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THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX FOKTTLAND. DECE3IBET 27. 1014. P MAYTDRENA KEEPS I PROMISE AND GOES a ft Siege pf Naco, Sonora, Lifted and Army Takes Train for South in Good Order. SOME DEAD ARE UNBURIED Skirmishers From Garrison Capture ; Three Women and Return to : Camp With Shrapnel Shell, .: Which Kills 5, Wonnds 11. x NACO, Ariz., Dec. 26. Governor Jose Maria Maytorena, of Sonora, lifted "the f.elege of Naco, Sonora, opposite here I today and retired to the southwest with ; his troops. He destroyed his works, j burned his camps and removed all his j eruns. t. In the night his troops on the west , nd south of Naco left their positions ' and at daybreak they concentrated four r miles to the southwest, where they j Iboarded the train which has been lying , ' on the tracks there since the siege r ' begun,- nearly three months ago. I'. General Benjamin Hill, commanding ' the Carranza garrison of Naco, sent out ' ekirmishers, who had a bloodless en--. counter with the Maytorena rear guard. J Hill's men took three women prison ers. Captured Shrapnel Explode. This move, however, proved to be ; more deadly for the Hill forces than , the skirmishes and sniping of the past i Jew weeks. A shrapnel shell left in the t Maytorena camp was brought into the . frarrison. It exploded while being ex ; mined, killing three and wounding ' 13, two of whom died later. t Hill's scouts reported tonight that the - train bearing Maytorena s army had die - appeared. The railroad leads to Noga les'and to Cananea, and the scouts did not learn which of the two towns ap peared to be the objective of May to '"rena. Dead Left Imbnrled. Detachments of Hill's men visited " Maytorena's vacated trenches and re turned tonight with considerable am- - munition and a few rifles that had been overlooked when their late antagonists retired. Twenty-one cases of cart ridges are said to have been found at one outpost. The unburied were reported lying all along the lines that had been occupied by Maytorena. In one spot Hill said his men found 160 bodies, at another- 7 The total loss of the Carranza garrison- curing tne siege was placed at 185 by General Hill tonight. Maytorena's to tal loss was figured at 800. Border Menace Removed. On the American side stray bullets . from the Mexican fighting lines killed .. five and wounded 47. Bullets by the thousand flew over the boundary Into American territory during the siege, which began October 10, 1914. f .The removal of Maytorena's besieging army fulfills a statement made by Maytorena after his conference Thurs day with General Hugh L. Scott, chief of the United States Army staff, who came here in an effort to stop perma . nently fighting at border points where bullets endangered American lives and property. Hill will not follow Maytorena, it was said tonight. He will remain tem porarily, at least, at Naco. It is un derstood that he agreed mot to follow Maytorena If the latter retired to No gales, the border town wrested from the Carranza troops last September. General Scott will remain here for a. day or two longer, watching the course of events In the Maytorena-Hill warfare. groups, no matter how numerous, for me reason Dy so doing: thev are no only losing their own prestige, but also mat or the government they depend upon. "For the above reasons f admonish you, generals,, to whom this circular is addressed, that by uniting your patriotism and honesty to the gov ernment you see to it that.your sub ordinate officers do not continue to commit unlawful acts, and also I warn you that the executive power and charge is disposed to grant full guar antees to all inhabitants of the re public without any distinction as to class or person, even to th enemies of the revolution. You will under stand that all such enjoy all the guar antees granted by law to Indicted or delinquent persons and that I shall proceed with all energy against those who disturb the public tranquility, no matter what their military, financial or social positions may be. Constitu tion and reform." The mention in the censored Mexico City dispatch of two rival conven tions and three rival enemies probably refers to the opposing Carranza and Convention governments and the now reported estrangement between the