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ttte aroiwnrff oregoxiax. Tuesday, jult 4. ion. 7 WOLGAST-MDRAN BATTLE IS TODAY American Will Defend Light weight Title Against British Boxer. CHAMPION IS FAVORITE Fight Fans ricking Mk-hlgan Lad to Vort Contender In 20. Hound Cont la San Francisco This Afternoon. SAN FRANCI3CO. July J For the first tlma In nearly 30 year an Inter national battle for the llchtwelKht boxlna; championship of the world will be etaared when Champion Ad Wolsrast. of Cadillac ail'-h- and Owen iloran. of Birmingham. Kngland. meet tomorrow afternoon In this city for a scheduled 20-ronnd bout. Additional Interest centers In the contest for the reason that It will be fotirht on the anniversary of American Independence and the issue will be be tween the reoogrnlied premiers of the old world and the new in the. light weight division. On the eve of the fight, both men are in as nearly perfect phvslal con dition as it Is possible for them to at tain, according to their respective trainers. Koth are well under the 133 pound welsht limit, and neither has suffered any loss of strength or speed in reducing- to this figure. Wolgast Is Favorite. Champion Wolgast lias been made a ten to six favorite over the Briton, and ring; experts predict that he will enter the ring a two to one choice. Big bettors are taking the Wolgast end. while Aloran haa a large following among habitual "short-end players." Tom Jones, manager of the champion, haa wagered heavily on Ills protege. Odds of ten to nine are offered that Wolgast will not score a knockout. Both fighters are bubbling over with enthusiasm and confidence and ring side "fans" are expecting to witness a slashing battle from the first sound of the gong. Admirers of Wolgast be lieve that he wtil succeed In wearing down his clever antagonist before the Jft-round route has been traversed. Moran'f backers, on the other hand. True that the Englishman's great skill at boxing will enable him to check the rushes of the rugged cham pion and that throughout the combat he will land three blows to the latter a cue. Champion Before Camera. Fach camp enjoyed a day of rest today, the principals engaging In only light forms of exercise. Wolgast posed for the moving picture preliminaries. Afterward he spoke confidently of his chances on the morrow. "1 have never felt better or stronger dmina- my entire career as a boxer." be said. "If Mnrtn stays the 10 rounds 1 will be surprised. I feel that I am not In the slightest danger of losing." "After tomorrow," said Monn, "the Ilichtwelght crown goes back to Eng land, t'nless I am woefully mistaken, the sporting world will see a new j champion. I have trained long and faithfully for. this contest and will have no excusea to offer If I lose." Jack Welsh will referee the bout. The men will enter the ring at about J.Ii) o'clock. PRINCIPALS IN TODAY'S FIGHT AT SAN FRANCISCO. rel ( X TEMPERATURE 103 IN CHICAGO; 12 DIE Day Hottest of Year Through East and Middlae West; Suffering Intense. AD WOI.GAST (LARGE FIC.IRF. A.Vn OWES MOHAN TURF EVENTS FIXED State Fair Running Pro gramme Completed. GOOD PURSES ARE OFFERED In Adltlon to Regular Events New Feature Will Be Steeplechase Con tests Three Bands Will Glre Daily Concerts. ALBANY HAS DAYS OF SPORT Horse Racing at Fair Grounds At tracts Crowds Monday. ALBANT. Or.. July I. (Special.) Albany's two-day celebration began to day with a large crowd present from ail parts of the surrounding country. -A big- parade this afternoon and horse races at the old fair grounds track this afternoon were the features. Band concerts were held on the decorated streets this evening. Enough attractions are planned for tomorrow to make It one of the biggest reJebrationa ever held In this part of the state. Three bands will furnish music tomorrow and vaudeville at t ruc tions on vartoim street corners of the business district will be an unusual feature of the celebration. Baseball games forenoon and afternoon, other athletic contests and a big display of fireworks at night are planned. Prizes were awarded as follows to horses participating In this forenoon's parade: Best draft horse Peter Riley, cf Albany, first; Van Riley, of Albany, second. Best roadster George A. Hof llch. of Albany. Best mare and colt Peter Riley, of Albany, first and second. Best