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VOL. LI Q. 13.749. ' PORTLAND. OREGON. THURSDAY, MAY 13. lffll. PRICE FIVE CENTS, r TAFT PROVOKES D Black Balls Are Used Against Friends. MEN USING TKEM DENOUNCED Three Officials Show Anger by Resignation. JUSTICE HUGHES TARGE n-ler-tlrn of Xrwly-Flcrtrd Men brr. of Congress, Including In' llinair IViend, Stirs Tft to Speak and Other to Act. WASHINGTON. Mar 17. Resignation f tiro nternebrs of the board of gov ernors and th secretary of tha Metro politan Club her, made known todajr f.!ortna- a sp-h by President Taft font nla-ht In which ha denounced "srnall-h.a.lr.l tarn" who In cluba at tempt to manifest their greatness br Markballtna- lea. line men proposed for meitih-rMp. baa stlrrred official social VaMr.aton to tha cor. Ti rreeident. who la a member of the exclusive Metropolitan, waa report ed sereral dar ago to hare felt soma resentment otrr tha exclusion from l' rrsanlxatlon of several nwly-lct -i icepresentativea and Senator, pro- f,r membership by soma of tha m-t Influential men In tha club. Among the men excluded waa on of whom the TresMent waa said to b partlcu Lirly fnd. I nniltj Shows to Ja.tice nughes. Assorts Jusrtc Hurh.es, of tha 8u ?rema Court, has incurred tha enmity of threa members of tha Metropolitan flub, who Informed a friend recently that they would "take pleasure la blackballing- Mr. Ifuahea If at any time hi nam waa proposed for membership to tha dub." Their opposition was based en th rent mad acalnst th racetracks of New Tork while th -Justice waa Gov ernor of that state. Th three mem ber are interested in horsea. Thla plan developed today. Jostle Hughes' name, however, has not been proposed to th club. Th flurry caused by th club's ac tion at that tlm had partially died down, when President Taft List night, tn an address at th Jewish Temple, re vived th subjrrt by sarins: that he had had friends Gentiles kept out of cluba "by people who were not worthy to button up their shoes." Friend of Taft Resign. This was followed by th announce ment that Brlgadler-Unral Clarenc R. Edwarda, of tha Bureau of Insular A (fairs, an Intimate friend of th I'res Ment: Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Mc Cawley. of the Marin Corps, formerly a Whit House aid, and Captain T. M. Potts, of th Navy, had resigned their official positions at th Metro politan Club. General Rdwards and Captain I'otts were members of th board of governors and Colonel McCaw ley waa secretary of the club. AU had asked that their resignations take effect at once, but Captain Fotts and Colonel McCawley later screed to serve until next October, because of the difficulty of fllllnic their places at this time of th year. General Edwards, however. Insisted that his resignation should b accepted Immediately. It said th rests-nations of Messrs. IMwarua. McCawley and Potts mean no offerer of th Navy or Marin Corps will hold offlr In th Metropolitan Club. Friction created by th elusion of Senators. Representatives and oi.Ver men In official life has been more or Irs frequent and It la be lieved has cot worked to th beet In terest of thes branches of th mili tary service. Taft Denoanrrs Snobs, Th President sJd last night in th speech which caused this sensation: "I believe, and I am proud of th fact, that th Jews In Amer ica enjoy an equality that they have In only a few other countries of th world. 1 dn't mean to say that ther are not racial prejudices her; I don't mean to say that ther ax no social clubs and other place w her th trail-headed men. who occasion ally get Into a directory, manifest their greatness by using a blackball and shutting out men of Importance In th community. "But. my friends, whtl It Is aggra vating and axaaperatlcg. still It la not the worst thing that could happen. I have had It happen to friends of mine. Gentiles, who have been kept out of cluba by people who are not worthy to button tbelr shoes and who have no standing save la clubs. "It Is aggravating. I agree, but a maa la what h La by reason of his respect for himself, and If h know that so m eon who affects to snub htm and look dowa on Mm la not worthy If he knows