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LA UKAJSUt; CUUM Y, OliEUOxN. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1910
NUMBER 2G2.
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DO BATTLE FROM
CLOUDS WITH
AIRSHIPS
STRANGE CONTESTS WILL BE
CARRIED OUT TOMORROW
WITH AEREOPLANES.
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Airships In Great Numbers Will Con
test (or Prizes and Attempt to Es
tablish Facta that Bombs Can Be
Bandied from Midair With Excel
lent Results; Navies of. World May
Tie Incapacitated bj Airships.
Boston, Serf 2 What military ex
perts agree will be the most important
-tests ever made with aeroplanes as
Instruments of scientific warfare will
be witnessed during the Harvard-Boston
aviation meet, beginning tomorrow
and continuing for ten days. AH the
preparations for the great meet of the
bird men were completed today, and,
with favorable winds and weather, the
first flights will be made tomorrow.
As a result of the bomb-dropping
contests to be held during the meet,
some military authorities believe that
the billions of dollars north of. bat
tleships now consulting the navlus of
the world will be consigned to the
junk heap, and rendered valueless
save as scrap Iron. It is possible, al
lege these experts, that entirely new
types of battleships will become im
mediately necessary. These new ves
sels will be of the modern whaleback
type, with rounded decks heavily
armored for protection against mis
Biles from above, with smokestacks
completely protected against chance
bombs that might be dropped Into
them and tear out the engines and
furnaceB, and with sky-pointing guns
manned by runners trained to "wing"
the flying hostile bird-men.
No less than a dozen heavier-than-air.
craft of all descriptions will take
part in the aerial maneuvers In a con
test to decide the accuracy with
which their pilots can drop bombs on
the decks of warships.
Each contestant entered In the meet
will be provided with ten "bombs"
each day, and, soaring over the out
line of a battleship laid out on the
grouds of the aviation meet, bombard
the dummy with missiles. The man
with the greatest score of hits at the
end of the meet will receive a prize of
$5,000, and also the valuable Harvard
cup.
In this contest, military men will be
able to see, for the first time, what a
dozen bird-men can do a problem yet
unsolved, although individual aviators
have already accomplished feats that
caused naval experts to Bhudder at
the possibilities of the future; Mem
bers of the general staff of the Unit
ed States army, officers detailed by
the Navy Department, experts from the
national guard organizations of sever
al states and military attaches of all
the great nations of the world will
witness the experiments. .
' It is pointed out that in real war
fare, an aerial-attack on an enemy's
fleet would be detailed on the chance
that at leastone of the flying squad
ron would accomplish the work of
destruction. This condition will be
duplicated at the Harvard meet, when
every morning every pilot will be giv
en ten bombs filled with a non-explosive
powder that will create a cloud
of smoke when the bomb strikes the
ground. To those gifted with imagina
tion, the sight of a dozen man-birds
circling above even a suppositious man
of war, and sending down projectiles
bat give forth a great volume of
smoke when they strike, will be a
thrilling one. It will be mimic war
fare that will forecast the not far
distant future.
In previous trials of this character,
carried out by Clifford B. Harmon,
the aviator succeeded In dropping six
successive missies on the deck of a
ffl
counterfeit warship. Harmon used a
gun of his own invention from
which to drop the bombs. This "gun"
is a metal tube Just large enough to
hold six bombs, with'an arrangement
Wherebv on ft hnmh fit a tlma la nor.
mitted to drop upon the pressing of a
lever by the aviator. The aviators en
tered in tomorrow's meet will be per
mitted to drop their bombs in any
manner they may desire, either by
hand or with any variety of mechani
cal arrangement. .
Hoke Smith Is 55. -Atlanta,
Ga.. Sept. 2. Sometimes
they do come back, all sporting ex
perts to the contrary notwithstanding.
For instance, there is "Fighting Hoke"
Smith, who, after having been knocked
down and counted out by "Little Joe'
Brown, recently came back and ad
ministered a thorough licking to his
formerly victorious adversary. "Fight
ing Hoke," the pride of the whole
Smith family, will be rewarded with
the governorship of Georgia, a title he
once held and loBt, only to win apin.
Former Governor and Governor
elect Hoke Smith Hoke is his really,
truly name, and all he has to disting
uish him from the common or garden
Smiths is today receiving the con
gratulations of his multitude .of
friends upon his flfty-flth anniversary.
He is thus a score of years older thai
the late Hope of the white race, who
pleaded senility and the disabilities of
extreme age as his reason for mera
orable defeat at Reno.
