PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1914 TWO SECTIONS 16 PAGES,
PRICE TWO CENTS. gJ&f&fP 5S?S
VOL. XII. NO, 300.
ROCK
CRUSHER
IS
IN
DYNAMITED
SOUTH PORTLAND
Seventy Sticks of 'High Ex
plosive, Detonated at
o'clock This a. m.,
Machinery to Bits.
Rip
PERPETRATOR LEAVES
NO CLUES BEHIND HIM
Job Done by Expert in Use
of Giant Powder; Motive
Is Mystery.
this city,
age. He
Portland
With a roar thnt could be ioard all
over South Portland, n rocV crusher
belonging to the Iortland Quarry com
r.anv at th. heail of Sixth street, was
Mown Into kindling wood and scrap
Iron at 3 o'clock this morning by the
Insertion of "0 sticks of dynamite in
the Jaws of the crusher. Ths explo
sion was carefully planned, the whole
Job - Knowing the handiwork of one
versed In explosives. No motive can
be ascribed for the net and no clue
was left aa to the Identity of the
perpetrator.
. The crusher stood on one side of
Marqusm gulch aiwW had been crush
ing ruck t the rate of 50 yards a
day steadily since last summer. Q. W.
M-clnUre, superintendent of the com
pany, 13 at a loss to" ascribe a reason
for this act. Work of crushing will
be halted for u month at least until
a new crusher can be installed arid' 12
.men arc thrown out of work. The
crusher was valut d at $750.
Tho dynamite was stolen from the
company's own powder house, located
near the crusher, t lie .fuse being sup-
piled by whoever caused the explo
sion, as the company ..has been using
butteries only to .set oTf charges.
The explosive was set in the con
verging Juwb of the crusher, the blast
ripping them apart and throwing
earth, timbers and steel into a con
fused mass. Wiiure the crusher once
stood Is now but a hole in the ground.
There Is but one house In the im
medliUo vicinity of the plant. ; This
was Shaken but suffered no serious
injury!. Six span of horses belonging
to tljis Portland Quarry company,
quartered In a building near the de
molished crusher, escaped uninjured.
Though th police were on trie scene
Pioneer Wholesale
Grocer Dies Today
, . i
John Klosterman Came Here 40 Team
Ago by Way of Isthmus of Panama.
Was Native of Prussia, -
John Klostefman, pioneer (wholesale
grocer, died this morning in
of ailments incident to old
was 78 years old.
Mr. Klosterman arrived in
more than 40 years ago, by -Way of the
Isthmus of Panama. He established
a store at Profit and Ash str
Henry Hewitt, an insurance man.
Later he went into the same; business
at Front and Couch streets with his
brother, A. G. Klosterman. '
He came to this country from Prus
sia, where he was born, landing at
New York and starting almost at once
for Oregon. He left a widow, Sophie
Wolfe Klosterman, daughter f the. late
Captain John Wolfe, and two children,
J. H. Klosterman and Kemna Mary
Klosterman. The funeral wi!U be held
Monday at 9 o'clock from the Pro
Cathedral at Fifteenth and Couch
streets. Interment will be at River
view cemetery. j
Armstrong Case j Goes
Over Until Tuesday
3 PASSENGERS ON
RA N KILLED
GIT
FIGHTING ROBBER
Gang of Three Masked Men
Enters Seattle-Vancouver,
B. C, Train Near Belling
ham, Shoot Three Victims.
TRIO ESCAPE, SECURING
SMALL SUM OF MONEY
Passengers Shot While Re
sisting One of Bandits,
Who Used Automatic.
Knives and Pencil
in Man's Stomach
He Complained of Pains in Hla Legs;
Autopsy Snowed Collection of Hard
ware, Including Open Knife.
