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MEXICO BUYING
WAR MUNITIONS
Allowed to Ship Supplies From
United States.
Aa
Revolutionists Have Not Been
Recognized as Belligerents, Neu
trality Is Not Violated.
Washington, D. C.— President Ma-
dero, o f Mexico, has decided upon a
vigorous campaign against the rebels,
and the American government has
consented to permit the shipment
from the United States o f arms and
ammunition for his soldiers.
These
important developments in the compli
cated Mexican situation were learned
here Monday.
It is the intentiofl o f President Ma-
dero to replenish his diminished army
with fresh recruits, throwing them
around the strongholds o f the rebels.
The problem o f arming them has been
simplified by a decision o f the United
States authorizing, by special permis
sion in each case, the Mexican govern
ment to buy munitions o f war in the
United States and ship them across
the border.
Under this policy three consign
ments o f arms and ammunition al
ready have gone into Mexico. The
joint resolution o f congress under
which President T a ft’s recent pro
clamation forbidding the exportation
o f munitions o f war was issued auth
orized the president to make excep
tions at his discretion.
The attitude
o f President Taft, as explained by
officials here, is to permit the Mexican
government to buy whatever it pleases
in this country. This is no violation
o f neutrality, it is added, as the bel
ligerency o f the revolutionists has not
been recognized.
Extreme precautions will be taken
to prevent war supplies consigned to
the Mexican government from falling
into the hands o f the rebels, to whom
is denied the privilege o f receiving
such materials under the president’s
proclamation.
If the Madero plans carry, the rebel
force now operating in Chihuahua
soon might find itself on the defen
sive, being taken in the rear by a
northern army and attacked in front
by the considerable regular army now
at Torreon, composed o f parts o f the
three columns originally dispatched
under as many leaders to attack Oroz
co’s forces in the neighborhood o f Chi
huahua.
Meanwhile the American army and
navy remain idle, so far as Mexico is
concerned.
L IG H T - K E E P E R D O O M E D .
Death o r
Insanity M a y B e Fate
Im p rison e d W om an.
of
Ottawa, Ont.— Rescue parties have
been unable to break over the ice bar
riers and take Mrs. W ilfrid Bourque
from Bird Rock Beach tower.
Three weeks ago her husband, the
lighthouse keeper, was drowned. His
body was recovered and taken to
Groose Isle, but the top o f the light
house can only be reached by means of
a hoist to which a basket is attached,
into which one passenger at a time
can go.
A ship could not get near enough to
work this hoist. It is feared when
the rescuers finally reach the light
house they will find the widow dead or
insane. No boat can reach the isolat
ed, barren, icebound rock for days and
perhaps weeks. Her husband was out
at the edge of the rock shooting a sea
gull when slipped over the cliff and
was drowned.
The widow could see the recovery of
his body, but could not communicate
with the rescuers.
Bird Rock, on
which she is a prisoner, is one o f the
Magdalene group.
W h ole Battalion Mutinies.
El Paso— The recent defeat o f the
federal force by rebels at Corralitos
and the chain o f reverses which fol
lowed were due, it is said, to mutiny
o f the Twentieth battalion. The mu
tiny developed at the beginning o f the
battle, the men protesting against the
lack o f food and the hard marches and
presenting other grievances. The re
mainder o f the command o f General
Sales were compelled to fight their
former comrades, while only a rem
nant o f the force wss available for the
attack on the rebel position.
S h o e W o r k e rs M a y Unite.
Boston — Representatives o f the
shoe workers’ unions o f the country
assembled here March 30 to take ac
tion on a proposition to amalgamate
all shoe trade unions.
Several hun
dred thousand shoe workers were rep
resented.
Agitation for a merger has been
going on for months in Lynn. It
is favored by the manufacturers, it
is said, because they believe it would
tend to prevent strikes.
O IL S T O C K L IK E R O C K E T .
Standard o f Kentucky Goes
SIOOO for Time.
Up to
New York—-Another outgrowth of
the recent dissolution o f the Standard
Oil company o f New Jersey into 30-
odd constituents was the rise o f shares
o f the Standard Oil o f Kentucky to
the unprecedented price o f $1000 a
snare.
