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V . ... rORTLAND. OREGON, SATURDAY AIIL 15, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. H Ut uti SPECIAL SESSION TO LAST Hope of Early Adjourn ment Is Gone. TARIFF REVISION BALKED AT Senate Finance Leaders Say There'll Be No Amendment. SUMMER WILL BE DREARY Member of Vpper House W ill Talk Fndlesslr on Canadian Reci procity While Representatives Are Coins After Schedule. ST HARRT J BROWN. OREOONIAN NEWS Bl BEAl'.Wuh lngton, April 14. There Is every Indl ratlon that tha present session of Con gress will be a Ion one. and old-time leaders around the Capitol are placing t!i day of adjournment anjrwhara from Brptrmbrr 1 to December 4. th latter being the date when the regular session will conrene. Nobody know how long the aeaalon will laat or what It will de velop. The declaration of President Taft that he will not exercise hla contl tuttonal power and adjourn Congress after the passage of tha Canadian reel, proclty bill, put an end to the hopes of those Senators and Representatives who had looked forward to adjourn ment In the early Summer, for It had been the exception of these lawmakers that the Senate would refuaa to act upon special tariff bill sent oyer by the, House, and the president, t; ward off a continuous deadlock, would iclare the special session adjourned. Now that It la known tho President will not adjourn the special session, tha Democrats of the House will be the more determined to make a tariff rec ord, and the middle of th Summer will ae the Senate literally swamped with House bllla revising various schedules of th Payne-Aldrlch law. Tariff Revision Balked At. Word has (on forth (and It emanates from Influential members of the Senate finance committee) that there will be no amendment to the Payne-AIdiich law at the special session. These Re publican Senators hare declared that Congress must wait ' for reports from the tariff board before any tariff leg islation, other than the Canadian reci procity bill, can be considered and passed by the Senate. The tariff board . will not report until December. But the Senators who made this announce ment had counted on the President to bring- about adjournment. Now that he refuses to play the game as they had planned It. the situation in the Senate becomes Interesting;. The House fa going; after the tariff, schedule by schedule, and proposes to pass a series of bills which will make marked reductions In the present rates. It had not been tha original purpose of the House leaders to revise all the schedules at the special session, for It was believed such aa extensive revision could not bop to receive consideration In the Senate. But If the Senate balks, and It Is found that there are enough votes to prevent the passage of any of the House measures, and It the Senate leaders regard It as good politics to refuse to act upon the special bills sent over by the House, the lower body may decide to revise th entire Payne-Aid-rich law. and keep working throughout tha Summer and FalL Committee May Be Divided. Whatever tariff bills the House passes will go to the Senate committee on finance, which Is made up of nine Republicans and five Democrats. Two of the Republican members will be In surgents, and If they should Join hands with the Democrats In support of any one of the House bills, the committee would be evenly divided, and a report would be possible. It Is true a tie vote would be an adverse vote, but any kind of a vote In a committee, even one or dering an adverse report. Is all that Is necessary to get a bill before the Sen ate, and the Senate Is sever bound to accept the report of a committee, but can act In accordance with the wlU of the majority. The Senate will have legitimate ex ruse for not considering any of the House tariff bills during the first two or three months of the present session, for It will be expected to give prece dence to the Canadian reciprocity bill, which Is bound to meet with deter, rained opposition. Also, the Senate may reasonably devote a part of Its time to discussion of the popular elec tion of Senators, the admission of Arizona and New Mexico, the Congres sional reapportionment, and such other general l-gtslatton as will euon be put up to It by the House. But three months will be regarded as ample time for the discussion of these measures, and If. at the end of that time, the Sen ate Is not ready to discuss tariff re vision, the Democratic House will set up a howl that will be heard