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fUE SUNDAY .OREGOXLVX, rORTLAyP. XOYEMBEB 13, 1910. PIHGHOrS ATTACK ' IS FOREAHSWERED Ballinccr Already Replies to Statement to'Be Published Tomorrow. 'ALASKA LANDS ARE BASIS Secretary Qnotrs Eicerpt From An- nnal Iloport Telling of He moral of Cunningham Entries riom II 1.1 Jurisdiction. " RKJOVlAN NKWS PT'REAt. Was 1-Kton. Nor. 11. H'.fford Plcchnt h 19 y ii ttarka Secretary Ba!:iner for h! a f.tu.io toward lunmnsi-.aiQ coi I. In Itllkk Antieloattn this attack. Fecretary rIllrT toliy care out an extract : of Y forthcoming annual report. . . - . ,, .w. .iitt...i. or t d'partnrnt toward theie caies. In hi report ilr. P:illlnicr win ay: Th Cunnlnsbara emrlea have pro voke.! wide discussion and popular In terest, laricely because of their alleged lilus and method of attempted acqui sition. Whollr unfounded charges rare been spread broadcast. Involving the attitude vt departmental officers towarl the eases. In view of these conditions. 1 deem It of the blithest Importance that all thee cases. Involv ing 31 entries, or S.'SO acres, of coal lands. b transferred from the Jurisdic tion of the ticneral Land Otnoe directly to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia for consideration and ad judication, without the necessity of rul lmr as to the validity or Invalidity of aid entres by the Commissioner of the general l-and Cttlce as now re quired In such cases. "This procedure mar well be rre Tlded by special direction In bill now rendins; la Conirress for authorisation of appeals In land eases from the In terior Department to that court. While the decision of these cases by officers of the land department will be as im partial as decisions by a court of Jus tice. It would not have the effect of puttlnir at rest vnue and distorted no tions entertained by many as to wholly disinterested motives of the depart ment officers, upon whom the burden now rests for their disposition." for several months, at the Instance of Secretary BalUnRer. these cases have been placed under the special direction of the President, with the view that no action should be taken without his per sonal sanction. Recommendation In this respect and action of the Interior Iepartmeot have been wholly upon the Initiative of Secretary Ha'.llnger. 'FIRE DRILL SAVES LIVES 4500 Children In Orphans Kcscoctl From names. XEW YORK. Nov. 15 Tnree thous and boys and 1500 (tirls. orphan In mates of the Catholic protectory In the upper part of New York City, were routed from their bods by fire shortly before midnight last nlsht. Thanks to the coolness and discipline of the Christian brothers In charpe of the In stitution, there waa no panic and the shivering- children went through the routine fire drill as calmly as on any of the weekly practice occasions. The fire destroyed a five-story wins; of the main bulldlnjr. but there was no loss of life and no Injury. The blase started In a basement bskery. spreadinft rapidly to the upper f!oor and thence to the boys' dormitory above. Fortunately, the alarm was Riven In time and when the blaze reached the sleeping rooms, the youthful Inmates were marchins; like soldiers In Ions; In tie files down the halls and through the courtyards to an assembly hall In another bulMtnsr. The iclrls. housed In a bulldlns: 400 feet away, were aroused by the attendants and put through a fire drill, but were not taken from their bulldlns STEPFATHERSHGT TWICE boa of Indian Woman Turns IMstol on Abusive Husband. TRKKA. Cal- Nov. 12. (Special. V-Because lis su'pfather came home drunk and ahusrd h:s mother. Kmmetv. FVaslcr shot W. J. Brown three times. Kraxler Is In the County Jail here awaiting In vestigation. Itrown. his victim, ta Justice cf the Peace ol Happy Camp township. Two years ao lrown married an In d an woman With four children of whom Pricr is orv. Thursday evenir.s; Uroan went home under the Influence of liquor and abused his wife. Kraster. who was in the hou took up his mother's Quar rel, pulled a ptetol and eihot at lirown. but nilsxed. lie fined a s.