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- Fair today with north easterly winds. VOL. VIII. NO. 47. PORTLAND, -OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS VASQUISTA Mr mm crush HELPLESS JUAREZ Army of 3000 Under Rojas and Salazar Moves to Out skirts of City and Is Ready to Strike. ' EXCEPTING 30 SOLDIERS ONLY CITIZENS ONWARD Fighting, If Any,- Will - Be Between Civilians and Reb els; Intervention 'Likely. El Paso, Tex.; Feb. 44. Unless the heavy rain which tonight Is drenching Juares "makes the grounds too wet" for fighting, dawn will Bee the historic old town, the provisional capital of Mexico with 8000- Yasquistas - under Colonels Salazar and Rojas, in complete control. Commandeering trains at Baucha, the forces of Rojas and Salazar moved to the outskirts of Cludad Jaures tonight and made ready for an attack on the city; In Jaures only citizen soldiers are on guard with the exception of about 30 men who'ere said to be federal machine gun men In disguise, and who are there to operate the two machine guns sent Into the town from the American side recently. - y y - y . " . .-. " - The fighting in Jaures. if any-should ocour. will ba between civilians and reb els, and as the passing of a single shot to the American side with damage to American property or life, will precipi tate Intervention, the situation is con sidered most critical 1 Surrender Demanded. The surrender of Jaures to the Vas- - qulstas was demanded tonight of E: C. Llorente. Mexican consul here, by Gon alo Enrile, according to Enrlle, who says .the city will be made the head quarters of the Trevlno-Vasquista gov ernment." Effrlle is the accredited au thor of the manifesto proclaiming the Trevlno revolution, which was circulated throughout northern Mexico today.' In wagons, on streetcars, on foot and - tn-antomobH, the- people - t Juares have been rushing into El Paso since 4 o'olock this afternoon and at dark the exodus had become a rout, v v; . j, Cursing Americans, many of the ref ugees sought safety from their own countrymen on the American side, and all are In the highest state of excite ment. - Partisans of General TGeronlmo Trevlno, the latest revolutionary leader In Mexico, are endeavoring to stir an antl-American sentiment among the sev eral thousand Mexicans on the Ameri can side of the border and trouble Is threatened in El Paso and in the coun try nearby if American troops find it necessary to cross the border here. . , ' Froolamatlon Seised. 7 , American secret service men late to day seized a number of jfrpclaraatfona here addressed to the president of the United'States and accusing him of stir ring up all the trouble in Mexico. The tirnriamfttloni were ' found in a local Mexican printing ' office. They are printed In Spanish, and were, it is, said, taken to the printing office by Gonza lo Enrlle, former Mexican consul to Bel glum, w'ho last night caused the print ing of a manifesto declaring for General .Trevino for president Mexicans on this 'side of "the river have been arming for weeks in anticipation of intervention, and unless heavy military and police funrriH . .r lined hArA- ther In .vait prospect for an attempt at looting and " Tiirhani wnriA nn the AmArtrfln Rid - 4 , Colonel Antonio Rojas, with 2000 men, and Colonel Inez Salazar, with 1000, Joined forces at Bauche, 12 miles below Juarez, late today. , Tonight three cars . (Continued- on Page Six.) ,. .. SPECIAL TRAINS TAKE Twenty Second Infantry and Third Field Battery Entrain at San ' An tonio; Two Thousand Other Sol. diers Waiting for Harry Call. Cnlte4 Press Leased WJre.l "' Ban Antonio, Texas, Feb. 24.-Before sunrise 1500 United States soldiers ore pedal trains, run in sections, will be on their way to El Paso to reinforce troops along the Rio Grande and be ready to enter Mexico If President Taft directs Intervention in the Mexican revo lution. Ready to follow .them . are 2000 soldiers being prepared for the field by Brigadier General Joseph W. Duncan, ' commanding the department of Texas. The .troops which were busy entrain ing tonight are 23d United States in fantry, Colonel D. A. Frederick com manding, and third field battery, Lieu tenant B. D. Sturgis commanding. . Orders came today from the war de partment for these ' troops to leave at once and for the remainder of the gar rison to be ready to move at a moment's notice.'