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PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY . EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1901
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
MUKDEN IS THE MOST
THE WAR AND CONTINUES WITH UNABATED
BATTLE SOUTH OF
FURIOUS IN
STUBBORNNESS
Fourth Day of the
'I Immense Armies
; Hurled Against Each Other.
Russian Loss Is Reported at 5,000 Men Karo-
patkin Takes Yentai Railway Station Bat
, : Is Later Forced to Retreat. '
tons, Oct II. (Bulletin Th news
paper Aasnsia Libra hu a Toklo 41a-
- patch giving the aggregate RoMfui ind
Japan losses In the battl south of
Mukden at 10.000 mta killed and
' i. wounded. -
Th Russians rettrd from tb vl-
: etnlty of YsntaJ today In area dis-
' , order 'after suffering fearful loess in
f;' th fao of a Japanese enveloping move
ment ' Th Japan artillery decided
' th battle, th mountain (una proving
particularly effective inasmuch aa they
oould on ahort notlo be shifted to
. point where th Japan war - in
- - danger of being driven into retreat.
Tb Russians are today planning; an
' other forward movement and th battl
"; at Tsntal mar b renewed at any -moment.
Both side are hurrylna troop
forward In preparation for another
" struggl at that point. '.,' .
t Petersburg. Oct, 11. (Bulletin)
v Th Russian force have retired from
.. Yental, owing to the heavy Japan re
1 taforoement. The -Rnsataar Toasea at
, , that point are 1,00ft klljed and wouadsdw
Th savairy eunerea to moat, : , ,
i- mi iV."
, ' " (Jaaraal tpeetal garfke.) - ' -;'
. Mukden. Qet II. Th battle of Llao
' Tans', which went into history aa one
of th bloodiest and moat stubbornly
".. - fought of conflicts, la being acllpeed In
fury and la bloodshed by th fightlag
. bow going on south of here.
Tb fighting eonUnu today with un
abated fury, although It la .tb fourth
..day of battl. and in m taaak-easa
. men have been in oloae touch with aoh
'-, otbsr, have fought and refought vr
V th aame ground, hav some to hand-to-hand
eonfliets, or hav aaaia and again
engaged la long artillery duels. -
Yental station. It Is belwved. has bean
taken by the Russians, and th Japan
.' trwiobns that war excavated with such
great labor hav proved Inadequate tb
stem th tld of th Ruaalan advance.
Haulln pass, a point f great strategic
" value, was ocoupled by th Russians
, Tuesday, after on of th hardest fights
of th day. In which men actually oam
f to bayonets points with each Athar. For
.- two day this pass had been th object
' lv point of that division of th Ruaalan
' army.
: Yesterday tb battl to tb south of
:t bar continued with Increasing severity ,
th Japan fighting desperately to pro
" vent being beaten back, and tb Russians
; charging again and again la a fransy of
, patriotic desir. . in respot to bravery
' and bloodshed, yesteroay'a fight dla-
eounted any that took plaoo at Uao
Tang.
As vnlng advanoed th Japan re
peatedly assumed th offensive. Tb
japan8 captured a few guns from a re-
aerve battery, and almost at th am
tlm th Ruaalan carried savsral
' guns from a Japan battery, ao oloae
' was th flghUng. '
lASt night tha two armies, spent and
; worn, rested but a short distance from
A ach other, and dawn was barely ap--''
proaehlng whan th batteriea acaln
opened th day's work and roused th
tired men from their blankets where
they had fallen exhausted th sight be
. for. '
Reports from th Russian lft say that
- two attacks were mad by th Japanese
1 In th night tlm, but that la neither In-
- ; stanc did they ffct a surprise, th
, watch fceing ao closely kept that they
were met by soldiers under arms and
- grimly ready for th fray.
