VOL. XII. NO. 217,
PORtLANP OREGON. -MONDAY EVENING, ' NOVEMBER 17, 1913. SIXTEEN PAGES.
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DIPLOMACY ILL
BE SOLUTION OF
MEXICAN AFFAIR
Wilson Denies "Fakes" About
Unit and O'Shaughnessy
Leaving Mexico; He Says
Peace Is Coming.
STRIKING TRAINMEN ON
LEW IS WILIS
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EMPORARILY
HUERTA SHORT OF CASH
WITH SUPPLY CUT OFF
If Dictator Is Financed Secret
ly Rebels Will Be Encour-
aged to Enter Capital.
(United rrera If.scil Wire.)
Washington, Nov. 17. John Llnd,
President Wilson's emmlssary to Mex
ico, la not on the point of going on board
one of the American battleships at Vera
' Cruz.
Consul Canada Is not getting ready
to close the American consulate at the
same place,
Charge d'Affalres O'Shaughnessy Is
not about to close the American em
bassy In Mexico City.
President Wilson was still confident
today that diplomacy will solve the
Mexican problem.
The president made all these things
plain at his conference with the news
paper correspondents today. He made
It clear also that he believed progress
was being made in the direction of peace
In Mexico.
Aldape Incident Disregarded.
The Washington administration was
not in the least concerned, it was stated,
at the ousting of president Huerta'B
minister of the interior, Garcia Aldape.
The incident was not considered any of
fairs.
The chief executive referred plainly to
the stories of Llnd's, O'Shaughnessy' s
and Canada's prospective departure from
Mexico as "fakes." O'Shaughnessy, he
said, would not leave Mexico unless
Huerta handed him his passports.
Huerta, It was pointed out, has had
his cash supplies from outside the country-
cut off. It was declared that It
was admitted even in Mexico that this
source soon will be exhausted. It Is
expected that when this happens, the
dictator's lieutenants will all desert him
and nothing will be. left for him but to
get out In a hurry.
-Vf. .!!.:,' Chance for,, Babels. ,
Should It develop, however, that the
1 Huerta administration is being financed
through underground, channels, it-was
stated, the rebels will be encouraged to
attempt Mexico City's capture.
Tho raising of the. embargo on arms,
It waa learned will only be tho Wash
ington administration's last step, how
ever. The president hopes to avoid It.
The executive was Investigating today
the stories of wholesale executions of
federal prisoners by General Villa at
Juarea. Should " they prove true, how
ever it could not be learned how the
information would affect the negotia
tions with General Carranza.
Status of Carrania.
Senator Catron of New Mexico, who
conferred with Villa at Juarez, It wJ
stated, did so only as a private citlien
and not as an administration represen
tative. The only instructions to William Ba
yard Hale, who also is acting entirely
unofficially, were to "get In. touch-'
' with Carranza and to ascertain hla
plans, his strength and his intentions
in the event of success.
The administration was surprised at
tho statement attributed to Carransu
that he demanded the lifting of the em
bargo on munitions as a right. If ho
made it, it was believed he did It "for
home consumption" and to strengthen
him with his own followers.
' " American ts eleased, - '
Under orders from President Wilsoo,
Consul Edwards secured the release at
Juarez of an American prisoner named
Ballln, who was reported to be in
danger of execution. Edwards, in an
nouncing that ho had, been froed said,
however, that he was not in peril.
Admiral Boush, on the battleship
Louisiana, was instructod to demand
several Americans, said to be prison
ers of the rebels near Tuxpam.
L
Wishes to Avoid- Recognition
of Huerta's Creatures; Diaz'
Son-in-Law Assassinated.
i (t'nlted I'reM Leed Wire.)
Mexico City, Nov. 17.t-To avoid an
swering President Huorta's invitation to
attend the opening,of Mexico's congress
' Thursday, Charge d'Affaires O'Shaugh
nessy of the American embassy here
may go to Vera Crua this weekr
This, Jt was stated at the embassy
today, was the solo basis for rumors
that O'Shaughnessy is about to auit the
'Mexican capital.