-cond shot, the bullet t.tklrJC effect In Krown's breast. Trt wourded man fled from the house and as ho did so. Kruaier shot the third tuue. tlie bullet enterlns; Brown's tr'Rh. rraxier wa arreted, and a doctor from ti.la city was sent to attend the wounded mun. It la believed, hup in juries U be fatal. GRANGE IS "BOMBARDED I'ortl.tnd's VoHojr of Tclcsrains Ex pected to land 1011 Meeting. "Ilombardlns; the National Granpe." Is the way secretary Chapman yester day described the work of the conven tion bureau of the Portland Commer cial Club wit a regard to the meeting of the grance, which Is In session at Atlantic City. N. J., this week. Tele grams were sent by the score and the work will be continued until the club secures the consent of the society to hold Its next convention In this city. Among the signers of telecrams were Jay ltowcrman. Acting Governor; Mayor Uraon, 1L Beckwlth. president of the Portland Commercial Club. IL W. Ray mond. Portland convention bureau, and C C. Chapman, manager of the Com mercial Club promotion committee. It Is believed that the National Grange will accept the invitation. TEMPERANCE WOMEN MEET Tresldcnt Denies Fair Daughters of America Tse Ctearettes. BALTIMORE. Nov. IT The annual convention of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Cnlon assembled here today with d"leirates present from ! all purrs of the I'mted States. Canada i and British Columbia. Cf chief Interest was th annual address of the president. Mrs. Win I am M. N. Stevens. She said la part: "We are sometimes told that drink among women Is on the increase. It can hard.y be so among the outcasts and lower classes, for. It Is largely drink which has brought them where they are. Alcoholic beverages cannot Justly, even among women, be trailed a class drink, for alcohol In the costly wine glass Is as deadly and dangerous as It is In the dingy whisky glass. "We are sometimes told that there Is much cigarette smoking among women. In the course of my travels la tiigland and America I have never seen a woman with a cigarette In her mouth, except In certain localities In New Mexico, where the surroundings were not at all nl-n-aot to contemplate. There Is reason to believe that some women In England do smoke cigarettes snd we are told that there are some in America of like habits. I have seen now and then a woman in a hovel smok ing a pipe.-Itefernne- to the white slave traffic the speaker reviewed recent Federal, state and city attempts to stifle It. and continued: -It matters little whether the traffic is organised or not. The fact that it exists In New Tork and eisewnere i sufficient to arouse humanlty-lovlng peo ple." Mrs. Stevens vigorously recommendea an amendment to the federal constitu tion, prohibiting polygamy and giving to Congress power to enforce such prohibi tion by suitable legislation. DISSOLUTION IS LIKELY BRITISH. CABIVET BESIIIES TO SETTLE QC.UUUX QCICKXY. Election Before Christmas Is De cision Expected Crx of Ameri can Gold liaised by Tories. tDXDOX. Nov. 11 A cabinet meeting on Monday or Tuesday will decide upon the step the government will take to bring the political crisis to a focus. The plan most lik- ly to be acreed upon Is the Immediate dissolution of Parliament. While the government m!ght send a bill embodying Its veto proposals to the Koue of Lords for consideration, the Ixriis would certainly reject It, but proo- ahly would consume much time In Its consideration ar.d discuss the general qursUon of the reform of the upper house along the linea sucied by 1-ord Itose- b--ry last session. Immediate dissolution will save time and perhaps make possible the holding of the elections before tne noiioays. "Home rule and home ruin." Men with American money." "Ireland for sale." "Uld two hundred thousand col la rsi" These sayings appear today In the Sunday Observer, which first startedthe campaign of the Conservative press la favor of federal home rule. The paper publishes three column ce ounclr.e "the unparalleled icnomlny of the attempt to wreck the British consti tution with American money. Frederick Edwin Smith. M. P. for Liv erpool, a leading Conservative, speaking at Urocklcjr last nltfht. ridiculed Asquith as the successor of Chatham, declaring thot he was powerless until the appear ance of the uncrowned king of political mendicants with his pockets bulging with American gold. 9 KILLED, MANY MANGLED Express Train Crashes Into Trolley Car at Kalamazoo. KALAMAZOO. Mich.. Nov. 12. Nine persons were killed tonight when a fast Michigan Central express train hit a Main street car. Nearly a doxen were Injured, some fatally. The known dead: Motorman Ward Abbott, Harry nous. Miss Bertha Hensler. James Breeze. William Shafer, Hazel Hart. Three bodies have been removed from the pilot of the engine so badly mangled that recognition Is impossible. Conductor Van Horn had gone up the track to flag his car ahead. Standing near the crossing, was a string of box cars which obscured the view of the main track, and he motioned his car ahead. it had atenned aside to let the car pass when the train came around the) bend at a terrific rate. The crash came