PORTLAND, OREGON, - SUNDAY '' MORNING, MARCH
PRICE FIVE CENTS
VOL. IX. NO. 48.
0V VAGES ARE
CAUSE OF VICE IS
OIK BELIEF
AiifAnnni driamrf if 1 1 1
ucUlCllaiii " uuvcuivi wi mi-
nois Asserts Testimony Be
fore White Slave Investiga
tors Fixes Responsibility. ;
tOCKEFELLER OFFERS
, ' TO AID IN INQUIRY
'Millionaire. Cannot Longer
Hide Behind Cloak of Char
ity,", Asserts O'Hara,
(United Treaa Uaaed Kite.)
rhlraeo. March 8. "Our commission
has proved .that low wages is the prin
cipal' factor inhabiting prostitution."
declared Acting Governor O'Hara, head
of the Illinois senate white slave com-
linission tonight . '
"hi business cannot . deny this in
I the face of the overwhelming testi
mony of tha victims themselves, .rvcry
Immoral woman that has testified, has
sworn that poverty and inability to
earn enough money, honestly, to live
half decently, drove her into a life of
shame. They were selected bttphasard.
Ititg business men are responsioie iw
this awful condition,
"fin. uiltnosa linrn. .TutlllU IlOSPllWald.
I many times a millionaire and cijief
owner of a business that pays $7,000,000
. .r admitted that he could
have paid $2,000,000 a year more to
his Underpaid-employes wimoui sen
ouslv interfering with the. profits of
litis great concern.
Worst Conditions Exist.
Th rdinmiHHlon has ervstalliicd a
tiiiYit intent, nralnat such tirfli'ttces. We
iiSve begun at the top. among those
Who pay the highest of the starvation
wages, Wftcn we get down to me ixji
tom, where girls are working 10 hours
'u Anv tap- 12 t'.vMt and even less, we
shall expose worse conditions.1 , " ' '
OlliA ttt (1 1 1 All A t.tAfi WTA
r known s as.tthilanthronlsfs. liberal
donors to charity balls, prttrons of
churches, public charities, and leaders
of society.
"If we find that these men who value
tttAt,.. .aiuttultntis atlilllfh t CI ITIlfll'd them
1 1 11 , t, '.... V ll'P ' ' O ' " - C '
fey liberal gifts to charitable works, are
underpaying their women, employes,
what may we xpcet wlvcn we investl
gateiheA unscrupulous small business
man, sweatshop owner and pitiless ex
ploiter of -waliTefl "&"(! (rttirdrttr.
Will Shook Country
'Before' we get through with this in
vestigation" the whole country will be
hfced. horrified beyond expression, at
the methods of big business. That these
millionaire! defy the mandates of the
Continued on Page Two.)
Tl
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LIVES IN WRECK OF
I
Inspection of Line After Dep
redations of Lawless Na
tives Results Fatally,
(United Treu l.eaaed Vdrn.i
Washington, March 8. News of the
killing of two officers and one private
of the United States marine corps and
' tlreen, commanding, in a train wreck
12 miles west of Managua. Nicaragua,
yesterday, were received by the state
department late today.
Following depredations' of a drunken
band of 40 men at the town of Nagtl
. rote, between Managua and Leon, Cap,
tan Green, with a detachment of ma
rines, boarded a special train to in
spect the American legation's rail com
munication with Corlnto.
, A fuel train collided with tho special,
tlnstantly killing Sergeant Chafles A.
Norton, Sllgo, Md.: Corporul Theodore
D. Roberts, Shell City. Mo., and Private
' Krnest Johnston, hong Island City, N.
Y. Captain Oiecn. Fort Gaines, Ga.,
was injured with several nrlvates. Two
trainmen also were killed and two in
jured.
, Sergeant Norton, who has been in the
service since 189!, was one of the
crack riflemen of the corps. Captain
Green, injured, whb equally noted, hav
ing been a member of the Olympic rlfl
team and the marine corps team in
1911. Green will recover.
The Nicaraguan government has as
sured American Minister Weltsel that
there was no political significance In
the outbreak at Nagarole.
Wcltsei, however, informed the
state department' tonight that uneasi
ness Is felt, due to recent revolutionary
troubles In Nicaragua.
