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Newspaper Page Textft Fui7 Leased Wire Dispatches Today's News Printed Today THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR. WEDNESDAY, APRIL IS, 1014. PRICE TWO CENTS. ON TRMNft AND KW TAN DR. riVB CSNIS I SALEM, MUMMX, NEXT MOVE IS UP TO DICTATOR Huerta May Prefer ot Lose Power to Forces of United States. USURPER MAY COURT DISASTER TO RULE Salute Will Be Fired Eitrer Voluntarily or Under Compulsion. Washington, April 13. "The next move is Huerta V' all administration officials, asked today for develop ments in the Mexican situation. "And nobody, but himself can tell what ho will do,'' it was added. "In deed, it is likely enough that he has not made up his mind." Should he order the Tampico feder als to salute tho American flag in token of their regret for last week's arrest of Assistant Paymaster C. S. Copp and a party of bluejackets from tho United states gunboat Dolphin, who had gone ashore to buy gasoline, it will be up to President Wilson to do ;ido quickly what to do with the fleet. It; was thought ho might order it to GuaiitaniniQ. , OfficiaJdom-here wag strongly of the opinion, however, that Huerta would not yield. He probably would rather be driven from the Mexican presidency bv the United States, it was said, than by tho rebels, lor in the former case he would still take a place in Mexican history, whilo in the latter he would be discredited forever. President Summons Lawmakers. The president summoned the members of the senate and house foreign com mittees to the White House today and was suii to have furnished them' with full particulars concerning the orders to the Atlantic fleet, and the reasons for them. "Wo are in possession of all the facts which led to this naval demon stration," said Chairman Sliiveley, of the senate foreign relations committee, when he left the conference. "We are satisfied that the president took the only action possible. "Nothing has developed over night, ulnd ther is no real alarm felt. No at tempts have been made on the lives of Americans. "The president simply will insist on the falute of the American flag. If it is not fired volntarily, it will be fired under compulsion'. "Ono thing is certain every move will be made in accordance with an agreement between the legislative and executive branches of the government. Before marines are landed at Tampico, or elsewhere, congress, will specifically authoriz it. " "It will be demonstrated to the world that America can make its de mands effective in Mexico." Army and navy officers believed the program would include first a concen tration of warships at Tan'ipico, then an occupation of Tampico and its des ignation as a neutral zone;' next a blockade of both Mexican coasts, and finally, perhaps, armed intervention. Hierta.Must Apologize. President Huerta must not only apol ogize for various past offenses, but he must promise to be good in future, 'if he is not to experience consequences which may mean armed intervention in Mexico. This, in -effect, is what President Wilson told the members of the senate aind house foreign committees today The president went on to say that this would be no roseWater demon stration that there would be an am ide apology forthcoming or bloodshed. In the senate foreign relations com mittee this afternoon Senator Lodge urged that the president be authorized to use force against Mexico without a formal declaration of war. He ex plained that such a declaration was practically impossible, because the Hu erta regime has never been recognized. The committee, showing a strong dis position to back up the chief executive, agreed that there would be nodiffi culty in getting the necessary resolu tion through at any time. So far as Mexico is concerned, re marked Lodge, the arrest of Americans from a vessel flying the American flag was practically an act of war. PORTLAND DOGS MUST BE MUZZLED BECAUSE OF BABIES Portland, Or., April 15. Following the. discovery of several eases of rabies in dogs, City Health Officer Marcelius iouay urged me city commission 10 pu: into.effft the ordinance requiring the nnlinil.n all Anna ........ j State Engineer J iL-Lewis- went to Portland yesterday -on business. APRIL IN HISTORY. The civil war! began April 14. Naval experti figured that the vanguard of the United States Atlantic, fleet would reach) Tampico April SI. j April 21 will be the sixteenth anniversary of the declaration of war against Spain. The revolutionary war began April 19. I FATHER AND MOTHER . BATTLE FOR CHILDREN SEPARATED PAIS BOTH SENT TO HOSPITAL AS RESULT OF EN COUNTER WITH KNIVES. Los Angeles, Cal., April 15. Peter Cocokn, a Greek porter, and his wife occupying neighboring cots in a hospital here today, each suffering from knife wounds inflicted by the other in 3 battle for possession of their two child ren. The pair has beou separated, the wife keeping the children. Late yesterday C'oeoku went to see tho little ones and the fight resulted, Cocokn received a gash iu the throat that may be fatal. Mrs. Cocokn sustained several body wounds. . I TAKE CITY DELEGATIONS FROM ALL OVER NORTHWEST COME TOGETHER IN OREGON'S METROPOLIS. Portland, Or., April 15. The Shrinern own Portland today. From all parts of Oregon and Washington delegations of them are pouring into the city to have a joyous reunion and witness the initiation of between 40 and 50 can didates into Al KWlor temple lodge of Portland, tonight. Early today 125 members of tho Al Kadtif temple of Spokane, arrived on a specinl train.. They brought along their patrol and a brass band and were pre ceded by the Walla Walla delegation of 22 persons. ! This afternoon another special train bearing between 125 and 150 members of tlie Nile templ of Seattle and Afifi by bands and patrols. The visitors are temple of Tncoma, nrrivei' accompanied being lnvishly entertained. A special coach was required to carry Salem Shrinors to Portland this after noon at 1:50 and others will go on Inter trains to attend a three-days jolifica tion, beginning tomorrow, jinny were accompanied by their wives. The fol lowing prominent Salemites were among the number going: Dr. Lee Steinet, J. P. Frizell, Frank Lovell, George iJrowu Judge Charles McNary, H. Bolinger, Judge P. H. d'Arcy, J. Albert, A. rJ. Strong, Frank Meredith, F. A. Turner, Paul Hauscr, R. Boise, T. Smith Jr., F. S. Bynon, T. Kay, O. P. Hoff, W. Knighton, W. Sargent, A. Fraser, Z. Riggs, B. Hub bard, E. P. McCdrnnck, Judge G. Bur nett, A. Griffith, E. M. Cjoisan, H. Clay, Mcl Ealdwin, F. Erixon, F. h. Shat'er, 0. Harris, Dr. Roberts, Hal Patton, E. La Fdro. FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER. Los Angeles, C&l., April 15. Manuel Cabral was found guiltv today of the murder of Mrst Harriet Vorndam, whose bodjy with finger marks on the throat, was fousd in an apartment house here several months ago. The jury, which deliberated an hour, recom mended life imprisonment. Judge Craig will pass sentence Monday. Cabral sat with his head bowed in his hands as the jury went out. He showed no emotion. The defense contended that Mrs. Vorndam killed herself or died in a fit. ! ' EX-MEXICAN MINISTER TRANSFERRED TO BRAZIL. London, April 15. It was announced officially this evening that Sir Lionel Carden had been appointed British am bassador to Brazil. Sir Lionel was minister to Mexifo. His transfer is at the same time a promotion for him and removes him from a field where it was complained he was threatening strained relations by opposing the Washington administration's Mexican policies. CALLED HER A "TROLLOP." Los Angeles, C'al., April 15. "He called mo a trollop,'' explained Mrs. Albert Swanson when she got her di vorce. Judge Clark permitted her to re sume her forniej mine of Lynch, ex plaining thvi he in Irish, too, and pre ferred it himself!. BALKED AT HOUSE CAT. Chehalis, Wah., April 15. In suing for a divorce Mrs. Hilma Hobi, among other things, allrged that her husband demanded that she prepare and eat a house cat. Mrs. Hobi states that she indignantlyrefuied. Letters to tho number of 30 hTO been sent out" by the promotion depart ment of the Salem Commercial club to horse-breeders throughout Marion coun tr urging them (o attend the stock sho show that will be held here April 24-25 It is the endeavor of the commercial dab to make .this exhibition of blooded korao-fleab, one in this city.. bf-the best -ever held Ikon objects . TO RECENT RULING