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it ; BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER; . '.v.. Journal wanteds are ths means of 'bringing many employers, and workers '',- . , togetner.-j Tnoy eosi out mui, .. v. ; ' vThe Weather Fair J today; ; with i , V northwesterly tnds. n.-.t;.-, ,; ;. .-. g ' north westerly swings. j ;yx; r.y.r-,yS afr-TrT TT, "-' V.rirtt- glJ ;' v?? J-':w ,y ', .ri:'r"' ' u 1 '' - , ,-" t : DAYLIGHT DIAMOND ROBBERSCAPTURED IN SALT LAKE CITY HI GUERILLAS. V&.SS rages it piiesi . Mexican Insurrcctos Photographed In Action , C,f';!.:V'-jwl - ' in i iii i i' i i iii i ri k.-i-'': 'v- ..' ii . COMMON FORM nnnniiuin rr i nrnn i . , v: M I itlh V fl rn CANDIDATE SAVS Trnnnn nr n n it ii IkULIIUIfh Villi I Hill S, ' I II II I 111 I f I '1 I I I I I I I I i I J f. - 'i L.IIIIUI1IL.U UUU III f f .'. Tempting' Plumy Offered Jte ; publican v Progressives '- by -Taff Supporters to "Get Into I Ino" In 1019 1 . PIIMIIIMC MHRIC SUGGESTED AS; CHOICE f'-. Old Guard Believes Iowa Sena tor's Nomination . Would ; ' Placate '"Insurrectos" ' (Br tb talarnattaaa Kw( rrlr'.) , Waahinrton, May Ji. Polltlclana will b ehockad ot th least of all, Sana tor .Albert RrCummlna of Iowa -to laara that th prienda of lTaaldent Taft ara flouring on maktnfc tha Sen ator Mr. ; Taf fa running:; mate In th Itll raae. Theaa frlenda, among them Senators ZiO&g and ana of Maaaa nuaettab ara hard at work, right now. 'With tha pratdent'a nomination 'aa-nradti-who do you figure on for vice preeldant?' the correapondent aaked one of the president' frlenda. ' "What would you - think of Senator CvmnUnsf wa the reply. Tha correapondent laughed at the Idea of. one -of the leadera of tne tn aurgency taking aeoond place on the Taft ticket . i ' "To a Joke." . "It may not be ao much .of a Joka," urged the Taft man , seriously. v "Th aenator1 Is a Republican and . he would have been nominated for vice president In 1908 If the committee had agree.) upon ntm. Of course he has grown -since then."."'-- Meanwhile the Taft campalgrt Is on. In reality It was lnauru rated last Sep tember when, on September ,: la. Mr. Taa made known that "if at the ex piration of his term there yet 'remain pledgs of his that have not neen ful filled and v the - American people de mand that he remain In office and ful- Throwing Off Cloak' of Patriot- Ism; ; Bandits Murder and i Rpb Bow -Neither jo :Dia2 H or Probable Successor; -4 V WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE AUTHORITV OF ? EITHER 1 ifcr:t:;-.s. lit i"- Ki " .13' in . i 1 1 1 I J I X 1 1 i Reports Froni Dozen Cities Tell 3 of depredations of PluiK f v dering Insurgents. - (Continued en Page Seven.) P. R . L. Sr 'in Yi """""iii "rT.yT' J Lli m Sale of Water Vower Involves Approximately $500,000; Railroad Company Will Usa ElectnciEnergy MSystem. i The Portland Rallwa, Light & Power , company ' has purchase front f the Southern Pacific company, the Immense Oak Orove and Three, Links , water power sit on the tributaries to the up- ' per Clackamas- wver. v Negotiations were . closed yesterday and the papers , t are now being drawn . np.. ." The con slderatlon is not made-public, but thnt 1 the amount Is known to be very large from the fact that the Southern Paclfio . ; company has already expended nearly $200,000 in starting development tber. In - connection with the deal la, also the closing of a contract between the . Southern Paclfio company and the pow " er company- for electric power to oper ate its lines, which are soon , to be povren It 'was originally . the purposo of ths Southern Paclfio company to de- r and considerable work has already been dona along that line In that for three years about 78 mea have been em 'ployed - preparing for the building of tne aam. - -,?! . v r .