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f r t t - yfl inso PORTLAND, OREGON. THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1 INTERVENTION TUFT TELLS DIAZ Maneuvers Not Signifi cant to Mexico. MEXICANS TAKE NEWS CALMLY Many American Residents See First Step to Intervene. PEARSONS DO NOT PROTEST .Taft Says Army Mownent Should Cause No Concern to Mexico, and Dlas Sends Thank, but Skep ticism Is Prevalent. MEXICO CITY. March . Petting at rest all rumor that the United States la preparing lor Intervention In Mex ico. President Taft today sent to Presi dent Diss a telegram In which he says the military maneuvers being conduct ed alone; the frontier In Texas have no siantacsnce which should cause con cern to Mexico. The message wss transmitted to the Iepartment of Foreign Relations by Fred M. Ieerlra. Charge d'Affalrs of I. .f American Embassy. Following la the text: "I have the honor to advise your excellency that I am In receipt of In structions from my Government, di recting me to Inform his excellency. President ltx, through the medium of your excellency, that the President of the foiled States wishes to express the hope that no misapprehensions will result from unfounded and sensational newspaper conjectures as to the mili tary maneuvers about to take place la Texss anj elsewhere, and to give to President Ilas assurance that the maneuvers have no significance that should cause concern to the friendly neighbors of the United States to the south-- Itiaa Kxprce Thanks. To the foregoing General Diss re plied through Minister Creel and the American Embassy, acknowledging re ceipt and expressing gratitude "for the courtesy of explaining In such ex plicit terms the situation. A calm and dispassionate view of the mobilisation appears to have been taken here by the Mexicans. No excitement followed the appearance of the news. Dallies In Spanish as well as the Amer ican morning newspapers give much pace to the details of the movement. Many Americans Skeptical. In some quarters, nevertheless, the explanation given out at the White House as to the significance of Fresl Sent Taft's order was viewed with skep ticism. "This was particularly true as relating to American residents In the elty. many of whom professed to see In It the first step In a move toward intervention. Leading Mexicans who were ap proached for opinions declined, for the most part, to talk for publication, but privately expressed confidence In the good Intentions of the American Gov ernment. No Protect Sent lo Britain. That any protest regarding damages sustained has been msde to Great Brit ain by Dr. Pearson ha been denied by Ms representatives, both to the State Department and to the newspaper. Wal ter Gowe. Dr. Pearson's representative at Toronto, sent a telegram to the State Department, saying that the Pearson (Syndicate, a large British and Canadlsn construction firm, has made no protest On the contrary, he says, the company has done I'm utmost to minimise the extent of the trouble. Lord Coadray. who before bis eleva tion to the peerage some months ago w;m known as Sir Wee t man Pearson, and who also has extensive railway and mi ning Interests In Mexico, took occasion torUy to say be had made no appeal to his government for protection. "The statement that we Pearsons have asked for protection from our gov ernment Is absolutely without founda tion." said Lord Cowdray to an Asso ciated Press representative tonight. "No better protection than that which the Mexican government itself gives la re quired." Two Prsrwn Sjndlralrs Kxlt. The pres dispotche giving rise to ths confusion referred simply to "the Pearson Syndicate." Dr. S. K. Pearson Is the principal stockholder In the Mex ican Northwestern, the railroad which has been put out of commission by the revolutionists, and one of the chief stockholders In the Mexican IJxht & Power Company, which operates the Mexico City street ear system. I-nrd Cowdray Is the Joint owner with the Mexican government of the Tehaun t'pee Railroad, and Is the man whose oil land holdings In Mexico- have en abled him to become one of the moat formidable competitors of the Standard Oil Company. Both he and Dr. Pearson are subjects of Great Britain. DEAL WITH tH.VZ SfSPECTKU Washington Believes Two Presidents Work la Concert. WASHINGTON. March B. Official Washington atlll Insists, for publication, that the sole purpose of the sudden and tCeacludeo. ea Page a.) HOODOO FOLLOWS BIG HOPE DIAMOND K. T. M LE.VX AND Wire ARE SrED FOK PKICE BY DEALER. Daughter and Son-ln-Lw of Late Millionaire Walsh Decide lo Shun Hoodoo, but Fall. WASHINGTON. D. C. March l (Spe-c!al.