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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1911)
W ft 9 ' Madero Addressing the DIAZ GIVES UP TO MMECTOS Terms of Peace in Mexico Al most Complete Surrender. Armistice Ordered and Dial to Re Sign Before J una I. Da la Bare and Madaro to Rul. Juarez, Mexico, May 13. Judge Carbajal, representing the Mexican Federal government, and Dr. Yasquex Gomez. Jos Vino Cuarez and Fran cisco Madero. Sr., representing the provisional government, agreed at 6 o'clock last night to declare a five days' armistice throughout Mexico, to take effect immediately upon receipt by Judge Carbajal of formal authoriz ation from Mexico City, which came at 11 o'clock last night. The signing of an armistice is a military prerogative and was not in cluded ia Judge Carbajal' diplomatic instructions. There is no Federal military commander here. General Navarro having been deposed by the taking of Juarez. Hence the need of authority from Mexico City. The armistice will be the first gen eral cessation of hostilities since the revolution began last November and was decided upon by Provisional Pres ident Madero in the afternoon im mediately after the receipt of an As sociated Press Jdispatch from Mexico ivTr. .v " "Vr offered to resign before the end of the present month. Cruiser to Get Coal. Seattle. May J 3. J. H. Young. J m. - .i Ai o pres. o. u,e am.n.p company today cabled to Agen Bar- ry, si vqiudvi, k-ruciiug mm to sup ply to the cruiser Buffalo enough Can adian coal to enable her to steam to Sitka. The Buffalo, ran short of coal during a stormy cruise to the Northern islands and came into Cordova with her bunkers nearly empty. Owing to a scarcity of coal at Alaska ports, the Guggenheim-Morgan agent declined to sell coal unless such sale was approved by his superior officers. Guaymas Is Left to Fate. Guaymas, Mex., May 16. The Mex ican government is abandoning all So nera to the rebels and concentrating its troops in Mexico City in expecta tion of an attack on the capital. Col onel Diaz, commanding the garrison that evacuated Agua Prieta last week, arrived here last night and today be gan embarking his force of 500 men on a steamship. He will proceed to WaTani'l thn th. Tv,n. pee road to Mexico City. Only 125 fed- erals remain in Guaymas, not count ing the 600 brought in by Gov. Torres. Clark Sold for S 5,000.000. Butte, Mont. The report of the Anaconda Copper Mining company at a stock holders' meeting makes public for the first time the price paid for the Butte B-.ines of ex-Senator W. A. Clark, transfer of which waS an nounced six months ago. The consid eration is given as 15.000.000 and the properties were trarjferred by the Amalgamated Copper eorr.pary to the Anaconda for 112. '0 shares of Ana conda stock. The report shows a profit of I4.2U.013.22 for the six months ending December 31. last. Rebels Loot Meaican City. Mexico City. May 17. Rioting and pillage occurred at Pachuca during the early hours of today, following the surrender of the city to the revolu tionists. The rebels became drunk and defied their commanders. The ' townspeople in terror barricaded their j homes and remained concealed. The banks were dynamited and looted. Pachuca is mining city of 40.000 population, capital of the state of Hi ca'go. and 60 miles northeast of Mex ico City. Sunday night it fell into the hands of the revolution is U. , . . trust, a house in Mor.tclair, N. J.. and Coal Issue Stirs C-ty. all the residue of the estate after cer- Seattle, Wash. To arouse the coun-iUin legacies have been paid. Her try to the importance of immediate : total share is worth fl.