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Jji -PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY. APRIL 29, 1911. VOL. LI NO. 13,733. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CHILDREN TO HAVE REVISION URGED IN RECIPROCITY HAS E TAX FACE. SLAP WINS PORTLAND MECCA CITY MAY PARTY 10 COMMANDMENTS 'HUBBY' ANDRICHES FIGHT IN CM STIR KNOX' IRE STORES OF SANDWICHES, CVXDY EPISCOPAL- PRELATE'S PLEA SPOKAXK TOCXG WOMAX HERO AND "tEMO" TO GO FREE. MADE TO BRETHREN. IXE IX REAL ROMANCE. INCOM MAY WORDS OF CORRAL in SOON 1 LI MEN Menace of Obstruction Arouses Laurier. HE MAY ABANDON LONDON TRI Premier to Stay at Home to Force Bill Through. HE CALLS MEASURE BOON Tbml of Conertlr to Block Trade Airrrmrat Make Premier Talk of Giving lp Attend ance at Coronation. OTTAWA. OnL. April -The de termination of the Canadian govern ment to ratify reciprocity was empha sised In Parliament today by the Prime Minister. Sir Wilfrid Laurier. who de clared that he would not go to Enc land and represent Canada at the Im perlal Conference or to the coronation of Klnc George In June. Dul wouia r main here to press the agreement. If the opposition persisted In obstructing Ita ratification. The matter was brought before Par liament by Opposition Leader Borden. who asked Sir Wilfrid what hla Inten t'ons were in regard to the approach Ina events In London. "I deemed It my duty to attend." re plied Sir Wilfrid, "and engaged my passage six weeks ago. but I have come to the conclusion that, should my pres ence be required In Canada, and there Is every Indication that It may be. It will be my duty to forego the privilege of attending the conference. My first duty Is to Canada. He'll Fight for Reciprocity. "It would be unfortunate that any of the Prime Ministers of the self-governing British dominions should be absent from mo Important an event aa the Im perial Conference. If It Is not possible for me to go, the fault will not be mine. The one thing which prevents la the position of the trade agreement with the United States. "Mr. Borden haa aald ho and his fol lowers offer uncompromising opposi tion to the ratification of the agree ment. I may tell him that on this aide we offer uncompromising support for the agreement. lie thinks It would be a ban to Canada and a possible danger to the empire. Wa think it would be a boon to Canada and to the empire. SI ensure to Be Blocked. "It la well known that under the rulea of the Canadian House, It la pos sible for the opposition to block a measure almost Indefinitely. It has come to us that the opposition haa such Intention. The lobbies have been full ef such rumors. "I have In my hand a report of the speech delivered at the Associated Press banquet In New Tork by William Northrup. M. 1'- one of the moat Im portant members of the Canadian oppo sition. In which he atatea practically that the opposition at Ottawa will not allow this agreement to be carried Into effect. I do not anow what authority lie has to speak, but I am Informed he voiced the decision of the Conservative caucuses held only a few days ago. If auch is the temper of the opposition. I think It will be necessary for me to re vise my determlnatloa to go to Kng land." Borden Crges Laurier to Go. "I think." aald Mr. Borden, "that the prime Minister might have regard not only to trade relatione with the United Ftats, but to trade relations with the great empire to which we belong. The Question must present itself to the Prime Minister whether our trade and other relations with the United States are more Important nan our trade and our relatione with the empire of which we form a part. "Under the circumstances I trust the Prime Minister will reconsider the In timation he haa given and that at the conference and the coronation Canada will be represented, aa sha should be, by the Prima Minister." Mr. Borden suggested that Parlia ment could rise for two months to al low the Prime Minister to go to Lon don. Fir Wilfrid made no reply, bat It is generally accepted hero ha will not go to England, and that the fight over reciprocity will be prolonged and marked with a good deal of bitter ness. AXXEXATIOX DEMOCRATS AIM Prince Telia House Reciprocity Can Mean Nothing Else. WASHINGTON. April II. Another declaration that annexation Is the de sired end of the Democrats in pushing reciprocity waa made In