that that person I not hi eiual. and it he cultivates any of th philosophy that .h ought to call to hus aid he will have th advantage over his small-brained and narrow binds! crlUa alwara." STIR IN CLUBLAN SEATTLE'S WOMEN SCORED IN COUNCIL nrsrsEss mex oppose axti SMOKING ORDINANCE. Smoke No More Offensive- Than Odor of Cheap Perfume, De clarcs Orponrnt to Measure. SEATTLK. Wash- May IT. (Spe cial.) Th safety commute of th Council today, by a vot of two to one. reported out for passage over th Mayor's veto, th ordlnanc prohibit ing smoking on streetcars. Th action waa taken after considerable discus sion, largel yprotest- That the anti-smoking ordinance cam up was a coincidence and J. S. Goldsmith, manager of Schwabacher Brothers Grocery Company, took oc raslon to declare It an extreme men ore. of th kind which had given th Council th reputation of dealing In freak legislation. He said that smoke on streetcars was no more of a nuls ance than the odors of cheap perfume, with which some women saturate their clothing. "It Is not th business of this Coun ell to listen to every woman who may make an appeal." Goldsmith said. "Tha understanding la now that th women in the lobby control legislation. Let ma tell you It every man In the m ploy of my company and th rest of th large concerns would Are every maa who Is married, there wouldn't be any women's clubs. It Is getting to the point wher th commercial Inter ests must be given a chanc. "Thla Council la going on record In favor of freak legislation. Unless ther a unanimity between th Council and th Mayor on all questions. Seat tie will suffer and In th suffering th commercial interests will be th losers. In the lobby wer a score or more of business men. who had oome to protest against what they term freak legls latloa of th tyj they declared of the Griffiths bills for control of the jail and to limit th cumber of passen. gers on streetcars, th Erlckson bill to lower light rates and the bill to prohibit smoking on streetcars. MISS M'CORMICK TO WED Engagement of Child of Southern Psvclllo Road Official Announced. SAN FRANCISCO. May IT. (Special.) Th guests who attended the wedding reception of Mr. and Mrs. Effingham Button today war treated to a gen uine surprise In the announcement of the engagement of Miss Louise Mc Cormlck. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. O, McCormlck. and Robert Henderson. Although Henderson's devotion to this attractive girl has been marked ever sine her arrival In San Francisco about a year ago. even her most In timate friends wer una war that an nragemect existed. Miss McCormlck ha enjoyed a great popularity In this city ever since she Irst visited here from Chicago about wo years ago. K. o. McCormlck Is general passen ger agent of the Southern Pacific Com- any. Before coming to live In ran ranctsco. the McCormlck home was In Chicago. Hobert Henderson is one of the most popular bachelors In th younger set. OINT TRACK MEET SURE American and British Universities to Compete July 6. LONDON. May IT. A Joint meeting th Oxford and Cambridge athletlo lube tonight confirmed July aa th dat of th proposed meeting with th ale and Harvard teams. It was provisionally agreod that th British tram shall consist of th win ners of this year inter-varsity sporta. CAMBRIDGE. Maa. May IT. Th formal challenge for Cambridge and Oxford universities for a Joint track meet with Harvard and Tale In Lon on next July has been received. Cap tain Foster, of Harvard, favors ao- cepllng the challenge. He has In ulred of Captain Kllpatrlck of Tale aa to Tales attitude. BI-STATE RAINBOW SEEN Sky Arc Stretches From Vancouver to Faat Side in Portland. VANCOUVER. Wash. May IT. Spe cial.) An Interstate rainbow, appar ently arched from St. James' Catholio Church In his city to th Methodist Church on I nlon avenue la Portland. across th Columbia River, was vlslbl for half an hour today, following a heavy rainfall at t o'clock. Th rainbow waa distinct and waa augmented by a dimmer but larger arc It could b seen stretching across th river, and under It the faint outline of Mount Hood could almost be distin guished. TWO MEN, 74 AUTOS BURN lire Which