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Newspaper Page TextPORTLAND,' OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. v V, MOB SEIZES COAL STOCK IN ALASKA Boston Tea Party Emu lated at Cordova. FUEL IS DUMPED INTO SEA Protest Against Failure to Open Mines Intended. TAFT'S SILENCE ANNOYS Major and Ixx-al Officials Powerless to Prevent Art Keeling Is Against Government and Not Company. CORDOVA. Alaska. Mar 4. The ex citement caused by tha Government's failure to hurry action on the Alaska coal land cases reached a climax here today when 300 business men and cltl sens formed a mob and. armed with shovels, marched .to tha ocean dock of the Alaska Steamship Company, where they proceeded to throw several hun dred tons of British Columbia coal Into the bay. Incensed at the thought of no reply to the many appeals cabled to rresldent Taft to urge early action looking to tha opening of the Alaska coal fields, the cltlsens of Cordova de cided to emuate the revolutionary pa triots who rave tha "Boston tea party." In 1T73. and thua express the serious crisis that has been reached In tha Alukt coal situation. For sev eral days tha sentiment In favor of ..me public outburst has been quietly growing. When cable dispatches from Wash ington received today brought no news of President Tafl'a having then ac knowledged tha receipt of the appeals from Alaska, the angry feeling; In creased and tha call to arms, which In this Instance meant a call to shovels, waa sounded. ' Participants Are Prominent. Amour those who participated la tha "coal party" were A- J. Adama. presi dent of tha Chamber of Commerce; ex Mayor Chase. Councilman James Flynn ' and Charles Ross. Tha time selected for tha movement waa opportune, for Tnlted States Dep uty Marshal Brightwell was three miles away. Untied States Commis sioner Tucker could not be found and Chief of Police Dooley was not found until several tons of coal had been dis posed of and tha "party" was In full awing-. Richard J. Barry, general agent of tha Alaska Steamship Company and tha Copper River Railroad, waa In his office on tha dock and waa taken by complete surprise when tha mob swooped onto the pcoperty. He de manded that tha shoveling cease, but tha crowds only answer waa "Give ua Alaska coaL" Chief of Police Appears. Barry was armed, but friends per suaded him not to Are. . Workmen In the railroad shops were sent for and arrived with Superintendent Van Cleave at tha same time that Chief of Polio Dooley put In an atpearanca. Dooley ordered . the mob to disperse, but President Adama. of tha Chamber of Commerce, shouted: "Shovel awa'y. boys. Wi want only Alaska coaL" Demand was then made in the name of the United States to disband or suf fer arrest for rioting;. This demand was heeded, merchants returning to their places ct busloesa and other citixens golnz about xhelr regular occupations. U Is believed the trouble is not over, as threats are being made to make another demonstration when tha ateamer Edith, which la bringing; a cargo of Canadian coal, arrives. Mayor Lathrop appealed to Gov ernor Vf. E. Clark, who Is In Washing ton, for assistance. The United States auxiliary cruiser Buffalo will soon come here to repair the Government wireless station and an effort will bo made to have her land a guard. Today'a action was the culmination of many Indignation meetings in Cor dova and surrounding; towns. A tele phone report received from Katalla says that Gtfford Plnchot waa burned in effigy there last night by a mob of angry citizens. NEWS RECEIVED IX SEATTLE President of Steamship Company Saj Loss of Coal Is Heavy. SEATTLE. Wash, May 4. (Special.) News of the dumping of coal at Cordova was received here tonight by the Alaska Steamship Company In a cablegram from K. J. Barry, general agent for the com pany at Cordova. "Feeling here Intense over coal mat ters." It says. "Mob of mora than men now on tha dock dumping Nanalmo coal Into the bay. Authorities here powerless. Mayor calling on Governor for help. No feeling against company. It is all against Government account re port that no action would be taken on coal land." J. H. Toung. president of tha Alaska Steamship Company, said tonight he had been advised that the people of Cordova had threatened this action for soma time. The Mayor and local officials of tha Una have done everything possible to dls IGon dude oa Page J COAST IS FACTOR IN