It 1 reported here this morning that
V tha flanking movement of th Russians
was ao nearly aucceesful that th Jap-
- anas hav now assumed a mora concen
' t rated form, and that th battel 'la as-
V Burning th proportions of a half-opened
' fan. th Japnns occupying th point.
i Kuropatkln has spread his men out so
that along th mlr Japan front to
day there is constant fighting. -
Th Yental mines hav apparently
' been th seen Of th greatest battl.
' " but tha flanking movement continues on
- the part of Kuro pat kin's man, who op
: eratlons now extend ever a dlstanos of
probably M miles. If his fore is suf
flclently superior to stand this great
: spreading movement, h may suoeaed.
-Otharwl his division of foros mar r
suit disastrously. It Is not possible,
" however, from a Russian viewpoint, that
, h is taking any chances in which ha
. V does not feel fully Justified.
a. Severe fighting Is In progress on th
right wind from Wanonlwtum to 8am
: USES HABEAS CORPUS
5 TO SECURE BRIDE
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Port Wayna, Ind, Oct. It. Hahaaa
corpus proceedings to get a brld Is th
latest us of th writ. Miss Carrie De
Long, daughter of Thomas X Long, a
prominent Bluff ton cltlsen. became It
years of Bg yesterday and waa thus
abl undar th law to marry whom she
pleased. AooordlngTy her lovar, Harry,
th minor son of Joseph Little of Bluff
ton, secured a license, and. with his
father, an attorney and a sheriffs
deputy, hurried to rort Warn t secure
Ills' krtda, . . V .
Conflict Finds Two
Being Constantly
V. A
kwalshlshsn, wher th Japan hav
taken th offensive severar time In th
endeavor to crumple th flanking move
ment. Fighting Is bIm reported from
Tatarkenko, on th Russian lft, and
bight miles southeast of Yental, showing
that th Russians are gradually advanc
ing toward Ltao Tang.
'-''v. 'VOaMO WWW UMiVsPS.
as laTOB.
(foaraal tseeUI aarvice.)
- Toklo, Oct. 1. -A battle raging to
day north of Tantal, to ' th westward
across th railway and southeast to
Pentlehu on the Taltss river.
Oyamas attack anticipated th Rus
sian turning movement both on th left
and right, and th Japan ars main
taining their advanoa.
Oyama reports that th Japanese oea
trai army at midnight Tuesday captured
two field, guns, and eight ammunition
wagons. Hajor-Ocneral Mural . was
wounded and om oolonel was killed.
Unofficial reports hav it that th
Russian ara retiring along th ntlr
front, that th Japanese captured eight
guns and also" that th Ruaalan force
which struck: th Japan right at
rentubn has bnea surrounded.
Well-informed circles hear that Oen
eral Oku has captured II field guns.
making; a total of 19 oaptured In th
fighting south of Mukden, His latest
reports ladieat Japaites suooasa
Official reticence is maintained. .But
few details are given that hav not al
ready been mad known .through th
press dispatches, on which th people
rely largely for their news. -Private
advices indicate that although
th Ruaalan advane earn nearly as a
surnrla afterm extremely poor show
ing mad heretofore, th Japan are In
all oases able t meet It and expect to
make th batu a most decisive victory.
While th Ruaalan foroe may b numer
ically superior. It Is pointed out that
mer numbers heretofore hav bad but
little bearing on th result,
It is th belief her that Kuropatkln
hopevto mek th fighting so heavy that
h may rliv th Port Arthur situation
by compelling Oyama to withdraw
troops from tha attack thor to assist m
holding Llao Tan, thua giving, la a
measure, succor to BtoasseL
It in no wis leeeena th faith, how
ever that Port Arthur can hold out but a
short tlm. Inasmuch aa even though all
land troops were withdrawn from th
stogo, Togo's fleet would still be able to
control th situation Until th Japanese
oould renew th land attack.
