TEMPERATURES TODAY THE WEATIIKR . Fair ; tonight a n 4 Sunday; M e a s t e f 1 jr . winds.- Boston. S a. m.. .fl9 'Portand,B. in. ,81 Wew Tork . .M (Seattle ...3J ' Charleston " . . . .63 iBolla - " . i ,34 , i Washing's M . ..53 Saa ra. : Chicago, 7 ft. . .34 i&oaebnrg . ; ,' .'KM City " . -. .80 IBpoksne ' , . .31 8t. Paul M ...la'Marsblleld" Portland humidity, 6 a. m. ..8$ PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY v EVENING, MARCH 15, 1913 TWO SECTIONS18 PAGES. : PRICE TWO CENTS. ?c VOL. XII. NO. 6. FEW OF THE BIG POSITIONS TO BE FILLED BEFORE APRIL Meanwhile Washington's Waiting Army Will Gloomily Stick Around, Where Living Costs Real Money, Watch ing Its Funds Run Low. POP ERI1Y WAVE SENATE TUMBLES OFF HIGH HORSE, GROWS DEMOCRATIC "Steering r Committee"' Announces Reforms That Place Up ' per House in Close Touch With Will of the People; Aristocratic Rule of Old Order Displaced. " ' umniMn Tm II NLHUII1U - u HftU Leaves City at Noon With 300 ' Men , and Attacks Calles Forces in 'the Hills Three Miles Southeast of Town. REBELS UNPREPARED, FALL AT FIRST VOLLEY v Deputy U. S. Marshall Wound - 1 ed While 'Watching En- (United Preaa fceaaed Wlr. ) . Naco, Ariz., March IS. Astounding1 Mi rebel besiegers, General OJida, at the head, of too federals, sallied from Naco at noon today and assaulted the rebels In their position in the hills three miles southeast of the town. ; The division of rebels under Colonel Calles, 360 strong,' was driven from Its position by a determined federal In fantry attack supported by a machine gun fire. A. score are reported killed or wounded on both sides. OJida's strategy caught the rebels ab solutely unprepared. The federal line was almost upon their position beforo they could be assembled. The federal advance .was marked by a 'volley from the rifles of sharpshooters posted on the roofs of buildings In Naca, Honors,. end was covered by the ma chine gun fire. OJl'da withheld his fire until witbm 400 yards of Calles' front. . ' , On the fjrst volley of the federals a flofcen rebels fell. The attacking party suffered , heavily when their fire was returned. Calles. retreating slowly, finally came n tomt in Aarua Krta canyon, a mile from v.i. riirVnni nnsltlon. Colonel Braca- Linoute nlthlQ0 rebel Infantry .and 160 mounted men, encempea nve nines m the south, started at once to bis aid. Deputy United Slates Marshal A. A. Hopkins, watching the engagement from the American side, was shot through the leg by a rebel bullet. He was brought to-the American hospital here. Three troops of the Fifth United States cavalry are patrolling the border. They are in command of.Capain White. Two additional troops from Fort Huachuca, are within, a few mile Of Naco, reinforce the American, jcom . mand. ; ."'""' ' .. ER VOULD MAKE GOOD $197,000 THEFT 10 Head of Mulcted Frisco Bank Anxious to Shield Baker Federal Trial Probable, rTJiilted I'rvn Leised Wire.) San Francisco, March 15. That the , t'nlted States government will press prosecution of Charles F. Baker, de faulting cashier of tha Crocker Nation 1 bank, despite any attitude of the bank fflclalsthat they-would rather cover the shortage and let the matter rest; that Investigation now shows at least 1107,000 taken by Baker, and that Na tional Bank Examiner II N. Morris Is now conducting an Investigation to as certain the exact amount, were asser tions niade today by United States DIs trlct Attorney McNab. McNab's assertions as to what would he done followed a statement of J. J. Fagan, vice president of the Crock er bank, in which ho declared that the estimates of a shortage or almost JZOO. 000 were false and gave Intimation thai the, bank officials, because of Baker's long service would be more than willing not to prosecute. "Baker Is going to be prosecuted " de I -Glared McNab. "If he were a poor man there' would be no question as to his prosecution, and because his powerful friends would like to drop the matter, is no reason why the government should not press the case. Besides, there is a Question as to responsibility of main taining the integrity .or national banks." Fagan today stated that Mr. Crocker himself would willingly give his check for the shortage If it would relieve Ba, ker, because