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1 ' : Boi M Bttl , , 40 Spoken , , , M Mturihflald ftn rnnolaoo , , 54 Portland 4t VOL. X. NO. 38 PORTLAND, OREGON WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1911. TWENTY PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS 2,M.W! i I ; The weathirlr tonight, 'with 't5: Z K ) II II . . . II.' ... - I I ' . . I . II Ml I 1 HERS OF CONGRESS OPPOSE FUNS FOR PEACE SENT Br DIAZ TO F RAN 01 0 mm CABRAL MARCHES UPTOAGUAPRIETA President's Endeavors to Ar range Armistice With Revo lutionists Eliminates Neces sity of Action 'by Congress. (Wohlnxtoi Bnrean of TlM Jonrnil.) Wublnftcn, April It. A poll tokos todaj of xnombora of both bona girt m. oronrholmlnr mAjorlty kfflt ln trrntlOB la Moxloo. Vha mimMn x profa ataoxLf oplBlona that to lvtorrao wovlA moan uuj yMtrt of war, ! tldoa Ueurrlaf tha nmlty of ovary ether rapubllo la Conth aad Oantral Amarlea. Soma axpraaalona ro far a to say that iatarrantloa would maaa a coalition of all tha rapnhUoa acuta of tha Ualtad Btataa and a atmrrla pro lonfad for tha comlnf daoada. (United TroM Win.) Mexico City, April 18. Tha necessity of immediate Mexican congreaelonal ac tion on the innurrectlon vanished here today with the fact that President Dial and his advisers started communicat ing with Kranclsco Madero and with the revolutionary Juntas in endeavors to arrange an armistice. Consequently the bill authorizing a new election will not be pressed at tha present time. Minister of Foreign Affairs De La : Barra Is confident that an armlstloa will be arranged and insists that tha' government la , prepared to meet tha -rebels half way. - It is believed the peace terms willt - Include ' Predlsetit (Continued .on Page Eleven.) HIKES OFF AGAIN Scene on American Side of Border Line at Agua Prieta JUDGE WOLVERTON l?mS WILL DECIDE LAND liiiilipial lAot UN IflUnUAs - ':-.:-:V '! V . ... 1 111: Rebel Command Encamps Near Captured City, but Steals Away in Night, Fol lowing Defeated Comrades. (United Pmi Leased Wlrt. Douglas, Aria.. April 19. Hundreds of citizens of Douglas who rolled out of bed earlier than usual this morning expecting to see Juan Cabral's force of Insurrectos in full assault on the town of Agua Prieta were doomed to disappointment. Cabral's force, which last night went into camp In full view of the outskirts of tha town, was nowhere to be seen. A cloud of dust to the southward indi cated that he had learned of the direc tion taken by General Qarclas retreat ing band and had set out to Join them. No attempt was made by the fed erals to overtake Cabral, although it was reported that during the night a large acouting party of federals had circled clear around the Insurrectos' camp to determine its exact strength. Couriers arriving here from Fron teraa at midnight reported that the main body of General Oarcla'a rebels ware erica mped there yesterday after noon. Tha .couriers said that tha band waa heading straight south along tha Naco railroad, burning bridges as they went Three of these were destroyed lust ' north of Fronteraa, according to r, v .. .. ..." -.-'v 'rn;r- ri:trJ7iK tm 4 j n'l. 4 i whitest. s???r w-: :- -J Government Seeks to Regain Title to 2,500,000 Acres in Western Oregon Granted to Oregon & California Road. COUNTY PLANNING m IN FAVOR OF OPENINGOFDRAWS Americans are shown on top of house watching the Mexicans battle March 23. It was here that American troow crossed the line and stopped the fight last week after Americans had been hit by stray bullets. JUDGE KNOCKS Oil T OV IN P E KETTEHBACH FREE Sudden and Unexpected Rul ing Gives Lewiston Bank ers Loophole to Appeal for Reversal of Sentences. (Continued on Page Two. f 1 MORE DAY FOR F UNG PETITION List of Declarations of Candi dates Now Practically Com plete; Head Latest Entry. Tomorrow will be the last day for filing declaration of Intention and nom Inatlng petitions by candidates for city offices and the list now on file with the city auditor is practically complete. Two or three additional Democratic candidates for councilman at large may enter before the book is closed. Lewis M. Head, a well known adver tlslng man, Is the latest entry for the council in the Eighth ward. He la resident of Sunnyslde. He declares for competition in street paving and be lieves improvements can bo made at much lower cost than under present methods. He promises to fight for aquare deal If