Rumors ar constantly being floated
here to th effect that Port Arthur ha
fallan, but th military bureaus give
out nothing; -regarding that situation be
yond the usual statement that "th
lag of Port Arthur still progresses In
favor of his Imperial majesty's sol
dlersA - ' a -
4 -T if
ft. feanbiif Vew Vroam no Front Ts
, r aii awotanis ts moaa. .
iJeeraal IsseUl srvfae. ' '
stt Petersburg; Oct. IS. The Boors
Oasctt reports that yesterday morning
th Japan retired from two lines of
trenches near Yental, and evacuated
Yental station.
The Japan right wing having bean
considerably weakened withdraw during
th night, leaving th Russians to oc
cupy Panslhn without fighting.
Having thus turned th Japanese
flank, th Russians attacked a position
of great strategic value and occupied It
after a fierce fight In the Tental bill a.
General ftakharoff officially reports
that the Japanese took th offenstv on
both sides of th railway and that
above the Yentai mines Monday and
Tuesday a battl was fought, Haulin
pass. ast of Yental, .was taken by the
Russians. '
Great anxiety la , felt her, as It la
recognised that th battl is on of th
most momentous in th entire cam
paign. - It Is believed Kuropatkln will
succeed In his bold dash forward and
raoccupy Iaaoyang, where h originally
Intended, to make his winter hsadquar
tare, but from which b was driven
(Continued on Pag Two.)
It n supposed by Students at th
academy of Our Lady of th Barred
Heart, that habeas corpus proceedings
were begun to require Sister Superior
Borgia to produce her In court tomorrow.
Sister Borgia reported that Miss De
Long had left the Institution several
days ago for home accompanied by a
nun, Th girl's father has retained a
lawyer to resist th writ, and keeps hi
daughter under restraint. While Little
says H Is a as of aroalty. in D
Longs say It Is simply a one f pro
tection against anwaloom attsntisna,
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J. PIKRPONT MORGAN, WHOSE
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OREGON OFFICERS
TO DRILL CHINESE
China has come ft Oregon for military
educators. -
Realising tha superiority' of American
arms, and the' cause 'thereof, the great
kingdom of tha orient has sent agents
here t agag Americana versed In
military tactics to go over ther and
teach th Chinee how to light. .
Th A rat representative to arrive la
Portland Is aa American officer, Hornby,
who baa been circulating among th of
ficers of the national guard for two or
three days and who will mt with
number of them at th armory tonight.
It Is believed that h wUl elos some
contracts with local military man,
which will call for their immediate de
parture for China.
Among those who are Interesting
themselves In th proposition ar MaJ.
Frank B. Baker, Captain Smith and Cap
tain Oould, all officers of the Oregon
militia. Captain Smith,, who Is at pres
SAYS MAY BECOME 1
A NATION OF BLIND
NwTork, Oct1 11 the increased
number of disease of the eye, th rapid
Influx to hospitals of persona with
defective vision, the alarming acces
sion of blind to the ranks of the thou
sands already funfortunat. these things
are traceable directly In a number of
Instances to the us of wood aloohol
In beverages. This statement was made
by Coroner Sholer.
Dr. Casey Wood, an- eminent opthal-
mtet of Chicago, has sent a letter to the
ooroner asking for detailed Information
concerning th death - reported In . New
York from wood aloohol. Dr. Wood tolls
Dr. Scholer that Chicago, as Well as
th remainder of th nation, is la peril
of blindness because of th prevalence
of wood alcohol In liquids S9ld over the
ordinary bar.
"There Is national danger of men who
drink liquors becoming blind," said Cor
oner Scholar. "New York apeolalty
needs jro taction from poisons that are
being sold in beverages. The sam con
ditions exist In many other state." ;
WIDOW INSURES HER !
.'i LIFE FOR $500,000
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New York, Oct. It Four big New
York insurance companies hav agreed
to share between them a 1000,000 risk on
the life of Mrs. Charles Netcher, a hand
some young Chicago widow. One of the
companies takes $100,000 and three
other 1100.000 each. Some difficulty
was eorperlAnced in placing tb policy be
cause th applicant wanted an old-fashioned
straight insurance policy, without
th savings bank feature.
