VOL. XI. NO. 19. PRICE TWO CENTS STANDS flVfi CliU. POWDER ill IDE SHDERO HEMFHli- AHERIGAHS fil SELVES FOR FRAY Tells How to Live Long ilM.UILB; STAY SINGLE. DIE VOUIIG-I WHITE DESTROY BiGMILL 1ST. ILEUS, OR. Portland, Oregon, Friday evening, march 29, 1912. twenty-four pages. ; ;". - ; ; ', AT HOME? - - j I i State Department at Washing- ton Ships 1 COO Rifles and ' Supply Revolvers to Yankee Residents of Mexjco City. ; ANTI-FOREIGN FEELING " GROWING DANGEROUS If President l$ Unseated Reign of Terror Almost Certain V 'In Capital. ; "--.' (United PreM Wus.t . Washington-, March 29. Communica tions received here ."today from Mexico City confirm.' the rumors current for eeveral days that the regime of Presi dent Francisco I. Madero la totterlns. It la declared that the revolution Is al most Bure of triumph In the near fu ture, Including the taking of Mexico City.. ' " The rebels have already Issued a proclamation that Madero will be shot If captured, and It is reported that he Is preparing to flee from his stricken country. Should the president leave thO' cupttal with his troops, carnage, rapine and plunder, in which the for eign esldenta will sustain heavy prop erty losses and possibly lives, are ex pected to follow. ; . s Arms lor Americans. , . The state department announced of ficially today that 1000 rifles and sup ply revolvers, and a quantity of amniu - ruuon was shipped yesterday aboard a Ward llner.i"going., from New York: to Vera Crut. The "munitions are con- signed , to United ' States Ambassador Henry h. Wilson, at Mexico City. Wil son plans to distribute the "arms ,and ammunition among the Americans' In the Mexican capital so that they jmay pfoperly defend themselves In case of trouble. : v: . . - . . ' . X -v- - . It is reported that the action 14 taken as a result of dispatches of the most im portant nature which" have, been ; re ceived from Ambassador Wilson. Anti-foreign sentiment is growing to dangerously aggressive portions in the Mexican capital, and violence is being prevented there only by , the presence of the government troops. , If these soldiers leave with President Madero, anarchy is certain to follow, it is de cleared. . v ...' ipsotol Order' Issued. :" Although a presidential order has been Issued forbidding the shipment of arms from the United States into any Amer ican country involved in civil turmoil, PfA.lilnnt V. - B,.A,1 - 1-1 A I - pensation in this case, to make the shipment legal and tneet the gravity of the situation. . . . Reports to the stats department state that-tbe advance of the rebel, General Orosco to Torreon has . been checked by the federals; who have burned a nurn ber of bridges in his line of march. Armies at Ilide-and-Seek. (Dnltrd Press Ua4 Wlrs.t - El Paso, Texas, March 29. The blde . and-seek game of warfare being played near Jiminea by the Mexican , govern- ment troops and the revolutionary forces continued today, General Trucy Aubert, commanding'lSOO federals, being report ed to be retreating with General Pas cual Orozco's rebel band in pursuit. Reb el advices here say General Aubert is likely to be .again surrounded this aft ernoon and a declsiv battle fought. Loyal Mexicans here assert that Gen eral Aubert -is a Wily commandt-r and is playing a strategic game. It is con tended that he is engaging the atten tion of the rebels to give all federal troops in -northern -Chihuahua time to concentrate In Torreon, where a united stand ' ill be made against the revolu tionary forces to prevent the proposed advance on Mexico City. , Anarchy In Mexico, j - (Unltpd Pr Lenwd Wlre.l Laredo, Texas, March 29. Anarchy prevails in Mexico, according to a -band of 300 foreign refugees who arrived hpre today. They report that the states of Durango, Chihuahua. land Zacatecas are overrun with bandits who are corn mlttini murder and rapine unchecked. General Zapata is approaching Mexico -City at the had of 2000 rebels, and It is reported, that fighting is progressing .nt Puebla. The refugees were unnble to confirm the report of the execution of General -Villa. - - - TO DISBURSE S1714 AT SEATTLE Where $1 .Goes to the Pxor ntjany q uoes 10 salaries 1 "and $t to Expenses', " (Special to lht loamnl.l