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t HUERTA JAILED ON ANOTHER CHARGE Ex-Mexican President Taken Into Custody by U. S. Officials. ANGERED TO SHOOT DEPUTY MARSHAL Offers Purse for Benefit of Mexican Children New Charges Said to Be Most Serious Ones. El Paso, Texas General Victoriano Huerta, ex-president of Mexico, was lodged in the county jail here late Sun day. Incarcerated with him were Ig nacio Bravo and Eduardo Caus, Mexi can federal ex-generals; General Jose Delgado, J. B. Ratner and Enrique Gorostita. Huerta had been rearrested and the other five taken into custody on federal warrants issued at San Antonio, charg ing conspiracy to violate the neutrality laws of the United States by attempt ing to launch a new revolution in Mex, ico. Failure to procure bond of $16, 000 each resulted in their imprison ment. While being searched Huerta handed to Lieutenant M. C. Shallenberger, provost marshal, a purse containing probably $30 in miscellaneous coins. "Give this to needy Mexican chil dren, " said Huerta. "You will find lots of them." The hearing for the six men was set for July 12, the date on which General Huerta ii under another bond of $15, 000 to appear before George B. Oliver, United States commissioner, on simi lar charges previously filed by federal officers in El Paso. For the first time since he reached El Paso, Huerta's joviality had disap peared. As he entered the federal court room it was noticeable that his accustomed smile was gone and there was an unusual seriousness in his man ner and speech. He spoke emphat ically as he voiced his protest against the surveilance of the civil and mili tary guards, although the bond re quired by the federal authorities had been furnished. Huerta's manner was earnest 'as he said he had been provoked to anger for the first time since he entered the United States, and declared that had it not been for certain circumstances "I would have shot him," referring to Edward Bryant, United States deputy marshal. Subsequently Huerta ex plained that his anger was aroused be cause Bryant had pushed Huerta's little son from the running board of an automobile as they started for the fed eral building. . P. Morgan Shot by Crank Who Exploded Bomb in Capitol Glen Cove, N. Y. Frank Holt, a former Cornell university instructor, attempted to assassinate J. P. Morgan at East Isle, Mr. Morgan's summer home here Saturady, and has confessed that he was the man who' set the bomb which exploded in the United States capitol at Whasington. Mr. Morgan, the victim of the bill lets which Holt fired was said by spe cialists at his bedside to be resting well. No vital organ, the physicians announced, had been involved in his in jury. The physicians, however, declined to tell the exact location of Mr. Mor gan's wounds. Junis Spencer Morgan, eldest son of the financier, was asked to tell the exact nature of the wounds After eonfering with the physicains, young Morgan asserted that the doc tors had decided to add nothing to their previous bulletins. Holt, by his confession and the de tailed description of the bomb he used in the capitol explosion, Btamped him self as an expert on the use of explo sives, the police assert. Immediately after his confession was obtained the chief of the Washington police, squad of secret service operators and New York City detectives and Bertillon and finger-print epxerts were summoned to Glen Cove. Holt shot Mr. Moragn twice. Both shots took effect in the region of the hip. Pascual Orozco Is Gone. El Paso, Tex. United States Secret Service agents, who have been watch ing Pascual Orozco, under arrest for conspiring to start a new revolution in Mexico, awoke Sunday to find their man gone. Orozco escaped despite guard of six armed men at his house, He was out on bond and technically had the right to go and come as he willed, but the government decided to watch him. Fear is expressed in Mex ican circles that before many days the Villa garrison at Juarez may place it self under the command of Orozco. Russia to Issue Notes. rotrograd The official journal pub lishes an imperial edict authorizing the Russian minister of finance to issue two series of treasury notes of $50, 000,000 each. The issue is to be in per cent short term notes, free from income tax. Hie issue will be in de nominations from $50 upward. This low denomination is expected to give the loan a popular aspect and to appeal to foreign as well as Russian investors. The issue i to ran six months. BRITISH STEAMSHIP RESISTS SUB- I MARINE 4 HOURS; CAPTAIN KILLED Queenstown With nine dead sailors stretched