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Newspaper Page TextK Pages 1 to 16 UL. AAA-AWi - DEATH IS PENALTY FOR ALL REBELS Diaz Proposes to Deal Out Stern Justice. RA1DERST0EE SK0T0MSI3HT Even Man Throwing Stone at Train Must Die. CIVIL LAW IN SUSPENSE Parnate to Railroad. Telegraph and Telephone Lines, Raiding of Vil lage Means Death at Once , r After Eight Iaj. " MEXICO CITT. March 11 Thorough ly aroused by the spread of brigandage and vandalism Incident to the revolu tlon led by Francisco Madero. and de termined, to protect property, the Dlas government next week will begin to wage agalnet the lawless element a pitiless war of extermination. Resurrecting a proTlslon of the Mexi can constitution not used In IS years, the government will set aside for six months certain personal guarantees. Those detected la the act of highway robbery, raiding a village or farm, traln-wrecklns;. cutting telegraph or telephone wires, or even of removing a spike from a, railroad rail or throw ing a stons at a train, will be summar ily shot by tbosa making the arrest.' I Law Will Bo Enacted Monday. Tha bill providing for this drastic measure was today sent to the com mtttea of the permanent commission congress. It was signed by Manuel Macedo. sub-secretary of the .Depart ment of the Interior, and clearly states that Its enactment Is the wish of tha iTesldent. . Teat the measure did not become a taw Is due solely to official farm. The permansnt commission Is a body en dowed with power to act during that period when congress la not In session. Tha members approved the measure, but under the law It la necessary tnat the bill come up for a second reading. Jt wae referred to a eub-eommlttse and this Is sxpected to report It to the commission Monday at a special aes rton. That It then will be favorably acted upon Is undoubted. Tha provision la one calculated to permit the Federal government to put Into effect at times of extraordinary conditions, a form of government ap proaching that of martial law. Under the constitution th government may go further and declare martial law. but the provision Invoked does not abrogate the power of the civil authori ties, but does deny, la the cases of cer tain crimes, the right of formal trial to the accused. Possibly the nearest approach found In the Constitution of the United States Is that which permits, nder certain conditions, the with drawal of the right of habeas corpus. Many Depredations Alleged. Explanatory of the measure sent to tha Congressional Commission, there accompanied It a note also signed by Mr. Macedo. In this the sub-secretary reviews the growth of the railroad systems of the republic and calls at tention to the part they have played la the development of the country. Since the Inauguration of the revo lution, the not ears, the lawless ele ment has destroyed railroads In parts of the republic as Well as other prop erty: has endangered the lives of Indi viduals, and has produced such a state f affairs that the President considers It advisable for ths government to avsll Itself of Its constitutional light to sus pend certain personal guarantees. An analogous condition prevails, according to this note. In the manner In which the telegraph and telephone wjrea and the transmission lines have been cut. Dlas Asks Draotie Means. The growing prevalence of highway robbery, pillage and the raiding of vil Iass and plantations Is discussed and f f es'esssssssesssessssessisiiisisSiSSsesssessesssssssssssssssssssssesssssseesssssssssessssssssssssssssssssssssssssBBi""---- HAY C( I IrtTvlT. PrssteedU HI! Sure, iril Raise a Storm. All'. Well! , Please, Mister! Howdyr' j vn inuTl.ANDOItEGOX. SUNDAY MORNING. MARCII 12, 1911. - PRICE FIVE CENTS. WESTWARD RUSH OF COLONISTS DUE RAILWAY OFFICIALS PREPAR ING FOR HEAVY TRAVEL. Special Trains Begin Running and Influx at End of Low Rate Pe riod Will Beat Record. CHICAGO. March 11. (Special ) Pas senger traffic officials of railroads lead' Ing from Chicago to tha Pacific Coast report that It Is expected that at the expiration of toe period during .which colonist fares are In force, the totals will show very substantial Increase over last yesr. though so far colonist travel has not been heavy. It Is pointed out that as a general rule the 'colonist rates offered In the Spring