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c THE WEATHER Showers to day with o uth west erly winds. VOL. VIII.' NO. 50. Three Fastest Cruisers in the Navy Ordered to Hasten ' From Hawaii at Full Speed uiiun VESSELS TO RESIST CHINA'S PARTITION , to Philippine Islands. r JAPAN AND RUSSIA PLAN DIVISION OF -KINGDOM Oregon and Other; Craft- May Soon Be Added to Fleet ' in Orient. (By the Interattional Newa Service.) .Washington, March Believing that ah attempted partition of China by Rus sia 'and Japan Is Imminent, the state department today, ordered the armored cruisers California, South Dakota and Colorado, the three fastest ships In the navy, to hurry with airspeed to tin 'Philippines. ."These, cruisers, which ari now at Hawaii were under orders to proceed to the United States when the critical situation developed today In the Orient. ;'.: ; - ; It Was also ; announced that the ar mored cruiser Maryland upon which Secretary Knov has been visiting- the west coast of Central America, has been ordered to San Diego, Cal'. It la anticipated here that as soon as the Maryland can coal at San Diego he will be hurried after her sister hips to the Orient. Added to the Astatic fleet under com mand of Admiral Murdoch, the armored cruiser squadron will give the United States the largest naval representation In Chinese waters except Japan. - It la understood that the armored cruiser Pennsylvania, the battleship Oregon, now at Bremerton, and . the cruisers 8t. Louis and Raleigh will soon be added to the fleet . . For soma weeks the United States haavlewed-Mwtth the greatest alarm the very evident reluctance of Japan and Russia' to. 'assist In the pacifica tion of China. They have Kept their forces. ' aloof .-- from tho international army and are actually acting In co operation "with the Imperial forces, marching on Pekln With-the view of overthrowing the republic. The sinister purpose of Russia was first laid bare when aha proclaimed a protectorate over Mongolia, which Is equivalent to territorial sovereignity. In this she was warned by the United States and Germany, which announced in no unmistakable terms that such a move was . In direct violation ' of : her agreement for the Integrity of China. In a statement Issued today, the state department . announced that the - "fi nancial groups" of France, Germany, Great Britain and the United States agreed to make a small advance of funds to meet the immediate needs of the provisional government of United China. The American government ' has approved the transaction on the con dition that full and equal participation be offered to Russia and Japan. "It is understood that the two gov ernments have agreed In principle to the participation, the details of which re main to be aettlei". ., ; This statement calls particular - at tention to the grouping of the nations and the even more startling fact that Japan and Russia are acting apart and unquestionably In concert . . : :. , . L REPORTED OUT; TOLLS Majority Report Says "Finan cial Success Is "of Prime . Importance," (Br the International Neva Service.) Washington. March IS. Accompanied by a lengthly report, the Panama canal bill was reported out of the committee on interstate commerce today and 'will be followed early next week by , the minority report. As the minority mem bers were not permitted to glimpse at the majority report aa it emerged from the committee. Representative Knowland asked and was granted five days In which, to prepare a minority report de claring for free tolls for American coast wise shipping. As a matter of fact, two minority re ports will be made. The committee bill as reported today bears out the forecasts made during the past few "reeks. It provides for a maxl mum toll of $1.25 for all ships, with a minimum sufficient to pay the operat ing expensea of the canal. Provision Is made against railroad Interests of any kind in ships plying through the canal. The majority reports makes" an elab orate defense of the provision Including American snips in the tolls charged. ' First," says the report, "the financial success ox the canal is of prime Im portance and its operation Is the main object of this bill. Financial returns In the beginning are In doubt This operation of the canal will be not only experimental, but the patronage and rev- enue are conjectural.- we know It will . ... . . . require ii.uuu.uuu or 15,000,000 a year to maintain and operate the canal and administer Its adjuncts." . - Strikers to Resume Work Monday. Lawrence. Mass., March U., Ten thousand textile workers who have been on strike for weeks are tonight plan- Mills employing 80 per cent c the op eratives have already granted satisfao tory increases In wages and the other owners are expected to fall in line early '. lr the weeK. , PANAMA CANA BILL N IP PROVIDED Formal Ceremonies at Dedication of State Department at Wash ington Telegraphs to Tarn- pioo Saying Madero Author ities Be Held Responsible. fBr tha Imtantational Km RfrvtM. ' Washington, March H. A irffTTTy open threats from organised' mobs that they will slaughter all Americana who do not immediately leave Mexico, the state department today telegraphed to Consul Clarence A. Miller at Tampioo instructing' him to serve formal and vigorous notice on government authori ties that they , will be held strictly ac countable for American lives.