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t1 ' TEMPERATURES TODAY Boston, 8 a. m...t9 Portland. B a. m. CI Kw York ..70BoU ,6 Washing-toa ..74 satUs ,.ej Charleston "..80 Ban rnn, "..64 Chicago, 7 a. m.. .72 Eoseburg H . . 5d San. City " ..68Maralitiel4 M ..83 Bt Paul . .ftspokaao . ,.6a Portland humidity, A a. a. .......... 8 WEATHER v Probably -fair .tonight -nd Thursday; -cooler; e a b t erly winds. . PPTrt TWf TPMTC ; OK TltAniS AWOltFWS LAST-EDITION PORTLAND, OGdNl)ESDAVEVENINGUGUST21r-1912 SIXTEEN ' PAGES. "i vt. v ii 'iY r. '. tt at . - ' -t r-J . , V End Comes at Lakeview Offsprings t H'Me Portland Loses Hard-Working Citizen Whose Last Trip Was to Lake County in In terest of Development. Lakeview, Or.. Aug. 21. -Ch arles B. Merrick, postmaster of Portland, died of heart failure about 5 o'clock this morning while taking a swim with friends at the Hot Springs bathing, pool. The pool Is two miles south of Lakeview. At the pool were three physicians but their combined efforts were use less to revive him. ' Mr. Merrick was one of the Port land delegates to the Central Ore gon Development congress. Postmaster Merrick and Drs. Grif fith of Bend, Everett of Lakeview and Morrison and Robinson of Reno, took an auto for Hot Springs about 3:30 a. m. to enjoy a plunge. Noth ing happened to niar their pleasure until after til in the party had com menced to dress when one of them asked whore the post master was. They glanced around the pool and someone happened to look in the clear water and could boo the body lying at the bottom In about four and one half feet of water. Several Immediately plunged in and grab bing hlin commenced a hard battle to revive respiration, working like Trojans for more than an hour, but not at any time Having the slightest result to Indicate their efforts were f avail. The physicians have agreed that death was due to heart lesion, caused by the warm water. The verdict of the coroner's Inquest was the same. Mr. Merrlc came to Lakeview ev eral days ahead of the Portland Com mercial club members on tlic.Ir visit to the Central Oregon Development league, being k'Ompanlel by K. A. Perry of the Oregon ltetall Grocers' association, organizing the merchants here. They topped nt the home of Arthur W. Or ton, register of tho I.akevtew govern ment land office. Slsaps Baforo Trip to Baths. Lost night Mr. Merrick complained at an early hour that he wns t!rel and would go to bed, hut asked Mr. Orton to call him about 11 o'clock If he was awake, asi ho and friends were going to (Continued on Pn(f Klve.) Assistant Postmaster William son Gets News of Mr, Mcr ' rick's Death at 10 o'Clock, Teleirrarhio Infflrujatmn of the death tf Postmaster C. B. Merrick fiom heart failure 'fis received ly Assistant Post master V. K. Vr'UHnmson Fhrtly before 10 o'clock this forenoon. The telegram was signed by I. A. rrrry, formerly president of the Urepnn Het.iil Grocers' association, whom Mr. Merrick hnd ac companied to Lakeview in an automobile from The Pallcs. Mr. Perry telegraphed thnt the body would be forwarded to Portland tomor row morning via Reno ami Sacramento. If proper train connections arc inado it should nrrtve In Portland at 8:15 a. m. Saturday inoruinK on Southern Pacific passenger train No. Iff. The body will be accompanied bv A. W. Orton, accord ing to the te.Ugrani. Kewa Broken to Widow. When Mr. Williamson r.nd th wire announcing the death of his chlefTiy first thought wits of Mr. Merrick's 'wid ow. He immediately telephoned M,ri!. TI. .T. PlaesInK, n neighbor and close friend of the family, and told her to brJik the news. to the widow, which she did. Mr"). Merrick collapsed when told of her husband's sudden death, and a phy sician was civW"d to attend her. Al most beside herself with grlf. ahe steadfastly declared that the news was not true. At the poKtrfice the news was re ceived with every Indication of aorrow en the part of postofflco officials, and the rank; and file of the service. The news was received quietly, how ever, and the routine of the offlca con tinued without Interruption., Aaalatant Takes Charge. Assistant Postrnnatfr Williamson lm-, mediately took chflrgo of tho tituntlon and wired the postoflce department at Washington of Mr. Merrick's demise. " Tontgrit-Htr-thw 