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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1909)
TIIE SUNDAY- OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 1, 1909. ZEPPELIN STEERS AGAINST HIGH GALE Airship Makes Great Flight to Frankfort Amid Wind and Hail. WHOLE CITY WELCOMES IT German Aviator Travels 220 Mile to Attend Aerial Fair and Bat tles With the Elements Very Successfully. rRAXKFOHT, July 31. The dirigible balloon Zeppelin II. steered by Count Zeppelin himself, descended here safely betveen 2 and 3 o'clock this afternoon after having sailed from Friedrichshafen, a distance of about 220 miles, at an av erage speed of 21 miles an hour. Half the time the night was made against strontr head winds. Almost the whole population of the city was in the streets to receive Count Zep pelin, and loud cheers, band-playing and factory whistles began when the airship was sighted at a height of 900 yards. coming at a 40-mile rate. As it" passed over Brietipheim the air ship encountered storms of rain and hail and adverse winds frequently diverted it from its course. The airship started from Friedrich shafen between 2 and 3 o'clock this morn- Jng and has come to be exhibited at the air navigation exposition. people. He declared his conviction that it fully met the requirements and pledges of the party and the President, at the same time would not stop a single wheel of industry, would close no factories and would deprive no man of labor at a de cent, fair wage. Senate Will Adopt Report. The chances favor the adoption of the conference report by the Senate. The Democrta have been unable to unite on course though those from the South bitterly denounce the putting of binding twine on the free list and leaving cotton bagging on the dultable list as an un warranted partiality. The Democratic caucus reached a decision against fili bustering as a party. Bailey left tne caucus before It had concluded, telling the other members that he proposed to pursue any course which he deemed best in the interest of the Southern planters. Democratic Senators criticise the in creased tax on tobacco, which they de clared was imposed to make up for the reduction of the corporation tax rate. Votes of U Republican Senators would be necessary to reject the conference re DOrt. Seven or eight of the original "in surgents" will cas their ballots in oppo sition to the report, but it is not believed that their example will be followed by many other Republicans. LID IS TO BE KEPT ON CHIEF COX SATS DISORDERLY HOUSES MIST CLOSE. AVRIGHT'S SPEED 4 7.3 MILES - Has Met Requirements and Will Get $30,000 for Aeroplane. WASHINGTON, July 31. Orvllle Wright traveled 47.31 miles an hour in his flight Friday in returning from Alex andria end of the course to Fort Myer. This is the official report made by the trial board at the War Department to day. The Wrights will receive 330,000 for their aeroplane, 35000 of which is the bonus for speed over the contract requirements. "Everything is satisfactory." said General Allen, "and the Wright aero plane will be accept. 1 by the Govern ment." Orvllle Wright and Miss Katherlne Wright went to Dayton, O.. today. While Wilbur expects to follow them ' Sunday. Army and Navy officials contend the t accomplishment of the cross-country : flight demonstrated the availability of the aeroplane for use in warfare. "The great advantage of an aeroplane over a balloon for use in warfare is that i It can fly low over a rough country,' ! said Wilbur Wright today, "thus having : objects on the ground in plain view. Or- . ville demonstrated that yesterday. The small exposed surface of the aeroplane would have made him practically safe from the fire of an enemy. Mr. Wright was asked to estimate what ; had been the greatest altitude attained i during the flight, and replied that over I the hill at Four Mile Run he had sailed at a height of 450 or 601) feet Latham to Try Again. CALAIS. July 3L Hubert Latham, the aviator who made two unsuccessful at tempts to cross the English Channel, has determined to attempt to win the Deutsche prize of $5000 for the first aero- planist to cross the channel with a pas senger. Police Head Disapproves of Present Policy and Favors Restricted District, However. nmt nctlvifv among the closed resorts of the North End has Deen going uii within the past several days was officially led hv the present administration last night when Chief ,Cox notified the proprietors of a number of places that rasnrta niirh as were conducted under the last administration would not be tolerated. That the policy