S VOL. X. NO. 46. T-' PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY' 22, 1914. , - PRICE FIVE CENTS
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CALIFORNIA ILL
REACH MILLIONS
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Inundated, Hundreds Made
Homeless, Five Lives Lost,
All Communication Off.
, California Flood Duut is Millions.
Tory Few Candidates Have Filed Dec
larations. Foreign .Attitude Toward Mexican Pol
icy. Daly to Ask for Water Meter Bids.
Blover Anneal Dismissed.
Eight Arbitration Treaties Katified.
Four Holdup Suspects Held.
Portlander Wins Alaskan Lands Con
troversy. J. J. Johnson Candidate for Attorney
General. , .,
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Thaw Disappointed in Fight for Free
dom. Sens of American Revolution Bold Ban
quet. Market Block Dedicated for Specific
' Purpose.
Women Form "Smith for Governor
Club.' , ,
Identity" of Recall Committee Guarded.
T. T. tieer Gubernatorial Candidate,
Colorado Miners Driven to Work.
Fruit Growers to Convene in April.
Hews of the Paeifio Northwest.
Review of Necessary Pre-Election Step.
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LIGHTS AND WATER IN
MANY CITIES CUT OUT
Emergency Medical Service
Established to Prevent
Danger of Epidemics.
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Rural Credit Bill Would Help Farmer.
Realty and Building Hews.
Health Officers Explain Rabies.
Ban Franoisoo Hews Letter.
Editorial. i
City Hews in Brief.
Market and Financial laews.
7. Utility Company Conducts Safety . Cru
sade.
Hews of Portland's Publio Schools.
ROBBED BY TRIO
! Seattle-Tacoma Electric Held
Up 20 Minutes Out., of
Seattle; Three Bandits bo p
Thrnnnh Train Ret $4.00.
(By
Wlrelees of Federal Telegraph
Company)
ln Anale. Cal. . Feb. 21. The
torm and flood situation tonight re
main the worst In the history of
southern California,
The Santa Monica' reservoir, three
miles back of Hawtell, burst at 6:30
o'clock this morning. An Immense
wall of water swept over one of the
most beautiful stretches of country
near Los Angeles., Tall palms were
overtopped.
Five ure known to be dead In the
storm. Several hundred, are homeless
Hom-s have been washed away, bis
tUslrlot- Inundated.
.There In,-no telegraph or telephona
service. Not a wheel is moving rn
l.os Angeles or the cities and -towns
nearby over a wide radius. Klectflc
lights and lines are out of business
snd most of the city Is depending
Bolely on flickering gas lights,
The .storm at sea Is terrific.
Summary of Situation.
Here In' a summary of the situation
tonight at three nearby points, as I.os
Angelt-s got the news In devious ways
Olendora-f-Town in grave danger. No
gas. No drinking water. Sanitary sit
uation serious.
Covlna Several hundred families
homeless
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Pago.
Murphy Leayes national League.
Bud Anderson to ttuit Ring.
Veterans Refuse to Flirt with Federals,
Big League Umpires Chosen.
Plans for Columbia V. Track Meet.
Haughton's Sport Letter.
Hew Golf Club. Is Promoted.
Outlook,; for the Oarsmen.
SECTION FOUR TEN PAGES
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For tti (Thftr. Plaver.
4. Tom Burns Prescribes for Social His.
:. Kay Discusses High Tax Rate.
Additional Elk in Park Zoo.
G. Erert Baker Heads Oregon C. E.
6 11. Classified Adyertisements.
12. Marine Hews.
TRAIN ROBBERY LIKE
THAT OF FRIDAY NIGHT
Channel Dredge an Immediate Heed.
Theatrical News and Gossip.
Hews of the Movies.
Reed College Hews. !
Paderewski Complains of Persecution.
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Automobile Hews.
Oocd Roads Prcgress.
Illustrated Hews Review.
Holdup Resembles One Near
BelHngham in Which Three
Were Killed.
Hews From Foreign Capitals. .
