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VOL. XII. NO. 270.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1914. TWO SECTIONS 18 PAGES.
T"t-i Tin rtnrSN mrcnn ON TfLATWS Aim KIWI
rma iwv ciua. uASBfTriTX ram
iGKT HOUR
FOR POLICE
SINGER CHARGED
AND YET THEY CALL WOMEN THE WEAKER SEX
HUERTA SAYS HE.
COULD NOT LET GO
IF HE WMED TO
FiREEflEN iSEOiC
SUBMARINE LOST,
TIDES MAY HAVE
CARRIED IT AWAY
DAY
DR. MARIE EQUI
MAY PLEAD WITH
AND
WITHATIEIflG
TO EXTORT LOAN
Mayor Albee Commanded by
State Labor Commissioner
Hoff to Put New Law Into
Effect at Once.
ARRESTS MAY FOLLOW
f REFUSAL TO COMPLY
City Attorney La Roche Says
Ruling Doesn't Apply in
1 Portland.
(Saletn- Bureau of The Journal.)
Salem, Or., Jan. 17. State Labor
' Commissioner O. P. Hoff today or
dered Mayor Albee of Portland to
place, the members of the Portland po
lice department and -the fire depart
ment on an eight-hour day.
"Otherwise it will be my duty to
make arrests and take the matter into
court," warns the labor commissioner.
. i Under the recent supreme court de
' eiston In the state Insane asylum case.
Commissioner Hoff holds that all po
lice officers' and firemen are subject
to the eight-hour law and cannot be
on duty more than eight hours a day.
, "3 He state that after Investigating
, conditions at Portland he finds the law
is being violated in the police and fire
- departments. . -
V All the cities of the Willamette val
" ley1 are reported to be up in arms over
;th ruling, as it will entail a great
' deal more expense to the cities, espe
cially in connection with the fire de
partments. A movement has been started to get
a number of the cities to Join in ,test-,
lng the law as applied to police offi
cers and firemen.
:t: That firemen and police officers are
exempt from the eight hour law and
that Labor Commissioner Hotf is with
out Jurisdiction in their cases as ap
plied to Portland, is the contention of
City Attorney La. Roche to whom was
referred a letter received from Com-
mlssloner Hoff by Mayor Albee.
S "While in the state insane asylum
case," said Mr. La Roche this morn
tngj "the supreme court held that the
position of engineer was embraced in
the general class of laborers. I do
not think it would control firemen
and police officers In this city.
I f As It is the police are required to
irrk only eight hours a day, there
feeing three regular shifts.. It is cer
tain that they-o not- come under yre,
eight hour law. Firemen are certainly
not .Iftbobers. ' .
"l ' Mayor Sot Concerned.
,J There Is so much at stake in the
question, however; this office will
carry the case to the supreme court
t ' and ask that a special decision be
! given.' as soon as possible, that is if
the prosecution is .pressed.
Mayor Albee was not greatly excited
after reading the communication stat
ing that the police are required to work
Only eight hours and that City, At
torney La Roche had assured him that
the firemen are exempt.
. If the court holds that the law ap
plies to the members of the fire de
partment there will be more than 300
men afefcted and the city would have
to treble the number to make It effect
ive as at present.
NEED MORE MONEY"
SAY ARCHITECTS FOR
1 "Bosh' Answers Senator
.Lane, Who Thinks Million
'Should Be Sufficiency,
-. ' (Washington Burean of The Journal.
'Washington, Jan. 17. The treasury
department has reported to Senator
'Lane that the limit of cost for Port
land postoffice should be increased
$400,000, with a building covering the
entire block of 38,000 square feet. The
-postoffice proper can be amply pro
vided for In two stories.
4 sTne estimate is for the plainest kind
of a building, both on the exterior and
interior. The department suggests the
: character Of the building will be a
disappointment to the people of Port-
. land. ,
. Senator Lane characterizes the de
Apartment's report as bosh. He says he
could have a building constructed
Within the appropriation of $1,000,000
UPTON EMPLOYES
L
.""Ah- -
Army. Canteen Bribery Case
1 , Brings Gut Great Crowd
? of Fashionables.
