VOL. XLVIII. NO. 14,868.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
H0WL"F0UL"WHEN
FAVORITE - LOSES
CREDITORS TAKE
E-ENACTS
STETSON'S WIDOW
MARRIES COUNT
ROOSEVELT WILL
NOT CEASE CHASE
AERONAUT BEATS
AUTO IN AIRSHIP
A HERO'S MEDAL1
SCENES
CAPTAIN' CASTO, OF CHEROKEE
FAME, BANKRUPT.
PORTXGCESE XOBIEMAX TO
SPEND HATTER'S MILLIONS.
LIXCOLX BEACHEY WINS NEW
LAURELS AT BALTIMORE.
nUEBEGR
LIGHTNING KILLS
SIX MILITIAMEN
H STORIG
British Sports Prove
Poor Sportsmen.
ROB CARPENTER OF VICTORY
Declare 400-Meter Race No
Race on Weak Pretext. -
AMERICAN TEAM PROTESTS
Charge That Carpenter Pocketed
Halsewell Causes Uproar at
Olympic Games Because of
Management's Unfairness.
WINNERS OF DAY'S EVENTS.
FLAT RACE, 200 METERS Kerr.
Canada, first: Cloughen, Irish-American
A. C!, second. Cartmel. Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, third. Time,
0:22 2-5.
STANDING HIGH JUMP Ray C.
Ewry. N. Y. A. C. first, 5 feet 3
Inches; J. A. Blller, Brooklyn Cen
tral T. M. C. A., and Tsiclitlras.
Greece, tied for second, 6 feet 1
inch.
FLAT RACE. 400 METERS J. C. I
Carpenter, Cornell, first; W. C. Rob-
bins. Cambridge. Mass., second; Hall- t
eswell. United Kingdom, third. Time, t
0:47 4-5. Declared no race on plea I
of foul. I
LONDON. July 23. The unfortunate Be
lies of disputes which has been seen
since the opening of the Olympic games,
not only between Americans and the offi
cials of the Amateur Athletic Association
but between the athletes of other nations
and the officials, culminated this after
noon in an occurrence which threatened
to wreck the lnter-Olymplc meeting.
The trouble was over the final heat of
the 400-meter race, for which J. C. Car
penter, Cornell University; J. B. Taylor,
Irish-American A. C; W. C. Bobbins,
Cambridge, Mass., and Lieutenant Wynd
ham Halsewell, United Kingdom, quali
fied. With the exception of Taylor the
men got off quickly on the firing of the
pistol and Robbins sprinted in front, tak
ing the pole from Carpenter, who was just
behind with Halsewell trailing along be
side him. It looked like anybody's race
as they approached the last turn, the
three leaders being bunched. Their spurt
for the final hundred yards was begun,
when suddenly one of the officials rushed
onto the track, the tape across the finish
was torn down and the race was de
clared void.
Uproarious Cry of "i'oul."
It was hard for a time to understand
what had occurred, but the official pro
nouncement was that Carpenter had
fouled Halsewell at the turn. Everybody
close to this spot had noticed that the
three men had swerved toward the out
side of the track as they came around the
bend at a terrific pace, but there was no
sign of a deliberate foul visible to those
Jn the press stands.
An uproar followed such as seldom or
never was witnessed on an athletic field.
Officials of the Amateur Athletic Asso
ciation, with whom the arena had been
filled since the opening of the gates, ran
along the edges of the track shouting
"foul," and appeared even more excited
than the runners, who. with the excep
tion of Taylor, continued the race to the
finish. Carpenter passing the post first,
Robbins second, and Halsewell third.
Taylor, who was a considerable distance
In the rear, was dragged off the track by
one of the excited officials, who shouted
all the while that it was no race.
The American contingent set up a yell
of delight, as its man had apparently cap-
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Saved Passengers and Crew of Ship
From Drowning in
1905.
TRENTON, N. J., July 23. (Special.)