10. Stampede of Office Seekers Is On.
Oregon ians in Washington Society,
Society Hews of the Week.
Musio Hews and Gossip.
Hews ef Women's Clubs.
Social Service Hews.
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7. Parent-Teacher ' Association Happen
ings.
W. C. T. V. Hotes.
Hew Books and Their Authors.
Washington Hews Letter.
University and College Hews.
SECTION SIX (ADVERTISING) SIX PAGES
Northwestern Bank Building.
SECTION SEVEN (MAGAZINE) TEN PAGES
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Feeding a Hungry Grain Ship.
By Stuart O. Blythe.
The Lesson of the Michigan Copper
Country. By Elbert Hubbard.
Heir to Bonapartist Pretender.
, By a Veteran Diplomat.
Amasing Hew African Game Coun-
try' By Stewart Edward White.
Both Members of This Club (Fiction).
By Stephen French Whitman.
Their First Quarrel A Great Pio-
ture and Its Story. .
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TliMa of Colonial Days.
By Helen La bag h Johnson.
Menus ana Jiecipes iot a wees.
flnrimminv An DTT Land.
Bt Mrs. Henry Symes.
Answers to Beauty Queries; Advioe
nt Haf m 1 rhi.toma.
The Plain and Plaid Combination
TW.a a
Passion Flower Centerpiece (Heedle-
Bv Adelada Byrd.
Has the Famous. Mona Lisa the Evil
Eye!
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(United Press Leased Wire.)
Seattle, Feb. 21. Overawed by the
revolvers carried by the bandits, 60
passengers and the train crew on the
southbound Seattle-Tacoma lnterurban
local train, leaving Seattle at 9:05 and
due in Tacoma at 10:45, were held up
and robbed of an aggregate of $400 by
three highwaymen tonight at South
Side station, 20 minutes out from Se
attle.
The bandits forced Norris King, a boy
of Kent, to carry a hat through the
smoker, obtaining $200 from the male
occupants. One of the1 bandits handled I
the rear car, getting $100 from the
men and women passengers. The re
mainder of the $400 was obtained from
the trainmen.
Sheriff Cudlhee and a posse of depu
ties are searching the vicinity.
The description of the robbers re
sembles in some respects that' of the
men who held up the Great Northern
passenger train near BelHngham T1-
day night and killed three passengers.
TTiiorta T.nr.Vs flpmpfprv Crates Against
"UV1UM' j o I rrui ni uniniTrn Tfl
All Who Would Decorate Madero's Grave ftW bANUIUAItu IU
POLICYTROUBLES
Supposed Killing of British
Subject, Disappearance of
Two 0ther, Brings Situa
tion to State cfj Gravity.
BRYAN HAS DISPATCHES
SENT HOME ALL NIGHT
PomonaFour hundred transconti- Dictator Sends Soldiers to Close Burial Ground to Throngs
Bearing Flowers for Resting Place of Former President Who
Was Slain One Year Ago
rental and 'local railroad passengers
stalled -here. Food supply reported
prncarlou.
In Los Arrgeles the situation Is
grave. In the Arroyo -Seco district
homes were washed a1 way. Business
was ' paralyzed all divy. Bridges are
menaced and wires are down. The
streets were streams of water all day, !
ml every river In the surrounding
country is flooded.
Thousand upon thousands of acres
In the
water.
New beds have been, cut by many
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Mexico City, Feb. 21. -The gates of
the French cemetery were locked by
Oeneral Huerta'a order this afternoon
against throngs of peons who Bought
to put flowers on tbe grave oi i-resi
affected district are under 1' rT Itfartefrt "assassinated
In vear affo in Felix Diax' revolution
imw oeas nave Deen cut Dy many h t t vlctorlano Huel-ta In the pro.
