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.NEWSPAPER
II ADITS Ul
FAILED AND MEXICANS
MUST FIGHT IT OUT
Irges All Americans to Leave Mexico at Once in Special
Mewage to CongressTells of Negotiations With Huerta
and Refusal of Provisional President to Accept Terms-
Mexicans Warned Not to Hurt AmericansExportation of
All Arms, for Either Side, to Be Forbidden.
CSITED MESS LKASED Willi.
'Washington, Aug. 27. President
iiodrow Wilson played his trump
,ril 1Q ille -.uuxicuu biiuuuuu muuy
n he appeared at 1:01 o'clock in
house of representatives and read
s joint session of congress a spe
ll message on me suuauuu growing
;jt of the assassination of President
fulcra, and the assumption of power
1 Vietorinno Huerta. TUh presi
jiil'i message advised:
What all Americans be earnestly
jffd to leave Mexico immediately.
That Mexico be informed tliat exem
v punishment will follow if Amer-
lives ore cadangorod.
jThat the Mexican factions be per
illed to fight out their troubles.
by manifest considerations of expedi
ency. Cannot Be Umpire.
"We can neither be partisans nor
constitute ourselves the virtual umpire
of the contest. The whole world de
sires Mexico's peace and progress.
Central America is about to be touched
by the great trade routes. The future
has much in storo for Moxico, as well
as Central America, but the best gifts
will not come unless Mexico is ready
to receive and enjoy them honorably.
Both North and South America await
Mexico 'b development, which cannot bo
sound and lasting unless it is the pro
duct of genuine freedom, just as or
dered government is the foundation of
law
The pr..si.lcn must prohibit sh.p-1 Mexico has a great and enviable
ant of arm. to both Mexican ferfe.- fntur0i ;f u omn to aHain the
ttand re-jols to ensure the neuhality ratha of hone9t constltlltional K0Vcrn.
the United States. ment.
be failure of John Lind's negoiia- .prmnt circumstances in Moxico
4 was reported by the president, ( do n0 eem t promiso evm a foun(,a.
jt he said the door still was not tion for peace. We have waited month,
-Jsed to further peace overtures. of peri) ,, anxicty for ,m .
Says Situation Critical. ment But there Jf B0 improvement-
,The president regards the situating The has grown worse. The
critical, His .address to congress a, Wi, ,Hr by ,M provi8ion.
fUbcd friendship to the Mexican, al authoritie(1 "at Mexico citv haB
-pie, but extreme pessimism con-J grown smttllcr and the prospect of
ihjng the outlook for immediate pacifvin(f tne C011IltrVi evon by arm9i
e, because Huerta had "jecd has gr0wn more remote.
American plan of mediation. 'Increasing difficulties entangle the
n that part the president said: claimants to the presidency. They
'It is dearly my duty to lay before have ot ma,le their c)aim9 ROod,
j fully and without reservation the Their .11(,ea9e8 in the fiela have DCen
fti concerning our present relations t(mporai.y. Wari Qj80rdor, devastation
jth Mexico. I do not need to de- Md ,,onfu9ioll 9(enl to throaten to be.
jibe the deplorable posture of Mex- fome thfl getm fortuna of the
a affairs, but it is my duty to speak tract(,(1 emmlty A, friend((i coul(1
""'v 01 WMt 1,18 united states gov- WRit no , for a solution of the
troubles. It was our duty to at least
offer our good offices. I accordingly
Over $1,000,000
Loss in Blaze
C. A. Smith Lumber Company's Plant
at Bay Point, CaL, Scene of
Disastrous Tire.
united raise leased wire.
Bay Point, Cal., Aug. 27. More than
90,000,000 feet of lumber, valued at !.-
000,000 was destroyed in a fire which
swept the $o,000,000 plant here early to
day of the C. A. Smith Lumber com
pany. The plant is the largest on . the
Pacific coast and comprises 300 acres.
