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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1914)
2 - , TnE SUNDAY OREGOXIAV PORTLAND, JUNE 28, 1914. BIG EVENTS IN WORLD NEWS ARE TOLD BY GRAPHIC PICTURES rfuge Dome at Panama-Pacific Exposition, 187 Feet High and 152 Feet in Diameter, Is Largest Now in Existence. "1 TjillllWllWI WWII! Hi V" 1 .j 'JUS" . s? ' fa n -vV '. jC- American Soy -Jcc&rfc? s? Jftzm ? ' 1 I lif ' THE most striking feature of the palace of horticulture of the Panama-Pacific International Expo sition is the hugre dome which is 188 feet in height and 152 feet in diameter. The dome consists of a steel frame cov ered With wire netting glass and at night will be- illuminated from within fcy colored searchlights, giving it the appearance of a vast rainbow. It is the largest hemispherical dome now exist ing and has been exceeded tn size only by the dome of the palace of horticul ture In the World's Columbia Exposi tion in Chicago, which had an outside diameter of 187 feet. The present' dome, however, is Bl feet higher than the dome at Chicago ; An idea of the magnitude of the dome may be had when it Is compared with some of the most famous domes in existence. The diameter of the Pan tion of Rome was 142 feet; that of the Duoma of the Sta. Marie del Fiore at Florence 139 feet: United States Capl tol. Washington, D. C 135H feet, while the famous dome at St.Feter's at Home, Is 139 feet in diameter. The diameter of the inner dome of St. Paul's Cathe dral in London, is 102 feet, but the height is 225 feet. The height of St. Paul's from the pavement to the top of the cross is 365 feet. The palace of horticulture is 660 feet long and 300 feet wide. The steamship Alliance,. belonging to the Eanama Railroad Company, passed through the Gatun Locks on June 8. The vessel was towed by two electrical locomotives, one on either side of the bank. Tho Alliance is 336 feet long, has a beam of 42 feet and draws 23.9 feet. Her tonnage is 3005. When she went through the locks she had 1800 tons of cargo on board. Tne test ot sending the Alliance through the canal was made by order of Colonel Goethals. The big ship went through the canal from ocean to ocean without a hitch, in 64 minutes. The following is the log of the Al liance for June 8, showing the passage: 6:03 .A. M., entered Atlantic approach to canal: 6:35 A. entered lower level of Uatun Locks; 7:18 A. M., started Into lower lock chamber; 7:28 A. M., ehip In place In lower lock chamber; 7:30 A. M.. gates of lower lock chamber closed: 7:32 A. M.. started to fill lower lock chamber: 7:45 A. M., lower lock chamber filled; 7:45 A. M., gates to middle lock opened! 7:47 A. M.. ship started into middle lock chamber; 7:55 A. M., ship in place in mldle lock cham ber; 7:67 A. M., gates to middle lock chamber closed: 8;00 A. M., started to fill upper lock chamber; 8:11 A. M upper lock chamber full; 8:12 A. M., Kates to upper lock chamber opened; S:3 A. M, ship In place in upper lock chamber; 8:25 A. M., gates to Upper lock chamber closed; 8:S A. M., upper lock chamber full and gates to Gatun Lake opened: 8:42 A. M. ship towed out of upper lock chamber; 8:48 A. M.. ship cast off by towing engines and proceeds under own steam. The ugly wound in the port bow of the steamship New Tork. which was rammed in the fog off Xantucket by the steamship Pretoria, was dressed by staff of competent surgeons of sick nnd disabled vessels on her arrival at Iv'ew Tork. Protruding from the big rent -of twisted riveted steel was the shank of the steamship Pretoria's an chor, which caused the big opening and several links of the cable suspended Jrom it. The huge cavity filled with awe those who were watching the re pairs being made, as they contemplated what might have occured in the thick fog bad the Pretoria been going at a faster clip when she struck the New York. Professor Reginald A. Fessenden. of Boston, has invented a wireless sub marine telegraph Which Bhould be of tcreat value in preventing disasters like the sinking of ships through collision in a fog. With his device Professor Fessenden has listened to sounds from a vessel 10 miles away. The big "centipede" locomotive. Just rompleted for the Krie- Railroad, has 24 driving-wheels. Eight of these are under the tender. It has two low-pressure cylinder and one high-pressure cylinder. So powerful is this giant of all locomotives that it cannot be used for pulling ordinary freight trains, be cause if thin locomotive were coupled to one of them it would pull apart the couplings and ruin the "draft gear" of the train. It is because of this fact that the giant is put In the middle of the train. With one-half of its power It pulls tho cars behind it and with the other half it pushes the cars aHead of it. The tdtal weight of the engine is S53,0j0 pounds. The Uuk has a water hi 7 .3?y i Pi - - 1 ' '" ' ' II1 '" ii Ocaasz Go'sigr' Capacity of 16 tons. The tractive effort is 10.000 pounds. The engine is capa ble of hauling 640 tons. They have American Boy Scouts even in Rome. A little band of them, under Scout Master Hale Powers Benton has sent word that it id drilling for serv ice in Mexico. Mr. Benton is the son of an artist of Virginia birth, who painted during his lifetime in Rome and was well-known for his landscapes, Mr. Benton has lived in Rome all his life. He is at the head of a concern which sells English and American goods to the foreign colony and is probably the best-knoivrt American business man in the Italian capital. Two policemen of Oakland, Cal., have adopted the railroad samaphore sys tem to the control of street traffic. They are Jack Sherry and William Wallman. The semaphores are placed at opposite corners of a street crossing and the arms are worked exactly liKe those of railroad semaphores. When the east and west arms are raised, traffio east and west stops. After an interval the north and south arms are raised and the east and west arms are dropped. Then traffic north and south stops and traffic flows east and west. The crossing policeman operates the semaphores by means of an electric controller. Gertrude Boyle Kanno, the sculptor who was a ward of Joaquin Miller, the poet, has suggested that the .home of Miner on "The Heights- near uaKiana. shall be made the site of a mountain theater, where classical. Oriental and pastoral performances shall be held. She says that It was one of Joaquin Miller s ideals to make tms place a Mecca for those whose ideals were like his own. He had picked out several spots on the mountain which nature had adapted to tne use suggestea. Takeshi Kanno, the Japanese poet. whom Gertrude Boyle married some years ago, is entirely in sympathy with the plan. He has written many piays which are adapted to production In for est surroundings. One of them, called 'Creation Dawn, was given in a for est theater at Carmel-by-the-Bea ta August last, and Mrs. Kanno took the leading part In it. TEMPERANCE ACT IN FORCE Public Houses in 'Scotland Xot Al lowed to Open tTntil 10 A. M- ' EDINBURGH. June 24. Public bouse in Scotland cannot open until 10 A. M., in accordance with the Temperance (Scotland) Bill, which has gene Into operation. There was a good deal of speculation as to how the change would be regarded by the working men tn large centers such as Glasgow and the Clyde district, but nowhere in the country was there any excite ment over it. At places like Aberdeen, where large numbers of fishermen come in' from the fishing in the early morning, it Is represented that tbey will antler great .i ?c,f v"5;i? i :;'V. ,v-sr .4 " 3 - .VJ r -: - 'r ... mm ftrimma ficrVc nCer-n cpo Co. n hardship. The same Is said of people coming In from the country to attend early markets, but it remains to be seen whether even that class will not content themselves with the temper ance refreshment rooms that are open, and be satisfied with a cup of tea or coffee instead of a glass or whisky. One reason for the lack of excite ment at the change on the part of Scottish workmen is probably the fact that morning drinking was very much exaggerated by the people who passed me I'emperance BUI, though some of the publicans estimate their probable lofs by two hours being taken off dally from their hours of business at as much as 150 to $0 per week. It is from the side of the license-holders that most is heard about the 10-o'clock opening. ; . .. vsr. .;' :Vh ' . i V- - " y f I ,av,, I ' ,:Sn;- 'vl y . 1 il 7'r I ."I Vv - ?. .v -(..-. - ;.V--Vv?.! i I I . '-' """. I I i . . 't !r --V. A 1 I ' ' '" " I " i -mmmmm Jmmrtm WIFE ASKS FOR DECREE BEFORE SHETAKES jtNIFE Mr. Dora, Bacon Charfei Husband With Cruelty and Urffi Case Eufcbed Before Sha Goes On Operatinf Table, Where Sbt Mar Dn. ttOTD r. LONKROAW. NKW YORK, June :T. (Special.) An ordinary divorce trial, but with unusual dramatic puniblll ties. Is now In the Supreme Court bo fore Justice Lehman. Captain Hamuel Marsh Bacon, owner Of a line of tugboats. Is suing hla wife Dora for divorce, while sho has a coun ter suit for separation. I'ndor ordi nary circumstances the case would go over until the Full, but Mrs. Karon's plea fur an lmmedUta hearing was granted, because ot her physical rondU tion. She produced physlrians certm rates to. show that sho has been or dered to a hospital te undergo an oner ation that may result in her death, and he exDlalns that she wants to clear her name before she dies, not only for her own sake but for that of her four children. In her testimony, Mrs. Bacon said that she had been In poor health most of her married life, ana that tier in ness had been aggravated by her hm band's treatment. Sho denied all his charges of misconduct, and swore that while she was in a nospltul ner nu band