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OllEdON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1012.
ESTABLISHED ISM
FORTY-SIXTH YEAR No. 28.
CITY
Tl
HOUSANDS ENJOY
FOURTH EXERCISES
IANE CELEBRATION! ARE HELD
THROUGHOUT CLACKAMAS
COUNTY
HILL PICNIC THRONGS BIG PARK
MM MM a
Brownell, Hsduss, Dlmlck, Eby And
Othar Oratora Thrill Crowds
W.'ithir la Par
fact The Fourth of July celebrations
livid at Willamette, tJIndalouB, Cauu
limit Turk. Ugau. Molalla, Bandy,
Hubbard,. KaUcada, Mullno ud olhur
swllim ut Ilia tuuuly'wer largely
attended, llio duy being an Ideal one.
Tim celvbratluu at Bchnuerra I'ark
given by tlio employers to tha em
ployoe (it tlio Willamette 1'uljt k IV
lir Company waa attended by about
3000 porsmia. There were varloua
Minis of iiiuxiuiKiita and everything
in luiltiiM refrcshnienta were free to
the employes, tlirlr families. Meade
Post. 11. A. It., and their families, tlia
W. It. C. and tliolr fuuilllcs. It. T.
Millalu. mill manager and tlio other
olIW era of the company were congrat
ulated on tin success of tba plcnlo.
Mr. Mllaln made a brief address. As
lie stepped upon tha platform ha wna
greeted by loud' applause by tba work
men of the mill, showing lbs high
twin ha la held by them, and alao by
tba largo number of other guests. Tha
music waa furnlahed by tha Philhar
monic band. Tha days celebration
closed wtth flreworke at o'clock,
, which were In charm
The floor managers of tha dance,
which waa liven during tha afternoon
veulng were F. Hammerlee and
MIHon Price.
8. K .(Jreen. who waa aworn In aa
a deputy aherlff Wednesday, waa gate
keeper. Mr. Green handled the large
crowd without any trouble and waa
congratulated by Mr. Mcllaln. Ha
finished lu lima to begin hla police
work In Oregon City at fl o'clock. Ilia
appointment aa deputy aherlff will be
In fort for ona year.
The (lladatono celebration waa at
tended by alwut 2500 peraoua. Tba
airalf waa In honor of tba Installing
of tha water plant ayatem In Glad
atone and waa given by the Oladatone
residents and their frlenda. The
morning waa devoted to a program
which ronalited or tha Mowing nura
here: Mualc, ChauUuqua orchealra;
Invocation. Kev. A. II. Mulkey. of
Oladatone; "Btiir Spangled Banner,"
(iladatone chorua; Declaration of In
dependence, Professor llrento Veddor
of Gladstone; selection, Oladatone
Chorua; "Uncle Kam a Chorua," 20
achool children under the direction of
Mlaa Laura Purcell: "My Native
Und," Oladatone Male Chorua; ad
dreaa. Judge Cleeton; baaket dinner.
The baseball game between Eaat Bldo
and Weat Bldo reaulted In a acore of
6 to I In favor of Weat Bldo.
Among tha featurea of tha aporta
ut Oladatone were tha raoea and con
teala. for which prlxee wara awanled
aa foUowa: clothes' pin race, Mra.
