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PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY, 17, 1914. EIGHTEEN PAGES.
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Carranza Expected to ; As
sume Control in Mexico
City Shortly; Carbaja) Is
Asking General Amnesty.
WASHINGTON SUPPORTS
NO-EXECUTION DEMAND
Junta Says Carranza Will
Punish Those Who Had
Madero Killed.
(United fmm Lot.ed Wire
Washington, July 17. General Car
ranza la expected to assume control In
Mexico City In the very near future
The Washington administration is
supporting Provisional President Car
bajal's demand for an amnesty cover
Ing all political offenses. Secretary of
State Bryan and Jonn SUIlman, who
wu representing him at Caranxa's
headquarters, were . exchanging con
f Identlal messages on this and other
oints today.
.Carranza has pledged I himself to
protect foreigners and has also told
Hilllman he does not Intend to punish
the rank and file of the federals but
he has not promised an amnesty in
cluding the more important of the
leaders.
Silllman -warned him that he would
not be recognized by the United States
unless he "assumes power with his
hands clean." Nevertheless, the junta
here, presumably with the general s
authority. Insisted that the Juarea de
cree of 1862, providing for the execu
tion of persons Implicated In over
throwing a president, would be Invoked
, against the late President Madero's
murderers,
"Reports that a wholesale butchery
is contemplated," It was stated at the
junta, "are unfounded. General Car
ranza has no intention of molesting
anyone not Involved in Madero' -overthrow,
tout these executions will t car
ried out and no outside , interference
w1U be tolerated.',.. -''. ,v - -j
It was stated also, on high constitu
tionalist authority, ; that Carranza
would" refuse to recognize '.debts I in
curred by Huerta. . - ."'
It ' was recognized that an- attitude
of this kind ntiRht Involve compllca-
' tlons If persisted In unyieldingly, but
.to : some extent Washington-, official
circles- sympathized - with - the- 'consti
tutionalist view concerning the matter
f the Huerta obligations. In fact, one
reason 'why the administration has
been all along so firmly, determined to
do nothing which might be interpreted
as recognition, thereby indorsing con
cessions granted by the dictator and
undertakings into which he entered.
Much satisfaction was expressed at
Car bajal's announcement that he was
not personally ambitious and only ac
cepted the presidency "to facilitate
solution of the grave problems which
weigh upon our country."
Word was received from Admiral
Howard, ; on the Mexican west coast.
(Concluded on Pag Two, Column Two.)
TA EXPECTED IN
He, General Blanquet and
Their Families to Be Taken
Away From Mexico,
trnlted Prera Leaned Wire.)
vera Crus, July 17. Ex-President
Huerta and ex-War Minister Blanquet
were expected at Puerto Mexico today,
It was expected they would embark
shortly oh the British cruiser, Bristol
or the German warship Dresden.
Huerta s wife, ; his sons Jorge and
victor, and their wives, his two un
married daughters, Blanquet'a wife
and several other refugees of promi
nence under the Huerta regime were
already at Puerto Mexico.
The women - of the party ,; had been
accommodated ' on - board the , Bristol.
The men were still on shore, but ready
to embark at lahort notice.
Besides the Bristol and Dresden, the
Des Moines and the Paducah- of the
American fleet wera in the harbor.
Portlander Playing
$10,000; Golf Game
Oeorge Xalsar and Harry Walker of
Detroit aylng at Atlantic City for
Xztremely Heavy Stakes, ' ,,
Atlantic City, N. J... JulylT.-Two
of the heaviest betting golf matches in
the history, of the game rwere sched
uled to be played on the Country- club
links here this afternoon. At least
$30,000 -was wagered on the outcome
of the match between Walter Foster
of Seattle and IL K., Fulton, of New
York. Between $3000 and $12,000 was
put up by the backers of George Kaiser
of Portland, Or., . and; Harry .Walker
of Detroit, in; another match.'