two-year-old mare William AIc- Rrlde, of Phedds. Best single driver Kugh Cummlngs. of Halsey, first: H. J. I'arwell, of Shedds, second. Best double-driving team A. B. Marshall, of Al bany, first: neorge Cochran, of Tangent. second. Best ladies' saddle horse Ksther Hecker. of Albany. Best gen 1 1 omen's saddle horse Fred Oould. of Albany. Best Shetland stallion Wil liam Eagles, of Albany, first and sec ond. Best Shetland single driving horss Louise Fischer, of SUverton. first; Chambers & McCune. of Albany, second. Best Shetland double-driving team K. F. Anderson, of Albany, first: William Eagles. Jr.. of Albanv. second. Best Shetland riding horse Miss Louise Fischer, of SUverton. AFTO ICACEIl IS FATALLY HtT,T DrlTer Finned fndrr Car at Rrich- ton Beach Meet; Records Broken. NEW YORK. July 3. In the first half of a two-day automobile race meet at the Brlgton Beach motordrome to day. 5000 spectators were thrilled by the speed of many of the drivers, one of whom. E. H. Frey. was probably fa tally Injured while making a practice spin. In avoiding a car which stopped dead ahead of him. he went through the paddock fence. The machine turned turtle, pinning Frey underneath, while his mechanician escaped with a few bruises. Frey suffered from a dislo cated shoulder and serious Internal in juries. Later Louis Dlsbrow tad a narrow escape from a similar accident at the same place, when a front tire blew tip In the 67th mile of a sO-mile event. Ha and Ralph Ielalma held the lead until the accident put IMsbrow out. PePalma was an easy winner, his time for (0 miles being S9::i:2T. Bob Burman mad a new mile rec ord for the track from a standing start, of :5J. Later, from a flying tart. Burman went around In 4J.J. PAX KM. Or, July 3. (Special.) What Is considered the best programme for runners ever prepared for the Ore gon State Fair was completed today by F. B. Meredith, secretary, and Includes besides the regular running events of each year three steeplechase events. This Is entirely a new feature at the fair and Secretary Meredith arranged for the ateeplechase events only after he was assured of good entries and many of them. Two of the steeplechase events will be free-for-all and the third will be for members of the Pacific Northwest Hunt Clubs. This will be three-fourthof i mile, over four Jumps. Another feature race will be the Oer mania Derby with a $1000 stake. This will be one and one-sixteenth miles and will be run on German day. Among other features Secretary Me redith expects to have the best musta In the fairs history as well as tne most of It. The band will be Ferulo's, of Chicago, carrying 40 pieces. Ar rangements have been made with the Oregon Agricultural College so that the military band of that Institution will play all the week In connection with the exhibit of the agricultural college. The Parker Shows, which have the con cessions for the fair, also carries a band of 25 pieces. The running race programme follows: Monday. September 11. Running stake rare For -rar-o!da and upward.; rive-eKnin. roue-. wri.ni pound, below the scale.: s to and $IO to start. Nomination fcptmbr 1. Purse. Sso. Tuesday, September It. Steeplechase race Free for all; short course; about one and one-half miles; w.tsht 33 pound, below the eale; ama t.urs allowed s.vea pounds over profc '.tonaia; S per cent from money inner, rurse. i-30. WedneMlay. September J 3. . Running stake race Three-quarters mile; for all ases; welsht 10 pound, below the .-I: S& to nominate and 910 to .tart. Nominator, to cloie September 1. Purse. Thursday, September It. steeplechase race For member, of Pa clflc Northwest hunt dubs: three-quarter mile: over four Jumps; 93 for membership. Entries close September 1. Puna, S10U. Friday. September 13. Running stake rmre Oermanla derby: one and one-.lxteDth mile.; for all as-.: wetcbt 13 pound, below the scales; win ner, to stale or handicap in 1911. five pounds penalty: two or more, seven pounds; to nominate and J to start. Nomina tion, to close September 1. Purs. flOtiO. Gentleman's running race Half mile, wvJcht not under 130 pounds: riders must be non-professional; entries to cloe Sep tember 1. Trophy, silver cup. Saturday, September Is. Steeplechase ra-e for all; short course, about "n and one-half miles: handi cap; Q per cent from money winners, rurs. 2c. 10 numlnat