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Newspaper Page Text. , , ..,.. ' : .... . .", .. . -.- - ' 'V : : fill? - CV irT , f X - .a. A : a.'i'i'a a a II ' rAACT'TPunpniTimrc COAST TEMPIUIATURES WEATHER '' i !" ; i.-K A. M. Today. .; . sou ' Fair tonight, i;vr . and 8aturday ;T - T n.orthwftKt- ' erly winds. BoMbarr 4- VOL. XI.. NO, 61. PORTLAND, ; OREGON, FRIDAVt JEV ENING, MAY 17,'f 1912TWETYOim AQEw ' HIsYotinge&SHriner 1 --- fl--. . 'v .--'- ; BSbi to drop h bill EXALTED SHIER : ROYALLY GREETED BY LOCAL TEMPLE PASS HONEYMOON WITH ISLAND KING THEIR LAVISH HOST '.. -V" .-P"1 "fc" 1 'I 1 1 aaMaaMs" Clause It. Objects to in Har ' mony Bills Should, Be Cov ered by Initiative, He Tells ; GraffQe Committee. REAL MEANING OF DEAL AT ROSEBURG EXPLAINED If .Grange Accepts , : Way Is . Clear for Harmony Set; Ik Not Confusion. ; (Salem Baiwia of Tbt Joarstl.t - Saltm, Or., May, 17. Declaring that It th peopla of Oregon fall to aecura ffood road lei1atlon It cannot ba laid at him door for failure to use 'effort toward brlnglnj aboutadfoitment of tna ctlfHirencea between the various interests. Governor West, who returned last night from attending the atate cranga meeting. Issued a statement to dav eiDlainlna- tha nronoaed . comrjro 1 ' 'inisa he put up to the grangers. He aid aome of the reports from Boseburg bad been confusing. "Of course, there are a few good, con cientlous men, energetic over road mat tera as they see them, who will be tha rocks over which' all efforts to unite tha various interests in road jegitilation will break," Bald Governor Wesfl'DtLeajL men always have been thus, and I guess alwaya will be until Ood calls them home. ' "I found that while-both tha harmony bills - and the grange's bl)U were meet Ing with opposition from delegates to the state grange, each plan had its sup - porters. I found tha principal objection to the harmony bills to be lack of a provlslor ' that tha power of locating the roads should be left in the hands or the people, . In the harmony bills it .. is left In the hands of the county -court as it la now. and my proposition was that the bills prepared by the grange be withdrawn and -that tha, harmony bills be- indorsed and that the feature which they seem to so much desire, L e., the matter of leaving the location of the roads to tha people, e taken care of by the: initiation of a new bill carrying that lone -provision. This voold place tha matter squarely before the people and is a privilege which, hay could aa ; cure K,thejf e,oeslred..'.'v ... .' i ' The proposition of withdrawing soma of the' harmony, bills was made. I In formed tha granga committee that I did not feel I had power or authority to make any such concession, and, further more, that I was personally not In favor of such action; that my proposal to Ret. together and initiate a separate bill in 'reference to who should have power to locate the roads to be constructed by the xountles would remove the seem ingly serious objection which they had to the bills and result in our Joining forces in the interest of this greatly needed legislation. . .' . i "A .committea was appointed by the grange to give tha matter careful con sideration and a vote was taken by those present, whjcli, aa I understand it, .was (Continued on Page Fourteen.) URGE THE PASSAGE OF MEASURE FORBIDDING BASEBALL GAMBLING iVC'ty Council Committee Unah- jmous in Vote; Emergency Clause; Curfew Ordinance, The ordinance drafted by City Attor- --- ney Frank-S. Grant for the suppression of baseball gambling In Portland waa . - this afternoon unanimously recommend fed for passage by the health and police committee of the. city council. The meas ure contains an emergency clause, and R it is passed by. the council next Wed nesday and approved by the mayor, will -become effective' on "thatdate. By a clause In the ordinance viola tions are punishable by a fine of from $10 to $200, or by Imprisonment of from five days to 100 days, or both fine and Imprisonment. , ' - - The measure forbids . all- betting on """baseball games, whether they' be played inside the city limits or elsewhere. u. believe tha.counc'lLahauld pass thfa ordinance, wlthdut delay," said Council man- H. TV. "Wallace, "as It, is a step in the right direction."1 Chairman Jennings of the committee expressed the came ' view, councilman Tom . Monm ae murred- at first, saying, he. thought the ordinance would take, away tod , much I . . 