; Do You Want a Homer . There are many ads la The Journal's J : ..Room anC Board and Furnished . 1 room columns that offer complete , ' comforL Read them. . . ' ' The weather Falr tonights and v. i Tuesday; southwest winds. i COAST TEMPER MURES , a A. M. Today. Bolts. .,'. , , ................43 Statu . . . , ....,......'...,...,..,, 33 Spokane. I . . ..... . ... , ;., 39 Marshfleld .V. ,.48 Ban Francisco .,........,.,,....,, 43 Portland , v. 43 VOL. X. NO. 12. PORTLAND, .'OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1911.SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS J&SSf&F&K? IKYARDSSIII ARRIVAL OF TROOPS ON THE MEXICAN BORDER II vyvv) ASSAS9W) RUSSIAN rtliNISTERJl ROOSEVELT SAYS JUDICIAL RECALL NOT GOOD POLICY DISPATCHES FROM HCO OWII cabiiietsessioii - V. j ' . V ',' V'.Aj.w'- ilV..V ',...' J,; fi-r-r.'r .r--,W'--i?ir.f;- - BEGINS WITH 5000 AT PEKIN. REPORT Taft Returns From Atlanta, and His Advisers From Va ' rious Points; New" arid Im- : : portant Developments. r ATTITUDE' OF CONGRESS . ;: 1 DISQUIETS PRESIDENT Army Officers' at Front Relieve ' Crisis 'Hear; Hold Forces,;, . ;iri Instant Readiness!. , ' .... V ' ' (United Press lotted Wirt.) Washington, March 20. Although no official confirmation,, can bo obtained - the report that Presld in t Taft arid his cabinet will - meet tonight to discus Important developments' In Mho , Mexl can situation is generally credited to day. . v. Taft arrived at noon - from , Atlanta and cablpet members who . have been . out of town have returned. " The: president ii said to ibe, greatly worried over vindications that an un friendly congress'wlll probably demand an Investigation of, the causes v of the mobilization; ' f f - Telegrapbio advices from Senor 1A mantour, recently arrived r' In Mexico " City, are said to have been the Imme ! dlate .cause of .tha summoning of .the cabinet. , , ' . - As soon as he ' reached i the i White House today president Taft arranged a conference - with. Mfxlan Ambasaador Don Francisco De l Barra for S o'clock ,thla afternoon. He declined to say .what would be discussed at the confer ence. although It is believed in official circles that matters of the greatest Importance will be brought up. . -v Taft declined to make. any further statement explaining the reasons for the mobilisation of troops. He tndl ' cated that the cabinet might discuss the question tomorrow, and' that . ktaUtnanf mlht HA ilAMllAiT then. FORCES AT THE FRONT. -,; HELD IN READINESS FOR INSTANT ACTION (Dnltod PrM UtMd Wire.) ' :' San Antonio, Texas, March 20. Believ ing that Finance Minister Limantour of Mexico-bears with him -an. American ultimatum , on which the invasion of Mexico .depends, army commanders here are eagerly awaiting the result of Li man tour's conference with President Dlas and Madero's lieutenants in Mex ico City. , , ' - ' Believing that Intervention in the Mexican trouble Is certain unless Wash ington's demands, as voiced by Liman tour. are granted, army officers are con tinuing their plans for Invasion. It Is pointed out that the mobilisa tion of marines and transports at Ouan- (Continued en Page Five.) NSURRECTO LUTE Senor. Gomez , Says .Gustavo ' Madero's Indorsement of Limantour Purely Personal and I nsurrectos Spurn. It. , .. '.- ' " '(United Picm letted Wlre.J Mexico City, March 20. A great crowd greeted Finance Minister Liman tour when he arrived here at 16 o'clock this morning. He went from the train, direct to his suburban home. Liman tour will confer with President Dial this evening. ... (Cnlted Prm tented Wire.) Washington, March 20. A- break be tween agents of the Mexican revolution ints seen here today in the action of , Penor Oomei In flatly contradicting Gustavo Madero's statement that Min ister of t Finance Limantour would be acceptable' to the Insurgents as prov isional president of Mexico. , ' Madera, . he said, had expressed only his, personal sentiments, prompted by his long ' friendship with Limantour. : Oomes declared that he alone was quali fied to speak for the inaurrectos, and ' he emphatically stated that Limantour was "not even considered among the ell- v gibles.?i , .. ' . "' J ", 1 TOM L JOHNSON S (United Preil Letted Wirt.) . ' -Cleveland. Ohio, March 20, Tom L. Johnson, 'former mayor and advocate Sfhreeent-ra8rwlJO '1st -dan gerously III at his home here, shbwed marked improvement today. Hlsi Dhy- slclans say he is suffering from clrrho-i sis of the Uver, He spent .a good night; .:. sleeping well, -and '-was able to take nourishment today. The phyniolans. however, offer no hope for his ultimate recovery. s LITTLE RIFT IN THE MAKES JANG1JNGS CONDITION MPROVES r I j ' ' ' .' -..i."-f' iT'-;---.:::"' "" L r'- V ' lit v The protograpii shows the resclt of a few hours' work of the Louisiana regiment at Fort Crockett, Gulves - ton, "The upper panel shows soldiers in front of new i barracks. V The bottom picture shows them nn loading eopplles. H EXPERT PUTS U. S. IN JOKE COLUMN Compares It With Third Class Police Force; No Generals, No Organization; Sees Jap Hobsons Choking Canal. . (Uolted PreM LMted Wlre.1 w. Berlin. March 20. Freely translated from the German. Herr Colonel Richard Gaedke's expert military opinion Is' that the .United States army la ; inferior; to a third elass police force, and that th United States navy is only, a shade bet ter v r The opinion Is given in the Tageblatt Gaedko believes that the weakness of the American army, compared with Eur opean forces, is extreme, and that it is a loose body of troops without any bonj between ' them . f or : cooperation. The United States lacks generals. It lacks organisation and it lacks military pro gresstveness, accord A V AM dk 'andlpptjij the navy will be helpless, he says, when Japan op any. other power shall sink a warship in th Panama canal. Gaedke calls the American-Japanese war a possibility, but not a probability. and declares that the military mobiliza tion is really . for maneuver; purposes, and that It has developed all the weak nesses : that, he points out . Lebanon Youth Suffers Severe Punishment and Matter , Way Be Aired In Courts. . (Special SlsDiteb to Toe Jooratl.) ' Lebanon, Or.. March 20. A boy named Williams as been dnder the cure of.a physician for the past several days, suf fering from hundreds of tiny wounds Inflicted by fellow students with pins In the Lebanon school. The ; wounds were made at the Instigation of one of the teachers and Superintendent1 F. M, Stotler, i who, ' It -is alleged, stood over the , boy ;. with a. whip while the pupils In turn Inflicted the wounds. " ' A. G.i Williams, father iof, the Injured boy, has appealed to the school- board and the etate superintendent of schools. He States that It either does not.tak the matter up ' he , will apply, to. the courts. ' i , , It Is said that this mode of punish ment was devised by the boy's teacher after the boy had 'mischievously .stucic soir;9rhetdentsMnearty-'eat with a pin. , . ir.T-:,'-f:'f-rf , The boy,. IV is said,' at first refused to walk down the aisles when com manded by his teacher, and the auperVf Intenaent was rauea in, who rouowed him with a stick until he had marched oyer the room, receiving hundredsof painful wounds. . nnv iQ-iM HBrn vC;.'i'."' '' '1 '..-f:";.-V-''A':'-v' - '.""-J' ' Investigations Listed Would Ventilate G. 0. P. and All Its Recent vVorks; Only a Ques tion of When to Begin. (tTplted Prees tet Wife.) Washington, March 20. The Demo crats here are divided-today over the questort whether to open a series Of investigations during the special session about to be convened,. or to concentrate their-energies at the next regular, ses- tion. 1 The house ways and means committer, as it. will bo constituted "a remarkable committee in a remarxaoie congress, s It has been termed is meeting dally for dlscuselon of plans to "be followed at the special session. The committee holds