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(United rrett LeaMd Wire.) Washington, March 1J Tlw consti tutionality of the corporation tax law v was upheld today by the United Statea supreme . court. The decision of the court waa read by Justice Day. ' . The decision waa concurred , in by all the other justices,, It affects IS cases arising; In different "part of the coun try, -...vr" -: r.--' The cases came fromi" the federal . courts of New York, Illinois, Ohio. Mas. sachusetts, Vermont and Minnesota. The litigants Include corporations con cerned with real estate, mining, manu facturing, life insurance, transporta tion and merchandising. In each case two stockholders sought injunctions, asserting that the law was unconstitu tional. '-., The decision, deciaredf that ih con; tentlon tha the' law was not CQnatilur tlonai because it originated rn a, senate N amendment to the Payne tariff acV was .untenaIfW' 4Jt said if, was a lav - upon doing business and not upon ownership. , "This ( an exclsd tax upon tht priir j. liege of 'doing business,!. ;the decision i (Continued oi Page Tw)', sp tructionists Suits. Sole Reason, Explains, fred; Mor f jl ris, Bond Man. b fi "It will be pra,tlcally impossible to .sell the Broadway bridge1 bonds as lone as the obstructionists are, able to keep up litigation Invthe "courts, but - the moment it is. known, that they have ex hausted their -last resource (inder the law bond buyers over the country will submit bid for- the lsue,'!Mid Fred & Morris, of Morris Brothers, bankers and x bond i ' bayera. ? "Portland ' municipal bonds are r held in very high esteem in the moneys centers of the eaat,- 4n faet, j ...New ,Torkt saxlpJs banks look upon .Portland bonds as an A-l investment." - - Mr. Morris returned ta Portland Sat urday night, following a prolonged stay In New York.; Ha reports the, eastern banks as gorged with money and the bond buying banks and brokers in the market for all good securities .offered. 'The general condition of the country Is mtich better than Mt was when I was in New Tork. last summer," said Mr. Morris. ; 'There -ts m complete absence of uneasiness The merchants are sell ing more goods and. the manufactories are running, on duller time, ; However, it must be understood that '.the big astern manufacturers are operating, on , a smaller margin than when the compe " tltlon was less strenuous .and they are - so shaping themselves as not to carry over heavy stock Until next season, t , "No one should get the idea that Port land's credit is involved In this Broad way bridge .bond affair. Bond buyers all oyer the east irefognlxe that PortH -land Is one of the-solldest cities In the country. Its bohda have always, been old bn a very close margin. '. It there were a speculation in- the 'Broadway bridge bonds the brokers might take a chance, but as they are handled on a margin of i per cent or less, bond buy ers hesiute to touch them as long aa the litigation over their validity Is kept up." - " , - i ,. ; Mr." Morris expects to return to New York the latter part-of the week. I expect, to return. to Portland; la Ime to spend the hot months In the delightful Oregon climate," he said. J ' '.r "' ' ' 10 1 if.! Sri' ' ' -i- 1 ttaited Pra fasd Wire. I r . " Virginia; Minn.,' March 13. Ten bod les, crushed Into unredognlaable shape, .JVer.recovexed,odayia-th-. Norma mine.: It Is stated. that 16 bodies still remain in the collapsed Iworklngs. -a largo force of men is digging to reach them, but In spite Of continuous work It probably wilt be two days before they Will be recovered. The accident Is at tributed to recent thaws, which softened the earth on which the mine Umbering ..rested. oiivwt"'" m- lin nnnAnufAV Wni DllUHUimi Dbs BODIES TAKEN FROM NORMAN TO Dltf T BY REPEATING IT Orders That No 'Quarter ; Be "Shown to Federal Troops. . Who Fall Into Hands of the Insurrectos. WOUNDED KILLED ON BATTLEFIELDi REPORT Regulars Said to Have Slain Injured Rebels at Casas Grandes. . (United PrmS- Leased Wire.) ; El Paso, Texas, March. 