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THE HORSING OREGOXIAK, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1905. 5 GOODNESS THE AIM Dr. Francis J. Van Horn Says It Is Best of Life. SERMONS IN THE CHURCHES Pastors and Visiting Clergymen Dis cuss Topics of Interest to Their Hearers in Many Houses of Worship. Old men and young filled the Toung Men's Christian Association rooms at Fourth and Yamhill streets to overflow ing: yesterday afternoon to listen to Dr. Francis J. Van Horn, pastor of the First Congregational Church, of "Wor cester, Mass. Dr. Van Horn's address was a stirring appeal to men .to live a clean, straightforward life. His sub ject was "There's a Boy in Your Eye." The speech was preceded by two vocal solos by Mrs. J. S. Hamilton. In explaining his rather unusual sub ject, the speaker said: "Every boy has looked into the face of his father and beheld his own image mirrored in his father's eye. He sees the outward reflection but falls to realize, perhaps, that his very self Is burled deep in that father's life and form a part of his being. There Is not a father who is worthy the name, who does not have his boy's interest vitally at heart, and hopes and believes that some day he will become a noble, upright man. Youth Comes to Its Own. "And so I say that the boy. the young man, Is In his father's eye; and he is in his mother's eye; and he is coming more and more to be In the eye of the whole world. Youth has come Into Its own within the last contury. We are beginning to appreciate young man hood. Never was there a time when young men were doing so large a share of the world's work. They are in the saddle riding at a gait never known before; whether they ride for a fall or not depends upon themselves. The world is looking at them anxiously, and' it Is for them to prove their worth." Continuing Dr. Van Horn said: "We are beginning to appreciate the worth of character as never before. The busi ness world, which is interested only in 'dollars and cents, is seeking young men of good character because It pays. And in this search It is found that the best material is among our Christian young people. It Is an actual fact that Christianity has a market value. Just Simple Goodness. "But it is not a matter of money that I want to present to you today. The pros of things material makes it seem at times that the measure of a man today is a measure of stocks and bonds; and yet we know it is not so. The groat thing In life is just simple goodness. That is the measure of a man today as it has been through the ages. We do not need to ask what goodness is. I am tired of all these sophistries and questions as to where lies the line between good and evil. When excuses are swept aside; .whan disguises are put away; when our naked souls deal with .naked facts, each one knows what goodness is. "The appeal I wish to make to you I can best Illustrate with an incident. An excursion boat on a mountain river landed at & lonely spot and a coffin was taken from It and placed at the feet of an old man standing on the bank. It contained a son who had gone forth years before to work In a large city. He had not gained wealth or power, and the passengers upon the boat, knowing the simple story, saw only failure. But a business man, the owner of groat industries had left the boat, and told the father the story of his son's life. "Although he had not been brilliant in his business career, he had been a faithful worker and had come back pure and clean as when he loft, a boy. It was a case of success, not of failure. Each one of us must meet that test; we must end life as we bogan it. pure and clean. We shall have succeeded if each day we know that we are right In the eye of the world, in the eye of our father. In the eye of God. CHILD LABOR HIS THEME. Professor Lindsay Says Youths Should Be Protected by Public. Professor Samuel McCune Lindsay, of the University of Pennsylvania, and sec retary of the National Child-Labor Com mittee, with headquarters in New York City, spoke on the subject of "Child La bor" at the morning service In the First "Unitarian Church. Dr. Lindsay said that among the great advances In the humani tarian movement for which the nineteenth century stands out unique in history, none was more significant to consider in these opening years of the twentieth century than the work done for children, the greater opportunities guaranteed to the young, and the greater reverence for the rights of childhood. In no work does the call for social service In this day and generation im pose upon men greater obligations to continue and strengthen that which has been accomplished in the past. The es tablishment of the free public school and allied educational facilities make it Im perative that all the children of the land are protected In the free and equal en joyment of these aids to development of sound bodies, trained hands and Intelli gent minds. The history and causes of child-labor In England and the United States were pointed out. Not only the mechanical changes in modern industry and the greed for gain and the indiffer ence and sometimes cruelty of employers, but today in even greater degree poverty which the community should help to re lieve rather than permitting it to engulf the innocent and helpless victims of ten der years, and the greed of shortsighted and poorly educated parents contribute to augment the army of Infant tollers. In spite of more than a decade of agi tation in the United States, official statis tics show that the number of girls be tween 10 and 15 years of age employed in manufacturing and mechanical pursuits, precisely where the dangers to health, morals and normal development are greatest. Increased 150 per cent, and" the number of boys similarly employed more than doubled, and this within a single decade ending In 1900. The industrial advance within the last five years, leads to the belief that in spite of all the feeble efforts at legislation to the contrary, a similarly startling increase In child-employment in mechanical Industry and per haps also In trade and transportation, has continued. Yet this is a period of expanding opportunities in education and philanthropy. "The question of the hour," continued Profej-sor Lindsay, "is whether we can democratize these opportunities or wheth er we are willing to see a growing army of children deprived of their birthright through no wilful act of their own. We need a national sentiment on this ques tion, a national standard, solidly em bedded in -public opinion, even If it can not be put pn the national statute book by reason of the limitation of Federal powers. States like Oregon, which stands at the front in advanced legislation on this subject, must do missionary work in less favored communities and lend a helping hand to the forward movement in sister states, until there Is no child in all America who has not the chance to grow, to play and to be Intelligently pre paredthat Is, educated before it Is asked, to assume the serious burdens of our modern Industrialism." The speaker also dwelt upon the dan gers morally of certain trades especial ly street trading for young children, and described the methods of regulating It that have been successfully adopted In England. He also told of the organiza tion and work of the National Child Labor Committee, and of the recent de feats of. legislation In the South, out of which he confidently predicted would come greater victories. The South Is no less mindful of the wel fare of Its children than we are in the North and West," the speaker said. "Its problems are harder to solve and we should stand shoulder to shoulder with the noble men and womon in these Southern States who are fighting for the right in this matter and tictory will be theirs and ours." CHURCH AD WORKIXGSIEN Rev. A. J. Montgomery Says Gap Between Them Is Closing Up. "The Church and Workingmen" was the subject of the sermon of Rev. Andrew J. Montgomery yesterday morning at the Third Presbyterian Church, East Pine and Thirteenth streets. Mr. Montgomery announced his text as "Christ was