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fffsy J Y VOL. LI-0. 15,703. . . : REBELS EXPECT TUFT TO STEP IN Secret Agent Fears In tervention by May. TAFT'S PATIENCE HAS LIMIT He Insists Order Be Restored by One Party in Mexico. WADER 0 URGED TO HASTEN jLeadcr of Junta Sj He Knows Ab aolately of Tff Plans anil TTrgra Madrro to Gain Decis ive Victory by May 1. akwt wltti wee mtcuriTS. WASHINGTON. March 13. CI1 for eooo or Tooo recruits t. bring the Muir7 regtmenta of the Army mobi lised In Tnu and California op to full strength nava bm sent by the War Department la all tha Army ra creitlr.g stations la tha country. BAN ANTONIO. Tax.. March a With tha new demand for or 7000 recruits, tha Issuance of so order by Major-General Carter maklnc provisions for a sudden mora, should It b required, and a statement by Dr. C F. Carfcrlstl. one of tha dominant figures In tha Mexican revolutionary Junta, that tha United fltates would Intervene In Mexico unless there was a definite show of tranquillity ty May J. tha war cloud looked large today. Dr. Carlcrlstl felt sure enough of his facta to embody them In a report to Francisco I. Madero. the revolutionary leader, who at the last report was with. In S miles of tha city or Chihuahua. Dr. Carlcrlstl urged the Insurrecto chief te chleve' a decisive victory at all costs fey May L for. he wrote. President Tatt aswl 11 not wait longer than that for quiet to be restored, business resumed, and the traffic ever the railroads to be secure. The courier departed from here today. Farts Learned at Washington. Most of Dr. Caricristl's investigation Was done at Washington, although he lias been on the ground at El Paso and Laredo and Is now In thia c'ty. An Ink ling of something unusual afoot reached film some time before the famous Paris Beclaration from Jose Tyes Llmantour. the Mexican Minister of Finance, and lie proceeded at once to Washington. In an Interview today he said: Of course a complete Federal trl tamph n Chihuahua, the restoration of tomrnuntcatlon and other business like wise would avert Intervention. But I do know absolutely that President Taft In sists that order shall be restored, and ulck!y. by one side or the other In Mexico with the alternative of Inter vention. "In my report to Senor Msdero I point out the necessity of capturing and hold ing the Stats of Chihuahua. If this can ts accomplished. I am convinced the revolutionists will be recogn'sed as bel ligerents by the failed States and by Other governments. May 1 Is Time I.lmlf. I have reason to believe that May 1 Is tha data set for the termination of President Taft'a patience with the dis order south of the R'o Grande. Neither Bide wants intervention and I believe firmly that federals and revolutionists would make common cause against an Invader. "The financial interests of ths I'nlted 6tatea In Mexico are Immense and. with that of Europe. Is greater In a money ease than that of Mexico. Recently I compiled statistics which show that there Is a billion dollars of American xnoney In Mexico and that the Interest rf Europe Is about half that sum. It Is a fact that 75 per cent of the credit In Mexico Is In the hands of Americans and European. One Big IntereM Aids Rebels. "Just bow much Influence has been ex erted In Mexico by certain great inter ests. I cannot say. I can swear that the revolution started within Its own borders of Its own forces, for I helped to start L Hut It gives food fy thought to kr.ow thst one of the big Interests that haa millions Invested has always been on the friendliest terms with President Diax and haa received many concessions from him. Another Interest with more money and an eye on certain great natural resources of the country has been sntagonised at court by the former. The Interest of the Istter In a rhsngs of administration seems obvi ous." General Joseph W. Duncan Is very skeptical about another report arriving today declaring thst American soldiers on duty across the river from Ojlnaga save been fired upon by Mexican regu lars. A telegram waa received from a ubordtnate Government official today reporting the alleged occurrence, adding la his telegram that the Americans were compelled to seek shelter. General Duncan said he had received nothing official as to any shooting snd doubted the story. He said, however, that he had rrrted the matter to ths