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SUFFRAGISTS ASK
WORSHIPPERS RUSH
VISIT TO BE
WRECK OF MAINE
BEGINS TO FLOAT
FIERY MESSAGE
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INVENTION MAKES
KNOX
TAR MEN HHD ALL
SIGHS FAVORABLE
Developments of Week
Are Optimistic.
PLACE ON BENCH
TO CATCH BURGLAR
WASTE SALEABLE
ISSUED BY Ml
TAFT PETITIONED TO APPOINT
WOMAN FEDERAL JUDGE.
PASTOR'S WIFE SEES ROBBER
IX PARSONAGE NEAR CHURCH.
BATTI.KSHIP WILL. BE HAL-ED
TO HARBOR I.K7KL TODAY.
OPPOSITION WITHOUT HEAD
All Delegates Thus Far Cho
sen Are for President.
INDORSEMENTS POUR IN
Cionrnor Bailey, of Kn, Pre
dict SanHourr Slate Deleft.
Hon Will Be Favorable.
Sentiment CrTWtalllsJns;.
WASHINOTOV. Feb. 11. Spclal.
TTelopmnt of th wk jusi
rtmtiu to .how th crystallisation of
th Republican sentiment In favor of
President Tafta rsnominanon. -Ins;
to itilfBUBt Ib4 today by
th pre bureau of th n.wly organ
ised. Taft campalim eommltte. Tho
only delegate thu far chosen. 1
Btmbtr, ar Instructed for president
Taft. tn District of Columbia falling
tn Una on Saturday with t two dele
rate t tho convention. Tho two -lected
tn week before wtrt from the
Fourth Oklahoma, district. To tbeae
may he added two from tho Philippine
Island and IS from Florida.
OweMtlWa Wttaew leader.
The pbyalcal eolUpaa of Senator I
Toilette haa left the oppoaltlon to the
renomlnaUon of President Taft In an
enfeebled condition, practically without
leadership. On tho other band, friende
of the President, through tho organ
isation of beadquartera at Washington.
r tow prepared to carry . on the
work tn an aggrslv manner, and
offers of support ar coming In from
ery section of the country.
Chicago came to the front with the
raaaUatlon of th Taft Club of Illi
nois, followed at once by the opening
of beadquartera there, tn chars of
prominent buslnes men. Th Lincoln
Iagn of Cook County contributed It
hare to th development of th work
by adopting resolution of enthusiastic
Indorsement of th Administration,
coupled with a demand for th renom
Inatlon or Sir. Taft.
tMlk FJeet Taft Dttastts.
In Georgia, th Republican tata eom
mltte passed strong Taft resolution
and Pulton County elected Taft dele
gate to the coming atat convention.
Th Republican committee of Glynn
County went on record aa favoring th
President's renomlnaUon.
Virginia has proceeded o far In tn
preliminary work as to justify th pre
diction of a solid Taft delegation from
that state. In th week Just ended
Norfolk County and city elected dele
gates to state and district convention
unanimously Instructing them to sup
port th cause of President Taft. and
Stafford. Pulaski and Russell Counties
took simitar action.
Th Mississippi state committee
adopted resolution declaring that th
delegates from that state should vote
unanimously for the renomlnatloa of
President Taft. Kvery Mississippi
county which has held delegate con
ventions has Instructed for the Presi
dent. Refusal ta laderae Ileal;.
From Jones boro, Tenn.. comes word
that each of the 1! counties of that
district, the First, has Indorsed the
President. Knoxvllle comes forward
with a denial of the story sent out the
week before to the effect that the Re
publican central committee had refused
to go en re?ord ss favoring the Presi
dent's renomlnaUon.
The Bluff City Republican Club, of
Memphis. IPO strong, also has Indorsed
him.
More pnrltlv aseurances of a solid
Taft delegation from th stale ar com
ing In from New Tork. Th most re
cent declaration of record la that of the
executive committee of the 17th As
sembly District, which Indorses the
president.