'pffwttrftfcg-snrnuntw tn Portland will be closod and new ,booka ' Continued. on f aga Five.) Swimming ME PHYSICIANS ARE AT HAND BUT NONE CAN 1 HI CHIEFS BOW IS FRIENDS WIDOW PROSTRATED m k n n it n n ', fcarf POSTMASTER CHARLES B. MERRICK , 'I'M '- - ' I - V' ' - 1 s -v- r v 4 " 4 ' s, , S, ' 4 !l ; : f! -viUh.vv City Mourns Loss of Popular Postmaster and One of Lead ing Citizens Expressions of Regrets From Business Men Demise Keenly Felt in "All Circles. The word that Postmaster Charles B. Merrick had auddenly died awept ovar Portland thla morning as a great wave of sadness. He had meant so much to so many people and causes and organizations that among rich and poor there was grieving because of the loss of the Big Brother of the City. Almost anyone In Portland knew the postmaster. Thousands could testify that he had sacrificed personal conven ience time and time again to help them. Thousands could say he had never re- ?B.?A ACM' ? try?1 .Nearly the en- tlra population could "testify to his strongly formative Influence as a leader In public spirit. He was a supporting member of nearly every Portland and Oregon or ganization that had aa a purpose the bettering of living conditions and the elevating of standards of citizenship. From men who knew the work of Charles R. Merrick came expressions that mingled sorrow for his passing and admiration for his work. The expres sion a -mtght b epttomtxed 1 n - a serr--tence: "He was the finest type of man, doing always the best kind of work with the least amount of selfishness and the maximum of good." Aasoclatas Extol Character. Said William P. Woodward, president of tho Retail Grocers' association and direotor in the Greater Portland Plans association? "I have known Charley Mer rick ever since he was In Portland. As a man. a citizen and an official ho lived up to the highest Ideal. He was an Important Asset In the life of the city. He made the postofflce a model. We OF "I BET Y SON OU A MILLION MOTHER YounMultlmllionalre Says lie Is Here Only to Sco the Sights and Enjoy the Hoses, but It's Hinted In Some Quarters. Thnt His Visit May Have Connectltn With Appearance of J. F. Harris, Xew York Banker; His Wife Is a Beautiful and Charming Woman. Charles fi. Gates, multimillionaire, Fon of tho late John W. Gates, In his time one of the world's greatest plungers and speculators In finance, is In Portland today, accompanied, by. his wife and mother. They are seeing the city from an automobile and enjoying the charming weather of tho coast. When the elder Mr. Gates died. a coup le years ago, he left an estate estimated at about v40,000,000 and the youjiger Mr. Gates, who Is not many years over 30 Is looking after the interests of this great weaUh. Young Mr. Gates was married Just about a year ago last September and his wife, formerly Miss .Hopwood, was ono of the most prominent society girls of Minneapolis. Mrs. Gates is a beauti ful and charming woman aa Is her mother-in-law, widow of the late finan cial leader, The underlying purpose of Mr. Gates' trip to Portland, is a matter qf con jecture. All that can be learned from the party Is thut .they are here to en joy the tfi$. admire the scenery and see the metropolis of Oregon, of which they are hearing so much. th world Xauioua.. xostaljL.HootU. &n.dsof.oj'Lu. Men in business and finance who Have heard of Mr. Gates' arrival intimate Ilia t It Is of. vastfy greater significance, that Fails Him can't afford to lose him. like. him.". We need more Mayor Rushlight Mr. Merrick was the big influence behind the scenes in the Retail Grocers' association of Port land and the state organization of re tail merchants. John Malley, president of the Retail Grocers' association Wo feel that we hve sustained a loss that cannot be repaired. I believe I speak for every member of our organization when I say that he was one of the noblest charac ters I have ever known. Frank C. Rlggs of the Rotary club "Ha set us all an example. He made us love his personality. My, how we shall miss Charley Merrick! Ad CUnb Monrna Rim. President Albert G. Clark of the Ad club attributed to Mr. Merrick most of the club's vitality . and wonderful growth. "Ha was the originator pf many of the features that made the ciub pop ular," said