Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, May 01, 1912, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextPORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, 31 A V 1, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LAW AND ORDER IS SUITOR URGES KNOT HARVESTER TRUST ENVOYS FOR FAIR MEXICAN REBELS TAR LEADING 111 CONVICTS' SLOGAN WILL MEET KING COMMISSIONERS MAKE EARLY START IX BRITAIN". THEN OPERATION AIMED AT Ifj SUIT E ARE PUT 10 ROUT BRY STATE BALLOT IEAGCK FORMS FOR VPI,IFT OF MORALS AXD EXD OF CRIME. KAITHFVL SWAIN TARES BRIDE BEFORE SlIMiEON DOES. PORTLAND GROWTH CONTINUES C 550 Precincts Give Plurality of 141. PfiESIDENT CARRIES BOSTON Standing of Relegates Is Un decided at Midnight. rtMOCRATS CHOOSE CLARK ItrpiiMican Prrfwnce Kipreed tor Tft. While Roosevelt Dele-patcc-at-Larso Are AheuU. Uth District Taft B. BOSTON. April 30- Returns from Presldentia I primaries held today throughout the state were o Incom plete at midnight that It was Impos sible to may whether President Tuft or I'nlonel Roosevelt had captured the ma jority of the delegates from Massa chusetts to the National convention. The President led In the late rtums. Returns In E3 out of 100 election precincts give: Republican preferences la Follette Roosevelt I4. Taft jn.XS. Dele-;ates-at-lara;e Baxter (heading Room. vrlt s;rotip I0.S3I. Crane (heading Taft (rourl 24.349. Democratic preference Clark 19.706. Wilson 5. Pelegates-at-large LouKhlln (pledged to F" .4M. Wl liama (for primary prefernce) Hit. A majority of the Congressional dis tricts reported that meager reporta at midnight appeared to favor Roosevelt. Complete re rums from the City of Boston give: Republican preference La Follette, 14: Roosevelt, 10.6S1: Taft. U.iit. rviejtts-st-lare Baxter, headins; Roosevelt group. lO.tll; Crane, heading Taft group. 10.07$. Democratic preference Clark. 14.100; Wilson. 5179- Ieles:mtes-at-lare Coughlln. pledged to Foss. 11.3S; Williams, for primary preference. 4020. The Republican vote in Boston and in many other sections of the state was heavy, but the Democratic voters, aa a whole, did not manifest great Interest In the primaries. The Eleventh Congressional District delegates elected to the Keoubllran Na tional Convention are: tirafton C TuKhlns; and W. Prentiss Parker, both pledged to Taft. DELAWARE NAMES DELEGATES Democratic Convention Sends Fonr Favoring Vll.on. Two In Douht. l'OVFR. PeJ.. April 30. The Demo cratic state convention today named nix delegates to the National conven tion at Baltimore, two from each coun ty of the state. The Newcastle and Sussex county se lect Ions are advocates of Governor Villon. The Kent County selection wa. not made by Wilson leaders of that county, but tne two delegates are saM to favor Wilson. The dele sates were not Instructed. LOSS OF GOLD THREATENED Humphrey Plead for Appropriation for Seattle Ai.a Office. OKEtSONlAX NEWS BIT RE At. Wash- njrton. April SO. Representative) Hum hrey tmlay notified the House com nltlee on appropriations that If it polished the Seattle assay office tl tka gold would be taken to Van o iver. B. C where the Canadian gov ernment maintains a well-equipped assay office. He denied the conten tion of the Treasury Department that lis gold would find Its way to Han irancleco. fven though the United states proposed there to assay It free. Notwithstanding his showing, ilum iirv believes that the House wl.l hollrtti all assay offices, except at York, and he has urged Senator Jones to make a fight for the rein statement of the Seattle appropriation ' th sundry bill gets to tho Sen ate. VANCOUVER GRETNA GREEN tiiplo lYvm Many States Go There ' to Wed. VANCOUVER. Wash. April Jo. .Si eclai.) Forty-two marriage licenses were Usued here In April. The ma jority of the applicants were from.out si.le Clark County, from New York. Massachusetts, and nearly every ither tuir. Rut ?. couples came from llre- gon. most of these from Portland Vancouver lisa become the ;r lirren of the Northwest. Many dl . aes. It is noted, give the pla marriage as Vancouver. I.o-its ltlcklrson and Miss Char lehney Cos how. North Yakima. V. Kellendonk and Mrs. Anna Sel ler. Portland, today secured lie r. S. T. Dorr. County "lerk, tod i elved four letters asking If cc persons had been married or div ; .lera. Hope Hclrl That Lack of Sympathy of Itula Will Not Prevent Visit to St. Petersburg. LONDON. April 30. The Panama Pacific Exposition Commission ap pointed by President Taft. which ar rived here yesterday, made an early start In putting before the British grov errment the case for British participa tion In the international exposition to be held at San Francisco In 1915. The members of the Commission spent