Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, May 11, 1912, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextPRICE FIVE CENTS. PORTLAND, OKEGOX, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1913. LII- NO. Iti.057. ASLEEP, MAIN SLIDES TACOMA WILL QUIT KICKIN'DOG AROUN' MEXICANS BATTLE CITIZENSHIP OF I. W. W. CANCELLED GUY WIRE TO RIVER ONES OF PRIMITIVE ottrfl ITIAL RAINS MEW FLOOD MENAGE w s WEAKENS OH DESERT PLAINS Conflict May Continue Several Days. MAN ARE REVEALED E PERILOUS FEAT ACCOMPLISHED WITH SLIGHT INJURY. FUND FOR, HUMANE HOME IS BEING RAISED. SEDITIOUS UTTERANCES OF ACL TATOlt IS CAUSE. ARCHBALD A Storm Lashes Water Over Levee Tops. . LAGE AREA IS THREATENED Gave Fears Felt for Refugees in Louisiana. A1MY COLLECTING BOATS lonnpour of lour Iik-Iic In One Uny Krrnrilrri, anl Half an Inch rll In Five Minute Peo ple Ordered Away. IIT HOI CiK, la- May lltaa nlatfa mm4 a fccavy rala washed Ike Mlnalwtpal flo4 ntlrr irr a retra I m city alsrka. All rartk and Marks lira ll Ike levee hate keea nakrd ana?. NKW f'RLEA.VS. May 10. rrobably .he heaviest rain In months fell here :onlsht, ai'rompunlod by hail and heavy wind. At 9 o'clock the streets In the business district were flooded. One-half Inch of water fell here to nicht within five minutes. The wind -cached a velocity of 39 miles an hour. Every street in the business section of the city whs flooded and water ran Into stores on Canal. Camp and Poydras street. Water I'liini lain Street. At 10:30 o'clock tonight the river at the foot of Esplanade street had risen even inches, and water was flowing: Into the street in a thin stream over the sand bass about the Southern Pa cific ferry bouse. Both men and mate rial were en hand and began work im mediately to stop the overflow. Heavy rains and high winds today played havoc over a large area of the flood district, and tonight many places that had been considered practically safe are facing threatened levee breaks and Inundation. Rains Wlads Are l.eaeral. The rains and winds are general over ,- section extending about 100 miles up the river. At Haton Rouge and Sew Hoad.i the situation Is particularly grave. l-ashed by a 49-mlle gale, water at latn Roue. already within a few inch.- of t!ie top of the levee. Is being Mown over the embankments Into the -.own. A large force of men Is trying to protect the city. It Is estimated at New Koads that lour inches of rain fell there today, ilravc fears are felt for the Inhabi tants of that section, who were ordered to pla. es of safety yesterday, even after four days of Improved conditions. That town had been a concentration point for refugees for the territory farther north, but yesterday the overflow from the Torrajt break became so threaten In? that I'nlted States engineers or dered everyone out. Army t'allerla Koala. The number of flood-fighters on the levee had been reduced in the last few days 'cause the sunshine was aid ing greatly in relieving the situation, but tonight every available man was rushed to the levers. Material to top lue embankments was sent out as rapidly as possible. Captain Uan, of the Army rescue corps, has collected a fleet of small boats at Haton Rouge. The United M.it.j4 revenue cutters Windom and Winona, due at New Orleans Saturday morning, have been ordered to Baton liuuge because of the critical situation at New Koads. Several vessels have been sent there to anoint in getting the people out of danger. Seventy thousand rations today were erdered by Captain Lagan shipped to the New Koads country. The rrfugee train that has been running over the I-afayette branch of the Southern Pa- I fl- for a week was forced to suspend tonight becaus of high water. STOKM VISITS MIDDLE WEST lloavj Damage Done In Kansas and Western Missouri. KANSAS CITV. Mo.. May 10. A heavy ruin trm. In some places accompanied by a hlch wind, which did damage of nearly 7.o0. today visited Western Ml.wurl and Kansas as far west as Nens County. In the central west por tion of that state. In Nes County the raiu amounted to almost a cloudburst. I:i Eastern Kansas, Parsons reported that streets were flooded and that a limn wind had done damage amounting to more than $30,000. One man was reported killed south of Parsons. In (ialena and many smaller towna of Southeastern Kansas the rain was heavy. The storm struck Kansas City short ly after dark, and for two hours the downpour continued. At Joplln many mall buildings were damaged and mining plants injured. There also, as In other sections or the mining district of Southwest) Mis souri, many mines mere flooded. Order Held Confiscatory. n-iiilXilTiiX. May 1. On the -round of practical confiscation or property, an Injunction restraining the 'ntcrtte Commerce Commission from iittlnu into effect June 1 the order In nc s..