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V VOL. LIV.-XO. 16,648- PORTLAND. OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1911. . ritICE riYE CTgyra SELECTION OF BANK CITIES STARTS Omitted Rivals Will De .... mand Change. BATTLE IS ON IN EARNEST Natural Trend of Trade Said i to Have Been Ignored. PROPRIETY IS QUESTIONED Senator Notes That Two Members of Committee Have Bank Each and I Another Has Two Reserve i 1 Banks in Own States. WASHINGTON, April 3. There was every Indication tonight that the an nouncement of the reserve districts and cities by the reserve bank organiza tion committee had given the signal lor a struggle on the part of several cities, which were disappointed, to overturn the committee's decision and bring about a redisricting of the coun try, or at least a change in the reserve cities named. Under the law the decision of the organization committee is not subject to review except by the Federal Re serve Board. This board probably will not be named by President Wilson for several weeks, but it is believed those disappointed with the committee's an nouncement will bend every effort to- ward paving the way for changes. Criticism Heard In Concrru. It was pointed out tonight that both Secretary of the Treasury McAdos and Controller of the Currency "Williams, of the committee, are ex-officio members of the reserve board and hardly could be counted upon to reverse themselves. The President has given no intimation as to who the other five members will be. The committee's plan was criticised In Congress- today and there were re ports of keen disappointnienls' "from several cities in the race for reserve banks and which failed to procure them. Three members of the Senate banking and currency committee, two Republicans and a Democrat, attacked the plans. Senator Weeks, of Massa chusetts, who opposed the law for many months, but who finally voted for it, pointed out that one bank was located in Georgia, the home state of Mr. McAdoo, one in Virginia, the home state of . Mr. Williams, and two in Missouri, the home state of Secretary Houston, the third member of the com mittee. He questioned the propriety of these selections. Trade Tides lanored. Senator Burton disapproved the in clusion of Pittsburg in the district of which Cleveland is the reserve center, and asserted that if" would be Impos sible to make trade turn westward .from Pittsburg to that city. Senator Hitchcock pointed to the fact that Omaha had been included in the Kan sas City district instead of the Chi cago district and said trade "did not flow that way. Defenders of the committee said there was no justification for the charge that it was Influenced by any consideration other than the trend of trade and the banking advantages of cities chosen. In referring to the choice of Richmond, it was said that although comment was expected be cause of the fact that the city is the home of Mr. Williams, the committee was ut.animous and Richmond would have been named over Baltimore and Washington if he had not been a mem ber. Amendment of Act Suggested. So far no definte plans for any fight against the committee have beefl aired here and there is practically no way for such a fight to be undertaken ex cept through the reserve board. It was suggested tonight, however, that mem bers of Congress might undertake to provide banks for their districts by having the number of authorized re serve cities increased. Senator Weeks, in the course of his criticism today, declared the system had been organized on a wrong basis altogether. He said: "The proper method by which to or ganize this system was to appoint the reserve board that was to manage this system and let them organize it. Then the orgnnization would have been as far as possible removed from political considerations. Now. having been or ganized by an essentially political and partisan board, it bears all the ear marks of a result which might have been anticipated from such procedure." NIMRODS LANDED IN JAIL Pair in Linn County Accused of Stealing Dog- and Gun. ALBANY, Or., April 3. (Special.) Charged with taking a gun and dog which did not belong to them. J. D. Woolridge, aged 41. and John Cava naugh. aged 18. were arrested last night near Scio and brought to Albany to the County Jail. They are tran sients who have been cutting wood