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All the News that's Fit to Print Everybody Reads the Daily Capital Joui Hi 1 ".-! r"s if JL Mk MM HI - TflE BEST NEWSPAPER TDE LARGEST CIRCULATION fVMf,, r to tut nl nan fin THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR. BALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1913. PRICE TWO CENTS. fiMFcZ 7 oil ft ftifr ;; . rfrtrfli . .. u. W V Ji MEI1CANJAPANESE ALLIANCE REPORTED .FORMED i , ' . . s I i .. . UUVU1U VYLOI OHIO HE INTENDS TO IGNORE IIU FUTURE Announces That Neglect or Ina bility of Lewis to Perform Du ties of His Office Responsible for Present Irrigation Mud dleAnnounces He Will in Near Future Call Meeting of All Settlers of North Canal Unit of Central Oregon Irriga tion Company's Project and Outline Scheme of Federal and State Aid Says He Will Leave Lewis to His "Cushion Chair Duties." Declaring that the "neglect or ina bility" of State Engineer Lewis to per form the duties of hia office is respon sible for the present irrigation muddle which confronts the state, and that hereafter he intends to ignore him and leave him to his "cushion chair duties" Governor West today announced that in the near future he will call a meeting of all the settlers of the North Canal Unit of the Central Oregon Irrigation company 's project, and outline to them a scheme of federal and state aid to re claim their lands. After that he stated he would present the scheme to the commercial bodies cf the state, the state irrigation congress when it con venes, and finally to the secretary of the intorior. Offered to Relinquish: Tho irrigation company recently of fered to relinquish to the state the unit which comprises 34,000 acres, for $300,000, so that the land might be re claimed through federal and state aid. It was estimated that an addition $50, 000 would be required to completely re claim tho lands. The offer was consid ered last week by the state desert land board, but tho majority of the mombers did not seem to take to tho scheme. Yesterday Lewis announced In tho press that he was not favorable to it, but that he would advocate that the gov ernment alone reclaim tho land. That' IMPORTANT WITNESS IN ' GRAFT TRIAL HELD ItJNITBD PBIHS LI1KCD WIB1.1 San Francisco, Doc. 17. Special Treasury Agent David O. Powers, ar rested here yesterday on a seduction charge preferred by Miss Lena Caduff, was arraigned today before Police Judgo Crist and his preliminary exam ination set for December 24. Powers is one of the government's chief witnesses la the trial of the eight indicted officials of the Western Fuel company, charged with conspiracy to defraud the government. Government representatives here asserted Powers' arrest was the result of a plot to dis credit his testimony. Wilson Likely to Back Bill Aiming at Phone Control tCNiTKD rsr.sa MiStD wisb.J Waahiugton, Dec. 1". Strong proba bility of a bill soon to be introduced in the senate by Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois, providing for gov ernment ownership f telephone sys trims, becoming an administration meas ure was seen here today in political circle. Postat officials were scrutinizing the bill closely today. Lewis intended in troducing his bill this week, but Post statement was responsible for the gov ernor's announcement today. I Calls It Inability or Neglect. i "For three years, as a member of tho Btate desert land board, I have listened to reports from the state engineer," said the governor in making the an nouncement, "and I do not propose to heed his recommendations any longer. I Because of his inability or neglect the state finds itself confronted with the present irrigation muddle, and the time has arrived when the situation must bo taken hold of on an intelligent basis, and solved. lu the future I shall call a meeting of all the settlers on the North Canal unit of the projoct of the Central ...Oregon. Irrigation company, and outline to them a scheme of re claiming their lands through federal and state aid. Afterwards I will pre sent it to tha commercial clubs of the state, the irrigatioa congross, and fin ally to the secretary of the interior. Says He Should Visit Projects. "That will leave the stato engineer at his usual cushion chair duties. When the state created the office of state en gineer it expected to obtain a man who would visit the projects, got his feet wet and muddy, and learn of true con dition. Because tho state engineer lacked tho confidence of constructing the works, it made it necossary to hire a projoct engineer for the Tumalo pro ject, adding another burdoen to those already carried by the people." PELKEY WILL FIGHT NEGRO BUT JOHNSON S unitid rugs lusud wiai. San Francisco, Doc. 17. An offer of a 20,000 purse for Pelkoy to fight the winner of the Joe Jeanette-Sain Lang ford fight, to bo staged soon in Paris, was received today by Manager Tommy Burnt. The offer came by cable from Leon See, the Paris promoter. Burns replied: "Will let Felkcy fight Jack Johnson, but no other negro.' CARDINAL DIES. unitbd mass uiaai wus Rome, Dec. 