to clos PORTLAND HORSES WIN ALBANY FAIR GROCXDS SCEXE of good Trnr events. WOLGAST- MORAN. Returns of the above fight wli he given at Penny's saloon. Tjilrd and Jefferson, this afternoon at I 'clock. C. W. Todd's and Maurice Winter's Entries Are Successful In Free-for-All Contest. ALBANY". Or.. July 3. (Special.) A racing meet attended by horsemen from all parts of the Willamette Valley was held here this afternoon as one of the opening events of Albany's two days' celebration. It was hld at the old fair grounds track befor big- crowd. Reeults follow: 3:2.1 trot, best two In three Fslmont. Jr. owned and driven by Fred Woodwork, of Albany, won. t.klns first and third heat.; Padishah, owned and driven by 1. B. Llnri say. of Canby. second, t.klns second and third hts; Babe M.. owned by Robert Huston, of Corvallls. driven by Suiter, third; best time. 2:1V,. Ftv.-eighths mil, welrht for Csrl P.. ownxi by W. W. I'.rclval. of Inde-perd-nre. Copeland up. won: f'arrl Thatcher, owned by R. Itaber. of Crania r.ea. Fowll up. second; Master, owned and ridden rv F. Oleasan, of Lebanon, third; time. 1:0C. Fr-for-Jt trot and par, beat twn Is thxs Bonnl Antrim, ewnad and drives by C. W. Todd, of Portland, took two stralsht heats: Floradora. owned by Miu rice Winter, of Portland, driven by Wood- rock, ser-ond: Taul W.. owned by C . W . Todd, of Portland, driven by Klser, thlra; best time. 2:20. Seven-elshtlis mile. ' running La Claire, owned by R. Babcock. of Urants Pas. Star up. won; Harker. owned by a. F. Brown. of Corvallls. Powell up, .ecnnd; Master, owned by F. Gleason, of Lebanon, Copeland up. third: time. 1:30. 2:17 trot, bf.t two in three Lady Mai colm. owned by G. F. Brown, of Corvallls. driven bv Klser. took two stralsht heats: Padi.hah. owned and driven by U. B. Lind say, of Canby .and Oma B.. owned by the Fashion Stable., of Albany, and driven ty Klrkland. divided second money. Padishah took second In first heat and fourth In srond, and Oma B. took fourth In first heat and second In second; best time, 2:ll'i. special thatch, running, three-quarters mile, between St. SaVavanla, ownrd by w. W. Perclval, of Independence, and Leo H owned by Georire--F. Brown, of Corvallls- Won by tH. Salavenla; time, 1:15. Abrahams Wins Shoot Medal. Abrahams won the Inman medal shoot at the Kenton Jraps on Sunday with 92 birds in a possible 100. Cald well was second with (1 and Fay third with 89. GREW MAY GO EAST PORTLAND LIKELY TO BE REP- RESEXTED AT SARATOGA. If Senior Shell Make. Good Show Injj In Northwestern Regatta Oarsmen "Will Bo Sent. Portland may be represented by a crew at the National regatta at Sara toga Lake. N. Y.. on July 28 and 29, after a lapse of five .years, according to an announcement by the Portland Rowing Club yesterday. The senior crew must first show its ability In the Northwestern tourney this week on the Willamette, however, before club offi cials make any difinlte plans. "The Portland senior crew sent East In 190S lost the National championship by only a few feet," said R. C. Hart, the coach of the Portland crews. "The Portland crew was one and -one-half lengths ahead until the turn, when the other shell, which was used to the course, forged to the front and our men finished second." The personnel of the 1906 crew was: W. King, stroke: Fred ' Zimmerman. No. 3; W. remberton. No. 2; P. Smld. bow. Captain Art Allen last night an nounced the welghta of the local sen ior and Junior oarsmen as follows: Senior four I. J. Walt, stroke.1 ISO; J. llelwlg. No. 2. 180; K. A. Hanson, No. 2. 180: A. A. Allen, bow, 162. Junior No. 1 1. G. Cooper, stroke, 135; C. A- Myers, No. 3. 160; A. Llewel len. No. 2, 145; J. H. McDonald, bow, 145. Junior No. J H. G. Chlckerlng, stroke. 150: P. De Marr, No. 3. 165: L. R. Prater, No. 2, 150; V. L. Stone, bow, 145. Junior No. 3 E. O. Gloss, stroke. 16: O. J. HoBford. No, 3, 170; E. C Tuck, No. 2. 