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PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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FLEET
Flower Festival Today
at Santa Barbara.
TOO MUCH FUN FOR JACKlES
Officers Complain Men Forget
Duty for Pleasure.
EVANS TO RETURN FRIDAY
Will Join Flax Ship Sooner Thau
Fxpectrri Preparations for a
Magnificent Naval Pageant
i n -a n Fra nelseo Bar.
BOMBARD
WITH
BOUQUETS
SANTA BARBARA. Cal., April 26.
The Santa Barhjira flower festival in
honor of the visit of the Atlantic bat
tleship' fleet will hr-f?in tomorrow after
nonn. when at 3 o'clock a floral parade
and URtile of houqucts will call to the
mciii boulevard and to the Plaza del
Mar prarttraMy all of the officers of
the, fleet and Hn outpouring- of Cali
fornia ns for miles around. The Santa
Jtarrmra festival is largely a social
affair and leaders of society from all
actions of the state are gathered here.
Today was very much a day of
rest, a let up in the whirl of enter
taining for which the officers were
duly grateful. Too much merry-mak-Jng,
H is bcileved. Is poin to militate
against a strict maintenance of the
vplrndid efficiency gained by careful
traintng on the long cruise around
Couth America. Already the men are
tegtnntnc the think more of the pleas
ure pro-gramme at the next port of
rail, according 10 the officers, than to
the routine of duties aboard.
Routine Dulles Give Way to Fun.
As soon as the ships anchor the men
me anxious to get "on the beach' to
have a fling at the amusements the
hospitable people of the Coast are so
lavishly providing for them. Liberty
Is given to as many of the bluejackets
as possible. "With practically all of the
officers detailed to social duties ashore,
in accordance with Instructions from
"Washington, and with Immense liberty
parties decimating tne ranks of the
various divisions efficiency drills are
all but suspended.
Thirty-sir hundred sailors and
marines came ashore to day, but found
little to amuse them. The fighting
force on the J vessels at anchor in
he ocean roadstead outnumbers by
several thousand the entire population
of Santa Barbara. The men strolled
about the streets, crowded the boule
vards, where the decorations for the
floral fete are already in place, and
listened to the afternoon concert pro
vided by bands from the ships.
Return Mayor BoesLe's Call,
Rear-Admirals Thomas, Sperry
and Emory In full dress uniform and
accompanied by the members of their
eta ETs came ashore at 10 o'clock thfs
morning and officially returned the
call Of welcome paid to them yester
day by Mayor Boeske, Rear-Admiral
McCalln, retired, and other members of
the local committee. This afternoon a
tea party at Monte Cito was attended
by the Admirals and Captains of the
fleet and two other officers detailed
from each ship.
Aboard the battleship Missouri a care
ful inquiry is In progress to determine
the extent of the damage done yesterday
when the hish-pressure cylinder head of
the port enRino cracked and blew out.
It is feared that It will be some time
before the damaged parts can be re
placed. A tire in the plant of the Xew-.
port News Shipbuilding Company, where
the Missouri was constructed, destroyed
some of the detailed plana of the en
gines. & year and a half ago. it is said,
and this mill result in a long delay. In
the meantime, the disabled cylinder will
be- cut out of the triple expansion en
gine, which will be compounded to a two
cylinder basla. Thi will enable the Mis
souri to keep up the required cruising
speed from Santa Barbara to San Fran
trisco. It is possible the Missouri will be
left at Mare Island while the other ships
go to Puget Sound the latter part of
May.
Fvans Rack to Fleet Friday.
