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SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1911.
IOTA 11 DIE
WITH HIS CAPVTAL
A MASS OF RUINS
Dictator Is Man Crazed by
Ambitioi;, Bloodshed and
Lust of Power
GOVERNMENT HAS
TRANSPORTS READY
Popular Actor in Mexico City
Interpolates Joke and Is
Missing Today
Oakland, Cal., May 21. Declaring
lie had very little faith in efforts to
mediate Gerr al Htterta out of tho
Mexican jm dontial chair, Captain
Johu T. Neville, of the Oakland En
iiiifer staff, who saw much servico
with the. Mexican lehcls in the late
Francisco Madero's time and recently
mude an interesting answer to Senator
Lodge's attack on General Villa in the
ni'I'er house at Washington, gave It as
his opinion today that the better way
would he to recognize the constitution,
nlists' belligerency and let them take
Mexico City for themselves.
."Uurrta." he paid,. "has no inten
tion of resigning, lie will always
place so many conditions on it that liis
terms will never be accepted. But sup.
posing, for the sake of argument, that
they should he accepted, what are the
constitutionalist going to do about it!
"The rebels know they have every
thing their own way and that in the
cud Huerta will l.e eomt-martinlcd and
lunged. They are not goin? to leave
this revolution in Mexico t'rf inished hv
sparing a large number of bitter eno
ndes of the people, who would imme
diately foment another internal strug
gle. Will Not Mediate.
"Carranza will never mediate witfi
an assassin and traitor vho may try
to proteit himself in order to seize the
l "ins of government a second time. If
lie did consent tn dn siwh a
1'iancisco Villa would not lend his aid, j
nuiium una, i arranza is not of
much force in a military sense.
"Instead of mediating "with Kuerta
the administration should immediately
raise the embargo cn arms, recognize
the constitutionalists' belligerency and
ailow them to eaptm-e Mexico f'itv in
one month instead of waiting" six
months.
"The rebels have always treated
Americans with consideration. The
federals ir.ve insulted and injured
then on every occasion,
them on every occasion. Huerta does
not need mediation. He needs hang
ing. He is a man crazed by ambition
and bloodshed, who is desirous of hav
ing his name go down in history, and
who will die in tho presidential palace
with the national capital a mass of
ruins if he can do so."
Transports Are Ready.
Washington, May 21. Despite tie
war department's silence, it was learn
ed today that the tovernment has an
entire transport fleet equipped to ac
commodate an army, ready to sail from
Galveston at an hour's notice.
Tt was said, however, that this was
merely precautionary. President Wil
f on ami Secretary of State Bryan were
understood to believe that ton day!
will decide the oue.-tion of. peace or
war and to be deteimined to be in a
position to act promptlv if necessary.
It was known that b"Vi the president
,nd Secretary Bryan were confident
mediation would succeed.
Officialdom here was considerably
perturbed bv reports that t'v rebels
were still discriminating acainst Spmv -
lards wherever they trained control, it
iv-tre.i that th:t pohev might
giavely complicate the situation.
By William G. Sr-.ephsrd.
Vera Cruz, Mex., May 21. Because
Senor Berystyn, the mcst popular actor
in Mexico, referred during a perform
ame in Mexi. o City to the broach be
tween President Hucita and ex-Minis
ter of the Interior llihuita as "a but
encr-s quarrel," lie was mvstenouslv
miSMiig today. He interpolated theaeuue of traffic, it is thought the
loke in his lines Tuesday nnt. On
his return to his hotel h" wr.j airei-tet.
Nothing has been heard from his since,
ins aumirers, or wuom lie lias tnoiv ;
mis, were greatly enra2ed. believing'
,,a' Cfn execute.!.
Huerta Is Angry.
Mexico
Citv, Mav 21.-
-President
Huerta was vervjinsry today when hf
learned that publication ha 1 been made
in the United States on the Associated
Press' authority of the statement that
h authorized his envoys at Niagara
Falls to offer his resignation.
"Denying it, with much empsasis, he
declared: "The envoys are not author-1 headquarters here today that the fed-
i'.ed to offer my resignation," andierals were evacuating Saltillo after
added: "I intend to iold on to the only brief skirmishing.
end.'
