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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1910)
THE SUXDAT OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, APRIL 24, 1910. today for Jha.t will. In all probability, be her Jast visit to New York. Not quite 10 years ago the Wisconsin was .launched at San FTanclsco. When she leaves Xew Yo?k next week she will go Into retire ment from active service In the navy yard at Portsmouth, N. II. Most of her men will be transferred to eerve the reet of their time on the battleship Delaware, one of the new Dreadnought The prin cipal event of the Wisconsin's stay in New York will be a farewell reception on Tuesday night to 'Murphy," the Wis consin's kangaroo, and perhaps the most famous mascot In the American Navy. Murphy will go with the long-term man to the Delaware. CHINESE RIOTS DUE TO EXPORT OF RIGE MAY SUTTON LOSES A TTW iMwavs mease Berkeley Gjrl Now Woman's Champion in Tennis. With Crop Failure Presaging Starvation, People Wanted Grain for Own Use. HAZEL HOTCHKISS VICTOR i FOREIGN ATTACK INCIDENT Because of "Consular Demand for Shipments of Cereal, Indignation Against Whites Was Aroused. . ' Revolutionists Are Feared. PEK1N, April 23. (Special.) JAttacks upon magistrates and several mission buildings at Changteh Fu and reports of disturbances at other points in Hunan province nave aroused diplo matlc circles. Concern Is felt lest the trouble started in Cliangslia may de velop wide significance. The Chinese government. fearing revolutionaries may take advantage of the unrest srrowiii? out of the food sit uatlon, is taking stringent measures to suppress disorder. Fuller advices from Changsha emphasize that the rioting is not primarily due to anti-foreiKn feel Ing, but was turned acrulnst foreigners only upon the discovery that the Gov ernor's efforts to prevent the exporta tion of rice were balked largely through foreign influence. Thousands are on the verge of starvation, owing to failure of the crops. .Several weeks ago the Governor, to prevent high prices, prohibited all ex portatlon of rice. IJritish and Japanese merchants and shippers engaged in the rice trade protested fo their respective legations at Pekin in an effort to in duce the diplomatic corps as a body to protest. This was frustrated by the refusal of the American and German legations to join. The British and Japanese then pro tested to the Wat Wu Pu, which, in view of the trertties now in force, was reluctantly compelled to instruct the Governor that he must postpone his in hibition of exporlj A jump in the price of the people's fod quickly fol lowed the suspension of the inhibition and drove the poor In desperation to wreck the government buildings, and afterwards consulates, missions and other foreign buildings. Three men implicated in the recent bomb plot against the regent, arrested at Pekin today, confessed their guilt. Two leaders, educated in Japan, pro fessing to belong to the Sun Yat Sun party in San Francisco, say bomb methods are discountenanced, and hence the thre men acted upon their own re sponsibility. POSTMASTER IS BETTER Operation Performed and Patient Rallies Well. John C. Young, Postmaster of Portland, mas operated on at St. Vincent's Hospital , yesterday, and an organic obstruction of the bowels removed. His condition Is regarded as grave, although Dr. Andrew C. Smith, the attending physician, said the patient had a good chance of re covery from the operation. Dr. Smith was assisted in the operation by Dr. INoble Wiley Jones, Dr. A. K. Rockey and Dr. George P. Wilson. AVhen asked if . iMr. Young was Buffering from a cancer, ' Dr. Smith said that lie was not. Postmaster Young lias been ill for a month past, his first seizure being an at tack of grip. He did not recover hia strength and later was attacked by gas tritis. Until within the last week his ill ness waa not regarded as serious and it was expected at the Postofflce that the Postmaster would be able to return to his duties soon. Air. Young recovered from the- influ ence of the anesthetic with little trouble, and Is resting fairly easy. Members of his family are at the bedside and num erous messages of sympathy from friends were received by the sick man yester day. REVENUE MAN IN TROUBLE Special Agents Wants Collector or Hawaii Removed. HONOLULU. April 23. Alleging technical violations of law, Special I Agent W. B. Thomas, of the Internal Revenue Service, has made a report to Washington in which the removal from office of Collector of Internal Revenue W. F. Drake of Hawaii is recommended. The report follows an investigation of the affairs of the collector's office by Thomas which it is stated, revealed technical irregularities. Thomas' report is said also to recom mend that removal of Deputies Doyle end R. S. Johnstone. The matter hns been called to the at tention of United States District At Itorner