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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 7, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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French Slay Moors by
the Hundred.
PENALTY OF THEIR TREACHERY
$l!ow Marines to Land and
Then Shoot Them Down.
BAYONETS SCATTER ENEMY
Warships Then Bombard City and
Destroy Battery Tribesmen's
Camp Broken Up Powers
Approve Course of France.
TANGIER. Aug. 6. Casa Blanca, on
the Moroccan coast, has been bombarded
by French cruisers, the Moors are report
ed to have been shot down in large num
bers, and the town since last Sunday
night has been practically in the posses
sion of landing parties from French and
Spanish cruisers. The first shots were
fired by the Moors. The French re
sponded with a bayonet charge and the
bombardment of the native quarter with
melinite sheila. The French had six men
wounded but no (one killed. No Euro
pean residents were hurt.
The occupation of Casa Blanca is a di
rect outcome of the native uprising,
which resulted in the killing last week
of eight Europeans at Casa Blanca. Both
France and Spain are hurrying other war
ships with troops and marines on board
to various points on the Moroccan coast
for the protection of foreigners.
Under the terms of the Algeciras con
vention the two powers are charged with
the policing of Beaports of Morocco and
their action at Casa Blanca has brought
no protest from any power. The states
of Europe have expressed their willing
ness that France and Spain restore order
in Morocco. No other countries are in
volved. Bombardment Followed Attack.
News of fighting at Casa Blanca was
brought here by the steamer Anatole. On
Saturday night the French naval officer
in command informed the Moorish au
thorities that he' was going to land a
force for the protection of the French
Consul. Authorization to do so was
given. The force went ashore Sunday
morning at daybreak. The Frenchmen
were no sooner on the beach than they
were fired upon by Moorish soldiers and
In this first encounter the French force
sustained all its casualties. The French
men fought their way to the consulate
and then signaled the cruiser Galilee to
bombard the native quarter.
The Galilee at once opened upon the
Moors. She was joined at 11 o'clock by
the French cruiser DuChayla and both
fired until 2000 rounds of ammunition had
been expended. This fire is said to have
been disastrous to the Arabs. The bat
teries on a fort at the mouth of the har
bor fired at one of the French cruisers,
but it was quickly silenced and reduced.
Troops Guard Consulates.
A second French landing party went
ashore and Joined the first party at the
consulate. A third party from the Span
ish cruiser Don Alvaro de Bazan was
landed and occupied the Spanish consul
ate. The European quarter of Casa
Blanca was not damaged. ,
The remainder of the European resi
dents of Casa Blanca are either at their
respective consulates or have taken re
fuge oft board a German and English ves
sel in the harbor.
France and Spain have agreed on the
terms of a French-Spanish note informing
the powers signatories of the Algeciras
' convention, including the United States,
of their intention to keep within the
terms of the convention In dealing with
the situation in Morocco. The next
measures to be adopted depend largely
upon what develops at Casa Blanca as a
result of the occupation of that town.
STREET FIGHTIXG AliL DAY
French Slaughter Moors for Treach
erous Attack on Marines.
PARIS, Aug. 6. A special dispatch
received here from Tangier says the
street fighting in the bombardment of
Casa Blanca, according to a refugee
who arrived from there on the steamer
Anatole, continued throughout Sunday,
and was still in progress when the
Anatole left at 6 o'clock Sunday even
ing. The French ships fired a total of
about 2060 shells. The number of
Moorish dead will run into the hun
dreds. A single party of marines
killed 150 Moors. -.The French wound
ed number about 12. No Frechmen
were killed. The "Marabout Sidl
Marouf was wounded.
On Saturday night the Moorish
Pasha at Casa Blanca was advised
that troops would be landed the next
day. He gave assurances that the city
would remain calm. Sunday morning
a detachment of 60 French marines, in
command of an ensign, landed in the
city. This force had hardly passed
through the water gate before it re
ceived a volley fire at point blank
range from a detachment of regular
Moorish troops. Five marines and the
ensign were wounded. The ensign was
shot through both hands.
In spite of his Injuries, he ordered
his men to tlx bayonets and charge.
