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THE WEATHER TEMPERATURES TODAY Boston. 8 ft. m. 61 Portland, S a. m. 61 New Yk., 8 a. m. 63: Boise. 8 ft. m. . . 6) Wash'g., 8 ft. m. SiJl Seattle, S a. in, ."54 . Chsrl'u, 8 ft. m. 80! San JPru., 5 ft. m M Chicago, 7 ft. m. 801 RoaeVrir, 5 ft. m, Sd Ka, City, 7 ft. m. 781 M'rshf 'Id, 5 ft. in. 64 St. Paul, 7 ft. m 731 Bpokene, 8 ft. in. OS Portland humidity, 5 a. m . . . . . ...... 73 Showers to night and prob ably Thursday; southerly winds VOL. XI. NO. 119. , PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1912 EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS OF T1IIS A KB MTWg 1T4ND8 FtTI CEXTS. A SUGGESTION OVER 20 FT. BANK 2 PERSONS KILLED WHEN AUTO GOES MINIATURE MONTE CARLO MAINTAINED ON PACIFIC UNER COUNCIL BOOSTS FINES; FIREARMS MEASUREDRASTIC n ". 111 ' . . , 1 1 1 .... , ; " '" '.' ' ""L ' ' '" " ," ' " ""O Chinese Crew of Korea Oper ; ate Gambling Games With . First Cabin Passengers as Exclusive" Patrons." T PASSENGERS PROTEST., BUT TO NO PURPOSE District Attorney - McNab Will Conduct Thorough Investi gation Into Charge. (United Preit Leased Win.) Ban Francisco. Cal., July 24. Men and women of the exclusive smart set of two continents crowding about fantan tables operated by slant eyed Celestials on board the Pacific Mall liner Korea dur ing' the voyage from the orient to San Francisco were the conditions that ob tained on shipboard night and day dur ing tbe entire trip, according to deposi tions . by prominent passengers filed here today with United States District Attorney John L. McNab. Chinese members of the crew operated -eight to ten fantan tables-on the- main deck, among the first class passengers, end in full view of the promenade deck, at all hours of the night and day, state tha depositions. Women high in social circles and men whose names are known around the world crushed about the Chi nese gamblers for a chance to play. The patronage of the tables is said to have been almost exclusively from the first cabin passengers. Thousands of dollars changed hands, and frequently the bcjewelcd fingers of social leaders touched the greedy palms of the Chinese who manipulated the cards. When mesh purses were drained, borrowing and ex changing of I. O. U'a were resorted to. The scene was a miniature Monte Carlo, according to those who watched, the playing. According tp the depositions of pass engers, the Chinese members of the crew, who were not hindred by the ship's officers, are reld a wage of $7 per month by the Pacific Mall company, and passengers making the depositions declare their belief that the officials of tha company make no apparent at tempt to prevent the poorly paid crews from ' swelling their lnoome ovef the gaming tableB.- A score of passengers, .according to United States District Attorney McNab, drew up resolutions of protect against what they termed the disgraceful con ditions .that obtained aboard, and as soon as tha Korea had landed placed the protest In the haifds of pacific Mall officials. They assert that they received no answer to their communication. The chief deponent' was John N. Mills, prom inent business man of Evanston, Ind. McNab declared today that he would nvftk ft thorough investigation of tha alleged prevalence of gambling aboard Pacific liners, although he has not de termined what Jurisdiction his office may have In handling the situation. $1 Railroad Communication Is Broken and City Water Sys tem Put Out of Business, (United PrtM Leased TVlre.) J,' Wausau, Wis., July 24. Scores of farm houses were washed away and property In surrounding rural districts damaged to the extent of II, 000,600 by the breaking of two dams early today In the Wisconsin river north of here. . Although no deaths were reported here, it Is feared fatalities occurred In the outlying districts. Suburban tele phones lines are crippled. Reports received this afternoon say a big power dam, 20 miles north of here broke. Four bridges are down and railroad communication with the strick en territory Is destroyed. The water works plant here la in undated and the city's water supply cut off. WOMAN USES WHIP TO BACK ARGUMENT (UnltedPreaa Ijeaaed WtnO Richmond, Cal., July 