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VOL. LI NO. 15,741. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 9. 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MUTINOUS REBELS ATTACK JUAREZ Confusion Prevails in Camp of Madero. IWIIfiNTS RFTIRF IT NIGHT nwvniwuiiH kiiiik n iiiwii They Kill Five and Wound 12 Americans in Fight. MADERO CALLS OFF MEM ld by Canadian 150 Rebels Break Away From Officers and Fight Way Into City Madero Vacillates During Crisis. FRESR ATTACK IMMINENT. EL PASO. Tex.. May . Flrlns, though slow and spasmodic was con on- a in- I toe t tinuous during ths night, ard the dlcatlons were that the Insuirectoe ouM tnng In a general attack be for dawn. The Insurrectos say they already have 3H men In Juarez, while re ports from Federal sources are that the rebel loss has been very heavy. It Is certain at any rule that many hav, been killed and wounded cn both tides. The wounded were gradually brought Into El Paso. Rogue Garcia and some other ln surrecto !caurs. accompanied by newspaper men. crossed Into Juares early this morning to discuss a ter mination of bostlUtiea with General Navarro. The Diss manifesto Is gradually weakening la effect and the Insurec tns are desperately determined to fnht. They beileve they can take Juri with ease, as their advance guard had. It is reported tonight, completely routed the federal out posts. -oooeeee4 EL PASO. Tex., May 8. Insubordina tion In the ranks of General Madero's army and a lust for the tight of which concessions from the federal govern ment had apparently deprived them . caused a fierce attack on Juarez, which culminated tonight in a careful re treat of the lnsurrectos under cover Of darknesa after a day of continuous skirmishing. The 150 rebels who early today opened fire on the federals not only captured some of the Important out posts but carried the fighting into Juarez. Failing reinforcements, they retired. The casualties of the lnsurrectos and federals are not known tonight, but five people on the American side of the line were killed and at least 11 wounded. Thousands of people In El Paso dotted roof tops or lined the river banks In direct line of the fire. American Colonel Protests. Colonel Steever, of the Fourth United States Cavalry, protested tot. both armies against the fire Into Ameri can territory, and It lessened con siderably thereafter. He sent two mes sengers with his protests. One man bore a flag of truce and another an American flag. His protest to Madero read: "In the name of the President and the Government of the United Statea I hereby protest against the men under your command handling their arms In such a way that bullets fall into United States territory, as Is happening to day." Nearly 1000 American troops were massed on the border, keeping the crowds back and ready to respond to any orders from Washington. Tonight couriers are galloping back and forth in an effort to arrange an armistice so peace negotiations can go on. Thrills and Terror Great. ' General Francisco I. Madero. Jr., is a sad and disheartened man. Ills efforts to prevent a general attack were suc cessful, but only after be bad been bom barded with conflicting stories as to the actual cause of the conflict. General Madero tonight thinks remarks attrib uted to Colonel TamboreL of the federal garrison in Juarez, taunting the insur recto. Incensed them. General Madero In a statement issued tonight regrets the occurrence. The fight lasted until darkness came and furnished many a thrilling spectacle as well as continuous terror for Ameri cans living along the river bank. About a dozen lnsurrectos were seen to run toward Juarez early in the day. They skulked along through the shrubbery toward the federal outposts, firing re peatedly at a squad of federals cooped up in an adobe house. The version of the affair given at the Madero headquarters tonight Is that the federals began the engagement. At any rate the federals soon left their adobe stronghold and fled, pursued by the ln surrectos. At the head of the lnsurrec to band was a Canadian. W. J. McKen sie. whoso pink shirt was plainly visible aa he pressed close to Juarez.' At his first few shots, two federals toppled over. Soon the federals abandoned their trenches and the rebels fired intermit