A. L. C. Atkinson, whose reuom Lmendatlon to Washington was contrary to that of Thomas and no action -will I be taken by the Department until the full record is received. JURY-TAMPERING CHARGED Pittsburg Graft Cases "Vlcld New Scandal at Outset. PHILADELPHIA, April 23. That men implicated in the councilmanic scandal in Pittsburg have raised a large fund to defeat the ends of justice and that the present panel from which will be chosen jurors to hear the cases Is being tampered with, were allega tions made to the State Supreme Court today by District Attorney William A. Blakelcy of Allegheny County. Mr. Blakeley made his charges in tfllngr his answer to the petition of Max O. Leslie, delinquent Tax Collector of Allegheny County, indicted in the .scandal, who wants a change of venue. EOY PROBABLY RUNAWAY lironnril Scrlber's lilcyeie .Found iear Salem Depot. SALEM. Or., April 23. (Special.) Patrolman Larry MurpTiy today found near the Southern Pacific depot, the bicycle and bundle of papers of Leonard Bc.riber, the Oregonlan carrier boy, who disappeared Wednesday morning. This Is taken to indicate that the boy has run away to see the world. Hattleship Retires From Service. NEW YORK. April 23. The battleship Wisconsin, whose sailors have made themselves famous as the publishers of the Badger, la anchored in the Hudson BRYAN LIKES HOOSIER PLAN Effort to Have Convention Name Senator Indorsed. - INDIANAPOLIS, April 23. It was learned today that William J. Bryan had written Governor Thomas K. Marshall Indorsing the Governor's ef forts to have the Democratic state convention next week propose a can didate for the United States SoJiate. "The popular election of Senators has been Indorsed by the last three Demo cratic National conventions," said Mr. Bryan In his letter, "and the nomina tion of a Republican candidate In In diana makes It even more imperative that our party shall meet the issue solidly with a clean-cut platform and a strong candidate." The opposition to the convention in dorsing a candidate for the Senate is WHITE SALMON BASEBALL TEAM, DEFEATING GOLDEN BALE, STARTS WITH 1000 PERCENTAGE, AND ' RECEIVES $100 FOR FEAT. . - i u - as'' f' 5 llcJ I k : 'fit B' ; - - C f , mMH I rM -2 -'t:k Top Row (Left to Right) Jacobson, Pitcher; Plynn, Umpire; J. G. Myers, Manager; Sut hei-llo. Catcher. Second Row Troeh, Pitcher; Keef hnuer, Second Bane; Martin, Shortstop; Talbert, Center Kleld; Hall, Ftrnt Bane; Huinphrry, Substitute. Third Hon ItonlinK, Substi tute; Van Vlst, Left Field; ilainlltou, Right Kield; Coy, Third Bnse; Trovh, Mnscot. WHITE SALMON. Wash., April 23. (Special.) By defeating Gold endale 8 to 0, the White Salmon baseball team starts out with a percent age of 1000, and for the victory the players received a sift of $100 belnir led by Thomas Tasrarart. ei- chairman of the Democratic National committee, who is a Senatorial candi date. SAWMILL PLANT PROMISED Purchase of Land Xear Astoria In dicate Xew Enterprise. ASTORIA, Or., April 23. (Special.) Deeas were tiled here today . recording the purchase by A. W. Clark and J. B. Robinson, of Portland, of 360 acres near Westport, formerly owned by the Douglas Land Trust Company. This property adjoins a 400-acre tract which the same men bought two weeks ago from S. E. Harris, making a total of about 730 acres, nearly, nearly one and a half miles of frontage they now own there. Mr. Clark and Mr. Robinson recently BEHKKLEV GIRL WINS WORLD'S TK.WIS CHAMPIONSHIP. Hazel Hotchklaa. acquired the Salditn timber holdings and logging camp above Westport and ine announcement Is made that the frontage Just bought is to be utllizori for the establishment of a large saw mill plant the coming Summer. SAY! LEND ME $2.S0. 229 Morrison St. 4 : & -V , X v - i: . In Most Exciting and Fiercely Con tested Match, Conjj'ieror -of Champions Goes Down to De feat, After Winning First Set. VENTURA, Cal.. April 23. (Special.) Another champion has gone down to defeat. May Sutton, the champion of cham pions In the tennis world, fell before Hazel Hotchklss, of Berkeley, this aft ernoon at the NordhoTf tennis tourna ment. The score at the finish was 2-6, 6-4, 6-0. It tells its own story. It was one of the hottest contests ever held on the Nordhoff courts, and S. Reeves, Photo. every point, was bitterly contested, though the doughty little champion, -.vho took the first set and started out a winner, as was expected, lost the second by the careful and superior playing of the little woman from the North, and after that Miss Sutton seemed to lose her control of tilings and was beaten the last set by the re markable score of 6-0. -She simply could not get a game. This is the first time she was ever defeated In America, and never until last year had she lost a single set to an American woman. When Miss Hotchklss was overwhelmed with con gratulations at the conclusion of the match Mlsa Sutton took her