THE STJTCDAT OBEGONIW PORTLATTD. APRIL 4, 1915.
MEXICO Oil VERGE
OF SERIOUS FAMINE
SCENES ON TEXAS BORDER WHERE TROUBLE WITH MEXICANS HAS AGAIN BEEN THREATENED OF
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CHARITY ALONE CAN SAVE
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.Expenditure of $41,343,750, Gold,
Required to Sare People From
Starvation Demagogic Mil
itary Leaders Blamed.
MEXICO CITY. March 23. (By cegr.
Jer to El Paso, April 3.) A report pre
dicting that Mexico faces a serious sit
uation respecting ber food supplies has
been made by a committee- of Ameri
cans and other foreigners here who
have been investigating the situation.
The report in part follows:
"Four years of almost continuous
fighting throughout the various parts
of the republic has produced a condi
tion of affairs In the food supply iltu
ation so serious as to threaten a fam
ine of such proportions as to necessi
tate world-wide aid.
Banner Shields for Pillage.
"The fact that farm hands have
everywhere been thrown into so
called armies, that farm animals have
been utilized for like purposes, that
leaders of roving bands marching un
der banners containing fantastic leg
ends about liberty and the rights of
man, which they use as a blind to fa
cilitate robbery, pillage and murder,
have so reduced the crop acreage that
by November, 1915, there will be
shortage of 39,370,000 bushels of corn
Alone, not to mention the other absO'
lutcly necessary cereals, are now well
Known to those investigating, who
have made a careful study of this
phase of Mexico's ills.
"That the effects of this wanton de
struction are only Just beginning to
be felt is due to the great productive
riches of Mexico's agricultural re
gions, where the farmer has but to
scratch the soil and drop his seed.
while God and sunshine do the rest.
Polf-appointed military leaders have so
long prevented the farmer from even
scratching the soil over so great an
acreage that Mexico is about to reap
the whirlwind she has sown.
Famine la Corn Is Certain.
"Corn has been the staff of life in
Mexico, as is wheat or its products in
other countries. The harvest of this
cereal for the present should begin
about November 1. that is, eight
months from the date from the writing
of this report. On investigation, we
find that only five states of Mexico's 27
have a sufficient supply to carry them
' over this period.
"Oaxaca, llorelos, Campeche, Tabasco
and Chiapas probably have enough
corn to last them eight months if the
strictest economy is employed in using
that staple. This will take care of a
populace of 1,700,000. Yucatan, with a
population of 350,000, produces no corn,
but has the money to buy it in the
I n I ted States. This leaves the rest of
Mexico, with a population of approxi
mately 13.000.000. with a visible sup
ply of approximately 675.000 tons,
enough to last only three months.
About next July, then, the real pinch
of hunger will be felt throughout the
length and breadth of Mexico.
Supply 30,375,000 Bushels Short.
"What, then, will be necessary to
relieve the consequent distress and pre
vent, perhaps, the death of thousands
from starvation. In normal times it
requires l.SOO.OOO tons of corn to feed
these 13,500.000 over a period of eight
months. With the visible supply only
476.000 tons, this leaves a shortage of
1.125,000 tons, or 39,375.000 bush
els. This corn must be purchased from
the United States. The present market
price, laid down at points along the
northern frontier, is 90 cents gold a
bushel. If we allow 10 cents gold for
distribution cost throughout the va
rious parts of the republic, we have a
charge of ll.wi gold per bushel, which
will necessitate the expenditure of $41.
243.750 gold to prevent a devastating
famine.
"By that time the purchasing power
of the Mexican peso will have dropped
to 10 cents gold, so, due to the uncon
scionable, ignorant and selfish atti
tude of the military elements of all
factions. Mexico will find herself called
on to expend 417,437,500 pesos to pre
vent the larger part of her population
from starving to death.
Xatloa Dcpendeat oa Cartty.
"Where is this money to come from?
llexlco must throw herself upon the
charity of the world.
