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v. - yw . , , tttt -r -t r 1 - ' ' PRICE FIVE CENTS . . x-o rOKTLAXD. OREGON. MONDAY, JULY 31, 1911. 99 m-.--- a. 'S Dix Governor of State in Name Only. . EXTRAVAGANCE RUNS RIOT Legislature Greediest, Mcst Grasping on Record. MANY BAD BILLS PASSED Ifagh' Work tor Reform Vndoiw In Xoeororthy lBtnc Record of Vllwa In w Jerejr I striking Comma. tr ixotd r. LostsuM. SEW TORK. July X-Jpectal.-The Bnt. and hI wtll probably the lat -Marphy Legislature." U enjoying a aj-iay vacation. It will recoaveoa la September l pasa the revised New Tork City charter, reap portion the Congressional districts If Washington haa acted, and Incidentally pick op anything that la looee. or look promising. Or.r la New Jersey. Governor Wil son, although bandlrapp4 with a Leg islature to which each party controlled cn bout. managed to nave prectlcal y every plank la bl pertye platform enacted Into lawe. In New Tork. tha peraorrata bad control of both bouse, bat tha Rochester platform waa repu diated, poeltively and emphatically. OoTcrnor Pis baa been tha chief e ecutlve of the state la name only. Ordera (tni from Tammany Hall and were adopted without murmur. Tba aeeatoa can bt be deartbed aa a Tammany grab for patronage, and everything went. Homo Tlnle Advocated. II. re la aa Intereetlne extract from the Rochester platform, tba declara tion of prtnclplea oa behalf of tha rem-TH" party: , f . - f ruie f r J..-. and p-ittrel ..a- aruoe of a et... tJ . tfte liberty and proepaH' of the cltl a are vest aitaioe.1. Tha Democratic Legislature ehowed how thta provision had Ita eupport a, paastng a bill making tha threa platooa pollra bill mandatory, but wip ing out City Hall Tark and making It tha alta for tha local Supreme Court, deeplta tha fact that theaa two meaa ur were fought by membera of tha city administration. Republlcana and tmocrata alike, ana. if ubmlttd to a vota of tha paopla would have been ra- jested by a heavy majority. Tha "Democratic platform called at tention to tha groea etrveganee of the etata fovirnrnfot. and with reason. Machine Republlcana bad for year bara adding to tha number of offlce boldera unUl tho burden became a public scandal. When tha Democrat got In. with full control In both houeea. they threw out tha Republlcana. and put food Tammany men on guard. But they did not reduco tha total of offlce .fcolilera. Jn fact they hare adJed to them. fTeral new departOMnta have bn atartad. notably two mora boarda of election, which will coat a lot when they t well under way. and a Stata lira Starnhal at TMO. with numeroua aselatanta. Put without roneldertns them at ait. th year'a ac ar la I lona eacel tha arata of thaa atffned Ihi year by Governor llushce. And it muat not ba foraotteo .that ha bad an nnfrlendly tKl5lua to copa with, and waa powerleea to it down the ei peneea tha way ha daalred to do. Jlonryy Tarumnny Men Hare JoSa.- Many Indcfenaibla Joba bate been created by'Bunsry ' Tammany off Ice -boISera. Tor aiainpto. they broucht Conntaloiwr of IntaTatata Bridie Into life, at a aalary of 1I0 a year. Tha rnly ljueratata .brlda bt which . tera.la aay record la a lllmay atrue tura.at Tort Jerrla. which apana tha feUaafa RlTer and toucfiea oa tha . rer.tiylTan!a"al . Thla bridge may Baed fop new , plan kin, but It doea kot Bead a superintendent. Ftlll there re alwajrs. aood Tammany men who a re (lad to draw a aalary from tha public for aa little work as poaalbla. Thla new officeholder. howeer. aeems to haa a perfect clm-h. Rearardln- the tcnura of office tha Rochaeter platform a Id. We blle that fr the prnfflMKil ef grter .fflrl.nrr In the public eerrtre. the iM.rtc evei.m eaoaUl ee .xi.nlMt. whatever It t f"uni pracll'a:. erul prmrtloo (Iv.a t dvtl eervtce .m pl-iy from anjaet die- Rlortoa word, eh? Pl Xamea Xew Board. Well, tha flrat thin that Governor Pis did. after epreadlna; hi bed In tha eiecutlve manilon. wa to name a new board of civil aervtce commlaalonera. Two of them wera Tammany Demo crats, tba third aa alleged Republican from Brooklyn, who la not known lo cally. Immediately Controller 8oh mer and P-tate