1 ..!.. M n . 1 J a ,aLl I. - 1 n lit. -JT opinion, that a person shouldj have tha " i L. . ,A m,k, r I a n . 1 1 V MB,rl tit a rirra or a dlnne.- on"the outcome of a game. On being assured that the ordinance is aimed at cigar storea and other places tnat make a business of laying and re ceiving baseball bets,, he withdraw- his objections: - ' - . The ordinance waa prepared by City Attorney Grant it the request of lead Ing sport lovers of the. city, whd feald J that, thousands of uouarp nave changed JU'Tiands on - baseball games in Portland X riaar storea.-to the detriment of tha game. - The committee also recommended the passage of a new curfew law drafted by the municipal vice commission. "This provides that boyahd glrhr under the age of 18 may be eonrpelled by tha .cur few squad of the police department to go horoa after 9 o'clock, if they are observed loafing on the public xatreeta 'or elsewhere,"' The present curfew law haa- be.en.' difficult .to ' enforce- because the age limit -was SI years for boys and ' j$ years forglrla, --y Jr. .. . The. committee voted to- recommend , th passage of the nw electrical, wiring amendment to the building code. , PRESIDENT STAKES HIS 1 FUTURE RESULT IN OHIO STATE Will Make It Tjis Mission toDo Everything to Defeat Colo--iie Roosevelt, CnltM Prw. Wlr.. Loralrie, Ohio, May 17. Supportera of President 'Taft ara today- applauding BTBiernenxa mnue or iO" prasiaenr yes- terd.. jta Woh -ilftfws4Jytafcad his political- future on the result In Ohio. v : . . . Trienda bf the president' declare that vet, if beaten in thia estate. President Tart win remain . In the race for the Republican presidential - nomination un til the last ballot li cut in the Chi cago convention. He will make It his mission, they declare, .to. do everything possible to defeat Colonel Roosevelt, La Follette After. Roosevelt. (L'nltPd Preta Inanl Wtre.l Chicago,- May 1 7. Before leaving here today ;! for Bowling Green, .Ohio, where he speaks tonight. Senator Robert vM. I Folletta announced that he would openly charge In the Ohio town that three millionaires, connected at present or at various times with "big business" enterprises, had raised $1,000,000 to fi nance Roosevelfa campafgn--forthe presidential nomination. These men, he said, are George W.;-Perkins, former member of the firm of J. p. Morgan A Co.; Judge E. H Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the United States Steel . corporation, and vDan R,' Hanna millionaire son of the late United States Senator Mark A. Hanna of Ohio. Montana for Taft. f Livingston,- Mont J May IT. Tha (fon. tana delegation of eight will go to Chi cago instructed 'for Taft. Roosevelt forces failed to show the . strength claimed beforer the convention, which closed last .night. . The delegates . are : Dr. O. M. Lapstrum, Helena; Edward Donlan, Missoula;. D. Charles, Butte; George D.. Bagga, Btevensvllle; Sam Stephenson,' Great Falls; George W.' Clay, Valley -county; J. C. Kinney, Wi baux; A J,' Wilcolm, Madison county. T. A. Harlow pf Helena wag elected na tional committeeman) ,;. 5000 Hear Roosevelt, tronton, Ohio, May 17. Colonel Theo dore Roosevelt got off to a good start today in his whirlwind campaign:, in Ohio, more than. 6000 persons listening; to his addrass here. Reiteration of his claim that he already had enough dele gates to insure his nomination, on the first ballot at ' Chicago : waa received With cheere. -X,- vv, .. ARAB PATROL , OF AL KADER HUM I. vv Fi GUILTY IN 1 ST DEGREE: Outlaw Convicted by Jury-of Murder in Virginia Coart House. 