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V VOL. LI-NO. 15,090. . . ZZZZZi . I I UNCLE SARI 10 PUTEHD TO Army and Navy Movement Directed at Mexican Revolutionists. HOKROE DOCTRINE AT STAKE Move Made to Forestall Pos sible Representations by European Powers. MEXICO MAY BE INVADED Inarchy Feared if Diaz Death Should Come Suddenly. OPPORTUNITY NOW SEIZED Necessity of Guarding Whole Mexi can Border Allows Army to Dis play Celerity With Which Troops Can Mobilize. WASHINGTON'. March . That the Administration haa decided to dissemble no longer Its reasons for the sudden and unprecedented movement of troops to the Mexican - border Is Indicated by a dispatch. received tonight from the staff corrrepondent of the Associated Press, who Is accompanying President Tift on his Journey to Atlanta. 'The dispatch, dated Charlottesville, Vt, throunh which place the President's train passed tonight at 7:1 o'clock, la aa follows: "All doubt aa to the purpose of the Oovernment In sending J'J.OuO troops to the Mexican border has at last been swept away. The United States hss de termined that the revolution In the re public to the south must (ml. "The American troots have been sent to form a solid military wal) along the Klo Grande to stop filibustering, and to see thst there Is no further smuggling of arms and men across the Interna tional boundary. Smuggling of Arm to Slop. "It Is believed that, with this source of contrsbrand supplies rut off. the In surrectionary movement which haa dis turbed renditions generally for nearly a year, without accomplishing anything j like the formation of a responsible Inde- j pendent government, will speedily come to a dose. . "President Taft. on his wsy to Atlanta and Augusta for a ten days' vacation, j passed through here at 7:10 o'clock to- alg-ht. lie appeared satisfied with the j situation. There la a general belief that the rapid movement of troops Into Texas and Southern California will so speedily accomplish Its purpose that the uet re sults In the end will constitute a val uable lesson In quick mobilisation of an effective fighting force that will prove a revelation to the country at large, to the critics of the Army In particular and a Justification of the diplomatically worded explanations that have been given out from official sources in Wash ington. Europe Preparing? to Act. "There no longer Is reason to doubt thst the sudden move on the part of the American Government was the result of either unofficial representations from foreign governments regarding the sit uation In Mexico or the Intimation that several European powers were sounding each other aa to the desirability of mak- ' Ing representations to the United States at an early date. "At any rate, the matter was put up to the Administration In such a way as to call for the quickest sort of action. The necessity of this speed of mobilisa tion was seised upon by the War Depart ment as a heaven-sent opportunity to answer critics, both In and out of Con gress, and that interpretation was put upon the movement. "There was little doubt In the minds of ttuve officials that the true meaning of the. 'maneuvers' soon would be known and the logical Interpretation so quickly put upon the movement of the troops unquestionably disconcerted the Admin istration officials, from President Taft down. If Dlas Dies. May Occupy Mexico. "The Washington Oovernment unex pectedly found Itself confronted by the necessity of throwing an army along the border line of Mexico to exop the source of supply to the revolutionists, and to be In a position to Invade Mexico at a moment's notice In the event of the death of President Diss or sny other untoward circumstance which might pre cipitate general fighting or rioting. Xc ma represented at the 9tate De partment that the Tnlted States must act and act quickly. If the Monroe Doc (Coacluded ea lege - UPRISING MANUEL WILL TRY TO REGAIN THRONE STKOXG MOVEMEST BY PORTC GCESE MONARCHISTS DREWS. Such Is Deport Printed by London Newspaper Arrest of Dr. Farla In I.lfbon Reported. LONDON". March t. (Special.) The Pall Mall Gaxette ssys It understands that a strong- movement Is on foot to restore Kins: Msnuel to the throne of Portugal. Supporters of the movement hope to effect the restoration peace fully, but In any event are determined to make the attempt when they con sider the moment ripe to begin. It Is possible, the paper says, that nothing will harpen until after the election In Portugal next month, but there are signs that a political Tolcano may burst forth at any moment. Paris and London, according to the story, have been centera of secret activity of the Portuguese Monarchlal party. There have been meetings of the adherents of Kins; Manuel In both cities during the past week. At two of these meetings those present pledged themselves to support an at tempt to restore, the monsrehy. In reference to" the foregoing, a dls n.t..h from Usbon today reports the arrest of Dr. Arthur Vlega Farla on his arrival from BraxlL. It Is alleged ne is . ,.nruniilM