17. Cardinal Rampolla, former papal secretary of stato, died last night.' master General Burleson asked that he pontpone action until the pontoffice de partment could investigate its pro visions. Neither Lewis nor Chairman Moon, of the bouse committee on postoffices would discus the matter today. The bill provides for the government to ab sorb all telephone systems by January 1, 1915, by condemnation proceedings. The measure doe not refer to tele graph line. NO TIPS ALLOWED BY STATE IS RULING OF SECRETARY OF STATE i Director of Bureau of Mines and Geology Gets Letter From Olcott. GOVERNMENT MAN KICKS Director of United States Geological Department Takes ' issue With Olcott on Ruling, Giving it as his opinion that it is not within the province of any state de partment to enter into a contract which would compel tho stato to officially rec ognize and assist in porpotuating the tipping evil, Secretary of State Olcott today by lotter advised H. M. Parks, director of the Bureau of Mines and Geology at Corvallis, that ho will not pay claims for tips for mombors of the Geological Surey department engaged in making surveys in the stato. Tho last lejislaturo appropriated money to be used by the state in co-op-orating with the United States Geologi cal Survey department in making sur veys iu the stato, and pursuant to it an agreement was entored into between it; and tho Stato Bureau of Mines ami Ooology. Hocontly a member of the surveying party presented a claim for tips, and tho secretary of state disal lowed it. This brought forth a protest from Geo. Otis Smith, director of the United Slatos Geological Survey de partment at Washington, he declaring that under the regulations of tho de partment, tips were allowed, and that thoy wero a part of the contract onter ed into with tho Btate. Replying thoroto in refusing to audit the tip claims, the secretary of state in part says: State Cannot Allow Thorn. "I have notod tho tenor of tho agree ment eutcreed into by and botweeon yoursolves and Mr. Smith's department, but cannot construe this as in any way affecting the dutioe imposed on this offico under Section 2024, Lord's Ore gon Lnws, as woll aB subsequent stat utes. I am further of the opinion that it is not within tho province of any stato department, board or commission to enter into any agreement, govern ment or otherwise, that will have the offect of making the Btate of Oregoi officially rocogni.o and, in that manner tend to help perpotuato tho tipping evil. "'For your information will say that several years since I gave instructions to the auditing department that, in tho absence of legislative direction to the contrary, no tip or gratuity of any sort should be considored as a just claim against the Btate, ami, in all instances, to disallow same when appearing upon claims presented the state for payment. "To my knowledge no such claim has since ever boon paid and, furthermore, will not be as long as the responsibility for the direction of the affairs of this department rests with the writer. This attitude will be maintnlued until speci fic legislative authority otherwise is provided. "This I hardly deem within tho realm of possibility as tho average Ore gon legislator, if the future is to be judged by the past, will not be prone to favor legislation or appropriations In uring to the liennfit of the 1'ullman company or attaches thereof." ELOPERB MASSY. frxiTio nasi Lso wise Denver, Colo., Dec. 17. Following an elopement from Chicago, II. I Klght and Bertha C'andron were married hero, and aro en route today to Seattle, whera Kight hns secured a portion with the Missouri-Pacific railway, The couple arrived at 8:110 p. m. yesterday, were married at 0 : .'i0 and an hour Inter left for Seattle. KILLED rOH HIS BLANKETS (t'pmsn ruixs uuskD wins.) Bnkorsflold, Cal., Doc, 17. Tha body of .V. Magio, a Japanese Laborer, was found today near Mojave. II o is be lieved to have heen murdered for bis blanket by a white tramp, with whom he started to walk from Mojave to Pakersfield. ii T xt n m.n 1. 1 ii .rv nunm Late News Bulletins tUNITID FBISt UUBKO WtRB.1 Oakland, Cal., Dec. p. With giant oil tonka hurtling through the air, fol- lowing a series of terrific explosions at the plant of the Pacific States oil refin eries hore today, 23 workmen narrowly tescaped with their lives in a fire that destroyed $250,000 worth of property. Many thrilling rescues were effected. Only $20,000 Insurance was carried. San Francisco, Dec. 17. Despondent because she could not return to Arkan sas, her native state, Mrs. Martha Dit on blew out her brains hore today. San Francisco, Dec. 17. Admission that they were unable to find Mrs. Vivien Lyons, Miss Noel Murphy and Eobert J. Widney, the principal wit nesses in an extortion charge against Mrs. Mary Vaughn, a social worker, was made here by the police today. As a result it was expected the case against Mrs. Vaughn, who is allogcd to have attempted to extort $500 from Judge Widney, of Los Angeles, would be dis missed when it is called tomorrow. PLAN TO REDUCE NUMBER OF I UNITED PRESS