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WwrW VOT LI-NO. 15.716. rORTLAyD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. . - ' " . V - - i , 1 1 FEAR OF MISSTEP CHECKS CONGRESS Presidential Fight Rules Both Houses. BODY SPLIT INTO FOUR PARTS Republican Minority and Ma jority Are Divided. EflYAN'S CONTROL FOUGHT All Factions Afraid Political Slip Might Have Bearing on Na tional Campaign I If alt. 8 tor my Session Dwe. WASHINGTON. April t It l becom Inr manlrest dally that Congress la facing- a stormy session, and there can bo Bo forecast of the probabla legisla tire results. The fart that both the great political parties are dlvMed is do looser de- Died and the leaders appear to have lit-4 tie hope of restoring anything more than surface harmony. There are virtually four parties, each wltha large representation working at od'la la the present session. The Re publican minority of the House is di vided between Regulars and Insurgents, aa was evidenced by the vote on the Fpeakershlp contest. The breach be tween these two factions is even wider In the Republican majority of the Sen ate. Itrvan's Rale Opposed. A sharp line has been drawn between the Conservative members of the Sen ate who are opposed to any attempt of dictation by William J. Bryan, and the Progressive Democrats. Including prac tically all the new members and several veterans like Senator ftona. of Uls ur'. who are Bryan adherents. Tie House Dernocratls majority seems to have escaped the break, bat the leaders fear the party contest In the !nate may at any time spread to the other branch. The situation has Inter fered with the selection of committees and the beginning of legislative work. Power Is Divided. Probably there never has been a Con gress where so much uncertainty ex isted and where the uneasiness has been ao equally distributed between me two major political parties, or course, this Is due in part to the fact that In the present Congress the Demo crat are la power In the House and the Republicans are In control of the feenate. Reciprocity Toft's Preference. The real cause of the tnxlety Is be lieved to be the proximity of the party coaventiona which will select the staadard-bearera for 1913 and the knowledge that n slip by either In the extraordinary aesslon or the regular session may determine the result of the next National campaign. So far as the Administration pro gramme is concerned, there la do room for speculation. President Taft has recommended the enactment of legis lation to carry out provisions of the Canadian reciprocity agreement and it la no secret he would be glad to have Congress stop at that and defer the question of further tariff revision nntll the regular session next Winter. Neither Is there any obscurity about the programme of Speaker Clark. Rep resentative Underwood, chairman of the new ways and means committee, and other Democrats who are directing the policy of the House. Their plan for progreastve legislation has been given out. Problem I'p to Senate. Now that the Dew majority In the House has adopted rules giving it Just as much power as any majority ever en- Joyed, there la no doubt that measures on the subject of direct election of Sena tors: publicity of campaign contribu tions before elections; Canadian reci procity; revision of the woolen and cot ton schedules, and any further tariff changes the majority desires will be sent to the Senate In whatever order is decreed by the ways and means com mittee. The Republicans will bo power less to prevent It. The real legislative problem, therefore, will be at the Senate end of the Capitol. Tariff Stand Dubious. Only time- will tell what sort of lineup there will be In the Senate on tariff matters. Previous sessions have indi cated that there are Just as ardent pro tectionists In the Democratic represen tation aa In the Republican, and a like situation may develop when tariff ques tions are taken up at this session. The division In the Senate la peculiar. Of the SO (Republicans there are 13 who have practically formed a separate or ganisation. They demanded and the committee on committees probably will accede to their request one-fourth of the majority places. Bonrbons Also Divided. Of the, 41 Democrats C when Colorado civets 17 are on record as being opposed to the election of Senator Martin, of Virginia, as minority leader. The opin ion was based on the ground that Mr. Martin was too conservative. The di vision In the Democratic ranks probably