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"4 a - -' - - .v . . . ' - ... . . --J ". ,."' . .. . f . ' . L - .. A - v , . . i .... s i - i C f i . Oil VOL. Xlll. NO. 46 PORTLAND; OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING,- MAY 1, 1914 TWENTY" PAGES, PRICE TWO; CENTS. SmMPSSn i , be tecuriNl through Cvj" ((l 1 fll " "Jto ' Fair tonight : . j ;K an ad in The Jour- S2 1 ( 1 T 'V) .nal. want col- J JmJmT1 . -1 - '" pS 'V JSSlJS ?V t ft k ROCKEFELLER it v n nifCTiF P ill; nuiLiiiiu ( niiirn Rnnimnr v. hiui-uuni.mnr Ul I LIIIIU UIIUUU I- Demonstrations Against Oil i A r King Become so VioJeht the ? Police . Fear for His Safety and Guard His House. ; SINCLAIR WILL FOLLOW V MIDAS WITH A HEARSE As Soon as He' Is Released, , He Promises to Take Up Mourning for Dead. . ' Would Bevoke Charter. - ; .Washington. May 1. Senator 4 Kenyon of Iowa wu drafting1 today a resolution for lntroduc- .Uon in the national upper nous by which he proposes to revoke 41 the charter given to John D. 4 Rockefeller's general educai- e tlonal board in 1913.. His plan ' was based on disapproval of the oil Icings aittifude concern- e Jnir th6 Colorado mine strike e situation. ; Six hundred agricultural de partment employes receive sal- arleu at present frorh the board. , ' W . V 4 CtTntted Prewi Teaaed Wire.) New York,' May 1. Demonstrations gainst John D. Rockefeiler Jr. have become so violent that Ms home here J being guarded day and, night The olice admitted they Were greatly opcerned regarding his safety. ' Pickets resumed their places today lu front of the Standard Oil building at.. 26 Broadway. Each ware a badge ascribed "Thou Shalt Not :KttLr Mrs. Upton Sinclair announced that. as soon a her husband -is released from jail Ufter his six days sentence, he in tends to hire a hearse, drive back' and forth in front of Rockefeller's resi dence and follow him to the theatre rnl to his office. Sinclair was sen J viced to Jail, for leading; a demonstra- ou in front of the Standard Oil i sliding.- ,- v . . .. - -Miss Freeman wat released "TP6m il today, some one bavins' paid her oe. She was one of. the four women Tested with SlnrcTalr. She immediate- " rejoined tha pickets. Miss Marie Gars, addressing a meet ing today of the Industrial Workers of the World in Mulberry park, reiterated f er threat to shoot Rockefeller on $iglit. -Rockefeller's secretary announced file afternoon that the millionaire was i t Tarrytown. -Mr. Rockefeller Is ill, ind It is probably due to these- demon strations against 'him," said the secre tary. ' Sinclair was still on a hunger strike today.; He wrote a letter to District Attorney Whitman in whichhe said ;a was innocent of any wrong doing. OPERATORS WILL NOT -Al ARBITRATE STRIKE IN h COLORADO, THEY SAY I !'".y'.'. '-. ' : tt vpenver.v Colo.. May 1. Responsibil ity! for the refusal of Colorado mine iterators to - arbitrate their dlf fer-e-ices -with the ! striking coal miners rests with . John D. Rockefeller Jr., ac totitng to union officials here today i Congressman Foster, chairman of ti. committee which Investigated con T.tlon in the Colorado mining regions, kfegraphed Rockefeller, last night that W. 11 lam Green, an official o the Unit s liln'e Workers of America, had an- iwiced. that the miners were willine tr Valve their demand for union rec fTt.:rltIon and urged him to settle the . ke on . this basts. Rockefeller im tn ; Uately forwarded the message tt op gators here. Ci "Last night the operators wired Fos isr, refusing to "enter into negotia tions of ' any character with officers 'Of .