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pftctlre buyers on?(3 T j ' 1 1 1 L, 7 S 'LodjI r ' VOL.; XIII. NO. 5. PORTLAND, OREGON SATURDAY EVENING,- MARCH 14, 1914. TWO SECTIONSIB PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. XA5(f XI YE. CEST1 A. Id TA TO CITY OF MEXICO IF REBELS TAKE IT Dictator Will Leave Capital in Flames Should Capture Appear Inevitable- at the Hands of the Rebels. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PROTEST SAVES CLASH Huerta Declares He Would Have Given O'Shaugh- nessy Passports. (Dotted Pr Lih(I Wtr. Moxlco City, March 14."Presldent Huerta intend to burn Mexico Glty If Its capture by the rebels aeems In evltable." Tills was the statement today of a prominent Mexican In the dictator's confidence. It was taken for granted that he - had his Information from Huerta himself. Many were killed lately at Jojutla, atate of Morelos, as a result of mutiny amour the soldiers of the federal garrison, it was learned today. Th troops revolted because their pay was in arrears. Led by four lieuten ants they killed the garrison's com mander, General Florenclo AlatrJsta, several officers and a few civilians. Borne of the higher officers escaped, however, rallied the loyal soldiers about them, defeated the mutiners after a hard fight and executed those who were not killed In the battle. - The federal officers today received Secretary of State Bryan's acknow ledgment of Huerta's protest against President Wilson's action in raising tne embargo which prohibited ship ment of arms and ammunition from the United States Into Mexico. It said simply that the Washington admlnls . tratlon had received Huerta's note. "If the United States had not ac knowledged President Huerta's pro test," a foreign official said, however, "it would have been necessary td band Charge d'Af falres O'Shaughnessy his passport. ' Many foreigners here have received warning letters written on black bbr dered stationery, in the past few hours Most of- the recipients believed they ' were written by some fanatic or pos slbly1 by a Joker. ... , RRYAN NEGCmAIES WITH CARRANZA OVER - " CARE OF FOREIGNERS (United rrs Leased Wire. J Washington, March 14. .-Secretaries Bryan and Garrison of the state and war departments and Attorney General McReynoIds ' were considering today whom to send to resist the attempt to secure the release, through habeas corpus proceedings, of the Mexican federals, who. driven into the United States following their defeat by the rebels, are held prisoners at Fort Bliss. The three cabinet members agreed that an extremely dangerous precedent would be established if the attempt should succeed. In th meantime the attorney gen real directed the federal district at torney at Houston to represent Generei Ullss, against whom the habeas corpus proceeding Is directed. However the district court may decide the case, it was expected in would go'to the ap peals and then to the supreme benches. Secretary Bryan and General Car- . ranaa were 6tlll negotiating concern ing the Washington administration's right to act for other governments in handling diplomatio controversies with the rebels. , The secretary gave out for publica tion a latter from Carransa to United States Consul Slmplch, at Nogales, So nora, promising protection to foreign ers, regardless of nationality. In con stitutionalist territory. He still in sisted, however, that nations other '-than the United States be represented. at Jeast unofficially, in northern Mex ico. He denied that he had ever forced tnose who have recognized Huerta to recognise the rebels' belligerency. "In the letter. Secretary Bryan wrote to you concerning the damage, done to ine ijesengano.mine -at uuanacevl. said Carranza's letter to, Slmplch, "the secretary tens you that .countries wmcn recognised tne Jiuerta govern ment cannot apply to me, since no na tion can have more than one diplomatic corps accredited to a single country. "That I clearly understood." I have never demanded -. that these govern - ments accredit diplomatio .representa tives to me, but these, same govern ments may very well, .under interna ; tlonal, law and diplomatic usage, have unofficial intercourse with me In my capacity as commander in chief of the constitutionalist - army, which domi ' nates a large part of Mexico." Fighting was in progress in the vi cinities ol To it con, Monterey and Tam pico and an early announcement was expected to the effect that the rebels have gained control of the railroad . to Laredo. l,, Brave Woman Fires' . t r-.i., Robbers Run Away Mrs. - S. P. Wright. 