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VOL. XII. NO. 223.
PORTLAND, OREGON,- MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1913. TWENTY PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
MEXICO'S CREDIT iS
TWO LIEUTENANTS
SCENES WITH CONSTlTIONALISTS IN NORTHERN MEXICO
1
WEDDING REHEARSAL IS
SUKE COMBINE
OFAlYAvlAlH
INVESTIGATED BY
II. S. GOVERNMENT
GONE: F
CORPS ARE KILLED
IS ONLY SECURITY
HELD IN WHITE HOUSE;
DINNER DANCE70NIGHT
Wedding Party All in Washing
ton arid Ready for Tomor
row's Gala Event,
IRING SQUAD
Ellington and Kelly Fall in Bi
plane on Shore of North
Island, San Diego Bay, Are
Instantly Killed.
MACHINE DIVES WHILE
FLIERS ARE DESCENDING
Spectators Say Flight Was
Routine and No "Fancy
' Flying' Tricks Tried.
(United Freaa Leaned Wire.)
San Diego. Cal., Nov. 24. Lieutenant
Erlck L. Ellington and Hugh M. Kelly,
aviation corps, United States army,
were killed this morning by a lall from
an aeroplane over North Island, Ban
Diego bay. The men were flying high
over the Island when the machine
plunged to earth. Borti men were l.llljd
Instantly.
The men fell a distance of 80 feet
Their deaths bring the list of fatalities
to men connected with '.he army school
here up to five In the last year. The
others were Lieutenant J. V. Park, killed
near Santa Ana whllo trying to fly u
Los Angeles; Lieutenant Love and one
other.
Careers of the Victims.
Kelly was bom In Kentucky, March
26. 1881. He was appointed to the army
frem Kentucky as a second lieutenant
In the Twenty-sixth Infantry, October
28, 1902. lie was promoted to the rank
of first lieutenant in the Twentieth In
fantry March 6, 1909, and later trans
ferred to. the Twenty-sixth infantry.
Before coming to San Diego he was de
tailed with the aviation corps at Texas.
City, Texas.
Ellington was born in North Carolina
May IS, 1889. He was appointed to the
army from that state as second lieu
tenant in the Third Cavalry September
28. J 91 1. -
Kelly and Ellington "11 on the hara
ground of the bay shore about a mile
from the aviation camp. The accident
occurred after they had been flying
about five rrilnutes. They were return
ing after a successful flight over Point
Loma and the Pacific ocean and start
ed to glide to earth at a normal angle.
When about 80 feet from the earth the
machine turned, pointed Its nose straight
downward and plunged to the ground.
TUfliS WM Bontine.
ii i ' ii' m .r- i iiiiiihii ill, i i iii ii i i
coin men were aeaa, puruy covcrea wun
the wreckage of the aeroplane.
The machine was No, 14 of the huge
army biplane type. An Investigation
was made this afternoon. Officers -jf
the corps declare Kelly and Ellington
were making a routine flight such as is
made every day, and deny that they
(Concluded on Phri- Klevrn. Column Three)
GIVING FREE BOOKS
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Committee to Protest Against
Plan at Meeting of Board
Tomorrow Night.
The fact that the voters will be asked
to adopt free text books for the Portland
district at the annual school election to
be held tomorrow night supplied the
theme of chief Interest at today's week
ly meeting of the Methodist Preachers'
association.
Acting on the report that a petition
will be presented to the school directors
at tomorrow night's annual meeting re
questing the adoption of free text books
and tl.at in event favorable action is
taken it will mean that free books will
be supplied a number of parochial
achools in the district, the ministers ap
pointed a committee to be present at the
school meeting to protest against free
school books at this time.
The sense of the meeting was that
such an important step should not be
hastily taken, and that ample time
should be given tho voters of the dis
trict to discuss and Investigate the de
sirability of putting the free text book
law into efrect in the Portland district.
As amended by the last legislature!
the school law provides that any school
in a district of the first class, using
the 'books prescribed by the state text
book commission, is entitled to free
books upon the adoption of that fea
ture of the school law by the vdters of
the district.
The Methodist preachers went on rec
ord today as being oppqped to furnishing
any parochial or private school with
text books to be paid for out of public
money.
Dr. J. W. McDougall and Rev. W.
W. Youngson each read a paper en
titled "Echoes From Indianapolis."
Both speakers were delegates to the
recent Methodist men's convention held
at' Indianapolis Dr. McDougall spoke
of the tremendous ovation accorded Rev.
Clarence True Wilson, a former Port
land pastor, upon the conclusion of a
temperance address he delivered at the
.Indianapolis meeting.
