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1 V .-..".....-' r : ; AllTniUffiRM 'P nFAl FRS f this niva or . . i k, . ... r .. , . , . ' ! V .,' And automobile owpers as well find ths- ' TVants an excellent means of communl-r j cation. They coat but little. ; r. v '19 ii'.n i, 1 ,i r ;,r , i t t i r ," :. S.V v' ThV Weatherfiundaji fair; west- V erly wlndg.- ' . A The Sunday Journal if 7 Sections-88 Page$ 1"' '.4' Vol. vjii.' no. i. PORTLAND, - OREGON SUNDAY . MORNING, APRIL 2, 1911. PRICE , FIVE CENTS. r THE eOUlVGIIi.iIS NO W IMJSESSIOIV DIAZ BOWS EROUD J102.233W0F . TO REBELS;; SCENIC ROAD OH l! GRANTS DEMANDS COLOMBIA DIVER FRISCO SYSTEM S HEAD TO SUCCEED JOHN F. STEVENS 1 t J m a m M m mm mmm m , . M ... 5 V. hu 1 a rt r a I APPCDtcriTucnbvSI: nuuu IUi IIILUII UNHtU HUUSh President's J Message t? Con j ;grcss Signalizes ' Approach -;lrio Pwcc; Rumors That He Will Resign Strengthened. ADVOCATES EFFECTIVE V !' SUFFRAGE TO MASSES Projected Highway VJrom ! " Bridal Veil to Hood. River County ls Most Beautiful, Say the Reviewers. . Recommends Reform in Of fices and Divisions of Large ? Landed Estates. -..tL.m-f !yy. ;. T-. . -. L. ! 'j ' r 1 11 ,.' '' f-y ' (Cjilted Prraa Lmm) Wire.) Mexico CUy.)va Galveston, AprlLl. PORTLAND WOULD GAIN -BY ITS CONSTRUCTION il Tha main point made by the rerolu- tlonlata were conceded in President Dlai' meaaaf to tha Mexican confrene Which met at I o'clock tonight. It will create a good impression on all claaaea Mn the republic - . j Preeident 'Dl pereonatly read tiie meeeaje to the cobrree. which- Unme- . dlatelr adjourned until Monday. .It ! all quiet here and all ceiebratiora ror tomorrow have been .called- off. -There waa a large attendance upon the opening Of -the congreaa and ambaesadore, mln fatera. and othara ae the end of the preaent trouble in the 'meeeage. partl- cularly a'the rumor is-practically couV flrmeU that President Dial will resign when peace la restored. . .' Tha preeident In". hl mesaage , said ;,he i botrfd to T the (wbjlc : opinion, -nd - rfauy cpneedea -tiw main ' point made br" th Tevolutlonlsu and recommends effetl 'auffragV for all land no- re , ejection. ' 'He recaromenas reform in o ',' al offices, division of the large landed .. aetatea and ; reform In, the system of government. ' v ' ''- p:;3 ri' v'v jFtibUo1 teams Satisfied. ' "5 ,Evn slf (disorders should follow, ' i U believed they will have .little slgnlfl- .'csnce, or : the public; set ms ,'aatlaf(ed witrt mer promises made in t'reaiani UUi", meagbs and the equally assur ing 'meaning of the' probable appblnt- nient .on Monday; of Ooyrrnoj! Theodoro 4ic Iies at -ATrVror. to TpQafOltor' at Gobernaccttu " This is . th rpost .Im portant post in th cabinet. It Is. Also ;the most Intimate In, Its relations with i tho ppople.l.This 'Appointment -was. 'lira ' dlctrd eome' days, ago. Th presicte'nt'e mesaage " promises oinplete support to the creation of ant!- recltctloh Urt, applying troxti tlie eoc-' itlvp downtp he.iecuv(o.Qrnceii. This hits'-lieen tha central demand of the Ma d( rintSr. He also advocates legislation hiol will cure I he present evils In this a'lml?lerstlon of the tourts, ' He ad vooaVa curtailment of Vis presen t" enor mous; power' of the politieos, He-sU-Ong-Iv argue tor lobulation providing for Hie CHttlrg up of many of, the large l-ololnS so 'that it may be made -easy for the people to acquire title to small forms. He also stronjrly urges ballot reform and freedom of elections with proper quallfiratipns of voters. All Complalats Umbrae ed. These and minor measures embrace alt the oomplalnts of toth " Insurrectos and disaffected. More than all. he frankly .recognise an advanced repub lic and, a desire tor betterment of Its laws. ' . The record of . the revolutionary fac tion Is calmly reviewed and the aaser- i,, tlon is made that the administration County Commissioners Will Grant Hearing on Next Wednesday. ;,; To construct az, 2 9-foot scenic high way alorig'tha Columbia ..river from Bridal ;Velf to the line of Hood River county wlli cost $102,233, according to the estimate of viewers Just filed with the county court. , To