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r -r 7i ii TEMPERATUnES TC.r, v.;: Boston, S m,.BC!Fortifi,"1, 5 si Washington ,.6i(iKriint:i,' H. Orleans . .70 fctue v ' Fair tonight probably Kw York 6 Hoi.ti 41! f.n r uJJ Sunday; IHi easterly ; north- .44 ban Fran. ? t t i tt. Paul 3a: jfs.oeeburjf ' r sterly winds. Kbl City 44'knnlrftllA I Portland tumidity, 6 e. in...,,.) VOL! XII, NO. 182. Portland; ? Oregon, Saturday evening, October is. 1913. two sections is pages.- price two, cents. ON vO " sr , live: c PS1I1ST KPEHITOO THREATENED TO GO ON HUNGER STRIKE 1 " . . 4 i -' .1'. ' f i ilili . I'a I . I t . . a . a Ml' I II ' . ;-; y.-;;t;:i:-i-;;i:.,.?---4i- :. . '-C' viLSOIJ HAS HUPE OF FAIR ELECTION IF HUERTA RETIRES Militant Suffragette Leader Is , 'Held by , Immigration Au - - thorities at' Ellis Island as an 'Undesirable! 1 PLANS HUNGER STRIKE AND CHANGES HER MIND Says Revolutionary "Heroes and Boston r Indians'; Guilty of ' ; VMoral Jurpifude.". ; 'i : -i: - i -'):. V: ., - , 0 o '.: ' ; i un uri, uch o. iniiti-w authorities today - ordered Hn. Erarae- , '. line Pankhurst, the English militant sur fragette leader, excluded from the Unit k , ed States. ' She will be given a chance. however, to appeal. . -It waa as an "undesirable" that tha In qulry board baaed Its decision against Un. Pankhurst I Tha member ques- , turned her for nh hour.' and then, after full consideration, decided that her or fensoa In Englf 5 Involved moral turpi- - tude. " , '""f ' It her appeal to'Wf.shlngton falls, her cue will be taken. Into tha federal court on tha precedent of that of ex-President Caatro of venesueia. - : WalA a mils laland, ' i Mra7 iankhurst arrived today on the llnso. T Prnmin . Tnatead of tselna al lowed to land with the other paaseng-era, .ha waa taKen to mma ibibdu. i f Rheta, Chllde Dorr, an American writer, accompanied the visitor. . ' , "wm vnu invar arraated for larceny. a felony or any of feme Involving moral turoltuder iilmmigrauon inapector Qeorga Moore asked of Mrs. Pankburst - "Mvr"-rniii.ii -tha. auff rasstte lead- - er. "The , only barges , ever made against me were of conspiracy." ' "Do f you consider yourself a fugt -i'1 tlveT" continued the Inspector. ., left Zmrlaaa Opaslr. c "Certainly, ot." said Mrs. Fankhurst - "I left England openly. I made not the ' aiihtM aHomnt at tvmcealment.- Four ' iflays before 1 1 left X attended- a meet,- 'Ing or toe xnternauonai meaicai zeuv . atlon. at which I said publicly thatlI -.Man. nii (a irnnu tn nit I drove tA the railroad station In as open carriage said-goodbye i " vmy "lenas ano wos the tram exactly as tna otner passen gers didr fJf)ri t" '. n believe 1 km entitled to thlnlt that tha British government has dropped Its TmTnimiHnn nfflclala ware thrown ln- " to a panlo this afternoon by Mrs. Pank hurst announcing ner intention 10 go on ' a hunger strike after, she had been or- - dered deported as an unaesiraoie. inen : Contlaued on Page . Plya Report That Zeppelin ; 'L 2" Was Hit by-Bomb De-'' , dared Silly,;, EXPERTS SAY MAGNETO SPARK IGNITED GAS BAG , Berlin,' Oct.1 18.Oovernment officials , today 4 -k ohara cterlied ' as ' .' Supremely sly, the reports that the Zeppelin " i t" was destroyed yesterday by a bomb ' dropped on It from an aeroplane hover . ing at a higher altitude than tha dlr , Iglble, M X-7-:w There was no reason to suspect such a thing and no such thing "was suspect ed,, they Said. There were aeroplanes in 7 the air at the time of the explosion on - the Zeppelin' but their pilots ;wera 'all " , known and even to. imagine that any of them would, have sought the dirigible's destruction wr 'ridiculous,'.:.. " Moat experts were of the opinion that . a magneto spark ignited the, gas in the 7-big bag which supported ,th thres gon "5 doias' and' lbs4rsjsMiigsi.' Lieutenant Baron Ton Bluel, the enly 7 . person on board the "V 8" who survived t f tha Zeppelln'a fall, died, lasVnight in great agony.. ';i.":' si f . -M . ;..Bullt to Kill Frenchmen, i ',7-: Paris, Oct. 18. "Can Prance's oondo .. . v lenoea be sincere T'. queried the newspa I 7 per, Midi, commenting editorially to ,7 " day on the destruction of the. German Zeppelin U 2. ; 2'?.4 7 ''7 ' "Oermany T bullt tbat dirigible.": eon 71' ytlnued ?the 7edltorlal'solely ' to drop ;7i7 : death and .destruction upon as many t ? Prencbnien a possible, hovering " over !,"6waR,, ,'. .... i. i..i..,.....i jL, t..M, '4'k7''x'" ii'i1''11'1''''"'' '''7 'ii mi ' 4 i FOUR MORE; AVIATORS 4 S M2? 