PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, Al'KlL 27, 1912. PRICE PIVE CENTS. VOL. LI I- NO. IG,04.. INDIAN PREACHER'S ORATORY TOUCHES HtDMAX ;1VKK KI-OQTKXT PLKA mOM PCLPIT. STUDENTS' PRANKS BRAINY TILLING OF SOIL STATE'S NEED SAN DIEGO SHOCKED BY FREAK DANCES SIGNALS SEEN TEN MILES OFF IGNORED TninnnnriT til itroruni STIR ALL PALOUSE SENT TO MEXICO CITY HIGH SCHOOL MCDDLE INQUIRER SEEKS OFFICIAli KNOWLEDGE ON MATTER. REACHES TKN'SK SITUATION". TWO DELEGATIONS NAMED III MISSOURI inuu Ah Buford Will Pick Up American Refugees. MANY FLEE TO WEST COAST State Department Answers Appeal From Citizens. NO SOLDIERS ON VESSEL I'.ehel Marauders Slake Conditions I nhcarable Taft Proclamation followed by ' Overt Acts Against Americans. WASHINGTON. April I. The Army transport Fuford will leave San Fran cisco Similar night for the weft coast of Mexico to pick tip any American refugees who may wish to leave the lountry. The Buford will visit Topolo- bamno. Altata Maxatlan. in the State of Slnaloa; San Bias. Teplr. Ma man -lllo. in Collma, and Arapulco. in Guer rero. The vessel ia arnt at the request of the state Department, after urgent ap peals from many Americana stranded In tbe states bordering the Pacific. C'mamaaleatlata Cmt Off. Since the rebels began to make head way In their operation along the Pa cific Coaat. communication haa been cut with many Interior towna where American reside. .Thin haa left the State Department without Information aa to their aafpty. and thla In the face of reporta of wanton acta of bandlta and organlxed re he la. Conatant appeal came to the State vepartment to use aome method of assisting the welfare of these people, but the official tried other meana to ward off the necessity of Bending a United Statea veaael to the Coast. To day's reporta declare the situation ti rou xhout Mexico a generally be coming worse. Maraudera are causing much uneaalneas by their activity. Jtoldler Veaael. While the Buford la a Government vessel, stress Is laid on the fact that there will be no soldiers aboard, and the only persona bearing United Statea commissions will be the doctors and aome members of the hospital corps. State Department advices Indicate there are perhaps 500 Americana likely to avail themselves of this opportunity to leave Mexico. About 200 are at Los Mochts and vicinity and probably 309 more scattered down the Coast as far aa Sallna Crux. SEW ORLEANS! April :. Declar ing that since President Taft Issued h:s recent proclamation to Americans in Mexico life for Americana in aJl part of that republic had become un desirable. Clement Oulon. owner of the Julia Carlisle mines. In Chihuahua, arrived here today, and asserted that conditions below the Rio Grande are so serious that nothing ran prevent the intervention of the American Govern ment within (0 days. Aaserleaaa Flee Toaafry. In rhlhahua. he said. 70 per cent of the Americans had left arui the other 30 per cent remain there because they cannot leave. Mr. Gulon la a mining engineer of New York and formerly was a lieuten ant in the l'nlteI states Navy. Ills father, he said, was president of the I'nlted Statea Mail Steamship Company of New York. W.rT;r:K.S SAFE IX M IZATI.AX People. Howeter. Pear .Mailero Vtill Withdraw Garrl.on. MAZATLAN. April 10. Tla F.l Paso. Tex.. April it. Thla city, the only ona in the Slate of Hinaloa held by the fed erals, la now the rendesvous for Amer ican refugees. Of these there are about ISO who have come from aa far north as th.. Cullacan Valley. Two hundred Mexican families of the better class also are here from Cullacan. In addi tion, or large mercantile establish ment of Cullacan moved Its stock bod ily to this city and opened up for busi ness. The great fear on the part of the Americana was the constantly Increas ing anti-American feeling among tha lawless, looting rebels. Tni town Is comparatively safe. There is-a federal garrison numbering. ai-orling to the authorities, COO men. which is strong enough to withstand an attack. In the opinion of United States Consul Alger. Maxatlan is safe for the present. It la feared that Madero may make the mistake of sending a