reduce an excessive grade of 19 per" cent for 1000 Teet, and n per cent for an additional 1000 tjeft near t. Hood "River county line to 14 per cent would cost 118,000 more. . The remain der, of the wsy as projected the road would not exceed a 10 per cent grade. E. Henry Wemme and a lares num. ger of prominent business men peti tioned for the construction of this road more than a. year ago. Since that time County Surveyor Holbrook ' has beea working on the survey) and maklnsr an estimate, of 'cost. He was at the head of tha board of viewers, the others be ing Messrs. Sweeney and Parmenter. Tha report of the viewers is strongly favorable to the road, despite tha large cost, or Duuumg.' . (Owntjr Commissioner I.ightner stated last night that a hearing would be giv en on the-road next Wednesday, but In any event the county will not construct tha .road 4hta year further than Jo Mult nomsb Falls.' This would be s. distance of three miles, costing' approximately 110.000. : The fourth mile beyond thes falls, as Shown by the report of JIol- uroofc wouidronn Mjmjl3iWtXi frnslte nallsW lh road -- ': -Tha report of the viewers follows: . Xtos& Xaoonunsndad. .; "The proposed ' road has been- sur veyed and staked out along th' pro posed routs-from Bridal" Veil and ehd Ing at the Multnomah-Hood River county line. Complete Dials.. nrnflU and estimate accompanies this report r? "It is our belief that the- said ro'nd should be granted, for the following reasons r ; ; ' Tlrsf. practlpabilltv. While the nrn- 1 posed ,road will be, expensive to build. .. . ... uirig - .bit; 1 1 II Dosisciea & ' .t fe y-lM'- -l---,1 m jtum ii jn'ifii HI e4, p iim a Carl R. .Grayf Nqminal Man ager of YoaVum Lines, Re signs to Take Charge of Hill Interests in N.-W. ' ROSE FROM OPERATOR TO RAILROAD CHIEF As Vice President of Southern Road. He Was in Reality Directing Official Even Champ Clark, Newly: Elected Speaker.' Is Shorn " of Powers That "Uncle; Joe" Cannon Wielded. ..?.. (Continued on Page Eleven, if ' (Cont,nu,- on Psg Seven.) KESP0RS1G BRITISH TREATY TIC Bryce and Knox Agree That Pact Should Not Be Self-Executory. Maddened Cowboys Hot on -Heels of Bandits That Got $12,000 for Return of Two Year-Old. . United Vreta LeaMd.Vlra. East Las Vegas. N. M., April t. R sorts received hers late tonight from the posses pursuing th four men sup nosed to have been the kidnapers of lit tie Waldo Rogers, and from Captain Fred Fornoff of. the territorial mounted police, indicate that three and possibly four men will be arrested berore morn ing, charged with holding the child for a $11000 . ransom. Whether the - . pec ted arrests- will, come hers or In the northeastern part of - the state Is not known.. - It is known, however, that Captain Fornoff, who is conducting the inves tigation of the kidnaping, and Whs ar rived here late last night, has not been mile out of the city ail ''day. Vhil Fornoff will not admit ..that important arrests are pending, ' he will . not deny It, and several;, of ; his assistants Inti mate tfcat. when the aurests come they will prsve seiiSatlonal. v v , uWcsaaa is OoBoarasd. - ' These intimations have caused a gen eral belief that all the. persons . chiefly concerned in the kidnaping re resi dents oftLasVgs,or..4lvs near here. Msny pt-ofess to have information that ; st' least ana woman was concerned in llhs abduction, and that shs csred for llttls Waldd during; the period he was held prisoner and befoire he was re stored to his unci In a mountain fast- ''pesa near Kearpey's Oap. ' . Rumors that important srrpsts Tiad (Continued on Page 8ereo- , (Unlffd Press leased wire.) Washington, April 1. Discussions be tween Ambassador Bryce and Secretary of State Knox, concerning the general arourauon treaty sought with Great I Britain by -President Taft. resulted to day in agreement upon certain ohrn. of .the document. Chief among these Is the determina tion that the treaty shall not be a self- executory document. The significance of this Is that -both governments will have to act ,ln each case In' which the treaty la involved.. The treaty will not automatically provide for arbitration for the points In question. This provision will give the senate an opportunity for an expression of opinion and some participation in the business. I'ider the tentstlvs plan now agreed upon It will be necessary to name a special' arbitration commission foe the adjustment of each dispute. Deputy Treasurer and Accom plice Are in Default of Bail Police . Search for Third Member of Gang. ..ftsited Press leased -Wire.) ' )es -Molrtes.Iowa, April l.