a car enter," and from that deduced the con clusion that the church was for the work-, ingmon as well as for the rich. "There are ideal propositions made," said the speaker, "to harmonize the rela tions of labor and capital, and to cure all evils In the human family, but let us throw these aside and consider this sub ject purely from a practical basis. Christ was a carpenter. For IS j-oars he worked In a carpenter shop, fashioning agricul tural Implements, and then spent three years in his ministry. The 18 years of service as a worklngman Is a significant fact with the church. All his disci pies were laborers, except Paul, who was the accomplished theological scholar, and he became a tentmakfsr, partly to get in sym pathy with men who worked and partly to earn his living. So we And" the found ers of the Christian religion wore men who worked with their hands. Is net this a significant fact?" "The tendency of the present time is to bring the church and the workingmen to gether. At the last General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church a department of church work was established under the head of 'church and workingmen,' and at its head was placed a capable man. And so the gap. real and Imaginary, be tween the church and the workingmen. Is being closed up they are getting closer together. It had been a custom for some ministers to spend months at common labor to get in sympathy and touch with laboring men. And now here In Portland we sent our ministerial delegate to the Portland Federated Trades Union, and we received a delegate from that body in our ministerial association. And so there is a getting together of church and laboring men. This will help solve all the vexed questions of the day. Christianity will solve the problems that cause contention in the economic field. And we should cultivate the worklngman and make the church his home, and as established by Jesus Christ, the carpenter, for him and the salvation of the world." HpLD DEDICATORY SERVICES Impressive Sermons at the German Evangelical House of Worship. Appropriate dedicatory services were held In the new German EvangoKcal Church, Tonth and Clay streets, yeater day morning, afternoon and evening. During the day over W0O0 was raised by subscription, entirely freeing the congre gation from debt on the beautiful J25,0& edifice, and leaving a surplus to purchase additional furniture. The church has been organized for 26 years, and has an enrollment of 121 mem bers. Among its pastors have been the Rev. Messrs. Bltner, Slenk, Harder, Schucknet and Schauer. Rev. Theodore Schauer is the incumbent through whose Instrumentality, largely, the new church has been erected and freed from debt. Bishop S. C Breyfogel, of Philadelphia, preached in the morning and afternoon. His discourse in the morning was deliv ered in German from the text. "Alt Is Yours." In the afternoon he chose the subject, "The Power of Christ's Resur rection." This sermon, given In English, was a careful study of the fundamental doctrines of Christianity. The speaker showed by reference to Scripture how Christ had overcome all worldly power in Its different forms, and finally 'conquered death Itself. He showed that Christ's life only proved what men might do. and that hy following his example all things" were possible. All Gtrman pastors in the city united in the evening service. Among the speak ers were Rev. John Hopp, of the German Congregational Church; Rev. Mr. See becker, of Spokane, and Rev. Mr. Maurer. presiding elder of the Salem district of the German Methodist Episcopal Church. The speeches were given partly in Ger man and partly in English. Bishop Breyfogel left the city last night and will sail for Japan next Wednesday to Inspect the missions conducted by his denomination. He will continue his trip around the world. LABOR W JIT CEDAR PARK GREAT PREPARATION TO CELE BRATE LEGAL HOLIDAY. Literary and Musical Exercises Will Be the Features of the Gathering. At Cedar Park today the dlffeernt labor organizations of Portland will celebrate