the newly acquired power .former: lv wielded by Speaker Cannon, that of Therefore, whatever it may determine will be the working program of the house majority. - In addition to consMeratlon of Cana dian reciprocity and revision of certain tariff schedules, the ronowmg tnvesu gatlons may be taken up: After drastic revision of ths federal payroll; congress will seek "to learn the real reason ror tne mimary "ma neuvers." ' ' ' To discover why the steel trust was SoTHpfOsecuted under" the7 oherman' an trn trust law. - To fix responsibility for the sale of tile friar lands In the Philippines to the sugar trust. v To aite.npt the unseating of Senator Lorlmer. TO investigate the purchase of the Panama canal from the French com pany in order to learn what the pro moters of the deal received. . To determine whether soft berths ate being given systematically to men de feated at the recent elections. To investigate the Interior department under Secretary palllnger's tenure' of office, i ' v 1 : Inquiry. Into the postofflce depart mt,nt and thB department Of "Justice re garding charges of favoring Diaz agents in prosecuting Mexican ' .revolutionists on American soil. - " . 1 r . ,T. .,- ,, r -Bna.i,,--,,-, .. , if i , ,1m m ' inn i' 'i" ' :" INSURRECT0S SHOOT AMERICAN MANAGER ''''i'; H' ". '"':'. ' El Paso, Texas, March 20. A special to the Herald from Torreon says H. E. Drlscoll, an American in charge of a large ranch owned by St. Louis capital ists, was shot Jour times by revolution ists who attacked . the ' ranch and de manded money. . , , . - When he could give them none, the leader shouted, 'Then take that," and began to shoot.1': yV'V1 i ' -f ; Drlscoll is now In a hospital in Tor reon, critically wounded.;, .. ; . ' !i YM. C. A. FIRE LOSS ATTSPR!NGnaTJM0; 'y'Vi' ,.-':' 1 1 1 1 .'' ' -, .' v' - . Springfield. Mo., March JO. Firemen early today' rescued 20 men who 'wers asleep, in the Y. M. C. A.: building here when the structure caught fire. Many of the' men were almost suffocated. The building was totally destroyed. DE1HS IE ?ea!Sw banker is e01d Captain of Detectives Thinks Mt. Scott Bank President Is Still in City, Perhaps Trying t to Raise Money.. Detectives this morning searched the residence of F. N. Mers, president of the defunct Mount Scott bank at Lents and secretary of the closed Italian-American bank, who In missing. A tip had reached headquarters to the effect that Myers had not left the city but was concealed In his home. ' The search was made by . Detectives Pric and Carpenter, who went to the house armed with the warrant for the arrest of the banker on the charge of il legally receiving deposits in the Italian. American bank. While they were In the houses De'tectlTesr -3Ha wly-andr-powif watched from the front and rear, re spectively, Ths residence was gone over from attlo to basement but no trace of Myers was found. : Captain of Detectives Moore holds the (Continued on Page Seven.)- Seven Men Named to Get on June Ballot $500,000 Bond ssue to Build. ' Ai ft luncheon .today of the conven tion committee of the Portland Commer cial club it was unanimously decided to take up the matter of securing a public auditorium for Portland. Upon motion of B. S. Josselyn o committee of seven was appointed to bring the matter be fore the city council to'have a IBOO.OOO bond issue voted on at the municipal election in June. The members of this committee are B. S. Josselyn, Pcwtmaster Charles Mer rick. G. F. Johnson. Frank Ransom, City Attorney Frank S.' Grant. E. L. Thompson and Jbhn S, Bcall. , Dr. J. R. Weatherbee presided at the luncheon. . Expressions in favor of an auditorium were (. made by everyone present, and among those wh,o - spoke ; heartily in favorof it besides those mentioned abovewere WMTfiTTlttrileSi'Ta. C : Dickinson, Phil Metchan, 3t; O: W. Taylor, W. ' ST. .Coman. . W. ,H. Chapin, C. G Chapman, V',iV. Jr6nes,;' W;, T Carroll and Max HoIU. , . . . ei - - i v - It was foribly, .stated that 'unlessj an auditorium be provid'ed "there is no .use Inviting large cohvehtions to Portland. cSttee'saini A TaRcs Traditional View of the SacrcdnesV of Judiciary ;and Deplores Fact That Ari zona" Removed Exemption'. IN ALL OTHER RESPECTS INDORSES POPULAR LAWS Moreover Arizona Has Right to Try Whatever She Likes; Should Be Admitted. (United Pre, 'ttted Wirt.) Phoenix Arts., March 20. Ia the first speech he has 'made from prepared man uscript since - leaving on his southern and ' western trip, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt today attacked the constitu tion of Arizona in Its relation to the judiciary. . Roosevelt said . in part: "I do not agree with the fovm In which Arizona has adopted the recall, especially as regards the Judiciary, but while I regret that Arizona has adopted the recall In this fashion, I insist this Is a matter purely for Arizona's own decision, and that neither the opinion of -myself -nor -of -any - other-outsider has the slightest bearing on Arizona's right to the privilege Of statehood. What New York or Texas views may be has nothing ' whatever to do . with Arizona's right to her own views. Reactionary Argument Dented. ' ";.rit is difficult for me to-dlscuss- e rlously the assertion that the adoption of the initiative, referendum and recall make a -form Of government not Re publican. . Switzerland has all three, and to say that Switzerland Is. not a repub lic is simply a contradiction In terms. (Continued on Pago Seven.) " : Forsees Three Pacific States in Hands of Japanese Bell boys and Servants Already Here; "War Soon," Says. Burr Mcintosh, founder of the Burr Mclntosh magazine, who won renown Is the Spanish-American war when as correspondent for the New York Herald he got the first pictures and account of the battle of San Juan hill before the public, Is In Portland, and says In his opinion the United States will b involved in war with Japan in a very short time, and that the first effect will bo that the Japanese will tafca possession of the Pacific -coast states and hold them for an inaelinue periou VI have been making a very careful! , nf th. tnnnnPRe ultuation." said CkUUJ . V y .i "r" ST "Atrr ZJLr'. .'- ... -. ton "and c7.iforn.V an wltlV" riflTs and ammunition and equipment, and all with inV.-rvlAnin. These men. now work- military training. These men, now work ing as laborers and servants, are ready to take up arms in a day's notice. Their first acts will be to blow up the passes between the Pacific states and the east thim cutting off all communication by rail. Then, with the fleet of 230 mer chant vessels and men of war that Japan has been collecting for two years past, she can land 200,000 men here within 80 days. There are 10,000 Japan ese In Seattle alone, and this force could easily take the Puget sound country." Mr. Mtflntosh intimated that the ex cuse Japan will make to bring on trou ble with the United States will be her insistence that the Panama canal be not fortified and that she be allowed certain rights In the canal. r (Unltrd Prw Lrtnd Wire.) !rJ' fl Pun Tiiyl.. March JO.wTmrtv mm1. anil rebels are reDorted to have been killed in a fight last Thursday at Durano, of the federal army, was among those killed, it was reported also that three rebels were, killed and several federals mounaca in a ctasn Friday near Coyote Hacienda. . I ;: i ' !. i' , v.": ' (Uhltwl Prws 1M Wlw.) Washington. iMarch 20,The United States supreme court took a recess this afternoon to April s. - This makes decis ions in the Standard OH and tbbacco cases Impossible before April I; r ' RIIRR JI1MH WES TO COAST Jf,w officers hliHn Si nary thltf IItort,,, uvl,1 Krefeld yesterday, was blown into tl tL wLhincton aovernment has known the run from Portland, to North Plains Zuyder Zee. according-to news .reeelvt.d for ICSiwSliiTS belnir made In about an hour and here today. Kayfer was drowned anl i.rT ,'"""iLP,t n w?! 0 minutes is henceforth to be made in hln passenger was rescued , with dlffl- I Nil TORREON BIG TRUST EIOS I1HDERREQ London and St. Petersburg Receive Unconfirmed Re: , port of Tragedy That Has in It PossibilitiesL ofWar. RUSSIA WOULD, HAVE , PRETEXT SHE COVETS Exemplary Reprisal, and Also f Open Seizure of. Territory "J Already Menaced. . (United Prett Win.) London., March, ,20 8 V Petersburg dispatches today, repbrt that M. Koros-tovltft-Biusslah minister to China, had been tssasslnated at Pekln. Confirma tion of the. statement is not obtainable here; - :; ; u ..