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- THE STTXDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JTJXY 23, 1912. 2 GAYNOR PUTS FOOT DOWN Of Iff! Aldermen Will Mandamus Him if Police Are Left Alone, Threaten Officials. 'REAL' STORY GOES ROUNDS "Wise" Ones Say Rosenthal Expect ed to Be Handed $5000 Instead of Five Bullets "When He Left Metropole Hotel. NEW YORK. July 27. (Special) Mayor Gaynor has precipitated a new controversy on the -police situation by his refusal to call a special meeting1 of the Board of Aldermen, for the pur pose of appointing1 a special commit tee to Investigate the alleged connec tion of the police "system" and1 the murder of Gambler Rosenthal. Chairman Henry Curran, of the al dermanlc finance committee, and the leader of the board who presented the petition to the Mayor requesting? him to call & special meeting.-announced today that the Aldermen will mandamus the Mayor If he declines to comply with the petition. Police Investigation Slow. Seven policeman were within 100 yard? of the Hotel Metropole when Her man Rosenthal, the "squealing" gam bler, was shot fo death there 11 days ago. Since then 70 times seven mem bers of the force have been investlgat Ing the tragedy. Yet up to date none of the investigators, apparently either the uniformed ones or those in plain clothes has heard what certain wise Inhabitants of the metropolis allege to be the real story of the murder. Summarized, the story is that Her man Rosenthal expected to be handed $5000 instead of five bullets when he stepped from the Metropole early on the morning of July in. A "get-away stake" of that amount had been prom ised him If he would leave the city. But he procrastinated a bit too long- in deciding to accept the offer and in the meantime a gang- of East Side gunmen heard of it and beat him to it. Sullivan Accuses Whitman. Following his seven associates, who are in the Tombs waiting further action In the Herman Rosenthal killing, "Jack" Sullivan, "king of the news boys,' whose real name is Jacob A. Reich, today was held without bail by Coroner Feinberg, before whom he was arraigned, charged with complicity in the murder. Sullivan was broken up by the action, and insisted, over his lawyer's protest, in making a statement in which he said he was beiig "framed up" by the District Attorney. LEADING SUSPECT IN NEW YORK POLICE CONSPIRACY MURDER, AND OTHER SUSPECTS. BOSS MAY BE SUBSTITUTE , Bull Moose Leaders In Washington to Ask Trio to Quit. . SEATTLE. Wah.. July 27. (Special.) Bull Moose leaders have launched a movement to eliminate Dan Landon. Henry Alberts McLean and T. P. ReveMe, as Congressional candidates in the First District and substitute In surgent Boss Tom Murphine. A committee of five named by C. J. France, who presided at a Bull Moose conference held In a cafeteria at coon yesterday. Is declared to have reached the conclusion that none of the three insurgent candidates, now In the fight, could win and that a compromise should be effected with Murphine as the Bull Moose rival of Congressman Humphrey for the Republican nomina tion. This special committee of five will make a report to an enlarged meeting of Bull Moose on Monday. In the meantime efforts will be made to In duce the three prospective Insurgent candidates to withdraw. GIRL MARRJES ABDUCTOR Ethel Metcalf Becomes Wife of Man Charged as "White Slaver." ROSEBURC. Or.. July 27. (Special.) Frank O. Gray, recently indicted on a charge of obtaining $350 f raudulently from Mrs. Carrie Settle, of Oakland, was married here tonight to Ethel Metcalf, the Oakland girl who recently played an Important part In a sensa tional elopement. Miss Metcalf and Robert L. Mooni-y. alias George Uray. were arrested at Astoria, following their elopement, and returned to this city. Mooney, it is said, admits being a white slaver, and will be turned over to the Fedeial officers. Miss Metcalf was given her freedom and soon thereafter decided to marry Gray. The ceremony was private. 5 -i . ".( J - ". 