i
, COMPETENT WORKERS 1
Keep In dose touch with the ,'Wanti
likewise those 'who employ , competent
helpers look to the Want! ae a mean
of Introduction. , r , .
COAST TEMPERATURES
8 A. II. today. " . '.
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Seattle ,.,,. ..,.:. ;,.. 4a
Spokane .'..'....., .,,., 48
Marahfield ,j. SS
San rrmnelMO ...,, , 68
Portland ,'. . a
The" weather Fair tonight" and
' Friday; northerly winds.
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MEXICAN tVIINISTER PRESIDENT PORflRIO DIAZ OF MtXICO AND PART; Of; CABINET WHICH RECENTLY RESIGNED ANTI-BUCKET SHOP STREETS DISGRACE
DElESpORTS " ' u n LAW HELD VOID BY TO CITY, DECLARE
OF PEACE TALKS , V ', SUPREME COURT OWNERS OF LAND
rift I a Rnrrfl Affirms He
Knows Nothing of Rumored
Conference With Maderos;
No Meeting 'at San Antonio.
MADEROS TAKE ROIE
OF PEACEMAKERS
Declare Diaz Has Acceded to
Rebel Demands, Made
Through Limantour.
(Dnlttd Preas Icaaed Wire.)
' San Antonio. Texas, March 80. De
nytng that he knew anything about a
peace 'conference to be held by himself,
'Minister Jose Yves Limantour and the
Maderb family, former Ambassador De
La Barra arrived here today and, ac
companied by Mexican Consul Ornelas,
at once started southward. No mem
bers of the Madero family met De La
. Barra here.
Vf Before leaving for the south, De La
ftarra made a statement lauding- the
friendship of the United States for
Mexico; and denying at length that any
arrangements had been made for a con-
fonn With tU. MdiFIl.
Hopes to See End of Strurgle.
"I know nothing of any such peace
meeting," he said, "but I trust the
food sense of the people to end the
struggle. I am going to Mexico City.
I do not expect to meet Minister Lis
mantour at Monterey or to attend any
peace conference in Chihuahua."
A hitch In the peace plans of the
insurreetos Is suspected here through
reports that Dr. Gomez, the rebel agent
iln Washington., is opposed to the Ma
dero" conduct of the negotiations, he
declaring that the elder Madero Is but
a miter warm insurgent.
' . Juan Ascona, secretary of the Waah-
ington iuW$,i W en joute to ' San An
'tonlo today. t confer' with Gustavo
Madero add it fi' reported tfeat the two.
fcwlth FralScisfd' Madero Jr., the rebel
provisional president, will be the rebel
Continued on Page Fifteen.)
Bank Examiner, Closing Bank
if bNStayton Yesterday, Af
ter Others "As Fast as We
Can Get to Them."
(Special Ottnateb to Tt Journal.)
. , Salem, Or., March ,80,t-"As fast as
we can get to them, banks In Oregon
that are not complying with law will be
closed," said- Bank Examiner -Witt
Wright today. "The day of phony bank
ing In this state has passed. We now
have a good law and It is the purpose
of this office to' see that banks comply
with It In every particular."
The Stayton State bank at Stayton,
In this county, was closed yesterday
by the state bank examiner, after two
days' Investigation. The Stayton bank
is the second that has been closed by
the bank examiner within the past two
weeks. The immediate cause for clos
ing the Stayton bank was the lack of
legal and sufficient cash reserve. The
main cause was speculation In real es
tate in the vicinity of Stayton and In
southern Oregon timber lands. An at
tempt to finance the Stayton Woolen
mills, which has never been a profit
earning institution, was, it Is said, also
a contributing cause of the Stayton
crash.
Including the personal assets of Presi
dent P. C. Frerea and Cashier W. L.
Freres, the assets of the Stayton bank
will equal about $140,096, while the lia
bilities will not exceed $130,450.
The ' bank owes depositors about
$91,450 and other creditors about
$11,000. Its assets Include about $57,000
in loans, 518,500 in stocks and bonds',
$ 2,000 in banking house fixtures and
furniture, $43,600 in real estate and
1,7500 in casn ana aue rrom other banks.
J- The 'bank was" organised In 1904 with
7a capital stock of $20,000, and has. an
earned surplus of $5000. This will be
eaten up by poor , securities, says the
UM.I1K vAumiiier, nwviui vur aasaii 10
be applied toward the remuneration of
depositors.
