' V, - -ifc. coast it: l 5 A. IL I..:.' PA I ivY ! I Showers t o Tils'it and Fri day; south to southwest winds... . Bolt ........... ler:i tpofes! 6in Irsncisco ,. Portland Bosebnr . liarhl;uid 'Vr:r-.7N.:V - v' V V V V v. V . . . . . - VOL. X. N0.SC2. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1912 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. FREIGIITDEPOTTO BE HIT AT OK ROSE BEDECKED CITIZENS PLAIIT PROGRESSIVES PICK NOTHING TO SAY ! " SOil TO EIITER TV.. CUCKAMAS COOPJ HILLS PROSECUTOR II N EAST PORTLAND SYHD 0 L OF GTTY RACEV1TM COLONEL Plans for Southern - Pacific . Company's Proposed Sta tion Approved, With Orders to Begin Construction. EAST SIDE SHIPPERS - WILL BE BENEFITED Actual Construction Be Com menced Within 10 Days; . Will Cost $100,000. D. W! Campbell, general superintend ent Of the Southern Paclflo, this morn ing received a telegram from Vice Pre- .. Idenl J&JE. Calvin at San Franclacp an-: flouncing that hl plana for the com pany's proposed east aide freight depot nd switching facilities have been ap proved and authorising him to proceed . with the prosecution' of ,tha construc tion, of tha project at once. ; v This means that within 90 days the Southern Pacific company will be In position to relieve by the use of its east side facilities the great congestion of freight traffic at tha west side tor-' minals, and give the east side shipper equal facilities with those enjoyed by west side. It wil mean the establish ment of an Independent Southern Pacific east side freight office and tha direct routing of freight to the east aide depot, not now possible by reason of the lack . Of ' facilltlea. The announcement will therefor be of tremendous importance to Portland business Interests in gen eral. - - -rt "" "" -., Superintendent Campbelf'states that the plana have been worked out, and that everything Is In shape ' to begin work within 10 days. The first to be done- will be to flit to the street level Mhe tier of blocks bounded by East First, East pak, East Second and East Burn side The eontract for-this work:witl be let at once, so that Work can be goU ton Htt4-way-without dlay,. Possibly . the contractors Will be able to begin making the fills next wpek. " t ' To Cost SlOO.000.' Appropriation ha been made for construction of the first unit of tha freight houses. It will be located on the block bounded by East First, East Oak. East J'tne and East Second. ' The freight house will be of reenforced con. -crete constructlot and 40 by 200 feet in . lnirth. Its cost will be approximately 1100,000. " . The freight, house will be built close to the ' Second street side for , the ao commodallon of team traffic and back 'of.lt; facing East First street, will be the tracks, "seven In number. These tracks will extend over the entire tier oC blocks from Oak to East Burnsidej (Continued on Page Nine.) HANLON, SEATTLE CRITIC OF FISHER'S ALASKA PARTY1S m JAit ONCLOTHESTHEFTCHARGE Bunts DetcUves Attribute to "Him Dfsappearanc of Evenln Clothei Fancy Vests and Feminine Finery From an Adjoining : Suite and Sajr He and Female Companion Wore Them to Various Functions; - Alleged Telltale Conversation Overhead by Concealed Accusers. (jkierlM to The Joorl. Seattle, Wash., Feb. ' 22. -Herbert I -r Ilanlon,- who asserts he is correspond ent for a string of eastern papers and who several months ago was author of an article published In a Portland morn ing paper severely criticising several members of the party which accom ' panied Secretary Fisher to Alaska, Is in the county JH on a charge of theft. The . arrest, was made upon a warrant based on evidence f urnlBhed by Burns opera tives. . , ' ' Hanlon's trouble follows' the myster . lous disappearance of evening clothes belonging to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Doug ' las from the room adjoining Douglas' offices in the White building. Accord ' . ing to; private detectives, Ilanlon and . n female companion were seen last week attending the theatre and other func- - firms - uressed in the "fnlssing. evening - finery. The articles Include a dress suit. OMF STATE MIGRATION URGED AS SOLUTION OF LEGISLATIVE TANGL IeRoy Park. Chairman of State Board, Makes Suggestion to Colleagues , in View of Fact of Recent Act Creating Immigration Agent; Gov , ernor to Release $23,000 Advertising Fund Whenever Suitable Plan of Bringing Colonists to Oregon Shall