If he does leayo It, it was said posl?
lively, he will Simply eonferwith Emis
sary John Ltnd, and return to bis post
. Thursday night or Friday, Tho explana-
tlon was given that he cannot attend
the opening of the congressional session,
. because tho? body Is not recognised by
the i Washington administration.
vAn attempt was made to have the
, two houses, convene Saturday afternoon
as scheduled, but it was Impossible to
secure a quorum In tho senate. , '
r There were" many who still.-thought
that when the lawmakers do get togeth-
( Concluded on rage Gevea, Column four).
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QUIT MEXICO CITY
DAT
SLUR
CONGRESS
Meet Railroad Officials at
Request of Federal Board of
Mediation,
(United Tress Lented Wire.)
Washington, Nov. 17. The striking
trainmen ,on the Southern Pacific lines
between El Paso and New Orleans have
agreed to return to work Immediately,
pending the outcome of further negotia
tions, it was stated today by members
of the federal board of mediation and
conciliation. Arbitration .plans, it was
added, would be announced this after
noon. Four different .unions were Involved
In the strike. They had joined forces,
and wanted to negotiate with tho rail
road company through a Joint commit
tee. This the company refused to do, in
sisting on dealing with them separ
ately. Under the terms of the .agreement fi
nally reached, the company yielded this
point and signified its willingness to
accept the joint committee.
If they can do so, the committee and
the railroad's representatives, will try
to settle the differences between the
company and Its employes. Should they
fall, the controversy will be left to the
federal mediation board to decide.
Local Southern Pacific officials said
they Had received no news either from
Washington or New York of a settlement
of the strike, but they were glad to ac
cept the announcement from the men's
headquarters and expressed no doubt of
its accuracy.
The restoration of train service was
being pushed as rapidly as possible.
Traffle was badly piled up, however, and
it was expected It would bo several
days before everything would be run
ning with entire smoothness again.
THE COST OF LIVING
Governor Glynn Calls Confer
ence of R. R, Presidents
and Rich Men,
(United Preis Leased Wire.) .
Albany, -; Y,- Nov. 17. Governor
Martin II. Glynn will confer tomorrow.
It was statedrtpday at the executive of
fices here, with the heads of several
railroad systems, with noted economists
and with national officials concerning
an attack at the next session of the
New York legislature on the high cost
of living.
Among those scheduled to attend the
meeting are President Howard Elliott
and President W. C. Brown, respective
ly, of the New Haven and New-York
Central railroads; Vincent Astor and
Franklin Roosevelt.
United States Senator O'Gonnan of
New York, it was added, probably woulj
launch a similar campaign In the na
tional legislature.
ROBBED OF DIAMONDS
VALUED AT $35,000
Cedar itaplds, -Iowa, Nov. 17. L.
Oross, a Chicago diamond merchant, re
ported here today that he had been
robbed of gems worth $35,000 while
traveling between Davenport and Min
neapolis. The robbery, he said, occurred
Friday night.
CROZIER AND ALVORlT
PROMOTED BY WILSON
Washington, Nov. 17. President Wil
son today sent to the senate the nomi
nation of Brigadier General William
Crozler to be chief of the bureau of ord
nance, and. tbat of Lieutenant Colonel
Benjamin Alvord to b an adjutant gen
eral with the rank of colonel.
NEW-YORK TO ATTACK
SCENE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, DURING THE
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Resides the discomfort from the heavy snowfall, many In the Ohio city . suffered from shortage .of food sup-
Event Initiated in Portland to
Be Celebrated With Much
L Ostentation and Destruction
by Civic Bodies.
N.
P. WILL DISTRIBUTE
APPLES BY THOUSANDS
Fruit Will Be Handed From
Auto Truck Which Will
Traverse Streets.