of scattering this ele ment all over the city with a sprinkling of them perhaps in respectable neighbor hoods has been a failure is virtually the nknnwledeement of the church element. which was strongly opposed to a restricted district as maintained Tinder tne uidc term of office. "We have been aware that the church people have realized their mistake," said Chief Cox last night in referring to the situation. "They have seen It would oe Impossible to keep perfect surveillance on this class of people and prevent their conduct of business unless there were enough police officers on the department to assign one policeman to each dis reputable character and have a man watching each one constantly all the time. Instead of having them where the police can watch them, they are now scattered all over the city. 'Under these conditions then it is virtually impossible to devise a system whereby this traffic can be regulad. It is largely a matteraublic sentiment. There Is no change in policy in this de partment. When this class of people be come objectionable, when it is brought into unpleasant publicity, we will bring the law to bear at once. If it were a matter left to my per sonal discretion. I believe a restricted district would be best, all things con sidered. As it is. we cannot dictate where they shall go. but we will drive them out of any respectable neighborhood where we know they exisf and will do all we can to prevent their disorderly or unseemly demeanor In any part of the city. We will not tolerate red lights or public resorts opening out on the street." UNCLE SAM TO LAY PAVING Improvement Costing $20,000 Started at Vancouver. ' Is POLICE RULE, NOT ANGELS Xegro Preacher Decides to Obey the Bluecoats Instead of Vision. CHICAGO. July 31. Following the injunctions of an angel, as he said, William E. Haskell, a colored preacher, buried himself alive in a grave in the rear of his house, yesterday evening. He dug his grave four feet deep, six feet long and three feet wide, and ly ing down in it. pawed the dirt over himself, leaving only his head showing. Covering the grave was a canvas sheet inside of which was spread a white mantel set with seven candles, and dec orated with palm leaves and ferns. Af ter nightfall the candles caught the eyes of passersby, and soon a great crowd gathered, some to scoff and oth ers to offer to join in the prayers in which Haskell seemed to be finding beatific joy. A squad of police ar rived presently and with difficulty worked their way through the throng. "Do not talk to me, I am praying. - aid Haskell. In reply to questions. "1 mads a solemn promise to an angel that I would do penance by remaining burled ten days. "It is resurrection day right now. the police retorted. "Come out of your crave or we U turn on the hose." Haskell dug himself out. and, wrapped in bis scanty attire, retired to the house In the sulks. VANCOUVER, Wash- July 31. (Spe cial.) Preliminary work on the 3-,- 000 improvements to be made on Re serve street by the United States Gov ernment, have been started. A party of surveyors from the constructing Quartermaster's office at Vancouver Barracks, have staked out Lower Re serve street from Fifth street to the river, and will cross-section it at dis tances of 50 feet, where the ground is level, and at shorter Intervals where the ground Is rough. The specifications for the work or macadamizing Reserve street along the entire western boundary of the military reservation and the road along the north end of the garrison grounds are now ready. Actual construction work will begin within a short time. QUAKE SHOCKS REPEATED (Continued From First Pairs.) destroyed yesterday by an earthquake and tidal wave., has been suffering all Summer from a terrible epidemic of fever, and many deaths have occurred. Lack of a sewerage eyatem was given as the cause of this condition, which was so bad tl at reports to the Municipal Council declared that many buildings were sinking Into the earth, which has been saturated with sewage from the cesspools. 