Says Real Facts of the Case Will Win Out Over Ques tion of Law. SUNDRY EXHIBITS " ARE NOT PRESENTED Claims That There Is a Joker in the Proposition Sub-' mitted. Insurance Commissioner Ferguson is not satisfied with the fitting of the supreme court in the suit of Guy ' L. Wallace & Co . him, it being original mandamus pro- i-uruiugs io conrpei n:m to issue a cer tificate of authority to said corporation to do business. Mr. Ferguson contends that the case was not properly presented to the court, it beinir submittal nn miMiMa i. alone and the facts not being brought iu me Hiienuon or tne court. Justice Burnett, in writing tho opinion calls atfenion to this fact, apparently with surprise, for he says: "Accompanying tho pleadings in the case are sundry exhibits, and what seems to be testi mony taken before a stenographer and notni'V Public, hilt them warn' sented to the court at the hearing, al- muuKu sn-uoii 02.) .Liorus uregon Laws states that in the supreme court the writ may bo allowed by the supremo PfMiit ntt at... .1 m I. i .. .... . ... jiMiyo iurcor, out sna.'I only be tried by the court; and all issues of either fact or law therein Khali be tried by the court. The case however may bp Hiid,i unnn ih. .,u..i ings, and it will be so treated." Commissioner Ferguson says he will ask for a rehearing on the grounds that mo jueis .were not prosonted, and will also attack the constitutionality of tho law, a similar law having recently been declared unconstitutional by tho su premo court of Missouri. Ho also holds tho business of tho. company . i. built up on deceit, and that it is little better than a confidence game though perhaps not closely enough allied to that to come under the criminal jurisdiction of the courts. Ha says the company an nounces that it charges only one half the board rates ml ita vkrmu . an ler cent. . Here is where the commis sioner says the joker comes in. The company charges only half "the board rates mis is regular insuranco rates, but it collects 30 per cent on those ljates, or 60 per cent of all money paid it. It is also provided that the com pany can charge . an additional 5 per cent ot cover expenses, and as this is also fiinired nn 'tlin Kr.n.l . J t il t r v.. ..u ju i ii mm if, is really 10 per cent of the money paid "To illustrate, says the commissioner, "Suppose a man wanted $1,000 in surance, and the rate charged by the board was 2 per cent. This company would collect only half that sum, or 1il0. It would however collect 30 per cent on the full board charge, or 60 per cent on tho amount or (!. it , also charge 5 per cent on the bond rates ror expenses, its additional charge would be 10 per cent or one dollar, so that when a man paid this company $10 for insurance the company would or at least could retain $7 and t'lrn over $3 as a fund toward meeting claims against it. On this account the com missioner thinks the company should not be allowed to do business in the state. He also says the company refused to permit an examiner access to its books. FREE TOLLS WATERWAY'S CONVENTION AD JOURNS AFTER ADOPTING NUM BER OP RESOLUTIONS. Portland, Or., April 15. With the election of W. P. Oray, of Pasco, Wash., president, and the adoption of a num ber of resolutions for tho development of the Columbia and Snake basins, the Columbia and Snake River Waterways association convention is adjourned here today A fall session of the associa tion will be held at Spokane this year, and the next annual convention city chosen was Astoria. It was decided to wage a vigorous campaign . for, mem bers. Among the resolutions adopted were: Urging that the Columbia and Snake river basins recognize the paramount importance of establishing and main taining boat lines on these rivers. Endorsing the principle of free tolls for American shipping via the Pana ma canal. Declaring in favor of non-discrimination transportation ratios and de manding that inequitable railroad rates enforced against ports at the mouth of the Columbia be modified and those points be placed upon a aprity with other Pacific coast ports. MAT POSTPONE TRIP. .. Christiana, Norway, April 15. It was announced that Captain Amundsen's north polar expedition haa beea post penttOT year, and may be abandon ed for lack of funds. Lady Londonderry Opposed . . to Irish '-,v fcVM-rr Lady Londonderry, Whose Husband Is - v v ' ' Unionists. London, April 15.