Have Been Agreed Upon. LeRoy -Park, .chairman ' of the state board , of immigration, has .written the . other members of the state board and the secretary asking them to submit, with him, their resignations to Governor 1 West.! v :- ..V: ;-;.; i.h :r The'recent act "of the legislature we tting the office of state immigration 1 lgent, now filled by G C Chapman, and appropriating a sum of -125,000 for state advertising, is said to have repealed by Implication the law creating a state 'board"of immigration. ' This, says Mr. Chapman, is the advice the has been rivenby counsel. Mr. Park and Mr. harmTrt.M--Were ernor West list week. The govejnor Is said to have suggested that the best fcsy to settle the matter would be, to obtain a decision from the courts. This Mr.' Park is unwilling to do, as the state Gently Falling Springtime Rain ; Not . Slightest Deterrent 1o Program; Blethen Principal Speaker. CHILDREN DRESSED IN SUMMER COSTUMES Impressive Ceremonies at the Sunken Gardens of Penin sula Park. Oregon and Washington are partici pating in the rose planting exercises in the, beautiful sunken gardens of Penin sula park this afternoon. vTha gently falling rain is proving not the slightest deterrent of the program, but Is sprink ling the choice roses being given a home in what it is planned shall be the most attractive rose gardens of tha west School children dressed In summer costumes, the roses worn by guests of honor, the presence of the Influential men of two states, give the scene the festive .appearance contemplated in the program arranged "by the Rosa Festival association. a Joseph Blethen, president of the Seat tle Golden Potlatch, and speaker of tha afternoon,- complimented Portland on tire possession of, the rose ss a symbol, say ing: v. , .. . ; "The rose, when used by a city as a symbol, of its activities) stands for a thoughtful, normal, prosperous people. The. role might bloom here and be neg lected.. But a rose show means that the roite la studied, is cultivated, is appre ciated. And civilised or even . shiftless people do not plan and work and main tain law and -order. r Therefore, I say that the rose In Portland stands for law and. order, and enterprise and prosperity'-' '',-,,.'. Governor Was Hot Present. ; 2 Governor West, on the program for the addess, "The Eos as an Uplift to Oregon," was represented by Tom Rloh atdsontha. governor finding It-Jmpoa- 1 Mayor Rushlight Is represented by Judita Waldemar Seton. Other addresses on tha progra'm araby Postmaster Charles B. Merrick, Mrs. A, C. panton. president of the. Rose ocity MayoV Dimlck of Oregon City, Mayor Irwin of Vanoouver. The. roses were presented to the city in a, brief address by. Presl dent Ralph-tfoyt of the Rose Festival association, i Tha roses were blessed, by Dr. Jonah B. Wise and put in .place hy the gaily costumed school - children First planting a rose in the name of Seattle and, with all attentively, listen ing. Mr. Blethen continued his address. saying: ." . -v.',. " "It is fitting N that a representative of the Seattle. Potlatch should, be. pres ent in Portland on Rose Planting day continued on Page Four.) fancy vests, gloves, buttons, a frater nity fin, a fur scarf, a muff, a purse, a vanity case, a gold chain, hosiery, etC V-. ' i'." A. . . Douglas Uvea at Ronton arid for con venience he and his wife kept tha clothes in a suite adjoining the office. The de tectives claim Ilanlon had access to the adjoining room and that the little Douglas girl left the lock on the con necting doors uncaught. Nearly all the missing goods were recovered and re turned. According to Walter R. Thayer local Burns manager, they were found in Hanlon's 'apartments.' vV'f.'v,;" ' Detectives, ln working up evidence, took apartfeents next to Hanlon's flat end heard - a conversation which con firmed their suspicions and resulted in a search warrant. ' Hanlon was also a .witness' in the Sid ney Iove divorce case at Baker, -,Or., last year. 3" V, board of immigration has already spent its own' funds in the work It has accom plished. .. " - 1 ' Must Ba Adjusted. ,Ab the governor is disposed to release now the appropriation made by the last legislature as soon as a practicable im migration plan is submitted to him, It seems the more desirous that the tangle Thomas C. Burke of Baker; A. F. Hofer immigration acts be adjusted at once. The other members of tha board ara Thomas C Burka of Baper; A. F,; Hofer of Salem; w. 3. coman and -John Scott tory. It mds:.if.v;,ist;r:v. "On Thursday of last week I had an extended conference with Governor (Continue! on Page Flva) California Governor Is Admit: ted to Be, Choice of Insur gent Organization for Sec ond Place on Ticket. "MV HAT IS IN THE RING," ROOSEVELT TELLS GROUP Gives Word That Formal An-, nouncement of Plans Will Be Made Monday. ' ' (United Prrai Leased Wire.) ' Washington, Feb; !J.