1 ' fDaitcd rrf Iawd Wire.V --' Wythevllla, ;,Va., May . 17. After";a Uberatula, for 21 hours, a; Jury returned a,- veruSt tf firat degrea, murder .oday against Floyd (Allen, of the notorious Al len clan of outlaws, whose ' members last March inaugurated a shooting bee in. the Uillsvllle county courthouse, which reSXilted in death to Judge Thorn ton Masale and several others. ' This means that Allen must die. The convicted bandit will be sentenced lat er. The jury first reported a verdict of guilty without signifying- the degree. Floyd Allert showed but Utile interest In the proceedings, apparently being- the most composed man In the courtroom. Several of his relatives - broke .down when the verdiot .was announced, but the bandit' remained calm and stoical through it all. HAZED BY. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS, YOUTH IS DYING (United Pres. Leaied Wire.). Philadelphia, May 17k Strapped to a board and dropped . many times to a hard pavement, Edward Martin, 14 years old, is dying here today as a result of a hazing at the hands of his high school companions. He haa concussion of tha brain and Internal injuries. Names of tha haters "are being suppressed. GREAT CATCH OF SHAD TO HELP SOLVE COST Of LIVING IN THE CITY That favorite .fish of the a) Phlladelplilans transplanted to -western waters the shad -is' be- Ing offered to the public these days at a price that threatens a) to- give grief to all beef, butter and egg trusts,- - - -t --)' Fresh Columbia 'river shad can 4 bf obtained In the retail markets -as low as 6 eents a pound, while beef would cost from 15 to IS a cents and eggs about 10 cents for a) the same amount of food stuff.- ) ' There is an enormous catch of 4 shad in the river at'-thls time 4 and the price waa reduced rap- idly In order to move. them. " FI LOYD ALLEN IS DUND DEATH TO BE SENTENCE TEMPLE OF PORTLAND WHICH ESCORTED IMPERIAL POTENTATE CUNNINGHAM FROM 4- U l; i vVrV BABY BOY BINDS THAWS TOGETHER; CHILD MAY IT HUGE E Friends ofGirl Scoff at Re ports That She; Is to Quit Pittsburger, ' (Uot'ted Preaa Uatd fir ) ' New , York., May 17. Report ; that JSvelyn Nesbtt Thaw ia preparing to Withdraw... from, -tha life "Of : HarriMK: ThaW, her husband, the slayer of Stan ford tVhlte. now held as an insane man in Matleawan, were scoffed at here today by close friends of the couple, who maintain that their 21-months-old baby, born in Hamburx. Germany, is likely to Inherit the' bulk of the Thaw mil lions. The boy baby's future, friends here of Evelyn assert, is one of the chief rea sons why she will cling to Harry, she believing that the millionaire will make ther child his chief heir. It Is also be lieved that -Harrys mother, Mrs. .Wil liam Tnaw, win remember the bOy.,in her will, i Evelyn remains in the fam Uy. -: JJuring" Thaw's sanity hearing before Judge Morschauser in 1909, the prisoner was allowed exceptional personal free dom. He was given practically unlim ited opportunity for personal associa tion with his family in the comfortable quarters allotted to his use by the sher iff at White Plains. This was the last time Evelyn Thaw saw her husband. The girl-lived In New Yofk during the . remainder of the winter and then vent to Hamburg, Germany. living quietly th friends who had. accom panied her from here. In the spring of 1910 the infant arrived. All who have seen the baby say he Is a bby with curly;1 raven hair and bright eyes. MLOTOn? SP1T AMONG THffiE "(United I.eiMd Wire.) Minneapolis, May 17 Withthe votes of 627 of the delegates to tha quadren nial general conference of mb Method ist Episcopal .church' necessary to elect, no "choice was reached In the second ballot for the selection of bishops at the conference here toddy. Those who are leading in the voting are: - Dr. Downey, of New York, 383; W.- O. Shepard, Chicago, 278; Matt S, Hughee. ICalifornia. 