London. Jan. 17. Bow street police
court was crowded today by fashion
ables when it became known that the
civilians on trial there with army of
Tlcers charged" with bribery in con
nection .with army -canteen supplies
.were employes o Sir Thomas Lipton.
XfiEight military officers and as many
civilians were in the defendants dock.
They included John Cansfleld, genera
nuianr sf Linton's. Ltd.. ' and Archl-
vald Mln to, a director of Lipton's, and
$rmerly bead, of the company's mili
tary supply department.
F BUILDING
NVOLVED
SCANDA
Former Additional Market In
spector Indicted by Grand
Jury for Threat to Con
demn Fruit Unless Paid.
CASE NOT CONNECTED
WITH GRAFT SCANDAL
: n
Today's Indictment Based on
Act Said to Have Occurred
March 28, 1912.
Joe I inger, appointed additional
market inspector during the Rushlight
regime and later deposed by ex-Mayor
Rushlight, was Indicted on a charge
of "threatening to injure the property
of another with intent thereby to
extort pecuniary advantage." It is al
leged !n thp inr1iftmnt that I'hilo
lnnpector he went to the store of the
Fearson-Page company. Inc., commis
sion .merchants. 131 Front street, and
declared that he knew that the com
pany had spoiling pineapples in its
possession, and that he needed $100
and if the money were loaned him
e would say nothing about the
spoiled fruit. The alleged transaction
Is said to have occurred March 12,
1912.
It is said that .when Mr. Pearson
offered him a check he refused to ac
cept it and wanted the cash. He want
ed it, it is asserted, because his wife
was ill In a hospital and he needed
ready money. The money, it Is claimed,
was paid to him, and he gaVe a note,
according to the story, but his signa
ture on this note was so illegible that
it can hardly .be made out.
T. Pearson, of. the Pearson-Page
company, Mayor Albee, T. B. Neu-
hansen. chairman of the state central
committee of the Progressive party.
jjinian iv. Brown and Delia B. Downs.
stenographers of the company, and
Singer, appeared before the grand Jury.
tne latter amis own request.
This charge is not directly connect
ed with the graft scandal which has
been under investigation by the grand
jury for the past week. The grand
jury has not accomplished anything
as yet which will permit a report, ac
cording to Deputy District Attorney
Maguire. but the Investigation will be
continued.
JAPANESE VOLCANO
IS ERUPTING
Sakurashima Pours Out Lava
and Ashes During Night;
Damage Unknown,"
' (United Press Leaned Wire.)
Tokio, Jan. 17 Fresh activity of
Sakurashima volcano was reported to
day In dispatches from Kagoshlma.
The volcano belched forth more lava
and ashes during the night. It was
impossible to state whether or not
there were casualties.
Official reports here continued to
hold down the volcano dead to a small
number. Professor Omorl, the Jap
anese seismologist who has been in
vestigating the Sakurashima dis ster,
reported today that he had circled the
island and found only a small part not
covered with lav and rocks. He sail
only about 9000 of the island's 20,000
inhabitants had been positively ac
counted for, but expressed the belief
that most of the missing have found
safety on the main land and tire alive
LEE SEATED, GLASS IS
REJECTED BY SENATE
Washington, Jan. 17. By a vote of
7 to 3 the senate privileges and elec
tions committee this afternoon decided
to recommend the seating in the sen
ate of Blair Lee, senator-elect from
Maryland. They disapproved the claims
of Senator-elect Frank P. Glass of Al
abama, by a vote of 9 to L
AMERICAN GIRL SLAIN
IN SARDINIAN COTTAGE
Sassari, Island of Sardinia, Italy,
Jan. 17. Claiming to have evidence of
murder, the police today abandoned the
suicide theory in the death of Miss
Eileen Giiles, a young woman writer
of Philadelphia, who was found shot
to death late last night in her cottage
here. Miss times was shot through
the right breast near the heart. In
her . hand was clutched several bank
notes. i
The police are searching for a young
Sardinian nobleman who was known to
be - infatuated with Miss Giiles, and
whose advances she repulsed. The
nobleman was missing from his home.
GUNNER GETS LICENSE
TO MARRY YOUNG GIRL
Chicago, I1L, Jan. 17. Gunboat
Smith, heavyweight pugilist, who was
refused a license' to marry Miss Helen
Remley of New York when he gave
her age as 17 years, obtained the docu
ment today and started in search of a
justice of the peace.