--In de fault of 1500 bonds each James O'Calla ghan, deputy county treasurer, and Al fred Rhodes, charged with attempt to burglarizethe office of the county treas urer and get away with $100,000 In the vault, went .to Jail' thin afternoon after pleading, not guilty to the charge of burglary. O'Callaghan will probably be bailed out tonight by his brother. Bob O'Callaghan, ' former president'! of t the DeS Moines Baseball- club and sporting man, but 'Rhodes .wjlll remain.. in Jail awaiting the -action of the. grand jury, Police officers claim that Rhodes has confessed, Implicating O'Callaghan, and the police tonight are hunting for Tom Hatch, escaped .convict, supposed to ba the leader of the gang." Mrs. Rhodes explained tonight that Hatch bad been a guest at her' house for the past week, and the pOllce say O'Callaghan planned the robbery, and kept Hatch In hiding until last night, the last day. for pay ing taxes, when a huge sum was paid Into the treasury after banking hours and therefore left In the county vaults. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Iyrich are still being held as aocompllces. Late tonight Ai Rhodes, after a long conference with detectives, confessed that O'Callaghan and Tom Hatch planned the robbery of the county treas urer's office In Che courthouse, and that they had met after escaping from the building-- to - plan their futura move ments, when the officers discovered them at 8 o'clock -this morning when Rhodes was captured. Litigation Is Climax of Long v Wrangle for Control; Day Brothers and Others Are Now in Majority. CLERICALS CE (United Press Leaied Wire.) Madrid, April 1. With the Republ! cana yelling "Down with militarism.' and 'long live Ferrer," and th . Mon archists shouting back "Long Hve the king and the array."- the, cortes adjoured in wild disorder tonight following thd announcement of the resignation of Pre mier Canalejas and his cabinet.' , v Madrid, April 1. Republicans are to night celebrating (he downfall M Car halejaa' cabinet, which resigned this afternoon after the premier had been In conference with King AlfobsiW The resignation of 1 the ministers. whiTe attributable to the clever' engi neering of Rodrlgo 'BOrlahn, tha Repub lican leader, in rotting debate on the rsrislorr-of-ttie ih-ath -sentenca f Pro fesos.Frar)claco Fsrrer, is in reality, t Is believed, Alfonso's surrender to the Clericals; Clericals Are Joyous. vAt any rate the Clericals are it Joy ous a, the RepuhllcHiiH. and openly de clared that the overthrow of Canalejas marks an end of the vigorous anti church policy' of the government. On every, hand the story is heard that Al fonso turned his back on the ' premier After. h -had ; premised Canalejaa- (itl his support.,' - . ' .,.-- '..'., The crlsle camtwhen Minister of War Axnars demanded that the Ferre (e bate bs., suppressed, at a tImeSorlano Was forcing . it. Canalejas refused to Interfere, fearing that sunh action would precipitate a revolution, whereupon: the clashing . ministry disintegrated, "t the (Contlnuea on Page Seven.) After wrangling for more than a year over control of the Portland hotel, dur ing which time meetings of directors waxed exceedingly warm -and high fin ance schemes figured prominently, the two forces battling for control have been precipitated Into the courts! Suit was filed yesterday afternoon In the circuit court by what are .known as the Norman Interests, In which It Is sought to force the hotel company to Issue stock recently purchased by these interests. - , Opposed to- the Norman Interests are the Day brothers, Influential mining men from Idaho, and the Fleekensteln Mayer Interests. The two factions have Joined hands and now cnntrol the