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9 ' 1 C J v,,r.-l 5 t- cr 13 c J e A.; iw.lOjr.rrvJ fnJa7 Jon' til, tv c-rrkf, !..'.. ;,;re.i J- v ,v - 'ilplw a 7T immm- The VAalhrr Fair tonight, with occasional rains Friday. i J h v VOL. IX. NO. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1910. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. fPl r A M A M ' ' : n ah A A t A '. s 'A ! 1 A , ' i V n ' ! sn i a M Ll L i ' 4 ' - -i i 'A i ! -, . A V i f a.; j m n . ; . N ; i i::! .!! TO EVERY STATE 1H LROAD B T. B. WilcoxPresident of Ore gon Development League, r Says, Construction Work in Next b Years Break Records SHOULD TELL TRUTH TO,.:. ' , PROSPECTIVE SETTLERS Great , Meeting at. Salem 'to Bring Out Important ' ' Facts.-: V - ' &&i Important SUitaf. 4 1 : When Jamea. J. Bill comes to 'Oregon te;t week to attend the 4 convention of the Oregon 'De- . .. velopment league, - the famous i empire builder la expocted In de- ' liverlng his addreea to make the , most Interesting and important annouacementa that hare ever 4.. pajeed hl llpa In regard to the development ot the .Pactfle northwest. ' u - When here last iBprlng, Mr. HtU , stated that Oregon would be the great '114 to recelro attention from the Hill system and that under the management" Pres- Ji Ident John F. Bittws It would Spread a network ef roads Over " the stata; with the Oregon Trunk. line Jhe main artery, as its name 1 . implies. : . . .', Upon his return from the east 4 a few days ago- " Mr. Stevens w announced that the Oregon trurilc w Una eystem would expand $7,000, 000 la Improvement and exten nlons it the feeders to the trunk line, which at this time mean 4 'particularly the Oregon Electric and the United Railways. .l 4 It is RTtowa that Mr. H1U has 4 "a numbf of now projects op his 4 sleeve, worked out or planned 4 by Mri Btevens,' and it is pro ; 4 dieted bj thoso closely hv tooek 4 with the Hill people that Mr. 4 Hill win let go some of this in- 4 formation at the coming conren 4 tlon. If he can possibly arrange 4 to be here. ' ' That Oregon la on the rerge of the ' greatest railroad development orer ex perienced la any state In the Union was the assertion mad this moraine by Theodore B. Wilcox. ' " : . - T. venture to say," emphasised Mr. WUcox. "that no state in tb Union will build more railroads "during the text five years than Oregon, vrith the possible exoeptton of Montana.' .' " The prediction was made in speaking (Continued on Page Nino.) MEN BROUGHT ACROSS LINE IN U. S. Immigration Department Experiences Difficulty ' in Preventing Them and Chlna--. men. Coming From 'Canada. Traffic '.in women and In Chinese across the Cariadlan border is bfng car ried on to considerable extent in spite of attempts of the United States Immi- jrratlo'h department to stop ; it declared Daniel J. Kcafe, United States Immlgra tlon Commissioner, today. - - - " " Mr. Keofe Is in Portland after having maae a carerui tour or-jnspectlon of the Immigration offloi-s along the CanndUfl iwrder. iHe says; the department is us- ,ing every effort to s4op smuggling and Is, planning still' further' measures, but tnat the ;woiV,0f the 1 department it hampered by lack of a large enough up- ' proprlatlon. to do the work that should be done, . ' - r "In spite of effoj-ts to stop it and In spite of the general belief that the num ber of Chinese In the United States .is decreasing, enough are smuggled in by various, schemes to keep the number up to- th original v figures," said Mr. Keefe. .A' - , SmmrglM in Tarioas Ways.-, ' " ' -"Chinese are' smuggled in In various' ways. " Many come -across the border from Canada; ViTHey pay. $500 a, bead tax to enter CanAd apd then,-If they can elude, our .Officers they, cross the border Into tl'O Units States.. .Canada dppsif(t,jn'nd becauBe8h.y,-6eUUi.45oa aud we get the Chinaman; and the Chi naman can't g!t back into Canada with out paying another $500.