At a meeting of the Republican ter
ritorial central comm'ttee. Hawaii
voted Instruction for 'he Pre'dent
Middle eet la 1.1a.
In Iowa the First District Republi
can central committee adopted strong
pro-Taft resolution. Wisconsin at- j
tracted attention by the declaration j
for President Taft of the atate'a oldest
newspaper, the Janeavllle tiaxelte.. La
bor spoke for te President In two
ringing editorials In the Pittsburg La
bor World.
Wall street, with m :-bloodd con
sideration. ha posted Irs first wa.r.
the offer of liOOO to lloOO that Presi
dent Taft. If renominated, will be re
elected. St IO'ils finished the Job hea-un week ,
befor last when It went on record, t
Ti to 1. In favor of President Taft re
nomination, by superseding "lslrman
Jarrett. who via th one, with Frank
M. SUter. Mr. Slater, being In hearty
accord wlt the :s already recorded.
Among the personal declarations that
attracted attention Is that of ex-Otv-eruor
Baiiey, of Kansas, who sends
word that the Kansas delegation will
be for Taft.
Headquarters Are (Selected.
At a conference today between Sec
retary Hllles and Representative 11c-
iCoocladsd ea. I'M
W ater Forced Into Pnm by Pump
Recovered Prom Vessel No
Important I -east Poond.
HAVANA. Feb. 11. Th wreck of th
Main floated free from the mud to
night when the water was turned Into
the dam surrounding the wreck. Tha
water within th dam Is 14 feet below
the ciarbor level at low tide.
It Is th Intention to admit the water
mora rapidly tomorrow, so that by
rlgbtfall the wreck will bo raised to
the harbor level, leaving nothing mors
to be done except to break the dam
and float out th ship.
Water was forced Into the dam
through a system of pipe fixed at the
bottom of the ship, the power being
supplied by a pump that had been re
covered from th wreck. ,Th hlp be
gan to rise almost Immediately. No
leaks of any Importance have been dis
covered. The ship will remain within the dam
until orders are received from Wash
ington to float her out. which can be
don within a fortnight.
MILWAUKEE ROW AT END
War Over Charge of ".Mi 11 ion Dollar
Graft" la PaU-hed I'p.
CHICAGO. Feb. 11. Special.) Chi
cago. Milwaukee Jk St. Paul Railroad
stockholders, who have charged th
road management with a "mllllon-dol.
lar graft." in the ronstruct'on of the
Puget Sound extension, may agree to
terms of peace, according to reports
which became current today. Th re
port was that a secret meeting of road
officiate and dissatisfied stockholders
bad been held and terms of-settlement
dtsfOsssed.
Th means by which th differences
between th stockholders and officials
may be patched up ar said to provide
for th return of a large aum of money
to the St. Paul'a treasury. It la aatd to
have been a compromise agreement be
tween warring capitalists and th op
erating ataff.
Detective work which had been car
ried on at th Instigation of th stock
holder baa been halted pending a set
tlement. It Is said, however, that un
less a satisfactory settlement Is reached
at one a sensational suit will be filed
before the week la ended.
700 PLAINTIFFS IN SUIT
Action Against Miners Federation
Break Ilecord In Montana.
BUTTE. Mont, Feb. 11. The record
for the number of plaintiffs Involved
tn a suit In th Montana courts, has
been broken In th filing her of an
action by th Butt Mill and Smelter
men' Vnlon against the Western Fed
eration of Miners t enjoin the feder
ation from revoking th charter of th
Smeltermen's Vnlon.
Seven hundred member of th Smel
termen's Vnlon are named as plaintiffs
In the suit, which Is-brought against
the Western Federation of Miners.
Charles H. Moyer. president of th
Federation, and th Butt Miner's
Vnlon.
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Chihuahua's Governor
Fears Invasion.
