V VOL. LII1 NO. 1G.372. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY. 3IAY 15, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ft 10 DIE.30 HURT NTORNADO AT SE 22 Residences Destroyed in Twister That Wrecks One-Third of Town. OMAHA IS VISITED AGAIN Havoc Rides on Storm, Sweep ing 50-Mile Area Through Nebraska Corn Belt. DISTRICT LEFT IN DARKNESS Lushton, McCool, Grafton and Utica Reported Damaged. LINCOLN RUSHES TO HELP Extent of Disaster Cn known as Iines of Communication Are Cut Off. Houses Are Crushed I.Ike Egg Shells Trains In Peril. results or pnrrriors tornado I THAT SWEPT XEBRASKA IST EASTt-R. 7 Ths Middle West tornado of Eae- i tr night. March 2.1, cut a swath five t to seven blocks wide and 23 to S3 J block Ions through Omaha, killing 4 3M and Injuring 600 In the city proper. In the surrounding country f SO were killed and scorn Injured when a dosen or more small towns f and suburbs wers partially or entire- . f lj- wiped ont. I In Omaha 1100 houses and build- incs wsrs wrecked; a bridge was blown away and scattered damage f dons to ether structures. Th West J Farnum and Barals park districts of Omaha were hit hard. The prop- f . erty. damage In the Omaha district T was estimated at (0.000.000 to 112.- ! 000. 000. Among ths Nebraska towns hard- f st hit wers Tutsn. where 10 were ? killed:. Berlin, where T died and IT were . hurt: Bnaon, Dundee and Florence. On ths same night other towns la ths Central West wsrs swept ey the storm. 12 being killed at Council Bluffs, la. At Terrs Hants. Ind.. 10 were killed and 259 Injured In the tornado whsa the the a southern section of ths city wtpsd out. . SEWARD. Neb., May 14. A tornado which took a toll of ten lives. Injured SO-odd persons and destroyed more than . . a third of the town passed through Seward shortly before C o'clock tonight. Twenty-two residences. Including several of the best in the town, were entirely destroyed and many more were partially wrecked, but the business por tlon of the place did not suffer greatly. The identified dead are: Mrs. David Hoover. Mrs. William Heffinaer. Mrs. Chris Westerman and baby. Mrs. B- L. Wasserman. J. SchuKs. Burlington section fore man. Six-year-old daughter of Schultz. Mrs. R. Imlay. Mrs. Samuel Crim. Mrs. Edwards. Oscar Cogar. The known Injured are: Mr. and Mrs. Steinbeck, Mrs. Frederick. Mrs. Meinke, on of J. Schultx. Mrs. E. Holland, son of E L Wasserman. Homes Croaked Like Egarabella. The tornado formed northwest of the city and swept across the country, tak Ing many buildings along its course. It struck the western or residence por tion of Seward and swept everything In its path clear. It came on the town so suddenly that only part of the peo WARD ple had opportunity to run to cellars or other places of refuge. Those killed generally were .caught In the wreckage of their homes, which were crushed to pieces like eggshells. The tornado after passing through Seward continued on Its course to the northeast, doing great damage to rural homes. Reports tonight say that the towns of Lushton. Grafton. Utica and McCool were In the path of the twister, but all wire communication to those points was destroyed. E IT ret Seems Widespread. . . An appeal was sent to Lincoln be fore the one remaining telephone wire was lost for physicians and under takers and they left on a freight train at 10:30 o'clock. Reports from surrounding sections Indicate that the effects of the tornado were felt over a wide range of terri tory, but until telephone communica tion is restored the number of casual ties will not be known. The tornado was followed In Seward by a hail and rain storm, which added BATTLE SONGS ARE TABOO IN SEATTLE AMERICA" ONLY PATRIOTIC VERSE OX PROGRAMME. reace Day to Be Observed In Schools but Children Must Sing Cer'ain Chosen Selections. SEATTLE. Trash.. Mar 14. (Special.) Art pear and our present expres sions ol patriotism Incompatible? Are our celebrations of Peace- day and Me mortal day to be inconsistent? These are some of the questions Seattle school principals are asking; themselves while planning for the programme for Peace day. which will be observed in the school Friday. "The Star Spangled Banner." "Colura bta the Gem of the Ocean." "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" will