Just as Van Horn stepped from be tween the train and his car. He escaped Injury, but has been removed to his home in a state of nervous collapse. At Bronson Hospital there are two unidentified girls, whose injuries may prove fatal. They are badly cut and physicians say axe Injured internally. SEINE ESCAPES ITS BANKS River, Swollen by Italns, Threatens to Flood Paris Sewers. PARIS. Nov. li The River Seine. swollen by continued rain, escaped its banks at Qual Auteuil. In this city, this evening, and reached the navigation of fice at Pont Crenelle. This yellow current threatens to flood the sewers. Several streets In tllo lower sections are already Inundated. M. Faure. the Minister of Public Works, has mobilized a small army that Is engag-d In damming the quays. Ce ment parapets are being erected at the most exposed points. All traffic on the river r.as ceased, aa tho vessels are un able to pass under the bridges. The River Marne h3 reached the Mgh- water mark set by the destructive flood of January. LONDON BANK HAS RUN Anonymous Circular Excites De positors, but AH Are raid. IxiXnON. Nov. 12. The run on the Blrkbeck bank which began yesterday, following the circulation of an anony mous circular falsely connecting the Institution with tne Charing Cross bank, which failed recently, was con tinued with Increased excitement to day. When the doors were opened an hour earlier than usual an enormous crowd was waiting to withdraw deposits. The Blrkbcck people say they have H.OO'J.OuO In cash in their vaults. Marriage lJce D WARPS-EVANSES A. E. Edwards, Sa: licrcr.a u. r.iin.u, ... IMARIV-siui'Elt Jack J. ogarty, 33; i Ghafar VI. Sua r-i ItTH Y-vfclJ.EX P. J. McCarthy. 40 Uista Mellen. i'4. y. lT- LLl-s scar ieiey Nelson. 41. Enqulst. 42: Montague, Si; Em MO SIAOUK-JUAES K. a Suxa W. J ones, - lANsrOVVS-l;HADFIEI.r Robert Laru don. '.'7; Elhel Braillleld. 2i' M. Jones. ATSON-KHOsH Klcnara Watson. Rose COCHRAXE-KBA-IT Faciei X. Coch rane, Vancouver. asn r;i; 3ay fej-att. 20. lHIOslLJiT-ATfc.tv 1 nomas arlcaiey. SI; (ilada Arkaasas Avers, lesau wdijtnr. and vtiltlnc cerda W. o. Smith a Co.. Washington blm-. eia eta Wasa. Weddtns and vlsltlns cards. Waa. glilTfiJs Ck. ... ib WashiBstoa t CARD OF THANKS. The family of the late T. Pearson. Fr- desire to thank their many friends for their expressions of sympathy, and the maiir beautiful floral offerings during taeir late bereavement. OFFICIALS CHAFE. AT HILL'S DELAY No Report on Postal Site in Portland Arouses Ire of Treasury Department. AGENT SAYS IT'S SENT NOW Dr. J. IV. Mill Declares Recommen dation Was Forwarded to Wash ington Last Monday He Re fuses to Tell Location. OREGONTAX NHWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Nov. IS. (Special.) Of ficials of the Treasury Department and Senator Bourne are distracted over the continued refusal of Dr. J. W. Hill, of Portland, to submit his report on post office sites in Portland, and this, though he has been Instructed by tele graph both by President Taft and Sec retary McVeagh to report at once. The last Imperative order was sent him about ten days ago. but to closing hour this evening." the Treasury De partment had heard nothing from Mr. HI1L' He was appointed September 3, and to date his compensation aggre gates 11400. at the rate of J20 a day. As Mr. Hill was appointed by direct order of President Taft. the Treasury Department does not feel at liberty to cancel his commission. But he would have been dropped weeks ajjo had ho been appointed on any other authority. No other reporter sent out by the Treasury Department on a similar mis-, slon consumed more than a week In any one city, and most of t.icra cleuned up their work in a day or two. The final report of Dr. J. W. Hill on the postofrice site for the City of Portland n as- forwarded to Washing ton by registered mall last Monday night, and should have arrived in Washington yesterday. When Inter. viewed last night Dr. Hill refused to give any Information concerning the contents of his report. When asked whether he had Included a recommendation concerning The panes postofftce site selection, whicn Is also In his charge. Dr. Hill said that he had not made a selection for reasons "which were thoroughly under stood by tho Secretary of the Treas ury." Since the selection of a Dostofflce site for Portland has been In the hands of Dr. Hill, one of the properties of fered, bio, k S. has been withdrawn by Dr. Andrew C. Smith and A. King Wilson, administrator of the Espey K- tato Company. Mr. Wilson has repeat edly said that he would not renew the option on the west half of the block. Dr. Hill