The Oregon daily journal., December 21, 1912, Page 1, Image 1

THE
WEATHER
Fair tonight
and Sunday;
ilightly cooler;
easterly
winds.
TE'.FEnATUr.CG TCD.W
Boston, 8 a, in. si'rort'nna. S ft. i.
New York , 34 finance ; i
Charleston - 4ii Binsd j i
Washington " 34 f n.a JPrftMcJsoo I i
Chicago, 7 a. m. la r.obnrg i
Kansas CUj " lia Kpolinna . i
Bt. Paul e.MarahUeld -Portland
humidity, 5 a. si. , t
VOL. XL NO. 247.
PORTLAND, OREGON1, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER. ?1, , 1912-TWO SECTIONS-20 PAGES
PRICE TWO CENTS
STANDI riVi CJUiii.
Indians Show No Mercy to Inhabitants of Town Taken After
Figrht
Picture of Santa Ana Desperado Is Identified as That of Ira Tones
of Oregon
p" t 1
Bitter
YAQUiS CAPTURE
MEXICAN I
Hit MASSACRED
m ., , I' .
Residents Resist Attack , for
Three Days Until Ammuni
tion Gives Out, When In
dians Begin Butchery. 'I.
HOPE THAT AMERICANS
ESCAPED SLAUGHTER
JHf
Hostiles Said to Have Seen
Armed by Government to
Fight Insurrectos.
United Pres Leased Wirt.) ,
Douglas, Ariz., Dec. 21. The town of
i San Marclal, 60 miles south, of Hermo
slUo, In Sonora, has been completely
wiped out by Yaqul Indians, according to
belated dispatches received hers today.
The' population of tha town was more
than 1000. Few are said to have es-
- caped. ' ,
Later messages from Hcrmoslllo, the
capital of Sonora, said that the fall of
. tha town has been seml-offlclally con
' firmed, and that tha first reports of tha
massacre were not exaggerated.
According to the earlier dispatches,
' tha Indians, BOO strong, besieged tha vtl
f luge Wednesday night. The inhabitants
resisted until yesterday morning when
their ammunition was exhausted. The
Yaquis paid no haed to white flags that
were displayed and hushed through the
streets butchering and pillaging.
No mention was made in tha dls
" patches of the American residents. The
American quarter lay in tha hills just
' outside the town proper, and hopes are
high here that all Americans escaped.
Tha attacking Indians are believed to
be part of a regiment organised and
armed by the federal government during
one of the recent- revolution!. They
'. have looted several villages In tha last
year but never before had attacked so
large a town as San Marclal.
San Marclal was tha center of the coal
! mining industry of Sonora. . Much Amer
: lean capital Is Invested In that district
rate of Americans la Doubt.
" Mexican officials at Agua Prists, oppo
site Douglas, were loth to discuss the
maspacre, but admitted that they have
received reports that federal troops are
, being rushed to tha village from ller
mosillo. . , .
The officials at Agua Prieta also ad
(Continued on Page Sevan!
BE
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President of MexicoApparent
. ly Helpless to ProtecUmer
icans and-Their Property,
FINAL WARNING TO
GIVEN
MADERO
HE
UNITED STATES TO AC
' ' (United PtM Leased Wire.)
' Washington, Dec 21. One mora warn-
Jng will be given President Madero of
ikMexico to protect American .life ' and
T roperty in his republic, and if this goes
unheeded the IJnlted States will act.
This admission was made today by en
'official of tha state department who
said the tenor of the AUilaJatum to be
sent was purposely allowed to leak, so
that Madero might realise the situation
and take Immediate action. It was em.
' '" phatically stated, also that the warning
- . would be the last, diplomatic demand
for protection of American citizens in
. Mexico.
' Both President Taft and Secretary of
" .State Knox are thoroughly aroused over
- the Investigation of the Smith senate
committee, which showed that rebels
and , bandits had practically wiped out
. all. American settlements in northern
. Mexicq,
Madero Zs Helpless. v
- The investigation also' Showed that
President Madero is virtually helpless.
