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.. - -no . PORTLAND, OREGOX SATTWl! MARCH 35, PRICE FIVE CEXTS VOL. LI io4U- SHIP IS CAPSIZED; REFERENDUM ONLY THREE MEALS FIT UNKNOWN VESSEL EMUDE MAN AS SOLDIER BURNS OFF COAST 39 ARE DROWNED MURDER MYSTERY GONSCIENC MEXICAN CABINET SOLVED BY YOUTH FDR DAILY WORK OFFERS TO RECRTjmXG OFFICE LOATH TO LOSE GOOD SPECIMEN". FLAMES-GLARE SEEX THROUGH STEAMER SECHEJVT GOES DOWN OI F BUCKET HEAD. FOG Br PERSON'S OX SHORE. CHECK, SAYS FOLK Missouri Doesn't Use Initiative Freely. RESIGN Y All Except Limantour to Be Replaced. THEY ARE OLD AND UNPOPULAR Step Is Preliminary to Im portant Reforms. YOUNGER MEN DEMANDED !! JVfe-r Action In Cbroaing Minister, but People Kfjolce. Corral and Crrrl . Special Target of llebela. &TZXICO CITY. U.i, March 14. Following a meeting of the Cabinet to Bay every member of that body ten dered lila resignation to President Dlas. Aa yet none of the resignations haa been accepted, but on excellent author ity It la said that but two of them posalbly not more than one will be asked to remain td the portfolio. In diplomatic circles It W aasuced that Dlas will Insist upon Jose Yves Liman tour remaining In charge of the Pe partment of Finance. Members of the Cabinet refuse to comment upon their action., but It la aald that the united stand was taken not by them, but by the President, who. It la believed, proposes to surround himself with youniter men. In the hope that such action will serve to unite all elements of the nation. Entirely New Ieal Likely. It Is probable that the acceptance of the resignations will be coincident with the announcement of the names of the new ministers. Who will compose the new Cabinet la not known, but It may be aald they will be men who have not taken a leadln part In the government affairs. Neither will It Include any who hare been Identified with the revo lutionary movement Instituted by Ma dera. Included In the resignations was that f Ramon Corral aa Minister of the In terior, but not as Vice-President. It Is reliably reported that the Vice President will sail April 1 for Europe. The announcement of the Cabinet changes has revived the rumor that Oeneral Dlas haa recalled General Ber nard Reyes from Europe, but thla could not be substantiated tonight. -Too Old." I Popular Cry. Not one of the men who until to day formed President Tlaaa Cabinet ts less than S years old and several are much older. With the exception of Knrlque C. Creel. Minister of Foreign Affairs, all have been Cabinet members for many years and this alone baa be. a one of the grievances of the revo lutionists, who have Insisted that the rhleT executive ally himself with rep resentatives of the younaer generation men more closely In touch with the affairs of the people. Following are those- whose resigna tion were received: F.nrtque C. Creel. Minister of For eign Affairs; Ramon Corral. Minister ef Interior; Jose Tvss Umantour. Min ister of Finance; F.legarlo Mllln. Min ister of Fomento: Justo Sierra. Minis ter of Education: Manuel Uonxsles Coslo. Minister of War and Marine; Leandra Fernandez. Minister of Public Work, and Communications; Justlnel Fsrnandra, Minister of Justice. t'rellnc Strong Again! Cabinet. Without exreptlon these men, have contributed valuable services to their country and t,o their President, but the popular feeling against them haa been growing ateadlly since long before the beginning of the revolution. Kamoa Corral la so old that his age can be used aa an argument against his loss and he la unpopular. Enrique C. Creel Is not by any means la the decrepit state, but he. too, baa fallen under the displeasure of the forces ot'Dostng -the administration ana hi. m serves aa an excuse. What has adiied more than age to his unpopular Ity among the masses la the fact that he ts a rich man and incurrea m. Hos tility of many In his own state, Chlhua hu i a. That Mr. Creel la a diplomat was demonstrated In the conduct of hla of fice as Ambassador to the United States and his record as a cabinet officer, which Is considered good by the con servative element. Limantour Alone May Remain. Jose Tves Limantour. who. It Is re ported, will be the only cabinet mem ber to remain. Is an old man but yet is regarded as one of the shrewdest and most able In the republic. There Is an element which will not be pleased at his retention. Justo