on her deck, eight men lying wounded below, and her sides riddled with shot and shell, the British steam ship Anglo-Californian steamed into Queenstown harbor Tuesday morning after having withstood the attack of a German submarine for four hours. The ship's escape from destruction was accomplished with no other means of defense than the indomitable spirit of her captain and crew, combined with masterly seamanship, which en abled her to frustrate the efforts of her assailant to torpedo her. The story of how Captain Parslow stood on the bridge of the Anglo-Californian amidst a rain of shot, and calmly directed the movements of his ship until he was killed by a shell, and of how his place was taken by his son until British destroyers appeared and the submarine was compelled to flee, was told by the survivors. The Anglo-Californian left Montre al for the British Isles on June 24. The submarine was sighted at 8 'clock Sunday morning. Captain Parslow ordered full steam ahead and wireless calls for assistance were sent out. The submarine on the surface proved to be a far speedier craft and speedily overhauled her, meanwhile deluging her with shells. One shot put the wireless apparatus on the Anglo-Californian out of action. Finding he could not escape by running for it, captain Parslow devoted his attention to maneuvering his ship to prevent the submarine from using torpedoes effec tively. Holt, Would-be Assassin of J. P. Morgan, May Be Sent To Asylum NewjYork Frank Holt, the Cornell instructor who shot J. Pierpont Mor gan, will not, in the opinion of Nassau county officials, go to trial before a jury for his crime. Instead, they ex pect that he will be sent to the hospi tal for the criminal insane in Mat tea- wan, there to end his days. He will be arraigned soon in Glen Cove before Justice William E. Luys ter, and unless he is granted a further continuance he will be held without bail for the Nassau county grand jury, This does not meet until September, and in the meantime alienists will study him in jail at Mineola. Their report is expected to furnish the evi dence on which he will be sent to Mat- teawan. This disposition of the case will be satisfactory to Mr. Morgan. It at once saves him the necessity and an noyance of appearing in court as a witness against him. Mrs. Morgan is also saved that trouble and any danger of annoyance in the future from the man's escaping. Paranoia is not one of the diseases from which recoveries are made. That he is suffering from thiB disease is the positive declaration of Dr. Guy F. Cleghorn, the Nassau county j ail physicia;i, whose patient he is. Dr. Cleghorn is the only physi cian who has Been the prisoner since he was committed. He has seen him at least once a day since he was taken to the jail, and after his last visit said there was no doubt as to his mental condition. 10,000 Fall Before Turks. Berlin The Constantinople corre spondent of the Zeitung Ammittag re ports that the British lost 10,000 men during the last 12 days' fighting around Seddul Bahr, on the Gallipoli penin sula. He states that he saw thousands of wounded sent to hospital ships. while the dead were left unburied. His dispatch coontinued: "The climax of this awful carnage was reached July 1 after a three-day offensive that failed utterly. Boats traveled to and from the transports for hours with wounded, The Turkish losses were lighter." Edison's Searchlight Big. New York A 3,000,000-candle- power searchlight, small and fed by storage batteries, said to be the most powerful portable Bearchlight in the world, is the latest invention of Thomas A. Edison. It was operated for the first time in Llewellyn Park, N. J. Many residents, surprised by the bright light, telephoned the police to investigate. It is especially de signed for use in mine rescue work, at fires, on ships and aeroplanes. America Arrests Briton. , New York The old Dominion line steamer Jefferson failed to stop when signaled by the government boats on neutrality patrol while outward bound at quarantine Tuesday. The torpedo- boat destroyer Drayton Btarted in pur suit and overhauled the Jefferson in the lower bay. The Jefferson was bought back to quarantine, but was subsequently released and proceeded on her voyage. Mexican Returns Salute. Washington, D. C. General Carran za's agency here announces that when the American naval squadron in Vera Cruz harbor Thursday tired its salut to the Stars and Stripes the salute would be returned by the Carranza guns in the fortress of San Juan. Th Carranza guns there returned the Me morial day salute of the squadron. Cavalry