VOL. X. NO. 49.
HOCNff PLOT
WAS TO ESCAPE
FROM FT.
General Scott Told of Scheme
. to Dig Tunnel From Prison
Camp to Point Outside of
Sentry Guard Line.
3600 FEDERALS WERE
: READY TO MAKE DASH
Once Free Force Had Cache
of Rifles and Planned to
Attack Juarez.
(T'nlted Pre-s teased Wire.
Kl raio, March 14. The entire
Twentieth infantry. at Fort Bliss was
railed tonight . to Investigate the
story told to Oeneral Hugh? Scott,
commandant, by two Mexican women.
of a plot whereby the 3600 Mexicans
In the prison at Fort Bliss were to
scape. According to the women,
a tunnel ' had been dug by the pris
oners from on of the tents to a
point 100? feet beyond the last line
of American guards outside the camp.
The plot Included the escape across
the border of about 3000 prisoners,
constituting the remnant of General
Salvador Mercado's Mexican federal
army, which fled from OJInaga sev
eral months ago after a valiant nine
days' defense against overwhelming I
odds.
According to the women. 3000 rifles I
and quantities of ammunition had been
smuggled In the past few weeks to
various Mexican points for use of
(the reorganized federal force. It was
proposed to seize these and attack Ju
arez, it having been believed that by!
Hunday night. General Francisco Villa
and his rebel army would have gone
to Torreon, leavihg Juares practically
unguarded. It was alSo planned to
strike at General Venustlano Carranza,
overpower his bodyguard and seize
the "first chief of the constitution
alists himself., Carranza tonight left
Agna Prteta far Juarez, going overland
through Mexipo. By Sunday night he J
would have been in easy striking dis
tance. !
Theu two women, both of, whom are
Inmates of the camp, said the plot was
hatched . shortly after the camp was
established the - plans being laid by
engineers, among the. prisoners.. The
work was done by privates: among the
volunteers n he earap.who used picks
and snovels, furnished by ine crnueo
States, army, tot .the1 purpose of lever-;
,ing the 'ground on which the' camp
stands; The.-lwoi'k was, done at night,
the erwv irom ina tonnei oeing strewn
about' the?, fecentlr . torn" up cmp
streets. i
For several weeks, the women de
clare, only -the men who originated the
plot wera permitted to know unthi rag
about It. but during the past two days
the news has spread like wildfire
through the ramp that the tunnel
would be finished by Sunday night and
all who wished to escape should i in
readiness. Tfhe women and childran
were to be left behind, w'"" v.-ith
the sick and Sonus' of the o U? officers
who were not wi condition to stand the
hardships oftne joume,- ihri-h the
tunnel and to rojnts in Mexico that
had been agreed upon as places cf
rendezvous.
The women also declared two of tho
original plotters were sl.Ha oy their
comrades a few r.tghts ago and their
bodies burled1' In the tunnel b-n-Jtuse of
a suspicion that they weri weakening.
At 11 p. m. the United States troops
were still searching the refugee camp,
" but had found no trace of the reported
tunnel. General Scott Is personally
conducting the search. It Is supposed
that the entrance to the tunnel Is con
cealed in one of the tents, and, as there
are more than -000 of these, many of
them with wooden floors, the work Is
low.
State Legislature
Is Woman's Goal
aflss Mollis Towns, of Phoenix, Or.
. Announces Candidacy on Democratic
Ticket; Hag Studied taw. 1
Med ford. Or., March 14. Miss
Mollis Towne of Phoenix, Or., for
merly deputy county clerk, today an
nounced her candidacy for the legisla
tors on the i Democratic ticket, the
first woman in Oregon to seek legis
lative honors. Miss Towne has stu
died law and has been , admitted . to
practice-
Household Goods '
To judfre by the "Household
Goods" classification in today's
Journal Want Ads, furniture
dealers in Portland are making
great efforts -.to stimulate trade;
Here are 'few of the efforts:'!
New 2rinch post iron beds,
: $5.25. ' yv
Copper cone b.read toasters
' , regular price 35c, a special for
. Genuine . leather auto -spring
seat, solid oak rockers, $5.25.