San Francisco, Feb. 21. The somer
saulting of a pencil during the night
in his stomach caused the. death at the
city and county hospital today of
James Clark, a one-legged pencil ped
dler. An autopsy showed that Clark's
instdes were lined with hardware. In
his stomach were:
One metal handled knife with a
large blade opened. The blade was
4 Inches long.
A piece o metal, 2 14 Inches long and
inch wide, with a sharp point at
each end.
A' piece of wood, wrapped with raw
hide, apparently a revolver cleaner.
An unsharpened lead pencil, ,8 inches
long, with the rubber and metal parts
intact.
A piece of whipstock 7 Inches long.
When Clark was hroueht to the hos
pital he' complained of pains " in his
legs, but said nothing about his stom
ach.
Inability of One of Defense's Lawyers
Leads to Order of Continuance: Mo
tion for Dismissal Is Heard.
Owing to the inability of one of the
counsel for the defense to be present
the trial of A. P. Armstrong, county
school superintendent and former civil
service commissioner, was ' continued
today gy Circuit Judge Kavanaugh to
Tuesday. :
When court adjourned Friday argu
ment was being heard on the motion
of the defense to dismiss the charg?
on the ground that the offense alleged
if any had been committed, Was against
the city and not the, state
It is- charged in this indictment that
Mr. Armstrong, while a member of the
City Civil Service Commission fur
nished secret and special Information
regarding an examination for a police
captain to Robert H. Craddock and J.
F. Keller, two applicants for appoint
ment. Robert Armstrong, a brother, is ac
cused of aiding and abetting.
Long Lost Diamond
in Chicken's Crop
Mis. Bryant of Clatskanie Is Pleasant
ly surprised wzulo Preparing- for
imv tlraco or too persons responsible.
The! demolition of the crusher will
sci Inui-dy Impair 'the work of tbet com
pany, as It had recently eniereq into
several contracts for rock. Work of
'installing a new crusher will begin at
oficc. ; The plant Is located on the side
of Msniuam gulch, a short distance
from the rock pile used recently by
the. ojiy to turnish work for the un
employed. "Wlillc It is finite a setback to our
work, "I1 sid Superintendent Mclntire
this tnoinlng, "I am most thankful
that !( one whs hurt hy the explosion.
This n the Kccniid mysterious act of
destruction In the gulch during the
past year. Hn oil tank belonging to
another contractor being fired some
time ngo. Last night's Job was cleverly
mid expertly executed and whoever
did It! was familiar with . explosives,
t am i utterly unable to find a reason
for nr
Husband's Birthday.
Clatskanie, Or., Feb. 21. About eiglit
months ago Mrs. Robert Bryant lost
a diamond setting out of a iHrig. Long
search for the missing gem proved un
availing. A few days ago, on the oc-
r thi. :ni..HLoii flvri minutes after itjeasion of her husband s birthday, as
tt.Tv were ttnabte to 'fTndTshS "Was preparing a-Tow! Tor dinner.
she foun-a the
of the fowl.
r
Only Two Oregon
Banks Holding Out
Out of 84 National Banks in This
State 8a Have come Into New Sys
tem; Monday to Be Pinal Date.
(Washington I'.urean of Tlie Lfoiirnnl. )
. Washington, - Feb. 21. Klhty-two of
the eight-four national banjks of Or.e
gon have applied for membership in
the federal reserve system.' Monday is
the final limit within which banks
must apply or decide to slay out of
the system.
(United Press Lease! Wtre.
P.clungham, Wash., Feb. 21. Four
suspects were arrested today in con
nection with the killing of three pas
sengurs in the holGup last night of
Great Northern train No. 358 near
Samish, 15 miles south of this city
Two of the suspects were taken into
custody at Alger and two at Sedro
Woolley. Officers in charge of the
posses which comprise half a hundred
men, say that other arrests are ex
pected' before? this evening.
Great Northern aetectives arrived in
the city this morning and are direct
ing the hunt. They have checked the
number of passengers and tickets and
announce that only two bandits took
part in the robbery. Their investiga.
tion has led them to the belief that
both men took part in the killing of
the three passengers.