After Mexicans, Harlington, Texas Eight United States cavalrymen left here Tuesday in pursuit of a band of 40 Mexicans who crossed the border some time Sun day night and looted a ranch near Ly ford, Tex., 30 miles from here, killing two men. FAMOUS OLD The Liberty Bell, which, on July 4, 1776, 139 years ago, rang for more than two hours from the steeple of the old State House in Philadelphia in joy ful annunciation of the fact that the representatives of the 13 colonies had proclaimed the independence of the United States, will visit the following towns in the Northwest en route to the Panama-Pacific exposition : Monday, July 12. Boise, Idaho, Arrives at 7 a. m., for a stay of 1 hour; Caldwell, Idaho, 9 a. m., 20 minutes; Weiser, Idaho, 10:45 a. m., 5 minutes; Huntington, Or., 11:20 a. m.; Baker, Or., 12:10 p. m., 30 minutes; La Grande, Or., 2:30 p. m., 15 minutes; Pendleton, Or., NATIONAL WEALTH, INDEBTEDNESS, TAXATION Washington, D. C. The decennial report on Wealth, Debt, and Taxation, soon to ba Issued by Director Sam. L. Rogers of the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, and com piled under the direction of Mr. Starke M. Grogan, chief Btatistloian in charge of the inquiry, will show an increase in the national wealth of 76 per cent in eight years; in net Federal indebt edness, ot ( per cent in 11 years; in net state indebtedness, of 44.5 per cent in 11 years; in net county indebt edness, of 89 per cent in 11 years; in net munielpal indebtedness, ot 114 per cent in 11 years, and in the general property tax levy, of 86 per cent in 10 years'. In this report are brought together in two bound volumes all the statistics pertaining to the general subject of wealth, debt, and taxation which have been Issued from time to time during the past year in a series of bulletins. The bureau estimates the total val ue of all classes of property in the United States, exclusive of Alaska and the insular possessions, in 1912 at $187,739,000,000, or $1,965 per capita. This estimate is presented merely as the best approximation which can be made from the data available and as being fairly comparable with that pub lished eight years ago. The increase between 1904 and 1912 was 75 per cent for the total amount and 49 per cent for the per capita. Real estate and improvements, including public prop erty, alone constituted $110,677,000,000 or 69 per cent of the total, in 1912. The next greatest Hem, $16,149,000,000, was contributed by the railroads; and the third, $14,(94,000,000, represented the value of manufactured products, other than clothing and personal adornments, furniture, vehicles, and kindred property. The net publlo indebtedness in 1913 amounted to $4,850,461,000. This amount was made up as follows: Na tional debt, $1,028,564,000, or $10.59 per capita; state debt, $345,942,000, or $3.67 per capita; county debt, $371, 528,000, or $4.33 per capita; and muni cipal debt, $2,884,883,000, or $54.27 per capita. Thus the average urban citi zen's share of the net federal, state, county and municipal debt combined was $72.76; and the average rural citi zen s share of the net federal, state and county debt combined was $18.49. The total federal debt in 1910 was $2,916,205,000, of which amount $967, 366,000 was represented by bonds, $375,612,009 by non-interest-bearing debt (principally United States notes or "greenbacks"), and $1,573,157,000 by certificates and notes issued on deposits of coin and bullion. Against this indebtedness there was in the treasury $1,887,651,000 in cash avail able for payment of debt, leaving the net national indebtedness at $1,028, 664,000, or $10.59 per capita. The in crease in the net indebtedness be tween 1902 and 1913 amounted to 6 per cent, but for the per capita figure there was a decrease of 13 per cent The burden due to the national debt Is thus very light in comparison with that imposed by the indebtedness of other great nations. The state debt, however, rests still more easily on the shoulders of the average citizen, being only one-third as great as that of the nation. The total state indebtedness in 1913 was $422,797,000, and the net debt that is the total debt less sinking-fund assets was 345.942,000, or $3.57 per capita. The net debt increased by 44.5 per cent between 1902 and 1913, and the per capita net debt by 18 per cent. The only two states in which the per capita state debt in 1913 exceeded the per capita national debt were Massachusetts, with a net debt of $79, 551,000. or $22.78 per capita, and Ari zona, with $3,065,000, or $13.23 per capita, la thee state, kewaver, the