VIOLENCE BREAKS OUT
AMONG AKRON STRIKERS
Ilubber Worker? Clash With Police
at Goodrich Plant One Fa- .
tally Hurt.
(United trtm toaaeij Wire.)
Akron, Ohio, March 8. The crisis In
the strike of 17,000 Akron rubber work
ers is at hand. The first disorder since
the strike, which has been on for over
a month, occurred at noon today when
pickets shout the Goodrich Diamond
plant and tha police clashed. The natrol
.men wielded their, clubs freely and th
strikers, aoout tow in number, hurled
tick and. brickbats. . : Cslkos Qyorcrv. a
Striker, was probably fatally, hurt and
a"K1lori6ftncrItmserB-Tlr(r
lously Injured. ,
. The situation seems to be fast getting
beyond control of the police. The
'strikers are admittedly in desperate
straits end In a sullen mood tonight,
iie marines los
NCARAGUAN
RAINS
0
is
AFTER STREET BAnLE
Bystander Fatally Shot 'When
Woman and Police Chase -a
Thief,: '
i ' (By The International Kcws Service.)
San Francisco, Cal., March 8.- In a
running street duel between a robber
arid a half dosen. policemen this after
noon, a, bystander was fatally shot, the
robber received a bullet wound through
the leg and one policeman was knocked
but wlthia blackjack.: V "
The robbed, who gave the name of
Frank Dale, Was ln;the act of burgi
larizing the home of Mrs. T. P. Sher
man, at 2033 Hayes street. Mrs.' Sher
man heard, him, gave chase and caught
up with the man after he had run half
a dosen block. . Catching him toy the
coat tails she called for help.
Two policemen in the vicinity came
to the rescue and took him back- to
Mrs. Sherman's house. As they en
tered the robber drew a blackjack and
knocked a policeman unconscious. The
second officer grappled with the rob
ber, but was. getting the worst of the
battle when Mrs. Sherman began beat
ing him over the head with an frontng
board. '
The robber drew a revolver and, back
ing out, started to run up Hayes street.
The policeman and his companion
Started in pursuit, firing as they ran.
The robber returned the fire.. Other
policemen joined . in the chase . and
opened a fusillade, of plBtol shots.
Stanley Wall, a 18 year old boy em
ployed in a garage where Dale took ref
uge, took a hammer and, stealing up be
hind the robber, crashed the heavy wea
pon down on his skull, knocking him
senseless. The robber had also been
shot through the right leg.
John Patterson, the bystander who
was fatally injured, was driving a milk
wagon and got Within the line of fire.
Whether the shot was fired by a po
lU'eman or by the robber is not known.
BALKAN ALLIES STRONGLY
OPPOSED TO MEDIATION
Insistence Upon Original Demands
Expected In Forthcom
ing Reply.
- United Vnm temed Wire.)
London, March 8. The reply of the
Balkan allies to the offer by tho pow
ers, to, mediate In, arranging peace
among the Balkan states' and Turkey
is, expected, Monday. Whether th,nete
will be delivered to the ambassadors
at Borne, where the offer, was made,
or to the London ambassadors, is a
matter of conjecture.
- It" lV slid -that lh.ifcJTirat jnt
consent to arbitration, but will jnrlst
on their demands made at the London
peace conference. With stipulations for
a little more territory and at least
1100,000.000 additional Indemnity.
Dispatches from Athens, giving addi
tional details of the fall of Janina,
said that fully! 15,000 foreigners and'
noncombataiits In the city, welcomed
Prince Constantine, at thei head of the
Greek army, with open arms.
Advices from Constantinople say an
other revolution ia imminent thera,
growing out of opposition to the plan
of the' Shevket Pasha cabinet to sub
mit to the peace demands of the allies.
WILSON BARS HIS OWN
FAMILY FROM OFFICE
Captain A. M. Wilson,, of Portland,
Would Be Philippine .
Commissioner.
(Wiablngtnn Bnrein of The Journal.)
Washington, March f. President Wil
son has no Intention of introducing an
army of relatives into public office.