A stiff breeze whipped the flames in
to a roaring furnace and within an hour
25 acres had been burned over. At 2
o'clock this morning the fire-fighters
resorted to dynamiting and back-firing
to prevent the flames reaching the box
factory, mills and wharves.
WANTS STATE TO PAY
ment has done, and what I should
k to do in fulfillment of our obliga
I'll to Mexico, as a friend and neigh
r. and also as to the American citi
t" whose lives and interests are af-
.jttfd.
'What wo do must be rooted in pa
tfwe and done with calm and disin
fpted deliberation. Impatience on
part wotdd bo childish and fraught
ih every risk of wrong and folly.
!f can afford to exercise the restraint
great nation, realizing our
'eRth, hut scorning to use it. It
r" onr duty to offer assistance. Now
s i' onr duty to show what neutrality
fl do to ennble the Mexicans to set
!"t affairs in ordor, and to await
Iher opportunity to offer friendly
jniels,
1 Americans in Danger.
I'The door is not closed to a re
iltion of negotiations upon Mexi-
1 initiative or ours. While we wait
? fontest of the rival forces un
I'htcdty for a while will be sharper
fi ever, licauso it is plnin that an
W must he made to the existing situ
Y nd, with the InewQ.o.i activity
the eomlmtnnts, it is to be feared
" will be increased danger for non
patants. The outsiders' position is
f "v" mnt trying and full of haznrd
there is civil strife nnd a coun
f npset. ,
i shniild urge all Americans to
r e x i c o immediately, and to ns
Hem as fnr as is possible not be-
j e mean to slacken our efforts
J "feguard their lives and interests.
V Wosiikp it Is imperative that we
' 110 unnecessary risks.
, Wm Be Held AccounUble.
" should advise evervbodv exer-
f "t authority in Mexico In the most
pviionl fBil)fln thnt W(, srP
l'ng Mcilnntly the fortunes of
Amrricnn, who are unable to
the country, and that we Intend
r ol'l to a reckoning any one who
""'Mi suffering or loss.
J " ' my dutv to exercise the nu-
'V'v conferred on me hv the law of
't 4, 1912, and to see' that neither
'eceives assistance from the
I . !le of the border, I shall
1,1 " "Portation of arms and mil-
, o( r from any part of the
i' ' State, to Mexico, the Dollcy
''4 presedent, and dictated
took the liberty of sending John Lind
as my personal spokesman and repre
sentative. My instructions were:
What Lind Asked.
"Imemdiate cessation of fighting
and a definite armistice, scrupulously
observed; security for an an early and
free election; Huerta's pledge that he
would not be a candidate for president
at the next election; agreement by all
Mexican factions to abide by the re
sult of that election and to co-operate
in organizing and supporting the
new administration, Mr. Lind was
told that the nations of the world ex-
pectod the United States to bo Mexi
co's nearest friend.
"Mr. Lind executed his mission with
tact, firmness and judgment. He made
clear not only his visit's purpose, but
its spirit; but his proposals wore ro
jocted in a noto, tho full text-of which
I lay before you. I am led to believe
they were rejected partly because
tho Mexican authorities were grossly
misinformed and misled on two points.
They did not realize the friendliness
of Americans, nor the determination
that a solution would be found for
Mexican difficulties. Tliey did pot be
liove that the administration spoke
tVough Mr. Lind for the "masses of
the Americnn people. Tho effect of
this misunderstanding leaves them iso
lated and without friends who Bre able
I to effecutnlly aid them.
"Bo long as this misunderstanding
continues wo must nwait their awnken
ing to tho truth. Wo cannot thrust our
good offices on them. The situation
must have time to work itself out. 1
believe onlv a little while may be nec
.,v nnd the actual situation of the
Mexico City authorities will presently
be revealed
" Several great governments have
urged the Mexican provisional antnori
ties to accept our offers."
