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to . A SMk- A A (X7 Full ' Leased Wire Dispatches Today's News Printed Today SALEM, OBEGON, MONDAY,MAy'i8, 1914. ON TRAINS AND NEWS PRICE TWO CENTS btands, nvB cents THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR AMMUNITION DICTATOR ERA NOTTOJE LANDED Agents of German Steamer ; to Return Shipment of War Goods ACTION RELIEVES CRITICAL SITUATION City of Tepic Reported Cap- tored After a 24-Hour Battle Saturday (By John Edwin Nevtn.) Washington, May 18. The German steamship Bavarian was due at Puerto Mexico todny with ammunition for President Huerta. The agents for the liner ' owners assured the Washington administration, however, that the ship ment would not be landed. Instead, they said, it would be roturned to Ger many, having been dispatched from there before the American-Mexican sit uation became acute. Whether the owners acted as they did voluntarily or at the German gov ernment's request: was not announced. At all events, their course was much appreciated. It reliovod the adminis tration of serious embarrassment. Had a landing been persisted in the United States could not have, prevented tho ammunition from reaching Huerta, for possible use against Americans later, except by seizing Puorta-Mexico, which surely would have been interpreted as a breach of the armistice pending medi ation negotiations. United States Consul Sillimaai ,of 8al tillo, still remained at that city. Secre tary of State Bryan said he was satis fied, however, with the explanaton from Mexico City-flat his departure had been delayed onfy by the railroad's destruc tion. He offered no comment on the caso of Private Parks, concerning which it was understood nothing further had been heard. Bridge Is Dynamited. The war department admitted con siderable concern over the news that the San Francisco bridge, 28 miles out aide Veral Cruz, on the Inter-Oceanic railroad, had been dynamited. It was conceded that this would hamper an American advance on Mexico City, if one should become necessary. Preparations were proceeding for the mediation negotiations at Niagara-Falls. A member of the diplomatic corps here received a Mexico City dispatch from an authoritative source today con firming the news previously sent by William G. Shepherd, the United Press correspondent at Vera Cruz, to the ef fect that President Huerta was w.lling to retire on certain conditions. - These conditions, as outlined by Cor respondent Shepherd, were that Huerta was to be consulted concerning the choice of his successor, that this succes sor should not be General Carranza. and that Huerta be permitted to be a candidate at a presidential election to lie held in July. The understanding here had been all along that the Washington administra tion would not consider anything but the dictator's unconditional retirement. Tepic Is Captured. (By Charles H. Raymond, staff cor respondent of the United Press.) Cesa Blanca, Sinaloa, Mex., May 18. (Relayed in transmission) Hebel troops uncier ueneral Ubregon last night cap tured Tepic after a battle which lasted 24 hours. It woe reported here that the Mexican ship Pesquiera left Guaymas two days ago with 500 officials and officers, and that that city is prepared to surrender. Hebel troops were closing in around Mazatlan today, and its' evacuation by the federals was expected hourly. In a personal interview General Obregon told me that he plans an immediate campaign through Guadalajara to Mex ico City. Obregon left this afternoon for Tepic to cut off all communication between Mazatlana and Guadalajara. When he returns he will concentrate his forces for the final assault on Mazatlan. The constitutionalist gunboat Tam pieo iii now afloat at Topolobampo and will be used to bombard Mazatlan. MAY 22 IS GOOD ROADS DAY IN WASHINGTON Seattle, Wash, May IS. A bard day's work is ahead for every good roads enthusiast that turns out for ser vice on Good Roads day, May 22, when Governor Lister, clad in a flannel shirt and old trourers, will personally super vise work on roads a.TOf 8 the state, from Blaine to Olympia. Listen and his party will leave Blaine at 6 a. m., w:ll stop an hour at Silver Lake for luncheon, as guests of the Everett commercial club, and are due at Olympia at 6 p. m. En route the governor will make a speech at each of the 17 towns through whica he passes, and will greet the mayors and other officials. NATIONAL DEFENSE CAUSES DEADLOCK Convening of Swedish tytrUamont Shows Progressives Are Still In Control But Split On