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in-i W'h it 1iftfriilif 11111 ifSwifitmtMi:. Pages 1 to 12 ( b rages "yy (yf WWw 0 : ' ... PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 2, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. k I a " ew w ' i - 1 PIG SPREAD .BY QUAKES ON COAST Region Before Exempt Is Visited. SAN FRANCISCO FRIGHTENED Big Buildings Soon Emptied by Rush to Streets. NEVADA IS ALSO AFFECTED Ua Pie from Fright, and Slight Damage I Pone to Building. "Fault" la Earth" Crur-1 I Not Followed. v SAN FRANCISCO. July 1. Two earthquake shocks the heaviest since the big shake of 104. and separated by only a few aeconds Jarred the cen tral portion of California and Western Nevada today. The first sharp shock. experienced at approximately at 1:01 o'clock, was followed within a few seconds by one of similar Intensity, each lasting about five seconds. Only trivial damage has been re ported from any section, but In San Francisco and other cities In the affect ed area panic seised upon crowds In stores and restaurants and there was a pellmell exodus from the large buildings. Many diners ran out without paying for their meals. No chimneys fell and no pipe war burst, but. with too memory of the big earthquake In KQlad. the people were badly scared. Old "Fault" Not Followed. One peculiar feature of the earth quake was that It did not appear to follow the old "fault" In the earth's crust which baa been the playground of temblor la the past, bat extended 'trom'lui' rskkcoast eaatward to the Sierras. Including hitherto exempt mountain areas. It was felt to the northward of Sacramento. In the Sacra mento Valley; southward as far as Fresno, and to the east at Carson and Reno. Nev, the latter place experienc ing the heaviest shock In Its history. Slight damage was done to buildings In San Francisco. Heavy stones In the cornice of tbe Mechanic's bank build ing were moved slightly out of align ment; superficial cracka were made In several large office buildings; cornices of the new Postofflce building were disarranged and minor damage was done to the Interior walls of several other buildings.- The terra cotta facings were cracked. In some Instances, but the quake proved. If anything, that the mod ern steel structures are well prepared to withstand shock. Man Dies From Fright. Within a few seconds after the first shock many downtown buildings were depopulated In a wild rush to the streets. Telephonic and telegraphic service was suspended for some minutes because of the operators deserting their keys. Herbert Hadley. a lodging house Inmate, fell dead from fright and some caaea of hysteria or of cuts or bruises suffered In the semi-panic were treated at the emergency and other bospltala. Santa Koaa. which suffered a greater disaster In proportion to Its slxe than did San Francisco In the catastrophe of 14. scarcely felt today'a shock, further Indicating that the seismic disturbance did not follow the lines of the old "fault. People Much Frightened. San Joee. another heavy sufferer In reported that the sheck today was the sharpest experienced since that time, but that It did no serious dam age. Stockton and Fresno. In tbe San Joaquin Valley, were frightened by the Jarring, but there, as In Sacramento, where the state offices were deserted la a trice as a result of the temblor, the damage to buildings waa trifling. In Reno, Nev the shock waa scarce ly felt, but In Carson It was severe (Concluded oa r.c. Uvltlrd. 5000 LOGS LOST IN STORM AT SEA GREAT RAFT GOES TO PIECES, STEAMER LOSING TOW. Heavy Weather Breaks Chains Hold-In-; 5.000,000 Feet of Lumber la I,rash Another Is on Way. KAN FRANCISCO, July 1. (Special.) 'Tbe steamer Francis H. Leggett. Cap tain Hall, arriving this afternoon from Astoria, reported that the huge log raft which she had left the Columbia River with In tow had broken up In heavy weather on the trip down. The log raft was consigned to the Hammond Lumber Company. and was the first to leave Astoria this season for San Francisco. It contained 5000 logs, or 4.000.000 feet of lumber. Certain Hall said that the chains se curing the mammoth cigar-shaped raft of piles began to carry away In a heavy sea June 2 and that there waa little left of It when he took In his hawser this morning. - The tug Dauntless left out at noon June 14 with the second cigar-shaped raft, whfch i headed for San Diego, and at the rate the steamer Leggett has traveled, the Dauntless la not looked for at the Southern California metropolis for a few dsys. BRIDEGROOM'S AGE IS 103 J. R. I. uce, or Everett, Takes as Ilia Sixth Wlfo Woman of 43. KVKRKTT. Wash.. July 1. (Special.) J. R. I.uce. who Is three years past the century mark, and Clara Powers, a widow, said to he 4i years old. were granted a marriage license Inte this afternoon and son afterward were married by a minister. I.uce has been married six times