New $85 Laurel Ranges for
, $45 on easy terms. ,
Economy stove lid or flame
spreader, regular price 50c, . a ;
.special for 15c ' v
42-piece set of China free with
every ""Buck's" gas, wood or
coal tan ge sold this week.
. New style power washing
machine with " a swinging
' wringer. . - , ., ,.
- ; These items, and many , more,
appear today in the Household ,
Goods classification of " The
itmrnal. Want Ads.- Save money
y reading them.- "
BU
TODAY'S SUNDAY JOURNAL
Consists of i " i
Pictorial JSTews Supplement--rTwo Pages,
SECTION ONE FOURTEEN PAGES
i.
Kustisa Hturioaas Kuli 1150..
Mexicans Plot to Escapa fort Bliss.
Willamette Looks Selsr Vsar End.
Water Meter flans Meet with Mora
Favor.
-General Mnrrmy Supports Wilson's
Mexican Policy.
Sieg-el Stores Closed fat Kew York.
V. 8. Express Co. Mar Ba Absorbed.
"Watohul Waitint" Bests Fruit. ,
Rockefeller's Testimony Sought.
Committees ' Stated to Consider Pub
lic Market.
Girl Claim a to Ba Dorothy Arnold.
Suburban News.
Boss Festival Parade Bouts An
nounced. "Western - ftuem" of Historic Asso
ciation. ,, -
Home Storage of Apples Urged.
State Game Warden Serrice Beorren
ised. s.
4.
6.
SECTION TWO
Pag
Former ' Portland
Ma
In ten lews
General Villa.
. ' Bealty and Build ins Hews ef the
Weak.
1. Hints far the Homebuilder.
4. Editorial.
SECTION THREE
Pags.
McCredie Pleased with Practice Work.
Esstlsy to Join Colts.
Bites is Discusses Fight with Wei
cut. Is There a Baseball Trust? -Murray-dabby
Fight Desired.
For the Chess Player.
SECTION FOURTEN PAGES
Pags.
1.
t.
3.
Government Exhibits at San Fraa
eisoo Fair. '
Theatrical Newa and Gossip,
Ksws of the Movies.
Shriners Behearse with Wild Animals.
Portland Voted for Ita Excellent Gar
ages. SECTION FIVE
.Fare-
Catharine Winters Has Boon Missing
One Year. ' ;
Soaiatv Events of the Week.
In the Social Service Field.
.
6.
Parent-Teaoher Association Hews.
Women's Christian Tamperanoe Union
Activities.
SECTION SIX (MAGAZINE) TEN PAGES
Page.
i.
i.
Nome and the Far North in Picture.
A Pillar of Society. Short Story.
By Josephine Saskam Bacon.
Airman's Bsce Around the World.
Sir John Tenniel's Art World Famous.
By Montagu Modder.
Hoo's Hoo in Rhyme.
By John W. Carey.
Comment of Near Serious Nature.
By James J. Montague.
Sweden Anna in Fear of Bussisn
War of Conquest.
Where the Ships of ths TJ. S. Navy
Are Located.
By Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Official Figures Show but 13,000
Mexican Soldiers.
4.
SECTION SEVEN (COMIC) FOUR PAGES
Meters Favored
it
Daly's, Argum e
BENEFICIAL RESULT.
OF PROPOSED WATER
PLAN
Attempt to ' Answer Meter
- Champion's Claims Ends'
in Near Failure,
Will H. Daly, commissioner of pub
lic utilities, and Whitney L. Boise,
members of a committee that seeks to
referend the water meter ordinance.
debated the meter issue yesterday be
fore an audience so distinctly favor
able to water meters that it vigorous
ly applauded the affirmative and lis
tened in comparative silence to the
negative.
The debate was held under the
auspices of the Oregon Civic league at
noon luncheon in the Multnomah
hotel. -Walter H. Graves, president
of the Oregon Society of Engineers,
acted as chairman.
Mr. Day urged the metering of all
water services as the only way to pro
mote equitable distribution and
charges. Mr. Boise urged that water
meters-would not supply the need, but
that mains large enough to carry all
the water wanted at any service should
be laid. He favored investment in
mains, not meters, he said.