Sierra, Minister of Education, entered the cabinet many years ago and to Mm Is due largely the credit for bulullng up Mexico's schools To wr!s him objection has rarely been made and the praise that Is his far overbalances any condemnation that has been given him. The three men against whom the masses have cried "old age." are Le an.iro Fernandez. Justlno Fernandez and General Cosio. In former years thee men have accomplished much In th.tr respective offices, but It Is an fpea secret that for the last three or iCaauaasd ea iu. it i Tremendons Sea Prevents Llfe Savers From Oolng Out Boats Discerned Palling Off. EUREKA. Cat. March 14. A vessel thought to have been a steam schooner bound north, but the Identity of which haa not yet been established, la be lieved to hare burned at. sea tonight about four miles off Table Bluff, six miles south of Eureka. A dense fog which hung over the water rendered It Impossible to make out anything but the misty outlines of the vessel as It was lit up by the glare of the flames. The life-saving crew here Immediate ly started out In the power-driven life boat for the burning ship, but a tre mendous sea was breaking over the bar and after being nearly swamped half a dozen times, the crew came back to wait until daylight. Wlrelesa orders were Immediately sent to the steamers Argyll and Roae City at Crescent City. 12S miles north of here, to go to the aid of the ship on fire. At 11 o'clock the wireless operator at Table Bluff reported that the bright glare had died down until It was bare ly visible and that he could see several small lights dancing about on the water some . distance from the fire. These he believed to be lights In, small boats which put off from the burning vessel. Owing to the rough bar It Is believed the boats will not attempt to come In tonight. . As the keeper of Trinidad lighthouse reports that no steamer passed south today and Table bluff saya a steamer or steam achooner passed oft that point going north about o'clock. It la be lieved that the vessel left San Fran cisco some time yesterday, bound for Northern porta. SAX FRANCISCO. March 4. About a dozen ateamera and steam schooners sailed from San Francisco yesterday for Northern porta. Among these were the steam schooners Santa Clara. Olympic, Alcatras, Excelsior and Fair Oaks and the steamers Samoa and K os ec rans. Westerner, Qulnault and Bear. "DEADHEADS" TAKE RISKS If They Are Killed on Railroads, Heirs Get No Damages. SAN FRANCISCO. March !4. (Spe cial. So-called "deadheads" on rail road trains swear away their right to collect damages for Injuries, according to the decision handed down by the State Supreme Court In the appealed rase of Charles A- Sessions against the Southern Pacific Company. The deci sion was written by Justice Shaw. Sessions arranged with the conductor of a Southern Pacific train to ride free from the Oakland Mole to Fresno. He was killed In a wreck. Suit for dam- agr waa. brought against the railroad romnanv bv Ella A. Sessions, his widow. and Nathan Belslons. his child. The Jury awarded a verdict of $5000, hlch waa set aside by the Supreme Court on the ground that Sessions was not entitled to damages btcause be was riding free. OLDEST ENGINEER IS DEAD John M range Waller Reeves Passes at Age of 100. TACOMA. March 34. John Strang Waller Reeves, aged 1 years, died to day at his home in this city. He waa born In Wlfteeharre. Pa.. October IS. 1410, and at the time of his death, was aalJ to be the oldest locomotive engineer lu tf'.e United Stsfs; having been the first engineer on the Hamilton Dayton Railroad. ile was the father of 1 children, ef whom three sons and one Daughter ir vf e. Ills wife waa the daughter of Rev. William Jonwi. a Method:st minister and a descendunt of Sir Thomas Cox. firs: Lord Mayor of Cork. Ireland. Reov.s had lived In Tacoma upwards of 21 yemrs. FAMOUS MINE WORKED OUT Winding t'p Of Monte Crlsto Ends Chapter of Nevada History. j SAN FRANCISCO. March 14. The con cluding chewier in the history of one of Nevada's most famous mlnesi waa he gun here today by the filing of a peti tion asking for the dissolution of the Monte Crlsto Silver Mining Company. j The company waa Incorporated In ISO with a capital of I1.50O.0O9 to operate a mine In Storey County. Nevada. In 1S78 the capital waa increased to SIO.OOO.OHO. aa the mine had proved one of the richest produces in the state. Today's peti tion recites that the mine la no longer productive. The directorate of the company reads like a roster of bonanza pioneers. CUSTOMS MEN MUST WORK Full Day lor Full Day's Pay" Is Secretary .MacVeagh's Order. vr asMlVtiTOX. March 14. "A full day's work for every full day s pay." Is the order which has Deen iiaa.