part of the local garrison to retake Cullacan. which Is In rebel hands. This would render the position here untenable and Invite attack by a leader named Guer rero, operating 100 miles from here. The federals, now withdrawn to the City of Mexico with the exception of the garrison here, have been defeated ir their own victories. Almost Invari ably they won In battle, but could not recoup their losses suffered In en gagements. Iepite the fancied security here, most of the foreigners desire tO' leava and will do so at the first opportunity. Twenty-one Americans and one Eng liahman arrived yesterday by th avhooncr Carmen. They embarked at Altai Anril IT. on which day the rebels entered Cullacan. Left behind were IS other Americans at Cullacan. Male Minday School Asociatioil Hold-. Contention at Pendleton. Prominent Speakers Heard. PENDLETON. Or.. April 26. ISpe Jral.) Eloquent plea for sympathy for his race and Morles of injustices to the red man as told by the Itev. J. . Dick son, a fullhlood Indian preacher of the Tutllln Mission. Umatilla rearrvati.r., touched the hearts of delegates to the convention of the State Sunday School Association in session here today. This Is the first time an Indian preacher has attended the Sunday School Association In Oregon, and his elo quence eclipsed the oratory of many of the well-known speakers or tne con vention. The Rev. Mr. Dickson believes that the Sunday school Is an Important factor In bringing about good results with the Indians. In properly prepar ing them for the duties ai.d responsi bilities of worthy cltlxens and thinks that when the results are fully at tained the warrior of old will take his place by the side of his white brother in the community In which he lives. With an attendance of several hun dred delegates from all parts ot tne state the second day of the convention was marked with much spirit. Many eloquent addreasea were delivered. Dr. George E. Faddock, of Portland; Ivan B. Rhodes, state secretary of the Young Mens ChrlHtian Association; Mrs. E. C. Knapp. Spokane; General secreiary C. A. Thlpps. Mr. Mary Foster Bryner and Mrs. Howard N. Smith, of Portland, were among the speakers. For the carrying on of the state work for the year the sum of $1186 was pledged this morning. This is more than twice the amount subscribed last year. T. R. HELD TO BE MANIAC Colonel Watteron Says Roosevelt Should Be n Aylunt. LOUISVILLE. Ky April 2. (Spe cial.) Under the caption. "Aa Mad as a March Hare." Colonel Watteraon will say In the Courier-Journal tomorrow: "The spectacle of the President of the United State engaged in an un seomlv public quarrel with an ex-rresl dent of the United" States may be. as the saying hath It. a sight for goda ani men.- but fro.n the viewpoint of the people, proud equally of their coun try's dignity and power among nations of the, earth. It Is tragical. "On la moved to ask: la the Whit House worth It to either of them? "If that ona of tha Caesars who goes by the nam of Nero was Insane, The odore Roosevelt, aspiring to be an Imi tation Caesar, la Insane, "That la the long and short of It. Tho man is a maniac. He knows not clearly what he does, or says. Never an utterance of his will bear discus sion or dissection. Never an act of his can be dexenaea. "Let his family and friends take him to an asylum before ha does some thing irreparable and it Is too late." LEGAL REFORM PROPOSED Illinois Chosen by Lawyers as Center of Common Sens Movement. CHICAGO. April IS. (Special.) Prominent lawyers of 30 states squared away at a meeting at the Hotel La Salle today for a general houseclean Ing In the courts of the United State. Fortified with emphasla given both by President Taft and Theodore Roosevelt to the need for Immediate reforms In court methods. the, delegates, who rep resented more than 20.000 lawyers, practicing In all sections, from New England to the Pacific Coast, unani mously chose Illinois a the logical leader for a National effort to secure more enlightened and efficient meth od of court procedure. The Issue, according to the agree, nirnt of more than a score tf speak er. Is a subs tltutlon of "common