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VOL. IX. NO. 15.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1912,
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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Defends N. Y. Police
DECIDES TAX SUIT
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Suffragettes Make Demon
" , strations That Lead English
Ministers to Fear Reign of
Violence. -
POLITICAL UNION-IS
, BACKING MOVEMENT
Women Complain That Efforts
Before Parliament Have
Beenin Vain. '
(United Prent Tossed Wtre
London July 20. Completely terror
ized by the suffragettes, English pub
lic men are guarded tonight as the ciar
-is guapdd-at a time of Nihilistic at
tivlty in Russia. They are no longer
worried by the risk of mere annoyance.
They fear for their lives and the safety
of their families.
King George's advisers have warned
him strongly against public appearances
for the present. Scotland Yard's in
genuity and resources are taxed to the
utmost to protect the members of the
cabinet, their wives and children and
their homes. ,
Bitter ' right Planned.
. The police are convinced that the votes
sifor women militants have entered upon
a campaign of arson and homicide.
There is no question that an attempt
was made to burn the home of one mem
ber of the cabinet. The hangings of
the Dublin theatre, where Premier As
qulth spoke last night, were actually
et on fire. That the gun powder found
in the rooms of a party of suffragette
demonstrators was Intended to blow up
' the theatre, the suffragettes themselves
do not deny. It is agreed that the
- hachet thrown by a suffragette at the
premier in Dublin yesterday narrowly
missed killing or seriously injuring him.
The women's social and political union
Issued a statement tonight commending
all these demonstrations. It Is feared
that this will Inspire further violence.
Premier Asqulth, chancellor of the
Exchequer Lloyd-George, Home Secre-
tary McKenna, Minister of the Navy
Winston Churchill, and other cabinet
ministers have received threats, anonyr
mousiy. of what will happen to theni
unless thy declare for equal rights at
the polls. Not only are they assured
that they are In danger of being killed,
but that the burning of their homes and
. the kidnaping of their children are
planned.
"There is only one thing to induce
us to declare a truce," announced Miss
Annie Kenny, who is acting as head of
the woman's social and political union
during the period of Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhursts convalescence from her re
cent experience as a hunger striker tn
Uolloway prison, and that is the pas-
tage- of a law giving us the ballot.
Woman's Efforts Have railed.
"We did declare a truce twice while
the conciliation bill which provided part
of what we demand, was before parlia
ment, and then the government calmly
killed the bill by denying facilities for
Its passage, though It had received a
large majority of votes on its frlst
reading.
"We do not propose to be deceived
again.
"And even if the union were to agree
(CouUnuei fla. PageNine.)
CITY MAY CONDEMN
USE OF. NEW
E.
HOLDS IN F.LOGAN
"All This Business About
- Reaching Rental Agree
ment Foolishness,"
That the city may condemn the use
of the new railroad bridge in two
weeks' time, that a rental can be es
tablished by a court, and that delay is
not only unnecessary but an offense
against the Interests of 126,000 east
side people, was asserted yesterday
evening by Attorney John A. Logan.
"It Is within the charter power of
the city to condemn the tiRe of the
bridge," declared Mr. Logan, after re
viewing the entire situation.
"All this business about reaching an
agreement and finding it Impossible to
do po, is foollshnt-cs.
"The city doesn't neeC fnr paying
an excessive price hecaub tne proper
amount of rental can be easily deter
mined In trial.
"The city, doesn't need to fear being
victimized because there Isn't a min
ute in which it hasn't the obligation
nd the power to be in control of the
situation. '
"I don't say condemn the bridge so
that the city can own and operate It.
I mean condemn the use, so that the
city shall pay for the traffic which
crosses that bridge, Just what an Im
partial Jury has decided shall be paid.
Too Big to Tool About
"This is too big a matter for the
oily and county authorities and the
railroad to fool about. Close the old
bridge and fail to secure the use of
the new bridge and this town will wit
ness damage In traffic congestion that
the rental woh't be an Incident to.
