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Battle Rages 15 Miles South (Predicts That in Time United I Invasion of Mexico Believed
BORDER FIGHTERS
of Juarez Many Rebel
Bands in Neighborhood of
City.
(Cntttd rrt-a Laaard Wtra.l
El Paso. Texan, April 15. Cour
ier arriving her at noon tndav
reported that a l.sttle ua In progress
t Bauche, 15 mllen south of Juarez. be
tween 100 federa1 e;ivalr under Lieu
tenant Angeln Jlmlni-7. find a force of
insurrertoa, which in believed to bp the
advance guard of Madero's army.
Speculation prevailed today as to
whether Mmlor'i's force had left Cssas
Grande tn an effort to reinforce the In
stirrecms at Agun Prlela.
Two separate bands of rebels, It whs
paid today, ai-li t: :i :n!t-i Inn. about 500,
are known to l-e In i In- vicinity of
Juarez, l.rtte Ifi.'ii tn(;lit a b.'ind of rebels
chased u scouting parly of ruralcs al
inoHt Into the it I tnl t s.
(itUe-is of .linnet expected that city
to he attacked la t night, and Jnimlri rlM
of woiTien and children spent the night
In El Paso.
States Will Be Forced to
"Police" Mexico to Preserve
Monroe Doctrine.
I I'nl ted Pi-ma Jointed Wire. )
London. April 1 fi. I V-'ia ring that only
American administration of Mexican af
fairs can prevent a reign of anarchy
and chaos there, the newspapers of Lon-
Nearer Now Than Ever Be
foreTroops Ordered to
Prepare to Cross Boundary.
M 'lilted Pre I-en.ed Wire.
Washington, April 15. American In
vasion of Mexico, long predicted. Is,
in the opinion of official Washington,
nearer today than nt any time since
I don today are practically a unit In urj;-''""'
tiiii iIihi I'niied Ktmps troons cross the i der
I Itlo Urande, and niilllary experts are
I ((iioteil at length In ihe opinion that
President Tall will he forced by events
lo order tin- Invasion.
The British foreign office is plainly
excited by the Mexican situation. It
j professes Ignorance of the reported
I landing of nrllish bluejackets with i
i Maxim from the gungoat Spenrwnter at
Han (Jueniin. Mexico, but In the ab
i nence of confirmation or absolute de
nial, none of the officials will be quoted.
Talk la General.
Military experts generally are dis
I'UHMing the Mexican situation' with great
I interest and little else 5s spoken of In
the army and navy clubs. The. consen
sus of opinion is that the Mexican
rebels want Intervention a.s the Amerl-
t roups were mobilized on the hoi
can patrol on the border is believed to
General Naveim moved his troops have largely cut off their supply.
Referring to President Taft's warn
ing to President lliaa and the rebel
chieftains, the Mail says today: u
.."President Taft's action ' was Justi
fied. If America intervenes It U be-
Madero's Ten- Knt4. " r jouee - fee Mexican government makfcs
Luche Is on the Mexican r'orthwest.T action necessary. If Dial jmnnot
estauusn peace ne nas no reason to com
plain If the United States steps In to
secure American rights."
Statement of Globe.
The Globe says.
"America must police the South and
Central American republics or other
governments will be compelled to in
terfere to protect their own subjects
and property, regardless of the Monroe
doctrine. There Is no reason to sup
pose that America contemplates the an
nexation of Mexico or anything but the
restoration of order. President Taft re
alizes thnt hesitation might entail far
reaching consequences, as unquestion
ably Germany looks with longing eyes
on more, than one. of the South Ameri
can republics and would be glad to pos
sess them. In view of these possibil
ities. It Is surprising that the I'nlted
States permits her military and naval
strength to remain so absurdly Inadequate."
outside the town today, and extended
Ills picket lines to lour miles couth of
Juaieg. It was expected that a battle
would soon be fought on the outskirts
t Jaure
1 Htdiro'i ronui' Hamil " r
I5a
ern railroad toward Cases Grandes
, Wtyf, at last accounts, Madero's forces
. were, massed for the advance on Juarez.
Tlia first news of the rebel advance
was received this morning when scouts
reported to General Navarro that they
had encountered Insurgents to the soutlT
and had been driven back by rifle fire
Xo information has yet been received as
to .the strength of the force opposing
Jlmineis command, but the Impression
Is strong that Madero nt last Is roally
coming, and that the battle of the cam
paign to date will take place before
Juarez this evening or tomorrow moru-
Ing. Satisfied that the impending at
tack will materialize, the Kl I'aso
Chamber of Commerce today wired an
appeal to President Taft to order pro
tection for life and property on the
American frontier here and to prevent a
repetition of the shooting that cost
lives at Agua Prleta.
