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AII3DF0UD, OliKOON, WEDNESDAY, APlllh 10, ll.i.
NO. 21.
PnMy. third Yfiir
Dully UkIiIIi Vnr
POPE PIUS X. REPORTED DYING AT ROME
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PONTIFFS END
ONLY QUESTION
OF FEW HOURS
Popo Plus Cannot Possibly Survive
the Nl!il State Attendants Fami
ly mid Friends Summoned to Hold
Themselves Ready lor Summons
Quo Doctor Refuses to Abandon Hope
Out tho Oilier Admits Case Is
Hopeless End Will Come Soon.
.Ity Henry Wood, United Pre Cor
respondent nt Rome)
HOMK, April 1(1. Pin X 1h djlpg
mill I he will In but u iiirHllnii of
hours, according to Ilia pontiff
hiother, hi sUler nml hlh church
dlgulturiei.. An attache of tin vuti
mil who Ik hi n mnitimi to know llm
fuel ptvi mo thin information In
nlylit.
Dr. Marehlafnvn, however, refine
to iihumluu Iiuk.
KohlilntM itf Rome hnvo uhiiudourd
hope of llm Pope' it'rovrry, and
eeryHier. preparation r briuir
mude which tuml to confirm tlio k'"
ral hlii'f that the 1m will not
Miivnn the lilght. ,
ROME. April 10. At .ix o'clock
tonight tin? member. f the Pope'.
nimlly'w.'rareqi.c.Mcdrnearby nml to
hold ihciiioi'hi'N In rtvwlinr fur n
limit Diiiiiinoim tn the bcdnidc.
Dr. Amid lhl them the Pope
could nut poMMibly survive the night.
King Vlcliyr Emmanuel wu moat
concerned tonljrht bout tho pope'
condition. Itn received hourly bulle
tin from the minister of tho Inte
rior, who received nfllclal report
from tho vatlran.
lilt holiness U extremely wenk
Coughing, tho result of bronchitis.
Iian npK'il hi stronuth.
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GRAVES OF CIGARETTES
HAI.EM, Om., April Ifi. Grave
of departed Uhlncao are tho Intent
source of supply for clgarrtlea for
certain youthful araokcra In rhlA city
nml consequently relative and
friend or tho departed one aru con
Mdcruhly agitated In Chinatown,
It In a custom of tho Chliiean to
plnro rli;nrottiH on thu graves of
tlmlr lU'iul to tooth tint in on their
Journey to thu unknown Intnl. Roya
hnvo learned or thin umt hnvo beim
heuplng watch on thu Chinese eomo
lery nt tho odgo of tho city, Chines
reported to thu police today that ouo
of thu boyn found eight clRnrottea on
u Rravu nnd npproprlntud them for
hU own iixo.
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C1IICO, Cal April 10. Calmly
tolling of how Hhu hold up William
Lnmfdqlo, a chauffeur, with a big
lovolvur, whllii "JoyrldliiK" with him
near hero, Mlaa Myrtlo CoIIIiih, a
pretty young Chtco girl, created a
sensation In thu Juvenile court room
horo today.
Tho girl wan nrrostcd In Oakland
nftor Jumping from tho spoedliiR nu
tomohllo and swinging aboard a
moving pmiHoiiRor train hound for
that city, Hlio wan hpuiiiIIiir thu S IK
alio had taken from UiihiIuIo when
hIio wnu arrested In Oakland.
WILSON GIVES DINNER
TO CABINET MEMBERS
WASHINGTON, April .10. I'iohI-
ileut Wilhou will Rivo 11 (lhiiior loniRht
to thu mcmhorH of IiIh tmhinot. It
will ho llio fiiat fonmil fimulion of
hlu ndiuiuiatition.
Pope
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US 10 ACTION ON
ALIEN LAND BILL
HACUAMKNTO, I'al., April 1
flovornor Hiram Jobimou told llm
United I'rcnn today that hn ha re
ceived no communication fiom lrea
Ident Wllaon In renard to any poa-
alble action by tho California lccta
latura on an untt-iillcn land hill.
When Informed that conferencra
had Iiikmi held In WnHhltiKtou at
which tho proponed null-alien MIIh
wuro dUcimtied, thu Rovoruor Inti
mated that lio would nut bo mir
prWod to hear from WaabliiRton con
ceruliiK thu proiioiH'il liiunHiiron.
"I would not care to atato at till
tlmo," tho Rovernor aald, "what nc
Hon I will tako In rnau an antt-allen
bill la panned by thu U-kIhIuUiio and
preaented for my approval."
Honntor IllnUttll, who Introduced
thu aunato aubatltulo bill, aald today
that thu auuatu intiamiro would bo
coiiHldered bofuro tho Iioiihu bill.
"Thu uunato bill la on tho files and
tho nNHombly bill la nut," ho dn
clared, "I expect tho Heiiato bill to
bu taken up first, but doubt It It will
bn reached today. Tho corporation
clauRO In tho aenato bill la onu of tho
moat Important featurea, and wo will
try to paaa tho hill uiiauiuiidod."