-Roosevelt and Johnson this combination ' of tha .east and the - west, progressive leaders pri vately dralt hera today, Is their choice for the Republican, presidential ticket for the next election and they fully ex pect that Roosevelt on Monday-, next will definitely announce his candidacy. Johnson is to speak it Columbus next week, and he, it is expecte by that time, will have been named-in tha open as Roosevelt's running mete. "My hat is in the ring, said Roose velt to admirers after his Columbus speech, who demanded whether ha was to ba a candidate. "You will get your answer on Monday. What- Governot Johnson will do as to bis vice presidential . candidacy boom no ono can say. Johnson ' simply . will not dlscuBS It at all, taut the progres siva leaders who favor him have, not, It la believed, made their preference known without having some assurance that the California executive will at least . consider it seriously. In soma quarters It .... is i believed that when Ronnavalt makes hia nnhltn announce ment of . his candidacy . he will name Johnson : as his choice - of , a running mate. How welt foundod -this belief is, Is also uncertain,- but It is well known that Johnson and Roosevelt have been "closa' since th California gov ernor cams east and the impression is strong that there is a- Well defined un derstanding . between - tha -.progressive from the coast and the sage of Oyster Bay. - Practically eVory progressiva leader here todar is loud In praise of Roosa velt's 'Charter of Democracy" speech at Co turn bu. 'Congressman George W. Norris of Nebrasia said: - "Roosevelt's speech was an able and clear presentation pf present day con- (Continued on Page Five.) 'SHISCIFIDENCE California Governor - Declares" Issue Now Is -Whether We Are Really -Capable, of Self-Go vermnent; -Says Colonel Favors Pure Democracy. (trailed rwa tested Wire.) New York, Feb. 22. Declining ,to comment on his boom for the vice pres idency, Governor Hiram Johnson of Ca norma, toaay wrote a statement ror tns United Press, giving his opinion of the address delivered by Theodore Roosevelt before the Ohio constitutional conven tion at Columbus yesterday afternoon. He said: - - ,- : "Roosevelt preaehed - tha doctrine of progress and democracy; the doctrine that has come out of the west so suc cessfully and which now is gripping even the most benighted portions of the east In direct opposition to recent ut terances of President Taft of distrust and suspicion- of the people Roosevelt ravors pure democracy and declares anew his confidence and trust in our kind of government and those compos ing it The issue thus Is now made whether we are really capable of self government. The colonel's address is, of course, what was expected from the great leader and brings cheer to every progressive, every trio American.", President Taft s decision to reply to colonel Roosevelt's speech followed a conference with , Secretary Hlllis. ' The president will stop . oyer, in ..Toledo en route to Chicago, where he la- sched uled to speak May 9. From an authoritative source it was learned that President Taft plana a se ries of speeches In reply to Roosevelt, the-flrst-of "which- will-be delivered in Toledo. . . ' . ' : . ," . PALACE HOTEL GUEST LOSES $50,000 INGE . . . (United Prw Letucd Wire.) - San Francisco, Feb. 22. Guests and employes of the Palace hotel are being shadowed today and police and private detectives are scouring the city in an effort Ao, recover tne jewels, valued at 150,000 stolen from Mrs. E, J. De Salba, wife of a well known, capitalist. The .Jewels- were taken from the apartments of Mr. and Mrs. De Salbw in the Palace hotel. ; Mrs. De Salba had worn them at the Mardi Graa ball and had placed them on a dresser when she retired. She locked- all the doors and f astenedb the windows, but when - her husband joined her an hour and a half later the jewels wer gone. The tDllce theory is that the Jewels were taken by The stolen Jewelry consists of four diamond bracelets, one -diamond studded lorgnette, one diamond clasp, one- dla mond cbandeau, four strands of matched TAFT DISTRUSTFULAND SUSPICIOUS COLONEL SI pearly. OFFCIALSf CASH "i HELD FOR Wffli Federal Grand ' Jury at Cincinnati Indicts' President and 29 of His Subordinates of National Concern on Charge of Forming Monopoly. (United Press Leawd Wire.) -Cincinnati, Feb. 22. John IL Patter son, president of the .National Cash Reg ister company of Dayton, Ohio.