Captain Mark Casto, of Pleasantvllle,
hero of the rescue of the crew and pas
sengers of the ship Cherokee, which
stranded at Atlantic City three years
ago, filed a voluntary petition in bank
ruptcy in the United States District
Court today. His assets amount to
56565 and his liabilities to $7494.
Captain Casto claims as exempt from
Vice - President Fairbanks, Who
Extended America's Compli
ment, to Prince of Wales at
Quebec 1
the operation of the bankruptcy law
the Carnegie medal which he received
in. recognition of the heroism he dis
played in the rescue of the Cherokee
passengers. He places the intrinsic
value of this medal at $200, which is
the maximum amount upon which ex
emption may be claimed in this state.
1 In doing this Captain Casto Is com
pelled to relinquish for the benefit of
his creditors a 9300 medal that was
given him by the Clover Club of Phila
delphia, which also tendered him a ban
quet. MAJOR J. F. MELINE DEAD
Assistant Treasurer of the United
States Xor 16 Years.
WASHINGTON, July 23. Major James
F. Meline, for 16 years past the Assist
ant Treasurer of the United States,
died at Jiis home in this clty late this
afternoon, after a long Illness, aged
67 years.
Major Aleline was born In Ohio" and
entered the Army as a private In the
Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, April
19, 1S61, and served until June 23, 1864.
He rose to the rank of first lieuten
ant and was wounded at Stone's River.
After a brief service in the Treasury
Department he re-entered the Army
and served until the end of the war.
He was a captain at that time and was
made brevet major of volunteers.
He re-entered the Treasury Depart
ment as a clerk after the war and was
gradually promoted to the position he
held when he died.
MAN HURT IN KLAMATH
Spencer Creek Settlers Seek Outlaw
Who Has Been Looting Cabins..
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., ujly 23. (Spe
cial.) Three Deputy Sheriffs are en
gaged in a man-hunt In the vicinity of
Spencer Creek. Numbers of cabins have
been robbed recently of food supplies, and
a mysterious individual has been seen in
the big pine timber of that vicinity. He is
described as apparently an Italian, heav
ily bearded, and believed to be hiding out,
possibly for some offense against the law.
Only two men have talked to him. and
he was reluctant to answer questions, but
seemed perfectly sane.
He is armed with rifle and hunting
knife.
QUEBEC
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Splendid Pageant Seen
in Old City.
PRINCE GREETS AMERICANS
Exchange of Good Wishes With
Vice-President.
BRILLIANT NIGHT ' SCENE
Champlain and Other Characters In
Canadian History Represented in
Gorgeous Procession Prince
Visits American Warship.
QUEBEC, July 28. The Prince of
Wales was the central figure today In
the magnificent spectacle of reproduc
ing Quebec's historic past and usher
ing in the 300th anniversary of the
founding of the city by Champlain.
Aside from the spectacular features of
the event, it was the occasion for a
notable exchange of addresses between
Vice-President 'Fairbanks and the
Prince of Wales, in which the former
spoke of the existing relations between
the United States and Great Britain
and the Prince delivered a message of
good will to the American Government.
An enormoufc crowd filled the Place
d'Armes fronting the Champlain monu
ment, where the exercises were held.
Here the Prince received the addresses
of the American and French represent
atives, the Mayor of Quebec and finally
Champlain himself, reproduced as in
the days of old, coming from the mimic
reproduction of his original ship, the
Don de Dieu, with some 6000 followers
representing every phase of old France
in Canada.
Splendid Night Spectacle.
It was a splendid spectacle, carried out
under bright skies with a setting of this
picturesque old city and its harbor filled
with a fleet of International warships.
Tonight the city and harbor are a blaze
of lights. The warships are outlined in
electric lights, marking every line of hull
and rigging, while the Parliament and
many other buildings are similarly
outlined.
From the citadel the Pripce is looking
acrosss the ,St. Lawrence at a gigantic
display of fireworks on the heights of
Levis, showing in fiery outlines portraits
of King Edward, the Falls of Montmor
ency and the battle of Wolfe and
Montcalm.