3 n h"ii "ir tt?fS3 JET. clrSfa f 5 B V"" x " fVTi r Til ABOVE, HERY VALLOM BELOW, SfSPECT BEING TAKEN TO COURT. MAN WITH FINGER ON HIS NOSE IS SAM PAIX. GRAFT PROBERS ACI Seven Detroit Aldermen Re leased on $5000 Bail. BURNS GOES TO NEW YORK Five Other Councilmen Xot Men tioned in Previous Arrests Are Taken to Headquarters of Police and Registered. DETROIT, Mich.. July 27. Arraign ment was expected today of the eight Aldermen and the secretary of the Com mon Council committee, arrested yes terday on charges of receiving bribes or conspiring to receive money for their influence in closing a city street lor tne benefit of the Wabash Railroad. Seven of them were released on JoOOO bail. The eighth Alderman, Patrick O'Brien, was released, and the charge against him withdrawn. Five other Aldermen not mentionea in yesterday's arrests were taken to police headquarters, registered and re leased. William J. Burns, who got the evi dence and recommended the arrests. has left for New York City. Aldermen Andrew Walsh and David Rosenthal gave themselves up today and with the rest, were remanded for arraignment on Tuesday, each giving $5000 bail. The others were L.ouis ioslt. . Louis Brozo, Martin J. Ostrowskl. Alois Delmel, Joseph Theizn. Thomas Glinnan and Frank J. Mason. E. R. Pchrister. secretary of tne coun cil committee, also was held for ar raignment Tuesday and turnisnea ouuu bail. He was refused bail last night. DOCK STRIKE SPREADING 600 Men Out With Northern Pacific Line at Duluth. DFI.UTH. July 27. The strike of j freight handlers at tne cocks or tne Northern Pacific Railroad is spread ing. Six hundred are said to be out today. The men still refuse to con sider anything less than their original demand of 35 cents an hour for straight work and 40 cents an hour for han dling cement. It Is not a local question, according to railroad officials, but one that will affect the wages ail along the line of the System If an increase Is granted. SOLDIERS SENT TO MINES Another Trainload lo Cope With West Virginia Strikers. CHARLESTON. W. Va.. July 27. A special trainload of West Virginia troops was hurried today from the Mount Gretna Camp to the Paint Creek district, where more trouble is feared between mine guards and striking coal miners who, secreted In armed strong holds from which efforts to dislodge them have failed, are believed to be too strong for even the hundreds of sol diers now on the ground to cope with. Dally rioting has developed a serious condition in tne district. John Bernards Ordained Priest. ALBANY. Or, July 27. (Special.) John Bernard., who has been assisting Rev. Father Lane in the work of the Al bany parish of the Roman Cathodic Church, was ordained to the priesthood by Archbi:hop Christie In Portland to day and Kill be assigned to a position as an assistant rector of the Albany parish. Father Bernards is a Mc Mtnnville young man and was edu cated for the priesthood at Mount An gel College and Columbia University. DEFAULTER IS IN COURT Vancouver Brewery Cashier Held in $5000 Bail for Embezzlement, VANCOUVER, Wash., July 27. A. J. Enderlln. former cashier of the North ern Brewing Company, Just before noon today was arraigned and waived examination on the charge of embez zling 11500 from the brewery while he was cashier. He was bound over to the Superior Court in $5000 ball.. A month ago Enderlin, who was em ployed as cashier at the brewery at a salary of 51S0 a month, asked for a brief vacation Just as the company's auditor appeared to audit the books, and he immediately disappeared. After he had gone the auditor is alleged, to have discovered discrepancies in the books, and the cashier is charged with having appropriated $1500 of the com pany's funds. He was located and ar rested in San Francisco, and brought back to Vancouver last week to face trial on the charge. SEVEN BALLOONS IN RACE (Continued From First Pare.) Honeywell, pilot. Roy Donaldson, aid, first of the contestants, representing the Kansas City Aero Club, was released at 5:14 P. M., and followed tho pilot balloon to the northward. The other bags rose at Intervals of ten minutes. The Million Population Club's Nos. 1 and 2, of St. Louis, fol lowing the Uncle Sam. Balloon Cole, of Indianapolis, ascended at 5:41 P. Bl and the Drifter, of Cincinnati, at 6:50 P. M. The Kansas City II was released at 6:06. and the Goodyear, the last of the bags at 6:18 P. M. bride; tells of aerial trip Pilot Balloon Lands in Pig Pen Af ter S 2-Mile Flight. SMITH VILLE, Mo, July 27. A honeymoon trip of four hours in a bal loon that arose to the height of S700 feet travelled 21 miles and landed in a pig pen, was described here tonight by Mrs. Milo Hartman who landed nearby when the pilot balloon Kansas City III came down. She was the only woman in the party and became the bride of Dr. Hartman in Kansas City just before