1 TARIFF BILL BARELY WINS (Continued From First Pa.) i i-niml hv tariff experts and near-ex ' perta as to this conference report being i a downward revision in any reasonaoie sens of the term. can. I think, be mathematically demonstrated, contin ued Clark. "Certainly Mr. Tayne-s state mit Is on of the most deceptive docu ments ever submitted to the gaze of men. I do not charge mm wicn inten tional detention, but he. too. has been deceived by sllght-of-hand performers in arithmetic Put Limit on Debate. When the reading of the bill was sus pended. Dalxell of Pennsylvania, from committee on rules, presented a reso lution providing that no provision In the bill should bo subject to a point of order and that general debate should continue not longer than 8 o'clock to night, when the conference report should be voted upon. Clark of Missouri contended that the Democrats were "a purely ornamental addendum" in conference. He would, however, vote for the rule, because it stood for a reduction in tariff rates. When Thieves Fall Out." "This resolution demonstrated that hen thieves fall out honest men get their dues." was the way rmgeraia opened a fierce attack on the Republi can party and the President. The rule was adopted almost unani mously, the voting resulting: Teas, 361; nays. 11- Chairman Fayna expressed the view that the bill would be acceptable to the j A3IERICAX CONSULATE SHARES Washington Receives Reports on First Mexican Earthquake. WASHINGTON. July 31. Ambassador Thompson, of Mexico City, and Vice- Consul Pangburn, at Acapulco, have ent brief dispatches to the State De partment regarding the severe earth quake in Mexico. The reports tell largely the same story as that given in the press dispatches. Mr. Thompson's message. undated, says the earthquake probably covered all the country between Mexico City and the Pacific. From Acapulco at 4 A. M. yesterday Vioe-Consul Fang- burn cabled to Washington that while no Americans were injured, the Consu late was damaeed. The Fight Is On Every moment of your life when you are at home or abroad, awake or asleep Between the poison eerms that are in air. food and water, everywhere in fact, and the billions of your invisible friends, the little soldier-corpuscles in your blood. If these little soldiers are kept strong and healthy by taking Hood's Sarsa- parilla, yon need have no fear of dis ease. Begin using it at once if yon are at all under the weather, or have troubles of the blood, stomach, liver and kidneys. Get it of your druggist. JAHN Fins Line Best German Wavy Hair Goods. St Yamhill t- 13 West Park. Fboaes Mala 6174, A 8544. OSAKA IN RUINS; FIRE IS CHECKED Troops Take Places of fire men to Put Out Flames in Smouldering Debris. 13,000 HOUSES DESTROYED Many Killed and Injured In Confla gration That Raged tor Two Days in Thriving Japanese City. Loss Is Great. OSAKA, Japan. August L At o'clock this mroning the terrible conflagration which has reduced to ashes a large por tion of this city was under control. Up to that hour 13,000 buildings had been destroyed. An area four miles square was swept by the flames. A fire which threatened to destroy this city started at 4 o'clock yesterday morn' ing. At :30 last night the Are had con sumed one-fifth of the town. The firemen, who have been fighting all day, are completely exhausted, and troops have been called out to assist In the firefighting and to preserve order in the city. Everything is dry, on ac count of the drought that has been pre vailing for the last two weeks, and the water supply is failing. The tire has de stroyed thousands of buildings, including the world-famous Buddhist Temples. The exact amount of damage done by the flames cannot be estimated at pres ent. Dut the total will be large. A num ber of persons have been killed and seriously injured by the fire. Osaka is one of the "imperial cities" of Japan, and is one of the most im portant manufacturing and commer cial cities of the empire. It shelters almost three-quarters of a million peo ple. The largest of the Buddhist tem ples, for which the city is famous among travelers, covers an enormous area. The chief public building of Osaka is the palace, built of stone in 1583. TAFT HERE IN OCTOBER President Expected to Spend Two Days at Portland. "WASHINGTON, July 31. President Taft has arranged the itinerary for the Northwestern part of his Autumn trip as follows: Arrive Salt Lake City Sep tember 25. leave at noon September 27, snend the 28th at Butte and Helena, the 29th at Spokane, the 30th and October 1 at Seattle. He will arrive at Portland Satur day morning. October 2, and remain there Saturday and Sunday, leaving late Sunday night for Sacramento. While in Portland the President will be the guest of Senator Bourne. UNCLE SAM IS PROTECTED Invention of Army Officer Will Off set Any Kind of Attack. CHICAGO. July 31 A special cable dis patch from London to the Tribune says: From an excellent source it has been learned that the reason the American Government remains apparently so little concerned about the advances in aerial navigation made by foreign experimenters is that an officer in the