24. "Not since my knee pants days have, I suffered'? such a whipping as that woman gave me." This was the assertion here today of A. C. Parsons, wealthy rial estate oper ator of Oakland and Los Angeles, who alleges that he was lashed with a horse whip by Mrs. L. Jacobl, a realty ' sales man of Richmond, following an argu- Tnent over a business .deal. Parsons aj leges Mrs. Jacobl signed realty ' doc uments under two names and when he remonstrated, got busy with the lash. Mrs. JacoM was released on $50 ball for a hearing later Jn 'the Week. TRAINMEN BLAMED FOR FATAL WRECK (United Pre failed Wire.) ,. Corning, H.;.XJui y-2 A-oroner'a jury here today delivered a verdict that negligence by Flagman Lane and Engi neer Schroeder was respouslble for.tbe Fourth of July wreck on the Lacks winna -railroad near here In which 40 persons were killed. " Coroner Smith is sued' warrants' for the arrest ,ef "both men. e DAM CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE IN WISCONSIN Auto Speeder Fines Imposed on 8 OF VERY LIKELY TO LEAD TO District Attorney. Whitman to ' Run Down Gang of Murder ers With' Detectives. lOtilted Prew I-Md Wlre.l ..... New Tork. July 24. That other fnur ders may follow tha sensational killing of Herman Rosenthal, to prevent revela tlon of the alleged complicity of New York police with the gamblers' ring, is generally believed here today following an alleged attempt to "wipe out" Attor ney Levy, counsel for Louis LIbby and William Shapiro, now in the Tombs for complicity In the Rosenthal crime. Levy, whoBerlients are believed to have confessed their share in the gang murder, declares that last night his house was "Jlmmled"and ransacked in his absence. He believes his life- was sought. The burglarizing of Levy's home, fol lowing upon receipts of. various threats by anonymous persons to kill District Attorney Whitman unless his fight on the : olice is dropped, is said to be caus ing Whitman the greatest uneasiness. Despairing of obtaining the evidence he seeks, against Rosenthal's slayers through the medium of his own detec tives. Whitman Is said to have con cluded arrangements with William J. urns ,to take their trail and all the acumen of Burns' agency is understood to havo been brought Into play today to solve what still is one of the greatest mysteries uncovered in New York in years. x Circulars asking for the arrest of Whitey Lewis, "Lefty" Loewe, Samuel Sheps, Harry Horrowita and ''Dago Frank," in connection with the murder of Herman Rosenthal, the New York gambler, were sent to the police depart ments of all big cities today by the local authorities. This action followed the testimony given before the grand Jury yesterday by Rosenthal's widow, and conversations in the Tombs) between William Shapiro and Louis Libby gotten by means of dictagraphs. The. application for a writ of habeas corpus sought for Webber .was denied by Justice Giegerlch and the hearing of the application In behalf of Samuel Paul was continued. e A new theory concerning the escape (Continued on Page Four.) F OF (Cnlted Press teaae Wire.) Rome, July 24. Eighteen persona were 'severely Injured here today When a street car Jumped the track, 'plunged Into the Roman forum and mounted the ruins of the rostrum where Maro Anthony delivered Cease r's funeral oration. KILLING GAMBLER OTHER MURDERS ROMAN ORUM SCENE STREETCAR m t-.T-y Gets Rock ADE T L No Distinction Made Doctors and Lawyers Are Caught in the Net, Albert. Hyde? professional chauffeur, was sentenced five days on tha rockpile this morning by Municipal Judge Taz well for reckless driving. Speed Officer Coulter made the arrest yesterday even ing on Thompson street. The officer's record showed Hyde was going from 80 to 35 miles an hour. At one point on Thompson street, the auto whirled through a crowd of children, but none was struck. Hyde explained that ha was in a hurry to get home. H. Borham, driver for M. Barde 4k Sons, was first given a Jail sentence of five days for speeding, but the Judge later changed It to a fine of $20 as he has been in the city only three days, has a wife and child, and the sentence would revert upon them. Evidence showed he drove a large motor truck from Mount