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THE - OREGON ' DAIDV JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, -1911. IP ffi CLAIM UK OFFICIALS MINE HIB : ARE BOUND OVER tin inn nnnnrnnr v - AIU AHU uUlilrUltl! Legal Status of Propagandists v Good as Ben Franklin's in. i 5 76, : in FranceAltruistic Mexicans Financing Revolt: - Brr-John E. Lthrp. -Washington, March 18. The legs status In this country of the Mexican Junta is precisely the same as that which was accorded Benjamin Frank lin when he went to France as the rep resentative of the United States. Inquiry- among members of the Mex- ' lean, revolutionary Junta and at the ' sUte department Justifies the foregoing assertion. . Reports have been printed that the department of Justice is pro ceeding against the Juntas at Los Angeles and other places. The reports - apparently- grew -eut-of the discovery that the government was watching the Juntas closely, and therefore the lndl cations of that watching have been in correctly,, Interpreted as first steps to ward legal measures to break up the Mexican pro-revolutionary propaganda . and punish those who have been known as propagandists. JTo law JLgains Sympathy. No denial la offered by ihrse in au thority that any person who chooss may-'at will give public sympathy anJ old to revolutionary movements in any other country without let or hindrance " from our government. Officials refune to be quoted, but Captain Sherburne Hopkins, of a law firm that is serving as counsel her for the revolutionary Junta, ldt y r ' .. "No legal inhibition exists, by virtue of statute or International understand ing, on manifesting sympathy; with .a revolutionary party of another friendly ,p6wer. It Is true that federal govern ment watches the acts of a revolutlon- ' ary junta, and that Is proper; But the Impression that the maintenance of such Junta here Is contrary-to federal law is not based on a. right understanding of the law."f'V' iii'V' !;.(v.i rinaaoed by Wealtay Xexloaa. -j Diligent inquiry conducted since the Mexican, 'imbroglio broke,, out,; yields what is apparently, reliable Information as to the financing tjf revolution there. Money "and munitions of -war, together with supplied '.tor Insurreotos, are given by, a great . many" persona in Mexico, chief among them, Francisco . Madero and his father, with, a few ether Mex- - leans of wealth. Hundreds of persons there - of moderate means, as well as many, pt no surplus wealth, have com bined to finance the revolution, on the , ground that the rule of President Por flrlo Dias la tyrannical and 'oppressive, that he has given away the country's natural resources to financial, and in dustrial concerns in the United States and Europe and that the rights of the common people of Mexico have ' been compared, witn American xevoitraoa, A representation bt Ian Sanchez Azcona, the Mexican editor,' now head ing the Junta here, spoke for him. He said: t t-MK&S 1"!!:M"'TS '''''. , "Mexico has been robbed by the num berless concessions uader the terms of which Diaz and bis subordinates have given away our natural wealth to for eign concerns, to the personal enrloh ment of the Dias coterie and the im poverishment of the people: These for eign concerns are draining Mexico of ; profits on the operation of transporta tion enterprises and Industrial plants which are owned by these foreign con cesslorairea.' Our revolution is precisely as Just a revolution as that which in 1776 began the freeing of the English colonies here from the rule of King George. If there Is any distinction It is that our revolution, has ten reasons for its proceedu'r to one that was citable . is JuStlf Icatlon for the revolt of the 'American colonies against British rule. None of the pitiable conditions existed - In those colonies which exist now among . the Mexican people. ;-' r-r . Says Chief Jasurrectos Unselfish. "Leadera of the revolution; 1C moved . by selfish motives, would have found It . to their Interest , to remain friendly to the Dias regime. They are men of wealth, with prospects of enormous in creases if they accepted Diaz's rule and agreed to profit by It, But they elected to ally themselves with the revolution, endangering their large accretions of wealth, standing In likelihood of for feiting It and emerging penniless. This is the evidence-of their sincerity. . ' "We have lived under a reign of ter. ror. The power of the Mexieamrovtrn ment has been Invoked - tn suppress freedom of expression and' It destroyed many years ago the last semblance of representative government. It is the cool truth' today that no man Is free to s-?k office against the will of the Diss offl . dais. Our government la fully as despotic as that of any acknowledged despotism in the world. We are fighting 1 for freedom. When that shall have been assured we shall see tranquillity In Mex- ica.