This was made known today by Secre
tary Garrison, when application was
made for the appointment of Captain
A. M. Wilson of Portland, Or., a cousin
of the president, to the office of Philip
pine commissioner. Friends of Captain
Wilson waited on Secretary Garrison to
urge his appointment. They were C. G.
Heiffner, H. E. Todd of Seattle chamber
of commerce, and John Pattison, of the
national Democratic committee: After
listening to ther plea. Secretary Garri
son replied:
"Gentlemen, I can't do it. The preal
dent lays down the rule that no mem
ber of his family can have any officii)!
patronage."
MURDER OF MONTANA
RANCHER SUSPECTED
Arthur Hughes' Burned Eody Found
in the Huins of a x.
Cabin.
(Uaiied Press t -cseit Wire.)
Fors'ythe, Mont., March 8. The find
ing of the body of Arthur Hughes with
his head, arms and legs burned to a
crisp in tho ruins of his janch cabin
last night, caused Coroner Botli to hold
an Inquest today at which a number of
witnesses were examined. The Jury,
after being in session all day, returned
the following verdict:
"That from the testimony and exam
ination of the body we believe that he
met his 3eath by foul or criminal means,
but areunable from the testimony to
specif Iclly set forth the means or the
personor persons who caused his
death'
4Ugiies was 40 years of age.
WILSON WILL OCCUPY
HISTORIC CHURCH PEW
' ' ' ji ii ( '
Scats Used Bf "Buchanan and Lin
coin Reserved for.Jfew
- ; President. -
nea
(By the International Newa Service.)
Washington, March 8. President Wil
son will attend the new York Avenue
Presbyterian church, the pewa whloh
President Lincoln and President Bu
chanan occupied - having been assigned
toerncw-prysraent.'1' It oill'lm uwu
pied thfc flrst time tomorrow.- Dr, Wal-5
lace Badcliffe, pastor of the New York
avenue ' church, has ' been a personal
friend of President Wilson for many
year"- . : ..."
Washington Governor Frankly
Admits That He Has Been
Too Busy to Give Matter the
Proper Study Yet.
EXPRESSION ON OTHER
' BRIDGE GIVES HOPE
Speaker Howard Taylor of the
House Replies to Execu tive's
Economy Appeal.
(Special to The Journal.)
Olympla, Washr, March, J.-r-Governor
Lister will decide, tomorrow whether or
not he will approve or veto the Van
couver bridge appropriation tax levy.
Late tonight he stated frankly that he
had been too busy, to give this bill at
tention, aicnougn aeiegauons naa pre
viously presented arguments for hia ap
proval. - "
He recognizes the importance of the
structure and his announced declaration
favoring the bond issue to purchase the
Lewlston-Clarkston bridges gives many
a hope the bill will have his approval. .
On the other handhls recognition as
announced in the senate this morning
that appropriations already passed by
the present legislature mean nearly a
doubling of already heavy tax levy lead
others to look for a veto, -t ' ,
.Speaker Answers Massage.
A sensational aftermath of the sensa-
tiona.1 mornlrg In the senate when Gov
ernor Lister personally presented an
impassioned veto message of the road
levy bill, was enacted in the house thla
afternoon when Spewker Howard Taylor
rose to a question of personal privilege.
He had previously given notice he
would speak at 2 o'clock and Invited
the governor to be present.
At 2:15 o'clock. Governor Lister not
attending, Speaker Taylor left the chair
and took the floor, lie related at length
the circumstances and incidents trans
piring in attempts . to , place the road
appropriation bill In the hatrds of the
governor last night, , the rejections of
those presenting at the mansion, and a
flnal'late of the bill being kicked from
(h door hy Mrs. Lister. He then took
up the governor! remarks., .
Mrs. Litter issues Ultimatum. '
Speaker Taylor spoke at considerable
length and was fo lowed by Murphlne,
Bull Moose leader, who aatd the mental
pietara, wf th efiW4aieilMi-sr
of heavy metal machlnetyV.Of high pow
er hut that be .now Uew It ' Was so
weak it could be destroyed by ie toe
of a lady's slipper.
This reference was to "Mrs. Lister
kicking the bill out of the hall last
night. ' '
"It does appear to m that the govern
or of the state ought to be entitled to
have a few hours of privacy if he so
delires," said Mrs. Lister today "with
out being subjected to such a condition
as existed last night.
