VOL. XIIL NO. 54. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, -MAY 11, 1914 FOURTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. o rmann ATP vrt itiiu nri cxvra VERA CRUZ PRESIDENT WILSON DELIVERS CLUB WOMEN NAIL ANOTHER OREGON! LIE I UNITED STATES SAILORS SKIRMISHING.WITH MEXICAN SNIPERS IN FRONT OF THE VERA CRUZ CUSTOM HOUSE I , i FUNERAL ORATION OVER DEAD AMERICANS FROM Seventeen Sailors and Marines Who Fell in Mexican City Reach New York and Are Taken Through the Streets on Gun Caissons to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Where the Services Are Held. WILSON SAYS HE FEELS TOUCH OF ENVY FOR THOSE WHO WERE ALLOWED TO ACT SO NOBLY "When They Shoot at You They Can Only Take Your Natural Life; When They Sneer at You They Can Wound Your Heart." (United Pr Lasted Wire.) New Tork, May ,11. With President Wllion representing the nation, more than 1.000.000 people turned out here today to do honor to the 17 bluejack ets and marines who fell afcshe cap ture of Vera Crua. In all the street through which passed the rumbling caissons on which the coffins rested, dense crowds wereJ banked on either side. Heads cranea frdVn every window. All were bared as the flag-dra&ed caskets rolled by. L'd Broadway the procession moved to the city ' hall. There it paused while Mayor Mltchel, deeply affected, made a short speerh and laid a giant wreath of orchids and bayleaves on one of the caissons. "The Tribute of ttm 'ity of New York," it was in scribed. Mitch si Speaks for New Tork. "The people of New York," said the mayor in part, "pay solemn respect today to these heroes, dead. To their stricken families their loss is irrep arable. Nothing we can say, nothing we can do, can mitigate their sorrow. "But to the American people these men's loyalty and sacrifice give new inspiration. They gave their lives, not to war. but to the extension of peafe. "The highest trrbute we can pay at this hour to the Vera Cruz dead la a renewed plettge of loyalty to the na . tlon. Ills honor and service are in spired by their brave deaths, which have heightened our people's resolu tion to enter, whenever need arises, the path f patriotic service these men fol lowed so faithfully. President Bides la Troeessloau President Wilson's appearance In the procession, was a surprise, as It had been expressed he would appear only at the navy yard ceremonies. The blue Jackets and marines standing at ease at the Battery sprang to attention as his automobile appeared. A detachment from, the First artil lery. New York National Guard, was in waiting with 1" drsped caissons, but it was the bluejackets who lashed the coffins upon them for the march. Four "Jackles" stood at attention as each coffin was brought ashore and placed In line on the pier. All were ashore and the yacht May flower' launch was Just landing Sec retary of the Navy Daniels as the pres ident arrived. He and the secretary exchanged greetings and went Inside the dock building. A long wait ensued, during which th coffins were being placed upon the caissons and the Jackles and marines stood at ease. At last the battleship Wyoming's band struck up "The 8tar Spangled Banner." the troops sprang to atten- (Coociuiied on Pt Thrt. Colnmn One) YEGGS MAKE HAUL FROM DAYTON OR I lUI1l Uni lUM, Ull.i PttSTOFFICE SAFE Strong Box Blown Open Soon After Consignment of Stamps Is Received. (Special to The Journal.) Dayton, Or.. May 11. Robbers blew the safe at the local postofflce late last night or early this morning and made away with I12&0 worth of stamps andJ275 in cash and checks. The safe In the store of the Miller Mercantile company was also dyna mtted and -ruined, Indications being that the same men did both jobs and that they were frightened away from the -store before completing their search of the strong box. Only a few razors were taken from the store. Sheriff Hutchinson of Yamhill coun ty Is working ttn the case, peace offl clals throughout the state have been notified and the federal department at Portland is In possession of the facts o far as determined. A number of burglar tools were scattered about the floor in the store building. The safe, the front door of which 'had been left unlocked, was shattered. Blankets and clothing had been wrapped about it before the "soup" was exploded. A horse and buggy was found tied In the rear of the store, and in this it is the belief of the officers, the robbers Intended to mak their get-away, had the appearance of someone from that direction not frightened them away, With the horse