Mrs. Netcher has risen to wealth
after on of th. most singular expe
rleneea. Some years ag eh waa a
saleswoman In th eloak department of
n store in Chicago. She married the
proprietor who died, and she now suo-
oessfutlr conducts the buelneaa.
MORTON APPROVES '
REPORT OF DIEHL
' (Jeamal special Service.)
'Washington, Oct. 11. In his annual
report Captain Diehl, Judge advocate f
th general navy, recommend aa addi
tion to th Mar Island prison at a scat
Of IM.000. A
Also that a summary court of on of
ficer Instead Of four try minor offenses.
Th report has bean approved by Sooro
tary Morton. .. .. ........
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8TEPTRB At KINO OF HIGH
ent employed In the mechanical depart
ment of th Oregon Biscuit osmpany, 1b
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said to u on who 1 hffl)lss)i
sxbrtsabtllty of accepting the Offer taade T T
by Mr. Momby.
Th Inducement held out ar. to say
the least, strong. China will pay Ameri
cana for drilling her soldiers 20 per cant
higher salary than they would receive
here In tlm of war, each one's salary
being baaed on his rank injthia country.
Th action of th far-off empire 1 of
no littl significance, Tb condition of
th army of th nation is regarded as
deplorable. It was Just 10 years ago
that Its Inferiority was strongly mani
fested. That was when Japan, looked
upon as more or less Insignificant,
whipped her nelgbbor to n stand atlll.L
The Japanese had been drilled by Euro
pean officers China profited by th les
son and present condition In the far
east doubtless hav been th onus of
this new move.
MOTHER SELLS HER
CHILD. FOR ONE CENT
; Jesrsal Special Service. "
' New York, Oct. H. Two slstsrs-tn-law
laid claim to a child In a Jersey
City criminal court today, sister-in-law
No. 1 alleging sister-in-law No. I. who
Is the mother of if' children, although
only IT years oldt had seen a party to
a bargain of selling; on of bar children
for 1 cent Juatioe Biggins decided tha
sal was void and ordered the restora
tion of the child.,
The contention grew out of the ar
raignment of Mrs, Frances Ball, on the
complaint of Mrs. Roe McDcrmott, on
charge of disorderly conduct. Mrs.
Bell denied the charge. Mrs. McDer
mott said the child was hers by virtus
of th payment of one oent, as a con
sideration In parches, and produced her
oontract to prov it.
INJECT ANT1-T0XINE :
, INTO FOOTBALL MEN
(learaal Baaefal Servlea, -
SUnford University, Oct. IS. By
President Jordan's order, all football
candidate at Stanford unlvsrslty ar
subjected to an Injection of sntl-toalne
to prevent diphtheria, in th vicinity of
th university ar 44 oases of diphtheria
which have been reported to tb local
board of health atno June S. sine
then 10 oases hav developed la the town
of Palo Alto and 14 on th university
oampus.
Contagion spread to the football play
ers, two of whom have been in cloee con
finement In the hospital. None of th
football men suffered ill effect from tb
an tl-toxin treatments .
xoersoxa Tnanui caj.
(Jearsal Special Servlea.)
Chicago, Oct. It. The prosecution and
defense In th case of James K. Cum-
miners, stag carpenter, and John K.
Norma n, bustne manager, of tb 111
tated Iroquola theatre, today agreed
upon Feorl a the place for trial, in
accordance with th ehaag of vnue
granted by th oourt.
Will J. Davie, th manager- of the
theatre, has an application before the
court for th dismissal of th indlet
msnt against him. 1 .
W1U SAXL
(Jearaal Bp al ServW.T -.
Paris. Oct. IS. It is reported In of
ficial circles that th Ruaalan Baltic
fleet will actually, start for tha seal
tomorrow or Saturday.