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION
MEMBERS ARE NAMED
.Washington Nov, . 2 4vTbe nomina
tions of General Clinton Rigga of Bal
timore, Winifred Dennlson of New York
and Henderson 'Martin of Kansas to be
members of the Philippine commission
were sent to the senate tils afternoon
by PiCvNwt Wilson.
METHODISTS
OPPOSE
(United Presi Leaaed Wire.)
Washington, Nov. 24. Francia B.
Sayre of New York and President
Wilson's daughter, Jessie, will be mar
ried at the White House tomorrow,
and today they were making their
final preparations for the ceremony.
Dr. Sylvester Beach, who will offi
ciate: Dr. Grenfelt, who will be
groomsman, and ushers and gift
bearers were In and out of the execu
tive residence during the day.
A rehearsal of the ceremony was set
for 3 this afternoon, and afterward
the presents will be shown to intimate
friends of the Wilson and Sayre fam
ilies. In the evening there will be a
dinner and a dance may follow.
A hundred policemen have been de
tailed to handle tomorrow's crowd.
ION MENTIONED
ASI.C.
Oregon Men Suggested as De
sirable Member of Federal
Railroad Board,
(Wuihlncton Bureau nf Tin- Journal.)
Washington, Nov. 24. President Wil
son said this morning the selection of
men to fill the three vacant places on
the Interstate comnjarce commission Is
giving him considerable concern.' The
geographical question will have weight,
but not to the exclusion of the question
of fitness. J. N. Teal of Portland lias
been suggested, but it is said that he
would not accept the position. Eugene
Shelbys a Democrat, formerly of Ore
gon, now of San Francisco, and one time
manager for Wells Kargo, is a candidate.
He is a cousin of Senator Lane, Clyde
B. Altchlson, of the Oregon railroad
commission, is being urged. The Ore
gon senators have not given their sup
port to any one.
Friends Behind Aitchlnon.
(Sulem Bureau of The Journal.)
Salem, Or., Nov. 24. Friends of
Altchlson of the Oregon railroad
C. B.
com-
iwaaajMt9nd ' Hia-rmmwas-af
possible appointee on the interstate com
merce commission to fill one of the va
cancies now in that body. . No western
man is now on the commission.
Mr. Altchison says he Is not a candi
date for the place, as he expects the ap
pointment to go to a Democrat. At the
same time a strong effort is likely to
be made in his behalf, as It Is believed
that political and partisan considera
tions will not be controlling in the se
lection of the appointee.
DES MOINES IS DRY BUT
NEIGHBORS KEEP OPEN
Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 24. Des
Moines' 86 saloons were closed down for
good today. The thirsty, however, did
not suffer, as hundreds went to Valley
Junction, nearby.
The saloon keepers were preparing to
ask the state supreme court for a re
hearing on the validity of the law un
der which their places were closed, and
to ask permission to remain open until
December 9, when the court meets
again.
A big temperance rally to celebrate the
closing of the saloons will be held to-
MADAME THEBES SEES
MARS' MENACE IN 1914
Paris, Nov. 24. Following are some,
of the predictions of 1914 made by
Madame Thebes, Paris' most widely
known seeress:
The planet Mars will predominate,
with war always menacing.
London will be threatened by floods:
a terrible catastrophe resulting from
the Inundations will arouse the pity of
the civilized world.
MINNESOTA AGROUND IN
SHIM0N0SEKI STRAITS
Yokohama, Nov.' 24. Tugs were vain
ly trying today to get. the steamship
Minnesota off a sand bank near, Hlko
Slma", in the Shimonoseki straits
The Minnesota, bound from Manila
for Seattle, via Hongkong and Yoko
hama, went ashore while trying to avoid
a collision with a sailing craft. It
carried 60 cabin passengers, mostly
Americans.
BARBER GOES INSANE;
CUTS OFF MAN'S NOSE
San Jose, Cal., Nov. 24. An unidenti
fied barber, supposedly Insane, who at
tacked John Costello on the street last
night and cut off his nose with a razor,
escaping on a bicycle, was sought by
the police today. Physicians who sewed
Costello' s severed nose in place aaid
they thought it would grow fast again.
ACTOR E. M. HOLLAND IS
DEAD AT THE AGE OF 65
Cleveland. Ohio, Nov. 24. E. M. Hol
land, aged 65, th actor, died here today
of heart disease. He waa one of the
country's best known actors and had
Btarred in numerous productions.
Alberts Town Burns.