- UrtH-thatahallrbe- assaeed-the revo- lutlon will proceed. Suppression is lm possible., The revolutionary spirit Is pre4lng The cause Is advancing, and It will advance until Mexico shall be free." ' "Mobilization Aids Industry." The revolutionary Junta proceeds tipon the theory that the several con centered financial Interests of this country and Europe that obtained from the Dies government rich concessions are desirous that the revolution be sup pressed and that whatever may be the as yet undlvulged reasons for pending our troopi to the border. It operates to the advantage of those financial Inter ests to which reference la here made. Olf Foreat Grove Streets. (Special DK.teh te lb Journal.) Forest Grove, Or, March 18. The : movement Started In a small way last summer to oil the streets of this city will likely be taken up again this year, and , all those streets in the . business and residence . district that are not paved -will .probably .receive- a coating of oil. ; The few who last year tried the experiment of using oil as a dust settler in front of their property were well pleased with the result -And - are urging that others try the scheme. " Poultry Men Organize. . Kwliil DlTateh U The J"vn1. Kennewlck. Wash., March 1 8. The Benton County Poultry association has been revived by some- of Kennewlck's enthusiastic poultry breeders. The fol lowing officer were chosen; President. r. . iwseuem, vice president. Charles CoUinaaecratary and iraMur.j ,lounoy, Kennewlck pniltry ehow IcPt winter was an unqualified success with, the formation of this new .i"iy association still greater prom- 'In, will be given to this .rapidly de g Industry in the valley. Affairs of Late Idaho State Bank of Hailey to Be Aired; Ugly Stories. , (SperUl'RUpitdi to Tba Jonrniil.) .Boise, Idaho, March 18. F. M. Cole man, formercashler of the Idaho State bank, of Hailey, which failed last sum mer, was arraigned in the Justice court on a charge of .falsifying records thir. morning. He waived preliminary hear ing and was bound over to the district courTT which Hirnona was-fixed aT-iio.uoTr, was furnished with H. N. Cof- fin and B. F. Olden of Boise as, sure tips. He will probably be' tried at the April term. ' ' " Leo Cramer and A, I Goff, directors were also arraigned and their prelim inary examination was set for March 23. - ' ' " " 3. 3. Plumer, A. B. Cutts and Hugh Cramer were arraigned and their pre liminary hearing set for the same day as Leo Cramer and Goff. They filed bonds for their -appearance at that time. - ' ' 1 : The men declare that prejudice ex ists against them and" will petition for a change of venue. - ' , The Idaho State bank was organised In 1106. It failed ' five years later, August, 1910. It was alleged that the Idaho State Life -Insurance company had given the bank a great number of unsecured notes to the amount of many thousands of dollars. Later State Bank Examiner Cruse was removed from of fice for borrowing $8000 from the in stitution. After the failure of the bank. Cashier Coleman came to Boise anAtoolLthe4ositlon aa-8ecretary of the Insurance company, later going In to the state treasurer's office, the po sition he held when arrested. 1Y Dr. William H. Crawford, who lec tured last night for the Thoburn chap ter of' the Epworth league at the Cen tenary Methodist Episcopal church, is a guest at the Portland hotel. Dr. Craw ford is president of Allegheny college, Meadvllle, pa., the oldest Methodist col lege west of the Allegheny mountains, and is visiting the coast for the purpose of meeting the alumni of his college and organising them into branch associa tions in the cities where sub-organization seems advisable. On Tuesday he organized a promising association In Seattle and the week before he perfected an association in Denver. It Is not certain that an association " will be formed here as the number of Alleghen lans In Portland is not large. The rea son tor increasing the local associations Is that the trustees of Allegheny col lege recently voted to give the alumni' direct representation on the board. Many Oregon people know that Blsh 60. James M.',Thoburn, who was a resi dent of this city for many years, Is an alumnus -of Allegheny coljege and that he Is now a resident of Meadvllle. Pres ident Crawford says the bishop Is well and that ha saw him the evening before he left home. The last word the bishop aid. to him was: "Please bear my lov ing greetings to all my friends In Port land." - . ' .'