be taboo. with many other song, the very men tion of which stirs the martial im pulse of those heroes who have fought for their country or those young pa triots who gladly would die for "My Own. My Native Land. Among ou patriotic songs' only "America" will be sung then and the children will have to wait two weeks to give vent to their warlike natures in song on Memorial day. The principals who are arrang Ing programmes for Peace day have ar rived 'at the conclusion finally that I is not the occasion to sing of "Our Army and Navy Forever" or "Bombs bursting In air" or of many other things of which, school children now sing. , buggestrve programmes and pam phlets containing material on the ob servance of Peace day have been sent to all of the schools. Among the songs they suggest for the occasion are "America," "Angel of Peace. Thou Hast Wandered Too Long" and "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear." KEYSTONE FORESTS AFIRE Blazlna; Oil and Gas Wells Add to Danger f Burning: Timber. PITTSBURG, May 14. A serious for est fire swept Valley Township, Arm strong County, tonight, and In less than 24 hours burned over an area four miles long and nearly a mile wide. Originating in a sawmill Jhe fire spread quickly and millions of feet of timber have been destroyed. Two gas wells in the path of the flames are burning. WARREN. Pa., May 14. A disastrous fire is sweeping the forests near this city. The fire reached the edge of Hall ton. a lumber town, tonight. A special train brought the women and children of Hallton safely to Warren. Several houses at Hallton have been destroyed and desperate efforts are being made to prevent the destruction of the town. A wide territory of timber land Is In flame, while adding to the danger are many blazing oil and gas wells and heavily filled oil tanks. The damage cannot be estimated. The fire is said to have been started by careless fisher men. "LOADED" FOWLS REFUSED Buyers Say I.lve Chickens Arc Adul terated With Gravel. NEW YORK. lUy 14. ( Special.) There was a near-riot In West Wash ington Market today, where for; two days crates of live chickens have been piling up until they overrun the side walks. More chickens were coming In steadily In the live poultry wagons of the New Jersey and Long Island deal ers, but not a chicken was fought by the live poultry dealers of this city. The dealers say the growers have entered Into combination to stuff thPlr -h,r" fu sravel and cement until a six-pound chicken consists of ,....,. . . , . . , . , , about four and a half pounds of chlck- c ana a pound and a half of srave, stuffing. They declare the growers starve the fowls for a few days and th'n Kv them poor food in which gravel and cement has been mixed, and today the dealers here agreed to buy no more. Crowds thronged the market place and police reserves' were called out to prevent the chickens from being stolen. ESTATE SHARE AT ISSUE Divorced Woman Asserts Death Xul llfles Separation. WALLA WALLATWash., May 14. (Special.) Eliza George filed a petition In Superior Court today asking to be allowed to share In the estate of George W. George, who disappeared In the Fall of 1905 and who has never been heard of since. The wife obtained divorce In March. 190., on the ground of desertion. The son, Frank George, recently asked for letters of administration and the man was declared legally dead. The divorced wife now states that George's death preceded her decree of separation and, therefore, the decree Is nullified and she Is entitled to share in the property which was" left. The property consists mostly of farm lands. NEVADA SHOOTS MURDERER First Legal Execution With Bullets Done by Automatic Device. CARSON. New. May 14. The first legal execution by shooting In Nevada took place at the Penitentiary here to day, when Andrlza Mlcrovlch was put to death for the murder of John Greg- orlvlch In Tonopah on May 14. 