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r n VOL. IX. NO. 287. CITY OF JUAREZ 1ST ' BELEAGUERED BY OROZCO'S FORCES Rebel , General Undertakes a Dash by Train but Govern ment Stops Him by Blowing Up Railroad Bridge. DESPERATE BATTLE IN PROGRESS NEAR JUAREZ Consul Edwards Orders Amer i icans to Flee; Red Cross at El Paso in Readiness. (United Prr-M ti Wirt.) El Paso. Texas. Feb 2. American Consul Edwards at Juares this afternoon ordered all Americana to leave the city. He believes mines have been planted under the government buildings to blow up the rbe force If It attempts to sack the city. Los Angeles, Feb. x. So serious does the Southern Paclflo Railway company (Continued on Page Two.) THEY ARE SO BIG Company Isiw - Accused of Patching Up at City's Ex pense Plant "Accepted by Engineer Morris. "I am going to hold up all bills for the operation of the new orematory plant until I have been assured they were incurred legally," said City Audi tor A. L. Barbur this morning. "The amounts of these bills for January are far In excess of the original estimates. I have asked the city attorney to advise me whether or not the Public Works Engineering company's bond can be drawn upon to reimburse the city for the excess tn the guaranteed cost of burning garbage." According to Superintendent Harry N. Napier, of the old city crematory, the ' refuse burned by the new plant has cost 1.25 a ton, though the contractors guaranteed that Incineration expenses would never go beyond a maximum of 0 cents a ton. By the terms of the contract between the contracting com-1 pany and the city the latter pays for the test of the new plant, but It Is a Question with the city auditor whether or not the city can be made to pay any thing in excess of the contractor's guar antee. City Auditor Barbur says until his Question Is decided he will not approve any of the bills for the new plant. Notwithstanding that City Engineer (Continued . on Page Twelve.) 2 CALIFORNIANS FLAG TRAIN AT WASHOUT AND MAKE BUNCH, OF MONEY (United Press LmmiI Wire.) 4 Bakersfield. CaL. Feb. 3. Carl 4 4 Nelson and William Hogan avert-, 4 .4 M the wrecking of an east bound 4 4 Santa Fe passenger train when 4 4 they discovered an embankment 4 4 nearly washed out at Kern river 4 4 bridge, west . of here. They' 4 4, flagged the train. It took work- 4 4 men six' hours to repair the 4 4' tracks. The passengers took . up 4 4 a collection for the men. 4 .4 -4 4 444444444 44 44444 CREMATORY BILLS HELD IIP BECAUSE T WEATHER OF WINTER 22 DEGREES, DUE IN GITY ' Brrr rrl It's going to be cold to-hlght-ithe coldest of the season, accord- . lug tdthe weather man and furs will be in order for Portlanders tomorrow, as the thermometer promises to .take a toboggan slide between now and tomor row morning that will make the shivers Chase over much of the population of the ) Rose City as venture to wander f roni ; the fireside. Skates will probably.be in - order for the next rew days, as the cold wave predicted will make the surfaces . of the rinks and ponds like glass. ; According, to the weather bureau the 'TlhermonietetT wIIrJeT'adwnO!wuT5t " degrees tonight, whleh-wlll be the old- est of th winter so far, the previous low 1 1 record tar th season being '23 degrees on ' January 15.; Fair weather is predicted w for tonight and "tomorrow, with north erly winds,' whlCH will bring the Icy Minister to China COLON! SI EAIES . . S. iff American minister,- VV. J. Calhoun, at Peking, China, who is threatened by the deadly Asiatic plague that infests the neighborhood of the consulate. All the legations have taken in a three mouths' supply of rations and fuel, and most of the westerners, including the mission aries, are sending home their scholars. LIKE CORDIOD I Coffined and Uncoffined Dead Thus Disposed of in Hun dreds; Others in River to Spread Plague Further. (United Preaa leased Wire.) Peking, Feb. 2. Staoked up -like cord wood, the bodies of plague victims are being burned by hundreds at Harbin and other scourge stricken cities. Hun dreds of coffins, containing the dead, are placed end up-snd 'frozen, uncof fined bodies are piled on tap. The torch is then applied by soldiers after the pyre has been saturated with kero sene. The burning takes place two miles outside the city.. This wholesale cremation of bodies continues. Dr.' Graham Ashland of the Church of England mission, who, with his wife, Is at Harbin, telegraphed today that "the virulence