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THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, SEPTE3IBER 7, 1909. 12 SPEEDY NAGS RAGE HOTEL PERKINS rifth and Washington Sts. In the heart of the business and shopping district. The most modern and up-to-date hotel in the Northwest. LABOR DAY GAIETY I SNAPSHOTS CAUGHT BY AN 0KEG0NIAN PHOTOGRAPHER AT YESTERDAY'S RACES. - .3 t IFI Riverside Club's BigMeet 1$' room. Kooms le. Large and Huge Success. S1; t-1'."' vfi-ru-''' -X'li The PerKtns Motel tirui announces- miuio nwiy aunns; mw.-u. iivS-Sfi dinner and after the theater, by the famous Markee Orehentra. Rates si and op City Quiet, -Holiday Throngs Make Merry at Metzger Picnic Ground. L Q. 8WITLAM), Seo'r FARMERS' TROT IS COMEDY Centrally Located Modern Improvements Imperial Hotel Headquarters "There's a Reason" Enthusiastic Crowd Attends -Harness Events of Driving Club on Rose City Park Track De- ' . : lays Are Fev. (BABY CONTEST A FEATURE fi INEDTO PARK 1V-ljfi't-'? Loeal and long-distance phones- in every Jlb !S5?l:?xriUi nrivate bath, en suite and sinel Oai-MiS'filjinoderately equipped sample-rooms. mm Seventh and Washington Phil. Metschan & Sons, Props. Lona; Distance Phone Rates $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 In Every Room. 'More (Than 3000 Hie to Wooded Tract Salem Crowds Join Gath ering' Game Enliren Outing. Dancing T"ntll Mldnlght- Wlth the usual parade and mass mating- dispensed with. Labor day was passed quietly In Portland yesterday. Offices In both the Courthouse and City Hall were closed, as well as the banks and business houses. Markets and gro cery stores were open tor an hour or two in the morning only to enable house wives to purchase the day's supplies, and Eunday hours were observed at the rost offlce. The Central Labor Council's com mittee in substituting a basket picnic at Metwrer Park for the formal observance of the day was praised by all who par ticipated in the outing. During the day more than 3000 people sought the wooded tract eight miles south of the city on '. the Oregon Electric line. Refreshment booths were erected In various parts of the grounds, -though a large number of the picnickers brought ' thir own baskets and ate their lunches under the trees. A large dancing floor, erected for the occasion In one of the shadiest places in the park, was crowded with dancers all afternoon. There was no formal observance of the day what ever, the original plan of the committee to make it merely an outing being ad hered to. At intervals during the after noon there were races of various sorts, a baseball game and a baby contest which held the big crowd's interest. The early Salem trains took many pic nickers to the park in the forenoon and by noon the special trains had increased the number to more than 15U). At 1:3" o'clock Chairman J. A. Dunn presented to J. D. M. Crockwell of the Electrical Workers' Union a gold watch for secur ing the largest number of subscriptions to the Labor Press. Others to whom prizes were awarded for their efforts In j securing subscriptions were: X. H. Rob ' lnson. C. "W. Ryan. Mrs. L. Gee. T. Xu ' gent and William Olson. Baby Contest Kxcitlng. One of the most Interesting event of : the afternoon was the baby contest. Her ' b?rt Howe Cloyes. a handsome blue eyed boy of 11 months was awarded the first prize, a trophy contributed by Freld lander & Co. It was this same baby who took the first prize last June at the Carmen's picnic at The Oaks. The prize for the second handsomest baby, a pair of shoes donated by the Baron Shoe Company, was won by Alvin Ratty, of Hillsdale. The prixe for the fattest baby, a baby-walker donated by the Powers (Furniture Company, was awarded to Lawrence Holt. The prize for the second heavyweight was awarded to Harry Burk. Jr. Colonel Dan McAllen'a prize, a solid gold locket, for the moot restless baby, was awarded to Margery Ryder. Each of the other half dozen contestants received a blue ribbon suitably Inscribed and to their mothers boxea of candy were given. The WO-yard dash for men was won by L. E. Klumpp, of the plumbers' union, who received a hat donated by the Lion Clothing Company. The girl's race was won by Margery Hutchison and Alice Erickson and the fat man's race by H. .J. Sirard. Miss Lena Beamer won the women's race, and A. Brook secured a bottle of hair restorer In winning the bald-headed man's race. Mrs. L. Beamer I wo-i the married women's race and was awarded a gold clock. The baseball game between the Elec trical Workers, Xo. S17. and Plumbers, No. 51. was won by the Plumbers, 10 to 5. The work of Welch, pitcher for the Plumbers was the feature of the game. Many people went to the park on -the evening trains to dance, arc lights having : been strung around the floor for their t accommodation. It was nearly midnight before the last revelers returned home. Throng Walts for Cars. Considerable Inconvenience was oc casioned late In the afternoon by tbo - non-arrival of trains to take the