-The hoodoo of the Hope diamond, which has followed Its successive own ers since the Jewel graced the corsage of the Ill-fated Marie Antoinette. Queen of France, has attacked the new own ers of the expensive bauble. Mrs. Evelyn W. McLean, daughter of the late Thomas F. Walsh, the multl-mllllonalre mine-owner of Colorado, and her hus band. Edward D. McLean, son of Joh t R. McLean, of Ohio and Washington. The first evidence to reach Its pres ent owners of the unpleasant noto riety which Is said to radiate from the exquisitely chlseleu facets or tn diamond Is shown today in a suit at law filed In the District Supreme Court by "Cartier" of New Tork and Paris to recover JlMW, the price of the gem. from Mr. and Mrs. McLran. A few davs after Cartier left the gem at their residence. Mr. and Mrs. MO I-.n decided, their friends assert, that they did not desire to purchsse It. and It Is said that several times since men the Arm of Cartier bed been requested to take the diamond back. 1 DIVIDEND DOWN, 1 UP President of w York Central Blames Rate Decision lor Cut. vvw TfiHK. March $. Directors of the New York Central Railroad at a meeting today cut their quarterly divi dend from 14 to Xfe per cenu -nlrhi President W. C. Brown Issued a statement announcing that the re duction was due to the recent aecisioa of the Interstate Commerce Commls- ilon denying Increased freight rates. a. re. ult of the decision." said Mr. Brown, "the New Tork Central & Hudson River Railroad has reduced its dividends from per cent to 6 per cent per annum. "Every economy that can be adopted and enforced, which will not result In i - tttrv t a the rjrooertr or Impairment of the service will be made; and. If the result demonstrates the correctness of the commission, the railroads win heerfullr ackuulwedge they were mis taken In their apprehensions." The directors of the Lake fcnore Mtchlgsn Southern Railroad, which Is wned by the New Tork Central, de clared an extra dividend of per cent. DIAZ IS IN GOOD HEALTH President Receives Admiral, Takes Walk Correspondent Sees lllm. MEXICO C1TT. March I. General Dlas received Admiral Lajorte and members of his staff at S o'clock today In the National Palace. At 8 o'clock tonight he was In conference In his town residence with the Governor of Guanajuato. In reply to a query from Barcelona today by a member of the President's staff, regarding the truth of rumors which had reached there. Colonel Tor flrlo Dlax. Jr.. cabled that his father was In excellent health. The President passed the morning In his office In the Nstlonal Palace and walked In Cbapultepec grounds as usual. MEXICO CITT. March 8. I saw President Dlas personally last night. In apparent good health. (Signed) WHIFFEN. Correspondent Associated Press. Mex ico City. WOMEN TO GUIDE HORSES Fair Rex Largely Represented In Entries for Pasadena Show. LOS ANGELES. CaU March 8. (Spe cial.) Equestriennes and feminine whips In large numbers will add con siderable Interest to the Pasadena Polo Club's show at Tournament Park. Pasadena. March If and 17. Entrlea cloaed today.. The feminine horse fan ciers will be Included among the en tries la larger numbers this year than ever before, while not a few will drive or ride their favorite stock for the ribbons and trophies. Among the women who are to be seen to advantage are Mrs. A. C An derson, of Seattle; Mrs. Frank Ilogan, Miss Ines Pearce. Mrs. Stuart Harper. Mrs. John Vlsher Elliott and Mrs. A. Klngsley Macomber. Mrs. Anderson will be a bright particular star at the show, for she has entered her string of seven equine blue bloods from her Seattle ranch and Is confident of win ning her shsre of blues. CHURCH SAYS "HATS OFF" Chehalls Edict Orders Women to Bare Heads at Prayer. CHEHALI3, Wash, March 8. (Special.) With Easter only a few weeks off. women of the Methodist Episcopal Church of ( '-.ehalls are dealt a hard blow by a ministerial ruling that re quires them to remove their hats during services. A resolution sdopted last night at the second quarterly conference of the con gregation's officers allowed them no ex ception, not even for the Easter cre ations. Rev. F. A. La Vlolette. pastor.. believes 'the rule to be a good one. but does not take all the blame for the ultimatum, ssylng other men at the conference mere Instrumental In bringing