800 East Sixty sixth street, north, fired two shots at two burglars whom she caught in her home yesterday afternoon. She chased a third man away from the home which he was watching while his con . federates were at work.: , Shortly after lunch, Mrs. ' 'Wright went to the-second floor to lie down. 8h heard the two burglars pulling out dresser drawers. Creeping to the bur eau, the woman secured her husband's , i S-calibre revolver, opened an upstairs window and called to the men to come out. As they ran across the lawn she napped the revolver twice, but it did not discharge, two other cartridges were tried and these worked. The third man,- who stood outside ran when BURN 'resident's Daughter to Wed Cabinet Member White House Nuptials to Take Miss Eleanor Wilson, Youngest Daughter of President and Sirs. Woodrow Wilson, and William G. Romance Begun at Seagirt and Ripened on Tennis Court Removes Objection to Disparity in Age Between .. Maid and Mature. Suitor,.. Who Is Famous. Washington, March ,14. Secretary 6f the Treasury William jG.McAdoo and Miss Eleanor Wilson, whose engage ment was announced at the White House last evening, probably Will be married in June, it as said today.'. Perhaps therej, was- nevar njil.ta as much interest in a Whit House ' ro manpe ,v Frenlit,nta daughters have been married before-, indeed,' President "Wilson's daughter Jessie was married only a very short time ago but . never in the past has one of them married a member of her father's own cabinet. The match was considered an excel lent one from, every standpoint but one McAdoo's and Miss Wilson's dispar ity in age. McAdoo is . 60, has a son older than Miss Wilson, a daughter of her age, and, a young grandcima. e has been a widower for, a number; of vfar. .Mian Wilson is 24. . In fact, . It was reported that the Wilson family hesitated for some time before sanctioning the young woman s engagement to a man 26 years older than herself.. The pair were so sure they wanted one another, however, that thev finally had their way. It was said the intention was, not to-make the announcement for some time, out the news leaked out, everyone was talking about it and at last it was de cided that It "would be better to give it out officially. 1 The romance was said to nave- Be gun at Seagrrt, where" McAdoo, -as vice chairman of the Iemocratlo national committee, i had frequent occasion to call for consultation with Wilson, tnen a candidate for ihe presidency. At these, times he and Miss, wnson met often. McAdoo neither looks nor feels his yeara He Is active, athletic and fond of sports of all kinds. Miss Wilson has similar tastes. First .they played tennis together. Then' they be came enthusiastic"; : tango partners, Miss Wilson's attachment for Mc No More Yielding; . As to Home Rule Winston Churohlll XTotifies, Anti-Home Sulers They Mart Be Satisfied with SU-Tear Vote Provision of BiU. Bradford, England, March 14. "Hay ing given -the Irish counties the right to decide, each for Itself, 'Whether it will accept home rule, the. British gov eminent can go no farther? said First liord of the Admiralty Winston Church. Ill, in a speech this evenipg. "There will be no more concessions made no further yielding," The amended home rule bill cave a form of local option to the Irish coun ties on the home rule proposition," but provided for a vote on the question every six years. , r . . . i u anu-nome rulers wanted one vote to decide forever. .' ;., Churchill's speecn answered thla demand. . t , . . Shots at Bold Burglars at : to Escape the Bullets cue vaiiea-.ine police. A J5 coin Was taicen zrom the woman's purse. I tried hard to hit them," said Mrs. W right this morning. "It made me so angry that two ibig, lazy men . should try to steal from us. If the first two cartridges had discharged. I know would have hit one of themfor they were close and I had good aim. Mv house was ransacked from kitchen to parlor, but the next time they bother me, I'll shoot one. . t '- . Entrance to the home was gained by raising the dining room window. Exit was made through ' the front door, which they opened with. a key taken from the woman's purse. The police were railed. Mrs.-Wright was alone at the lime, l'- " ...