would not have been so pronounced If it had not been for the Interview given by Concluded oa rage i. DUST STORM HITS AUTO, 4 INJURED DRIVER IS BLINDED AXD CAR GOES DOWN EMB.IXKMEXT. Machine Hurls Out Occupant and Tarns Turtle Wealthy n Rancher and Girl May Die. WALLA WALLA. Wasb April t. fPoeclali His eyes blinded by a brief but terrlflo dust storm that swept the valley this afternoon. John Webb drove bis big touring car over a bank and Into a fence, where the car turned turtle aad the four occupante were thrown out. all of them being seriously hurt, two. perhaps, fatally. The Injured are: John Webb, three ribs broken. In ternally Injured, perhaps fatally. Vn. John Webb. Badly oruisea ana shaken. Internally Injured. Art Schell. spine badly wrencneo. la- Juries serious. Meta Plckard. leg broken, neck wrenched. Tk. nr was bains? driven over fine country roads, about two miles south of the city, near the County Poor v.rm. when a fierce dust storm sud denly swept down the valley, making I. almnat Imnaealbla to aea. Mr. Webb Immediately shut off his power and applied hla brake, but the car was near a turn and. shot off over aa embank ment before It stopped. The car was badly damaged. The Injured were brought to the city by friends. t-k n'.Kh. .p. wealtbv. retired ranchers, living In the suburbs of the city, and Mlsa Plckard la Mrs. Webb s daughter. Ava Schell. daughter of L. C. Schell of this city, was the guest of Miss Plckard. At first it was believed that Mr. Webb and Miss Schell could not live. k... nhviiriini tonlcht believe both have a chance of recovery. MATRON THIEF IS FREED Prominent San Franc-ieeo Ionian Beets Prison CelL SAN FRANCISCO. April . (Special.) On the ground that neraathenla caused ber at times to do things for which she was not responsible, and on the higher ground that Judges the world over,' since the dawn of history have been more merciful to women prisoners than to men. acting , Police Judge Treadwell yesterday dismissed the charge of potty larceny against Mrs. Gerrltt Livingston Lansing, poin- Inent In society and the possessor f a beautiful borne on Sacramento street. Mrs. Lansing was arrested on March 11 and charged with stealing a num ber of packagea left by the postman at the entrance of the flats wherein she resides. Package after package bad disappeared at various times, but the Identity of the thief was not ascer tained, although a sharp watch was kept by the neighbors of Mrs. Lansing. Finally. Detective Bailey, who waa detailed, laid a trap. Ha prepared a package which be caused to be mailed to one of Mrs.' Lansing's neighbors. He saw Mrs. Lansing take this and hurry back to her apartments. He knocked on the' door and accused her Of the theft. At first, she denied the accusation, but after a while admitted that she had taken a half dozen or more packagea left for other persons. BALLOON FALLS 4000 FEET Aeronaut Hurl Ont Ballast After Hitting Slack and Save Uvea. ST. LOUIS. April . A balloon ascen sion here today by four members ol Signal Corps of the First Regiment. National Guard of Missouri, terminated In an accident when the aerostat sprung a leak and dropped like a plummet from an elevation of 4000 feet. Lieutenants Andrew Drew and John P. Hart and Sergeants Bayard T. Bookman and J. A. Obermeyer, who comprised the aeronautic party, aaved themselves from serious Injury after colliding with the smokestack of a tobacco factory less than three miles from the starting point, by dumping all their ballast overboard. Even then the crumpled balloon bounced along the ground, hurdling fences, sheds snd wire-laden poles, fin ally coming to a stop in the railroad yards near Tower Grove Station. Save for scratches, the aeronauts were unhurt. HEN LAYS MAMMOTH EGG Black Minorca's Product Is 3-4 by 7 3-4 Inches; Weighs 4 Ounces. ' FOREST GROVE, Or,' April . (Spe claL) The biggest egg produced by a hen In Washington County was laid a few days ago by a Black Minorca be longing to Rev. J." R. Hall, of this city. The egg weighs a quarter of a pound and meaaures by 74 Inches. Another egg produced at Banks by a ben owned by John Herb measured li by 7H and weighed four ounces. As a contrast George Boldrlcks' Ply mouth Rock hen laid an egg weighing but 49 grains apothecary weight. 