about the bat ban. ROADS PLAN FOR L Freight Rates to Coast Will Change. NEW CONDITIONS TO BE MET Two Distinct Schedules Are Being Considered. MEETING WILL BE HELD One Tarirf May Be Low to Meet Water Competition, Other Higher for Commodities Not Affected by Water Traffic. CHICAGO. March 8. (Spelcal.) Trans continental railroads will hold an Import ant meeting In Chicago next week, begin ning March IS, to check over the freight tariffs applying to both California and North Pacific Coast points and to dis cuss recommendations and plana which have been under consideration for a long time relative to changes .In the west bound rates. Soma time ago. It will be remembered. the transcontinental lines drew up a iviirm of rates to meet the require ments of the Interstate Commerce Cora- mtae4on. aa announced In some of the noted Western rate cases, the festure of which was an advance In coast terminal rates and a graduated system, according to distance, applying to the Interior nntnt. a full met of Dronosed rates was drawn up covering transcontinental ship ment. The transcontinental lines, however, are not agreed as to whst changes can or should be made In the class and com modity ratea to the West. That the railroad, nuv decide. In view of coming Important developments In conditions nntsblv the oDenlng of the Panama Canal to adopt an entirely new plan of meet ing water competition seems probable from some of the proposals which' will come before next week's meeting of the roads In Chicago. Two Tariffs to Coast Suggested. Two different westbound tariffs, each to contain a different scale of rates, have been suggested to coast points, one to be considered a strictly water competl tinn tariff, naming rates to Pacific Coast terminals only on hlpmenta which are subject to water competition, the other to name rates to the coust on commodities which are not materially effected by water competition, and carry a mgner basis and apply to Intermediate points on the same line. Important changea .are proposed on some articles on the ground that they are not water-borne commodities. The following propositions have been made: Firwt To continue the existing rates, except to make the New Tork ratea apply to all common points. Second To continue present rates from Ciilcsgo and points west thereof and apply same rates to Intermediate points, cancelling present through rates from points esst of Chlcsgo. Third Incresse present rates to Pa cific Coa"t terminals and apply such rates to Intermediate points. The proposed sctlon of the transcontln (Concluded on Page 2.) 1 OPENING INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS l The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 52 degrees; minimum, i degrees. TOPAfS Occasional light rain, followed by clearing weather ID the afternoon; south westerly winds. Mexican Revolution. London wonders what reasons for United States Army movements are. Pag. 3. Plsren.lon defeats Army of Leyva and Bert ' hold. Pag. 3. Tft sends telegram to Dlas assuring him Army movement does not concern Mex ico. Page 1. Mexican officials ' cannot conceal anxiety. Page 3. - Domestic. Speaking of Japan's ambitions. Navy League speaker urges powerful fleet for United States. Page i. lira. Trumbull's daughter loses suit for Bald win gold. Page 1- Transcontlnental railroads to hold confer ence on rates to meet water competition. Page 1. Ruef goes to work In jute mill at Esn Quen. tin. Pag. 5. Hocdoo of Hope diamond pursues latest owners. Page J- California storm passes away, leaving dev astation behind. Page 5. Battling fierce storm life crew saves eight men with line. Page 2. Government revises deal with connecting steamship lines on Panama route. Page 2. Foreign. Canadian Parliament refuses to defer sc tlon on reciprocity. Page 14. Pacllle Northwest. Oregon Masons will convene lodge on his toric mountain In holy land. Page 1. Washington House refuse, to abolish Land Commissioner Koir office as passed by Senate. Page 1. Victory of Powder Vallev Irrigation Com pany before Supreme Court is boon for Kaatern Oregon. Page 6. Actress once with Willie Collier marries Chinese merchant at Vancouver. Page 7. Striking variety of men elected by Spokane as city commissioners. Psge 6. Sports. Columbia University soccer tesm Is cham pion to Interscbolaatlc League. Page a. Portland seeks National Bowling Congress. Page 8- Cemmerrlal and Marine. - Active Oriental demand for wheat and flour Pass ID- Export buying and