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o COAST TEM?7?wTU:;E3 f i 1 I ii I 5 A. 11. Tr .Boise Seattle Fpoxana . En Francisco ........ Portland RoiabnrjT Marshfield, i '7. Fair tonight and Saturday; -t e 8 t e r 1 y winds. ; t 5J ...... 41 . SI J VOL. X. NO, 303. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1912 -TWENTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE TWO CENT3 North Bank Road Is Blocked Five Days by Tunnel Cave-In . V. . K H H ' H H It ' .t . It"' ' It ' Passengers Are Transferred From Vila to Lyle by Steamer IU PIES AFTER ALL-NIGHT FIGHT LAFDLLETTELETS El Scrr.es at the Caye-ln at Tunnel No. 7, Six Miles East of Bingen, Wash.; The Line Has Been Blocked Since . . Jlonday Xlght and AVill Not Bo Cleared Before Tomorrow. SPLIT UP DELEGATION FALL SEEMS SURE E REBEL ARr.W BEARS DOlOMffi; HE AMI PRAIRIE DEMOCRATS AIDS DNDERSTA VA BUILDING x Vasquistas in Thousands Are Marching Against - Bound- ary. Stronghold of Govern ment; May Not Resist. - 0R0ZC0 SAID TO' HAVE . "DESERTED GOVERNMENT American Commander ; at El Paso Telegraphs General ; Has Joined In&urrectos. HVvAteA frimi Leasrd Wire.) Wastiingtoh, Feb, 23. General Pas cual Ofozc-o, rifrht hand "man of Presi dent , Francisco I. , Madero of Mexico, during -tha. la tUw"-uccesful campaign to wrest the country from the control of Portlrlo Dla, today . Is reported to have deserted to the revolutionary forces and ta be marching on Juares at the head 6t 1400 men. Word to this effect wae received at the war department to day In a dispatch from Colonel Steever, commanding the United States troops in Texas, While the reports of General Oroaco's desertion are unofficial, they are believed true, as his disappointment was keen when Abraham Gonzales' was made governor and military dictator of the state of Chihuahua, a position which . Prozco cOycted.-. General Drozco, It Is believed hefe,f will prove Invaluable to thp Insurgents, on account of his fa miliarity with Madero's military tactics. With General Orozco leading the attack, the fall of Juareg U believed, certain, as he li entirely familiar with fbe city and surrounding territory,, having made Juaira his headquarters during the Ma Uero rebellion. . - , Kl Pa'S, Texas, Feb. !S. Practically defenseless,'. Juarez,' across : the lnter rational boundary from here, today s r threatened by a force of Vasquistas, numbering several thousand, now - mirchlng on the city from the south. The rebel forces, commanded by, Gen eral Inez Salazar, It is reported, are de- " terminer to make Juarez the capital of the revolutionary government. Ee .. ports from Sablnal today say that a force of 1000 rebels are there, en route to Juarez,, and wilt 'combine with 1000 more, reportod to be marching north ward from ChlhuaKua,"-; Juarez it, la believed hera, will fall without a : strugRler' At the present "tlmo there ; are , less . than 8dt loyal troops in the garrison there and 100 of these, It Is said, are. preparing to de sert to the rebel cause. ' Although nottling official Has been received here, It a believed that Gen eral Salazar plans first to take Juarez and then direct his attack on Chihua hua. Reports today say that the revo- (Contlnued on Page Two.) CABINET CHIEFS LACK SAND TO TALK BEFORE 10,000 SUFFRAGETTES Haldane, Morley and Grey Back Ont at Last Minute, bnt Lloyd-George - Is Brave; Lady Managers Prom ise "No Bough House. (Unlttd Prrw Led Wlre.l London, Feb. 23. Ten thousand ar dent advocates of woman suffrage will pack Royal Albert Hall tonight for the format opening of their winter cam paign. . Especial Interest attaches to ' the meeting In view of the fact that David Lloyd-George, chancellor of the exchequer, Is to be the chief speaker, and that recently It has been strongly Intimated that he will likely succeed Asqulth as premier, should the present differences In the cabinet over the votes for women question result in its disso lution. Other members of the cabinet, Including War Secretary Haldane, Vis count Morley,- lord , president of the council, and Foreign Secretary Grey, who were to have addressed Hhe 'meet ing, backed out the last minute. . Tha lady managers of the -. National Tnfon of Women's Suffrage society, : under whose auspices .the demonstra - tloii in to be - held,.