yliy Not Find Out If a want ad will secure for. you a more satisfactory position and. sal ary? It will cost but little. . The weather Fair tonight and Thursday; easterly winds. COAST TEMPERA! USLS 5 A. M. Today. Boise ... . i. .1 Seattle . .;..,.... 40 Spokane . . , . .JV..7., ........ .....S3 Xarshfield ..... 3a en TTMselaco ; . .i.ta Portland . . . VOL. X. NO. 8. . PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. MARCH 15, 191VTWENTY PAGES. ; j - p PRICE TWO CENTS &mg J UMBE , CASE AS PRETEXT 'f FOR PITOiy OH! Ill , f IRST PICTURES Of i AMERICAN CAMP ON MBtlCAN FRONTIER PLOT OF fit , ' 'vv,tvtr.r f .. .. , , "r,:r TO KILL lit ' t r '.. II KOREANS STRANGER RENTS ICRET SERVICE ROOM.LEAVESBODY SEES IN RIOIIALOI OF C1LD, ESCAPES J1BER OEM AISE i: .. ' - ' . , i Ml FOILED Official Washington Entertains ; Theory That Impasse to Be : r Produced Deliberately With j Ulterior Object. . : TO BALK PRO-JAPANESE ; ELEMENT IN- MEXICO r, It Is Observed That knox Now Called on for. First Timle : in .Present Affair. , i (United Prete; Letted Wire.) - ' ir r Cleveland. ' March IS. American In tervention in Mexico when the rebelsj a.A.. .Lll.... k... -.-... . I by United States Senator Theodore Bur ton.' America would Invade Mexico and eitabliah the government there on a firm.1 tooting, ha said, and then with dAw. , . "We have nothing to fear from Jap an," Burton said. "The Mexican situa tion la grave, but it is merely a serious revolt .Should the United States in tervene it 'would be a repetition of the Cuban intervention." sr. ' V - Washington, March 16. The positive character ,pf the statement made by Becretary of State Knox that .Edwin Blatt0f Pittsburg and Lawrence Con verse of Los .Angeles, held as prisoners by Mexican federals at Juares, were captured on American soil, against the equally positive statement of the Mex ican foreign office that they were ar rested, in Mexico, is likely to afford a eause for intervention. This is the be lief in official circles here.- If Mexico stands firm the"' Unit. States, accord ing to international procedure,' 'would have Justification for pushing troops across, the border. -. . : It is pointed out as .significant that this is the first time since ; American 'troops have been mobilised on the Mex ican line that the state-department has taken any hand In , the affair. . The knowledge that pro-Japanese Mexicans have countenanced negotiations for a Japanese coaling station at Mansanillo is believed . to have been" the real rea son, for the sudden action In the Blatt Converse case. ' ' It is believed. In off iolaJ- circles here that the .state department ' has been '(Continued on Page flour.) DEATH PENALTY FOR PULLING V FRIEND BY NOSE AT SUPPER TABLE 4. s fCnitea Prew hunt Wire.) ' 4 Globe, Arts., March - It. City 4 - Marsha, Bob , Anderson is under ; arrest charged with shooUng 4 Oeorge Shanley," capitalist and 4 cattleman. While the two, with 4 4 4 ; a party of friends, were being 4 4v served with supper in a Chinese 4 4 . restaurant, they became Involved 4 4, in a dispute. -Shanley, is said to 4 4 have reached over the table and ' 4 4 pulled Anderson's nose. ' 4 4 "Do that again and m kill 4 4 you," Anderson yelled. : 1 ' .4 - 4 Shanley did ' so, and the next 4 4 second a bullet, penetrated his 4 '4 heart. '; . . . 5 ... ".'!-i-v y-i, ' V Sr . 4 444444444444 - (Unite Pr htutA Wirt.) ''. -Berlin, March 16. Count Ernest von ' Reventlow; the most noted strategist and military writer la Germany, de elared today that the American naval base constructed in the Philippines was , an intolerable menace to Japan;: that " supremacy in the waters of the far east ; was necessary to the life of Japan, and, realising this, her statesmen were plan .. nlng to strike soon. -, . , Count von Beventiow furnished ' the United Prees today with advance proofs . of his carefully prepared essay on Japanese-American, relations. The summing up of bis argument is" as follows ; 1 ' r " " "It Is not- denied, even by the skeptU : cal, that Japan is preparing' for an ag- gresslve war with the United Stages. r ' The main object of the Russian war ,! was not the annexation of territory but ; to prevent the permanent occupation by . ' Russia