Ktreattt. some of them eating through lFa, residency. !
u.cus.i '"u'u j'-ic. i n-,r.Tir la th. anniversary Of tne
Zto Wire Communications.
killing of Madero, and Suarez. Hun-
There is no telephone service. . There aredg of Mexicans of the poorer class
went to the cemetery this arternoon.
carrying huge bouquets of flowers
which they thought to place on me
grave of the martyred president.
Flndinsr the gates loesea nu nuer-
ta's soldiers on guard, the peons laid
their flowers at the gates and went
away. It was said by the government
officials that the gates of the Frencn
would be kept locked again
tomorrow, when it is expected that
Is no telegraph. Outlying towns are
leloated; L.os Angeles neighborhoods
are cut off.
Emergency medical services have
been established. Rescuers are on pa
trol. . Efforts are being made to dis
tribute food as fast as possible, most
of the normal chantiels being disrupted.
' "Two. hundred thousand persons were
marooned for hours today by the fail
ure of cars to run. All electric power
was cut off from floods and rivers
out of their 'thanks.
The .vicinity suffered damage of at
least $1,000,(1100. The city damage is
confined to streets, bridges and homes
of tbe poor in the lowlands.
300 Passengers Marooned.
At Summit, where the Santa Fe line
enters southern California proper, 300
overland passengers are marooned.
They have practlcaly no provisions.
and late tonight all efforts of the rail
road to r'each them had been futile. A
hundred other trains were stalled at
Isolated places.
.A Salt Lake train was reported
wrecked at Lugo, high in the moun
tains. Twelve persons were said to be
greater crowds will visit the burying
ground with flowers for Madero's
grave. A small mountains of flowers
tonight was piled around tbe big gates
of the cemetery and it was certain that
tomorrow would see the barred flowers
increase- to an overwhelming" mass, the
silent tribute of the Maderistas to their
slain ruler. The gates of the French
cemetery have been closed to the pub
lie only on rare occasions.
DATE HAVE FILED AS
IS REQUIRED BY LAW
"Woods" Full of Aspirants
but Not Many Have Com
plied With -Statute.
AUTHORITY TO ASK
WATER METER BIDS
SOUGHT THIS WEEK
Commissioner Daly Plans to
Contract for 5000 Meters
for City. "
(Salem Bureau of The Journals
Ralfm. fir. Feb. 21. While the do.
Sunday being the anniversary of the .BiM.t.
rtl -rrl 1 net rti w r r tht 11 n TJu n wavt-a I 1
lution. lluerta tonight prepared for .a.au.ci, ic
anything that might happen. Troops them have filed their declarations with
guarded the national palace, the ar
senal and Huerta's home. They had'
orders to sleep on their arms. The
dictator has not relaxed his vigilance
since the anniversary of the various
events of February, 913, began to roll
around. It is conceded that- only his
extreme- preparedness frustrated two
plots against him.
(Concluded on ,1'sge Four, Column Five).'
Opposition Too Much
lor Free Tolls Men
Canvass of Senate Shows President
Has Saouffh Votes In Lis to Se
cure Xp41 at Present Time.
(Washington Ruresu of The Journal.)
Washington, Feb. 21. The advocates
of free pafsase thnough' the Panama
canal for- American ships are giving
lip hope. There 1 strong opposition
'to the repealing measure but It Is an
uphill figfct. Careful canvass of the
senate today revealed that President
Wilson has brought enough senators
into line to put the repealing bill
through 'that body If the vote were
taken now.
...Senator Kern, the Democratic lead
er, who was chairman of the platform
committee at Baltimore that declared
for fret- tolls, said that the majority
In the senate for the president's plah
will be substantial. Probably theie
will be no Democratic caucus as the
administration realises there are perils
In trying to make it a party measure.
Senator Lane of Oregon said tonight
that he would not go into a caucus on
the subject.
"I believe In transacting the public's
business In the open, he said.
In the house where the Democratic
: majority is large, the administration
leaders expect no great difficulty in
passing the repealing bill.
Vice President Marshall said today
that in event of a tie In the senate he
"will vote for repeal. '
Melrose Banker Is
Robbed of $4000
Two Bandits Hold Up Manager of
Bank ot Frnitvale, CaL; Thrust Owns
In His raoi and Walk Away.