-j McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury of the United Adoo's daughter Nona drew them still closer together. At length they real ized that they were in love. The wed ding, it was Stated, will be a, very simple, family affair.: In the meantime McAdoo will be per haps the-busiest man in the country, organizing, the reserve system . under inenew currency law. - JSi. jrisscwif e was Sarah H. Fleming. McAdoo was born In - Marietta, Ga., October 3, 183. ' He (s the son of a former Judge, who was also a soldier, attorney general of Tennessee and prof essor in, , the Uni versity of Tennessee. He - moved to New York in 1892. conceived the Hud- son-river tunnel systemi organized the company that built it and was its pres ident until 19 IS when he was appointed secretary of the treasury... He was act ing chairman of the Democratic na tional committte during . much of the campaign that resulted in the election of Wood row Wilson to the presidency. TO STOP SCHOOL USING CIGARETTES Men and Women i of ' Many t Crafts Band Themselves to 'Secure Law Enforcement, School principals, business. men, mln Isters,. teachers, representatives of women's clubs and parent-teacher as sociations met this morning in the rooms of the school board in the court. house and organized an Anti-Tobacco campaign, in , which ' thev lhava been given assurance of the cooperation, of tne larger tobacco dealers. The purpose or the campaign will he to prevent the use of cigarettes and otner forms of tobacco among school boys. Though, state and. city laws for bid the sale and use. ana provide pen alties, it was stated that 15 to 50 per cent or ; ooys in various schools ' had contracted the cigarette habit. A board of 21 . members .was ap pointed to enlist a membership of 1000 in the league. The board is composed of L.. R. Alderman, chairman; P, Mcintosh, Mrs. R. E.,Bondurant. Mrs. i. xi. walker, J. w. Palmer; Mrs. Lesser Cohen, H. C. Crum, : Mrs. J. J! Hogan, Sig Sichel, E. W. Duffy of the M. A. Gunst company, - Mrs. - C. -rW. Hay hurst. Dr. John G. Abele,4 D; E. Keasey, Father E. V. Q'Har'a, Miss Grace B. DeGraff, Dr. Hill, Dr. J. R. Wilson, Mrs. Frederick1 Eggert. C. D. Mlnton, Dr. J. E. Snyder, Dr. John H Boyd, r- . ; Police authority win' "ba nought to report violation of - laws forbidding sale of tobacco to boys under 21, In the same way that a citizens' commit tee especially deputized with police authority has curbed violations of the speed . ordinance by automobiles. A survey by schools will be made to determine how many boys have become cigarette "fiends." Publicity methods will be employed to impress the evils of the practice. .War was declared on the system of advertising "smart", clothes which, al ways ahows young fellows In tight fit ting garments and cigarettes-In their mouths. It was asserted ; that - from (Coopladed on Pge Two, Colnma Three) CHILDREN'S LEAP SAVES New Tork,' March 14. During a fire in an apartment house today the .three children of Assario Gasparion Jumped from the third .floor into the arms Of a friend, au three escaping unhurt. CAMPAIGN ORGAN ZED BOYS Place in June States. . - HERE'S CHANCE TO WIN A $5 HAT IN THE WATER Men Can Read 300 Meters Qaiiy, Declares-Chief Clerk Kayser of 'Water-Boreair A $5 hat Is waiting for the man who says meter readers of the water bureau cannot read S00 meters a day if he Is right.. . 1 11 will, furnish, the hat, the best can , find for the money, if the man who-: says' , it can't be done , is right," said Chief Clerk Kayser, of the water bureau, this morning. "One-of our men last month made a daily average of 345 meter readings a day. A man working on the east side read BOO meters in one day, between 7:30 a. m. and 6 p. m. He wanted to see how many he could read In a day, and he worked longer than he is required to. 