VOL. LX- NO. 18,939
Entered at Portland Oriron
Pofuof f foe nn Second-Class Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
JURY ACQUITS Ml
IN BASEBALLTRIAL
PRUSSIAN TACTICS
IN ARMY ALLEGED
INFLUX OF BUYERS
SETS MEM
SCHOONER IS ASHORE
NEAR THE PRESIDIO
OTTILLdE FJORD GROUNDS IX
FOG 500 FEET OFF SHORE.
MOUNTAINS SHELTER
PRESIDENTIAL PARTY
MUCH LIQUOR FOUND
ON "PHANTOM" SHIP
EVIDENCE OF RCM-KCSXlXG
'S
CAREER IS ENDEO
BRIGADIER-GENERAL SDADEX
OBJECT OF ATTACK.
MR. HARDING AND COMPAN
IONS IX SEQUESTERED LODGE.
CONSPIRACY BAKED.
WOMAN BAFFLES
PHONE ATTORNEY
Hearing Is Seized With
. Uproar of Laughter.
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CARUSO
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Seven ex-White Sox and
2 Others Exonerated.
ONLY ONE BALLOT IS TAKEN
Verdict Is Reached in Two
Hours and 47 Minutes.
NIGHT SESSION IS HELD
"Weaver, Felsch, Ttisberjr, Gandil,
Williams, Cicotte, Jackson,
Zork and Zelcer Freed.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The seven ex-White
Sox baseball players and two others
on trial for alleged consipracy to de
fraud the public through throwing
the 1919 world series tonight were
found not guilty by a Jury.
The defendants were: Buck Wea
ker, third baseman; Oscar Felsch,
outfielder: Charles Risberg. short
stop; Arnold Gandil, first baseman:
Claude Williams and Eddie Cicotte.
pitchers; Joe Jackson, outfielder all
ex-White Sox players and Carl Zork
ef St. Louis and David Zelcer of Dea
Moines.
Jury Out Leas Than Three Hour.
The verdict was reached after two
hours and 47 minutes of deliberation,
but was not returned until 40 min
utes later, Judge Hugo Friend being
out of court when the decision was
reached.
Announcement of the verdict was
greeted by cheers from the several
hundred persons who remained in
court for the final decision and
houts of "hurrah for the clean Sox!"
Judge Friend congratulated the
Jury, saying he thought it a just ver
dict. Cicotte Shouts Thanks.
Eddie Cicotte was the first of the
defendants to reach the Jurors. He
grabbed William Barrett by both
hands, shouting his thanks.
Joe Jackson, Claude Williams and
the others were close behind and the
Jurors lifted them on to their
shoulders while flashlight photo
graphs were taken.
Bailiffs vainly pounded for order
and finally noticing Judge Friend's
smiles, joined in the whistling and
cheering. Hats sailed high in the
air, papers were thrown around and
the courtroom was the scene of the
wildest confusion In-any recent Cook
county criminal case.
As the jurors filed out of the room
they were slapped on the back and
shouted congratulatory words by the
spectators.
Ktsbera;, Weaver Excited.
The defendants, on hearing the
nine verdicts, solemnly read by the
clerk, gave vent to their feelings in
aried manner. Throughout the
hours the jury' deliberated the men
had paced up and down at time
gathered in groups quietly to discuss
the case or had remained secluded.
When the three loud knocks on the
Jury room were heard, indicating
verdict, every one Jumped for the
courtroom, out me excitement was
momentary, it being some time be
fore Judge Friend could be reached.
Buck Weaver and "Swede" Ris
berg were the most excited over the
verdict, grabbing each other by the
arms and shouting in their gladness.
Felsch and Williams merely smiled.
while Joe Jackson took the decision
quietly. Gandil shook hands with
few friends and quietly slipped from
the courtroom.
"I'll give a sailor's farewell to Ba
Johnson," said Gandil. "Goodbye
good luck, and to with you."
Weaver Saya He Expected It.
"I knew I'd be cleared," said Wea
Ter, "and I'm glad the public stood
by me until the trial was over."
Williams termed the verdict
"true one," eaying he was proud t
"have come through clean."
Cicotte and Risberg rushed to tele
graph offices to notify their wives.
