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ydenf Declares That Govern-
,k ment'Has Agreed to' Peace
, ; Negotiations. .
BORDER REPORTS SHOW, -I
. 1 INCREASED ACTIVITY
;" Washington Orders Regiments
I to Be Recruited to War
Strength, Held Ready. v
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f 8an. Antonio Texas, Marcti , 2$. -,
Peace for Mexico within 80 days and
.possibly within '10 days -was predicted
here today by Francisco Madero Br.,
father of the provisional president, who
la leading? the revolt against Dlas.
. Senor. Madero told the United Press
that the Mexican government had agreed
to peace negotiations.
' Madero said: v -
I "I do-not know where the peace ne
gotiations will be-held. Perhaps here;
and Gustavo, and myseir probably will
represent the insurgents. I ' do not
know who will represent the federals.
Negotiations will begin soon. .Accord
ing to our terms', Dias will be allowed
to remain in office for three or four
month to save hla pride. Then he will
resign. ,i '
, "When- the Mexican congress meets
on April 1 the poaltion 'of vice presi
dent will be abolished and Corral wtl)
lost, his. office. De La: Barra will he
come . de facto vice president. Within
a reasonable time Diai will notify the
government that he Is tired of office
and De La Barra will call a new. elec
tion.". . .... '. .. "';' ;
Madero said this plan would be ac
ceptable to the Insurgents, who will, If
It Is accepted, lay? down their arms
pending the new election. He Intimated
that Uniaht'our was slated to succeed
-Was? ah satd'l3niarttdur,otifir,be'lve
ceptahle to the rebels. ' Si siip vHi ' t
Notwithstanding the Madero declara
tion, the chancea that hostilities; will
continue are seen here today In an order
from the war department at "Washing
ton to Lieutenant Colonel Ladd, adjutant
general of the division here, tkat every
regiment must immediately be recruited
to Its full war; strength and be . pre
pared for an Indefinite atay in the field.
Gustavo Madero and Francisco Madero
Sr. arrived here today , and went. Into
conference at once with Alfonso and
Julio Madero and other 'distinguished
Mexicans. Their arrival, coupled with
that of former American Ambassador
De La Parra who cornea tomorrow, is
regarded aa significant and political
prophets today, see the probability of
peace -in Mexico as a development of
. (Continued .on Page Two.)
(United Ptm Leased Wire.)
Chicago, March 28. Miss Mamie
I Blanha.i an 18-year-old model, ia lndig
r nant today over the action of the Art
Institute, which asked that she, pose
nrbef ore a class ot which negro students
formed a part
Miss Blanha, whose figure is regard
- ed aa almost perfect, had been posing
but a short time' when she learned there
were negro students in the class, and
refused to go on. Persuasion was, of
po avail, Miss Blanha instating that the
negroes withdraw. She carried her point
.Cnlted Preu Leased Wlre.
Albany, N. Y, March 28.FoIlowlng
last night's Democratic caucua when
William F. Sheehan was eliminated as
the regular caucus nominee ror unitea
States senator, a half score, of candi
dates are Jockeying for position in the
race today. The caucus reconvenes to
night.- - ' . V . -
Sheehan has never been acceptable to
r a score or more of up-state Demoorata,
who bolted th causes, and deadlocked
the state legislature.1 . " . i ,
The insurgents in the legialaturei to
day notified the regulars that they must
decide to support Herman Bidder Isa-
, . dore Straus or Martin Glynn.' in the
' eveut of their refusal, the Insurgents
will ask the Republicans to combine
, . with - them and -thus elect one of the
t . three.' tX":'. . --i-.,iir--
prj" " Unlied 'States -Seftator -DepewS today
telegraphed Senator Brickett, - releasing
- the Republican legislators from their
? . cauoua, pledges- binding them , to sup-
,: ,port-Depew for reelection.-
GEORGE "IN TRAINING"
-:k . v, FOR HIS CORONATION
i ' t. ' ' i ' 1 i'-' i. 'sc.
r ' London, March J8.Preparlng for his
' ' coronation like an athlet fffr'a Tenrd.