of tfte disease was simply In credible. Men are walking about and declaring themselves in perfect health, when suddenly they develop a tempera ture as high as 40 degrees centrigrade. In two or three hours they are dead. "The fatalities tn the native city aver age 160 a day. Of these from SO to 0 occur at the Isolation hospitals. The remainder are persons picked up In the streets by the sanitary board." Victoria, B. C Feb. 2. Particulars of the ravages of plague in northern Man churia are given by Japanese news papers Just received her. Correspond ents paint awful pictures of corpses half devoured by dogs, being thrown pell mell Into the Amur In and about Har bin, where 50 fresh cases were being reported dally up to January 18. Dur ing the few days prior to that date the dally toll was 120 lives. These plague infested bodies will poison the great waterway and carry germs everywhere along Its hanks to the sea. Tho centers of Manchuria, both mud walled vil lages and cities where thousands are massed, were nearly all scenes of epi demics and In some the Chinese were not carrying out protect! v measures, while 1n Mukden, Harbin, Dalny and other places quarantine was formed, big barracks sot aside to house suspects. Railway traffic was practically sus pended and the roads were crowded with coolies.- It being the season when the (Continued on Page Two.) T blasts down from western Canada, vhere there has been much snow and where the temperatures are down below the zero marlc. The cold wave predicted is pretty gen era! over the country, freezing tempera tares extending as far as the California line i over ' western Oregon and over AVastiington. northern Idaho, through the Mississippi valley and down- to Texas., It also Includes the greater part of. the lake states, and the New England states.) Theodore, F. Drake, observer, of the local weather bureau, 'sayst . . ( "Colder weather is indicated for to- nTghr"Wfctnb wave warnings' have been! Issued for eatetn Washington, northern Idahd arid northeastern Oregon, arid It Is expected tltatjthe cold weather will atmtlnuet',f or twwTor three flaya. Wind will be most PLAGUE 1 IMS ly northeriyjy ; PORTLAND .OREGON, . THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY ANNOUNCED; BIG Transcontinental Passenger Agents' Association Gives Schedules Applying to Ore gon From All Points East. TO BE IN EFFECT FROM MARCH 10 TO APRIL 10 Publicity Campaign Wilf Bring Thousands to State It Is Expected. Colonist rates to Portland or any point in Oregon were announced this morning a( the meeting in Chicago of the Trans continental Passenger Agents' associa tion. They will be in erfect from March 10 to April 10, inclusive, and include a stop-over privilege of 10 days at any point along the route. The rates apply on all transcontinental lines. The' rates from the principal points will be: St. Paul, Duluth, Winnipeg, Omaha, Council Bluffs, Kansas City, St. Joe, $26; Chicago, $33; St. Louis, $32; Cincinnati. $37.90; Cleveland, $39.75; Buffalo, $42.50; Pittsburg, $42; Boston, $49.45; Philadelphia, $49.76;Nw -York, $50. Kates Are General. This announcement cames to all the Portland offices. of the various transcon tinental lines, Including the O.-W. R. & N. Co.. tho Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Spokane, Portland & Seattle, Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound, Southern Paclflo and the Oregon Elec tric in conjunction with the S. P. & 8, Great Northern and Northern Pacific. The rates will also apply to all points on the Astoria & Columbia River, In conjunction with the Hill system, of which It is a part. That the rates will be taken advan tage of to a much greater extent than ever Is predicted by every railroad offi cial In the country In view of the great Interest that Is being taken In Oregon among the people of the eastern and middle states. Thousands of people have during the past month been communi cating with the various commercial bodies in the state announcing v their (Continued on Page Eighteen.) "Canned" Cassation of Op ponents of Oregon System by Multnomah' Senator to Start Fireworks. (Special P)Dtch to The Journal.). Salem. Or., Feb. 2. Senator Pan KeU lahep, who sent a "canned" castlgatlon of the opponents of the "Oregon system" to the desk Tuesday, Is to be verbally roasted this afternoon for his conduct by senators indirectly accused of being tools of the corporation Interests. Abraham of Douglas, referred