David Zelcer will return to hi
home In Des Moines Immediately an
can Zork plans to leave for St. Louis
tomorrow.
Henry Berger. defense counsel,
termed the verdict a "complete vin
dication of the most mistreated ball
players in history."
Judge Landla Out of City.
Judge LandMs. commissioner
Daseoaii, was out or tne city an
couia not De reacnea to give his views
on the acquittal.
B. B. Johnson, president of th
American league, and Charles
Comlskey. owner of the White Sox,
were at their homes, but could not be
reached because of the lateness of
the hour.
The case was placed in the hands
of the Jury in a special session of the
court tonight after Judge Friend had
instructed the Jury.
Closing arguments were concluded
this afternoon when George Gorman,
assistant state's attorney, informed
the jury briefly that, in his opinion,
the state had presented such a con
clusive case that a lengthy address
was unnecessary.
Judge Friend, in his instructions,
told the Jury that the state must
prove that It was the intent of the
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Major Malcolm AV. Nicholson, For
merly of Portland, Files
Charges AVIth Department.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU.
Washington, D. C, Aug. 2. Charges
which may be the prelude to sensa
tional revelations In the army were
filed with the war department today
by Major Malcolm W. Nicholson of
the regular army and formerly of
Portland, Or. The charges were
aimed at Brigadier-General Frederick
W. Sladen, now in command of a
brigade of the American troops in
Germany, but for years the com
manding officer at Vancouver bar
racks. Wash.
Major Nicholson, who returned a
short time ago from Germany and
was then attached to the garrison at
Camp Dix, has charged that in an
official report reflections were made
on his veracity by General Sladen.
He has alleged that General Sladen's
conduct was in violation of the 96th
article of war.
The complaint carried allegations
of Prussianism and undue severity in
the army on the part of certain of
ficers holding high commands and a
tendency toward the creation and
recognition of caste among the
United States military forces, both at
home and abroad. Officers failing to
gain the favor of some of these
higher-ups, it was alleged, have been
relegated to what Is known as "Class
B." Officers once so classified, it is
declared, have been doomed to re
turn to civil life in ehort order.
Major Nicholson, who la a cavalry
officer and has been In the army ten
years, has found himself in class B
but the filing of charges today was
taken to mean that he does not pro
pose to take his discharge without a
fight.
The case Is unusual because it is
one of a very few in which charges
have been filed by an officer against
his superior. The charges have been
laid before Chairman Wadsworth of
the senate military affairs committee
nd Chairman Kahn of the house
ommittee as well as with the war
epartment.
The complaining officer is visiting
ere with his mother, Mrs. A. W.
icholson, formerly of Portland,
hile launching his attack on Gen-
ral Sladen. General Sladen has taken
two months' leave of absence from
his command In Germany and is ex
pected to return to the United States
hortly. ' .
CANBY CUTS LIGHT BILL
51 Street Lamps Ordered Out as
Result of Rate Rise.
OREGOM CITT. Or.. Aug. 2. (Spe
cial.) The municipality of Canby
will be all "lit up" In tlve future with
ust nine street lights burning. The
number to be used was reduced by
the city council Monday night from
60 as a retaliatory measure against
the Molalla. Power company, which
put into operation a 120 per cent in
crease in rates last month.
The new rate was put Into effect
July 1, and affects Canby and the ad-
acent districts. It Is based upon a
charge of $1.70 a 60-watt unit.
whereas the old rate was made on
basis of 75 cents a 60-watt unit.
The order of the council will cut the
municipal consumption approximate
ly to one-seventh of what it formerly
was.
GASOLINE DROPS 2 CENTS
Retail Prices Reduced for Entire
Coast by Standard Oil.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2. Reduc
tion in the retail price of gasoline 2
cents a gallon was announced by the
Standard Oil company here tonight.
effective at once. This will bring the
price to 23 cents a gallon in San
Francisco, it was stated.
The decrease will affect all Pacific
coast states, the announcement said.
and it was stated that the price of
fuel oil to the consumer would be
lowered 25 cents a barrel and that the
price to be paid to oil operators by
the company for crude oil would be
cut 25 cents per barrel.
CAR PLUNGES OFF BLUFF
One Passenger Dd, Another
. Hospital, Third in Jail.