-the" Miners' organization." The de claration was taken to-mean that the 0 iratora will refuse to arbitrate on Sf basis, iney insist mat tney nave loyal minors ready to go to work it they are afforded protection, and ir lly ;. incited Tnurderou attacks on Militiamen and mine guards." . J, District; President ,McLennan, of the United Min Worker ot America, de red today that Rockefeller's influ or was responsible for the refusal of ft operators to arbitrate, and asserted L iey were'-following ,his suggestions to fr letter, tacksmen Tight' Off Citizens, Escape rive Caught Trying to Blow Bank Safe A la Suburb of Xs Angeles Hold Off -v Poh Bat Oot STo Cash. . " Lo Angeles, MayL. Discovered In i ho act of blowing the vault of the .tank, of -Norwalk. at Norwalk. near re, five cracksmen gave battlo early oday to tne viuzens wno surrounded ' hem, . For more than an hour the out aw held off their besiegers while hey worked-on the vault. Just a a rosso tf officers arrived from Los An eles in an automoDiie the men rushed from - the bank and escaped after wounding H. Fairbanks, who found . hem at- work. The cracksmen fled - tnpty-handed. ' h'i - : 111 ' ; J " The White House Wedding, vit j Washington, rMay ' 1. -It' was an i Vunced that Secretary McAdoo and Resident Wilson's daughter. ' Eleanor, Mil be married; May 7 in tho White ,use blue room.. , . - M I - 00 THREATS MAKE YOUNG ROCKELLER. ILL John D. Rockefeller Jr. CORVALLIS WELCOMES STRAW HAT BRIGADE, OF PORTLAND AD CLUB Visit to .Oregon Agricultural College1 ir Special Object of Delegation, . (Special to The Journal.) Corvallia, Or., May 1. Oregon great agent of state development and prac tical education, the Agricultural col lege, is receiving today . the apprecia lion of the Bpecial JUay Day . Ad club excursion train from Portland. ' Responding to the vociferous wel come, nearly 360 excursionists gave their flt yell. "Ad, Ad, It Pays to Advertise." The visitors were escorted to the parade ground where they wit nessed the military, review and parade, by the" cadet regiment and band. Luncheon in- honor of the excursion ists was given by the Corvallia Com mercial club in the college gymnasium. and served by the women's auxiliary and the College Folk; club. Assembling: at the Armory this aft ernoon the visitors are being organized into small parties for a -tour of the grounds an4 buildings.; The. -college and Corvallis are making a great event of the visit. Entertainment and hos pitality were planned weeks in advance and are on the most liberal scale. Dean A, B. Cordley, Director Ralph D. Hetzel of the extension division, and George W. Peavy. of the college, met the train at Salem and distributed programs and luncheon and banquet (Concloded on rage Koar. Column On) Five o'dockjoday TiidBiistratioii Before Primaries Registration hours for those who would qdalif y for the pri- mary election, which takes place .two weeks from today, are numbered, aa the registrja- tlon office will close at ! -" o'clock this afternoon to t re- main closed until after the elec- tlon. All who are .not regis- tered at 6 o'clock, and who de- 41 sire to vote at that election, must have their yotes sworn. in. Those who ar, in line at 5 o clock will bo allowed sto register. -,. Yesterday's total of 1951 was the largest of this year, buf i by no means the largest ' la . Multnomah county's historyt1a 4- last year Just before the city t- election, over 3100 registered in " 4 one day. Women outnumbered 4 the men yesterday . with '989 registrations to 962 registra- : 4 . tions for. the men, making the - 4 totals for the women 27,16ft, fop . the men" 46,148, and for the . 4 county 73,317. 4 (- Party Registration yesterday -. was: Republicans, 1229; Dem- 4 ocrats, 507; Progressives, 72; Independents, 60 ; Prohibition- 4 ists, 67; Socialists, 26. Party 4 4 totals to last night were: Re-. 41 4 publicans. : 46.786; . Democrats, a 16,607; Progressives, 3303; In- 4 k dependents, 2735; Prohibition 4 , Ists, 2712; SociaUsts, 1174.' , . - ? r; R. JO START FOR HOME . 1 ,' , New' York May -1. That Colonel Roosevelt-; would . sail today or tomor row for. New York was announced- in a message received today from Manaos, Brazil. . - HUERTA SEIZES Al l SALOONS BUT FAILS TO WIN OVER PEOPLE frees 1 Prisoners in ICO Ffeht "Off Americans. : By Bernard Rncker. Vera Cruz, Mexico, May 1. Consul Canada and otRer American officials here were awaiting word anxiously- to day from Zacatecas, where it was said Dr. Edward Ryan, an American, was in danger of being executed by the Mexican federals aa a spy. They said Ryan had been lnthefRed Cross Serv ice for years and that it is inconceiv able tfeat the charge against him' is well founded. Mexico City advices said General Huerta had released all political prisoners, including a number of members of the congress which he dissolved because trie deputies re fused to comply with' his wishes. In freeing them, he addressed them personally, saying: "We "are now brothers, facing a common enemy the Americans, ,who are Invading ' our country." 