Posses from all parts of the north
west are scouring the woods in the
vicinity of Alger. A pack of blood
hounds was sent from the state re
formatory at noon to take up the
search.
Shortly before noon it was reported
that a motorboat entered Chuckanut
yesterday and that it had disappeared
during the nightj The authorities are
following up this clue in the belief
that the outlaws escaped to one of the
San Juan islands.
Three passengers were shot when
they tried to resist one of the trio.
The robbers entered the day coach
from the smoking car as the train
was nearing Samlish station, nine miles
south of Uellingham. They obtained
a small amount of money from women
passengers before they leaped from
the coach and disappeared In the
woods.
The dead men iare:
THOMAS S. WADS WORTH, Cana
dian Pacific conductor, Vancouver,
ROBERT L. IEE, Bremerton, Wash.,
time clerk navy yard for 10 years, 38
years old. His parents live in Acker-
land, Kan. i 1
11. E. ADKJSdN, Vancouver, B. C,
traveling man for Vancouver Tire &
Rubber Co.
The bodies are held in the local
morgue awaiting word from relatives.
The railroad tracks for five miles
Short Shrift for
Villa's Emissaries
Federal Commander of To it eon Said to
Have Spurned Offer of $2,000,000 to
Evacuate the City.
Mexico, City, Feb. 21. Government
officials -announced here today - that
General Villa, the rebel commander,
had offered General Velasco, the fed
eral commander at Torreon, $2,000,000
if he would evacuate tne city. It was
reported that Villa sent two emissaries
to Torreon and that General Velasco
executed both.
NOT MUCH TIME FOR HOUSEWORK WITH SUCH A LARGE FAMILY!
Villa Will Direct Attack.
Chihuahua City, Mexico, Feb. 21
Though he said he would wait here for
the arrival of more artillery, General
Villa left today for Escalon to tak
personal charge of an attack on Tor
reon, scheduled for tomorrow or Mon
day;
Letter to Coroner
' Confesses to Suicide
J. D. Boblnson, Salesman, 681 East
Burnslde Street, Sends Ncte Saying
He Has Jumped Off Bridge.
A note signed by J. D. Robinson, 681
East Burnside street, was received by
the coroner this morning by mail, an
nouncing that the writer had committed
suicide by jumping off the O.-W. R. &
N. railway bridge. Inquiry at the ad
dress shows that! Robinson had been
away from home two days.
The message, r,ea"ds: J"To the. Coro
'tier- T 'leave this1 worV3"on account of
financial troubles and nothing else.
I am going to jump off the middle of
the steel bridge. J. D. Robinson, 681
East Burnslde street. P. S. Kindly
break the news to my wife and fam
ily." The message is written on sta
tionery from the Oregon hotel and is
dated February 20.
Robinson is a salesman.
BENTON LEGALLY.
TRIED, SAYS I). S.
(Concluded on I'Bge Two, Column Five)
SALMON
PROPAGATION
AND PROTECTION ARE
TO BE PROVIDED FOR
Bill for $50,000 for Fish Cul
tural Depots Along Colum
bia. to Be Introduced,
i .
i
( Washing Ion lluriin of Tl Journal.)
Washington. Feb. 21. Protection for
the saiinon of Oregon which in som.;
local Itiies are relited to be rapidly
ieirealn Is provided in a bill to be
introduced by Representative Ilawlcy.
The bill appropriates $30,000 to es
tablish lish cultural stations at places
ulong tbe Columbia liver to bo erected
by tlierl.'nlted States bureau of fish
tiles. Kept -seiitativo, llavvley consulted the
United States lisli commissioner for
information on the problem of salmon
propagation and received a letter stat
ing thrit a pcrriwiient station with a
permanent personnel Is not what is
t. ceded.. The need, tie said, is for a
liuinlxri of fish cultural depots where
- the eulniori ran be protected until they
tench finger length. Salmon turned
Hose younger, the letter says, are like
ly to become prey of other fish. The
tomhilwsioner is confident that if his
'plan oi replenishing the supply is
carried out there will be .no cause for
worry for the' future, of the industry.
