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VOL. VIII. NO. 52.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1912.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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THROUGHOUT EAST
Anthracite Properties Desert
ed Except by Engineers
and -Pumpmen Who Re
main to Keep Down Gas.
ORDER OF SUSPENSION
EVERYWHERE OBEYED
Men Take Jools x Away , With
Them in Spite of Rule to
Contrary.-
(By lb International News Service.)
Wllkesbarre, Pa., March 30. Union
leaders of the" anthracite mine work
ers report that all of the mine work
era except the engineers and pump
men, who keep the mines from being
Damaged- by accumulation of gas and
water, left - the mines this afternoon
riot to return until the suspension or
der is lifted or, If there Is a strike.
Until their leaders formally order them
to-return to work, y.
The miners left 4, mines In remark
ably good spirits, many of the groups
cheering and yelling that .they would
not 4 return until their demands had
been granted They carried their tools
with them, and also removed what
supplies they had and their working
Clothes from the mines, bo that there
Is every Indication that they have gone
utwlth the expectation of remaining
Idle for a long time.
Some of the smaller companies 'and
independent concerns issued orders that
the men should not take their tnrln nut
hould report for work on Monday next,
but the men ignored the first order
and declare that they will also ignore
the second until, their leaTders request
v them -to obey It. .,":
Good Hews for Ken.
V ' When the mine workers. Jubilant with
the prospects of a fight which they
believe will rnd In a substantial vic
tory for them, together With an ad
vance in wages, left the collieries, they
were met with the news that the op
erators, lea ny President tSeorge F.
Baer of the Philadelphia" & Reudlng
. Coal company, the chairman of the
vjMiraiura cuiuimii.ee, uuu agreed 10
again meet the representatives of the
- mine workers and would hold a confer
April 10.' This news cheered them very
inui u una iiiey now oeueve mat tney
are certain to get an advance in wages
and some working concessions. .
It is apparent, however, that the
mines will be idle moat, if not all of
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
NEBRASKA IS GREAT
NO SEA: DAMAGE
? BY FLOODS IS HEAVY
Many Towns to West of
.Omaha Send in Messages
. for Help,.
(By tie International New. Errlct
Omaha, March SO. Every river valley
In Nebraska is a miniature sea tonight,
and the damage wrought by the floods
by the Platte, Elkhorn Loup and other
rivers will nm away up into the thou
sands. A; dosen towns are under water
and instead of falling, the flood la to-
night Increasing in intensity. Early
today the Omaha Commercial club was
cabled upon, to send assistance to Water
loo, Valley, ; Elkhorn and several other
towns to the west The assistance asked
Was a carload of ho mhinh .........
v, , .lit... BCIll
by special train,
Waterloo la probably the worst hit by
the Waters: Thfl flmahn r.llof n..fi
here removed a number of people from
housetops and from limbs of trees, In
which they had taken refuge.
At Valley a similar condition exists,
end many were taken out In boats. West
of here two miles of the Union Pacific
vmw . uvu.,it, imv n - irtnifi ' jino rms
been washed . out, whllo the Chicago
Denver line of the. Rock Island is out
of commission from the loss of- its
bridges across the Platte. A'll trains
on these roads have; been detourlng
throughout the day via the Burlington's
Una from Omaha to Lincoln, but tonight
the Burlington bridge at Ashland was
declared unsafe, and trains on every
road from Omaha to Denver have been
cancelled. -v ,-'
At Prescott, Iowa, yesterday, 15 school
children were playing on the ice In the
river. The river floe was caught in the
current and carried away by the floods.
All the children were rescued by boats,
which set out lh pursuit. '
Every ltttlo stream in Nebraska Is
swelling the high waters.
Minnesota Town Flooded.
' ll'nltiMl VrrM Letts wiri.)
'Albert Lea, Minn., March 3C The
dam holding back the high waters of
Fountain hike: broke late today. The
entire lak Is tonight rushing down
across tlio residence - district and the
Kock Island yards. The yard and depot
are under, four fet of water, and the
water Is rising rapidly, v People are
moving out of the low districts. Hopes
are entertained that the heavv Ice, rt
the lake will settle as the water leaves
the lake. - r - ' v -r ;
If It brtalft up. nothlng wUl sava the
kock isiana oriage, station and yards
XhftjaapgQAlwajUe.,;,
bridge is already under water.'he pas
sengers of the Kock Island are , being
Carried by bpat and the residence dis
trict north of the city Is cut offSnd
traffic from the north country Is 'sus
pended. . ,
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NOTE ON HER DRESS
IS TRAVELING
Little-Girl, Deserted by Her
; Mother in Los Angeles,. On
- Way to Woodburn, Or,
(By the Tntern.tlontl Kews SerTtce.)