crop reports strengthen wheat at Chicago. Page 19. Stock market unsettled by Mexican situa tion, page lu. Prospects of deepening river channel east of sand Island discouraging. Page IS. Etrong demand for apples brings high prices. Psge 19. , Fortlaad and Vicinity. Prorrees of Grand Trunk Psoiflc Railway told. Page 12. Admen told that civic pride helps city. Page IS. Man accused of collecting Breslln Hotel rents denies Identity. Pag. 11. Cities spring up In Eastern Oregon. Page 10. Ordinance for censorship of playa and films offered In Council. Page S. Mrs. Urruh says W. C T. U. wants Dr. Lsne to run for Mayor. Page 20. Seamanship of Commandant Shepherd, of Naval Reserve, made international ques tion. Page . Millers buncoed by forged bills of lading. Page 14. MINERS RACE TO BEAT SUN Hundreds Start for Alaska Gold Fields Before Spring Thaw. SEATTLE, March 8. The steamships, Jefferson and Alameda, sailed for South eastern Alaska, with all accommoda tions taken. The stampede to Alaska Is due to the desire of miners and prospec tors to get into the interior before the snow trails are made Impassable by the Spring sun. Among the passengers tonight were 100 miners from Goldfleld. Nev., several parties of big game hunters, an orga nized body of prospectors from Salt Lake, and a large number of cannery em ployes. The shipment of freight to Alaska Is also so heavy that old steamers tied up la the harbors of the Puget Sound and almost forgotten have been brought out and put In service. The great high way of Alaska, the Yukon River will not be open, until the latter part of May. Cavalry Moves From Boise. BOISE, Idaho, March 8. Three troops of the First Cavalry, stationed at Boise Barracks, left tonight for Fort Huachuca, Arizona, on the Mexican border. WHAT'S UP, UNCLE SAM? . . . i . . i WASHINGTON LAND OFFICIAL IS SAFE House Kills Bill Aimed at Ross. INVESTIGATION ALSO DOWNED Vote Quashes All Action Against Commissioner. DICKSON HAY'S CHAMPION Representatives Disapprove Abolish ment of Office and Creation of Appointive Board as Urged -Early In Senate. SOLON'S IN SESSION LONG. OLYMPIC. 'Wash.. March 9. (Spe cial.) At 12:45 A. M. the Senate was still In session after devoting five hours to road bills. Nearly $2,000. 000 was appropriated for roads after the Senate bad shelved the Pacific highway project. The Senate's action has completely overturned the House road programme. The House at 12:30 A. M. passed the Senate bill for a fSO.000 bridge across the Lewis P.lver. The Legislature will adjourn to night. OLTMPIA. 'Wash.. March 8. (Special.) The report of the legislative Investi gating committee dealing with the affairs of some of the state departments and particularly with the State Land Com missioner, came to naught today. The House postponed indefinitely the bill passed In the Senate providing for the abolishment of the present office and creating an appointive board of com mlssioners to handle the land business of the state. The motion to defeat the bill was carried, 56 to 41. Ross Forces Win. After the victory had been won In post poning the bill, the House concurrent resolution providing for an Investigation of the Land Office was offered. A motion waa made to postpone this resolution in definitely and it was lost. Friends of Land Commissioner Ross then moved to reconsider the' vote by which this was lost and the old fight was opened again. The resolution was placed on passage again and was defeated by 30 to 64, with two absent. This disposes finally of any action against Mr. Ross. The Investigators' report intimated bad management in the office of the Land Commissioner. It was largely due to statements made by friends of Governor Hay in connection with the report and the incumbent on the floor of the Senate early in the session that the bill passed in the upper house. In the lower house today the Governor's followers did not place credence in the report and did not favor the passage of the Senate bill in its present form. They sought to abol ish the offices of the Tax Commissioner and Land Commissioner and consolidate them with the newly-created Public Service Commission, giving as the only reason a 'policy of economy and re trenchment. Leading the fight on behalf of the Gov- (Concluded on Page 7.) MASONS TO MEET ON MOUNT MORIAH OREGOXIANS TO CONVENE SES SION OX HALLOWED SPOT. Simultaneous Sessions of Grand Lodge in Portland and Palestine Tnicjue in History. ALBANY. Or., March 8. (Special.) When the Masonic