tently for a few hours without advanc ing. At last, about S o'clock In the after noon, the federals brought their artil lery Into action and a heavy cannonad- ACoacludad oa a 2- 9 BORN TO COUPLE IN AS MANY YEARS SAX FRAXCISCO MAX AND WIFE DEFT RACE SC1CIDE. " 3Irs. II. C. Keyser Twice Becomes Mother of Twins All Her Chll drea Live Husband Laborer. SAX FRANCISCO, May 8. (Special.) When the oldest of nine children In one familv la less than nine rears old. r Mch Colono1 i,,...i. n.r at the too Of tne list of approval In his preachments against race suicide. And San Fran cisco has that family. On Saturday morning. May C, Mrs. H. C. Keyser. of 146S Twenty-first street south, became the mother of twins a boy and a girl. They made up a family of nine children that have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Keyser In eight years, seven months and seven This Is the second set of twins ana oom are aomg very wen, o ins astonishment of some of the doctors of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. rho have been interested in the case. I Tb9 ,urvlval of one set of twins Is somewhat unusual, but for a second set to live Is a record so extraordinary that It will find place In medical an nals. All of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Keyser are living. Both parents were born in the United States. Mrs. Key ser is a native daughter of Collfornta, having been born In San Mateo. She Is but 32 years old. The father Is a native of Wisconsin. 40 years old. He Is a veteran of the Spanish-American War, having seen active service in the Philippines. ' He is a laborer, who. In spite of the cost of living and the needs of his fam ily of nine children, has been thrifty enough to buy his little borne on Twenty-flrst avenue and asks no favora ex cept to nnd work plentiful enough to rear his record family. ABILITY T0SWIM SAVES 2 Girl and Man Plunged Into Ten Feet of Water When Canoe Upsets. LA GRANDE, Or., May 8. (Special.) What would have been a fatality had It not been for a knowledge of swim ming occurred today at Riverside Park, when a canoe in which were Miss Grace Carbine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Z. Carbine, and her cousin. Warren Weight, suddenly upset. Both went Into 10 feet of water. Mr. Weight can swim but slightly. though he reached shore In safety after a hard struggle. Miss Carbine tried to hang to the slippery canoe, but lost her hold and, though already chilled to the very bone by her prema ture dip, struck out for the shore. some distance away, arriving there be fore another canoeing party could reach the scene. BORAH SCORES IN SENATE Direct Election Measure Is Made Unfinished Business. WASHINGTON, May 8. By 66 to E. the Senate today fixed as unfinished business the joint resolution for elec tion of United States Senators by di rect popular vote. Senators Brandages, Burnham, Gal- linger. Heyburn and Penrose voted against the proposal. WALL-STREET ROMANCE REVEALED BY STUMBLING OF HORSE IN BROOKLYN WILD WEST SHOW. r . . , e U j ' Ay - I I - 1 t i p ) I - - t li MRS. JENNY L WOODEND. NEW YORK. May 8. (Special.) It was discovered yesterday through an accident that Mrs. Jenny L- Woodend. once the darling of the horse-show crowds and wife of William E. Woodend. physician, horseman and financier, was taking part in a "Wild West Show" in Brooklyn. She was appearing under the name of Jane Howard.. The accident that revealed her real name was caused by her horse throw ing her In the Brooklyn arena. Dr. Woodend failed in Wall street In 1904 and a warrant was Issued for his arrest. Mrs. Woodend mort gaged most of her property and went on the stage to. assist her hus band. Mrs. Woodend was so Enamoured of show life that she has been a central figure in the wild West show. L Lawyer Denies There Was Combination. LAND OFFICE BOARD HEARS Claimants to Seek Long- Deferred Patents. FINAL SETTLEMENT DUE Attorney Hughes, of Seattle, lie- views Efforts of Entrymen . to Obtain Rights to Property and AVhlch Have Been Withheld. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. May 8. Cunningham coal en try men of Alaska, through E. , C. Hughes, of Seattle, their attorney, to day made a final appeal for the issu ance of their long-deferred patents by the General Land Office.