160; V. Dent, bow, 150. The canoe events Include a single, double and a mixed double race. Among Portland entries for the singles are: J. Hclwlg. I. J. Wait, Sim Bennnett, Paul De Marr. W. Percy, W. Cheney, Ed Shoekley, Vivian Dent, A. Pfaender, J. Haveler. The programmes will be gin at 3:80 on both Friday and Satur day afternoons. RACE CAKD OX TODAY Programme Will Be Given at Rose City Track. Rose City Park track, owned by the Portland Fair & Livestock Associa tion, will be the scene this afternoon of exciting automobile races. Otner field sports. Including one or more horse races, are also scheduled for this afternoon, but the auto speed testa will be the feature events. The fenture auto race will be be tween "Whistling Billy." a famous White steam car. and a 90-horsepower Thomas Flyer. This race will be over a 16-mile course and has aroused con siderable interest. Another auto race which promises some excitement will be a five-mile event for five-passenger touring cars. In this event. Stoddard Dayton. Warren-Detroit. Regal, and Page-Detroit cars have entered. Three motorcycle races are also scheduled. A special half-mile dah between Harry Corbctt'a Coalanthus and Eugene Oppenhelmer's Oregon Frank is excit ing the attention or tne norse aamirers, while the special half-mile dash for members of the Portland Hunt Club is an attractive feature of this afternoon's programme. Another feature attraction will be a half-mile race between the young ath- letea of the Lincoln., Washington and Jefferson High Schools. In which, over a dosen youngsters have entered. BOSTON SWELTERS AT 102 President Taffs Family Keeps In door. at Their Summer Home at Beverly, Where Thermometer Reaches 108 Degrees, WHILE EAST SCORCHES. WEST IS COOL. Boston m2 Louisville. Jvy 1M Dea Moines, la. Mrl Kansas City, Mo 103 Oklahoma City.... ......100 Chicago 103 New York 9S. 8 Ft. Louis, Mo. ...100 Toledo. O '.., 100 Washington loo Portland 00 Tacoma 62 CHICAGO, July 3. With the weather hotter than it has been before at this time of year. In the records of the Government Weather Bureau, the tele graph wires from every locality in the East and Middle West tonight brought news of deaths and prostrations and suicides due to the terrible heat. Hottest of Year in Chicago. All heat records were shattered by the hot wave in New England today. Three deaths and more than 60 pros trations were reported In Boston and its suburbs, while scores of persons in other parts of New England were over come. Chicago sweltered In Its hottest day of 1911. and the hottest July 3 in the history of the Weather Bureau. Following the hottest night ever ex perienced in Chicago, the temperature climbed steadily until at 2:45 o'clock the thermometer In the Weather Bureau tower officially registered 99:5 degrees, while at the street level the temperature officially was recorded at 103 degrees. Twelve deaths and one suicide brought the list of heat victims of the last 36 hours to 48, of which 28 were babies. Man Jumps From 15th Floor. His mind believed to have been af fected by the heat, G. A. Wright leaped over the railing of the 15th floor of the Masonic Temple and was crushed to death on the rotunda on the-main floor. a distance of 200 feet. Parks and bathing beaches drew thousands to escape the heat. In the tenement districts the suffering was in tense. Hundreds are sleeping on porches, sidewalks and on the roofs tonight. The White mountains of New Hamp shire, famed for their cooling breezes, offered little relief, for at some points the mercury registered 96 In the shade. At Burlington. Vt., the Weather Bureau reported a temperature of 100, exceed Ing by four degrees the highest mark reached in the 70 years that local records have been kept. Mercury 102 at Boston. In Boston the official mark was 102, reached at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Beverly, the Summer capital, swel tered in a temperature of 108 degrees The family of the President, high above the town and favorably situated to catch any puffs of wind, remained closely Indoors. At New York the thermometer re' corded 98.6 degrees, four-tenths of i degree short of the hottest July 3, and one death and many prostrations were reported. ii In Brooklyn, Eugene Cortnell, erased by heat, ran amuck with an open knife, and after attempting to stab two "bolicemen and several citizens. was shot dead by an officer. FOURTH FAIR, SAYS OBSERVER Hot Wave Not Felt Here, bnt Weath er Man Says It's Coming. While the East Is scorchinsr. the West, particularly Portland and vlcln- ty, is enjoying especially cool weatner. but the weatherman last night pre dicted that the Willamette Valley is about to have some Summer weather. Observer Beals even daring to prophesy that It will be fair in Portland today, the