The stock closed Friday at $550
bid, opened Saturday at $700, ad
vanced on sales o f some 50 to 60
shares to $900 and then in small lots,
aggregating perhaps 30 shares, rose
to $1000.
From that figure it dropped abrupt
ly in the early afternoon to $550, with
the last actual sales at $600.
The stocks’ low price Friday was
$410 and a few days ago it was offer
ed at $350.
For some unexplained
reason, a short interest had been cre
ated at around $400 and some o f the
shorts were run in when the stock
soared up to $1000.
It is believed that the advance rep
resents something more tangible than
a mere “ squeeze. ” The company now
has a capital o f $1,000,000, the differ
ence going to shareholders as stock
“ bonus.” Aside from a small float
ing supply, practically all the shares
are owned by interests identified with
one or more o f the old Standard Oil
company.
LORIMER IS VINDICATED
BY SPECIAL COMMITTEE
Washington, D. 'C.— Senator Lori-
mer. o f Illinois, won vindication at
the hands o f the special committee o f
eight senators, who had finished a sec
ond investigation o f his election by
the Illinois legislature in 1909.
The committee, by votes o f 5 to 3
on all vital points, completely exoner
ated him o f any knowledge o f legis
lative corruption.
Edward Hines, the millionaire lum
berman, referred to in the investiga
tion as “ the man who put Lorimer
over, ” also got a vindication by the
committee. It had been charged that
Hines raised a corruption fund of
$100,000 to elect Lorimer to the sen
ate. The majority repudiated that
and adopted a resolution that the evi
dence had shown that he did not raise
or contribute any sum improperly.
B R IT IS H
O UTLO O K
IM P R O V E S .
D isp o sitio n S h o w n to A cce pt
and Return to W o rk .
T e rm s
London—The coal situation shows
decided improvement. The minimum
wage bill passed all stages in both
houses ar.d only awaits the royal as
sent.
Although reservations o f work were
less numerous than expected, the en
gineers deciding to await for the re
sult o f the ballot before returning to
the collieries, reports from every dis
trict confirm their willingness to ac
cept the wage bill and terminate the
strike.
The prompt dispatch o f troops to
the scene o f outbreaks, coupled with
the advice o f the leaders to refrain
from violence, had a wholesome effect.
Riotous strikers were in a small mi
nority. In Lanarkshire about 2000
men entered the pit, this being the
most extensive resumption o f the
work.
DOLLAR-A-DAY
PENSIONS LOST
Smoot Bill Passes Senate By
Large Majority.
Bill Adopted in Its Ste a d A d d s $ 2 0 ,-
0 0 0 , 0 0 0 Annually to Pension
R o lls— S o u th is S c o re d .
Washington, D. C.— The senate, by
a vote o f 21 to 46, rejected the Sher
wood dollar-a-day pensions bill, which
had passed the house, and then adopt
ed, 56 to 16, the Smoot general age
and service pension measure, under
which the pension roll would be in
creased by $20,000,000 annually dur
ing the next five years.
During the debate, Senator Over
man's reference to the burdens o f the
Southern people because o f pension
legislation brought a tart reply from
Senator William Alden Smith, o f
Michigan.
“ I remind the senator that this en
tire pension burden could have been
avoided by the South if it had been
loyal to the Union,” said he. “ I can
not remain silent and hear senators
from the South complain o f burdens
our government has been called upon
to bear because o f your own unwil
lingness to live with us under the
same flag and in a united country.
“ Distinguished Southern men who
served in wars prior to the Civil war
not only received with evident satis
faction. but asked the government to
reward them for their military serv
ices. That list, includes, among oth
ers, men no other than Robert E. Lee
and Stonewall Jackson, who were not
above asking the government to re
ward them for sacrifices made in the
war with Mexico.
“ For several years I occupied a
seat in the house o f representatives
next to gallant Joe Wheeler, o f Ala
bama, and I never heard his vote cast
against a worthy pension bill.
“ You have taken care o f your old
soldiers in the South, but the record
o f soldiers on each side would be more
luminous and creditable if they could
treat their foes with the same gener
osity and kindness.”