and buggy as a clue. Sheriff Hutchinson hopes to catch the thieves before nightfall. Because the local postmaster had on Saturday received a new shipment of stamps, it Is believed that the Job may have been done by. persons familiar with the office. As near as can be learned from scattered reports of persons living nearby the thieves started work about 2 O'clock thta morning. E. C Clement, postofflce Inspector, was detailed to the Dayton case early mis 'morning. - (United Preas Lea4 Wire.) New York, May 11. Speaking at the Brooklyn navy yard today at the fu neral services for the sailors and mar rines killed at Vera Cruz, President Wilson said: "I know the feelings of all who stand aoout me and of the whole nation at this hour. They are feelings which are not expressible in terms of oratory, "For myself, I have a singular mix ture of feelings. The uppermost feel ing is one of profound grief that these lads had to go to their death. . Next to this is a feeling of pride, and, If I may say so, a touch of envy for those who were permitted to do their duty so quietly and so nobly. "Have you thought of it? Here 1 a roster of the navy. Suddenly there swing 19 stars off the list gone into the firmament of memory, where they will always shine and always be re membered because the owners of those names performed the duty laid not only upon them but upon us. "Duty is not an uncommon thing. Men are performing it in ordinary walks of life all around ua all the time and making great sacrifices to per form it. "What gives men like these" nd the president made a gesture toward the flag covered coffins "their pecu liar distinction is not merely that they did their duty, but that their duty had nothing to do with them or their own personal and peculiar Interests. "They did not give their lives for themselves. They gave their lives for us, because we called upon them, as a nation, to perform an unexpected duty. "That, is the way la which men be come distinguished and . that is the only way by serving some one ebe sldes themselves. And what greater thing could you serve than a nation such as this we love and are proud of? Pulse Quickens at Thalr Memory. "Are you sorry for these lads sorry for the way in which they will be re membered? Does it not quicken your pulse to think of the list of them? I hope to God none of you may Join such a list, but if Jou do you will Join an immortal company. "So, while we are profoundly sor rowful, while there goes from our hearts a very deep, affectionate sym pathy for the friends and relatives of these lads, who for the rest of their lives shall mourn them, though with a touch of pride, we Know why we do not go away from this occasion down cast, but with heads lifted and eyes on our country's future, in absolute confidence as to how it will be worked out. 'We have gone to Mexico to serve mankind If we can find a way. We do not want to fight the Mexicans. We want to serve them if we can. A war of aggression is not a war in which it is a proud thing to die. cut a war of service is one in whlrh u''r'- "Notice that these men were of our blood. I mean the American blood, which is not drawn from one country, one stock and one language, but free men everywhere have sent their sons and brothers and daughters to this I country to make that great compounded nation consisting of all the Bturdy ele ments, all the best elements, on the globe. "These were not Irishmen, or Ger mans, or Frenchmen, or Hebrews. They were not when they went to Vera Cruz. rhey were Americans, every one of them, and with no difference' in their Americanism because of the stock from which they came. Therefore they were of our blood and they proved It by showing that they were of our spirit that no matter what their derivation, no matter what people they came from, they thought and wished and did the things that were American, and the flag under winch they served was the flag under which the blood of all mankind is united to make a free nation. Sneers That Wound the Heart. "War gentlemen, is only a sort of dramatic representation, a sort of dra matic symbol of thousands of forms of duty. i never wenr mio Dattle, I was never under fire. I fancy there are some things just as hard to do as to go under fire. I fancy it is Just as cura to ao your aury wnen men are eneer.ng i you.au wnen tney are shooting at you. 