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80 Pages fj.)$ Pages 1 to 16 POUT LAND, OREGON', SUNDAY 3IORNING, MAY 21. 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. vol. XXX NO. 21. , j , KM IN OVEH TO PEAGE PLANS Treaty With Germany Is Taft's Next Move. GEORGE FERSl'ADES WILLIAM Arbitration to Be Accepted by German Ruler. BIG ARMAMENTS TO CEASE Inters lew. In l-nlu C lear Way to Realisation of Tfl' Ambition. .nilt-;TTiio Treaty of Wide Stpe Will Follow. I-O.rov. May p.rtr William's I. (.plal. Em- brief visit to Kins li-ors ras resulted. Id all probability. In a decision by tho two monarcha of the utmost liny ortam-o to the arbitra tion project of Ida Washington Gov ernment. Altlinuxh the Interviews wert osten- tatlou.ty devoid est any bearing- on in- trrnjtlur.il politic. It la firmly be lieved In wrll-tnformod London cir cles that the two monarch! assured rath other t.f their Intention to do all In t'telr power to remove diplomatic ototj Interfering with Mr. Taft's heme for a practical solution of the problem of exaggerated armament. Tlist the near future will bring definite r.ens of a proposal by Washington to lerltn similar to the proposals made to bnUuo and Paris Is confidently pre dk'teil. Kerlin. It Is asserted, will be prompt to accept Mr. Taft's suggestion In principle, with details to be adjusted later, and the treaties between the t nited Mate and the three principal states of Europe; when finally com pleted, will prove the basis for an ulti mate Anglo-German treaty of arbitra tion of a scope far wider than hither to has been conceived as practicable. t.ermany Is the real objective, ac cording to a high London authority, of Mr. Taft's magnificent fusion of theory and practice on behalf of modern democracy. TAIT HAS SOUNDED G EH. MAW Arbitration Proposal Has Hern Made to Foreign Office. HEKLi.V May Germany has been approached regarding the American ar bitration scheme. In what form or with a hat result cannot be learned at the Foreign Orace. The communications must have been exchanged at Washington, as the Ameri can Embassy at Berlin has not been di rectly Interested. A representative of the German For eign office, while admitting that Ger many has received communications rela tive to arbitration with the United States, declined to make a statement aa to Germany's attitude. There waa no reason, he believed, he sa'Ji that this had chsnged since Chancellor von Beth- mann Hoi.aegs speech In the Helens tag. in ifchlrh he characterised disarmament as an ideal which cou:d not be realised. SCHOONER LOST IN GALE ( rrt. of Vrswl Destined for Hono lulu Hrturns to San irj ncl-o. AX KKANCIsCOt Cal- May 10. The Prltlsh steamer Trlnculo. which ar rived from Panama late today, brought Captain llersey and the crew of the schooner William II. Marston. which salted from Francisco May II for Honolulu. According to Captain Hersey's re port, the Marston sprung a leak short ly after leaving port, and later ran into a strong northwest gale. The water iiince rapidly, the pumps were unv. to keep the water under eon- I of trl and tha Yearn, waa finally a ban- one i the leadtnc ordnance e porta of rfonM nar Plrdraa lncva. off the Call- the country, ha reltned hta commla fomla fotL ton In tha Army, effective October 1. -'A S,Y I Caa Can It... XstOT.1 unuaTi ns SIP BETROTHES BKITIMI PRINCE TO CiFJtM X rniMt. Hilvr'. Only Paujcritrr Pronafiic Wife of Prince of Wales She Makes Pointed llrninrk., IAVDOS. May The attention which Emperor William during his visit In London paid to the Prince of Wales and the party which will visit rms dam during tne present Stimmor has given sest to the gossip regarding the possibility of a marriage between tne Prince of Wales and the Princess Vic toria Louise, the only daughter of the German Emperor. The Princess, confiding to an Inti mate friend, is quoted as saying: "I don't wsnt to be a llavarlan. Wurtemburger or a Viennese. I want to be English." The couple are still young, the Prince being 17 and the Prlnceis 19 years old. Both are great grandchildren of Uueen Victoria and they are thus third cousins. The Emperor. Empress Augusta and Princess were given a hearty send off by a big crowd on the occasion of their departure for gheerness today to Join the Imperial yacht, on which they will sail for home tomorrow. King