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BALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1913.
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MEI1CANJAPANESE ALLIANCE REPORTED .FORMED
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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.
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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."