excur sionists home. A crowd of several hun- ; dred surged about the little station i m waitlnv Iramillpnt iv for tb ratra Most of the picnickers were cheerful, some were cynical and others uttered disparaging remarks about the railroad company. After more than an hour's wait a train of Improvised cars came In rl&rht and the crowd was taken care of. The actions of the train: crew under the rather trying circumstances was marked ly patient and courteous. The troublo arose from the fact that the railroad com pany did not suppose the excursionists would care to return all at one time and the officials did what they could to ex pedite matters. There was no disorder of any kind on the grounds. Some dissatisfaction was expressed that no liquor was to be had, but the determination of the committee not to permit Its sale was commended on all sides. It was a genuine holiday for all. The committee In charge of the outing was: Chairman. J. A. Dunn; C. R. Price and L Jamison, representing the Central Labor Council: J. B. Thorpe. Miscellaneous Trades Council: J. E. Mc Namara. Printing Trades Council: O. D. Forte. Brewery Trades Council; J. H. Cass. Metal Trades Council; M. J. Lynch. Building Trades Council; Joseph Foley. Waterfront Federation; and H. J. Park inson, representing the Labor Press. CHILDREN" STORM THE OAKS Pleasure Park Is laterally Jammed by Holiday Throngs, v Twenty-three acres of park at the Oaks contained yesterday representatives from almost every-f amlly in Portland. School children were out to enjoy a holiday, and succeeded In doing so to their hearts' content. If, merry laughter and smiling faces were Indications. All the regular features of the park were enjoyed to the limit of their capaci ties and the new and special ones were greeted w-lth loud acclaim. The programme in which the children took part was one of the chief events of the afternoon and evening. Donatelll's band furnished the music for the young sters' contributions In the following num bers, under the direction of Professor Montrose M. Rlngler: Fancy march, color drill and posing by 14 girls: maypole waltz. 1 girls: solo dance by Frances Fitzgerald: Spanish solo dance. Miss Bessie Fitzgerald; dance of the Little Witches. 1 little girls: the merry milkmaids. IS girls; solo dance by Frencs Fttzgersld. Little Miss Frances Hoyle. a soubrette recently arrived from Los Angeles, sang "Won't You Bs My Honey" with the A HOT FITVISH IX THE school children furnishing the chorus, andmade a very favorable impression. In the afternoon the Tyrolean Quartet sang and danced and Desperado made his fearful plunge from a high tower. At intermission in the evening Manager Cordray announced from the bandstand to the big crowd assembled that iJespe- rado had met with an accident by being run Into by an automobile on Seventh street in the city and would be unauie to perform again until tonight. It is estimated that between 8000 and 10.000 people visited the Oaks yesterday, and the park had the appearance of con taining many more than that, for the lit tle people swarmed all over the grounds in their restless quest for pleasure, which they appeared to find at every turn. NO LIQUOR, HIS SLOGAN A. D. WARNER COMES TO FIGHT WHISKY HERE. Prohibition Candidate for Mayor of ' Los Angeles Will Give Two Lectures. Adam Dixon Warner, now candidate for Mavor of Los Angeles on the platform of prohibition and municipal ownership of public utilities, arrived in Portland last evening with the announced purpose of opening a campaign against liquor in Ore gon. Mr. Warnet.will have a conference with members of the Ministerial Asso ciation this morning, when he wjll decide upon the time and place of giving two lectures, one entitled "The Modern City" and the other ''The Curse of the Modern Saloon." Whether these will be given at once or In about three weeks, after Mr. Warner has completed a lecture tour throih Eastern Oregon and Washington, will be determined at this meeting. Mr. Warner has just returned from Seattle, where he gave two lectures, and is now ending a series of lectures in the Northwest, prior to returning .to Los An geles to conduct his campaign. He has announced himself as a candidate befora the primaries for Mayor. He is a lawyer by profession and represented Everett. Wash., in the Washington Legislature in 1S97. "The platform on which I am making the race for candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles no saloons and municipal owner ship of public utilities may be too ad vanced in years for this day and age. but the time Is coming when it will be the only platform on which a man can stand." declared the orator-politician at the Seward Hotel last night. "I am fol lowing the same lines in this Northwest tour as those followed by Seaburn Wright, of ' Atlanta, an attorney who has prob ably done more than any other one man In the South toward securing prohibition. "I drank whisky all my life until six years ago. and possibly In the course of my fun and frolic