George. Queen Mary and other members of royal families In London bade them farewell at the railroad station. The Imperial visitors spent the week here more like tourists than members of royally, having devoted all their spare time to slaht-sveln;. WAR MINES DESTROY NETS Astoria, Fishermen Complain That Submerged Foils Are Menace. ASTORIA. Or, May 20. (Special.) A protest Is to be made to War De partment representatives by local fish ermen, asking that mines planted In the Lower Harbor be removed as they are proving a menace to both life and property. ' According to reports made by the glll-netters, fTtere are about a dosen mines planted In the portion of the river between the Fort Columbia dock and Pesdemona Light, which Is a favorite drifting ground for many of the fishermen. The mines are buoyed, but when the tide la running strong the buoys are carried under and as a result several glllnets have already been damaged badly on them, and at least one net was destroyed. The tide at that place runs Itke a mlllrace and unlcaa the obstructions are moved, fishermen assert, there is grave danger of boats being capslxed by them and lives sacrificed. Secretary Lorntsen of the Fisher men's I'nlon said this morning that he la taking up the subject with the pro per authorities with a view of having the mines ordered out at once. NEW OCEAN LINER PLANNED Aberdeen-Oriental Service May Be Established by Milwaukee. ABERDEEN. Wash, May SO. (Spe cial.) E. D. Donnlvan, of Des Moines, Iowa. Burlington Hallway agent, said today tnat he had been advised that the Chicago. Milwaukee at Puget Sound Railway would, upon completion of Its line Into Aberdeen proper. Inaugu rate a steamship service between Grays Harbor and San Franr.sco and this port 'and the Orient. Mr. Donnlvan, who will shortly be come affiliated with the Milwaukee line, says that the harbor likely .will become the real western terminus of the Milwaukee, since land for docks and wharfage can be secured here at a moderate cost and since the port offers advantages over other ports on the North Paciflc. He declares that the Milwaukee Is planning a most aggressive campaign of railway competition In the North west. COLONEL DUNN RESIGNS FMmouft Ordnance Kxprrt of Arm j Calves l"p 1U Commission. WASHINGTON. May 20. Failing: to 1 aecura retirement bjr action of th Frcvftfent. .Lieutenant-Colonel Beverly IV. Dunn, of the ordnance department tha Army.' Inventor of dunnlta and HARRY MURPHY PEOPLE'S SAVINGS WILL BOY Postal Banks Furnish Uncle Sam Cash. DEMAND GREATEST IN WEST Depositors Reach Limit and Would Start Afresh. IRRIGATED LAND SCARCE Sot tier Go on Government Tracts Faster Than Water Can Be Given Thnir Dollar-a-Day Tension Bill Scares Democrats. PT HARRT J. BROWN. ORKGOXIAN NEWS BL'RKAU. Wash ington. May 20. Depositors In postal aavlnga banks may convert their de posits Into United States lionds, bear ing two and a half per cent Interest, on July 1. The bonds are being pre pared In denominations of $20. $100 and $500, and Postmaster-General Hitch cock has advised postmasters to In form tha public that these bonds will be Issued to every depositor who ap plies on the proper form before June 1. These bonds v. ill be Issued only to depositors, but they may be sold and assigned at any time by the holders. They are to be exempt from taxation by either Federal, state or local au thority. Depositors can procure either regis tered or coupon bonds aa they desire. Registered bonds, whleh bear the name of the owner and re payable only to him. probably will be preferable as a permanent Investment because they are safe against loss or robbery. Cou pon bonds are payable to bearer, honce can be more conveniently disposed of. Interest on registered bonds Is to be paid twice a year by checks drawn at the Treasury Department in favor of the registered holder. Interest on coupon bonds la collected by mean a of detachable coupons which can be cashed by anyone. Interest checks and coupons may be cashed by postmas ters under the same conditions tfs other Government paper. Western Savings Increase. The PostofFice Department antici pates that the greatest demand for postal savings bonds will come from Western towns where depository of fices have been opened. Many resi dents of these towns have deposited $500, all that the rules permit, and are seeking to Invest this amount ao as to make way for additional deposit a. A noticeable thing about the postal savings banks Is the fact that average deposits are now much larger than in January. During April the average amount deposited by new depositors waa $-1.