the balloon was cut loose to show the course for the contesting balloons in the National elimination race. "I enjoyed the trip greatly," Mrs. Hartman said, "and was not frightened in the least. Pilot Jacobs let us drop nearly into the Missouri River, because I said I would like to be cool and wished I was in ' the water. As we were passing over the river the cool air condensed the gas in the bag and it dropped. Pilot Jacobs, to see if I was frightened, let it fall until we were about 100 feet from the water and then threw out some ballast and we started upward until we reached an altitude of 8700 feet" The pilots of the balloon say that Mrs. Hartman was the coolest member of the party. Dr. Hartman, they said "showed signs of fright." GAS BAGS PASS ST. JOSEPH Cole Aeronaut Drops Message Say ing Wind Blowing Gale. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., July 27. Two of the balloons that started from Kan sas City passed Just west of St. Joseph at 7:30 P. M. They wera high In the air. One was the Cole. They crossed the river In a northwesterly direction and were going rapidly. The following message was dropped from the balloon Cole in St. Joseph: "The Cole has reached St. Joseph in less than two hours. Wind now 40 miles an hour and freshening rapidly. Two other balloons visible and we ap pear to be gaining. Elevation is 500 feet. Garrell." BIG CASH VAULT URGED MACVEAGH PROPOSES OXE FOR NATION'S WEALTH. Secretary of Treasury Would Have Five-Story Structure Built t'n derground in Xew Tork. WASHINGTON, July 27. A steel ribbed indestructible five-story vault, sunk in the earth beneath the United States Assay Office In New York, and capable of holding $2,000,000,000 in gold, is planned by Secretary Mac Veagh, of the Treasury Department. This project, the largest money vault In the world, requires the sanction of Congress and has already received a favorable report from the House com mittee on appropriation. Looking into the future, Secretary MacVeagh believes the vault Is a nec essity, for the convenience and .safety of the Nation's wealth. Gold is pur chased by the United States Govern ment at the rate of $100,000,000 a year. This treasure against which gold certificates are issued, is distrib uted the country over In the vaults of the treasury, subtreasurles. mints and assay offices. Within a few years, it Is estimated, the entire storage capacity of these buildings will have been con sumed. If authorized, the big vault will be erected under the proposed new front portion of the assay office. It will cost $322,000, while the building stand ing over It will cost only $225,000. Gold bullion, turned Into bars, will be piled In the structure like bricks. While this storehouse could hold all the Gov ernment's gold at the present time, it is not the intention to amass it in New York, but to reserve the space for fu ture hoardings. Semi-Annual Clearance of Schloss Baltimore Clothes '-"i''-v . Q -',5 'DET3 CZ7 J ZlCZZIt Hie 'z: czzDfz: uz- Z3EZZD r wmm mmmmmm mmmmm i:Hrr.v.v.v.v.-jr.T.v.Mt?Lfc.'l , -- mmmmm. I mm THREE things make this remarkable Clearance Sale very unusual the character of the goods offered, the fact that this store with its service and its guaranty of good faith offers them and the very low prices. Any one of the three is a good deal together they ought to prove irresistible. $15.00 Suits at $11.75 $18.00 Suits at $13.65 $20.00 Suits at $14.85 $22.50 Suits at $16.65 $25.00 Suits at $18.65 $30.00 Suits at $22.35 $35.00 Suits at $25.45 $40.00 Suits at $29.25 KimkMmm Mains Fourth ,nd Aider Sfrcfe ClOihlttQ C( 6r" Fie'er' Manager FLAG OF TRUCE DUE Defenders "Blue" Because In vaders Outgeneraled Them. EARLY FOG IS FRIENDLY Black River Bridge pynamited and Colonel Young's Men Retreat but Reds Advance and Second Retreat In Haste Follows. (Continued From First Page.) NO PLACELIKE HOME. There is no place like home. The Bowers Hotel can furnish everything that will make life worth living, both in rooms, cafe and buffet. Union High School Wanted. EUGENE. Or.. July 27. (Special.) A petition has been filed with the county school superintendent, asking that a special election be called to determine the question of establishing a union high school district, with the union high school to be erected at Lowell. Nine school districts are to be included In the high school district. This will make the ninth union high school for Lane county. m . i. .. n : . . n Ka., ..!. that t i o Ul 1113 O0 L 11 1 V . i -1. k.iww nave ui. i ........ - they will be compelled to surrender soon, inousanos oi residents ibhuciub vv.ni... , Via T3 orl canturlnff the state capital at Olympia and the City or Seattle, nave iiocbbq ueimm mo their services will be of little avail, as .i i . kAAn ... i i. .,fl ( n warfare luey nave hui wee n ... ... and their supplies will De cut on Dy the enemy already In the rear and preparing to advance. Reds Capture 100 Blues. 11 ..... A than 1 H 0 ine i v i : 1 1 -i . d i i ui i v. ...w.w Blues today and yesterday, among them being captain .faimer. oi aaconia. nuu 30 troopers of Troop B, Tacoma. When a Blue Is capture? ne is sent tu mi rear ano mace to oo memo. wulicd. n't.- in.. Ua& noniiliwfl nmilltlllv E0 1 1113 1 11 13 o ii ' - - - n J .. Bvnnner tViam heme: CaDtaln 1 1CU B iii".. . - ' v. I . r, f tnF-t1nnsl nf the com- ijj sc ii.i-i ' . -, - missary ano lieutenant j. rnuwaii, the Oregon XMationai uoira. oins with (Colonel Mav. an umpire, on the railroad track when he was warned that the Blues were near in force. White, not believing his man, advanced a short distance, when he was shot Dy two oi tne enemy (Washington men.; rr.u. tlivUt trulnv showed the USefUl- ness of Held artillery. Should the Reds win In tne great struggle iuiuu. row it is probable that they will put a fleet in Puget Sound and demand $100 indemnity. NEW ARMY POST IS PREDICTION Southwestern Washington Believes Recommendation Slay Result. ABERDEEN. Wash., July 27. (Spe lo a lame Army post, one of the largest in the world, will be located In Southwestern Washington, either at Gate or between there and Centralla, or near Olympia, if Army officers" sug gestions shall be heeded by the War Department chiefs. This Is considered in well-informed circles here not oniy as one probable result of the Army ma neuvers of the past ten days, but Is believed to have been largely Instru mental In the selection of this territory for the maneuvers. The victory of the Red army, repre senting a foreign force supposed to have been landed on Grays Harbor for an invasion of the Sound cities and to Tnpn.ice Portland, is believed in Army circles to forecast the situation as to what would follow should a toreign force actually land on Grays Harbor. It is possible that coast fortifications will be ursred for both Grays Harbor and Willapa Harbor, but Army officers are quoted here today as saying tnat such fortifications, if established, would be valueless unless backed by a large mobile land force. They say that It will be necessary to establish a post somewhere near Cen tralla which should Include in-Its gar rison Infantry, cavalry and field artil lery and which would be so located as to be able to resist a foreign force landed either on Grays Harbor or Willapa Harbor, or at both points at once. It is hinted among Army officers, who re fuse to be quoted publicly, that General Maus probably will recommend the es tablishment of such a post. ARMY MEX TO BE PAID OFF Anto Carries $16,000 From Olympia for Washington Guardsmen. OLYMPIA, Wash.. July 27. Carrying about J16.000 of the state's money and convoyed by- a host of auto parties go ing to see the big battle. Adjutant General Fred Lewellyn left here to day for the maneuvers. The money is to be paid to the mem bers of the National Guard of the state, 900 off leers and men. The state paye the privates 1 a day and they get 50 cents a day from the War Depart ment. Officers are paid on the regu lar Army schedule. Probably 50 autos went through here last night and to day carrying parties anxious to wit ness mimic warfare. VIEWS "SINGULARLY" ALIKE T. R. Beliefs and Steel Committee's Findings Said to Correspond. WASHINGTON, July 27. With the declaration that certain of Colonel Roosevelt's views on the corporation problem and the Stanley Steel Com mittee's findings "singularly corres pond," with those contained In the minority report of the committee. Representative Gardner, of Massachu setts, Republican, today read a state ment to the House. "I know the world is censorous," Mr. Gardner declared, "and I fear it might say that the minority of the steel com mittee had purloined the Colonel's views if I were to neglect to point out that we gave our views to the press In confidence for future publication sev eral hours earlier than the Colonel gave out his statement." ORGY OF TROOPS DENIED Brigadier-General Hoyt