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TOE 3rORXiyG OREGOXIAV. MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1911. mm 1 " I J CHINA TO ACCEDE TO CZAR'S DEMAND, Pekin Foreign Office Notifies Russia It Will Acquiesce Today. NO ALTERNATIVE IS LEFT Orient la Are Noc Prepared to An-H taconise European Powrr Jap Auilado of Aloofness Iooked Vpon With Interest. TKK.1X. March Chin is not pre pared to antAjronlx Kujtxta completely, nd as a result of prolontrd confer nct ths Chinese Foreign Office today assured the Russian minister, M. Kor ostovetx. that China would acquiesce trnreervedly on Monday to the. de mands made In the Kuraian ultimatum concernlnjr the provisions of the treaty of Iftll. Russia Insisted Upon n an swer before Tuesday. Jt Is icenerally considered that there was no alternative course. In view of China's utter unpreparedness for war. Intense Interest Is betas: manifested In the attitude of Japan, which is ob viously holding entirely aloof, although more powerful than ever st I'ektn. While the Issues between China and Ttussta hare been almost obliterated by the recent series of ultimatums, and theoretically insufficient cause for oc cupation exists. Hussia apparently fears that she could obtain only paper prom ises whtrh the Chinese would not ob serve unless IntimMsted. Russians here point out that they have lesa now In the way of concessions from China : thsn when the treat)' was signed. lla55la Is Ridiculed. Some sections of the legation quarter so rid (rule Russia for not following In the first Instance the recent example st by Oreat Britain In occupying ter ritory and awaiting Chinese readiness to discus the contested points. But It is recognized that KuUa by falling to do this, has shown that she does pot possess aggressive designs. The Chtneee newspapers, which are iM-rly ignomnt of foreign affairs, are hoetil to C-reat Britain, which they accuse of healnning the present land grab, and t!iev prophesy that both Ja pan and Franco will not be long In following suit. Transports l Ion I Ilrfused. Reports from Harbin say the (Rus sian railway has refused to transport several carloads of arms and ammuni tion destined for Chinese garrisons on th frontier. From elsewhere In Man churia come Ind'rattons of Japanese readiness to Invest South Manchuria, should Russia In the north assume a serious aspect. In a recent Issue the Pekin Pally News. In sn editorial evidently In stored by the 'nines foreign board, declared that China would not submit to the so-called "sg-gresions of vari ous powers, and thai she would not sian away her national rights, which must be taken from her. H'hether this was only a threat In tndl to assHt China's diplomacy, to morrow should show. NEWS BUREAU TO BOOST Nouthwr-trrn Wa.-lilngton Inaugur al - w Iefarlare. CHEHAIJS. Wash, March (Spe cial. Th Cltlmonv Club of Chohalis na arranged with the Soutliwfil Willi Ington rvelopment Association to es tablish and maintain a Southwest Wash ington News Bureau In thla city to as cist In the iucith of the work of the organisation. Th. service will be free to the association. It Is planned to keep In close touch with the secretaries of the various rnmmerrlal bodies of the towns In the association, the secretaries to report reitularlr the progress of their towns and work of their clubs, and any mat ter that would be of interest to the people of Southwest Washington. Copies of the newspapers published In the coun ties of the association wiii also be scanned systematically to not Indus trial and other development. Secretary Barnes will also report to the news bureau the progress of his work. From the data thus obtained. It is hoped to irrlnd out a weekly news letter thst will be msiled to every newspaper In Southwest Washington, and such other papers as will take the aervlce. for publication, which letter will contain matter that will be of es Teclal Interest to people of this por tion of the state, and keep them more closely In touch with one another than thev have been heretofore. Th offer of the ltiiens Club was unanimously accepted at the meeting of the various committees of the Southwest Wash ington Development Association held Thursday at Centralis. ;9 PREACH ON SAME TOPIC lx Anfflr Minlstrn PcllTr Com Mvit Sermon as Ezprrlmnt. I.