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PORTLAND. OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21
TWO SECTIONS 18 PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. AMln'Pu
GA!MSASfYi
, 1907.
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COURTS FAIL TO STOP
PERNICIOUS PRACTICE
Almond Eyed Yellow Perils That En
danger the Morals of City Big
Winning by Oregon City Chinese Who
Invites City Officials to Feast
iM '
Failure to properly force the prosecution of Chinese gam
blers baa opened the way to the gamesters. By aomj mysteri
ous system of "look-the-other-way" the authorities seem unable
to see what the every day cltlsen can. Gambling games are be-
lug operated In many places In Chinatown and when the offend-
era are arrested there Is never sufficient evidence to prosecute.
,
"Gambling In Chinatown ia wide
open."
Not for years has excitement run so
Ugh In the Mongolian quarter. No less
than 24 lottery games are conducting
drawings night and day; fantan games
are being conducted In a score of places;
pie gow and dominoes are being played
for high stakes in a doitn or mors
gambling dena and In .some Instances
even lnv stores and the back of restaur
rants.
For more than a week this condition
of affairs has existed. All of the lot
teries and games opened at approxi
mately the same time, as If In response
to some signal from some one high In
authority. A great Impetus was at on?e
given to the gamming rever tnrougn me
winnings made by a Chinese from Ore
gon City. On the morning of the day
this big winning wan made this Chinese
Invested $13 In a lottery ticket. At the
noon drawing or the lottery company it
was found that the Oregon City man
had won the sum of 1365. Elated with
lils Initial success tho man bought a
ticket for $89.80, which at the evening
drawing won for him the sum of $5,600.
The Ibttery company was unable to pay
the full nmount of the winning and a
sort of pro rata compromise was effect
ed whereby the lucky player received
In cash the total of $1,956.95.
Hews Is Spread.
The news of hfa big winning spread
like wildfire and since then the games
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WORK
IS
ABANDONED
Black Damp in Darr Mine
Makes It Impossible to '
Work in Tunnels.
(United PrcM Leased Wire.)
Jacobs Creek, Pa.. Dec. 21 Confusion
attending the efforts of rescuers
searching for bodies In the mines In
which a -terrific explosion occurred
Thursday morning has been so Intense
that nobody can state with any degree
of accuracy how many of the dead vio
tims have been recovered.
PartieB of rescuers reported yester
day that 18 had boon found and today
the number la fixed at 12, nine of them
having been Identified.
Black damp Is Increasing In the mines
at an alarming rate. Only the main
passageway has been thoroughly raked
an .i PnnHtHnnl ft ... an K n ,1 tfil. I
mornlnr that all work has beenl $250,000. Three big establishments be
abandoned until this afternoon. ..... 'sides smaller ones, were destroyed.
In the Chinese quarter have received a
patronage that surpasses anything that
has been known In the quarter for sev
eral years.
Tho Oregon City Chinese who mads
the fortunate winning announced that he
would rive an elaborate banquet to cel
ebrate his good fortune. To this ban
quet which was given at one of the
largest restaurants In Second street,
was bidden all of the more prominent
Chines In the city, and some from
flscea out of town. A private room In
he Restaurant was reserved for whit
guests, and In this were served two city
officials who had been bidden the feast
The lottery game that had been put
out of commission by the winnings of
the Oregon City man reopened for busi
ness at 129 Second street at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning. fto strong and
fortunate was the play against the game
that by 8 o clock last night It was an
nounced that the lottery 'confipany was
$2,600 loser.
Lottery tickets may be purchased at
almost any Chinese store on Second
street. The principal place of business
for the 24 companies now operating Is.
however, at the store of the Dow Wo
company, diagonally across riecond
street from police headquarters. There
are also many peddlers who go from
house to house arid sell lottery tlcketa
to those who have not the time or the
Inclination to visit the places where
they are regularly on sal
Beggars Are Patrons.