of Baker's 18 years of ser- Vice. He declared that the , shortage would not reach as high as claimed and said that the bank itself is auditing Baker's books and. not National Bank Examiner Morris. Baker today is reported to be out of danger although still confined to bed in his home near Oakland. ATTACK ON GIRL CLOSES V SALEMILL., BUND PIGS ; ; ' YA'Onltpd PrM Ld Wire. ? Salem, III March 16. Sheriff Pur eell today eluded a mob bent on Jyjich- lng and . took Frank Sullens, 21 years old, who confessed to an assault upon Dorothy Holt, 16 years old, from the city Jail to East St Louis. Miss Holt probably will recover. fe Sheriff Purcell and his deputies also narrowly prevented a l;-nching yester day. Infuriated citizens s warmedSbout the Jail an demanded that Sullen be turned Over to them, v Purcell andlhis deputies appeared , at the prison adtes with Winchesters and kept the crowd 'backv'iittter, the militia was called out by Governor Dunne in response to an urgeni call by Purcell, and the'soldiers kcpt.ibe,croila.jftavingJAroiighnt the night. - ' Miss Holt was attacked Thursday night, but the news was not generally known until yesterday. Last night, the authorities -closed a down or more "blind pigs," pouring ? eases of beer Into the sewers.,' .- - -' - STOP PROSECUTION United preti Leaaea Wlra.) Washington, March 14.-r-Senator John W. Kern, of Indiana, majority leader In the senate, and, the Democratic cau cus committee today? were presented with the reform proposals of the' Demo cratic vsteering"i committee.' ? Among the reforms suggested - are the follow ing: ' ',. " :V ' ' 1 That Democratic members of all con ference committees and sub-committees hereafter , be chosen by the Democratic members of the respective committees affected; 1 that the Democratic caucus, instead of the Caucus chairman, here after choose tne steering .committee; SIiuIIms BEFORE ENEMIES' GUNS Terrific Artillery Duel Contin ues Along Entire Line; 42, 000 Servians in Attack, Bruda, March' IB. Dispatches re ceived late today say that a terrific ar tillery duel Is proceeding along the whole front before Scutari between its Turkish defenders and the Balkan be siegers. The allies' machine guns, IT was said, are mowing down the Turks by the hundreds and the surrender of the fortress is expected hourly.. The Servian army In front of Scutari now numbers 42,000 men and this num ber will be. augmented by troops who have just embarked from Servian trans ports at Han Giovanni Dl Medua. King Nicholas and Crown Princ Dan- llo'held a council of war yesterday with the Servian commander,' General Pap- ovitch, and the renewal of hostilities today is the. direct' result of the meet ing. TRIES REVOLVER IN PAWNSHOP, KILLS SELF (United Pkm Leued Wire.) Las Angeles, Cal.. March 15. The body of a weJl dressed young foreigner vho shot and killed himself in a pawn shop with a revolver he sought to pur chase awaits identification today at the morgue. "1 think I'll take this one," the youth said to O. Felnsteln, proprietor of the pawnshop, "but will those cartridges fitr Feinsteln filled the chambers of the gun with cartridges. Taking the weap on, the man twirled the cylinder to see that everything ws working well, and then fired a bullet through his brain There were no Identifying marks on his clothing. BISHOP OF LONDON PRAYS GIRL'S DEATH IS HALTED (United Preu Leued Wlrc. -London. ; March lS.--Brouglit out of a delirium which bordered on .death, ap parently through the prayers of Right Rev. Arthur Poley .Wlnnington Ingram, bishop of London.Mary Boss, 19 years old, a beautiful London girl, is recover ing. Before her delirium the girl re quested relatives to ask the bishop to pray that her death be halted. The bishop came to the house and after a few prayers and an oil ointment of the girl she rapidly became rational. WHITE SALMON'S HEARSE HAS CROSSED THE RIVER (Special to Tha Journal.) White Sadmon, Wash., March 15. White Salmon's hearse has crossed the river. Discouraged by the fact "that no one dies In this place, coupled with the Imposition of a tax said to be as hign again on funeral vehicles as In Hood River county, the undertaker is stor ing his hearse on that side of the Co lumbia. Not only does White- Salmon