The president proceeded to exptnin at
length that Lind's instructions empha
l7e.l the disinterestedness of the Uni
ted States, this country's anxiety te.
preserve Mexican indeiiendence and the
entire absence of influence by any per
sonal property or political Interest.
Trouble never comes sinele. hut J.
always married. This was proved
in the case of J. K. Tooley, on
whoso land some government sur-
veyors camped, using his barn as
a sleeping place. On departing
they left a bucket of naint hanc
ing in the stable shed and this,
somo time later, Mr. Tooley's
cows knocked down and. likiuor
tho color or taste, ate. The result
was that two of them died. Mr.
Tooley has written Secretary Ol-
cott suggesting that the state pay
for the eows. The secretary has
answered tolling Mr. Tooley he
must look to the general govern-
ment for compensation.
,
PETITION TO SAVE 7
BOY S LIFE IS FILED
Attorneys Bradley A. Kwers and Ju
lius W. Knispel, tho latter also secreta
ry of tho Oregon League to Abolish
Capital Punishment, came up from Port
land today to present petitions asking
the commutation of the death sontence
of Robert Morgan, sentenced to hang
for the murder of his sweotheart at
Condon. A petition containing 300 or
more names of Condon and Gilliam
county people was filed. Both gentle
men made brief but strong argument in
favor of the executive clemency and the
governor took the mattor under advise
ment. The boy was only 17 years old
at the time the crime wns committed
and is barely 18-now. The crime was
caused by insane jealousy and Bhowed
no signs of premeditation, and under
the Oregon statute is not murder in tho
first degree.
RIVERBUT ESCAPE
Canoe Carrying Mr. and Mrs.
Hamilton and Guests Is
Overturned.
TRY CAHETTI ON
DEATH Or YOUNQ IS ACCIDENT.
Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 27. The
death of John (Bull) Young was "un
intentional by Jesse Willard," accord
ing to the verdict of a corior's jurv,
rendered late yesterday. The death
wascaused,it said, by ''concussion of
tho brain, due to a blow on the ehiu,
delivered by Jess Willard."
PRESENCE OF MIND HELPS
Fact That Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Can
Swim and Hurry to Rescue Ex
plains Lack of Fatalities.
But for the presence of mind of
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hamilton and an
other lady who is visiting here, an
other tragedy would have been enact
ed on the Willamette river last even
ing, about 6:15, when a canoe in which
the three persons, together with a
year-and-a-half-old baby, daughter of
the visiting lady, turned over, throw
ing the party into about seven feet of
swiftly running water, just north of
the point of the gravel bar, in the
middle of the river, across from the
foot of State street.
Fortunately for all of the people,
neither Mr. or Mrs. Hamilton or the
lady grew excited over the mishap,
and all were saved. Mr. Hamilton, who
is local manager of the Portland Bail
way, Light & Power Company, left his
office last evening with Mrs. Hamil
ton, her guest and the baby, and
boarding a canoe at the foot of State
street, started for Mr. Hamilton's
camp, which is located on the Polk
county side of the river.
Caught In Current.
Just as the canoe was rounding the
gravel bar, it was caught in some very
swift running water which flowed be
tween two large logs that had become
lodged on the bar, withtho result that
the frail craft was turned over before
the occupants could move or try to
right it. As soon as the canoe began
to tip Mr. Hamilton rolled over the
side into the water. He hoped to steady
the boat by getting out, but when he
came to the surface the canoe was list
ing badly and water was running over
the side.
While Mrs. Hamilton is a good
swimmer, and perfectly at home in, the
water, the other lady can swim but
little. However, the latter did not get
excited and continued to smile when
the boat capsized. The women and the
baby girl were thrown into the water,
and Mr. Hamilton immediately caught
the baby and made for shore in water
that was over his head, owing to the
boat being carried by tho current, ire
enrried the child to shore and left it in
care of some men who were tending the
pumping stntion located on the gravel
bar, and went after the women folks.