The next governor or Georgia Is a
"tar-heel" by birth, having arrived in
this world by way of Newton, N. C:
Sept. 2, 1885. His father was an edu
cator and the president of a prepara
tory school, In which Institution Hoke
was educated. He came to Georgia
in 1872, and was admitted to the bar a
year later. In 1887 he assumed pro
prietorship of the Atlanta Journal,
conducting the paper with consider
able success until 1898.
From 1893 to 1896 Hoke Smith was
a national figure by reason of being
a member of President Cleveland's
cabinet, holding the job of secretary
of the interior. In 1907 tie began his
first term as governor of Georgia,
and was a candidate for re-election
two years ago, but was defeated by
Joseph M. Brown. The latter had
been dismissed by Smith from the
state railroad .commission because of
alleged servility to the railways.
.Smith represents the progressive,
radical wing of the Democratic party,
while Smith is conservative, and the
issues were clearly drawn in the cam
palgn preceding last month's prlmar
leB.- That Smith "came back" Is an In
dication that the people of Georgia de
sire to return to the radical regime
which made Smith's first term as gov
ernor a period of terror for the soul
less corporations.
Change on Canadian Pacific.
The Observer is In receipt of ad
vice from George A. Walton,- general
agent of the Canadian Pacific Railway
In Spokane, that effective August 21,
the time of departure eastbound of
their Soo-Spokane-Portalnd train de
luxe, was made 2:00 p. m. This will
be a very popular hour of departure
as It gives the passengers from the In
land empire a chance to reach Spo
kane on the morning or noon train,
attend to any business they may have
there and continue east without any
delay. It is in fact a "business day
saved" and should result in increased
patronage for the popular train.
The excellent equipment of ' the
train remains the same, comprising
electric lighted compartment obser
vatlon. cars, electric lighted standard
sleepers, modern new -tourist sleep
ers, through dining car service and
commodious-day coaches.
JUDGE DIMICK IX THE CITY.
Candidate for Governor is Out Seeing
The 'Voters,
Judge Grant B. Dlmlck of Oregon
City, is here today talking to voters
of the Grande Ronde valley and will
be In the Eastern Oregon country for
several days. He Is quite prominent
among the county courts of the state
and has been a good roads advocate
of long standing. ,
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MISTREATED
EAST SIDE IS BEE HIVE OP EX
CITEMENT FOLLOWING YES- H
TERDAI'S INCIDENTS
INDUSTRY AT STANDSTILL
Prisoners Arrested for Marching In
Front of Exclusive Club "House, are
Thrown Into Small Cells Where
Many Faint for Lack of Air Starv
ing Vftmfllo VvMA tlraixlv - 1
More Promised.
New York,, Sept. 1. The great
East side is like an abused beehive
today, with excited demands for a
general strike of the clothing trades
following the - brutal treatment of
cloakmakers yesterday who were ar
rested for parading In front of the ex
clusive knlckerbocker club yesterday.
Three hundred thousand suit and
cloak makers, including 1,000 waist
workers, would be involved In the
strike, which would paralyze the
clothing industry of the entire coun
try, .v'-:' . . .V
"Unions are terribly aroused and in
furiated at the brutal treatment given
men and women yesterday,", said Sec
retary Lavender of the New York
council of United Garment Workers
today. Lavender said that besides the
police treatment yesterday, when the
strikers were confined In a small cell,
where, many fainted, that the bosses
were causing wholesale evictions.
"Several starving families were
evicted today, and 1200 were already
evicted. They must turn to crime or
to the grave to end their troubles.
Nevertheless our people will fight and
starve before they will resume work
under such beastial conditions."
Five hundred , shops are already
closed. and 1500 are crippled.
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Sixty-three true bills were returned
by the grand jury at 7 o'clock last
night, and while it is still too early to
announce the men who are Indicted, it
is freely rumored that the greater
bulk of the indictments are bootleg
ging cases. Tom Morgan, the detec
tive who was instrumental In secur
ing forty odd Indictments at the last
setting of the grand Jury, Is said to be
behind the present batch. He was the
principal witness - before, the grand
Jury, it is said on the streets today,
and though there is nothing to sub
stantiate the truth of this statement,
is- a safe prediction to say that the
great bulk of the sixty-three- lndlct-
Omaha, Sept. 2. Colonel Roosevelt
arrived here early this morning, hav
ing experienced a rough ride through
the night. Last midnight, a crowd at
S Joseph, corraled the train and cried
lustily for him to come out, chanting,
"Teddy, won't you come out?" He
pretended not to hear them, and when
the train pulled out without his ap
pearing, they cheered him In deris
ion, exclaiming, "What about Bryan?"