-c;illed Shreveport case was ked today of the Commerce Court. Judge- llanford Rule SoclulKt Com mitted fraud in Oath to Constitution. SEATTLE. May 10. I'nlted States I I'lstrlct Judge Cornelius H. llanford today ordered tho cancellation of the citizenship papers of Leonard Oloson, a Socialist agitator, on the ground that fce committed fraud when he swore that ha was attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States. This Is said to be the first caso on record In which a, man lias been de prived of cltlsenshtp because of alleged seditious Utterances. Olesnn wa given Ms certificate of citizenship by the Pierce County Su perior Court January 10. 110. He was alleged to have taken an active part In the Industrial Workers of the World disturbances In the Northwest and last week the United States DUstrlct Attor ney began proceedings before Judge llanford. at T acorn a. to revoke Ole son'a citizenship. In his decision Judge llanford said In part: "The notion that citizens of this country may absolve themselves from allegiance to the Constitution of the United States otherwise than by ex patriation is a dangerous heresy. The Nation generously and cordially admits to Its citizenship aliens having the qualifications prescribed by law. but recognizing the principles of natural law. called the law of self-preservation. It restricts the privilege of becoming naturalized to those whose sentiments are compatible with genuine allegiance to the existing Government as defined by the oath which they are required to take. Those who believe In and propa gate crude theories hostile to the Con stitution are barred. The evidence in this rase doeg not have to be analyzed to determine lits attitude. He has no reverence for the Constitution of the United States; no Intention to support and defend It against Its enemies, and he is not well disposed toward tho peace and tran quillity of the people. Ills propaganda Is to create turmoil and to end In chaos. GOOD SAILORS GO TO JAIL Loyol to Cruiser, Men Break Rules to Avoid Transfer. BREMERTON. Wash.. May 10. (Spe cial.) Anxious not to be transferred to another ship and separated from their mates, several of the crew of the United States cruiser West Vir ginia, prominently identified with the athletics of that ship, broke liberty In order to get Into the ship's brig, be lieving that the officers would over look the men In jail when making up the list of transfers. The men had been connected with the West Virginia several years and were proud of the part they had played In upholding the ship's standing In baseball, football, rowing and other forms of athletics. They had been with the ship so long that tbey looked upon It as their home. The draft for the Pennsylvania, how ever, waa large, and even the men In the brig were not overlooked. Their reason for breaking the rules was learned by the officers, who. sharing the men's ship loyalty, commuted their sentences. But the men bad to be exiled. SWIFT LEAP SAVES BABE Locomotive II re man Plunges From Pilot Beam In Xlck of Time. JEFFERSON. ia.. May 10. "Soap" Ickett, fireman on the Georgia Kail road, plunged head first from the pilot beam of a moving train near here to day and saved the life of a baby girl. The child, the 2 Vi-year-old daughter of John Potter, of this place, was seen n the railroad track by Knglneer Adair. Lockett. comprehending that the engine could not be stopped in time, dashed along the running-board, dived from the beam and rolled off the track with the child In his arms. , BIG JUDGMENT ENTERED Mofrut Road Indebted I. 10.388 to Holding Company. PESVER. May 10. Judgment against the Denver Northwestern Pacific Kallroad (the Moffat road) for $1,940. 5SS.12 was entered In the District Court here this afternoon In favor of W. . Watson, receiver for the Denver Rail way Securities Company, the holding company of the railroad. The ainonnt of the Judgment Includes money advanced. Interest on the $4,000. 