Plncher Creek, Alberta. Not.. 24. Most
of this town burned today, with (185,000
loss,
COMMISSIONER
"Egg Trust" Inquiry Ordered
by' Attorney General Mc
Reynolds as Result of Com
plaints From Housewives.
"HENS TO BLAME" REPLY
OF COLD STORAGE MEN
Charge Made That Speculators
Are Conspiring to With
hold Food Supplies.
(United Treaa Leaaed Wire.)
Washington, Nov. 24. Investigation
of an alleged cold storage combine was
ordered today by Attorney General Mr
Reynolds. United States district at
torneys and other employes of the de
partment of Justice were ordfred to get
complete figures bearing on charges
that an alleged combine Is withholding
eggs and other products from the mar
ket in an affort to boost prices.
McReynolds' order followed the re
ceipt of notification from the National
Housewives' league that tho organiza
tion had declared an rgg boycott in nn
effort to force down prices and there
was positive evidence of a speculators'
conspiracy to keep supplies back.
From cold storage sources came the
plaint that the liens were to blame, but
there was Information from both poul
try men and retailers that neither of
these two classes Is profiting by the
present practically prohibitive prices.
McReynolds said he had information
Indicating that attempts had been made
to corner the egg and vegetable markets.
The investigation, be said, would cover
all the large cities and that if the evi
dence warrants, the government will
institute criminal and civil prosecutions
under the pure food and interstate com
merce laws.
Egg Boycott Spreads.
Chicago, Nov. 24. Mrs. Caroline Bley.
president of the Chicago Clean Food
club, announced today that she intended
writing every women's organization in
the city to enlist their aid in a cam
paign against the high price of eggs.
"I intend to appeal to every house
wife In Chicago to quit using eggs
until the price falls to 32 cents a
dozen," said Mrs. Bley. "Investigation
has shown that fresh eggs can be sold
at that figure, and storage eggs at sev
eral cents less, with good profit to both
the wholesaler and the retailer."
.-j-ghe -sell-Mw Wggtf 'tuaay Was
from 45 to 66 cents per dozen. Last
year, When the prices were boosted, the
Clean Food club bought eggs In carload
lots and sold them to the public at 20
cents a dozen. This year the whole
salers are holding carload lots at .12
cents, and the women called off this
year's proposed sale.
OFFICERS AND TAR POT
AWAIT MINITY EARLE
If.. .Immigration Men Fail to
Grab Alleged Kidnapper,
ighbors to Get Him,
('fitted Press Leaaed Wire.)
New York, Nov. 24. Officers armed
with warrants charging kidnaping were
awaiting today here and In Boston the
arrival of the trans-Atlantic liners
Ma.r4uetto aiid-Fialnd, .on-one of which
they believed they would find Ferdin
and Plnney Earie, Charlotte Herman,
his affinity No. 3, an Earle's 9-year-old
son by his first wife, whom the
pair are accused of having stolen from
a French boarding school. The first
Mrs. Earle is a French woman, and
when she and Earle parted she took
their son. and' as soon as he was old
enqgfj pAit him in a boarding school
neM 'Paris.. He disappeared from there
some time ago, and on receiving an
appeal from his mother the police un
earthed evidence indicating that he had
been left with his father.
They asked his arrest and extradi
tion on a kidnaping charge. In addi
tion to this he will be amenable to New
York law if he lands here with a kid
naped person, and still further, resi
dents of Monroe, N. Y., his home town,
were preparing tar and feathers for him
If he returns there.
KIMABENSHUE LANDS HIS
PASSENGERS IN A GROVE
Pasadena, Cal., Nov. 24. After drift
ins; about in the air for nearly two miles
at the end of a successful flight to
Los Angeles and return In his giant
dirigible, Roy Knabenshue landed safe
ly with seven passengers in an orange
grove on the banks of the Arroyo Seco
here shortly before noon today. A water
pipe becoming loosened and flooding the
engine is the explanation .of the mishap.
SMALLEST TRADING ON
'CHANGE EVER RECORDED
New York. Nov. 24. The smallest
flva hours 'of trading on record in the
Stock Exchange here was recorded to
day, when the dealings totaled only 67,
274 shares. The previous low record
waa July 11, last, when 66,674 shares
changed hands.
With tha regular commission of $25
per 100 shares, the shares sold today
brought approximately $76,000 in com
missions for brokers, or about $6 apiece
for those who "worked" today.
Ordained a Priest 50 Years Ago.
Peoria, 111., Nov. 24. Bishop John L.
Spalding of the Roman Catholic diocese
of Peoria today celebrated tha fiftieth
anniversary of his ordination. Ha is
73 years old and very weak.