! .. .. Dr. Crawford came here directly from Tacoma. where he was a guest of the University club and where he spoke to the Commercial club in the interest of the University of Puget .Sound. . While here he will visit Keed Institute and look Into sthe high school work of the city. He is to preach at Taylor Street Methodist church tomorrow morning and at Grace Methodist Episcopal in the evening. W0LGAST, MEMSIC AND ALL ARRESTED (United Prt Letaed Wire.) Los Angeles, March 18. Charged with having -participated v in a i priseflght, Promoter i McCarey,.'. Referee Charles .myton. Ad Wolgast and "George Memelc wera arraigned In Judge Reeves oourt at noon today. The mene were not represented by counsel and no plea was entered. Judge Reeves set Monday at 10:30 as the time for the preliminary examination. -The four defendants are out on $1000 bond each,. - TOM L. JOHNSON HAS J RELAPSE; IN DANGER (UteoPfeM rteised-WireTF" Cleveland, . Ohio, March 18. Tom I Johnson; former mayor of Cleveland, who has been seriously 111 for several months, suffered a relapse Wednesday, from which he has failed to rally. His condition has been kept secret and was only revealed when his family, sum moned from New York, arrived here at noon. For a time Johnson was unconscious. and H was antiouncod -thisafternoon that his condition was critics 1. PERSONALS A. M. McDermtd and wife of Worces ter, Mass., are at the Hotel Seward. Mr. McDermld is a representative of " the American Express Co., and he" and his wife are touring the West. A. V. Martin and Benjamin Moore, lumbermen of Llttell, Wash., are at the Seward. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Sander of San Francisco, are at the Seward. Frederick Revas, a wine merchant of Jerez, Spain, is at the Portland. Mrs. R. W. Baxter of Chicago, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. F. O. Down ing, at the Portland. Mrs. Baxter's husband 1 was-formerly . -a well known railroad man In Portland. . Edward H. Mulr and Miss Elizabeth Mulr of New York, are at the Portland. Mrs. W.' 6. Buchanan, wife of Cap tain Buchanan of the Open River Trans portatlon Co., left last night for a three months' -visit with relative and friends In California. She will go as far south as San Diego. Mrs . B. B. BromelJ of Tacoma, Wash., prominent in : musical circles of that city, la a guest of Mrs. E.. A. Pierce for. several weeks. - No Divorce From Dead 3Ian. Oakland, March 11 Efforts to have an Interlocutory divorce decree against a man already dead mado final failed hers when Superior Court Judges Brown and Harris denied such a. motion made by Ida Patterson. This attempt was mads11 by Mlsw fatferwMP tirn effort to save for herself property Valued at $100,000 deeded to her by the late W. E. Pergle. . Dnrgie and his wife Were temporarily separated by-an Interlocu tory decree and Miss Patterson sought to have It made final. H 0 Ull ONE REASON FOR EAST SIDE WANTS Try to Elect Three and Maybe Fqur Councilmen-at-Large. Signs are becoming frequent that east side leaders will endeavor to shape feenr tlment for the election of all tour councilman at large from the east side, or three of them, at least This is the only way, It Is argued, In which the east aide can obtain anything Ilka a pro portionate share of representation In the city council, since the east side, with Its preponderlng voting strength, has only as many wards as the w side. ... ., Appreciation of this sentiment Is in dicated by the gossip concerning candi dates at large, nearly all of whom are east s)de men. M. J. Dtiscol and John H. Burgard, the only present members at large who want to go back. ar east elders.' So are L. S. Daue, William S. Halver,' Dan Kellaher and C. A. Blge low, all of whom are being talked about. Mr. Halver, however, may run In the eighth ward, Instead of from the city at large. Kellaher, who Is being urged Strongly to run. eaid today he was not seeking any office and did not want the place. Some of his friends believe his reluctance to reenter the council may be overcome, Blgelow, who was a member of the legislature and Is prominent in east side movements, has Just been added, to the list of possibil ities. The only candidate for councilman at large announced from the west side so far is, George L. Baker; now represent ing the fourth ward. His reason for seeking the larger field Is that be con templates the purchase of a new home outside the limits of the fourth ward. W. C. Haseltlne Is the first man out of the woods for Baker's shoes In the fourth. He Is a member of the hard ware firm of Hazeltina ft Co., and is a