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PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LIII NO. 16,346. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY. STANDARD OIL SUED FOR $100,000,000 Texas Alleges Violation Anti-Trust Law. PENALTY NOT DAMAGE ASKED "Trust" Still Exists State's Al legations in- Complaint. JOHN D. SERVED ON LINKS Failure or Arrhbold to Product Cor tain Book and Tcstiry May He unit in Seizure and Sale of Trxn Properties. NEW TORK. April 14. With the sirring of a subpena on John D. Arch hold today It waa learned that the Stat of Texas haa begun a ault against Standard Oil interest to recover ap proximately 1100.000.000 for alleged violation of the anti-trust statutes of that state. Substance of the alienations of the Attorney-General of Texts la that the Standard Oil companies of New York. New Jersey. Kentucky. Ohio and Indi ana practically are under one control. In short. It Is set forth that the "Stand ard, Oil trust" still exists and operates the Magnolia, retroleura Company as Ita Texas branch. Offlena Are Served. Mr. Arch bold, who Is president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, was served by Richard G. Maury, Criminal District Attorney of Houston, Tex., with a speclsl commission from the Attorney-Orneral of his state to resch non-resident defendanta In the suit. Mr. Maury has been here a week. It was learned today that he served John I. Rockefeller on the Lakewood a-olf links and H. C. Folder. Jr.. presi dent of the Standard Oil Company of! New York: Samuel O. Borne, president of the Seaboard National Bank: How ard Bayns vice-president of the Co lumbia Knickerbocker Trust Company: Charles W. Karknes and Lewis Cass Led yard. Hooka t Br Draiadri. These and other defendants. Includ Ins the Corslclans Petroleum Company. a branch of the Magnolia Petroleum Company, are sued in amounts ranging from IS.150.000 to ISOO.OOO. Mr. Rocke feller, Mr. Archbold. the Standard Oil Companlea of New York and New Jer sey and the Corslcana concern are imnnc the defendants in actions for the first named amount. The suit Is declared to be the out come of disclosures made at the hear ings on the Waters-Pierce Oil Company litigation In tbls city a few months sgo. The action Is not for damages. but for penalties for alleged Infringe ment of Texas laws. Mr. Maury ssld today that Messrs Archbold and Folger would be directed to produce certain books and papers and to testify. In default of which the Magnolia concern's Interests would be sold for the benefit of the state. CARL HAGENBECK IS DEAD Noted Animal Collector Succumb at Hamburg, Ocrntnny. HVSfUCRO. April 15. Carl llapen beck, the animal collector and senior partner of the Handels menarerle and Tlerpark at Stelllngxon. near Hamburg, died here today. Carl Hugenbeck w born In 1S44. His father, who had commenced the animal business In 144 with a few- seals and a Polar bear, brought to Hamburg by a whaler, transferred the business to Mm when he wa 21 years of age. In 175 he begun to exhibit a collection of the representative anl mals of many countries, accompanied ty troupea of natives throughout K.urope. The French government In tsui awarded him the diploma of the A-ademy. Several sovereigns bestowed deroratlons on him. ROALD AMUNDSEN IS LOST Chamber of Commerce of Spokane Walt in Vain Tor Explorer. SPOKANE. Wash.. April 14. (Spe cial.) Loet In Spokane. Captain Roald Amundsen, discoverer of the southern extremity of the earth. In sller.ee ISO members of the Cham ber of Commerce, who lunched at the Hall of the Doges today In anticipation of meeting Captain Amundsen, listened to the apo:ogetlc announcement at 1 o'clock that the committee had failed to locate the guest of honor. Although the Invitation of the mem bership club had been formally ac cepted by the Antarctic explorer, as surance was given the committee this morning by his manager that he would be present at It o'clock. Captain Amundsen did net appear. Freight Tartff.e Suspended. OREGON I AN NEWS PUREAC. Wash ington. April 14. The Interstate Com merce Commission suspended until April SO certain Items In the Oregon Washington Railroad Navigation Com pany tariff which propose to cancel the through Joint rates now In effect In Oregon. Washington and Idaho, routed via Walluia, on the