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Tnr: motcxixg oregoxiax, Tuesday, rnih so, 1012. 4 ROBERT I. LINCOLN ASSAILS ROOSEVELT Colonel Charged With Per verting Words of Martyred President. PROJECT HELD PERNICIOUS Oft n-Quotod Statements Said to Be? nrliboratrly Altered and Argu ment Founded on Altered Form Taft Show Letter. NEWARK. N. J.. April :. On hi wav north to carry the fight l-to Mas sachusetts. President Taft made public last night a letter from Kobert T. Un roln. son of president Uncoln. In which fo'one: Theodore Roosevelt Is con rtrmn. for what Mr. Uncoln asserts ! pervrslon of the truth. "My personal feellnjts." Mr. Lincoln wrote, "are unimportant, but I am not only 'inpatient but Indignant that President IJncoln's words and plain views should be perverted and misap plied before trusting people Into sup port of doctrines which I believe he would abhor." K veil Meld Kadlral. Mr. Lincoln's letter was written, he reouest for an ays. in inier 10 nplnlou on the "repeated assertions by Mr Koosevelt that his anuuae on cer tain radical doctrines is supported by the recorded -views." of the martyred President. The letter In part follows: The Government under which my father lived waa as it la now. republic or representative democracy checked by the Constitution, which can be rnana-.-d by the people, but only when actln by methods which compel de liberation and exclude as far as pos sible fce effect of passionate and short sighted Impulse. ( ulltll la rpheld. "President Uncoln was sincerely and faithfully obedient to our Constitution. In the single act for which he Is most remembered the Issuance of the eman cipation proclamation he expressly supported It as an act warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity. "On one public occasion he described the effect of the counting of slaves in Congressional and electoral represen tation. I comment he said: -'Now. ail this is manifestly unfair; yet I don't mention it to complain In sofar as It is already settled. It la In the Constitution, and I do not. for that rause or any other cause, propose to detroy or alter or disregard the Con stitution. I stand to it fairly, fully and firmlr." Altitude Called Peruleleua. "His attitude toward the Dred Scott decision Is urged as In support of the pernlolous project for the recall by pop ular vote of Judges and of Judicial de risions. He thought It an erroneous de rision, but his chief argument In re sistance to It waa not Us error, but that It indicated a scheme and was a part of It. for nationalisation of human slavery. "He never suggested a change In our 3overnment under which the Judges who made It should be recalled, but said that be would resist It politically by voting. If In his power, for an act prohibiting slavery In I'nlted States territory and then endeavor to have the act sustained In a new proceeding by the Supreme Court reversing; itself. I.:ela'e Prayer Cited. "He loved the Government under which te lived, and when at Gettys burg he prayed (If 1 may use that word) that a government of the peo ple by the people and for the people may not perish from the earth, he meant and could only mean that gov ernment under which he lived, a repre sentative government of balanced ex ecutive, legislative and Judicial parts and not something entirely different an unchecked democracy. "These often-quoted words of Presi dent Lincoln are now deliberately al tered, and argument founded on their altered form" 2 STATES VOTE TUESDAY Oeonria and Florid lo Have Presi dential Primaries. ALANT.V. Ga.. April :. Georgia and Florida will have Presidential preference primaries this week, the former Wednesday and the latter Tues day. The names of Woodrow Wilson. Oa--ar W. Underwood. Judson Harmon and -hamo Clark have been placed upon the ballots. The campaign waged by the Wilson and Underwood adherents has been one of the most spirited ever known In thl state. The aspirant re reiving the largest number of votes will have Georgia's Is delcgstes to the Na tional convention. In Florida the Presidential fight Is between Wilson and Underwood, with both sides claiming victory. FLOOD POURING TO GULF More Water Than Ever on Way to Mouth of MlNilppI. NKW ORLEANS. La. April