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Newspaper Page TextPORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LIII NO. 16,301. V NEW CHARGE MADE AGAINST IDERO Depleted Treasury Laid at Door. Is NEW GOVERNMENT COMPLETE Ex-President From Cell Hears Plaudits for Successor. ARMY FRANKLY DISPLAYED JTnerta Administration Begins With Demonstration That It Intends to Rule With Sterner Hand. People Show Enthusiasm. MEXICO CITY, Feb. !0. That Fran cisco Madero will Bet out of Mexico without hiring to fa.ce official lnves ligation on one charge or another ap pears Improbable. Ho has already been charged with responsibility for the death of Colonel Rlveroll. whom he Is alleged to have shot at the time of his arrest In the palace. A committee of Deputies now has asked that Madero be forced to ac count for money expended by the ad ministration. This committee called on President Huerta this afternoon and urged that Madero be held accountable for the depleted condition of the treas ury. New Officials Take Oath. The last details of the organization of Mexico's new government were com pleted at 4 o'clock this afternoon, when the members of President Huer ta's official family took the oath in the yellow room in the palace Imme diately above that occupied by the de posed President and Vice-President. Unable to witness the scenes from their room, Madero and Suarez were able to hear the plaudits of the crowds In the streets and in the big square In front and the bugle calls of the united army. lgnlfloant of the birth in battle of the new administration was the frank display of soldiers and the effect on the crowds was not lost. It served as a reminder that even If it were not a military dictatorship that had been established, the pres ent administration was of much stern nr fiber than that which had Just fal len. Ueaeral Dlaa Is Present. Oenerai Felix Dlas was among those la the yellow room when the ministers took the oath and heard Huerta pro nounce the formal, time-honored phrase: "It you keep this oath, the country will reward you. If you do not. It will call you to an accounting." General Dlas was present ostensibly In no official capacity, but merely as a private citizen, which he became many months ago on resigning his commission as a general in the regular army. Madero and Pino Suarez betrayed In their faces the chagrin and humili ation which they must have felt, -ac cording to officers of the guard. Neither deigned to ask questions as to what was happening In the room above, but the conversation of the guards served to acquaint them with the proceedings, A sneer showed on the face of Madero. but the dejection of the former Vice-President was too great apparently to permit a play of other emotions. Madero Accepts Food. Frederic Gonzales Garza, the former Governor of the federal district. Is the third prisoner occupying the room. There Is no partition. Each man is furnished with a .bed and meals are brought periodically and served Jointly. Madero has ceased to refuse food snd so far as physical comfort is con cerned he refuses nothing. Outside the room stands a guard of soldiers, and although there are no windows in the room, another guard constantly ia on duty within, even at night. No one has been allowed to talk with the prisoners, although their wives have been permitted to send verbal messages. The members of his family are reticlent but by those most inti mate with them It is considered not Improbable that the entire family will emigrate to South America, if the op portunity is afforded them. Sonlh America to Be Refuse. Gustavo Madero, who was shot yes terday, remarked on one occasion that South America had been considered as a refuge Just before it became evident that the government of Porflrio Diaz was weakening. The Maderos about mai urns considered mat they were beaten and had made all arrangements to buy property in South America. The Treasury Department is at present closed, pending Its formal de livery to the new authorities by the retiring Minister of Finance, Ernesto Madero. All the other offices of the government are open for the conduct of affairs as usual. The arsenal has been formally de livered over to General Blanquet the new commander of the post, tlie Diaz forces being roundly cheered as they marched out. Francisco Coslo Robelo. who suc ceeded in attracting to his banner of revolt against Huerta possibly 100 ra mi fs. is making little headway. Gen eral Francisco Romero was yesterday arrested for complicity in this revolt, and today Colonel Arturo Valle. of the (Concluded on Ptf 3.) MOVE TO PREVENT GHETTOS BEGUN PACIFIC COAST JEWS ORGANIZE IN ADVANCE. Homes In Country to Be Prepared for Expected Company of Emi grants From Europe. i SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. 