stock In the Portland Mote! company. The Norman lnterewts are from Spokane and are seeking In the suit filed ycHterday to force the hotel company to recog nize about IS shares of stock recently purchased. Should the Norman inter ests gain recognition of these shares, they would be In. the saddle, forcing the other two Interests out. right Begins In Janaa-ry. The fight over stock began In Janu ary, 1910. The Norman Bros, were own ers of the Norman hotel at Spokane. They came to Portland to look over the hotel field. Learning that Harry L. Corbett controlled almost the entire stock In the Portland' hotel, they op tioned the same. The amount to be paid approximated 1950.000. The Spo kane men did not have the money avail able and Interested Day Bros, of Idaho. By some arrangement the latter financed a large part of the deal, and the under standing was that both people 'were to buy what outstanding stock they could it was also agreed that this stock should be equally divided when pur chased. The Norman Interests were in control of the hotel company. Tliev also bought several shares of stock, which were not divided with the Day Bros. However, me latter were looKing over the books one day and discovered this. An ex planatlon was demanded and the answer glvft that It waa proposed to divide the stock soon. This was satisfactory to Day Bros, and they passed the matter over, .it was not long until they again EAGLE CREEK BARS d.-W: R. & N. TRAINS Five Spans Partly Destroyed, but Wreckers Will Have Them Strengthened Enough to Let Trains Across Today. (SpecU! Dlsoitch to Tbs Jonrnal.t Cascade Locks. Or., April 1. The O- W.-R. & N. bridge over Eagle creek. three miles down Columbia from. Cas cade Locks, burned partial I. this after noon, the fire being caused probably by soark from a freight engine. Five Spans Mere wnony or paniany oo strcved. No. 1, going west. Is held at Cascade Locks, and No. 8, going east la stalled at Bonneville.. The bridge Is a quarter of a mile long, and IS entirely of wood. There are 180 passengers on No. 1. The fire was at the east end of the br!dge. Superintendent William Bollons and assistants left for the scene of the fire on a special last night to arrange for repairs, and a bridge building crew was sent out on a apefrlal from Albany, Or. It Is expected 'to have the burned por tions of the trestle replaced In time for resumption of traffic this morning. a he fast mail, scheduled to leave here at 6:30, was annulled, and the engine was used to haul Superintendent Bol lons' special. The fast mall carries no passengers. Train No. 6, scheduled to leave at 8 .p m., was also annulled. Passengers on the two westbound trains stalled by the burning of the trestle were transferred across the river to the North Bank line. Continued on Page Six.) BENT ON FLATTENING BOWED LEGS OF TWINS, SHE YAWNS JAW LOOSE J ' j f k -: (Publishers' Pres. Lenied Wire.) A -.'. New York, April 1-Her jaw . 'dislocated by a yawn, as she ' stood on -the street with her twin children, 4 years. old, In Brooklyn today. Mrs. Martha Voas.fell in a faint.' By a peculiar colnci- denes Mrs. Voss was on" her way .. to a. hospital with the children." s) to have their legs.t which are-4 bowed, straightened out , '.:., . India's Population Shows Increase. (I'nblUher.' Pre. Insed Wire.) Calcutta, April 1. The final provi sional census returns give the total population of India as 315.000,000, this b'lng an Increase of 20.500,000 as com pared with the 1901 census. (Br th International News 8r !. St. Louis, Ma, April 1. Carl Raymerd Gray, vice president of the St. Louis Han Franoiaco railroad, with headquar ters In the Frisco building. St. l.ouls, has resigned to become president of the Kill system's steam and electric lines in Oregon and Washington, with head quarter in Portland,' Or., succeeding John F. Stevens. ' ' Arrangements were conducted by James J. Hill. -W. C. Nixon, vice presi dent and general manager. Will succeed Gray as senior vice president of the Frisco, with Charles M Levey and W. H. V. Roslg as assistants to the vice president and with W. T. Tyler as gen eral manager.