Northern Pacific and Eastern connections to Chicago, New 'ork and Boston. REPUBLICANS NOW PLAN TO 'GET EVEN' MOVE TO HOLD VP wn.so:"s APPOINTMENTS STARTED. Senator Townsend Would Make Democrat Confirm Taft'a Nomi nations of Qualified Men. WASHINGTON. April U. A confer ence of Republican Senators haa beei called for tomorrow morning to con sider nlans for retaliating on the Dem ocrats for holding up more than 1200 Republican nominations in the last few months of the Taft Administration. Senator Townsend Is leading th movement to fight President Wilson' nominations, and Senators Root, Bur ton. Jones. Kenyan. Llppltt and Colt algned the call for the conference Indications tonight were that dlf rarenoea of opinion are likely to d velop tomorrow. Senators who signed the call taking the position that i-resi dent Taft made these nominations li good faith without regard to political evltrencies and maintain that they should have been confirmed. Senator Townsend Is willing to keep up the battle until the Democrats concede thev were mistaken and are willing to confirm the Taft nomlnatlona where no good reason for withholding approval Is shown. Some Senators predict that President Wilson would not be greatly displeased If Taft nominations were confirmed where the. nominees' qualifications were shown to be aufflclent. Some of the Republican leaders, how ever are likely to oppose the plan to riirht the Wilson nominations. They see little to be gained by this and are of the opinion that they will nave enough to do in other ways In com batting Democratic policies. VOYAGE MADE0N WAGER Jenny Llnd'n Grandson Flips Coin and Visits America in SUfjo Togs, NEW YORK. April 14. (Special.) Victor Maude, an English actor of Irish descent, a son of Admiral Maude of the English navy and a grandson on the mother's side of Jenny Llnd. the famous singer, waa an sTlvrjr' today on the Atlantlo liner Mlnno-.polls from Southampton. Maude had no idea of oomlng to America, he said, until just before the Minneapolis sailed. His bosom friend. Captain A. R. Bertun. commander of lolanda, remarked: "I say, old chap, havo you ever been to America?" . Maude, who had Just finished his per formance at the Alhambra. and was still in his stage clothes, said he had not. but he'd "flip a aouverln. old top," to see whether he would go. Captain Bertun waa going anyway. The sou verln was flipped. American won, and Jenny Llnd's grandson came over here without stopping to change clothes. MAIL LINE RUM0R DENIED Coast Steamship Company Refutes Talk or Sale t Hamburg Firm. SAN FRANCISCO. April 14. A pub lished rumor here today that the Ham burg Steamship Company was perfect ing through Kuhn. Loeb & Co, of New York, plans to acquire the Pacific Mall Line, waa met with the statement at the offices of the Southern Pacific Com. pany that such a deal was "most im probable" and that nothing of It had been heard. Prevloua rumors that the Pacific Mall, which la a Southern Pa rlrtc subsidiary, has been so'.d to this or that purchaser have proved to be baseless. Many shipping men believed today that It would be difficult for the Pacific Mall to find a purchaser until the un certainty which still surrounds the Government's attitude toward railroad and foreign-owned ships which plan to use the Panama Canal had been nnaDy aeierminea . GRANGE UPHOLDS VARSITY Douglas County Members Oppose Referendum on Vnivcrslty Fund. ROPEBt-RG. Or.. April 14. f Special.) Declaring that the University of Ore gon is an asset which cannot be meas ured in dollars and cents a number of Douglas County granges have passed resolutions condemning the adDcates of the proposed special election to In voke the referendum on the Unfverslty appropriations. The latest Douglas County grange openly to oppose the referendum elec tion Is located at Glide and Is among the strongest organizations of farmers In Douglas county. Copies of the reso lutions are being sent to the University officials and to the grand officers oi the State Grange. LONDON DIRECT, IS ORDER Xew Telegraph Instruments Now Give Xon-Relay Service. VANCOUVER. B. C. April 14 By the Installing of newly-Invented telegraph Instruments, operators in the Canadian Paclfio Railway telegraph office here yesterday were able to send messages direct to London. Eng, without the