this morning arranging the pro gramme for their stay In consultation with Whltelaw Reid, the American Am bassador, and In the afternoon they called on Sir Edward Grey at the For eign Office. The members or the party were In vited by Foreign Secretary Grey to be the guests of the government at a luncheon In the House of Commons on Thursday, and they will be presented to King George in Buckingham Palace Saturday. The Commissioners have not heard anything further in regard to the re ported unsympathetic attitude on the part of Russia, and they are hopeful IAON8I Smvl O JO a A.m nt nter. rere with their visit to St. Peterspurg. BIBLES IN SCHOOLS URGED Vancouver Sunday School Institute Will Work for Reform. VANCOUVER. Wash.. April SO. (Special.) The Holy Bible will be In troduced Into the public schools of the State of Washington, if the Sunday School Rub-dlstrlct Institute, of the Vancouver District. Puget Pound Con ference, can have Its way. This organ ization haa Just closed a three-day ses sion In this city and one resolution passed reads: "Whereas. The signs of the times point to the necessity of greater con servation of the moral and spiritual forces of our people, be it "Resolved. That we. as a district, co operate with all organizations that are working for the admission and study of the Bible In the public schools of the State of Washington.' Dr. Spencer S. Sulllger. district super intendent, waa appointed as a commit tee to work with the co-operating so cieties and to assist In bringing the question before the State Legislature In piifr form, for submission to a vote of the people. Rev. E. R. Martin, of the American Sunday School Union, of Portland, spoke on the "More Important Conser vation." He said that conditions in the public schools are bad, as a result of the lack of the more Important training, and he showed how little op portunity the church has for teaching the children about their spiritual wel fare. MACLAREN SUCCEEDS TODD Everett Man Named Federal Atlor nejr In Western Washington. SEATTLE. Wash.. April 30. I Spe cial.) William G. Maclaren. an as sistant to United States District At torney Elmer E. Todu, and since .the first of the year his chief assistant, will tomorrow morning be appointed United States District Attorney for the Western District of Washington, by Judge llanford. pursuant to instruc tions received from Attorney-General Wlckemham. to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr. Todd, whose official connection with the office of District Attorney ended at midnight to day. Mr. Maclaren. who will serve until a regular appointment can be made. Is a native of Iowa, a graduate of Grlnnell College and pursued his law studies in the law school of Iowa State Uni versity. He came to Washington in 190J, becoming a resident of Everett, of which city he was elected City At torney for three successive terms, cov ering the period from 190 to 1310. TOWN FINDS NAME ODIOUS Residents or Imay, .Mont.. Seek Change AMor Is- Suggested. SIOUX C1TT. la.. April S. (Special.) According to dispatches from Ismay, Mont., the hustling young town on the Puget Round extension of the St. Paul Railway, the residents are contemplat ing steps to change the name of the town since the Titanic disaster and the resultant criticism leveled at J. Rnu-e Ismay. managing director of the Ill fated ship. A majority of the residents favor adopting the name of some man who acted a hero's part on the doomed ves sel, and are divided betwen Astor. Butt. Smith and Straus. Astor seems to find the greatest favor. It la considered cer tain tho name of Ismay will be aban doned. POLICE FIRE ON STRIKERS Longsliorcmcn "Wounded After At tack With Sticks and Stone. BALTIMORE. April 30. Defending themselves when about JOno striking longshoremen, many of whom were armed with sticks and stones, swooped down on them, a squad of police guard ing Pier No. at Canton today drew their revolver, ami fired many shots. Several men were shot, but not se riously, and heads were cracked In the genera! melee. The strikers fled. Little Garrison Pours Shot on Attackers. FORGE OF 475 DEFEATS 2000 Deadly Fire Opened From Masked Batteries. TOWN OF TEPIC DEFENDED Rapid-Fire Guns and Tlirec-Pound-er Reply lo Revolutionaries' Charge Cavulry Makes Sally Rebel Ixss 2 20. TEPIC, Mexico., April 26. (By cour ier to El Paso. Tex., April 30.) With 220 dead and more than this number wounded, many of whom were unable to crawl from the battlefield""-fOOu rebels, under command of Manuel Guer rero, have been completely routed by the garrison of this city, aided by the police of the local commandery. The attack was begun on Wednesday, April 54. the rebels appearing In the bills