are not taken advantage of to any great extent at the Beginning, and that tne bulk or the travel Is handled during the latter part of the low rate period. The rate offered this year Is 133 from Chicago to Pacific Coast points as compared with MS 50 for the ordinary second-clsss ticket. Colonist passengers In the Spring sre composed chiefly of persons " seeking homes In the West, while in the rail the low rates attract a very large number of persona who spend the Winter In Cali fornia. The present rates "went Into ef feet last Friday and will be In force until April Ml Beginning tonight and continuing to morrow and Tuesday, speclsl trains con slating sxcluslvely of extra Pullman tour ist sleeping cars will be operated on a special schedule by the Union Pacific and Southern Paclflo lines from Omaha to Ban Francisco, connecting with regu- lar trains via the Coast llnea for Port land and Los Angeles. Dining car serv ice, a la carte, will be furnished. Simi lar trains will be operated April 1 i. 10 and 1L " PORTLAND BANKING GAINS Money Pot to Work Shows Increase of Almost Million In Year. Total deposits In the four National banks of Portland, exclusive of the Bank of California, at the close of business. Tuesday. March 7. 111. were f 30.:ilM5.S; the loans and discounts aggregate $17.150.811. SS. as comparsd with fll.I13.S0s at the close of busi ness March 1. 110. the corresponding date upon which the Controller of the United States Treasury ordered a re port The First National Bank continues to lead In deposits, having f 13.ltS.10J.O3 to tha credit of Individuals and other banks. Tha Lumbermen's National Bank, however, shows the greatest In crease In deposits, the figures for March 7. 111. and March 1. 1S10. be ing fl.401.41S.2S and I J.T7S.178. J, re spectively. DUNCAN TO TEACH CO-EDS Varsity Girls to Acquire Grace of Ancient Greeks. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. So attle. Wash.. March 11. (Special.) 6txty women students of the University ef Washington will receive private les sons In Oreclan games under tha direc tion of Raymond Dunrta. Duncan has been expounding the Greek theories of exercise and for tha past several weeks ha has been speaking throughout the city on the American and Greek cus tom of llvlnc lie believes the Ameri can gymnastics are crude. This work will count tha same as tha regular gymnasium drill for the women. The exercises will consist of the old Grecian games practiced In ancient times, and tha steps which tha Athe nians practiced long to perfect. IRON PIPE MAY SAVE LIVES Four Miners Entombed Given Air Through Slender Tube. ClLFERT. Minn, March 11. Captain Beny and three miners are entombed tonight 160 feet down In the Elba mine at Elba location, just outside of tha vil lage. Through an Iron pipe three Inches In diameter air la being transmitted to the entombed men. and the continued rap plnga on the pipe encourage the rescue partlea to believe that the four may be reached tomorrow. A fifth man In the party escaped with painful Injuries. He reached the shaft almost In a state of collapse and told what had happened. IS" LY BUT WAR LimantourSays Mexico Would Fight. THFEU" UNDESERVED, HE SAYS He Laughs at Suggestion He Become President. DIAZ OFFERED HIM OFFICE Mexico Great Financier Denies Re public Wonld Die With' Dlas. . Patrol or Coast by United States Xot Understood. NGNIHCAJCT SAYINGS OF 11 M.l.MOlB. "President Dlas Is truly a great man and his death would be an In estimable loss to Mexico, but even a National bereavement doee not mean that civil sovernment would disap pear. "When an arrod force crosses the border of a neighboring power with out either Invitation or permission, what doe that mean? It means Invasion, occupation. And what do invasion and occupation mean except war? "TCbat has Mexico done to deserve a threat of war? None has been made by the American Government, but the inference of such a threat hsa been taken br the newspapers." Asked whether he approved the assignment ot two American sun boat a to patrol duty along the Mexi can coast. Benor Limantour replied: . "I cannot say that I diaapprevs of what may be the wise Judgment ot a friendly power, but I may say that I do not understand. I think it is sn attempt to Impress on us what a powerful neighbor we have In the north. And