Patrol Established.
To avoid so far as Is possible under
existing conditions, any loss of life
among Americans here, it was decided
today that a military patrol will be es
tablished through the center of Kl Paso
when the fighting begins and in and about
Juares. This patrol will keep all sight
seers back from the border and will
prevent any claims of contributory neg
ligence by the Mexican government in1
case of any casualties on the American
aide.
Reinforcements Xft.
One hundred Infantry and 60 cavalry j
left Jaurei this afternoon to reinforce
Jlmlnez. Lieutenant Colonel Puebleta
was in command of the detachment,
which was instructed to oppose the
rebel advance to the last ditch. There
was a small engagement this morning
opposite Ysleta, the outcome of which
is unknown.
In addition, to the American com
mand now here, a troop of the fourth
United States cavalry has been ordered
here fr,om New Mexico to protect the
lives and interests of Americans along
the border near Kl Paso.
Excitement Increases.
In Juaress excitement ' has increased.
Many of the inhabitants have left and
there is generally a repetition of the
exciting scenes- which attended the Oro
rco maneuvers., Following out the de
mands of the American officers, the
federals in Juarez today are planning to
meet the rebels outsloTe the city and
temporary breastworks are being
thrown up In the cemetery south of
Juarez, for the Installation of mortars.
It Is learned todny that explicit or
ders liavo been sent to Captain Uaujot
at Agua Prlela to make It very clear
to both federals nnd rebels that If fir
ing on Douglas, Ariz., is repeated, Am
erican troops wll cross the line and
take an effective stand to end all dan-
! i;er to citizens of the United States.
Ultimatum Goes Out.
There is no doubt that President Taft
: believes the situation is most critical.
Following the receipt of cipher ines
Huges last night from JJouglas, the
president conferred at length with the
heads of the etate war and Justice, de-j
partments. and today an ultimatum is
on its way to the chiefs of both the
Mexican troops and the rebel who are
warring near the line.
This action, In part, Is believed to
have been caused by the attitude of
Kurope. This Is such that the Monroe
doctrine Is virtually on trial for its
life. Europe jooks to the United States
to safeguard the lives' and property of
European subjects in Mexico, and fail
ure-; to dq so, itls believed-,' mla;Frt'Tf"'
suit In' the entry, of one or mow &h-T 1
tlnental powers into the situation, with
a possible landing and temporary oc
cupation of parts of Mexico. To avoid
this, It is said. President Taft has
made up his mind to act with decision
and has warned both of the warring
Mexican factions that he will feel no
compunction in dispatching Amenjcan
land and sea forces across the bound
ary If the occasion for such action is
not prevented by the tactics of the
rebels themselves.
Ssmand Xecofnitlon.
Encouraged by the success of Colonel
Lopez at Agua Prlela, the revolutionary
Junta here announced today Its Inten
tion to formally demand recognition
by the United States of their party as
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OREGON MEMBERS PLACE BY FRAUDS WIFE IS HERE NOW
FAILING HEALTH
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After Serving 12 Years of Life
Term, California Outlaw Is
Released by State Board of
Prison Directors.
N0RRIS' "THE OCTOPUS"
TELLS STORY OF FIGHT.
He and Other Settlers, Robbed
of Lands by Southern Pa
cific, Sought Reparation.
(Continued on Page Three.)
BRITISH OFFICERS
ADMIT THEY LANDED
FORCE AT SAN QUENTIN
tt'iiltoil Trena leaned Wire.)
Son nicgo, Cal., April 15. Officers
of the British sloop of war Shearwater
today admit they landed the first for
eign force in Mexico since the revolu
tion started.
The Shearwater put SO marines ashore
at San CJuentin, Lower California, last
Tuesday when an attack on the town,
which Blue is said to have been cap
tured by the rebels, was threatened. A
gun was mounted on ti hotel roof and
British flags were raised In three places.
These steps were taken, the British offi
cers said, to protect British subjects, of
whom there were several at San Quentin.
The expected attack did not come and
the refugees were taken to Knsenada
capital of Lower California.
YANKEE CAPTAIN
BLOCKADES LINE;
WAI WA
FIRE FUND CHAIRMAN
ACCUSED BY WIDOW
American Commandant Issues
Ultimatum Threatening, if
One Bullet Whizzes Into
Douglas, to "Clean Up."
