PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1911.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. L, NO. l.,G36.
FAFT DONS FIGHT
TOGS FOR PEOPLE
Congressmen Amazed
at Reciprocity Stand
LOWER LIVING COST HIS AIM
Cryptic Silence Is Answer to
Pleas to Alter Attitude.
NO FACTION IS FAVORED
Rrpablif-an Party Will lie Disrupted.
Prrlare Illjch Protection iats, but
President Rffows to Budge.
IVattlr Is Imminent.
WASHINGTON. Jan. H.-Embar-rassed
a mild word to define the pre
dicament In which member of Con
frrM have found themselves sine
President Taft submitted his proposi
tion for a reduction In the cost of liv
ing; throuajh the medium of reciprocity
with Canada.
High protectionists, confident of the
sympathy of the Executive, hare not
hesitated to iro to the White House
with predictions that the party will be
disrupted If the programme la Insisted
upon. Insurgent Republicans, many of
whom hare become unaccustomed to
visit the White liouse at all hare been
pursuing a policy of silence.
While some of them are ready to
admit that the proposed agreement Is
la. line with the tariff argument, they
fear to adopt It lest they bring "Upon
their beads the wrath of agriculturists.
President Shows No Concern.
President Taft la said to be about the
only one who la showing no concern
about the situation. lie Is said to
have met all arguments against the
agreement with a determination to dis
regard mere political objections, wheth
er they com from standpatter or In-su-genta.
He believes that what he haa recom
mended la right, and he has made tt
clear that so long aa he continues so
so believe, he cannot be dissuaded
from using every force at his command
to promote legislation to put the agree
ment Into operation.
That President Taft realised fully
what arguments would be advanced by
protectionists avalnat freedom of tariff
relations with Canada Is proved by the
fact that not a alngle member of the
ways and means committee of th
House, or the finance committee of the
Senate, was apprised In advance aa to
what articles would be affected by the
agreement.
Only Kxpcrts Called In.
His consultations were had exclusive,
ly with -the Government trade experts
and only such of those as were be
lieved t be beyond political Influence.
In nothing he has done since he had
been President, has Mr. Taft displayed
so Independent a spirit.
Progressive Republicans are deriv
ing some comfort from the fact that
Senator Aldrlch and Speaker Cannon
and others of the "old guard" appar
ently were as much In the dark as any
on else about the President's plans.
The progressives admit the situation
Is mystifying. They knew they had not
been called In with Canada's represent
atives, and now -they learn the stand
patters were equally neglected.
The question has arisen how Mr. Taft
can bring about favorable action on the
agreement without having the support
of some faction of bis own party in
Congress. Pome want to know If Mr.
Taft Is depending wholly upon the
known democratic support for the pro
gramme. People Are Counted Vpon.
Those who have taken the trouble te
talk with him about the matter are said
to have been told he counted upon the
people generally, the masses who think
he Is trying to-lower the cost of food,
to create sentiment necessary to In
duce Congress to act.
At the dinner of the Ohio Society
here tomorrow night Mr. Taft Is to
speak. It Is expected he will say some
thing about reciprocity, political lead
ers are wondering If he wis) tell what
he Inlands to do if the present Con
gress falls to set on the agreement.
There has been a deal of talk of rn
extra session If the reciprocity agree
ment falls, and It Is understood that
much of this talk was brought from
the White House by men who enjoy
confidential relatione with the Presi
dent.
Figure at Mis PWpoeal.
The tariff board, the bureau cf sta
tistics sed other bodies that are ana
lysing constantly the economic ques
tions Involved In the commerce of this
country are ready to fortify President
Taft with any figures he may r.eod la
carrying on a campaign of edueat'on.
These bureaus already -have prepared
much Information on the relation of ex
port trade to commercial reciprocity
with Canada.
This Information shows that neither
country has any advantage In the mar
kets of Europe. The Called elates and
Canada can get equal prices for gralrs
and other products of the soli, onltn
one offers articles of superior quality.
It Is recognised that the United Ptales
has always rouno a '" i .
Concluded en Page . I
BOY SEES SHOW;
SHOOTS MOTHER
BOItDKK 1MNCKR FILM ROVSFS
YOrTIIFTL VISION.
Bullet From Rifle Enters Woman's
Neck Near Bae of Skull.
She May Recover.
Mrs. Julia strand, wife of Adolph
Strand, of 240H Front street, is at St.