-ahd 19 othar officials and employes of the com pany were indicted by tha grand jury here today on charges of having con spired tOf restrain competition and of forming a monopoly. ? The defendants are charged wltb..ha ing, in 1902, conspired to form a com bination in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. vThe allegations of the government are practically the Same as those made in a civil suit filed against the defendants in December last.. A fins of -16800 or a year's imprisonment,-or both is tha punishment provided. . Among the officials Indicted are Ed ward Deeds, vice president and George Edgeter, secretary-of the compsny, Other employes of the company in dicted Include Charles Snyder, sales manager, San Francisco, and Earl B. Wilson, ex-sales manager, Los Angeles. A number of sales managers in prom inent cities throughout the, country were inaiciea. - That the alleged offenses of indicted members of the National Cash Register company continued 20 years, is the dec laration of united States District Attor ney McPherson. . Some of the defendants are oharged with- having bribed emDloves of; com petitors and of transportation, telegraph and telephone companies. It is alleged tha aerendants cut prices to force out competitors. According to federal offi cials, tha defendants bad an elaborate system of harassment of their rivals. FOUND DEAD BY PATIENT : (totted Treti Leaied Wire.) . . Hlllsboro, Or., Feb. 22. Falling to re ceive an answer to knocks for admit tance, a patient having an appointment with Dr. J. E. AdkinSk dentist, opened the door to his office at 10 o'clock this morning and found the doctor seated In his chair dead. He had come to the of fice early and had not been seen since entering. A physician says he had been dead about an hour when found. He was subject, to attacks of falntness and death was probably caused by oerebral hemorrhage. He was born In Kirksville. Mo., 67 years ago and had been in Hllls boro about Si 0 years. . : ANNEXATION OF TRIPOLI FORMALLY ANNOUNCED 1 ROme. Feb. 22. Premier Glollttl totlay presented to the chamber of deputies the royal decree proclamtng the annex ation of Tripoli Ao IUiy. The house was asked to transform it into law. - Wireless Plants to. Be Rebuilt. , vaiiejo. tai., en, zz. word was re ceived here today that the Mar? island wireless --force "Wtll "be transferred in build several northern, plants, and day light "Service between VSan? Francisco and Alaska will be established, Lieu tenant K. H. Dodd will be in command of the party, which will ba absent about four months, eisi 1ST WASH IT( GRATEFULLY HONORED Pnbllo Buildings, Banks, Schools, Closed tn Respect to 'First" Amer. lean; Press Club Is Host; Many Speeches Delivered In the City. - Fluttering flags on public and pri vate buildings, closed banks, a quiet city and county offices and schools, re stricted postal service and a sort or. ''half holiday" atmosphere in general, are today's manifestation of Portland's reverence to tha memory of George Waahlngton, who was born in Virginia 17S years ago today, Several functions wm De given mis evening in honor to the flrsvgreat American, and In honor or we aay, which Is also tha annlverssry of the opening of the Portland Press club's home in the Elks' building, scores of friends of the lub Jndng received and entertained this afternoon at the club rooms, which have been artistically dec orated for. the occasion. The club inaugurated an innovation in this event in having all visitors, both men and women, sign tne ciuos reg ister. . ' ' ' President ' Vincent, members of the hnnrd of managers of the club, the wives of the members of the board, and of the newspaper men, and tne active newspa per women of the club, comprise the re- ception coriiuiiikce vlHltor. ' One of the larger and more important events Dlinned for this evening is the