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VOL. X. NO. 122.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1911. EIGHTEEN PAGES.
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WAR CLOUDS LOOM
DARKER: ENGLAND
IS OPENLY DEFIANT
ADDITIONAL DOCKS
AND OPEN RIVERS
PORTLAND'S NEED
WIT INI. UR
Struggle Is Brought Apprecia
bly Nearer by Announce
ment That Lloyd-George
May Head Foreign Affairs.
APPOINTMENT WILL MEAN
SANCTIONING OF SPEECH
Conservatives Believe Asquith
Is Resolved to Make the
Kaiser "Back Down."
(T'nlted Pres. Leated Wire.)
London, July 26. War between Great
Drltoln anA P.ocmn n - fh ImmlnfinPA fit
which Is stirring England as It has not
been stirred for yearn, was brought ap
preciably closer today by the seml
official announcement that Chancellor
Af tv WYchiifiiipr llnvfrl T.lovil-Oeortire
may become secretary of foreign af
fair .
This appointment. If It cornea, will
mean that the chancellor's recent speech
warning Germany to keep her hands
off In Morocco, has received the official
sanction of the cabinet and, many dip
lomatists say, would be tantamount
to an open threat of battle.
Announcement Knocks Conservatives.
The announcement that Lloyd-George,
who voiced the threat, may take over
the reins of the 'country's foreign pol
icy has shocked the conservatives, most
of whom believe that the Asquith gov
ernment has resolved to make the kaiser
"back down" even if It comes to a hos
tile declaration.
That the government believes the
chances of serious trouble are great la
seen today . In the cancellation of the
Atlantic fleet's Norwegian cruise. This
will hold the hulk of Britain's sea
fighters near the shores of England,
ready, if necessity arises, to make -a
demonstration against Germany or lo
Bteam into the North Sea to meet a
descent of the kaiser's fleet
Situation Admitted Acute.
That the Anglo-German situation la
more acuta than had recently been
deemed possible, is generally admitted.
Germany'a Interference at Agadir, her
evident Intention to gain a footing In
Morocco and the presence of her war
ships at Agadir in particular,, are con
sidered here as a. thrust at England,
rather than 'at France. - "That the en
tente cordials, however, la to be reck
oned with la evident from the close re
lations, being maintained between the
French and English foreign offices.
' It la well-known that they are quite
agreed on the course to be pursued, 'and
the prominence of France's former for
eign minister, M. Delcasse, in the pres
ent French administration la taken as
a guarantee that hia well known anti
German proclivities will aid in holding
(Continued on Fhge Nine.)
ARRIVING DAILY;
Health Authorities of New
York, Alarmed by Influx of
Those Stricken by Plague,
Admit Situation Is Serious.
(United Vrrnt Leiiwd Wlr.
New York, July 28. With cholera
victims constantly arriving here on
Italian liners, two suspects Isolated at
Bellevue hospital and ten new cases
irom a cargo of Immigrants who ar
rived yesterday now lHolated at Swin
burne Island, the city authorities ad
mitted today that the situation in New
York is serious.
Alarmed by the influx of those who
have been stricken with the dread dis
ease, federal, state and city health offi
cials are constantly in conferonow as
to the best moans of controlling the
malady. Tho state health department
will take action after a general com
paring of notes at Albany next Monday.
Danger of the epidemic getting a seri
ous foothold in the city was greatly In
creased today when three Italians who
were held prisoners on tho liner Pe
rugia, which arrived from Palermo,
July 14, escaped from the vessel last
night. All three had been stevedores
at Palermo where cholera Is epidemic.
They were "to have been deported when
the Perugia sailed.
POPE PIUS MUCH WEAKER;
REPORTS CONTRADICTED
(ITntted' Prest Leafd Wire.
Rome, July 26. Confidential reports
from the Vatican today say that Pope
Plus is much weaker and that hia gen
eral condition Is worse. These reports
contradict the bulletins Issued by tha
pope's physicians who say his ailment
Is laryngitis, and that he is in no
danger.
