VOL. XLIXNO. 15,067. PORTLAND, OREGON. SATURDAY, MARCH 1.5, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. REFERENDUM MAY BE USED ON 0. A. U. Petitions Started by Normal Lobby. 700 SIGNATURES AT ASHLAND Would Hold Up Special Fund for State College. NEW ISSUE NORMAL FIGHT Olovement May Keopcn Battle at Special Session of Legislature and Threatens to In volve Many Issues. SALEM. Or.. March 13. (Special.) That a desperat effort n-ill be made to hold up the appropriation of J210.000 for Im provements and new buildings at the Ore gon Agricultural College Is shown by the statement of . K. D. Brlggs. Ashland at torney and normal-school booster, who stated while here today that a referen dum petition is being circulated in the southern part of the state, and lias al ready received 2500 signatures In Jackson County alone. Briggs states that the petition is being vory generally signed and that the re quired number of signatures no doubt will be secured. , Club for Normal Schools. This is regarded as an effort of the normal-school partisans to secure a vant age point from which to bring pressure to bear on the friends of O. A. C. in the scheme to reopen the normal-school fight. As only 6 per cent of the electors are required to refer the appropriation there seems to be no doubt of the success of the movement to hold up the appropria tion. If those behind it are in earnest. Brlggs, who was in the Legislature'sev eral years ago, was a member of a Southern Oregon party of boosters on their way to Portland to bring pressure to bear on the Multnomah delegation to secure support for the reopening of the normal-school fight. " Ashland Starts Move. From Ashland it is learnnl tht , referendum petitions have been forwarded to Attorney-General Crawford .lHr, i,;. opinion as to the correctness of form of the petition. Accompanying each petition iorwaraea to solicitors and circulators is a slip containing Information as to the manner of securing and attest I no- th. names signed and requesting that the pennons be forwarded to "Drawer J Ashland, Or." The appropriation bill for improvement at mo state Agricultural College is sep arate from the continuous appropriation for maintenance. The special appropria tions, totaling J210.000, are divided as fol lows: Thirty-five thousand dollars for new armory, $55,000 for rent! .i,.i tural building. $35,000 for new heating pimt. 5--U.000 lor purchase of additional land at CorvaHis. $5000 for construction of new greenhouses and $'30,000 for additional equipment not itemized in the bill. Arguments as Advanced. It is argued by the petitioners that the continuous appropriation for main tenance will allow the college to con tinue its work even though the refer endum should suceed in holding up the appropriation until the election in No vember, 1910. A printed sheet accompanying the petition sent to the Attorney-General sets forth the reasons for invoking the referendum. Tiie Legislature is criti cised for making such a large appro priation for the extension of one state supported educational institution in the face, it Is argued, of the various evi dences that there Is hostility toward paying large sums of money for state supported institutions of higher educa tion, as shown by the vote last June on the University of Oregon appropriation, which carried in the state by the small majority of 3580, while seven counties furnished large majorities against such an appropriation. Washington County led off with a majority of 74 per cent against the University of Oregon ap propriation. Linn followed with 73 per cent, Marlon with 70 per cent, Clacka mas with 69 per cent, Benton with 65 per cent, Yamhill with 69 per cent, and Polk with 64 per cent. Solons Accused of Incompetency. It is charged that the members of the Legislature are too incompetent to estimate properly the needs of the state Institutions, and that this special appropriation bill should have been re ferred by the Legislature to a vote of the people. It is pointed out that the invoking of the referendum on the spe cial appropriation bill of the Oregon Agricultural College at this time will not Interfere with the school continu ing Its work as far as maintenance is concerned. This, it is argued frees this referendum of the prejudice that obtained in the case of the referendum voted on in 1906, which held up the $1,054,429 greneral appropriation "bin for maintenance of the state eleemosynary penal and reformatory institutions in order to defeat the $113,000 for the ' maintenance of the then four normal schools. The circular declares that invoking of the referendum on the special ap propriation bill of the college will not produce any hardship and yet at the same time affords opportunity and time for the friends of that educational in stitution to establish its place in the (Concluded on Poko 6.) HARRIMAN MUM ON O'BRIEN PROMOTION WIZARD AVILLi NKITrtER. DEW XOU CONFIRM. Talk.