I have induced some fellow to drink too much and go astray, and now I want to atone for that. If I can now spend the afternoon of. my life by lifting some fellow from the thralldom of whisky or the saloon, or by keeping some young man from getting under their control, then I know of no service I can do of more benefit to my fellow-man. "I am satisfied from by experience of 30 years as a lawyer and in active po litical life in the West that the saloon and Its ' connection with politics has de based our civic. virtue and has been the prime cause of all rottenness in civic government. There isn't a city in the United State that has been slandered and disgraced by exposure and Investigations in the last 10 years that has not been the victim of saloon politics. Our official lawlessness I charge squarely to the Ba loon and whisky. If the city government Is rotten? then the majority of the citi zens are rotten or our civic government Is a living lie, for the government will be as high or as low as the citizenship is high or low." Young Man Could Not Swim. Friends of Samuel McAllister, the young man who was drowned while In the Columbia River at a point about 14 miles from Portland on Sunday evening, say that McAllister could not swim a stroke and are at a loss to account for his attempting to swim in such deep water as that near where his clothing was found. There were 14 or 15 members of the party with whom the young man had started on an outing. They left Port land at about 8 o'clock Sunday morn ing, went about 14 miles down the river and lunched. The party then separated and scattered around the river bank. Young McAllister declared that he was going to go swimming and when the rest of the party returned no trace could be found of him other than his clothing on the bank. Postmaster-General May Come, Should his present plans carry, Postmaster-General E. A. Hitchcock will at tend the convention of the Presidential Postmasters' Association to be held in Portland on September 15. B. W. John son, secretary and treasurer of the as sociation has been In communication with the Postmaster-General, who announced that he will, undoubtly attend the annual sessions!. Postmasters of the fourth class from all parts of the stats axa expected to be in attendance. ! , .Av r-.'t ; ''-r- ' r ARMERv R4.CIV r'OR HORSES NEVER BEFORE OS A TRACK. t :--V'' ! i- jit, " . ' - t r if NED THOBAE BEATING THE JEWELL IX .THE FINAL HEAT OF THE 2:40 TROT. r LABOR WILL FIGHT Morrison Says Political Cam paign Will Continue. AMEND ANTI-TRUST LAW Federation Is Gratified by Success Against Congressmen and Will Renew Effort to Get Rid of Injunctions. ' LOUI8VILLE, Ky., Sept. . That the American Federation of Labor Intends to continue Its efforts to defeat men for office who are hostile to the legis lation it supports was stated today by Frank Morrison, secretary of the feder ation, in a Labor day address. He said: "The American Federation of Labor will continue its political campaign of electing its friends and defeating those who are indifferent or hostile to the en actment of labor measures. We had our first general battle last year. We will continue our engagements in the Con gressional field until our measures are adopted. The gain made in electing rep resentatives of labor In the State Legis latures reached far beyond our most san guine expectations. The results of our efforts in the Congressional field were such as to give us renewed courage and hope. "The most determined effort will be made by the Federation to secure an amendment to the Sherman anti-trust law that will enable any court to place the narrow construction upon It.- It Is con sidered by all who have studied the prop osition without bias that the framers of the Sherman anti-trust law never Intend ed that It should be applied to labor unions, "The Federation proposes to continue to fight for such legislation as will prevent Judges from Issuing Injunctions upon be heBt of corporations to Intimidate organ ized labor in the case of a strike. "The Federation will continue its ef forts to secure an amendment to the eight-hour law, so that it will apply to contractors and subcontractors. "The Federation will continue its ef forts to secure a stricter Immigration law that will prevent the exploitation of alien workers for the purpose of reducing the wage rate of our American civilization to the conditions existing at McKees Rocks and among the employes of the steel trust, with Its untold capitalization and stock, a condition which representative clergymen declare Is unfit for publica tion and a disgrace to our civilization." DARROW IS BAY CITY SPEAKER Addresses 50,000 Labor Unionists In Labor Day Celebration. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6. Fifty thousand union men participated today In the parades In this city and Oak land, Inaugurating the ceremonies and festivities of Labor day, according to an estimate made by Grand Marshal P. H. McCarthy, who led the host on this side of the bay. The Oakland parade started at S It t iBiiiiiii -.4 5f- u I i . 