San Francisco, March 80. "My name
Is Eva Walton. Am five years old, go
ing on 6. I am going to my aupt at
Woodburn, Or." .
The above vote was pinned to a neat
little dress worn by a pretty little girl
with light hair and brown eyes who
stepped from the Pacific Navigation
company'! big turblner Harvard, which
arrived from Los Angeles 'this morn
ing; - a--'' : . 1 ;
. According to passengers on the steam
er, and a letter received by Mrs. Emily
Webb Giesy of the Travelers' Aid, who
met the child and saw that she made
her tratn connections for the north, the
little girl was deserted by her mother
on the atreets of Los Angeles several
days ago. When Eva was found wan
dering about by a policeman sha had
a bundla in her arms containing a child's
full outfit of wearing appareL , In ber
pocket waa a note, written by the moth
er, which told a sad story of a man's
duplicity- .
- The letter "was forwarded to the lit
tle girl's aunt at Woodburn, nesfr Salem,
Or., and the later sent money to pay
the child's passage to that place. ;
- Eva was treated like a little queen
by the officers of the ship and the pas
sengers. One wealthy . woman aboard
has written to Eva's aunt and has of
fered to adopt her. t . . ,
IN HURT
WHEN AUTO JUMPS BANK
... (Sped,) to Tie Jonroat.) '
. Med ford. Oft, March 80.- As the re
sult Of a spin on the' Jacksonville rbad
this evening, John Barneburg, a well
known capitalist of this city, together
wlh his brother-in-law, ' Clarence Kel
logg, Ho near the point of death. , The
machine left the road about two miles
west of Medford and plunged over an
embankment, hurling the mer many feet
beyond.'" .."-v,, ,.:. j ;
Another machine was tortowlng a
short distance behind. The occupants
of this car rushed to 'the aid" of the
men and brought them Into Medford
for medical attention. Physicians hold
out hope for the recovery of Kellogg,
but Barneburg'g condition Is reported
most serious. He has large property
Interests- In Medford and Is a member
of ono of the oldest pioneer families in
this section.
T
ON ALLEN FUGITIVES
(TJnlttd Prcas Lom Wlr.t
lllllsvllle, Va, March SO. CarroU
county's grim game of hide and seek
continued through the dark hours to
night, with-the man busters at lart hot
on the trail of the remnants of the
Allen gang. A messenger brought word
here tonight that th detectives . were
now only an hour behind their quarry.
Facing starvation because their food
supply Is cut off by a ring of pur
suers, hurried through mountain passes,
fearful detective may use- the discretion
vested wlh them and take the prisoners
"dead" In stead of allve-the capture .of
SIdna Allen and Wesley Edwards Is be
lieved to be imminent. The detectives
are taking 'their time, confident that
their pickets are escape proof and that
no food can be sent to the outlaws.
Detective Baldwin, at Roanoke, had a
long distance conversation this evening
with his lieutenants here and it was ad
mitted that n new coup was beln
planned, but none of, the posse would
say what It was. . .
OF
REPAID AS HE'S DYING
:. (Special to The Journal.)
Seattle, Wash., March 30. Whan Dr.
John Tledcman,. hookworm .'."Victim, was
stricken, he war without friends, rela
tives or means,' but Louise Clarke, a
pretty blue eyed nurse, voluntarily gae,
her services, caring for him with t!
derest devotion until death claimed him
Friends thought there might Jiave beefi
a romance between the-, middle aged
doctpr and the youthful nurse, but they
are- now satisfied It was only pure
gratitude that prompted the humanl
tarlan apt- . '. : '
Some time ago Miss Clarke's sister
died of tuberculosis, when Dr. Tlede
man gave her the most devoted atten
tion. In thankfulness the girl nursed
the dying doctor with unusual devotion,
remaining with him alone , whllo life
Slowly ebbed and then in death until
the undertaker took the: remains. Dur
ing the doctor's Illness she secured con
tributions from neighbors and brpther
physicians that the dying man -might
have what few necessities he required.
REWARD FOR NECKLACE
- LOST AT SOCIETY FETE
(By the International News Sprriee.l
j Ios Angeles, March 80.A $2600, sin
gle strand pearl necklace, the property
of pretty Miss Anna Loomis pf Plttsi
burg, who is wintering at the Maryland
hotel In the Bunavlsta with her mother,
hna occasioned notice and nrlvt Am.
