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V 1 llli. 1J ' 1 , . ODD AMERICANS VIEW HOT BUTTLE Autos Bank Borders of Fighting Ground. CARS CARRY WOUNDED AWAY Diaz Soldiers Killed by Blanco's Insurrectos. INSURGENTS' RUSE FAILS 300 Federals Decline to Follow 500 Crafty FornKO Into Canyon to Bo Trapped Yankee at Done las Hare- Spectaele. POVGLAS. Arts.. March J I. Eleven federal soldiers dead. 11 wounded, with the losses to the rebels unknown. Is tha result of a battia Just east of Agua Prleta today. The opposing forces wers tOO Insurrectos under General Joss d la l.uc Blanco, and a federal fores of 104 directed by Colonel Mora. The battle was spectacular and was witnessed by fully (000 Americans, many of whom rushed doss to the battlefield while the fighting waa still st Its height. After the smoks had cleared away. It was Americans In automobiles who gave the first aid to the wounded, hurrying them to A sua Prleta. where two Amer ican physlelana were In readiness to aa sUt the Mexican army sura-eons. If there were any rebela killed or wounded they wers taken back to the mountains by their comrades. Americana See Flglit. When at 9 o'clock the rebels wers seen streaming over a little bog and pouring down Into ths side draw from the In ternational line, ths Americans began a rush from Douglas to the bpundary by thousands, mounting ths house tops and watching ths rebel movement with flekt glasses. Automobiles streamed from sit direc tions. Soon the entire country from the American custom-house to the eastern outskirts of the city was a solid phalanx ef sightseers. When It waa seen the rebels were ad vancing on the town, the commlssarlo of police in Agua Prleta. Laborlo Vas quesa. telephoned to Captain Johnston, commander of ths Third United States Cavalry troops at Douglas, and within 15 minutes ths troops had galloped through the city and bad established a perfect patrol along ths line. Troopers Work Coolly. The troopers went coolly about their business of preventing anyone from crossing the International Una from cither side. After mystifying both the Mexican officials and ths Americans on ths border for a week. Blanco surprised all by suddenly breaking out of the canyon leading from Cenises Springs snd attacked ths Federal fores of 300 men that bad been rushed Into Agua Prleta last night on a special train under command of Colonel Mora. Ex cept a few prisoners taken by ths Fed erals, ths rebels retrested In good or der. It Is understood thst Blanco's en tire force did not participate In the engagement. Ills first action waa to throw out a skirmish line for the pur pose of drawing ths Federals Into ac tion to ascertain their strength. Battle Lasts an Hour. The battls lasted sn hour and It la believed thst the retreat that followed wss for ths purpose of drawing ths Federals Into the rsnyon where ths main body of Blanco's forces waa ready for action. The Federate, however, after a spirited pursuit rallied -and re turned to Agua Prleta. refusing to be entrapped. Another attack Is expected tonight. Three hundred Federal troops ars be- Ing rushed from Cananea to the relief of Agua Prleta and should reach there by daybreak. Both the Mexican au thorities and ths Americana In Doug las knew csrly todsy that ths rebel forces were only a few miles east of the Douglas. From Agua Prleta a long line of Mexican Federal troops swept up over the bare mesa, advancing energetically toward the rebel line approaching from the east. As the forces neared. the Federals formed a solid fighting front. When sbout a half mile from the rebels, the Federals crouched low and waited the pn-comlng rebels. On ths right end of the Federsl forces wss the lnfsntry of ths I7th regiment, on the left the 11th Infantry, while In the renter were to mounted ruralea. Rebels Observe Federals. The Federals hsd halted on the gen t's slope of the draw, almost at the point where the road runs from Agua ' Prleta toward Cabullona. Only a few bushes of mesqulte broke the land scape and the rebels could easily ob serve ths Federals. They continued to sdvance until within iOO yards of the Federal line. At . this moment, the Federals aroae from their kneea and a long sputter of shots burst from their guns. The rebels deployed to the right snd left, shooting from their horses snd then dropping from their sad dles to Are from their knees. At the tlrst volley, several