Tabor to East Thirty-ninth street at a rate of 20 miles an hour. Dr. C. O. Young was fined $25 for Bpeedlng 30 miles an hour on Hawthorne avenue. The physician explained that he had been.attendlng one patient and was on his way to see another.' H. H. Schwartz was fined $20 for speeding on Union avenue. He was going 30 miles an hour. He explained that he was In a hurry to get home. The judge characterized his driving as "ex tremely reckless and dangerous." Pete Dones and R. A. Twlss were each fined $15 for- speeding on ft motorcycle. J. O. Hoyt was fined $20 for speeding on the Grand avenue bridge. John Huber was fined $20 for speeding. Jack Miller was fined $25 for speeding 25 miles an hour. Attorney G. Everett Baker has been arrested for speeding, his case coming up Thursday. The case against F. H. Claus for speeding will be heard Fridays' " New York. July 24. That Dorcas Snodgrass, the missing Mount Vernon heiress whose disappearance Is a parallel to the Dorothy Arnold case, Is still In New York, is declared today by Phoebe Cummings. a Mount Vernon lady's maid. The girl says she saw Miss Snodgrass in West Twenty-third street Monday after noon, and at the time called the incident tothe attention of heremployertMrs, C" Gibson. "' The" police have "been" un able to verify the girl's Identification. It was learned - here today that a Dhvalcian whose name has haen rnn. nected with the disappearance of Missl Snodgrass, sailed for Europe last Thurs day, but the girl waa not aboard the same liner. The police admit they are POLICE E l AGAINS ALL RECKLESS ATORS OF THE LAW DORCAS SNODGRASS MAY BE ONLY HIDING Pile Sentence Other Offenders 1 REGULATION OF PUBLIC Councilman -Daly Behind the Measure; Mayor to Name Three Members of Board, Opening up possibilities hitherto un dreamed of for the regulation of a great corporation, Councilman WIH H. Daly created a profound sensation In the city council today when he Introduced an ordinance providing for the creation of a puolic utilities commission for the city of Portland. The ordinance provides mr a com mission of three citizens to be ap pointed by the mayor, the commission to exercise absolute control over all public service corporations doing busi ness within the city. "I have no doubt that the council has authority to create such a commission," said Councilman Daly this afternoon, "as I have opinions from many eminent attorneys to the effect that the ordi nance would be binding In every respect. I sincerely hope that the measure passes, as In It I see a solution of all questions that have vexed the city law makers for years In their efforts to regulate railroad, gas, electric, tele phone and other corporations. "The ordinance Introduced by me calls for a commission, modeled after the pub lic service commission of the state of Wisconsin, but adapted to the needs of Portland. It gives the" commission ample authority to regulate rates and service within the city and is In no respect a makeshW-subterfuge such as the notorious MalarRcy bill com mission, which If it had been permitted by the people to become a law, would have protected corporations instead of giving the public the right to regulate them. The Itfarlaricey bill hs been placed under the referendum and I am confident It will be overwhelmingly defeated by the electroate at the No vember" election. If the council passes my ordinance the public will be able to secure efficient service from all cor porations at jnlnlmum cost." The Daly ordinance provldeds for three commissioners who shall each receive a sala.? of $6000 a year. The ordinance waa-referred by the council to the ' Judiciary committee. tMrtnUK Uh JAPAN IS SLOWLY IMPROVING (United Preii Leutd Wire.) Taklo, July 24. An official bulletin issued this morning by the physicians In attendance upon the emperor announce that his condition is much improved and that he Is expected to be out of critical condition within three or foul days. The feeling throughout Jhe empire Sis) one "of general' relief and confidence in his ultimate recovery. The crown prince visited the sick room this morning. The bulletin etates that the mikado has taken about a half pint of milk and light gTuel within 12 