Mr. Daly began the deoate by pro
ducing charts which showed that dur
ing the evening sprinkling period of a
summer day, the consumption from one
water main was at the rate of 13.000.-
00Q gallons a day, while the greatest
consumption during the' hottest hours
of the same datf waif at a rate of but
6.000,000 gallons' per day. . As a result,
the pressure on an Individual service
was only 7 pounds during the evening
Concluded oil Psce Four, Column .Onsj
Superstition Borne Out
of Eleanor Wilson
Capital Gossip Recalls Omens
DEMONSTRATED
Miss Wilson's Sister Wedding Plans, Are Kept Secret.
Washington, March 14. Superstition
won out In the engagement of Miss
Eleanor. Wilson to Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo. Friends of the
couple recalled tonight that MoAdoo
was the first person who sat on the
dais 'on which Miss Jessie Wilson tMd
Francis Bowes Sayr were - married
and . that - always means ' a -marriage
real soon. Moreover both - Eleanor
Wilson and William McAdoo are
thirteen ; letter names. And every
body Is aware of the Wilson family's
lucky thirteen. Also It was reported
that Miss Eleanor got the ring in the
piece of bride's cake that Mrs. Sayre
cut with lieutenant Cary Grayson's
sword in the state dining room of
the White House. ,
The principals in the White House
i romance are not revealing their plans.
Secretary McAdoo smilingly 'evaded
Fags.
Additional Suburban Vews.
Woman Acquitted of Murder Chare.
Haw Window and Fount for St. Fran
cis Church.
Question Put ts Gubernatorial Can
didates Twenty-fire Bodies Beoerared from
8t. Louis Buina.
Portland Bohool Children to "Swat tad
Bead Improvement Discus ed in Van
couver. Peter D'Arcy Aspires to Stats Su
preme Bench,
Questions Asked of Forest Rangers.
Bpring Style News for Men. ,
News of the Paeifie Northwest,
Seattle News Latter.
Career of Late Georr Westinghouse.
Oregon unco Proves Its Worth-.
18.
11.
18.
EIGHT PAGES
Pare.
6. Oitv Nawa in Brief.
6. Market and Financial News.
7. Additional Baal Estate News.
. What Portland's Public Schools Are
- i Doing.
-'-.('
-TWELVE PAGES
Life Career of Late W. W. Naughton.
Tennis Competition Keen at Eugene.
Portland Golf Club Seeks Members. ,
Additional Sport News and Gossip.
Ciaaaif ied Advertisements. -Marina
News-
4.
Ml.'
. 18.
Pags.
lwiA HasAs nrieu.
ft. Linooln Highway Is Discussed.
Midwinter Trip from The Dalles ts
' Lakeview.
6. Additional Automobile Hews.
7. Hews from Foreign Lands.
S. Work Accomplished by Oswego Or
i phanaga.
TEN PAGES
Page.
7.
.
.
10.
irmnninrt
In the Realm of Music
Illustrated Newt Review.
iMnti nf Waek at Bead College,
News and Beviews From University
: College,
Page.
.
Some Nutritious and Economic
Friends. Bv Grace Vaill Gray.
Menus and Recipes from an Expert
in Cookery. By Francea Stem.
If You Would Have SuppU Grace.
Bv Mrs. Henrv Symes.
Answers to Beaut? ftueries AdvioS
mi Swfal Ouetoms.
a.
Favorite Lines in Short Jacket Suits.
French Fashion Notes.
Designs for ths Needlewoman.
. By Adelaide Byrd.
A Model Farm in the Making.
By Fred Lookley.
Nome During the 1900 Gold Bush.
10.
By Audience
"t n
nts Applauded
ENGINEER OF WATER
DEPARTMENT
Expert Shows How Fair Dis
tribution Would Follow the
New Departure.