Destroy Winnipeg Garage I Disastrous. wf NNTTEO. Man. May IT. (Special.) Fir at 11 o'clock tonight destroyed the Central Garage with 74 automobile. It la believed that two men and four teams ar la th debrla Fir was started by a youth lighting a clrarette, th head of th match flying off. It waa th worst fir ever seen la Winnipeg, th bias Illuminating th sky to such an extent that fully 40.00 persona eongregatetd. Th loss Is as tlmatad at tl0-lt0a. DE LA BARRA MADERO TO RULE President Ad Interimto Have InsurrectoAide. AGED PRESIDENT VERY ILL Corral Agrees to Step Down With Chief. NEW CABINET PROPOSED Armistice Ordered and Dlai Will Resign Before June 1 Do la Barra and Madero to Rule Jointly Pending; Election. MEXICO CITT. May IT. President Dlax and Vice-President Corral will re sign before June L Minister of Foreign Relations De la Barra will become President ad in terim. Francisco L Madero. the revolution ary leader, will be called to Mexico City to act aa De la Barra's chief adviser and aa th greatest guarantee possible that every pledge made by th gov ernment will be carried out. As viewed by the public. It would be virtually a Joint presidency, pending a new election. The Cabinet will be reorganised. Th Minister of War will be named by D la Barra. Th Foreign Offlc will be In charge of a sub-secretary named by him. Other Cabinet mem bers will be chosen by him and Ma dero Jointly. A new election will be called within six months. Surrender Is Complete. Political amneaty will be recom mended to th Chamber of Deputies. Thes ar th conditions upon which President Dlas will compromise. Vir tually they are admitted In high quar ters to be a complete surrender to the revolutionist. Th resignation of Dlax and th Joint regency of De la Barra and Ma dero ar said to constitute a guarantee o complete that the original Insur recto demand for 14 Governors no long er need be considered. Dlas Seriously III. Th Cabinet was in almost continu ous session for two days, despite the sever Illness of Dlax. Th Presi dent's entire face ' Is Infected from an ulcerated tooth. His upper lip Is swollen far beyond Its normal alxe and Is face Is Inflamed. He showed fever yesterday, but this symptom waa elim inated today. He apeaka with the greatest difficulty, but. while he Is In severe pain, his condition la not alarm ing, desplt hi advanced age. The government's conditions were (Concluded on Pas ) INDEX TO TODATC NEWS Th Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, M decrees: minimum. 46 flecree. TODAY'S RmAjx : high aouthwmfrly wind. Mrxioo. De la BtvrraV and .talero to ml Maxloo Pce 1- armistice elroiM br paca dele- ffaia at juirtm ra-e King and Kalner see stars In play at Dm leans. page 3. VenowlBf eharn-ea. Lieutenant Henneesr is relieved of duty at Pullman. Pave . Jtmnee la In eluded In peaoa treaty aeg-otla- iions. r-e e. Tariff board reports on 00 art of making news print paper In United States and Canada, pace . Three bills are Introduced In Senate to annul Supreme Court's modification of anti-trust law. pace 3. After days wrangle. Bona Democrats name sujjax lnreatlaatlnc committee. Ftgt X. Senate committee hears Governor Osborn for reciprocity, lumbermen acalnst it. pace ft. President Taft openly denounces club for b.ackmalilnv friends and tares club or fleers back him by reel en Inc. Pac W rSutton, Hood RItot inllUonairs, sued by z wire. pare. ft. Illinois Senate committee reports Lo rimer erected br bribery and denounces Judge petit. Page 8. PacJilio North wret. W. 6. TTRen outwits Democrats; is first to meet Governor Wilson on war to Ore gon. Pace A. Addison Beniett extols FrlnevlUa. Pace T. Bishop Bead din r opens conference of Inter national clerlcus convened at vancourer. B. C. Pac A. . Two hundred slxty-ons new laws to fo Into enact tomorrow at mldnlcat. Page 7. X!fe-savlnr crews rescue many In gale off voiumoia mouta. pacs 1. Army chanc plan would save 9200,000 or more annually. Pac 13- New Umatilla County Board of Education named. Pac 6. "Wood row Wilson a visit to Seattle may start political boom. Pace 9, Harry Day takes over defunct Wallace bank. Pace S. Sport. Pacific Coast lacue results