DEVELOPMENT ORECOX AND WASHINGTON PROSIIXENT IX CONVENTION, C. C. Chapman, of Portland Com mrrctal Club, Heads Important Committee at Helena. HELENA. Mont, May 4. (Special) Oregon and Washington will largely shape the destiny of 'he Northwest Development League, now In process of organization, as a result of the con ference called by Governor Norrla. of Montana, and attended by too delegates from Washington, Oregon. Idaho. Mon tana. Missouri, the D&kotas and Mln nesota. . . C. C. Chapman, of the TVrtland Com mercial Club, and relegate Wilson, of tha Seattle Commercial Club. were named as chairmen of two Important committees, as the result of generous action by the delegates from the Da- kotaa and Minnesota. These commit tees will determine the policy of tha convection and Its methods of work- It la believed that the reault of the convention will be a permanent organ lax t Ion. holding a land show every De cember in the Twin Cities and a con gress every June, to be held in the principal cities of th extreme North west, the first being held In Seattle In June. 1912. The sprit manlfeated among the delegates furors placing emphasis on the development of the most westerly stat-s :n the loague. which means a wide-reaching public ity campaign, with Washington Ore gon. Idaho and Montini as fio prin clpal beneflclarloa. Although the two Pacific Coat states are outnumbered IS to 1 by '.ho dele gations from Minnesota and the Da kotas. the latter states Tiave taken the Initiative in according li.iportaot recog nition to their Far-Western sisters. MORE OPERA IS HIS HOPE Hammersteln Wants to Re-enter New York Field and Will Build. NEW YORK. May 4. (Special.) Bit ting In the best cabin on board the steamship George Washington, sailing for Europe, Oscar Hammersteln. sur rounded by his son and daughter and many friends, gave vole today to the hope that soon he will be in a position again to present grand opera In New York. The reporter Bald: "Are you leaving us for good?" Hammersteln replied: "Oh. no. I will be coming and going and maybe soon will give opera here again I do not forget that I have an agreement with tha Metropolitan people not to give opera here again In ten years; but I am on tha moat friendly terma with them and perhaps 1 will come to some agreement with them and modify that clause so as to let ma In again." "Do you mean you will build another opera-house in ihe event you coma backT" "Ob, yes. and it will be a fine one. too; better than any other, and I would bring my London artists over. I have made some discoveries In my time and I will make some mora." BRYAN ISSUES CHALLENGE Netra6kan Defends Bible at Celebra tion In Chicago. CHICAGO. May 4. Telegrams from President Taft and British Ambassa dor James Bryce were read tonight at the celebration of tha 300th anniver sary of the translation of the author ised version of the English Bible. The chief address was delivered by William J. Bryan, who challenged ma terialists and those opposed to tha theory of divine Inspiration of tha Bible to ahow they were right by pro ducing a book superior to that volume. "Atheists and materialists declare that the Bible la merely tha work of man." aald Mr. Bryan, "and that It waa written under the limitations that ap ply to human wisdom. Taking this position, they necessarily must con tend that, unless man has degenerated In ability and declined in wisdom, ha can produce a book equal to tha Bible. Let them produce It." CARNEGIE AIDS CORNELL University Gets $60,300 From Steel Baron for Chemistry Building. ITHACA. N. T May 4.-Spectal.) Cornell University received today .from Andrew Carnegie a check for JhO.St In payment of the cost of a new addition to Morse Hall, tha chemistry building which he promised to look after as a special honor to his friend Andrew D. White, ex-president of the university. who Is a member of the Carnegie Foun dation and trustee of the Peace Fund. - When the trustees decided last Spring that a larger chemistry building was es sential. Mr. Carnegie announced he would pay for It. Tha addition as com pleted gives Cornell cne of the best equipped chemistry laboratories In the country and takes care of a good manj more students than could be accommo dated In the old building. SEATTLE HAS 80-CENT GAS Consumers of More Than 5000 Coble Feet Get 29 Per Cent Cut. SEATTLE. Wash.. May 4. (Special.) To consumers of gas using Jn excess