"I made a mistake." said the "gun
ner," with a shamefaced grin, when
he confronted the marriage license
clerk today. , "She- is 18 after aH."-
The cleric asked .no further ques
tions and the license was granted.
WEST EOR ARMY
Her Wish Is Assurance That
Unemployed May Return
North Without Fear of Interference.
RANK AND FILE WOULD
KEEP ON GOING SOUTH
Marchers Camp Over Night
at Shedd, Where Meals
Are Served Them.
(SpeeiM to The Journal.)
Albany. Or.. Jan. 17. That Dr. Marie
D. Equi will go to Salem this afternoon
to confer, with Governor West In the
hope of securing his assurance that
the unemployed army of Rimer's brig
ade may march back through the towns
without being molested by the author
ities, is the repot this morning from
Shedd.- Dr. Equi announced this, it is
understood, at the conclusion of an
address to the citizens in W. O. W.
hall, attended by nearly half of the
population. It is reported that Dr.
Equi intends to stop army No.' 2 at
McCoy from proceeding further south.
The army left Shedd at 11 o'clock
for Halsey, where they will get dinner.
It is said that the men will march
until favorable word is received from
the governor. The further south they
go, it is felt, the better chances they
stand of securing food, as it Is un-
kely they will ever be fed again at
Albany and Salem.
q.ul Would Stop Them.
According to reports from Shedd,
where Rimer's "unemployed army"
camped over night, vain attempts were
made by Dr. Marie D. Equi, Rimer and
other leaders of the "army" to get the
men to return north.
Dr. Equi declares that if the men go
as far as Cottage Grove they will be
up against it, because it is Impossible
to cross the mountains at this time of
year. It Is said that it Is the desire
of the leaders to have the men return
north to Join the other unemployed
armies, the plan being to combine
them, and go to Salem for the purpose
of demanding work from the governor.
However, it is declared that the men
stubbornly held out to continue south.
Of the 78 that left here yesterday
morning there ar now only 57 in tho
delegation. . .
The others boarded a south-bound
freight at Tangent, where the army
got dinner. The 57 arrived .at Shedd,
15 miles south Of here, last night, and
were given shelter in ' the W. O. W.
hall. This morning they were fed cof
fee and sandwiches by the residents.
All ' Perfectly Orderly.
They have been perfectly orderly.
say Shedd authorities. Leaving Halsey
the next stop will be at Harrisburg,
where they plan to remain over night.
Despite these plans the leaders, it is
said, assert that they will have the
"army" going north this afternoon. .
It is rumored that the Intention is
to hold up a freight train and secure
passage back. Dr. Equi arrived here
last night at B:30 on the Oregon Elec
tric. She went to the Hotel Himmel,
engaged a room and checked her lug
gage which consisted of a suitcase and
a volume on economics. She dined in
the hotel, hired a livery rig and drove
t8 Shedd, arriving there at 11 o'clock.
On the southward march from Al
bany yesterday, E. W. Rimer and his
wife accompaniel the "army" on foot
tc Tangent, where Mrs. Rimer boarded
a passenger train for Shedd. Rimer
continued with the "army" to Shedd by
way of the Southern Pacific railroad
tracks. .
L
STOPPED BY CORONER
Papers in Strong Box Ex
pected to Throw Light in
Supposed Suicide. .'
U nited Pres Leased Wire.)
New York, Jan. 17. While the body
of Richard D. Lankford, president and
secretary of the Southern railway, was
being taken to the Pennsylavnla sta
tion in Manhattan today for shipment
to Princess Anne, Maryland, for burial,
Coroner Ernest Wagner interfered and
ordered the body returned to; Lank
ford's home in the Osmond apart
ments. The interference was made by . the
coroner because of certain papers con
cerned in a strong box, belonging to
Lankford which was held by Public
Administrator Smith, and which it is
believed will throw some light on the
death of' Lankford, whose nude body
was found in the bath room of his
apartment with a gas jet turned on
full' force. The cortege was two blocks
away from the house when ordered
back.
Coroner Wagner released th,e Lank
ford funeral ahd it proceeded to the
Pennsylvania station- after .considera
ble delay.