Rear-Admiral RoMey D. Evans. Commander-in-Chief
of the fleet, who came
up from Magdalcna Bay in advance of
the fleet, to receive treatment at Paso
Kohles Hot Spring?, of California, is
expected to rejoin the ships at Mon
terey on Friday next. May 1. He has
no informed Rear-Admiral Thomas, the
senior officer present and Acting Com
mander of the battleships. It had been
supposed Admiral Rvans would not go
aboard the Connecticut again until Santa
Crux was reached and anchors were
about to be uplifted for the sail through
the Golden Gate into the harbor of San
Ftancisco. Admiral Kvans return to
command will be of brief duration, as
he expects to haul down his flag for all
time two days after the grand review of
the assembled fleet. May .
The proposed call at Port Harford, on
the way to Monterey, has been cut off
the official itinerary of the fleet and in
stead of leaving here on Wednesday
right next, the ships will not sail until
the morning of Thursday, the 30th. An
all-day and a'1-night sail will bring them
to Monterey the morning of May 1.
The details of the entry into San Fran
cisco harbor and the station and maneu
ver of the ships prior to and at the
naval review. May 6. were announced
on board the Connecticut today. The
Atlantic fleet will sail through the Gol
den Gate alone, but the ships of th
Pacific fleet, the armored cruisers of
the t Virginia class, will join them
at Angel Island, just within the harbor
entrance, and the combined force of 45
ha'ttleships. cruisers. torpedoboat de
stroyers and auxiliaries will parade
through the hay to the reviewing an
chorage. The ships will anchor in four
long columns, heading toward Goat
Island and extending south In the bay
from a point off Market street and the
Ferry terminal buildings, past Mission
Rock, and on to Potrero Point. The
vessels of the Atlantic fleet will be at
the San Francisco lightship from the
time of their arrival late on the night
of May a until well along In the morn
ing of the 6th.
Four Hours in ftcvlew.
It is 'calculated that the Connecticut.
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turn to the Fleet Friday.
with Admiral Evans aboard, will pass
Point Bontta. entering Golden Gate ex
actly at noon May 6. The last vessel
of the combined fleets is not expected to
reach its anchorage position until nearly
4 o'clock, so for four long hours the
great display in San Francisco Bay will
be in progress. During the maneuvers
all ferry traffic will be practically sus
pended, and the waters given over to
the big white ships and the excursion
craft accompanying them.
The battleships Wisconsin and Ne
braska also will join the fleet at Angel
Island on the way to the anchorage
grounds.
STRIKE SEW ELDORADO
XOLAX CREEK GOLl KCXS AS
HIGH AS $1800 TO PAX.
Bishop Rowe Returns From Alaska
With Story of Fabulous Wealth
In the Far Xorth.
SEATTLE. April 26. P. T. Rowe, bishop
of the Episcopal Church for the ter
ritory of Alaska, who arrived in the city
today from the north on the Tucatan,
brings the first detailed authentic infor
mation regarding the bis gold strike on
Kolan Creek, at the head of the Koyu
kuk River. Bishop Howe was in the
Nolan Creek camp when the strike was
made and washed out $500 pans on the
Olson claim with his own hands and saw
pans washed out that ran high as
J180O. Nolan Creek is only about 200 miles
from the Arctic Ocean and there were
only about 12S men in the Camp when
Bishop Rowe left for the outside.
The strike was , made at a depth of
about 150 feet and about WM) has been
washed by- crude . operations, and It is
estimated the clean-up at the end of this
Summer will reach S1.000.nno.
"The big strike was made as the result
of an agreement between a number of
the miners who Imve been In the Koyu
kuk district since 18SS." said Bishop Rowe.
"All of these miners have been taking1
out sufficient Bold for grub stakes during
the past ten years, but have never at
tempted to go- to bedrock before.
"Lst Winter a number of the miners
at Nolan- Creek agreed to give 300 feet
each off their claims to the man who
would sink to bedrock, or to the pay
Btreak on his claim. This proposition was
accepted by a man by the name of Olson
and his partners. He was a lucky Swede
and struck the rich pay at a depth of ISO
feet.
"The gold is the highest quality of any
gold that has been taken out of Alaska,
running from $19.40 to 19.5 per ounce."
