Next SiiMaMotfo 4 Portland's Rapid Growth Means ' great - profit to realty wniri.'. Many safe nd profitable Urestoneats are of (and daily la Tha iOMnars m1 ' Sstate oolamne. Head them.' . v The - weather Showers tonljcht " ; and Saturday; south to west 'winds; -'i COAST TEMPERATVRES 5 A. M.-TotUjr.-v'X ') ; Boii et ttl T ..r,. ...... 4 M potena ,............'4 " Ksraunald an rtueliM rortlaad .PORTLAND, OREGON, ; FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1911. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. VOL. X. NO. 59. PRICE TWO CENTS wmawn j- - w m a a t ' - ' 1 .a. At , ww- .... s- a DISEASE Ante iMEXICAN AMAZON POST HOSPITAL One Is Dead and Five Are Suf . fering From Fever; Panic in El Paso Among Those Who Gathered Souvenirs. (CbIU4 rrn IaMd Win.) El Pao. Texas, May 12. Typhua In Ha moat virulent form broke out today In the Mexican federal hospital at Juarei and aJready one la dead and fire other Dlai aoldlera are Buffering- from the dleease. Aa the form of typhua discovered la of the most epidemic typ. the discovery has created a panics here, hundreda of Americans having- carried away articles of clothing- worn by the federals aa souvenirs of the Juares attack. Seize All CloUUnr. The El Paso board of health and the United Mates authorities are selling- ay clothing worn by the federate at the In ternational bridge and are burning Jt aa fast as seised. Tho typhua casea have ben isolated and every possible means 1 being taken to prevent the spread of the disease. There Is admitted to be grave danger through the crowds which will stream across the river Into Juarea, braving the disease in their curiosity to visit the scene of the buttle. Much alarm ws felt in Juarez last night that the federal command of Colo nel Rabugo had arrived and were open ing the attack. It was found, however, that the firing was only a discharge of riflea by some of the rebels who got ni larlous in one of the saloons. Federal Awalta Orders. JUbago' today was reported at Tar rasas, near Chihuahua. . He la without artillery and 4a awaitlnr ortera from Mexico City. Ha probably will return to Chihuahua and fortify that city against the axpected rebel attack. Daniel Orosco, cousin of General Pas cual Orosco, was killed here last night by the accidental discharge of a revoi ver. It la reported that Orosco and Colonel Garibaldi are disputing over their re- apectlve authority In the city and that Garibaldi has threatened to quit the rebel army. SETTLES SCORE IN itl'S BLOOD Madame Talamantes and He Yaqui Command Kill Fed eral Who Had Her Husband and T5ons Shot. JUAREZ E SAN OPEN DOOR TO 110 BARSARD treasury Department Proposes to Conduct Customs at El Paso as Before; Free Sup plies for Rebels. (United PrM Letsed Wire.) Douglas, Aria., May 12. Revenging the doatbs of her husband and two sons who were shot aa rebels by order o Colonel Chiapas, Madame Talamantes today has wiped out the score In Chiapas blood. Thla report, the authenticity of which la vouched for by the Inaurrecto junta here, waa brought to Douglas by three Yaqui couriers from Madame Tala- m antes' command. Dies Vear Agua Prleta. Chiapas' end, the couriers say, came near Agua Prleta. The alayer of the Talamantes had been left behind there when Colonel Ronaldo Dlaa evacuated the place before the advancing force of rebels which is now in possession. Realizing that the 120,000 reward on his head offered by Madame Talamantes made his progress through the disturbed country doubly dangerous, Chiapas rode for his life when he was sighted by Madame Talamantes' band of Indians. Bullets through his neck and arms, the couriers say, soon brought him out of the saddle, and when his pursuers came up. the first face Chiapas looked Into was that of the woman whose hus band and two sons he had slain. lew Word Spoken. Only a few words were spoken when the two met. Then, with a short order to her Indians. Madame Talamantes turned and walked away. !ViqUnkfaw.alaee '"a aftallow grave was dug on me aesen. uniapes was placed on Its brink and as the riflea of the firing party rang out 10 bullets went home In his body and ha tumbled into the pit a corpse. Wants Her Children; sic -n r I JKA ' if f A" A. PRESIDENT II. OF 0. GIVES DETAILS OF PARKINSON TALK CHICAGO PACKERS BROUGHT NEARER TO PRISON CELLS Chicago Packers R. A. Harris Arranged It and , Chicago Judge Rules That J Not Even