surrounding Teplc on the day previous and demanding the surrender of the garrison, which was under com mand of Colonel Martin Esplnosa. Terra Well Situated. This town, which has 15.500 Inhab itants. Is excellently situated for de fense, on a level plain almost at the foot of the extinct volcano of Sangan guey. The plain Is surrounded by low hills, but Is cultivated and free from underbrush or other cover so that the rebels did not dare approach closer to the city than the rim of the low hills, where they were plainly visible and wlience they were driven twice by the fire of a three-pounder placed on the roof of the local cuartel, before the actual battle. Colonel Esplnosa responded to the messenger of the rebel chief Wednes day afternoon by means of a cannon ball, which killed three rebels and wounded two. At 3 o'clock In the after noon the rebels attacked Teplc from the north, east and west. Defenders 'omber 473. In tho garrison were 115 cavalrymen. BO state police and 110 city police. It waa seen that the rebels would enter. If possible by the three roads which penetrate the heart of the capi tal. Three men were operating the three- Concluded on Page Jk? H ft V1" BE A Good I A I 4NDTHTCCrecw Sweetheart Prevails Upon Honular School Teacher to Wed First. Go Under Knife Later. HOQUIAM. "Wash., April 30. One hour before the bride was to go under the surgeon's knife for a critical op eration. Miss Mary Ames, one of the popular teachers in the Hoqulam high school, and James L. Skinner, a popu lar resident of this city and a member of the local Elks' Lodge, were married yesterday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 51. L. Watson, where the bride has been making her home while In this city. The ceremony was performed at the Insistent request of the bridegroom, who demanded of his fiancee that she become his wife before the operation so she might have someone on whom she would know she could depend, someone on whom she had a greater claim than friendship. For some time Mlss Ames, now Mrs. Skinner, lias known she must submit to the dangers of an operation. For a long while Mr. Skinner has been urg ing her to not put off the wedding day longer, but to become Ms bride at once. Still she waited, hesitating to go to him sick in body. At last the operation could be delayed no long er. Yesterday afternoon was the time appointed for her to go to the hospital and to tho surgeon's glass-topped op erating table. Mr. Skinner would delay no longer and yesterday a few of the closest friends of tho couple assembled at the Watson home and the marriage cere mony was performed. It was but a brief hour more until the bride was a pfctlenf. In the hospital, but the word that came from there after the opera tion was that Mrs. Skinner would sur vive and soon be out to Join her hus band. PUBLISHERS' NAMES ASKED House Bill Would Compel Printing Who Are Owners and Editors. WASHINGTON. April 30. The Barn hart bill to compel all newspapers, magazines and periodicals to print the names of their managing editors, own ers and all stockholders was attached to the postofflee appropriation bill In the House today. It was amended to make this obllga- . n.n..r,nur. on. dav nf eaeh week. The amendment waa agreed to y a vo i - . BOURNE'S EXPENSE HEAVY Personally Campaign Fight Cost Senator $383.44. SALEM. Or.. April SO. (Special.) A further expense statement received from Jonathan Bourne today showed that he personally expended j::S3.44 for the recent campaign. The sum of $1996. is was expended by n committee. GET OUT YOUR STRAW HAT TODAY. SETHIS 00 s. Government Says Mo nopoly Is Sought. DISSOLUTION iS DEMANDED Plot to Control Retailers Un fairly Is Charged. MANY DEFENDANTS NAMED Business, Begun to Handle Imple ments Tor Harvesting Only, Has Come to Include All Kinds of Farm Machinery.. PRAYER OF C.OVKRXMENT IX Sl'lT AGAINST HARVKSTER TRUST. Thn Federal Government ssks fer tho following depositions In the Har vester case: That the S140.000.ono corporation be dissolved on the ground that It Is a monopoly in restraint of trade. That Injunctions he issued to har from Interstate commerce the products of the International Har vester Company or of the Interna tional Harvester Company of Amer ica. Its selling agency. That receivers ho appointed to tske chrs;e of the property and -wind up the business of the defendant, if the court finds such action compatible with public Interest. ST. PAUL, April 30. Charging that the International Harvester Company is a monopoly In restraint of trade, oper ating "to the grave injury of the farmer and the general public." the Government filed today in the United States District Court a petition asking for a receiver to take charge of the company's business. The defendants a ill have until June 3' to plead, and the trial may be set for the October term, of court. The Government charges the Harvester Company with mono polizing or attempting to monopolize the manufacture and sale of agricul tural machinery. The Government alleges the Interna tional Harvester Company controls at least 90 per cont of the trado In the United States in harvesters or grain binders. 