At present there is no data at hand
to show how much has been won and
lost recently at the fnntan, pie gnw
and domlnoe games, though It Is known
that the play has been unprecedented
for the nmount of the stakes as well
as for the unusual number of players
who have been Induced to tempt for
tune by reason of tho big winnings of
a few and the assurance that they will
he Immune from arrest.
White men. largely of the class that
are Just now making themselves par
ticularly obnoxious to Christmas snop
pers by begging for small amounts of
money, are among the patrons of the
Chinese lottery games. The gifts of
IhAan rlmrttnhlv Inclined nersnna whn
have parted with small coins thus go tq,
swell tne receipts or me (rammers, wno
are in the full flush of their illegal op
erations. Deputy City Attorney Tomllnson an
nounced this morning that he had been
looking Into the evidence now In his
hands nealnst the Chinese gamblers
who were arrested 18 days ago and
thnt ho hopes soon to be able to go
into court prepared to prosecute the
cases against the defendants in the
manner intimated to him three days
ago by Judge Cameron.
NEW YORK'S BLUK JiAWS EFFECTIVE FOR A WHILE AT LEAST
i COMMISSI
starts fob
Washington
New York will have another "dry" day tomorrow. But it may be the last. The picture shows
Bishop Henry C. Potter of New York (on the left) and Senator John Raines, who were Interested specta
tors of the attempts made by the New York police to enforce the blue laws governing conduct on Sun
days. Bishop Potter favors a "Sunday commission" and takes a liberal view of the situation. He says
that the commission should be made up of the people who will suffer by "closed" Sundays, such as act
ors, musicians and theatre employes, and of prominent citizens who understand the need of recreation on
Sundays, when working people have no other days to take advantage of. Senator Raines suspects that the
sudden' energy In bringing about a "closed" Sunday Is a trick to disgust the people, so that the way may
be clear for a more wide-open city than ever. Senator Raines is the Inventor of Raines' law that
noted piece of legislation.
PRESIDENT SAYS
1
BUHKOED
BALTIMORE PARTLY
DESTROYED BY FIRE
i .
(United Pre" Leaned Wire.)
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 21. The business
part of this city was partially wiped
out by fire today, causing a loss o
Roosevelt Hoodwinked bv
Sparks .'Into Sending Fed
eral Troops to Gold field.
(United Preaa Letted Wirt.)
Ooldfleld. Nev., Dec. 21. That thi
president of the United ' States wan
hoodwinked into dispatching troops to
the Ooldfleld mining camps seems to
be the opinion of many ' who have
closely watched the events leading up
to the issuance or the order calling out
the soldiers. ,
President Roosevelt practically ad
mits this much In his message to Gov
ernor Sparks explaining his action In
withdrawing the troops. Reading be
tween the lines the most casual reader
can see that the chief executive Is
considerably perturbed because the
troops were asked for when there was
no apparent warrant ror tne requesr.
In his message the president says
the national government is ever ready
to do Its full constitutional duty in
the matter of preserving peace but that
this readiness does not excuse the statu
authorities from doing their duty In
this respect. That part of the com
munlcation In which President Roose
velt admits, in a veiled way, that he
was "bunkoed," says:
"Federal aid should not be sought
by state authorities as a means of re
lieving It from its duty, and the state
should not be permitted to substitute
the United States for the government
of the state In the ordinary duties of
maintaining order within the state,"
The miners insist that the withdraw
al of troops does not mean bloodshed
while the mineowners predict all kinds
of trouble.
VATICAN POSTPONES
NAMING COADJUTOR
BRITISH FLEET
FORJSQUIMALT
New Naval Squadron to Be
Assigned to Pacific Wa
ters Next Spring.
(United Preaa Leaaed Wire.)
London, Dec. 21. The Standard prints
conspicuously a statement that Great
Britain has decided to establish a new
naval squadron in the Pacific. The
paor r says the snuadron will be
composed of the present fourth cruiser
squadron and six cruisers of the county
clans so-called because tho vessels are
named after the counties of Great
Britain. The squadron which will bo
called the Pacific and North American
squadron, will, it Is expected, have its
base at Esquimau. The scheme will
become effective In May, 1908.