-.. , j t . The first Injury to an American clti- sen at Tamplco will be the signal for the - appearance of American warships at that port' " ' ' ' Teleg-rams lent Broadoast. ' ' Hurried telegrams Sent broadcast to ail United States, consuls In Mexico to day demanded immediate reports on ap parently authentic stories that' Ameri cans are fleeing panio stricken to the seaport town. This Is notably true of Acapulco, where a great throng of Americans, who. In the face of threats and disorder, hurriedly abandoned their property, have gathered. ' Following j Immediately upon --the proclamation of , neutrality issued by the president, reports poured Into the department of state indicating antago nism to Americans in Mexico. Most significant of all Is the fact that the greatest antagonism : and the greatest disorder have occurred at points where the Madero government" was' believed to be the Strongest. . " Karrowly I scape Massacre. .. Frank admlaslon was made to the de partment that only the presence of Mexican federal troops .prevented .the massacre of Americans. This is par ticularly true of Mexico City, where an international army Is now under arms as auxiliaries. . L" V l : .v-.w ' The developments of 'today have con vinced official Washington that neu trality or no neutrality, , the Madero government la not able to suppress the revolution or to maintain Its treaty ob ligation to the United .States or any other country. It Is noted 'by the au thorities here that the most menacing threats are made agalast citlsens of the United States, which Is endeavoring Continued on Page Eleven.) 15 LIVES LOST IN - - COLLISION AT SEA London, March !. Fifteen lives are believed to have been lost today when tha Peninsula & Oriental liner, Oceana, was sunk off Eastbourne In a collision with the German bark, Pisagua. The bodies of two seamen were recovered late today. Six of the passengers and seven members of the crew are missing ana are Believed to have been drowned. The cause of the accident has not been definitely ascertained, but the officers of the Oceana declare that the German Vessel was at-fault. The Pisa gua. caught the big liner, at an angle of- 15 degrees and tore a large hole in her port side before the skipper of the Oceana realized what was happening. A score of survivors arrived here late this afternoon. - Most of them were women and they were still dressed in their night clothing, over which over coats and bathrobes bad been - thrown. Some of the passengers were without shoes end stockings- and all were suf fering from exposure and shock. Much indignation w-as expressed over the con duct of the Lascar sailors, who fought desperately with women and Children in an effort to get into the first life boat " The admiralty court probably will investigate the wreck early next week. The loBS Is estimated at I7.500.00J. in eluding $5,000,000 In specie, consigned to tnr Chinese aovernmcnt. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, 8 ..o Ju5-S...r 'il. ' .Jh'-M rflin.'.BIHUnilILM m;.mXW: " J - STATE LEADS All 1 Governor and Bin. West planting Oregon, flag Jbj fir marking site of Oregon building. 2 - Mrs. Rose ' BlOch Batter singing Star, Wrangled Banner a at. site, dedication ceremonies; ; ' Governor Oddle of Nevada - ' in foreground." 8 Governor ' "West 'receiving Oregon, exposition banner from rresldent 0. Jloore.' ;.4Dress military pcrade at the Preeidlo for fcenefl of "Oregon First" - eKcnrslonista. 1 . BOMB INTENDED FOR ROSALSKY EXPLODES IN INSPECTOR'S HAND Attempt'On ; Llfe.of Judge Who Sentenced Valet Brandt. Is Thwarted by Caution. ' " (United Press taad Wlre.J New York, March What the pe llce. believe to: have been an, organised attempt .on 1 the life of Judge Otto -A. Rosalsky, of the court of general, ses sions who has been given much notor iety lately because of his sentencing of Foulke E. Brandt, the f ormer , Schlf f valet, to 80 years' Imprisonment, took place tonight. : . A mysterious package was delivered at his house. Rosalsky became suspic ious and sent for . a representative of the bureau of , combustibles. Inspector Owan Eagan rushed to the scene and on attempting to open the package an ex exploslon occurred, Eagan's right hand being very badly lacerated and his face burnedi ' " ' The bomb was delivered through the mall this afternoon.' It remained in the hall several hours before a maid took It out of the mall box and placed It on a table in