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- 1 ) '. 7 ' 'y -i' 'jx 1 f ". 5 a. i ,. : I s? yri C -J ' -f...x 1,1 . . .. . '. .' ilia . . , C i.i r. 7 . m..i 1 an. Cii y ". . .C . 1- . t t. rani " . .21 ; jis ;i iiUmd humidity, 5 . hi. , Rain . tonight and tomorrow; southerly .w I ii d 8. c VOL. XI. NO. 235. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15; 1913. -TWO SECTIONS 18 PAGES " PRICE TWO CENTS. I : V V v J I F.IADERQ UfuIGS ' 01! DESPITE IIIS : mm PLEAS Committee of Senators Visits Mexican President and Asks His Resignation; De La ; Barra J Accompanies Them. DAMAGE TO PROPERTY BY SHELLS $20,000,000 Battle Resumed This Morning; ' President's Residence and. ..'Palace Shelled. Mi; ' Mexico City, Mexico, Tap. 15.--Presl-flttit Tranclsco Madero 'of Mexico this afternoon rsfnsed a second request y the senate that he resign. The senators and Francisco : de la Barra then left the national palace and went Immediately, to . the chamber f deputies, where they began the' prepara tion of a manifesto to the affect that unless " Madero , resigns Immediately American intervention la certain- Tha ltaanifesto will plead wita the paopla to j "in in mot nea mTtniiii wi vuv Madero from tha ptaaldanoy. ' Before the senators submitted thtir demand to Maaero, they i submitted a statement to the public which la eroua lsf tna greatest excitement, .- - . , - Members ot the senate committee da clared that tbo BrlUab 4-mInIata bad received a cable from Traaldaat Tart ad Tlalnf 4bat American troopa aro 'now onronta to the Mexloan border and that it waa Taff a opinion that Intervention U ' inavltabla. : " - ;. : ' Dt la . Barra and tha committee b( atiiugtors 'called en Madero after De la Bafra had conferred with General Difta regardinc plana for an armlsUce "atjhe roMuast of the provident. Madero ' pro potted the naming' .of a commlseion .by eauii party .to consider plins for a aMu tlou of the situation. v ; , rj- ' T 1 Ibias refused to consider an armiattae, declaring 'he wouM-enter tnto no nego tiations for prauo- until he had been of ficially notified of the resignation of Mudero. tiift vice president and the en tire cabinet.' " v - w ,. Wai" reply was submitted to. Madera. 'Maxlct. City, Max., Feb. 15. k corn- , inutee of ' aeoatora' left the chamber of lieputfra tWa afternoon7 with the? inten tion of asking President Francisco J. Mudero to resign his office. . The sen- ', , a tors were' acuompanied to the natlona, palace by , yranctsco- Pe la Barfa. 1 t Tlie senate membership. Is greatly, de pleted by the fact that many members have allied 1 themselves with- General v Kellx piaa. The committee contended It represented a majority of .the mem bers, but It was doubted ' If Madero Would accept this contention as - cor- ' Mexico City,' Jlex.; Feb. lS.The dam '. age to property. In Mexico City from. rebel and federal sheila this afternoon was, placed at 120,000.000.- All Indus trial enterprises are completely , demor elited and v this enforced Idleness will swell the. cost of the. engagements her ' by hundreds, of thousands of dollars. ' . The Red . and White Cross aocletles have abandoned the work of -caring for the Injured because their flag iiava been ' fired' upon and eelzeU. ' their ambulances Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 18. New . i .... i. . . i. nu ... j iwtBur w uruusuv . wear vu ricai- dent Madero today to relinquish his of- t Continued on Paga Nine.) (TJaltfd lrew trued Wirt.) Washington, ; Feb. 15. For tha. first time in over a century a president of the United States sat with the senate today, the occasion being the memorial service for the late j . Vice. President James Schoolcraft Sherman. .The presi dent spoke v, eloquently as did also Speaker Chump Clam and Senators Root, - Martln &allinger,' .. Thornton, Lodge, X Follette, Kern, Williams. Curtis, Oliver and O'Gorman. , , v Many diplomats and bther. prominent persons attended tha service. MITCHELL, OR., WOMAN i (fipeel.l to The JoaninI.t ' " Mitchell; Or4. Feb. ,15. Mrs.