In all. four times since he became a resi dent of Kverett. -You did not require ane to bring the woman along the last timer- he re marked, cheerfully, when he received hla,llcense. Karly in the afternoon he made the trip to the courthouse, and was In formed that he would have to produce the woman. Luce and his bride are passing their honeymoon quietly at home. Ills last wife divorced him, and six months ago he got a license, but the Intended bride backed out. TAFT HASTENS TO LINKS No Time I-oM When President Reaches Summer Home. BEVERLT. Mass.. July 1. President Taft reached Beverly early today, mo tored up to the new Summer White House with Mrs. Taft. Charlie Taft, Aunt Delia Torrey and Jda'jor Butt, donned his golfing togs, played 18 hole at Myopia and spent most of the afternoon reading In his new of fice In the cottage. The President will depart tomorrow afternoon for Indianapolis, where on the Fourth he Is to be guest of ex-Vlce-Presldent Fairbanks. There was a note of hopefulness In the Presldt-nt today when he discussed reports from Washington that the chances for reciprocity are getting brighter. He told visitors he would not be surprised If Congress were to adjourn by August. POSTAL BANKS NUMEROUS Oregon to Have IS Such Institutions by Jnly IS. WASHINGTON. June 19. Begenning July 15. Oregon will have a total of 18 postal savings banks In operation, out of a total of 750 to be established by that date. Leadvllle, Colo, still leads In the total amount of Its deposits. with Anaconda. Mont-, second. A com plete list of the postal banks' In Ore gon follows: Albany, Asniana. Astoria, Baker City. Corvallls. Eugene, (..rants Pass. Hood River, Klamath Falls, La Grande. McMlnnvIUe, Marsnneid. wea- ford, Neurg. Oregon City, Pendleton, Roseburg and The Dalles. Washington will have a total of 11 banks open for business July la. as follows: Aberdeen. Anscortes. Bremer ton. Centralis. Chehalls. Colfax. Col vllle. Ellensburg. Hooulam. Montesano, Mount Vernon. Olympla. Tort Town- nd. Prosser. Pullman. Puyallup. Kitx. Villi Sedro-Woolley. Snohomish, i-"uth Sunnyslde, Vancouver and We- i Bend, 1 natch hee. I "murphy contributes some more pictures on, things that are going on in HARRY I.voka Like Wlmr, SPOKANE'S CAPSIZE L MEN IFEBOAT Survivors at Seattle; Score Crew. MASSMEETING IS UNIQUE Well-to-Do Passengers, Be draggled, Place Blame. LITTLE CLOTHING IS SAVED runaways Rescued by Admiral Sampson After Volunteer Crew Hows Out 10 Miles to Intercept Grand Trunk Steamship. SEATTLE. Wash.. July 1. Survivors of the Pacific Coast Steamship Com pany's steel excursion steamship Spo kane, which was wrecked in Seymour Narrows. R C. late Thursday night, arrived from the scene of the accident on the steamship Admiral Sampson to day and proceeded, to hold a mass meet ing to exchange views on the wreck and determine, if possU'lc. who was to blame for aliened mismanagement In handling the lifeboats. Tho gathering, at which 70 of the passengers were present, was primarily an indignation meeting. After a long discussion. In which sensational charges were made regarding the handling of the wreck, a committee was appointed to confer with G. W. Andrews, general agent of the Facific Coast Steamship Company. The committee consisted of Daniel M. Lord, of Chicago: F. B. Llndsley, of New Tork: Judge E. F. Harris, of Gal veston. Tex, and David IL Paris, of Philadelphia. Assemblage la Unique. The assemblage of the 70 tourists nrsa unusual one. Well-to-do men and their families were dressed In the clothing they hurried Into when the alarm sat given, and presented a be draggled appearance. Henry W. Far nam, professor of economics at Yale, was chosen to preside, and George II. King, paying teller, of tho Denver Na tional Bank, was made secretary. For more than an hour the passen gers related their experiences, some censuring the crew of the Spokane In severe language. "The management of the crew and the method of handling the passengers ashore from the Spokane at Plumper Bay was the moat bungled piece of business I ever saw." said C. 11 Pear sail, of Eureka. Cal. "I was standing on deck when I saw we were making for the rocks and I had time to tell my wife In her stateroom that we were going to hit. I saw two sailors try to launch a lifeboat and leave it banging from one davit. Passengers Rescue Women. "As far as I was able to ascertain there were no seamen to help the wom en passengers into the boat. Boats swung away from their davits, and the male passengers did the work of rescu ing the women. Two boats put out with water running Into them." Otto Wise. International president of B'Nal B'Kitli. offered a resolution com mending the management of the Spo kane by Captain J. E. Guptill. The resolution met with vigorous protest and was not put to a vote. "I enter a vigorous protest," said W. M. Butler, of St, Louis, springing to his feet. "The conduct