- of Mexican Extensions and Says New Road "Will Open Gila Valley In Two "Years. PHOENIX, Ariz., March 12. E. H. Har riman and party, with their special train, were here a few hours this afternoon. Mr. Harriman made one statement, en couraging to the Southwest at least. when he announced that the surveyed line through the Gila River canyon, between "Winkelman and San Carlos, would be constructed within the next two years. Mr. Harriman, when asked concerning a dispatch from Portland yesterday an nouncing official changes in the Southern Pacific personnel, 6aid he did not care to discuss it, and refused to confirm or deny the facts stated. He admitted that he was traveling westward for a confer ence on the Coast. Regarding Mexican construction, he said: "The road is now complete to Port Mazatlan, on the West Coast. The line out of Guaymas in about half way up on the Yaqui River. Our forces will be concentrated south of Mazatlan, and we expect to make rapid progress through Southern Sinaloa and the territory of Teplc." CHAMBERLAIN IS PLEASED Tells New Yorkers How Much He Likes Direct Primary. NEW YORK, March 12. George Earle Chamberlain, new Democratic United States Senator from Oregon, presided to night at a meeting of New York's Civic Forum. The session was for the dis cussion of the question of direct primary nominations and the chief speaker was Senator La Follette, of Wisconsin. Before Introducing Senator La Follette, Senator Chamberlain spoke at some length of the Oregon direct primary, prefacing his remarks by a history of the conditions and events which, led to its adoption. "The Oregon law," he said, "has made possible one of the most remarkable protests' against machine rule on record the election of a Democratic Senator from a Republican state, and by a Leg islature in which the Republicans ha I an overwhelming majority. The people are so well pleased with the result of their new primary as well as with their initia tive and referendum that there is no likelihood of any changes in the law for years to come." WIRELESS CALL ANSWERED Wrecked and Battered, Schooner Ann J. Tralnor Is Towed In. NEW YORK, March 12. With only her foremast left standing above her decks, the three-masted schooner Ann J. Train or, of Philadelphia, was towed into New York harbor early today, after having been partly dismasted in a gale of wind off Atlantic City. The Trainor was dis covered in distress off the Jersey coast yesterday by a crew of fishermen, who reported her plight to the wireless sta tion in the vicinity or Egg Harbor. Pass ing steamers were informed by wireless and two of them went to the assistance of the schooner. SEVEN BURNED TO DEATH Ghastly Crime Revealed in Mexican Town, "Where Family Is Killed. PUEBLA, Mexico, March 12. Seven per sons were burned to death in the town of Resurrection when the home of Aug ustin Serrano was destroyed by an in cendiary fire. The theory of the police is that either murder was committed for the 'purpose of robbery before the house was set afire, or that the victims were chloroformed and left to their fate. The victims Include Serrano himself, his wife and their Infant child, which was found clasped in its mother's arms when the remains were discovered in the ashes of the ruined dwelling. ZEPPELIN NEARLY MILE UP Germun Aeronaut Jtcachcs Height of 3000 Feet. FR1EDBRICHSHAFBX, March 12, The Zeppelin airship, which went up from Lake Constance this morning, attained an altitude of over 3000 feet, a record height for steerable balloons. Varied and difficult maneuvers were carried out at this height with great success. . DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL English Held Blameless Regarding Killing of Garrett, MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 12. (Special.) Harry English, who killed