TEMPERATURES TCOAY Boston, S a. m. ..Ml Portland, 8. t..4 fWMh'toa " , .481 Mrim14 ,.t jr. Orleans " , .4aifc.i kiw Totk . .04 oia - ..it Ir Chioags ,,4418 an Trail. " ... St.. jTr-I - . ,s KMiDarg .. iu city " ..aabpoku ,.m Portland humidity, e a, xu. , . . . luJ r VOL. XII. NO. 199. PORTLAND; OREGON, , MO N DAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1913. SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO .CENTS. , W TH ADT9 A WD KtW " SXAi 1V CMIS -flu lns'TiTaiiiai i,iJ THE f CORNERSTONE" , - vV; a ' LIGHT VOTE LETS; t II t P I : "V. u"" II I ( VA Va V"- ri W.W- t-.O-O V-V VJV V V . V , V J. ' I AMERICA DOES HOT : CONQUEST-VILSON WITH FEET BOUND -BODY OF MAYOR -1 IS FOUND IN BAY AGED Bi IS IHSTANTLYKILLED aarMO President in Extemporaneous Talk at Mobile Declares I A Is Duty-of United States to ;r Free Latin America. " 5THER NATIONS' WARNED ARNED 'm 'U ' -ACHMENT 'KS' i. H -. AGAINST ENCROACHMEN American Spirit Must fie the ; ; Guardianship of True Con , T V stitutional Liberty." v (Cnltad Press Lnw Win.) ". y ,. Mobile, Ala., Oct. X7 Declaration that : the United States never would seek an other foot of territory In conquest waa . voiced today by President Woodrow i: ' Wilson In opening the Southern Com. merclal congress here.' , v : "And the United States," he continued, "must see to it that no other nation gain any territory on thla hemisphere. ' President Wilson hailed the comple -" tlon of the Panama canal aa "the eman cipation of the 1-atln-Amerlcan atatea from foreign control." , , ; "Governor O'Neal Introduced ihe presl dent after predicting: that the comple. tlon of the Panama canal would enable , the south to wreat shipping supremacy . jrom tn east. it - r'- Speaks for latin America, "We ought to be first In assisting In the emancipation of the Latin-American . states," , said President Wilson. "They have been driven to hard bargains, but hereafter we will draw them closer and closer on terms uf friendship and equal. Hy, for that Is the only possible bond between us. We stand for the highest . Ideals, constitutional, liberties and free- . dom for all. ',, :'yrv "' : -l want to say here that America doee . not ' seek another foot of territory in . conquest, and we must see to it that no ' other nation does, on this hemisphere The United States, will carry out that , program. The American spirit must be ' the guardianship of true constitutional ..liberty.' . - -"Despite the things we are trying to correct, this century, has brought us a long way up the bill toward light and justice. . I miHVl0lK.r CBJUCllt 1 Tf UDUil UJU ' v Indicated that the admlnlBtratlon would , continue Its 4,moral suasion" policy. v-it tn-ortfatityrnhrf pt Bftaeirr sait "to make the weetern hemisphere the home of the free and 'governed only as the people dictate. . We must follow the : cburse of high principle, no matter what pressure it brought ta,pear." - p. X fpeaks Uxtemporaneously. ; President Wilson spoke extemporane ously, and his remarks were enthusias tically , received.. After, reciting from Panama- canal statistics, he added:- ' "I. am reciting these things because I have lust learned them myself." - The president was warmly welcomed upon his arrival. Even a drixsllng rain failed to abate the enthusiasm of thn crowds. ' Thousands of persons from all parts of the state packed , the streets, and scboel children were massed along the route from the railroad station to : Battle house, , where the president stopped. Vv''1 y.