-j,Trih home rule was in fresh dangor today. This was duo to the action Tuesday of the labor party conference at Bradford in in structing labor members of parliament to cease co-operating with the liberals. Thero are 39 of them. Bhould they vote independently of any other party, tho liberal administration would still havo a majority, but not a safe one. Should they vote with the conserva tives, this majority would bo cut to a mere handful. Under English parlia mentary procedure no administration DOCTORS IN C&NVENTION WANT 1,000,000 TO AID IN TREATMENT OP TUBERCULOSIS. Santa Barbara, Cal., April 15. Three hundred doctors attending the annual meeting of the California medical so ciety gave unanimous endorsement to day to a bill asking tho legislature to appropriate 1,000,000 for the prevention and euro of tuberculosis. i According to the tentative terms of the bill a grcator part of the money asked will bo expended for sanitariums under the direction of the state board of health and an advisory board. No more than three per cent will be avail able for clerical work. Copies of a petition asking the appro priation were distributed among the medical dolcgates, who will circulate them in their home communities. The entire program of the convention today was given over to a discussion of the prevention and cure of consump tion. BILLIARD CUE EXPLODES DYNAMITE CAP IN POCKET Spokane, Wash., April 15. A cue with which he was playing billiards striking a dynamite inp in his pocket, John Hodgeson is suffering from ser ious injuries today as a result of the explosion which followed. Hodgeson'j right hand and abdomen were torn open. STEAL BURGLAR'S KIT. San Francisco, Cal., April 15. Sneak thieves stolo an overcoat, re volver and bulls eye lantern from Mayor Rolph's automobile. "Never mind what I do with such things," said the mayor. The Weather "THIS MEXICAN1! .SITUATION I 13 GETTING lJERIOOS J Tonight and to- morrow showters; cooler tonight and southwest to west winds. Home Rule Bill , V- 'N. ,, - 'v;( w One of tne Richest backers of the can survive long without a wide margin in the house of commons. The lubor members were thought like liest to voto - independently. It was hoped, on this basis, they would not desert the home rulo hut tho outlook was considered doubtful. Whon Pre mier Asquith appeared in the commons last night, for the first time sinco his re-election, liberals and Irish members cheered him but tho laboritos wero as silent of the conservatives. Tho labor party haa long thought tho liberals were using its (noiubors to sup port- their policies and giving them nothing in return. FEDERALS FLEE FROM SAN PE DRO, LEAVING 3500 KILLED. WOUNDED AND PRISONERS ON THE FIELD. t Chihuahua City, Met., April 15. Reports hat General Villa's rcbojls had won an overwhelming victory over the federals at San fedro wero for mally confirmed by General Carranza today. "You may say in regard to the 3an Pedro victory," he told the corresponds ents, "that it was one1 of tho greatest for the cause of the! Mexican people since the revolutionary era bogan in 1910. "It was a completo victory. General Villa telegraphed me that the remnant of the federal army with which he bat tled for ten days is panic-stricken and fleeing, leaving 3500 killed, wounded and prisoners." Carranza telegraphed to Villa, con gratulating him warmly. The forco overcome by tho rebels included the troops iunjer Generals Velaseo, Dc Moure and Maas. At the time Velaseo evacuated Torreon, Do Moure and Mass were marching to his relief. Velaseo did not wait for them, but met them as ho retreated, took over the band, and gave fresh battle to General Villa. " This time, the rebtls asserted, Ve lasco's army was shattered beyond hope of reorganization. The federals set frre to San Pedro before leaving it. General Carranza did not discuss the Torreon . situation, -but said he might issue a statement later. He seemed not at all disturbed by the news that the lnitod States Atlantic fleet bad been ordored to Mexican waters and rebel officers said privately that