1912. Be fore facing the concealed rifles of the automatic firing device the condemned man said be believed he was Justified in taking his victim's life. Death by shooting was Mlcrovich's choice in preference to the gallows, the Nevada law providing either means, with the selection optlonsl to the con demned. Mlcrovlch was dead In less than a minute after the shots were NEW DISSOLUTION PLAN IS PREPARED Union Pacific in Con ciliatory Mood. CALIFORNIA VIEWS SOUGHT Road Willing to Abandon Be nicia Cut-Off Idea. CENTRAL'S PRICE REDUCED Stockton Route From Sacramento to San Francisco to Be Utilized as Part of Slain Line if Pro posal Is Accepted. SAN FRANCISCO. May 14. (Special.) According to confidential Tallway advices received in San Francisco to day the Union Pacific has devised and s prepared to su Droit to Attorney-Gen eral McReynolds a new plan for the Union Pacific-Southern Pacific dissolu tion that will clear the way for con forming with the wishes of the Call' fornla Railroad Commission. It also was broadly hinted, on re ceipt of these advices, that the State Commission is to be approached in formally with the plan within a few days, the railway attorneys, it is said, desiring to have a prior understanding rlth the Commission before making known tne details of the plan. Cateff to Be Abandoned. According to the Information, which was received with Intense interest in the Southern Pacific headquarters in the Flood building, the Union Pacific eeks principally the purchase of the Central Pacific, but in proposing this purchase It Is prepared, first of all, to abandon the suggested lease for 999-year period of the Southern Pa cific Railroad Company's short line from this city to Sacramento, via Be nicia. . The Union Paclflo, according to the advices. Is prepared to purchase the Central Paclflo as It stands today, and utilize the Stockton route from Sacra mento here as a portion of its main line. It also seeks to make a contract with' the Southern Pacific whereby the latter company will haul certain of its trains from Sacramento to San Fran cisco over the Benlcla Short Line, and, if this is ratified, the Unjon Pacific. It said, is willing to withdraw Its previous demand for any - exclusive privileges over the Southern Pacific Company or the Southern Paclflo Rail, road Company's property, thus opening the way for the Western Pacific and Atchison, Topeka & -Santa Fe to claim share of the business on the Benlcla ne and a share In the use of the in- ustrial tracks thereon. Prlee Cat Daws f 12,000,000. In devising the new plan, however. the Union Pacific cuts down Its offer (Concluded on psge 2.) GOVERNOR JOHNSON I'VE OFFENDED HIM, NOW , sir v INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. ' TESTER DAY'S Maximum temperature. B degrees; minimum. 4R degrees. TODAY'S Showers; southwesterly winds. Foreign. Penn's old church burned by militants, Page S. National. "Original Wilson man" assails sugar sched ul. Page 2. Senate inclined to Investigate West Vlr glnia strike situation. 'Page 2. Governor Johnson declines to veto antl alinn bilL Pare 1. ' Guatemala Ignores Bryan's advice, gives In to British demands. Psgs x. Domestic. Policeman saves mother and babe from fire. Page 1. Wife and daughter of wholesale grocer ac eused of smuggling Jewels and gowns Page 8. Santa Fe auditor ears ha stole to silence blackmailers. Page 6. Tornado kills 10. Injures SO In Seward, Neb. Page 1. Union Pacific prepares new unmerglng plan. Fags 1. Sports. Coast League results Los Angeles 4, Port land 2: San Francisao 7. Oakland o: ven Ice 4. Sacramento 2. Page 8. Northwestern League results Victoria 3, Portland 0; Vancouver 9. Seattle 4; Ta- coma S. Spokane 2 (111 innings;, page s. Athletes off for Seattle honors tonight. Psgs 9-. Pacific Northwest. Anti-alien action put up to State Grange. rage i. Portland man honored by University of Ore. gon students, page 5. Ralston opium smuggling case may .go to Jury today, page 7. 1 Seattle taboos old warlike songs on Peace day programmes. Page 1. Programme for Southwest Washington te velopment League announced. Page 7. " Commercial and Marine. California will require barley supplies ' from Oregon. Psge 19. Wheat lower at Chicago on fine orop pros pects. Page IB. Dock Commission to offer again bond Issue of l,25O,00O. Page 18. Portland and Vicinity. Market problem solved by permitting use of plaza blocks. Page 13. J. D. Farrell on stand In North Bank com mon-user hearing. Page 14. Five hundred boys clamor for Junior police stars. Page is. Albee addresses women in Presbyterlsn Church. Page It. Pre-nuptlal festivities arranged for Miss Irene Flvnn. Page 13. Committee of 100 on candidates for city of fice will meet in public. Page 4. ABERDEEN BOND DEFEATED $05,000 Bridge Issue Loses by Small Majority Is Indication. ABERDEEN, Wash., May 14. (Spe cial.) With all precincts in, It Is ap parent that the proposal to bond Aber deen for $95,000 for a bridge across the Wishkah River at Wlshkah street has lost. A three-to-five vote is neces sary to, carry the project. The vote from 18 precincts gives 912 for and 687 against the bond Issue. By figures at hand tne election will be . carried by the anti-bridge faction by. at least 75. majority. 