sense" for arrhaiae English common law requirement. HARBOR MINES EXPLODED Troops Make 95 Per Cent Record In Practice Near Port Columbia. ASTORIA. Or.. April 26. (Special.) Detachments of troops from the ports about the mouth of the river are engaged In submarine practice In the channel opposite Fort Culumbla with the mine laying steamer Major Ring gold. A few days ago. three of the mines were exploded and the record made was 95 per cent. Thla Is the last firing that will be done In that location, but the prac tice of laying and removing mines will be continued there until next Tuesday, just before the opening of the fishing season, when the operations will be shifted to the bight below the Fort Stevens wharf, where the mine practice will not interfere with the fisheries. CREW PATCHES CRUISER Maryland. Damaged in Torpedo Practice, Steam for San Diego. LOS ANGELES, April 16. The ar mored cruiser Maryland, which was damaged during torpedo practice Tues day night by the submarine Grampus in the outer harbor, left today for San Diego. The hole In the vessel's hull wi patched by the rrew. Tho cruiser was accompanied by tho I destroyer Whipple I Roosevelt Men Repu diate Compact. SECOND CONVENTION IS HELD Both Bodies Indorse Record of President. HADLEY BITTERLY ACCUSED Steam Holler Method Rouse Taft Adherents to Anger, After A1I Xigrlit Session Xagel De nies Ho Is to Blame. ST. LOUIS. April 26. (Special.) The Hadley-Roosevelt machine steam rollered through the Republican con vention at 6:40 o'clock this morning after an all-night session. As an aft ermath. Missouri Is in the contested column with two gets of delegates-at-large to the National convention. At daybreak, with 150 delegates missing and the belated convention already In session ten hours. Gover nor Hadley rallied his lieutenants about him. Shelving the "gentlemanly agreement" for an unlnstructed dele gation which compromise had made the' convention possible they forced through their slate and then crammed down the throats of the Taftltes a set of Instructions. Delegates Make Terrific Din. Tells of 'betrayal" and "sold out" filled the big convention hall. Half of tho delegates, awakened to action after their long vigil. - climbed on chairs and tho din was terrific. In the midst of the disorder, the Instruc tions went through. Instantly Mayor Kriesmann, of St. Louis, and Charles D. Morris, National committeeman, who had been elected delegates, leaped to their feet and. charging be trayal, resigned. They were the only Taft men In the list of eight dele-gates-at-large. Enraged at this break of faith on the part of the Governor and his standard-bearers. the Taft leaders summoned their delegation and an nounced that another convention would bo held Immediately at the Planters Hotel, two miles away. roateatlnK Delegatloa Named. An hour and a half later tha Taft faithful. barely awake. but still fighting, gathered and named a set of delegates to contest those of the Roosevelt convention. They also adopted resolutions Indorsing the President. A retrospect of the two sessions Is: (Concluded on Page 3.) UNCLE SAM I MAY BE SOMETHING OF A LANDLUBBER, JOHN, BUT I INSIST ON KNOWING THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH PASSENGERS ARE CARRIED INTO MY PORTS. Five Expelled, Three Suspended and Trio "Striking" Result lYom Jealousy. PALOUSE. Wash., April 2. (Spe clal.) With five high school stuSents expelled, three suspended for a week and three others "striking" and vol untarlly offering to share the punish ment of their classmates, and with an armed officer guarding the home of El mer C. Jones, city superintendent of schools, the high school muddle which has completely torn Palouse asunder. Is indeed tense .tonight, An armed officer has stood on guard at the high school today and accom panied Superintendent Jones to and from the school. Wild rumors are afloat. One pub lished In a Spokane evening paper that 30 students of the school "went on strike" i Announced as wholly false. After five scholars had been expelled a ree suspended for a week, Gll ) l-Oxsi j Frank Klncald and Charrow 0j1I1 q f prominent families, voliim- O