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mm TOiL. Mil NO. 16,304. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 25, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. V UK DARING FEAT 2 OUTWIT GOVERNOR Malarkey and Cochran Deposit Thirty Bills. HOUSE FOLLOWS WITH 53 MORE President of Senate Pries Open Chamber Window. DRASTIC MEANS FAVORED Vppcr Douse Authorizes Actions to Get Bills to Governor's Ofrice After Every Other Means Fall to Yield. J GOVERNOR LEAVES BEACH. 6EAFIDS, Or.. Feb. 24. (Special.) Governor West arrives! la Seaside 4 thla evening from his Summer home at Cannon Beach, After purchasing all the lata papers, ha repaired to I the depot and took the evening train i for Portland. The Governor refuaed to be Interviewed. He had apent t Saturday and Sunday In retirement A at the Elk Creak Motel, driving by auto to Seaside Sunday afternoon. Shut returning to hla house at Can non Beach In the evening Instead of going on to Astoria, which was t thought ha bad done. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or, Feb. 24. (Special.) Working; their way along a ledge of the capltol building, JO feet above ground. President Ma larkey. of the Senate, closely followed by Chief Clerk Cochran, holding 30 Senate bills in one hand and grasping any available hold by the other, today crept carefully to the window opening into the reception chamber of the Gov ernor. Here Mr. Malarkey pried open the window and both Senate officials en tered the silent, untenanted Executive chambers and deposited on the Gov ernors desk said score and ten mea sures ready for signature or veto. Thus the Senate outwitted the Governor to day. This rather startling move followed the adoption of a resolution by the Senate today In which the facts relat ing to the Governor's absence were set forth and the President and Chief Clerk of the Senate were authorized to force entrance to the Executive cham bers to file such Senate bills as have been passed. Oaly Six Vatea Coatrary. The resolution was adopted with but six votes against it. It was introduced by President Malarkey. who took the floor and fathered it through to pass age. It was a grim, determined band of Legislators who arrived at the Cap itol to continue in the work of the session. The Governor's unexplained movement in leaving the city and fall ing to return had wrought them up to the highest pitch and the tension was severe when the question of the reso lutlon arose. A similar resolution was introduced in the House by JjcArthur, but caused a little more debate than the Senate resolution by Malarkey. As a result, the Senate resolution was passed first and the duty of making entrance Into the Governor's or flee devolved on President Malarkey and Chief Clerk Cochran. The doors of the Governor's of fice were first tried by those dele gated to deliver the bills to the Ex ecutive. Both of them failed to yield. Overlooking the west facade of the building Is a window to the office. This was tried, but also failed to yield. Seeoad Window Yields. Malarkey stepped over he railing of the west porch and followed along a ledge which extends around the capltol building. The second window yielded and he entered the offices, followed by Cochran. This took them Into the reception room, but the door to the Executive's private office was opened and the bills were deposited on the Governor's desk. A key was secured and through the door some time later Chief Clerk Dra ger. with Representatives Porsstrom and Mitchell carried 63 House bills which have passed both houses. Chief Clerk Fitzgerald ,of the Ju diciary committee of the Senate, W. P. Lord, an attorney of Portland, and R. K. Smith, of Roseburg, were selected as guards to remain in the Executive offices and act as watchers over the fate of the bills until the Governor returns. This morning the Legislators began to dribble into the city and each was greeted with the statement that the Governor had not put in his appearance. When the larger body returned at I o'clock from Portland, lie was still missing. President Malarkey made several In effectual attempts to locate him. Miss Fern Hobbs, chief clerk of the Gover nor, had been left to hold the fort alone. She opened the offices this morn ing but she was as a sphinx on the bill question. Chief Clerk Cochran and Chief Clerk Drager, respectively of the Senate and the House, bombarded the Governor's citadel again put