now have no hearse, but no undertaker. Olney Declines Ambassadorship. (UnliCd Presa Isert WlrU Washington, March 1 5. Richard Ol ney of Massachusetts 'declined the post of ambassador to Great Britain In a letter received by President Wilson to day. : :y President Wilson did not publish the letter from Olney. It Is declared Olney declined the post because of his Ad vanced age and his wife's 111 health, David Francis, former governor of Missouri and president of the St, Louis exposition. Is prominently mentioned for the post limited Wrecked, Six Hurt. iCnlted Prwa Leaaed Wire,) Los Angeles, March 15. A dozen per. sons are suffering today from painful cuts and bruises, received when the Salt Lake railroad's Los Angeles limited train went upon an open .siding, and crashed Into a switch engine while en tering the train yards. Six of the more seriously hurt were taken to a hospital None was fatally Injured. A siding left open by a negligent switchman, the rail road officials claim, caused the accident Stun Man, Bifid Him on Track. Itlnfted f'ra t-eaard Wlha.) v Philadelphia, March 15. Stopping his traiiybBause ! sMefM-ef-erwl gnat light an engineer on a Pennsylvania limited train found Patrick Dugan, thi signalman, bound to the track 10 feet in front of the engine -while the train was approaching this city. Dugan's skull was fractured, Little 'hope Is held out for his recovery. that a majority of each committee elect its own chairman and that the vacancies on all committees shall be filled by tha steering committee with the approval of the caucus. , - '-, "We propose," said Senator Kern, to day, "that 'the senate shall be Demo cratic In reality. I hope these resolu tions' win be adopted, so the country may know that the senateunder Demo cratic control. Is active and", efficient and a sympathetic branch, of popular government which will respond Quickly to the will of tne people and do its full share of work in the great progressive movement of the twentieth century." VARIETY ACTRESSES, TESTIFY AS TO WAGES lirrois Committee Resumes Inquiry at Peoria; One Girl Blames Bad Companions, (United Frni Lewd Wire. I Peoria, 111., March 15. Headed by Lieutenant "Governor O'Hara, the state senate "starvation wage" committee con tinued their Investigation today. Actors and actresses In various vaudeville the atres have been summoned to appear before the committee. W. K. Parsons, manager of the Lark in company, said his firm employed SI 6 girls and that the lowest wage paid was $5 per week. George Young, manager of the Wool worth Five and Xn Cent store here denied that there Was any relation be tween tow wages and prostitution O'Hara asked Ypung If a girl getting 10 weekly Is fortified to resist tempta tion when It oosts her $12 to live. He answered that she is not. He finally admitted that low wages and prostitu tion are related, to a certain extent. Two bawdy house Inmates whose names are withheld also testified. One deelarod low wages was the chief cause of her downfall. The other admitted poorly chosen companions accomplished her ruin. flirts Organize Unions. (United I'rcu Leued Wire.) Chicago, March 15--;Antic!patlng a possible unfavorable Outcome to the present wage inquiry the. department store girls and ?omen clerks are organ ising unions here today. They will de mand higher wages and better working conditions, and will depend upon pub lic sentiment for support. Miss Mary McDowell, head of the Chicago University Settlement House, Is leading the unionization scheme. TEN CENT STORE GIRLS MUNSEY - COME, PETS, LET'S HOLD ON PUBLIC IK Oregon Senators Are Awarded Membership , on Important Committees, Chamberlain Receiving Six, Lane Nine. JUNIOR SENATOR DRAWS SEAT ON RECLAMATION Other Chairmanships Are An . nounced by "Steering Committee." (Waihlncton Bureau of The Journal.) Washington March 15. The assign ment of committees to Oregon senators Is as follows: Chamberlain: Chairman public lands; member of appropriations,' commerce, military affairs, national banks, terri tories. Senator Lane: Forest reservations and protection of game, claims, coast de fenses, expenditures in the war depart ment, fisheries, Indian affairs, irriga tion and reclamation of arid lands, Phil ippines, public