Thought. Let i Ogden Armour and 9 Others Alone Word, of Bribery , Was Entertained, He Says. New Element Disturbs. (United Pre Lead Wlr.) Douglas. Aria., May 12. By the ac tion of the Yaqui Indiana in making war on their own account, a new dls turblng element has been Injected into the situation -in Sonora. The Indians' first demonstration was against the town of Ortls, which they captured with' out trouble. STEALS RIDE IN ICED CAR OF ORANGES; DYING (United Pm Leased Wlre. Pasadena, Cal., May 12. Fred Peck, son of William Peck of Marcellus, N. Y., was taken out of an iced car of oranges at Canadian, Texas, with his hands and feet so badly frozen that he will die, according to word received here today by relatives. Pack had been visiting an aunt in Pasadena and told a friend that he was going to steal a ride home In a refriger ator car. Mrs. Edwiius Cowan (Jack) Cudahy. (Catted Pre. Leased Wlra.) Los Angeles, May 12. Mrs. Edwlna Cowan Cudahy, who has been In Los An geles for the last elx weeks, will leave tomorrow for Kansas City to consult her attorneys as to the best way of se curing control of her four children, now In possession of her mother-in-law. Mrs. Michael Cudahy of Pasadena. r During her stay here Mrs. Cudahy made dally visits to her three older children, who aro attending school at Ramona convent Michael, the young est,, who is too small to attend school, has been with her most of the time. Jack Cudahy and his wife were dl vorced following the sensational episode In their St. Louis home, In which Jere Llllls was attacked by Cudahy. Accord ing to the terma of, the divorce decree the children are receiving their educa- tlon lri'a convent under the, direction- of their father and Mr- Michael Cudahy. MYSTERY SHROUDS PHYSICIAN'S DEATH Nurse Who Loved Doctor-Ed itor "Passionately" Finds His Body. PARKINSON KEPT HINTING ABOUT FINANCIAL LOSS Said He Had Been Obliged to Borrow $200, Wanted .Recompense. (United Pre Leased Wire.) Washington, May 12. The cabinet today discussed the customs situation at Juarez, Mexico, where the rebels un der Madero are in control of all traffic Into and out of Mexico. While no def lnlte statement was obtainable, it is believed the decision will be that the government Is not empowered to pre vent bona fide shipments of arms and suppliea across the Rio Grande. Washington, May 12. Free arms, ammunition and supplies for General Madero's rebel army were assured this afternoon, when the treasury depart ment here announced that It proposed to conduct the customs at El Paso as If the federals -controlled Juarea COURT MARTIAL FOR NAVARRO WHEN HE'S GIVEN HIS LIBERTY Mexico City, May 12. TelegTama to the war department here today say that General Villar, commanding the Chlhua hua military aone, has ordered a court of honor to Investigate the surrender of Juares. t General Navarro will be court-martialed for having capitulated, and If It I Is found that ha failed to exhaust every " resource before making submission, It ,'is probable that he will be shot as soon as he la recovered from the hands of the rebels. It Is reported here today- that Madero - haa appealed to the state department of the United. St tea for recognition of his forces aa belligerents. GOTHAM LINES CARRY 1,490,000,000 IN YEAR (United Prera Leased Wlra.t New York, May 12. Figures pub lished today show that the surface, ele vated and subway transportation lines of New York carried 1.490,000,000 pas sengers In 1910, mote than the esti mated population of the world. Of these, according to the report, elevated roads carried 50,000,000; the subway 270,000,000 and surface lines 770,000,000. (United 2reu Leaaod Wire.) New York, May 12. The police an nounced today that they were unable to complete the theory that Dr. W. B C. Latson, a well known, specialist and editor of the Health Culture magazine, had committed suicide at his apartment In Riverside Drive, notwithstanding a statement to that effect from the cor oner's office. Alta Marhelka, a nurse, who admits that she loved the physician "passion ately," says she found him dead in his office, fled In terror, but later returned and climbed through a window In the apartment for her coat. "I have loved Dr. Latson for a long time," said Miss Marhelka today. "I was not only his nurse, but also his private secretary and associate editor of his magazine. I went to his office to finish