near Dever. Woolridge is charged with larceny by bailee of a gun and both are charged with taking & valuable dog. Woolridge had ordered a gun through the Dever Mercantile Company and it was being held, for the purchase price. He is said to have borrowed it for a day and disappeared. WAR DOCTORGRAFTS HIS OWN SKIN ON WIFE 8 0 INCHES USED IX OPERATION DONE WITH LITTLE AID. Life of Mrs. S. A. Cunningham, of Ohio, Believed to Hang on Suc cess of Surgical Undertaking. MARIETTA, O., April 3. (Special.) Performing the operation himself and taking cuticle from his own body. Dr. S. A. Cunningham, a prominent physi cian and surgeon of this city, suc cessfully grafted 80 square inches of his skin to the body of his wife, whose life hangs on the success of the op eration. Several months ago Mrs. Cunningham sustained severe burns about the body and for a time her life has been de spaired of. Finally, deciding that her only chance of recovery lay In having a large area of skin grafted to her body. Dr. Cunningham undertook the operation, aided only by an assistant. Unwilling to ask his friends to of fer their skin, Dr. Cunningham de cided to use, the cuticle from his own body, r He then proceeded to cut a piece of skin 10 Inches long by two Inches wide from his left side and graft on to the body of Mrs. Cunningham. The operation, it is believed, was successful. MASTER DEAD, DOG WAITS Frank Rasnic Drowns in River Ford Xear Marshfield. MARSHFIELD, Or., April 3. (Spe cial.) fitting alone In his master's wagon, Frank Rasnic's dog was found faithfully waiting for Rasnic to re turn. Rasnic had drowned. His wagon was found in Sixes River, at a. ford where ranchers frequently cross. From indications it is believed that Mr. Rasnic had driven his team Into deep water, probably encountering a new washout in the bed. where the an imals foundered. Rasnic is believed to have gotten Into the river to extricate his horses and to nave become entan gled with the harness. The discovery of the horses was made last night and Rasnic's body was found today. Ras nic was a rancher. VIEWS KEEP MAN OFF JURY Cliicagoan Would Hang Woman but Xot a Man, He Says Is Passed. CHICAGO, April 3. John F. Schiff mann, a lumber dealer escaped Jury service today by expressing freely his views of capital punishment. "I am not opposed to the death penalty," he said, while being examined as a prospective Juror in a murder trial, "but I would not hang a man.. I would hang a woman, though. Women, l Deneve, nave been escaping frequent ly these late -years." The defendants in the case were all men and the prosecutor promptly excused Schiffmann for cause. In several recent trials, women de fendants charged with murder have been acquitted by Chicago juries. BARGE SINKSJN SIUSLAW Loaded With Railroad Construction Material, Vessel Strikes Jetty. FLORENCE, Or., April 3. (Special.) While the tug L. Roscoe was towing the barge Frederick Into the Siuslaw River tonight the barge struck and knocked out 18 bents of the jetty. A hole was punched In the bottom of the barge, which is now sinking. The barge is owned by Porter Bros, and carried two steam shovels, several locomotives and other material and supplies for the railroad work. The barge left Astoria Tuesday afternoon. NEW CHURCH IS PLANNED St. Paul's Episcopal Congregation of Oregon City to Build. OREGON CITT. Or., April 3. (Spe cial.) The members of St. Paul's Epis copal Church have decided to build a r.w church on their property on Ninth and Water streets, where the present edifice la located, and at a parish meet ing held Thursday night instructed the vestry to proceed with the project. It is expected that work will be com menced without delay and that the structure will be completed this year. The new church will cost about 310, 000. It probably will be constructed of concrete blocks. The style of the architecture will be early Italian. St. Paul's Parish is the second oldest in the Oregon diocese, being founded in 1849. LOAFING CURE SUGGESTED Plain Label for City Inspectors Ex pected to Keep Them Hustling. All city inspectors may be required to wear large badges on the outside of their clothing bearing the words, "City Inspector." It has been called to the attention of members of the Commission that inspectors oftentimes loiter apparently with nothing to do. By having a large