- Argument was made before Land Commissioner Dennett and his law officers. Secretary of the Interior Fisher Bitting with them and participating in tho hearing. In his argument, which was exhaus tive and convincing, Mr. Hughes re viewed the law applicable to the Aise, tracing its history and pointing out Its application. He then at length re viewed the evidence in the case, show lng the utter lack of anything, he con tended, which would Justify the depart ment in ruling adversely to the entry- men. Mr. Hughes began his argument at 10 o'clock this morning and was ob liged to conclude at 4:30 this after noon, with a noon recess of an hour and a half. John Gray, of Wallace, Idaho, associate counsel, will be granted an hour and a ball tomorrow to make the closing argument of the facts and evidence. Mr. Hughes, in opening his argu ment this morning, showed that at the time Cunningham first learned of coal deposits In Alaska and first undertook to interest others In it, the general coal land law of 1873 had been extend ed to Alaska, but was Ineffective, as It permitted entries only on surveyed ubllc lands. The Government had failed to make surveys In Alaska, hence no entries could be made In Alaska under that statute. Land Is Filed Upon. Cunningham and his associates, un der a false apprehension, proceeded In 1902 to file on this land under gen eral mining laws and, assuming they could obtain a patent in this way, did much exploration and development work to determine value of the lands they sought to acquire before making payment. In 1903 Cunningham learned that he and his associates could not acquire title under the mining laws and were (Concluded on Page 3.) CUNNINGHAM CASE BElfJG ARGUED 1 1NDEX TO TOiJAFSNEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 6 degrees; minimum. 44 degrees. TODAY'S Fair, preceded by showers; warm er; westerly winds. Mexico. Rebels break away from control and attack Juares. Page 1. Attack on Juares bewilders Dlax Cabinet President's manifesto Issued. Page Foreign. Lansdowne introduces bill to reform Brit isn House of Lords. Page 2. National. Free list bill passed by House after abortive filibuster, page s. Taft tells farmers he will stand by red' procity, even at sacrifice or votes. Page 3. Attorney for Cunningham coal claimants argues before land office board, page X. Domestic. Armed sluggers attack workers In heart of Chicago. In anion leua. page 1. San Francisco couple parents of nine chll drea In less than nine years, page i. Strathorn predict. Hill will build railroad southward to Ls Angeies ana irom ieu- ver to Los Angeles. Page 1. Sports. Northwestern. League results yesterday: Portland 9. Vancouver 2: T acorn a 3, Seattle 0; Victoria lO. Spokane 8. Page 7. Kane picks Cubs to win. Page 7. Pacific Northwest. Delbert Hawkins, alleged confidence man, weeps In Koseburg Jail for destitute fam ily. Page . Attorney-General holds that Secretary of State cannot oust State Printer from bis State Capitol office. Page 6. Far North sympathises In Seattle plan to raise si. 000,000 to help Alaska coal miners rebel against Government. Page 1 Addison Bennett finds msny changes in Harney County. Page 8. Commercial and Marine. Heavy export flour shipments for season ended, page 17. Government crop report shows Winter wheat condition SS.1. Page 18. Lending stocks heavy from neglect. Page 17. Prime cattle quarter higher at stockyards. Page 17. Portland to be port for Harrison line of European steamers. Page 10. Portland and Vicinity. Antl-Kushllght Republicans comb field for strong Independent candidate to win Mayoralty fight. Page 19. Huge blast will be fired today at Llnnton rockpile. Page liX Attorneys wrangle in court over petition to enjoin Broadway bridge foes. Page lO. Money-mad Inventor attempts daylight raid cn East Side .bank and is caught after pistol duel and exciting chase. Page 10. Commercial Club begins active campaign for auditorium bond issue. Page 10. President Hill, of Great Northern, soys Til lamook Bay extension Is foremost of bis projects now. Page 4. ' W. J. Standley tells School Board County School Superintendent Robinson forced him before attorney to retract slander. Page 6. Woodard, Clarke & Company, pioneer drug gists, pay siuv.uoo lor nowtneast corner of