PORTLAND. OREGOX, 3IOXDAY, MAY 8, 1911. PRICE FIVE CEXTS. VOL. L.I "0. 15,740. QNAii: rniwirQ mcad I DIAZ TO RESIGN SIERRA CLUB DOES. HONOR TO AUTHOR L BILL SHERIFF BATTLES WHEAT CROP RUSHLIGHT WILL MEET OPPOSITION WITH HIGHWAYMAN -KILLING SOTHERN SUCCEED PROMISES WELL IF PEACE ES CALIFORNIAXS DEDICATE MOX TMEXT TO STEVEXSOX. TWO MASHED MEX HOLD CP V.1UDEVIDLE REPTILE WRAPS COJXS AROUND ACTOR. VANCOUVER STREETCAR. FREE WOO CANNOT 1 y President of Mexico Is Willing. WARMUSTENDFiRST.HOWEYER Stand Is Expected to'Satisfy Rebel Leaders. PEOPLE REJOICE AT NEWS While Manifesto Will Not B Of. flclally Sent to Madero, It Is CVrr--drd to Be TTaetlcally Snbmllon to Demands. DT r 19 Excmxo. rotlowictf Is rtiomi of the riUn devele-smetita today Is ,h ltru situation, g!vn In thlr prtpr e-aunce: aladero nnoiom that In defersnee to Catted states, ho -will lt BP plu to attack Joarsa, take bio troop from tho nolgbbornood of tho tntrr muoul pooadarr and start soots, with cry. "On to Mexico Ctty. Robcla apparently change plans aad prepare to mkt midnight attach) on Joaroa. Wnon robot ran aro trained on Jura aad attack la a bo at to feecla. tho bows of Diss anaoanoomrat reach) tsumireeto loadors aad both attack 001 Joaroa aad ozpodltlott to south ara haltod. Peace M thoacht soar at haad. MEXICO C1TI. May T. General Por- firlo Dlaa tonight lamed a manifesto to tho people of Mexico declaring hla Inten tion of resigning the Presidency as soon as peasa) la restored. In this manner the President has virtually acceded to the demands of Francisco L Madero that he make announcement of each Inten tion. As to wben peace la actually restored. General Dlaa resenr es the right to be the Judge. In the words of the manifesto. It will be "when, according" to the dic tates ef my conscience, I am sure that my resignation will not be followed by , anarchy. " The President said his determination net to relinquish the Presidency at this time waa not due to vanity or lev of power, because, as he pointed out. power et this time had no attraction accom panied as It is by tremendous responsi bilities and worry. He said be was prompted solely by a desire to cons ire the best Interests of his country. f las to Walt for Peace. The President' made It clear he does rot propose to abandon the Presidency while bis country Is at war and that be would not do so at any time nnder compulsion. President Diaz' manifesto will be made public tomorrow moraine but it will not be sent officially to Judge Carbajol for formal transmission t. Dr. Vasiues Gomex. The promise of the President la made to the people of Mexico and Its receipt by the revolutionists will be Incidental. That It will be sent to them immediate ly, however, by private individuals and regarded as entirely satisfactory by them Is taken for granted. It was at a Cabinet meeting this aft ernoon that General Llnx announced to bis ministers his decision. For two hours and a half they discussed the terms of the manifesto and at the conclusion of the meeting there remained nothing to do but secure Its official promulgation. Rebels Are Scored. Only in a general way does the mani festo refer to the revolution. The gov ernment's position Is that General Dlas could not have made a public statement at an earlier moment, and It la Indi cated that the revolutionists failed to observe the amenities of the peace ne gotiations by making them public. It waa stated tonight officially that Madero and bis advisers were guilty of betray ing an agreement by injecting Into the conference, either secretly or openly, the question of the President's resigna tion. It was declared that it had been agreed in conference that this point should not be permitted to become an Issue. Proffering the deci-ratlon of his wil lingness to retire, the President dis cussed the political conditions of U country and the efforts that have been made by the government to establish peace. He called attention to the prog- ' resa already made la the direction of adopting the antl-re -election law. and declared the project of the reform elec toral laws and of the Judiciary were be ing studied. He showed further that the government In ail Its acts wished to conform to the demand of the people ; Insofar as It la wise and for the best interests of the country. Events Are Reviewed. Events leading to the beginning of ne gotlatlona for peace were taken up. and it was Indicated It was the disposition to take Into consideration propositions which the revolutionists had to make. Re card in the point upon which the rupture of negotiations occurred, the manifesto declared that compliance with the demand for Diss' resignation could not be entertained because his imme diate resignation would doubtless precip itate a condition