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THE SUNDAY
NONTAX. rORTLAJID, XOVE3IBER
2G, 1916.
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A
TIDE OF BUTTLE
SWINGS TO VILLA
Chihuahua City Holds Out,
Rumbling of Cannon at
Night Indicates.
MURGUIA GOES TO RESCUE
Attacking Army Driven Clear of
Suburbs After Making Desper
ate Effort to Take City by
Storm Soon After Dawn.
' TLT. PASO, Tex., Nov. 25. High Army
officers here tonight declared their
belief that indications '-were that the
tide of battle at Chihuahua City was
turning- in favor of Villa and his forces
after he had been defeated and driven
off repeatedly during the past two days.
JUAREZ, Mex.. Nov. 25. Rumbling
of cannon, reported to the telegraph
operator at Sauz station by refugees
and relayed to General Francisco Gon
j:h1ps at military headquarters here,
onvinced the civil and military officers
tluit General Trevlno, Carranza com
mander, still held Chihuahua City to
night at the close of the three days'
.ipge by Villa and his bandits.
Telegraph Line Silent,
Aside from this information, the com
manding officers in Juarez were as
iMiich In the dark tonight as to the
clay's developments in the state capital
;.h the Americans on the border The
i - deral telegraph line which runs into
lhc military headquarters at Juarez has
been silent since 10 o'clock this morn
ing, when communication with Chihua
lnia City was interrupted "soon after
leneral Trevlno sent a personal mes
sage to Jlrs. Trevlno. assuring her of
liis safety.
The station agent at Sauz was or
dered by General Gonzales to send a
runner into the city tonight and ascer
tain the developments of the day and
to report them over the military lino
upon the return of the courier.
Villa Thought to Ilave Moved.
The suspension of wire communica
tion with Chihuahua City is considered
by Carranza military officers here to
Indicate that Villa has moved around
to the north and northeast of the city,
and is attacking from that side in the
hope of avoiding the curtain of fire
which the Carranza artillery has been
pouring into the ranks of the bandits.
Americano familiar with the topog
raphy of the city say Villa will be able
to make his way into the city proper
from the north without encountering
artillery fire. This part of the city
is said to be less strongly fortified than
the south, east and west.
Humors of City's Fall Doubted.
Telegraphic communication had not
)pcn established between Chihuahua
City and Juartz at a late hour tonight.
When Informed of a rumor in El
I'hso that Chihuahua had fallen before
Villa's attacks. Andres Garcia, inspector-general
of consulates, said:
"There has been absolutely nothing
received here to indicate such an event,
ti nd we control the only available
sources of information. From our
knowledge of the defenses of Chihua
hut and of General Trevino's resources
in men and arms, we do not feel any
uneasiness."
Mr. Garcia, General Gonzales and
other Carranza officials attended a
banquet here tonight.
Battle Begin at Dana,
Before the telegraph line was cut
fcrief -reports of the third day's battle
lor possession of Chihuahua City re
ceived by the military here told of the
preliminary skirmishing Just before
dawn, which developed into a general
attack at 4:30 o'clock.
After preliminary skirmishing at 4
o'clock in the morning the third day's
fighting developed into a general as
sault by the bandits. Heavy losses are
said to have been Inflicted on the
bandits.
Murgula Goes to Rescue.
General Murgula's cavalry is advanc
ing overland from the vicinity of Santa
Itosalia in an effort to relieve General
Trevino's tired troops, according to
General Gonzales, commanding the Car
ranza garrison here.
General Murguia ordered the cavalry
to proceed by the shortest trail, leav
ing the main column at the railroad,
according to a wireless message re
ceived by General Trevino at Chihuahua
and transmitted here by telegraph.
Carranza Officers Elated.
Carranza officers here are elated at
the prospect of Murgula's men reaching
the scene of the battle before Villa re
tires and express the hope that Villa
and his chiefs will be captured in the
general drive.
EL PASO. Tex., Nov. 25. Government
agents here received a report to
day that General Murguia's cavalry col
umn, which was said to be approaching
Chihuahua City from the south, had
been driven back by Villa cavalry,
wiiich had been left by Villa to pre
vent reinforcements reaching General
Trevino, according to this unconfirmed
report.
The rpnort is said to have been re
ceived before the interruptions in the
Federal telegraph wire started at 10
o'clock.
Cavranza's Consul, Eduardo Soriano
Bravo, today officially denied the pres
ence of Villa bandits near Guadalupe,
southeast of Juarez. He said the Car
ranza troops at Guadalupe were patrol
ling the border. Americans crossing
from Guadalupe say conditions are
normal there.