ON AGAIN, OFF AGAIN,
GONE AGAIN LAMPASAS
New York, Jan. IT. The Mallory
line steamship Lampasas, Tampa for
New Tor k, via Key West, was aground
for a few hours today off Key .West
The Mallory line steamship Ban Jacin
to happened tff be at Key West and
the. Lampasas passengers were trans
shipped to her. W hen it was discovered
that the Lampasas was not damaged
to any serious extent she was easily
refloated and her passengers returned
to her. The Lampasas resumed" her
LANKFORD
FUNERA
southward Journey.,; " . j ; -;
BEARDSLEY FIRES AT
PARLEYERS, WHO ARE
BY
Blinding Snowstorm Almost
.Obscures House From View
of Posse; Children HI.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
SHimmerdale, N, T.. Jan. 17. Edward
Eeardsley, the Chautauqua county
farmer, barricaded with his wife and
nine small children In their farm
house on the crest of a hill near here,
was still holding S.ierlff Anderson's
posse at bay this afternoon.
At 9 o'clock the cordon of deputies
closed in about the house and Deputies
Walker and Van Cice approached the
door, intent on holding a parley with
the desperate man.
Beardsley warned them when they
were some distance from the hous
not to approach, but they continued to
come forward with hands raised. He
warned them a second time and then
fired six phots over their heads with
a magazine rifle. Both men dropped
to the snow at the first shot. Later
they made their way back Into a gully
a mile from the Beardsley home, where
they consulted with Sheriff Anderson.
Beardsley told Walker and Van Cise
that he would positively not confer
with any one, that he was through
with conferences and intended to fight
to the finish.
A blinding snowstorm is raging
through this Bection of Chautauqua
county today. This afternoon deputies
from b3low the Beardsley house could
scarcely distinguish the outlines of
the house, so heavy was the snowfall.
Carl Beardsley, the Jamestown
brother, arrived at Mayville this morn
ing. He started immediately in a
sleigh for the Beardsley farm, four
miles outside of that village, and the
result of his conference with the be
leaguered farmer will not be known
until Borne time this afternoon.
Mrs. Beardsley is said to be in a
delicate condition. Three of the chil
dren are reported ill. A little "chunk'
stove, which was donated to Beardsley
some time ago by a neighbor named
Martin, only saves the house from the
freezing temperature prevailing out of
doors.
RESCUED BY STEAMER
Gloucester, Mass., Jan. 17. Arriving
here today from Brook Bay, N. F.,
Captain Wharton of the schooner
Oriole reported the rescue of the crew
of a five masted schooner by a steam
ship off the Maine coast. The dis
tressed schooner was about 100 miles
off Thatcher's island. Captain Whar
ton was unable to learn the name of
the schooner or the rescue ship.
The Oriole was headed toward the
wrecked schooner in , response to dis
tress signals, - said Captain Wharton,
when the steamship came op. After
the crew bad been taken off the
schooner was fired. .
0.-W. CORPORATION 1$
SEEKING NEW RIGHT
t
fWasbinrton Boreas of The JoaraaLl
: 'Washington, Jan. 17 Senator Jones
has introduced ' a bill granting the
Washington-Oregon corporation . the
right for electric railroad, telegraph.
telephone and , electric ' transmission
lines : across . the Vancouver military
reservation 'and repealing an act lor
similar , purposes granted - August ,
DRIVEN
BACK
HIM
ce
OF SCHOONER
112." . - - ' , ,
COMM
E
HOLDS BAR CHANNEL
importance of Getting Cam
paign Started Causes a
Change in Date,
Eager for action. President A. H.
Averill of the chamber of commerce
has changed the date for the meeting
of citizens to organize in support of
the campaign, for a 40 foot channel
over the Columbia river bar.
The meeting will be held Monday at
noon in -the main dining room of the
Commercial club, instead of Tuesday,
as announced yesterday.
President Averill will preside. Jo
seph N. Teal, leading authority of the
northwest on transportation matters,
will present the situation. Discussion
will be limited to positive considera
tion of the best plan for procedure.
The resolution adopted at the annual
meeting of the chamber of commerce
Thursday evening will be brought to
the attention of the meeting.