-7. as against $16.14 in Jan uary. Senator Jones of Washington has re Introduced a bill which. If passed, will bring a neat sum to each officer and enlisted man of the volunteer .service who remained In the Philippines to fight after the treaty of peace with Spain was signed. This bill, in effect, gives to each and every volunteer who served in the Philippines after peace was declared an amount equal to ac tual travel pay from Manila to the point of muster out In this country. This bill will apply to most of the members of the volunteer regiments from the West. On several previous occasions Jones has Introduced this bill, but never haa he been successful In gettlnj. favorable consideration. He believes the object Is a worthy one and feela that these men should re ceive travel pay. Inasmuch as the Gov ernment granted travel pay to those soldiers who were mustered out In the Philippines. At the regular session nut Winter Jones will urge favorable action on thla bill. So rapid haa been the settlement up- I ( Concluded" on ' ' BONDS IMMORTALIZES PICTORIALLY SUNDRY INTERESTING EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. COURT OKOER.,.'. TflJST TQ D'V SENTENCE- Uu wmmmr.k f ImM IfP i m Oat sf m Job, Prrbsps. INDEX TO TODArS NEWS The Weather. TESTER PATS Maximum temperature, 70 degree; minimum, 41 decrees. TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds. Political. New Independent candidates for Council en ter race. Section 4. page 10. Mayor Simon declares platform in orce.pt in nomination. Section 1. page 1 Mayor Simon continues to receive assur ances of support. Section 1. page la v Foreign. London gntnfp says Prince of Wales 'may marry Kaiser's daughter, Section pag 1. Germany to make arbitration treaty w it United States as result o Kaiser's Inter view with Kins George. Section page j. Madero makes speech to his army before It depart for interior of Mexico. Section 1. pax 3. T. P. O'Connor says Britons disappointed at scope of arbitration treaty. boction pace 2. Uoyd-George works out Insurance scheme. bection 1. page 8. Great aeroplane race from Paris to Madrid begins today. Section Is page 4. National. Another lumber trust suit to be begun I Middle West, none In Pacific Northwest. Section 1. page J. Postal bank depositors make great demand for new Government bonus, beet ion x. page 1. Delegate Cameron, of Arizona, pleads for statehood and quick action, toection l, page 3. Do meat le. Perjury Indictments against Boss Cox, of Cincinnati, quashed. Section l. page Mayor of San Francisco removes police Commissioner for opposing policy, tion lu page 2. Heiress' to $.10,000 .000 closely guarded against titled suitors at Michigan City, Ind. Section 1. page 1. Hot weather In Chicago ends with destruc tive storm. Section 1, page 4, Presbyterian Assembly votes to consolidate beams and enforce blue Sunday. 1 page 6. Pacific Northwest. Section Dr. Wilson says people defeat own alms by electing too many officers. section l page 7. Idaho Governor vehement In advocating full cash value assessment plan. Section 1, page 6. O.-W. R. N. Northern pacific and Mil waukee lines sign Joint track agreement for Grays Haroor. Section 1. page e. Addison Bennett tells of Crook County growth. Section 1 page T. Insurance Commissioner Koxer explains pro visions of Oregon's insurance law. sec tlon 1. page 7. Mass meeting to be held In Seattle May 32 to dtsousa Alaska coal situation, becuon 4. page 1. Sports. Beavers open here Tuesday with Seals. Sec tion page 3. Miss Hasel Hotchklss not to defend her title to Oregon tennis championship tnts year. Section 2. page 4. Washington High School wins All-Oregon field and track meet at CorvaUis. Sec tion 2. page . Purdue track athletes triumph over Chicago University 4 to W- Section 2, page 4. Many ballplayers who slump are able "come back." Section 2. page it- Results yesterday tn Pacific Coast Lseogae; Portland 0. Sacramento s; uauiana iw. San Francisco 3; Ios Angeles 1. Vernou k Section 2, page 2. Results yesterday In orthweatern League: Portland 1. Spokane u; lacoma