GUIDE
MEDFORD
IN
NUN
LOE
KINDNESS
DOCTOR
orrer oi juw ior us return, Tha neck
lace, containing 97 Individual pearls,
was lost by Mlss Loomis March 1, at
Long Beach, while -she was attending
a fashionable affair given by Mrs. -Will
BUntnn at the lllotel Virginia. : (
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4 STRIKE LEADERS
ABTEDiOTB
FLEETOIERDEEIi
Crucial Test in Grays Harbor
r Situation Will Come on
Monday When Mills Try to
Run Again. - ' ? r r
SLAVIC RACES ARE TO BE
" GIVEN NO EMPLOYMENT
Milimen Say They Will Have
None But American Labor
, and Will Pay Better.
(Appelant Tbt Journal t I
iroqulam, Wash., March 80. Backed
by tha cltlsens of Hqu lam. Chief of
Police T. Qulnn today made a determined
effort to break the backbone of the
strike, and this evening arrested four
leaders. Other men have escaped to
Aberdeen, where they w.111 probably be
picked up by the authorities. Indlca-1
tlona point to a decided chansa in tha
sentiment here today, and with this
cnango the atrlka may be broken early
next week.'." v-;. .:..;... .v
The clttsens have asked Governor Hay
to Investigate conditions, and this has
put fear into tha strikers, who realise
that If the mllltla Is called they will
lose out The statement made by tha
tollljmen today that they would employ
none .but American labor and would
assist in driving out the Greeks and
other Slavic races has spurred business
men to assist.
Shoots at Imaginary Strikers.
Charles Davis, a longshoreman who
joined the strikers, became violently in
sane lonigm ana imagined that, tha
strikers were after him. Ho created a
commotion In the neighborhood, shoot
ing at Imaginary strikers befors the
police arrived. .
Tomorrow wlU be quiet, as the day
will be spent In meetings by. the strik
ers, who will decldp on action, should
any of the mills start to resume., It
is said that tha Hdqulam Lumber &
Shingle Co. mill has a full crew ready
to begin Monday or Tuesday. :
Three mills still run hero, they being
the. Woods.. Gray a .Harbor Lumber com
pany and fne Eureka tartar" Lumber ft
Shingle Co. : , . t -
Aberdeen, Wash., March SO. That the
strikers who attempted to break Into
company Q arn.ory here last night In
tended to carrf away rifles by the
wholesale was indicated today by the
testimony furnLhed by those living
close to the armoujP building, who said
that they had heard a wagon drive up
to the rear of the building shortly be
fore 2 o'clock In the morning and that
when the shots were fired at the men
trying to break In . from the . front by
one of tUe company on guard duty,
the wagon rattled off at a furious pace.
Putty Removed Front Window.
Examination of the rear of the bund
ing, showed the wagon tracks and It
was also found that putty had beer,
remove! from fho windows, the thieves
apparently intending to gain an en
trance that way and the three men dis
covered in front merely spying out the
ground. ' -. -----
Lieutenant H. A. Comeau, commanding
company G, has increased the number
of guards. Only the officers and non-
(Continued on Page Ten.)
A GOOD
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MARCH. 1912.0NE
OFBESMMD
Increase in Bank Clearings for
First Quarter Nearly $15,-
, 000,000 Building Gain
$200,000. '
POSTAL RECEIPTS
' SHOW GREAT GROWTH
$2,000,000 Goes Into New
Homes Since Jan. 1 ; Every
Line of Business Active.
Showing substantial gains In all Im
portant commercial and Industrial lines
the month ending with today Is the best
March In many a year In Portland' Gen
eral business is more, active than It
was one year ago a" fact shown by
notable increases in hank clearings and
postal receipts; while the volume and
value of tha building permits Issued
exceeded tha expectations or even the
most sanguine.
Ordinarily an active ; political cam
paign In a presidential' year acta as a
disturber of the business situation, but
not so this year In Portland, as busi
ness men in all lines report a healthy
condition .and "the outlook as flatter
ing for an . exceptionally good year.
Big Gains la Bank Clearings.