Vincent Hospital In a critical con
dition as the result of being shot wlti
a bullet from a .II-rlfle In the hands
of her son. Frank Norrls Strand, aged
II. The shooting occurred at 10:10 last
nlirht.
Returning In advance of his parents
from a picture show at which he had
seen the adventurous life of border
rangers depleted, the boy loaded his
recently-purchased rifle and Imagined
himself In the role of a border ranger.
Two or three times, he says, he fancied
he heard noises In the building and
stood alert, ready to .encounter any
danger.
Forgetting, he explained afterward,
-that the gun waa loaded, he pointed It
at his father and mother as they en
tered the door of the family apart
ment. He thought It would be fun to
snap the trigger, and cocked the rifle
and pulled the trigger when the
weapon was pointed In the direction
of Mrs. Strand. S
The bullet entered Mrs. Strand's neck
near the base of the skull. An opera
tion will be required to remove It. The
hospital authorities believe that the
chancea are In favor of recovery.
The boy waa taken to the police sta
tion, but was released In custody of
his father, after the story of the shoot
ing had been told to Captain Bailey.
BIG ICE CROP IS STORED
Bend Prepares to Make Reduced
Prices Next Summer.
BEND. Or, Jan. . Special.) This
season, although an unusally mild one
for Central Oregon, has witnessed the
harvesting of the largest Ice crop ever
stored at B?nd. By flooding meadows
along the Deschutes River an excellent
Ice pond was created. Thla Ice, togeth
er with more cut from the pond formed
by the power dam. ha been stored tor
the Summer trade.
Last Winter was unusually difficult
for procuring Ice. t: e price In the
Summer teaching MO a ton. It Is certain
this year that last season's prices will be
cut one-half.
In connection with the arrival of the
railroads, creating cheap shipping fa
cilities to other Central Oregon points,
a probable development will be that
Bend will become an Ice distributing
point for other towns to the north,
which, not being on pure living water,
are dependent upon the more or less
uncertsln artificial pond Ice made from
water led through Irrigation ditches.
AVIATOR LOST IN CLOUDS
Texas Scene of Flight When Bird'
man Gets Beyond Sight.
HOUSTON. Tex., Jan. :. Roland B.
Oarros was lost In the clouds for 1
minutes yesterday. He was trying for
an aeroplane altitude record and dls
appeared II minutes after ascending.
Then for ten minutes, he explained
after rJIghtlng he flew at about 4000
feet In the air.
Eventually he appeared a mere apeck
against the sky five mile from the
aviation field and headed In an oppo
site direction. Finally Garros came to
earth In a spectacular glide to a per
fect landing.
"I waa lost." Garros declared. "I
could not see the ground. When the
earth did come within my vision. I did
not know my direction snd the country
for miles around seemed nothing but
level plains."
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DESPERATE FIGHT
MADEFOR SHEEHAN
Murphy Preparing to
Call Reserves
"WALL STREET," CRY RAISED
Foes Charge Big Financiers
Are Back of Tammany.
REBELS' RANKS UNBROKEN
Strenuous Efforts Made to Force In
eurgent Into Line Bank Ac
commodatlons of Members
Are Point of Attack.
BT LMT1 F. LONERQAN'.
NEW YORK. Jan. . (Special.)
Prodigious efforts under the surface
have been made by Tammany Leader
Murphy and his allies to force the Dem
ocratic Insurgent under Senator Roose
velt's command to yield and vote for
William F. Sheehan for United States
Senator. All has been In vain. The
oppos'tton today seems as firm aa ever.
No material change la expected at to
morrow's Joint ballot of the Legislature.
The wisest have no prediction aa to the
outcome of the struggle. That Murphy
has the great financial powers behind
him In the battle to elect Sheehan Is
openly declared by the Independent
Democratic newspapers, which again
today aseert that J. Pierpont Morgan.
August Belmont, Thomas F. Ryan and
their interests are trying to force Shee
han through.
Murphy Is Desperate.
Finding that the cutting off of bank
accommodations to the rebels, refusal of
patronage and promises of future re
wards hare been futile, Charles F.
Murphy returned to Albany today In a
mood to adopt the moat atrenuous meth
ods to gain the election of Sheehan.
'Senator Roosevelt says you are hurt
ing the Democratic party by holding out
for Sheehan," said The Orcgonlan's cor
respondent. "Is that so?" replied Murphy.
Then he added: "I have nothing to
say about that."