The bill requires beneficiaries to
have served 90 days and provides pen
sions ranging from $13 to $30 a month
instead o f a 60 days’ minimum, and
$15 to $20 pension, as in the house
measure. The bill now goes to con
ference. The shadow o f a possible
presidential veto hangs over the meas
ure.
E D I T O R D E F I E S P O L IC E .
M e xican N e w sp a p e r C ircu la te s F ro m
H o u se top s.
Mexico C ity — Gonzales Espinosa,
editor o f the Heraldo, escaped from
the police sent to arrest him and took
refuge on the roof o f his newspaper
office, where he successfully defied his
pursuers. The poljce ordered the pa
per suspended but despite this the
Heraldo was printed at noon and
copies o f the paper were thrown to
the street from windows and roofs of
buildings. Policemen destroyed many
o f the papers, but a large number
|Corn Planters W arned.
Firemen were
Washington, D. C.— Because o f the gained circulation.
called out to aid the police and played
poor corn crop last year, the bureau of
a hose on hundreds o f newsboys who
plant industry o f the department of were trying to pick up copies.
Agriculture has tested samples from
all over the country and found a low
C iv ic C e n te r is Voted.
average germination. Dr. T. B. Gal
San Francisco— The proposition to
loway, chief o f the bureau, advises
bond the city for $8,800,000 for the
the farmers o f the country to be par
purchase o f land and the erection of
ticularly careful about their planting
municipal buildings in the proposed
this spring. “ We tested nearly 2,000
civic center carried by an overwhelm
samples,” he said, “ and found that
ing majority, final figures approxi
the average germination- was only 81
mating 11 to 1 in its favor. This
per cent, whereas it should have been
election was the first at which women
90 per cent.
o f this city were privileged to vote,
and they formed a goodly percentage
M e n C o m p ro m ise on H o u rs.
o f those who cast ballots.
Philadelphia— A strike among the
About 60 o f them sat as election
textile workers in the Kensington mill officers, and their zeal in their new
district o f this city has been avoided duties proved a pleasant surprise to
by the action o f the Upholstery Weav the registrar. One o f them on being
ers’ union in accepting a compromise sworn in told him that she knew the
offered by the mill owners. The men four-page pamphlet o f instructions by
asked for an increase in wages from heart. In all about 11,000 women had
24 to 26 cents an hour, a reduction in their names on the rolls.
working hours from 57 to 54 a week
and other concessions.
M unicipal P h o n e s S o u g h t.
The employers conceded the wage
San
Francisco — Municipal owner
demand, but would not reduce hours.
ship o f a telephone system was recom
S to rm C o s t s $11 0 0 0 , 0 0 0
mended by a two-to-one vote in San
Cheyenne, Wyo. — Eleven million Francisco, 30,000 voterB expressing
dollars’ loss in Wyoming live stock opinion as to whether the board o f
resulted from the recent snowstorms supervisors should oppose the merger
and cold weather. That is the amount o f the Pacifij and Home telephone
given out in a statement from the systems and whether an election for
office o f the State immigration com the authorization o f a $6,000,000 issue
mission, which has obtained reports o f bonds for the acquirement o f the
officially from every county in the Home system should be held. The
state. In many instances entire herds election was invoked by the electrical
o f cattle were wiped out and every workers’ union o f this city under the
section reports heavy loss in sheep.
initiative law.
C h in e se W om e n to Vote.
Los Angeles — Miss Myra Lee, a
young Chinese woman, the first Or
iental o f her sex to register here, has
qualified as a voter. Miss Lee, who
is a suffragist, is 22 years old and a
native o f California. She was gradu
ated with honors from the Los An
geles grammar school* and then took
a four years’ course in the Polytechnic
W ire C h e a te r is Fined.
high
school, specializing in higher lit
Paris— A wine grower in the South
has just been condemned to a heavy erature.
penalty for putting water into his vin
Pen sion Plan Adopted.
tage. The sentence is one month’s
San Francisco—The Western Union
imprisonment, a fine o f $400, the pay
ment o f 155,000 francs in dues, and Telegraph company announces that a
the confiscation o f the wine.
The pension plan will soon be pat into
Wine Growers’ confederation which effect guaranteeing employes retired
had intervened in the case, obtains after 20 or more years' service an in
$100 and the insertion o f the judg come o f not lees than $25 or more
than $100 a month.
ment in several newspapers.