buildings end grounds. The Democratic caucus approved of the, steering committee's recommenda tion's for committee chairmanships. The appointments follow: Committee Chairmanships, Chairman of the appropriations com mittee, Senator Martin of Ylrglnin: chairman of agriculture committee, Senator Gore of Oklahoma, chairman of banking. Senator Owens; Canadian re lations, Shields of Tennessee; census, Chilton; commerce, Clarke of Arkansas; conservation, Smith of Arlsona; educa tion, and labor, Smith of Georgia; flnr ance, Simmons of North Carolina; for eign relations, Bacon of Georgia; Immi gration, Smith of South Carolina; Indi an affairs. Stone of Missouri; Industrial expositions, Anhurst ; - Interoceanio can als, O'Gorman, interstate commerce, Newlanda; Judiciary, Culberson; manu factures. Reed of Missouri; military, Johnston of Alabama; naval. Tillman; Pacific islands, Shafroth; pensions, Shlvely; Philippine Islands, Hitchcock; (Continued en Page Two.) E (United Preai Leaaed Wre.I Medford, Or., March 15. The weather bureau here, whloh Is located In the tallest building In town, reports record ing two distinct, but slight shocks of earthquakes at 12:40 today. The shocks each lasted about five seconds. rao EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS IN M DFORD - .. ...... , (Washington Bureau ot Tb Journal.) 1 Washington, March 15. There will not be many appointments before April 1, It Is, now believed here. The president and his cabinet find It Is safer to run along for a time with the old hands on deck than to change, them all , for men dulte new to their "duties. Then there Is a great deaj of embar assment over making selections from among the vast number of applicants. Almost any state in the union could furnish a full quota of officials to run the government with ease and then have enough good men and true to keep things from going to smash at home. Indeed, many of the states are offering to do just about that , Solemn delegations headed by United States senators are dally proceeding to the White House and thence to the va rious departments of the government with the names of men who would be ornaments In such places as those of United States marshal, United States attorney, collector of custom, and many many others. Oregon has done her share In showing a willingness to help run the country, but other states have done as well or better. From the south comes up a splendid phalanx which would serve in almost any capacity where a salary la attached. Its members want office, not alone for the dignity of the place, which rs something, but for the GIVES LIFE TO SAVE Raymond Kahn, Press Photog rapher, Is Dying in Olympia as Result of Heroism, (Special to Tha loucial.) Olympia, Wash., March 15. Raymond Kahn, a press photographer. Is dying at St. Peters hospital here as a result of his successful efforts to save scores of persons at the legislative house chambers from harm, when about ten days ago, powder he was vsing in tak ing a photograph exploded. prematurely. The chamber was packed . with peo ple, when he. started to take a picture from the gallery jnst below where he had fixed the powder sat a number of women. When the premature explos ion started Kahn grabbed the powder In his bare hands and held It so It could not fall on others. His hands were frightfully burned. Today it Is reported blood poison has set in and has progressed so far the attending physicians say there is no hope of recovery. He is a bachelor about 80 years old and Is from Seattle. A LOVE FEAST UN MIGHT EXPLODES SOON emolument, the filthy,. lucre which pays for long tailed black coats, soft black hats, and mint juleps. It may be wise to make haste slowly In the matter ot creating vacancies in the various departments,'- but In the. meantime the expense of board and lodging, with certain convivial acces sories added, mounts up. "It's a long way back home, and the time drags when you are waiting for the right man to say the right word to put you out of your misery. Then too, It is not meon celvable that the president will fin J It even harder the longer he waits; to make choice among all the candidates. He wilt find, that not only the candi dates themselves but the sponsors for them