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' S Xe XYork X Is Hojt.'i t&
New- Tork; July 17.-One death and
several prostrations fronvtne heat were
reported here today.. Suffering was In
tensified by , excessive humlditv. -
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CRIES
HUER
PUERTO
MEXCO
SOON
WARSHIPS
AWAIT HIM
. THE MAN OF THE HOUR IN MEXICO
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PURCHASE OF TRACt RICHARDSON MEETS
iuinmnounuuL,iu yhh uirLJUOiiorui
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Land; on Southeast .Side ;De-
. dared 'Suited '.for Purpose
and .- Price Reasonable. -
At a called meeting yesterday? af tar
noon, the school ' board voted to buy
the Tenny 1B acre tract at East 'T'lfty
second and Division ' streets ,as : a Bite
for the; proposed agricultural .'.; high
school. - The decision to acquire the
property was maae, despite "the. -strenuous
opposition ? of Dr. Alan Welch
Smith,, the new member,: who insisted
that to buy additional property at this
time was placing, a" needless burden on
the taxpayers of the district Direc
tors Pulmmer, Munly and Beach voted
to buy the land: Dr. Smith, .voted no.
Dr. Sommer, the fifth member of' the
ooara. was not nresent. - -
The pnee of the tract s $2500 an
acre, or 137,500 for the 15, acre parcel.
In arrivingat the value of - the raw
land, it is only proper, 'however to
take from the total price $4023, the
cost of the new paving 1 of Division
street, which was paid by H. L; Tenny,
tne owner of the tract.- This wilKre-
duce the cost of the land to the school
district to $2232 an acre. 'For taxing
purposes this parcel was assessed rr
1913 at $1188 an acre, which' is 53.2
per cent of the price the school board
paid for tt. .-';.
Several months ago the board voted,
to buy 26 acres in that district, the
16 acres bought yesterday being; a part
of the tract, for which: $3000 an acre
Was' to be cald. hut th h'nard'M antlAn
met with so much -crlticishi tat, jtbe
(Concluded on lr Vlwt, Column Two.)
Commissioner Hall :
to. Portland
; - ... , ".- -if - , 1-1 :i . , a - :-r .it '"-.--r..-;i3i'f
Horti Bank JJne :W1U Present ArgTi-
meats la Behalf of Its Hlver Steam,
oat line at X. O. o. Hearing-Autf. ?.
The application, of r' the Spokane,
Portland & Seattle , Railway ' company
to continue the operation of its. line
of river steamers from Portland to
The Dalles has been set for bearing
here before interstate Commerce Com
missioner Hall, August .7r r
, - Recent .federal enactments prohibits
a railroad from operating vessels par
allel to its own line. : The i railroad
now' operates a line of vessels under
the name of The Danes, Portland &
Astoria Navlgatldn' company., and.
pending hearing has been : allowed jo
continue the vessels In- service. . t. '
Commissioner Hall is thetnost re
cent member "of the commission.
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B reck of Oakland and -Brandt
r :Wickersham Fail - to Sur
vive Semi-Finals.
I. K. Richardson; of. Portland and H.
Van Dyke Johns of San Francisco,' CaL,
were winners in - the semi-final -.round
of" jthe men's "singles for the champion
ship of the state of Oregon this morn
ing on the Multnomah club courts. The
matches were . played "before i.a large
gallery and were- close ; and full I of
sensational plays. ' ' . '?. ',
Richardson earned .the." tight to play
In the finals by defeating Henrr-Breck
of Oakland, CaL, in S hard .fought
five-set' match. The contest was hiD
fend-tuck from- the start. The local
player won- .the ? first set ivS-2. ' but
dropped the ne-t two by the scores of
6-1 and: 7-6. He rallied 'in. the fourta
and' - fifth sets,' winning,, both j.by be
scores .of 67Z.V "s "
Johns eliminated Brandt Wickersham
of Portland. Wickersham did not win
a setto but he gave the youthful
California-player a hard battle. The
scores of the match' were 8-1, 6-4, 7-6,
- In . the. finals of the ladies singles,
Miss Irene Campbell was defeated by
Mlsa Stella - Fording In straight sets.