-ieu u i. torn. house In the United States by direction of Secretary Mac- Veagh. It applies to every man In the cus tom service from collectors holding choice appointments with sslarles run it rniir fia-ures. to the stevedore who hustles freight on the dock at a day wage. Roosevelt Speaks for Practical Ideals MATERIAL SUCCESS NEEDED Berkeley Students Are Told to Seek Money as Means. RAP GIVEN' MILLIONAIRES History Will Mention Them Only In Footnotes, Ho Says Scoundrel Who Wins Out Is Menace. Scorn Is Effective Weapon. rOIXTED SAVINGS OF ROOSEVELT. Sometimes men have one consci ence for social arTatrs and another for their business relatives. I have no ticed this particularly In captains of Industry. If you tell boys to dasplse things of of the body msterlal success you are telling them things yau would not have your own boys adopt un ' less you would bave thsra become public chargea I haven't the slightest feeling sgalnst multl-mllllonalres. I like 'm. though I'm afraid that feeling is not reciprocated. I.et us make it Impossible for the scoundrel to succeed. Don't mske the mistake of con demning as vice simple and Inno cent amusements. People who depend upon Importing foreign art and products msy In the end be forced to import their chil dren. BERKELEY. Cal.. March 24. Theo dore Roosevelt divided hla time today between California's two great univer sities. Early this morning he Jour neyed to Stanford, where, as the guest of honor on "Junior day," he addressed the atudent body and faculty on "Pro ductive Scholarship." Ile returned to Kan Francisco shortly after noon and, crossing to Berkeley, found awaiting htm In the Greek The ater of the University of California a crowd almost as large aa the one that greeted him there yesterday for the first speech of his present visit to the Pacific Coast. "Realizable Ideals" was the text chosen by the Colonel for the address today, which Inaugurated the Earl lec ture series that he will deliver under the auspices of the Pacific Theological Seminary. Value of teaching morality that can be lived up to. the necessity of accom plishing a certain amount of material success, the futility of mere money making and the discouragement of what he termed "mere law honesty," were among the points he dwelt upon most Insistently In this lecture. His remarka were followed with close at tention and he waa frequently Inter rupted by long-continued applause. tContlcued on pase 4-) I r.iiiriiiiitiii i - -- --- ..................... V "jjTONED IF MY CIGAB AIN'T GONE OUT." j - I - ' ' Boat Ix-aves Victoria With 55 Pas sengers and Crew of Four. All Reported lost, . VICTORIA. March IS. a tugboat which reached Esquimau early this morning from William Head brought word that the steamer Sechelt, of the British Columbia Steamship Company, which left here yesterday afternoon for Sooke with SS passengers and a crew of four, capsized off Beachy Head near Race Rocks during a sudden gale. It was reported that all were drowned, but no verification can be had as yet. The tug William Jolllffe left Esqui mau for the scene at 1 A. M. COLONIST TRAVEL DOUBLE Connecting Lines Into St. Paul Are Taxed to Utmost, Says Cleland. Since the present reduced rates have been established by the railroads the Northern Pacific has had to use more than twice as much equipment to handle the colonists and homeseekers as was required for last year's business, according to a telegraphic announce ment received In Portland yesterday from A. M. Cleland, general passenger agent "Indications point to continuance of the heavy travel during the remainder of the colonist period," he says, "with specially large crowds coming through out the Spring. People seem to have wakened up to the advantages of the Northwest aa never before; greater volume of Inquiry as well as actual business. All Eastern offices report the came. Connecting lines Into St. Paul are taxed to the utmost. p.