Seattle. Wash., March 29. To ex pend $1714.41 in charity disbursements cost $4798.40 for administration ex pense, according to tl.e report for 1910 19rt; .of the charit organization so- clety here. . The report (shows that the' organization is costly, its expenses in cluding $3307.75for salaries of offi cers $1340 for' general expenses and office rent and $150 to send delegate to the national cluirlty conference. Di rect relief amounting to $1301 was given, while a' special reltef fund, In ijAi ii if j-s!svt4M4P,M'4i4"'totft(J $718. During the year the society'sin come was i $1122 and disbursements $M2.' ! . Tim ninkliiK public of tlmne '.figures will llKelyyTnMilt in iniierttialion or pt IfHxt rttreiiclunwit In tUo Hum of, tun ning expenso. CHARIIY COSTS m sSatlalBBUJjBrar ir r 1111 wm CALL FOR IROOPS If City Officials Cannot Con trol Situation Tomorrow Sheriff Will Be Invited to Make Next Move. (SpcHnl to The Jonrnil.) 1 Hoqulam, Wash., March 2.If th city officials here are. unable to cope with the strike situation in the morn ing, an official demand will be mad on Sheriff Payette for ald and if he finds he cannot handle the strikers, he will ask for state troops. At a citizens' meeting last eveMne a resolution de manding .protection .for. citizens from the rioters was passed and Mayor Fer guson stated ' that - he was unable to get patrolmen to assist In keeping or der. He asked Sheriff Payette for as sistance last night and when Payette said he would call in the troops, re quested that they be allowed another day. . ' ' ' '-: : - ' V fhe strikers this morning at first re fused to permit men to go through their ranks to the Hociulam Lumber & Shin gle company mill, where the rioting oc curred yesterday, but on request of (Continued on Page Two.) ON ONE LONE IDAHO IVIAN MAY BE BLAKIE . V , .,: X . ' (. .- ... , - .... IDENT Smgle Extra Taft Vote in Pre cinct 9, Boise, Might Have Swung State Policy. - rspeclnl to The JonrnaLl Boise. Idaho, ' March 29. Had one single additional Taft supporter turned out to vote in Precinct 9, Boise, in yes terday's Ada county Republican pri maries, the state' of Idaho would prob ably have sent a Taft delegation to'he convention at Chicago. As it is; the delegation will probably "be solid for RooBevclt. The remarkable chain of hard Taft luck was 'voided in this nay: The vote in Preslnct 9, was a tie and Its nine votes in the Ada county conven tlon vlll consequently be , divided be? tween Roosevelt ana Taft. - , This division will give, the Roosevelt forces a ' majority of six in the Ada county convention, which will, therefore, send a Roosevelt delegation of 81 to the. state convention at Lewlston next month. :. '' ' - . ' - . . ' . . These 31 delegates will be sufficient to swing Idaho Into the Roosevelt col umn, so close is the state's alignment Several Taft men in Precinct 9, who did not take the trouble to go to yes tej'doy's primaries this morning, have a guilty look, far should the vote in the iiitUa: si, aoayeaUott. besa.. elosa 4hat the' Idaho delegation holds the balance of power, each of these individuals, may have himself ta blame for. jtha. Identity of the' next president of the United Yoblei day's vole in Ada county stood; Jioosovelt, IUS; Taft, lUi. inn OF WHO'S PRES CAMERON RECALL VOTE FXPFRT ril.RCI IFS WILL COME- ON SOON AFTER THE Petition In ,'MaguIre's Ha'nd's Waiting, to Be Filed With Secretary of State, , The primary election will be quickly followed by another election to decide whether or not District Attorney Cam eron shall be permitted to serve out his term, according to the plana of Council man James Magulre., who had charge of the circulation of the Cameron re call petitions a few months ago. , Maguire has the completed recall pe tition in his hands, and he announced today that he will hold it Until short ly before the primary election, when it will he filed with the secretary of state, Under the recall law, a special election will be in order within 20 days. "I think the candidate nominated at the primaries would be the logical can didate to put .against Cameron in a re call election, said Maguire, "so I will hold-the petition until Just before the primaries. . Then we will have a spe cial