said last night that It would not really make any difference about the option, if the Government wanted the property, ns the courts were open to condemnation' proceedings. Block S was recommended by Post master Merrick and indorsed by Sena tor Bourne after it was ascertained In this city that the policy of the Treas ury Department would In the future to build postofflces near the terminal stations of the railroads, and to oper ate them on the plan of huge ware houses from which mail would be sent out to stations In various parts of the city. The location is opposite the pro posed site of the new urand Central station and near the western approach to the Broadway Bridge, affording rapid communication with a large por tion of the city. The option expired October 1 and every effort was made to induce Dr. Hill to submit a report prior to that time. AMERICAN SHOOTS IN MOB i (Continued From First Pspe.) and concentrate in the hotels. The proprietors of the hotels declare they are prepared to resist by force of arms. If necessary.. The American Consulate Is guarded tonight by a detachment of the Tenth Cavalry. The authorities insist there will be no recurrence of violence and say that several hundred arrests have been made. DEMONSTRATION'S ARE ENDED Diaz and Taft Exchange Messages. Stern Funlslunent Sure. MEXICO CITT. Nov. 12. "There will be no further demonstrations In this city against the citizens of a friendly nation while 1 am Governor. The dis turbances are over for good, and under no circumstances will I permit a mass meeting of any nature by the students or sny other body." In these words. Governor Gulliermo Lansa y Kscandon. of the Federal dis trict, gave assurances in an interview to the press tonight of a continuance of the quiet which has prevailed for the past few days. An exchange or messages Detwcen nias and President Taft occurred to day. It wns said, the former giving as surance of the purpose and ability of the Mexican government to prevent a recurrence of the disorders, and the lat ter expressing confidence in the repre sentations made by the Mexican Execu tive. A strong police force is on guard at the American Embassy. A message from President Taft, which must have been transmitted by wireless, was telegraphed to the for elcn office here by Secretary Knox. It was as follows: I have the honor to Inform you that I have Just received a telegram from the President, In which ho requests me to send through your Excellency a per sonal message to the President of the Mexican Republic, assuring him the Government of the United States has the utmost confidence In the efforts of President Dior to quiet the disturb ances between the two nations and In his determination to suppress all pan- shable Insults to Americans In Mex- co. The President adds he will use all his power to punish those guilty of the crime recently committed against An tonio Rodriguez In Texas. Secretary Creel of the foreign office replied to Ambassador de la Barra as follows: please say in reply that President Dias bids me assure you In his name of the satisfaction which the message conveys. The promise contained there- n proves how solid In fact are rela tions between the two nations. On Its part this government has al ready instituted proceedings against the persons responsible for the misde meanors in Mexico and expects to re Dress with all the vigor of the law all offenses whatsoever against Americans who feslde here. MOB VICTIM NOT MEXICAN? Inquiry Mar" Show Rodrignes Was United States Citizen. unofficial sources a report baa reached the State Department that Antonio Rodriguez, who was burned at the stake at Rock Springs, Tex., by a mob. was really born in New Mexico and was not a Mexican citizen. If this should prove to be the case It would leave the United States the ag grieved, party In the rioting and anti American demonstrations in Mexico. Little doubt Is entertained here that the wireless message on the subject of the citizenship of Rodriguez, which waa picked up last .night by the War Department's wireless station at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., was one being sent from Secretary of State Knox to Presi dent Taft. who is on board the cruiser Tennessee en route to Panama. It rekd: "The editors of Incendiary newspa pers will be arrested. The Embassy is vigorously protected. "I am Informed upon unquestionable authority that Anton Rodriguez was born In New Mexico and was an Amer ican citizen. Just bare mention of the disturbance at Ciudad Porflrlo Dias and Guadala jara came overnight to the State De partment, giving no details and merely confirmed so much of the press reports as Indicated an outbreak of anti-American feeling In Mexican cities. The in ference Is that Ambassador WUsi either found It difficult to obtain the details or looked upon the disturbance as of minor Importance. The fact that the Mexican govern ment lost no time in suppressing the uprising Is taken as a confirmation of Mr. Wilson's statement that its attitude has been correct throughout. Dias Orders Punishment. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1!. President Diaz, of Mexico, has instructed the Gov ernor of Ooahuila to Investigate the at tack on the American consulate at Ciu dad Porflrlo Diaz yesterday and to pun ish the participants. A dispatch to this effect was received from the City of Mexico today by Senor de la Barra, the Mexican Ambassador to the United States. VANCOUVER HIGH WINS ASTORIA'S FAST TEAM IS DE- FEATED, 18 TO 0. t Morton, Starring for His Team, Makes Many Gains, but Is Un able to Score Touchdown. VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 12. (Spe cial.) In tho best football game of the year on the local grounds Vancouver High School today defeated the light, speedy Astoria High School eleven by the score of 13 to 0. The rout of the lower river players was complete, the local boys being superior- In almost every department of the game. Notwithstanding that they lost, the Astoria players were not disgraced, sev eral of their men showing up to nice advantage. Morton, the diminutive left halfback, was the star player, gaining yardage often for his team. Unused to a fast, dry field, Astoria succumbed shortly after the game be Kan before the onslaught of their beav ler opponents,- when, by & concerted mass just outside of tackle, a toucn down was scored and the goal nego tiated. Two other touchdowns and goals were made. Vancouver played better football to day than at any other time during the present season, a notable Improvement being made over the last Portland in terscholastlo League games. The star players for Vancouver were Bishop, Mller, O'Donnell and Ferrell. Morton and Davidson starred for Astoria. As toria's main forte was line plays, but the heavy local line was too much to gain consistently through. The Astoria boys proved themselves to be good sportsmen by taking their defeat philo sophically. B. M. Benson, of Portland, refereed the game and his decisions met with popular approval. CQURT GIVEN MUCH WORK Supremo Tribunal of Xew Mexico to Pass on All Rate Orders. SANTA FU N. ML. Nov. 12. Only the articles on apportionment and on mtscel laneoua provisions remain undisposed of by the New Mexico constitutional con vention, and those are to be passed on Monday of next week,, after which sev eral days will be devoted to revising the entire constitution, preliminary to ad journment next Saturday. The convention worked until 1 o'clock this morning, a'nd disposed of the public lands qutstion. adopting a liberal policy that will permit of the sale of the 13,000, 000 acres of state lands, but holds school sections for 10 years unless they can be sold for J10 or more an acre- Today the article on corporations was adopted. It creates an elective corpora tion commission of three members, with ample powers ranging from the charter ing of new companies to making rates for common carriers. A unique provision provides for the immediate review by the State Supreme Court of all orders of the Commission, whether an appeal is taken from the orders or not. 2800 DIE BY VIOLENCE Washington Makes Vnenvlable Rec ord in Two-Year Period. SEATTLE, Nov. 12. Nearly 2300 per sons lost their lives by violence In the State of Washington during the two rears preceding October 1, 1S10. a pro portion greater than any other district In the civilized world, snowing condi tions that demand remedy, says State Health Commissioner Heg In his annual report. Of these violent deaths, 2110 were ac cidental, 79 by accidental poisoning 458 by suicide and 146 by homicide. Deaths from violence exceed oeains rrom tup- Clio (Eh JJnblit 0pEarlgttt tlit Dag Employs ta (EnjfcBw Unhurried Stmrire ' Newest Novelties in Fall and Winter Suitings Just Received Drop in Monday and look them over. No trouble to show goods. "We are overstocked with fine Overcoatings, including English rainproof materials, which we are making to or der for cost of material and making. Satisfaction guaranteed In all eases. Garments to order in a day if required Full dress and Tuxedo suits a specialty. WILLIAM JERREMS SONS 108 THIRD STREET erculosls. 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