iContiaued o page ) PACK OF COUGARS DECIMATES DEER IDAHO FORESTS INFESTED BY a GREAT MOC.VT.UX cats. Bloodthirsty Beast Slay Hundreds of Docile Animals Unntera Start War of Extermination. SPOKANE. Wash, March 11. (Spe cial.) A colony of cougars infesting the North Fork region In the vicinity of Big Island, to miles above Ahsahka. Idaho is decimating the deer in that lo cality, according to R. B. Hlbbs. who has been hunting and trapping along the North Fork arid tributary streams during the Winter. Hundreds of desd deer, bearing evi dence of having fallen victims to the big mountain cats, have been found by Mr. Hlbbs and his companions, and they finally began "a systematic cam paign against cougars, with the result that they have bagged 11 In the last six weeks and are camping on the trail of another 11. "We know positively." said Mr. Hlbha. "that there were at leaat l cougars In the bunch we have been hunting and there are undoubtedly mnr. in tha vicinity. We know alao that they have averaged killing one deer a week to each cougar for the last two months, and unleaa we csn exterminate them they promise to de stroy all the deer In that region, which has long been considered the best hunt ing range In North Idaho. "The animals are congregated Into the largest band that I have ever known nf In mv 10 veara Of hunting In the Clearwater Mountains, and they are bolder than any I ever saw. GRAFT INQUIRY IS MADE Federal Of fleer Investigates Allega tions at Walla Walla. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. March 11. (Special.) To Investigate the charges of graft and fraud made by Dean A. W. Hendrlck. of. Whitman College, against R. H. Johnson, the fort officials and the city. Major Maulden. of Vancouver. Wash. Is In the city today. He is ac companied by a stenographer and spent the day visiting the principals In the affair. Representative Jamleson. of Iowa, has asserted that Dean Hendrlck aald Robert 11. Johnson, of this city, grafted from 1I.000 to $14,000 a year on con tracta from the fort, and that the fort grafted Its water supply from the city. Dean Hendrlck has since denied mak ing the charges, saying he was mis quoted. Major Maulden spent the day looking Into the matter and Investi gating the alleged charges. He would make no statement regard ing the matter, and had nothing to say as to whether Dean Hendrlck's denials would end the affair. He went through the records at the City Clerk's office regarding the water proposition, and visited Dean Hendrlck and Mr. John eon as well as other prominent busi ness men of the city. RIVALS MUST CO-OPERATE Competing Seattle Railways to Give Transfers, Rules Court. OLTMPIA. Wash, March Ti. (Spe cial.) A Supreme Court decision hand ed down today will require the Seattle. Renton Southern Railway and the Seattle Electric Company, which op erate rival street car lines -in Seattle, to give transfers from one line to the other and to settle on the exchange on a basis of two and one-half cents on the cash five-cent fares and one and a quarter cents on the two and a half cent children's tickets, which both sell. The distance traveled over each line, as provided In the franchise of the Renton line. Is not to be considered, says the Supreme Court. The decision upholds a writ of mandate Issued by the lower court, from which the Ren ton company appealed, but which was accepted by the other line. . YOUNG COREY WILL WED Son or ex-Steel Magnate Gets Li cense to Marry Detroit Belle. DETROIT. Mich., March 3(SpecIal.) Alan Lyle Corey, of New Tork. son of W. E. Corey, ex-president of United Ststes Steel Corporation, got a license this morning to marry Miss Marguerite Johnston, daughter of George Johnston. 4S Woodward avenue. Mr. Corey is 21 years old and will be graduated from Tale In June. He Is well known for his work with the foot ball team. Mlsa Johnston, who was a debutante two years ago. Is one of the most popular young women In Detroit society. The date of the wedding 'has not been given out but It will not take place, it is said, until after the graduation of Mr. Corey. $15,000 ASKED FOR EYE I'nlted Railways Sned by ex-Employe for Injury. For an alleged Injury to one of his eyes. John McOulrk sued the United Railways yesterday for 11&.000 damages. McGulrk alleges that he was working for the United Railways IS miles west of Portland on February 36. 