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B A T.TIM, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1913.
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Posf Car J From
Missing Girl
Jessie McCann Writes Her Parents She
Will Be Home Thursday Afternoon
and Not to Worry.
SENATE DEFEATS FIRST
Rebels Are Pouring Shot from
Machine Guns Into Ma-zatlin.
FEDERALS FIGHTING
BUT IN SAD PLIGHT
(UNITED PRESS UUSED WIBI.
New York, Dec. 15. A poBt card
signed "Jessie," and believed to have
been sent by Miss McCann, the miss
ing daughter of William McCann, a
wealthy wholesale grocer, was received
at the McCann home here today. It
read:
"Dear Mother: I will be home
Thursday afternoon. Do not worry."
Miss McCann, a prominent social
worker, disappeared December 5. Her
parents believe she is being detained
somewhere against her will.
Late News
Bulletins
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Vote of 40 to 35 in This Test
of Strength on Currency
Measure
POINDEXTER WITH DEMS.
Ammunition Is Running Short
and Early Surrender Is
Foreshadowed.
SPECIAL MEETING CALLED
ICON SIf
EMPLOYMENT
UNITED PBESS UltlO WIBI.
Mexico City, Dec. 15. Desperate
fighting raged in Mazatlan today, ac
cording to a detailed and seemingly
trustworthy report received here.
The rebels had seized launches,
mounted machine guns on thorn and
were using them to storm the city, it
Governor West has today called a
meeting of tho (date cmergon-iy Board
for next Thursday morning, at which
he will suggest that a deficiency at $50,
000 be created to give employment on
public roails for the next two months
to men now out of work. lie figures
was said, The lederals were reported ; mt the gy'n provide employ
fighting from behind an embankment meut for 500 m(m $2 a day and that
thrown up on shore. Their ammunition
was understood to be running short.
Amorican Consul Alger is bolieved to
be lu Mazatlan, and there are many
foreigners there.
:the work will be of advantage to the
I state by hastening improvement of thor
on ghf ares. ...
I The decision to call the meeting was
reached by the governor after C. C. Mc-
Colloeh, Btate senator, West's repre
jsaiue imminent. Igentative at the meeting of the unem
"El Paso, Tex., Dec. 15. Fighting be- ,,ioveii j Portland today, had made his
tween Mexican federals and rebels at rP1,0rt. Senator McColloch said that
Lamula, 15 miles south of Ojiuaga, tne nieeting was orderly and he was
-where the fedoral garrison of Chihua- : convinced that the men actually desired
hit City took ref uge at the end of its 1 work Tne K0vernor said if the propos
flight northward to the American bord-'j -oa(i wol.t j8 undertaken, if would
er, seemed imminent today. have tl) ))e aouo ;n the regular way
Tho badly disorganized federal force : trough the state highwny commission
which arrived at Ojinaga several uays i i
' ego, appeared to have been whipped in-! FOOTPADS FRACTURE SKULLS
to Borne semblance of discipline again
today. The troops were maneuvering '
and entrenching at Lamula, plainly in
anticipation of being attacked.
Morcado in Command.
General Morcado, who was reported
la.it week as mining from Ojinaga and
J was thought to have fallen into the reb
els' hands while scouting, was said to
be in command at Lamula today.
A hundred more civilian refugees
from Chihuahua City arrived hero to
day, bringing fresh stories of tho mis
behavior of General Villa's rebel sol
diers there. Looting is going on indis
criminately, they asserted, and although
men whom they do not need for mill
' tary duty and ngainst whom thoy have
no political grudge aro permitted to
leave freely enough, it was doclared to
be ft common thing for the rebels to
hold the women of their families for
ransam.
May Not Kill Torrazas.
The latest refugee arrivals had not
heard the report of Luis Terrains' ex
ecution, and did not thing it true, as
they beliovcil Villa would keep tho .
young man alive as long as a chance ex-1
isted of making money out of him. It
was said ho had been threatonod with
death, however, and unquestionably
would bo killed unless his father paid
for his release, which It was understood
he would do as soon as he could aise
tho money.
Latest accounts were that it was
$500,000 instead of $250,000 that Villa
demanded from Torrazas, tho cider.
El Paso was caring for tho refugees. '
Lull at Tamnico.
At Tampii'O there was a lull today.