20. (Spe cial.) The plan for organized efTort on the part of the Jewish people of the West to receive and properly care for the thousands of their co-rellglon-Ists expected to emigrate here from Europe after the opening of the Pan- ama canal toos oenmw ....0---h.n ra.nnaintKtlves of 80 Jewish charitable and benevolent organiza tions of the Pacific Coast organized a society to bo known as wo - ern Jewish Immigrant Union. Rabbi Jacob Nieto was elected presi dent and I. J. Aschhelra secretary. The activities of the new organiza tlon are to be governed oy a ecu trl council consisting of one delegate from each organization. It will be the work of this council to form af filiating societies in the various cities of the Coast, each to handle alone one of the many problems incident to Im migration, such as education, shelter, employment, and farming. One of the principal objects of tne organization is to prepare .homes In the country for immigrants and thus prevent the formation of any such dis tricts In Pacific Coast cities as the poverty-stricken ghettos of New Tork and elsewhere. WIRELESS CIRCLES GLOBE Service Across Bering Sea to Com plete Last Unk in Chain. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. Arrange ments are being made between tne American and Russian governments for the establishment of a regular wireless service across Bering Sea, which will Insure telegraphio communication be tween America and Asia at all times. even in the event of interruption of the cable service. The project, it Is said, taken In con nection with the existing trans-Atlan tic radio service, completes the circuit of the globe by this means of com munication. No new construction is required for the Institution of this service. The Russian government already has a wireless tower at Anadir, In Mm chatka, and the American Government has a station at Cape Nome, Alaska. There has been some limited exchange of signals aoross Bering Sea between these towers, but owing to the op erators' limitations In the way of language they have been unable to communicate intelligibly, a difficulty which can be overcome easily by the employment of operators who can speak both Russian and English. E. A. JOHNSON IS FAVORED Federal District Attorney McConrt to Suggest Successor. After March 1 Everett A Johnson nrnhahlv will become United States District Attorney, by appointment of the court, to succeed John McCourt, whose resignation has been tendered to the Attorney-General to take effect upon that date. The term of Mr. Mc Court expired on March 23, 1912. and since that time no name has been sent to the Senate by President Taft to fill the vacancy. Mr. McCourt received yesterday the appointment of special assistant to the Attorney-General, to aid in the alleged telephone monopoly cases that are now under Investigation at Seattle, and he left for there last night. After his res ignatlon Is effective Mr. McCourt will suggest to the court that his first as sistant, Everett A. Johnson, be appoint ed to nil the position until such time as a Presidential appointment Is made and confirmed. SLUM PREVENTION .IS AIM General Housing Conditions In Port land Will Be Investigated. With a view to investigating the general housing conditions with refer ence to ventilation, light and sanlta tlon. the Mayor's building code com mission has been ordered to begin on a work that Is aimed at elimination of the slums and the prevention of fur thef growth. The Consumers' League, which has accomplished so much In having the minimum, wage bill passed, is taking up the matter of sanitation and living conditions and will assist In removing the slums. Rev. Father Edwin V. O'Hara, who is a member of the Mayor's building code commission, also Is active In fur thering the plans of the league. As sisting him as representatives of the Consumers' League are W. B. Ayer, F. B. Tebbetts and Frederick Strong. MEN WILL DINE WOMEN Meal to Be Cooked for and Served to Fair Sex at Vancouver. VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. 20. (Spe cial.) As a special demonstration to the women of the First Presbyterian Church and their friends, the men of the church will give a man-cooked. man-served, man-decorated supper In the basement of the big brick edifice at Tenth and Park streets Friday. Women In Washington have woman suffrage and now the men say they will show the women that they are able to do work usually done by the oppo site sex In a satisfactory manner. A male orchestra will furnish music and the Apollo male Quartet will give several selections. Women will be barred from doing anything except en- Joying the meal. HONEST BUSINESS BADE HAVE NO FEAR Wilson Says New Laws Will Not Hurt PEOPLE ARE CONGRATULATED Holding Company Cited as Ex ample of "Indirection." "KNOWINGLY" NOT NEEDED New Jersey Governor Thinks It Stof flclent That Guilty Mind Is Re quired by General law to Perform Guilty Act. TRENTON. N. J Feb. 20. ;Honest business and honest men have nothing to fear." ; This Is the assurance which Presi dent-elect Wilson crave today In a lengthy statement explaining the en actment into law of the seven anti trust bills which he signed yesterday. "Those . who would engage In the heartless practice of ruining rivals and filching from the pockets of the people more than they ought reasonably to demand, ' said the Governor, "are the only ones who' will have cause to re gret the enactment of these measures. I predict that under them the people of New Jersey will enter upon a new era of prosperity. I congratulate the Legislature