BLOODY
REM
BLANCA
This the Frechmen did, and in the
fighting -150 Moors lost their lives.
The marines continued their way,
clearing the enemy as they went, un
til they reached the French consulate,
where French citizens in Casa Blanca
had taken refuge. The other European
residents had sought safety at their
respective consulates.
Iu the meantime the French cruiser
Galilee had commenced shelling the
native villages outside of Casa Blanca
to prevent armed Arabs from entering
the city. According to the Anatole
passengers, shells could be seen tear-
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lng up the earth and killing men and
horses.
At 11 o'clock in the morning the
French cruiser Du Chayla arrived.
She bad been in wireless communica
tion with the Galilee, and as she
steamed in her gunners were at their
stations. Broadside on to the beach,
she opened an enfilading fire with
melinite shells on the horsemen and
natives on foot, who were in the mar
ket place to the east tf the town. The
horsemen were riding madly in cir
cles. Hapld-Fire Guns Clear Way.
The Du Chayla also sent a party
ashore, under Commandant Manguin.
As they were landing, the men were
subjected to a fire from a Moorish
force under command of the Marabout
Sidl Belout, but the rapid-fire guns in
the bows of the French launches
cleared the way for the sailors' land
ing expedition. They scaled the walls
of the Portuguese consulate and
reached the French consulate under
cover of the guns of the marines al
ready there. -
A party of 30 men landed from a
Spanish cruiser, but this vessel did not
take part in the bombardment.
At half-past i in the. afternoon the
French cruiser Forbin arrived and im
mediately thereafter the Anatole left.
She was requisitioned by the French
Consul to carry dispatches to Tangier.
As she left port she passed a German
and an English vessel crowded with
refugees.
FRENCH MOW DOWN MOORS
Battery Destroyed by Shells and
Tribesmen Slain by Hundreds.
TANGIER, Aug. 6. According to a
semi-official account of the fighting at
Casa Blanca, the commander of the
Galilee asked for permission to land a
guard of sailors to protect the French
consulate, which was granted, but,
while the guard was proceed.ng to the
consulate, it was fired upon in the streets
and six bluejackets and an ensign
wounded. The French then cleared the
streets at the point of the bayonet,
killing many of; the Moors.
On arriving at the consulate, the guard
signalled the news of the Incident to the
Galilee and the French ship notified
the Spanish cruiser, which landed a
guard for the consulate of Spain. The
warship then bombarded the Arab quar
ter of Casa Blanca.
The Casa Blanca battery fired a couple
of blank shots when the Du Chayla was
entering the bay and the cruiser re
plied, destroying part of the battery,
the Moorish gunners retiring. The Eu
ropean part of the city was not touched.
The DuChayla then shelled the beach,
where a number of Kabyles had assem
bled, killing many of them. The cruisers
also shelled the outskirts of Casa Blanca,
where groups of Moors were seen.
The French ships at Casa Blanca are
the Galilee, Du Chayle and Forbin and
the Spanish -cruiser Don Alvaro de Bazan
Is also there.
Senor Mezeranl, the Italian Minister
here, has demanded reparation for the
murder of three Italians at Casa Blanca
and the wounding of a fourth Italian
subject. The minister Insists on the
punishment of the guilty persons and the
payment of an indemnity 'to the rela
tives of- the victims.
Reports from Rabat say the sttautlon
there is critical. The Berber tribesmen
continue threatening to Invade the city,
and panic-stricken Europeans are flee
ing the place.
FRENCH PREVENT MASSACRE
First Landing Party Trapped, but
Fights Way Out.
LONDON, Aug. 7. In a dispatch from
Tamgier the correspondent of the Times
says congratulations ere due to the
French government for the prompt meas
ures it has taken at Casa Blanca. and to
the French ' seamen, who, in the face
of overwhelming numbers, showed splen
did courage and . undoubtedly saved the
European residents of Casa Blanca from
massacre.
According to the latest reports, shots
were fired Sunday on a French con
sulate, and when the French consul de
manded protection from the governor
and the military commander of the town
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ORDER TO CLOSE
HAS BEEN ISSUED
Gambling in Astoria Is
Shut Down.