1911. with a gang of men making a tunnel. After a hole was drilled for a blast It' wss cleaned out with an automatic blower, and without warning to him. McGuirk says, a hole over which he was working, was blown out. and the dust and dirt thrown Into his face. The accident, the plaintiff says, was due to the careless ness of the employes of the company, who were rushing work under orders. and thus were unable to take precaution. REGISTRATION IS E Chances for Election in Chicago Bright. WOMEN CAMPAIGN FOR HIM Dunne's Aloofness Is Blow to Harrison's Chances. DEMOCRATIC VOTERS COY Republican Wards Show Gains In Registration for Mayoralty, While Opposition Sort ions Are Los ing Their Ground. CHICAGO. Msrch St. (Special.) Chances for the election of Charles E. Men-lam. Republican, to the Msyoralty have brightened so much In the last week that the pro-Harrison book makers are shortening their odds against him steadily. All possible Interpretations of the revised registration favor Merrlam against Carter H. Harrison, the Demo cratic standard-bearer. Merrlam's own ward, which Is strong for him. shows a gain of 5000 over four years ago. Other Hyde Psrk wards gslned. The loth. 26th. 17th and 28th. all Merrlam territory. Increased their sctual voting registration nearly 20.000. Nearly all Democatlc warda except the 20th and Hth show losses. The 21st or home ward of Carter Harrison, has lost ground; so has the First Ward, where "Hlnky Dink" Kenna Is counted upon to do yeoman service for Harrison. Dunne's Attitude Hurts. Edward F. Dunne has resisted all pressure to go on ths stump for Harri son. His refusal is counted as a severe blow to the ex-Mayor's chances. Hundreds of prominent women are making house-to-house esnvasses for Merrlam and they are doing effective campaign work. Clarence F. Darrow, Influential In labor circles. Is stumping eloquently for Merrlam. and while the unions which compose the Chicago Federation of Labor are dividing their loyalty, the official sanction of Merrlam by the central body Is reckoned a strong asset for the University professor-Alderman. . Added Impetus Is given the Republican campaigners by the next Council, which will be called on to redlstrlct the city. The party la getting together all ele ments, save Lorlmer's following, to gala the greatest advantage from the rearrangement of wards. Lorlmer's Friends Helping. If Carter Harrison is chosen for a fifth term he will owe something to the Lorlmer wing of the Republican party. That U the only party disaf fection of note from the candidacy of (Continued on pars 4.) BOON TOM RRIAM see ssae eos.ssseoes is.asss.e.esesaee i- totWiaxT,. OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH 2i. 1911. ' PRICE FIVE CENTS. . 'i t INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum' temperature. S8 degrees: minimum. 45 decrees. TODAYVej Fair; southwesterly winds. Mexico. Leader of rebel Junta says he knows Taft will Intervene unless peace restored toy May 1. Paxe 1. Federals recapture La Colorado after all day battle and save Hermoblllo. Pace 2. Los Angeles newspapermen aid cause of rebels. Pace 2. Foreign. Only woman prisoner striking figure In Camornst trial. . Pace 3. Politics. Merrlam's chances of election aa Mayor of Chlcaso brighten. Psge 1. Sooth to get majority of choice committee appointments from Champ Clark. Page 6. Domestic. Roosevelt speaks at charter day exercises at Berkeley. Page i. Lee ONell Browne's speech on llbei bill dis appointment. Page S- IlUnols Legislators scored by prosecutor at trial ot Brodeiick for bribery. Page o. Cox secures Injunction against Judge but Judge BgbU back. Page 3. s Sports. - Racing association Incorporated at 1100.000; organisers to build motordrome, aero drome and race track . at Twelve-mile Mouse. Page 8. Torn Beaton to pitch opening game against Los Angeles. Page 8. Boxing bouts exciting at Columbus Club smoker. Page 4. stifle Northwest. Attorney-General Is asked by Department of Interior to put stop to lawlessness on Sllels Reservation. Page 8. Under new law. counties of Wsshlngton will receive ITuS.OOO by refund ot money lev led under state-aid measure. Page T. Fierce Puget 6und gale creates havoc tear ing many vessels from their moorings page 1. Many classes of lnsaae patients to be ex cluded from asylum. Page a. Unnamed Seattle company begins " construc