-' ' , ., "A careful census of the'Chlnese in Continued on Page Nina) ( . SPITEOFOFflCERS mayor is id jl P. I L & P. CO;:- IT Pays This Sum. of People's , Money for Light Not Fur nished, by Josselyn's Com pany; No Authority to Act. GIVES COMPANY RIGHT . , TO USE -NEW BRIDGE Puts Burden of Proof on City in Any Litigation Concern; -ihg Car Service. .: , The rortland Railway, Light ft Power cofhpapy has muA to b thankful for today. . It has beca presented by Mayor Simon and the city council with $21,000 for light whlqh It hover furnished the city;' It has also been granted the' right, by stipulation between Mayor Simon and B.' S, Josselyn, to put the burdoh , of proof on the city in any Utigatioa which- theclty may commerce to enforce the annual rental of $16,000 for the new Hawthorn? avenue bridge, provided by charter 1 amendment. v . The'Portland Railway, Light ft Power company J has agreed to cut- down its 129,500 , blU for light that it did not furnish to the city to tU.000, thus sav ing to the city, as the result or'th long and bitter fight made by ex-Mayor Lane and his executive board, an a- prexlmatfl $8500. It is insisted, how ever, by ' members of that board that the city should not pay anything on tbe disputed MIL i' According to tho opinion of thocw who fought out the Madison ' stewt bridge eonienuon under me Lass ao mfnl8tratlon. . tha Portlands JUQway, Light ft Power company can also b thankful for the fact that Mayor Simon has exceeded his authority la entering into a stipulation with the head of the big corporation, and that he has -virtually signed a contract which gives the streetcar company the right to use the Hawthorne avenue bridge, wlwn tt Is opened, under tbe old terms' of $1200 a year, which held, for the old Madison street bridge. . , - ,-v-!,-.' -. y-. H. M. Bsterfy and Thomas O;- Qreono, (Continued on Page Twelve.) Washington Has Advices That Every Warship at Rio Has Been Captured (T7atted Pre Leeeed WtntV Washington. Nov. 84 A cablegram confirming : the reports of mutiny on board 'the Brasillan battleship at Rio Janeiro, and saying that all the war ships' in the harbor were In the hands of mutineers, wes received at the state department today. Two battleships re cently bailt In England are believef to be among; the .vessels seised' by the mutineers. The dispatch was signed by Consul General Bchlecta at 'Rio Janeiro. - Washington, , Not. 24. Senor De Lima, charge d'affalrs of the Brasillan embassy, though unadvised regarding the Rio Janeiro situation, scouted the report that the mutiny was of polit ical signincance. , ?It the reports of mutiny are true.' he said, "the outbreak Is probably con fined to a mutiny of ttie sailors against their officers and not against the gov ernment." ; , ', , . ,. . As Mrs; Carrie Bean v Opens poor Man Fires Over Her Shoulder. 1 -: : A holdup man attempted to rob the Elkton rooming house, 61H North Sixth street at S: 40 o'clock this morning. He turned out the lights in the hall, rang the bell,' which called Mrs. Carrie Bean, tbe landlady, to ths door, and fired one shot, at hern Tbe v bullet passed : over her shoulder and penetrated the wall. The man ran down the stairway, drop, ping his maak In the hallway. . ' r . When the. landlady oppnod thA3oav Uie maDTcommanded her to throw up her uanai. j-jjonowmg uiis command, the shot was fired, l The woman says she had $500 in the safe. Detectives Cole-, man and Snow were detailed on the case this morning. - .. GIVES 121,000 MUTINEERS SEIZE : BRAZILIAN HAVY ROBBER'S BULLET fiREETS LANDLADY T"'vi' l'''Jiy''-''' .'. A'.i.L.A :,. ... .' -...... 'r : i'Al- 't,l JV:(Jff- H A A 1 i it ?! Opening Event, 101 .02 Miles, in 1:42:31, in a Maxwell; '."Death Curve? Collision.