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o IfHB GENE DAILY VOLUME 36. EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1911. NO. 137. (MCUA1N OF; JUAREZ IS PRICE BIG OPERATIONS MONSTER PETITION UNITARIANS OFICOACH 8TECK1E0F CL0SE DEBATE ON HAVE BEGUN TO WITHDRAW SOLDIERS OF ARMISTICE PRESIDENT NORTHWEST TO MEET HERE 0. A. C. RECIPROCITY IN HOUSE TODAY AT MABEL HIS LEG IZ MUST PAY EU v. Paso. April 21. If the Mexican s-overnment would avoid international complications, it .omnte Jaurez at once. This francisco I. Madero, jr., to Dr. 1 Via trim m ii n-i not Ctrl n tOutiy iw w vwiu".wui-vu vv General Madero has taken of Jaurez is essential before he will consider an armistice, and It is possible the attack on the city will be postponed until a reply is received from the Mexican government. t-t Paso. April 21. The armies ninz and Madero were marking time early today. Madero says be will not attack before this aftor noon. unless attacked. His nrmy Is waiting Jst outside of Juarez well fitted and numerous: Inside Ihe town heavllv fortified are 7 50 loyal sol diers of Diaz waiting the attack. Outside the town Madero and his men are waiting for President Diaz to send wort he is willing to resign. This they declare is. the only thing which will prevent tho attack on BRITISH COLUMBIA TIMBER CASE DECIDED Plaintiffs Get the Money and : Defendants Get the Land : Copies of the decree of the court In the case of I. H. Bingham, L. M. Travis and L. R. Edmunson, plain tiffs, against J. W. Shumate, William JlcCulloch and Young & Avery, de fendants, in the court of British Co lumbia, were received hero today by mall by the Interested parties. The decision in brief holds that the charges made by the defendants against J. V. Shumate, as trustee of their timber land interests. wre not proven; that tho sale made by Shumate, as trustee, should bo con summated, the defendants receiving SIO per acre for the land. In short, Shumate and the syndicate of pur chasers with which he is interested get the land, and Bingham, Travis and Edmunson get their money for It al the price stated above. Shumate's counter claim for $20,000 damages is oh allowed. The decision of tho court reads In part as follows: "It looks to mo like an appeal lo rrodulity to urge that a man wit Ix a physique and admitted ability of ex Senator Bingham, or that attorneys of high statiiB of the plaintiffs, VA n'unson and Travis, should have been Induced to put their hands to the document in question by an artifice it coercion of the defendants who. lth deference, did not strike inu with being either physically or men tally equipped to cope with them in transactions of the nature i:i dis l't'te. ' It appears to be sometimes over looked that in this country fraud is dealt with as fraud, and nut a mere word to be ut upon the -..leadings and records. When charged it must be clearly proven, and when proven Ihe effective remedy is applied. In tils case tho evidence is conflicting wl a critical review of It would ix'i've no good purpose. The plain tiffs must hold to this bargain into which 1 find that they de'i'nerately inlered. The action Is therafoVo dis lilfsed with costs." The court further made an order Greeting the plaintiffs to execute deeds to the Fields Bros., of Victoria, H- C, and to sell tho property at the rate of $10 per acre, amounting in 'he aggregate to the sum of $140, 000. Messrs. Bingham, Edmunson and Travis stated today that they have a purchaser who will pay consider ably more for this tract of cedar which Is considered one of the host tracts of timber upon the Pacific coast, and they will appeal this case lo the supreme" court of Canada, in further effort to set aside the sale fade by Shumate, as trustee. JAHNS HANGED TODAY AT WALLA WALLA Walla Walla, April 21. William Jahns. alias James Hogan. of Col v"e. Washington, was executed here '. lur tue murder of Agnes Jen eii. mq housekeeper, three years 80. Jahns' head was nearly severed ' ."i.iiip. rie maintained his in i o to the last. He was ti.'l years of age. ELECTlbo"rrTclALS SENT TO PRISON .New Orleans, April 21. Twelve lection officials of the city of New Orients, convicted of ballot box Huffing, were sentenced to eight oiosths imprisonment today. must order General Navarro to ultimatum was sent, hv flptipml Vasqnez Gomez at Washington Vi Mnvlxnt. i. wicAHiciu government, the position that the Juarez. Madero