badge prominently displayed. Commis sioner Blgelow says he believes the practice would be stopped. STUDENTS GIVE CIRCUS Juniors of Normal School at Mon mouth Have Day Under New Plan. MONMOUTH, Or.. April 3. (Special.) Elephants, giraffes, darkies. Indians, cowboys and clowns were represented by juniors of the Oregon Normal School in a circus given this afternoon. Citizens of Monmouth attended, and the city and training and high schools dismissed for the afternoon. Today was junior class day, and instead of the class rush, long in vogue, the cir cus was given. It was the first under a new plan. During the performance the juniors' flag flew undisturbed. 1 l - - JUAREZ, SUDDENLY RICHER, IS JOY-ID Rebel Victory Enhances Money of People. NOISE IS HEARD ACROSS LINE Americans Rush to Bridges. Expecting New Attack. , TOWN IS RUN WIDE OPEN Cabaret Is Center of Revel, While Soldiers of Garrison Celebrate by Firing Real Bullets Into United States. JUAREZ. Mexico. April 3. After the hysterical outbursts which greeted news of the fall of Torreon last night, this city was preternaturally calm to day. It was ihe calm and refreshing sleep after a fever, for anxiety over the Issue of the campaign has been little less than a fever for the last week. Greatest Interest centers in definite information as to the number of fed eral prisoners taken by the rebels. In his bulletin last night Villa said the federal losses were 13.000 dead, wound ed and prisoners, and it was assumed he meant that most of these were prisoners. Complete Rout Indicated. The report indicated a rout of the Huertalstas so complete as to be al most unbelievable and details were eag erly awaited. Villa's early estimate of his losses Is E00 killed and 1500 wounded. The streets today were almost de serted, and while automobilists .com ing from the American side were superficially searched for weapons, the restriction which compelled all to make a detour around the home of General Carranza was removed. The precaution was taken by Mayor Padres, on tng to the possibility of assault by some fanatic on the chief of the revolution. Saloons and dives generally were re opened. There was no disposition to check any form of patriotic celebra tion. Players IJeaert Roalerte. The news came too late last night for a fitting demonstration, although for a while the streets were thronged, whis tles blew, bells rang, guns were fired, and every leader of the rbel cause re ceived his share of "vivas." The silent gentleman with the dyed mustache who spins the marble at the roulette wheel in the Juarez Monte Carlo seemed to be the only person who was not ex cited. When the crowd of players suddenly deserted him on the sound of the bugle call of victory, he gave the marble another whirl from sheer force (Concluded on Paice 3.) ONE 1 1 i i INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS lb Weather. TESTERDArs Maximum temperature, 72.8 degrees; minimum. 63.1 degrees. TODAY'S Showers, southerly .winds. Foreign. Juarez celebrates fall of Torreon. Page 1. Sealer Southern' Cross with 1T0 men be lieved lost. Page t. ' National. Tolls compromise talked of in Senate. I'age z. Reserve bank selections start war. Page 1. Miss Tyler falls to save postoffle Job. Page I. Question of railways- need of more revenue to come before method of getting It. Page 3. Domestic. Detective Burns aays he knows who killed Mary Phagan. Page 1. Movement for recognition started among Americana who own property la Mexico. Page 8. Henry Lane Wilson says Madero was not fit to rule. Page 7. Doctor grafts 80 Inches of own skin on wife to save ner life. Page 1. Paclflo Northwest. Big vaudeville transfer to be effected Au- SUM 1. Page 1. Governor West refuses - extradition of Mr- 1-aln Cooper to North Dakota. Page 13. Bister-ln-law for whose love he Is" charged with killing wife chief accuser of Eugene man. Page IX Wire of Canadian ticket agent missing and Chinaman held on suspicion of killing her. Page 3. Oreson division of I'nlted Evangelical Church In annual conference at liallaa. Page 3. . Idaho . politicians busy as primaries ap proach. Page 5. Baron Arnold Becker von Kosenveldt blows out Ms brains at his mine near Holland. Or. Page 0. Sports. Coast League results: Portland . Sacra mento 0; Ban Francisco 4. Venice O; Los Angeles z. Oakland 1. Page C Victoria