- have assured Lloyd-George that there will be no rough house, there being an agreement among th various branches .of the suf fragette ' movement .that hone shall disturb any meetings of the others. ' The Immense hall has been gorgeous ly decorated In the suffragette colors and with the banners carried in the big procession of last June. All of the ushers will be women. The fact that those selected for .this duty are mostly or athletic build, is said to have no. special significance. . More than 75 members of parliament whose Votes are pledged for woman suffrage will ocoupy scats on the plat form. , A big counter demonstration ' Is to take place in the same hall next Wed nesday under the auspices -of the Na tional League for opposing Woman Suffrage, to be addressed by Lord Chancellor Loreburn and Colonial Sec retary Harcourt. WIRELESS TO COVER PANAMA-TO-SEATTLE (Onlted Pr T,enMl Wlre. San Diego. Cal., Feb. 23. -The Mar coni Wireless Telegraph company will open a powerful, station at Kncanto, . titnr here, March 1. The station will work with other stations at San Fran cisco and Seattle and will communicate '-.Uh.ljiiiaju.iarBoutliiia-ihfiJ1jiaaxaa canal zone. Installation of auxiliary instruments Is In progress today. !v 1 , - V r .. .It - . ' - v - BIG FORCE AT VORK Boat Transfer Now In Use Will Then Be Abandoned by the North Bank Bond; Narrow Escape of Train When Big Slide Came.: " " :" (Spicln1 to The JouraaLV v , Blngen, Wash., Feb. 23.-Clearlns;pf. tunnel No. 7 on the North Bank road, six miles above Blngen, is progressing fast and the line is expected to be open to traffic tomorrow, Meanwhile day pas sengers are transferred from Vila to Lyle ,by boat, while night trains are detoured over the O.-W. R, & N. General Superintendent Russell of tha North Bank line confirms tha expecta Hon that tunnel 7 will be open for traf fic tomorrow. - The tunnel was blocked by a cave-In' last Monday evening, and since tha.t time day traffic has had, to transfer by . boat around the tunnel, while night traffic has been routed over the O.-W. N. tracks on- the-aouth bank of the Columbia. The cave-In was caused by accumu lation of a large quantity of water In a pocket back of the concrete lining of the tunnel. ' The first train that rah Into the ob struction was the Portland bound train Monduy night, and a Bcrlous 'accident would probably' have, occurred had not the engineer discovered the obstruction In time to bring his train nearly to a stop before striking. "The engineer and fireman Jumped from, their posts and escaped injury. Some of the passengers reported having suffered from - the Jar with -which the train was brought to a sudden stop by tha application of the brakes. ; ',;:..,,. ',;,-, El TER (Totted Pth VnttA Wire.) ' Shanghai, Feb. JS. Wholesale Slaughter ' of Thibetans . by ; Chinese troops is . reported In dispatches r re ceived here today. The troops, accord ing ;to the report, fearing the return of the grand lama would precipitate a general uprising, massacred all Thibe tans, ' Including many women - and chil dren, near tha frontier.;- . H0USETS THREATENING ' "REAL" -TRUST INQUIRY . (United PreM Lcawd Wlre.1 - Washington, Feb: 23.A "real Irtves tigation" Into the so-called money trust Is threatened by members of the house today as a result of the consolidation In New York of the Manhattan and, Bankers' "trust companies, institutions' controlled by J. P. Morgan & Co. Despite the action of 4 Democratic caucus in rejecting the Henry resolution. calling for an Investigation of the money trust, KepuDiican ana Democratlo pro gressives, It was announced today, plan a combination to force the adoption of the resojutlpn, ,f FORCED HIS YOUNG WIFE TO "SHOW HERSELF OFF" (United Pre Leaned Wire.!', Crown Point, Ind Feb. 23. Novel Is the divorce cross oompjalnt on. file here today by Mrs. Ethel V. Bryan of Chi cago against Louis A. Bryan,- millionaire of Gary, . Ind. One of the allegations made by the complainant la that Bryan forced her to sit around hotel lobbies in the daytime In evening dress wearing 110,000 worth of diamonds, "Jfist - to show off." Mrs. Bryan's bill Is filed In ansitA to ft suit fnr rtltrnr,. K..n-,,r, several months ago by her husband. She Is 24 and Bryan ,1s 68. IE AUGH WDMEND DREN ,.f',. ' ' ) ''i,,. tV.,(5',il:'vi1v.2pSS:S,V -r ,,-4 , M ' ; , i M mm CABINET PERFORMING-MISSION NOW READY TO QUIT Members Who Accepted Positions at a Sacrifice to Themselves,. Are Expected to Resign, Now That the Work Is Accomplished. (tJnlted Press Leaied Wire.) . -Paris, Feb. 23. It was reported here today that Prime , Minister Folncare will resign shortly and that his minis try will' be reconstructed, possibly with ex-Premier Aristlde Briand as presi dent of the council or cabinet. When Polncare assumed the premier ship he did so at personal loss to him self. Likewise several of the ', present cabinet officers accepted portfolios at similar sacrifice. Senator' Bourgeois, now minister of labor, wasr and still is, in poor health. These men, realizing tht with the Franco-German accord de bate on and the Moroccan protectorate to get on Its feet, France had need of tajent. and -.patriots, '. so . Joined-forces aftd put their shoulders to the wheel. Affairs arerapldly shaping themselves fpr the better and it Is asserted that as soon, as these . matters are ' settled Polncare will lay down his charge, T.he name of Georges Clemenceau, former premler is mentioned ai Polncare' s sue. cessor,. though Briand probably has the better chance. . - . EASTERN OREGON SNOW T ; . (Recll to The Journal.) La Grande, Or., Feb. 23, -Union coun ty's heavtest snowfall this year, perhaps In several years, fell last nlghtf block ing trafflo Be eral hours and creating congestion in street traffic that, was hard to master. The automobiles used by guests at the annual Elks' ball last night, were deserted In big numbers in the dead of night, 1 mired In roud and soggy snow, A warm sun today is pre venting a silver thaw. Passenger train No. 6 was stalled at Kamela nearly 10 hours but is moving now, and half a dozen other trains held up by it are fred. At noon the wind was blowing 'vents drifting, At xUhJ. Over a foot of snow fell DELAYS HE OVER LANDS i. , . .I H ..: : i i - , - -.. f I ,. -sit i r ; Photo by Jezler, Blngen, Wash. T IE L 16- Police Believe Man' Pistol, Wwklng From Under Pillow, Discharged; Couple Had' Eloped Short Time Be fore and Had Just Been Forgiven. (United Prrat Leueil Wire.) Santa Cruz, Cal., Feb. 23. Unabls to find a. motive for murder, the police here are convinced today that George Freeman of Ssn Francisco, who met death in a Santa Cruz hotel last night while he lay sleeping by the side of his 16-year-old-bride, was killed by the ac cldental discharge of his own weapon. This belief Is also entertained by his wife, who was Christine Hackley, daugh ter of Eli 'Hackley, a prominent rancher of Humboldt "Oh, my God, I am shot," were the first words Mrs. Freeman says her hus band uttered after awaking at 11 o'clock last night,, mortally woundeiLi!!Plfiaae tell.-iother,"-hft, added. Ten - minutes later Freeman was dead without giving any explanation of .the shooting. Freeman slept with a revolver under his pillow and tt is believed that it worked down In the bed and was dis charged when he rojled over on It. . i The Freeman marriage was an elope ment, Mrs. Freeman ,orijy recently hav ing recolved forgiveness by her parents. 8 MEN DIE McAlesler, Okla',, Feb. 23.Complete exploration today of mine No. S of the Wichita Coal "Mining company at Le high shows that but eight men met death .there yesterday in the explosion and fire. One other miner is missing, but it itf'not believed, that he. perlshad. 