to by Kellaher in' his statement, as a decoy candidate for governor at the last elec tion, arose this morn-tug and asked for tho reading of Kellaher's statement which as sent in-as an explanation of Kellaher's vote on Albee's resolution Indorsing the Oregon system. Abraham accused Kellaher of trying to slip Into the official record an attack on senators, which Kellaher could" not have uttered on the floor without In stant challenge. Ho said- the Kellaher literature was virtually a secret, and he wanted It read to the senate. Bowerman said he had no deslrs to shut off what Kellaher and Abraham may have to say, but as there was much work on the desk, suggested the matter be made a special order. Abraham greed and the honib was carefully laid aside until 2:3 this afternoon. The senate will have one hour for the sub Jeot, another special order being set top 8:80 o'clock. Kellaher Is Ready, An effort will be made to expunge Kellaher's unspoken remarks from the record this afternoon. This will inspire (Continued on Page Two ) Madrid." Feb. t. -Two hundred deaths were reported today from a torm that raged along, the coast of Spain. When .(iggCTi pivil tl3 vani VL 011111. , llt'n reports from outlying towns now cut off arel'ecWeTTrTSxp 60 more. wl)l bo added to tho death list. There "was no abatement of the itorm totfay and shipping is at a standstill. It Is feared thst a number of wrecks have occurred. Hundreds of ships have sought refuge In tarbora. BOMB TO EXPLODE WHEN KELLAHER'S "ROAST" IS READ DEATHS FROM STORMS SPAIN MIY CONSPIRACY RISES TO TERRIFY 'S Troops Government Hopes May Prove Trusty Sent to Points Where Danger Is Greatest; Conspiracy Far . Advanced. GRAFT IN BARCELONA DISARRANGES PLANS Officers of Provisional Gov ernment Already Chosen; Scandal at Palace. (United Prew Leaaed Wire.) Madrid, via Hondaye. France, Feb. 2. Discovery of a widespread army con spiracy for the overthrow of King Al fonso and the establishment of a re public has occasioned the greatest movement of Spanish troops In the re cent history of the- country- Strong bodies of supposedly loyal troops and civil guards are being concentrated at Barcelona and other cities where the fear of an outbreak Is greatest Action is confined, on the govern ment's side, to taking every possible Drecaution. for vigorous action. It Is be- Ueved, would be Immediately followed by scores of outbreaks.. For the mo ment the revolt is delayed by a split in the Republican ranks, but an early agreement la prophesied and action then may be momentarily expected. Only a quarrel due to the discovery of grafting among the officials of "the Republican municipal administration In Barcelona has prevented an attempt to depose Al fonso before this time. So far haB the conspiracy gone that many officers of the proposed.' provis ional government have been chosem Perex Galdes, an author, Is tp be presi dent; Rodrlgo Soriano, minister of fl nance: Senor Arcarat, minister of for eign affairs,- sad high -place' wtt ba found for Senors Sol y Ortega and Lr roux, both of whom are prominent tn radical agitation. Alfonso's grip on his throne has been sensibly weakened within the past few days by the revelation of his amour with a Parisian dancer, and while Queen Victoria is far from popular in Spain, the king has lost much ground by her threats to leave ' hlra and return to England. ACTION BY TAFT IS BY ! Compliments President on His "First Exhibition of Politi cal Sense" in Relation to Socialism; Taft's Reasons. (Special Plnpatfli to The Jonrnsl.) Olrard. Kas.. Feb. 2. "I consider the president's action a complete 'vindica tion for myself." said Fred Warren, ed itor of the Appeal to Reason, a Socialist paper, when told last night that Presi dent Taft had commuted a sentence of six months in Jail and reduced a fine of JUiOO to $100, inflicted for misusing the malls. "Taft's action Is the first exhibition of political sense by the politicians rtVHng with the question of socialism," Warren added. "I was prosecuted, not because I had violated any federal law, but became I was the editor of a militant Socialist paper. These tactics failed In Germany, they will fall 1n this country. The policy of lying about socialism and using the powers of gov ernment to keep down agitation, as Inaugurated by Taft's predecessor, Is antiquated. " Warren wss found guilty in the United States court last May of mis using the malls. He appealed to the T'nlted