iformatlon that they are "as guilty-those sus pended" and asked to be suspended, too. Superintendent Jones lays the whole t rou hie to Jealousy on the part of his school principal, J. H. Halleck who, Jones says, wanted to be superintend ent but failed, and who, with two other teachers, was not Invited to "the party" last December. ALASKAN KISSES TOO MUCH Girl Who Jills Millionaire Tells All; He Flees From Chicago. CHICAGO. April 26. (Special.) George W. Astrup, an Alaska million- Ire, whom Miss Belle Morton, of Chi cago, says Kissea ncr so mucn sne would not marry him, today denied everything and fled to French Lick Springs. Miss Morton was arrested on complaint of Astrup, tho ardent lover. after she eluded his high velocity courtship. That arrest was Astrup a exposure. The girl told all. She said he was so J busy kissing her she could not eat her meals or get her teeth fixed. I "I'm Just seolng Chicago," was As trup's only explanation, "and l hate thla mesa. I teach a big 8unday school class at home." Astrup la president of the Northern Fish & Trading Company, of "Peterson, Alaska. FIRE RAZES OLD THEATER Historic Pittsburg Academy of Music Is Destroyed. PITTSBURG. April 26. Flames orig inating In the switchboard today de stroyed tho old Academy of Music, for 40 years a popular playhouse. Guests In the Soventh-avenuo Hotel were aroused and many left their rooms and assembled In the lobby, but the hotel was not damaged. Three firemen were injured and a score of others had narrow escapes when the galleries went down. The Academy for years was the leading theater here and many prominent per sonages of the stage appeared there. The loss Is estimated at $150,000. Hawley Makes Plea for Good Farmers. ALL COLLEGES TO GIVE AID Portland Business Men Prom ise Loyal Co-operation. CAMPBELL IS CHEERED V. ot'O. President Complimented by Agricultural College Students. "Oregon First-' Proposed as Slogan at Corvallis. NESCICS NTTTS PASSETH JUDG MENT. Kcius Nltts. sag of Tunkindorf station, by way of a fanciful, neat in novation. Went on the excursion to have a vacation. And spake, as ho rode, amid much mastication. On Land Schools, advising such organi sation. Bill Hanley. he says (and I reckon he's right). If we would have people to take real delight. In tillln' the soil and a-raisln" of wheat, And other sech stuff as us city folks tat; We'd bt "stabllsh Land Schools to teach m all how; And Bill's got the proper Idea. I 'low. CORVALLIS, Or., April IS. (Spe cial.) Students ot the Oregon Agri cultural College paid their compli ments to President P. L. Campbell, oi the University of Oregon by rising in a body and bursting into a tumult of cheering when he rose to address them in the assembly held at the gym nasium at 1 o'clock this afternoon. In behalf of the members of the Portland and Oregon business men's excursion. President Campbell, In an able address, urged co-operation and unity of effort between the members of the state col leges and the business men of Oregon. "Oregon First," he declared, "ought to be the motto that citizens of the state In every walk of life should take as the guiding motive of their ac tivity." William Hanley, of Burns, introduced by E. B. Piper, president of the Port land Commercial Club, as "the only Bill Hanley," won the hearts of the students in a simple speech urging the development of the soil of Oregon as the prime hope for the future great ness ot the state's development. ' Intelligent Farming Needed. "It's easy enough to get lawyers and doctors and other mechanics," he said, "but what we most need right now Is men who can go onto the soil and de velop It Intelligently. Tha agricultural college ia our great land school, and we want to see it brought as close to (Concluded on Page 6.) Way "They Do It in Frisco" Causes Puzzle to Teacher of Tcrp sichorcan Art. SAX FRANCISCO. April 16. (Spe cial.) Morley T. Stayton, who with his wife conducts a dancing school in San Diego, has written from that city to Clerk Dunnigan, of the Board of Super visors, raying: "Of late I have had quite a number of dancers from your city attending our dances and when they begin dancing the 