he Is elected. Socialist and Prohibition tickets have been placed in the field by conventions Instead of by petition. In the list be low the candidates of the minor partita are omitted except .for the office of mayor: Mayor Ttepublican, Gay Lombard. A. Q. Rushlight, J. E. Werlein; Democrat George H. Thomas; Socialist Charlas H. Otten; Prohibition J. Allen Harri son. Municipal Judge Republican, George Taawell, J. P. Kennedy, Ed D. Williams, John D. Mann, A. E. Gebhardt; Demo crat John A. Jeffrey. City attorney Republican, Frank S. Grant, Henry :C. King. City Auditor Republican, A. L. Bar bur, Ed M. Lance, r City Treasurer Republican: Oscar P. (Continued on Page Two.) VOTERS OF WIS RE BUKE BLONDE BOSS (United Pre Leased Wire. Chicago, April 18. .A rebuke to Sen ator William Lorlmer la .seen here to day in the defeat of former Speaker Shurtleff Of the lower house of the Illinois legislature, for city attorney of Marengo. Shurtleff was one of Lori mer's right hand men. Other candi dates who supported Lorimer were de feated in numerous sections of the state. ' The Socialists elected their candidates In several of .the smaller towns. At -Granite City they elected a mayor and two aldermen; at O'Fallon, a mayor. city marshal, street superintendent and two aldermen; at Davis the mayor and at Canton aix aldermen. SON FINDS BOD ES OF FATHER MOTHER 'S ELECTION MAY BR NG GREA T RAILROAD BATTLE GRAND JURY ASKS Harriman and Gould Lines Expected to Begin Fight for Control of Business of the Southwest. Rushing Home From Train for Expected Welcome, Meets Gas Fumes. (rntUd Press Leased Wire.) Spokane, Wash., April 19. Instead of tho hearty welcome he had expected to greet htm on his arrival here from St. Paul this morning, 12-year-old Jack Dfllzell burst open the rear door of the home of Mr. and Mrs. 3. O. Dalsell, 611 Thirteenth avenue, about 8:30 o'clock, to find his father and mother dead in the bathroom. The room was filled with the fumes from a patent gas heat er at the foot of the bathtub. Dalzell was local general agent for the Northern Paclflo railroad and came (Boeelal DlM"h t Th JsariuLt Boise, J4aho irU IJrTiie-Artafc oU jranK w. Kettenbach, indicted ror ab straction of funds amounting to 1117,000 from the Lewiston National bank of Lewiston, came to a sudden termination In the I'nlted states district court here today, when- counsel for the government at the conclusion of the Introduction of its vidence moved dismissal of the case. The reason assigned for the un expected action was the ruling of Judge Rasch, of the Montana district, who was presiding, prohibiting the introduction of evidence concerning transactlona pri or to three years before the returning of the Indictments. It was for the same reason that the government abandoned Ita case against William F. Kettenbach, who was Jointly indicted with his uncle, Frank W. Kettenbach, The action of the government counsel came as a complete surprise to the de fendant and his attorneys, who had asked for a recess In which to prepare for their opening statement to the Jury. No motion for dismissal was made by the defense. There are still three in dictments pending against Kettenbach but- by agreement these cases went over to the June term of court. The ruling Of Judge Rasch, which re sulted In dismissal of the case, was ex actly opposite to the ruling made on the same point by Judge Robert S. Bean, of the Oregon district, In the trial of William F. Kettenbach and George Kea ter, In which they were convicted of making false reports to the comptroller or currency anil ror which they are un to Spokane several months ago to re-Jder aentence of five years In the fed- lleve H. M. Kennedy. J era! penitentiary. (CDlted Press Lmm4 Wlre.l New York. April 18. Big financial men who observed the way In which George Gould "came back" and defeated all opposition In the naming of B. F. Bush as president of the Missouri Pa cific, are united today in the opinion that one of the biggest railroad wars the country has seen Is impending as the result of the Kuhn-Loeb defeat. The war, it Is believed".' will affect all of the Gould and Harriman lines. Gould's direct charge that Kulin, Loeb & Co. were too closely associated with the Harriman lines sums up the sltua tion. The Kuhn-Loeb people wished to banish all railroad competition from the southwest, and put forward David R. Francis, former governor of Missouri, as the