tion of Oanby-Molalla' Ksllway. five branch lines to be built. Page u. Two Vancouver boys die from poison; phy slclana discredit mother's theory of pto maines, page 1. Pack of 26 cougars' Infests Idaho forests, slaying deer by hundreds. Pays 1. Extra session of Washington Legislature to enact roads bills asked. Pace 7. Commercial and Marine. Oregon mohair brings higher price than Texaa article. Page 21. Barley soars to record prices in the East. Page 21. Cattle and sheep higher and hogs lower at Portland Stockyards, page 21. Shippers arguments may satisfy Kosmoa line. Page 20. . Portland and Vicinity. Physicians say Hasslng shams Insanity. Page 14. Thirteen-year-old Ruby Dent tells of drink ing liquor In grill rooms. Page 20. Rev. Charles T. Mcpherson to run for Coun-cllman-at-large. Page 9. Campaign to be organised to secure public auditorium for Portland. Page 11. Funds are lacking to provide suburban Are protection that is asked. Page 14. Albert Gladstone nned 11000 for smugcllng opium. Page 9. Fire Captain Stokes found guilty of grave infractions of rules. Psge 12. Harrlman officials prepare for opening of North Coast line traffic today. Page 12. Creditor pcrsuer F.. N. Myers in auto, falls to catch him. Pace U. Voters to be advised concerning legal quali fication of candidates. Page la. Plant of Portland Cement Company at Os wego to be begun In 30 flays. Pago 4. WOMEN REVERSE REQUEST Ladies' Home Journal Goes Back to Monthly Publication. NEW YORK. March 23. (Special.) The Ladies' Home Journal has aban doned Its experiment with fortnightly issues, and after the May 15 number appears the magaxine will be pub lished once a month as formerly. The editors say they adopted the fortnightly idea because their readers asked for It. but that their readers have found that the divided magaxine Is confusing and not like the old Jour nal. They declare their Intention to make the resumed monthly larger than before. KIND OF MAYORALTY TIMBER WANTED. am si i a. l i iM inj,jii.j;.s MASTER IVIINDSTU BE NATION'S PRIDE Roosevelt Wants Them as Our Ambition. WHEELER SUSQESTS 3D TERM Berkeley Students Fill Air With College Cheers. ' COLONEL PROUD OF CANAL Rejoices in Fact That, While Con gress Debates Him, Canal Goes On Great Crises of World to Be Decided on Pacific. STRIKING SAYINGS OF ROOSE , VKLT. The greatest crises of the World's history will be decided on the Pacific. We will be remembered- in history only by our deeds; what wa say on the Fourth of July Is only remem bered to be laughed at. t We. as a nation, ahould be pro- t roundly dissatisfied If we only raised I the general level and did not produce I any great master mind. s.s.ssss esssssseeeeee BERKELEY. Cal., March 23. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, speaking at the Charter day exercises of the University of California, In the open-air Greek theater, where 8000 persons were gath ered, besought the faculty and stu dents to rise above the general level of material achievement toward the production of learned men worthy to stand with the master minds of history. He declared that the excuse of youth could no longer avail the American universities in their failure to produce men of masterful genius. In this con nection be declared that, while material progress of this country had been mar vellous. Its place In history would be Judged by Its achievements In art, lit erature and science. Among the dignitaries appearing with Colonel Roosevelt on the stage of the Greek Theater were the board of regents of the university, headed by Lieutenant-Governor A. J. Wallace, President Benjamin Ide Wheeler, of the University of California; President David Starr Jordan, of Stanford Uni versity; ex-Governor George C. Pardee, Mrs." C. T. Mills, founder of Mills Col lege, and Mrs. Luella Clay Carson, president of Mills College. Rough Rider Warmly Greeted. At the conclusion of the address an Informal reception was held on the stage of the theater and Colonel Roose velt greeted a number of friends. Anung them was a member of the Ber keley police force, who saw ' service with the Colonel In the Rough Rider regiment. When Roosevelt saw the (Concluded on Page S.) CRAFT IN SOUND TOSSED BY GALE VESSELS TOKX FROM .MOOR INGS IX FIERCE STORM. Steamer Xeptune, Blown Two Miles, . Crashes Against Pier Many Boats Piled on Beach. SEATTLE, Wash., March 