they considerde the Tampico affair one sole ly between the Washington govern ment and President Huerta. Tey did not think the Mexican people were in the least concerned in it. . This attitude wasi in marked con trast with that of 1912, when the reb el leaders declared American interven tion would unite all Mexican factions in resistance of a eemraon enemy. . FOUR DIE IN TRAIN WRECK. Georgetown, Texas, April 15. Strik ing an automobile on a grade crowing near Florence- today! a Houston and Tkxas Central-- passenger train today killed four men inataurtly and seriously injured two others. FATE OF CARROLL M MURDER CHARGE IH JURY'S HANDS Accused of Killing Marshal Zoller, of Gervais, in Run ning Fight. ATEMPT TO LAY BLAME ON HAWLEY Claims That Pardner Shot at Dog and Hit the Victim. Testimony in the. murder trial of Ray Carroll, charged with the killing of Marshal Zoller, of Gervais, who was wounded on the night of December 5, 1913, and died throe weeks later, was completed this morning at 10:45, and the argument of District Attorney Er nest K. liingo, for the prosecution, and Guy O. Smith, attorney for tho dofenso, completed shortly before noon. The charge to the jiwy was givon by Judge Harris, of Eugene, and the cause sub mitted to tho jury. Four vordiets may bo returned: First degree murder, as chargod in the in dictment; second degree, manslaughter or acquittal. Whether or not tho two men caused the shooting wore acting together, is tho question tho attorneys agree is the bono of contontion. If the two acted together both equally are guilty, but no matter who fired the shot, was tho opinion of both prosecu tion and defense. When plnccd on tho stand this morn ing in his own defense, Carroll ad mitted that he came to Gervais with II u w ley, his partner, that he was with him nil the time prior to the shooting, and that be was there whon Marshal Zoller was shot. He declared he did not knvr Zoller h.a ben shot until ho was arrestod in this city the next; day after, when he sought medical aid at the police station. snot at tne nog. Carroll further testified that when he and his partner ran onto Zoller back of tho hotel In Gorvnis that he did not know he was a marshal. Ho said the marshal sickod a dog on him, and his partner and that Uawlcy shot at tho dog. He said that Zoller came into viow after tho first shots wore fired. He admitted that ho commanded Zoller to throw up his hands. He said ho wanted to stop the trouble. He ac counted for his wounded condition by aying that ho rccoivod tho gunshot wound in the shoulder while climbing into a box-car in Portland. During all his testimony Carroll was as cool and collected as a man boing tried for first degree murder could be expectod to bo. District Attorney Ringo, in making his argument to the jury, said that the evidence offered was fragmentary and not cloar cut. Ho said he believed there was enough evidence to bring conviction. He gave it as his opinion that the corroborative testimony of tho witnesses was bettor than that of an eyo-witness. in recounting the testimony, tho dis trict attorney said that Krnest Klinger testified that ho closed his saloon about 12:30 on the night of tho shooting and started to walk home in company with the marshal. At that time Klinger said he saw two men, one dressed in gray and one in a dark suit, who (Continued on page 2.) 'CERTAIN PERSONS" IN NEW YORK SUBMIT PROPOSITION TO GOVERNOR WEST. Now York people, for whom Jason C. Moore is acting as trustee, and who ho names as "Certain Persons," have made a proposition to Governor West to take over the matter of handling the borax proposition in Klamath or Lake counties, for which C. M. Sain has a contract, and which be now says he is nnable to finance. -The arrange ment with Sain was on a percentage bsis, the returns to the state to be not less than $50,000 a year and running as high as $200,000 under certain con ditions. The proposal made by "Cer tain Persons," is to pay the state 000,000 for the borax or material taken but to have it all. The payments to be mado at the rate of $50,000 a year until the $1,000,000 was paid. This looks good on its face, but it' is really getting the state to let those "Certain Persons" have roperty