member of on of the old time families of Portland. In the eighth ward Councilman Kubll and C. V. Howard are the only an nounced ' candidates, with probabilities favoring the entry of W. B. Halver, Who Is. -also talked of for nomination f at large. Howard Uvea In Sunnyslde and Is reported to have gathered a strong following, standing, as he does on apro gresslva declaration. He Is an attorney. Georg -F. Brlce,- another attorney;- has not yet made up his mind as to whether or not ha will take a- whirl at it He ad- I mltted-that he is eonstderlngr-with the chances against his- being a candidate. Still another eighth warder regarded as likely to be a candidate is J. T. Wilson, an auctioneer, who Is prominent In' the circles of the municipal association. Sherman W. Walker, who was talked of, has told friends he will not be a can didate. City Auditor Barbur today filed his declaration of candidacy fur. another term. He Is serving his second term and will rely upon his record In office in the last four years for Indorsement. .His only opponent is Ed M. Lance. BANKER ON TRIAL AS PAL OF STAMP THIEVES 4Ualtd Prww lt4 Wlm.1 Wichita, Kan., March-18. Charged with having received postage stamps stolen from postoff ices by the Calla han gang, L. P. Naftzger, formerly president of the Fourth National bank here. Is on trial in the federal court .The chief witness against him; is Frank S. Burt, ex-chief of police, who confesses he acted as a "fence" ,' for thieves who were robbing postofflces In Kansas, ' ABE RUEPS ATTORNEYS ASK FOR REHEARING 1 (Coltert Ptvt IjMied Wirt.) . San Francisco' March -1$. Attorneys for Abe Ruef, formerly political boss of San Francisco, now In the penitenti ary, on conviction of bribery, filed' to day in the supreme court a petition for a -rehearing of his case. The action was formal, the court merely, receiving the document ' - ' , CAMPAIGN FOR GREATER SAN FRANCISCO FAILS ,,,,,, ,,, . (United, Prena ,Led wire) ' Sacramento,' Oaf.. March 18. After several days of fighting the senate to-dardfntff-WoTfer-propof)eor"'t'Oi'iBlI-tutlonal, - amendment - permitting -the Joining of other cities with San Fran cisco. The- Vote was 22 tO'lS;T votes being ..necessary to . pass the measure for submission to the people at the next genrai election. MORE EOUIffiUEN SO MUCH SMOKE Roberts Knew Nothing of His Wife's Relations Till Bas sett Confessed. Testimony In the case against Drs. C. H. Francis and W. J. May, charged with the manslaughter of Mrs. Frances Roberts, began this morning in the cir cuit court before Judge Gaters. Three tvltcessea were examined ; and adjourn ment taken at noon until Monday morn ing. Frank Dane, deputy coroner, testified that H. H. Bassett and one of the physicians called him out of bed early on the morning of September 18, 1910, to take charge of the body of Mrs. Rob erts, whom he found dead in room 10 of the Saranac hotel, at Sixth and Coucu streets. Dane further said the two men wanted him to get the body of the wo man cut of the place as quickly as pos sible, and were anxious to keep the af fair quiet. Dr. Francis told the deputy coroner the woman died frota hemv orrhage. It was discoveries made by I Dane when he went to the room to get me ooay uiu caueeu me iair investi gation. Frank Roberts, husband of the wo man, said he lived at Cascade Locks. Tho-day before ahe came to Portland, he testified his wife did the family washli.g. She told nim the visit to Portland was to see friends. He did not know or her trouble until Informed of her death by Bassett Roberta further testified he had been married 10 years to Mrs. Roberts but was not aware of her relations with Baesett until a short time before her death. Bassett Is in the county pall and was brought into the court room to be Iden tified. He was recently returned from the state Insane hospital, but physicians there Btate he was shamming insanity. In the opening statement to the Jury, the defenae stated it would be shown that the physicians had been called to attend the woman after she became ill. The state claims they were called prev iously. Defending her home against entrance by four men shortly after midnight last night, Mrs. J. A. Bates, living on Mar quam Hill, fired a revolver shot at the Intruders, one of whom it Is believed was wounded. Mrs. Bates reported the affair to the police this morning. The Injured man's comrades picked him up, carried him' to safety, and did netjnolesther th jreatot the.nlgb.tJ sbe said. Mrs. Bates further related the men made several, advances toward the house before they attempted to enter. .She reported that her daughter saw the men looking on the ground for