annual banquet of the Oregon Society of Sons of the American Revolution, This banquet will be held at 6:30 o'clock at the Hotel Multnoman. wauace aic Camant, president of tha society, will ba toastmaster. and responses will be made by Judge Stephen A. Lowell, Pen dleton; George F. Rogers, Baiem, ana D. Bolls Cohen, Portland. Alumni Banquet -C. E. 8. : Wood will be the principal speaker "at the banquet of University of Pennsylvania alumni at tne Arlington club tonlehU Singing. -reading and an, aooress - oy Past DeDartment Commander Pratt will be features of an entertainment to do given in the East Side Branch Horary auditorium by the women of Sumner Re lief CorDS. " - Washington chapter, R. A. M., Wash ington chapter, O. E. S., and Washing ton lodge, Fi & A, M.. will cejebrate tonight In Masonic hall, j East Eighth and East ,-Burnslde streets. The prtf- gram will bfLZ National airs, orcnes- tra; male quar uartet; aaaresa, -aui unam- berlalni solo, Mrs. Anna Shillock; or- (Cont)nued on Page Four.)" RELEASED ON FRIDAY New York, Feb. 21. Justice Gerard's decision granting : a writ of , habeas corpus in the case, of Foulke E. Brandt, former Valet of Banker Mortimer L. Schlff and Invalidating the sentence of 30 years in prison for burglary imposed on him by justice Kosaisny, it was an. hounced today, will be filed tomorrow. - If Justice Gerard's decision is finally BU8tnedistrJtcjtAttornev Whitman will .move to havo. Um Tmilctment against Brandt dismissed on the. ground tnat he has been sufficiently punished, and the mkn who; it is claimed, was rail roaded to prison, will be free. Brandt will ba relet jied. on ball Friday. TKROUGHOUTTHECiTY IFF VALET WILL BE F OREIGNERS IN I EI PLEAD WiTH U.S. TO PUT END TO RGHTING English, French, German and Amer. lean Property Owners TJrge State Department to Take a Hand In Row In the Republic (United Press Lm6 Wtra.) Washington, Feb. J2. The United States government may be compelled to take anetlve hand in quelling the Mexi can rebellion by reason of as avalanche of appeals for protection from American citlsens, as well as the reports fit Eng lish, French and German Interests, which today is flooding the state department. Millions of dollars' worth of foreign property. It is said, is endangered be cause ; of the activities of Mexican banditS,. ;.. El Paso, Texas, Feb. ta-Orders to rush all available troops in northern Mexico to Juarez, across the Rio Grande from -E'i Paso, were Issued to' federal commanders today by President Fran cisco I. Madero. Reports received here today say that government troops are arriving on every train to intercept a force of 800 vasqulstas, commanded by General Ines Salazar, preparing to ad vance on Juarez. Tho revolutionists) it is said, plan to make Juarez the provi sional capital. A company of government troops ar rived in Juarez today, and 40 federals, in citizens' clothes, reached there late yesterday. Mexico City. Feb. 22. Emllo Zapata, leader of the revolutionary movement, today in a manifesto announced that ho expected to enter Mexico City and take possession of the capital about March 16. The rebels each day are drawing closer to the capital and President Ma derO la admittedly worried over the sit uation. Rebel forces today captured four towns along the Una of tho elec tric company which furnishes the city with Its lights, and the revolutionary forces are now in a position to. cut off the city's light at any time they see fit. ' Ambassador Wilson today - engaged passage oa tha -first, steamer, leavlnx Vera Cms. The report that Wilson is to sail for Europe has not been con firmed. . ;: h :;,:,-3;,;;r:: Eagle Pass, Texas, Feb. 22. Reports received here' today are Uhat the fed erate, commanded by Emilio" Madero, brother to President Madero, defeated the rebels at San Pedro, near Torreon. Seattle. Wash., Feb. 22.-The opening of the Alaska season was marked by the departure last night Of the steamer Jefferson for Skagway and ports with a full cargo and all accommodations taken by the 193 passengers. Most of the travelers are cannery managers and employes en route to -the fistr grounds to prepare for the season. Salmon packing has been 80 profitable during the past few-years that about 20 new stations will be opened this year and a big rush to the north is anticipated. 