Says Regu lars and Militia Xot Insulting. WYEVILLE, Wis., July 27. Denial of the reported orgy of troops at Camp Douglas on the eve of the start of the war game was made today by the Fed eral commanders. Brigadier-General Hoyt, head of the Pepartment of the Lakes, said that his investigations showed that there had been the best of conduqt by Illinois and Wisconsin National Guardsmen and Federal soldiers and that there was no basis for the reports that women had been insulted by intoxicated soldiers. THEATER OWNER IS COMING John W. Considine Due Today Bound for Seattle From California. John W. Considine, president of the Sullivan & Considine chain of Empress theaters in the United States and Can ada and of the Orphenm circuit in the Pacific Northwest, will pass through Portland today on the Shasta limited on his way home to Seattle. Mr. Considine has just completed a tour of his California show houses and comes directly from Sacramento, where he attended the ground-breaking cere mony for the new, Empress Theater, which Is to be constructed at the Cali fornia capitol. ALLEN FOUND GUILTY Second of Hillsville Outlaws to Die in Chair. SLAYER WEEPS BITTERLY When He Is Infoimed He Must Pay Penalty for Killing Attorney, He Breaks Down as Also Does His Fiancee. WYTHEVILLE, Va., July 27. Claude Allen, one of the Hillsville. outlaws, was convicted today of murder In the first degree for the killing of Com monwealth's Attorney William M. Fos ter. At a former trial, he was found guilty of murder. in the second degree for the killing of Judge Tnornton u. Massle. Claude Allen is the second one of the Aliens to be convicted of first de gree murder, his' father, Floyd Allen, being the other. When he learned that he must pay the penalty Tor Bis crime in the electric chair, the prisoner wept bitterly, as did also his fiancee, who was with him. LONDON STRIKE AT END HEADS OF 50,000 FAMILIES TO RESUME WORK OX DOCKS. Employers Agree to Maintain All Agreements Existing Prior to Long Dispute. t nvnnv Tniw "7 Th fttrlk com mittee declared ended today the strike at the London oocks wnicn eianea in May and has caused about 60.000 dock workers and their families to live In seml-starvatlon for 10 weeks. Work The strike committee has issued a manffAstn tn th men riAClarina that all agreements between the employes and the employers existing prior to tne aio- nta TtiTiat ha mnintn-lnerf The emnlov- ers neretoiore nave reiuoea. Good Man Wanted by one of the largest corporations in Ohio. Ow ing to increases in the size of our plant we are able to extend our business on the Coast. The position is worth $10,000 per year and the qualifications necessary are Executive and selling ability and the possession of a moderate capital for the proper operation of the business. Highest references required. Address, giving particulars, AH 253, Oregonian. The closer yon can get to the manufacturer when yon buy furniture, the lower the price will be. MAKERS OF MISSION FURNITURE. MAIL ORDER CATALOGUE FREE 389 Alder Street, Opposite Olds, Wortman & King. The decision of the dockers' leaders to order the men to return to work Is taken as a result of their failure to or ganize a general strike of the trans port workers of the country In sym pathy with the London men. Although large funds have been raised for the relief of the men's fam ilies, the assistance afforded has been slight, as compared with the extent of the distress. Some of the leaders, too, lost the sympathy of the public by uttering threats of violence. H It's a Pleasure to Dine At the Portland Cool, spacious din ing and Grill Booms where the air is fresh and pure, and all that greets the eyes i" pleasin; and restful. A service quiet and prompt, that cour teously a n 1 1 clpates your wants. Th Grill is In high favor with th ladies while shopping; al ways you will find here some dainty to tempt the appetite Hear the delightful music which is a fea ture of our evening's entertainment. The Portland Hotel G. J. Kanfmann. M&Tr n Fancy Goods 12 to 13 Cheaper Removal Notice August 1 we move to our new location, 152-154 Park street,, near Morrison. EVEF.YTHING IN THE HOUSE REDUCED Stock consists of Silks and Satins, Dressing Gowns, Kimonos, Chinese Mandarin Coats, Old Embroidery Table Mats, Embroidery Goods, Chinese Jewelry, Jade Stones, Cloi sonne, etc. CANTON BAZAAR 144 5th St., Opp. Meier & Frank's. 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