Mulkey; glrla' otato race, Delia
lllount ;tug of war, Gnlt'e team; bicy
cle race, open for all, I-eonard Wll
llama; boya" bicycle race, Wilbur Wll
aon; aack race, Dclmar Rahe; 50-yard
dunh, open for all; Hugh Hurna; nail
driving conteat. Mr. Owena; lean
man'a race, Oarlnnd Hollowall; run
ning high Jump. John Mulkey; 100
yard dnah. Mr. Arnold, flrat John
Mulkey, second; nail onving couiesi,
Mra. Mulkey, flrat; Mra. Btrcblg, sec
ond; fat man'a. race, H. llean. flrat;
Mr. llatdorf, aecond: broad lump,
Hugh llurdon, first; John Mulkey aec
ond; 220-yard daah, Hugh llurdon,
flrat; John Mulkey. aecond; obatacle
race, I .eon Wllllama, flrat; Jay Mul
key, aecond: 60-yard women'a race,
Mlaa Arnold, flrat; Mlia Adah Hul
hert aecond; 440-yard daah, Hugh
llurdoa. flrat; John Mulkey, aecond;
one half mil relay race, Wllllama
and mount, flrat; Olda and Conway
aecoml; 60-yard race for ijir'a Haw
MHIor, fiat; Charlottee Lo: vxen soc
cond; 6 Oyarda race for boya, Leonard
ftlnenrac.n, flrat; Krneat 8c.it j.e soc
e.Mid: llioe-legnod :, Leland Guy
and I r lKvla. Ii : Wlllliim M. M.m
HiidlMitiam n;)i;', o"ntnl Jy
M..ii.v cvme oui :wt In the bi
cycle race, open; Ned Froat aecond
In boya' bicycle race; Mr. Wheeler,
aecond In aack race; John Mulkey,
aecond In 60-yard daah, open; Char
ley I'etera, aecond In running hign
Jump.
Many Bcottlah people of Portland
aa well aa of thla city celebrated the
Fourth at Canemah Fark. The well
arranged program waa carried out aa
acheriuled, and It waa thoroughly en
Joyed. The large delegation of the
Portland people took an active part
In the program which waa one of the
moat eniovable celebratlona ever
held by the Clan Macleay Society.
Amona the featurea of tha program
were dancing, bagpipe aelectlona,
aword dancing and racea. Prtxe
were given for theae.
- Never before In the hlatory of Log
an waa a more aucceaaful Fourth of
July celebration given than on Thura
day which waa under tha auaplceaor
the Harding Orange. There waa a
large attendance and all attending en
Joyed the excellent program. The earl
ly part of the day waa taken up with
a program both musical and literary,
which waa In charge of Mra. W. P.
Klrchem. Cbarlee K. Spence, who-la
maater of the Oregon Stata Orange,
gave the opening addreaa. Attorney
O. D. Eby, of Oregon City, waa orat
or of the day. and hla remarka like
(Continued on page 4)
LUNG AT 8101
OIL WELL RESUMED
Drilling hua been remmied at tha
Htoua Oil well and Ilia management
bellvea that oil and gua In pitying
uunntltlea will aoon be reached. Work
at the well waa dlacontluued about
alx montha ago owing to a drill be
coming faat to tha hole. After aever
al weeka of effort tha workera wer
unable to reiaove the drill and It waa
thought that new well would have
lo be punk. An expert gua man who
arrived here a few daya ago declared
that hn could continue tho drilling In
the old well and waa engaged. He
hae aucceedi'd In getting beyond the
drill tlut la fiint. The company la re
ceiving auhecrlptlona for atock dally.
E
MOTHER THINKS LAD KIDNAP
PED BY WOMAN REPRESENT
INQ FATHER
SHERIFF ASKED TO MAKE SEARCH
Howard Ormlaton Son of Mra. R. E.
Flelda, Urged By Stranger
To Show Way To
Eatacada
llellevlng that her fifteen-year old
aon, Howard Ormlaton, baa been kid
napped by a woman repreeentlng the
lud'a fnther, Mra. It. E. Flelda, of
I'arkplace Monday aaked Sheriff Maaa
to make a aearch for tha boy. Mra.
Flelda, who waa divorced from Elmer
Ormlaton about two yeara ago, told
the aherlff that her aon laat Friday
afternoon left hla home In a wagon
with a atrange woman oatenalbly for
Kalacada. The mother declared tho
boy had met the woman In Oregon
City, and ahe aaked him to go with
hef to the city in the Eaatern part of
the county, adding ahe did not know
the way. She promlacd to pay him
liberally. They drove to the boy'a
home, and be obtained the conaent of
hla mother to make the trip promlalng
to return the following day. Nothing
haa been aeen of him alnce by anyone
lu Parkpluce or thla city, and the
mother Ihlnka the woman waa employ
ed the father to abduct tha boy.