'When they shoot at you they can only take ycur natural life. When they sneer at you tney. can wound your nean. Men who are .brave enough and steadfast enough In their principles to go about their duty with regard to their lenow men, no matter whether there are hisses or cheers; men who can, as Kiplrng said, 'Meet with triumph and disaster, and treat these two Impostors just the same, are men for the nation to be proud of. 'Morally speaking, triumph and dis aster are impostors. Xhe cheers of the moment are not what a man oueht to tninK aoout, but the verdict of his con science and the consciences of man kind. "As I think of these spirits who have gone before us, I know the road is I cleared for the future. These boys have shown ,us the way, and Jt is I easier to walk, in It. because they "nave gone Derore. mini i n liiTniinnn r - KIIKIMIiMk II III V INK h uuiiiii iu nu U UU LL SLOWLY COOKS TWO Machine Skids Over .Bank, Gasoline Trickling to Tail Lamp Causes Explosion, Pinned under an overturned auto mobile, two men were slowly burned tJ death last night at a point two miles west of Sylvan on the Canyon road, when the gasoline from the fuel tank ignited from the oil tail light of the mschlne. Two others had miraculous escapes from a similar end. The Dead. Martin McNicholas, aged 24, single, longshoreman, 516 Albina avenue. George W. Betz, 23 years old, single, manager and part owner of George Betz & Son, florists, 699 Williams avenue, residence same. Howard Franklin, a steam shovel fireman, and Walter James, colored, pcrter in a barber shop at 286 Rus sell street, occupied the rear seats in the machine, but both extracated them selves without injury. Victims Know Tire Coming. The fuel tank of the automobile, which belonged to Betz, was nearly full. For five minutes the pinned down men, according to Franklin, one wedged between the frame and a huge rock, the other held under the steering wheel awaited for the trickling gasoline from the broken tank to reach the blazing oil lamp, the well of which had turned upside down. The destruction of the machine was complete as far as fire could make it so. Aluminum parts were melted into globules of metal and the seats and everything else inflammable were con sumed. A tree against which the au tomobile rested -was-burned to its top most branch. The noise of the explod ing gasoline was heard for half a mile. The light rain was Just sufficient to allow the unguarded wheels to skid Going around a short and almost com Dlete curve at that point, the outside wheels of the machine slid out onto the sod and ran that way for 200 feet before a sharp drop at the side of the road was reached. Then the machine turned over. Party Visited Morgue. Betz had been to Vancouver in the machine yesterday afternoon and about 5:30 stopped at the Russell street bar ber shop. There h proposed a rid.? and the other three joined him. He had lost the machine's tail light during the day, and a stop was made lo pro cure another one just across tho streat from the morgue, where four hours later the bodies of himself and his companion were taken. While secur ing the light he paid a visit to some friends at the morgue. Franklin relates the details of the accident, as follows: "We were going west about fia miles out and the first I knew of any thing wrong was when the machine tipped and we . went bumping along the sod. Then we suddenly dropped and the car turned over on us. I guess I laid there half a minute. Walter James crawled out through a side door. The floor of the car was above me, and I pushed up two or three times and It came loose. I pushed th brake rods to one side and crawled out. Botn Men Were Screaming. "The back light was flaring way up and we couldn't put it out. I tried to kick it off. Then I signaled dome other automobiles just coming over the hill and we all ran down and tried t'j lift the car. Betz's legs were stick ing out. but I couldn't pull him out. even when the car was lifted. Both MEN PINNED BENEATH (QuncladeeVa Page Seven, Column Seven) AUTOMOBILE MISHAP CAUSES TWO DEATHS 111 V 'swill II i " 'wis Top George A. Betz. Bottom Martin McXichola. U. S. SUPREME COURT SETS ASIDE VERDICT AGAINST LABOR MEN Finds the Statute of'Limita tions Had Run in Gompers Contempt Case, (United Press Letsed Wire.) Washington, May 11. The United States supreme court set aside today the conviction of Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, la. bor leaders, of contempt of court in the Bucks Stove & Range company case. The court decided that the statute of limitations barred prosecu tion. On August 19, 1907, a bill of equity- was filed in the supreme court of the District of -Columbia by the Bucks Stove & Range