such an impression does not need to be conveyed anew." NEW YORK. March 11. "After Dlas. what?" Benor Jose Tvea Limantour, Mexican Minister of Finance, In his apartments overlooking Central Park, addressed himself to the Question with an indig nation foreign to his usual poised and courtly manner. He had been shown the report printed In some evening paper that American financial Interests with dominant holdings In Mexico have on foot a plan to procure tha. resigna tion of President Dlax and to set up Eenor Limantour himself In the execu tive chair. The suggestion that pri vate capital, and foreign capital at that, could make and unmake Mexican administrations and ministries pro voked both his ridicule and his anger. 'How stupid," wss the first word. I should be the last person to be sus pected of lending myself to such a de sign." he added, "even If by a stretch of Imagination one could auppose It true. It is no secret that President Dlas has several times asked me tb accept the Presidency at the expiration of his term. I have always refused, because the duties which I now fulfill are those most congenial to me and because I believe I can be of more serrlca to my country by continuing with them. There la no truth In the report. Maderos Grew Rich Under Dlax. "If It Is true that the Insurrectos or certain of their leaders bold me In some esteem, that la because I have acted as adviser for the grandfathers of these Maderos. who are now leaders in the present uprising. They have grown to be a wealthy family and their wealth would seem to Indicate that they have prospered under the govern ment which they now attack." The Mexican Minister was asked to explain a dispatch from Mexico City received this afternoon that the gov ernment proposed to suspend the con stitutional guarantees throughout the republic, with the explanation that INTERVENTION FRANK I ; INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather, TESTKRDAT8 Maximum temperature. 49 .degrees; minimum. SO degrees. TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds. Mexice, War Department swamped with offers of militia officers to attend maneuvers. Section 1, page 0. Foreign diplomats predict crisis will lead to American rule irom tne i-oie to rui- ama. Section 1. page e. Dlas proposes to Impose summary penalty for acta of rebels. section l. page i. Limantour says intervention would mean war and resents threat, section 1. page l Bliss- brigade assembles at San Diego and sends sunboat to ujwfr uauxornia poris. Section 1. page 6. Domestic. Colonist travel westward expected to be largest ever. Section 1, page 1. Government denies rate on lemon shipments is conJlacatory. Section 1. page o. Cm ma Calve, grand opera singer, secretly marries Tenor GaspaxI year ago. mcuob 1. page 1. Express drivers renew big strike in Kew lorn, section, v page -Vrelgn. Fear of Cantons, blocks progress of trial ot suspects. Section I, page X. Brttlsb Tories filibuster In Parliament. In sult and offer to fight opponents, section 1. page 4. Polities. Republican -Progressive League already shows signs of dissolution. Sectlon 1. Pace 6. Mayoralty race stirs Chicago. Section 1, .... National. New Secretary of Interior has yet no policy ot administration. Section 1, pass i. Sports. McCredie angered at Los Angeles opening. Section 4. page 4. Seals hard at work, despite rain. Section 4. page a. Fr ankle Burns seeking match with Wolgast or Koran. Section 4, page J. Track men prepare for big local meet April 8. Section . page . Interscholaatlo baseball players out. Section 4. page . Krohn has plan to secure ball -fields for boy players. Section 4. pugs 8. , Dog show to be held In April. Section 4. page 1. Coacb Sterkle has hard task st Corvallls. Section 4. page 7. Wolsast's chance of retaining championship slim, says J. J. CorbetL section x. pace Multnomah and Irvlngton olubs doubtful as to tennis tourney dates, section X, page x. Buddy P.ysn's team defeats McCredle's nlns by 7-8 score. Section & page 3. Vernon defeats Boston Redm Sox No. 2 by 1 to o score. Section 2, page 3. Riverside Driving Club seeks to' Interest Park Board In plan for speedway. Section a, page a. - Pacific Northwest. Errors In Senate Journal may make calling of extra aeaslon ot Oregon Legislature imperative, faction 1, page 1. Seattle "old guard" defeated. Section 1. page 10. Deposed Grants Pass official forced to return S232S to city. Section 1, page 10. Corvallls co-eds take to use of bloomers. Section L page 14. Idaho Legislature free with coin. Section 1. page 7. Washington good road situation In sad plight. Section 1. page 7. Many aeek office in Tacoma recall election. Section L page 10. . ' ' Beai sUtate and Building. Demand heavy tor acreage tracts. Section 4. page 8. Work being rushed on new Multnomah Ho tel. Section 4, pass 8. L. Gerllnger sells acreage near carshops. Section 4, page 8. Boulevard gives stimulus to Rose City Park district. 