T. II. tang. Mra. Flelda' fathor and
John Long, her grandfather, who are
aiding In the aearch, alao are of the
opinion that the boy haa been kidnap
ped. They were here all the after
noon conferring with the aherlff.
"Howard la a bright boy, and lam
certain ha haa been kidnapped," de
clared John Flelda. "He aald he
would return Saturday and I know
would have done ao, had he been at
liberty. I think the woman waa aent
here by the father to lure the boy
from hla mother. The woman 'aald
her name waa Illshop."
Mra. Flelda la prostrated over the
loaa of her child. The boy haa blue
eyea, brown balr and welgha about
115 pounda. Mra. Flelda thlnka tha
woman who lured him away waa
about twenty-one yeara of age. She
drove two horaea. Sheriff Maaa wired
the Mnrahall of Eatacada regarding
the mysterious disappearance of the
lad and a aearch for blm la being
made there.
CHARLEY ROSS STORY
IS NIPPED IN BUD
Another Charley Roaa atory haa
been nipped In the bud. Little Howard
Ormlston. the fifteen-year-old aon or
Mra. R. E. Flelda, of Parkplace, waa
not kidnnpped at all. The boy went
to Eatacada with a atrange woman
laat Friday, promising to return to bis
home Saturday. He did not return
that day and hla mother became aus
picious. She thought It probable that
the woman had been employed by the
boy'a father, from whom ahe waa di
vorced two yeara ago, to abduct the
lad. The atrange woman, however,
had paid the lad to ahow her the way
to Estacada. Then he went to Port
land and wrote a note to hla mother
saying that he waa all right He re
turned Toeaday evening, and reported
that the Elka convention in the big
city waa tha best ever. Leave It to
Howard.
MOLALLA BASEBALL NEWS
June 30 Molalla Stars played
at
Shubel. 8hubel winning S to 7.
July 3. Molalla Stars played at
Clark s. Clarke winning 6 to 2.
July 4. Molalla Stara won from
Canby at Molalla, by a acore of I to
2.
July 4. Molalla Greya won from
Portland Colored Glanu, acore 11 to
1.
July 7. The Stars will play Max
burg at Molalla.
2 Couplea Get Llcanaea
Licenses to marry were Issued Sat
urday to Jeaale Kochar and Charlea
Powell and Nellie Goodwin tfnd Clara
J. Morey.
PARKPLACE
STRANG
SCHUEBEL LIBEL
SUIT IS HARD HIT
COURT SUSTAINS DEMURRER IN
ACTION AOAIN8T MORNING
ENTERPRISE
PLAINTIFF HAS RIGHT TO AMEND
Attornaya Brownall And Hedges Die-
sect Complaint And Make
Plain Ita Weak-
Tho complaint of Chrla Schuebol
wna knocked clear out of court Mon
day upon a demurrer, In hla ault for
110,000 damagea agalnat the Oregon
City Kuterprlse baaed upon the pub
lication of an advertlaement publlahed
In the Morning Enterprise over the
signature of (luatar Bchnoerr, who la
0110 of the Republican nomlneea for
Representative, and at the time of the
publication waa a rival caudidate with
Scliuebul for a place on the Legisla
tive ticket at the primary nominating
election.
Attorncya George C. Urownoll and
J. E. Hedgea appeared for tho Enter
prise and made a complete and com
prehensive argument In support of
their demurrer, which waa promptly
sustained by Circuit Judge Campbell
Bchucbel waa represented In Court
by C. Di Latourette.
The altorneya for the defense de
clare that the action of the court la
a great victory for the Morning Enter
prise and that the caaa la mora Uuin
half won. Judge Campbell held that
the complaint waa not sufficiently
specific. The advertlaement the 'pub
lication of which Scbuebel la aulng
the paper for $10,000 damagea, waa
In part aa followa:
'A man must be Judged by hla own
worda and deeda, not by the wordaof
hla enemies or false frlenda. For
weeka Chris Bchucbel baa been "at
tacking nie moat ahamefully. Some
person or persons must be supplying
him with large auma of money and
hla vocation surely doea not keep him
very busy alnce be finds ao much time
lo roam over the whole county telling
others how very, very good he, him
aely, la and how desplcablo hla op
ponenta are. Thla I could not do. I
have neither time nor moneys nor
"brass" enough to alander and attack
those who have always been friendly
and kind to ma. Neither can I und
erstand how a person can afford to
spend hundreds of dollara for the
small recompenaatlon he can honestly
get If elected to the legislature. Mr.