does not set anv specified time for the fight, and mav not nttack this afternoon. "I will wait 24 hours longer far Diaz' note if he will surrender the presidency." The peace commissioners do not know whetther ho meant 24 hours from the time they wore talking to him or 2 4 hours from the time he informed .the consuls that tho battle might be expected. Anyhow, there is no Indication ns yet that the an swer of Diaz is to be favorable. TEACH ALL BOYS TO SWIM IS PLAN OEY.M.C.A. Athletic Director Wood Invites All, Whether Members or Not, to Learn "We intend to teach every boy in Eugene to swim this summer," was the declaration of Athletic . Director Wood of the city Y. M. C. A. today. It is the plan of the Y. M. C. A. to extend the use of Its swimming tank to every youngster in the city, whether a member of the association or not, for at least two lessons free, and In this way it is hoped to pre vent all drowning accidents this summer. Director Wood will go to Portland the last of next week to receive pointers from an expert swimming instructor named Corsen, from tho east, who will be at the Y. M. C. A. In Portland for a week. This man claims to have a new method of teaching swimming, whereby it is said that he can tench r0 boyB to swim in one lesson. Regular classes will be established in a few days and the Y. M. C. A. tank will be pre pared to haudle Eugene's boy popu lation. In Portland and in many large cit ies swimming is becoming popular, both among the men and women. Tho season will be opened in Eugene tomorrow night ai the Y. AI. C. A. tank, when a contest will be held between a number of well known boys in the form of a swimming meet. Among the entries are Don and Virgil Vlckers, Chester Good, Ralph Sterner, and Kenneth Mummey. in addition to the meet an evening's entertainment will be provided. In addition to the boys' classes, the girls will also be taught to swim. SONS OF NORWAY FORM A LOCAL ORGANIZATION Twenty-five Local Norwegians Met Last Night and Sign ed Charter Roll A local lodge of the Sons of Nor-j way .was organized in Eugene last; night with 25 charter members, but the roll wll Include many more Nor wegians who live in Eugene and vi cinity. A meeting was held at A. M. New man's tailor shop and Hans Bugge, OI liellinguaill, vusii., miiu i Kiauu. president of the Pacific coast section tion w'as effected by the election of L. Mickelsen as president and J. J. Rude as secretary. Other officers will be announced later. This is an order made up oxclu-, sively of men of Norwegian birth. There are a large- number of tlieni in this county and there is no reason: why the local organization may not become one of the largest on the coast. AMERICANS ARE GIVEN FREEDOM M'-xico City, April 21. Pifsidn.t Diaz today ordered the release of Edward II. lilatt and Lawrence Converse, Americans, arrested by the government troops and im- in-ismiel al .inurez. i-.i A.i..rc.,n of Creswell. was in fin' city today on business. He Is a recent arrival '"""""' having bought an orchard tract from the Bohrnstcd, company. Work on New Railway and En larging Mill Commences This Week The Coast Range Lumber company began operations this week at Mabel to make that hamlet an ideal lumber ing towu; to rebuild its big sawmill to a capacity of 100,000 feet dally, and to build nearly four miles of railroad. Sixty-five men will be em ployed between now and August first on this work. The lumber company Is working with an elaborate hand. Mabel is to be given electric lights and a gravity water system. A res ervoir will be built 200 feet above the place and few by pure mountain wa ter. New houses will be built for the workmen. Already a complete de partment store .has been stocked. Mabel will be connected with the Wendllng branch of the Southern Pa cific by a one and a fourth mile branch, and a logging road is to be built Into the timber owned by the company on Shotgun creek. Both of these branches are now under con struction. This road penetrates 20,000 acres of timber, which is of the best in the county. About one-fourth of this, which Is owned by this lumber com pany, Is expected to keep this saw mill running every day for fifteen years. The big mill will be equipped with the most modern machinery. H. C. Malum, manager of the lumber com pany, was in Eugene today and went to Mabel this afternoon to superin tend the beginning of theBe opera tions. He will