F ligh t is Faste st Yet.
Stockton, Cal.—Charles K. Hamil
ton, in a Curtiss biplane, flew from
Sacramento to this city, a distance o f
52.7 miles, in 23 minutes, averaging a
speed o f 136 mile? an hour. Hamilton
says the world’ s record was made last
week at Pau, France, by Jules Ved-
rines, who averaged 103 miles an
hour. Hamilton flew at an altitude o f
about 1,500 feet, the wind having an
estimated velocity o f 40 miles an hour
in his favor.
D evotion to Duty Fatal.
Seattle— Dr. John Tiedeman aged
48 years a well-known physician died
at his borne in this city o f the hook
worm disease contracted it is believed
when doing laboratory work in San
Francisco in 1909.
U R G E S N E W C O T T O N T A R IF F .
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
C o m m issio n R e p o rt S h o w s Duties A re
E xce ssive ly H igh .
CH U RCH ES.
Washington, D. C.— President Taft
has transmitted to congress the tariff
Church of the Visitation, Verboort
board’s report on the cotton schedule. —Rev. L. A. LeMiller, pastor. Sun
The president recommends that the day Early Mas* at 8 a. m.; High
cotton section o f the tariff law be Mass at 10:30 a. m.; Vesper at 3:00
p. m. Week days Mass at 8:30 a. m.
taken up at once for revision.
The report is exhaustive, technical
Christian Science Hall, 115 Fifth
and detailed.
st., between First and Second ave.
The president’s message is a com South—Services Sundays at 11 a. m.;
parative summary o f the board’s find Sunday school at 12 m.; mid-week
ings.
As in its report on the woolen meeting Wednesdays at 7:30 p. m.
schedule and the pulp and paper ached
Free Methodist church, Fourth at.,
O. M. GARDNER
ule, the board makes no recommenda between First and Second Avenue.
I hereby announce myself as
tions, and suggests no duties in its re J. F. Leise, Pastor. Sunday School at
10 a. m.; preaching at 11 a. m. and candidate for the office o f county
view o f a very complex subject. The
7:30 p. m.; Prayer meeting Wednes school superintendent o f Wash
president says he bases his recom day 7:30 p. m.
ington county. I am asking the
mendations on the declaration o f the
Seventh Day Adventist Church, 3rd support o f the Republican voters
platform on which he was elected
street—Sabbath schol 2 p. m., preach
that a reasonable protective tariff ing 3 p. m. each Saturday. Midweek at the primary nominating elec
should be adjusted to the difference in prayer meeting Wednesday 7:30 p. tion to be held Friday, April 19,
cost o f production at home and abroad. m. A cordial welcome. H. W. Vall- 1912. If nominated I will use
“ The report o f the board shows the mer, Elder.
my best efforts to be elected, and
difficulty o f stating, in general terms,
Catholic Services. Rev. J. R. Buck,
differences in costs of production for pastor. Forest Grove— Chapel at cor. if elected will devote my energy
a great variety o f cotton manufac of 3rd street and 3rd avenue south. to the successful building up of
tures,” the president wrote.
“ The
1st and 4th Sundays of the month. the schools o f Washington coun
differences vary widely according to
Mass at 8:30; 2nd and 3rd Sundays ty.
O. M. G a r d n e r ,
the character o f the particular fabric.
“ The report shows that the cost of of the month. Mass 10:30. Cornelius
South
Forest
Grove Precinct.
spinning cotton yarn in this county is — 1st Sunday of the month, Mass at
(Paid advertisement.)
10:30;
3rd
Sunday
of
the
month,
greater than in the leading competing
country. In the case o f ordinary warp Mass at 8:00. Seghers— 2nd Sunday
Mass at 8:00; 4th
and filling yarns, forming the bulk of of the month.
the production o f the domestic indus Sunday of the month. Mass at 10:30.
try, the foreign cost o f turning cotton
M. E. Church, Rev. Hiram Gould,
into yam iAphown to be about 70 per paetor. Second street, between First
cent o f the domestic cost.
and Second avenues. Sunday school
“ The duty on these yarns is two or
at 10 a. m.; Epworth League at 6:30
three time3 in excess o f the difference
in cost o f production.' On some highly p. m. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 8:00
Mid-week prayer meeting
specialized yarns and on yarns o f the p. m.
highest count — that is, o f greatest Thursday at 7:30 p. m.