the Judge's library. When Rosalsky returned home and saw the" package, he became suspicious and decided not to open it until after he had called -the police. Inspector rEagan, of the bureau ot combustibles,- and a squad of officers were rushed to the judge's apartment. Eagan took the package up and listened to learn if pos Bible whether there was a clock-work device hidden within. Upon ' hearing nothing he told the judge that he would open the package In the room If he would consent '" : Just then there was a ring on the telephone and the judge hurried to an swer It. As the judge picked up the telephone receiver, there was, a deafening explo sion, Eagan having started to unwrap the package. . Eagan's right hand was terribly lacerated and he was badly In jured about the face. The library was almost i completely wrecked. Ail the windows were demolished, the book cases were smashed and a "piece of stoel was blown Into the top of the library table. V, . ... Judge Rosalsky said tonight that he became suspicious of the package when he noticed that It was addressed on a typewriter. He said that he had received no threatening messages and he was totally unprepared for. the attempt on his life.. . r. Accofdlhg , to the officers who' were present . when the package was opened the bomb was Qf the dry cell battery va Tint y v r nil,-rti,"pf f iyiiwtttiB"p ft switch connected with - the lid of . a pasteboard box. . , v j The spark was transmitted to the In terior -of a small steel box filled with giant powder and pieces of steel. -"" A v 1 ft Sfe for Oregon Building at Panama-Pacific Exposition STRIKE IN AMERICAN COAL FIELDS IMMINENT . (United Pratt Leased Wire.) ' New Tork. March 16.-Confident' that a strike In the ' anthracite coal field will result at midnight on March Si, wholesale 'coal dealers this afternoon sent out notices to - retailers that no orders would be promised until those on hand bad been filled. , The supply of hard' coal In New York Is smaller than It has ever been 'when a strike was threatened..,-:. -:''"' From a prominent operator It was learned tonight that the - majority of the ooal i owners had been confident : a strike would .result for more, than ft montji. Many of them are dissatisfied with the . .uncompromising attitude; of President Baer, of the Philadelphia & Reading, who is recognised as the guid ing spirit In their organiaztlon. He has signified, his Intention of 'fighting the miners to a finish and unless enough of his supporters can be won away from him, several of the operators who would like to settle with the miners will be forced to fight a -strike against their will. ' There Is a growing Insurgency movament among the operators, how ever, . which may result . in Baer being dethroned and a-liberal advance being granted to the employes. c GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP: COAL STRIKE SOLUTION (United Treat Leaaed Wire.) , , London, March 1. Government own ership of ooal deposits "loomed up" to night as a probable result of the -coal strike. Reports from the mining dis tricts Indicated that tha employes were not enthusiastic over the minimum wage scale which Premier Asqulth proposes to rush through parliament next week, while the operators are a unit In op posing the measure. If the legislation Is rejected by the Interested parties, as a means of settlement. It was said In official circles that the only solution, would be for the. government to take over the collieries. ''A CHILD KILLED WHEN ) ' DYNAMITE EXPLODES .Wilcox. Arli., March 16 H. B. Faulk ner today placed a stick of dynamite In the oven of the range in his kltchm to dry it out The dynamite exploded, killing Faulkner's 8-year-old Child, fa tally wounding his wife and destroyed the home. The household goods were scattered for several blocks. TAXICAB BANDIT IS GUILTY. COURT FINDS (United Pre Lcstsd Wire.) ' New Tork. March 16. Glno Montana, leader of the band of taxlcab bandits who1 held tip"andivrebbed twe'bsnh vm sengers of $25.(fb0 in the heart of th financial district recently, was. this evening found guilty of robbery in the first degree, (sentence will be passed Monda.tr. . i. XC V' N MARCH 17, 1912. , BEAUTY HANGS SELF, Ho Goes Out to. Engage Auto "for Ride; She Ends Her Life While He Is Absent. - (By the International Newa Serrloe.) ' , JTew Tork, March 18 Mrs. Kathleen Lorlllard, wife of Beeckman Lorlllard, millionaire clubman, killed herself this afternoon In the Holland house, where she had Joined her husband three days ago after his return from a tour of the world. Shortly after 8 o'clock, whjle he was engaging an automobile to take them for a. drive, she hanged .herself In the bathroom of their apartment on tho eighth floor of thetioteL : "Mrs. Lorlllard had ; been suffering from neurasthenia and probably was seized with a sudden' Impulse to kill her self .because of her illness," said Coroner