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1 1 - fYon ma. make want advertialng "pay" If you havo any reasonable task for a want ad to accomplish. Showers tonight and Thursday; ' cooler tomorrow; southerly winds; humidity 63. VOL. XIII. NO. 56. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1914. TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. S?iZa'il$rS Hi CAPITAL IS CITY OF DREAD WHILE TROOPS PATROL ALMOST DESERTED STREETS Trade Is at a Standstill and the Inhabitants Fear Sack of City or Looting by Mob of Native Indians Should General Huerta Be Assassinated or Overthrown by a Revolution Started by Some Opposing Faction. NEARLY ALL THE FOREIGNERS AND SOME MEXICANS NOW ADVOCATE INTERVENTION Medill McCormick Says Americans Are Held in Prison and Are Not Permitted to Send Word Even to Brazil ian Ambassador; No Place for U. S. Citizens. Hy Me!ill McCormick. Hy Courtesy of Chicago Dally News.) Vera Cruz, Mexico, May 12. Amerl I'Rnn are In prison in Mexico City, held lncjiiimiiiilcadu in places unknown to the Uraz-lllan legation. I do not know how many ar- no held by the police, hut- whin 1 left Mexico City on a French special train for Puerto Mex Irii, Walter Whlffen of the Assocl nted I'reKS was under arrest for the neioiid time within hours, Mr. Dos ter of the International News Service wan In jail, and ho was Mr. Sutton of the Washington Post. An American named Schouler and a locomotive en-Khiet-r who had returned from Cuba looking for hia family were also In priaon. l,ijis d'Antin, Interpreter for the American embassy, dare not leavel the precincts of the Hra.illaru leKation, while his wife is afruid to leave the l.uusc- wheie Bhe is hiding. The Mexi oiris would have taken d'Antin but for (he Intervention of the representatives .t Ai'Kciitlna, Urazil and Chile, the DK cl ,i 1 1 ri powers. Terror Grips City of Mexico. The ((fly of Mexico is inarticulate. dazed, afraid. Americana are not safe Ihere anil they ought to leave. Other 1'orel Ktiftu aro alarmed. Mexicans do iwit ,M iik aloud the names of conspicu ous men or of strategically important plarts There are Mexican spies ev erywhere, atid everywhere they are looking for American spies. The- Mexican authorities hoM that war exists, but that there is an ar mistice by virtue of tho mediation of the A-H-i' powers. Vet no .American in permitted to send a cable message or telegram. I haiT to get a foreign friend to udvise my family and the Chicago ially News of my release a second time, and he doubted whether the message had passed the censor. Brazilian Not Much Belp. Press messages by correspondents who are not Americans are censored so that they are valueless. Although American?! are not safe and are for bidden to cable home, they cannot go to the P.rltish or German legations for prutcction. There may be rea-' H'Mis of high diplomacy why Brazil should represent our Interests in Mex ico, but It is a fact that, although he does his best, Senor Cunioza d'Olievera Ik unable sufficiently to protect our fellow citizens in Mexico City if there be rioting. Kven if there bo none, I am afraid we shall bo sorry that the cure of American interests was taken out of thp hands of .Sir Lionel Car den, the Hrltish minister. I do not like to give too much space to our own experiences, but I must relate them in so far as they Illustrate conditions and the attitude of the Huertistas toward Americans. Twice we were arrested and once held Incommunicado a short time and searched a,s spies for Incriminating documents., The American, Richard Harding Davis, Frederick Palmer and 1 b.rt Vera Cruz by train for the gap In the railway where the Mexicans cut the track April 22. It is not sur prising that we were stopped. It Is nirprising that two of us got to Mexico City and back again with so little delay. Palmer has the appearance of an SUMS RELEASE STILL REPORTED BUT IRICANS DOUBT IT They Will Believe American Consul Is Free When They See Him in Vera Cruz. Ily William G. Shepherd. Vera Cruz. Mexico, May 13. The Brazilian minister In Mexico City tele graphed to United States Consul Can ' ada here today that John Silliman, consul at Saltillo, had been released from prison, there, would be brought - first to the capital and then would be sent to Puerto Mexico to take ship for home. Naturally the Brazilian diplomat