IS. More water than ever before known In the history of the Mississippi Klver is on its way to the Gulf, was the state ment made tonight by C. 1. Townsend. president of the Mississippi River Com mission, the members of which arrived l.ere today on board the steamer Mis sissippi from SU Louis. FIRE IS FATAL TO THREE Apartment Burn at Knoivllle; Two KiUed by Flame. One Jumps. KNOXVILLK. Tenn.. April 29 Three lives wt-re lost In a fire that destroyed the Mrl-n apartment on West Church street eiierday. Mrs. Edward Lock- rt and J. D. Rath were burned to death and Mrs. John Lister died from injuries received when she Jumped from a third-story window. ev.ral persons were severely burned or hurt when they Jumped. COUNTY TO PAY FOR ROAD Ai-lant Attorney-General Advises Lincoln County Commissioners. Oi.YMPIA. Wash.. rrll I (Spe ,.,,1.1 n an opinion rendered today to the Prosecuting Attorney of Lincoln County. Assistant Attorney-General Lyle holds that tne. money necessary to acquire a right of way for a county road suitable for improvement under the state highway act. should be de rived from the county general road and bridge fund. In a former opinion to the highway department It was held that engineer ing, advertising and incidental ex penses should come from that fund. In the present case It is only de.lred to make a change of grade t make pos sible the building of the state high way, so the expense Is held to be In cident.!. The opinion holds that It Is practi cally optional with the County Com missioners whether they desire to pay for the bridges and culverts out of the general road and bridge fund or out of the county's share of the state highway fund, and that In cases where the bridges and culverts are a necessary part of the Improvement they may be Included in the main contract executed pursuant to the state highway law, but that if it is deemed inadvisable by the Commissioners to use the county's "7 i V 'V' Kobert T. I.laeola. Who Aecuaee Rsoeevrlt of Perverting Worda mt Deal Prraldral. share of the state highway fund, the work can bo done by Independent con tract and the cost deducted from the general road and bridge fund. POLICE RAID DICE GAME 4 1 MKMIlF.HS OF OK EGO X SOCIAL CLUB AKKESTED. Church Xext Ioor KeRlMers Protest With Ileult That Authori ties Visit Place. Just as Brother Wilson, of the Ore gon Social Club, was rolling them high In a crap game at 10 Seventh street. North, last night about church time, and the bones fell to the green-spread table top with the seven showing, amid a shout from those gathered atout the place, seven policemen broke down the doors. Brother Wilson lost a count and 40 other Inmates of the place, among them two women, were arrested and taken to the police station. When the first crash came on the door, as the brother was In the act of demonstrating a meemerlo control over the two spotted ivories, all the mem bers of the club, and such as were not members, dived for shelter. One mem ber hid under a two-foot-square table, but. being three feet wide In the shoulders, failed to escape notice. An other of the party ran Into an ante room and climbed to the top of a high closet. The closet was too small to support him and his fall Into the arms of the police came quickly. Religious dislike for the neighboring "crap" game, which drew the youth of the negro colony from church services, waa responsible for the arrest. A church next door, of which the mem bers of the club also are said to be members, has been suffering from the greater attractions of the games of chance in the social club, and regis tered a protest. Several youths who had gone the way of the rolling "bones" broke from the police at the head of the stairs and tried to make a hurried departure. One, well started, waa urged on by Patrol man Kvans. "Go on." shouted the po liceman, "you make it: hurry." The youth hurried, but at the bottom ra,n Into the arms of Patrolman Maas. ' I waa Juat stepping outside for a breath of air." said the member, as the arms of the law closed In upon him. "I'll go right back." And he did. Two members of the club were sleep Ins peacefully in cots in an adjoining room when the police rushed it. Not even the noise of the breaking doors woke them. But