Mlas Hobbs merely smiled sweetly. Said she could not receive the bills and as a result they were not received. Neither of the clerks would act further until they had (Concluded on rage a.) WESTRETURNS.BUT NOT TO "EXPLAIN" GOTERXOR. AFTER GKUBBIXG STUMPS, TO TACKLE BILLS. "Do I Have to Get a License From Pot McArthur to Leave on Legal Holiday?" Asks Executive. "Do I have to get a license from Pat McArthur every time I want to close my office on a legal holiday and go out for a vacation?" was Governor West's reply last night to the query as to his motive In leaving Salem last Saturday. Governor West came quietly In from his place at Cannon Beach last night and left for Salem on the midnight electric. "I went down to my place to rest and to grub stumps was all there was to It," he said "And to -tell the truth. I was so glad to get away from that bunch at the Legislature that I could hardly tear myself away today to go back to Salem. When I get back I shall buckle down to those bills and take my time with them, giving them as careful con slderation as I can with regard to the welfare of the taxpayers. ' "Do I hold that my absence from the office prevents the legal presentation of the bills? I am not holding any thing. I see that some of. the legal authorities of the state are holdln that It does not and that today the At torney-General was ready to swear In Tom Kay In my absence. I suppose If they went to Tom Kay's office and found him out Saturday afternoon they would swear in the Janitor. 'I haven't given the Legislature thought and I don't Intend to let what ever they may do In the coming week affect me one way or the other In my consideration of the bills that are brought before me. "I may go away again tomorrow, If I choose to and if I do there will be none of the roughnecks around there breaking In my door to present bills at my office in my absence." MUCH PROSPERITY FOUND Railroad Men Say Central Oregon's Xeed Now Is Farmers. William McMurray, general passen ger agent, and Harvey E. Lounsbury general freight agent of the O.-W. R. & N. Co.. returned yesterday from tour of Central Oregon, Including an automobile trip from Bend to Prine- ville. "People In the Interior are optimis tic," said Mr. McMurray. "They are prospering with the presence there of the railroads as they never have prospered before and the future looks bright to them. But it will take time and lots of hard work to develop Cen tral Oregon. The country needs farm era and horny-handed workers not real estate speculators. The farmers ought to have offered to them some system of reasonable loans, so that they can Improve their land and make It of real value to themselves and to the state." Public improvements are in progress at Bend, Redmond and other interior cities and settlers are steadily drifting in to take up the vacant land. 'GOLDEN RULE' CHIEF MARK Charges Filed Against Fred Kohler, Head of Cleveland Police. i-Ltfc;v.L,AiL o Feb. Z4. After a conference here today between Mayor Baker and Fred Kohler, Chief of Po lice, the Mayor announced that charges have been filed with him against Kohler and that he has given the Chief until tomorrow to report on the charges. The charges allege misconduct, but no announcement was made of the exact nature of the allegations. Chief Kohler has gained nation-wide fame through his "golden rule" policy his advocacy of prison reforms and the fact that Colonel Roosevelt styled him the "best Chief in America." Mayor Baker has indicated that in case Kohler denies the charges, a pub He hearing will be held, in which case the Chief would be temporarily aus pended. MARSHALL REFUSES $4800 Vice-President-elect Will Xot Be Re imbursed by Indiana. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Feb. 24. Thomas R. Marshall, Vice-President elect, refused f 4S00 today. That amount was carried In the regular appropria tion bill to reimburse Mr. Marshall for money spent for house rent, light, heat and water during his four years as Governor of Indiana. The ex-Governor sa Id he did not believe the appropria tion constitutional, and sent word to the conference committee to strike out the $4800. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall will leave Wednesday for Washington, and he said he did not believe he would have the opportunity to appear personally before the committee, as he had not completed his Inaugural speech. TREASURE HUNTERS FAIL Parly Returns From Cocoa Island Without Pirates' Loot. PANAMA. Feb. 24. The treasure hunting party, led by Miss Genevieve Davis, of London, which has been searching In Cocoa Island for some months, arrived here today with a store of experiences, but without any pirate treasure. The party left Plymouth, England, In September last. Cocos Island lies about 550 miles southwest of Panama In the Pacific Ocean. They hoped to find there a hoard of Jewels and gold valued at ,100.000.000. TROOPS ARE TO TEXAS Taft Issues Additional Military Orders. ARMY WARNING TO MEXICO Officials Not to Relax Vigil ance Before March 4. 10,000 MEN ASSEMBLING Concentration Being Effected Rap- ' Idly Force to Be at Port Before Enough Ships to Transport Men Can Be Sent to Galveston. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. Military or. ders flew thick and fast today. In re demption of President Taft's promise to have an army of 10,000 men assem bled at Galveston, the most convenient port to Mexico, all equipped for for eign service and ready to execute any order that his successor might choose to issue upon the basis of the condi tions that will exist after March 4. These orders on the whole were sup plementary to those which began last week to flow from the War Depart ment and wera calculated to assure the assemblage of the second division of the reorganized Army at or In the neighborhood of Galveston. Mexico Farther Warned. The completion of the orders to move the entire second division Is intended as further warning to Mexico that there will be no departure from the established policy of preparedness In the remaining week of President Taft's administration. All plans for the possible sending of troops Into the republic to the south will continue to be carried out This course is Justified on the ground that any cessation In the closing days, or even hours, of the Taft administration might be seized upon by Mexican mal contents as an opportunity for a. strike at Americans, which could not be ade quately overcome should officials relax their vigilance. Major-General William H. Carter. who commands the Second Division, was ordered today from Chicago to Galveston. This will be the second time that this officer has had the honor of commanding a complete di vision of troopa within the limits of the State of Texas, the first having been In the mobilization of 1911. Troopa Now la Motion. The Fifth Brigade of this division Is moving under previous orders to Gal veston, as Is the Fourth Field Artillery, composed of mountain batteries. The order issued today will set In motion the Fourth Brigade, the Sixth Brigade and the Sixth Cavalry. Brigadier-General Frederick A. Smith commands the Fifth Brigade, previously ordered to (Concluded on Page 8.) UNCLE SAM MORE RUSHED I aV I tlm INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 48 degrees; minimum, 32 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northerly winds. Mexico. Governor Colquitt rushes troops to border. Page 2. Military regime growing In favor in Mexi co. Page 2. Ninety-five soldiers, loyal to Madero, are ' executed. Page 1. Ernesto Madero and party hoard Cuban .bat tteship. Page 2. Resolution Introduced In Texas Legislature demanding armed intervention. Page 2. Additional troops are rushed to Galveston. Page 2. Legislatures. Senatorial caucus decides to clean up cal endar and adjourn for five days. Page ! Senate votes to abolish office of District Attorney and create that of County At torney. Page 7. - Superior Court bill passes Senate. Page 6. Oregon Legislature outwits Governor by daring feat of two. Page 1. Oregon House gets busy and transacta much business In afternoon, rage e. Washington Governor vetoes big highway fund. bill, rage 7. Foreign. British authorities arrest Mrs. Pankhursf In connection with bomb explosion. Page 3. National. City sustained by Supreme Court In Fourth street case. Page 1-. Chamberlain says committee report does not mean Oregon nominations will he con firmed. Page 1. Wilson to call extra session of Congress for April 1. Page 7. "While House baby" of next Administra tion Is Wilson's grandnlece. Page ii. Wilson will decide on fate of old Oregon. Page 4. Domestic. Heavy rains soak Los Angeles. Page 1. Advance guard of suffragists arranges at Washington for reception, page i. - Stock distribution plan of TJnlon Pacific- Southern pacific merger assailed, page 3. Witness says Darrow was prejudiced agalns Juror if am. rage o. Sports. Interscholaatlc baseball and football sched ules for 1013 are made up. Page lt. Billy" Sullivan, veteran White Sox catcher, picks Athletics to win American League pennant. Pago 10. Jefferson High takes 1018 soccer champion ship, page 16. Fop" Anson. 