GALL TO ARMS IS SOUNDED
Utterance, Strongly Anti-American,
Causes Sensation.
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REBEL BANDS-ARE ACTIVE
Mexican Central Abandon Efforts
to Open Road Between -Chrlliua-hua
and Torreon Juaras
Menaced, Is Report.
EL, PASO. Tex., Feb. 11. (Special.)
Mexico Is to be crushed under the mili
tary force of tha United State and Is
to lose Its Identity as a world power.
This Is the message of Acting Governor
Aurelance Gonxale to the people of
Mexico and his native Stat of Chihua
hua. The message was yesterday tele
graphed to all the Jefe politico of the
state, and created a sensation among
th Mexican and American population
of th state.
Th mobilisation of the American
Army means th Invasion of Mexico,
Governor Gonxales ssys in bis fire
brand message.
People Called to Resist.
"The hand of the oppressor 1 press
ing hard upon your brow," ho con
tlnuea, "and will brand all true Mexi
cans as slavea unless they resist tha
foreign power. The attitude of th
Vnlted States toward Mexico Is one of
a lordly ntas.er toward an abject slave.
"The manhood of Mexico demands Its
resistance b all possible trmuit. Mexi
co has lost, or Is losing. Its identity aa
a nation among nations. The Ameri
cana are attempting to control the
business affairs, th politics and the
economics of Mexico. Unless resistance
ia shown at ence. Mexico will be but
a dependency of tho United States."
Call to Areas Soaaaed.
The proclamation amounts to a call
to arms to resist an American Invasion
of Mexlap and has caused consternation
here as well ss across th border.
Colonel Antonio Rojaa, at th head
of (00 men. now Is on hi way toward
Juares to attack th city, according to
a report received In Juares today from
San Antonio, weat of Chihuahua. In
view of yesterday's rsport that Rojaa
would demsnd the surrender of Chi
huahua In five days,, the report Is not
generally credited.
Braulio Hernandez, with a force of
100 rebels. Is reported operating aouth
of Chihuahua, along the line of the
Mexican .Central, which has abandoned
(Concluded on Pas 4.)
DIRECTS CAMPAIGN ABOUT JUAREZ, PRESIDENT WHOSE POWER TOTTERS, AND AMERICAN TROOPS
ON BORDER.
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GllAfc UtU.OV, TWO Tll'ICAL U HOLTS OF THOOPS OX BOBllER.
Culprit, Carl Groner, Florist, Fights
for Liberty His Doctor
One of Captors.
Services at the Hawthorne Park
Presbyterian Church vera Interupted
last night, when Mrs. E. Nelson Allen,
wife of the pastor, suddenly Jumped
up from her seat, summoned members
of the congregation and led a sortie
to the parsonage next door, where a
burglar was caught In th act of rob
bing tha house.
Mrs. Allen was not as attentive as
usual when her husband was discours
ing last night and, glancing out of
tha window, she saw a light, which
she had left burning In her home, go
out.
The men of the congregation sur
rounded the house and the burglar
dashed out and made a fight for liberty.
He was overpowered. The burglar was
Carl Groner, a florist. 40 years of age,
with a home at S00 Glenn avenue. By a
strange coincidence, one of th men
who aided In the capture of Groner
waa his physician. Dr. A. W. Moore.
60S Dekum building, who has been doc
toring Mrs. Groner, who Is 111 and who
has two babies. This, says Groner. Is
the cause of his attempt at robbery.
Groner's loot. -when he was surround
ed, consisted of 2. which he had taken
from tha tin bank of one of the Allen
children, a can of talcum powder and
a leather puree.
POLICE BESET I. W. W. MEN
Street Speak Come to Grief In
British Columbia City.
VANCOUVER. B. C Feb. 11. The po
lice broke up two free-speech meetings
today, the first at Stanley Park and
the second at the Powell-street
grounds, where twice before the In
dustrial Workers of th World wer
prevented from holding demonstra
tions. The only man arrested today
was Harry Wilson, who started to make
a speech from a boat at Stanley Park.