At Omaha today, despite a heavy
rainstorm, he motored about the city
and this afternoon spoke In the audi
torium, saying In part:
While traveling extensively In
ROOSEVELT HAS ROUGH MIGHT RIDE
ill HITS !i
REEF BUT ALL
NINETY-TWO PASSENGERS LAND.
ED IV J A UN DE FUCA
STRAIGHTS TODAY
SISTER SHIP TO RESCUE
Wireless Reports Indicate thai The
Steamer Was Seriously Damaged
Passengers Are Landed Without
Conuslon and all are Safe on Lit
With Tugs at High Tide Later.
SEATTLE, Sept. 2. The Steamer
Watson struck a reef at midnight iu
a fog on Waddah Island in the straits
of Juan De Fuca near Cape Flattery.
Ninety-two passengers were taken off
in lifeboats without undue excitement
and landed on the Island where they
will be picked up this arternoon by
a sister ship Buckman due from San
Francisco. ., None were injured and
wirelesB reports lead to the belief
that the steamer is seriously damaged.
Tli& revenue gutter Snohomish and
several tugs went to the relief of the
steamer this morning and It is hoped
that they may be able to pull It into
deep water at high tide.
A wireless this afternoon said that
the steamer would go to pieces if the
lighter did not soon arrive to take off
the cargo.
The Watson was enroute to San
Francisco; The passengers will be ta
ken to California on the Buckman,
Old Mason to Marry.
San Francisco, ' Sept. 2. William
Moses, aged 83, the oldest Mason in
California, will be married tonight to
Margaret Roberston, In the presence
of most of the Masons In the city, and
many friends of the couple.
fVl E f J T S ARE
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rnents are against alleged bootleg
gers. Morgan Exonerated.
Among other things which the
grand jury did during its short ses
sion, was to exonerate Tom Morgan,
the detective, on a charge of Jury
packing, which has been holding the
center of interest In court circles of
late. :
. Morgan waived examination at the
time that W. A. Worstell and Rev.
Frank E. Gray were tried in the Justice
court. As a consequence It became
obligatory on the grand Jury to return
either a grand Jury true bill or a not
true bill, and the latter type was
Europe last spring, one thing which
especially struck me, was the fact
that the two. special feats which
made the deepest impression abroul
were Uio T!l3a o the ba'ile fleet
txvuvj the v( i Id, erd the dlgfng .V
1'ic Panama O.'iJ These .j;e lit
!i Kits io be .laicd by the
tan pe-iple cfcrln;? the paat ' decij.i
which had most profoundly aKected
foreign judgment of America during
that time. Such judgment depends not
In the least upon what people say they
tan do, but what they actually do;
upon their willingness to meet re-
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agreed upon and Morgan is now fret
of the charges In this connection. As
no indictments of any sort were re
turned against Mr. Worstell and Mr.
Gray, it follows that the charges were
not deemed sufficient to warrant an j
indictment ana they too, are Tree
of all charges. They were exonera
ted In Justice court, really, for the jus
(Ice of the peace dismissed the case
when the evidence was Introduced by
the state last week. Gray, Wrorstell,
and Morgan were accused of Jury
packing because they went to the
sheriff with a list of names which
might be used to draw a venire from.
This was iu connection with the trial
of Newlln. y
Other Not True Bills.
Dan Phillips, accused a week ago
by W. R. Hamilton, of having assault
ed him with a dangerous weapon, was
exonerrated by a not true bill. He was
bound over to the grand jury by 1a
justice of the peace. .
Mr, Parker, the Elgin man, who
iiilled his father-in-law during a quar
rel In the county roads, was also in
dicted and Sheriff Childers went to
Elgin this morning to make service of
papers. The Elgin man has a largo
circle of friends and the trial which
will In all probability follow, will be
one of extreme Interest here.
By tomorrow it is believed many of
the indictments In the bootllegging
cases will have been served andvjmb
llcity can then be given them.
. Grand Jury Dismissed -,
The final report of the grand Jury
was filed this morning and Judge
Knowles discharged the Jurors sine
die.' ; ' r . . '.-.
Circuit court convenes shortly to
hear cases already announced but it
is likely that some of the mor im
portant cases from the present grand
Jury indictments will come to trial at
this time.
It Is understood that the indict
ment accuses Parker of murder In the
first degree. Service of the indict
ment was made this afternoon.
Stiles In JaiL
Sterling Stiles, a young man of this
city, was arrested in Elging yesterday
afternoon, charged with passing bad
checks. Several were discovered here
a few days ago but It was not made
public, pending a settlement of the
paper, which ranged from $13 to 19
each. There were several of them
here. Then Stiles is said to have gone
to Elgin and was caught there passing
bad checks. He is now in Jail here
pending further action.
v ". nport Horse Show.