-'! After a brief rest at the hcl preal- ' dent Wilson- boarded the. revenue cut- ' ,ter Winona for a trip about Mobile bar. .. xater ne went to the Lyric, theatre, i where the Commercial Congress was in . session, leaving later in the day fot DIES AS THEY. SING rZ&y ;0LD TIME HYMN ' (Salem Boreas ef Thi Joarsal.i Balent, Orw Oct I7just as the big ' audience at the anti-saloon meeting, in Jthe Armory yesterday afternoon began I singing, ''Throw out the life line, some one is sinking away," K. SS. Kepip was trlcketi with heart failure and sank to the floorv yHe was carried to another ;v room in -the Armory, and Dr. Byrd and , ' Dr. Fisher were summoned, but -he died -a before ttey arrived. . He was 80 years ' old and leaves a widow,' He was a con. tractor. : -.:-:;.; 4 Breadth f.t!.-ri:.4i ;Any markci;is? valuable wheh it of fers wide selec-.:? j felticm ,or buyirig and selling ; 'Viv-and when large firms::) as '':i..well;s,as individuals ,; j that .market, ? J o a f tt a 1 : Wantj Ads offer a. market ; ; r :, .whefe 1 individuals Steele ; ,.;;V .! everything from real estate ,;' ' 1t5 T to i positions, and ' where - -V 'j -" K 1 arge' firms bu y and sell j , ' ; ; for instance, this ' appears ? . "under Stocks and Bonds:' . ' ' , . - - ; ' I STOCKS AND BOXD3 Sy t;tot AnriiM. ci.; Oct. so, ma. - ' ; ; ? Ths , HndrnUrned dmlrM to nureheie ' - ondof tha.iloma Telephoo Tkle-' fmpB eompior ot roruaoa, or., to in-1 : vest ea mount not to exceed S8400, U. ' v nnmotured Intcrot coupoiu to . eeroni. : tuny the gondii Submit r offer tn wrlt- ing not.. later 'then Nor. 8. 1918, at 5 ', t o'clock p.' m Ulght reserved to reject '" u any end. all bids and to require depolt Vt ot bonda offered, or, In lieu thereof, a V pah depolt of 10 pft cent of amount 1 't of Wd. ' addreaa J. Fv Jack, Troet Of- fleer Title Inaurance and Truat Co., T1 :? tie- ImuriiBce bldg., ' Loa Anselea, Cat. Here you i' aeis i large 'i hoi ..Angeles corporation .' seeking ; sellers through The: Journal Want .Ads; j are, you awake to ? the j tvaiiku yi. -R-'-.v: :::,:i':jr:;;;rr-:.r r ... - $Wmk -KCi-:. ; " ... :1. , i 'tl t !;W-f ssSw i-'h t V i ' mi in i n 'I ini(in"jyii ivi luj V - ' 'Wnaaei Tinfajwi " r-,J- Tti i nij i ' TrB ADMINISTRATION WILL j TO RECOGNIZE . fl 1 1 j HuEflTAMNGRESS u ' 1 I fi : - -. . .- ;- Sitifation in Mexico HeJd to Be Not Improved by Election tf Yesterday, - V ' 1 (TJnltee Preea Iaaad Wire.) ' ' Washington. Oct.4 27. Plee.se as the administration was today over the ab sence of an explosion in connection with Sunday's election; In Mexico, it was said candidly "that there has been no Im provement' In the situation! ' In .fact, some of, ihe 'officials thought .matters have been, made 'worse, for Provisional president Huert a will havfr.a congress now" entirely under his 'control. . No doubt .was felt vthat, this ;body , will Vp hold the dictator in any act of aggres sion he. may decide on and In nullifying American attempts to : improve condi tions in ihe' sister republic, inaamuch sue all such attempts will Involve Huer- ta's elimination.-'',,"'. -sy One thing, It was said, la certain the administration will .refuse positively to (Continued on, Page Seven.) TO ISOiNiTESfOB L Ef fie Cressweil Has Strych nine Put In :Tea; and Coffee SeiedGlHs,';e'''v;,-"' , (.'r (SiieclaL to iThe Journal.! ' ' Salem, Or., Oct. 2T. An t tempt was made last night to poison all of the In mates at the state Industrial school for girls by putting stryahnine in the ten and) coffee served at supper. But for the timely discovery that ' something was wrong with tha beverages by Mis. Esther Hopkins, matron, serious effects might have resulted. One of the glria was mad 'ilta ! r r The strychnine was supplied by Mr. JSt fie CreswelV who says she la SI years old and who wag committed to the In stitution last week' from Salem. 