Treaklnf tesCTanf"Gefffgf 6daf"Mij
t Kuiia imo iruning. vnuer .a SKlliea in
1 -. struetor. Warned by his physicians that
!; the strain of the great public functions
, In June might sap hla strength, the king,
1 besides a strict course of dieting," ia de
Voting seyerail hours dally to physical
J. culture exercises. f ' -.
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The upper lecture gives a comprehensive view of the maneuver ground at
;hown recruiting officers drilling a company of raw recruits for the
. 1 Houston- Nearly every regiment has now been recruited to Its full
MORRIS LOSES HIS
TO SERVE 5 YEARS
Sentence of Cashier of De
funct Oregon Trust & Sav
ingsaBank, for : $75,000
Embezzlement, Affirmed.
(Salem Brtru of The Journal.)
Balem, Or., March 28. W. Cooper
Morris, found guilty of - embeszlement
of about 176.000 In connection with the
failure of the Oregon Trust-at Savings
bank at Portland, . and , , sentenced , to
serve five years in the "penitentiary at
saiem, must serve his time.
The case was affirmed on his appeal
to the supreme court' today, in an opln
ion written by Associate Justice George
II. Burnett who Jncidentally was . the
Judge who irled and "sentenced J. -ThOr-
burn . .Boas, another : bank official of
Portland. At that time Judge Bur'nett
was Judge of the circuit court for" Ma
rlon county.
The p'rlnclpal contention of Morris
waa ; to tho" alleged misconduct t)f a
Juror named 1 Barton and incidentally
misconduct Of C. U. Qantenbeln, the
Judge who heard the case, and the-con
duct of the prosecution. The record
showa that after the testimony had been
completed and prior to the argument of
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STARTSOFFTODAY
Portland Plays Initial Series
; at Los Angeles, Oakland at
Sacramento and Vernon at
San Francisco.
Los Angeles, March 88. Portland
and Los Angeles are going to pull the
cork of the 1911 baseball season at
the new Washington street park this
afternoon and release a little' of that
good old American game stuff, which
Is America's chief tonic - ,
Walter McCredle and his squad are
in grand shape... McCredle Is not do
ing any .talking' regarding his team's
chances. "We expect to win" a game
or two during the season." is his mod
est boast He has greatly strengthened
his team since last year. '
. Both Dillon and Berry of the Angeles
are confident of success. The local
club has been strengthened by the adQ
41iiott-f Coleman and Frlene,- pitchers',
the latter from Santa Clara college. The
game- will be preceded by an automo
bile parade through the streets. Mayor
Alexander will pitch the first ball.
Captain Dillon announced thls'motfn
lng that he would use Southpaw Criger
for the opening game on account of
the many left-handed batters on Port
land's team, but may conclude to put
In big Delhi before the gong sounds.
McCredle has primed Scaton up as
his Initial, pitcher and will , use a new
backstop In the ? shape of Kuhn, the
Fresno wonder, according to tlte an
nouncement this morning. "Pitcher
Ben Henderson Joined, the Portland club
yesteraay. -
San Francisco, March 28. The air
has a peculiar tang, the skies are bluer,
the grass greener and the big and lit
tle boys happier today than at any
time since 1911 began. This general
good Reeling concentrated today at Rec
reation' park, where the San Francisco
Coast league baseball's team was sched
uled to open the season with Vernon.
Three or four new faces will beveeen
in the Seal lineup today and three In
Hogan's, team. ,
'At noon theplayers met at the
grounds and mingled with the city of
f lclals. Then Into buii wagons for a
street parade,, "the greatest onts
kind," as the circus men say.