13. Francisco I. Madero, commanding the eastern wing of the Mexican revolutionary ar my, has issued orders to his men to give the federal troops no quarter, .ac cording to a courier arriving today i 'torn Casas Qrandea,' i Thta order is belteved to : have been the result of President Dlax' order fluspendlpg the personal guarantee provision of the Mexican con- stitution. ' u' v , t ' That! the federals killed all wounded Insurrectos left on the field after the battle at Caaas Grandes wes the state ment : of an. American railroad man, based on the stories told him by Mexi can npn-combatants. ( :.:.. Th ehtir Fourth United states cav alry 'in now. encamped lieret two .troops having arrived, last jiiglitj., Scouts re port that insurrectos' are gathering in the hills south of Juaves - . Mexlco City, March 13.-That the termination - f( JreJdnt vDlas to " end the .revolution byrexteeinlaUne revolutiortiits rwlU rult in even more dratU-tep. t4un U- suspension personal guarantees under, the consti tution, is ,ttie general "belief here., It was expected that the order refusing civil trials to persona charged with the destruction .of proper ty . and directing that disturbers be shot, would quiet dis orders. As far as can be learned here, however, . the . depredations of ; the . In aurrecto element continue. , : martial; law; WILl . MEAN REBEL RALLY, K! DECLARES REFUGEE ' (United Pr Leased W1ni. Washington, 'March 13. "Wholesale murder,- unrestricted ahootinr and kill ing with .'narchistlo r riot will .be . the portion of Mexico under martial law," pHin ,uan jAsonca, pouncai reiugee. "The establishment of martial law in Mexico means these three things. "The revolutionists will continue to make war. shot. It may found paradoxical, bat our .It ' win be civilized warfare and not outrageoua barbarism, ; "The reign of murder wnl be started with the" slaughter of 9506 political prisoners - confined - In - Mexican 'Jail. They will be Hned .up against walls and ahotrilt ' may sound , paradoxical. - but (Continued on Page Two.) . To Forestall , Congressional Demand, War ; Department of Mobilization. t : '(United PTMi taaed WUe.V v v; Washington, , March - IJj Plana,, to forestall ,a congressional attack upon President Taft as a resalt of the "mili tary - maneuver" are being .considered today by the administration' supporter. In order to aver, resolutions of Inquiry the war department prpbabjjriwlll ant nouncer details of. the administration's version of , the. mobilisation, : f i; . Senator La Follette, It Is understood, is "'preparing a - resolution, inquiring whether the- troops are mobillied to aid Wall street' Interests. , t . , , , GBEAT TRAMP FARM " I : ,-iS ADVOCATED' BY NEW ; B rfBr Sk jV' Ml SB MISMraaai at Kr TUHN,. uriAni I Y bUAKU i ... 1 ,. . ' (folted PrMUMd Wire.Vs -V- s - ' -Albany.' .Ni;- Mirch'j 13,-v.'e) iAmong.the.xecpmmeivilaUonsUiA the, annual report, of. the' State '' e ? board of :charitiea4 Is fthe estab-' . -lishroent of a atate farnr coloriy" for tramps, where they might be 'made aelf-aupp'ortinnf, , they now cost the state about ? $2,000,000 ' yearly. , . , w , "' ' .' ' rf v JAKE STEKTO BLOCK INQUIRY New Man ia Cabinet Mil i imW .1 -i ' i .. ' - L 1 v X 7. w The new aecretary of ' the' interior, ""Walter I Fisher, of Chicago, who ' was recently appointed br Presl- ' dent Taft to aucceed .Richard A. Kallinjrcr, who reslzned. ' ;TJnited Pretateajws UTtret) .s f. Fisher, tipokUhV. wyt;ot ffjee wt6tjajr as secretary of the, interior. R. A.