when the officers broke Into their room they awoke and with one accord said: "We weren't do ing nothing: we Just came down here to s;eep." Hard-hearted policemen brought them to the station to sleep. Under the "bsrred-door" ordinance, at $10 each. It cost them 1410 to secure their release on ball. Money, dice and tables, as well as the stool of the "look out" and other paraphernalia of a gam Ming resort, were taken by Sergeant Harms. Patrolmen Evert. Iyng. Knnls, Maas. Evans. Wendorf and Rill. AMBASSADOR IS HOPEFUL Mannet Calero Say .Mexican Situa tion Is Not Serlou. NEW YORK. April J. Manuel Ca lero. the newly appointed Mexican Am bassador to the United States, arrived from Vera Crus yesterday with his bride of six months and In an overnight stop here before proceeding to his post In Washington he expressed his hope of quieting the "talk about unstable con ditions" in his country. "At present," he said. "Mexico is as safe in the majority of its cities aa any section of the United States. With the exception of three provinces there Is peace In Mexico. The government feels no real concern about the out come of the uprising and as soon as the trouble In Chihuahua Is put down the back of the revolution will be broken. "It seems to be thought here that Mexico Is like Honduras or Venexuela as far as revolutions go, but that is false. Most of our trouble Is from brigandage and that cannot be helped any more than the train robbers In your own Western states or the holdups In New York City." FIRE SWEEPS DAMASCUS Famous Bazaar Quarter Destroyed, With Ix or $10,000,000. CONSTANTINOPLE. April IS. The great basaar iiuartera In Damascus have been destroyed by fire. Several persons were killed and many injured and the damsse Is estimated at flO.060.000. The tire heuan ;t mhinisht Friday and lasted until late Saturday night. LOSS OF LIFE FROM TORNADO GROWING Two Oklahoma Towns Wiped Out; 41 Dead and 100 In jured Are Counted. FLOODS BLOCK RESCUERS Twenty Towns Feel Force of Storm That Sweeps Northward, Leaving Devastation In Path Manjr, Families Are Destitute. OKLAHOMA CITT. prll 19. As de tailed reports come In, the extent of devastation and loss of life and prop erty from SaturdaVs tornado Increases. It Is known that 20 towns were struck by the storm which swept northward through portions of South western and Central Oklahoma; that two 'if them, Butler and Foss. were literally wiped out and 41 dead and more than 100 Injured are accounted for. Other deaths are reported but cannot be verified because swollen streams prevent rescue parties from exploring whole sections. CummnBlralloa Cut Off. No word had been received last night from Eldorado. Warren. Martha" and Blair. r?portel Saturday to have suf fered severely, while Korn. Sentinel Colony and Hlnton. Okla., were learned to have been bRdly damaged. All Cer.tral Oklahoma seems to be demoralised and It may be days before the loss of life snd property is known. Western Oklahoma streams are out of their banks. The Hock Island bridge over the Cimarron River. 30 miles south of Enid, was washed out. A call for aid was sent yesterday by the officials of Lugert, who say there are 30 destitute families In the town. Damage Is Summarised. Following is a summary of the dam age to life and property: Foss, Okla.. 10 killed, 15 or 30 in jured: town badly torn up. Butler, Okla., nine killed, many in jured. Sentinel. Okla., two killed. 60 houses blown down. Hlnton. Okla., one killed, many In jured: scores of buildings blown down. Hobart. Okla., two known dead; four others reported dead; several injured; great damage to property. Lugert. Okla.. two killed, five fatally hurt; one store building left standing. Half of Tin Deatroyed. Rocky. Okla., one killed, half of town blown away. Calumet. Okla.. three killed.' six or eight Injured: heavy property loss. Eldorado. Okla.. no news since Sat urday wmn It waa reported many killed and Injured. Reports of many smaller tornadoes have been received from Mineo. Yukon, Mulhall and points in Oarfield County. Klrkland. Tex, seven dead and great damage to property. I. W. W. CAMP NEAR CITY Tronble-Makers Arrested I'pon Re turn to San Diego. SAN DIEOO. Cal.. April 59 About 150 Industrial Worker of the World are