u, toria 2; Vancouver 4, Seattle 3. tlon 2, page 2. Automobiles. Vic- Sec Touring Club of America urging good roads movement. Section 4. page a. Auto road to Crater Lake from Medford about ready. Section 4. page 5. Auto Club plans road improvements. Section 4, page o. Secretary of State explains provisions of new auto law. Section 4. page 7. Keal Fstate mad Building. Little speculative -rplrit shown in Portland ral estate market. Section 4, page 8. East side to have new hotel. Section 4, page 8. Active realty movement in acreage tracts In Mount Hood, Flrwood and Sandy dis tricts. Section 4, page S. Building and loan associations report great growth. Section 4. page 9. Mount Tabor Park development to be started this year. Section 4. page 10. Benedictine Heights street improvements are costly. Section 4. page 10. Commercial and Marine. One million pounds of wool sold east of mountAins in past week. Section 2, pate 10. Wheat declines at Chicago on bearish weather predictions. Section 2, page 19. Effective support Is given stock market. Section 2. page 19. New York clearing-house loans shifted to trust companies. Section 2, page 19. Portland and Vicinity. Historic old Clinton Kelly School bufjied. Section I. page 12. Arrest of alleged grantor of series of fraudu lent deeds expected. Section 1, page 12. Railroad reports show decline In operating revenues. Section 1. page 13. Rex Oregonus commands subjects to be gay in Rose Festival week. Section 1. page 1L Portland School of Trades to exhibit May 20 and 27. Section 3. page 12. Musicians Union demands that high school ban Jeln organisation. Section 2, page 12. - j Culver and Bend to celebrate coming of rail- I roads this Summer. Section 1. Page i Epworth League convention urged to adopt tithing system of giving to benevolences. Section 1. page 13. Jury secured to try ex-Chief Cox; taking of testimony begins. Section 2. page 20. General Manager Hild warns Improvement egvlubs against proposed no-seat, no-fore ordinance. Section 2. page 20. Three Oregon Truft Savings directors held liable for $75.OO0l section 2. page 7. Tacnma business man says commission plan has worked out well; people have enougu n of recall for present, section 1. rage 10. hlngton High School seniors plan com mencement festivities. Section 1, page 13. ars M&?:?m ow $ & w c., mm Well, They Were Good Words. SIN OUTLINES POLICY AS MAYOR Continued Economy Is Promised People. ; LAW ENFORCEMENT PLEDGE! Water Privileges to Be Extend ed to New Districts. LARGE PROJECTS PENDING Mayor Reiterates Belief in Commis- 'sion trm of Government for City, and Will Cause Early Submission of Issue. Responding to a petition signed by 4975 legal electors of Portland. Mayor Simon yesterday accepted the nomina tlon of Independent-commission govern ment candidate lor Mayor and will op pose A. G. Rusnlight for that office In the regular city election June 5. Ac ceptance by Mayor Simon was in re sponse to an unprecedented demand on the part of the citizens of Portland for an Independent candidate for Mayor In whom they not only manifested saus faction for past performances but ex- pressed faith in his ability to continue the generally satisfactory aaminiaira tion which has marked his past serv ices. The large number ot signatures was obtained in less than three days. In accenting; the nomination, respon sive to so flattering an indorsement by his fellow citizens. Mayor Simon issued statement In which he uncompromis ingly defines his position with refer ence to important municipal questions and what may be expected from him if he is re-elected. Retrenchment to Continue. Foremost he commits himself to con tinue his advocacy of retrenchment and reform in the expenditure of public funds to the end that the burden of taxes may be as light as is consistent with an efficient and economical aa ministration. Strict enforcement or. tne laws, involving a clean city morally. Is another of the assurances of Mayor Simon in event of his re-election. Consistent with his frequent utter ances on the subject. Mayor Simon re iterates his indorsement of the proposed commission form of government, which he considers indispensable to the sat- efactory government of a progressive city. In his announcement or accep tance. Mayor Simon pledges to the peo ple his earnest efforts to bring