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72 Pages Pages Ho 12 VOL. XXVIII. NO. SULTi AT MERCY OF YOUNG TURKS Gain Control of Capital by Battle. ABDUL PRISONER IN PALACE Invading Army Subdues Muti neers in Barracks. CONFLICT OPENS AT DAWN Ylldli Kiosk Is Stronghold and Shef- ket Fears Mines Abdul W1H Retain Crown, but Be Stripped of Power. CONSTANTINOPLE. April 24. The Constitutional forces are in complete con trol of the capital tonight. The Sultan is virtually a prisoner In the Ylldlz palace. His formal submission has not yet been Klven. but he and the troops with him are at the mercy of the army of oc cupation. MaJimo'id Si-hefket Pasha, the com mander in chief of the invading forces, drslrcs to finish the work without further bloodshed. He is in negotiation with the Sultan's representatives and has extended the period of grace within which the Sultan must make hie final decision. The Ylldl Kiosk may be rushed during the night, for some 5000 Infantry are dis posed within a mile and a half of the palace. Leave Abdul Crown, No Power. What disposition will be mae of the ruler of the Empire when he is In the hands of tha Constitutionalists Is un known to the. embassies, although the opinion is held in authoritative quarters that he will continue as the nominal con stitutional executive, largely responsible to the cabinet, which in turn will be re sponsible to Parliament. Complete tranquillity prevails in the city at present, but anxious looks are cast In the direction of the Ylldls. the Tefusal of part of its garrison to submit being the serious feature of the situation. Gen eral Schefket Is concentrating large forces near this point. Troops have been pour ing In since noon and several batteries have been planted on the neighboring heights, but It Is feared that the task of capturing this well-guarded stronghold will be extremely difficult, owing to its excellent defensive position and the thorough preparedness of the garrison. Believe Palace Is Mined. The other positions already captured by the Investing army were not provided with artillery, which gave the assailants an Immense advantage, so they were able to shell the barracks without reply from artillery. The YildlJ! garrison not only possesses artillery, but it Is believed that the neighborhood is mined. Apparently General Schefket and the other leaders of the Salonlca troops are anxious to avoid further bloodshed, hence their de sire to give the Sultan and his advisers ample time for consideration. Invaders Attack Barracks. The sending: forward of the advance posts of the Salonlca army yesterday afternoon to within two and one-half miles of the palace foreshadowr - the attack on the city that was begun this morning. The bridges had been pick eted and small parties of cavalry rec onnoltered the ground. After desultory firing Just before dawn an advance was made In the southwest part of Pera. The attacking forces spread out In a long Una and made an assault on the Matchka and Tasch Klschla barracks, south of the palace, where they met with a stubborn resistance. The Invaders continued to advance In three columns with the utrhost pre cision and occupied all points of vant age. The volunteers from Ohreveglli received their baptism of fire from Matchka, but they stood their ground well and replied with steady volleys. The strength of the volunteers was (Concluded on Pace 2.) tniHlim Will Re Raay for Sit. rloty tiuffn Wheal Tbey Have . Airships. AttliHUMll .... f ' " " . I MOUNTED POLICE AT BARGAIN RIOT THREE THOUSAND WOMEN IN RUSH FOR CHEAP GOODS. Many Faint and Crowd Blocks Brooklyn Streets Until Officers Quell Disturbance. NEW YORK. April 24 (Special.) Upwards of 3000 women today engaged In one of the fiercest bargain riots at Broadway and Suydan streets, Williamsburg, that the Brooklyn police have ever been called upon to quell. The trouble was caused by liberally advertised sales by rival five and ten cent stores, located within a few doors of each other. These sales were advertised to be gin at 8:30 o'clock, but long before 7 o'clock women , began to arrive and crowd about the unopened stores. Wo men from every quarter of Williams burg arrived to swell the crowd. When the doors opened at the designated hour, according to the reckoning of the police more than 3000 vere packed into Broadway. With a rush they forced their way into the stores. So great was the crush from those who were struggling to bo among the first to gain entrance, that scores of women fell in a faint and were tram pled by women who followed. Police reserves were called out, to quell the riot. Mounted men rode through the crowd, and by using their clubs were finally able to force the women back. TAFT WINS GOLF MATCH Plays Kan ll less Gume. and Slier ma ii Gets Victory. With WASHINGTON. April 24. President Taft was once more