- ANGKLKS. March I. (Special.) Tlie rtrst composite sermon ever de livered anywhere, so far as local knowl eilRe of church history goes, wss presided from nine separate pulpits I'v nine collaborating ministers of the Kmmanuel district of this city today. It was undertaken by way of-arouslng general interest in the largest scheme of public revivals ever held .here, and thousands turwed out to listen to the g-pel mosaic. The text chosen "by th nine pastor for their Julnl efforts was II Corln tliians 9 :v. "But first they gav their own selves to the Ird. Th cine met yesterday and discussed the test for three hours In an effort to arrive at an interpretation which should rep resent the view of all. A general skeleton of the discourse was drawn up and each pastor filled out the gaps for himself in the ser mon, which he gave from his own pul pit, while the net results showed a wide variation of opinion as to the interpretation it waa conceded that the ntne minds were at least somewhat better than on. rajmastrr ladrr An-cM. VAlO-KJX rat. March Si. Pay master A. M. Flppln was arrested to day following a Investigation Into his accounts on the receiving ship 1-idepen.ienc by a board of whlcn Commander Ouy W. Frown of the In dependence, was president. Both pay officers aboard the snip were also lockej up pending th report of ex pert accountants now going over th Ivm ss. Chief yeoman Ilarrr Mellrwrn 1. aio under arrest abar.t tlie ship. harce.l wits a heat) short4e In Cieialsx (totea. NOTED POLITICAL FIGURE sssaaBapBHaBsssssMBaBBasBSBBSBBBasrrve-.' i ' . . ; r 1 . t 4 V , -.1 -rt-- 1 -twtlsnswm iskAii . ,wiisss fcfaartw n ae4-. tv--v.; ' AalOVR. PORTRAIT Or" TOU I- JOitSOV-DELOW, JOflXWOtf '1 AVTO HOB1LE, WITH BIS CLEVtLAXD HOMES 15f B.tCKBROlNO. DEATH SEEMS NEAR Tom L. Johnson Suffers Re lapse After Chat. DOCTORS FEAR WORST Patient sinking, Extraordinary Ital lyinjr Powers Are Only Hope. Only Intimates Xow Allowed to Enter Sickroom. CLEVEUAST. O.. March I. (Spe cial. Tom U Johnson, whoa marv elous vitality haa amazed his friends and the physicians who are attending htm. is weaker tonight than at any time for the last five days. Physicians hold out scant hopes for his recovery, but admit that he haa shown unusual rallying power when they had about abandoned hop. Dis regarding the order of his physicians. Mr. Johnson Insisted yesterday upon a number of his friends being admitted to chat with Dim. and he caused his nurses to prop him up in a big chair, thst he might talk more freely. The excitement, however, told heavily upon his falling physical resources, and he tossed about all night, getting very little slumber, vhlch is essential to his recovery. In the event he finally wards off the present attack. lie paid thn penalty for his social activities today, and has shown lower vitality. Many visitors called at the residence today, but the rhysictans for bade any of them admission to the pa tient's room- A h.l'-doxen intimates, however, were not Included in the gen eral order and all of them admit that ir. Johnson seems t b very near th end. NAMES GREEK TO CAPTOR Vancouver Sheriff, Puxxled, Books Prisoners as Poachers." VANCOCVKB. Wash- Msrch S. (Spe cial.) Sheriff Cresap is in a quandary to know the name of two of hla prtson ,ra, who wer arrested today by him and Elmer Barbeau. deputy gam warden, fqr shooting rohlns. andunting out of ea .in eind without hunting licenses. When Sheriff CTessp afked the prison ers their nsmes. they told him all right, but as they are Greeks and have not mas tered Knlko- he did not understand. Then the Sheriff had them write their name, but when they handed him their signatures, they wer written in Greek characters. He booked them as "two poachers.' WIFE - POISONING DENIED McDowell tiaaed Vpon By 1000 As lie Testifies. COFXR P ALEXE. Idaho. March 2i (Special. Every head was bent for ward and every eve riveted on John MrPov.ll when he testified Saturday. More Itisn li'A persons listened eag erly. Mclrowell la Lb confessed af-, WHO IS AT DEATH'S DOOR. 7 r finlty of Mrs. Lula Traynor. wham he courted while his wife was living. He took the stand in his own behalf to deny that he murdered his wife by giving her morphine or laudanum. Mc Dowell said his true name Is James Ilnse. the name McLtowell being that of step father. McDowell, who all along has claimed his wife lind agreed to a divorce, said the separation was decided uptn def initely Septdber 25. On the night preceding the' death of his wife. Mc liowell sa'd he slept at home. In the morning he left her In bed. starting away, but going back to get his pock et book. He spoke to Ills wife, but she did aot answer. When h reached his hotel at Spokane he was" notified his wife was dead. McDowell denied absolutely that he ever gave his wife laudanum or any other poison or that he purchased laud anum xfrom an Kdwail physician. He admitted writing many love letters to Mrs. Trsynor. but denied that para graphs In those letters telling Mrs. Traynor he would be "rid of that wo man." meant anything but a legal sep aration. He also admitted he had no intention of marrying Mrs. Traynor September 22. 