CHOLERA VICTIMS
WORRY
i ' J ,Map of northwest coast of Africa, showing kingdom
tan
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!
Miss Louise Swan, 10-year Boclologl
eal student, who worried friends
by disappearance.
TELEGRAM TO MAID
IS
Mystery of Disappearance of
Beautiful New York Girl Is
Partly Cleared Up by Un
signed Message.
( t'nlted Pre. Letoed Wire.)
New York, July 28. Believing- Iulse
Swan, 19, missing for 10 days. Is safe
in Philadelphia, her father, .William
Swan, today withdrew the $1000 re
ward offered for her. This action fol
lowed the receipt of an unsigned tele
gram from Philadelphia, which said:
"Am perfectly t.efe and have good po
sition. Do not: worry. . Please with
draw offer of reward, as I promise I
will write tomorrow. Do not look fur
ther." The telegram was addressed to a
maid In the employ of the family.
Miss Swan, noted for her beauty, dis
appeared from her home 10 days ago.
Raised In the lap of luxury, she had
often complained hat she was too red
blooded to lead the life of a rich do
nothing. She was an ardent student of
sociology and had often said ahe wanted
to work for a living.
Miss Swan's disappearance prostrated
her mother. For days it was feared her
parent would not live.
SAYS
LOUISE SWAN
SAFE
AND
WHERE GERMANY IS TRYING TO "BUTT IN"
f 1
Unknown Man Who Riddles
Sacramento Stenographer's
Body With Bullets Meets a
Similar Fate Soon After.
HOLDS OFF PURSUERS
WITH SHOWER OF SHOTS
Concealed in Brush, Murderer
Puts Up Desperate Fight
Until He Falls Dead.
(I'nitPd l'rv Lenwil Wlr.)
Sacramento, Cal., July 26. Leaping
from concealment In the alloy between
J arrd K streets, on Twelfth street, an
unidentified mnn today drew a re
volver and, with nn oath, began flrlns
shot after shot Into the body of Miss
Anna Dudley, a stenographer In thy
office of the state engineer, who whs
passing on her way to work. She dle l
almost Instantly.
Attracted by the woman's fiereiins .
crowd gathered within a few spccwiIs
and followed tlio murderer, hut w,
kept at bay by another fusillade i
shots until tho fugitive had gained
good start. Within tmlf nn hour ufur
he had killed the woman the murderer
supposed to be C. II. Kmery of Sun
Franclpco, was surrounded In tho brush
near the American river, near the end
of Sixteenth street, where In a des
perate battle with a score of officers
he was killed by a shot from a pump
gun in the hands of Captain of Police
Pennlsh. Fighting desperately the brute
continued the unoven battle even after
he had been wounded several times. He
fired at least 40 shots at the officers
who were hemming him In.
Concealed in the brush and reload
ing his weapon from time to time, the
(Continued on Page Fourteen.)
TORY ISSUE
T BE SOLVED
AT'HNB
Councilman Fights for Ordi
nance Calling for Immediate
Action; "Do Not Embarrass
the Mayor," Pleads Baker.
Charging that the mayor and city
health board have wasted a month in in
vestigating the crematory situation and
demanding that Immediate action be
taken either to reject or accept the new
plant shut down at the close of the
Simon regime. Councilman Tom N.
Monks of the First ward this morning
threw the city council Into a heated
discussion by demanding the passage
of an ordinance forbidding the delivery
of any more garbage at the Guild's lake
grounds than the old crematory plant,
which is now operating, can destroy.
Mayor Rushlight pointed out that if
the ordinance Introduced by Councilman
Monks were to pass it would virtually
necessitate the acceptance of the new
burner by the city, as that would be
the lesser of two evils.
"I don't care whose hand I force,"
hotly replied Mr. Monks, "and I don't
care what you do with the new plant.
If you don't handle the garbage at the
crematory grounds you can put It In
barges and send It to the ocean if you
(Continued on Page Fourteen.)
of Morocco.