Tho American warships were supply
ing food and water to those who needed
them. A storm, however, woe hamper
ing relief work and rendering tho trans
fer of refugee from the warships to
the liner Morro Castle temporarily im
possible. It was hoped that this could
be completed today.
The transport Sumner bad arrived off
Tampico.
Seeks to Curb Villa.
El Taso, Texas, Dee. 15. That Gen
eral Carranza realizes the trouble Gen
Washington Republican Aids in Defeat
of Plan to Have Four Regional
Reserve Banks.
UNITED PBIIIS LIMBED WIBI.)
Washington, Dec. 15, By a vote of
40 to 35 the senate .this afternoon de
feated the first of Sonator Hitchcock's
amendment to the currency bill.
The amendment was intended to fix
the number of regional reserve banks
at four, and to require the Bale of the
reserve bank's stock first to the pub'
lie. Senator Poindexter voted with the
Democrats.
united paiss uasid wibi.
Washington, Dec. 15. The nomina
tion of John W. Preston, of Ukiah,
Cal., to succeed John L. McNab as
United States district attorney, was
sent to the senate today by President
Wilson.
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Portland, Or., Dee. 15. In a message
received here today by J. II. Young,
president of the Spokane, Portland &
Seattle railroad, confirmed reports to
the effect that he had rosigne'd, to take
effect January 1.
Lumber Yards and Several
Nearby Buildings Burned
and Loss $300,000.
SYLVIA PANKHURST FREE
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E
HE
PLANS TO CELEBRATE
SIGNING ARE ABANDONED
fUNITBD PIUSBS LEASED WIEB.l ,
Washington, Dec. 15. Plans of Cal
ifomians here to celobrato the signing
of the Hetch Ilotehy water bill by Pres
ident Wilson were abandoned today.
Following a visit to the White House,
former Mayor Phelan, of San Francis
co, said that, because of the president's
indisposition, it had been decided by in
terested persons to not try to be pros
ent at the signing of the bill.
It was announced the president will
sign the measure either today or tomorrow.
WANTS BIO DRYDOCK.
UNITED PBESS LEASED WIRE.
Washington, Dec. 15. Senator Per
kins introduced a bill today for a $3,
000,000 drydock in San Francisco bay,
to hold the largest battleship afloat.
OF SAN FRANCISCO MEN
UNITED PRESS IJOiBED WIBI.
San Francisco, Dec. 13. Joseph Bow
man and Thomas Murphy, their skulls
fractured by footpads, were lying in a
critical condition at the Contral Emer
gency hospital hero today. J. J. Ewiug
and James Keiney were at the same in
stitution, though not fatally injured in
the samo way. Lawrence Slaving, a
marine fireman, also a victim of hig'i
waymcn, was at the morgue.
All tho cases occurred Saturday or
Sunday night. Many other highw'iy
robberies were reported in which the
victims lost merely their valuables, or,
if beaten, were not seriously hurt.
JOE TINKER'S SALE TO
lUNITID PBESS LElflto WIBI.l
Hew York, Dec. 15. Details of the
murder of AnDa Aumullor, as told by
Hans Schmidt, the unfrocked priest, on
the day of his arrest, wore recounted
from the witnoss stand this afternoon
by Police Inspector Faurot, the detec
tive who ran the confessed slayer . to
earth. A crowded court room, com
posed mostly of women, listenod breath'
lossly.
Faurot denied that Schmidt was sub'
jocted to the "third dogree," adding
"We took Schmidt to the flat where
he had killed Mis Aumuller and dis
memberod her body-1 Ho doscribed to
us in an evon voice just how he crept
into the girl's Toom while she slept,
He said he carried a butcher knifo and
a saw.
"Schmidt's frame shook with sobs
as he told how he cut Miss Aumuller 's
throat, and then carried the corpse to
"the bathroom. 'I severed the head
first.' Schmidt told us, 'and then dis
membered the body. It was gruesome
work, and it required exnetly three
days for me to dispose of the pieces,
bit by bit.'"
Would Bar All
Undesirables
Burnett Immigration Bill, Aimed at
Asiatics, Militants, Anarchists and
Ignorant Recommended,
At Point of Death From Hunger, Thirst
and Sleep When She Is Released
From Jail Cell.
t UNITED PBESS LEASED WIBI.
Washington, Dec. 15. The house
immigration commiree favorably re
ported this afternoon the Burnett im
migration bill, accompanied by stringent
provisions barring Asiatics, militant
suffragettes and advocates of sabotage
and anarchists. The measure includes
a literacy test, requiring all aliens to
read and write one language.
