Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, May 11, 1912, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextTHK MOKSLMJ OREGONIA. SATURDAY, MAT 11, 1912. 55 AMUSEMENT ISSUE STIRS METHODISTS MEXICAN PRESIDENT AND CABINET. WHOSE SWAY IS ASSAILED, AND VISIONAL PRESIDENT AND HIS GENERAL IN CHIEF. SELF-STYLED PRO- BRITISH PROBERS Refusal to Go to Rescue of Conference Battles Over Pro posal to Strike Out Pro hibitory Clause. tr5Cl . - & . a Drowning Ones Special Sub ject of Inquiry. APsoJiitejrJri DUFF-GORDONS 51 J . FT f i 1 n . a I NOT ALL IN CREW HEROES Meward Tells How Men 5nt tn Fin ffmwn Slighted Tak and Ruhed Boats TheniM-lve. Life-Belt Selied. Mar 10. The tMiimonr flvsn at ln Hoard or Trad Tltanl Inquiry by Charls llendrlrkson. one Of li ftrmn or th Titanic, who paid tn lifeboat he waa on had not returned li scene of the disaster because ! 'mo and lulr luf f-Oordon objected that It would be dangerous, waa ron sldersd ao Important by the White Star Company that It attorney, at the open Ins of the Inquiry today, requeated tha the rroas-etamlnation of the wltnesa he postponed. That attorney desired time to consult with the aurvlvlng of tlrrrn of tha Titanic who are on th way to England on board the Adriatic The request waa granted. Membera of tk-.e rrrw were today examined aa to how thy left the Titanic, the numbe :f pasnr In their boata and whether they returned to the arena the disaster to try to rescue aoiu those In th water. Ilrnwi Maid Tklrw-4'lasa Salaoa. That all th members of the rrew of h Titanic on the nljrht of the dieaater did not act In the manner expected from men of their railing Is be I nit Qlnwly drawn out from the witnesses. It came out that the firemen when the water entered their quarters. rlded th third-clans saloon for life preservers. Certainly, a waa pointed fuf. they were not nee. leu by pasaen a ere. as the yessel carried only a small proportion of her complement of third claa paseenaers. That Importance la attach! to the action of the firemen, however. I shown by the questions put by Lord Mersey as to how the men reached that part of the vessel. From another witness, E. J. Rule. bathroom steward. It was aNo learned i::st there was a rush on lifeboat No. li. and that she left the Titanic with only four or five women ami three 4 hi Id re n. while (1 men ot away In her. Jtcwate Lawk ea Oaly Oar Deck. Rule said that scon's were sent to look for women ami children, but they lokcd only on one deck, and then re turned ami said there were no more there. Then First Officer Murdock told the men to fill the boat. There was then a rush of men for the boat. You knew more women and chil dren were on board?" he was asked. "I Imagined so," Hula replied. "Then you did not obey the order that women and children were to go f.-t?" "We were ordered Inte the boat." It also cane out today that th water-tight compartments practically for three-fourths of the lenmh of the ship were opened by order of th en cineera upward of an hour after the ship struck and never w er closed again. WIFE GUARDS HER RICHES Public Warned She Will .Not Banker Husband Debt. Pay SAX FRANCISCO. May 1. Members of San Kranclsco's ultra-faahtonable set were surprised when tha following; notice appeared recently In a news paper of San Mateo, the borne of many millionaires: "To Whom It May Concern I. Mar caret I. McNarnara. hereby Inform th public that I will not be responsible for any debta contracted by my hus band, Nicholas 1. McNarnara. This unusual "posting-' of a husband by his wife was unnecessary, according to attorneys, who say that under the law a wife la not responsible for her husband's debts. Mrs. McNarnara Is wealthy, her. fortune being; estimated at I3i0.00w. McNarnara la a director In th Anglo-Callfornla Bank. SCRATCH OF FOWL FATAL Iluft-her Dies as Result of Chicken Spurs. Cut nf KVERETT. Wash. May 10. (Spe cial. One week ago Adolph Store, a butcher of this city, while killing chickens r reel red a slight scratch on las hand from the spur of a foal. lie died early tlila momma". The butcher thought nothing- of th scratch on his hand. He tied a cloth about the wound and continued Ms work. Before long It began to pain him. He was taken to the Providence Hospital and lockjaw and blood poison Ins; set In. PULP CASE IS APPEALED JiecUlon Thai Canada Is Not Nation to Be Argued Further. WASHINGTON. May 10. The Inter national commercial question. Involving the right of entry of wood pulp and paper Into the United States from all countries with which America Is con nected by treaties of commerce, waa