PRICE 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.