their legal holiday In a quiet but fitting manner, and while there will be no rous ing demonstrations, it is expected that the occasion will be productive of as much sincere enjoyment as though it were marked hy an elaborate parade through the streets, mingled with .tiresome halts and vexatious delays in other respects. Many distinguished speakers will be present to air their eloquence. Including Governor Chamberlain, Avery C. Moore, of Idaho, who will make the address of the day; James G. Kellar. president of the National Letter-carriers' Association; Mrs. L F. Additon, of Lentsjand others while vocal solos will be rendered by Miss Gladys Grenier and Miss Lizzie Harwas, besides singing by a male quartet The music will be furnished by Prasp's orches tra of nine pieces. At 11 o'clock this morning the sports will begin, and will -continue until well into the afternoon, being interrupted tem porarily by the. literary exercises. Two prtzes will be awarded for a race for girls under 12, race for girls between 13 and 21, fat man's race, lean man's race, potato race, in addition to the grand cou pon gate prize. Prizes will also be given this evening to the best lady and gen tleman waltzers. A large attendance is looked for, and extra care will be taken to preserve the strictest order throughout the entire pro ceedings. lfiurlne Eye Remedy cure eyes: siaxe trtzX ere tro&c Soothe eye yaia; doew't scum, GIANTS LOSE AGAIN Oakland - but Makes Slow Start, a Game Finish. PITCHERS DID THE WORK Two Games Scheduled for Today, When - the Californlans Will Make Their Last Appear ance in Portland. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. YrMrrday'd Score. Oakland, 3; Portland. 2. Taeema. 7; Los AngtXte, 1. Ban Franc! soo, G-3; Seattle, 7i2. Standing of tbe Team. "Won. Lest. P.C Oakland 10 13 .581 Los Angeles 18 12 .571 San Fraoclee 16 14 .888 Tacema 16 IS .516 Portland is IS .419 ' Seattle 10. IS .357 'i 4 Oakland. I. Portland, 2. And that well-known society bookmak er smiled smiled because he won enough from his frtend to buy a fur-lined over coat, a pair of yel!ow spats and a pea greon necktie. The sooloty bookmaker took his smile home with him, because he wants to use It today when he collects. He's not making any excuses for Port land's failure to win the game after beat ing the barrier and getting off two lengths la the load. He will leave the explana tion for that very young person who doubles in society and writes baseball criticisms and says, "McHale. made a clean-cut home run." Funny how differently some persons will persist In seeing things. Now there were people present at yesterday's matinee who would have bet their eyes out that the Giants, with Garvin in the box, would defeat Oakland. Some of them .were right noisy like. Just as noisy and even more willing to hot were a host of Oakland ad mirers, and from the frequent exchange of "Uncle Sam's legal tender, some one beside our hero, the society bookmaker, must have cleaned up a little Labor day money. The brains of some people are like the brains of some critics. If it were dynamite that they carried underneath their skypioces, and should It explode. It would not blow on their hats. All this has little to dQ with the game. It is just mentioned here in passing to show that a critic can get lame and fall down. It is belter to write about the game, however, than to dwell any more upon Irresponsible young persons. To be gin with, there were no "perfect home runs," although the Giants fell upon Oscar Graham In the opening Inning and trounced him for two doubles and a sin gle. Jakey Atz led off with a single, and Van Burcn died sending him to second. Mike Mitchell fell against one that earned him two bases. Atz scored, and when Schlafiy hit the fence in rightfieW for another two-base hit, Mitchell came marching home. It looked like curtains for Oakland. They were slow to begin, but they fin ished with a rush, and the absence of "perfect home runs" did the rest. In the third inning. Richards, who is romping around in Brick Devereaux's