Knictneer BenaeL who wera elected on the Democratic ticket by rrace of tha Rocheeter platform, beicaa to file petltloo for tha trana far of poeltlooe In their department from the protected to the exempt cjaaatflcatlnn. ao that tha men In Job cwulri ba turned ont to make way for good Democrat. And tha board MURPHY SWAY IS NEWYDRKSGANDAL ITALY STIRRED BY SPREAD OF CHOLERA' a a . bTIUNGEXT 'ACTIOX ' IXJLI.OWS GROWING UKATH n.TE. Cloalna; of Exhibition at Rome la Tored by Anthorltlea to Allay Panirer of Contarion- ROME. July . (Special.) Tardy atepa are being" taken to exerctie af fective government control of tlta cholera epidemic In Italy. Publlo opinion hera favors tha cloelna; of tha exhibition that haa been drawing1 thou sands of Tlaltora, at excuralon rate, to tha aouth. Tha 1100.000 approprlartad by tha government for hoepltal provlalon and dlalnfectlon I being dlbured. but tha death rate at Palermo. Naplea and other atrlcken place remain high, four day howlng about a fifth of tha caae terminating fatally. Bathing haa been trtctly forbidden In tha Tiber, and atrlcter hipping regulation are being enforced lnca tha tranaport of a airlrken paaaenger to Trleate. ot even among thoaa concerned In tha exhibition here, or In tha hotel. I there atrong aentlment In favor of maintaining tha ahow during tha Sum mer, for-It ha not been a financial ucceea.: OLD GLORY SHELTERS BABE Mece of Taft Cor Front Canada So Seattle to Become Mother. SEATTLE, Wuh, July . (8pa claL Mrs. George Bnowden. a nleca of Prealdant Taft. who haa been mak ing her homa temporarily In Van couver. B. C hastened to Eeattla soma days ago to give birth to a grand nephew to tha Prealdant. which was born a few days ago at tha Minor Hospital. Mrs. Snowdan says sha could not bear tha Idea of being tha mother of a child that was not born under tho flag of tha country In which her uncle Is President, so sha eama to Feattle as tha guet of her friend. Mrs. Frederick IL White, of 1114 Fprlng atreet. 105 DAYS' SLEEP BROKEN Girl Awakens for. Five Hoar, Eats Three 31eals, and M timbers. VANDALIA. Ill- July J0. After aleeplnc almost continuously for 10J days. Jllsa Harel Schmidt, the IS-year-nid alrL whose atraaga Case haa pu- s'.ed phyalelana for week, was awaka flva hours and ata three meals today. She said sha felt no III effects from her slumber. Attending physicians say the girl's trance la broken and that sha soon will be bersalf again. CONSERVATION DATES SET Congresa Will Be Held In Kansas City September ii to il. WASHINGTON. July 10. Tha Na tional Conservation Congreaa tonight issued a formal call for Us third meet ing to ba held la Kansas City Septem ber 15. It and ST. Sneclal attention will ba given to tha queatton of soli fertility and 1U maln- tananca. President Taft and a large number of prominent Americans and foreign diplomats have been Invited to apeak. MEN WHO HAVE AIDED IN TTJENING NEW TORK STATE OVER TO ; - - ".. 1 r ., . .. f ' -. - r - ' - -. . ' -:::y'- X-fc- 1 . r- , :. . - X ' l , . - B :; - .--: a I 1 i M I a( rvpy.- mtni rj r. wbpht, ET RIGHT, JOHX AT LFTPT, SOCIETY GIRL AND IVIAN ARE DROWNED Vancouver Folk Lost in Columbia. FIANCEE TRIES TO RESCUE Miss Eva Trombley, 18, and Frank X. Thibodeau Sink. RELATIVES SEE TRAGEDY George Young, Engaged to Girl, Al moat Lose) Own Life When He . Is Caught In Man's Clutch -and Twice rolled tTnder. VANCOUVER. Wash, July 10. (Spe cial.) A wife stood on the river bsnk today and watched her husband drown, while beside her a frantic mother saw her daughter come twice to tha sur face In her drowning struggles and then sink to rise no more. The tragic ending to what had been a gay launch party of Vancouver folk to Bachelor's Island. In tha Columbia River, occurred In full view of ten other persons, who. numbed at tha suddenness of It all. could give no assistance. Tn an heroic, effort to save the girl. Miss Eva Trombley. It yeara old. who was his fiancee, George Toung, 21 years old. was twice caught In the dying grasp of Frank X. Thibodeau. tha drowning man. and pulled under the water. He himself was saved by fishermen, who had hurried up In a launch. Just aa he was losing con sciousness and going down for the last time. The young man's Ufa Is not yet safe, for he Is still only , semi-conscious. Physicians aay that If pneu monia does not set In he will probably recover. Girl Gets Beyond Depth. In the party, which left Vancouver thla morning Jn E. 8. Bleaecker launchi La Freda for a day's outing at :jie Inland, which ls three . miles be low Rldgefleld. were Mr. and Mrs. E. 8. Bleaecker and Miss Trombley. who was Mrs. Blesecker's daughter; Mr. and Mrs. Frank X. Thibodeau, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Mortensan. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reed and their son Harry. Mrs. George Baker, Mrs. Olive Oroff, J. F. T. Paynter. Mrs. W. 8. Fields. Russell Mortensen. Mr. and Mrs. Abel Norllng and Mrs. Edward Bennett. After land ing at the Island, they had dinner, and then aomeone suggested that they go In bathing. . Mlsa Trombley was the first one to go Into the slough, which Is not more than CO feet wide at lifts point, at the lower end of Bachelors Island. She had waded almost to the center, where there Is said to be quite a current? when she sank over her depth. She could not swim and began screaming tn terror. Thibodeau, seeing her tn distress, hurried to her side, when she pushed Mm under In her excitement. Young, (Concluded on Page f.) t Xs leadrr ok tammajit haiu-at A. DIX, OOrEIUOB OF SEW COTTAGERS WIN FIGHT WITH FIRE BLAZE OS SAX BERXARDIXO MOUXTAIXS REACHES I NX. Wind Fans Embers Into Raging; Fur. nice That Disregards All Measures oX Wardens. SAN BERNARDINO, Cal, July 30. The Ore 'which has been raging for a week on the San Bernardlna Mountains north of this city today assumed a size far greater than any other blase In the .history of the range. Although the forest rangers leading the battle sgainst the conflagration yesterday as serted their belief that the firewas under control, a stiff breeze today sent a wall of fire sweeping forward over thousands of acres of timbered land. Hesitating at the summit, the blase crept slowly down the east side and at S o'clock reached Saulrrel Inn. The women in the hotel and cabins of the Summer residents were sent out of diinger by horseback to Little Bear Val ley. Tho men remained behind. The resort was entirely surrounded. One cabin after another caught Are. ' but after a desperate fight the crest of the fire passed on. leaving every cabin standing. The lire extends along the ridge seven miles tonight and Pine Crest la believed to be doomed. ' The fire dis regarded 'all ( fire breaks. For a time the Arrowhead Hotel was endangered. That the fire may burn for weeks Is th belief of men familiar with con ditions In the mountain!. WEAK SWIMMER PERISHES He Is Too Exhausted to Grasp Life Preserver Wife Throws Him. SAN FRANCISCO, July 90. Thomas J. Mayers, of the firm of T. and J. Mayers, sailmakers. of thla city, was drowned today when he dived from his yacht, the Emily I. near Paradise Cove. His wife threw him a life preserver, but he was too weak to grasp It, and sank. Mayers left Sausallto early today on the yacht with his brother. Joseph Mayers, his wife; Mrs. Irma Myers, and four young women. He had not swam for years snd pur chased a bathing suit yesterday, plan ning a plunge in the bay from the yacht. He swam back to the boat after the first dive, almost exhausted, but plunged In sgaln. When he rose, 20 feet from the boat, he shouted "throw me a Ufesaver." He had sunk when the life-preserver thrown by his wife, struck bis hand, which waa above the surface.. The body haa not been recovered., - GIRL WOULD CLIMB PEAK Miss Keen, of PlUIadelphia, Will Try to Ascend Mount McKinley. PHILADELPHIA. Jnly 30. Miss Dora Keen, daughter of Dr. W. W. Keen, the- widely-known surgeon, is equtpping an expedition to attempt, the ascent of Mount McKinley, In Alaska, a feat Dr.