The scores were 6-4, 6-8.' The match
was a -close oner-but Miss v. Fording
seemed to be a little steadier than, her
opponent. : ' - "-.-J-. '?'.'.--:-'
. The results of. the matches in4 the
Junior " girls: events this morning are
Mis Ryder beat Miss Brown. 6-3, 8-1
v Miss Collins beat Miss Howe, 6-2,
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f Miss Bent beat Miss Burns, 6-3, 6-4,
Militant Gaslies :.'.;
MiUais'CCarlyle
ramous Portrait 1b national Gallery
5 at ; London : Badly, Bamaged by JKof
I fragette with a Keatase. r v
" Itondon, ' July 17. A militant who
gave, the name of Anne Hunt, today
badly bached Sir John Mlllais' portrait
or Thomas Carlyle In the National gal
lery,-with-a, meataxe. She tried to use
her cleaver -on the attendants' when
they, seised her, but was finally: over
1 powered' and turned ; over; to j-ther po
GO !BACKm)HTHE? X-RAY
Berlin, July 1 17. Professors , Baum
and Bier, leading cancer specialists, an
nounced today t that -they had aban
doned vadlum treatments and returned
to the X-ray. ' . " .
U.S.r.lUSTALLOW
IDERO'S FOES
TO BE KILLED
Captain Neville Declares the
"Proscribed List Includ
ing Assassins of Late Pres
ident, Should Be Shot.
FORM DANGER TO NEW
AND GOOD GOVERNMENT
Members of Scientifico Party
Include Rich Feudal
' Landowners.
(Cnlted Praas Traced Wlr
Oakland, Cal., July 17. That
United States should remonstrate
the
slth
the victorious constitutionalists against
indiscriminate slaughter on their en
trance Into the Mexican capital, but
must not interfere with the execution
of a "proscribed list," were the senti
ments .voiced today by Captain John
T. Neville, a former - member of the
Madero secret service and former mil
itary adjutant to the late general and
governor of Chihuahua, Abraham Gon
zales. While Captain Neville declares
that he is in no way officially con
nected with" the revolution, he says
he is In a position to know that there
will never be a lasting peace in Mexico
while professional agitators and lead
ers of the Huerta party are left alive.
"The late President' Francisco L Ma
dero made the fatal mistake of not
fighting his revolution to a finish in
1911." said Neville. "Had Madero
marched his victorious army into Mex
ico City and executed the sclentifioo-
outfit, who pose as aristocrats, there
would have been no Felix Diaz-Victor-iano
Huerta rebellion. Neither would
there have been armed conflict with
Pascual Orosco, Jos Maria Inez Salazar
or Emiliano 'Zapata. The scientifico
party fomented every one of these re
beilions and plunged Mexico into a bit
ter warrwhlch will not end until these
conslpirators have been put to death.
. Would Heap Biff Estate.
"As these men are the large land
owners and 'feudaj. lords of Mexico,
they wiU never "sit idly by and watch
the common people Tnle the country.
They wtu never listen to tne iaea or
dlvidlna- the great estates and the
restoration of a constitution which
gives the mas6es' the. right- to govern
Mexico. If Huerta and Blanquet es
cape it means that they will foment
rebellion from , abroad. They, should
be extradited as the common criminals
which they undoubtedly are and should
be made to pay the penalty for their
crimes.
"It was the scientlflcos , who per
suaded the. people that Madero was not
fulfilling his promises and it was the
old followers of Dias who spread dis
content among such Illiterates as Pas
cual Orosco. Ines Salazar is a red
flagger who believes in nothing short
of banditry. Zapata is a bad man
fighting for a good cause the divi
sion of the' great landed estates, and
the germs of rebellion were sown in
their brains by the cunning conspira
tors. - .- -
. Counter Bevolutlon Talk.
