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T TI?r coast tc:: ZHATU. 3 A. 'I Tod.iy. Eels , SeatUe Spokane 6an rrnclco Portland , , Eoiebnrf luariUieli Oeca s I o n a 1 rain tonight and Friday; southerly winds. i 1 . . . . -' I .. t ) . . 4 i . 4 i .. 44 VOL. XI. NO. 18. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1912 TWENTY-TWO PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS 0 TB4E S AJfD FT'S BTAKLS 1'IVE CtJili, K flil FEUD i I' Former Mayor of Oakland and ' Ex-Convict Battle With Re volvers in Chapef of Harbor City Organization. BEGIN AS MEMBERS ARE - GATHERING FOR PRAYER One Dies in Vestibule and Other Staggers Outside; Dies in Hospital. : - (Enited Vttm teed Wlrt.l .V Oakland. Cel., March 28. Exchanging a volley of shots In the chapel of the First Congregational Jchurch here as a climax of a' IS years" feud, . "former Mayor Roland W.. Knew of Oakland and Adolph Goldman, ex-4onvlct and former Oakland .crockery jfterchanf are both dead hers today, Jfa.ch by .the other's liand. -ir The gun'play began after Goldman liad slashed Snow severely with a razor. Goldman was shot In the forehead and killed Instantly. Snow died at the Oak land receiving hospital early oday.-v-Jailed fox Shooting Snow. In; 1904 Goldman was sentenced to four years in Ban Quentln for shooting and seriously wounding Snow. ' The tragedy occurred Just as . the rhurch members had begun to assemble for evening prayer service. The only witnesses were C. 8. Lewis, Janitor of the church, and Mrs. P. Cassidy, a member of the congregation. Snow had taken a seat on the aide In the rear of tne chapel , when suddenly Goldman, who, it Is said, had employed a de tective to trail the former mayor to the church, entered and sat down across the aisle. ' ' .-'- ' ; ' "; Goldman engaged Snow In conversa tion, and suddenly slashed out with a rasor, almost . severing Snow's chin. Know fled UR the church aisle, followed by a volley, from Goldman's revolver; While Lewis was endeavoring to get a l Goldman, Briow suddenly turned and tame toward . lite, antagonist, moaning .nd swaying, with his arms crossed In front of his face. Goldman fired two more shots, and. then Snow atralght- ned up, whipped out a revolver and fired twice. One bullet struck Goldman aquarely in the forehead, killing him In stantly.,, The -other penetrated his lungs. ;aUa'on Church Lawn. Snow then staggered "out. through the door and fell unconscious on the church lawn, lie was rushed to the re ceiving hospital, where. it was found he had a bullet in his Jaw and another In his right hip. After, suffering many hours he succumbed early'today. The .double tragedy marks the close of a remarkable feud which grow 08 of what at ftrst was a warm friendship. Karly in 1900 Goldman came here from New. York and entered the crockery bus iness. . He, and Snow, . who was thei mayor af Oakland, became faBl friends. Know furnished the merchant with let ters of recommendation, and passports for a trip to the orient, and upon his (Continued on Page Two.) IS HELD FOR TRIAL ON E Mrs, Pankhurst '.. Faces Sen tence In Prison Tor -Destruction of Property, ., . (United Pre I.eiet Wlre.V ''. . , London,. March 28. In Bow Street police court here today Mrs. Emmellne Tankhurst, leader of the militant suf frage.ttes, and Pethrick Lawrence and his wife, sympathizers with the suf frage cause, were held without' bail for trim on-a- chrg-of 'conspiracy. The charges against Mrs, Tuke,' another suf fragette leader, were dismissed. The conspiracy charge against Mrs. Pankhurst and the Lawrences is a di rect result pt the recent window smash irff crusade - conducted by the suffra gettes, K.everal other women were sent to prison for the suffragette riots, get ting sentences of from, four to eight months. Mrs. Alice Monck-Mason, 88 yeara old, protested against, being released and bound over tokeep the peace for one year. i E (United Vntn IMed Wife.) ., ( Washington, March 28. By a vote of 5 to J, the senate Lorimer investigating committee today decided I that , the ' harges of fraud In the election of Sena tor William E. Lorimer of Illinois can not be reopened in the senate. - Senators Dillingham, Gamble. Jones, Fletcher and Johnston (Alabama) held the case already settled. Senators Kcn jon. Kevn and Lea voted against Sena 'ttjr LortmerTTiy" favoflrg a reopening" the case. The vote