Cared for Selves,
In the meantime, Mrs. Hamilton had
righted the boat and had her compan
ion holding onto it safely. The current
had by this time floated the craft and
its burden far out into the river in
deep water, but keeping their heads,
and allowing but little of their weight
to bear on the water-logged canoe,
Mrs. Hamilton and the other lady
succeeded in keeping out of danger
until the canoe had drifted near the
(Continued on page 8.)
Last Man I Sworn at Noon
and Testimony Is Being
Taken Now.
ATTORNEY "XOSES OUT
Harris Is Not Allowed to Take Change
of Venue to Sacramento for Su
bornation Trial.
UNITED PRISS LEASED WIRE.
Ban Francisco, Aug. 27. The jury
which is to try F. Drew Caminetti, son
of Commissioner-General of Immigration
Antkoiu Caminetti, on a charge of vio
lating the Maun white slave act by
transporting Miss Lola Norris of Sac
ramento to Reno for alleged immoral
purposes, was completed in the United
states district court here today at 12
o'clock.
The tenth juror was William Adame,
an insurance broker, unmarried; the
eleventh, Thomas 11. Haskins, wholesale
coffee and tea dealer, and the twolfth,
William A. Hoister, a rj'al estate dealer.
Not Many Questions.
The seventh juror who is to sit in the
case against Caminetti, was secured
within a few niinutcs aftor court resum
ed this morning. He is Charles E. Hunt,
a retired merchant of San Francisco.
Ho was practically unanimously accept
ed, neither side asking many quostions.
None of the women involved in the
case wbs present when court opened.
Maury I. Diggs, recently convicted of
white slavery by transporting Marsha
Warrington to Reno for immoral pur
poses, was also absent. .
..Change' of Venue Refused.
Before the examination of jurors wus
resumed, Judge Van Fleot announced
that the change of venuo asked by At
torney Charles B. Harris, of Sacramento
accused jointly with Maury I. Diggs, of
attempted subornation of perjury,
would not be granted.
The eighth juror is Benjamin Diblee,
a bond broker, and the ninth, C. F.
Michaels, a wholesale drug dealer. Both
are married men.
The Caminetti jury:
Jury .In Case.
William Adams, retired merchant,
married.
Asa L. White, lumber merchant, mar
ried. Charles O. Cluusscn, architect, un
married. Fred S. Moody, head of realty cor
poration, married.
Francis J. Carolan, capitalist, mar
riod. K. C. Brndloy, former general mana
ger, Pacific Telephone and Telograph
company, married.
Charles E, Hunt, retired shoo mer
chant, married.
Benjamin H. Diblee, bond broker,
married.
C, F. Michaels, wholesale drugs, mar
ried. William Adams, fire Insurance, un
marriod. Thomas H. Haskins, eoffo and tea
merchant, marriod.
William A. Heister, rual estato, married.
Up to Council to Secure Better
Fire Protection for Capital City
Frisco to Extend
Railway System
Vote of Four to One in Favor of an Is
sue of 13,500,000 in Bonds and
Work to Be Pushed.
united press leased wire.
San Francisco, Aug. 27. By a vote
of approximately four to one, the Issue
of $3,500,000 in bonds to extends the
municipal street railway system is pass
ed here today by San Francisco voters.
The total vote cast was 65,428, of which
51,649 votod for the bonds.
Mayor Itolph, who fought hard for
the bonds, today issued the following
statement:
'The new extensions authorized will
allow San Francisco to expand. We
shall start construction work as rapidly
as possible and finish tho linos without
delay. San Francisco now can indeed
lead in the race of progressive munici
palities and show other cities of the
country how to do things In a substan
tial mannor."
FINE ID AND BOTTLE
united nun uasbd wise.
Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 27.
Dined on chicken and rognlod
with clarot daily, Georgo Jahnus,
after a weok's unavailing search
for the man who leaves & bird
and a bottle on his porch each
night, is furthor than over today
from a solution of the mystery.