of the plotters at Rio Janeiro, and was going to Vigo to meet others connected wtui tne anair. CHILD AND NICKEL LOST Boy Sent for Loaf of Dread Wanders . Far From Home. Sent out by bis mother to buy a loaf of bread. Harold Watson, 4 years old. lost his nickel and wandered far afield. looking for It. He was found by Patrolman Short at Vancouver avenue and Morris street yesterday afternoon. wandering hopelessly about and yury footsore. He was sent to the police station. where Patrolman Lelsy es corted him to the prisoners' bathroom and performed a few necessary ablu tions. Then, with a face shining from brisk friction. Harold was seated be hind the counter to await the arrival of his parents. Soon there was a call over the tele phone, from a much excited mother. The end of the conversation conducted by Operator Sorenson was something like this: "Blue overalls? Tea." "Face and hands pretty dirty? Tea." "Four years old?" "Yes. we've got him. come right down and get him." . Harold was claimed soon afterward by his parents, who live at HO Com mercial street. SALEM FINES ITS GUESTS Seattle Capitalists, Invited, Arrested for Wrecking Fence. SALEM. Or., March . (Special.) F, M. Wilkinson nnd George Busby, Seattle capitalists Invited to this city by the Sa lera Board of Trade to view the country with a possibility of making Investments, were greeted today by Constable Lewis, who walked them Into Justice Webster court, where each waa fined 115. It was thought by the visitors thst the best way to see the Valley would be by meana of an automobile trip and they used that method of coming from Seat tle. When near the farm of C. T. Lang, of Brooks, their machine waa stalled In the mud and they tore' down a portion of Lang's fence In their efforts to free the cur. As a consequence the . Lang stock took the opportunity to run at large and Lang arrived In the city today with his complaint. John Doe and Richard Roe warrants were Issued and the men were arrested and Identified by one of Lang's neigh bors. Regardless of the Incident the visitor sre so Impressed with the Valley that they are still on the ground and will probably Invest here. MEN SURPASSED BY CO-EDS 1 1 Women and Men Get Society Membership for Scholarship. SAN FRANCISCO. March . (Spe cial.) At a meeting of the California Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Society. IS undergraduates of the University were admitted to membership- because of distinguished scholarship. The honor was given to 11 women and Ave men. This great disparity Is due. according to good judges of university work, to the fact that the time of the women Is not so much cut Into by athletics and other things as is the time of the male students. The men who do not "mix" thorough ly are dubbed "grinds" and "digs" and to escape this opprobrium most of the men waste much of their time in at tendance on cthlelic functions, which leaves very little time for scholarship. It is said. HUNGRY RATS ATTACK MEN Track Crew Forced to Stop Work In Snow to Fight Rodents. TONOPAH. Ner.. March S. Attacked by fierce mountain rats, which had bur rowed up through the snow In search of food, a crew of men engaged last night In repairing a break In the lines of the Nevada A California Power Company was forced to quit work and fight off the famished rodents. The power line Is out of commission, and men have been working day and night to repair the damage done by snowslldcs. PnRTT.tm OREGOX. FRIDAY. MARCH 10. 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. . ., .ii GUARD OFFICERS WILL GO TO FRONT Government Asks Mili tia to Join Army. OPPORTUNITY GIVEN TO STUDY Limited Number From Each State to Go South. DEPARTMENT WILL SELECT Each State Adjutant-General Will Recommend List From Which to Make Choice Regular Army Tay Will De Given. WASHINGTON", March 9. The War Department tonight made public the contents of tne telegram which today was sent to the Adjutant-General of the State Militia. Inviting "a limited number of militia officers to avail themselves of tne opportunity afforded by the maneuvers for observation and technical study." The dispatch sent by General Robert K. Evans, acting chief of the bureau of military affairs of the War Depart ment, follows: Limited Number Called. "The Adjutants-General of all states and territories and the District of Co lumbia MIlKla: "In connection with the . mobiliza tion of Federal troops for maneuver purposes I am Instructed by the Sec retary of War to Inform you that the Department desires to extend to a llm-' Ited number of officers of the organized militia an opportunity to attend the maneuvers for purposes of observation and Instruction. "With this end in view. It is re quested that you furnish this office at the earliest practicable date a list of officers, line or staff, of the organized militia of your state whom you recom mend for such duty, giving the name, of which rank and arm of service, and the probable time that he will be able to reach and to remain at the encamp ment. Regular Army Pay Given. "The