60-year-old baseball hero, passes few days In Portland and talk on' baseball. Page 36. Henry Berry tells of Angels' chorts i.nd sees victory ahead. Page 18.- Commerclal and Marine. Northwest wheat offerings absorbed at full prices. Page IT. ' Reduction In visible supply gives wheat lift at Chicago. Page 17. Bear raid breaks stock prices In Wall street. page 17. E. R. Budd expected to become superintend ent of O.-W. R. water lines. Page IS. Captain of German bark Mlml complains of lack of courtesy on racinc nign seas. Page 13. Portland and Vicinity. Mazamas return from three-day trip to Ce- lilo and vicinity. Page 12. Produce dealers pay fines aggregating IS450. but association win not cease to exist. Page 11. Summer tourist ticket sales to be dally this year. Page 10. Members of outing party take early morn ing dip In cold water at Qearhart. Paga 10. 1" - - Gay L. Anderson appointed general manager of Sumpter valley Hallway, page 11. New British Consul due here March I Page 11. Governor West returns- to Salem. Page 1. Girls eat of food poisoned while family Is away. Page 4. Meteorological - summary and forecast. Page 13. WIDOW NOW LADY SCOTT King George Bestows Same Rank as If Husband Had Lived. LONDON, Feb. 24. The widow of Captain Robert F. Scott, the Antarctic explorer, henceforth will be known as Lady Scott. King George today bestowed on her "the same rank, style and precedence as if her husband had been nominated a Knight Commander of the Bath, as he would have been had he survived." AND HE EXPECTS ME TO BELIEVE THAT. ( WON'T 95 SOLDIERS ARE EXECUTED ATSUAZ Men Who Revolted Are Shot One at Time. ALL FRIENDLY TO MADERO Firing Squad Aims and Shoots 95 Separate Times. MAJORITY DIE BRAVELY More Than 50 of Garrison Escape Before Arrival of Strong Federal Detachment; Five Officers Are Sent to Prison at Juarez. EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 24. Ninety-five federal volunteer soldiers were ex ecuted late today at Suaz, below Juarez. They compose part of the gar rison which revolted yesterday,, an gered at the killing of ex-President Madero, their former leader. One at a time, advices received here state, the soldiers were stood against an adobe wall. Ninety-five times the firlnsr sound aimed and fired. Most of tho men are said to have displayed much courage, declining the execution mask. More than 50 of the garrison es caped before the arrival today of strong detachment of Federal regular troops from . Chihuahua city.. The rebels of a day had cut the Mexican Central Railway, which was repaired a few hours later. Five of the volun teer officers escaped death and will be sent, to Juarex. Alberta Madero Ref agree. ' Alberto Madero. uncle of the de posed President, is a refugee in th American consulate at Chihuahua city, says messages received here tonight. Madero Is a wealthy ranch owner. Aus reliano Gonzales, secretary ' of th state, the Mayor of the City and varl ous other state and city officials are In Jail with Governor Abraham Gon zales. Marcello Ca'raveo, . former Orozco rebel- General, with BOO men has marched from Chihuahua for the West. It Is reported that he has repudiated allegiance to the Huerta government and will follow General Antonio Rojas, who has entered Sonora. Gomes May Enter Cabinet. An attempt will be made to force Emilio Vasquez Gomez Into the Cabinet of General Huerta, It is reported here. In this way It Is expected to cause Gomez to withdraw his Presidential claims. Gomez Is with the rebel army below the. New Mexico border. He ap pointed his provisional Cabinet some time before Huerta was named Presi dent at Mexico City. Manuel Garza Aldape, . appointed Minister of Agriculture in Huerta's Cabinet, has agreed to refuse the posi- (Concluded on Page 4.) 