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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1911)
m t a.---- a 1 SCEJfES ON MANEUVER SHIPS AND PORTRAIT OF ATLANTIC FLEET COMMANDER SENATE VOTES TO BARE ELECTIONS The Flower of Portland The Official Route TO Seattle's Golden Potlatch Campaign Publicity Declared for; Bill Puts Limits on Election Expenses. at the Potlatch OVER THE "" HOUSE "GONE ONE BETTER t"PPT Branch Adopt )Inar Pro hibiting enaurs From Spending Mor Than f 10.000 and Rrpr rmrntatlvea 45O00 In Race. WASHINOTOS. Julr IT. Th most 4raatlc campaign publlolty legislation .r passed In cither branch of Con rr.ss was adopt.d by tha Snat to Itr. practically without a dtsaantlng; Islr the prv-lwtlnn publicity bin passed bjr tha Hou of Ii.prsentatlTs ss a basis, tho Ponats constructed a proposed law wttb the following Im Dorunt features: No candidate, for the Senate or House hall spend In It election more than a sum iual to 19 cents for each voter in his district or state. N Senatorial candidate ehaJI spend a total of more than 1 10.00s In the prl mrr and a-anaral election, and no ran didate for tha House shall spejid mora than IS000. Publk-lty 1 lM-mandetl. Publicity must be ln to all pri mary ramoalca contributions and ex per.diturea. All Betters! election expenses must be made public before the election, be- Kinnlnar IS days beforo election and making publication mandatory each day until election. All promises of political lobs must be made public. The bill further makes It Illegal, to promise political places In order to eocure election sup port or to Influence the election of any member of a State Legislature. Long Conferrm lYwrren. The bill probably win be th subject of prolonged conference between tha two houses. It originated In th House as a part of the Democratic leg lalallve programme and was designed to require the publication of expendi tures before election, which la not re quired bv the existing publicity law. The Republicans In the House un successfully attempted to extend th bill to cover primary election ex pensea. In the Senate the primary lection amendment, coupled with more radical amendments, were adopted with little opposition. Primary Kloctlons Affected. The Senate amendment, authorised br the committee on privileges and elections, reuulred publicity of all pri mary election expenses and all pledges f political lobs or favors. Soma objection was made on th ground that the primary electlona were not within the control of Congress. Tha ajneodment was finally adopted, how ever, by a vote of 0 to 7. Menatora Bacon. Bailey. Bankhead. Johnston. Bryan. Overman and Taylor voting aglnt 1L Prbate Precedra Adoption. Tha mora rigid portion of the bill limiting the amount tha Senatorial or Congressional candidate may spend In any election and prohibiting the mak ing of all campaign, pledges, waa pro posed by Senator Reed, of Missouri. aad adopted only after a long debate. Senator Sutherland, of Ttah. admlted that the House conferees might force elimination of this from the bill. Senator Reed referred to tha cam paign expense statement filed by Sen a tor Stephenson, of Wisconsin, showing expend It urea of approximately 1107. SO0. and to other Large sums spent by Senatorial candtdatea. He finally r fered an amendment putting tha total expenditure by any candidate at a sum not to exceed 1 cents a .head for tha voters In the candidate's state. Sena tor Borah said tnta would permit Senatorial candidate In New York to spead nearly ! 200.00a in bis election. while tha candidate In Nevada could spead only about lioaa. Amcnltncnt I lUtMnwd. Tha Read amendment waa defeated once, bat waa renewed and adopted. At one time ha had tha limit of ex rense at ti1 for a Senate candidate and only flioa for a House candidate. but at tha suggestion of Senator Owen of Oklahoma, tat waa Increased to llO.oee for the Senatorial candidate and 15000 for the) House candidate. "A law that simply requires a man to report what money ha spent to get Into tha Senate virtually Indorsee his right to buy his ejection." declared Senator Heyburn. of Idaho, when tha Seaata took up tha campaign publicity bill. Senator Lxdre. of alaevarhusetts. rtared that tha a bole purpose of publicity law Is to let the public know exactly what money Is spent and how It Is handled: that too theory la that tri money. If publicly accounted for. la prop erly spec I. - -mi mmmBm&A & v ' 7 i ml i c&iiriii- n i ; ' - r H -A - . H-"4-'rt . fj . ;w .