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VOL. XII NO, 129. PORTLAND, "OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, ACrGU$T 6, 1913-EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE - TWO CENTS. ON TRAMS HD ITw TgDS ri CENT' LiNO VILL STAY IN IBS TO ;; ;huerta's farewell t6 peiIix diaz ON TRIAL ON WHITE SLAVERY CHARGE URGE PORTLAND AS RESERVE CITY 111! WHITE SLAVE'ACT. NOT FAVORED BY JURYMEN. CALLED IN DIGGS TRIAL ,t. -y' ;V.v a'.'V,, , , , i ,', .. Oposition. to 'Mann ;Act Oevel ops, When Not Applied to t Commercialized Vice. President's : Representative to Confine Efforts to Ending ' w4rs"aricl Wjll Then Receive European Post. ,. 1 V , . JOHN LAMB OF INDIANA MAY; BE AMBASSADOR Wilsoh ; Not v'. Discouraged by "Huerta's Talk of Being , "Insulted."" - j "i (tnlt4 Press Leased tVIrt.J Washington, Aug. 6. President Wit 'V - m la- '- arll n it m " In .V MV 1 l-n t .VII 1. iii.i iuii, v . miv Bituaupn uiliu ma unvii in um iutji- can capital of John Llnd, his epecia emissary. Despite the declaration of Provisional President Hueria that any Interference by the United States would be regarded as an 'insult. President Wil " son still Is confident that peace in Mexico can be estaousnea oy mediation .7 WBIUUEI. vi Ui. :wvw viti,u - Hons committee denied today that they '.V were angered because Und was named ' to go to Mexico City, insisting that the '.entire committee was consulted before he was named. V Officials of the" state department de - cjareu mm iney naa receivea no imor mation regarding the reported imprison' . ment of five Americans' employed by the i Pearson interests at Chihuahua .City by t federal troops. Secretary Bryan is in - vesugaung me report. President Wilson is considering dip ; lomatlo appointments today. Brand Whltlock of Toledo will either be named v minister to Belgium-or given a post of ,'i equal rank. John Lamb of Terre Haute 1s the leading Candidate for the am . bassddofshlp to Mexico. It is generally understood that If John Llnd succeeds in his mission to Mexico City,, he -will get an important ' diplomatic place. . . WnJ Will Ha-stHl Mission. Minneapolis, Aug. Jphd , LJnd. t President; Wilson's envoy, tcy Mexico. -wrot;io a friend here that in no clr- .4erni8aienj,,amuaspaoor jq, Mexico. . itrQ sald he fxpec'U to "complete. his work, in Mexico as soon as possible -and then re turn to w.asnmgton, s t) a 4 . SINGLE" FEE SYSTEM IN SAYS FEDERAL CLERK Detroit Official Denlarfis That - . He Turns Over to U, S. Each v oi' r i ni . "Under the single fee system, my 1 Office annually turns over a satisfac tory balance to the government and there Is little complaint of burdensome dourt; oosts,- declared Elmer W. Voor? heis, clerk of the United States district court r.t Detroit Mich., who is in Port land oh a vacation trip. Mr. Voorhela today called upon Frederick W. Drake, . deputy cierg or me- united states dis trict court here, and spent -the morning watc-nina ' tne methods 01 the Oregon . district. After a rough comparison of the bust ness done In the Oregon court with that of his own office, Mr. Voorheis con- v eluded that the litigation In the south ern Michigan district . probably aggre gates a trifle more than in the Oregon uioii 1 v. L - iilic till? uuuuib 1 rm vnipm su In -force. However, hia salary Is lust half that Of the clerk nf this trlct and throughout the fees exacted of litigants are. Just half aa great "We have some fees in our district . that -are not imposed in this." said Mr. Voorheis. . "For instance, there is a flnal-record, not required here. This Is -a summary of all proceeding after the case la closed. Transcripts . are made and bound in a book, which Is placed In . the, permanent records of the office. We charge 16 cents a folio for making this, which; sometimes brings out com- ,;; plaints." 