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v ' ' . , 'l ... iLM ' TT? TCP? CTVR r!FTS. " TORTLAXD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, 31 A f 10, 1911. TOL-LI0 i i Trrr-iinrrinri irrn 1i nninnrn iiumimv CITY RAVAGED BY FIRE HHP BULLETS AsJuarezBurns,Rebels Renew Attack. FEDERALS "FORT' IN DANGER Flames Encroach Upon Church Where Diaz Soldiers Are. ALL CITY SEEMS ABLAZE Hostilities Oeaae While Wounded Are Collected Five American Killed, IS Wounded by Stray Ballets Crossing Ilne. KL PASO. Tex.. May 1 1:3 M Fir threatens to wlp the City of Juarez. Me-, off the romp and the rebel h renewed their attack upon the fed eral, who are tlH barricaded In churches, the Cuitom-nouae and other buildings. A strong wind came up after midnight and the fire waa given new life. At .1 A M- the fire had not ublded hut. waa spreading In directions and threat ened to de-troy the Catholic Church, where a force Of federal I barricaded. The firing of gun was more frequent than before. The Mexican Northwestern freight depot, the Mexican Central passenger depot and the city market-place are burn! nr. Tb whole town of Juares seems to be In flames. Red Cross physicians hara returned from the Insurrecto stronghold, having been Informed that the battle would be renewed. Firing was resumed shortly after midnight. Fir physicians of this city have tele graphed President Taft. asking for an appropriation to establish a Red Cross hospital for the Insurrecto and federal wounded soldiers, also to tak aro of people who have been hurt by bullets from the other side cf the Internatlon-i al border. FIERCE BATTLE IS FOUGHT Rebels Control Most of Juarei, bnt Federals Do Xot GWe Cp. EL. PASO. Tex.. May . What waa u,hit the fiercest battle or tn r : ...nlntlnn was fOUKht at IC.iL.u ....... tha Rla Grande. The rebels claim the town tonight. ...... 11 v control the mora terri tory, but the position of the federal . i- ..ir.lr well fortified. iuivw ' Tonight both federals and Insurgents are resting on their arms reaax w r- .mm. at davbreak. . k iat five persons have been kniui on th. American aide of the line since the skirmishing began yesterday and about 15 wounded, wnue ia ,. h.ttiefield Is variously esti mated at from 30 to 0 dead on both Ides and about 75 to 109 wounded. Flf . - - ,- inanrrcrta wounded already have been brought to the American side, but more are believea to iy"' ... vlttiln t h town. General Navarro at 7 o'clock tonight agreed to stop the firing while me in- . ..niuiii were being removed. The federals hare adequate medical ..iti.i.. and are caring for their ...a-a within the town. All day long the battle raged, with .h. m.urrectos swarming througn tne streets " of Juarei and meeting the heavy fire of the federala with equally vigorous volleys of musketry. t-k. ..hoi are scattered. In battle formation they, probably could storm the federal strongholds, as tney appar- .i- ...... i.r t lust six places the barracks, the church, the theater, the schoolbouse. a hotel ana tne custom house. But the insurrecto suspect . . . . . j.,.,i,n,.M of nearly 100 fed i- , m. machine gun Is concealed i in tnwn and they are hest- Oinnu.w - tating to advance too close for fear of a rear or flank attack. ft.. .k.i. forced the fighting today In the face of deadly fire from federal machine guns. They dared not n to rrrit numbers because the ar tillerymen of General Navarro many .t... H.mnnatratad the accuracy of .t..i. whll thev shelled adobe houses behind which insurrecto had sought protection a half mile from Juarei "while skulking along- the river front. General Navarro also 1 said to have mined most of . the house . In Juarez, and the Insurgents are nat urally reluctant to occupy any of them In force. Many feats of bravery on the part of the lnsurrectos were plainly visible from the American side of the line and In street fighting they more than held their own. The sun was hot and late today a Tire, started by the lnsurrectos. filled the streets with clouds of suffocating smoke. Tonight flashes of light from the ruins gave the rebels an occasional view of the church where the federals are cooped tip. and the cracking of rifle followed each such glimpse. Juares looked as If swept by a hur ricane. Many brick buildings were shattered and the adobe houses of the town were without roofs tonight. The terror-stricken residents of