of Korea, Kwantung and. Port Arthtfr. ' - . ' ' . . " . ' Mast Be Supreme or .Yoxlsn. . .' "Leading Japanese statesmen are con vinced that Japan as a great power . t cannot exist -unless she la navally.su preme in the Pacific. She must con tinue' to command the Chinese market. ' America is her rival there and the . Panama canal has for one of its main " objects the conquest of Chinese markets and the creation of a shorter route of communication between the; American Atlantic ports" and the- coast of China. "The Japanese conquest plans provide . for the eelture of the Philippines, Ha waii, ' the United States possessions In Samoa and the Island of Guam. , Thut Japan would create ; permanent 'and . unalterable advantage for " herself. 'i The most powerful American fleet eoncei v able"VOUld"TeelplessJir"sucliiinlmf P mens area-of operation as the Pacific , ocean, without advance bases; So that capture of these Jaases by Japait would . reader that country, undisputed mistress of the Pacific, ' - "There . can be no doubt that Japan jr- iii :' n ii . ' i j J IU, f,t , ' " ',' rS'-v r ' - 'Ii' , Board 6f strategy that settled on location 0 the 20,000 troops In the maneuver field aC Fort Sam Houston. From right to left General J. W.Duncan, commander of the department of Texaa; Colonel Lotos Niles, : w Third field artillery; Captain II, B. Hobbs, adjutant; Colonel J. H. Dorst, commander Fort Sam Houston. First body of troops putting up tents at Fort Sam Houston. These men belong to the Seventeenth Infantry. HE ILL DENY ' TIDAL WAVE RUNS ILLUMINATION IF. JAP VETERATJS IN HIGH NEAR REGGIO: RIVER BRIDGES III f ORCE IN HAWAII Army and Navy Officers. Have . Documents Alleged to Show Inteptto Seize -Islands at ; : First1. Opportunity Offering. Tf 1 . (United Vtm tesiwd Wlre.t . 1 Washington, March 16. Officials will not deny the report that Japan has an army of veteran-Boldlere In Hawaii and that during the last year the mikado's agents have been active in a military war In the Phillrpines. Army and navy officers have -letters bearing out r the statement that Japan plans to eejze tne Philippines, Hawaii and Samoa. in the event 'of war, it is believed, the first attack would be on Hawaii, where (Continued on Page Four.) is now in a posltlcm to seize theee Is lands, because they are either "unforti fied or insufflclentlyfortlfled, and suf ficient protection by the American fleet is impossible. The suclden seizure of these Islands is neither Impossible nor Improbable. ; It must be remembered that" the' time is rapidly approaching when J apan will be compelled to de fend her political and commercial sys tems under . 'less . favorable clrcum stances, and so that reason operates in favor of the earliest, possible seizure of America's Pacifier possessions. That American officials realize this Is shown by their feverish : haste to f ortTTyT tha Panama canaL . . "A signlflcaht "sidelight on Japan' attitudetoward the use of the Philip pines as a naval. baee Is afforded by the fact that a large floating drydock, conveyed to Olongapo under difficulties, developed a leak in a most inexplicable manner,- and .- sank. This, - a 41 many clrcunfstances kept quiet, ahnw that Japan is almost ready to "deprive tlis Bnlted States of her naval base before the : American fleet grows to such," an extent i that its superiority , over . tha Japanese navy . would be overwhelming. ": The article criticizes America's fail ure properly to fortffy its" Pacific" pos Sessions and refers to tha fact that Ad miral Dewey,' immediately ; after ' the Portsmouth peace courerence, said that Japan would soon be too. powerful for America. . .. ' 1- f .v;'v';.j v. :' c Count von ' Reventlow asserts that Japan was hard at work preparing for war when the American fleet was- sent to" the Pacif la and that this produced "temporarjl tranquility" hut that Japan is now ready to strike.' ' JH.ftpnclualon Jbe.OTunJLsays .The seizure, of the American Islands in me racino wouia De essentially a defensive act on Japan's part, notwith standing its , aggressive character. It Is a question of lift with Japan, and there" is no - doubt whatever, that t her rulers are fully aware of ' this truth.' . .... . , :: . MANY