200 PERS0NSJ3IE IN FIRE Festival Structure at Bombay Is Scene of Holocaust. BOM BAT. British India. April . Two hundred men. women and children were 'burned todeath tonight In a fire which destroyed a thatched structure in which tbey had gathered for a festival. Five hundred persons were in the building. There waa onlv nna exit and a panic ensued, - -jU , ILL ENCIRCLES ILL-FATED First Stage in Rais ing Completed. CAISSONS FILLING RAPIDLY Recovery of Sailors' Bodies to Have Precedence. SEA TO BE SHIP'S GRAVE Great Feat of Marine Engineering Progresses Expeditiously, but Work May Continue Until Close of Tear. HAVANA. April . In the driving of the fast few Interlocking steel piles of the 20 caissons forming the inclos ing wall of the huge basin or coffer dam surrounding the wreck of the bat tleship Maine, the first stage in tne work of removing the shattered re mains of the warship has been brought to a successful conclusion. The work was accomplished with rapidity, and its progress was un marked by a single mishap or nitcn until the Introduction of the final pile, which failed to interlock properly with those on either side. Slight Damage, Soon Repaired. This gave rise to a rumor that the stability of the caisson was endan gered, but examination showed the trouble resulted from the piles being slightly deformed Dy an accidental blow from the iron bucket of a dredge working alongside. The extraction and replacing of three piles served to re pair the damage. The second stage of the work, that of filling the caissons, aa fast as com pleted, with the mud. clsy and rock dredged from the. harbor bottom, has been going on for some time, and, now that the ring Is completed. Is being pushed forward with the utmost rap idity. The steam dredge Norman Davis, lent to the Government by the Huston-Trumbo Dredging Company, and the United States Army dredge Barnard are dumping hundreds of tons of material into the caissons. Caissons to Be Filled. It Is expected that the filling of the caissons will be completed by the end of April, and after that the most Inter est stage of the work that of pump ing out the great basin and leaving exposed the hull of the battleship la precisely the condition she wss on the morning after her destruction IS years ago will begin. As a guarantee of the- security of the retaining wall around the basin, it is probabla that riprap will be dumped' around the exterior of the ellipse of caissons before the dumping begins. The wreck Itself will bave to be care fully watched aa the water level falls, there being some danger that, aa the support of the water and the mud In which it rests Is withdrawn, the bull may careen. Just aa ahlps have been tConcluded on Pace S- MAIN E r the eeesee eeeeee-e-e - - "MUST THAT BE REOPENED?" m 1 08.2 1 ? ' U ' - INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 84 deg-rtes; minimum. 40 decrees. TODAY'S Showers; south to west winds. Portland aad VlelnitT. Louis W. Hill, of Great Northern, urs-ee work to Increase Western rural popula tion. Pace 14. Promise of blr. new packing plant means much to Ore con. Pace U. Four younc women vork way west to Battle on Oregoo homesteads. Pace 14. Colonist Influx contlnaea unabated In last week of cut-rate period. Pace IB. Judge Llndsev predicts school of future will be In open sir. Page Id. Storm Is expected, but rain is welcomed by farmers. Pace 0. District Attorney thinks Kills' charces are sot covered by bribery statute. Pace ?. Funeral of George W. McMillan takes place at Trinity Episcopal Church. Pace 7. Jurist declares compulstory Indeterminate sentence law is mistake. Pace 14. Reductions In foodstuff prices not appre ciable la Portland. Pace 14. Politics. . Mayoralty campaign In Ban Francisco will begin earlier than expected, face 4. Foreigw. ' Smallpox Is new dread in Mexico. Page 2. Six thousand made homeless when Are de stroys notorious section, of Toklo. Face 8. General Stanley Williams "hero of chares gainst Mexican Federals, is dead. Pace 2. Mexico City repo declares secret Japan Mexlro treaty caused mobilisation at border and that Taft gave Dias aix daya to abrogate. Pase 1. National. Next Presidential rampalcn acts as check on all factious of congress. Pace 1. Steel piling encircling battleship Maine la completed. Pace 1. Insurgents In Senate disagree seriously amonc themselves. Pace 4. Accuracy of Navys gunners remarkable. Pace o. - Domestic. Ire aroused by Bishop Doane. woman rrllls Episcopal and Roman churches, pace 5. American-Hawaiian steamship Company to run four tarbine passenger steamers from New York to pacific upon opening: f Panama canal. Page 3. Letters front everywhere commend Judge who sent Jack Johnson to JalL Page 