"Whe the men of this type are pat
out of the way Mexico will flourish In
peace, with tne victorious army oz
the constitutionalists about to ' take
possession -of the capital there is al
ready talk: of counter revolution in fa
vor of Felix Dlas.
"Remove the last vestige of opposi
tion -to good government from Mexico
and peace will be lasting.' Hard conditions-warrant
stern measures, and the
United States should not prevent the
victors from preventing future rebel
lion and - crime by removing from
Mexico the cause of all the trouble
the members of the scientifico party
and their criminal satellites.
DR. C. J SMITH AT
CHAUTAUQUA TELLS
HIS IDEA OF VETO
Answers Dr. Withycombe's
Objections ; From Common
Platform at Albany Meeting
: (Special to The Journal. V
Albany, July 17. Dr. James Wiiy-
combe and Dr. C J. Smith, leading
candidates for governor, appeared here
together, on the Chautauqua platform
yesterday afternoon, and outllned to a
large crowd of Interested voters what
their policies would be if elected -
Dr. Wlthycombe - spoke ' first and
opened the-political' gunning1. bf , criti
cizing' . Dr. Smith's - recent 4 utterances
in favor of the veto power as a check
on legislative extravagance.
"What we want is to have the legis
lative and executive to work,, in har
mony, and ; when we do r that we will
solve this question or appropriations.
We will" then get-down to good sound
and sane business, end there will be
co log rolling In politics, but It will be
clean and . harmonious," ur. withy,
combe-said. .t CV- :X'':ii.' t-s
'. f 'My honorable opponent said a few
days ago at Brownsville - that in the
last 11 years Democratic governors had
vetoed about 209 bills, with a saving
of about $1,000,000 to the state.?. The
facts a bout that are that our taxes
have increased many times what. they
were .before. .-Twelve years ' ago ;
(Concluded ea Pace- rive.- Cehuna TareeK
Woman Attacked
SBy Unknown Tramp
SCam Called at House and Demanded
Moaey; Mrs. Scott, Salem,' Attempted
v to Kepel Kim; was Bsataa. .'
Salem, Or.', July 17. Mrs. W.' R.
Scott, wife of a well' driller, was at
tacked last night by an unknown tramp
who called at her house, after she had
retired, and demanded money. She was
beaten unconscious, after she had
struck, the unknown with a stick. Her
husband, who returned a few minutes
after the attack, saw a man running
to a freight train and four suspects
were taken off at Albany. Sheriff
Each went to Albany this morning to
identify. If possible, one of them, as
described by Mrs. Scott. .Mrs. Scott's
head is badly swollen and. her body is
bruised.
Three Are Held. .
Albany, Or., July 17.r Three suspects
are being held in the city jail pendlns
investigation of the assault upon Mrs.
W. R. Scott, with a stick of wood, last
night at Salem. , The men were arrest
ed on a southbound freight last night
They : range in age from 21 to 26
years, .and give the names of Joe
Munnke, David Myers and Tony uou-
vela.
Accused Woman on
Verge of Insanity
Mrs. Helen Angle, Held for Death of
Stamford Councilman, Tries to Bite
Plesh Off Her Own Arms.
Stamford, Conn.", July 17. Fearing
its occupant would attempt to end her
life, a guard has been placed over the
cell in which Mrs. Helen Angle 1b held
in connection with the death of Coun
cllman Waldo Ballou, who was found
dying several - weeks ago in front of
the woman s home in the fashionable
Rtpawan apartments.
Mrs. Angle was In a delirium most
of the time. Last night she bit the
flesh from her own arms. Physicians
advised that she be sent to a sani
tarium.
The latest theory of the police was
that an unknown man killed' Ballou in
Mrs. Angle's apartments, but the worn
an was arrested the day following the
murder, and has been in Jail ever since.
Auto Stage Held
Up by Road Agents
Women Save Their, Talnahles, Be
cause the Bobbers Bid 'Hot Search
the Tonneau. . .. ', v.