77TflkfP CATAI TIIMD1 CQ s7 S Berlin, Oct. 18. Avltor Lubbe was fatally injured by a fall from his aero- l77v plane of 3ohannlathal today, : Almost : . simultaneously Aviator El tang dropped with his machine near Stenda, ' Both JVare dying. s' -f J' 7;;:7 7 Russiatf Aeroplane Turns Turtie, ilfoacow, Oct. , 18. Aviator Kletschln - ski and " his mechanician met instant ' - , death, hore today when their aeroplane : turned turtle, burying both men benoayi ,119 WW, 1 mt : VOLTURNO'S' CAPTAIN ' H: " TO GET NEW VESSEL y 7: Rotterdam,, Oct 18. Though! a Cap ' tain who loses his ship seldom gets an- ' .". i other. Uranism line officials held Cap . i tain Inch., of ithe Volturno, would be . given a fresh command. yyjf r&.-' re w. Mrs. Emmeline , Fankhurst, militant ( from England by I CHURCH RUCT REACHES THE COURTS; IS .i-77 A Disgruntled Members- Refuse to Worship in Grace Edifice; ; Fraud Js ATleged. ; r Dissatisfied members Of tha : First Methodist Episcopal church,' Thirds and Taylor streets., who declare they have been refused a voids in the; matter of changing - yne piace or ., worsnip; xrom that church' to Grace M. EL church, at Twelfth and Taylor streets, this morn ins applied to - Judge Cleeton, of . the circuit court, for an injunction against the First M. E. church, Grace church; tniatees ' and members' of the Quar terly conference of the s church, and Rev. Benjamin ' Young, pastor of . the . (Continued on Page Thirteen.) Beveridge, Believed" io ; Have Escaped, Probably, F.right--7 ened.at Last Momenti 7 7 (galea. Boreas of The loaraal.l t. Salem, Or., Oct, 18. E. UBererldge, the convict who was 'supposed to have sawed bis way out of the peltentlary last Wednesday morning, and escaped through the front:' gate; was found to day, hidden beneath) the flooring in the shops of the old stove foundry building Within the walla or t fie prison. He naa been hidden there since Wednesday be ing fed by other convlota. ,4 V , This morning -one of the guards though ha saw Beverldge in the vicinity of- the foundry building. A sarch was instituted, and when the flooring In- one of the shops was taken, up the opnvlct was discovered. J. ' . ;7V'-.:';' Zast Wednesday Beverldge was sent Into tha prison store room in the bass ment to do some woric. ile sawed uie lock off the door, opening onto a corri dor. ; Then he sawed the bars of a win dow In tha front of , the bull Jlng. and the prison officials concluded that he had crawled out and made hla , exit through the ' front gate. Ma was . evi dently "scared away before, he , got through, the -window,; &fcT, jumK' B INTO PARALYTIC'S LAP Womaa's ; Desi re for; Cigarette After.Breakfast Costs , I' f Her Life, :'V","'l ' (United Frees Leased Wlre.l c San FranolaCO, Oct. 18. Desire for a Cigarette after breakfast today cost the life of Mrs. Jessie Williams, aged 60 ' . years, a sufferer ,,, from ... paralysis. After lighting the cigarette the burning match dropped from her hands. Her paralysed limbs rendered her helpless and she was forced to sit stllwhlle the flames spread about. She was horribly burned before help arrived and survived but a few minutes. ' r .-. . INJUNCTION ASKED iSlOoiG suffragette leader, who has arrived way of France. ' PROGRESSIVES WANT SULZER AS NOMINEE , FOR CONGRESSMAN '. yt--, , 'foV' f Ex-Govemof Has "Aged. Ten Years 'Over .Night'1;; Will Make BpeecTomght," matted Press Leaned TOre.1 ' j Albany, N. T.