Scbuebel triea to make hla audiences
believe that the Interests' or certain
parttea have 'bought' men. Pa not de
ceived! Not I, but he haa been bought
If algna fall not, and because ha la
used to being bought and being aold,
aa everybody- knowa, he made an ef
fort to buy me In my own house. Thla
happened March 31, 1912."
WIFE, SUING, SAYS
SHE WAS DESERTED
Alleging that he deserted her Jan
uary 8. 1909. Sadie Austin Tuesday fil
ed ault for divorce from Joseph Austin
They were married In Chicago June
4, 1898. The plalntlfl asks that her
maiden name, Sadie Holston, be re
stored. Judge Campbell Tuesday
granted a decree of divorce In the case
of Charlea W. Robbln against Eva
Robbln. Desertion waa alleged.
P. R., L & P. CO. MUST
A resolution directing the Portland
Railway, Light ft Power Company to
erect u wall of auflicient height and
strength to protect the city during
floods, between thla city and Canemah
waa adopted at a meeting of the. city
council Saturday afternoon. The
company aubmttted plana tor a wall
which would be aatlsfactory to the
city council, but It Insisted that Ore
gon City ahould pay half the coat A
committee, composed of Messrs.
Tooxe, Horton and Holman, reported
adversely on the proposition that the
j city pay half the coat, the report being
approved by tne council.
An ordinance providing for the
hardsurfnclng of Main street between
Mosa and the Abernethy Itridge waa
passed. The afreet committee report
ed upon the proposition to hardsur
face Seventh street, and the City Eng
ineer waa Instructed to make a state
ment showing the difference between
the cost of harduaurfaclng and mucad
am. The engineer waa Instructed to
report at the next meeting. It waa
announced at the meeting that the
Oregon Road Oiling Company would
begin oiling the macadam atreeta to
morrow. Tha afreet committee reported fav
orably upon a petition to Improve Di
vision afreet
CHILDREN'S MONEY STOLEN
While Mr. Dave Catto. of Gladstone
waa at the chautauqua decorating the
auditorium Monday some one entered
her home and took $4.50 out of a
trunk. The money belonged to the lit
tie boya.
BONDS ARE SOLD
Since tha contract waa let for the
clearing, grading and bridges of the
route of the Clackamas Southern Rail
way the company boa sold more atock
than ever before In the aame length
of time. '
More than 130,000 stock was sold In
the last four daya and other Investors
are about to cloae a deal for $20,000
atock.
"Every thing la moving along far
better than the bonrd of directors had
expected taking Into consideration the
actlvitlea of the Southern Pacific,"
aald eocretary Dlmlck. "The people
of Clackamaa County are not easily
frightened especially when they are
engaged In a work that means ao
much to them."
MILLS IS ELECTED
LEADER OF ELKS
WI8CON8IN MAN IS GIVEN GREAT
HONOR WITH 8HOUT OF
ACCLAMATION
LEACH RE-ELECTED TREASURER
Grand Electrical Parade Wltneaaed
By Portland'a Greateat Crowd
Newspapermen Have Eat
feat, Hooray I
OFFICERS ELECTED BY ELKS
Grand exalted ruler Tbomas
n. Milla, Superior, Wla.
t Grand esteemed leading knigbt
Jamea L. King, Topeka, Kan.
9 Grand esteemed loyal knight O
Charlea P. Ward, Paaedena, CaL
Grand esteemed lecturing
knight Lloyd & Maxwell, Mar-
ahalltown, Iowa.
Grand aecreUry Fred C. Rob-
Inaon, Dubuque, Iowa. i
Grand treaam er Jfi d w a r d
$ Leach, New York.