an editorial. The doctor was kneeling beside a sofa wU'a revolver by his side. I felt of his head and It waa cold." j (8?eeUl Plspitrh to Tb Joorn.H University of Oregon, Kugene. Or.. May 12. In a vigorous denial of thi accusation of H. J. Parkison, labor lead er, that as the president of the Uni versity of Oregon, he offered Parkison a bribe said by inference to total $10,000 If Purklson would see that the proposed referendum against the additional ap propriation of the university was sup pressed. President Campbell at 12:S0 o'clock today gave out this statement: I have never offered a bribe to Mr. Parkison, nor suggested one to him. nor thought of ofterlng one to him. I met him at the urgent request of his personal friend, Mr. R. A. Harris, who has been friendly to the state educa tional Institution and wished mm to discuss the referendum with Mr. Park ison. 'Mr. Harris, on his own suggestion, called up Mr. Parkison by telephone and arranged a time and place of meeting. My discussion with Mr. farKison was solely in refrard to a plan to substitute an initiative meas ure, which would provide for the main tenance of the state schools on a mile age ' basis. Instead of the referendum which was being pushed against the appropriations for the university, the Agrloultursi college and the normal This plan of an initiative measure of a constructive nature which would set tle permanently through a vote of the people the question of the maintenance of the higher educational institutions. both as to method and amount, had been the outcome of a conference between President Kerr of the Agricultural col lege. President Ackerman of the Stato Normal school, and myself. The plan had also been approved by the stats superintendent of public Instruction, W. R. Alderman, Mr. U'Ren and many-other friends of the educational institutions. As Mr. Parkison had told me that he had been acting with the committees at McMlnnville and at Cottage Grove, I requested him to present this plan to them, Just as I had previously asked Mr. U'Ren and others to present It to the members of the committees. 'During the conversation, Mr. Parkl- on repeatedly brought up the matter of personal financial loss, which he said he had sustained through being obliged to make good for fraudulent names he claimed had been Imposed upon him. He went Into details several times in re gard to having been obliged to borrow $200 to pay for securing new names for the fraudulent ones. 1 told him that first of all he ought to make every effort to prosecute to the fullest extent of tho law any person or persons who might have been guilty of perpetrating the fraud and that in any event as an I Innocent party, he ought" not to be obliged to bear all the loss. "I again took tho discussion of the ad vantages of the Initiative petitions, but Mr. Parkison soon interrupted me with a question as to how I thought the money might be, secured to make good his loss. I told him that I felt sure the friends of all the institutions would willingly make up the amount to him, and would also make whole the commit tees which had been pushing the refer endum petltioiss. If they would be will- Must Stand Trial on Crim inal Charges. OVERRULES DEMURRER FILED BY DEFENDANTS Overthrows Contention Tha Conspiracy Clause Is Unconstitutional. (United Vrru Leaard Wire. I Chicago. May 12. J. Pgden Armou and nine oilier Chicago packers. In dieted for conspiracy and violation of the Sherman anti-trust law, came today measurably nearer prison cells when United States Judge Carpenter here overruled a demurrer filed by the pack' ers attorneys and ruled that they mus stand trial on the criminal charge. The packers contended that the con splracy clause of tho Sherman law, urt dor which they were Indicted, was un constitutional because It was vague and indefinite and trie defendant were un able to determine what was legal and what was illegal. Judge Carpenter, In overruling the plea, said that the supreme court had four times upheld the Sherman law. H said the Indictments were sufficiently lucid, and for his part he could not see how they could bo made more definite. After the ruling on the demurrer, Attorney John 8. Miller for the packers asked permission to file a bill of par tlculars. This motion will be argued Wednesday. FD ithk mm I IIUI I Lll ULHUIILU LINER IN TWAIN ALL ARE RESCUED Admiral Farragut Cuts