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BRINGS CONSUMPTION SERUM SOURCE OF FUNDS IS TRACED NEWS NOTES OF Senate to Inquire Into Campaign CURRENT WEEK Gifts by Federal Employes. Resume of World’s Important Events Told in Brief. Six were killed »mi 65 injured in po litical riots in Tokio. Mexican stocks are dropping heavily in the Paris markets. Portland will raise 1100,000 for the coming Rose Festival. Peaches from South Africa are sell ing in Eastern cities at $7 per dozen. Portland has 25,882 pupils enrolled in the graded schools for the spring term. The State department has announced a general policy of “hands off’’ in Mexico. President-elect Wilson refuses to make any announcement of intended diplomatic appointments. Montenegrins csptured a hill com manding the city of Scutari, placing the city practically at their mercy. The German government has re jected an offer of Dr. Friedmann to sell his alleged consumption serum. Mayor Gaynor, of New York, has authorized the most complete ‘‘house cleaning’* ever known for that city. Sixteen men are reported killed and many wounded in a battle between striking miners and guards at Kana wha, West Virginia. A letter from Berne, Switzerland, to a Pasadena, Cal., resident, de clares the alleged consumption cure of Dr. Friedmann, of Germany, is but another huge fraud. I'lttaburg Physician Geta Fried mann Cure for Wife. Washington, D. C.—Federal office holders »nd employe» who have been solicited to contribute to National campaign fund» are to lie summoned as witnesses by the senate campaign ex penditure« committee, when it open« its investigation into the campaign expenses of the general election of 1912. Subpoenas will be issued for several United States marshals and other Federal employes who have either collected or contributed to these funds, and an effort will be made to determine the extent to which "assess ments* ' have been made on Federal office holders. The campaign investigating com mittee will recommend several changes of law to the senate in the final report in its investigations. It is expected that legal restrictions will be urged upon solicitation of campaign funds from employes of the government. The committee has not yet arranged the date for the opening of the investi gation of the 1912 expense». PRESIDENT MADERO AND WIFE WAGE INCREASE GIVEN STEEL TRUST EMPLOYES Driven from the Mexican National Palace by Revolutionists Under Felix Diaz MEXICAN ARMY STARTS REVOLT cabinet, he took refuge in the Nation al Palace, where they were besieged, but with some loyal troops at their backs they succeeded in defending the palace from the assaults of the revo lutionists. The president fortified himself in the palace, while General Felix Diaz, with a large majority of the regulars behind him, has virtual control of the capital. President Madero and hie ministers left the National Palace about 10 o'clock Sunday night. It is believed they have gone to Chapultepec. Gen eral Huerta has been left in charge of the loyal force» in the palace. General Angele», from Cuernavaca, and Colonel Vasconcelos, from Chaul- co. have been ordered to the capital. Felix Diaz and his followers gained control of the city early in the after noon. He took [siaxesaion of the pal ace and captured the arsenal by as sault. Only a few scattered com panies of the city garrison main tained an appearance of loyalty to the administration. General Diaz took possession of Bel em city prison and penitentiary with out opposition. Police Chief Figueroa is a prisoner of Diaz as the result of a controversy over the patrolling of the streets, Diaz insisting that it should be done by his men. Duluth — The increase in wages promised on the first of the year by the United States Steel corporation went into effect Feb. 5. President Olcott, of the Oliver Mining company, Arsenal Captured and Leaders issued a statement saying: "Beginning February 5, the Oliver Freed From Prison. Mining company will make a volun tary readjustment of wage». The rates for surface labor will be advanced from $2.10 to $2.25 a day. There will Felix Diaz, Nephew of the Former be adjustments of the rates in other President, Leads Rebellious classifications of labor, both surface Troop« to Victory. and underground, it being the purpose Wireless reports say that Captain tn give the highest percentage of in Scott and four of his Antarctic explor crease to the lower paid employes.” Mexico City—The army rose in re ers planted the British flag beside the Norwegian at the South Pole, and that volt Sunday in Mexico City, took pos TRUST “ SPIES ” ARE ACCUSED the entire party were overtaken by a session of the public buildings, shot blizzard