EXTENDS TO WHOLE DISTRICT
District Attorney Hedges
Makes Clean Sweep.
SOONER . THAN INTENDED
Did Not Want to Move fntil Prepa
rations Had Been Made to En
force Regulation Violators of
Law Given One Week.
The gamblers of Astoria say they
will make no attempt to evade the
law. but will obey the District At
torney's order. There will probably
bo a protest from owners of slot ma
chines, who have paid license fees to
the city. Some of the business men
say that the order will enforce a
curtailment of civic improvements.
OREGON CITY, Or., Aug. 6. (Special.)
Gambling has been ordered closed by
District Attorney Gilbert L. Hedges in
Astoria, and in every one of the four
counties in the Fifth Judicial District
Clatsop, Clackamas, Columbia and Wash
ington. The District Attorney said two
weeks ago when he closed up the saloons
on Sundays in these counties, that he
would not act locally relative to the en
forcement of state laws and his action
of this afternoon proves his statement
correct.
Came Sooner Than Expected.
It was not the intention of Mr. Hedges
to close gambling in his district just
now. He believed the time was not yet
ripe for such a move and . stated that
whenever he acted he expected opposi
tion and wanted to be assured that the
local authorities in the several-cr-anties.
but in Astoria particularly, would stand
behind him. This desired assurance was
received sooner than he expected and
today there came to him from Astoria
the knowledge that both county and city
officials of that city would enter no bar
to his progress along reform lines. Late
this afternoon he Bent the following
order to his deputies, John C. McCue, of
Astoria, Clatsop County; John M. Wall,
of Hlllsboro, Washington County, and
W. H. Powell, of St. Helens, Columbia
County:
District Attorney's Order.
To whom it may concern:
I call attention to section 1344 of Bell
inger and Cotton's Annotated Code and
Statutes of Oregon, which reads as fol
lows: ?
Gambling unlawful.
Each and every person who shall deal,
play, carry on. open or - causa to be opened,
or who shall conduct either as owner, pro
MODERN-DAY RIVALS
Rammes "I'll Just pnt my name
on everything;."
Dr. Large rushing- to attend.
prietor, or employe, whether for hire or
not, any game of faro, monte. roulette,
rouge et noir, lanquenet, ronod, vlngtun
(or twenty-one), poker, draw-poker, brags,
bluff, thaw, or any banking or any othor
game played with cards, dice, or any other
device, whether . the same be played for
money, checks, credits, or any other rep
resentative of value, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine of not more
than five hundred dollars, and shall be
Imprisoned in the County Jail until such
fine and costs are paid; provided, that such
person so convicted shall be imprisoned
one day for every two dollars of. such
fine and costs. And provided further, that
such Imprisonment shall not exceed one
year.
On and after Tuesday, August 13, 1907,
the above section of our statutes will be
strictly enforced in the Fifth Judicial
District, State of Oregon, comprising the
counties of Clackamas, Clatsop, Colum
bia and Washington.
That the enforcement of said section
may prove effective, I call upon the
press, municipal authorities and the best
citizens in the district to co-operate with
me in this matter.
GILBERT L. HEDGES,
District Attorney for the Fifth Judicial
District, State of Oregon.
Dated at Oregon City this the 6th day
of August. 1907.
Gives One Week's Grace.
The District Attorney believes that it
Is only fair to give the violators of the
law a reasonable time In which to close
up ' their vocation, in view of the fact
that they have remained .undisturbed for
such a long while, and he accordingly
has given them one week's grace", mak
ing his order effective on Tuesday of
next week. He took similar action when
he closed the Milwaukie Country Club,,
though concealing it from the public and
press, and thereby making himself a
target for censure and condemnation
Xrom the pulpit, the press and the public.
Mr. Hedges has had some terrific ex
perience with the press in the past week
and he wants their support in this deal.
He sealized that the Astoria proposition
Is not regarded as an easy nut to crack
and has Issued a call upon the press, the
municipal authorities and the best citi
zens asking their co-operation.