Department will consider this service aS falling within the provisions of section li of militia law, and. therefore, the pay and transportation of such officers will be defrayed by Regular Army disbursing officers from the special annual appropriation for Joint maneuvers. "It Is requested that. In presenting the names of these officers, you accom pany the request with an estimate of their pay and transportation to the nearest maneuver camp. Inasmuch aa the accommodations are limited, it will probably be necessary to make selec tions from the lists presented. In formation as to the officers selected by the Department for this service and the (Concluded on Psge t.) "WHAT DO YOU THINK Of '' INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERDATS Maximum temperature, M degrees; minimum. 41 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; variable winds; mostly easterly. Mexico. Rebels at Mexican drive out Americans and march lo attack Federals. Page 2. Natinnnl t;imrd of Oregon and all other states railed on to send officers to bor der. Pace 1- Taft admlla Army mobilised to stop Mexi can rebels from smuggling arms and uphold Monroe doctrine, threatened or Europe. Pass 1. Armv makes extensive provision for hos pitals and commissary. Para 3. Insvrrectos besiege Agua Prteta. Paga 2. ' Foreign. Two million persons said to be starving in China. Paxe 5. . . Movement Is on foot to pot Manual back on throne of Portugal, page 1. National. President reduces Jail sentence of Millard N. Jones. Psge Navy Department announces Important as signment of officers. Paga 8. Domestic. Powder mills explode, shattering whole Wls- ' consln town. Paga 1. Third bad storm hits Northern California. Page 0. Snow elides neat death lo many in Cali fornia mountains. Page 1. Paeine Northwest. Wsshlnffton Legislature votes Sll.000.000 for upkeep ot state. Page 7. Case .against Hillman.. millionaire realty dealer. Is In hands of Jury. Page 4. Whole famllv made 111 by. drinking Infected milk. Page 7. v Douir.as. Alaska, burning and town ls doomed. page 1. Burglars blow open safe In Southern Pa cltlc depot at Myrtle Point. Page 4 Sports. Curtlss aviators plan flights 'in Portland. Page 1ft. Chemawa Indians to hold inrtoor relay race with Y. M. C. A. Page la. Western Bowling Congress opens at Spo kane. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Tort of Portland refuses to recognise Gov ernor's appointees. Paga 9. High price paid for wheat for shipments to Japan. Page 21. Farmers wheat reserves greater than Chi cago traders expected. Page 20. Mexican situation has no effect on stock market. Page 20. Portland and Vicinity. Colonist movement beglna today. Page 15. Work on Mount Hood Railway being rushed; steam service installed. Paga 15. State Board of Health to put ban on publlo drinking cup. Page 14. Oovernment officials seise 25 cans of opium held by Chinese. Page 14. Medical Board falls to secure conviction of B. W. Mallory. Page 12. Charles A. Barrett Indicted on rharge of receiving stolen gold Page 12. Father of "Jack the Clipper" Is said to have come to the aid ot son. Page 8. Grocer held up: bombards robber with oysters. Page 19. Two hundred attend dollsr dairy dinner at which tilts are numerous. Page S. PROFESSOR, PECK AID, OUT Defense of Educator Leads to Loss of Own Chair: NEW YORK. March 9. Special.) Aa- a development of his defense of Professor Harry Thurston Peck before members of the faculty,- when It was decided to take .action regarding Mr. Peck because . he had been sued for (50,000 by Miss Esther Quinn for al leged breach of promise. Dr. Joel Ellas Splngarn, professor of comparative literature and a member of the faculty for many years, 1: today out of Co lumbia University. He received a note yesterday from Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, head of the Institution, to the effect "that you are relieved of. your academic duties." It is understood Dr. Splngarn has consulted counsel and will engage In litigation over the matter. Professor Splngarn, while the discus sion was In progress aa to the manner of disciplining Professor Peck, sug gested that his friends were seemingly too severe and that. If a resolution uncomplimentary to him should be passed. It should contain some laud able reference to his years of service at Columbia and his contribution o literature. THATMT DOG; WHAT DO YOU ' . """" r? SiUISLIDES DEAL DEATH ON HEIGHTS 3 Villages in Sierras Are Buried. LIST OF VICTIMS GROWING 9 Persons Killed in One Cali fornia Mountain Camp. DISASTER COMES IN NIGHT Avalanches Thunder Down Canyons, Carrying All Before Them Total Fatalities May Never Be Com pletely Ascertained. CARSON, Nev., March 9. Avalanches traveling in each Instance as much as two miles, gathering momentum and bulk as they thundered down the moun tainsides, swept the mining camps of Lundy, Mono and Jordan, In Mono Coun ty, last night. Messengers from the smitten district must make the perilous trip on snowshoes and rescue parties are going into the mountains In the same