brogans at third, sneaked in a blnglc. With Byrnes and Graham tucked away. Garvin fed Van Haltren one that he kited for two sacks, scoring Richards. This looked bad. It looked worse in the fourth, when Dun leavy's single hooked up with Mosklman's two-ply swat, sent In the run that tied the score. It was a pitchers battle after this, with the two "G.'s" fighting it out. Twice Garvin pulled out of a tight hole. The third Urne was a charm. In the ninth. Moskiman, whose fair friends applauded him with great glee when his drive tied up the score, wanted some more of the same kind of applause, and he poked out a single. Richards dumped him down to second, and he scored on the drive of Jimmy Byrnes' that bounded and hit Sweeney on the shoulder. This won the game, for a double play, from Byrnes to Kolly, ruthlessly slaughtered Portland's chances In their half. There will be two gamos today. The morning game will be called at le:39. and the afternoon one at S. This will be Oakland's last appearance here, so a big crowd should be on hand to bid them faicweli- The score: PORTLAND. AB. R. IB. PO. A. E. Atz. te 4 110 4 1 Van Buren. If. 3 O 0 2 6 Mitchell, lb. 4 1 2 10 1 0 Schlafiy. 2b 4 0 1 4 2, 0 HeueehoMer. ri. 4 0 0 2 0 0 McLean, c ......... 4 0 16 0 0 McHale. cf. 3 0 0 3 8 0 Sweeney, 3fe. 2 0 1 8 2 8 Garvin, p 3 0 1 0 2 8 Tetals 31 2 7 27 11 1 OAKLAND. AB. R. IB. PO. A. K. Van Haltren, cf. 3 0 1 3 0 0 Franks, to. 4 0 0 2 1 1 Dunleavy. K. 4 112 0 8 Kruser. rf. ..... 4 0 1 1 O 0 Kelly. 2b .... 0 0 1 4 0 Mkiman, lb 4 1 2 11 0 8 Richards. 3b 3 110 4 0 Byrne, c 3 0 1 6 2 0 Graham, p. ........... 4 0 0 0 2 0 Totals ., 33 3 7 27 13 1 SCORE BY INNINGS. Portland 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 Hits 3 1 0 0 1 1 8 0 17 Oakland 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 0 13 Hits .'. 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 27 , SUMMARY. Struck out By Garvin. 6; by Graham, 6. Bases on balls On Garvin. 2: eft Graham. 2. Two-bape hi Us Mitchell, Schlafiy, Van Hal tren. Moskiman. Double play Bymea to -Kelly. Left on bane Portland, 5; Oakland, 6. Sacrifice h'lr Van Buren, Byrnes. Stolen ba Van Haltren. Time of rame One hour and 40 minutes. Umpire McDonald. ANGELS AT KEEFE'S MERCY Tigers Hit Hall Opportunely and Pile Up Seven Huns. TACOMA. Sept. 3. Keefe had Los An geles at his mercy until the ninth inning, wnen two scratch hits, a clean single and" a wild pitch broke the row of blanks. Tacoma hit Hall opportunely, the visit ors' errors also helping the home team to score. Eagan started the run-getting with a home run. The score: R.H.E. Los Angeles...-. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 3 Tacoma 0 112 0 2 10 7 10 1 Batteries Hall and Spies; Keefe and Ho gan. Umpire Perrine. EACH TEAM TAKES A GAME Siwashes Win the First Game and the Seals the Second. SAX FRANCISCO, Sept. 3. The Seattle and San Francisco teams, divided honors today. In the morning the Northerners won the game by bunching their hits In tlie -first and third innings. The after noon contest developed Into a battle be tween "Wheeler and Shields, wjth the Seattle man making the better showing. He had the local men guessing almost to the close. The scores. First game R.H.E. Seattle 4 0020100 0-7 7 2 San Francisco ....'..2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0-6 8 4 Batteries Roach, Miller and Frary; Wheeler, Williams pnd Shea. Afternoon game R.H.E. Seattle 110000 0 0 0-2 6 2 San Francisco 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -3 4 5 Batteries Shields and Blankensbip; Wheeler and Wilson. Umpire Davis. NATIONAL LEAGUE. St. Louis 4, Cincinnati 0. ST. LOUIS. Sept. 3. Brown's pitching was too much for the Cincinnati team. Grady's two triples was the feature, each one scoring runners. The attendance was 4500. The score: R.H.E.1 R.H.E. St. Louis 4 6 l Cincinnati ....0 6 0 Batteries Brown and Grady; Ewlng and Schlei. Umpire Emslie. Chicago 1-0, Pittsburg 0-1. CHICAGO. Sept. 3. Pittsburg and Chi cago split even. The first took 11 innings and was won by Chicago on Casey's