followed a secret kprhIoh lasting .thr hours. The minority members fought vainly to. get a vote on the merits of tho cnn. Today's vote rcllfvr tlm innlnritv nTm t f rs of the nccfM'My of r. .Hill? to the in rin Dl lULLIHl AWT OTHER IN CHURCH SUFFRAGETTE LEADER CONSPIRACY CHARG LORIER mm imniLL WILL NOT R EOPE CAS Laird of Skibo's Beauty May Soon Wed K H H H K . H t t K Great Flock of ''Proposers" Repulsed Bliss Virginia Ie of Pittsburg, who Andrew Carnegie bats Is the pret tiest girl la the world. ' CARNEGIE'S PRETTIEST GIRL IN WORLD ENGAGED t Generally Rumored That Vir ginia Lee ; Has Promised . Herself to Worker Chap, ) ; (fipeeltl to Tht Jonmtl ) Pittsburg, Pa., March 28. It Is gen erally rumored here that' Miss Virginia Lee,. Andrew Carnegie's "prettiest girl, in the world," Is already engaged to be married not to one. of the thousands who " proposed ; to her when Carnegie first tendered ffla compliment, but to I humble clerk with whom she has been "going" for some time. Miss Lea will not say yes or no to the Interviewers. She's Certainly Boania, 'Little. Miss Xee, With her Chestnut hair, blue eyes and graceful figure, may not be a "raving beauty " but "bonnie" she is surely. Hers .Is the Scotch type of pulchritude: "a bonnie lassie" she would be in Edinburgh " or Glasgow; gallants would throng around her at any Caledonian ball on this side of the water.- s . ,, 6o It is not strange that the contour of her face greatly resembles that of a certain philanthropist who arrived In this country with a few shillings' "in his pocket and Who possesses a few hundred millions of dollars now,; You could not walk, a block along a street In Dunfermline without meeting a girl whose face Is shaped like Miss Lee's; Fifeshlre is full of faces of this shape. In a word, the Laird of Sklbo sees a face of this shape every time he ties his cravat, every time he shaves, if he haves -himself. -"'- ' ' ' - Embarrassing for tha Beauty. Whether or not Miss Virginia Is the prettiest girl In the world, Mr. Car negie owes her some amends. , For hle-admiration of her, sincere as It is, has been too, too public Miss VIrgtnla'S father, T." B. Lee, an engineer, met Mr. Carnegie at Hot Springs, Ark. Mr. Lee thanked Mr. Carnetria for the opportunities for an education - Miss Virginia had found at the Margaret Morrison . Technical schools here named after Mr. Car negie's mother. The Ironmaster asked for Miss ' Virginia's photograph, and then remarked to a reporter; "If I were not married I would board the, first train for Pittsburg." Up to that ' moment Miss Virginia had been going- ; quietly , about her business, which Is taking shorthand notes and '"transcribing ; them In the orflce of the'Loughbrldge Engineering company, In the Oliver building here. FIVE.ARE BURNED TO DEATH IN THEIR HOME (United Prow Lied Wire.) ' Wllkesbacre, Pa., March 28. Burned to duath In their home in Hanover, a suburb of this city, the bodies of Charles Meltck, his wife and three chil dren, were found there today. The wife was discovered lying in bed ' with her baby under . her arm. ; The daughter, aged 8, was1 found with her legs pro truding from under the ' bed, "where she had evidently crawled. The- father's body was' In tha cellar., j 0H1OX0NVENTI0M-PASSES. INITIATIVE MEASURE . . , i " (Iinlte4 Pres teeted Wire.) '" Columbus. March 28. The' Qhlo con- Ft'tuHiinHl rotivfntUm today has rassrd the iriitUith'H und rcfcrtnJum nicaKtire ty a von tX ST u li, 1 CLERK S C WM " pPhoto by International News Servlca, I 16 E SELVES More- for New Jerseyan Than for All Other Candidates Put Together, - (WhlnttoB Burein of Tht Joonwl.) ' " ' Washington, March 28. A greater number of Democrats' among tha United States senators have publicly declared for Woodrow Wilson for president than for all other candidates taken together. Since .there are two active candidates In the house of representatives Clark and Underwood personal friendship cuts a large figure,, and the majority of the Democratic members have not pub- (Contlnued on Page Two.) DEiCRA S IN SENATE STRONG FO WILSON ANN JUk.. ft N. tUl. ' . tt:-f'T k - -.11 V I II J V1 - l . 