Invited to participate in the water
meter discussion before the Oregon
Civic league yesterday, D. D. Clarke,
engineer of the water department,
found that it would be impossible for
him to attend. Notes which he had
prepared for the occasion were handed
to Wi T. Fletcher, chairman of .the pro
gram committee, reading as follows:
"Much has been said and written
within recent weeks regarding the ad
visability of the extended use of me
ters in Portland at the present time
and, very naturally, I have been an
interested reader of all that to my
knowledge has appeared upon the sub
ject in the public prints.
"As tkne passes, however, I am jnore
and more convinced that much that
has been printed upon thio subject has
been based upon Incomplete lnforma
tion regarding conditions as they act
ually exist, and hence such statements
are often inadequate and, to a certain
extent, misleading although probably
not intentionally : so.
"It seems to )e the concensus of
.opinion among laymen and experts
alike that all large consumers should
Secure water only through meters. In
fact; this appears to be so axiomatic
a statement as to be universally ac
cepted as the truth by all water works
Investigators and critics of present
day water works management. That
this should be true X suppose is strlct-
(Concludcd n Page four. Column FiTe)
in Engagement
to Secretary McAdoo
That Hark Back to Marriage o
questioning With the declaration that
thei lady ' was the : one who decided
dates and Such matters. Miss Wilson
denied herself to I callers. ;
One report here tonight was that
Miss Eleanor would not be the four
teenth White House bride that the
wedding ceremony would not occur
nntiCthe Wilson family were at their
summer home at Windsor, Vt. -,. In this
event. It was assumed that the date
would not be : until August, since the
president intends to remain in Wash
ington until after congress adjourns.
Miss Wilson dislikes ostentation and
the further fact! that McAdoo Is
widower made several believe that ef
fort would made by the Wilson
family to avoid another wedding in the
White j House : itself ; where etiquette
would practically! demand issuance of
invitations to the diplomatic corps and
a. large number or officials.
ADD
WORD FOR METERS
$500,000 A YEAR
DELAY IS ABOUT
TO COME TO
Senator Chamberlain and
Ex-Senator Bourne Begin
to See - Daylight Ahead for
Willamette: Locks Project;
BUREAUCRATIC EVILS
BLAMED" FOR LONG WAIT
Report on Title Will Be in
McReynoIds Hands by
Middle of Week.
(Washington Bureau of The Journal.)
wasmngton, March 14. At last.
After a long and seemingly. Inexcusable
delay It appears that action by the gov
ernment in assuming control of "Wil
lamette locks is near at hand.
Both Senator Chamberlain and For
mer Senator Bourne, who Investigated
the situation for The Journal, today
statea mat the report of the title at
torney of the department of Justice
will be In the hands of Attorney Gen
eral McReynolds by the middle of the
coming week. Chamberlain after tak
Ing the matter up witti. department of
usance omciais, made the following
"The question of titles wan nn
signed .to Mr. Lawrence of the depart
ment of Justice, with whom- I have
heretofore had the matter ud and he
promises me he will get his report
into the hands of the attorney general
about the middle of next week. The
papers are voluminous but jhe assured
me he is giving it his earnest attention
in the hope of making an early report.'
Bourns Is Disgusted.
Former Senator Bourne, who intro
duced the legislation for taking over
the locks, is thoroughly disgusted with
the bureaucracy red tap method em
ployed in handling the matter. He
made the following statement today i
VThe delay in the "Willamette locks
project Is naturally irritating to the
people of Oregon and certainly so to
me but it is an illustration of the pro
crastination and undesirabllity of In
creasing bureaucratic government. On
February 21, 1910, I introduced my
amendment for government purchase
of tnls. property. The river and har
bor bill of the- same year, containing
my , amendment, was passed by con
gress, December 6, 1911, . The Portland
Hallway, Light & Power company,
which owned tne locks, offered to sell
same for. J50,000. , In January, 1912,
Mr,: Clark, -chairman of " the executive
committee of that company, agreed at
my request to accept $37E;O0O. JUajor
Mclndoe, representing the government,
offered $375,000 on February 17, 1912,
which offer was accepted by President
Josselyn of the Portland Railway,
Light & Power company, on February
24. Papers were submitted to the de
partment of justice to pass on the title
June 1, 1912.
$500,000 Tsar Iiort.