use of relays. Formerly messages were handled from here to Montreal, then relayed to Hasel Hill. N. S.. sent by cable to W tervllle. Eng.. and thence to London. FRESNO VOTES FOR LIQUOR Early Return Show City Goes Wet by Two-to-One Majority. FREPNO. OaL. April 14. Early re turns show Fresno has gone wet by a two-to-one majority, both drastic and moderate antf-saloon ordinances being defeated. Alva F. Snow apparently haa been re elected Mayor. POPE Ifl DREAM 15 TOLD HE WILL LIKE Doctors Think Danger Point Is Passed. PONTIFF RALLIES AT CRISIS Dead Sister, in Vision, Says Work Is Not Yet Done. TEMPERATURE IS NORMAL Head of Vatican Takes Nourishment, Sleep 9 Easily and Appears to Be on Road to Recovery. Nephew Joins Him. ROME, April 16. (Tuesday, 2 A. M.) The Pope has rallied In a wonderful manner from the serious attack from which he suffered Sunday. He appeared to be on the point of death Sunday night, but the physicians' report late last night indicates that the danger point, for the present at least, has been parsed. Dr. Amid paid a visit to the sick room shortly after midnight. Although the Pope's temperature' has Increased slightly, he found the general condl tlon satisfactory. He administered a heart stimulant, and shortly the Pope went to sleep. Temperature Is Normal. Throughout the day the temperature was normal, tho pulse remaining about 86 and the respiration 28. This Indi cated a considerable amelioration in the bronchial symptoms, which was further shown by essier breathing and freedom for long periods front cough ing. In addition the Pope was able to tafle some nourishment, and he showed much Interest In what was happening about him. When Profeesor Marchlafava al lowed the Pontiff's nephew to enter the room- ihfrre. waa an affecting acene. The frail and aged Pontiff and the young and robust priest embraced tenderly. the latter being unable to restrain his emotion at finding the Pope so changed physically. Physicians Are Optimistic. Professor Marchlafava repeated to night his assurancea that if prudence were exercised the Pope would recover. He declared that his examination of the chest showed that the Inflammation, which yesterday waa marked on the left side, has been checked and was diminishing, while the bronchial sounds were less noticeable. After his afternoon sleep It was ob served that the Pontiff looked very bright and happy. Although he was advised not to talk, he insisted on ex plaining how he had Just awakened from a most wonderful dream. He seemed, he said, to have returned (Concluded on Page 2) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 5S degrees; minimum, 40 degrees. TODAY'S Showers; south to west winds. Foreign. Pope has vision of dead sister who tells htm he will live. Page 1. London police start wide search for missing Tennessee man. Page d. Two hundred thousand men Join strike in Belgium. Page 1. Mrs. Fmmallne Pankhurat reported to have bad relapse. Fage a. National. Democratic caucus relates to put cattle on free list. Page 2. Republfrans plan to "get even" on Wilson appointments, page 1. Domestic.. President TVilson makes address of welcome to Daughters of American Revolution. Pago 3. Representative Underwood is 111. Psge 3. J. P. Morgan's body burled In family plot at Hartford. Conn. Page 2. Illinois vice commission learns of police graft for protection In Chicago. Page 5. Sparta. Portland fans greet Beavers this afternoon at 8:15. Page 7. Bud Anderson nearly down to weight for fight with Brown tonight. Fage 7. Dates for wrestling championship meet in Seattle changed. Page 7. Pacific Northwest. Thorough probe on Corvallls & Eastern Rail road conditions started. Page 6. Jacob Furth, aged Seattle banker, testifies In own behalf. Pago 6. J. N. Teal, speaking at Waterways Congress in Pendleton, indorses free tolls at Pan ama. Page 0. Commercial and Marine. Mohair men send protest to Wilson on elimination of tariff. Page 18. Sharp advance in bean prices, owing to poor crop outlook. Page 17. Chicago wheat market broken by favorable weather map. Page 17. Stock trade slow and tendency easier. Page 17. Widow of Edward O. Estes new phase enter ing Hunt probe, starting today. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Coon singer and artist, cousins, to meet here Saturday after separation of IS years. Page 18. Investigators' report emphasises 15 separate deficiencies In Water Bureau. Page 10. F. T. Griffith promises crosstown carllne on East 61de. Page 11, Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority to give dance tomorrow night. Page 11. C L. McKenna tiles for Democratic nomi nation for Mayor. Page 16. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 32. FALLIERES' DAUGHTER SUED Son-ln-Law of France's ex-President Seeks Divorce. PARIS. April "IT (Special.) The Intranslgeant says that divorce pro ceedings have been commenced by Jean Lanes against his wife, who Is a daughter of ex-President Fallleres. The couple were married some five years ago and have r-e child. The proceedings were postponed until the expiration of M. Fal ieres' term as President. Mme. Lanes' dowry was $160,000 and her husband received a well-paid job as departmental paymaster. The In translgeant asks if It Is customary to return the dowry under such circum stances and whether It involves a res ignation of the husband's position. CHIEF RABBI IS CHOSEN Dr. Joseph H. Hertz, of Xew York, Is Xnmed Tor British Empire. LONDON, April 14 Dr. Joseph H. Hertz, of New York, was Installed as chief rabbi of the British Empire in the great synagogue here today. All the members of the Jewish clergy of the United Kingdom were present. His lnauguran sermon dealt with the present period as "the age of doubt and disillusionment" THERE'LL BE SOMETHING DOING 1 ..... .SI S.SSSSSSS--T-- GET LEFT AS S 'Eleventh Hour'Throng Storms Courthouse. CLERKS THROW UP HANDS Great Crowd Outside Puts Box Office Lines to Shame. 3000 LAST DAY'S TOLL Women and Men Herded to Books in Autos and on Foot as Final Hour Approaches Petition Haw kers Stage Sideshow. Stormed incessantly, for hour after hour from the opening of the registra tion office at S o'clock yesterday morn ing, by a steadily Increasing throng of "eleventh hour" men and women. Chief Deputy Clerk Helde and his assistants at 10 o'clock last night, when they finished, the card cf the ultimate voter and ciscovered that the line which had moved before them unceasingly all day long had at last melted away, threw up their hands among the litter of worn pens and scattered fragments of cards and papers and the stacks of precinct maps and registry books,. and tnankeo their stars that the Beige of the last day was over. Then, with hands that were weary from writing of cards and turning of books end precinct maps, they sat down to pass two or three more hours sorting out and filing the stacks or registration cards which representee the accumulated results of the biggest day of all, for It was estimated that approximately 3000 voters passeo. throug the hands of the registry clerks between 8 o'clock yesterday morning and 10 o'clock last night. Rush Continues! All Day. From the very beginning- of the day It had been a prolonged and increasing rush of men and women principally the latter to the rigistratlon office. tt was a rush that kept Mr. Heide's corps of clerks, even though augmented by every assistant that could be drawn from the offices of the County Clerk upstah-s. working furiously every min uate. and there waa no slackening in the task until the very last minutes of the registration. At 7 o'clock last night the street at the Fifth-street entrance of the Court house was full of automobiles bring tag their loads of voters to register. and In tho hall inside there were two waiting lines that would have put to shame the longest line that ever faced a theater boxoffice, even for the most nonular show that ver opened in Portland. Mostly women they were. The West Side and the East Side registration (Concluded on Page 10.) TODAY 300 REGISTRATION END 3 COLLEGE MEN IN MEXICO PRISONERS WORD OF PLIGHT SMXGGLKD ACROSS BORDER. Minnesota Graduates Captured by Baudits,Escape and Are Retaken by Federal Troops. MINNEAPOLIS, April 14. Three for mer Minneapolis men. graduates of the University of Minnesota, are held pris oners by federal troops in Lower Cali fornia as prisoners of war. according to a letter received here today by Nor man R. Roberts. They are Arthur R. Barke. Harold L. Downing and Ralph Clawson. The letter was written by Downing and smuggled through the lines. The three men were engaged in busi ness in San