5.20INCHESOFRAIN SOAKS LOS ANGELES PROPERTY -SUFFERS AND LIVES ENDANGERED BY DELUGE. Oity Becomes Like Great Lake and Honses Collapse Canoes Fly in Streets Rivers Are Swollen. , LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24. The heavl est rainfall in the history of Los Ange les, bringing with It extreme discom fort, much damage and considerable danger In some quarters, visited this city and vicinity last night and today, causing a precipitation which at S o'clock today totalled S.20 Inches for the storm and made 10.15 Inches for the season. It was raining at that hour, which was the latest period at which the weather bureau's figures were available. It was. estimated that fully 50,000 workers were late today at their places of employment, which they reached only after hours of weary waiting In the rain for trains, which In the ma jority of cases afforded only strap hanging space. Their return home to night was as tiresome and uncertain. Many streets were so full of water that streetcars could not cross them and passengers commandeered passing vehicles for transportation over the deepest waters. Boys amused themselves in some sec tions of the city by canoeing in the streets. The residents Bwoke today to find their houses flooded with water. The foundations of several houses collapsed under the force of the rushing waters and women occupants were rescued by the police. The lake In Echo Park overflowed into Lake Shore Drive, ending tem porarily all electric car traffic between Los Angeles and Glendale, Edendale, Troplco and Burbank. " The Los Angeles River, often the butt of Jokes on account of Its being little more than a river bed most of the time, became a torrent, threaten ing the destruction of viaducts and bridges and delaying the departure and arrival of steam trains. The San Gabriel River also, which passes Los Angeles a few miles to the south, was reported as having over floyed its banks and become such a menace to railroad travel that special watchmen had been placed at several bridges which spanned it. Telephone and telegraph service was greatly Impaired throughout this sec tion. USHER IS HEIR TO WEALTH Spokane Lad, Grandson of English Lord, SUU Hold to Job. SPOKANE, Wash.. Feb. 24. (Spe clal.) Sudden ascension from the post tion of theater usher to one of at fluence has been the experience of Melvin Earl Hatfield, aged 19. an em ploye of the Arcade Motion-Picture House. Within a week or two "Earl," as he Is known to his employer, Solomon Levi, and his companions, will leave for England to claim a legacy won for him from the estate of hla grand father, Lord John Hatfield, after much litigation. In tho meantime Hatfield remains on the Job, showing patrons of the theater to their seats as usual, and expects to continue so to do until a successor to his position Is found. In spite of the fact that transportation and sufficient money for hla mother, younger brother, sister ana nimseu across the ocean waits for him at a Vancouver, B. C. bank. Hatfield had known of his victory that brings him a fortune totaling between $250,000 and J300.000 for sev eral days before even mentioning It to hla closest friends. BRIBERY IS CONFESSED Police Captain Walsh Admits Part In Graft Business. NEW -YORK, Feb. 24. Police Cap tain Thomas W. Walsh, Implicated by Policeman Eugene Fox. self confessed collector of "protection money," who later confessed having received graft money from Fox, pleaded guilty today to the Indictment against him charg ing bribery. Ball was fixed at J1000 and sentence deferred at the request of District Attorney Whitman, to whom Walsh confessed his part in the alleged system of levying tribute from disorderly houses. Inspector Sweeney, who since his In dictment on charges of bribery has been reduced In rank to captain, plead ed not guilty today, his attorney charging that perjury had been com mitted In obtaining the Indictments. Ashley Shea, who Is alleged to have paid $50 a week for protection for a "poolroom" in former Inspector Swee ney's district, was Indicted today on a charge of bribery. He entered a plea of not guilty and was .remanded to the Tombs for arraignment on Wednesday. MILTANT WOMEN TARGET London Leader Opens War on Destruc tive Suffragettes. LONDON. Feb. 24. John Burns, pres ident of the local government board, who has Just begun a speech-making campaign In behalf of the progressive candidates for the London County Council, has declared war against the militant suffragettes. "In the course of the next ten days," he announced tonight, addressing a meeting from which several suffragette disturbers were summarily ejected. "I am going to do my best to break down this tyranny of organized blackguard Ism. It Is In the Interests of the peo ple and democracy that this despotism that has