"Not only have they taken away the
man and the farm animal from the land
and thus produced there dire results.
but many instances have been reported
where the different military comman
ders have actually permitted the horses
and mules to feed on the young and
growing corn in such sections where it
mav have been planted, while droughts
In the north and east have completed
the work of ruin inaugurated by these
men. Stored grain has also been burned
in considerable quantities by the van
dals and the records show that In the
face of all this some selfish military
leaders have actually exported grain
to enrich themselves. Due to the paral
vsls of the means of communication
throughout a larger part of the repub
lie such stores of corn and grain as
were raised and saved could not be
transported from the regions of produc
tion to those of consumption, causing a
waste of the too small stocK on nana.
ObreKOB Directly Accused.
That these conditions are the direct
result of the wanton and selfish atti
tude of the military leaders of dif
ferent factions who say they are fight
ing for the liberties of the people has
been made most plain of late by the
conduct of General Alvaro Obregon.
acting under the directions of General
Venustiano Carranza. General Obregon
entered the City of Mexico on January
2 last. On the following day the
water supply of the city was cut. The
price of foodstuffs, already high, due
to the depreciation in the purchasing
power of Mexican currency, rose to
exorbitant figures, but General Obregon
acting under the direct orders of Gen
eral Carranza endeavored in 'every
war to prevent the introduc
tion of foodstuffs into Mexico
City. Not only did he refuse the City
Council railway cars for transporting
such stocks as were available in re
gions contiguous to the capital and
controlled by his troops, but he ordered
his outposts to confiscate such as were
brought in from neighboring regions
on backs of mules, horses or donkeys.
"There is an abundance of evidence
pointing to the fact that this inhuman
conduct was part of a deliberate cam
paign to starve the populace to enlist
ing in the ranks of his army.
Rabble Incite to LMtl.
When the Inevitable consequences
of this plan began to evince themselves
and the people cried for food. General
Obregon addressed them, through the
press and by means of printed posters,
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informing them that the food shortage
was due to speculators and to the
selfishness of the well-to-do classes.
He Immediately decreed a special tax
levy of 20.000.000 pesos to relieve what
he had the effrontery to characterize
the desperate situation of the city's
poor. When the merchants retused to
pay this tax he invited the rabble to
take what they could by looting and
sacking, informing them over his sig
nature that if this general looting be
gan he would march out of the city
th his troops, not firing a single
shot to prevent the mob from taking
what they wished.
'But the people were not deceived.
They refused to be used as his tools.
The merchants of the foreign colonies
raised a relief fund of more than 1500,
000 in a few days by voluntary sub
scription and the acute stage of the
crisis passed.
Most Leaders Like Obregoa.
"Prices of foodstuffs in Mexico City
are 200 and 300 per cent higher than
in normal times and still rising, due
to the machinations of military leaders
of the type of Obregon, which un
fortunately includes practically all.
"What is true of the food situation
in Mexico City applies also to the fuel
situation. The spirit which will starve
a people for personal gain or selfish I
military ambition does not make for
liberty or democracy. Mexico must
reap as she has sown, and unless th
anarchy, chaos and desolation which
prevail in all parts of the Republic
under the guise of liberating armies
is remedied, the world will witness
spectacle here which will be as a page
torn from the history of the Middle
Ages."
RESPECT IS URGED
State Department Asks Car
ranza to Be Considerate.
NEW DATA ARE SUBMITTED
prosecution of a campaign against Are
blight in Eastern Washington .orchards.
One provision of the act allows state
inspectors to enter infected orchards,
clean out blight and charge the work
against the property. Inspectors al
ready have availed themselves of this
privilege and property owners contest
ing the tax are expected to bring the
validity of the emergency- clause into
court.
Attention Also Called to Damaee
Done to Oil Tanks by Indis
criminate Shootlngk Condl
ditlons at Tampleo Worse.