hours and that the albumin and diabetlo condition is much improved. The pulse this morning ILI I PROPOSED ORDINANCE SUBMITTED wat.fi,.the, esplraUonja, . Penalty for Violation of Cityl Ordinance Prohibiting Car rying Concealed Weapons Now $50, Instead of $5; PERMITS TO BE ISSUED BY CHIEF OF POLICE Dealers to Make Daily Report of All Sales of Deadly Weapons. By unanimous consent the city coun ell this afternoon amended the fire arms ordinance by increasing the fine for violations from $5 to $50. and by In sertlng other provisions that, it is hoped, will greatly reduce crime at tributed to the deadly revolver. The measure makes it .unlawful to carry concealed weapons of any rharnc ter without a permit from the chief of police and prohibits the sale of any re volver, dirk or other dangerous weapon without a complete record of the sale being made and transmitted to the police headquarters. Dealers are required by the ordinance to secure the narrfes of all purchasers of such weapons and to send a list of all sales to the chief of police every day before 12 o'clock, noon. FORM OFFSHORE SELLING AGENCY Oregon and Washington Lum ber Manufacturers See Plan Whereby Business May Be Materially Increased. Sawmill owners in Oregon and Wash ingtoti catering to the foreign trade are at work on the organization or a larg central selling agency through which it Is planned to handle the business now done Individually and through brokers It will be organized along lines similar to those of selling agencies handling rail business, of which there Is one in this city, the Douglas Fir Sales com pany with offices 1n the Yeon building, O. M. Clark of tha Clark & Wilson Lumber company Is chairman of a tern porary organization effected a few days ago at a meeting In Tacoma and an other meeting will be held there tomor row to further discuss the mapped out plans and If possifilo perfect the or ganization. As the plans are yet tenta tive, the question of headquarters has not been decided, but one of the princi pal lumber shipping ports in one of the two states will bt) selected, and It is understood that local branches probably will also be maintained. The agency will have representatives In all of the princi pal lumber markets In tne world where Pacific northwest lumber finds a sale, and it Is hoped also that new markets may be developed by cooperation and concerted action. May XJandle More Business. Oregon and Washington annually send away millions of feet of lumber, th prepondertng percentage Of which is Douglas fir. and the marketing cost :s said to be a very material item of ex pense. By centralizing the business It Is believed, too, that orders can be filled to better advantage, as one call ing for immediate delivery may be di vided among a number of mills affil iated with the agency. This Is being done to a certain extent by the brokers now. but by organization the mills will be in position to handle a larger volume of business direct. "Plans are yet tentative," said Mr. Clark this morning when asked for an outline of the project, "but we expect to hold a meeting tomorrow and then It will probably be possible to make a more definite announcement. I leave for Tacoma this evening to attend the meeting." Douglas fir finds a demand In nearly (Continued on Page Four.) L OF HELPLESS WOMEN Americans in State of Chihua hua, Unable to Leave, May Be Massacred, (I'nltrd Trent Leaaed Wire.) El Paso, Texas, July 24. Fears that a massacre of Americans may be the out pome of the situation In Madera, Chi huahua state, were intensified here to day when word was received from that place that 400 mutinous Mexican rebels had arrived there, and that the efforts made to send American women and-children out of the region have failed. The rebels, H Is reported, are looting the homes of American residents ' and threatening to kill all who resist Horses and pack mules are being solaed wher. ever found, and the gravest apprehen sion is felt that a murderous outbreak may occur at any hour, a Al OWNERS REBELS ARE MUTINOUS AND THREATEN ES Five Others Narrowly Escape When Machine Driven by B. E. Fiske Turns Turtle Driver and MissToohig Die. SEVEN PASSENGERS PINNED UNDER CAR Slight Turn in Road, Unseen by Driver, Cause of Acci dent, Say -Passengers. Two persons were almost instantly killed and five others narrowly es caped serious Injury when an auto mobile driven by Bertrand E. Flskn. of 640 Elizabeth street, Portland heights, rolled down a 20 foot embank mnt on the north east side of Mount Tabor, after the machine had left the Bhss Lin road, shortly before 10 o clock last night. Miss Elizabeth Toohlg, 23 years old. a school teacher of Oakland.Cal., who nad oeen visiting tne family of George B. Thompson, of 861 Francis avenue. anl Bertrand Edgar Fiske. 