LIVES LOST Waterspout in Straits of Mes 1 sina Said , o Have-; RaisedJ ; Wave; 1 50 Persons in Ruins i of Building Overthrown. ... ' ' ' ' (United Frees Leuee Wlre.l - Rome, March 16. A waterspout In the Straits of Messina deluged the coast near Regglo and ; inflicted, enormous property damage and heavy loss of life, according to dispatches received ' here this evening. The greatest damage was at Guarnierl, where, it is stated, scores of persons were killed or injured. ..The Guarnierl marble works collapsed and 160 persons were burled in the ruins. Satisfaction by That Date. or ' Matter to Be Left to the War Office. , ' v- (United Press, twesed :Wir.' .St. , Petersburg, March , 16. Unless China shall reply to Russia's mandatory note within ten days the foreign office will cease negotiations and leave further procedure to the war office, according to official announcement today. It, is understood' that the proposed military , demonstration against China will be pushed vigorously. (Secret ret ports ' indicate great military prepara tions in China ' Russia's ultimatum . was handed to the Chinese imperial. council. today. It is reported that Japan is advising China to yield to the Russian demands. . . (United Press Lasted Wire.) San Bernardino,-' Cal., March 15. It is reported that one man was killed and that 20 were Injured in a headon colli sion between Santa Fe passenger trains No. 1 41 and 42 near Glendora at. 10:45 this morning. - Ttos 1 'AnsSear March : 'i6. General Manager Brewer today verified reports of a collision . between two passenger trains at Glendora this -morning and despatched a relief train wlth physi cian and nurses to the scene. No de tails cf the wreck have been received. TEN DAYS'fiRACE; : RUSSIA TO CHINA KILLED 20 INURED SANTA Ft WRECK COLORS AFfROVFD Long Thoroughfares-Are to Be i Great Welcome Arches, of Light, Shining When Con ventions Come. A ' Bridges spanning the Wfllametta will be -converted into four splendid arches of welcome, illuminated brilliantly with electric lights of appropriate colors as Portland's greeting to ths great conven tions and famous visitors that will here after come to , the city. . The illumination will, be the contri bution of Multnomah county authorities to Portland's' future as -a convention city of national - importance, x? County Judge Cleeton and Commissioners Light ner and Hart met representatives of the East Side Business Men's club and the Rose Festival r association this morning and each expressed" warm ap proval of the illumination plan. Esti mates on cost and manner of equipment are to be secured at once by George L. Hutchln, manager .of the Rose Fes tival, and the necessary arrangements will then be made f ' "I think it would be one of the best advertising .ideas we have ever had." said , Judge Cleeton enthusiastically, (Continued on Page Eleven.) SYSTEMS MULCTED Pennsy and N. Y. C. Assessed $20,000 and $35,000 Re spectively, for, Rebating. - y (United Press tetaoi Wire.'., Buffalo, N. X, March 15. The New York Central'- Railroad company was fined 136,000 today and the . Pennsyl vania railroad 130,000 , in the United States district court here, after the roads had pleaded guilty to charges of rebating. The ease Involved the Stand ard Oil company, in connection with a shipment , of oil four yeara ago from Oleen. N. x to Bellows Falls, Vt- The Standard had already been fined 20000 for accepting the rebates. MAY YOHE'S DRESSMAKER GETS JUDGMENT FOR $717 " (United Press Iscd Wlr. New. York, March 15. May Yohe Of Portland, and Seattle must pay Anna M Nelson, a dressmaker ? I71T for gowns purehaeed lr-le- Th"Vrd trrwar re turned against the actress by Justice Green.-' 'te. , t, Vj;,. -Miss Nelson also testified that "Miss Yohe came to New York, shivering, from Portland In the fall .of J 908. and that she advancedher 130 to get a fur coat out of storage.-'.' .:.. .., 2 GREAT RAILWAY American :' Missionary at Risk of Life Reveals Conspiracy to Assassinate Minister Seike Terauchi. 