company of St. JxmiIs. praying for an injunction to restrain the American Federation of Iabor from conducting a boycott against the products of that company. The com pany had had trouble with its men and Insisted on maintaining an open shop. Its president, James W. Van Cleave, now dead, was also president of the National Associaton of Manufac- (Concluded oa Pag Five. Column Foot) BOY ROASTED ALIVE IN FIRE WHICH GUTS GROCERY EARLY TODAY Lad Gets Head and Arm Through Window but Can not Squeeze, Body Out. Wlth his head and one hand thrust through a small window Into the open air, unable to squeeze his body through the narrow aperture, Willy Flnckel steln, 16 years old, was roasted alive In a fire that gutted the grocery shop of A. Boxer, First and Porter streets, at 6:30 o'clock this morning. How the fire started or what made it spread so quickly is not known. Finckelsteln, who served as Boxer's assistant in the shop, came to his em ployer's house about 6 o'clock this morning for the keys of the store in order to open up for the early morning trade md set the vegetables and fruits out dn the sidewalk. Just what he did this morning Is not known. The vegetables and fruits were placed out in front of the store windows as usual, but about 6:30 o'clock the place burst into flames. The boy was seen to reach the door once and then disappear in the build ing. Lad Evidently Confused. ..Evidently confused.-he went back irto the cellar which is hollowed out of the side of the hill on which the store stands. Instinctively he made for a window in the back part of the basement, crawling over a number of bags of "salt to reach It. The window opened out Into a little hole In the ground and was entirely below the surface of the eartn. Finckelstein had one- arm and his head out of the window when engine No. 5, headed by Captain L. N. Riley, arrived. The fire captain grabbed the boy's loose hand and endeavored to pull the lad through the window. One Jerk loosened the other hand, which vas seized by a spectator at the fire. The. jerk on the lad's body caused a tiemendous drart, snooting a riood or flames Into the faces of the" rescuers. Not until a line was directed into the rear of the basement was Captain Ri ley able to get the body of the dead boy Into the street. Holes In Riley's coat thrown over the face of the burned boy testify to the Intense heat of the body, which was later taken tc the morgue. Store Completely Gutted The lower part of the building. two story frame structure, with store on the ground floor and two living rcoms above, was completely gutted. Engine No. 5 is only three blocks from the scene of the fire, but the place vas a mass of- flames when It reached the corner of First and Porter. Several firemen on meal leave. who were not supposed to be on duty at- the time, rendered able, assistance in putting out the fire. Young Flnckelstein spoke but a few words of English. He is survived by a sister 25 years old. They made their home at 230 Gibba street. Frank Fiebiger, who ran a shoe repair shop in the burned building, owned ,the structure. Boxer, the proprietor of the stbre, had his stock fully Insured. Sovereigns Direct Work of Relief Rome, May 11. The king and queen of Italy today were directing the work of relief for the earthquake sufferers and may go personally to the scene. Latest! reports Indicate that 160 per sons were killed. 500 Injured and 14 villages destroyed. : Booth Has Spent $1136 in His Race Contributions of Senatorial Aspirant Include $500 Each Trom Two Hug-en Men, $350 Each From Portland Men. (Washington Bnreau of The Journal. Washington, May 11. K. . A. Booth TTlCd Tahj-xarmpeirij expense statement today, showing the following contri butions: 8. H. Friendly, Eugene, 1500; William Kuykendall. Eugene, JS00; Wallace McCamant, Portland, $50; Phil Metschan Jr., Portland, $250; John F. Logan, Portland, $250. The expenditures total $1136.45, in cluding preparing petitions 1120.70, rent $142. office expense $17.75, press clippings $6, cuts" $15, advertising in 27 papers $565.50, salaries and travel ing expenses of employes $274.20. Senator Chamberlain today filed with the secretary of the senate a state ment of his recent expenditures in the primary campaign for relectlon. He received no contributions. His ex penditures were: Printing petitions, $9.76; telegrams, $7.70; circulating peti tions, $41.30. ' Atlanta in Hands of Fez-Topped Men William XrsHn Imperial Potentate, Ar rive and, Fortieth, Convention of the Shriners OfflolaUy Begins. Atlanta, Ga.. May 