a victor at golf at the finish of an exciting game on the Chevy Chase links this afternoon. A foursome was played in which the Presi dent and Vice-President Sherman opposed General Clarence R. Edwards and Cap tain Archibald Butt. The President played a faultless game, and led the three other players In individ ual scores throughout the match. In the first half of play the Armv officers were one up, but on the return they were out classed and at the 17th hole- the scores revealed that the President and "Vice President were winners, two up and one to play. Today's match was to plav off the rubber, each side '.having won a game in previous matclies. ( POWERS CASTS OFF ALIAS Pardoned in Cioebei Case, He Comes - to Front. PITTSBURG. April 24. John Powers, one of the men "pardoned yesterday by Governor Wlllson. of Kentucky, in con nection with the murder of Governor Goebel and a brother of Caleb Powers, is . not In Honduras, as was supposed. He is living In Kittanning,. Pa., (where he Is In charge of a business college. When Powers learned of his pardon this morning, he let his Identity be known. He has been known here as Professor J. W. Christie. QUAKE KILLED 18 PERSONS Threw Down Many Houses in Por tugal and Wrecked Church. LISBON, April 24. The earthquake shock experienced here last night In Portugal was especially severe along the Tagus, In Ributejo Province, between Santarem and Lisbon. Many houses itt this district were thrown down and the church at Salvador was demolished. At Alhambra a dozen persons were killed and many Injured. Six dead are reported from other points. King Manuel and the Duke of Oporto have left Lisbon to visit the afflicted dis trict. BALLOON GOES 57 MILES Dauntless Reaches Height of 9 000 Feet In Trip From St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, April 24. The balloon Dauntless, of 25,000 cubic feet capacity, ascended here today under the pilotage of A. P. Shirley, of Nashville. Tenn., and landed tonight at Greenfield, 111.. 57 miles from here. The balloon reached the height of 9000 feet. HARRY MURPHY CONTINUES TO PUT IN PICTURE FORM A FEW IDEAS Oae Way to Avoid Belnar Run Down by Speed Maniacs. PORTLAND, OREGOX, SUNDAY MORNING, DEAD ARMENIANS TOTAL 30 Latest Estimate of Re suit of Massacre. DRUSES THREATEN VENGEANCE Chief of Warlike Tribesmen of Lebanon Killed. MANY GIRLS ARE MISSING Score of Native Pastors Killed and More Americans May- Be Vic tims Thousands of Ref ugees Pour Into Cities. BEIRUT. Asiatic Turkey, April 24 -A conservative estimate now places the number of killed in the Armenian massa Z1L ,Adana Vilayet at from 20,000 to Mm At the town of Adana more than 100 girls are missing. It is known that zi native pastors have been killed Fears are entertained -that other American mis sionaries than those whose deaths have been reported have been murdered. There are 15,000 refugees in Adana and Tarsus, and 5000 at Mersina. Marash and Aintab are quiet, but conditions at Had jm are becoming critical. A messenger dispatched for relief by Miss Lambert, the American missionary, who two days ago sent an appeal to Constantinople, has been killed in the streets. A second messenger, a soldier, was shot at. The all i,as given assurances of the safety of the Americans.- , Conditions at Alexandretta are un changed. Beila and Dortoyle are hold ing out. An appeal for help, has been is sued from Latkaia. as the mobs are Hear ing that place and American property s threatened. Antioch is quiet, there being no Armenians left in that town. No dis turbances have occurred in Beirut to night. Mohammedans are coming into Beirut today to resist the expected vengeance Of the DrUSS trililini,n , :. - mo mei in Which is Arsian's father. These trlbes- ,"B" come rrom the Lebanon. They have concentrated their forces and they are coming into town in large numbers LEISHMAN WORKS FOR PEACE Advises' Enraged Druses to Leave 'Vengeance to Government. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 24Ambas sador Leishman received telegram to day from the American Consul at Beirut, dated at Bravendal. setting forth the danger of a collision tomorrow between Mohammedans and the Druse tribesmen. In reply the Ambassador suggested that a message be sent to the father of the late Deputy Arsian. telling him of the success of the Liberal forces here and suggesting that vengeance be left to the government. OFFICIALS TALK OF RELIEF Hadjln Will Be First Town Cared For by Foreigners. MERSINA. April 24The captains of the British. French and German warships and the American and French consular offi cials conferred with the Governor today concerning the disturbances. They gave particular attention to the question of prompt relief for Hadjin, where several American missionaries are located. The Governor promised to do everything pos sible to calm the Mohammedans. KESSAB