. .; -;- . -,.; Major Rolfe, post quartermaster, and Southern Pacific officials at once se cured 102 cars necessary to handle the big command of 14 organisations ami their baggage prepared for indefinite field Service across the border. ; ' The first train with horses and bao 'irage left at midnight and will be in El Paso in SO hours. The other trains will run at hourly intervals behind It The . equipment was loaded tonight br the light of lanterns and huge fires. To provide for a fast' run" the guns and wagons were spiked to the flat cars. Both organizations are prepared for immediate field service. Each mfantry man h:m 290 rounds of ammunUloiuand "the artillery"carries"Eo6 'rounds for each gun. The commissary has rations -far iw aays ror ine enure command and (Continued on Page Six.) IA AMERICAN TROOPS TO BOUNDARY ROOSEVELT'S ViSIT TO BOSTON SIGNIFICANT Colonel Declares Trip .Is Non Political Political Think-x ' ers Opine Otherwise, (By the International Kewi service.) Boston, Feb. 24. The entry of Colonel Roosevelt Into the Ba"y State today af ter a critical period in the Taft-Rose-velt ante-convention battle" created a stir, although the . colonel has stated that his only object of his .visit was to make a call on the Harvard overseers and to renew old acquaintances. COIOnel "Roosevelt goes tomorrow to the home in this city of Speaker Gush ing of thi Massachusetts , house, and says there will be "no politics" there. Cushing has been an outspoken Taf t advocate and the colonel's call upon him, tfr rental -overnight, has set the political savants guessing. , Rosevelt was ' accompanied on ? his trip from New York by Representative Nicholas Longworth, who took occasion to Insist that he had never put himself down -as a Taft man,: t "Teddy" Roosevelt Jr. and bis wlje also came along with the colonel, the1 Roosevelt scion to call upon old Har vard chums. ' . '.' - - ' - . - The Rooseveirmen here are talking of Governor Bass for Roosevelt's run ning mate if the colonel is nominated J Bass will talk to the rough rider about It on Monday, Roosevelt's preference as to any possible mate Is belteved to lie between Governor Johnson of Cali fornia and ; Governor ' Had ley of : Mis souri. 1 ,. .1. .j.'..' ... .'. ... Friends of Colonel Roosevelt here to night declared that he would announce within 48 hours that he Was a receptive candidate for the presidential nomina tion. It was believed that the former president's position would be made clear in a reply to the recent message sent to him by the western governors who held a conference in, Chicago. - (United Pr Wire.) . : Washington, Feb. 24. Waterway im provements costing 125,965,010 this year have the O. K of the rivers and, har bors committee of the house in its bill completed tonight, which will bs intro duced in the house Monday. This is the second smallest appropriation since 1904, and an Increase of only 13,000,000 over las 4 year's bill. The measures includes the following: For";' Washington and Oregon Puget sound and , trlbutares, $25,000; Skagit river, $15,tv0; Lewis river, 165,000; Co lumbia river and Snake river, 125,000; Hoquiam river, $12,000; Cowlits river, $5500; Jetties at mouth of the Columbia, $1,000,000; The Dalles canal, $600,000 and $30,000 above The Dalles to the Snake ' river; Columbia river t- 4j1ow Portland, $155,000; Tillamook-Bay. $100,- 000. and Petaluma river, $90,000. river, $3000 and SluslaV river, $6000. The bill includes also the following appropriations; . Monterey- bay, Califor nia. 1200.000: Oakland harbor. $100,000: Sacramento , river, $66,000; San Joaquin river, 40,000; San Pedro harbor, $25, 00 and Petaluma river, "$90,000. , Oregon City, Feb. , 24. Congressman Hawley wired the president of the Ore gon City Commercial club tonight: .r. 'The rivers and harbors -committee adopts the project for the improvement of the Willamette between Portland and Oregon City and makes the appropria tion recommended by the engineers." ' This .. means , that . the appropriation i go into the riverrana harborsrum and undoubtedly be passed by, congress. This;, project provides for a six foot channel at low water between Port land and Oregon City and is part of the canal scheme at this place. Ultimate ly a 12 foot channel at low water is proposed. , HINES TAKES 1ST STEP TO "FIGHT BACK" AT FUNK Chicago, Feb. 24.