-. ' Santa Monica, Cai Nov. ' 24. The Maxwell ; entry, driven, by Earl Pan- eher. t won ' the onftnlnff ftvMit nf motor carnival liere today, overing the scheduled 101.01 miles in one hour, 41 minutes and 1 eondsTho raoe was for cars of ltl to; 330 cublo inches pis ton displacement -There were three entries and the Maxwell was the only car that finished. The Staver, driven by Prmrch, col lided with a curb on Ocean avenue and withdrew in the first lap. The Oakland driver, Bobst. aban domed the course during the third, lap because of motor trouble. McKague, driving a Duro, won the second event, which was run simultan eously with the first race. He drove 109.004. miles in one hour, 41 minutes and 4 -10 seconds. Clarence Smith, in . a v Maxwell, was second in our hour 44 minutes and It seconds, i' Oakerman. in a Petrel, was third. Bigelow drove his Mercer across the finish line in fourth place, the other three entrants having withdrawn be fore the last lap. ; r : The Cutting . entry," George Clark driver, furnished the real thrill of the day when it hurtled over . the Nevada Avenue "death curve." bringing : up against a fire plug. Neither Clark nor his mechanician was hurt ' i r Ted Tetselaff driving Lozier, won the third event, 161.606 miles, for cars Of 300 to 600. displacement.. His time was 2:04:10.8. This is an average Speed ef : 75.37 miles an hour, breaking the former record for the distance on : a track, mado at Itlverhead, Masai, by Louis Chevrolet.-. -v.v--.- Dingley (Pope-Hartford), was second in 8:10:06. The Apperson Ryall driving, at the end of the third was leading when the oil punlp broke. The Knox car, Brown driving, had trouble In the sixth tap and was compelled to with draw.' SILJERTON, POOR-WATER CAUSc Or AN brIUbMlU " The people of - Silverton have been drinking " .combination of sewage, creek water, barnyard refuse "and seep age 'from .a slaughter bouse. A num ber of cases of typhoid fever have de veloped, and the water has been found swarming with colon bacilli, organisms that cause typhoid, in tests made by Dr. C & White, state health officer. "OT.rWhlto received a message from Silverton saying that typhoid fever was becoming almost epidemlo there and asking him to come and see what was the caOse. He returned yesterday. He found that the people were getting wa ter from Silver Creek, the intake pipe being in the center Of the' city., Along the line of the creek Dr. White discov ered 48 toilets, 43 barns and a slaugh ter house, all close enough to the creek for the seepage to enter the water di rect. ' , . The people are to vote in December on a bond Issue of $30,000, which will provide funds for constructing a water system to convey water from a clean source 13 miles distant ; COL. WETM0RE INJURED; ; CONCUSSION OF BRAIN St '. Louis, Nov., i 24. -Colonel Jloses .Wetmore, a millionaire,, and Democratic leader, is In a precanoiw condition as a, result of havlng' been fun' over by a wagon.. His Injuries consist of a broken right hand and concussion of the brain. HO has been unconscious since the acci dent last night ' . , ' II V A ::;A''-A:i ; FANCHER V1HNER AT LOS ANGELES , Inmate of Poor Farm Dead. A. W,, Moody, 38 years old, and an old pioneer, ' died yesterday tat the county MM'fairo-H he4ivetl 4a.-am-mrtmni Portland . for 45 I years, coming -from California. At one time he owned con siderable land immediately east of the city, i He had a sister living at 363 East Oak street : He had been at the poor farm for four years. -i : : iA- a,',. ,m'"h President Diaz and Onf of Mexico's : BvldenOes of an approaching revo lo tion were , apparent ' to himself a4 all other Americans In Mexico during the past few years, declares Porter .. Frlx selL mtnlng engineer and former Uni versity of Oregoft football tar." who tg visiting relatives at 460 Tenth street. . Btlsaell contact wlthhe ' peons, or laboring men. during his real de ace of more than three yeacs in the AzteO etn- pire, revealed to him the perpetual spirit of unrest, among the working classes. The revolutionary spirit was always smoldering near the surf seal he ' says, and while, the peon ' felt that he was generally oppressed and that President Bias was a tyrannical dictator, he could give no good reasons for wanting to re volt, as his condition Is better than it had ever been and constantly improving. Sales With Iron Band. ' , "Perhaps it is a part of the nature of the Mexican to wish to. continually oe a part or a revolution." said . Frlx sell this morning. They never seemed to be able to give any good reasons for wishing to rise, unless It was a desire to have a true republic. . U cannot be denied that Dlas rules with an Iron hand