William Gar rett, of Portland, Or., in a quarrel about a puppy dog last night, was released to day, the officials holding that Garrett's death was accidental. TWO HOURS' EARTHQUAKE Manila Seismograph Reports Huge Temblor 4 000 Miles Away. MANILA, March 13. Local seismographs recorded serious earthquakes continuously from 7:26 to 9:40 o'clocTc this morning. It was estimated that the region rr turbance was 10,000 kilometers distant. WOMAN REQUESTS KLEIN BE REMOVED StirringScenein Court room at Tacoma. JUDGE INSISTS HE REMAIN Mrs. Sauvageot Says Prisoner Has Influence Over Her. DEFENSE SCORES AT TRIAL I'rosecution Admits Moral Character of Defendant Shall Not Be Ques tioned Woman Hides Head "When Answering Questions. TACOMA, Wash., March 12. (Special.) With the admission df Prosecuting At torney McMurray that the moral char acter of Joshua Klein was not questioned by the state and the statement of Police man Albert F. Brown that lie was to wait at the Sauvageot home until the arrival of Attorney Fremont Campbell and Prosecuting Attorney Rowland before making the arrest of Klein on the even ing of Klein's alleged attempt to kill Miss Dora Culberson, the defense professes to have gained two great points in the trial of Kiein's case. Throughout the trial, witnesses for the state have attempted to show In their statements of what actually led to the assault as charged,, that Klein possessed a baleful influence over Miss Dora Sauvageot and Rose Karasek, which was immoral in many respects. This morn ing, during the cross-examination of Mrs. Nellie C. Suavageot. mother of Miss Dora, Attorney Charles E. George for the de fense forced the issue when he asked: Questions Disconcert iler. "Do you know of your own knowledge of any acts of immorality on the part of the defendant?" Airs. Sauvegvot was plainly disconcerted and appealed to judge Easterday. She was told to answer it with "Yes" or "No." The woman replied faintly, with head bent : "Yes." "Then, were any of these alleged acts of Immorality on the part of the defend ant directed against you personally?" queried counsel for the defense. Again Mrs. Sauvageot was embar rassed. With face flushed a deep red she appeallngly gazed at Judge Easter day. lVoman Appeals to Judge. "Do I have to answer that. Judge?" she queried with trembling voice. Prosecuting Attorney McMurray Jumped to his feet with the statement that the moral character of the defendant was not questioned by the state and. Inad vertently, not only carried the defense through what they say was a critical juncture but gained for It one of the main points at issue in the trial. Instantly Attorney George was upon his feet. "With that assurance upon the part of (Concluded on Pok 6.) SPECIAL REAL ESTATE NUMBER. ' The Oregronian will print to morrow, -with. its regular Sun day edition, a special real estate supplement. Activity and devel opment of the real-estate field are always a barometer of gen eral -business and industrial con ditions; and to the extent that the real estate market expands, the progress and prosperity of a city are marked. What the live real estate men of Portland are doing for the city will be set forth in the supplement. The great industrial enterprises .which have recently been launched here; the many fine buildings and beautiful dwell ings being constructed; the man ifold improvements in streets and in suburban tracts;, the large municipal improvements these and many other interesting things will be adequately set forth tomorrow, all with numer ous timely illustrations. Tt will be a number of great interest to the investing public, and there fore it will be a most valuable medium for the advertiser. LANDSLIDES KILL SCORES Mountain Falls on .Three Villages In Java, Spreading Ituin. VICTORIA. Y.. C. March 12. News of landslides burying three villages, involv ing loss of hundreds of lives, probably over 1000, at Pendjoleo, Java, was brought by the steamer Empress of China. A part of Mount Kentjana fell, eliminating the villages of Tgiboeboehan, Wardeng site and Telok Bengoe; but one man, one woman and two children escaping to tell the tale. The ground was still moving when the mail left, tons of earth slipping down. Crowds were flocking to see the terrible sight, while officials were carrying out the work of recovering the bodies, mostly buried deep below tons of earth. The stench