&OO.OOO. settlement of the Alaska coal land ( question, it was voted by the joint No Boiirg on Memorial Day. Alaskan committees representing the ; Indianapolis. Ind. Plans for a box Seattle Commercial club, the Arctic ing carnival, to be held at the Amer- ciuo, uie noiary cioo. ine inamoer oi , Commerce and the Washington chap-! ter of the American Mining congress to appoint committee to arrange lor , moster mass meeting to be neid in ! Seattle at an early date. J Troop; General Oroi.e at Mia Mignt TWO PERISH FROM HEAT. Woman Jumps From Window Dogs Driven Mad. Chicago, May 17. Chicago yester day sweltered through the hottest NMy 16 in 17 years degrees above at 1 o'clock. As a result, two persons are dead. There were numerous prostra tions and intense suffering from the humidity which precedes rain storms which have threatened for several days but have not materialized. Anton Erickson, employed in a foundry, dropped unconscious from the neat and died on the way to a hospital. James Bevington, a travel ing salesman, died at his home from e, wi . Juarex, Mexico. May 22. -Officially the streets and one woman, crazed by I , T , . . the heat, leaped from a second-story ( designated representatives of the i!ex window, but escaped serious injury. I ican government and the revolutionists Evanston was menaced by dogs ,t io o'clock last night signed a peace driven mad by heat and the police in ! tgwment ,t custom house here Miami fUVUrV UU MJC UUfcJWCT avamiwu of Chicago were ordered to shoot all unmuzzled dogs. The sudden excess of heat is pulling up the temperature of the lake and the bathing beaches were crowded all day and evening. The parks and otfter ; breathing spots were densely populat- ed all day. The quick arrival of sum- mer has caught the public unprepared and is causing much suffering. With- in a month Chicago was enveloped m blizzard wmcn and heavy frosts. brought snow, ice DECISION DISAPPOINTING. Question of "Reasonableness" Effect. Spoils Washington, May 17. Government al Washington legislative, executive land judicial-gave over the greater . . . . - - , .u. part of today to a discussion of the Supreme court decision in the Standard Oil case. While there was gratifica tion in administration circles over the order for the dissolution of the cor- tj whi(h hu Wn deciarrd "an nrfX!onMe- combination and mon- opoly in restraint of trade, there un questionably was misgiving as to the interpretation of the anti-trust law giving to courts the right to determine whether a monopoly was "reasonable" and declaring a "reasonable" mono poly not to be in contravention of the statute. President Taft. who. a little more than a year ago, in a special message to congress, said that under Supreme court precedents there could be no such things as "reasonable" and "un reasonable" restraints of trade, or in other words, "good trusts" and "bad trusts." was said to have been rather disappointed that the court should have seen fit to reverse itself in this important matter. FLIES IOO MILES PER HOUR. American Aviator Breaks Record for Speed in Aeroplane. Rheims Speed records, with and without a passenger, were twice beat- 0j the f int Xationa bank of.yette. en here in remarkable monoplane j vi:ie. Tenn.. who pleaded guilty to flights. A speed of more than 160 j embezzlement. President Taft has de kilometers (59. 5 miles) an hour was ! cided that Feeney must serve some attained in the first flight by the time in jail, even though he has to un American aviator, Henry E. Weyman. fdergo a course . of medical treatment He started from Mournmelon with j to strengthen himself for the ordeal. tount Kobiliard as a passenger. A strong wind, almost amounting to a I gale, caused the machine to plur.ge in i a terrifying manner with wild sweeps, the height constantly varying from 30 to 300 feet. Later Lieutenant Fequant, in a new monoplane. Lieutenant Biey acting as observation officer, made flight over the same course under same condi tions. This flight was without inter ruption and the distance was complet ed in 10 minutes and 20 seconds, a speed of 162 kilometers (100.7 miles) maintained. Nurse Gets B g Fortune. ' New York, By the will of Walter E. Duryea, a crippled athlete and broker, just filed, the bulk of his for tune, estimated at 12.500.000, goes to Miss Eleanor Peregrin, a trained curse, who acted as his housekeeper for the last 12 years of his life. She :is given 1 50. OX) outright. $30,000 in lean Association Base Ball park here ' on Memorial Day, following the 5.000- mile automobile race, were ot'tmi a ' setback when Mayor Shank said there would be no boxing in Indianapolis on Memorial Day. ana Uanoaiai at ' Latt. MEXICAN PEACE PACT IS SIGNED Revolution Ends With Confer ence Held at Jaurez. Field Leaders ot Both Armies Noti tied at Once De La Barra Chief Executive. intemded to end the hostilities which have