Americans, all of whom were huddled together in one coach, expecting to be . killed at any moment. Arriving at Manzanillo at midnight they were all arrested and put in the American Consulate, where they were detained until 3 P. M. the following day, with a howling mob outside. They -were held as hostages in the event that a United States warship should appear before the evacuation of the town was completed. "Finally, by paying a ransom of $1100. they were allowed to go aboard the German steamship Marie, which by accident happened to be in the har bor with a load of Chinese men. "Before going -on board their bag- crage was searched and all sliver and Kold money taken from them, in some cases paper money was given in ex change, but only In a few cases. "After the women and children were nil aboard and 18 men were left be hind looking after the baggage, the signal station reported a warship In sight. The 18 men then were taken back and told that they were to be chot- The American flag from the Consulate was then torn into pieces and burned along with a portrait of President Wilson in the presence of the Americans. Members of the Mexican Red Cross were prominent in this burning and destruction of the flag. "After seeing my son and family off at the train I returned to my home in the Colonia Seattle, where we had spent six years and over $100,000 in building up an American colony, with building restrictions, and had succeeded in mak ing it the most attractive place of its kind in Mexico. we nave -our own water system with two pumping plants and 40.000 palm, shade and fruit trees planted. "Early in the afternoon the Jefe Politico of Zapopan, a town one-half mile away, appeared with six soldiers I nH In the name of the Governor con- I ? flscated. after searching the house. three rifles and considerable ammuni tion. - "During the afternoon three other outfits of federal soldiers came to the same mission, but we did not have suf ficient automobiles to go around. "The next day I boarded the last train to Manzanillo along with the American Vice Consul, who had been given his papers and ordered to leave. "I would like to impress the fact that we were forcibly driven out of Mexico by the Mexican government. -who told us that war actually existed with the United States. We were all jjiven our choice to leave in 48 hours. auspices of the Oregon Immigration Commission. The work was conducted by J. W. Brewer, field agent for the Commis sion, who has made complete reports on the character of the land- and its probable adaptability for agricultural purposes. The total area eliminated Is 171,580 acres, but only 19,960 tillable acres are open to entry. The remaining land has been clas sified as follows: Deschutes Land Company's segrega tion. 30,460 acres. School lands, 5120 acres. Withdrawn by Reclamation Service, 49,060 acres. Patented, 53,320 acres. Total area already appropriated, 137,960 acres. ' This leaves a net acreage of 33,620 open for entry. But of this apparently available land a total of 13,660 acres is nontillable, divided as follows: Lava rock, 1720; rough, 8280; not reported, 3660. The tillable area available for entry therefore is 19,960 acres. There are more than enough settlers already on the ground to take up all this land. The Commission is discouraging other homeseekers from entering the eliml nated district. Meanwhile efforts are being made to give homesteaders the usual 30 days' advantage in filing on lands vacated by the Reclamation Service. The Com mission believes that unless this ad vantage is provided, the most desir able acreage -will pass into the hands of timber speculators. Mr. Brewer also has made a 'cruise of the ' land in the vicinity of Fort Rock and will have a complete report on his findings ready for submission to the Commission within the present week. $3000 VERDICT RETURNED W. C. Walling Allowed Judgment Against Gas Company. Damages to the amount of $3000 were allowed W. C. Walling, by a jury in Circuit Judge Gatens' court yesterday for Injuries sustained when he was struck by an auto truck, operated by the Portland Gas & Coke Company, on the Linnton road last October. Suit was brought by Walling, through At torney Tanner, for $10,545. Attorneys Littlefield & Smith represented the de fendant company, y Walling was struck, he charged, when he pulled off to the side of th road to light his rear lights. The truck driver, not seeing Walling, pulled over at the same place to pass another car going in the opposite direction. Walling was Injured about the leg and hip. For transporting meat a refrigerato car has been Invented in England that is claimed to maintain a temperature as even as in the more elaborate re frigeration plants of ocean-going ves sels. Stuyvesant pianola piano at $290 Wheelock pianola piano at $295, another at $310, and many others at big reduc tions. These instruments are guaran teed to be in perfect condition and will play th hew SS-note hand-player variety of really fine pianos is to be T "'Br " , r" ; rf- ws - i,j .,. large quantity of music with each In- In Grant "C" at 1. Group "C an almost endless strument and a bench to match. Terms. $30 cash and balance in 30 equal monthly payments, or equivalent, as may be desired. Retail buyers will be given prefer ence. Dealers must apply to