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86 Pages Section One Pages 1 to 28 SIX SECTIONS r V VOL. XXXV. NO. 13. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 26. 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WILLARD WINS, BUT SEEMS NOT TO TRY Moran'sGrit Feature in Hopeless Battle. CHAMPION'S PUNCH NOT USED Irvin S. Cobb Holds Belief Kan san Didn't Exert Self. SUPERIORITY IS EVIDENT Affair Not YVortli Money. Writer De claresDecision Goes to Title Holder Without Question. Willard Breaks Hand. BT IRVIN S. COBB, r-opyrlght by the Wheeler Syndicate. MADISON' SQUARE GARDEN, New Tork. March 25. (Special.) At this hour the present champion is still the present champion. The fight being over." that cardinal fact stands out. Otherwise, by my humble way of thinking, this affair wasn't worth the money. Considered as a spectacle It was all it should be; considered as a prizefight it failed to give satisfaction to anybody except Moran. The sharps will hand the de cision to Willard. So do I, even though much of the time he did not seem to be trying. However, they are saying: now, when it's all over, that he crum pled up a bone in his right hand in the third round. Personally speaking, two things stand out in my mind as the main fac tors in the bout. Willard had the punch, and did not use it. Moran'a Grit Liked. Moran had the pluck and he used it. I like Moran'a grit, but if they ever do it over again I rgi snail write my ticket on Willard. Meanwhile in my mind's eye a pic ture will endure the picture of Mo ran in the half minute of the mill ing. his head bloodied but un bowed, striving with all his might to swing one over, and Willard rear ing above him like a giraffe above a bison, able appar ently to land the hardest blow since Irvin t. I obli. wind in Ireland, the year of the bi but for reasons best known- to himself not doing so. Maybe a champion does not hare to extend himself: anyhow, this one did not. But he sets $53,600. so perhaps after all self restraint pays best. Preliminaries Are Tame. Let us begin the story of this thing chronologically. It is 8 o'clock to night. They have started the more preliminary of the preliminary bouts, which Is just one of these preliminary bouts. Under the 15,000-candle-power focus of the Peter Cooper batteries, which are long tubes of stained and bottled night light, the two spindly unknowns whose job it is to open the most expensive show that New York has seen since the first boom in war stocks, are battering each other's front pieces under the languid eyes of a referee and a. few of his gentlemen friends. Everybody Who Is Anybody There. In that light their faces have the color of men drowned nine days, and where a gloved paw inflicts a small bruise upon the flesh the effect of the brilliance is instantly to change the skin from the texture of prime dressed (Concluded on Page Column 1.) f y s : J JUPE OVERDOES JOB BY 9 INCHES RAINFALL. IS EVEN AHEAD OF AVERAGE EOIt FULL YEAR. Fall Is 4 5.53 From, September 1 to Date, When It Should Be but 35.78, Records Show. Figuratively yes. on second thought, literally speaking the rain-maker may rest on his oars for this season and consider his job a good one and well done. Last night, the rainfall since Septem ber 1. 1915 to date, had totaled 45.53 inches, which is more by four-tenths of an inch than we should have from September to September. In other words, the rainmaker may knock off work more than five months earlier this year than usual. The average annual rainfall, reckoned over a num ber of years, is about 45 Inches. It would be just and proper for old Jupiter Pluvius to send down 35.78 inches between September 1 and March 26. But as it is he is 9.75 Inches ahead of himself, or in excess of the speed regulations. The rain-maker soldiered on the job last year, however, and cut us off at the pockets with 13.56 inches less than we ought to have had, but few seemed to notice it. He gave us only 31.57 inches September 1, 1914 to September 1, 1915, whereas we ought to have had 45.13 inches. MULES WIN OVER OIL Bncoda Well-Driller Said to Have Found Better Faying Job. CENTRA LIA, Wash.. March 25. (Special.) It is reported that Thomas McGinn has been awarded a contract to purchase 5000 horses and mules for the Canadian government and for the present has abandoned his project of drilling an oil well on a site selected by him near Bucoda after a year's re search. McGinn recently returned from Spo kane with the