TACOMA, Wash.. Aug. 2. One man
is dead, another fs in a hospital cad
a third is in the county jail as the
result of a plunge by an automobile
off a bluff at South Prairie early to
day. Andrew Savl, a coal miner, was
crushed to death In the wreck.
Mike Iko, owner of the car, despite
Injuries, crawled to a farm house to
tell of the accident. He was taken
to a hospital, but when officers
found moonshine liquor In the wreck
Iko was arrested, charged with man
slaughter and (driving a car while
intoxicated, and lodged in Jail.
SOUTH EUROPE SUFFERING
17 Deaths From Heat Reported in
Italian Cities.
ROME. Aug. 2. Seventeen deaths
on account of h'eat were reported
from Italian cities yesterday, seven
of them occurring in Venice. Fol
lowing violent heat on Sunday a cy
clone struck a Dortion of Milan, dam
aging a number of stores. .
BUDAPEST. .Aug. 2. Hungary is
still suffering from the wave of In
tense heat which began several weeks
ago. Many crops are declared to be
ruined by the warm weather.
Purchases Show Faith in
Better Conditions.
BUMPER CROPS REPORTED
Oirt-of-Town Merchants Or
der Liberal Stocks.
OPTIMISM IS NOTED
Fact That Stability of Prices Ap
pears to Be Beached Is Big
Factor in Dealings.
As devout Moslems make pilgrim
ages to Mecca, retail merchants of the
west are pouring into Portland to at
tend the festivities of the 9th annual
Buyers' week.
Last night the total registrations
showed 1000 retailers had arrived.
every one an actual and potential
buyer. This broke all' previous rec
ords of the yearly trade event and
Edward N. Weinbaum, secretary of
the executive commfttee in charge
said never before has Portland seen
such a week as this one. .
Buying was liberal on opening day
and arriving merchants showed the
faith that was in them of better busi
ness conditions by signing on the dot
ted line most liberally. But yester
day they kept it up and last night
heads of local manufacturing, jobbing
and wholesale houses were convinced
that forecasts of better business for
the fall and winter have a real foun
dation in fact.
Bumper Cropa Reported.
Buyers told over and over the re
curring story or bumper crops and
they showed their faith In the fu
ture by ordering liberal stocks against
this mounting demand for merchan
dise. Not only was there evident every
where a most friendly feeling toward
Portland, but there was entire confi
dence expressed in this city as the
logical market.
Merchants, who have been "hard
boiled" and who declared they were
out of the market and not Interested
not so very long ago when approached
by traveling men, have shown an as
tonishing change of heart since com
ing to Portland this week. They are
satisfied now, they said, that the
year's crops will bring heavy demands
upon them for goods and they must
have stocks to meet it.
Prices Appear Stabilised.
One of the greatest factors leading
them to buy large quantities was said
to be the fact that stability of prices
appears to have been reached and
there is no longer any danger of via
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Canadian Exporter, Stranded at
Willapa Harbor Entrance
Breaks Amidships.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2. The
three-masted schooner Ottillie Fjord,
261 tons, went ashore early this
morning on Fort point at the Presidio
here, according to word reaching the
San Francisco Merchants' Exchange.
The vessel grounded In a dense fog
and is 500 feet offshore. She was
said to be in no danger.
The vessel is owned by the Pacific
States Trading company of San Fran
cisco.
The crew of the Ottillie Fjord num
bers between 12 and 15. She was en
route to San Francisco from Pago
Pago, American Samoa, having sailed
from there last May 12.
ASTORIA. Or.. Aug. 2. (Special.)
The Canadian steamer Canadian Ex
porter, which was stranded early
Sunday morning on the north spit at
the entrance to Willapa harbor, is
total loss. A wireless message re
ceived shortly after noon today said
the steamer broke in two at 10:30
this morning and there was no
chance to salvage her cargo. It is
understood that every one on hoard
the vessel was saved.
Last night the Canadian salvage
tug Algerine of Victoria and the
coast guard tug Snohomish of Neah
Bay pulled on the steamer for sev
eial hours but were unable to haul
her into deep water. The tugs with
the survivors of the unfortunate
craft on board have left for their
home ports.