Christian Church, corner Third e t
fineness— the duty in some cases about
equalizes the difference in conversion and First Ave.
Rev. C. H. Hilton,
costs.
pastor.
Bible school at, 10 u. m.;
‘ The report further shows that in preaching at 11 a. m. and 8:00 p. m.;
the case o f a large variety o f fabrics Prayer meeting Thursday at 8:00 p.
which permit o f the use o f many m.
looms per weaver, the prices at which
Congregational
Church,
College
goods are sold by the American manu
facturer are as low as the prices Way and First ave. north. Rev. D.
charged by the foreign maufacturer in T. Thomas—Sunday school 10 a. in.;
his own market, and in many cases Morning service 11 a. m .; evening,
8:00 p. m.; Junior C. E. at 3 p. m.;
lower.
“ Under the existing system o f dis Senior C. E. at 6:30 p. m.
tribution, a slight reduction o f duties
LO DG ES.
would, in some cases, materially re
duce the price to the consumer, while
Knight« of Pythias— Delphos Lodge
in other cases a large a reduction o f
the duties would not change the price No. 36, meets every Thursday at K.
B. H. LAUGHLIN
to the American consumer at all.”
of P. Hall. Chas. Staley. C. C.; Reis
A
Republican
candidate for the
Figures are presented to show that Ludwig, Keeper of Records and Seal.
altogether labor costs in the cotton in
office
o
f
Sheriff
o f Washington
G. A. R.— t J. B. Mathews Post No.
dustry are in many cases lower in the
meet« the first and third Wednes County, at the nominating elec
United States than in England, yet
day of each month at 1:30 p. m., In tion, April 19, 1912.
the actual hourly earnings in this
country are in most o f the principal K. of P. ball. John Baldwin, Com
Your vote will be needed.
mander.
occupations much greater.
(Paid Advertisement.)
Masonic— Holbrook Lodge No. 30,
A. F. & A. M., regular meetings held
C H A R G E IS A D M IT T E D .
first Saturday in each month. P. W.
For Commissioner
E d ito r In D epartm ent o f A griculture Kinzer, W. M.; A. A. Ben Kori, sec To the Voters o f Washington Co. :
retary.
S u p p re s s e d Facts.
Washington, D. C.—Joseph A. A r
nold, editor-in-chief o f the division of
publications o f the department o f ag
riculture, assumed responsibility for
the suppression o f the much-talked-of
report on the feasibility o f reclaiming
the Florida Everglades. He told the
Moss committee he had recommended
that the report be suppressed and had
voiced that opinion to Secretary Wil
son in June, 1910.
“ Why did you oppose the publica
tion o f this report?” asked Chairman
Moss.
“ Because o f the obvious irreconcil
able difference o f the engineers o f the
department and the conflict o f opinion
outside the department,” answered
Mr. Arnold. " I t was apparent to me
that no report could be issued with the
unanimous approval o f the depart
ment.”
“ I thought that it was time to exer
cise caution and prudence. I recom
mended, therefore, that no report be
issued at all. A bulletin from the de
partment should be the Inst word from
the department and I didn’t think it
fair to the people o f the country to
give them any bulletin which was not
approved by the department. The
secretary agreed with m e.”
Sca rle t F e ve r In Fort.
The undersigned, a member o f
W. O. W.—Forest Grove Camp No.
98, meets In Woodmen Hall, every the Republican party, residing in
Saturday. A. J. Parker, C. C.; James Gales Creek precinct, announces
H. Davis, Clerk.
himself a candidate for the Re
publican nomination for county
commissioner at the primary
election to be held April 19, 1912.
I f nominated I will accept, and
if elected I will qualify as such
officer. If nominated and elect
ed I will during my term o f
office perform the duties o f the
I. O. O. F.—Wa«hlngton Lodge No
office to the best o f my ability
48, meet* every Monday in I. O. O. F.