- Oct .18. Ex-Governor Bulser had not definitely, decided today whether to seek vindication at tha polls this falL . He said he was considering two offers one of the Progressive nom ination to congress; the other, the same party's nomination to the assembly. , Sulscr will leave the executive man sion tomorrow, escorted to the railroad by a brass band. He said he might change -his mind, however, about going to the Adirondacks. V."' , , He will attend a banquet in bis honor tonight, at which he will receive a lov ing cup Inscribed To William Bulser, victim of corrupt bosslsm,'.' and make his first speech since his removal from the governorship. -. . The ex-governor-had ared ten rears over night, but was still defiant. , IN Mine Guards" and Strikers' Bat- tie Near Latter's vCamp; One Killed, 5 Hurt, 4 ;' (rnlted Press' Leased Win.)' . ' ' -'" Trinidad, Colo., .Oct, 18. Feeling be tween mine guards and strike . sympa thisers was at the boiling point la the southern Colorado coal fields' today as a result of the fight near. Forbes late yesterday in which at least I one man was killed, , three others were,'' reported to have: fallen and two more probably will die.' 7v v;.7 ''77;:.;.7"1777-: The guards', version was 7that hsy were fired on from tha strikers' camp as three automobile' loads of themf passed, on their way from Trinidad to 'Forbes, where It was asserted someone had been shooting at tha mine tipple. The strik ers' reply was that the guards opened on them "with a mschlne gun without provocation. vhey, admlt that they re turned the 'fire. '7r1'7.v-f. ,k;S Of.--the strikers It was known ;that Luke Vahernik was , killed. 7 Reports that there were "three other fatalities were .denied ' by - the strikers, but the guards maintained they were sure of It. Mtlka Vanlorl, another striker, who was hit by nine bullets from - the machine gun, had a leg amputated today and the doctors said It was unlikely he would live. Ri'Bfc Bradley,the wounded guard, was repriced dying this morning: "V.. ? Ignorance ' Luclqr," Says Governor.:. Denver. Oou, l.-r-"ifs lucky , the man with the machine gun didn't know how to spread his shots," said Governor Am mons today, referring to. the fact that one striker was hit nine , times,- in, the only comment he would vouchsafe on yesterday's fight near .Forbes, 'other wise be might have shot a lot of women and' Children.1 f':,';.ri .;:r:lx':y , Woman Is Sole Candidate. -Banta Barbara, Cat.7 Oct.MS. With tha city elections only two months away. not a male candidate has snnounced his intention of running for mayor.. Mrs. May , Manchester : has " been : spoken of for , the office, smd so far. no one has shown any Indication of opposing her.. TRINIDAD STRIKE Lind and O'Shaughnessy Send : .Word Dictator Seems About to - Quit Presidential . Chair, Fearing Assassination.' EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS FAVOR INTERVENTION Foreigners Want U. S. to Un ' dertake Job of Pacifying Warring Factions., ; (United Prete Jed Wire.) 1 Washington. ' Oct. 18. That lndlca tlona aro Provisional President Huerta of Mexico Is .about to retire, Was the tenor of a message received at the state department teddy from . John Lind, President WUson's emissary,, now at Vera Cms. '. . ' . ' . ' . The Mexican embassy here was in clined today to credit the reports that President Huerta has resigned. , Charge d'Affalres O'Shaughnessy of the : ymted States legation la Mexico City supplemented .the ' Lind dispatch with a telegram saying there is a strong -sentiment ' among foreign diplo mats at - the capital in favor of Intervention.- i, .-A'-'- ':..;' President 'Wilson - was' understood, however, to be disinclined to take such a step. It - was said to be his view that -Huerta's Immediate Nellie-1 ment would -mean a fair election and all his Information': from both of ficial and unofficial sources, led him to believe the provisional president Is on tha . point of surrendering his power. . 