- .., -j, '-j? ; ' BemarksMs fits.'; v The site Is considered - the moat re markable in the states of. Oregon and has a head 'of 890 feet and with an average flow of BOO second feet capable ' of nroduclng during the lo w water, sea son of the year 60.000 horsepower of energy or a mlxlmum of 75.000 horse power, during the high water period. ; Another feature which gives the site exceptional value as part of tho Port land Railway, Light Power, company's planum ilil luti urai ii.io- mi luciicu that largs storjUsevPonds can" b built .fcherelnvwatei'v may 6j' stored for uss for the Estacada ahff' Casadero plants during the dry spell -of summer ,when the natural flow of water Is not suffi- elent to drive ths machinery of jthe1 re spectlve plants vtdi.fuIl-'eapaolty'V'-'By 'storing Water in the immense ponds, ltT is said ; theri: efficiency V of : the " Esta cada plants will be, Increased about 25 ... per..0ent. V-.O'yi'tt-- 'K.-y-. . The Portland Railway, Light & Power company has put Its engineers; in the field to (examine the work now being carried Jon ; under- tho - direction of ,, the Southern Pacific engineers with a view of taking 'over the work in a few days and possibly , making soma, changes to more conform With the company's other plans, ' as .for instance, -. the proposed upper Clackanyls plant, for which, plans wero prepared so'mo time ago. - f ' "U Is true that our company has pur chased from the Southern Pacific com pany Its Immense Oak Grove and Three Links Vower site on, the upper Clacka mas," said President .8. 8L. Josaelyn last night.' "and w : have placed our " en- j : (CaltdkPrM Lra4 Wire.i 'Mexlce City, May . 20. Murder and rapine rule tonight In 'southern Mexico. Hordes of bandits, organized ostensibly to aid tile Insurrecto cause, but really to plunder and murder at. will, have, with the' signing of the new armistice by Madero, thrown off the mask of patriot ism and are ravishing the country. ' . They refuse to scknol wedge the au thority of either- Madero or .the com mander In chief of the Insurrectos In the south country, Flgueora, and fraotlo appeals for assistance are being re ceived here 'from a dosen cities. ' Town Zs Balded. ' San Miguel do Allende. In Guanajua- to, was raided by outlawa, the municipal 1 buildings 'looted, the treasury emptied. all prisoners freed, most of the stores robbed and seversl buildings fired. Pa chuca .also has been attacked and the city 'treasury robbed. Mansanlllo, the capital of Collma. surrendered . to band of Insurrectos but In this case It Is understood private and public prop rty rights were protected. . ? Manv iniUnua 1 w)ih " lnlnl1 raficheS have been robbed and burned and the Inmates murdered have, been reported to the authorities here, , , Word, received tonight from General Figueroa says , that he has agreed to stand, by whatever action Madero deems best. He will hold his forca intact. ho wever, should, it become necessary to marsn on tne oapitai. ,; ;., .- 4r'.!- ' mwhs Mii Terms. $ was gnTOpiy-tMateftHere teniftt that the cabinet will soon officially' an' noupce the peace tenna,- It Is said sem announcement Will come on Monday and either May 15 or 37 wiU bo announced as the date upon which President plai wUl-retire, i That, at least. -Is the pro gram tonight, but there is no assurance tonight that the "apple art- will ' not be upset, some of the cabinet members are said to be making specif lo agree ments, preferring to. nave the peace an nouncement . couched-, in -ambiguous terms. This, they think, would discredit Madero with his subordinates, but the general , feeling Is that Plas, at least, realising that "the Jig la up." wl 11-com pel , aoqulesenoe with the Madero de mands, .i - t ' 1 la V In Open Letter ' Promises to "Continue to Advocate Re--trenchment -So .-Taxation Burdens May Fall Lightly." AGAIN TAKES HIS STAND ON MAYORALTY RECORD A1 'i ii..w-tt- -nil . i. ..i JjjHUyvL" '''''ir''1 " 1 11 "yj Iff- YV v-V j Vaf f 'TT'WsKI A7-- . S ' i snissiniiis i IIUIII Ulllllsf 1111 Wis 'Does Not Define Character of Commission Rule He Urges. INSURGENTS CAPTURE ' STATE CAPITAL CITY v WITHOUT A STRUGGLE .rtBy- ISr'lem'BjBWJNews SerrlciT' ' Mexlcb City, May 20-Collma, capital of tha state of the same name, a city of 10,009 people, was taken by the rebels lata yesterday without a battle. The rebels numbered 230 and Governor do la Madrid , turned the capital over, to them, -a ; ,-.,- Miguel Carols Topete was named Pro visional governor or tne rebels. .Mansa nlllo, the most important port on the wesr coast or Mexico, was also cap tured and turned over without a battle. A number of American citizens. In port were taken in on American ships. There was no looting In either town. The new '."V- 'A .".T "fc. Tojftebejs firing "n f edetal f A Jnaroi mission 1 Bottom, 1 left Reb- . ei Bimrniiuuiexs kiwuik - vuuwj iiiiLf rcuci nuuiuo uuiuutu-uiusT - mission walls at Juarez. (Continued . on Page Nine.) 6C0BIN1D Under. Cloak- of . Darkness Thrown by Storm Prisoners t '5 '"i : (Continued on -rage . irour.j turn to London la a .fortnight. . Iter fled Jher Into tho open klr i -'- -v: j "Z .Ifi' Vi---r-.- -''.'i'.-.-3-;-r--'vi V---vr(vrj'- .;.-. -, . i V-"'-: i?; Jollet, Illv May 20.Under' cover' of a storm which drew a pall of darkness over the? city i ant' in th midst of a literal doudtKirsv alx prisoners, work ing tur tn stone - yard of the sUte prison here, effected a daring . escape te imi ariernoon.- nunning trom the ranxs or tneir reuow prisoners whllo tne storm-was, at us height and blind tag sheets of water -hid their, move ments,-xney. scaled 'an eight foot wall and ' f ted. Two hundred and ,' fofty other prisoners were rounded up by the- guards, a Ap hour later two' of the escaped men were recaptured. - Late to night. It was denied at the warden's office that 'two of the fleeing convicts had been killed by a posse that Imme diately went In pursuit ; One man was killed here, near! a score 'Injured and property amounting to SSO.OeQ wrecked; by the storm. - The dead man was an unidentified foreign er -kuied .by lightning.- All the In jured were struck by flying bricks and Umbers. None Is in a critical. condl tion. ,. ;. ' i, , i, . . - . . Crosses Sea for Commencement.' v London; May .20. Mrs. W. H. Crocker of San; Francisco Is making a nuVrled Wpate, she: pulled the trigger. trip on coara rne i.usnania to sea Her son graduate from Vale. , She will re 0 Madero's Statement to Army : s wish4 to jaake my position s , clear before the American people,. -i shall resign-the- provisional presideneypB r3iJxlcOTWhen Di a - e reslgna I will then go to Mex- Ico City, not s an official, but s as a private citizen, and as such. I shall cooperate wrth Senor De . La Barra. The story that a dou- e : Wo regency ? wM be . established t for Senor Do La. Barra and my- e self comes from enemies in Mex- s 4 Ico City, and has no foundation e whatever.. Such an arrangement "would ba sgalnrt ths-constitution- 4 e ' and would not be tolerated by any Mexican citizen." , ' (United Pros Ied Wtre. ; , ' Juarez, Mex., May 20, Baraheaded, smiling, Francisco Madero stood today on the pedestal; of the gigahtla monu ment to, the Mexican hero, Juarexvand while -the hot sunshine beat down upon aim, and his newly garbed array, carried off a scene wfilcb. will go down in-the history Of Mexico. . h- Madero Is going to Mexico City. His army 'tomorrow marches towards Casks Orandes, ; 70, miles , toward Chihuahua. Whert he again meets bis men. It will bo after lie has been reoelved as victor' in the Mexican capital-' V The- occasion to day, therefore, was Madero'g farewell to his army, ' - ' "We Are nee.- "Soldiers of the army of freedom.'he said. i"Six monthe ago today, we took upf our carbines to defend our liberties. In: that, short-tlmo we have succeeded. We have the satisfaction of 'knowing tnat we are free and that our sons shall be rrea "Tomorrow you go away, but I shall not say good-bye. I can tell yon that all danger Is trver, and Wat fhere will-probably not be another shot fired. We can truly say that at last we are citizens of our beloved Mexico, Serious faced soldiers cheered these words wildly. They presented an im preeslve appearance. Most of them had now uniforms, new shoes and new car ridge belts, filled with ammunition. Not a ragged insurrecto was to bo seen.,: ..Hi :-U-.wooiLrt. jffsjaasvli Sunday is the beginning of a week ox - waiting ror Madero. His present plans provide that peace negotiations are to De conauctea m Mexico City. Ma