Bishop Rowe came out to go ' to the
lmbeth conference In London. England,
and will leave Monday morning for New
York to sail for England. The Lambeth
conference is a meeting of the bishops
of the Episcopal Church from all over the
world held every ten years for the pur
pose of discussing church affairs.
CATCH ITALIAN ROBBERS
Men in Kcno Jail Saitl to Hare
Xotorious Criminal Record.
RENO. Nov., April Sen-ante Davis
and Salvatore Luhano. two Italian con
fidence men now held in the County
Jail for rohbing a countryman of JlOnn in
gold after drugging him. are now believed
to be the same men who committed sim
ilar crimes in San Francisco at Twenty
ninth and Mission streets, securing 4,"iO;
San Jose, securing 00: Los Angeles, se
curing J900. and Victoria. B. C, where
J1400 was stolen. L. Dondero. I.uhano's
partner, was taken to Victoria for the
last crime, but Luhno escaped. The in
formation came to Chief of Police Burke
in a letter and postal both, from San
Francisco, and was unsigned.
Means Work for 2000 Men.
HUNTINGTON. W. V.. April 28.
After having been shut down for many
weeks as the result of lack of transpor
tation facilities due to recent floods, the
coel mines in . the Guyandotte Valley
fields will resume Monday morning. Two
i thousand men are affected, .
PI JERSEY 1,
GO DEMOCRATIC
Republican Bolt Makes
State Doubtful.
"NEW IDEA" TICKET IN FIELD
Effort to Wrest Party From
Corporation Control.
COLBY LEADS THE REVOLT
Wealthy Xew York Man Makes Good
Record In Senate, Where He Se
cured Defeat of Dryden The
Outlook Pleases Bryan.
BT I-IXTD P. LONERGAN.
NEW YORK, April 26. fSpecial.) The
Republicans of New Jersey are involved
in a nasty snarl, which will v probably
give th llectoral votes of the state
to the Democratic candidate, unless har
mony is brought about.
William Jennings Bryan has been con
ferring with various leaders, and is de
cidedly pleased with the outlook.
The bolt is being directed by members
of the "New Idea" faction. At a secret
meeting held in Orange the other day
they decided to nominate separate
tickets for Presidential electors, county
and city offices, and stand up and be
counted.
Although the Republicans have carried
the state regularly for a number of
years their popular majority has been
steadily decreasing. Governor Fort was
elected in 1907 by the narrow margin of
S013. although he was loyally supported
by the "New Idea"' men.
This faction is composed of Repub
licans who are opposed to the ring that
controls the party in the state. Its prin
cipal strength is in Hudson County (in
cluding Jersey City) and Essex County,
of which Newark forma a part. They
claim to control 30,000 votes, and cotb
servative, politicians do not believe that
these figures need revision.
Colby's Rise to Fame.
The "New Idea" party sprang into
existence in 1905, due principally to the
activity, of Everett Colby, a wealthy
young New York business man, who re
sides in East Orange. The year previous,
Carl Lentz, Republican boss of Essex
County, sent Colby to the Assembly,
principally with a desire to add "class"
to his county ticket.
Colby made a good record at Trenton,
but fell out with Lents because he re
fused to take orders from the "organ
ization." At the end of his term Lentz
slated him for retirement, but Colby
J-detled the boss, ran at the primaries.
and secured the nomination for State
Senator. This office, by the way, is of
considerable importance in New Jersey,
as there Is only one member from each
county, or 21 in all, and Essex County,
with one State Senator, sends two repre
sentatives to Congress.
Colby's victory was more than a personal
triumph, for he carried hla entire ticket
through with him. both at the primaries
and the polls. This gare the "-New Idea"
men 11 Assemblymen, a matter of impor
tance, when it is considered that the en
tire membership of the House is only GO.
Bolters Strong in Essex County.