Colusa, Cal., July 17. Two high,
waymen who - held up t the ..Williams
Bartlett Springs'' automobile j stage on
the Brin -grade' yesterday" afternoon,
covered Driver William Quigley with
their rifles, made the passengers line
UP at the roadside and hastily, searched
the men among them for their, valu
ables. " They .. seemed very nervous,
however, and did not attempt to search
the automobile tonneau, into which the
women had hastily dropped their
handbags, containing money and
jewelry to the amount of several huu
dred dollars. From the men they se
cured only $12 or $15.
The snot where the robbery oc
curred is a lonely one and has been
the scene of several holdups.
Forest Fires Along
River Tinder Control
Prompt Action by Organised Porces
. Checks Threatening Spread of Hamas
-Bamage So Par Small.
Forest fires In Columbia county that
have been burning for a day-are now
practically under control,, with a dam
age so far almost negligible, according
to reports that reached C. S. Chapman
of the Oregon Forest Fire association
today., 'r '. '
Two or three fires. have sprung up
in the timber between Clatskanie and
Deer. Island, Mr. Chapman's informa
tion states, but through the efforts of
the rangers all have been checked. Mr.
Chapman . expects further ' particulars
late this afternoon.
RE
Some of Stockholders Seek
: $306,000,000' for Alleged
" Mismanagement.-
' (United Press Teased Wire.) '
Boston, July 17.--Suit for a receiver
for the New Haven railroad to prose
cute claims ' 'aggregating $2 08,000,000
alleged to be due. to the company's
treasury through breach of duty by the
directors, wss filed. here today. The
action was made an equity proceed
ing. It was begun by the law firm
of Whipple, Sears & Ogden, represent
ing stockholders.
The complaint (declared that the
directors Illegally used $12.000.000 of
New Haven money in acquiring' the
Boston dc Maine - and other properties
and .that the result to the stockholders
wsski $102,000,000 loss The anti-trust
law. permitting a threefold recovery In
such eases, the total claim was $30C
000,000 Supreme Judge Braley or
dered the defense to show cause next
Friday .why a receiver should not, be
named. : . . . -
90 . AT 2 O'CLOCK TODAY
'The temperature today at 2 p. .ra.
was 90, four degrees higher than the
maximum of yesterday, giving every
evidence that this woald be one of
the hottest days of the year. -.- Dis
trict' Forecaster E. : A. Beats believes
that the warm spell will continue for
a time. ( - - 1 - . .
CEIVER
ASTCD
FOR
NEW HAVEN RAILROAD
TESTIFES 1H
LOCATOR GAS
E
Henry J. Harper Testifies to
His Alleged Connection
With Men Charged With
Using Mails to Defraud.
PROMINENT PEOPLE IN
WASHINGTON BOUGHT
Sellers Said to Have Received
His Share. Minard Easy
to Deal With.
That O. F. Woodworth, Seattle man
ager for the Carstens Packing com
panyi a Mr. Carpenter, who was i
salesman ror the same company at
Tacoma, and bankers, lawyers and men
of high standing In the towns of
Washington about Puget sound, were
Investors in applications for claim lo
cations on. the Oregon & California
railroad lands was the testimony of
Henry J. Harper In . the mail fraud
trial of E. J. Sellers and J. W. Logan
of Tacoma and 8eattle and W. F. Mi
nard of Portland.
Harper, who was one of the five
originally Indicted. Who pleaded guilty.
has served a sentence of 30 davs In
the county jail, and who was pardoned
Tuesday bv President Wilson that he
might testify for the government in
this case, said that Woodworth. a Mr.
Hays, banker at Cle Blum, and many
others of the same standing had paid
the location fee. which In most instan
ces amounted to $160.
Testimony Brings Grin.