yesterday: Portland T. Sacramento 4 (11 lnninirs) Oakland 2. San Francisco 1; Los Angeles ft, Vernon Pags ft. National wrestling bouts start at Helllg to- meat- pace ft. Cmamrrdml and Marine. New crop chartering is under way. page 21. Dry weather reports start scramble of oats short at Chicago. Page 2X. Stock prices continue to climb. Page 21. Wheat charter rates firmer. Page 20. Portland and Vicinity. Doctors start movement to erect medical society building, page li. Two candidates for Queen of Peninsula rose shower In field. Page 14, Lombard and Werleln support Simon for Mayor, psgs ft. Petitions urging Mayer Simon to run again are algned rapidly. Page 15. Four Mount Hood Railway workmen killed. fnur crushed in landslide en Candy River. Pacs 1. Dsvurrer of Food Commissioner Bailey Is ovsrruieo. pags zo. Southern Ore con prospers In varied lines of industry, pac u. President -Gray, of North Bank, says Hills favor Independent depot. Pec 14. Oddfellows and Bebekahs continue grand lodgs sessions. Pacs 12. Executive committee of Western Develop ment League Is addresned by ex-Governor Brady of Idaho. Pags Si!. Oil trust blow misses Oregon, say financier a Pacs 12. aoeuaatlons are exchanced at session of mining congress. Pac ft- EX-SENATOR ALDRICH ILL Former Boss Cancels Engagement to Address Manufacturers. XEtV TORK. May 17. Kx-Senator Nelson W. Aldrlch. who was to hav spoken here today before the National Association of Manufacturers, did not appear and word waa . received from his secretary that he Is 111 at his home in Providence. R. I. ? A DEPENDENT CANDIDATE. t SIMON RECEIVES T Lombard and Werlein Urge Candidacy. GRAVE EMERGENCY IS SEEN Rushlight Unfitted for High Office, Is Opinion. PLEDGES OPERATE AS BAR i . People Besiege Executive Offices and Telephone and Telegraph Messages Come Fast Vig orous Campaign Planned. DA ITS DaTVELOFME NTS IN CTTI ( ZENS' CAMPAIGN More than 1000 signatures were secured by circulators of petitions asking Mayor Simon to become an independent candidate for re-election. The number required by the law Is 863. Mayor Simon received a large num ber of asaur&nces of hearty upport by letter and telegraph, as well as by telephone and from those who called upon him at the City HalL Headquarters of th Oltlsens Com mittee wer opened at 20ft Stark street, with Henry E. Reed as man agers. Many persons called there to sign the petitions, among them being a good many Democrats. City Treasurer Werlein gave the candidacy of Mayor Slmpn his un qualified Indorsement, denouncing A. O. Rushlight, the Republican noml nee. for making pledges of offices and appointments before election. Gay Lomoard. In San Francisco, and City Treasurer Werleln. In Portland, gave unqualified Indorsement yesterday to th movement to persuade Mayor Simon to become a candidate for Mayor at the election next month. Mr. Lorn bard declared In a signed statement that he regarded Mr. Rushlight as "typical of all that Is worst in Ameri can political and municipal life. Mr. Werleln voiced the opinion that Rush light's pre-election pledges were one evidence of his complete unfitness for the office. From all over the city yesterday came assurances of support. Every mail brought to th executive office letters from citizens, pledging their co-opera' tton. Telegrams from residents tem porarily absent In other sections of the state were also received. Numerous persons called personally. With one accord, they warmly congratulated the Mayor on his attitude and made known their good will, expressing hope for his success at the polls June 6. Developments came thick and fast (Concluded on Pa-. IB.) STRONG SU OR LIFE-SAVING CREWS RESCUE IN GALE nSHERMXX'S CRAFT CAPSIZE IX CHOPPY SEA OFF ASTORIA. Captain Parsons, of Oneonta Picks Vp Quartet Thrown Into Waters. Wind Blows 73-Mile Gait. ASTORIA.