''During the legislative session he has
spent but few hours with his family
and whenever there is a time that he
desires to be with us, I propose to the
best of my ability to see that he re
ceives that protection. Any person is
entitled to it."
11 1 INOCULATED
IIHI
Dr, Friedman n Treats Tu
berculosis Sufferers for Two
Hours While Experts Watch,
i
(Bj the International Xenra Service.)
New York, March 8. Amid extraor
dinary efforts at secrecy. Dr. Frled
mann, the German bacteriologist, held
a secret clinic for two hours today
in the offices of Dr. George Mannhelm
er and Dr. Samuel Stern in West Fifty
first street. The clinic was attended
by ten prominent tuberculosis special
ists from this and other cities, who
witnessed the Injection of the mar'ne
turtle bacilli Into seventeen men, wo
men and children.
Patients in eleVen of the cases suf
fered from pulmonary tuberculosis, ons
of tuberculosis glands, one of the hip;
two of the knee and three of the kid
neys and bladder. None of the cases
was in the advanced stages of the dis
ease. Another test will be conducted to
morrow or Monday under the auspicea
of the government. The German sa
vant received two long distance tele
phone messages during the day from
Snrgeon General Blue of the public
health and marine hospital service,
stating that Surgeon John Anderson
and Past Assistant Surgeon Arthur M.
Stimson. would arrive in New York to
morrow morning.
Silence Imposed on Patients.
"A conference will be held upon the
arrival of the government physicians,"
said , Dr.' Friedmann tonight.. "It is
possible that experiments will be made
tomorrow, or some - time Monday be
fore I leave for Montreal," '
AH, of the patients who were treated
today ' were pledged to secrecy and re
fused to speak of their experiences. The
physicians who were present also re
fused to talk with the exception of Dr.
E. C. Thrash, a tuberculosis specialist
of Atlanta, Ga. ,
"I have been following Dr. Frled
mann's work in medical journals for
some years," aald Dr, Thrash. . "I came
to New York to see him, and he told
tn to be Dresent this afternoon. ?
n'here were "priyslcIatfserr'Ti'bhT
Missouri, Arkansas and other states, be
sides some New York practitioners. In
tha pulmonary eases, Dr. Friedmann in-
(Continued, on Paga Two.) ,
W
URTLE E I
SECRET
CLINIC
DUE jFOR A GOOO SCRUBBING
LOMBARD
FILES
Fi
Republican ''CandidateStands
for Commission .Form and
Business Administration
Gay Lombard yesterday made formal
declaration of his candidacy for mayor
of Portland, filing it in required form
at aha office of City Auditor Barbur
His candidacy really began last Decem
ber when he issued a statement to the
press, announcing the lines upon which
ha 'will seek the votes ofthe people.
- With the announcement Of Lombard
three candidates for the republican
nomination are in sight Others who
have been talked about have failed to
hoist their lightning rods. Aside from
Lombard, others in the .race are Mayor
Rushlight and Councilman James Ma
gulre. All three have had years of
service In the council.
"Commission government and an eco
nomical, impartial, clean, business ad
ministration." is the slogan that Mr.
Lombard has signified his intention of
using on the ballot.
The declaration of principles was very
brief end the slogan selected incorpo
rates all the points covered by the decla
ration. In speaking of the statement
filled. Mr. Lombard said: "The people
know what I stand for. They have
heard me speak, and they know me. so
a lengthy declaration did not seem nec
essary to me. .
Commission Torm Indorsed.
"It seems to me that in view of the
fact that we are going to vote May S
on a commission form of government.
It in time for the men who propose to
be candidates for commissioners, should
tho measure pass, to come out In the
open and declare themselves," declared
Mr. Lombard.
"If the commission charter passes, all
nominations for mayor will be void, and
there will be but SO days for the public
to get acquainted with the men who
wish to be at the head of city affairs.
I wish to state that I am a candidate
under the present form or under the
commission form of government.
"The 'people should be made to un
derstand that the commission form of
government will not cure all evils in
government, for good government de
pends on the men In office, not in the
(Continued on Page Two.)