a rasor, which apparently had fallen4from the pocket of the wounded man. She did not explain the case any further to the police. '' CITIZENS OBJECT TO , SERVING AS JUDGES AND ELECTION CLERKS Fifty per cent of the letters 4 sent out by CHy Auditor A. L. k Barbur. appointing judges and ' clerks for th primary election, a; have been returned with decllna- 4 tlons to , serve. , a . V "The appointees are probably 4 mindful of the bad weather that" prevailed at the November elec- ' , tlon," said Mr. Barbur this morn- f, Ing, "and they naturally do not" want, to . undergo another siege of rain and wind.. But it they - would take into ' consideration ' ' that the primaries will be held In May when the weather will be warm : andf pleasant I believe most of the officials appointed ' would be willing to serve. ' " "We have this trouble every , , year. It. Is high time that mu- nlclpallties' Ilka Portland should , adopt the Improved '. methods used by Other large cities and In- stall voting machines. In order "tr dOTtKMrnow'evefTnr wlir be necessary for the state leglsia- lure or the people to pass a law,' , changing th( present system of voting." ' ' ...' . ... . ' , 4 ' .., WOMAN SHOOTS AT 4 D HIS IE III VEHICLE Eft Oil CIIY Auto Committee Whisked Red Hot One Past Legislature This Time. Thera la a, joker In tW vehicle law passed by the legislature; in' fact, ac cording to the committee of autolsta which got it passed, it Is pretty nearly all Joke." P. A. Combs, .member of the committee, said this morning that the city oouncllmen were mora right than they . auspecteS' wben they thought they had .discovered the Joker yester day. t a.Ai:i-.-:. J: "The Joke is M the city," aald Mr. Comba.- ''We'ra J doing , the. smiling now. It Is the moat eurious law passed recently by a"- bunch of unsuspecting novices' added Mr. Combs, having ref erence Jn his last, phrase to the legis lators who generously passed the 'auto law while they ware stabbing the high way bills. Mr. Combs explained: "The law remove all of Portland's power to tax any kind at vehicles. : "It knocks the motor-cyole copa out of jobs, beoause IS miles an hour ia permitted on city streets the same as In .the country. The only way apeed can now be checked Js for the, city to post signs at every corner command ing the motorists to alow down.' . . "Every vehicle In the state not self- propelled Is , exempt from taxation. That ends the Portland vehicle tax with the rest There la but one law now the state, law. There la but one ve, hlcle tax now the -state tax, and that Is on motor vehicles. The farmer no longer need pay a tax on his wagon or his buggy. The Portland merobant need no longer pay tax on bla le Ilvery wagons, unless' they are auto wagons. The automobile tax was In creased; It run from $S to 110 a year. Wa don't mind that We have only to pay the tax in on place and we are through. We thought w would let the farmers out of paying a vehicle tax be cause in the first place to have dealt with motor vehicles alone would have been class legislation, and then - we motorists are perfectly willing to bear all the burden. "Lots of people have been saying," continued Mr. Combs, -that they hadn't heard of the new vehicle law, We didn't see anything about it in the papers,' they say. No more did they. We didn't tell on ourselves. We Just went ahead and got the law passed. "The law is all right, too, and while unique I'm sure It will work. For in stance. It require that each Vehicle, no matter how propelled, must have a light Violation of the law the first time means a fine of $50 and so on up to $150 for a third offense. This law applies anywhere, in the state, city or country." The motor vehicle tax will how be ti a year on motorcycles and on autos up to 24 horse power, explained Mr. Combs. . For heavier vehicle it will be $7.60 and for the heaviest 110 annually. Few will pay the maximum. Ita ef fect on Portland' traffio regulations la, because of the - fact that the new law repeals all that nave gone before. The members of,1 the committee v that secured" its passage were P. A. Combs, W. C Bristol and Frank C. Rlggs. Mr. Bristol is the vman who with astute phrasing got up the law in accord with the wishes of the motorist so that it went through with scarcely a question. ; REVIVALIST. DECLARES GOD-FEARING ARE. FED The revival meotlngs now In progress at Union avenue and Multnomah street are being largely attended, and the ser mons of Evangelist Law are attracting wide attention. Rev, Law- talks along the lines of 'the old fashioned gospel, getting all his material from the Bible and dressing it with simple doctrines. "Every man