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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
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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.
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Parsons, of Schenectady, vice-president
i 1 .u.n.l rt tha nn.rfll
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ly today In an automobile accident at
Clinton heights, three miles east of
Albany.
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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
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of a veek ago. Reports Jrom the two
camps are conflicting as to their rel
ative strength.
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cal on into Torreon reported that Oroz-
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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.
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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-
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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
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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
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