From Over All of State Tele
grams and 'Letters Urging
Later Action on Schedule K,
Received by Delegation.
(Continued on Page Six.)
Chicago, April 15. Charging Harlow
HlgglnboUiam, retired capitalist and
chairman of the stockrards fire fund,
with having invested the money and
refusing to make cash divisions, widows
and orphans of the victims have filed
an application for the appointment of
a receiver for the $211,000. Some of
Hie widows say they are destitute and
demand an Immediate distribution of
the fund. .
BRIDE CHANGES MIND IN CHANGING
STOCKING; ASTORIA BOY LOSES HER
(Special DUpatch to Tbe Journal.)
Seattle, Wash., April 15. Clyde
Rowan of Astoria, Or., had a ver- busy
time In Seatle yesterday afternoon and
evening trying "to get married and at
last accounts he is still unsuccessful.
Mtse Leonora Murphy, a pretty 19
yearC-oldl Seattle glii, in ttie morning
promised to marry Rowan and together
they hied themselves to a Jeweler's ai)d
purchased the wedding ring. Then tliey
started for, the court house to obtain
the necessary marriage license.
After i going more than half , way
Miss Murphy,, according to Rowan, re
membered that there vas a. hole in her
right . stocking and ' insisted on return-
in f norne and TJtrangfng-tt befor getyng
the . license and having the ceremony
performed, despite the earnettt protesta
tions of Rowan, who has been. tit love
with her for four year. -V". "
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She finally won her point and re
turned home but in changing her stock
ings she changed her mind. She refused
to go through with the ceremony and
Rowan, disconsolate, went to ills hotel,
. Late in the, afternoon she telephoned
him that she was then at a place he
knew well and if he could find her
she would marry him at once. Rowan
then started on a search for her Which
lasted for several hours and In which
he employed a big automobile which
clicked off real money at an alarming
rate that, did not" feaze the Oregon
youth in the least Rowan Is being
aided by a large squad of volunteer
sleuths who learned of his predicament
aiMl -he-does nrvt figure that the much"
"Ot'Kht Miss Murphy can long remain In
hiding. '. V
riowan Is a son of Mrs. . Franeea i
Rowan of Astoria, - ' . ...
H1i1t1 PrM Iaeil Wire!
Douglas, Ariz.. April 15, Following a
report at 9 o'clock today that a large
body of Mexican federals, marching to
attack Agua Prleta was 1L' miles south
east of that town and marchinir; fast,
Captain Gairlot. U. B. A., blorknricd the
International line between Agua Prletp
and Douglas. No ore was allowed to
pass In either direction.
Captain Gaujot gave notice that he
would arrest all fighting men, both
rebels and federals, found on the Am
erican side from now on, and would
hold them, along with those arr'jstpd
Thursday, until the end of the v,Tir.
Douglas Excited.
Douglas was wiUUy excited and, de
spite the stern warning of Captain
Oaujot, prepared to witness the im
pending battle from the best available
vantage points.
Acting on telegraphic advices from
Washington, Captain (Sau.tot issued an
ultimatum to the rebels that any fir
ing across the international line would
meet with prompt reprisals on the part
of the United States troops.
Captain Oaujot said that he meant
to Intervene if a single bullet, whistled
over Fort Douglas, and he wired to
Fort Huachuea for reinforcements.
Gaujot said that he would meet fed
eral forces now approaching Agua
Prlet and deliver a similar warning.
Woman Heads Cecals.
Six hundred rebels, headed by Ma
dame Talemantes, widow of the rebel
colonel who with his three sons was ex
ecuted by Colonel Chiapas at Sahuaria
pa, arrived af Agua Prleta-last' night,
The appearance of the determined Ama-
zon Willi ner loyai lorce was tne occa
sion for a wild demonstration.
(Washington Bureau of Tb Jwnual.)
Washington, April 15. Kvery mem
ber of the Oregon delegation lias re
ceived protests against the revision of
the wool tariff, schedule K.
.Protests come from all parts of Ore
gon. Their substance Is that revision
prior lo the report by the tariff com
mission should not be attempted,
prices Go Sown.
Several growers wire that prices have
gone off materially as a result of the
agitation for a reduction. One grower
lias intimate-1 that buyers are taking ad
vantage by paying lower prices, not-
withstandlns the fact that the market
need not be lower.
Senator Chamberlain said: "It is
strange thtit wool prices should have
gone down when manufacturers' prices
for woolen goods have gone up steadily.
