OREUOMAX. SATDBDAT, ATJOUST 12, 1911. ttie monxrso 10 NEW PERKINS Fifth and Washington StsI A hotel , in the very heart of Portland's business activity. Modern in every respect. Rates, $1.00 and up- Moderate price restaurant in connection. L. Q. Swetland, Mgr. 0. H. Shaf er, Asst. Mgr. AUTO PLUNGES OFF AUTOMOBILE IN WHICH ONE WAS KILLED AND ONE HURT IN PLUNGE AT FATEFUL POINT. RUSHLIGHT'S VICE CRUSADELIKEJOKE BRIDGE; ONE 'DIES T. A. Shoemaker, Master Portland's Condition Worse Than That of Two Former Administrations. Plumber, Is Fourth .Victim on Hayden Island Viaduct. The Imperial Oregon's Greatest Hotel s'l'ai 145 '5 ,B,-,aa COMPANION IS INJURED 850 Rooms. 104 Suites, With Private JStS . WOMEN FLOCKING HERE Baths. vEit agSl'a Bftvi Police Seem Blind to Social Evil and Open Gambling Vtn That Spring Xp In w Regime Graft Hearing Contlnoed. While the alleged vice cltio-up. under the direction of Mayor Rushlight. Is eur prtd to have been In progress for sev eral week eix week. In fact, for It Just sl weeke today elnce Mayor Rush-lts-ht waa inaugurated the vice altuatlon remains unchanged. It cannot he denied that the moral conditions In Portland today are worse than they have been at any time since Ur. Harry Lane took the Mayoralty chair at the begtnnlna; of his nrst term, at years aro- Vice Is more general throughout the city than In years. Dis orderly houes are conducted more openly than at any time In the admlnls yatlnns of either Dr. Lane or Joseph 8:mon. What Is more, dissolute women are flocking into the city.- The parasites by whom they are accompanied parade the streets In splendid toggery without mo lestation. The same Is true of gamblers and bunco men. although one or two Coon Cluhe have been "raided and a fw rTap shooters have been haled Into the Municipal Court. While a few dis orderly aomen have been arrested, it l a fact that nightly and even during the day the business and the residence dis tricts of the city are Infested with a small army of braaen itreta:kers who. apparently, are permitted to ply their trade without Interference from tne police or any other authority repre senting the Rushlight gdmlnlstrttlon. Police Seem Blind. It haa remained for private eltliene or newspaper reporters to And gambling dena In the heart of the city which, for some reason, have not been "discovered- by the police. One of these resorts, the Aetna Club, was put out of business only after Its location and the character of the place was reported to Mayor Rush light. So far as ran be ascertained, the gigantic Chlneae gambling den on Ever ett street, described In The iwegonlan last Sunday, and others In Chinatown are continuing to "do business at the old stand. In explantlon of these conditions. It l contended by those Identified with the Rushlight administration that the ex istence of gambling resorts and the ex tensive habitation of the city by women of th- underworld and their male para sites are the Inheritances of the preced ing administration. This defense doea not hold good when any regard la given to the facts in the case. Disorderly bouses undeniably are maintained throughout Pee city more flagrantly in violation of city ordinances than at any time since Dr. Lane quail fled as Mayor for the flrst time In 1906. and still nothing: la done to abate this condition. It is true that one or two of three resorts have been raided and a few women of the underworld have been, dragged into Police Court, but several hundred others continue their unlawful operations unchecked, although much has been -promiaed' by the admlnlatratlon. Xew Dena Appear. The charge by the present adminis tration that the situation as to gam bling baa been "handed down" by a former administration likewise Is In consistent with the facta It cannot bo dented by Mayor Rushlight- most par tisan supporters that both the Aetna Club, so-called, and the gambling den on Everett street were established In this city after the Inauguration of May or Rushlight. This dl-provea the con tention of Rushlight's friends that these place axe Inheritances of the Simon administration. Botn these gambling resorts, and there are said to be others of the same character, were Installed at consider able expense as