rethrn to Portland probably Sunday. MRS. STARR PRESIDENT OF D. OF H. CONVENTION Elected at Albany Meeting Next Convention to Be Held in Eugene Albany, April 21. The A. O. V. W. hall 'was packed last night with Degree of Honor people. Seven Sa lem ladies were Initiated and there was a competitive drill between the Hulem team and Eugene team, one of the prettiest things ever present ed here, won by Salem by a hair's breadth. Mrs Frances Olson, of St. Paul, superior chief of honor of tho United States, gave a delightful address, with a screen exhibition, and Mrs. Mamie Brlggs and Mrs. Sadie Moore made some short talks that took. The following grand officers are lire: Mrs. Lootiey, past chief; Mrs. Sadie Moore, chief: .Mrs. Knyken dall, G. L. of II.: Mrs. Moorehead. grand usher; Sarah Wagner, grand recorder. I.odges represented; Eu gene, Roseburg, Junction. Corvallls. Harrlsburg, Lebanon, The Dalles, Lyons, Jefferson and Salem. A question box was full of Inter est. This afternoon officers will be elected and the next place of meet ing selected. The Albany ladies have furnished meals In the banquet room for vis itors, who are charmed with their hospitality. Eugene was selected as the next place for meeting and Mrs. C. W. Starr of that city was elected presi dent and Mrs. E. K. Chapman, also of Eugene, secretary. BLIND HORSE SCATTERS DIAMONDS New York, April 21. A blind horse kicked his way through two big plate glass windows in a Jewelry store today, sent $200,000 worth - of diamonds in the window into the street. Policemen stationed at one of the btisl- est corners in down-town New York had all they could do P do to control the crowds while the proprietors and clerks of the jewelry cstab- lisbment picked up the gems. An Inventory will be neres- sarv before It will be known If anybody got away with any of the diamonds. MEXICO BUYING LARGE QUANTITIES OF MODERN ARMS Heme, Switzerland. April 21 The Swiss Anns manufactory at Newhau sen Is row turning out a big order of modern arms for the Mexican gov ernment. A Mexican army officer recently left there, accompanying the first consignment of rifles to Mexi co. Several other Mexican officers have arrived at Neuhausen. tills ! Franklin Allen returnej morning fi'-ui Portland, having made the trip to that city In a canoe with William Erirkson. of Fargo, N. D., was an arrival here this after noon and Is registered at tho Os burn. Henry Ventrh 1b here from Cot tace Grove taking partite the week- lv tran shoot on the club grounds this afternoon. Socialists Declare That United' States Is Aiding Mexico Washington, April 21. Ninety 1 thousand citizens of the Vnlted' Stales 'petitioned congress today to with jdraw the troops from the Mexican I border. It required three men to 'carry the petitions to the speaker's j platform when the house convened, the huge bundle of petitions being submitted by Victor Merger, socialist I member from Wisconsin. I Berger explained that the petitions j were received from residents of ev , ery state except Delaware, and every territory except Alaska. They de clare tho presence of troops is aiding in the suppression of what the pe titioners believe to be a just Btruggle for liberty. CLEANUP CRUSADE HAS BEEN INAUGURATED BY CHIEF FARRINGT0N Chler of Police Farrlngton has begun a cleanup crusade and already many backyards and alleys look cleaner and . more sanitary as result of the chief's orders to get rlcl of trash and rubbish. He be- gan the work along this line yesterday and a large number of dray loads of refuse have i been carted away. Especial attention is being paid to al- leys and it Is the chief's In- " tentiou to make them spot- lessly clean. Contractors are careless about leaving trash where they have been erect- lug new buildings and either they or the owners of the buildings will be made lo ' elean up. ASPIRANT FOR T The Ohio Delegation Will Work for His Nomina tion Washington, April 21. The Ohio democratic, delegation In congress, after scanning the ptflltlral horizon today, decided to "shuck" their coats and go to iwork In earnest for Gov ernor Judson Harmon as their can didate for the presidential nomina tion In 1912. That Harmon will have a formidable rival Is conceded by those at the conference and the names of Bryan, Champ Clark and Governor Wilson of New Jersey were mentioned as possible opponents. EUGENE MEN HOME FROM ALBANY SHOOT Four members of