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SECOND
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OFFERS TO PAY
WIDOW 10 END
Cniratun Wllllun to Indemnify Fam
ily of SMn Britisher, Dut Proposal
Not Considered Until Inquiry Re
vrnls Method of Death.
Examination to De Secret Uncle
Sam Demands Punishment of Per
sens Responsible for Execution.
WAHIIINOTON, rili 2S Anxious
to t of llin llonlou Incident nt
Junri'jt. II unit unlit horn today tlmt
(Juiicnit imtua wns wIIIIiik to In
.dninnlfy t lin whlow If tint Windilng
ton mlmlnUtrntloii would drop tint
matter.
A iiiiiii of better (duration ntiil
wider tixiutrli'iirii tlinn Vllln, tint su
premo relitd chieftain was understood
to appreciate mom fully American
niul KiikIUIi fooling lonrornlng the
nffnlr. to roallm t tint thero was Jiij
licit In llin Washington ntlniliilntr.i
tlnti'ii demand niul to regret heart
II)' wlmt hU lloulnnmit hnil ilonti
No Millie) 'iiiI(1itm1
I'roin HrllUh sources, It was slutod
Hint unit Vllln could irovo liM
tnry of Hut lleiiton court mnrtlnl,
showing Hint tint rami wan not ouu
of plain iiiuriler, no money proposl
tlon coulil lie cotiililereil, Tlio Kng
lltli government ucrordlng to tlio
miiio authority, however, would nt
tiioto further In tint nintler, until
Hid Aumrlcau liitcitlKiitlnu lind been
completed.
Secretary of Statu Hrnn was in
niiiiiiiuulcnlloti with Consuls III
wnrdii, lit Juarei niul Letcher, at Chi
Illinium City. arranging for n special
t mln to tnlo Hid llniiton linrstlRnt
InK committed to tlio latter (mint. Ho
nlmi deiumidnd Hint Villa ut In
writing III pledge Hint mi nxamlnn
tlou of Denton's corpso would do per
inltteil. stating nUo lion complete It
might lii. together with n formal a,
suruuro of safety for tho Investiga
tors. An soon um tliomi delnllii lind liern
completed, It was raid tlin roinmls
nlon'n personnel, would bo nn
liouuci'd. i:iiiiiliiiitloii Tihnto
Tim nxnmlnntlon of thn corpse, It
wn understood, would tm private.
Word wnn received fioin Unlto.1
Htnteii Cluiruo d'Affnlro O'Bhaugh
mmny, In Moxlco City, Hint ho lind
dommided of thn Iliiertn government
thn punlithment of tlio person re
sponnlhln for C'leiuenlon Vorgar.i's
execution near Nuevo l.arodo mill It
was Hiild a clnlm would ho fllod later
for financial liidomulty.
Consul (hirrotl nent from Nttovo
Urciln n ih'iilnl of tho Mexlcnn rlalui
tlmt Vorgnra was n Mexlcnn mid not
mi American citizen.
KLUG ARRESTED FOR
F
I'OIITI.AN'I), Ore, Fob. 28.
floorgo IMwnrd Kluc. attorney
who wiih n cnndldnto for niunlclpnl
Judge, wiih released on SSROO hull
from tho county Jnll early today. Ho
wuh tirrimtud Into last night mi n
churgo of forging tlio niuuiiH of Cir
cuit JiiiIko Cluoton mid County (Murk
Cofroy to u worthloHH inoitKaKo on
which ho borrowed IOOO. Tho al
luKod frnlidulouco of tho trauHitcHon
wiih dliicovurod juBtoiday whoii John
Dudok took tho docuiuunt to tho
court hoiiuo for Invostlyatlon. Tho
auoitKiiKo was Hlmiod hy tho "ostnto
of Cliarlon lfurnimi llorold hy Iluldii
Hoi old, udmliilHtratiix," No such
outatp oxlHtii In Multnomah county,
according ( roconlu,
BATTLE WIH BANDITS
Ii:ivlKt I'eli. 'JH. -Tlio jsovcinini'iil
nuuouiii'cil IIm Iiooim IiiiiI IicuIcii tlio
While Wolf liniiiliU ill it I'Klil in
Aiiliuei ii(iini'o wild limncii nl' -11)110
on both Mile, Ihu oiiiiiuiciil foicn
nnhiK iieiojilitliu m-iiiiU ill tlio ciitfHKii
went.