aero expects uias to resign on Wednes day next -and as soon as Foreign Min ister De La Barra has assumed the provisional presidency, Madero' plans to begin his ' triumphal progress to ' the Mexican capital. Work Of repairing the line of the Na tional Railway of . Mexico Is going on rapicuy. A 48-hour trip to Mexico Citv is be ing arranged for Madero and Pullman cars are, awaiting his convenience. The provisional president's entry into the Mexican capital , win do an lmoresslva and historical event Today from every city In Mexico there came a rush of telegrams from societies, schools, uni versities, business firms and prominent men, pegging aiaaoro to hurry, and tell ing, him that the capital and the nation were impatient to dp him highest hon ors. Madero takes these as indicating (Continued on Page Nina) SCHOOLGIRL. .CELEBRATING SUCCESS IN EIGHTH GRADE IIS MAT E ' -(Special PUpttch to tbe fournal.) : ' Seattle.' May 80. Prostrated with grief, Jittla Gertrude Acton lies at home at Bremerton after accidentally; atiung Essie Baldwin, ner jo-year-oia play mate. The ease is extremely saa ana has stirred the-navy; yard town-to, the depths. v : ;-Y: ' V-fe -i Durins? ' the r afternoon Essie, during the absencs of her mother. Invited Ger trude -to her home. Searching for. play things, -Essie - discovarecK a revolver in. tho bureau and-tossed Tit -aside on -the bed. The Acton cnua picKea too weapon un and nulled the Hammer once..'.- ioor- Ing into the chambers and seeing no cartridges, sh ' concluded it ". was un loaded, v Advancing towards, her- play Essie criedr "Ijkm sboWfand leaned against Gertrude for support. The lat ter sled her Into the open Vir and as sisted her Jto sit down on the porch. "I am going' away now, Gertie, kiss me," murmured the dying girl, aa her arms encircled - the neck of her little play mate and became unconscious. , v Gertrude rushed to the telephone and summoned a doctor, but. Essie died a few seconds after his arrival. ; , The bul let, had passed through the- body close to tho heart. , ' . ' . : The girls' were classmates and both received the -good news -yesterday that they had passed the eighth grade exam inations, qualifying them to enter high school. Miss Acton-is nearly a year the junior of her victim. , The tragedy oc curred : at the home of Mr. and . Jdro; P. J. ; Baldwin, Mrs. Baldwin ,-wan In Seattle at thetlmei -;. -U;.v; -'r,; The grief stricken father came at once v to : Seattle - to lnrorm , in . person mother of tho unfortunate girL - the In an open letter to the voters of Portland, Mayor SlnTbn yesterday ac cepted the nomination as an Independ ent candidate for mayor, at the same time filing with the city auditor his formal acceptance, requesting the words: "Independent Commlslson gov ernment" to be placed after his name on the ballot t In his address, which constitutes bis platform, the mayor makes no reference to opposition candidates and refers to his psst record as an Indication of what may be expected of him. He pledges himself to bring about Immediate adop tion of the commission' form of govern, ment and says he will continue to advo cate retrenchment in city affairs. He says one of the Impelling reasons In persuading him to run again Is tho In complete state of several large pro jects undertaken during his term, men tioning tbe Broadway bridge and the supplying of Bull Run water to the out lying districts. Two petitions were filed for Mayor Simon. Ono of Friday contained 199 names and asked ths mayor to -accept as an Independent candidate. The sec ond, filed yesterday, designated htm as 'Independent-commission government candidate" and 'contained 279 names, making a total of 4976 signatures. Committee of 100 to Work. Tomorrow the organisation of tho Blmow forces for the campaign will be (Continued Page .Nina) Publication of Photographs Leads to Identification of : Desperate Characters -Held-L on Murder Charge in Utah.