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' j j y PAPTT.ivn. OBKfinX. TUESDAY. XOVE3IBER 21, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. V VOL I.I NO. 15,900. wsaa. . . CHINESE REBELS SLAY FOREIGNERS Missionaries Victims of Massacre. PEKIN CONFIRMS REPORT Legations Worried Over Fate of Workers at Sian Fu. DETAILS STILL LACKING America a and Japan?: Warships Are Reported to Have landed Force at Chl-F German Crnlsrr on Scene. TANKEE TIM IANDr.D. BERLIN. Xev. !. A dispatch th. Otmta Cable Company from Tslng-tso asserts that th. Americas and Japanese warship bar each landed a fore of m.a at Chl-r. Th. G'rrna cruiser Emden baa ar rived at Chl-ra. PEKIN. Nov. 0. Chinese official confirm the report that a massacre of foreigners. as well as Manrhus has oc rurred st Slan Fu. Th legation b lirve that the report will prova true. There were 40 foreigner In Slan Fu. r.J many missionaries In the smaller Kin !l towns. I p to th present only I'hlnese report, have been received re putdtriK the massacre. There has been no telegraphic or postal communication with Slan Fu for n oi 11. an three weeks. The Swedirh missionaries. Messrs. ndlorg and Erlckson. arrived her lnit night from Tien Tsln. They said a telegram had been received frlm Elan Ku before their departure from Pouth rrn Slien SI. announcing th murder of Miss Becklngsdale. a school mistress, and five foreign children. Btaeee f.lrla ftlala. Many Chinese girls In yilss Recking, dale school who were mistaken for Manchua. because of their big fret, wera a. so reported to 'have been mur dered. A German. Philip Manners, who wss In the Chinese postal service, was among others killed. Messrs. Fandborn- and Erlckson said a magistrate In their own town offered them 1400 each to leave the province. Shea fit I probably the most antl forelgo province In China proper, not having received a lesson at the hands ef the foreign troop In 1300. tebkera Attack Fare-laraer. Highwaymen In Ifonan attacked and robbed a party of fugitive missionaries; Nowhere le. apparently, have for eigners been attacked, the rebels every where giving them protection, but It I feared that lawlessness might Increase. Th Pekln government is powerless be yond Honan and Chi LL , Th legations have taken no action a yet. but they have the reported kill ing of foreigners under consideration. Without a strong Invading; force, how ever, nothing can be undertsken be yond th Tangtse. Most of th. legations advised their people) la th Interior to depart three week ago. Many disobeyed, believing they mere In no danger. Some of the women and children were sent to th coast. Among the foreigner at Stan-fu, where 40 are reported to have been massacred, are: Mrs. Beck man. the wife of R. Beck man, of the Scandinavian-China Al liance; mission at 61n-fu. Miss J. Becklngsdale. belonged to th English Baptist mission. Among other members of "the Scan dinavian Alliance are Rev. J. C. Ander son and wife. Rev. O. Bengtxson and wife. E. Paulson. C. J. Jensen and wife. Miss D. Lindvall and Miss C. Anderson. Rev. B- L. Bordlund and wife and Mrs. C. tl. Ifonrlkson also are members ef the mission, but In the last record of Ihe Institution published this year are reported a being absent from th sta tion. Others st th Baptist mission at Slan fu. In addition to Miss Becklngsdale, are Rev. A. C Bhorrock and wife. Rev. K. J. Ellison. IL S. Jenkins. M. D.. and wife. Rev. Donald Smith and wife, Q. A. Charter and wife, C Rober and son. M. M- Stanley. J. M. Watt. Miss Frank lin snd Miss Thomas. l-MFKItOK'S MOTirKR KI.OPE3 Chinese Princess Decamp With Actor and Manrhus Mourn. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. SO. Princess I -a!, mother of the baby Emperor of China, and wife of the Prince Regent, has brought added burden to th harassed Manchus by her elopement with an actor. Yun? Shu Lu. according to advice that have reached San Fran cisco through the medium of Chines newspapers. A number of newspapers published In China refer to the "dlsicrace that has come to the royal family, but only one. the Min Lu Pa. the largest news paper published In China, gives th Princess' nam and s full account of th elopement. Th story Is that th mother of th Kmperor fell In love with the actor ICenciudsd ea rase POLICE HOLD DIARY: AS LOTTERY CARD JCTXTE O'DAVS SERVANT EX PLAINS HIEROGLYPHICS. Chine Freed With Ten Wln He TH1 Court Ticket Bear Namra of Matrons Who Employ Him. After thre policemen had passed nearly all yesterday morning on th witness stand la th Municipal Court, striving to prove that a certain slip of paper covered with Chines hiero glyphics was a lottery ticket. Ah Toy, bouseboy for Atfarney Thomas O'Oay. on of th attorneys In th case, took th stand and Identified th paper as his memorandum of certain house cleaning transactions with his women patrons. This Missy Dan Maiahkey ." said Toy. running a lean finger up th lines of characters: "this Missy Kendall, this Missy Howard, this Missy Moreland. I werkum they bouses, pattern down, no forget turn." -I no gamble. said th witness In answer to a question of his employer attorney. "1 go store of my cousin. On Hlng Company, and police catchee me." "1 have known this boy for 10 years." said Judge O Pay, "and he has lived In my house for sis. I know him to bs perfectly truthful and no gambler. His arrest was an outrage." Other Interest was brought Into th rase when Judge O'Day. denouncing th police for bringing In case without adequate proof, aald that three out of every ten case appealed from the Municipal to th Circuit Court, wer all that were sustained. "It baa nothing to do with this esse that Judge Catena Is making a lot of political decisions." said Deputy City Attorney Cahalln. "Thar ar too many rase brought her on mere supposition," said Judge raswell. "and It takes up th time of th court and la unfslr to th defend ants.' Ah Bo, accused of running a lottery game at 17 Second street, and ten visi tors wer discharged on th statement of Ah Toy. REBEL FLAG IN CHURCH Chinese) Children Wave Emblem. $600 Raised for Red Cross. Following- a meeting Sunday even ing at th Presbyterian Chinese Mis sion, of which Rv. a K. Chan Is pas tor, 100 Chinese, all Portland residents, subscribed more than $00 for the bene fit of th Red Cross now laboring In China. rrofessor 'Wong Tse Tsol, who re turned recently from Chins, where h , visited eeveral districts In which th revolutionist hav been mot active. I lectured on th work the Red Cross Is doing and the part th Chines ar playing. One hundred or more Chinese chil dren who attended the meeting Sun day night, sang and waved th new Chines rebel flag. Miss Bertie Chan, i daughter of "he pastor of the mission, led th children In th march to their seats and directed the singing. FIRM MAY REFUSE TO PAY Powder Company Probably Will Try Out Insurance Law In Court. . OLTMPIA. Wash..' Nor. JO. (Special.) That th Dupont Powder Company will refuse to make th first payment for Its assessment under the new In dustrial Insurance commission law be cause of th eight lives lost In th fir of th Imperial Powder Cog-.pany at Chehaila Is the belief In Olympl. Fol lowing a conference with the commis sion today Attorney P. C. Sullivan, rep resenting th powder company, said he would give out Wednesday whether or not his company will pay. When th state sues to collect It Is believed th powder company will take th rase to th United State Supreme Court to test th constitutionality of th law. although the Washington Su preme Court has held It valid. WOMAN GETS SCORCHERS Fair Chauffeur Takes Policeman In Wild Hide After Speeders. OAKLAND. Cal.. Nov. 10. The loan of a touring car and a woman's Intrepid driving enabled two patrolmen to chase down and capture a pair of scorching motor-cyclists yesterday who bad greeted commands to halt with loud, coarse laughter. "Jump Into my car," said th fair chauffeuse. who saw the Incident as he was pssslng. The officers hopped In and a moment later th speedometer was pointing at the 60-mile mark. At the end of 35 blocks the cyclists surrendered. They wer Otto Toung, a chauffeur, and Lewi Lansing, a ma chinist, who wer booked for exceed ing the speed limit. v BULLET SAVES POWER LINE Man Shoots Off Insulator Before Swaying