GREGORY SPOILS
PLANS OF ZELAYA
Quick Action of American Dip
lomat Prevents War on
Salvador.
SPY WARNS M. FIGUEROA
I resident or Salvador Sends oiun
boat to Capture Invaders and
Gregory Starts Secretary
Knox to Action.
mP C1TV- Mart;h A letter
mailed from Acajutla more than a fort
night ago. received here today, pretends
!..Ve lnner hltory of the dis
turbances in Central America.
According to the report, the viKorous
'i American State Department
prevented the overthrow of the eovern
President Flgueroa In Salvador.
J ne 6000 troops on the Honduran frontier
VL ngr S the arm3r oC President
.emya of Nicaragua were being held In
readiness. It Is alleged, to reinforce revo
lutionary troops under the command of
Br Frudenclo Alfaro. who. under the
fiaaoonsplracv- wa to have super
seded General Fi-rueroa as President of
Plan or Invasion Failed.
The Xlcaraguan gunboats in the har
bor of Corinto were being held in readi
ness, to act as convoys for sailing ves
sels carrying Nicaraguan soldiers, who
land at some Plnt lng the
Salvadorean coast.
A spy carried the 'information to Fl
jrueroa. who sent the Salvadorean gun
boat Presldente to capture the safling
vessels carrying Nicaraguan troops. In
the subsequent fight between the Presi
dent. and the Nicaraguan gunboats, the
nal programme was abandoned.
Gregory Prevents War.
cnuiL15, ,W" .the Jate Planed for the
ranPrhLiI'18Wdnesor the Ameri
8,t.n,dAffaLre?' Mr- GrKory. who
h . 1hol p,ot an1 formed
rtir-H 5 ,h "S.t0n 8tate Department, ren
dered Zelaya s plans unfeasible.
rtll2S-Jr,"if l th,f lett'r- the American
JfJ?" ha. really prevented a general
trv.n,1A,mer,an War and ""sequent in-
NICARAGUA HOLDS UP SHIP
German Steamer Ella Searched for
Splea and Arms.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 20. Held
for a" hour at La Union. Salvador
7enuh,f ff,.CUI the Centr American
republic took possession of her and
warned the passengers and crew not
,1a "mpt . land or leave the harbor,
"owed t0 Proceed on her way
only when an examination of the na-
PeiT dK 10nV,lnced th' Salvadorean
sea lo ts that she was on a harmless
mission, was the experience of the
line, which arrived today from ports on
the lower west coast
entered the harbor of I .a Union, and
an armed guard of Nicaraguan infan-
V.. Plac'd on hoard, while the port
officials pre-empted the ship's papers
and went ashore to examine them, ad
monishing all aboard the Ella not to
attempt o leave the vessel.
After the officials had rowed away'
sai Captain liruhn. the soldiers left
to guard the ship proceeded to que,-
ion those on board In a manner that
Indicated that the vessel was suspect
r.r .rarriVl',(C If,erruan belligerents
or ..pies. In an hour or so the ofnoajs
returned to the ship, the papers were
restored, and the Ella proceeded on her
way northward.
MAY FOKM 1XYI.XG SQUADRON
Warships Assemble to Preserve
Peace in Central America.
VALU0JO, Cal.. March .n la
rumored that a number of vessels are
now rendesvouslng here as a flying squad!
V5 Preservs the peace, in Central
American waters. Work on the Marble
head is being rushed so she can take
the place of the Concord, which is com
h!iled0m h,n 8tatlon to ovcr-
The flying squadron probably will be
composed of the New Orleans. Petrel and
Onclnnatl. now nearlng completion here
the torpedo destroyer Farragut. which
was ordered to Mare Island for repairs
fter a collision with the Darts at San
Tnego. left the drydock today, under or
ders to travel at full speed to Magdalena
CLEMENCEAU MAY UNLOAD
(Continuea From First Pas.)
business is becoming more serious with
every hour. Every conceivable expedi
ent is being used to maintain communi
cation. Special couriers are being sent
in auttunobilee to the frontier and bicyclists-are
being employed for the de
livery of messages throughout the city
The government has organised a speciai
servk-e to insure communication between
I-ondon and King Edward, who Is at
KlBtTitS. '
Socialists Kxult In Power.