8ho smuggled; the poison in by hiding It In Bhe was searched when committed, but tha hidden pocket was not discovered. Yesterday she induced Stella Morgan, committed from Albany, and - Lulu Bmlth. commltteed 'from Corvallla, and Lydia Hill, committed from Columbia county,' to put tha poison tn the ton and coffee" These girls confessed when an Investigation was begun. They-ar all younger than the Cressweil noman. Mrs. Lola O. ' Baldwin of Portland. chairman of the, advisory board f i the institution, was called and today she had the Cressweil woman sent to the city Jail and will bring criminal charges against'. her. v., f': K .w;?,.,.? v: The penalty for the crime with which she la charged is three to fifteen year in the penitentiary, , Mrs. Baldwin said the Cressweil woman - has . been a no torloua character and never should havi been sent to the Industrial school. DECLINE NATHPTS INDUSTRIAL SCHOO DIAZ ABANDONS TRIP :T His. Brother-in-Law Arrested in Vera Cruz for; Flourishing Revolver, at. Election, . (United Press Leased Wke.1 -; , a Vera Crux. Mex., Oct 27. Friends ef Qenerali Felix Dlas Lwere saying, plainly today., that they think he la tempting Providence by remaining In Mexico. ' ' President Huerta would much 'prefer to havo him leave Ihe country,-It was agreed, but' if he cannot drive him Into exile, he ' wants him it, the 'capital, where he wants him : and ;, have ' him entirely" within; his powers v:;,-: v. Dlax,,bowever'was still spending part or , rue , time at . una uerman s hotel ; ana part' at the United States consulate. j . when, after urslng him ,t - accent President's Huerta's invitation to go to Mexico City, and meeting with a refusal, Colonel Vldaurasaga left on his., special train for the capital yesterday, he-said emphatically that Dlas must answer for his defiance. It was doubted here if the resignation, as a brigadier ' general In the- Mexican army, which he tele graphed . to the war department : last night, would , save him. , It was sur mised'here that he would be summoned before General , Blanquet for a repri mand, and, undoubtedly-refusing to go, that bo would be arrested and court martialed. ' .U-'1..; Though they have both denied It. Mex ican officials . here are , convinced that JohnV Lind and ' United : SUtea Consul (Continued on Pago Pleven. VALE THE Dereiict;4With Bodies 'Aboard Discovered by Liner: Sea J Cocks Opened. . , , i - I , 1 ,!(,' ' (TJnltad Preaa Leased Wtre.) 1 ' . Southampton, England,, Oct 27. 'The sinking of the liner Vol turno's charred hulk October IT t waa Jannouneod s by wireless today . from the steamship Cherlols as It passed tha Lizard, home wmrd'vboiuid;'v"'..; ?' The drlfUng derelict was sighted from the Charlola' masthead on that date, the captain stated, and a boat's erew was sent on . board, " The fire .was out and the bodies of those who perished In It were ., still lying on deck and In the forecastle, and engine room. The Ves sel's Interior was entirely burned out ' The officer; In command of the boat s erew Opened the sea cocks, and those On board the Chariots aaw the ship sink beneath : the waves. j yfc i I'M SALE OF BICHLORIDE Washington, Oct 7. Legislation re straining and safeguarding the' sale of bichloride of mercury was urged In a letter received here today by Congress, man Calder from Coroner Ftinberg ot New York city. r Calder said he would Introduce isofsh a. bill later, ' : ;;'; OMKITY, SENDS' RESllATlttSTEAD . - -. , , . ) YOUNG WOMAN IS RUN TAXI uIYMTALLYJRl t ' ' ' Miss : Ljfdia Schlewe Uncon- scious. From Injuries; Pasr senger Bruised by Impact, Slippery streets and a telegraph pole figured prominently In an automobile accident at the' corner, of Union avenue and Falling street at 7:15 o'clock last night, when Miss Lydia E. Schlewe of 801 Michigan avenue was. struck by a skidding taxlcab belonging to the Port land Taxicab company. ..Thrown to the hard pavement ihe. sustained a concus slon of the- brain. Innumerable bruises and possible Internal Injuries. She Is now at' the Good Samaritan hoaiptal In a semi-conscious condition. - In company with girl friend Miss Schlewe had lust alighted from a north. bound Union avenue car, 'The taxlcab driven by H; E. Kllllan was : coming south with , two passengers aa the girls earns around behind the street car and (Continued, on Page Five.) ELABORATE FORTS AT CANAL PROVED TO-BE ; V0RTHLESSBY1ESTS '. f ...... ,W --a. . V -1. 