6ectlon 4. page 0. . Flans for Westminster Church accepted. Section 4. page 9. Regrade progressing rapidly. Section 4, page 10. v Building permits for week 283,584. Section a. -Din 11. Commercial and Marine. Only three weeks' supply of onions left in Oregon. Section 3. page IS. Apples selling at highest prices of season. Section 2, page IS. Minor securities dealt In freely in Wall street. Section 3. page 19. British steamer Suveric, drawing 58 feet. makes trip from Portland to Astoria easily. Section Z. page 18. Portland and Vicinity. Roosevelt's Itinerary on Paclflo Coast ar ranged. Section 8, page 11. Bridge Illumination plan for all festival oc casions. Section 8. page 12. Portland, as city, rearing 00 th birthday. Section 2, page 12. - W. C. T. U. to bold contests In essays en abstinence. 8ectlon S, page 12. People must act on 18 measures at Juns election. Section 4. page 12. Portland School of Tradee abows great progress. Section 4. page 12. Railway officials and fender company settle dlrTerem-e. fenders to be installed at once. Section 2, page 20. Prisoner. In face of strong evidence, con tinues to deny Identity. Section 1. page 12. Mother's salt to annul deed given to son is argued in court. Section 1. page 14. Prices of atsple produte increase steadily in Portland market. Section 1. page 13. Insurance man says Washington liability law ia blow at business. Section 1, page 1.1. Central Oregon will get first rush of tosr Ints which starts tomorrow. Section 1. psga 14. Max and Aaron Holts doss deal for pur chase of Olds, Wortman A King store. Section 1, page 1. Aftempt to drop charge of overspeedlng against R. E. Williams angers Judge 7asweil. Section 1. page 13. W. D. Wheelwright, of Port of Portland Commission, blames Legislature for Com mission mlxup. Section 1. page 4. Stranded theatrical manager has sgent sr rested who sold plsy. Section. 1. page 4. Settlement of bridge insue expected to help bond sales. Section I. psge 4. Board of Education accused of Ignoring ad vice or arcnuects. section x. page . I OLDS, MAO KING STORE SOLD fc- ss I I is ss Control Is Bought by Holtz Brothers. PRICE IS OYER $3,030,000 Heavy Financial Interests In volved in Purchase.' NAME WILL BE RETAINED Transfer of Big Department Store Includes Building, Stock, Ground Lease, Stables, 'Warehouses and Business Control. The Arm of Olds, "Wortman & King yesterday closed contracts for the sale of the controlling Interest In the great mercantile establishment at Morrison, Alder, West Park and Tenth streets to Aaron Holts, the Junior partner, and his brother. Max Holtz, of New York City. The transaction Includes, be sides the department store, the build ing and ground leases, stables, ware houses and other properties. The amount involved Is between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000. The Olds. Wortman King Company Is Incorporated for $2,000,000 and the Portland Building Company, a subsidiary corporation con trolling the ground lease and building, Is capitalized for 1500,000. The busi ness will continue to be conducted under the name of Olds, Wortman & King. There will be no change In the policy of the institution, the retiring members erf the firm retaining a sub stantial interest in the buBlness. Max Holtz, who Is the principal in the negotiations for the Holtz brothers, represents heavy financial interests In tha East, the personnel of which will be announced later.