BENTON
A
E
BY SUN SPOTS
1ST
Every Shnkc for Months Past Pre
dicted In Advance by Dr. Albert
Porta, Associate of Father Rlcarel
nt Santa Clara College.
Revolvlnn Sun Drlii(js Spot Within a
Certain Distance, Maklnu Danger
Zone Four Storms fcr March.
HANTA (M.AItA. Cal , 1'ijti. 2K
That every earthiiinkn for montlm
linnt Iihh heeii prodlcted for week
or iiKintlm In adtmii-it hy Dr. Allien
I'ortn, I'ntlii'r Itlrnrd'i nimoclntu rt
Hnntn Clnru I'nUeriilty, wmt tlio iiewn
which leaked out from tho iiulvomlty
olmervntory today,
AinoiiK thmo which thn doctor
foretold, It wnn Mated, wuro Hid
hnkc In Koiilhcrn Jnpau, In Now
York, nt Iteiio, In Cnnadn and thoto
recorded nt Ht. UuntlUH College,
Clnvelmid, mid In St. I.ouls moro ro
cetttly. rorpnutii wero now being mnde,
It wnn lenrued, n far nbend n next
December, hut for omo reason
which w-.M not explained, It wot unld
they would not ho given out for tho
prcitent.
Iletween earbqunkc nnd mm upon,
It I tho Hnntn (Mnrn olmrvrr' opin
ion, n direct connection oxlsln. Ac
cordliiK to their theory, when tho
rexohliiK auii lirlnc n iippl within i
Miindrllntornl novrnty degree iqtinnt
on the nlilo of the nun facing tho
earth, them U n dnnger period which
liirrctutiH ai tho upot near tho tolnr
iixIm nod when It croeii tho nxl
thero Invariably In nn earthqnako.
Tins qimko'ii location. If Ir Por'i
In rorn'cl, ilopomla on tho npot'n po
union on tho mm.
In bin weather foreenstn for March.
It wan learned that Pother lllcnrd
neon only four utorm dnten March 1
mid 2, 7, 10 and It and IT. Tho
detailed report I to bo publlnhcd to
morrow. ELLIS THREATENED
BY VICTIM'S FATHER
CIIIC'AUO, Koh. :S William HI
Hi, on trial hero for wlfo inurdor,
took tho ntand In bin own dofonso to
day. Ho admitted Hint ho wnn Incur
nbly dliii-aiuM but nald n physician
who examined him hoforo his mar
rlngo thought thoro would bo no clan
gor no far as IiIh wlfo wan concerned.
Kill' ndmlnahm Infuriated Hubert
llascn, tho slain woman's fnthor.
"Damn blm,' bo hbouted, "I'll kill
him." Tho ngod man ndvnncod on
IMIIh but wnn routrnlnotl by court
balllffH.
KIIIm killed bis wlfo In n Chicago
hotel after wltneiiKlug tho piny.
"Dnmngod Ooods." Ho Is a wealthy
hnrncHH mnnufneturor of Cincinnati.
;t
WASIIISnTON, 1VI. 'J8. Itepro
Hcutnllvo Atlmurton, chnirmun of tho
Iioiiko inloiHluto couimoti'o comiuiH
nioii, unnonni'cil toiluy tlmt his coin
mil Ico woubl liold no further henr
iiiKS on tho udmiuistrutinn'ri trust
inouHiiri'rt. Mo ulno wuiil ho exuctcd
tho Covington Kub-i'onunittoo to ro
port noon on tlio redrafted trndo
I'ommiHrtion bill. '
FIRST GUN GIRL
ARRESTED IN GOTHAM
NKW YOIHC, l'ob. 28. Kdnn
Kroiiud, tho first "gun girl" to bo nr
rostoil In Now York, was convlctod
of carrying cnucoiilud weapons, In
JitdKo (llhh1 court today. Hlio will
bo mmteiiced Tiiosduy, Hlio wiih or
lentod nt n gnugilors' ilnnro whoii u
rovohur droppod (rum her slocking
AK
CAUSED
A
IENT
MEDFORD.
CALL NAVY BILL
CRIMINAL WASTE
PUBLIC FUNDS
Appropriation Dill Denounced by Mi
nority of Committee Carries
$129,064,333 fcr Two Battleships,
Six Destroyers and Submarines.
Two New Dreadnauyhts to Cost Fif
teen Millions Each Lamest Sum
Ever Spent In One Year hy Nation.