announcement that he had raised sufficient funds to finance the well, but it now appears that he regards mule buying as more remu nerative. BANDITS FIRE ON TRAIN Carranza Hear Guard Fight Off At laekers of Americans. LAREDO, Tex., March 25. Ameri cans arriving here tonight from Tor- reon said their train was fired into J-r oUU Danaus. supposedly viiia ignuwcrs, near "Viesca, between Torreon and Saltillo. The passenger train was followed and preceded by a Carranza troop train. When the rear military train drew up, the Carranza soldiers fought the band its off. There were no American casu alties. ZEPPELIN RAIDER FOILED Attempted Attack on Saloniki Benten Buck by French. SALONIKI, Greece. March 24. via Paris, -March 25. An attempt at an other Zeppelin raid over Saloniki was made last night. The Zeppelin did not reach the city, however, being kept be yond the French lines. A French biplane, whose observer was a Greek volunteer, Albert Misvachi, a native of Saloniki, was shot down at a height of 8000 feet, falling Into Lake Dorian. KAISER TO VISIT VILNA Detectives Precede Ruler' to Clear City of Suspects. LONDON, March 25. Newspapers in Petrograd. according to a Reuter dis patch from that city, publish a report that preparations are being made for the arrival of Emperor William in the near future at Vilna, where he is to supervise the direction of important operations. Detectives from Berlin, it is said, al ready have reached the city to clear it of suspicious characters. CARTOONIST ' cve IAY VILLI! IS TRYING TO BREAK LINE SOUTH American Cavalry May Be on Trail. TROOPERS ARE IN MADERA Scant Advices Received From Men in Pursuit. BANDIT'S FORCES DIVIDED Leader Said to Hate Ieft One Body to Engage Carranzlstas, While With Ficked Followers He Slakes Dash to Escape. EL IASO, Tex., March 25. The VII ltataa who were reported two days ago to be engaged tn battle with Colonel Cano at El Om, five miles south of Namlquipa, escaped without any real fighting, according: to a message to General Gavin made public here to night by Consul Garcia. The message said the Vllllstaa were now at San Geronlmo, a ranch aome mile south of El Oso, and that five columns of American troops were co operating: with the troops of General Carrama. EL PASO, Tex., March 25. Villa has outwitted his pursuers by splitting his forces, leaving one body to hold In check the Carranzlstas in the neighbor hood of Namiquipa. while he himself at the head of a picked force is trying to break through the" lines of his enemies south of Madera, according to information brought here today by Americans arriving from Pearson and Casas Grandes. This information redoubled the 'in terest with which word is awaited from General Tershing as to whether the American troops have clashed with the Villistas. Cavalry Probably on Pursuit. According to reports from usually reliable sources, coupled with what is officially known as to the progress of the punitive columns, American cavalry reached Madera yesterday and should be close on the heels of the fugitive bandit today. From Madera south as far as Tutuaca, a distance of about 30 miles, a moun tain trail winds through the Sierra Madres. At Tutuaca it bends sharply to the southeast until it is lost in the wild and barren country south of Minaca. This trail was known for years as "Pancho's road." It was popu larly believed to have been broken by the bandit and its intricacies are known to few but him. Taslc May Become Hopeless. No wagons can possibly t pierce the desolate mountain region through which the trail runs. One of the few Americans who are known to have penetrated the district. Ben Harris, a veteran scout who Is now living here, declared today that If Villa succeeded in reaching Tutuaca the task of find ing him would be a hopeless one. - "Only Mexican ponies can take that road." he said, "and even they must be lightly loaded. The trail skirts the edges of canyons 3000 to 4000 feet deep and winds over bleak mountain tops where the cold and rare air makes living almost unbearable. I could defy 1000 soldiers to catch me in that coun try and Villa knows every nook and cranny in it." Apart from the keen anticipation of the news that the American soldiers were within reach of their prey, the border was mostly interested today In the report from Washington that an agreement had been reached in sub stance between the first chief and Washington which would permit Gen- (Concluded on Pag 4, Column 2.1 REYNOLDS PRESENTS oat rzj? oz o yyxv x ' INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Wratlier. YEST"ETtX AY'S Maximum temperature. 