Huerta. 's position was correctly stat
1 by the United Press.
kuOSEVELT PIQUED
BY DOUBTS EXPRESSED
Visits Outlook Office, Dictates Letters
and Superintends Unpackiug of Spec!,
mens Politics Is Taboo.
New York, May 21.--Culonel Roose
velt wa at bis desk in the Outlook of
fice for a while today. After dictat
ing several letters to a" stenographer ho
visited the Americau museum of nat
ural history to superintend the unpack
ing of some of the specimens he
brought back with him from Brazil.
Nearly everyone he saw had ques
tions to ask concerning his new river.
It wns clear that the colonel was con
siderable piqued by the doubts cast on
the genuineness of his discovery. "It's
thcro," he exclaimed" emphatically,
"and at least a Third of it is naviga
ble. If any one wants to see it for
himself, I'll tell him ijow to get to
it."
The ex-president's health did " ho
seem to trouble him. lie said he felt
better every day and would soon be
in prime condition. Politics he still
declined to discuss. Arrangement had
been made at Oyster Bay' for the citi
zens to give him a formal welcome
home tonight.
From the museum he repaired to his
tailor to order new clothes in which
vA-T'ti" T IV;.r"li1t'81W?'1'li,'"?1ini Anna Janscn,
....... ii... Aiu iic tiiiuci a iiui.i-i iiasui I
to lay in more supplies for thcsame
occasion. These errands attended to,
he called on his publishers fo discuss
the book he will issue ou his South
American experiences. ,
The ex-president came over by auto
mobile from Oyster Hay and made the
rounds of New York in the same ma
chine. It was not, ho remarked, that
ho felt unequal to walking, but he had
so much t do that he was compelled
to save all the time possible.
LONG BEACH HAS SUITS
FIRST DAMAGE CASE AS BESULT
OF COLLAPSE OF MUNICIPAL
FJSR MAY. 21, -'fll3, TS ON. '
Lo-i Angeles, Cal., May 21. Presid
ing Judge Wood, of the superior court,
is considering tfljlay an application for
a special judge to try tho first damage
suit of a series brought against the city
of Long Beach as tin result of the col
lapso of that city's municipal piei-,
-May ii4, 11)1,1, in which 40 persons lost
their lives and 200 were injured,
Suits aggregating more than $2,000,-
000 have be.-n filed against the citv,
and it was expected that about 25 moro
would be filed today. The statute of
limitations expires next Sunday.
SPENCE IS ELECTED.
Monmouth, Or., May 2L The state
grange, in session here, today re-elected
C. h. Speuce, Oregon City, tiiaster.
Rebel Leader Is
Preparing To Cut
Railroad Lines
By Charles H. Raymond.
(Ci.itcil Press Staff Correspondent.)
U. S. ,S. California, May 20 (By
wireless to San Diego, May 21.) Gen
eral Obregon, the Mexican rebel loader
on tho west coast, is preparing today
to cut . tho railroad that connects Man
zanillo and Mexico City to prevent
possible shipments of arms and ammu
nition to Huerta. His plan then is
to concentrate his troops arouud Man
zatlan and assail that port.
N it li era Cruz occupied by the Am-
1 erica and Tampice captured by the
j constitutionalists, Huerta has been un -
-""- -"'I'o-'t ar's ana ammunition!
from the east and his attention is said
,o have been tuned toward some of
his I acif.c ports -
Magnnillo Only Resource
The ra. road running from Salina
(ruz, on the west, to the interior nas
. , J " . , , """lion, wnere ne trieii vamiv to see J'res-
snrrouiided by the rebels. That leaves : i(iet Wilson. Hp was tnl.i tho
his Manzanillo as nis only resource.1
u tne reueis succcea in culling oil tnat
..........'. ..... .,v ... Lineal loosing
,. .-ituation, not only as regards the im -
.. iirirnf ll-lll ii a ,n nn a,i aa . ,m
portction of war munitions, but in a
to escape irom ins country snouiu
-'-is flight be decided npon.