- fial- llnger Wf predecessor rwlrenjatnvhere until, Flaher .beoomea Jtajnjliarf withihls duties. ' Fdllowing ' this Ballmger-wlll go, to Seattle. with, the announced. .aur-J poae- or preparing 'Ms' tnreatened sous fprvslnvr.?. vfA Iti: I u-i i ,J More; American - Soldiers f Are ereMoThanr ';v'e,MDeclarts'- ilimahtour, Mexican ' Finance Minister. ' (bolted rreu Leattd Wire.) "New Tork, March 13. In a state ment today, in which he ; carefully quoted the word ."maneuver" wherever It occurred, Joee Tvea Llmantour. Mex ican minister of finance, declared that Mexico. had done nothing to warrant the doubling of' the American force on th frontier. , -; '! 'have received no official Informa tion that the United Statea has decided to , send 20,000 additional troops td Texas,r Umantotttsald;; ,.'It"maya true, but thei have been no develop ments in : my country, warranting the doubling, -of 4the foroe - the "American government originally announced! It in tended to mobilize in the southwest for 'military maneuvers. r - -, ' 'Of course ydur goverhmerif has the right , to send as many tropps as - it pleases, but not even 0,000 men are needed t, to stop the, Insurrectos , from smuggling arms and ammunition across the border. , There should be no sensa tional deductions from the ,6an' Antonio reports that two detachments are to b sent J to 'points actually .on the border. Maybe tney. are going to' atop the smug gling. : ,4--.5 '4 ii'it K:-v: ',;,n-'- "If. the troops were .distributed 'along the border It, would jby.no means fol low that a conflict la abDut to occur between . the federal armies or: Mexico a.ndthoUi)lted..State3lQaIiectuAUj' top smuggling it by no means becomes necessary for American, troopa to cross the ' border, arid It It- not ' logical to infer that they 4wll Invade the frontier etmply because detachments ar being actually sent to the bordrr.". - ,, Sunot Llmantour stated most em phatically that under no circumstance - iContlnued on Tage Two.) H " !-""."" H "";",'. 1 i. .Will f 1,1 Ml. ii; 'JSIJFi'SFCBMV i iu iihuiih s s aaa a fiallwgerTtr-ftefti cn,lo Seattle "!V vto Prlnare'HiS'Sdits SEES NO EXGUSE FOR ' 0 0 II 0 1.1 0 F f THE KILLED IN MM STRIKE; E T Sharpshooters Pick - Off Col- ored Firemen in Cabs as y Trains', Pass ' Through the Mountains of Kentucky. TWO DEPUTY; SHERIfF.$ ARE; SLAIN ; IN BATTLE Race Issue- Brings Serious Re sults' on Queen '& Cres ; t cent Route. V ' tt'nltrd Prw tetHd Wlre.l 'Cincinnati March 13. A Complete tlo nn nf thf OuMn A Crescent railroad.' and probably of all other southern lines, is threatened, today. It has been an ttnuhcerf.Wft that the Order of Locomo tive Engineers has notified the firemen that unless the strike Is settled In a few days, the. engineers will. serve the rail way with a ten days' atrlke notice. Tf thiaT Is done the strike will prob ably extend to all southern railroads that employ negro flremei. ,'We will not appeal to Governor. W"' son now," said "Vice President Powell, '.'but we have notified the sheriffs: at the, scenes of trouble and expect mem to maintain order. I have reason to be lieve that the, engineers .are loyal and have'ieaf mat mey. ,w strike.", ,V 'v . gomwaet, Ky., March' 13, Today's a 'score ia the strike, on the Queen Crescent railroad. Traffic on tne line, kflian an A mt Chat ttttinfllTa' lS 'at a tandstiJas a result -of claahea.Wween striking firemen and strikebreaker!. ,Tha. strike resulted front tbe refusal of the railroad to give assurances to the wfilte" firemen' that 'they would nave oreference over negroea In the line of promotion: - '.-, ',-:.. :?;-?