40 KOREANS ARRESTED; OTHERS TO MANCHURIA Plan to Blow Up Train on Which Minister Would Travel Disclosed. . (United Pren Leased Wiee.i ..Seoul, Korea, March 15. A plot to assassinate former War Minister Seike Terauchi, who la at present Japanese governor ' general" of Korea, was - re vealed today by an American mission ary Just as the conspirators were about to dynamite a train on which the dis tinguished official was traveling. Forty Koreans were arrested. They will be executed if .convicted. - The military ponce arrested An Ming Ken as ringleader. He is a cousin of An Chung Ken, assassin of Prlnoe Ito, late resident general of Korea. That the plot to kill Terauchi was well laid. and failed only through the bravery of the American. missionary, was admitted by the Japanese authorities. The mis. slonary received a terrorist manifesto conveying secret information that a plot existed against the governor's life, The missionary, risking death, disclosed the plans of the Koreans to the police. Stamber of Conspirators Escape. More than 40 Koreans were in the plot, but only that number was cap. tured. Further arrests will be dlf ficult, as the plotters fled across the Russian border, when they learned that their plans had failed. Japan will call upon Russia to return the accom plices, according to an official . hera Japan's close relations with Russia will probably secure the return of the fugitives upon demand of the mikado's .Trials hot , thS accused rterr will pro cead until all - hav. been fconvlcted or exonerated.,... .i;;:;1;,v.l.1v.. Precautions are being taken to protect the American missionary .and the of ficials are withholding . his name for fear ha might be killed before he could leave the country. " : 3 ESCAPE Fire in Restricted District; Ed ward Chesbro, Prominent Business Man, Dies Trying to Save Life. (Soeclal DliMteb o The lotml.) ThaJDalles. Or.. March 15 Edward C Chesbropn prominent-local real es tate dealer and booster, and Anita Deiry, a woman of te underworld who recently came here from Aberdeen, were burned to death at three o'clock this morning In a house known as num ber "4" in the rear of Adams and Por ter's saloon. The bodies of the victims were found at the foot of the bed and Chesbro had apparently been Overcome by the heat and smoke while he was carrying the woman to safety. The bolles were horribly burned and Chesbro was identified by a watch and pocketbook found in the ruins. Three other women in the house at the time barely escaped with their lives. ,, . , , women Hysterical. - Firemen were quickly on the scene, but they were not aware that any one was In the burning building. The wo men, who escaped appeared to.be hys terical and unable to tell the firemen that Chesbro and the woman were still in the burning building. The room wheae.the victims were found was on the ground floor and a corner room with a window opening on the alley, and It is hard to understand why they could not make their escape. It is thought by the firemen that they must have become partially suffocated by the smoke before discovering the fire. For a time It looked as though ' the (Continued on Page Five.) HELEN GOULD SAVED United PreM tested Wire. St Louis March 16. The fact that the Gbulds have retained control of the Missouri Pacific railway Js attributed to the'actlvitica of Miss Helen Gould. It la said she joined;; the forces ? of Frank Gould and threatened financial D EAT H I N DALLES PRESTIGE OF FAMILY war agalnsteorgeould'-iriieKouldtihelf'tourchaKeyXha city." relinquish control of, the road. George Gould thereupon '. entered : into a . new agreement with the Rockefellers and Kuhn, Loeb & Co., whereby the Goulds would retain stock control, but George Gould would give up supervision of the road. - Daughter of Voeilin Holtzman, Aged 5, Lies' Under 'the Covers When Landlady Be gins to Make the Bed. ' ASSAULT AND MURDER ARE THE INDICATIONS Child Disappeared Yesterday Afternoon From Home on Borthwick Street. - Barbara Holtzman, 6-year-old daugh ter of VoelUn Holtzman. a mechanic of 703 Borthwick street, was murdered some time yesterday. Her dead body was found In room No. 10 in a rooming house at 107 Russell street, this morn ing by Mrs. Bertha Nelson; the landlady, A strange man, tall, slender and about 45 years of age, who rented No. 10 from Mrs. Nelson about 10 o'clock yesterday morning, is being searched for by the police