was awful and pestilence was feared. Dogs and birds were, feeding on the corpses exposed to view. STEAMER MEETS ICEBERGS Tamarac Dodges 50 of Them North of Cape Race. PHILADELPHIA, March 12 Towering icebergs and a great area of field ice caused consternation to the officers and crew of the British steamship Tamarac when the vessel was several hundred miles off the Grand Banks, on March 3. The Tamarac arrived here yesterday from Shields and the report of her offi cers caused amazement in shipping cir cles when It became known that more than 60 Icebergs were passed. The ves sel was 200 miles northeast of Cape Race when the lookout reported icebergs ahead. The water was literally dotted with bergs of all sizes. PLUMBERS' TRUST FOUND Twenty-one Wholesalers in Milwau kee Made Defendants. MILWAUKEE. Wis., March 12. Twenty-one defendants are named by District Attorney Backus in a ' formal complaint today against the wholesale plumbers, alleging conspiracy in restraint of trade. The complaint is the result of the last grand Jury's investigation into the general affairs of the city offctals and private law violations. JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH LOS ANGELES CAST INTO Gil CHAOS Has No Mayor and Offi cials Yearn to Quit. RECALL WILL BE TESTED Harper's Friends to Attack Constitutionality. ANTIS READY FOR FIGHT Threaten to Recall Councllmen Who Vote for Smith, hut Are De . fied Harper Disappears and Business Wafts. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. March 12. tSpe- ciai.j Politically Los Anreles Is In state of chaos tonight, and there is no prospect that order will be established before Monday at the curliest. The city is witnout a Mayor and department heads are anxious to resign. The City Council today met in a chamber crowded with citizens Intent upon the straightening Out of the tangle that Harper's resignation caused, accepted the resignation, but failed to appoint a successor and put off action until Monday. Will Name Smith, Defy Recall. George A. Smith, an ex-Councilman has been decided upon by a majority of the Council as Harper's successor, and mere is little doubt that he will be elect ed Monday. His appointment, however will provoke as bitter a fight as that against Harper, and the courts will Anal ly be called upon to settle the mess into wnicn Los Angeles city politics has been plunged. . Councllmen Dromgold. Blanchard and Tonkin have been threatened -with th. recall in case they vote for Smith. They dery the Alexander element and declare that they will support Smith in spite of me threats. Attack Recall In Court. After a conference toniiht with c-r Governor Gage. John II. Calland. United states District Attorney, Oscar Lawler who, with other prominent ittornrr. agrees that the cause of the recall election has been eliminated by the resignation of Harper, the antl-Alexan der faction decided to direct its tlsrht on the constitutionality of the recall law Itself. An Injunction will be sought directed against City Clerk Leland. ,i. mandingr that he show cause why he should not be permanently enloine.i from calling the recall election, and the court will be asked to determine upon the legality of the recall at once. The Aexander forces promise a bitter fight on this proportion and demand that the election be held. They main tain that Harper's term expires March 26, the date set for the recall elec tion, and that Ills successor cannot be named to hold office beyond that date. Meanwhile Harper has dropped out of sight. Every effort to locate him tnrluv failed. Even Secretary Kennedy was in n'ontlnued en Fice 3.1 EMMA EAMES IN DIVORCE TANGLE SING Kit NOT CRITICISED 1XR CONDl'CT. Eniilo de (iopnrta, Memhcr of Her Company, Sued by Wire Recause of His Infatuation. NEW YORK, Mr.rch 12. (Special. ) Mrs. Elsa De OoKorza. the wife or Eniillo Do Gogorza. an opera singer, today ap plied to Supreme Court Justice Ogorman for $250 a week alimony and $25ritl coun sel fees, pending her sut for separation against her husband, who is now on a concert tmir of the 1'nlted States with Mine. Emma Eames. The suit is brought on the grounds of neglect and failure to support her. The decision on the appli cation was reserved. "We lived happily together." said the wife In her complaint, "until he went on a concert tour with one Emma Eames." Mrs. De Gogorza distinctly states that she has no cause for absolute divorce, as fas as she knows. In her affidavit Mrs. De Gogorza says that in September. 