and perished from exposure. down Federal adherents in the streets, House-Wrecking Head Says Lum Although attorneys for various cor released General Felix Diaz, leader of bermen Persecuted Him. porations have been pleading for the Vera Cruz revolt, and General changes in the seven anti-trust bills Chicago—Testimony was given be now before the New Jersey legislature. fore Examiner Fuller in the govern Bernardo Reye», from prison, and, Governor Wilson said he believed the falling into line under the Diaz ban measures would pass without essential ment suit to dissolve tne so-called ner, virtually captured the Mexican "lumber trust,” that the “trust” had capital. amendment. maintained spies in the offices of the At least 250 persons were killed in The launch Moonlight was burned the street fighting that took place in to the water’s edge off Cape Flattery, Chicago House-Wrecking company in soon after leaving Seattle for Astoria, an effort to put the concern out of the great public square and other parts of i the city. Many of these and the fate of her crew of five is un business. known. Maurice Rothschild, president of the Turks are steadily losing in their• house-wrecking concern, testified that detectives employed by him had dis battles with the Bulgarian forces. covered the presence of spies and that The Mexican consul to El Paso, Tex. the concern had found false entries in is accused of violating neutrality laws. their books and received many ficti The increasing price of crude oil tious orders and applications. starts a new inquiry into the methods Rothschild directly accused L. W. Boyce, of Minneapolis, who is a de of oil companies. fendant in the dissolution suit and who Union carpenters threaten to cause was head of the Northern Information trouble in the preparations for the bureau, which it is alleged obtained coming inaugural. and dispensed information to members U. S. senators are disposed to let of the “trust” about independents. the incoming president have a hand in settling the Panama canal tolls ques MANIAS ARE LAID TO FILMS tion. Levi E. Boyd, who crossed the Fire Marshal Connects Arson and plains with Dr. Whitman 70 years Moving Pictur# Shows. ago, is dead at Walla WaUa, aged 100 Albany, N. Y. — Moving picture years. Young Chinese rioters celebrating shows and arson, as cause and effect, New Years in New York City cut off were discussed by Thomas J. Ahearn, the queue of a Chinese tory of the old State fire marshal, in his annual re port to the legislature. “It has been school. shown,” he said, “that moving pic tures have frequently been the occas ion of pyromania.” PORTLAND MARKETS He cited instances where persons Wheat—Track prices: Club, 85(586c peculiarly susceptible to suggestion per bushel: bluestem, 94c; forty-fold, had left these showB to set fires. As 86c; red Russian, 84c; valley, 86(5 a remedy he suggested a rigid censor ship of films. 87c. The report declared that 15,000,000 Barley—Feed, $23.50(5 24 per ton; brewing, nominal; rolled, $25.50(5 persons throughout the country daily GENERAL FELIX DIAZ attend these exhibition», and are “ex 26.50 per ton. Corn—Whole, $27; cracked, $28 ton. posed to danger from fires and unbrid Released from Federal prison and placed in command by .Mexican revolutionists Millstuffs—Bran, $21(522 per ton; led displays.” Madero’s family has taken refuge in were civilians who were taken by sur shorts, $23(524; middlings, $30. prise when the firing began. Several the Japanese legation, and the presi Hay — Timothy, choice, $16(517; Women Request Guard. mixed, Eastern Oregon timothy, $12(5 Washington, D. C.—Three women women were killed. The number of dent is making a fight, desperate in its efforts against what appear to be 15; oat and vetch, $12; alfalfa, suffrage leaders successfully ran the wounded is large. General Reyes himself was killed in enormous odds for retention of his $11.50; clover, $10; straw, $6(</7. Oats—No. 1 white, $27(527.50 ton. gauntlet of doorkeepers at the White front of the National Palace soon af power. Following Gen Fresh Fruits — Apples, 50c@$1.75 House and confronted President Taft ter being released. General Diaz, who is the nephew of per box; pears, $1.50@2; grapes, with their request for a guard of sol eral Reyes’ death, his son, Rodolfe, the deposed president Porfirio Diaz, diers, sailors and marines for their shot himself through the head, dying now is at the head of a majority of Malagas, $8 per barrel. Grief over his father’s the capital troops, including most of Potatoes — Jobbing prices: Bur big parade here March 3 and the instantly. He was a well- the artillery, and is in possession of banks, 50(560c per hundred; sweets, granting