Hall. V. S. Abraham, N. G.; Robert and for the benefit o f the tax
payers o f the county.
Taylor, Secretary.
Artisans— Diamond Assembly No
27, meet« every Tuesday in K. of
P. Hall. C. B. Stokes, M. A ; John
Boldrlck, Secretary.
Rebekahs— Forest Lodge No. 44,
meets the first, third and fifth Wed
nesdays of each month. Miss Alice
Crook, N. G.; Secretary, Miss Carrie
Austin.
Modern Woodmen of America—
Camp No. 6228, meets the second and
fourth FYiday of each month. A. L.
Sexton, Consul; Geo. G. Paterson,
Clerk.
Rosewood Camp, No. 3835 R. N.
A., meets first and third Fridays of
each month in I. O. O. F. Hall. Mrs.
M. 8. Allen, Oracle; Mrs. Wlnnifred
Aldrich, Recorder.
Oale Grange No. 282, P. of H.,
meet« the first Saturdays of each
month In the K. o f P. Hall. A. T.
Buxton, Master; Mrs. H. J. Rice,
Secretary.
J ohn M c C la r e n ,
Candidate for Commissioner.
(Paid Advertisement.)
Candidate for Sheriff.
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for the office o f Sheriff
o f Washington county, subject
to the will o f the Republican
voters at the primary election
April 19, 1912. I am a resident
o f Hillsboro, and have been a
C IT Y .
Republican all my life. If nom
inated I will use my best efforts
Mayor—O. S. Allen.
Recorder— M. R. Markham.
to secure my election, and if
Treasurer— R. P. Wlrtz.
elected will pledge myself to con
Chief of Police— P. W. Watkins.
duct the affairs o f the office in
Health Officer—Dr. J. S. Bishop.
Councllmen—John Wlrtz, Carl L. Hln- an honest, efficient, economical
man, O. M. Sanford, Rev. J. M. and business-like manner and at
Barber, W. F. Schultz, H. U. John all times keeping in mind the in
son.
terests o f the tax-paying public.
Fort Stevens, Or. — Scarlet fever
has broken out in Hammond and Fort
Stevens.
Four children o f Henry
Yeager, a tailor, residing on the res
ervation, are ill and several soldiers
were placed in the post hospital. Or
ders have been issued by Colonel
Stevens prohibiting members o f the
garrison from visiting Hammond pri
vate families. Strict enforcement o f
this order is urged upon all non-com
missioned officers. The soldiers will
City School.
be placed in camp and the barracks
fumigated.
School Directors— M. Peterson, Mrs
Edward Seymour, H. T. Buxton.
C o a s t Artillery to G u a rd B o rd e r
Clerk—R. P. Wlrtz.
San Francisco— By orders issued by JuaUce of the Peace—W. J. R. Beach
the department o f California o f the Constable— Carl Hoffman.
United States army here a detach
ment o f 25 men o f the Twenty-eighth
COUNTY.
company, Coast
Artillery, United
States army, was sent from Fort Rose- Judge— R. O. Stevenson.
crans to Campo, 55 miles southeast of Sheriff—George Q. Hancock.
San Diego, under command o f Lieu Clerk—John Bailey.
tenant Charles N. Wilson.
Recent Recorder—E. L. Perkins.
depredations by bandits on the Mexi Treasurer—E. B. Sappington.
can border caused the order. The Surveyor—Qeo. McTee.
troops will reach Campo in two days. Coroner—E. C. Brown.
Commissioners—John McClaran, John
Nyberg.
Indian B u re au Is Eyed.
School 8up’t—M. C. Case.
Washington, D. C.— The house com
mittee on expenditures in the Interior
department has decided to conduct a
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THE FOREST GROVE PRESS
F red E. C ornelius .
(Paid Advertisement.)
For County Clerk
To the Voters o f Washington
County:
I am a candidate for the office
o f County Clerk, and have filed
a petition asking to have my
name placed on the official nom
inating ballot o f the Republican
party for the primary election to
be held April 19, 1912.
In said
petition and at all times I pledge
myself, if elected, to perform the
duties o f said office as prescribed
by law and for the best interests
E dw . C. L uce ,
Candidate for County Clerk.
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