Questions of Armament Stockholm May 18. The new Rick stag, or Swedish parliament convened today. All indications were for a pro longed deadlock over national defense. The progressives remain in control but by a reduced plurality.. Moreover, they are split on the question of in creased armament and lengthened per iod of military service. The socialists oppose both propositions. The conserva tive support King Gustavs "big navy" and "greater army" policies. The lib erals, are for some increase but on nothing like the scale proposed by the king and the conservatives. In the upper house the conservatives hove indeed a majority over all other parts. On joint ballot however, they are in a minority of 43. This moans they will be unable to force their pro gram through unless they can win con verts from the progressives or liberals. It was the general opinion that they could not do this. "The Russian peril" will be the conservatives' slogan. "Lower taxes" will be their opponents' cry. TWO AGED WOMEN FOUND ASPHYXIATED Coroner's Jury in Investigating Deaths Each Reported to Be Worth Ap proximately 1100,000. Chicago, May 18. A coroner's jury was investigating the deaths of Mrs. Emily Backus, aged 77, and Miss Hari ette Wright, 93, sisters, who wero found1 asphyxiated in thoir home here yes terday. They lived alone. In response to a telegram from Mrs. Backus, Frank Croston, a cousin, came here from Rochester, N. Y., and found the women dead. Moro than (30,000 in bills and cur rency was found in the house. Each of tho dead women were reported to be worth100,000. REPUBLICAN VOTE OF MARION COUNTY FOLLOWS Withycombe, McNary, Allen Lead in Their Race for Their Various Of fices. Below is tho complete republican re turns, of Marion county, with tho ex ception of Elk horn, which is a small precinct with only about 30 voters reg istered. The vote is not given on na tional committeeman or on offices where there is no contest. Twenty of fices not complete,- but results known: Congress. W. C. Hawloy 5002 B. F. Jones 1261 Governor. Geo. C. Brownell 222 William A. ( artor 361 A. M. Crawford .'. 1439 Grant B. Dimick 1383 T. T. Geer 475 CharIo9 A. Johns 421 Gus C. Moser 388 James Withycombe 1901 Justices Supreme Court Henry J. Bean 3171 Henry L. Benson 2753 T. J. Ceeton 1721 P. H. D'Arcy 2574 Lawrence T. Harris . 2463 Thomas A. McBride 2660 harles L. McNary .. 4460 Samuel T. Richardson 2034 Attorney General - George M. Brown ... 2273 Geo. N. Farrin 51-j Frank S. Grant 1151 J. J. Johucon 665 LWm. P. Lord 1496 ' C?l l- T 1 John H. Lewis .. 4540 L. R. Stockman 1216 Labor Commissioner. Fred 8 Bynon . . ; 2785 iO. P. Hoff ; . .. 2101 John A Madsen 422 j M. E. Miller 7sg Eailroai Commissioner. rFrank J. Miller 3330 ! Hal I). Patt in :.. 2639 I State Senator. ;C P. Bishop .. 2475 , James O. Heltzel 2236 'S. A. Hurhes 1064 I A. M. IaFollett , 2366 ! B. J. Miles J78 'Frank T. Wrichtman 1 1903 I Benersentatives in Legislature Vtma il Allen 1 J. M. W. Bonney '('. W. Brant - S-m H. Brown .. 1,1'hos Brown 3282 19S9 1544 2980 2485 17l 1770 1769 1944 'Tom J. Cronisa .... Walter A. Denton O. W Fanis ! A. C. Libbv Ivan G. Martin D. C. Thorns ....... A. A. I'lvin 2059 . 2110 1331 IGeo. W. Weeks 2357 Count? licket. County Commipsioter Goulet, 1655; I Hartman. 1040; Simmons, 1356; Skaife. j 12"6; Whitney, 527. I County Recorder Aufranc, 1218; .Brooks, 2"S2; Gillingham, S36; Macy, j 1287; S-iuier, 639. ' County Treasurer Drager, 2080; (Hardinjr, Pooler, 1502; Schellberg, ' 7"; Zimmerman, 8(1. j Conntv Coroner Clongh, 3396, Van I Vink!e,'2335. ' Jutice ff the Peace Via, 1544; IWebhtir, 193L dr. in AHEAD OF KHItT BY 1,500 VOTES Dr. Withycombe Wins RepaiV Iican Nomination with 5, 000 Votes to Spare M'NARY IS CHOSEN FOR SUPREME BENCH Brown of Roseburg to be Op posed by John Jeffrey in November Portland, Or., May 18. Although election returns are still missing from some of the outlying counties, none of the nominations for state offices are in donbt and the successful candidates have all sufficient pluralities or major ities to establish their claims to party nominations. Dr. James Withycombe, of Corvallis, and Dr. J. C. Smith, of Portland, are the nominees for governor on the re publican and democratie tickets, re spectively. In the republican rank, Dr. Withy combe is winner wita . nearly 5,000 votes to spare. The republican totals as far as can be ascertained from the counties which have reported thus far are as follows: Withycombe, 17,504; Moser, 12,797; Crawford, 11,986; Dimick, 8.984; Car ter, 8,384; Geer 