' Splendid gains were made In bank
clearings and postal receipts, while the
new construction for the month came
Within 10 per cent of record figures of
March 1911. Portland Is maintaining
a , remarkable record in buildiqg opera
tions. The end of tha first quarter of
1912, shows a gain of almost 8200,
000 over tha same period last year and
nearly $500,000 Increase over the fig
ures of 1910. For tha quarter the in
crease In bank clearings is nearly $15,
000,00l or slightly mora than 10 per cent
One of the most gratifying develop
ments as shown by casting up the fig
ures for the first quarter Of the year
la s the " continued gains- In postal re
ceipts, ihat feature of thecpmnverclal
lire or a community wnicti is conceded
to be, tha most reliable - barometer of
business conditions. J
:;'-';;r. '.' .JttanyHiSw Bomea : .
Considering the fact that throughout
the country, there has been for a yenr
or more a ateady retrenchment In bulg
ing operations It Is little short of re
markable that Portland should show a
gain for the first three months of the
year over tha figures for the same per
iod in both 1910 and 1911. Estimates
made, by the city building department
show that' of the 3,750,000j$ permits
issued since January 1, not less than
$2,000,000 went into the building of new
homes. The big March record last year
in bank clearings was exceeded this
month by nearly 14,000,000 or about 6.!
per cent. 'clearings for the banklny
month ending yesterday reached the
huge total of $54,836,323.77 as compared
with f 51,492,639.66 for March of last
year. Balances for the same months
were, 1912. $6,898,458.92; 1911, $6.194,.
813.04. , Estimates made last night by
offlcluls of the Portland postofflce placi
the sale of stamps for the month at
(Continued on Page Three.)
- NATURED COP, BUT !
Leading Democrats PreferVilson
;VV; . t 81 H'.; $V $'." 8? $V -8? . -' -. 8
Progressive Attitude Wins Favor
Woodrow Wilson, regarded as typical representative of popular ideas of
- r government. '
" 4NmsssMasiisaBaiaiiwHWM "
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JERSEY IS FAVORED
BY ALL CLASSES
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Prominent Citizens of Port
land Tell Why Wilson Logi
cal Nominee of Democratic
Party for President.
With the presidential primary draw
ing near sentiment of Oregon Democrats
appear to be crystallzing around Wood
row Wilson as the man of the hour, and
, . (Continued on Page Eleven.)
eon
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New Jersey . Executive Com
mands Support of Progres
sive Element of Democrats
and Republicans Alike'.
(Washington jBureaa ef The Journal.)
- Washington, - March I 30. Senator
Chamberlain's faith in thl political gen
ius of . Governor , Woodrojv . Wilson has
not waned. His belleTln: the ability
of the New Jersey executive to lead the
Democratic party to victory only grows
stronger as time passes, and he has
more opportunity to study the charao
ter of the leader end the sentiment of
the country. .
The correspondent of The Journal has
Interviewed Senator Chamberlain on his
reasons for advancing Governor Wilson
as the best man for Democrats to cen
ter their strength on.
"There are several reasons," respond
ed Senator Chamberlain,' "why I think
that' Governor Woodrow Wilson is the
man who should be nominated by the
uemocratio national convention.
First and foremost, Governor Wilson
is one of the moat Intelligent men In
the country today, and he as thoroughly
understands Its history, and the history
of the federal and state Institutions aa
any man with whom I am acaualnted.
"In the second place, he's a typical
representative of tha progressive senti
ment of the people not a radical, but
a man who thoroughly believes .that
present day remedies should be applied
19 present aay abuses. He believes rath
er thai tne constitution . should be
amenaea ny legislative bodies to meet
conditions which are conceded to exist
and which could not have been fore
seen by the framers of the constitutions.
either federal or state, than .that there
should ba left to the courts the power
to stretch these constitutions to meet a
situation which the development of great
Industrial .enterprises the aggregation
In the bands of a few and the great
part that business is playing in the
government have rendered necessary.
He realizes as fully as'ariy man that
me legislative branches of the govern
ment have not been doing their duty in
this respect; that , they are not repre
sentative or trie wishes of the people;
that Instead of being a government rep
resentative of the people we have a
government that is rather representative
of the privileged classes, the special in
terests and big business. For this rea
sun lie Biauus as .a representative Of a
growing class which believes that gov
eminent ought to be brought nearer to
the people, and ha has not hesitated, to
express. his views as to how this may
"Third, he is the only Democrat, who,
in my opinion, can bring to hia support
a large body ofi Itepublicans of the pro
gressive type. This is particularly true
In case President Taf t should be re
nominated. ,ln the very nature of things
he will lose many Democratic votes
those at least who are- reactionary In
their views, or are too conservative to
apHent to changes In the framework of
: "I , believe that Wilson la the only
man in our party who can carry Repub
lican states In the west and in tha 'mid-
(Continued t on Page Tea)
GEIWIY SERVES
iffi MONROE
EAT
Kaiser Plans to Land Army in
Mexico Moment United
States Tries to Restore
Peace by Intervention.