today's debate on the free list bill, now pending be fore the House. Prince of Illinois (Rep.), attacking the Canadian reciprocity bill, sounded the annexation note. President Taft's speech in New Tork Thursday night furnished his text- He said that the pouring of Americans Into the Cana dian Northwest and the attitude of the controlling forcea of the Democratic party could mean nothing less than an nexation, reciprocity and partial free ICoaduded on 1'ags J.), Annual Festival Coots San Francisco Thousands of Dollars, but Money Is Thought Well Spent, . SAX FRANCISCO. April 1$. (Spe claLl New Tork walls about ita crowded tenements and hungry ehll dren. and there may be a few such in San Francisco, but Monday. May 1, will not be one of those times. At least Indications point In that dlrec tlon. for on that day all children in the city are Invited to visit the chll dren's playground In Golden Gate Park and partake of bounteoua repasts fur nished by the city. Arrangements have been made to dis tribute 40.000 sandwiches. 600 cases of oranges, J500 pounds of candy. S00 gal Ions of milk, aa well aa crisps and lemonade by the drayload. Two big May-day dances have also been arranged for during the day. and special dancea will also be furnished by Irish. German and Scotch children dressed In native costumes. Special bagpipe solos will be played and during the day a big band will play both classical and popular music. This May day festival, furnished free to the children by the city, costs many thousands of dollars, but it haa become a regular Institution of late yeara and haa furnished so much wholesome enjoyment for both the tens of thousands of little tota who participate, aa well aa to the grown up spectators, that the money la con- aldered well spent by the Park Com missioners. DEATH ALMOST WINS RACE Daly's Daughter Reaches w York, but Recovery Is Doubtful. NEW TORK. April 38. Mrs. Car roll Brown, of Baltimore, the eldest daughter of Marcua Daly, ended here today her night from the thin air of the Montana mountalna with death al most the victor. The tang of the sea air and the heavier atmosphere brought no revival of her waning strength and physicians at her bedside gave little hope for her recovery. Her private car. In which aha waa rushed to sea-level, reached the Grand Central Station at o'clock. A few minutes later Mrs. Brown waa on het way to the Fifth-avenue home of her mother. Mrs. Daly. Physicians were awaiting her and tonight they held a consultation. We do not exactly know what la the nature of Mrs. Brown's ailment.' I the statement given out at the Dalv home afterwards. "Her heart affected and her condition la Very grave. ST. PAUL BOURBON MECCA Democrat of National Prominence to Confer In Minnesota Capital. ST. PAUL, Minn- April 18. Demo crats of National prominence will be In St- Paul June 1. when a conference f the leadera of the party of the Northwest will be held here. It Is ex pected that more than 1000 men from the Dakota. Iowa. Montana. Idaho, Washington, Oregon and probably Wis consln and Michigan will attend. W. J. Bryan. A- B. Parker. Governor Norrls. of Montana. and Governor Burke, of North Dakota, have definite ly accepted the Invitation of the Demo cratic atate central committee. Governor Wilson, of New Jersey, was Invited but declined, aa he la to be in St. Paul May 24. to address the Asso ciation of Commerce and could not make a accond trip. SENATE EXPELS CRITIC Ford, Conductors Secretary, Ac cused of Slandering Member. SPRING FIELD. 111.. April K.J. L. Ford, of Clinton, secretary of the Order Railway Conductors, waa removed from tb Senate chamber by the Ser-geant-at-Arma by order of Lieutenant Governor John G. Oglesby today. Ford's ejection followed a charge by Senator Walter L Manny, of Mount Sterling, that Ford had sent a large number of untrue letters Into Manny's district stating that Manny was opposing employers liability legislation. Other spectators to the number of 100 also wars excluded. KITTR1DGE IS VERY LOW Physicians Say ex-Senator'a Vitality Is Showing 'Weakness. HOT SPRINGS. Ark.. April 31.. Physicians attending ex-Senator A. B. Klttrldge. of Sooth Dakota, who la critically HU Issued the following bul letin tonight: "Senator Kittrldge was conscious to day longer than at' any time during his Illness, but his vitality was also lower than it has