One thousand colonial Infantrymen have
been put to work sorting and delivering
the accumulated mails.
No newspapers have been delivered
since last Tuesday.
llumanlte. the oran of M. Jaures. the
Socialist leader, says today:
"The proletariat can now estimate the
tremendous power the possession of pos
tal telejrrapand telegraph and telephone
communication will give them when later.
In the decisive hour, they enter upon the
great buttle for emancipation."
wT.h ""-Republloatf organs profess to
believe that the beginning of the end of
the Kepubllo is in sight. The govern
ment may win the semblance of victory
-they say. but war with the proletariat
has hesun and It is bound to end in the
bankruptcy of the present regime.
The strike la now reneral at Lyons
Marseilles. St. Etienne. Bourses Gren
oble, notion. Havre. Limoges and the
oiher ptlni-4Ml cities of France.
SEARCH MOVES EASTWARD
iContlnued From First rase.)
hours" stringer.t questioning Ball was al
lowed to go. the police declaring there
was-no ground on which to hold him.
Will Pay Any Ransom.
I am going to wait about Cleveland a
day or two, la the hope ht the kidnap
ers will find me." Mr. Buhl said. "I
will pay the money demanded, and
pay It Instantly. If I need more,
my credit is good. As soon as I
get the boy the kidnapers may go free,
as fax es I am concerned. All I want is
the boy."
"Will the parents prosecute if the kid
napers are caught?"
"I don't know what their intentions are.
we have not talked about that at all.
All we have discussed -is the loss of the
boy, and I stand ready at any time the
kidnapers get into communication with me
to pay over the money they demand."
From Toledo it was reported that a man
and a woman who may know something
of the boy are being watched and an ar
rest may be made in that city.
CHICAGO INTERESTED IN CASE
Officials of Windy City Do All The.y
Can to Aid In Search for Boy.
CHICAGO, March 20. The intensity of
the Interest excited here by he kidnap
ing of Willie Whitla. at Sharon. Pa., is
reflected in a signed statement made by
State's Attorr.ey Wayman here today.
It says: ,
'Chief of" Detectives O'Brien, with all
the aid at . his command and Chief of
Police Snippy, are using the entire police
and detective force, not only in an effort
to catch the kidnapers, if they should
come ir.to tho state, but are giving advice
to the Eastern "officials as to th methods
to be employed.
"I believe the kidnaping of a child is the
worst offense that can be committed. J
think the penalty should be capital, punishment."
Philadelphia Sleuths at Sea.
PHILADELPHIA, March 20. The lo
cal police "who last night thought they
were on t... trail of William Whitla. to
day admitted they had been on a wild
goose chase.
FINANCES IN BETTER FORM
White House Conference Concludes
No Bond Issue Necessary.
WASHINGTON', March 20. A confer
ence of two hours on the tariff bill and
its relation to the revenues of the Treas
ury was held at the White House this
afternoon. Secretary MacVeagh, Secre
tary Knox and Senator Aldrich were with
President Taft. At the conclusion of the
conference the opinion was expressed
that it will not be necessary to issue
bonds -to meet current expenditures be
fore next Autumn, if at all. The reve
nues of the Treasury are Increasing, and
the outlook Is more hopeful than some
time ago. It Is stated.
Issues of Pankina Canal bonds are ex
pected before a great while to repay ad
vances from Treasury funds for the con
struction of the canal.
BILL CUTS DtilNKING TIME
Vtah Legislature Passes Drastic
Liquor Regulation Measurer- -'-
SALT LAKE CITT. March 20. Both
branches of the State Legislature
passed a bill today regulating the sale
of liquor.
The bill gives to all counties local
option and to cities of 12,000 popula
tion or more a separate vote on the
saloon - question. Saloons are -to be
open only from 7 A. M. until 7 P. M.,
except on Saturday, when the hours'
shall be from 7 A. M. to 6 P. M.
Special elections on the question of
local option are to be held on petition
of 25 per cent of the legal voters. It
is believed that the bill will receive the
signature of Governor Spry.
GOLD STRIKES IN ARIZONA
Rich Deposits of Ore Found and
Miners Flock to Scene.
PHOENIX. Aria.. March 90. Two gold
strikes, reported to be the biggest ever
made In Arisona, one at Salome and the
other at Bouse, have caused excitement
throughout the territory, and all of the
western "part from Phoenix to the river
is filling with prospectors.