LSUKMD WIS 1 Washington, Dec. 17. Tho sub-corn-mitteo of the Republican national com mittee was unanimous in reporting to day its reapportionment plan. If the plan is ratified the number of dele gates to Republican national conven tions will be reduced by 70, the South ern states alono losing 62. Under tho prosent system 2024 delegates sit in the conventions. ' The 35 per cent plan would reduce tho Floridn, Illinois and North Caroli na delegations by two each; Kentucky, Now Jersoy and Oklahoma would lose one each; New York and Tennessee would lose four each; Alabama and Georgia six each; Toxas 14, Louisiana seven; South Carolina seven; Virginia Five, and Missisisppi olght. The committee held that the fixing ofvan extra delegate privilege on a 40 per cent total would reduce the delega tion from the Northern states too much. It also recommended the ratification of the reapportionment, plan by a majority Instead of two-thirds of tho Republi can states. " The committee proposed that the rolea be Incorporated In the call for the 1910 convention with tho provlsioniat delegates must be elected In primaries In states having primary laws. In order to moot the situation existi ng In California, special Yule provides that all, or any part of the delegates, may be chosen "at large." The rules makes the states right theory pre-eminent and practically nullifies the na tional committee's authority to super vise the choice of delegates in primary states. MEDAL FOB HERO, rnwiTKD rssss uiAaan wis. Wellington, Dec. 17. A silver med al was presented todny to John Von Dulm, of tho steamer General McDow ell, by Secretary of tho Treasury Me Adoo. Von Dulm saved a soldier from drowning In SBn Francisco bay Sep tember 10, Inst, Of tho 1 7i3 kinds of advice that arc of no use, that tn Christmas buyers is probably most napless. The Weather THIS PflRCf LA P05T JOB dT The Dickey Bird says: Oregon, rain west tonight and Thursday, rain or snow east, portion tonight ami Thurs day; southerly winds. XMAS TIME 15 PLAN IS DEFEATED EN SENATEBY 41 TO 37 It Aimed to Have Government Stand Back of State Banks Also. FINAL ROLL CALL SOON Tentative Agreement Reached for Vote Some Time During Legislative Day ' of Friday. UNITED PRIMS LEASED Willi. Washington, Doc. 17. Fortv-one to 37, the senate today defeated the Hitch cock amendmont to the curroncy bill by which doposits would have been guaranteed in state as well as in na tional banks under the reserve system. A tentative agreemont waa reached this afternoon for a vote in the sonato on the currency bill during the legisla tive day of Friday. This would mean a final roll call Saturday evening. Beginning tomorrow, speeches will be limited to 15 minuteB each.' PIEECE MAY BE PERMANENTLY INJURED AS RESULT OF ATTACK R, Pierce, the Salem man who wus assaulted and robbed in the alloy ne". the Wells Fargo Expross Co.'s office, is still in the Salom hosp'tal and, ac cording to his attending physician, Dr. O. B. Miles, tho man may be injured permanently in tho hip and unable to walk In tho future. Tho hip received a bad fracture in the fight between Pierce and tho two highwaymen and it is doubtful if it will knit agaiu Tho police are in tho dark so for as the guilty nrtios aro concerned. They have not tho remotest idea who the men are and, as the highwaymen left no clew boliind thorn, it is doubtful if thoy aro over npprehondod. It is tho general belief, however, that thero is a small band of thugs making Salem their hangout, at thu present time and that, it is possible that they have bion hero since tho affair Inst Monday nlht- BODIES OF 28 IIS OF L IOM1TID PIISI IIASID WlllS 1 Now'Cnstle, Colo., Doc. 17. Tho num ber of bodies recovered from the Rocky Mountain Fuel company's Vulcan mlno, near here, had reachod 28 today. Nine were still entombed, and cortaln ly doad. The victims wcro of an unusual class for miners. Nearly all were Americans and toveral were members of quite prominent and well-to-do families. The explosion was of coal dust. Its vlolonco was terrific, and of those deep In the mine none escaped. SUIT FOB DAMAGES. Suit for damages In tho sum of $1000 was commenced In tho circuit court yes terday evening by Mrs. A, D, Iloehtel, nf Tillamook against Tearl McCord and Frank McCord. In tho complaint M-'d with tho county clerk, plaintiff alleges that while she was riding in tho renr of buggy, at the request of .1. M. Turner, and as the rig wus crossing the Inter section of Commercial and Center Streets, defendants npprnnelicd from the north on Coinmereinl street, and neg ligently and reckleiwly ran Into tho said buggy with such force as to throw the plaintiff to the pavement, reuniting In her being seriously Injured about the limbs and bodv. MAY BOND 10R ROADS. (tisiTHii vir, rr.