WASHINGTON, K.b. 28.-Denounced
by n minority of the com
miltiii a n "inexeumibly extriivngiitit"
urnl "n criminal wnMc of publio
I'uiidH," the iinvy niiproirintiou hill
wiih reporteil to tin. htiiirio today.
It curried it proUniou of $V2Q,
l(ll,:i:i:t for two hnttleibipi, nix dt
ntrocrH, one henKoiiitf torpedo mib
iniirine, three eonut defense Hiibrnn
rineH mid four mnull torpedo bonlh
The imvy deiiitrtment'H cHtimntix
were reduced by . 1,5(1(1.00(1.
Nnvv IrierumeH were mithorized
which will cost ultimntely 113.338,
000, for which initial appropriation"
of fl",.r00,000 wero innde.
Tho two new drcudumightK will
ciiHt 1.1,0(1(1,000 each mid will he
built in private ynrdx. The count de
feline hubmnrines will be built on the
Pacific count. Tho email toqwdo
hoatH wilt be ntatioticd nlong the (pilf
coast.
Smaller npiropriatioiiH included
nn increase in the number of iinvy
chaplain fnun twenty-four to fifty
two mid mi increase in tho nllownnce
Nir Pearl Harbor drydoek from $3,--180,000
to 1,11(18,0011.
Authority wuh giwu to thn secre
tary of tho navy to rnHirt next yenr
ooncerii!ng the denirahility of eon
htnicliiiK n federal nrmor plate jilant
with an annual capacity of 10,000 to
20,000 tonrt.
Those who higncd the nnvy com
mittee'H minority rcMrt wero Con
presHineii Wilherspoon, Hcnsley, Hu
cliuuan mid (liny. The proposed ap
propriation, they declnred, exceeded
tho Inrgrit amount ever hpent in one
venr by nny nation on earth. The
additional huttlcidiips, it was (insert
ed, wero wholly unnecessary.
E
REGISTERED IN EAST
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. An
rarthqunko Blurting nt 12:11 n. in.
today and cnutiiiuiii(- until 12:12 wnn
regiHtercd by tho OcorKctown univer
Hity'n M'iMiiogrnph. It wiik estimat
ed tlmt tlio vibrations occurred about
2700 milcn from Wnhinnton.
CI.KVKI.ANI), O., Feb. 28.St.
Igimtius collego heisuiogrnph record
ed n nericrt of sovero enrlhqunko
hhocks between 11:10 nnd 11:20 last
night. Pat her Odenhnch thought
they occurred on this continent, pos
mhly in Alaska.
ROYAL FLUSH CAUSE
OF SPEEDY DEATH
NBW OULHANS, U., Fob. 2S.
Sentod at a tablo clutohlng a royal
flush In hla hand, tho body of Captain
William Collier, with tho bond and
chest filled with buckshot, was found
In his hermit's lodgo horo today. On
tho tablo opposlto was a "full house"
It was bollovod Collier had bcou play
ing poker and was killed by tho
losor. A sugnr planter Is suspected
hy tho police
BOY DEAD FROM
OF
BI'OKAKK, WiihIi., Feb. 28. Miko
TcHtn, 10, Ik dead today of lockjaw,
icHiilling lroin iiijuricri tnllieled by
two dig4 two weeks' ugo, Tlio boy
wiih utlaeked and mitnglcd, tlio mil-
iiiiiIh leaiiiit; tho flenh fiom liU riglil
leif. Alnpiitiitioii nbovu tlio Unco
fulled to iuyo hiuj.
OREGON, BATIMtDAY,
THE
THE
FIVE STUDENTS
PLUNGE IN AUTO
T
BERKKLEY, Cnl., Feb. 28.
Plunpinj; in n bij; touring car over
the twenty-foot embankment in front
of the residence of President Hen
jnmin Ide Wheeler of the University
cf California, five university stu
dents wero injured today, threo of
them fccriously.
Tho victims were:
M. E. Peler, Sipmii Alpha Epsiloa
fraternity, hkull mid left leg frac
tured. J. P. Hotchkiss, Sij;mo Alpha Ep
silon fraternity nnd Skull nnd Keys
Honor society, bend pihed nnd in
ternal injuries.
Hoy Turner, Rigmn Alplm Epsiloa
frnteniity, Skull and Keys Honor so
ciety nnd manager of the Cllce club,
head nnd body cut nnd bruised.