and yet perhaps, that it ia the only kind which would bring results in Mexico. It is true that Dlas Is a dic tator, but he has accomplished things and the end is worthy of the means. - "Diaz in , soma -ways reminds one of a Tammany, politician, only more so. If his opponent was strong, he threw him in Jail or got him out of the country in some way. Still, I believe that he is a true patriot and that he believes what he is doing is for the country's best'inr terests. : "Whllo there were occasional out breaks while I was there, none of the LArrerlcans to whom I spoke on the sub flefuse to Pay; Sent to Jail; Prisoners Arrested While 4 . Wrecking Houses. (Halted Press teteeff Wire.) ' London, Nov. 24.-Scores of suffra gettes seized at random from the. hun dreds that participated in. attacks on the homes of Premier Asqulth' and members of parliament were tried to day before Magistrate De Ruben, who Imposed fines averaging 5 each The suffragettes refused to pay and went to Jail ' ' ; ' . The home office fears a repetition of the suffragette tactics that followed the last parliament session, when the suf fragettes refused to eat, Compelling the officials to force food upon them, with distressing results. , M'GRAW SIGNS CONTRACT. FOR 5 YEARS; $18,000 PER (Cnlted rresi lietsed Wlfw.) ', , h New York. Nov. 24'. A new contract calling for $18,000' a year was signed today by John McGraw as manager of the New York Giants,' according to 'gos sip. If the1 rumor is true .McGraw will be the highest salaried .baseball player In the world. It la said that McGraw . was Tlltting with D. ; A. inetchT," 'promoter" t third ' big leagiie, find John) T. Brush, ownci of the .Giants, hearing of If.drew up the new contract to" block tne deal McGraw's new outrart Is said to run for - five ears. E STftR " SAW REVOiyTION SUFFRAGETTES IN COURT FINED RVE V V ..... '- -'V.,, IK ' ' . "11 sa,s loXiil" , l ' " ' - 'V , . " A; v ' ' Prominpot Buildings, the Postoffice ject believed that there would bo a serious outbreak, . before the . death of Dlas. . , ,,.. ' Cant Vrsdlct Outooms. ' ."What will be the outcome of the present trouble is impossible to predict The peons are, : of course, strong; In numbers, hot utterly dlaurgantxed. pne element to be considered, however, is tho largrsamber" of convicts serving In the army ranks, Mexico usually disposes of her criminals by forcing them to do duty as soldiers and these men are naturally an ti government Should there be a concerted meeting among the con victs the revoluaon would be no light matter." , - , .. .;; v. . jr Without the help of these oonvlet soldlers, Mr.. Frlsselt is Inclined to think that the revolution will do little more than flash up and out Ha has also a poor opinion of the fighting qual ities of tbe average Mexican. -"One Taqul Indian can defeat a score of Mexicans, he declares. "If the rev olution spreads they would probably bo found fighting against the government forces and if they could be gathered to gether they would not be unimportant -..;v.A.?v B oatters . Indians, .j. ': A ; . "However, Diaz' policy has been to scatter the Indian and - minimize the danger from them and he has succeeded very well in bis purpose. Even most of the families have been divided and large numbers have been sent to Yucatan. On the whole, ths Yaqui has been more un fortunate than tbe American Indian.. His lands have been taken from him and he has ; been given 1 nothing. .. Statements that they are cruel and have committed atrocious crimes are hardly to be cred ited. When ho fought he fought to kill, to ba sure, but he only fought In de fense of homo and life." .(Continued on Page Twenty-one.) ,-Ua,-a:jaa,1a. !....':,..''