to equipment, remodel ing; of quarters, and with many and mysterious. Intricate entrances and ex its for the convenience of patrons. Both were established In July, and not long after Mayor Rushlight took, his office. In view of these, facts, the really amusing phase of the present situation Is the attitude Mayor Rushlight and his associate assume to have taken as real "-reformers" and "graft-purgera." The humorous side of the situation lies In the fact that the administration is seeking with blare of trumpets to cor rect and "reform" a very condition that has developed largely in the ahort six weeks Mayor Rushlight and his sub ordinates have been In charge of mu nicipal affairs. Uttle Progress Made. The" promised reformation, however, is making; slow progress. "We can't do everything in a day." is tha laconic ex cuse offered by the "higher ups" of the Rushlight reflms when asked why some decisive action Is not taken to rout gambling and drive disorderly women out of their retreats In the resi dence districts and keep them off the street. "I am not coins to make any state ments or give out any Interviews re ..rm. aiian-ad a-raft in the nolle de- ...n nr tha moral situation ia Portland." said Mayor Rushlight yes ,.wAmr "Fn time 1 niik a state- . . , mnl la misinterpreted. I am going to proceed as I think beet and . . ....i. k. ih. tudv of mv acts." . K " r ' - .. , iinu tha Mavor refuses to commit himself In any way as to what he consioers in. ovai racmuui . (...tin the conditions by which be Is confronted. With Acting Chief Blover. he Is disposed to shift the wi. - ,uilnff ronrfltlons to the VkmnMn " police department, accompanied by the complaint tnat in memovra gi mi m . --. nn.r -lvtl service, mak priwwa - . - -. , Hlfflrutt for him to exact honesty and efficiency from Its members. Mayor's Methods Mild. Failure of the administration In any way to cope with the situation as to vie Is taken to Indicate that Mayor Rushlight does not lntma to ao any thing to remedy conditions. In the re niii tnunlcloai campaign It was com mon talk among tha denizens of the vorth and South Ends that. "If Rush- lia-ht Is ejected, everything will be all right." Even th proprietresses of sev eral of the parlor houses made no pre- tense of withholding from visitors their preference in th Mayoralty content oe- tm-een ex-Mayor eimon ana - r. nuin Hint. -Why in the world are you support ing Simon for Mayor"" asked one etyllshly-gow-ned and Jewel-bedecked landlady of a visitor ten days before .. June election. "Don't you know that 'i Rushlight la elected everything 13 will be lively and an end will be put to the activities of these 'moral squadsT" Vndeslrablcs Are Satisfied, it i notahle fart that nresent con- jui.... Hifaffii1 to the sa loon and gambling elements and the habitues of the Nortn ana souin ena. At any rate, no oral or written protest to that effect has been recorded. These I n am-r Mavor Rushllcht their cordial support In the election and all they ask is "to oe let atone. Th .Timlm t Inn under the ausrjlces 9 m.i.i.t iiiApnv rimcran. of sev eral North End French saloonkeepers before County Commissioner Cleeton. Hart and LUhtner yesterday failed to develop anything material in aaamon to what has already been told In sub stantiation of the charge that a "Jack pot" of 1300 was collected and turned over to Frank L. Perkins, a reporter. Story of Jackjot" Told. Th. nniv wlrnfla who testified di rectly was Tony Arnaud. the most no torious of the North End dlvekeepers, hn inaiBti th&t'Armand Fercot. an other saloonkeeper, had collected the money and that be (Annuo) naa m llvered It to Perkins. Other wltneses said they had contributed to the sup posed "Jackpot" after being told that It was for Maher and Perkins. v!rriav'a hearing developed noth ing directly against Detective Maher. Tony Amaua anmmea mat jianer uu never asked him for money, but had i - ..hrMM to a new law by which It would be possible to ar rest all unempioyea perun them to the rockplle, the burden of Maher also, he said, frequently made Insinuating remaras aouui iuuius little rocks out of big ones." A. E. Clark, appearing as attorney for Perkins, subjected each witness to a searching cross-examination and