election, and elect the candidate nominated at the primaries to fill out Cameron's term. "The new man would have five or six months then In which to make good, and if he falls to make good the voters can make another change in November. You can bank on, the recall being filed, so Cameron can be pfut out soon after the prlmaris." A ' One obstacle to Maguire's plans will doubtless be encountered in the secre tary of state's office, the, attorney gen eral having .ruled- that the recall amend ment is not operative without further legislation. If filing is refused, the legar question -can be raised by a writ oi manuamus, which can be taken di rectly to the supreme court for a de cision. - , (Cnllod rrest Leased Wlro.) san ranctsco. March 29. By a vote Of 11 to 1, San Francisco has todav de elded to bond the city for $8,800,000 to erect a new city ball and to purchase a site for a civic center.. The total vote was 46,133 in favor of the bonds and 4035 against. The work on the new municipal center and buildings will be completed, before the opening of the Panama fair In, 1915. ,t The election marked the first oppor tunlty which the women , of San Fran Cisco have had to exercise the ballot under the new equal suffrage law. Many men visited the polls in company with their wives and daughters. It is esti mated that 14,0001 women voted, nearly an in lavor oi the project MILITIA IN ROCK ISLAND STANDS GUARD AT INQUEST Q ' 1 " ' ,0' ' (United Vttm ttnwA Wlrf.) - Rotk Island, III., March 29. With 200 men of the regiment of National Guard who are patrolling Rock Island as a result of the recent political riots amttdln-4hs awi rthowsor the "Itiqwwtt over me remains or rank Kellogg, who was shot down in a battle with ' the police, was opened today by , Coroner Rose-. Blxty witnesses have been sum nionpii. A fpeolal KiHiid jury will convene this PRIMARIES SAN FRANCISCANS VOTEx $8,800,000 BOND ISSUE I mml II ' Mil I kl W W w WtV i' RATE SITUATION There Is No Reason Why Puget Sound Should Have Any Ad vantage Over Oregon Sea port, Declares J. H. Lothrop. "The question of; terminal rates to Astoria is one that does not come dl rectly . before the transportation com mittee of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, hence I have not given it serious consideration," said J. II. Loth rop, manager of the transportation committee of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, in discussing the subjoct today. "It. does not require. much thought. however,; for one to become convinced that considering distance and cost, the two most important factors in fixing railroad rates, Astoria should be placed at least on an equality, with Pugei sound cities. , .'. . . .. "There is no doubt but that If As toria' were ' served by a line that did not reach any: coast city enjoying ter minal rates, Astoria also ' would be granted terminal rates. - That would be the policy of . the railroad in protect ing its own interest. "There is a strong undercurrent of feeling rapidly coming' to the surface that Astoria and Portland are not re ceiving the full benefit of their loca tion, that they are being denied their natural advantages. While this is true with regard to , practically all kinds of traffic, it is particularly true with reBpect ..to grain and flour from Oregon and eastern Washington producing and milling points. iThe distance from such points generally is shorter - to Astoria than .to , Tscoma and Seattle, and the cost ot transportation is very much in favor of the Columbia river l..tul. . ' O.-W. S. & N. Company's Position. "In the past, that s before the O.-W. Rr & N." company : had its; own line" to Puget sound, in my opinion that com pany should have insisted that a fixed differential . should be ' maintained be tween Portland and Astoria rates on the one hand and rates to Puget sound on the other. ' No doubt such a condition would have resulted in a prolonged rate war, but the O.