75 per cent of the mowers and more than 60 per cent of the binder twlnei Considering agricultural imple ments of every kind, other than har- ( Concluded on Page 2. r , f r n 'TMcAN'r 1 i ) II cvtti GET A Belief Expressed in '"God. Pri.on Reform and Governor Hunt." Membership Is 2 00. " PHOENIX. Ariz., April 30. Two hundred convicts in the Arizona State Penitentiary at Florence have organ ized themselves into a so-called "law and order league," the constitution of which sets forth the belief of the members In "God, prison reform and Governor Hunt," and names as the pur pose of the league the promotion of better morals and the abolishment of crime. Tho membership Includes 96 per cent of tho prisoners, who above their sig natures have agreed to observe the following seven rules: "To try each day to do some good deed. "To set aside from each day a cer tain time for the study of pure and no ble thoughts. "To assist each other in all matters of grievance. "To assist the officers In tho dis charge of their daily duties. "To avoid and prevent disorderly conduct. "To refrain from profane language. "To respect each other, assist the weak and dr all In our power to uplift the principles of prison reform and the policies of our new state." STRAW HAT IS OUT TODAY Ad Club Men to "Spring" Summer "Rain or Shine." The "straw-hat boob" has become an extinct animal, and the reason for this Is that fashion has decreed for men that henceforth, in Portland at least, May 1 shall be the official day when everyone should consign his fuzzy "Win ter hat to the rack and come forth in the shining straw or Panama. The May Day straw hat rite will be observed In a most gorgeous jnanner by the members of the Ad Club, who are pledged to appear at their luncheon at the Multnomah Hotel today In the proper Springtime headgear, rain or shine. As a special observance, A. G. Clark, president of the club and dele gate to the Admen's convention at Dal las, Tex., is to be presented with a new straw hat. which will be levied as a fine upon D. A. Dinsmoor, the man responsible for the whole "straw hat day" movement. Charley King, who, according to his own statement, never wore a straw hat before In all his life, has declared that he will appear with one tomorrow rather than be an outsider In the pa rade. TAFT IN FIGHT TO STAY Xo Truth In Rumored Combine With La Follette in California. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, April 30. Taft headquarters today branded as ridiculous the report circulated by Roosevelt supporters that Taft is to withdraw from tho fight in California and throw his sup port to La Follette, to defeat Roose velt. "We are sure of at least 14 delegates of the 2 in California," said Taft headquarters today. "Five- districts around San Francisco we know to a crtainty we will carry, and we have at least an even chance In the other six districts, with strong indications that we will carry most of them. Wo will also get all four delegates at large. "Why, then, should we abandon that field? Instead of withdrawing, it is the purpose of the Taft managers to concentrate their forces In California the last two weeks of the campaign. The report that Taft is to withdraw in favor of La Follette or any one else is a canard." WOMEN MUST NOT TALK Suffragettes in Parade Under Or ders for Absolute Silence. . NEW YORK, April 30. (Special.) While It is expected that women taking part In the suffragist parade on Sat urday will comply with all the orders given by their leaders concerning their conduct while marching from Wash ington Square to Carnegie Hall, there Is one edict that mere outsiders believe will not be obeyed to the letter. That Is an imperative order to all marchers to refrain from talking during their lone walk. The ban also has been placed on high heel shoes. Those in charge of the arrangements for the parade declare that the sale of 37-cent hats for the marchers is even greater than they expected. BERKELEY RECALL FAILS Dissatisfied School Superintendent Loses Appeal to People. BERKELEY. Cal.. April 30. The first recall election ever held here resulted tonight in the defeat of the recall pe tition by 3 to 2 and a vote of confi dence in the existing School Board. The election was held at the instance of