leaders. Villa and Zapata, which, with Carranza, would form tnree inde pendent revolutionary armies. VILLA AND ZAPATA DISAGREE I FAMINE IN MEXICO AT CRITICAL STAGE Distress Like That in Euro pean War Zone Declared to Exist Near Border. MANY STARVE TO DEATH Hundreds of Children Never Have Had Enough Food in Their Lives. Country la Peopled Witli Widows and. Orphans. EXECUTIONS 3IAY BE STOPPED ; Gutierrez Issues Specific Command to Convention Generals. MEXICO CITT. Dec. 26. Provisional President Gutierrez Issued a circular tonight to all Generals of the armies of the convention ordering them in explicit terms to cease all summary executions for whatsoever offense. A copy of the circular was sent to Gen- erals Villa and Zapata. The Provisional President's secre- J ary gave out an interview authorized by the chief executive in which he said that General Villa objected to ; the circular as unnecessary, because Villa wished to run down "the as- eassins" and punish them. Two rival t conventions are in the field and three i rival armies are struggling for ascen , eion to power. The statement of the eecretary . of Provisional President t Gutierrez said: I'Unless some central authority Is , to be recognized In the near future the most serious crisis In the history of Mexico soon will be reached. Presi i dent Gutierrez is tired of receiving the r brunt of all the complaints of the for eign diplomats. Only yesterday an order of the President concerning the eafe conduct of Edwardo Iturbide was ignored by a commanding General, who insisted on the rearrest of Itur bide and who severely criticised Leon Conova, a representative of the American State Department, who was - accompanying Iturbide to the Amerl can border." Th.e cl,r?ular by the Provisional Pres ident said in part: - - "There has come to my knowledge. ? usin?. me .both Pain and displeasure i mat an social classes in this city are , IV . . . "rm ana even panic- atricken at the continuous disappear- i wCtiLlnd,idUals who are Wdnaped , by night, either to exact money from ' ,emJ.or to be murdered in some se cluded place. f ..'iWhe? accepted the honorable po aition of Provisional President of Mex- ico, I thought that my comrades in arms and partisans at large would help 1 me to establish a strong government, i a1,hneBi,?nd Just government which. ! If.wv did not have any complaisance with the enemy, would base all its acts on morality and on law without any subterfuges whatsoever, because when 5 justice is done it Is unnecessary to hide In the shadows of night in order to , mete out punishment, no matter how drastic. On the contrary If there is no ; trace of a trial, even if swift, and the J people are despoiled of their property ,k and murdered without any legal pro cedure is done, when tomorrow or later we are called bandits, kidnapers and ; murderers, we shall be unable to con tradict such true statements. "Upon our administrative behavior , depends that this government be recog nized by foreign powers and, this hap pening, economic and financial condi tions of the country shall have im proved noticeably and having obtained , each an end, we shall have demon . strated that ours Is a civilized nation and also that our government has the ! possibility of giving guarantees to . every person who dwells in a cultured community. The most elementary principles of morality and law show that the right of punishment Is re- served only to the authorities through their proper tribunals with strict sub jection to the public proceedings marked by law. But never can such a right be exercised by private in dividuals or by the military or armed Iturbide Case Keflects Dispute as to Executions of Federals. EL, PASO, Tex., Dec. 26. Eduardo Iturbide, the ex-Federal Governor of the Federal district, whose welfare has been the subject of diplomatic repre sentationg on the part of the Wash lngton Government, and a dispute be tween the Villa and Zapata officials apparently has disappeared. Leon Conova, a special agent of the Ameri can State Department, who arrived hero today from Mexico City, said that so far as he knew Iturbide was at the national capital. It had been reported from Mexico City that Iturbide was fleeing here onder the protection of the American representative. The train which brought Conova was stopped and its passengers