r "ITS ALL HERK ccX ' l . S j IT'S ALL TRUE" . VJ' - 16 " PRICE TWO CENTS gBJL f D g& VOL. XlV. NO. 265 PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1916 SIXTEEN PAGES. 13, V ft IRE SLAIN BY MEXICAN BANDIT GANG Charles F. Parsons, Ameri can, Killed at Babicora, and Ten Are Reported to Have Been Murdered at Madera, Chihuahua. RODRIGUEZ NOT CAUGHT, SAY LATEST REPORTS Aillo nnrl RnHrinnf7 RpnnrtPfl a ui iu iivui iijuui. iiww..-- apse- to Be Still at Large in theiy Maaera uistnci in uis patches to Carranza Au thorities. Kl Paso. Tex.. Jan. 13 I X. S ) Reports of the murder of Charles F. Parsons at Babicora by Villa bandits have been confirmed. Carranza authorities here admitted this afternoon that none of thn ban dits have been- captured as et. but declared that a large force of sol diers had been sent after thcnr- Villa and Rodriguez are s-till at large in the Madera district, on thr Northwest crn railway in western Chihuahua American officials here have been nrahle to get any information con cerning the reported assassination of 1 more foreigners, including on.' .'.merican and one Knglish woman, by Oeneral Jose Rodriguez at Madera Carranza authorities here say Ma . ('era is in the hands of the . Villlstas, and that they cannot get any confirma tion or dental of the reported massa cres. RODRIGUEZ REPORTED CAUGHT BY MEXICAN jAHD AMERICAN FORCE Kl Paso. Jan, T3 (I. N. P-Gen-erai Jose Rodriguez, the Villa Wader, who is supposedly responsible In a measure for the American massacre, was captured this morning near Ma dera, Chihuahua, by a force of Car ranza soldiers and American civilians. Railway messages to this effect have Just been received in Juarez. Forty men, among whom it is believed, are some of the outlaws who took part in the murder, were captured with Rodri guez. They will be summarily shot, says the report. Tile capture Is said to have bcpn made by a force of 1-5 Americans, act ing under the leadership of Meximiano Maniuez, employed at ltabricora. A number of the Mexicans were reported killed In the pitched battle which pre teded the capture. TEN AMERICANS ARE ' KILLED IN MEXICO BY BANDITS, IS REPORTED Kl Paso, Texas. Jan. 13. ( I. X. S ) That 10 more American men and two women, were massacred yesterday at Madera, Chihuahua, by the Vlllista general. Joee Rodriguez, is the report brought to the border by Americans who came on the death train. No one. knows how the report reached Chihua hua, but it is believed here that there li some foundation for the story tlnce .Rodriguez, but five days ago. issued a proclamation stating he would kill every gringo (American), who fell Into his hands. Madera is an Important mining and lumber town on the Northwestern rail way. 200 miles west of Chihuahua. Troops Chase Bandits. Chihuahua City. Mexico. Jan. 13. CC. P. Five hundred Carranxista tfoopers have teen sent by General Trevino to pursue the marauders who on Monday shot and killed a party of Americans of the "Cusi" Mining com pany. Trevino ordered his men to show no mercy If they located the ban dits. The pursuit train left yesterlay morning well stocked with provisions. While a second train followed with cavalry horses Trevino orde--.; his men to continue the chase until every one of the ban dits is captures and shot. Grave fears were felt today for Other members of the family of Burt Kramer, American, known to have been executed In the Guerrero district. It is reported that the bandits respons ible for his death were lead by Gen eral Rodriguez. Report Not Confirmed. Washington. Jan. 13. a. X. S.) The state department today had re ceived no official confirmation of the reported killing of 10 American men and two women, one English and one American, at Madera in western Chi huahua by Villista bandits. ; Germany Is to Have An Income Tax Bill . Berlin. Jan. 13. (U. P.) Giving as surance that Germany Is strong enough economically and financially to withstand the allied pressure. Chan cellor Bethmann-Hollweg today