Merida in Two Off Cape Charles- Battleship Assists in Sav ing Life. (Continued on Page Seven.) MACHINE GUN OF THE MEXICAN FEDERAL ARMY 9m SOUVENIR-SEEKING YANKEES STRIP TOWN; INVESTIGATION BEGINS i Saa Dlcgo,Ma 12 While Tla Juana, captured bjrltha rebels a Tuesday, re sumed business today; If was declared that inveatigatioa by the United Statea i , v (Continued an Page Two.) - J-i iwmrir-iii saanatajwniiii mm in isii i i , i iiiiiiv . r mML mm far . JTLiS phoiograjjli was taken in the Cit jr of Mexico while the gva was being . taken to the outskirts to prepare lor . tv v. - the advance of the rebel forces. (t'nited Pre. leased Wire.) New York. May 12. Wireless mes-. sages today sa,y that the steamer Me rida, from Progresso, Yucatan, was cut In two off Cape Charles this morning by the United Fruit company's steamer Admiral Farragut and sank In 35 fath oms of water. Te Merid'as crew and passengers were saved by her own and the Farragut'a boats. ihe collision occurred at I o'clock this morning. The- battleship Iowa, which waa anchored nearby, assisted in transferring the passengers to the Ad miral Farragut. Owing to the damages sustained by the Farragut, Its commander asked the captain of the Dominion liner Hamilton to stand by, as It might be necessary to retransfer the passengers. At 10 o'clock a wireless message was received stating that the captain of the Merida, the first officer and four mem bers of the crew, were not on board the Admiral Farragut. Whether this means that they perished is not known. Later the battleship Iowa and the Hamilton, convoying the Farragut, start ed toward Norfolk. Twenty-two of the Merlda's 1S7 passengers boarded the vessel at Progresso, 88 at Vera Cruz and 77 at Havana. A wireless received this afternoon stated that the passengers had. been re transferred from the Admiral Farragut to t,he Hamilton of the Old Dominion line and that the latter vessel was nbw steaming toward Norfolk. The collision occurred in a dense fog and the officers of the Merida babely prevented a panic. A wireless from the revenue cutter Seneca says that Captain Robertson, the first officer, and four members of the crew who left the Merida as it sank, escaped. They were reported missing in the earlier reports. NEW LAND DISTRICT TO BE DISCUSSED llr V- f V J) I All -r X' t , - tJ v- III ( - - f DOOR OF PRlESrS HOME TARGET FOR STRANGE BULLETS Father Felix Buehr Flees From Lonely Cabin on the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation in Fear of Death. PLEA FOR PROTECTION MADE T0 GOVERNMENT Drunken Orgies Laid to Re sort Which Has Just Been Opened Nearby. Father Felix Buehr, who for nearly 1 4 years haa labored among the In diana of the Sllet anil Grande Ronde reservations, burying himself from tha reat of mankind and devoting himaelf . to the Indians, is In Portland today to seek the protection of the United States authorities from the ruffians ha says are making Ufa a burden at 81 Michael's- mission on the Grand Ronde. i - .. Revolver ahota that have pierced tha doors of tha chapel, whiskey bottles piled up on the steps of -the church and drunken revelry at night In its vi cinity, are some of tha things that tha little father complains ef. .-- The trouble all arose when a. road house and hotel was opened up on ths , reservation across from his mission, aayr Father Buehr. The government sold the land to a hotel man ' ' and : Father Buehr says that, sine tha place haa been opened tha mission has been made the scene of almost nightly flghta and escapades, some of which have re-. (Continued .on Page' Ten.) J. Ogdcn Armour, on top, president of Armour & Co.; beneath (on left), Edwarti Tilden, president of National Parkins; company, and Edward Morris, president of Mor ris & Co.;-Louis F. Swift, next, president of Swift & Co., and at bottom, Arthur Meeker (on left), general manager of Armour & Co., and Charles II. Swift, dl rector .of Swift & Co. LADY DECIES SUBMITS TO KNIFE; TOO ILL FOR COURT PRESENTATION (United lre LeaMd Wire.) London, May 12. Lady Decles underwent an operation for ap pendicitis hero today, Dr. Mayo Collier operating. Before the operation Lord Decies telephoned the United Press that Lady Decies stood the ordeal well, and that there waa every prospect of her speedy recovery. It developed that Lord Decies had hoaxed the public when It was stated that Lady Decies was presented at court