Grand trustee John J. Faulk-
t ner. Eaat SL Louta, III
i- Grand Inner guard John Lee
Clark, Albuquerque, N. M.
Grand tyler Patrick H. Shtelda
Clarkaburg, W. Va.
Rocheater. N. Y., elected by ac- 4
t clamation tor 1913 convention.
PORTLAND, July 9. (Special.)
Wtth a mighty about of acclamation
that could be beard through brick
walla to the- street 110 Elk delegate!
today voted to Thomaa B. Mills, of
Superior, Was., the office of grand ex
alted ruler for 1913. in the flrat aea
alon of the grand lodge of 1912, at the
Armory.
The chorua of "ayea" that followed
the. placing in nomination of the name
of Milla swelled to a great volume of
cheering that lasted for aeveral min
utes. Delegates Jumped on their
chairs, and ahouted in their enthusi
asm. It waa a great tribute to Mr.
Milla, who haa been called many tlmea
"the most popular Elk in Elkdom."
Aa bad been expected, there waa no
opposition to bis nomination for the
high ofllce. and It waa when hla elec
tion waa made unanimoua by acclama
tion that the delegate aeixed the
chance tor the great demonstration in
hla honor. Milla waa nominated by
Judge C. R. Fridley, alao ot Superior,
Wla., who declared aa he rose to apeak
that the man who did -not make hi
nominating speech abort ahould be
shot.
Two other grand lodge officers were
elected by acclamation without oppo
sition. They were Charlea H. Ward,
of Pasadena, CaL, who waa made
gran desteemed loyal knight and Ed
ward Lech, of New York City who waa
re-elected aa grand treaaurer. Thla la
Mr. Lech' fifth year in tbi Import
ant office, and hla re-election put him
In the position for the aixth auccea-
slve time.
Pronounced by 250,000 people, the
great majority of whom were visitors
aa the moat Imposing and elaborate
electrical pageant they had ever wit
nessed, the Elks' electrical parade to
night moved over Ita five-mile course
accompanied by the unstinted ap
plause of an enraptured multitude.
The atreeta covered In the parade
were congested for their entire length
with a aolid mass of bustling, good
natured humanity that entered fully
Into the festival spirit ot the occasion.
. It waa an occasion on which Port
land people In their role of hoits made
way for their guesta who, being un
able to aecure aeata In any of the apa-
cloua grandstands, were permitted to
occupy all of the desirable vantage
point fr"n which to enjoy the mag
nificence ot the pageant which waa de
signed exclusively for their entertain
ment
A beefsteak dinner waa given to Til
ing and local newspaper men after
the parade.
HARRIET L. BALL'S
WILL IS PROBATED
The will of Harriet L. Ball waa ad
mitted to probata by County Judge
Beatie Monday The aetata la valued
at I2.S50 George H. Blackburn was
named executor. .
VISITING
LK
ARESHOWN CITY
LOCAL LODGE AND COMMERCIAL
CLUB KEEP OPEN
HOU8E
BADGES ARE READY FOR WOMEN
Delegationa From Medford, Klamath
Falla And Loa Angeles Are
Given Fine Re-
ceptlon
A large crowd ot Elk and their
famllle attending the convention In
Portland are expected to vlalt this
city today and every day thla week ex
cepting Thursday when the big parade
will be held. There were not aa many
visitor Monday a had been expected
but those who came were shown . a
good time. A committee conalating of
E. E. Hrodie, chairman; William Shea
ban, O. D. Eby, E. J. Daulton. M. D.
Utourette, W. A. Huntley. W. H.
Pair and R. C. Parker, ahowed the vis
itors about the city and county In aut
omobllea. They also were entertain
ed at the Elk Home and the Commer
cial Club, where open bouae will be
kept all week
More buildings were decorated Mon
day and the city baa assumed a gala
appearance. All the atoree, milla,
public office, etc, will cloae Thurs
day In order to give the employe an
opportunity to aee the parade. B. T.