- On his own ac count Max Holtz, who has Important connections . in the mercantile world. has made a heavy investment. - The transaction Is one of the largest of the kind In the history Of the Pacific Coast. Max Holtz has been in Portland for several weeks carrying forward the negotiations. William P. Olds, president of Olds, Wortman & King, in announcing the transactlqn yesterday said: . s "Contracts have been entered into by H. C. Wortman, C. W. King and my self for the sale of the dominant inter est in our business to our Junior part ner. Aaron Holtz, and his brother, Max Holtz, although we retain a substan tial financial equity therein. Retirement' Long Considered. "For some years past I have had under serious consideration the plan of retiring from active business first, be cause of unsatisfactory health, and also for the reason that I deem It the duty of every man of affairs who has passed the meridian of life to conserve his energies, and further to provide for the proper continuance of bis impor tant business enterprises in a manner that will Insure their efficient oper ation along permanent and progressive lines. "In View of the early maturity of the leases of our old premises at Fifth and Washington streets, - we decided some years ago to remove our business home to a new and promising location. and in carrying out that programme we acquired a BO-year lease of the block bounded by- Morrison, Tenth, West Park and Alder streets, on which our present building Is located and now occupied by us. 'Anticipating a strenuous period of activity in the removal of our estab lishment to Its new location and its operation on a much larger scale, we deemed it wise more widely to dis tribute the responsibilities Involved In the removal. Installation and operation of the business in its new home, and we therefore invited Aaron Holtz, who had been associated with one of our leading firms for 10 years, and whose capsclty and ability were favorably SECRET OF DIVA'S MARRIAGE IS OUT KM MA CAT. YE BECOMES WIFE OF GASPARI LAST TEAR. Famous Grand Opera Singer and Tenor Marry in Marseilles. Friend Gives Out News. NEW YORK, March 11. (Special.) Positive confirmation was given this afternoon that Emma Calve, the grand opera diva, is married to Alnor Gas parl and has been his wife for a year, the wedding being kept secret for pro fessional reasons. Calve and Gaspari, who is a tenor, departed this afternoon aboard the steamer St. Paul for Italy. Confirmation of the. rumor was this afternoon given by a close friends of Calve, who was at the pier to bid farewell to the opera singer. This friend revealed that the marriage cere mony had been performed in Marseilles last year. As both Calve and Gaspari are opera singers they considered it detrimental to their stage success to announce the. wedding. TAFT CHASES GOLF BALL President, Unlike Rockefeller, Min gles W ith Hotel Patrons. AUGUSTA. Ga., March 11. President Taft pursued a little white golf hall rntmA ths pi eh teen-hole course of the Country Club here today, and returned from the course with the broaaesi smile that has illuminated his face In many -moons. It was his first game since the closing week of tha season at Beverly last October. nrr. Taft bee-an his eight days va cation1 Just as though he were the most commonplace guest at tne ho tel. He mingled with the throngs in the lobhv. renewing acquaintances made with many of the Winter visitors in his stay here two years ago. and he ate all his meala in the public dining-room. In strikinsr contrast to tha President Is the seclusion of John D. Rockefel ler, who is a fellow patron at the same hotel. Mrs. Taft and Miss Helen Taft will arrive tomorrow to spend the rest of the week with -the Presidential party. The party will return to Washington March 20. BEEF ONLY FOOD ON TRAIN Stalled Passengers Eat Meat for Five Consecutive Meals. MADELINE, CaX. March 11- (Special.) A train of the Nevada, California & Ore gon line between this place and Alturas had an experience Wednesday that the passengers will remember all their lives. The train, already half a day late, was stalled midway between , the two towns In a deep snow drift. Five regular meals were missed by the passengers and the only thing edible 'aboard the train was a quarter 'of beef. This was cut up and cooked without seasoning over a coal-oil atove. Added to the unpleasantness of the trip was the overturning of part' of the train. Three cars turned turtle, but no one was Injured. This wea the second accident that happened to the train in two days on the