the Eugene Gun club. Con Dillon, Nichols, Drew Griffin and E. A. Bean, attended the first shoot of the newly organized Albany Gun club which was held yesterday and ooday. All report a fine time and declare that Albany Is "thero" when It comes to shooting, as well as entertaining. Each of the Eugene men won several small prizes, both In merchandise and purses. The most important of the former was a dozen pairs of socks won by Dillon. A professional nam ed Poston. of the Peters Shell com pany, was high gunner. Nichols made the best score of the Eugene quartet Albany 'has soma unusually good sohts, the Eugene men de clare. All of the four attended today ex cept Nichols, who Is more of a lad ies' man Ulan tie others, and who will shake a leg at. the High school girls' sorority dance this eveulng. FRANKLIN P. MAYS MUST SERVE TIME Washington. April 2 1 . President Taft refused today to pardon Frank lin P. Mays, former United .States district ai'orney at Portland, who i was convlcteu or conspiracy to de fraud public lands. .Mays will have to serve four mouths In prison and pav a fine of $10,000. H. A. Rust, a Junction City sjrlty dealer, was In Eugene today. fib li& '(ty this afternoon. ' Q f 1 K .inhnnnn ,,r Mnrrn n a o North Pacific Conference With: Delegates from Several States in October , Tho North Pacific conference of jthe I'nltarinn church will meet In Eugene on October 17 to 19 Inclus ive, Rev. Arthur Hayes Sargent, the , local minister, being successful in se curing this Important convention for this city. Ministers and members of the Unitarian church in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and western Can ada will be In attendance. A pro- lvlul,...ul .... ......... ., ..f tltu rar.,li,u la as follows: TucMluy Evening, Ortobev 17 Conference lecture by President William T. Foster, of Reed college, Portland, Oregon. Wednesday, October 1H Forenoon Visiting the University of Oregon and seeing Eugene. Afternoon Organization and busi ness: reports from churches; devo tional service. Evening Subject: Social service. 1. Reports of whut churches ure doing for their respective commun ities. 2. Address by Professor William S. Morgan, Ph. 1)., of Berkeley, (.'al., on "Civic Righteousness." 3. General discussion. Thursday, October' 10 Forenoon Sunday school, confer ence. 1. Reports from Sunday schools. 2. Address by Rev. Earl M. Wilbur 1). D., dean of Pacific Unitarian School for Ministers at Berkeley, Cnl.. on "How to Study the Oospels In Matthew, Mark and Luke." II. Discussion. 4. Question box Conducted by Rev. William O. Eliot, Jr., of Port land. Oregon. Artemoon Two separate meet ings. Woineu's Meeting Conference of women's alliances of all the churches represented ; reports, addresses and discussion. Men's .Meeting ' Subject: "Work of the Church for Men and Work of Men for the Church." Address by Rev. Paul S. Bandy, of Salem, Oregon. Discussion, led by Rev. George W. Fuller, of Spokane, Wash. Evening Public, banquet In honor of the guests of the church and the city at Hotel Ostium. NO RECOGNITION FOR PROGRESSIVES Washington,. April 21. "Progressive republicanism" in senate got. serious Bet back today when by a vote of 7 to 4 the republican commit- tee on committees decided not to recognize the pro- gresslve republcnns formally as an organization. This action, taken on n resolution by LaFollette, giving the progressives one-fourth of the republican mem bership on all the regular commit tees, and empowering the progres sives on special committee to desig nate the progressiva membership. PRUNE CROP NOT DAMAGED BY FROST Reports Received .From All Parts of the State are Favorable Salem, Or., April 21. That the damage done to the prune crop all over the state Is practically nothing, is the opinion or W. C. Tlllson. after receiving reports from all parts or tho state. Mr. Tlllson Is a recog nized authority on prunes, and has correspondents In all sections who keep him advised lis to crop condi tions at all times. "1 believe that we will ha,v a full crop this year, if nothing happens In the way of unfavorable weather In the next two weeks, i find that frost seldom damages prunes, and the growers are worse Bcured thnn hurt every spring over frost damage. What does the greatest damage is the cold rain, aud If wo can escape that thlB spring we are sure or a full crop, and I believe that we are practically out or danger at. this