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Maximum Vtortly 34;
Mfuhmuu T nitty :J0,
Forty-sixth Tear.
rv-.Lllv Eleventh Year..
MKDFOTiR ORIHiOX. SATl'KllAY. NOVKM UFM 1S. 11)lt
NO. 20(5
fOUR KILLED, FILL
ERS HURT. GRAND PRIZE RACE. SANTA WI
LEWIS JACKSON'S ALL FOREIGNERS 'WILSON WINS
Ml SMASHES INPAUSLI CALIFORNIA Bf !
TELEPHONE POLE BV VILLA BAND 3500 F1VJRALITY ;
Driver, Spectator and Lemonade
Vendor Killed Outright; Mechan
ician and Motion-Picture Camera
Man Dying Cars Traveling at the
rate of 86 Miles an Hour.
QUEEN TURNS HER PALACE INTO A HOSPITAL
Chinese Refugee Reports That Ban
dits Have Siain Foreigners, Looted
Stores, Arrested Natives and Held
Them for Ransom Five or Six t
Americans Among Number.
STATE CANNO
T
SANTA MONICA, Nov. 18. Four
persons wero killed, a fifth is ctyinK
and a number wore hurt today when
Lowls JackBon's car in the 13th lap
of the Grand Prize race collided with
a telephone polo and was thrown
against two trees which were snapped
off by tho blow.
Jackson's lefis were cut off and he
was dead when a hospital was
reached. His mcchiniclan was un
reached. Tho tree had to be cut
down to remove his body, which was
almost severed. His mechanician,
John Shrianda, and J. S. Harrlgan, a
spectator, were injured, but will re
cover. Harold Edgerton, a spectator and
a woman leinonado vendor were
klllod instantly. S. L. Jenkins, a mo
tion picture camera man, was report
ed dying.
Kliclitnen Clara Start.
Eighteen cars started today at 10-
second intervals, Moosie leading the
waq.
Five cars, manned by Oldl'leld,
Thomas, Lentz, Doldon and an un
designated driver were withdrawn
r t'l'qtn th start.- - -:, -
Itesta led at tho fifth lap with
Pullen, Cooper, Wilcox and the Held
following. Kesta's time, was 29;02.
2S.8 seconds better than Alton made
in tho Vanderbllt Thursday.
Alten withdrew in the second lap
with a broken piston.
dtesta held his lend at tho tenth
lap. His time was 58:46.8, an aver
age of S6 miles an hour. Cooper
was second with Rickenbachor and
Wilcox trailing.
Pullen turned over on the wide
curve on the point of the triangular
course. Neither Pullen nor his
mechanician were hurt.
Altken Leadlrur.
Wilcox led, on tho fifteenth lap
with Itesta, Itlckeuhachcr, Cooper,
and Ruckstoll following. Wilcox's
time was 1 :26.27, an average of 87.22
miles an hour.
Officials reported Jackson and his
mechanician, John Shrands, were
slightly, hurt. No ono in the crowd
was injured. Jackson's car was com
pletely wrecked.
Wilcox led at the 20th lap with
Uickcnbacher, Cooper and the field
following.
At the start of tho 21st lap Aitken
relieved Wilcox, it was announced, j
lor the remainder of the race. ,
Altken In Wilcox's car led at the
2.',th lap. His time was 2:2:34, an
average of more than 8fi miles.
Hlekenbaelier, Cooper and the field
'.;nlled.
Altken was leading at the .10th lap.
with an average speed of 80. B miles
an hour. His time was 2:54:2.",.
Cooper ran second, five minutes be
hind and Patterson third, two laps In
the rear.
Altken widened his lead slightly
on the 35th lap with Cooper running
second and Patterson third.
Aitken's time was. 3:24:05, an
average speed of 86.4 miles an hour.
EI, PASO, Tex., Nov. IS. A Chin
ese refugee who arrived in .lunrez lute
last ii it: 1 1 1 on the Mexican
passenger train nrontiiti i
Nothing in Official Canvass to Affect ,
President's Unofficial Majority!
County Authorities Still Holding!
Up Larger Counties to Complete
Official Recount.
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SACIiAMF.NTO, Oil., Nov. IS.