"Twenty-two months have elapsed
and the question of the title is not yet
passed upon. I have made numerous
(Concluded on Pig Seren. Column One) :
L
nferventioh Should Be Last
Resort, Says. Canal Forti
fications Builder,
Intervention In Mexico is the last
thing, to be desired, in the opinion of
Major Oeneral Arthur Murray, TJ. S. A.,
in command of the western depart
ment, a member of the board of army
engineers who designed the fortifica
tions now being built at each end of
the Panama canal and a man whose
military experience dates back to 1874,
when he graduated from the United
States Military Academy at West
Point.
The general who is making a tour
or inspection of the posts in the Fa
elf ic Northwest, arrived in Portland
yesterday 'morning, put In the day - at
Vancouver DaracKs inspecting condi
tions there and will spend today In he
city "just loafing," as he characterised
It when seen at the Portland last night.
With Captain H. J. Brees of the First
cavalry, his aid-de-camp, be will leave
for the forts tat the mouth of the
Columbia tomorrow, and then return to
San r ranclsco,: his headquarters. t
"In my opinion President Wilson is
following the right course in regard
to the Mexican situation,", said the gen
eral. - "Intervention would mean
heavy toll of life, the lives of Ameri
cans, as well as Mexicans, and it would
take several years at least to quiet; the
country and establish a government,
- "People who are urging" intervention
do not know the Mexican. He does
not fight as-we do. and in Vase jthe
"United States army, were sent down to
quiet the country, we would have to
face guerilla warfare. We would Jiave
no trouble in capturing the towwM be
cause as soon as we bested ah oppos
ing force, the men In it would go hide
their guns and appear on the streets
in the garb of peaceful civilians. But
just as soon as our forces passed' on,
they would get - their weapons again
and keep up the fight. In short we
would have to garrison the whole coun.
try.',
Assuming that the better class of
people should welcome Intervention and
our soldiers, we would still have great
numbers of others to fight, and as sum-
BD
WILSON S MEXICAN ;
POLICY IS INDORSED
BY MAJOR GENERA
(Concluded on Pipe Fire. Column One)
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CENTER OF NATIONAL
PROHIBITION BATTLE
Campaifi to Reach Height
With Arrival of Chairman
Virgil Hinshaw. .1 1
Oregon Is Boon' to become the center
of the national Prohibition movement.
With state-wide prohibition as an
issue at the forthcoming election in'
November, and with all the advocates
of a "dry" state likely to line un
behind that candidate 'who declares
himself in favor of strict law enforce
ment and prohibition, Oregon is to be
made the keystone in the national
out-to-win'' propaganda, which has
for its chief aim the securing of
5,000,000 voters throughout the land
pledged to vote for an anti-liquor can
didate for . the presidency of the
United States. ' I
Virgil O. Hinshaw of Chicago, na
tional chairman ; oX the Prohibition
party, will arrive in Portland the
latter part of this month personally
to conduct the fight. He will be ac
companied by his wife and will remain
in Oregon for two months.
Oregon la to be made the headquar
ters for the acquisition of national
campaign funds and signed up voters.
The party seeks to raise $250,000 by
June l, si56,uoo or tins amount having
already been secured or promised. The
party has received five subscriptions
of $10,000 each and one of $25,000 from
A. T. Ellis of Syracuse, N. Y.. the
largest donation ever made to the
cause, i
Signed Fledgss Sought.
The signed pledges of 5,000,000, re
gardless of party, but pledged to vote
for a candidate committed to the cause
of prohibition, are also being soifght.
ay me creation oi a tremendous pub
lic sentiment in favor of abstinence.
Irrespective of party lines, the leaders
believe that they will be able to force
one of the three larger parties Demo
cratic, Republican or Progressive to
make prohibition the chief plank of
their 1916 platform, for with their
5,000,000 pledged votes, they sy, they
will hold the balance of power at the
presidential election.
Much the same situation exists in
Oregon. Already the anti-saloon work
ers have secured 25,000 pledged votes.
the largest number proportionately of
any state in the union.