It looks as though conditions prove that
the only beneficiaries by schedule K
are the manufacturers and that the
farmers and the wool growers have
Many of Paving Petition Per
jurers Responsible for 16,
000 Names Thrown Out
Last Fall.
Bent and Broken, Aged Prison
er Will Be Brought to This
CityHome Will Be Made
Here.
(Continued on Page Three.)
E
XCLUDE
ASIATICS
AYS' PROPOSAL
It became Known today almost to a
certainty that many of the circulators
of the Ellis paving petition. In which
numerous illegal signatures have been
noted by detectives working presumably
for the paving companies of the city,
were census enumerators who, by turn
ing In thousands of fictitious names
on the city census lists, caused the fed
eral government to .strike off 16,000
from the total population of Portland.
Because of their methods the city was
robbed of Its proper place in the column
of leading American municipalities, for
it Is conceded that had the enumerators
referred to made an effort to secure
real names, inHtead of forging them,
that as many as wera fogged could have
been procured from bona fide residents
who were never visited by the enumera
tors. Special Agents Investigate.
It Is said that special agents of the
government are srt ill pursuing a quiet
Investigation and that It has been aseer-'
(Continued on Page Three.)
91 ELOPES WITH 75;
"CHILDREN" RAGE
(Bneelal Dlarffc to Ttia Jntiraal.)
Sacramento, Cal, April 15. Chris
Evans, noted bandit and train robber,
who will be released from Folsom peni
tentiary May day, will go to Portland,
Or., to live.
His aged wife is now living in Port
land. She and the daughter who labored
for years to have FJvans released, have
made, all arrangements to take the 70-year-old
convict to that city.
Evans Is paralyzed and scarcely able
to walk. Overcome with Joy, the aged
prisoner broke down today when told
that the order for his release had been
signed.
Evans suffered a stroke of apoplexy
recently. He has been an invalid since
that time.
California Representative In
troduces Resolution Put
ting Ban on All.
(United Pre T.ae1 VTire v
Washington, April IS. Kxcluslon
from the United States of Japanese,
Koreans and Hindus and all other Asi
atics on the same basis as that now
applicable to Chinese, is provided for
in a resolution Introduced in the house
today by Representative Hays Repub
lican, California). t
Speaking to hi resolution. Hays de
clared that the constant influx of Jap
anese. Hindus and other Asiatic -labor
ers into tne t-acino coaat states is a
menace tb .the standard o( ' ilvin of
For I American workingmen. His resolution
more than an bttiir the soldiers of t"red" provides "'that H laws now In force
Lopez, cheered her every appearance on
the streets of Agua Prlctn. Bonfires
were burned . until 11 o'clock when
'tape" were sounded. The-rebel . fores
now num,bers MOjO. w The federals from
th,.'eouth of Oananea number 1200.
They xpected to arrive at Aooa.
prohibiting "or regulating; . the coming
of Chinese or persons of. Chinese des
cent Into the United States are hereby
made to. apply, to Japanese Koreans,
Tartars, Malaya, Afghans Kat Indians,
Lascars, Hindus and all others, tf Ail-s-Uc
or Mongolian race." .' , ,
"Boy" of 62 Asks Police
Find Love-Smitten
Father and Bride.
to
Los Angeles, April 15. Reversing the
us'.al order of things, the "children"
of Joseph Johnson, 91. of Long Beach,
today are searching for their father,
who disappeared, and for Mrs, C. E.
Cottington, 75, who' also is missing.
The police were brought into the
search today by C. F. Johnson. 62,
who said he was the aged man's son,
and asked them, If possible, to peevent
his parent's and Mrs. Cottlngton's .mar
riage. - .
In his 'report to the police. Johnson
said" his father ' disappeared yesterday
after a stormy Interview with his sons,
when he had told them of his plan's
to marry Mrs., Cottlngion. ;
.'Inquiry showed that the elder John
son and his aged sweetheart had start
ed for- Ives Annies in an automobile.
Telesraphle advices from enunty c
Evan's daughter. Winifred, formerly
Mrs. A. A. Gulterrez and now living
under the name of Winifred Hurrell,
who Cftme to Sacramento five years ago
to work for her father's release, was
on of the last to hear of his parole and
was completely overcome at the news.
Her first thought was to get word to
her mother, who is dangerously 111 with
pneumonia in a Portland hospital. -
"She Is in a condition where the glad
news or rather s parole may save her
life." said Miss purrell. "Oh. I'm so
excited that I can hardly contain my
self. I've waited and worked and hoped
for this through flveMong years. Now
that it has come. I can hardly believe
it is true.
Heat in Sacramento.