Felnberg, who made an Inquiry into her death. ' '..' , y .Two lopo to .Wed, .. . t Ten' years ago, when 18 years old. Mrs." Lorlllard, then Kathleen ' Doyle, loped and married- Beeckman Lorlllard, a student at Harvard university, t She was the daughter of a Washington bank er, was a strikingly beautiful woman and h&d been "prominent In. society be fore and after her marriage. Mr. lorll lard is a son of Mr. and. Mrs. Lorlllard. now at Newport:" t" -Tr"rTrV v At the time young Lorlllard was mar ried, January," 1902, his parents were on the sea, .having started for Europe, v As soon as they sailed he left Harvard and went to Asheville,' N. C:, where the Doyles had a winter home. Shortly afterward , ha: withdrew'1' from; the uni versity. A few months ago Mr. Lorlllard found it necessary to go abroad. His wife did not accompany him because she be lieved an1 ocean voyage would add to her nervous troubles. He returned her a week ago and telegraphed for his wife. In Asheville. .- "v She arrived 'Thursday night Today they lunched together and fterward went to their apartments. . Because of .the mildness of the weather, Mr. Lorlllard told his wife that ne Believed they should go for a drive. . "That's just -what I want to do," she replied enthusiastically, "I have been anxious to go out all day."-. .. . j "Get ready: put on a heavy coat and we will start In ten minutes." said Mr. Lorlllard, as' he started downstairs. Fifteen minutes later he v returned. His wife's fur coat and hat were on the bed but she could pot be seen.' "After searching through the apartment Mr, Lorlllard entered the bathroom and was horrified. - . .. . -. ..... , "finds Body Suspended "T " The body of his .wife was hanging limply at the end of a canvas trunk -k,.t.t rt aa .v.11 - j . rVr f r-TH one corner of the room, ...Hastily get- ling out his penknife, Mr. Lorlllard cut the "strap. ; - . i " -For the next five minutes he. Worked (Continued on Page Nina) UPON REJOINING TRAVELER HUSBAND Governor West Releases Lever ; That Dumps First Load of Hock for Exposition Sea - Wall. (Staff Correspondence.) Ban Francisco, March 16. Oregon has set In motion the machinery, of the 1915 international exposition. This is the really Important permanent result of the merry "Oregon First" Invasion Of California and San Francisco. - uregons cnoice or site for an exoo- sltton building was first amonp all the states. Oregon, too, is leader of nations In this v respect Oregon's Governor West released the lever that dumped the first load Of, rock for the exposition sea wall. On the, next day was observed the anniversary of the battleship Ore gon's secret orders to sail for destlna tion . unknown." Likely the "Oregon's next cruise win fee her greatest, when she leads ' the ships of the . nations through the newly opened Panama canal. Second only in importance is the feel ing of fraternity crystalized ' between Oregon and California as a result of the excursion. Julius -1 Meier, chairman'' of the Oregon commission, has formally prom Ised the exposition' company, that the return of the commission to Oregon will be the signal for renewing a campaign to make Oregon the leader in representa tion at the great fair. ( Oregon's ambition will spur on. the Interest of other states in . the history marking event. - Nevada with unwilling grace has ceded first place to the Beaver state. Two score other states with excursions and ceremonials will try to rival the brilliancy, of Oregon's recep tion. Foreign nations, too, are sending advance evidences of their partly selfish concern In the trade revolutionising im portance of the Panama canal and the celebration of its Completion: . Oregon people will return to; their homes, tomorrow and during the week .."(Continued on Page Eleven.) Fargo, N. D.. March 16. As the whirlwind primary campaign for the first presidential primary selection draws to a close, the campaign, man agers for, both the La v Follette and Roosevelt forces issued statements to night clalmtns the state for their lead ers fin Tuesday. . EpBTy-slde ,1s, fearful that bad weath er will hurt .is chances, and each Is battling heroically against , the ele ments In a frantic eleventh hiur scram ble for votes., . . -I" y , i La Follette braved Jtfie blixxard to night and went to Grand " Forks from here." He will spend Sunday at Grand Forks and will fl0ht his way further north into the atorm Monday morning, sneaking at Devils Lake in the after noon-and Minot at, night, thus keeping up the fight to me last minute. From Roosevelt headq"arters Chair man Frank Talcott and John F. Bass of New Hampshire are . guiding a dozen speakers over the state. Seven Workmen Trapped in Kiln. ; (United Preaa LaaSMi Wire.) Buffalo, N. T.i March 16. Trapped I HI A VII J WIC1U KliT "CIO UO.llJ Ww whew tm4-mptehm,p4 at the plant of tb,e Buffalo Weaving and Belting company's plant late today, seven workmen were