110. the date he had set for the wedding. IS WALIiACE STUART, OF TOKE LAND, IS MISSING. Head of Company Disappears at South. Bend on Way East River Is Dragged for Body. SOUTH BEND. Wash.. March 26. (Special.) Wallace Stuart, ex-Representative of this county and on of the leading oysterraen of this harbor, disap peared mysteriously from South Bend last Thursday night. Despite vigorous search of this city and adjoining towns, not the sllehtest clew has been obtained ma to hla whereabouts. f Mr. Stuart ia president and manager of th Tokeland Oyster Company. His home la at Tokeland. He came her Thursday to take the train the hext morning for New Tork to purchase sev eral carloads of Eastern seed oysters. Men are dragging the river today, be lieving that he may have fallen over board. AUTO PLUNGES OFF SPAN Two Men Saved by Tng in Aberdeen Accident. ABERDEEN. Wash.. March 2S. (Spe cial.) Two men in an automobile plunged off the Wishkah River bridge today, and. although the machine sank to the bottom. 2 feet below, th oc cupants were saved, the crew of th tug Edgar throwing line to them as they rose to the surface. The men who experienced the narrow escape ara F. R. Rlelman and J. E. Trouchers. of Montesano. r.lelman sustained only minor in Jurtes and waa aba to superintend the recovery of th automobile, which was badly damaged. Trouchers was taken to the hospital, and It Is feared he is Injured Internally. In crossing th bridge an automo bile coming from th opposite dlrecr tlpn hid the closed gates, and before headway could be checked the machine driven by Rlelman went full speed ti rotiv'ti-ll-c gates, off the bridge and Into the river. . . .. .. i a -iLII PRESIDENT TO BE . 6UESTATWEDDIHG Daughter of German Ambas sador and Attache Will Be Married Today. COUNTESS y IS POPULAR Washington Interested as Never Be fore Since Alice Roosevelt Was Bride Tafts Give Rich Lace Fan and Silver Dish. WASHINGTON". March 2. (Special.) The marriage of Countess Luis Alex andria von Bernstorff, daughter of the German Ambassador and Countess von Bernstorff. to' Count Raymrfnd Pour tales, attache of the German Embassy, will take place tomorrow afternoon. More Interest is taken in the wedding than has attended any similar affair since the former Miss A.lice Roosevelt was married in the White House to Representative Longworth. of Cincin nati. This will be the first marriage of the daughter of a Ambassador here in many years. The wedding will take place at 4 o'clock in the Concordia Lutheran Church and will be attended by the President of the United States and his family, the entire diplomatic and official circles and the fashionabje colony generally. Following the church service there will be a large reception in the Ger man Embassy, which will include the list of guests invited to the church.. Countess Alexandria has received hundreds of beautiful gifts, which com bine a remembrance of her wedding and a farewell to her. for she will leave March 30 with her husband for Germany, where Count Pourtales will begin li's duties in the foreign office st Berlin. In the list of gifts are many from officials in Washington, to whom the little German-American Countess has endeared herself. The President and Mrs. Taft and Miss Helen Taft head the list of those who have sent wedding gifts. From the President and Mrs. Taft there -Js a handsome lace fan. with sticks or motner ot peari. en crusted with gold. Miss Helen had a thought for the home which the young Countess will set up In Berlin and sent a handsome silver dish. The German Ambassador and Count ess von Bernstorff have given -their daughter a wonderfully unique tiara of diamonds, the stones forming a wreath of flowers. The piece is an heirloom In the family of the Ambas sador and was among the wedding