been waged in Mexico. Though covering only the principal points negotiated thus far, it practi cally records the concession by the government of those demands which jnjtjted. on November 20, armed rev- olution in Mexco. Teleerams announcing the signing of th agreement were dispatched throughout Mexico to revolutionary and Federal leaders alike. Constitutional restrictions pre vented the inclusion in the peace agreement of the fact that the rebels would be permitted to suggest to var ious state legislatures the names of principal governors and likewise the fact that six'of the eight members of the new cabinet have been chosen by the revolutionists, but the agreement records that President Diaz and Vice President Corral will resign and that the government is to concentrate its attention on desired reforms. Judge Carbajal represented the Fed eral government and Dr. Vaaquez Go mez, Francisco Madero. Sr., and Senor Pino Suarez acted for the revolution ists. Juarez. Mexico. May 22. The act ual signing of the Mexican treaty agreement took place under moat ex traordinary circumstances last night on the steps of the custrms house. When the peace commissioners arrived they found the door of the eustoe-.s house locked and no one there to let them in. Accordingly they gathered on the steps of the building, snd while news paper men held matches, fountain pens were produced and the document signed. Four automobiles turned their head lights on the scene and when the sig natures were aff.xed the commissioners of both sides embraced joyfully, while a small crowd that collected shouted "Viva La Paz." Banker Must Serve Time. Washington. D. C. In commuting reeney was sentenced to five yearn He is 69 years old and said to be ill. Physicians testified that a long im prisonment would lie fatal. Taft com muted his sentence to 4 m-n th. Town Taken After 4-Day Battle. Cuerr.avaca. Mexico. May 22. (De layed in transmission.) The Federal garrison under Colonel Mur.guia today was forced to evacuate Cuautla. 20 miles southeast of here, after a fierce four days battle with a force of reb els commanded by Colonel Zapata. The Federals retreated to this city, where they arirved tonight. The reb els showed great bravery and are said to have lost over 100 men killed and wounded. Car Kills Whole Family. Newark. Ohio The entire family of D. W. Dodson, of Hebron. O.. was wiped out Sunday when an interur- ban car on the Newark division of the Ohio Electric Railroad struck their buggy and killed Mr. Dodaoo, Mrs. Dodson and their two little girls, aged 7 and 4. Cotton Ring May Be Investigated. Washington. D. C. Investigation by the secretary of commerce and la- bor "into the combination of cotton speculators in the United States or- nnitrA tn mr.lml nrifwa." with a view to criminal prosecution, it urged ia a resolution introduced in the bouse by Edwards, of Georgia. AEROPLANES FILL AIR. Exhibition Stage Past; Passenger Ma chines Common. Paris The one thing to be deduced from the principal event for the ap proaching aeroplane season is that the day of the "circus" meeting has gone not to return. Public an4 aviator alike are tired of circling around the derricks of at) aerodrome. The timid flutters of two years ago have been succeeded by long rambles from town to town. The practical ap plication of the aeroplane is in sight, for machines have been constructed capable of carrying 10 or 12 passen gers. A dozen schools In France are turn ing out pilots every day in addition to the list of more than 200 on the regis ters of the Aeronautical federation. To provide field for the ambition of these young birds, three great races hsve been arranged. The first in date and possibly also in difficulty, is that organized by the Petit Parisien from Paris to Madrid. Aviators have to pass, according to the rules issued by the organizers, for a distance of 60 to 0 kilometers over mountains nearly 4.000 feet high. This race is endowed by the Petit Parisien with a prize of 12.000 to the winner In addition, the Spanish Aero club gives prizes of f 10.000. The second big event is the Paris to Rome and Turin flight, scheduled for May 28. The prizes will total S100, 000. June will see the European circuit races from Paris to London and re turn. The