of a half holiday to women death was the cause. employes in the government depart known attorney. General Villar, a the arsenal in the city and the powder 3Jc per pound. Colonel Mo works near by, Vegetables — Artichokes, $1.50 per ments who may wish to make the loyalist, was wounded. dozen; cabbage, leper pound; cauli march to the capitol. The president relos, prominent among the Federal Madero is relying on the loyalty of promised to discuss the question with leaders, was slain. flower, $1.75(52.25 per crate; celery, General Blanquet, who has been sum $2(6t4.50 per crate; head lettuce, $1.90 his cabinet. Senator Sutherland, of General Gregorio Ruiz, a Federal moned fiom Toluca, 40 miles distant, (52.50 per crate; peppers, 25c per Utah, introduced the suffragettes. officer, two captains and three lieuten but Blanquet has only 1000 men under pound; sprouts, 10c; garlic, 5(5 6c ants, were executed in the patio of the his command and the rebels are confi Armour & Co. Fined $50. pound; turnips, 90c(5$l per sack; National Palace. It is officially re dent of defeating him should he refuse Portland—After a bitter fight in ported that this was done by order of to join the revolt. parsnips, 90c(5$l per sack; carrots, Justice Bell’s court Armour & Com the government, but another story is 90c(5$l. Onions—Oregon, $1(51.25 per sack. pany were fined $25 on each of two that they were killed by a detachment Officer Glides 4000 Feet. Eggs—Fresh locals, candled, 29(5 charges, of misbranding and selling of their own men because they op shortweight butter. The charges were posed their joining in the revolt. San Diego, Cal.—Lieutenant L. E. 30c per dozen. Poultry—Hens, 13jc pound; broil pressed by State Dairy and Food Com Added to this is the report that these Goodyear performed a perilous aerial ers, 13Jc; turkeys, live, 20c; dressed, missioner Mickle and his office force. mutinous troops were overpowered and feat here Saturday. He left the army choice, 221(5/25c; ducks, 16(517c; The transaction occurred in The disarmed. aviation camp on Goat Island for a 30- Dalles, where, it is said, an inspector geese, 10(512c. Francisco Madero, president of the mile run for a military air pilot’s li Butter — Oregon creamery, cubes, from the commissioner’s office weighed republic, led the loyal troops for a cense. When at an altitude of 9000 17 squares of butter and found them time. Later, with members of his feet he arrived off Lajolla, 16 miles 36c pound; prints, 37jc. short 20 ounces in the aggregate. Pork—Fancy, 10c pound. from the starting point, his motor be Veal—Fancy, 14<514}c pound. gan to miss fire. Fearing the escap Mutiny Part of Conspiracy. Mothers ’ Day Would Incorporate. Hops -1912 crop, prime and choice, El Paso, Tex.—Rebel agents here ing gas, he stopped the engine and 18(5 19c pound; 1913 contracts, 15c. Washington, D. C.—Federal incor made a glide of 4000 feet to the Wool — Eastern Oregon, 14(518c poration of the Mothers’ Day Interna declared Monday that the Mexico City ground. Then, repairing the ma pound; valley, 21j(522ic; mohair, tional association was proposed in a mutiny was part of a general revolu chine, he flew back to North Island, choice, 32c. bill by Senator Penrose, of Pennsyl tionary plan, prematurely exploded. completing the test. Cattle— Choice steers, $7.50(5 8; vania. Mothers’ day was founded by They connect it directly with the pro good, $7(5.7.30; medium, $6.50(5 7; Anna Jarvis, a Philadelphia woman. gram of Genera) Trevino, former Fed .Moose to Found School. choice cows, $6.50(5 7; good, $6(5 6.50; eral commander in the state of Nuevo Cabinet Set Sneezing. medium, $5.50(5 6; choice calves, $8(</ Chicago—Trustees of the Ix>yal Or Leon and a military favorite of the 9; good heavy calves, $6.50(07.50; London—The Express says that the Diaz regime. They say the date for a der of Moose, in session here voted to bulls, $5.50(56. whole cabinet wax set sneezing recent general revolt of the army had been establish a $1,000,000 industrial and Hogs—Light, $7.35(57.70; heavy, ly by the simultaneous receipt by each set for March 1, and that virtually all educational institute near Aurora, III., $6(56.65. minister at the house of commons of the revolutionary factions in the re for the benefit of orphans and poor Sheep—Yearling wethers, $5(56.35; suffragette letters containing red public were in league with the move children whose parents were or are ewes, $4(55.25; lambs, $6(57.25. pepper. ment. members of the order. New York Hurrying homeward from abroad with tutarculoals scrum in his possession that he say» is the first of the widely-discussed Fried mann culture to bo brought to this country. Dr. Austin II. Heid, a