United States Army stationed at Fort Omaha has worked out an electric invention which is likely to paralyze all other existing or proposed engines of war. The invention, he says, is to be exclusively the property of the United States Government and up to the present the essential details are carefully guarded. The machine is said to project through the air a column of electric energy of almost any desired strength at any given object for a dis tance of many hundreds of yards. The informant, who is an expert in war, said: "Such an electric column would queer every mechanism on a warship, stop the engines, annul the dynamos, kill the sig naling apparatus, make the guns unwork able, slay hundreds of men by shock alone and might even explode the magazines. Its possibilities for offensive warfare are almost unlimited. Of course, I don't eay its absolute efficiency yet is assured, but from certain knowledge I can say in err tlre confidence that the experiments made point convincingly in this direction." BAY CITY DISAPPOINTED TAFT IS FORCED TO DECLINE PORTOLA INVITATION'. Time Will Not Permit His Attend ance at Great Festival During Coming October. WASHINGTON, July 81. (Special.) President Taft has replied through his secretary, Fred W. Carpenter, to the invitation to attend the Portola festival. He says tnat he cannot do so. Senator Perkins received his formal answer to day. This probably disposes of that matter, but the Congressmen from Cali fornia have not abandoned hope that the time allotted to California will be materially extended. Secretary Car penter's letter is as follows: "The President finds that he will be unable to visit San Francis 3 at the time of the Portola festival during the week of October 19th, and he would be glad, therefore, to have you convey to those in charge of the celebration an expression of his appreciation of and thanks for the kind invitation which you presented, and his regret that his engagements and itinerary will not per mit of Its acceptance." During the alteration of our store we will continue to sell fine hand - tailored clothes at Vz to V2 off the regular price SEE OUR REGULAR $20.00 VALUES NOW ON SALE AT Broken Rail Causes Wreck. ' DES MOINES, July 31. The Overland Limited, the fast train on the Milwaukee, Westbound, was wrecked by a broken rail while running at 60 miles an hour near Cambridge at 2:30 this morning. J. J. Hanson, of Marion, mall clerk, and a passenger whose name could not be learned were seriously hurt. Twenty oth ers were cut and bruised. Only a Pullman and an observation car remained on the track. As soon as possible an extra train made up of these two cars and the in jured, after treatment by the physicians, continued their Journey. Noted Hotel Destroyed. SAVANNAH, Ga., July 31. A night watchman's prompt work In sounding the fire alarm enabled the guests at the Hotel Tybee, a Summer resort on Tybee Island, to escape without injuries from the structure when it burned before day light today. The Hotel Tybee in the last 20 years has been the scene of some of the most notable gatherings in this state. The fire consumed the main build- I lng with a loss of Jfio.OOO. about halt or which was covered by Insurance . BROKEN LINES OF UNDERWEAR, FURNISHING GOODS AND HATS AT ONE-HALF PRICE mem wooienmiM CLOTHIERS FURNISHERS Grant Pheffley, Manager mow. Seventh and Stark Streets GOT AHEAD OF ADVISER TAFT TOLD GLOVE TARIFF MEN TO "GO TO DEVIL." 6tory of Borah Sheds Light on Con troversy Why Taft "Chums" With Senator Bourne. WASHINGTON, July 31. (Special.) Two new Taft stories were put in circu lation today. One involves Senator Borah, of Idaho, and the other Senator Bourne, of Oregon. Mr. 'Borah was summoned to the "White House a few days ago. He was ushered in to the President, who told him that certain members of Congress were pes tering him to agree to the exorbitant T.ittauer rates or women's gloves. "What would you tell 'em. Senator?" asked the President- . 