At this time Colby also gamed a val
uable recruit in the person of .Mark Fa
gan, the Republican Mayor of (Democratic
Jersey City. Fagan also was on the outs
with his "organization" because of his
habit of urging various pieces of reform
legislation. . Fagan's third election oc
curred at the same time as Colby's tri
umph,' and the two men formed a working
agreement.
Despite their efforts, the "New Idea"
men met with but little success in the
shape of amending the laws. In the Fall
the bosses came to their own again when
Carl Lerrtz defeated the Colbyites at the
primaries and nominated a straight-out
machine ticket.
Essex County is ordinarily one of the
Republican strongholds of the state. Con
sequently it was a surprise to Major
lntz when every one of his candidates
was defeated, and a Democratic Con
gressman elected in an opposition strong
hold. The defection in Essex made the As
sembly Democratic, but the Republicans,
because of strength in the Senate, had a
majority of three on Joint ballot. Senator
Colby survived the wreck, being a hold
over, and he scored another victory by
forcing the retirement of United States
Senator Dryden. president of the Pruden
tial Life Insurance Company, who was up
for re-election.
Caused Defeat of Dryden. r
Colby and a few of his followers de
clined to vote for Dryden under any cir
cumstances. After several weeks of re
sultless balloting, the aged Senator retired
from the race, and Frank O. Brlggs was
elected.
With a gubernatorial campaign in pros
pect, the slate leaders worked hard last
Summer to bring the "New Idea" forces J
into line. J. Franklin Fort was nomi
nated for Governor, and a harmony ticket
agreed -upon in Essex. Another conces
sion made was that Assemblyman Will
iam P. Martin, a Colbyite. should be made
floor leader at Trenton.
The deal was carried out. but the legis
lative results did not please the "New
Idea" crowd. Toward the end of '"the
i session Leader Martin created a sensation
EVENTS OF COMINO WEEK
Tft LMm for raitMk
Coming event hich promt to
be features of the week's news. In
clude nine state conventions, the
centennial celebration of the Roman
Catholic Diocese of New Tork; the
visit of Secretary Taft to the canal
Zone for the adjustment of diplo
matic matters; a National conven
tion of the unemployed at New York.
City ; the movement of the battle
hsip fleet up the coast of California,
and the return to his flagehip of
Admiral Evans, and further debate
upon the supply bills In Congress.
Nle State CowTettas.
Republican state conventions will
b held In Colorado, PennsyU ania,
Vermont. West Virginia, Maine and
Maryland ; Democratic convention
in New Jersey, Connecticut and
Texas. The Democratic state con
vention in Connecticut will be held
Tuesday and Wednesday in New
Haven.
In Concrete the House wilt give
the entire week to the consideration.,
of the sundry civil bill, which is
really the JM of the big supply
bill to receive the attention of that
body during the tseion.
Caucus on Cm i'icy BUI.
The House currency caucus is
scheduled for some night about the
middle of the week. Mr. Watson,
the Republican whip, says there is
no doubt the caucus will be held and
he Insists that a currency bill will
be agreed upon at the caucus and
passed by the house. The prediction
is general among Republican mm-. .
ber that If any bill passes it wilt
be the VreeUnd bill. if that or
any other currency bill receives the
approval of the caucus it will prob
ably be taken up for consideration
by the house immediately after the
disposal of the sundry civil bill.
by boMing, and strained relations had
been renewed all around by the time the
legislators had reached their homes.
The ''New Idea" men have now decided
to cut loose' from the Republican party.
One of those at the conference outlines
the situation in these words:
"We have tried to reform the Republi
can party from the Inside; now we pro
pose to use outside treatment.
'Up to date our efforts have met with
no result. Before election, promises in
plenty are made; after election most of
these pledges are broken.
"A successor to Governor Port will
not be chosen until November, 1910.
Therefore, the gang does not see the
necessity of even promising to reform
until a few months before that dat rolls
around.
Sacrifice to Democrats.