to retain baseball franchise, new owners acquiring team. Page ft. "Speck" IT ark n ess to wed Mine Msrgaret Hackett. B3d degreo baseball fan. Page S. Commercial and Marine. Growing demand for hop futures on Pa cific Coast. Page 17. Wheat weakened at Chicago by profit tak ing. Page 17. General trade In West and South ahows Im provement. Page 17. Nineteen cents paid for new wool In Mon tana. Page 17. Dock contractors to be paid In full despite delay of It days. Page la. Gasoline schooner Anvil will return to serv ice, following last year's wreck. Page IX. Portland aad Vicinity. Branch of Kan Kranclaco regional bank la wanted for Portlaud. Page 11. Weather report, data and forecast. Tage 17. Twohy Bros, prepare for busy season of railroad construction In many states. Paae 18. Muntclpal baaeball diamonds to be estab lished for amateura in all sections of Portland. Page 1. FIGHT RAGES IN ALBANIA Greek Irregulars Attack Town and . Koritna Is Kepor'ted Burning. VIENNA, April C A report was re ceived here today from Avlona. Al bania," that Greek -lrrteular forces were fiercely attacking Koritsa and other towns on the Argyro-Castro and Koritaa line. Korltsa was reported to be in flames and many persons were said to have been killed. MISSIONARIES ARE IN FERIL Chinese Brigands Invade Vicinity of Sian-Fu In Slien-Sl. PEKIN, April S. All the missionaries In the vicinity of Slan-Fu, province of Shen-Si, have been ordered to take refuge in Sian-Fu, as the brigands have Invaded the nearby plains and now are within 20 miles of the city. The government force from the City of Shen-Si is proceeding to the affected district to relieve the situation . EGG THAT IS SURE TO HATCH. BURHSKHOWSGIRLTS MURDERER HE SAYS Wrong Man Convicted, Sleuth Intimates. PUBLIC CLAMOR JV ot O People Held Excited by Pre vious Wave of Crime. NEW TRIAL IS EXPECTED Tracks of Slaver of Mary Phagan De clared Clear Abnormal Charac tcrlstlcs Attributed to Ix-o M. Frank Denied. CHICAOO. April S. The murderer of Mary Phagan. tbe young Atlanta girl for whose death Leo M. Frank Is sen tenced to hang April 1". Is now known beyond a doubt, according to William J. Burns, the detective, who arrived In Chicago and completed his report to day after an extensive Investigation. Whether Frank or another la the slayer of the girl. Burns would not say, although he strongly intimated ha had found new evidence In the case which would secure a new trial for the con demned man. "The murderer of Mary Phagan Is known to me and he cannot get away." Burns said. "I will say that. In my opinion. Frank will not hang on April 17. 1 do not believe the Supreme Court can ignore the evidence we have gath ered." Frank's lasmare Intimated. While Burns would not anticipate his report, his investigations, he Bald, had convinced him that Frank waa not the sort of a man capable of making tbe attack which Is alleged to have been made on the girl preceding the murder. The detective said his attention had first been called to the case by a young man from Atlanta who was a pussen ger on tho steamer on which Burns was returning from Europe. Through him Burns read in the newspapers of the trial and concluded, from tho ac counts ho saw. that Frank waa guilty. Later, he said, while he waa In Key West, three citixens of Atlanta asked him to undertake the investigation. Friends Insist eui I'roof. At first. Burns said, ho refused, on the ground that if Frank were guilty his investigation and final conclusion could only hurt the defendant. Frank's friends here declared he had not had a fair trial and that they believed he was innocent, but if he were guilty they wanted indisputable evidence of his guilt. Burns then took the case. His in vestigations showed, ho said, that pub lic clamor, following a crime wave, had resulted In hostility and efforts to ad- (Concluded on Pare 'J. MUNICIPAL BALL DIAMONDS INSIGHT CITV PLANS FIELD IX EVERV DISTRICT FOR A.MATEIKS. Alblna Section to Have First Tracts, but Others Will Be Ploued and Rolled Soon as Donated. A S) Stem uf mnnlrlnotH. i operated baseball diamonds la to be abltshed by the city at once for the etlt of the Junior ball teams during the coming Summer. Announcement was made yesterday by Commissioner Brewster that he has arranged, to con struct seven djamonda on tho Mont gomery tract "in the Albina district and