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PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. 11- NO. 15.700. PORTLAND. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1911. K V MEXICAN REBELS MID TEXAS TDWH Horses, Cattle Driven Across Border. CITIZENS FIEE IN WILD PANIC Cavalry Rushed to Scene in Response to Appeal. LONG MARCH IS REQUIRED Town of Chlsho. IS Mile North of Iloandary. Scene of Raid Raid ers Object May Bo Seizure of Dynamite Store. ALPINE. Tex, March 11. Word waa r retired here thla afternoon from Dep uty Sheriff La Farell. In Chlsho. Tex., that a band of Mexican revolutionists had raided that town and driven horses, rattle and roata across the Una into Mexico. Citizens are frightened and ranchmen, with their families, are flocking; Into Chlsho. Tha officer In command of th United State troops In Marathon waa asked for a Kaard. bat said ha could spare no soldier. The Alpine Business Men's Club this afternoon telegraphed to San Antonio for troops. Chlsho la It miles north of tha Mex ican border. cavalry iickry ix pursuit .Major of Alpine Aran General Dam-aa to rrompt Action. FAX ANTONIO. Tex, March JI. On account of tha news from Alplna that Mexican rebela have crossed tha bor der near Chlsho and driven a war cat tle. Oeneral Duncan, commanding tha Impertinent of Texas, Immediately or dered a troop of tha Fourth Cavalry. In Kl Faeo. and a troop of the Third. In Marathon, to proceed to Alpine. The news came In a private telegram to J. P. Jackson. Mayor of Alpine, who ts here attending the cattlemen's con ventlon. Mr. Jackson Immediately put tha matter before In I ted Mates Mar shal Nolte and Oeneral Duncan. Tha flrst teles-rain to the Mayor waa from W. J. Tale, of Alpine, and read "Mexicans are raiding tha lower country. I'rae Nolte to send troops to Alpine at once. The Nolte mentioned la Eugene Nolte, failed States Marshal here. A second teles-ram came to Mr. Jackson front Jadae E. E. niacins, of Brewtser County. It reads: "Chlsho telecraphs Croat excitement. Marauders driving- stock to the other side of the river. Pettier are gath ering la Chin ho, fearing the raiders, who are near there. Ia Farelle wlree that be will hold the fort-" la Farelle la aald to be a Deputy United States Marshal. Mr. Jackson conferred with Mr. Nolte and through the latter the appeal to Oeneral Pun can was made. Tha troops from El Paso probably will detrain In Marts. From there they muat ose their horse a die tan re of I mllee to the scene of the trouble. There Is a large warehouse In Chl- hoe In which much dynamite la stored. Should the raiders prove to be revolu tionists. It la thought tha explosive la the real object of their raid. POSTAL SERVICE VICTOR Sunday Work to Be Discontinued as Consistent, Says Hitchcock. WASHINGTON. March SI. Sunday work In poetofflces throughout the country Is to be discontinued so far as renslstent with rapid transmission of the mails. It Is nut proposed to close Import ant poetofflces entirely. Certain work to prevent congestion and delay must be done. Malls will be received and dispatched as heretofore, and arrange tnenta wl!l be ms.le for a limited deliv ery through the general delivery win dows. Special delivery letters will be de livered and patrons of any office will be afforJed t!-.e privilege of having their mall delivered on 8uaday by de positing the required fee for special delivery service. Postmaster tleneral Hitchcock todsy Issued instructions crslgr.ed to carry Into effect these Mess and to afford employes of the Postal Service one day rest la seven. FRENCH TREATY FORESEEN Tart and Jasorraud Talk Over Mat ter of Arbitration Tact. PARIS. March St. Conversations have been held between President Taft and M. Jtisserand, French Ambassador at Washington, respecting a compre hensive agreement for arbitration be tweea the Cnlted States and France. These conferences are considered un official, but as preparing the way for a treaty similar to that proposed be tween England and the I'nlted States. It Is unlikely that the matter wtll take the form of official exchange un til the outcome of the Anglo-American la seen. 30 YEARS, MOTHER AIDS CRAZED SON AT II Kit IEATH AT 1. MAX GOES TO IXSAXE ASYLl'M. Shook IVom Toy I lattery Over Score or Year Ago Leaves Man Be reft of Reason. CHICAGO. March II. George Odette, for 10 years bereft of reason