Pole Can Break Wire. TACOMA. Wash, Nov. JO. (Special.) One of the Puget Sound Eleetrlo Company" linemen armed with a 30-10 rifle, this morning saved the streetcar service of Tacoma from being dis abled. Standing upon th Tacoma-Se-attle lnterurban bridge across the Puyallup River, the lineman carefully shot away the porcelain Insulators on a pole carrying th electron high ten sion wires. The pole was about to fall and dan gerous to climb. After th bullet re leased the big wires from th tottering pole It wa pulled down. I k I TROOPS TO BORDER Orders Are to Seize Mexicans' Arms. GOVERNMENT IS ACTIVE, TOO Federal Soldiers Are Ready to Halt Hostile Moves. AMPLE AUTHORITY HELD Governor Determined Revolutionists Cannot Begin Campaign From American Territory Madero Orders Men North. AUSTIN. Tex.. Nov. JO. At th re quest of th Sheriff of Cameron County who reported It was his Information that a party of aUeged revolutionists would attempt to cross the border Into Mexico at Brownsville. Governor Col quitt ordered out a company of Stat Militia stationed at Brownsville, to night to assist the county authorities In enforcing the neutrality laws. A detachment of state rangers has also been ordered to Brownsville. A later dispatch from Brownsville re ported that Jth tat troop had re sponded to th call and were working In conjunction with the county offi cials. Stat H Aatborlty. Assistant Attorney-General Lane has Informed the Governor that the Stat Militia and rangers 'are vested with ample authority under the laws of Tex as to seise arms being accumulated In time of peace when circumstances In dicate threatening movements against friendly powers or neighbors. The movement of United States troops to the Mexican border. In con nection with a rising said to be Im minent, has centered on Laredo be cause that place 1 reported to be th most Importsnt just now as sn outlet for supplies and munitions of war. Troop la Readiness. General Duncan, commanding- the Department of Texas, said today at San Antonio that enough troops would be held In readiness to meet any emer gency. Two troops of the Fourth Cavalry, stationed at Fort Bliss, have been or dered to the border at El Paso, pre sumably for patrol duty. Reyes sympathisers In Jaures sre quiet and there ar no evidences of (Concluded on Pace 4.) EAS RUSHES HER r THE OPEN DO 0E DT CHINA. ' t I Shit oy K ' J - t ? ' : INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Mailmom temperature. M decrees; minimum. 47 degree TODAY'S Rain; southwesterly winds. Foreign. Persia, bes.t by Russia, begs Powers to In terfere. Pace 4. Chinees officials confirm report ef mas sacr. of foreign missionaries. Page 1. National. Promoter says general fear railroads will build ships to destroy competition by canal route knocked proposed Sl.000.0O fleet In head. Page . Shoe Industry cltled as business ideal after which Federal regulation should be based. Page 6. Domestic Oosnpers haa tilt with Socialists In Labor Federation convention. Page 4. James J. Hill tells of wonders of Ore gon at Chicago Land Show. Page i. Los Ang.lea women hold balance of power In coming city election. Page J. Talesmen at trial of beautiful Mrs. Patter son surprisingly ready to Inflict death penalty on woman. Page S. Men pop In and out of McNamara Jury box: but little progress Is made during day. Page f. Yokel describes tarring of Kansas school ma'am. Pag 1. Texas rushes troops to border with order to seise Mexican arms. Pag 1. Millions will change hands In Loe Angeles If Socialists are defeated. Page X. Imperial Council of Shrine programme qpm pieted at Los Angelas. Page 14. Prominent Christians of world to attend Portland conference In I'll. race 14. Pad Me Northwest. Feat tie alarm grows ae water supply 1 gradually diminished. Page L Centralis strongly Indorses commission phut of government. Page 4. Oregon 8upreme Court reverses eaees ts ap peal. Page 4. Judce Lovett and Harrlmsn officials 'make tour of lines to Albany and Corvallla Page 4. Sport. Oustavus T. Klrby. of New York, new president of A. A. U. Page . Frits Holland looked upon by fight fans as possible champion. Page