trip, it meeting with obstructions in the way of anowslldes, and the crew was compelled to get out and dig snow for several hours. Then the coal gave out and Juniper wood wae cut and used to keep the steam up. . REBELS TAKE AMERICANS K. C. Hays Made Prisoner by Chi huahua Insurrectos. WASHINGTON, March 11. K. C Hays, an American, has been taken prisoner by the Mexican revolutionists In Chihuahua. This information reached the State De partment in a telegram from American VIce-CounsuI Leonard, wh,o said that while he had had no communication with Hays he did not consider him in danger. Nothing Is known here as to the Ameri can's antecedents or the reason for his arrest. The detention of Hays, it is said, marks a departure in the previous policy of the Insurrectionists, who, it Is pointed out, have refrained in the pae from Interfer ence with Americans In the slightest degree. In view of the past intense regard for American Interests, It was suggested In some quarters that possibly the revolutionists had reeorted to a change of policy to Involve the Mexican government with the. United State. SPECIAL OREGON SESSION IMPENDS Senate Journal May Contain Vital Errors. IMPORTANT BILL IN BALANCE Week's Rechecking by Clerks Thus Far Futile. WEST'S VETOES IN SHADOW Xature' of Discrepancy Is Kept Se cret Recalling of Houses May Be Imperative Governor Faces Quandary. SALEM, Or., March 11. (Special.) Reason for the rigorous re-revlslon which has been conducted in connection with the Senate Journal In the last week leaked out today when it was as certained that it has been a still hunt for a missing link in the records, which, if not discovered, threatens to lead inevitably to the calling of a spe cial session of the Legislature. Every safeguard haB been thrown about the rechecking. which has been conducted by John P. Hunt, assistant chief clerk, and force of clerks, after Chief Clerk Flagg had finished his work. They have all preserved the strictest secrecy. But It leaked out today that discovery had been made by Mr. Hunt of a discrepancy in connec tion with one of the most Important bills passed at the session, and for that reason the Secretary of State deoided to retain him. Only Three Days Left, For a week Hunt has been searching for the missing link, but it has not been discovered. Three days more are allotted for' the work and if the records do not divulge the Information sought, it will be up to Governor West to call a special session. There are but two bills which would be considered of sufficient importance te make a special session imperative. These are the general appropriation bill, pro viding for the payment of salaries and expenses of officers and commissions, and the other providing appropriations for the state institutions in and around Salem. Errors in procedure in connection with the general appropriation bill at the 25th Assembly were responsible for a special session. , It has been Intimated that missing roll-calls in connection with the ap propriation bills may be the object of the search conducted for the last week, but It would be possible to invalidate ' the bill to such an extent as to pro duce serious complications if there had been a failure to concur in amend ments between the two houses. If one of the big appropriation bills should be found faulty it would be practically impossible for the Governor to dodge the inevitable session. Three Inspections Futile. Assistant Chief Clerk Hunt has gone over the Journal three times and the desired sections are still missing. It is asserted on good authority that the task now bears all of the earmarks of futility, but he will not content him self with this, and still further re checking will be continued for three days at least Mr. Hunt refused to divulge any infor mation today as to the nature of the dis crepancies or the missing records. Should a special session be found to be an inevitable result of some failure to record the proceedings of the upper House of the Legislature properly. Gov ernor West will be placed in a peculiar position. West May Face Quandary. There are 64 "vetoed bills, all of them having numerous friends, and many of them undoubtedly having friends enough to pass them over the veto of the Exec utive. Should events so shape themselves that (Continued on page 2.) ft