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K VOL. LI NO. 13,GSS. PORTLAND. OREGON . WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. II ) r TAFT SENDS ARMY TO Threat of Intervention in Mexico Causes Quick Action, 20,000 TR03PS SEHTSOUTH Officials at Washington Call Movement Maneuvers for Training.' EUf TROUBLE IS SCENTED Britain and Germany Threaten to Protect Citizens. DIAZ' HEALTH BREAKING Joint Arm; and Navy Maneuvers on Gulf and Pacific Coast Seem to Be Cloak for Demonstra tion Against Koro.V- WASHINGTON. March T.-The most evter.slve movement of troop and war vessels rer executed In this country la time of peace la now under way by vrJrr of the iTesldent. the objective being the country north oC i. ;.! ran boundary and the water of tha ten oceans at either end of It. Twenty thousand soldiers more than one-fourth of the Army of the UnlSed States of all anna of the service are morlng toward the Mexican border. Four armored cruisers comprising; the fifth division of the Atlantic fleet, have been ordered from northern waters to the naval station at Guantanamo, Cuba. Moot of the Pacific fleet Is. or shortly will be. on Its way to assemble at San Pedro and San Diego. Cal and lOoo marines are preparing to make the Guantanamo station their temporary headquarters. Official. Spread Mystery. It was officially announced at the White House and at the War and Navy departments that the purpose of this great moblllratlnn. unprecedented save In war times. Is the training of officers and men under service condi tions an.! practice In co-operation be tween the land and naval forces. Other pains were taken by all official ly concerned In the matter to give thla color to the sudden activities; but these statements were accepted with in creasing reserve. The executive offices were steeped In mystery; the entire morning was given over to conference with officers of the War and Navy departments. Mexican Condition Bad. This thlrk atmosphere of mystery, and the efforts to minimise the Impor tance of the busings, lent a signifi cance to the fact that Major-General Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the Army. In an effort to elude Interview ers, slipped out of one of the rear windows of the President's office and beat a retreat through the secluded portions of the White House grounds to a rear entrance of the War Depart ment. The real significance of this actlv . ity. which has been confined appar ently to the last 4$ hours or less. Is thought to relate very directly to con ditions in Mexico and to the growing belter that the situation there Is by no means as satisfactory as tha Mexican government would have It believed. There are persistent reports that t-s physical condition of President Dlaa has lately become such as to alarm his adherents and that momentous de velopments are to be prepared for. Euiffcaii Intervention Threatened. one report current here today waa that the. Pearson syndicate, heavily Interested In enterprises in Northern Mexico, had appealed to the British government for adequate protection of Its own and other foreign 'Interests In preparation fur the chaotic conditions that would almost certainly follow any serious loss of prestige, to say nothing of the collapse of tha Dlaa government. It was said the British Ambassador had taken up tha question wuu th American State Department, with a suggestion that, unless the United States took Immediate steps to exhibit Its disposition and ability to protect foreign Interests In Mexico, the Euro pean governments, more particularly Great Britain and Germany, would compelled to do so. Artlvllj Glvra Reports Color. Of course no direct confirmation of this report was obtainable, but tha Coaciui4 ea i'ase 2.) ' BORDER MRS. RAWN IS SUING CASUALTY COMPANY WIDOW OP RAILWAY MAX SAYS DEATH WAS ACCIDENT. v Payment of Policy Held by Him When He Was Mysteriously Shot Is Asked In Court. ST. Lnns. Ho. March 1. (Special.) Mrs. Florence W. Rawn. widow or Ira G. Itawn. filed suit In the Circuit Court today against the Continental Casualty Company to enforce payment of 15500 on an accident policy held by her husband when he waa mysteriously shot in his Chicago home last July. The accident theory, on which the widow now sues Is that Rawn stumbled nd that tha revolver ha carried waa accidentally discharged. Rawn's death came at a time when the Chicago grand Jury was Investi gating Irregularities In the car repair accounts of the Illinois Central cover ing the period when Rawn waa vlce nmlilent an.i director of the road. A few hours before Rawn's death the Circuit Attorney at Chicago had an nounced that he waa about to invest!