Mcliain I chairman oi the committee
which will entertain the vUltor today
O. D. Eby la chairman of the commit
tee named for Wedneaday. E. J. No
ble Friday and Theodore Osmund Sat
urday. The Oregon City lodge hae provided
360 ribbon badgea to be worn by the
mother, wivers. daughter and la
ter of member of the lodge In con-
nctlon with the official woman'
badgea. The badgea may be obtained
by persona entitled to them upon ap
plication to Esteemed Loyal unignir,
W. Humphry.
The hospitable hands of the mem
ber of Oregon City Lodge No. 1189,
Benevolent and Protective Order or
Elka were oustretched Sunday to the
delegationa ot the Medford and
Klamath Falls lodges", who arrived
here at noon on a special train to the
number ot 160,20 from Klamath Falla
and 140 from Medford. The train
was scheduled to go through to Port
land, but Dr. A. L. Beatie, chairman
of the entertainment-and reception
committee for visiting Elks, was tak
ing no cbancea on the delegationa
evadlns the local herd and he, with a
host of other Elka and their wives
and daughters, were on hand at the
Southern Pacific depot to meet the
train and the conductor of the train
waa promptly hancuffed and the train
held here 30 mlnutea.
The excursionists were eacorted to
the basement of the Elka new home
on Water atreet where a buftett lunch
eon was served, consisting of sand
wiches, coffee, Elks milk and other
!.thi, rh L'uTfvi ?tM rlub of the
Medford Lodge sang a number ot en
tertaining selections, giving local hits
on Oregon City and the visitors gave
three cheers from the step of the
Elk Home for Oregon City and the
local Elk responded In kind when the
visitors departed.
Exalted Ruler Reainea of Medford
Lodge and Exalted Ruler Savage ot
Klamath Falla Lodge, aa well aa the
other vlaitora, were delighted with
their reception at Oregon City.
Badge were exchanged and the
Southern Oregon delegation left for
Portland In high glee at their unex
pected reception from the member ot
No. 1189.
CUPID AGIAN HAKES
PLEA TO POSTMASTER
Postmaster Randall, Dan Cupid's
aide In Oregon City, Is In a fair way
to add another marriage to hla long
list Mr. Randall receive a letter
about once a week from a man or wo
man who wtshea to wed asking him to
assist in finding the helpmate, and on
ly In one or two Instances haa he fail
ed. The following letter w receiv
ed Tueaday by the postmaster:
"Aa I read In the Morning Enter
prise where there is a man in Oregon
who wants to marry, although the
story does not say where he lives, I
am writing to ask If you know where
he Uvea and If there la any other man
In your atate who wants to marry. The
aenator'a name la George Chamber
lain and maybe he can aid you In find
ing me a man. It yon can tell me any
thing about this I would be glad to
hear from you. Will look for answer
soon.
"ROSA MYERS.
"18 Chestnut Street, Aahville, North
Carolina."
"I am a little afraid to communicate
with Senator Chamberlain, who nar
rowly escaped being named for the
vice-Prealdency by the Democrats."
aald Mr. Randall, "although I know he
would aid me. I ahall do my beat to
find the girl a husband, however."
JUSTICE MARRIES PAIR
Justice ot the Peace Bamaon Friday
officiated at the marriage of Frank
Page, of Camas, Wash., and Jeasie
Munro, of Portland.
MILL TO HAVE HOME
SITE PLATTED AT ONCE
The Willamette Pulp & Paper Com
pany, haa engaged Don E. Meldrum to
aurvey the property purchased by It
near the school house on the Weat
Side for bomee for Ita employe. Mr.
Meldrum will begin the work at once.
The property will be divided Into 200
lota and the erection of borne will be
S begun by the company In about two
montha. Employee of tba mill will be
enabled to buy homes at a price per
month about the aame aa la now paid
by them a rent About thirty homes
will be built this year, and la la ex
pected that the demand will be aucb
that the entire property wUl be utllla
ed next year.
50 OTHERS ARE PROSTRATED
AND 18 ARE BITTEN BY
RABID DOGS
CROPS AIDED BY BLAZING SUNSHINE
Shifting Winda Bring Slight Relief
For Brief Period Men And
Horaea Drop In Oven
Like Thoroughfares
CHICAGO, July 6. Twenty deaths
In the two days of torridlty Chicago
has experienced was the record to
night when the statistics were footed
up. In addition there were half a
hundred serious prostrations and 18
persona were bitten by rabid dog.