- Rev. Andrew Armstrong ang! ' His . Wife .Victims; Colored ' . : Laborers Suspected. , (CBltHI Prcw LerMd Wlr.l Trenton. N. J Nov. 24.Burglars en tered "the home of Rev. Andrew Arm strong at Dutch York Nearly today, and murdered the minister and his wife, who were about 80 years of age apd were highly venerated In the commu nity. The bodies of the aged couple were found - by neighbors, who noticed that i the house appeared deserted, al though the Armstrongs were known, to have been, at home last evening. , , A ' PoBsea f we re 1m med 1 atel y organ I zed are now searching the country. Negro farm hands employed in the neighbor hood, but said to be missing, are under suspicion. - ' "The small savings of the aged; cou ple were kept In the house, : The rooms had been ransacked. It . is not known whether the intruders ! succeeded In finding the savings. , Eugene Newspaper Improves. v " (Special D0pt-fc to The Journal.) ' Eugene, Ori, Nov; , 23. -The Eugene Daily Guard, the local evening paper, Is preparing to install .the only stereo typing press; in .the state' outside of Portland, to replace the old Cranston press ... which the paper has far out grown. The new press which is a Hoe Perfecting press, will print 12,000 elght- BURGLARS KILL OCTOGENARIANS .v xj. a. j pRffP papers jin nouranti lsjhe Jarge8Uawim.thaVUelaaina.JUMlJiJmUl..k frTrrepoagjTTie'wifn tTi'estite outside of the metropolis. ed goat , . The t Indians i braced in th It will be lnstaiHa and in operation by the first Of January, 1911. ; The Guard has had a phenomenal growth .during the last three or four years, keeping pace with the steady and rapid growth of the city and surrounding country. Ileadqn &ters. MUTINY ON BOARD WHIP ATI Due to Dispute Over Sailors' Wages; Three Officers Be : - ported Killed." ; ? (Uoftd Pma teased Wire.) - London, Nov. . J4. A cablegram to the Brazilian minister here, today con firmed th reports of a mutiny of Bra tllan . Sailors at Rio Janeiro, . and rr tortoJ "the killing of three- officers Of the battleship Mlnas Geraes. Other of ficers of the warship were ashore and thus escaped. . f, A ,;.-. Only meager reports of the outbreak er obtainabla The Brartliaa legatlori nero announcea tnat tno r mutiny re sulted from a dispute over 'the wages of the sailors. , In the absence of any confirmation of the reports that the guns of the Mlnas Geraes had been trained on the city of Rio Janeiro, morchants here who have interests in Brazil are inclined to doubt Reuters Agency .posted a bulletin to day that the mutiny was! confined ; to the warship, and this was' confirmed by the Brazilian minister. K The Mlnas Geraes was the largest vessel in the Brazilian fleet and was built recently in, England,,".,,,:.... ::,,..w:.... II SMS Representatives ' of the boys' chibs I throughout the state will be assembled in convention at Hillsboro Friday, Sat urday and Sunday of this' week... It is expected that 160 delegates will be in1 attendance. Of this number from 60 to 75 will go from Portldbd. Out of town delegates , will arrive in Portland by tomorrow noon, and after luncheon they will "see Portland" In charge of Har old Rounds, of the Y. M. C. A. The party will leave on . the Southern Pa cific train at 4:30, arriving at Hillsboro in time for supper. The oponlng ses sion of tho conference comes at 7:30 in the evening at ths Methodist church. 5very boys Sunday school class Or boys' club may send a delegate for every ten members or fraction thereof. Dele gates will be entertained In the homes at Hillsboro, ; The only expense will be the railroad fare, which will be a one and- one-third fare. Boys who must be back for school or work Monday morn ing can arrive In Portland at 8 a. m., leaving Hillsboro at 7:05. This will en able them to stay for the closing ses sion Sunday: evening. A",'.".'3A v Delegates will come from all parts of the state. Many new clubs have been organized since the conference last year, which was held at Albany. Three or four delegates will even com from as far east as Boise,' Idaho.''- It will be a great gathering In the history of boys' work of the two States. With a boys' sec retary In the field thai outlook for the future year is onv that is pleasing. A Harold Dalzell, state boys' secretary, has the (conference in charge. -Clarence Sprague of Portland is chairman of the program committee. Rex Hammerly of MoMlnnville is the conference presi dent; and Clarence Farnham of Dallas the secretary. ' BROWN UNIVERSITY'' ;k : DEFEATS CARLISLE ..i.i-.