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!r M rrvrVWVVViVlSYr IT ltJ ' J'Z:r: . ill 11 1 1 If f.s r n m I IN fci M 1 A El M In rnt id.ju. : . PORTLAND NAMED BY ELKS FOR 1912 Great Convention Won Unanimously. HEARTS SET ON COMING HERE Moser's Speech Greeted With Wild Enthusiasm. SULLIVAN EXALTED RULER tn- Orleans Man Elected on First Ballot to Lead Antlered Host. Portland Elka Are Serenaded . at Their Headquarter. FACT ABOCT If It GRAND LODGE COXTESTIOf OF XU. Portland L1. " 145. hot. ProbM dat. July 9 to 14. Nuinbar of a&t represented. 1300. Number of Elk. Uk.ly to attend. ao.ooo. Total number of visitors likely to comt, 73.O0O. OfflrUI In chenre John P. Sulll tu. of New Orleans, grand exalted ruler. Amount of mon.r to bo spent In nl.rtatnm.ct. OOO. Estimated amount likely to be pent by Tla'tora. $".000,000. BT K. K .Kl'BLI. Exalted Rul.r Portland Ledge of Elka ATLANTIC CITY. N. J-. July 11. (Special. By ununlmoua vote of all the delegate, who thundered tumul tous applause as they cast their ballots !y acclamation In a scene unparalleled for enthusiasm la the Ions; history of trand lodKe of the order. Portland. Cr was today cho.en as the meeting; place far the next convention of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks In ltX. Portland was the only city even to be nominated for the honor of enter, talntng the antlered brotherhood next year. After the uproar that followed the speech of Cus C Moser nominating; 1'ortland had died down. Garry Herr mann. Brand exalted ruler, smilingly Instructed Fred Robinson, the grand secretary, to cast a unanimous ballot. . More than a dosen delegates from lodges la different sections of the coun try had already Jumped to their feet and tried to make themselves heard as tbey made motions tbst this action should be taken. Hearts Set on Portland. When Robinson, smallest of all the Elks In size, but great as the greatest In the qualities that make for true Elkdom. turned to record the ruling In his minutes, the acclaim broke out anew. It was several minutes before quiet coulJ be restored. Every one of the u delegates at the convention seemed to have set his heart on coming to the Paclnc Coast next year, and their desire was Just as keen that Portland, the city famed for Us roses, should be named aa the - meeting pla.ee. Next to the selection of the 113 con vention city, greatest Interest centered In the contest for grand exalted ruler. Colonel John V. bulllvan was elected to the poaltion. the biguest In the power of Klkdoro to confer upon Its most favored brother, on the Brat bal lot. Fred Robinson was re-elected grand aecretary. The election of trus tees will require another ballot to morrow. Moaer'a Speech Chcercd. Gus C. Woser. of Portland, made a stirring spe In beh.lf of Portland when the convention fore the body. When he rose to begin his address the delegates cheered hlro nearly Ova minutes befora they would let him o on. in his Invitation to the grand lodge to come to Portland, he said In part: Ioer Tells of Auditorium. It Is a city where we have just voted 100.000 bonds to erect as Una an adltorlum as the country will have, where you cen meet In oomfort and have room for all; yhere we will posi tively ralsa $i:i.O00 for yonr enter tainment. I0.0u0 of whtch has already been subscribed, and wherein Portland Lodge No. 143 headed tha subscription wltti Ili.OtfO: where wa have hotel ac commodations for 53.000 people and where our homes will be thrown open to the rest of you. o that you may live In comfort and enjoy our hospi tality while you sre there In fact, a city where you can pick roses any mo ment la tha year and where you will find a true spirit of Western hospi tality. -We want you to come and pica fruits from oor many beautiful or chards, bask in the sunshine of the smiles of our true and noble Western women, and above ail to reap tha benefits of association with our true Western Elka Come and see our city shall bo jours. Tnomlnate Portland. Or. tha Rosa CUT. the queen of tt:e Weet and the garden spot f the world." After Mr. Wooer's speacti. Dr. Cart ton, of Salem, moved that the grand ORDINANCE SHOOS LINE FROM CITY SrXLWAl-KER ROAD