States circuit court of appeals at Pt. Paul and the sentence was sus tnlned. November 21. The order of commitment to prison, however, was held up by President Taft until he com muted the sentence yesterday. Washington. Feb. 2. President Taft's action tn freeing Fred Warren, the So cialist editor, while an appeal In , the case was pending, was contrary to his own order prohibiting Interference by (Continued on. Page Two.) T (TTalUd Press Leased wire.' Washington,: Feb; I. Holding that it has no Jurisdiction to consider th reT PPrLpf. " regula rl y constituted fcommlt lee of th'e twTTra,ncnea. at congress, the house, committee on agriculture to day voted unanimously to refer back to the' house the" Ballinger-Plnchot re ports. The committee reepmmended that the reports, be placed on the 'calendar; SPAN MONARCH HELD WARREN TOBE VINDICATION 11IIE REFUSES BAH 2, 1911-TWENTY-TWO PAGES. COMMISSIONER BAILEY'S I1M (Special Dlapatrh to The JothimM 1 Salem, Or., Fob. 2. Recommending that the office of state dairy and food commissioner either be. abolished or that me present wcumDent, J. w. uauey, be removed. Governor Oswald West sent a special message to the legislature late this afternoon. The message sets forth the charges that have been made against Bailey by his deputies and by the press, and calls attention to the fact that the expenditures of the office In late years have not been commensurate with the benefits derived therefrom, and since the grand Jury refused to Indict Bailey under a charge for which there is no penalty, the governor feels that it is Incumbent upon the legislature to act' The message follows in full: "Salem, Or., Feb. 2. To the Legisla tive Assembly of State of Oregon Gen tlemen: I wish to call your attention to the office of Oregon dairy and food commissioner. This office was created in 1899, and J. W. Bailey, the present Incumbent, was appointed to the posi tion and has, through election and re election, held the office ever since. "The offloe was In the beginning maintained at but little expense to the taxpayers of this state, but like many other offices with humble beginnings. Its demands have increased until Its an nual cost of maintenance is far In ex cess of what It was in the early years or its existence. "It appears that the dairy and food commissioner Is paid an annual salary of $2000 and is allowed $1200 per an num for expenses. He Is also allowed four deputies with ' annual salary of $1200 each and an expense allowance of $800 each. He Is also empowered to employ other deputies. In addition to the appropriation made for the main tenance of his office he Is given a free hand In the disbursement of all funds collected through fines imposed for vlo- ROADS MEASURES .FME DEADLOCK (Salem Boreas of The Journal.) Salem, Or., Feb. 2. Friends and op ponents of the bills of the state good roads association, in a forerunner of whkt is to come, engaged In a skirmish in the house this morning. Those fa vorable to the bills desired to have them considered in committee of the whole Saturday morning, but they lost by a few votes. Ambrose of Multnomah opened the preliminary flghfby making ths motion that all of the bills. Including those passed by the senate and those pro posed as substitutes by some of the house members, be considered in the committee of the whole. He was sup ported by Thompson of Lake and Hol lls of Washington, who declared that the advocates of the senate bills were at least due that much consideration. Mann of Umatilla, chairman of the roads and highways committee, declared the committee would also prefer to have the house consider tho bills in this man ner and relieve him and the other mem bers of his committee of the responsi bility. N'euner of Douglas, Brooke of Mal heur and Peterson of Umatilla opposed the proposal of Ambrose. They won In a rising vote nnd Ambrose then moved that the committee report on Saturday and that their recommendations be con sldered. This motion will be adopted and the battle over the question will begin at 10 o'clock Saturday. Senate Is Told How Helpless Health Board Is in Case of Epidemic. (Speelal Dispatch to Th JoornaL) Salem, Or.. Feb. 2. Fifteen thousand dollars per year for the protection of the public health was voted by the sen ate yesterday in the passage" of Sen ator Joseph's bill, senate bill 68, to provide adequate funds for the use of the state board of health. Senators Josepn and Locke spoke for the