West Park and Alder streets, where they will build seven-story store. Page 5. Thirteen persons hurt when freight and passenger trains crash on Cazadaro line. Page 4. INDIAN BELLE IS HONORED New Boat to Be Named After Beau tiful Yakima Girl. Wah-kee-nah, an Indian belle of the Taklma tribe, who is reputed even among whites to have possessed un usual beauty and besides established a reputation for hunting that would abash her later-day sisters of the Cau casian race, is to be remembered for a number of years, at least by steamboat- men interested in the Clatskanle Trans portation Company, who have adopted a suggestion of George H. Himes, of the Oregon Historical Society, and de cided to so name a twin-screw gasoline barge being built for the lower river trade. However, difficulty met with In the compilation of wav bills? in filing claims an(, other clerlcal work which m,Knt result in the cognomen of the Illustri ous Indian maid being mispelled, it has been concurred in that name shall be painted on the vesel in the phonetio system of the waterfront, "Wakena." Wah-kee-nah is said to have lived at Cathlamet EO years ago and among other deeds of a valorous character credited to her was the saving of a white hunter's life in the face of great danger. Tfe.e vessel is about ready to launch at the yards of the Portland Shipbuilding Company. NORSEMEN GET MILLIONS PouIsen' Fortune Left to Scandi navian-Americans. NEW YORK, May 8. (Special.) The American Scandinavian Foundation is made the residuary legatee of Nels Poulsen. president of the Hecla Iron Works and reputed multi-millionaire, tn his will filed for probate in Brooklyn today. The will leaves about $150,000 to dis tant relatives, and sums aggregating several hundred thousand dollars to the favorite employes of the testator and to friends. Nicotine Chrlstensenv who had been his housekeeper for several years, receives a bequest of $50,000, all the contents of his mansion and stables. Anna E. Brash, his secretary, gets $20, 000, and Karl Kerber, his gardener, and Nina Olsen, a domestic, each receive $5000. Albert E. West and Frederick Chrlstensen, employes of the Hecla Iron Works, of which Mr. Poulson was president, receive $10,000 and $5000 re spectively. STONE BOWL UNEARTHED Rancher, Grubbing Out Stump, Finds Ancient Indian Vessel. EUGENE, Or, May 8. (Special.)- While grubbing out a stump on his I ranch south of here several days ago, W. W. Comer unearthed a fifeavy stone bowl, such as was used by the Indians for grinding grain and roots. The old vessel was buried several feet deep, at the foot of the stump. The bowl Is about 30 Inches in diame ter, and is 10 Inches high. It weighs almost 60 pounds, and Is carved, or ground, out of hard blue flint. Old set tlers say that they have seen similar vessels in use among the Indians, who used them as mortars in grinding. In spite of the hardness of the material, the old vessel Is remarkably symmetrical. ARMED SLUGGERS PHET-ON pes Union Men Beaten and Driven by Rivals. HEART OF CHICAGO INVADED Within Stone's Throw of City " Hall One Attack Occurs. FACTIONS BITTER IN FIGHT One Man Dead as Result of Feud Between Unions; Many Attacked 'and Injured by Raiders Po lice Seem to Be Helpless. CHICAGO, May 8. (Special.) With In a stone's throw of the City Hall. In the heart of the business district, armed union sluggers today plied their vocation with the abandon of frontiers men. Eight sluggers with drawn revolvers entered the Columbia Theater building at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, lined up eight elevator constructors who were at work and forced them to turn, over their union cards. After the taking away of their cards, the elevator con structors were driven from the build ing. The Incident was but one of a num ber which occurred In different sec tions of the city, in spite of the order of Chief of Police McWeeny that slug ging had to stop. The machinists who were ousted last week by the Otis Elevator Company and whose places were taken by elevator constructors were charged with lawlessness. Workers Are A tacked. Other buildings where armed slug gers attacked members of a rival union were: North State and Kinzle streets One elevator constructor severely beaten and removed to a hospital by the po