- Cook claimed to have "per formed. She Is now at Seward, where the expedition is fitting out. For several Summers Miss Keen has been climbing In Switzerland. She has climbed Mount Blano and the Matter horn from practically every side, a rare feat for a woman. Miss Keen has with her three Swiss guides that she brought to America to assist her, and will have a number of Alaskans who' participated In some of the previous attempts of others. POLITICAL LOOTERS, AND NEW -! ' ' 1 " f.' y i r.cht, ahote, lf.pt, wo:,'"of ''"o""0" "f sw JEn" VOBK-BELOW, LlCFT, JOH.X P. - COLAHAJI RIGHT,. DAJI -COLAHAJT. WILDE, WITH GUARD, TRAMSTYLE Banker Brings Man to Protect Him. PEOPLE INFLAMED, HE THINKS Pressing Business Makes His Present Trip Inconvenient. PLOT IS AGAIN CHARGED Friends, Says Accused Man In For mal Statement, Xeed Not Fear Outcome, Which He Predicts Wtll Be Vindication. LOS ANGELES. July 80. (Special.) Traveling with a bodyguard and in tate Louis J. Wilde, whose indictment by a Portland grand Jury for embezzle ment oreclDltated a controversy be tween the Governors of California and Oregon, has arrived In Los Angel from San Diego and was taken to the Van Nuys Hotel, where he stayed last night In the handsomest suite of rooms the hotel affords. Wilde was also ac rnmninled bv his private secretary, C W. Winn. He gave out the statement that ha was on his way to San Fran clsco to meet tho Portland officers, who will take him to Oregon to stand trial. Resistance Is Ended. "I gave my word of horiot to Gov ernor Johnson." said Wilde, "mat would go to San Francisco and meet the Portland officials. I am keeping mv word. Wilde declared he would make no ft-rther effort to fight extradition. T shall leave Los Angeles on th T-ark at 6 o'clock tonight," he aald "and arrive In San Francisco at 8:10 nvinxtr Mnndav morning. I expect to immediately to Special Agent Leonard from Portland and to leave at 11 o'clock the same day for the Oregon city." Party Travels In Style. . Wilde Is traveling In the style be fittlna- a millionaire. Tha only sug gestion of the trouble that has come to him Is In the. bodyguard that Is con atantlv at his side. The bodyguard will accompany him to Portland, where Wilde believes the people are much in flamed against him. Wilde last night attended a theater with his guard. Mr Wilde gave out the following state ment ' "I have no objection to returning to Portland and would have been mighty glad to do so if it had been at a more convenient time to me because of pressing business commitments and the great amount of work and buildings under contract. However, If It pleases ourGovernor and the better element of Oregon that I should vindicate myseli, there la no . reason for further delay. Any advantage I might take to avoid returning would be dishonorable, and (Concluded on Fage 3.) JERSEY GOVERNOR WHOSE REC- - r aTaOnDTOPB"Sl" official Spurns SPRINKLING RULE COUNCILMAN 3LAGUTRE WATERS LAWN DESPITE REGULATION. Policeman ' Who Tries to Stop City Legislator Gets Lecture That Sends Him Hurrying to Police Chief. James Magulre, lawmaker from the Tenth Ward. Is not thoroughly In ac cord with tha code laid down by the Water Board, according to Patrolman Burstow, who ordered the new Council man to quit sprinkling his lawn after the established hours, yesterday morn ing. The officer is authority for the statement that Mr. Magulre used harsh words in expressing his opinion of the Water Board and his intention to do Just as he pleased. Burstow rede past Mr. Maguire's resi dence, at E89 Prescott street, at 9:45 o'clock A. - M., and saw the official wieldlpg a hoee. contrary to the orders of the Wa'er Board. "You must stop that." said Burstow. "I won't," replied Magulre. "I've got orders to make you." said Burstow. "I don't care," said Maguire, who, ac cording to the officer, went on to ex plain that his grass was dying and that he would water It in spite of a place that has no irrigation system, and that no expletive-described man could make him stop. Burstow then delivered an edify ing homly in which he descanted upon the official position of the offender, his own obligation to carry out orders and his surprise that one af the citizens who was employed to make laws for him to enforce refused to regard the laws and applied heated language to him in the exercise of his authority. Then the officer, loath to arrest one of the city's legislators, rode away, and contented himself with setting forth the entire transaction in a report to his chief.