Meanwhile the heat wave ha "flat
tened out," to ue a technical expres
sion of the weather forecaster. Ove
the grain fields of the West and
Southfest the blazing sunshine was
making mllliona In agricultural wealth
The Buffering In the cltlee meant the
fortune of the farmers. ,
The temperature today did not reach
yeaterday's extreme height and the
humidity wa 71, or four degree be
low that of yeaterday, but men and
hnrne continued to drop in the
streets, which were like hot tunnels.
Some relief came in the afternoon.
when shifting winds brought a light
breexe off the lake. It waa confined
to that portion of the city within a
half-mile of the lake front, however,
aa the breexe was so light it lost its
coolness after traveling over belch
ing chimneys.
By way of comparison. It may be
noted that San Francisco, with a max
imum of 60 and a minimum of 60, was
the coolest apot In the country. Port
land had 62-52. Loa Angeles, witn
78-58, comes next more than 20 de
grees cooler than Montreal and Tor
onto. Phoenix. ArU, claims uie neai
record, with 10. Bostbn reported 90
New York 82 and Waahlngton 90.Var-
ioua Texaa polnta had an average ot
96, Cincinnati waa comparatively cool
at 80. or eight degree cooler than
St Louis, which had precisely the
same temperature as St Paul, 88, and
was four degrees cooler than Madison
Wis., Saulte-Ste-Marte, usually tne
abiding place of the chilly wave, swel
tered at 92. 10 degrees hotter than
Memphis, Tenn. Green Bay, Wis., aV
soone of the "cold spots" on the tour
ist circulars, reported 94, or 10 de
grees warmer than Denver.
In addition to 20 deaths In Chicago,
five death were reported from Phila
delphia, one from La Crosse, Wis.,
and five others from various points.
In Michigan there were disastrous
forest fires, and two cloudbursts In
North Dakota did great damage to
property.
DRIVER IS FATAIEY
HURT IN AUTO DIVE
PORTLAND. July 9. A atone, toss
ed upon the Country Club track, or
dislodged from an abutting hillock by
the foot of a apectator, resulted In the
marring of the Portland Automobile
Club'a race meet today with an acci
dent which may bring death to Chris
Dundee, a Portland automobile driv
er. Hla injuriea are thought fatal
Rounding the east turn ot the mile
dirt track at the daring clip ot nearly
a mile a minute, determined to take
aecond place In the first lap of the five
mile free-for-all race. Dundee's nerve
and the power ot his racing car,
"Whistling Billy," fell victim to the
stone, the car careened sharply tailed
to right Itself, and then crashed
through the board fence, casting its
driver 25 feet into the air and upon a
maaa ot grass-hidden rock at the foot
ot a 40-foot grade.
A fracture of the akull over the
right eye, a badly injured left leg,
broken noae, broken middle finger on
left hand and contusions of the face,
with aa automobile shattered beyond
repair, were the results of the hazard
ous effort of the Portland man success
fully to pit hia skill agalnat that of the
best racing driver in the world.
2 DECREES GRANTED
Judge Campbell has granted decrees
of divorce In the suits of Anna Bart
on against Raymond W. Barton and
E. F. Widup against Helen Widup.
20 DIE III TORRID
HEAT OF CHICAGO
CHAUTAUQUA
A
AUSPICIOUS START
TROUBADORS LITTLE LATE BUT
OTHER ATTRACTIONS
APPEAL
at
REV. SPURCEON PLEASES CROWD
Portland Colta Tak Exciting Ball
Game From Mount Angel
Tent City Grow
Faat
A a result of the Elka' traffic con
gestion In Portland, Byron's Troupe of
Troubadours, which was to have aus
piciously opened the Nineteenth An
naul Assembly of the Gladstone Chau
Uuqua, arrived on the ground Just a
half hour too late tor their program.
