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:
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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
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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
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