and locked In a steel cage In the garret of his mother's home near Waukegan. will be snared with ropes tomorrow morning and taken to the Insane asylum In El gin. The formality of a test of bit aanlty was gone through today by an examining board, which sat In the gar ret, while Odette, not realising the cause of the gathering, shrieked at them and rattled the bara of his cage. The commitment to the asylum fol lowed the death of Odette's mother at the age of 3 years. For JO years, since she obtained her ton's release from an asylum, after a short Incarce ration, she had remained with him. cut off from the world, seldom leaving the garret, preparing his food and at times the only person to see him for months. A shock from a toy electric battery at a county fair In Waukegan 30 years ago. robbed young Odette of his reason and he was sent to an asylum. When Mrs. Odette learned that her son. re fusing food, waa dying, of starvation, she obtained his release on a promise to guard him and the Insane man was returned to her home. Since then he has been violent and none dared approach blm except his mother, who remained night and day on the other side of the bars of which his cage was made, fed him. attempted to comfort him. and sought to lighten his days. The test today was made at the re quest of Ambrose Odette, a brother of the Insane man. The prisoner waa nude during the hearing. His besrd. bloodstained and matted, hung nearly to his knees and his face and body bore marks of frequent struggles against the bars of his cage. YAKIMA LAND RUSH NOVEL Two Move Sltantie at Midnight Onto Klona Tracts. NORTH TAKIMA. Wash, March SI. Probably the last land rush of Yaki ma County took place Sunday night near Benton City. In the southeastern corner of the county, when Harry An drews, a newspaper man of this city, and E L. Hudler. maner of tha North Yakima branch of Ellera Muslo House, moved previously-constructed shanties across the boundaries to fi acre and ."-acre tracts of Klona land restored to entry at that time. Many were Invited to witness the rush. Mr. Andrews and Mr. Hudler acted on the advice or Walker Moren. Repre sentative from Yakima County In the State Legislature. Both tracts are to be under a private ditch this year. Land In that vicinity under water I held at IJ00 an acre and the tracts filed on In the rush are worth 1:0.000 and f 10.000. respectively. $30,000,000 FUND SHRINKS Folloy-Holders of Big Insurance Company Make Charge. CLEVrTLA VP. March 51. Alleging that the 130.000.000 policyholders' re serve fund has dwindled to 135,000.000 through the unlawful operations of Its custodians. Charles W. Ederhard. Au gustus Washer and Bernard Miller, three Cleveland policyholders, started ault for an accounting In United States Circuit Ccurt here tonight against the Northwestern Mutual Ufa Insurance Company, of Milwaukee. A receiver also is asked for the fund. The complainant do not attack the financial standing of the Insurance com pany aa a whole. Their attorneys say the company Is In no difficulty. Th application also asks for Injunc tions restraining the company from electing Its officers and trustees In the manner In which such elections are now held. ARMY "JOY RIDE TOO REAL Nine Soldiers Hart When Anto Strike Telegraph Pole. GALVESTON. Texas. March 21 Sold lers trom Fortress Monroe. Vs., 00 or them attached to the Second Provisional Regiment today submitted to the anti typhoid Inoculation and one of them broke out with the measles. Increasing the camp' sick list to two Nine soldiers from th camp were In an automobile accident early today an J Sergeant J. E. Johnson of Fort Lotten. N. Y-. was seriously hurt. The men hired the car and with an amateur chauffeur at the wheel, started on "Joy ride" through the town. The car came to grief against a telegraph pole. All were hurt, but Johnson Is the only one whose condition Is serious. JUSTICE HUGHES HONORED Notable Gathering at Bar Associa tion Makes Demonstration. NEW TORK. March 21. Mor than a thousand men crowded th rooms ot the. Bar Association tonight to honor Justice Charles. E. Hughes, or the United States Supreme Court. It was the most notable gathering or th sort In the history or the Bar As sociation snd the first since 190$, wf?n the retirement of Ambassador Joseph Choat waa marked with a similar demonstration. For more than an hour men passed In line before Justice Hughes and pressed bis hand. CALIFORNIA VOTES ALIEN LAND LAW Japanese Affected by Measure's Passage. FIVE-YEAR UMIT NOW FIXED Senate Makes Prohibition by 29-to-3 Ballot. WAR TALK STIRS TO ACTION Japanese-Owned Tracts In Cali fornia Now Yield Annual Profit Total 11 iK $10.000,000 Sub stitute Bill Less Stringent. 