369; iuiiiiuiit.-ryipitMMy INHER FORTUN William i. Cunningham, Im v penal Potentate,, and Es cort See City in Regal Style Dodge Camera Men. kIS ALSO BIG. MAN OUTSIDE OF LODGE Members: of Party Nearly -All Potentates or Past Poten tates of Their Temples. William J. Cunningham, imperial po tentate of all the Mystto .Shrlners and aside from that virtually the second ranking officer of the Masonic order in tha United States, and the man who by his courage and optimism and remark able executive ability hastened tha re building of Baltimore after the great fire of 1902, ia the honored guest of Portland Shrlners today. : - Mr. Cunningham arrived in Portland at 6:46 o'clock this morning on a special train of seven cars, from Seattle. With him was an'imperlal escort of 91 nobles and their' -wives of Bourn I temple, of Baltimore, of which he Is past potentate, and Almas- temple of Washington, D. C, beside a. uniformed bodyguard of 18 members. of the Arab patrol of Pyramid temple, Bridgeport, Conn. - Al Kader temple of Portland received Mr. Cunningham with all the splendor due his exalted rank. When he and hjs party left their special train at 7:30 o'clock-to take automobiles for Shrine headquarters at the Portland hotel, they were met by W. C. Bristol, potentate of Al .Kader temple, and old friend of Mr, Cunningham; .George W. Stapleton high priest and prophet; W. J. Hofmann director of shrine; W. E. Grace, first ceremonial officer, and L. a, 'Clark, past potentate. , Toungest Mystlo Bhrlnar. Drawn- up before the autos was a de tachment of -: 22 members of the Al Kader Arab patrol, under Lieutenant Robert 8. Farrell, splendid in bright uni forms of red, yellow and purple, w.lth white leggings and shiny; scimitars. With a, band to lead them. Lieutenant Farrell and hi patrol marched in front Of tha autos' to tha Portland. Perched high on the shoulders of his father. Joe McClelland of 631 Clackamas street was one wee uniformed Shrlner who for tha time divided the honors with the imperial potentate. This was -Bill" .McClelland, 314 years old. tile youngest "Mystic Shritfer and Arab pa tro'ler. ia the world, -who flourished his tiny fists and wiggled the yellow tassel of his red fez with an air of great wisdom and iflyetery, as well be fitted a Mystic Shrlner of his years." -After breakfast at the Portland, Mr. Cunningham was taken slightly ill and had to retire- tq his room. It was the weariness and exhaustion due to trav eling mora than anything else, and after a snave ana a rest ne ieit mucn better. Shrlner tradition says -the imperial potentate 'must never visit a , shrine (Continued on Page Five.) (TTnlted Pre.. I... Wlra.V Chicago, May 17. Because they battered- down the doors of the Seventh regiment armory here for the-purpose of calling the Democratic county convene tlon a month or so ago. In defiance of an Injunction Issued by Saperlor Judge Mc K'lnley, fines of 1500 each,, -with cefcts, were imposed on County Judge Owens, Chief of Police McWeeney, Assistant Chief of-Polite Schuettler and Election Commissioner Czarnecki by. Judge Mc Kinley today - The charge was contempt of court. Judge McKlnley, In his decision, said: "When Judge Owens left the bench and went to the convention hall he ceased to be a. court and became an in dividual. He participated In the viola tion of my Injunction as an Individual.. "The Judiciary of this country is on trial. The result of that trial depends largely. on the obedience of one court to a aqperibr one. "Imprisonment In this case would dis organize and demoralize government.". fa" FID FO BATTERING CONVENTON i ): ' rd "Bill" McClelland, ; 3 years old, " - mascot. East Side Business Men's Club Favors Project Which In cludes Widening; Common User Clause Indorsed.: A plan for tha widening and' exten sion of Grand avenue from the Willam ette river on the south to' the-Columbia river on the -north, across the .entire breadth of the east