The report of bandits cutting the
telegraph, lines north of Chihuahua
City wa3 denied here.
Soriano Bravo, Mexican Consul, today
received a message from General Ja-
cinto B. Trevino, commanding at Chi
huahua City, Baying Villa renewed his
attack at 4 o'clock this morning, and
giving the names of the following de
facto government officers, included In
the casualty list:
Killed Lieutenant - Colonel Ullses
Mier, General M. Candara, Second Cap
tain Rudulpho Cabello and Lieutenant
Elpidio Garza, the latter two officers of
General Trevino's staff. Colonel Borr
quez was wounded.
PACT UKELT TO BE SIGNED
Administration Considers Protocol for
Troop Withdrawal Favorably.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 25. There ap
pears little doubt that the American
Government -villi approve the principle
of the protocol signed in Atlantic City
yesterday by members of tho Mexican
American Joint Commission, providing
for conditional withdrawal of the
American troops and for military con
trol of the border.
President Wilson and Secretary
Lansing began the study of the proto
col today, and it is said by other of
ficials that the agreement followed
the general ideas of the Administra
tion. The attitude of General Carranza to
ward the agreement C considered here
as more problematicaL
Alberto J. Pani. one of the Mexican
members of the Commission, will de
liver it to him at Queretaro. and will
make supplementary explanation of the
attitude of the American Commissioners.
INMATE KILLS ANOTHER
CHARLES PETEnSOS AT STATE TTOS-
I'lTAL DIES AFTER QIIARKEL.
Canletta Lures Says lie Hit Co-worker
When Other Persisted in Annoy
ing Him While at Milking.
PENDLETON, Or, Nov. 25. (Special.)
Charles Peterson, aged 38, an in
mate of the Eastern Oregon State Hos
pital, died this morning at 9 o'clock
as a result of an injury inflicted upon
him earlier in the day by Canletta
Lareso, aged 35. another patient. The
two men were trusties and were milk
ers at the hospital. Both were con
sidered peaceable.
A quarrel arose between the men and
Lareso Kit the fellow-worker a blow
over the head with a jioe handle. Ac
cording to Lareso's story Peterson was
picking" on him and when questioned
further said: "Ask him," not realizing
that Peterson was dead. As the man
is a charge of the State Hospital and
exempt from criminal action, it is said
that no charges will be made in con
nection with the case. The attack to
day is the first act of violence in the
history of the institution. Both men
were committed from Union County
Peterson in 1913, and Lareso at a later
date. There was no eye witness to the
fight.
VICTIM KNOWN. AS IlECIUSE
"Wanderer Saved From Jail for Meat
Tlieft by Saulty Investigation.
LA GRANDE. Or, Nov. 25. (Special.)
Charles Peterson, killed at the Pen
dleton asylum In a quarrel this morn
ing, was a hermit of the nomad type,
with a well-developed eccentricity of
stealing meat. His meat stealing ac
tivities, always In small quantities and
for his own use entirely, began in
California. After -his commitment to
the asylum in 1913 he broke away
from his guards and went to Walla
Walla, where he was caught stealing
again.
Living in a most primitive way, in
remote places, he came to public high
ways only occasionally. Many times
he walked from his crudely built hut
not far from La Grande to take mud
baths at night near Hot Lake. When
pressed by hunger be stole food. It
was on such a mission that he was
arrested that year and convicted, but
an Insanity examination stayed the
punishment. His father lives in Kear
ney, Neb.
He had no vicious traits, but- was a
recluse and much feared by children
where he might wander. His slayer
is a Hungarian, whose people live in
New Jersey, and was committed in
1913.
NUT GROWERS TO FriEET
PRUNE ORCHARD I STS ALSO PLAN
SESSION AT CORVALLIS,
AlSTMIS DEAD
Early-Day Express Rider and
Veteran Bailiff Passes.
CAREER WAS ADVENTUROUS
Arrival in Oregon Dates Back to
184 9 Indian War Record Filled
With Exploits Service Faith
ful as Court Attache.
BY BEN HUR LAMPMAN.
Death came to Abraham B. Stuart, a
patriarch of Portland, yesterday morn
ing at 10 o'clock, closing a career that
was rich in adventurous incident and
happy friendships. After an illness of
5." -
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Iftftf sVr
A. I). Stuart, Veteran Cot rt At
tache and Pioneer Kx press
' Rider Who Died Yesterday In
Tula City.
BANISHED HIS DESIRE
FOR TOBACCO
A Kansas Man Tells of a Simple Home
Recipe That Broke Him of
Using Tobacco.
