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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1911)
BRAVE FOWLER TO PERILS OF SIERRAS Aviator Off Again to Conquer Grim Peaks in Dash Across Continent. MOTHER FOLLOWS IN TRAIN Lo Angeles I Starting Point In Bird-nan's Sroond Attempt at Coast-fa-Cnast Flight Santa I Tracks to Re Ills Guide. LOS AXOELEA Oct. M. Aviator R. G. Fowler started just before sundown today on hi second' attempt at flying; across the continent. Arl-ln from Wiltshire Field, he as cended to a hels-ht of 1500 fnt and sailed iwiy for Pasadena, Dine miles distant, where lie said ha woulj pass th nlsht- The c! recent was made In safety, and tunorrow tfi Journey eastward will be resumed. At 1 o'clock tomorrow moraine; the special train bearlnr the aviator's mother and mechanics will dnpart to follow np the airman. Fowler will attempt to follow the Fanta Fe railroad tracks, crossing; the Sierra Nevada Mountains alonit that rout a AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE COUPLE TO WHOM DAUGHTER. IS BORN. MRS. KERR IN LAST SLEEP irnneral of Portland Woman Held at St. James Lutheran Church. The funeral of Mrs. Albertina Fechtera Kerr. wife of Alexander Jl. Kerr. who died Tuesday aft ernoon, was held yesterday from Ft. James Lutheran Church, after a brief preliminary service at the fam ily home, at ll Fourteenth street. In terment was made In Rlvervlew Ceme tery. Floral offerings completely sur rounded the casket. Besldea a Jar ire number of relatives of Mr. and Mrs. rr. Including Mrs. Kerr's mother, two sisters and one brother, many 'jrlends asembled at the church. The pallbearers were Colonel T. N. Tunbar, Lieutenant T. E. Bowman. J John P. Kenworthy. James Thompson. Lewis Harnett and A. P. Oram. ) Ir. J Allen Leas, pastor of the Pt. ' James Fnrllsh Lutheran Church, offi ciated, and delivered the eulogy.' He ;was assisted by Pr. Jacob E. Snyder, of lJ. H. Bovs. of the First Presbyterian Church, and Rev. T. W. H. Fredrick.. MALCOLM DISPATCH ERRS Portland Sid Iegrce Mioon Made Inepector-Ocncral. Belief. TImt Philip 6. Malcolm, of Portland, has been honored with the, title of In spect or-general of the Vcottlsb Rite Masons la the Interpretation Masons In this city place, on a dispatch that has been received from 'Washington. The wording; of the dispatch Is that Mr. TMalcom has been created a SJd degree Mason, but this Is manifestly an error, as Mr. Malcolm h'j been a SJd degree Mason for many years. The action Just taken was by the Fupreme Council of the Scottish Kite Masons for the Southern Jurisdiction of the I'nlted States, which la In session In WtshlnKton. It means that Mr. Mal colm has become the active S3d degree Scottish Rite Mason In the Oreeron Jur isdiction, and a member of the Supreme Council. He has arved as deputy of the Supreme Council for this Jurisdic tion since the death of Inspector-General Pratt In 1908. OFFICER IS EXONERATED irro Attorney's Protest I Over ruled at Police Hearing. Following a hearing, the police com mittee of the Executive Board yester day acquitted patrolman Marsh of charges of Improper conduct, preferred y McCants Stewart, a negro lawyer. Ftewart alleged that when on his way tiome recently he was placed under ar rest without Justification by the pa trolman and taken to Ihe police sta- Inn where he was later released. Patrolman Marsh, who was repre-j rented by J. A. Jeffrey, called witnesses ,to prove that Stewart on the night of Itiis arrest had been abusive. Other : witnesses for the patrolman testified 'that when Stewart was brought to the nation ha was apparently under the Influence of liquor. The commissioners concluded from Ihe testimony that Marsh did not ex reed bis authority. AJrjTlIO.1T DHEILL, JH. AMD W 1FK. MHS. M ARJORIE GUI LD DREXEL HEIRESS IS MOTHER Daughter Born to Mrs. Mar iorie Gould Drexel. LOVE MATCH IS RECALLED HENRI DELORME ACQUITTED J'roccutlon for Alleged Abduction of Helen AYnltson Falls. SANTA CRUZ, CaL. Oct. 50. A ver Blct of not guilty was returned tonight (ler two hours' deliberation by the iry In the case of Henri Pelorme. charged with the abduction of Helen tVbltson. a San Francisco girl, for white slave" purposes. The case has teen before the court here all of this Jveek. Helen Whttson. who Is IT years old. was discovered In a mountain resort tear here after an extended search which was begun when her family In fan Francisco reported to the police that she had been missing several days. On her accusation against Pelorme he Was arrested In Stockton and brought kera for trial. The case against him tested almost wholly upon her testl- BLOW