reit erated in the reichstag that the allies alone were responsible for the war and foe its continuance. He Indicated that measures for con stitutional and suffrage reform would be welcome. He announced that an Income tax "till to meet state expenses will be In troduced. ' - - - - ... All American Mines to Shut In Chihuahua Special Tmins ' Chartered to firing Out All Americans in Mexican State Where Rebels Are. Kl Paso, "Cexaf. .Ian. IT (I. N. H. Representatives and managers of all mining and industrial companies of northern Mexico met here today and decided to shut down their properties in the state of Chihuahua- All their American employes will bo brought to the I'nited States. Special trains, ihartered by the citi zens of Kl I'aso, are bringing out every American, including women and children. In the city of Chihuahua. Th 'rains will arrive here tonight. The -Mormon njlony in Casas GraruUs district. northern Mexico. ; hue been advised by Americana here j to come to the I'nited States at once. . Cittz.-n.s of Kl Paso have offered t I furnish trains and money to get them ! out. It is believed that there are more than ho Mormon families living in the Casus "Irandea district. All are Americans. JUAREZ T VN OUT OF HOTEL EL Friends of Murdered Men Blame Him for Assuring Them Mexico Was Safe, Kl Pas... Texas. Jan IT !'. P.'--Miners from Mexico, enraged at Amor Kan Consul Kdwards' .jmrt in obtain ing the entrance of the Sa.nta Ysabel victims into Mexico. today forcibly ejected him from the lobby of the Sheldon hotel here. He ran up the street and escaped them for the tima being. At first they followed him. loudly denouncing the administration and blaming It for the massacre. Kd wards tried to argue, and several threw him.ipto the street. As responsibility for the Americans' entrance into Mexico is at Issue. Kd wards (consul at Juarez) declared that General Gavira, Juarez commanJ mU tad personally assured him that it was safe' for them to return ' Mexico and resume mining operations. Moreover, -he claimed that the distict they would traverse would be com pletely dominated by General Car ranza. Would Bend Begiment. American mining companies are con sidering a regiment of American vol unteers to exterminate the bandits in festing the mining regions, if Carranza .... .... - . win give permission ror sucn action, y To guard against violence toward them as a result of the Santa Ysabel massacre of Americans. General Manuel Banda and 12 other prominent former Villitta officers were thrown into jail today on vagrancy charges. At the "same time General Manuel Medinavetia. former Villista chief of -taff. was jailed on a charge of murder, in connection with the execution ot Peter Keene. bookkeeper of the Hearst ranch at Ruhto, Chihuahua, recently. Plot to Lynch Salazar. The arrests followed discovery of a plot of angry Americans to lynrr: Gen eral Jose Ynez Salazar, who war sus pected of ordering Tom Fountain, a popular American mining man, before a Mexican, firing squad in Parral in 191 2. The 20 Americans who called nt Sal azar's hotel were also believed to be bent on other lynchings to avenge the Santa Ysabel massacre. The police, however, learned of the plans and spirited Salazar away in an automobile. Xui Staetintf Planned. Indignation over the massacres wa3 slated today to find expression in :i big mass meeting where the leaders pi ned to frame a protest against th, administration's 'watchful wait ir.;r" policy and to demand that imme diate intervention be arranged. Thousands planned to attend the fu nerals of ; the massacre victims. Parsons Twentieth Victim. E". Paso, Texas. Jan. 13. (I. N. S i George F. Parsons. the twentieth American, to fall victim to Villa's wrath against the Washington govern ment for its aid to the Carranza cam?, was murdered Tuesday night near Rabicora,jJn western Chihuahua by a band of Vlllistas. T!:e victim was a mining prospector snd formerly lived in Los Angeles. ' He is ttie third Los