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Xop Gleeful Constitutionalists returning to Juarez after chasing Mexican Federal soldiers into the hills.
Middle Execution of Federal officer who tried to escape from Juarez disguised as a private soldier.
BottomPart of rebel troop train.
OF
NEEDY
Ducks and Geese Are Coming
Into City for Thanksgiving
Dinner for Charity,
Half a thousand ducks and geese had
been brought to the headquarters of the
committee that is working to provide a
Thanksgiving dinner of wild duck to
the benevolent homes of the city at an
early hour this afternoon. From all In
dications, half a thousand more are on
the way.
The result is contributions were about
what the committee anticipated, and It
is hoped to have more than 2000 of the
birds by Wednesday night. The birds
are being sent to the storeroom in the
Yeon building, at 289 Alder street.
Piled up three deep in temporary show
stands Just back of the Bldewalk, so
many duck hungry pedestrians were at
tracted by the sight that the police
officer on duty on the corner was on
the verge of sending In a riot call to
keep the passage open for traffic.
At 10 o'clock only 21 birds had been
sent in and the man In charge was be
coming rather discouraged. Suddenly,
however, half a dozen hunters of yes
terday turned up at once, all with
strings thrown over their shoulders, and
business for the game deputy began
right there.
Up until 12 o'clock 310 duCks, one
goose and a bag of Jack rabbits had
been donated Then came a load of
something over 100 fat Canadian geese,
shot by the Portland hunters on their
trip to Arlington Saturday and Sunday.
Dick Carlln of the Honeyman Hard
ware store waa one of , the last of the
Columbia river hunters to get in this
morning.
"I got tha limit yesterday," Tie de
clared and dropped a bundle of 34 mal
lards on the floor.
' In looking over the assortment hunt-
..ICtfucludea oa Pig Mue, Cgltuoa Three)
HUNTERS
GIVING
HUNDREDS
BIRDS
PERSONS
Photos copyright
with soldiers perched in cattle cars.
OF
TO BE
IN ALL PUBLIC PLACES
Inspector Flack Says He
Investigating to See if
Is Suggestive,
Is
It
The tango the newest dance too
Introduced In Portland may be barreJ
in the hotels and dance halls, according
to Municipal Dance Hall Inspector
Flack. He Is now seeking Information
from dancing teachers and expert danc
ers as to the steps of the new danpe to
learn whether it comes under the provis
ions of the dance ordinance.
The present city ordinance which
took effect some months ago fixed a cer
tain postlon to be assumed by all cou
ples when dancing, and It is believed
by Inspector Flack that .some of the
steps of the tango would come under
the ordinance In this regard.
"1 understand," said Inspector Flack
this morning, " that the tango Is to bo
introduced in hotels for the guests and
others. It is reported that the dancei
are to be held in rooms where tea and
othy beverages are dispensed, and pro
vision made for smoking rooms. Hotel
proprietors will have to confine them
selves to serving tea- and Its like, for
the ordinance Is very clear in that re
gard. Smoking In rooms adjoining an
place where .dances are given Is also
barred under the ordinance.
"If those who propose to give tango
parties figure on allowing the tango
to be danced as I have seen It danced
at some of the vaudeville theatres, they
will find themselves liable to arrest,
and the dance hall license will be re
voked. '"If tha tango can be danced In an un
suggestive and not improper manner
It will be all rlffht. Some dancing
teachers have told n,e that It can be
bo danced, but I wish to make a fur
ther investigation before a ruljng- is
made,". -i. - -
DANCING
TANGO IS BOYCOTT IS SQUEEZING
LEY
by International News Service.
BARRED HUERTA HARD : WILSON
SAYS HE IS SATISFIED
President Doesn't Regret Mak
ing Dictator What He'ls To
day, in the Least,
(Unlled Pr Leased Wire.)
Washington. Nov. 24. President Wil
son was convinced today that his "di
plomatic boycott" policy was beginning
to be seriously felt in Mexico City.
The administration attributed Presi
dent Huerta's circulation of reports that
the United States was about to recog
nize him to a final desperate effort t -ward
reestablishing his credit suffi
ciently to float a loan for paying the
troops.
Entire confidence was expressed that
he would fail.
Summing everything up. tlu adminis
tration -regarded tlie Mexican outlook
today as tolerably favorable.
lluerta Attends Bull Fight.
Mexico City, Nov. 24. There was no
question todny that in attending yes
terday's bull fight here President
Huerta made a dlBtinct "hit" with thu
unthinking among his fellow Mexican's
The so-called sport is, in the first
place, very dear to the Mexican heart,
and to sen the great men show an In
terest in it gratifies them immensely.