did r.ot know this personally. He was de pendent for his information on the Mexican government. Americans here were skeptical about the release. They vsald they would not feel sure of it un til siome disinterested person actually saw Silliman. united state consul uanaaa re ceived word today from President Huerta that he had released A. J. Sut ton. the Washington Post's photogra pher, who was arrested last week on his , arrival In Mexico City, released and rearrested as he was starting to leave. From Secretary of State Bryan, General Funs ton received a re uect to discourage correspondents . irons going to the capital. American man of letters. Davis says the farther we advanced Into the In terior, the more I looked like a shaven Uncle yam. Davis himself looked to me like a mixture of John Brew and Theodore Roosevelt, shaken well be fore lining. He and I, anyway, seemed selected for defeat. Adarn Weimar, a German-American employed by the Banco National, who started with us from Vera Cruz, did what he could to help us. Davis had letters from the Brazil lan consul to his minister in Mexico City. I had a personal letter from the French consul Introducing Davis and me to General Maas, while In addi tion I had a certificate which showed that I represented a great English newspaper. Our credentials, like Mer- cutio's, were not much, but enough, but Palmer had only a visiting card. All Three Are Arrested. from the gap we rode by rail to Paso del Macho, where we stopped for lunch. It was very hot and the plat form was packed with waiting Mexl can refugees for Vera Cruz. Suddenly I saw Davis goijpg through the crowd with a shabby rntle officer at his elbow. As I started to his rescue another officer, still shabbier, tapped me on the arm and invited me to follow him. I did. As the guard closed around us we turned to welcome Palmer's solemn accession to our ranks. Off to the jail we marched. Little sandaled sol diers shuffled along on either side. They drove a crowd of men and women out of the Jail court into the Jail and asked us for -our papers. Hang's On to Sis Letter. The-y read the papers and then of fered a chair first to Palmer not to sit on, but to facilitate the removal of his boots to see if his socks con tained dispatches. They searched us, but 1 politely refused to -give up my letter to General Maas, which saved us. I unlimbered my Spanish. They put us in a nice cell andr sent for an other officer. In. the meantime a lieu tenant, who looked like a doorkeeper in a movie show, put a sentinel over each of us and ostentatiously loaded his gun. Davis said something by way of con dolence. "Silencio!" said his sentinel So we sat, cross, hot and mum above all, mum. Presently came a lieuten ant who could speak French. I un limbered that language, too, and out we were sent without a guard. General Maas was veryi civil. He did not ask Davis or me about our nationality, but Palmers visiting card would not do. He had to go back to Vera Cruz. Ve had no more adventures. A drunken brakeman said he was death on Americans, but if we were English we could give him a few centavos for beer. At Orizabo we spent a comfort- (Concluded on Page Fonr. Colnmn Onei AND DEATH PROBABLE FATE THAT BEFELL LOST American Soldier Missing Treated From Vera Cruz Barbarously, Say Reports, (Cnlted Piths Leased Wire.) Washington, May 13. Reports that Private Parks, who strayed from Vera Cruz last week and was believed to have fallen into the Mexican troops' hands, was not only executed, but tor tured before being put to death prom ised today to stir the Washington ad ministration to drastic measures. To General Frederick Funston, Secre tary of War Garrison sent instructions to do everything possible to secure pos itive information concerning Parks' fate. Secretary of State Bryan asked thi Brazilian minister In Mexico City to bring pressure to bear on President Huerta to the same end. Funston had already expressed the opinion that the private was executed but the admini stration proposed to give the Mexi cans the benefit of the doubt until proof was secured. Should the sinister reports be con firmed, however. Secretary Garrison intimated plainly that harsh measures ,'ould have to be taken. "If polite, decent methods fall," he declared, "we will take our next step. And if Parks was tortured it was an