'Four men now read each month the 13,000 metered services we have, and they only work part time at meter reading. - I "It r every water service in the city (Concluded on Pag Ftre Column Four7" NEXT SUMMERIF METER MOVER NO )Cr iO- tAA-WlY COT T9 HA(E " y Money; Restored by I ; Honest Taxi Driver Satohai Containing- f300O and Diamond Biags 'JMaA Bni Lift Behind by Woman Who Ift Cab at Depot. ' When Julius -Burke, a driver for the Boyd Taxicab company, looked into bis cab after carrying Mrs. Schmidt, her baby and her grown son to i the Union depot from the Venable hotel this morning, he found, therein a small satchel, which he took to Manager C. Arne Jr. Neither opened it, and Arne told the driver to hurry back and de-! liver the satchel before the train left for Chicago. Mrs. Schmidt's home, ! Burke did so, and found hysterical woman in the lobby, a scared son and walling baby, which she carried in her arms. i 'Here's your satchel." said Burke. And the next moment his eyes popped almost from his head. The son opened It ,and there lay 42000 in currency, five diamond lings and a gold, watch and their railroad tickets. Schmidt counted the money, then peeled off a $5 bill, which he handed to Burke. "That's for you," said he. T?ou're an honest man." All-Eail Route to Alaska Predicted ; m ' Talaffram Prom Premier Borden, of Canada, Ovar Alaska BUI'S Enact ment Prompts liana's Prophecy.; Washington, U. C.i March 14. A tel egram of congratulation from Premier McBiide, of British Columbia, over the enactment of the Alaska railroad bill was received today by Secretary of the Interior Lane. He replied as follows "I take great pleasure in submitting your cordial telegram to the president, and trust the time will come when Canada and America may cooperate; in a railroad line running from Alaska through Canada to America. The Can adian Northern now is within 100 miles of our border. I believe an alt rail route from Alaska to America Is en tirely practicable and certain to come.' Partners to Pay Tax Individually Secretary of Treasury Boles Income . Tax Will JTot Be Collected At Source, But Prom the Individual. Washington, March 14. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo ruled ; today that taxes on partnership incomes are not to . be collected from the squijce, but held the partners Individually liable. Firms owning . bonds, mortgages, trust deeds and similar corporation obligations were instructed to file certificates of ownership In presenting payment -coupons - or interest- orders and' wliciqU' cetUftcatetr arw r filed. the tax on the Interest payments' is not to be withheld. 700-Tear-01dGhurch Is Burned at Neuss i Pamoas Thirteanth Century Edifice of St. . Qulrlnus, aaar Duasaldorf, Ger many, Is Destroyed by Bight Plre.' Dusseldorf, Germany, March 14 Fire early today destroyed the famous Thirteenth Century church of St. Quir inus at Neuss, near here. The church was constructed in the year 1209 and. its tower rebuilt in 1471. OIL MILLIONS FOR CITY i Cleveland, March 14. John D. Rock efeller Intends, it is announced, to give at least 150,000,000 to the foundation for Cleveland's betterment. I WE FAIL TO BEAT THE GERMAN COLONY TO OPEN Trade of 200,000 Acres of Central Oregon Lands for Chicago Skyscraper Dis closes Development Plan. THRIFTY IMMIGRANTS TO COME THIS SPRING News Considered of Great est Importance to People of Portland. Watson P. - Davidson telegraphed from St. Paul today to J. L. D. Mor rison that the trade of central Ore gon lands for the Transportation bull.-, ing in Chicago has .been closed. The building is valued at about $3,500,000 and the lands figuring in the deal are to cover $1,000,000 of the price. Mr. Davidson is president of the Oregon & Western Colonization com pany, headquarters of which are in this city, and Mr. Morrison Is the company's sales manager. L. W. 'Hfil. president of the Great Northern rail way, is one of the principal stock holders in the. company. Of greatest Interest in connection with the transaction to the people of Portland and Oregon, and particularly to the central part of the state, is the announcement from Mr. Davidson that the land involved, approximately 200,000 acres, will at once be colou ised by thrifty Germans. Colonists to Coma Boon. The trade haa been under way for several months and in the meantime the syndicate taking over the land has been studying the problem of placing settlers without delay. Consummation of the deal is taken to Indicate that this problem has been solved and that this very spring the colonists will begin to pour onto the lands which are located in Crook county, east of Prinevllle, and within reasonable distance of the Hill and Harriman lines running into central Oregon by way of the Deschutes river canyon. "I have only meager details concern ing the deal," said Mr. Morrison this morning, "but Mr. Davidson haa tele graphed me that It has been closed. However, I understand that the land ia to bo settled by Germans and that colo nisation will begin - without delay. There are about 200,000 acres in