from one end of the country to the other. Senator Can Talk Freely. But for the privilege of unlimited de bate that obtains In th Senate, the seeeioa would terminate early In the Summer. However, the Senate rules. tCa;ludd ea fag 3-J MONTHS TWO MASKED MEN BLOW MILL'S SAFE OREGON DOOR CO MIMA V VAULT -BLOWN BY ROBBERS. Night Watchman Martin, of Sell wood Subsidiary Firm of Eat Side Mill. I Gasgcd. . Two masked men knocked down and gagged A. a. Margin, night watchman of the East Side Mill. In Sellwood. at an early hour thla morning, then blew the safe of the Oregon Door Company, a subsidiary concern of the East Side Mill Company, and" made their escape. At t o'clock this morning Captain Slo ver placed a score of his nien on, the case and both aides of the river are now belisg patrolled and every avenue of possible escape is being watched. At S o'clock Patrolman White noti fied headquarters that he had the trail of the highwaymen; that they went south on the tracks In Sellwood and turned toward the river. . making for the tannery near this point. When George C. Tichenor. aecretary and treasurer of the company, waa notified of the safehlowlng. he Informed the authorltlea that he thought there was less than $100 In the safe, as bad yesterday. Just before the closing of banking hours, deposited the week s payroll, which will be paid out today. 19 CHILDREN WILL MOURN Offspring of Baumbacb, Killed in Collision, Will Attend Funeral. STOCKTON. CaL. April 14. (Spe cial.) When the funeral of Mr. and Mrs. James Baumbach. the couple killed on Monday afternoon In a col lision of an automobile with a trac tion company Interurban car at the Eight-mile lane north of this city. Is held next week. 1 children are ex pected to b In attendance. Immediately after the death of the couple, which was Instantaneous, the addresses of tho sons and daughters throughout the Dakotas and Canada were secured and they were Informed. Almost all of them have signified their Intention of attending the funeral, the date of which has not yet been posi tively fixed. Nine of the children by the second wife of Baumbach. who met death with him, are In Lodl. where the couple lived. Mr. Baumbach waa 0 years of age and his wife waa 1! years old. The Jury at the Coroner's Inquest exonerated the Central Traction Com pany from all blame for the accident. W. C Brown, who waa driving the automobile, today recovered sufficient ly to be told of the particulars of the acoldent. He will recover, though crippled for life. DIAZ AGENT IS TARGET Mexican In San Francisco to Boy Deadly Explosive Has Pistol Duel. SAN FRANCISCO. CaL, April 14. The Mexican revolution waa carried to the streets of San Francisco tonight In an attempt .to assess kiate Colonel Alex de Clalrmont, agent of President Diaz, commissioned to purchase the formula for an explosive In San Francisco. Two shots were fired at De Clalr mont as be was entering his house. He returned the fire, but the would-be assassins escaped. Do Clalrmont says he came to San Francisco to purchase the formula for a new explosive, said t bj one of the deadliest known, from a San Francisco dentist and chemist, for the use of the Mexican federal army. Miss Amy Mackay. a niece of Colonel De Clalrmont. was with him when the shooting took place. Neither she nor the Colonel waa hurt. He blames rebel agents for the attack tonight, saying they have sent him threatening letters. s v HEN MOTHER TO SIX PIGS Sow Convert Eggs Into Pork and Chicken Get Revense at Night. PILOT ROCK. Or, April 14. (Special.) A hen mothering a litter of six wee pigs Is the unusual spectacle to be witnessed on th Irrigation farm of Wil liam H. Eveuis Just south of town. The hen bad made her nest In the pigpen, filled It with eggs and started to setting before It was discovered by aa old sow who converted the eggs Into pork. Though ber nest had been destroyed, the hen mother-instinct remained, so she adopted the sow's litter of plga. During the day she follows them about, as they pay little attention to her and follow the mother pig until evening. Then it Is that the ben calls the young porkers to her and hovers them with ber wings Just as she would little chickens. The pigs seem to sppreciate the downy couch thus afforded them, remaining under the wings throughout the night. FAITHFUL DOG IS SLAIN Animal Fight Those Who Would Aid Stricken Mistress. SEATTLE. Wash.. April 14. (Spe cial.) Fighting with teeth and claws, his back hair abrlstle. eluding all ef forts to capture him