23. (Spe cial.) One of the "fiercest wind storms that ever swept the Puget Sound coun try prevailed over Elliott Bay and Lake Washington this morning, tear ing vessels from their moorings, dam aging shipping and driving many smaller craft onto the beach. Though the wind from the south, according to records at the observa tory, at its maximum blew .only 47 miles an hour, yet, owing to its di rection, its effect was as great as that of a gale of double the speed from any other point of the compass. The steamship Neptune, a Sound tramp, was torn from its moorings in the east waterway at 7 o'clock in the morning. Getting beyond control It was driven two miles across t'.ie bay and smashed Into Pier 14, sustaining damage to its deckhouse, upperworks and hull. A skiff and several launches were swept from their anchorage at West Seattle and wrecked three miles away at Smith Cove, while many other craft suffered rough experiences. On Lake Washington the launch Lake was wrecked at Sand Point and five barges were sent scattering from their slips and blown aground In Squak Slough. A houseboat was torn loose from its moorings at Denny Blaine Park and driven before the wind to Laurelhurst, but the occupants had left It a few evenings ago. t No serious personal injuries were re corded as a result of the storm. SEATTLE WILL RETRENCH Effort to Curtail Municipal Expenses to Be Made. SEATTLE, Wash., March 23. (Spe cial.) That there Is to be a general reduction in the cost of operating the various departments of the municipal ity, if such a thing is possible, was in dicated today, when the department ef ficiency committee of the Council rec ommended for adoption a resolution calling on the head of each department to report to the Council not later than its meeting Monday afternoon. April 10, showing to what extent the force in each may be reduced and the expendi ture of supplies curtailed without im pairment of the efficiency of such de partment. During the discussion of this general plan of- retrenchment it was explained that the campaign of the successful candidates was made on a platform pro viding for just as efficient service as at present In each of the city departments, at a very much less cost to the taxpay ers. The resolution will be adopted next Monday night and the department heads will be allowed two weeks in which to formulate a report. DEPUTY LOCKED IN CELL Officer Steps in and Prisoner Steps Out, Making Escape. BELLEVILLE. Kan., March 23. Ar thur Hughes, arrested at Phillipsburg, Kan., a week ago charged with burgla ry, escaped from the county jail here early today. Deputy Sheriff Armstrong, going his rounds, failed to see Hughes, In his dark cell. He stepped in to in vestigate. As he stepped in, Hughes stepped out and fled, leaving the dep uty locked up in his stead. It was hours before Armstrong's shouts aroused the village to release him. JUDGE RELEASES BOXERS Denver Magistrate Says Bout Wasn't Half as Bad as Football. DENVER, March 23. "It isn't half as bad as these bullfights that are com monly referred to as football." assert ed Magistrate Gavin today In dismissing the charge against Jimmy Gardner and Johnny O'Keefe, who had been arrest ed as the result of their contest at the Auditorium-Tuesday night as a part of the Press Club entertainment The charge had been brought by the Christian Cltlxenshlp Union. COAST BUILDING IS LESS Decrease Slight in Portland, Large in Seattle and Salt Lake. CHICAGO. March 21. Building statis tics of the first two months of 1911, as complied by the American Contractor, show a general falling off In Pacific Coast cities. The totals are: 1911. $3,1 14.158 ..... 685,057 2.058.041 , 154.100 ..... 3.073.432 9P7,24.- 700,665 14,611 1910. 