flight will be begun on J une 4 and occupy probably two weeks. The prize aggregate ISOl.OOO. and already have attracted many entries. WOMEN FAVOR PRISONER. Alleged Dynamiters Receive Dainties in Jail. Los Angeles Women, not alone in the working class, but many of the wealthy and aristocratic order, have been showering flowers, books, candy and other dainties upon J. J. McNam arm. who on Sunday was again the re cipient of a number of floral offerings, some of them being sent anonymously from sentimental persona. Each day of late the prisoner bas received books and flowers from var ious sources, and numerous letters frorn Eastern friends and acquain tance and labor leaders, all assuring him of the writers' belief in his in nocence, and their willingness to do all they can to help him prove it. J. B. McNamara, while not included in these, professions of friendship to as great an extent as his brother, has received quite a few letters pledging him support in his defense. Ortie McManigal's correspondence seems to be limited to an occasional letter from his wife. His only vis itors are members of the Burns detec tive agency, who each day bring him cigars, fruit snd other luxuries. Both the McNamaras. continue in a cheerful frame of mind, but Mc Manigal. it is said, is beginning to fret at his confinement. CHINESE BANKER TORTURED. Ttui Report Says Rebels Dragged Victim to Plaza and Shot Him. Lareoo. i ex. At tr.e end of a rope which had been tied around his neck. Dr. J. W. Lim. a Chinese banker, was dragged around the plaza in Torreon. Mexico, until his body was a mass of broken bones snd bleeding wounds, ac cording to reports which have just reacned nere. From the same source of information details of a three-day battle at Tor reon between revolutionists and Fed erals were received. The battle is said to have taken place May 13, 14 and 15. resulting in a rebel victory. Dr. Lim was one of the wealthiest Chinese in North Mexico and was at the head of a banking institution con trolled by Chinese capitalists. After drspgir.g Lim around the plaza until life was almoot extinct it is rr ported that reriels shot him several times. He died within a few minutes. Wool Revenue is Needed. Washington. D. C House leaders are gratified that they are out of the woods on the wool revision question. The ways and means committee's de cision is that the revised wool sched ule will not place raw wool on the rrce list, but will cut the existing rates fiom 11 cents pound to 6 or 6 cents a pound or its equivalent in an ad valorem reduction. Leaders in each delegation were told that it was impossible to cut off the f 21,000.000 in revenue from raw wool and were asked to poll their delegations. Taft Sits Over Ton Ic. Washington. TY C. "VnffMaafn who get in to see President Tsft these aayt are not surprised to learn that he ia not womrine about th rial r Ad journment. While all Washington is sizzling wiut tne thermometer around the 100 mark, the president's office shows a temoeratnre of ln an The president sits over ton of ice each day, for the White House refrig erating plant is just beneath his desk. The cooler air is forced into th room. Ptsgua Kills 43 at Amov. Amoy, China Forty-three deaths from the bubonic plague and six deaths from smallpox were reported during the week ending Sunday. INDUSTRIAL DEVEWPMENT AND . PROGRESS OF OUR HOME StATE HOP YIELD TO BE SMALL. Oregon Raisers Will Gat Enormous Prices. Ss,s Buyer. Salem. "Hop fieM in the valley are full of missing hills and the crop this year undoubtedly "H smaller than last year. With this in view ami the fact that in May contracts are be ing written for 21 cents, all indica tions point to enormous prices for Oregon." saidJair.es R. Linn, a mem ber of one of the best known hop firms in the valley. ... "I kn w personally for Instance, oi one man who has reset b.WO hilU up to date. Practically s third of his ya-d is dead snd he has always had a full stand before. Last yesr the crop was not up to the consumption snl this year it will be even smaller. In fact, there are more hills missing this year than for many years, perhsps than ever before. The upland yanis are bad and yards that produced well last year show lots of hills missing. Cstlin & Linn have only 60 acres