the tract. and they are in a district that has considerable precipitation and where diversified farming is carried (Concluded oo Pas Fire. Colnma live) Death Premonition Quickly Fulfilled Assistant icaaager of Wiley B Company Phones Friend Death Zs Hear; Dies la His Arms. San Francisco. March 14. Assist ant Manager I T. Boyd of the Wiley B. Allen company telephoned early today from his room in a .local hotel to the company's manager, Frank Arviz, his friend, that although he did not feel badly he had a premoni tion he was about to die. Arvls hastened to him and Boyd died in his arms of heart disease. METER REFERENDUM UPVAST Women Prisoners Get Lesions in Sewing Industrial Heedlswork Taught City Jail Inmates Under Direction of the Mu nicipal Bureau for Woman. I A committee consisting of Mrs. C J. Rred. Mrs. II. I Mather and vMrs, Frank L. purse from the Episcopal So- I cial Service league yesterday afternoon apem irom z until ociock wim women prisoners at the city jail, teach-j ing sewing and industrial needle work. Each Tuesday and Friday afternoon hereafterj the committee will carry on this work, under the Jurisdiction of the municipal bureau for women. The work yesterday consisted of cutr ting out and sewing nightdresses for the women prisoners. The girls were also started sewing carpet Tags, which are to be used as rugs for the indl vldual beds. One girl had her first instruction in sewing. The committee also provided the women prisoners with a light lunch after the sewing lesson. Mrs. Pankhurst Gets Out of Jail to Dine Six Suffragettes Seat to Jail Tor Smashing Windows In Horn Secre tary's Bouse la Downing Street. London. March 14. Mrs. Emm aline I Pankhurst was released from Holloway rrishn aaain. todav. It included - her seventh installment of imprisonment I under the same sentence for 'acts of J suffragette militancy. She was on hunger strike and the prison physi cians said she would die soon unless she ate; yet it probably would kill her to feed her forcibly. At dawn six suffragettes, armed wlth long handled hammers, smashed I ins luwcr iiuut iruiu iuw t w Secretary McKenna a residence in Downlng, street. They did not try to escape, were arrested, rushed to West- minster police station and were tenced to two months'. Imprisonment each at hard labor in record time. A suffragette arson squad early to-1 day burned the Olton club house and! grandstand at Birmingham. Streetcar Fender Prevents Mishap ICrs. TU. w. Hansen Palls In Proat of Moving Car at Sixth and Washington But Zsoapes with Bad Prlghv. An automatic fender on a street car yesterday, afternoon saved Mrs. I W. Hensen pf the Rex Arms apartments, from death or serious injury, when, she fell In front of the car at Sixth and Washington streets. H. Pensalt was the motorman In charge of the car. Ben Viereck. 495 East Pine street, as sisted the woman from the fender to a druar store: later she was taken home. The fright over the accident was the most serious Injury. African Fishermen Caught in Hurricane Scores of Small Boats Swaaped la Keary Sea and 150 natives Said to Have Perishes. Melilla, Morocco, March 14. That heavy loss of life resulted from Thurs day's hurricane along the North Afri can coast was learned from reports which began to come In today. Be tween 60 and 75 boats, mostly small native fishing craft, were lost. It wus believed the death roll would reach at least 150. Merry Robbers Crack Sate and Escape i Biz Masked Ken Crack Jokes as Ths7 Tie TTp Watchman and Wreck Strong Box With Dynamite. Chicago, March 14. Laughing and Joking among themselves, six masked men early today held up Night Watch man Joseph Goldstein and John Brack ets at the Hartman Furniture com pany's store here, dynamited the safe and escaped with $15,000 cash, leaving f400,ooo in money oraers ana otner not easily negotiable paper. Tokio Police Search j Officials' Homes s More Arrests la Havy Oraft Soandal Sxpected to Follow Drastio Action by the Japanese. O-overnment. Tokio, March I4.v-Many domiciliary I searches were made by the police to day for evidence in connection with navy graft. The Homes or some of I the highest officials In the department were ransacked. It was expected mors arrests would follow. Methodist Minister Murdered on Road Body of Her. D. H. Heck Pound Sar- eral Hours After He Had Been shot to Death. , ' Fort Smith, Arle. . March- 11. Rev. D. N. Keck, s Methodist clergyman. , was found today, shot - dead, la the road near Winters. He had been dead for hours. The aotnortties had not an Inkling who was bis assassin, ' He was being sought with bloodhounds. Competent Business . Man at 88 Years Jury Plods Peseadero BUHioaalra Cap- able ) of Taking Cars of His Own 'Affairs. ' '; - . .