chooses his death," he said last night '"whether It be one of hope, or whether It be a leap In the dark. He can do It just once, so far as the physical death Is concerned. Hope may be killed a long distance this side of the grave. Umbltlon may be slain early In the morning Of manhood. Char acter may be strangled and this life brought to the low level of a blast. "You say not to talk religion to a man with an empty atomach. That's the rea son his stomach Is empty, because he has no religion. God won't let a man's stomach be empty if he is any way de sirous o'f serving him. But when a man runa entirely to his stomach ii'ajuUural that God draws away." , , MISSI0NARYH50NVENTI0W INSPIRES DEEP INTEREST Deep Interest is being '.shown In the missionary conversion at the Central Free Methodist thurch, which has been in session since Wednesday. Devetionals were held at 10:30 this morning, fol lowed by a question box. At 2 o'clock this afternoon there was a Junior, rally, and at $ o'clock itev. E. P. Ward d Is- cnssedTnraslon. workln Ihdla. A l ociock tonignt kov. Alexander Beers or Seattle will speak on his views of, the missionary work or today from ' the standpoint of the Edinburgh convention. Dedicatory services wilfbe held at the church tomorrow., A love feasf wlll be held t41"eloekj ndt t o'clock p. m. a sermon! friU Be delivered , by Bev. Beers, followed by a dedicatory prayer. At 7 in the ovenlng there will be prayer and praise meeting, and at 7:30 Rev. Beers will deliver another sermon. CLEVELAND'S CABINET SURVIVORS TO MEET . New York, JMarch 18. Qrovef Cleve land's iilrthday will be observed tonight with a banquet at the National , Demo crats club.. All the surviving members of the Cleveland cabinets have been In vited and addresses will be delivered by several Democrats of national promt nence. r i T , sit is understood that former United States Senator Dryden ef New Jersey will make formal announcement of the completion of the .1100,000 Cleveland memorial fund, ' The fund is to' be used to erect a tower at Princeton university in memory pf the former president. To day is the eventy-fourtl anniversary of the birth qf Cleveland, . , i v Native Riot in Mauritius. . -' J; f . (BntUd Pnsb tMed Wire. s MarselUes, March IS.-A Madagascar newspaper1 that - arrived . her today ' by Jttj:evoit.,a.t.P Mauritius, it is stated that on the occasion of the elections the chamber of commerce and eight newspaper of-, flcea were pHlHtfed.," Several factories were fired ar.d when a large number of Chinese " attempted : tO Interfere they were massacred, -x .,. . -.. Tells Friends in East to Come to Oregon , BLANK FOR SUBSCRIPTION' TO PORTLAND COMMERCIAL , CLUB PUBLICITY FUND. . ' Subscription to Publicity .'.'-, Portland, Oregon..'.,'.,.,.,..' . 191.;- v ; I hereby subscribe the sum o .......... ..,.......;;.,.DOLLARS per month, payable monthly, to the Portland Comrriardal Club, for the period of two .year, beginning , with the current month. ! v , ., v v ..T-.,... -K ... ,i: ?,: , r,-.i.T - i. , " ., , ....:.' , This bianic may ba cut out, filled .in and mailed to chairman promotion committee, Portland Commercial Club. ; , , , - Coming from Lorain, Ohio, -to Eu gene, where he has gene into the chick en business, H fW. Dresser, likes Ore gon so well that fa s trylngrto "bring out a number of his former associate in Ohio and will, likely start , a colony ofj them, at Eugene, r Ha ha written letter, to Manager Chapman, of the Com mercial club In which he say the ad vertising of that organisation ' induced btm to come to this state, although he had been in communication with dif ferent Washington cities for nearly six months previous to - that time. He writes in part as follows; ; ; -v ' -"Previoua to coming to this state, I was in the employ of the TTnlted State steer corporation and was foreman at Lorain, Ohio, for. four year. There ia a good deal of unrest among the men there for they have been able, during the past three year to barely make ex penses. I brought with me the name I- . Relation of Program to !"lnva- sion" Is Reassuring; West ern Coal Disparaged. (United Press LetMd Wire.) San Diego, March 18;-Whatever the original purpose of the assembling of the United states cruiser fleet here, the announcement made by Admiral Thomas through the United Press precludes all expectation of any immediate war move, Admiral Thomas stated that - target practice by the cruiser off Coronado would be resumed at once, and this mean that the vessel will be less scat tered and that the present and the coming supply of coal will be used up so rapidly aa to affect the readiness of the warships for' Immediate