ASTORIA IS NOT SUPRISED
Order Has Been Expected Diversity
of Opinion as to Effect on City.
ASTORIA, Or.,' Aug. 6. (Special.) The
news that District Attorney Hedges has
Issued instructions to his deputies to close
gambling in the Fifth Judicial District
caused little surprise here, as the order
has been expected for several dayB.
Deputy Attorney McCue stated this eve
ning that while he had received no official
notification of the order, and of course
does not know just how sweeping it is,
he will see that the instructions of the
District Attorney are strictly obeyed in
Clatsop County. Little if any trouble on
that score is anticipated here, as the pro
prietors of the gambling-houses say they
will make no attempt to evade the law
and will close down whenever notified to
do so by the proper authorities. v
'- Will Be Soie P d(st.
The most -vigorous protest against the
order Is looked for fVom the owners of
the slot machfnes, of which there are
about 140 in the city, including both money
and card machines, on which licenses of
17.50 each have been paid to the city for
the quarter ending on September 30. These
are understood to be included in the list
of gambling devices to be shut down.
Among the citizens generally there is a
diversity of opinion regarding the action
of the District Attorney. Some say it is
the best thing that could happen to the
city, while others assert Just as strongly
that nothing worse could have happened
at this particular time. The latter and
among them are some of the business men
ay it will mean the. loss of thousands
of dollars to the community as many of
the fishermen will now go elsewhere as
soon a the season is over In place of
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OP RAMESES II, THE CHAMPION SELF-ADVERTISER
v OF ANTIQUITY
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Mr. 3. Ham Lewis 'It mother
could only see me now."
Mr. John Barrett "Whoso blow
eth not his own horn, the same it
shall not be blown."
FATHER DROWNS
SAVING HIS SON
Dr. James M. Smith Is
Dead at Long Beach.
BOY STEPS INTO GRAB HOLE
Father in Aiding Him Is Caught
by Undertow. , .
LESLIE SMITH IS SAVED
Harry Tinker Plunges In and Res
cues Lad, but Father Is Carried
Out Tinker Himself Rescued
With Great Difficulty.
LONG BEACH, "Wash., Aug. 6. (Special.)
Dr. James M. Smith, an osteopath phy
sician, residing at 286H Washington
street, Portland, was drowned in the
surf at Long Beach, Wash., about 11
o'clock this morning, and two others
had narrow escapes from losing their
lives at the same time.
Dr. Smith and his son Leslie, a boy
13 years of age, were In bathing when
the boy got beyond his depth in a crab
hole that is about 100 feet in width
between the beach and a sandbar that
makes out into the ocean. Dr. Smith
went to the assistance of his eon, and
grabbed him by the arm, but the strong
undertow tore them apart. The lad
managed to reach the sandbar, but the
father was left struggling In the water.
Harry Tinker, who was on the beach
at the time, threw on a life-preserver,
plunged Into the water and would have
been able to save Dr. Smith had not
the boy become excited and started to
swim ashore from the sandbar. This
necessitated Tinker helping the boy
ashore, and before he could return Dr.
Smith bad gone down. In the mean
time a number of boys grabbed a life
line, swam out and pulled Tinker
ashore just in time, as he was in an
exhausted condition. '
About an hour and a half later Dr.
Smith's body was seen floating in the
surf off Tioga, some distance above
Long Beach, -but it disappeared before
it could be reached and has not been
recovered. When brought ashore, Les
lie Smith was in a precarious condition,
and physicians worked over him for
nearly two hours before he recovered.
Mrs. Smith who was at the beach a
the time of the accident, left this even
ing with her two sons on the steamer
Potter for her home in Portland.
FIRES ON CAMANQ ISLAND
AH the Timber on the Island Threat
ened Settlers Fleeing.
SEATTLE, WaRh., Aug 6. Forest
fires threaten to sweep every stick of
standing timber from Camano Island.
Fire broko out Wednesday of last
Mr. Wood "These Ideas will
look new."
Sog-gesrlon to Mr. Bryan-
week and now three fires are sweep
ing back and forth as the wind varies.