The government army Is recruited from
the prisons, it is declared, and these
' men' will not fight it it can be avoided.
Hcfore leaving for Panama, President
Taft ordered the ultimatum to be held
' up until his return. .If conditions are
not improved then, the warning will be
sent direct to Madero, other-Mexican
officials being ignored in the exchange.
The state department was advised to
day that bandits yesterday sacked tho
- Bun Isabel ranch near Durongo, Mexico,
- assaulted two American women, and
maltreated two American negroes. . TU
" governor of Durango bus ordered Amer-
leans to come into the city,' admitting
that it is impossible for the government
' to protect them otherwise.
I In response t6 this admission of lm
$r polcnee, hundreds of Americans are
abandoning their property and are flee
ing for refuge to points, inside the fed
eral lines. ,
More than 1600 mfhers, the state de
partment is Informed, are now on strike
at the Greene copper mines in Cananea,
where desultory f tghtlng anj rioting are
in progress and conditions are crltloal.
"" Th e Meyiwrr-rwltc'e vn ' 'Thnrffff,' y
fought a great mob .which , surrounded
the smelter and succeeded in repulsing
the rioters. Unless stisiMtance' Is t
reived, however, it is feared that heavy
' damage, will result to American prop
erty, and that American' lives will be
lost. .v
ITALY IS SAID TO BE
. ABOUT TO SUPPRESS
ALL MONASTERIES
Property of Conyents' and
Other Religious Orders to Be
Seized to Pay War Debts,
Clll PrM LJ Wlra.1
Rome, Dec. Jl. -Charges that the
Italian government is secretly preparing
a law for the suppression of all con
vents, monasteries and other religious
orders In Italy, and the confiscation of
their property, the , proceeds ' of which
will be used for paying the national
debt Incurred during Italy's war with
Turkey, were made today by halt a
dosen of the leading Catholic papers of
Italy. ...
F
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(Salem. Boreao of The Journal.)
Salem. Or., Dec. 21. Four cases
against T, T. Burkhart and John E.
Aitchlson, lndlctedjointly with J. Thor
burn Boss for alleged Wrongful conver
sion of state school money; oa deposit
with , the Title Guarantee & Trust com
pany, at the time of its failure, were
dismissed today by Judge Kelly on mo
tion of District Attorney McNary. Ross
has been tried on one of. the indictments
and the case is now pending In the
United States supreme court ' The other
three indictments still remain against
him. . :i:- ;:V: '.. .,, r?-'' ,
District Attorney McNary said he
made his motion for dismissal at re
quest of District Attorney Cameron, and
on assurance of Judge Pipes, who was
retained to assist in prosecutions, that
there was HO evidence against. Burkhart
and Aitchlson on which to base hope of
conviction. He said Attorney General
Crawford had also advised that there
was no evidence against Aitchlson.. .
George H. Hill, another director of
the .trust company, : was also Indicted
at the time, but cases against him were
dismissed soon after Indictments were
returned. ' . . .
' (United Press Leased Wirt.)
Buffalo, N. T., Deo, 21. J. Frank
Hickey, self-confessed slayer of 7-year-old
Joseph Josephs of Lackawanna, a
Buffalo suburb, was found guilty .of
second degree murder by a Jury this
afternoon,
Buffalo, ' N. ' T., Dec 21.-A'fter de
liberating practically all night the jury
In the trial of J. Frank Hickey, self
confessed murderer of 7-year-old Joseph
Josephs,; reported to the court today
that it was hopelessly divided. The
eourt Issued fresh Instructions and or
dered the jury to retire for further de
liberation, IY, AGED 9,
'. (United Press Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, , Dec. 21. Although
himself narrowly escaping death and
displaying a number of bruises. Tommy
Ahlers, 9 years old, is basking In glory
today, following his rescue of two little
girls from death under the wheels of a
trolley car. Tommy, on an errand for
his mother, saw the girls playing on the
car tracks and a car beating down on
them. He jumped In front of the cat'
and dragged them both to safety. He
was bit by the fender and thrown some
distance.
Misses Himself Six Times.