51 deKrefs; minimum, 41 decrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain ;, southerly winds. Mexico. Villa try In? to cut his way through, to south. ejection 1 pa go 1. American troopers, paying as they go In real money, make good Impression on Mexicans. Section 1, page 6. Sharp exchanges over Mexican situation forecast for coming week in Congress. Section 1, page 4. Forced march into Mexico sore trial on men. Section 1, page 4. Wilson warns' against alarmist reports con cerning Mexican expedition. Section 1. page . j War. German raider Grief and British cruiser Alacantara sun k in sea battle. Section 1. page 7. Many Americans lost on channet steamer Sussex. Section 1, page L, Passenger telis story of sinking of Sussex. Section 1, page 2. Ioraesttc. Derelict bought in Tahiti harbor by Amer ican concern may net more than mil lion In salvage. Section 1, page X. Dent 1st' s wife says she will let law take It course. Section 1, page 2. Automobiles and Roads. Trip across state Is described In detail by Chester A. Moo res. Section 4. page 12. Rains delay road mapping. Section 4. page 10. tVillys-Knlght representative seeks to avert Coast car shortage. Section 4, page 8l Real Estate and Building. Realty men talk of two big deals. Sec tion ;i, page 12. Steel company expected to build. Section a, page 1 Pacific North we t. Tacoma lumbermen express satisfaction with trade conditions. Section 1, page 9. Industrial Club plans outlined. Section 1, page D. University of California honora charter day. Section 1, page 6. -"Northwest States Preparedness" topic of Spokane conference. Section 1, page 10. Grants Pass Club fights grant land tie-up. Section 1, page 9. Bond buyer ignored on $275,000 deal at Oregon City. Section 1, page 10. Convict asks for books to study c hem Is to. Section 1, "page 10. Dodd Hollow murder case in final stage. Section 1, page 8. Baker prospectors believe they have 'found old Blue Bucket mines. Section 1, page 1. Idaho Democrats threate to split. Section 1. page 8. 8 port. Irvin S. Cobb says Willard won without try ing. Section 3, page 1. McOreclie releases two players. Section 2 page 4. "Tex" Vernon is in shape to box Mascott - here Tuesday. Section 2. page 4. Beavers picked to lead at end of first month. Section 2, page 8, Inter-city League schedule adopted. Section 2, page 4. Oaks are picked to put up hard race for pennant. Section 2. page 3. Great crowd masses around Madison Square Garden as fight goes on. Section 2, page 2. Portland hockey team defeated at Montreal, 6-3. Section 2, page 4. Bob Burman wins auto race ; Oldf ietd is 4 third. Section 2, page 1. Use of breast stroke is explained by Jack Cody. Section 2, page 4.. Portland and Vicinity. Roberts Bros, employes have dinner and or ganize welfare association. Section 3 , page 16. Chamber of Com fit 'ca lumber rate resolution protested. Suction 1. page 8. Interstate bridge toll rates are set. Section 1, page 6. Big Fashion Show opens in Portland today. .Section 1, page 11. Rose Society will hold show. Section 1, page 12, School children show increased Interest in garden work. Section 1, page 12. Heavy rains cause renewed slides here. Sec tion 1, page 12. Y. M. C. A. contest starts tomorrow. Sec tion 1, page 14. Vista fund benefit dance is April 3. Section 1. page 15. Only one-sixth of Multnomah County taxes are paid. Section 1, page 16. Alaska cries for quarter of century for pre paredness, says Governor Strong. Section 1. page 15. Big" business aids Y. M. C. A. campaign. Section 1. page 14. Opera-hun gry again delighted. Section 1. page 17. Mr. Finley asked to stay In Bast. Section 3, page 17. Lents faces flood danger. Section 1, page 1. Siletz land line provided with sleeping quar. ters. Section 1, page 16. Stanford president heralds now era in Pacific Coast universities. Section 1, page 17. Weather report, data and forecast. Section 2. page 6. Spanish-American War Veterans make merry at banquet. Section 2 page IS. Latest Oregon political news. Section 1, page 3. OREGON MAN LOSES ROLL Tvi o Strange - Californians Not aa Hospitable as They Seem. OAKLAND, Cal.. March 25. (Spe cial.) Report was made to the police today by George Armstrong, of Ore gon City, that he had been robbed of J70 by two strange men who took him automoblling last night. The investigation which followed re vealed the fact ' that Armstrong had been visiting various cafes exhibiting a large roil of bills. PICTORIAL SIDELIGHTS CO yo 71T AMERIGANSLOSTQfr CHANNEL STEAMER French Say Torpedo Sank Vessel. 