W.-F. Minard for the first time-sat
up and grinned Interestedly this morn
ing during Harper's recital of a meet
ing the two men had at the Imperial
hotel here In February, while the fed
eral grand jury - probe was In - pro
gress. Harper under cross examination of
Claud Stranan. of course, for the
defense, denied that a postof f ice in,
spector had offered Mm immunity if
he would plead guilty. ' Harper was
then asked if he had not told Minard
that for $60 from the latter, he would
get him eft toe-.. T this Harper most
vehemently replied In the negative.
i Wltlvregard to E. J. Sellers, Harper
said he met him In 1911 In SeattIe
when he sold the former -a ; claim.
Sellers believed in the proposition at
that . time. Harper said. Afterwards
though Harper said. Sellers found out
that Minard was not attorney for the
Oregon & California Railroad company
and that his own claim was no good.
Opinion of Lawyer Sought.
Sellers and Harper went to see -At
torney John Mills Day in Seattle In
the fall of 1S11. the witness .testified.
and from him received a brief stat
ing that the settlers on the O. &. C
grant would get their claims. . This
was the inspiration for Sellers to go
out and get business. Harper, claimed.
"Sellers was a diamond driller, after
oil and coal." Harper testified. "That
was his life work."
"Didn't Sellers hope. at that time to
develop some coal lands around Te
nlno7" Attorney John K. Ryan asked.
"I believe he did," was the reply. '
"Didn't Sellers think you were an
(Concluded on Pate Two. OolnmaTlTt.)
BRIDES
MILE IN WATER PIPE
Rescued From Irrigation Lat
eral by Rancher as It
Passes and Soon Recovers
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Riverside. CaL, July 17. Carried
more than a quarter of a mile by the
water flow in an underground irriga
tion pipe, the two-year-old daughter
of Charles Sobde. a rancher,, was re
covering todatifrom her unique voy
age. "
While 'playing near a narrow stand
pipe, the child fell in. and in some way
was drawn through the pipe into the
underground lateral, which . was run
ning at nair its capacity. She was
swept past two other standplnes from
which It Is believed site-was able to
gee air. .-,
Rushing to a telephone, the child's
father notified Joseph Klnse. a neigh
boring rancher, who seized her he she
shot past a standplpe on his land.
The . baby ' waa - unconscious hut ; was
soon resuscitated. ' :
King's Cousin Weds .
An Untitled Girl
Pretty Beatrice Xarrlngton, Xngllsh,
' the Bride of Frlnoe Xnls of Bow,
"bon, Alfonso TWittrfc r'. '
London. July 17- Unknown to his
royal relatives.' Prince Louis of Bour
bon. cousin to King Alfonso of Spain,
was ' quietly married here -today to
Miss Beatrice Harrington, a pretty, an
titled English girl. . - - -
SON PERCY GIVEN SEAT
. New Tork, July 17. William Rock-
efeller has -turned over his stock ex
BAB
BENEATH
GROUND FOR QUARTER
change seat to his son Percy.
Joy Riding Farmer
Found Dead by Road
Wounds la Heck and Head Give Bias
to Suspicion That Death Was Hot
Accidental.
Moscow.; Idaho, July 17. After Joy
riding late last night in his touring
car, William H. Crowley was found
dead In the gutter at 6 o'clock this
morning while IIS car was on the curb
ing nearby against -a tree with the
lights burnlng.( &r4 Crowley was a well
known. farmer residing near, this city.
His wife was operated on In a hospital
here this week.
Because of wounds on - the neck and
head suspicion points to an alterca
tion with some of -Crowley's acquaint
ances while riding with him. although
his chest Is crushed from having been
run over by the automobile. Crowley
was drlvlnsr the car himself. The ac
cident is supposed to have happened
about 2 a. in. No one has been found
who will admit being with him at the
time of the accident.
Federal Mediators
To Prevent Strike
Board Announces Xt Aoeedea to
auest of Managers of Western Idas
for Exercise of Good Offices. .
Washington, July IT. The federal
board of mediation and conciliation an
nounced today that it had acceded to
the request of the western railroad
managers for the exercise of its good
offices to prevent a trainmen's strike
The member of the board said they
would arrive In Chicago Monday.