about the early completion of tne uroaaway bridge,' the construction of which has been deterred by unreasonable and un warranted opposition. He also promises to expedite the extension of water mains to the extent that all sections of the incorporated city may have assur ance of an unfailing supply of Bull Kun water. Call of People Heard. The full text of Mayor Simon's, an nouncement ot acceptance of the peti tion making him the independent-com niiinn s-overnment candidate for Mayor follows: To the Electors of Portland. I am ooniv HAnsihi. of the honor implied in the flattering nomination that you have given me for the office of Mayor, the certificate of which you have filed with ih. i,mnr. I had confidently ex pected to have been relieved from the oneruus uui. --- j nl,!n at t N o olOSA of TT1V DTesent ttj TUl tn rntime the Dractice of law and the care of my private affairs, but I can- ot resist tne earnest hhu eiiuiuoioono mmd that has been made upon me that 1 stand for re-election. I accept your nuiiurmtiun wim icci no of gratitude and thank you most jln.-erelv for the confidence you re pose in me. If elected, as I expect to be, it will be my earnest endeavor to discharge the important duties of the office in a faithful and conscien tious manner. I will give the people of this city, the one in which I have lived nearly all my life, and which I love as I do no other place on earth, the very best that there is in me. One reason that Impels me to accept your nomination Is that there are sojne large projects Initiated during my term which I have not yet been able to com plete. The most Important of these is the Broadway bridge. I had confident- (Concluded on Pap. 10.) Patire Ore-son Legislature T IFf 'uii i m. r,i. mu" TWO BOYS LOST IN ARIZONA DESERT SPECIAL EXGIXE GOES WITH SEARCHERS. OCT Best Apacho Indian Trailers Km ployed to Trace Tots Strayed .From "Picnic. UL.u5ir.. Ariz.. May -v. Sidney an Frank Richards, aged respectively and 8 years, tonight are lost on th desert in the vicinity of Rice Station on the Arizona Eastern Railroad. special engine carrying a carload of searchers, besides innumerable automo biles, left Globe this .evening for the scene in an endeavor to find the young sters. The little fellows were members of a school picnic held at Rice today, and when the special train returned they were not on board. At midnight no trace of the boys had been found, ythough a hundred or more searcners, including cowboys and th best trailers among the. Apache Indian; of the San Carlos Reservation, on which the picnic was held, are looking for them. DEAELMUTES ARE DIVORCED Seattle Witnesses Testify by Sign in Unique Lawsuit. SEATTLE, Wash., May 20. (Special.) For the first time in a King county court deaf mutes were' divorced upon the sole testimony of deaf mutes, when fudge Wilson R. Gay, in the superior court, this morning entered a decree severing the bonds that bound Bessie Garrett and Andrew Garrett. By her attorney, A. J. Speckert, Mrs, Garrett called two witnesses, Mrs. Sadie West and August H. Koberstein. Mrs. T. C- Snyder, by sign language, repeated to the plaintiff and her witnesses the oath and the questions put by Speckert and gave the answers orally. News of the novel hearing soon caused an Influx of attorneys and witnesses from other departments, who followed the inter pretationa with great interest. All the parties to the action are well educated. and so deft in the sign language that the case was tried In half the time it takes to hear an ordinary divorce ac tion, where plaintiff and witnesses are usually voluble. The Garretts were married in Rus II, Kan., and are the parents of two girl children, one S years old and one 3. Garrett is In Kansas City, Kan., and did not contest the suit. Mrs. Garrett al leged that her husband had not sup ported her, had choked her, and treated her cruelly otherwise. GIRL KILLS SCHOOLMATE Bremerton Child Thinking Pistol Unloaded, Points It Fatally. BREMERTON, Wash., May . 20. (Special.) Little Gertrude Acton shot and killed her schoolmate. Essie Bald win, here today."