--J :. i ,-The dead Include niae" negro nremen n. txrn -whit a rfamitit aherlf fa. Tlva. of th negr6e were killed yesterday hav ing -oeen. picaea on in ineic caoa oy sharpshooter while the engines ! were paaaing through, the mountain districts. Four ' negroes and the ' two deputies were- slain in a battle last night, near Gla.nary,.;.Tenfti.fc' 4. 'j- c Railroad officials were served today with an ultimatum by the mountaineers that unlesa the negroes were discharged they wouldjia killed and the company's L I 1 , v.. 1 bridges lown np, Cincinnati, '4& .. March IS. Armed mountaineers have .held .up three Queen & Crescent freight tralna bear ipngs Mountain, Ky... 120-miles from here,. ac-. cording to a telegram received today by Vice President Powell. Railroad officials have asked the ; authorities . at Kings' Mountain to send deputies to the seen " " ni ' - f; District Attbrner Will : Reopen " Case if. Gallagher Is Re , turned to' Frisco.' j in 1! CALHOUN MAY BE ' ' PROSECUTE (0Qltd Press Leased Wire.) San jrranclsco, March 13. Distrlpt At torney Fickert intimated ' today; that should James L. Gallagher be returned here through' a legal" proceas e would move' to withdraw his motions to dls mlss .the so-called . graft cases, and to reopen' the prosecution ' of Patrick Cal houn, A": K. Detwller and others-charged with municipal bribery. ,15: i sj ,, Fickert's statement was "made In re sponse ; to; the 'printed : statement, that Gallagher would be brought from ' his home; In;-Vancouver,; B. C, ?toj face a felony 'charge : In . connection with real estate deals In Oakland. 'Should; Gal lagher. be extradited he would be usable as a Witness In tne graft cases. ! Gallagher la regarded as' the principal witness in the cases, having confessed that be acted, as gOrbetween .for Abra ham Ruef.and the , boodllng board of supervisor ' in many briberies. j y . SodOOOT , WILL ; BE , ; i&SPtNTi FOR STEAMER :3 TERMINALS INBOSTON '! I 'i ' - '- ". ' 'V'---.-.f-;jt.i -,v-.v-49 .. ; .(United Pms Leased Wire,) f ",Vf tBoston.: March .13. To arry 4 but a steamship terminal project tat South-Boa tottr Plane in voWlage e tan outlay of 120,000,000 were an- 4 , nounoed today;- The speciflca- e e 'tions call for the erection Vwlthitt' 1 e e - a year of It warphbusea ahd fac-. 14 tory buildings, a 6000 horse pow- - 4 4 er electrio plant ahd terminal ' e docks J500 feet, In khgth. ,..,'- 4 i '' ' ' ' ' , 4 t ''4 ' COMMANDERS IN 1.4; .-- 1 I I " riif V 1A 1 I I ' 11.11 X. ' ? I j &; y Major General William H. Carter, United States soldiers rushed to IMaz of Mexico, the instability of the sudden activity of the army Diversion of iFIow:of Siiyies : Is Restrained dn 0ne;'Suit; In ... Other'T Present v, Privifeges' " Hold: i J ft j f j v 4 I Two important eastern Oregon irriga tion suit were settlad'in'' the, United States'; court today by, Judge- Bean, the opinions being read by ,Judge XVplver ton. f. Both, were' suits brought 'by the Pacjlfio Livestock ,ompahy, one against the' Bllviea JJiyer Irrigation' company and 1 the f faf neyu Valley i Improvement eompacny',andianother against "w-. D.' Hanley .and. others. .'The, former suit waa decided, ln avor 'of the , plaintiff and the flatter-irf favor of the (defend ant ". - 1", .'' . In, he suit, against, the SilvlesRlver IrrigsUop. company, it was claimed that the defendants were diverting water from the ISllvIes river onto their, own lands. The SUvles river, after, entering the-Malhenr ;Valleyi flowa for jev.eral mllesTOvery-n,early vflat-roountry-vbe fore emptying Into Malheur lake. . The Plaintiffs owrf -the. land, through which' the rlver?.flow on its way to the; lake, and . owing',, to -the' level stretch, the stream ' branches Jnto Innumerable ca nals which- Irrigate this land naturally. Without thewater the" ground wduld be' worthless. v" ' J The twovdefandanr companies ' own, land further up' the .valley And built a dam to divert the; water onto this land, claiming they were taking surplus wa ter, only, which would not be missed by the land . further down. Judge Bean held that no showing was made of any surplus water being in the- river, and therefor granted aa in- (Conttnued on Page Two.) Federal Officials Take Steps Mo Prevent Spread of the 7 . Plague. n : lUalted Press .Leased 'wire.V Honolulu,- March 13. Steamship and shipping companies here are. In posses sion of notifications today by. United State quarantine of flclala that a' quar antine will -be jlmpoaed . on allt vessels arrivlhg or. Clearing from here,-because of. plague' conditions tit the orient The Pacific. Mai) liner Mongolia, from Toko, hama, is the first vessel subjected to the inspection: SMi-a-v-'S:- ;i Johnson Denies "Short Ballot" Story '."jSacramento, ' March r I J. "Statements In; the, rjeactlonary presa that the short ballot ty a pet wheme off the, present executive are jiMmeV said Governor Johnao , today, "By the plait now be fore the legislature. I could not have increased po-r. No official now la of fice would beiaffected by the measure," TWIG HARNEY, DECIDED BY OEAII HONOLULU UNDER QUARANTINE RULE BORDER "WAR" who ia in command of the 20,000 the Mexican border; and President 'whose government la' the cause of and navy. , . jH . i iff? V V North Pacific Steamship Com ;7paiiy WiII .; Connect; at,San r DiegoVWith" Twenty Day Service. - ?. 't t it' - f -, -i v ' : t "V ,,(, y 1 "M ;; v ,;, ,;' i That Portland Is' to" have an almoat direct steamship serviee.i to Mexican porta wa the announcement made this morning, by the North,) Pacific Steam ship . company? arrangements . having been made by C. P. . Doe, head of that eompany, for a joint service wlth the Cla Kavtera' Del: Pacif(co;v .sailing, from Ban LHego Tor principal. Mexican -porta. 'While details of 'the new service re celved by- M. J.'HIgley,-local passenger ageht of the North. Pacific, are few, advance Information in a circular this morning -etates r that 'the joint '.service) has- been. Inaugurated and- that-, the steamer - from ; .insehada, Mazatlan; Guaymas," 'ManzanlllO,' Acapulco and Ba- .1 Una Cruz, with connections for all other ports on the west coast of Mexico, will sail every. 20' days frorm San Diego. - . Mr. Hlgley-v said- this -morning - that he expected fuller information on ' the new; service. within' a few days, but that In the emantlme they. 'would be gin receiving freight for Mexican ports foiuthe sailing of the next steamer from San Diego. . . , , . . This addition to the service of the North Pacific Steamship company will giv Portland two lines Into Mexican ports, the - American-Hawaiian furnish ing the other, although .the greater part of the freight of the latter com pany is. for eastern or European ship ment. Taken in connection with the new Callfornla-Atlantlo- Steamship com- ( Continued on Page Two ) "Serve, on Jury or-Go to Jail" He Tells Fear Stricken ' . Salesmen. ; (rnitd Prns Leased Wire.) VVlterbo, Italy,-' March '13 Continued fear of the Camorra on the -part of talesmen -In. the trIAl pf 40- members of the band for murder caused. Judge Bl anch) .today to announce- that he would punish : prospective Juror' wJot should attempt .to evade service through ialae excuses, . 