J3t is believed Uhe depositors will be
paid dollar for . dollar within a few
months. The officers of the bank are
P. C. Freres, president; Peter Freres,
vice president, and W. L. Freres, cash
ier, who is also mayor of Stayton.
r Accused of Murdering Daughter.
(United Press Leaied Wire.)
Wilkesbarre, Pa., March SO. Feeling
is running high today against. John
Hortsjohan Of Duryea, near here, who
la under arrest following the finding of
.iha horfibly znt&laUd bQdyolWs
daughter Theresa, IS, on the tracks of
the Lehigh Valley railroad, -'-
. A neighbor found Horujohan covered
with bits of flesh and blood asleep in
the kitchen of his home. A trail of
- Hood led - from the t railway yards to
llortsjohan's home.
WARNINGS GO OUT
TO BANKS IHATDO
NOT FOLLOW LAW
' li ' , ;t- ,-rVJ Justice Wright, of District of
" n fr. v Columbia Tribunal, Hands
- J?AVl f'PrsnV Down Important Decision
?SLo '$1 10?T4P Declaring Act Not Good.
!oi iinim niiinn nr I . " Ini nrnu nniin
M n 1 . AM.Tn T.NUKr
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BANKS UNDER EYE
OF
Body Investigating Carnegie
Trust Co; Expectto Show
Up Methods of - Big Finan
cial Institutions.
(United Prtaa Leased Wlre.1
New, Tork, March 30. Banking condi
tions in New Tork, worse even than
those shown when Charles W. Morse
fell, are expected to be developed here
through the work of the grand Jury
which Is Investigating the Carnegie
company. The Jury looks for evidence
to show that certain banks maintain
"slush" funds for the set purpose of
bribing persons able to bring new busi
ness to them.
It has- alrendy been shown that the
Carnegie Institution maintained a fund
of $1,500,000 for some such purpose,
and from this the grand Jury has un
covered the fact that $15,000 was paid
to have its ex-presldent, C. C. Dickinson,
elected a trustee of Cornell university.
These facts so far revealed are be
lieved to bo only a hint of the condi
tions which prevail In the banking world
of New Tork city, and the legislature
Is to be asked to conduct an investiga
tion, which it Is expected will expose
rottenness far outdoing that which
Charles E,1 Hughes exposed In the big
Insurance companies.
Six indictments charging felonies, It
Is said today, are being held up by the
grand Jury pending an Investigation into
the charge that the records of the Car
negie Trust company were mutilated
to conceal An Illegal loan.
IS
JOLTED IN MAINE
Proposed Amendment to Con
stitution Gets What May
Prove Fatal Setback.
TnltM Preas teased Wlw.'
Augusta, Maine. Mardi I0. The pro
posed constitutional Income tax amend
ment received what may prove a fatal
setback today when the Maine legisla
ture rejected a resolution- favoring Its
adoption. Unless some of the other
states undergo a reversal of feeffng to
ward the amendment the action of the
state lawmakers today effectually kills
the proposed amendment, as Maine is
the twelfth state to decide against the
issue.
Before the amendment can become ef
fective its ratification by three fourths
of th states is necessary. ;
Other states to reject the amendment
are Louisiana, Massachusetts, New
Tork, Rhode Island, Virginia, Arkan
sas, New Hampshire Utah, Vermont;
West Virginia and New Jersey.
Twelve states have not yet voted on
the meastire, while 22 have favored Its
adoption.- , ' ,
It is believed that New Tork and
Massachusetts : may reverse their .pre
vlous verdicts on the Income tax amend
ment and thus save It from final de
feat. ' The" amendment was favorably
reported In the Massachusetts legisla
ture yesterday, where It wait introduced
after,. It had once been disapproved.
JohnsoiiItalUewrNtghtRttul:T
(United Preas Leased Wlra.t
Cleveland, Qhlo, March 30. Fornwr
Mayor Tom L. Johnsom, passed a rest-
fur night' and It was announced
today that his. condition, showed decided
improvement His family, however, are
remaining plpse to" the sick room, r .
GRAND
H TAX
From left to right are Jose Yves Limantour, secretary of finance; Ramon
Corral, vice president and secretary of Interior; President Diaz and
Enrique Creel, minister of foreign relations.
CANAL'S BENEFITS
DEPEND ON COAST
PORT FACILITIES
Accessibility of Cities and
Terminals Great Factors,
Intimates I. C. C, in Solv
ing Transportation Problem
(Washington Bureau of The Journal.)