gifts of the Ambassador to his wife. COLD WEATHER EXPECTED Weather Bureau Forecasts I-ow Teniperatures for Large Area. WASHINGTON, March 2s. Temper atures below the seasonal average will be prevalent over most of the country, and relatively high temperatures west of the Rocky Mountains during the week beginning tomorrow, is an nounced by the Weather Bureau today. This week." says the bureau's bulle tin, "will open with general rains in the Eastern States and snows in the region of the Great Lakes. aieeidlng the eastward movement of i storm area that was over the Missouri VaUey Sun day morning. This disturbance will be followed by a change to colder weather, which will overspread the Middle West Sunday night and Monday and tine East ern States Monday night and Tuesday. "The next Important disturbance to cross the United States wiir be in the Northwest Tuesday or Wednesday cross the Middle Wesr Wednesday or Thursday and reach the Atlantic States the latter part of the week. It will be succeeded by a change to warmer weather and be attended by rains in the North Pacific States and In the re gion from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic Coast. A change to colder weather will appear In the Northwest Friday." ALASKA 0IL IN FIELD Company to Send Regular Ship ments to Fight Truit. PORT TOWNSEND. Wash., liftreh 2. (Special.) The first shipment of Al aska fuel oil. inaugurating what prom ises to become an aggressive opposition to aha oil trust, will be te.de at an early date, coming from the , Katalla district, where three wells are in op eration, running 1200 barrels in 24 hours. Other wells are being bored and a stupendous supply is predicted when this work is completed. The first shipment will be 30,000 bar rels of oil already been sold on Puget Sound, and will be followed at 10-day Intervals by larger shipments. Tank steamers have been chartered for the Introductory work, but as th business develops the oil men expect to build and operate their own fleet. The advent of the new oil, which is re ported to be of high grade, is awaited with interest, as it is understood It will be followed by a cut In prices on the part of the trust In a hope of freexing out the independent concern early. CLOTHES MAKE THIS MAN Tinker Found with 4 Suits or Un derwear, 3 Pairs of Trousers. VANCOUVER. Wash.. March 2fi. (Spe cial.) When James Dalton. an Itinerant tinker, arrested- today by John Secrist, Chief of Police, was searched, it was found that he wore four suits of under clothes, two pairs of trousers, one pair of overalls and two coats, besides carry ing an umbrella. All of his pockets were filled with Junk. When asked for en explanation of his having so much clothing when the weather is warn. Dalton explained that by doing ao he saved the expense of transporting a trunk, and that it had been his custom for years to, curry hla mardrobe with him, no matter where he went. Judge Bigham gave him one hour in which to re-dress and leave the city. MARCH DRYEST IN YEARS Only One Other on Record So Defi cient In Rainfall. Unless Portland is visited by rains between now and next Saturday, the month of March will show the great eat deficiency of precipitation in the history of the Portland Weather Bu reau, with the exception of March, 1885, which had a total monthly rainfall of 0.63 of an inch. According to Weather Forecaster Ed ward A. Beats, the rainfall between March 1 and March 26 was the same as the total for the same montht- in 1885. . "The rainfall this month has been very deficient, the average at Portland from a record of 40 years, for March 1 to March 26. Inclusive, being 4.16 1: -hes," said Mr. Beats last night. "So far 'this month there haa been Just 0.73 of an inch of rainfall recorded. The total monthly rainfall in March. 