REDMEN ENJOY BANQUET
Veterans and Active Workers
Vancouver Lodge Honored.
of
VANCOUVER, Wash.. April 3-(Spe-
cial.) One hundred twenty-five Red-
men, most of them members of the
local lodge, sat down to a banquet
Last night in Eighenlaub's hall In honor
of a number of veterans of the organi
zation who were presented with badges
for having been members of the Red
men for 21 years. The recipients were
John J. Sexton. John Biesner. George
Morrow and Charles P. McCarty. The
honor is conferred by the Great Council
of the United States.
The local lodge, Kumtux Tribe, con
ferred totem badges upon those who
have been unusually active In bringing
new members into the lodge. Those so
honored were George H. Karrah, M. S.
Cohen. John A. Padden. J. J. Sexton, Dr.
L Schleralein, Peter J. Flynn and Ci
C. Catea.
riov pacific passenger
OKKICIAL TAKES JURISDIC
TION OVER O.-W. R. A -N.
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Gerrit Fort.
Reorganization of the passen
ger department of the Union Pa
cific system is indicated by the
recent appointment of Gerrit Fort
as passenger traffic manager of
all the Union Pacific lines, in
cluding the Union Pacific proper,
the Oregon Short Line and the
O. W. R. & N. Company. Mr.
Fort, for the last four years, has
been passenger traffic manager
ot the Union Pacific and Oregon
Short Line only. Under the new
arrangement he will have equal
jurisdiction over the O.-W. R. &
N, system and his headquarters
will be moved from Omaha to
Chicago. He will report directly
to B. I Wlnchell. traffic direc
tor of the Union Pacific system.
WASHTNGTON, April 3. The United
States Government has renewed its
representations to General Carranza to
obtain respect for foreign flags re
cently violated at Manzanillo, asking
that he instruct his officers there to
afford protection to foreigners and
their Interests.
In the first note sent to General Car
ranza a. consular report was trans
mitted saying that the British and
American flags had been violated by
lawless Carranza troops. The facts
were denied, by Carranza and additional
data have now been laid before him
at Vera Cruz with reference to the re
quest made in the first communication.
To this no reply has been received.
Firing On Oil Tanks Protested.
A separate communication was sent
to General Carranza today calling his
attention to the indiscriminate firing
by his troops on the oil tanks in the
vicinity of Tampico, J 50,000 barrels of
oil already having been lost as a re
suit of perforations made by bullets
penetrating the tanks.
Conditions in. the Tampico district
gave officials much concern today.
State Department dispatches said:
The food situation at Tampico
growing worse, about 300 Americans
are desirous of returning to the United
States and fighting still continues at
Bbano." The dispatches add that "the
oil operators are organizing for the
purpose of buying corn in the United
States for local distribution, which
will be disposed of at cost in order to
relieve the situation."
Further Lawlessness Reported.
From Manzanillo and the City of Co-
lima came reports of further lawless
ness. Conditions at other points on
the West Coast of Mexico were re
ported as follows, under date of yes
terday :
A column of Carranzistas has been
routed while on its way to Guadala
jara. Seven hundred troops from Her
mosillo have arrived, at Guaymas. Many
stores at Guaymas are closed on -account
of existing political conditions.
Acapulco and Mazatlan are quiet."
The State Department today received
a dispatch from Zacatecas confirming
the report that General Isobel Robles,
Secretary of War to General Eulalio
Gutierrez, had ''surrendered on April
1 all of his command, machine guns,
ammunition and equipment to General
Villa's forces near Camacho."
ALUMNAE DIVISIONS MADE
Collegiate Association Takes Steps to
Form College Club.
The Association of Collegiate Alum
nae la connection with other Interests
met at the home of Miss Laura North
rop yesterday afternoon to act on the
organization of a college club which
has been under consideration for some
time.
It has been decided to divide the
association into two sections, a Na
tional and a local. To the first sec
tion will belong all women who are
eligible to the Association of Collegiate
Alumnae, college graduates. To the
second will be eligible all women who
mav have attended for one year a
college that comes under the Carnegie
Board Classification.