DOESXT LIKE ZIEGLER ACT. 3feaure Barring Railroad From Obtaining Waterfront Property, Plan to Enter Abandoned. tr Portland br tha Chl- vfiiw.nVee k St. PauL which has been under contemplation. Is effec tively barred tnrougn tne wopu "j ..i. af this city last June of what Is known as the Zlegler ordi nance. This was announced unomcjai ly by D. O. Lively, a member of tha Charter Revision Commission, at. a meeting of the Commission last night. "An official of the Chicago Milwau kee St. Paul only today told me," said Mr. Lively, when tha nubject of street vacations was proposed for the consideration of the Commission, "that so long as the so-called Zlegler ordi nance remained on the statute books of Portland It would be Impossible, as .n lmnracticable. for his com pany to seek the entrance to this city it had been contemplating lor uu. Th. effect of the Zlegler measure Is to deprive any corporation entering the city from obtaining any waien.,.. Tfi.hr.. .t tt a transcontlnen- profvi . tal road could not be Induced to enter Portland or any other city. r t i-.i.. ..ved his authority for the statement, but declined to divulge the name or tna raiiroao. u..- .i.ininr that -he waa not at liberty st this time to make the an nouncement. 7irir ordinance waa adopted by popular rota of the electors of this city and can only do araeu"- . - i. ..m course. This means pmvu. ... that unless a special election Is called by the city authorities, tne oroi. . k- .nmltted for repeal or cor rection by the people before the regular biennial city election m -u... 1911. ' ' NEWLYWEDS SHUN RATS Contract for New Home Annulled Because) of Pest, Because rodents had pre-empted the house at 117 Skldmore street, pur chased by P. Jamison and his bride and because the animals had made the home unfit In their opinion for a resi dence. J. S. Tlce. who sold the newly weds the property, was ordered by Justi.-o Olson yesterday to refund money that Jamison had advanced in payment for the house. Evidence In the case showed that Tlce had in cluded In the sale a recipe for exter minating rats. P. and Maym Jamison entered Into a contract with Tlce to purchsse the bouse, enticed by a glowing account of Its newness. When they went to Inspect It thsy found It locked, but so alluring was Tlce" description that they signed the contract and paid 1300. They succeeded In getting a voluntary return of $100 from Tlce. and upon bringing suit recovered the remainder of their payment. FISH PIRATES IN BATTLE Salmon Trap, In Fuca Straits on Canadian bide. Raided. VICTORIA. July 11. The tug Phoo nix arrived today from the salmon traps of Finlay Durham and Brodle. bringing news of raids by fish pirate believed to have come from the Ameri can side of the strait. The pirates tied up at the Siller st the Gordon Rrver trap early today and lifted between 100 and 300 fish. The pirates, who were In a gasoline launch about 40 feet long, then went to tha Otter Point trap, where the watchmen sighted them and opened fire with rifles. The Invaders returned the fire, evidently shooting to kill, for one bul let passed through the rim of Watch man Chrtstensen- hat. The watchmen who were on the traps mede a hurried retreat after about 1 rounds had been fired from the launch. The gasoline boat then made off. proceeding toward Port Angeles. Wash., continuing the fire for some time. Two weeks ago a similar raid was made and 11000 worth of aalmon stolen. BRIDE, 68, WEDS VETERAN Old Couple Excited When Pastor Heads Ceremony. VANCOUVER. Wash, July 11. 'Special.) Though a veteran of the Civil War and CS years old. James Cope. led to the altar Mrs- Balzura Carter, also ($ years of age. today. Both showed signs of bashfulnesa and em bsrrassment. The ceremony was per formed by Rev. C. R. Poole, of the First Baptist Church. For many years Mr. Cope waa a park policeman In Portland. With his bride he will make his home In Ortlng. where the State Soldiers' Home is situated. The bride and bridegroom are from that city. MINISTERS RAID SALOONS Preacher and Town Officials In Mob After Bootleggers." GRAND JUNCTION. Colo.. July 11. A mob of masked ana armea cuisens ci Palisade. Colo- took the law into