000 secured from Hallgarten & Co., of New York, and $500.uo0 of the prin cipal of the loan paid by the holding concerns. GIRL TO FIND FATHER DEAD Death Overtaken Parent While Daughter Come Front England. BAKER, Or. May 10. (Special.) When the daughter of Walter Hill, of South Baker, arrives from Kngland to Jum her father she will find him dead. Hill came from Kngland. with his w ife and three children, a year aso and secured work with Uie Oregon Lum ber Company. The fourth child Is now on her way. Mr. Hill died this morn tng afier a short illness and will be burled Sunday In iiakcr. Memory of Deals Los ing Keenness. PAPERS ARE REPUDIATED Jurist Pays Fare of Former Partner" to Washington. COURT STATIONERY USED Letter from Judge to Hall road -Man Mho Had Tried Cashes Bcroro Him Used to Help In Getting Possession of Cnlm. WASHINGTON. May 10. Edwin J. Williams, of Scran ton. Pa., chief wit ness against Judge Archbald. of the Commerce Court, virtually denied today before the House Judiciary committee some of the testimony he had given against the Judge on Wednesday. Williams was a partner with Judge Archbald in negotiations for buj ing culm bank from the Erie Railroad to sell at a profit of $12,000 to the Lacka s, Wvomlng Railroad. The Judge at that time had the Erie's so- called lighterage cases In his court. A. S. Worthlngton. counsel for the ac cused Jurist, undertook the redirect cx- ... .. Williams and called his aimii.uvii v. ... attention to tho copy of an assignment of the culm bank property that he was alleged to have made to vv. f. uoianu and a "silent party." Paper la Repudiated. Previously Williams had admitted having made such an assignment before he procured options on the Erie culm banks and hud explained that the "si lent party" was Judge Archbald. To day, however, upon reading a copy of the assignment. Williams said it was not the paper he had signed.' He ad mitted that the signature attached was his, but repudiated Its contents. This admission led Attorney Worth lngton to ask the witness if ho ever drank. He said he did, and admitted It was possible he might have signed the papers that he could not now recall. Fare Paid by Judge. Williams repudiated the letter intro duced In evidence Wednesday, In which he related having told W. P. Boland that If he had discounted one of Judge Archbald's notes a case before that Jur ist, which was decided against hlm. (t'op eluded on Pa ge 0.) Stray Animal Will Have Sanitary, Stoatn-IIcnted Abode With Care and Good - Food. TACOMA. Wash., May 10. (Special.) Tacoma this Summer will Have the only real home for stray animals on the Coast., For some .months William S. Van Vorls has bean raising money by popular subscription and all but a, small part of the amount necossary has been subscribed. Plans have been gone over and suit able ones selected and an estimate of the cost made, "There w" be sanitary kennels, steam-heated, IlAovo. and cement floors. Other--!- JBjq ments will be arranged for the caring of cats and other animals. Van Vorls says he has In view sev eral tracts on which such a home can be erected. As soon as the entire sub scription Is raised the city will be asked to contribute. The Tacoma Hu mane Society will Join with the city for the purpose of caring for the animals. In Eastern cities where large airy ken nels are kept up a great part of the ex pense is paid by the sale of animals lcked up on tho streets. ELECTION BETTING VEERS Roosevelt Money Scarce, Willi Odds Tlint Tart Will Win Ohio. NEW YORK. May 10. (Special.) Election betting veered today and Roosevelt money on tho Ohio primary results was difficult to find. There was plenty of even money offering yester day on a Roosevelt victory, but 6 to 5 Is offered tonight on Taft, and takers are scarce. Offers of 6 to 5 that Roosevelt will be the next President provided he carries Ohio have been withdrawn. The cause of this change in senti ment was the Knox speech delivered In California yesterday. Influence is being brought .to bear upon Secretary Knox to stump Ohio for Taft. It is believed that such a tour would do more than anything else to offset the Roosevelt speeches. - ARIZONA HAS NEW PLAN Bill Proposes Advisory Vote for Federal Judges. . PHOENIX. .Arls., My . A bin fM im posing rm. advisory VMs for Federal Judges as well as for v,nited (States Senator was recommended to pass to day by the State Senate by a unani mous vote. Tho bill Is believed to be the first attempt ever made by a state to influence the appointment of Federal judges by a popular election. With five days remaining before the end of the session, it was decided today to hold night meetings until final adjournment. CHIEF THEODORE NOW BIDES A BIO s,,'"'""r1' ' '''T STAGE OF SKIRMISH PASSED Vanguards Reported Locked in Desperate Encounter. n REBEL REVERSE RUMORED Officials at Juarez. Unwilling lo Discuss Outcome Orojco Said Not to Oppose Gomez on Personal Grounds. ESCALON. Mexico, . May 10. Sharp fighting continued throughout the day between the main bodies of the fed erals and Insurrectos near Tishnalilo, with no decided advantage to either side. , Couriers to General Orozco's bead quarters here said .that the clash of the vanguards of both armies was turning rapidly from a skirmish to a desperate battle. The flght has been in progress for 36 hours, and indications are that it will be several days before It Is