of anarchy throughout tCuncluded oa s'S4 3 Members of Swlrljr Camp Out All Xlpht on Mountain Favored In Philosopher's Story. NAPA. Cal, May 7. (Special.) A monument to the memory of Robert Louis Stevenson, the well-known nov elist, was dedicated on Mount St. Helena at noon today, under the au spices of the Sierra Club, of San Fran cisco. The members of the Sierra Club ar rived at Calistoga Saturday night and walked to Mount St. Helena, camping on the mountain for the night. At the dedication ceremonies, several prayers written by Stevenson were read, and Daniel Patten gave a "deed of the site of the monument to the club. The monument is in the form of a large scroll of Scotch granite, bearing a favorite quotation from Stevenson. The scroll is mounted on a solid base o' quarts taken from the Silverado, on the mountain. In 1S80 Stevenson wrote his famoua novel The Silverado Squat ters." while spending his honeymoon in camp on the mountain. Mrs. Isabella Strong, of Santa Barbara, a stepdaugh ter of Robert Louis Stevenson, made an appropriate response te the remarks of the unvellers. Professor Alexander McAdle, vice- president of the Sierra Club, then gave an interesting address on the sig nificance of the occasion and paid a glowing tribute to the noble qualities of Stevenson. PEOPLE FLEE FROM FIRES Forests in Saskatchewan and On- tarlo Endanger Lives. WINNIPEQ. Man- May 7. Forest Urea are threatening settlementa along Big River, north of Prince Albert. Sas katchewan. A special train brought all persona living in the danger sons to safety today. At Clearwater Bay. 15 miles from Kenora. OnL. on the Lake of the Woods. bush fires have been raging for the iaat two days. There Is no settlement there. Fire rangers report the coun try dry and small fires along the rail way right of way at many polnta may spread to dangeroua proportions. FRICTION SEEN IN ORIENT Japan to Present w Free Trade Demands to China. ST. PETERSBURG, May 7. The news papers) report continued friction between China and Japan. The Rech asserts Ja pan is about to present new demands to China with reference to free trade in Kwang Tung Province and the transfer of the Dalny customs to Japan. In event of refusal Japan will present ' an ultimatum. v SCENES AT CENTER OF RECENT -' - - ' . -;'.Vf . i 4 - k V .... m ..- : :!. I T ' rf- ... il -fcV --it ''ft. - .V. ..& I 1 ' I'fV" - . - - - "Vr - t --"11 ' - - 1 ft irLtf SSsJ -' t F III 1 11 u-?2r&-i -siif .irovr, rnFKHF.ru ix ivrm:iiT nunnR'n camp croixhixg ciivrEii are madkro, his secretary and a lif-ittex axt right, xrnoT ik Minrcrtn. nt wifk m on., m.idero bf.i.oiv, iuri--ikio uiaz. mexicaa rnicsiD e.vt right, i.sirget troops (.KOU'EU ABOIT KAaOH "BLIE WHISTLER" GIJ( UED LX FICHTUG AilOlXP Republicans of Senate 'Solidly inWay. HOUSE IS HELD POWERLESS Necessity for Revenue Makes Problem Perplexing. EARLY DECISION UNLIKELY DemocraU Feel They Would Have Little to I.ofc Politically, Al though West Would Bo Made Solidly Republican. BT HABRT J. BROWN. OREGONIAN XCTTS BUREAU, Washington,- May 7. Tho Democrats of the House of Representatives have been sweating blood" over the wool schedule and a marked difference of opinion has developed among members of the major ity party, but It will all come to naught so far aa the special session of Congress Is concerned, for a majority of the Sen ate win vote against making any change In schedule K until the tariff board re ports, and that board will not submit Its findings until December. Ultimately, the wool schedule will be revised, but the Senate will come pretty near dictating the terms of the revision, notwithstanding the House has first say. The Senate usually dictates the main provisions of a tariff bill and It will do so In this instance. But the Senate will not go on record in favor of any revision before next Winter or Spring. Free Wool Cannot Win. While the Payne-Aldcich bill waa pending In the Sonate, the wool schedule was loudly denounced by some of the prominent Insurgents,' notably Senator Dolllver and Senator Cummins. Neither ef these Senators, however, favored free wool, but advocated beavy reductions In the old duties. If the Democratic House undertakes now or later to -force the passage of a free wool bill. It will fail utterly of its purpose, for there is not a Republican in the Senate who will vote for free wool. The regulars, to a man, are opposed to It, and It is said on the authority of a leading Insurgent that no member of his faction will vote for free wool. .He declared, also, that the Insur gents will vote against any proposal looking to ultimate free wool, even (Concluded on rage 2.) ACTIVITIES OF TNSTJRBECTO LEADER WHO HAS BEGUN MARCH PRESIDENT, WHO SAYS HE WILL RESIGN WHEN WAR IS OVER. They Demand. Only