inspected at several points on the way to the border. It was reported by other arrivals from the south that the discussion over the Iturbide case merely reflected a conflict between the Villa and Zapata elements over the execution of many other ex-Federal officials. It was said that General Angeles. Villa's chief of artillery, and ' himself an ex-Federal General, had used pressure with Villa and Gutierrez to pardon several ex Federal officers condemned to death. which had not met with the pleasure of the Zapata element. Several of these officers who had been condemned to death, but pardoned through the influence of Angeles, have arrived safely at El Paso. GUAYMAS CUT OFF BY RAIN Train Service to Nogales Will eB Interrupted for Month. ON BOARD TJ. S. S. SAN DIEGO, Mazatlan, Met, Dec. 26, (by wireless to San Diego, Dec. 26.) Heavy rains have interrupted railroad and telegraphic communication between Guaymas and points both north and south of that city. Miles of track and embankments and many bridges have, been washed away. It is thought that it will be at least a month before train service can be resumed between Guaymas and No-gales. Rear-Admiral Howard, commanding the Pacific fleet, left Mazatlan today on the flagship San Diego for San Diego to be present, as ordered, at the opening of the Panama-California Ex position. It will be Admiral Howard's first visit to the states after 10 months of continuous service In Mexican wa ters. INTERNED STEAMER SOLD Hamburg-American Liner to Bo En tered on American Register. PORT ARTHUR. Texas, Dec. 26. The German steamer Daeia, which has been interned at this port since the outbreak of the European war, was to day sold to New York interests repre sented by H. O. Schundler and Harry S. Hooker, of New York City. The vessel will change to American register Monday, it was announced, and will take her first cargo from Galveston. The vessel" was owned by the Ham burg-American Steamship Company. Man Found Dead Near Pilot Hock. PILOT ROCK, Or., Dec. 26. (Special.) W. J. Turner, who lived about five miles northwest of town, was found dead Thursday near his well. He suf fered a stroke 'oi paralysis last Sum mer and laid' irtjlils home for three days before he was,, found by a nephew. It is supposed that a second stroke ended his life. WASHINGTON, Dec 26. Condition of famine and suffering in Mexico, said by some observers to rival the dlsrres in tht European theater of war, are de described in reports today to the Amer ican Red Cross witn appeals for help, Consul-General Hanna has sent the fol lowing message from Monterey: There is an alarming snortago of staple food supplies. Several outlying towns are appealing to me for help. If the Winter keeps cold there will be great suffering. I need '2000 cheap biunkets. After four years of war this whole country is short of food." Widow and Orphans Suffer. The Consul at Matamoras confirms an appeal which said: The conditions in Europe which shock the civilized world have existed here against our borders for four years, unconsidered. Mexico is peopled with widows and orphans and famine is in the laud. Ory sees it daily in emaciated forms, shrunken cheeks, tightly drawn sKin ana burning eyes, sees it in th faces of women, old men and little chil dren. Many have died on American soil auring tne last year, ostensibly from obscure diseases, but actually from starvation, and there are hundreds of children who have never had sufficient tooa in their lives. "The sound of laughter and playing cnuaren is stilled In Mexico. End of Stoicism Reached. iiiey nave endured much, bnr nnw has been reached the end of even thelri stoicism, and from the east and the west and the south comes a cry for Dread for the starving. mere is need for food and clothes ana medicines. The need is pressing. There is no time to be lost. Arrange ments have been made whereby supplies can do aistriDuted from the American consulate at this place to any localitv in .ruexico. The Red Cross a short time aro on an appeal from Rear-Admiral Howard, sent iuuu worth" of food supplies to Aca. pulco, on the West Coast." CHICAGO DEATH RATE LOW Passing Year's Record Most Favor able City Ever Has Known. CHICAGO, Dec 26'. The passing year has been Chicago's most healthful, with a death rate of 14.17 to each 1000 popu lation, according