4 REPORTED IIDEI-1 PREFAB 10 FLEE; 0R0ZC0 IS VJDTOR Little President Said 'to Be Getting Ready to Leave the Country He Won, at Mo ment's Notice. REBEL ARMY SURROUNDS - LARGE FEDERAL FORCE Government Soldiers Hemmed in by Insurrecto Army; Relief Not Possible. . (I'nltM Pru Letted Wire.) J Washington, March 28. Reports' that President Madero of Mexico Is preparing to flee from tha capital reached here today from Mexico City, following offi cial advices 'declaring that General Zapata today demanded tha surrender of Puebla, 70 miles from Mexico City. Madero and his followers are said to be greatly alarmed at the proportions which the revolution Is assuming. El Paso, Texas, Msrch 28. Hemmed In at Corralltos, Mexico, by the main .body of General Pascual Oroxco's rebel army, General Trucy Aubart and 1800 federal veterans today face either de feat or capitulation to the revolution ists, according, to dispatches received here. " . ' . General Teuei. leading 600 govern-, ment oldlers, is rushing to Corralltos to reinforce General Aubert but It Is not believed the federals can reach there In time to be of assistance. In the event of a rebel victory today. General Oroxeo, It Is reported, will start his march on Mexico City at once. Tuesday night General Aubert was be lieved to be in full retreat; Yesterday he suddenly appeared at Villa Lopes, advancing against Jimlnea, General Oroxco's headquarters. In the battle which followed the combined forces of QeneralTOrOsea and General Salazar were victorious. Orosco summoned all the rebels along the railroad to his as sistance with the result that General Aubert and his men were quickly bot tled up. In tha fighting yesterday General Aubert had the advantage of three field arid ten rapid fire guns, but the rebels fought with great determination and were not to be denied. Rebels Loot Bank. - i"""'.."' (United PrPM !id Wirt.) Chihuahua, March 28. Its vaults depleted by rebel troops, the Banco Na clonal Is closed today for laok of funds. The rebels slesed 1275.000 from tht Banco Naclonal and $75,000 from the Banco MInero. , ,. - , DETECTIVES SURROUND ALLENS MOUNTAIN DENS ' (I'tflted rretw Leaned Wire.) .HiUsville,. W.. Va March 28. Detec tives today are continuing to surround the mountain fastnesses where the fugi tive Allen bandits are believed to be located. No Information Is being given out, but it is said the pursuers are hope ful of success within a short while. WEAK ROPE! rr'' .. .. .rti-m- L VOTING SIS NERS WOULD GO TO WORK Indications Are That English Coal Strike Will Be Declared Off Soon, ' frn!f Vrtm U(Md Wlre.1 tendon, Karon Ba-The house of lords today unanimously passed , the minimum wage bill. King George U xpacted to sln the measure imme diately, . . , London, March 2$. With the early voting in tha districts affected by the great coal strike indicating that a ma jority of the men favor returning to the oollleries, all England Is rejoicing to day, confidently, expecting that a mil lion or more miners will have returned to work by Easter. If settlement comes the credit will be due to J. R. MacDonald, leader of the Conservative laborttes. who yester day attended a "meeting of the Miners' Federation and pleaded with the men to accept the minimum wage bill as It stands, leaving it to parliament to in sert a minimum wsge of five shillings to adults and two for minors In event of the district board's failing to agree on this stipulation. It is generally be lieved that the worst of the trouble Is now over,- but prices of coal and food continue to rise and municipal and charitable organizations are taxed to the limit to care for the penniless. -The question on .which the miners are otlng reads as follows: "Are you in favor of resuming work pending the settlement of tha miners' rates of wages In the various grades by the district boards, to be appointed under the coal mines minimum . wage actr -.-v:, -----7 v-. The infant mortality is appalling as a result of the strike. At Manchester the mortality to children . under five Is from 84 to J85 per 1000. Health offi cers report that nursing mothers are unable to buy nourishing food. , WIFE THEN KILLS HIMSELF V - , - , ' Bert McDuffy, 40 Years Old, Driven by Family Discord to Tragic Acts, Bandon, Or., March 18-hls morn ing at about 7:80 o'olock, Bert McDuffy, aged about 40 and an old resident of Coos county, shot and perhaps fatally wounded his wife, tha ball entering the left side, missing the heart by a narrow margin and paestng through the body. He then turned the (run, a 44 Colt's revolver, on himself, the ball entering the left temple, i