bill, and It encountered no opposition. Dr. Locke said that no bill more Important than this had been or would be passed, in v!ew of the Insignificant sum now belnn appropriated for th protection of tho people. Joseph pointed to the helpless con dition in willed the board Is left in case of epidemic, and to the salary tif $75 per month paid to the bacteriolog ist, with a reputation far more than local. He said such men should be paid fair salarles for the important worH they are doing. . - m ' Yellow Fever Can on Cruiser. advices received here today,-yellow fever was... responsible for the death of Coxswain J. H. Minor of the United States cruiser Marietta, who died Sun day j - , . - : NO OPPOSITION TO IIWORBOARD PRICE TWO latlon of the pure food law and fees for the Inspection of dairies. " "The expenses of the office for the biennial period ending September 30, 1910. were as follows: Salary and office expenses, $$,138.46. "Salaries and expenses of Inspector!, $7,477.18. "Paid from the pure food fund ac count expenses, $2,926.18. "Total. $18)541.80. 'The present Incumbent, Mr. J. "W. Bailoy. has-been charged by certain of uib ucpuut-B oLty oy tuts press wiiit; "First Incompetency and Inatten tion to the duties of his office. "Second With having padded his ex pense account and having used the funds of the state for the purchase of furniture for his home use and for the payment. of certain expenses not of a public nature. "The first charge cannot,, and the second has not, been disproved. "His delinquencies having been re ported to the district attorney of Mult nomah county, the grand Jury of that county has had the same under Investi gation and it Is reported, that In spite of undisputed testimony as to his Irreg ularities, has refused to indict him, ex cept on a minor charge, and for which there is no penalty. "If there is a demand for the office of dairy and food commissioner In this state, there Is surely need for having It filled with a man who Is not only com petent but faithful to his trust, and In view of the serious and apparently un dented charges which have been made against the present Incumbent, I most respectfully request that the matter be given your careful consideration, and would recommend, in the Interest of economy and good government, that either the office be abolished or the present Incumbent be removed. "OSWALD WEST. Governor.! IN Some comment was caused this morn ing by the presentation of a report from the roads committee favoring house bill No. 230 without the signature of Eggles ton of Jackson. This bill proposes that the state engineer shall have 'supervis ion of road building, Instead of,, a high way commission and commissioner, Eg gleston, who Is ill, favored the high way commission plan and had he been present he would have presented a mi nority report. Many representatives be lieve the report should have been de layed until he could have expressed his opinion. With members of the house roads and highways committee holding three different opinions on the subject of good roads, and members of the body itself split into as many factions, many legislators are today expressing the fear that there will be no good roads legislation unless a compromise is ef fected. All efforts In this direction have thus far failed. There will be two reports from the committee on the bills of the State Good Roads association passed by the senate. Kggleston of Jackson Is the only mem ber of the cohimlttce who Is in favor of them. Chapman of Washington stands alone In his view that the present situa tion Is good enough and that no new roads legislation Is needed. Chairman Mann of Umatilla, Llbby of Marlon and Buckiey of Gilliam will report, favorably L (Continued on Page Twelve.) IN TIMES CASE Brice Suitcase Checked Oc tober 3, Not October 1, Case Takes New Aspect. (t'nlted Preaa Ltaad TTlre.) San Francisco, Feb. 2. J. B. Brlre, one of the throe men lndlcte-i in con nection with the blowing up of the Los Angeles Times building 'on October 1, 1010, was in San Francisco three days following the explosion,, and Chief of Police Seymour today detailed detec tives to learn where he spent the time. It was learned today that the suitcase containing the Infernal machine and marked papers, now in possession of Seymour, was checked at the Ferry sta tion October 3, Instead of October 1. Mrs. Mary Ingersoll, with whom Brie formerly boarded, positively identifl! the suitcase as