D
MINT
PEOPLE MAY
HAVE AIDED
UNITED PBSSS LEASED Will.
London, Doc. 15. Miltant suffra-
gettes started a fire at Devonport to
day which did 1300,000 damage.
The conflagration entirely dostroyod
the Fox-Elliott company's lumber yard
and several nearby buildings. For a
time it threatened to spread to still
othor structure, and soldiers from the
Devonport barracks and sailors from
the warships in the harbor were called
to the firemen's aid. .
Leave Placard Nearby.
The incendiaries loft a placard posted
near the scene of the fire, inscribed
"Revenge for Mrs. Pankhurst."
Miss Sylvia rankhurst, who, like hor
mother, has been serving a jail sen
tenco for inciting a riot, was roleased
this afternoon at the point of death
from- a hunger, thirst and sleep strike.
Refusing to eat or drink, she walked
constantly about her cell 'to keep ior
self from sleeping. When given her
liborty, under the "cat and mouse,"
tho was at the point of collapse from
exhaustion.
Telegram to King Oeorge.
Suffragette leaders, reforring to Mrs.
Pankhurst, who is still in prison, also
refusing to eat or drink, sent the fol
lowing telegram to King Goorgo:
"In your majesty's name a noblo wo
man ii being done to dentil. We call
upon your majesty to stop this crime bo
fore it Is too lato.
Sensational Development Is
Promised, Following Cal
ifornia Catch.
COOLEY ACCUSED OF
KILLING VAN PELT
OF
Pioneer Sawmill Man of Curry
County Killed While Walk
ing on Road.
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WILSON'S COLD IMPROVED.
(UNITED PBESI LEASED WlBlJ
Washington, Doc. 15. President
Wilson's cold was greatly improved to
day, according to Dr. Cary Grayson.
The president resumed his routine du
ties, but did his work in the Whito
House study. Ho saw no visitors. It
was stated he probably will not visit
the executive, officos for several days.
UNITED TT.r.nm IJOiBED WIRE.
Cincinnati, Dec.. 15. Tho directors of
the Cincinnati National League base
ball leagiio this afternoon disapproved
of tho snlo of Joe Tinker, doposed man
ager of Hie chili, to the Brooklyn Na
tionals. This was believed to mean
that Tinker will bo reinstated as mana
ger of the Reds. Brooklyn offered tho
Cincinnati club $25,000 for Tinker's ro
lease.
The directors wired August Horr-
tiiiin, the cluD's president, tnai tuey
disapproved of tho deal and wanted
playors, not cash, In exchange for Tm
ker. They insisted that any proposition
with Brooklyn must be in the form of a
trade, and involve Pitchers S. Yingling
and liagon, and Outfielders Morau and
Stengel.
Ti
There has been some speculation lo
cally as to who would be named to suc
ceed F, J. Lafky, recently elected man
ager of La Grande, as member of the united pbisi limed wibi.
Salem board of education. When the San Francisco, Dec. 15. Aaron R,
matter was bro"' " jtention of Cpoloy, aged 47, said to be a brewer of
one of the scj Jals today, Portland, Or., was arrested hore. today,
he stated t . is contom- at the Instance of Stephen Doyle, a spe-
plated until it was;" TertMn that Mr. cial representative of Governor West of
Lafky was Jocated permanently at l Oregon. Doyle intimated that the ar-
Grande. He conveye ho idoa that Mr. rest was in connection with a crime
Lafky might not decide to retain the committed 14 years ago, but refused to
position of manager of the city In East- g0 into details. Ha said any infonna-
ern Oronon. However, the goneral un- tion concerning the case must come froia
dorstanding had been that Mr. Lafky Governor West. Cooley also refused to
has aeontracfc to run a year there. talk. -
Up to the presont time Mr. Lafky has
not lBn.,era n.K..uuu v v . Mcoriing to lnforlnatlon emanating
ooaro. oe .cnooi .,rWlurB u.-- - M ,uthenHc Coo, ,
i. ! i 1 .1. 1 1 l.A 1. i. nHd.nn In T I ' '
inc., uu, ,. u , ,,.. ., .u Wttnt0)1 ()r the mur(jBr of Th y
i - .1 li, !. lkl ln QuIam mnn 1
uvl.M P(ti I)ionocr Bawmi)1 man of Curry
" , u " " county, in 1898, and possibilities exist
, , , ,, ,, ' , ' that his apprehension may load to ar
to attend the meetings of the school . ' , " ,
,, , , . .. rests of prominent people in this stato
prominent people :
o,l Waul..'...rl..n c,.- U i. ,l...,1..l 11...