of the crew after the smash was inexcusable. There waa no sign of order: no one gave' any or ders and the officers were responsible for the actions of the men." "The crew gave us no notice to got up and leave our staterooms after the accident," added David H. Paris. "I cannot subscribe to the resolution." Mr. Wise withdrew his motion and Miss Oeorgiana Dow, of New York, took the floor. fr v. - - m. , ht n M fa nraiArvri In OUT cabin." Fhe said, "and It was with the I (Concluded on Pas & If Faith Could Move Moan t alms! UMPIRE'S WIFE IN BATTLE WITH FANS WOMAN FIGHTS WITH MAGNATE WHO THREATENS SPOUSE. Wealthy Sacramento Mian, President or Chamber of Commerce, Leads Attack on McGreeTj. SACRAMENTO. Cal, July 1. (Spe cial.) Fans, ball players. Umpire Mc Greevy and Mrs. McGreevy figured In a free-for-all row bordering on a riot this afternoon at the close of the Portland-Sacramento game. Portland won, 7 to 6. When McOreevy chased Captain Patsy O'Rourka, of the Senators, out of the grounds and fined him $25 for "crabbing" at a decision calling Het ster's pop fly a. fair ball after Kuhn had dropped It and then got his man at first. O'Rourke aulked out of the game, agitating a charge on the umpire. The first base bleacherltes took up O'Rourke's fight, and many In the grandstand Joined. Daniel W. Carmlchael. president of the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, a big realty dealer and stockholder in the Sacramento team, led the grand stand forces, crying. "Kill the umpire!" Mrs. McGreevy Joined the head of the small mob from the grandstand and tried to intercept Carmlchael. who Jumped over the grandstand fence to the ground when be could not get through the locked gate. Mrs. Mc Greevy leaped over the fence after him. and the two engaged In passes at each other. Carmlchael pushing the woman away from him. when Catcher Thomas, of the Senators, "butted In" and went after the rabid fan. The bleacher . fans were surrounding McGreevy, when McCredle, Krueger and other members of the Portland team and Thornton, of Sacramento, drove them back with bats. McGreevy slipped into a little warehouse room unaer ino grandstand, evading the irate fans. Thornton stood guard with a bat until the last person left. O'Rourke was sadly disgruntled after the game., declaring that he would get hold of President BUI Curtln, of the team, and demand transportation back East. ' HOG EATS SMALL FORTUNE Hood River Man Leaves Coat on Stump; Wallet and Papers Gone. HOOD RIVER, Or, July L (Special.) Charles L. Wheeler, who returned to ttrla dry today from the Camas Prairie country In northern Klickitat County, had the misfortune to have his coat eaten by a large hog. which, at the same time, consumed several ti'ls and valu able legal papers In a wallet In one of the pockets amounting, to a Bmail for tune. Wheeler stopped near the cabin of a forest ranger, with whom he entered Into a conversation. ,.. i- During the talk they wandered away through a pine grove, while the coat was left on a small stump. On return ing, he found the pig. after having eaten the lunch In one of the pockets, deliber ately chewing up the garment in an en deavor to nnd further nourishment. In addition to the wallet, containing the money and legal documents, one of the pockets contained a pouch of tobacco and pipe. Only the pipe was saved from the ruins. SPRINGER GIVEN DIVORCE Publicity In Henwood Case Cited Cause for Separation. DENVER. July 1. On the testimony of John W. Springer that recent publica tions concerning the relations between Mrs. Springer and S. Louis von Puhl and H. F. Henwood had greatly humili ated him. Springer was granted a divorce in the District Court here today. Mr. and Mrs. Springer have effected a pri vate settlement of alimony. The trial was brief and no notice of the hearing had been given. The suit was brought by Springer following the killing of Von Puhl, a balloonist, and George E. Copeland by Henwood last May. COAL RESERVE PROPOSED Wlckersham Would Adopt Fuel Measures for Navy. WASHINGTON. July 1. The estab lishment of a permanent naval coal re serve In Alaska for the use of the Federal- Government In the highest grade of coal bearing terrttbry. la provided In a resolution introduced by Delegate Wlckersham of Alaska- It Is designed to meet tne agnanon over the Inroads of private enterprise i on the big coal fields In Alaska. Satisfactory, y POSTS NOT TO LOSE PRESTIGE Reorganization Plan Reduces Red Tape. NEEDLESS CLERKS DISMISSED Headquarters Like Vancouver Important as Before. ONLY STAFF OFFICERS GO Administrative Work Concentrated So One Department Docs That of Three Formerly - Expense Less, Service Benefits. BT HARRY J. BROWN. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. July 1. General Leonard Wood's plans for reorganizing the Army on a practical military basis, disregarding Congressional and local Influence, has stirred up a big commotion In Washing ton, but the reforms which General Wood has In mind are such that he can put them through without Congressional authority. Thus far he has been able to show, both In dollars and cents, and In a practical way, that his ideas are for the betterment of the service. Red Tnpe Will Be Lessened. In 'doing away with staff offices at the various department headquarters Gen eral Wood has greatly lessened the ex pense of running the Army, for he has paved the way for dismissing a large corps of unnecessary clerks, has cut out the duplication of work, and simplified tho administrative work of the service. Department Quartermasters, Commissar ies and the like have been dispensed with, and such officials have been con centrated at the three division bead quarters. . New York, Chicago and San Francisco. These division headquarters already existed, but heretofore they merely ap proved. In large measure, the work at department headquarters. Now the di vision headquarters will perform this administrative work for all tho depart ments under their Jurisdiction, and one corps of officers will do the work here tofore done by three or four corps. The various departments, by this means, have been reduced to purely military head quarters, with no more than the neces sary administrative work, directed from division .headquarters. Vancouver Still as Important. This does not make department head quarters any less Important than they have been heretofore, except that the staff officers have been dispersed. Vancouver Barracks, for instance, will continue to be headquarters for the De partment of the Columbia. The cora mandlngeofflcer will remain there, with bis military aides and the Adjutant-General of the department, and all the mili tary business of that department will be transacted at Vancouver Barracks. Purchases of supplies that were here tofore made locally will be made by tbe Purchasing Quartermaster or the Purchasing Commissary, instead of by a Chief Quartermaster or Chief Com missary. These purchasing officers will be under direct supervision of the Chief Quartermaster and Chief Commissary at San Francisco. But locally the change will not be felt, other than that the ab sence of the staff officers will be noticed. The removal of staff officers will permit the Commanding General to devote his entire time to military matters, and In General Wood's opinion the service will be rendered the more efficient. Officers Made'Mllitary Men. In a word, this change makes military men out of Army officers, and takes from them the special duties heretofore imposed, to the detriment of the service. The economy of this plan Is so apparent that it will not be Interfered with by Congress. The later plan of General Wood of tCifDcladed on Page 2.) Dlaerlmlaatlomt ARM SALE OF COLLIER'S TABOO IN PORTLAND . MAGAZINE PRINTS AMERICAN FLAG ON COVER. District Attorney Orders Suppression of Publication . for Alleged Violation ot Law. Sale of. the current issue of Collier's Weekly was suspended throughout the city yesterday, by orders of Captain Bailey, acting under instructions from District Attorney Cameron. Policemen of the first night relief, upon going to their duty last night, were instructed to see that the paper was not offered for sale at any news stand on their beats. Judge Cameron took the action upon reading in yesterday morning's Ore gonlan that similar action had been taken in Boston, upon a protest made by the Society for. the Protection of the American Flag. The reason for the embargo is that the latest number bears on its front page a device show ing Uncle Sam In a biplane, the wings of which are American flags. The District Attorney bases his ac tion upon a section of the Oregon stat utes. which forbids the printing or painting of the American ensign with any words, marks or other device upon it, or in connection with any adver tising. The penalty for issuing or ex posing any mutilated ensign, or for desecrating the flag In any manner, is a fine of from $20 to 8100. -Following the Instructions of their superiors, the policemen ordered the offending publication off of all news stands yesterday evening, and copies of It could not be found in the down town district last night. So far as reported, the dealers made no effort to contest the order. SEATTLE BURNS HAMMER Ceremony Marks End of Quarrels; "Knockers" to "Knock" No More. SEATTLE, July 1. Tho public rite of burning the hammer, planned by the Publicity Club and other organizations to mark the end of petty quarrels that have Injured Seattle, and also to cele brate the calling for bids for construc tion of the Lake Washington canal. took place tonight. A huge hammer. carried on a crepe-hung truck was drawn by coal-black horses through the street followed by mourners wear ing black coats and gowns, and a band playing a dirge. At Fourth avenue and Virginia