'The vote has been very light in spite of a hard campaign. Little more than one-third of the registered vote was cast. Opposition to an increase in taxes and the fact that South Aberdeen is served by a toll bridge and wants a new struc ture served to defeat the bond issue. LONG TRUDGE PAYS BET Pennsylranlan on Way to Portland Leading Donkey. NEW YORK. May 14. (Special.) Paying an election bet, Benjamin H. Anderson, formerly general secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and now secretary of the Butler Admen's Club of Butler. Pa., is walking today from Portland. Me., to Portland. Or leading a donkey., irr i JAPANESE. JL w Wf vpf-y -I ' m C3 IV'., I af X ': II I III S "rv.X I ANTI-ALIEN ACTIO PUT UP TO GRANGE Resolution Asks Cali fornia' Be Backed. "IP REFERENDUM IS ISSUE State Senate Abolishment Spe cial Order Today. MONMOUTH IS NEXT HOST rolk County" City Wins Honor of Entertaining 1014 Session Over Tillamook, Only Other City Which Is Xominated. WHAT STATE GRANGE DID YES TERDAY. Voted to request Government to lend postal savings deposits to farm ers at 4 per cent. Voted down propossl to forbid lob byists at state Capitol while Legls- ' lature In session. Voted down proposal to forbid per- I sons "specially interested" In bills J from occupying seats In House or 4 Senate while bill's discussion prog- resses. I ALBANY. Or.. May 14. (Special.) A resolution indorsing the action taken by the California Legislature relative to the ownership of land by' Japanese was introduced today In the Oregon State Grange, now In fortieth annual session here. . It was referred to the committee on legislation and probably will be submitted to the Grange for action tomorrow. A resolution requesting the State Grange to go on record as opposing the present movement to invoke the refer endum on the University of Oregon ap propriation was also Introduced today. Inasmuch as the Grange fathered the referendum movement four years ago this resolution evoked considerable In terest. It was also referred and will come up for discussion later. The resolution Introduced yesterday favoring the abolishing of the State Senate came up today and brought forth the chief discussion of the session. The resolution was reported favorably by the committee on legislation and th report elicited considerable debate, after which the resolution was made a spe clal order for 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Monmouth to Be 1914 Host. . Monmouth was selected this after noon as the place for holding the 1914 session. The Polk County city won this honor over Tillamook, the only other city which was nominated. C L. Shaw, of Albany, was re-elected today for a term of two years as member of the executive committee. This is the only office to be filled a (.Concluded on Face 5.) YOU LICK HIM. " n 'TOO LATE?' NOT TO .TRY, SAYS RESCUER POLICEMAN" SAVES MOTHER AND ' BABE FROM FIRE. Husband and Father Gives Vp Hope, and Bystander Who Tries to Aid Is Driven Back. SAN FRANCISCO. May 14. (Special.) Assisted by G. R.- Moulton. who lived in the lower flat and who gave th alarm of nre, Policeman Louis La Place of the Inglestde station, today rescue Mrs. Marie Johnson and her 3-day-old baby from flames that threatened to destroy the' three-story apartment. After the arrival of the departmen Policeman La Place reached the scene and Immediately asked if every one was out of the building. Near him stood Johnson, who responded to his inquiry. "My God, no; my wife and baby are on the top floor, but it is too late to save them now." "Not too late to try," said La Place, as he made for the smoky stairway. Moulton followed, but at tho first landing was driven