worth several millions turned over to them, ther pay ing 5 per cent interest a year on the same at a $1,000,000 valuation until the interest amounted to that sum. The company, it is understood, If its proposition is accepted, wilt lay a pipe line to tne coast and pump tne pro ducts over the mountain solution. .It is hardly probable the proposition will prove acceptable, nor will any. oth er, that -is not basa4.o royalty, pay ment, ot some kind. - s TO MEXICO Four Battleships Sail From Hampton Roads for Tam pico at Noon. TORPEDO FLOTILLA .WILL COME LATER Wilson Says It Will Be no Rosewater Demonstration This Time. Hampton Roads, April 15. The bat tleships Arkansas, New Hampshire, Now Jersey and Vermont and the gun boat Yorktown, Admiral Badger com manding, sailed from hero for Tampico at 12:30 p. m. today. - An earlier start was prevented by delay iu coaling the New Hampshire. The starting1 signal, a single gun fired ou board the flag ship Arkansas, was given at 11:30. An hour was consumed in maneuvering into line. Then the fleet steamed seaward in the order given above. The ves-' sols were duo to make open sea by 2 m. and to reach Tampico Monday uight or Tuesday. Ihe Delaware was repairing when tho other Bhips sailed, but it was expectod it would join them later. The torpedo . boat flotilla also remained here await ing ordorB. .harry this moruing Admiral Badger signalled to the vessel of the Atlantiu fleeti ' "Up anchors at 10 o'clock." At daybreak the battleshii New Jorsey, Arkansas and ' Vermont, their supplies all on board and the last prep arations completed, moved from Ports mouth navy yard to Lynnhaveu bay. near Old Point Comfort. Tho work of loading the New Hamp shire was being rushed at top speed. ' Busy Day for Tars. It was a busy night for everyone. Coaling tho big ships was going on un til after dawn. Every bunker was f illo.1 to its caacity. Squads of bluejackets wore making tho rounds in a thin driz zle of rain, gathering in stragglers from the fleot. Many wore scattered about ou shore leave in Norfolk, Old Point Comfort and Newport News. The naval training station was drained of men to take the places of those whoso leave had taken them so far away that they could not be reached by sailing time. Admiral Jiadger s launch chugged swiftly from ship to ship for final conferences between the fleet command erand his various captains. The order wns given that every ship scheduled to sail today must be ready to put to sea by noon. The admiral was in constant wireless communication with Washington. Ad miral Fiske, chief of the burenu of op erations, arrived from Washington to leliver in person to Badger Secretary of the Navy Daniels final instructions and to give him a detailed account of the incident which caused the f leot s despatch to Tampico, Various Crafts Ply Waters. Today Hampton Roads bustled with navy tenders, tugs, lighters, launches and other crafts. The shore was lined with spectators. As tho temporary flag ship the Arkansas was the center of at tention. The Wyoming, the fleet 's reg ular flagship, is in drydoek. The Arkan sas is its sister ship. The bouth Caro lina, Louisiana and Michigan were ex pected to join the fleet off Key West. i ' s UjJ Men Are Scattered. Now York, April 13. The battleship Louisiana, under orders to sail for Tampico, was delayed in leaving today by the absence of nearly 300 of its crew on shore leave. The men were scattered over New York, Pennsylvania and Now England, but most of tfiem had been reached by telegraph and were speeding to New York as fast as trains could bring them. It was thought the battleship would sail late this after noon. Michigan Sails. Philadelphia, April 15. The battle ship Michigan sailed from here for Tarn- pica this afternoon. It was aireauy parUy ' coaled and provisioned when sailing orders arrived. - ENTERED HOUSE AS A JOKE NOW DYING IPS m Seattle, Wash., April 13. Just for joke, Karl Kelly at midnight entered the home of his friend Charles John son, a dairyman, at Kent. Johnson shot Ln the dark. Kelly crumpled to the floor crying, "you've killed me Charley." . He is dying today in a hospital- na bUiue no one. ' , ' . "1 should have .known, better," ha ,t is moaning hour after hour.