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ill PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LIU XO. 16,305. V CABINET COMPLETE 2E Bryan Slated for Port folio of State. GGETHALS WILL HAVE PLACE Burleson, of Texas, Will Postmaster-General. Be ANNOUNCEMENT IS NEAR Joseplius Daniels and . William G MeAdoo Join Circle, as Secre taries of Navjr and Treas ury, Respectively. KAMGS OF MKN CERT ATX TO BE aLEMBKRS OF WILSON CABINET. Ec rotary of State William J. Bryan, of Nebraska. Secretary of the Treasury William G. MeAdoo, of New York. v Postmaster-General Albert S. Burle son, of Texas. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, of North Carolina. WASHINGTON. Feb. 25. It was said positively tonight In high congres sional quarters closely Identified with the Incoming administration of Presi dent Wilson that the following Cabinet appointments had been determined upon definitely: Secretary of State, William J. Bryan, of Nebraska. Secretary of the Treasury, William G. MeAdoo, of New York. Postmaster-General, Albert S. Burle son, of Texas. Secretary, of the Navy, Joscphus Daniels, of North Carolina. Tw Places Still I'mdeternilaed. The foregoing names and positions are said to have advanced entirely be yond the stage of conjecture or gossip and become finalities in the forthcom ing Cabinet list. Other places in the Cabinet are said to be reasonably set-J tied, with the exception of the port folios of War and Agriculture. The name of A. Mitchell Palmer, of Pennsylvania, which has been men tioned prominently in connection with the Attorney-Generalship, now Is elimi nated. It appears that a Cabinet position was tendered to Mr. Palmer and declined, the expectation being that he would remain In the House of Representatives to be in a sense the personal repre sentative of Mr. Wilson in the Im portant legislation about to be formu lated. I'm I m e-r tm Head Caea. This plan was carried into partial execution late today when the an nouncement of Representative Burle son that he would resign the position of chairman of the Democratic House caucus at an early date was coupled with the announcement by House lead ers that Mr. Palmer mould succeed as chairman of the caucus. Other names which have been promi nently mentioned for the Attorney Generalship, but which now are elimi nated from this or otber Cabinet port folios, are Chancellor Walker of New Jersey end Representative Henry, of Texas. Chancellor Walker was highly regarded, and It is probably due to his own wishes that his name no longer Is considered. The selection of Rep resentative Burleson of Texas for the Postmaster-Generalship had the nat ural effect of eliminating Mr. Henry's name from further consideration, he being also from Texas. Goetbala Strongly Considered. Information from other sources gave assurances that Colonel George W. Goeth&ls, chief engineer and chairman of the Panama Canal Commission, is under consideration for Secretary of War. Some close friends of the Incom ing Administration have felt that a lawyer should be chosen as head of the War Department, in view of the legal questions Involved relating to the Panama Canal, the Philippines and other important matters, and they point to the line of lawyers who have headed the department, such as Root, Taft. Dickinson and Stimson. Colonel Goe thals' familiarity with the Panama Canal gives him prominence In consld eratlon for this portfolio. MeAdoo Noted Baaiaesa Man. Mr. MeAdoo, In the recent campaign, was a prominent llgure and was in charge of the Democratic forces much of the time when National Chairman McCombs was ill. He has been asso ciated with some of the foremost busi ness operations In American history, including the building of the so-called MeAdoo system of tunnels under the Hudson River in New York. Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh, . C, long has been Democratic National committeeman from his state. He Is the editor of the Raleigh News and Ob server. In the last Cleveland Admin istration Mr. Daniels was in Washing ton as chief clerk and appointment clerk of the Interior Department un ier Secretary Hoke Smith, now Sena tor from Georgia. Representative Burleson, of Austin, Tex., has served nearly 15 -years in Congress, having been elected first to the Fifty-sixth Congress, and he was WITH (CEPTIONS (Concluded on Face 2.) MRS. BOURNE TO SUE FOR DIVORCE? SENATOR'S', WTFE LEAVES WASH INGTON FOR PORTLAND. Coople Known to Have Been laving Apart for Some Time No Pa pers Filed in Oregon. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Feb. 25. It Is widely reported here tonight that Mrs. Bourne has filed divorce proceedings in Oregon agal Senator Bourne. Inquiry at Stonelelgh Court, where Mrs. Bourne made her home while in Washington, brought information' night that Mrs. Bourne had given to up her apartment yesterday and had left for Portland. Senator Bourne, when shown a tele gram stating that his wife had lnstl tuted divorce proceedings against hi at Portland. saM ha had heard nothlr m g of it and added that he was lnclln ned to question the authenticity of th rumor. He thou eh t he would be axl vised If such proceedings were started. He aM he did not know where Mrs Bourne was. and, if she had started for Portland be was not aware of that fact. Kenatnr Bourne added that a man private affairs are his own and he did not care to discuss this matter for publication. It hu been commonly known in Wsjihineton for some time that Sen ator and Mrs. Bourne have not been living together, though both resided at Stonelelgh Court. For more than i year Mrs. Bourne has occupied apart m.nt, nf tir Awn entirely serarai tmm thnq. nrriinied bv her husband and in Washington society their sep aration has long been commented upon So far as The Oregonlan Is able to ascertain no divorce proceedings have been started against Senator Bourne. Frederick V. Holraan, who Is regarded as Senator Bourne's closest personal adviser In Oregon and is his attorney. and is besides a friend and counselor of Mrs. Bourne, said last night that no action for divorce had been begun and no papers prepared. He was positive that If divorce proceedings were to be Instituted, he would be fully informed. RED TAPE RUMOR DENIED Refund of Vehicle Tax raid Under Inoperative Law to Bo Easy. Expressmen and others who are en titled to a refund of money paid under the vehicle license ordinance, which was enacted in 1908, are being told by professional collectors that It will be a matter of much red tape and trouble for them to recover their share of the $40,000 that was paid Into the city treasury under the ordinance before the courts pronounced it inoperative. The collectors are offering to recover the money so paid for a commission of 50 per cent. Auditor Barbur says that this ia all wrong. He declares that it will be simply a matter of claimants present ing their claims, and the ctly will make prompt payment. All that Is necessary is to call at the Auditor's office in the City Hall and file the claim. If the claimant has lost the license for which fees were paid under the ordinance, the Auditor will take the name of the claimant, refer to the books for the amount that be has paid and prepare bis claim for proper presentation. TAX PAYMENTS $740,620 Banks and Larger Corporations Take Advantage of Rebate. ' At 5 o'clock last night Sheriff Word announced that tax collections to date total $704. (20.09. Reeclpts to the num ber of 9369 have been Issued. At the corresponding; time last year the col lections were nearly $100,000 less, show lng that taxpayers are being educate? to avail themselves of the 3 per cent rebate which applies up to and in eluding March 15. After the first Monday in April pen alty and Interest will be added unless at least half the amount due Is paid, in which event payment of the balance may be deferred six months without the Imposition of penalty. Mary of the banks and larger corporations are availing themselves of the rebate privi lege." WATCH FOR CASTRO URGED Venezuelan Charge Asks Cuba to Keep Tip Strict Surveillance. HAVANA, Feb. 25. The Venesuelan Charge, accompanied, by the Colombian Charge, visited the State Department today and requested that Cipriano Castro be placed under strict watch when he lands on Cuban soil tomorrow morning. Castor will receive a hearty welcome to Havana. Launches will escort him ashore and he will participate In a tri umphal ride through the city. A ban quet will be given in his honor. In which the Mayor will participate. GREAT SEAL IDENTIFIED 3Iost Valuable Confederate Relic Is Held to Be Genuine. RICHMOND, Va.. Feb. 26. A cable gram from London announced tonight that the English maker positively had identified the great seal of the South ern Confederacy, purchased last year by Richmond men and sent abroad for the purpose of establishing Its authen ticity. The seal Is Tcgarded as the most val uable Confederate relia . MADERO S BROTHER IS REPORTED KILLED Emilio Is Overtaken North of Monterey. COUNTER UPRISING PLANNED Second Brother, Raoul, Active in State of Coahuila. PEACE STILL HELD REMOTE Zapatistas, Their Demand for Ad mission to Army Refused, Re sume Burning and Raiding in Southern Districts. MEXICO CITY, Feb. 25. Emilio Ma dero, a brother of the late ex-President Madero, has been shot and killed north of Monterey, according to reliable in formation received here. With an escort of 35 men Madero, it is said, was attempting to Join the rebels holding Laredo when he was overtaken by troops sent by General Trevlno. The reports do not indicate whether Madero was killed in action or was executed. ' The shooting of Madero took place between Vllladama and Bastamente. Counter Revolution Started. As the rebel leader in the Laredo district. Geronimo Vlllareal, Is a par tisan of Trevlno. the government ex pects that the trouble in that vicinity soon will be adjusted. Emilio Madero, in conjunction with his brother, Raoul, began a counter revolution at San Pedro, in the State of Coahuila, a few days ago, in the expectation of uniting the rebels about Saltlllo with those in Laredo district. Hope