Mr. Clark, "among thom the roll call, the rotating chairmanships, the biographies. He was the second presi-dn-ftmr--rrtrh-. -Hr-ptrt-tnTo" " efreet many of the things that have mnde us strong, and wa were planning that he should ba president again next year, If he would accept It." Eugene Brookings' president of the Progressive Business Men's club, said: "His death Is an untold loss to the community. He had hl big place in every constructively good thing In city and stata 11 on of our most active club members." "The community will not qnlrklv re cover from the death of Mr. Merrick," said John C. Alnsworth. president of trie (Continued on Page rive.) ARE SEEING PORTLAND he Is probably here In tho Interest of some large financial proposition. And It is understood, too. that several millions of the enormous Gates wealth are .already Invested In Oregon securi ties, in fact, persons who claim to he elescly in touch with affairs of finance, link his presence here to that of J p. Harris,' of Harris, Winthrop & Co., the big New York bankers, who arrived here Monday With President Howard -Elliott of the Northern Pacific, and spent yes terday between Portland" and Eugene viewing the YIllamette valley from auto and electric car. Mr. Harris, It is understood, left the Elliott party last night and struck out for New York. The private car "Superb," in which Mr. Gates' party is traveling, rolled into the North Bank terminals this morn ing shortly after sunrise, attached to No. 3, the regular morning train of the North Bank, line from Spokane. The elder Mr. Gates, often called "I-bet-you-a-mllllon" Gates, because he once offered to bet $1, 000,000 on some proposition, was better known to the public as tho man who tried to corner tlie..iyheat market... la LCliit'USaAiBtti years ago.. The Gates party plan to leave for Seattle this evening. GATES y- - - P i nsiruiirr'i PREPARE TO FALL War Department Orders Tenth Infantry ttrMake Ready for Embarkation Upon Short Notice. CRUISER DENVER DUE AT C0RINTO SUNDAY Marines Probably Will Be Put Ashore to Go Overland to Managua. (rntti-il V? t,Hert Wlre.i Washington, Aug. II. Seven hundred marines were ordered to Nicaragua this afternoon by the navy department. 'The Transport Prairie, now nt Philadelphia, will sail at once with thnt number of men direct to Colon, Panama. The cruiser California, now at San Diego, was also ordered to sail for Panama City. The 700 marines will be taken across the Isthmus and placed on board the California, and rushed to Corlnto, Nicaragua, Washington, Aug. 21. The war de partment, fearing that a clash In NIc aragua Is Inevitable, prepared' today to send additional United States troops to the disturbed Central American republic. The Tenth regiment of infantry, now In Panama was ordered to hold Itself In readiness for embnrkatlon on short notice. The United States cruiser Denver, which Is due In Corlnto next Sunday, carries 300 inarin8. It la expected the marines will be ordered to proceed over land to Managua, where tho situation Is regarded as extremely critical, to rein force the American forces already landed there. Dispatches received at the stata de partment say that General Mena, th-( Insurgent leader, has evaded United States Minister Wellzel's demand that the rebel general withdraw his threats to burn and loot Managua. Weltzel has notified Mena that the United States will not permit any further at tacks upon the city. Garrison Is Massacred. Managua, Aug, 21 Almost an entire detachment of BOO Nlearaguan govern ment troops, comprising the garrison of the city of Lon, north of the capital. was massacred by a force of Insur gents, according to reports received by officials at the capital here today. IS F London, Aug. 21. Tly the terms of the will of General William Booth, opened here tonight, Bramwell Booth, his son, 4s named as the new eommander-ln-chlef of the Salvation army. T. It. Speaks at Jubilee. Oyster Pay, N. Y., Aug. 21. Colonftl Theodore Roosevelt started for Wllkes barre, Pa., today to Bpeak at the Jubilee celebration of Father Curran, which Is scheduled for tomorrow. E TO L FI Aggregate Sent In to Date Is $726,75; Many Small Sums Donated by Common People Contributions to tho Wilson Fund. Previously acknowlAled $7 IK. 75 A Democrat, Portland R.On J. W. 