Diego, Cal., and while Claw son was on a business trip in Mexico two months ago he was captured by bandits. He succeeded in getting word of his plight to his friends In San Diego, and they set out to secure his release. They say they accomplished this by bribery. Later they were cap tured by federals and held on a charge of stealing a horse. They escaped but Barke was shot in the thigh by a Mex lean soldier and they were recaptured and taken to the fort at Endlardo, where they were kept for nearly month. They escaped and started for Sonora, but after wandering through the mountains for five days, came to Guadalupe, where they obtained pass ports. But In the meantime the government had changed and the passports were worthless. They then were recaptured and when the letter was written they were held at Real Castillo, about 40 miles from the line. The captured men are members the Phi Gamma Delta, fraternity. of POSTOFFICE PLAN OPPOSED Architectural Association Wants Building- to Front on Park Block. That the main entrance to Portland's new postoffice should be on Park street, stead of Broadway, as recommended by a committee of Commercial Club offi cials, business men and newspaper men is the contention of the executive com mittee of the Portland Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Ac tion was taken by this body yesterday when the following" telegram, signed by Edgar M. Lazarus, president of the chapter, was sent to Oscar Wendroth, supervising- architect of the Treasury Department at Washington: The attention of the Portland Chapter of the American Institute of Architects has been called to a telegram sent by local pub lic bodies to ex -Senator Bourne, advocating the placing of the main entrance of tho new Postoffice buildlne on Seventh street or Broadway. This chapter strongly advocates that the mam facade face the Park blocks, the main arterial thoroughfare of the Ben nett civic Improvement plana Similar telegrams were sent to Sena tor Chamberlain and Ex-Senator Bourne. WOMAN SPECIAL EXAMINER Hearings of "Innocent Purchaser" Cases Resumed in Court. With Miss Vivian Flexner as special examiner and Glenn E. Husted. special assistant to the Attorney-General, in charge of the Government's side of the cases, hearings in the "Innocent pur chaser" cases in connection with the suit of the United States to recover title to the Oregon & California Rail road Company land grant were re sumed yesterday morning. More than 20 cases will be tafien up. Yesterday's hearing concerned 30,- 000 acres in Coos and Douglas coun ties, purchased, it is argued, by C. A. Smith individually and by the C. A. Smith Lumber Company, with the un derstanding that the railroad company had a right to sell the land. G. a Arnold, of San Francisco, and A. C Shaw, of Portland, are representing the defendants. "SOLDIERS ROLL" IN PERIL Republican Senators Oppose Demo tions and Cut in Salaries. WASHINGTON", April 14. Thirty- three veterans of the Union Army in the Civil War, who compose the "Old soldiers' roll" of the Senate, are in danger of demotion and reduction of Salary, and Republican Senators are up in arms. Under resolution of the Senate these old soldiers are "to continue In their positions until cause for their removal shall have been reported and approved by the Senate and their removal dl- reoted," and Republicans assert that changes made in the roll violate this resolution. Senator Smoot will call the matter to the attention of the Senate tomor row and a lively fight is expected to follow. The old soldiers hold many important positions connected with the Senate. 87 "WORKERS" ARRESTED Denver Police Chief Says All Will Stay In Jail, Despite Sanitation. DENVER, April 14. Eighty-seven In dustrial Workers of the World were ar rested in the outskirts of this city to night by the police department. The city and county penal institutions are overcrowded with them. Chief of Po lice O'Neill declared tonight that the entire "army" of Industrial Workers would be held in Jail, no matter what the sanitary conditions might become. SALT LAKE CITY. April 14. A few hours after an "army" of 48 Industrial Workers of the World left . here for Denver today a second "army" number ing 30 arrived here and will leave for Colorado Tuesday night. It was re ported here tonight that a third "army." 350 strong, would arrive here Tuesday. 