Oakland, Cal., Feb. 21. Two armed
bandits held up and robbed Manager
George J." Krattiger of the Melrose
Branch bank of Frultvale as he stepped
outf the bank building early to
night with the evening's deposits, ob
taining $4000.
The robbers surprised the - of f icial.
and Special Officer Lester Manning.
who accompanied him, Dy thrusting
guns in their faces and demanding
the sacks of coin which Krattiger car
ried". Neither the bank manager nor
the officer was armed land they made
no resistance, tne oinciai n&naws
over the deposits made by Melrose
business men during the early even
ing. The money which they secured
was about to be taken to the main
bank at Frultvale. The bank's loss
Is insured.
MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE
(Spertal to The Journal.)
Spokane, Wash., Feb. 21. Following
m test by City Bacteriologist Patten
yesterday which showed approxi
mately ninety million bacteria in one
egg shipped here in a consignment
. trom China. Manager John F. Arnold
of the Schalllnger Produce company,
sent 8 cases or over 60,000 'eggs
to the - crematory to be destroyed.
Soma of them , were declared to be sea
gull eggs.
Blind Woman Alone
Without Food, Drink
Passerby Hears Her Call "Tom X am
Hungry" and Finds Her Alone, Un
able to Get About or Summon Help.
Denver, Feb. 21. After having been
alone In her apartment four days
without! food or water, Mrs. T. P.
O'Brien, a blind and helpless woman,
was rescued from starvation here to
night by M. B. Carberry, another in
mate of the building.
The woman's husband, a bartender,
was arrested Tuesday nigrht In con
nection ; with alleged bogus check op
erations. At the time of his arrest
no Inquiry was made regarding his
wife, who is absolutely dependent on
him for her wants. Carberry passing
the O'Brien apartment, heard the
blind woman calling "Tom, I am hun
gry. Isn't it time for breakfast,
Tom?" i He entered the apartment and
found her faint from hunger.
MURDER SUSPECT IS HELD
Militants Disturb
. Rulers in Theatre
I,
Three Suffragettes Arise Prom Seats,
Pace Boyal Box and Shout "Votes
for Women."
London, Feb. 21. Three militant
suffragettes created an uproar tonight
in His Majesty's theatre, where King
Gorge, Queen Mary and the prince
of Wales were attending Sir Herbert
Tree s presentation of David Belasco's
"The Darling of the Gods."
"Votes for women." shouted the suf-
nageues in cnorus. In the midst of
the second act, ass they arose from
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men uitnesia cnairs and faced the
royal dox, wherein were their majes
ne aim me prince. The women at
tempted to harangue the king but were
quicxiy seijzea by attendants and
hustled out of the theatre. All over
the theatre the audience were on their
feet in excitement, but the king and
queen sat passive, apparently paying
no attention to the interruption, and
the play continued on to the end of
the act.
When the curtain fell ana the lights
went up the entire audience stood up
and gave three rousing cheers for the
queen.
the secretary of state. This means
that but few of them have started
their petitions among the voters for
the requisite number of signatures to
place their names on the primary elec
tion ballot. A declaration must be
filed before a nominating petition can
be circulated, - and as April 10, which
is only about six weeks distant. Is the
last day on which a nominating peti
tion may be filed. It is apparent that
the next few weeks will bum with tae
activities of the petition circulators
that is, if all the aspirants now
(Concluded on Page Four, Column Trvo)
Twins Sacrificed to
Save Mother's Life
Brandt Leaves U. S.
and Cannot Return
Steel Magnate Wins
Battle With Shark
Hannibal. Mo.. Feb. 21. John Kid
well was arrested here today after he
had confessed to the murder of the
McAnally family, an aged man. his
wife and .grown daughter, at Welling
ton. Kansas, October 18, 1912. He is
believed toi be the .notorious axe man
who slew Several families in Kansas.