Mining men of experience who have
visited the scenes of the strikes say that
the ore is of -surprising richness, and that
there are evidences of permanence in the
lodges. The strikes are in districts where
mineral has been found heretofore in pay
ing quantities.
KLEIN SENTENCED TO JAIL
5
Convicted Grafter Refuses to Testify
Before Grand Jury.
PITTSBURG, March 20.-Councilman
John F. Klein, who was sent to jail
Thursday for refusing to testify in the
graft Investigation,- was called before
Judge Davis this afternoon and reiterated
his refusal to' go before the grand Jury.
He was sentenced to serve 30 days in the
County Jail and pay a fine of tlflO.
The lcsults obtained by the grand lury
inquisition will probably be made public
Monday.
TRAIN ROW PROVES FATAL
Two Men Kill Third and Throw
Body Prom Car Window.
CLARENDON. Ter.. March 20. An
unidentified man is dead and Floyd
Autrey, of Fort Worth, is dying here
as the result of a three-cornered fight
with revolvers in a Fort Worth and
Denver, train near Giles. Tex., today.
Autrey and his cousin. Fred Garrett, of
Fort Worth, killed a third partv in the
fight and threw his body out of "a coach
window. Autrey is in a hospital here
and ho and Garrett are in custody.
UNWRITTEN LAW PREVAILS
Woman Who Shot Daughter's Be
trayer Acquitted at Omaha.
OMAHA. March 20. Mrs. Etta Banner,
on trial for the murder of her brother-in-law.
Fred Banner, was acquitted to-"
night by a jury which was out two hours
Mrs. Banner shot her brother-in-law
after her daughter had implicated htm
in her ruin. The defendant's attorney
appealed to the jury through the un
written law and also pleaded emotional
insanity.
Negro Charged With Larceny.
Accused by his roommate of robbing
him of 9.T5. Charles Smith, a negro la
borer. 50 years old. was arrested last
night by two detectives and lodged in
he City Jail on the. charge of larceny.
Smith was taken Into custody at First
and Jefferson streets, where he rooms
The complainant ugainst him Is Mack B
Ackley. with whom Smith roomed on
February 12. Ackley says Smith de
camped in the night, after filching the
currency from his trousers pockets.
Smith maintains his Innocence. Ackley
applied to Deputy District Attorney Frank
D. Hennessy February 16 and secured a
warrant for his arrest. Since that time
I he warrant has been lu the hands of the
olice awaiting sen ice.
HOUSE SEEKS TIME!
Will Not Allow Tariff to Be'
Railroaded Through.1
MEMBERS STAND UNITED
Being Responsible for Tariff Legis
lation, Congressmen Intend to
Debate Measure and Per
. haps Amend.
OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington.' March 16. No tariff bill will
pass the House of Representatives at
the special session unti it has been
fully considered. Members of the House
are very generally determined that the
bill, as reported by the ways and
means -committee, shall not be "rail
roaded" through without opportunity
for both debate and amendment. If
the Republican leaders undertake to
throttle the House, cut of f debate and
deny the House the right Po amend the
committee bill, there will be riot on
the floor, and the line-up in the House
at this time is not such as to justify
the leaders in Inviting a . controversy
of this character.1
Members are demanding . two thiivgs
of the leaders; a right to consider and
debate the committee bill, and to de
mand explanation of all schedules, and
the right to offer amendments to be.
passed upon by the House. If these de
mands are not met, there will be re
volt, and the revolutionists will not be
confined to the little insurgent band;
there are many other influential mem
bers, friends of the present leaders,
who would rebel if the screws should
be. put down and an attempt made to
force the House to accept the com
mittee bill without change.
No Trouble Expected.
Those who have looked carefully into
the situation are satisfied that full op
portunity will be given for debate, and
that opportunity will also be given for
the proposal of proper amendments to
any and all sections of the bill. The
leaders admit, that the committee on
ways and means is likely to report
some schedules which will not be In
dorsed by a majority of the House, and
they are also Inclined to the view that
the House ought to have the right to
make such changes as meet with the
approval of a majority of Its members.