elicited from them admissions that they rent the rooms over tneir "-'"" women. All. however, asserted that If these room were uaed for Immoral ,rM..i thv bad so knowledge of tt. When Arnaud was asked why. If .ha was not breaking tne law. ne nao con tributed to the alleged "Jackpot." he -. - in.a tar a definite answer. but after about a score of questions had been nred at n.ira nis n ly brightened and he said that the con stant expose of alleged rotten condi tions In the North End had Injured business to such an extent mi u necessary to "call off" Perkins fn som T- ... Nine Biea, aiiegra. . mmm.A v.a r T-pjttectlva Maher Anuuu i . - once told him that he (Maher) wa in a position to control th Legislature. He said that nine men Arm and. Fer cot. F.meat Des Camp. Henry Oallet, Frank Mlnto. iouis uaur. (Chocolate) Nesme, Ed Donovan. Ed ward Benolt and he had contributed t ji ach and the balance was raised In small donations from the roaequereaux. All those mentioned mi t, " .. . .i cntlt He runs wltn me excepuwu -- a bootmaklng establishment, but has rooms overneaa. . - ,.r.. his testimony Lies v nt i- . - - - by telling the court that Detect tve Maher had threatened to shoot him If be gave testimony. He had not con tributed to tne jv-k. . , . r,r m rnnveraatlon In overneara . - his saloon between Perkins and Ar naud In which pergins is have said that the saloonmen would have to "come through" egaln or he would "open up." , Attorney Clark made Des Camps ad mit that he goes on the bonds of fully to per cent of the Immoral women and macquereaux arrested, his reward be : . 1 1 i....in.,. it declared ing tneir unuui - 1 that he waa anxious -to engage In a social uplift movement and Mr. Clark suggested tnai ne -cease his business relations with fal- 'i-Mii.rirk Nesme said that Maher had once sent a young woman to him i.i A tv.-t Vi a mA illa- . . .... ...i. h1r of hie m(W- chargeo l n rciuiai .... . lng-plcture theater and hired the detec tive s lavonte. nopm , ' . - !, tha officials. He cu rry i .... . , , . . , was unable to return a straightforward answer when asaea wuj uucU v Edward Benolt testified that he had contributed $JS to the "pot" and un derstood that the money was to go to Maber and a newspap. man Gunther declared that he had over heard Perkins say to Tony Arnaud In Des Camps- saloon. "Too fellows will . - .-,. araln. V nil nave 10 nnn. - needn't think becauae you met us once that veryiuing is . WRECKED CAK lDEB HAVBEX IJLA.XD BRIDGE. HIMIHE IS URGED Flat Salary for State Printer Aim of Petitions. LEGALITY IS QUESTIONED Attempt to Change Provisions of Term of Office) Meets Doubt. Bill Passed "t Last Legislature Becomes Kffectlv In 19 IS. elrenlated in this f C II LiuiiB mt wi ...a . . i v. .... , , 1. - Ktata for an city ana uuvuft'i... T ... . . Initiative measure to be submitted to tha electors or tne i .itliin nmAndlnsr the law enacted at the last session of the Legis lature, placing tne etaie x-mmri -flat salary, beginning January 1. 11S The statute passed by the Legislature provided a flat salary of 14000 per an num for this officer, to become effec tive January 1. 115. the expiration of .v- ...nt term of Willis S. Dunl- way. incumbent of the office. The effect of the Initiative measure, if approved by the voters of the state, will put Into effect the provisions of . . . .. . . .a .- n.lnr to the legislative ti j - r . . i- . i . in that Inatrument. to i ii w 1 1 ii o " - - The Initiative measure does not change In any other respeci m k ei.t lulnrv bill as it was passed by the Legislature. Bill's Opposition Marked. T... ei.t nlan bill, in- 1 ne oi unci . ' . .... troduced in the Senste by Senator Mil ton A. Miller, of Linn, provea one oi the most stubbornly rougni duis pres ented for action during the session. After having passed the Senate, the measure was held up in the House un .i. . w - Ai ri.va of tha Session. On the day before final adjournment. the bill came nnr v" ..m.. k a amall marsrln. With whip in hand. Governor West sent a message to the House demanding; that the measure be reconsidered and passed. At the same time, word was sent to Individual memDers or tne nuuee m-.. ... ,i n rt In line" and sud- Dort the Miller bill, the Governor