-W. Tt, & N. com pany could havjB stood the fight fully as Ion j as could the northern lines to Tacoma and Seattle, j Now that the O. W. It. & N. compariyihas its own lino to Seattle, that company would no doubt hesitate ; to voluntarily '. carry : lower rates to Astoria and Portland thun to Seattle and Tacoma, On the other hand, in the early days prior to the construc tion of tlm North Bank road, the North ern Pacific had hut very litHe Interest Continued oh Page Seveny FALL OF SEVEN INCHES MAY CAUSE THE DEATH - OF MEDFORD WOMAN " - "'- :-!':- (Cnllcd I'm loused Wire.) 4 Med ford. Or., March 29. -Al- though ' she fell a distance of 4 only seven Inches, Mrs. A; Kel- 4 llhor or tins city-tnis morning fractured her left hip and lc,ft 4. arm. She weighs 258 pounds . 4 and ye"fait''if Thw ne"1"1 cldont decurred as sh4 started to ascend ths steps leading to tlm kitchen of her. residence. Mrs,..lollihor', is not xpected to nc,ovtr. , Incendiaries Start . Blaze in . Engine Room and Set Off Blast 100 Feet Distant in Center of Plant, at Once. WATCHMAN WAS ABSENT, HE SAYS, BUT 5 MINUTES Windows and Doors a Mile Away in St. Helens Are Rattled by Shock. Speliil to "JTi Jntiroitl.l . St. Helens, Or' March 2S. Enemies of the Columbia Coyity X,umber com pany lasi nignt set lire 10 me piani, then blew. It up Vlth giant powder, com ple.tely destroying the mill and equip ment, together with SOO.nOO feet of lum ber.. The loss is J5ffi000, partially in sured. " .'-'V-':":' '. So great was the explosion that the noise and shock were felt distinctly in the center of St. Helens, almost one mllis distant, windows being shaken and door rattled. Sheriff E. ThonTpson ' is absent, but Deputy Sheriff Lake began noon after the fire to hunt the perpe- tratora ; so far no arrests have been maoe. The destruction of the mill began most peculiarly. ; Jake BUI was night watch- man. A young man who has resided in St. Helens several years, he is considered reliable. H aays he went from the mill onto the (Jock to see a boat go by, the mill plant being on Oregon slough, about a half mile above the city limits of St. Helens. lie was' absent, he de clares, not more than five minutes. V On return, he saw firs springing up In the engine room. Almost simultan eously, 100 feet distant in the center of the mill, came the explosion. It was apparently impossible for the fire to have caused the explosion. and of course no powder was kcp.t in the mill. There is no reason evident for the fire in 'the engine room as the mill had been shut three ', days and everything was "dead.". The explosion blew the mill almost to pieces and the consumption by fire followed quickly. : ?iV- The Columbia County Lumber com pany had no strike troubles such as are affecting the Grays Harbor ntiys. lit employs only Amerfcan labor jind : is considered to pay good wages. : Ths workmen are of a permanent class, most of them married residents of St. Hel ens. H. F. McCormlck is tfrinclpol own er. He is manage of the big McCor mlck mill at St. Helens proper, and is brother of Charles W. McCormlck, owner of the latter and the principal figure in the big McCormlck Lumber company, which loads vessels here constantly for coastwise ard offshore business. . A small part of the dock was also de stroyed, .but the lumber on the dock was saved. - The steamer America, O. M. Abel, captain, which travels between Portland and Oregon slough ports, was Impressed into service to help save the waterfront property. UPON TAFT SUPPORT STAMPEDING TO .VI Lieutenant 'Says When Presi dent's; 'Followers Realize Weakness, Will Desert Him. (TTnltfa Prii teased Wlrs.l Waterloo, Iowa, March 29. More than 1000 persons heard Colonel Roosevelt speak at Vinton, The former president was engaged in denouncing the polit ical bosses . as the train nulled out of the station. - Alexander Kevell, one of Colonel .Roosevelt s staunchest sup porters, predicted that President Taft would never be nominated on the first ballot, and this fact, he declared, would result : tn - me nomination - going to Roosevelt - " " " "PraCticar pOlltlcIans,"" "he 8&ld,see ing the hopelessness of President Taft securing the . nomination on the first ballot, will flock to the support of Colonel Roosevelt." , lowans Crect T. R. Aboard the Roosevelt Special, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, March 29. Colonel Theo dora Roosevelt was warmly, .greeted, upon -his arrival hero today by 1000 persons who had gathered at the rail road station. From