Kldwell is 43 years old, and for the
last three- weeks has been working In
Hannibal, coming here from Moberly,
Missour I.
Joh P. Harris Bams Oar Down Throat
; of; Nine Poot Pish ana Drowns Xt
1 After Hard right.
Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 21. John F.
Harms, vice president of the United
States Steel Co., rammed the small end
of an oar down the throat of a nine
fcot shark out in the gulf stream this
afternoon and during a 20 minute
struggle drowned it
He was alone in a small boat, except
for his negro oarsman. As no ordinary
line will hold fish of this size, Mr. Har
ris threw a lassoo or nmall rope around
It and tied it to the boat, while he kept
the oar in the throat of the fish, in
such manner that it was unable' te
breathe. The fish, weighed 350 pounds
and was exhibited on the fishing- pier
last evening. ,
FALLS FROM 11 TH STORY
Bond of Plesb. Connects Babes Similar
to That of Siamese Twins; Surgeons
Pail to Preserve Xiivas of Infants.
Twins, connected by a bond of flesh
in a. manner similar to that in which
the famous Siamese twins were Joined,
were born last night to Mrs. S. G.
Carleson, who reslaes with her hus
band at the end of the Park Rose line
on Sandy Road, Dut in a heroic and
successful effort to save the life of
the mother, the lives of the two
daughters had to be sacrificed
The case is one of the most re
markable that Portland surgeons have
ever encountered. One child was part
ly delivered in an apparently normal
manner at the home late yesterday.
when Dr. V. W. Bruce, who attended
the case, noticed the unusual connec
tion. An ambulance service machine
was summoned and the mother rushed
to the Good Samaritan hospital
In the operation that ""followed, and
in which Dr. Bruce was assisted by
Dr Labbe and which was witnessed
by a number of Portland physicians, it
Was found that a bond of flesh con
nected the breast of one child to the
abdomen of th other. The bond was
said to be a close one and through an
operation, the second child had to be
removed through an opening made in
the side.
The mother, who is about 30 years
old, was in a dangerous condition for
a while, but s.fter the operation she
rallied and early this moning was re
ported to be in good condition.
Seeks Authority Prom Council.
Will H. Daly, commissioner 1
of public utilities, will ask of
the city council this week au-
thority to ask for bids and -to
contract 'for 5000 water meters,
to be installed at places of low-
er altitude in the city,' where .
the sprinkling privilege is de-
sired. The meters, it is estl-
mated, will cost approximately
$55,000, their cost to be met
.from the proceeds of water de-
partment 30-year 4 per cent
bonds. A total of $250,000 in
bonds for meters was included
in the water department budget
and approved by the city com-
mission. If authority is grant-
ed. other meters will be bought
from time tor time, the purpose
being to meter the water serv-
ice of; the entire city within
two years. Commissioner Daly
says that, under the present
unregulated service of water.
half the water consumers on a
line are at the mercv of th A
other half; if the latter choose
to turn on the water all at once,
the former will not.be able. to
get any pressure. One of the
hazards thus caused is the in-
ability to extinguish fires.
Spurned by Sweetheart and Bepudlated
by Friends, Pardoned Convict Balls
for Germany.
New York. Feb. 21. Foulke Brandt,
the Mortimer M. Schiff servant, whose
conviction and pardon for assault upon
his employer was attended by a polit
ical and social upheaval, has left the
United States and cannot return, it be
came known today. He sailed for
Qanriaax.in the IlamDurg-Amarlcan
line's Amerika last Thursday. He was
not an American citizen, and his record
as a convict will act as a bar to his re
turn. It is said his departure was the
result of the refusal of a beautiful girl
to marry him.
Senator Knute Nelson, who befriend
ed him, has repudiated him, and he has
not a friend in this country to whom
he can appeal.
. No one knew of his presence In New
York until he walked Into the office of
Miradau L. Towns, his attorney, a few
days ago.