side, was submitted and approved at the meeting ef the East Side business Men's club- last night . Petitions for tha widening and ex tension of the avenue commenced cir culation : today. The cost Is only ap uroxlmated aa vet but Will amount to several, mitllon dollars, H. Is aaid. The plan is a - unit or a street- circulation scheme proposed by the Kat Bide Busi ness Men's. club in accordance with the Greater Portland plan. In the beginning the effort -will -be concentrated; on the widening oc the avenuto from East Morrison street to the Columbia. Th,e movement to 'complete the extension south to the Willamette will be organized separately. - The river to river avenue will thus be made the longest and broadest, thoroughfare in the city. Through the -business sec tion of tha east side Grand avenue is already the widest and least encumbered street in Portland. . Many Sign Petitions. . It was reported that nearly .6000 citi zens have ' signed .the petitions asking the city council to grant the Hill lines common user privileges over the Harrl- man tracks on tho east side in order that the S5.000.000 freight terminal pro posed by the Hill interests for the east side may be successfully developed. The common user privilege is guaranteed by the city cnarier antrfequiFes action dv the city council to specify the place and the conditions of use.. That abso lutely no opposition to the common user privilege -had. been . discovered in the city .council was also reported. A request to tne iiorary. ooara tor the enlarging of the auditorium of the East Side library from a seating capac ity. of 360 to 1000, waa approved by the business men's club.- Any meeting of importance, it was stated, -crowds the library auditorium Tar beyond capacity and the increase of east side population makes the need for' larger accommoda- tiahs constantly more acute. 'Consideration; was given to a plan for elevating street car tracks over the rail. road tracks from Grand avenue over Hawthorne, East Morrison and East Burnslde streets to the river. UThe con tinuouB elevating of the railroad tracks over the street -car tracas was also dis cussed. The thought is to prevent the traffic interference now caused by grade crossings. 1 '- A resolution was adopted calling up on the Portland Railway, Light & Pow er company to .repair a very rough bit of track between East Seventh and East Tenth streets. ..The East Side Business Men's club Is busily engaged In, preparations for East (Continued on Page Five.)" DEPOT TO HEADQUARTERS PLAN EXTENSION OF CUD AVENUE TO COLUMBIA RIVER 1 M Pendleton Girl and Bridegroom v Wrecked on South Sea Isle, Stay 3 Weeks as Guests oV Dusky Ruler. MONARCH WEEPS WHEP. ' NEWLYWEDS LEAVE' HIM Bride Was1 Anne; De La Tour; ' Husband Grays Harbor Baseball Player! j ' (United Preaa Leiied Wirt San Francisco, May 17. Shipwrecked a faw daya after a tugboat marriage in the South aea, and later cast upon a; coral island where they were lavishly : entertained by a dusky monarch, la tna v honeymoon experience told here today ' by Captain-and Mr. Thomas Endrasen, : who have Just arrived from Papeete. Mrs. Endresen waa formerly Mias Anne -De La Tour of Pendleton, Or. ' 4 i- Captain Ehdresen met and loved Misv De La Tour when lie played baseball . with the Grays .Harbor team. When he sailed from. Raymond Wash.;', as ' master of the schooner G.'.W. Watson, his fiance promised to meet him at- Fa-. 1 peete, where they would bo married. At Papeete tney learned that-the Ffunch' lawa decree that the banns hvifc "be published 30 days prior to marriage. ' To avaid French Jurisdiction, Captain Endresen chartered a tug, -hired a min ister and sailed out, to sea. They .vtre' -married, but on the return trip home the Watson struck a coral reef - and' stuck. By means of lifeboats - they ' landed on the domain of a dusky king, 2 who, wept when they-tailed away three weeks later. - HEROINE 0F S0UTH SEA1 V TALE PENDLETON GIRL; , ROMANTIC WHEN YOUNG .