Sheehan declined to soy anything fur
ther than that he waa satlsf'ed with the
situation.
Senator Roosevelt gave out a state
ment tonight scoring Murphy for h'a
attitude In the Senatorial fight. -Insurgents
Declared Loyal.
"Mr. Murphy." he said. "Is Injuring
the Democratic party by holding out
for Shoehan's eljctlor., and every day
he holds out the .leas chance Mr. Sheehan
has of being chosen. The talk that some
of the Insurgents may desert for Shee
han Is r'dliulous to those who know
the feelings aad sentiments of these
men. They are aa firm today In their
opinion as they were at the beginning
of the fight."
It Is known that Governor Dlx haa
been aounded with a view to his taking
the Senatorshlp as a means of prevent
ing of party disruptions. It Is no secret
that he is opposed to the tentative pien.
Meanwhile throughout the state Mur
phy la putting the screws on the in
surgent, through the lo.-al political or
ganisations, many of whom have de.
PICTURES REVEAL ORE
GON'S WEALTH.
One large section of the
Fiftieth Anniversary Edition of
The Oregonian, ' to be issued
February 4, will b devoted ex
clusively to pictures of Oregon's"
resources and industries. Eaoh
page will be given np to a sin
gle subject, such as dairying,
lumbering, general farming,
horticulture, mining, irrigation,
Jivestock, etc. The pictures,
which are from new photo
graphs, have been selected -with
utmost care. Their attractive
ness will be enhanced by decora
tions and sketches by The Ore
gonian 's artists.
Often pictures fell a more
convincing story . than volumes
of text, and it is certain that
this section of the Anniversary
Edition will convey a- compre
hensive impression of the state's
resources. But other ' parts ot
the paper will also deal with in
dustrial Oregon, special articles
having been prepared by, men
closely connected with the sub
jects treated. Every section will
be handsomely illustrated.
HOUSE MEETS FOR MINUTE
Only- Sunday Business Is Adjourn
ment Until This Morning.
STATE HOUffE. Palem. Or., Jan. .
(Special.) Fliteen members of the
House, were at their desks th morning
when -that body met only to adjourn
again until 10 o'clock Monday morning'.
Speaker Rusk was In the chair. There
were SO members In the city, but the
other five failed to appear until the
IE had gone through the formality of
meeting and adjourning for a day.
Sergeant-at-Arms Ely returned this
morning from Portland. He was head
ed off by a telegram at Tlgard yester
day, which asked him to discontinue
his search for the recreant members
who failed to appear Saturday.
"I could have captured every one of
them," was Ely's comment when he re
turned, "but the telegram put me off
the scent and I let them go."
STRIKE HALTS PASSOVER
Unleavened Dread Famine Knsucs
When Bakers Kefuse.to Work.
NEW TORK, Jan. 19 The output '
unleavened bread, eaten over all the
world by orthodox families during the
feast of the Passover, Is tied up by a
general strike of the Matzo bakers
here.
The strike went Into effect yester
day as orders were pouring In from
distant cities for the passover supply.
New Tork Is the center of the Matzo
trade. Strike leaders say 1000 bakera
are Involved In the strike which Is for
higher wages
DEPOSED KING PENSIONED
Manuel Given $3300 Monthly Now
by Portugal.
LISBON, Jan. 29. The Dlario de No
tlclaa announces that the Portuguese
government haa decided to pay a
monthly pension of $3300 to the de
posed king, Manuel.
A check for October, November and
December already has been sent him.
MAN.ALQNE, HOLDS
T
All: Stores ' Are - Closed
at His Command.
PATROL KEEPS PEOPLE IN
Citizens Who Try to Escape
Turned Back by Shots.
POSSE ELUDED AT LAST
Pistol Duel in Crowded Car Fol
lowed by Terrorizing of Mur
derer's Home City Blood
hounds Take . Trail.
HAMBURG, Miss.. Jan. 29. (Special.)
Following:. a pistol duel In the chair
car of a Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
train In which A. Heron, killed Charles
Stewart, the slayer terrorized the pas
sengers until the train reached Ham
burg, where he alighted, captured the
town and held the inhabltanta prison
ers In their homes for 24 hours..
Then he stood off a posse until he
could escapee. A large posse with blood
hounds Is searching the country around
Hamburg today but has found no trace
of the man.
Heron is the proprietor of a local
hotel. He and Stewart,- who was a
flagman on the Yazoo road, had threat
ened each others' lives. Heron went to
McNair yesterday and waited until the
north-bound train on which Stewart
was running, pulled In. He boarded
the train on the front end and walked
through the coaches, hunting for the
flagman.