Money Belong ing to Company Officers and Deputy Give Warm Chase. VANCOUVER. Wash., May 7. (Spe cial.) Following the holdup and rob bery of the motorman and conductor on a Capitol Hill electric car about 10:30 o'clock tonight by two masked men Sheriff Cresap and Deputy Sheriff Bar beau engaged In a revolver battle with the outlaws near the Northern Pacific tracks, three miles northeast of this city. No one was hurt bo far as is known. With additional deputies,' Sher iff Cresap is pursuing the two men. ' The robbery took place at Rice's Road, in the suburbs, and J. C. Calla han, conductor, was robbed of 21 in cash, the day's receipts. Motorman Mc Williams was also searched by the robbers, but nothing . was . taken from him. Following tho robbery the out laws made their escape. The robbers wore blue polkadot handkerchiefs over their faces, and both carried revolvers. Motorman Mc WHltams was Just preparing to start the car on the return trip into town when the men appeared. There were no passengers on the car. The hlgnwaymen explained that they were laboring men. but that they were forced to commit the crime because they had been unable to obtain employ ment of any kind either here or In Portland. "We only want the money that be longs to the company,' explained one of the masked men. "We are not tak ing anything from workingmen like ourselves." Of the money taken by the robbers. $5 belonged to the conductor. The lat ter told the highwaymen so and asked that the 15 be returned, but the rob bers declined to do so. LA GRANDE llTNEW LIST Postal Savings Bank to be Estab lished There at Once. WASHINGTON. May 7. La Grande. Or.. Is to have a postal savings bank according to the announcement of Postmaster-General Hitchcock, who to day designated 36 additional postoffices as postal savings depositories, which. Including those previously selected, will make a total of 129 established since January 1. The work of furnishing the neces sary equipment and having the post masters and their assistants instructed will be hurried to permit receiving de posits June 1. Mr. Hitchcock expects to extend the system as rapidly as pos sible until he has a postal savings bank In every money-order office in th United States. Among the offices designated were: Douglas, Ariz.: Eureka, CaL; Twin Falls, Idaho; Miles City, Mont.; Gold field, Nev.; La Grande, Or.; Logan. Utah; Sheridan, Wy.; Vancouver, Wash. Experts See Prospects of Bumper Output. YIELD IN SOUTHWEST IS BIG WEATHER FAVORS SEEDING Acreage Figures Are Likely toy Be Revised Upward. Uncertainty . of Foreign Situation Will Bo Market Influence for Some Time Germany, Aus tria and Russia Complain. - NEW YORK, May 7. (Special.) Re ports of bumper wheat crops almost everywhere in the United States ana in Northwestern Canada are being received by.those.here who make it their business to keen In touch with the grain situa tion. There are big yields in prospect in the Far Southwest, Texas and Oklahoma. Kansas will have a big crop. Last year's cron has ceased to be a market-factor. It is probable that revised acreage fig ures will add further to the estimated output next harvest. In Oklahoma the Improvement has been so marked that there is now be lieved to be a. possibility of a large crop. The prospects in Tennessee ana Kentucky are good. The Kansas state report, which was issued last week, was better than the Government re port for April 1, and promised a yield only a little nnder the previous high record out turn. New Crop Seems Good. The situation as to the new crop is certainly promising. In portions ol Kansas the crop is thin, but that is In the far western part. It Is also thin in some sections of Ohio. Otherwise the outlook is for possibly a record Winter wheat crop out turn. A fac tor to be reckoned with this season is a probable revision of the' acreage figures. The Census Bureau before long will have the figures for the actual acreage of the crops and if history re peats itself there will be a revision up ward in the figures for the areas planted. Of eourse, the report, which will be Issued on May 8, will give the esti mated abandoned area, based on the (Concluded on Pate 2.) ON MEXICO CITY, AND MEXICAN Two Men, by Valiant Fight, Extri cate Shakespearean Star From Grasp of Runaway Python. LOS ANGELES, May 7. (Special.) Of course you can dismiss this as a press agent's yarn spun. of whole cloth, If you wish. But well. E. H. Sothern hardly seems to need a J'fiike"' story to bring him before the public Here it is, Judge for yourself. Several weeks ago a vaudeville team .presented a trained animal act at the Mission Theater in Salt Lake City. While there a ten-foot python escaped and they had to leave the hotel without It. They told the hotel