'Bennett Portland 1.00 D. Mc-F. Bennett, Portland'! l.no W. C. Thornasson, Jewell 1.00 Total 5726.75 The campaign for the election of Wil son is being conducted without tho alii of fat corporation contributions. In stead of a generous distribution of money, gained from unknown sources and sent out from the national commit tee, it has to be gatnered from the peo ple in small sums. Many small funds will make a good aggregate, and that Is what The Journal fund Is for. It gives Individuals Inter ested In the success of tho Wilson causo a convenient place to send the rrjoney, with strict credit here at home. . .With .each contrlbutfnn should be in closed a coupon clipped fron The Jour nal, -whereby the proper record can be made. All sums sent in are acklowledged promptly. 1IELL BOOTH SALVATION ARMY CHIE PEPL RALLYING SUPPORT OF JOURNA RW WILSON Woodrow Wilson Campaign Fund TO THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL: Herewith I irtclose " for the Woodrow Wilson cam paign fund. (NAME) (ADDRESS) ..... Mali Uiia coapoawltH youa ooatriaaUoa aacloaad ia ThaJoutnWWU., on Campaign ruad, Portland, Or. CUscka should ba mads payabla t Journal. .. ...... ' It'll I P y. miiareLweettS4praeren uncaugnt k ; No Trace Left at aged 12, whose throat her home at Eugene Monday night. The buildlne is the oue" Tn TWch . t he atrocity happened, her room being upstairs -and that of her fathcfTTOTJUjjGreen, directly, below. sai "V,"NS $ ' ' 1' sit1 ,9 ' it taSl Bloodhound Is as Greatly Bewildered as His Masters When ' Taken to Stricken Home of Eugene Minister; Sus pected Soldier Proves Alibi. (Sprrlnl to Th Journal. k Eugene, Or, Aug. 21. The coroner's Inquest over little Mildred Green, daugh ter of U''V. H. A. Green, whose throat was out ns she lay sleeping, at her home Monday niglit reveals that the crlnin was similar In nature to the Hill and Holtz man murders of Portland, which still baffle, the pollee of that city. The murder left little clew. Not a sin gle hlooii spot, finger mark or foot print outside tho room where the Time v;?H enmmltted was found, nor has the Instrument with which the girl's tli i mi i was cut been discovered. A Mo'Mlliound owned by tho city mar shal of Cottage Grove, Which bus been successful In tracking other criminals during the post year, was unable to strike any trail. The animal seemed as much at ea as the officers. It Is true many people bad trnmpeil around In the yard before the dot; reached there but Inside the, house, where only the officers had ben, it seemed unable to work suc cessfully. At the coroner's Inquest the physi cians who examined the girl's body, her father, Rev. jl. A. Green, and Coroner Gordon were the only witnesses exam ined. Green told the same story h had told the officers and newspaper men during the. forenoon. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the girl ...... . ..v., I -Iff f IT EiV-"1 mt . K t H It Home of Victim an unidentified person cnt as she ..... " - cams to her death by a cut across the neck with some; sharp Instrument In the hands of a person unknown to the jury. A young man who left here on the morning after the murder for Fort Stevens, where he Is encamped with the local militiamen, was under suspi cion, but the officers telephoned the commanders of the fort and of the mili tary organization with which he Is con nected, and satisfactory explanation of all.of his alleged suspicious actions was made and an alibi proven. His land lady reported that she did not know at what time he came borne thut nlKht nor at what time he left, and reported other circumstances to the officers. The brakemnn who saw a negro run ning nt the Southern Pacific depot on the morning of the murder, trying to catch the train, has arrived to assist the officers in their search for the ne gro, but as yet has not found the right man. A number of negroes working on the new railroad here have been closely questioned and their effects examined, but without results. The two sisters and brother of the murdered girl have wired that they will start for home from McGregor, Iowa, this afternoon. They were ap prised of the terrible crime by tele graph yesterday. 