- Dan1 B. Roberts horsewhipped-two- men Thurs day In "less than an hour. .She attacked her first victim at the corner pf-East avenue nd Main street, and "4 Bhort time afterward she assaulted the post master on Main street. Just opposite the postofflce. N reason ' was, given for hr actions,' but it is tlje gencrar opin ion that both were cases of defamation of character. Mrs. Roberts was form merly a resident of Aberdeen, -Wash. She la an ardent advocate of women's rights. , ' ' - - ? - ; TWO NEW MEMBERS 0F; r JAPANESE CABINET ItMM Prrt 4 Wlr. ' 'Toklo, -Fab. 15. The appointment of Marquis Clilnda to be minister of foreign affairs and Viscount Takahashl to be minister of finanue, waa announced here -today by Premier Vamamoto, who" forming a new Jnpancse cabinet. TAR BREAKS CUSTOM ' OF CfcURYIN SENATE msMmM jiQ' ic . -'- - m 4 4 ''" FraBflBeo-De- la- narra,fortnpriro "' c visional prpsident of SIcxico. 7 T If 0e laBarra 'Takes, Mexican " Government fr It ' Is Believed ' Order Will Eventually Come ' fttalted Prete teeted T?lre. ' .Washington, 1'eb. 15. Up to 10 a. m. today tha state : department .had been cut eft from communication with Mex ico City for .16 Jioura. 4'As a result the department is without confirmation of, the report that President Madero , ha teslgned.-W fv'rVtv,,- yi:-z;t;;"j ; The last dispatch reelved.ay. the state; department . from - the Mexican cap! Ul was timed at 4 o'clock yesterday after noon. It reported i Madero'a abdication; The administration hopea If Francisco de la. Barra should ultimately be Ma derq'a suecessor, that peace will follow. De la Barra. la "popular with all Mexi cans and has a close knowledge of this government's feelings toward the Mexl can republic. For several months after the abdication Poiftrio Dlaa ha acted as provisional president, and his admin Istratlon met with the approval of tha natives. ' Months to.Bestora Order.'-' vf It waa admitted -at the state depart ment, however,, that even if peace cornea it will be months before arty new admin istration is stable enough to enforce (Continued on Page Nine.) . ONE MORE PILGRIM " itPRpPS OUT-OFJUNE . V "(Chltj Preni. ntesfd Wlrt.i Trefiton,-N; J.; Feb. 15.' Buffering the. loss of Miss Augusta. Blghter, ; who dropped out iere because her feet were "sorer , than they wera cold,"-. "General"! Roaalle Jones and her "army" of New Hork suffragettes who are marching to Washington, left here at, 9 a. m. Miss Florence Allen and Miss Bertha Milter Joined the marchers here. .The "army", expects to spend tha night in Burling ton, N.lJ." ' . " The hikers had orlalnallv nlanned to Jcross - the Delaware river at the same point that Washington crossed, but most ot the marchers balked,, and "General" Kosalie Jones abandoned the plan. She declared she did not wish to cross In a coat aione. . ,,., Beggars Force Sliepards to Quit City. ; v (Uolfrd Freu LeiMd Wke.J ' London, Fjb.1 15. ; Alleged to have been driven away from this city, by the persistent ; attention of favor ; seeking Londoners, Finley S. Shepard and-; hla bride, ' who. was Miss .Helen Gould,- are today on thefr way to another part of the continent. It is stated many of the favor seekers met. the boat which the newly weds, arrived on. v , WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS .lit! B OFFICIALS HOPING PEACE BU ORDER 1 MARINES TO MM -': a-.' '..-. .. r.. , - S-.. "" : V -aoga"';:':.wvs.:.:v:-' v'k ':;: :: -. .. J ' , , ...'.'. . .;:..::.:..;,.::.:.!: :...:'.. w i V- 4.