way. The death list Is growing and the full list probably will never be known. At Jordan, where, the hydro-electrlo plant was swept away last night, the following are known to have been killed: R. Harrison and wife. H. M. Weir, Pasadena. CaL, electrician. P. M. Peacock, assistant electrician, Sacramento, Cal. C. S. Trumbolt. Benjamin Pessln. Harold Hardy. R. Hi Mason. John Sullivan. The body of Sullivan was the only one recovered at the last account received here. Slide Comes In Night. The slide struck the camp when the men were asleep In the bunkhouse and probably not one escaped. At the same time the plant of the power company was destroyed, eight cottages were demol ished. The loss of life In these has not been reported. The old smelter which haa stood for 30 years at Jordan, was also swept away. The avalanche came two miles down the side of Copper Mountain, carrying a huge mass of snow, earth and boulders, together with trees cut off and carried along with the other debris. Only meager reports, are available from Lundy, but it Is practically certain the whole camp, together with the Lundy power plant, has been annihilated. At this point the big slide, after sweeping down the sides of the mountains above the place, shot clear across Crystal Lake, before overwhelming the camp. The only names of the dead at Lundy are Jasper Parrott, a wealthy miner, who had lived there 60 years, and C. Knowlton. It Is known there were other fatalities. No word has been received from the (Concluded on Page 40 THINK OF THAT MY CAT?" WIND FANS FIRE DOOMING DOUGLAS ALASKA MIXERS BATTLE IX VAIX TO SAVE TOWN. Gale Lashes Harbor Waves to Fury Preventing Juneau From Send ing lighters to Aid. JTJNEATJ, Alaska. March 9. The town of Douglas, on Douglas Island, across Gastlneau Channel from Juneau, is burn lng. The fire, which started In a bar ber shop, has already swept the greater portion of Front street, and, driven by a high wind. Is spreading rapidly. The cold is Intense and the 800 men from the Treadwell gold mines, who are fighting the flames, are greatly ham pered.. In their work. It is almost cer tain that the entire town will be de stroyed. The telephone girl in the Douglas ex change telephoned Juneau that the office Is burning and she would leave the building at once. Douglas is the seat of the famous Treadwell mines, which em ploy 2000 men, and Superintendent Ken zle has ordered all the men out of the mines to Join the firefighters. The high wind has whipped the chan nel Into a fury and the large boats are unable to go from here to take assist ance to the burning town. The ferry has been loaded with firefightlng apparatus and men from Juneau and is attempting to cross the channel to Douglas. PORTLAND BARS MONKEYS Simian Shipments Taboo as Precau tion Against Plague. Harbormaster Speler informed offi cials of the Portland & Asiatic Steam ship Company that shipments of mon keys from, the Far East to Portland will not be allowed until the spread, of plague ends In the Orient. "I Intend to meet with City Health Officer Wheeler and obtain his appro. val of an order that the importation of all fur-bearing animals must cease," said Harbormaster Speier. "The ani mals are brought here as private ven tures on the part of the boatswains or others on the Oriental liners, and on the way across the Paciflo they are kept in the forecastle or other apart ment where filth is bound to accumu late. That offers chances for plague germs to get hold. So long as there are vessels plying between Portland and localities where plague Is known to exist we are going to police the ves sels night and day and conduct a pre cautionary crusade that will reduce the local danger to a minimum." REINDEER SLAIN FOR FOOD. Eskimos Drive 150 Animals Into Iditarod Camp for Miners. SEATTLE, Wash., March 9. Members of the Alaska Road Commission party. which surveyed the proposed road be tween Nome and Seward, arrived in Se attle today and reported that hundreds of men are prospecting along the tribu taries of the Kuskokwin and some have made good strikes. In the Iditarod there Is a scarcity of food, which Eskimos mitigated by driv ing in 150 reindeer to be slaughtered. The supply of whisky, beer and cigars is ample. This party told of finding the body of John Olson, a prospector, on the trail near Distake, 60 miles from the Iditarod, late In January. The body was In a sitting attitude on a sled, frozen stiff. The proposed Nome-Seward wagon road surveyors lived all Winter In the open, the temperature sometimes reach ing 60 degrees below zero. DR.. COOK PAYS HIS COOK Chef on Mount McKinley Expedition Finally Gets His Money. AUBURN, Cal., March 9. (Special.) S. P. Beecher, of this city, who was chef for Dr. Frederick Cook bn the memorable trip to Mount McKinley, has, after many attempts to get his money, received a check from the doc tor. It is for 1350. and is for serv ices performed on the expedition. Beecher declares that he made many attempts to get his pay and at the end threatened suit, with the result that a