1 ii.ii. Secret Trials Last Fait Showed Them Useless; 'Are. : Being Entirely Peconstructed, ; ':' '": ''i: (TTnlttn Press" Lsased Wire.) 1 ' Washington, Oct, tl. That a secret test last fall proved the . fortifications about the Panama canal were worthless was learned here today,; following an announcement" that the Atlantlo fleet would assemble off Panama In Febru ary for series ' of maneuvers' to put the fortifications to another test' Many change have been-made since the test last ' fall, 'end many government f offi cials, lnoludlng President Wilson, con template . attending the maneuvers. It was admitted today that the entire fortlfioatlons af the- canal ,, and ' locks were reconstructed after the maneuvers last fall 1 oft Quantanamo. " Evan - the mortars . guarding Chrlstobel. the ' At lantlo approach . to the . canal, ' Were thrown five miles further outside the breakwater. ; ' v. -: The tests last fall, It was. admitted today, showed that an . enemy could draw" a perfect map of the locks and fortifications from . fire-control towers, even at night It also was proved that an approaching enemy could hare de stroyed, the canal,. with ease. '.- , The. maneuvers next February : will Consist of day and night; attacks as the reconstruction of the- fortifications waa undertaken with the chief idea of pie venting a successful night attack,; 1 '?M ' 'i'A'.'S:. W-K To right riague Rata, San Francisco- Oct JT-Dr. 'French Blmpson of the united SUtea, public health service,; who has been assisting the local board of health, left here today for Seattle to aid tn the war of extermi nation on plague rata, DIN BY CAB, AND No r Candidate Received - Ma "iflrity in": Yesterday's Elec- '. tibn and Constitution Is to Be Disregarded. NEW CONGRESS WILL BE TOOL OF THE DICTATOR Capital Quiet but Huerta Spent the Day "in Suburb; Candi dates Did Notv Vote. " (United Press Leased Wlra.) t v Mexico City.- Oct 27.-rThe elecUon yesterday resulted Just as everyone had expected, v, . . : It was clear today that not .enough votes were cast to elect a president. .. '" The. congressional candidates who re ceived majorities will get together. It was expected,, and declare themselves elected Huerta approving. ; . Then they will declare ,that the presi dential, as distinguished from the con gressional, election was invalid and ask Huertev to remain at the head, of the government Until another election can be held. This will be whenever Huerta wants one. " Constitution Disregarded. ' Persons familiar with the Mexican constitution said they, did not see how the congressional , election could be called valid and ' the presidential elec tion void, in view of the fact that the presidential : ' and . congressional candi dates Were voted for on the same bal lots. Practical politicians replied, how ever, that this was a mere detail' which would .not be permitted to stand in the provisional government's way. There are about , 8,000,000 voters In Mexico and - the . constitution - requires one third of them to cast their, ballot to make a valid election. Nothing like this number voted yesterday. Exact figures cannot be given and none will be available for some days, owing to the disorganisation of all means of communication. In one dlstrlot, . how ever, for example,' where there are 80 LO00 voters less than (000 ballots were cast There were places where the vot ing was even lighter than this, and in the northern states not even a pretense was made of opening polling places ex cept where there were federal garrisons. ' Huerta Stayed in Country. Leaders of the Dial and Oamboa Bar- ties ieee-thelrrfoaowerer not,- toVwte,' Huerta himself was sway from the capital all of Sunday, spending, the