phy sician of Pittsburg, arrived on the steamship Potsdam from Euro|w Sat urday, and at once took a train for his home, whore his wife, who la suffer ing from tuberculosis, awaits the ar rival of what Dr. Heid ho|a<s will be a curt« for her. Dr. Heid has enough bacilli for one patient only, he declared. That pa tient will t>e hie wife. Dr. Heid was mot at quarantine by Dr. Milton II. Foster, of ,the Ellis Is land health service, and questioned in behalf of the United States govern ment about the Friedmann cure. Dr. Held told Dr. Foster he had been con vinced of the efficiency of the cure and had obtained from Dr. Friedmann just enough to treat one patient suffering from tuberculosis of the bone. Dr. Frederick Friedmann, the Ger man scientist who discovered the ser um, received an offer of $1,000,000 last mnoth from Charles E. Finlay, a banker of thia city, if he would cure 59 out of 100 patients to be placed un der his care. Th« banker's interest in the serum resulted from the fact that a relative by marrige suffers with tuberciuoais. APPROVE DISSOLUTION PLAN Separation of Union and Southern Pacific to Proceed. New York Plana for the dissolu tion of the Union Pacific railroad com pany and the Southern Pacific com pany, as decreed by the United States Supreme court, were officially an nounced in detail, after a protracted session of the directors of the two companies. The terms are said in a statement issued jointly by the roads to have the approval of the Department of Jus tice at Washington and the agreement now awaits confirmation of the court in the Federal district where the ac tion was originally taken by the Rail road commission of the State of Cali fornia. In accordance with the recent inti mations, the severance of Union Pa cific and Southern Pacific results in Union Pacific's absolute purchase of Central Pacific, which has been the bone of contention between the two principal roads of the Harriman sys tem. The agreement also provides for the sale of all the Southern Pacific stock held by Union Pacific at 98|. with ac crued dividends, to the stockholders, common and preferred, of the Union and Southern Pacific, other than the Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line. It is understood that a syndicate has been formed under the leadership of Kuhn, Ixteb & Co., and their foreign connection» to finance the sale of Un ion Pacific’s holdings of Southern Pa cific, amounting to $126,650,000. Turks Ix»»e 5000 In Fight. I<ondon A Constantinople dispatch to the Daily News says that heavy fighting has been going on for two day. in Gallipoli, and that the Bulgar ians have won all along the line. The Turks, on their own admission, have lost 5000 men. The Bulgarians advanced from Kadikeui towards Ka- vak, which the Turks occupied. The fight lasted some time, when the Turks retired to Bulair. Another Bulgarian force on the Marmora coast occupied Miriphyto. The grand vizier, Mahmoun Shefket Pasha, in his recent visit to the front, is understood to have met General Sa- voff, but nothing came of the inter view. The main body of the Turkish troops has retired behind the main line of de fense at Gallipolis, accordnig to a dis patch to the Daily Telegraph. A Contantinople dispatch says that the Bulgarians attacked the Bulair forts, but were compelled to retire to their old positions. The Turkish cruiser Messudieh, with two torpedo boats, has Bailed for the Black Sea, apparently to cover the landing near Midia of troops from Trebizond.. RATTLE RAGES IN CITY STREETS Mexicans (’(invert Office Build ing Into Fortresses. Hundreds Arc Killed as Force« of Diaz and Madero Arc Locked In Deadly Conflict. Mexico City A pitched battle wax fought Wednesday among the sky scrapers and home» of one of the great cities of the world between adherent» of President Francisco Madero and revolutionary forces of General Felix Diaz. Cunnon roared in the streets of the densely populated city and rille bullet» spattered against the wall» that housed thousands of foreigners as well as countrymen of the combatants. When darkness pul an end to the battle, after seven hours' fighting, neither side appeared to have gained any marked advantage. Estimates of casualties run as high as 1000. Three Americans are known to have suffered injuries by stray bullets. They sre Lloyd Osborne, the author, who was shot in the thigh; Dr. R. II. McCrosson, of Lincoln, Neb., and Mark Johnson, a negro, of Madison, III. Artillery played the chief part in the day's fighting. The rifle fire was kept up continuously. Scarcely four blocks separated the heavy guns of the opposing forces, but the shells fell throughout the en tire city. In no section were the