"I suppose some one will say that
the use of the bridge can't be con
demned In time. I say It can. Condemn
the use of the bridge and the use can
be secured and guaranteed the city for
a year by the time the old bridge la
r."A ftr si yeaiv th 'T!l pob wfl!
be willing to make satisfactory terms
without condemnation. And this sort
of adjustment will settle the terminal
BRIO
Demand for Building Material
Coming From Many foreign
Countries and-Local - Con
sumption Increases. .
SUPPLY OF SAWLOGS -
NOW BELOW NORMAL
Prospects for Lumber Market
Keep Improving and Oper
ators Are Sanguine. s
After two years of extreme sluggish
ness the lumber market has Improved
during the past two or three months
at a steady pace until It is today better
than, at any time since 1907 when the
lumber manufacturers of the Pacific
northwest were selling all they could
produce at good prices and profits. This
means that thousands of dollars are
placed in circulation every month In the
various lumber manufacturing -districts
ahd a revival of business in all lines In
these communities and Portland, the
chief source of supplies,- Is already
noted.
The railroads are placing large or
ders for ties and other material for con
struction and. cars and the foreign mar
kets show splendid activity. Europe has
bought several cargoes here already this
year and a number have been placed for
early delivery, while Australia, China,
the west coast of South America and
South Africa, too, have bought larger
quantities the past three months than
In any like period for a number of years.
As a result values have' stiffened until
they are now on a profit paying basis,
whereas six months ago many of the
mills were operating at a loss.
Chlsa Rebuilding.
From China cymes the news that -the
government there Is urging the rebuild
ing of dries laid partly In ruins during
the recent revolution, and this is ex
pected to fuither Increase the demand
for Oregon fir, the Chinese having found
It the most suifable material for their
purpose, especially where it enters Into
heavy construction.
As a result of the light buying In the
past two years yarda In the middle
state's a,re said to be carrying llght
stocks that now have to be replenished
to meet the Increasing demand, and this
is giving the rail mills a lot,. of busi
ness for which they have waited pa
tiently many months. Several mills
are said-to be booked ahead for their en
tire capacity for two or three months.
The greatest difficulty confronting
the mill men and lumber dealers today is
the scarcity of vessels available for off
shore cargoes and there is some dan
ger of a car shortage when the grain
crops begin moving. But for the short
age of tonnage the off-shore business
could be Increased tJ a much larger vol
ume, it is alJ, as inquiries are being
received from all quarters and many
of them urging immediate delivery.
Demand for X.03TS Increase.
Borne operators have felt tempt' 1 to
operate double shifts In order to huslc.ii
the flllln,g of orders, but there is a
general sentiment against this among
the manufacturers as it presents the
danger of overproduction of the lower
grades of lumber for which the demand
Is never ns keen as for clears.
As a result of the activity in the
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San Francisco Man of Trou
bles to Expose Methods
Commonly Used in Old Days
(Spc1tl to The JouronH
San Francisco, July 20. Library
shelves that are already groaning under
the weight of histories and memoirs of
the San Francisco graft prosecution,
and of the local' politics of that fast
receding day, will soon be burdened with
another volume.
Eugene E. Sehmltz, former mavor of
this city and one of the chief defend
ants during the era of Indictments, l;i
the latest accession to the ninncmu.s
and more or less distinguished company
cf .graft authdTB.
Will Writ of Oraftors.
Schmltz, who was serving his third
term as mayor when he was snared by
the Inquisitorial net, Indicted and found
guilty of extortion, ousted from office,
t)iron Into the county Jail on a million
dolUr bond, and finally saved 'from
prison by a state supreme court deci
sion that h had been adjudged guTlty
of the wrong crime, announces that ha
is about ready to give to an eager
world his own separate and distinct
version of graft and grafters, of prose
cutors and prisoners, and of politics and
politicians.