"Six days it wont along,"
Jahnus explained today, "and
ovory day I ate chicken and
drank wine. Two nights I waited
all night to see who did it Night
before last I dropped asleep a
minute and when I woke up the
stuff was there agnin. Last
night I stayed all night on my
porch, and this morning the chick-
en was on my kitchen table."
In spite of the mystery of his
repasts, Jahnus admits he has
gained five pounds in a week on
the diet.
(Continued on pags I )
Tho Salem city eoum il is certainly
a friend of the newspaper fraternity,
for it is always doing something thnt
makes a newspaper story, ami not mm h
of anything else. It has kept tho com
munity by the ears for yenrs, over sew
ers, street paving, water pluut pur
chases, lights, bond sales and heaven
knows what else. Just now, between
stunts of voting on a bond Issue, to
take care of the sewer debt, and the
.registration Jinille that has arisen
from It, and the hefty question as to
who will be mayor, and will Rigdon
keep his sent, the matter of the pur
chase of a fire engine occupies the at
tention of the council, and serves to
amuse the populace, or such of them as
it does not disgust.
Borne time ago a fire engine of a
certain type was purchased, or or
dered, the council voting on the mat
ter being tied, it was settled by the
vote of tho mayor, mid the engine or
dered. It arrived in due season, was
tested, and, for some reason, was pro
nniinced unsatisfactory to the majority
of the committee, or council, or some
body, ami the sale was declared off.
We do not know anything about the
merits or demerits of the engine in
question, nor do we cant what kind of
an engine the committee or council sees
fit to bu -. That is up to them to de
cide, according to thoir best judgment
as to the needs and Interest of the
city. We are interested, however, In
the purchase of an engine of some
kind. The eoiincilmen sit around and
quarrel over the kind of engine to buy.
and buy none. South Palem Is at the
mercy of fire. It has no engine, and
no water for one If it had, it. And
while this condition exists th rouo-
SALEM HANS ARE
SOON TO DON SUITS
cilmen quarrel lilie a lot of
uron, nnd ,n nothing to relievo the sit
uation. Tn the interest of the city, ami
the wlifiln city, gentlemen of the coun
cil, get together, transact the public
business, settle on some kind of a fire
engine, purchase It, and be done with
the mutter. When this is settled
malie some arrangement by which
some protection cnn bo given South Sn
lent property owners, ns well ns the
balance of the city. And over and
above all forget all those petty qnnr
rels and differences, and get in and
work for a bigger and a better Salem.
Nobody cares who Is to be acting may
or, or who Is to b police matron, or
whether there is one or not, hut they
do want their property protected so
far as posisble against fire, and the
other city business attended to. Will
you kindly get busy!
Eighty of the finest, most original
and neatest suits arrived hore today and
are being pressed up and segregated at
tho Shaw Pressing Parlors for those
who aro to wifir thorn the memliors of
the Salom Chorrian Club. Under the
direction of D. R. Yantis, "Tho Tog
gory man," the Chorrian suits are re
ceiving the finishing touches and whon
all the extra decorations will have been
added, tho mombers of Sal ours noweet
boosting organization will prococd to
doll up in a fashion that will mako the
X-lliiiy and the sheath gown look like
II) cents in distress.
According to Mr. Yantis, who Is a
member of the committee, composed of
himself, M. L, Meyers and Chauncoy
Bishop, to arrange for the official uni
forms, th 3 suits now on hand cannot he
equalled in any respect by any in tho
state. Ho declares thnt the uniforms
are mado up with all the thoroughness
nml euro that would bo used in building
tho modem expensive and up-to-dnto
.men's wear, and that they aro not only
beautiful, but serviceable as well. They
uro composed of cream sorgo, cut Nor
folk stylo, with red and white belts
about the blouse, Tho trousers are
cuffed und cut along the lines of the
111 I. 'I suits for men, With lulls and
shoes to match, tho Chorrinns should
present a body of men who will do cred
it to the Capital City at tho Pendleton
lioiiiuM'p.