FALLS TO FANATICS Another Village Burned and Inhabi tants Take Flight. BEIRUT. Asiatic Turkey, April 24. According to the latest Information of the progress of the fanatical antl Christian rioting in the country around Alexandretta, the Armenian village of Kessab has been burned and many per- (Concluded on Page 4.) Oh, Tr-Ia-U-la. MAY 00 GERMANY TO SPY ON MARS' SECRETS DIRECTOR OP TREPTOW OB SERVATORY HAS SCHEME. Professor Arehenbold Thinks Lenses Will Tell Whether . or Not Planet Is Inhabited. BERLIN, April 24. (Special.) The construction of an enormous telescope, especially designed for the particular use to which it would be put. Is advo cated by Dr. Friedrich a Arehenbold, director of the Treptow Observatory, near Berlin, for determining whether or not Mars Is inhabited. Dr. Arehen bold regards the proposal of Prof. Pick ering, of Harvard, to signal to. Mars by means of gigantic mirrors, as inter esting and. worth trial, but he . thinks a way will be found yet to settle the question by .direct ocular evidence. "I believe," said he, "if means can be obtained for the erection of a tele scope of the right dimensions, it is not at all improbable that we shall be able to declare definitely the condi tions on the planet, as regards habi tation. What we require Is a tele scope built on the general plan of that Installed In the Treptow Observatory." INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 64 decrees; minimum. 4 degrees. TODAY'S Probably fair; westerly winds. Foreign. Young Turkish army defeats Constantinople garrison In battle, beselges Sultan In Palace and will deprive him of power. Section I. pane 1. Orljrin and motive of Young Turk move ment. Section 1, page 2. German astronomer proposes to build tele scope to find if Mars is inhabited. Sec tion 1, page 1. c Russia sends troops to Tabriz at request of United States. Section 1, page 5 Number killed in Turkish massacres 20.000 k,.,? ' ,; Drue threaten vengeance. Section l. page 1. Castro raves asrainst powers for doing bid ding of United States. Section 1. page 8. - ' National. Senate committee's probable action on dis puted points in tariff. Section 1, page 3. Domestic. Brandenberg admits kidnaping stepson and tells story of wanderings. Section 1. page 8. Weern..ra"road" rebeI against Harriman s dictation. Section 1, page 8. Wisconsin liquor men propose excise board. Section 1. page 1. Women at bargain day rush block Brooklyn streets and police disperse them. Section 1. page 1. Charges, ,ot fraud in counting votes at Daughters' convention. Section 1, page 7. Patten liable to arrest for hunting and Ash ing without license. Seotion 1. page 4. Los Angeles prepares reception to Japanese warships. Section 1, page 3. Maybray may prove to be McCarn. -whom ' f3a,"rIneton was convicted of murdering. Section I, page 1. Sports. . Hill Cadets will leave Tuesday lor meet at btanford. Section 8, page 8. Dealers want auto races held during Rose Festival. Section 3. page 8. Three tennis tourneys will be held in Port land. Section 3, page 8 Jeffries out of fight game if he doesn't win from Johnson. Section 3, page 91 Many breeders gather to patronize breeders sale. Section 3. page s. Coast League scores: Portland 5," Los An geles 4; Oakland 8. Sacramento 4; San Francisco 4, Vernon 3. Section 3 page 10. Eastern college men win most points at In tercollegiate track meet. Section 1. page 10. Shrubb easily beats St. Yves in 15-mile race. Section 1. page 10. Faclfic Northwest. Three more embezzlement charges ' made against ex-Judge Gordon. Section 1 page 7. Inspector Kelly inelets Clark County dairies must be cleaned up. Section 1, page 7. Row among Hermlston water-users to be taken into court. Section 3. page 11. , Real Estate and Building. Sale of Hazel Fern farm helps realty mar ket. Section 4. page 4. , East Side is promised freight depot. Section 4. page 4. Large amounts spent for hard-surface pave ment on East Side. Section 4, page 7. Townsite of Wall Street Addition placed on market. Section 4, page 6. Commercial and Marine. Sastern hop dealer complains of excessive profits of Pacific Coast buyers. Section 4, page 11. Wheat slumps in Europe and Chicago. Sec tion 4. page 31. Portland and Vicinity. Excise Board petition may be Invalid because of fraudulent . signatures. Section 1 page 1. Banquet to ex-Senator Fulton is happy af fair. Section 2. page 12. Hoodlums arrested on St. John and Mount Scott cars. Section I, page 1. Prohibitionists nominate muncipal ticket. Section 1, page 10. Petition for vote on lighting bonds Is 800 names short. Section 4. page R. Mrs. M. F. Donahae charges in divorce suit that husband kicked her. Section 3 page 12. Prohibitionists believe mutilation of excise petition will help their cause In state. Section 3, page 6. Hawthorne-avenue paving' q'ueirtion held -jn pending