'Texas Tommy,' 'Bunny Hug,' 'Grizzly Bear' and other freak dances, the chaperones begin to kick and they say, 'It is the way wo dance in Frisco.' " Stayton wants to know if such dances are, allowed in public places of amusement in San Francisco and asks for a copy of whatever ordinances govern dances here. Clerk Dunnigan's reply informs Stay ton that there is no special ordinance here to regulate dancing, which is sub ject to the general police regulations; also that people from this city do not say 'Frisco.' JUDGE CLOTHING EXPERT Court Says It Costs More to Clothe Fat Woman Than Slim. VANCOUVER. Wash.. April 26. (Special.) That it costs more to clothe a fat woman than one who ' weighs only 87 pounds was taken into consideration by Judge Donald McMas ter, of the Superior Court of this city when he gave Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Howes, plaintiffs. Judgment for 40 cents acrainst the former's brother, F. J Howes. In summing up the ease Judge McMas ter said: "The plaintiff has not, in the opinion of the court, maintained th' burden of proof as to the clothes al Ieged to have been sold. The evidence was evenly divided, but the Improba bility that a woman of 87 pounds weight should buy clothes (at the new prices) made to nt one of nearly dou ble the plaintiff's weight throws dls credit upon the plaintiff's testimony." The two Howes brothers, both young men. are married and both families lived in one house in Camas. Mrs- F. J. Howes sola clothes and minor articles to her sister-in-law. all of which she said amounted to $100. The defendants' attorneya alleged that this amount was offset by rental of the property, rental of the sewing machine and in other ways. " Tho Judgment will be taken by J..E, Howes against his brother, who is now In California. SIX WOMEN NOMINATED Clark Republicans Xiunc Candidates for Convention Delegates. VANCOUVER, Wash.,.April 26. (Spe cial.) Six women were nominated by the Republicans at their caucus last night. These are included with 90 candidates chosen. The primaries will be held tomorrow from 4 until 8 o'clock, at which time 48 delegates will be chosen to attend the county convention to be held May 5 in this city. In precinct 1. four women, Mrs. Mil ton II. Evans, Mrs. E. E. Beard. Mrs, P. M. Elwell and Mrs. William B. Du- Bols. were selected. Their husbands also were chosen and these eight com pose the delegation from that precinct, Miss Myrtle Crowley, city editor of a Vancouver newspaper and a graduato of the Washington State University, was the fifth woniaji chosen. She la active in club work. Mrs. Chat Knight, who was the first woman to serve on a Jury in the coun ty, was the sixth woman nominated. BABY GIRL SEES DROWNING Mother Finds Daughter Gazing Into River Where Son Sank. ALBANY, Or., April 26. (Special.) While playing with his little sister on the bank of tho Willamette River near his home today, Gibson, the 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. II. Gorham, lost his balance and fell into the water, where ho drowned before help could reach him. The mother had Just cautioned tho children about playing near the water and when she missed them a few min utes later she Immediately went to the river, 200 yards from the house. Here she found her daughter, Edith, aged 4. gazing intently at the water. "Where is Gibson?" asked the mother. "Down there." said the child as sha waved her chubby fist toward the river. The mother notified the neighbors, who began a search of the river, find ing the body at 5:30 P. M., a short dis tance down stream, where It was float ing. MUMPS STILLS MUSICIANS Can by Band Tests New Slide Trom bone to Sorrow. OREGON CITY. April 26. (Special.) Mumps has been prevalent at Canby, especially among some of the business men. The reason for this is that these men, who are all members of the Canby brass band, played a slide trombone belonging to one of tho members who had suffered from the mumps a few weeks ago. Among those who have had the mumps are: W. H. Balr, commission merchant: Chester Wills, merchant; John Hurst, electrician, and Ralph Knight, a business man. Other mem bers of the