the town were under cover all day. but . many were Injured by shower of bul ' ACnocluded oa Face . HOT STEEL SHOT - FROM SKYSCRAPER EXTJ OF RIXT GO FROM TENTH STORY. Sixxllnic Missile Fired in. Wilcox Building, Shatters Jewelers Win dow, Graxes Girl. Shot bv the force of 115 pounds of air pressure, a piece of steel six Inche long and an Inch and a quarter In diameter, the business end or a nm in - whlxzed through the air from the tenth story of the Wilcox building, at Sixth and Washington. It 4 P. It yes terday, smashed a plate-glass winaow tn the Laske Jewelry store across the atreet and landed tn an unlucky tray of opals, showering bits of glass over the Jewelry displayed in tne -w-window and badly frightening the pro prietor and his clerks. The missile -Just missca "" -n..na- woman who wa walking serenely along the sidewalk. It struck the window pane Just above ner ...k . ,ra.h ahowering her with glass. She shrieked and ran as fast as she could, being soon lost to view. The first thought of the storekeeper waa that it was a hold-up. ana no reached for a revolver. He was reas sured quickly by the crowd that garn ered, and began to take an account of stock. His window display was a wreck. The piece of steel waa slsxllng hot. and the workmen who came from the building to recover It half an hour later had to pick It up with tongs. The trouble yesterday was cu. w the workman who waa operating rivet machine pulling the trigger ...i.iv mhen the gun was not In action. Besides the broken plate- class window, the damage emoumeu iiiu t. the Jewelry, which will be paid by the construction company. PAROLED CONVICTS AIDED Cltle to Be Asked to Pay Half Fare for Men Freed. . . -.r r xr iSneclal.) With the assurance that Portland buslnes. - -.nhtri of the Prisoners Aid Society In that city will furnish all the funds necessary to pay nan . .1..1 nriaoners from the peniten tiary to their places of respective em ployment. Rev. P- B. wauer. pi..r the First Congregational v-..-..- Salem, will start tomorrow morning on a month tour of cities of the state to establish branches of the aid society throughout Oregon. He will visit every county seat and every town of import ance. .. . u. -vr- Ttaner was recently oamtu superintendent of the aid society In the state. He declares that he will be ... e..rni.h the half fare necessary for prisoner on railroads, providing th towns of tne state - of the convicts and give them work after they arrive. -If 1 meet with as nearly rpu ... tk. atata as I did in Port- the clergyman. SONGBIRDS GO ABROAD Nordic rroudly Wears Velvet Tur ban She Mad Herself. x- f tv- vnRtC. May . (Special.) . ., .miM.i who sailed this morn lng on the Kronprlnx Wllhelm were Lillian Nordlca. Olive tremstaa a..u x..,,l Amato. of the jieiropuui.u .n colonel Henry W. Savage, e,rtira and her husband. George vnr who came to the pier to see her off. were both Immensiy proua oi m - . , plaited velvet turban ot vioiei. trimmed with three nuge wnue piu...-. whloh ahe wore. It was ner own . j i r .ho ald. Fremstad was h.r left arm heavily bandaged v- J "n - Amato la going to sing tne ruw . we in -The Girl of the Golden West" at Rome, during the big festi val. BRIGHT. VISITOR APPEARS Strange. Object In Xortlieast Skies Canses Much Speculation. Many residents of Portland last night were Interested In a strange consteUatlon Just above the horizon In the northwest. It was visible for about two hours. The spectacle re sembled an aro light with the globe broken. Rays ehot from the brilliant object and at times formed a tall much like a comet. There waa wild speculation about the Identity of the object. Some thought It waa a comet, others that lt was a meteor, and wild guessers naa It a mysterious flying machine with a glaring headlight. There were others who thought It a bad omen and the superstitious Vere of the opinion that the world was coming to an end. GEBHARDT LEFT $163,721 At Least That Is All of His Estate Subject to Taxation, i NEW TORK. Way 9. (Special.) The transfer tax appraisal of the estate of Frederick Gebhardt. long a Newport favorite, shows that he left l3.721 subject to tax. A large amount of stock waa put down as worthless and no value was put on wearing apparel. In explanation of this the report says that for some six month prior to his death, he was 111 and confined more or less to his room and for this