-Convicted of "con duct hostile to the objects or Injurious to Jhe,character:.ofJJheJtfnloiu League club and ousted from its membership, Edward Hlnes, '.millionaire lumberman and chief lieutenant for William Lori mer In the latter' s ' famous campaign for a, seat in the United States senate, today took the first step in a campaign to 'f lght back" when he filed suit against Clarence S. Funk for $100,000 for libel and slander. Funk, also a club member, was the chief witness against Hlnes.- He declared that Hlnes sollc itel a subscription of $10,000 from him on behalf of the International Harvester company, of which he is general man ager, towards a $100,000 fund used 'to put Lorlmer over." i - Other legal actions are contemplated by Hlnes, according to statements of his attorney, Charles L. Allen. , " "No appeal to the courts from the club's decision to drop Hines from its. roll is contemplated, at least until after a vote has been taken on the Lorlmer matter in Washington," said Allen. "However, further suits against Chicago Interests thatVhave .libeled Mr. Hlnes are now being considered by his attorneys." Only a praecipe In the suit against Funk has. been filed. The allegations of the complaint are being; withheld. ACCUSED, P0IS0NER0F BABES PUZZLES OFFICERS . lUnltcd Prtu l.aa! Wir.. . 7 New York, Feb. 24. .Whether Wini fred Ankers really killed eight Infants in the Brooklyn Hospital for Infants by putting oxalic acid In their milk, as the police allege, or was forced Into a con fession of guilt by shrewd detectives who submitted her to ah unmerciful third degree, as she says was the case, is puzzung mo . juroomyn district at torney, ' v ' 5 ; A searching investigation was ordered tonight. The police insist that the woman made her- confessions voluntar ily and they afuCassert that they have proof of her guilt. . t . I '"Dat 4rt her l-4h-Ankwrg wonianTf fl me verge or a nervous DreaKuown, In sisted that 'she had never harmed the children, t Alienists will make a careful examination of 'the unfortunate woman. RIVER APPROPRIATION : . BILL IS COMPLETED ora TO QO AFTER BEST STEFOR U Two or Three Special Trains Will Convey Boosters to San Francisco to View Panama " Exposition Site. CAMPAIGN OF ACTION OUTLINED TOMORROW No One Barred From Excur - sioh, and Entire State Is to1 ' Be Represented at Site. " With "Oregon First" as a slogan spe cial trains of Beaver state citizens will invade San Francisco March 14. On that day" the sites of the state buildings for the Panama Pacific Exposition, 1915, will be selected. 7--?; -t - ; - Determined that Oregon shall have first choice of all sites, the state will be organised. . Representatives of eveVy out-state commercial organisation will join the Oregon Exposition commission of which Julius L. Meier is chairman, and the business organizations of Port land on the two and possibly three spe cial trains that will leave the afternoon of March 12- 'v, -: First on the ground and with a strength of representation that will not brook denial,, there is every confidence that California and San Francisco will recognise the claims of Oregon. The campaign for Portland will be organised tomorrow at a noon luncheon in the Commeclal club. Officers and representatives of every business organ isation in the city have been invited to be present The plan of. work will then be approved. Business men who desire to go will be asked to give definite pledges. ' Arrangements will be made so that all who desire may be accompanied by their wives. It is expected there will be two tralnloads from Portland. - - 'Anyone May Oo. At the Instance of Governor West the Invitation to join the excursion leaving rortiana March 12 will be general. AU Who desire to go are asked to communi cate with the exposition commission or the nearest commercial organisation. The railroad fare, It was announced yes terday by John M. Scott, general pas senger agent df the Southern Paeiflo In Oregon, will be reduced to $25 for the round trip, exclusivof