Oregon Sunday Journal It Sets the Pace!
CHRISTMAS FEATURES! CHRISTMAS FEATURES!
Tomorrow's Sunday Journal will be like unto a Christmas offering to
Portland and to Oregon. It will be the prettiest edition of the year.
Twenty-page magazine section a newspaper In itself besides' the regu
lar news pages.
Old Santa Is the Frontispiece
Some Other Good Things
He'ls Just going down the chimney with little Boy Blue's presents. The
artist caught him In the act. Result,-a fine full-page, four-color picture.
"In the Empire of the Air." by
a famous German military expert.
"Fowls Worth Five Kindred
Dollars Apiece Raised by Women"
"The Currency of Heaven," by
Count Leo Tolstoi.
"Portland Woman a Story of
Milan."
"Santa Claus Among the Amer
ican Colony In London."
"Is the Turkey to Remain Our
Christmas Bird?"
r "Christmas Customs That Came
Over the Sea."
"Christmas In the Human
Heart" A message from General
Booth through the Oregon Sunday
Journal. " .
"Why the Robin's Breast Is
Bed," by, Peter H. Doyle.
And Still Another Section
Fashions of Well-
Knickerbocker's
"Smartest
Bred Folk."
"Mrs. Cholly
Letters.
"How to Dress Children for
Christmas Parties," by Mrs.
Henry Symes.
"Christmas In the Country," by
William Lincoln Shearer.
"The Himalayan Edelweiss," by
Van Tassel Sutphen.
"Polly Evans" Page for Boys
and Girls."
"Holly Hair Decorations for
Holidays." .
And- four pages of comics
Maud, Hooligan, Mr. Batch, King
Jake and all the funny people
BEAT IT IF YOU CAN! .
X THfi OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. FOR SALE . AT A Lit NEWS-.
i ': STANDS AND BT JOURNAL NEWSBOTS.
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(Doited. Treat Leased Wire.)
Rome, Dec. 21. Announcement came
from the Vatican today that the selec
tion of a coadjutor bishop for San
Francisco may not be made until some
time in January.
Father Hanna, of Rochester, is still
the leading candidate for the high of
fice in spite of the charge that he
leans towards modernism. It is be
lieved that Father Rlordan has ex
plained away this accusation. It Will
be remembered that the pope recently
roundly denounced modernism.
FRANZ JOSEF LEAVES
CASTLE FOR DRIVE
(Halted FrvH Mated Wire.)
Vienna, Dec. 21. For the first time
since he was Btrlcken by illness in Oc
tober. Emperor Franz Josef left Schoen
brund today, driving in an. open car
riage to Hofburir. where he received the
parliamentary delegations. The emperor
was given a tiearty ovaiion along tne
route. He read a speech in a clear
voice.
SCORES DROWNED
III GANGES RIVER
Pontoon Bridge Gives Way
Letting Women and Chil
dren Into the Stream.
(United rrrat Leoacd Wire.)
Allahabad, India, Dec. 21. Scores of
men and women were drowned today
when the new pontoon bridge, Just
opened for traffic, gave way over thf
Ganges and Juman rivers. At least
loo were plunged Into the water. It is
reported that nearly every one of them
were drowned.
CHARITIES GEE
SANTA'S LETTERS
. : . ..
Postmaster Mf'nto Will Send
Christmas Mail to the
Proper Destination.
Old Santa Claus has become so Im
portant along about this time of the
year that old I'ncle Ham has been com
pelled to recognize him.
Postmaster John W. Minto received
official notification from the postmas
ter general this morning that all mall
addressed to Santa Claim should be
turned over to philanthropic Institu
tions whose members may investigate
the communications and provide those
children whom they see fit with Christ
mas presents. Heretofore all Santa
Claus letters have gone to the dead let
ter i office.