The Canadian -Exporter , was fast
about amidships and was thus on a
pivot. The tremendous Btraln of the
tugs pulling on the craft and the ac
tion of the breakers evidently broke
her back and she soon went to pieces.
The steamer was built last year at
the Coughlan yards, Vancouver. B. C.
She was 400 feet In length, 62.4 feet
beam and 28.8 feet depth of hold
She took a part cargo of lumber
at Vancouver for the Orient and was
en route to Portland to finish loading
when she ran ashore in a dense fog
The steamer was commanded by Cap
tain Bradley and carried a crew of
44, hut no passengers. Her regular
crew was on strike and those on
board were new men.
PAPAL NUNCIO IN PARIS
France Has Resnmed Diplomatic
Relations With Vatican.
PARIS, Aug. 2. Resumption of
diplomatic relations between France
and the Vatican have been formally
effected by the arrival in this city
from Rome-of Archbishop Beneven
tura Serretl, who will act as papal
nuncio here.
Diplomatic relations between France
and the holy see were Interrupted in
1904. The. trouble arose when the
French chamber of deputies In 1901
passed a bill to limit the powers of
religious associations in France de
spite the protest of Pope Leo XIII.
WHOM ALL THE OTHERS DEPEND FOR SUPPORT.
Executive Begins First Vacation
Since Inauguration at Summit
of New Hampshire Peak.
LANCASTER, N. H.. Aug. 2. Presi
dent Harding came Into the White
mountains of northern New Hamp
shire today for the first real vaca
tion since his inauguration. At a
little lodge high above the reach of
the heat wave and four miles, from
the nearest telephone, the president
and Mrs. Harding, with close friends,
will be guests for the remainder of
this week at least and longer if pos
sible. Complete rest, with perhaps
some golf, fishing and mountain
climbing mixed, will occupy their
first attention.
The house selected by the presi
dent is the country home of Secretary
Weeks. It Is on the summit of Mount
Prospect, 2000 feet above sea level,
with only wooded slopes about it. A
private drive, closed with a substan
tial wooden gate at the base of the
mountain, winds up to the little clear
ing that contains the lodge.
Nearest telephone facilities are at
the mountain's base, two miles from
Lancaster. The lodge is only a few
miles from the Vermont line and
about 40 miles from the Canadian
border.
The presidential party arrived late
today after a picturesque motor ride
of more than 100 miles from Port
land, Me.
Besides Secretary Weeks and the
president and Mrs. Harding, the party
Includes Senator Hale of Maine, Sen
ator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey,
and Mrs. Frellnghuysen; Senator New
of Indiana and Mrs. New; Senator
Phipps of Colorado and Mrs. Phlpps,
and Secretary Christian. Mrs. John
W. Davis, Secretary Weeks' daughter.
Is hostess in the absence of Mrs.
Weeks in Europe.
The cottage has many modern con
veniences. The mountain slopes are
covered by virgin forest, from which
a red fox scampered out to take a
shy look at the presidential party as
it passed.
In Lancaster the president's com
ing occasioned quite a stir and a
big covey of automobiles were parked
at the entrance to the Weeks' estate
to honk him a welcome. The arrival
also prompted town officials and busi
ness men to deny that the visit had
bean or would be made an excuse
for profiteering, local hotel keepers
asset-ting-reports of contemplated ad
vances in hotel rates had been due
to a misunderstanding.
PORTLAND, Me- Aug. 2. President
Harding left here for Lancaster, N. H.,
shortly before 11 A. M. today, making
the trip by automobile. An informal
reception was tendered him when his
party landed from the eagle boat
after an overnight trip from Plymouth
on the presidential yacht Mayflower.
Later he made a brief address from
the steps of the municipal building.
The chief executive was welcomed
informally to the state and city by
Governor Baxter.
The president said he had liked to
consider in this America those com
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Column 1.)
SHAW SEES HE IS BEAT
Lunatics and Convicts Visit
Her, Says Witness.
SERVICE NEED ADMITTED
Resident on Oregon. City Line De
clares New Toll Kate Has
Caused Hardships.