man to accomplish their object Wants Seal System. Gould insisted that Bush be elected and that he be authorized to make the Missouri Pacific a real system not a tag to the Harriman lines. Today it is still unknown whether Rockefeller will Join with Kuhn, Loeb A Co. in fighting Gould, but no doubt is entertained that wnether he does or not the railroad world is going to see one of the most bitter buttles of recent yesrs. Following the flection of Bubo yes terday came the withdrawal of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. as bankers for the Missouri Pacific, the resignation of Paul M. War burg as the company's representative on the board, and the renlgnatlon of Cor- PATIO TO TELL OF ALLEGED IE PROPERTY NOW VALUED AT OVER $40,000,000 If Nation Wins Big Tract Will Be Thrown Into Public x Domain. Mass of Figures Will Be Sub mitted at Hearing in Oppo sition to Contention of the Government. TRAFFIC ON BRIDGES WILL BE CHECKED UP President of Municipal Asso ciation Examined for Hour; Kellogg and Maher to Be Summoned. (Continued on Page Two.) The agitation stirred by the Munloi pal ''association, together with the threatened attempt by the organization to obtain the recall of District Attorney Cameron, was followed today by the summoning of D. A. Pattullo, president of the association, to the grand Jury room. He was examined for more than an hour. In addition a subpoena was Issued for G. E. Kellogg, detective for the asso ciation, who gathered most of the evi dence used In framing the indictments against a number of resorts during the winter. Kellogg will appear before the inquisitorial body this afternoon, if he can be found in time. "Paddy"1 Maher, who also declares that he has evidence of great Importance, has been called. Brideace Hearsay. Pattullo this morning gave to the grand Jury all the information which he said he had at his command. There were no definite results, however, as he admitted that his evidence was hearsay and while, believing impllolty in the truth of the supposed facts he was pre senting he could not positively swear as to their veracity. Pattullo gave to the grand Jury names and addresses of alleged resorts. He "ould not .give any definite Information concerning the graft which it has been charged existed. In answer to many of the queries he referred the Jurors to Kellogg. The failure of the majority of the cases, in which Indictments were re turned during the ftrst grand Jury vice I'nlted fUulo.s Judge C. K. Wolverton will decide the famous Qregon A Cali fornia land Krant case next Monday morning. Anouriceemnt to that effect wan made from the bench today for the benefit of the attorneys representing the government and tha railroad. This suit is probably the most Import ant land litigation ever begun in the United States and Is an effort on the part of the United States to recover from the Oregon & California railroad now the Southern Pacific system 2, 600,000 acres of timber, fruit and agri cultural land in western Oregon. The government's suit alleged this land to be worth $40,000,000, but B..D. Towns end, special assistant to the attorney general, stated today tha actual value is nearer $76,000,000. The land was given the railroad by congressional grant with the provision that it be sold in small quantities to settlers for not more than $2.60 an acre. It is for the violation of the terms of what the government alleges was its contract with the railroad that it la suing to have the title to the land re stored to the people Judge Wolverton's decision will be River Men Will Be Called to Disprove Claim of Fed- , eral Officers. (Continued on Page Two.) Astonishing transrtver traffic flg ures have been obtained by the count court in preparation for government prosecution of the draw bridge regula tion cases. Judge Cleeton and Commie- -aioners Llghtner and Hart of the coun ty court were not called before the fed eral court this afternoc due to the extension of another case, but the trial will commence tomorrow. By stationing men on the bridge to enumerate pedestrian, vehicle and street' car traffic, the court. It is said, will be able to prove that to open the drawa while the people are going home from ' work would now choke the streets With t raffia Need for closed periods is more imperative than ever before. It will be shown. At the time the regu lations were first announced, last August, street cars were