1 - v " "? '- 't o'clock, and the San Franciscans be gan their march a half hour later. A Joint celebration was held by the unions of both cities at Shellmound Park. The orator of the day at the park was Clarence S. Darrow, the . Chicago attorney, who defended the miners' leaders. Haywood, Mover and ?ettl bone. In their trials at Boise, Ida. LEGACIES REMAIN UNPAID Court Refuses to Let Real Property Make. Vp Deficit. OREGON CITY, Or., Sept. 6. (Spe cial. ) County Judge Dimick has Just de cided an Interesting case in the Probate Court, involving the settlement of the estate of Mrs. Honor Marks Whltlock, who died December 25, 1S93, leaving a will, in which her son, William Whitlock. and Charles H. Caufield were named ai executors. Tne latter declined to serve and William Whitlock's appointment was confirmed. Several bequests were made In the will, among them being" $200 to the American Home Missionary Society of New York, and $100 to the Sunday School Publishing Company of New York. The executor was made the residuary legatee. Tha. Bank of Oregon City secured some of William Whitlock's property on an execution, and about one and one-half years ago had an abstract made, disclos ing the fact that the Honor Marks Whlt lock estate had never been settled and that the two legacies, amounting to $300. had never been paid. The matter was referred to State Senator Hedges in qrder to clear the title and he filed a petition In behalf of the bank to remove the execu tor, who had never filed a final account. Whitlock in turn filed a petition for an order to sell the real property of the estate so that he might pay the two unpaid bequests, stating that all of the personal property of the estate had been used and appropriated, and that there was none on hand belonging to the estate for the payment of the bequests. Whit lock stated In his peltion that he was bankrupt and Insolvent and unable to pay his debts. The Bank of Oregon City filed a de murrer to the petition, on the ground that the statute of limitations had run against the two claims and against the proceed ing and that the court has no power or Jurisdiction to proceed. In sustaining the emurrer. Judge Dimick says: "The law never contemplated that an executor should take charge of an estate where there is a large amount of personal property, sufficient to pay all legal claims against the estate, convert the same to his own use, and then after a period of 14 years come into court and ask that real property belonging to the estate, and which has since gone into the hands of third parties, be sold for the purpose of paying certain claims or bequests that have lain dormant for more than 14 years, by simply falling to allege the total amount of the sales of personal property and substituting - therefor an allegation 'that your petitioner has no other personal property of any kind or nature In his possession or under his control belonging to said estate 'for the payment of said bequests, and that your petitioner has for a long time past been bankrupt and insolvent and unable to pay . his debts.' " GREAT CAREY ACT LAND Opening at Mllner, Idaho, Septem ber 20th at 10 o'Clcok. Write for booklet to the Twin Falls Oakley Land & Water Company, Milner. Idaho. ' - Ths annual matoh bill tor the world is 1186.000, 000. Some exciting finishes to a series of classy races pleased an - enthusiastic crowd at the Country Club track at Rose City . Park, yesterday afternoon, and made the big Labor day matinee harne5e meet of the. Riverside Driving Club easily the best event which that sport- loving organization has pulled otr tms season. Though no records were broken, the amateur driver? sent their nags around the course to pretty fast time in several of the heats. Competition for' honors be tween the different owners was especially keen. Every last driver went out there to-prove that his own trotter or pacer was about the fastest piece or norse uesn in these part?, with the result that the pnectators were treated to a number of races In which a good sized side bet not down on the programme played a part. The hardest-fought race of the day was the 2:85 pace, in which four fast local harness horses participated. It took four heats to settle the strife between- them. When Fred T. Merrill piloted Brownlace in flrst at the head of a scattered field In the first heat, it looked as though he had the race hitched up with a Spanish hit. But he did not, as the result showed. The next heat was snatched by a nose from Miss Altalena by W. A. Laidlaw's Baron Lovelace, Miss Altalena breaking badly, only a few rods from the wire and falling back to third while Walter Andrews' Pateau raced In second. Mer rill ended in fourth place. O. J. Brown, however, drove Miss Altalena to the front in the next heat at a 2:26 gait, and won the final in 2:27H by a scant neck after a hot brush with Baron Lovelace. Merrill also ended fourth in both