appealed today to the United States Court of Customs Appeals. The appeal was from a decision of the General Board of Appraisers at New "York, which held that the "favored na tion" clause could not be Invoked, as Canada waa a colony and "not a na tion, state or country" within the mean ing: of the treaties. LOYAL PARAGUAYANS WIN Advance of Large Itebel Force Older ex-Preldent Stayed. Asuncion, Paraguay. May 10. A fore of Government troops today defeated a large revolutionary army under com mand of the former president of the re public. Colonel Alvlno Jara. Tue government troops were com manded by the Minister of War and started from here April ft to meet the rebels, who were advancing from Villa Uncarnaclon. about ll miles aoutheast of the capital. Helena "Rejects Commission Pla,n. HELENA. Vont.. May 10. Helena de clared today against the adoption of the commission form of government by a vote of 801 to SOS. ; J m I j Axl mm mhAM k . : ; ' - v )IJ J fl: I FORGES IN BATTLE U ..." J Vanguards Reported Locked in Desperate Encounter. REBEL REVERSE RUMORED Officials at Juarez Unwilling to Discuss Outcome Orozeo Said Not lo Oppoae Gomes nn Personal Grounds. (Continued from First Psge. occupied more trrltory or added to their popular support. KASTERX MKX1CO IX FEKMENT Kigliting Variously lieporled; !000 In Battle In Iurango. WASI1INOTO.V. May 10. Uprisings are becoming general In Southern Ta maullpaa. Northern Vera Crus and the astern part of San Luis Potosl, all in the eastern part of Mexico, according to Slate Department reporta today. Fighting la reported at XicotancatL Tacanhullx. Gomes Farias, where sev- ral are reported killed, and at Ocam po. Other bands are reported at San ieguietc Although the official reports show that only 2000 are engaged at Tlahua- lllo. Durango, the battle Is being hard fought. The rebels have renewed their activities at Tres Marias. Morelos. Considerable excitement prevails at Salinas Crus. and the State Department Is Informed that 100 refugeea will board he Army transport Buford when It ar- vea there. A similar number prob- bly will board at Acapulco and Man- aanillo, and about SO at San Bias. CrXRn PICKS IP HKKCGEKS Nineteen Americans Board Trans port Mexicans Appear FVienclly. MAZATLAN. Mexico. May 10. 4Vla ucson. Arts., May 10.) The transport Buford reached Altata today and took board IS Americans who had been vlng near or in that city. Colonel Peyera. commanding the Mexican fed- ral forces at Cullacan, waived examl- atlon of the effects of the refugees at the port office. He also allowed a special train to be run from Cullacan to Altata for tha benefit of refugees. Colonel Peyera lso perm I ted the use of Government boata to aid Americans, displaying the most friendly feeling toward foreign ers. The Buford on leaving Altata pro ceeded to Masatlan to take on board ny Americana who may desire to leave Mexico on account of the revolt. COAIIl'IL. REBELS IXEEING Madero Estimates Enemy Losses at 600 Jvilled and Wounded. MEXICO CITY May 10. Rebel losses hen they were routed by the federals Cuatro Clnegas. west of Monclova. oahutla. on May 8. were COO In killed and wounded, according to Information given out at President Madero's office tonight. The same authority has It that the dispersed rebels axe fleeing toward Sierra Majeda. pursued by Colonel Ooajardo and a force of state guards. General Trucy Aubert. with the bulk of his forces, is at Cuatro Clnegas. GIANT WIRELESS PLANNED Navy Station on Tafoosh Island to Be Re-enforced. BREMERTON. Wash.. May 10. (Spe cial.) The Navy Department has ap I - 1 1 saaasaBB Aeave. Tap Row (Left ta Klght, Rafael lleraaades. Minister of Promotloat taeral Jaae rialas, Mlolster af Wari Kraesto Madero Secretary of Mtatei lag. Manuel Heailla. Mlalster of Public Works Rottom Row. Kralllo Vaa quea Tnale9 Minister of Juatlee; Manuel Calern. Ttllalster of Foreign Rela f lon 1 Freaclarw I. Madero, President i Abraham tionsales. Minister of 1'ub lle laatrwctloa Helow (Left, Vaaqnes t.omea aid Oroaco. proved plans for the erection of giant wireless masts at the Navy Wireless Station at Tatoosh Island, at the entrance to the Straits of San Juan de Fuca in furtherance of a plan to make that plant the most powerful on the Pacific Coast, and the center of a chain of stations from Alaska to Pan ama and west to Honolulu. The two new masts will be 300 feet high and of wooden construction. Plana for steel masts were disaproved In Washington. Those tn use now have a height of 175 feet each. The new masts In addition to an in crease In height of 125 feet