defeat good naturedly and said she did the best she could. . BAIL CUT INSLAVE CASE Attempts at Bribery by Traffickers Brought Out in Court. SEATTLE, April 23. In the Superior Court today, counsel for Frank Shapiro, an influential politician charged with participation in the white slave traffic, asked that Shapiro- bail be reduced from J7500. Prosecuting Attorney Vanderveer ob jected, and repeated his statement that a bribe of $1000 had been offered to him if he would approve a bail bond of $2500. Judge James T. Ronald, on the bench, stated that he had been notified by Deputy Sheriff John Stringer that a bribe of $500 had been offered to him If he would assist in raising $2500 bail for Joseph Hermans, convicted of re ceiving the earnings of a slave girl, and who has appealed to the State Supreme Court. Judge Ronald reduced Shapiro's bail to $6000. Burial to Be In Sheridan, Or. i DAYTON, Wash., April 23. (Special.) Mrs. Robert Smith, who died here Wednesday of tuberculosis, will be burled at Sheridan, Or., Sunday. Mrs. Smith is survived by' a husband, four children and an aged father, who lives at Butler, Or. Piles Quickly Cured at Home Instant Relief, Permanent Cure Trial Package Mailed Fr.j to All in Plain Wrapper. Many cases of Piles have been cured by a trial package of Pyramid Pile Cure without further treatment. 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The shutdown is a strike of the manu facturers against the brokers, who are accused of trying lo force down prices below the point at which' the manufac turers can operate at a profit. It Is believed that the shutdown will be brief, ls the brokers have only a small supply on hand and have booked large orders which must be filled immediately. The Ballard mills Just closed have an Your Spring" Suit to Order OF THE BEST MATERIAL AND CUT AT LESS THAN READY MADE CLOTHES COST We bought a magnificent line of woolens for two stores. We failed to se cure the other store building, so have twice too much stock on hand. We must get rid of it, even if we only secure cost. The line includes all of this season's leading patterns and fabrics, the kind of cloth that looks well and holds its shape until you are tired of it. Never sold for less and worth $35 and $40. MONDAY AND TUESDAY ONLY LOSE NO TIME American Gentleman Tailors PORTLAND'S LEADING Suits Opposite Postoffice output of nearly two million shingles a day. It Is said that the brokers have only 1000 cars of shingles on hand and heavy orderw from the last to fill. The Washington Shingle. Orading Association, at a meeting at Everett, Wednesday, voted to do all in its power to defeat the alms of the price-cutting speculators, now trying to bear the shingle market by Inducing manufac turers to put a large number of unsold cars In transit. In order to force prices down when the cars reach Minnesota transfer. The leading wholesalers in Seattle and Tacoma are aiding the manufacturers In their fight for a fair price for their shingles, having re cently sent out a large number of cir culars urging the manufacturers to re fuse to sell at less than $1.80 and $2.20, and asking them not to put unsold cars in transit. STEAMER CRIPPLED AT SEA Bertha's Steering Gear Breaks Sown on Voyage to Alaska. SEATTLE, April 23. A wireless dis patch from the steamship Princess May states that the steamship Bertha, of the Alaska Coast Company's fleet, was disabled In Knox Bay, Johnson Strait, this morning, her steering gear having broken. The Princess May asked the Bertha if she needed aid, but the captain of the Bertha declined assistance, raying that he would be able to proceed after temporary repairs were made. The Bertha left Seattle Wednesday evening for Prince William Sound ports, via the inside passage, with a large passenger list and a full cargo. Bedell Accused of Sugar Fraud. N NEW YORK, April 23. G-eorge E. Bed e41. who was chief clerk of James V. 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It U a aorrel horse and Is a mate for which the Commissioners have been looking for a year to match ine one already at the farm. The an! mal cost the county $275. Receiver Named for Morse. NEW YORK. April 28. Justice Blanchard today appointed Frank Hendricks receiver of all property and effects or Charles W, Morse, banker. who is serving a 15-year sentence in the Federal prison at Atlanta. This action was the result of a suit brought by Montrose W. Houck to collect a Judgment for $28,626. Enumerator Reports Refusal. VANCOUVER. Wash., April 23 fgpeclal. L. Mintner is the only per. of Sixth and Stark Streets $4(0) V son in Clark County who has refused thus far to give to the census enumera tor the required Information. Mintner said that he owed the Government nothing and would not give any mar than his name. After going back tho second time and upon again being re fused. 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