Angelan among thu victims. The other American billed, besides the 18 who were mas sacred last Monday, is Patrick Keene, an employe of the Hearst ranch In Mexico. Bungalow at Sacrifice House, for Painting Tlie snow stalls autos. teams and pedestrians but not the Wsnt Ads. They keen right on render ing efficient service to advertiser and reader. Houses for Sals 61 LAl'RELHL'RST sacrifice, beau tiful . room bungalow on Gil nan street at a real sacrifice; fin ished in mahogany, coved ce;l ings. etc. Owner leaving must sell. Price $4500. Swap Column 25 EQUITY . in 5 room house to ex- j change for painting. JTursea 60 PRIVATE room, trained nursa. invalid's home comfort; city references. The reason E. R. Thompson sold hia ransTa for 118 i. K.. he Invested 20 cents in a Journal want Ad and it got a buyer, classified pages. Sea RCAN CONSUL AT HROV PASO JOSE RODRIQUEZ, Villa I general charged with the U murder or Americans in Mexico, reported captured. VICTIMS TAKEN OVER THE TEXAS -BORDER Fourteen Bodies Found in One Heap, While Four Others Lay as They Fell-. 1.1st of Bandits' Victims. Kl Paso. Texas. Jan. 13. (I. X. S. ) Following is a revised list of the la killed by Villa bandits: AXUERSON, MAURICE. Chl- huahua City. N COY. J. i. Los Angeles. (.'Ul.CH, a. H. Chihuahua City. EVANS, T. W., Chihuahua City. KXDF.KS. JOK, Haydefi.' Aria. HALL. ALKXANDKR. O, Douglass, Aiiz. 1 1 ASK, 11. C, Miami, Ariz. JOHNSON. THOMAS, address unknown. M'lIATTON, P.. P., Los Ange- Its. XKWMAX. G. W., Kl Paso. PEA RCL, W. D.. Los Angeles. PRIXGLi:. C. A., San Fran- cisco. ROBINSON. K. L.. El Paso. ROMERO. M. C. El Paso. SIMMONS, R. H., Danville. Iowa. 4 WALLACE. W. J. El Paso. WADLE1GH. CHARLES, Bis- bee, Ariz. WATSON, C. U.. Kl Paao. WOOX. J. W . El i'aso. Romero was a Mexican, Couch a Canadian and Robin- son an Englishman. . Ily Edmund Ilelir. (MriKniil Behr. luteruatlnnil Now Serrlr crreptnJent. na. the olj nwiaer man a I loned to g to CliUiuahua to ett the facts of tbe massacre. He Una been n !iu the budlr of tiie alaiu AinerUana eer Mace tbey were puked up. in Paso. Texas. Jan. ly. (I. N. S.) Fearing anti-Mexican demonstrations by hundreds of Americans waiting at the Union station for the arrival of the bodies of is massacred foreigners. (Concluded on I'ace Fire. Column Two.) Men From Gallipoli Arrive at Saloniki Bulfars Estimate 253,000 Allied Troops in Greece and Expect 300,000; Bul garian Bombardment Hot Confirmed. London. Jan. 13. (U. P.) The allies who withdrew from the Gallipoli pen insula completely are landing at Salon iki. according to the Sofia dispatches today. The Bulgarians estimate that 255.000 allied troops are now in Greece and that over 300,000 will be concen trated bteween Saloniki and tne Greek border before the end of another week. Sofia messages failed to confirm the Athens reports that the Bulgars are bombarding the lines near the frontier preliminary to an attack on Saloniki. Moreover, the war office does not con firm this report. Ak . y 1 I ' 1 A) MUTILATED BODIES OF Corfu Seizure Protested. London. Jan. 13. (I. N. 8.) Greece has protested the selxure of the Island of Corfu by allied forces, according to dispatches received here from Athens. The dispatches add that it. la feared the arrest of Austrian and German con aula at .'orfn is certain to. follow. ' . . I CCMATC nCkm uLiiniL num.u ' FOR FREE HAND FOB PRESIDENT Resolution Offered by Sena tor Lewis Would Authorize Wilson to Utilize Army and Navy in Mexico. l i PRESIDENT'S POLICY IN MEXICO IS COMMENDED Wilson Backs Lansing in Saying Murdered Ameri cans Were Warned. Washington, Jan. 13. (U. P.) In a i repl, to a ..Mg.. ..Bt by President Wilson to officials along the border asking their opinions as to th best thing the administration could do to preset-re order and prevent farther ont- rages, Oorernor Ferguson of Texas to day oonnselsd against intervention nntil the nation la better prepared for such s step. Washington. Jan. 13. i V. p.) Steps so far taken by