A. C. Will Be Host During; Farmers'
and IIiiiiKm'km' Week Promi
nent Speakers Listed.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Corvallis. Nov. 25. (Special.) The de
partment of horticulture of the Oregon
Agricultural College will be host to
two meetings during Farmers' and
Homemakers' week to be held at the
college the first week in January, 1917.
A nut convention will be in session on
January 2 and 3, and on January 4
and & there will be a convention of
prune growers.
The most approved and successful
methods of walunt and filbert culture
in the Northwest will be discussed by
some of the leading growers of these
two horticultural products and by
members of the college staff in horti
culture. Prominent among the speak
ers is J. B. Neff. of Anaheim. Cal., one
of the largest and most successful wal
nut producers on the "Coast.
Others who will speak are: Knight
Pearcy, in charge of the state farm at
Salem; J. C. Cooper, of McMlnnville,
president of the Western Walnut As
sociation; George Dorris, of Spring
field; T. A. Harper, of Dundee; Charles
C. Chapman, of Portland, and Charles
L, McNary, of Salem.
One of the foremost prune growers
of the Northwest, L. F. Russell, of
Washougal, will be on the programme
of the prune growers' convention. The
culture, fertilization, harvesting and
marketing of the prune crop will be
dealt with by various experts.
Speakers will be: Dr. L. D. Scar
borough, of Creswell; Lloyd T.
Reynolds, of Salem; .Professors H. p.
Barrs, V. R Gardner, A, L. Lovett and
C. L Lewis, of the college; George Zim
merman, of North Yamhill; T. A.
Harper, of' Dundee; A. H. Harris, of
Portland; J. B. Bruznfield, of Salem; H.
S. Glle. of Salem, and Robert Paulus,
of Salem.
several weeks. In his 87th -year, Mr.
Stuart passed away at the home of his
daughter. Mrs. H. F. Boyd, of 721 Haw
thorne avenue.
Against the colorful background of
real old Western romance, no bolder
figure is etched than that of the ex
press rider. For dash and daring his
renown has been preserved in tradition
and fiction. Bret Harte delighted in
his exploits. In his cool Judgment and
his fearlfes acceptance of the gage of
battle when on duty bound.
Few of those who rode In the days of
dim trails, highwaymen and hidden
hostilities remain to tell the tale them
selves. And or these the tally is less
by one. for A. B. Stuart was a famous
express rider and bearer of dispatches
in the far '50s.
Bailiff Is Well Knoirn.
To the younger generation of Port
land he was known as a venerable gen
tleman, pleasant-faced and Jocular, who
laughed in his thick white beard and
kept watch before the doors of the
grand Jury-room. But those of the
older recalled a day when his name
was a synonym for courage when a
lithe, hard-riding young man used to
bring the Frisco papers up from the
south or ride away with dispatches
through the night and an Indian up
rising. Yesterday morning Deputy District
Attorney J. L. Hammdrsly. with the
entire grand Jury, thought to pay their
well-loved bailiff a visit. As they en
tered the home where he lay 111 hushed
whispers informed them that the end
was near. But a few moments later
they were in the presence of death.
Mr. Stuart's birthplace was in New
ark, N. J., and the date of his birth
was December 12, 1828. The restless
ness of youth and desire for adventure
claimed him when he was 13 years of
age, and he ran away to sea. A singu
lar coincidence exists in that, on the
Vesper of New London, which he joined
in 1844, the late father of Police Ser
geant Ben F. Sherwood, also was a
sailor.
Sea Trip Adventurous.
He saw the stormy passage of the
Horn, when the ship, a whaler, was al
most cast away, and sailed northward
to the Behrlng Sea, afterward visiting
Japan. Illness caused him to leave tn
vessel at Honolulu, and he voyaged to
San Francisco, coming to Portland in
1849. Scarcely had ho arrived in this
city, when the gold rush swept him
back to California, where he remained
but a short time.
In 1861 he was wedded to Johanna
Ross, the daughter of a Maine ship
captain, who had forsaken the sea to
make a home in the new mecca-land
of Oregon. Mrs. Stuart passed away
in January, 1911.
As an express rider he rode for the
Adams Express Company, in the early
'60s, and later removed to Olympla,
Wash., where he adopted the hazardous
calling as his own, and opened offices.
"Stuart's express" was a byword in
those days, and the arrivals of Its
riders were transcendant events.
Here is the prosey disposal of an in-
Look Pa, How
'Gets-It' Works!"