INJURES GUPTILL t-kagwsy Mram-hlp Man Struck by Ai May Pie. SEATTLE. Wash, Oct. JO. Clyde B. Guptlll. agent for the Alaska Steam ship Company, and one of the most widely known shipping men In Alaska and the Northwest, was brutally at tacked in the company's office at Skag way this morning, according to word received here. Guptlll was found In a Jvlng condition la his office. He hsd been struck on the head with an ax. and his skull hsd been fractured so badly that his death Is hourly ex pected. The motive for the attack on Guptlll Is not known, as his valuables ware not taken, and the safe In the of S.ca wag Itil Intact. Sister of George Gould Refuses Offer for Her Hand From Tit led Foreigner to Wed Ameri can of Her Choice. NEW TORK. Oct 20. Mrs. Anthony 3. PrexeL Jr.. formerly Miss Marjorle Gould, who passed by many offers for her hand from titled European noble men to wed the simple American of her choice. Is receiving congratulations today on the birth of a daughter. The child Is to be named Edith Klngdon PrexeL The mother Is doing; well. The wedding of Marjorle Gould and Anthony J. PrexeL Jr., son of one of the first financiers of Philadelphia. which took place In New York April 19. 1910. was one of Gotham's most brilliant society events. The young couple received presents the value of which was estimated at I5.000.0eo. The gift of George Gould to his sister was beautiful home In Fifth avenue. which, with Its furnishings, cost $500,-000. The ceremony took place In St. Bar tholomew's Episcopal Church, and was performed by Bishop Scarborough, of New Jersey. Hundreds of fashionably dressed women stood In the rain for hours outside the church to see the bridal party passu Two hours before the ceremony a mob of excited women broke Into the church and half stripped the walls of their decorations of How era, vines and ferns In thelrTrenzy to secure souvenirs. The police had to be called to eject them. Miss Gould did not pass by a title for lack of opportunity. Among those who sued for the hand of the beautiful young; heiress were the Puke of Bra ganta. the Puke of Malba. and Prince uomanowskL a kinsman of the Czar of Russia. In the days of their courtship, which ha many romantic features, young Piexel proved himself a very persistent suitor. wooden structure built by a local car penter In the wilds of Clare, and ex cept for the fact of having windows all round. It was more like a bathing box than anything else. The clumsy cartwheels on which It stood allowed but for the slowest loco motion, and though there were shafts attached to It. when the need for loco motion did arise It was more often the priest's congregation than his horse that pulled 'or pushed the chapel Into place, for the circumstances that had called it Into being forbade Its being moved far off the narrow strip of fore shore, or no man's land, whence even the law was powerless to remove It. Father Vaughan's chapel, on the con trary, fitted with powerful engines of the most np-to-date pattern, can cover more miles In one day than tta prede cessor covered In the whole course of Its existence, and its appearance. Its finish. Its Internal and external ap polntments are almost as unlike the "Little Ark" as a mud-walled chapel Is to a city church. STRANGE VISITOR PUZZLES Return After Four Tears Marks' Sec ond Request for Money. Four years ago an unidentified man went to the home of Mrs. E. Burtch, 104 Corbett street, sat down in ths parlor and aaJd he must be given money. It was given to him and he left. Teaterday be returned, addressed her as a friend, entered the parlor, sat down In the chair he had occupied be fore, asked for uoney and was given S1-C0 by the frightened woman. Thank ing her and saying that he would pay It back today aa he had tSOO due him from a rancher, he went away. Mrs. Burtch reported the visit of the man to the police e.l they are now looking for him. MOTOR CHAPEL IS NEXT A British Priest Brings the Church to the People. America. The Idea of having a chapel on wheels Is by no meana a new one In the Brit ish Isles, for even If the name of chapel can scarcely be claimed by the travel ing vans belonging to Kenslt and the Protestant Alliance, no one will deny It to the "Little Ark" of Carrlgaholt that did so much to keep the faith alive In Western Clare during those cruel years that followed the great famine in Ire land. The motor chapel with which Fath ers Vaughan and Norgate are carrying a beacon light of Cathollo troth through the eastern counties of England this Summer is unlike tta predecessor In al most every respect. Father Michael Aleehana "Little. Ark was