"By running a separate electoral ticket
we will undoubtedly throw the votes to
the Democrats. . It is a good time to do
this, as Taft will undoubtedly be able
to win without our assistance. If he doe
not. -however, he will,. Ispow who la At
fault."
"The next Legislature will select a
successor to United Slates Senator John
Kean. of Elisabeth. Kean is as objec
tionable to us as Dryden was. We re
tired Dryden to private life, and now
the same fate awaits his former col
league. "We will demonstrate to the Republi
cans of the Nation that New Jersey is
a Democratic state, unless the new idea
forces unite with the G. O. P., and we
intend to remain independent until our
old party is thoroughly purified, and the
men- who now control it are driven into
obscurity.
"This is different from most independ
ent movements, because we are not
office-seekers in any sense of the word.
All we demand la an abolition of pres
ent conditions, whereby a few favored
(.Concluded on Pare 3 )
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 76
degrees; minimum, 43 degrees.
TODAY'S Portland and vicinity Monday, in
creasing cloudiness, with possibly show
ers; cooler; southwest winds.
foreign.
Tolstoi decries jubilee celebration for bis
SOth birthday. Page 2.
One list places number of Gladiator victims
at -84. Pace 3.
London reports theft in New York of mall
hags containing $MH.000 in jewels.
Pag 3.
Avalanche buries Quebec village. Page 1.
National.
National conference at White Houn to b
greatest assemblage ever held In Amer
ica. Page 1.
Politloal.
Republican bolt Jn' New Jersey likely to giva
state to Democrats. Page l.
Taft denies he in to resign after getting
nomination and to give Cabinet place to
Magoon. Page 2.
D meet fc "v
Mother goes to call sons and finds them
dead in weir. Page 1.
Revised storm figures place fatalities at 350.
Page 3-
Pacific CoMt.
Bishop Rowe tells of rich strike on Nolan
Creek. Page l.
Flower festival for fleet entertainment at
Santa Barbara today. Page 1. .
Sports.
Beavers break even in games with San
Francisco. Page 5-
Salem wins double-header from East Port
land Page 5.
Comment on Kroft-Johnson boxing match.
Page 4.
Industrial.
California Northeastern Railway completes
line to Dorr:, within 11 miles of
Klamath Falls. Tage 12.
Hop acreaire in Lane County will be larger
than expected. Page 12.
Monmouth people start new industries.
Page 12
Corvallis Commercial Club opens handsome
new quarters. Page 12.
Portland and Vicinity.
Night prowler holds up Patrolman Arnold
and takes his revolver.' Page 14.
Oregon Democrats will probably send dele
gation to National Convention instructed
for Bryan. Fage 14.
Father, mother and son swer't off trestle
by electric train, escape without serious
Injury. Page 4.
Portland Irish-Americans meet and pans res
olutions denouncing; proposed arbitration
treaty with England Page 14.
General Secretary Lawrence, of International
Sunday School Association, tells of work
at .White Ten.ple.. page 8.
Moy Facie Hin reappointed Chinese Consul
for Faciflc Northwert. Page "7.
Dr. Rroughr indorM-s Stat University ap
nroortsUnn. Face ft. -
M01T1 SLIDE .
ENGULFS . HAMLET
Avalanche Demolishes
Quebec Village.
THIRTY LIVES SACRIFICED
Inhabitants Killed as They
Prepare for Early Mass.
PANIC AMONG SURVIVORS
Hurried Preparations Are Made to
.Leave for Places of Safely.
HeaTy Rains Txrasen Snow
and Earth on Mountain.
BUCKINGHAM. Quebec April Half
the little French hamlet of Notre Dame
de Salette, 16 miles from here on the
Iievre River, disappeared today under a
sliding mountain, and at least 30 of ita
small population are known to have per
ished. The hamlet has no telephone or
telegraph facilities, nor is It on a railroad.