41 years old; a manufacturing optician with of fices m the Macleay building, were1 killed. John F. D. Martin,-an optician, 861 Francis avenue, sustained a few cuts on the face and body bruises, and A. F. Miihsell of Prosser, Wash., sustained a slight fracture of the Jaw. The other, members of the party who escaped in Jury were George B. Thompson and wife of 861 Francis avenue, manager of the B. F. Fiske & Co., manuafcturing opti chns. and Miss Agnes Thompson of Ban Francisco, a sister of Georga B. Thomp son. All Finned Under Car. Mr. Fiske, who owned the car, had met the party in his office early In the evening, and volunteered to take them home. When out on the east Bide one of the party suggested that they make the trip around Mount Tabor to see the city, according to the story told by George B. Thompson this morning. Mr. Fiske Immediately started tha car out the Base Line Road, going at a speed of 10 or 12 miles an hour, when the hill was reached1 -every one in the party was conversing, and it waa prob ably due to this, said Mr. Thompson, that Mr. Fiske did not notice the. slight turn in the road. The big- machine swerved off the road and rolled down (Continued on Page Four.) IDEAL ROAD BUILDING PLAN IS SUBMITTED 10 E II N LI Idea Furnished by Samuel Hill Does Not Permit of Money Being Spent Anywhere but on the RoadUnit of Cost Carefully Figured Out. Long, Graceful Curves Provided for Scheme Intended, to Revolu tionize Highway Construction In the State Plan Is Laid Before (Jovernor Free. "" "" " Samuel Hill sent Governor West a plan for the building of a road today that he believes, if adopted, will revolu tionize the road construction methods of this state. It is a survey of a road to be built from Biggs to Wasco,, but the idea and plan controlling it can be applied to any other road in Ore gon. Mr. Hill paid several thousand dollars for the survey and he has made Governor West as present of the entire work. "The politicians won't like this pKn because it does not permit of money being applied anywhere but to the road," said Mr. Hill, who Is president of the Home Telephone company and national leader In the good roads movement. Common Sense Flan. "It Is simply . common sense applied to highway construction," he added. Not a topographical feature omit ted in this survey which was made for Mr. Hill by Henry L. Bowlby, former highway commissioner of Washington. The balancing quantities of longitu dinal and vertical curvature, are care fully noted. This means that In the building of the road not a shovel ful oft earth will be moved that Is not to be used somewhere else In fill ing. Mr. Hill has discovered that the na tural road for vehicle traffic Is not the straight road but the highway with long graceful curves. It Is the railroad with traction on a tangent that requires the straight course. And so BEEF TRUST IS DISSOLVED, The beef tryst has been dissolved; but so far as competition is concerned, there is no change in the situation. The National Packing company, which was the holding company for the combined packing plants of Armour, Swift and Morris, the big three of the packing world, is ro more. ' The company has Just given up the ghost In Portland, but the price of pro visions has not changed a particle, be cause the same interests are In control tfl(UfhtrTnarntarri(rnhetrTliold"-eti the National Packing company was the arbl.te. f they packing world. . The Portland and Seattle interests Of the National Packing company have passe over to the control of Swift 4 Co., who -operate the Union Meat com pany here 1 Armour has taken over the Spokane -branch of the trus-nd will N