A reading was given by Josephine
Hammond on "The Modern Drama."
Mrs. Edward Taggart presided.
PRESS SECTION DEDICATED
President, Bryan and Roosevelt
Telephone Greetings.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 3. "Dull
care" was buried today at the San
Francisco Press Club's dedication of
its quarters in the Press building at
the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Secre
tary of State Bryan participated in the
ceremony with a long-distance address
delivered in Washington over the tele
phone, and conveyed to the audience by
the telegranhone.
President Wilson gave the signal for
the opening of the exercises with
telegraphio message.
Ex-President Roosevelt also tele
phoned greetings.
FUNERAL IS TO BE TODAY
Services to Be Held for Robert Bol
man, Former Fire Chief.
Funeral services for Robert Holman,
former chief of the Portland fire bu
reau, who died Thursday morning, will
be held from the Edward Holman un
dertaking establishment at 11 o'clock
today. The officiating minister will
be Rev. William T. Kerr, Methodist
Episcopal pastor. Interment will be
in Riverview Cemetery.
The death 'of Mr. Holman, who had
been a resident of Oregon for 52 years
and who was 76 -years old, was caused
by a stroke of apoplexy.
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LEADING
CLOTHIER
CHINA
IS HELPLESS
Demand After Demand Is Con
ceded to Japanese.
POWERS OFFER NO AID
Japan Takes Aggressive Action in
Manchuria, and Shantung, Exe
cuting Civilians, and Gov
ernment Fears to Act.
Baker Has Cleanup Day for Dogs.
BAKER, Or., April 3. (Special.)
Baker will have a cleanup day for dogs
April 12, following the civic beauty
cleanup two days earlier. Mayor
Palmer says that there are at least
200 worthless canines on the streets
and that the danger of rabies is great
because of them. The plan is to have
the official dog catcher capture every
animal that has not a license tag or
muzzle.
Weiser Farmers Buy Blooded Stock
WEISER. Idaho. April 3. (Special.)
That the Weiser Valley is coming
to the front as the home of high-
grade stock is proved by the large
number of blooded animals recently im
ported from both Kastern and Western
breeders. A. A. Middleton and Ralph
Kutch, two prominent stockmen of this
valley, have Just returned from the
Wiillamette Valley; where they pur
chased a number of high-grade cows.
Orchardists Fight Proceedings.
OL.TMPIA, Wash., April S. (Special.)
One more "emergency clause" law
passed by the recent Legislature, the
horticultural code, is due for test pro-
eedings in the Supreme Court to de
termine whether it is in effect at
present or not until June 10. The
emergency clause was attached to this
act to make possible the Immediate
. Potato Demand Stiffening.
ST. HELENS. Or., April 3. (Special.)
An unusual demand is being experi
enced here for potatoes for the Cali
fornia market. One carload of pota-
toes was shipped Thursday on the
steamer Multnomah, which sailed for
Southern California points. Another
carload is being stored at Warren for
California shipment. The Columbia
River Canning & Produce Company is
making the shipments.
Monmouth Gymnasium Being Razed.
MONMOUTH, Or., April 3. (Special.)
The old gymnasium of the Oregon
Normal School is being torn down.
Later it is expected that the old do
mestic science and art building will
be razed, as the work will be trans
ferred into the new training school
building after the new structure is
completed. Last year a new $10,009
gymnasium was erected upon the
campus.
Bounty Collections Heavy at Baker.
BAKER, Or.. April 3. (Special.)
Now that coyote and other animal pelts
are being paid for out of the fund for
the first time since the bounty fund
ran out last Fall, many hunters are
bringing in pelts to the County Clerk.
The first day nearly 40 were offered
here and many bobcat and lynx hides
were also cashed in. Hunters have
been saving their coyote skins for
months.
New pianos 10 days' free trial in
your home $350 ones at factory price
of 1265, flO cash, 17.60 monthly no in
terest; saving J145.29 to you. Schwan
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Fourth st Adr.