Roughly, the Schmltx book will deal
with the former mayor's personal career
from the time he laid down his baton at
the old Columbia theatre until the last
score of Indictments against him were
dismissed in the superior court.
Will Tell Whole Truth.
The promise Is made by Schmlti that
his book will contain nothing but the
truth, as the truth appears to him. Ht
says that he writes without malice, and
only for the purpose of setting himself
and other persons rlht with the world.
Principal among these other persons,
according to the friends cf ftehmlts, is
Atwrttawt-Wwef) wha Is mttw htsterlttny
from his cell In Kan Quentln prison,
Schmlti, it Is said, holds (hat Ruef. In
the security of prison walla. Is- writing
EX-MAYOR
CIITZ
BOOK
UPON
THE GRAFT CONDITIONS
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fei 111 hi
Mrs. Eugene Grace, whose husband
accuses her of having shot him.
Sensational Developments Are
Expected When Atlanta Wo-
. man Goes on Trial Charged
With Attempted Murder.
(By th Internitlcmsl Vvwt Serrlre.).
Atlanta, July 20. What promises to
be one of the most sensational trials
ever held In this city will open next
Monday when Mrs. Dalsey Ulrlch Opie
Grace will be brought into court
charged with shooting her husband, Eu
gene H. Grace, on the 6th of last March,
as he lay asleep in his home In this
city.
The chief feature of the trial will be
the presence of the accusing husband,
who will sit in the courtroom In an In
valid chair, with the lower part of his
body paralyzed, aiding In the prosecu
tion of his wife, who, he says, shot
him to obtain 127,000 insurance he had
taken out on his life for her benefit.
The circumstances surrounding this
strange case necessarily give It a roman
tic air of mystery.
It will be recalled that shortly after
12 o'clock on Tuesday. March 6, the
pellce headquarters, of .Atlanta, received
a feeble call for help over the tele
phone. A number of policemen were
despatched to the home, of Eugene H.
Oraae, whence the call came, and they
found every outside door of the house
securely locked. Forclnpan entrance
they made their way to an upper bed
room. There they found Grace lying
unconscious with a gaping bullet wound
In his side. On further search they
discovered a revolver, with one chamber
empty, lying on the floor In the room
Immediately below the one In which
Grace was lying. After Grace was re
vived he said he had been shot while he
was asleep, sometime during the early
part of the morning and that he had
every reason to believe that his wife had
done it.
Then It was lrarncd that Mrs. Grace
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MRS. GRACE WILL
FACE BID'S
CHARGE !N COURT
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New York's District Attorney's
Office and Police Depart-
" ment Divided In Search for
Rosenthal's Slayers.
SENSATION -EXPECTED
IN GAMBLING SCANDAL
Whitman Leaves Town Sud
denly; Waldo Defends Po
lice Attitude.
(Cnltfd Preu Leaied Wire.
New Tork, July 20. With the police
and district attorney's officers plainly
working at cross purposes, and with a
number f the prominent figures la the
case In receipt of threatening letters the
developments in New York's gambling
scandal were believed tonight to be bor
dering on the Sensational. District At
torney Whitman was out of town. It
was currently reported that he was at
a eoathora resort In consultation with
the head of the private detective agency'
hired by private citizens to aid him.
It was reported he was also able to lis
ten to the story of gamblers . ho were
anxious to put him In posstsslon of
the facts In the case while at the same
time keeping their skirts clear of the
charge of squealing.
It was admitted, both by the police
and the district attorney's office, that
anyone squealing in this case was al
most certain to meet the fate of Herman
Rosenthal, the gambler, murdered last
Wednesday morning In front of the Ho
tel Metropole. The very public nature
of this crime, it was pointed out, showed
that the men responsible would stop at
nothing to close the mouths of the men
who could tell of their crimes. The
district attorney, it was known, was
carefully guarded, and so were, certain
others connected with the case.