the representatives and senators and even sometimes the members of the cabinet too, will be urging him to act From the standpoint of the job hunt er, the prospect is fairly well spotted with gloom. Perhaps there may be. i ray of sunshine occasionally, but cer tainly gloom is the prevailing tint. Gven the consular service is not to be ruthlessly pulled to pieces. It is to be allowed to stay on a civil service basis, It is reported. Unquestionably the president has shown fine Judgment in the- appoint ments he has made so far. The others (Continued on Page Five.) DAZED BY FEAR. NOW Condemned Pair Make Ram bling Statements Charging Officers With -Trickery, (Salem Bureau ef Tbe Journal.) Salem, Or., March 16. George and Charles Humphrey, condemned to hang next Saturday for the murder of Mrs. Eliza Griffith near Philomath In Ben ton county, stoutly declared their lnno cenoe tooay. unariee said he was so "tangled" by the third degree tactics applied to him that he didn't know what he did sign, and George declared he never did confess. It Is known, however, that the two men who show their very low degree of mentality, alternate between confes sions and dentals of tlielr guilt. About two weeks after they were taken to Ben ton county and resentenced for execu tlon George confessed his part in the murder to the warden of the peniten tiary. "My confession was forced from me by Tongue," said Charles Humphrey. "He said that would be the quickest way for me to get back home, and prom ised to help me. There was only one page of the confession, I signed and they had three or four pages In court They had a whole lot of stuff I never said." He said he confessed only to the murder and that the officers put In all the details. He said he couldn't put In the details because he didn't know them. Then before he was through talkingi he said he thought the confession he was signing was a "confession that I didn't do the murder. George Humphrey was very bitter against Detectives Carpenter and Mit chell, saying they "Put me through two degrees, one before supper and one aft er eupper." He said they made him promts, of assistance, but that he didn't confess: He said any confession with his name signed to it was a forgery. Both of them insisted that they would maintain their innocence to tlje very last. George declared he was at Ton calla at the time the crime was com mitted and that he had wltnesess to prove it but they were never allowed to testify. Both men are exceedingly nervous and act more like frightened animals than human beings. Both denied all the other crimes and murdors to which it was re ported they had confessed. E 10 ALLIES' DEMANDS (Cnltfd Praaa Leaned Wire.) London, March 16. Ambassadors representing, the several European pow ers, met here today to consider inform ally the reply of the Balkan allies re garding the terms on which they would negotiate with Turkey for peace. It was admitted by several of the ambassadors that the powers cannot accede to the allies' demands. The in demnity demand la regarded as exorb itant, and the powers probably will re fuse to agree to the extension of the Bulgarian frontier to Rodosto or give Greece the Aegean islands., It was reported today that tha Bal kan states purposely made their de mands exorbitant In order to prevent a peace conference until Scutari and Adrlanople are cantured. It la tmlteveJ capitulation of the two fortresses is but a matter of a few days. OLD GRAVE GIVES UP HUDSON BAY RELICS , (Special to Tha Jonrnal) ,1 Oregon City,--Mareb"- IS; Workmen who are digging a drain ditch 'on the west bank of the Willamette river to day uncovered a grave In which they found, among other things, an old bear trap and a flintlock rifle, both of which borgthe "'rl?" of t''iJT"i4rv ffgy Vftr pany. "Some 50 feet of Cis&s and cop- per beads, used In trading; with the lo- dians in 'those days, also were discov ered la the grave. The relics were turned over to - George ' Young, who Is accounted an authority on Indian relics and Is a persistent collector of such things. ' - " H MPHRFYn SEEMING IWIIII I II it. i DENY ALL CONFESSIONS POWERS CANNOT AGRE - '.i. .,'..,--;v:J-v-;-1-. This Is Message Brought, by C. M. Clark, Chairman of Executive Board of