--Sfef5 -..'Z Mrs. JM, L. T. HUIdcn, leading nu mber of Wi C. IV who was among " 5 . ' " pi'iied. ;llUHIilli Ul UU IU. l(Allllvb Al UUUti VHENBOOKSOPEf Dr. Mary' A. -Thompson Has Looked Forward 46 Years to Fulfillment of Her Great ..Hope and Belief. HER NAME IS SECOND ' 1 ; JO MRS. DUN I WAY'S At Noon 20 New Voters; Had , Registered for Municipal Election. Waiting patiently at the dodr of regis. trroneadqffaHerswnen'ieTb6ns were drawn at 8 o'clock" this morning, was Dr. Mary A. Thompson, ; who yes terday celebrated the eighty-eighth anni versary- of her birth. It had been a ton wait for Dr. Thompson. Forty-six years ago vt. Thompson came to 'Oregon, and d"rtns all that time one of her creat'lionfn and beliefs has been that some day her name would be enrolled in the regis tration books of Oregon as witness to the fact that she. as one of Oregon's women, had been granted the right of irancmse. t - , Bo it was that when H. , J.' Hyde. deputy clerk. In charge of registration, for the primaries, May Jropched the res- latratlon rooms in the county , Court house thla morning. Dr. Thompson was already there, and was the, first woman registered in the office. About 20 wo men in all registered from 8 o'clock un til noon. . .. ,v: i Ahead of Dr. Thompson's name on the new book is only.. ttrtit of Abigail Scott Duniway, Oregon's pioneer champion of equal suirragj, who registered last night, .Counts Qlerk Coffey took tha book to JRroptmlway'a home in -tha Cumberland apartments that; the vet eran might have the distinction f)l be ing the first Multnomah county woman registered. Mrs. Duniway gave her age as 14 year .Illinois' as her birthplace, Republica.n as her, politics and , author as her occupation. Mrs. Duniway. said sne nas Deen in uregon years. Agaa "Over 8U" . - . , With Dr. Thompson, waiting to reglsr ter this morning, y was -Mrs. Elisabeth Eggert, 23 J. Fourteenth street, 64 years old and a Republican. . Mrs. Eggert showed her citiaenship by her father's naturalisation papers, which, were taken out in Cxnrnetrt.icut.ri r . Dr. Thompson cave her Mace of resi dence as 430 Slxtn street, .New York' city, as her birthplace, and Jedared her self a Republican in pontics. , -" From 88 years the women .who reds tered this morning were old and young down to "over 21 years." : tucia B. Har; riman, 166 North Twenty-second street, a, newspaper ireporter. Democrat,, gavo her age as "over "21 years." ; k Maria I T. Hidden,. t22 Wasco street, one of the State's prominent suffrage workers, was among tb first to regis ter ttfts morning, .'Mrs. Hidden, 64 years old, gave her occupation as "homemak-er."- Mrs. Hidden was the first presi dent of the Vermont State Equal Suf frage association, Bbe is president of the Political Equality league, which did much work for the suffrage in the last election, and represented Oregon at the National American Equal Suffrage asso ciation convention' in Philadelphia last November. -' Mrs. Hidden has been in Oregon and , (Continued on Page Eight.) : Cnltpd rrjse t.ind Wire.) Princeton, N.' J., Feb. 15. President elect Woodro w 1 Wilson rode her& . today in'a day coach from New York, occupy Ing a seat beside a laborer. He inquired regarding the latest news from Mexico City but refused to comment on trie sit uation. Wilson dosed most of the trip. WILSON RIDES IH DAY COACH WITH LABORER ARE AMONG FIRST TjO REGISTER . FOR - CITY ELECTION NOW THAT. THE BOSS IS PUZZLED HOUSE HAS LONG IT IS A GOOD LEGISLATURE OR A POOR ONE Plain Speaking Mr. Eaton" of Lane Does Not Mince Words: "If Present Session' Is Standard," He. Says, "$3 a - Day Is Plenty, for You." , (Staff Coxreioonffence'.)' ' Salem, Or., Feb. ,16. Tbe house last night by vote of iB to 1 passed the Lawrence resolution to put on the bal lot a proposedconstltutlonal amend ment providing for a legislative session Of SO actual working day and raising the pay of members from 13 to 5 a dy Tho senate . proposed , constitutional amendment for a divided session, with an interim of 80 UM0 days, as in Call fornia,. was lost -- The salary Increase feature was'stur- dlly opposed by - Eaton , of Lane, "who told the house in plain -words that tak ing Its work at the present session as a standard, the members of-the legisla ture do jnot deserve more pay. He said that this clause would certainly cause the defeat of. the amendment by the people. - -. . .. Distasteful to JUr. Tpton. Eaton did not spara the feelings of his colleagues. His remarks proved, so distasteful to ' some" members v of tho Multnomah delegation that after much walking ' about the floor- and hurried consultations, he was cut off by Up-, ton., who called attention tp the fact that he had spoken for the full five minutes allowed for debate. KiA Eaton took the floor .