Senate Ratifies 7
. Foreign Treaties
Arbitration Agreements With England,
Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Por
tugal and Switzerland Are Approved.
Washington, Feb. 21 Arbitration
treaties with Spain, Kngland. Norway.
Sweden, Portugal. Switzerland and
lttaly were ratified today by the
senate.
LIVED SIX MONTHS
WITH BROKEN NECK
LOS ANGELES CUT OFF
BY FLOODS FROM ALL
RAIL OR WIRE
TAXPAYERS CONSIDER
TAX ASSESSMENTS ON
ACCESS
Hundreds of Homes Aban
doned Because of High
Water, Wireless "Talks,"
Pendleton, Or., Feb. 21. After living
for more than six months with a
hroken neck, Frank Iunton, Canyon
City stockman, died yesterday in this
city. Dunton. while watching some
children playing in his j barn, en
deavored to show them some tricks
on a trapeze. He fell td tho floor,
striking on his head, ami fracturing
tna sixtn ana sovenm verieorae. Since
then he has been entirely paralyzed.
years old. I
So Kntrjnien Cnn Work.
Washington, Fe'v 21. Re'presenta
tive Sinnott introduced ax bill today
which allows enlrymen to divide into
two periods the five months of each
jjear which they are allowed to -pend
away from their homesteads. 'This
would enable them to take advantage
of work In the logging camps in the
winter and in harvest fields in sum-
. mcr.
He was 4 2
BANK CLEARINGS SHOW
INCREASE OVER 1912
Portland bank clearings for the cur
rent week show the largest Increase
of any like period since January 1. the
gain amounting to more than $2,800,
000 or 30 per cent over ihe clearings
for the same week in 19J3. The fig
ures in detail are: 1913, i$9, 481,925. 07;
1914, $12,298,950.33. Not only is the
gain of 30 per cent the .largest of the
year, but it Is one of the heaviest in
creases ever reported by
Clearing House.
the Portland
Coal Claimant Ask Patents.
. "Washington, Feb. 21. A. C. Shaw of
Portland, representing Oregon claim
ants to 11 entries in the Bering coal
field of Alaska, bad a hearing' today
before Commissioner Tollman. The
hearing: disclosed that the entries are
; free from taint of fraud and It Is be
lieved patents will be issued.
.lutlge Bean a Grandfather.
Robert S. Bean. United States dis
trict judge, became a grandfather to
day when a son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Ormond E. Bean, 816 Multnomah
street. The father Is an (architectural
draftsman and the mother! was former
ly Miss Eva Allen of Eugene.
(I'nitpfi Press Leased Wire.)
Los Angeles, Feb. 21. Four persons
were known to ' have met death today
In the storm which has been raging in
southern California for the past 48
hours. The dead:
R. W. Hamlin, drowned at Santa
Barbara.
J. C. Rockwell, drowned at Car
pen teria.
Miss Grace Sprague, drowned at
Victorville.
Gongales, a j Mexican, drowned In
Los Angeles.
Other reports! of fatalities were re
ceived here, but up to 11 o'clock had
not been verified. . ,
At least 50 homes along the Arroyo
Seco between here and Pasadena, were
washed away by the flood. Hundreds
of persons were forced to leave their
homes. All the bridges over the '
stream except two have been washed
out. i
Except for th!e wireless, Los Angeles
was cut off from all outside communi
cation, both byj rail and wire. Hun
dreds of home have been abandoned
within the city
Business in Los Angeles throughout
the day was at a standstill. Main
street. Spring1 street and Broadway,
the throe principal business streets of
the city, were) inundated and impass
able. Scores or basements were flooded
and the loss from this source alone
will run into thousands.
Telegraph service and railroad traf
fic were demoralized as a result of
the three days of unprecedented rain
fall. The only means of communica
tion was by the Federal Wireless com
pany. Street car service was at a stand
still. The storm wrought havoc in six
southern California counties. A ter
rific storm also prevailed at sea.