This resolution Indorses the bill pro
posing an appropriation of $1,500,000
for a dredge to work on the bar. It
asks congress to pass this bill as an
emergency, measure. It suggests to
(Concluded on Page Two, Column One)
NEW COMMITTEE ON
SUFFRAGE IS DENIED
House Rules Committee De
cides Against Creation of
Special Committee.
(United Pres Utwd Wire.
Washington, Jan. 17. A setback was
given woman suffrage today by the
Democrats of the house rules commit
tee. In executive session the majority
in the committee voted practically
unanimously against a favorable re
port of the resolution to create a new
peclal house committee on woman
suffrage.
RICH "FREE SPEECH"
, WOMAN SENT TO JAIL
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. IT. Declar
ing "if this place is fit for human
beings, I can stay," Mrs. C. B. Hoff
man, wife of a wealthy retired miller
of Enterprise, Kansas, spent the night
in Jail, following her arrest with her
husband, three other women and two
men, at a meeting held by women as a
protest against public regulation curb
ing the right of free speech."
Mrs. Hoffman and several other wo.
men arranged the meeting after the
police broke up an I. W. W. gathering
and arrested nearly 100 men. Bonds
of the seven arrested last night to
tailed $501, but all remained in Jail.
They are to be arraigned today.
PORTLAND FIRM GETS
RESERVOIR X0NTRACT
(Wacninxtos Bnresn of The Journal. I
- "Washington, Jan. 17. -Harden Broth
ers of Portland have been awarded a
contract to . erect a structure on the
PIshkurT ; reservoir supply canal and
Sun, river slope canal, Montana,, for
CHAMBER
MEETING
MONDAY
PORTLAND CLUB MEN
HAVE GREAT JOY IE
ON P., E. & E. SPECIAL
Hearty Welcome Extended
AIL Down the Line With
Plenty to Eat.
(Special to The Journal.) '
Newberg, Or., Jan. 17. When the
initial special" train pulled into New
berg at 11 o'clock this morning It was
a hungry lot of Commercial club men
that alighted from tne P., E. & E.
steel train and flocked to the Opera
grill for lunch. The morning had been
Joyous with 275 men in the party from
Portland, and more boarding at every
station. Beaverton was the first stop
after leaving Portland, and E. B. Piper,
president of the club, bade the towns
folk welcome at any time to Portland,
while W. O. Hocken, mayor of Beaver.
ton, tendered the official welcome for
his city.
Then the town band played stirring
airs and the train backed out of town
past the car shops.
Tigard and Tualatin were passed
with stops of recognition. At Sher
wood the town was at the depot en
masse with large -baskets of onions.
which were distributed to all the trav
el era. C. C. Chapman Introduced Presl
dent Strahorn, who intended to make a
speech, but Motorman B. A. Lucas
honked the train's siren so loud that
his words were drowned. Thinking
the episode a "frameup," Mr. Strahorn
blushed and took the laugh in good
part. Lucas apologized afterward, say.
ing he would protect from the rear
hereafter.
At Rex a party of women distributed
apples to the visitors and President
Strahorn made a speech. Flags decor
ated the depot at Springfield, the last
stop before reaching Newberg.
WIND DOES DAMAGE
TO
Stiff Wind Smashes Plate
Glass, Wrecks Signs and
Twists Wires.
, (Special to Tb Joqroal.)
Ashland, Or., Jan. 17. One of the
hardest gales In the history of south
ern Oregon struck Ashland last night.
Three plate glass windows down town
were broken, signs were blown down
and there was other minor damage.
The telegraph wires are reported down
south of here and the telephone, tele
graph and electric light companies re-'
port more trouble than for years past.
Land for" Deschutes Road.
(Washington Boreas nt The Journal.)
Washington, Jan. 17. The Deschutes
Railroad company has been granted
the right to enter about It acres of
public land in The. Dalles land dis
trict for use In. connection with the
equipment of Its station at' Hunter
Ferry, the principal wheat shipping
point on the line and the largest re
ceiving station for livestock. The
company needs additional area on
which to erect warehouses, elevators
and stock yards.
a i.
Lord Rtrathcona Very 111.