Meager bits of n'ews of the disaster come
In by messenger from the physicians and
other rescuers .who were hurried there
when the first calls for aid came early
this morning.
The River Uevre winds at the foot of
the hamlet, and a mountain towers be
hind. Spring rains for days have been
melting snow and ice on the mountain side
and streams have been coursing down
the river. At 5 o'clock this morning,
just as the little hamlet began to stir
for early mass, part of the mountain
started to slide toward theh river. It
tore a path of death and destruction in
its way and those who were not killed
when their homes were ' engulfed were
left buried in the mass of rock and earth.
Few Names Are Obtained.
Camilla I-apointe's house stood first in
the path of the avalanche. He and his
family of 11 are known ta have perished.
Eight others, whose names have not been
obtalned are missing, and the rescuers
are" "attempting to find definitely how
many more are missing. Mrs Pes Jar
dins' cottage also was swept away, and
she. wtth her two children, a domestic
and a hired man are known to be buried
in the landslide.
De Salette. like many hamlets of its
kind, rambles into the gardens and little
fields on the mountain side, so about half
of It wrs not In the path of the slide.
The sliding mass rushed with a roar and
spread out all over the iplace and dumped
itself in the swollen stream at its foot.
Survivors Prepare to Flee.
6ut off from the outside world, mes
sengers were dispatched to Houpere, the
nearest hamlet. Those who arrived first
estimated that at least a dozen houses
were crushed in the path of the landslide.
Buckingham .was appealed to. but the
flight of the messengers, across the
Spring roads was slow. Those first on
the scene found De Salette in a panic,
with' the uninjured ones packing their
belongings for flight.
The first messengers to Buckingham,
ordered 25 coffins to be sent to De Salette
and all physicians of the town were hur
ried across country with rescue parties.
CUTTING RATES TO ORIENT
San Francisco Determined to Drive
Tramp Steamers From Port.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 26. With a
view of driving tramp steamers from
this port a radical retf' tion of freight
rates on flour and g.-m for over-sea
ports, such an Chinese and 5apanese.
Is to be put in effect immediately on
all principal lines running out of San
Francisco.
It is agreed among the ship-owners
that the rate ot) flour will be reduced
ffbm $3 to 2 for shipment from this
port to Hongkong and Japan, and that
the rate on flour from this port to
Singapore will be 'reduced from $4.7o
to $3.50.
This, it is thought, will make it im
possible for tramp steamers to get
much San Francisco trade.
After the Norwegian steamer Horne
lau had backed into the stream today
it was discovered that her propeller
wa broken, and in order that she
might not lose any time workmen re
paired the damage under'' water while
the ship was in the stream. This un
usual task attracted a large crowd of
people.
MAY SLEEP FOR A YEAR
o Change in Trance Condition of
Mrs. Beulah Hawkins.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., April 26. No
chansre in the condition of Mrs. Beulah
Hawkins ia reported at the County Hop
pital. where she tomorrow enters upon
the Slst day of her strange, trance-like
sleep. Physicians at the hospital say
she may not regain consciousness for a
year or more.
MAJORITY MAY DECIDE
Bryan Democrats Likely to Abro
gate Two-Thirds Rule.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. April 26. So erioim has become
the opposition to Bryan in Democratic
circle that friend of the twice-defeated
candidate are talking ot abolishing the
twothirdfl rule which has heretofore
governed Democratic National conven
tions, and adopting the majority plan,
which has always been in vogue in Re
publican con entioru.
It has been pretty thoroughly demon
strated that Bryan will lack the support
of two-thirds of the delegates when the
Denver convention assembles, and the
determination of the anti-Bryan men to
block hts nomination is growing stronger
every day. As has been previously
pointed out. the opposition can prevent
Bryan's nomination if the two-tnlrds rule
prevail?, provided they hang tobether.
and tho talk of doing away with the
two-t birds rule is very strontr evidence
that the opposition is likely to combine
nntH Bryan Is out of the way. At least
there is grave danger that such a com
bination may be formed.