Sacramento, CaK, March 28.-6akland
and Sacramento open up the Coast
league baseball season this afternoon
with the. usual preliminary parade and
exercises. Sacramento has, been strength
ened up by Its association with the
Boston Americans and is looked on as
the dark horse ia the, race for the nen-
nant.J':i'.';ir-Y:V.:r;;;.,i'.Jr.,:;;v,':':;':l:fc:Vi,,,
fiOODWINS DIVORCED;
, DECREE HITS NAT RAP
New York, "March 2S: Justice Gieae-
rlcb Of the supreme court today con
firmed the report of. Referee; J. Camp
bell Thompson and granted to 5 Edna
Goodrich an interlocutory decree of dl-
totc f remNat -Oeed wln,-t h actofr
Goodwin Is forbidden to remflrfv In
this state While Mtus Goodrich lives.
but Edna Is allowed to resume her maid
en name and to wed .again . whenever
she wishes. . It is anderstood that an
agreement as to alimony was privately
reached between Nat and Edna.
Fort Sam Houston. IJclow are
Twenty-eighth Infantry tt Fortran
strength. v, ... .
PEPQON MUSTDIE:
VERDICT AFFIRMED
Portland Mother Will Now See
Poisoning of Her Daughter
in Stevens County, During
August, 1909, Avenged.
(Special Pl.peteb to The Jmrnal.)
Olympia, " Wash., March 28. The
Washington supreme court here has re
fused to reverse the Stevens county ver
dict of guilty of murder in the first
degree for George L. Pepoon.
This ends so far as the courts are
concerned the noted case In which
Pepoon and hla supposed accomplice,
Ray Wilcox, murdered Mrs. Edith
Pepoon. The crime was committed two
years a so on a farm owned by the de
fendant In Stevens county.
The, young wife had been 111 In bod,
but on August 27, 1909, was able to sit
up and appeared to be convalescing,
when Wilcox, at the Instigation -of
epomrgavir-iiBx-mndossTfrmedtcine"
purporting to be a tonlCi Sh waa im
mediately seized" with convulsions and
died within an hour after swallowing
the dose. J
Thn nnaval vera at Viflelnnn a n .1 Iv&afM-.b.
Mrs. Pepoon's mother could arrive from
Portland, interment had taken place.
The mother was suspicloua of the
symptoms and applied to the prosecut
ing attorney of Stevens county for an
(Continued on Page Two.)
ONE OF THE SIGNS OF SPRING
First Jonmal Sjwrtlng JSxtr
Off iciajly, Thirtyjinth Session
Closed at Midnight,, but
Assembly Does Not Quit
Work Until Dawn.
MUCH PROGRESSIVE .
LEGISLATION PASSED
Governor Hiram Johnson Re
gards Work as Splendid;
Makes Statement.'
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Sacramento. Cal., March 28. After
one of the longest and viewed from
the standpolat of political leaders, of
the most progressive sessions, the thirty-ninth
California legislature adjourned
sine die shortly before dawn today.
Officially the legislature closed at mid
night. The senate adjourned at 1
o'clock this morning and the assembly
th'reo hours later.
Commenting upon the work of the
legislature, Governor Hiram Johnson,
of California, made this statement to
the United Press: y
"It has been a splendid session and
viewed from the standpoint of real
progress this session of the legislature
has been unique in the history of Cali
fornia. It has moved this great state
from a position of servitude to cor
porations to a place In the front rank
of the forces of progress throughout
the nation.
"It is the more encouraging that this
result has been obtained with deter
mined and well planned opposition to
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
PAY HEAVY COST
Although President Taft Com
muted Potter's Sentence in
Land Fraud Case, Convict
ed Man Still in Dilemma.
Thaddeas Potter may have to serve
a Jail sentence yet, In spite of the fact
that President Taft has commuted his
sentence of imprisonment for timber
land frauds, to a fine of 850 and posts,
Potter's friends aay he cannot raise
the necessary money. If he does not
he will have to work out his fine by
spending 80 days in Jail.
Potter was convicted of being In a
conspiracy to defraud the government
of timber land. He was sentenced to
pay a fine of $600 and apend four
months' in the county Jail. Last week
President Taft commuted his sentence
to a fine of 50, because Potter had
given - valuable tcstl,rnony for the gov-eCTiBual-
III-.Ctte..aainit. mere import
ant criminals. The commutation was
made upon recommendation of Special
Prosecutor Heney.