- TOT DEAD, CARMEN MOBBED Crowd About to Run Car Over Pair When Lone Officer Rescues. NEW YORK, July SO. Three-year-old Morris Goldberg, weakened by a seven days' fast, was run over by a trolley car in front of his home today. Two thousand persons thereupon stormed the car, captured the" motor man and conductor, laid them on the tracks and were about to run tho car oVer them when a lone policeman seized the ringleader at the controller. Reserves then dispersed the mob. It was ascertained later that the en tire Goldberg family of . nine were starving. BIG CITIES GET POST BANKS Encouraged by .Success, Postmaster- General Extends System. WASHINGTON, July 30. Encouraged bv the success of the postal savings system in the hundreds of cities where it is already in operation, Postmabter General Hitchcock today signed an order extending the system to 10 large cities of the first class. Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, St. Paul Louisville, Jersey City, Wilmington Del., and Long Island City will have postal savings banks in operation on Sentember 1. The system now num bers among Its patrons natives of every European country and In addition many Chinese, Japanese and Hindus with a sprinkling of full-blood American In dians. EX-SHAH MENACES TOWN Mohammed Mirz Has Good Chance of Regaining His Throne. TEHERAN, July 30. Ex-Shah Mo hammed Mirz left Astrabad yesterday with an overwhelming force and now is marching on Teheran. There is much aprehension here that the ex-Shah's- attempts to regain his throne will succeed. ' . The Government Is wlthaut power to suppress the anarchtetie"'conditiou3 that prevail throughout ttif eountry. . INDEX OF .TODAY'S NEWS . i The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature 75 dearees: minimum, 51- degrees. TODAY'S Fair, westerly winds. 4 s J " Foreign. American employed to reform . Persia s finances .wins eeainat nusai& anu xci- Canadian flagahrp floated; thouch In (Teat perlL f age 2. Laurler sounds call to support ot Canadian reciprocity agreement- "fge " Domestic. Nat Goodwin to marry for fifth time. Page , . ' , Jyawyer-chaxg-ea New Tor woman wlth'hav- Ing evn Jiuaband"-' ,-Paga 3, . Tammany rule of Near York- Start proving- scandalous;' extravagance lie -overwuoim-ng. Page 1. . ., , ,. . - . Diet feud waxes over 20-cetttAa-.weaV,xooa-coaC theory. Page 3. Ban Bernardino forest fires break out afresh; .. lun ana CDiiagva ratnateu. . r aso a. Louis J". Wilde on- way Vorth.wfth private bodyguard, rac J. - . . '"...' 'f-port, , 7. Pacific Coast Leaeutr-rei'ults yetterday: Ixs Angeles 4.-T. Portland '1-2; Sacramento 1 -U, vernoo Y- . an jtbikjico z-a. u. land 0-6. Page ,.. Korthweetecn League results- yesterday: Vancouver 3, fortiana : 'jacoma Spo kane 1; Victoria S Seattle. 2. Page 8. Beavers' Hump In Los Angeles shock to fans. rage fi. , . -. Yaclflc 'Northwest. Taft's order quiets Asteria'a fear that Moa - qulto fleet will b. .tardy, page 5. Llncoln-Tafl Republican League meeting wttn general indorsement in Oregon. Page 6. Mlaa Louise Tlarrlngton Carey, brlde-eleot. cries following. operation ror appendicitis. Page 1r .Portland and Vicinity. Two police captains. 2 more sergeants. 5 . oetecuvea ana ov yMiuiuicu wiu " implicated In graft scandal; restricted district forecasted. Page 1. Cornerstone of St. Agatha's Institute laid. Page v. Citizens and officials to give home-coming Elks noisy welcome at union xepoi to day. Page 14. Bepresentatlve Eaton lias plsn to prevent ir.ua. in inumu,. wi. luuwuuu yau" GRAFT NET TAN GLES 2 2 More Sergeants Also Alleged in Scandal. 