-.;:- - 7.l u yt , ' ft U ' '-.'''fi'Vvv' '.x -f" 1 1., . ... S.H.j. ' l , c iewv.t::fr" "''W " . f' "' '-letWmiUn. HM il.mm ... X v" . gaaaaBBxaBasaxaBBasxaaxam-s-a-aaxassaM Special train under the aus pices of Portland Commercial Club, Portland Ad. Club, Port land Press Club. Thousands of Portland people will represent the Rose City at Seattle this week. A special train will leave Union Depot Friday morning, at seven o'clock, over the 0.-W. R. & N. The equipment of this train will be made up with a view of trivingr every comfort plenty of roca electric fans to keep you cool, observation club cars, parlor cars and coaches. Also diner that you may have breakfast and luncheon en route. The train will make the run without stop and in six hours, arriving at one o'clock, in time to witness the best parade of the Potlatch. Portland badges will bo distributed on the train. Seattle attended our Rose Festival 6plendidly let us re ciprocate and take over a mon ster crowd. Rate of fare : T $7.50 ROUND TRIP returning any time up to Mon day night. For-particulars, see W. J. Hofmann. Chairman. Ralph Hoyt, Pres. Rose Festival Assn. Harvey Beckwlth, Pres. Portland Commercial Club. H. U. Haller. Frea. Chamber of Commerce. 5. B. Vincent. Pres. Portland PreHS Club. Oeo. K. Johnson. Manaarer Sher man. Clay & Co. Ed w. Cooklngrham, Vlco-Pres, I.add & Tllton Bank. C. B. Merrick. Postmaster. Chas. K. Berg, Vlce-Prea. Len non's. C. C. Chapman. Publicity Man ager. Commercial Club. M. C. Dickinson. Manager Oregon Hotel. F. C. filggs, Portland Automobile Club. Not Members of the clubs will please notify the chairmen of their committees. ABOVE SAILOR OT4 BATTIK'H IP MICHICATl LOADIG IIPPME FOR MAAEl'VEHS. BELOW REAR ADHIRtl. llt'UO OSTERI1AIS, I'OVIM AXDIftO A1XAKT1C MAKEITF.R FLEET BIO tiVS READY TO FIRE OX BATTLKSHIf. 10 FLEET moifJG Battleships Ready for Sham Attack on New York. FIGHT TO BE SPECTACULAR nmetlme Befnre Mldnigtlt of Julj SO. Squadron With 3000 Naval Mllttla Aboard. Will Make Daab to Captnre CUtj. olop to Corrnptlon Nrrd. rVenator Root, of New York, said all Senators knew there had been much cor ruption la elections throughout tha country. -We know It not on It through tha newspapers." sM Root, "but through wf.at occurred right her- In tha Senate. Via seed adequate laws aaralnst earn- Pla-n corruption, so that honest men msjr not haa their rights taken away from tstm bjr corrupt men. "Ore candidate for tha Sonata spent tl tor every vote ha got In tha primary election, remarked senator Reed. The law of Wlseor.1n requires candi dates to Ble statements of their expendi tures." adde-t ReeU. "yet one of them tta la this body today who admitted having spent r-iK.tca to secure votes In tha primary election. If that la not bar to hie holding a seat In tha Senate. It ought to be. This reference was to the statement f campaign expenditures filed by aen- i tor Stephenson after tls recent ale lion. Senator Stephcnton was In his eat In tha Senate today for th first tme sine th flit rig- of the request of he w iscoasla Legislature for an In- relitigation tn th manner of bis elec- .lon. Three Plnca G1 Brk-k Tard. GRANTS PASS. Or.. July IT. 5p- .-aL) A brickyard has been Installed at Threat pines, a small station four it lie west ef hare. Tha promoters ire IX H. Clark. 7U Gender and L. T. Cor lUa. Th company will furnish brick to local builders aod contractors, who have been oomplld during th rash Mitoa to have th brick shipped In rm outside points for Immediate us. A number of yards have bea In opra tlin In the county but tha growth of th rcuntry has been drawtnc onoa the mtnufacturers faster than tha malarial axitJd -txnd out- rrr.vr tork. Juty rr. (Fpoctai.) Somewhere within a radios of TOO miles of Sandy Hook. 17 great gray battleships are hovering- In th dusk tonight, cleared for action and with battle lanterns gleamlns;. waiting for tha word from the flagship to make a cah for New Tork harbor In tftt ar fort to surprise