7 ' v ,- That the actual earnings" of an of- iice unuer mo single ree system are sufficient to care for all expenses and leave a balance to be sent to the gov ernment was the most significant state I ment of the visiting government offi cial, who' has been watching with in- court costs in the "double fee" dls , trlcts. He admitted. . however,', that without' the final rees, his revenues : would be . curtailed greatly. " :- . II Is also worthy of note that with the larger volume of business and the smaller amount of fees, the salaries of the . larger number of deputies In the Michigan district office are taken care rf "Kxpenses of iny, office 1 are "always more than covered by 'the receipts from 'business ;donf,"t Mr, Voorheis concluded. AVe ' have; about the same 'kinds of business, though we keen more Intrlcat recordsy with separate dockets' for law, equity, admiralty and criminal cases. Here, I understand, all are carried on Mr. VoorheW expects to spend some lime in ine norinwesi, ponsiDiy Visiting British Columbia and Puget : sound. . GENERAL DIAZ STARTS S ? ; , ON TRIP TO PORTLAND - Can Francises Aug. General Felix X)las of Mexico and his party today are en route to Portland on the Portland ex. press. Before .leaving late !; yesterday General Dial visited the .exposition . ' grounds and was, shown where Mexico's pavilion 'is to be located.. ' ;": MICHIGAN ENOUGH rv 1 y 1 "S isi.isssii 1 11 11 miiiiiii 1 M iiiism miimu mimxn.vm'm-tM ' 'awiiiirsiiiijuiiisijjiii ! ' ' t y J0 Provisional jhresident of Blexlco embracing rival at banquet given Diaz ' ' before" his departure for Japan. ' ' v SOWS ATTACK WOMAN AND CHILD WHO GO TO SEE TOM PIGS Knock Down, Bite and Bruise Miss Mary Sandstrom and Little Philip Hammond. (Special to The Journal. Oregon CTty. Or., Aug. 6. Mrs. Wil liam Hammond of Gladstone, probably saved the life of her 4-year-old son, Philip, yesterday afternoon, and pre vented serious injuries to Miss Mary Sandstrom, elocution instructor at Mills college. Cat., Two Infuriated sows at the C. A. Nash,, ranch, ' about three miles from Oregdn City along the Abernethy, at tacked Miss Sandstrom and the little Hammond boy as they turned to leave the field, after a trip to see the little plgs.o The ) mother- v'gs knocked -little Philip to the ground and attempted to bite them both. Miss Sladstrom, at tempting to protest the little fellow, fought- valiantly, but she, too, was knocked to the ground, her clothes were badly torn, and she was bitten. She -was still on the ground when Mrs. Hammond, hearing their cries, rushed from the, house, succeeded In picking up her son, and helping Miss Sands trom to her feet, while the three man aged to get ouHlde the gate. Miss Sandstrom received a bite on the lip from one of the maddened beasts and the little Hammond boy was badly bruised. Two of his teeth were knocked out. Miss Sandstrom, too, was badly bruised. Miss Sandstrom is spending the sum mer with the Nash s and Is to return to her work at Mills college soon. She and Mrsv Hammond, who is the wife of local attorney, were schoolmates, and the trip to the Nash ranch yesterday was for a visit. The sows had not been disturbed In any way. Miss Sandstrom and Philip stood six or eight feet away, watching the little pigs feed, and their presence was unnoticed -by the sows until the visitors turned to go. BALKAN STATES REACH AGREEMENT FOR PEACE (United Freu Leased Wire.) London, Aug. 6. Bucharest dispatches to the Exchange Telegraph here tonight say that a peace agreement has been reached between the Balkan states, and that the work of the conference there is finished. ' - SHINGLE WEAVER WALKS FROM DECK AND DROWNS (8pec!ai to Tho Journal.) Kelso,. Wash.,' Aui, . Jack Dempsey, a shingle weaver, walked from the deck of the: launch Eadem last night an) was; drowned.- The body was recovered. Denlpaey had been drinking. Fire in tlia camp of the Clark Creek Logging company last night destroyed about a month's cut . of logs on tr.j ground. Unless .the wind' rises - there is, no fear of . further damage, Ttw bias originated in -the camp's old cut tings. ., . ,v; DOCK WORKERS' STRIKE - TIES UP LAKE TRAFFIC Duluth, Minn., Aug. 8. Slx hundred workers at the Duluth, Mesaba A North ern ore docks- here struck 1 today. In sympathy With the. Allouese dock work ers Jn demanding ." higher , wages, and safer' working conditions. ; A1P shipping?" trsffle on the Great Lakes is threatened by the walkout. Many steamers are waiting to be un loaded, and unless the strike is settled soon, shipping Interests will lose heav ily. . . GLASS PREDICTS ;BILL v WILL PASS BY SEPT. 15 Washington. Aug. . Prediction that the .house would pass the administra tion - currency bill by : September 15 at the latest was made ptoday by Rep resentative. Glass or Virginia, chair man of J the house banking and 1 cur. renry -committee, in .charge of the measure., .j Representative- ' Ragsdale wilt open the. fight