Hill Offers $30,000
for Train Robbers
Louis Kill Say Hell Pay $15,000 Tor
the First One Taken Dead or Alive:
the Best For the Other Two.
Seattle, Feb. 21. L. W. Hill, presi
dent of the Great Northern railway, is
in Seattle today, and his first official
act here was to announce a reward of
$30,000 for the apprehension, dead or
alive, of the bandits who killed three
passengers near Belllngham last night
on the Seattle-Vancouver train. .
Fifteen thousand dollars of th--?
amount will be paid for the arrest and
conviction of the bandit first captured.
The remainder of the reward is subject
to conditions in a circular issued by
Hill announcing the reward.
i SOURS UNHSYSTEM
Plan Meets Approval of Many
in Attendance at the Conference.
GILW1AN OR STEVENS
SLATED TO SUCCEED
.JMJLJ
m
m
Report Also Says W, D, Scott
Will Direct Hill Lines in
Oregon as Vice President.
Theodore Fleeing
From Caps Haitien
Self-Proclaimed President of Haiti De
feated hy Government Troops Out
side City and Takes to Flight.
Capo Ilaitien. Feb. 21. His army
ciushingly defeated and driven into
the city yetserday by government
troops he had gone out to meet, Gen
eral Davilar Theodore, rebel leader
and self-proclaimed president, led his
iren today in flight from Cape Hapten.
The government forces then occupied
the city. i
14 Life Savers Are
Lost off Ireland
Die in Surf Trying to Save Crew of
Norwegian Schooner iMexlco Who
Later Beaeh Shore in Safety.
Queenstown, Ireland, Feb. 21. Four
teen life savers perished in the surf
today while attempting to rescue the
crew of the Norwegian schooner Mex
ico, ashore off the coast of Wexford
The crew of the schooner was saved,
but the vessel is rapidly breaking up
in a heavy gale.
Loses Jewels on j Train.
Palm Beach, Fla.. Feb. 21. Mrs.
Leonard Thomas, New Tork society
woman, announced the loss of $30,000
worth of jewelry, on a rain coming
from New York. j
IMrorce After 36 Years.
San Francisco, Feb. 21. -After 36
years of married life. Mrs. Mary Eg
gers hasvbeen granted a idivorce from
herlff
cruelty.
Fred Eggers on!
grounds of
Calaveras River High.
Stockton. Cal-. Feb. 21. The Cala
veras river rase to its highest point
of the season! this morning when- it
crested at 20.6feet at Bellota. It soon
besan falling. The San Joaquin river
and lower streams, fortunately, were
low and will take care of the surplus
water.
The- Central California Traction com
pany's line between Stockton and Lodi
is out of commission and under water.
The state hospital farm is again, under
water today. ITbere have been no seri
ous breaks along the rivers.
Cutter Hunts for
Vessel in Distress
San Francisco, Peh 21. A wireiess
message received here at 11 o'clock
today from the Los Angeles office of
the i'nlted Press said the revenue cut
ter Manning was searching for the
steamer Eureka, reported in distress
off Port Harford. ,
Women Will Collect Taxes.
Los Angeles, Cal.; Feb. 21. Los An
geles has appointed eight women dep
uty tax collectors, the city assessor
believing that : the women will prove
better collectors than men.
More than 100 citizens, including the
heaviest taxpayers of the city attended
a conference called by Assessor Reed
yesterday afternoon at the Central li
brary building to consider 1914 assess
ments bqs"?d on the Somers Unit Sys
tem for standardizing realty values
and heartily indorsed It.
The meeting was the first of a series
which the assessor will hold for the
purpose of giving the people opportun
ity to see how the Bystem works in
actual operation and to ascertain what
is the community's idea of actual
ground values.
