PORTLAND. OREGOX, 3IOXDAY, MAY 8, 1911.
PRICE FIVE CEXTS.
VOL. L.I "0. 15,740.
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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
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(.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.)