will be placed further apart, giving a wider spread to aerials and rigging. This will necessitate a more powerful ap paratus, the specifications for which are now up for the approval of offi cials In Washington. KEITH BUYS RAILROAD VNITED FRUIT COM PAN V MEN GET GCATEMATLA CENTRAL. Crockers, Stanford University, Searles and Hubbard Among Owners of Selling Corporation. SAN FRANCIs" CO. May 10. (Spe cial.) The Guatemala Central Railway In the republic of Guatemala has been sold by the Pacific Improvement Com pany, the owner, to Minor Keith and his aasociates of the United Fruit Com pany of New York. Delivery la to be made next week. The exact amount Involved In the transaction Is belna withheld, but It Is said to be several millions. The Crockers are part own ers In the Pad do Improvement Com pany. Stanford University, through the estates of Iceland and Jane Stan ford. Edward F. Searles, of Methuen, Mass., and General Thomaa II. Hub bard, of New York, are among those who own stock In the company. The Guatemala Railroad has some 125 -miles of road. The main line ex tends from San Jose, a Pacific Ocean port, east to the city of Guatemala. It also has Important branch lines. It waa built about 27 years ago by Col- Its P. Huntington and his associates. The sale of the railroad by the Pa cific Improvement Company is In pur suance of Its announced plan to dis pose of all its holdings and go out of business. The United Fruit Com pany was the chief proponent for New Orleans In Its right with San Fran cisco for the Panama Exposition. Spend Sunday amid the fragrant apple blossoms of Hood River Valley. The bloom Is now at its height. The O.-W. R. &. N. will have a special round-trip rate of $2.00 Sunday, and the Hood Riv er Commercial Club wil! provide a two hour auto trip through the valley for $1.00. ' Leave Portland Union Depot 7:50 and 10 A. M.. returning leave Hood River 3 or 5:45 P. M. Owners Must Pay Dog Tax. HOOD RIVER. Or.. May 10. (Spe cial.) Marshal Lewis'- has begun bis annual canvass for dog tax. Hood River's dog licenses are $3 for males nd $4 for females. The officer de clares that he will Impound and put to death all dogs on which no licenses are paid. He collected $300 from the owners of dogs lust year, and put to death 47 canines. POOL FIXES PRICES Witness Admits Operations of Steel Subsidiaries. PENALTIES ARE FEATURE Rubber-Covered Wire, Lead-En' cased Rubber Cable and Weather Troof and Magnet Wire Gov erned Throng-?! Compacts. NEW YORK. May 10. When the Government's suit to dissolve the United Slates Steel Corporation was resumed today, testimony waa given to show the course of the prices of wire products, steel rails, steel beams, tin plate etc.. before and after the forma tion of the United States Steel Corpora tion In April, 1901. A. L Findlay, editor of an iron and steel trade paper, testified that steel rails in November, 1898, were I1S.60 a ton; In November, 1899, $36; In Septem ber, 1900. $2; In December. 1901. $1$: since which date they have not varied. The price or steel rails, the Govern ment contends, was permanently Axed at 2i by agreement among the manu facturers at the time the Steel Corpora tion was lormed. On cross-examination counsel for the defense brought out that in the last few years steel prices bad declined. and, as a general rule, were lower now than when the corporation was formed. Mr. Dickinson then called Frank J. Newbury of John A. Roeblings' Sons Company who represented his company in me ruooer-covereo wire, the lead encased rubber cable and weather-proof and magnet wire associations. Price fixing, allotments of business among the members, guarantee funds and penalties for violations of rules were all features of the operation of these pools, the witness testified. After Newbury was excused the hear ing was adjourned until Monday. MEMORIAL DAY CIRCUS OFF Mayor at Salem After G. A. Refuses License R. Protest. SALEM. Or.. May 10. (Special.) The Sells-Floto Show will not appear here on Memorial day, through action taken by Mayor Lachmund today. He refused to sign their license because he was Importuned by the G. A. R., W. R. C. and Ministerial Association of Salem to refuse the license. Consequently arrangements were made for the circus to show here a day later. STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE At the Hazelwood. We are again serving our delicious strawberry shortcake. - The Hazelwood, 388-.190 Washington street. Seating capacity for 400. TWO REPORTS TURNED IN Majority of Committee Would reave Dancing. Card Playing, Etc., to Conscience