of hops of their own and are heavy buy ers, consequently this information is considered as having weight behind it. "The situation for the grower is better than it has been for years." is the way Linn summed up the situa tion. MARBLE CAVE DISCOVERED. Prosnaetors on Upper Dear Creak Find Winding Caverns. Grants Pass C. W. Walton, miner and nrospector near Dryden. and II. C. Perkins, ex-county surveyor, have discovered a marble cave on upper IWr ereek 25 miles south of this place and in the vicinity of the fa mous Josephine county caves. Mr. Perkins ami his companion were tirosiiecting to locate several claims for a Portland firm, when they accidentally discovered an opening to large and unexplored regions of the earth beneath their excavations. Lit tle exploration work was made a one candle was all the light they nan, The opening to the new caves is not large, but inside are deep marble re cesses. One csve is 40 feet high, and sev era! tunnels enter from different di rections. A party is soon to be formed here and with available lights the In terior will be inspected. In the underground passages the bones of bear and elk were found. An ivory spearhead five inches long, and a flint arrowhead were also found. TARANTULA IS PRITONER. Grocer Confines Specimen Received In Bunch of Bananas. Portland A. L. Bo warn p, an East Side grocer, had a thrilling experience last week with a monster tarantula. and narrowly escaped being bitten While hanging up a large bunch of Panama bananas Mr. Boscamp saw the tarantula. Dropping the bananas, he got a fruit jar and began the fight to imprison the visitor. The tarantula in the meantime had loosened himself from among the ba nanas. and when the grocer tried to place the jar over him he made several jumps toward his would-tie captor. once nearly biting Mr. Bocamp on the hand. After several minutes the tarantula was placed in the jar and is now on exhibition at the store. It is an uncommonly Urge specimen, rov enng the bottom of the jar. The ba nanas had been handled several times before Mr. Boscamp received tliem. Stone Bowl Unearthed. Eugene While grubbing out i stump on his ranch south of here sev eral days ago, W. W. Comer un earthed a heavy stone bowl, such as was used by the Indians for grinding grain and roots. The old vessel was buried several feet deep, at the foot of the stump. The bowl is about 30 inches in dismeter and 10 inrhvs high It weighs almost 50 rx.unds. and i carved, or grounl, out of hard blue flint. Old settlers say they have scv-n similar vessels in use among the In dians, who used them as nwrlnn in grinding. In spite of the hardness of mr ninicriHi me oiu veiwel is remark ably symmetrical. Pendleton Alfalfa High. Pendleton Alfalfa t..m. ,.,.... three feet four incehs high wore takm may v I mm the 40-acre held of M C Barragar. near town. The land on which this was grown wus covered with autre brush three years ago it was seeded and nw it is conceded to be one of the best fields of alfalfs in the eountrv. A. . ..- growth of alfalfa has not been as rank mis year as last. This is due to the unseasonably cold weather experienced Sans Fourth for Pendleton? Never. Pendleton PvnHtotnn oill ...i. i . " , ivivuraie the Fourth of Ju this v... tm. was the announcement made by the special Committee tmm tk. C... . cfal association appointed to canvass uie merchants snd leam their wishes In th matter. It will not be a "sane Fourth." Far from It Th-JS! ill not onlv be ttCrmff taat li.ft ...III L- encouraged to scream loud, long and Florence Sits Tshsn. n n . . """I'sny. ot rortland, have been in this vicinity for the few d,yi negotiating with dairymen s.y ierwT,'f ,heir "". 3 say they w, open , frr,m h up this section of th country rapidly PRUNE RETURNS BRIGHT. Willamstt Vsllsy Frultmn Conditions. 'Cutl Salem-Members of th pool of th Willamette Valley Prunegrowert' socistion met Wednesday in this city, a good representation ,of the principal growers of this section being present U consider market and crop conditior of the prunes of this section. A full rrport of th market cornli. tions of th world was presented bj the management, showing th proa peels to be good for the marketing 0f ik tirmM-ni emwinff cron. I,i. from representatives In the principal 1 fruitgrowing sections of P.urope , read. These reports indicate that tht . . , m 1- . i. i. . M stoCKS 01 uneu iruu mere are iigf, Reports from the large centers of this country, sre along th same line. A late report from California was read which Indicates th outside estimate of the prune crop ther to be 123,ogo,. 