A patrolman promptly took his craft In
tow.- He is held at the Police Station
without charge.
At the Powell-street grounds a Rus
sian mounted a sosp box and started
to address the crowd, when the police
charged. One man was laid out by a
blow from a policeman's stick, but no
one was arrested.
MISSING MEN ARE HUNTED
Oil Boring Party Believed to Be
Lost Off Otard Bay.
VICTORIA. Feb. 11. Tho government
steamer . Newington loft tonight for
Graham Island to search for ten men
believed to have been lost off Otard
Bay, where they were engaged In bor
ing for oil. j
Th party, which Included Messrs.
Slater, McLaren and Stark, oil experts
from Vancouver, B. C, wer en route
from Hasaett to Otard Bay with sup
plies laden on a schooner In tow of a
gas launch. The vessels wore last seen
nine days ago off Trahra Point during
a heavy gale.
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Monroe Doctrine Will
Be Safeguarded.
UNDUE INFLUENCE IS AT WORK
World Powers Suspected of
Fomenting Unrest.
CANAL POLICY FORECAST
"Malady of Revolution" Noted Cu
riously to Be Gravest in Region
Where It Would Be Most
Serious to United States.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. World-wide
significance attaches to the visit soon
to be made by Secretary Knox, at the
direction of President Taft, to th
countries bordering on the Caribbean
Sea.
European diplomats, recalling a re
cent speech of Mr. Knox before th
New Xprk State Bar Association, look
upon the proposed trip with Interest.
That speech is being interpreted as the
latest notice given by the United States
that the principle of America . for
Americans must be observed.
Central American diplomats were
unanimous in their statements tonight
that the Secretary's visit not only
would allay doubt as to the attitude
of the United States toward these coun
tries, but would ward off possible en
croachments upon nations In the other
hemisphere.
Old World Meddling Suspected.
The present state of unrest In many
Latin-American countries, the efforts
of the State Department to maintain
neutrality between the Republics of the
South and Its endeavors to unravel
their financial tangles have proceeded.
It Is said, not without the potential In
fluences of world powers.
Particular -attention was drawn by
several diplomats to those portions of
Mr. Knox' speech In which he advocat
ed the Immediate ratification by the
Senate of the loan conventions with
Nicaragua and Honduras.
It was pointed out that Mr. Knox
urged their passage because of the
"ever-Increasing political reason of
avoiding tha danger of European en
tanglements in the affairs of the coun.
tries surrounding the Caribbean."
Safeguards Are Necessary.
Another" paragraph that elicited com
ment today was that In which he said:
"The logic of political geography and
of strategy and our tremendous Na
tional Interest created by the Panama
Canal make the safety, the peace and
the prosperity of Central America and
the xone of the Caribbean of paramount
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leaders Point Out England Was
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ever, Not In Favor of Proposal.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 11. Suffragist
leaders of Washington are preparing to
circulate a petition to be signed only
by women asking President Taft to ap
point a woman to the Federal bench for
the District of Western Washington, to
succeed Judge Georgo Donworth, who
will retire soon. Mrs. John B. Allen,
widow of United States Senator Allen,
and a number of other suffragist load
ers have already sent telegrams to the
President urging this action.
"I see no reason why a woman should
not s!t on the Federal bench," said Mrs.
Allen. "A woman was capablo of being
Queen of England. The right of fran
chise should carry with It the right to
fill any office for which a woman Is
eligible. There are a number of women
In this state qualified to sit on the
bench."
Mrs. Emma Smith DeVoo. another
prominent suffragist, takes issue with
Mrs. Allen. She says that she does not
think It wise for women to take a
hand In such an important matter,
when they have, exercised the right of
suffrage only a short time.
FRENCH HONOR ROOSEVELT
Societe d'Acclamation Awards Gold
Medal to Ex-President.