-. gate as to whether Rawn had any con nection wtlh tha Irregularities. Mrs. Itawn alleges that as the policy I was In force two years before her hus band's death. It is incontestable, but alleges that tha company Is contesting It on the ground that Rawn made in correct statements when he obtained the policy. AKED RESIGNS PASTORATE San rrsnrlwo Awaits Coming of Rockefeller's Preacher. SAX FRANCISCO. March 7. (Spe cial.) The action of Dr. Charlea F. Aked In resigning today from the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church In New York Is construed here aa the first step toward the acceptance of the call to the First Congregational Church In this city. I. H. Morse, a member of the board of trustees of the Congre gational Church, said late this after noon: "While I have not yet received from Dr. Aked a dispatch accepting the call we gave him when he waa here two weeka ago. I feel certain he will be come the pastor of tha First Church. The understanding between the trus tees of this church and Dr. Aked waa that If ha should resign from his New York charge, he would coma to us. He waa greatly impressed with the oppor tunity here for the work he desires to . .tall Jed the need for him In thla city. -Dr. Aked'a salary here will be $10.- 000 a year, which la less by 12000 than the New Tork church offered biro. I hope that by the first of May wa shall have Dr. Aked with us." COIN SEIZED AS ILL-MADE Centralis, Man About to Leave for Greece, Forced to Disgorge. CENTRA LJ A, Wash. March 7. (Spe cial.) Just as ha was starting for the Old Country with his hoard of savings of several years. Jalke Manacoulos. a boarding-house steward, was waylaid by some of his countrymen two miles north of this city last night and held until he gave up money they said was misappropriated while he controlled a community boarding-house. Manacou los waa forced to turn over several hundred dollars after he wss beaten badly. Manacoulos was formerly a labor agent In Tacoma and In Seattle and figured In a police complaint alleging sending of laborers to fill mythical' Jobs after collecting fees from them. Unless formal chargea are preferred against him he will go on his way across the continent to embark for Greece. 0. A. C. CO-EDS STIR TOWN Fair Sea. Attired In Gymnasium Suits, Hun Crosa-Country. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. Corva'.lls. March 7. (Special.) The monotony of campus life waa brok en for a few momenta tha other day by the appearance of a bevy of co-ed cross country runners. To see groups of men in all klnda of uniform chasing cross country Is so common that It has ceaaed to be Interesting, bnt the sight of a number of girls, clad In their gym naatum suits, sprinting across the cam pua led by their fair Instructor, waa sufficient to furnish a thrill for this blase community. With the opening of good weather the Instructors In physical culture for girls have Inaugurated the idea of tak ing their classes out for a short run la the fresh air. The practice probably will continue aa long aa the weather permits. SIRE IMPERSONATES SON He Takes Civil Service Job Boy Won. . Both Are Arrested. SAN FRANCISCO. March T. Because he took a position in the postofftce here which his son had won by com petitive Civil Service examination. George J. Regley, Sr.. waa arrested to day on an indictment charging him with conspiracy to defraud the United States Government- Regley'a son. George J, Jr.. was arrested on the same charge. The son passed the examination some time ago and was placed on the eligible list. When a position became vacant, his father appeared at the postofllce to claim the place. The father filed a bond of $1000 and assumed the du ties of the position before It waa dis covered that he waa Impersonating his BILL FOR INJURED WORKMEN PASSES Compensation Act Is Approved by Senate. HAY TO SIGN IT, SAY FRIENDS Teats, Author, Is Attacked as . "Ambulance-Chaser." MILITIA UP TO GOVERNOR Washington I'pper House Would Give Executive Power to Correct National Guard AbusesCapi tal Measure Wins. OLYMPIA. Wash., March 7. (Spe-clal.K- The Senate today passed the employes' compensation bill, which provides a maximum of $4000 to be paid heirs of workers killed, and has a system of pensions' for heirs and for Injured workmen. The measure was drafted by a commission, appointed by Governor M. E. Hay. which examined into the lawa of England and the Continent and proposed laws In other states. The bill has passed the House snd only awaits the signature of the Governor to become a law. Measure Is Compromise. Senators Collins and Metcalf, who had separate bills before the Legisla ture on thla question, made a strong fight against the Teats bill. Anally com promising on tha Metcalf bill. The only amendment adopted was the elimination of the provision that one of the members of the compensa tion board, shall be appointed from the ranka of Organised labor. It la said tonight that this change will be agree able to the House. Friends of Govern or Hay. said on tha floor of the Senate that he would sign the bill as soon aa placed in his hands. . Metcalf Attacks B11L In referlng to the Teats bill Senator Metcalf said that one of Its authors. Representative Teata of Tacoma, had framed a bill that waa not only com plicated and dangerous but that it In vited ambulance-chasing ' "Representative Teats haa the repu tation of being an ambulance-chaser in thla atate and he has reaped a big for tune through personal-Injury cases," said Senator Metcalf. "Does his bill wipe out the kind of graft that has made him rich 7 No. Under the pro visions of his bill the worklngman can't bs taken care of and damages will not be awarded In any important case unless the case Is taken to court. The bill I introduced will prevent ac cidents and will drive ambulance chasers out of the state." Scandals Are Feared. Senators Metcalf and Collins declared that the creation of the state Insurance department under the provisions of the (Concluded on Page 5.) "ALL GOD" OUT AN' NOTHLN' fifes' ffw ' iA dough m E f ' INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTKRDArn Maximum temperature, SO decrees: minimum. 