1. Minnesota case will be test of state's rights to fix rates. Pace 2. New developments expected In Lo rimer In quiry. Page 2. Triple death pact revealed when Los An geles man, who killed child, shoots foster daughter and self. Page 3. Steamer released from sands as unexpect edly as she went on. Page 6. Pacific Northwest. Roosevelt leaves Spokane for Moscow, Idsho, after attending church, 'page Woodburn clubmen retaliate on detective employed by "drys." Page 8. Four hurt, two perhaps fatally, when auto turns turtle in dust storm. Page 1. Four big men of Idaho Involved In Indict ments alleging fraudulent use of malls in selling eucalyptus land. Page 1. Roosevelt at Moscow is near country be knew 24 years ago. Page 8. Wheat grows on hilltops in Sherman Coun ty, says Addison Bennett. Page 8. Oregon Eastern Railway soon to start work. Page 8. Sports. Roadsters win two gsmes. Regulars defeat ing Esehles 13 to 3 snd Reserves down ing Vancouver 12 to 2. page 10. Major league teams steeled for opening clash. Page 10. Pacific ' Coast League results: Portland f-1. Vernon 0-5: fiacramento 6-2, fcan Francisco 2-1: Oakland 4-1U. Los Angeles 5-3. Pace 10. Irvincton Club plans entertainment for International tennis tournament, page 19. American 24-hoar auto record broken on Playa del Rey course. Page 5. LUMBER PLANT TO BE SOLD Cbange May Result in Oregon City Company Renewing Operations. OREGON' CITT. Or., April 9. (Spe cial.) All of the property of the Ore gon City Lumber & Manufacturing Company la to be sold by J. W. Moffatt and J. J. Cooke, assignees, who will receive bids up to noon of Thursday, April 20. The property will be sold In three parcels, the equity In the ma chinery purchased from the Northern California Company, the property cov ered by chattel mortgage held by the First National Bank of Oregon City, and the property on which there la no Incumbrance. It Is.expected that the final sale will be followed by a readjustment of the concern's affairs, and that the pur chasers will buy with a view to renew ing operations at the plant, which has not turned a wheel In more than a year. SECRET JfiP PACT . FOUND, IS REPORT Diaz Forced to Abro gate by Taft? AMBASSADOR WILSON ACTS Uncle Sam's Envoy Said to Have Photographed Treaty. MOBILIZATION CAUSE TOLD i Mexico City Dispatch Declares Re public's Agreement With Mikado Roused United States to Send Troops to Border. MEXICO CITT, April 9. (Special.) President Taft gave President Dias of Mexico six days to abrogate a treaty he is said to' have made with Japan. The hidden treaty was discovered by Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson, who photographed it. returned the original, and proceeded posthaste to Washington to inform the State Department. The treaty is said to have contained clauses that gave Japan coaling-station privileges and other big concessions on the coast of Mexico, Including the right to use Magdalena Bay for target prac tice. Taft's order mobilizing troops at the border followed promptly. These are startling disclosures made here by an apparently authentic source today and which, as recited in narra tive form, are given as the cause of the hurry order that rushed 20,000 troops to the border. The relations reported to bave existed between Mexico and Japan are said to have prevailed prior to March 1. Ambassador Wilson, "of the United States to Mexico, the story goes, had occasion many months ago to feel that strong antipathy of Mexicans- of all classes was shown toward the United States. In the celebration in honor of the foundation of the republic, when many Japanese of high rank came as special ambassadors from their coun try to the Mexican capital, the Am bassador noticed that there had been private audiences between Diaz and a few of bis more influential ministers and the Japanese delegates. Nipponese Influx Noted. To Ambassador Wilson, it was re ported, that for 18 months: every ship of the Toyo Kisen Kalsha, whose port is San Francisco, were carrying from 20 to ISO Japanese, passage paid, be sides cargoes of agricultural machin ery, household goods and general stores. At San Francisco these Japa nese were transshipped to steamers of the Pacific Mail line plying between San Francisco and Mexican ports. It was a matter of public record that these Japanese colonists had received grants of tracts for cotton and corn raising. In February Ambassador Wilson was busy cultivating every source of infor mation in the higher circles of the Mex