PARIS, Feb. 11. Theodore Roosevelt
has been awarded the special gold
medal of the Societe d'Acclamation. D.
M. Perrier, director of the Museum of
Natural History in Paris and president
of the society, in announcing the
award at the annual meeting today,
eulogised Colonel Roosevelt and de
scribed him as "more naturalist than
hunter, eager to learn and skilful to
depict the habits of the animals he
was stalking."
He referred to the great work ac
complished by Colonel Roosevelt when
he occupied the Presidential chair in
saving what' was left of the magnifi
cent fauna of the United States.
M. Perrier requested Ambassador
Bacon, who was present to express to
Colonel Roosevelt the great admiration
the society had for him.
MAN SHOT AFRAID TO TELL
Otto Peterson Conceals Wound In
flicted by Holdup for 12 Hours.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 11. (Spe
cial.) rtather than admit to his parents
that he turned and ran for home when
a highwayman stuck a pistol under his
nose and ordered him to stand and de
liver. Otto Peterson, of 1412 De Prees
street, concealed & pistol wound
through his right thigh for more than
12 hours, though the pain was Intense.
When his suffering finally drove him
to ask assistance, he reluctantly told
his parents today that a man held him
up at Sunset boulevard and De Prees
street Saturday night. He was so
frightened at sight of the gun that he
ran, the holdup man firing after him
and putting one bullet through his hip.
The police were notified and Peterson
went to the receiving hospital.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Ms-tlmum temperature. 55
decrees: minimum. desrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds.
Foreign.
Mexican tlovernor In meesage. expresses fear
or American Invasion, rage 1.
Labor In Great Britain secures many laws.
Tag" 5.
National.
War Department may ask states to aid
maneuvers financially. Pag 2.
Knox' trip to 1 jit In-Amerloa meant as notice
to powers suspected of secret meddling.
Page 1.
Wreck of Maine begins to float, rage 1.
Free caral tolls for American ships urged by
lodice. Page 3.
Domestic.
Secret process Invented! to make rheap sub
stitute for hard rubber from waste.
Page 1.
Mrs. Claudia Mains Holies wants to be
bappy and forget. Page 3.
Los Angeles man may be heir to $100,000
Portland eetate of H. D. winters. Page 3.
Loss by Lawrence textile strike falls mostly
upon workers. Puge 2.
Chicago banker disappears: accounts are
found to be short. Page 4.
("old snap in Kast is broken. Page 2.
Insurance company pays death claim of live
man in own employ. Page 3.
Women's Democratic Club incorporated In
New York. Page 5.
Politics.
Taft managers encouraged by week's de
velopments. Page 1.
Office seekers slow in tiling statements of
candidacy. Page 14;
Speaker Clark looming aa probable Demo
cratic nominee. Page 2.
Tactile Northwest.
Washington suffragists ask Taft to appoint
woman is Federal Judge. Page 1.
Secretary of State Olcott says primary law
will be rigidly adhered to. page JO.
Major Moirow reports on advisability of road
In Crater Lake Park. Page 9.
Southern Pacific shopmen and strikers bat
tle in Roseburg street. Page 10.
Sports.
Seals may yet be pennant contenders.
Page 8.
Nationals defeat All-Stars 3 to 2 In soccer
game. Page 8.
Portland bowlers leave for Los Angeles
Page 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
C. T. Prall" replies to attacks on proposed
highway bills. Page 11.
Wallowa woolgrowers oppose Gama War
den's plan to liberate elk in forest re
serve. Page 7.
Labor Commissioner may be aued for dam
ages, declares attorney for man accused
of violating eight-hour law. Page 14.
Council atreet committee will try to end
controversy over street railway franchise
today. Page 4.
Worshippers at church capture burglar in
parsonage, next door. Page 1.
Comely bride. In tears, asks to accompany
young husband to jail. Page 4.
rtoea case may be tried separately. Page 10.