reported tonight camped four or five miles from LaJolla. The latter place la within the city limits, although a doxen miles from the business dis trict, where the so-called "tight for free speech" waa made. To renew that fight Is the avowed purpose of the band near LaJolla. Its members are well provided with food and money. Eight Industrial Workers came to the city on the evening train and six were promptly arested. Five of them defiantly declared that they were here for the purpose of violating the street speaking ordinance. POPE IS CARRIED IN CHAIR PhyMclan Induce Ills Holinetis to Conserve His Strength. ROME. April 29. The Pope today conducted his audiences seated In a se dan chair. This gave rise to a report that he was again Indisposed. It has been the custom of his holi ness to walk to the audience chamber, but for a long time hia physicians have suggested that he permit himself to be carried, with a view to sparing his strength. This method now has beon adopted and probably will continue throughout the hot Summer: It is said the Pope's condition is nor mal. ITALIANS CAPTURE ISLAND Turk Garrison Surrender Fortress of Stampalia to Enemy. ROME. April 29. A wireless mes sage received by Admiral Presbytero, In command of the armored cruiser plsa, announced that to complete the occupation of Stampalia, an Island of the Grecian Archipelago, belonging to Turkey, he landed two companies, which slesed the heights commanding the town of Llvaderla. The small garrison surrendered at the first summons. QUEUES ROIL REPUBLICANS All Chinese Near Shanghai Forced to Remove Braids. SHANGHAI. April 2. Republicans In the districts around Shanghai are at tacking all residents who wear queues, forcibly cutting off the objectionable appendages. Coolies and others in the International settlement who retain their queues are afraid to venture be yond the limits. Collisions occurred between the mu nicipal police and so-caJled reformers. PRIZE FUNDS INCREASING BulneM Men Are Aiding Children' Garden Contest. While echool children in every dis trict In Portland are aealously cultivat ing their littie gardens and striving each one to produce the "finest ever" In the staple garden products for which prises are to be offered In the coming school garden contest, business men snd organisations of the city, with equal Best, are raising funds aud pre- Daring a fine list of prises with which to reward the enorta oi me -imnieui gardeners. Subscriptions of cash ana other valuable prises are being pledged, and an active solicitation Is being made by those Interested in the move ment to increase still further the amounts of the awards. Several real estate companies of Portland hRve donated to the schools the use of some of their lots, plowing and harrowing them and placing them In preparation for seeding. These tracts have been divided Into regula tion slsed school gardens. 8 by 10 feet, and within Its own tract the child Is permitted to exercise its skill as a truck gardener. The school garden committee has is sued a circular covering the varieties and classes of exhibits for which prises are to be given in the garden contest. The committee, upon recommendation of the school principal, will assist the children by Issuing a limited supply of garden Implements to those who are not able to secure then otherwise. The exhibit at which the prises are to be awarded will be held in June. WIRELESS CONTROL IS AIM Senatorial Inquisitors Will Question Marconi Operators. WASHINGTON", Apr'.' 29. With the definite object of showing the unwis dom of permitting wireless operators on shipboard to be their own masters, the Senatorial committee looking Into the Titanic disaster tomorrow will en ter upon thV second week of its Inves tigation. The witnesses tomorrow will include General Manager Bottomly, of the Marconi Company; Chief Engineer Sammis and Harry Bride, the surviving Titanic wireless operator. Their testimony probably will call attention to the Importance of prompt and reliable Information respecting conditions at sea and It will be sought by that means to destroy individaul proprietorship over the facts and cir cunr.stanccs of mishaps, no matter how grave. "Such Information belongs to the public," said Senator Smith, chairman, tonight, "and it is their right to have It without delay. I have no doubt that the next wireless convention will con sider this important matter and that stricter regulations will be prescribed for the conduct of wireless operators." Senator Smith today cabled to Ger many for the exact position of the liner Frankfurt when the Titanic signalled distress. , MILL DEATH LIST HEAVY Lumber Industry Claims Many Fatalities In Washington. OLTMPIA. Wash., April 2? (Spe cial.) There have been 73 deaths from October 1. 