The Camano Commercial Company
lost 2,000,000 feet of cedar and three
quarters of a mile of railroad. The
heaviest losers on the island will be
the Puget Sound Timber &. Mill Com
pany. Settlers have been obliged to
vacate their homes on short notice.
One man, George Roop, saved his fur
niture only by burying it in an old
well.
The fire is near the town of Ca
mano, a place of about 350 inhabitants,
and threatens some homes near the
town. Camano itself has fire protec
tion. Another bad fire is reported on
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the southern end of Whidby Island.
The Hewitts' logging camp was de
stroyed at that place.
MAX SAW FLASH OF PISTOL AND
WOMAN FALL.
Says He Is Positive Shot Could Not
Have Been Fired by Convicted
Professor.
MANHEIM, Aug. 6. Another witness
has come forward to declare that Karl
Hau, the former professor of Roman law
at George Washington University, Wash
ington, D. C, who was found guilty of
the murder of his mother-in-law. Frau
Molltor, at Karlsruhe, July 27, and con
demned to die, is In reality innocent of
the crime.
The name of. .tM -new. witness is Karl
Lingenau. and his statement has created
a sensation. He affirms that at the
time of the murder last November be was
walking behind Frau Molitor and her
daughter. He saw the flash of a pistol
and saw one of the women fall. He did
not see the murderer but said he could
not possibly have been Hau.
During the trial Lingenau forwarded
anonymously a statement containing
these assertions to Hau on his arrest. He
did not appear at the trial because of
his desire to conceal, for private reasons,
nis presence in Karlsruhe.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY Maximum temperature, TT de
grees; minimum, o4 deirrees.
TODAY Showers and cooler. Southwest to
west winds.
Foreign.
French warships bombard Casa Blanca and
French and Spanish troops occupy town.
rase 1.
Ito tells of reforms he has made In Corea.
Page 8.
Japanese army officer defends StoesseL
Pag.j 8.
Russian terrorists to hold convention In
Lndon. Page 4.
Woman murdered at Monte Carlo and
shipped in trunk. Page 2.
National.
Army officer writes brutal letter to sol
dier's mother and gets mild sentenoe.
Page 3.
Railroads Join forces with Standard Oil to
fight rebate prosecution. Page 4.
Government discovers trick of powder trust.
Page 4.
Politics.
Roosevelt said by Intimate friend to desire
New York Senatorshlp. Page 1.
Domestic.
Portland ' woman mobbed in Chicago for
beating husband, who deserted her.
Page 3.
Railroad men alarmed at exposure of cause
of wrecks. Fase .2.
Union Pacific- earnings increase with 2-cent
fare. Page 5.
Miners' ' Federation dismisses Darrow and
again hires Richardson. Page 3.
New York mob almost lynches man for kiss
ing girl. Page 2.
Move to oompromlse railroad war in Ala
bama. Page 5.
X M. Long fined In Colorado Springs for
beating woman companion. Page 4.
Tornado does great damage In three Iowa
Page 3. .
i Sport.
Sonoi.. ..all runs away In race at Buffalo,
throws driver, but . wins big stake.
Page 7.
Portlands throw away first game of series
with Oakland, score D-4. Page 7.
Pacific Coast.
District Attorney Hedges issues an ordor
to close gambling In the Fifth Judicial
District. Page 1.
Puget Sound and Alaska salmon pack Vails
far short of last year. Page 11.
Commercial and Marine.
Cascara bark market unsettled. Page 13.
Wheat weak and lower at Chicago. Page 15.
Mysterious selling of stocks at New York.
Page 15.
Large sales of wool at Boston. Page. IS.
Arctic Stream and H. Hackfeld chartered
for Portland. Page 14,
Portland and Vicinity.
Mayor will aid Board of Health to secure
new garbage crematory. Page 14.
Police Sergeant Baty to be promoted.
Page 14.
Portland's assessed valuation increased by
20.O00,OOO. Page 10.
Harriman expert is investigating coal pros
pects In Oregon. Page 10.
Father Desmarals tells of trip to Europe.
Page 10.
Aged disciple of frensled finance goes to
poorfarm. Page 11.