'When the explosion-occurred 176 men were at work, but the quick action of Chester Caldwell 'and a young Mexican minor In spreading the alarm through the mine enabled all but 10 to escape. The bodies of the eight victims were recovered today and a ninth miner was rescued alive. The death list was ver ified. -by a check Of the payroll i of the company, wlilnh sUawa that all, the mew In tha mine have now been accounted for except the one who la missing. C. L. ACCIDENTALLY m BE1 YEAR OLD BRIDE llE EMOSIOilAND FIRE Location at Southeast Corner of West Park and Wash ington Bought for $225, 000 to $250,000, it IS Said. STRUCTURE WILL BE 1? STORIES IN HEIGHT Property; Was Bought- From Jagger Estate Through Chapin & Herlow. As a site for a duplicate of the Wil cox building at Sixth and Washington, Theodore B. Wilcox today purchased the 50x100 foot lot at the southeast corner of West Park and - Washington. While the consideration was given out as $100, it Is known that Mr. Wilcox paid be tween $226,000 and $260)000 for the hold ing. The property belonged to the estate of the late Louis W. Jagger, .the com mission merchant, who was killed'. in an automobile accident near Greeham less than" two years ago.' :I'T. The heirs of the estate are the broth ers and sisters of Mr, Jagger, among whom are Frank and Samuel Jagger and Mrs. Fred Fones. All of the heirs live In and around Portland. .Mr. Wil cox left for San Francisco last Satur day night and did not expect to take title to the Jagger property until after his return, 10 days hence, but It de veloped today that the transaction had to be putjthrough at', once and the final details of the deal were" arranged by telegraph. . The property Is under lease which has 22 months to run. Mr, Wilcox announced when he first opened neeotlattons f or the property that if he secured it he would Improve It with a dupltcata of his magnificent 12-story office building as soon as the leases of the present ten ants expires. Chapin & Herlow handjed the transaction. , ESCAPES SENTRIES AT Dodges When First Halted and Flees Into Woods; Next Morning Mys. terions "Old Man" Flees With As tonishing Speed and Is Uncanght. (Snedal .to The Jonraal.t Hammond, Or.. Feb. 23. There Is an unsolved mystery at Fort Stevens. The entire garrison is puzzled. Tuesday night the outpost guard at Point Adams discovered an unidentified man about the battery of the ten inch rifles. Tpon being halted by the sentry, he dodged behind an obstruction and fled to the woods nearby. The guards, thoroughly alarmed, re doubled their vigilance but nothing aroused their suspicions until the morn ing when one of the sentries observed an old man standing on a hill near the battery. They advanced toward him, whereupon the old -man fled with as tonishing speed, considering his appar ent nge. Orders were immediately issfled to secure the man If possible, and If he failed to halt when called upon to do so to open fire upon him. . This battery Is in an isolated posi tion, and no civilian has any possible excuse wandering about In its vlolnlty, especially' at night The battery in question Is the latest constructed at Fort Stevens, cost ap proximately $1,000,000, and by artillery men is regarded as the most .up-to-date structure of its kind In the .United States' service. RUSSIANS DISCUSSING RETALIATORY METHODS " St. Petersburg, Feb. 23. Members of the Nationalist party today are consider ing methods Of retaliation against the United States for action In renouncing the Rtiso-Amertcan treaty of 1832 and abrogating It At a mass meeting, at tended by 60 members of the duma, resolutions 'were read in support of the Nationalists' proposals of total exclu sion of, all Americans of the Jewish faith and of tariff reprisals. GETS READY JO CROSS ATLANTIC IN DIRIGIBLE (United Prest Leased Wire.) Paris, Feb.- 23 Dr. Paul F. Cans, who proposes to crosss the Atlantic in ,hls dirigible balloon, the Suchard, left today for Teneriffe, In the Canary Is lands, to complete . final preparations. Gans expects .to start from Teneriffe in a week or two and will attempt to follow a course across the ocean ,that will enable him to effect a landing some where m the West Indies, probably on the Island of Earbadoes. MEYER WILL; NOT TALK; SAYS, "I WILL DO DUTY" ' , rnlted Prwra Leairrt .Wlre. : -Washington, Feb. 23., -Asked as to the truth of a report that, if : Roosevelt seeks the Tnominafion, he Wili tfult the cabinet, George Von I Meyer, secretary of the navy said today: ; "I will do my duty, that is all." ' The report that Meyer would quit the eablnet ' was based on kwewledwe ef the long friendship of .the secretary of the navy and the former president SPY AT FORT STEVENS 00.000 ATI Resolution of "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, Wilson Leader, to Divide Balti more Delegates Between Champ Clark and Jersey Governor. (Cnlted Prm Lund Wlr. t Oklahoma City, Feb. 23. After wrangling all night In a hopeless effort to send a solid delegation to the na tional convention, at TlnlHmnr pledged either to the candidacy of Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey or Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri, the Oklahoma state Democratic convention early today finally adopted a report dl vtding the state's delegation between the two candidates named. All yealerdayaf ternoonand during the night repeated efforts for a com promise failed, and believing ' further attempts to amicably adjust their dif ferences were' futile, Governor Lee Cruce of Oklahoma urged the vonven tlon to indorse Governor Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana for the presidency. This resolution was overwhelmingly defeated. Governor Cruce being about the only detegHt'-lathehairwhorvot6d for It. Then, as a last .resort, a reso lution was introduced at daybreak in tended to send the delegation to Balti more pledged to Clark, but the Wilson supporters stood pat and the resolu tion was lost by a vote of 314 to 289. Aalfcjfa, Bill" Murray, , a Wilson leader, then submitted another resolu tion calling for a division of the dele gates, and this was finally adopted. An attempt by the Clark adherents to amend the report withSwXOmpromlaa resolution so that the entire delegation should favor Clark failed to carry. The convention then adjourned. . The compromise between the Wilson and Clark forces was not reached until 4 o'clock this morning. is CITY; IT'S A SUCCESS raremcnt. Glistening, Reflects Happy Face of Follower . of Broom Who Won't Be Discharged; He Reads Law and Knows His Business. Oregon CLtyDr,, Feb, 23,.- ."Chief of Police Shaw can't be fired, so how can I be?" - This was the- declaration today of Frank Trulllnger, a street sweeper who was discharged about a month ago by the city council. Trulllnger, who was appointed by ex-Mayor Brownell, In sists that, only the mayor can dismiss him. He declares Mayor Dimlck . has Instructed him to continue at work and has assured him, he will receive his wages of $60 a month. ' But Charles Richardson, appointed by Street '-Commissioner Babcock. when Trulllnger was dismissed, also sweeps the streets, which Is the work of one man. . Trulllnger follows. Richardson, and as a result Araln street is cleaner now than befdre. -When Chairman Burk, of the eouncll street committee, informed':: Trulllnger of his discharge, the, sweeper laughed, and said: "Shaw can't b. f tred as chief of po lice and I know' M council cannot fire me. I have looked up the law, and I intend to continue on the Job until the mayor tells me td quit. I have no fear of not getting my money." E HIM WOULD KILL HI San Francisco, Feb. 23. traglo di lemma confronts the wife and friends of W. B. Nash, who Is at the county Jail, here pending an appeal, from a sen tence of five years at San Quentin for falsifying a report He is rapidly sinking as the result of hemorrhages from the lungs and his death Is but a matter bf hours. Doctors declare any attempt to move him will precipitate his death and his wife and friends are In an agony of Indecision, not, panting Nash to die in prison and yet wlBhlng to . prolong his M e m m u chas LPpss I b I e. Na sh iwa s to liave been released on bail Saturday but Judge Dunne waived this and consented to his removal today. E LESS sieper RIED OUT AT OREGON DYING IN AIL TO MOV FELONS BETTER FED THAN COTTON MILL HANDS; LOAN SHARKS GET RiCH ON YAGES OF CHILDREN Department of Commerce and Labor Report on Conditions in South Says Family Account at Company's Store Usually Exceeds Pay of Father, Mother and Children; Home Life Declared Conducive to Pneumonia; .Tuberculosis Is Prevalent. United rreas Lc.