management of the loss and under the pretense of over hauling the plumbing, the huge snake was pursued through partitions, up chimneys, under floors and all over the place, but without being captured. H. J. Rabon, Mr. Sothern's stage man ager, was staying at the Linden and was slightly HI. Mr. Sothern called to see Rabon and upon entering the room, he sat down on a trunk, and immediately felt something moving under his feet. An Instant later' the python reared its head and wrapped its body in crushing embrace about the actor s waist and chest. The snake had pinioned his arms so that he had no means of defense, and could only struggle helplessly until Ra bon came to his aid. By this time Frederick Kaufman, an other member of Sothern's company, ap peared on the scene. His arrival pre vented a tragic ending to the strange oc currence. Together Kaufman and Rabon attacked the Bnake and finally succeeded In tearing It away from Its victim and smothering- it Into submission In the bed clothes. The snake was later shipped by the American Express Company to Webster & Co., its original owners. DATES MAY BE CHANGED Congress Favors Action in Inaugur ation and Federal Days. WASHINGTON, May 7. A change of the date of the inauguration of the President is assured of ratification by the 62d Congress, ana it is not improb able similar action will be taken to change the date of holding National elec tions. The proposed amendment of the Com stitution of the United States changes the date of the inauguration from March t to the last Thursday in April. The date of holding National elections would be changed from the first Tuesday in November to the first Tuesday in April preceding the expiration of the terms of the President and members of Congress. . INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 65 decrees: minimum, 47 degrees. TODAY'S Showers, south to west winds. Foreign. Diaz announcement halts southward march 01 rebels ana mgni su&ck uu juwti. Face 4. Queen's dislike for hobble skirt effects may compel Lad; ueciea 10 wruer new wru natlon wardrobe. Pae 3- Dlas says he will resign when peace is re stored; end of war !n sight. Page 1. National. Senate interposes obstacle to possibility of free wool, fags 1. TTnlted States Senate will take ud many im- oortant measures in coming session. Page 4. Domestic. Market centers have reports of big wheat crop prospects, page 1. Sierra. Club, of San Francisco, dedicate; mon ument to Robert Louis Stevenson. Page 1. Rovernor Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersev, who comes to Portland May IS, reported to be entertaining a busy presidential bee. Page 2. Runaway vaudeville snake nearly kills E. H. Sothern. Page 1. Xetectlve Burns, who leaves New York for 1,0s Angeles toaay. says ne aavisea aic Namara not to talk. Page 2. Radcllffe seniors angry at restrictions on commencement day. gowns. Page 3. Marshal and robber killed In' battle to death in Iowa. Pae 3. Professor Charles, of Illinois University, com mits suicide. Page 3. Saorta. Paclflo Coast League results yesterday: Vernon 4, Portland 3; Los Angeles 4-5, San Francisco 6-13; Sacramento 8-4, Oak land 2-s. Page 8. Northwestern League results yesterday: Portland 3. Vancouver O; Spokane 3. Ta- coma 1 ; Seattle 12. Victoria O. Pag 8. Champs defeat Mutts and Bo-Peeps win from Insurrectos. Page 8. - Curtis biplane operated by Edward Walsh at Twelve-Mile Park Is wrecked by fall into orchard. Page S. Portland-Vancouver series will begin on Coast League diamond here today. Page 8 1'aelnc Northwest. Oovernor Hawley. of Idaho, to Insist on full tax valuations, rage 0. Bronze tablet commemorating 'discovery of Grays Harbor will be laid today. Page s. Chlcagoan held In Roseburg Jail said to have passed S10.000 of worthless checks. Page 6. Two men hold up Vancouver streetcar and have revolver auel wittr snentt. page 1. Cordova authorities fear more coal riots. Page 2. Portland and Vicinity. Interest shown In primary contests for Coun cilman, as well as head of ticket. Pago 10. Imprisoned riding master says troubles be gan wiin marriage, rage 14. James G. Cannon. New York banker, visits city and talks of financial conditions. Page 14. Analysis of vote shows ' where candidates bad greatest strength. Page 10. Portland Jobbers much interested In Ta- coma rate hearing. Page 9. Independent candidate will contest election Ith Rushlight. Page 1. President Hill's special on North Bank makes run from Spokane to Portland In eight hours. Page 9. Oregon National -Guard opens 191t season on Clackamas Range. Page 14. Analysis of primary vote shnws source of respective Mayoralty canuiaaies- support. Page 10. Nine of 15 nominations made by Democrats are Republican. Page 10. Speakers at Unitarian