their own hands last night and. visiting a number of places where liquor Is said to have been sola miciuy, oraereu am .n...j nMilt,rt, to leave town. Ministers and town official are said to I.ave been in ine viguance com .Ml,- The liquor dlepeneers are defiant, and violence Is looked for unless they com Pnir.TT.Am PRECOX. WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ARE FRENZY FearlessOfficerAttacks Criminal Society. MEN RUSH AT EACH OTHER Insults Are Exchanged and Tumult Upsets Court. BAND'S WRrVTH IS DEADLY Cnrablnler Saj s Informer Abbate inagglo Is Already Condemned Man When. Ho Ieavcs Jail He Cannot Escape Penalty. VITERBO. Italy. July llv After Cap tain Fabronl. ;of tha Carablnlers. of Naples, had denounced the Camorra as the moet desplceable and dangerous criminal association in tne worm. ensued a scene in the courtroom here hnt mr!a nast disturbances in tha Camorra trial tame In comparison. Krrlcons, chief among tne prisoners to feel the sting of Fabronl's fearless testimony, leaped to. his feet and dashed to the bars of thep riaoner's ahrieklnar Incoherently, and a personal encounter between the Cara- binler and Lawyer Botlc tor tne ue fense, wss prevented only by the In terference of the court attaches. Scene Is Dramatic. tv,. ,ni was Intensely dramatic. t , ... witnesses have quailed at . testifying against the powerful. vengeful Camorra. but captain runm. faced the prisoners' cage witnout tremor and In firm tones grilled the ,,ni..tir.n and lt Individual mem bers, giving testimony which embraced dings o fthe Camorra almost irom ui bealnnlng of Its history. . Th. r.hif obtect of tha organization. v. ..iri I. hluclrinall and usury. A ..i.,r-iy,mnu vu found in the Camorrlst Danna. ostensibly a cobbler. who collected $160,000. special mem h.a nr th association, he said. Intro duce youths to women who. take them to gambling places, wnere iney i their money and run into debt. Then the usurer completes the work. Errlcone Is Attacked, v.rin, the alleaed leader of the Camorrlsts. continued the witness, waa tried on such a charge. "But ha was acquitted. snoutea Lawyer Bovio. -Everyone knows what acqumais mean In cases In which the Camorra Is concerned." retorted Fabronl. "be sides, the lawyer defending Errlcone v. tha brother of the president of the court that acquitted him." This was the signal for a great tu mult. Errlcone within the cage, leaped to his feet and dashed at the bars, shrieking Incoherently. The lawyers, especially Bovio. protested against what iConeluded on Page a-) NEXT CAMORRISTS MAD ELK BETRAYS HIS LODGE FOR RAID U7WXSTOX MAJT GIVES KETS OF CXrEROOM TO SHERIFF. Liquor Is Belxed Under Search law After Treachery Spite Blamed for Member's Act. LEWISTON. Idaho. July H- (Spe cial.) -Through the treachery of L U Haynes, an Elk. who signed complaints and gave hi key to the Elk clubrooms to the Sheriff that he might obtain entrance unannounced. Sheriff Click to day Invaded the Elk Club, over the nostofflce on Main avenue, confiscated. a small amount of liquor, and an nounced that arrests would follow. The liquor wa In private doiubs. i A 4h hm names Of th Owner. Several Elks have already instituted replevin proceedings to recover posses sion, contending that the liquor Is pri vate property. In a private dub, which Is practically the home of the members, and consequently l not subject to the provisions of the recently-enacted searcb-and-elaur law. under which It was seized. The Lewlston Elks lodge ha more than 400 members, composed of prac tically all th prominent bulne and professional men of the town and ur rounding country, among them many ministers and member of churches, and without exception the action of Haynes 1 bitterly execrated. The complaint against the lodge wa filed early In June, but the charge on which the officer are to be taken into custody were Instituted but a few days ago. Prominent members of the club say that Haynes Is prompted by per sonal malice, because mortgage fore closure proceedings were Instituted against his brick plant east of Lewis ton recently and a receiver appointed for the business on the application of Ted Ward, an Elk and manager of tha Bank of Commerce, to which Haynes was heavily Indebted, and that Fred Butler. City Attorney, exalted ruler of the lodge, appeared aa counsel for tha hank. . The raid waa conducted by Sheriff. Click and Deputy Sheriff Rice, accom nied by Haynes. The raiding of the club ,is the sen sation of years In Lewlston. and nothing 'that has transpired since frontier day has so shaken the community. 