of 5000 cubic feet monthly, the Seattle Lighting Company yesterday granted a reduction of iO per cent. HR. Cllse. secretary of the company, said that for eight -years gaa had sold In Seattle at tl per 1000 cublo feet. The reduction from fl to SO cents per thousand Is granted to the consumers using more than 15000 cubic feet monthly and the new rata .applies to April accounts. MAr, I GAL MAY GET PRISON TERM New Indictments Plan to Elude Gallows. MURDER CHARGE IS DROPPED McNamaras Alone Accused of Times Explosion. ARRAIGNMENT IS TODAY Grand Jury Meets in Great Secrecy and Finds Ct New Indictments. Informer Only Accused of Ironworks Explosion. LOS ANGELES, May 4. By securing new Indictments against John and James McNamara and Ortle McManigal for the dynamite outrage, the prosecu tion today revealed Its Intentions to wards tha three prisoners. McManigal testified before the grand Jury and then after several other wit nesses had been heard 21 new indict ments were found. 19 against the Mc Namaraa for murder In connection with the blowing up of the Times building In which 21 lives were lost, and two against McManigal as principal and the McNamaraa as accomplices for blowing up tha Llewellyn Iron Works, In which do person was killed. The farmer indictments. In which McMani gal was indicted with the McNamaras for the Times explosion, were quashed. These facts indicate the plan to save McManigal from the gallows by not trying him In the Times casa for mur der, but to use him as a witness In that case against the McNamaras. Tha blowing up of the Iron works not be ing a capital offense, aa no lives were lost. McManigal may escape with a penitentiary sentence. The prisoners will be arraigned to morrow afternoon and a data set at that time for them to enter their pleas. McManigal Chief Witness. McManigal waa the principal witness heard by the Inquisitors, about whose movements and meeting place a veil of secrecy was thrown. When the Jurymen aasembled they were told to go quietly, one by one, so as not to at tract attention, to the Jury-room of Judge Willis' Court, In the Hall of Jus tice, next to the County Jail. In the regular grand Jury-room dummy Jury men were quartered, while bailiffs mounted guard at tha door. Then witnesses were directed to Judge Wil lis' courtroom. When McManigal was summoned he was taken from his cell and thence es corted over tha "bridge of sighs-' lead ing from the prison Into tha Hall of Justice and tha Jury-room. He was quissed for more than two hours. Im mediately afterward tha Jury ad journed, but District Attorney Fred ericks stated that tha indictments or dered were so numerous that they (Concluded on Page 2-) e.sssssss.easss.ss.es..s.s...ss.sssss....i.iiit....sts . B 0TH- ''VnZLL, WE M NAnON'S a.e.se-ees.'.s eseases s..s. ..... ..... sseessssssssssssss.es.... INDEX TO TODAFS NEWS The Weather. TESTERDAY'S Maximum 'temperature. 67 degrees; minimum. 52 degrees. TODAY'S Showers, south to west winds. . Mexico. Vadero asks that Diss and Corral an nounce resignation as essential to peace. Page 1. . Foreign. Lloyd-George presents to British Parlia ment scheme of state Insurance for work- Ingmen and women. Page 7. London theatergoers msy not wear evening dress In future to be Jn good iorm. Page 11. English royalty prepare for coronation fes tivities, page is. National. Republicans open hot fire on Democratlo free list bill In House, page 5. Taft speaks at Philadelphia oa conquest of oisease by Army surgeons. Page 4. Iomestlc "Financial neutrality suggested as peace move by Banker Speyer. Page a. Steamer runs Into school of whales going into can Francisco harbor. Page 1. Oregon and Washington big factors In de velopment meeting at Helena. Page l. Bteel trust buys Rlsdon Iron Works in San Francisco. Page z. New Indictments in dynamiting cases reveal band of prosecution. Page 1. Roosevelt denounces union lesders who de fend men accused of dynamiting. Page i. Mrs. Rurke-Roche's sons will not charge names in accordance with win. but will share estate anyway. Page ft. Great Die of evidence of legislative corrup tion swsmps Ohio prosecutor. Page 4. Charges against Mrs. Henry dismissed but Judge criticises her conduct, page 7. Gallagher withdraws from San Francisco Mayoralty Bghu - Page 2. Pacific Northwest. Mob st Cordova, Alaska, boards steamship, dumps coal cargo Into sea. Page 1. Sidney C. Love, ex-broker, wilt bsttle