In. the house Fri day, advoatinar : the -"agricultural ' cur rency plan." The currency caucus is expected to contlmie all next week. - ES ELECTRIC SIGN ACT Argument of Various Inter ests on Subject Extends Session to Unusual Length With a number of reDresantattvon nf signs companies and others present to. discuss the proposed amendment to the sign ordinance to allow the American Sign Co., of Kalamazoo, Mich., to entere the city with its "bulls eye" lens signs, the usual upeVd was, not made by the city council -in their regular meeting this morning. Although lengthy arguments were made by representatives of the Ameri can Sign; company asking that the amendment be passed the commission decided to refer the proposed measure for further consideration, r The brdlHattBe ' requiring the Port land Railway, Light Power Co.. and other conoerit-iui.ifi f rtf rjda Pn streetcars, for 25 vents was given "Its (Continued on page Six.) LIFE OF GIRL OF 18 LOST IN AUTO WRECK (Special to Tat Journal.) Klamath Fails, Or., August 6. Ger trude Steeman. the 18 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Steeman, re siding near Merrill, was killed In an automobile accident at Merrill Sunday. Death was not immediate but followed a period of Intense suffering. ; The young woman and Miss Iiosa Klabek were riding In an automobile with Rob ert Adams and Ben Plckeft. "THe car belonged to J. Frank Adams, one of the best known stockmen or southern Oregon and the father of Robert Adams. The blame for the accident has not been fixed, but it Is said that hoi no thing went wrong with tho steering gear, causing the car to turn complete ly over. Serious Injuries about the head resulted in concussion of the brain, causing the death of Miss Steeman. The other, members of the party suffered only slight Injuries. Authorities are making an investigation to determine whether the accident was due to negligence. COUNCIL P PON ACTION ON PROPOSED .(United I'm Lenwd Hire ) . San Francisco, Aug. 8. With the gov ernment and the def nse each having ex- hiausted half of their peremptory chal lenges In the examination. of veniremen to try the' Maury I. Diggs white slave case before United (states Judge Wil liam C. Van'; Fleet, at the, adjournment of the. noon session, it seemed . certain that the impanelment of the Jury would be completed this afternoon and the first evidence introduced.-. Bias against the-latitude of the Mann white slave traffic act prohibiting the transportation of women for immoral purposes from one state to another, as is alleged in the 'Diggfc-Camlnettl indict ments,, the two girls Involved being Martha Warrington and Lola Morris, young eacramento society girls, was brought out for the first time. Three Of the prospective Jurymert expressed pronounced prejudice against the en forcement of the ac?t, except as It was directed against commercialized vice. They. Were promptly excused. V. TV Brilliant, a Jewelry wholesaler, was the first talesman to be challenge! on this score when he declared that he entertained a decided bias, one of his former employes having, been convicted under the Mann act. "I think the conviction was unjust,' he said: "and it would take more poal tive proof and a greater abundance of evidence in a case such as this than in ordinary cubes to prove guilt as far 83 I am concerned." . William H. La Boyteaux, a clubman, upon his declaration that he sheuld not bo very sympathetic with a law that terms it white slavery for a man to fake a woman from one state to another to become his mistress, was promptly (Continued on i'aga Two.) FALLS OFF FAST I CLAD IN HIS PAJAMAS Astounded Victim Says He's Medill McCormfck of Chi cago; FTe May Be, Too, (United PreH leased Wlre. Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 6. Clad only In pajamas, a man claimjng- to .be Medill McCormlck of Chicago, fell from a New York Central train here today and was taken to police headquarters. The po lice were convinced he spoke the truth when he went to the Yates hotel here and began telephoning to Chicago. The man was not Injured by the fall. The train arrived here at 3;55 o'clock this morning, and the Pullman porter put off a man's clothes. The man was arraigned before Jus tice Shove and released. He declared he dined last night with the president of the Pullman company and afterward retired to his berth. He said he re membered nothing more until he awoke In the police station here. The porter said the man arofe soon after going to his berth and began walking In his sleep. Office Hears From McCormlck. Chicago, Aug. 6. At Medill McCor mick'B office here today It was stated that he left for New York last night. Miss Rosenthal. McCormlck's secre tary, said she had received a telegram from Mr. McCormlck in Syracuse re ferring to a business matter but not explaining his presence there. ho suld: "Mr. McCormlck hurried to Chtcugo yesterday from a fishing trip in the west and hurried out again to meet hts wjfe In Lynn, Mass." FRIENI AN A r , r x ,,- . .aeon", , Vi i jx 1 1 ten INTXEWS tRVICB Drew Caminetti, on the left, and Maury Diggs, sous of prominent Califotnlans. LAN NE HOUSE OLD ACADEMY BURNED Pendleton Firemen Have Two Fires to Combat at Once; ) Likely Incendiary. ....... (Bpeciil to Tit" Jour-al. 1 ' Pendleton, Or.. Aug. 6. Two fires at the same time, one at-least, thought to have been of Incendiary origin, taxed the Pendleton volunteer department to its utmost last night and early this morning. About 11:30 o'clock flames broke out In' the engine house of the Domestic Laundry on East Court street, and owing to a damaged fire plug, got a good start before water could be turned on. The fire spread to the laun dry buildings proper on one Bide, and to the residence of A.. C. Power on the other. ' Just as the firemen were getting it under control, another alarm was turned In from the north side of the river and it was found that the main building of the eld Pendleton academy, which has not been occupied for a year, was ablaze. It Is believed some ono took advantage of the other fire tg set It. The firemen were un able to do anything with the flames by the time they arrived except to save the dormitory building and adjacent dwellings. Nothing but the brick outer walls of the building were left stand ing. The total loss will ariiount to several thousand dollars. The laundry was fully Insured, as was the Power house, but none of the local agents had In surance on the academy. The laundry was owned and operated by J.. V. Rob inson, a pioneer business man, who had Just built sn addition and was -making other- extensive .Improvements. The residence was owned by John Vert. The M NEED 5 "kZH ' PORTLAND WILL HAVE MORALS COURT S 00N Offenses Against Morals to Be Tried, Separately; Ordi- ; .; nance Beiag Draftee!. -:v? within .a jew . weeks. Portland will have a morals court working in connec tion ' with - the present municipal court, and will be used for all charged with offenses pertaining to morals. An ordi nance creating and providing for this court Is now being drafted, and will be submitted to the council soon. . When this court Is established two or three afternoons will be used to hear alt cases each week. Judge Stevenson, present Judge of the municipal court, will also preside over the new court. All offenders coming under the Jurisdic tion of the proposed court, instead of being taken before the municipal court, will be tried in the new one. A special code necessary to carry on the work In this court Is being prepared and will be put Into effect as soon as the ordinance passes the council. Plans for this court were made by City Attor ney La Roche, Mayor Albee, Judge Stev enson and District Attorney Evans. The court for morals only is In line w'ith the recommendations made by thn New Vrk bureau of municipal research. tind also as provided for by the last ses sion of the legislature. As It Is now planned the municipal Judge will han dle, the new work without extra com pensation. academy building was owned by Lin coln Meador, of Walla Walla, a real estate dealer, and he carried 16000 In surance on it. Geographical ' Situation ' .and Financial Standing Make It Logical Point in Pacific Northwest. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TAKES THE INITIATIVE Matter Will Be Brought Before Conference to Be Held In . , National Capital. ? 1 , T'.ie Portland chamber of commerce has called to the attention of Senator. Chamberlain and Lane the desirability, of securing for Portland the location ' of the reserve bank of "the Paclfle northwest in the event that the .new; currency bill becomes law. Senator : Lane has already notified the chamber that he has found strong, sentiment tn . favor of selecting Portland .for this lni- puiiani center, ana u is expected Senator Chamberlain will he , heari, from very shortly..; "fl'V.