Statistics, technical Intricacies of
the' telephone wond, the wrath of the
Oregon telephone users resulting
from Increased rates all that- usu
ally make a telephone rate rehearing
case dry and tedious, were replaced
late yesterday with testimony by
Mrs. G. L. Shearer of Milwaukle that
turned the hearing into an uproar..
Members of the commission, who
have striven so valiantly to retain
their Judicial dignity, forgot and
laughed. Attorney Shaw, who thus
far has really had but little Joy out
of the hearing, dropped his faithful
pencil and laughed. So did other
attorneys and spectators and the offi
cial reporters had difficulty In con
tinuing their duties.
Telephone Declared Needed.
"I wasn't subpenaed to appear
here," Mrs. Shearer began, "and
wasn't even invited to come, but
hope that I say the right thing at the
right time. I have this hope because ,
the telephone company has taken all
the happiness out of my life and I
think the American constitution
guarantees that every person in this
country shall have life, liberty and
tlvepursuit fo happiness, doesn't It?"
'Without waiting for Assistant At
torney Torallnson to question her,
Mrs. Shearer continued.
"I can't get 'along without the tele
phone. I love it and anyway I'm on
a bee line for all the lunatics and
ewcaped convicts that get away from
Salem. They've all' been nice fellows
except one, but I need my telephone
because I never can tell what the
next one will be like."
Home On O rrgon City Line.
"Where do you live, Mrs. Shearer?"
asked Mr. Tomlinson.
"On the Oregon City line, near Mil
waukle." she answered.
"Oh, that's in my territory," Inter
jected E. M. Cousin, who has called
a number of witnesses from this sec
tion. "I don't know, but I do know that
when I installed my telephone they
promised me free tolls to Portland
and the new rates have taken this
free service away from me.
"Do you know what that means?"
she asked looking at members of the
commission.
The witness then said that she en
joys stopping her housework to use
the telephone in calling friends in
Portland and that to take this
privilege away from her is depriving
I her of one of the few pleasures that
I sne is aoie to arrora.
Overcharging; Is Alleged.
I Instead of stopping her telephoning
fo Portland, the witness said she con
t tinued it and in addition to the com
plaint about the removal of free tolls
she also complained about the over
charging by the Portland, long-distance
operators.
"The girls at the Milwaukie ex
change are just fine," she testified.
"I don't know them but every Christ
mas they send me cards and when
they have nothing to do they pall me
up and talk with me. You know its
nice to have some one call you up so
that you can get your mind off your
work for a few moments.
"When the bill came to the house
after the increase was placed into ef
fect Mr. Shearer was surprised but he
didn't complain. He told me that he
k , . i , . . . . M
new the pleasure that I got out of
the old thing.
Cross-Examination Waived.
Winding up her testimony, Mrs.
Shearer expressed the wish that the
telephone officials be deprived of some
of their pleasures.
"Why, when the Increase was grant
ed I can Just hear Mr. Shaw tell his
wife about the new automobile that
he could buy. I'll tell you that I'd
Just like to see it cost Mrs. Shaw 50
cents every time she wanted to talk
J with her husband."
UnaDie to control mmself suffi
ciently to talk. Attorney Shaw passed
his right to cross-examination with a
wave of his hand.
"I Just wish that you would ask
me a few questions, Mr. Shaw," she
said, but the attorney knew when
he was beat.
Instruments Thrown Away.
Two healthy-looking telephone in-
struments, with the battery boxes and
Induction coils Intact, were hauled
from a leather bag by Dr. J. R. West
ervelt. who lives on Portland Heights,
and put i-nto evidence to prove that
high rates now prevalent In Portland
are due to some extent at aleast to In
efficiency by employes of the tele
phone company.
Dr. Westerfelt told the commission
that several years ago he had ordered
a wall phone installed to replace a
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In Seizure Off Atlantic Coast Fed
eral Officials Have Started
Clearing or MyMery.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. Federal offi
cials claimed tonight to have evidence
of a rum-running conspiracy involv
ing prominent persons in various
cities along the Atlantic seaboard.
which would go far toward clearing
up the mystery of phantom ships.
This claim was made after the
liquor-laden schooner Henry L. Mar
shall had been seized off Atlantic
City and brought here with four of
her. crew by the coast guard cutter
Seneca. Her captain and mate escaped
in a motorboat.