In habitants safe. Office buildings, de voted to the battles of business, were turned into fortresses. Sharpshooters and machine gun bat teries took up their positions on the top« of skyscrapers and picked off any enemy that broke cover. Office build ings and residences were loopholed for rifle fire and the rattle of musketry replaced the click of typewriters and telegraph instruments. Under a heavy shrapnel fire streets were torn up and the pavements formed into barricades by the Diaz soldiers against the assaults of the Maderista». Time after time the ad herents of Madero swept forward in an attempt to carry the Diaz positions by assault and four times they were repulsed by the fire that poured from the swinging muzzles of machine guns and from the modern rifles with which the Diaz infantry was armed. At a late hour in the afternoon neither side had gained a decisive ad vantage, although the Diaz forces had maintained and even extended their poaition«. The assault on the Diaz positions was ordered by Madero, in spite of the friendly offer of Francisco do la Bar ra, the former provisional president, to act as mediator,"and over the pro test of the American ambassador and the diplomatic representatives of «th er foreign powers, even though he knew that this would entail a terrific bombardment of the capita). CABINET MEETS AT 1 A. M. TROOPS SENT TO BORDER Washington, D. C. As a result of an early morning conference at the White House, three additional battle ship« will be sent to the east coast of Mexico and orders will be issued at once for the immediate placing in commission of two army tran«[«>rtx for the carrying of troofm to Mexico City for the protection of the lives of Americans and foreigners should the situation there grow any worse. Immediately on leaving the White House Major General Wood went di rectly to the War department, where he remained at his desk until nearly daylight working out detail« for the quick movement of troo|>x. should the occasion arise. These troops probably would be mobilized at Galveston. Tex., and prepared to embark as soon ax the transports had reached that point from Newport News, Va. Natives Are Punished. New Nickel Has Setback. Lisbon—Advises from Mozambique, Africa, say the notorious native chief Napana recently raided the Nampula district of Mozambique, massacreing many European settlers. The gover nor immediately dispatched a punitive expedition. After a march of nearly 400 miles the exedition came upon the band and routed it after five hours’ fighting, killing 200 and wounding 500. The Portuguese lost four men killed and 22 wounded. The victory is considered important because a new regime is opened for development. Washington, 1). C.— Circulation of the proposed new nickel, scheduled for February 11, wax postponed indefi nitely by the Treasury department, because of protests of slot-machine in terests. Manufacturers vigorously complained that just as they had per fected chewing-gum and- other slot machines to refuse counterfeit nickels and “»lug»’’ designed for fraud, the government wax about to place In circulation a five-cent piece, the de sign of which practically would nullify their invention». Oleo Case Is Pressed. "No Funds” Starts Run. Washington, D. C.—The govern ment attempted to enforce the collec tion of $1,000,000 from oleomargine manufacturers who used colored cot tonseed oil, under the ban of the Treasury department. Commissioner Cabell, of the Internal revenue bu reau. informed a house committee that the Treasury would take no action to ward a compromise until the commit tee and the Federal court at Chicago had concluded its Investigations. Elyria, ().- Several hundred saving» depositors in the First National bank formed in line and began a run on the bank when the doors opened Wednes day. The run was started, it is said, by a story circulated by the payee of a check who did not understand that the words “no funds,” on a check which was returned to him, referred to the bank balance of the check-giver. The run ceased after al>out $15,000 had been withdrawn. Grocers’ Trust On Trial. Military Academy Bill Pasxed. Birmingham, Ala.--Criminal con tempt of court proceedings against the Southern Wholesale Grocers’ associa tion and 59 individuals for alleged violations of the anti-trust decree en tered against the “grocers’ trust” more than a year ago, were begun here by the Federal government. Washington. D. C. — A seasion'a re cord for the disposition of an appro priation measure was made by the house when the annual military acad emy appropriation bill was called up, read and passed within an hour. The measure carried appropriations aggre gating $1,064,668. «