100-STORY BUILDING NEXT Plans Drawn for Structure In Xew York 1200 Feet High. CLEVELAND, July H- Addressing the convention of the National Build ing Owners and Manager here today, George Mortimer, of New York, said that plan for a 100-story building. 1200 feet high, have been drawn and that uch a structure is a probability of the near future in New York.. The next convention city will be chosen tomorrow. Seattle Is among the cities seeking It. HOOSIER OFFERS HIS LIFE Man Ask to Take Place of Mrs. An gelina Jfapolltano on Scaffold. EVANSVTLLE. Ind.. July 11. Writ ing to Earl Grey, Governor-General of Canada. J. T. Meanlon, aged 50. of Evansvllle. ha asked that he be per mitted to take the place of Mrs. Ange lina Napolltano. sentenced to hang at Sault Ste Marie, Ont., next month. THING IT WILL BE RECALL THE E PBSIDENTIAL IRE Controller-Bay Case Episode Resented. FISHER WILL "TALK TURKEY" Secretary to Beard Inquisitors In Their Den. HE WILL APPEAR TODAY Tart Incensed at Bringing of Hi Brother Into Affair and at Con tinual Linking of Name With Various 'Interests.' BT SCMNEB CCRTIS. WASHINGTON, D. C July 11. (Spe cial.) Congressional Inquisitors will experience a new sensation tomorrow, when Secretary Fisher, without having been aubpenaed. appear before the House committee on expenditures In the Interior Department, to "talk turkey" anent the Comptroller Bay, Alaska, charges. Secretary Fisher, as head of a de partment that la be'ng attacked, prac tically will demand that the charges ho substantiated without further palaver or that, the -accusers bo branded as per jurers. It will be something entlreyl novel for a Cabinet official thus voluntarily and without notice to beard the fierce Investigation lion 'n his den. Secre tary Fisher, however, is a new sort of Cabinet official. Tradition Chafes Fisher. Apparently he chafes under the tra dition which have held officials of his rank to moet published charge of all sorts with perfunctory statements of denial; which have kept an offlclal from Imparting record Information un til It Is demanded by formal resolution of Congress and which have caused the Individual to maintain strict physical-retirement until his presence bo demanded by legal process in the In quisitorial chambers. . d nio-hf. the already highly exploited Controller Bay affair la likely to present anotner angle the country may feel a fresh thrill from the ' Administration side. President Is Indignant. At the White House, indignation is at white heat over the Comptroller Bay episode. Nothing since the Taft ad ministration came into power has eo gotten on the nerves of the President a these charges and. after long con ferences In the executive offices this afternoon. It was Intimated that this particular case may be dealt with dif ferently from the usual run of those involving charges more or less per sonal. There were intimation of le gal proceedings being brought as a re- (Concludoa on Pace 5- RECALL. CHARGES 3 TOWNS AFIRE; BOAT SAVES MANY TRAIN'S AND STEAMER RUSH REFUGEES TO SAFETY. Oscada, Aa Sable and Alplna, In Michigan, Are Ablaze) Other Plata ' In Danger. BAY CITY, Mich., July 11. Oscada. 78 mile north of Bay City, ha been com pletely wiped out by fire; Aa Sable, across the river. Is now on fire, and the 1800 Inhabitants are being taken on board a steamer that arrived at Au Sable and on a train made up for freight cars picked up In the Au Sable and Oscada freight yards, while an other train is being sent from East Tawaa to take away refugees. A lineman succeeded In getting around the fire and tapped the wires four miles south of the town. He eaid there had been no loss of life. The fire at Cheboygan, caught from a pile of sawdust which has been burn ing for weeks. It is not known whether there is danger to the