Men Shoot In Crowded Car.
They met In the chair-car. In which
there were many women and children.
Both drew their weapons and fired. At
the first shot Stewart wounded -Heron
slightly. Heron's third shot took effect
In Stewart's breast and he fell in the
aisle,- mortally wounded. The hotel
man kept firing his revolver until It
was empty.
At the first shot the passengers near
est the doors crowded out of the door
onto the platform, while others cowered
between the seats. After Heron had
emptied his' pistol, he drew another
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OWN
BONDAGE
BOY SHOT 3 TIMES
WITHIN 15 MONTHS
15-YEAR-OM) WILLIAM HUNT
LEY, AGAIX IXJUKED.
First He Explodes Shell With Ham
" mer; Then Revolver Goes Off;
Jfow Shotgun Is Discharged.
KAMPA, Idaho, Jan. 29. (Speclal.)-r
William Huntley Is 15 years old and
within the last 15 months he has been
accidentally . ehot three times. Ths
afternoon while hunting he dropped his
shotgun and received a charge of buck'
shot In the thigh.
He was crossing an Irrigating ditch
north of -Nampa when the accident oc-
curred. He walked nearly a mile to
the interurban lino and rode on a car
to Nampa.
When ,he arrived here he was in a
serious condition from loss of blood.
A physician removed several shot.
He will recover.
T.nnt Summer A revolver was die-
charged while being shown Huntley.
The bullet pierced his hand ana en
tered the abdomen.
A few months previous ho exploded a
loaded shell with a hammer ana ser
ImiRlv ln-lured his hand.
William Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ij.
W. Huntley, of Nampa.
RATS MAY PROVE MENACE
Physician Sees Danger of Plague in
Rodent-Infested Ships.
nui.ic.n Ton 29. (Koeclal.) "Until
all ships coming to the United States
.loOTio-infasted China are stopped
outside the harbors of ports of entry and
the rats aboard absolutely aestruyeu,
. io -ui rnntlnua to be in grave
danger of a death-dealing plague, in
every way as bad as that now ragiue
the Orient."
This warning Is sounded by Dr. G.
..onv t niiqtnn. nrofessor of genlto-uri-
nary surgery at the University of Illi
nois, well-known writer and one of Chi
cago's best-known physicians, nr. wa-
....in.iw investigated the second
B jsuui.ij -
epidemic of bubonic plague in Australia
a few years ago, ana is one 01 iu
informed men on the subject in the coun
try. The rat flea plague of all types is
essentially a Chinese disease." said Dr.
Lydston. "If tha plague 's of a par
ticularly virulent type, as I understand
Is the case in this present Chinese
plague, and if the resistance of the vic
tim Is low, the victim dies before the
glands, which are really protective bar
.i.r. .rainst rjolsons n the blood, have
a chance to react. This accounts for
the lack of visible bubonic symptoms in
this Chinese plague."
FLOODS BLOCK TRAINS
Southern Pacific Traffic In Califor
nia Is Hampered.
is ANGELES. Jan. 29. Traffic on
the Coast line of the Southern. Pacific
Is seriously affected tonight as the
result of flood conditions in the north
ern part of Santa Barbara County.
The reports received at the local
offices of the Southern Pacific are to
the effect that the tracks have been
covered with debris at the Mud flats
west of Gaviota. The track is reported
to be intact, but it will take several
hours to clear it.
STORM RUNS BOAT ASHORE
Canadian Lighthouse Tender Lea
dero Beached Off Vancouver.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 29. The Can
adian lighthouse tender Leadero went
ashore near Bamfleld, on the west coast
of Vancouver Island, during a severe
snow storm today.
Two blades in her propeller were
broken and the vessel was beached. She
will be floated as soon as the weather
permits, and taken to Victoria for re
pairs. It is believed that the Leadero
was not seriously damaged.
REBELS CAPTURE
TOWN
Mexacali Surprised by
Force of 18
MOVEMENT MAY BE GENERAL
Berthold, California Socialist,
One of Rebel Leaders.
INSURGENTS WELL ARMED
Prisoners Freed and! Jailer, Delav.
Ing Surrender of Keys, Is Shot.
Mexican Government Un
able to Aid Townsmen,
MEXACALI. Lower California.. Jan.