-'V '.' " St Petersburg, March 20. I the ab sence of authoritative news from Pekln that M. Korostovlts, Russian minister to Chlna, had been murdered, Russian officials refused to comment this even ing. It was lhtimatedriioweverrthat Russia would mane China pay , aeany tor the minister's life. If he has been assassinated. v'::, . Russian forces have already ;. been massed on the Mongolian border, and It Is understood they seek only a pre text for entering China. The diplomat's death Would furnish hatexcusei jt would mean that China would be com pelled to pay , a heavy indemnity or fight The indemnity demanded prob ably would ' be the relinquishment , of suzerainty In Mongolia 'and 111 pro vinces. " " , Woman Diet of Tarantula Bite Woodland, Cat March 20.-With "her hand andi arm swollen to twice their normal size. Mrs.. Pemelia Day is dead t.'-neY"tiomieier'-here,r4Sv rtmuU t being bitten Wednesday by a tarantula. Shoo-FlyT Over Divide Will Be Abandoned; Time to Tuala tin Valley Shortened 30 Minutes. . Traffic through Cornelius Pass tun nel on the United Railways was com menced this morning and the shoo-fly line over the high divide between the Willamette and Tualatin valleys will be abandoned, excepting for a spur over which to haul-wood rrom the hillsides. Tr. " " l.TJI"" n" i ""le over an hour. . "The tunhei Is 4in feet long, is built through solid rock and Is fully tim- bered. Eventually it will be lined with concrete. Its opening is two and a half miles beyond Burlington. It will put trains into Tualatin valley with a total rise of ?27S feet. The tunnel Is equipped with the block signal system and with the exception. of a slight curve at the east end is prac tically all on tangent. , The tunnel represents a record for (Continued on Page Five.) The story of the search for the mur derer of flve-year-old Barbara Koltz man.ts lusterless today. ; j . in :i,.a that miirht have led te the capture 6f her degenerate layer have been unreal. All information that might have put the detfeetives on tne irau nas been shown unfounded, ot a snreu of evidence that may even tend to dis close the identity of the muroerer- re mains. . ' ' 1 t " ; Dispatches from San Francisco today say the police are keeping a closo watch on all Incoming vessels from the north. Today the ; detectives searched the steamer F1 field and went through the steamers Crescent City and . Elizabeth for the second time. One of the crew of the Elizabeth told the 8a0 Francisco police that a man answering the des cription of .the murdereri questioned hrm-wehia-diistiaattottftf thHll?a beth the night the. vessel left Bandon, Or., and .it was Wlieved that He might have concealed.', himself aboard , City. Detectives Day, Hydi, Snow and Coleman were kept on the ao affain todayv ami 't'wB motorcycle patrolmen were held at po)Ue hominuarti'is ready to answer. rcpui tiK Hut . nothing de CORNELIUSPASS TUNNEL RECEIVES THROUGH TRAFFIC I Unrlon4 nri thm Tlimatm- -VAiiAtfahmit -4 .tr axxt-itJrSitfr- - Ivl y EIE" GLUE MB5oEI CATTLE EXHIBiTEO p.; A. C: and W. S. C. Student V, Quintets Are Competing . This Afterioon in Judging; .-Cattle Lectures at 4 oXIock HAY FED LOT COMPETES ; WITH GRAIN FED STEERS Carload , of Scotch Highland Cattle First to Enter the ; . . . . j ... .... . f -. . : Local Yards.' , :; - Five thousand cattle, the prize, ex amples of northwest stockraising, 'and valued at $230,000,, were on exhibit at the stockyards this afternoon,: when the Pacific Northwest Livestock association opened Its cattle show..' Stockmen' from all ever the west' and northwest are in attendances ...:.