time." . , While not directly Interested In other fruit crops. Mr. Tlllson has re ports Indicating "' cherries, peach es and pears have been somewhat damaged by the frost, but even with these fruits he believes that no great damage has been done. Mr, Tlllson ha received a circul ar letter from Rosenberg. titj biggest prune dealer of California, in which that authority iisiiiiiales the Califor nia crop at. I SO, 000. OuO pounds fur this year, as against M), 000,000 last vea r. Discussing (iese figures, Mr. Tlll son said:' "lH Oregin crop will safely aggregate 20, (ion, 000, and that will Wiake 200,000,000 as a total. n W rvlhnimn the Hurl neM .Jal hnr-lwsre merchant, was lu EukcR on business today. Received Injury Last Night in Scuffle With "Mysterious" Walker, Baseball Coach Guard Special Service. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallls. April 2 1. Athletic rivalry which exists between the Universi ties of Michigan and Chicago is to blame for the temporary Iticanacity of Coach A. C. Steckle of the college track team, because- of a broken leg. as the result of a friendly svufl'le between III in and Fred Wulker, oth- wlse known as "Mysterious Mitch ell." an old Chicago football star. Ever since Walker. Steckle and Dolun, thive famous athletes from Chicago, Michigan and Notre Dame, have been associated in the athletic work here theiy bus been a contin ual friendly banter between tlnse men relative to the merits of their various Institutions. At the clcse of practice last night, while Hie roaches and a squad of the college athletes were gathered In the gym nasium, the usual banter was start ed by Steckle. who picked up a football anil crouching Into an ag gressive attitude, laughingly chal lenged Walker to a roolball contest. The Chicago mini immediately ac cepted the challenge, and a scuffle ensued. In which Steckle received n fracture to Ills log which will con fine 111 in to his apartment fur some time. The affair was witnessed by a large number of students, who thor oughly enjoyed the ludicrous situa tion. There was no suggestion of 111 feeling. The participants are close friends and the whole Incident was the result of friendly banter, which has passed between these men. J nd go Harris has granted u- di vorce to Mrs. Miiry F. VauDyko from Dr. F. W. VunUyke. . They are from Grants. Pass, where Dr. VanDyko Is engaged the practice 'of medicine. lie Is a well-known graduate of the j'l 'Diversity of Oregon. TO BUILD SPUR TO TIMBER Will Engage in Logging Opera tions Extensively on Mow hawk for Several Years The Eugene Lumber company has begun construction work upon n half- mile railroad spur from the Wendllng i branch of the S. P. railroad Into a thickly timbered district a short dis tance from Manilla, and Is preparing to cut all Its lumber from this source for the next two years. Logging operations on a considerable scale will be commenced within a few weeks and the mill will run conlln uously from now on at Its maximum capacity. This Is of Importance, for the company, oniil'.:.VB several scores of men 111 the big mill ami planer at the root of Lawrence street and in the woods. The new railroad will run Into something over 10,000,000 feet or some or tho best timber In the coun ty. This camp will add much lo this already active lumbering district, lo- icated so close to Eugene, where nl ready tbe'llooth-Kelly Lumber coui jpany, the Southern Pacific company and the Const Kunge Lumber com pany (Sunset I are conducting or pro paring to conduct big logging opera tions. ARCADE BILLIARD PARLORS ARE SOLD R, A. Murphy; Recently from Independence, Kan., Buys Popular Place G. E. Green, who has conducted the Arcade billiard and pool parlors on East Seventh street, back or Otto's, ror the past several months. has sold out. to Robert A. Murphy, a recent a nival here rrom Indcpeu- I deuce. Kan. The new proprietor j.lyulc. cluirg". f G'n j'uslness today.. . !' Mr. Green will remain In Eugene and will probably eugago In some other business If be can find a suit able opening. He likes Hi" city and 1 Intends tu make this his permanent ' home. j Mr. Murphy S a young man with I experience In the business and will i doubtless pureed here, j M Green deslresQThe Guard to I thank the public for the. gcmQuia i patronage which has beetoaccorded j him and asks or his succesRor a con- tltance of the same Chairman Underwood Makes- Formal