29. Mexacali, the first border town to
be captured by the lnsurrectos, is to
night in full possession of the Mexi
can rebels. It was taken at daylight
today by a band of 18 rebels. The
only man to lose his life was the Mexi
can Jailer, who hesitated in 'releasing
his prisoners. He was shot with a
rifle, thrust through the window of his
office and instantly killed.
The customs-bouse was seized and
reinforcements are flocking to the
rebel standard from 'the surrounding
country.
The capture of the town is the first
sign of the activity of the rebels on ,
the Western Coast of Mexico. The
move was a complete surprise. It is
declared to be a part of a general plan
for tha seizing: of all cities in the
Northwestern section of the Republic.
Townsmen Chiefly Natives.
Mexacali is a small town. Inhabited
chiefly by natives of Mexico. It is on
the southern side of the international
line in Lower California, directly
across the border from the California
city of Calexico, on the Imperial Val
ley branch line of the Southern Paclfld
Railway, 41 miles south of Imperial
Junction.
Two men appeared to be In com
mand of the rebel invading party.
Leyva, who appeared to be chief in
command, gave his title as "El Gener
al, Jefe de Las Tropas Insurgents."
His aide was Simon Berthold, a Social
ist agitator from California, known In
Los Angeles and various Coast cities.;
Berthold and a party of eight men
arrived from Holtvllle, Cal., last night
and successfully smuggled a large
amount of fire arms across the border.j
They were Joined during the night byj
the insurgents from Mexacali and vi
cinity and at daylight marched to the
adobe Jail, where 11 prisoners were
confined. '
These prisoners were Insurgents who
had been arrested on order of the
Mexican government. A demand was
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 41
degrees; minimum. 2!) degrees.
TODAY'S Rain, southerly winds.
Legislature.
Senator Turner Oliver urges normal school
lor Eastern Oregon. Page 5.
Oregon Legislature wastes time In arguing
trifles; little really done, .fage o.
Asylum controversy takes new turn; bill
doss not autnonzo purcua.se. age a.
Foreign.
Mexican rebels rapture town of Mexacali,
In :wer California, fags l.
Rational.
San Francisco and New Orleans la desperate
final struggle for exposition, rage a.
Taft scores triumph as progressive In Can
adian reciprocity negotiation, fags -t.
Talt preposes to light for his Canadian recU
proclty agreement, rauo a
Polltlcs. Tamirany wages desperate fight to elect
Jslieenan. rags J.
Young McLean's parent regrets he pur'
cnased nooaoo, lamous nop aiamona1
rage X
Domestic.
Denver Jury decides Miss Msry Murphy's
second' codicil invalid. Page 3. -Barrett
Is In Jail at San Francisco unabla
to raise $ 2000 ball. Page 11.
Madame Karnes may not wed Bmlllo de
Gogorza. Pago 4.
Murderer holds whole town c&ptlvs 24 hour
page 1.
No clew yet found of misslnr Arnold girl.
Page 4.
Unidentified girl strangled to death in New
York hotel. Page 4.
Nervy policeman alone quells rictous New
York mob. arresting leaders. Page 8.
Sports.
Spaldlngs Indoor nine defeats Ryan's leag
uers 14 to 3- page 10.
All except four San Francisco veterans sign
lull contracts. Page 10.
Tip O'Neill announces schedule for Boston
Red Sox in California. Page 10.
Pacific Northwest.
Boy is accidentally shot three times within
15 months. Page 1.
DUllng Is picked as winner In Mayoralty
race at 8eattle. Page 2.
Coat of living Increases at Oregon Agricul- .
tural College. Page 11.
Portland and Vicinity.
Judge Taswell admits offering money,
through Qui C. Moser. to Major Kennedy
to withdraw from race. Page 0.
Witness before grand Jury will justify
severe measures by guard of prisoners.
Page 8. I
Commercial Club to consider enlargement .of-
Quarters. Page 14. i
Government to start suit to condemn blools.
S for postal site. Page 8. j
Local Chinese mourn enforced quiet of Ori
ental new years aavent. rage l.
Henry Thurston drinks acid, dying In street
ninth suicide in 12 days. Page 14.
Great Northern exploits Oregon's resources;
to the world. Page 8. i
Baker Stock Company presents "Salvation '
Nell" In masterly fashion. Page 7. j
Major J. J. Morrow points out Coos Bay's)
need of railroad. Page 11. I
Aftrr seeing border ranger picture drama
boy shoots mother. Page L
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