General Car rania for punishment of the murder ers in the Santa Ysabel raid on Amer icans, and for protection against rt repetition, are satisfactory to the ad -j ministration. Secretary of State Un- I sing announced thl3 afternoon. j The secretary reiterated the state oepartment s previous warnings that Americans should leave Mexican dis tricts where the rebels are active, in cluding parts of Chihuahua, Sonora and Durango. Representative Moss of Indiana In troduced a resolution today authoriz ing the president to send troops to punish the murderers and to use the navy In obtaining assurances of pro- tectlon for Americans Iansing declared no "note" would be sent to Carranza regarding the indem nity for the massacred men unless de velopments prove that the de facto government was criminally lax. Lansing refused to state Just what districts he tfinks are dangerous. Ilia n,L'.eVJ 2i.flLUK-n. province can to avoid atr of Mxlr. Terse Ty stated. It is a mandate to "keep out." Another state department official said: "We have feared Just such a series of murders and the only wonder Ls that they have not occurred before." Washington. Jan 13. (T P.) Con gress was asked today to clothe Presi dent Wilson with authority to Inter vene forcibly in Mexico. Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, majority whip, introduced a resolution thus to authorize the chief executive to use a free hand with the army and navy forces, to the ex tent that they are now used in polic ing Nicaragua and Haiti. He pro posed, too, that this power be given so that. In case of necessity. America might punish violation of I'nited States rights and protect United States property. This move, the direct outgrowth of the slaughter of IS Americans at Santa Ysabel. was followed by a speech, however, in which the Illinois legisla tor defended the administration s pol icy of patient, watchful waiting. On the other side of the capltol, there were fiery words from Representative Slayden. Texan, anent the Mexican situation. President Wilson, however, refused to be swerved for tiie present from his Mexican policy. He upheld his secretary of state In the latter's an nouncement that the Santa Ysabel vic tims went into Mexico In the face of a warning that they would do so at their own peril. From Mexican Ambassador Eliseo (Concluded on Page Thirteen. Column Three) HERR LIEBKNECHT IS EXPELLED FROM THE Former Head of Socialists in Reichstag Charged With Insubordination. Berlin (By Wireless to Sayvllle, N. Y.. Jan. 13.) (U. P.) Herr Lleb knecht was today expelled from th Socialist party "for continuous gross infractions against tiie narty dis cipline." The caucus vote was 60 to 25. Llebkneclit had been head of the Socialists in the P.iechstag and one of the most prominent members of the party In Germany for a number of years. Liner Huronian Is In Bantry Bay Dock New York. Jan. 13. (I. N S.) The International Marine company today received a cablegram that the Leyland liner Huronian, 8766 tons register, had met with injury and had been placed In drydock at Bantry Bay, Ireland. Reports current In shipping circles here today stated that tbe vessel was torpedoed off the Irish coast but no confirmation of this was received and the report generally is discredited. The Huronian left Galveston De cember 12, bound for Liverpool. PARTY OF SOCIALISTS Duty Is Paid, Shovels Now Will Do Duty Fine Distinction Made Uetween Shovel and Spade; Secretary Makes Ruling. A shovel Is not an agricultural im plement. A spade is an agricultural imple ment. But with snow on the ground either one is useful. Noah Webster says: Shovel a broad scoop or a more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used to lift or throw earth, coal, grain, etc. Spade an Implement resembling a shovel but heavier and adapted for be ing pushed into the ground with the foot. Very little distinction there but The secretary of the treasury ha , ruled that a shovel is not an agricul tural Implement