Grand Lodge of Ore gon convenes In annual session In Portland June 14, next, three leading Oregon Masons will convene a session of the Oregon Grand Lodge on the slope of Mount Moriah. in Palestine, a moun tain noteworthy In Masonic history. It will be the first time In the history of Oregon Masonry that a session of the grand lodge of this s.tate has been con vened in the Holy Land. The men who will participate In the unique cere mony are Rev. J. R. N. Bell, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, of Corvallis; Professor J. B. Horner, of the Oregon Agricultural College, and Dr. J. L. Hill, of Albany. These men have calculated the exact hour, Palestine time, at which the grand lodge of Oregon will convene In Its annual session and at that moment they plan to be on Mount Moriah and convene their session. For 36 contin uous years Dr. Bell has served as grand chaplain of the grain, lodge of Oregon, thereby achieving the record of being the oldest grand chaplain in Masonry in the world, and he will at that time repeat his prayers as grand chaplain, though on the opposite side of the world from his brother Masons of Oregon. Dr. Bell has taken 32 Scottish Rite degrees and 12 Tork Rite degrees. In addition to 96 "Egyptian degrees." He belongs to the blue lodge at Baker City, the chapter of Royal Arch Ma sons and the Council at Corvallis, the commandery of Knights Templar at Baker, the Eastern Stcr at Corvallis, the Scottish Rite temple at Portland, and Is a charter member of El Kader Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Portland. RECIPROCITY GETS BOOST Reports of Ambassador Bryce to British Foreign Office Favorable. LONDON', March 8. Ambassador Bryce's reports to the foreign office on the subject of the United States Canadian reciprocity negotiations were issued this evening. In a communica tion under date of January 22 the date following the confirmation of the agreement, the British diplomat says: "As at present advised, I am dis posed to believe that British interests are not to any appreciable extent prejudiced. ... "The arrangement rests, in reality, on a growing realization of the fact that a high tariff wall between con tiguous countries whose products are economically Interchangeable is an in jury to both and is opposed to sound fiscal principles. . . . "Insofar as the arrangement over steps this basis it Is probably influ enced and will at any rate be publicly Justified . and defended in the United States of promoting closer economic re lations with the United States of the Western Hemisphere." HONORED DEAD WANTED Remoral of Body of ex-C S. Senator Baker to Salem Asked. MEDFORD, Or. March 8. (Special.) A movement to have the body of Edward Dickinson Baker, one time United States Senator from Oregon, brought from its present resting place in Oakland, Cal.. to Salem, Or., was started here last night at the annual reunion of the IllinoL. Society of this city. Baker was by birth an Illlnoisan and while for a time a resident ot the State of. California, it was Oregon which honored him by sending him to the Senate. On that theory the speak ers last night, among whom were State Senator Westerlund and District Attorney and ex-State Senator Uulkey, base their claims that the remains ot Baker should be given a final resting place ! the capital city of the state he represented at the National capital. BULLET SHATTERS WINDOW Caretaker at Home of Late Judge Williams Tells Police. Robert Coventry, who takes care of the residence of the late Judge Will iams. 41 North Eighteenth street, re ported to the police last night that a front window of the house had been : broken by a bullet. I Tuesday night a bullet was fired i through the window of the residence of! J. Glendenning. In the same neighbor hood, and fell under the dining table ! where the family was eating. Coventry did not know when the shot was fired ; through the window of the Williams residence. "BUSTER BROWN" COMING R. F. Outcault, Originator of Col ored Comics, to Live in Bridgeport. SPOKANE, Wash.. March 8. (Special.) Buster Brown and Tige hereafter will romp in an apple orchard, chase bear3 and wildcats and enjoy life on the bor der. R. F. Outcault, who draws the noted comics, with i"S wife and Euster and Mary Jane, the little sister of the pic tures, are to move to Bridgeport, Wash where Mr. Outcault has a big orchard tract. He will build a fine residence and will make Washington his home, says Charles N. Crewdson, the