'So heavy are the freight offerings that the steamship Dolphin Will go into serv ice March 15 instead of March 80. and laJlJlJUtfJ.snip business ... in prospect, The steamship Arklplsa sailed last night with a full ArgwNpr Sitlta. Tha power schooner Bender Brothers will sail March 25 to 4 Inaugurate the first regular service be- BIG PROFITS IN SALMON HURRY ALASKAN RUSH County Body Discusses Ques tion of Recalling Grand Jury to Reinvestigate Charges Against Harvey. TONGUE ADVISEW1EN AGAINST INDICTMENT Jurors Thought Evidence Suf ficient for True Bill; Dis trict Attorney Did Not. (Soeettl to Tb Jonmal.) f uregon City, or., Feb. Z2. To discuss the appointment of a special prosecutor to handle tha Nathan B.' Harvev can- end to. induce tho reconvening of tha .. Clackamas county grand Jury in the ex pectation Of getting an indictment -against Harvey for the murder of tha Hill family at Ardenwald last June, the county cpurt of Clackamas is this aft ernoon In special session. , The Harvey situation is at present's remarkable one. The grand Jury dis banded last Saturday night after return ing two indictments tn other cases, but without mention of the Harvey case, althoughlthad examined 40Or 50 wit nesses and been In session nearly a week on that single matter. The Jurors were bald to believe the conclusions oi . the week's work warranted, an. indict ment so as to get the. entire situation threshed out at an open trial in circuit court, v " ... -' -When the Jurymen went home, U wa generally supposed they contemplatel reporting on the Harvey case the follow-, ing Monday, or even later. No one imagined nofurthef-alluslorf -would'bs made to it v - ,. ...When the Jurymen did not reconvene, and no public statement came- from , them, tha sheriffs office and Deta; -tive L. L. Levin ss of Portland, who hna been prominently connected with the Harvey ease for months, began an In vestigation, of-the curious silence. The ; result ls a ' statement to th Clackamas ""cimMBsiorJers " that ' the " grand Jury's failure to indict has not been due to lack of evidence, or in willingness for personal reasons, tut because of the attitude of District At torney Tongue, who is said to have told , the Jurymen he did not believs there was enough evidence , to enabl him to get conviction on an indictment. Detective " Levings appeared before the . commissioners this afternoon and one of the grand jurors la also tellln ; his story. The session is a secret one. In case the county court decides tha public welfare calls for pursuing th) Harvey matter to the extent of authoriz ing a special prosecutor, the court will name him and the grand Jury will be brought together again with tha expec tation that an Indictment will then be forthcoming. , F T General Mho Was Made Military Commander of Shanghai When " the" Republicans Got Control, Mys teriously Disappears. ftnltert Pre Lennxt Wire.) Shanghai, Feb. 22. General Chen, who was made military commander of Shanghai when the republicans gained control, has disappeared mysteriously. Some time ago General Li Yuan Hung commissioned him to buy a quantity of rifles for the republican army, at Wu Chang. On their arrival ; there they were found to be such poor weapons that General Li had them all thrown into the Yangtse Kiang. It was alwi reported that Cheng bought them for 17 taels each and turned tham over to Gen eral Li at SO taels. The day after this report gained currency visitors at the general's yamcn In the native city were Informed that the general was ill but would be about "again in a few dny. Several weeks have now elapsed ami ha isn't-any better. Nobody can find him, either. - The general impression is" that the story of his Illness is the polite Chi nese way of saying that, he hat, been decapitated.': - Snowstorm Rages In Ontario. (United Vtttm Leaned Wire.) Toronto, Feb. 22. The worst snow storm of the year is ragfng today all over Ontario. Trains are four to ten hours late and all street car traffic hera la tied up. Features TEACHING INDIANS WllltlS MEN'S WAY--Carollne Wasson Thomason writes entertainingly rOf the work at , Qhemawa Inrilan schooL .. TRUE BEAUTY' ONLY TIIHOUnil PAIN How the theory that an-- A guish ls-fl.ecessarv to refine' W-. mans charms appears wlicn r? duced to pictorial form. . ElltSrS BEAUTY TO AMElUf'.'. "f . Sf"ItOOI.K-It Tvlil not he 1 OLS-It Itrlchtest of Irlnii jjlrls .cotittng to Amciii.i t" Ih f NEXT SUI " FLYER N HIGH INANCE BELIEVEDTO HAVE COS REBEL IF I HEAD