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VOL. LI -NvJ. : DEATH Hi RIOTS STIR MEXICO CITY Police and Soldiers in Battle With Mob. 7 TO 18 KILLED IS ESTIMATE While People Shout "Viva Ma dero," Diaz Lies Very 1!!. NEWSPAPER OFFICE FIRED Officers Amotiir Victim of C1h In (inru nhra tltlarn Miow Di appointrrvrnt Hrco Presi dent Has Xot Resigned MEXICO CITT. Mr 54. For lx Jinurs tonight this city was In tha rands of m mob until a rain norm mora effective than polica mnd soldiers caused the dispersal of tnot of It. At mid night, however, a remnant keeping step to the beating of tin pails, and paying no attention to the downpour, continued the demonstration, eyed by the pollro and soldiers. Twin soldiers fired on the mob. the, first time at the Zocoto. the bis square In front of the national palace, and again to disperse the- mob which had toned the building occupied by Kl Im pmrrlal and eet It on fire. Estimates of tha number of dead run from 7 to H. Including three police men reported beaten to death by tha mob. Kl Impartial, which continued to prepare for publication, estimate the dead at J, mostly at tha Zocoto. Jinny or Fifty Wounded. The polica at midnight estimated the dead In tha Zocoto at i or C and the wounded at between 40 and 45. An unconfirmed rumor has It that a deta.hment of Flgueroas revolution ary tore from Cuernavaca la at Lich erla. about IS mllea from tha city. General Plaa. who ha reserved tha rptaln's q-iarters on a Hamburg-American liner due to all from Vera Cru on last day of the month, continues very III. despite recent optimistic offl rlal report. He Is receiving absolutely po visitors. A heavy guard was maintained In front of tha presidential residenca throughout tha night.' It lot Begins In Chamber. Enraged by tha announcement that President Plas and Vice-President Cor ral mould not resign before tomorrow, apectators In the galleries of the Cham ber of Deputlca precipitated tha riot. Until o'clock tonight tha mob en countered practically no opposition and apparently little restriction was neces sary. Shouting -Vivas" - for Madero, they paraded the streets of the capital, but always in an orderly fashion ex cept for tha noise. Occasional Instances of vandalism were condemned by the thousands of marching men. who Joined In shouta of -order, order." llullela Disperse Mob. At f it It appeared that tha crowd waa dispersing. The main body had been broken Into smaller groups, but at tial time soma of these had grown mora demonstrative In tha big plaxa In front of the palace and tha polica de termined that tha time had coma for arastle measure. Tha shouting, ges ticulating mass of humanity was warned to move on. but a confidence born of better treatment early In tha evening caused them to receive with derision tha order of the police. Agiln they were told to disperse and gain no attention was paid to tha or der. Quickly their shouts of ridicule were turned Into cries of anguish, for tha guns of tha police and tha soldiers wera throwing Into their midst a hall of bullats. Tha living stumbled In a mad rush over tha bodies of tha dead and wounded. Mob Scattered. Not Subdued. Tha narrow streets leading from the Zocoto wera Jammed with fleeing men and women. For a few minutes the guna of the troops were stilled, but a regatherlng la the street corners of the now thoroughly enraged, as well as frightened, partisans of Madero result ed In another order to fire at will. Sharper and longer now came tha scooting. The mob fled but. contrary to all tradltlona of Mexico, the troops had not yet Intimidated tha rioters to the point where they wera willing to submit. The for.-e of tha Iron hand was weakening and despite tha death It had brought, tha rioters refused to d mora than scatter Into miniature mobs, each shouting for Madero and jelling for the ear',)- downfall of tha present government. Ptaa Illness Serious. In the m'dst of it all. President Diss lay on a sick bed. It was learned on authority this afternoon that, despite recent optimistic ofTlcial reports of bis condition, tha President has shown sev eral degrees of fever for tha last five days. He declined to see all visitor. Includ ing members of tha diplomatic corps, and takes nothing but liquid nourish ment. Madame Din told a visitor onca this afternoon