1 The captain of the French cruiser Conde had" a' message today, however, confirming reports that many Mexi cans are turning against the president. ALL OUR BRAVE MEN D1 ill O Tf&7in li X ' MM f FOB I S. ARM Y r:.i Joint Resolution Offered in House That Appropriations for the Army Be Made Im mediately .Available. HUERTA NOW WILLING : TO SALUTE U. S. FLAG He Is Informed He's Too Late but Must Get Out Perma nently, Now. ? - Bj John Edwin Nevin. ; Washington, May 1. That tine ad ministration is not altogether hopefu". of permanent peace in Mexico was In dicated today by a request mad in the bouse that army appropr&rtlona exceeding $100,000,000 bo made imme diately available, This request was in the form of a Joint resolution introduced by - Con gressman Hay, of Virginia, chairman of the military affairs committee, with President Wilson's approval, it was expected a similar rider would be added to the naval appropriation bill It was learned today that President Huerta had expressed a belated . will ingness to salute the American flag unconditionally if the United States forces were withdrawn from Vera Cruz and that he had been told mat ters had gone too far and that he must eliminate himself. The mediators were awaiting Gen eral Carranza's final reply to their re quest for. an armistice, which he has thus far refused. It was reported with detail that the administration has urged General Villa' to strike at once at Baltlllo and Tampico. taking them, if possible, before mediation can Interfere with his campaign. Such a victory, it was said, would have the moral effect of aiding the rebels greatly, and by giving them a seaport, would place them in a position to ask fori recognition of their bel ligerency, povernment officials would not discuss j this report but they w.ere at. ina toi emnhaslze. the t riendHnRS "whieh. exiMftd.beWeeif the adminltr "ffbn and tn constitutionalists. The mediators had, however, assur ances fromiboth Washington and Mex ico City that the armistice was agreed to. Secretary Bryan was hopeful. He admitted that he had called his Florida vacation off but said h hoped to get away from Ithe capital for a fe$F days' rest late In! the summer. The mediators were in conference all night. i - . From Veta Cruz, ConsuKCanada re ported that there are ntany more Americans tlll in Mexico City than is generally supposed. He estimated the number at ;1BOO and said efforts were being made to arrange for their trans portation to the coast. He added, however, that the capital was quiet and foreigners were- "not being mo lested, i ; Burton iWllson, J. Starr ; Hunt, George McCarthy, K. M. Van Zandt, George. Cook. Colonel Teager and Gen -eral Agramonte, who were taken from refugee trains bound for the coast and forced to return to Mexico City, were safe. It was stated. t It was learned authoritatively today that Charge d'Affalres O'Shaughnessy, who has represented the "United States (Concluded on Page Two. Column Two) ARE NOT DOWN ON THE MEXICAN BORDER WV,(I, PACIFIC MAIL LINE STEAMER SIBERIA AND WHERESHE WAS WRECKED 7TT CHINA HON-. Y.OH&J sy FORMOSA UJUZON 0 PHILIPPINE. A) ISLANDS1 -A. - .IX : : i7' - - V VtWlllfmi If Hill BTBi ruMWTiMWW Tl Responsibility for Waste of Money Is Declared to Be on Legislators' "Shoulders. Defending his administration and scoring the methods of his opponents, Governor West: made a spirited talk before the Jackson club in the Com mercial club last night. The governor did not mince1 words. I am going to show what's what," he said. "I am not running for office and I will have a lot of mean things to say later on. "The Oregonian and Telegram, " he Concluded on Pag Koar. Column Gm lid!' 7 A GORNOR VEST GIVES ' uiiuiiLiuo ouuiunu r FOR HEIR METHODS c HAWAII J) ISLANDS T - V A - " ' TopMap showing ront of the Siberia with (X) showing where he was wrecked , Bottom Pacific Mail - steamship Siberia, the Hill liner Minnesota sent to the rescue and Mr. Francis