act of barbar ism, whether the Mexicans ' considered they were at war with us or not. "We don't want to take a misstep in a delicate situation, and we don't want to inflame the country. Conse quently, all we have done thus far is to ask for information, for we feel that the initial responsibility Is with a soldier who deserts his command. "Of course we feel that Parks must have been insane, but we have no proof of the reason for his de parture." TORTURE PARKS 1 L'ooni with ACT ir " ""W - il il 1 1 " DEAL FOR IMPOSING L Block -Bounded by Seven teenth, Eighteenth, Couch and Davis Streets Secured, As a site for a magnificent Catholic cathedral, 'Archbishop Christie closed a deal this morning for the purchase of the block bounded by Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Couch and Davis streets. While the actual sum paid for the property has not been made public, it is known that it cost the archbishop close to $170,000. The deal was made directly between E. E. Coovert, attorney for S. Benson, owner of the block, and Coe A. Mc- Kenna representing Archbishop Chris, tie. A substantial deposit has been made to bind the deal, pending the ex amination and approval of the title. This block, which ia known as 167 touen aauition, was acquired some years ago by the school board as a site for the new Lincoln high school, but later the board decided to locate the high school in South Portland on the Kamm block at Broadway and Mill at the same time selling the block just purcnased by the Archbishop to S. Benson for $130,000. It will be recalled that Archbishop Christie recently sold a diock, located a short distance north west of the Benson block, to the school district as a. site for the proposed new toucn school. Charges Are Read Against Militia Major Hamrock Pleads Not Guilty at Court-Martial Proceedings Accusing Him of Arson and Murder. Denver, Colo., May 13. At today's session of the court-martial at the Rifle Rwnge, near Golden, Judge Advo cate Edward Smith read specifications against Major Hamrock, who pjeaded not guilty to the charges. The first specification included two charges of arson in connection with the burning of the tent colony at Ludlow; the sec ond, two charges of murder in connec tion with the deaths of six strikers, and the third, three charges of man slaughter in connection with the deaths of two women and 11 children. It was alleged that Major Hamrock ordered the firing of the strikers' tents at Ludlow. After Hamrock's case is finished. Lieutenant Llnderfelt will be tried. j vjrumary court-martial rules were waived today, and the public admitted Bullet Riddled Bodies in the Eoad E. Gordon Hitchcock and Els Wife round Dead Near Bakersfleld; Cou ple Had Separated Recently. Bakersfield, Cal., May 13. Investi gation is being made today of the death of E. Gordon Hitchcock and his wife, Mrs. Grace HitcMcock, whose bodies were found late yesterday on a county road near here. 'Mrs. Hitch cock had been shot through the heart and her husband through the head. The couple were said to have sepa' rated recently. They ' had five chil dren. Horse Kills Millionaire. Covina. Cal., May 13.-E. F. Klein meyer, millionaire rancher, died today of injuries received when he was kicked and trampled by a horse. CATHOLIC CATHEDRA CLOSED BY ARCHBISHOP GETTING TO BE A PEST! ATTORNEY L ASKS FOLK TO LEAVE OFFICE AFTER SCRAP McReynoIds and Solicitor for I. C, C. Disagree Over New Haven Investigation, (United Prpss leased Wlro.i Washington, May 13. An open break occurred here today between Attorney General McReynoIds and Solicitor Jos eph W. Folk of the Interstate iCom merce commission and Commissioner McChord, following a visit of Folk, McChord and Senators Norris and Kern to McReynoIds' office to discuss the commission's investigation of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad scandal. The meeting ended in discord. Senator Norris stated that McChord and Folk left McReynoIds' office "be cause the attorney general practically requested them to get out." In discussing the affair. Folk said this afternoon: "xVttorney General McReynoIds' con duct was such that we did not care to remain. In my judgment he has ad vanced no reason for us to stop the in vestigation. Wre want the whole truth of this New Haven affair, regardless of whom it hits." Attorney