- Or, May 17. (SpSclal) Heroic work on the part of the Cape Disappointment and Point Adams life saving crews and the bar tug Oneonta saved the lives of several fishermen here today during the course of the gala which blew a 73-tnllo gait during the day. The llfesaving crews hauled several boats out of the breakers to safe an chorage and Captain Parsons, of the Oneonta. picked up two men who had been clinging to the bottom of their overturned craft fully two hours and one was nearly exhausted. Parsons also, later In the day. rescued two other fishermen caught in the same predica ment when their boat capsized. Although the bar was not rough as the result of the srale. there was choppy seat running, but no damage was done to shipping. General storm warnings had been sounded all along the North Pacific Coast as a result of the blow, advising all mariners to re main at safe anchorage tonicht. ihe storm center is off the lower end of Vancouver Island. B. C, and is moving eastward with high south to southwest gales. The barometer, which has been fall lng rapidly since last night and touched 29:36 here In the afternoon today, has an upward tendency tonight. A heavy rain has fallen all day. BRIDEGROOM TRAVELS FAR Honeymoon on Transport to Follow Voyage to Claim Bride. "Voyaging 9000 miles for a bride. En sign Ruchin Robert Smith, of the Moni tor Monterey, now stationed at Manila. will wed Hilda Helen Gumbert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L Gumbert, at the home of the bride's parents, 660 Kearney street, tonight. The couple will leave for Japan on the Transport Buford. which sails from San Francisco June G, and will spend th Summer In that oountry and in China. Mr. Smith will return to the Monterey at tne expiration of his leave of absence. which extends throughout the Summer months. The young people met four years ago in Seattle while Miss Gumbert was at tending the University of Washington, and Ensign Smith was with the Battle ship Nebraska, then at the Bremerton Navy -yard. Mr. Smith's' home Is in Salt Lake City. PUPILS POOR IN GRAMMAR Mnr 1-allures Found Also In Knowledge of Civil Government. OREGON CITT. Or, May 17. Sd- cial.) Superintendent Gary, who, with several teachers, is examining the pa pers of the children who took the exam ination for the high schools recently. declared today that there Drobably would be more failures than ever before in grammar and civil government. The questions. which were submitted by State Superintendent Alderman, are said to ba the most difficult ever sent to Clackamas Coifhty. The result of the present examination does not mean, however, that children who fall In these subjects now will not b promoted from the eighth grade to the high school. Thoee who fail In only two subjects will be given another ex amination in June, and In the mean time they will have time to prepare themselves. More than 300 pupils took the examination. t INDIAN RANCHERS ACTIVE Progressiveness of Klickitat Shown by Work on Farms. HUSCM. Wash., May 17. (Special.) Indian ranchers living along Husum Creek, which extends some 12 miles to the northeast, are showing progres siveness by planting fruit trees, irrigat ing hay tracts and doing dvelopment work that would prove a good example for some white men. Johnny Cayuse and two sons have ranches not far apart, and the condition of their farms does not betoken laziness. .8 a rule the Klickitat Indian has several abodes on his ranch, giving rise to much speculation as to the ne cessity of so many buildings. This is explained by the number of deaths in a family. When a member dies the family moves out of the residence at once and lives in tepees if necessary until another building is erected. The former huildlngs are used for stables or for storing hay and grain. CRUISER BUFFALO WINS Cry for Coal for Uncle Sam's Boat Heard in Seattle. SEATTLE. Wash, . May 17. J. H. Young, president of the Alanjka Steam ship Company, today cabled to Agent Barry, at Cordova, instructing him to supply to the cruiser Buffalo enough Canadian coal to enable her to steam to Sitka. Tha Buffalo, which Is at Cordova, ran short of coal during a stormy cruise to the Northern Islands and came into port with her coal bunkers nearly empty. Owing to a scarcity of coal at Alaska ports, the Guggenheim Morgan agent at Cordova declined to sell coal to the Buffalo unless such sale was approved by bis superior offi cers. 4'DIE, 4 CRUSHED, II SUDDEN SLIDE Mt. Hood LineWorkmen Swept to Death. FOREMAN