Fourth. During the 24 hours previous to mid night, thunderstorms of unusual sever ity had passed over Colorado, soutn Dakota and Kansas and light rains fell. not only In Portland yesterday but all along the Wlllamette.Valley and In the Puget Sound country. Though New work registered only 98 yesterday, the humidity was such as to cause great suffering. At pnoenix. Arlx., the temperature ran to 52, which s not unusual for that city at this tima of the year. Portland s maximum tem perature, as recoroed oy tne govern ment Weather Bureau, was 66. with Marshfield. Calgary, San Diego and Pan Francisco running close seconds in the 60 column. Tacoma registered 62. Recently there was found a larse body of molvbdenum In Northern Quebec. This Is sliver while In appearance and Is claimed to be useful as a steel hardener In alloy uMd In the manufart ure of armor plats, big guns, tool stsel, bearing., .to. CLERGY TO PRAY FOR RAIX Bishop' Beseeches Snrcease From Drouth and Terrible Heat. DAVENPORT. la.. July 3. Bishop Davis, of the Catholic diocese of Dav enport, has decided to send an order to all priests of the diocese that pray ers for rain be recited daily In all Roman Catholic churches until the drouth Is broken. The mercury here today reached 103, the highest In 10 years.' IRISH LEADER SPEAKS Interest Is Fostered for Teaching of Irish History. Irish Nationalism was the keynote of the address delivered last night at the Woodmen of the World Hail by Pro fessor Michael G. Rohan, of Marquette University. Professor Rohan Is thor oughly conversant with his subject, is a scholarly speaker and Is Imbued with an Intense patriotism for Ireland. The strong hold he obtained upon the sym pathies of his hearers was manifested by ' the applause that followed each period of his address. Stereoptlcon views were shown Illus trating important events In Irish his tory, and giving a glimpse of various national customs and of the famous scenic parts of the Island. Professor Rohan is touring- the Pacific Coast delivering his lectures under the auspices of the Ancient Order of Hiber nians for the purpose of arouslng'lnter est in the history and condition of Ire land, and to further a movement to have a course of Irish history added to the curriculum of the schools. From Fort- land he will travel southward, apd will lecture in San Francisco, Los Angeles and other cities of Southern California. ROBBER HUNT ABANDONED Official! Think Cow Creek Outlaws Have Left Douglas. ROSEBURG, Or., July 3. (Special.) Working upon the theory that the out laws who held up and robbed the Call fornla Express In Cow Creek Canyon Wednesday night have left this part of the country. Postoffice Inspector Morse today sent out several hundred circulars containing a description of KF.W YORK CLERRYMAV TO BE SPEAKER AT DISCIPLES OF CHRIST COXVKA'TION. t. nw.v."."" v mm'."..' r "i ''' " "',"U '.a "; l: X At, - 1 Rev. W. Bayard Craig. One of the prominent speakers at the National convention of the Disciples of Christ, to be held In this city this week, will be Dr. W. Bayard Craig, of New York City. Dr. Craig is the paetor of the Lenox Avenue Christian Church in New York and is one of the leading preacher-educators in the Brotherhood of the Disciples of Christ. For six years he was chancellor of Drake University, at Des Moines, Iowa. Dr. Craig has held pas torates in Denver and San An tonio. He has spent the last two years In New York City and has Inaugurated a successful Institu tional work. His church build ing has the basemertt devoted tc bowling alleys and tha third floor Is entirely given over to social rooms with complete kitchen equipment. two of the men and offering a reward of $3600 for their capture. So certain are the officers that the robbers have left Douglas County, that they have practically abandoned search ing the mountains and tonight no less than ix Government officials are sta tioned In Roseberg. The Government officers admit that they have not a clew to the robbers, other than unveri fied reports that two men answering descriptions of the outlaws have been seen in various parts of the state. Sheriff Quine returned here at noon today with the bloodhounds after a fu tile search In the mountains near West fork. It is reported here tonight that the search for the men will hereafter be directed from this