band who have not had the mumps say they will let the owner test the new Instrument. Man in Californian's Crew Accuses. ROCKETS ARE PLAINLY VISIBLE Captain, Denying, Says Own Ship Was Fast in Ice. WARNING. OF BERGS GIVEN If Wireless Operator Had Been oil Duty. Titanlc's Message Would Have Been Received by Ves sel Two Hours Away. WASHINGTON. April 26. Ablaze with light from her salon and cabins, the Titanic dashed full speed to her destruction, according to( Ernest Gill, a donkey engineman on the steamship Californian, who testified today before the Senate committee investigating tho disaster. He said that Captain Stanley Lord, of the Californian. refused later to go to the aid of the Titanic, the rockets from which could be plainly seen. This Captain Lord denied, but both he and his wireless operator acknowledged having seen rockets. Their ship, they said, was fast in the ice. Great Ship All Illuminated. Gill submitted an affidavit to the committee and when sworn and put on the stand stuck to his charges against the captain of the Californian. He said he was standing on the deck late Sunday night when he sighted a great ship sweeping along at top speed about ten miles off. He did not know it was the Titanic, but he made out readily that It was not a freighter or a small vessel because of the manner in which it was illuminated. Some time' later he saw distress rockets on the horizon. He said the captain was apprised of these signals, but made no effort to get up steam and go to the rescue. The Californian was drifting with the floe. So Indignant did he become, said Gill, that he en deavored to recruit a committee of protest from among the crew, but the men failed him. Captain Reads From Log. Captain Lord entered a sweeping denial of Gill's accusations and read extracts from the Californian's log that support his contention. "Did you try to get into communica tion with the Titanic on Sunday night?" asked Senator Smith. "Yes. sir, about 10:15 that night, hip's time. We told him we were sur rounded by ice and had stopped." Did the Titanic acknowledge that message? "Yes, sir. It told us to 'shut up" or keep out,' or something like that." "Did you have further communication with the Titanic that evening?" Not at all." Estimates of Distance Vary. "How far were the Californian and the Titanic apart when you sent your message to the Titanic telling her you were blocked in the ice?" About miles." 'Did the Californian receive, the Ti tanlc's C. Q. D. call?" 'No," said the captain, "but we got it from tho Virginian about 8 o clock the morning of the 15th." What is the speed of the Cali fornian." About 11 knots ordinarily." said the captain. "We made 1314 when we were going to the Titanic." 'Were you under full speed then?" "We were driving all wo could." Knowledge of Disaster Denied. 'When you told the Titanic you were surrounded by ice, how badly were you surrounded?" The witness said the field was about 25 miles long and several miles wide. The Californian was about a quarter mile from the edge of the floe. "Do you know anything regarding the Titanic disaster of your own knowledge?" "Nothing." 'Did you see any ot her signals or anything of the ship herself?" "No." Captain Lord said he was on the bridge himself until 10:30 Sunday night and that the watch was doublea. "If you had received the Titanlc's dis ress call Sunday evening, 'after your communication with the Titanic, how ong would it have taken you to reach there?" "At the very least, two hours, said the witness, "under the ice conditions." Wireless Operator Off Duty. Captain Lord said that if the ship's wireless operator had been on duty he would have caught the Titanlc's sig nals. The captain was asked by Senator Smith whether he had seen any dis tress signals and he said no. "When I came on the bridge at 10:30 Sunday night. Captain Lord replied. the officer there said he thought he saw a light, it was a peculiar nignt and we had been having trouble with the stars, mistaking them for lights. Finally a ship did come uj$ and I ased the operator if he had heard anything and he said he had heard the Titanio Concluded on Page 2.) t 1