Federal aoldlera dropped. The soldiers of the tTth Reg- M ' .. rORTLANDt OREGON MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HIGH HEELS ARE MENACE TO RACE GIRLS TOLD "CKOWXl'xO TRI rupir IS IX PKRIL. , '. Country Is Disgraced, Says Chicago Woman Specialist, That Makes Its "Young Women Weary. CHICAGO. March It (Special.) Glrla who er high-heeled shoes are laying up for themselves a certain heritage of misery and broken health and' destroying their chances for ths crowning triumph of womanhood homemaklng and bearing of children. Dr. Caroline ' Hedger. a prominent specialist, talked plainly to 100 girls and a few men reporters today at the Woman's Trade Union League. &he said it was criminal for waitresses and other working girls to wear blgh heeled shoes, for It Is an established fact that the effect of these shoes was to upset and disorganise the wearers' stomachs and all delicate organs and entail future misery upon her, from which there "was scant ehancs of re lief. Waitresses working 10 hours a day walk an average of 10 miles, bearing heavy burdens of dlahes and food, limping about as If they were strapped to stilts, when they crippled them selves with high heels. Dr. Hedger said It was a disgrace tor any country to make Its young women weary. She pleaded for mors leisure time and easier work for girls, but urged the girls to discard high heels and sim ilar follies, which permanently crippled and virtually dlseexed them. HELMSMAN J3IES AT WHEEL Isaac Hey, of Schooner Advent, Ex pires as Ship Crosses Bar. MARSHFIELD. Or.. March It. (Spe cial.) Ths schooner Advent, when shs arrived at North Bend last night, brought the body of Isaac Hey. who waa employed as a winch driver and who died auddenly Just before the vessel crossed the bar. He wsa ordered by the captain to take the wheel and after being at his post for a few momenta, dropped dead. Heart dlsea4 Is supposed to have been the cause of death. QUAKE JARS MT. VESUVIUS Great Landslide Occurs on Upper Tart of Volcano'a Crater. NAPLES. March II. A severe earth quake, accompanied by strong detona tions from Mount Vesuvius, occurred this evening. Investigation showed that a great landslide had dropped from the upper part of the crater. It Is estimated. that It measured 1000 by ISO feet and when It fell It caused enormous clouds of smoke. The funicular railway was badly damaged. A party of tourists were about to ascend by the railway when ths shock occurred. AMERICANS FLY IN JAPAN 400,000 See First Aviation Demon stration In Nippon. OSAKA. Japan. . March 1!. "Bud Mars and Captain T. S. Baldwin, ths American aviators, made three suc cessful flights here todsy In the pres ence of 400.000 spectators. - Prince Kunlyoshl Kunl, grsndson of the Emperor, wss present and compli mented the airmen on the success of their feats. Thl wss the first demon stration of aviation In Japan rrm jiot . - ""iv. t v.r-i 11... . - sisjt-'r- t-i(ciz:& r s jws.-!, (.EXKIIAL W. II. CARTER. fOMUNOIvfi AMFniCAX TROOPS OS AMERI CA - MEX1CA.N BORDER. : --: I " ; P FIGHT OF HIS LIFE Tammany Leaders See .'. Time for Revolt. FOES HAVE MONEY IN PLENTY Governor " Gives " "Hint" to Boss of Democratic Party. GAYNOR. NOT INFLUENCED Croker'g Criticism of leader Stirs Up Big Row and Belmont and Cram Prepare to Enter Fight. Leaders Fear Defeat. ' BT LLOTD F. LONEROAN. NETV YORK, March 12. (Special.) Charles F. Murphy, Tsmmany leader of the stste. will face a bitter fight this Fall. Already the forces are lining up. and u the oDDOsltlon will have plenty of money, the chances are that Murphy may find things Interesting. The Tammany boss has made so many mistakes since the last election, thst his foes believe that It will be easy to place him upon the shelf. Even Inside the organization there are district leaders who are convinced that the time Is ripe for revolt, and if they receive proper en couragement, they are ready to line themselves with the foes of the chief. whom they have followed through many lively campaigns. Murphy Is Unpopular. It Is no secret thst Murphy Is the most unpopular leader that Tammany has ever hsd. Previous bosses have al ways been ready to consult the various district lesders whenever a matter af fecting the party came up. .Murphy, however, has taken as his guiding star King Louis XIV of France, who was thoroughly Impressed with the Idea that be was ths state, and that no ons sise hsd