8ACRAMENTO. March II. The fl Important action on legislation relating; to aliens was taken by the Legislature today In the passage by the Senate or a committee substitute bill, prohibit ing the holding or land by aliens. The vote wss -9 to 3. Individuals and corporations, the ma jority or whose stock Is held by aliens, are Included In the provisions or the bill. Title I.hnlt Fixed. The land now held may be retained, but It may not be sold, bequeathed or Inherited. Aliens, acquiring land, may hold It tor a period not to exceed five years, at the end of which time It must be sold by the District Attorney. The last provision applies also to Inheritances. The measure Is less stringent than several of those from which It was drawn, one ot which pre vented the leasing or land by aliens and the other providing for their segre gation In secluded quarters In munici palities. There was much talk or the possi bility or war with Japan In th debate on the bill. "We must protect our own sons and daughters, regardless or the attitude "t itfir." said Senator Bmford, Demo crat. Rumor of War Only Rumors. "There are rumors of Impending war In the newspapers, but I do not see why they should affect us In this sec tion. Two hundred thousand acres of land are owned by Japanese In the State or California, yielding annual profits of 110.000.000 per year. At the present rate all the remaining agricul tural land n the state will have been taken up by Japanese within the next 10 years." Senator Larklna also pointed out what he believed to be the danger of Japanese ascendancy In the United Stales. Other Claaee Affected. " We must not lose sight of the fact." he said, "that every male Japaneae Is a trained soldier." Senator Wolfe pointed out that the bill affects not only Japanese, but that It refers to "certa'n classes," Including Hindus and Chinese. This has been one of the most Im portant measure before this session of the Legislature, the passage of the bill not affecting treaty rights but show ing state sovereignty. .................. ............... ...... ....... TRYING TO STIR UP SOMETHING. n i j'.vi .-. x - f- ,v- si iyj,'.- -njr t I I Se.30-i. aJ0,w Ar1 Vr , - SJ'S I X i 1 1 T V V- ..- ITF . f - -fyfl I INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. J decrees: minimum. 47 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; easterly winds. Mexico. Taft contemplates no move on Mexico un less arrest causes congress to oruer li pase ft. Rebel leaders, disappointed by Llmantonr's declaration, say war will Decome rour . bitter. Page S. Rebels raid town of Chlsho. Texas, and American cavalry hasten to scene. Pace 1- Nattonal. President Tsft commutes sentence of con victed Portland man. Pace 3. Battleshln Texas, used as target, is bat tered and sunk In Chesapeake Bay. Pace 1. Domestic. Mas Insane, kept prisoner 30 years. Pace 1. Decree In Oregon may kill ex-wlfe's action for 130,000 annual alimony, page l. Juanlta Miller leaves poet-parent, wbo Sut ter relapse, page 1- Nattonal Guard prevents disturbance at Benld. III., and will arrest many riotous foreigners. Page 8. Parents of world's richest baby would pro tect by Insurance tbelr cnila rrom ia nepers. Page 3. Roosevelt received with enthusiasm at ls Angeles; be praises Heney. Page X Booker T. Washington appears In court, but case Is relet for trial, page z. Cummins, head of Carnegie Trust Com pany. Indicted for stealing 1:135,000. Page 3. Oklahoma negroes on way to Canada strike exclusion law. Page 3. California votes alien land law. affecting Japanese. Pace 1. Forelin. Camoriist Ralvl accuses carbineers of plot ting downfall. Page 4. Sport. Portland Catholl schools organtxe athletic league. Page S. New York horse racing dead Irene for MIL say Jockey clubs. Page 8. Beavers, attired In new 1811 suits, try out In mud. Page 8. Pacific Northwest. White homesteader, at Filet, shoots Imllan. threatens to annihilate family and es capes. Page 7. Mr. and Mrs. Oeorre Veness. of Wlnlock. Wash., are arrested on a charge of arson. Psge 6. Tacoma passes antl-treatlng ordinance. Psge T. President McLean, of University of Idaho, refuses to discuss assertion of woman that be married her secretly 14 years ago. Page 0. Salem Business Men's League opposes uni versity appropriation referendum. Page . Commercial and Marine. Strawberry season will open thla week. Paea 31. Spring lambs sell at high prtoe at' Port land Stock Yards. Page 21. Wool firm at London and weak at Beaton. Page 21. Steamship rate war may be delayed. Page 20. Portland and. Vicinity. Large force put to work on 0.