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CITY NOT HOTTEST
SPOT-BUT NEAR IT
Mercury Stands at 97
Degrees Two Hours."
DAY IS WARMEST SINCE 1907
Portland Cool, However,
Other Northwest Towns.
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ELTOPIA REGISTERS 110
At 10 Other rinoew Mercury
Climbs Above 100 One Pros
tration Recorded Here Cooler
Weather Today Sure.
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Portland via not the hotteat place
In th PacUlo Northwest yeterday.
though for two hour tn the afternoon,
while peraplrlng folk tampeded for
shade and coolnra. the thermometer
atood at T degree and Brother Beala.
the genial weather man, reglatered tho
hottest conaecutlv . minute lnc
10T. But that 7 degree wm aa tha
gentle warmth of a dar In Spring, com
pared to the heat In Other town In
Ortfon. Washington and Idaho.
In II cltlea that had been heard
from la it night, the thermometer
atood above degree. Kltopu. a
little water-tank atatlon In Central
Washington, near Paaco. waa I hapa
the botteat place In the United rUatea.
the mercury climbing to II degreee.
la I towna. It waa hotter than T
derree Marahfteld. on the Oregon
Coast, wai apparently the only cool
apot la the whole Northweat. Ita maxi
mum temperature being only de
cree. At Tacorna. II waa the record.
Day Ilotleat Jtlnce I8S.
Lm1b( all recard for public comfort
and atowlcj hi uf.tr contempt for the
weather roaa'a promt of cooler weath
er, tie f-n came out In all Ita glory ad
at rwelterle Portland gaap'r.g for
tie-.:.- ouild tie city.
Proa 1 o :locic until J. t: official
Oovercaact Cir35emtr atood at T.
The period from Iat Weaneaday to yea
tarday. Mr. Eaaia . jia bz hotter
tfcaa aor ot&er fir dai M lwa. and
waa only a trifle cooler tSan any Ilka
period alec tiTi.
T3 hot day o: f. between
July IT and 31. when the following
ma-tmuia temperature war recorded:
July IT. tT deyreea: July IS. I de
gree: July It. It docrui; July 21. 4
da-ra. The reco.-d for la preaent
hoi apell haa beea: July II. 1 de
gree: July IX IT degreee: July 14. It
d'sreea: July II. It decree; July If.
IT dacree. The hlgheat tetr-reralura
oa recard la Portland 1 101 decree,
which wa attained Julr . 1T. and
asata Juiy II. III1.
T Lowctt Tca-.fcoralurc.
TS day wa by Tar th hotteat of,
the pntaal aits, tlaepli the fact tiiat
th recoTd of IT decree mad Thura
dtf wa not surpaaaed. The baxlmum
temperature held to IT deer atrad
lly for the two hour and tha went
dowa la comparatively ma.t JJs la
tha eeealac hour. At P. II. the lea-pe.-a.icr
bad dropped oaly two de
cree. At I P. M. It had fat to It
decree and at T:4e had barely touched
L
The hourly ts:praiur were a
fo.lowa:
A. M .
A.
T A. M. .
I A-
A. M..
1 A. 3d .
II A. at.
11 M
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Brecso Die Oat.
Tba day atarted out rahar mildly, but
by aeoa It waa apparent that It would
be a record-breaker. Shortly before
Boon a cool braaaa. which had blown
during the morning, quieted and left
the coast clear for the piercing ray of
tbe ur Thar wa no nor brees
until lata la tie TaIg. whoa a alight j
aortnweaicny wmu ipncg up io giv
waight to th foracaal ssade by Mr.
Baal ihat a weatarly wind waa con
ing at enc to th raacao of th city,
tnaglng with U iojj of th cooling
watar of th Oregon coast. Mr.
Beala aaya th hot waathar cannot kp
up. Judging froca th weather record
aad th weather coaditiecs la atates
aJolatBaj Oragoa atd th oacaa to th
waat.
Oa probably aa ethar day la th city
alatory ha thar beea such aa axodua
f paepl to I he rcrtioa place about
tewa. When it aacam apparent at
aea that thar waa aa ehaac for th
eel war, all coal started for
hady aook. Thand want to th
' - ; " . " ' . PRICE FIVE CENTS.
OM PORTLAND, OREGON, MOXDAl. JULY 17, 1911. ,
HAMBURG LINE TO
SAIL ON PACIFIC
HCK SITKS SOltiHT; NOItTII
WKST IX 1'I.ANS.
Throach JcrvU-r nm K.nric Will
Place" foloiiNt IHr-t on
farm I-nd of rM.
AN KRAMMsiCO, July 1. Impe
rial.) It became known here today
that the Jlamburir-Amerlcan Steamahlp
Company haa aecwrrd opllon for dock
here and that thl l the nrt move
toward etabllhlnc a line from New
York via the Panama canal, which will
probably be extended to Yokohama and
tho Northweat.
