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owght Gamblers and Saloon Keepers of Oregon Town

,broxp susuicion upon the others actloh
knezevich took his troubles lhto eout''
but lost. rs,,;,, u-.s
called from the county seat at Baker. IN
miles away, but he found such Wfahs hiis
and such counter accusations ,,i'. ny
could not get stable evidence ne "aa
his, and broad shouldered, but could 90
nntbtnp Then they called Sheriff Ed
Rand Rand is q feet lnches di,u
weighs over 2Oo pounds. He formerly
worked in a lumber camp. ana ne Is a..
muscle but even their respect iof ii.
strength and determination would MOI
scare the warning factions unto siVhis
him \ coherent story, and he left in
disgust.
Then a petition was sent to GOV. west
Knezevich was blamed for sending IT, DIX
this he denies. The petition asked that
the council be deposed, and the governor
found that there was chance TO 90 inns
because the council was controlled hA
sa loon men. He called on County Prose
cutor Goodwin and Sheriff Rand to remoV.
the men from Office. The two county
officials asked how this was to be ac-
complished .They could lind no handle 10
use in a legal manner.
IF YOU don't find a way. ! WILL an
swered GOV. West, and he sought for
pIan to make these men, 40 miles from
the state capital behave or get out. He
would give the men. strongly intrenched
to battle with the outside. a chance to
Quit contro! of the city. and if they re-
fused he would wipe out their business
He would first send a personal message
telling them To quit. But how to get that
message to them was the problem. II he
sent il bv mail no attention would be
Maid to it. If he sent a man, the man
might not come back to tell the tale.
If he sent soldiers. their fate might be
the same.
In his dilemma he thought of Fern
Hobbs Fern Hobbs is frai! little wom-
an. not out of her twenties. She is five
feet tall She had served faithfully at
the typewriter and at the files with al
WAYS a happy smile, but little to say. She
was roo busy to talk.
Gov. West knew her story, how few
years ago in her mothers kitchen she
had an idea. from which sprang an ideal.
Then as she worked among the pots and
pans during the day, she used the re-
mainder OF her time to study steno2raphy
and shorthand until she was able to enter
an office. In her position with an attor-
new she continued her studies, never for
getting her home. Her two sisters say
that it was due to Fern that they re-
ceived their educations.
Gov. West knew that he could trust
her He had sent her, only u few months
before, to Washington to see why GER
tain land cases Of Oregon were not being
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saloon keepers and the gamblers and by
the few merchants who sold to them
Then the men began to rave at fate and
finally at each other. Necessity made
them selfish and srasping and soon int er-
nal war was declared in this bowl of IA
ture. with no one outside to fear or Gre.
II. \. Stewart and Tony Warner. early
settlers owned "A saloon. William lie
gand, Tom Ingram Martin knezevicl and
a Montenegro were also in the 1loon
business and We're getting most of the
trade of the cattlemen back in the hills.
Last May, while knezevich and his wife
were asleep some one set fire to his sa-
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treme While practicing his profession
in the capital last April ne received word
that he was suspected of being In league
with the revolutionists. He left for Vera
Cruz From there he telegraphed to
Minister or Justice Reyes asking wheth-
er charges were pending against him.
Receiving word that mistake had been
made he went on board the Ward liner
Moro Castle. commanded by Capt. HUFF
Soon after he arrived on the Moro
Castle a squad of soldiers followed him
there, but since he was not in the army
and therefore not subject to military dis
cipline he refused to go with them. Later
a squad of thirty men returned to ar
rest him. but Capt. Hun told them he
did not know where DIR. Gomez was.
For five hours the men searched for
him, but they never found him. and the
Moro Castle sailed for Havana with the
Observation-Disclosures on board DIR. Co
mez smiles when asked where he hid.
The affair later had unpleasant conse-
quences for Capt. HUFF. who was called
ashore at Vera Cruz and subjected to a
rigid inquiry. His ship. which had Mrs.
John Lind wife of President Wilson s
special envoy to Mexico. on board at the
time, was held for a time but later both
Capt HUFF and the Moro Castle were re-
leased.
Senior Luis Ortiz, an attache of the
agency in Washington, was formerly sec
rotary to Vice President Suarez. who was
killed with Madero. The story is told
in Mexico City that following the arrest
of Senior SuareZ urgent efforts to secure
his release We're made by Ortiz. who
even made an attempt to kidnap the son
and daughter of Gen. Banquet. right
hand man OF Gen. Huerta. with the inten-
ton of holding them as hostages for the
safety OF the vice president
The house of Senior Ortiz was searched
With other friends of SuareZ and Madero
he went to Vera Cruz to see whether the
Cuban gunboat Cuba was to take away