- - Offer of loaf Staadlnr. The offer froth Hill to Gray waa pend ing whlls Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific, was considering the proposition for the choice of the exr ecutlve offices or the Missouri Pacific and ths' Iron Mountain. Shortly after Elliott left St. Jouls, Gray met Hill at St. Paul and then inspected the Hill properties in Oregon and Washington. Gray veiled tha negotiations in the utmost secrecy, but ss it was necessary to submit the mstter to ths officers of the St. Louis San. Francisco, tha fact that ths tender had been made by Hill wssynoWn'irt 8t.v taulswwaj weeks ago. Although Grey refused jtofdlscytm ihf affair, '"tt 'was TFarned, ,lils resigns-! tlon was in hand. - ' i - u. As senior vies president of the Frisco system, Gray really has been the com pany s nominal neaa. s rom s practical standpoint he has performed all the duties of president. The acquisition of Gray aivea - the "Hilr lines In ths far northwest a favorable standing. Grav has served with no other rail road than the St. Louts & San Fran cisco. Born September 28 1867, he at tended the Arkansas Industrial univer sity and when 15 years old became a telegraph operator with ths Yokum line. He has been with the Frisco lines 2? years. FISHER'S PLANS i INCL D OREGON Secretary of Interior Expected to Hasten Development of Irrigation Interests. DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE NEW LEGISLATIVE ERA' . -r.r Rights of Committees Are Cur tailed and List of Em-.:. , ployes Pruned. . jif " (United Prase Ltased Wire.) Washington. April: l.-H-Wlth tbs sooth , in tha saddle, tha Democratic majority of the new house of representatives fee- V? gan Its work today In a cucus resulting , in the election of officers. lbs adoption of rules, a full list of committees and i a legislative program that was signal- -Ized by, the slashing of 182,80 from tha annual payroll of house - employes, . as : constituted by the Republicans, . ;: Chomp Clark, of Missouri, wss ehos- , efl speaker, but tha power that marked ' the rule of Cannon was taken from him. : The caucus decided that ths houss shall ; elect all committee. Ths theory of "cau cus rule",, was, earrie- thnpugh all ths - plsns. With a majority or and all working together without- serious fric tion, ths leaders wera optimistic la their v prophecies..;; ;wV'''Y'vV.i .-'' v'vj Tw taglalatl-r rngrant. ' I Chairman t'nderwood, of Alabama, of ths committee on. ways and means, on behalf of the committee, presented 1 the , " legislative program which was adopted. ' ' It provided that committees should, not . report, .unless hereafter directed ,by, caucus, .upon any subjects sxeept, ths ,h i following! ',: 'V'X! Slection of United States senators ly .,: ...V ,' iu people.;-vv-fl,.-r,, ' j . -- , Legislation relating' to the publicity ' of campaign contribution both; before .V and after elections,': l'';:'xi" i'.-f.i ; The- Casadlon. rsciprocHP'' agreewsat,, general tariff legislation and legtsln- ; Uon affecting the revenue of . the jtov- , ernmenfc j. ' ." : Th reapportionment of. ths house of -representatives to conform , to ths Ihtr-- , , teen th census. . i -?(imyn'.kih-v, Resolutions of Inquiry and resolution ; , touching the investigation of the xe-v- " utlvs departments. " 7't ' The admission of New Mexico ; anj ArlsOna to statehood. ' '"'i'-'V''vi. Any deficiency hills thatch exlgenc- tea of the aovernment mav reaulre to b ' considered at this time and to correct ' errors of enrolling in ths appropriation" V. hills approved by the president March 4, 191 1. - - Legislation relating to tbs District of : Columbia. . - mibnstsrs Doomed. In'order to' prevent a revival-Of the flllbusler successfully carried on by Mann (Rep. 111.), in the closing days, of the last session, a new rule provides that the. title of a bill shall not con tain mors than 100 words and that no person shall have upon the calendar more than two' bills at the same time., Southern men predominate In the com mittees, because they have for years held a great majority of the Democratlo seats In tha house and in the assign- ment of men to chairmanships amy (Continues on