and buyers of shovels in foreign countries must pay -u per cent ad valorem duty. One can buy all the spades outside the I'nited States one desires and not pav a cent of duty. The decision was brought about when a shipment of Shovels was pre sented for entry here from Canada. and Collector of Customs uume re- I The Portland firm this morning paid ',.,, duty and took up the shovels, and this afternoon the shovels will all be bu8'- E IS KILLED BY BOMB IN PALACE AT Kwang-Si Declares Its Inde pendence, Joining Other States; Okuma Escapes. San Francisco. Jan. 12. (P. N. S.) Kwang Si province. China, has declared itg independence, following the assas- sinatlon of Luk Wing Ting. Us gov- ernor. by a bomb explosion In his pal- , , ( aco at Nan-Xing, according to cable advices received by revolutionary lead, era here today. Soon after tne explosion and death of the governor, it-la reported, a meet was called and H was decided to de clare the independence of Kwang St. As a later meeting between these leaders and the leaders In Yunnan and Kwang Ting provinces. It was decided that the three slates should combine and move aa one In the battle to oust the new emperor. Hurls Bombs at Okuma. Tokio. Jan. 13. ( U. P.) Secret po lice today hunted the man who yester day hurled two bombs Into the carriage of Premier Okuma, but without harm to that official. As aoon as he had made his attempt to kill Okuma, the man slipped away In the crowds, and thus far all efforts to trail him have been unavailing. It some quarters It was believed that the man may have been a Chinese agent, fanatical on the subject of pos sible Japanese Interference In Chinese affairs. IS E OF I. C. C. ViJLAINS W, G. Funck of Hewitt-Lea-Funck Co., Declares Retail Association Is Responsible. Seattle. Wash... Jan. 13 P. N. S.) Following ills indictment by the fed eral grand Jury yesterday on charges of fraud through alleged violation of the Interstate commerce laws, W. G. Kunck. general manager of the Hewitt-I.a-Funck Lumber company of Sum ner. Is expected to appear at the fed eral building here today and give bail for hi appearance In court. Ball has been fixed by Judge Jeremiah Neterer at $3000. No formal warrant of ar rest will be served upon Kunck. Charges that the Retail Lumber men's association is behind the prose cution, which he says is nothing else than persecution, were made by Kuixk when news of his Indictment was broken to him. The Indictment, he alleges. Is the outgrowth of a six year fight which the retailers have waged against manufacturing plants selling direct to the consumer: Funck and the company of which he is manager was Indicted on 10 counts charging that shlpmetts of commodi ties taking a high freight tariff were concealed in shipmentOf goods taking a lower tariff. The case against Fijck is the first of its kind ever Instituted in the north west, and is the resdVt of Investiga tions of H. B. Duncan, .counsel for the Interstate commerce jmmlssion. The penalty ls $7000 or t years' impris onment. . The Hewitt-Lea-Vi tck company is a subsidiary cf the ' ewitt-Lea Lum ber company, one of Jtl e largest lumber concerns In the northwest. PROVINCIAL OV NR NAN NING LUMBER OPERATOR INDICTED 0N Kaiser Wilhelm Attends Landtag By Cai W. Ackernian. Berlin, by Vireleaa to Seyvllie. L. I Jan. 13. (U. P.) Kaiser Wilhelm tcday attended tbe opening session of the Prussian landtag. He apparently was much Improved rom hia lllneaa. " , tl . - " ' ; I . t, i , - . . i .. T IS GRIPPED BY Trains Are Reaching Chicago From Six o 12 Hours Late, Others Being Stalled Com pletely. WAS SIX BELOW ZERO IN CHICAGO LAST NIGHT No Hope for Relief Before i Saturday Is Held Out for "Cold Belt." Chicago. Jan. 13. (V. P.) Below zero w vat her gripped the country to day fro.n the Rocky mountains to the Great Lakes and beyond. From all points came reports of the lowest Jan uary temperatures In years. Trains came In here from six to 12 hours late, due to storms. The weather prophets