that tha Presidents principal diet was warm milk. His condition 1 considered serious by mem bers of bis family. Tha presidential palace was crowded CoacluUd oa fui aJ WORKERS LEAP FOR LIVES IN BIG CRASH BCILDIXG COLLAPSES IV WIND AXD BCILDERS FLY. One Jumps From Window TTnburt; Two Slid to Street on Rushing Itoof, but All Will LI. FAN FRANCISCO, May 54. (Special.) Thrilling alldes for life, perilous leaps from swaying walla and daring dashes that cheated death by a hairbreadth featured the collapse during tha high wind yeaterday afternoon of a twa-story flat building In course of construction at Fifteenth and Ramona streets. A spectacular escape was made by William Kammerer. a youthful elec trician, who was near a window on the second floor. Installing wires, when tha building began to tremble violently. It rocked for a moment, then crashed for ward and collapsed. It fell In an east erly direction. Kammerer made a fly ing Jump out of the window In the op posite direction. He was not hurt. James Leonard, a plumber, was at work on the roof when the wind exe cuted Its dido. He didn't have time to do anything except cling to tha shingles and slide to the asphalt pavement on Ramona street, where tha roof landed. After ha had regained consclouneases at tha hospital. Leonard aald tha slide on the roof waa tha most exciting ex perience "of his life. Tha supports col lapsed In such a manner as to cause tha roof to hit the pavement at an angle that eliminated all shock. Leonard col lided with some debris whlla the roof wis skidding along the pavement and this caused alight Injury Several workmen Inside bad equally thrilling escapes when the building doubled up like a fallen house of cards, each man reaching safety Just as tha Hying timber graxed his heels. HETTY GREEN GETS MILLION Richest Woman In World Sella Holdings in Chicago Suburb. CHICAGO. May 54. (Special.) Gage Park, tha village of gondolas, bouses on suits, wlda expanses of water and cor rugated by bottomleaa ditches. Is to ba transformed Into a park.vln fact as well as name. Mrs. Hetty Green, tha richest woman In the world, but who Is better known In tha park because of tha fact that sha has successfully fought off all Improvements for years, has sold her holdings to Cobe A McKlnnon. Just what arguments tha firm advanced that convinced Mrs. Green that sha ought to sell her 460 acres of Gage Park la not known. Tha exact amount paid la not known either, al though It waa said that It was near $1,- Tha most important fact, however, from tha standpoint of tha villagers. Is that JUO.CU) Is to be expended for Improve ments at once. Before any of the land la put oa tha market Improvements that they have been fighting for so many yeura will become tangible facts ARMED WOMAN AIDS LAW Spokane I 'air Gun Expert Stands Guard, Deputy Selxes Man. SPOKANE. Wait. May 54. (Spe cial.) A woman acted as special dep uty sheriff for Spokane County Tues day night and with a loaded revolver stood guard while another deputy en tered a house to arrest a suspect. The woman la Mrs. Messenger, a crack rifle shot and a friend of O. L. Cain, deputy sheriff, who arrested Charles Hask. wanted on a charge of obtaining money by falsa pretenses. Deputy Sheriff Cain had been told of threats made by Hask that ha "would never be taken." -and when ha saw Hask leave the residence to go to an other bouse in response to a telephone call, the deputy sheriff trailed him. Knowing Mrs. Messenger, his com panion, to be a woman of nerve and a revolver expert, he gave her one weapon and stationed her at the rear of the house, while ha entered and captured Hask without a struggle. MAN WONT BURY UNCLE But Tie) Isoes Not Know Ieceaed Left $100,000 Fortune. SAX FRANCISCO. May St. (Special.) Alex R. Vrqubart. of Pony. Mont., tele graphed Undertaker Mark B. Shaw to day, curtly refusing to contribute to the burial of his uncle. R. E. McDonald, a wealthy miner, who died Sunday, after a lingering Illness, at the County Hos pital here. Tha nephew did not know that the aged man had left an estate valued at i oo.OM. The refusal was based upon tha state ment that the old man owed the nephew which the m-phew had sunk In tha mining ventures of tha deceased. From letters found, among the dead nian's effects It Is apparent that a number of