General McReynoIds an nounced today that he would make no further attempt to prevent the inter state commerce commission from ex amining former President Charles S. Mellen, of the New lorn. New iiaven &. Hartford railroad. "The whole matter, said McRey noIds, "is within the control of the commission under a senate resolution and the attorney general is content ti-.at the commission should determ ine and pursue whatever course the commissioners think best to conserve the interests of the public." After midnight Mellen secretly con ferred with Solicitor Joseph W FoHc, of the commission, until 2 o'clock this morning. He was said to have revealed the inside story of the New Haven deals to Folk. Folk announced here this morning that Mellen would testify tomorrow and that George F. Baker, William G. Rockefeller, Samuel Morehouse and Lewis Cass Ledyard would be called later. United States Marshal Henkle, after searching New ork and Jekyll Island, Georgia, reported that he had been unable to find Rockefeller. Women Trampled At Marine's Funeral Panic in Chicago's City Hall When Photographer Takes Plash Lisrht of Crowds Viewing Ceremony. Chicago, May 13. A panic occurred in the city hall here today in whlclj eight women and girls were trampled on, as a result of an explosion of flashlight powder which a, -photographer was using to take a picture of the scenes at the lying-in-state c-f Samuel Meisenberg, the Chicago ma rine killed at Vera Cruz. The photog rapher used too much powder, and In stead of a mere puff there was a deafening explosion. SHRINERS ELECT SMITH Atlanta, Ga., -May 13. Frederick Smith, of Rochester, N. T., was elected today imperial potentate of the Mystic Shriners, in convention here. GENERA SENATOR OWEN TELLS CRITICS OF MEXICAN POLICY IT IS RIGHT We Must Not Stop Until We Establish Constitutional Government There, (Fnlted Prcst leased Wire.) Washington, May 13. What was re garded as the administration's answer to speeches by such senators as Fall, Smith of Michigan and other advocates of "direct action" in Mexico was deliv ered in the senate this afternoon by Owen of Oklahoma. He outlined the program on which this administration v,-i.s proceeding as embracing first the elimination of Huerta, then restora tion of constitutional government in Mexico, with the pledge that the Unit ed States will not retain a foot of Mex ican territory. Owen bitterly assailed Dictator Huer ta and vigorously defended the occu pation of Vera Cruz. "During the fall of 1913," Owen said, "numerous evidences appeared of Huerta trying to Involve the United States in some act- of aggression or invasion. He was accused of this by Senator DoirJnguez on the floor of me Mexican senate and by the revo lutionary leaders. His purpose in do ing this was to stir the patriotism of the Mexican people, make them for get and induce them to get behind ,iim as a. defender of Mexico, against an invading foe. Finally on April 9, he had the impudence to arrest sail ors in our uniform under the shelter of our flag, at Tampico and marcn them in derision through the streets. Huerta desired to provoke some action - that would unite behind him the revolutionary leaders in Mexico. after which he might obtain his peace, reiying upon t.ie benevolence, the dignity and the patience of the gov ernment of the United States He has failed. "The United States should not now under any circumstances be content with anything less than the most com plete and absolute restoration of consti tutional self government in Mexico. Hundreds or our citizens have been killed in Mexico, thousands of them have been robbed, millions of their property stolen "and all driven by vio lence from Mexico. .Huerta has sought to involve us in complications with Japan, which might easily involve our nation in one of the bloodiest wars in history, if permitted to be worked out. "The United States is face to face with the restoration of order and peace and justice in Mexico. Let us rejoice that we have the. mediation of Argen tine, Brazil and Chile in bringing about the safety of human life in Mexico, but let no mistake be made. We must de mand order, constitutional self govern Pient and that the right of sovereignty be placed in the hands of the people of Mexico, under safeguards that will promise liberty, human rights and sta bility of