a tough ACQUISITION OF UTILITIES IS OUTLINED IX DRAFT. Prevention of Use of Streets hy Pri vate Companies to Re Overcome In New Charier. The city may. In its discretion, pur chase, condemn, or acquire any public utility operated under a city franchise. according to one of the provisions of the proposed new Commission Charter, de elded upon at Thursday night's meeting of the People's Charter Commission. An other provision decided upon was that no railway franchise may be granted for a longer term than 35 years, and no other franchise for a longer term than five years. It was decided that all franchises be subject to the refer endum, and be revokable at any time. A Joker In one of the sections as drafted by Mr. Benbow was discovered by Pr. C H. Chapman. It was pointed out that under the provision It was possible for the streetcar corporation to prolong the Ufa of sll Its franchises by securing a franchise for a non-connecting line. All the franchises, no matter what date of expiration might be stated in them, would not expire, under thts charter provision, until the new franchise for the non-connecting1 line expired. A provision that all franchises now existing and to be granted be subject to the terms of the new charter was proposed, and will probably be adopted. This will affect the controversy over the amount the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company should pay for the use of the new Hawthorne bridge. as well as the terms of numerous other franchises held by that corporation. PRINCESS STIRS REVOLT Daughter of Leopold Conspires Against French Regime. BRUSSELS. Oct. (Special.) A story is told here concerning Princess Clementine's presence among the Bona partlst party which. It Is said, has in creased the hopes of the latter In the success of a conspiracy against the French regime. Paris bankers, according to this story, have received a summons to the Prlnoess' residence at Spa. and have promised to open a fund of 110,000,000 for the purpose of overthrowing the Republic . Prince Victor Napoleon, the husband of the Belgian Princess, has a com mittee In Paris, which Is said to be spreading a "Bonapartlst feeling" In the French army and among members of Parliament. Of course, if the French government made a complaint the Belgian gov ernment would have to warn the Prin cess that conspiracies against a neigh boring nation could not be tolerated on Belgian soli, and the daughter of King Leopold, if she persisted,-would have to leave the country. ABSOLUTELY PURE Makes delicious home baked foods of maximum quality at minimum cost Makes home baking a -pleasure . The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar No Alum No Lima Phosphates PLAGUE STORY OUT Verbicaro Tragedy Awakes Italy to Danger of Spread. RURAL DISTRICTS SUFFER Mayor in Small Community Pies of Fright Tl'ten Populace Goes Wild Following Outbreak of Ma lignant ' Disease. A Heart Disappointment. Detroit Free Press. . "Did she get her divorcer "Oh. yes. but she was terribly disap pointed In a way. You know he didn't contest it." While th CsTDtlans named the days of thMr w.sk. the J.ws numbered th.m enlr, the Brst day of the week being always toa oay alter toe wsaaiy etonetiM ROME. ' Oct. 20. (SpeciaL) The tragedy of Verbicaro has had the ef fect of deflultely lifting the veil of silence that has been drawn over the subject of the cholera in Italy through out the year. But it has done more than that. It has drawn more atten tion In the last few weeks to the con ditions of life In a great part of Southern Italy than has been done by all the articles written on the subject in the last ten years. It has been well known that the "brutto .male" (cholera) has been In existence on the mainland and In Sicily for at least three months, but Italians have been content to follow the lead of their government and Bay nothing about It. hoping that it would be soon stamped out, and fearing that a public acknowledgment of the truth would Jeopardize the success of the exhibition. Romans did not complain even when excursion trains at cheap fares were nun to the capital' from Naples, where they were well aware that cases bad been reported. It is only lately, when the spread of the dis ease has been too evident to be denied that they have expressed openly their doubts- as to ths wisdom of the policy of silence on the part of the govern ment. Deficit Is Overlooked. It is a question if this unwillingness to confess the truth has not defeated Its own object. The Exhibition In snite of Its artistic excellence. is acknowledged to have resulted up to the present time In financial