and the people on their passage. These laws mark a new era in our business life." Word "Knowingly" Not Needed. "Senate bill No. 43, the act defining trusts and designed to promote free competition and commerce in all class es of business," continued the Gover nor, "makes It criminal to make an agreement which, directly or Indirectly, precludes a free and unrestricted com petition: "It was urged upon the Legislature that the bill be amended by adding the word 'knowingly,' so that it would read that any person , or persons who wilfully or knowingly make an agree ment In restraint of trade should be punished. I understand that It is a general principle of law that there must be a guilty mind to constitute a guilty act. It seems to me that this affords ample protection to any honest man. 5maJI Dealer Not Hurt. "It has been said In some quarters that these laws will help big business and hurt the small dealers. That, of course, Is not the intention and cannot be the effect. The salutary provision of the act defining trusts is that' it makes It unlawful to make any agree ment, directly or indirectly, which will (Concluded on Page 6.) J 5QNT 00 tu.s.w "ill- i . CAYCHCoi,oe.A r Am yy&.x ?J'K'A X'S'XCS' . t J I . : ... i . 7 ' I INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 43 degrees: minimum, 89 degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; varlah t'-& mostly northerly. Mexico. Madero may be held to account for Mex ieo's eenletea treasury, rage J. Police resume duties In Mexican capital. Pass 2. Northern Mexico awaits land poller. Pago 2. National. Federal system of waterway Improvement held extravagant, rage o. Taft says Washington has less graft and scandal than any other city. Page a. Trro-battleshin nlan reported In House. Page 3. Ijegi Mature. Amended county roads bill as passed by House fourth time lets in all bidders. Page 8. . "Cow" counties of Washington win reap portionment fight. Page 7. House votes to stay in session without pay until March 1. Page 0. Senate nassea varsity mUIaga tax Bilk Page 7. Foreign. Europe expected to Intervene to end Balkan war. page Domestic. Move to prevent ghettos begun. Pago 1. Progressives In Illinois delay deal to elect Senators. page o. Wilson says honest business need have no fear of New Jersey anu-irust uun 1'aue 1. Pro and antl-suffragists hire men watch men to protect mem in wasmngwm. Pane 1. Another officer caught In graft net. Pago 4. Sports. - H-ast card scheduled for Inter-olub boxing and wrestling event at Multnoman 10- algbt Page la. Olympia bull terrier wins National cham nionsbip. Page is. Holdout Colt pitcher comes to terms with McCredie. Page 14. McCredie confesses that Krause has long been assured for 1918. Page Is. Pacific Northwest., host to transportation Hoqulam men. Page 4. Oregon City frultman sounds warning of low Eastern maxKets. .rage v, More than million dollars Involved in Coos Bay deal, page 1. Commercial and Marine. Breaks In Calcutta bag market Indicate lower prices to farmers. Page 19. Wheat advances at Chicago on export buy ing in Middle West, page 18. G. L. Blair holds conference with J. D. Farrell. presumably on "(ig Tnree- neei ' affairs. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Miss Beulah Loom Is and Robert Henry Hyde quietly married. Page 13. White slavers suspected of using employ ment offices to entrap girls, page 12- Vale-Bend line construction rushed by 0.-W. R. 4 N. Company. Fags 12. Apple day will be observed in Portland soon. page is. Homesteaders on Silets reservation may be granted patents. -aga ix. No action taken in school vacancy as yet. Page 8. Alexander H. Kerr, prominent clubman, takes bride to Chicago. Pago 1. L, R. Alderman will make addresses in Philadelphia.. Page 8. Meteorological summary and forecast Page 14. PRISONERS GO ON STRIKE Montesano Officers Refuse Gloves, Men Quit and Go On Diet. MONTESANO. Wash., Feb. 20. (Spe cial.) Because they were refused gloves to wear while doing work about the County Courthouse the prisoners serving short terms in the County Jail today struck and refused to go to work this morning. As a result of the strike they were placed on a bread and water diet which will continue until tbey are subdued. A similar strike several months ago resulted in the men staying out. ten days, being served bread and water during that time. . SIGNS OF SPRING. C0 VL"- - wc "UJ 1 I I . T SUFFRAGIST FOES cmdi nvu L Antis" First to Admit Fear of Violence. "PROS" NOT TO BE OUTDONE Mere Men Hired to Protect Rival Headquarters. CAUSTIC TERMS RESENTED Great Quantity of literature to Be Distributed in "Washington by Those Announced as Op . . posed to Ballot. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. Within block of each other, two big private watchmen tonight are paramng up and down before the headquarters of the Woman's Suffrage Association and those of the anti-suffragists. The ap pointment of the watchmen'was made necessary, leaders or tne two move ments declare, by a strained situation following the establishment of theantl- suffragist offices near the headquarters of the advocates of equal suffrage. -Anti" Display Irfteratore. Headquarters of the anti-suffrage movement were opened today. In handsomely decorated window, facing main thorousrhfaxe. was placed a quantity of literature against the suf frage cause, much of it couched In caustic terms, which the suffragists, only a Bhort distance away, resent Fearing that the suffragists might re sort to violence, the antis decided to engage the services of the biggest watchman they could find. Not to be outdone, the suffragists enlisted the services of another physical giant. The active campaign of the axitl- suffraglsts will begin tomorrow, ac cording to Miss Minnie Bronson, gen eral secretary of the association. A vast quantity of literature will be dis tributed and every member of Congress and every Cabinet officer will be Inter viewed by women who are opposed to the suffrage cause. . Contract for Costumes Let. Lady Patricia Street, daughter of Sir Paul Eliot, late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Australia, returned today from New Tork, where she went to let the contracts for the costumes to be worn by the marchers and others in the suffrage pageant March 3. Lady Patricia said that more than 200 women from New Tork would come (Concluded on Page 6. ) ATGHMEN mi lui ii i ALEXANDER H. KERR WEDS IN CHICAGO PORTLAND BUSINESS AND CLUB MAX TO LIVE IX EAST. Miss Ruth Hertha Elizabeth Kalbus Becomes Third Wife of Oregon National Guard Captain. " Alexander H. Kerr and Miss Ruth uertna Kiizaoetn Kalbus were mar ried at Chicago last Wednesday, the simple wedding service " being per formed at the Pacific Congregational Church. Announcements of the wed djng were received yesterday by in tmate friends and relatives in Port land, Mr. Kerr Is prominent In Portland business, social and club circles. He is a member of the firm of Wadhams & Kerr Brothers, and of the Kerr Glass Manufacturing Company. For many years he resided In Portland In active charge of the business but opened headquarters at Chicago last Spring, and since then has passed most of his time In that city In the inter est of the glass company. He Is also a member of the Arlington and Com mercial Clubs, and a captain In the Third Regiment. Oregon National Guard. Mr. Kerr has a daughter and two brothers residing in Portland. He has; been married twice previously. This first wife, Mrs. Amanda Kerr, now re sides in Portland. His second wife. Mrs. Albertlna Kerr, died 18 months ago in Portland of typfiold fever. Mrs. Kerr is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August F. Kalbus, of Chi cago, and la active as a church worker. Mr. and Mrs. Kerr are to make their homo in Chicago after June 1 at 63 East Elm street TRUSTIES MAKE ESCAPE Men Descend From Third Story of Asylum, Using Bedding as Rope. SALEM, Or., Feb. 20. (Special.) Junior Thompson and Jack Clark, two trusties detailed from the penitentiary to assist In. repainting the Interior of the . insane asylum, escaped yesterday from the third story of that institution. The get-a-way was effected by means of a rope improvised from bed ding secured from the sleeping apart ments of the asylum. Mrs. Dr. Tamlsle happened to see the escape from a distance, and saw the second man fall two stories when the cord broke. He got away, however, apparently unin jured, and the two are still at large. The escape was made possible through the lack of guards. Twenty-five paint ers were working in the building with but one man to look after them. Thompson and Clark were both five' year men, with the larger parts of their sentences yet to serve. Thompson was sentenced for resisting an officer and Clark was convicted of obtaining money on false pretences. 200 APPLY F0R ONE BABE Infaat Given Away by Parents Is Xow in Good pome. . Wanted, 200 babies! That fact was discovered yesterday after a story about baby to be given away by destitute parents had been published in The Oregonlan. The baby in question found a good home immediately, but Inquiries from people willing to adopt the baby I did not stop until late last night juiiB-uiBiu-nce cans xrom oaxem, xiooa River and elsewhere were also made. Among those who applied were rich, well-to-do and poor people. A saloon keeper's wife said that she had lots of money and asked If her husband's business would affect her claim. One woman, whose baby had died, would scarce be convinced that her applica tion was too late. One man from Duluth called and offered assistance, others offered rooms to the people and two Jobs of driving teams were offered to the father, who has been accustomed to office work. THREAT MET BY THREAT House Would Kill Appropriation Bill and So Would Senate. OREGOIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 20. Western Senators were informed today that a threat has been made by the House leaders to defeat tho legislative appropriation bill If the Senate insists upon retain ing in that bill the amendments making appropriation for the assay offices at Boise, Helena, Carson, Salt Lake and Deadwood. As the bill passed the House It abol ished all these offices, but the Senate restored the usual appropriation for them. When the threat of House lead ers was carried to the Senate, the counter threat was made by Senators Borah, Meyers and Smoot to kill the bill if the Senate amendment is re jected. NEW P0ST0FF1CE FAVORED Senate Committee Adds $1,000,000 for Portland to Omnibus Bill. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash. Ington. Feb. 20. (Special.) The Sen ate public building committee today tentatively adopted the amendment to the omnibus bill authorizing an ap propriation of $1,000,000 for the erec tion of a new postoffice building at Portland. The committee will meet tomorrow morning for final consid eration of the bill and as Senator Bourne Is a member of the committee it is altogether probable this amend ment will be retained intact. The Senate will agree to the bill as reported by the committee, but the House is expected td offer stubborn resistance to this big appropriation, especially as the House made no ap propriation whatever for Portland. ling. MILLION INVOLVED in COOS BAY DEAL English Syndicate Buys Kinney Holdings. INVESTMENTS JUST STARTED 3500 Acres, 1600 City Lots and Franchises Included. TRANSACTION IS FOR CASH IV. J. Wllsey, of Portland, Negoti ates for 30 British Capitalists. Railway Rights on Harbor and City Franchises Concerned. MARSH FIELD, Or., Feb. 20. (Spe cial.) W. J. Wilsey, with offices at 720 Selling building, Portland, today pur chased the holdings of Major L. D. Kinney in North Bend. The deal In volves over 11,000,000, and papers will be exchanged at the Lumbermen's Na tional Bank at Portland as soon as abstracts are prepared. Mr. Wilsey says he la operating for an English syndicate, and will Invest other millions In property on the Pa cific Coast, this purchase being but a starter. The transfer Includes the franchises of the Belt Line Railway and the Rapid Transit Company, 1300 acres of land on the peninsula adjoining Marsh -field and North Bend, 1000 acres on the lower bay and over 16,000 thousand lots, besides railway rights, which con sist of city franchises and War De partment permits, also included within the city limits are additional tracts, of 610 acres in one piece and 600 acres in another. All of the land is platted, and some tracts are Improved and streets being laid. The railroad franchises are consid ered very valuable, one being for a belt line calling for a right to build a road entirely around the bay on both sides from harbor entrance to harbor en trance. Mr. Wilsey says his syndicate In cludes SO English capitalists. The deal, he says, is for cash. He says that work on the construction of the belt lino road will be started as soon as possi ble and will be followed by construc tion of a rapid transit system. Major Kinney has had troublous times holding the property involved in this deal. Thero has been much liti gation over it, but clear title can be given when the debts are cleared, which will leave Major Kinney up wards of half a million. Mr. Wilsey will remain here for some time, looking over the ground with an eye to other purchases, he says. Mr. Wilsey returned to Portland a few weeks ago from London, whore he met and Interested the English capital ists In the Coos Bay project. He is en gaged in the lumber exporting business with offices in the Selling building. NEW WATERFALL FOUND Cascade 5V0 Feet High Exists in Wilds of Sierras. OROVILLE. Cal., Feb. 20. (Special.) An exploring party sent out by tho Orovllle Chamber of Commerce to verify reports of the existence of a. great waterfall In tho middle fork of the Feather River Canyon has returned with a report which completely verifies statements first made here by a party of Indians in that locality. The middle fork of the Feather River Is in one of the most unfrequented, rugged and Inaccessible portions of the Sierras. The falls which have been dis covered lie upon a tributary to tho main stream; they have a sheer drop of 500 feet and break Into a beautiful cascade, extending hundreds of yards. The falls He in the Bald Rock Can yon district, which was explored by white men a year ago for the first time, when two members of a United States Geological Survey, out of a party of 12, succeeded in passing through tho canyon, after, suffering untold hard ships and having been foroed to aban don all their equipment. The country is one of magnificent scenic beauty. The new falls are said to be superior to Bridal Veil Falls in the Yosemite. BIG SKYSCRAPER TO GO Columbus Memorial, 1 1 Stories) High, In Way of Progress. CHICAGO. Feb." 20. (Special.) The 14-story Columbus Memorial building, a skyscraper of the World'B Fair time and considered by architects one of the most conspicuous office buildings in America because of its ornamenta tion and general design. Is to be torn down because the corner of State and Washington streets has outgrown it The inarch of business In Chicago's great retail street demands that tho structure be brushed aside and a tow ering, more modem templo of com merce, representing an investment of 10,000,000, be raised In Its place. Julius Rosenwald. who paid J2.760.- 000 for the building and ground under It a year ago, has given his approval to the deal whicft htls brother, Morris Rosenwald, is engineering, which will result in the wrecking of the bund A