to the weekly bulla tin of the Health Department today. i ne raie was e.z per cent less than in isij ana 3.6 per cent less than the average lor the previous decade. The fight waged aeainst infections diseases this year has been a winning one, the bulletin reporting a marked reduction in the number of deaths from such causes. The typhoid fever rate was 7.56 for every 100,000 population, the lowest in te history of the city. Last year's rate, next to New York's, was the best in the United States and the rate of 191 is a reduction of 28 per cent. World Peace Society to Meet. At the regular weekly meeting of the World Peace Society this afternoon at 3 o'clock In Hall A, Central Library, corner Eleventh and Yamhill streets. Consistent Neutrality" will be dis cussed. G. Ewart Baker, president of the Oregon Christian Endeavor Asso ciation: Rev. S. ' Alice Hansen, presi dent of the Sunnj(slde W. C. T. TJ., and Dr. David Buchanan, fhe regular speaker for the Behaias, will make ad dresses. Mrs. V. B. de-Lory will sing original heart songs of peace. Every body interested in world peace espe cialy welcome. El THE BEST ADVERTISEMENT possi- ble is to have people talk of the good things about a man and his business. I want all of Portland to know of my new store in the Stevens building when I move on the first of February. That is why I have marked all LADIES' SUITS, COATS AND DRESSES HALF PRICE. In this sale are included all of the new midseason styles, many forecasting the Spring: modes of leading designers in the world of fashion. This affords the discerning shopper an nnusual opportunity to save exactly one half the amount she expected to pay for, quality merchandise. mts, Ladies9 S and Ore ' Half P s $20 Garments $10.00 $25 Garments $12.50 $30 Garments $15.00 $40 Garments $20.00 $50 Garments $25.00 $100 Garments $50 $60 Garments $30 $70 Garments $35 $80 Garments $40 $90 Garments $45 f5 Chesterf ie Suits and Overcoats $20 Suits and Overcoats $15.00 $25 Suits and Overcoats $19.00 $30 Suits and Overcoats $23.50 $35 Suits and Overcoats $26.50 $40 Suits and Overcoats $29.50 Sweaters and Shirtwaists Half Price And the famous Chesterfield Suits and Overcoats, justly famed among men who dress well because of their style and fitting qualities, in models for the stout and the lean, the long and the short, as well as the regular form; famed for the fabrics and, best of all, famous for the handwork of master tailors. Things for men folks are radically re duced in this noteworthy sale. Knox and Beacon Hats in all the late shapes. Shirts, UnJUerwear, Ties and the chief accessories of the well-dressed man. ZsTew Location Stevens Bldg. Washington . at West Park After Feb. 1st 2. & 273-275 Morrison Street, at Fourth Terms of Sale Are Cash New Location Stevens Bldg. Washington at West Park After Feb. 1st i i ... DANGERS ARE TOLD Woman Describes Escaoe From Angry Mexican Mob. siczure WILSON POLipY BLAMED Mrs. Ij. A. Ostien Narrates How She and Others Spent Xlght on Train Surrounded by Crowd Demand ing Death of Americans. 'If our Government had either let Mexico entirely alone or used tho 'big stick. the one policy or the other, we should have teen safe in Mexico yet. and enjoying: the respect of the Mexi cans as all Americans did In the days of Porflrlo Diaz." writes Mrs. L. A. Ostien, of Mexico, to Mrs. D. L. Rich, of Portland. Professor and Mrs. Ostien, who had charge of the educational exhibit of the Utah building during- the Lewis and Clark Fair, have been living In Mexico for the last seven -years, and left last April at the time Vera Cruz. Mrs. Ostien writes of her trials on leaving Mexico: "We, with our three American em ployes, left our plantation and took the train for the Guatemalan border. Ntwi I Suppressed. "All news of the trouble between Mexico and the United States had been suppressed. What scant news came to us was largely through our Chinese servants. We left that day, entirely ignorant of the Tampico incident, or of what was transpiring. . "When vre boarded the train we found the Jef e Politico - of Tapachula also was a passenger, a lucky thine for us, as otherwise we should have been numbered among the dead. When we arrived at Tapachula at 10:30 P. M. me moD nao learned or tne attack .on Vera Cruz. There were more than 1000 or them at the station, and cries of 