for immediate peace in Mexico is slight. Rebel activity in the north has increased and the government's ef. forts to enter into arrangements with the Zapatistas appear to have failed. Border Is Again Cut Off. Whether the rebels, whose center Is the State of Coahuila, have Increased numerically Is not generally known, but they have so conducted their operations already that communication with the frontier has been stopped, that region between Laredo and San Luis Potosl being virtually Isolated. In the south the Zapatistas continue burning and raiding, and an attack on a military train between Ozumba and Mexico City leaves little doubt as to their attitude toward the new admin istration. The attack was of the or dinary ambush type. The train was stopped by a burned-out bridge, and (Concluded on Page 6.) I HAUEY6t t " a-' 1 -r ' i 7g&a s t ' - ' 1 -' ' Y INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temuerature, 44 degrees; minimum, tly degrees. TODAY'S Rain or snow; winds becoming southeasterly. Mexico. Major-General Carter leaves to command troops on border. Page 6. Madera's brother reported killed. Page 1. Administration at Washington finds out look in Mexico much more hopeful. Page 5. Legislatures. House and Senate override West's veto on appropriation bill. Page 1. Governor Lister's veto of highway bill sus- . talned. Page 6. West swings veto ax as first move on return to Salom. Page 6. National. Cabinet almost complete; Bryan to be Sec retary of State. Page 1. Domestic Rumor In Washington Is tbat Mrs. Bourne is suing Senator Bourne for divorce. Page 1. Wilson warns New Jersew Assemblymen that he will stay in fight for reformat Page Suffragist hikers call on Cardinal Gibbons. Page 3. Dr. Frtedmann arrivea in New York and says tuberculosis remedy will be given to world. . Page 3. New York committee disregards question as to competency of Harry K. Thaw as witness. Page S. Harrtman unmerglng is again blocked. Page 1. Sport. Bud Anderson and "Knockout" Brown to fight 20 rounds on Marco. IB. Page 8. McCredie signs Berry while Nick Williams is figuring. Page 0. Three famous ex-managers of Chicago White Sox meet in Portland. Page 8. Captain McCan buys Forest Grove track and will stage race meets. Page 8. Annual dog show to be held in Bungalow Theater.- Page 8. Pacific Northwest. Oregon Supreme Court modifies decision in Oregon Trust A Savings Bank Case. Page T. Portland men testify In Seattle phone mer ger case. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. California orders for wheat are increasing. Page 10. Slump In speculative coffee, market la checked. Page 19. Water-front building proposed as home for Pock and Port Commissions, page 19. Portland and Vicinity. Thirty women arrested In raid on North End houses. Page 12. Railroad Y. M. C. A. building for Portland advocated at association's annual ban quet and meeting. Page 18. Grocers promise to aid housewives in fight on high cost of living. Page 14. Portland civic bodies start move to bring historic "Old Oregon" to local harbor. Page 12. Meterologlcal summary and forecast. Page 4. Revised charter draft goes op to Council. Pago 4. "Bankers In Burnt Cork" Is popular enter tainment. Page 4. SALARY ADJUSTERS NAMED Acting Mayor Appoints Committee to Revise City Employes' Pay. Acting Mayor Baker yesterday an nounced the appointment of the com mittee to revise the salaries of city employes, in accordance with a resolu tion recently adopted by the Council. Councilman Watklns is chairman, the other members of the committee being Councllmen Wallace. Monks, Langford and Menefee. The committee will meet subject to the call of Chairman Wat kins. Employes who consider that they are entitled to hlgner salaries will present their claims to the committee, which will make a thorough survey of the subject to which it has been 'as signed, to the end that an equitable salary schedule may be recommended for adoption to the Council. HE WAS ONLY PLAYING HORSE Lr. r cram says "PLOT" IS BLOCKED Harriman Unmerging Is Made Improbable. UNION PACIFIC SCHEME SEEN Road Would Own Southern, Is Commissioner's View. .STOCK HAMMERED DOWN Attorney for Gonld Koad Says That Decision Blazes True Line on .Which Competition Problem Will Be Solved. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25. The giv ing out of a supplementary opinion elaborating the Teasons of the Cali fornia Railroad Commission for upset ting the plans for dissolving the Union Pacific-Southern Pacific merger, and a statement by one of the Commissioners, Max Thelen. that the "plans by which the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads had Intended to dissolve co partnership were so excellently pre pared that they. would have left the Union Pacific Railroad in complete control," were developments in the merger case today. From his home in Stockton, Commis sioner Thelen Issued a statement, say lng: "I have no doubt that the Union Pa cific Intended to gobble up the South em Pacific and It would have been en abled. to do so under the decision of the