Aside from this, they pointed out that
the president spent two hours In a
mixed crowd of 2U,000 people, an easy
mark for an assassin which was true,
though he was pretty closely watched
by secret service, agents. This was ap
plauded as a remarkable exhibition of
the executive's fearlessnes.
it did nothing, however, to relieve the
Huerta government of tho financial
embarrassments which are pressing it
more severely daily, it seemed clear
that President Wilson haa succeeded ef
fectually in cutting off Huerta from all
outside sources of supply. He has In
creased taxes to- a .point where they are
(Concluded oa Fag Eloren, Column Jfour)
Huerta Unable to Get Money
Excepting by Threats; Got
$9,000,000 in Gold From
Banks of Mexico by Holdup.
FC.1EIGN BANKERS STOP
LENDING DICTATOR CASH
I
European Countries Already
Have Lost Heavily Through
Mexican Wars.
By Herbert Corey.
New York. Nov. 24. Only bankers
completely appreciate .Mexico's financial
situation. The non-technlral observer
has difficulty in apprehending the com
pleteness of tlie ruin that has befallen
the so-called republic.
"Muerta's treasury Is empty," said a
hanker. "The only security he can of
fer to which any attention Is paid now
adays i a firing niiud."
Another commentator declared that
"Mexico's credit, is Rone. The world's
banking market Is rlosnl against her.
The properties in which foreign capital
luis been Invested have been largely de
stroyed. Others have lieen seriously
damaged. The federals and the consti
tutionalists are now preying on their
countrymen. Holh sides are financing
their campaigns by means of 'forced
loans,' which may or may not be repaid
when the struggle Is over."
May Default pabt.
F. F. Searing, a banker of New fork.
Is in Intimate touch with the situation,
because of his efforts some time ago to
place a Huertan loan abroad.
"Three years ago," said he, "Mexico
had $90,000,000 'Mex.' as surplus In her
treasury. Since then Bhe has borrowed
$168.000,0'i0 net. Tin: Madero adminis
tration spent J13J.OOO.0U0 of this,-and
the remainder has been dissipated since.
There Is a possibility that the govern
ment may default on the national debt.'"
The total foreign debt of Mexico
amounts to $175,000,000 gold and the In
terior debt to about $75,000,000 gold.
Mr. Searing holds that the world's mar
kets are cloned to Mexico.
"Obviously," he said. "New York bank
ers will not loan money to Mexico, in
view of the attitude of the United States
government. French bankers will not,
for the minister of finance was sum
moned before the ohamber of deputies
last summer and pledged himself not -0
permit another Mexican loan issue on
the French market until the United
States changes her attitude. London's
bankers cannot take a Mexican loan for
the public 'will not buy. No banker
takes bonds to hold in his own vaults."
Huerta Forcing Loans.
He has been told by a director of ona
of the bunks of Mexico City that Huerta
had adopted the last resort of the dic
tator in dealing with the financiers of
that city. The banks had declined to
loan money to Huerta.
"Huerta went to the principal banks,'
said this man, and said:
" 'Gentlemen, I must have money. It"
you cannot pay my soldiers Zapata an.l
his men will sack the city. I depend
( Concluded on Page Six. Column Three)
TO SAVE ALTAR PIECES
Sacred Vessels Rescued Fom
Burning Church in N. Y,;
Archbishop Helps.
(United Tcess Leased Wire.)
New York, Nov. 24. While hundreds
of Catholics knelt praying in the ember
strewn street, five priests braved flama
and smoke early today to save tha
sacred vessels from the tabernacle of
St, Mary's Church of the Star of tha
Sea.
With charred cassocks, singed eye
brows and blistered faces and nands,
the quintet of rescuers finally staggered
from tlie burning houso of worship,
holding tho Vessels high above tliulr
heads.
Monsignor O'Connell, who is 80 years
old. rose from a sick bed to aid in tha
work of rescue.
Variety PutsSpice jn
Every Line
Whether you are Interested
in plots for stories or a loan
on your home you can find
the thing sought In Journal
Want Ads today. One man
has lost $60 in cash and seeks
to recover it; a woman wishes
to sell a modern 7 room house
with a fine garden at a bar
gain; farm land is offered at
$50 an acre; over $100,000 Is.
open for mortgage loans; onaf.
man: wants & $1500 loan with
Interest at 8 per cent In
addition you can rent store -with
4 living rooms for $15
a month, buy canaries or Chi
nese pheasants, and hare any
thing from a acreen door to
hotel built, ,
Here -you hava often of
every description ars you go
ing to be the one who profits
by them? -. - i
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