After two hours of discussion of the
relative value of the down-town busi
ness blocks, tlie meeting adjourned and
Walter K. Sweeting, expert land calcu
lator, who had been explaining its
operation, said:
"And now, what do you think of the
Somers system?"
"Its the fairest and best we ever
heard of," responded a dozen men al
most in chorus.
Second Meeting- Planned
Encouraged by the Interest shown
yesterday. Assessor Reed said today
that he intends to hold a second public
meeting, probably Tuesday afternoon.
The district considered yesterday is
in the heart of the city bounded by
Oak and Alder and Third and Tenth
streets. . '
Just before Mr. Reed called the
meeting to prder and turned it over to
Mr. Sweeting, he hung up a big map or
the district on which was inked tenta
tive values of the unit foot of property
in the middle of each block.
The unit foot in the system. Mr.
Sweeting explained is a frontage of
eround one foot wide and 100 feet
deep, located in the central section of
a block at a distance rrom any street
corner or other influence that might
affect Its value, other than that which
obtains by reason of access to the life
and business of a city throughout its
own frontage.
System Xs Accurate.
'"When the value of a unit foot on
..h bWIa of a block Is fixed," said
Mr. Sweeting, "the exercise of Judg
ment of the value of the land is com
plete, because the Somers system,
which if flexible and exact,"provldes
a method of applying that judgment
accurately and scientifically to all the
ground in that block."
He then plunged into the work of
ascertaining, the values which those
present placed upon a unit foot of
ground in the various downtown
blocks. In this connection one of the
remarkable . features of the meeting
Was tnai ine tnnincnix emier ue-
clared the tentative value already
placed upon various blocks by the as
sessor's office were right, or recom
mended slight increases. In several
instances they declared for lower valu
ations on side streets and in- the sec
tion below Fourth street.
The concensus of opinion was that
the south side of Washington street
is more valuable than the north side,
that Sixth street is to be preferred to
Broadway at present, but that they
soon will be equal; and that Alder
Is coming to the front as a good thor
oughfare for both business and of
fices. One of fhe principal reductions sug-
GRIN GOES
FATE OF 3
IN HANDS OF VILLA
GONSULATJUAREZ
Found Guilty by CoUrtmartial
on Charge of Complicity in
Plot to Kill General Villa,
Says Report.
BRYAN GIVES COPY TO
BRITISH AMBASSADOR
Full Text of Result of Investi
gation Is Not Made Public
at This Time.
British Friends of Benton
Who Went to. Search for
. Him Dissapear Also,
(I'nlted Pren Svire.)
Washington, Fet ,21. That William
H. Benton, the British -! nhi
cuted at Juares. MexIco.Von rhr
of complicity in a plot 'to kill General
Villa, the rebel leader, ;f was legally
tried and convicted by a t-egularly con
stituted court martial was the sub
stance of the report telegraphed to
Secretary of State Bryiin today- by
United States Consul Edwards frbm
the scene of the incident,;, The text bt
the report was not made public.
Kdwsrds had made a: thorough In
vestigation, he said, and was convinced
that Villa acted within hl.i right In.
convening the court martial. The re
port contained other information. Sec
retary Bryan added, whjit'h could not
be published at present.
A copy of the report was given to Sir
Cecil Arthur Spring-Kl( the.Brltlsii
ambassador, who cabled: It to London.
It was not known here whether It
wduld satisfy the British government,
but Bryan was hopeful of averting a
crisis. r'
Concealment of officialdom's anxiety
over the Benton tncldenj'at Juarez was
attempted at the state department to
day. KngJund, however. 'it was known,,
had made no new demands.
For all that, it was recognized that
the gravest danger existed yf "English
popular Indignation forcing the Lon
don government to demand a change :
In America's passive to an active pol
icy In Mexico. A against this. It ws.
insisted both at thw state department
and the executive offices that Presi
dent Wilson would remain as strongly
opposed as ever to intervention.