Willi the official canvass of thiily-
t 'out nil I nine mil of fil'ly-ci;:!it counties tin-,
report ! j-.,.d tmliiv, Socroiurv nl' State Jor-
l'r,im .limine., t'liilniiiliiia, that pr:i :
tically nil nl' tile foreigners In I'nrml
had been killed' hy Villa bandits.
lie said tlmse 'killed included the
American, (leniiini, Chinese, Hebrew,
dim niinuunecil thai n Tors had
been found lis yet to ii fleet President
Wilson's uiinlfieiul plurality of ninii'',
lllllll :i."iOII Miles over Charles K. i
llie'hes. Tliirlv-nine eimnlies have i
French and Arab residents ef the nlreadv been i uled by the seere
mining ennii. lie also said a linilh-er-in-liiw
nl' Theodore lloeniuller ul
.liiniilez had received eoiifiinialioii of
the kill'.ig of lloemuller and his fam
ily in 1,'n mi.
The Chinese refuuee said llie gen
eral belief in Juarez was thai Kdsjar
Koek, flermnn consular aent in l'lir-
I, had been killed at Snnla Kosnlia.
Five Americans re known In have
reached Culiaean, Sinaloa, from Pnr
ral. Killed Koieigiu-l'S.
I'niled Slates government repre-
.sentatives heie have also received
liraetieally the same report from a
Chinese i'cl'iif.'co who arrived in Jua
rez last night. These reports ngree
thai Villa and his bandits, after e-
uiitii.y the milling town, ordeivd the
forei'Jllers killed, looted the store
arrested llianv of the natives anil
held them for ransom ami eominittei
oilier depredations.
The Chinese rcliigce who arrived
last uiplit said at least twenty Chin
ese hail been killed in I'arral and
that fit teen Arabs, Hebrews and Syr
ians had heel) put to death, lie did
not kimw the number of the mlier
foreigners who were killed, although
he said another Chinese who lied
from I'arral hail told him in .limine.
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RASE MuNEY
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R OPERATION PROVESSUCCESS
State Treasurer Kay Points Out That
Under Tax Limitation Bill Passed
hy People State Is Limited to
Nearly Half a Million Less Than
Spent a Year Ago.
tarv of stale. ( niiiily iiiiliioriiics
arc slill holding up the larger coun
ties, trying t niplete their nllifial
recount.
Prneiiioiii Wilson's nlurallty ill Cal
ifornia will be approximately :'. T r, 0 ; (Jueen Marie of lliimania has turned her palace inlo a hospital for
votes when the official count of pros-: wounded soldiers and nets as nurse. She is a daughter of the late I lake
iilential ballots in the stale Is com- j of Edinburgh, second son of (Ju l Victoria of England.
pletcd.
This estimate was
That tile passage of the Ill-eon
siidi red and faultily drawn lax lliiilla
ONE METHOD OF
PRICE CONTROL
Tl
Control hy Government Competition
Proven Only Beneficial Remedy for
Reducing High Cost of Living In
vestigation, Prosecution and Fed
eral and State Control Fail.
11 Y llll.SON' llAltllNKIt'.
WASHINGTON. Nov. IS. In view
Hon bill Initiated by the Tnxpn.ver's of llie high cost of living agltatlou
made on the ;
basis of official returns from all hut
three of the .IS counties In the state. :
and estimates of Hughes' probable .
gain in the other three. I
Only Three t'ntinlshed. j
All counties except' Alameda. I.os j
Angeles and San Francisco have com- j
plcted t,huir official count. Tabula-1
lion of the returns nf .",5 counties,
gave Hughes a total of 212. Htl? and
Wilson 22!t!li:i4. This Is a lead for
Wilson of in. 9.17. i
In tho unofficial returns Hughes'
plurality tn Alameda county was
77H and in l.o:; Angeles county 21.-
3 33, while Wilson carried San Fran-j
cisro county by Ifi.OiU. This gives;
Hughes a lead in the three counties!
of 12, 11.13. Deducting this rroin Wil- j
son's had in the other ",5 counties)
Wilson is shown to be leading by j
3 !IS 4
It was estimated today that Hughes
s.
ul' the foreigners had been . lp( ain fn .lnnieda. Kan Francisco I
thai "a
put to dentil.