being held up for 10 to $0 minutes while a boat with a sand scow passed through. The cars would be loaded with home-hurry-lng people; wagons, automobilea and -pedestrians would contest for room on the streets and approaches of the bridges. The regulation of the draws relieved this condition. . . . Figures obtained by the Civlo. Imi . (Continued on Page Two.) MUSHROOM WN S II EPSOM DOWNS Barring's Mount Takes City and Suburban; American Takes One Event. (Continued on Page Eleven.) (United Press Leined Wire.) tonaon, April is. lierore an enor mous concourse of people who turned out today for 4he first spring race meeting of Importance T. Barring's Mushroom won the city and suburban handicap at Epsom Downs. Mushroom was held at 6 to 1 in the betting. Demosthenes was necond and Bronzlne third. Fifteen horses started. Winan'a Valet, the only American entry, was last under tho wire. The Hyde Park plate was won by an American horse, Charles Carroll's Melody romping home at 6 to 1. Ore was second and Mr. Pepper third. PRIMARY ELECTION LAW PASSES IN NEW JERSEY (United ' Press Leased JTIro. , Trenton, N. ' J.. April ,l.The lower house of the general assembly ) today concurred In the senate amendments to the primary election law, , and, the measure hat been passed oh to Gov ernor Wilson. ; Ua . will undoubtedly sign tha Ml " '.--;-. .v--y"".:--f ti'. ;- ... i , ,.. CARTOONIST SEED FOUND TIME DURING THE EXCITEMENT TO TAKE SOME SKETCHES OF THE FIRST GAME ON THE HOME GROUNDS .TWO BAr, .TA " -st I I M ftt sV J ar4 RAPPS WAS THE RAPPING KID. SOME OF THE FDRTLANIDEF COULD NT FIND THAT 5LOW-BAtfc OF DELHI'S m .... . ' . ' Hi BUNDLES- of cjov - cp O BUDDY RYAN ASfrsf BROUGHT HOME JfcTZll NO 1 etfSSr- HILDEBRAND "'. I V PagL R CERTAINLY sjTS J SJ , Va "SILVER TIP" DIL-UON . . I '-."j e ry4d LET OH E THROUGH A HOLE ' . , , I ,VCT ,. IN Ml. S MITT. - I "FREE UST" BILL SENT TO HOUSE In Reporting on Measure Com mittee Charges That Tariff . Creates Trust. : r (I'ntted Pre LeMed Wire.) Washington, April 19. Attacking- the Republican theory of a protective tariff which it declares had resulted in tha building up of trusts and monopolies, the Democratic ways and means com mittee today presented to the house Its farmers' free list bill. The measure was accompanied by a voluminous report. The committee's report attacked, the ; harvester, beef, lumber and sewing- ma chine trusts and charged that the Re ¬ publican policy, which created, them, was responsible for the Increased cost of living. The committee declared the bill would cut off $10,000,000 revenue, but would be of great benefit t tha peofcle. , Referring to President Taft's state- - ment that the tariff Is too high.', tha committee's declaration said: "This is a confession, as was the Re " publican platform of 1908, that the theory of protection by duties has broken down; that the combinations and trusts which prey on the people were fostered by the tariff, and that under high protection the American manufac turers have farced unreasonable profits from the people." (United rreu Lael Wlrs. Washington, April 19. The conclusion, of the debate In the house on the Un derwood reciprocity bill Is expected to- . night. Representative Oudger (Demo- crat. North Carolina), a protectionist, delivered a speech today attacking recj- V procity as unjust and discriminatory. CHAMBERLAIN NAMES COTTAGE GROVE YOUTH (Wanhtnrtoti Buresn of The Jounwl.) : Washington, April 19. Senator Chamberlain' today nominated as a c; det for West Point, Burton Mason, of Cottage Grove, and as alternates Boy ard Buchanan, of Roseburg, and Oliver1 Cardwell, of Portland. They will ba examined May 2 at tha Presidio, Ban Francisco. . Bci.IRlA.VIT OMClM&i ' S OVERSHADOW CO POLITICS FOR A BRIEF PERIOD. 100,000 CLERKS PLAN COOPERATIVE STORES (United- fresi-'teased ' Wtre.) f Washington, April -l.-Te flghl the high cost of living, cooperative stores similar to tha famous "army and navy" stores of London may soon be estab lished here '. by . 100,000 jrovernment clerks. .The plan. It was said toUv, will, if carried out, loso up. half f the local retail store in the nity. A new organisation. ' known m ts "Civil 8ervtce Council," U bh(ni -thi scheme. : Herbert A. Smith, a f?r'r service official,- saya' it la hoped ifh i to hae-,tha clerks establish lhlf b-m stores or to piedro their custun t- -. tain merchants in exchange t-tt t.i'-n-inf "bargain day price.