relatives contributed money to aid In tha development of his mining ventures and bad finally become dis satisfied and suspicious of tha wisdom of their Investments. OREGON TOWNS GET BANKS Postal Depositories to Bo Located at Baker and Oregon City. WASHINGTON, May 14. Fifty ad ditional depositories were designated today by Postmaster-General Hitch cock, making a total to data of ". Tha new depositories will begin oper atlona on June 55, 111. Among the Western offices are: Santa Rosa. Palo Alto and Redding. CaL; Gooding. Idaho; Hamilton and Havre. Mont.; Baker and Oregon City. Or.; Chehalla and South Bend. Wash., and Douglas. Wyo. TUFTS HIE IS LQRIMER CHARGED La Follette Asks for Light on Scandal. $200,000 USED IN ELECTION Hines Quoted as Saying Presi dent Wanted Lorimer. AGENT FLEES WISCONSIN Wisconsin Man Reps Senate to Find Man Back of This Infamy. Judge Petti t Branded as Lori mer Judge for HI Decision. WASHINGTON. May 54. Instead of $100,000. alleged to have been used to secure tha election of William Lorimer of Illinois to tha United Statea Senate, more titan twice that aura will be dis closed. Senator LaFollette told his col leagues today. If the Senate reopens ita Investigation Into Lorimer' s right to hold his seat. LaFollett declared that President Taffa name had been used In Lorimer' behalf and reiterated that Lorimer had personal cognisance of the use of the money. LaFollette quoted from the testimony given by Edward Hlnea, a Chicago lum berman, before the Lorimer Investigating committee of the THTnols Legislature re garding Mr. Hines' Interviews with Uni ted States Senators Aldrloh and Pen rose. In which Hines aald Aldrlch re peatedly had Impressed upon him the im portance of Lo rimer's election and had told him that Mr. Taft waa especially concerned in Lortmer'a behalf. President' N aino I'eed Secretly. Referring to tha Hines statement con cerning a long-distance telephone con versation between Washington and Springfield. LaFollette said that at Lo ri mer's request Hlnea had telegraphed to Lorimer the-substance of hla telephone conversations to him. This telegram could and should be procured, he said. "There is no proof," said LaFollette, "that the President waa interfering, but I think there was a scheme to put Lori mer through and It waa believed tha nea of the President's name would be po tential. There Is no doubt that his name waa used In the telegram and no doubt that It was used behind locked doors and drawn screens. It helped to Influence members who could not ba reached otherwise." Discussing Hines' activity In the Lorimer campaign, which waa . ac counted for on the ground that Lorimer would favor a duty on lumber. La Follette said that during tha last Lorimer Investigation by the Senate, Hines was much In evidence about the Capitol at Washington. He said Hines had appeared again at tha opening up of the question this session. Hlnea) Active for Stephenson. Then, evidently referring to the elei tlon of Senator Stephenson, of Wls- (Concluded on Page 3.) ! KNOWS WHICH SIDE THE BUTTER IS ON. i ' I a, ,,,,,,.asssse s s a s s ..... ...J..riTTT PflRTLAXD. OREGOX. THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BEGISTER TODAY. Every legal voter of Portland who has not heretofore regis tered will have an opportunity to register at the County Clerk's office today and on the two fpl lowing days. All voters who reg istered during 1910-11 are quali fied to vote at the city election, unless they have moved to an other precinct. All such persons should re-register. All unregis tered voters who do not legally qualify for voting within the next three days will be unable to cast their ballots at the elec tion, unless they then go through the troublesome process of pre paring an affidavit signed by six freeholders. Obviously, then, it is the duty of all voters who wish to have a voice in the election on June 5 to see that their names are prop, erly recorded in the registry book in the County Clerk's of fice. This is your chance. Do not neglect it. See that your neigh bor registers, too. BROTHER, SISTER UNITED Man and Woman Meet After 15 Years' Residence In Same City. EVERETT. Wash, May 24. (Special.) After" living In Everett for over 15 years, and neither one' knowing tha other, and without ever having seen each