a. Draft privilege Is boon to advanced minor leagues. Pace S. Commercial and Marin. Ending ef war In China will stimulate Fa elflo Coast wheat trade. Page 1. Damage in Argentina affects wheat prices st Chicago. Page It. New York stocks lower because of declines at London. Page It. Golden Gate to carry only freight en Tilla mook run now. Page 18. Portland aad Vicinity. -"" Chinese freed when he shows aUeged lottery ticket to be list of matrons for whom he works. Pa-e 1. East Portland Library, completed, to be thrown open to publlo December L Page It. Many port commissions depend on defini tion of watershed to be decided by Fed eral Court. Page 11. Mayor Rushlight ftles budget requiring 4.1 mills tax to meet 1913 expeneea Page 1. Two women deputy County Clerks testify .discovering many forged name. In Park Ison referendum petitions. Page I. New Pantages Theater opened. Page s. Giprr Hmlth tells Salvation Army It doesn't need badges or bonnets to proclaim Christ. Pace 14. Oil land promotors accused of dogging mln tnc prospector who Is mysteriously ar rested, rage 4. ' SURGEON-GENERAL IS DEAD Walter Wyman, Head of Public Health and Marine Service, Gone. WASHINGTON. Nov. Jl. Walter Wy man. Surgeon-General of the United States Publlo Health and Marin Serv ice, died at Providence Hospital at 11:10 o'clock this morningr after an Ill ness of several months. Th direct cause of Dr. Wyraan's death was a carbuncle, which developed four weeks ago after he had been In poor health several months. The body will be taken to St. Louis and the funeral probably will be held here Thursday. YOKEL TELLS HOW GIRL WAS TARRED Fake Holdup Prelude to Night Attack.- PLOT IS HATCHED IN MILL "Go-Between" Names Two of Men Who Applied Coat. GIRL'S CRIES DESCRIBED Schoolteacher Sits Motionless) In Court Betraying Xo Sign of Tears as Kansas Laborer Cnfolds Story- LINCOLN CENTER, Kan Nov. 10. While the youns victim sat motionless, betraying not th least sign of -a tear, Chester Anderson, a laborer, related to a Jury this afternon the startling story of how ten men of Lincoln County, him self on of them, dragged Miss Mary Chamberlain, a school teacher, from a buggy near Twelve-Mile Schoolhous and spoils a coat of tar to her naked body. Under cross - examination, Anderson admitted that he had never heard any gossip against Miss Chamberlain, and eaid his part in the tarring followed a talk at Clark's mill, th day of the "partyi" when "Sherrlll Clark or Mr. Slmres asked me If I would take Mary Chamberlain out that night; that they wanted to tar her. "I said no." "Gang;" Is Notified. Anderson told of how he had ar ranged with Ed Rlcord to take the girl for a buggy ride, and of going- back to Clark's mill to notify the "gang." The night of the tarring Anderson and Del bert Klndelsparger drove to the scene In a buggy, while other members of the mob went on motorcycles. When .he got to the scene of the tarring. Anderson said he was forced to laugh, for there stood Everett G. Clark, the wealthy miller of Everett, with a gunnysack over hie head, through which eye and breathing holes had been poked, and by his side was Jay Fltz water, his head covered with a mill bag. Toy Pistol Flourished. When Miss Chamberlain and Rlcord drove by, Anderson said, he and Kln delsparger steped Into the road and, pointing a toy pistol at them, halted the two. "Two other men, wearing masks," said Anderson, "came up and took Mary out of the buggy. Rlcord got out and hid. Another man held the tar can." Anderson said two of the men were (Concluded on Page S.) HILL TELLS ABOUT OREGON'S WONDERS RAILROAD BUILDER SPEAKER AT LAXD SHOW. Central Oregon Wonld Hold All of Iowa, Rail Chief Says Exhibit of State Best at Big Fair. CHICAGO, Nov. 20. (Special.) The wonders of Oregon were related at length to an interested throng at the Land Show today by James J. Hill, the railroad builder and chairman of the board of directors of the Great North ern Railway. Mr. Hill touched in particular on the great possibilities offered by the Cen tral Oregon country to the homeseeker. He told . his audience that it was a sec tion so large and so