the platform of his private car the former president spoke to the gathering, pleading that the gov ernment bo tu k on from the control of "big business" and restored to the peo ple. . . ' More than 200 persons gathered st the station at Rock Island, 111., at 6 o'clock this morning to see' Colonel Roosevelt, but they were disappointed, as he was sleeping. ' . , In Tawney's District. (United t'resi Leaned Wire.) Albert'Lea, Minn., March; :2ft.: Speak ing here today in the home district of ex-Cohgressman James .A. Tawney, Thrwdore "' Roosevelt discussed the tariff question, repeating a speech he deltevero;d at Sioux Falls, (September 3, 1910, almost In its entirety. ERES IQENI JCOM.M EN D.SJi WOODFORD FOR MEDFORD J . ,. -' ,: . (Wnshlnetoa Iluicna tit The Journal.) -. WasiunKton, March 29.- Congressman 1 faw Icy' has Vet omniended ths. 'appoint ment cf a. Ml. Woodford as postmasur ROOSEVELT DEPENDING H If'tl at Meaford, 4 Dr. Calvin S. "hitc, secretary state board of health, who addressed 'convention of health officers of state this morning. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GENERAL COAL STRIKE ntervention in Labor Troubles by Uncle Sam Is Regarded as Probability Today, - ; .(United PreM Lmm4 Wlr.l . Cleveland, Siareh 89. President White of the United Mineworiers to day struck the first Mow at the, operat ors when he ordered an immediate sus pension of all anthracite coal . mining, Not a blow will he struck in ft mine un til ths referendum has shown whether or not the men are prepared, to go 011 strike. . White'g order suspending all anthra cite operations followed on apparently final failure of all negotiations between the operators and miners. Wheeling, W. Va., March 29. -An tlclpating a general strike order through out the bituminous coal region-when the present wage scale contract between the miners and operators ends at midnight Sunday; as a result of the failure of the conference in Cleveland- to reach a compromise, 2000 miners in Belmont county, Ohio, struck today. The rest of the miners in the district are ex pected to walk out tonight. Clev'eland, March, 29. Interventldn by the United States government - to pre vent a general strike throughout the bituminous and probably the anthracite regions of the country is reported here today to be a probability, This belief, became current through the presence here 6f United States La bor Commissioner Charles P. Neill, who, though he declares he Is in Cleveland principally to attempt a further agree ment between &0 eastern railroads and their- engineers, is believed also to bo watching for a moment when President Taft may intervene in the coal war with a good chance of success. The miners and operators of the bitu minous fields went into conference again today, but no one was prepared to say there was prospect of an agreement to sleht. ;.; ; , , ' Strike Believed Probable. Washington, March 29. An official statement by the American Federation of Later on the outlook for a coal war today says: ,.:.;f-.' ... 'From present Indications; there will be a general suspension of mining both in the bituminous and anthracite coal fields. .All efforts to adjust differences between the , miners and the operators so far have' failed. In some parts of the anthracite field preparations are ilraady under' way to employ strike breakers, .but it is not thought this will be generally dene." . Bamu'el Gompers declared today that conditions have changed radically In 10 years and' that the men can no longer afford to work at the old scale. . ". I.nbor-.Commissioner Netirisr' ndw in Cleveland watering he situation. ' Strikebreakers Imported. ' , Wilkesbarre, Pa, March 29. General belief, prevails among the miners here today that large numbers of strike breakers are beinff imported into the anthracite coal fields. The miners have already begun getting their tools out of the mines in anticipation of a general strike. ," ' ,ir. Appointed Nome Postmaster. (VVmihltiKton tlim-Hit ot The Journal.) Washington, March 29. Beverln Bakke was today nominated for post master of Nome, Alaska. MAY STEP Special Articles in Tenth Anniversary Number TIMBER . IN OREGON By C. S. Chapman, former United , States District