plotted te divorce her, but that sho became suspicious of one ot his friends, and eluded the trap. e There Is an ancient Scottish culom of summoning clansmen by a greet bonfire. Probably In these days of telephone end telegraph It hue fallen Into disuse, but It wns revived the other day, Just over In New Jersey. Adelaide Barbour Gardner, of Kldge wood, and Rufus C. Plnrh. of Plain field, were married In Chrlct Episco pal Church. Rldgewood. and friends snd relatives were summoned by a bonfire on- Garfield Rock, the hlhet point In the vicinity of Peterson. Thirty bar rels of tar were used to make the fire, and the Illumination was something out Of the ordinary. Another one of those wealthy beg. gars who turn up from time to time, has come to grief. This time the men dicant Is Joseph Veno. who only hs one leg. ue ws i avenue, while earnestly beaalna pen nies. A probation officer invesilasted and found thst Veno had a well-fur-nlshed apartment on West Knd avenue and three bank books, showing total deposits of $12,000. Veno Is now on Blackwell's Island, serving a term of Udays. u , snnnii Volil of Ousens County, Is pondering over a peculiar case which he admits Is extremely nara to owki. Mary Ross, a foundling, was Droun up in the New lorn iniani ..... When she was five years old. Mrs. James Hlckey saw the child, fell In love with her and adopted her. Later the little girl developed criminal tend encies, and a physician was called. He operated on her. removing a bone from behind her rlaht ear. It was believed that this would cure her, but It did not, and now Mrs. Hlrkry sues to have the adoption set aside. Mrs. John Murray, wife of a delay man, who first brought Mary and Mrs. Hlckey together, was In court to ob ject to the woman's pica for freedom from her self-imposed re? pnnslbillilcs. "If tills adoption is t seia ham Mr. Murrav. "the little girl will cast out Into the world, liemclcss and f-frlendlets. unless she Is eeremllted lo a penal Inklllutlon. Mary Is nt bright as she wss before the cetretlnn, and as Mrs. Hlckey bad the snrflral work done of hrr own imitative f should be compelled to support the girl." Surrosalo Noble tivsfd mpthv for little Mary and frankly admitted that It Would take him roine lime to deride what was best to do under the clruumstsnces. The Intxrnutlm.al Bunliin Korlrty, of which Mrs. Cyntl-.la Wievr AlOn Is the hd. Is engaged in a beeeiifu! xnarl with the State Hoard of f'hsrltm. The latter body declares that the "fvn shiners" have conducted tt-ir finaaalsl buslnen In a "peculiar" manner and have "unlawfully" takn money. It l aliened that rsh slvn for ehsrltsble purposes has been Improperly trended la maintaining the hnsnhert Hos pital and that the blind beblrs. the -peclal charges of the Sunshine aeulel). have besn nesleoied. At the Investigation held by the State Hoard of Charities. lnTtlng testimony was glvrn by Mrs. Tli-otor Sewsrd. vlre prldnt of thi hunMne Society, ghe tplalii4 that the Rev. rJdward C. Holman. of Frenklln f ur nace. N. J., held the contract fr plac ing the "mile boxes" In puhlle places. For his services lis received It per rent of the rrosa receipts as Mlsry. and an additional ! pr cent for ex penses. Mrs. Seward sirs surprised the investigators by stating that no at tempt was msrte to keep lb in the collections. Asked why lr. Ilolmsn got the privilege, Mrs. Jfwiril testified: "Bersuse he wss a rlrrgvmen: seemed to be very nlre and sesmed te have a very nice wife." . The State Board of Charities ls re ferred the matter to the Atiorne -Oen-eral with a recomme ndatisn lht lie start legal prweedlngs. The Sunhln ers declare that the Flat Itoard Is Jealous of them and thst the dirges hava tio foundation In fact. How would eu define "hlgH. artistic temperament"? policeman Stent, of Brooklyn, declares his wile has 1t. and then goes on to prtleulsrle. He she called him "stupl4. obtuse and Ig norant." because h refused to regu late his reading to oblige her. and fur thermore used pet mes. such as "to bacco fiend." "beer drinker" and "beast" Mrs. Btepf Is a msgsilne Illustrator, and perhaps thst Is where "the high ar tistlo temperament" comrs In. Another recent strange rase of the courts Is thai of another Horman. this time Herman Alklns. who is h'lng sua fnr a iteration. M"re than a ) er ago the wife asked Herman for ! to buy a chicken farm for her mother, Herman refused, and since Hien, he ai res, the woman has made In attempts at suicide, and It Is beginning pall upon him. On on freir night she set at an open winoow in ner mini clothes wllh the pressen purpose m oitlnr tinanmorla. but failed. The. court decided that the couple weuld be far happier ansrl and only impe.s. IT m. week alimony rine upon n. unlucky Herman. a - - - - Artesian wells are gaining- In tivnr In Lonriiui heruuse of the rrene at tachtd le the snuulclpal water K A I