Brandt had promised Governor. Sul
ser, who signed his pardon, that he
would keep out of this state. He told
Towns that he came to ask how. Tie
could obtain modified terras of hfs
pardon. He was advised to get out
of New York Immediately.
Friends of the ex-valet declare that
he came here to marry a jchorus girl.
He courted her without telling her
of his past life. When friends of the
girl disclosed her fiance's history, she
Jilted him. At the same time lie re
ceived a letter from Senator Nelson
expressing dissatisfaction with his
conduct since leaving prison and re
fusing to assist him further.
SLOVER'S APPEAL IS
DISMISSED BY THE
CIVILSERVICE BOARD
I Former Acting Chief Fails to
Make" Appearance; Now
- Out Tof Service."-'
Tax Amendment Is
Boon to John D.
Big' Balloon Race
for Rose Festival
(Special .to The Journal.)
San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 21. George
Anderson, a steeple-jack, plunged to
the street from the eleventh story of
the Standard Oil building tonight when
the scaffold broke while he was paint
ing the flag pole. He was instantly
killed. i
Governor Coil of Ohio TJrg-ed to Corns
from Plorlda to Veto Measure Which
Exempts Rockefeller from $35,000,000
Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. ?i. Tax Com
missioners Fackler and Agnew discov
ered today that in amending the War
ner tax law for the benefit of Ohio
farmers, the legislature "in the special
session last week freed John D. Rocke
feller from personal tax liability In
this county, amounting, it is believed,
to J35.000.000. ' .
The tax men will urge Governor
Cox to return from Florida in time to
veto the amendment before next . Fri
day. '
By Marshall X. Dana.
Do you know what would happen if
all the housewives of Portland should
open wide all the water faucets In the
City at the same time, and keep them
running for 21 hours?
Through each feed pipe would pass
an average of 7 gallons a minute.
There are 1440 minutes in 24 hours
There are 57.000 feed pipes in the city
The enormous total of 615,600.000 gal
lons would be drawn through the
pipes out of the .mains, out of the
standpipes, out of the reservoirs, out
of the big conduits that bring water
from Bull Run.
But tbe water would not run for
24 hours; in less than six hours every
faucet would be dry. There would be
a water famine. This is the reason
The utmost the conduits can bring
from Bull Run in a day is 67.000,000
gallons. , (As a matter of fact they
have .neyer brought as much as 50,
000,000 gallons In "a day.) The ut
most the reservoirrtnd standpipes can
store is 190,000,00't gallons.
Twenty-eight Meter Headers.
The utmost the mains and laterals
can distribute through the city in a
day is 80,000.000 gallons.
Such a thing, you say, would neve
happen as ja. practical proposition. Even
if the housewives would do It there
are regulations to forbid and inspec
tors to prevent. This is probably true.
But the regulations say that during
morning and evening hours people can
use ajl the water the pipes will fur
nish for watering lawns. They can
all do this at the same time, and the
regulations in themselves thus invite
over-strain of service.
There are 28 meter readers and in
spectors in the employ of the water
department. Could this number con
trive to stand over every housewife
and prevent her using more water, ori
at other hours, than regulations per
mit? Suppose the policemen, even, were
given duty of detecting water waste
in addition to ordinary task of life
and property protection; how would
Offer of $3000 Had by Portland to Oct
national Baloon Bace of Aero Club
of America Hers Hext June.
New York, Feb. 21. Following re
ceipt of a telegram saying the Portland
Rose Festival management would make
a $3000 allowance If the National Bal
loon race started from Portland during
Festival week, persons ;n touch with
A. R. Hawley, of the Aero Club of
America, said today they thought there
was a good chance that the Oregon city
would get the contest, by which com
petitors are chosen for the interna
tional cup.
The appeal of K A. Slover, dis
charged captain of police, was dis
missed by the municipal civil service
board last night for failure of Slover
to put In an appearance. The board
sustained the dismissals of Captain
Harry Riley. Sergeant C. J. Rupert
and Patrolman Christofferson, and re
versed the. decision of Mayor Albee in
the cases of eight other .members of i
the department he had discharged by
reinstating the men, and then sus
pending them for six months without
pay.