Five or Six Americans.
Of the loleigliers heiicwd tn hac
been in I'arral when Villa entered,
there were at least live, and probab
ly M.. Americans. Five of the eleven
Americans left two days before the
town was evacuated, and reached
Ciiliaenii, a message received by the
Alvaradn .Milling & Hilling Co. here
states. In addition tn these five,
there remained in I'arral. acenrding
tn the mining m the I
Americans :
.1 ib Mcvers. E. W'. Palmer, Will- lege
in in Seoll, who is not the -on of llen-
eral Hugh I.. Seolt, (ion. nil Senlt s
son Merrill having left l'arial many i
months liel'oie: Henry Sehafer. I!. I'.
Cowell nliil llr. Thomas Flaliliagan.
However, llie oi'lieinls of llie Alva
radn Mining company think it is pos
sible that Flaiinagan made the trip
to Culiai'iin with the party in charge
of Leslie Webb, who lett on Novem
ber '-'.
The (lennaiis said to have been m
the I'arral district when Villa look
po-scssion of the town were: I.eo
pnldo, Adolplin and Carlos Iwniisky.
brothers: iTIiemlore lloemuller. E.
Stierlin of Santa Harbara. n suburb
of I'arral: Dr. Hugo Sehrneder. Ilen-
I ST. I'.U'I,. Minn.. Nov. 1 S. The! LONDON, Nov. 18 British at
, complete official vole of -Minnesota, tacks last night resulted In further , tn0 ,f n was maile to read that neither
I announced today, by Keerelary ol ; progress for Oeneral Hum's troops In u1(, Htato nor any tax-levying district
State Julius A. Kehmahl. save Hughes ! the field or their new offensive niove
a plurality of 3!Hi. 'I'he vote was j nicnt north of the Anere bruok.
'Hughes, 17!),.",.",:!: Wilson. 17:), 157. j Striking northeast from lleaiiniont-
The complete official vole on Cull- llaniel and north rroni lleaurourt, the
ed States senator was: i llritish pushed buck the (lerman lines
Kellogg, republican. 18.1.171; Law-1 In each case, London annoiiiices lo
1 lr-r, democrat. 117,5 1:1: Calderwood. ; day. The Cermans countered with
! prohibition. 7SJ-I',. Kellnkk's pin- their artillery, heavily shelling Ilcull
' rality G7. Hi's. 1 mont-llamel and turning their guns
Tho final complete vote of su- also on llebutcrne.
and Los Angeles counties will total
about 23u when the official returns
there are completed. This would '
leave Wil.-'on's lead in the state 37.14.
o Precincts Thrown Out. j
Secretary of State Jordan announc-,
ed that he had requested the Itepuh-
Mean and Democratic stale chairmen!
to send representatives to Sacramento I
to watch the official tally there and j
to assist his men in compiling the fig- j
ures. He is anxious to have all par-1
owing! ties satisfied, when lie certifies the
official returns lo the electoral col-
i preme court justice:
j Anderson. 1 .12. 1 87; CJninn.
' 34 S. Quinn's plurality, .1,1111.
I At lliachcs. south nf the Snmine.
1.17,-! near Peronne, the Germans attacked
;the French lines, but according to
' Paris, were repulsed.
! The t'lnnk inc operations of the Ser
bians have brought them lo a point In
the heights northwest of Iven, due
east of Monastir. On the south.
and that Is the principal agitation
today In Washington the success
end failure of the different remedies
employed hy the rederal government
in meeting the question has been re
viewed by the officials of the various
departments with the result that one
method of price control has been
found to show beneficial results,
namely. control by gov "iniuent com
petition. The pare us post went Inlo compe
tition Iih the express companies ar.d
the lvxult was beneficial to both the
public and the express companies.