City Attorneys decision. Section 1, page 8. Contractor charges City Engineer with dis crlmlnatlon. Section 4. page 9. On Your War 1 APRIL g.l. moo. IS SUPPOSED KILLED? Maybray Identified as James P. McCann. RECALLS ODD MURDER CASE 'Lord' Barrington Serving Sen tence for Supposed Crime. WOMAN FURNISHES PROOF Maybray at First Denies Story, but Later Breaks Down and Weeps. Officers Pro'be Case in All Details. rES MOINES. Ia.. April 24. Police officials have a mystery on their hands in the identification of James C. May bray, the alleged leader of the sporting swindle syndicate, as James P. McCann, or St. Louis, for whose supposed murder Lord" Barrington Seymour is serving a life sentence In the Missouri penitentiary. The identification was made by Miss Lillian Gates, of St. Louis, who says she is acting for the British Consul in that city, and who admits that she ia a friend of the English prisoner. Miss Gates appeared at the United States Marshal's office this morning and swore positively that Maybray was McCann. McCann de nied the story and It developed later that Miss Gates had Identified other men as the supposed dead man. Furnishes Further Proof. Not to be put off in this manner. Miss Gates returned later, bringing with her the letter she had received from May bray in San iTrancisco. urging her to continue her efforts to find McCann. as well as a photograph of McCann she had received from Barrington. The photo graph Is an excellent likeness of May bray. Miss Gates further said that Mc Cann had two peculiar scars on his left band, and examination of Maybray's hand revealed similar scars. Confronted with this evidence. May bray broke down and wept, but would not substantiate the woman's statement. The police and Federal officers are not yet convinced of the correctness of the Identification, but will look into the mat ter closely. Maybray Denies Tale. Early today, after Miss Gates had first declared Maybray to be the missing Mc Cann. the alleged swindler laughed and said; "There is nothing to It. The woman s crazy. I was born In Mississippi, lived in Omaha for years and worked as a hired man and express messenger. Hun dreds of the prominent citizens of Omaha have known me for years. I bought cat tle and horses off the ranches in Ne braska and sold them in the stock yards of Omaha. I never had any other name than this and can be verifled in Omaha by most any prominent man In the town." C0NREID SUFFERS STROKE Former Director of MetropoIUan Opera-House Thought Dying. BERLIN, April 24.-A dispatch re ceived here from Bozen. Tvrol ,v, Helnrich Conreid. the former director of the Metropolitan Opera-house in New York, suffered an apopleticstroke Thurs day. His condition Is considered serious, as he bus not recovered consciousness. NEW OPENING AT NIAGARA Ice Jam Giving Way to Repeated At tacks by Dynamite. YOUNGSTOWN. N. Y., April 24.-Nearly halfa ton of dynamite, exploded in three separate charges, widened the channel at the mouth of the Niagara River today. The Ice jam further up stream will be next attacked. TO LIGHTEN ' Invitation to the World. SWINDLER MAI I rVriCC DAAnn rnn LAuioL DUftnu run WISCONSIN BARS LIQUOR INTERESTS BRING CP BILL FOR REFORMS. State Commission Given Power to Revoke Licenses- Measure Favored by Public. MADISON. Wis.. April 24. (Special.) Saloon interests have come forward with their bill for the regulation of the liquor traffic In the state through an excise commission. It provides that the issuance of licenses shall be left as heretofore with local bodies, but the right to revoke such licenses Is to be taken from these and placed In the hands of a commission. Discretionary powers are given this commission, and only where a saloonist has offended against the laws and baa been con victed a third time, will it be obliga tory on the commission to revoke his license, and then only for a year. While it is generally conceded that this bill will in a large measure con tinue the work that has been going on in this state for the last year, of put ting the liquor business on a more re spectable basis, it Is also admitted that saloon-keepers may find loopholes to get out of any trouble that might come their way; but. en the whole, the bill shows much bending to public sen timent. SMITH TO LEAVE ISLANDS Governor-General May Xot Return to Take Up Philippine Rule. WASHINGTON, April 24. Governor General James F. Smith of the Phil ippines expects to leave Manila May S for Yokohama, where he will embark on the steamship Minnesota for the United States. He has been granted a six months' leave of absence. General Smith has Indicated that he did not de sire to resume his work in the Phil ippines. For some time rumors have been current that President Taft might appoint W. Cameron Forbes, the Vice Governor, to the Governorship. MILWAUKEE HAS NOT FILED No Resolution