P. R., L. & P. Company. ' . ROAD MAY EXPEND $4,000,000 THIS YEAR Commission Form Good if the v Right Man Heads It, He T Declares. C. M. Clark of Philadelphia, chairman or the executive board nt v. t,i-. Ratlway, Light & Power company, ar rived in Portland last night to attend the annual stockholders' meeting here next Wednesday and to consider plans for the. coming year. He will remain ! two or three weeks and in that time the annual budget will be completed. It Is expected about 14,000,000 wilt b re quired to carry out Drolecta nlannad for the next 12 months. Mr. Clark brings a messare of mnnA ' news from the east, for he says busi ness In the Atlantic states and the mid. die west is picking up in splendid shape " exuenem prospects tor oontlnued improvement The Pacific coast he says, should feel this change for the better within a few months, if It has not begun to make Itself felt already. -looking Up In Zast. "Conditions look fine In the east and in the middle states." said Mr. Clark this morning, "and I speak from per sonal observations, for I have visited a number .of states during the past sev eral weeks. Everything Is booming along nicely, excepting in Wall street I don't know why the situation in Wall street should be viewed with much Warm; for the railroads are doing a big busi ness and that should provs satifylng. - ultt the-tniddle statos f-foumr-stt" lines of business prosperous and . the wave of activity and prosperity is roll ing westward. -': v u-.:--,'.i:;.- "It is a fact that the entire countrv does not respond simultaneously to con ditions In finance and commerce, and I noted last year when out here thst while the east was dull there was considerable activity out here. , But gradually the wave moved westward and business be gan, to lajr. , ;Now J look for the wave (Continued on Page Five. P. E. & E. ENGINE CUTS I i Little Miss West Scatters Car nations!' From Pilot. While Thousands Cheer." an of. Tb Journal. 1 ' - Salem, t Or.; March lS.-xvytth little Helen West, a picture of swectnea?, CORDON 0 FLAGS AND JOINS VALLEY SYS Ef against the black background of engine 1906, showering carnations from her position on the front of the engine, and with President Strahorn of the- Port land, Eugene & Eastern Railroad com- -pany and other officials and newspaper men beside her, the first train crossed the new steel bridge today connecting . the Harrlman lines on the west side of tha Willamette river with those on the east side and formally opened the new structure for traffic. The proceedings were witnessed by thousands of cheer ing persons from Salem- and all the neighboring: towns. The little daughter of Governor and Mrs. West, dressed In. white, stood on the pilot of the engine. With her were President Strahorn, T. W. Hild, general manager of the Portland Railway, Lleht & Power company;, Mayor B. L. Hteeves, ' President P. It. D'Arcy of the board of trade, 8. O. Sargent, chairman of the executive committee of the board of trade, and a half dozen newspaper men. Other officials who were in the train ' ' of five cars, which was loaded with celebrants, were L. R. Fields, division superintendent of the Southern Pacifie; R. T, Guppy, chief , engineer at the r. -E. & E.; C. E. Woods, general right of way agent; Mr. Nelson, auditor; Mr.' Sheldon, traveling freight agent; Mr. Seers, superintendent of the equipment, (Continued on Page Two.) 10 BE LIS. I .(United Prew teaaad Wire.) - Washington, , March 15,iPrsaidtut .Wilson today appointed' Governor Burse,, of North Dakota treasurer of the Unit, ed States. His nomination was sent to the senate this Afternoon. 1 PASSENGER AERIAL LINE ' TO RUN FROM PASADENA (United Praia l.oa4 Wire. Pasadena, Cal., March 16. Pasadena will be the home of the first passenger carrying dirigible airship service is America in about two ween. This an nouncement was made today by Itoy Knabetishue, who is Just completing hlg aerodrome for. IiljJieadauartejs. IC I airship is : expected -.to .hke sevmut rnund trina dully to the)e(!h cH! . the Psrseval ship having--, capacity ,.f 10 pHNKenger In. ad'Utton to the ).!! t. it Will be capable of a sieed f inti an hour and will carry furl miff.' 1 foe 3 Hours to us riuy rir any ,ncy. GOVEROR BURKE mm