Washington, March 30. E. H. Parker
of the Portland branch of the Marshall
Wells Hardware company gave Impor
tant testimony before the Interstate
commerce commission bearing on the
relationship of waterways and terminals
toward fabric freight rates to and from
the Pacific coast. He explained the
operations of the Port of Portland and
what this city had . done to develop Its
water- facilities at Its own expense,
telling also of the progress made toward
providing public, dockage facilities.
James Keller gave like testimony for
San Francisco. Stress was laid by the
commission upon these matters, it be
ing evident that adequate provision hy
Pacific coast cities of terminal facili
ties Is regarded by the commission as a
vital element in the working out of the
transportation problems affecting the
west - coast,- --and - that-if -the - Panama
canal Is to bring to that region poten
tial benefits, easily accessible and ade
quate terminal facilities, besides Im
provements of rivers and harbors, must
be had.
It was shown that the volume 'of
water traffic to and from Portland and
to all . other west coast ports steadily
Increases and Is a material, not a mere
ly theoretical element in freight car
riage. It Is conceded by all here that
the Panama canal will enormously in
crease the prosperity of the west coast,
and If terminal and other adequate fa
cilities are provided. Otherwise, It ts
said, the canal might as well not be
completed.
Tne vitality of the publio dockage
Issue rests In the control of shipping
by consolidated carrying companies un
der standing conditions which, with pub
lic docks, would be remedied.. From
questions asked by' the commissioners
of witnesses, it Is apparent that they
will hold that rates from other than
Atlantic coast points to the west coast
are reasonable In themselves that Is,
that rales from Pittsburg westward are
reasonable per se.
Rumors , That Chinese Have
Attacked Russian Provin
cial Capital Not Credited.
(United Press Leaaed Wire.)
8t.
Petersburg, March 30. Reports
rounded and attacked Blagovestchensk,
the .capital of Kussla s Amur province,
are so far unconfirmed. If true, diplo
mats here v believe it wiU prove to he
the Outbreak of Chinese outlaws rather
than any attack on Russia by the Cul
aese nation. ; v ; -ft.
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AIR REPORTS
NOT CONFIRMED
' ' I LAW IS AMBIGUOUS
JV;f;i , ' A I IN JURIST'S OPINION
ty 1 r rr - -w- ' 1 .
WAIST COMPANY'S
"SEARCH" DOORS
COST LIVES OF 55
Triangle Concern Barred Up
Exits So Employes Could
Be "Frisked" Easily; Dis
trict Attorney Is Notified.
(United Preae f.c-ied Wire.)
New Tork, March 30. Marshal Beers
assertrd today that the Triangle Waist
company, In which concern's shop nearly
150 persons lost their lives Saturday
when trapped by flames. In order to
search their employes before they en
tered the freight elevators after quit
ting work built a partition to the eleva
tors and had narrow doors constructed.
This, he said, cost 65 lives.
Beers also asserted that the company.
hart grossly violated city ordinances by
building the partitions, and that he had
notified lUstrlct Attorney Whitman.
When the fire started the gtrls rushed
to the elpvator. clogged the narrow door
way and plied up fit the elevator en
trance. Other girls, unable to pass,
were forced to Jump from the windows
or die In the flames.
TEN STORY FIRE TRAP IN NEW YORK .
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Photograph of the Asch building in which hundreds of employes of the
Triangle Waist Company were penned by flames.- Scores of girls
leaped to death from the upper stories and ato,",t' 150 employe lost
their lives. The picture was taken while tho flr was still burning.
INDICTED: $20,000
BAIL IS FURNISHED
Grand Jury at Seattle, Charges
Operation of Handbook,
Lucrative Vocation During
Hi GilPs Regime.
(Unite). Press Leased Wire.)
Seattle. Wash., March 30. Frank and
John Clancy, brothers, oldtlme political
bosses, saloonkeepers and gamblers In
the early days of the Alaskan rush, are
out 'today on $10,800 ball each, under
Indictment returned late yesterday by
the Vtrand Jury, charging them with
operating a-handbook. 1
Immediately after Mayor GUI took
office, handbooks sprang up all 'over
town, and the backers were credited
with making a big cleanup before public
sentiment forced Mayor Gill tq, close
up the town lsst summer.
That the Clancys controlled the hand
book string was the charge made openly
by the prosecutor s office. The indict
ment of yesterday was the first actual
step taken against them.