with a net or a comforter, a fox terrier stood off a policeman, a physician, a priest called to administer extreme unction and the motherf the dog 111 and. supposedly, dying mistress, Adele C. Chopard. of 110S Fifth avenue, last night. But the terriers faithfulness cost his own life. The measure was heroic, but there was no other way, and Pa trolman Pryor felled him with a club and dragged the guardian from his mistress' bedside and put a bullet In his brain as he lay on the street. F.W.BENSON DIES; - WIFE PROSTRATED End Comes as Oregon Secretary Sleeps. FINAL RALLY DISAPPOINTING Mrs. Benson's Condition Seri ous, but Not Dangerous. OLCOTT TO SUCCEED HIM Arrival at Red Lands, Cal., of Rela tives From Oregon Is Awaited Before Completing Arrange ments for .Funeral. BKX W. OM"OTT 1JKF.LT TO BE APPOIXTF.D HECRKTART OF STATE. FAI.EM. Or April 14. (Special.) Though no announcement will be made formally until Monday! oat of respect to the memory of Secretary Benson. It fa regarded here aa prob able that Ben W. Olcott. a Repub lican, but campaign manager for OoTtmor West In the recent cam paign, will be appointed Secretary of State. Joan B. ft ran. secretary of the Democratic State Central Committee, has been mentlored. aa has also K. H- Corey, chief clerk under Mr. Ben son. ' Mr. Olcott's selection, however, is regarded aa virtually certain. RED LANDS, CaL. April 14. Frank W. Benson. ex-Governor of Oregon and for the pest five years Secretary of State of Oregon, died here early this morning. He came here IaM December In poor health. After staying a week at the Hotel Casa Lomav he took apartmenta with his wife and servants. They made few friends while here, living a retired and occluded life. Only Secretary Benson's Immediate family was at the bedside when death came. It was thought yesterday that Secretary Benson had rallied somewhat, but early this morning be took a turn for the worse. His death was not unex pected. The family practically had given up hope for his recovery when they ar rived In Los Angeles last Winter. Mrs. Benson In Collapse. Overcome by the shock of her hus band's death and worn out by her con stant vigil of four weeks by his bed side day and night, Mrs. Benson is prostrated and under the care of physi cians tonight. Her condition, while not dangerous, la serious and the attending physician will not allow any one to see ber or permit her to consider the details of her husband's funeral. From servants at the house It was learned today that when the physician announced shortly after 4 o'clock this morning that Mr. Benson was dead, Mrs. Benson swooned and was carried to her bed. They declare that when they re moved her clothing It was the first time (Concluded on Page .) I . m m SB aa txam sV aV Sk I f 1 f 1 a f I II I I aPsa, axa ssjsa. MM sxt BSB& .vssk -wax. SB - sr-fa index to today's news FIGHTING AbhUDb 5poSS SUraEME UH. P tAHSUN S, 81 , The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, S degrees; minimum. 84 degrees. TODAY'S Fair ajid warmer; northerly winds. - Mexico. Taft warns Mexico fnlted States will not ., allow fighting near boundary. Page 1. Agua Prleta Is now held by lOon rebels and American officer threatens to stop next , battle It they fight on boundary. Page 3. National. -Portland's exporta of wheat In nine months mose than Puget Sound's and Baltlmore'a combined. Page 1. Speelal session of Congress will last all Summer, perhaps until December. Page 1. Sr. David J syne Hill resigns as Ambassador to Germany. Page &. Campaign publicity bill passes House after Democratic Insurgent have almost put in Republican amendment. Page 6. Reciprocity bill Introduced In House and to be debated for three days. Page S. Nary Department Investigates snobbery at Naval Academy. Page 1. Domestic. Denman Thompson, who made "The Old Homestead" famous, is dead. Page 3. Ned Crone, speed king, hurled to death when auto tires burst. Psge 2. Ex-President Roosevelt speaks before 'Min- nesota Legislature at St. Paul. Page 4. Dr. Pearsons celebrates 91st birthday by rounding out 13,000.000 benefactions. Psge 1. Famous, beauty, who married oil magnate's son. must appear In action to annul mar. rlage on grounds he wss unbalanced Page 3. Pacific Northwest. Eucalyptus land Indictments cause friends of accused to protest. Page o. Railway Commission warns against excessive loading of O.