other. Mrs. Julia A. Ketchum and J. L Terry, sister and brother, wera united today. Mrs. -Ketchum, who Is SS years old. haa lived In Everett since the townaite was laid out. and Terry has been here for IS years. Thoy were brought together through the efforts of a brother who resides in Lamberton, Minn., and who waa desirous of holding a family reunion this year. Mrs. Ketchum left her parents when she was only years old. and, with the family of A. Hammond, crossed the plains In 1852 and settled In Linn Coun ty, Oregon. From then she had no trace of her family until about a year ago. Mrs. Ketchum, her brother and two sis tors. Mrs. S. A. Nolt, of Harrisburg. Or, and Mrs. Beckman. of Sumner, Wash., will leave tomorrow for St. Paul, and from there will go to Lamberton, where the reunion of ten of the original 14 members of the family will be held. Mr. Terry had never seen Mrs. Ketchum, as he was born In tha Fall after she left for the West. Tonight a dinner party waa given by Mrs. A. E. Johnson in her mother's honor, at which about SO gruests were present. STRAWBERRYJJAY COSTLY Milton Stops Not at 'High Prices to Give Welcome to Visitors. WALLA WALLA. Wash., May 24. (Special.) Strawberry day at Milton Is going to cost tha Milton business men a big price this season, for the reason that the cold weather has held back the crop, a high-priced berry resulting. It Is thought that fully 5000 people will be In Milton on Friday for Straw bery day. and with strawberries selling at from 13.60 to $4 a crate, the cost for fruit alone will be large. The club Is not atopplng at the high price and states that free fruit will ba served every person visiting the town. An curslon will be run from Walla Walla rrlday morning by the Commercial Club. . ll.lxiS'.l.ii iui. I II M I I IM IN T Taft Shows no Mercy to Walsh and Morse. BOTH MEN ARE FALSE TO TRUST President Calls Walsh's Meth ods Insidious. NO INFLUENCE MOVES HIM Excuses Made for Walsh Brushed Aside Return of Stolen Money 'o Palliation Morse Held More Guilty of Two. WASHINGTON. May 24. President Taft today denied the applications for the pardon of Charles W. Morse, of New York, and John R. Walsh, of Chicago, the two most prominent bankers ever convicted and sentenced to Federal prisons under the National banking laws. Not only did the President refuse to pardon them, but he also declined to exercise any other executive clemency In their cases or to shorten the sen tences Imposed by the courts. The President took a firm stand that the National banking laws or any other laws must be upheld when they affect the rich man even more than when they affect the poor. The record in the Walsh case, the President said, "shows moral turpitude of that Insidious and dangerous kind, to punish which the National banking laws were especially enacted." Morse More Guilty of Two. In considering the case of Morse, the President said: "From a consideration of the facts in each case, I have no doubt that Morse should have received a heavier sentence than .Walsh. Indeed, the methods taken by Morse 10 days ago show that more keenly than Walsh did he realize the evil that he waa doing." The President's denial of the pardon applications does not mean that the men must stay in prison until the end of their terms. Walsh began a five year sentence in the Leavenworth prison in January, 1S10. and under the Federal parole law Is eligible for pa role next September, the President's action tonight having no bearing what ever upon the future application for parole. Morse began his 15-year term In the Atlanta penitentiary In Janu ary, 110. In denying his application the President granted leave to renew It after January. 