PEKIN. April 3. The conferences be
tween representatives of China and
Japan were continued today, but noth
ing was accomplished. The Chinese
emplo3ed their usual practice of avoid
ing the initiative and the Japanese took
up all of the four-hour session with a
discussion of details of the South Man
churia immigration question. They did
not commit themselves, however, to
acceptance of the Chinese offer to waive
the question of Chinese Jurisdiction
over Japanese immigrants to South
Manchuria except iji cases Involving
land ownership.
The Chinese government has not re
ceived official encouragement from any
power such as would warrant resist
ance to Japan, and has therefore con
ceded demand after demand. Foreigners
in touch with the situation express tne
opinion that China must concede every
point on which Japan Insists.
News from Manchuria and Shan-Tung
tells of aggressive action on the part
of the Japanese troops in the garrison
there. For example, it is reported that
several Chinese were put to death for
stealing Japanese telegraph wire. The
Chinese civilians offer no resistance
and some of them have left their nomes.
Owing to measures taKen oy tne gov
ernment, no serious anti-Japanese boy
cotts have been reported in any section,
nor has there been a repetition of the
Shanghai disorders, which of them
selves were unimportant. Representa
tives of several provinces who are in
Shanghai have cabled the central gov
..nm.nt s.n imDerativo demand to know
what preparations have Deen unaeranc n
to prevent Japan irom impuoins Ko
rea's fate on China." There are no signs
of military preparations.
Many citizens, unaware of the army s
i.noni.itv. advocate defiance of Japan,
but the government officials apparently
fear to take any action.
Yoncalla Postmaster Serves 1 7 Years
vnwCALLA. Or.. April 3. (Special.)
After more than 17 years of service as
postmaster of Yoncaiia. jonn u. otkib,
retired, on March 1. When urged by
his friends to take the civil service ex
amination, as required in order to con
tinue in the postal service, he declined,
saying he desired to rest and to visit
his mother in New Jersey, who Is 8
vears of aee." '
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By a Hair Specialist.
It is not hard to stop the hair from
falling out and promote its growth If
the right means are used, xnere is no
hope for the scalp where the hair
roots are dead and the scalp Is shiny.
nvr. to those wno nave nm
r.oohed thiB condition. Immediate
steps should be taken to atop it be
fore it is too late. Here is a simple
ree.lne which you can make at nome
that will stop the hair from falling out,
Dromote its growth and eradicate scalp
eruptions and scalp humors: To a half
pint of water add 1 oz. bay rum. a
-iTi.ll box of Barbo Compound and ?4
oz. of glycerine, and apply to the hair.
rubbing with tne linger upa, iwo or
three times a week. These ingredients
can be obtained at any drug store at
very little cost and mixed at home.
This recipe not only promotes the
growth of the hair, but darkens
streaked, faded gray hair and makes
it soft and glossy. Adv.
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Eastertide at Clatsop Beach
Seaside
Seaside, April 2. Mr.
and Mrs. Tired City folks:
Kest and recuperation for
the tired business men. Bide
trips to Cannon Beach for
the women folks and kid
ojes: salmon trout, steel
heads and mountain trout
ior the anglers this is
wbat a week-end visit to
Clatsop Beach means to the
dweller within the city
gates. Oates has opened
the natatorium. which will
be kept open two hours
every Saturday night after
the arrival of the evening
train.
Oh, yee: in the woods
back of the old Seaside
Houtte, at the foot of Tilla
mook Head, black bear are
plentiful and tempt the
game hunter.
R. E. CREATION.
Gearhart
Ci e a r h a rt Park,
April 1. More than
60 reservations
have been made for
Kaster week, and a
large number of
golf enthusiasts will
make the links live
ly all week.
The big Nat la be
ing warmed and
will be open Sunday
and all week and
i n c 1 u ding Sunday
the 11th.
You ought to see
the rainbows chas
ing the shower
cluuda on the ocean
it magnificent.
Lots of cottagers
coming down to en
joy the balmy atmosphere.
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