street the hammer and Its trappings were placed upon a heap of wood. After a funeral oration had been delivered from a platform near-by, with the Mayor and his staff as auditors, a match was ap plied to the pyre, the mourners threw their gowns into the flames, the ham mer was consumed, and. If all the "knockers" took part In the ceremony, there will be no more "knocking." CATTLE RUSTLING CHARGED Son of Aged Pioneer of Sommervllle Arrested at Union. LA GRANDE, Or., July 1. (Special.) High finance or get-rlch-qulck is charged today to 'William Hunter, son of an aged pioneer widow at Summer villa, and a man whose name is given as Lund, who have been arrested for alleged cattle rustling. The charge Is that the men stole nine head of cattle from Ed Miller's ranch at Union and brought the herd to La Grande and sold them. No sooner had they re ceived their money and started toward Union, where both now reside, than the Miller herd shortage was discovered and the Sheriff put on their trail. They were arrested near Union. Hunter's relatives reside at Sum merville and he Is well known through out the country. FOUR BATTLESHIPS ASKED Navy Programme Contemplates Ex penditure of $100,000,000. WASHINGTON, July 1. The general board of the Navy has completed its proposed building programme for the Navy for the fiscal year of 1913, in which it recommends the construction of four first-class battleships, 16 or 18 destroyers, a repair ship, a hospital ship and several colliers, gunboats and transports. The programme comprehends tne expenditure of 1100,000,000. This re port will be submitted to Congress at its regular session In December. the world of affairs. "Everybody Awful Good te Me.' i-i.m jj i ----'-''- E 'S SKELETON Oregon Trust Heads Blamed by Wilde. MORRIS, TOO, LIKELY TO TALK Promoter's' Norr Residence Nullifies Limitation Law. , OFFICIALS CAN'T BE HELD Bench Warrant Still Walts Civil Suit Also Filed to Recover $90, 000 Said to Have Been Tak- ' cn Property Attached. Indictment of Louis J. Wilde and W. Cooper Morris for the alleged embez zlement of J90.000 of the funds of the Oregon Trust & Savings Bank five years ago promises to result In sen sational developments. Prosecution of the charge against Wilde and Morris may bring out In side information as to how the affairs of the defunct banking institution were misdirected and Its funds misappropri ated as well as fix the responsibility for the bank's collapse. This was implied yesterday in a statement issued by Wilde at San Diego in which he declared the indict ment of him and the threatened prose cution for embezzlement was the result of spitework. He charged that It was actuated by officers and directors of the suspended bank in an effort to shift the responsibility for the failure. Disclosures Are Promised. While he refused to be interviewed, William Miller, of this city, Wilde's brother-in-law. Intimated strongly that Interesting disclosures might be ex pected when Wilde returned to Port land. It' was learned yesterday that all at tempts to induce Morris to tell the Dis trict Attorney of the details of the several transactions carried on with the bank by Wilde through Morris have not availed anything. When urged to tell what he knows, Morris insisted that a full pardon. Including a cancel lation of the six years' prison term he has begun to serve, is the only price he will consider. These conditions were not subscribed to by the prosecution, which was great ly aided In the task of completing the investigation and establishing satis factory evidence of the $90,000 em bezzlement with which Morris and Wilde are now confronted by a few statements Morris has made since his Incarceration at Salem. Charge May End Silence. It is intimated by his friends that a prosecution of this charge will cause Wilde to tell what he knows and It Is believed that at the proper time Mor ris will also release his tongue. How ever, nobody connected with the in vestigation will say that the combined testimony of the two accused men would suffice to Implicate any of the officers of the suspended bank in any of the questionable transactions that preceded its failure. That Wilde will make a clean breast of all he knows is believed. It Is known that although Morris is named Jointly with Wilde In the indictment that was reported Friday, Wilde Is the man the authorities are after. To make Wilde the principal, it became necessary in drawing the Indictment to name Mor ris as an accessory. Non-Residence Is Tie. What is more, it is a noteworthy fact that Wilde is the only man having had business relations with the Institution who can at this late day be prosecuted criminally. Being a non-resident ol the state, the statute of limitations did not run against the embezzlement harge for which Wilde was Indicted. Officers of the bank, however. In- i Concluded on Page 2 Knocked! GHARG MAY BARE BANK JU