IS
Standard Oil Gaining Com
plete Ascendancy in
Transportation.
DEPEW MAY BE OUSTED
Wall Street Amazed at the Broad
Hold Beiof Gained by the Rocke
V feller Interests Lawsoa v
Verified,
(Joaraal Special Service.) v
New York, Oct I. Wall street Is
watching while th Standard Oil com
pany is gradually but surely assuming
domination of th railroad systems of
th country. Changes In th director
ate of various trunk Unas .foreshadow
the complete ascendency of Standard
Oil interests in top most important rail
road systems of th country and th
elimination of the traditional Vandar-btlt-aforgaji
party.
Within the' last thre years the Rocks
fellers hav gradually obtained a foot
hold In th Kw York Central, th New
Torn, New Haven A Hartford, th Chi
cago A Northwestern, and other line
usually known as Vandarbllt-Morgan
Th Rockefeller methods Of doing
business will1 be Introduced fas th New
York Central railroad. One of the moat
Important changes of srhloh Wall street
hears will be the retirement of Senator
Depew from the chairmanablp of the
board of directors.
Whatever view Wall street may have
taken of th Lawson letters, th state
ments mad by him to the effeot that
th men at th real head of the Standard
OH company ar gradually preparing to
withdraw from that corporation eeern In
a measure corroborated by the events of
th peat few -months in rail war circles.
Lnwson's assertion that th gradual
withdrawal of immense capital from
Standard Oil and Its investment In Ufa
insurance com pan lea, trust companies,
franchise corporations controlling street
railway sad gas rights, mining Indus
tries and railway systems, is being veri
fied. 1
mm is BssiiiuOsa.
Th confining of James J. Hill to the
northwest and to a much poorer posi
tion than ha formerly occupied, the dip
ping of th power of tb owners of th
Vanderbilt bnee, th reaching out
through allies for th extension of a rail
way system which will stretch from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, and from upper
Canada to th City of Mexico, show be
yond doubt that transportation tacllltl
ar to be th center of investment for
Standard OH wealth. -
A well-known Wall-street operator. In
discussing tb situation today, said:
"Th handwriting on transportation's
walls can be read by any man with or
dinary Imagination, but It takes a man
with sueh imagination as la possessed by
Rogers to Interpret It alL
"The possibilities opened up by such
glgantlo dreams of conquest, while they
might vn seem absurd to on who
deal only In such figures as we ordi
nary mortals know, ar completely pos-
slbl to n clique of man with such money
at command as hav th Standard OH
magnates, and with such unparalleled
ambition.
A sreey Ollgaseay.
"No shock of surprise would sweep
over a greet majority of Wall-street
men were they told that this conquest
In Its march means th absorption of all
railway power and the greater number
of railways themselves, th grasping of
shipping, commerce, and eventually the
practical ownership of th Vaat ooafc oil.
mining and transportation resource of
Alaska, which is a country as large as a
great portion of th United States, whoa
development will eventually mean the
addition to the union of many states, and
should this stupendous dream of Stand
ard Oil be realised. It will be aa empire
controlled by tout a few men."
Dpew's retirement has been xpeeted
ver sine th Rockefellers gained large
holdings In th New York Central rail
road. It is known that he has been re-,
garded as In a measure "dead timber,"
and that he oould hardly be expected to
so thoroughly understand r carry out
th Rockefeller Ideas ss a man who has
been more closely identified with th
Standard Oil oonqueeta
GREEK BRIGANDS AND
BULGARIANS FIGHT
(Jearsel Social Srrviee.)
Constantinople, Oct. II. Two bands
of Oreek brigands entered Macedonia
and had a nerc conflict with a band oY
Bulgarians. Th Bulgarians lost six
killed and II wounded, and on Oreek
waa killed.
Th report convey th Information
that th fighting. whl1s H did not last
long, was furious Although forced to
retreat. It is expected that another at
tack will be made by th brigands, and
tb BulsartsBS ar massing their for.