reason, naturally, lie did not require any great amount or wearing apparel. Ills 'jewelry was appraised at $356, which Included a watch worth 150. CAR NET ADM TS lllNDK TO TODAY'S NEWS j UlfllVIUNU tiUdDtna TO DROP ATHLETICS I Him l- CAUSE FOR ALARM Taft Stands Pat on Not Entering Mexico. - NEARLY ALL STATES REYOLT No Foreign Government Has Proposed Intervention. MADER0 CLAIMS SUCCESS Wlille Senator Stone Frees Intcrven. tlon, Chairman Sulxer .Says We Must Xot Interfere. Soldiers to Be Neutral. WASHINGTON. May 9. There were enough development In the Mexican tana-la In Washington today to compll- t a altriatlnn that official advisors Of President Taft are willing to admit Is alarming. From ITnlted States Consuls and other sources, the President heard that the revolution is spreading and from news dlsDatche and from Colonel Steever, in command at El Paso, bulletins came telling of the fight that Is endangering American citizen. Senator Stone, of Missouri, urged In tervention In Mexico and aald that Americans . were being "murdered. Renreaentatlva Sulzer. of New York. chairman of the House committee on foreign, affairs, reiterated his conviction that the United States must not inter vene. Pnlnnl Kteever Informed the Presl dent that be would permit the wounded from both, the federal and Insurrecto ranks to be brought Into the United State. Cabinet Still Stands Pat. The Cabinet discussed Mexico', but de cided to keep on "standing pat." On the objection of Secretary of Agricul ture Wilson, it was aeciaea not to per mit Amerlcae-owned cattle now In Mex- in tn hit hronrht acroaa the Rio Grande. rteanlt the unfavorable Intelligence. the President still was Inclined to hope for peace. From Mexico City he learned that with the exception of two, or pos siblv three states, all Mexico I In volved In the revolution. At the same time. Foreign Minister De la Barra was mini,H hetna confidant that rjeace will be made between the Diaz govern ment and Alaaero ana mat anerwaras .n.rait negotiations will be carried on with the states In which other revolu tionary leaders are In command. Europe Will "ot Interfere. One bit of Information given out from the White House showed that Pnmrwan governments are apparently willing to give Mexico an opportunity to solve her own problem, 'ine t-resi- n niit oallara that no forelen gov eminent has suggested that they take action to protect American and other fnuivn nronartv and that. If this Na tion intends to live by the Monroe doc- trlme. It must maintain order. Madero Claims Victory. General Madero telegraphed the In surrecto Junta here that the lnsurrectos had gained possession of the greater Concluded on race 3.) MM1 WAti a-se e . ee e e. e .... Tfa. Weather. TBSTERDATS Miilmura temperature, i.im.im mTun t urn 44 TODAY'S Fair and , warmer. Northwest -reea. winds. , Korrirn. Camorra lawyers quarrel with court. Pass B. Mexico. . Rebels capture TIJunna. Lower California, after bloour aun- r.i. Taft perJt In non-Intervention policy. though Senator atone propraw . u.. c... lni.rf.r,nrL Paxe 1. Juarez Is burnins and rebels repew attack on leuenua. .rase Navarro tells government he will die rather than surrender, a age -t. National. Arguments la Cunnlnham coal case are concluded. Face 3. Bonn orders investigation of Postofflce De partment ana sugar n uw . Domestic. Two men take $6000 worth ot aiamona. from Salt UM pawu.uuj, -llcht. Page 1. Freshmen athletics t Stanford woeruuy curtailed. Page i Nevada. California 0-n roaa ouya terminals at iKeview, ur., ijr T. - O Helm committee decides to abandon Lari mer Investigation. r. . Newly-wed of six weeks creates scene in Los Angeles tate. rn u. raclfle Northwest. Eeeretarr of Interior Vl.her writes Governor Hawley. or latmw. in j .. t . ,). lanil ptMft. PlM 6. Three hundred Portland cltlxens will leave tonight lor KoseDuxg Pace 6. Addlaon Bennett tells of Harney County's unheeded prayer lor ruirwu wr . Urn trm 7 Delegates from State Grange assemble In 3Mh annual couvennvi .1 . rage 6. Sports. Pacific Coast League results yesterday: Ban Francisco 8. Portland 7; Vernon.B, Sacra mento 8; Oakland 9. Los Angeles T. Page 8. Northwestern League results yesterday: Spokane Victoria 8: Tacoma L Seattle 0- Portland-Vancouver game postponed; ..i. a Multnomah Swimming Club announces events Tor aquatic ramivai uuwua - tlval. Page 8. Umpire Kane bss no love for president