197. her hue band called on her and said that if she did not apply for a divorce he would starve her Into submission. In the argument which followed the appli cation Attorney Loewy said: "This cou ple got along all right until this man became madly infatuated with a well known opera singer, with whom lie is now on tour. I do not care to mention her name." NOTED DETECTIVE KILLED Joseph IVlrosIno, of New York lYrce, Murdered In Palemio.- NEW YORK, March 13. A special ca ble to the morning Herald says: Lieutenant Petroslno. of the New York police department, was shot and killed early this evening near his hotel. His assailants are unknown. He had come to Palermo on an important mission, which had for its object the protection of peaceful Italians in America. Joseph Petrosino was1 a naturalized Italian and one of the most valuable members of the New York Detective Bu reau. He was never seen at police headquarters and but a handful of the men on the force knew liim by sight. All the department's orders to him wer. transmitted in secret and he was of tre mendous value in ferreting out crime In New York's Italian colony. Scores of Italians, whose friend had been brought to justice through him. were sworn to kill .him on sight, but as he only fur nished the information on which arres's were made and never figured In them personally, he was unknown by even the Italians .He did valuable, work In break ing up the Mafia, and at the time of his death was on a mission connected with the Black Hand outrages. GET 'TIGRESS OF CORDOBA' Woman Leader of Mexican Bandits Captured After llerre Struggle. VERA CRUZ, Mex.. March 12. Augus tine Mora, referred to as the "Tigress of Cordoba," leader of one of the worst of the bandit bands In this region, lias been taken prisoner, after a fight In the moun tain rendezvous of the gang between the bandits and Rurales. The battle occurred a number of miles from Cordoba. In the battle, Pedro Perez, a Rurale Captain, and two of his men were killed. Three of the followers of the "Tigress" were captured with her. The woman was wanted for three atrocious murders and many acts of robbery committed by her band. She fought desperately, and it required three of the Rurales to place her in irons. HOLD-UP ROBS SIX JAPS Then -Makes Victims Aid Him in Ks cnje on Handcar. C.RRAT FALI.S. Mont.. March 12 An unmasked man last night entered the section-house t Hurnham, on the Ureat Northern Railroad, oet-upieci by six Jap anese. At the muzzle of a gun he made them deliver all the cash In the parly, about li. and then compelled them to get out the hand-ar and carry him to wards Havre. Three miles rrom that place he left the car and told the Japan ese to go hack to their section-house and keep quiet about It. The Japumve were so frightened that they made no report until late today. DREYFUS WORTH $100,000 rcidcnt of IMtthiirjr Hall Club ln- Mircd by Corporal ion. NEW YORK. March 1 The fiitn. hurjr Athletic Company, owners of the Pittsburg baseball club, today secured from the Equitable Life Assurance So ciety, a corporation Dolicv for Sino.- 000 on the life of Barney Preyfuss. The company is spending $1,000,000 on what promises to be the finest base ball park in the country, and the direc tors decided that the death of Mr. Dreyfuss would entail on them a finan cial loss equal to the amount for which lie lias been Insured. MUST LOOK FOR TRAINS Chauffeurs to Act Like Car Conduc tors, Says Federal Court. PHILADELPHIA. March 12. That the driver of an automobile, on approaching a railroad crossing, is bound not only to follow the ordinary rule of "stop. look and listen." but. If necessary, should walk to the track, like the conductor of a streetcar, was decided today by the United" States Circuit Court of Appeals. PLAN TO PARTITION CENTRAL America and Mexico in Secret Agreement? RUMOR FROM MEXICO CITY American Minister Recalled From Nicaragua. INTERVENTION IS LIKELY Zclaya Accused of Threatening At tack on Neighbors in Defiance of Treaty Two Big Repub lics of One Mind. MEXICO CITY, March 12. (Special There is a story current in diplomatic circles here, that is believed to be true, that the United Slates and Mexico have reached a private understanding and an agreement to divide Central America