LEFT SAFE AT BRINK Sandy River, 25 Miles East, Is Disaster Scene. INJURED MAY NOT LIVE Four of Dozen Men Escape In Xoon Crash One Xot Covered Though Hurled, Another Hangs to Crane Bodies Sought. Four men were . killed and four probably fatally injured in a landslide on the Mount Hood Railway & Power Company's line on the Sandy River, 25 miles east of Portland, at 11:55 o'clock yesterday morning. Two of the bodies were recovered last night and a force worked all night in an effort to find the two bodies that were buried under the avalanche. Th Injured workmen were conveyed on a train as far as Gresham and from that point were brought to the city in automobile ambulances and are being cared for at the Good Samaritan Hos- ' pltal. The dead are: D. Hunt. William Stranley. Ed Togansen. W. Parrish. The bodies of Togansen and Parrish. are still missing. The injured are: Matt Otto. R. J. Ryan. A. Jackson. E. J. Murphy. All four were injured internally ana may not recover. Death Grazes Several. Ten or 12 men were in the path of the avalanche and several experienced narrow escapes, engineer yan, a brother of R. J. Ryan, who was hurt, was carried over the hill and to th edge of the river, but was unscathed. He cannot account for his perilous ride to safety. A man who was employed on the huge crane of the shovel experi enced an escape perhaps even more re markable. He clung to the machinery on the way down the embankment and dropped off when he reached the base, landing in front of a mass of eartlf. Hans Peterson, the foreman, had the rare experience oi seeing me ma chinery, men and hillside swept away In front of him. The earth broke loose directly under his feet, but tore away right before him, allowing him to stand at the edge of the yawning hole that It left- C. H. Packer, the superintendent, waa) only a few feet away, and was first at tracted by the wild cries of the men aa they were carried toward their fate. Bodies Xot Yet Found. Others employed in the camp also heard the shouts of their comrades and hastened to the rescue. Soon the en tire construction force was engaged in the task of liberating the injured and attempting to recover the bodies of the dead. E. R. Ernsberger, general manager of the railroad department of the..Mount Hood Railway & Power Company, waa in his offices In Portland when the acci dent occurred. Ha started for the place as soon as It waB reported to him. He returned late last night and reported that the men were still working to re cover the two bodies that remained un der the pile of earth. The accident, he said, was peculiar In many ways. The grading crew was about to quit work for dinner when without warning 20,000 yards of earth, trees, rock and debris rushed down the steep hillside, swallowing eight of the workmen in its mad course toward the Sandy River. Other members of the crew barely es caped with their lives. Those who escaped the path of tha avalanche at once ascertained the ident ity of their missing comrades and threw themselves quickly into the work of rescuing the victims. After hours of herolo labor, four of the crew were un covered and removed. Dr. Short of Gresham took charge of the injured and had them conveyed to the city as soon as possible. Later the bodies of Hunt and Stranley were unearthed, their lives having been crushed out by the terrific slide. . The rescuing party was reinforced by other workmen employed on the grading work at other points and by residents living in the vicinity. Tons of earth were removed but up to last night, it was impossible to find a trace of the two missing men. The Immense steam shovel used by the grading crew waa gathered np by the onrushlng slide and hurtled Into the Sandy River as If it were a piece of paper. Drenching Weakens Ground. The heavy rains of the past week had soaked the ground thoroughly and it is believed that with this tremen dous weight of water the earth had been loosened and was weakened at the point where the crew was working no noise or crashing was heard until planation of the cause of the slide. A peculiar feature is that the earth seemed to break away in an Instant, as J.Concludsd on Pas & :