passing: through the head and causing Instant death. Fam ily trouble was the cause of the trage dy. The couple had three children, the eldest a boy of 14, and two gtrla aged 8 and 10. McDuffy also had a brother. Alfred McDuffy. living In Coqullle, and a slater, Mrs. Harry James, residing 22 miles south of Port Orford. BANDON MAN SHOOTS THROUGH SIDE MARTIAL LAW 1H Police Can't Handle Fresh Violence by 350 Strikers Today; btream From Fire Hose Protects t. K. Wood Mill; Cos mopolis Company Imports, Riflesi Raymond Citizens Nail Up I. W. W. Hall and Put Leaders in Jail. , (SpceUl to The Journal.) Raymond, .Wash.. March 28. Strike leaders who cama from Grays Harbor to Raymond, on Wlllapa river, have been Jailed, and many others arrested. The I. W. W. hall here was raided last night, the meeting broken up and the doors .of tha hall nailed fast, Tha Ray mond .mills resumed their out today. About 200 specia officers are guarding the mill property. . . j -'': Hoqulam, Wash March 28. That Grays Harbor cities will be under mar tial law within 60 hours seems certain from, the rating here this morning when 350 strikers barred the entrance to the Hoqulam Lumber & Shingle company mill and refused to permit any laborers to enter the yards. Some of the non strikers were handled roughly and the police were unable to cope with the sit uation. Mayor Ferguson spoke to the men and said he would call a mectlpg of tha business men and mllimen this afternoon to arbitrate the matter. If this falls trouble will likely ensue. The strikers then marched to the E. K. Wood mill, where they were greeted with a stream of water from a hose and war beaten back out of the yards, "Any efforts to call out the state troops to quell the impending strike trouble here will be met with great op position," said W. J. Patterson, a promt nent banker, today. ' He and other busi ness men were opposed to calling out the atata troops, while W. A. Thorn, secretary of the I. W. W. strike com mittee, voiced the same statement The situation Is still a grave one, tha Ho qulam police petng compelled to draw their guns this morning in protection. "Had they killed one of our man we would have torn them to pieces, also G HE F E Frank Baurwaerts, Suspected Murderer of Mrs, Guyot, Miss Francois, Refused Bail (TTnlted Prn Leas i Wlm.J Riverside, CaL, ; March 28. Frank Baurwaerts was held without bond to day to answer to the superior court on a charge of having murdered Mrs. Har riet Guyot of Portland, Or., and Miss Julia Francois of The Dalles, Or. Baur waecta did not take tne witness stand when he was called before Judge Hib- bard. ','' .:.-:, : Coroner Wllklns testified that he had found Mrs. Guyot's body In the Chuck walla mountains, the " rm's strapped at the sides.- A shell from an automatic revolver, said to belong to Baurwaerts, was found tangled In the hair of Miss Francois, whose body lay near. that of the elder woman, Wllklns said. Baurwaerts waa : arrested ' upon charges growing out . of Informa tion furnished by M. D. C Putnam, prospector, who declared he - believed Baurwaerts killed the two women for a sum of money Mrs. Guyot advanced him to develop a mine In the mountains near where the bodies were found. (United Pre tented Wire. San Francisco, March 28. In an elec tion which marks the first opportunity which the 11.000 registered woman vot ers of San Francisco have had to cast their ballots under the new California equal auffragsT law.and'inwhliTlr-at least 60 or HO of the election officers are women, an Francisco today is de ciding whether or not the city shall be bonded for 88,800.000 to build a new city hall and purchase grounds for a people's civic center. The campaign in favor of the bonds has been led and championed by Mayor Rolph. .... 70-YEAR OLD DYNAMITER BEGINS 10-YEAR TERM rlMted Pre Leaned Wire.) San Quentln, Cal., March 28 His pa thetic plea for the saving of his long flowing beard from the ruthless shears of the prison barber unheeded by the authorities, Dr. Wlllard P. Burke, the Santa Rosa physician convicted of hav ing dynamited a tent in which Lu Etta Smith and her baby, were sleeping to day began his dally labors In the Jute mill with a smoothly shaven chin. He must serve 10 years for the crime. Burke i 70 years old. - BRIDE OF DAY ARRESTED; FORGED TO WIN HIS LOVE .h..