San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 21. Trying
to commit suiolde, George Dolan aimed
a pistol at his head and fired. . He
missed ; six times. When the gun was
empty, he quit Now his landlady wants
him to pay for two broken windows and
a mirror.
Year's Shortest, Yet
K t , It
OUR TITLE GUARANTEE
CASES AR
DISMISSED
MURDERER OF BOYS IS
GUILTY
2ND
DEGREE
I
SAVES
W
GIRLS
FROM
Has Few Hours of Daylight Many of. Toil
This is both the shortest .and longest
day of 1912. ' '
It is the shortest because the sun rose
later and 1 to set earlier, .
It is the longest because it is the lSst
Saturday before Christmas, and the pa
ternal agents of Santa Claus are put
to it to revlow everything all the stores
have to offer in order to make proper
selection, , , - ,
It la the longest day because it is the
last Saturday before Christmas, and
the thousands of store employes must
toll additional hours helping the agents
of Santa Claus make Selections -worthy
JUtUeU xeprcsenUitUr-be4sauaev.tbj.d
livery horses and drivers,, tho messenger
boy and all who . work mora because
Christmas is near, will be called upon to
be patient through, all the strain.
It only happens once In a great while
that thenar's shortest dy is the last
pay day before Christmas. ,
NEW PLAYHOUSE IN
1913 SETTLED ON
fli
Tight Condition of Local The
. atre Situation Will Be. Re
lieved by Agreement Prac
tically Made at Conference.
0RPHEUM SHOWS
WILL GO TO HEILIG
New House Will Be First Class
. in Every Respect and Will
, Be Pushed Rapidly.
A brand new .first-class theatre In
Portland within one year or eighteen
months at the outside, to be erected
by Calvin Ileillg, and the lease of the
present Heilig theatre to the Sullivan
and Consldlne Interests for the produc
tion of their Orpheum shows, Is pro
vided for In the negotiations practically
agreed upon at a meeting of J. W. Con
sldlne, Calvin Helllg, George I Baker,
and local .managers representing their
Interests, held this morning In the of
fices of John F. Logan, attorney for
the Heilig and Baker owners.
Heilig Shows at Baker.
."Though the contract has not been
signed," said Mr. Baker this morning,
"it is practically certain that the Sulli
van & Consldlne interests will take over
the Heilig theatre for their Orpheum
shows In Portland for a period of ten
years. Mr." Helllg' s negotiations for a
new first class theatre to take the place
of the Helllg for the presentation of
the regular first class road shows are
really but negotiations as yet but have
progressed so, far that the. new theatre
will. In all probability be. ready for oc
cupancy in a year or a year and one
half, r: ' f ' .f
"Mr. Helllg la also negotiating with
ma for tha use of tha Baker theatre
(Continued, on page Five.)
HEARTY ACCORD 1H
IP:
Leading Financial Heads of
City Haii "Money , King" as
Great Leader; Trust Him, '
"J. Picrpont Morgan is a leader, a
man of excellent ideas, and one whom
the conservative backers of the nation
feel Is the man for the position he oc
cupies as 'King of American finance."
"Tha creation of a 'money trust, by
Morgan, or anyone else, is impossible."
"The domination of the Industries of
the nation by one single financial group
win never , come to oe an accomplished
fact."
These are a few ef the opinions ex
pressed by some of the leading bankers
or rortiana toaay, speaking In con
nection with the testimony given by J.
Pierpont Morgan, the New York tin.
ancler, before the house committee in
vestigating the so-called "money trust."
Asserting the New York banker Is
misunderstood by the public at large
and his powers greatly overrated, local
men of finance were high in their
praise of the world-known financier and
coincided with .' his views on banking
as far as they were expressed in tele
graphio reports of the banker's testi
mony before tha committee- at Wash
ington. rinanoial Trust Impossible. ,
The opinions of virtually alt the bank
ers were reflected by J. C. Alnsworth,
president of the United States National
bank and E. Q. Crawford, vice president
of the Lumbermens National.
"Mr. Morgan is a leader, a man of
conservative ideas, and is well worthy
of the place he occupies liv American
finance," said Mr Alnsworth. "In time
of trouble he is alwaya at the wheel,
and the conservative bankers of the
(Continued on Page Five.)