"Mother will come down here to Sac
ramento as soon as she is well enough
to travel and will live with me here
until father can join us.
"This will be the first real day of
sunshine for mamma In 17 years, as it is
for me. It was then that father was
taken to Folsom. I am afraid that If
the news of his release Is not broken
gently to mamma she may not BUrvive
the shock."
United Pnn Leawd Wirt )
Sacramento. Cal., April 15. -Chris
Kvans, the noted bandit and train rob
ber, Is a free man today.
His order for parole from Fqlsom pen
itentiary, where he has. been serving
about 12 years of a life sentence, was
made last night by the state hoard of
prison directors.
Evans' falling health prompted tha
parole.
Story Well Known.
How Chris Evans, John Sontag and
thdlr band first took up outlawry which
ended in Sontag's death and landed
Evans in a prison cell is well known
to the old settlers of Tulare and Kings
counties, California,' War with tha
Southern Pacific, on Which is based
Frank Norris' story of, "Th Octopus,"
waa the occasion of their first con
flict with the law.
On lands granted to the Southern Pa
cific, Chris Evans, John Sontag and
their friend were settlers, near Mus
sel lsuglu-Jhe!r had) 'with their Hands
reclaimed the lands, ' drained It and
CTPppad It Fields of alfalfa and of
wheat waved tinder the sun. - Their
homes were there But the Southern
Pacific wanted tha land.
Told to ZttaT.
So the big railroad company served
notice on the little band of settlers ,
that they must leave.- But the settlers
were staunch and served notice, on their
part, that they would defend their
homes with their lives. The1' railroad
took up the challenge and a posse of
15 man was Bent from Fresno to clear
the valley. When they tried it. the
rifles of the settlers spoke and not a '
man or the railroad posse ever went
back to Fresno.
But the railroad', backed by its mil
lions and the lawyers it could hire, was
too strong. Some of the settlers were
tried for murder, many were evicted,
and others were forced to pay the com
pany for their lands. Evans and John
and George Sontag were in the latter
class. , -,
Stealing "Hot Stealing."
"Stealing from the Southern Pacific ;
is not stealing." That was the feeling ",
then In Tulare and the neighboring
counties. So then Chris Evans and the
Sontags started holding up Southern Pa- :
clfic trains, while Chris Evans and John 1
Sontag boarded the engine and dyna
mited the express car. They stole only
from the express company and the rail
road. They never molested the passen -,
gers.
Finally after years of effort and the
expenditure of many thousands by the
railroad, George Sontag's boldness led
to the bandits' downfall.
After holdup near Vlaalta, . George ,
Sontag remained with the . train and -rode
Into tovn, where somebody tipped '
the sheriff and the arrest was made. ,'
Wounds a Deputy.
When a deputy sheriff went to arrest
Evans at the bandit's home, both opened -
fire. The deputy was severely wound
ed and Kvans took to the mountains, '
rhere he was Joined by John Sontag.
For. nine months posses pursued them
through the Sierras and time and again,
the bandits fought their way through,
to freedom. Finally they were located .
in a cabin , near Dunlap aud wheal tho
pos3S arrived Evans and Sontag threw1
open the door and opened fire. Tw
(Continued on Pare Three.)
SIR
IKING BREWERYIViEN
AT LOS ANGELES
MILLIONS TO CHINA
FOR ESTABLISHING
CORRENCY SYSTEM
Loan Agreement Signed by
Emperor and! Representa.
tives of American, French,
English, German Capitalists.
(United Preas teed Wbe.1 ,
Los Angeles, April ' 15. After ; 11
months' strife the strike of the Los
Angeles brewery workers has been ter
minated In a complete victory, for the
workers. Four days ef : eonferjence re
sulted today iii' the anouheement that
lerksi the Los Angeles Brewing company,' the
of southern California showed that nojMaier Brewery company and the Ral
Ucenae had ' been lsaud tha aged j nier Bottling company had signed wUh
iu vmuna r -
llktuiH uu uv;ri x
couple up to tiay.
' ' ' ' 'A"
Dnlted Pfm teased Win V
Tekin. April 15.. The 6M0O,0
agreement for the wuhilahaient of a
uniform currency system was signed br
the emperor and '-' -representatives of
American, French, Knglh and Oernwi
financiers ' who are behind the Jo,n,
The .loan we flrt weaotiati'i by a
syndicate irompustHt ef 1'- M'rr, i
Kuhn, Loeb A Co. Tart of ttn r., ,
will bev speiit.in. te deveio, 'it:
Manchuria,.