and annex Its four republics in the event of further disturbances in that part of the world. According to the story afloat here the question of intervention in CentTal Amer ica has been discussed between Washing ton and Mexico City for some time, and the conclusion has been reached that an nexation Is the only solution of the problem of ending the periodical revolu tions that have been the curse of Isth mlun republics. As a result of this pri vate understanding, which lias not been placed on paper, it Is said that the United States has consented that Mex ico annex Guatemala and Honduras, and Mexico has In turn given her assent to the annexation of Nicaragua and Salva dor to the United States. RrXWT.LS AMEHCAN MIMSTKU Taft Acts With Mexico and Threat ens Joint Action. WASHINGTON. March 12. Owing to the continued disturbed conditions in Nic aragua and ITesident Zelaya's failure to makn serious efforts looking to the set tlement of the Emery claims, the State Department today, by withdrawing Mr. Gregory, the American Charge at Man agua, and ordering the legation placed in the hands of the Consul, who will have no diplomatic capacity, practically broke off diplomatic relations with that coun try. Affairs in Central America have been (Concluded on Pftff 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Wrslbrr. YKSTKHDA YP Maximum temperature. . locrr's ; minimum temperature, 4 4 de -greta. TC1A Y'S Increasing cloud i new, probably followed by showers; southerly wiiid. lure. KB. Large deficit In Prance causes charge of w ante and corruption. Page ;;. HrittMi programme f-.tr na aJ Increase, l ate . National. Runrnr at Mexico city that Cnited States and Mexico ill part it ion Cent! al Ajneric. Page J. American Minister to Nicaragua recalled u ml Joint intervention threatened. Pane 1 . Democratic pln of attack on tariff bill. Page 3. Insurgents In Home ofTer com prom if ug gested by Taft . claim loovt-U's sup Ptrt and victory. Page 3. Secretaries ttnllinper nnd Wilson to Inspect irrigation and forest work. Pae 3 Domml Ic. 'f-hinif n finishes 1 1 -hour speech for do rens-e In uoper trial. Tasa A. Am hrorlie miners and operators disagree nnd conference ad.Purn. 1'mc li. Kx-Mitt- Treasurer of t'tali confe.- theft nf 7o.hmi: 9 in jail nd muku resti tution. 1'aye 4. May wheat advances '2 cent and all cror. ntn boosts price. Pas:a Civic chaos follow s H.irper'a resignation at I .os AnticUs; ust of recall thitti cried .'as J- KoorvrIt kI ves fa re ell reception at Oyvtet Ha. f'HJEe . Open singer' infatuation for Emma Etmej cause divorce ult. l'agf l. Hun t man refuses to discuss impend: nc offi . clal chances. I'afc I. Sport. ciety niisht" brilliant affair at Automo bile Shntv. FHifQ 1U. Knclfsh and Scotch soccer trams meet tv. da. f'ajte lit. Seymour discharged by VanaaT Me- (irw. of New York National rae . Hicen. Port land's new second shows up well. Page. 10. Mcl nlosh offers Jeffries $.V.oOO Johnson, and Jeff i i-s scorns Page JO. baseman to fight amount Inn I ests White in tame Irt-rour.d fight. Page U. Pacific Norlhwevt. Kcferendum tnav be Invoked on special ap propriation for Oregon Agricultural Col lege; movement begun by friend of normal school at Ashland Page 1. Normal school lobby sounds o ernor Pen -son; he refuses to dictate, but Insists special session should be short. Page 7 Spokane capita lists buying m at erf runt at West port; Hill road bclleed to be be hind move Page 6 Washington l.eclsliiture Investigation com mitter to mtvi March to define plans Pate ti. Commercial and Marine. Purchases by mllier strengthens Ijcal mheat market. page 1 7. Wheat advances oer two cents at Chicago. Page 17. Steambom men leae Portland for point on the Yukon and Tanana Rivers. Pat 16. Portland and Vicinity. Harriman ready to build Into Central Ore gon at once. Page k Womar.'a Club oppos marching of school children in row festival p ra.de. Page l Counsel fc.. railroad still talking in land grant suit. Page 1H. Attempt made to wreck passenger coach on Caxadero line. Page 1 3. Nine divorces granted In State Circuit Court. Page 16. rr. J. H. Cudlijvp. new pastor Grace M th odist Church, arrives. Page 1. Normal school supporters plan descent on special session of legislature. Page 7. Paving contractor In another fierce wraugla before Kaecuttvs Board. Pag 16. 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