I.co Arrell, Phi flammn Delhi fra
ternity, buck injured.
Fred Schroder, Sigma Alplm Ep
tdlon fraternity, head and body cut
and bruised.
Turner, to whoso enr the accident
occurred, was nt tlio wheel, but
wanted to mnko a minor adjustment
nnd left one of his companions to
hleer momentarily whilo ho did m.
Tho wreck resulted.
JURY UNABLE TO AGREE
E
rOKTLANU, Ore, Feb. 2S. Ills
trlct Attorney Evans bad not deter
mined today whotbor or not to bo
gin at onco tho second trial of Coun
ty Superintendent A, P. Armstrong,
a Jury last night having disagreed on
his guilt of .misconduct while ho was
a mombor of tho civil sorvlco com
mission, Armstrong was chargod
with having furulshod advanro lUts
of questions to candidates for pro-t
motion In tho pollco department.'
Itobort Armstrong, brother of the
superintendent, throuch whom tho
negotiations woro alleged to hnvo
taken place, was ulso r defendunt.
Tbg Jury wu out 3 bourn.
OVER EIANKMEN
KBHULTAIIY 28, 3914.
,
FTIENT HAS RECOVERED.
25j4il J-nT""r lwi(
DISAPPOINTED PALLBEARERS.
ADMIRAL DEWEY
T
HEKLIN, Feb. 2S. That Admiral
Dewey seriously talked war with
flennmiy at Manila in 1S08 wns as
sorted today by Admiral von DiecVr
iebs, the German naval eomwnnde.,
who quarreled with him there, in v
article in tho official Mnrine Ilvnc'.
The statement, which is an ampli
fication of Yon Diederichs' enrlier
oiihwer nt linden Unden to Dewev's
version of the Mnniln Day happen
ings, in his book, relates that Dewey
frndunlly talked himself into n rage
in insisting that tho Germans permit
his officers to mnko the necessary
investigations to establish tho identi
ties ofneutr.il wuinhips at tho block
aded port.
"He said," recounts Von Dieder
ichs, "'I shall stop every vessel,
whatever may be her colors, and if
she does not stop 1 shall firo nt her,
and that menus wur, do you know
sir
"When tlio phrase, 'If Germany
wants war,' was used again 1 took
my leave. 1 was under tho impres
sion tlmt this incident, in itself triv
ial, put a match to a mass of ex
plosives which had lomr been accu
mulating in Admiral Dowe,'s mind
from suspicion, rumor and newspa
per reports."
SMALLlis"MADE
IN STOCK MARKET
NEW YOltK, Feb. 28. Heaviness
of Hook Island featured tho stock
maiket at tho openiii" today. Spe
cialties showed strength. Ueuoial
Motors advanced 2 mid Guggenheim
oxplorntiou 1. Tho prices of Iho
leaders, however, remained practi
cally unchanged.
Later Iho leading stocks moved tip
but tho I'Ihcs wero routined to frac
tious. Numerous specialties, how
over, rose from 1 to A points. Unmix
wero steady, Tlio market olofcfd
Uudy,
HREATENED
WAR
ASSERTS
HAN
-rnou Ttic x. i. ucvuia
TEXAS GOVERNOR
T
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. Fodornl
administration officials admitted
that tho attitude assumed by Gover
nor Volnult of Texas menaced the
situation and that the activity of tho
Texas rangers might preclpltato a
crisis. There were fears also of a
clash between tho rangers ana United
States army patrols.
Tho administration was beginning
to credit reports that Carranza has
no Influence over Villa.
President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan woro In closo touch, discuss
'ing tho situation.
Counsellor John Dassett Mooro
of tho state department was drafting
nn answer to tho last tolegrsm re
ceived from Colquitt, It was under
stood ho was notifying tho Texas exe
cutive that tho federal government Is
doing everything posslblo to protect
Americans gcnorally and Texans tn
particular warning blm that any un
toward act by tho Texas authorities
would bo most regrettable and let
ting blm know that his policy was
seriously embarrassing tho national
administration.
Details bad boon recolved of tho
recent mutiny on board the Mexlcaa
fodoral gunboat Tamplco. Tho cap-
I tain and chief onglnoer. It was stated,
did not join tho subordlunto officers
and crow In desortlng to tho rebels
I but wero arrested by their own men
nnd Bout on board a merchant steam
ship at Topolabampo.