triple and a low throw to the plate. Lelfleld, Pittsburg's new pitcher, from Des Moines, did his first work In the major league In the second game, and did good work both with the bat and in the field. His team supported him perfectly and won on Clark's double and two outs. The second game was called at the end of the sixth Inning to allow both teams to catch a train. The attendance was 9G0O. The scores: First game R.H.E.1 R.H.E. Chicago a 3 01 Pittsburg 0 3 4 Batteries Wicker and O'Neill; Phllllppi; and Gibson. Second game Chicago 0 3 2J Pittsburg 1 3 0 Batteries Weimer and 'O'Neill;. Lelfleld. and Pcitz. Umpire Klom. A3LERICAN LEAGUE. Cleveland 3, Chicago 1. CHICAGO. Sept. 3. Cleveland defeated Chicago by opportune hitting. Chicago's lone run came in the third when Jones doubled, stole third, and scored on a fly to-right Held. The attendance was 10,500. The score: , R.H.E.1 R.H.R. Chicago 1 2 OlCleveland 3 7 0 Batteries Patterson and Sullivan; Don ahue and Clark. St. Louis 3, Detroit 2. ST. LOUIS. SopL 3. Glade was effective after the first Inning. Dlsch was beings hit when he was taken out with the score tied. The attendance was 6300. The score: R.H.E.! R-H.Ev Detroit .2 S ISt. Louis 3 8 0 Batteries Glade and Spencer; Clcotte, Dlsch and Warner. JEFFRIES DOES NOT RESPOND Offered $1000 to Referee the Brltl Nclson Go. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 3. Manager Coffroth. of jthe Colma Club, has not yet received a response from James Jeffries regarding the proposal of the champion acting as referee in the Britt-Nolson fight next Saturday. Jeffries a few days ago was notified by telegraph that the sum of 5KM would be paid him for his ser vices In the ring, but no Intimation has as yet come from Catalina Island, where Jeffries is staying, that the offer was satisfactory or othorwise. Crowds of visitors attended the Britt and Nelson training camps today and the, favored ones were permitted to see the pugilists at work. Britt Is doing the lightest kind of exercise. He Is a few pounds oyer weight and will keep himself at that point until a day or two before the match. He makes weight easily and considers himself in good condition. Satis factory reports come also from Nelson's trainers. Wavcrly Golf Tournament. The Waverly Golf Club has arranged for a men's open handicap tournament to be held today, both morning and afternoon. The links are in perfect condition and this event practically opens the Fall season. The club Is now in a flourishing condition. Its membership list has been growing rapidly during the last year and con tains in the neighborhood of 40) names. It is expected that the coming Fall will be the most successful reason yet exper ienced. A bungalow has been constructed during the Summer, which will provide ample accommodations for the members and their guests. Notice to Mariners. The following affects the list of lights, buoys and daymarks. Pacific Coast, 1S05: Oregon and Washington Columbia Riv er entrance, pages 42, 49, 50. 51, 52 and 55. Corrected bearings and depths of water: Columbia River outside bar whistling buoy, PS.. In Si feet: North Head Light house, N. by E. i E., easterly. Cape Disappointment Lighthouse, NE. i N., easterly. Point -Adams (unused) Light house, E. i N., easterly. Outer Buoy, a PS., first-class can, in 42 feet: North Head Lighthouse. N. ?4 E. Cape Disappointment, Lighthouse, NE. 1 N., northerly. Point Adams (unused) Lighthouse. E. US. Peacock Spit Buoy, No. 0. a black first class can. In 42 feet: North Head Light house. N. by E. i E. Cape Disappoint ment Lighthouse, NE. E. Point Adams (unused) Lighthouse. ESS. Mid-Channel Buoy, a PS., first-class can. In 34 feet: Cape Disappointment Lighthouse, N. by E. E. Point Adams (unused) Lighthouse. EL by S.. easterly. North Head Lighthouse, N. by W. W. Peacock Spit Buoy. No. 1. a black first class can. In 26 feet: Cape Disappoint ment Lighthouse. NNE. j E. Point Adams (unused) Lighthouse, ESE. i E. North Head Lighthouse. N. by W. Clatsop Spit Buoy. No. 4, a red first class nun. In 37 