The former got a real reduction in
V.arce'. prices with vastly Increased
facilities, while the express compan
ies awoke from their lethargy and
ileveloned an enormous new lino of
!:nsim.ss so that the past year showed
a profit of 31)1) per cent.-
Meantime It was found that regu
lation l.y investigation has tailed, as
lor Instance in the Investigation of
t'.'ij'd pri-es two years ago, four yparV
ago and eight years ago by tho de
partment of labor stultstics, the de
partment nf justice and a special com
mittee appointed by congress. . An
other instance Is Hie recent Inquiry
In the state can raise more money one into I he increased cost of gasoline Tiy
year than It raised the preceding year, the fedoral trade commission.
I. ensue, passed by the people nt the
recent flection, has put tile state, as
well as many counties and niunieipall
t'e In a bad predicament, Is shown
by the following letter to The Mall
Tribune from Stale Treasurer Thom
as II. Kay. who shows ttiat the meas
ure prohibits the unto from spending
wlihin seventeen per cent of what It
spent a year ago:
To the Editor:
Inasmuch as there has been 'Con
siderable discussion pertaining to Ihe
i; per cent tux limitation bill, which
was lately passed, I desire to make
known my position on Ibis measure.
1 opposed this hill before the elec
tion, on the ground that It did not
apply as was Intended by lis makers,
and under Its provisions the state
could not raise within $583,000 of as
much next year as was intended It.
should raise by Ihe makers of the bill.
Object of .Measure.
The object of tho bill was to pro
vent the state or a.ny Uix-dovylug disc
tili t In the slate from spending more
money one year than it had spent the
preceding year, plus li per cent, but
plus (i per cent, which Is quite a dif
ferent proposition. Note the differ
ence between the word "rnlsed" and
"expended." For Instance, the state
of Oregon required to pay the run
ItcguliiMon by Slierumn anti-trust
law prosecutions lias also-failed, us
shown by the government's success
ful prosecution of the Standard Oil
and other trusts.
The canvass in San Francisco and
Los Angeles counties is proceeding
slowly. In a few precincts in both
counties the commissioners have dis
ecvered small errors which led the
republican or democratic watchers to
(Continued on Page Six.)
7,I7H in Wisconsin.
MILWACKKK. Wis., Nov. IS.
Charles Evans Hughes carried Wis
consln in the recent election hy n plu
rality of 27.178 voles, over President French are in the outskirts of Kan
Wilson, according to practically coin-; ena. five miles from Monastir.
plete returns. Only In two or three;
countries are llie returns Incomplete j IH'CH AIIKST, Nov. IS. The inl
and these are estimated. : maiiians have made considerable pro-
For Cniteil Stales senator, Hobert 1 gress on the Transylvanian front In
M. LnFolletle, republican, has a pin- j the region of Dragoslnvele, Ihe war
rnlity or 113 111s over William F. : office announced.
Wolfe. I
i llKliLIN, Nov. IS.- Efforts of Itu-
Swedish Steamer Sunk i manians to hurl back the German
LONDON. No. IS. - l.ho'iEs Ship-! troops in Hitniaiiia. northeast of Cam
ping agency anlioilli 1 that Hie I ' eie u-o.o-m ,.,.
j Swedish sleiiincr 'fiiva, ol 'J-Jilli Ions j war nttice announced, with heavy
'gross, is believed lo have been sunk. ' losses to the attackers. '
SALEM, Ore.. Xor. IS. Over 300
prisoners at the Oregon state peni
tentiary crowded into the meeting of
the state board of control in the
prison auditorium yesterday and de
manded the resignation of Deputy
Warden !.. C. Sherwoodi it became
known here today.
The men left their work In defiance
lo Sherwood's orders that they go to
their cells. When they refused Sher
wood pleaded with the board to give
them on audience, saying he feared a
riot.
THREE HUGHES, THREE VIEWS, THREE WATERL0OS
(Continued on Page Six.)
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IAIL KLTLKtliUUlVI !
ON ADAMSON LAWj
AM-
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Alii
WASHINGTON', Nov. 18. A refer
endiini of the country'fl trade bodies
in the railroad situation will be j
ordered by the National Council ofj
the t'nited States Chamber of Com-J
merce. members attending a Special t
meeting of the council said here to-
day. The meeting was called to dts
i uss the Adainson eight-hour law
from the standpoint of Hie nation's
I UsIllCsS interests.