-' ':- t'ultf Prtm tenied' Wire.) Los Angeles, March 28. Charged with forgery to secure money to make her self attractive. In the eyes of the man ehe tovext; Mrar-Pranlr-Haley:' former Sunday school teacher and bride of a day, is under arrest today. The police say the girl, who was Miss Leota Smith, confessed to pnssing two worthies checks on .business houtiea Her arret fnllowed fin i.:ihii.'!l(.a cf.hr mar rlago licet;? !! f . " y papers.! CORON R TELLS HOV HID BODIES LAI OR GON WOMEN SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN GET T ST CHANCE TO VOTE SIXTY HOURS the scabs they were protecting, said a striker. : The Grays Harbor Commercial com pany at CosmODOllS Ttsterdav TrSvA a shipment of 180 S0-S0 rifles, and Man- s ixBit wuuuey says intti ce will re sist any attempt to enter his property. A live wire of high voltage Is said to be stretched around tha plant ' The commissaries and. soup houses established In both cities are flourish ing, and 8000 men are being fed daily. There are only three mills operating in Hoqulam, the Wood, Eureka and Graya Harbor plants. I X. Aberdeen.. WashV March :S. Strtfcera centered their attentions on Hoqulam today where an attempt was made to start the planing department of the Hoqulam Lumber and Shingle company's plant Chief of Police Qulnn and four officers held the crowd back for a time from the gates of the mill', but em boldened by the small number of offi cers the leaders made a rush on 'the gates and several were badly beaten. Following this the strikers agreed to make no more attacks on tha Hoquiam Lumber and Shingle mliruntll a confer ence between citizens and strike lead ers could be held. This Is on this after noon. - - , The strikers made a demonstration on the a K. Wood mill this noon, but did no damage. Streams 6f water were used in driving the men back. The E. K. Wood mill was tha first plant to raise wages from $2 to S2.2S. No Aberdeen mills are running today and so far no settlement has been made. Tha Cosmopolls mill is running, under a strong guard. It la said the manage ment has stretched a live wlra con neoted with the mill dynamos around the plant AGRICULTURAL EXPERT TELLS FARMER THE SECRET OF SUCCESS Alfalfa Rotation "Aids Soil; Corn Growing Profitable as Fodder, Says, Prof, Shaw, Preaching the gospel of larger oropa and less idle land, Professor Thomas Shaw arrived in Portland , last night from 8t PauL Professor Shaw Is an able opponent of the summer fallow system of culture in wheat jtrowlng districts of the northwest, and has giv en the greater part of hla life to the study of problems in agrioulture. He Is nearly 70 yeara of age and for 25 years has been engaged In teaching bet ter agriculture to farmers whose land was given to wheat and corn growing. Professor Shaw la a native of Canada. His early life was given to practical farm work In Ontario. When the Can adian Agricultural college at Guelph wanted a man to fill the chair of agri culture Professor Shaw was selected. After serving in this capacity for five years he was elected to the chair of animal husbandry at the University of Minnesota. In this work he was, en gaged 12 years. He is now agricultural expert for the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroad companies, his special work being to grow crops un der dry conditions in Montana and North Dakota, and to a lesser extent in Ore gon and Washington. . 1 Tarmers Taking Chanoea. In discussing conditions In, the north west Professor Shaw saldir "In Oregon and Washington there la a large area of country that Is being devoted almost entirely to the growth of winter wheat in the dry country. While the work of the farmers has been very successful In growing wheat, to my mind there is a very great hx ard they are Incurring, and which win meet them 'some day unless they modify the rotation. The rotation at present (Continued on page Sixteen.) Special Articles In Tenth Anniversary Number Agricultural Returns In Ore .. gon divers farm products , considered at length. Oregon's Timber Resources an authoritative ' re vie w o f state's greatest asset. Oregon Livestock Supply Basis of Great Industry. How New Railroads Into Cen tral Oregon Have Affected That Vast Region. Salmon Industry as Wealth Producer interesting work : of state hatcheries., t Beach' Resorts Adjacent to . Portland. - ORDER EXTIvA COPir.' NOWTFrc:r cat:::i:"i OR NEWSBOY I'.::': FIVE CENTS 1": '