6,736; Johns, 6,405; iJrownell, 4,100. Further returns show Dr. Smith is still running ahead of Judge A. S. Bennett by about 1,500 votes, and this number is almost surd to be the doc tor's plurality when the complete vote is in, as he has maintained this lead since last Saturday. " The democratic results complote ex cept for a few precincts show ir. Smith leading with 11,505 votes; Judge Ben nett second with 9,979; John Manning third with 4,555; G. A. Cobb fourth with 1,735, and Colonel Robert A. Miller, fifth and last, with 1,092. Late state returns from missing pre cincts and outlying counties have clear ed any doubt that might have existed as to the four nominees fiV the su preme bench, and they stand: McBride, Bean, McNary and Harris, in te order named. .The eight candidates ran in the fol lowing order according to the last fig ures available. McBride, 36,660; Bean, 34,236; Mc Nary, 32,696; Harris, 31,165; Cleeton, 27,497; Benson, 2,R39; Richardson, ie,4oy; D'Arcy, lo,io&. George M. Brown, of Roseburg, best ed his nearest opponent, Frank 8. Grant, former city attorney of Port land, by nearly 7,000 votes, Grant run ning ahead of Brown in Multnomah county due to his wide acquaintance and popularity. He will be opposed next fall by John Jeffry of Portland, the democratic nominee who had opposition in tho primary election. The several republican candidates for attorney general stand as follows, ac cording to the latest returns: Brown, 24,005; Grant, 17,348; Farrin, 10,509; Lord, 10,310; Johnson, 8,114. John H. Lewis, the present stato en gineer; Tunning for re-nomination, un mercifully walloped L. B. Stock man of Baker some 12,000 votes. The vote for tms office is: Lewis, 38,803; Stockman, 16,254. Labor Commissioner O. P. Hoff eas ily secured a re-nomination. The stand ing of the four candidates is: Hoff, 26, 279; Bynon, 13,344; Miller, 10,740; Madson, 9,033. Frank J. Miller, at present membor of the railroad commission, was re nominated over 11a) D. Patton by a vote of nearly H to 1, receiving 37,860 to nis opponent s 1H,0K7. Ralph E. Williams, the present re 'publican nationaf committeeman for I Oregon, was re-electfd over Charles W. Ackcrman, by a majority of some 7,000 votes, while H. M. E.Uerly, of Portland, defeated W. H. Canon, of Medford, for democratic national committeomtn by two votes to one all through the state. G. A. R. VETERAN IS FACING LIFE TERM Found Guilty of Killing His Business Partner and Firing Home to Hide the Crime. Los Angeles, Cal., May 18. Facing a life sentence for tne murder of his i business partner, Captain Wilson E. Davis occupies today a cell in the ; county jail here. He was found guilty late Saturday by a jury. His attorney j filed a motion for a new trial. Davis was charged with killing Wil liam G. Wheeler of Hawtelle and firing j their home to hide tho crime. Both were civil war vetcraue. According to the court schedule, Da vis will be sentenced Thursday, ITALIANS KEPT BOY : LOCKED IN ROOM Four Men sad a Woman Arrested for Kidnaping Joe Guinv Ellen M'Xee Missing. New York, May 18.--Fonr men tad a woman were arraigned today in the Yorkville police, court here on a charge of kidnaping Joe Gumina, ion of Dom inick Gumina, a grocer, who wjm stolen from the front of his home here on the afternoon of April 1 28. The prisoner were Niva Mutna, who, the child said, kept him locked ia her room; Mitra Randaza, who extorted $10 from Guima for the return of hie son, and Antonio Bacno and Pietro ttrucco, accused ot turning the boy over to the -Italian! who brought the 10. '. When Bacno and Bruceo were ar rested, the boy identified a picture found in Bacno' pocket as the woman who had kept him locked up. Niva Mutnas' arrest followed. Ellen McKee, aged 19, a stenograph' or, has been missing from her home here since Saturday, Bho left a note saying she was goinq to join vaude ville act and would return in a low weeks. Her parents think she has been abducted and was forced to write the note. AMMONS. TO REQUEST TROOPS W1TEDRAYAL Striken are Bitterly Opposed to the Move and May Protest to President Wilson. . Denver, Colo., May 18. That Gover nor Ammons booh will request the withdrawal of federal troops from the Colorado coal field strike zone and re place them with state militiamen seem ed certain here today. The strikers are bitterly opposed to ouch a move and urged their loaders to protest to Presi dent Wilson against it. It was feared that the withdrawal of the regulars would result in a renewal of violonce, but the govornor believes he soon