1911. when the workmen's compensation law went Into effect, to April 15. 1912, according to figures compiled by the Industrial Insurance Commission. Of this number 30 have been among men employed In the class known as "lumber and milling." Coal mining comes next with fatalities to taling 10. while in the powder works class there were eight deaths, and in general construction six deaths. Other classes of industry in which there have been deaths are as follows: Railroads. 3; electric systems, 2; bridge and tower. I; street railways. 1; gas works, 1: paper mills, 2; cement man ufacturing. 3; steel manufacturing, 1; and breweries, 1. The foregoing figures show that out of the 48 classes of occupations con sidered hazardous and so listed, only 14 have reported fatalities. Only three deaths have been reported on rail roads. Of the 73 death claims filed 62 have been approved and 21 are held In abeyance for further Investigation. There la a balance of 278.966 In all funds, according to the report. In ad dition to $114,403 held In reserve on approved claims. AUTO WRECK IS FATAL Illn&dill Parsons, of Schenectady, Killed in Upset. . . . . k i " t.- 1 1 on UI..HIII Parsons, of Schenectady, vice-president i 1 .u.n.l rt tha nn.rfll r.ieciric lud)biiji " " ly today In an automobile accident at Clinton heights, three miles east of Albany. ... . t. . I..F. His chauffeur. T. J. ivicnoison, sus tained a fracture of the left leg and Is in a serious condition. Mr. Parsons was at the wheel, one of the rear tires blew out and the car turned completely over. The rear of the tonneau landed on Mr. Parsons' head, crushing his skull and causing Instant death. CAPTAIN TAKES OWN LIFE Old Tar Shoots Hlmnelf After Long I llncs. SAN DIEGO. Cal.. April 29. Captain George W. Chase, an old-time skipper and pilot, well known on the Coast, committed suicide today by shooting himself through the head at La Jolla. lle-retired from the sea several years ago. He leaves a family In this city. A rslnful Illness, believed by htm to be Incurable, Is supposed to have promoted his act. ARMIES DELAYING ISSUE Reports 0r Relative Strength of Forces Conflicting. MEXICO CITT. Aplri 29. With two armies face to face In the north and neither seemingly willing to force the issue, 'here appeared today little change in the status of the situation from that the w ft jJtVXTTfTu rfTTil iTf.Vi BAKING POWDER The BeM of the niqh-Crade Copyright Hart Schaffner It Man of a veek ago. Reports Jrom the two camps are conflicting as to their rel ative strength. l liU ll mt wiiu iiihii v. j . - cal on into Torreon reported that Oroz- . i . 1. .. TAAll Af cos eirengtn wan icon m" 1 JJJi whlrh only about 5000 were armed, the rest being divided into foraging parties. Hundreds of his men were said to have trade their way into Durango to take advantage of General Huerta's offer of amnesty. On the other hand, the federal com mander appears unwilling to advance. 7he federals are profiting by the delay to drill their recruits and inure them to cainp life. It is regarded as un likely that Oroxco will advance much below Kscalon and that the expected battle will take place before General Huerta determines to proceed north ward. The revolutionists appear to have made headway on the west coast. Cu llacan. In Sinaloa, is In rebel control ji I. ..l-l . n Vi i . hupn aarkpil with out restraint. The fate of Maxatlan, in tne same state, i uuwci lam. Minister of Communications Bonilla, a native of Sinaloa, Is of the opinion that the coast town is safe, although wire communication has been Interrupt ed and no word was received from there today. Teplc. since the rout of some thousand or more rebels a day or two ago, is said to