Longest Day Is Today
IC 'K H st K
So far as the government records go
the three days, December 20, 31 and 23,
are of equal length. The sun rose this
morning at 7:60 a. m and will set at
4:28 p. m., a bare eight hours and 38
minutes of shining, a long l& hours and
24 minutes of absence. Yesterday the
record was identical with today,
.Tomorrow the sun will rise one mln
uta later, but will also set one minute
later, which latter time indicates that
during- the day Mother Karth on, her
axis turned the equator Just far enough
south to make one minute's difference
l41Um.4SUe.u,a.Mtlng.
At the same time the minute's delay
in tha sun's rising tomorrow morning
shows that during" tonight the earth
will turn just far enough north to make
the difference. Q. K. U: TonlRht and
tomorrow mark the change in length, of
days foc.1313. '
TODAY BY OWNERS
PORTLAND BANKERS IN
MORGAN'S VIEWS
"NO ONE MAN CAN CONTROL THE NATION'S
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"Bryan's Name Was Not Men
tioned," Says Wilson in An
swer to Inquiries,
Trenton, N. J., Deo, II. President
elect Woodrow whson and William J,
Bryan conferred here this afternoon in
the governor's room at the state house.
Bryan arrived this morning from Phil
adelphia and went at once to tha state
house, where ha was cordially greeted
by Wilson.
When Wilson and Bryan emerged
from tha governor's private offlea to
go to luncheon, Wilson said:-. "
"We have had a most delightful' eon
ference, but didn't arrive at any con
clusions. We just talked things over,
discussed the policies of the party, and
the fulfillment of pledges of the Bal
timore platform. We discussed the fill,
ing of various cabinet places, certainly;
In a general way we discussed the
availabllty of different men suggested.
Mr. Bryan did not suggest any new
names."
. When the reporters asked the' president-elect
if Bryan had accepted the
position of secretary of state in the
cabinet, Wilson said:
"Mr. Bryan's name was not discussed
at all. You gentlemen must take my
word for- it when I say we did not reach
any conclusions regarding the cabinet
and I wish you would not ask me any
questions which would put that In
doubt. One task ahead of me is to suc
ceed despite the headline writers, who
always expect me to be sensational. I
tear they will be disappointed."
All that Bryan would say was:
"I. leave it all to Mr. Wilson, If he
wishes to give out 'the matters dis
cussed at our conference, that is his
privilege. I have nothing to say." .
Asked 1 regarding the suggestion 6f
Henry Watterson that the Nebraskan
be named as ambassador to England to
succeed the late Whltelaw Reid, Bryan
said:
"Colonel Watterson'has not consulted
me about that matter. ' I know nothing
about his plans." ,.
It is expected Bryan and Wilson will
meet in another conference this after
noon. , - , - , .
ASKS MONEY TO BUILD
ROADS IN THE RESERVES
.s'"'r ' , i i' 'i ' u " ir f S. ! t
tWi.hlnrtnn Preo of Tin Jnornal. i
Washington, Dee. 21. .Senator Bourne
lias 'made reurttioi)ttttlofis'l6"'the' forost
service of tha urgent need for a liberal
appropriation to construct a road down
Ilomie rlve through Josephine and
Curry counties. A large portion of
those counties are-' within the forest re
serve, malitng it difficult for residents
to get money for .road wofk ;
BRYAN ND VtSON
CONERENC
DISCUSS
MEN
OR NEW CABINET
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Recommendations to Protect
Public Health Will Be Made
After Investigation,
A sanitary commission of 15 citizens,
who win proceed at once to investigate
the present embarrassing situation with
reference to the garbage disposal prob
lem, was appointed by Mayor Rushlight
today. The Guild's lake refuse incin
erator, though running night and day
at its full capacity of 150 tons every 24
hours, Is totally inadequate to handle
all the garbage of tha city, and it is
imperative that some means bg provided
without delay to reduce thousands of
tons of waste matter that is being daily
dumped into gulches, ravines, back
yards and vacant lota all over the city.