undeveloped that the entire state of Iowa could be dropped into it and not be touched by a railroad. Among the distinguished visitors at the Show today, besides Mr. Hill, were Louis W. Hill. President of the Great Northern; William Hanley. of Burns, Or., and ex-Governor Brady, of Idaho. All expressed their pleasure at the splendid showing made by products of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, which easily surpass the exhibits from all other sections of the United States and Canada. Mr. Hanley, In a short address, ad vised homeseekers to look Into the opportunities presented by the Central Oregon country before going else where, and promised those who went there to better themselves to assist them in every way possible. The Great Northern Is conducting moving picture and stereoptlcon lec tures of Oregon every afternoon and evening to standing room only. The Coliseum was packed with 25,000 per sons yesterday and today. FRIENDLY BET COSTS LIFE Winner Wants to Collect Cash After Ian Has Drowned. CHEHALIS, Wash., Nov. 20 (Special.) After Bill Konidas, employed by the Northern Pacific Railroad .at Chehalls. wa drowned today in an effort to win a bet with a companion, the companion went to the man who held the stake and also the clothes which Konidas had discarded before he attempted his fatal swim and asked that the money be paid to him. Konidas" body has not been found nor has the money he left in the hands of the stakeholder been paid to his companion who won the wager. Konidas and his companion were working near the city on the main line of the Northern Pacific. The bottom lands between the railroad and the old Union Pacific grade are flooded with water and to show his prowess as a swimmer Konidas declared that he could go to the old grade and return. His companion thought to the contrary and laid a sum of money in the hands of Louis Daskalos,- an Interpreter, to back his argument. Konidas handed Daskalos a watch and $65 which he said his companion might keep if he failed to return for it. When some distance out in the pond Konidas disappeared and a search by Coroner Sticklln and others for the body has so far been futile. WIFE PRETTY; DIVORCED Comely Spouse Too Great Luxury for Worklncnian, Says Husband. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 20. (Special.) A comely wife Is too great a luxury for a workingman, William J. Gal lagher told Judge Van Nostrand In the Superior Court today while testifying In support of his complaint for divorce from Mrs. Blanche Gallagher. "I could not afford to pay for the automobiles she thought her good looks entitled her to be supplied with," said Gallagher. "She also thought she should wear clothes of a texture en tirely too expensive for a man earning $5 or S6 a day at the ironmoulders' trade. I did the best I could, but ah was too pretty for a poor man, and be came discontented." After listening to the husband's de tailed recital of his wife's necessities, the court granted Gallagher's petition. PRESIDENT MUCH BETTER Improvement So Marked That Doc , tor Sajs All Hunger Is Past. WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. President Taft's cold had so far improved tonight that it was said to be virtually certain that a session of the Cabinet would be held tomorrow. The President's Improvement today was so noticeable that Dr. Delaney said there was not the slightest danger that anything more serious than a cold would develop. Mr. Taft felt so much better that he summoned Attorney General Wlckersham. Secretary Nagel and A. H. Sanders, of the tariff board, to discuss the forthcoming meeting. LAZY FATHER SENT TO JAIL Improvident Califomian Sentenced to Work Two Years. SACRAMENTO, CaL, Nov. 20. Ed ward Westlake was sentenced to two years In the county Jail by Superior Judge Hayes today, as a "lazy" father. The Sheriff was ordered to put West lake at work on the roads. The law under which Westlake was sentenced, provides that a husband or father who fails to provide for his family shall upon conviction be made to work for the county and be paid $1.50 a day, the money to be used for the maintenance of his family. AS PIPES DRY Second Storm Adds to Seattle's Danger. RESIDENCE SECTION THIRSTS Schools Closed and Hospitals Are Without Heat. RAIL TRAFFIC HAMPERED Mayor Dllllng Orders Installation of Additional Pumps to Keep Water in Downtown Mains. Repair of Conduit Rushed. FLOOD CONDITIONS IN WEST ERN WASHINGTON. 