44 decrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; variabls winds. mostly southerly. Mexico. - General Maus, ordered Bouth, leaves tonight for Baa. Antonio. Pass 3. Taft hurriedly 'orders army of 20.000 men and larre naval force on Mexican border, when Britain and Germany threaten in tervention. Page I. i Creel says there is no occasion for interven tion in Mexico by any nation, rage 3. Foreign. Corcoran' son tells how one Seattle lawyer tricked him and another undeceived him. I'age 5V Domestic. Minister tells Elgin mass meeting "interests" spent "-:. so Lorlmer could retain seat In Senate, rase 3. Ruef arrives at San Quentin Prison and Is now convict No. 21.811. Pegs 1. Storm causes washouts and floods in Call forala. Pag 2. Mr. ' and Mrs. Adolphus Busch celebrate golden wedding and - receive 1000,000 worth of gifts. Fege 4. Mrs. 'Rawn sues, iniurance company, alleg ing husband accidentally shot himself. Page 1. Admiral Cone says oil will soon replace coal ss Navy's fuel. . Page a. National , Alaska coal claims will come up for settle ment soon after Fisher takes office, re port. Page 2. Bellinger resigns on account of ill health; W. U Fisher is succetsor. Page 1. Lorlmer defends reciprocity and condemns talk of annexation of Canada. Page a. ((ports. . Henkle. Oregon University pitcher, refuses to obey DugdAle s order to report at once. Page 8. Flood threatens to ruin Santa Maria base ball grounds. Page S. Amerltsn tennis team proposed, page S. Northwest. . Decision against Board of Control In Pow der Hirer Irrigation case is revsrseo. Psge 0. Idaho Governor orders all property assessed at full value. Pace 8. Howard Elliott once with Burlington road which furnishes many railroad men to go to Gould lines. Page T. Rotary Club Involved In controversy over Nelson fender, psge I. Washington Senste passes laborers' com pensation bill. Page 1. Washington Legislature Insurgents call House while ball is in progress, rage o. Theodore Schsftenberg, Copenhagen's royal gardener, buys home In canby, ur. Page 1. Seattle election marks defeat of corpora tions. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Short orange stocks send prices higher. Page 10. Wheat lower at Chicago on absence of de mand. Page IS. Wool holders at Boston shsde prices, page ra. Block are firm but market Is dull. Page 19. Frank Clark. "King of Hobos." deserts ship at Llnnton. Page 18. Portland and Vicinity. Bev. Thomas Flstchar Royal dies at SO. Page 12. J. H. Albert, of Salem, charges treachery brought about vetoing of road bills. Page . - -J. P. O'Brien says Harrtman lines will seek quick, settlement of bridge controversy. Page 12. E. P. Tobln appointed receiver of bank at Lenta. Psge B. Promotion committee will Insist that pub licity cost be more equitably divided. Psge 12. Beckwlth names ""Roosevelt 'committee" to prepare for reception of ex-Presldeat. Page 11. Charles Coopey points out need of factories. Page 18. EGG RECORD IS EXCELLED Selected - Hens Outdo Average Vancouver Man's Flock. of ALBANY. Or, March 7. (Special.) Fifteen hens belonging to A. S. Hart, of this city, laid 842 eggs in February, thus eclipsing by 12 eggs the record made by 15 hens owned by W. J. Kin ney, of Vancouver, Wash. Hart kept the laying recorda of more hens than these, but In order to make a compari son with Kinney's figures he' took the record of 15 of them and found that .hey produced 342 eggs In the 28 days 5f last month. C0MHT IN" HOW IT LOOKS TO RUEF HAS BECOME G0HV1GT H0:24.8I Boss'-Three-Year Con flict Ends in Cell SAN QUENTi:. RECEIVES HIM Head Cropped and Mustache Shaved in Advance. HE WILL MAKE JUTE BAGS , Chief Grafter Finds Last Cliance of Escape Gone and Greets His Jail ers Cheerfully Lawyer Collins Is His Tailor. SAN QUENTIN, Cal., March 7. Abra ham Ruef entered San Quentin prison at dusk this evening. He began his life of convict service tonight as No. 24,911 with Convict Young, serving time for the murder of Police Officer Hynes, of San Francisco, and Carlella, up for grand larceny, as cellmates. George D. Collins, the San Francisco lawyer serving 14 years for perjury, who Is working In the tailoring shop, meas ured him for a suit of prison stripes.