government to the people of Mexico and assure our own future peace and security, and, if necessary. we must enforce these demands at the cannon's mouth." Attention Voters! Ballot on Tage 6 .Voters! Read the primary ballots of the Republican, Democratic and Progressive parties before going to the polls Friday. You will find them on Page 6 of this paper. Voters! See Page . TAMP ICO WILL FULL BY NIGHT, SAYS MESSAGE Admiral Mayo Wirelesses Navy Department City's Fall Is Imminent, Heavy Firing Since Midnight. O'SHAUGHNESSY SAYS HUERTA PLANS FLIGHT Dictator Has Invested His Money in Europe; Capture . of Mexico City Easy. (I'rlted Presa Leased Wire.) Washington, May 13. Supplement ing a report sent earlier in the day Admiral Mayo wirelessed the navy de partment this afternoon that the fall of Tampico was imminent. He said heavy firing had continued since mid night after a lull beginning at 3 o'clock yesterday afterpoon. "The rebels expect to, capture the city before night," Mayo added. "The general impression seems to be that their expectation will be realized." Commenting on Mayo's report. Con sular Agent Payne, from Tuxpan, a visitor at the state department, told Secretary Bryan that If the rebels take Tampico by tonight they will take Tux pan by Saturday. He counselled the secretary not to allow American vessels to enter the Panuco or Tuxpan rivers. Conditions at Tuxpan, he said, are fair ly satisfactory. Some details of the conversation Nelson O'Shaughnessy, ex-l"nited States charge d'affaires of the Mexico City embassy, had with President Wilson leaked out this afternoon. O'Shaughnessy was said, among other things, to have confirmed tlie statement made in earlier dispatches by the United Press that President Huerta planned to make his last stand at Pucbla, where he counted on the American troops to rescue him from the constitutlonallsta vengeance. The charge added that the dictator undoubtedly knew he could not last long and expressed the personal opin ion that the rebels would have small difficulty in taking Mexico City, which, he said was garrisoned by a much smaller number of troops than was generally supposed. Despite stories that President Wilson was dissatisfied with O'Shauglmessy's handling of the Mexico City embassy's affairs, tho meeting between the two was understood to have been most harmonious. Reports the government has received Indicate that Huerta ha been getting his money out of Mexico as rapidly as possible, and undoubtedly lias a large fortune now Invested In Lurope. A committee of oil men. headed by Richard Levering of New York, called today at the White House and pre sented to President Wilson a resolu tion approved by every company in their line doing business in Mexico, charging both the federals and rebels with breaking faith in damaging oil properties in the Tampico district. It was asserted that the withdrawal of American warships from the Ta nuco river had resulted in tho actual loss of millions of dollars. "The president told us," said F. R. Kellogg of Los Angeles, a member of the committee, after the party had left tlie White" House, "that he felt as much concern over the Tampico situation as wo did ourselves, and that he realizes that it was such as to endanger the entire oil Industry in the Tampioc and Tuxpan districts. 'However, he said he was hopeful that a decisive battle was being fought now at Tampico." Showcases Bobbed in Early Morning Peculiar Method of Operation Charged Against Prisoner Believed by De tectives to Be Walla Walla Escape. Breaking showcases and stealing goods therefrom was the peculiar criminal profession attributed to Harry P. Daggett, arrested here Monday night under the name of Harvey P. Stewart. Detectives Hyde and Howell have worked on 12 such cases. They also xecovered the articles stolen. Goods to the value or were found in the man's room. They were packed ready for shipment. Daggett's system. It is stated, was to break a showcase about 4 o'clock in the morn ing, carry the loot to his room and hide it. He chose this time of the night, it is aMeged, as the Janitors usually are away from the buildings. and immediately before the stores are opened. Word was received from Tacoma this morning by the detective bureau to the effect that Daggett served a term in Walla Walla prison for burglary. SINGER JURY