on Wednesday nighty She was not presented, the king and queen and Lady Decies' physicians deciding that the ordeal would be too exciting. All the London newspapers printed stories of her presenta tion, which were given to the press to deceive the public ai to her true state of health. "TEA PARTY" POUTE, "Fl PINK HON Program of Press Agents Not Carried Out in Single Par ticular When Edith Docks With B. C. Coal. (United Pre LeaMd Wire.) Cordova. Alaska, May 12. Despite widely published accounts about what, would happen when the steamer Edith docked at Cordova with a load of British Columbia coal following tha dumping of coal from the docks a week ago by Cor dova citizens, tha Edith landed last night without molestation. , Some 200 men were gathered at tha dock whe'n the boat came In, but it waa about the uaual crowd that aaes tha boats come In from the south. Ther was no hostile demonstration. Whan ' the boat had tied up tho crowd dis persed. ' ( Deputies from the united states mar shal's office were on hand to check any naw outbreak, but they were not needed. They will maintain a ruard over- the coal for the present Reports aent out that tha Cordovans would arm themselves and worn tha mines by force are discounted as press agent yarns. , -, Seattle, May 12. All reports that Cordova people would arrange them selves and work tha coal mines In splta (Continued on Page Two.) ; I ( W.silniton Bureau of Tha Journal t Washingon, D. C. May 12. It is prob able the entire Oregon delegation will soon hold a meeting to consider the question of the creation of new land districts In Oregon a"d the location of a new land office. This meeting will not be held, however, until there has been time for all parties and communi ties interested to send the delegation such petitions or statement aa they de sire. WISCONSIN ASSEMBLY PASSES "2ND CHOICE" (Onlted Pre Wd Wlm.i Madison, Wis., May 12. By vote of 16. to I, the state senate today passed tha McConuell bill giving voters -the opportunity to express a second choiot at primary electlona The bill. In a measure, follows out tha Oregon plan. Tha bill already had passed tha house. ' .... SSS5 HOWGUGGENKEinnSCQNTROL VAST NATURAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA That the recent coal incident in Cor dova, Alaska, la which Canadian fuel was hurled from a vessel by "enraged" citizens, was an affair staged and di rected by the Guggenheim interest. Is the opinion of W. Edwin Trlbble of Marshfleld, Or. The story he relates confirms press dispatches from Wash ington, where It was said that the Interests were simply endeavoring to force President Taft to pour Alaskan resources Into their Dockets. Mr. Trlbble spent some time In Alas ka and is familiar with conditions there. In a letter to The Journal he call attention to many-interesting points.. Ilia contribution followa: ; ' "Marshfleld. Or.. May 10. To tha Editor of The Journal rl am vary much pleased to sea printed of lata ao many truthful axtieiea rrom - Aiassans wno know the true condition up north and are not agents, subsidised by tha H3ug genhelms. May 6 a dispatch from Cor dova, Alaska, says; 'Citizens of Cordova, trv to duplicate Boston 'tea -party with British Columbia coal; the excitement over the dumping of Alaska Steam ship company's coal Into tha bay aa a even acknowledge tha receipt merous telegrams, etc' "xi'.i-T "When I noticed thla news Ham f laughed out loud and I know many , Alaska men who know true conditions up there dfd trie aame. 1 ean saa and smell Guggenheim politics' la this dls- patch, for this Item certainly Is a ' shrewd political move and smells of Guggenheim tactica' - all . tha i way ' ' through. Why notT , They own. tha coal la Alaska. They bavo H all eo railed by.-their rallroada, harbors, towns and water fronts. No individual can get In or; out; no company aa operate, unhes. they trespass on Guggenheim-property, therefore If com panies or indlrlduala operate business, mine or travel In Alaska,- they must fix. things first and pay tribute ta tha house of Morgan-Ouggenhelm., . f .. -,. '.- Taft Blamed, Too. - ;f 'lX . "-"Attorney Wlcktrsham, President Taft and tha full -atandpat niHiMi" machine ar' with the Gugenhfm terest and. Tart has endtavof.l t grant every wlr to tbla great lr ' thereby vlrtoally rtvlng a v (Continuod oa Jag .; protest to Praaldent ; Tart a failure to , .' - : ; .-;-