Zeppelin's Dirigible Marked Success,
(United I'resa Lex Wire.)
Prlederlchshafen, March 30. Count
Zeppelin made a successful flight today
with his new dirigible baloon. The new
craft wiir probably be called the
Deutschland.
V
Indictments Against 13 Pro
prietors of Brokerage Con
cerns Dismissed.
(United Treat Leaned Wlre.l
Washington, March 30. The antl
Ducket shop law was declared uncon
stitutional today In a decision handed
down by Justice Wright of the supreme
court of the District of Columbia. The
decision says the law is ambiguous. In
dictments against 13 bucket shop pro
prietors were dismissed.
The defendants were arrested follow
ing a raid made simultaneously In
Washington, Baltimore and Chicago
last May at the Instance of the depart
ment of Justice.
Will Be Appealed.
The case will be carried to the higher
courts by the government. If the ruling
of Justice Wright is sustained, the cru
sade of the government against bucket
shop gambling will be frustrated.
The defendants are Louis Cella, An
gelo Cella, Edward Altemus and Samuel
Adler of St. Louis; Henry Duryea and
Charles Allen of Washington; C. A.
TUles, William Fox. Robert Hall, 6am
flel Raymond, Oscar Rappell, EX M?
Browning and Honry $Rumpf of Balti
more. V
The arrests were madeNollowing a
spectacular raid. The government pro
ceeded with great secrecy. Its agents
appearing In the offices of the various
firms at the same time. The telegraph
room were entered first and the. oper
ators 'ordered from their instruments
to prevent the alarm being sent from
on office to another. Indictments were
returned May 23 last.
SU Pleaded Guilty.
Six of the men arrested pleaded' guilty
and were fined. The others were re
leased on bond. The decision handed
down today declares that the language
of the statute against operating bucket
shops is so broad that It would vir
tually prohibit all forms of contracts.
Government attorneys today conferred
regarding future moves to be made.
HE'S OFF FOR EUROPE
(United Preaa Leased Wire
Panvllle, 111., March 30. Coincident
with his Indictment for perjury. E. X.
Leseur, sott-ln-law of former Speaker
Cannon, lft for Europe and the report
Is current here today that he will not
return so long ss the grand Jury Intends
conducting a thorough investigation into
alleged election frauds.
Leseur Is president of the Danville
National bank and made a fortune In
the local street railway system. Mrs.
Leseur Is on her way to Join her hue
band for an "indefinite stay."
San Francisco Policeman,
Terror to Autoists, Charged
With Taking Bribes.
(United Preaa teased Wire.)
San Francisco, March 30. Charged
with having accepted bribes from auto
ists for their release after he had ar
rested them for spcfdlng, PolUeman
William L. (.'etnar, best known to fame
as "the persistent Nemesis of Pugilist
Jack Johnson. Is out here Today on J60Q0
ball following his arrest by detectives
acting on Instructions from Chief of
Police Seymour.
Ceinar, who says th whole affair is
a "pJant," was arronteil after Detectives
Conlou and I,eonIirdt had seen him ac
cept an envelope containing $5 from
Oscar Klllop. a speeder, whom Celnar
lied threatened with arrest. Celnar was
nabbed after a sharp struggle and be
fore he had time to open the envelope
In which is said to have been a bill
privately marked by Chief Seymour him
self. Possibility of a big police scandal ts
seen in entries in Colnar's notebook, in
which different notations tell of Influen
tial speeders being released through
"pulls" and, some times, by the direct
orders of his superior officers In the
police department.
Owing to the absence of a complaint,
Celnar's case was continued until next
Wednesday. -.- ;- .--.,-
-C0NN,0FLAKEVIEW,;
SUCCEEDSTHOMPSON
Salem, Or., March . 39 L. , F". Conn
has been appointed attorney for the
land board a. t Lakevlew. to succeed V.
Lair Thompson, tn-ho was dropped Tues
day. "
INDICTS
LESEUR
SPEEDERS NEMESIS
NABBED; BRIBERY
Chuckhdles and Cracks Are
Found to Exist in Many
Paved Thoroughfares That
Are Examined.
CONTRACTORS TRY TO
PLACE RESPONSIBILITY
"No Wonder That Municipal
Paving Plan Is Needed,"
Say Experts.