rescued by firsi. men from fire,, which followed the ex plosion, , NORTH DAKOTA NEAR , END OF BIG CAMPAIGN The Sunday Journal 6 Sections 74 Pares PRICE FIVE CENTS Idaho-Washington . Develop ment League Sending 225 Boosters to Attend Stock Show and Get Acquainted. SPECIAL LARGER THAN "OREGON FIRST" TRAIN Excursionists to- Reach Port land Monday Morning; To Spend 2 Days in City. The Pacific coast records of business men's and booster excursions will be ecltDsed Monday when the special train of 18 cars of the Idaho-Washington De velopment league rolls into the North Bank depot, carrying 225 excursionists, men and women. It will even surpass in magnitude the now famous "Oregon First" excursion to San Francisco, In that the train- wijl carry one more - car. The representative and publlo spirited people of the great Inland Empire are coming to Portland for three distinct Tfirst to attend the second annual Pacific Northwest Live Stock show, now being held at tne rortiana Union stock yards; second to return fv,. ,.aii that Portland and Orecon busi ness men . paid Idaho and the eastern section or wasningxon a lew monms ago, and the third purpose being to be come acquainted personally ana 10 strengthen the commercial relations and bonds that tend to a greater PaclCa northwest ' The occasion will ba an ansptdous and mn(msu Yim unfl no itffnrta are beina? - spared hero to make the visit pleasant . . . . ... r J i The excursion jsis win spend jauumj . and Tuesday In Portland, the first day m m .i.ita nt h hiiHln8B Interests. under the auspices of the Portland Com mercial club, ana tne second aay, or Tuesday, as guests at the live stock r; show..' " The special will arrive at the North Bank depot at 8:80 a m and a corps of automobiles will convey the visitors to the Commercial club for breakfast. Than the autos will take a spin around the city Until time for luncheon. The afternoon will be devoted to visiting friends and business establishments, ami at t.so in the evening the visitors will assemble with a large number of Port land people to attend the big banquet arranged for at the Commercial club; This will be an elaborate affair where speakers of prominence will talk on topics of general Interest to the section , represented. Tuesday the visitors will be escorted to the stock yards to' see the exhibits, which It Is said are the finest ever seen anywhere In th? Paclflo northwest. Telegrams received last night by Man ager C C. -Chapman, of the promotion department of the Portland Commercial club, Illustrate the intense enthusiasm of the Inland Empire people in the ex cursion, which makes Its start today from Lewlston, The dispatch from It. C. Beach, president of hte Idaho-Washington Development league, reads: - "Greatly appreciate Portland's inter est In livestock excursion. We are coin ing 225 strong, eight Pullman sleepers, observation car, two dining cars, sumptuous day coach and dynamo bag gaga Tralnelectrlc lighted throughout. Greatest booster train ever pulled out of Inland Empire. Excursionists repre sent every part of Idaho-Washington Development league territory." A telegram to the same effect was ,, also received from Wallace R. Struble, a prominent booster of Lewlston. - ; The train also carries a compieto (Continued on Page Six.) ' ACCUSED OF TOSSING. When It Washes' Ashore With Cancelled Stamps, Lewis " ton "Employe Is "Arrested, (SpecUl to The Jnnrnal.) rt Lewlston, Idaho; March 16. R.- B, Schofleld, night clerk at the Lewlston postofflce, was placed under arrest to night on a charge of destroying mall sent out- by Lewlston business men in connection with thcrecent local option campaign. The statement is made. by Postal Inspector J. R. Fullenwider thJit Schofleld has . made a partlHl confes sion and offers as excuse for his crlnm that he was unable to handle the mail. During the campaign, Lewlslpn busi ness men, through the organlmion of the Taxpayers" league, sent out oyer 1500 pieces of mail dealing, with-tr local option question while the 'local option forces resorted to the -pemtlnn of a semi-weekly paper. Wednesday, a large package of the ;.buIness.:;.m5n'.i mall was washed ashore on the Bnake river several miles below the t-lty ami the letters showed the lewlston pour mark and the cancellation of tUt stamps. , The matter was reported t-i the postoffice and the Investigation by Inspector Fullenwider followed, : Inquiry made at outajde points to day disclosed that but a very small percentofrhe -matter . mailed by th. buslneBS men reached its ' -destination,: there being six parcels addressed 11 each voter. . Miwy rectlved.no tiiml while not more ttmn one or two "pit i ot i malt M baJ boit -tmiil.t.h-voter. .. - 1 (The Investigation will be cotiMnuoA until the entira iuh .i , , ed for and 'tiii 0'-i..iipn- U ii-n'' ntents aro hmh' f t-l. INLAND EMPIRES mi m i SMASHESREGORD BUSY POSTAL CLERK MAIL N SNAKE RIVER