- Ruef, with several friends and the of ficers who had him in custody, traveled from Sausillto by taxlcab, being delayed until nearly 7 o'clock by the bad con dition of the roads. On arrival at the prison the party crowded through a curious throng gathered at the gate. Ruef cheerfully nodded to acquaintances and again to the prison officials within the yard. He waa taken to the turnkey's office, where he received his number and cell assignment. He was not taken to the barber shop for the reason that he had had his hair cropped and his mustache shaved at the San Francisco County Jail, but he was turned over to a con vlct for the regulation bath given all newly arrived prisoners.' He was then - taken to his cell and locked up for the night, having arrived too lata for dinner. For the same rea son his Bertlllon and DePue measure ments will not be taken until tomorrow and he was also too late to get his pri vate mattress and blankets tonight. He haa been assigned for duty in the Jutemlll and will go to work tomorrow forenoon, after a few hours' liberty to learn the routine of the place. By lunch time It la expected his suit will be ready, with his number- sewed on the breast of the Jacket, and thenceforth he will be known by that designation. ATTORNEY MAKES LAST PLEA Every Legal Resource Falls, but Effort Will Be Renewed. SAN FRANCISCO, March 7. Having had every legal resource In a three year struggle to escape the penitentiary, Abraham Ruef, former political boss of (Concluded on Page 4.) THE RAILROAD OPERATOR. OREGON ENTICES KING'S GARDENER NOTED DANISH BOTANIST BUYS CANBY HOEE. v Herr Schaffenberg, Once Head of Cop. enhagen Royal Hothouses to Rival Luther Burbank. CANBY, Or., March 7. (Special.) An eminent botanist, none other than Theodore Schaffenberg, former super Intending landscape gardener for the Copenhagen Royal Floral District, bids fair to be the Luther Burbank of Ore gon, with headquarters at Canby. Mr. Schaffenberg and family are housed in the old Wait homestead pur chased recently from the estate 'of the late Chief Justice Walt, Herr Schaffen berg making the Investment after as certaining that the soil of Canby and vicinity equals the famous Holland soil, noted for its fertility for bulbous plants. Herr Schaffenberg's fame in his native country is not surpassed by the fame of Luther Burbank in the Far West. His principal achievement was the perfection of the Iris, a bulbous plant of the same family as the fleur-de-lis. He was led to investigate the soil here by reading the United States Gov ernment report of 1909. Herr Schaf fenberg , says It will be his aim to propagate ' the rare plants of his native heath in Oregon and thorough examination of the soil assures him of success. ELLIOTT DECLINES OFFER Northern Pacific Executive Refuses Missouri Pacific Presidency. ST LOUIS, March 7. Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific, to night wired ' his refusal to accept the presidency of the Missouri Pacific to committee of New Tork men" representing the controlling Interests in the road. Following Is a copy, in part, of his message to the committee, the members of which he declined to name: "After very careful consideration of the very complimentary offer that you and your assistants have made to me about the taking charge of the Missouri Paciflo, I have come to the conclusion that it is best for me not to accept the offer. I havo been with the group of railroads with which I now work, all of my business life and I feel that my best work can be done In connection with these roads and the many friends and fellow-workers in them, with whom have been so intimately associated for many years." SALEM FIRST OF CAPITALS City's Gain in Population 231,9 Per Cent, Beating AH. SALEM, Or., March 7. (Special.) That Salem showed the largest In crease in percentage of gain as far as population was concerned for al of the capital cities of the United States and among the 20 leading cities of the country is information gleaned by ex Mayor Rodgers from a topographlo map Just received from Washington, D. C. The map shows the comparative gains in population as shown by the last census for all of the state seats of government and for the 20 leading cities of the country. Salem is first with a gain of 231.9 per cent and Los Angeles is second wiiu a gain oi ni.o. At me sa: e comparative gain for the next 10 years Salem will have a population of 35,000. NAIL SPARK EXPLODES OIL Washington County Official Dying as Result of Launch Accident. BET.TJNGHAM. Wash., March 7. Henry Cayou, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of San Juan County, is dying in a hospital at Anacortes, Wash., as the result of an explosion on his gasoline launch at Deer Harbor yester day. ' Cayou was making some slight repairs on the craft and a spark made by strik ing a nail with a hammer dropped close to a leaking tin of gasoline. Cayou was blown clear off the boat to the wharf, and the launch was wrecked. Cayou was found to be badly burned and the base of his skull is fractured. TEACHER LOST IN SNOW Woman Takes Wrong Trail Loses Direction In Timber. and WHITE SALMON, Wash.. March 7. (Special.) While the pupils at Bristol, four miles east of White Salmon, were waiting all the forenoon for school to open, their teacher. Miss Elsie McCul lough, was wandering through