"It Is snmll wondtr that the people
of this city are clamoring for a munici
pal paving plant and that property own-
ers have been aroused to such a pitch '
that they are even seriously contem
plating the submission of a charter
amendment calling for a million dollar
bond issue as a' last resort against the
paving monopoly. The paved streeta of.
Portland are a shame and a disgrace.
From all sections of the city comes the
same story holes and ruts, ruts and
holes and cracks. And what Is being
done to relieve these conditions? What
is the city engineer doing? Why does
he not force contractors to keep In re
pair the hard surfaces laid at such -large
expense to the taxpayers?" '
Foregoing is a sample of some of, the
comments being made by progressive
cltisens of the city. It was the obser
vation of a well known property owner
of Portland, who, in company with a
Journal reporter, traversed 16 miles of
hard surface streets on both sides of
the river yesterday afternoon In an
automobile.
Sixth Street worse. Uv.;
One of the worst examples f worn
pavement found waa that of ,81xth street
from Hoyt to Davis. For tour Mock
the street Is well nigh Impassable.' Im
mense holes dot the surface of the
pavement and rectangular strips of the
surface laid bare for a water main Im
provement -off er f erlpaaiBbatrUctlen to
traffic. The conditions are dangerous
in the extreme and may subject the city1
to heavy loss for damages in case of
injuries thst may result to pedestrians
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
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EASTBOUND RATES
North Pacific Coast Passen
ger Association Gives the.
Schedules Which Are Near
ly Same as Last Year. -
Eastbound summer tourist and con
vention rates for 1911 have just been
announced by the North Pacific-Coast . ,
' Tl l.f . . If .
transcontinental lines out of Portland.
The summer tourist rates will be the
same as In years past, to eastern ter
minals and beyond and to Colorado com
mon points, as follows:
Dates of sales: May 16, 17, 18. 19. 23.
23, 24. 25, 27, 28, 29, June 5, 7, 9,
10. 12, 16. 17, 21. 22. 2S. 29. 39. July
1. 2. 3. t, 5, 6, 19. 20, 2. 27, 28. Au
gust 3. 4, 6, It, 16, 16, 17, 21, 22, M,
08, 29, 30. September 1, 2. 4, 8, t, 7.
Basts rates same as last year to east1,
em terminals (Duluth, 8t. Paul, Minne
apolis. Omaha. Council Bluffs, Kansas
City, etc.), $60 round trip. Chicago,
$72.50: 8t. Louis. $70, and proportion- v
ately low fares to other points. -,i
Limits: Going limit IS days, rinal re--turn
limit October 3L ' '.?
Stopovers: Allowed Chicago, St. Louis,
etc. and points west. ,
Convention rates will be as followe; '
To Atlantic City. N. J., for large con
ventlons there, vis., Presbyterian church.
May 17 to June 1: Christian Endeavor, ..
July 6 to 12: Elks. July 10 to U. Sal-s .
dates May 12 and 13. June 28. $9, JO,
July 1 to 6 inclusive. Rate $102 49 -
To Colorsdo Springs, Denver, Pueblo, '
for Dry Farming congress, at Colorado
Springs, sales dates October 12, 13, 14.
Rate $55.
To Detroit. Mich., for Knights of CH.".-
lumbua, August, sales dates July
26 to 28. Rate $81. . ' ; : , ., ,
To Minneapolis. Minn.", for Royal Ar
canum. Spy 1" and 25, sales dates May
12 and -13, Rate $80. ,
To Rochester, N. Y.i for Shriners, ,
July 11 to. 33; G, A." ft. September 4
to 9, sates dates June 30, July 1 to
6 inclusive, August It to 17 Inclusive.
Rate $91.35.
Limits and stopovers for conventions
will bo the same, .as summer tourist
rates. , , ' i , ,
The transcontinental Ifnes hn is
sued a tariff naming rates to Portland
for Rose Festival, tickets on sale from
eastern terminals May $9, 30 and 81 (af
ter which regular summer tourist rates.
In effect!, hasl 0 for round trip, re
turning" ever direst line or via Missouri
river points, $81.78 returning through
California. 1 ' '
Regular summer tourist-tickets west
hound are on sale' dally June I to Ri-lember"J0,'wW-TlTia!
return" -fin-'t rsf -October
31.
Joint agent have been appoints f
all Pacific coast trnilnn)s for f
tion of round trip ei'url'rt it !-.' r '
return pesngi I, I - u
ag-.-nt t Portland -end . I ,
It and through tl:e
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