of National League. Page 8. Oregon -Aggy" athletes bet tVnltman In track and field meet. Pae 9. Commercial and Marine. Freight rate for tailing vessels shows sur prising strength. Page SO. Krebs refuses SO-cent offer for large block of new bops. Page 21. Rain In Middle West causes break In wheat at Chicago. Page 20. Wool sells higher at London auction sales. Psge 2L Small demand for stocks at New Tork. Page 2L Portland and Vicinity. Big Irrigation system Is proposed for In terior Oregon. Page 4. Co. k."' veterans hold reunion and banquet at Commercial Club. Page 6. isiiing no" . . , Inm as evidence of good times to come. Page 18. Loult W. Hill plans buiinese men's auto run throueh Onion; otters good road cup. Pin IA- Several hundred suburbanites storm City Hall and thank Water Board tor buy In. ni-lvnta nlanta. Paae 12. Fixuloalon of seven and one-half tons of nnarriar rrumbles big bi'.l at Llnnton Mum..j. - - " Sellwood fire captain's appeal from reduction to ranks being heard. Page 12. Hot end of rivet gun shot from 10th story of Wilcox building pierces Jewelry store -iirin land. In tr&T of onala Page L Committee in charge of "Sane Fourth of Juljr eeieoration compioiea jiiusi.umn 1 . io Rlrermen will not require draws to open during Rose Festival parade. Page 11. Northwest to be organised to turn tide of ' travel from Canada. Page 7. Antl-Rushlieht movement progresses to point of dlscns'lng candidates. Page 14. KRUTTSCHNITT JR. ROBBED Son of Kallroad Official Victim of Mexican Rebels In Raid h.ikvti-o riTT. Mav 9. Consular ad vices from Aguas Callentes show that a 8nn of Jul' us Kruttschnitt of the Southern Pacific was one of the vie tima of a rebel raid a few days ago at a mine near San Gil on" the Mexican CentraL He was robbed of 12000 and other valuables. A man named Hamilton, who was with young Kruttschnitt, received a slight flesh wound In the face. ON TOP SLAY 1; Wn NH yUrc U Ht AbANUUntU I WWII V a. I 2 Desperadoes Caught After Running Fight. GEMS ARE THROWN IN STREET Salt Lake Pawn Shop Is Held Up in Broad Daylight. FUGITIVE'S AIM FATAL One of Pursuing Party Drops Dead and Two- Fall Injured, One Mor tally, WTien Outlaw Opens Fire In Effort to Stop Cnase. oatt T.AKE CITY. May 9. One man ... killed and two were wounded in a running battle hero today between an innal nosse of police and citizens, ana two men who robbed a downtown pawn shop of diamonds valued at 6000. The dead: Joseph W. AxtelL hotel fireman. The wounded: E. E. Wellman. shot through the body, probably will die. . ' TTI l-.Y,....n rrt anfTT 1 I ifnr. The robbers entered a pawnshop In East Second street South ana. wnue oo iHth two revolvers, prevented the three clerk of the establishment from reaching any of the dozen of fire- kih -lav almost under their ttiuia 1,1,1 j i a. th. ther scoorjed diamonds from a window tray Into his pocket. Both then fled. Citizens, attracted by the outcry of the .tarted a nursult. As they neared the robbers, one of the highwaymen on.i fired three snot, ah dropped dead In his tracks, and Well man and Hlgglnbotham fell wounded. E-...I.'. th.i all three had been killed an enraged crowd swarmed from store and offices, forcing the desperadoes to separate, uoin were causuu - The man with the diamonds tried to throw them into the street and suc ceeded In disposing of some of them in this way. When arrested they gave the names of J. J. Morris, ranchman, and John Mur- rnv miner. Axtell Is survived by a widow and three children. MOTT RE-ELECTED MAYOR He Defeats Booth, Socialist, at Oak land by 2000 Majority OAKLAND, May 9. Frank K. Mott was re-elected Mayor of Oakland to day over Thomas Booth, Socialist, by a vote of 11,806 to 9532. The total vote was 22,023, the largest In the history of Oakland, and about 2000 larger than the vote at the primaries two weeks ago. with one exception the entire ad ministration ticket was elected, con .loinir nf an auditor, four commis sioners and six school directors, under the new commission form of govern ment. Harry Anderson, anu-aaminis tration, was elected commissioner. FOOTBALL AND TRACK MEET ABOLISHED AT STANFORD. Boat Race With University of Cali fornia Is Only Event Left to First-Year Men. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal.. May 9. (Special.) The freshmen of Stan ford and the University cf California will not meet again In Rugby iootDan or In the track meet, which contests have hitherto been annual features of the Intercollegiate athletic programme of the two universities. Such will be the result of tne action taken by the academic council of the Stanford fac ulty this afternoon, when the final abo lition of the two freshmen contests was effected. The freshmen boatrace is the only intercollegiate contest that survives. This severe curtailment of Stanford athletic activities caused little surprise among the undergraduates, as the agi tation for such a mo4-e is or long standing. The principal reasons which brought about this limitation or tne freshmen's athletic activity are the lnwertnir of the new student scholastic record, which is directly occasioned by the close application to athletic traln inr. and the distorted ideas of the university's functions held by the pliant youths who are treated to the immer sion of athletics as soon as they enter freshman year. v President David Starr Jordan has been a prime mover In the agitation for the elimination of first-year ath letics and lt was in response to his racommendation that the action or tne academic council was taken. BIRD IS CRAZED OR VAIN Strange Actions of Oregon City Junco Attracts Ornithologists. OREGON CITT, Or., May 9. (Spe cial.) William Hammond, an Oregon City attorney, who lives at Gladstone, has a strange story to tell of a little bird which has either lost its mind or is suffering from abnormal conceit. The bird Is of the junco species, sometimes called snowbird. Mr. Hammond was awakened early in the morning by a strange pecking at a window. Upon rais ing the curtain he saw a little bird clinging to the sash, pecking with all Its might the window pane. Mr. Ham mond raised the window and the little visitor flew away. But hardly had the lawyer returned to his bed before the bird wa back at the window playing a tattoo with Its bill. Since then the bird has reappeared every morning and eats anything that is put out for lt. Mrs. Hammond con sulted W. 1 FInley, of Jennings Lodge, who Is an authority on ornithology, who said that the case was unusual, but birds had been known to act in the same strange manner before. He said that there were two explanations, either the junco was attracted by Its reflection In the window pane or it had lost its mind. LOVE REPLIES TO WIFE Baker Suitor Says Xew York Court Has No Jurisdiction In Case. BAKER. Or., May 9. (Special.) Sidney C. Love has filed with the County Clerk his reply to the answer of his wife, Marjorie Burnes Love, In tho action for a divorce Instituted by him In the local Circuit Court He al leges that the New Tork courts had no jurisdiction at any time over htm, his wife or their child. The reply sets forth that Love entered an appearance In the New York courts, In which Mrs. Love has instituted an action for di vorce, only to argue that the court In the state had no jurisdiction. The Love divorce case probably will come before the Circuit Court here in September. It is believed lt will be one of the hardest fought lesral battles in the county over a child. WIDOWS' PENSION ASKED Root Would Give 31rs. Cleveland and Mrs. Harrison $5000 Year. WASHINGTON. May 9. Pensions of $5000 a year each for Frances Cleve land, widow of President Cleveland, and Mary Lord ' Harrison, widow of President Harrison, are provided in a bill Introduced in the senate toaay Dy Senator Root. The bills were referred to the com mittee on pensions. COLONEL HIGG1NS0N DIES Famous Historian, Author and Dip lomat Passes at 8 7. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 9. Colonel Thnmaa Wentworth Hisrelnson, histor lan and author, minister and soldier. on nf the last of the famous schol ars and abolitionists of a half century ago, died here tonight aged Hi years. Colonel Hlirtrinson had been ill 10 flavu. A ereneral breakdown due to old age was apparent, but he was not con sidered seriously ill until today. rtAIN EXTINGUISHES FIRES Forests Saved From Raging Flames on Minnesota Border. : ST. PAUL, May 9. Reports from those sections of the Northwest where ...t fir-os have been burning for sev eral days and threatening towns and much valuable property, say the dan ger Is mostly over. Heavy rains throughout the Cana dian Northwest and Northern Minne sot hava put the fires,, out. Habeas Corpus Decis ion Proves StoneWall. COMMITTEE'S AVENUES CLOSED Many Senators Anxious to Ap peal From Judge Petit. SENATE DEFERS ACTION Special Attorney Healy Busy Look ing Into Law Books for Prece dents Assembly Will De cide Stand Thursday. SPRINGFIELD. 