This would have been all right ha 1
nt not been that the law tacks the
Irords "and costs" to Potter's fine of
$60. In this case the "and costs'
amounts to many times the fine Pot
ter's case was a long and expensive one
to try all the land fraud cases proved
(Continued on Page Three.)
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Coroner and Detectives Hurry
to Beaumont When Message-Is"
Received at Police
Headquarters.
Tne body of a murdered girl, about
17 years old, was found In the Beau
mont tracts shortly before 3:30 o'clock
this afternoon, according to the report
which reached the police station this
afternoon.
The news eame in a telephone mes
sage. "Patrolman Evans sent word
that he was guarding the body, await
ing the arrival of the coroner. Coroner
Vordea was Immediately notified. Uni
formed polloemen and detectives were
hqrrled to the scene from polios head
quarters. : The place of the reported f I
north of Bom City erkr "
f .
Lntil the courts decide who's who
and why In relation to Port of Portland
affairs there will be two port commis
sions, eacn claiming the right to trans
set business and each withholding any
thing in the nature of new business un
til the constitutionality of the new port
aw nas oeen established.
As a necessary public service S. M.
Mears, Joseph Goodman and H. M. Es
terly will accept the appointments to the
port commission tendered yesterday by
Governor West and aj; announced in
The, Journal yesterday afternoon. , Mr.
Esterly has already accepted. Governor
vvesi discussed the situation with him
over' long distance telephone before
the appointment was' announced. Mr.
Esterly Is a lawyer who has taken great
interest In municipal matters and port
affairs. He is eager to begin service.
Hears WiU starve.
8. M. Mears Is head of the Portland
Cordage company and - has been one of
the most active and valuable members
of the Chamber of Commerce in relation
to port affairs. He is particularly fa
vorable to public docks. All other
things being equal. Mr. Mears says ho
will be glad to accept the governor's
appointment with the honor and obli
gations that go with it
Mr. Goodman of Goodman Brothers,
dealers in shoes, was at first a bit Un-
(Contlnued on Page Three.)
Mystery surrounds the death of Mrs
Ralph Blosser, wife of a well "known
local tinner living at 569 Tenlno ave
nue, whose body was round lu bed at
the home this afternoon.
The husband had left the house short
ly befoTteRHmm-jcriteffti tt u 'diss:
covered by Mabel Blosser. sister-in-law
of the deceased.
The police Immediately started a
search for Blosser, who was In Ignor
ance of his wife's fate.
Police authorities are inclined to be
lieve that Mrs. Blosser committed sui
cide. 1
PATENT PAVERS -
PAL
A bond Issue for $1,000,000 for a mu
nicipal paving plant and the doing of all
street work by the city was the recom
mendation of aTmeeting of taxpayers
presided over by Senator Dan Kellaher.
at rooms of the East Side Business Men's
club last night Work Is to be com
menced at once to circulate petitions
under the initiative and put the plan on
the ballot foMhfr June election ,
Hard verbal Jolts for the patent
pavers were passed out by Kellaher,
Martin Watreus and others. , Kellaher
said it is an outrage to advertise for
bids under specifications that only one
company can meet, thereby eliminating
competition. A diversion was furnlahed
By George M. Hyland, manager of the
Hassam Paving company, who vehe
mently denied a statement by Watrous
that the city la districted in three, parts
by the Hassam, bltuHthlo and asphalt
companies. He also asserted that Port
land paving prices are unusually cheap.
He Issues a Befy.
"I defy ou to name One block or
street where the Hassam -company has
entered Into a combination districting
the city," he said. "Portland is paying
less than almost any other city In toe
United States for hard surface streets.