While the- opposition can control more
than one-third of the convention, it is
doubtful if they would hold the balance
of power should a majority rxile be
adopted. In fact. It is more than prob
able that Bryan will have the pledges
of fully one-half the delegates be-fore
the convention meets in July. If, there
fore, the Gray-Johnson forces combine,
and give evidence of their intention of
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Consul for the Pacific Northwest.
fighting to the finish, the Bryan men
are very likely to undertake to abolish
the two-thirds rule, and stipulate that
in the next convention, at least, a ma
jority of the delegates can nominate.
Under a majority rule Bryan would be
safe, but unless there is a change, his
chances will not be flattering. He will
unquestionably be the leading candidate;
he will have a much larger vote than
any man who is entered against him.
but can he get the necessary two-thirds?
Not if the opposition holds together.
GOES TO GALL DEAO SONS
MOTHER FINDS THEM SUFFO
CATED AT BOTTOM OF WELL.
Workmen Strike Flow ot Deadly
Gas Frantic Mother Goes
Seven Miles for Aid.
LAS VEGAS. N. M., April 26. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Zachary Taylor Cooper
went out to call her sons to supper
last night and found them dead at the
bottom of a 60-foot well. Digging for
water on their dry land farm, seven
miles east of Watrous, they had struc k
a flow of natural gas and suffocated
without a sound. A message was sent
here for a physician, but the order was
cancelled before he could start, for it
was realized nothing could be done.
Mrs. Cooper was on the ranch with
no one but her sons, WlIfR and Burk.
who had been digging the well for five
weeks. The odor of gas had been no
ticed before, but there was no thought
of danger. Going to the well last even
ing, the mother called, but there was
no answer. The rush of gas from the
moufh of the well told her the fate of
her sons. She was helpless and could
not even bring the bodies to the sur
face, po through the gathering dark
ness the bereaved mother stumbled and
staggered the seven miles to-Watrous,
where help was secured.
The Coopers came here six months
ago from Rosalia. Wash. . .
MEXICAN TROOPS MOVING
Rumored Six Battalions Are Going
to Guatemalan frontier.
MEXICO CITY. April 36. There is a
persistent rumor here today that-rumors
of a most disquieting nature have been
received by the Mexican State Depart
ment from Guatemala. According to re
ports. President EViaE- has called a Cab
inet meeting to discuss Central Ameri
can affairs. This meeting is said to be
scheduled for tomorrow.
Owing to today being a holiday It is
impossible to confirm the story. It is
declared that the United States and
Mexico have reached an agreement re
garding Central American affairs and
that important developments are about
to materialise. It is reported here on
good- authority that six battalions of
Mextcsn troops have been ordered to
proceed at once to La Pachultepeca.. on
the Mexican-Guatemalan frontier.
"Whether this movement of troops is con
nected in any way with, the recent dis
turbances in Guatemala cannot be offi
cially verified.
Portland Boy Runs Away.
SEATTLE. Wash.. April .-(Special.)
Henry Abbott. 17 years old. disappeared
from his "home In Portland Saturday
and his relatives believe he is making
an attempt to get to Alaska. A. M.
Thomas, of 410 Highland Drive, in this
city, was notified today over the long
distance telephone of the disappearance
of the Abbott boy. He asked the Se
attle police to capture the runaway
youth.
Schooner Makes Quick Trip.
SAN FRANCIf-CO. April 2. The
schooner Henry K. Hall arrived in port
today after a quick run from Newcastle,
Australia. The vessel made the voy
age in 82 days, beating the schooner
Minnie A. Clair. Captain Olsen. which
Is now out 108 days: the bark Wl
Scott. Captain Brown, now out 91 days,
and the schooner Hawaiian Isles, Cap
tain Mallett. now out 93 days.
GREATEST IN THE
'S
Conference of Notables
at White House.
