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1916 SIXTEEN PAGES.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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. , . . . .
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