belonging to the sus pected man. (. - This has given a new turn to the case, and Chief Seymour believes that an Investigation of Brioe's movements in this city may lead to some clue to his whereabouts. "', . Iurdep Mystery Solved. - (UCK4 ITew Leaaea Wire.) three years the victim of the ''4ugar barrel" murder has been identified as Miss Bertha Garlow, who disappeared from West Hatleton. She is thought to have known the secrets of a blackmail lug gani BOTH HOUSES MPORTANT CENTS. OS TRAINS AND UEWS STANDS., mS.:.CBKTS Senate Faces , Struggle Over, Effort to Give Five "Expert" Buyers Charge of State's Commissary Department. . . - : ';J ADMINISTRATION HAS MUCK-SIMPLER METHOD State Agent Proposed in Who Shall Attend to All Purchases. (Special DlipMcB to The Journal.) .. -Salem. Or., Feb. !. Opposing bills, one prepared by Senator Bowerman and the other by the State administration, each relating to the state purchasing-' board, com before the senate as a ape- . cial. order at 3:30 o'clock thla afternoon. While some of the members are urging consideration of Uie rival bills on their merits without respect to, tbeir origin, the fact that one bill la approved by Governor West and Treasurer Kay. while the other is promoted by Bower man, seems destined to play an impor tant part in the debate. 1 nth. A.i, w ii - . .1110 uicaouitrs uauio uui ui lus rwiaiuu , of laws committee this morning with two reports. Calrtins, Oliver, Dlmlck and Joseph reported in favor of the adminis tration bill introduced by Calkins and j3ocHit wiitie Aurannm ana v.arsun sianti for the Bowerman bill. Statements of the opposing argument - were mad this morning by Abraham and Calkins. Bowerman wanted the dis cussion carried over until this after noon, for which time It was made a special order, following the debate over Kellaher's speech to which the jstaiwarta are objecting. " - - r The Bowerman bill provides for tiv experts to advise with ths, state board in testing and passing upon samples of goods offered for sale to the state, and works -out a detailed system of number ing bids to conceal the names of ths bidders, theoretloally, at least Then It provides for a commissary .officer and a commisssry building at Salem where such supplies are to be kept and doled out as needed hv ths Institutions. ------ i - (Continued on Page Twwve.) 10 ADDDMO DV 10 Mil UUYLU Ul 4 OF COMMITTEE Kellaher Absent but 1 Other Members of Senate Rail road Commission Favor Statewide Commission. . (Special Dianatch to Th Journal.) Salem. Or., Feb. 2. The senate thla afternoon voted to adjourn until Monday. Salem, Or., Feb. 2. By unanimous vote of the four members of the Sen at railroad commute present, the Malarkey Idea of a state-wide commission for regulation of public service corporatlona has been approved. The meeting was held Just befar3 o'clock this afternoon with Chairman Kellaher absent Kellaher is a cham pion of the local commission idea, but . was alone in his tlews on the commit tee. He. was notified of the meeting but failed to appear. ' The committee elected Bean of Lane as temporary chairman and proceeded to business. Malarkt y made a brief state ment of the bill and asked ft decision on the question as to whether a statc-wlrt bm shall be reported, or whether Port land and other cities shall be- permitted to establish separate commissions.. ,Th vote was a unit, those present being Mslarkey, Bean, Patton arid Burgess,- Members cf the committee also ex pressed disapproval of the bill of Repre sentative Kouts, which would permit cities to secede from the state Idea and enact municipal commission laws, Malarkey further indicated he would amend his bill to oxclude from - tt operation all water plants owned by cities. With 'thla amendment, the bill Is certain to b favorably-reported in substantially the, form prepared by Ma- la rlrav . STARVING WOMAN WHO . STEALS IS RELEASED : ON APPEAL TO JUDGE 4 New York, Feb, S "S"ent me 4 and rny baby to prison, ' Judgs. " 4 4 We will at least find warmth and 4 food there.'- 4 4 This plea, to Judge VowrTiels 4' secured the release of Mrs, -Jtu-. 4 nla Callahan, charged with steal- -'lag -a. bracelet and ring from, a 4 neighbor, and the tnsglstrsts 1 4 trvlng to aid the womsn. Mrs. ""CaTlahaifi ntifffnd'-fsrns'-f t -if" ' week. They pay $10 a month 4 rent and $1,60 a 'ejt .on timir 4 furniture. The woman adftflt 4" ah stois to itct food. 444444444444$ HAN PLAN CREATES FAT JOBS m m W IDEA.