Attorney-General had not the State Railroad Commission of California taken the action It did last night. Stock "Hammered Down." "The evidence adduced at the hear ing In San Francisco showed that every effort was made to weaken the Southern Pacific Railroad, so that It could have been nothing but a servant of the greater Union Pacific. The Southern Pacific stock in New York was hammered down to a low rate, so tbat the- stockholders in that corpora tion, would become frightened, where upon the Union Pacific, through its purchasing syndicate, would have be come the actual owners of the South ern Pacific. "In granting the request for dissolu tion under the plans of the Attorney General,' the Railroad Commission has Imposed conditions which will prac tically make the dissolution as pro posed impossible." Attention to the supplemental find ing of the commission was first drawn (Concluded on Page 3.) i 1 rj t I CITY OF PORTLAND BUYS OWN BONDS PURCHASE MADE WITH MONEY TV STREET FUND. Amount Involved $310,486, and Municipality Will Clear $9000 In Year, Say Officials. The City of Portland yesterday bought J310.486.23 worth of its own street improvement bonds and will pay for them out of the street Improve ment bond sinking fund. There were a number of bids for blocks of the bonds, the highest being that of J. W. Cruthers, who offered to pay a premium of $4.06 over and above par value and accrued Interest for 115,000 worth. Ladd & Tllton wanted to buy to the extent of (201.500 at a premium of $3.80, and other bids showed that capitalists consider the-bonds a first-class Invest ment. However, all the bids were rejected, for the reason that the city could make money by becoming Us own creditor. The bonds draw 6 per cent Interest, while the money with which the city buys them from itself is drawing but Z per cent on deposit in the banks. While the city pays itself no premium on the bonds, the difference in interest received on the money In vested In them and that which would be received on It were it allowed to remain in the banks, together 'with a premium of $2.50 at the end of a year, if the city chooses to sell the bonds to private capital at that time, will be ap. proximately $9000, say officials. Auditor Barbur is Informed that the 001.-3 should bring a premium of $2.50 at any time. 1941 VOTERS REGISTERED Of Total 1630 Are Women, but Men Number Only 311 to Pate. Since the registration books opened February 15 at the Courthouse 1914 voters, 1630 women and 311 men, have enrolled as voters. These figures are inclusive at closing time yesterday aft ernoon and do not Include changes of address. The women have given party affilia tions as follows: Republicans. 919; Democrats, 401; Progressives, 118; Pro hibitionists, 85; Socialists, 46; Inde pendents, 01. The men registered as follows: Re publicans, 182; Democrats, 75; Pro gressives, 24; Prohibitionists, 3; So cialists, 14; Independents, 13. This makes the total strength of the parties as follows, both sexes In cluded: Republicans, 1101; Democrats, 476; Progressives, 142; Prohibitionists, 88; Socialists, 60; Independents, 74. SNOW FALLS IN PORTLAND Heights Covered to Appreciable Depth, but Wind Absent. Gently at first and then In larger flakes, snow began to fall last night on the heights suroundlng the city. A conductor on one of the Portland Heights cars first noticed the return of Winter near the end of the Council Crest line about 8:30 o'clock. Soon afterwards snow began falling on Kings Heights, Arlington Heights, Blytheswood and the surrounding neighborhood. Within an hour there was quite an appreciable depth on the upper heights, and by midnight the lower portions were well covered. Absence of wind prevented drifting, and the weather prophets do not hold out any pros pects of it continuing for any length of time. BRYAN URGES SACRIFICE Better No Senator Than Short Term, Commoner Tells Hlinolsans. CHICAGO, Feb. 25. M telegram from William J. Bryan to (Aovernor Dunne made public today calling on the Demo crats of Illinois to srcriflce both Sena- torships rather thn to accept the short-term only. Is Relieved by members of the Legislature to have made Im possible the termination of the dead lock through a Sherman-Lewis deal. This is the messago from Colonel Bryan : "Papers report the Republicans de mand the long term, as the only con dition on which they will co-operate. I think it would be a serious mistake to agree to that. The Democrats are entitled to the long term. Better al low the regular Republicans to com bine with the Progressives than that." MARBURY WILSON'S CHOICE Candidacy for Senator From Mary land Is Announced. BALTIMORE, Md., Feb. 26. Declar ing that he enters the race at the so licitation of President-elect Wilson, William I Marbury of this city, an nounces his candidacy tonight for the long term United States Senatorshlp in succession to John Walter Smith. Senator Smith already has announced his desire to succeed himself and Isaac Loeb Strauss, former State Attorney General Is another candidate for the post. The