"WORST YET TO COME"
WEST WIRES MRS. LISTER
Governors' Families Are Linked in
Sympathy by Common
Experience.
(Salem Bureau of Th Journal.)
Salem, Or., March . "Mrs. West
says to cheer up, the worst is yet to
come."
This is the message sent today by
Governor West to. Mrs. Ernest Lister,
wife of Governor Lister of Washing
ton. It refers to the affair last night
when Mrs. Lister kicked a batch of
legislative bills off her front porch,
the bills being put there by persistent
legislative clerks bent on delivering the
billa to Governor Lister after he had
left his office.
In view of a little affair of a some
what similar nature which Governor
West experienced with the Oregon legis
lature, he naturally sympathizes with
the chief executive of the neighboring
tate, and with the tribulations of his
Mrs. J-.isier wua lunueny miss Aima
Thornton of Salem and , in her child
hood days waa a near neighbor of Gov
ernor West. .She is a daughter of Mr,
and Mrs, .Samuel Xnorntoa of this olty.
ORMAL DECLARATION
i mm
RACE
NEW BROADWAY SPAN
IS NOW COMPLETED
- urn,,,! . I - ,
Bridge Operated Yesterday for First
Time and Found to Work
; Smoothly.
,,Th Broadway bridge, la complete.
It was operated for . tha first tlma
yesterday. It worked perfectly, accord
ing to 11. M. Harps, supervising engi
neer,',; representing Engineer Ralph
Modjeskl. The west and east leaves of
W 'bascule drawspan wairw coostmcted
at nearly a perpendicular position. While
In this position much of the bridge
flooring was laid, and the railings put
in place. Exact measuring and care
ful work waa essential In order that,
when the bridge first operated the
leaves of the baaeule might come with
in a fraction of an Inch of meeting.
"The celebration over the completion
of the Broadwa bridge and the auto
mobile parade across it, can be dated
for April 1," said Mr. Harps, If good
weather continues, , the bridge may be
ready for permanent public use by that
time, but ir not, It will be ready for
the parade, even If it has to be opened
a few days afterwards before the pub-
llo is invited to cross In street cars,
wagons, buggies and automobiles, and
on foot."
A committee to arrange for the cele
bration. Including a parade, public meet
lrig, and, perhaps, a dinner to those
most active in overcoming the obstruc
tionists, was appointed at a meeting of
the Northeast Side Improvement asso
ciation, Friday evening.
One of the workmen was the first to
cross the bridge. , '-
FEDERAL SLEUTHS SEIZE
COUNTERFEITING PLANT
Ranch House Near Vancouver Raided
and Spurious Coin
Taken.
Following the arrest aotl confession
of Ephrlam Taylor at.Tacoma last week,
8. A. Connell of this city and William
A. Glover of Seattle, aecret service
agents of tha treasury department, yes
terday made a raid on a ranch seven
miles north of Vancouver, seizing a
complete counterfeiting plant and nearly
$500 in spurious "gold" coin.
The haul was Important in that it
nipped the operations of a clever man.
Taylor had been manufacturing tha
coin in a woodc hopper's shack a mile
west of Felida, in Clarke county. His
specialty waa $5 and $10 gold pieces.
and he was putting out a most clever
imitation. The coins seized were not
plated, but In a rough state ready for
the gold plate. The outfit consisted of
an electro-plating battery, plaster 'of
Paris molds, and acids. In the shack
waa found a half starved kitten that
had been confined there for ten days
since Taylor left the house.
Taylor, after operating in Vancouver,
went to ChehallB, Centralla and Elma,
Wash. He was arrested at the latter
place last Tuesday night. Taylor is
said to be a clever mechanical .anrlneer
and it is believed that this was hi! first
counterfeiting job.
BUND SINGER AVERTS
, PANIC IN THEATRE
Cautions Audience to He Calm After
Film Explosion in
Theatre.
(Bf the International Newa Smlee.)
Worcester, Mass., March 8. To the
courage and calmness of Edward Brad
ley, a blind singer, is largely due the
fact that, not a person was injured
when the Pleasant Theatre was set on
fire by the esplosion of a film tonight.
Fully MO people, many of then! wo
men and children, were in the house.