Women Are Interviewed,
Police Commissioner Waldo went
home late this afternoon declaring he
was confident the entire murder of
Rosenthal and all of the circumstances
surrounding It would be cleared up
within a very short time. Deputy'-Com-mlssioner
Dougherty and Inspector
Hughes, commanding the datectiy a. "bu
reau, remained on the Job.
Dougherty interviewed many myste
rious visitors late this afternoon.
Among them were two women, who it
Is admitted were prominent factors in
the investigation, but whose Identity
was kept secret by the police. One of
thera was said to be a Mrs. Bernard,
the Identification being made by 'the
number of her automobile. She was
accompanied to headquarters by her
husband. It was recalled In this con
nection that Mrs. Rosenthal has alleged
that her husband was warned by a
friend named Bernard less than seven
hours before he was killed that an at
tempt was to be made on his life, and
that he should leave town until things
quieted down. Discussing the rltuatlon
tonight, Dougherty said:
"In the first place, it must not be
overlooked that we have In our pos
session the car used by the murderers;
the chauffeur who drove that car to
and from the Metropole, where the mur
der was committed, and the man who
(Continued on page five.)
PLOT TO ASSASSINATE
KING PETER UNCOVERED
Wholesale Arrests in Belgrade Fol
low Diseorery of the Mur
derous Com piracy.
It 'nlted Ptcsi lr& Wire.)
Belgrailo, Scrvla, July 0. Suspects
aro boiiis gathered in here by the
wholesale tonight in connection with the
plot uncovered' in Montenegro to hs-sa.-.ilnate
King Peter. The police are
afraM the conspiracy was widespread
and that those nut yet In custody may
attempt to carry their purpose through
as their safest coins", now that discov
ery !s Imminent. The palnce Is lunvlly
guarded.
AN UNWELCOME VISITOR
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Ilhinlander AValdo, New' York police
commissioner, who figures in the
Rosenthal investigation.
ELOQUENTPLEA
Distinguished Leader Strikes
Sympathetic Note in Ferv
ent Address at Chautauqua
Audience Stirred.
A new and sympathetic conception of
the labor union, what it stands, for and
has accomplished, its place from a hu
manitarian standpoint and Its deep sig
nificance la Jlie progress of the world
was gained by those who heard John
Mitchell speak on "The Philosophy.
Ideal and Purpose of the Trades Union
Movement" at the Gladstone Chautau
qua yesterday afternoon.
At 4 years of age an orphan, at 8
jrear.."trapper boy" in a coal mine, at
IS a miner, passing his days under
ground and laboring Tor 12 long hours,
at II a labor organizer, and at 32
leader of the great anthracite strike
which the whole world recognized as
Just at 42 Mr. Mitchell, as his audi
ence saw him yesterday, is a plain man
of remarkable force and personal mag
netism. Simple In his dress a black
suit of almost clerical sternness he Is
as plain and straightforward in his
speech.
Story of Labortnf Han.
His address was a simple story of
the laboring man and his efforts to rise
from poverty and adjust himself to
changed Industrial conditions through
the medium of the labor union. Though
It told of struggle and hardship and
of men. women and little children
swept under In the grind or Industrial
competition. It was a story, as Mr.
Mitchell told it, that breathed stirring
optimism and a rare understanding of
all phases of the great problem.
For instance," ho said: "It Is my
(Continued on I'ago Six.)
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0FFICEH0LDERSW1LL -FACE
INVESTIGATION
Activities of Federal Appointees in
Pre-Con vent ion Campaign
Will Ho Examined.
. (fly tho luternatlnnil Nnwi Sprrlre.i
Washington, D. C, July 20. Investi
gation of feder.-il officeholders' aotlvl-
', tii's in tins Kepuljlkan pre-conveiitlnn
I campaign r.nd at ("hlengo will he made
by the I'nited States tivil servic e eom
I mission and will commence about Ang
; u.st 1. Charges have been made that at
I bin st TO officeholders, the majority lo
! eat.-d In the south, have violated the
j rules and ued the influence of th.ir of
' flees In politics.
mniL ikes
UNI LABOR
Judge Hanford Cuts Railway's
Levy $45,000, Which Cir-
rcuit- Court of Appeals-Reverses;
In Ballinger's Day.