but Minority Bitterly Opposes. MINNEAPOLIS. May 10. Paragraph JOS of the discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church Is undecided upon, and whether dancing, card-playlng and kindred amusements are to be left only to the "conscience" of the members of the church remains a bone of conten tion In the committee. For three hours this afternoon mem bers of the committee battled over the question, favoring the report of the sub-committee. which favored the striking out of that portion of the dis cipline. Immediately after the presentation of the majority report the minority on the sub-committee presented a repor opposing the adoption of the resolution and It was this measure that was De fore the entire committee when a mo tion for adjournment until Monday was adopted. Heproef Glvea te Bishops. Dr. Leander W. Munhall. of Fhlla delphia, administered a reproof to the college of bishops of the church when he said. In opposing the striking out of the sections: "The bishops duties are such that they cannot give full con sidcration to the spiritual affairs o the church, and their judgment in this case Is not of the best." The bishops in their report urged th repeal of the section, but In so doing said they did not mean that the church should favor such amusements. The assertion Is made that the present law Is a dead letter and that it would be better to leave the amusement question to the conscience of the members, as stated by John Wesley. Fx-Vlce-Presldent Speaks. At the night session, which was glv en over to the report of the board of education of the church, addresses were made by Charles W. Fairbanks, ex Vice-President of the United States, and Bishop W. V. Anderson. Mr. Ijair banks dealt with the effect of the work of the church upon the Nation and paid special attention to the work of Christian colleges as an aid to proper government. He said the Chris' tian colleges and the state schools did not conflict, but that' each had its olace. The report of the board of educa tion told of the work being done among needy students and of the aid given to the different schools of the church. QUESTION LONG VEXING ONE West Represented on Opposing Sides in Amusement Debate. BY DR. E. H. TODD. MINNEAPOLIS. May 10. (Special.) The committee on state of the church witnessed the first clash over the amusement question today. This has been a disturbing question for years. The report of the subcommittee came before the general committee lor ad op tion and there were majority and minority reports. James K. Day, of Syracuse University, New York, who was raised In Vancouver, Wash., and ran on the river boats as a deckhand, led the majority. Rev. Robert Warner, a member of the Eastern Washington conference, led the minority. Time for adjournment came with men wait ing for the floor. The room was crowded. Excitement ran high at times. The delegates were about evenly divided. The battle will be transferred to the general confer ence early next week. llev. John W. McDougall, district sn perintendent of Portland, arrived today. Should the Oregon delegation secure one of Its members a place In the board of bishops, he will take the place as a reserve delegate. TAFT ASKS PATENT LAW REVISION OP STATUTES UN CHANGED SINCE 18 70 URGED. President Refers to Monopoly" De. cision Suppression of Inven tions Is Charged. WASHINGTON, May 10. President Taft took a decided step today toward revision of the patent laws that have remained virtually unchanged since 1870. He sent a special message to Congress asking for legislation to au thorise him to appoint a commission to investigate the patent laws and report what changes were necessary to make them fit modern conditions. The President referred to the recent "natent monoDOly decision of the bu preme Court, through which users of a certain machine were compelled to buy from the company which sold the ma chine a certain kind of ink for use with it. and enumerated five other rea sons which he said demanded the re vision of the patent laws. The first was that larjre corporations bought That Tired Feeling That comes to you every Spring is a sign that your blood is wanting In vitality, Just as pimples and other eruptions are signs that it is impure. One of tho great facts of experience and observation is that Hood's Sarsa parilla always removes That Tired Feeling, gives new life and courage. Do not delay treatment, but begin at once to take Hood's Sarsaparllla. "I was run down, had sick headache and that tired feeling. When I saw the advertisement of Hood's Sarsaparllla I tried