In preparation for thlsS. li. F.
Doherty. Pacific Coaat manager of the
company, left for San Franclco re
cently with engineer- plan and eatl
matea on foor available altea In and
about SUn Franclaco. The alte In
cluded were thoae owned by Dr. Rob
ert I-aw at North Beach, formerly the
property of tienator Fair; one on Ialala
Creek, one In Oakland and a fourth at
rolnt Richmond. The Law property
waa bought from Mn. Herman Oel
rlche. who Inherited It from her father,
the late Senator Fair.
plans have already been" prepared for
building aerlea of commercial docks,
the filling In of other property and
the erection of ultable warehouse on
the Ite. It la the Intention' of thl
company to be the first prepared for a
large through passenger traffic from
Europe through the canal to the Pa
cific Coast after the completion of the
new waterway, by which foreign col
onists will be landed direct from Euro
pean port and Immediately sent to
farm lands which are already being
prepared for their reception by advance
agent.
FRUIT SUPPLIES SHORT
California Shipments Show Defi
ciency of I 1 Car.
SACRAMENTO. CaU. July 1. (Spe-
rlal.) Manager McKevltt. oi the Cal
ifornia Fruit Distributors, says that
shipments of fruit from this state so
far thl season have been disappoint
ingly small. On July 14. 110. the total
shipments amounted to S0 care. On
the same day thla year the total had
reached only I19SV Allowing for 10
more car owing to th Increase of tl
minimum weight per car from H.000
to .:.000 pounds, m oul J give a total
of 1100 aa Compared with :4o laat
year, or little more than half.
Owing to thla coneldrrable shortage
there haa not been enough fruit to g
around, practically every market re
questlnc upp!t which were Impossi
ble to furnish. After thl week an In
crease In hlpment hould begin to
cut down this great difference.
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TAFT IS CERTAIN
OF A
President Has Margin
Over Doubts.
INSURGENTS LOSING YOTES
Rule-or-Ruin Policy Increasing
. in Unpopularity.
EAST REGARDED AS SOLID
Well-Informed Observers .Now Be
lieve Stales In Opposition Col
umn Will Kntcr Band Wagon
When Vole Is Taken.
WASHINGTON. July 16. I Special.)
That any efforts the Inaursent Re
publican may put forth to defeat the
renomlnatlon of President Taft . will
be utterly futile is the almost unani
mous opinion of political observers
who have had opportunity recently to
feel the party pulse In all parts of the
country. "
Conceding all the ground on which
the opposition boasts it holds a politi
cal mortgage, there .will' be a margin
left to Insure the President a triumph
over his enemies In and out of Con
gress." Kansas. Iowa. Wisconsin, Min
nesota, Nebraska and Oregon might
register party protest against the Ad
ministration without ecrlously dis
turbing; the rlans of the President'
friends.
State Not Conceded.
Thl does not mean
state are given over
that all these
in advance to
insurgency and Its ambitions, it wouia
occasion no great surprise. In. the light
of the recent trend of affairs. If every
one of these states, after handing
left-handed compliments to native son
or other favorites, would turn around
and get Into the Administration band
wagon. It would be a hard pill for
the Insurgent 1ead-r to swallow, but
It Is beginning to be a question wheth
er the electorate of " these several
states la willing, for the ake of hu
moring the personal ambitions and
Conc:udtl on Paffe 2. )
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NATION
THOUSANDS SEEK SHADY NOOKS
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SWIMMERS' SAVE
TWO FROM RIVER
ALBANY MEN GO TO AID KES
ClEIt AND BESCCEB.
Salisbury, cx-Portland Pitcher, I
Seized by Browning Sfan and
Both Narrowly Escape.
.ALBANY. Or.. July 1. (Special.)
While heroically saving a friend from
drowning. William Salisbury, pitcher
on Portland" champion team In the
old Northwest League In 1902 and now
residing In this city, narrowly escaped
death in the Willamette River here
this afternoon, and "through the hero- j
Ism and swimming aDii'iy wi v,ii
Baker, assisted by Elba Burnett, two
drownings were prevented by a slight
margin.
A number of young men were swim
ming in the Willamette here when
Baker, Eurnett and Salisbury started
to swim a race. When nearlng the
goal, Salisbury beard Arch Ramsden.
who had become exhausted In deep
water, call for help and started to
ward him. The other two swimmers
did not notice the situation until they
reached the boat-house and heard Salis
bury calling'.
Ramsden had gone down three times
before Salisbury reached him and then
he caught Salisbury with a death grip.
The two went down twice before Baker
reached them and Salisbury, though
tired from the race, gamely fought his
way to the top with his helpless com
panion each time. When Baker reached
them he pulled Ramsden away and
towed him to a gravel bar about 50
feet away.