Mr. John Miller, living at Waverly,
Khs., after using tobacco 20 years,
banished his desire for tobacco with
u simple recipe which he mixed at
Imnie. In a recent statement Mr. Miller
said: "I could not stop tobacco of my
own accord, so used the following
rimple recipe almost two years ago
xnd have not touched tobacco since.
To 3 ounces of water add 20 grains of
muriate of ammonia, a small box of
Varies Compound and 10 grains of
pepsin. Take a . teaspoonful three
times a day. As It has no color or
smell it can be given secretly in tea,
coffee, milk or in food. Any druggist
can fill this recipe at very little cost,
and it certainly will banish all desire
for tobacco." Adv, ,
CARS DELAY NEW MILL
Shortage Prevents Installation of
Machinery for Xane Plant.
EUGENE. Or., Nov. 25. (Special.)
The car shortage is not only limiting
the output of the lumber mills of Ore
gon, but is delaying the erection of
new mills according to S. A. Buck, of
the Buck box factory, of Eugene, finan
cially interested in the Monroe Timber
Company, which has broken ground for
a shingle mill on the Siuslaw, in West
ern Lane County.
"It has been several weeks since we
placed an order for cars to haul our
machinery from Monroe, Wash.." he
said today. "We have even offered to
buy the cars.
Lifts Your Corn Right Off.
Never Fails.
"Ever in your life see a corn
out like that? Look at the true
underneath smooth as the pnl
your nana: ,
ent in 1S52.' as related in the "Pio
neer and Democrat," published at
01VnPia, Wash., on August 31. of that
yeaft "We are indebted to Wells.
FarjVj &. Cj.'s express for a file of
the San Francisco Dally Herald, up
to August 19, delivered by Stuart's Ex
press on Tuesday evening last." Mark
that almost two weeks had passed be
tween the last date line and the ar
rival of the 'Frisco papers.
The Yakima Indian war broke out
In October, 1S55, and terror held the
settlements for almost a year. Mili
tary dispatch bearers were called, for.
Governor Isaac L Stevens, of the 'ter
ritory of Washington, received an in
stant response from A, B. Stuart. Time
and again he carried - important word
between Governor Stevens and Gover
nor George L. Curry, of Oregon terri
tory, one of three volunteer riders who
outwitted the hostlles. out-rode, or out
fought them.
At an outpost was Lieutenant rhll
Sheridan, afterward to become a popu
lar hero of the Civil War. Mr. Stuart
was chosen by Governor Stevens to
carry dispatches to Sheridan. He must
pass through a country held by the
war-crazed Indians. So he rode away
from Olympia. and Sheridan got the
dispatches. But not before the daring
bearer had charged through an am
bush. At the fusillade his horse stum
bled and the bullets whistled overhead.
The stumble saved the message and a
scalp.
Perilous Trip Succeed.
Again in the beleaguered blockhouse
at Cascade Ixcks, with the- red cordon
drawn taut and the warhoop lifted, the
garrison could hold out no longer with
out relief. At the call of Captain Powell
for a volunteer to run the gauntlet and
bring the distant troops. Stuart stepped
forth nd was chosen. Again he flirted
with the savages and won through in
time to bring the relieving column.
Years afterward, when the Yakima
Indian war was paled by the more re
cent titanic struggle of North and
South, there came to Portland a cer
tain Lleutenant-General. who once had
been Lieutenant Phil Sheridan, of the
troops in Oregon. He stopped at the
old Clarendon Hotel, registered, and
went out to hunt up A. B. Stuart. And
they gossiped for a while.
The time of the express rider drew
to a close and the crossing whistle of
puffing locomotives replaced the hoof
hail of men who rode in the night, by
faint trails, through 6torm and danger.
The Indians were on the reservations
and all was quiet In the Oregon
country.
Election Returns Carried.
Election returns in those days were
one of the express rider's specialties.
At the first election of a delegation to
Congress from the Territory of Wash
ington, held in June, 1S55. Mr. Stuart
rode hard and far to bring in the re
turns. J. Potton Anderson. Democrat,
was elected, defeating Judge William
Strong. Whig, whose son, Thomas N.
Strong, Is now a Portland attorney.
When Mr. Stuart was again at home
in Portland, playing an active part In
the early affairs of the lusty young
metropolis, he tried his hand at busi
ness and opened a butchershop. The
city boasted one of the first steam
fire engines to be brought to the Pa
cific Coast. He was chosen as engineer.
He worked and Joked, and bore his
share in the building of a city.
Years ago he became a court attache.