There waa a rush for the exists,
Bradley took his stand in the middle
of the stag.
-"Taxryoar trmer Atr-the-tneit -th
audience, remember that you are men.
I am a blind Mian and cannot see to
get out, yet I am, not afraid. Why
should you br ha shouted.
I
TO BE TURNED INTO
. -
A
IPlay, Apparatus Already.. Or
dered; Women's Club Dele
gation Views Grounds,
Not content with establishing for
Portland the record of having the moat
efficient and economical refuse lnclner
ator in the United States, Superintend.
ent David E. Otis, of the Guilds Lake
burner, yesterday announced to a dele
gation representing various women'!
clubs of the city that the crematory
grounds are now ready to be turned Into
a children's playground and park.
Mrs. M. L. T. Hidden and Mrs. Fred
erick. Eggert went out to the plan
shortly after noon yesterday to be
shown how such a project is possible,
Before Mayor Rushlight came Into of
fice a year age last July the garbage
burner, built during the last admlnis
tratlon, had fizzled into a dismal fail
ure, It Is said, and the tract surround
Ing the plant was littered with decaying
refuse, dumped on the ground because
of inability of the plant to handle de
liveries.
Hardly a day passed that some rest
d?nt In the vicinity of the burner, or
even as far away as Willamette
Heights, did not file a protest at the
city hall on account of the stench.
Grounds Xsatly Kept,
The delegates from tha women'
clubs could hardly realize the transfor
matlon that met their gaze yesterday,
When they arrived at the Nicolal-street
entrance to the grounds they were
transported over a neatly-kept driveway
into the inner enclosure, which they
found leveled off and in shape for tha
planting of a fine lawn. They were
ushered into a building, the floors and
fixtures of which they found to be snot
lessly clean. Not a vestige of any odor
assailed their nostrils. .
- "I couldn't believe this if I hadn'
seen it with my own eyes," remarked
Mrs, Hidden to Dr. George B. Story,
chairman of the sanitary commission.
and a member of the city health board,
"The change since two years ago has
been simply wonaerrul.
To Install Playgrounds.
Superintendent Otis informed his vis
itors that he has already secured per
mission from the city park board
Install playground apparatus on the
Incinerator grounds. The tract com
prises something like five acres. About
three acres of this has been prepared
for grass seed and shrubbery and
smaller piece will b set aside for the
playgrounds. Mr. Otis ultimately
hopes to reclaim enough of the lake
bv flllinc to make a snarlnim haahalt
rdfemond. In order to carry out this
project, however, it will be necessary
lor tna city to ouy aaaitionai ground.
The playground apparatus for the site
has already been ordered by the park
board and will be installed as soon as
several hundred cords of wood, stacked
alongside the plant can be disposed of.
MARE ISLAND BECOMES
SECOND CLASS YARD
Washlngton,.D. C, March 8 An order
made by Secretary of the Navy Meyer
Just berore nis retirement designating
Mare Island as a second class navy
yard, was made public today.
This relegates the yard to the rear so
far as battleships are concerned and will
probably bring about the building' of the
great naval-slrydock on San Francisco
bay, so loiig aayocated by tna navy off l
clats. , ' . f--
ftrrlaRnXH-eMlHwMtlntalHalaiiv
Island aa a naval "yard and much of the
work of repair will continue to be, done
there even if tha San Francisco drydoclc
is established.
Ei
DRY GROUNDS
CHILDREN'S
PARK
FOR POSTS ABROAD
Formation of Tentative Slate
for Diplomatic Service Up to
Secretary Bryan Under New
' Arrangement,
CONFLICTING OPINION
AS TO OLNEY'S CHOICE.
.ong List of Likely Candidates
Being Put Through Elim
ination Test.
(Br tbc International News Berries.)
Washington, March 8. An announce,'
ment apparently fcomlng from the White
House this morning that Richard Olney.
secretary of state under Cleveland, bad
been offered the ambassadorship to the ,
court of St. James, was hotly denied by
Secretary of State Bryan thla afternoon.