In the meantime Burnett had reached
Salisbury, thoroughly exhausted in sav
ing Ramsden, and though almost tired
out from the race and unable to tow
Salisbury toward the boat, stayed with
him and kept his head above .water,
until Baker could return and get him
to the boat. Ramsden recovered con
sciousness soon after they reached the
bank and though, all' swimmers suf
fered for a time from exhaustion all
have now .recovered, and Ramsden was
able to resume his. duties tonight as
operator in the Postal Telegraph of
fice. LIGHTNING KILLS GOLFER
Bolt Fell New Solicitor of Navy De
partment In Washington.
WASHINGTON.. July 16. Before the
eyes of scores of society womon and
men in official life. J. B. Johnson, of
New York, recently appointed Solici
tor of the Navy Kepartment, wa
struck by lijrhtning today and instant
ly killed. Johnson had been playing
golf with a companion and was In tha
open.
The companion and his caddy were
knocked down but were uninjured.
Johnson's body waa badly burned.
OF PORTLAND PARKS TO ESCAPE UNACCUSTOMED HEAT,
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. rnnun llTEIfi TO BAND AT CITV PARK.
ltW?G WOU WBllB SBVBB MORE FOPl'UR THASf YESTERDAV.
PArTxCSk THTBOtP .vniCATE, IT WA- HOT Es. THE PARKS.
ZlCB-CKEAM SELLERS HAD KO CAISB KOR COMPLAISiT.
EXPLOSION KILLS
21 IN GOAL MINE
None Survives to Tell
Cause of Disaster.
GAS VEIN THOUGHT TAPPED
Brothers and Father and Son
Die in Each Others'. Arms.
DAMP BLAMED FOR DEATHS
Pennsylvania Shaft at Sjkesville
Kcgarded a-Non-Gaseous Vntil
Accident Happens Bodies
Are Recovered.
BUBOIS. Pa.. July 16. Twenty-one
miners were killed in an explosion in
the shaft of the Cascade Coal & Coke
Company's mine at Sykesville. nlrie
miles from here, last night. The ex
plosion occurred at 9:30. but It was
after midnight before the extent of
the disaster was known. -
The explosion was 'slight, as evi
denced by the small damage done In
the. mine, .but. the deadly damp Is re-,
sponsible for most of the fatalities.
. Brothers( Die. Together.
Three sets of . brothers and a father
and son are numbered' among the dead.
George and John Heck and Nick Pave
lick and his 15-year-old son were
found by the rescuers locked In each
others" arms. None of the bodies was
mutilated and few showed burns.
Eleven of the men In one heading' had
apparently made ready to escape, for
they carried their dinner pails and
were headed for the opening.
.. The first intimation of the explosion
at tbe - surface . .was when the safety
door, on the. fan blew.. open . and the
machinery began to run wild, but it
was almost midnight before rescuers
could enter the mine. It . took some
time to get to the scene of the acci
dent, a mile and a half from the open
ing, because the rescuers were obliged
to' carry oxygen with them.
All but four of the bodies were
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MRS. KEPPEL GOING
BACK TO ENGLAND
SOCIETY DISCUSSES FUTURE OF
LATE KING'S FRIEND.
Woman Much Criticised for Osten
tatious Retirement at Death
or British Ruler.
LONDON. July 16. (Special.) Mrs.
George Keppell is on her way home
after an absence of IS months. She
will not be seen In London until late
Autumn, and society Is already discuss
ing how the extremely delicate social
problem of her future position will be
solved.
Friends of Mrs. Keppcl, who-was fre
quently the hostess of the late King
Edward and always an invited guest
wherever he dined, are criticising her
severely for her ostentatious retirement
and the more than widow's mourning
which she has Indulged in since Kfng
Edward's death. She left London al
most at once. First she went Into the
strictest retirement at Versailles, then
she left for' a prolonged totfr of the
Far East. ,
It Is conceded by her real friends
and she has never been without them
by any means that she will now have
to win her way within circumscribed
lines. She cannot meet any of the
royal family, while social personages
who desire to stand well with the King
and Queen "will be chary about enter
taining hei
PORTLAND YOUTH IS HERO
15-Year-Old Gene Blake Saves Babe
From Death Under Train.
TIOGA, Wash.. July 16. (Special.)
Fifteen-year-old Gene Blake, son of
Mr. and Mrs. .W. J. Blake, of 401 North
Twenty-fourth street, Portland, proved
himself a hero Friday, when he
dragged 2-year-old Maud Lovering
from the' railroad track, where she had
fallen between the rails in front of an
approaching freight train.
The little one in her play had slipped
under a fence and run to the railroad
track before her mother. Mrs. Elmer
F. Lovering. of Astoria, missed her.
Just as the southbound freight was
coming down the line. The baby
screamed in her fright and trying to
run, fell flat between the rails.