Speech for Majority , Washington, April 21. At open ing of the hist, day of the Canadian reciprocity debate ill llie house, Mc : Call, of Massachusetts, declared that, j the farmers of the United Slates : had been pushed forward to bblo the real interest op.pted to ttio agreement. ' MrCall s'a.id he spoi.e , In behalf of all republicans who I were In favor of the measure, lie ridiculed the "eulogies upon the I fanner." which he said had rhar 1 acterlzed a majority of the speeches : against, reciprocity, i "The farmer Is not the sad-eyed ' monstrosity he has been pnlnted in this house, declared the speaker. This afternoon. Underwood, of Alabama, spoke on yciprocltv. He said: "For GO years. tho repub lican party has maintained the pol icy or excluding ns far as It has ben able, cninpeiitivo products from oth er countries. In Ihe beginning this was Inaugurated with the express declaration that It. was Intended to develop new Industries until they' were strong enough to stand alone and face In tho open the markets of the world and I he rivalry of our protective competitors, but the greed for gains 'has driven the ad vocates of Ibis theory far beyond the position Ihev maintained at its Inception. "Thero is today hardly a grent American Industry that is not ex porting its surplus products to the open markets of the world and sell ing them In free competition with the nianulaeiiirers and crops of our foreign competitors. ' "Wo would be unrivaled masters of production and Industry In every land, where free competition can b obtained. If we would but strike off the shackles that bind us to the dead and unnecessary economic sys- i teiu maintained by tho republican party, that creates also standards and wasteful conditions lit. home." Mr. Underwood contended that the nation Bhoulil turn from these stan dards, carefully adjusting the lnws to meet new conditions without ser- ' Ions Injury to capital or lubor In order lo reduce the cost of living at home and be prepared to dispose of surplus products to Insure stability of prices and employment to labor. "Tho democratic party," he con tinued, "does not Intend to aban don the custom houses, but, favors a policy of levying income duties for revenue only lit rates that will not destroy fair iitid honest competition In the home market. I say this bill marks an era III tho economic life of the nation. Why? Not that the Immediate results will bo far-reuch-Ing. but because It takes ono step in the right direction; n step nway rrom the exclusive protective policy, a step toward an honest Competitive policy." . in 'reviewing recent tarirr legisla tion. Air. Ilndorwood said: "Our standpat feimhllcans wero responsi ble ror having their reciprocity agreement now heLre the congress." The Payne-Adrlch tariff bill he characterized as a "gold brick that glittered without and was fniso metal within." That no amendments will bo al lowed to the reciprocity bill was in dicated late today when one offer ed by Representative Marti, of South Jkikota, to put rii-sh moats on tho rree list, was defeated overwhelming ly. Dnlzell called the ngrement a bung ling piece of statesmanship and said it had been made without authority or law. GAME OF BASEBALL AT MIDWAY PARK SUNDAY Local Team' and Springfield to "Cross Bats" in First Game of Season v Sunday Is Eugene's opening base ball day. The Eugene baseball squad will meet the newly organized 'Springfield team at Midway park on it bat. afternoon. The Eugene team has been practicing for the past two ! weeks and is in good condition. iSprlngrield has a squad of veterans laud the game should bit a-good one . from the spectators' point of view. From Sunday on. there will bo reg 'ular basebull ut Midway. In tho 'first game Sunday Eugene's battery ! will be strong. Ferdinand Henklo j will occupy tho box. "Ford" has been In Portland for the past week I .warming Into professional ball with Mc:Ci cdie's 'bunch, and appeared on the illani mil in n Portland suit a couple of times, helping lo warm up the pitchers. He Is signed with S 'attle again this year and will leave : Eugene as soon as he graduates rrom ithe University In June. Wagers will .catch. Among the players will he the old star favorites, such as Sid 'Smith, Paine, llobbs and Coleman. ! besides McKenzle and Dobio from tho University, wiii Leckner, from tho Oregon Power company. The gamu j will probably be. culled at 3 p. in.