111., May 9. (Special.) Faced by a stone wall in the shape of Judge Petifs habeas corpus decision, the Helm committee today, after a long ex ecutive session, aeclded to abandon all further Inquiry Into the Lorlmer Sena torship scandal. It will start at once to formulate Its report and by Thureday will inform the Senate whether in the opinion of the Investigators it is ex pedient to appeal from the Petit find ing. The committee came to the conclu sion," said Senator Helm Immediately after the executive session, "that it would be fruitless to proceed further with the Inquiry. All our avenues ot Inquiry are sealed up by the decision of Judge Petit. If lt was possible for Edward Tllden to go before the courts and be freed from the necessity of re sponding to the warrants of the Senate, if he could snap his fingers In the face of the subpenaes of the committee, how could the committee expect that it might summon other witnesses and compel them to do what the court freed Mr. Tilden from doing? , All Avenues Closed. "Why, that decision closes up all our avenues. VVe could not compel otner witnesses to come In and produce their books. We could not follow up what leads we have in the direction of the sources of the election fund that was spoken of in the testimony of Clarence S. Funk and other witnesses. We are up against a etone wall on account of that decision and what can the committee do but stop the Investigation right here? We are walled in, as lt were. We will call no more witnesses and will hold no more hearings. We will prepare our report and in that we will probably indicate to the Senate some of the leads we were expecting to' follow, but as to that we have not decided definitely." "When the question of appealing of Judge Petit's decision was brought be fore the Senate this morning action was postponed until Thursday in order that John J. Healy, special attorney, might search the law books for precedents. .Many Want to Fight. The great majority of the Senators take the ground that a great question of constitutional Importance is at stake affecting the powers and prestige of the Assembly, and the consensus of opinion appears to be that the appeal will be voted. Some of the lawyers, however, among them Mr. Healy, are not so certain as to what scope an ap peal might have. It is considered a debatable question of whether on an appeal the higher courts would review the vital questions involved in the case or whether they would confine them selves to deciding whether the costs of habeas corpus hearing should be as sessed against Tilden or against Hat field, the first sergeant-at-arms who made the arrests. Mr. Healy and his conferees have been busy with the law books -the greater part of the day. They dis cover a great dearth of precedents. The general opinion among members of the Helm committee is that Mr. Healy will advise that the appeal be taken and that the Senate will then vote to fight to the last ditch to ascertain whether the Petit decision was in contravention of the constitutional prerogative be stowed upon each legislative body. Directions Are Sought. In bringing the- matter before the Senate this morning Lieutenant-Governor Oglesby reported that Hatfield was desirous of receiving further di rections from the Senate. Attorney Healy, said Mr. Ogleshy, gave notice in the court that he would file a bill of exceptions and make ap peal from the decision of Judge Petit, which latter is now pending. "As the chair understands this mat ter," said Mr. Oglesby, the notice of appeal being made for Assistant Ser-geant-at-Arms Hatfield through the at torney of the Senate, Mr. Healy, Hat field may at any time go into court and dismiss the appeal. Such action. of course, the chair would not order to be done unless the Senate should so direct. Consequently the chair brings this matter before the Senate for di rections. "The costs in this case, the chair understands, amount to some $250. TtH chair will order, In case the costs ar finally assessed against the assistant! sergeant-at-arms, that these expenses and costs be paid from the Incidents expenses of the Senate unless sonv Senator objects." This order was unanimously sus-l tained by the Senate,