I u nas oeen rumorcn many times tnat
he expected to get ammunition from
Japan to west coast points
The rebel aeroplane which has been
ied at Mazatlan was wrecked acci-
dentally yesterday.
oATJitT?nv rq PVTSTiTnin
GARRISON IS RETREATING.
By N. C. Parke.
Juarez, Mex., -lay 'I General
Felipe Angeles telegraphed to rebel
He said they were retreating south -
ward, but gave no further details.
The belief here was that the retreat-
GIRL FINDS
LOVER
Ill THROAT HIT
WHEN SHE ARRIVE
Anna Jensen Travels from
Stockholm to Marry, But
Finds Betrothed Dead
GIRL IS NOT TOLD
OF THE SUICIDE
Keeper of Morgue, Touched
by Tragedy, Unable to
Break News
Los Angeles, fal., May 21. Today
was to, have been the wedding day of
a pretty Swedish
girl, who came all the way from Stock
holm to marry A. Bergt Johannscn,
who came to America two years ago
to lay, the foundation for their fortune.
Johannsen lies dead in the city morgim,
a suicide. He cut his throat with a
razor the night before the girl arrived.
Sho must be told today.
Miss .Tnnsen arrived here early yes
terday and when her fiance failed to
meet her at the trnia she took a taxi
cab to his address. Johannscn 's land
lady was unequal io the task of tell
ing .the girl when she arrived at his
lodging house and fcent her to another
address, a block down the street. It
was the morgue, and the attendant
there, too, happened to have a heart,
and tne girl was sent along to thu
home of Carl Nelson, Johannsen 's
cousin. Nchon, also, was unable to
toll the story, with tho result that the
(Jrl slept in ignorance, believing Jo
hannsen to be out of town. Gottlieb
Eckdahl, Swedish consul here, fiilly
consented to talk to Miss Jansen to
day. No reason for Johannsen 's suicide is
known.
GIRL SECURES WRIT OF MAN
DAMUS AGAINST SCHOOL BOARD
Vorth Yakima, Wash'., May 21.
Alleging that although sho had n
standing of 97 per cent, the highest in
the class, and was elected valedictorian
in tho commencement exercises. Super
intendent O. W. Hoffman had declared
her place forfeited, Miss Alice J.
Dunn, a senior of the high school at
Sunnyside, has today secured a alter
native writ of mandamus returnable
Saturday, to compel the school board to
reinstate her.
ing garrison was bound for San Luis
Potosi, a 200-mile march across the
desert, and that it would make a last
stand there before falling back into
Mexico City.
This was the first official news of
the past few days' doing at Saltillo.
WILL BE BLACK PAGE.
Chicago, May 21. For a man who
declared he was not "sore," Robert
Kerr, civil governor of Vera Cruz for
ft feu. hnnrs fnllmvinor itu nnpnnatitn
, v Admiral Fletcher, expressed himself
i0(,uv
" l toll Secretary of War Garrison,
ho "H,t h.n tL f
; ,ast VP(lr Rm, tw0 months written
, ,vas POnvino(,(1 it W0I,, be the ,,llck.
Pi!t ,n the historv of Anlri(.an
diplomacy. " Kerr had just arrived
1 from Vola Cruz wav. of Washing-
dent was already in possession of all
.u. i,1f.irmn)inn l.n nnn!n
, Mexican conditions ami was ton h,iv
. . ... ...
i q grant him an interview.
1 . Was Stranga Selection.
j-;err ;g a inwyer practising both In
; Chicago and Mexico Citv. Being in
it.,. ,- ' i, a,'',i
landed, he was given the civil cover-
orship. He was considered a strange
i selection at the time, having been a
: ;,: u-oi,;nnt.,
ndniftrntion 's Mexican policy. His
i tenure was brief, however. Secretary
Oarrifon said he was responsible for
j Vera Cruz conditions while American
troops were in control there and want-
itj affairs administered bv a man
a. hv ,ler his nr,Ur. A'r,i;n.
p wh'Bn General Funston arrived he
a,,umed full charge of the situation
:an,i the ivil onvemorshin was abol-
: jded
(Continued on page two.l
WOULD HAVE FRISCO
FAIR CLOSED SUNDAYS
Sunday Observance Committee Says So-
attle Keeps Sabbath Better Than
Boston Japan's Divorce Sate Big.