DISCHARGED The jury in the case of Joseph Sing er, charged with extortion, was dis charged at 2 o'clock this afternoon. After having been out since yesterday afternoon, the jurymen reported this morning that they were hopelessly di vided, but was sent back by the court Governors May Attend. Vancouver, Wash., May 13. While nothing definite has been decided as yet, it is more than probable that both Governor Lister and Governor West will be present at the opening of the Columbia River Interstate fair, which opens Labor day. Probably Not Authentic. London, May 13. A story of doubt ful authenticity was in circulation to the effect that the Prince of Wales, an Oxford student, bad had a fisl fight with a latindry wagon driver atid had tb better of the combat. Umatilla Indorses Dr. Smith . at n tt' m. at n Royal Welcome to His Old Home at at at at at at at at at at Friends Rally to His Support p; ? 'tf J, 'i Dr. C. J. Smith. PORTLAND SELECTED FOR BRANCH FEDERAL BANK BY DELEGATES San Francisco Grabs All the Directors by Fixing Six Hour Zone Limit. (fnlted Pre Ieaiuvt Wlr.) San Francisco, May 13. A resolu tion adopted here by a convention of bankers from all parts of California and other'Pacif ic coast states provides that after the establishment of the federal reserve bank In San Francisco, branches shall be established In Port land, Seatt le, 'Fait l,ake City and Los Angeles. It was announced today that there was no opposition to tho specific recommendation or a in audi bank Ht Seattle, but a otn taken on a motion ncluding Spokane resulted In tho dropping of the latter city. The bankers met yesterday In the Chamber of Commerce building, and throughout the proceedings the de sire to fully observe the provisions of the federal reserve law was ex pressed. It was also unanimously voted that directors in the reserve bank at San Francisco, other than active officials, shall receive no sal ary beyond the customary fees and traveling expenses provided by law. The convention was attended by 49 delegates. representing 17 clearing house cities in five of the seven states in the Twelfth district. The delegates voted unanimously to have all clas A directors (bankers) elected from a zone including San Francisco and points within six hours' journey, and with practical unanimity to have class B directors (business men) elected from the same zone. The delegates decided not to recom mend candidates for either class, but to empower the member banks in San Francisco and within six hours' journey to make such recommendations of candidates residing in the designat ed zone. Hedges Blames Attorney General District Attorney of Clackamas County Says Crawford Eu Bhown no Inter est in Friars Club Case. Salem, Or., May 13. Declaring that Attorney General Crawford had re fused to represent the state and argue the demurrer In the suit brought to cancel the charter of the Friars club, operated in the Milwaukle tavern, and that he was showing no interest in the case, District Attorney Hedges of Clackamas county advised Governor West in a letter received today that the second complaint drawn by Craw ford In the case was faulty and that he could see no reason for such a com plaint to be prepared. District Attorney Hedges said that he thought the governor's suggestion of a grand jury Investigation of the club was a good one and that he would take the matter before the next grand jury, which will be in session In about two 'weeks. Two Drowned by Floods in Detroit Damage in Michigan Dna to High Wa ter Placed at $1,000,000; Hundreds of Pamilles Are Homeless. Detroit, May 13. Two persons were known to be dead today as a result of floods following two days of rainfall. Hundreds of families living in Detroit suburbs are homeless. . and thousands of others are marooned In their homes. Tl flood damage throughout Michi gan is estimated at $1,000,000. The Ford automobile plant here was flooded. . GREAT CROWD s HEARTY El 1 Mayor Matlock Prominent Among Those Present and Colonel Raley Gives Warm Indorsement of Candidate. fHpeoiiiJ to The J.n;roxl 1 Pendleton. Or., May 13. With the Oregon theatre crowded to the doors with the largest .audience at any po litical gathering in the history of Umatilla county, and with eveVy man and woman present expressing enthusi astically ho high place which thf mart of the hour