ican government. Very near the end of the month from a certain source in fConcluded on Page 2.) JOHNSON IN JAIL, GIVES WORLD GLEE I.ETTKRS FROM EVERYWHERE CONGRATULATE JUDGE. San Francisco Jurist Is Commended for Punishing Black Champion for Speeding His Auto. SAN FRANCISCO, April 9. (Special.) Postmarked from offices in every Imaginable part of the United States, with an occasional foreign stamp to vary the monotony, a never-ceasing Stream of letters is flowing Into the hands of Judge A. B. Treadwell, ex ultant, laudatory notes of congTatula tions for sentencing John Arthur John son, the heavyweight champion, to 25 days in the County Jail for repeated violations of the automobile speed law, The letters Indicate that in many quarters of the globe there are persons who take very seriously the defeat of Jeffries in Reno, with its supposed re flections on the entire white race. Judge Treadwell is enjoying the plaud its of the multitude and the commenda tion of not a few prospective "hopes, and as he peruses each letter, he shakes his head and falls back on a not orig inal phrase, "I seen my duty and I done It." New York and Southern California, Winnipeg and New Orleans, even Pekln. China. Jiave contributed their quota to ward the increasing piles of letters from fight fans and clergymen, busi ness men and women. LASS DARES WAR LINES Tacoma Girl Finds Brother With In- snrrectos in Mexico. MEXICALI. Mex., April 9. (Special.) Perhaps the happiest girl in the coun try tonight is pretty "little Miss Mary Louise Smith, of 718 North L street, Ta coma. She left home some weeks ago on what she believed a hopeless quest, seeking her brother, Alexander r. Smith. Five weeks ago she received a letter from him to. the effect that he was in General Berthold's division of the in surrecto army. Then came information that Berthold's force had been wiped out, by the federals. With rare pluck Miss Smith started for the Mexican bor der. She reached here this afternoon. She confided her mission to a corre spondent and with him started in search of her brother. Visits to the army headquarters and other places brought no clew. Then she went to the guardhouse, where fugitives from the insurrecto army are cared for by Uncle Sam, pending release or prose cution. With her young face pressed against the Jail bars she talked to the American prisoners and finally secured the information that her. brother was still on duty, serving in the Williams faction of the insurgent forces. This hint she followed and by talking to in surrectos across the boundary, she man aged to send a message to her brother. Finally came the reply that he would come when relieved from guard duty. After a talk with the insurgent leader she led her brother back proudly across the line and together they started for their Northern home. OIL KING DIMS ROYALTY With Army of Servants, Albert C. Bostwick Invades Nice. NICE, France, April 9. (Special.) Visiting royalty has been cast in the shade by the arrival of Albert C Bost wick, the Standard Oil magnate. The King and Queen of Sweden and Prince and Princess von Hohenlohe make a sorry showing when compared with the Bostwick retinue and the populace will not give a glance at numerous second and third-rate crowned heads. For instance, Bostwick has five gov ernesses and two nurses for bis chil dren. In short, he has a governess for each child and ,he takes his banjo players along wherever he goes, thus , adding to the gaiety of hotel life. Here is a list of his travel personnel and luggage: One wife, two chauf feurs, five children, three banjo play ers, one valet, two nurses, five gov ernesses, one physician, 14 servants, two automobiles and 75 trunks. Mr. Bostwick has made his name on the Riviera as a tennis champion. His latest victory was over the great Ger man player, Herr S. Kleinstroth. DRUGS GIVEN TO JOHNSON Death of Ex-Mayor of Cleveland "Said to Be at Hand. CLEVELAND, O., April 9. At a late hour last night A. B. Dupont, former associate of Tom L. Johnson In the Cleveland traction controversy, came from the sickroom and told reporters that Dr. Oscar Thomas, the attending physician, said Mr. Johnson was dying and that the end was a matter of a few hours. At 2 o'clock this morning Mr. John son was still sleeping- under the in fluence of drugs. DALTON FIRE IS $250,000 Principal Business Block in Georgia Town Is Destroyed. DALTON, Ga.. April 9. The principal business block here was destroyed by fire which started in the Dalton Hotel last midnight and burned until 3:30 this morning. The loss is estimated at' a quarter of a million dollars. C. V. Downing, of Kirksville, Mo., jumped from the third story of the hotel to escape the blaze within, but the telegraph wires broke, his fall and he was only slightly Injured. No others were hurt.