Employe Are Notified.
Chicago, July 17. General managers
of the western railroads with head
quarters here, today notified their em
ployes' representatives, who have laid
before the managers demands for higher
pay, shorter hour and of important
concessions, that they have asked the
federal mediation board to avert
strike.
Lassen's Crater Is
Now 700 Ft, Long
Volcano Has Twentieth "eruption To
day, Only less Tlolent Than That of
Wednesday Hoon,
Redding, Cal., July 17. Mount Las
sen erupted for Its twentieth time at
noon today,
' A column of inky smoke the full size
of the big crater's diameter ascended to
a height of 5000 feet, where It opened
out like a fountain, raining; ashes In
stead of water. ' "-' ' : ' '" -'
tThe eruption was not ever at the ens
qf an hour. . -.
The crater has greatly enlarged durw
Ing Ike. past few days, measuring. at
latest accounts roughly 400 by 790 feet
In an irregular oval. Near It are ashes
in great -quantities. Smaller particles
of ash fell 20 miles from the volcano
following Wednesday's eruption. '
TWO MEN HANG THE
THIRD ONE TO TRE
II
T
Child's Assailant, Being Tak
en to Officers In : Baker
County-Is Lynched,
(Special to The Jearoal.)
Baker, Or.. July 17. Coroner West
srrlved at Whitney about noon. today
to hold an Inquest over the body of
an unknown man lynched -yesterday- by
two masked men, following an assault
on Grace Hardman, 8-year-old daugh
ter of Bart Hardman, an Audrey ranch
er.
The district attorney and two dep
uty sheriffs are now at Audrey trying
to fine a clue to the Identity of the
men who perpetrated the lynching, but
there is lltle chance of success, as the
people are in sympathy with. the act.
and those who know anything about
it are reticent.. It is thought not likely
that the men will be given away, al
though rumor has , connected several
with the affair.
The lynching Is the first on record
In Baker county sines July 11, lt(4.
when a haifbreed Indian named ureen
wood was lynched st Auburn for klll-
lns an Englishman named Kinnear. A
number, of . catue . rustlers in me past
have been strung up, but the case noted
is the only one in the last naif cen
tury, the facta of which were recorded,
After the attack on the giri the en
tire countryside was notified and the
assailant was caught at Hereford an!
identified by his victim. .Officers
agreed to, meet' Hardman, the father,
and Tom Trueman with the prisoner
at Whitney, but before reaching there
two masked men met them on the
highway - and, flourishing- guns, de
manded the prisoner.- ,: -
. The prisoner was turned over to
them-and -the -f sets -were reported to
the officers who . had . reached Whit
ney, eight miles away. A quick trip
by auto brought - them 1 to the place
where the prisoner was taken from the
men and - a .short distance away his
lifeless body, was found hanging to
tree. -'---' ..... -
The body; was sent back to Whitney
with instructions not to touch' It until
the coroner arrived so the Identity of
the man was not eetaDiisned. Jle wss
about 2 years old. poorly dressed and
evidently a tramp. r ;;
CURSED THE PRESIDENT
Med ford. Or i Jul. ; 17. Cursing
President Wilson; and his Mexican
policy until the gathering - crowd
threatened to do him harm. Bill Mil
ler, a colored - laborer, was arrested
by Officers Cdy and Crawford, held
over night and released this morning
with th. warning -to keep his political
opinions to - himself hereafter.
FOLLOWING ASSAUL
coBil
Investigation Requested - by
Commissioner . Rufus Hoi
man Will Commence To
morrow Morning. ; : ! -. ;
BUG JUICE ISSUE TO " v
GET THOROUGH AIRING
Failure of Departments to
Make Reports Feature of ;
Investigation. :
Investigation into the county- com-
mtssloners' administration of county "
business will be formally commenced
tomorrow. Committees of investiga
tion appointed by the Taxpayers'
league and the Non-partisan league
will meet at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn y
ing in the offices of the latter' organ I- ,
ration. Northwestern Bank Dulldlng, to '
agree upon a cooperative plan of pro
cedure. - ? -"-".'