back, convinced that the man who had gone ahead of him had plunged to certain death. , It seemed an age before La Place again put in an appearance, but at last he staggered into the street with mother and child, completely swathed in blankets to save them from th suffocating smoke through which the rescuer had passed. "I want you to commend this man to his chief," said Johnson to Corporal Casey, of the Inglestde station, under whom La Place is doing motorcycle patrol duty. "He risked his life to save my wife and baby." It was later learned that the police man had fallen on a burned step at the top of the stairs and rolled all the way down the flight with his burden in his arms. MAYOR HINDLEY MAY QUIT Spokane Executive to Resign Conditions Are Right." 'if SPOKANE, Wash., May 14. (Spe cial.) Mayor Hindley has announced that he will resign, if conditions are right, after the recall petitions against him are filed, but Commissioner Fair ley. who returned from a health trip to Soap Lake today, declared that, far from taking the position the Mayor does, he will fight the recallers until the last ditch is taken. "If the good people of Spokane don't want me in off ice," . said the finance commissioner, "I shall make a grace ful bow a:id retire. But el want to know whether they want me or not and I shall run for office at the recall election after the recall petitions are filed, If they are filed. I always face the enemy never turn my back on him. When I fight I fight to the finish. When the petitions are filed I will not resign. They have got to show me at the election." - "I have no fear of a recall election should I be compelled to face one," says Mayor Hindley, "but If there are BOOO or 6000 voters In the city who will ask a public official to stand for re-election because he did what he deemed to be his duty, then I am ready to step down." HOOD RIVER WOMEN BUSY Work of Constructing Library Build ing to Begin Soon. HOOD RIVER, "57.. May 14. (Spe cial.) Members of the Woman's Club who set about to raise $2000 to buy property adjoining tho vacated street secured by them for the site of the Carnegie library, after the citizens voted against a bond Issue, have se cured $1950 of the sum. Eight hundred dollars was given by the four daugh ters of E. L. Smith, Mrs. J. F. Watt, Mrs. William Stewart, Mrs. . Elmer Rand and Mrs. O. J. Nelson. Dr. T. L. Eliot, of Portland, was also a heavy subscriber to the fund. - The work of constructing the library building soon will begin. The County Court has appointed the following on the building committee. Truman But ler, E. O. Blanchar, Miss Mary Mc Laren and Mrs. H. F. Davidson. Miss Delia Northey was made secretary of the commission. TRAIN RUNS INTO DYNAMITE O.-W. R. & N. Passenger Engine Narrowly Escapes Destrnctlon. THE DALLES. Or!, May 14. (Spe cial.) Striking an automobile truck, a part of the load of which was a box of dynamite, a speeding O.-W. R. & N. passenger train escaped being wrecked here today by reason of the fact that the collision did not cause an explo sion. J. W. Blakeney, driver of the motor car, barely saved his own life by Jumping a second before the engine hit his machine. The auto was carried more than 100 feet on the pilot of the locomotive. Mr. Blakeney had Just loaded his truck with cement and the dynamite, and had backed the car across the rail road tracks at First and Washington, n order to get a start, when he saw the train bearing down on him. The automobile was badly smashed but the box of dynamite was not thrown from the car. 6 CARS OF MOHAIR SHIPPED Salem Firm Sends Largest Consign ment in City's History. SALEM. Or.. May 14. (Special.) William Brown & Co, of this city, to day shipped the largest single con signment of mohair ever sent f-om the Pacific Coast. There were six car loads, containing 200,000 pounds of mo hair, valued at $70,000. The Griswold Worsted Company, of JOHNSON S ANSWER TO BRYAN IS 'NO' Governor Is Polite But Nevertheless Firm ANTI-ALIEN BILL TO STAND Right of California to Exclude Asiatics Defended. REPLY MEANT FOR EAST Stale Administration Leaders In clined to Doubt That Democratic Threat of Referendum Will Be Carried Through. SACRAMENTO, May 14. Goveruot Johnson's final answer to the request of the Federal Government that he withhold