In Oregon for custody of his child. Page 1. Hessian fly, enemy of wheat, found In Clark County. Page 6. Work on new million dollar Spokane high scnool stoppea on grounas oc xauiiy con struction. Page 6. Roads to aid Southwestern Washington De velopment Association to get settlers. Page 8. Addison Bennett finds rich cattle sections in Harney County. Page 18. Idaho temperance question bone of conten tion. Page 18. Sport. Northwestern League results yesterday: Van couver 8, Portland 5; Tacoma 2. Spokane 1; Seattle-Victoria game postponed; rain. Page 9. Pacific Coast League results yesterday: Portland 3, Vernon 2; Sacramento 7. Oakland 5; Los Angeles 10. Ssn Francis co. Page 8. O'Brien must make 1.15 pounds for Anderson bout or psy forfeit. Page 6. Record swim postponed on account of ab sence of Tom Garrett. Page 9. Commercial and Marine. New Port of Portland Commission willing to authorize payment of current bills. Page 22. Twenty cents paid for new-crop hops Page 23. Northwestern Fruit Exchange will handle 20O0 to 8000 cars, of apples. Page "22. Portland and Vk'inlty. Portland lawyers discuss county law library matter. Page 14. Street committee decides to pave East Mor rison street with wood blocks. Psge 17. Tables turned on Chines hosbsnd of white woman In divorce court. Page 17. Werleln calls snembers of Municipal Asso ciation "cowards." Page 11. Portland Dock Commission to examine dock construction methods In other . cities. Page 14. Lombard charges that B. 8. Josselyn offered him stock at "bargain" price. Page 10. Rushlight charges Lombard with absente eism. Page 10. Spanish paper asserts Christopher Columbus was of Jewish parentage. Page 16. Effort made to swing labor vote to Rush light. Page 11. . JUDGE COWAN VINDICATED North Dakota Jurist Declared Not Guilty of Misconduct. BISMARCK. N. D- May 4. Judge John F. Cowan, of Devil's Lake, who has been on trial here for several weeka before a high court of Impeachment on charges of misconduct In office, today waa declared not guilty on all the 74 charges against him. AN u CORRAL ASKED TO RESIGN Madero Offers to Step Down as Well. MEXICO CAN THEN HAYE PEACE Resolution of Diaz to Retire Known Privately. PUBLICITY IS REQUESTED Rebel Envoys to Ask That De la Barra Be . Acting President. Rebels In South Insist Diax Retire or They Fight On, EL. PASO, Tex- May 4. The peace rnmmlKKlnners of the Mexican revolu tion formally presented today to Judge Carbajal. the federal envoy, a siaie ment signed by F. I. Madero, Jr., ap rwaltno- to President Dlas to make pub lio the assurances given privately that he Intended to resign.' After offering; his own resignation as Provisional President of the repuDiic, Senor Madero suggested that both President Diaz and Vice-President Cor ral resign and that Minister of Foreign Relations Senor de la Barra become President for the Interim until a gen eral election shall have been Held. Tha statement, couched In most cour teous Spanish phrases. Informs Diaz that there Is no other way out of the present difficulty and that a word from him will bring peace in a lew days. Madero in his statement calls on Diaz nartlcularlv to make known to the neoDle of Mexico his "irrevocable reso lution to retire from power aa soon as peace Is established in tne country, which I General Madero declares was made known to the go-betweens in terested in restoring peace. Resignation Is Essential. The statement was presented by the rebel commissioners at tha negotiations which began early today only after a heated discussion among the revolu tionist leaders. Some of them had de clared that It was an absolute essen tial for Dlas to make public announce ment of his Intention to resign in or- er fo bring about complete tranquillity Peace, thev said, would not follow a peace agreement backed up only by pri vate assurances which hardly could be transmitted to militant leaders in the south and central parts of the republic. Some of the rebel chiefs went so far aa to address a letter to Madero stating that unless he asked for the Immediate resignation of Dlas or at least a pub lic announcement of further intentions. they would not support the peace ne gotiations. Envoys Are Instructed. -Madero. himself somewhat alarmed by the extent of the insurrection which he has created 'and now desirous of using every effort to save the country from a (Concluded on Page 4.) SHIP RUNS INTO SCHOOL OF WHALES