on Contested Line in Flathead Valley. HELENA, Mont, April 24. The gtory telegraphed from Kallspell last night concerning the filing of a resolution by the board of directors of the Chi cago. Milwaukee & Puget Sound Rail road for a line from Coram, Flathead County, along the North Fork River, to the Canadian line lacks confirma tion at the office, of the Secretary of State. No such Instrument has been filed there. The only document refer ring to this territory was filed by counsel for the Great Northern early this week. DECLINES TAFT'S OFFER Business Prevents Mr. Soott From Accepting Mexican Mission. WASHINGTON, April 25 Harvey W. Scott, of Portland, Or., who was ten dered the Ambassadorship to Mexico, to day declined that office. The declination Is made in a letter received by President Taft today. Mr. Scott expressed appreciation of the offer, but declared that business consid erations compelled him to give up any thought of accepting the mission. NEW HARRIMAN OFFICES Portland to Be Headquarters for Northwestern Construction. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., April 24.-H. M. Engelman. formerly auditor of the Leavenworth (Kan.) & Western Railway absorbed by the Union Pacific, haa been named to take charge of the bureau of subsidiary Harrlman lines under con struction In the Northwest, with head quarters at Portland. Or. WATERS-PIERCE PAYS FINE Pays Texas Nearly $2,0000,000 for Violating Anti-Trust Law. AUSTIN, Tex., April 24.-The Waters Pierce Oil Company today paid probably the largest fine ever paid by a corpora tion, nearly 2,000,000. The payment ends the litigation of the State of Texas against the oil company. UP THE TEDIUM OF A QUIET DAY Notion of Calhonn Trial After Read ins; Daily Reports. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOTE IMPROBABLE ON EXCISE BOARD Hundreds of Names on Petition Invalid. EVIDENCE OF FRAUD IS DIRECT Liquor Dealers -Watch Clerk Check Up Signatures. NEITHER SIDE GIVES UP Fully 4 4 Per Cent of Li Found Dx fective, but McKenn. Say. Sup. porters of Bin Will Carry Fight Into Court. r,J.M "ufflc,enc the Excise Boar to be tested in the courts, for whether or nt Cltjr XudUor Barbu; declJeh the prop,ea law shall b. .ubmitted t. the voter8( loalas 8ids Wrk dono yesterday in checking up the petition .hawed that fully hall men wC"..00 tho.eol men who are not registered voters, are Wherever a nam, was found tha remark C,t "Oration biok! a red mark was placed opposite It. cours? wT " W" Th wa- sho" f U"Ud lf th -nature, was ahown to be a palpable forgery when compared with the signature of the voter oa the registration bo.ks DupHcate name, also received red Nearly Hair of Names Invalid. I6"'7 1000 name checked over by the deputies yesterday. 440 Tfr,, 7 ,PenC"ed- Tbo Petition can afford to lose only 31 per cent of th. name, atm to retaln Us 8ufflcIe the proportion of rejected names yes terday was running 4 4 per cent. The promoters of the excise petition, however, insist that registration is not a requirement for valid signatures to an initiative petition. They dispute als the forging of any number of names to the petition and assert that If the auditor rejects the petition they will apply to the courts for a writ of man date to compel him to submit the law to the vote of the people. On the other hand, the allied Gothen berg Liquor Dealers say they will ap ply for an Injunction lf the petition la not rejected. The unregistered names constitute the greatest proportion of those thrown out yesterday. On apparent forgeries the petition was given the benefit of tha Hnnh, T'K 11 . nuur aeaiers, how ever, are taking no chances on the , tiding up and are scurry Ins the fitv A,.it ... -. - - vmuciilo l corroDorate their claim that names on the petition hnvA KoAn . 1 1 . . sou uy wnoiesaie. Seven men are now in the employ of the liquor interests visiting addresses given opposite doubtful signatures on the petitions. Checking Closely Watched. At the Courthouse yesterday Roger B. Sinnott. Walter Reed anri uri i7 all employed by the same Interests, nept a close watch on the checking. Frequently names were challenged that the deputies refused to reject. A list was made of such names and hv turned over to the scouts on the out side who at once sought the purported signers themselves. Late In the after noon Mr. Sinnott received word from his outside men that nhnnt t,ai i doubtful names were proving forgeries. Although deputies were busily at work checking un the Gothenhorr t,i,i - r-y I"-'" iWll. also. In the clerk's office, the excise board petition was the sole center of in terest. Miller Murdock. Municipal Association, spent most of the day watching the work but departed aooui me miauie or the afternoon. Attorney Sinnott was there until th (Concluded on Pagn S.) 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