Dr. George B. F tory of the cUy health
board will be chairman of the commis
sion. Other members are Joseph N.
Teai, F. W. Ijeadbetter, Rev. Father H.
J. McDevlttr Mrs. Josephine Hlrsch, Dr.
A. J. Giesy, E. B. Piper, managing edi
tor of the Oregonlan; George M. Trow
bridge, editor of The Journal; John F.
Carroll, managing editor of tho Tele
gram; Fred A. ' Dunham, 'publisher of
the Dally Examiner; E. O. Sawyer Jr.,
managing editor of the Portland News;
Hugh Hume, editor of thej Spectator;
W. S. Smal'.wood. Dr. Esther C Pohl
Lovejoy and A. O.' Clark, president of
the Portland Ad club.
The object of the appointment of the
commission is to enlist the aid of resi
dents of the city generally in a coopera
tive effort to make the best of a bad
situation and to recommend to the city
council a plan to provide sanitary dis
posal of refuse.
It is probable that the commission
wilt recommend the acquisition of a
site for an incinerator and a bond Issue
to provide for the purchase of such site
and the erection of a plant. Perhaps
the commission will recommend the es
tablishment of several incincretbrs.
Mayor Rushlight would like to see his
plan for the purchase of Ross Island
indorsed by the commission, but he will
not suggest anything to the members,
preferring to. have them work out tho
problem themselves.
TV II. Wilcox Succords Kamm.
: Astoria, Or., Dee. " 21. At a meeting
of the board of directors, of the First
National bank of this city held yester
day, Theodore B. Wilcox was elected" lo
fill the vacancy on the board caused by
the death of Jacob Kamm In Portland
last Saturday. Mr. Wilcox was ono of
thexJncorporators of. the bank and.Jms,,
always been ' large!y""3nteresed in" it
The other members of the board are
W. F. McGregor, G. t Flavel, J. w.
Ladd. and S. S. Gordon.
The president of the institution, who
will succeed Mr. Kamm, will be elected
at the annuaL meeting of the board of
directors next January. . , '
MAYOR
SSION
UP PROBLEM
GARBAGE
DISPOSA
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VILUAMS SAYS TAFT
WILL NIE MEN FOR
Announcements to Be Made on
Return of President From
His Trip to. Panama,
(Washington Bureau of Tbe Jeureat.) .
Washington, D. C, Dec. 21. R. E.
Williams, republican national commit
toeman, said today that as soon as
President Taft "returns from' Panama
he will send In nominations for all
the vacancies In federal offices in Ore
gon. The two postmasters nominated
yesterday, William Snead and M. F.
Davis, are to be the vanguard of the
host.
"Have you made recommendations for
all of the offices vacant or about to
become vacant?" was asked.
"No; the recommendations are not in,"
replied Will lams, "but they are practic
ally decided on. The offices to be filled
include the postmaster at Portland, col
lector of customs at Astoria, United
States District Attorney, Land offices
at The Dalles and Burns."
Williams would not say whether he
had any understanding with Senator
Bourne, He did not believe Senator
Chamberlain would make any ob
lections. ...i-v
"How can he, if he is a non-partisan,
as he professes to be," ha aqked. "Pretty
soon he will be up for election again
and let me tell you, if these nomin
ations are turned down there will never
be another democratic congressman or
governor elected in Oregon. The re
sponsibility is his. It I not a good ar
gument to say that some of these of
fices could have been filled six months
ago,
"How about the officials whose terms
are about to expire?" 11
"That argument. would not hold good
with them." '
Williams said that he and Mrs. Wil
liams would go to New York Monday
but that he would return in a few days.
He declined to give any intimation re
garding his probable recommendations.
TAFT HAS SEEN FOUR
E
Homestead, Fla., Dec. 21. Addressing
(00 persons at Miami today, President
Taft said: ' ;
"I have now seen the four corners of
America. I am on my way to Panama
twjrwWe-hajigins'-hjjs;alealM
of the government there. As I have had
to do with the canal from the braining,
I think I ought to take the renponsl
bllity of deciding the matter, and thoro-i
by. relieve my nuccesnor of the necessity
of golnjr into a matter with which lie
ltas had no Intimate familiarity.