'Tell them to go to the devil," ans wered Mr. Borah. "I did," answered Mr. Taft. The secret of the friendship of, Mr. Bourne and the President is out Mr. Bourne was the most rabid of the Roose velt shouters, and he made a serious effort to defeat Mr. Taft at the Chicago convention. Nowadays the two men are chums on the golf links. "How does it come that you and Bourne are so thick?" asked one of the President's visitors. "He certainly was against you for the Presidency and tried to upset your ambitions with his second elective term theory." "You can't expect me to quarrel with Bourne because he believes in a second elective term, can you?" asked the Presi dent. "I am somewhat of a believer in that doctrine myself." Long Balloon Trip Planned. KANSAS CITT, July 31. In an attempt to surpass the record flight of 1306 miles In a free balloon, now held In France, Lieutenant James E. Ware, of the Signal Corps of the United States Army; Charles J. Glidden and Professor H. H. Clayton will undertake to fly from Fort Omaha, Neb., to Boston early in October. Lieu tenant Ware was in Kansas City last night to meet Mr. Glidden and to talk over the preparations for the flight. Kills Wife Who Freed Him. FRESNO, Cal- July 31. Amado Majla. a Mexican, . aged 30 years, shot and killed his wife at 9:30 last night and shot and seriously Injured his young son, at their home in the town of Haton, in -this county. Majia is still at large. Majla had threatened to kill his wife several times, and several months ago was arrested but was released on her appeal for him. Cooler Weather in New York. NEW YORK, July 31. Cool northerly winds, followed by showers in eastern sections late yesterday, resulted today in a decided lowering of the temperature. The temperature at 1 P. M. was S2 and the humidity 43. Special Midsummer Sale ONE WEEK a MONDAY, AUG. 2, BBSS SATURDAY, AUG. 7 For one week only we are going to give all lovers of art and purchasers of Oriental Rugs a chance to pick up some of the finest pieces from the largest and finest collection of Oriental Rugs west of Chicago. This is also a chance for all admirers of these standard dependable goods who always thought that Oriental Rugs are too expensive and only a luxury. We have therefore marked our stock and divided it into different lots, as you see below: . Lot 1 About 100 pieces of fine Belonchestans, small sizes, from 3x2 to 4-6x3, values range from $17.50 to $30.00; your choice of this lot for this one week, only $15.00 Lot 2 Over 300 of the finest Belouchestans ever shown in this city, sizes from 4x3-6 to 7x4, values range from $30.00 to $.50.00; your choice of this lot for this one week, only $22.50 Lot 3 About 200 Shirvans, Daghestans and Cabistans Bugs, fine colors, sizes from 5 x4 to 6x4-6, prices range from $30 to $50 ; your choice of this lot for this one week, only $27.50 Lot 4 225 Rugs, Moussols, Irans, Kurdistans and Kazaks, sizes from 4x3 to 8x5, a large assortment to please every body, values from $40 to $75; your choice of the lot for this one week, only $35.00 Lot 5 Over 200 Rups, Irans, Sarabands, Feraghans and Shiral, sizes from 6x4 to 10x6, values range from $75 to $100; your choice of this fine lot for this week only $50.00 Lot 6 About 100 pieces of the finest Princess and Royal Bokharas, all sizes and prices, the best that can be bought, will be on sale for this week only at $25, $35 and $50 Lot 7 A large assortment of fine Senna Rugs, sizes about 6-6x4-6, the best that can be obtained, prices ranging from $75 to $100; your choice for this one week only $50.00 Lot 8 Over 50 pieces of Her mans and Saruks, sizes about 6-6x4-6, prices range from $100 to $150; your choice of this fine assortment for this week only $85.00 Lot 9 About 50 Hall Rugs, sizes from 9x3 to 15x3-6, all makes and colors, prices range from $50 to $85; your choice for this week only $42.50 Lot 10 A big assortment of Killms, for couch covers and portieres, different sizes and colors, prices range from $40 to $55; your choice for this week only $30.00 CAR PETS Over 100 Carpets, Kheva, Mohals, Meshads, Serabanch, Ispahans, Serapis, Saraks, Feraghans and Hermans, the finest assortment that was 'ever exhibited on the Pacific Coast, in all sizes, colors and patterns, to be sold during this week sale at astonishingly low prices. It is hard to quote prices on these fine large pieces, but we will guarantee satisfaction in quality and price. Hundreds of Choice Persian Rugs Recently imported and representing the finest examples of the rugmakers' art are off ered at these slow prices that buyers and .collectors Portland and throughout the Northwest will be aroused. Owing to our large exhibit at the A.-Y.-P. Exposition, we have bought an enormous coUection of the finest pieces on the market, and our store here is r.ow filled with the largest stock that was ever shown here We import' our own goods and buy always for cash. Our prices are the lowest and our goods are the best. Our. experience m this line enables us to give more satisfaction to our customers, and all we ask is a chance to show you and you will be convinced. ATIYEH 394 Washington Street, Corner Tenth O j The Largest Exclusive Rug Importers in the Northwest