-W. R. A N. double-tracking contract. Page 14. Orade Shorthorn Is best animal Is livestock show. Page 12. Home found for Haxel Safely with Pert land family. Page 1L Securing of Hasslng Jury Is slow work. page 13. Smaller ctttes of Oregon receiving -great benefit from colonist movement. Page 0. Mount Hood company, asking Ugbt and power franchise, promises lower rates. Page . F. N. Myers, missing banker, has unsavory record as financier. Page 12. Governor names M. O. Collins on Port- Commission. Page 30. Bristol sera Albert's charges of perfidy about road bills Inspired. Page 14. DOCTOR MARTYR TO CAUSE E. K. Ashley, Studying- Meningitis, Is Infected, Scrum Falls to Save. NEW YORK. March 2L Dr. Edward F. Ashley, a bacteriologist, died on Swin burne Island in New York harbor this afternoon, a martyr to his fight against tlx entry Into thla port of oerebro-splnal meningitis through Infected Greek immi grant Inoculated In handling the cases, he became ill Sunday and was treated with serum by Dr. Simon Flexner, its dis coverer. Dr. Ashley we a gradute of Tale and of th College of Physician and Sur geons, New Tork City. He had been assisting Dr. A. H. Doty, health officer of the port, for about nine months. DECREE IN OREGON MAY KILL CONTEST Millionaire Bests For mer Spouse. MARRIAGE ANNULMENT IS OUT Charles D. Taylor's Surprise Proves Real Shock. ALIMONY FIGURE IS HIGH Man. Worth $2,500,000 May Xot Have to Pay $30,000 a Tear for Deserting Woman, Who Was Left With but 40 Cents. SANTA ANA. Cal., March ZL (Special.) Mn. Minnie N. Taylor, now In the East, who has been suing Charles D. Taylor, worth 12,500.000, for 25O0 a month maintenance, has news awaiting her. She has yet to learn that Taylor got their marriage annulled and that ever since September 19, 1910, she has not been Taylor's wife snd that her name was again Minnie Terwilllger, her maiden name. The annulment Is alleged to have oc curred In the Circuit Court of Clacka mas County, Oregon. The Brat Intimation that Mrs. Taylor" relative and attorneys here had of the annulment came today, when petitions were filed asking that, the maintenance ault be transferred from the Superior Court of this county to the United States Dis trict Court. In Los Angeles. Attorneys presented the petitions and on the show ing made that tha defendant all reside outside the state. Judge West signed the order removing the case to the Fed eral Court. Taylor's petition stated that be la an alien, a subject of the King or England and a resident or British Columbia. That was news here, ennce Mra Taylor had been unable to locate Taylor to serve papers) upon him. The petition was sworn to by Taylor in San Francisco,' on March 10. Teylor'a petition said nothing ot the annulment- It was in Russell T. Joy's petition that the startling announcement was made. Joy Is concerned in the eult because Mrs. Taylor has asked Judgment annulling deeds given him by Taylor to fc&OOO worth or Santa. Ana property. . Mrs. Taylor alleges that these deeds were given to defeat any movement she might make tor compelling her million aire husband to support her. Joy's affi davit states that Mrs. Taylor's marriage to Taylor waa annulled in Oregon before she brought her eult here, hence she could not. sa a wife, tie up Joy's prop erty on a maintenance suit against Taylor, however the deed from Taylor to Joy was made. 