IX. !41. ..t II.. ..J .f I ,.t I n,. , ....
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board for six months, in order to hold
e end of that time
ho will have been automatically do-
crime was the product of a pioneer
posed, in the event he absents hiniBolf .. ' , . '
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FOR ATTENDANT 10
J from meetings during the half-year
period, it was stated.
In tho event Mr. Lafky resigns, the
other members of the board will ap
point a successor.
(Continued on page 8.)
f UNITED Piutax LaiSED ms
Chicago, Dec. 15. Miss Calletto
Hall, aged 19, employed as a sten
ographer by fiwift 4 Co., worked
today dejpite the fact that her
uncle, Joseph Snyder, of Califor
nia, who died recently, had willed
her "00,000, provided she mar
ried within a year for love.
"I have never experienced true
love," said Miss Hall, "and I
shall never marry unless I do.
There is no prospect of my ac
quiring that $500,000 vory soon."
Tinker Satisfied.
Chicago, Dec. 15. Satisfaction of the
action of the directors of the Cincin
nati club in repudiating his sale to the
Brooklyn club was voiced hero this af
ternoon by Joe Tinker, last year's man
ager of tho Reds.
"This," he said, "should give the
Cubs a chance to get mo. I want to
play with Chicago next year, and, if
Murphy's bid is as good as the others,
he should be given tho preference."
The sixth annual show of tho Marion
County Poultry association opens its
doors to the public tomorrow at 0
o'clock, and closes Friday evening.
Birds arrived ou every train today,
some from California, Washington and
Iilnho. The prize winners at tho ear
lier shows are hero to compete for tho
magnificent silver cup offered by Lsdd
& Bush, bankers, Pulem, for tho highest
scoring bird In the show.
The usual long line-up of Rocks, U. I.
Rods, Leghorns, Orpingtons and Minor
eas is lnrger than ever, and tho newer
breeds, Including the Faverolles, Coin
pinis and Butter Cups are approach
ly gaining in public favor, as they aro
thero in greater numbers than ever
before.
H. O. White, president of the associa
tion, is well pleased with the results of
his efforts, and says "now that we have
the show here all we want now is for
the public to visit the show, and help
us make good."
Mrs. F.lla Think, of Woodburn, secre
tary of tho association, is a livo wlro
In the show room.
The exhibit is in chnrgo of II. S.
Carter, the poultry photographer, who
will answer all all questions, if you can
catch him.
The small admission fee of 15 cents
is charged, which should Induce a large
attendance.
The polico have been requested tby
tho authorities of tho School for the
Feeble-Minded to investigate the mys
terious diMippcurani'o of Frank Carp,
an attendant at tho institution, who
left tho school Inst Saturday for Salem
ami has not been heard of since.
According to the information receiv
ed by tho police, Carn came to thin city
in the school auto truck, After remain
ing here during tho greater part of Sat
urday, ha told thn driver of tho truck
to go on to the hcIiimjI and tlu.t ho would
walk, Carp did nut show up at the in
stitution Saturday evening or yester
day and the officials of the institution
believe that something has happened to
him.
Ebbetta Will Tight.
Brooklvn, N. Y., Dec. 15. Charles H
Kbbetts, owner of tho Brooklyn Na
tional league flul), refused this after
noon to accept as final the s. tion of the
directors of the Cincinnati club, in "re
pudiating the salo of Joe Tinker by
August Hermann tn his club for 2",
000. "My agreement with Hermann, who
is president of the Cincinnati club,"
said Ebbetts, "was legal and binding.
It must Bland. Tinker must play with
my club next season, or stay out of or
ganized baseball."
The Weather
'THE OIEL IN THE TAXI"
PLEASES AUDIENCE AT GRAND
"Tho Girl In tho Taxi" alighted at
the Grnnd Saturday night and furnish
ed many luughs for theatre-goers, Tho
play is full of funny situations and the
lines are clever. H was well presented
at tho (inind and tho auilienuo was enthusiastic.