one bottle and It mad a new person of me. Since then I have al ways used It In my family." Mrs. H. A. Renter, 432 First Ave, Wausau. Wis. There Is no real substitute for Hood's Sarsaparilla Ge it today In usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs. Where the finest biscuit, cake, hot-breads, crusts or puddings are required Royal is indispensable. Royal is equally valuable in the preparation of plain, substantial, evary day foods, for all occasions. The only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar No Alumtlo Unto Phosphates patents for improvement and sup pressed their manufacture. "The public." said the message, "never receives the benefit of such in ventions during thelife of the patent." The President urged that procedure under the patent laws be simplified and that the burden of proving the invali dity of a patent be placed upon him who would Infrinsre upon it. CHAMPOEG PARK DEEDED Fifteen Acres to Stand as Monument to Men Who Saved Oregon. Joseph Buchtel yesterday announced the purchase of a 12-acre tract at Champoeg for a memorial state park In honor of the men who saved the Oregon country to the United States. A deed has been made out to P. H. D'Arcy, of Salem, who will hold the property In trust. The land cost $105 an acre, and the money was raised by $100 contributions from the following: James Failing. Richard and E. B. Wil liams, Joseph Buchtel. Captain W. H EH I rV HY do the hli I VV Maid Silk Because "Niagara Maid" Silk Gloves give better wear, are more beautiful in coloring and are a greater economy than other kinds. THAT'S WHY LOOK FOR THE NAME IN THE HEM For Sale in the Best Shops NIAGARA SILK MILLS NORTH TONA WANDA. N. Y. New York Ss Fswm Guests Wonderful Cures Reported In Germany. The use of simple herbs as remedies instead of the more concentrated end usually more dangerous inorganic substances, has been revived very widely of late. In Germany a new school of physicians has arisen which throws out almost a whole of the pharmacopeia and relies on an adaptation of the method of wild animals in curing themselves N. Y. World. It was Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief consulting physician to the Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute of Buffalo, N. V., who first advocated the extended use of some of onr native roots, such as : Golden seal and Oregon grape root, mandrake and queen's root, black cherry bark. These are the chief ingredients in Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, which has been so weH and favorably known rhal condition of J. D. Matheson, Esq. country to-aay. $205 1 Prizes for Wage-Earners Full Details in Sunday's Papers 1.1 Pope, George H. Harding, I". " Matthieu, P. II. D'Arcy, John Mintn, .v. Rush, M. C. George and Frederick V. Holman. Mr. Buchtel said that the Legislature will he asked to make an appropria tion to pay these men the money they have advanced and leave a balance for improvements. With these 12 acres and the three al ready owned there will be a 15-acre park about the ground sacred to the memory of the provisional government. The deed to the 12 acres will be turned over to the state as soon as the pur chase money is returned to subscribers. Wife Gets Seaond Divorce. ALBANY. Or, May 10. (Special.) Lulu Stringer secured her second di vorce from Addison M. Stringer, Jr., when Judfre Galloway granted her a de cree In the State Circuit Court liete yesterday. They were divorced in Cali fornia several years ago and later re married. Mrs. Stringer testified in the trial of her case yesterday that licr husband drinks a great deal and that when drinking he has treated her cruelly. The Silk Glove Wilh Ihe Guarantee Tick SJK CbV&Sx leading actresses wear "Niagara Gloves? for nearly half a century. A harmless cleanser ana stomach tonic that nature has provided. J. Donald Matheson of Ossininpt. N. Y. says: " I suf fered for over five years with what the doctors told me was dUntpA fnnAilUm of the ttomach. associated with a catar same, and nervous heart. I had tried enough nut. bismuth, gentian, rnuoaro, eic, j u.. m.h tH raturollv fhnmrht. t.hfrA WSS nn riirft for Die. OUt after reading what eminent doctors said of the curative qualities of the Ingredients of 'Golden Medical Discovery I gave it . :. tl- tha rtisonirorv ' and also the Pleasant Pellets.' and can truthfully say I am feeling better now than I have in years. I cheerfully give permission to print this testimonial, and if any 'doubting Thomas' writes me I will ' put him wise' to the best all-around medicine in the in Cash r