other sites will be selected in other parts of the city as rapidly as possible. The city will plow up the tracts and roll them with steamrollers, creating well packed diamonds, where baseball can be played aa it Is played on regularly.established diamonds. Back, stops will be constructed and other conveniences such as lines end bases will be supplied by the city. It Is the Plan to supply every district with at least. one diamond where boys and men can play regular games and practice. The property to be nsed will be donated for the most part free of charge by property owners Interested In the baseball and athletic movement. This Is the first year anything of tho kind has been ltcmni.d h city. Last year an effort was made to grounos and establish such diamonds but the plan fell through. A few tracts were fixed up In temporary fashion, but there was no effoU made by the city to construct proper fields. JUDGE TO PAY OWN TIPS Lewis County Itefu.-cs to Acknowl edge Porter's Pay aa Expense. CHEHALIS. Wash.. April 3 (Spe cial.) On request of County Auditor Monfort. of Lewis County. County At torney Cunninzham v. - - i , opinion In effect that "tipping" la not ... vim, coargeauie against a county as an expense Item In traveling. The question arose when a visiting Judge put In a bill for tips to the railroad porter, paid while en route here. Attorney Cunningham ruled that under the law the county la not liable on the ground that tips given to rail road porters are not part of the actual traveling expenses that are allowed under the law to a Judge visiting an other county on official bu.it,... . - a result. Auditor Monfort will not pay mo item tor lips. MILEAGE IS NOT CUT DOWN IIeue Members Itcfuse to Reduce Allowance After Hot Debate. WASHINGTON. April 3.After three hours of hot debate the Houmi r.r.i..j today to cut the mileage allowance for memoers of congress. All proposals for reduclna- the allowance i .-...- expenses were voted down, as they nave neen ror years previously. Twenty cents a mile la the scale. The House later voted to increase the compensation of clerks to members of the House from 31500 to 31800. Increas ing the total appropriation for this pur pose from 1660.000 to 79:,000, over pro tests from tho appropriation com mittaet CATCHING BUFFALO TASK Park Officials to Crate Big Animal for Shipment South. The task of catching a vicious bull buffalo and getting him Into a box for shipping to San Franclsoc has fallen upon Park Superintendent Mlsche and other officials connected with the Washington Park roo. It will be un dertaken Monday morning. By an arrangement made with park officials of San Francisco, the Portland buffalo is to be traded for a big buffalo In Golden Oate Park. A lively time Is expected when the Portland buJTalo is rounded up. He will be shipped by steamer. SKUNK SKINS ARE MAILED North Bend Postmaster Finds Xew Cse Made of Parcel Post. NORTH BENT), Or., April 3. (Spe cial.) Postmaster Elmer Russell, of this city, discovered a new use for par cel post when an unusual odor emanat ed from a package near a warm radi ator In the postoffice. The offensive package was removed and found to contain skunk hides, be ing forwarded to a New York furrier. The skins were sent from Ten-Mile, and the bundle waa an Innocent looking affair until It was placed in the vicin ity of the steam pipe. BOYS OUT-BISCUIT GIRLS Two Aproned Lads of Rhode Island High School Defeat 1 Lasses. NEWPORT. R. I.. April 3. Two boys out of a class of eight won a biscut- maklng contest against a class of 1C girls at Rogers High School today. All used baking powder mado In the school laboratory. The Judges were experienced cooks. Professor Frank M. Greenlaw, head of the scientific department, offered the prize. Prison Caterers- Favored. NEW YORK. April 3. The privilea-e long enjoyed by prisoners In the New York Jails or having their meals brought in was abolished today by Catherine B. Davis, new Commissioner of Corrections. Miss Havls announced that those who were able to buy some thing better than the regular prison faro may patronize tbe prison caterers. CONSIDIHE KEEPS DKPHEUM STRING Contract in Northwest Has 14 Years to Run. NEW HOUSES CONTEMPLATED Deal With Morris Loew to Be Effective August 1. COST DECLARED $4,000,000 Mr. Consldine Says Negotiations Were Concluded "Without Argu