been. He recognised friends who came . from his home to see him." BIG STEAMSHIP WRECKED English Teasel Goes on Spanish Coast Loss of Life Unknown. MADRID. April 3S. A dispatch re ceived here from Vigo ssys that a big English steamship, the Identity of which has not been established, was wrecked on Cape Vlllano. on the northwest coast of GaWla. The dispatch adds that It is not known wheUiur there were any. fatalities Amendment May Be Ratified Next Winter. ONLY FIYE STATES LACKING Bill Ready Imposes Tax o $100,000,000 a Year. TARIFF QUESTION OPENED Additional Source of Revenue Will Compel Slashing of Duties, May Cause Democrats to Drop Revision by Schedules. BY HARRY J. BROWN. ORKGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash lngton. April 21. The income tax amendment la likely to be ratified and become a part of the Federal Consti tution within a year, according to the belief of those Senators who forced the passage of tha Brown resolution through Congress two years ago; some of them. Including Brown, entertain hopes that the amendmont may be rat ified before the special session of Con gress adpourns. Regardless of when the amendment will receive the ratification of the neo essary number of states, tha fact ro- malns that up to tha present timo the amendment has been approved by 30 State Legislatures and the approval of five more will make it a part of the Constitution, provided the five act be fore Arizona and New Mexico come Into the Union; otherwise it will require six additional statea to make it a part bf the supreme law of the land. The probabilities are that this amend men cannot be wholly ratified until next Winter, for while several State Legislatures are still In session, there hope for favorable action only In New Tork. Massachusetts, Minnesota and Florida. Should the Legislatures of these states all vote favorably, the amendment would still lack the ratifi cation of the necessary IS states, and it is hardly probable that any Governor would call his Legislature in special session for the speclflo purpose of vot ing on the Income tax amendment, al though such a thing might be done. Failure to take this course would nec essarily postpone final ratification un til next Winter, when the Legislatures of states that have not yet voted will regularly assemble. The 30 statea that have already, through their Legislatures, voted to ratify the Income tax amendment are: Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Maine Maryland Michigan Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Txas Washington Wisconsin Five statea have voted against the amendment and are not expected to re verse their position Louisiana. New (Concluded on Pace 3.) iTra' r"-r - r J r a w mm m-i wa a nfo- t ia s vrkj lj j mi w. s v - - asr wlzmm Ska J r j - i-- i , . , ' j r x. . r- nf i Railroad Crossing Gate Arm Strikes Miss King, ' Who Gets Husband and $150,000 as Result. SPOKANE. Wash.. April 28. (Spe clal.) A slap in the face Sunday even lng, March' 36, has won for Miss Mar Jorle R. King, of Spokane, a husband, a happy home and a Quarter of a mil lion dollars. One of the prettiest romances ever known In Spokane, starting . Just month ago with an accident, resulted Thursday afternoon, when Rev. Mr. E L.' House, of the Westminster Congre gational Church. Joined in wedlock John H. Starblrd, partner of T. E. Westlake In the grocery and provision business. and Miss King, a Spokane halrdress- Ing expert. Starblrd la 45 years of age and was a widower, while Mrs. Star bird, nee King, Is 23. While riding In Starblrd'a automo bile in March the machine approached the railroad crossing. The gates were open and the party started across the track. Then the long arm of the wood en gate fell across the automobile Just In time to strike Miss King, the blow knocking her unconscious. Mr. Starblrd rushed the Injured girl to his home, thus starting the romance. In 189 Starblrd caught the Klondike fever. He brought back something over 1150.000. After coming out from the gold fields of the Klondike he lo cated In Seattle, where he now owns two apartment bouses, Lincoln Court and Highland Court. POND FLOWERS LURE BADE Tot Recovered From Water by Brave W-Vear-Old Sister. BELLING HAM, Wash., April 28. (Special.) Believing that she was walking on firm ground, 5-year-old Minnie Anderson this afternoon walked