for assaulting and then murder ing the flaxen haired little girl! He left no clue to his identity. No one knows when and where the assault took place or whether the child was alive or dead when she was taken to the room on Russell street fehe had been missing, said her father, who idea tlfled the body this afternoon, since early yesterday afternoon. After she rented the room to the sup posed murderer yesterday morning Mrs. Nelson saw no more of him. However, she heard him 'go out of the building soon after she had assigned him to the room. He returned about 1 o'clock. when ahe heard him drop ' something, that sounded as if it might be a soft bundle, on the floor. She did not see or hear him leave 'the house later. Tha fact . that the man rented the room about . 10:30 o'clock in the morn lng and that the child did not disap pear until tn tha afternoon are strange 1 j :jpontradUOjry..i3Bt it,.-la assumed that the man laid his plaits-early and did not entice the child away from her play ; until ; he had ; made all prepara tions. ' .-,' ; Mrs. Nelson's story throws suspicion in the direction of the stranger; She was cleaning up her house yesterday morning when he went to her. She said he was tall and Blender,' seemed about 45 years old, wore a black mous tache streaked with gray , hairs, had a dark complexion and dark eyes and wore a dark gray overcoat that flapped around his heels. He wanted to rent a room and she assigned him to No. 10, collecting 50 cents from him. She thought he looked like a laborer. He acted suspiciously and she watched Elm a little more closely than she would ave watched tha ordinary transient guest. Somehow she 'had: a fear he would commit suicide. He left - the rooming house soon after he rented the room. Through the thin- partition of her room she heard him return at about 1 o'clock In the afternoon and go into NO. 10. . '! -i ' That was all Mrs. Nelson saw-or heard of the mysterious stranger. She did not hear him go out. But this morning, at about 9:45, o'clock, as she "was making her morning clean ing rounds, she discovered that ha had left, carrying his room key with him. So she ' unlocked the door with her pass key and went In. Everything looked all right. She (Continued on Page Six.) - The city "water board yesterday or dered Immediate refund of 1185,000 to property owners who have paid cash for the installation of water mains since 1907. This Is the first refund to be made under City Attorney Grant's rul ing that the law of November, 1910, compels the ctty td pay back to prop erty owners all the money paid Into the treasury under the old law of ,1907, Which assessed the cost of mains ,; to abutting property. . t : Engineer D. P. Clarke of , the water department reported to the board the total amount that will eventually have to be refunded is $679,888. The board can make refunds only on mains that pay per cent interest on their cost, and it was decides? to refund cash pay ments first, ; Where Hew Mains Will . After oonsiflerlng reports of the en gineer on petitions of residents . of. Mount Soott, Woodmere, Woodlawn and other large east side districts, the board ordered the installation of new water mains to relieve the i annuat,; Summer thirst "of. tha-' parched .suburbs,'..?; sirf Mount 6cott will ultimately have a distributing system costing , I3S4.00O, but for Immediate relief all the ; mains contemplated cannot be laid at the ex pense of the water fund for the reason that only one fourth of them will at this time pay percent of their cost Something like $83,000 will be expend ed, however,' and the mains now ; laid will ba tied in with" the private systems that serve the Mount Scott and Wood mere districts.. The mayor directed the members of the board to negotiate with the owners of these private systems for Such mains as can be used for the municipal sys tem will be taken over. J ... ; ; The board ordered a large distribut ing main laid In Division street, from East Sixty-second to East Eighty-second street, A petition for a large feeder main to Believes. He is One of lnfa-4 mous Gang of. Italian En-i gravers and Circulators of . Counterfeit Money. ,.v SAN FRANCISCO CATCH IS COMING TO PORTLAND Bogus