CREMA
; '
SIX COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR . I
URGED BY MAKERS OF CHARTER , p mm m
Other Members of the Municipal Family Are to Be Named
v Ether by: the Commission.
Mayor's Salary to Be $6000 and That of Commission
ers $4800 Yearly Heated Debate Ensues at Meeting
"Back to the pure commission plan,"
was the Slogan of the charter revision
committee when It met last night in
the city hall.
The city auditor, treasurer and at
torney were successively pruned from
the list of elective officers. Committee
members differed seriously on the ap
pointment or election of tho municipal
Judge until W. F. Woodward suggested
that since they had "swallowed so many
camels It seemed a pity to choke on ao
email a gnat." Then it was decided that
the commission Bhould appoint xne
municipal Judge.
The commission plan ballot January
9. 1912, as decided upon last night,
shall be for the election of six com
missioners and a mayor only. All other
municipal offiolals and employes will
be appointed either by the commission,
or by. individual commissioners as de
partment heads. Salaries of appointees
will be fixed by the commission, the
Idea being to pay each what he Is ap
proximately worth to the city.
Six thousand dollars will be the an
nual salary of tho mayor as fixed by
the revision committee last night, with
$4800 a year each for the six commis
sioners, or an annual salary total of
$34,800, for the commission.
Departmental Business.
The departmentlng of city business
and the division of duties between seven
commissioners, including the mayor, is
a duty given to a sub-committee for
report at the next meeting. The ap
pointing of tills comwilttoe Chairman
Iironaugh reserved until today.
Motions by O. W. Taylor to deny the
L
(United Prwii Itemed Wire.)
Tacoma, July 2fi. Richard A. Ballln
ger, former secretary of the interior,
will not sign the oetition asking con
gress to create an Alaska coal commis
sion to mino the coal in Alaska and sell
it to the people at cost of production.
The petition, which was put In circula
tion yesterday and already Is being
widely signed, was presented to Mr.
lialllnger at the city hall today, when
he happened to ie there.
"I don't care to sign It," said the for-
mer secretary curtly.
Pressed for a statement, Ballinger
said, even more curtly. "I don't want to
be Interviewed about the matter at all."
Prnctlnallv all citv officials of Ta
coma have signed the petition.
LILLIAN GRAHAM FOUND;
SAYS SHEJV AS KIDNAPED
(United PreBB t.eed Wire.)
New York, July 28. Discovered In a
hotel at Poughkeepsle, Lillian Ciraham,
assailant of W. E. D. Stokes, who dls
appeared last Saturday night from New
York city; today declared she had been
kidnaped. Miss Graham said she was
overpowered by an unknown man,
thrust into a motor car ano, having lost
conaolcusness, knew nothing more, until
she found herself In. Poughkeepsle.
Lillian appeared today at a theatre
where she had been employed, was
greeted with complaints of "coarse
work,' . for her press agent stunt and
Informed that after Saturday night her
services would be dispensed with. --,
OPPOSES
ALASKA
OA
PUBLIC
'or Individuals "ornsame'
mayor's veto power and by J. E. Wer
leln to give the mayor power, in the
event of a tie vote In the commission,
to reserve his vote until the next meet
ing, were both lost. This leaves the
veto provision of the present charter
unchanged.
A, motion by Gay Lombard that a
committee of three bo appointed to Sub
mit a tentative draft of the commission
plan charter at the next meeting was
defeated, W. F. Woodward and othera
arguing that the present city charter
was the basis of present revision, that
special committees had been assigned
special tasks ot revision, that their
work should not now be fruitless but
that they be permitted to report results
of their toll.
Much Seated Debate.
ThORe results did not obtain without
heated and informal 'debate. The num
ber of voices simultaneously sounding
at last Impelled Dr. Andrew C. Smith
to move that formal parliamentary rules
be observed, including but one three
minute speech for each committeeman
who obtained the floor by rising and
addressing the chair. This motion un
animously carried and Dr. Smith was
the first to bo reproved for violation
of the rules.