the A1adero and SuareZ families. Later
he escaped from Mexico under an as
sumed name.
Other attaches of the junta at present
are Francisco Urquidi. a graduate Of the
Boston Institute OF Technology. whose
brother was Subsecretary of commune
cations under Madero, and Albert Pant.
formerly subsecretary of public instruc-
ton, who has been sent TO the United
States by Gen. CarranZa to study the
systems of education here with the OBJ
ject of instituting reforms in Mexico if
the revolution is successful.
Until few weeks ago Luis Cabrera
now at Hermosillo and prospective min
lister of foreign relations in Gen. Car
ranza's cabinet. was also here. He used
to draw cartoons and write articles d.
rected at President Diaz, and has been in
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of for the next governor OF the state.
This Is the question being asked To-Day
by very Oregon.an and millions OF others
throughout the country
The woman is Miss Fern Hobbs. private
secretary to Gov. West of Oregon. She
weighs less than 100 pounds and loves all
the things dear TO women, but when call
ed by her employer to go into the heart
Of q wild country. into a pocket OF the
earth cut off from civilization. where the
men were said to be large and strong
and rough and were said to be waiting
and armed for any one who dared to In
trude In their internal disputes. and to
tell them they must quit their lawless-
ness she did not falter but Immediately
replied in her modest way, Il am ready.
Into that mountainous wilderness She
went and performed her duty so well
that when she returned to Salem, the
state capital. she was surprised with the
knowledge that her name was being
heard in all parts of oregon a posi-
BILE candidate for governor when the
people of the state choose their CHI ef
executive to succeed her employer, next
November. Some were calling her the
crusade while others compared her to
Carrie Nation, because, the result OF
Ter mission. all the gambling devices
were destroyed and the liquor ard saloon
fixtures were confscated by the state
Her work also resulted in reform and
two of the saloonkeepers declared that
they have quit the business for good.
while others said they might do so.
Miss Hobbs errand was one that re-
quired bravery. II also required a
knowledge of state affairs, and she used
it. 1t required tact, and she has that
naturally. II also required the gentle
ness of a womanly woman, which she
unconsciously exerted with telling ef-
feet.
1t all happened because in the little
town Of Copperfield, Ore, there was Sc
rious dispute among the strong men.
Saloonmen were in control of the town
council and were granting licenses to
themselves, while other saloonmen want
ed to do business. Out of this war came
to the outside world stories of shootings.
incendiary fires and general turmoil. The
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to the public has been done along this
line. But all such attempts have resulted
in failure
These failures have been caused princi-
pally by the feeling between the two
parties. Persons seeking information
about the Mexican situation obtain di-
rectly opposite views at the two head
quarters. At the embassy there is dis
position to look upon all the constitu-
tionalists as bandits, with the possible
exception of some revolutionists in the
state of Sonora: while the constitutional
lists speak of all the Huerta leaders as
"cientificcs.' which is the Spanish for
scientific grafters.
Both headquarters at different times
have been deeply interested in the work
of William Bayard Hale. secret agent
of the Washington administration in the
Mexican affair, who has visited both
Mexico City and headquarters of Gen.
CarranZa Mr.. Hale would be surprised
to know how well some of his outwardlv
mysterious movements have been traced.
The consttutionalist confidential agency
or junta. finds precedent for its Wash
ington work in the fact that during the
American revolution against Great Brit
ain committees We're sent by the col
onies to Paris and other European capt.
tails to work for independence. The Paris
COMMITTEE was headed by Benjam n
Franklin, and among its members were
John Adams. Arthur Lee F~ancis Dana.
Robert Norris and Robert Livingston, all
men whom Americans today love to
honor. This committee worked for finan-
cial assistance for the struggling col
onies, and finally won French recognition
of American independence.
Like the colonies. the constitutionalists
maintain branch juntas in Europe, and
along the Mexican border every town and
village has its group of revoiutionists-
Miguel covaTruvias, until recently Mexi-
can minister to Russia, who has been in
the Mexican diplomatic service for many
years, is the chief European representa-
tive OF the rebels. He works principally
in London.
Representing the de facto government
OF Mexico City in Washington is Senior
Don a. Algara r. dc Terreros. charge
d'affaires of the Mexican embassy since
last May. Heading the consttutionalist
confidential agency is Roberto Pesqueira
Senior Algara, because of the fact that
the United States has not recognized the