- ("- - - San Franclfsco, March 14. i-"A Jury found SLoren Coburn, II," th' Peseadero millionaire whose competency has been questioned, of sound mind and capai.lo of 'managing his owa affairs. PAS E SHOUljD BE ED OR T BACK HOI Ou Canntn wO oaYS oenaiOf Chamber- lain, in Comrrie! ting on Of ficial Report oy Speech by Ambassador ;t(. England KN 0 WLAN D, : LAf FERTY, ; CRITICIZE PRESIDENT' Minority Reports gjall Repeal of Free Tolls fcusillani- -, mous Policy. Sal , (Washington Rtima offrh Journal.! Washington. March sill. Demanding ; that Ambassador Pagaibe recalled or muscled. Senator Chamberlain todar gave the following interview: . The official sterrogrxpfilc.reDort of Ambassador Page's fneech at the Chamber of Commtrte binnut m naon is published thla morning, and 11 nt only confirms ; but intensifies the utter impropriety f! the language used as firet reported; fi He pretends to quoUifrom the pres ident's recent mesaagaj j on tiie tolls question and uses language which ths president never Used frectly or 'in.'.i- rectly, and in this pret4ided quotation ouCaia iua.i iiuj presiaent S voire was the voice of the Pfople. The off i- cial report shows thatf be did ua the ' language attributed totitn In my reso- kTDTMI77 IlLI I IIIUUM. sen-iiutlon, that We have Constructed the j Panama canal for yoi??Uhe British), for I am speaking wBh, arrest franit-" ness and not with what t- mm.iim.. called diplomatic indirection, but 1 will wuiy nat 4g: adds greatly to the pleasure of buiMing that great work tiat It is you tS British) who will most profit by it. Sj j -The report further how that he did say The Monroe -Boctrlno meant only this, that the Unitexl States would prefer that no Euroblean' srovernmrnt I Bn2ta in more landln ths world, Thera lit nothlnir (nb'ih. t port to show any puliation or excuse for these misrepresentations, as to the attitude of the people Mt this country, or laying down such afs infamous ver sion of the Monroe Dextrine. This Is the second time ; this l&hbassador has placed' the American people in a false light before the British public and the powers or Kurope. v "He ought 4o. be trailed .for the honor of our country jgad If he is not,' some method ought to found to mus sls ' him and make It r impossible for him to further ralaret ;eseot the voice of the people of : the ilted States.' . LAFFERTY, KN0WLAND IN REPORTS' BLAME PRESIDENT WILSON Washington. March! ! 14. Charalns? President Wilson wlthP-having yielded to England's demands at America's ex-. pense. Congressmen- tK.nowland and Lafferty made separate minority re ports to the bouse rSoday from the lnterstste and foreign .-"commerce com- . - nuiiee on me propose : repeal or rree passage for American' ships through' the Panama, canal. 5i - British domination. Ktiowland's reDort .: asserted, caused the Pffjsldent's demsn.l : xor repeat ana me aoasaonment of the . United SUtes logical attitude under the Monroe doctrine! 4 "I vigorously protest," it continued, "against any at- ' tempt to force oongrea. througb legls- - Osclnded on Pace T4. Cotuan Teer) GLASS ON RESERVE CITIES Washington, March .14. Congress man Glass, addressing,, a college busi ness class, said New. Tork. Chicago - and Ban Francisco certainly, amd Bos ton, perhaps, Richmond or Washington, .Atlanta, New ; Orleans, HL Iuls. Kansas City and Minneapolis probably I will.be chosen as rearto cities under I new currency w Representative Glass denied, this aft ernoon that he ihad given out any an nouncement as -to all the cities to b Included in the' regional reserve bank list. He said be merely named soma cities as illustrations of how the re- serve law would work.? Of course, he said, ' "anybody can figure that Chicago.- "St, Inls, New . Tork and San f Francisco will be re serve cities, but I know nothing about the others.- f ' : jtiur nam appears either phone book yoa.t can teUrpbone youf ad to . , . . T I ? l snf have it charged. BlliNiwilt be mailed to tou the following da5? for payment. - - Tie Journal cannot gu-ante accuracy or . HBrn refponstbillty forrors of any kind ocoiirring - in . tele- I phoned advertisement. . T p.