cruising. All the cruiser men will now begin on various kind of target work. Includ ing boat and shore praotlces. - The West Virginia and Maryland men have more to do than those on the other cruisers, on account of having lost time during the cold test that have been occupying them for two months. Damaging facta about the value of Pacific coast coal were brought Out in these testa, the official report declares. The sister cruisers Maryland and West Virginia up to the ..time of their arrival here last week were steaming under the same conditions at the same times,; the Maryland ' burning Pacific coast coal and the West Virginia using the- regu lar eastern supply of the navy. Coming to San Diego from Puget Sound last week the Maryland consumed 600 tone more coal than the West Virginia. The Pacific coast coal 1 also exceedingly bad for the boiler tubes. It 1 alleged. Interested Beattle men complained that the Pacific coast coal in .the Mary land bunkers had, been mined too long, so another trial was mad with aome fresh from the screens. The result was the Same.' ' . k' :( : ' , - Admiral Thoma states that such is the substance of the official report sub mitted to him by- Captain J.: M. Orchard cf the West Virginia and Captain Jam' C. Gllmore of the Maryland. The report has beer, forwarded to the navy department.- Collier rrometheus Sails. - . tJnlted Ptm Untied Wire.) Seattle, March lf-yThe United State collier Prometheus sailed for San Diego today, after having coated up at the Puget Sound navy yard. The veesel carries 8,500 tons of coal and will pro ceed with1 full speed to the lower coast The Prometheua Is the largest collier in the 'naval service, over 450 feet long.-"'- ' '". April jury list for marion county drawn . , , . .,. T ... . (Salem Bureiu of The Journal.) Salem. Or.; March 18. County Clerk R. D. Allen has drawn the Jury list for the April term of the circuit court 'It la as follows: M. A. Barber. Marlon; J. P. . Aspinwall, Brooks; Fred C. Fel ler, Jefferson; E. C. Mlnton, " Salem: J. A. Bernardl. Salem; Mark 8. Skiff, Salem; W. A. Jones, Macleay; Charles W, K ent, Hu bbard; Fred M. Gearln g St. Paul; J. T. CurL Marlon; Jacob fVoorhees, WoOdburn, Bruce Cunning ham, Liberty; Gideon Stolx, Salern; J. L. Cook. St. Paul: Theodore Rubens, Fairfield: A. M. Fry, Aurora; , F. E. Wall, Jefferson;' C; F.'. Loose, "Stay ton; O. L. Savage, Brook i . Willis - Stolx, Salem; Frank Morrison, Sahsm; William McQilchriBt. .Salem; J. B.; Parker, Riv erside; W E. Blmonds, galem; . Her man Barr, Salem; Wrint Foahay, 811 verton; - John Fi Flsnwood, Sllverton; Harrison , Jones, Gervals; O. N. Robin son, Sllverton; Q. D. fiowen, Sllvertpn; and Fred L. Scott, Lioerty. - The gf and Jury, will convene one week before , the rogular terms, that Is, March 27. There Jure seventeen crimi nal .cases 1iow awaiting the disposal of the grand Jury. Mot of them are of minor importance. Trust Deed Filed. (Apodal Dlspnttn toThe Jonrn.) - Eugene, Or March 18, A trust deed given by the Coast Range Lumbr com pany; which '- recently bought . the old Sunset Lumber,, company's sawmill itt Mabel, on the Mohawk river, to the Continental & Commercial Trust At Sav Ings bank of Chicago, to secure -a $360,. 000 firit mortgage '6 per centgold bond Issue, was filed with the county clerk here yesterday. The Sunset company recently went into the hands of a re celvef , but a ' new company, the Coast Range, wa organized and ' the - plant will be placed in-Operation again. ':. ?-i - -i' i ; ' tij 1 ir w Hndar'g Wife rVfantg Wvorcikf'r divorce has been filed here against John W. Beauchamp plndar, a wealthy mine owner of Alaska and Mexico, by Mary May Pindar. fv Pindar it. one tlrtie : was mentioned as an assistant to John Hays as mflnanr of the Guggenheim Inter ests In Alaska. - , v r ' ; ' . i and Promotion Fund. - i ... ' of 69 men who. are all very muoh Inter -ested in the northwest and have given ' them to D. C. Freeman of the Eugene . Commercial cluh. t, , ; " , ... -. "I , recently f. wrote ; a letter to ; the Times-Herald of Lorain, describing our trip and our present home at Eugene. -The agent of the Nickel Plat system at Lorain brought this letter to; the atten tion of the general passenger agent and. he writes me he will use the letter In j their adverflslnrl a private indl-'; , vldual. I can give yeu any aid at any. urn. i nRMTMrHm 11 n ian r a - Thla'l one of many lmliar letters racaivsd hv the Commercial nlnh. Kinr. oomer are frequently o well pleased with Oregon that they want to Interest their friend back east in the state and bring them out here to live. This, Man, agar Chapman says, 1 the most