decided. Battle Waged on Desert. The battlefield ranges over JO miles of desert plains southeast from Cone jos, in front of Torreon. JUAREZ. Mexico. May 10. No def inite advices had reached here up to 10 o'clock tonight of the fighting be tween rebels and federals in the vicin ity of Torreon. Rebel officials here were unwilling to discuss the battle and frequent rumors were that the iebels had met a reverse. ftonies Not Opposed Personally, "jose Cordova, secretary to General Orozeo. was to have arrived here to night to straighten out the tangle over the assumption by Gomex of the posi tion of provisional President. The Lib eral officers say he will conio tomor row. It in now thought that Orozeo is not opposed to Gomez personally, but does not believe the provisional gov ernment should be established on any extensive basis until the rebels have i Concluded on Page 2.) II From Fire. Escape Down' 30-Foot Strand Victim Leaps to Float, Then Into Willamette and Out. Sleep-walking. Ralph Emerson, an iron worker, aged 27 years, early yes terday moaning left his room in the Esmond Hotel at Front and Morrison streets, slid down a 30-foot two-strand wire guy rope to the boathouse float at ' the foot of Morrison street, and Jumped Into the Willamette River. The shock of the cold water awoke him and he clambered back on tho float to safety, just as the police patrol and Captain Keller, summoned by per sons who had seen his thrilling slide down the wire, came to the Morrison street bridge. Emerson, who has been taking treat ment for his trouble, was registered at the hotel Thursday afternoon. Thurs day night he retired as usual, but arose at 3 o'clock, left his room, and hastened out on the fire escape In a sleep-walking fit. Clad In his shirt and trousers, but shoeless, he clambered along the fire escape until he bumped into the guy wire, which extends to the roof or the boathouse on the float. Blistering his hands by the rapid descent, he arrived on the top of the boathouse, and jumped 14 feet to the wooden floor of the float, turning his ankle and hurting his feet. Two men, who had left a restaurant near the bridge, saw his slide down the cable, and hastily telephoned the police station that a robber was coming out of the Esmond Hotel. Fearing that Emerson might repeat his performance if allowed to go back to bed, ho was brought to the police station, clothed and his wet garments dried. Last night a relative appeared to take care of him and he was re leased. Emerson was slightly injured. JOB OPEN FOR SNAKE GIRL Nervy Nerveless Young: Woman Wanted to Handle Reptiles. If she can handle snakes without suffering an attack of nervous prostra tion, without that cold chill or squirmy feeling just pick 'em up careless-like, but firm if she can do this and lecture beside, there's a good job for a nervy but nerveless young woman at 91 Union avenue. The proprietor -f a bird store at the above address is advertising for a snake girl. He Is willing, even anx ious, to pay attractive wages. He would make It a salary, for the right girl. But Portland appears unable to deliver one charmer. True, there lias been an applicant, but well, she sim ply knew nothing about the snake fam ily, couldn't lecture on 'em at all. And when It came to that careless-liko firm ness in handling the cute little wig glers, she was all to the bad and some to carry. This brand of snake, says the bird man. is perfectly harmless. It's even attractive and lovable. Still, the charmer market is at a famine stage. CHILDREN WALK 800 MILES Girl. 15. and Boy, 13, Tramp Eight Miles Daily to School. ENTERPRISE. Or., May 10. (Spe cial.) Flora and Edward Rand, 15 and 11 years old, respectively, have walked 800 miles each to attend school since the first of the year, according to the computations of W. M. Sutton, princi pal of the Enterprise public schools. At holiday time their parents moved to a homestead four miles from town. The two children have walked to end from school regularly since. There have been 100 school days In the period. Each child has walked eight miles a day, making the total 800 miles tramped over' the hills, through fair weather and foul. The brother and sister have proved them selves punctual, too. havlns been tardy only once In the five months. SBziNVoao arrio hoihhovs Handsome Young: Incorporate to Promote Health and Pleasure. VANCOUVER, Wash., May 10. (Spe cial.) The Home, Sweet Home Club, composed of handsome young bachelors of Barberton and vicinity, has filed articles of incorporation. The object of the organization will be to promote health and pleasure of the members by athletic exercises, legitimate games and cultivating the social graces. The club has a paid-up capital