city. Lewlston, Alger and Turner, all north of here, are In danger from forest fires. The Alpena and Oscada fires were not due to forest fires, but from fires orig inating In slab yards. Forty cars , and two bridges on the Michigan Central Railroad near Gray ling were burned this afternoon. A disastrous fire broke out at Alpena this afternoon In the logs on the bank of Thunder Bay River, Just west of the moanch tannery. . A fierce west wind spread the flames into the bark piles of C. Moanch & Sons Company. The fire then spread to the cedar yard of Frank Christian, totally destroying it. At this point, one of the city's fire engine was destroyed. When this dispatch waa sent south by a Detroit and Mackinac train, the fire was still burning fiercely, but was thought 'to be under control.' The prop erty loss was estimated at $400,000. UNCLE SAM IN NOVEL ROLE Shoe Strings, Rolling Pins, Nutmeg Craters, Etc, to Be Auctioned. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash.. July 1L (Special.) Uncle Sam, of the United States Government, will assume the role of a shoestring auctioneer thfs month, when he will offer for sale black and tan shoestrings to the high est bidder. He will try to sell a num ber of dozens of rolling pins, which he does not need in his Army bakery and also, will auction off some blacking brushes. The auction will be held in this post at 10 o'clock. July 19, and the articles to be offered for sale include a boiler, a flat-topped desk. 6503 pairs of black porpoise shoestrings; 614 pairs' of tan colored porpoise shoestrings, 31 black ing brushes, 196 rolling pins, 196 nut meg graters, an oven, two blotter baths. . chest, ovens and many other things. How Uncle Sam secured so many shoestrings that he will peddle out to the highest bidder has not been ex plained. PORTLAND ISCHOSEN CITY Gamma Eta Kappa High School Fra ternity Meets Here in 1912.' ' SPOKANE, Wash., July 1L (Spe ciai.) At the opening sessions of the fourth biennial convention of the Gam ma district of the Gamma Eta Kappa high school fraternity, held today In the Hall of the Doges, Davenport s, Portland. Or, was chosen as the next convention city. The selection of Portland was unanimous. March 10, 1912, la the date. The 1913 convention will be held In New York. The Gamma district will convene to morrow morning at 9 ofclock and elect officers. About 60 delegates arrived today and twice as many from the East and Middle West will arrive to morrow. At 2 o'clock all the dele gates will leave on a special train over the Inland Empire system, for Hayden Lake, to attend . the Initiation- of six candidates and "high Jinks." FREEDOM CALLS PRISONER "Honor Man" at Salem Institution Heeds Travel Longing. SALEM. Or, July 11. (Special.) Unable to wtlhstand the temptations of warm weather and sunsnine. uturss Griffith. one of Governor West' -hnnn- men." rteserted the asylum farm this morning at 4 o'clock and so far efforts to recapture mm nave provuu ...n nrifmh was serving for lar ceny from Multnomah County, having been sentenced to one ad one-nan years. He was employed in tne insti ...fnn mivlncr concrete. n-tfitn vesterdav had been supplied with a new suit of clothes by a friend and this is considered a part of the Incentive for his leaving. He Is 32 years old, 5 feet 94 Inohes high and weighs 1S5 pounds. Me has Drown ,nr mid eves. A Dosse from the farm was sent out after him this morning. CASTRO STIRS UP TROUBLE With Zelaya, He Is. Reported to Be Planning to Invade Venezuela. SAN JUAN. Porto Rico. July 11. Smith American advices received here today say It is reported that former President Zelaya is endeavoring to scan i-tmi,Ttlnn in Nicaragua, and has the support of a former ally of his, now ..u-r.. nf Smith American RcDubllc. There is a report that the latter met Zelaya and Castro recently In Europe and arranged lor an mvmsiun w .u aragua and Venezuela. LIVING CHEAPER NOVVTHAN IN 1910 Prices Drop, Little, May Fall More. COST OF FEW FOODS CLIMBS Provisions Lower Following Decline in Livestock. POTATOES SOAR HIGHEST Coffee Is Only Product in Grocerj Line to Climb Beef More Costly, hut Hogs and Sheep Decline. Sugar and Beans Full. Resirtnntn