ment and Partins or Assort - ates Said to He Pathetic. SEATTLE. Wash.. April 3 (Spe cial.) That the formal transfer of the Sulllvan-Consldlne vaudeville circuit from himself to Marcus Loew will take place In New Tork City August 1 and that thereafter he will Immediately re- -turn to Seattle to assume the active management of Ms Pacific Northwest Orpheum theaters, which eventually will be seven In number. Is the news announced today by John W. Considlne. who returned last night by way ot . Chicago from a business session with Mr. Loew at Kansas City last week. "The total sum to be paid over." said Mr. Consldine In his office today, "in my opinion will be nearer $4,000,000 than JS.000.000. The statement sent out from Kansas City that 31,500.000 would be paid us for the good will of the circuit Is correct. To this Is to be added the physical value of all our properties. Mr. Loew has three months or more In which to adjust this sum with me." Cfcaage la Portland Contemplated. In regard to the Orpheum situation at Portland, according to Mr. Consl dine. there will be no change in the present arrangement there, at laast until after the transfer of the Sullivan & Consldine theaters to Morris Loew. Sullivan & Consldine will continue to operate the Orpheum theaters in tho Northwestern states. their contract with the Orpheum circuit covering Ore gon. Washington. Idaho, Montana and British Columbia, having 14 years yet to run. The deal with Mr. Loew does not In any way afTect the Sullivan et Consldine control of the Orpheum shows In this territory. Deal Made Qalrkly. "I want to say that In the whole his tory of the show business no other deal was ever put through under such conditions aa this one," con tluned Mr. Consldine. "From the begin ning to the mil of the negotiations there waa not one word of argument Mr. Loew and his associates were dumbfounded at our organization and our theaters. When he sat down In my office here and I named to him tho price of tho circuit he agreed to it in less than 6 minutes' time. "There waa an affecting scene at Kansas City when we concluded the negotiations, one which caused Mr. Loew to remark: 'I'll hand this scene down to my children.' We carrra to a full realization for the first time that the sale meant a separation between myself and all associates who had been with me so long, some of them for 1 -years or more. Just like a big family. Parting Scene Affecting. "When I rose to say good-by to Moses Oppenheimer, of Spokane, my partner during all these years, a man with wom I had never had a word of dis sension and a man who Is as near my Ideal of the late Big Tim Sullivan as any one living, ho broke down and cried, and I did. too. When I said fare well to Fred Lincoln, with whom I started In my vaudeville career, it was worse yet. "Mr. Loew will pay for the. circuit in five annual payments. He has agreed to buy the stock of all my personal friends in the United Theaters and the Empresses In Sacramento and Chicago, amounting to 33:9.000. The main di vision of Interests in the circuit has been 43 per cent to the Sullivan es tate and SI per cent to myself. Ueaaeaarlers May Be at Seattle. "I am trying to get Mr. Loew to keep Seattle as his Pacific Northwest head quarters and believe he will do ao. After August 1 he will be able to give performances 40 weeka solid bookings, which Is all most of them want. There will be no change in present policies, so far as I know. I imagine the name of tho chain of playhouses will bo changed to Loew'a Empress Circuit, On this subject, of course. I cannot apeak with authority. Mr. Loew personally will own SO per cent of all these hold ings. "The Orpheum In Vancouver goes to them, but not the Orpheum franchise. I have agreed with Mr. Loew to build him a new theater there or to have one built, and when that Is completed I shall take back the Orpheum Theater there for Orpheum vaudeville. This, will give me three Orpheum houses. In Vancouver. Seattle and Portland, and eventually, as their growth warrants. I shall extend Orpheum vaudeville to Butte. Spokane, Victoria and Tacoma, First Investment 32000. "I shall make Seattle the headouir. ters of this Northwest Orpheum cir cuit and will be right here managing it. I will take a run down to Portland for a day or two. but will be in Se- tConcludetl on Face 3.) in a