Portland, center of the "Apple day"
idea which has radiated out all over the
United States, will celebrate tomorfAw
the triumph of the "king of fruits" with
ostentation and much destruction. The
destructive nature of the celebration
will be the chief feature of the day, for
it is the apple Itself that is to suffer,
even while Its charms are being ex
tolled. E
The Northern Pacific railway will do
the most showy part of the apple day
.celebration. Starting from the city
ticket office at 8' a; m.. a great automo
bile truck made over Into an "apple float,
will traverse the streets of the city all
day long, or until darkness hides tho
view. Mounted on this float will be
four colored dining car waiters, in reg
ular dining car garb, who will hand out
to the people between 30,000 and 40,000
Spitzenberg apples.
Hazere J. Titus, superintendent of the
dining car service, and A. D. Charlton,
assistant general passenger agent, will
start out with tho car and get the pro
ject nicely in operation. Mr. Titus ar
rived today from St. Paul expressly to
put on this "stunt" in Portland. In ad
dition, a display of 100 boxes of apples
will be made in the ticket office at
Third and Morrison streets.
Apple Mesas on Trains.
Special dining car menus will feature
the apple on all the railroads. Tho
Northern Pacific has issued a menu
rard, cut In the shape of an apple, and
the Southern Pacific, the O.-W. R. & N.,
thaGreat' Northern, the Spokane; Port
land Seattle, and the Oregon. Electric
will a11 serve apples in various forms
as special dishes for the day.
Several of them will distribute sou
venirs emphasizing the value of apples.
The Commercial club, the Rotary club,
the Transportation club and numerous
other organizations which hold luncheons.-tomorrow
tall. will apaclallaa en thv
apple. The Transportation club orches
tra has been rehearsing "In the Shade
(Coni luded on 1'age Seven, Column Two)
OF
Wife of Prince William Eitel
Friederich Said to Have
Fled From Germany,
Paris; Nov. 17. That the wife of
Prince William Eitel-Friederich, Kaiser
Wilhelin's second son, had deserted her
husband was a report widely circulated
today. One rumor stated that the prin
cess had fled here, but was intercepted
and returned to Germany. Another
stated that she had gone to America,
traveling incognito. Still another re
port was that she -was -secluded "in the
family castle, btlt h'ad refused to return
to her husband f ,
Another Princess Balks.
Paris, Nov. 17. Princess Marie, wife
of Prince William of Swellen and daugh
ter of a, Russian grand duke, ended at
tempts to reconcile her to her husband
by saying she will never live with him
again.
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DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
KAISER
DISAPPEARS
BLAME WEATHER MAN
FOR LOSS OF LIFE IN
GREAT LAKES STORM
Congressman Demands Inves
tigation of-Service, Saying
Warnings Inadequate,
(United Pteaa Leased Wire.)
Cleveland, O., Nov. 17. Congressman
Oordon telegraphed to President Wilson
today asking a full Investigation of the
service given by the weather bureau in
connection with the recent storm on
the Great' Lakes, as a result uf which
between 200 and 300 lives were lost and
property, according to some estimates,
valued at $10,000,000 was destroyed.
The charge has been made, Gordon
informed the president, that the weather
bureau gave insufficient warning of the
storm and was thus Indirectly respon
sible for the heavy loss.
Captains of vessels which survived
assert that the bureau merely flew the
usual storm signals, but did not display
hurricane warnings.
Dr. Jordan Politely Slaras British
London, Nov. 17. British university
examinations are farces, according to
David Starr Jordan, chancellor of Leland
Stanford UnlYcrsltXi California, . lie
told Britishers that to their faces in an
addresu before the education committee
of the London county council.
Jordan said that American universi
ties are far superior to the British in
stitutions. He said that the practice of
examination is to be condemnded be
cause there is no connection between ex
aminations and nighcr education. The
test of education, he said. Is to know
what to do In life.
RECENT BLIZZARD
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Captain Metcalf of Cottage
Grove Sent to Investigate
at Florence,
(Sal'm Bureau of The Journal.)
Salem. Or., Nov, 17. WUh-Captain
Harry Metcalf of Cottage Grove on his
yay to Florence to investigate for Gov
ernor West the I..W W. deportations
there last week, the governor is waiting
for Metcalf's report before determining
what action s'.iould be taken. That he
Is going to make a laetipg example of
the case was made plain by him today.