held out no hope for relief before Saturday In the cold belt, and while the thermome ter here was six elow last night, they forecasted that it might go as low as 18 below tonight. I Kansas felt the bite or a winter j storm, the worst in several years, with the mercury down below-Jie zero point. .Nebraska, too, had similar conditions, while In SjuHi Dakota the thermome I ter mercury nearly got lost in regis tering low figures. W est of the Rockies a cold snap In some parts made the middle west cold wave seem lige summer. In Montana, ZZ below zero was hailed as real warm (comparatively speaking). From Canada came reports of 58 below. The 8Un and cold welther played havoc wL.i telephone and telegraph service as well ais with train sched ules. A score of trains were stalled in Iowa " ... sections, while fruitgrowers antici pated the extreme cold would be par- ticularly detrimental to fbeir trees. OLD UNCLE JOE LOOSE linois Man Says Every Indi cation People Right Behind Woodrow Wilson, Frank T. O'Hair, the man who de feated Uncle Joe Cannon In 1912 and left that venerable standpatter home ror the second time In more than 50 years, ls spending the day in Portland. His home Is at Paris. III. He ls democrat, a lawyer, and his first pub lic office was the congressional seat he won from the former, speaker, in I his second tilt with Cnnon, which 1 was at the election in 1914, Uncle Joe won. On the train while coming west, anrl at other times, ex-Congressman O'Hair has sounded public opinion in regard to the administration and policies of President Wilson. "My observation is that the people as a whole are back of Woodrow Wil son," he said today, when seen at his room at the Multnomah. "The people look upon the president s an absolute ly safe proposition. He has the confl dei ce of the people Ha Is a stronger man than his party." ' Wilson to Be Elected. Mr. O'Hair said he looted for the re election of President Wilson and at the same time the election of a Republican majority In the house tif representa tives. He pointed out that at the last election the Democratic majority in t'.in house was cot down to about 2. He declared the president's policies were popular and they were sane His (Concluded nn !'( Fifteen. Column Three) MIDDLE IS GOLD AND SNOW DIMM FROM CONGRESS HERE LATE BULLETINS Two Americans Missing. El Paso. Texas. Jan. li. I. N. 8 .) That Ben Snell and Frank Woods, two American cattlernen. wre near the scene of the Santa Ysftbel massacre', and may have been slain later by Villa bandits, was the fear expressed hre today by members of the party that brought the bodies here." No word has been received from the jfwo men since they left Santa Ysabel Iri the direction of the slaying shortly after the train stopped. Knglish Aviators Killed. Berlin, Jan. 13. (I.-: N. 8.) The German general staff today announced the repulse of British attacks east of Armentleres and Freneh attacks in the Champagne district. Destruction of four English aero planes and the killing yf six English aviators and the wounding of two others also was claimed. Want Xew Superior. Washington. Jan. 12. (L P.) Chief Uhler of the steamboat Inspec tion bureau of the department of com merce, today recommended to the house merchant marlnj committee that a new supervisor be appb;nted for the San Francisco district where the in spection forces are short-handed. Monastlr Set Afire. Milan. Jan. II.