In announcing the decision of the
board, John F .Iogan, one of the
members, stated that it was apparent
that Slover feared an Investigation.
His remarks were supplemented both
by Chairman George W. Caldwell and
A, K. Clark, who stated that they
were both in favor of dismissing the
appeal, as Slover had been given every
advantage to have the case beard, but
had turned them all down. This ac
tion puts Slover out of the service
for. good, unless court action Is insti
tuted.
Beglect of Duty Charred.
Slover. who was acting chief of do-
fice during the Rushlight administra
tion; Captain Harry Riley, Sergeants
Rupert. Thomas J. Casey and A, L.
Pressey, and Patrolmen Charles F.
Frey. August Schirmer, John M. Jones,
Holgar Chrlstoffarson, R. L. White
side. B. D. Hutchlns and O. E. Fuller,
were discharged by Mayor Albee, De
cember 11. following Investigations
made by the civil service board.
Slover was charged with neglect of
duty, using his office for political
purposes, and other offenses; Patrol
man Frey, with shooting firearms
within the city limits and using abu-
"We have a representative in the
east now seeking to arrange details for
a balloon race during festival week,"
said C. C. Colt, president of the
Rose Festival association yesterday,
"The assoclat;on plans to stage a bal
loon race during festival week and we
are willing to expend J3000 to this end
We are seeking now to have the race
under the 'auspices of the Aero Club of
America, so as to make it an official
race and an event of national import
ance. The association expects a re-'
port from its representative in the near
future.'
(Concluded on Psfe Four. Column Oat?;
Concluded on Psge Seren, Column One)
Rouge and Frills
Put Aside by Girls
Daughter of Speaker Clark . Wins Over
Capital Society Buds who Decide to
Try Calisthenics Instead. '
Washington. D. C, Feb. 21. Miss
Genevieve Clark, the speaker's daugh
ter, has worked a revolution "in Wash
ington society by her articles on beau
ty and how to win it. As , a result,
several groups of young women of
the capital have resolved:
Not to rouge.
Not to lace.
Not to wear "Follow me Charleys"
or "Beau-Catcher."
Not to depend on a chaperon.
On the contrary: '
To get pink cheeks by walking nd
use of rough towels and cold water.
To improve figures by calisthenics.
Bryan Compromises
on Japanese Issue
Secretary of Stats Beaches AgTsomsnt
With Pacific Coast Congressmen on
Exclusion Hatttr.
Washington Feb. Jl. Secretary of
State Bryan, Is was learned tonight.
has effected-a tentative compromise
agreement with Pacific Coast con
gressmen on Japanese exclusion. The
compact is that the house immigration
committee shall appoint a sub-committee
to work with the state department
regarding the anti- Japanese -legislation
and probably postpone any action for
six week's or two months. Within that
time Bryan hopes to make headway
toward a settlement of .diplomatic ne
gotiations with Japan.
Whether the liryan "compromise
plan" shall be ratified wll be decided
f : a secret meting of the immigration
committee next, Thursday. Represen
tative Baher of California, author of
the Baker ,Asiatlc exclusion bill, stated
tonight that he will then force a vote.
SACRAMENTO LAUNCHED
Revolutionary Junta Blames
n i a., f. .....
Demon tor Attack on Villa;
Killing Necessary.
(t'nlted Vreon IminI WW.)
Washington. Feb. 21. Desalt a
rlalnly apparent effort to force optim
ism on me part of high administra
tion Officials. th Mttvlonn sit, i.Hn.
was very gravo tonight.