"This thing is going to be followed up
and settled for all time to come, so far
as this office is concerned." he said.
"A mob Is a mob. It doesn't make a
particle of difference to me whether it
carries the stamp of approval of our
friend Johnson Porter, or that of Tom
Burns and Rudolph Schwab.
"The argument that these deporta
tions are less expensive is childish,
as it could be applied with equal force
as an argument In favor of lynching
as against a jury.
"If those who are responsible for the
organization and activities of these
mobs thliut x am going to sit idly by
and permit them to go on and then
In event of labor troubles, which may
come at any time, order out the militia
to shoot down worklngmen, they have
another guess coming. I have a sworn
duty to perform, which carries with It
a protection of the rights of Individ
uals as well as tho rights of property.
"Should the tlmo arrive when I can't
perform that duty I will turn the Job
over to some one else. I will have
had enough."
QUITS $1800 TEACHING
JOB TO BE RICH JANITOR
Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 17. Because a
position as teacher In East High school,
where he was head of the manual train
ing department, paid him only 11800 a
year, while a Job as first Janitor paid
$2400, Charles J. Foskett has resigned
his school position to became chief cus
todian of the First National Bank build
ing. Foskett has been a teacher In the
Cleveland schools 12 years. He said
one reason he was leaving was the un
sanitary condition of his. class rooms,
which he said endangered his health.
GARRISON NOT OPPOSED
TO LOSING REVENUES
(Washington Unman ot Tbs Journal.)
Washington, Nov. 17. Senators Cham
berlain aiid Lane and Representative
Blnnott conferred this morning with the
secretary of war regarding the leasing
of Sand Island at a nominal price to
Oregon. Secretary Garrison said It was
impossible to do that, but he was not
opposed to a bill ordering thte money
transferred to the fisheries department.
Senator Chamberlain will introduce a
bill directing that the revenues be
turned over to the Oregon fish commis
sion. SWEEK'S NOMINATION
SIGNAL FOR PROTESTS
(Wuhlniton Borpro r Ttat Journal.) .
" Washington, r Now 1 T. It -is- reported
protests have been filed against the con
firm at I on of Alex Swcek of Portland to
be minister to BJam.
mm IS
DEPORTATIONS
ONC
BOY ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
WHEN PARENTS SAY HE
' MUST ATTEND SCHOOL
Youth Inflicts Slight .Wound
With Revolver, After Lock
ing Self in His Room,
Verney Emrlck. 13-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Emrlck, at 468
Roselawn avenue, attempted suicide this
morning with a pistol because his par
ents refused to let him quit BChoOiai.d
go to work. The parents 4ncisted that
the son remain in school, the mother
urging him to go this morning, but in
stead the boy went to his room, locked
the door and shot himself in the fore
head. The bullet grazed , the skin.
For some time the lad has desjred to
quit sohool to work In the daytime, then
attend night school. Answering an ad
vertisement for a boy wanted at an
east side millinery store a few days
ago young Emrlck begged to be allowed
to take this Job. The ijxents urged him
to continue school, since he has been
doing well In his studies and his rela
tions there were pleasant. He attended
the Highland school and Jln the sev
enth grade.
This morning the question of school
came up, whereupon the boy again re
fused tp go. He went to an upper room
in the house, secured a pistol belong
ing to his brother-in-law, locked tho
door and refused to come out. The
mother telephoned to the police. Mo
torcycle Officer Hany Bewley went to
the home, tiooklng through the key
hole, the officer saw the boy In tha
room, pistol iri hand, threatening to
shoot anyone who broke down the door.
The mother, daughter and officer talked
through the door to the boy, trying to
dissuade him from using the gun on
himself or anyone else. Finally tho
lad promised to let hip mother in the
room IT the officer would go down
stairs. The sister walked away, heav
ily, but the son still refused to open
the door.
After further parleying the repot t
of the pistol rang out. The mother
and sister became hysterical. The door
was then opened by the boy and I'a-
trolninn Bewley Cashed uuo uie room.