Into a pond o. water which had been obscured b the thousands of tulips and hyacinths which are cut daily at the bulb farm and thrown into the water. From her perilous plight she was rescued by her 9-year-old sister. Belle, who Jumped boldly In and brought the little one to the shore. The water Is over the heads of either child, and wonder la expressed that tha older girl, who knows nothing of swimming, was able to effect the rescue. Under agreement with the city flor ists, the flowers cut at the Government bulb farm, two miles west of the city, are destroyed, and now that the gar dens are In full bloom each day thou sands of tulips, hyacinths and nar cissus are cut and cast into a small body of water lying adjacent to the tract. MORMON INVASION FOUGHT Mass Meeting In London Urges Brit ish Government to Act. LONDON. April 2S- Under the presi dency of Bishop Welldon, a mass meet ing waa held tonight and resolutions were adopted calling upon the govern ment to take steps to stop the activities of Mormon missionaries In England. It waa announced during the meeting that the Mormons have 82 churches In England with S0.000 members and 300 missionaries. It was said also that last year there were 963 converts, of whom GOO went to Utah. HIS VICTIM. Mexican Statesman As sails Americans. REPUDIATION IS DEMANDED Vice-President. Says Ameri cans Foment Revolt. INTERVENTION THEIR HOPE Knox Instructs Wilson to Call for Retraction Revolt Spreads Sontb and West and Rebels Take Several Towns. WASHINGTON, April 28. The report ed declaration of Ramon Corral, Vice President of Mexico, that Americans were fomenting trouble In his country in order to force intervention has en countered the disfavor of the United States Government. The State Department has called the attention of Mexico to the matter In order to establish officially whether the interview with the Vice-President was authentic as published in Mexico City. The question will be taken up by Ambassador Wilson, to whom the de partment telegraphed late today a copy of an official statement which it had Issued, unequivocally disapproving the alleged utterance. The statement reads: Mexico Must Repudiate Words. The Department of State finds it very difficult to credit the authenticity of such an Interview purporting to come from a high official of the Mexi can government, because the efforts made to enforce . the neutrality laws and the disinterested friendship of the United States for Mexico and the Mex ican people are as well known to the Mexican government as they are fully understood In the United States. The Department of State has made every effort to prevent any harmful misunderstanding, and there can be no doubt that the Mexican Foreign Office will take prompt steps to repudiate and prevent the promulgation of such state ments calculated so seriously to dis turb the mutual confidence and friendly good understanding between the two peoples." Rebels Gain Territory. The revolutionary movement in Mex ico, outside the prescribed zone of the armistice. Is going on unaffected by the limited suspension of hostilities, ac ordlng to advices received by the State Department today from the Amer ican embassy and consulates in Mex lco. Lerdo, Durnago and San Pedro, Coa hulla, are reported captured by the rev olutionists and fighting appears to be Impending in the vicinity of Cabora, Sb- nora and Torreon, Zacatecas. The revolutionists, it is said, have strong force In Sinaloa and condl tlons In the State of Guerrero also are said to be bad. The Federal training ship Tucatan (Concluded on Page 3.) Proposed Changes In Prayer Book Cause for Arguments at Con gress of Church. WASHINGTON, April 28. "Revise the 10 commandments," urged Rev. George A. Douglas, canon of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New Tork, in speaking today at the close of the 29th Congress of the Protestant Episcopal Church on "The Need for Prayer Book Revision to Meet Present. Day Conditions." "Let us have the courage," he said "to restore our prayer book version of the 10 commandments to what scholars are pretty generally agreed was the original and shorter form." He said that with prayer book revt slon in line with the movement for church unity, the Roman, Greek, and Anglican churches ultimately must be able to coma together In public wor ship. "In revision," he