While discussing the advantage of.
paying salaries to city employes "-commensurate
with the value of the service,
Adoipho Wolfe startled the revision com
mittee members by exhibiting figures
he had obtained from the auditor on
the way the office of city engineer wa.
administered under ex-City Engineer
Morris.
"Morris." said Mr. Wolfe, "waa a
$2)0-n-month man and that was his
salary. But while Morris was receiving
$2400 a year the city was compelled
to seek advanced engineering advice
amounting to $7!.fl71, or more than 25
times the annual salary of ' the engineer.
If Portland hal had a competent city
engineer, by paying for one, all of this
additional outgo could have been avoid
ed "
"There were present at last night's
meeting, revision fommltteo members,
.lurle Rrnnaugh, .1. E. Werleln, Adolphe
Wolfe. It. I). Inman. W. F. Woodward,
(). VV. Taylor. 1). O. Lively, Frank S.
Orant. George Ii. Cellars, Dr. Andrew
C. Smith. 8. (Jrutze and Oay Lombard.
A report of Lombard, Orant and
(Continued on Page Nine.)
Next Sunday's Journal
See the Magazine Section for the
Following:
DON Ll'IS MAY
GET YOU
Engaging story of old swln
die that ever is finding new
victims.
CONVENTION HALLS OF
THE UNITED STATES
Illustrated article of what
other cities have in the way
' of great auditoriums.
WHERE .WOMAN IS
MAX OF THE HOUSE
Interesting discussion of cus
toms in' Assam, British India,
,. where moat advanced suffra
getlsra prevails. 1
f - VAN TO
IG ROCKEFELLER
Townsend Report Presented to
Steel Trust Investigating
Commission Was Made 3
Years Ago.
(United Presi Leud Wire.)
Washington, July 28. That J. Pler
pont Morgan, usually esteemed the
money king of America, Is in reality
only the servant of John D. Rockefeller,
whose colossal form looms up behind
the builder of trusts as the real power
In American finance, was the gist of a
report by Burdette C. Townsend, now as
sistant United States attorney general,
which was presented to the houscom
mlttee investigating the steel trust to
day by Congressman Stanley, chairman
of the committee.
Stanley declared ths report, which
was made in 1908, to Attorney General
Bonaparte, proved conclusively that
prosecution of the steel trust under the
Sherman law would have been success
ful. Asserting that the trust controlled 90
per cent of the farm machinery busi
ness, Townsend said in his report:
"Harold MeCormlck, one of the
heaviest stockholders in the machinery
trust, is a son-in-law of Rockefeller.
The MeCormlck family, therefore, is al
ready distantly related by marriage
with the great American family of the
trusts. Morgan Is the trust architect
usually employed by the Rockefellers.
He Is a good builder and receives fabu
lous fees. George W. Perkins is his
associate.
"Therefore, if a harvester trupt were
formed. I should anticipate some of the
circumstances of Its organization it
wouid bo designed and constructed by
Ji P. Morgan & Co., probablv throucb
jl'erklriK; tho amount of the foe charged
wou!rt indicate the character of the
work; it would be organized in sueh a
(Continued on Page Four.)
(United Preni Leased Wire.)
Brooklnnds. England, July 26. After
the most thrilling air race In history.
Lieutenant Conneau of France, flying
under the name of Ande Beaumont, to
day won the $50,000 London Dally Mail
prize for the great race around the
British Isles. Pierre Vedrine was sec
ond. Beaumont's total flying time was 22
hours, 28 minutes. He won by 54 min
utes, 29 seconds.
Racers riy sreok and Keek.
Flying neck and neck, passing; and re
passing; through the mists and rain
which at times waa accompanied by the
flash of lightning and the roll ot thun
der, Beaumont and Vedrine made the
contest the most daring and spectacular
in the history of aviation.
Beaumont' ascended at Bristol at 4:S0
o'clock with Vedrine following two min
utes later, but 63 minutes behind . on
total flying time. Mile fitter mile the
blrdmen raced almost side by aide, Beau
mont high in. the air and Vedrine taking
tb lower levels. . , t, .