1913. Under the pa role law Morse wauld be eligible for release In 1915. Both Morse and Walsh made strong efforts to have the President exercise clemency. He was besieged by friends and. attorneys of both. Mrs. Morse got up a monster petition, which waa etfgned by scores of members of Con gress and other leading persons. Ex Senator Hale, of Maine, aald much in his behalf. The pleaa of ill-health and (Concluded on Page 5.) GONE BANKERS FIRSTWIFE, FOUND, TO LIVE WITH NO. 2 LOST TO HUSBAND SINCE 1871, WOMAN WELCOMED HOME. She and Spouse Man Took When Ho Thought First Gone Forever Expect to Be Happy Together. PITTSBURG. Kan.. May 24. After being separated from her husband, Peter C. Sharp, of this city, since the Chicago Are In 1871. Mrs. Anna Cath erine Sharp, of Oakland, Cal., arrived here today and was welcomed Into her old home. Her husband and his present wife. Mrs. Louisa Sharp, whom he mar ried nine years ago after giving up search for his first wife, met her at the train. "It's good to see you again," was the greeting the first Mrs. Sharp gave her husband. "How do you do?" she said to Mrs. Sharp the second. The three rode together In the fam ily buggy to the Sharp home on the outskirts of the city, where the first Mrs. Sharp intends to make her future home. Sharp declared the three would make a happy family. It was through the War Department that Mrs. Sharp finally located her husband. GOVERNOR WILSON DOCKED Rumor That Xew Jersey Executive Loses Monthly Salary. TRENTOK. N. J., May 24. (Special.) Thia was payday at the State House and a stir was created about the build ing when it became noised around that Governor Wilson had been docked $800 by the State Controller on account of Ills four weeks' absence in the West. The same report had it that a war rant for 1800 had been drawn in favor of Ernest R. Ackerman, president of the Senate, for services as Acting Governor. The latter statement was denied in both the Controller's and Treasurer's offices, though It was ad mitted that the question as to whether the executive's salary should be paid to the real Governor or the Acting Governor was under consideration. Tha momentous question as to who shall receive pay for' the month of May has been referred to the Attorney General for an opinion. CHURCH AND STATE BREAK Rapture Between Rome and Lisbon Now Accomplished Fact. LISBON, May 24. The expected rup ture between the church and govern ment is now an accomplished fact, as a result of the protest issued yester day by the- bishops against the sepa ration law. The violence of this pro test has caused a sensation. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 48 degreesj minimum, 39 degrees. TODAY'S Showers, southwesterly winds. . Foreign. Troops battle mob of rebel sympathizers in City of Mexico; estimates of dead 7 to 18. Page 1. Paris abandons its own harem skirt. Page 3. National. La Follette in Senate says over J2O0.OO0 was used to elect Lorimer, and Taft's name was secretly used. Page 1. President refuses to pardon Walsh and Morse. Page 1. Domestic. War In steel trade begun by Gates- Repub lic Iron Company. Page 3. Workmen have narrow escapes when San Francisco building Is wrecked by wind. Page 1. Woodrow Wilson declares for reciprocity. Page 2. Southern lumber trust explains terms used in enforcing decrees. Page 5. Wife, lost to husband since 1871, welcomed home by her spouse and wife No. 3l Page 1 Sidney C Love divorced by New York court action. Page L Flans of Carnegie Peace Endowment an nounced at Mohonk Lake conference. Page 4. Presbyterians will meet In Louisville next year. Page 5. St. Paul auditorium lauded as model by Louis W. Hill. Page 18. Secretary MacVeagh speaks at Kansas City, recommending Aldrlch's monetary reform scheme. Page 2. Sports. Pacific coast League results yesterday: Oak land 4. Vernon 3: Sacramento 9. Los An geles 0; Portland-San Francisco game postponed; rain. Page 8. Figures show cork-center ball responsible for large scores this year. Page 8. Northwestern League results yesterday: Portland 7, Victoria 0; Spokane 4-2. Van couver 2-0; Taooma 4, Seattle 0. Page 8. Brltt. ex-pugilist, returns, anxious to get tight. Page 9. Commercial and Marine. Wool sales at Echo and Ontario. Page 23. May wheat near dollar mark at Chicago. Page a3. Changes In steel prices unsettle stock mar ket. Page 2X Legal fight of Port of Portland opens today before Supreme Court. .Page 22. Pacific Northwest. Members of Linn County Board of Education named. Page 6. Assistant Superintendent of Public Instruc tion is puzzled over numerous failures of eighth-grade pupils. Page o. Washington University student and co-ed, wedded eight months ago in secret, con tinue studies as being engaged couple. Page 7. . Audubon Society man named State Game Warden. Page 7- Colonel Blethen, indicted Seattle editor, re produces rival's story of his case. Page 3. Gorvallls professor gives advice on thinning