berth and meals. A committee on tentative plans met yesterday afternoon in the green room of the Commercial club, at the call of Mr. Meier. The Commercial, Adv. Ro tary, East Side Business Men's and Pro gresslve- Business Men's clubs, the rail road, the newspapers, the Realty board and the chamber of commerce were rep resented by GY F. Johnson, C. B. Mer rick, Phil S. Bates, A. G. Clark, Charlie Berg, W. H. Jenkins, A. L. Fish, W. H. Chapin, JohnM. Scott, W. L. Crlssey, Edgar B. Piper, John F. Carroll, E. C. Glltner, Frank C Rlggs, C. H. Moore and Dan Kellaher. Mr. Meier announced tnat he had a telegram from Charles C. Moore, presi dent of the exposition, caying: "Conference of architectural commis ton" just concluded and I am happy to inform you state building sites willje ready for selection on or after March rt,,:: v IT Xeler Sends Kesssge.": ; - This wire does not say that Oregon will be given first choice of sites. If It did the special trains would be nn- (Contlnued on" Page .Six.) WHY DAD lMPSKrfc3 Spring-uiT to M l00K 0VER E jfpfg-iF N CRISIS IMMINENT IN TEXTILE WORKERS' STRIKE: CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ABRIDGED AT LA WRENCE Group of State FROM STR. HUMBOLDT " FOUND NEAR SALEM Honor Convict Gives Governor West a Tip, Governor Gets Confession and Location of Cache; Gold Is Brought to Portland. ' ' ' (Speddl to Tbe Jonratl.) Salem, Or., Feb. 24. Through, a tip given, to Governor West by one of his "honor" prisoners, discovery of the per sons who robbed the steamer Humboldt of $57,000 of gold bullion in September, 1910, has been made and : today over $7000 of the bullion-was recovered by a government secret service agent and an agent of the insurance company which paid for' the Toes' sustained from" the theft The bullion was found burled be neath!; four feet of earth. I. The agents declined to reveal the spot' where the swag was hidden, but evi dently it was not far from Salem, as the agents had the gold bars in their pos session here tonight- ' it ' When Governor West received his tip, he went direct to the man implicated, who, it Is. believed, Is another prisoner at the Oregon, penltentiary.-and asked htm to make a clean breast of the mat ter. After considerable persuasion the man made a full confession, implicating several others In the robbery. He told where his share of the treasure was hid den and this Is-what was recovered to day. - Governor West Would not affirm or deny' that the man was a prisoner, declining to give details, as more devel opments are expected within the next day or two. The bullion recovered here was in three bars, weighing about 26 pounds. Two of the bars were full size, but the stamp on them had been hacked in an effort to efface it, and the other was but half a bar, having been broken In two. The gold was in possession of the Insurance agent, who left with it tonight for Port' land.."''.'..:.'.'".,''"''','' .;. ,...'....'',.' Governor West said the confession was obtained some time ago, since which time the government agents have been working on the Information received. (Continued on . Page Five.) WRRIES SO v- ' V j i. . 5 i .-t 1 if' i'i . . . . - . ' '.!;!-' V ' . ... . .t . . I "' " ;, !" . f $7000 IN GOLD BARS Militiamen Stationed at Lawrence, Mass. SESSION IN HILL CASE ENDS IN BITTER ROW District Attorney Tongue Says the Evidence Inadequate to "Hang a Dog," Detective Levlngs Accuses Him of Favoring Harvey. ( Special to lit Jonrns.) - Oregon City, Feb. 24.Verbal tilts between District Attorney Tongue en one side and Sheriff Mass and Detec tive L. Lv Levlngs on the other marked the session of the county court this aft ernoon, at which the Hill tragedy at Ardenwald station was considered. Con siderable heat was manifested and the He was passed several times. - The court called the meeting to find out whether the district . attorney de sired a special prosecutor to assist in the finding and conviction of the slayer. This feature, however, was received so unfavorably , by Mr. Tongue that he did not even refer to it during the confer ence. He repeated that he was compe tent to judge the value of evidence, and that , the evidence Introduced before the grand Jury against Nathan B. Harvey, the nurseryman