BEAUMONT WINS 150,000 AIR RACE;
DASH IV10ST THRILLING IN HISTORY
Local Merchants Must Bestir
Themselves to Retain Trade
With Interior as Result of
Rate Decision.
MUST FORCE BETTER
DISTRIBUTIVE RATES
Waterway Development Is Key
to Situation, Says
Expert.
Construction of public docks to care
for the demands of commerce, improve
ment of the Columbia river and its trib
utaries to maintain Portland's distribu
tive supreiaacyi a vigorous fight for
further reduction of railroad distribu
tive rates and establishment of branches
by Portland wholesalers In eastern Ore
gon and other intermountain points are
the lesnons to be gained by Portland as
a result of the Interstate commerce com
mission's decision in the Spokane rate
cast;.
This Is the opinion offered by Lew
Anderson, a rate expert who has long
been a student or Portland conditions
and In the capacity of expert has repre
sented the transportation committee of
the chamber of commerce and other In
terests in several Important cases be
fore the Interstate commerce commis
sion, notably in the famous Jumber case,
the Tacoma and Seattle distributive '
rate case, and the Pacific Coast BJscult
company case. '.
Hailroada Plaascd.
In Its wider aspects, Mr. Anderson
holds that Duluthi , the twin cities of
Minneapolis and St. Paul, Omaha, St.
Joseph and Kansas City will be the .
greatest gainers by the decision, and
Chicago, with only a 7 per cent differ
ential to overcome, will be able to share
the gain that will come from New
York's loss. He believes the railroads
wilt welcome tho decision, securing to"
them as it does the Inland trade that
cannot be readily reached from coast
terminals. (
"Portland's only solvation for the- isr;'1'.
land trade f5" the construction of public' j
docks and the improvement of the rlv- '
era," said Mr. Anderson. "The grantlng
t( Spokane and the inland cities east of i
the Cascades of the same rate as given
to the coast means that Portland houses
cannot hold their trade there except by
(Continued on Page Two.)
WILDE AS OREGON
GIFT T0 1915 FAIR,
N '
M
If California Likes Him So .
Well, Says Oswald. West ,
Let Her Have Him Instead
of Panama Appropriation.
(United Pnaa Lsaiml Wlre.l
Salem, Or., July !S."If the state of
California is so deeply Interested in
Loula J. Wilde, we might consider him
as Oregon's contribution to the Panama '
exposition and thereby save the money
whTch might be appropriated by the next .;
legislature to help out the show," aald
Governor West today, when asked for "
his views on the attitude of Governor
Johnson with relation to the extradi
tion of Wilde, who Is wanted in this
state for alleged embezzlement.
"This would at least be a saving of
money to the taxpayers of the state, '
though It would give no relief to the
thousands of small depositors who were'
robbed of their savings through the sale
by Wilde of his bogus bonda to the
bank.
"He need entertain no fear about get-
ting a fair trial If he is brought back
here. I do not- think the governor of.':
California or of any other state has any
right to assume he will not be given a
fair trial in the state of Oregon if
brought back and tried." ,
At Exeter Vedrine had outdistanced
his rival and was reascendtng as Beau
mont arrived. Vedrine was also first
at Salisbury Plains 8$ miles from
Exeter and maintained his lead through
out the 7$ mile flight from there to
Brighton along the English channel.
With Beaumont It minutes behind at
Brighton, Vedrine had reduced the form,
er's lead to 64 minutes.. When Brighton
was reached both men wars exhausted
and agreed to a brief rest.
Vedrine Olvan Oration.'
Beaumont started on the final lap
from Brighton to Brooklnnds at 1:ZH
o'clock. Vedrine followed at 2:43 p. nv,
although practically with no rhajic for
first money. ' 1
Vedrine arrived at Brooktands at :t
o'clock, and was; given an ovation.
Vedrine'a total flying , time was IS
hours and 34 minutes, , ..
Vettrlna waa given a special rnaols.
tion prlase of 11000 by Lord NorthrUf
owner of the Dally - Mall.- He t
bitterly when he Jearned-that lns-.
had won, .
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