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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
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.tonight -nd
Thursday; -cooler;
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LAST-EDITION
PORTLAND, OGdNl)ESDAVEVENINGUGUST21r-1912 SIXTEEN ' PAGES.
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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
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POSTMASTER CHARLES B. MERRICK
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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
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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.
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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.
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(ADDRESS)
..... Mali Uiia coapoawltH youa ooatriaaUoa aacloaad ia ThaJoutnWWU.,
on Campaign ruad, Portland, Or. CUscka should ba mads payabla t
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miiareLweettS4praeren uncaugnt
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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
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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
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Home of Victim
an unidentified person cnt as she
.....
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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.
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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