London, ' Jan. 17 Lord Strathcona
was Reported to- b seriously 111 today
from a severe attack of catarrh. His
condition, -"-is causing ; considerable
ASHLAND
WINDOWS
Buoy Which Marked Position
Broke Away During Night, President Tells O'Shaugh
Leaving Position of Ves- nessy, but He Does Not
sel Problematical, i Understand the Indians
MEN WITHIN BOAT HAD
12 HOURS' AIR SUPPLY
:lotilla of Rescue Boats Is
Dragging Plymouth Sound .
Trying to Locate Diver.
United I'rm Leasd Wire.)
Plymouth, England, Jan. 17. While
the admiralty held out no hope for the
survival of the 11 men somewhere In
the bottom of Plymouth sound in the
lost submarine, search for the A-7 was
resumed at dawn today.
Kvery available craft in the harbor
hovered about Whltsand bay,; where
the A-7 descended early yesterday, and
several salvage tugs were on the scene
capable of raising the diver if she
were found. i
The A-7 was equipped to stand sub
mersion of not over 12 hours, and for
that reason the naval authorities fear
the officers and crew of the subma
rine are dead.
The rescue flotilla, made up of tor
pedo boats, tugs and lighters ; cease
lessly dragged whitsand bay over a
wide area because the floating buoy
placed yesterday to mark the spot
where the A-7 was supposed to come
up, broke loose during the night.
Divers were sent down in every part
of the bay, but up to 1 p. m. no trace
of the A-7 had been found.
While the tugs and torpedo boats
were at work the bay was dotted with
scores of small craft, carrying hun
dreds of curious spectators, some of
whom came from London to look on.
The shores, docks and surrounding
buildings were crowded with people.
some of them friends and relatives of
the missing men and others merely
drawn by the excitement.
Shortly alter Wie A-7 railed to come
up on signal yesterday afternoon,
bubbles were reported rising from
where she was supposed to be, but
after that nothing indicated her posi
tion. There was a rough sea last
night and a strong- tide. It was con
sldered possible that . the diver had
been swept far from ner original posi
tion, and for this reason tee rescuers
were prepared $o search every foot of
Whltsand bay and also to drag the
entire Plymouth channel.
AT POINT REYES HAS
SKIN MEN ABROAD
Rescue Impossible From trie
Ocean but Lifesfavers Are
Trying to Reach Crew.
(United Pr-M 1m1 Wlr.)
San Francisco, Jan. 17. Charles
Nelson and company, owners - of the
schooner Polaris, aground on Dtixbury
reef, received word at 1 p. m., that the
16 members of the crew had escaped.
It was reported the seamen had walked
to the shore on the reef on which the
vessel struck. There Is no confirma
tion, i
San Francisco, Jan. 17. The four-
masted schooner Polaris, with la crew
of 16 on board, is aground today on
Duxbury reef, near Point Reyes. The
steamer Iroquois is standing by, but
has not yet been able to take off the
crew ' on account of high seas. Tne
Point Reyes life savers are assisting
the Iroquois. The gale threatens to
pound' the vessel to pieces on the
rocks. j
The Polaris was in tow of the steam
er Wilmington and broke loose passing
Duxbury reef just outside the bay
during a heavy gale last night, 1
At noon the seas were still, too high
to attempt a rescue. Unless the waves
subside, the only chance of saving tbe
crew will be from the land side.
The Point Bonita life savers: before
noon started to make the long trip to
Duxbury reef, where they will be in a
position to attempt to reach the! wreck.
Mules are dragging their equipment
and It is estimated it will require two
hours to make the trip. There Is no
sign of life on board the Polaris, but
the fact that . the lifeboats are in the
davits show tne crew Is on board.
T OF
Another severe storm is expected
along tbe coast tonight or tomorrow
morning. . At Tatoosh island this
morning at ''10 o'clock the barometer
dropped to 29.20, the lowest for some
time. At Marshfield the glass also
fell rapidly, and the steamer Break
water, scheduled to sail from that port
today, remained In shelter.
The weather bureau here at noon
ordered southeast storm warnings dis
played at all coast ports In Oregon and
Washington, and it was expected the
wind will attain a velocity of at least
0 miles along the coast ..
Beveral coasters arrived at Astoria
this morning and as few are due to ar
rive within the next 24 hours. It is not
expected the storm will delay shipping
much unless the indicated blow con
tinues for several days.