William Spurgeoa of London, Eng
land very bravely came to the rescue
and the 1,500 patrona who had gath
ered In the main auditorium to hear
the dusky troubadours, were given sn
unusual and entirely satisfactory treat
in Rev. 8purgeon's great lecture, 'An
Englishman's Impression of Uncle
Sam and America." Dr. Spurgeon gave
a most optimistic view of conditions
and faults of our own people, gently
criticizing our lack of law enforcement
and pointing out many thlnga that
could be improved In our aystem, aug
cestine a more strict imigratlon law
1 among other things. Rev. Spurgeon's
lecture teemed witn a oroineriy spir
it that made a decided Impression with
the audience. He lauded Woodrow
Wilson, though disclaiming allegience
to any American poytical party, and
spoke of him as a "big man who would
honor the highest chair In the nation."
He spoke and commented most favor
ably of the friendly relation exisitlng
between England snd the United
States. He gently hinted at the grow
ing struggle ot capital against labor
in this country, but throughout his
masterly address his the friendly atti
tude ot a broad minded Englishman
waa uppermost
An extra large program was there
ward for the patient crowd that wait
ed in vain for the Troubadours in the
afternoon. The dusky musicians prov
ed a rare treat in the evening enter
tainment and before a bigger crowd
than had assembled in the afternoon,
furnished an ideal entertainment and
a high class musical program, both
Instrumental and vocal. The saxo
phone quartet and the violin, flute and
'cello trio were most popular numbers
and the novel "ByrondoUn" with ita
sixty seven tones and four capable op
erators made a big hit
The formal opening of the grounds
was at 10:30 with a most Interesting
talk by the president of the Associa
tion. Colonel C H. Dye, tracing the
Gladstone ChauUuqua movement from
1U infancy, nineteen years ago. Rev.
Charles A. Phlpps. secreUry of the
Oregon SUte Sunday School Associa
tion responded on behalf of the pat
rons, in the absence of S. Piatt Jones
who was blockaded in Portland on ac
count of the immense traffic at thai
place. Rev. Spurgeon who will con
duct dally Bible Classes and Professor
Lee Emerson Bag sett who will con
duct the Shakespeare department out
Itned their work, and Miss Gage whet,
ted up the appetites of the patrons by
telling ot the good things In store lor
those interested in domestic science.
The platform manager, S. Piatt
Jones, though exhausted from a fifteen-hour
ride from Eastern Oregon,
stepped onto the main auditorium at
the conclusion of Rev. Spurgeon's ad
dress and made a most favorable Im
pression with the audience. Mr. Jones
has a most striking personality and is
an entertainer of large ability. He
haa just completed a most successful
session aa manager of the platform at
La Grande.
The tent city jumped in number
from' two hundred to almost . three
hundred and ftty during the day and
camping outfita are still pouring Into
the park. It is expected that fully
two thousand will be in the auditor
ium for the two features today. Mo
Cormlck and "Bronte" and Judge Sad
ler for the evening.
Miss Leah Slusser was the soloist
for Professor Chapman' orchestra
concert at 1:15 In the afternoon, and
hearty encores greeted her appearance
Professor Chapman's orchestra la one
of this year's features and is on the
program for two concert daily.
Mount Angel and the Portland ColU
officially opened the ChauUuqua base
ball series, and almost the whole at
tendance watched the first game. The
score was: Mount Angel, 8; ColU, 1L
Batteries, Mt Angel, White, Sharback
and White; Colts, Tucker and Scott
Umpire, William Burnside ot Portland.
The game was a good exhibition
featuring the circus catches of B. Mas
cot for the Colt.
IS HURT IN FAIL
Mrs. Pearl Kalmbach, ot Parkplace,
susUined a serious Injury Friday aft
ernoon, while picking cherries from a
high step ladder, she came in con
Uct with a yellow Jacket's nest and
In trying to escape from the bees the
ladder capxiaed with her. 8he sustain
ed a painful fracture of the right el
bow besides many bruises on the body
Mrs. Kalmbach waa also stung by the
bees. It will be some time before
she wll have the use of her arm.