his signature from the Webb alien land bill was teleerraDhed to Secretary Bryan at Washington this afternoon and In substance amounts to a courteous but unequivocal "no." After making this statement aii'l signing and sending the message, the Governor went out to the ball game and spent the afternoon. He Intlmatfld that he did not expect any further word from Washington. Public roller Defended. By the text of his reply, which was made public as soon as it was dis patched. Governor Johnson feels it his duty to approve the action of the Leg islature. His message to the Secretary of State not only affirms the light of the state to enact a law barring Asi atics from ownership In land, but also defends the public policy of such a easure, citing the vote on the Webb bill as proof of the demand for such an act In California. With the sending of the telegram today the controversy over the bill Is at an end, so far as the California administration is concerned. Governor Johnson has until June 16 In which to sign the act and in the normal course of events it will become a law at the expiration of 90 days from the closing of the Legislature, or on August 10 next. Democrat Threatens Referendum. The only possible contingency that. can arise to check its operation from and after that date Is the threatened referendum petition which Theodore A. Bell, a Democratic leader, has said he-would circulate against the meas ure as soon as it was signed. Admin istration leaders in the Legislature who have remained over at the Capit:il are not disposed to believe Bell's plan will be carried out. It would be necessary to obtain ap proximately 20,000 signatures to a ref erendum petition to hold up the op eration of the act after August 10. 1 the signatures are obtained the whole matter will be held In abeyance pend- ng the next general election, which will not occur until November, 1911. Under the law there can be, no spe cial election except by act of Legisla ture and no provision for such an clcc tion was made by the session now ad journed. Bridge Will Be Crossed Later. When asked whether he would make a campaign for the adoption of the art by the people providing the referen dum is Invoked, Governor Johnson re plied that he had not considered the matter and would not take it up until the question arose of Itself. "Just now, I am particularly in terested in having the East understand the situation out here," be said in clob iug the interview. "In my reply to Mr. Bryan I have tried to present California's case in such a way that the people In the Eastern states will understand our position. j "There has been such an astonishing amount of misrepresentation of the matter by some of the Eastern news papers that I hope they will publish this messase to Mr. Bryan." The Governor said he might sign ths bill tomorrow or possibly not for sev eral days. He said he was 'in no hurry. California 'Viewpoint Presented. The text of Governor Johnson's tele gram is: "Your very courteous telegram re lating to the alien land bill reached me late Sunday night. I take it from our conversations and your request made to me to withhold executive action un til opportunity was accorded for the presentation of suggestions from the Federal Government that your tele gram embodies what is your wish and the wish of the President to say to us before final action. "In this response, it is my design most respectfully to present the situ ation from our standpoint and the views that actuated our Legislature in passing the bill and that impel me to sanction it, "For many years a very grave prob lem, little understood in the East, has confronted California; a problem the seriousness of which has been recog nized by statesmen in our Nation, and has been viewed with apprehension by the people of this state. When the pres ent constitution of California was adopted more than 30 years ago, it con tained the following declaration: "'The presence of foreigners ineligi ble to become citizens of the United States Is declared to be dangerous to the well-being of the state, and the Legislature shall discourage their im migration by all means in its power.' Of late years our problem from an- tCor.cluded on pegs 2.) fired. Darby. Pa., Is. the consignee. , (Concluded on Page 4.)