I know.for I took a trip all over the
Information, and I want to protest
( .t-t.mt- h Z
against statements by uninformed per
sons that give the wrong Impression. 1
was 'the". one." who -reduced' the cost of
paving from prices you o?i; paid, my
home Is here, and you should pot defame
men who are living among you on hap-
infix is
TWO PORT BODIES '
WILD OFFICE
UNTIL COURT ACTS
ISTERY
SURROUND
BUM'S DEATH
III
Agents of. Department of Jus
ticeWiir Bring; Criminal
Charges Against Most Pow?
erf ul Financiers. ' ,
ALLEGE GREAT TRUST1 ' ;
GRIPS COAL INDUSTRY
Fathered by Pennsylvania R.
R., Billion Dollar Trust Has r
Throttled Trade. -
(United Trees Leseml Wire.) '
' Washington,' March 28. As the . re
sult of Ions; investigation into -what
agents of the department of Justice
declare i is the biggest trust in - the
world, announcement was made here to-
?ay that criminal prosecutions of half
a dozen of tha most powerful financiers
In the United States are to be begun
soon by the federal government. ,
Agents of , the department have re
ported their find' of evidence showing
that a billion . dollar combine exists.,
fathered by the Pennsylvania railroad
and which was organised to control-the
output of anthracite coal throughout the
whole of the United States. , v
Got Enormous Profit ! ...
The government, it Is alleged, will
try to ehow that this glgantlo combi
nation has for years secretly used its
power to extort enormous profits from
the coal trade, throttling all competition -by
withholding care from the concerns
not In the trust, Dummy directors and
secret alliances between the railroads
and the mining companies are reported
as the basis of the combine. The sub-
sldlslng of small railroads and the buy .
Ing up of enormous coal holdings are
said to have been the steps by which
the trust gained control of the coal sit
uation. . '--.( K'':f;k.i-gin. f.:
Officials of the department of Jus
tice assert that . the .Pennsy lvajil tb
Baltimore & Ohio, and , the Norfolk &
Western railroads are most prominent
lit the trust It Is also asserted that
the Pennsylvania, through enormous
(Continued on Page Three.)
Mining of Syndicates in South-east
China May Stir Up
More "Trouble; 'Orientals
Grant All Demands.
(United Pree Leaned Wire
London. March 28. Peking dispatches
to the times today say that China has
granted every Ruslan demand except the
establishment of a Ruslan consulate at
KobdOr-sgThese aoncesslons are expected -
to 8aiisiy Kussla temporarily, but
fresh troubles are anticipated as the
result of Russian syndicates mining in
southeast. China.
The Times thinks Japan and Russia
soon will Jointly present Manchurlan
demands which will result In an armed
clash. ,
AREtJOLTED:
PLANT IS URGED
haxard statements. The Hassam com
PnJT lOi 150,000 In this city, and the
men who incorporated It retired to go
Into other business.'' . - , .
The meeting heard Hyland' through,
and then some one suggested that he
ought to help along the municipal pav
ing idea sb the Hassam people will not
have to ioe money hereafter.
Watrous, an attorney, presented the
draft of a proposed charter amendment
which he outlined,- It calls for a mu nicipal
plant, the laying of all pavement
by the city at cost Initiation of pro
ceedings for improvement either by
resolution of the council or by petition
of 25 per cent of the property owners,
nullification by remonstrance of (1 per
efnt of the property owners,? perpetual
maintenance of the streets when onco
constructed from the general fund, and
a bond issue of $1,00(1.000 to establish
the plant .
. Bavs City Killioas.
"This will save the city millions f
dollars," said Watrous. "I am rr
vlnced that no amendment can l,e dran
that will provide real cumpnilUon If)
paving, i If we abollnh patent pavemeur
and. advertise-for bids on materials lul l
In i certain wsy, these same 'rompentn
will come in and bid and war tlm x t
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municipal plant'
. 8omf) difference of tiplnlwi devM'.r
as to tne advisiibllity f 4tm s:t
by tltf i ity or Lav I114 II,.
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SOOTHED FOR IE,
RUSSIA EXPECTED
TO GRUMBLE WE
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