-nf ter ;Mc Arthur had made a plea for the amendment on, tha ground that it is a physical impos sibility for' the legislature to dispose of the ieglBlatlon before it in a 40 day session -The pay of -legislators, Mo Arthur said, is so small as hardly tp jay thlr bar expenses.. ; i ; - - ' "I agree with the speaker tint . the ;ylng' need is for extension of tha time for considering legislation," said Eaton) "and that 83 a day Is ndt ade quate compensation. But there Isn't tha first to register today when hooks were j building ' "Toilglnal plan WRANGLE WHETHER gfeo&t-of a chahce to"pM,L.JBal4rjI in crease. - . --Miserable Methods la tTse., "The trouble with the legislature is not, Its personnel, but Its methods of transacting, business. . I can sey that I never have sat In- a session where the members Individually were better men, and this la my fourth term. But I say to you that the way to change bur meth ods Jand improve , the character of the legislature ia not to raise the pay, but to give legislation scientific considera tion' Instead of treating it In a hap hazard manner. " ' r i: "Xi "The reform must come from within the legislature, not from without it. "It has been., a grievous surprise ' to me at this session to see members who ought toknow better, and I refer espe cially to the la,wyersv who have appar ently had no appreciation of what's. legislature Is for. , They . have not seemed to realize, the grave responsl blllty that should attach to them for every bill Introduced. What -excuse Is there. for introducing; 20 to 30 bills, as some of you have. done. The mass of frivolous, , unnecessary legislation in. troduced .in this session surpasses any. thing in my experience. . 100 Bills Should Be Limit. , "We ooght to have a maximum of 100 (bills to consider Instead of 600." - Eaton asserted" that the legislicturei are really responsible for .the growing disrespect for law ancMiia, agitation for the recall, of Judges. - , "By putting up -to the court mass of heterogeneous legislation, such as you have now here in this house,", said Eaton, "they have thrown on the courts a load mat tney cannoi oigcst. xou have forced them to assume the leglsla- tlve function; to make, any' headway at all." ' ' "- V " ,v t (Continued en Page, Eight.) LUiERINS BANK IS L mi Original Plan', of Erecting New L Building Abandoned;1 Cora- " pleting; Details for Lease..;: AS soon aa the architects, and builders can remodel the present site of the city library, 'following the removal of that Institution to Its new quarters, the Lumbermen National bank will occupy tho Quarters for banking purposes.. ThJs announcement war made this mo'rning by John A. Keating. lce president of the bank, who states that all that re mains now to be done Is to complete the details of the lease, and then turn the building oyer to the architects. - Th9 plans that' were being discussed to 'erect a big office building, on the. site have been abandoned, -as the bank has decided to "confine the use of lta capital to the banking business. : - - m Needing larger quaiter. the library building, was agreed upon aa a site. Tho half , block-on- which the present library stands is owned by Jow W. pledget tof-Orant--Rapi!fMtrti-;--vna Is one of the principal stockholders of the Lumbermens National bank. . v Architects Whlddcn &- ' Lewis . will have charge of the work of rempdellng as that nvm owns tho ns. of the structure, . . - .