-.u-v., (ITntted Press teaaM Wlre --r-r Providence. - R. I., , Nov. ; 24. Tho Brown. University football team ' was too much for the Carlisle Indians this afternoon and the Indians lost 15 to 6. Sprackllng kicked 'a goal for Brown in the first quarter. in the second Sprackling and McKay . carried the ball the third quarter and on ' a forward pass Hauser, made a touchdown and kicked the goat With two minutes to play In the last quarter, AshbauRli scored an other touchdown and Smith kicked ths goal for Brown. J BOYS OFTWO TO IvIEET IN HILLSBORO 0FF1 CI AL REPORT SAYS UPRISING Itl Waited for All. Foes to Show, .That .All Might Be Crushed at Once; Claim Rebels Act ed Without Military Tact REPORTED JHAT LEADER MADER0 IS A PRISONER Government Reports Northern Part of Mexico Pacified; f Revolutionists' Oath. ' r tVtattt PreM Leased Wtrcl ' Washington, Nov. 24. The Mexican foreign minister, Enrique Creel, today telegraphed to Ambassador Do La Bara at Washington as follows: "Order is restored everywhere In the republic except at Guerrero and in the state of Chihuahua, whesre 200 rebels are still active." Mexico City, via.Galvestoiu Nov. 24. An official , report received hero and transmitted over lines controlled by the Mexican government says the repub lic s qolet today. According to this report the uprising : la . practically quelled. t " - An. unofficial nport says that the town of Guerrero haa been captured by the re be La, 'A'iA'.''''''. "' rAiA "p -- ; Matamoraa, Mexico, Nov. 24. Accord ing to ths authorities, the gornmpnt forces hava been waiting for the revo. lntionlsts to" get their entire "foroe in tBo - fieldi when- the . federals would swoop down upon them with the Amer ican cavalry , along . the Rio Grand trailing on . jwni ibhj m urausi States. V; They declare that ; the rebels are not acting in eoneert Eagle Pass, Texas, Nor; 34. The oath taken by members of the Mexican revo lutionary Junta, which first met at St" Louis in 1906, was revealed here today. It reads: "As Mexican citizens we swear to take up arms to overthrow President Dlas and will : not relinquish our pur nose until we obtain the Dro visional government guaranteed tho liberal par-, ty on July 1, 1906. ' "Patriots undertaking leadership must chrculate a manifesto inviting the peo ple to overthrow the government It is prohibited to treat with persons ob- , " -- Anm im nnMrdimahlv MntMlflMl IA MA. ital punishment by the council of war organized for this purpose. , v "Chiefs of the revolution' are -empowered to send expeditions and to make appointments. Every group chief is authorized to ra!e funds from govern ment officers or from any persons from whom they are able to obtain them. (Continued on Page Twenty-one.) IN BETTING 01 GRIDIRON BATTLE Society's s Presence Enlivens Annual Struggle of Multno " mah" and ' State" University Teams. -' - Aunlverslty of Oregon and Multnomah club are meeting on the Vaughn street baseball grounds this afternoon for the sixteenth game since 1895, v and the varsity rules a favorite In tbe betting owing to their great, record in the col- lege games, i xne vbisivj v o onnro eouallnir two touchdowns, al though the game promises . to "he a u . 1tt lat j Multno mah ha bolstered In the last week an the clubmen have a far better rhani e of holding tha collegians to I lower ""he. addition of Clarke and Wolff, the big backs, has brought the clubmen up In the betting. However, the new game and better training by Coach Warner s charges rfsets the greater experience of the clubmen, ' In times past Multnomah has always put It ever-lhe . more youthful player Oregon won Its first victory in 1;. and has not been defeated since, In the games heretofore played the club men have piled up a loiat r vi points, while OrKon has had to he ex tent with a meager SI. Krom 1MH to 1908 Oregon7 had not scored en tf:i jitwbiw.n. i - .-- -rh came was called at S:3 'i -to.- sharp and In 'addition to bcir.g th sporting event, It w also . principal social oc.ralons of r. winter senson. H v I turned out li Jaigfl mniitnf f'.-.j- i game, and Uid tl, wmn ; Wa QUELLED AVORED suM-f '".ft'-