of MUwaukle, was not sufficient upon which to. "hang a dog." Mr. Tongue scored Sheriff Mass and Detective Levlngs, declaring they had attempted to influence the grand Jury to bring in an Indictment against Har very. Mr. Tongue asserted that Levlngs took many liberties when he was before the Jury. " : ' ' - - "" ' Arrest; Then a Confession. . .' "The detective in " telling his story," said the district attorney, "read letters said to have been written to the dis trict attorney that the district attorney never received. He doclared 'I was not doing my best In fact, I do not care whom it suits or whom it does not suit It is not my purpose to please or dis please anybody,- and all I want are the facts in this case. The detective told me a long time ago that the grand Jury was anxious to indict Harvey. He ad (Continued on Page Two.) THESE DAYS I OA TION AKEN it . -Lj?hw!S?g Wit ',:: . f ttf Groap ' of soldiers of the Fifth Mas sachusetts regiment guarding the Bay State Bank building at Law rence, 5lass.S At the bottom Is ; Miss Pearl McGUl, the youthful Joan of Arc of the American Fed- eration of Labor, who has resigned T hor office and Intends to aid the strikers at Lawrence. , Formal Protest Is Made Against Cruelty " Jun',f,, r,rw" teised Win.) ing textile workers and citizens I SMLawrvnce protest Rainst the Z hideous brutality vlth VuZ X police handed. the 'women and children of Lawrence this morn ing, "Carrying out th nin- criminal wiers of the city mar. Shal, to prevent citizens from sending their chllren out of the 5tr0n!f men kicked down, cnoked and clubbed -. u nuuuea women and mothers trying to 'm-otprt e ennarenfrom tho onslaughts of X e the police. We deWn . - I A. -: . , . . VS tVIl' Z ?w f " ,nveegatlon before th interests of the mill owners e succeed in perverting the law e . courts and all the forces of rov-- eminent and make thes, crying e outrages of government the ad e mltted law of the land" 1 "ned) WILLIAM YATES, -financial secretary and -treasur- r, the National Industrial Un- ion of Textile Workers; chair- man strike commit tP e ; Advisory board: Edwarrt wuiv , e Archibald Y. Adamson 7n k e Shapeen,. W. D. Haywood. W E Trautmann." , ' The above teletrranhin si nrvsia 1 e was received at Washington t.o e night by Representative Wilson e chairman of the house lahnr onm. e mlttee and Representative Ber- ger, the .Wisconsin Socialist, au e thor of the Lawrence strike ln e , vestigatlon resolution. '";" ' ' ' ' o , PACIFIC COAST CITIES -I AROUSED OYER OUTRAGE i, - .'r'.S- iVnMfA- frees' leased Wlre.t ' ' ' San Francisco, Feb. 24.-Arousi1 bv reports from Lawrence, Mass., telling of the treatment accorded , wivn nH children of the striklog, textUe?workers there, a flood of telegrams from Pacific coast cities were sent Governor Eugene N. Foss of Massachusetts tonight, de manding that the alleged " persecutions cease at once.- ' r From San Francisco, Seattle, Port land, Tacoma,. Sacramento,. Fresno, Ban Jose, Stockton, Spokane, Log Angeles and San Diego, cttlzens in every walk of. 'life wired protests. Not since the days of the great strike . at Home stead, Pa., when troops rode roughshod over every street gathering of work Ingmen has the Pacific Coast been so aroused. . ; . , "We thought the troops were sent to Lawrence to preserve order," one San Francisco labor leader wired Governor Foss, "but.it seems they are inciting trouble, What are you' going to do about it? Do you realise that defenseless women and children are being man handled by big, brutal soldiers T' - f Mayor Uses Words of Deprecation. it)nltwr'rr" LttiKvd Wlr. ' Toledo, Ohiot Feb. 84."Greed is al ways cruel, but this is the first time .4lMLJLJ?LM,n'J?n -cruel JaJluis cluiaren, said ttrana Whitlock, mayor of Toledo, today, . discussing the textile strike at Lawrence. "If the reports from Lawrence are true, the situation Is beyond -words." . .' : s y . . . , SAVAGE ATTACK Oil UTTLE CHILDREN IS UNPRECEDENTED Oppressed Strikers Now Look to Federal- Government for Relief Against What They Term Civil Outlawry. By Merlen E. Few. . (United Frew Laitrd Wire.) Lawrence, Mass., Feb. 24. A crisis is due la the strike of the Z5,ooo men, women and children of the textile mills. Following today's savage