13.290.7O0 730.222 2.224.1S5 1.231,500 3.448.610 2.62S,3!'0 764.700 244,704 Los Angeles Oakland . Portland .... Salt Lake City Ban Francisco . Seattle . ... Spokane ...... Tacoma 530-POUND MAN DIES Scott County, III., Resident Re quired Special Bed for Sleeping. JACaCSOnriLLE, III., March 23. Jack son Tltterton, 74 years old, the largest man In Scott County, if not in Central Illinois, died today, at his home in Al sey. Mr. Tltterton weighed 530 pounds and measured 36 Inches from shoulder to. shoulder. He required a special bed In which to sleep. EOF 2 BOYS' DEATHS Doctors Discredit Pto maine Theory, n NO CONVULSIONS, IS NOTED Mother Blames Noodles, Eat en in Restaurant. POST MORTEM IS ORDERED Vancouver Lads, 12 and .9 Veara Old, Die in Stupor and Coroner " Investigates Attending Sus picious Circumstances. VANCOUVER. Wash., March 23 (Special.) Ptomaines or other poison, either taken in food or given as medi cine, caused the deaths of two school boys, William Edwin Goodwin, who would have been 13 years old tomor row, and his brother, Clyde Ransoms Goodwin, who would have been 10 years old May 3, both sons of Mrs. Cora Goodwin, in the Perry Hotel, on Wash lngrt6n and First streets, at 8 o'clock; this morning. A thorough investigation is being made by both the police and the Sher riff's office. The fact that no convul sions accompanied the boys' illness is said by the physicians to discredit the theory of ptomaine poisoning. The boys were in a stupor just before they died. Boys' Lives Insured. Mrs. Goodwin declares the death of her boys was caused by ptomaine poi soning, the result of their having eaten heartily of noodles from the Bon Ton Restaurant, on Fourth street, at 6:30 o'clock last night, which she had car ried home after eating dinner there with her son Clyde. Wong Hon, pro-, prletor of the place, says Mrs. Goodwin and the boy did not eat there last night, but that Mrs. Goodwin had applied to him for wdtk as a waitress Tuesday afternoon. The boys' lives were insured for $100 and $92 respectively, in an old line com pany, on the infantile endowment plan. The funeral expenses must first be paid with the money and what is left will go to the mother. Clyde, at the request of his mother, last night made a trip to the agent's home and brought the pre miums on the policies up to date by a payment of 20 cents. Post Mortem Is Held. Coroner Knapp had a post mortem examination held at his office this afternoon, by Drs. Herbert C. Lleser, Miles U. Lleser and J. M. P. Chalmers. The stomach with its contents and the liver of William, the older boy, were sent to the State Chemist at Seattle for an examination, and his analysis will determine the action of the Coroner. It is expected to be two or three days before anything is learned from the State Chemist. In telling her story, Mrs. Goodwin de clared she had had more than her share of "this trouble" and. for what she did not know. Her 17-months-old ' daughter Leona was burned to death here four years ago. "I have borne up bravely until this, but I do not know whether I shall bs able to stand It or not," she said. "I have tried to keep, the family together and still have two children left to live for, but I don't know whether I can or not." Her oldest son, Warren Goodwin, is 15 years old. He was working in the country, but he came to Vancouver to night. The youngest child, a little girl of 6 years, has been staying with a friend of Mrs. Goodwin. Mother Blames Noodles. . Mrs. Goodwin said that she and her son Clyde ate supper at the Bon Ton about 6:30 o'clock last night, she eating a .toatf and the boy. an order of noodles, The waiter, a Chinese, she said, put two orders of noodles In a nve-pouno. taro pail and she took them to her room in the Ferry Hotel for her son, William, who had been ill, recently, of jaundice. Besides the noodles she said William ate cream puffs and chocolate roll. Clyde also ate of the noodles In the room, Mrs. Goodwin said, not having had enough at the Testaurant to . satisfy him. Mrs. Goodwin said she did not eat the noodles this time, as they had onions In them and she did not like them, though she tasted them, and had eaten noodles in numerable times. After eating their supper the boys began to study their lessons for school today. William was in the fifth grade and Clyde was In the second grade at school. Both Boys Taken III. About an hour later, Mrs. Goodwin said, the boys complained -of pains In their stomachs and she gave them some powders, the same as she had taken, containing soda. She said she believed that they were suffering from indiges tion. The powders had been given to her by Dr. Charles E. . B. Flags, who said tonight that they could not possibly have caused Injury to anyone, and that there was no possibility that the pre scription had been put, up wrong. Be sides, Mrs. Goodwin had taken the powders and they had not made her 111. The boys seemed better after they had taken the powder. Mrs. Goodwin con- LCooUnued on sage 3 )