Newport, R. 1., Sept. 2. Nearly all
of the entries of the annual Newport
Horse Show, including the pick of the,
equine, aristocracy of America, are
quartered here today in the charge of
a Bmall army of grooms, trainers, rub,,
bers, veterinary surgeons and other"
care takers. The show will be for
mally opened to the fashionable public
of Newport tomorrow, and will con
tinue on Monday and Tuesday. '
For thirteen years Labor Day has
been the date of the opening of the
show, but this year, It was decided to
take full advantage of the week-end
holiday by inaugurating the exhibition
on Saturday! Among the Judges for
the show are William E. Carter of
Philadelphia, for the harness classes;
P. S. P. Randolph for the middle class
and Frederick Bull of New York, for
the hunter and Jumper classes.
PARK IMPROVEMENTS ORDERED.
Called Meeting; Results In Many Ini
portant Matters Being- Settled.
Availed meeting of the Riverside
Park Association was unusually well
attended last evening and various
plans for permanent improvement dis
cussed and ordered carried out at
once, as far as the funds permit. The
water course and road way have been
surveyed, and will be cleared and
graded at once.
When the dam Is built and the wa
ter turned into the water course, It
will be necessary to put in bridges,
but these will not be built at present.
The water system will be extended
either this fall or in the early spring,
and many new trees planted. It Is
hoped by the membsrs that they can
purchase fieveral swlngs for the children-In
the spring.
EDEEn KILLS
Dl SEsf
MANY SHOTS EXCHANGED BP
BANDITS AND TRAIN CREW
DURING THE MELEE
SKULL CRUSHED BY ROCK
Fireman and Engineer ere "..' To
Scare Two Bandits Away, After
Killing One of Them With a Rock
, Engineer First Shot in the Leg But
Able to Contlnne the Battle Pas-"
sengers Escape Injury. .
Colorado SprlngB, Sept. 2. Armed
posses are Beeklng two companions of
a Swede, who was killed while at
tempting to hold up the Colorado Mld-(
land passenger train four miles from.
me aiviae snoruy ur miuui&uu ail
UUlUCUUltCU 1auuiV TV Sb3 n.Aft.u -
gineer Frank Stewart, whom the roV
bers had shot In the leg.
The robbers stopped the train by
placing a boulder on the track, anl
then flagging It. On? stepped aboard,
the engine and covered Engineer
Stewart and Fireman Bachman. They
then marched them to the express
car, containing a Bpecial consignment
of several thousand dollars. They or
dered the express messenger to open
the door, meanwhile firing shots . to
keep passengers and crew in the cars.
Rachman dodged under the car, and
the bandit guarding them, shot at him,
and Stewart picked up a rock and
crushed the robber's skull, v As the
bandit fell, Stewart got the man's re
volver and began shooting at the other
bandits. A duel commenced and
Stewart shot at the bandits as they
fie. Other trainmen came to the
rescue. . ,
Thursday Ball Games.
Portland, Or., Sept. 2. Portland, 4;
Los Angeles, 1,
San Francisco, 3; Vernon, L . '
Oakland, l; Sacramento, 3.
Early Football Practice.
New York, Sept 2 Some such sage'
saying as that regarding a certain
early bird and a worm appears to have
been adopted as a motto by all the
football sharps o ftha big eastern uni
versities. With September less thin
two days gone, the call for the as
semblage of the football candidates
has gone forth, and on many grid
irons and vacant lots the aspirants to
fame are now limbering up their ldgs
in preparation for the grilling work
uiieau pi mem. .
' The new rules are responsible for
this early activity, The coaches real
ize that they must be up and doing
if they whip their men into shape be
fore the opening of the season late
this month.
Ordinarily Yale, Harvard and other
coaches call out their men early about
the middle of September. Thi year
the Ells will have an early start, as
sembling next week at Lakevllle, Con-
nertlriif- fnp rinHmontolt- nit
" " WM.U.Vl.VWIJ , Ul J U ,t,
Meantime, the candidates are wrest
ling hard with the rules. Coach"
Haughton, of Harvard, will take Muit,
thirty of his men to OceanviHe. Me.,
there to spend three weeks In hwn-.
mering the new rules Into them .
Annapolis men will have littls pre-'
Uminary training, as . they will not
report until Sept. 22, and will play
their first game on Oct. 1. Princeton
( will get Into the training game earl
ler, as will Pennsylvania and Corne'l.
j Football experts predict that tula
s year will be a poor one for thi foot
; ball fans. So many radical changes
i have been made In the. rules thet ibe
players will be very much handicap
ped, and the play Is likely to be list
less and uninteresting. : j