ROOSEVELT WANTS
TO BE SENATOR
Piatt's Seat Suits Him
After Presidency.
HE DESIRES NO THIRD TERM
Course of Action Decided on
Some Time Ago.
ANSWER ROLL CALL' 1909
Statement Made on nighest Possible
Authority That President, While
Making Xo Public Announce
ment, Has Mind Made Vp.
WASHINGTON', Aug. 6. (Special.
President Roosevelt has but one ambition
for his own future. He wants to be a
Senator of the United States from tha
State of New York, when he has finished
his term as President, and he does not
want anything else. The authority on
which this statement is made is the
highest possible.
President Roosevelt Is not personally
going around telling everyone what he
wants, but there is no room whatever
for doubt that his personal desire is to
step from the White House into the
Senate Chamber, and as the successor of
Thomas Collier Piatt be present at the
first roll-call of the extra session that his
Presidential successor will call and which
will come to order oh March 5, 1909.
All of the talk about te possibility of
President Roosevelt succeeding: himself
has been the veriest moonshine, so far as
the President himself was concerned.
From the moment of his triumphant elec
tion, in 1904, he has never for a moment
seriously considered himself a possible
candidate for the nomination in 1908, and
there is the best of reasons for believing
that when he made his declaration that
he would not accept a renomlnation he
bad already determined on a course of
action calculated to bring about the cul
mination of his real ambition, a seat in
the Senate.
TEXAXS AMEND CONSTITUTION
Provide lor Confederate Women's
Home and State College.
AUSTIN. Texas, Aug. 6. Early return
received from today's special, election held
throughout the state to pass upon sev
eral constitutional amendments indicate
that the amendment providing for a
Confederate women's home, an agricul
tural bureau, and for a road tax, will be
carried, while those providing for an In
crease in the pay of members of the
Legislature and for a state printing
plant will probably be defeated.
Dies From Kf foots of Fall.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6. Miss Bessie
Emerson, a resident of Osceola, Mo., was
tonight accidentally thrown form a
streetcar at Main and Washington streets
and sustained a fracture of the skull.
She died at the receiving hospital a few
minutes later.
ITALIANS TERRORIZE TOWM
They Attack Railroad Foreman, but
Mayor and Posse Suppress Kiot.
MURPHTSBORO, III., Aug. 6. Word
was received here late this afternoon
from Fordyce, a village 10 miles west of
here, that a gang of rioting Italians have
control of .the town.
MURPHYSBORO. 111.. Aug. 6. A mes
senger from Foryce states that Sheriff
Haiwon has suppressed the rioting Ital
ians and has made IS arrests. Many of
the Italians, evading arrest, were driven
into the adjacent woods by the posse.
The rioters were employed as laborers
by the Irion Mountain road. They de
manded the dismissal of Robert House,
the foreman, and upon refusal of Road
master Carey to accede to their demand,
they set upon Mr. House and Mr. Carey.
Soon the fighting became general and the
village was terrorized.
Mayor Craln and almost the entire pop
ulation of Fordyce armed themselves with
revolvers, shotguns and rifles and, by
threatening to shoot, stayed the mob.
Seventeen of the gang were arrested, and
brought here tonight. The others es
caped to the woods. No one was injured
by the rioters, but the villagers are much
incensed against the Italians.
ANOTHER ROOT WEDDING
Elihu Root, Jr., to Marry Miss A. Ii.
Stryker.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6. Announcement is
made of the engagement between Eljhu
Root, Jr., eldest son of Elihu Root, Sec
retary of State, and Miss Alida Living
ston Stryker, eldest daughter of President
M. Woolsey Stryker, of Hamilton College.
It was only a few days ago that the en
gagement of the daughter of Secretary
Root to U. S. Grant, son of Frederick
D. Grant, was made public.
KANSAS PEOPLE SWELTER
Hottest Day of Year in Sunflower
State.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 6. The highest
temperatures of the year were reported
from Abilene and Leavenworth, Kan., to
day, the thermometer registering loo' de
grees at both places. At Leavenworth)
six persons were prostrated.