effee-' tlv of all publicity work and he con siders satisfied settler a great asset I'M Do Not Like Well. Organized Secretive Labor, Says E.' ' L Thompson. ' After an absence of seven weeks from Portland, K. L. Thompson and family returned Friday night Mr Thompson left the latter part ef January, for the. Hawaiian Island and spent, something' like five weeks in Honolulu end In cruising around the different islands of the. group. He made a . study pf the labor, social and commercial situ ation of the Islands and was very much Interested , In the labor problem as . It, affecta the sugar , planters. .' He says that Honolulu Is an exceedingly, pros perous city, that money la , plentlfuC and that the merchant are all 'making money, but that It Is no place for a, poor man. "I wa more Interested In the labor situation than In anything else," said Mr.- Thompson thi mornlne;. The greatest need Just now in the Hawaiian Islands is the , introduction , of mora Chinese laborers, , At present the Japan-, ese are doing the greater, part of the mental,, labor . of i-tha islands .: but .the great, sugar planter and the American residents are not altogether satisfied with them. . The Japanese do net In spire them with confidence. They are mysterious and accretive and are or ganised to a man. The Chinaman la considered by the sugar planters a more faithful and a more willing laborer, Then too, Chinese make their homes In the ' islands, ; while 'the Japanese is there for what money be can make, all of which find it way back to Japan." Mr. Thompson says that the Ameri cana in Hawaii have not been able to, ascertain for a positive fact that the' Japanese have imported arm Into the Islands, but that It is very generally suspected such is the case. "It 1 known," aald he, "that the. Japs, In the Islands, are splendidly or ganized .and have capable leaders and, many believe this organization and leadership ha to do with possible war ' between United Statea and. Japan." Mr, Thompson say the oholera ere uation waa well In hand when he left Honolulu two weeks ago. There had been 18 case reported and IV deaths, but for several day before he left no new eases "had been reported and tt ' authorities were confident they bad the disease stamped out : "We found 1$ pretty hot'dOwnln the Islands," continued Mr. Thompson, In fact I .'was foroed to discard all . the summer clothing I had taken with me and array, myself In a white duck suit, white canvas shoes and a white duck , hat J think I persplredmbre in the five weeks I was in the Island than, ' In the past 20 year all put together. At- that, there no -uf ferinrther -from thereat" The hottest day we had the thermometer only reached 88' degree while the average wa between 70 and 80 degree." CLOUDBURST REVEALS (Colted Prni titled Wire.) . i ,f. Melbourne, March II. A remarkable mineral discovery ha - been r made in Tasmania, following a' cloudburst Near v Launceston the terrific rush of waters cut a gorge'a mile long and of consid erable depth along the side of a mounV tain. When an Inspection was made of the havoc that had neen wrought it . was seen that hundreds of gold bearing quarta veins had been "laid bare. A rush of prospectors to the spot lmme- - dlately took place. vAnother romance f gold, mining Is : reported from Oundagal. A claim ' thought to be . worthless was sold by. Us owner for a five pound note. The purchaser, making an investigation of " his property, discovered , gold in sniaJl lumps, u The once despised claim Is now- . said to be worth thousands., a - i'. ', ( -., j. ii i n ,,iiti 'i i"i " i m 1 1 s::.4" ' Retirement of General Ward. ; ; Washington, ' March," 8. -Brigadior . ' General Frederick K. Ward, whose last f command wa that of the post at Fort Riley,, Kan., will be retired from 'the army tomorrow on account of age.. Gen-. eral.Ward is from Ohio, and was grad-; uatcd frotn.West Point In 1870. Most of his service waa Tit the cavalry arm. His ' retirement results' in the promotion , of Coloner Sandeion of the Ninth Cavalry to the rank of Jrjgadler, general.,, Aviv. ' r - ; i i ii ' - -r i ' '''v'ki.'. '. - ,. .. y . ' TT ' ''",;. ''.';- .. ; .-.Flying Meet -.at" Havana, r '. . J Havana, March 18.--The first compete -itlve aviation -meet to. he 'held In the westtrftTiprftlephre'putslde of the tlnl-"" (ed States besan here today and will ' continue through the coming, week. Half a dozen aviators of wide reputation are entered in the various events, Tor which. prizes aggregatlnr $.10,001) aiid a num ber of valuable cups and trophies will be awarded. . , , , . UAWAMAM MflPIIIQ iiniiniinn iiiuuulo FEAR JAPANESE . RICH GOLD LEDGES