would - .. i... J...II. rn apply his veto ax wnn oouij numerous ot tne pei n Ing appropriations and fathered by several House members who had voted against the Btat Printer Tat salary measure. The threat was effective. Th, uniiu. lust before adjournment. amid scenes of wild disorder, rarely witnessed In the House cnamocr. re- 1 1 1 . I nn nf th nrecedina day and enacted into statute the Miller bill. Printing Board Created. Briefly, the provisions of the meas ure provide for a State Printer, elec tive by the people, at an annual salary of $4000. At the same time a State Printing Board, consisting of the Gov ernor. Secrets ry of State and State Treasurer. Is created. To this board Is delegated general supervision and man agementv of the state printing plant. The bill' carried an appropriation of (20.000 as a fund for equipping; the necy-ary printing plant under state ownership. Among the friends of the Stste Printer there is a question If the legis lation can be enacted, either by the Legislature or by the electors of the state under the Initiative, that will either shorten the terra of the State Printer or reduce Ms salary and per quisites during the term for which he was elected. State Printer Dunlway vaa re-elected to the offloe he now holds In the general election of Nov ember. 1910. for a term of four years. His term does not expire until Janu ary 1 191S. It was with this under standing that the Legislature fixed January 1. 115. In the measure as the time when the provisions of the bill should become operative. Advocates of the Initiative measure, however, contend that the voters of the state, under the Initiative, have the right to enact the proposed statute for tne reason inai im euct-i d nlze the state printing department and place It on an entirely different foot ing:. OREGON TO LOOK ABROAD Great Northern Lists European Newspapers to Invite Settlers, Outlining a method of publicity work suggested by Louis Hill, president of the Great Northern, r. '"" Western Immigration Airent for the jk v. . BAn n the Portland Com mercial Club a list of the addresses of 31 European newspapers, suggesting that forelpn-born residents of the state bo Influenced to send letters to me n . ..ninn hnn4 ttielr success in UUUiri leiiniB v - Oregon and the opportunities It offers the Immigrant. T-1. an irlv TirlceS Of land. writes Mr. Graham, "and tell what th land yields, how much money they have .m4 what th chances are for a lliauci ' ..... . foreigner coming to this country and settling in their locality, mis wuum . . . v. 1 ne nnhiipltv for each com munity that would be valuable Indeed, and Inexpensive to all. The Commercial liud conMiiMi" taking up the suggestion Immediately, in iii,ii with aetllem who have III RCl I . " relatives and friends in the European countries who migm De lnnuencwi i come here by such letters. Additional j j r nawunnnem In different KUUI BBBCO v I 1 countries will be ootainoo. arm a. eral and far-reaching campaign wui ue made. RIVER.. HEARING WAITS Engineers to Consider Opening of Colombia August 22. Hearings before th Government Board of Engineers for Rivers ana naroors o .1 .! r ,h r-nlnmbia River from the mouth of the Snake River to the Canadian line, have been postponed from August id to UJUl .....- nr oreaon and asn 1 th vattonal Canltal will ap pear before the Board .at that time In C L , . v. v.,ihvit. Tha Chamber DCnaU VL uiw .. - of Commerce received letters yesterday n .... i-rmm nmmU. from Oregon s Beprc-i.. Ing their best efforts to obtain a favor able decision. Senator Chamberlain writes that Benator Poindextar and he would appear befor the Board of Engt- WL ...,,. n Vtawlev writes: "I neera. v vjii - - .. . th need of ODen aaTee witn - , - . ... t.i. oinr ? navigation oar. pracc.br;: andVlll b. glad to co-operate with my colleagues In both the Oregon and Washington dele gations, to secure the necessary appro priations ao carry on this great work. N0TICE0F SALE Of rnclaimed Baggage. Tuesday, August 15. 1911. commen- . -V . Cnnkarui Portland A in r 1 11 xu. oywt- -1 SeaUle Railway Company and Oregon . . 