Von Pelt wns shot from ambush as
he wns returning to his home from Fred
Blake's store. Just a wock prior to the
shooting ho had been arrested on the
chargo of killing Al Coolidgn, a rola-
DOES IIEE CHEIBTMAS SHOPPING, tive of the Coolidges, of Silvorton, and
r united pbess LEASED wibi. who uro ongngcd in tho banking busi-
San Francisco, Dec. 15. Tho trial of ncss. Ho had been rolenscd, however,
Miss Loah Alexnnder, on a charge of for lack of evidence.
shooting and killing J. D. VonRnolcn, Fired on From Ambush.
a nowspnpor man, October in, was set By the sido of the rond on which he
for trial January fl by Superior Judgo was walking home, thero was a thicket,
Dunne. At Miss Alexander's request, and just as ho passod it, he was fired
tho court issued an onlor permitting upon. A rifle was used by the murder-
her to do some Christmas shopping In ,.r and three shots were fired, two of
tho custody of a police nintron.
BAIL CASES NOT DECIDED.
Washington, Dec. 15. Tho United
States supreme court adjourned today
without dividing tho intormountalu or
other important cases ponding before
it rblnf .Tnnticft While iLimnunceil the
,, , ... t1 ., , I scone, they found Van Pelt dead,
court's holiday recess would extend ' ' . '
from December 22 to January 5,
them tnking effect. Ono passed through
the body of Van Pelt, and the other
through his head.
Johimlo Van Pelt, presumed to have
been a son, and a man by the name of
Savage, were working near whore tho
shooting occurred, and rushing to the
HUERTA PARADES IN AN
OLD SUIT TO SHOW
WE CAN SEHI
The Dickey Bird
says: Oregon: Fair
tonight and Tues
ilny; easterly
winds.
FORGER ARRESTED.
Joe) llnidiino, charged with passing
forged checks in this city during tll'i
stato fair, arrested in Corvallls Snt'.r-
iny, is in the county jail. Although nit
informed of the forgries until two
months after they wcro committed,
Sheriff Ksch soon located lWi'dune, a'ld
telephoned the authorities at Corvnllis
to arrest him. Borduiin Is accused of
having forged the uiuno of John Kiw'
nick, of Jefferson, to checks aggregat
ing $11. Ho Is charged also with hav
ing pa 1 a check for I'-'O in Portland,
'Igning the same name. Bordiine cash
ed one of the cbecki at a local bank.
UNITED piiess !,A"m wins
Mexico City, Dec. 1". Presi
dent lluerta undertook today to
show Mexico City how democratic
he is.
lie donned a battered felt hat,
a wciither-slaini'd brown overcoat
a gniy sweater ,n pair of greasy
old trousers and long unpolished
sliiici. Then .instend uf taking a
carriage, he walked from his resi
ilencn to the national palace, The
oretically he wns u nut tended, but
his bodyguard was not fur behind
him.
Henatora lluerta, previously re
ported sent to tho coast fur safe
ty, was also seen on the streets
Saturday.
Mystery Ever Since.
A coroner's jury with Justice of tho
Peace John Cooley, acting In tho capa
city of coroner, was called and a ver-
t returned that Vnn Pelt came to his
tenth from wound received from two
riflo bullets firod by an unknown per
son, r.vor since, the murder has been
mystery. Hecently District Attorney
Ilrown, of llosebiirg. and 8tcphon Doyle
beitnn work on tho case, and they have
unearthed tho evidence which resulted
in the arrest, of Cooley,
Van Pelt crosed the plains with the
Coolidges, It Is said, and they were in
terented with him In the sawmill busi
ness. Ho wns married, it Is said, to an
Indian woman. While rumor connected
tho iinme of Van Pelt with the murder
of A I t ooliilge, ho ilas released, and the
murderer Wis never been apprehended.
Cooley wns a neighbor of the Vau Pelts.
BPENCEll GETS REPRIEVE.
Chicago, Deo. 15. X reprieve of 3D
days from December 10 was granted to
day to Henry Spencer, sentenced to
die for tho murder of Mrs. Mildred Al
lison Roxroot, a Chicago teacher of
dancing, by Governor Dunne, to nllow
Spcncor't attorney time to appeal to
tho supreme court. Attorney Zetnan
said lie expected to prove Spencer wan
insane at the time ho murdered Mrs.
I liexnmt. Ho also charged that the po
lice " railroaded '' his client.