2 (fruited Pi-cm Lease Wl.i Newport, R. I., Aug. Jl-Tha nation al tenn!s- doubles championship was won by M. E. McLoughlln of San Fran cisco and Ttiomaa C -Bundy of Los Angeles, who - defeated Raymond D. Little an Gustave F. Touchard, both of Kcwjto rUlb 9..11 tie., Ji aWe. racing acwe-was 8-8, s-2. 8-3, 7-6. ..... , i . Tha content .was held on tha Casino ocurts hers. ----- CALIFORNIANS NATIONAL TENNIS PLAY HOIE REPASSES BUDGET BILL OVER TAR'S 2ND VETO But in Senate Measure Abel-' ishlagjhe President's7 Com-" merce Court Loses by Vote of 34 to 27. . : - 41 VOTES NECESSARTTr xotoTwrrBirswuMG" Executive in Short Message Calls Attention to His Ac- -v tion on First Resolution. , (United Pre., relied Wlr. Washington, Aug. 21. Both houses of con gresa - late- this -afternoon wera cs pected to repass the "budget" bill im mediately, eliminating the provision abolishing the court of commerc, which was objected. tt by President Trtft and was given as his reason for vetoing the measure. The president will then sign It. Congressman Fitzgerald of New Yorlt : said the new bill will provide only suf ficient funds to carry the court until , March 4 next, when President Taft'a present term of office expires. Later the house unanimously passei the budget bill, eliminating the provis ion for; the abollHhrnfliof the cprnmcii court. , Washington, Aug. 21. The attempt -to pass the "budget" bill in the senntt over President's Taffs veto failed. Tha v vote stood 31 In favor of such action : to 27 against. Forty-one votes wefa necessary to pass the bill over the veto. Washington, Aug. 21. By a vote of 154 for to 53 against, the house today passed the ''budget" bill, which pro vides for the abolition of the com--merce court, over President Taft's sec ond veto. Twenty-two Republicans " voted with the Democrats. Congrer!i man Rulzer of New York was the only Democrat voting to sustain the veto. " 1 It Is believed that the senate alio will pass the bill over the president's veto. President Taft vetoed today for th( second time within a week the "budget '' bill" because the measure provided .fir the abolishment of the court of com- ' merce. President Taft'a veto was contains 1 in a message of but ten lines la lengt't. -It called attention to his objection-to. (Continued on Page Two.) REFUSES TO BECOME State Board Again Seeks-Competent Man for Job That Goes Begging Over State, CALBREATH ALSO NEW ASYLUM'S HEAD (Salem Eurenu of The Journal.) Salem, Or., Aug. 21. Dr. J. F. Csl- . breath of Portland, has refused to ac cept the position of superintendent of the eastern oregffirssyrum:"TrrinoTmeuT State Treasurer Kay to this effect last , night. This reopens the knotty problem the present state board has to aolvs'ln trying to launch that institution on a successful course. . Following the resignation of Dr. M. -K. Hall of La Gfandc. and bia.aensa tional letter giving alleged reasons whjfi : the new asylum is doomed to failure, tha ;: position -488- offered to Dr. Calbreath,. -who practically accepted It last Friday, although hsald bo would not say posi tively until ho' 'hid further-cHM(Wa4- Ag It Is planned to open the institution about October 1, it Is Imperative that a superintendent be appointed immediate- ' ly, but members of the state board any' today the whole matter Is so unsettled , that they have no one competent to take charge of such an institution lis sight. It Is not unlikely tho position will M offered to Dr. Frank Griffith, first as sistant at the asylum here, but doubt is expressed as to his accepting It should -it be offered. - PRESIDENT WILL SIGN PANAMA CANAL BILL; Probably Will Later Send Mes sage to Congress Outlining Objections. N (Dnltd Pr Les4 Wlra.V--- - Washington, Aukv-SlPresldant Taft, it was learned today, will not veto tha Panama canal bill; although he does not approve tha measure: Ha thinks, how ever, that congress should make it plait that' tha bill is not. Intended to repeal tha Hay-Pauncefota treaty .. Owing; to tho lateness of tha sassion and tha need for Immeatat Panumft legislation, tha president will sign t t bill, but probably will send a to congress outlining; his objections t i , President, Taft decided to si-n i . bill whan he learned tut in t would. j.ot,.a.ccer.tfH "i an amendment uutho; ; Jlona to appeal to t': ;. from tha fie tolls i'iyyi!ii,.i. DOES NOT APPROVE IT