LIBERTY BELL 5:25 p. m., 15 minutes; Walla Walla, Wash., 7 :30 p. m., 2 hours. Tuesday, July 13. Spokane, Wash., 8 a. m., 4 hours; Wenatchee, Wash., 5:30 p. m., 30 minutes; Everett, Wash., 11:55 p. m., 8 hours. Wednesday, July 14. Seattle, Wash., 9.15 a. m., 61 hours; Tacoma, Wash., 4 p. m., 4 hours; Olympia, Wash., 6:30 p. m., 3i hours. Thursday, July 15. Portland, Or., 8 a. m., 6 hours; Sa lem, Or., 2 p. m.,30 minutes; Eugene, Or., 6 p. m., 15 minutes; Cottage Grove, Or., 5:55 p. m , 5 minutes; Roseburg, Or., 8:15 p. m., 15 minutes. large per capita debt is due princi pally not to the Btate debt proper but to the considerable amount of contin gent debt assumed by the state In the name of the metropolitan districts in Massachusetts and the counties and municipalities in Arizona. The total county debt in 1913 amounted to $393,207,000, of which amount $371,528,000, or $4.33 per capi ta, was net debt. The net indebted ness increased by 89 per cent between 1902 and 1913, and the per capita net indebtedness by 55 per cent. By far the greatest item of indebted ness in this country la that of munici palities. This amounted in 1913 to an aggregate of $3,460,000,000, of which $2,884,883,000 or $54.27 per capita, rep resented net indebtedness. The rate of increase in net indebtedness be tween 1902 and 1913 was 114 per cent. The total levies of taxes on real estate, personal property and other property subject to ad valorem taxa tion, by states, counties, municipali ties, school districts, and other civil divisions, increased from $724,737,000 or $9.22 per capita, in 1902 to $1,349, 841,000, or $13.91 per caplb, in 1912 the percentages of increase being 86 for the total amount and 61 for the per capita. Levies for state purposes increased from $80,402,000 in 1902 to $155,643, 000 in 1912, or by 94 per cent. During the same period the levies by coun ties, municipalities, school districts, etc., increased from $644,335,000 to $1 184,253,000, or by 84 per cent. The county levies in 1912 were $288,932,- 000, and those of municipalities, school districts, and other minor civil divi sions amounted to $395,321,000. Thus it appears that an increase of 75 per cent in 8 years indicating a gain of 115 per cent in 11 years in national wealth has been accompanied by an increase, during 11 years, of t per cent in net federal indebtedness, 44.5 per cent in net state indebtedness, IS per cent in net county indebtedness and 114 per cent in net municipal In debtedness. In connection with th growth in municipal indebtedness, however, it should be borne in mind that th proportion which urban popu lation represented ot the total was materially greater in 1913 than in 1902. Th net indebtedness of na tional, state, county, and municipal governments combined increased by 71 per cent In 11 years. A more significant comparison, how ever, can be made between the growth f th national wealth and the in crease in tax levies. The national wealth, on the assumption that its av erage annual rate of growth from 1902 to 1912 was the same as that which prevailed from 1904 to 1912, increased by 101 per cent in 10 years, while the increase in tax levies during the per iod 1902 to 1912 amounted to 86 per cent The total revenue receipts of the national government during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913, aggregated $953,597,000, and the expenditures for governmental cost were $9s2,601,0OO, The corresponding figures for 1903 were $657,232,000 and $616,739,000, The percentage of increase in govern mental costs between 1903 and 1913 was 54. The nature and amounts of the leading items which made up the total revenue receipts in 1913 were "Special property taxes" (principally receipts from customs and from tax on circulation of national banks) $313,953,000; earnings of public-serv ice enterprises (principally postal re ceipts), $270,704,000; receipts from in ternal revenue taxes on manufacture and sale of liquor, $230,146,000; "busi ness taxes" (internal-revenue receipt from all sources except manufacture and sale of liquor, together with re ceipts from Income tax), $113,585, 101, Ot tie exteidltore tor grernM- tal costs, th leading items were: For protection to person and property (ex penses ot military, naval, lighthouse, steamboat-inspection, revenue-cutter, life-saving and immigration and natur alization services), $264,671,000; for expenses of postal service, $264,107, 000; for pensions, maintenance of na tional soldiers' homes, etc., $182,313, 000; for maintenance of legislative, executive, and judicial establishments and administration of