Burton Harrison, wife of the governor general of the Philippines, reported aboard the Siberia. EIGHT OF THE FIFTEEN INDICTED FOR FRAUD NOW UNDER ARREST Men Charged With Misuse of : Mails in 0, & CV Land Grant Cases. Bight of the 15 land locators Indict ed by the government on a charge of fraudulently using the malls in lo cating settlers on the forfeited., lands of the Oregon and California railroad land grant, are now under arrest, v W. F. Menard, alleged active agent and ringleader of a group of five, and Whose home and. office are in Port land, was arrested yesterday morning by Deputy United States Marshal De Boest at Hot Springs on the Warm Spring j IndHn reservation.- According to DeBoest. Menard , had gone there a month ago seeking relief from a seri ors illiHiss. i E. J. Sellers, partner of Henry J. Harper, one of the first of the locat ors to be arrested, voluntarily sur rendered himself to the. United States marshal at Seattle yesterday after noon, according to advices received by United States Attorney Clarence . L. Reomes today. He Immediately gave bond in the sum of $ 2000 and was re leased. X). R. Houston, the roan who was ar rested in Seattle last Saturday after noon with Harper, was arraigned be fore Judge Bean in the federal court this morning and entered a plea of not guilty. Hp was represented by At torney Lewl-C. Garrlgns. Houston furnished bond of $2000 this afternoon and was released. He Is engaged as a promoter with Harper In Seattle. ; . . i - - Death to Gringoes Cried Mexican Mob San Diego,' Cat, May lt-Af ter being stoned, insulted and threatened with death by the Mexicans atj Guadalajara and Manzanillo, 269 Americas citicens reached San Diego . todaV ; on the Ger man eteamer Mriev- Of 'ithe' refugees 60 were women. and ?2 children. " AM rejoiced to escape from Mexico with their Uves. ' - i , - . A , majority of the refugees were given but 4r nours to leave Mexico or become Mexican cltizKma, and as they boarded the Marie ait 'Manzanillo the ' American consulate t 'that port was stormed, a dozen American .flags wn tern to strips by-the Mexicans and burned, .. '. - ! .PORTLAND 1 'A ' . I r t - "" J IS SENT TO AID SIBERIA AND GET PASSENGERS Wireless- Calls Heard, Then Cease; Sea Is Calm and Rescue Believed Likely, Teseel Is Fine One. 4 The steamship Siberia Is a sister ship to the Korea, owned by the same company, and was built at Newport News. It Is a magnificently fitted vessel, of 18.000 tons displacement. 67J feet long, with a S3 foot beam and a depth of 41 7 feet. 10 4 Inches. There are three com- plete decks and a promenade deck. The ship was built with 1 watertight bulkheads and was d considered unsinkable. She Is a twin screw steamer, having 41 17,600 indicated horsepower and " 41 a speed of IS knots, and is 4 equipped with one of the most powerful wireless telegraph v outfits of any trann-Paclflc 4 steamer. She was put Into service in 1902. The dining saloon Is reached by a double stairway of solid e bronze and seats 202 people. The social, hall, the gathering : e piece or passengers curing tne evenings, is situated' on the promenade deck. , .7. i (Doited PfiM Lm4 Wire.) Tokio, May , JThe government wireless station at Tan sul picked up today an indistinct messaage indicat ing that th Paciflc'Mail liner Siberia was Jn distress off the south coaat of Formosa. ; For twelve, hours un successful efforts Were made .to get further news by wireless, but wltlj out avail. The Great Northern stearat ship Minnesota was notified' to go to the distressed liner's assistance. - : ' Among the Siberia's passengers was Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison, wife of . the- governor general vof r the Phil ippines. .-.:-'.!- v. ,-: . ;"-'.. r- y The Siberia's position,, as given in Us 'wireless calls, was - latitude 12.40 north and longitude 121.10 east. , ; This would be off South Cape, For mosa, Jn the Bashee channel, between the south coast of Formosa and north of Luzon ' The run past Formosa ls'notortously 4 dangerous -one. ,t . tr The admiralty- early - today ordered the ; steamship 1 Kan to .'to make' foil tCoscludad es Page ,Twa, Cejnsia. 