% 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 SUBSCRIBE FOR full investigation into the Indian bu­ reau embracing all the reservations and their administration. The inquiry Th« U n P«p«r with AU Ü » N m . Only II will be conducted by the full commit­ par raar. 1 ha Prass la aqutppad to do. and tee and hearings will begin as soon aa 4oaa. tha Baat Job Prlntlnc. Evsrrthbie la possible. Ibis Ita« dona M plaaaa. Prtc«a‘ r%ht. 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. (Paid Advertisem ent) tf