- OF Four Accused of Eucalyptus Fraud. TWO BIG BANKERS BLAMED Irrigation Project Leaders Are Also Charged. , CASE CAUSES SENSATION D. W. Stanrod, ex-Gubernatorlal ' Candidate, Bank President, at Head of List American Hard , wood Company Slen Involved .1) BOISE, Idaho, April 9. (Special.)- Indictment by a Federal grand Jury in Spokane last night of D. W. Stanrod, president of the First National Bank of Pocatello; A. B. Moss, of Payette; L B. Perrine, o'f Twin Falls and Paul S. A. Bickel, of Jerome, all prominent Southern Idaho men, for fraudulent use of the malls, has created a great sen sation in Boise. Disclosures of a startling nature art promised, say Government officials. The Indictments contain three counts each, accusing the four men of being inter ested as officers in the American Hard wood Company, a corporation organized to promote the sale of eucalyptus-tree lands in Kern County, Cal., against which Investors are said to have com plained. Deal In Notes Alleged. The Government, Federal agents hers say, alleges that the company's stock was distributed among the officers and directors for their notes, which are said to have been used by Don Daven port, manager, to raise money throngn. Stanrod's bank with which to purchase. the lands. . The Investors, say Government offi cers, ""were sold the property in small tracts, the money was repaid to the bank and the notes returned to the officers and directors. The mails were used to promote the sales, it is alleged in the indictments. All Accused Prominent. The prominence of the men accused adds state-wide interest to the case. Mr. Stanrod was president of the Ameri can Hardwood Company and the bank: said to have been used. He was also at one time a Republican guberna torial candidate. A. B. Moss is a Payette banker and also prominent In politics. I. B. Perrine and P. S. A. Bickel are Identified with Idaho's lead ing irrigation projects. Spite work is blamed generally here for the indict ments, those against Perrine and Bickel, particularly. Trial probably will take place in Boise on a change of venue from Spo kane. ' . Nampa's Mayor Is Witness. Among the nine witnesses subpenaed from Southern Idaho to appear before the grand jury at Spokane was E. II. Dewey, Mayor of Nampa. Dewey, it la said, was offered an office in the com pany, but declined. Charles Rlddlford, postal inspector, of the Eastern Washinton and Northern Idaho jurisdiction, gathered the evidence against the men indicted. He first pre sented his evidecce before Federal of ficials in Boise and Pocatello, but later transferred the case from Idaho to Wash ington. The sixth man indicted is James A. Murray, a prominent resident of Butte. Davenport Is Blamed. Itr is said in defense of the indicted men that the eucalptus enterprise was first presented to them by Don Daven port. Davenport, it is said, represented that the lands could be purchased for a very small sum and that handsoma profits could be made after planting eucalptus trees on the tract. Highly-colored literature was circu lated through the mails. Government agents allege, to induce buyers to in vest. This literature is the basis of tha indictments. Men Silent In Spokane. SPOKANE, Wash., April 9. (Special.) D. W. Davenport, one of the American Hardwood Company men Indicted, re fuses to talk about the case until he consults an attorney tomorrow. Attor neys for the defense and prosecution decline to say anything. MULE SHOCKED TO DEATH Emotional Creature Expires When He Sees Cemetery Tombstones. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 9. (Spe cial.) When Jerry, a 16-year-old llis sourl mule, was toiling past the Catho lic Cemetery today on Reserve street, he turned his head to the right and thero saw numerous white tombstones. . With a loud groan and a sigh he dropped in his tracks and e- pired In a few minutes. Mr. Lovelace, the owner, who has been driving Jerry for the past nine years, says he thinks that the mule was shocked at the sudden sight of the white marble tombstones, and, halng a weals heart, could not stand the strain. Jerry was later loaded into a dray and. hauled away and burigd. . .. jji s 10 Mi DTD