Notes Scattered Here Resemble Noted Morris- ;i town Issue. In the arrest . at San Francisco of Lorenzo - Rlonaldiv the United i States secret service believes It has secured one of the ' most important counterfeit workers in ths country. Rionaldl. who Is alleged to have circulated counter felt bank notes in Portland last Febru ary, in company with Antbna Martlnelll. Is suspected of being one of the gang of engravers and circulators ef bogus notes that Is a branch of, the Mafia and that has become .infamous in the east ; . .? ' RIonaldi cannot be positively identi fied as one of V the Mafia until he is brought here, btrthe notes that were circulated in Portland are said to show ths same workmanship as the famous "Morrlstown notes" that gave the treas ury department-So much trouble a few years ago until-the decapitation of one of the members of the gang enabled the secret service to tVacs the notes to-the Mafia. , t' , ( The notes circulated in Portland, like those of the Morrlstown issue, are be lieved to have been spade in Italy, at the headquarters of the Italian Mafia. They are said by experts to show, evi dence, both in the quality of the paper and the workmanship of. tha engraving, of having been made in Italy. They are of tS denomination,, and are notes of the Mechanics and Metals National Bank of New York city: About 25 of the aotes have coma .to.. U5h in Portland, most of them having been passed -upon groceries, tobacco, stores and rooming hOUSeS. ..'v v......j .i ...:-.!?-. - Martlnelll. : who was ' arrested In San Francisco yesterday. Is a Portland man and was one of the beaux of the colony here, He was a very fancy dresser, had no visible means of support and ones served a term of 90 days on the rock plle and paid a fine' of J100 here for living from the earnings of women. Martlnelll, it is believed, acted merely (Continued on Page Eleven.) BRIDE OF MONTH AT , ' SEATTLE WOUNDED BY ' UNKNOWN ASSAILANT. (United Prete UtMti Wire.) 4) Seattle. March 15. While Mrs. U. Ruttenberg, a bride of a month, and her husband were 4 walktng horns last night an un- Identified man rushed across the street and fired Six shots at Mrs.- 4 Ruttenberg.' One of the bullets lodged tn her hip. Neither Mrs.;. . e Ruttenberg nor her husband has the faintest idea of the man's s e "motive for shooting., Mrs. Rut-. e tenberg denied the existence of a 4 disappointed suitor. . be laid on Holgate street, from East Twenty-sixth to East Thirty-ninth, was referred to the engineer, In response to the insistent demand of the Woodlawn' Improvement associa tion, the board-decided t reinforce the water system of that suburb by . ex pending $15,600 on new mains. - ' In reply to a resident of the Mount . Scott district, ? who Inquired when the board would order meters installed out in that neighborhood,' T, "B. "Wilcox of the board said he could not answer, STe w Bull na DIXfloulty. 'Contrary to expectations,'" the new pipe line from Bull Run will not be completed next summer. July 1 being the date on. which it should ba finished. The 8c haw Batcher company of Sacra mento has the contract, but the work M being dona under the supervision of J. R. Bowles of the Northwest Bridge Works- of this city.- :;- ., : Manager Bowles appeared before the board yesterday in an effort to induce the members to reverse the ruling of Engineer Clarke thai only limited nuan titles of dynamite may be usej In blast ing on the lines ? Engineer Clarke took the, precaution to safeguard the -cUy'i water supply, feartng that some sub contractor might injure th, old pip line. According, to the specification for the new pipe line, says Wr. BowUs. the city cannot compel the contra"tnrx to limit the amount uf explosives hm . I in, blasting, without making biiAkmv. ( for, extra cost i -Bowlf-s .diarel I; company would expect to ie ptld actual cost of work perform 1 u the restrictions of the englm-er .f t watsr department, plus 15 per rnr r profit ""Trenrtt"spri.s'Jo ni. ' 1 T Wilcox, "thai our pnn tract -t-ajiji f i work on the pipe Hue to bi (J .hh the supervision of our enttlnep'r. 'I ; fore, Mr.,B.-wlc. you will M i tie all 'dVtferenrcs !lh I ' ; The water board I- , r 1 lnterftrii." r . f , v. .' -