The Prohibition party cast about
4500 votes at the last election but as
the party has secured 25,000 pledged
votes iiiuB ii biiu cAyctLa iu gel Sv,-
000 names before the election, it i
pointed out that such votes must come
from the other parties, and will play
a large part In the choice of Oregon's
next governor.
Convention to Vast Hare.
The state prohibition convention,
which is to be held in Portland on May
a and 6, will be preceded by the Mult
nomah county convention, April 29.
Delegates to the state meeting will be
chosen at the county conventions, there
being one delegate allowed for each 25
signatures. This will mean a conven
tion of from 1000 to 1500 members.
The convention will indorse one of the
regular party candidates already in the
field, or in event none prove acceptable,
rjut up one, of their own. Tti make
Oregon, dry is their sole object,, they
aver, and not political aggrandizement
of the Prohibition party. : S
Petitions for placing the amendment
for state wide prohibition on the bal
lot at the next election will be put In
the field this week. It is expected to
get 30,000 signatures in 30 days.
The Prohibition campaign has been
under way in this State for several
months, and with the arrival of Chair
man Hinshaw this month, it will soon
reach Its height. Automobile speaking
trips were startedMast Saturday night.
and will be conducted every Saturday
(Concluded ea Psge Four, Column Foot)
DI-PLOlVlACY
Rm NSa. 13 r- raKas L , ft " f
13 Sheriffs Try to
Settle Unemployed
Confer for Honrs at Sacramento Try
ing to Decide What to So With ths
"Army," bnt Wot Agreeing.
Sacramento, Cal., March 14. Thir
teen sheriffs from 'as many counties
in central and northern California met
for several hours today at the court
house in an endeavor to unite on 4
plan of dealing with the "Army of the
Unemployed," which 'still occupies the
sand dunes - on tli ' Yolo side of the
Sacramento river. : - i'.u-
No .results accrued from ,j:h con
ference other than the' appointment
of an executive committee of seven 'to
take action In case.' of' an emergency.
Further conferences will undoubtedly
be held tomorrow and next week. It
Is therefore altogether likely that the
army of the unemployed will be un
disturbed for the time being, and that
its members will pass their first Sun
day tomorrow in their present hold
ings. A number of the ministers of
the city plan to bold services tilers,
and also through the young men of
their pastorates - to distribute lunch
baskets. '
Vanderbilts Ride
Behind Baggage Car
Their Private Car Denied Flaoe at Bear
of Xiimlted Crossing From Hew Or
leans to Zos Ang-eles.
Los Angeles, Cal.. March 14. Mrs.
W. K. Vanderbllt Jr. was In a petulent
mood when she ana her party of so
ciety lights ai rived here from Palm
Beach, Florida, last night.
Mrs. vanderbiit and ner party ar
en route to San Francisco,' whence
they will go on to Uew York.
Leaving the south, Mrs. Vanderbiit
demanded of the Southern Pacific t.iat
her private car. "Commonwealth," be
attached to the rear end of the Sunset
Limited. This the company -officials
refused to do on the ground that it
would obliterate the view of other
passengers who desired to use the
observation car. The "Commonwealth"
was placed next the baggage car and
the New Tork society leader and her
friends were compelled to view 'the
scenery from the side windows.
Postal to Fight ;
Bell in Colorado
Preparing to Establish XnAspandant
Telephone Company In Denver to Zn-
reasa Chain of Anti-Trust "Unas,
Denver. March 14. The Postal Tele
graph & Cable company is prebarrng1 to
enter the telephone field in competition
with the Bell company. . Flans are
under consideration for establishing
service in Denver in connection with
similar exchanges to be operated - in
other parts of the country, now cov
ered by the wires or me DigjaacKey
corporation. - V- .'
Work has begun on a line between
Denver and Salt Lake which will give
long distance service between tms city
and the Pacific coast via Salt Lake
over the Postal wires. This line will
be completed within five months. -
Charles M. Baker, Division general
superintendent of plant of the Postal
company in Chicago, is here investi
gating local conditions.
