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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1912)
EVENTS AND PERSONS OF INTEREST CAUGHT BY CAMERA : " Helen Gould Touring- West Constance Henley Kane Christens Destroyer Floods of South Worst in History Eastern Eggs Rolled at White House. 11 K S Term- 1 1 ML Mi NrlW TORK. April 20. (Special) f Miss Helen Miller Gould la making I a tour of the Weat. inspecting the railroad properties tn which she is i financially Interested. She Is being- re- celved at all the stopping places by deputations of prominent cltlsens and all sorts of honors have been shown her. Constance Henley Kane named the torpedo boat destroyer Henley when It slipped Into the water at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company's yards In Qutncy. Mass.. Wednesday. Miss Kane was chosen sponsor because she Is a descendant of Commodore Henley, after whom the boat is named. The Henley ! was to be ready November IS. 1915. so i the builders are eisht months ahead of , their contract. The Henley is unique , In being fitted with reciprocating en- I nines as well as turbines. They are to be operated together. The steam after running the reciprocating engine will be conducted Into the turbine so that the List ounce of power will be ex tracted from it. It Is believed the Hen ley will be the most economical boa: in the Navy. It Is planned to use this system In larger boats hereafter. The New York Mills Company's es tablishment at I'tlca, N. Y.. has been under martial law guarded by three companies of militia. AH saloons are closed and the soldiers are patrolling the streets. The strike was started In an effort to obtain better wages. The trouble was Intensified when the com pany attempted to have several fore men run out the fabric that was In the looms and get the goods out of the vat. The strikers objected to anybody entering the mills and some of the drp uties were assaulted. It was after several of these incidents that the mil itia as called out. One of the most disastrous floods in the history of the country overwhelmed many cities of the Mississippi Valley, about the first of the month through the overflowing of the Mississippi, Mis souri. Ohio and their trlbutar.es. The flood, which has devastated part of Memphis, was caused by the overflow of the Bayou Gayoso. It was greatest at North Memphis. The gas plant In that section was flooded early in the disaster, depriving the city of gas light. Hundreds of families were driv en from their homes. Streetcar service was demoralized and many railroad lines were abandoned. At Hickman. Kr.. the residence section was given a Venice-like aspect by the rising floods. The il'maml for rowboats was far In excels of that for horse-drawn vehi cles. General Tasker H. Bliss has been chosen to temporarily fill the late Ueneral Frederick Ient Grant's place as Commander of the Department of the Kast. General Bliss Is now occu pying General Grant's quarters on Governor's Island, New York Harbor. Egg rolling by children on Easter Monday Is an annual festival on the White House grounds. Adults are not admitted unless accompanied by chil dren. gTbls year many surewd young- - Jf - .- 'H1 7f fZViK: is; i a it 1 1 if. - Mm r J&e7e?2 C?0zz7c? on TVL-z' JyC?sc77' sters picked up small sums by acting as sons for childless couples eager to see the fun. One of the most excltlntr races ever held by the crews of Oxford and Cam bridge was that which was made on April 1 on the Thames River. The crews raced for a considerable distance FOOLISH ARRESTS LOW; BOYS ARE CHIEF MENACE BY LLOTD P. LONEKGA.V. EW YORK, April 20. (Special.) The number of arrests In New York City has fallen off 70.000 In a year, according to the official figures made public by the Board of Police Magistrates. This does not mean that the police re less vigilant Uiaa formerly, oa the TJII2 NUN DAY rr-. r- -r l-r- fat- V It it i iew wmamtimHi!" i neck and neck. The Oxford crew was Identified by means of black bands around the sleeves. - To save the vessel after fire had been discovered In her hold, the steamship Ontario 'was recently beached on the rocky coast of the Eastern end of Long island. contrary, under Waldo's efficient ad ministration crimes of all kinds are on the decrease: but it indicates that "foolish arrests' have been reduced to a minimum. Minor violations of the law are now handled by means of summonses and the work of the courts Is kept down, much, to the raUacitiloa of Uje JucU:ea, UKKIiUNIANV rOKTLAND. i "" "n niiTiMiii m - .- 5 If and there seems to be a much more common sense view of conditions all around. The magistrates. In their report, hawuvuc tiwaU wltii crave enuihasid r v. r r.i--, iiim r . 3, w. -w - A V' Al'KIL, 21, 7 kSWWi'vif i-x- 1 X- Jf.. - vii . 