these heats, Brownlace failing to keep his stride. This Race for Blood and Side Bet. For clean excitement the match race for the best two heats out of three for blood and a $500 sidebet besides, between T. W. Murphy's pacer Prindexter and C. W. Todd'e trotter Debty, headed the card. Prindexter took the first heat but Debty caine back strong and won the second In 2:2fr-when the pacer broke. In the final Prindexter revenged himself by grabbing the heat and match with a rare burst of speed on the stretoh after break ing badlv at the last turn. AIL sorts and conditions of nags entered the farmers' race, the only condition of which was that none of'the horses should have been on a track before. The crowd had a great time of it when Starter Wood tried to get the five country beasts lined up for the start. Nell a big bay steed, with legs half as long as- a telegraph pole, entered by W. J-Young, refused to hurry and took her time serenely, with the result that the bunch had to be sent back four times. Young told the officials of the meet that his mare had never been beaten on the road, and he didn't think she would have much trouble on the track; but when she finally did get off, Nell set a, comfortable Jog that landed her a bare fourth, though the crowd cheered her till their throats ached. Henry Drennan with Jessie captured the race in 2:43, Paul Brunzell's Pllghter was second, and Bobs, driven by C. W. Todd, third. Mile Dash for Thoroughbreds. Another exciting race was a quarter mile -dash between thoroughbreds, for a bet of $50, Walter Smith's Agnes beating Charles Hoy's Frosting with room to spare. Johnson Porter's big hunter, Wal lace L., which made almost a clean sweep at the last horse show,, ran an ex hibition half mile In 6CH4 seconds. , Much of the success of the meet was due to the efficient work of the officials, who got the races started off in better time and had fewer delays vthan generally go with a gentlemen's harness meet. C. S. Wood was an efficient starting Judge. The judges of the finish were G. A. West gate and Samuel E. Kramer. Mr. Kramer as announcer was heard all over the course. The timers were Fred T. Merrill, E Hoiise and C. W Flanders. The club officials who had the meet in charge were President W. A. Laldlaw, Vice-President Al Powell, Treasurer J. S. Crane and Sec retary Paul S. Dick. The summary fol lows: Summary of Events. 2-40 trot, one mile, first heat Ned Thome won. The Jewell second. Fairy Ally third; time 2-32(4. Final Xed Thome won. The Jewell eecona; time Match race, one mile, for $500 side bet between T. W. Murphy's pacer Prindexter and C. W. Todd's trotter Debty. first heat prindexter won; time 2:27. Second heat Debty won; time 2:29. Final Prindexter won; time 4:26. Farmers' race, one-mile dash for horBes never before on the track Jessie, driven by Henrv Drennan. won; Plighter, driven by Paul Brunzell. second; Bobs, driven by C. W. Todd, third; time 2:43. Quarter-mile dash, between thorough breds, for $50 side bet, Walter Smith's Ag nes and Charles Hoy's Frosting Agnes won; time 2o seconds. F.xhlbition half-mile, run by Johnson Por ter's hunter, "Wallace ; time SOH seconds. Free-for-all pace, one mile, first heat Zoe won. Lady Lovelace second; time 2:40. Final Zoe won. Lady Lovelace second; time 2:2l. 2:3a pace, one mile, first heat Brownlace won, Baun Lovelace second. Pateau third; time 2:32. Second heat 'Baron Lovelace won, Pateau second, Miss Altena third: time 2-20. Third heat Miss' Altena won, Baron Lovelace second. Pateau third; time 2:26. Final Miss Altena won. " Baron Lovelace iiiTid. PntfPu third; time 2 '27r. e only disadvan tage in wearing a Gordon is when someone exchanges hats with you you Never get the best of the exchange. Gordon Hat $3 The Gordon De Luxe $4.00 THE PORTLAND PORTUSO, OR. EtTBOPEA! FLAX MODERN '- RESTAURANT COST Of! IS MILLION DOLLARS Nortonia Hotel ELEVENTH, OFF WASHINGTON ST. 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Sea foods a spe cialty. Walks, drives and boating. DAN J. MOORE, Prop. We select only the choicest grain. Then we make a most careful laboratory analysis. The grain must measure up to our set standard on every point. Thats one way we preserve the uniformity and fine flavor of (Toad, old Bottled In Bond INCLUDING MEALS AND BERTH. SECOND CLASS LOW RATES TO LOS ANGELES Train Time Now Equalled, Two Nlg-hts to San Francisco, Three to Los Angeles. S. S. ROSE CITY (E. W. MASON, Master) SAILS 9 A. M., SATURDAY, SEPT. 1 1 M. J. ROCHE, I IT Tllllirr AbU.1T. 142 Third St. Main 403, A 1402. HKADprARTRS FOIt TOfRISls and (OMMElil I AL TRAVELERS. Sp'lnt rates madt to families and sin trie gentlemen. The management will be pleaaed at all time to shctr rooms and jri ve prices. A mod ern Turkish Bath establishment in the hotel. H. C. BOWERS, Manoser. yen M&&tmte&li 1 ft s : ' ' . a a 't -"' P 'J r ,t f t - r; rr r1- S M. 'jr u .- THE CORNELIUS "The Houso of Welcome," corner Park and Alder. 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