- In the absence of her mother, Essie invited Gertrude, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. T. J. Acton, of this city, to spend the afternoon at her "house. While Essie, aged 15, was searching through a bureau drawer for something to play with she discovered a revolver. She tossed it on the bed and continued her search. . . The Acton girl, seeing no cartridges, decided the pistol was empty. She ad vanced toward her playmate, pulling the trigger. Essie cried. "I am shot," and leaned against Gertrude for support. "I am going away now Gertie, kiss me, murmured the dying girl as her arms encircled the neck of her little playmate, and she became unconscious. BANKER MUST SERVE TIME Taft Decides Tennesseean Shall Not Escape Although III. WASHINGTON, May 20. In commut ing the sentence of J. B. Feeney, cashier of the First National Bank of Fayetteville, Tenn., who pleaded guilty to embezzlement. President Taft today decided that Feeney must serve some time in Jail even though he has to un dergo a course of medical treatment to strengthen himself for the ordeal. Feeney was sentenced to five years. He is 69 years old and said to be ill. Physicians testified that a long im prisonment would be fatal. President Taft commuted his sentence to 4 months and directed - that Feeney need not be gin Serving his sentence until Sept. 1. Does the "City of Homes" Waat This t HEIRESS T Dozen European Nobles Anxious to Wed. $30,000,000 FORTUNE LORES Sicilian Prince of Ancient Line ; Sighs Out Heart. TRUST COMPANY ON GUARD It Keeps Stalwart Guards Around 1 5-Xear-OId Catherine Barker. 3IcCormicks Cease to Fear Kidnaping of Children. RICH CHILDREN1 ARE CLOSELS GUARDED. Catherine Barker, heiress to $30. 000.000, Is Jealously g-uarded at Michigan City, Ind., against the de signs of fortune-huntlng nobles from Europe. f The guards who protected the chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. Mc cormick, grandchildren of John D. Rockefeller, against men who threat ened to kidnap them have been dis charged. CHICAGO, May 20. (Special.) Im mured in a twentieth century castle, surrounded by wealth and splendor, but guarded with a vigilance surpassing that of minions of olden time who watched over the fairy princess with sleepless eyes, pretty 15-year-old Cath erine Bar&er, possessor of $30,000,000. is today the matrimonial mark of Euro pean royalty. The American princess, whose life reads like the pages torn from the old French chronicles, is held a willing captive in the spacious mansion of her late father at Michigan City. Guarding her are stalwart, silent men. The fiery dragon of the old chronicles is sup planted in this modern story of facts by 'soulless corporation." The guardian of Miss Barker, according to the will of her father, is the directorate of the First Trust & Savings Bank. Over In sunny Sicily a young prince of chivalrous nature, fired with love and ambition, frts and fumes because he has had no word from his American princess, and because nis missives of love have never reached her with their ardent words of his "grande passion." The hero of this thrilling romance is the Principino di Santa Margherita. heir to one of the oldest and noblest houses of Sicily. He Is the descendant of kings and queens, ladles and knights to whom romance and love were am brosia and nectar. However, he is not alone in his pur suit of the princess. At least a dozen other European noblemeh are Scheming to get the child and her millions. M'CORMICK GUARD IS DROPPED Rockefeller's Daughter No Longer Fears Kidnaping of Children. CHICAGO, May 20. (Special.) Guards who have been protecting Muriel and " Fowler McCormick, children of Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. McCormick and favorite . grandchildren of John D. Rockefeller, ever since the return of the McCormicks ast Autumn to their mansion at 1000 Lake Shore Drive have been withdrawn. The children, part heirs to the greatest fortune In the world, now attend school, walk, drive an go down town with no supervision other than that of their gov erness. The detectives who stood guard night and day over the McCormick mansion, shadowing all strangers who loitered in the vicinity and questioning all callers at the house not known to the butler. ended their services at the same time the children's guard was found necessary no longer. For months two detectives rode before and behind the McCormick equipage whenever the children were taken out. They ma'ntained the same positions '. (Concluded on Page 2.) Walt a Minute ! 1 SUITORS .............. t X t