Forester. , OREGON'S WATER RESOURCES By John M. Lewh, ".. State Engineer. , : SIGNIFICANCE OF REED COLLEGE By W, T. .Foster, President of Reed College. : ' , CLIMATE IN (OREGON By Edward A.',13cals, Pl-tri t Forecaster. ' i - WHAT PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION WILL : ; TO OREGON By Henry E. Dosch. , - Wednesday, A pril 3. And, Most Astounding It Is, Divorced Persons Shortest- Lived of All, Says- State Health Officer. THE REASON FOR THIS . CONDITION IS PLAIN Married Folk" Get Plenty to Eat and- Live Regular Lives; That's Why. - Jt you would live long and pass your days In peace, get married. And after you are married, stay married. Above -all, get married Just as quickly as you can, for every delay is only lessening your chances for length of days. This was the conclusion to be drawn from information given by Dr. Calvin 8. White, secretary of the state board of health. In a paper on "Uniform Methods of Collecting Vital Statistic," that he read before tha session of state, county and city heaOT officers of Oregon this morning. Dr. white knocked, the props right out ' from under the confirmed bachelor and the fair divorcee, for he showed from figures that divorced per sons are the shortest lived of us all, with .single people next and married folic at tha top of the list. , The Ufa of the ordinary married man and woman. Dr. White ahowed, is some- waen uiuunu to years; wun ine Dacne lors and spinsters coming several sea sons behind and the divorcees trailing far to the rear. It's all because the married man gets plenty to eat and lives a regular life, while the Jars and trou bles ot divorced people weigh on their minds and lead the.-i Into bad habits that shorten their days. Xf Yon'ra 83, Tonre Safe. Moreover, if you are 25 years old and haven't yet committed suicide, been run over by a street car, knocked down by an auto, smashed up In a . train Weolt or tumbled out of an aeroplane, you can figure yourjself reasonably safe, said Dr. White. The great majority of ail violent deathd, especially suicides, in the United States, Dr. White told . tha ; doctors, occur : befor the age of M years. v.. ;- v ' Dr. White devoted considerable atten tion to doctors who don't send in their statistics promptly to the state board. He declared that the work of the board in bettering health conditions has been of more importance to the children of the state than all the mothers' con gresses that have ever met Then ha read a sort of roll of honor of the dif ferent counties of Oregon, showing how they stand in statistics. . This lT(st came (Cftfltlnued on Page Bl ASCETIC TUFTS UNDER E OF Fl If Mystic Alleged to Have Squan dered $100,000 of Fortune; Bench Warrant Is Issued, , (Culled Pri Leased WtraV Los Angeles, Cat, March 29. Gorham Tufts, Jr., ascetic and mystic, la under indictment today on a specific charge of having embezzled $401? of the fortune of his wife, who formerly was Mrs. A. R. Roe of Fort-Worth, Texas, and Chi cago. Tufts, who lived with his wife find her three daughters in a palatial home in fashionable Chestef Place, was arrested in a theatre during a matinee performance on a charge of vagrancy. He was hold while the county grand Jury voted a true' bill. Bonds were fixed at $20,000. With George Parnell, former valet of King Edward of England, Tufts vis ited Nepal, . Thibet and Interior India, studying occultism. Following their re turn they went to Chicago, where- Tufts met the , wealthy .Mrs. Roe, Interests! her in his religious work and married her. ' '"-';-:';" - Miss Mary Roe, daughter of Mrs. Tufts, 'declared today that Tufts had squandered more than $100,000 of her mother's money, and that he exercise l a weird influence over persons through what he called a projection of his own will. The couple, it is alleged, sepur sted recently Whan Mrs. 'Tufts tojd hnr husband hs need occupy . her home no longer. - ,'..' . : ' - -' ' Tufts formerly conducted a mliHlon In Dearborn street, Chicago. . He la stiM to have promoted many religious and missionary enterprises. A bench war rant for Tufts' arrest under the in dictment' was issued today. Extra Cop!, ; , r STEALING HfinMrv 11 RICH IE IUI1LI aitc j-ooa- jto wveaucate the riot