Young Blake heard the screams and
saw the child fall. Without hesitating
an instant, he dashed from hi house
across the way and at the risk of his
own life, snatched Baby. Maud almost
from under' the cowcatcher of the on
comlhg locomotive.
Maud is none the worse for her ad
venture. With her mother she is stay
ing for the Summer at Strathcona cot
tage, the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. X.
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CHOLERA M
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ATLANTIC PORTS
Ships Arriving From
Italy Are Feared.
ANOTHER DEATH IS REPORTED
Health Officer of Port of New
York Apprehensive.
PASSENGERS ARE DETAINED
Controversy, in Which r. Doty Is
Accused of Neglect, Is . Waged.
Cases Belated In Development '
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NEW YORK, July 16. Although the!
cholera situation at Quarantine is atj
present regarded by Alvah H. Doty,
health Inspector of the port, as being!
well In hand tonight, he did not oon-j
ceal his apprehension that New York
"Is In the very midst of a threatened)
invasion of cholera."
"Tho quarantine department of every
port In this country Is facing a very
serious and onerous task," said Dr.
Doty, "and it is not impossible that)
many vessels arriving from Italy In thjj
next few days will bring one or more,
cases of the disease." .
Another Victim Dies. J
Today's official report of tha sltua-t
tion show there are 15 cases at Swin-
burne hospital, and four cases symp-j
tomatlc of tho disease. Within the past
24 hours one more victim has died. The!
steamer Perugia has been detained and!
tho medical staff is preparing to make
bacteriological examination of tha tit
passengers from the .steamer Moltkej
who are now under observation. j
Charles Pushklnd, attorney for tho
Immigrants whose charges against Dr.:
Doty are being investigated by a com-;
mission, made public a letter he wrote!
to Judge Bulger, of the commission,'
suggesting the latter call upon Gov-
ernor Dlx to take charge of the health'
department. i
In a statement in reply to an inter-j
view attributed by a morning news-j
paper lo Judge Bulger, Dr. Doty re-i
views the situation and points to the'
element of danger. The statements at-
tributed to Judge Bulger, Dr. Doty;
says, "are so calculated to alarm the!
public in the very midst of a threatened
invasion of cholera that I feel Justified
In making a' reply." "What can Dr.)
Doty, health officer of the port, mean,
when he allows five men who have been'
in dally contact with persons suffer-!
lng from Asiatic cholera, to come here)
in the same clothes they wore when:
among the cho:era victims and touch:
elbows with everybody they meet?" is j
the question propounded by Judge Bui- j
ger in cn Interview.
Dr. Doty's statement continues: "The
facts are these: Five men referred to
were called as witnesses by the persons
in charge of the investigation and were
permitted by me to be absent from
duty at Hoffman Island for this pur
pose. Cholera Is not transmitted by
clothing or by air, but by actual con
tact through the mouth with discharges
from the intestinal tract of the cholera
victim. There Is. therefore, no danger
from contact with a person who has
been in touch with the disease.
"A majority of the vessels which havt
recentSy come from Italy have either
brought actual cases of this disease, or
furnished evidence of its having oc
curred In transit. It Is with great dif
ficulty that the latter condition is es- ,
tabllshed, and It is only through the
most exhaustive bacteriological exam
ination that I am able to secure the
facts. .
"It Is in the presence of these condi
tions, when the confidence of the pub
lic in this department should not be un
Justly disturbed, or its facilities foe
protecting the public health dimin
ished, that the man appointed to In
vestigate the department makes tha
amazing declaration which Commis
sioner Bulger makes thi smorning in
the midst of the hearing, when no tes
timony in reply is offered.
"Commissioner Bulger's public print
ed statements regarding quarantine
conditions affect noft only the public
mind, but the discipline of quarantine
on which the public is largely depend
ent for its health and safety."
In his letter ta Judge Bulger, Mr.
Dushkind relates some testimony taken
at the committee's hearing, and bases
his contention that Dr. Doty should bo
relieved from duty largely upon th
fact that Charles Leavitt, a carpenter
employed at Hoffman island, and four
other employes were permited to leave
their posts and attend the hearings.
Mr. Dushkind asserts that he fears pos
sible infection might result from such
a practice.
Mr. Doty covers the point raised by
Mr. Dushkind with the declaration that
employes at Hoffman Island came in
contact only with prisoners held under
.observation, and not actual sufferers
from cholera, who are removed, he says,
to the Swlneburne Island Hospital aa
soon as they become ill.
Mr. Dushkind also calls attention to
the development or several cases oi
cholera at quarantine, as he alleges,
"several days after th period of incu
bation had expired," as further reason!
for reviewing the situation as "alarm
ing," and calling for the necessity oi
bringing it to the Governor's attention.
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