CONTROLS HARBORS BILL
W'Warhlnirtoa Burets of The Journal.)
ashington, D, C. March 14. Sen- j
ator Chamberlain was today appointed
acting chairman of the sub-committee
of the committee of commerce which
will take charge of the rivers, and
harbors bill when It passes the house
and remodel it for Introduction in the
senate, This will make him a large
factor In rivers and harbors legisla
tion. He is also in charge of the
military apropriations bill and the mil
itary academy bin and his combined
duties make him one of the busiest
men at the national capital.
NEW LAW AFFECTING
BUILDINGS INVALID
Court Ruling Hits Measure
for Demolition, of -Decayed
Structures. '
Th. nrdinn ru, ra BBttf W ,,
cocil governing destruction
frame buildings whicS are declared by
vue inspector ui Duuuings or me lire
tuurenai 10 De aamagea Dy xire or
decay or both to the extent of 40 per
cent or more, was declared-invalid in
its main provisions yesterday . by Cir
cuit Judge L. T. Harris, sitting for
Judge Morrow. The decision was
bated on the finding that the ordi
nance exceeds the. power -gran ted by
the charter to the council..
Numerous, prosecutions under the
ordinance had been started and are
affected by the decision, as the prose
cutions must now be dismissed. The
decision was made in a test case
brought by M. E. Arbuckle, S. A. Ray
and H. E. Ray, owners of three-fifths
interests In the buildings at Third and
Yamhill on the southwest corner, and
205 and 207 Front street. Miss R, L.
Ray, owner of another fifth Interest
in the buildings and 'agent for the
other owners. Was arrested in connec
tion with the case and the others asked
that the city be enjoined from arrest
ing them for failure to comply with
the orders of the building Inspector.
judge Harris held that the provis
thT'cnaner authrliing e
InnDector or fir mar.h.i n
ion or
building
order the destruction of frame build-
lngs in the fire limits which they "be- connecuon witn tre investigation -st
Ueved" to be damaged 40 per cent or the gambling situation. - Eighteen were
more, provided for the delegation to brought against g&ftiblers, and thosa :
those officials of. a power which Is wh permitted tbe$ij games in - then1
conferred by the charter upon ths places of buslnesss:and two wars for.
council alone. He said that mere be- perjury against mAn alleged to have
lief was not enough, even if the . or- testified falsely be&re, the Jury. None
dinance .. were legal, as it must - be of the names of tbone indicted have
cbown that the. buildings are In fact been given out. tftiey will be with
dangerous before an order of deatrtie- hold until arrest:!are made. It f
tion can be made. ; known, however, tfcat included in the
Another provision , delegating, final number are severafijropritora of, pool
authority to a board of arbitrators in halls and cigar sts. Futly half of
case of dispute he held to be invalid the - gamblers "Indited have "already
because the charter gives the council fled from the city.Tjtnticipatln (he ac
no power to. make such a provision. He tion of the jury. -)gji , ' -said
that. such, a matter must go to ; in Its report thej-jlurr declares there
the courts for .ultimate decision. , was much gambUB going on In the
Technicalities in the notices given city, especially fluflng the months of
were also urged as reasons for the September. Octoboj and Kovember,
granting of an injunction, but : Judge 1913. Many of tbRprofesslonal gamb
Harrls. swept these . aside and, took -up lers who were hereihen left the city,
the validity of the ordinance" alone. One it . Is. related. .an;subseauent ' grand
technicality raised was that. the notices juries are recomnynded to aacertattt
gtven were signed by the chief lnspec- whether or -not tlwy have returned,
tor of construction - of the city, an .,No indictmentfj were returned
official-thrice Temoved? from: the bffl- against the polIceVho were charged
cials named by the ordinance, the fire by Evangelist Buhgln with receiving
marshal or building Inspector. ' ; araft1 for " nrotectfeg gambling.' boot-
The plaintiffs contended that the
Yamhill street building was worth
$2000. and had a rental value of r$4SS
a month. Judge Harris made no com-
ment : on-the. condition of that build-
lng. . He Jpald -, that the v Front , street
building, which he Inspected thorough-
ly, was dangerous In every sense of
the term: That - building . was val-
ued at.tlOOO by the plaintiffs and the
rental value was given as ; $100 a
month. . , ; - , 4
Under the decision the city is re-
strained from carrying out-the provis-
to is of the ordinance, i Judge . Harris
said that he believed a new ordinance vestlgatlon.. and Jdge Phelps thanked
could be drafted to take the: place of I them warmly forihe earnestness and
iam one uciiw -u inrsua .wmcn wouio
Stand the test of the courts. ; .