-' i v (Bpeelal t- The -Joornsl.t " ,-. " :; Pendleton, Or., May 17 Ahna De I.a Tour, heroine of the South- Sea inland tale," Was; ft Pendleton girl of romantic. disposition-. 5 Bhe was born In, this city 'more- than 24 years ago; and spent her; aarlyAglrlhood' -here?-. being educated at t 8t.,JofleP'.aademy." She was of Bel-' gtum -parentage, her father being a prog- ' peroua, gardener. . -t r-. .. '.:,- About, eight years ago -aha moved to . Portland and entered a business college,. : tatklng up stenography.'.. She was pop--ular among her friends' and waa suc cessful in a Portland newspaper voting contest which gave an excursion- to f Yellowstone park. When, the train' passed h rough Pondleton, Miss Da La t Tour rode in the engine cab. , ..-.'.. i v y While in Portland she etartled her friends by taking a balloon trip with" -Lincoln Beachey. -the "aviator, at - the, Lewis & Clarke fair. After leaving v Portland about " four ; '. years ago Miss De'La'Tour spent much Of her time on Puget sound: and In. Call-' fornla. Her parents still reside in Pen- dleton. WITH CLUB OF ST. tatter's Offense : Is Showing : Courtesy to Woman Going to ShipnerdJs Place. " . (Specinl t The Journal. Stevenson, Wash.,- April tt.Isadore St. Martin, one of the owners of the St. v Martin's hot springs, is under arrest on a charge of assault, and Perry Doug las, the complainant, is under-1 lie car of a physician and trained nurse "at Carson, suffering from what may prove to be a fractured skull.' - Douglas was injured whire employed as a structural Ironworker by the-Oregon Trunk railroad, and went -to 'St. Martin's springs to. recuperate. Day before yesterday, when a woman patient at the St. Martin hotel removed to Ship- : herd hot springs, , Douglas carried her a satchel over the hill. Returning from the Shlpherd hotel, Dopglaa -was met by Isadora St. Martin. v. . "Are you a friend of Ted Slilnherd?"- . asked St. Martin, referring to the owner of the rival hot springs. Too' answered Douirlas.. "Whareunon." Douglas charges, St. Martin struck him over the head - with" a carpenter's iron plane, and began pummcltng hlra with . his fist. . . , The blow from the planenearly par alysed Douglas, but he made hlg calls ' for help heard. He wus taken to the Grand Ttunk-hotel at Carson. Since .Shlpbcrd eitabtished- his rural health resort a ahort distance up Wind river from the 8K- Martin's sprlnga sev eral years agu, much animosity ha be 11 shown toward the newcomer by the St, Marttas. In a quarrel over. the reaper. ' tive merits over the waters or the two places some time ago, the alder Sf. Mar tin -was killed by a man named Brown, who was a guest at tha Shlpherd plaoe. i Roosevelt Clalnia domination. -? Toledo, Ohio, May 17, -tVIonei Rooa, velt made 1J speeches yesterday In a strenuous effort to reach every rnn he could."" lie -traveled from Greenville t Toledo. Las nljfht II wt over th result Of state ..t-on.vTt.lnna arxrfii,! the statement again that he is aura of th nomination oa the firnt bnllot. ii , ciaima "l golesai arsj-i:ledrly favoj - able to his nominstlun. The entire aiaat''m Trmu WmMnt ton Is cl!md aP ltli tiia atatmer1 f ; " I h Taft pcopl- have-' -hoir wnat.. t term a :ntestin deiegat-ion,' b it It i, admited evi-n by tli 'Ifft t -. , tii Kooseveit f-rcr contto' - l t -! r tr.tioq by -t l..t 6i'i tj I ,' IRON ISADORE MARTIN QUELLS UNRULY MAN i-t 'i-Jtafc. "'"'l I'll" 1 " "i"f" in' r " '" i r 1' 1 ' u ' " " it "-'"-' - i, r - , 1 w.,..,..v. rat iitTs: jroTn'Wi 'aj" ' 1 1 iri 'ifii'iriivinvf iir t ii iairri iTtirhf maa l nai ir at 1 aaiaaaaail I rtaii wtniii'i iningi ninnmiwwtnf Vrt- -gi i ir ruitiiTTn - -1 - nir fflnr-rrirni itr 1 -n - --- .-..vv-?v.i..w f. - !'.-..:-., i , ; ..' ,. " 5. '.' . . . ; - .- . . , -iJ.-':- r- -V :i ; ' 1 '-' :-v-.'1J-.- J - ' , 1 .. '"' :l ,-' ' tf. . ' 1 ' V- , , V ; V , . - t!'-l' ' r " - . 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