be held still by fed erals. Zapltlstas are said to be active In Cuernavaca, Morelos. and train service was abandoned after the slaughter of nine rurales of an escort who sought to protect a train three days apo. Disturbances were reported recently a'.ong the line of the Pan-American Ti .. ; 1 ... . in pklnnaa inil Smithem OR X - aca. out generally Puebla and Oaxaca seem to be quiet. ... v. i nr nannMpa authorized X lit) nniiun . . . . , t, ... last week the Increase of the army to 60.000 men and voxea an appi i" m"" of 110.000,000 gold for the purpose. The bill met with strong opposition ana called forth acrimonious debates, in which General Diaz was eulogized and the Martero government characterized as a failure. Speaking on the appropriation bill yesterday Representative Greenados, Minister of the Interior in the De la Barra Cabinet, said that more blood had betn shed In Mexico nuring me last five months than during the 30 years of Diaz' administration, and that such j condition as at present had not existed since tne ran oi .iaxuiiiiniu. An linconformed report was tnat tne house of the American Consular Agent in Topia, a mining camp in Northwest Durango. wa4 attacked, his safe dyna mited and robbed of money deposited there ty Americans, and his records burned. The American Ambassador Is Investigating. Club to Dine Soldiers. The Portland Commercial Club will give a dinner and reception Thursday night. Mav 2. In compliment to the First Infantry, which Is to be sent from the Vancouver Barracks to Honolulu. A letter has been sent the club from the Chamber of Commerce signifying the desire of that organization to act with the Commercial Club in this ex pression of the good will of the bosl- uamiy Cookies A treat for the children and good for them, too, ar. easy to make crisp, more delicious, more di gestible when leavened, withRumford. It imparts to all cakes andcookiesthatdelicacyof texture and flavor sought for by all good cooks. WHOLESOME Baking Powders No Alum Hart Schaffner & Marx Spring Suit The styles are very smart; you'll find nothing to match them in excellence. The fabrics are all wool, and the tailoring perfect, a guarantee of good service and shape keeping. We can fit anybody correctly; and the prices are easy $18 to $40 We're making a $20 suit display of our Spring models in the Third street window. Sam,l Rosenblatt & Co. 3rd ness men of Portland for their friends in the departing regiment. Japanese Scares Children.. A Japanese, supposed to have desert ed a ship, swam ashore at Maygers, Or., late Saturday night, according to word received here yesterday, and entered the house of the head sawyer at the May gers mill. Two children were alone In the nouse at the time, and, frightened at the man's appearance, they ran from the house and summoned help. Neigh bors who Investigated found the Jap anese wrapped In a blanket lying on the bed. He was nearly frozen from his MR H. W. NEWTON. THE TENOR SOLOIST, WHOSE LAST NIGHT'S SUCCESS IN THE "APOLLO CONCERT" AT THE . HEILIG WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED, STRONGLY. RECOMMENDS THE KRANICH & BACH PIANO FOR VOCALISTS. ., . ---.i&gmm$ U - - A. : ; j'-: : ''' '.:?,. --" ' '-.y :0 -'-i :'-:':: ::o.::"" : .:: .v:x- '-';':' 1 k'n WJ xtf Ai Graves Music Co., Gentlemen: "I have known the Kranich & Bach piano intimately for fifteen yoars. It is one of .the very few Best Pianos,' and I have, always enjoyed its singing tone, which Is especial ly desirable to a vocalist." (Signed) 1 The World-Wide Fame of I BALTIMORE RYE i te its Ripe Rich-Tress USUHAX MM . mm- & Morrison swim in the Columbia. As he was un able lo speak Knglish no explanation could be obtained from him as to his conduct. Arizona Itepubllcans to Meet. , PHOENIX. Ariz., Aprl 29. Chairman J. L. Hubbell. of the state Republican committee, issued a call tonight for a conference of all county chairmen to be held here on May 1. The confer ence will fix the time and place for the Republican state convention and the method of selecting delegates. Nova Scotia coal mines employ 1.1. o"0 pf rons. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm sjfjfjfjpjiiihmsmhbssj mmrnm sx superior Kxnrinnw and Rare flavor SOS. BiltlmoiBd. S?5S b SOHI a4