SCHOONER
AGROUND
STORM
BREWING OF
OAS
OREGON
Wilson Is All Right; Mexican
"IF I GOT OUT IT WOULD
BE WORSE THAN EVER"
Declares He Had No Part In
Murder of Madero and
Suarez;
By United Press Staff Correspondent.
Mexico City. Met., JaiW 17. Presi
dent AVIlson is all right but he does not
understand the Mexican Indians, Gen
eral Victorlano Huerta sa(d to Nelson
O'Shaughnessy as the American
charge d'affaires sat in If'gerta's auto
mobile at General Joaquiin Mass' fu
neral. . f
I could not quit if I, wanted to.
What would happen If I gat out would
be worse than ever."
As he sat alone in his tar, wearing
a sweater and slouch hatf though the
occasion was the military? funeral of
one of his generals, Haerta espied .
O'Shaugh nessy and beckoned him ta
sit beside him. Tho charae was with
Huerta as a column, of troops marched
in review.
Huerta took occasion lo complain
bitterly of the inef f ictenipy and dis
loyalty of some of his generals, men
tioning General Mercado In particular.
The dictator was also reported to hava
told O bhaughneKsy that; be had no .
part whatever in the deaths of Fran
cisco I. Madro and Vice President
Suareai. s -,-
O'Shaughnessy was said to hava
asked Huerta why he did not offer
some proof to the world .that he was
not responsible for Madros t death.
Huerta retorted that he did not have
to offer proof as he was not on trial.
Sentence of death today was passed
on General Mercado, the federal com
mander at OJinaga, who i fled across.
the American border. Minister of war
Blanauet ordered Mercado3 to be shot.
The order charged that; Mercado. was
a traitor who, instead offlghung for
his country, accepted bribes from rldv
Mexicans to escort them, to the border.
Hnert to Leave ; fcsvpltaJ. , r.
Mexico- City. Jan. 7, General Husr-
ta la waking preparations ta lve
Mexico City, according to relatives of
the dictator, wis anemooa, iwv
lng to take- charge or tn leoarai
troop In Chihuahua, it was stated. .
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Rescuers Are Driven- Back by
Fierce Flames;', 8 Per
sons Injured.
(United Prena UiNd Wlri.)
Brockton, Mass., Jan.: 17. Three
men and one woman were burned to
death and eight other persons, mostly ,
women, were badly injured In a fire
which started early todajf in a thre
story brick apartment ;b?use at- the
corner of Main and Rositter streets
Sere. v
All four of the dead were found on
the second floor, suffocated. Bo se
vere was tbe fire that the firenvn
and police were driven tback every
time they made an effort to enter the
building. Only one succeeded in get
ting in. Officer Groh. who rescued a
woman whom he found unconscious
on the second floor. Tie monetary
loss is estimated at about 18000.
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STRIKE INVESTIGATIONS
REFUSED BY CONGRESS
Washington. Jan. 1 7. Democrats of
the house rules committee today de
cided against ordering Investigation of
the Colorado strike and the i Calumet,
Mich., copper strike. They decided to
kill the investigation resolutions of
Representatives Keating and MacDon-
ald. This action Injures adoption of a
program which will prevent tbe resolu
tions from coming before tne house.
Clearing Hbyses
: , -a i
In Portland, as In Jail : other
large cities, there Is; a clearing
house for banks where the credits
and debits of the members ara
brought together. The -people of
Portland have their s clearing
bouse in The Journal Want Ads,
where buyers and sdlers are
brought together. ; .
A four year lease , op Chanti
cleer Inn is for sale" at a very; ,
reasonable figure. Th general
merchandise More in town
miles from Portland Is on tho
market. If you prefer a farm or
stock ranch Investigate these-: An
800 acre stock ranch near Ro
burg, with s room hose, S barn,
40 miles of range; 11 jjnllea re
serve, can be had in exchange for
Portland property, or; si 160 sera
wheat ranch in central Oregon
can be bought at a bargain. You
can also rent a S room ;furnlsbed
bungalow for 116. buy; a Hellar
lens, 16 cords of wood poultry,
eye glasses, gas engines, etc.
Profit by your membership in
this clearing house.: Read to
day's Journal Want Ad4 ' i " '
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