-W. R. & S. train No. 6 yesterday brought In 87 colonists on the first sec tion and 11S on the second; No. 17 last night carried 73 and 98 homeseekers on the first and second sections respec tively. LAUNCH ON SOUND BURNS Lantern Drops Near Can of Gaso line; Explosion Follows. TACOMA. March 24. The ' launch Elsie E. operating between Tacoma and Henderson Bay points, was de stroyed by fire last night at Purdy following a collision with a raft of logs. Bert Evans, the owner, and Ed Richmond, both of Tacoma, narrowly escaped with their lives. The launch waa valued at 83000 and carried a cargo of 18 tons of hay. grain and general merchandise. A lantern banging by the engine was thrown down and the flaming oil came In contact with a can of gasoline. In an Instant the engine-room was in flames. BRODERICK IS ACQUITTED Accused Illinois Briber's Jury De cides In 20 Minutes. SPRINGFIELD. 111.. March 24. State Senator John Brdderick was found not guilty of bribing Holtxlaw to. vote for Senator Lorlmer by a Jury In the San gamon County Circuit Court this after noon. The Jury was out 20 minutes. WHOLE SYSTEM HELD CLUB Ex-Governor Declares Lobby ist Is No Mote Now. WEST GREETS MISSOURIAN Well-Known Politician Discovers That In South Dakota Referen dum "Is Apparently Posi tively Viciious System." SALEM, Or., March 24. (Special.) "We have never used the referendum in Missouri and It Is considered there merely as a check against the corrup tionists and not for use," stated ex Governor Joseph W. Folk, of Missouri, who was In the city today and visited Governor West, later delivering a lec ture In the evening. "Our referendum, I suppose, would op erate differently than the Oregon plan," continued Mr. Folk,- In an interview. "Should the referendum be applied there I understand it would not withhojd the operation of an act. ine law would stand good and be In effect until such time as the people voted to repeal it. That Is a Question which has never arisen in Missouri and one, which. In fact, I never thought of before, but our law contains no provision that the referendum will keep a law from going into effect until the people pass on It. Eight Per Cent Required. "The referendum in Missouri requires 8 per cent of the registered voters, the same as the initiative. Referendums may be called regardless of an emergen cy clause, this clause being merely to Dlace an act In force Immediately, in stead of waiting the constitutional limit of 90 days and the emergency clauses are used freely "The Initiative is not used as freely as In Oregon. At the last election there were five measures considered and all of them were defeated. Very few meas ures have ever been passed through the Initiative and the people of the state do not consider the initiative serious as a legislative factor. "The whole system Is considered by the people, at large as an excellent club to be held over the heads of the legisla tors and In that respect the system has proved its own worth. Corruption has largely died down in the legislative as semblies and Legislatures are afraid of the power of the- referendum, even though the people have never seen fit to use it. Lobbyists Must Register. "Another wholesome law which has had a salutary effect on the legislators Is one compelllngf all lobbyists to reg ister with the. Secretary of State. Under iContlnued on Weight Gained Overnight Qualifies Harry A. Foster to Bear Arms for His Country. Discovering Thursday that Harry A. Foster, who wished to enlist In the Army, weighed only 147 pounds, when his height and other physical dimen sions called for 149 pounds In order to insure acceptance. Lieutenant Upham, In charge of the Portland recruiting office, kept the man over night and fed him three square meals. Result, Foster weighed 150 pounds yesterday and was Accepted. He Is, unasslgned as yet. The faint chance that there may be 4 active service has led to an unusual number of applications for enlistment at the recruiting" office. Sixteen ap plied yesterday. Ten were rejected summarily for physical deficiencies. Three Eugene' X. Mundy, Harry A. Foster and James McCorkle were ac cepted, and two youths who are under age are being held for the concent of parents. They are Jensplter C. Thomp son, of Wlnlock, Wash., and Richard A. Coon, whose mother lives at Monti cello, 111. Egon Filtzer von Rypin, aged 21, the son of a German cavalry officer, and master of four languages English, German, French and Russian, is among those who have been accepted in the last