VACANCIES
N OREGON
CORNERS OF AM
RICA
m i n
i nrnnifwii
INU1CAK
SAY irSTHE Mil
Photograph In Journal. Brings
uuick solution of Mystery
. of Whom Southern Califor
nia Deputies Killed, j
JONES LEFT BURLINGTON
ONLY THREE WEEKS AGO
Had Acted Queerly There; Said
He Had a Friend in Los
' . Angeles.
. (Special to The Journal.) , ,
Clatskanlo, Or., .Dec. Ira Jonca
was identified by six former associates
here this morning as the original, of
tha picture of tha Santa Aha desperado.
This picture appeared in The Journal
last night. Jones left the Clatskanlo
camp In July.
The men who saw Jones daily during
tha months ha worked here for the Beit
son Timber company, and who pro
nounced him the Santa Ana bandit, are:
John Erickson. foreman of the raft
ing crew.
J. T. Peterson, scaler.
Frank Pearson, measureman. ' '
Fred Glenn, rafter,
Frank Ban, donkey engineer,
Eric Erickson, rafter. , - ' ' '
In addition, Percy Trafzer, bookkeep
er at the Benson headquarters, believed
the picture to be of Jones, although ha
had come less In contact with him -than
the others.
The identification was readily made.
The picture was taken after death and
naturally ehowed some change from tho
Jones who worked at Clatskanie, but
the way of wearing the hair, the shape
of the nose, the ears, trie contour pt
the face and the features "taten aa a
whole were apparently so: identical as
to leave no doubt.
. May Have Weakened Mentally.
Jcnes was a. normal Individual when
he was here, and his associates, who
thought well Of him, are most surprised
to find the Santa Ana offense charged
against him. , They believe he must
have . become mentally affected after
leaving Clatskanie, and. Indeed, this is
borne out by testimony from several
Oregon points where he worked after
July 4.
Vida, Or., reports him acting strange
ly following the death by drowning of a
friend In the McKenzle river.
Hood River, wre ha worked In the
Stanley Smith 'mill during September,
reports him considered only fairly
bright.
Burlington, 12 miles from Portland,
(Continued on Pace SevenJ-
T
WITH BARED HEADS
Guns of Warships ;Boom as
Body is Taken Aboard Brit
ish Cruiser Natal,. " ,
(United Prwa. tMied Wire.)
London, Dec 21. The British cruiser
Natal, carrying the body of tha lata
Whltelaw Reid, . Amertcart ambassador
to Great Britain, sailed from Ports
mouth at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon
for New York. As the cruiser steamed
out to sea all British and American
flags were lowered to half mast whtli
the guns of the other warships in tha
harbor boomed a naval salute.
. The casket, draped with- the star.
and stripes, was. -removed from Dor.
cheater house atf 10 o'clock and pUccl
on a caisson drawn by six horses.. Thou
sands of Englishmen and Americans,
with bared heads, stood silent as tho
cortege moxed through the streets of
London to the Victoria station, A mili
tary escort was provided by the Brit
ish , authorities. As the procession
passed St James' park a military snlutt
was fired.
The body was taken aboard the train
at 10:45 o'clock,. arriving at Portsmouth
at I2;45. Bluejackets front the cruir
Natal - escorted the casket' to an espe
cially built catafalque aboard the war-,
ship. . l '
SOME NEW LIGHT
,,-It Is popularly believed that If
the state's stock of game and fih
13 to bo maintained, legislation 1 1
the remedy.
State Game Warden Finlfcy mv.j
this is not bo; ho maintains t!-.i
all protective measures in tv
world will not avail without" ti;j
understanding of all citizens
You will gt this point and r n y
others concerning (It' Raiiio !
Msh problem-by ruittif hU mi.,
THE STATE, THII Kl'ORT. !
AND TII13 (JAM Fi in Til: .
DAY JOURNAr, M '
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REID.CORTEGE PASSES
THROUGH
HAS