lice. Four of the alleged sluggers ar rested. Thirty-seventh and Rockwell streets An automobile filled with sluggers drew up and three men with drawn re volvers drove the union elevator con structors from the building. Albany avenue and West Madison street Two elevator constructors at tacked ' by armed sluggers. Pickets for the machinists are said to watch machinery wagons of the Otis Company when they stop at a build ing and as soon as the elevator con structors appear to unload the ma chinery, they are set upon and beaten. Four Men Arrested. At the building at North State and Kinzle streets Samuel Roberts was se riously injured. He was removed to the Passavant Hospital, while four of his alleged assailants were locked up (Concluded on Page 4.) SON OF MEXICO'S PRESIDENT WILL VISIT JAPAN AS EE PUBLIC'S SPECIAL ENVOY. POB-FIRIO DIAZ, JR. MEXICO CITY, May 8. (Special.) Unless President Diaz is over thrown by the revolutionists, his son, Lieutenant-Colonel Porfirio Diaz, Jr., will leave for Japan next September as special Ambassador to thank the Mikado for congratulations and courtesies extended to Mexico during the celebration of the centennial of independence last September. The younger Diaz will be attended on his visit to Japan by an elaborate retinue and his arrival in Toklo will be the occasion of bril liant ceremonies of state. The Mikado and the imperial family will entertain the son of Mexico's presidential Croesus upon a scale never equalled In Japanese history, it Is reported here. HILL WILL EXTEND LINES SOUTHWARD INVASION' OF CALIFORNIA PRE DICTED BY STRAHORN. Harriman Official Says Double Track AVill Extend to los An geles, Thence to Denver. LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 8. (Spe cial.) James J. Hill, the railway mag nate, who has been carrying on a nation-wide war witn the Harriman in terests, is about to shift the seat of that war to California, by entering this state from the northwest, where he is strongly Intrenched, according to the statement today of Robert E. Strahorn, vice-president and general manager of the O.-W. R. & N. Company. Strahorn is the man who, in the em ploy- of Harriman, built the mysterious romance" railroad In the Northwest, which after six years of construction work and completion of about 300 miles of track, was discovered to be a Harri man interest invading the Hill strong hold in the Northwest. Strahorn says that the Hill interests will not Invade California from Denver, one of the Western terminals of the system, but that a great double-track line will be laid from Seattle south through the vast lumber areas of Northern California down to San Fran cisco and eventually on to Los Angeles. This part of the construction will come first, says Strahorn, and after that will follow the building of a connecting link In the chain of Hill roads which will give Los Angeles another through line to the East by connection with tha Burlington at Denver. Strahorn refused to say that he has i information to the effect that Hill is contemplating the construction of this road from the northwest into Califor nia 'and on down to the Mexican fron tier in the immediate future, but he did say that it is a piece of railroad work which may be looked for In a short time. ONLY SEVEN VOTES CAST Record-Breaklng Election Is Held In Umatilla County. SALEM, Or., May 8. (Special.) Ac cording to a certification made to the Secretary of State today but four votes were required to annex Sturtevant Ad dition to Pilot Rock in Umatilla County. The certificate shows that four votes were cast for annexation, two were against it and one ballot was disfigured and thrown out, the whole number of votes cast being merely seven. Un der the law a clear majority of votes is given in favor of annexation and as a result the election will stand, regard less of the small number of votes cast. As near as can be determined from the files here this is the smallest num ber of votes cast at any election. MARGARET AN'GLIN BRIDE Actress Is Wedded to Writer She Met at University of California. NEW YORK, May 8. Margaret Anglin, the actress, was Inarried to Howard Hull, a magazine writer, at St. Patrick's Cathedral tonight. Miss Anglin met Mr. Hull last Sum mer when he went to California to as sist in the