Page Six.). (WaahlnJtftD Boreas of Tee Joornal.) Washington, April 1. Secretary Fish er will go west this summer for his first inspection in tho field of Interior department activities' it Is understood that there Is some prospect of Inducing him to go to Port land - ttf ' devote some time to the con sideration of various problems which involve his official authority and the development of the state. ' While the secretary win not oiscuss his nollcles. there Is excellent reason to expect him to put forth all possible ef fort In Oregon to develop irrigation in terests. It Is recognized also as of igreat value that Secretary Fisher will be in harmony with the forest service and- its purposes. It Is not known, but it is believed he will visit Alaska, and It Is still the opin ion of persons more or less Informed that Fisher will advocate applying to the Alaska coal situation the princi ples ha applied to the working out of the Chicago traction problem name,ly, mutual profit sharing between the gov ernment and the operator. BOARD RES FIR GUN EVERETT, 50,000 BEHIND IN CITY OLD PORT Fl IN LEGAL BATTLE New Commission Asked to Come Into Court and Show, by What Right It Usurps the Office. , FUNDS PASSES HAT 10 CITIZENS Everett, Wash,, April l.-Aroused by the necessity of speedy action to make good a deficit of 150,000 In municipal funds, the Everett Business Men's as sociation commenced today a system atic campaign to collect the amount by subscription. 8cores of prominent busi ness men are taking pan in the cam paign with, the slogan "Fifty thousand dollars by Monday night," uppermost in their minds. Never In Everett has there been such harmonious cooperation to meet a : .crisis .which has threatened materially to damage the prosperity and reputation, of the caty. '. -Me Who fought oitieriy over the prJ- h! bit lor, question last fall.' worked har monlcutily . today" m- an effort to plao Uie Ciiy on eay, Bjrcti iuia.nviaii, lire mayor rats oesji norcn ih-bbcu jur unu ' and there was no money to pay light, e-trect cleaning and other -expenses. It was up to the citizens to make good., and tonight there- fs every prospect that the sum needed will bo raised. Although this- is the first . of the mpnth and a husy day for the business men, they entered th campaign wlt? remarkable vim. Automobiles were pressed Into service 'for the commit tees. The movement -haa been indorsed by the union federation and the ward clubs and It 1 planned to tsee every citi. sen In the city by Monday night Business houses are contributing larg sums SBy- noon J 15,000 had been raised and by tonight half ths amount needed was in slght ' ; r- 'sVi-4'-'',, "rrf . Everett w:ent "dry In , 'Januai-y much of i the -deficit -1 Warn on tha loss; of iaiooii Itcss '.t&t'&tishl The mem hers of the old Port of Port land commiss.lon stole a march &tn yesterday, afternoon ort the membera of the newiv . appointed members of the' same commission by filing a suit of quo warranto roeeilngs in (he circuit court. The new commission Istsakert to come Into ouvrt and 'show- by What .' right At has usurped .the duties of ths ' . old board.. The law firm of Williams. Wood ft Linthioum represent thf old , commission. ' . -, At a meeting of about 5 men Frt , day evening in the offices of M, ' 0. , Munley, chairman of the port InysalK gating commutes, a subcoiuinllte. we , appointed to solicit funds with which to make a fight to oust tho old commis sion. Yesterday morning. $100 . wa . contributed to this fund, and the Inve" x tlgatlng committee began, the. work Of", preparing the legal fight. . .While ., the investigating vonuwitfee ; was considering 'their line of "toi the members of th old board were buv getting rwidy their , legal guns, - and sucteededln firing the first otir-roi. terday afternoon a t the new hoard. ', AllcgstioBs of Suit..., "The silt filed .yesterday wim out is. names of ttt old 'fomnilsslori. whtcii are XX F, Saisrrt. 'Cc F Adams, j-ihu Driscojl, p. Li-Wlll!, Volm C, Al.. worth. Art his, ! and w, it. V.li.-i-aright. The new niemorrM h'( appointed- by -tlove'ritor W t nni !, , - C"bntlnue4 oo .; i'ge ' : n 7.'.