- 4. J-ai, j!'5. v. .. ' The feature- of the program this aft- ernoon js the Judging, contest between five students? of the. Oregon Agricul tural college arid the same number from the Washington State college. , The de cision will be rendered by Bush of Denver, judge of the show. He is rated as one- of the best authorities on cattle in the country , and Is associated with the Clay-Robtnson company, the largest cattle buyers in the world. At 4 o'clock this afternoon there will be lectures of Interest to cattlemen..-, , - On of the exhibits at the show is a carload of Scotch Highland cattle, the first to enter the local, stockyards. They were brought from Caldwell, Idaho, by Bales & Jones and are attracting wide attention. ' Another exhibit of interest Is a prize Hereford bull which has won many hon ors in the east, exhibited by George Chandler of Baker. It was sired by Cru sader four years ago and weighs 2250 pounds. ' " " . 1 . . Bales & Jones have another interest ing', hunch . in- some hay fed ' ca-ttla brought "froirt the Big H Baslni Mon tana. They will compete with tha grain fed attle. There Is also a number ot horse's shown at the show' In addition to sheep and swine. - . r Isaao Bird of Morced, Cel., and J. 1L Coughlln of Denver, Colo., visiting cattlemen,- this morning declared the show contained as fine an exhibit as they had ever seen. . The program for the remaining two days of the show will be as follows: Tuesday, 10 a. m., Judging of car lots of cattle: 11, Judging of single steers; 1:30, Judging carloads of swine; 2 p. 111., Judging hogs in pens of flvej, 3 o'clock. Judging sheep In carloads; 4 O'clock, Judging wethera Wednesday, 9:30 a. mM fat cattle display; 10 o'clock, awards In killing contests; 11 o'clock, Judging draft horsee in harness; 1 p. m., reg istered cattle display. Officers of the association holding the show are: President, A. J. Splawn, North Yakima, Wash.; vice president, Trahk J, Hagenbarth, Spo.cer,- ldah.i, general manager. D. O. Lively Portland; secretary, N. P. Marls. ; BALLOON FALLS INTO -SEA; AERONAUT LOST . .(Cnlted Trctt Lei Wire.l Berlin. March 20. The balloon. Dus seldorf, in which Paul Kayfer. a prom- .. . . r. . . ml 1 o ltirj. VUUJ, . (:v This Is the seventh balloon fatality In this vicinity within three months. ' '.'.'''... " ' """T'?. : i1''.:--':'-.' To Japan for Trade and rrat'S- '' ' Tilted Pfe tefwrt Wlf.l ' '- ' San Francisco. March 20. Poll owl n? , the lead of. Pacific const commercial men, a body or mercnants irom i;niuugo and Omaha are here today on their way to Japan and China to establish closer trade relations and to- promote peaceful relations with thosu countries. , They will sail on tha Mongolia .Tuesday.., veloped that gave the police k hint. . 'Wc are without a shred of a clise." admitted Captain of Detectives Moor, "U is the hardest vase we have tai'Kl- i In years. We haven't the slightest Me who was the murderer or where he U. ' Reporta came in today that a mu 1 answering the 'description of the mur derer was tramping alone th Nf-vt 1 Bank road, headed presumablys for K : kane, He . was ee at two dltfrn'' stations. No one thought to t.. Mm -Captain Moore is today setiduig iBOo circulars, describing thn miu-iiui as best- he- can from the ilewi'i;.r given by Mrs. Bertha Nelon, iin.:. i ! of the .-.rooming 'house at 107 . J. street. In. which the child w mum. 1 These circulars are- being chiefs of police of .'.practltMlly.. ev. city, town and village ,011 .tin coant. end many will so f ir ) The tiBtnre'of Tfte'Crtm' twft, " a special request made urjfln' " fleer to keep an. especially k- out, ' - '"'. . Interest t'l'if,""v I" ! list of i ports 1 i.ir n i than tli" otuf .1: - " ' "- . 773