day at his residence in a remote suburb, hut General Blanquet, the vice presidential candidate on the Huerta ticket remained at the helm all day. In Mexico City, and so far at any re ports yet received Indicate, the election was perfectly quiet There seemed to be no attempt to Intimidate or even to (Continued on rge Nina) RECKLESS DRIVING Ilas iydl Scbiew, seriously; nr mjmJ 3 55' L "j cHt HOWVrl-' UNION AVE DUGHA3I,SHOUlNa HOW favTl !r" " . ' ' v - I'll i I ii Believed That Worry Over 'Stolen City Funds Caused , I S. C. E. Jordan; 69, to Com mit Suicide. LEFT HOUSE IN G00O . SPIRITS LAST. EVENING Never Blamed i for, 'Loss of $3100 Which Was Taken Franr Safe.v ; ; (Special to"" Th JournaH ' i Marshf lerd. Or., Oct 17. The body of B. C E. Jordan, 69 years old, mayor of Eastslde, with the feet tied together, was' found in the bay this morning, a short distance from his home. Every indication is that Jordan committed sui cide, and his act is ascribed? to worry over the disappearance from the city haU safe at Eastslde Of $S100 of city funds, a loss 'discovered about a week ago, while. Recorder Leaton, who had the custody of the- money, was In the hospital. . ' . ;,. . . ' Jordan left his home last evening tell ing his wife that he was going out to do some choree. When he failed to re tunrn In three hour Mrs. Jordan no tified officers and friends and a search was started.- - a .-.. ' : Jordan was never blamed for the loas of the funds, but he continually brood ed over the matter taking upon himself blame which none of his fellow citisens placed on him. A few days ago he told one of his friends that he worried so he bad not slept since the loss of . ths money was discovered, and his nerves were noticeably shakes,. There is no clue as to who really took the city's money,- which , was collected from property' Owners on a special as sessment for street Improvements. For several weeks the - safe could not be opened, as It would not respond to the combination.' ' Leaton. went to the hos pital for a surgical operation, and when he returned the outside door of the safe was opened by a mechanic. - ' -.''''-: ; ; .;' v . aconey Crone, ? ': .::-: . ' The Inside door was then opened, but the money" was'"inot;there.vy;..?';' Jordan knew the combination of the outside door,' but the recorder held the key-to the Inside door. This lock had 1 be wlaniDexed. j1 th. In J(ila abatement H, ui uing nig money w , unsaea, Leaton aid he did hot put the money in the bank because: he expected a per sonal .attachment and feared - the; city funds in . bis -possession might become Involved, so he retained the cash In the city safe, that only be and Jordan knew that ,the, money was there. - , :. , At 7 , o'clock last , evening Jordan seemed In good ' spirits. .' and told his wife that he was going out to do some (Continued on Page Ftve.) . -j AROUSES RESIDENTS Injured In" auto accident. w r i "fa -fr tftwToU SIRW AUGHT JSJC ACCIDI2NT : HAPPENED SBSSBSSSCC3SSSSB BY TROLLEY CM 1 '- '.V. " " . ' Mrs. Minna Kenter. 78 Years Old and Deaf, Was on Way to Get , Stamp for Letter to ;, Be Sent to Germany. M0T0RMAN RANG GONG " AND LOWERED FENDER: Bystander Also -Shouted but No Heed Was Paid; Widow.... Lived by Herself, f . On her way to mall a letter to Ger many asking Information that would help her secure a widow's pension, Mrs. Minna Keneer, 71 years old, was struck . by a Mount Scott trolley train at For. ' tleth and Hawthorne avenue, at :59 o'clock this morning and instantly killed. ' Her body was dragged , nearly 40 feet -along the track and waa ;? frightfully.' mutilated. N ' ..- V. - i . The aged woman, who was known In tho neighborhood ' of : her home as -"Mother Bussie."