few days. He took out his citizen ship papers the day he enlisted. The young German exhibited a letter from his father expressing a wish that he Join the United States Army. He reached Portland as a sailor on a sail ing vessel from Europe. CALIFORNIA GAINS PEOPLE Colonist Travel Largely .Increases and 80 Per Cent Settle Down. SAN FRANCISCO, March 24. (Spe cial.) Colonist travel into California un der the low one-way rate from East ern points, in effect for the month from March 10 to April 10 on the Southern Pacific, has thus far reached a figure higher by 2437 travelers than for the corresponding number of days last year. Until last Wednesday 9523 people hold ing tickets at the colonist rate came into California. Last year the number was 7086. E. O. McCormick and Charles S. Feev of the. Southern Pacific, have expressed themselves as particularly pleased with the showing made this year. According to the railroad statisticians, SO per cent of the persons holding col onist rate tickets remain In California. Another 10 per cent come back the sec ond time and remain. The other 10 per cent either return East for good or scat ter, to other points along the Coast. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 62 degrees; minimum, 42 degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; southwest wind. Mexico. Mexican Cabinet resigns and young men will Inaugurate many reforms. Page L Madero wins decisive victory. Page 3. , Foreign. Stolypin restored as Russian Premier and his enemies punished by Czar. Page 2. Russia to send another ultimatum to China, fixing time for satisfaction of demands. Page 4. Informer's testimony sensation in Camor rlsts' trial. Page 5. Domestic. President Roosevelt speaks to students at Berkeley and Palo Alto, page 1. Four masked robbers hold up train, blow express-car safe and escape with booty.' Page 3- Five Milwaukee firemen killed and 12 hurt In collapse of roof. Page 2. Portland woman sues for divorce from rich husband, Valentine Laubenheimer. Page 2. Unknown vessel bums off coast near Eu reka, Cal. Page 1. Sports. Beavers win handicap ' game with high school nine, page 7. Williams' recruits arrive on Steamer Bea ver; work begins today. Page 7. Corvallis athletes rounding Into shape for track team. Page 7. "Mysterious Mitchell" is to be Agricultural College coach. Page 7. Pacific Northwest. Southwestern Washington sees small hope for call of extra session of Legislature. Page 6. Oregon Electric interests may be back of new Canby road. Page 13. Ex-Governor Joseph W. Folk,, of Missouri. holds referendum mere check to corrup- tlonlsts. Page 1. Mrs. Goodwin's man companion arrested In Vancouver poisoning case. Page 12. ( Ex-Secretary Ballinger gets rousing wel come by fellow townsmen at fcearue. Page . 5. Desperate character, with aid of revolver, holdb family at bay ten days. Page 6. Steamer Sechelt capsizes near Victoria; 39 drowned. Page L Commercial and Marine, Local grain prices advance all along the line. Page 19. Large world's shipments depress wheat at Chlcego. Page 19. Territory clothing wools selling lower. Page 19. Good retail business reported at most points. Page 19. Unusual care taken with flour shipments to Orient. Page 18. Portland and Vicinity. Warrants out for 12 men accused by boot black of murder of Balkan feudist. Page 1. Men accused of bullion robbery arrested for forgeries totaling $2169. Page 12. Murderer Webb testifies belief in Slayer Hasslng's Insanity. Page 10. Hill railway officials say Central Oregon's possibilities, unlimited. Page 0. Federal grand Jury investigates reported dis order In Siletx reservation. Page 10. Republican committee to work out plan for reporting to voters on qualifications of candidates. Page 12. Recruiting officer gives man three square meals so he can be accepted for Army. Page 1- Railways' gain of business In ' December -very slight. Page 14. Portland leads country in bank clearing gains. Page 13. Wife of " Actor Theodore Roberts tries to have him put In jail in New York for non-payment of alimony. Page 13. Fruit Exchange preparing for largely in creased business in lull. Pare 14. Selling will not be candidate for Mayor; Gay Lombard enters race. Page lO. Officer Hansen wounded in revolver battle 3frith, two outlaws. Page 4. Balkan Feud Leads to Tragedy in Portland. CONSPIRATORS PLOT DEATH Crime Celebrated With Beer and Peanut Orgie. 