executive de partments, $61,784,000; for improve ment and maintenance of waterways, $42,652,000; for construction of the Panama Canal, $41,741,000; for inter est on public indebtedness, $25,256, 000; for outlays on public buildings and grounds, including military posts, and for the Bureau of Construction and Repair, Navy Department, $22,639,000; for education (principally mainten ance ot military and naval academies, Indian schools, library of congress, agricultural experiment stations, and study of animal and plant industries), $17,243,000. State revenues in 1913 aggregated $367,585,000; and the expenditures of the states for governmental costs dur ing the same year amounted to $382,- 651,000, or nearly $15,000,000 more than their revenues. State revenues and governmental cost payments in 1903 were $189,165,000 and $185,764,000 respectively. The percentage of In crease in state expenditures for gov ernmental costs between 1903 and 1913 was 105. The revenue receipts of counties in 1913 were $370,043,000, and their pay ments for governmental costs aggre gated $385,182,000, or about $15,000, 000 mora than their revenue receipts, The governmental cost payments of the counties increased by 95 per cent between 1902 and 1913. The revenue of municipalities of 2,500 and over amounted to $1,108,107, 000 in 1913, while their expenditures for governmental costs aggregated $1, 246,637,000, exceeding their revenues by mors than $138,000,000, or about $3 per capita. Th aggreeat valu of state prop erties (exclusive of those of Pennsyl vania, for which no data were obtain ed) in 1913 was $695,499,000. The largest two Items, $175,954,000 and $136,8(6,000, represented the value of lands, buildings, and equipment of ed ucational institutions and of state houses and departmental libraries, re spectively. The valu of county properties in 1913 was $576,667,000, of which amount $293,295,000, or mora than one half, represented the value of court houses. The valu of public properties in 1913 for incorporated places of 2,500 and over was $4,097,806,000. Of this amount, $1,507,133,000, or more than one-third, represented th value of lands, buildings, and equipment of publlo service enterprises. The re mainder covered the value of lands buildings, and equipment of the var ious municipal departments, of which the leading items were: Property of schools and libraries, $1,018,528,000; parks and other property falling un der the general head of "recreation," $967,488,000. The New York state widowed mothers' pension law went into effect July 1. Premier Dato, of Spain, declares the only desire of hisjiation is to remain neutral. Advices from Montenegro say that two separate Greek forces are advanc ing on Berat, Albania. Alfonso Chrastowsky, a Polish ed itor of Chicago, has been arrested for sending abusive and threatening letters to President Wilson. Bulgaria has notified her reservists in England to be ready to loin the col ors, but her officials say it is a purely perfunctoryproceeding. The total losses of the British in their operations before the Dardanelles up to May 31, is given as more than 38,000 killed, wounded and missing. Wallace, Idaho, suffers a $75,000 fire, which destroyed the Masonic Tem ple theater, the Academy hall, a large dancing pavilion adjoining, and four residences. The country between Vera Cruz and Jalap, Mexico, the richest part of the nation, is said to be in absolute ruin as a result of the continual activity of warring factions. Th traffic officer stationed at Fifth and Morrisonfstreets, Portalnd, placed a thermometer on the pavement beside him Thursday and the mercury soon climbed to 135 degrees. Flat contradiction of the statements that American shells have been used xtensively by the French forces is contained in a statement issued by the French embassy in Washington. Formal request for the extradition of General Huerta on various criminal charges has been presented to Gover nor Ferguson, of Texas, by the Villa governor of Chihuahua, Mexico. Internal revenue taxes for ths Pe oria, 111., district, in which th greatest single portion of the Federal tax on the manufacture of whiskey is collect ed, show a decrease of $7,041,816.23 as compared with the year ending June 30, 1914. Many inquiries by foreign nations as to the status of their citizens in Mex ico are giving the Washington author ities much concern, and it is thought not unlikely that this will greatly in crease the likelihood of intervention by this country. From new dispatches and official reports it now appears that the steamer Armenian refused to halt when