VICTORY IN COURT
Says i Should Worry" and
"You Will See More Sur
prises Later.? ,
HABEAS CORPUS IS OFF
Judge Grants Motion of Slayer's Law
yers, and He Is Entitled to Jury
Trial In October.
united rasss leased wire.
Sherbrooke, Que., Aug. 27. Harry K.
Thaw won another victory hero this f-
tornoon when Judge Globensky granted
the motion of the Now York slayer's
lawyers to discontinue thoir application
for habeas corpus. The result of this
decision loaves Thaw just where he
started and blocks New York's effort
to secure him. Thow now stands jailed
on an imperfect commitment and is en
titled to a jury trial in October.
Asked his opinion of today's pre
coedings Thaw said: "I should worry.
You'll see more surprises lator."
BRIDE BURNS TO DEATH.
UNITED PRESS LEASED WISE.)
Aberdeen, Wash., Aug. 27. Mrs.
Myllmaki, aged 22, a bride of three
months, died today from burns re
ceived while starting a fire in the
cook stove with coal oil. The womau
was so terribly burned that the flesh
came off in strips from portions of hor
body. Hor husband was severely
burnod in attempting to save her.
s
That a modern circus does not keep
everything It gets its hands on, espe-'
cialiy if it would be hard stuff to
handle, was proven today in a letter
received by, County Trensnrer Moore
from George W. Hubbs, a real estate
man of Silverton.
While vlBiting the city prior to at
tending the Ringling Brothers' circus
last Saturday, Mr. Hubbs called at the
court house and secured several coun
ty warrants, the value of which
amounted to nearly 70. He cashed
one warrant, and with his family went
to the circus In the afternoon. While
viewing th sights, Mr. nubbs lost the
envelope containing the warrants, and
did not dlscovor his loss until the show,
was out. He at once colled upon the
circus management to keep sn eye out
for the warrants, which they prom
ised to do, and then advised Treasurer
Moore of tho Incident by tolling him
to stop payment on the same should
they be presented" to the local banks.
Last Monday morning Mr. Hubbs re
ceived a letter in which he found his
lost warrants, and in which tho show
people expressed themselves as being
pleasod to linvo located them. The
warrants had been found by a circus
employo and turned Into the ticket
window, and the secretary of the or
ganization Immodiatoly recognized
thorn as tho property of Mr. Hubbs.
It would bo necossary to commit
forgery to cash tho warrants, howov
er, and It is a safo bet that Hubbs
would bo out $70 had tho amount been
represented in gold or bank notes.
BOYS ADMIT STEALING
$15,000 IN JEWELRY
united r-nEsa leased wise.
Oakland, ( ul., Aug. 27, Hurley Snpp
and Hoy Gordon Clarke, bell boys at
tho Hotel Carlton, llerkeley, are held
here today after confessing, according
to the police, to robbing guests of the
hotel of Jewelry valued at ir,oni). The
police say the boys have served time In
the reform school of the state of Wash
ington and had been arrested st Seat
tle for burglary.
united piiess leased wins.
Snn Francisco, Aug. 27. The board
of malingers of tine Northern llaptist
convention, sitting nil night deliberat
ing on the verdict in tho case of Dr.
t'lnude Kelley, pnstor of the First Bap
tist, church of Hun dose, charged with
immoral conduct with Miss Florence
Cljirk, nged 111, announced early today
that he had been found guilty of Indis
cretions which warranted the severe
censure of tho board.
ASTORIA BUYS WATERFRONT.
Astoria, Ore., Aug. 27. To be In
readiness for the opening of tho Pana
ma canal, the Port of Astoria has pur
chased 40 acres on the waterfront
here on which to construct public
docks, it was announced today. The
port has authority to Issue bonds to
the amount Of S00,000 to defray the
cost.
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