desecrated the cause of women and put back thctr- movement many years be terminated at once." ' FILLING OF OREGON T! Nominations May Fail, Says Chamberlain. CAUCUS RULE STILL HOLDS Commitee's Favorable Report Is Only to Clear Calendar. SENATOR GIVES POSITION Democrats in Control and Belief Is Expressed That Few if Any ot Vacancies Will Be Filled at Present Session. ( OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Feb. 24. "It is not et all likely. In my opinion, that any Oregon nomina tions now pending before the Senate can be confirmed," said Senator Cham berlain today. "The Democratic caucus decreed against the confirmation of any civilian appointments made this vi sion by President Taft and so far a a I know there has .been and will he no change in the Democratic position. "Several Senate committees, however, are anxious to clear their calendars of nominations before them, and I have given my consent that favorable re ports be made on all Oregon nomi nations except those of three post masters, F. B. South wick, Salem; Wil liam M. Brown, Lebanon, and John F. Miller, Jacksonville. I object to Soutli wlck because his appointment was de layed three years beyond tho time when the term of the Incumbent expired and charges have been filed against Brown and Miller, which seem to Justify hold ing them up. Report Only Approved. "I consented to a favorable report being made on all other nominations, including Thomas McCusker, post master at Portland, but with tho res ervation that while I am willing these nominations should be reported, I do not give my consent to their confirma tion. "If the situation In the Senate should change and an agreement be readied by which a part of President Taft's ap pointments would be brought up for confirmation I probably would object In some cases where I have not objected to favorable reports by com mittees." Senator Chamberlain said further that he had given his consent to fa vorable reports on the nominations of the entire Williams slate, with the three exceptions named, and today a favorable report was made on Marshal Klrkpatrlck. Favorablo reports will also be made on Collector Burgard, Surveyor-General Keyt, all local land of ficers and other minor officials nomi nated since December 1. .. These favorable reports, however, mean nothing so long as Democrats re fusa to make any concessions' to Re publicans, for the minority has full power, at this late day when the legis lative calendar is congested, to hold up any or all nominations and unless the bars are let down there will be no con firmation. If, in the closing hours of the ses sion, some nominations are confirmed, McCusker, as Postmaster of Portland, is almost sure to go through, at the personal request of Senator Bourne, and possibly other Postmasters unob jected to by Senator Chamberlain, but there is little prospect for Collector of Customs or Marshal at Portland, as Senator Chamberlain is disposed to ob ject to their confirmation because of the delay In making those appoint ments. So long as the Democratic caucus stands pat. Senator Chamberlain will acquiesce In Its programme. If the caucus decides to show leniency toward the close of the session. Senator Cham berlain will have absolute power to suy which Oregon nominations shall he confirmed and which shall be rejected. GOLD BRICKSG0 BY MAIL Parcel Post Found Economical Way of Shipping Precious Metal. BAKER, Or., Feb. 24. (Special.) To ship real gold bricks by parcel post s the novel Idea now being put Into effect by the Union Companion mine at Cornucopia, this county. The ml no has been running for some time but recently changed hands and the new management Is using the United States mall to carry Its output The bricks are securely wrapped. taken to the Postofflce, whore they are Insured and mailed to the company's headquarters In Walla Walla. The mining company finds this method cheaper and Just as satisfactory as shipping by express. SAVE "OREGON" IS APPEAL Legislature Memorializes Congress to Preserve Historic Man-o'-War. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or- Feb. 24. (Special.) Hagard, of Multnomah, this afternoon introduced his Joint me morial In the House, petitioning Con gress to save the historic battleship Oregon. It was tho first business taken up at this week's session. The memorial was adopted by unani mous vote. It was put through under suspension of the rules. ifiOTDEFI ITE