The Hon. Sereno E. Payne, chairman
of the ways and means committee, is
not of this way of thinking; he is one
of the Republican leaders who would
force the House to accept the commit
tee bill without change, for he con
tends that the committee has had op
portunities for studying the tariff not
enjoyed . by other members of the
House, and therefore Is better able to
Judge of what changes should and
should not be made In the Dingley
law. But it will be remembered that
the Hon. Sereno E. PaytJo is not in
harmony with his own committee on
many schedules, and has often been
voted down by a majority of that body.
Therefore, it is to be presumed that the
House, as a whole, might .have views
different from those of Chairman
Payne, or of a majority of the com
mittee. ,
Payne a Menace. -
When the ways and means committee
began its tariff hearings last Novem
ber. Payne was one of those who de
clared for free lumber, among other
things. He was going to sweep the
lumber tariff off the statutes. But after
awhile Payne's associates," or a ma
jority of them, became convinced that
free lumber was not the proper thing,
and so Payne was Overridden by his
committee. It has been so on other
schedules.
Inasmuch as the House of Repre
sentatives, as a body, is responsible for
the tariff bill which is sent to the
Senate, the entire membership feels
that it Is entitled to consideration, and
the right to vote on any and all items
in the bill. The demand is a Just one;
those who make It are determined, and
It. is to be inferred that Speaker Can
non and the more level-headed of his
associates will grant the demand of
tho members, and let the House, rather
than the ways and means committee
frame the initial tariff bill. This will
bo an innovation, but in these days
"the people rule"; not the bosses.
GAS JET STARTS FIRE
Towel Hung. Too Close Communi
cates. Blaze to Walla.
The cottage of I. AVeinstein. 627 Fifst
street, was partially destroyed by lire
last night at 8 o'clock because one of
his little children hung a towel too close
to a gas jet in the kitchen. The little
boy had asked permission to accompany
his mother, who was about to start with
the older children to do some Saturday
night shopping, and was told that he
might go. provided he washed his face
and hands. This he did. and afterward
threw the towel upon a hook close to tho
gas. which was left burning.
The towel became Ignited and started
a blaze which crept tip- the walls of the
kitchen and spread rapidly to the dining
room and two other rooms. A woman
living next door discovered the names
bursting from the roof of the Weinstein
kitchen. By the time the firemen had
controlled the flames four of the rooms
had been almost entirely gutted. The
damages sustained by both house owner
and occupants is estimated at $50.
Weinstein is tho proprietor of" a con
fectionery store at 623 First street, but
a couple of doors ,from where he lives,
but was Ignorant of the misfortune which
had befallen him until It was all over.
MRS. MOORE BURIED TODAY
Funeral Will Be Held at Unitarian
Church at 2 P. M.
The funeral of Mrs. Dan J. Moore, who
died Friday morning, will take place
this afternoon at t o'clock at the Uni
tarian Church, Seventh and Yamhill
streets. The services willbe conducted
by Rev. T. L. Eliot, assisted bv Dr
W. G. Eliot. W. C. Bristol, E. B Piper"
Henry -Sargent, Horace Butterfleld'
George T. Willett and Allen Ellsworth
will act as pallbearers. The ushers
will be R. B. Lamson and R. v. Wil
ber. Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed and Mrs
Rose Bloch-Bauer will sing during the
services.
JURY INDICTS SWINDLERS
Nine Arrests Expected Shortly in Big
Snorting Frauds.
COUNCTL BLUFFS. Iowa. March 0
The grand jury of the District Court of
this county today returned ten indict
ments In the -wholesale swindling caeea
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SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MARCH 21. 190S,
The announcement was made that each of
tho Indictments Is against J. C. Murray
and others; but the names of nine of the
others were not made public, it being in
timated that some of them are not yet
under arrest. Conspiracy and larceny is
charged in each Indictment. Among the
complaining .witnesses . in the ten. cases
was Joseph P. Walker, of Denver. After
returning the indictments, the grand Jury
took recess until May.
JUBBAY OFFERS RELIEF FUND
Alleged Swindlers Would Give Pro
ceeds to Tornado Sufferers.
LITTLE rfoCK. Ark., March 20. "When
we were arrestea," said F. ,M. Clark, one
of the alleged swindlers who was released
yesterday on bond, "officers took from
us abaut $4009, besides diamonds and other
jewelry worth another 2000. All of this
can go to the Brinkley tornado sufferers
if those who have tied it up under at
tachments will permit. Mabray and
Warner heartily join me in this offer."