So constant was his attendance, so
faithful was he to his position, that no
part or portion of the courts was held
to be more a fixture than he. He was
bailiff under Judge Shattuek and Judge
Morrow, later becoming bailiff to the
grand Jury, where he remained for
many years and until stricken with
the paralysis that preceded his death.
He is sui rived by eight children.
and by a. half-brother, George Brower,
of New York. The children are Charles
B. Stuart, of Gobel; Fred Stuart, of
Gobel; A. V. Stuart. R. M. Stuart. Mrs.
H. F. Boyd. F. G. Stuart and Mrs.
C. G. Hopkins, all of this city, and W.
C. Stuart, of Oswego. There are four
grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be conducted
Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, from
tho Finley chapel, and Interment will
be in Riverview Cemetery.
A. C. CALLAN QUITS
Candidate for Speaker Gives
Support to Mr. Stanfield.
L. E. BEAN IS CONFIDENT
Umatilla Aspirant Says He has 91
of 60 Votes Pledged and Has
Reason to Kxpect 4 0 When
Lat Reply Is Received.
Arthur C. Callan. member of the
Multnomah County delegation to the
lower House of the Legislature, who
has been an active candidate for
Speaker, last night announced' his
withdrawal from the race in favor of
Robert N. Stanfield. Joint Representa
tive from Morrow and Umatilla Coun
ties. "I'have made a thorough canvass of
-the situation." Baid Mr. Callan. "and
am convinced that Mr. Stanfield al
ready has more than enough strength
to win.
"There is no reason why I should
continue In the race under those cir
cumstances, and In announcing my own
withdrawal I wish to thank those who
have so loyally supported me. and ask
them to vote for Mr. Stanfield if they
feel that they can do so."
Mr. Stanfield Says lie lias 34.
This narrows the race for Speaker
down to Mr. Stanfield. I -outs E. Bean,
of .Lanj County, and J. E. Anderson, of
Wasco County, with K. K. Kubli. of
Multnomah, a prospective candidate.
Mr. Kubll has not announced himself,
but he is regarded as being tentatively
in the race.
In a statement last night Mr. Stan
field announced that he has more than
the necessary 31 votes required to
elect the Speaker.
"Mr. Callan's vote drives me S4 prom
ised votes out of the 60 members of
the House, three more than the nec
essary 31," said Mr. Stanfield.
"I am not Including possibilities or
doubtful votes. I have 34 definitely
promised votes. Within the next day
or two, after I hear from several mem
bers who have promised me early re
plies. I am confident that I will have
40 votes pledged to my candidacy for
Speaker.
Mr. Bean Confident Yet.
On tho other hand Mr. Bean, who
was also In Portland yesterday, de
clared that the race was far from set
tled, and that his own chances were
excellent.
"I confidently expect to be elected
Speaker." he said.
There were no Important changes
yesterday In the five-cornered con
test for President of the Senate, which
up to tho present has overshadowed
interest in the Speakership fight.
Senator Gus C. iyaser, of Multnomah
County, claims 12 definitely pledged
votes. The other contestants. Senators
Wood of Washington. Hawley of Polk.
Olson of Multnomah and Eddy of
Douglas, are standing equally firm
and contending that when the time
comes they will have the necessary
votes.
It requires 16 votes to elect the
President of the Senate. So far none
of the candidates has enough votes to
Justify any sweeping claims.
Leivlston to Extend Radio Range.
LEW3STON, Idaho, Nov. 25. (Spe
cial.) The Lewlston Ttndio CItih met
Greater Portland Day
Tuesday, November 28, when
$500.00 cash will be given away
to charitable institutions. Ten
votes given with every dollar
purchase. Come to this fine specialty store,
where you can find the most standard high
grade goods produced in the country. Ches
terfield Suits and Overcoats, Stetson, Schobel
and Borsalino .Hats; Manhattan and Wilson
Bros'. Shirts; Cooper's, Vassar and Sterling
Underwear; Dent's, Fownes' and Bacmo
Gloves; Phoenix, Wonder and Wayne Knit
Hosiery all in correct styles and priced right.
LADIES' FINEST SUITS,
DRESSES AND COATS
Special Prices on Ladies' Suits and
D "esses
$35-$40 Values at $27.50
$45-$50 Values at $36.50
$55-$60 Values at $45.00
$65-$70 Values at $51.50
$85 Fine Fur Trim, at $57.50
$100 Fine Fur Trim, at $67.50
No Charge for Alterations
Porttznd
R. M. Gray
Corner Washington
and West Park Sts.
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rangements for installing an audlon The sending range is now about 15"
detector, which will give the Lewlston miles. The meeting was attended by
station a receiving range extending to 19 members, six of whom are licenser!
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