check was forthcoming. Dr. Cook pleaded scarcity of funds as the reason why the debt had not been paid. Beecher was with the ex pedition all the way through and took some of the photographs that have been published of scenes in the vicin ity of the mountain. Beecher, while being conversant with every feature and step of the ex pedition, has never taken part In the controversy about whether Cook really reached the summit of the mountain. CAPITOL BOILERS GET HOT Disastrous Explosion Imminent When Janitors Forget Water. SALEM, Or., March 9. (Special.) Failure of the night Janitors at the State Capitol to fill the boilers with water caused the scare of the year when the day force reported and found that the water was almost gone, but the fires beneath were -burning briskly. According to those familiar with the action of steam, that portion of the Capitol where the boilers are lo cated was within a half an hour of destruction. The State Treasurer's of fice is situated directly over the engine room, and If an explosion had occurred the result would undoubtedly been a tragedy. ' EXPLOSION FELT IN THREE STATES Powder Mills Blown Up in Wisconsin. WHOLE VILLAGE IS DESTROYED One Known to Be Dead, but If Is Thought There Are Others. CHICAGO BADLY- SHAKEN One Report Says That Cattle Are Blown Through Buildings and Killed Hundreds Are Made Homeless by the Blast. ' BIG EXPLOSIONS RECALLED. vNotable explosions of dynamltt or powder In the last four years: In- Nature Killed. Jured. Feb. 7. 1911 Wlnthrop, Mich., gelatine 10 Feb. 1, 1011 Jersey City, dynamite 50 V Jan. 22, 1011. Fayvllle. 111., ponder mill 3 Dec 19. 1910 New York City, gas. grand Central ' depot 13 12 Aug. 8. 1910 Granite City, III., glucose factory 2 T June ' 30, 1910 Dupont, Wash., powder mill fac tory .' 8 May 8. 1910 Ottawa. Ont.. explosives 15 50 March 8, 1910 Roby. Ind., starch powder 2 28 Feb. 17. 1910 San Lorenzo, Cal.. powder mill G 18 August 27. 1909 Coast Rail way, Florida, dynamite... 10 ,. Jan. 21, 1909 Dover, Del.. powder 4 . . Dec 12. 1908 Panama Ca nal, dynamite 11 50 May 1, 190S Chicago, naph tha a Feb. 20. 1908 Plnold. CaL, - dynamite 23 .. August 22,, 1907 Pleasant Prairie, Wis., powder mill 3 .. June 11. 1907 Panama Ca nal, dynamite 7 .. May 28. 1907 Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel, dynamite 14 .. Jan. 5, 1907 Pleasant Prai rie, Wis., powder T 4 PLEASANT PRAIRIE. Wis.. March 9. Five powder magazines of the Du pont Nemours Powder Company, con taining 8000 kegs of finished giant pow-. der, 25,000 kegs of unfinished giant powder, 150 tons cf finished dynamite and 130 tons of dynamite In process of manufacture, exploded at the plant of the company, one mile northwest of here tonight. One man,. E. S. Thompson, a fore man. Is known to be dead, 300 people injured, several hundred houses in 'this place were blown down, and build ings 10 miles away were wrecked. The force of the explosion was felt more than 100 miles from here. In this town of TOO inhabitants al most every house was ruined. All night long the country roads leading from here were filled with carriages and farm wagons carrying people whosa homes had been destroyed. The plant, fortunately, had been lately closed down, and only 18 men were at work. All of these escaped with minor Injuries except Engineer Joseph Flynn, who was blown through a window to the roof of a powder mag azine adjoining. Clarence Brady, superintendent of the plant, was also blown to the top of the same maga zine and an Instant later It exploded. Both men were tossed high In the air. Brady escaping unhurt, while Flynn sustained fatal Injuries. It is feared that the list of dead will be made much larger when a poll la taken of the farm houses, with which there is no telephone communication. The cause of the explosion is un-' known. It is estimated that the dam age to the plant itself and to this town will amount to fully $500,000. The first explosion took one of the magazine buildings and in quick suc cession four others followed, the explo sions following so quickly, however. that it seemed to be but one. The force of the concussion was ter rific. Houses, barns and outbuuainga In the immediate neighborhood were swept from tneir lounaauons as though struck by a tornado. it haa been reported that hundreds of cattle and horses were killed, a telephone re port from there stating that some of them were hurled entirely through barns and residences. It is reported that the town of Bris tol, Wis., ten miles distant, was nearly wrecked, but details were not obtain able from there at midnight. Special trains were hastily dis patched from Kenosha, carrying every available nurse and physician. Several of the Injured have been taken to Ke nosha, though none of them has sus tained more than minor Injuries. The vibrations were feu in ,vanston and Rogers Park, at the extreme north end of the City of Chicago and as far south as Hyde Park, five miles south. Pictures were thrown from walls, glass , shattered and there was a general ex- (Concluded on Page 4.J