The referendum Is considered
ne 'essaiy to get fuller opinions of
business concerning govern inrnt
ownership and other questions.
5 iK 'VX
ning expenses of Its departments and I Regulation by federal control of
institutions for the year I'.Hti. $:',-1 railroad frelglit rates has failed: See
inn oon. In addition lo money raised the genernl railroad situation with
from Indirect sources. The state car-1 particular attention to the five per
rled over an unexpended balance from J cent Increase In freight rates grant
11111, of $.110. niH), and after deduct-: ed by the interstate commerce, com
ing this amount from the anioiitit re- mission, and the prospective Increase
quired, namely $3. 1 oit.Oilo It raised : promised by President Wilson, if
but ir.u.uiiU for liili't. although it ) necessary to talie care of the eight
spent $3,on,Oiio. Now, under the j hour day for railroad trainmen,
provisions of this constitutional Regulation by state laws and state
amendment, the slate can raise but 0 commissions has fulled as proved by
per cent more than $:..1'IIMiiiii next(the recent Increases In the prices of
year, or $.703,(in0, which Is $4U0.-1 bread and milk.
Oho less lliun the amount expended In i This about covers the ground. Agl
lli Id. ( ot Inn and threats of litigation may
Admitted Ignorance. j temporarily check local and Individ
Mr. Hubert Smith, secretary of the ; mil extortions, but the fundamentals
Taxpayers' League, which body draft- of relief are found only In Ihe one In
ed this bill, admitted, ill a discussion, j stance of regulation by the use olj
wilh nie tieforo the Chamber of Com-1 government competition,
merce in Portland, on Monday, Octo-1
her 2D, Hie cuniinltiee did not know,
when drafting this measure, that thoj
state had curried over a balance of,
$r,,10,iiiiii Into this year's budget, i
Therefore. Hie thought they were,
placing Hie stale on nu equality Willi
other municipalities by permitting it
lo raise for 11)17 as much as it spent !
in linn and II per cent more, which j ASIIIMi I ON. Nov. 1H. The .
would lie $:i.l0n,iiiiii plus li per cent, I weal her prediction.. ,ir the week be
or $3,2811,0011, wbb h is $183. nun ' ginning Sunday. is-,.d by the
more than II actually can raise under j eiitlier bureau i,iny. are:
the provisions or the bill. As proof lioekv lain and plaleait rcg-
of Oils, Mr. Smith, secretary of Ihe i ion-; I'a ir ami model ale temperatures
Taxpayers' League, said In his argil, j "I beginning ol the week, followed hy
ment In the voters' pamphlet, re-' un-cl I led weal her ami probable local
-tiow t, in,--, lay : lair and colder
weather niter,
I'acilie sillies; I'llseftled, : Willi
general rains in north l'acitie states
j and iioiibcin California. Tcmcra-
lure- moderate.
(Continued on Page Five.)
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rut'- lienn 'J'fi-y !.-( in tl'itr wwU m'
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Itiil Ihe rri-'ii nut v he Ihiit
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ei ipthrii.
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I HAN KUAM'ISCO, Nov. I l'n si-
flt iit Wllsun teloKriipiieil It. A. Cruih
r im, editor nit publisher of the San
I'rnnelseu litllletili. lodiiv I lilt I p-et-1
ore of piibllr lulies woitlil not per
eilt a vIMl to Sun Kmnelrn unil the
Mii If ie const at Oils time Mlhoui.h
he "hopptl for Kiieii h telrasc hh will
rjnil'le me to clve mvne!f I ho pleasure j
of Kin h a trip."
Mr. Oolhers ha'l Invite. I Ihe prtU
.1 Mil on the rar of Californin's Wil-
(Jtl VOlP.
WASItlXdTON, Nov. IS. Ah the
ir-iill ul' Ihe ilrri-ii'ii In iiwuirl eftn
iraets ur 1 1 mi i- luU!le-hip-. nnil six-
jleen e-t ni.vt'i to privjtle linililetv.
Ihe navy ilepurltueiil prolijiliiy Will
-pern) ii,uini,HMU nvaihilile Tor iu
prnvemriit n" government plants on
llie navy nir at riiilailelphin tln
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