-,nrn winii.1 Riverside, l., Dec. 17. A heavy vote Wbs being eat today in Riverside county on a proposed bund Issue of $1,. lfS,0O0 fur good roads, As tfin result of a long campaign, proponents of the Issue predict an easy victory. Sympathy Is more often misplaced than lost. RAMI n n nrt mm in iimt jmi m. Huerta Also Said to Have Ten Modern Cannon on Way From Japan to Mexico CityGeneral Zapata Intends to Seize Reins of Government When One or the Other of the Pres ent Contenders Is Victorious --Ready to Beat Carranza Into Mexico City When President Huerta Falls Federal Ef forts to Dislodge the Zapata Forces Have Failed. ONITBII PRESS UlSUI WIU. Mexico City, Dee. 17. Dospite For eign MiniBtor Mohena's donial, a Ilur tista officer was quotod this aftornoon as asserting that a Mexican-Japanese alliance had been formed, and that Minister De La Barra, Mexico's repre sentative at Paris, was on his way to Tokio to complote the dotalls. The same officer said 10 modorn can non wore on thoir way to Mexico City from Japan, and that Huerta had al ready received from there 150,000 rifles and 1,000,000 rounds of ammunition. Zapata Plots to Get It Whon Mexico's fodoral and rebel forces have fought until one aide is beaten and the othor, though victorious, Is exhausted, Genoral Zapota intends to soke the reins of government. This, at least, wns the opinion ex pressed hero today by tho bost judges of Mexican politics; men in touch with the heads of all the country's conflict ing groups. Ferocious Outfit. While Gonornl Carranza has been leading the rebel movement in the north Zapata has been waging war in tho southern statos. His campaign has been distinct from Carranza, and, savage as somo of the northern troop' war meth ods soomod, thny havo been gentle In comparison with tho ferocious Zapa tistas. ' At present, it wns learned today on good authority, 2000 Zapatistas aro on ramped at Milpa Alia, 10 miles from the capital, propared to beat Carranza Into tho city whon President Huerta falls, which thoy appear to consider certain to happen soon. Gonoral Zapata li quartered at the Porlfirlo Diaz ranch, four miles behind his troops. Fodoral efforts to dislodge the Zapa ta forces have failed thus far, although other reports, notwithstanding, thoy as yet have had no serious battles with the fodoral forces Inside the capital district. Oeneral Loses Command. F.l Paso, Tex., Doc. IT. Generals Oro7.co and Ralaaar today forcibly de prived General Mercado of thee om mand of tho Mexican federal forces at OJInaga, Dotalls woro locking, but It Schmidt's Says He Was Queer When Small Boy uhitid raasi lssu wiai. New York, Dee. 17. Ilium Schmidt, ronfeKNcd slayer of Anna Aumiiller, sat quietly todny while his sister, Mrs. Kllzahoth Si'hndloy, gavit testimony which she hoped would save him from tho electric, chair. Mrs. Schadley was the principal witness today at Schmidt's trial on the chargo of murder. "When Hans was a boy," Mrs. Sehadler ttwtiflcd, "h attempted to make the neighborhood children happy has been known for several days that Orozco and Salazar thought their su porior Insufficiently active against the rebels. i tj j Following Mercado 's deposition, Oroz co started southward with 3000 men. It was believed he planned to join the fed erals now marching from Torrcon against General Villa at Chihuahua City. Mercado May Be Executed. Sa?aznr remained In charge at Ojia ago. 'Mercado, too, was detained there and his friends er;retweed the fear that Salazar would have him executed. Mercado was formerly governor of the state of Chihuahua. He waa iu command of tho fodoral troops at the state capital, Chihuahua City, when the rebels under General Villa captured Juarez. When Villa started for Chi huahua City, Mercado evacuated tha town and led hia men, with many nou combatants, on tho terrible march across the dosort to Ojinaga, Rebels Soek Guerilla. Five hundred rebol troops left Juarez today to deal with Genoral Castillo, an independent guerilla, who with a fol lowing of 100 men waa wrocking the Mexican Northwestern railroad be tween Juarez and Chihuahua City. Oou oral Villa was at much pains to put the lino in repair and it is essential to his safety to keep It open between his headquarters and tho border. Luis Terrazns, Sr. though hero today, refused to discuss the news that Gen eral Villa had confiscated his en lira properties, together with those of En rlque and Juan Creel, also millionaires. Gets Some of Money Anyway. Tcrrazas was said to have succeeded in getting some hundreds of thousands of dollars cash out of Mexico at the time of the Chihuahua City eiodus, but tho bulk of his wealth was of a kind that could not bo moved, including . banks, mineral and grazing lauds and thousands of horses, camel and sheep. Ho was said to own half or two-thirds of the area aof Chihuahua aud waa rat ed as many times a millionaire. Seeks Release of Son. He was still negotiating with General (Continued on Pago Five.) Sister by giving them clothing belonging to his own relatives. Then ho would go to tho cemetery and sit on the toinb-toues for hours thinking, "Another peculiar characteristic was his religious fervor, lie erect I a min iature altar in our house and woro vent men ts, "He nlwixys delighted in watching neighbors kill chickens, lie ptuyed in the blood and carried tho hemls of the chickens around in his Hxkets for days."