th defending- fleet and captor the city. The attack. In what will be on of th roost spectacular sham battles tha Navy has ever participated In. will be made some time between midnight ana 13 o'clock on July IS. Just when not ven tha umpires know. In Lor Ial and Sound. New Tork'a back door, a flotilla of the fleetest torpedo-boats and most modern submarines Is anchored, with searchlights flashing; across the watera and sentinels keyed up to discover the attacking squadron as It looms out of the darkness. The battle will be fought somewhere near Gardner's Bay. at th extremity of Long; Island Sound. Naval experts have Ions; - declared that no battle float, no matter bow powerful, could live In the effort to capture New York City through this paasage. For that reason the impend ing battle will be watched with keen est Interest by naval men all over the world. Conditions of real warfare will be closely followed. Rear - Admiral Osterhaus" fla;sh!p will b th Connecticut, which waa flagship In th hlstorlo cruise of tha battle fleet around the world. Tha Plxle will be Eberle'a flagship. Naval mllltla from New York. Massachusetts. Maine. Rhode Island. Connecticut. New Jersey. Maryland. South Carolina. Penn sylvania and the District of Columbia. aggregating 1000 men. win participate in the maneuvers. of roast artillery of the California Na tional Guard, and several Naval vessels participated officially began. The Man euvers will culminate Thursday In an attempt by tha cruiser Marblehead. the California Naval Militia's ship, and a fleet of tugs towing: targets to rcpre aent a hostile fleet to pass the fortifi cations of the Golden Gate and land a force within San Francisco Bay. During the maneuvers exhaustive testa of the wireless telephone will be made under the direction of Lieutenant J. McHenry. George Loose, in a Far man-Curtis btplant. will be detailed to acout duty with the defending; forces. Eugene Ely. who made a suc cessful landing aboard the cruiser Pennsylvania, and who is a member of the Signal Corps detachment of tha California Guard, is expected to arrive here from Seattle early In tha week to take part in the maneuvers. truck will be operated by gasoline motor. FATHER RETURNS BABE SCXXPTOTt LEARNS OP DIVORCE FROM NEWSPAPER. GOLD EX GATE IX "WAR ZOXE" Mawuwrw Will Conclude WKlj Ships Attempt to Cant are City. SAN FRANCISCO. July IT. "War" waa declared this morning when the maneuvers In which I'nlted Statea troops at th Presidio, els a compaAlca era department at av coat ef 6SO0k. Xiip Finn Fralich Surrenders to Court and I Ordered to Put Child in Care of Mother. SEATTLE. Wash-. July 17. (Spe- cisJ.) Learning; yesterday afternoon from a newspaper that he waa divorced man and that to his former wife. Helen U. Frollch. Judge King Dykeman bad awarded their 6-months old child. Virginia. Finn B. Frollch. sculptor of the Alaska-Yukon-Paclno Exposition. surrendered nlmselz to Deputy Sheriff H. C Stone, of Porta ere. Vashon Island. Ha was taken today before Judpe Main, who ordered him to surrender the child. "I had no Idea my wife waa gorna; to get a divorce, though ahe bad filed suit, said Frollch. Sba cam to me In Portland, and Z had been living; with her all the time. "Thursday I got a tip that my wife was coins; to leave me ana tax toe baby with her. So I went to the borne of Mrs. Jessie Elliott and pot the baby In a row boat. Mrs. Elliott gave me lots of pillows and blank eta and I bad tha apparatus to cook the baby'a food. The baby cuddled down In the pillows and never whimpered. I started about o clock and It waa moonlight. I would row a while and then stop and feed the baby and smoke, and It was a fine trip. It took me five hours to row over to Vashon Island. I thought that I would work on a farm there for a month or two In the Summer. My wife would have been welcome to come over when ever she got ready. "I am now going to get a lawyer and tart a legal fight for my child. I shall not contest the divorce." Auto Fire Truck Ordered. VANCOUVER. Wash- July 17. Spe cial.) The City Council tonight voted to purchase a combination hook and ladder and chemical truck tor the city COURTHOUSE IS ENLARGED Clackamas County Offices Outgrow Building's Faculties. ORKOON