Chicago, May 21. With 800 dele
gates in attendance, the 126th general
assembly of Presbyterians convened
hero today in tho Fourth Presbyterian
church. The election of a moderator
a as the first business to come before
the convention.
Tho Sabbath, observance committee
recommended that the Panama-Pacific
exposition be closed on Sundays, but
its report Paid indications were "that
the present fair management would re
main deaf to all sum petitions." The
committee said it hoped that a "rider"
be attached to the bill providing a
government evhibit which would insure
the closing of the fair on Sunday.
The Firs Presbyterian church of So
attlo, of which tho Rov. Mark Mat
thews is pastor, was given credit by
the Sabbath observance committee for
cleaning out vice in that city.
Seattle keeps tho Sabbath bettor
than Boston," said tile committee's re
port. The Christian life committee urged
legislation preventing the continued
alarming growth of the divorce evil.
"Japan," said the committee's re
port, "has the highest divorce rate in
the world and America is next."
Tho committee priposed a country
wide "educational campaign on "the
sacred ness of marriage and the evils of
divorce. i
YEGOMEN DYNAMITE SAFE.
Gucrneville, J'al.y May 21. Yegg
men dynamited tho safe in the post
office here early today and escaped
with $75 in cash.
CONDITIONS PAINTED
IN GHASTLY COLORS
Washington, May 21. Received by
President Wilson indue. Jo, Inn Tt.n
Lindsay, of Deliver brggod the chief
executive to uso rogular troops to force
Colorado mine owners to arbitrate with
their striking employes.
Lindsey was accompanied to tho
White House by Mis. Lee Champion,
representing tho Women's Relief asso
ciation of Denver, and Mrs. Pari Jolly,
Mrs. Mary Pctnieei ami Mrs. M. D.
Thomas, survivors of tho Ludlow hor
ror. Conditions in the slriko district were
painted to the president in ghastly col
ors. Lindsey, in conversation with tho
president, bitterly denounced tho mine
owners' and especially Joha D. Rocke
feller, Jr.'s rofusal to arbitrate. Col
onel Roosevelt, he remarked, forced op
erators to get together when thoro was
a strike in tho Pennsylvania anthracito
field he hoped President Wilson
would do tho snmo thing in Colorado.
"Wo have not a Republican form of
government in Colorado," said the
judge. "Governor Ammons is incom
petent. If tho president has the right
to keep troops in tio stnto, ho has tho
right to compel the operators to arbi
trate. He could close every mino until
such an agreement was made. "
The Denverito addod that he and his
companions wero going later to see
John D. Rockefeller. Jr., in New York.
"If the presidont of tho United Htn
roceives us, surely Rockefeller should,"
he addod. "We don't believe opinion
will be ready to admit that Rockefeller
is more powerful than tho president."
THREE SISTERS ARE
FOUND MURDERED
Mrs. Ludwig Larson, aged 49; Helen
Olson, 23 years, and fgna Olson, 17, sis
ters, were found murdered today on a
fnrm 2(i miles cast of this city. Tony
Gilsoul, a suspect, was believed sur
rounded by a posso of farmers 'this
evening in a nearby grove.
Mrs. O. K. Larson, mother of the
tiiree women, was shot, but probably
will recover.
WIJ.SON APPOINTS COMMITTEE.
Wa iington, May 21. President Wil
son today appointed a committee to
arrange for the formal .opening of the
Panama canal June 1. Its members are
Colonel Ooethals, chairman: Richard
Metcalf, vice chairman; Colonel Harry
Hodges, Surgeon Gencrnl Oorgas, Colo
nel Rossenu and Colonel William Si
bert. Their work will lap somewhat
over into lOiri, occupying nine months
in all, for which th-y will be paid at
tne rate or ifliywi a year each.