Church gathering dis cuss proposed peace pact -.vlth Great Britain. Page 7. . Dsn Malajkey says state, not cltv, should regulate public utilities. Pag 6. Republicans Not Satis fied With Choice. INDEPENDENT TO MAKE RACE Analysis Shows Forces That Controlled Primary. HAND OF MACHINE SEEN Elements Comprising Small 3Iinor ity of Party, Opposing Real Re form, Accomplished Result. v People Are Stirred. Final figures In Saturday's primary election, nominating A. G. Rushlight for Mayor on the Republican ticket, had not been compiled before general talk was heard of bringing out a representative and substantial business man as an in dependent to oppose Rushlight in the city election four weeks from today. This dissatisfaction with Rushlight was augmented yesterday when tho true iden tity of the elements of strength that contributed to his nomination was dis closed. Even thus early the temper of hun dreds of Republicans insures that such a candidate will be pitted against Rush light in the regular city election June S. Small Minority Chooses. A review of the returns in the pri mary election shows that Rushlight was nominated by approximately 6650 votes. or 23 per cent of the registered Repub lican voters in this city. The total Re publican registration ' in Portland Is about 28.000. Of that registration, 14.500. or 51 per cent, was cast for Mayor. Of the 14,500, unofficial complete returns give Rushlight 6649, or only 45 per cent, less than a majority, of the Republican votes that were actually cast In Saturday's election. From these figures, it is ap parent that Rushlight is not only de cidedly a minority nominee, but repre sents the expressed choice of only 23 per cent, or about one in five of the registered Republican voters of the city. Rushlight's support came from every possible quarter that is opposed to clean government, law enforcement and a sane. efficient and economical municipal ad ministration. As has been pointed out. ne recelved the solia support of the sa- luvija ttuu uicwcwco .iju uis tiuuua ele ment of the North End. He had the unanimous support of the employes of the different departments of the city's government in return for his activity as Councilman in securing for them in creases ranging from $10 to $50 a month in the salary of each in tho last few months. Council Machine Is Factor. Another positive element of support was the City Council machine combina tion, the members of which are those Councllmen whom Lombard during the campaign denounced as "undesirables" and men who, he said, were serving in terests inimical to the city's best inter ests. Through the agency of a so-called Worklpgmen's Political Club, he received the bulk of the vote of organized labor in this city. This support, however, was not volunteered and delivered without something being given in return. At least one of Rushlight's opponents in the primaries has evidence of a writ ten agreement, executed In advance of the primary election, between Rushlight and certain representatives of organized labor, by the terms of which he has promised, if elected Mayor, to give or ganized labor equal representation on the various boards and commissions he will be called upon to appoint. The report was also current during the pri mary campaign that Rushlight's deal for the labor vote also carried with It aa agreement to permit organized labor to dictate the appointment of Chief of Police. Street Railway Deserts Werleln. If anything else was needed to com plete the combination In support of Rushlight, It was supplied at the last minute, when the street railway Is said to have thrown its support to F.ushlight, deserting Werleln. Virtual ly every streetcar platform man em ployed by the company supported Rush light and it is understood that the same support came from, other departments of this corporation. The shifting of this support did not take place until Saturday, the day of election, and was resorted to as the only means of de feating Lombard. It was evident that the contest, was between Lombard and Rushlight, with no chance for Werleln, who was sacrificed. Th's corporation, together with other Interests In the city, did not want Lombard. Opposed to this class of support which got behind Rushlight and nomi nated hlmjv Lombard had the backing of some labor people who favored him because of his intervention and settle ment of the grainhandlers" strike sev eral months ago. Lombard also count ed among his supporters that part of the church and reform vote and those citizens who stand for good, clean government, that took the trouble to go to the polls and vote. Many, as usual, remained at home. Lombard was also very generally supported by those who approved his advocacy of a com- (Concluded on Pagp 10.)