failure. The official "Journal of pudiic works has confessed to a deficit of a million francs, a figure which has been re celved generally with an expressive shrug of the shoulders. And the hope of converting the deficit Into a ravor able balance, which rests on an ex pected big Influx of Italians and foreigners Into Rome during the Au umn and Winter and the ensuing Spring, has been discounted by tne suplneness of the authorities. This Is the more to be regrenea in asmuch as public acknowledgment. coupled with vigorous restrictive measures, even such aa were taken last Fall, could have stamped out the evil when it first aDDeared in the early Summer; and even now, after the close of the most dangerous period, it can be brought without dliricuity unaer complete control. But, on account or the distrust engenedered. that may be too late so far as the success of the Exhibition Is conoerned. Small Towns Suffer. T- v. .ivieMan.A nf the Verbicaro outbreak Is that It Is not an Incident; It la a type of hundreds of small towns similarly situated in the South of Italy. nd it reveals a aegree oi ignurui;. id superstition which without such rect evidence would not be believed . v.- m.bIVi). Th neonle there had been 'already rendered anxious by the recent census: they looked on the out break of cholera as a deliberate at- pt to reduce the excess or popuia- . kl.K 1. h.A laflnwd. And theV believed that every public official car- nniaonflus "nowder" for that purpose. Terror sent half of them In headlong flight to the hills; fury drove the re mainder to set fire to the Town Hall and murder brutally and horribly the Communal Secretary. The Mayor had fled, and a government official sent to make inquiries died of sheer fright and horror at what he saw. The facts reveal not only the utter powerlessness or the municipal and health authorities to deal with any emergency that may arise (and that In spite of the reorganization of the med ical sen-ices set on foot by Slgnor Luzzatti last Autumn), but general conditions of life which are a dis credit to the Italian people. Water Supply Opes. Verbicaro has a railway station, at a distance of 14 kilometres, but its only means of access is a mule track, aa the road promised many years ago has not yet been built. Its water sup ply is an open aqueduct which became contaminated, necessitating a Journey of three kilometres to the hill springs. It has no drains of sny sort, refuse is thrown from the windows into the nar row dark lanes which constitute its streets, and Its people share their habi tations with the chickens, pigs and whatever animals they possess. Xha acbooU aaclt as It is. Is not At tended, as the work of even the young est child is needed In the fields, and the communal budget, exhausted by the barest needs of the town, is power less to cope with any emergency. The percentage of illiteracy Is 93; supersti tion is rife. Trouble, such as the present outbreak ol. cholera, is re garded as either a visitation of Heaven or the work of the government, of whose existence the tax-collector Is, as a rule, the only evidence. The people, seeing that cholera attacks the poor only and spares those better off. draw the preposterous inference that the well-to-do are in league to kill them off. The remedy for this state of things Is acknowledged to lie in education. The difficulty is, firstly, the lack of funds, and, secondly, the Inability of any administrative measure to emerge from the sea of political controversy and bureaucratic delay In Rome. SPANKING MACHINE NEXT Time Saved to Busy Housewives by an Electrical Device. New York Evening Telegram. There should be no bad boys, soiled clothing, rheumatic sufferers or Impure air in New Tork for at least one week, A body of generous scientific men have found a way to dispose of these numer ous evils and are grolng to take the public into their confidence at the new Grand Central Palace. Lexington ave nue and Forty-seventh street, where the 1911 Electrical Exposition opens. The one contrivance that has aroused nnusual Interest, particularly among mothers of unruly youngsters, is a spanking machine. This device, which is operated by electricity, is guaranteed so far to surpass the old-fashioned pa ternal walloping that the management of the exposition Is confident that It will be welcomed In every home after It has had a fair trial. It Is so cleverly devised that the mother of a large family, who Is frequently Interrupted In her day's work to apply the anti quated spanking to several of her brood, will find it a great time saver. 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