Mr. Bryan aald he had heard of no such ;
sppointment and did not know that any
otter of the place had been made to
Mr. Olney. He intimated that If such
an offer had been made ha would know
about It,
It was observed at the state depart
ment that Mr. Olney would not be at
all acceptable to Great Britain, as It
was ha who wrote the notes to England
In the Venezuela matter in which Mr.
Cleveland reminded the king's govern
ment that the Monroe doctrine waa till
In force.
(United Pwap t?id Wire.) 1
Washington, March 6. President WII-.
son has finished the, first "allthlnatlon
process" In his selection of appointees
to tha various larger diplomatic posts. ;
He ha a pretty fair Idea whom he will
choose, hut ao far as publlo announce-
ment waa ooneerned, the only Intimation .
obtained, at the : White House tonight
w (aa iiipb v i is t t
state in the second Cleveland cabinet.
had been urged to aocept the London
post It Ja not 'certain that Olneyoan
accept, owing to 111 health and advanced l
age. But ho is tha typo of men Preal- .
dent Wilson desires at thla most im ,
nortant nlace doubly important Just ,
now hecause the diplomat who fills It ,
must conduct the Panama oanal nego-,
tlattona. .f . ,
XoOomba trader Consideration.
'.'Tha onlv other intimation which Pres- ,
Jdent Wilson is giving as to his dlplo- .
thatlo appointments is that Chairman
UeComba of the National Damocrauo ,
committee is oonlder4 Just he sort of.'.
timber for one of the other Wg Euro
paan assignment. 'r
It was known that tna rouowmg men
Were under consideration aa possible
appointees: '-".,
David R. Francis, ex-governor or aiia-
sourl, one of the Clark leaders at the
Baltimore convention. It ia said that ,
the executive would like to honor one
of tha Clark adherents and It la under. ,
Stood that Francis name had been:
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Visit Wall Street Rnancjers-V
May Be Lining Up American
Interests to Protest, -
(United Preaa teased Wire.) ,.
New York. March 8. Tha gathering In
New York and Washington of the scat
tered clans of Madero, headed by Fran-.'
ciso I. Madero Sr., father of the late
president of Mexico, gave rise today te
the belief that plans are afoot to make
stormy the path of the Huerta regime.
Whether the remaining members of this
powerful family are engaged In foment
ing a new revolution to avenge tha aa
sasslnatlon of tha former' president and
his brother,, Gustavo Madero, or merely
to enlist the aid of the United States'
government to prevent tha confiscation
of the $100,000,000 Madero estate In
Mexico was a question that aroused'
wMa rilrHjnn in flnA.rufAl ond nAlttlrta.1
circle. , ' t
The elder Madero and hla brother, Er
nesto, formerly mlnlater of finance un-.
der the recently deposed administration,
busied themselves In Wall steet today.
From the offices they visited and the
men. they were known to have talked to
it was Judged their purpose waa tha or
ganization of powerful deputations of
financiers, American and Mexican, hav
ing big interests in Mexico, to go to
Washington a&d protest to President
Wilson and Secretary Bryan against tha
present conditions in Mexico,
At the same time tha presenoa fn
Washington of Alphonao Madero, an
other powerful member of tha family,'
waa taken to mean that a junta ia being
organised In the capital to prepare for
hostilities against the Huerta govern,
ment. Just as was done when tha Ma
dero revolution was organised against
the bid Porflrio Dtaa regime.
ltattlo at NacoyarL ' -
" (Br tha International Ne. J Rarrlce.)
' Douglas, Arts., March 8.- Fighting has
been going on at Noootart, 10 miles
south of here, aince nearly morning.
Pedro Bracamento, with 800 National
ist, attacked the garrison at NscozarJ,
containing about 100 federals. The fed
eral commander sent a message to Brs
eamanto asking leara to withdraw to
Agua Prleta. Thla waa refused.
John Jt. Wllliama Jr, manager of the
Mdntesuma Copper company, was the
only American Injured. ; 11a waa shot In
tha leg early In the day .and hla condi
tion waa reported eerloua There are
about. 100 Americans,,- including aevers I
woraenTlir ths"'townr" ' '"
Shortly before th wlrea were rat at
t-Al this afternoon it was reported 0H
(Continued iga 'la
MADEROS GATHERING
TO AVENGE DEATH OF
PRESIDENT OF MEXICO