- TO OCCUPY REMODELED IBRARY STRUCTURE WATCHING! REVOLVER REFORM IS ; UPHELD IN SENATE, 2 . ONLY OPPOSING BILL ' - .n I I. ' " Buyers Must Have Affidavits -From 2 Citizens as to Char- "; acter'and Present Permit (Stff CorreeHottdence.) ' ,f' . Salem,' Or., Feb. 15. -Reform. won a handsome victory In the senate this morning, when senator Perkina' bill as received In the committee j on : revision of laws, was passed by, 36 tb i. -J v - 1 ) Senator' Perkins explained that the" measure Is drawn on much the sarqe, lines as similar legislation in the sister' state of Washington, but is a better bill because . it requires Uhe keeping of a register of all : weapons sold and re quires reports twice each, month to the sheriff of each county. -.;;Vvivit.r --''U i .Chairman Keuner of the cconmlttea that considered the bill, who .opposed the pritaot- bill as too' stringent, sup pofted the measure earnestly, He said that the newspapers have Justly con ducted an agitation against the reckless sale of revolvers,, and as now drawn he waf satisfied the; bill will be workable gnd will be of decided value to the puD- uo in the protection of human life. With only brief debate 1 the Senate voted ' on the measure", Kellaher and Joseph voting no. The bill prohibits the window display of revolvers, , requlrew a permit : signed by the t4wn recorder, municipal Judge, cotmty.Judgft Qt iustice ijf Jthe peace,, to be issued only on affidavit of two free holders of 'the- etty or district as to the good moral character of the appli cant," and requires all dealer to keep a register wherein- must be entered tha names of all purchasers and the num ber of each weapon Bold. Dealers, must make reports on the first and fifteenth day of each month to the sheriff of the county, i OH JOY! OH JOY! IT'S - : HERE AT: LAST. SPRING! ";' -' '- . , i., ' lA'' -'m ' ' ' - ' .ii.' , ' .' &$:- 4 v . -. - -1 ;- vs:.-:.--: . Machinery 1n the weather making of fice, slipped ajrc-SL,or-two. this morning and Portland and vicinity is now run ning on the-"spring" clutch . " . lf you teel as though .something In particular thatv you haven't got could make you ' altogether happy ; something about as long as a vacation and " aa noisy as a baseball diamond when tha score' la tied in the ninth,, the chances are: that jrou - have spring, fever., -; It might have been the "grippe": yester day,'' but today surely Is no day for winter ailments.:- i The new straws for the men and tha question mark feathers for the women are shop window arguments. The f boys on the vacant lots are there with tha mitt and4 the ball, and the family poet la preparing his contribution to the ed itor's waste basket. , - ' Altogether It ia a rare day. Promises are for, continuation of fair weather, with thermometer going up. '- At 3 o'clock the' temperature was 83 degrees. , -.,. BATH TUB TRUST HEADS rntfoit Fre! lit(l Wir. ' "l5etTT1t,""Mlt,h.7 t-'h.-l5-Klnes srer gating '150,000 were Imposed here todf upon the members of tne alleged "bian tub trust" who were convicted of ertm. ttial restraint Of trade In the Tntl;J Statea district court here. United SUUs Judge' i?esKioi)3 lirpose'd the flna. DRAW FINES OF TOUAVECAir; j mi it:::?: Have 40 Bills Awaiting Third neaaing out Are Working Leisurely, Unlike - Feverish, Half-Smothered House. STATE INDUSTRIALIZE FOR ERRING GIRLS PASSES Plea. of Lola. Baldwin,. Ma rU From Floor in Person, . Carries Day, . ' J Stff GorreiMmdtmeftX. Salem. Or,. Feb. 15. Dean) t ti fct tfjat over 1 40 senate bills are on th calendar awaiting third 'reading to li considered. " and must be threshed out before night, the senate worked at a leisurely pace this morning and ther wasJUttle of the feverish haste so much In evidence , in the Other end of thu state house, where the housn haa rrpHt tacks of bills gasping for breath. ? une comparative