11. With 21 guns firing a greeting, William Irwin, im perial potentate of the Shriners, ar rived here today to open the lodge's fortieth convention. The sidewalks were choked with thousands of strang ers, and the visiting members were cheered as they marched through the streets to the lodge rooms. Seattle and San Francisco are seek ing the 1915 convention. Fatal Storm Visits Madison, Wisconsin Fifty Barns Demolished In "Vicinity About Madison, Woman Killed and $100,000 Damage Done. Madison. Wis.. May 11. One person was killed and four injured In a terri fic rain, hail and windstorm which struck this section of the state today. A Miss Olson, of Klevlnvllle, was In stantly killed. Fifty barns throughout the county were demolished and the cupola of the McFarland school house was blown down. The damage done by the storm v.as estimated at $100,000. - Asks ImDeachment of Federal Judge Representative ireeley Charges Jndge Dayton, of West Virginia, With Sign Crimes and Misdemeanor." Washington, May. 11.--A resolution providing for the Impeachment of United States Judge Alston Dayton of the northern district of West Vir ginia, was Introduced In the house to day by Representative Neeley.. The resolution charges the jurist" with 'high crimes and misdemeanors." A number of additional charges against Judge Dayton also were lodged with the house Judiciary committee by Nee- ley. AVIATOR DROPS 800 FEET Los Angeles. May 11. With almos every bone in his body broken, R. Tsu bota, a Japanese aviator, lies near death here today as the result of an 800 foot fall while he was making his first flight alone. The engine of his home-made biplane fell on his body, crushing It horribly. Doctors offered no hop that he might recover. YEARS OF NEEDLESS DELAY EAT ESTATE LEFT GERMAN WOMAN PVmtloee AnnooJe fnr Aec!c ance Made to Judge Clee- inn' Fino Qlll I InrnllortoH IUII I I M V Willi W I I VVII VV LVU I I Mrs. Anna H. Bteckmann, of Newark, N. J., has strong reason to complain of the manner in which Justice is sometimes administered In the courts of Oregon. Though more than nine years have passed since the death of er brother. Otto J. Pannier, a laborer who was drowned in the Willamette, his estate is still pending, unsettled. in tne probate court, over which Judge J. Cleeton presides. The estate amounted to $4538.40, but all that Mrs. Steckman has received to date is $193.70, all the rest 2844.70 having been absorbed by law yer's fees and court costs. Administrator Withheld Money. For more than three years the ad ministrator's attorney was allowed to keep In his own hands the $4538.40 cash which constituted tne estate, de spite repeated appeals by Mrs. Steck man to Judge Cleeton. She was finally obliged to employ an attorney who induced Judge Cleeton to Impose a ine of 1200 on the delinquent admin istrator and his lawyer, but the fine was never collected. Judge Cleeton says It was overlooked. Judge Cleeton promised to give this 1200 to Pannier's heir, Mrs. Steckman. but the money waa never paid and the fine never remitted. Believing that Judge Cleeton would carry out his or der and his promises the woman's attorneys-notified their client that she would receive the additional sum. The client has never been able to understand why It was not paid. The attorneys she believed, had mysterious ly made away with it, much as the bal ance of the estate more than half melt ed away. Here, as well as In the east wnere mis neir uvea- and wnere a corps of attorneys had been hired, they were tnreaiened witn public exposure on embezzlement charges and with pro ceedlngs that would place their right to pr actio la Jeopardy, through disbar menu Trlend JTamed Administrator. Pannier was drowned December 28, 1904, when the barge Monarch, loading coal on the steamer Arabic, suddenly capsized. A sister, Anna U. Steck- mann of Newark, N. J., was the only heir. Pannier's estate consisted of $100 and the claim against the, corpo rations owning the barge. County Judge Webster named B. D. Strauhal of Bandon, administrator. At torney .W.-vC. Benbow, who later repre sented Mrs. Steckmann In collecting the money, says that the appointment came mrougn airaunai s iixeiong friendship with Jay H. Lpton, then clerk of the county court. Judge Webster approved of the agreement between Strauhal and At torney II. II. Riddell, whereby the lat ttr was to file the suit against the Oregon Round Lumber company and the O.