ordered to do so by a German submarine, and that her sinking was therefore justifi able, even though she carried neutrals or non-combatants. A burglar entered a ward at St Vincent's hospital, in Portland, and quietly collected all the money and about a dozen watches from the cloth ing of the occupants, some of whom watched him and thought it was a joke until he mad his exit through window. BOMB EXPLODES IN NATION'S CAPITOL errific Shock Shatters Walls, Mirrors and Windows. DRASTIC ACT ATTRIBUTED TO CRANK No One Injured, but Watchmen Are Panicky Expert Investigation Is Under Way at Once. Washington, D. C A tremendous explosion, believed to have been caused by some kind of bomb or infernal, ma chine, wrecked the public reception room on the east side of the Capitol building shortly before midnight Fri day. No one was injured. Officials believe that the explosion was placed by a crank who desired to create a sensation. Visitors were al lowed in the room during the day, and a timed machine might have been left without attracting attention. Superintendent Woods, of the Capi tol building, summoned by panic stricken watchmen', made a hurried investigation, then telephoned for an expert on explosives. Until the ex pert has mad his report, no official statement concerning the incident will be made public. Part of the ceiling and side walls of the room were shaken down, a huge mirror and a crystal chandelier shat tered, and th doors blown open. One of the doors led into the office of the vice president and is said not t have been opened in 40 years. Persons who reached th Capitol soon after the explosion said they no ticed what smelled like burned pow der, which persisted 15 or 20 minutes. At the time of th explosion the Capitol had been closed since dark and no one was in the building except the few watchmen on duty and telephone operators. The watchman in the hall directly below the reception room said he was almost blown from his chair. Two German Warships Reported Sunk by Russians in Baltic Sea Copenhagen The German battle ship Wittlesbach, which is damaged, and a battleship of the Kaiser class, with many shots under the water line from th battle in the Baltie, re turned to Kiel Saturday. The Politeken s Petrograd corre spondent says that it is reported that not only was a German torpedo boat sunk at Windau, but a1 cruiser of the Madgeburg type also was lost. London "A naval action occurred Saturday morning off the east coast of the island of Gothland," says a Stock holm correspondent. The German mine layer Albatross was chased by four Russian cruisers and ran aground to escape capture. Twenty-one of the mine layer's crew were killed and 27 were wounded. Bryan Clings lo Desk. Washington, D. C Though Mr. Bryan found it possible to part com pany with President Wilson and to separate himself voluntarily from the office of secretary of state, he could not bear to leave the huge historic desk in his office in the Stat depart ment. Accordingly he took the desk with him when he left. While Presi dents and often cabinet members take their official chairs with them, this is the first time one has carried off a desk. Mr. Bryan became greatly attached to the desk, chiefly because he felt it had a peculiar personal and historical value, as his peace treaties were signed on it. He had a new desk of the same size made for the depart ment. When an effort was made last summer to take out the old desk and substitute a more modern one, Mr. Bryan objected. The desk had been in the State department for nearly 50 years and had been used by every secretary of state for nearly two generations. Coast Get New Steamer. Philadelphia Th Western Naviga tion company has chartered the steam ship Walter D. Noves. dim tn srrivA here July 19, which will be the second sieamimp oi we line recently formed to establish a new service between tnis Portland the Pacific Coast. On arrival here the vessel will load general mer chandise for Pacific Coast ports, in cluding Portland and Puget Sound. The Walter D. Noyes is a new steel steamship, having been launched at Newport News on June 19. She has a carrying capacity of 7000 tons. Coatless Audience Asked. Pendleton, Or. "Perdition is a per fectly proper place in which to per spire, but Christianity teaches that all mortals have the opportunity to es cape the heated hereafter. And I be lieve in being cool here as well as hereafter. Coma to church next Sun day jind leave your coat at home. I'm going to preach in my shirtsleeves." That is the message communicated to th men member of his congregation by Kt. E. R. Clvngr.