CANNED BEANS SEIZED
Ban 1 ranclsco, March 14. United
States District Attorney Preston today
seized S0OO, cans ot assorted canned
soups and pork and beans under the
pure food act and has started suit to
have them destroyed at the govern
ment's expense. The goods were canned
at Camden, N. J. .It is charged that
the cans contain putrid food.. '
HURRIGIEIII
RUSSIA CAUSES
-
Storm In Province of Kuban,
Accompanied; by Torrential
Rains, Overflows Sea of
Azof, Which fRises 9, Feet
in Short) Time.
TOWNS ARE INUNDATED
WITHOUT ANY WARNING
11
More Than j 1000 Die in Town
of Achtyrekaik'When Wall
of Water Sweeps Down
Upon Peopife,. Washing
Away 350 rftises.
(rotted press flissed W1r.)
St Petersburg, JIarch 14. More
than 1150 men, tfomen and chil
dren were drownfd . tonight "when
a terrific hurricatO In the province)
of Kuban, acconfjanled by torren
tial rains, caused fthe Sea of Atof
to rise nine feet, inundating many
towns. .
In the town of Schtyrakaja, near
the city of Azofinore than 1000 , '
persons perished jiin their sleep,
when 380 houses ijwere owept Into'
the sea by the ffpd, which" came
with a mighty rjjsh and without -warning.
.f; -
The death dealing wall of water
completely overwhelmed the village
of Stajltza. on th; Asof shore and,
many people wera frowned.
At Tarenkaja, wfcere the lnunda- ,
tion swamped malty dwellings.: giv
ing their occupantlj' no chance to es
cape, 150 were drdtvhed.
At Achtyrsk&ja, Inhere 200 workmen
living on the shortd were carried bod
ily out to sea. Ul Ji Hood broke the
dam across the ilver Don, causing
a rush of water tC-roll down on the
hamlet ot Tamrjuffe drowning many '
more persons, .v ,:
Storm Sweeps England.
London, March'j:"l4. The British
coast have been Swept by a terriflo
gale during the pa(t 24 hours, during
which time scores ofljperson have been
Injured hundreds dj houses have been
either demolished f or unroofed and
many snips nave oe-n oiown iron mcir
Sber W w&ck. .r. reported
alone tnft coa8t, a, yet the total
i hM not been learned.
TWENTY INDIGENTS
RETURNED BY GRAND
JURY ATlENDLETON
-9T:
Investigation iiscloses, It Is
Said, v That fiambling Has
Been Common Practice,
. i- m
(Spedsl to Journsl.) '
Pendleton, Or., - Search 14 The :nd
of the grand Jury iavestlgatlon of vie ...
conditions to ; tms ttycam; this v
I nine when the Jury-submitted its final ,
I report, and rtume5;20 indictments In
legging and prostlUaUon. v . .
in receiving theWeport Judge Phelps
.truck out a iparagSapb relating to the ;
jury's InvestigatioS of these charges,
inasmuch, he said,iiai it is contrary o
law for a jury to jmake any report on
matters of origlna5r invesUgation. nn-
less indictments a found. It is eald
tnis paragraph deared there waa
evidence to show ifte police bad ben
corrupt, but: beldlUbem aubject to
criticism i for pehnitting conditions
euch as existed. .
- The grand Jury? examined over ii
.itnMM in mnrctlon wttlt the In-
1 honesty which they had shown, deciar-
t tnsr no arrsnd Jury in the history of
Umatilla county had been more faith-
ful a-
WILL: IMPRISON ELOPERS
. JxIngton,l Kyrl?March 14j A bill
providing a penitentiary sentence for .
every man convicted of eloping with a
girl whose parent fbJct to their mar
riage was passed: fy the .bouse todays
It Is expected to :Jxme up before the
senate next week??; . - - -