selection will be mae by tho primary method next Fall. NEW BUILDING WILL RISE Plans Filed for Wilcox Structure to Cost $375,000. Plans were filed yesterday with the Olrv Rulldlne- Department for the 12- story building which T. B. Wilcox will erect at the southeast corner of West I Park and Washington streets. The structure which will be known as IQB puyBllJO'lia UUUUU15, will UtT Ul Ulfl most modern type throughout. Its con- Itemplated cost Is. $376,000, APPROPRIATION BILL VETO IS OVERRIDDEN Governor Fares Badly in Test of Strength. EVASIVE MESSAGE RESENTED Executive's Sincerity Doubted and Rebuke Administered. OVER MILLION INVOLVED Honse and Senate Overwhelmingly Pass Measure Over West's Head, Indicating What Will Happen to Others Yet to Come. LEGISLATURE MAY ADJOCKN TODAY TO REMAIN OCT OF SESSION JIVE DAYS. STATE CAPITOl., Salom. Or., Feb, 13. (Special.) From appearances tonight the Legislature will adjourn tomorrow for five days, which will bring the Legislators back here probably next Monday. The calen dar In both bodies probably will be finally cleaned up early some time tomorrow ana the main reason for sitting longer would be only to act on the reports of conference committees. The House wilt finish . Its calendar late tonight or early tomorrow morn ing. On a few of the bills the two houses seem to be near a deadlock and It may take a little time to go over these reports and reach some compromise hlva may be satisfac tory all around. Some of tho mem bers predict that adjournment may bo taken by noon tomorrow, while others ssy the session will hold over until evening. Still others sue a pos sibility of remaining until Thurs day, but this is remote. HapUl-flre work was done on bills In both houses today and business Is being expedited. STATE CAPITOL Salein. Or., Feb. 5.. (Special.) In the flrt real tourney at arms. Governor West was decidedly worsted by ths Legislature today. Vetoing the general appropriation bill, carrying considerably over $1,000. 000 and representing practically the conduct of the main branches of the state government, he hurled it back at the Legislature with an evasive veto message which carried no specific rea son why he should apply such a veto. The bill was first sent back to the House, from which it came, and by an overwhelming vote tho members re fused to sustain him. Coming into the Senate, the Governor could muster but seven votes In his favor. Sincerity of Veto Doubted. This Is taken as a good criterion of what will happen when he endeavors to veto other Important bills of a similar nature, which rumor has had he would veto. Carson, Neuner, Thompson, Malarkey and others in the Senate took a de cided stand against the Governor's at titude in respect to this bill. "The way and the time that this message comes to us causes me to doubt the sincerity of it," was the man ner in which President Malarkey of the Senate expressed himself when he was explaining his vote to override the veto of the Governor. "I wish to say, like other Senators have stated," he continued, "that when the Governor sent to this Senate a message warning us to strike out or amend a clause In the good ronds coun ty bonding bill, that he would veto the bill unless such a clause was stricken out or amended, he did not express him self in general terms, as he has done in his message relative to this gen eral appropriation bill. Measeare Ia Held Evasive. "He could have Issued the sai.ie warning as to this bill, and I have lit tle doubt that tho Senators would huva stricken out the objectionable features. But he did not do it and has forwarded to the Legislature an evasive message which points out no specific objections to the bill, nor sheds light to us on why we should sustain his veto. We considered this bill in a committee uf the whole, and every Senator had am ple opportunity to express his rejec tions. Senator Dlmlck did object to many provisions of the bill and the Senate decided the provisions should remain." In the House the debate also was heated over the appropriation bill. Braltk , I'mea Passage. Smith, of Klamath, said that It has been ths custom for years to include all the salary and other Items In a sin gle bill. He thought it should pass. Carkin asked if the Governor ob jected to any speciflo item. Hagood asked If certain Items were not in eluded which were not In the same bill last year. Smith said only one, that of the forestry appropriation, this being $75,000. Parsons said the Governor had been interviewed on the forestry item and was In favor of it Abbott, chairman of the ways and means committee, de clared that the bill was submitted just as In this year. Speaker McArthur asked Abbott if It would not be neces sary for the state to borrow nioncy on which to ' operate the state for two years, in case the. veto were sustained. Abbott said It would. Reames took the floor and defendcJ the Governor's veto, saying the veto, in his opinion, was directed against the general scheme of lump kppropriatlon.i. Carkin created a sensation when lie (Concluded on Page 4. t