7i.r77,7" ,-v.-.'' Foreigners in Mexico City' were known, nevertheless, to be clamoring for the United States to aot decisively and many of Wilson's advisers thought he would soon be compelled; to out line a new policy.' J .'. Reports from Mexico City say T4 of the 110 members of the chamber of dep uties .were arraigned before the federal district court on charges of rebellion, sedition and insults to publio function aries. Ten deputies In addition to the 80 previously released were . released today.- .- v,; : 'v 7 .', ;V . DIAZ AT HAVANA DOES ; NOT ACCEPT HUERTA'S OfFER-OF A GUNBOAT Havana.. Oct. 18. Official confirms. Hon of the repdri that President Hueru of Mexico had resigned in .: favor of General Blanquet was lacking today. If he did not do so, however, it was be lieved certeln that his retirement would not be delayed later than Sunday, It was said his decision - to give up bis office was due to threats of assassins- tion. That the army was threatening revolt unless he yielded was known pos itively. , Reports. were confirmed that the for eign diplomats in Mexico city, wun tne exception of England's representative. had sought American intervention. Word that a Mexican gunboat was on Its way here to take General Felix Dlas from Havana to Vera Crua was received today. 'Ostensibly the intention was to pay the general a compliment, but the general impression was that Provisional President Huerta wanted to make it as difficult as possible for Dlas to avoid placing himself la tne formers power again. Friends of Dlas have cabled him from Mexico to warn - nim to stay in Cuba, and that he probably will be killed if he returns home. Fejlx Dlas arrived here today on his way to Mexloa He said he would dis regard his friends' warning that his life would be in danger there. He refused, however, to travel on the Mexican gun boat sent for him, but will take the steamship Corcoravado for vera Crua. Cuban ' secret service agents guarded him.; 7'; ,f;:7..':t7-i'f---' ' ' I P. HIS BROTHER INDICTED Charge Is They Corruptly Re vealed Secret Information; One Under Indictment, A. P. Armstrong, county school super intendent and his brother. Robert Arm strong,' were indicted by the grand jury this morning for corruptly furnishing secret and special Information relating to civil service examinations to Sergeant Robert Craddock and Captain Joe Keller Of the police department, to the injury of the 'prospects of other candidates fat position on the police foree. .The indictments are brought nder a section , of the. city charter making the crime mentioned as indictable ' misde meanor. . As the city charter was passod by the legislature, the charge Is a auto offense. '-; -i-'.j.i' ,'7 ': :'7'7V . Buoerlntendent Armstrong is already under indictment for accepting a bribe while a civil service commissioner ;snd for malfeasance while holding .that of fice, Robert Armstrong has not beau lndloted before. The facts en which the indictment, is based were brought out first in the grand jury inquiry, and later' by investigations by the present civil service board,1 , ' ' , m .1 j .. i i ii fir ill'' I Does1 Mnrphjr to Retire, ' New 'York. Oct, 18. It was reported that "Bose" Murphy will retire from Tammany's leadership after, the next election, win er lose. ' . " i i. m ii ii. . -i , T6 Sell Irnjc and Cigars. - v New York, Oct. 18,It was announced today that the United Cigar Stores com pany is about to enter the drug business. ARMSTRONG AND CIVIL SERVICE CASE ADMIRAL EATON JOT E NOR USER OF. Attended' Him NightBefdre-He Died; Not Called Again Un- v til After. Death. (United Piwss Leased Wirt.) Plymouth, Mass,, Oct. 18. Denial of allegations that Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton was Insane when he died or that he-was an habitual drug user was voiced from " the witness stand . today by Dr. Joseph Frame of Rockland, at the trial of Mrs. Jennie May Eaton, charged with the admiral's murder. After outlining various , visits to the Baton home. Dr. Frame testified that Mrs. Eaton told him she thought her husband was in sane and should be committed . to : an asylum. ' : - ',,'' 7 : " The witness . testified : that he fre quently .discussed poisons with Mrs. Eaton, and that she voiced fear; of the admiral giving her poison. Once, in the admiral's presence. Dr.