'Muera los gringo' (death to the Amer icans) met our ears. The Jefe was completely taken off his feet, until in formed by his secretary and the Chief of Police, both of whom came to meet him, what news had come. "All realized the gravity of the situa tion and the danger of that frenzied half-drunken mob, many of whom were armed. We were told not to attempt to get off the train, as it was sure death. Four Soldiers Ptit on Gnard. -Meanwhile the Jefe summoned four Federal soldiers and. ordered them to guard us with their lives. Then he ran to the barracks and requested troops, which were more. than a mile away. By the time the troous came it was nearly 2 o'clock in the morning. Again and again the mob surged to the car steps to get us; each time they were driven fRAWgt w.!,l'ii'")ii.nnmii i iimi;ninmi wimkhil !.' imunaimm i w .mini i iiimMimmi . i n ii i tir milter nh in mnrani ............ , .. -, r. .:f m ,-- -lfl- CHART SHOWING HOW- UNITED STATES ARMY COM PARES WITH THOSE OF FOREIGN POWERS ITOTACSTRtHCTHQf ARMY PEACC FOOTING UNITED STATES ' 5 JAPAN &T: BRITAIN UWTC 8TATL8 MtXICO m uiiu" " jmuj.u nim.unii mm nn 'm.i.nii i.j .,-.., ' ''nil '" TU -ir tr I With a larg rger population and a wldpr.flimw r,rFitn,if i v. - ' T -j (.,.(,. ,i . , . , T . . . -. . . . j tv . l iimn " j nuiiu m sreat powers fitfcvo jiuasiw uuu h coast line more ex- tonMve than any other nation, the United States has a smaller army than any important nation on earth. people? n a war fooUns h3 6.2 soldiers per thousand of population, while the United States has seven-tenths of one soldier to a thousand -wjh.n"&??& the relatlVO mIlitar -trength of th. great powers In peace and in time of Armed Forces . ' Population. Russia (in Europe) 118.690,387 Germany 64.903,423 JaPan 61,591.342 Austria. 47,828,704 Peace 771.193 665,565 162,505 943,353 War. 6,479,387 6.644.983 1,264,300 3,029,624 Great Britain. France. . ...... Italy. United States. . Population. . 45,365.699 . 39.610,509 . 34,686.683 91,972,986 Armed Forces Peace 206,626 636,670 211,304 84,810 War. 438,698 3,700,740 1,871.496 - 84,810 back by the four dauntless little sol diers. "There was a carload of petroleum in the yards. The mob tried to get the station agent to sell It where it was and w heard them discussing how they would saturate our car and burn us, since we would not come out. Blob Dwindles Before Troops. "Finally, when the troops came, the mob dwindled and slunk away. Mr. Ostien and our employes were taken to the barracks. I went to the British Consulate, whece I was entertained hos pitably during our four days' stay in Tapachula. "The next morning we were taken prisoners on a false charge and only through the Intervention of Uuerta. were we allowed to gp on our way with safe escort to the border. "We went on to Gau temfa, where we remained for three weeks. Mrs. Ostien declares in her letter th while the Mexicans now have little or no respect for the Americans, there has been almost no destruction of property. Machinery Is Sent. They have a large plant near the South American border, which they have left In charge of a Mexican fore man, and Professor Ostien Is now ship ping machinery there for the threshing and polishing of the rice crop. Professor and Mrs. Ostien made a host of friends while in Portland in 1905. They have visited the city al most every year since. They are now in Virginia, awaiting the time when it will be safe ror Jhem to return to their Mexican no mo. SPOKANE BfiiDE IS SHOT HISBAXD'S REVOLVER DROPS AND DISCHARGES. PLEDGE STOPS LYNCHING Mob Accepts Judge's Promise Mur derers Will Have Speedy Trial. SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. Dec. 26. The lynching of Frederlco Gonzales and F. Sanchez, two Mexicans, was prevented today by Judge Chambliss. when he pledged his word to a mob that the two men charged with the murder of Harry Hinton. Deputy Sheriff of Live oak County, would receive the speedi est trial possible. Accordingly, a spe cial grand Jury and petit Jury have been summoned for Monday at Oakville to consider the cases of the men. Hinton was slain with an iron bar while serving meals to two prisoners in the Oakville Jail. DIPLOMATIC ISSUE IS UP (Continued From First rage.) original government, and rests on a different basis, having no foundation, as one writer expresses