The danser ;was felt not to be so
so much from Great Britain, despite
the fact that the slaying of-a British
subject. N Hliam Benton, precipitated
the crisis, but it came from the gen
eral feeling of unrest engendered in
tho chancellories of Europe and the
orient by the summary drumhead
courtmartial and execution. If "he was
executed, of a foreign subject without
the Untied States consul or repre
sentatives, even knowing that the man
naa Deen arr-stel. -
In every embassy 'and legation to
night this fact was the chief topic
of conversation. There Vaa no doubt
from the attitude of the various for
eign representatives who were acces
sible that ffcey, and their home gov
ernments were more' vitally concerned
than ever before with the develop
ments south or th' Rio Grande. It
was emphatically although privately,
stated that the Cnitt-d States having
assumed, through her non-resistance
policy, a protecting ; position over all
foreigners in Mexico, this nation
fahould have already fnade It Impossible
for a foreign subject to be executed,
even under due process of military
law, without the representative of
this government knowing all th facta.
and having had at least an opportun
ity 10 protest. ;
Others Believed Safe.
Not a word was obtainable here re
garding the search for John Lawrence
and James "Curtis, the British sublects.
and Guatave Bauth'the German-American,
missing from Juarez. Bryan said
the consular representatives In Juares
and-Cbihuahna City were still search
Ing for thrm. But" he Insisted that
while no word regarding their where- .
abouts was obtainable there could be
little doubt that they were' all va, al
though prisoners. t harm has befal
len them, It was expected, to precipitate
the gravest crisis yet encountered In
the Mexican situation. - ,
President Wilson snd Secretary
Bryan, although doing everything pos
sible to "soft pedal" the developments,
wer plainly worried tonight. Every
word received at the state department
was hurriedly translated and .copies
sent to the secretary and, the president.
Junta Defends Villa.
The open criticism of the adminis
tration by Senator Fall of New Mexlcs
on the floor of the senate was ignored.
The president wa4 no accessible,
while Secretary Bryan declined to
comment on the western solon's criti
cism of Villa, in any way. And , the
secretary of state announced on going,
home to dinner -that he. would keep in
touch with 'his office all night to
handle any new developments that
might ensue.! The revolutionary junta
In this city hurried to the defense, of
Villa. It issued a statement defending
his execution as "entirely within, ths
provisions of military law." But In ths
published statement it was admitted.
that there had hem a personal encoun
ter between Villa , and the stalwart
Scotch rancher, ip which ths latter
was floored by the rebel chieftain. Ths -Junta
insisted that Benton drew a re
volver and threatened Villa. On tbe
proof of this fact may hinge great
Britain's rights" to protest ths subse
quent happenings. -
If Benton went to Villa armed and
belligerent, International law would
sanction his courtmartial and possibly
his execution. And it Is to bolster
this contention, the Junta officials ad
mit, that they have made public their
version of the events.
Benton Threatened Villa.
All of the particulars received hers
came in a cipher from R. E. Muzqulx.
constitutionalist agent at El Paso.
(Conrhided on PsK,8-TnrCotuata Mx)
j - - 1
, Philadelphia. Pa.. Feb. 21. The new
gunboat Sacramento was successfully
launched at Cramps shipyard in the
Delaware river' today. Miss Phoebo
Briggs, of Sacramento,, a student at
Vabsar, christened the gunboat, break
ing a gaily decorated bottle of Cali
fornia wine on the prow as ths vessel
slipped down the ways.
ADVICE V
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' When you 'decide to run a
Want Ad in The Journal don't
think that your duty is done
when you buy your space. The
taost important part of all, writ
ing the copy to fill that space,
is still before you. Buying
space and neprlectinfj the copy
that fills it is jike buying a horse
and not feeding it;. you cannot,
justly, expect results.. ,; -
The simplest copy is the most
effective. If you have something
to sell, : give your price and' a .
brief description, theji the read
er can tell vhether it is worth .
his whihr to see you. Few men
will trouble to investigate when ;
no prices are given, because,7
for all they' know, the asking
price is entirely beyond their
means and they haven't time to
indulge in wjld goose chases.
Above all', don't bury your
proposition in. superlatives. Milk
put in a cream pitcher can't pass
as cream, v.Utn it is investigated.
The only result gained by rer
statement i-l the enmity si the .
investigator . :
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