-W. R. & N. Riddell was to re ceive 50 per cent of the Judgment The case was non-auited in Circuit Judge Cleland's court, appealed to the state supreme court, reversed and re moved to the federal court on grounds of Jurisdiction. In that court, on May 25. 1908, a Judgment in favor of Strau hal. as administrator, for $4538.40, In cluding a principal of $3600 and Inter est, was returned. Then came a long lapse of time In the records. Beir Employs Xrawyers. Mrs. Steckmann, back In Newark, knew that an administrator had been appointed and that she had something coming out of the estate of her broth er. Growing Impatient at the delay. (Concluded oa Page Three, Ootoaa Jwe) Truth Distorted Story of Club Meeting at Pendleton Arouses Storm of Indigna tion Among Members. DR. C. J. SMITH IS STRONGER THAN EVER Morning Newspaper's Glar ingly False Statements Prove Boomerang. (Special to The Journal.) Pendleton, Or., May 11. Dr. C. J. Smith as a candidate for governor is stronger in his former home today than he has been before since he announced his candidacy for the Democratic nom ination. and the Oregonlan's campaign of misrepresentation is making him votes. This is the verdict of Smith support ers here. All doubts that mav hav teen raised fti minds of local people by uiiniea news reports were removed by the publication in the Oregonlan yes terday of what purported to be an ac count of the meeting of the Pendleton smith lor Governor club," and of the simultaneous appearance in The Jour nal of a true account. toirathr with resolutions unanimously adopted. So glaringly false and so utterly without sembJance of foundation In fact was the Oregonlan story that it acted an a boomerang and many who were heretofore unwilling to believe ine uregonlan deliberately unfair to ur. hnnlh are now convinced that suoa is the case;. Never in the history of Pendleton have women been so much wrought up over a political story as they wera yesterday when they read in the Ore gonlan that they had forsaken Dr. Smith, when as a matter of fact they had given him the most glowing in dorsement it was in their power to give, ine boldness and audacity oc the thing astonished them beyond measure. All day . yesterday Indigna tion meetings were held all over the city, and last night Mrs. Q. M. Rica and Miss Jennie Parry, president and secretary, respectively, of the -Smith' (Concluded on Pag riva. Column Three) M IK I NIK A ANKAN u,w,H,n , . SltAMtK UNt KSKUJ DY LOCAL CHAMBER Citizens Urged to Aid in Put ting Portland on Steamship Map; Subscriptions, In connection with the announcement of the securing of approximately IIJ00 additional stock subscriptions to the Portland Steamship company, the Port land Chamber of Commerce today is sued a rormal statement covering; the' necessity for concerted action on the part of the business Interests to make tne line a permanent adjunct of the city's outside trade and to encourage -other shipping projects. ! The, state ment follows: All people of Portland who want t increase the number of ships coming to this port, swell the volume of traf fic handled here, who want to insure the entry into the port of the Panama canal lines are solicited to study the Chamber of Commerce's plans and pur poses in establishing the Alaska steam ship line. This work is to put the port of Portland on the steamship map. We are trying to broaden the trade basts of our business men and producers. In doing this, we must secure the pres ence here of more steamship lines. We cannot do this unless we show pro found interest In the matter of fur nishing them business. Portland has been the poorest patron of water lines on all the coast. - Be- ( Concluded oa P-aga Three, Column Two) WANTED "Offer $4000 cash and $1400 equity in Improved suburban acreage near electric station, for 40 acre farm on rail or river." Class. 38. "Wanted Acre tract near river, between MHwaukle and Clacka- mas, on' ! Oregon City carllna." Class. 31. "Wanted Wagon, double har- ness, tent 10x12 in good condl-: tlon." Class. 6. "Will pay cash for lot with small house In good locations -must be bargain. Class. SI. "Wanted To boy bird dog, not" over 1 year old." Class.. 4$. "Wanted 5 pass. '1 dr 14 ? model; must have electric lights and starter and be In first class condition." Class. 44. . - "Wanted Second hand, baby, buggy. Must be good and prlea right." Class, t. ? . "Wanted A large else second . hand incubator; state year made) -and lowest cash price." Class. 7f These Items appeared yesterday (Sunday) , in The Journal Want Ads. The number of tb classi fication in which it appeared fol lows each Item, ... ' -. : - .-. .