-Frame testified, Mrs. Eaton told him the admiral was addicted t to the drug - habit . Admiral Eaton, he said, denied .the charge. v : Dr. Frame declared that he never con sidered Admiral Eaton insane -and did not believe that he was an habitual user Of drugs. .'t ' !, Saw Eaton wniie xu. "Oh March' 7." said Dftr Frame. "I was Summoned to -the Eaton home. , Eaton was very sick, vomiting all night. He complained of pains In the stomach and I diagnosed bis oase as indigestion. At 8:60 . o'clock . Saturday ' morning Mrs. Eaton Informed me that the admiral bad died." 7 ..... - - .7 ,,.:' "At first Mrs. Eaton , avoided set ting the time of death," continued Dr. (Continued on, Page Five.) Editor Dragged From Bed on Libel Charge by Candidate ' for Mayor, " . f .": (United Preat Leased Wlre.i ... Plttaburir. Pa.. Oct. 18. Alexander P. Moore, editor of the Evening Leader and husband of Lillian Russell, the actress, Was dragged from his bed at 1 o'clock this corning and arrested on a charge hk.i nrfrrm1 hr Josenh Armstroncr. the OHver-Penrose candidate for mayor. Moore was released on-suvv casn iwin and the Leader resumed the attack on Armstrong this afternoons ; I ? studIes CHRISTIAN 00H RELIGION ; KILLS , BABY Seattle,' Wash., Oct. 18. Mrs; Kentare Nakasawa, a highly educated Japanese woman, who recently undertook a study of the Christian religion, last night oit the ', throat .of ? her, ls-montns-oid . baby girl and than attempted to take her own Me.; As she was being removed to a hos pital after having been found beside' the dead baby by her husband, a compositor on a Japanese paper here, she continual ly repeated In the Japanese tongue: , -' "My new God,1 have mrcy on me and let me die for my baby." , .' INSAN DRUGS SAYS DOCTOR HUSBAND OF LILLIAN RUSSELL IS ARRESTED 1 . . "tji Ef ' . ' " swr rre4iiJbaVsii; ui- OREGON EDITORS GET ; OF PORTLAND'S ; VARIED INDUSTRIES f " Morning Spent -Among Factor- ' les; Press Club and Ass'n Start Memorial Move, Deserting the business section and the skyscrapers for the nonce, editors and their ladles attending the annual convention of the Oregon State Editorial association spent the entire forenoon to day visiting, the industrial ' section of Portland,, for the purpose of gaining first hand impressions of, tha harbor, factories and manufacturing plants that go to make tall buildings possible. 77 V More than ,100 strong, . they left the union depot aboard a special train over the O.-W. R. & N. tracks at 8:80 this morning and did not return until near I o'clock. During the four hour junket they visited, among , other places, . ths Portland: flouring mills," the 'Portland woolen mills, the . union stock, yards, Union Meat , company's plant and - the Peninsula Industrial company's proper ties, which together tendered the equip ment for the visitors'; use.. yjf:':.iiii : Truncheon at Commercial Club. Immediately upon1 their 'return; they were escorted to the Commercial 'club, where they were the guests at a lunch eon tendered fby the club. At the after noon session in the Press club, the 'an nual reports of the president and sec retary will be read, new ' business will be transacted, resolutions adopted 'and officers elected for the next year. Ad journmrat will 'follow a "banquet at the Commercial' club; this evening, ;' where the editors will be guests' of .the Manu- . (ConUnuedy on Page- Three) LA FRANCE'S SENTENCE IS ONE TO FIVE YEARS Judge Kavanaugh .Disregards Appeal of Counsel for ' . , Leniency, V r J. C. La France, convicted of swind ling the Modern Woodmeo? of 'America out Of f 8000" by planting a body; as his Own on theJcaackanms river, was sen tenced to from one to five years in the penitentiary 2by;VcircuIt' -Judge i Kava naugh this morning. Mrs. La France and. three of their four children were n the court room," tne' baDy in .a gocart She wept as sentence was being passed. Boons Cason, ons of the attorneys for La France, asked for leniency and sug gested a parole, but District, Attorney MaKUire 'opposed the,' parole, ' Another indictment charging a similar off cftise against the Postal Life Insurance com pany stands against La France, . jura La France Is also under indictment. , frvii:g.'': ii ii, m ' """ 'ii' Hi ii' "- ;' , POPE SEES HIS SISTERS' HOME BURN; ALL ESCAPE ,V'c'v.-4?;.l,,-v . "..J .-A ' Rome. Oct, 18.-Wlth, the pope, watch-, Ing, in terrible ranxloty, from, a window in the Vatican,' the house occupied by his sisters, near, the pontifical residence, burned touay. His sisters, however. escaned safely. Hls holiness cave -thanks In his chapel when, assured that they were unhurt. - :-: - '.-. : ve -, a i n h n a m r i i ataw- . 100 ORGANIZATIONS . SUPPORT P,1 OVE FOR E Campaign rXommltieeG rati-' fied at United Sentiment in ; Favor of Big:Sp'an.. -' . .i . , ' . f But little moiw than a week remains until the vote on the interstate brldgn. " The campaign committee, reviewing the situation, finds every causa for encour agement. - . ' - ,' One 5 hundred organisations, the records show, have indorsed the build ing of the bridge. The list includes the , grange, , labor unions, women's clubr, civic organisations, fraternal societies, - business bodies'. . There have been some 300 -addresses . In behalf of the campaign before organ isations of . the kinds named. ' Associa tions that ordinarily take' no position on questions to be decided by vote faav unanimously; indorsed the project, as is Witnessed by the unanimous approval expressed by standing, vote of the unit ed camps of the Woodmen of the Wortd last night t As yet no , organised oppo sition' to therbrtdge has appeared. No meeting to combat the bridge campaign haa been called. No person at any meet- , ingi where tha -cause has been presented has risen to, speak in opposition, . t u t : Committee Will Explain Weed. ' -It the bridge committee members have failed to reach any 'portion : of Mult- (Contlnued on Page Thirteen.) Supplementary Report Said to r 1 i .u r.:7iL K-Jl.!-.-. I .77?.:7 ri Hold, further ureagmg use- v! ass at iJo umoia--mouui. ' - (Waahlnctoa Boreas of . The Jnnrnal)'' - W,hln,tnn ; Cict. 1R. Malor MC- : indoe's supplementary report on the Ci. inmhl,: rlvof Imnrovnmenta has been re- .' celved by tbe war department s which 7 aecunes to ; givf out n ;nn ur' It has, been examined. 7 It is understood - fhii it ia iftifavnr&hl-to further dredar- . ing, tne engmeera iiuiuuia- mm, u- vum be deposited again aimosrummeuiaieiy. : They say an extension of the north Jetty 5T he transport Meade Is not ftivored for 7 converilon'1;. Into',; sf'-tdredge;;;because ' sljs roiiaj,.to1iaiy.j',,.:;.,,.ri(.:;.;V U. 8,J Can't Help Tbe Dalles rirpjcrt. 7 iWashlngton,;,.Oct.:. 18.5ecretarr .of Watt Garrison informs Senator Lane he has no legal autnonty to deian om- porting on a power project at The Dal!-, wltn wnicn, nowever. nm 1a in iyiptm.. He refers Lewis' to the district engi neer's officers for advice and coopera tion. ,,',,','' ' '. V ' ' ' , . Advises 5ult In Mxlco WaVitjifon Ort . 18-The ti de partment Informs Secretary I.n It give consideration to the tlulm of t Castilla iRubher .company eaulnst t? . Mexican government ir made out 1 Mill, wn inrl. tint HuiiiroNts leaal ri" ii be sought' In the Mt'Xl-'nn cmirM I: t ,'iti-:' ,i. : ',-.t,' J . ' Takes lliitiK. I''.'"- i. -Washington. -t; i. if r:. A Salem -Is here for -. mi. polntment ae tank e - - - 1 NTERSTATE RD ft: -3