The boy told the officer he had shot
himself jn the head. Removing his
cap,' Rrwley found the blood flowing
out' of a cut on the right side' of tho
forehead. The boy was daa?d.
A physician was inlled to dress the
wound, which proved slight. He was
taken to tho police station, then to the
Juvenile court.
APPLICATION MADE FOR
PARDON FOR PAT LAVEY
(Vhlnetin Bureau 'of Tba Journal.
""Washington. Nov. 17. Senators
Chamberlain and Lane have urged the
president to consider favorabiy applica
tion for a pardon for Pat C. Iavey, who
is in Jail in Portland for using the malls
to defraud".
Heppner Chief Indicted.
Heppner. Or.. Nioy. 17. Chief of Police
Smith, indicted by the grand Jury on a
charge of permitting gambling In the
city, says he will not resign.
A saloon man yas indicted on . a
similar charge, and -i'meat than was In
dicted for selling unwholesome meat.
Surrey of Snake Hirer Asked.
(Waablnston Bureau nt Th Journal,
Washington, Nov. , 17.- Henator .ratia
has intreduwed two. -Jolnt. resolutions
calling for a survey of the Snake river
from Rtparla to its confluence with the
Columbia and thence to Celllo-
City Budget Committee Fixes
Levy at Public Meeting Held
at the Council Chamber
This Morning. -y
$2,731,600 WILL BE
PRODUCED FOR YEAR '14
Objections to Salary Increases
Are Made; $10,000 Ad
vance in Interest.
COMPARISON Of TAX LEVIES
Proposed
181.' . for 1914
Mills Mills 4
Fire department 2.14 4)
Police department.. .1.39
Lighting .6S
Street repair 38 J fc '
Park so
Street cleaning and '
sprinkling 79
Total
General
.6.82
1.805
1.0$
.40
l .- .
.10
.865
Bonded Indebtedness
Interest 90
Sinking 40
Firemen's relief and
pension
Public docks com
mission 21
Special bridge 37
Total ..7.7
7.7
Due to the commission' charter
provision that taxes shall not be
assessed on a mlllage basis for
separate departments, but paid.
Into a general fund from which
money will be paid as needed,
comparisons between this year
and next in mills of tax levy are
not given In the above condensed
statement submitted by the city
commission.
v
Following a public hearing this morn
ing the city .commission adopted its
budget of municipal expense for 1914.
The levy will be 7.7 mills on a valua
tion of $308,000,000, and should produce
82,7S1,00. " ':f-; r
No change was made in the, tentative
budget printed in The Journal Satur
day' evening, except to Insert an item oC
$3675 for school inspection and a dentil
clinic, an expense the sohool board had
Intended to assume, but found Itself
without legal power to do so.
C. A. Blgelow, commissioner of fi
nance, explained that but for certain
reasons the levy this year might have
been decreased 5 to 6 tenths of a mil.
Due to a change In the election laws
abolishing the discount for prompt pay
ment, tax money will not be available
much before March 1; the expense of
(Concluded on I'sge Seeo, Column . Twoi
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They Have Half-Interest in
Homesteads After Title Is
Passed by Government, j
(United Press Lpd Wire.)
Washington. No 17. The United
States supreme court decided today in
favor of the women in the dispute be
tween the respective Interests of hus
bands and wives In farm homesteads in
the state of Washington. ,
It affirmed the decision that, under
the state law, wives liave a half in
terest in government homesteads in
Washington after the titles have passed
from the government.
The decision was rendered in the suit
of John Bu'.chser against his step-children,
who claimed their mother's half .
Interest In land near Spokane. t
Rooms and Apart
ments for Rent
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13th and Jefferson Sts.
4 AND 6 ROOM UNFURNISHED
APTS.
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7 ROOM furnished apartment, I
one of the best In the city Isr
every way, to rent for the winter..
Phone Marshall 69g-
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8UITB of 3 furnished rooms for
housekeeping, with bath and ,
gas, very reasonable; private
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$T7bo to "82.75 WKEK Clean fur- ,
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laundry, baths. . Phone East 603V
Suitable for 2 or 4.
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