will be able to control the sit uation. -'' ' ' That many' ultra-socialistic if not anarchistic leaders have taken advan tage of our strike conditions to come here and incite insurrection in defiance of the constituted authority of the law," Governor Ammons said. GOV. WEST APPOINTS HIGHWAY DELEGATES Waterways Association Convention In Portland Adopts-Eesolution to Have Committee Lock Into Matter.. At the afternoon session, April 14, of the Columbia & Snake River Water ways association, filth annual conven tion, Portland, Mr. Samuel Hill, of Maryhill, Washington, made the fol lowing motion, which was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That this association asks the governors of Oregon, Waschington and Idaho to appoint a committee Oregon, two members; Washington, two members, and Idaho, one member, com prising a committoo of five, who shall be empowored to look up and report to this association and to the several states those highwavs which in their opinion should be brought down to the river, over which traffic "may pass for steamers on this line, and also select or designate proper and suitable ground for wharves on which that commerce may be placed to be transferred to the boats On the river. Delegates appointed today by Gover nor West in respoi'Ee to this resolu tion, are Hon. J. N. Teal, C. S. Jack son. PICNICEBS ENJOY TRIP TO SIMPLICITY OF SILVER CREEK The employes of the Southern Pa cific freight office and -their families made up a party of 22 which chartered ai motortruck yesterday and went on a .picnic trip to Silver Crock falls. Lunch basket were loaded to capacity with picnic dainties and the day was spent in absorbing rustic sunchino and shade as the spirit of the picnicera prompted. A few of the members of tho party wont fishing and cast about for a few trout bnt no data as to the catch was obtainable. The party returned home in the cool of the evening and all reported a pleas ant trip which may be duplicated in tbo near future. The Weather Fair tonight and Tuesday; northerly winds. this iselcN m E OF ME LANDING OF UNITED STATES TROOPS AT VERA CRUZ INFLAMED MEXICANS AGAINST AMERICANS-DOCKS AT WHICH SHIP MOORED . WAS SOAKED WITH OIL AND MINED WITH DYNAMITE-FINE SEAMANSHIP ALONE SAVED STEAM ER FROM DESTRUCTION CAPTAIN TRIED TO CLEAR FOR OPEN WATER WHEN DOCK WAS FIRED STEAMER WITH 300 CONVICTS ABOARD ATTEMPTED TO RAM CETRIANA WHILE SOLDIERS ON SHORE OPEN FIRE-PASSENGERS PRAISE HEROISM OF CAPTAIN MINISTER. San Francisco May 18. Friends in and around San Francisco were caring today for the 87 men, women and chil dren, refugees from the Mexican west coast, who arrived Sunday on the Brit ish steamship Cetnana, Captain Edward J. Minister, commanding, after some of the most thrilling experiences in the history of the present troubles between the Mexican and United States. In reaching ports of San Bias and Manzanillo many of the fugitives suf fered the greatest hardships, dangers and In somo instances, indignities, even before passing through the peril which threatened the destruction of their ship and its entire company lust before its final departure from Mexican waters. Most of them were repeatedly detained. A number were threatened. Some wore robbed. All were compelled to abandon qll but thlr most easily port able belongings wnd there were few who were not nearly or quite destitute on their arrival in San Francisco. Decks Baked By Bullets. An overwhelming majority of the members of the party were convinced that General Vlruogas, the commandant at Manzanillo, deliberately Intended t burn the Cetriojia and all on board the Manzanillo docks and declared there was no doubt that it was by intention, too, that the ship's deck was swept by a rifle and revolver fire front shore as it put out into the harbor to escape the incendiaries. A few, however, were inclined to ac quit Viruegas of a willful attempt at murder. They agreed that either he or his subordinate were guilty of gross disregard of the ships safety but they accounted otherwise than by a desire to kill the refugees for the burning of the Manzanillo docks and for the rak ing of the (Jctriana's docks by volleys from the shore as the vossel put to sea. The United Stndes troops' landing at Vera Cruz, they said, unquestionably inflamed the Mexicans against Ameri cans, and there was no imagination UN CLERKS BETTER Tl Eight Ballot Boxes Out of 73 Had to he Returned for Proper Sealing or Correction. CANVASS BOOTHS USED roB the ruasT time Many Voters Thought Traud was Being Perpetrated When