a right to be heard. Tunmmf rioea not eare for ways and means. What the leaders of that fac tion are Interested In Is results. And, to drop Into tha vernacular. Murphy, with everything In his favor, has failed to "make good." Tha state haa a Governor, nominat-1 and elected by Murphy. It haa a Mayor, who was chosen by the boss or Tammany Hall. And both of these men, who should be "sterling Democrats." snd who are so regarded by the voters, have very little use for Murphy, and do not hesi tate to make that fact manifest. Chief Peeved at Appointments. The appointments of Governor Dlx have not redounded, except In a few in stances, to the glorification of Tammany Hall. In fact, the majority of the men who hold high place under the state government, are generally regarded by the faithful braves 'as "mugwumps." They speak to Tammany men when they meet, but display no great anxiety to parcel out the patronage Vto the men from the city which supplied the greater part of the Democratic majority last Fall. Mayor Gaynor proceeds upon his wsy. (Concluded en Pass i.) MURPHY- S AGING INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS , The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 5 decrees; minimum. 35 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; easterly wind.. Mexico. Six thousand Americans wstch Mexicans engage In hot' battle. - Page I. Bandits cause reign of terror in Lower California. Page 2. Rebels strike terror' to Northern Mexico. Page 2. Army csmp at San Antonio deluped by rain. Page 2. Polities. Boss Murphy . faring fight of . his - life in New York. Page 1. Domestic. Kldwell MoSween. son of promlnsnt Tennes see Democrat, killed In duel over sister, by man with whom she ran away. Page S. Pardons for John R. Walsh and Charles W. Morse rumored. Page 1. Anita Baldwin Turnbull loses suit for Bald win's gold, but wins suitor. Psge 3. Girls warned that high bees imperil future of race. Page 1. Ex-Fenator Aldrlch will come West In In- terest or currency reform movement. - Page 3. Cornell loses 113.70 on each student. Page J. Four persons ars killed when. snowsUds brashes boardlnghouse Into canyon. Psge 4. - Efforts , to mske New Tork express strike general tall. Page a. Mabel Roebuck, actress. Is bride of Naval officer. Page . Man who made fortune as Mormon counsel. Is ousted from borne, penniless. Page . Sport. Els home runs made in Beaver practice game. Page S. Olson makes good wltb Cleveland; will bat second In list. Page 8- Flnals In Multnomah billiard tournament be gin today. Page 8. Pacific Northwest. Senate Journal muddle still points to special session; Chief clerk Flagg blames com mittee. Page 1. Dr. Coe and W. J. Furnish compromise lltl . gallon. Page 0. Mormons to lose In reapportionment ' of Idaho. Page II. Attorney J. Y. C. Kellogg, new Councilman at Seattle, predicts clean government, of " bound City. Page 10. Portland and Virlnlts. Girl accused of Impersonating officer. Page 10. Streetcar bullies meet athletes . unawares. Page U. Multnomah tax collections already S2.0T7.- 200. Page Is. Henry Eptlnr. color artist of note, commits suicide. Page 14. James Whealen brought from Seattle on charge of hiding stolen gold. Page 10. Home built In day by volunteers for fellow Woodmen of World. Page 10. Harrlman Interests plan to build road Into Coos Bay and operate steamers to San Francisco. Psge 9. Ksrnoff will continue today to deny identity as Hubbard; others will testify he la Page . Operating revenue of roads West tskes big drop. Psge 9. i- PRINCE LU1TP0LD IS 90 Aged Regent of Bavaria - Walks Streets of Munich on Birthday.' , MUNICH", March""!?. Ths 80th birth day of Prince Regent Lultpold was generally celebrated today throughout Bavaria. . - Prince Lultpold Is in good health and went on foot today through the streets of Munich and Inspected the decora tions In honor of his birth anniversary. AMERICAN COMMANDER 0$ BORDER AND SOME AMERICAN TROOPS, WITH VIEW OF TOWN IN WAR DISTRICT. Iter --ia'S-rr!' TV--awr2S AROVE, VIEW IV JUAREZ, A STORM CEXTF.lt OP ACTIVITY -CENTER AND BELOW, AMERI- CAW TROOPS OW MARCH. E Freedom or Commuta tion Thought Near. DOCUMENTS IN TAFT'S HANDS Age and Ill-Health Reason in ' Both-lnstances. MEN- ALREADY PUNISHED Chlcagoan Is 74 Years Old and Re - ported In Precarious Condition. Sirs. Morse Works Hard to Aid Her Husband. WASHINGTON, March 12. (Special.) Well authenticated- reports