-i.pd Wire.) - -Washington, Feb. 23. ".The family account at the company's store usually exceeds the wages of father, mother and children,'';: arid (he family Is then forced to borrow money from loan sharks to meet the added debt." Thl's Is the outstanding, feature of a report Jtssued today by the department of commerce ,and labor, following , an Investigation of conditions prevailing in the cotton rntlls of the Carollnas, Georgia, Texas and other southern states. at the fedeeat1 penitentiary r In Atlantar-ihe report says, are better fed than the cotton workers. Their Replying -to-Jndorsemsnt - by Progressives of Wisconsin, Senator -Implies He Continue in Fight. YET DOES NOT COMMIT HIMSELF EITHER WAY Praises Men Who "Never Have Been Known to Swerve From Course." (Uutttd Prm Leiifd Wire.) v Madison, "Wis., Feb. 23. Without em phatically committing himself, but still implying that he yet has hopes of se- . curing the Republican progressive presi dential nomination, Senator Robert M. La Juliette of Wisconsin, writing from WasMngton, has replied in a letter to Wlscbnsln progressives who had unani mously indorsed his candidacy at a re cent " meeting. The letter, addressed Jointly to J. J. Blaine, chairman of the meeting, and Enrich S. Sterm, secretary said: ' "Without one word from you I should have known where to find you all. No where are there braver or1 brainer fighters for human rights to be found than In Wisconsin. Trained and sea soned by many battles,' you never hav been known to swerve from the straight course. Again and. again you have made what thoso without vision call "def eat" the very cornerstone of a great and lasting victory. "We are facing a civic crisis. " We demand better control of government". the Just solution of our nation wide . economlo and social problems. "The progressive platform must, be thoroughly constructive -and uncompro mising on the great Issues now to be fought out to a finish. It lg not the time to compromise on principles or men. It was the uncompromising course In Wisconsin that secured wise and progressive statutes' that distin guished our commonwealth. . Standing : solidly together we will continue the Wisconsin way until it is the national way. And I believe that time is near at hand." TO OF BY MANUFACTURERS Fumes of Acid Used In Artificially Whitening Product in Violation of Pure Food Laws; Evidence Is " Being Secured, It Is Said. Flour that is artificially whitened by bleaching with the fumes of acid Is still being: manufactured on a large scale In bothOregon and Washington. - While there is a law in Washington to prohibit the bleaching of flour, no such condition exists In this state. How ever, as most of the flour manufactured In this state is sold In other states, the manufacturers come under the ban of the government pure food law. This strictly prohibits bleaching, as it is a detriment to. health, besides being a cheat upon consumers. Millers by bleaching their flour can grind tip Inferior wheat and make tt resemble the product of the hard wheat. Hard wheat flour is whiter than soft wheat stock, but the bleaching of the latter, while making it white, does not Improve the quality. The United States government Is mak ing an effort to stamp out the evil, and samples of flour are being taken with a view of prosecuting offenders. According to a recent report of a Wash, lngton state official, most of the flour sold in that state was bleached, con trary to the law. The same condition exists In this state. Umatilla Extension Plans Approved. " nVah!nntnn Bureau of Tha Journal.) Washington. Feb. 23. Senator Bourne announces that the reclamation board approved . the West Umatilla project, conflialonalnj ,gett1ns.Jand;;.ftt favor-, able -prices In which case 1750,000 will be iised to provide water for about 30.000 acres. homes, it' Is charged, are ltisufflcli-nilv. heated, sanitary conditions are bud and epidemics of .measles, malaria and: ty phoid fevor 8.ro, freiueiJt., Their Itoui life, according to the report, la con ducive to pneumonia, and ss ' a result tuniMKHilosis prevails . In hundred of families, - "la an average, family of "eight pr son." says the report, "half of th mentbers work. Thfctr wage is Insuf ficient to-meet their neetJs, and a vtuft to the loan shark Invariably r follow, Then other, dujdren are sent to woie mm tit liw -trwT'Pf 4wwit--'HH?wt-,'t the children into the maw pt trie cut ton mills." ' GOVERNMENT TP BLEACHING FLOUR