TRUST YIELDS TO UNION
Arkansas Valley Beet Farmers Win
Their Fight.
DENVER, March 20. The Rocky Moun
tain News will say tomorrow that the
American Beet Sugar Company has
yielded to the demands of the Farmers'
Educational & Co-operative Union, and is
now paying the beet farmers in the
Arkansas Valley $5 a ton straight for
beets.
While the sugar company has made no
formal announcement of its recession
from the proposition to pay a sliding
scale based on the sugar contents of
the beets, the News will say, yet all
farmers who eo demand are being given
straight "S contracts. .
ANOTHER STUDY IN CIVICS
Situation Affecting River Bridge
Traffic Renewed.
PORTLAND, March 20. (To the Edi
tor.) Having carefully considered the
report of the recent taxpayers' meeting
called by C. K. Henry, et al.. one is com
pelled to believe that their chief method
of remedying the overburdened taxation
of which they complain would be to re
fuse to accommodate the East Side traf
fic with sufficient egress to the city's
center over the rlver bridges, and deny
suitable park privileges.
If these critics will consider the vast
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amount of traffic passing over the Steel
bridge, which has been overtaxed for
more than two years, they will readily
understand the.t the East Side Is con
tributing an astonishing proportion of
commerce to the West Side to such an
extent that every one of the taxpayers'
at that meeting in quesion should have
been willing to pay a further increase of
tax, in order that the East Side might
be fully accommodated. The late acci
dent to the Burnside-street bridge so con
gested the traffic over the Steel bridge
and the Morrison-street bridge that the
whole city was seriously handicapped by
the same. Yet. the critics complain of
the proposed bridge at Broadway, and
ignore the proposition for the destrucUon
or removal of the Steel bridge, and favor,
at an expense to the city of a cool mil
lion dollars for a reconstructed bridge fur
ther Bouth, to the accommodation of and
In partnership with the railroad com
pany, and also destroying the better part
of the central harbor of the city. All
this in face of the fact that the rail
road company, if held in strict compliance
with the Steel bridge charter, would be
compelled to reconstruct a double-deck
bridge for the accommodation of general
trafTIc at that point.
It is a little more serious to the heavv
property-holders of tlTe West Side than
at first glance it might appear, to chal
lenge the .East Side to controversy, when
the East Side holds 25 per cent more
votes than can be cast on the West Side
The East- Side is only asking Just consid
eration and reasonable facilities for
egress to and from the West Side
In reference to city parks, the history
or the city, establishes the fact that there
has never been a park or anv other piece
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of property bought by the city that is
not worth far in excess of the amount
paid for it. together with the maintenance
Outlay by the city. Parks we must have,
if we maintain our health rate, and there
are many beautiful .and accessible park
sites. It is, decidedly objectionable,
through greed, to" overlook the "future of
a city so magnificent as this of ours.
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SWITCHMAN HIT BY ENGrNE
Edward Gifford Breaks Leg in S. P.
Vards Near Steel Bridge.
While trying to Jump on the running
board of a Southern Pacific switch en
gine near the steel bridge early this
morning, Edward Gifford. a switchman in
the employ of the company, missed his
footing and fell under the engine. The
engineer stopped the locomotive in time
to save Gifford from the wheels. but the
lower part of the saddle crushed him
badly and broke his legs. He was re
moved to the Good Samaritan Hospital,
and will recover.
A Good Soccer Football Player.
PORTLAND, March 19. (To the Editor.)
Referring to the Scottish "Imamatlonal"
soccer champions of Oregon, that was a very
good picture of the team in Wednesday's
Oregon lan. But there, la at least one of tho
English football players that Is worthy of
special note, and that one is little Billington.
who played Inside left wing forward for the
English team. H is a Jovial little fellow
and was full of congratulation for the Scot
tish team. He eaid they were much the
better team on the day's play.
Blilington has a eomewhat remarkable
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game in w-hich he played until he went
against the Soottieh team last Saturday. He
alao jsaya that he was playing out of his
position, as he never played on the left wing
before. ,
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aain. but he has promieed - to play cricket
with the cricketers this Summer. Last Sat
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