PACKF.Y M'FARLAND
TO GO TO AUSTRALIA
MHAVArKEE, Wis., Feb. 28. All
hopo of fight promoters bringing
'Packey Molnrluud unit -miko uio-
'hons together vanished today wheu
lit was announced that "Snowy" lla-
kor, tho Australian fight promoter,
had signed up MoFnrland for two
jfightH In Australia. MoFarliind will
leave for SvdllCV III Jllllo Ullil IUI-
iiounccd hU intention of "taking
thins uy until mlllng lime."
SOURCE OF WRY
ADM NAN
NO. 291
PtlLlEN LEADS
E
AT 35IH LAP
Marquis in Sunbeam Seriously Hurt
in Flrit Accident Overturns at
Death Curve Cooper and Tetztoff
Eliminated Early in Game.
Oldfield Running Second ami
son Third-Four Other Cars StiM
Going Race 1$ Elottty Laos.
MD
At End ef 35th Lai
Kddic Pullcn (Mercer), first; time.
3:42:18.
Harney Oldfield (Mcrctr), second;
time, 3:48 :.".
Gil Anderson (Stutz), third; time,
3:48:58.
At this time the cars remaining in
the race, in addition to the first four
were:
Taylor (Alco), De Palma (Merce
des), Uall (Mormon) and Richcu
bncher (Mason).
SANTA MONICA, Cal., Feb. 28.
Pounding through lap after lap at a
speed bc'ter than eighty-three miles
nn hour, Spencer Wibhnrt, driving a
Mercer car, led the grand prix con
testants here today nt the end of
twenty of the forty-eight laps of the
automobile classic. Ills car wan
ruuning smoothly and seemed to be
in excellent condition.
Half a lap behind Wishart raced
his team-mate, Eddie Pullcn, whose
Mercer had averaged an even eighty
three miles nn hour. Anderson, in a
Stutz, Oldfield (Mercer), Da Palma,
(Mercedes,) nniLJIarquis. (Sunbeam) ij
itniuni-u in urucr.
Two Are KUmluUed
Two of the moat dangerous con
testants Cooper and Tctzlnff, had
been eliminated. Cooper "uit early
in the race, but Tctzlaff, after show
ing tho craziest speed of the nice
that far, lasted until the beginning
of iho eighteenth round.
Police officials estimated nt noon
that tho attendance was 200,000.
Wishart in the twenty-third Up
lo-t the lend ho had maintained siuce
the third lap. lie was compelled to
change tires, nnd Pulleu, Anderson,
Oldfield, Da Palma and Marquis
shot by him in order.
Ralph Do Palma, winner of Thurs
day's Vuuderbilt cup race, pushed his
Mercedes into tho lend in the twenty,
hixth lap. Oldfield completed Ibis
circuit in second place, with Marquis
third.
Dc Palma held his lead throughout
the twenty-seventh lap, but Oldfield
wan forced to give way to Marquis
and Anderson and was fighting dog
gedly to prevent Pulleu from drop
ping him into tho fifth toitIou.
Wishart was uuablo to complete
his tweiity-se'vcnth lap. I3umed-out
bearings rendered him helpless, nnd
he wns declared officially out of tho
race. ,u
Verbeek, who had replaced Lewis,
drove half a lap and quit.
De Palma's timo for twenty-five
laps was 2:38:37. Marquis' was
2:39:08; Anderson's was 2:30:27.
Marquis Is Injured
Marquis took tho lend in tho thir
tieth lap, when Do Palma made his
first stop to take on gas, oil and wa
ter. At tho end of tho thirty-two
laps Marquis had increased his lead
bv iv considerable margin.
The first serious accident of the
race occurred in tho thirty-third lap,
whon Marquis, whose Suubeani was
lending tho field by n comfortable
(Continued as Page Five.)
SETTLERS' THE IS
EXTENDED TO JUNE 1
PORTLAND, Or,, Feb. 28. Su
tlers on reclamation projects wk
have payment coming due Uarwi -l,
April 1 or May 1 will be llow4
til June 1 to make thw, mworiHtif
to announcement fntuy of K. J. Umh
eon, supervising- eflgbiwr t Hm
reclamation servlee. HopoH rMMVM
advice that tke propt t lijc
ndjuhtiiiunt of rata of tmyftwi ky
eiuigrw 1 tk BWWMiliiitiMt U'tWa
step. All proJMfM & tiuUtt
Sunny sW. WW., wn Mmmii
i