CONTROL Wyoming Congressman Makes Strong Denial of Fraud Charges in Taft's Fight for " the Nomination. "r r CONTESTS TRUMPED " ' UP, CHARGE IN TT0USE tWrtfioldt of Missouri to Sup port Taft's Side of the Controversy. (United Press Leaied Wlrs ; v Washington, July 24. Denouncing ' Colonel Roosevelt as "a pirate, who de- liberately misleads the people." and as sertlng that the Roosevelt contests at Chicago were "trumped up and faked," Representative Mondell of Wyoming ia -the house today denied that there .waa -any fraud In President Taft's renomtna tlon, and fired the opening gun of tbe ' campaign In the president's defense. Representative Bartholdt of Missouri, will follow Mondell in presenting the case of the Taft people. Mondell's speech was filled with- denunelatoryeptthetsr " no saia: -. Mcndell Makes Charges. "Roosevelt and his supporters have re peatedly, in the most violent and intem perate language, made serious charges of fraud and wrong doing in connection with the seating and election of dele gates. Few persons realize how men may be led by an over sealoui man and his unscrupulous supporters and subordin ates. Truth is at a disadvantage Jn the -presence of persistent prevarication., "It Is now proposed to steal the livery and secure the benefits of Republican state organizations while repudiating the party. It Is difficult to conceive of a more shameless proposal of pure piracy. The local boss of the new crew U a cautious pirate, but the chief repudiates -any such mushy procedure. Quoth he; 'if you are a pirate, be a pirate. . Carry . the flag as long as It Is to your inter est, but eventually makevthem walk the plank, and scuttle the ship." Clark alight Bolt, Too. Mondell declared thai , Speaker Clark: ' had as much right to desert the Demo cratic party aa Roosevelt had In the' Republican, asserting that the nomina tion was "ruthlessly snatched from htm without warrant, Justification or ex cuse." (Continued on Page Four.) I? this survey provides for the easy curves both longitudinally and vertically. It helps make the best of pulling pow er; it harmonizes with, and gives the best expression to the scenic attract iveness of tha route. T. But, of more Interest 'to th buIIdarV" is the fact that each unit of labor and of cost Is exactly acounted for. Walt Cost Shown. "Show me." challenged Mr. Hill, "where this la done with any other road in -the state. The road building Is guess work and double labor la" per formed to obtain an Inferior result. That la the reason dirt roads out from Portland have cast $24,000 a mils and If anyone doubts this statement let them come In and see; I will prove if. The survey shows where earth which,' must be removed in the construction can be removed at any given place and. how much will be needed at another place. It Indicates the unit coat In each of these Instances. Sample pages of the surveyor's books Included with the blue print show Just how con clusions set forth were: reached, ..., . A model cross section of an earth road Is shown indicating proper con struction with drainage between the upper side and the embankment, to. prevent washing. There la set forth, in fact, everything essential by way of method needed in building a road and making exact science of the work, Nothing la left to guess-work and even: a layman can scan the blue prints and understand. BUT SAME PARTIES likewise have the: Montana . Interests. Swift has taken over the San Francisco portion of the trust and likewise hse an interest in the Western Meat com pany at the same place. The Hammond plant of the National Packing company at Chicago, which was the biggest concern that the National company operated, has been passed overto the Swift interests, while tha Anglo-American plant in the same city has gone to the control' of Armour, It is not known hero what plants and ter. rnrtlwtr1asefTred.tnt 1 ?"e division is said to have, been ; equal. The. Jratlona! Packing company waa used by the beef trust to regulate the ttff'-r aid price of provisions and recent:? came under notice ?f the govrnmn'. Later it. was decided by te trust c-' clals to deo!ve the con piny la f t -? tciuMa witty the rv ANS MAY NOT APPROVE PRICES ARE UNCHANGED