50 LIVES ARE LOST IN ALL American Woman Drowned by Capsizing of Lifeboat. ANOTHER STILL MISSING Ambassador Sljarp Sends Attache to Boulogne to Investigate Cause of Disaster and Assist Any Who May Need Help. REVISED LIST OK AMERICAS PASSENGERS ON BOARD STEAMER SUSSEX WHEN SHE SANK. Gertrude W. Warren, of St. Louis, Mo. J. Mark Baldwin. Elizabeth F. Baldwin and Helen G. Baldwin, of Baltimore, Md. Alice Ruiz, of Lyon, Colo. Edna F. Hilton, Dorothy W. Hilton. Gertrude L. Barnes, Fran cis E. Drake, Edward H. Huxley. Edna S. Harde, Lillian D. S. Harde, Henry S. Beer, Ida Beer, Joshua Dickinson Armitage, Ed ward Marshall, Edna Hale and Galllope Anastasla Fennell, all of New Tork. Tingle, W. Culbertson, Lewis burg, Pa. Daniel Sargent, of Wellesley. Mass. John H.. Hearley, Albany, N. T. Samuel S. Bemls, Bedford, Mass. Wilder G. Penfield, of Hudson, Wis, Charles Thomas Crocker, Jr., and Georjfe H. Crocker. Jr., of FItchburg. Mass. . PARIS, March IS. The Ministry of Marine, in an official statement Issued tonight, declared that the Channel steamer Sussex, which was sunk yes terday, was torpedoed, and estimated the number of victims at about 50. Twenty-five of the passengers on board were Americans. ' Scarcely any doubt exists at the American Embassy tonight that some American lives have been lost in the disaster. Miss Elizabeth Baldwin, of Baltimore, is said to have been killed by the explosion. Miss Edna F. Hilton, of New York, "is missing and it is feared she was drowned when a lifeboat cap sized. The American Ambassador, William G. Sharp, sent Naval Lieutenant Ber nard L. Smith by automobile to Bou logne tody to investigate the cause of the disaster and assist any Americans who may need help. One hundred and forty-three surviv ors have reached Paris and more are expected tomorrow. . American Deponltlona Taken. The depositions of some of the Amer ican survivors who have arrived at Paris are being taken by the Embassy: they will be forwarded to the State Department at Washington. ' One of the survivors was Alexander Clavel, of Basel, Switzerland, who was returning from London on a business trip. He was picked up after being four hours In the water and when seen at a hotel in Paris was recovering from nervous shock. "We had no warning of what was ( Concluded oil Page 2. Column l. ON EVENTS IN THE WEEK'S NEWS. aamnaanaBaaaaaaaBBaaBBaaaaaannBaBnaaamaMaaMaaaSM BLUE BUCKET MINE IS BELIEVED FOUND BAKER PROSPECTORS rXCOVEK TRACE OF DAYS OF '19. Old-Time Pick and Slulco Boxes Discovered by Men AVho Plan ' New Runt for Gold. BAKER, Or., March 25 (Special.) Relocation of the Blue Bucket mine. known In Oregon legend as the richest gold prospect in the Northwest, is ex pected by J. W. Buckley and K. ('. Harpan, of this city, who believe the have discovered the location sought in vain by prospectors for more than 60 years. According to tradition, the diggin's rich in virgin gold are- in the Prine ville country and were worked in ISO by a party of immigrants, who, after a short stay, were driven out by In dians. All efforts to relocate the gold deposits have 'been in vain. The place found by Mr. Buckley and Mr. Harpan, Mr. Buckley says, tallies well with the description furnished by legend. According to the story, a woman of the party died and was bur ied before the immigrants left. The Baker men found a rude headstone on a neglected grave, bearing the inscrip tion "Mary E , 1849." Further fixing the date were two old linchpin wagons. An ancient pick was found, Its handle warped almost to a semi-circle, while a dilapidated cabin bore the same marks of age character izing the wagons. Sluice boxes, much the worse for wear, were noted, 'and a frying pan, hand-made from a piece of sheet steel, was brought back. The discovery was made late in No vember, but has been kept quiet until the finders are now nearly ready to start back. DERELICT YIELDS MILLION Salvage Venture After A'essel Sunk by Gunfire Nets Rich Profit. SAN FRANCISCO, March 25. The American steamer Republic, formerly the German ' steamer Walkure. which was seized by the French in 1914 and later sunk In Papeete, Tahiti Harbor, by shells from a German squadron which attacked Tahiti and which ob tained American registry while still a sunken derelict, arrived here tonight from Papeete under its own steam. The vessel was sunk September. 