suggested, "we must not snap the links that bind us to these ancient churches." He regarded the present book of common prayer as unsuitable for "working people and so-called social lsts who have been attracted to the Christian churches." The revised prayer book should give ministers the right on occasion to "pray extempore without appearing to be either rampant or radical." Dr. Cyrus Townsend Brady, of Kan sas City, declared he would oppose any revision which would take away any thing from the ancient truth or the beauty of the prayer book. .Revision of the book of common prayer was urged by Dr. Grant- One reason he gave was that "the prayer book Is stationary and aristocratic, while the present trend of things is toward motion and more democracy." GOULD TO WED HAWAIIAN Annie Graham, Descendant of Royal Family, to Be Jay's Bride. NEW YORK, April 28. (Special.) A descendant of the royal family of Ha waii will become a member of the Gould family tomorrow, - when Miss Annie Douglas Graham, daughter of Mrs. Hu bert Vos by her former marriage to Douglas Graham, becomes the bride of Jay Gould, aon of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould. The wedding, which Is to be at 4 o'clock In St. Thomas Church, Is the third one In a year in which a member of the Gould family has been the prin cipal. Owing to the recent death in Honolulu of Madame Montserrat, sister of Mrs. Vos, the wedding will be com-, paratively small and only a few friends and relatives will bo present. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 58 degrees; minimum, 43 degrees. TODAY'S Fair, northwesterly winds. Foreign. Rioters cause reign of terror in Canton, China. Page 3. Premier Laurier threatens to give up at tendance at coronation In order to tight tor reciprocity. Page 1. British leaders adopt resolutions indorsing international peace. Page 5. National. Senate appoints committees, insurgents giv ing up after entering protest. Page 2. ' Secretary Knox demands repudiation by Mexico of Vice-President Corral's attack on Americans. Page 1. Kent ridicules tariff in maiden speech in House. Page 2. Income-tax amendment likely to be ratified next winter. Page 1. Domestic McManlgal refuses to see lawyers employed to defend McXamaras on dynamiting charge. Page 2. One New York grand Jury says police are demoralized, another says they are good. Page 3. Episcopal prelate urges revision of ten com- mandments. Page 1. Although at mercy of executors of father's will, Mrs. Burke-Rocns will not contest It. Page 3. San Francisco to give children May party. page l. Sports. Paclflo Coast League results yesterday: san FrcJ.coX Vernon IoU.' o. Page 8. Northwestern Lesgue results yesterday: Portland 10, Seattle 5; Tacoma 7. Van couver 1; Victoria 2, Spokane 3. Fags a. Hugo Kelly bests Johnny Thompson in sav- age 10-round bout. Page S. Paclflo Northwest. Slap In faoe by wooden .arm wins husband and fortune tor bpokane girL page 1. Chemawa Indian School head suspended pending Investigation. Page 6. Rich Boise Valley farmer sued for 110.000 for breach of promise, page 6. Oregon Academy of Sciences opens two days session at Aioany. rags l. T. W. Davenport, father of cartoonist, dies at Pasadena, Cal. Page 6. F. R- Archer resigns as Chief of Police of Aberdeen. Page 7. Commercial and Marine Higher price offered for new crop hops. Page 18. Short covering advances wheat at Chicago. Page 19. Stocks less active, but prices advance. Page 1W. Export trade better than domestic business. Page 18. Lull in foreign arrivals foreseen In shipping circles, page 18- Portland and Vicinity Sills' waterfront ordinances would compel drastic business changes. Fags 9. High taxation cause of adoption of commis sion plan by uaaiana, i-ai. rage 12. Rose Society wins contention with Festival Association. Page 11. Capital, reassured, looking to Northwest again. Page 13. Many high railroad officials dus in Portland within few weeks, page 1. Wife divorces husband whose fate is In doubt, page lis Gay Lombard, candidate for Mayor, criti cises street railway company, page iz. Portland Bench Show will be closed tonight. Page 9. Oregon Association for Highway Improve ment organized, page 14. Labor Council declines to join Socialistic demonstration for accused dynamiters. Page 11. Commander McNuIty cross-examined at Naval Reserve Court of Inquiry. Page 