our wholesale manager, Mr. Foley, and be fore 10 o'clock of any morning during the sale. Our famous two-year exchange agreement will be given with each In strument, meaning that a buyer may This group consists of very choice have the free use of any of these used instruments tor as long as two years. month buys them. Such well-known makes as Hobart M. Cable, in fancy mottled walnut; Decker Bros., in rose wood: Jacob Doll, in mahogany; H. P. Nelson, in choice mahogany; Estey, Kohler : Chase, Gerhard. Leland, Koh ler & Campbell, Wheelock, Warren, Schilling, In fancy mahogany; Schill ing, In walnut, are to be found In this group. Group D" at 195. enumerate a few of the attractively priced Instruments offered in groups as follows: : Croup "A" at 943. The oldest pianos are to be found in this group. All of them are for sale at the uniform price of $45 apiece. Among them a Friebee upright in ebony case, suitable for practice work; a Knabe old style and a Criterion, and several others. At the low price, $45 apiece, we feel we should get all cash and not be asked to put a time-payment contract for so small an amount on the books, but we will deliver to any part of the city, with stool to match, free of charge. Group B" at S95. Should a more pretentious piano of still better tone quality be desired. then the pianos in Group "B" at $95 and then such used instruments may be given back to us as part payment of any new piano of higher price, full sale price now paid being then allowed toward payment of such new instru ments. Telephone or write quick. Those living out of town should . write or telephone for descriptive lists and numbers. We send these instru ments anywhere subject to examina tion. A deposit of amount stated in this advertisement should be sent to show good faith. Such deposit is cheerfully refunded if Instrument after delivery is not found satisfactory to the buyer. Although our first announcement ap pearly only a few days ago, we have sold more instruments than any pre vious ten days since the first of this year, so don't fail to be on hand early tomorrow morning to secure one of these attractive bargains. This sale, as above, will continue until every instrument is sold. Remem ber, every one is fully guaranteed, and hogany. Pay us $195 cash for any of these or $15 down and $6 per month. Delivery made free to any part of the city. Group "E" at 965. Finally, group "E" is presented, wherein a large variety of the costliest pianos can be found. The famous Soh mer, in the new art finish mahogany case; the famous Weber, in curly Eng lish walnut; several Lestera. In ma hogany, walnut and oak cases; a num ber of our own make, in fancy ma hogany and quarter-sawed oak cases; Bush & Gerts, in English oak all of these pianos are marked at one and the same uniform price $265. Terms. $21 down and $8 per month. Most of these have come to us in part payment at the low prices quoted all should find for the r-iayer pianos de luxe. Auto- buyers quickly. Ellers Music House, pianos, Chickering Flexotones and Kim- the Nation's Largest Dealers. Eilers ball Acmelodics. building. Broadway at Alder. TEACHERS WORK" ROAD MORE THAN IvO INSPECT PARTS OK COLUMBIA HIGHWAY, Party Haa Picnic Lunch at Multnomah Valla and Returns at Night Laden With Ferns and Flowers. More than 100 members of the Grade Teachers' Association "inspected" and worked" portions of the Columbia Highway yesterday, under the super vision of County Commissioner Holman, enjoyed a picnic lunch at Multnomah Falls, and returned last night at 6 o'clock laden- with terns and wild flowers and enthusiastic about Mult nomah's great highway. Mountain foliage is more beautiful now than at any other season, the vis itors said, and they brought back with them armsful of dogwood, Indian Paint Brush Wild Heliotrope, Solomon's Seal and Columbines and ferns. They were equally enthusiastic about doing their portion of the road work. "We did not accomplish quite as much as the men did several weeks ago, perhaps," said Miss Grace De Graff, president of the association, "but we are as proud of what we did as are the men. and when we get too old to do any more roadwork, we can tell the children about how we helped to build the Columbia Highway. "It will be a monument to those who have charge of the construction, which will last for a century or more. Only in England have I Been the great stone embankments, or retaining walls as the engineers call them, such as are being built along the road. 1 have traveled up the Mississippi, the St. Lawrence 1 and the Thames rivers, and the hills along the Columbia and the highway are not duplicated anywhere else that know, of. "Our party was not as large as It might have been, but what it lacked in number was more than made up in enthusiasm." The party left Portland on a special car at 7:50 o'clock in the morning and left the train at Gordon Falls. They worked in that section awhile, saw Mist Falls and then walked to Mult nomah Falls, where they spread their picnic lunch. Later they walked past Oneonta Gorge. Horse Trail Falls and St. Peter's Dome, where they caught their train back for Portland. M'KENNA ESTATE $187,748 Holdings Left by Realty Man to Be Divided Between Widow and' Son An inventory filed yesterday by the appraisers shows the estate of Francis