50 PATROLMEN IMPLICATED Investigators Find Evidence ofi Inner Circle" in Force, .jj NAMES HELD UNTIL1 TRIVJ Sordid Story of Inside Organization to Exact Tribute From Unfor tnnates Revealed Restricted j District Is Forecasted I Though neither Mayor Rushlight nor . John B, Coffey, chairman of the Polica Committee of the Executive Board, would admit it yesterday, It Is known that the suspension Saturday of Police Sergeant Cole, on a charge of graft lng. Is only the beginning of a thorough i shake-up of the Police Department, said to involve at least two other sergeants,' two captains of police, five detectives and about 50 patrolmen. Against most of these men, charges ol wholesale and systematic grafting from disorderly women and Chinese gamblers in the North and South ends will ba preferred. Several of the patrolmen will escape with minor charges of drunken ness, incompetency or insubordination but proof of any of these charges will be sufficient to insure dismissal from the department. Political Motives Denied. The contention in some quarters that the promised municipal housecleanlng is actuated by political motives and is directed particularly against members of the department who supported Joseph Simon in the last city election Is vigor ously denied by Jdayor Rushlight and members of his cabinet. Others profess to see in the crusade the preliminary move on the part of the Rushlight ad ministration to establish a restricted district Jn this city. By exposing existing alleged corrupt practices In the police department, made possible by a non-restricted pol icy, the present administration. It is said, will seek to convince the general public that the only practical way for solving the social problem Is to con sign unfortunate women to the least objectionable section of the city and keep them confined there under strict police patrol and regulation. Restricted District Probability. While Police Commissioner Coffejf refused to discuss the programme o6 the administration as to the- creation of a restricted district, that Is-apparV ently the ultimate purpose of the Ruah-t . light administration when one reads ". between the lines of an interview given; by Mr. Coffey yesterday. "The continued residence of dls orderly women In the residence dis- r tricts of the city and their soliciting in tho streets must and shall be termi nated," said Mr. Coffey. "Whenever a member of the police department la found grafting, charges will be pre ferred and he will be dismissed from the service. What is more, all such members of the department will ba prosecuted under the law and. If pos-H sible, sent to jail. "If the salaries paid by the city ta the members of the police department are not adequate and these employes feel that; they capnot make a living on those salaries ;withOufc -grafting. It Is up to them, to resign and seek more lucra tlve employment .Grafting officials under this administration will not ba tolerated." Dr." Lana Started Expose. This latest i expose of alleged graf In 'Portland's police department is only the sequel to an inquiry that was con ducted by. Dr. Harry Lane only three) o'r four months ago; In contemplation of, an official investigation of the po lice, department if ,he should have tha opportunity. Af-tnat time Dr. Lane waa considering' becoming ' a candidate for Mayor. himself. Tt is' known that at hla eft expense he hired a private detect ive to makers thorough investigation, of conditions ln'the police department. '-When'-ex-Mayor. Simon took office two years ago, he undertook to create) a restricted district, but opposition de veloped to that policy, and he ordered, the laws strictly enforced against dis orderly houses. The result was, that many of these women. Instead of leav ing the city, simply left their former haunts and invaded the business and residence sections. This made possible wholesale grafting by individual mem bers of the police department, who, when properly "seen." could easily waive all knowledge of the existence . of any such resort or resorts on theiu respective beats. Lane Seeks Honest Policemen. "My Qod. is there not an honest ona in the lot?" is said to have been the exclamation of Dr. Lane when he re ceived from his private detective a re port, detailing a general practice ol! ' graft among many members of the po lice department covering beats In tha North and South Ends especially. That report is said to have told of an organization within the police de- pouce cum (Concluded on Pace 8. 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