It, in the con sent of the governed. It is maintained also that no permanent change ensues In the National character or allegiance of the population in an occupied ter ritory, the invader supporting himself wholly by force. Should Germany formally annex Bel gium and establish a civil authority everywhere therein, the situation would be further complicated, as annexations during time of war have not generally been recognized. The decisions of final peace conferences terminating a conflict usually have been awaited by neutral governments. New Exequaturs 'Sot Objected To. The disposition of officials here is governed by a desire to take no step that would offend the Belgian people. If the German military authorities re quire, however, additional exequaturs for American Consuls, the Washington Government, it was expected, will not interpose objections. Such certificates would be regarded in a class with mil itary passes, safe conducts and other papers of a similar nature Issued by belligerent governments for the con venience of neutral subjects. As Con suls are essentially commercial repre sentatives and not regarded as political or strictly diplomatic officers, the ques tion or poimcar- recognition, it Is thought in.many quarters here, mav not be raised.' In Mexico, where the United States recognizes "no government at cresent. American Consuls act under old exequa turs, wnicn were signed by Madera officials and are not now recognized in some parts of- that country. The Consuls, however, have dealt with the de facto authorities in each section, no matter what faction such authorities represented. Mrs. Jack Robinson Christmas Day Victim at Sister's Home Near Coeur d'AIcne Inquest Exonerates. SPOKANE. "Wash.. Dec. 26. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Jack Robinson. 128 Pacific avenue, a bride of five months, was ac cidentally shot and killed at 10 o'clock Christmas morning while distributing presents to her brother and others at the Louis Paul camp, nine miles north of Coeur d'Alene. Mrs. Robinson had distributed the presents from one suitcase, which she had taken to the camp early Christmas day, and was leaning over a second suitcase when an old revolver, a relic which her husband was showing to her brother, dropped on the couch and dis charged a bullet through the woman's heart. "Oh, Jack," gasped the woman as she raised herself and fell dead in the arms of her husband. Accompanied by her husband, Mrs. Koblnson had gone to the Paul camp, operated by her brother-in-law, to dis tribute "Christmas presents and to spend the day .with her sister, Mrs. Louis Paul, and her brother. Harry Plumadore. Immediately upon arrival she opened the suitcases and was in the act of handing Christinas remem brances to her relatives and friends when the fatal accident happened. A Coroner's inquest resulted In a ver dict of accidental shooting. The pros trated husband, brother and relatives at the camp brought the body to Spokane. Secretary McAdoo Off to Open Fair. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 Secretary McAdoo left Washington tonight for San Diego to open the Panama-California Exposition there on the night of December 31. Mrs. McAdoo accom panied him. They will be gone until January 10. Humanity in Suffering Neutrality in War Red Cross Work for the Wounded and Homeless. The volunteer sewing-room, , under the auspices of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution, conducted on the fifth floor of Lipman, Wolfe & Company, will be in full operation Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Batchelder. of Multnomah Chap ter, will be in charge. All work done is absolutely neutral, being under Ihe author ization of the Red Cross Society. All sewers are urged to give whatever time they can, if only one half-hour a day, to aid this great cause in the interest of humanity. People all over the state have sent in materials to be made up, and all that is needed are sewers to make finished articles, such as bandages, surgical shirts, wrist lets, stockings, helmets, abdom inal bandages, etc. Also various other articles for use for the homeless and destitute, as well as for the wounded. Through the personal effort of Miss Ann M. Lang, of The Dalles, a contribution of $302.42 has been received from the people of Wasco County. A