11 t . I. LINE MINNESOTA nnn rnnin 1 r-iii .1111 . luiiiii v 1 nun III v mm -mm- m m m -mw m t mm mm mmm u , COAT nGUfiDL" ? UUHI HUMUIIL - k 'j SlS lBl ' Liner Siberia, Bound , From San. Francisco to the Ori ent, Strikes Samasuma Island in Bashee Channel. 80 SALOON PASSENGERS, CREW OF 282 ABOARD British and Japanese Cruis ers Have Been Sent to Aid of Vessel;, Chinese Pirates Are Hinted At. 1 . (Cultvd Pnnw LoMit tVlr. San Franilsi-o. May 1. At 11:15 the Pacific Mall Steamship company gave out thtj following titatement: "lAtnst dvlc say that the Siberia In ashore on Satrvasuma I aland, about 20 miles, off the south coast, of For mosa. "A IlrlUsh cruiser and alto ' A Jap anese icruliwr stationed : at Formosa have been dlspsU luxi to her asaletanoe. The Pariflc Mail Steamship company has cabled ti the Mltsu Blslii company at Nagasaki to dispatch s steamer lm medlatjely to the anelstarire of the' PI berla. j ' To Care for Passengers. "In addition to this the company has sent tnefollowing cabin to its Office In Yokohama : "Unless the Immediate dUpatch ft British and Japan me will afford reiref to the passengers of the 'Siberia, you are authorised, regardless of expense, to tahie whatevpir steps may be neces sary to protect the paaeengers and crew. J Notify all our agents- that, wherever passengers from the Siberia are lainded, all the company's resources' must be placed at their disposal Tor their (comfort and safety. , fte thet-tta one Ifatls in h duty In this ret-pect and tltajt 4io -pMifger suffers' I noon venlehce wher It Is in 'our power to prevail t it. : J i jn "Atno, all passnngers should be for warded to their destinations at our eg pens as they may desire." ; Has 062 on Board. Latest messages from. Toklo eon cerntng the wrecked peel f la liner re ported the ship in a dangerous position off Hamasuma Island, south of For mosai with SO saloon passengers and a crew of 282 on board. i ' It. Was stated that Mrs. Francis Bur-' ton Harrison and Mrs. John Rentiers, wive respectively of the governor gen eral,, of the Philippines and of the British consul at Manila, were on board. ' . - T ; : One Formosa .message hinted that Chinese pirates might have been re sponsible for the wreck. I , The Siberia's exact position was given, but it Was not stated whether or net it was' breaking up. - j ' - 'Wireless Calls Sear a. j . The Pacific) Mall Steamship com pany' at :o si m. today, gave out the following statement: j !' "The company has a dispatch from Its Hongkong agency advising the re ceipt of a telegram from Formosa that the Japanese steamer Bingo Maru re ports having j picked- up by wlruliss the steamship Siberia In distress. In longitude east J21;l0. latitude north OnerliHlrd on ! Haves. C'olamn Three) Would Give Alaska1 To Repeal Treaty Congressman Smith, of Maryland, Za, ' trodnoes Measnre Ceding Coast Strip to Canada for 7enam Treaty Sepeal "Washington, May. lCorigressmen Smith, of Maryland, Introduced In the house yesterday afternoon- a; resolu tion proposing to sire part of Alaska to Canada in return for Kn gland s eon sent to repeal ef the Hay-Pauncefote Panama rtinal treaty..' . Smith said the treaty was bound to be s constant source of irritation end' that, as a narrow strip of Alaska shuts Canada off from free access to - the pacific It would be in the . Interests of peace to make the exchange. f WANTED WANTED--1912 or Ull Cadll lac. White or Franklin car In: good condition at a' sacrifice; -have cash to pay. . , !Uss 44. j WANTELK-Secend-hand fursl 1 ture, clothes. Iron. rlflea metals, ' rubber, sacks, tools, pipe, plumb ' ; Ing supplies and Job lots. Class.. 6. ; ; WANTED a second-band , Ford . automobile. ' .- Class. 4i.- '. ! VA NTEDTo rent abou t five i acres " cultivated land near car 'i line, : House furnished preferred. ''!" r x':..i ' ' Cleae. 7. . 7 WANTED l-pasKenger" auto; must be in condition and Price right H" ,;. ' ; ' .-' Cfase. 4. ' These items are In-: today Journal want Ads. The number . K. 1...irlu Inn Ik whlrh tt. ' appears follows each item. ' r ' Whenever ;you have anything to . s-ll or rent, consult' fr he Journal ' Want Ads. I If you tloji not find tba buyer or tenant yottj re look ing for, insert an sd ,ot -your own.' f.'i if