6eattle Two-thirds of city with out water; streets dark and schools closed. Tacoma Railroad traffic demor alized by washouts. Everett Residents driven to house tops by rising water. Belllngham City without train service sine, beginning of flood. Ellensburg R a 1 1 r o a d telegraph linesman believed to have lost life In landslide. 4 K 1SEATTLE, Nov. 20. Another storm swept inland from the Pacific Ocean to day carrying great masses of mist which will be precipitated over West- ( ern Washington tonight. The rainfall today was light and the rivers fell materially, but 75 per cent of the pre cipitation in Western Washington is at night and the Weather Bureau gives no reason to believe that the end of the flood is in sight. If the rain should stop, the railroads would get their tracks clear and their , bridges repaired in two days. Th roads have all their trackmen at work with steamshovels and plledrlvers. There are no trains between Seattle and Belllngham, Wash., and Vancouver, B. C. Water Famine Alarms. The lnterurban to Everett is run ning, but the Seattle-Tacoma lnter urban was closed down today by wash outs. Trains to Portland get through with little delay and all the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Mil waukee transcontinental trains are routed by way of Vancouver, Wash., and the Columbia River. Seattle's water famine, at first a sub ject of Jest, has now become alarming. All of Seattle's principal residence sec tion Is deprived of water. The schools are closed and hospitals, apartment houses and fashionable hotels on the hills are without water and steam heat. Water Is being hauled to the hotels and hospitals in street department wagons. Private householders can ob tain water by going to the reservoirs, which still hold a few days' supply for the downtown district. Mayor Dllllng has requested manufacturers to discontinue the use of city water. Additional Pipes Laid. The water in the reservoirs will last three days and the City Engineer promises that before the expiration of that time the pipeline from Cedar River will be repaired. Orders were given today for the laying of pipe to connect the old Lake Washington pumping station with the low service mains. This plant has not been used for years and is Inadequate to supply the city, but will be of great value in case of fire in the downtown district. Seattle's streets were dark tonight. The city had arranged with the power companies to use their surplus cur rent for the city's circuits. To handle the extra load the Seattle Electria Company put its emergency steam plant into service, but the city offi cials decided that this required the use of too much water and ordered the steam plant shut down, preferring un lighted streets to the use of any wa ter that could be saved for emergency, First Reservoir Kmptled. In addition to pumping water from Lake Washington into the low service mains. Mayor Dilling decided tonight to install four pumps at Swan Lake and from that body supply 10,000,000 gallons of water daily. Three pumps for Swan Lake have been secured in Seattle and an order was telegraphed to Portland tonight for the fourth. Mayor Dilling esti mated that the normal consumption of water in Seattle at this season of the year is SO, 000,000 gallons daily. The Volunteer and Lincoln Park reservoirs will be empty by midnight tonight. The city will then draw Its supply from the Beacon Hill reservoir, which contains 60,000,000 gallons. A telephone message from Renton indicates that the crest of the flood in Cedar River passed tonight and the wa ter is falling slowly. The flood has apparently shifted 'to the White River Valley, a. fertile dis trict south of Seattle, where the water is rising rapidly. Damage has been done to property In (Concluded on Pag 2.) ALARM W WATER f