4. Many hurt In series of auto aooldents. Fags s. High Officials of Many Roads Coming. NEW WORK WILL BE PLANNED Hill Line Improvements Await Arrival of Mr. Gray. HILL AND ELLIOTT DUE Visit of Men High In Milwaukee Councils Has Especial Signifi canceMr. Kruttschnltt to Make Inspection. RAILROAD OFFICIALS WHO WILL BE IN PORTLAND NEXT FEW WEEKS. Carl R. Gray, president North Bank and Hill lines In Oregon. Louis W. Hill, president Great Northern. Howard Elliott, president Northern Pacific Judge Robert 8. Lovett, president Harrlman systems. Julius Krnttschnitt, vice-president and director maintenance and opera tlon Union Paclflo and Southern Pa cific A. J. Earllng, president Chicago. Milwaukee St. Paul. H. R. Williams, president Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound. Portland, for the next few weeks. will be the mecca for railroad men of high degree representing a variety of roads and Interests and coming from scattering parts of the country. Of probably greatest Interest to Port land will be the coming Sunday or Monday of Carl R. Gray, who will suc ceed John F. Stevens as president of the North Bank and affiliated railways In Oregon, air. Gray already has left St. Paul. If he stops en route at Spo kane or travels via Pgget Sound he will not reach this city until tomorrow or Monday. Pending Mr. Gray's arrival, activity on the various Improvements contem plated by the local Hill lines has been suspended. It Is expected that he will take up at once consideration of the Oregon Electric extension to Eugene and the completion of the United Rail ways line to Tillamook Bay. These are the only extensive improvements planned for the present fiscal year and none other will receive the new presi dent's attention, according to the pres ent programme. Mr. Gray will take up his new duties officially, on Monday, May 1. Hill Travels by Auto. The new chief will hardly have had time to become acquainted with his work before he receives a visit from Louis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern and the Hill lines in the Northwest, exclusive of the North Bank and those in Oregon. Mr. Hill will at tend the Northwest Development League meeting at Helena next week, having been tne of the organizers of that body, and expects to continue his Journey to Portland. He is traveling from St. Paul to Helena in an automo bile and may come to Portland with the same conveyance. Although his jurisdiction does not extend over the lines of which Mr. Gray has charge, their close relations require his fre quent consultation with local officials. Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific, will be in Tacoma Monday to attend the dedication of the new Union station, and although he has not expressed his intention of coming to Portland, the fact that ha seldom comes to the Coast without vis iting this city warrants the conclusion that he will Include Portland in his itinerary this time. Julius Kruttschnltt, director of main tenance and operation of the Union Pa cific and Southern Pacific systems, also will attend the dedication at Tacoma and has arranged to pay a brief visit to Portland before returning to his of fice in Chicago. Mr. Kruttschnltt di rects all the Improvements and new work done by the Harrinian system and will have much to demand hla atten tion on his forthcoming visit. Work to Be Inspected. The new Harrlman bridge in this city will come in for his scrutinizing in spection and it is probable that he will view the new Peninsula tunnel which has been opened since his last visit. If he has time he may take a trip over the new Deschutes line of the O.-W. R. & N. Company and inspect the work being done there. Work on the Klam-ath-Natron cutoff on the Southern Pa cific has progressed considerable In re cent months and as this Is one of the most Important projects now under way in the Northwest, no doubt he will give it some attention. It 'is likely, too, that he will go over the proposed routs of the Portland-Spokane cutoff, con tracts for which were let a few weeks ago. The new double tracking on the main line of the O.-W. R. & N. Com pany is another matter that will bo subject to his consideration. Judge Robert S. Lovett, president of the Harrlman system, has expressed his intention of visiting Portland within the Summer and recently announced (Concluded on Page 2.)