'Aft 5: 1 vrvi. -Os. oav upon "that menacing army of young men and boys between 16 and 25, who are the most troublesome element1 we have to deal with without reverence for anything, devoid of respect for the ill ij 2zpenZey'' 7iri .After 7&ancZizrgjr. X MY7 ' 'a, ' ' 'I law, subject to no parental control, cynical, viciously wise beyond their years, utterly regardless of the rights of others, firmly determined not to work for a living, terrorizing the occu pants of public vehicles, disturbing the peace of neighborhoods and having no regard for common decency." It might be added that the magis trates have decided to do what they can to remedy these conditions and the first step in their crusade will be to deal most severely with car rowdies, the open season for which Is Just about starting. Car Rowdies Sought. These young hoodlums make travel in New York, especially on Sundays, extremely uncomfortable. They play ball In cars, throw things at passen gers, fight with the guards, while their elder associates insult women and oc casionally beat men. The magistrates at a recent meeting decided that car rowdies hereafter will not escape with fines, but that In every case where they are found guilty a Jail sentence will be imposed. They hope in this way to stamp out the trouble be fore it reaches the proportions that it has stained in former years. What can be characterized as the "bullheadedness" of the Government authorities Is causing Fire Commis sioner Johnson much concern, but he is powerless to remedy what may be a dansrerous condition. The New York, postoffice is a fire . 11 K ; t f trap. Everybody knows it. In the case of ordinary Are traps the Fire Commissioner, has power to enforce needed regulations and even if neces sary to order unsafe buildings va cated. In the case of the postofTice, being "a Government reservation," he is unable even to see that extinguishers are Installed. There is a notion in certain official circles that the existence of a Federal reservation In the heart of a city car ries with it the right to maintain any and all kinds of nuisances. In New York there are city ordinances provid ing for fire prevention, prohibiting the burning of soft coal and compelling tenants to clear sidewalks of snow and Ice. All of these are regularly disre garded, on the pretext that the city laeks authority, and so it does. Government Ignores Law. Of course, if the postofTice Is ablaze some day and the fire department ex erts its energies solely to protecting adjoining property, there would be a big howl from the Government author ities, but in the meantime they calmly continue to set the city's laws and reg ulations at defiance, on the ground that Uncle Sam is above all law. Rural correspondents of New York papers are hard put to it sometimes to word their items so .that they will get by the eagle-eyed men on the city desk. Here is the beginning of an article which shows how a reporter in Summit, N. J., solved the problem. "James W. Perry, the one-armed colored hackman, who made himself famous by ejecting Anthony Comstock from his cab one rainy night into a puddle of water, has gone to his re ward. The horse that Perry had hitched to his hack the night of the encounter with the vice crusader also died, but on Saturday." The correspondent then went on to tell. In half a column, all about the case, with full details of the last lin gering illness of the lamented colored hackman. Rebel Never SfRhted. Brigadier-General Asa Bacon Carey, U. S. A., whose funeral was held in this city a few days ago, had a re markable Civil War record. He was a line officer all through the struggle, fought bravely, but never was in sight of the Confederates. Carey graduated from West Point in 1858 and took part in the Utah expedi tion of 1S59 and the march to New Mexico in 1860. Throughout the Civil War he fought Indians in New Mexico and was twice brevetted for gallantry. In 1863-4 he took part in the campaign against the Navajo Indians, which re sulted in their being conquered. With 150 picked men General Carey passed through the Canyon de Chelly, a feat never before accomplished in time of war with the Indians. After the war Carey was transferred to the pay de parement, retiring in 1898 as Paymaster-General. So far Is is known he is the only Regular Army officer who served all through the Civil War as a fighter, but never met the boys in gray. WOMEN PLAN ECONOMIES Temperance Workers, to Practice Self-Denial One Week. The week between May 5 and May 13 was fixed as self-denial week in which to raise money for the National conven tion, and also May 14, 15 and 16 were the days appointed for the whirlwind campaign for new members by the County Women's Christian Temperance Union, at the institute held Tuesday in the Friends' church at Lents. Mrs. Mary J. Mallett, county presi dent, who presided, explained the ob ject of these events. During self-denial week, she said, every member of a W. C. T. U. in the county is expected to make a personal sacrifice if some item of expense in order that she may con tribute toward the fund being raised for the entertainment of the National Convention in Portland this Fall. In the consideration of "Child Wel fare," Mrs. Lizzie Hoskins, of Lents, declared the habit of smoking ciga rettes among women and girls Is on the increase and ought to be combat-ted.