&fJt A very Important point In Portlands' xavor, in n selection tor a location for the big-'institution., it ls'Dolnkd- out, is the city's solid financial stat.il Ins: and Its'- bsrtioularlv favorahl .set KiBim-ai wiuiiu wr recognition. , A con ference will be held in Washington own aiiu t ui imiiu uauivcra win pave ' personal representative present. ,; f Tthe proposed currency bill, provide! for the establishment of regional r 4 serve banks. As . now constituted, K . provides tnat within DO days after, the naUKKK- Of thj, JlCt. thm HlAfo tt ' gncuiiura una me comptroller t tii . currency, acting as a reserve bank or- ganlsation committee, shall have charge federal reserve banks. The action of the organisation- committee Is final. The act also provides that each re serve bank must have a minimum paid tin (.flnltnl nf IS ilAn AAA Th capital of the banks of Oregon, Was h- 4HHvii kiiu iuuo is auoui l2tVUU,VVV : and, it is said, jr. every- bank were to Decvme a memoer or ine ieaerai reserve-, bank for the district, there would be insufficient capital to entitle .the. three , states to a reserve city within Ahe. bor ders '..t-tKes Pacific, northwest j, Jtaoh, uufin is requirea iq Kifcscrioe.Tor BIOCK Ih ,V.a wa& if - AMal-. L ." -I An bier ,vcent jt ..Hs capttal-andof ,thls lt"J t Haim vuui,icm - 1." .V ' uniout jv Tref seent ;ia:"t0'';"De paid uu iromeaiaieijr. - ' t: ." - . :;'- ,-' It is pointed out, therefofe.'thet It apV nlava -thai le-.l,A hill t-.nnMB.j ' n ------ - - a.,., - ikmcu in II, present form, it will be necessary to in- uuur ins muic nui liiwesi qiaies Wliq - California, or with some other western mtatM. In rdtn tn ffifl thla 'Atmimlut " Irt rnrfu.ntiitnn lA'i-fiiiiHlAnv,' Vin M 1 ....... 1 ,v.';.. fl 1 Yi Quarter Reached by Surgeons" Without Use of Knife Boy . Resting Well.: , 4, "Kntirely successful" was the - report from St, Vincent's hospital this morn ing, - relative to the delicate operation pn 1-year-old RonsrfU Crassens, In which' surgeons removed from his throat a silver quarter which had been lodged, there for sit weeks. No' cutting was necessary. ':-: The child is t'.ie son of Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Orassens. Ht . feast , Mgrkbt street Doctors had found It Impossible to i rempve the coin rrom the lad's throat after he had swallowed it. In the usual.; manner, and after an X-ray photograph ' of theothrottt had been taken by Dr. Al exander : Robb, it was decided that an operation was Imperative to prevent probably a fatal termination.' of ths ' misadventure. But today It was found ' that it was not necessary to use a kni'e. The operaiton was performed by Dr. E. DeWitt Connell, assisted by Dr. Fred Oullette. ' .,. "BUYERS' WEEK" TO BE' , BETWEEM SEPT. I AND 6 ". ..i;';.CT;;-y.iiM,;j'i Portland will have a "Buyers' week." The date was set last night at a meet ing in the CommerclaV club. V it la Sep- ' tember 1 to . Excursions will be run, front sll over the trade territory served by Portland wholesalers. ! The "estab lishing of acquaintance between retail ers nnd wholesalers, between the- city and Its tributary territory. Is.tha ob-. ject. Much of the expense will be bor;is by the wholesalers.' Last night's meet ing will be followed by Others devoted to the details of organising the buyers' excursions. : Hundreds .:!;o(..s ut-of-the city business men win be brought to Portland as a-result. J The wholesalers cooperstlng ln arrangements for A the excursion have organised, electing Na- " than Straus, chairman C. C. Chapman, . secretary; I Lowengart, treasurer. SUN YAT SEN ABANDONS . REBELS, FLEES TO T0KI0 'i ,-'; ;, iV 'si- - ' Tokio, - Aug . Dlspatehea ;; received ; today from Canton say. that Dr.: Sun Yat Sen, recognising the failure of the Chinese rebellion against the presidency of Yuan Bid KaL has flad tha city and Is now on his wav to Tokio. espectlni to b allowed o ,flnd a refuge in Ir'oi mosa. v ' " , ;,"vy'rV-illl.l,ll,ll" " '' ??'?--M'-:::---' Jtelfl Twwpa II luting at t'anlon. - Pekin, Aug. I. Dispatches fr.-i Hongkong received today report r' t troops are rioting In. Canton. At!- tf'.Awu.-nA, Cttttn ,llMunrf(ui(i. It ! ) ported, the soldiers took pi.-, n :! COIN REMOVED R 0 M OUN BOYS THROA tne city, : sscseo in . jreusui y ' dtrtd many orflvrrsc.. y