calm of the een.i(.j comes from the fart that its business la much further advanced,1 ami contt dence Is felt-that with industry, ltiii'. lauon -or speecnmaklnr and a lata mgUi session1, the senate will be able to clean up Ms calendar and be ready next Mon- dltV t(l dflVOt Mm flm avd llatvi.lv in tha bills sent over- from the bouse- Besides indefinitely postponing elxht bills, mostly of small importance,- thav senate this morning passed two im portant measures and killed ' off Car son's bill for. the establishment of a state sanitary I board' and state plumb ing inspecUorfc.1:,,;':.;.:-!--,'-. n-... -v . - v Mrs. Baldwin's . Flea rxevalls. The bills passed were the Moser bill establishing - a state industrial school for girls and the Perkins .blH'Tcg Mat ing the sale 'of revolvers. The lattei met little opposition, but the Moser bill provoked a long debate,' during wh ii ii the unusual privilege of addressing th- senate was- extended to a woman, Mrs. Lola O." Baldwin; ; of Portland Senator. Carson' who was leading the fight for the; bill, secured the prlviloKS of the floor for Mrs. Baldwin over tl.i objection of several memtters.. who com plained that too rnurti'time was bcintr consumed, und bald they were enough Informed -witnout .hcarine: in On a vote being taken, Mri r was Invited. tqi ispealu and bu mau (Continued on Page Two.) AT F If ii Promised Himself to Thrash F, L. Perkins if. Latter Ever "' Dared Address Him. ' "", (Staff Gormpondcnee.t Salem. Or.. Feb. 15, The culmina tion of a series of attacks upon ihi governor and his administration of st i' affairs through - the columns of tl -Portland Telegram came last evening' In a-- personal encounter between Qovernor West and Frank Lv .Perklim. one of ' the reporters of that paper, which - Occurred Just Inside .the Siaio street entrance ofrthe building. The governor- threw the reporter to the floor and was in- a fair way to give him a good pummellng but for tlm Interference or senators . ana represen tatives. -Versions of- the affair differ in some respects, but it is clear th i; the governor was on top and that iu serious damage had been done by either when they ; were separated. . A Bnsy lladsllsgar. . w Ther governo1 haa been exaBperate l by imputatlqns upon his integrity and statements widely circulated In an .ef fort to discredit him, which he declares are maliciously false. These state ments .have emanated from . Perkins, who has- been 'digging up" everythin that might be" used in any way u throw mud on the administration, ' ' So when tha governor stepped from the.-office of the superintendent of schools, where he had Just bee"h itp;sk ing,- and ran- tnto Perkins, - who w i standings near the door with Senator Bean," there e. was- a quick, lnterchan r of words 'and vigorous exeoutlve h -tiOBr Ha grasped Perkins by the nr-i k and the two men went to tho, flu r, falling on the door mat. Just at that moment a surprised r ' r entered the. door. It consisted of in Ident, Malarkey, of the aenate, Senc Burgess, Thompson and Moser, J . C McCue and L. XJ. Swetland, who w returning to the state house from : ner. Burgess, the heavywelghf sen.it... from Umatilla, grasped tlio Kjvc and assisted blra to his feet. I!.ei)r tatlve Spencer, who happened a..., took charge of Perkins. Both nun w , ready to renew the combat, but i;i moment the governor walked awjy i the Incident was' endec, iBinlt Evan to Be Epoteii' T). (lovernor West's statement ul' v fair is aa follows: "The JEvening Telegram 1. n I printing from time to Lime, hi- clea-in-which I havo be-u 1 1 , directly aa a crook,1 ami I 1" kins to 1'P responMlde f"r t ' ' stuff. AMille I ha-ve in " 1. the --columns f'f th r-. gram, tlunk I t ' i i right to chone niV own 1 promised iti'e!f I'-ai ilnsevec.si" .. hiiri down. I; u J m . "I k"ov t .. v. I '" nothing ' l r - ' H.t I ' Tl '-' t.l,,l' 1 i I ' a i GOVERNOR WROTH ID SLINGING SCRIBE kVVI