6 OF 12 ARE ARRESTED Iheodore Atjam, Bulgarian, Marked by Macedonians for Slaughter, Is Story Told to Authorities by . Boy Bootblack. Discovery of the body of a murdered man, inclosed in a sack and tied about with rope, at Martin's dock. In August, 1909, with evidences of murder, waa explained yesterday when Piet Moto, a bootblack, related to Deputy Distrlcfi Attorney Hennessy bow he was a witness to the killing of Theodore Atjam In a house at Seventh and Flanders streets, by 17 men, for 12 of whom warrants were issued last night. Detec tives made six arrests last night and ascertained that four of the men had returned to Europe. They believe there were only 10 In the gang in all. Moto, who is a Macedonian, said that the motive for killing Atjam was that he had participated in a feud between Bulgarians and Macedonians In their native country, in which 50 men were; killed "and five houses were burned. Assassination Coolly Planned. The Informant, who Is a mere youth, said that the 17 conspirators assembled in the house where he lived and delib erately discussed the assassination of the marked man. Moto was so fright ened, he said, that he left the house. He returned 10 minutes later. and saw the body of Atjam lying face upward on the floor In a pool of blood. He did not know what means had been taken to kill him. The assassins sat about the room, drinking from a keg of beet and eating peanuts, of which they had ordered 20 pounds. Frightened out of" his wits, the boy crept off to bed. Next morning he found the men gone, the floor clean, and the body removed. The men told him, he said, that if he mentioned the affair he would be killed, and he kept discreet silence. About two months ago, he said, Theodore Kas, now la Montana, made renewed threats of violence if he ever mentioned the case. Bulgarian Persists In Search. Atjam was missed by George Sour pas, one of the heads of the Bulgarian colony, who made a search continuing from that time until his meeting with, Moto. He conducted the boy to the office of the District Attorney yester day, where the boy told his story and consented to accompany the detectives in a search for the assassins. Warrants were issued for 12 men, as Moto said that that many, at least, of the con spirators were still in the city. When Moto told of the disappearance of the body. Detective Carpenter, who was present, was reminded that he and Detective Riesing had investigated the finding of the body at Martin's dock. and he is confident that it was that of the murdered Bulgarian. The records of the Coroner's office show that in. the month In question the bodies of three men were found in the river, one being that of a Chinese. Following the clew given by young Moto, Detectives Carpenter and Price started out in the evening to arrest as many of the men accused of the murder as were 'n the city. In less than An hour they had six in custody and learned that four others of the gang had gone to the old country. The six men were all charged with murder in the first degree. The prisoners indicated by their manner that they knew of the charge placed against them. As they had lit tle to say voluntarily and evaded the few questions asked, other than to ad mit their identity, no attempt was made last night to ellc'fr Information from hem. Arrests Made Quickly. Starting at Fourteenth and Marshall streets the detectives arrested George Gasto, a porter. 24 years old. and T. Slavoff, 30 years old, proprietor of a pool room. Then they arrested James Johnson, a laborer, 33 years old, at Fourteenth nd Hoyt. At Fourteenth and Glisan they arrested George Pete, 31 years old, and caught Tom Numan, 40 years old, a porter in Erlckson's saloon, and Tony Numan, 27 years old. a porter in Fritz's saloon, In their places of employment. Tom Numan, who is an educated Macedonian, is said by members of the Macedonian colony to have received two letters from 'Moto within the last 30 days demanding J200 on threat of death. At these letters Numan Is re ported to have laughed. Members of the Macedonian colony Insist they have known of these letters ever since they were received. - Tom Numan is one of the leaders of this colony. Fearing that Moto would meet with foul play when the news spread through the Macedonian colony, the detectives locked him up for safe keepjing to hold him as the prin cipal witness. I