production of "Antigone, In which she played at the University of California. l -TiV ' ' TO HELP ALASKA TO REBEL SympathizersonSound Broach Plans. DESPERATE STEP IS OUTLINED Delay of Two Administrations Blamed for Move. SEATTLE TRADE WARNED Pioneer Miner Declares Far North Investors Are Downtrodden Long Enough Fighters Upheld. $100,000 Already Raised. SEATTLE, Wash., May 8. (Special.) Alaskans in Seattle are considering seriously a plan to raiso $1,000,000 in cash to be used In directing a move ment for their country's freedom. The plan as outlined is to back the 5000 volunteers already assembled In Alaska In their efforts to mine the coal fields cf Katalla and Matanuska in de fiance of the United States Government. Details are being considered and it is probable that a general meeting of those interested will be held within the next 24 hours. The abrogation of the laws of the United States, the violation of every clause of the Declaration of Indepen dence and the setting aside of many of the fundamental principles of the Con stitution, Alaskans declare, can be borne no longer. Clearly, they con tend, the present Administration and the one that precided it have forced them to desperate measures. t Nation's Delay Blamed. "The unfortunate part of the whole proceeding," said Falcon Joslin, a pio neer miner and investor of the North, "is that the very people who are most vitally affected by the long-continued delay on the part of the Government of the United States, the rightful own ers of this Northern coal, have been 'buffaloed' by the agents of the Gov ernment. They have cases pending before the Land Department and they are afraid of jeopardizing their inter ests. For years and years. It seems so long that 'the memory of man run neth not to the contrary,' the people of Alaska have asked the Government of the United States to enforce Its own laws. Its law Constitution and the pre cepts of the Declaration of Indepen dence, upon which the Constitution was founded. They have been ignored, their requests have been pigeonholed and those who have given up the best years of their lives in fruitless effort to develop their properties in Alaska have been laughed at for their pains. It is no wonder these pioneers feel angry. Seattle Is Warned. "Perhaps the more observing citizens have noticed a tendency on the part of some Alaskan newspapers to decry Seattle. It is the beginning of the spirit of reprisal that lies dormant 1 the breast of every man whose blood runs red. If Seattle desires to main tain Alaska's trade some of her busi ness men had better get busy." When the proposal to back the vol unteers in mining the coal of Bering River fields was discussed this morn ing, pledges aggregating $100,000 were obtained In two hours. This was all that was desired. It was sufficient to test the temper of the people and the subject was dropped temporarily until a more definite plan Is evolved. Woodrow Wilson Informed. While the proposal to finance the . open disobedience to the mandates of the Federal Government Is being dis cussed, the Alaskans are not "overlook ing any bets" In other quarters. Be lieving that Woodrow Wilson, Gov ernor of New Jersey, Is probable Presi dential timber, they have written him a full statement of the facts, with the request that he advocate the liberation of Alaska. POSTAL STRIKE CRIMINAL Stewart Says Law Against Obstruct ing Mail Applies. WASHINGTON, May 8. "There Is a law making it a criminal offense will fully and knowingly to obstruct the mails and I think that law would be applica ble in the case of a strike in the Rail way Mail Service," declared Second As sistant Postmaster-General Stewart to the House committee on civil service to day, explaining what the Postoffice De partment would do in the event of a walkout by the clerks, who are seeking to establish their right to form a union. Mr. Stewart declared that a majority of the 17,000 mail clerks are satisfied with present working conditions. FLAMES TRAP JANITORS Fears Felt for Men When Kansa? City Store Catches on Fire. KANSAS CITY, May 9. Fire started early this morning in the basement of the George B. Peck Drygoods Com pany's store in the heart of the busi ness district. Several janitors are said to be In ib basement, unable to escape. Mini