feet: Cape Disappoint ment Lighthouse, N. Vi E. Fort Columbia Wharf, outer end, NE. by E. J E., northerly. Point Adams (unused) Light house, E. by S., easterly. Peacock Spit Buoy, No. 1U. a black first-class can. In 45 feet: Cape Disap pointment Lighthouse, N. Point Adams (unused) Lighthouse, ESE.. easterly. North Head Lighthouse, NW. by N., northerly. Clatsop Spit Buoy, No. 6, a red first class nun. In 43 feet: Fort Columbia wharf, outer end. ENE., northerly. Fort Stevens wharf light, E. S. Cape Dis appointment Lighthouse, NNW. M W., westerly. Clatsop Spit Buoy, No. S, a red first class nun. In 40 feet: Fort Columbia wharf, outer end, ENE. Dcsdemona Sands Lighthouse, E. H S. Cape Disap pointment Lighthouse, NW. W., north erly. Clatsop Spit Buoy. No. 10. a red first class nun. In 43 feet: Fort Columbia wharf, outer end. NE. by E. E. Dcs demona Sands Lighthouse. E. ii N. Cape Disappointment Lighthouse, NW. by W. W. Clatsop Spit Buojv No. 12. a red first class nun. in 42 feet: Desdemona Sands Lighthouse, NE. by E. E. Point Adams (unused) Lighthouse, SSE. Cape Disappointment Lighthouse, WNW., northerly. Middle Ground Lower End Buoy. No. 3, a black first-class can. In 25 feet: Des demona Sands Lighthouse. NE. by E. J E. Fort Stevens wharf light, SE. T4 E. Cape Disappointment Lighthouse, WNW. 14 W. By order of the Lighthouse Board. L. c. heilner; Commander, U. S. N., Lighthouse In spector. Office of Inspector Thirteenth tLight house District, Portland, Oregon, August 2L 16 (No. 14-2M6.) LOGS TOW YRCHTS Returning Boatmen Sleep in Wake of Raft. WIND FAILS TO BLOW Synamox Is Blown on Sandsplt and Bends Rudder, hut the Entire .Regatta Fleet Gets Home Safe. Many of the Portland yacht-owners who took part in the races at Astoria returned yesterday from the city by the sea. Ther all made good time up and all used a novel method to hasten their speed when becalmed. Only one accident marred the trip, which, how ever, did but little damage. The Zephyr was the first to get away leaving- Astoria on Friday at 2 P. M. She was soon followed by the Gadfly Albatross, Naiad and Synamox. A strong northwest wind was blowing: when they left, which Increased almost to a gale. All of the yachts made Tongue Point without m!3hap except the Synamox, which was blown ashore on the spit and bent its rudder so as to be helpless. A passing- gasoline fish boat pulled her off and towed her to a nearby dock, where, with the aid of a blacksmith, the rudder was soon back In Its place almost as good as new and the Synamox hastened to overtake her companions. When off Stella all the yachts were becalmed and. in order to hasten their speed, they all paddled alongside a "raft of logs In tow of the steamer Vulcan and by quick work were able to make fast. This was at 7 P. M. Saturday night, and all went to sleep on board their yachts. The next morning-, a good breeze having sprung: up they all cast off at 7 A. M.. arriving: here In the afternoon. The Zephyr arrived first, at about 3:30 P. M.. followed soon after by the Gadfly. AH the owners are well pleased and say the regatta was one of the best they ever attended. STEAMER JEROJIE SINKS. Cargo a Total Loss, hut "Boat May Be Raised. KENNEWICK, Wash.. Sept. 3. (Spe cial.) The steamer Jerome, loaded with 1C00 bushels of wheat, consigned from Kennewick to Celilo. struck a rock in the Columbia River, when Just above the mouth of the Snake River, and sank In about 30 feet of water. The cargo Is ruined, but It is believed the boat can be raised. Captain Nanier was in charge of the boat. No one was Injured. Launchmcn Approve Warning. Launchowners and boatmen generally heartily approve of the recent warning sont out by Major S. W. Roessier against a continuance of the practice of allowing crude oil to escape from steamers' tanks or barges. Into the Willamette River. It has been a great annoyance to them and an actual detriment to their business. Rowboats and launches have been cov ered with the slime day after day, and the lines getting Into the -vsnter would be come covered with the scum, and