- (L 31. S.t French aviators today bombarded Monastlr, setting tbe town afire.,; . . ' ! . ; . City Will Hire Unemployed to Remove Snow Applicants Will lie Put to Work Shoveling; Street to lie Cleared in Twenty-four Hours. Tli irwt rlunlni bureau is I awamped with work, and it is planned to engage every available unemployed man In Portland this afternoon to shovel snow from the downtown streets. It is the Intention to complete th. work lnslde'of 24 hours. The men are to be secured through the municipal employment bureau, and preference ls being given married men with families. It ls expectea inai -eral hundred men will be given em ployment. Cmrv available man In the street cleaning bureau was put to work yes terday In cleaning the streets, but be cause of the falling snow, hardly an St:8TereW made th., mg ami resulted In the council taamg una emergency action. Extra equipment is to be securer from private contractor, and the snow will be taken from the streets and dumped Into the river. E OF ROMANCE SHATTERED Charles W. Morrison Will Probably Be Returned to Los Angeles. Brother-ln-I.aw sUjoicea. lxs Angeles. Jan. 13. U. P.) IXdey D. Williams, brother-in-law of Charles W. Morrison, arrested in Portland. Or., on a charge of forging checks and drafts to the extent of I11.&00, expressed Jubilation today at the news of the capture. He declared Morrison, who married Williams' sister, here, January 2, inveigled him Into indorsing a $250 check that wss bogus. The brother tele graphed his sister to leave her husband immediately. No reply was xecelv ed Broken hearted and almost destitute. Mrs. Adele B. Morrison Is in a local hotel today, awaiting the receipt of funds that will take her back home to Los Angeles, while her husband. Charles W. Morrison, to whom she has been wedded less than two weeks, is held In the city Jail on serious forgery charges. The wedding was the culmination of a romance dating from childhood. Morrison freely confessed to the forgery of checks and drafts to the amount of about $11,500, tnit of this (Cour hided or rase Thirteen. Column Two) Aged Men Seek Pay For Picture Acting Orsr 100 Old Wen, Penniless, Soma Over 90 Tsars Old, Want Money; Agents Cited to Bxplaln. Lo Angeles. Jan. 13. ft'. P) De manding money, more than 100 aged men, some of them over 90 years old, stormed the state labor bureau office today. They declared they had been hired to play grandfather parts In the movies, and that their wages were be ing withheld by the" agents who em ployed them. Ail were penniless. The accused agents were ordered to appear And explain. Ask Roosevelt tAld. Kl Paso. Texas. JaK. 13. A tele gram he been sent to Theodore Roose velt saying that a petition has been circulated In El Paso asking him to use his Influence with congress to bring about a change In the governments policy "thavt so far has refused to ex ercise Its paternal duty by protecting American life and property." Thomas A. Stiles, who sent the telegram, said that 250 signatures have been secured and hundreds .re waiting to -sign. Amiy .Needs Artillery. Washington. Jan. 13. rl". p.. An enormous Increase In arti!! ry, at a cost between $200,000,000 and $000. 000,000 was recommended today by the war college board in a new, confiden tial report to Secretary of War Gar rison. The report said that experience in the European war has shown that artillery is the principal land weapon, and that America ls woefully deficient in this branch. Chellsford for Viceroy. London, Jan. 13. (I. N. 8.) Lord Chellsford Is slated for appointment as viceroy of India, according to an nouncement by the London Times to day. More Murders Reported. El Paso. Jan. 13. (I. N. . Three more Americans were murdered In Cananea, Sonora, according to uncon firmed report received here today. Huerta Nearly Gone. El Paso. Jan. 13. V. P.) Vic torlano Huerta'a life hung this after noon jy a slender t-ord and only In jection of stimulants kept him alive. Cettiaje la Kt equated. Paris. Jan. 12. I. Si. .) Tbe Montenegrin government has evacu ated Cettinje, according to dispatches received here . this afternoon.! BRID GROOM IS IN JAIL ACCUSED FORGERY SNOW DRIFTS BLOCK WALK vj: Mount Tabor and Hawthorne -Carlines Were Out of Serv ice This Morning Owing to ; the Deep Drifts on Tracks. S. P. TILLAMOOK LINE r PRACTICALLY BLOCKED North Bank and Northern Pacific Lines Open; Van couver Ferry Halted. I'eep drifts, a continuance Of the stinging cold and hurry calls for til I lumber featured today's aspect of lh ' storm which began Tuesday night and" continued