The Weather
WjnOER. HoT
irii tuic ui.M
Showers
thunder
and
KEEP UP
storms
tonight
or
Fri-
day; cooler Fri
day except near
the coast; winds
shifting to south,
it
in
T
AT
11
General Finzer Ordered to
Use Militia to Keep Road
House Closed
CASES ARE UP
BEFORE GRAND JURY
No More Monkey Business
for West-Evidence Posi
tive and Abundant
Governor WeBt this morning stntod
that the Milwaukie road houso would
be closed today and remain closed in
definitely. He stated Gonernl Finzor
would be instructed to send a couple
of militiamen there, or so many as
might be needed, and to keep the place
closed. The whole matter will bo left
to General Finzer, and guards will bo
maintained there until the governor
has positive assurance that tho build
ing will be used for boiiio other purpose
then that to which it is now put.
"I will keep it closet, until the end
of my term, "'said the governor," and
will bequeath it to. my successor, who
will becomo my residuary legatee. The
guards stationed there wero withdrawn
because assurance was given that the
house would be properly conducted and
tho laws observed. This was not done,
but almost as soon as the guards had
left the same old business was resum
ed, and while tho pretense 'was made
that "fried chicken" wns tho main
' ar'u'le sold, it developed thut the main
me9 were oot.w or some men
A quiet investigation has been going
on for some tiino mm this came to an
end night before ln:-t when two girls,
ono IS and the other 17, wero taken
in charge at the placo by Mrs. Bald
win. They had been taken to the
place by two men wno are known, and
whoso cases hnvo bcrn turned over to
the Multnomah county grand jury. The
governor says thero will bo no further
monkoy business, but thnt the placo
will ho closed and remnin so, and thai
is all there is to it. Whilo the house
will be under tho control of tho mil
itia, tho mrttter will be tried out in tho
courts, and as tho evidence is said to
be positive and abundant thero is but
little doubt tho famous or infamous
resort will be closed. It is a caso of
Milwaukio's bier" sure enough, and it
is making Milwaukie notorious, if not
famous.
WARRANTS ARE ISSUED.
Portlnnd, Or., May 21. Warrants
(Continued on pago 2.)
rnirn n mnin
tutu mm
ill Till
Funston's Soldiers Guarding
The Vera Cruz Waterworks
x
C t
IT- w i'v
Photo copyright, 1914, by American
The waterworks at Vera Cruz arfl an important straUgie point, and the
Mexican troops have several times threatened tho United Btates soldiers de
fending them. General Maas is said to have mobilized several thousand fed
erL for the mirnose of attemntine to retake the plant, which is located
several miles from the heart of tho city. The illustration was made by a
photographer, who, it great risk, penetrated the fightinjr ions and snapped
a group ot r'unston soldiers in action anu a piece ot nciu aruuerjr,
MELLEN REFUSED TO
SELL STEAMER LINES
Action Taken Waa Result of Interven
tion of Boosevent When President
Offer Was for 120,000,000.
Washington, May 21. That Colonel
Theodore Koosevelt personally lutei
ferrod to prevent the New Haven rail
road from selling its steamship lines
to Charles W. Morse was the declara
tion here today of Charles 8. Mellen,
former president of the Now Haven,
when ho resumed his testimony before
the interstate commerce commission.
Koosevelt 's intervention came, accord
ing to MjUen, in 1907, whoa Koosevelt
wns president.
" At .President Roosevelt's request,"
said Mellen, "I refused to sell the
steamship lines to Morse, although ho
offered ifliO.OOO.OOO for thorn."
AGENT SHOT DOWN
AFTER HOT FIGHT
Calls for Holp Over Wire and Is Kill
ed by Bobbers Who Enter Station.
Tappan, New York, May 21. "There
are several robbers trying to enter tho
station. They are goiug to shoot. Please
rush help."
While Clydo Hotauing, agont for the
West Shore railroad, was Bonding this
message to nearby points early today
he was shot and killed by one off two
robbers. William Forrest, who livos
across tho street from the station,
heard shots and .then saw a man run
from llotalliiig's office. Every indi
cation pointed to tho ngont putting up
a desperate fight before he was shot
down.
BENSON FINALLY WINS
4
Portland, Or., May 21. Com
plete teturns from all of the
.14 counties in the state, but
not official, give Judge Henry
I.. Benson, of Klamath Falls, a
lead of 183 votes over Judge
( har'cs L. McNary, of Salem,
for the'"fotirth republican nomi
nation for justice of the supreme
court. The roniplnto roturns are
Benson 34.(531. MeNnrv 34,316.