author. GIRL LOSES FIGHT FOR BALDWIN GOLD Judge Directs Verdict Against Plaintiff. SUIT IS BROUGHT TO CLOSE Jury Decides 17-Year-Old Miss Is Not Entitled to Cent. HER LAWYERS WILL APPEAL 3frs. Turnbull's Marriage to Notori ous Turfman Was Not Established by Testimony Declares Court, in Charge. LOS ANGELES. March 8. The Jury in the case of Beatrice Anita Baldwin Turnbull, the 17-year-old Boston girl seeking a one-sixth share of the $11,000, 000 estate of Luckv Baldwin, today, un der Instruction from the court, returned a verdict adverse to the claimant. Eight days ago arguments for and against a motion to 'nstruct the Jury to return a verdict against the plaintiff be gan, and a few minutes before the noon recess today Attorney Garret McEnerney.' of San Francisco, concluded for the re spondents. Only a momentary pause ensued before the Judge announced his decision blasting the hopes of the young claimant to the Baldwin millions. Jndge Charges Jury. Judge Rives delivered the following charge to the jury: "Gentlemen of the Jury We have about reached the conclusion of this case, contrary possibly to your expectations. The matter has been submitted to the court on purely- a question of law as to whether or not, taking into consideration all the testimony introduced and giving it full weight, wtth-the greatest "possible favor to the plaintiff, she has made a case. "In other words, do the proofs intro duced establish a marriage? Marriage Not Established. "After a cartful consideration of the matter and a thorough and exhaustive argument, both as to the facts and the law, I have concluded that under the testimony In this case there has been a failure to establish a marriage and therefore it becomes my duty as Judge of this court so to instruct you and di rect you to find a verdict accordingly." The Jury then retired and when it re turned brought In the following ver dict: "We, the jury empanelled to try the loo.m raised and Joined therein, upon tho direction of the court do And that there never was a marriage, either valid or null in law or any marriage whatever between the mother of said Beatrice Anita Baldwin, otherwise known as Beatrice Anita Turnbull, and the said Ellas J. Baldwin, deceased. Child Not Legitimate. "Tk.i Roatrlca Anita Baldwin, other wise known as Beatrice Anita Turnbull. is not a legitimate daughter or a legiti mate child of Ellas J. Baldwin, de ceased." The attorneys for the contestant noted an exception to the Instructed verdict and announced they would take an appeal direct to the Supreme Court. The suit to break the Baldwin will has been on trial since the first week In December. At one time. Just after filing the petition, there was said to be a disposition among the recognized heirs to compromise and procure an early distribution of the estate. The Baldwin estate was appraised at JU.OOO. 000, but Is commonly reputed to be worth twice that sum. One heir is un derstood to have held out against any compromise with Miss Turnbull, and the fight was decided upon. Mrs. Turnbull Star Witness. At the trial. Mrs. Lillian Ashley Turn bull, mother of the girl, was the star witness on the side of the contestant, her daughter. Mrs. Turnbull testified that Baldwin had married her by con tract on March 3, 1892, upon her visit to him in San Francisco to accept his of fer to adopt her, then a young woman, as his daughter. She left him the fol lowing May when she learned that he already had a wife, and her daughter wna horn a few months later. Attorneys for the estate cross examined Mrs. Turnbull as to why she dil not, in the seduction case against Baldwin, speak of the mar riage contract. When she answered that she did not know why she did not, she was asked if she was not aware that a wife, contract or otherwise, could not sue for seduction. In the motion of the directed verdict counsel for the estate made two points that even if there was a marriage contract, which was denied, there was no marriage, because of the legal provision that such functions must be followed by general knowledge on the part of outsiders of the marital relations of the parties, and that should Miss Turnbull be declared a legitimate daughter of Baldwin and a legal heir, she could In no case Inherit more than J10. The latter case grew out of the provision of Baldwin's will, which states expressly that he had but three daugh ters, but that if any others came for ward and were recognized, they should have $10 each and no mora.