PRESIDENT TAFT ADMITS
SITUATION IS SERIOUS
However, Will Lay Facts Be
fore Congress Before He
, Takes Action.
(By the International Rcwa Berries.) 1
Washington, March 80, President
Taft admitted to callers today that tha
situation1 In Mexico la mora serious, than
la generally believed. H is said to
hare reached tha conclusion that Inter
vention may ba unavoidable.
But tha president will lay the facta
before congress and obtain authority be
fore sending tha army or navy to Mex
too. - -
Meanwhile, tha war department . Is
preparing an army of 800,000 men.
Just as If intervention were Imminent.
Grave Complications Thrsatsnad.
Grave international complications are
threatened In the event of American in
tervention. A. cabinet officer fn close touch with
the president states that Germany plana
to land large forces in Mexico to pro
tect German Interests tha moment- tbo
United States attempts to restore peaca
In that country. ,
'- Notice is thus served on the United
States that .through her dllatoriness, at
leaat one power will pay no further at
tention to the Monroe doctrine, which
has so long stood between the American
continent and Invasion by a foreign foe.
Under the Monroe doctrine the United
States prohibited European Intervention
by undertaking the defense and pro
tection of foreign citizens on the Amer
ican continent. It was pointed out to
day that when Germany, at-the advice
of her ambassador, armed her citizens
In Mexloo, aha gave prima facie 'evl-
v. tuu .nui UJ Bll UV lUUjl
placed reliance In the Monroe doctrine
which she holds la now at an end with
irespect to Mexico.
Contrast ta Attltnda,
Tt was pointed out here today that the
attitude of the United States in Mexico
Is in contrast to the vigorous policy
adopted by previous administrations to
assert the virility of the Monroe doc
trine jjn Colombia, Nicaragua, Honduras,.
Venezuela and Santo Domingo.
German mercantile manufacturing
Interests In Mexico are more extensive
thin of the United States," the inform-
(Contlnued on Page Five.)
ES SEEK
,135,
AS
II
Little Material Evidence in
Case of Double Auto Trag
edy on. "Lonely Road,
A few bits of gun wadding, charred
by powder, a black mask and some buck
shot, were the only material evidence
in possession of the authorities at mid
night last night after a 24 hour search
for the assassin who shot and killed
George Hastings and Donald McCIoud
Stewart, and . wounded Irving Lupton,
on. the White House road north of Os
wego Friday night when an automo
bile containing them tailed to stop at
his command.
Sheriff Mass of Clackamas and Sher
iff Stevens of Multnomah, county, how
aver, have clues which they deem Im
portant. In this connection they are
looking for a light complexloned man,
aged about 85 years, whose hair is
parted In the middle. A man answer
ing Oils description was seen near the
scene of the tragedy at o'clock by
several persons and at 8 o'clock, an
hour and' a half before th shooting
was observed walking south along the
road. . . ., ... . . . '
He wore either a light brown or gray
suit and a slouch felt hat. The gun
wadding and mask were found on the
edge of the road about an eighth of a
mile north of the point where the Os
wego railroad bridge spans the Willam
ette, and a quarter of a mile south of
the place where Bruce Stewart, owner
and driver of the car, and H, U Tabn.
the other member of the party, said tli.j
attempted holdup occurred. It Js now
generally admitted that the youlig men
were mistaken as to the exact location
of the shooting.
Came Into Portland. ;
Basing their surmise on information
gathered thus far, officers working on
the case believe that the man later
crossed the Oswogo bridge and arrived
In East Portland early in the morning.
Although the officers declare they are
not working on any particular theory,
Detective Colemart of the local police
department, who Is working on the e.a ',
said last night that he was JncHnjl
to favor tha theory that the murderer
was lying In wait for some enemy, ai
that roobery was not the motive ir'l
Stewart, brother of Bruce" Stewart, sll
he 1 believed this was the case, . also.
Sheriff Stevens and Sheriff Mum botii
declared that they had no thory.
Bobbers Don't Carry truck Weapons, I
lor some enemy, and he rriav Lav t ; 1
looking for money," said Shrift ri'i-v- .n,
"A holdup man, as a generl thins?.
jlC'ontluuedi on 1'age Utgiit.)
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