- PINKERT0N DETECTIVES fc FOLLOW CRIMINALS ; John Murray and J. J. Morris . Fall Into Clutches of Law v in Unusual Way. t- j In the two men arrested ta 8att Lake City, May 10, following a sensational attempt at robbery which ended In the, ' killing of one man and the wounding r of two others. Plnkerton deteotlves have found the two bandits who held up the Crown Jewelry company, 127 Washington street, April It, and got away with flSOO worth of diamonds," while the street In front of tho store . wss crowded with shoppers. ' : The Identification of Mlka Connors and Frank Morris, tho -Salt Laka mar-'1 derers, aa John Murray and J. J. Morris, - . the men who robbed the jewelry store here, was accomplished through tho tmb- '' licatlon of photographs of the Salt Lake prisoners. When they wero compared ' With those In the files of tho Plnkerton company here by Superintendent Von " Oroenswald and Assltsant Superintendent Holmes, the striking similarity between the men under arrest in Salt Lake and those suspected of tho Portland robbery' was seen.; . R. E. Cowlo, of tho firm of Thompson sV Cowlo, jewelers, who was - in charge of the store at tho time of ' the robbery, Identified the photographs of the Salt Lake highwaymen at once as those of the two men who had rifled . ,., his store. Morris, according to Cowlo, held the revolver which kept Cowlo quiet . while Murphy went through the Jewelry on the Ocmnter and toobr What money was tn the safe. Murray Is 13 year old " Scheme Makes Stock Even Better Investment Than Now; Wail Street Gives This Reason for Advance. -' CCnlted Trees tews WIrO New York. May 20. That the it cor porations Included In the Standard Oil company wul be divided into Six in dependent corporations, each of which will return to their stocxnoiaers not loss than ( per cent a year, or SO per cent in all. Is the present belief In Wall street vThJa would make an sven-hetter investment, than taffii&ra ? Cir ' is present, and it is" because of this fact that Standard Oil has steadily Increased In value since the mandate of the United States supreme court ordering It dissolved was handed down. In its issue of , Monday, Financial America will give this as the reason for' the present boom in Wall street It will also-point out that the case Is far from settled, because the supreme court remanaecr tne question or now tne Standard is to be dissolved back to the circuit court. "The orders of that court," the news- paper' will say, "may. take such shape on SSecin is fully made up .Continued on Page Five.) DEFUNCT BANK Last of Acceptances of Candi dates Filed Three Minutes Before Final Closing Time Yesterday-Cornplete ; List. (Continued on Page I?lne.) SEEK CARNEGIE TO . LEARN OF TRUS T Testimony, of Steel Baron De; sired by Investigating Com mittee of Lower House. (United Press Leaned Wlr Washington, May 20. Andrew Car negie will bo the first witness to ap pear before thd house committee that will Investigate the steel trust. An of ficer of the house "of " representatives left Washington for Hew Tork tonight to Intercept tho Ironmaster before he leaves for Europe and serve him with a subpena.. 1 Jhe committee believes It will have little difficulty. In '. persuading tCarnegle to tell. the. committee all be knows of tho organisation of the United States Steel corporation,: fcfhlcl was the mov ing power in bJe retirement from active work in the steel business. They, be- lievo Carnegie: now is personally in dependent. ; . ' " i Althouxh - tho " ateel -In vest lead ns committee haa been working under the iTnost-prof ound secrecy, it is nnderstood here tonlgni wn-a. Aiorgan, js. m. Gary, r former ,. president of tho steel corporation, and Henry C. Frlck will be brought .before the committee in the coarse of Its investigation. ' The committee believes that Carne gie's testimony , wilt be of the utmost value In framing a - basis tor evidence as to tho present ; status : of 41e big Allen R. Joy, Republican nominee for councilman from the Seventh ward, was th last candidate to file his acceptance of . a nomination for an office to be filled at the, municipal election Monday; June 5. ' Mr. Joy submitted his formal acceptance at three minutes to S o'clock yesterday afternoon and at 5 o'clock the time for filing