200,000 MEN JOIn STRIKE IN BELGIUM Clerical Press Calls Movement Fiasco. NUMBER IS GROWING HOURLY Few Acts of Sabotage Are Re ported in Kingdom. TRADE IN CITY PARALYZED Gas, Electric, Street-Cleaning Sctt ices, Streetcars and Railroads at Brussels Continue In Opera tion as Usual. BRUSSELS, April 14. The grout strike of workingmen In Belgium to force the government to grant man hood suffrage began quietly today, and at nightfall It was estimated that 200.. 000 men throughout the country had quit work. This number is at least 100,000 short of the Socialist predic tions, and the clerical press is begin ning to call the movement "a pltlabl fiasco." Nevertheless, the strike has shown greater strength than was expected by impartial observers, and because of the fact that the numbers increased as the day advanced, tt is believed generally the strikers will be reinforced by sev eral thousand tomorrow. Trade Is at Standstill. The. strike thus far has been un marked by disturbances or any special ' Inconveniences to the general public. The gas, electric and street cleaning services and the streetcars and rail roads are in operation as usual, but Brussels merchants say trade Is at a standstill. The city is full of children of the provincial strikers who are being cared for by the families of Liberals. The only act of "sabotage" occurred in a suburb where three big machines In a leather factory were damaged. Brussels .is not an industrial center. There are about 50.000 workmen here, of whom less than 20,000 are out. Strikers at Charlerot Arrexfed. Twenty strikers were arrested at Charleroi today for interfering with workers. The total number on strlko there is 60,000 out of 79,000 employed in the various trades. The comparatively small number of strikers at Antwerp Is explained by the fact that the steamship companies have been diverting so much business from this port in anticipation of trouble thut there is little work to do. It is expect, ed that the number of strikers will be augmented tomorrow, although the clerical workmen's unions are striving hard to break the strike by offering a bonus of two francs daily to every mau working after the first week. The forces of the strikers at Ghent were increased this afternoon and at nightfall there were 9150 on strike out of 30.OT0. MINISTER WANTS HOLIDAY Dr. Young's Motion to Change Date of Weekly Meeting Defeated. Dr. C. E. Cllne defeated a resolution yesterday offered by Dr. Benjamin Young that a committee or three pe appointed to meet and decide upon a day. other than Monday, for the weekly meeting of the Portland Methodist Min isters' Association. Dr. Young argued that ministers need Monday for a day of recreation after their work on the previous day. "The Challenge or the tann was the subject of a paper read by Rev. J. A. Martin, secretary of the Trl-Stato Sunday School Union. In which he de clared that the closing of country churches meant the desertion of farm. Dr. D. A. Waters, financial agent ut the Kimball School of Theology, who is making an effort to raise an endow ment fund for the Institution, made a plea in its behalf. DICE LEADS TO LIFE TERM Ex-Convict Makes Throw to Deter mine as to Plea. NEW YORK, April 14. A throw of the dice today sent William Rooney to prison for the rest of his life unless he succeeds in getting a parole from the Board of Pardons. It was the pos sibility of this parole that left Rooney undecided between a lite sentence and one of 10 years with, no possibility of commutation. - He was arrested for burglary and adjudged an habitual criminal, and the court gave him his choice of pleading as a second offender and taking the 10-year sentence or as a fourth offend er and receiving a life sentence with a possibility of a parole. After delib erating the problem, for two weeks. Rooney left the decision to the good dess of chance. J. H. LEWISJTO TAKE OATH For First Time Since Iorimer's Un seating Illinois' Seats Fall. CHICAGO, April 14. Colonel J. Ham ilton Lewis, United States Senator elect, left for Washington today to take the oath of his new office. His presence in the upper House of the National Legislature will give the state its first full representation there since, the unseating of William Lori-mer."'