0K). ' This is considerably less than th estimate of two weeks sgo. A ge. eral canvass of the growers in regard to the local prune crop now growins, showed various estimstes from 40 to 75 per cent of a full crop, or an out side average of 60 per cent. Th hill orchards of this section, where usual!; the largest crop of prunes are ob tained, are showing light this Season, the main crops being on the loser land snd these are spotted. Hut wiii s medium crop snd good prices indica tions are the crop will show mud better returns than is generally re ceived from the larger rrupa, owing b the increased value of the large siuri fruit. PRISON CONTRACT MADE. Stovs Foundry May Us But 200 Convict Worker. Salem After several weeks ofdis agreement the differences betaran Governor West and Loewenberg, Go ing & Co. have finally been settle! and a new contract drawn up betvem the company and the state Under tlx new contract th company bas a limit of 2 DO men who may be employed h the stove foundry at the state pern tentiary. Under the old contract it was posn ble for the company to use all of UV men in the prison excepting those s ceaaary for the state to use about us buildings. Under th new plan UV governor will be able to requisition si: of the extra convicts for road work The working time has also been m from ten-hour day to nine-boor day, and provision is mad in the et tract that the company must provi space in its buildings for lavatorial and baths so that th men will clean when they attend their meek. A number of minor changes have bar made as well, relating to fir proter tion and Incidental matters in conrtat tion with the shops. The only bone of contention rrmait ing is as to payment for 1 1 convicti who have been employed daily aroom: the shops without remuneration to u state. The governor has insisted or payment for these, while the rornpaii; refuses, asserting there has bees Ulstmct understanding that the tn were to lie used in caring for trr shops and keeping them in shape ft the benefit of the state and it is oV rlared that no money will ever be pl for them unless the state sues and sue cessfully recovers. Barries Lata But Good. Hixid River A year ago Thursdi' the IIm4 River Fruitgrowers' uni shipiwd the first carload of strswber ries for the season. The cool wesUV of the past two weeks this yesr, ho ever, has held the rmp liack, and it" probable that no extensive shipmenu will le made until June 1. Despiv this fact berry pickers are beginnitf to arrive and pitch their tents on Ih river tints (..U.w the city. The Ilood River crop this ses; will be of fine quality. Estimates ' the crop run from 60,000 to 75,' crates. Farm Has Electric Plant. Pendleton Installing an Individui triecinc llirni ami imsrr n C' Spi-ncer M. licntley, a promise wheatirntwer six miloa north of ftt dletnn. has supplied his place wit most modern farm equipment. A ttf horse power ffsmiline enirine creneratn an ample supply of electricity. Fort! ngnrs supply the illumination neJ for dwell inir. barns and ahed. bi' conveniently . arranged motors pu"f nis water, cut his feed, saw his woo turn the irrin,Ui,.n r,,. .11 l other farm machinery. Wool Scouring Is Begun, Echo-With both th larire B''; wanhouses full to overflowing s' thousands of tall rut tit mntA stacks "B the platforms, th plant of th Lcho scouring mills has started osth "sson's run. Th run promises to "n usual, ior ine reason In addition to the half million no0" grown ami sheared in this viciniU msnv elina m k-; .ki...4 in fnn the outside. Thre carloads hsvs K arrived rrom Arlington, Joint Brides Refused. Baker-It was announced by Cobb? Juige llasche that th county court Baker county would not mak th T propnation of $10,000 for th Orrfw dnho bridge across th Snske ti' Urownlee. This means thst th bndr will not lie built, aa th appnipris"0. of llo.ooo each by th legislature t'regon and Idaho was provisional BP" appropriation by this eouwj'