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.
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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
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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
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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
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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