'Taylor rose suddenly to riches at Gold- field. He owned the famous Red Top mine. After his marriage, he came here and bought property, expecting to build a costly country home- While on a trip to Europe, according to Mra. Taylor's complaint, she was deserted by her husband, who left her with but 40 cents and she has not seen him since. DAUGHTER LEAVES; POET HAS RELAPSE JOAQUIN MILLER WILL, NEVER SEE MOUNTAIN HOME AGAIN. Juanlta No Sooner Quits AjPtl Par ent for New York, Than He Con stantly Calls for lice. OAKLAND. Cal., March 21. (Special.) Following the departure of his daugh ter, Juanita, to New Tork, to arrange her affairs, so she can devote her entire time to ner father's care, Joaquin Miller is reported today to be suffering from a relapse and considerable anxiety U felt over his condition. Miss Miller went East yesterday and since leaving his side he has been con stantly calling for her. She is expected back soon and It is expected that the poet will be more cheerful then. Miss Miller has definitely decided that she will not have her father removed to his famous home, known as "The Heights," on the mountainside back of Oakland, but will have him taken to a home she will prepare for him in a more closely settled district in Oakland. The physicians said today that it was prob able tha. Miller would never again see the home where he has lived for almosr half a century. It was a hard blow for Miss Miller to give up her study of art in New Tork, but she has decided that her father shall never be found sick and alone again. JAPANESE TO AID CHINESE Seattle's Mikado Folk to Forego Vanities for Famine-Stricken. SEATTLE, Wash., March 21. Japan ese of Seattle today started a move ment to raise additional funds for the relief or the famine sufferers in North China, and in furtherance of the project a circular was issued calling on all Japanese to forego vanities in order to help swell the. funds. There are 10,000 Japanese in and about SeatOe and the circulars are be ing sent to every family. Among- the economies, it is suggested, are such as walk to and from work, have their hair cut less frequently, use cold water for baths, refrain from being extravagant In eating and fastidious In dress. For the women it is suggested that they use less face powder and the men are urged to refrain from drinking and smoking for one week. FOREST FIRE TIME CLOSE Rain on Sound Slight, Rangers to Take Field In May. SEATTLE, March 21. The deficiency in rainfall on Puget Sound since Janu ary 1 Is more than four inches, and the forest undergrowth ia already dry ing. Unless there are heavy rains it will be necessary to put fire rangers in the field in May, or two motiths in ad vance of the normal time of forest fires. D. P. Simons, chief warder of the Washington Forest Fire Association, has requested loggers to burn up all. chopping lying near standing timbers Immediately. The State of Washington owns timber land valued at $30,000,000 and a law passed by the recent Legis lature provides for better protection of the state timber. DUO OF HOLDUPS REPORTED Citizens Lose Cash as They Into Revolvers. Peer Wade Hampton, of 345 East Oak street, reported to the police last night that at 10:16 o'clock he was held up and robbed by two men on East First street, between Washington and Stark streets. He lost J 5. He was unable to give a good description of the men, as one stood in a shadow. One carried a revolver. E. B. Jones, who gave his address as 114 East Twentieth street, reported that at 10:40 o'clock he was held up and robbed of $10 and a watch by two men. He said both had revolvers. The de scription he gave was meager and of ficers were unable to find him at the address be gave. RURAL PREACHERS SCORED Back Numbers, - Says Skinner, and Cause Farmers' Backwardness. DECATUR, 111., March 2L "The most conspicuous back-numbers In the country now are rural preachers," declared Dean J. H. Skinner, of Purdue University, be fore the Inter-Church Conservation Con gress here today. 'While farmers and the rest of the world have 'mproved, preaching has re mained in the same quality." continued the speaker. "Country preachers should go to college and learn agriculture." E. White Allen, president of the Ma coupin County Farmers' Institute, also scored clergymen. - "They are responsible," he said, "for most of the social, religious and educa tional backwardness in farming commu nities." ' WOMEN NOMINATE TICKET Running of Town Wide Open by Men Arouses Them. HUNNEWELL. Kan., March 21. Be cause they believe the men are running the city as a "wide open boraer-aay town, the women of Hunnewell have de cided to take a hand In the city govern ment. . At a caucus of women held yesterday, Mrs. J. E. Wilson was nominated for Mayor and