acceptances was at an end. . The candidates who Will appear on the ballot; besides those of the Prohibition and Socialist parties, which have also' put forth regular tick ets, are as follows: For mayor A. G. Rushlight Republi can; George H. Thomas, Democrat; Jo seph Simon, independent Barbnr Has Wo Opposition. For city auditor A. L. Barbur, Demo cratic and Republican nomination. For city treasurer William Adams, Republican. No Democratic nominee, as H. C. Allen did not accept the Dem ocratic nomination. , For city attorney Frank S. Grant Republican and Democratic nomination. For municipal judge George Taswell. Republican and Democratic nomination. For councumen at large, long terms- George L. Baker, J. J. Jennings and Will H. Daly, all three of whom re ceived both Republican and Democratic nominations. Daly did not file his ac ceptance of the Democratic nomination. so mere win oe no democratic nominee for tnat ornre. , ; Bnrgard stuns Alone, For coouncllman at large to fill tb unexpired term of Gay Lombard John 11. Burgara, Republican and Democratic nomination. .For councilman at large to fill the unexpired term of T. C. Devlin Ralph C. Clyde. Republican and Democratic nomination; C. L. Dag-get, independent For councilman from the First ward-- Jordan V. Zan, Republican! Tom . N. Monks. Democratic;' T. J. Concairnon, independent ' .' For councilman from . the Fourth wwrd-'-Fy 8. Wilhelm,, Republican; A. J. McCabe. Democratic . . - - , For councilman from tbe Sixth ward H. A.4 Beldlng, Republican; John Mon- tag. Democratic. , For councilman rrom the Seventh ward Allen R. Joy, Republican; R. B. White, Democratic. - . For councilman from the Eighth ward K. KT Kubll, , Republican; Frank , M. Kelly, Democratic v William Schmeer, in dependent. , , . aaay vh eoa.. . . For councilman from tho Tenth ward. special recall election may be held on the same data as the -general election TV Ellis, present- incumoent: Y. B. Harrington, James Magulre. C. A Am brose. IX G. Stephens and Wil Q. Steel. These candidates, under tha re call law, must run as independents. , DIRECTORS HELD LIABLE BY COURT Judge 'Gatens Decides - Four Men Who Directed Affairs of Oregon Trust & Savings Bank Were Responsible. r i t f J xeia zuaDie oy conn. 41 W. H. Moore, II. A. Mooro and ', 4 W. a Morris are liable f or fol- , lowing amounts: . . ,' Losses by conversion and withdrawal of ' 1 notes, In sum of.:. ..f SSiOOO.OO" v ,' Loss of cash - with- ; ' : ,tT if drawn, In the sum of (0,000.00 . Loss on tho loans of . tho Golden Eagia Dry Goods company 72,900.00 : Loss on Pullman Auto Car loan...;;,.... , Loss on Board of Trade - r Buildlng company.;, Loss on certain notes placed In bank on purchase of Moon & Dunbar stock..... Loss by reason of dls . ' ,. ; crepancy between , 1 , bonds and warrants h , as shown by the 1 books and actually r -found On hand.. .. . J58.I8193 Loss on Shortage In Telephone , ; t stook. . i Portland Telephone "V" r ' . company ! 12,800.00 Tacoma Telephone. Co. S0O.l7fi.0O Omaha Telephone Co. J7.500.0l 11.SI4.6S 40.7Bt.74 S.UO.00 :'eX ;...fS?5.3$.21 S.H W. Stryker Total,, George Estes, w h Moore and W. Cooper Mor- 4 , ris aro held liable for 114,800 on! the Medford & crater A.ae ran- : TThet above labia shows tha persons, ' Items and 'amounts for which they aro ' held liable by Judg WHHam Gatens of ., the circuit court In his Otrtrilon' yester-; , day afternoon In ' the Oregon Trust & Bavlngs bank- ease. . Tho persons held liable . were directors In-tha deunct . kunkin institution,' The eourt found they did -not exercise a propsr degree of care In looking after the affairs of ths E. E- ' Lytle,' Leo Frlede, Albert T, Smith, W. M, Copeland and L. O. Hal ston were found to liavs not been llahis for any .of "tho' losses-liHwrred by,tl o speculate ons - of tho other- hankers. : I n . his derision. Judge Gatens states In m phatio terms that the dniy of a dlrc(nr In a corporation is to-direct , . Th Judge says: !'When a person o- 1 stock in a" corporation n4 actn si; s. tho board of directors, th-d. ha.ve a right to expect tri.i s.l t Continued on Vg t bev-