government which he represents, has oc-
cupied an unusual and difficult position
here since Senior Manuel Calero, the last
Mexican ambassador to the United States
left for home. The entire embassy staff
diplomatic list. Senior Alsara is invited
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equally as Keen but waged with the
subtler weapons of diplomacy. is being
carried on in Washington by the diplo-
matte agents of the two parties.
=
With both sides realizing that the at
titude of the United States must have
an important bearing on the outcome of
the fierce struggle, chapter in the secret
politics of the world is being written al
most within the shadow of the Capitol
For months dark Mexicans have been
coming and going between Washington
and Mexico. code messages have been
flashing backward and forward. and
stories of mysterious happenings have
leaked through to the public.
Since Francisco Madero began his revo-
luton against President Porfrio Diaz
Washington has been second only to
Mexico City as center OF t.Ie kaleido-
scopic changes in the rapidly shifting
developments. The present status of the
situation began when Gen Huerta as
sumed the presidency, following the as
sassination of Madero. when the admin
istration here refused to recognize the
new government and when the constitu
tionalist revolution was launched
Then there began arriving in Washing
about the overthrow Of Huerta. Most Of
them had been influential during the
short regime of Madero, and most of
them had escaped from Mexico City in
disguise and under assumed names.
usually closely pursued by squad of
soldiers or police. Although individuals
have come and gone, most of the group
have stayed here ever since, planning
and working for the success of the
revolutionary cause
:: :;
The contending forces in Mexico have
their Washington headquarters but a few
blocks apart. Outwardly there Is never
any clash between the two, for in the
American capital the federals and rebels
are diplomats and confidential agents not
soldiers.
The embassy, the Office of the repre-
sentatives Of the de facto government at
Mexico City. Is located in a big red
brick house at 14l3 / street northwest.
while the constitutionaiist confidential
agency is in spacious suite of apart
ments at 112n Vermont avenue northwest
At night the constitutionalists gather In
what they call the cave located in
the grillroom of the Bellevue Hotel. and
there sit around a table which is al
ways reserved for them and discuss their
plans. Visitors unfamiliar with the Gus
tom often puzzle as they watch the group
OF Mexicans and hear snatches of Span
-sh come from the corner. Sometimes
soldiers of fortune, war correspondents
and ordinary newspaper men join the
party, and then the talk is of wars in all
parts of the world
From the beginning of the revolution
efforts have been made through the two
headquarters here to bring about an
agreement on a provisional president OF
Mexico who could unite both parties AS
last as names have been suggested they
have been forwarded to Gen. Huerta and
Gen. Carranza. Much scheming and
planning which has never been known
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OW shall Oregon
honor the little
woman. only a
few years ago
helping her mother
in the kitchen.
who has just car
ried the COVER
nors message into
the lair of gam
blers and saloon
keepers and Is
pou being talked
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Constitutionalists and
Federals Watch De-
velopments and Plan
Diplomatic Coups to
Aid Their Respective
Causes-Notes in Code
and Secret Agents Who
Trail in the Dark
Even the Walls Have
Ears Except, Perhaps,
in "the Cave "A Clip
ped Mustache = Plots
and Counterplots.
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HILE in Mexico
the armies of Gen.
Huerta and Gen.
Carranza are fight
ing with fire and
sword for control
OF the government
OF that fabulously
rich country which
excited the cupid
ity of Cortes in
the days of the
AZtecs, a contest
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pushed. She went, and she did what she
was instructed to do. He had also given
her smaller missions in Oregon and she
had always returned from them aud re-
ported, Il have done as you wished lie
knew that she would do as well in Cop
pertield. despite the severity of the test
there.
simply said, Il am ready" The message
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was given her and she started with her
woman's message to Garcia. Without ask
ing useless questions and making femi-
nine preparation. she went alone at the
time set TO meet those strong men who
We're warning in small tumbiedown town
far from the outside world and cut of
from help On second thought GOV. West
saw that the test was possibly too strong.
Il was Just then that word had perco-
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equally as Keen. but waged with the
subtler weapons of diplomacy. is being
carried on in Washington by the diplo-
matte agents Of the two parties.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-07-23
No Reason For It
When Cambridge Citizens Show a
Way.