I. McKenna, Portland real estate man, to be worth $187,748.86, which after payment of debts will be divided be MAP SHOWING IMPROVEMENTS TO GIVE NEW ENTRANCE TO LINNTON ROAD. ssssmm - . I ZZS PEI HE DD ("x nrTSSQai .g:otr jDcPqpaU r - - 1 .risef sr. , , . f- I i " 1 nHf? pwr ri:iitl Ul 11 H 'Lli-DuDDDl ! in rji il i li u i ii njai i If" TR JJ F-i r-,i iFnru 1 i ' i II 111 4 tween Mrs. McKenna and her son. Co, A. McKenna, according to the terras of the will. Petition for the probate of the estate of Maurice Ostrow was filed by his widow. Mrs. Anna Ostrow, who asked that she be appointed administratrix. The estate, valued at approximately $5000, is inherited by Mrs. Ostrow and three daughters. Mrs. Catherine T. Mur phy, of Hillsdale, filed a petition for her appointment as executrix of the es tate of her husband, Thomas F". Murphy, who died April 3, leaving an estate valued at $2100. Rachelors Are Host'. A house party was given Tuesday nig-ht by J K. Scott, J. C. Howard and EX, R. ChiP-7ensen at their bachelor home, 1322 Wistaria avenue. Old-fashioned games were played, some selec tions on the piano were rendered by Miss Olsen, a reading- by Miss Xozier and light refreshments were served in bachelor style. Those present were Misses Dolly Greenfield, Sophia Olsen, Velma Cunningham. Lulu and Emma Dozier, Koline Bryan, Km ma Fleck, Earl Patterson, C. W. Hoflf, A. A. Harris and George Monrrief. Chemist Knows Duffy's Virtue That's why he refused to accept a substitute and was willing to wager money that Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey is abso lutely pure. Its well-known reputation as a promoter of longevity is again in evidence : "After nine years I am back In Colo rado again and I am still using- Duffy's! Pure Malt Whiskey. In Cincinnati I met! with an interesting experience. You'll! remember I am a Chemist and I know I the virtue of Duffy's. I suggested to friend that he try it. "We went to wholesale liquor store where he traded I and asked for it, and were advised that! we dldn t want Duffy's, but a substi-1 tute was suggested. I baoke in then and! told him he did not know what he was! saying, that Duffy's was the best whis- 1 key and tonic made. He replied by say-1 ing there was no fusel oil in such and I such a whiskey, u hile I am not a bet ting man, I- oirered to wager $100 or $500 that there m fusel oil in the two he mentioned. A few days later when I called at his store, he said, 'I give up you re right; I am going to have Duffy's in my store.' And that is where my friend and his friends have been buying it ever since. I am now nearly seventy years old. but as strong and hardy as a young man of twenty-five. Duffy s Pure Malt whiskey has helped me to keep my age. Ben J. Kister, 1646 Arapahoe St., Denver, Colo. Analytical chemists everywhere say Duffy's Pure Filait Whiskey Mr. Bea J. Kister. complies with every purity test demanded by tne TJ. S. Pharmocopoeia and never hesitate to give it their unqualified approval whenever an ideal stimu lant is required in- the treatment of disease. Physicians prescribe it freely to ; those who have passed the age of middle life and feel satisfied that it is only this stimulant that enables them to continue the active life which they lead. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey is a food tonic that rapidly feeds the starved tis sues, enriches the blood and rehabilitates the nervous system upon whose ' strength and vigor all bodily vitality depends. Thou sands of men and women fn all walks of life have testi fied -to the efficacy of Duffy's in restoring them to perfect health, and its popularity today Is world-wide. It makes ' the old feel young and keeps the young strong and vigor ous. Don't be misled by substitutes: insist on the original. "Get Duffy's aad keep well." Sold by most druggists, gro cers and dealers, $1.00 a large bottle. Valuable medical booklet and doctor's advice sent free. The Duffy Malt Whiskey Co. Rochester. X. T. MONUMENT RECENTLY ERECTED IN RIVERSIDE CEMETERY. BLACK I. INKS SHOW FU'ED STREETS roWF.tTIMl NICOLAI STREET WITH BITSITVESS CENTER STRIPED LIES SHOW STREETS PRO POSED TO BE PAVED 1DER PEXDI.VG PROCEEDINGS FOR. IMPROVEMENT PRESENT LHNTOX ROAD ENTRANCE SHOWN LEADING NORTHWARD FROM THl'RMAX STREET. ' To give an entrance to Linnton road in Northwest Portland at easy grade, property owners are proposing to pave Nicolai street from the end of the present paving at Twenty-fourth street westward to Twenty-sixth street, where the county proposed to take the work and extend it westerly to and possibly beyond the city limits. - The project Involves the removal of a knoll at Twenty-sixth and Nicolai which will cut down the grade of the street so that it will not be greater than 3 per cent at any point. It is proposed, in putting through this project, to eliminate the present steep entrance to Linnton road extending from Thurman street by the Forestry building to Linnton road. Linnton road is subject to exceptionally heavy traffic, and one of its most serious drawbacks now is the steep entrance near Thurman street. This is more than many of the heavy trucks can master, especially in wet weather. . . . mi J'Ji'i BY PHILIP SF.U SONS. PROPRIETORS OP PORTLAND MARBLE H OKKS, OK KOiRTK STRKUT. become Mexican citizens, or do snot.,; 1 I