at times it was almost Impossible to keep It from getting on the clothing of their patrons. They all hope the steamboatmen will act on the warning. Tug Samson Arrives Up. The tug Samson arrived up at 7 A. M. yesterday. Captain Loll In charge. She will leave down about 4 P. M. to day. The Samson has been engaged In towing- the rock barges from As toria to the Jetty, and is one of the strongest tugs in this vicinity. Did Not Go to Sea Today. ASTORIA. Or.. Sept. 3. (Special.) The schooner Jennie Stella arrived down the river this morning with a cargo of 349.100 feet of lumber, loaded at Vancouver, for San Francisco. The schooner did not s?o to sea today, as she Is short a portion of her crew. UmzumbI Wrecked on Banner Reefs. BREST, France, Sept. 3. The British QOfijfe The beat known, the best-liked, the best-selling JfiSB WQpmJ Turkish cigarettes in this country or any other WLJJ The purest leaf, the smoothest blend, the richest fra- CvS grance obtainable at the price or twice the price 1 A perfect blend of the finest characteristics of Turkish leaf; (Store Closed All Day Today, Account of . labor Day) Chesterfield SUITS AND OVERCOATS The Fall Styles are now in. They are so dis tinctive in every detail as regards style models, fitting and exclusiveness of patterns, that they must appeal to the gentleman of good taste Chesterfield Clothes are guaranteed in every way. If the front of COAT in 'any CHESTER FIELD SUIT BREAKS OR LOSES SHAPE 'IN ONE YEAR'S WEAR, customer can have A NEW SUIT FREE. The style models for Pall are the single and double-breasted sack, a little longer than last year, 30 to 32 inches being the correct length for coat. The English walk ing frock of the Chesterfield this season is very swagger. Prices for suits range from $18.00 to $40.00. The TOPCOATS and CRAVENETTE RAINCOATS are now ready for you to select for Fall wear. Priced $lo.00 to $35.00. Every thing in stylish, good quality Haberdashery and Hats for your choosing. R. M. 269-271 Truth Ever steamer UmzumbI, bound for London, from Capetown, struck on- the Banner Reefs, west of here, today. The passen gers and crew, numbering 75 persons, were rescued by lifeboats manned by fish-folk from Molene Island, and a French salvage tug took 5100,000 from the vessel. Marine Notes. The steamer South Bay arrived up last night about 0 o'clock. The' steamer Columbia left' for San Fran cisco at 8 o'clock last night. Last night at 12 the launch Pearl City left for Kalama to bring back a number of live salmon for the fish exhibit at the Fair. She will return at 3 P. M. today. The Comeric will complete her load . of lumber for Taku Bar. China, tomorrow noon. All day yesterday the stevedores were busy loading her with Immense tim bers. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 3. Condition of the bar at 5 P M.. smooth; wind, northwest; weather, clear. Arrived down at 7 A. M. and salted at noon Steamer Redondo, for San Franclflca. GRAY MORRISON Quality Always' Arrived a. 0 A. M. and left up at 10 A". M". Steamer South Bay. from San Francisco. Sailed at 3 P. M. Steamer Valencia, for San Francisco. Arrived down at 7 A. M. Schooner Jennie Stella. Left up at noon for Clirton American ahlp Berlin. Arrived- at 6 P. M. German ship Oregon, from Hamburg-, via San Francisco. Sailed Steamer Cascades, for San Francisco. San Francisco, Sept. 3. Sailed Schooner Mable Gale, for Portland. Arrived Steamer Paroda, from Everett. "POTTER" KEPT ON. Popular Seaside Steamer Will Slake Her Xaat Trip September 10. The T. J. Potter will be kept in servlco between Portland and North Beach, stop ping at Astoria, as follows: From Portland September 3. 9 A. SI.; September 7. 9:45 A. M.: September 3. 1 P. M.: September 12. 7 A. M.: September 14. 8 A. M-; September 16, 9:15 A. 1L From Ilwaco September 3, 11:15 P. 31.; September 6. 6:30 A. M.: September S. 9 A. 3J.: September 10, S P. M.; September 13. 10:30 A. M.; September 15. 11:15 A. M.: September 17, 4 P. M. Particulars and O. R. & N. Summer book by asking at Third and "Washington streets, Portland.