1 - fnm nm n V will SfJlll Electrio q,.,i public auction, at on T, U Fleventh and Hoyt streets. Portland, Elevenin an ..,, da.crlbed un claimed baggage, which for more than three months prior hereto has been and now Is in the possession, and sub- J 1 flnijthikil trunks. II jEeieven van v . sine covered trunks, one steamer trunk. three boxes, zu " " V . . ...i a.. 11 nackaaes. 7 taDV cao, v . - - bundle, on. bund,, tent poles, three 'Tlwav Company. Oregon Electrio Railway company. A MODEL DEPARTMENT. 0 hsva 11 t In stf.hi:raan newy vtUatlng' system in staiiea -hih rlmnmu their l"r' 7"rr -1"-" demon stration rooms every five minutes. A halt hour spent, i" - - fortabl Place listening to the new rec ordVli most restful as well as enjoy able. Store open tonight. Morrisonat Sixth. Oregon Sanitarium Incorporates. W G Woodruff. Stanley L. Lucas end M. Lulu Brady filed articles of In corporation yesterday for the Oregon Sanitarium. Tne capital stock is HOC00. Men, Said to Have Been Drunk, Race on Span and Car Deals Death to Driver at Fateful Points E. Mitchell Hnrt. on mn was killed and one was in jured yesterday afternoon, when their automobile, propelled at n-gn specu, awerved at a dangerous turn in ths via duct leading from the Vancouver ferry across Hayden Island. T. A. Shoemaker, a master plumber, was almost instantly killed by rece'Vr ing the full weignt or me -uw.v. Li. hv trimer Mitchell, bis em- w liia i'".. ploye. received sllgfet injuries'- The fatality, occurred ai annuo- .1 1 wher Verni Palmer, of iacili.ii.ai oyv Washougal. was killed and four others were injured by a strimngiy similar in cident, when on their way to attend the first ball game at t-ortianu, nv-. 18. The bridge from which the auto mobile plunged has a grewsome his tory; this being the tnira mormi ar dent and the fourth fatality along Its length since Mabel Monto ana '" nv Dlunged from It into Oregon Slough more than a year ago. Shoemaker ana amcneii wtmn. . ...h.i in Vancouver yes- 1 u 1 111 c i n 1 u - - - . terday morning to do some plumbing. Mitchell asserts that they had one drink of beer while there, but otner declare that they drank roucn moro. They started to return on tne r- al- ferryboat and naa reaenca where the electric track crosses the elevated highway, when the acciaeni happened. Speed Is Remembered. i.-r.- ... ..Inw neettv fast.' BSid vitheii but he could not talk coher ently enough to say more. John A. Faaaen, a rem " and William Paul and C. J. Moss, or Vancouver, after giving what assist ance they could, proceeded to the po lice station ana gave obis... the only connected account of the af fair. t "We drove our car on tne ierry 2:50 o'clock," said Padden. "and noticed these men in another car on tne uiuc. side of the boat. They were held back more by teams than we were, anu had a good start of them up the slip. ti t . ,1 th.lr ar-tlnnn at the time v c ii nu.11.Bu - and said among ourselves that It would be lucky if they got to tne cny an accident. Anto in Fatal Plunge. , - th. - earn at a ranld rate along the highway, and reached the dangerous turn, it ran mio a """" wagon, doing some damage. Then it swerved around the wagon and plunged across In front of the horses, crashing . . i V. - .alllna. almnit HlrACtlV OI- inruugu mo . r - - poslte where the Washougal party went over. , . . . .. .... "We at once turned back ana cumDea - .im. in th e-round below. A quhu a iiii.uo - " c man driving a buggy was ahead of us. Shoemaker dlea soon aner no i". ...!- ..ht r th ir falllns: on him. We raised the body and assisted Mit chell to tne oriage. a .1 d.., triimitiir ComDany coming along, we loaded the dead man and the man injured Into It ana pruceeaea w the police station." On arrival of the van at the station It was sent on to the Coroner's office, where Shoemaker's body was given in charge, and Mitchell was sent to his hShoemaker resided at 10S9 EaBt cii.. .v. .ir..t hinrth. He Is sur- llKI.U-C.l.ll . . - vlved by his widow, a 3-year-old son. Thomas; his parents, jar. ana ai. George Shoemaker, who live in Port land; two brothers, J. W. Page. 01 la- coma, and S. S. Shoemaker. 01 una .it- two .Inters. Mrs. W. H. Daub. of Tacoma, and Mrs. Sadie Sperry. of Portland. Me was " family came to Portland from Horton. Kan. Mitchell lives at 1104 Vernon avenue. 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