SIXTY-FOOT DENIZEN OF SEA JARS STEAMER. For Second Time Within Week Vessels Encounter Monsters Near Farallone Islands. SAX FRANCISCO. May 4. (Special.) For the second time within a week. Incoming steamers have encountered a school of whales between the Faral lone Islands and the lightship. Tues day last the British steamer Ashta bula, from Shanghai, ran through a school of about 30 of the big apoutlng sea monsters, 10 miles west of the Far allones. While proceeding carefully .toward the Golden Gate early this morning. Captain Clarke, who was on the bridge of the British steamer Seminole, with ballast for the Standard Oil Company, came upon a school of about 30 whales, presumably the same school that the Ashtabula met several days previous. It was . just before dawn when the steamer passed the school and when directly off the lightship, Captain Clarke suddenly saw a big black hulk across the bow of the steamer. Be ing in doubt as to the obstruction, be signalled full steam astern. There was a jar, and he realized he had run afoul of a 60-foot whale. Although the vessel had collided with the whale, the blow had been a glancing one and the whale veered off, narrowly missing clearing the pro peller. The arrival of the Seminole this morning was something of a surprise as she was not expected until Satur day. Captain Clarke reports an un eventful passage outside of the whale episode. EGGS LAID IN TRANSIT FREE Industrious Hens Lay Problem Be' fore Railroad Officials. LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 4. (Spe cial.) Are eggs laid In transit subject to transportation tariffs? This freight problem, almost as per plexing as the famous "Pigs Is Pigs" controversy, has been agitating the Santa Fe freight and legal departments. It was raised by a carload of hens shipped from Newton, Kansas. With calm disregard for their surroundings. the hens laid. Trainmen made Inroads and lived high, but the egg supply con tinued accumulating and there were three cases on arrival. It became necessary for a eonscien tlous official to report the unusual and unprecedented carrying of freight with out prospect of revenue and the traffic department got busy. A charge was Included in the freight bill, but the con slgnee was wise and refused to pay. The legal department could find no way to force collection and finally ruled that the company could not levy freight . charges on a natural Increase en route. DIAMOND NECKLACE SEIZED Los Angeles Couple, Recently Back From Europe, Forced to Give Up. PASADENA, Cal., May 4. Dr. and Mrs. Orno Behr, prominent residents of this city, today delivered to United States Customs Inspectors upon their request a necklace containing 62 dia monds and 12 pearls, worth several thousand dollars. It was purchased by the Behrs In Paris during a recent visit to Europe. Dr. Behr, it is said, does not deny that the necklace was brought into this country without payment of duty, but says It was worn by Mrs. Behr about her neck when their effects were searched by the customs officials at New York upon their return. The customs officials traced the necklace through information from the postal authorities to the effect that an empty Jewel case had been received consigned to a banking firm here from Paris, with out anything on its face Indicating the sender. GIRL TO WORK WITH LEPERS Miss Frances F. Gardner, Though Rich, to Be Missionary. CENTRALIA. Wash., May 4. (Spe cial.) Miss Frances F. Gardner, a wealthy girl who has many friends in Centralis and -Chehalis, has announced her Intention to devote the rest of her life to missionary work. She expresses willingness to take up work with the lepers of Cullon Island, Philippines, or the Island of Molokal, In the Hawaiian group when her course is completed at the divinity school in Portland, where she will be prepared for her work. Miss Gardner's announcement aston ished her friends, especially as it was understood that she was engaged to be married in July. CODE BETRAYS ROBBERY Couple Wanted for Sydney Jewelry Theft Suspected In Auckland. SAN FRANCISCO, May 4. The police here received information today from Auckland, New Zealand, that an exten sive Jewel robbery occurred there sev eral weeks ago, and William and Marie Rodgers. who were arrested here yester day on a charge of bringing stolen jewels from Sydney, Australia, will be held pending the receipt of description of the