Frank S. Bunker, superintendent of Schools, who appealed to the people when the Board informed him that his services would not be required beyond the length of his present term. The total vote was 9668, the largest ever polled in Berkeley, and the cam paign was the more heated for being purely personal. i April Statistics Show Big Gains in City. NEW WEALTH POURS IN Increase for Four Months Large and Steady. POSTAL RECEIPTS ADVANCE Banks Bulge, Building Makes Enor mous Advance, Realty Stays Firm, Lumber and Flour Exports Grow, Stoekjards Busy. PORTtAN'D LEADS TOAST EN BlILDINIi ACTJVITIKS. In building permits Portland not only made one of the biggest records In its history for April, but it far exceeded the totals of Seattle and dan Francisco and came close to Los Angeles' totals. With the lat ter city's population 100.000 more than that of Portland, the building construction of that city was only $230,000 more than Portland's totals. The summary follows: Pop. In April 10JO. permits. Portland I07.i:H :.419.li:i6 Los Angeles 319.198 2..",0,000 San Francisco 416.1113 i.'.",4.4M Seattle 237,104 1,235.230 Maintaining its position as one of the most prosperous and rapidly-advancing cities in the United States. Portland during the month of April, made a re markable showing by surpassing the big record for the same month last year in every Important activity. When It is remembered that the primary election, held about the middle of the month, detracted from the regular routine of business, the fact that biqf strides were made, industrially and commercially. Is considered a note worthy epoch in the city's history. With such substantial progress to its credit. Portland closes the first four months of the business year with a satisfactory lead over the statistical totals for the corresponding period of 1911. This steady and sustained growth indicates that prosperity is not con fined to the city itself. It is the strong est argument that the state, the Inland Empire and the Columbia Paver basin are expanding snd developing at a vig orous pace. In this great territory directly tribu tary to the city, growing crops arc In such condition that bumper yields are highly probable. This means a new wealth in the city's trade zone of $75,000,000 to $100,000,000, the bulk of which will filter through Portland before the close of the year. Banka and PostolTlce Gain. With this situation obtaining, the banks are bulging with money and are showing a marked increase in clear ances from month to month, building operations are more general, indicating a more wholesome growth of the city, postal receipts are making big gains, while shipping activities are of such proportions as to demonstrate Port land's high position with the world's commerce. Among' the most notable features of the month was the new record estab lished in bank clearings. The total clearances were $56,038,692.94 as com pared with $49,662,235.71 for April, 1911. The gain Is $6,376,457.23, or about 14 per cent, and exceeds the previous ban ner month of October, 1911, when the icaeinirs were $55,133,194, or nearly $1,000,000 less than the April clearances. With the remarkable gain in clearings, the banks also have ho n a great growth in deposits." During tho past two months the increase In do posits was approximately $6,000,000. Tho total deposits in Portland banks now reach nearly $75,000,000. Bank clearings for the first four months of the year are above $200,000,000 and about $21,000,000 in excess of the totals for the same period of last year. Building Gain Enormous. In the building permits, the April record was one of the largest In tho city's history. The permits reached a total value of $2,419,936 as against $1,817,640 for the same month of last year. This is a gain of $602,296 or 33 per cent. There were 970 permits is sued as against 725 in April, 1911, or a gain of 245. With the big showing made in April, the record in building covering the last four months surpasses that of the same period of last year both in the number and in the value of the permits. From January 1 to May 1, 1911, the permits reached a total of 2545, representing a valuation of 5,872,179. For the same period this year there were issued 3288 permits, with a total valuation of $6,419,936. This is a gain of $234,997. One of the Important features of the building activity is that nearly 50 per cent of the new construction is repre sented in new dwellings. There are more homes planned and under wav In Portland than ever before, activity being marked In all residential sections of the city. The construction of busi ness buildings also is more general on both the East Side and West Side, in- (Continued on Pago ; ' L t