Santa Claus letters have been pour
ing Into the postotflce all week. Mr,
Mlnto has a drawer full of them. Tney
are from all parts of the state and re
quest that the writers want as cnrist
maH gifts everything from a candy cane
to an automoDlle.
With the exception of sending out
notices, which whs done years ago, th
nil Santa Claus letters should be sent
to the dead letter office, this is the first
time that the government has actually
taken ofrlclal recognition or tne old
man with whiskers and reindeer sleighs
and harrcls and harrels or toys.
But now Grandpa Santa Claus and Old
Uncle Bum are the nest or rrienas. .
INSPECTOR
IN RIVER
3Iiners Complained The.y
Were Not Getting Square
Deal in Investigation
Work Not Finished When
Recall Was Sounded.
People of Ooldfleld Fear
Bloodshed When Troops
Leave but Governor Says
He Will Declare Martial
Law at First Outbreak.
MRS. BRADLEY STARTS
HOME TO OPEN SUIT
(Colted Fresi Leaaed W1rt.)
Washington. D. C, Dec. 21 Having
successfully acted in the role of defend
ant in a murder trial, Mrs. Anna Iirail
ey will re-enter court, this time us
plaintiff in a civil action.
The former sweetheart of Renntor
Brown is SDeedins toward Salt Lakf
City to Join her sons. One of her first
acts upon arriving in that cltv will be
to start a suit to break tho will of
Senator Arthur Brown which left a
1100,000 estate to his son Max and
daughter Alice.
Fire at Detroit.
(United Press Leaaed Wire.)
Detroit, Mich.. Dec. 21. Property
valued at $200,000 was destroyed today
by fire, which attacked the furrier store
of Edwin S. George.
CZOLGOSZ BROTHER
SAYS HE'S PERSECUTED
(t'nlted Preaa Leaard Wire.)
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 21. Joseph
CzoIko.sz. a brother of the assassin of
President McKlnley. in securing- a war
rant for the arrest of a Junk dealer
who cheated him out or t 110 Stove,
told the officers that he has a hard time
getting along because everyone tries to
heat him and "do him up" In every way
possible because of . the stain on the
name he bears.
"My brother's deed has been a curse
upon our family," said Csolgosm.
"Every place I go I am hounded by the
police. They arrest me an soon as i
get In town, and when I am released
they watch me."
FORT BRAGG MILLS
CLOSED TEMPORARILY
' (United Preia Leased Wire.)
Fort Bragg, Cal., Dec 21. The Union
Lumber company of Fort Bragg ceasad
operations in the logging woods yes
terday. About 600 men were dis
charged. The mill at Fort Brae? will
close today. The plant in Glenn Blair
woods also shut down. Extensive re-
airs will be made in the Union Lum
er company's mill.
The management renorts that work-
will be resuihed with a full crew im. i
meaiaieiy arter New xears.
(United Treat Leased Wirt.)
Goldfleld, Nev., Dec. 21. A sen
sational turn In the affairs Incident
to the strike of the miners developed
this morning when the federal com
mission sent here from Washington
to investigate economic and indus
trial conditions hurriedly departed
for the WTilte House at the request
of President Roosevelt.
The Impression is general that In
calling the commission back the
president was actuated by the pro
test of Judge Hilton, counsel for the
miners, sent to him. Hilton com
plained that the commissioners were
not giving the miners a square deal
In the inquiry, and it is supposed
that the chief executive has been
much impressed by the plea.
It is known that the president
wishes to Interview the commission
ers personally. This Is significant
In view rff the fact that the com
mission nas not completed tne work
it was sent to do.
"Our work out here has not been
completed," said Assistant Secretary
Lawrence O'Murray of the department
of commerce and a member of the com'
mission.
This Is the only comment he would
make on the sudden recall of tnpm
mission. Charles P. Nelll, another com
mlssloner, refused to discuss the mat
ter, but he dropped a significant re
mark, by declaring that "things had
been badly buna-led at this end."