-W. R. at N. bridge at Portland. Page 7. Secretary of State Benson dies at Redlanda, CaL, wife ts prostrated. Page 1. Ben W. Olcott probable successor of Secre tary Benson. Psge 6. Second section of First Infantry Machine Gun Platoon breaks world's record at Vancouver Barracks. Page 7, Lewlston bank bookkeeper says T. W. Ket- tenbach obtained confession by fraud. Page 6. Roqulam 25,000 club Indorses commission form of government. Psge 4. Sports. Beaver's homecoming next Tuesday awaited by thousands of anxious fans. Page 8. Pacific Coast Lei rue results: Portland , Oakland 4' Sacramento 4, Loe Angelea 3; San Francisco 4, Vernon 2. Page 8. Roadsters defeat Calef Bros, nine, 14 to 0. Pag 8. Commercial and Marine. Strong export demand for Oregon hops. Page 10. General trade' la alow throughout country. Psge 19. v Famous barge Klickitat la sold for less than 1500. page 18. Fortland and Vicinity. Correspondent back from Roosevelt tour saya Colonel's morality appeals to people Page 14. ' Mayor Simon agrees that city government should be simplified. Page 12. Second suit attacking Hassam paving con tract! Is begun. Page . Postmaster's report shows big Increase In business of bis office. Page 11. Rotsevelt policy is one of self-effacement. Page 14. Railroads bring at least 35.000 colonists to Oregon In low-far period. Page 19. Southern Pacific loses long-haul in Southern Oregon rate cases. Page 19. Oregon state convention of Knights of Mac cabees takes place. Page 12. Andrew Carnegie's offer of $105,000 for three branch libraries accepted, page 12: American Press will bring action for libel against Oregon Journal for declaring Army pictures printed by The Oregonlan fake." Page 4. Dr. Lane tolls why he will not run for Mayor. Page . CHINESE STORM LEGATION 300 Stndents Drive Out Minister to Protest Against Governmnet, VICTORIA; B. C April 14. Accord ing to advices brought by the steamer Antllochus, the Chinese legation at Toklo was seized by 300 Chinese stu dents, who caused the Chinese Min ister. Wang, to take flight, and ter rorized his staff. The students broke Into the legation and held a mass meeting to protest against China's weak policy against Russia, regarding the Mongolian sit uation "ANYTHING YOU WANT, BOSS. LINE MUST CHSEU-- - DONATES S3DD.DDD Taft Warns Mexico Not to Offend Again. AMERICANS' LIVES TO BE SAFE Trenches Must Not Be Thrown Up Close Boundary. , ARMY'S- MOVE JUSTIFIED Taft Considers Mexican Situation Alarming and Orders Army Offi cers to Guard Against Shooting Near Line. WASHINGTON, April 1 P8,d"n! Taft Is determined not only that battles between Mexican federals and lnsur rectos shall not be fought on Ameri can soil, but that future combats must not be fought out so close to the Amer ican line as to put In jeopardy the lives and property of Americans. Through the State Department the President tonight notified the Mexican government that It must seeto it that hereafter no euch unfortunate Incident as that of yesterday at Agua Prleta, when two Americans were killed and 11 wounded, be allowed to occur. Through the War Department and through the Department of Justice, there were sent similar warning to both sides. The view expressed at the White House tonight was that these warnings would be obeyed to the letter. No More Battles Near Boundary. No more battles will be fought near the boundary. Neither the President nor any. of his advisers, whom he called Into consultation tonlgTit. was inclined to regard the Incident at Agua Prleta as a forerunner of anything more seri ous, but they concluded that it must not be repeated. The President knows that battle grounds are not chosen llk"e places for the holding of athletic contests, but at the same time -he takes -the position that preparations for battle must be made by the hostile forces with due consideration of the effect upon non combatant Americans. The President knows that some of the American spectators at yesterday's affair near Douglas were eager to see the fight and might have got too close to the engaged forces, but he has been informed also that warning was given to the lnsurrectos. at least, not to get too close to the United states. Hereafter this Government expects both the lnsurrectos and the federal troops to erect trenches or make their lines of battle far enough .away from American soil to make It certain that Americans engaged in the occupations of peace will not be Interrupted. Army Maneuvers Justified. The President feels that his order sending the troops to Texas has been entirely Justified by the developments of the last few days. He Is more cer tain than ever that conditions In the (Concluded on Page 2.) PCGET SOUND AND BALTIMORE ARE LEFT BEHIND. This Port's Shipments of Grain for Past Nine Months More Than Two Other Ports Combined. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, April 14. Portland, according to official statistics compiled by the De partment of Commerce ar.d Labor, Is in creasing Its lead over all other sea port cities in exports of wheat. During the nine months ending with March. 1911, Portland exported 6,782.507 bushels of wheat, which Is more than the combined exports of Puget Sound and Baltimore, which stand second and third on the wheat exporting list. This is also a greater shipment than made by Portland itself in the corresponding months of the past two years. In the past nine months, Puget Sound exported only 3.748,901 bushels of wheat. During the corresponding months of last year, Portland's wheat exports were 4,877.480 bushels and Puget Sound's 3,361,653. At that time. Portland stood in second place. New York being far In the lead. But wheat shipments from New Tork have been very light this year. During the month of March Port land exported 729,114 bushels of wheat as against 146,624 bushels In March, 1910; while Puget Sound's March export was 311.105 bushels against 255,571 bushels in March, 1910. In the matter of flour exports, Puget Sound ranks Portland and is second among the ports of the United States. Its total flour shipment for the past nine months amounted to 1,378,513 bar rels, an Increase of 262,000 barrels over thj corresponding months of the pre vious year. Portland's exports of flour grew from 189,930 barrels In 1910 to 416,359 barrels during nine months end ing with March last. COSTLY HATS CAST AWAY Garbage Collectors Get Panamas Sent to Seattle City Dump. SEATTLE, Wash., April 14. (Spe cial.) No Senegambian- satrap will stalk the jungles of the Dark Con tinent with prouder grace than will mark the carriage of several dozen sons of Italy, engaged In the hon orable and sanitary occupation of transporting Seattle's garbage to the dump that Is, If the police department fails In efforts to recover (300 worth of Panama hats, that Slngerman & Sons, at Second avenue and Seneca street, had planned to sell this Spring. Because a box that he found in the rear of the Singerman store was light, a scavenger jumped to the conclusion that it contained only excelsior. He carted it away and cast it off at the city dump at the foot of Mercer street, on Lake Union. Zip! Upon the odorous heap of refuse bounced the box full of expensive Panamas. The hats remained undisturbed for several days. Then a garbage man with a well-developed bump of curiosity directed his No. Ss against a side of the box, crashing It in and disclosing the headgear to view. Immediately a riot ensued and the garbage men bore down upon that box. Within less than a minute every hat had been appropri ated, even those that ' were torn In the scramble. Not until every scavenger In pos session of a Panama Is behind the bars, say the detectives, will they rest. CLEARINGS GO HIGHER Portland Continues to Lead North west in. Weekly Percentage. Portland continues to lead the North west in Its proportionate increase in back clearings and rapidly Is acquir ing a total for each week that soon will place It In a class with cities of much greater population. The Increase for the week ended yes terday was 5.6 per cent over the corre sponding week last year, and the total clearings were 112,135,000. Los Angeles Is the only other Coast city to show a substantial Increase, the advance there being 14.1 per cent. Oakland gained- 9 per cent and San Francisco decreased 6 per cent. Seattle, as usual, lost, the decrease there being 13 per cent. Tacoma lost 23.5 per cent and Spokane 3.5 per cent. GIFT ELEPHANT "WHITE" University of California Has No Place to Put Roosevelt's Present. BERKELET. Cal.. April 14. (Spe cial.) The skin and skull of a big elephant which Theodore Roosevelt shot while on his hunting trip In Africa and which he presented to the Univer sity of California, after It had been prepared at the Smithsonian Institute, has proven a sure-enough "white ele phant" on the hands of the university people. As there Is no room for an elephant In any of the appropriate places In the halls of the university buildings, it was said today that the big pachy derm may be sent to the university museum of anthropology in San Fran cisco. 