Federal agents intimated that more
than one vessel was engaged in land
ing liquor. No specific complaint has
been lodged atrainst the schooner
Marshall, which with her cargo of
more than 1500 cases of liquor is
being held pending investigation.
Although the schooner was outside
the three-mile limit and was flying
the British flag when seized, federal
officials asserted they were justified
in taking charge of her by the evi
dence of conspiracy in . their pos
session.
The men on board were alleged to
have admitted that the schooner
loaded her cargo at a point five miles
off the island of New Providence, in
the Bahamas.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 2.
Records of the bureau of navigation
show that the schooner Henry L. Mar
shall was transferred from American
to British registry in February, offi
cials said today.
BIG REALTY DEAL CLOSED
Max H. Houser Disposes of Three
Properties for $200,000.
A real estate deal involving a cash
consideration of approximately $200
000, and transferring the ownershiD
of the Overland building, -'at Broad
way and Davis street, the Riggs
building at Park and Davis streets,
and the Vallamont hotel. West Park
and Yamhill, was consummated Sat
urday night according to information
given out by J. N. Barde of M.
Barde & Sons, the purchasers, yester
day. Max H. Houser of the Pacific.
Grain company sold the property to
the new owners.
The Overland building is a three
story structure, 100x200 feet; the
Riggs building, which is just to the
rear of the Overland building, is a
two-story structure. 100x100 feet, and
the Vallamont hotel is a three-story
building, 50 by 100.
J. N. Barde of the purchasing firm
said last night that improvements
to the property at present were not
being considered, it merely being pur
chased as an investment.
MISSOURI VOTES BONUS
Question of Allowing Women to
Hold Orfice Is in Doubt.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2. Early and in
complete unofficial returns from to
day's state-wide election indicated
probable passage of constitutional
amendments providing for a $15,000,
000 bond issue for a soldier bonus and
permitting use of motor vehicle li
cense fees for payment of interest on
J60.000.000 in roads improvement
bonds.
Early figures also indicate that the
proposal for a constitutional conven
tion had been approved. The fate
of the third constitutional amend-
ment voted on allowing women to
hold all state offices was appar
ently in doubt.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 79
degrees; minimum, 5S decrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds.
Foreign.
Enrico Caruso, world's greatest tenor,
passes away In Italy. Page 1.
T ational.
Favoritism In loans by federal reserve
banks charged Page 3.
Prusslan tactics In United States army
charged. Page 1.
Congress primed to start big row over
reorganization of government. Page 14.
Japanese finance protest against coolie
labor In Hawaii. Page 7.
I secretary Mellon's budget estimate
1 B ma, leaders in conuress. Page 8.
dls-
Hoover analyzes finance in Russia. Page 4.
Domestic.
President and party go to White moun
tains ot New Hampshire. Page 1.
Knights of Columbus open convention.
Page 3.
Viscount James Bryce says seeds of fu
ture wars were sown ai verseuies.
Page -
More arrests due for big mall robberies.
Page -
Evidence of rum-running conspiracy on
Atlantic seaboard disclosed. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Canadian steamer stranded at entrance
to, Willapa harbor total loss. Page 1
Bonus commission needs more funds.
Page 5.
Sports.
Murphy-Ortego bout at Milwaukie tonight
promises to be gruelling. Page 13.
Portland 7. Salt Lake 4: all other teams
traveling, rage i-.
Winged M stars Invited to Sacramento.
Page 12.
Jury acquits all in baseball plot trial.
Page 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Reduced imports cause of strength in dairy
proauce 1 1 1 m i n. l aku
I Advancea in Chicago wheat not well main-
1 tained. Page 21.
Ralls lead in stock market rise. Page 21.
New shipping board steamer coming to
Portland for 'irst cargo. Page 20.
Fortlana and Vicinity.
Woman convulses telephone hearing with
laughter. Page 1.
Wounded Suey Sing identifies Hop Sing
gunmen. Page 11.
Woman finds body of suicide victim.
Page 10.
Tribute to Caruso paid by Portland.
Page 2.
Influx of buyers sets new record. Page 1.
Street widening plan suggested. Fat;e 10.