emanat ing from the office of Attorney-General Wickersham this afternoon said that pardons have been Issued for John R. Walsh, who was sentenced to five years in the Federal prison at Leavenworth. Km- and Charles W. Morse,- now serv-i lng a 15-year sentence In the' Federal prison at Atlanta, Ga both : for the misuse of funds ' entrusted to their banks. ' " "' The pardons. It is said, were drawn up last week , by Mr. Wickersham . at the" direction of President Taft, and were forwarded to Mm at Augusta, Ga., yesterday. The report has It that they will be signed tomorrow and will go Into effect immediately. While friends of notn Mr. Morse and ur wiv aald tonlsrht that they had "positive assurance that the pardons have been issued, st was rumored inai Attorney-General Wickersham had merely recommended clemency,'.' and suggested the commutation of Mr. Morse's sentence to five years instead of 15. When ssked for confirmation -of the report. . officials at the office of the Attorney-General today admitted that ths clemency had been recommended by the AttorneyrGeneral In both the cases of Mr. Walsh and Mr. Morse, and that the necessary documents are now In the hands of President Taft, who Is on a trip through'the South. Mr. Walsh's age and state of his (Concluded on Page 3.) WALSH AND MORS PARDONS RUMORED CORNELL LOSES ON ITS STUDENTS TXITION" COSTS $13.70 MORE THAN PAID BY EACH. University Has Productive Funds of $8,$87,274 and Annual Income Is $1,637,699. ITHACA, N. T., March 12. Each stu dent at Cornell University is costing the Institution $13.70 more than he Is putting back. Into tho treasury by his tuition,' according to a statement pre pared by officials. There are more than 4000 regularly enrolled undergraduates In the univer sity, so the loss Is a considerable item. The figures were reached by estimat ing that ' there were 8.6 students to every member of the institution staff Students' average tuition paid inwas $1070 for each group and the average salary of a teacher is 1188, or a dif ference of $118 for 8.6 students. These figures do not include the cost of ad ministration, but refer to instruction only. " Tho statement gives the present value of the university property, build ings and grounds, as $4,613,438.48. and of equipment $1,994,612.71. Station col leges are valued at $471,797. The total productive funds are $8,687,274.05. The income is $1,637,299.25 and expenses ars $1,625,395.8 - DOG IS T. F. RYAN'S GUARD Savage Wolf-Hound Is New York 3IlIlionalre's Companion. -. NEW TORK. March 12. A ferocious looking wolf hound, powerfully built and alert, has been installed In Thomas F. Ryan's home at 858 Fifth avenue. The hound looks more like a real wolf than like a dog. Every time Ryan rides In one of his autos the hound sits next to" the chauffeur and looks to be ready for any emergency. Ryan's auto was in front of his homo yesterday when the chauffeur came out of the basement with the dog. From the animal's collar ran a heavy steel chain and a leather strap. The chauffeur held on -with both hands. He was dragged by the hound toward the auto. The dog jumped to a seat. Tho driver fastened the strap to a bar. "What kind of a dog is that?" asked a reporter. "A genuine wolf dog," replied the chauffeur. "And he belongs to Mr. Ryan?" "He surely does." No attempt was mads to Interview the wolj hound. HOUSE RENT $10,000 WEEK Americans Bid High for London Mansions for Coronation Days. I LONDON. March 12. (Special.) It is stated here that wealthy Americans are making high bids for furnished houses in the X'est End during coro nation days. One liberal Peer is re ported to have refused the offer of an American of $50,000 for his London residence for six weeks. . Another American offsred $85,000 for a house in a fashionable street for a period of three months. The owner refused to accept less than $100,000. It is reported John Hays Hammond, Special Ambassador from the United States, will pay $10,000 a week for the Burdett-Coutts mansion. PAPER BOTTLES IN USE New Sanitary Vessel for Delivery of Milk Makes Its Appearance. NEW TORK, March 12. The waxed paper milk bottle has arrived and a large dairy company is testing its use among' Its patrons. Although It Is still an experiment, the manufac turers say that it will eventually re place glass bottles in every dairy in the country. LEGISLATURE -MIX THAN 1 Special Session Looms " As Necessary. APPROPRIATION BILL UNSAFE Clerks Still Unable to Find Vital Records. WEST'S RETURN AWAITED Hunt Says Case Is Much More Com plicated Than Under Chamberlain , Kcglme Vetoes May Fail If Houses Meet. SALEM. Or., March 12. (Special.)' "Missing- records this year present more serious complications than ttie discrepancy which existed two years ago, when a special session was called," said Assistant 'Chief Clerk Hunt today, who has discovered errors in the Senate journal which are con sidered vital to the Interests and wel fare of the state. Assistant Chief Cleric Hunt made the discovery of the discrepancy following the session of 1909 and consequently considerable im portance attaches to his assertion. Governor West is now, in Lincoln County. He is expected back Tuesday or Wednesday. By that time it will have been definitely determined whether the errors are past cor rection by ordinary means. If they ars past correction, as It now seems they are likely to be, the situation will b squarely up to the Governor. Appropriation Bill Unsafe. While still refusing to divulge the specific identity of the bill which is causing the. present difficulty, Mr. Hunt has practically admitted that The Oregonlan's deductions are correct and that one of the big general appro priation bills is in jeopardy. . He has also admitted that the discrepancy lies in faulty records in connection with amendments which are of sufficient Importance to invalidate the measure. "There is still a remote possibility that the record will be cleared. We have searched many days for different bills and have practically given them up for lost when they have been .dis covered in nooks and corners," said Mr. Hunt. "But our search for tha past week has been diligent and we . have failed to find what we have been seeking. Vital Records Gone. - "Where the fault lies for the present error, I am not prepared to say. All we know Is that there are records missing which are vital to tho validity of the bill. That is all I am willing to say concerning it Just at the present time. If wo fall to discover the rec ords we seek, undoubtedly develor ments will be such that the blame can be fixed definitely, but so far it is as uncertain as the whereabouts of the records." A special session of the Legislature at this time would prove decidedly Interest ing. If convened, the legislators, will have the privilege of taking up miscella neous legislation in addition to transact ing such business as necessitates tha extraordinary session. Pledge May Be Asked. If It becomes necessary to assemble the Legislature, Governor West may un dertake to exact from Its members an agreement not to prolong the session unduly or to consider any legislation other than that of the required correc tive measures. Such a pledge waa ob tained from a majority of the members of the Legislature by Governor Benson two years ago when it became necessary to call an extra session, also for the purpose of rectifying mistakes In the appropriation bill. While the special session two years ago continued only a few days, the lawmakers took up other measures than the business for which they were called. Vetoes May Fail. One thing is certain Just as sureJ-v as an extra session is called at this time, an effort will be made to pass over his veto some of the measures Governor West disapproved. There has existed a difference of opinion as to whether vetoed bills can be considered at a spe cial session, it being contended by some that such measures can only be taken up at a regular session. This opinion, however, was not sustained by the At-torney-Generaf and the leading lawyers of the two houses at the regular session this Winter. When the consideration of ' bills vetoed by Governor i Chamberlain two years ago came up, neither the House nor 'the Senate would consider them for the reason that a special ses sion had intervened since the session at which the bills were passed, with the result that consideration of the bills at the regular session this year would be Irregular. . JBecond Choice in Batch. From this it may be depended upon that a special session would be enlivened by the consideration of several of the large grist of measures vetoed by Gov ernor West. Principal among these Is the second-choice bill of Speaker Rusk, which was passed by both houses with ' iconcluded on Page S.i WORSE OS tConcludd a Pass 2.) .