the, snow in the dense timber on the mountain, lost, having taken a trail that led her towards Lyle. , Men from the Swan-Haman sawmill went In search of her and she was found in a much exhausted condition, wet to the waist, and bewildered so she did not know directions. EASTERN ROADS GIVE UP They Decide to .Withdraw Rate Ad vance Before March 1 5. NEW YORK. March 7. The Eastern railroads decided today to withdraw on or before March 15 the Increased freight rate tariffs In conformity with the find ing of the Interstate Commerce Com mission. This follows a similar action by the Western railroads several days- ago. BALLINGER QUITS POST IN CABINET Ill Health Is Cause of Resignation. W. L. FISHER IS SUCCESSOR Taft .Reluctantly Accedes to Seattle Man's Wishes. CONFIDENCE IS EXPRESSED Taft Gives High Praise to Retiring Secretary of Interior Latter Declares He Will Prose cute Detractors. WASHINGTON. D. C, March 7. Rich ard A. Ballinger has resigned as Secre tary of the Interior, on account of ill- health. His resignation, dated January 19, was accepted today by President Taft, who at the same time announced the appointment of Walter L. Fisher, of Chi cago, as his successor. Within a few days Mr. Ball'nger will relinquish his office and his successor will take up his duties. Secretary Ballinger, In a statement Issued late today, declared that it was his purpose "to prosecute the arch con spirators who have been following me with the assassin's knife. The country shall know fully the Injustice of the attacks upon me." Secretary Ballinger tendered his res ignation In a letter on January 19, basing it entirely on the condition of his health. The President replied, ex pressing his confidence in Secretary Ballinger, his reluctance to accept his resignation, and requested the Secre tary to remain In office until the closa of the session of Congress. Request Is Renewed. Immediately on the adjournment of Congress, Secretary Ballinger renewed his request that he be relieved at a. date suiting the President's conveni ence, but Immediately if possible. To day President Taft in a letter formally accepted the resignation. Secretary Ballinger bade goodbye to his fellow Cabinet memoera at the White House today. It was the last ses sion of the President's council that he will attend. The Secretary later, in a written statement, expressed the intention to return to Seattle and, after a rest, re sume the practice of law. Walter Lowrie Fisher, Mr. Ballin- ger's successor, who will assume office within a few days, is a Republican and it was said that Senator Cullom, the senior Senator from Illinois, was consulted in regard to his appoint ment. Mr. Fisher has been notably active in the movement for the con servation of natural resources. Support Is Appreciated. The President has so fully ex pressed his confidence in me In his letter that I have only to add that I go out of office feeling that no man could have been more loyally supported than I have been by the President at ' all times, and he has my lasting af fection and my support in so far as my feeble efforts may be of value," says Mr. Ballinger in his statement. The department in all its bureaus is a better state of effective organi zation than ever in its history, in which I take pride, and wish to accord to the chiefs and other officers a full measure of Just commendation for their energy, loyalty and devotion to the public service. Their assistance and co-operation has been pf great ' gratification to me. The great burden of departmental work, added to the strain of contend- ng against assaults from wicked and dishonest men, has seriously injured my health and the cost of my defense . has not been less than $25,000 leaving me a poor man." Taft's Confidence Shown. The correspondence between the Presi dent and Secretary displays beyond ques tion the confidence which Mr. Taft has re posed in Mr. Ballinger throughout the long siege, and the indignation with which he has viewed the attacks on tha Secretary's personal official ' integrity. The President's letter of accept ance will be quoted first, as the logical climax of the correspondence. It was written this morning and is as follows: "Dear Mr. Secretary I accept your resignation with- great reluctance. I have had the fullest opportunity to know you, to know, your standards of service to the Government and the pub lic, to know your motives, to know how you have administered your office and to know the motives of those who have assailed you. I do not hesitate to say that you have been the object of one of the most unscrupulous conspiracies for the defamation of character that history -can show. Duty Is to Fight. "I have deemed it my duty not only to the Government hut to the society In general, to fight out this battle to the end, confident that in the end your fel low citizens would Bee that the Impres sions of you as a man and as the admin istrator of a high public office were false and were the result of a malicious and .unprincipled plan for the use of the press to misrepresent you and your ac- iConcluded on Page 3.) ED 1 05.2