INVESTIGATORS BREAK .
INTO RENT0N CASES ALSO
Countenancing of Collusion Is
Charged Against Seattle
Federal Judge.
(United Prei Lestd Wire.)
Seattle, Wash., July 20. That Fed
eral Judge C. H. Hanford had pending
before him an Important Northern Pa
cific tax suit at the same time that, as
promoter of the Hasford Irrigation
company, he was actively negotiating
business deals with the railway com
pany, was the evidence introduced be
fore the congressional investigators to
day. George II. Plummer, western land
agent for the 'Northern Pacific, was on
the stand all forenoon and part of the.
afternoon. Je read a mass of corres
pondence that ensued between Judge
Hanford and the Hanford Irrigation
company and the railway officials. In
all, the Hanford company purchased ap
proximately 21,000 acres from the rail
way. -There were eight transactions,
said Plummer. The committee, how
ever, took up in detail only the three
most Important. The last, which In
volved 10,000 acres, which the railway
company had withdrawn from sale in
accordance with an agreement with the
government reclamation service, hung
fire for over a year and was not con
eluded until after the reclamation ser
vice released the Northern Pacific from
its obligation. This, it developed, did
not occur until June, 1J05.
Put Over In Ballinger's Time.
Although his name wus not mentioned
in the testimony before the probers, the
significant fact concerning the last
transaction Is that It was not consum
mated until after Richard A. Ballinger,
a eluEo friend of Judge Hanford, be
came secretary of the Interior under
President Taft.
The tax suit which was begun on April
8, 1908, was decided by Judge Hanford,
In favor of the railway and against King
county (Seattle) and a reduction of 145,
000 in the tax levy of l'J07 was ordered.
This decision was later reversed by the
circuit court of appeals, and it Is now
pending In the supreme court.
Kenton Cases Opened Up.
Almost simultaneously with the de
velopment of the dual business and Ju
dicial relations of Judge Hanford and
the Northern Pacific, another sensation
was sprung by the probers today. A
blanket "duces tecum" subpena was Is
Lued ordering that all the files in the
office of Kerr & McCord, ifttorueys for
the Seattle, Renton & Southen Railway
company, relating to two important
cases In which that company was In
volved In Judge Hanford's court during
the past year, to be brought before the
attorneys connected in these cases.
Sid Ee Wink at Collusion.
In both thecafies under investigation
Judge Hanford is charged with having
countenanced collusion. In the first,
the alleged collusion was between the
traction company and its bund holdors,
Ike rtubadx..llluugMlUiG;- tuiapant. Ml .
Chicago, against the people. Judge Han
ford gave Peabody an injunction against
the company enjoining the latter "from
refusing to collect more than 6 cents
fare." At that time William R. Craw
ford was president of the Renton line.
Bond Holders Tore SIM Out
In the second cbso the collusion Is
charged by Crawford to have been
framed against him. He testified this
afternoon that the jbond holders had
forced him to resign. He owned prac
tically ail the stock. The company, he
raid, had borrowed 1300,000 from the
Peabody interests on it. The scheme.
m lie outlined It. was to throw the trac
tion company Into the bankruptcy court
when the l"an became due on June 1.
To forestall this, Crawford began suit
In the state court asalnSt Peabody. E.
m 'ontimied on Page Nine.)
Democratic Love Feast at Sea
Girt Crystallizes , Splendid
Sentiment for Party Success"
in November;' ;
SPEAKER CLARK IS THE .r
LEADER OF DELEGATION
Congratulatory Address Pre
sented to the Nominee by
Members of House.