4
EDITOR SAYS MEXICANS SHOW
SYMPATHY FOR AMERICANS
Pasadena, Cal., May 21. "Dob 't let
reports from Mexico alarm you, but
just keep as tranquil as yon uro," said
William L. Vail, formerly editor of
tho Mexican Herald of Moxico City, in
a letter receivod horo today by his fa
ther, H. J. Vail.
Tho letter is dated Moxico City, May
4. At that time, Vail said, everything
wns quiet, and the, Mexicans of nil
classes wero showing only sympathy
and good will toward Amoricans. Vail
and his family will remain in tho Mex
ican capital.
Press Association.
FLU WEDGE IF
UN MAKE WILD
CHARGEJ1H POLICE
Suffragettes March on Buck
ingham Palace to Attack
King's Residence
FORTY ARRESTS MADE
BY POLICE OFFICERS
Storming Party Driven Back
and Prisoners Sent to Jail
in Spite of Throng
London, May 21. Suffragettes and
sufrngette sympathizers to the num
ber of severul thousand had a hot en
counter today with a force of about
1,000 policemen whilo marching on
Buckingham palaco, King Cieorgo's
London residence.
Tho affnir was preceded by an an
nouncement from Mrs. Emmeline Pank
hurst of her intention to visit Bucking
ham and demand an interview with the
king. Her supporters promptly de
clared they would accompany her to the
pilnce entrance to give hor moral sup
port. Thoy mobilized in Whitehall,
formed a procession and started.
In tho meantime a force of police
about 1,000 strong had been rushed to
thu royal park gates at the top of Con
stitution 1UU. A hundred more patrol
led the inside of tho park.
When the procession reached the
gate it was stopped. Thea. a flying
wedgo of tho women tried to break
through the police lines. A straggle
ensued in which about forty arrests
were mode, including several men, and
finally tho Storming purt y driven
1 back.
A few moments Inter another rust-
iwas mndo in an effort to rescue the
1 prisoners. This engagement was live-
iller than tho first one and for a time
j it lookod as if tho police would be
j overpowerod. At length, however, they
t. succeeded in ui.sperHtng the demonstra-
tors and getting
their prisonors to
jail.
E
Preliminary Formalities Have Been Dis
posed of and Actual. Work of
Conference Is Begun.
PRESIDENT WILSON IS IN
TOUCH WITH SITUATION
Length of Negotiations May Be Pro
longed Indefinitely or May Be
Terminated Suddenly.
By Fred S. Ferguson.
Niagara Falls, Ont., May 21. All
preliminary formalities having bem
disposed of, tho "A. B. C. " mediators
between the United States and Mexico
wero ready for actual business today.
Justice Lamar and Fiederick Lehmaun,
the American envoys, had a long con
ference with the mediators last night.
All parties concerned were reticent
relativo to tho natare of their dis
cussion. President Wilson kept in close touch
with the mediation conference by tele
phone. Visitors See Sights.
With the Mexicans, tho mediators
had their first talk between 11:30 and
12:30 today. It wns expected thoy
would have another interview with tho
Americans tonight and a second one
with tho Mexicans tomorrow. By
tho6 alternate interchanges of views
they hoped ultimately to reach a mu
tually catisfactory ugrectnent. Whilo
tho mediators debated at the Mexican
envoys' rooms, Komulo" Xaou, tho Ar
gentine minister's 11-year-old .son,
played in the Clifton hotel corridors.
The two daughters ot Senor Hubasn.
who were also in Niagara f alls, amused
themselves by walking about the town,
seeing tho sights and visiting the falls
with other Mexicans who were with
the envoys' party.
It was impossible to guess how long
the negotiations would continue. They
might drag along indefinitely, it was
said, or they might come to a sudden
termination. .
ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
El Paso, Tex., May 21. Wanted at
Bisbeo, Arizona, for the alleged murder
of J. F. Hnrrell, a Los Angeles banlt
clerk, W. W. Kermeen, of San Fran
cisco, was held by the EI Paso police
today. Kermeen was arrested npon bis
arrival here from Mexico. , .