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VOL. LI NO. 13,GSS.
PORTLAND. OREGON . WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1911.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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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
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"ALL GOD" OUT AN' NOTHLN'
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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
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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-
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