- had left her tumble- -down cottage at 314 East Forty-second street,, to purchase a stamp and get her letter Into i. the mall, j; She ad turned -west on Hawthorne at Forty-second and had gbne aa far as fiortleth, when she crossed over. Being very deaf, she evl- dently did not hear tha approaching ears, though bystanders say Motorman ' J. L. O'Brien was clanging his gong -furiously. Albert Breedlove, s salesman " employed by Wadhams St Co., said he . was near and 'shouted a warning to the woman, but she did not hear him and he " could not reach her in time to drag . her away. Peter Smith, 1201 Hawthorne 1 avenue, said he waa sitting on his porch -' when he heard the shout and looked up ; ' Just as Mrs. Kenter was struck. He said v ' the motorman was signalling and that ' the fender was down. .-, , , r , . ,. Xffort to Ftad. Son. ' . " Ths body , was covered with a cloth until the ambulance arrived to take it , to the morgue, Efforts, are now being I made to, find Mrs. Renter's son, Bobert C. Bussie. who. Is supposed to bain the ' country near Vancouver on a paJating job The son lives at 121 East Forty- third, and- la said by neighbors to own . several bouses in the vicinity. Mrs.- Kentner ; waa believed by her , neighbors to be miserably poor,, Tes tercay afternoon, she crossed the street -. to the home of Dr. Jacob Grebe. I2C Best Fertyvsecond. street, 'and borrowed -a bottle of Ink, saying she wanted to write a letter. It was this letter which she was carrying When the car crushed out her life.--; . . ' - - . -t The letter la written in German and (Continued en Page Five.) . Member of Privy Council As-, sertsr After . Year, - Results , Are Surprising, , ' , , " v 1 1 , , , . - . (United Press Leased Wire. " Berlin. Oct 27. prof essor Krause, a, member of the privy council and one of . the highest authorities of Germany, to- night gave a partial Indorsement to Dr. F. F.-. Frledmann's .. antl-tuberculoels r' serum.' V:w . ' ' ' . . - . Ktause's statement came lust one year after Dr. Frledmann's announcement of . his discovery and followed a remark able demonstration' today; by Frtedmann and Professor Mueller tn the royal hos pitals for the benefit of the delegates to the International Tuberculosis coun cil, conducted under the patronage of Empress Augusta. Victoria.. Numerous Frledmann patient were exhibited to more than 800 physicians from all Darts . Of the world. . :fl-..''.".--'.'.v.! . , "I am convinced that there are no In jurious results from Frledmann's ser um," Krause said,. "Before this demon stratlon I convinced myself of that by two months of observation In my own clinic, V"cv;,v.&'V';ir.'i'.:, -a "In the surgical cases exhibited.' wher . the patients suffered from tuberculosis' of the flesh and bone, one must ss an honorable man, admit' and 1 1 have the courage to say. that 'we were' shown some surprising, results, even If it be conceded, which is very likely,, that the cases shown to us were . Frledmann's best ' The X-ray plates exhibited elao ' Justify the belief that tubercular lungs also can be favorably Influenced by the .neamann serum. . , , , ; v , Krause auaUfled his statement bv sav ing that insofar aa lung tuberculosis is . concerned, he still has llnaerlnz Ldoubts. He said observations In his own ou&io baa not Justified the claim that Frledmann's serum is s "cure." but ad mitted that sufficient time has not yet elapsed to enable him to pass Judgment' on the discovery.- , ) :' t i -r ' i ' . CANNYMNDY CARfiEGIE ; FORESAW INCOME TAX Pittsburg, Pa., Oct 27.Rvn of. flcials have unearthed ti fact tmt when Andrew Carnie sold out U th sUl trust he drew Oi cotrnj.-t in s . a way. that the trust win hate to i his inoorae tax on Its bomin. Convicted Banker r Ui Washington,' Oct. 27. C- - i. 1 r f senting WilJlam Cummin, president of the defunct cin company, today askel thn ! supreme court to review a i decision ! under which c sentenced to six yours' l - FRIEDMANN SERUM NDORSED BY KRAUS NOTED BERLINDOCTOR ;;-(,v7-.::'1":v:-..r;;-'i,1'V'. 1 1 s 'if ':"