of Portland have no rea son to complain of -.the high cost of food thl-i vrrx. if thev are willinc to compare the prices with those of a year ago. There have oeen material de clines in many lines, in fact the gen eral tendency of prices is downward. As compared wlh the prices or two vpnrR n.ro there is not much change. Two years ago the tendency was up ward and in 1910 food values over au fh ennntrv reached the maximum. The readjustment is now under way and it Is to be hoped that nothing wui occur to block its progress. Crops Govern Prices. Food prices for the most part ar regulated by the crop output. This year production in nearly all lines Is large and for that reason the tone of most markets Is weak. Consumption Is eo heavy, as compared with produc tionin this part of the country es pecially, that no rapid decline In prices can be expected. The most that can be looked for is a gradual sagging to a lower level. In a few lines food prices aro higher than they were a year ago. This is particularly the case with potatoes, which will probably be expensive throughout the season. : . California Supplies Spuds. Just now California has to supply all' the West with new potatoes, and as the, crop In that state is short, the price is high. Dealers, earlier in the season.; tried bringing new potatoes from Tex as, but potato bugs were found in the cars and the movement was stopped so as not to imperil the potato-growing industry here. Oregon will have a fair crop of potatoes this year, but there will be a heavy demand for them In the South as well as at home, so low prices are not likely to prevail. The wholesale price of. potatoes today Is 3 cents a pound. A year ago it was 1 cents and two years ago 2V4 cents. New Apples Higher. New apples do not cut much figure'. In the market yet, but they are also higher than they were a year ago. sell-; ing at wholesale at $2.60 a box, as, compared with $2 a year ago and $2.50 two years ago. Low apple prices are! looked for throughout the country this! year, as there is a big crop In the East.. The Pacific Northwest has only about! three-fourths of last year's crop. Another article in the market (that costs more is tomatoes, which are Job-, blng at $2 a box, as against $1.50 last, year and $1.25 two years ago. Rasp-, berries are also higher at $1.50 a crate. as compared with $1.25 a year ago and $1.40 two years ago. j Coffee Also Leaps. j In tha grocery list there Is only one important item which is more expen-: than If wu and that is coffee. A.'. smaller crop in Brazil and manipulation by the coffee barons are responsiDie for its high price. A good grade of coffee Is selling at wholesale today atj 30 cents. A year ago and two years ago It brought 20 cents. The sharp est advance has been in the low grades of coffee, which are almost as highj now as the best kinds, so it will pay consumers to get acquainted with tl better grades, as they are by far the cheapest In the long run. Meats Also More Costly. In the line of meats there have been! a number of changes, but beef only. In the livestock market is bringing; more money than It did In 1910. Down at the Portland Stockyards the best: steers were quoted yesterday at $6.25 a hundred. Thlfc price compares with' $5.60 one year ago and $4.60 two years ago. . Other livestock prices are on the down grade, whan comparison Is made with the values of last Summer. A year ago now hogs were selling on foot at $10.25 a hundred and now they are worth $7.25. Sheep a year ago were worth $4.50 and today $3.50. Lambs sold a year ago at $5.85 and now they ara worth $5.25. Present prices are tha same as those current in the Summer of 1909. ' Haras Little Cheaper. With lower hog prices provision prices have also declined, but not much.' Hams are quoted at ISM cents a pound,' as against 20 cents last year, and ba con at 27 cents, as against 28 cents last year. : Two of the great staples of the gro cery trade are cheaper than they were. Sugar is selling at wholesale at $5.70 a sack, as against $6.25 last yea and $5.75 two years ago, while beans ara (Concluded on. -Page a.) . ply with tha demand. 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