1 " C'"'" "Two, panels have already been ex hausted.1,,. said .the court, rf3'a, must forco men to do Jury duty.. Beginning tomorrow! intend to Inflict a jail aen ttnee on every man offering an invalid excuse." ' ( . . . Public Interest ln tlie trial, -whicli wilt be resumed tomorrow, waa iticrt-Asod to day by the that Ciro Vltozil, for merly a priest and now one of the lo fendantB, is in a aorlous condition aa a result of an attack of heart failure. PORTS ANNOUNCED COURT USES CLUB IN C10RRA CASE NO GROUNDS FOR EXTRA SESSION REPORT. SHOWN Corey Says No : Discrepancies. of Magnitude r and 4 Would Make but, Little Difference if Thfere Were. HUNT SAYS ERRORS , ; ; OF NO CONSEQUENCE Courts Have Already, Passed on Case ,Where Records ' Are Lost. 4 ' All Bills rresnmed to Be Segnlar, v e Salem, Or., March 13. It must be shown affirmatively that a 4 e bill did not pass before It (an e be proved by the journal pro- e 4 ceedings - of either house of the e e legislature that a' law la invaljd, 4 i the -opinion of Attorney Gen- e e .- erai urawiora. ... ... . , , "X mere failure to show that e 4 a bill passed is Insufficient when the biU has been filed with 4 , the secretary of state, properly e enrolled and signed by the ' e ' speaker and president. The pre- e sumption In that case," says Mr. ej Crawford, "la always to the ef- , feet that the law waulrfgularly e enactea." v , , 4 ,v.. h -'' -:'-r- -i.-i - r i ' i 1 -''''- ..'.j-i-' .;i- " 9. - - '" ' '. ;. .'t v.. "j, ..v.-1:.,. -,. - , . (SiVrn Bureas ef The Journal, r Salem, .Or, March 13,-Thcre can b no. errors In any of the proceedings of the senate aa shown by the-senate Jour nal, sufficient to vitiate' any law passed by the legislature, let alone any such as wouia make tne need of a special seaslon even . probable. Chief Clerk Corey of the secretary of state's of-, flea Says he knows of no discrepancies In the Journal that' should cause any alarm and It Is safe to say that Gov, ernor West will call no special session of the twenty-sixth legislative assem bly. - ' - s "There mey be a few discrepancies In the record of the proceedings." says Chief Clerk Corey, "but there have' been none ' found yet of sufficient magnl- tude to nullify any-law. There are several days' work yet required to check over , the journal and prepare the copy for the Journal. Some superfluous mat ter Is , being rejected and other parts of the proceedings returned to the rec- (Continued on Page Two.) F Banners on EachrTraln Will ; Tell Country 520 Cars Are Portland-Bound., Twenty tralnloads ef If cars each ef pipe are being brought to Portland for the Portland Gas & Coke company from Chattanooga, Tenn.1 The first tralnload Is en route and la expected March ' SS. Others will follow in quick succession with a'vleW to having the entire order filled before the end of October. " The pipes represent, a value of about $260,000, and when " laid wll mean an Increase of 110 miles in the company's service. ..... v t T - The trains bearing these : pipes will mean a big advertisement to -Portland because banners wilt be strung on' their sides stating that 20 trains, of 30 cars each, every one laden, with gas pipe, - . are headed , for , Portland, -a convincing illustration of the remarkable develop-, ment of this city. - . , , , The arrival of this tremendous quan tity of pipe means that many of the outlying districts will have gas service before the end of the summer, it being the Intention without delsy to take care of Vernon, Woodlawn, Seliwood. Mount Tabor and Montavllla, where gs has " not yet been Introduced! , other subur ban districts will be given attention aa quickly thereafter aa possible,. . TOP OP TURRET OF - f'"". BATTLESHIP MAINE'-:: , y,'r RAISED FROM SEA Xihri ?-;:.! f v -.-4 " fUnited P LmwiJ Wlre.l j Havana,iMarc) 13.-,The tur- ret of, the battleship Maine has - been recovered. ;: H wUhs it t tons and 1 Sl feet dlmRtr. ., -Ithmgh thwirreat v - -s uawarped, tm 300 Iiavy bolt . ' that held It In pluce are arr i s in two nn tt -wltrt n hrp knifn, S ' During the Ut firtnU"t t 4p driving has h'i nr m T I s. eause -of an l.Mrnrtiou I ' S ., bud of lh liiii hue, ... f 20 M LOADS 0 W ID