24, 1914, and for more than a year lay in It fathoms of water. Then the French government sold the vessel to a San Francisco syndicate for $29,000. The cargo recovered from the Wal kure was said J.o have reimbursed the purchasers for the cost of the ship and the expense of the salvage operations, and it was reported today that they were considering an offer of $1,200,000 for the vessel. SHACKLETON SHIP IS SAFE Aurora Needs No Aid and Is Pro ceeding Under Own Steam. LONDON. March 25. Reports re ceived here today stated that the auxiliary ship Aurora of the Shackle ton Antarctic expedition, which was damaged In the .ice, is now proceeding to New Zealand for repairs and Is not in distress or in need of assistance. The latest message indicates that the Au rora Is proceeding under her own steam. A New Zealand wireless station is in communication with her. Sir Douglas Mawson, the Antarctic explorer, expresses the opinion that there la ro cause for alarm. LEPERS' 'HOME FAVORED Senate Committee Says Disease Pre vails in Every State. WASHINGTON, March 26. The Sen ate public health committee today rec ommended passage of a bill creating a National home for lepers. Estimates placed the number of lepers at large in the United States as high as 2500. The report of the committee, based on expert testimony, declares leprosy is present in every state and that its victims are rapidly increasing in num bers. DVtZSIYY LENTS AGAIN FACES DANGER OF FLOODS Johnson Creek Out of Banks and Rising. PEOPLE PREPARING TO MOYi Section Half a Mile Square Al ready Under Water. ROADS ALSO ARE COVERED Heavy Rainfall of Last Few Days Swells Plow of Creek and In spires Fear of flood Worse Than That of January. Flood danger again is imminent in the vicinity of Lents, where Johnson Creek is out of its banks and a section between Foster and Gilbert roads Is under water. Early yesterday afternoon residents in the vicinity of Lents Junction on the Portland Railway, Light & Power Com pany's line began to make preparations to move in a hurry. At nightfall the situation had become alarming. Be fore midnight the flood waters had rolled over several acres of low lands tilled by the Japanese gardeners. At midnight, however, the dike east of Lents schoolhouse was holding. Johnson Creek last went out of its banks February 10. when the mid winter thaw filled the streams tribu tary to the Willamette. At that time a number of farms in the vicinity of Lents Junction were flooded and boats navigated the streets and roadway. It Is feared that with the heavy down pour of the last two days the situa tion will bo as bad or worse now. Half a Mile Is Covered. The flood last night at S:30 had spread over a district half a mile square between the Foster and Gilbert roads east of Lents. Patrolman How ard is patrolling the district and warn ing the residents in most danger.- At 9 o'clock last night the waters of Johnson Creek had risen to within 20 feet of the Lents Junction station-house. Ordinarily the creek bed is 150 feet away from the station. Fears last nl&ht were that the flood was more menacing now than in Jan uary, when the Mentone district, cast of Lents, was badly hit. Residents of the affected district came face to face with the flood con ditions last night at nightfall. Women who had been at home alone during the day were much frightened when the water began creeping up. When it spread over the district between Gil bert and Foster roads warnings were sent out throughout the community and preparations made for leaving the homes on short notice. "Floods likely will be worse than in January," was the message sent in over the wires from Lents Junction last night. "Water creeping up to the station-house. Now only 20 feet away,", it continued. Police in the Lents district were noJ tified last night to keep a sharp look' out for the flood waters and to sound a warning in due time for those in th houses which might suffer. Rain Stops at Midnight. The dike was built just cast of the Lents school several seasons ago ex pressly to keep back flood waters. In February, however, the backwaters had flooded several thousand acres, and inundated the Hanson and Stone farms. These places were again touched bjj the flood waters last night, but not seriously. Patrolman Howard reported last night that, the district from Eighty-second to Ninety-second streets in the affected district would (Concluded on Page 2. Column 4. COAfZS i50y-fF