Board in Booth Acted as Carbon Paper. Last Friday's election wns the first one in which womon have served on the regular election boards. Last autumn a number of women voters served at tho polls, but they were appointed to fill vacancies caused by the absence of some of the regular board. When ask ed how the women got along, Ccunty Clerk Max Guhlhar said: "They did as well or better than the men because thoy did not presume to know all about election procedure, but looked it up and got it right. The men thought they knew and did not in many cases." Despite the assistance of the women, it was necessary to send eight ballot boxes out of the 73 back to the elec tion board and bae thorn properly sealed up or some minor fault correct ed before they eould be received by th,o county clerk. Yet with these minor delays, men who have been following elections for years say that the returns were chocked up faster this year than any prvious election held in this coun ty for a long time, considering the fact that the number of voters is practi cally doubled by the enfranchisement of the women. Mast Seal Boxes. Each ballot box, arter the ballots have been .counted by the election board, is to be sealed up by pasting a paper label over the edge of the box so that the lid cannot be opened with out breaking the paper, jhe lock is to be sealed up In this manner also, and a statement o tne number of REVOLVER RAKE DECK IX CAN S REFUGE SH about the dangers to which they were exposed until they got off at San Bias and Manzanillo. i i , Refugees. A part of the 37 embarked at the former port April 20. The Cetriana then made the run., to Manzanillo, whore arrangements had been made by the German consul, acting for the United States, for the passage of an other party of refugees on board the little British freighter to San Francisco. The ship arrived April 27, took on tho rest of the 87 who arrived hore Sat urday and then received instructions to await anothor party. During the night of April 27 Captain Minister discovered that the dock had boon soaked with oil and it lator developed that it had also been mined with dynamite. Captain Minister Protests, The captain protected against this to I the commandants, who replied that it was the iutontion to destroy tho dock as a means of preventing Its use by the Americans, but that he would give Minister 30 minutes' notice before fir ing it. On the morning of April 28 the Mex ican tanker Luolla, oil laden, was moorsd to the dock, close aiU.'igside the (,'otriiina and the Mexican transports Manuel Herreriae and General Pes quiera dropped anchor in such positions as to make it exceedingly difficult for tho Cetriana to got clear of the dock and into opon water. Most of the refu gees wore sure this was done deliber ately, as a means of insuring tho British ship's destruction when the dock was fired. As a matter of fact, however, the Cetriana did succeed in getting out through the fine seamanship displayed by Captain Ministor. Mexicans Disregard Pledge. Considering his ship in imminent dan ger as indeed it actually was, the cap tain began maneuvering, as soon as the chief enginoer could got up steam, to roach the open water. Before he was well clear of the dock, tho Luolla, tho Horrerias and the Pesquiora, in disre gard of the'plodge that 30 minutes votes received by each eandidnto is to be put in an envelope provided for this purpose and fastened to the outside of the box so that it may be opened by the county clerk's forco and tho of ficial returns are computed from those statements. The boic- -re not opened except in ease of an election contest. . Wax Poured Into Lock. A box was returned to Mill City and one to Elkhorn because the paper seal was pastod over the vent in the lid of the ballot box, successfully preventing anyone from slipping any more ballots into tho aperture, but leaving the lock clear so that it mignt be opened and any number slipped into the box through the open top. Both Doxes were sent back to be properly sealed. One box, however, was well sealed up. The election statement was put inside the box, the paper seal plastered over the opening in tho lid, the keys locked up insido the box, which is equipped with a spring loclt, and the keyhole of the lock was poured full of melted wax. This box was sent back, where it was opened with tho aid of a key of dyna mite or some other means at the dis posal of the resourceful election board. Several of the ballot boxes of the city of Salem are round boxes, and the lid is put' on like the lid