The state department) had received
no official information I f ' the disap
pearance of two more Englishmen,
Lawrence and Curtis, secretary.- Bry
an enjoined silence upon his subor
dinate. - v--:- l?- il-lt-'"-
BENTON SLAIN lIlKE
DOG, SAYS TELEGRAM
READ IN U. S. SENATE
L. C. Gllman, president of the 8. P,
& S., the Oregon Trunk, Oregon Elec
tric. United Railways, the Pacific &
Eastern and SptJiane & Inland Empire
lines,, and John F. Stevens, famous
engineer and railroad builder and for
merly president of the Hill lines In
Oregon, are spoken of as probable
successors to Carl R. Gray as presi
dent of the Great Northern railway.
Either of them is looked upon as the
man for the position.
Rumors to the effect that President
Gray will leave tho Great Northern in
the very near future to cast his lot
with the St. Louis & San Francisco
railroad as president have been re
vived. It is said by those believed to
be well posted on doings in the ralU
road world that he will leave the Hill
system May 1 to again become head
of the Frisco system, the presidency
of which he resigned about two years
ago to become head of the Hill lines
in this state, succeeding John F.
Stevens. ,
Neither Mr. Gilman'nor Mr. Stevens
are operating men in the strict i.-.ean-ing
of the word, for Mr. Gilman is an
attorney ana .Mr. htevens is known as
an engineer whose desire Is to handle
large construction and organizing prob
lems. He was tin first government
engineer on the Panama canal, and
mapped out much of the work that
has since been prosecuted to comple
tion. However. It is believed here that
when Mr. Gllman was sent to Portland
from Seattle to (succeed Mr. Young,
whose resignation came on short no
tice, it was only in the nature of a
temporary arrangement and that be
will efther go to St. Paul as president
of the Great Northern or in some
other prominent capacity in connec
tion requiring a man of his ability
and experience. .
It is said in the event Mr. Gilman
Is elected president of the Great
Northern, he will also retain the
presidency of the lines of which he
is now head, and that W. I). Scott,
now general manager here, would be
given the title of vice-president and
general manager, so the lines In this
district would be managed Dy him as
chief local executive-
Steamship Ashore;
Part of Crew Missing
(United Prea Leaned Wire.)
El Paso, Texas, Feb. 21. With two
more Englishmen and an Amerlcnn
missing today in Juarez Interest cen
tered In the fate of the trio of prob
ably living men rather than In that
cf William 11. Benton, who was gen
erally, though not quite by everybody,
given up as dead.
The Britons were John Lawrence
und a friend of the name of Curtis,
who crossed from El Paso to Juarez
Wednesday to look for Benton. When
they too had failed to return by yes
terday, etill another Englishman, Sam
uel Stewart went in search of them.
Stewart did not disappear. " Ha re
ported last night that he hao made a
thorough sarch of Juarez In company
with an officer of General Villa's staff
and found not a sign of the missing
pair.
Lawrence was chief engineer of the
California Ievelopment company, nere
on a vacation from Yuma; Curtis a
ranch owner in New Mexico.
American Imprisoned As Spy.
The American was 6ustav : Hauch,
arrested several days ago on the
charge that he was a spy for the fed
eral government. L'nlted States Con
pijI Edwards saw him In prison earlier
ir tin- we-k but was not allowed to
talk with hint. Edwards' was assured
th.-U the rebels had strong document
al y evidem c j.gainst him. Yesterday,
when relatives called at the prison
with bedding and clothes for him, he
was tone. Little satisfaction concern
ing him could be obtained from the
rebel officers, who would say only that
"possibly he bl been transferred to
another cuartal." Rumors wero re
peatedly current that he had been s!vt
but these the rebels emphatlcalyy de-
nii-il todav.
It was known definitely that
rtrtKOTiertt were taken from Juares
CI ihuahua City yesterday on General
Villa's ppeclal train and Consul Ed
wards thought it likely that Lawrence.
Curtis and Ranch were among them.
Otficials. however, retusen to say.
Indlflerer.ce of Citizens.