held in their heartk and minds. i,r. C. J. Smith, fandl- r. . - ... ..oic iui Kuveinor or rrenn warn re ceived back into his old home town laat night In a manner that proved that he Is one pi uplift who is not without honor In his own country. Never before has this city and county steii such a tribute paid to a citizen seeking office. Though the meeting had been arranged with but a day's notice, it established a. new standard for occasions of its nature. Kvery seat in the. big auditorium was taken and not one was vacated until the chairman announced that the meeting was adjourned. Alen and women of every age, sta tion and political faith woru present. On the platform sat grizzled pioneers of '4 9 side by si.io with young mn and women who but a few years"ago reeolved from the hand of Dr. Smith their high school diplomas. Doctors, lawyers, merchants, farmers, minis ters, laborers and housewives were assembled about th chief figure and down in the audience before him. Mayor Matlock on Platform;- And towering abovo ail on the plat form towering because in his yip pled condition he could not sit was ftiayor W. i. Matlock, the rnHn quoted by the Oregon lun in an Interview never given to th effect that Dr. Smith, hh mayor of lvnd4eton, had permitted gambling to flourish. .Sup ported by his crutches, ho stood be hind tho gubernatorial aspirant throughout tlu meeting as evidence of his loyal and sympathy for Dr. Smith, a striking - repudiation - of the statement credited to him. liefore the doctor was tailed upon to speak, men who had known htm for a tiuarter of a century arose and testl tied to his high moral eha.aeter, to his unimpeachable record as a public official, to his efficiency, his hlgll mlndcdncHK, his courage, his Energy and his generosity. And .when, after Dr. Smith had finished his address, K. J. Murphy, former mayor and present councilman, arose from tho rear of the house and moved it to be the sense of the meeting that the campaign made agaitst him by a portion of the -State press waH slanderous and without foundation in fact, the motion carried with a roar of ayes, whilet the call for the negative vote there wTJa pro round silence followed in a rnomt thunderous applause. It was Pendle ton's answer to thtj charge that she had forsaken her former mayor in his . race for the highest office in the state, areat Throng at Depot. Dr. Smith arrived f.rom Portland at 6 o'clock In the evening, and though no public announcement had been made of the time of his arrival, there were sev eral hundred men and women at the depot to welcome him and they did not disperse until they had escorted him in a body through the main street. All wore on their coats red ribbons upon wiucn was tne single word Smith." At 7:30 the band marched through the street and played for a quarter of in hour in front of the theatre. People began entering early, and . the bouse was filled before the meeting hour Cl- rived. Will M. Peterson, chairman of the county Democratic committee, pre sided and he announced first of all that the meeting was absolutely non-parti san. The first man to pay his tribute to Dr. Smith was W. W. Harrah, a prom inent farmer, who is clialrman of tha law enforcement league, organized dur ing the recent anti-gambling crusade. He was followed by A. W. Nye. on ((Jonciuded ou l'e glxleeu. Column k"our I Snake Bites Cause -Strange Sickness John Richards, Arrested for Intoxica tion, Explains Peculiar Condition to Annual H-etarn of Illness. Four years ago on May 9, John Richards, a cook, was bitten by two rattlesnakes at Kamloops. B. C. Each year on this date Richards experiences' a return of the sickness that W41 caused by the bite of the reptiles. This is the story he told Municipal Judge Stevenson, Assistant' City Attorney Stadter and others in the court yester day afternoon. Richards was arrested Monday even Ing for being intoxicated. He claimed he was not drunk, but was suffering from the snake bites of four years ago. In relating his story, Richards told the court he was In a camp along; the river. Two large rattlesnakes came near the camp to shed their skins: On snake bit Richards on the hand and the other on the forehead. He carries the scars yet, as the camp physician carved out a piece of the flesh, where the snake's fangs touched. The Judge discharged hia. X I