city. Mailcarrlers to Make Merry. Uncle Sam's letter carriers of Portland will give an excursion up the Columbia River on the steamer Monarch to La tourelle Falls next Sunday. The pro ceeds of the excursloh will be added to the treasury of the Letter Carriers' Sick Benefit Association. The steamer will leave the foot of Washington street at 8:30 A. M., and returning will arrive at 7 P. M. At the picnic grounds a base ball game between the Germana and tae Irish members -or tne letter carriers force, capture of a greased pig, foot races of all kinds and other sports will be provided. The committee In charge of the arrangements announces that no llauor or rowdyism will be tolerated, tne nurnose being to give a thoroughly en joyable day s recreation to an wno join the letter carriers tor tne day. .Cotton Soars at 'cw Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, July 3. When the Government today put out a more un favorable report of the condition of the cotton crop than had been generally expected. 88.2 per cent normal on June euiirVUD TDon't OWN FOUR fXANTS Risk Loss By accepting an abstract from an irresponsible concern. When yon buy or loan on real estate, insist that the teller or borrower furnish an abstract prepared "by this company. HALF A MILLION BEHIND EVEEY ABSTRACT You are sure then of the f reliability of the abstract I and the responsibility of the company. LAWYERS ABSTRACT N&TOUST CO. 6 BOARD OF TRADE BLD. PORTLAND, ORE. When nothing else will start dirt You KNOW SAPOLIO WILL DO IT Works Without Waste CLEA-SCOURS-POLISHES Ik MOTOR GARS II MOTOR GARS 1912 BUSINESS STABILITY The manufacture of Packard cars is a per manent business, employing 33 acres of factory floor space and over 6000 men. The sale of Packard cars in this territory is a permanent business with a suitable invest ment in buildings and equipment for its proper conduct. When you buy a Packard car you know you will have the benefit of Packard service in its up-keep this year, next year and for years to come. Ask the man who owns one Chassis in three sizes a dozen stylet of open and enclosed bodies FRANK C. RIGGS Packard Service Building, 23d and Cornell Road Near Washington Street jWJij,jijillTij 25. there was an immediate Jump in the local cotton future market, prices grolng to a point above $1 a bale higher than they had been shortly before the report was received. Finally prices were driven back to a point about on a level, with the close of the market Saturday. . Sociable Held on Boston. A programme was eiven aboard the cruiser Boston last night, in which ex- Senators John M. Gearln and Charles W. Fulton took part. 'Other speakers were B. F. Irvine. Captain J. M. Tlllott, TJ. S. N., and Colonel D. M. Dunne. The affair was Informal. Train- Robbers Identified. ERIE, Pa., July 3. Detectives inves tigating the hold-up of the Pennsyl vania express on the Pennsylvania & Krio Railroad, near this city, last Fri day night, said today the Identity of tha bandits had been established. James Koaoh, a lake fireman, aged 53, was ar rested today in connection with, the robbery. Marshfield Teacher Married. MARSHFIELD. Or., July S. (Spe cial.) Miss KUzabeth Kaufman, who has been an Instructor in the domestio science department of the Marshfield public schools for two years, was mar ried yesterday to Thomas Baldwin Brown, of Chicago. The wedding took place at the home of the bride's father, Isaac S. Kaufman, a Marshfield real estate man. One of the newest automobile horns can be made to produce three different tones by movlni? the bulb that supplies It with air to different angles. LdwR VIA ock Island Lines Tickets on sale certain :dates' in July, August and September, return limit October 31, 1911. We Operate the Famous "Rocky Mountain" and "Golden State" Limited; Most Up-to-Date Trains in the World By purchasing your tickets at' our office ve give you the choice of using any line out of Portland. Our representatie will be pleased to call and help plan your trip. Special attention shown Women and Children traveling alone. For full particulars call or telephone ROCK ISLAND' office." Phones: A 2666, Main 334. MARTIN J. GEARY, Gen'l Agt Pass. Dept. 140 Third Street, Portland, Or. BULLETIN, JULY 4th, 1911. 4 On July 4th, 1863, Vicksburg surrendered to the Union troops. w...v.-;v ill 2 ..4." '. . 4 " iizm -