New Zealand fugitives. In a code letter which Rodgers at tempted to smuggle from the city prison the words, "Holy City. N. Z.," occurred, and this has strengthened the belief of the local detectives that they have the Auckland suspects in custody LOVE FIGHTS FOR CUSTODY OF CHILD Broker Denies Right of New York Court. DETECTIVES DOG FOOTSTEPS Cigarette Smoker Not Fit as Mother, Says Husband. SUIT IS FILED AT BAKER Wife's Plea for Divorce Regarded Lightly, Though She Has Much Money and Is Willing to Spend It to Win. BAKER. Or., May 4. (Special.) Sid ney C. Love, ex-milllonaire stockbroker and society man, who Is now in this city, in an Interview with a representa tive of The Oregonian here today de nied emphatically the story that he will go East to be present when the suit for divorce brought against him by his wife, Marjorle Burns Love, is tried. "Certainly I shall not go to New York," said Mr. Love. "My own suit against her in Baker County comes to trial soon and I shall stay here and see it through." Mr. Love was asked about the story that his wife's attorneys had served summons on him by publication because his whereabouts were unknown. Wife Employs Detectives. "There Is absolutely nothing in it at all," he said. "They knew where I was all the time since I left Chicago to come West, as my wife has had de tectives on my heels every minute. Be sides, one of the lawyers In her em ploy, a man by the name of Hyland, from Seattle, served the papers on me in person in Baker City. She has got lots of money and Is willing to spend it freely to win this suit against me." Regarding the case itself, Mr. Love talked freely. He said: "There has been so much publicity now that it matters little what is said. Most of It, however, has been untrue, and if there is anything to be given out it might as well be right I care nothing for her seeking a divorce; It is the care of my child I am fighting for. Her lawyer asked me to sign a paper to the effect that I would con sent to see- my baby every 60 days for one day in the presence of her mother. They may make me do that, but I shall never consent to it. Oregon Residence Asserted. "I wanted my wife to go to Reno and get a divorce there, which would have been better all around, but she has brought suit against me as a resi dent of New York, when, as a matter of fact, I am a resident of Oregon and a voter here, affidavits of which her lawyers have. The reason I object to the child's being left In the care of her mother, outside of the fact that she wishes to deny my privilege as a father, is that she is an Inveterate cigarette smoker and her habits are not such as will have a good Influence on the child." Mr. Love Is engaged in mining in this county. His properties are the Mormon Boy mine in the Cable Cove district and the Sunrise mine on Burnt River. Con siderable development work has been done on both properties and he will re new activity as soon as the weather permits. He returned yesterday from Mormon Boy and as soon as the snow is gone work for the season will be started. He is very much interested in his mining ventures, but owing to tha pending divorce suit has not been able to give them all his attention of late. NABOB GIVES IN TO WIFE Mrs. Emerson to Get Divorce, $2 8,- 000 Yearly and $100,000 Home. i BALTIMORE, lid., May 4. (Special.) The cross-suit for divorce between the millionaire patent medicine manu acturer. Captain Isaac Emerson, and his wife, has been compromised and Mrs. Emerson will be granted a de cree. The captain has agreed to pay her $28,000 yearly for life and give her the palatial home at Druid Hill Park, valued at $100,000. He also al lows her counsel fees of $10,000. Mrs. Emerson, her daughter, Mrs. James McVlcar, of New York, and two maids of Mrs. Emerson, were the only witnesses who gave testimony in the wife's suit. All testified Mrs. Emerson and her husband had not lived together for three years. Captain Emerson did not oppose the wife's suit. WOMAN PLANS TOMBSTONE Resident of Eugene Gives Order for Burial at Old Home. EUGENE, Or., May 4. (Special.) Mrs. Theresa Dolozal Feldevert, of Eu gene, has placed an order with a tomb stone house in Iowa City, Iowa, for a special monument to be .made for her and erected over her future grave in that city. When the stone is ready she will make a special trip to super intend its erection and to all tha final touches to her grave.