None mourn loss of hors traders. Page 14.
Experts Witness Dif
ficult Tests.
HARD RUBBER IS SIMULATED
Process Secret of Mysterious
Discoverer.
COST IS ALMOST NOTHING
World's Castoff Fibrous Substance
Changed to Substitutes for Horn,
Porcelain, Cork, Hard Rubber
and Even Imitation Wood.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 11. (Special.)
An Invention that will turn the wast
of the world Into saleable commodi
ties with illimitable commercial possi-
I bilHles has been made by a Philadel-
phian, whose assertion that he can take
any waste fibrous substance and by his
secret process make of it a substitute
for hard rubber equal to and, in many
Instances, superior to hard rubber It
self, Is backed by electrical and me
chanical engineers of International
. note.
Before a score of experts from all
the big electrical, mechanical and rub
ber manufactories of the country this
new substance was tested at the Phila
delphia Commercial Museum In Decem
ber last. This test was surrounded with
the utmost secrecy by those who par
ticipated in it and it was not until'
today that those tests, astonishingly
successful, became known. Not .only
can the Inventor make a substitute for
hard rubber superior to It, but he can
also make fiber, porcelain, cork and
horn.
Noted Experts Present.
It was the rubber substitute and
fiber that received the attention of the
experts at the recent test. Among
those who were present were Oeerge R.
Henderson, of New Tork, a mechanical
engineer of International reputation;
Ernest S. Howe, an electrical engineer
of note; Herman Van Fleet, a mechani
cal engineer, who Is identified with the
Rockefeller interests, and Professor
Worral E. S. Temple, all of whom have
staked their reputations on their find
ings as a result of the, tejt they at
tended and of those they have made
themselves.
"I consider the invention a wonder
ful one," saic' Mr. Henderson today. "It
would seem that the new substance
made, as it is. at a figure so greatly
below the cost of rubber, is destined to
become a new-world material, with Il
limitable commercial possibilities It
promises to be of inestimable value not
only to the electrical industry, but
also in many other industries of our
modern civilization."
Teats Under Severe Conditions.
Dr. W. P. Wilson, director of the
Commercial Museum, addressing the
inventor, who has rigidly insisted that
his identity be withheld from the pub
lic, said:
"I had the pleasure o( receiving a
number of prominent gentlemen, who
came in response to my invitation to
be present while you made a piece of
your new substitute ' t rubber in an
adjoining room, to which ingress or
caress could only be obtained through
the room in whlcii these gentlemen and
myself were seated. The conditions
were as severe as could be made, and
therefore I wish to congratulate you
on having made so successfully the
piece of material without question of
doubt or dispute."
So varied are the materials that may
be reduced to the various substitutes
that it is possible to arrest the deple
tion of the puntry's forests, since Imi
tation wood to simulate my or all of
the different grains, can be produced
by the new process at a cost for any
of the materials desired of from 6 to
12 cents per pound.
WRONG WOMAN IS CHOKED
Angry Husband Mistakes Another
ij Man's Company lor Wife.
FRESNO, Cal., Feb. 11. (Special).
Mistaking Mrs. Harry Brown in the
dark for his wife, F. W. Smith, of this
city, tonight attacked the woman in
the subway and choked her until her
escort pulled Smith away. Seeing his
mistake. Smith apologised, but the
police were called and he was ar
rested for disturbing the peace.
Smith informed the officers that h
suspected his wife was keeping com
pany with another man and that in
the darkened subway he made the mis
take. Smith was recently arrested on
suspicion of Insanity, but was released
in the custody of his friends and not
examined.
SHUSTER SAILS FOR HOME
Assistants Leave Persia, Aot Wait
ing for Successors.
LONDON, Feb. 11. W. Morgan Sinis
ter. ex-Treasurer-General of Persia,
was a passenger on the steamship
George Washington, which sailed from
Southampton today for New York.
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