The committee appointed by the Non. .
partisan league consists of Amadee
Bmlth, George Lawrence jr., D. A. PaU
tullo and George Mason.
"We will work on a cooperative basis i
and the plan agreed on will .result In
bringing to light the facts.- predicted
Mr. Mason, who Is manager of the
Non-partisan league. .
The committee of the . Taxpayers
league has not yet been announced.
Its appointment was authorised last
Monday.
The much exploited purchase by. the
county of a great quantity of bed bug ;
Juice at $3 a gallon, from an outside
firm in face of the claim that a similar
exterminator could have been nought
locally at 5 cents a gallon, . will - be
bOt an Incidental phase of the fnvesti
gatlon. it Is said. Greater in West is
taken by the investigators In the fail
ure to receive intelligible, efficiency -:
code reports from such departments as
the county' hospital and bridges- -and i
ferries. Effort -will also be made. It
Is said, to learn why many of the de
partments made no reports, why the
county jttor-did not : insist upony
accounting : or 4rsvid .instruction is, '
the preparing .of reports, . - . -j
i Investigation by the, two .organlaa
tlons which contain In, their mirnber
ship leading local business mi.'r was
asked. by Rufus C. Holman. chairman
of the board county.' commissioners.
Mr. H61man has Insisted upon . the
operstlon of . the . .efficiency coda
adopted .last autumn. Other commis
sioners have not., Ill feeling has been
created between county officials and
department heads. Promises o' co
operate harmoniously made as the con
clusion of a former Investigation it is
said, have not: been kept."
$4,000,000 Catch ,
, Seen for Columbia;
Industrial Agent of. Vert of: Astoria
Writes Senator Xane Zathnsiastloal
ly of Pishing Ontlook. ; . '
. fWaaklastee Bnreas f The JnorsaL)
Washington, July 1 7. O. W. Taylor,
Industrial agent of 'the Port of As-i
torla, writes Senator: Lane a heavy, .
catch of . bluebacka was made from, C
the Pry placed in the Columbia four:
years ago and predicts great good from -the.
$100,000 appropriation, made tor f
fish hatchery purposes on the Coluro
bis. He predicts a $4,009,000 catch
for this season. - - ' t
. New Postof flee, '3 v
'"' Wsshington,- D. V July 17 Wendel,
L. - Niederprum, of Mount Angel, has
been appointed postmaster of a new
office at BC Benedict, Marion county.
Would Ilurrjr Red Tape. -"
. Washington, Dr. C, C. O. Woodruff,
chairman of the transportation -com-
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce,
has wired Senator Lane.-asking him to,
urge the 'attorney general to. expedite
the examination of . the deed for the'
Oregon City locks. . . . 1
MERRY-G0R0UNDS
Tou get on a Merry-Oc-Houad. ,
pay five cents, go round . in a
. circle and get off where you got
on. Tou cover the. same old
circle again and again but you do '
not get into any-new territory. .
- A lot of us run our lives en
the i same Plan: we Just - walk .
around In the same old circle and
never- get ahead. We have va-
' cant rooms and we merely hang ,
a for rent sign' on the house and ,
. rely on a passerby - te take the '
rooms; we have something te sell, -speak
to' a few friends about tt
.."and keep on waiting. Why not ;
wake up and start ahead 7 These
methods are all right for a f ron-'
tier village bat they will not do'
...in a city. .,.;.,.,.:' ; .- .-
, . Bend your message traveling In
a. Journal Want Ad put your
proposition before thousands- of
people In Portland and Oregon
. get out of that neighborhood clr-
:.' ;tv,t v-
If your name appears fn either
phone book call Main I17J or A
(Oil and have : your Want Ad
.-.charged. , -' . . -
7 For proper classification in The
- Sunday Journal have your Want
'Ad In early, r. - y- .. - y-