(Speciil to T-e JonnuLt
Sea Girt, N. J., July 20. Another --
Democratic love feast was held her
today when 200 members of th house
of representatives, headed by Speaker '
Champ Clark, called on Governor Wll
sonf Information in regard to condi
tions in the home district of each vis
itor was given to tho Democratic nomi
nee, and between times small (roups
and the congressmen went sightseeing
about the picturesque home of the can
didate. Informal talko were made br
Governor Wilson and Speaker Clark.
Clark delivered a congratulatory ad
dress and presented Governor .Wilson '
with a leather bound book containing
autographs of the Democratic member' .
of the house. Wilson replied with, a
speech of thanks.
Men So Ho Understand. '
"The real difficulty In politics to- "
day," said Governor Wilson. 'Is that
men have not laid their minda along
side one. another in order-to gain a
common understanding as to what they '
were seeking to do. ;"
"I am told,"' he said, "that this oe--caslon
Is unique In American history,
and for that reason It is the more en
Joyed and appreciated." " ......
Congressman Sabath of Illinois asked'
Governor Wilson to give an explanation
of his reference to "men of the meaner ' "
sort" In his "History of the-American
People." v
Explanation Is Made.
"I want an explanation ald" fiabatU,"" "
"because of the charge that he has ;
slandered a race or nationality. Ha
told me that he had been improperly -quoted
and that an unjustifiable Inter
pretation had been placed .on ..what he. i
wrote. .Taken In its entirety, he said,
the portion of his book referring1 to
"men of the meaner sort" was no re- .
flection on any people, and was not in
tended as such. He satisfied me whol
ly. and I hold nothing against him."
Extra Session Predicted.
"Next year we will be In session all
summer, because Governor Wilson , will,
be elected president and will call an
extra session to begin the work of car-"
rylng out the pledges of the Democartlo
platform." .
Some of the visitors returned to
Washington on their special car, and -others
remained to spend Sunday 'at'
resorts along the coast. Speaker Clark
and his son Bennett went down to Deal..
Peach early In the afternoon to see his
daughter. Miss Genevieve, who Is a
guest at the cottage of Colonel George
Harvey, editor of Harper's Weekly.- He ...
returned-in time to- -catch the special
Iq-Wauhlnglnn . '
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HOPE IS ENTERTAINED
Recovery of Mikado Is Im
possible; Throngs Await
Word at Palace Gates,
(I'nltfd Prm fanned wlre.Y
Toklo. July 21. (Sunday) Ths mi
kado was still alive this morning but
very low. His temperature at am.
was 1 03.3 ; his pulse 103 and his res
piration 32. ,.
(t'nlt4 Press Tid Wlr.)
Toklo. July 20. From Mikado Mut-.
suhito's bedside the latest report given
out by doctors Genko Oko. TanemlchU
Aoyama and Klnnosuke Mlura was that
jthe Imperial patient seemed at death's
I door, but that they had not given up
hope.
, Th throng outside the walls of the
' palace ground tried to make the most
of the few crumbs of encouragement
given them by the physicians, but the
better Informed few within knew that
' the word "hope" meant little tn " the
present case his Illness Is mortal, and,
though be may linger In agony for a
few days, or even weeks,, his recovery .
Is Impossible. ".. ,
Buffers High revet. . .
He Is an elderly man wtth little pow.
er of resistance or recuperation and
sufferer from a chronlo and Incurable
disease of the kidneys, which recently
developed Into acute Inflammation ami
is now complicated with a grave Intos.
tlnal disorder. His fever was high to
. night, and though he occasionally mur
mured a few words, he was never more '
than partially consclons and remained
' most of the time In a state of com
plete stupor.
i At ltfaht one t the doctors remained
, constantly at . his majesty's beduld.
;and generally all three were within
i arm's reach of him. The best nursei
In Toklo relieved one another at short
Intervals.
The sufferer's Wife was' t .rtiafl1
- wlMi' If waves, to lea ak,
sick chamber for a fe hours' lp,
la an adjoining room the rrown r e cess
elected to pas the nUt.t. I
AN
SE EMPEROR IS
DEATH'S
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