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H. H. ROGERS '
Th real power behind Standard Oil and"
Rockefeller right-band la all tran
sactions WILL EXTEND THE.
OPE WEIGHT
President Parry of Citizens' Industrial
JUUawe Sends M a Call Which -
Means War on Unions, ;
(: (Jearaal Special Service.
Chicago, Oct II. An attempt Is to
be mads ts extend th open shop princi
ple to many new industries. At th
meeting of th Cltlsens' Industrial alli
ance, which meets In New Pork City
November t, D. M. Parry, th bead of
th alliance, has sent notioss tb very
employers' sssoclstlon in th country to
send delegate to th meeting, and that
an "open shop" for union and non-union
man la to be th tocsin of th employ-
era sven sKiaea traaes are 10 come
within this plan. .. .
Each association. Is to n4 two dale-
gates to th convention, and 1,(00 are
expected in alt In addition to th as
aocaltlona, large companies hav been
specially notified of the meeting-, and
its objects. Ths recent successes In
locking out union men. and re-open Ing
plants under open shop rules have en
couraged th employers to believe that
th tlm Is rip for th extending of th
fight to powerful union. Besides th
open shop light it is intended to also
attack th eight hour law and th antl-
inJunctlon bill.
Buary effort will be nude to form a
Combination that will hav for Its object
ths placing of employers In a position
where they will be absolute dictators.
Sines ths fsllur of th meat cutters'
strike, unusual activity has developed
among the different unions and feder
ated trades, who realise that tha time la
near when a death atruggra between un
ionism and capital must take place.
With this knowledge of the situation so
forcibly thrust upon them, th labor
leaders and their lieutenants in every
state of ths union are arranging every
detail possible for the struggle that
now appears not far distant - Ths
unions will. It Is understood, exert their
strength to hav th !ftht hour law
In som states so amended so that Its
vaalon will b Impossible, and efforts
will be made to not only havs th antl-
injunctlon bill retained m all its phases,
but to make It applicable in many points
wher it is now deficient
400,000 BUSHELS OF 1
WHEAT AT 75 CENTS
(Special Dtspetes The Jesrasl.)
Prescott Wash., Oct 11. Mor than
400,000 buahsla of wheat tributary to
this plac, hav been dlapoasd of this
season at an average of 7ft coats a
bushel. All -threshing has been com
pleted and much of the grain has been
hauled to th warehouses.
Ths Northern Paclflo mills of this
place have purchased a large part of th
crop and operating mill. Flour- prices
havs advanced 20 oehts a barrel since
ths fall wheat sales were mad a It Is
thought by Boms that wheat will reach
the 1 mark at terminal points before
spring. Dollar wheat at (these points
means about -00 cents f. ' b. at ths
warehouses In th Inland Empire.
v ttoeraal BpU! Rervlefr.)
St tioula, Oct It. Tha international
convention of the Christian church, or
Disciple of Christ has attracted more
than 10.000 visitors to St Louis Ths
convention m composed of Ihf Christian
Porotgn Missionary eoctsty. tb Ameri
can Missionary society, th Christies
Women's board of missions and their
auxiliaries. A concert wtlt mark th
formal opening of tha convention to
ntirht. During the wek many eminent ,
divines and other speaker will be beard,
"SOLID r
1 '.
Gamblers Claim Majority
of City Council as
Allies.
POOLROOMS: MAY RUN
Ordinance Hay Be Passed Over Mayor's
Veto Method Adopted to Slckei
Ail of a "City With the
Lid On."
B.cnt event hav mads ft ttlaln
that a majority of tha eltr council ay in i
league with ths advocates at a wlda -open
town." Seven of th 11 eonnoilnwa
sr reputed to have entered into a cabal
which has for its object the restoration
of open gambling in Portland, and th
occurrences of the last few months leave
no reasonsois aoubt that this is true.