attack by the police and mil itia upon the children, who, to es cape the wolves of t want, were to have left the city to be cared for by citizens of Philadelphia and Provi dence, the strikers tonight feel that the last straw of oppression has been laid on their backs and that now something from the outside, prob ably the federal government, .. must come to rescue them from state and civil outlawry. ' Those who saw the action of the police and the militia in the Boston and Maine station declare that such highhanded, law dofylng un-American practices are Intolerable in this country and that It is Inconceivable that the outrage will be allowed to pass unnoticed. I This is what happened: : Three weeks ago the strike commit tee resolved that, while men and wo men could live on free soup or even starve, rather than submit to the sal ary cut, averaging 22 cents a week, the children must not and should not suf fer the pangs of hunger. For seven weeks now thousands of the strikers have been dependent for life necessities upon the union or the charities of sympathetic unionists the country over. It was a severe strain upon the resources of the relief com mittee. When the children , began to WeeP wr ptheh of want ftnd it was decidod to send them away hundreds of sympa thizers in New York Philadelphia and many other cities volunteered to care be established. Each Saturday the strike committee has been sending little oues out of town. The mill agents, assisted by the civil and military authorities, their re questing simply amounting to order, frowned on this plan. The hope of the mlllowners Is that the striker will re turn under the old conditions when the strikers have had enough of free soup This is common talk among them They ordered Mayor Scanlan and Mar shal Sullivan to frustrate the child re lief plan. A week ago, an attempt, par tially successful, was made to keep the little ones in Lawrence, the police then contending that the children's parent had not consented to allow the strike committee to send them away. Today this happened: Fifty ragged boys ami girls each wearing a tag, were escorted to the depot ..Tickets were purchased for Philadelphia or, Providence,. Fifty Aimotners, eisiers ana Droiners oi me I children were on the station- ulatform mothers, sisters and brothers of the o in the waiting room to see them off. The train backed Into the denot then The train backed into the depot- then quickly squad of policemen. clubs (Continued on Page Six.) !E SITUATION TO BE PUT UP TO TAFT; Chairman Wilson of Committee on Labor , Says a ; Thorough Inquiry Into Charges Made by the Textile Mill Strikers Is Imperative. , . (United Press LetiieA Wire.) Washington, Feb. 24. With an inves tigation assured, the strike situation at Lawrence, where the leader's formally charge women were clubbed by police today and parents were prevented from sending their children out of the city, will be presented personally to Presi dent ,Taft on Monday. V Following the receipt of a vigorous protest from Law. rence charging that the civil and mili tary authorities are combined in inter, fering with the personal liberty of Am erican citlxensfc Representative ..Wilson, chairman of the house committee on labor, said that a congressional investi gation is imperative. . Representative Berger, the Wisconsin Socialist, attempted by telephone this afternoon to present the case to Presi dent Taft, but was informed that th president has an inviolable rule agciinxt talking with any one over the telephone, "Then I will come right up and htm about it," said Berger to Taf t's as sistant secretary, r ; , :,. , Taft Reportsd Busy. "ko, tbe president will be busy this afternoon: you cannot lee hn hffois Monday," Berger Was tola, and he ijii upon made an engagement to call on tl.e president at that time. , Berger this afternoon drafted a reso lution which he will Introduce ir t:,. house Monday,' directing Wiloon's e-,-.!-mlttee to investigate condltluns at l4. .v tenco. . . : - '..'"-.: Watting replies to demnnds for trf, . niaiion BPnv unvrnnr rtm iir . ! i chusetts, and 'President (Jold'-n of ! i Textile Workers" Union, Chairn,,!'! ' son declared tonight that lmri ' ;i , (Contlnuea on l'u LA! HOUSfTO INVESTIGATE