fruit. Page 6- Portland and Vicinity. Portland delegation to Southwestern Wash ington Development Association meeting to urge better trade relations- Page 14. e; g. Tj-Ren predicts that Multnomah County will adopt "aingle tax." Page lL Harrlman lines In Northwest to use Tono coal In freight service; 60 new engines ordered. Page 18- Elias Nelson arrested on charge of com plicity In real estate frauds. Page 14. Registry books to be reopened for city elec tion. Page 18. Council revokes license of saloonmen who built stairway. Page 13. Rose Festival masking abandoned; gay cos tumea suggested aa substitute. Page 13. Roman Catholic Church celebrates 80th an niversary. Page 22. LOVE'S WIFE BEATS TO DIM New York Court Giv Coveted Decree. STRUGGLE OF MONTHS V, Ex-Millionaire Broker Lo "Most Beautiful Woman OREGON ACTION C0NTIN Attorneys for Love at Baker Decj Result in Empire State Was Anticipated and Will Jfot Affect Case Here. CHICAGO, May 24. (Special.) more reverse was added to the series of spectacular misfortune have been visited upon the hapless ncy C. Love, once wealthy Chicago er and society favorite when his wlf day received a decree of divor. White Plains, N. Y. When the coveted decree was nan Mrs. Love she won a struggle wltli husband covering many months. Shortly after Love's hope of a dilation finally collapsed and his filed suit for divorce In New York one-time broker filed a similar s his own account In Oregon where h gone to recoup his fallen fortunes. Justice Moves Slowly Although financial success crown? efforts in tha West, the wheels o tice did not seem to move with the he desired. At any rate nothing ta has come of his plea for divorce. Mrs. Love's was prosecuted with vl The decree was granted after pre ings that were characterized by effort at secrecy. Justice J. Keou the Supreme Court of New York, the testimony in his chambers. the evidence was In, he ordered 1 preased. Efforts were made to pr the result of the suit becoming but these were unsuccessful to tl tial granting of the decree of d has put an end to the numerous e of a reconciliation. When Love's career as a brok Chicago came to a violent cone with his failure here he set off i West to build another fortune. Domestic Relations Hurt, At that time, it was declared Mrs i, snyriflced rjractically all of he vate fortune in order to make gocJ husband's debts. Just wnen the: nAKtln differences reached the bre point is not public. It was sho Mrs. Loves plea for divorce, no that she had seen her husband since the Spring of 1909. One of the two visits was In J ton, England, when Mrs. Love a har- tnKhind'a remarks were such i.o h.r tf helieve he intended t nap their child. She appealed to! k..nr Reld. and for several she was guarded, with the child small residential hotel in L-onaon. Mr. Love was formerly Miss M; Burnes, daughter of a St. Joseph mining man, who had accumuiaiea Burne-Jones, the famous painter nounced Marjorle Burnes the most tiful woman in America. ACTION I3T EAST AXTICIP. Divorce Result in Xew York Not Worry Love Here. tj a 1,-p-t? Or.. May 24. (Spec The action of the New York Judd anticipated by Love and nis aii' as he made no appearance there t test her suit and that it would cided against him by default w; pected. The decree granted In New T an "interlocutory decree" and do Kontns nermanent until 60 day iioino. granted. According to th York State divorce laws, a dive granted is not recognized outs tha Btnte. The New York decree will ma difference in Love's procedure suit instituted against his wife gon and testimony in the case taken before Referee diaries T,hi. as ordered by Judge Vl Smith, of the Circuit Court, on J Phirlp. A. Johns, one of the neys for Mrs. Marjorle Burnes Lo fendant in the Circuit court i district, stated today t-at. cont oil r.norts. it was now unlikely. hardly probable that Mrs. Love be here to attend tne nearmg; -AO. w stated that in all proh her testimony would be taken vnric and the evidence of hot wnuM ha nresented to Charles I phy, named by Judge Smith as -A who would submit sncn xesxim the court. ALBERTA HAS DEEP S Railroads Tied Vp and High Abandons Celebration, HIGH RIVER, Alberta, Ma More than a foot of snow had here in the last 36 hours. Road traffic la tied up and celebration planned for Victo: may be postponed. 1