BROCKTON WANTS TO
SWAP WITH OREGON
HAMCM. Oro., April 10. Stato Su
purlutendont L. 11, Aldormau Ih In
receipt of n letter from tho auporln
tendeut of tho Ilrookton, Mass.,
achoola today nayliiR ho would llko
to oxchaiiRo hIx grndo toachora nnd
two IiIrIi achopl toachora with Ore
eon. Tills la In lino with an agreement
roaclmd botweou Alderman nnd tho
auporlntondont of tho Ilrookton
aohoola, whon Aldurman was In tho
eaut 11 tow wooka uuo,
RAM
SLEN
Pius X and Familiar Scenes in the Life of the Pontiff
HiTnrfi Show I')" in Vnntiili, ltln
ABUSE OF OFFICE
WASHJNOTO.V, April lC.-I'rcsU
(kill Wilson this afternoon mimrnurily
removed from office Willis L. Moore,
chief of the United States weather
hmcuu. It whs announced nt the
execute officea that the reason for
flie removal wua "erioua irreguliiri
tiea in office."
Moom recently leiuleivd his rcsiR
nation to become effective July ll,
but tho pieaidenl refused to penuit
him to continue in office.
Mourn' removal waa decided upon
at a conferuncu today botwoun l'real
dent Wilson ami Secretary of And
culture llouaton,
"Mooro wua removed," aald lloua
ton, after thu couforonco, "becauu
of Rroaa mUuau of thu power of hi
orflce. llo used hla aubordlunto and
hla official position to promutu pur
aonal mattera. That la nil 1 caru to
any now. '
It waa learned that tho president,
early In March, waa deluded with
complaint from all parta of tho
country that Mooro had omlcavorod
to utllliu non-profeaaloual and vol
untary weather obaorvera In an ef
fort to build up a political machlno
which would luauro hla appointment
aa aecrotary of aRrlculturo. Tho
president la aald to havo been fur
nished with many Inslaucea where
Mooro directed volunteer observora
to wrlto to tho president, advocal
Idr Mooro'a promotion. Socrotnry
Houston InveatlRated and reported
to tho prealdent that tho charges
wcro well founded. Ho recommend
ed Mooro'a lmmedlata removal and
tho president concurred,
DAUGHTERS OF REVOLUTION
VOTING FOR NATIONAL CHIEF
WASHINGTON, April 10. Tho
imtiomil convention of tho OniiRh
tors of tho American ltovolution nre
votinp; this afternoon for natiojial
offiuora, Three sets of candidates
nru In tho fiold. '
WEATHER
BUREAU
CHEFREMOVEDFOR
Fir( CliurrJi, WnlkltiR in Vatican
CREW OF LIFE
SAVERS CHARGED
. WITHfCOWARDICE
PORTLAND. Or April IS In
efficiency and cowardice on Ibe part
of lb Garibaldi life eavlnu crew
waa openly charRed today by Charles
8. Fisher, prealdent of the Fliher
Engineering, company, on of the
four battered tmrvlvore who were
taken oft tho -apnlicd German wind
jammer Mlml In tho Nehalem break
ers nfte.r cIlUBlne to thu wreckajjo
for 30 hour.
)u the courai of hla testimony at
the hearluR In connection with the
loss of the vcaaol boforo Gorman Con
sul Lcchneyor of Seattle, Fisher Bald
that thu ltfeaavera acted a If they
had been driuklnR,
Ho aald that the llfesavluR crew
came up In still water on the shore
aide of tho Mlml to within 10 or 12
yards of hor. The aea there wfia aa
quiet aa a pond, ho aald, yet tho ltfe
aavera did not como up to the vessel
and take tho men cIIiirIiir there off.
Tho hcarinj; was hold behind closed
doors at (lie insistence of Consul
Lcehueyor whoo conduct of the
hearing was bitterly criticised by
some of the witnesses.
The two sailor survivors of tho
wreck contradicted with Rreat em
phasis Captain Woatphul'a statement
that ho had sent u watchman down
below on tho evening of tho night the
fhip wns floated to notify the sea
men that any who wished to ro
ashoro could do so.
KENT NOTINOTIFIEO1 0
REGARDING NEW TARIFF
WASHINGTON, April 1C Notifi
cation to ha coiiBtltuonta that thorn
la n very sllfiht chnnco of tho houso
minority coourlng any ohanRea In tho
democratic tariff plana waa given
here today by Congressman William
Kent of California, progressive.
On!oin nml ln Illrtliplare.
TARIFF BILL 10
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WASHINGTON, April IC-Aasnr-nnw
that the tariff bill would pu.ia
the house practically in its pjeaent
form was Riven President Wilfcou to
day by Representative Oscnr Under
wood of Alabama, chairman of tho
way and means committee-nnd ma
jority leader in the house. Under
wood nlso predicted that the bill
would reach the seuato within .three
weeks, He expects tho house-to ttet
speedily, a few days being devoted
to general debate and then- the hill
Iteing considered under the five min
ute rule, schedule by schedule. -
President WiImjh expeots the' bill
to have nu cay time in- hu senate
too. ,
Underwood denied today that the
income tax provision propones, a; tux
on insurance bcneficiuriciinsfeertmR
that death nnd endowment benefits
are not considered as iite'inne.