9-CENT-A-DAY-MAN IS DEAD Frugal New England Editor Cre mated in Office Fire. CLAREMONT, N. H., April 14. Sam uel FInley Storey, editor of the Narra tive, a weekly publication, was burned to death in his office today. Storey lived alone in his office and according to his own statement, existed on nine cents a day. . , Aged Philanthropist Is Out of Debt. BIRTHDAY IS CELEBRATED Chicago Man Rounds Out $5,000,000 Benefactions. n HE RETIRES, VERY HAPPY Rich Old Man With Heart of Toutb Ends Gift-Making With Presents to Kentucky College and Foreign Missions. CHICAGO. April 14. (Special.) Dr Daniel K. Pearsons, for the last 2C years one of Chicago's most distin guished philanthropists, today cele brated his 91st birthday by signing hla last check for a public benefaction. Scores of friends gathered about him In a farewell reception In the parlors of the Hinsdale Sanitarium, this after noon, and to certain ones of them he presented signed checks amounting In the aggregate, to 1300,000. The last was a check for 1100,000 which he pre sented to Dr. A. N. Hitchcock, secre tary of the American Board of Com missioners for Foreign Missions. The farewell gift speech of the aged physician wVs a most touching one. It was read by Dr. W. E. Barton, of Oak Park, while Dr. Pearsons sat close be side him with his hand to his ear and nodded approval. The speech was In part as follows: Farewell Speech Read. "I have long looked forward to my 91st birthday as my time of retirement from public life. I had planned to do this a year ago, but there were some outstanding pledges, and I wanted to round out my giving with another gift to the colleges of the American Board, and another 3100,000 to Berea College. Kentucky. These and similar gifts haVe now been made and I am through. I have no more money for benevolences. I have enough left to take care of me and do some things which' I want to do, but every dollar that I now have is fully provided for. "I express my sincere thanks to the friends who have joined In such hearty congratulations, and to the many with whom I have been associated lh pleas ant relationship during these years. For 22 years I have made it my sole busi ness to give away money. Few men have spent 22 happier years. Pearsons Young in Spirit. "I hopo to live other years. I still enjey life, and my mind is young. Only In my body am I an old man: In my mind and heart I feel all the thrill of youth. I say this farewell not as one who Is about to die. but as one who has earned a little quiet space at the end of an active life. By the blessing of God I have lived these years, and the tie that still remains will have pleasant recollections, sincere friendships and continued interest in the work I have loved. Five million dollars I have given away: $1,000,000 to Chicago and the rest of it to Christian colleges from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and even beyond the sea." W. E. Frost, president of Berea Col lege, Kentucky, spoke on behalf of the 48 colleges that had been benefited by Dr. Pearsons' benefactions. Dr. David Paulson, head of the Hins dale Sanitarium and those of the birth day party, held up a sheaf of 80 tele grams and said that, besides these, 400 letters had been received. One of the telegrams was from John D. Rocke feller, and said: "I rejoice in all your good deeds. The world Is made better by your beautiful example of giving generously of your substance for the benefit of your fellow men. I congratulate you on your 91st birthday, and wish you many happy returns of the same. The Lord bless and keep you in happiness." TOYS WORSE THAN MUMPS Quarantined Children, Disgusted, Explode Whole Bunch Torpedoes. HOOD RIVER, Or.. April 14. (Spe cial.) Two small children were seri ously injured today by the explosion of a quantity ef toy torpedoes with which they were playing. The abdomen of Stanley Slutz, the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Slutz, in whose back yard the accident occurred, was pene trated by a flying fragment and his companion, John Carson, the 9-year-old child of a neighbor, has a badly mangled hand. Mrs Slutz says the two families were quarantined on account of mumps. The explosives had been given them to amuse them during their close confine ment, but not being satisfied with us ing them singly the youngsters planned to draw their sport to an end with a grand finale by exploding all of the torpedoes at once. A flat stone was procured on which the boxful was poured and struck with another large stone. Unless complications arise the wound of the Slutz child will not prove JtataL, H3 107.2!