Mrs. G. A. Osborne for police magistrate. A vigorous campaign is planned. OF SHELL OLD TEXAS Old Battleship Sacri ficed as Target. SHE LIES IN MUD, SHATTERED New Hampshire Sinks Her With 19th Broadside. THRICE SHE TAKES FIRE At R?tnge or Six to Seven and a Ha'r Miles, Shells Pound Old Warship to Ruins, Some Going; Clear Through Her. ON BOARD TORPEDO BOAT STRINGHAM, Lower Chesapeake Bay, March 21. Shattered by a storm of shell, the old battleship Texas, now the San Marcos, rests tonight in the mud of Tangier Sound. The veteran of the United States Navy sank under the spectacular marksmanship of her new er sister. Gaping holes in her port side and two jagged wounds in her forward armor, where shells passed completely through her, showed how she suc cumbed. Part of both her fighting masts were shot away and her deck was a mass of debris. The broadsides delivered by the bat tleship New Hampshire at varying dis tances of from six to seven and one half miles were considered remarkable by ordnance officers. 1 More than one third of the shots were said to have gone through, although nothing official was given out. First Shots Give Range. A half hour after the sun had risen the first shot was fired. This was fol lowed by another, but both were mere ly to determine the range. Then be gan a beautiful exhibition of. marks manship. A salvo directed near the stern ef the Texas raised huge columns of water and deluged tha vessel, leav ing her unscathed. Then, to show the control of the 12 and eight-inch cannon, another hail of shells was dropped into the water im mediately In front of the ship. The miss was Intentional, but the shells came so close as to give rise at first to the belief that the first hit had been made. The shooting: then began in earnest. The New Hampshire, followed by the battleship Mississippi 250 yards in her wake, drew off approxlmtaely seven and one-half miles and began firing. All of the broadsides were delivered against the Texas while the attacking vessel was steaming back and fortb along the line at a ten-knot speed. After the seventh broadside the Texas plainly was in distress. Two naval tugs that lay alongside the mon itor Tallahassee, on which were sta tioned the naval observers, raced, to her assistance. The shells presuma bly had set the vessel afiire, for the hose was run over the sides and the engines were set to work pumping. She also had been driven out cf broadside range by the force of the New Hamp shire's shells, and the tugs straightened her out for her further ordeal. Twice afterward shells set the hulk afire. 19th Broadside Finishes Her. What was practically the finishing blow came in the 19th broadside, when four of the 12-inch and four eight-inch shells were hurled at her Just as the sun was setting. The shots poured so thick around her that it was impossible to determine how many of the eight struck the vessel. Upon the conclusion of the examina tion by the expert observers as to the effect of the fire against the Texas, a report will be made to Secretary Meyer. Admiral 6chroedeiv in command of the fleet, declined to discuss the effect of the shell fire on the armor, the chick ens and cats within the turrets or upon the mannikins placed in the fighting tops, turrets or bridges. . The San Marcos, or Texas, was the first fully-armored vessel to be rated as a battleship in the United States Navy. She was built in the Norfolk Navy-yard by Naval Constructor Francis J. Bowles. The designer was a Mr. Johns, an Englishman. ' She cost .2. 500,000. The keel was laid in January, 1889. The vessel was three years on the ways. An Important modification was the lengthening of the ship when it was discovered that she probably would not float if built according to the rlgfnal plans. The Texas soon proved out of date. She was retired from active service July 8, 1906, as a receiving ship in the Charleston, S. C, Navy-Yard. MRS. SCHENKJOW IN JAIL Woman' Who Shot Hnsband, Goes to Funeral, Then to lockup. CHICAGO. March 21. Mrs. Theresa Stanton Schenk, who confessed to shooting her husband, Charles Schenk, last Saturday morning, was formally placed under arrest on ber return from his burial late today. The Park Rid re police allowed her to visit the cemetery under their cu- -tody and to return to her home to pre pare for her incarceration in JalL wale I began tonight. STORM SINS