Tho houso democratic, caucus con
sidered today tho wool, qottou ami
flax schedules. So far the assaults
by tho advocates of protection upon
the proposed tariff billhftve uniform
ly failed. w
Underwood admitted 'htt expected
tho hardest fight on tho wool sched
ule but wns confident that frco wool
finally would win.
Representative Dies velledly criti
cised the president's demand for free
wool, intimating dictation. Retire
sentativo Ferguson of New Mexico
and other southwestern members sup
ported Dies.
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
ORDER BY SUPREME COURT
SALKM, Ore., April 10. Tio su
premo court today issued n temporary
restraining order in tho caso, of A.
11. Spencer against J.. S. Barnes,
upon application of tho defendant.
Tho ovdor restrains Spencer from
continuing execution proceedings un
til noxt Monday when arguments for
a permanent restraining order will
bo made. .,
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IN PRESENT
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T MANDOT
I.OS ANGELES, Cal., April 1C
Joe Mandot of Memphis and New
Orleans la the next lightweight that
Hud Anderson must topple from tho
pugilistic ladder It he continues his
ascent. The boys wcro matched here
today to box 20 rounds for Tom
McCaruy at Vernon on tho evening
of May 20. Tho weight will bo 133
pounds at cither 5 or 6 o'clock the
night of the battlo.
Anderson leaves' tonight for San
Francisco, whore ho will watch Ad
WolgaBt nnd Tommy Murphy In po
tion next Saturday afternoon. Suu
day hu will start for Medford, Ore.,
going thcuce- to hla home at Van
couver, Wash. He will return to Loa
Augelea two weeks before the Man
dot battle.
' Mandot has wired McCaroy that
ho will arrive hero May 0.
TO SAIL DIRIGIBLE
LAS PAI.MAS. Canary Islands,
April 16. With hla gaa bog 'com
pletely Inflated Joseph Urucker, a
balloonist of Milwaukee, Wis., Is
prepared today for hla dirigible trip
across tho Atlantic. Ho wilt start
today or tomorrow.
I1RUSSKLS, April 10. Tho fourth
day of tho Delginn suffrago strike
found four hundred thousand work
men out, according to declarations by
socialists hero. Other quarters main
tain, however, that not more than
IlioO.QOQ nru idle.
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CEMENT PLANT
AT GOLD HILL
NOW ASSURED
Beaver Portland Cement C&fafly is
Organized and Cmteieiy Financed
Will Operate Locally UpM a
Large Scale
Men Will Eegin Work en ErectrM if
Plant in Immediate Future Local
Men Interested
SALEW. Ore., April 10. The
Reaver Portland Cement conipan
has (lied article of incorporation
with the secretary of state. The cap
Ital atock la $000,000 and Portland
la the principal place of business. The
artlclea atate the company will en
gage la anything from dlgglBg of
certain klnda of clay to operating
logging roada and the establishment
of retail yards. Attorneys for the
company appear aa the first trustees.
The erection nnd operation of a
$50,000 cement plant ut Gold Hill ih
assured. The Reaver Portland Ce
ment company has been organized to
develop? and operate n quarry near
Gold Hill where cement can be easily
manufactured. A few jocal men are
interested fn the eetapaHy but most
o( the, capital to bo used Ik foreign.
For some tap the prepwutum. of
estnblixhiiig a large cement ptont near
Gold Hill has been disctiw-cil. A
number of cement rieu have reported
on thu project stating that the de
posits there were unexcelled in the
west. Recently a number of .cement
manufacturing concerns became in
terested which has resulted in tho or
ganization of the Heaver Portland
Cement company.
According to reports reaching this
city from Portland, where the com
pany has its principal office, and
where it was financed, work is to
start at once on the erection of the
plant. It is said that 500 men will
bo employed when the works are es
tablished. W. I. Vnwler has ben nclivc in tho
formation of the company nniMian
looked after its interests locally.
BEGIN SUIT TO
KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 10.
Following charges thnt it Is a com
bination in restraint of trade, the
preliminary bearing in the govern
ment's suit to dissolve the Interna,
tionnl Harvester Company wna be
gun here today before Federal Kx
nmiiier Robert S. Taylor of Duliith,
Minn. The notion was filed in St.
Paul a year ago.
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DENVER, Col., April 10. After
passing tho appropriation bills oyer
which both houses were deadlocked
for two days, tho Colorado legisla
ture adjourned at 0 o'clock today,
The session lasted 100 days.
The .clocks In tho aasombly cham
bers were turned back to show that
the legislature had adjourned at 0
WHITE HOUSE DENIES
PANAMA CANAL REPORT
WASHINGTON. April 10. The
white house Issued today a denial ot
a report that the prealdent Intends
to Issue a proclamation declaring
that ho favor England's contention
In tho Panama canal tolls controver
sy. It was stated that the prealdent
has not yet considered the problem.
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