A maKs meeting held here last night
,'.n. nnre the rebels for Benton's
killing was well attended but the city
otficials asserted that nobody of much j
business or.social prominence attend-J
rrv,i i A.i i rf .rnie was attributed'
Washington. Feb. 21 -"William II.
Benton i.was murdered jke 'a dog by
Generate Villa," rt-aj Senator Kail of
New Mexico In the upper house here
todayi from a telegram he had received
from..'hHirman K. HI. Iiidley of the El
Paso mass meeting lieldOaxt night as
a sequel to Benton's death In Juarez.
"It is almost certain isthat Villa did
It personally," the telegram' continued,
"There Is no evidence tost Benton ws
the aggressor. Ecry;Ming indicates
It wes a told blooued muiuer.
Castillo Is the guest ot our govern
ment. In safety ami vMthout punish
ment. Villa Is boasting: of his crime,
"Is there no protection anywhere?
"El Paso Is full of retNd officers.
The business af falls of,;? the srmy are
openly uone here. 'j
"Your thousands of' friends lier.i
want to hear your vokl In (he cenate
In behalf of the sentiment that 'watch
ful waiting" Is a failure?"
Full al.o read resolutions .to the
same effect a lopted by the mass
meeting, together with- a number of
other telegrams be hid.. reCeLved criti
cizing the "watchful waitinir" policy.
It was tHtd jon official authorltv.
however, that the administration wouM '
Ignore he El Ppho mreting. At tb
state department It was- Intimated. In
deed, that ex-Goverrior.!::Gejrge Curry
of New Mexico, the hjef "Vpenker of
the occasion, was playing politics. He
Is admittedly ari;l-edm(.-Jntrallon.
The state depa rtmenti;telegrsphcd to
Consul Edwards st Juarez, to do. all
In his power to rescues -Lawrejice and
Curtis, the two Englishmen still in
the re'beht' bands, presumably at Chi-,
hnahua City. Secretary; Bryan's rela
tions with Sir (Veil H-tring-Rlce. the
British ambassador, w,-re seemingly
very coriiai ana nir itecii expresses
his appreciation at Bryan's bundling
of so difficult a jdtuaion.
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Three Sailors from British Steamship
Slverdale Bescned by Breeches Buoy;
Search for Lifeboats.
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 21. Three sailors
were rescued by means of the breeches
buoy early today from the British
steamship Riverdale, which Is ashore
north of Little Island. The remainder
of the crew, numbering 20 men. left the
vessel in lifeboats at daylight.. They
are Being sought by the revenue cutter
Onondaga.
The Riverdale grounded In last
night's gale. It was not possible to
launch lifeboats in the heavy surf and
blinding snow storm.
The Onondaga also seeks the big
schooner Kineo. which has been miss
ing for several days and is now gener
ally believed to have been lost with
all on board. -.
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Demand "Heal , Ttlon."
London.. .Feb. 21. William II. Ben
ton's death at Juarez, Mexico, either t
General Villa's hands op at his orders,
was the topic of strong' editorials and
'Com-lurlrd on Piige .t jiliimn Kir
. . Ml .1.. -t . . . I . Jt .
to two tilings Jirmiy, nu uuuui, ue
spite Villa's assertion, that Benton
really was dead; secondly, to the feel
ing in some quarters that his trip vir
tually was Fulcldal.
That the rebel leader might have
given out a false account of his visit
or's execution, to keep other Investi
gating foreigners away, was deemed
probable enough- The visit Itself was
deemed the htlght offolly in view
of Villa's quick temper, well known to
Benton, and to the fact that he has
be- n fighting plots against his life for
weeks.
nlv yesterday Enrique Agulrre was
executed at Juarez following Uls eon-j
vlction by a court martial on "such a j
charge. He was arrested -. at Villa's
own door with a pistol in his pocket
and documents on bis person which his
accusers? asserted proved conclusively
he was a party to an assassination
conspiracy. "
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