of a baking powder can. A few of those boxes with the label pasted only on one side. If it wero desired to open these boxes, the seal would only act as a hinge, and Financial Center of World To Be on the Pacific Coast Tacoma, Wash., May 18. That the future world fight for supremacy in trade will be fought out on the Pacific ocean, is the predictiim here today of Dr. F. J. Stanley of New York, a for mer professor in the Waseda university at Tokio, who addressed a large audi ence at Bethany Presbytorian church last night. "The Panama canal will bring about a revolution in the entire world and in 25 years the Pacifie writ be the center of the world's eomnvwee. Dr. Stanley said: "The nation that makes the most of the change of the world trade conditions by reason of the canal will be supreme in the com IP CEFR1A notice would be given, the Mexicans fired the dock. This though Captain Minister, hit crew and the refugees, did not know it at the time and took it for granted that their deaths were what was sought was because the United States warship Raleigh had been sighted ontoring the harbor. While the Cetriana was maneuvering for safety, either by accident or deeign the transport Herrerias east loose from its moorings and but for Captain Min ister's skill at the wheel, would hare . rammed the British craft. Firing Begins. On the Herrerias were 300 convicts, and, taking advantage of the confusion largo numbers of them attempted to escape by jumping overboard. Mexi cans on shore promptly opened fire on them. Most of those on board the Cetriana were of the opinion that it was not particularly desired to hit the fleeing men, but that the incident wae made an excuse for raking the British craft. At any rate the Cetriana was in line of the fire, bullets whizzed across its decks and several of them struck the ship. Captain Minister ordered his pas 3ir below but himself remained on the bridge and ill personal charge of the situation. Dsepite the ranger, Minister hauled alongside the American barkentine Geneva, as he made for the sea, having learned that the vessel had been seized by the Moxicans, and took oft Captain W. II. Forguson and his men. Escape Matter of Minutes. The Cetriana 's escape to a place of snfotv was a matter of not many min utes but it was agreed on all hands that but for Captain Minister's courage, coolness and skill as a seaman these few minutes would have sufficed for the destruction of his ship and the death of all on board. On his way out Minister reported to Captain Mogruder of the Raleigh what had happened and at Magruder's de maud the Geneva was released by the Mexican authorities. all thus sealed were sent back for re pairs. On the round boxes it is neces sary to put two seals, one on each side. In Case of Fire. In this election the canvass voting booths wore used in this county for the first time. These particular booths were designed by Mr. Gehlhar and were produced at a cost of $1.30, the tin ones formerly in use in this coun ty costing over $1 each. MoBt of the voters preferred the new canvas booths on account of the smaller first cost and tho fnct that they could be stored oaBily and were more easily handled. One voter objectod, nowever, saying that in case of a fir if the tin booths were used, a voter might go ahead and finish the marking of nis ballot before seeking safety in flight. Mr. Gehlhar admits that this is one weak point in his new booths, as he has made no pro vision for fire at the polls. It is doubt ful, however, is many of the voters would stop to finish their ballots in these days of equal suffrage if a cry of "fire" or "mou"" wero heard to echo through the polling place. The board upon which the ballots wore marked in the new booths boing newly stained and finished shortly be fore tho election, acted as a carbon paper in a number tt instances and caused somo of the voters to accuse the election board of fraud. The trou- (Continued on page 8.) merce of the world. America, although the builder of the canal, has done less to profit by it than any other nation. Japan has been making preparations for the opening of the waterway for the past several years. Many new steamers are being built and companies formed to participate ra the oceanic trade. Present appearances indicate this nation will receive less than its fair share from the nir conditions cre ated. "The financial center of the world will change. Now York and London are now regarded as such. la the com ing years the . financial eenter will come to the Pacifio coast." -