1885, was 0.63 of an inch, which is Just equal to the rainfall thus far for the pres ent March, so that should no more-rain occur in Portland during the remainder of the month. Its total amount will Just equal that of the dry March in 1885. From March 9 to March 22, inclusive. the Weather Bureau has recorded clear weather. This is a stretch of 14 days when not a cloud was to be seen. Un til today there have been 17 clear days this month, six days partly cloudy, one cloudy day and two- days when rain fell. The latter part of February waa - .:. K - Couotess Lula Alexandria von Rernxtorf. Whose Wedding To day Mill Bo otewor by Etui in Washington S x-let7 f also clear, there also being a pro nounced deficiency of rainfall in that month. I SPADE BAY FIND CLEW SHERIFF' TO DIG CELLAR OF MISSING MAN'S HOME. Garden at Woodrllle to Be Turned for Trace of Charles Winters. Pair Still Held. MEDFORD. Or., March 26. (Special.) Sheriff Jones and several deputies Monday morning will dig up the gar den of the Winters home at Wood vtlle In the hope of obtaining clews bearing on the strange disappearance of Charles Winters several weeks ago. Mrs. Winters and William Watson Bre still retained by the county author ities pending the result of the string ent search of the premises to be begun tomorrow. Two men have been de tailed to dig up the cellar while sev eral are engaged in the garden and other spots surrounding the Winters home. As the Rogue River runs near the place It Is pointed out that the body may have been cast Into the stream. The water runs swift and deep past the premises. Sheriff Jones will conduct the in vestigation and will be assisted by District Attorney Mulkey. Watson and Mrs. Winters have been kept apart since their incarceration, but the authorities have gleaned noth ing from them. They maintain silence other than to declare that they know nothing of the whereabouts of Winters. Deputy Sheriff Sandry has placed a guard about the place to keep crowds of curious persons away. Many who left Medford for Woodvllle today were not allowed to go beyond lines drawn by the Sheriff. TO BE OPEN CITY ANNULS COUNCIL'S ORDI- NANCE RESTRICTIVE. Voters 'by Overwhelming Majority Decide Against G!Tlng Officials Increase In Salary. ASHLAND, Or.. March 26. (Special.) In an initiative election Saturday Ash land voted for an open Sunday by re pudiating the ordinance recently passed by the City Council prohibiting keeping open on Sunday of circuses, theaters; moving-picture shows, merry-go-rounds, baseball games, skating rinks, bathing resorts and other places of amusement. The vote was 4H9 in favor of open Sun day and 366 .against. Mass meetings have been held during the past week and the matter was bit terly contested. A proposition to raise the Mayor's salary to 380 a month and that of Councllmen to. $30 a month was overwhelmingly defeated. The vote against the increase was 514 as compared to 2S3 in favor. Issuance of 335.000 worth of bonds to redeem the city's obligations Incurred on paving accouut was author ized. The vote was 534 for and 268 against. ALIEN . LAND BILL DIES California House Fails to Act on Proposed Blow at Asiatics. . SACRAMENTO. March 26. Hope for the Senate alien land bill restricting the acquirement of land by Asiatics died to day when the Assembly voted at the close of its afternoon session to adjourn until tomorrow at 9:30 o'clock- If a ses sion had been held tonight the bill might have been read the second time and passed tomorrow before final ad journment. To carry it through the second and third readings in a single day would" re quire a suspension of the constitution by a two-thirds vote, and, as it is ad mitted that the proponents of the bill hare no chance of acquiring this ma jority, the measure is considered lust. tf't New Wilton Rug Samples Selling Normally at $5.00 Each ; Monday, Special $2.49 300 handsome Royal Wilton Carpet Rug Samples of the finest quality manufactured. These samples are 27 inches wide and 54 inches long. Firmly bound and finished. All colors both in plain grounds or beautiful Oriental patterns. An early visit to our rug department would be advisable, as these are, exceptional bargains. 'Early Spring Sale of Lace Curtains $ 6.50 Lace Curtains, Special $4. 79 $5.00 Lace Curtains, Special $3.45 Net and scrim lace curtains in all the season's latest pat terns, both in white or Arabian color. We are showing a large variety of patterns in Battenberg, Irish Points, Marie Antoinette Clunies, Filet Scrims and all novelty makes. 2V& and 3 yards long and 40 to 50 inches wide. IS IN TOILS Former Resident of Seattle Held Forger in LojrAngeles. $20,000 SWINDLE TRIED Fair One SIiows Deed for Olympia AVoman's Property, but Investiga tion Proves That the Land Was Xever Sold. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. March 26. (Spe cial.) Miss Lillian Paxton. formerly of Seattle, was arrested in Pasadena yes terday and lodged in the County Jail upon a charge sworn to by E. L Farmer, of the Title Insurance & Trust Company, of Los Angeles, charging her with forgery. . It is charged that tbe defendant at tempted a short cut to riches by forg ing a deed to property in Los Angeles valued at about 330.000. The real owner is said to be Mrs. Jennie B. Doane of Olympia. Wash. Miss' Paxton applied to the German-American Savings Bank for a loan of 320.000 upon the property. She ex hibited a deed to herself from Jennie B. Doane. dated February 27. 1911. After appraising the property, the bank offered to loan 310.000 on mort gage, provided a clear title to the land could be shown. The search of title was turned over to the Title Insurance & Trust Company. Suspicions Are Aroused. During the search suspicions were aroused. A . telegram to Jennie B. Doane. at Olympia. brought the infor- Ml BREAKS TIE MOST STUBBORN COLD ENDS GRIPPE IN A FEW Says It Is Useless to Take Qui nine for a Bad Cold or to Believe Grippe Misery. The most severe cold will be broken, and all grippe misery ended after tak ing a dose of Pape's Cold Compound every two hours until three consecu tive doses are taken. You will distinctly feel all the dis agreeable symptoms leaving after the very first dose. The most miserable neuralgia pains, headache, dullness, head and nose stuffed up. feverishness, sneezing, run Blng of th nose, sor throat, mucous There are no dark days No. 3A SPECIAL We maintain an expert department for developing and finishing. All work handled promptly and with care. j Kodaks to correspond with Columbian 133 Sixth Street. . i A I mation that she had not been in Lob Angeles for several years, and that she had not sold her property. A warrant charging Lillian Paxton with forgery was then issued. The Title Insurance & Trust Com pany officers were convinced that th woman had accomplices and.a vigorous attempt is being made to run them down. , Woman Denies Gnilt. Miss Baxton maintained tonight tnat she was innocent and declared that she had been the victim of another woman, who Impersonated Mrs. Jennie P. Doane, the owner or tne property involved. The records show that February 25. a woman who gave the name of Mrs. Jennie P. Doane appeared before a local notary and signed a deed conveying the property to Miss Paxton. After obtain ing the deed, Mise Paxton went to th County Recorder's off'ce and recorded it. Miss Paxton said today that in payment for the property she gave the woman stocks and bondfl the total value of which she said was J60.000. Miss Paxton asserted she could prove that she owned these stocks and bonds from the records of the companies and that these rec ords would show they were transferred to the Doane woman. The prisoner is between 30 and 35 years old and apparently partly of Spanish descent. She dresses quietly, and is prepossessing in appearance. She is known to have been In Pasadena since March 17. s CHANNEL SWEET BY GALE Snow Blizzard Raging Drives Ship on Rocks Off Scilly. LONDON, March 26. A furious gale has been blowing for the last 48 hours in the English Channel with snow blizzards. It has completely disorgan ized the mail service and caused a num- . . - i ...... 1 -NTAa-1,, all , Vi a telephone and telegraph wires between London and the Kentish coast have blown down. The Spanish steamship Setiembre. from Porman. Spain, is on the rocks off Scilly. ' catarrhal, discharges, soreness, stiff ness, rheumatism pains and other dis tress vanishes. Pape's Cold Compound la the result of three years' research at a ooat of more than fifty thousand dollars, and contains no quinine, which we hav conclusively demonstrated is not ef fective in the treatment of colds or grippe. Take this harmless Compound as directed, with the knowledge that there is no other medicine made anywher else In the worrd, which will cure your cold or end Grippe misery as promptly and without any other assistance or bad after effects as a 25-cent package of Pape's Cold Compound, which any druggist in the world can supply. for those who use the KODAK The high power of its Zeiss-Kodak Anastig mat (f. 6.3) in connection with the flexibil ity of Speed control in the compound shutter make snap-shots possible on days where a time exposure would be necessary with an ordinary camera. In every detail of construction and finish a perfect product. Pic ture 3V4x5V2 (post card size). Uses Kodak daylight loading film cartridges. Price $65 your pocketbook 2 and up. j Optical Co. Oregonian Building. I