stock of $250. divided into 50 shares at $3 each. The directors are: J- O'Con nell. Harry Ritchie, Lawrence Deger wark, C. E. La Londe, Joe Curtiu and J. HcKenna. A clubhouse has been built and the young men are preparipg athletic grounds. Their social "stunts" are to be announced later. TIPPING WAR" CONTINUED California Traveling Men Declare Boycott of Offenders. LOS ANGELES. May 10. California traveling men afrtliated with the United Commercial Travelers will not pat ronize hereafter any hotel, barber shop, cafe, or any other place frequented of necessity by traveling men where tip ping 's not prohibited. Strong anti-tipping resolutions were adopted" by the annual convention of the grand council of California, which convened today for a two-day session. Prehistoric Skeleton Is Found at Ellensburg. 2 ROWS OFTEETH IN UPPER JAW Fossils Countless Ages Old Are Well Preserved. HEIGHT 6 FEET 8 INCHES Scientist Visits Place Where Builders Unearth Scientific Lore and Says It Is of Earliest Clans. ELLENSBURG, Wash.. May 10. (Spe. cial.) A skeleton of a primitive man, with forhead sloping directly back from the eyes and with two rows of teeth in the front of his upper jaw, was un covered hero when contractors were ex cavating for an apartment-house on Craigs Hill today. The hill is of the hosback forma tion and the excavation was made on the side hill about 20 feet below the surface and about 20 feet back from the face of the slope. The skeleton was found in the ce ment rock formation, over which was a layer of shale rock. The rock was perfectly dry and doctors say that tho skeleton could have remained in that formation hundreds of years without rotting. The jaw bone, which broke apart when removed, is so large that it will go around the face of the man of today. The other bones are also much larger than that of ordinary men. The femur bone is 20 inches Ions, which, according to scientific men. would indicate that the man was SO inches tall, or approximately six feet and eight inches. Scientist Examinee Spot. Dr. J. P. Munson, I'll. 1., M. S., profes sor of biological sciences In' the State Normal School, and who lectured befora the International Biological Congress in Austria last Summer, visited the spot this afternoon, and, after exam ining the bones, pronounced them to be those of a primitive man. The teeth in front are rounded and (ill are worn flat almost down the the Jaw bone, which. Dr. Munson states. Is due to eating of uncooked foods and the crushing of hard substances. The sloping skull, he says, shows an extremely low order of intelligence, far earlier than that of the Indians known to the white settler. The skeleton, perfectly preserved, was exposed when a blast of dynamite loosened the cement rock so- that when M. K. Root, who is employed by Mr. Belch, again approached the hillside ho saw, gleaming from the rock, a skull. No effort was made to molest the remainder of the skeleton till later in the afternoon, when tho small son of Contractor Belch was told by his father of the discovery. With the aid of a pick the boy uncovered a perfect skeleton. Citizens Are Interested. Craigs Hill, which runs alongr the eastern edge of the city, is supposed to be of glacial formation, although some believe that the hill is a delta of a ri;er which flowed from the Nanum Canyon across the valley into Yakima Canyon countless ages ago. The removal of & heap of debris is anxiously awaited by a number of peo ple, as it is expected that more bones and perhaps trinkets will be uncov ered. The thigh bones are on exhibition at the Record office, together with a jaw bone of unusual size. BANK CLEARINGS GAIN Portland Leads Northwest in In crease and Volume. In bank clearings for the week Fort land made a big showing, with a total of- $12,878,000. This is a gain of .18.6 per cent over tho clearings for the corresponding week of last year. .Seattle's totals were $11,142,000, or $1,736,000 less than tho clearings at Tortland. The gain at Seattle was 9.8 per cent. Tacoma's clearances were $4,333,000, and Spokane's $4,524, 000. Tacoma made a gain of 7.4 per cent, while Spokane registered a loss of 4.2 per cent. Substantial gains were made at Los Angeles and San Fran cisco. STATE TO GET PORTRAIT Original of George Washington Now on Way to Governor Hay. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 10. An original Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington has been presented to the State of Washington and is now on its way to Governor Hay. Word to this effect was received by Senator Jones today from C. F. Gun ther. a wealthy candy man of Chicago, the 'donor. Gunther has several oriK inal Stuart portraits of Washington In his possession.