World's Greatest Tenor
Dies in Italy.
SINGER IS HOPEFUL TO END
Avowal Recently Made That
He Would Sing Again.
HELP FOUND IMPOSSIBLE
Operation Decided On Is Aban
doned; Old Mother at Bedside
of Distinguished Son.
NAPLES, Italy. Aug. 2. CBy the As
sociated Press.) Enrico Caruso died
today. The great singer, whose ulti
mate recovery had been hoped for un
der the benign influences of his own
Italy, passed away at 9 A. M. at the
Hotel Vesuvius. He had been brought
here hurriedly from Sorrento, on the
Bay of Naples, where less than a week
ago he avowed his returning strength
and expressed the conviction that he
would sing as before.
He had been able to visit the fa
mous sanctuary of Our Lady of
Pompeii, giving thanks offering for
his recovery.
He went also to the Island of Capri,
where he attended a luncheon In his
honor. But soon afterward unfavor
able symptoms. In the form of a high
fever, manifested themselves and his
wife telegraphed to a Rome specialist
to come to Sorrento; it was then dis
covered that a new internal abscess
had developed.
Caruso's removal to Rome for an
operation was advised but he showed
such Weakness that it was impossible
to transfer him further than Naples,
where he arrived Sunday evening.
Four physicians were called and their "
examination showed the presence of a
subphrenic abscess, accompanied by
severe peritonitis.
Operation Is Abandoned. -
An operation to be performed at
noon today was decided on, but the
patient's condition became suddenly
worse at 4:30 A. M. Heart stimula
tion had been resorted to hourly.
In order that Caruso should not tire
himself, the physicians ordered him
not to speak, so during his last night
he uttered no word. Of the members
of his family present at the deathbed,
the most pathetic was his old mother,
who had always clung obstinately to
her little home, despite her son's ef
forts to accustom her to the material
comforts of life.
Present also at the bedside were
his wife, who was Dorothy, daugh
ter of Park Benjamin of New York;
Caruso's little daughter Gloria and
his son Rodolfo. his brother Giovanni,
several nephews and the composers
Vincenzo Bellezza and Paolo Longone.
For a time after his arrival in
Italy Caruso showed improvement.
Nevertheless, he conserved his
strength and was obliged to refuse
a request to sing at a reception giv
en by the admiralty to Crown Prince
Hirohito of Japan. That his voice
remained strong and clear was evi
denced when recently he sang be-
fore the .soprano. Hidalgo, ana tne
baritone, Montesanto.
Grave Anxiety Derelops.
There was grave anxiety, however.
when Caruso only a few days ago
began to show signs of depression.
The rlaing temperature which Jiaa
characterized previous attacks re
curred and steadily -his condition
grew worse until Saturday, when he
suffered from violent pains in the
abdominal region
Medical consultation followed and
it was apparent that the patient was
not only Buffering acute physical
pain, but that his heart was weaken
ing rapidly. Oxygen was administered
and other measures were taken to
prolong vitality.
At his request Caruso's body will
be embalmed and the funeral serv
ices will be held tomorrow. It Is re
called that when he lay gravely
stricken in New York he had ex
pressed the wish that he might die
In Italy and now all Italy is mourn
ing that this sad wish has come to
pass.
Caruso for more than 25 years was
a celebrity in the world of song, the
tenor with "the golden voice" idolized
by millions In America and abroad,
and had an artistic career as well
known as that of any famous states-,
man or military leader. He was born
in Naples, Italy, February 25. 1873.
the son of Marcellius Caruso, a me
chanic, who detested music but was
persuaded to permit his son, when 11
years old, to sing in the churches of
his native city. An unpromising pu
pil, for three years he studied under
Guglielmo Vergine, pledging his
teacher that when ready for a pro
fessional career he should pay him
one-quarter of his earnings for the
following five years.
Uebnt Made In Naples.
He made his debut in "L'Amico
Francesco" at the Nuovo theater, Na
ples, in 1894. later toured Italy and
Sicily, and was engaged for four sea
sons at La Scala, Milan. Subsequently
he sang In St. Petersburg, Moscow,
Warsaw, Rome. Lisbon, Paris, London
and leading cities of Germany. When
he came to the Metropolitan opera
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