CITY. Or, July IT. (Spe cial.) Tha County Court, at a meeting' today, decided to erect an extension at the rear of tha historic Clackamas County Courthouse. The extensions will be of the same width as the old bulldlng-a. A vault tl by 32 feet will be built on the first floor and tha of fices of the Connty Clerk and Recorder will be enlarged. The Circuit Court room will be on the second floor and tha County Courtroom will occupy part of the space of the present courtroom. Tha offices of the County Surveyor and Superintendent of County Schools and one or two other offices will be en larged. An office also will be pro vided for the County Judge on tha aecond floor. The Improvement will cost between IU.O0O and $15,000. Judge Beatle said that the court had not decided whether It would supervise the work or adver tise for bids. The decision to have the annex In the rear was made after numerous protests against extending the front of the building had been received. BLASTS CAUSE OF SUIT Gaston Couple Wants Damages From Washington County Court. HILLSBORO. Or.. July 17. Operation of the county quarry at Gaston has been stopped by an injunction granted by Judge Campbell In the suit of Mr. and Mrs. B. Dethlefs against John Mc Claun and John Nyberg. composing the County Court and B. Fleischaver. su pervlsor of road district No. 4. Judge' ment for J1175 Is asked. The complaint alleges that the house occupied by the plaintiffs and their three children Is 960 feet from the quarry and that by reason of heavy blasts, stones are thrown upon their land, causing mental suffering because of apprehension of Injury and damage to tha land. Drake Arrested on Libel Charge. ROSEBURG. Or., July 17. (Special.) 3. O. Drake was arrested today on a charge of criminal libel, as the result of his having written and sent to The Oregonian a communication making charges against various Douglas County officials regarding the handling of th McClallen-Mah&n murder ca. Judge Hamilton, who Is one of those accused, signed the complaint against Drake, who furnished ball. 3 The Best $3 Straw Hat on Earth Cool, Saan&!x.3e, Healthful, Styiit!a 1 Hlti'fri A splendid line of Panamas shown. Priced $5 and up SELLHMG Morrison al Fourth (Line of the Shasta Limited) Under auspices Portland Commercial Club, Portland Ad Club and Portland Press Club, by SPECIAL TRAIN LEAVING PORTLAND UNION DEPOT AT 7 A. M., FRIDAY, JULY 2L Arriving Seattle 1 P. M. $7-50 ROUND TRIP $.50 Good for return until" July 24. Equipment will consist oft BAGGAGE OAR DINING CARS OBSERVATION CARS PULLMAN CARS MODERN STEEL COACHES """ Additional Sale Dates, July 17 and 18. ADDITIONAL SERVICE Four Fine Trains Daily Local leaves 8:30 A. Mv Puget Sound Express 1:45 P.M." SHASTA LIMITED 3:00 P.M. Owl ....11:00 P.M. Sleeping cars on night trains open for passengers at 9 :30 P. iL, and cars may be occupied at Seattle and Tacoma until 8 A. M. Steel Coaches, Oil-Burning' Locomotives, Electric Lighted Trains, Efficient Employes Everything for Your Comfort and Safety. All trains arrive at and depart from Union Depot, foot of Sixth Street. City Ticket Office, Third and Washington Streets. 0. W. Stinger, City Ticket Agent. W. D. SKINNER, General Freight and Passenger Agent. What Ails You Do too feel weak, tired, despondent, bare frequent bead aches, coated tongne, bitter or bad taste in morning, "beart-boro," beiohing oi iaa, acid risings in throat after T-ti-fl aMMnaob gnaw or burn, foul breath, dixzy spells, poor or ramble appetite, nausea at times and kindred symptoms P If yon hsree any considerable number of tbe above symptoms yon are suffering from btfiaus ness torpid Irrer with indigestion, or dyspepsia. 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We Operate the Famous "Rocky Mountain" and "Golden State" Limited; Most Up-to-Date Trains in the World By purchasing your tickets at our office we give you the choice of using any line out of Portland. Our representative will be pleased to call and help plan your trip. Special attention shown Women and Children traveling alone. For full particulars call or telephone ROCK ISLAND office. Phones: A 2666, Main 334. MARTIN J. GEARY, Gen'l Agt., Pass. Dept. 140 Third Street, Portland, Or. i f m 108.2 11