It is supposed that he took exception
to the manner In which the troops were
called.
Now "that the troops have been or
dered witnqrawn the people or Goldrield
are waiting to see if trouble of the
Diooaahed nature will actually follow,
as the mineowners predict.
Governor Sparks Is being roundly
criticised for falling to call a special
session of the legislature to deal with
the situation. It is pointed out that If
the legislature had found it impracti
cal to oraranlze a national aruard it
could have then called for federal troops.
Warren L. Jodon. Custom
House Officer, Falls Be
tween Barges Swift Cur
rent Carries Him to His
Death Before Help Arrives
Slipped on Wet Deck Com
panions Heard No Cry for
Help Efforts Being Made
to Recover Body Swept'
Down Stream.
Whlfts boarding the Henry Vlllard In
the discharge of his duties early this
morning. Warren L. Jodon. a custom
house Inspector, slipped and fell Into
the swift current of the river and waa
drowned. There were three men within
a few feet of the place where VJodon
Those who claim to be in touch with
the Washington administration declare
that the mineowners made a serious
mistake by attempting to put a reduced
scale of wares Into effect Immediately
after soldiers were summoned here.
'Captain Cox. who represents the gov
ernor here, declared today that tha
chief executive of the state will declare
martial law as soon as there are any
J V V' - f if
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WARREN L. JODON.
(Continued on Page Two.)
met his' death but in the darkness of
he early hour they were unable to dc-
ermine how the accident occurred.
Jodon was 24 years old and lived with
his mother at 87 East Eighth street.
north.
Tho Henry Vlllard Is anchored in ths r
river opposite the docks of the Star
Sand company at Ihe foot of Fifteenth
street. She has been In the harbor
about three weeks and brought In a
cargo of coal from Newcastle, Australia.
(Continued on Page Two.)
$40,000 ADDITION
TO ST. VINCENT'S TO
BE BUILT AT ONCE
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.Plans that have been under considera
tion for some months for the erection
of a modern nurses' home at St. Vin
cent's hospital have taken definite form,
and work on the new building will begin
at once. The design as prepared by
Architect Jacobberger provides for a
two and one half story pressed bsick
structure resting on a full stone base
ment, and built in the shape of an "W
with one wing 40 by 11J feet and the
other 40 by 80. When completed the
building will represent an , outlay of
about 140.000. It Is to be located north
and west of the main hospital, and will
front on the Cornell road.
All told.' It will contain about 40
nurses' apartments, a number of recita
tion rooms for-the - nurses' . classes, a
stage and auditorium for the annual
graduating; exercises and several out
side sleeping porches, i The ground floor
wm oo cuviaea into za single apart .
the
ments, and will also contain
auditn-
au.ia niiu .lkd aim reicpuuit panum.
on the second floor there are to be 14
double apartment, each with a private
bath, together with the recitation rowns:
In the third or attlo story there will be
nine living rooms, and the outside sleep
ing porches." - ':
A feature of the building la the roof,
which is to be of asbestos, slate, tho
first roofing of the kind ever used In
Portland. Contracts for the etrticturo
have been let and actual construction,
work will begin as soon s the excava
tion for the- basement Is finished.
PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THR AMERICAN BARK HENRY Vlt-LARD AND BARGES WHERE CUS
TOMS INSPECTOR WARREN L. JODON WAS DROWNED THIS MORNING. THE . SECOND VESSEL
DOW "STREAM IN THE PICTURE IS THE YILLARD. -
CAIN AGAIN STRAYS
FROM -NARROW PATH.
STEALS OWN ANIMAL
(Catted Pren Leaned Wire.) -Los
Angeles, Dec' 21. For stealing
his own calf Samuel Cain must 'serve a
year In the penitentiary at Folsom.
This decision was reniered by th di
trict court Of f( ieal:?.
Cain jiastiwl h'. rait on ft1 tract
Which sub-o'rjii.-ntly wh iM, and wt,-r
he demand -d the i-'m - tt bis r..; f; ;
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