until ate last night. ' In the residence districts, some en ' turesume and courageous houseno?dere ' undertook to tackle the great drifts -that lay upon walks and lawns, but . for the most part the task looked formidable that the residents left It for another day. Forecaster Drake was rather Op timistic tliis morning. Ha lug slept ' well and enjoyed a hot breakfaat, he ' was in a mo-.d to ay that the Indlca-' ' tlons Hre that the st..rm ls gradually " dissipating. The ivsldious "low," that is blamed for all port land's grief, sp pears to be filling up. With a mini mum temperature i degrees hip her , than yesterday s minimum,;, with an abatement of the eat wind, with high pressure reported to the north, lie opines that the dastardly low Is ineak- ' ing .nut to yea. ns if ashamed of the black eye it has given the fair fame of '.' the northwest. Not knowing what is going on In a weather way out in the Pacific, the ' forecaster wouldn't say whether the low-lived low is going to stay out ' there where It will cease to bother 1 landsm.-n or whether It will encounter Its natural enemy, a "high." which might drive It ashore again. Belief Kay Come Soon. If the latter contingency comes about, the plumber and the fuel mti- ; chant will get into us again. Bat' if the wind gets around 1q Uve, iiortb. , driving awar the tflotid and giving the sun a chance, the weather ougbt to re suine Its proper equilibrium. The minimum temperature last night ' was 16.7 degrees above aero. Yester day morning It was 13. At 5 o'clock this morning the mercury" had risen to 20, but Jt relapsed a little at o'clock, and at 8 30 It stood at lit; at noon, 22. All the conditions taken together made It appear to the forecaster that the weather would grow slightly waron- (Coorlnded on r ge T!ilrin. Cutann Oa 10,000 PUPILS OF THE L Total of 15,000 Are -Affected by Snowstorm and Several Have Narrow Escapes, In all Portland public schools tbe ' first, second and third grades are not In session today. About 10,000 pupUe . are in these grades. Superintendent Alderman announces that these grades will be In session tomorrow. . Glencoe. Willbridge. Easttnoreland and Capitol ilili schools are closed entirely. Approximately U.ooo pupils are out of school today. Several fopil" had narrow escapes in reaching the schools yesterday. Warren D.-nny's arm was frostbitten' and caused h m much suffering." He Is In the eighth grade at the Wood stocic school and lives a boot a mile and a half from school. Principal Pri-' deaux and teachers rubbed the ami with snow and gave what other treat- , ment they could. The boy Is not In school today. Bertha Hoggs, a little 6-year-oid girl, came near freezing lo death -wnile trying to reach the Mt. Tabor school yesterday. She got lo a drift, : about six blocks from the school, and' could not get out. She was rescued by Fred Lough, one of the older boye of the school, who took the little girl on to school, where she was cared fo. Many of the schools yesterday dis missed the primary grades early and organized the older boys into equad to assist the little ones home. Illustration of today's attendance at the schools in the outer districts may be had from the following: Ains- ' worth. 37 out of 202; Terwllllger. it out of 164; Woodstock. 53 out of 415; Mt. Tabor. 9" out of 250. L IRCURYR IS OWER GRADES ARE NOT IN SCHOOL TODAY Author Says Belasco. I3 Usi;r Her Ideas- r BOss llla Iongson, In Suit, Asserts . Producer, in. Btagtnr -The Boosae rang." Is Beprodaclng "The Choio,". ' New York. Jan. 13. (I. N. S. ult , to prevent David BelaMro from con tin- . nlng to produce "The Boomerang," J which, according to the plaintiff, is : -farcical reproduction cf her four act "j drama. "The Choice." has been filed in r. the United States court here by tSlm . Longson, an author jnd play w right. T. Sflss Longson declares that both plays revolve around the central idea of a '' doctor with a cure wfco becomes a vle J Um of hie cure. , . . . . 1' '