There can be no reason why any
reader of this who suffers the tor
lures of an aching back, the annoy
ance of urinary disorders, the pains
and dangers of kidney ills will fail
to heed the words of a neighbor
who has found relief Read what
Cambridge citizen says:
Mrs Roland H. Bassett, SIG
Henry ST., Cambridge, Md, says:
Il suffered from attacks of back
ache and l could not do my house
work as l should. l suppose that
my kidneys had been weak for
years, as l had always had more or
less pain through them after catch
ing cold or overlooking. A rela-
tive who had used Doan's Kidney
Pills recommended them to me
and got a box at Bradshaw S
Pharmacy. They proved their mer-
it by removing the trouble. I have
not had a symptom of kidney COM
plant since. My former endopse-
ment holds good"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember the name--Doan's-
and take no other. ADV.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-07-23
Living Cups and Sau1ers.

The foot of the limpet is kind OF
sucking disk by which it anchors itself
securely to the rocks. Its tiny tongue
Is In reality wonderful horny struc-
ture armed with about 100 rows of
teeth. with which it rasps the sea
weeds and marine litter which form
its food.
There are several branches of the
limpet family. One Is called the key
hole" limppt and another the cup and
saucer" The former owes its name
to a keyhole shaped opening on the
top through which the euimal-for the
iimpet is really an animal-squirts out
water.
The cup and saucer" limpet has on
its underside a sort Of curved plate.
not unlike a tiny teacup, surrounded
by q sa ucer like shell. TO complete the
resemblance there is at the extremity
of the long tooth ribbon an organ not
unlike a miniature teaspoon.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-07-23
The Baby
Did 1t
A Story of Presi-
dent Lincoln
whats thatP"
By F. A. mitchell

whats thatP"
President Lincoln was sitting in his
room at the White House dispatching
the enormous business involved in the
great struggle that he was directing,
while his anteroom was crowded with
those waiting their turn for-all they
could expect-a few words with him.
The door between him and these per-
sons stood ajar, through which came
the cry of baby. The president ceas-
ed from his labors and listened. The
cry was repeated. The work of ad-
ministering a government with 1000.
600 soldiers in the field. struggling for
its existence. was brought to stand
still by the cry of an infant.
Mr. Lincoln called an attendant.
charged with the introduction of visi-
tors, and asked him what it meant.
"a woman is waiting without who
has been here two or three different
days. She comes from a long dis
lance and has to bring her child be-
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-07-23
DREAM

A little girl in Lfnwood is just about
old enough to have beau. and she Is
perfectly crazy about any pompadour-
ed. tall. skinny lad that-well, let us
tell our little incident without adding
adjectives.
The maiden's lovely boy friend went
out of town for a week. but she wrote
letters. And the maiden's sister start
ed kidding.
"What~ exclaimed sis Another
letter from Rob! When do you expect
to marry him, dear?'
"Oh. very SOON" cried the little one,
encouraged by such a display Of SYM
patty. Robert has only two years
more in the preparatory school. And
then be will go to Harvard and be
graduated With the highest honors.
After he gets his degree be will go out
west and make his fortune. and then
we shall be married. Oh. 1t all seems
so beantiful!'
Dream on, kid" exclaimed the older
sister tenderly. DO you want to go
to another picture show with me this
evening: There's long time to wait.
and we've got to put in the time some
how."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-07-23
HONEYMOON Once chaproned.

In Books and Bookmen' it Is OBJ
served that Tin the eighteenth century
it was not considered bon ton for
young couple to 60 on a honeymoon
without chaperon. The practice
must have survived into the last CEN
fury, for in Mansfield Park when
Maria Rertram marries Mr.. Rush
worth. Julia. the younger sister. goes
with them" The custom certainly lin
gered on in out of the way places at
least. till the middle of the nineteenth
century.
My mother" writes a correspond
ent in the Manchester Guardian, was
married In 1853 Before that date she
had been the bridesmaid of a girl
friend who had married a young law
yer. They both came Of middle class
families in very comfortable circum-
stances. She went with them on their
honey moon. She always assured rs
that In those fara way days it was
quite the correct thing for the brides
maid to form one of the party"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-07-23
OROzC0 WILL LEAD
new REVOLUTION
Villas Foe to Head FOrmid-
able Movement

Ell Paso, Tex, July %. - General
Pascual Orozco, commander OF FED
eral irregulars and man of all men
condemned to die by General Villa, is
expected in northern Mexico within
short time, and upon his arrived for
midahle counter revolution may take
place.
Already the counter revolution is on
in desultory fashion along the Dor
der With Arozcos arrival it Will re
ceive the active backing of "cient1fl
cos. Spanish exiles and refugee Fed
erals, who have no idea of submitting
to a CarranZa government.
Orozco is somewhat in the position
of a man without country. Both he
and Marcelo Caraveo are said to have
offered their services to Provisional
President Carvaial to repel Carranza
and his Constitutionalist troops, but
their offers have been rejected.
The two men will get aid and as
sistance iw they escape from centra
Mexico, where they are now operat
ing, and can reach the vicinity OF the
United States border, for the Federal
land owners in northern Mexico have
realized that their only hope of saving
their properties is to start counter
revolution, in the hope that this vii
bring about Intervention by the Unitei
States.
Though they do not thing that sucl
a counter revolution would ever grow
to such an extent as to become for
midable. they are said to hope that il
will sufficiently embarrass the Car
rama administration and that the
United States will be forced to inter
vene to establish anything like per
manent peace.
It is said that between S5U,UUU an
$4,000 has been obtained for the neN
movement and that quantities of arm
and ammunition have been purchased
Men are being sent to points along tn
New Mexico-Chihuahua border eac
night in small bands and are bein
supplied with equipment after the
cross the line.