The public has observed with amaae
ment th manner In which th council
has backed -and QUed upon th gam
bllna AUMtlnn. Ravtn mnnth. t
council passed aa ordinance absolutely
yiuuiuiiuic irwuistuung, unuer sever
penalties. In Julv this- antiiwnM .-
amended so as to allow poolaelllng at
me irvingion trees, nils waa followed
a few week later by a resolution di
recting the polio to stop th uee of
nlckei-ln-ths-slot card maahlnas in sa
loons and cigar stands. Ostensibly this
measure, aa wall aa that riain
poolrooms, was prompted by tb desire
w suppress gamming or every descrlp- :
tlon. Th falsltv Of this nratunu tut.
cam apparent last week when th or
dinano licensing poolrooms was intro
duced and aassad without so mtwh
a reference to committee to permit pub-
iw discussion or toe measure,
Sesame of "SoU Seven." ;
This Seemlns ehana-e at f ran (a 4n
fact but a Ru-t of tha cunning gam
Which th "solid seven" are nlavln ami.'
tha purpose of re-establishing publlo
gambling In Portland. Needless to say,
the councilman who ar engaged In tha
scheme hsve tha hsckfne- nf th niii.
Ucan machine, which relies . upon th
help of th gambling element to gain
control of tb next city administration.
In th light of these facts It is easy to
comprehend th apparent inconsistencies
of the council's actlona
The ordinance suppressing poolrooms
was passed March 17. 1904. by a vote of
10 to 1. On Its face It was a blow at
gambling, and its Msaasre br a council
which had never before evinoed any
seal la the causa of reform exalted sur
prise. But ths aounell'a aotlnn n-
plained when It transpired that the or
dlsanos was passed at the behest of tha
Portland club, whose proprietor bad be
come fearful that tha monopoly which
they had previously enjoyed in the pool
room business wss fo be Invaded by a
rival. Ths Intention was that the ordi
nance should be snfoised against this '
rival but that ths Portland club should
b exempt from . interference, further
than an occasional fine But to ths dts
oomntur of th "solid seven" and th
gambling house which tbsy sought to
protect the ordinance was enforced tan
partially, compelling the Portland club
as well as Its rival ts abandon Its poo
room business.
UUwsd atoms at Vmek.
Ths ordinance was amended July 30,
so as to permit poolaelllng at th Irv
lngton track during th races. Council
man Sharkey made a strong attempt lo
secure th reneal of tha bkIImih .
to allow th poolroom to reopen in th
r. uui in um was not yet ripe for
th council to reveraa lti u.hiu
sentiment against gambling bad been
exprmea so strongly in the Jurt slea
tloa that svsa th "solid seven" best-
tated to defy It so soon, .
Sheriff Word had brnnn Ma
against ths gambling houses and as yet '
ui vppuNiuon to me reform movement
Waa inoon aanuitnt . It waa ....
bring; about a revulsion of public sentu
ui eruer so aceompiisb the ends at
Which ths OabaJ waa klnln Tk. ah...
Iff'a campaign muat be made obnoxious '
and no surer method offered than to
oarry th reform movement to aa x
treme which would alienate ths sup
port of ths businaaa mn nt aha -t ..
array them with th advocates of s
wras vymn town, .
ostlers SstU Trlak. '
Th mM.na Chosen (A fMmnl laW hla
end wss the apparently innocent resolu
tion Introduced by Councilman Ben tie y
on September 21, directing th pol
to enforce atrietlv ths rmiinoiM atnat
ntckel-ln-the-alot macblnea. This res-
olutlon was onfessedly directed agslnat
th o-oallsd card machines, used in el
se r stands and saloons. Th monry
mschlnss had already been practically
driven out of business by the shri
but hs had allowed th card mar n Mies
to remain undisturbed for tha
thst sven th most radlcnl of v
formers mad no demand for th ,
movaL
BualneaS men en- n mo
that the arguments 1 tt a
the money n"
bltag devices -a. -.
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