GOVERNORS ALL TO ATTEND
Each Is to Bring Three Advis
ors From His State.
FIVE "ADVISORS-AT-LARGE"
Questions Affecting National Wel
fare to Be Considered All the
Presidential Aspirants tmt
Tan Will Be There.
WASHINGTON. April 94 (Special.)
When President Roosevelt calls to order
the opening session of the great White
House conference on May 13, there will
be gathered in the East Room of the
Executive Mansion the most notable as
semblage of men in the public eye that
has ever met In the history of the United
States.
The Governors of all the states have
signified their intention of being present
at this conference, and each will bring
with him three men, carefully chosen
from among the learned of his state,
to act as advisers in the convention. Be
sides the Governors and their advisers,
representatives of all the important Na
tional organizations, the welfare of which
depends in greater or less degree upon
natural resources, will be In attendance,'
and further, the President lias Invited
five special guests, chosen for their su
perlative fitness, to act as "advisers at
large" to the conference.
Personal Advisers.
Grover Cleveland, the only living ex
President of the United States, will,
health permitting, be one of these ad
visers. The others will be William J.
Bryan, who hopes to be President; An
drew Carnegie, industrial king; James J.
Hill, railroad monarch, and John
Mitchell, leader of labor. Every candi
date for the Presidential nomination this
year, with the exception of Secretary
Taft, whose duties' in Panama will pre
vent attendance, will be there.
Looking at the meeting purely from
Its historical side. It properly may be
said that never before In the country's
history have the Governors of all the
states assembled in convention for any
purpose whatsoever. Considered simply
as an epoch-marking event, the con
ference will easily take rank with any
assembly of public men ever held in the
civilized world, for at this meeting the
entire Government of the United State,
in the persons of that Government's
heads, will be assembled at one time, if
k for no other reason, the public will be
interested in the conference because of
this fact.
Subjects to Be Considered.
" .The reading public is more or less fa
miliar with the preliminary steps that
have been taken for the coming con
ference and newspaper readers are aware"
of the Incidents that led up to the calling
of the meeting, but few have considered
the magnitude of the topics to be dis
cussed or' the crying necessities that
made the conference imperative.
Ttie range of subjects to be discussed
will cover the entire programme of Na
tional conservation, preservation of exist
ing forests, and reforestation of lands at
present producing nothing, storage of sur-
plus waters, inland waterways. Irriga
tion, conservatiSn of minerals coal, iron,
etc. and the prevention of waste in
mining, relations of waterways to trans
portation and the relation of railways to
water lines of carriage, 'prevention of
floods and their consequent destruction of
life and property, care of the ranse
lands of the West, their re-grassing and
proper utilization; these are a few of
the grand divisions of the questions to
be threshed out at the conference.
EVANS TAKES AUTO RIDE
Admiral Continues to Improve la
Health at Paso Kobles.
BA.SO ROBLES HOT SPRINGS, Cal.,
April 26. Rear-Admiral Evana con
tinues to improve. Today he enjoyed
an automobile ride to Old Mission San
Miguel, nine miles from Paso Robles
Hot Springs. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Evans, Dr. McDonald and James
Horsburgh. Jr., general passeng-er
agent of the Southern Pacific.
Flag Lieutenant C. R. Train, Lieu
tenant Evans and Mrs. Marsh, daugh
ter of tne Admiral, left Paso Robles
today to attend the festival at Santa
Barbara.
SEVEREJSTORM IN ENGLAND
Railway Traffic Crippled and Crops
Damaged by Cold Snap.
IiON'DOX. April- -6. A remarkable bliz
zard, the worst experienced In the South
of England since 1S81. continued prac
tically all over the United Kingdom
throughout Friday night and Saturday
until Saturday midnight. Telegraph and
telephone service was disorganized and
railway traffic has been seriously de
layed. Enormous damage has been done,
especially to the young fruit crops.
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