In addressing the prince during the
exercises Mr. Fairbanks dwelt on the in
terest which the United States had in the
explorations following the landing of
Champlain and on the common ancestry
of Canadians and Americans, and the
great future before the two countries. He
expressed hope for the growth of the in
ternational peace movement and said in
conclusion:
"Wlo have no need to fear that the rela
tions between the United Sta.te3 and Great
Britain will ver again be disturbed. We
have faith to believe that our nags, which
grac this historic occasion and which mingle
together and salute each other upon the
Plains of Abraham, will never confront
each other in conflict upon either land or
British Good Will Expressed.
The Prince of Wales, in replying to the
Vice-President, said: '
The King, whose earnest desire is always
to promote the best and closest relations
between nations, has especially desired me.
as his representative, to convey to you, Mr.
Vice-President of the United States, and to
your colleagues, not only a hearty welcome
but also a warm expression of thanks, both
to It and to you- Government, for your
presence Is not merely an indication of your
Interest In this celebration; it is an out
ward and visible sign of the friendship, con
cord and good will between ourselves and
the great country which ycu represent with
si much distinction. We think of the Uni
ted States as having given the example of
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CELEBRATES TERCENTENNIAL
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Groom Consul for His King at Chi
cago and Sculptor Honey
moon in Europe.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 23. (Spe
cial.) The widow of John B. Stetson,
the millionaire hat manufacturer, be
came a Countess shortly after 11 o'clock
today, when she was married to Count
Santa Eulalia, Portuguese Consul at Chi
cago and a sculptor of some note. Mrs.
Stetson did not embrace the Catholic
faith to become Countess. Under a spe
cial dispensation frdm Archbishop Ryan
the wedding ceremony was performed by
Monsrigrior James P. Turner at "Idro,"
the beautiful estate of Mrs. Stetson in
Melrose. .
This afternoon the Count and his bride
went to New York, and will sail tomor
row for Europe. Only the immediate
members of the Stetson family and a
few of the trusted servants were present
when the ceremony was performed, and
the utmost caution was exercised to
keep all details of the wedding secret
No newspaper men were allowed within
50 feet of the house. There was the
deadline and there they stopped. The
suburban police force saw to that, ef
fectually, too.
Following the ceremony a wedding
breakfast was served on the broad ver
anda, and later the Count and Countess,
with other members of the family, went
out on the lawn and posed for several
pictures. They would not, however, per
mit newspaper photographers to use
their cameras.
The Count and Countess, it Is said,
will make their home in this city.
CABLE FAVORS POSTAL
Western Union Sues for Business
Lost on Trans-Pacific Line.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 23. Alleg
ing discrimination in favor of the
Postal Telegraph Company, a suit was
filed today by the Western Union Tele
graph Company against the Commer
cial Pacific Cable Company for $2581
damages, and for an injunction to re
strain the defendant company from
continuing charging a higher rate to
the plaintiff for messages to Honolulu
and Asiatic points. It is alleged that
since May 23, 1908, the Commercial
Cable Company has charged, the West
ern Lnlon from J3 to J4 per message
more than it has charged the Postal
Company on business originating at
points in the United States where the
Postal maintains- offices and not at
points where the Postal is unrepre
sented. .
The complaint alleges that the West
ern Union has lost $1000 in business
diverted to the Postal and that 15S1
represents the amount paid to meet
excess charges on messages.
Judge Sturtevant, of the Superior
Court, issued a temporary Injunction,
pending the presentation of the case.
SWINDLER GOES INSANE
Isaac Eppinger, Warehous Receipt
Forger, in Asylum.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 23.
(Special.) Isaac Eppinger, one of the
members of the firm of Jacob Eppinger
& Co., accused of raising money on
false warehouse receipts, was commit
ted to the Asylum for the Insane at
Ukiah, upon the findings of alunacy
commission today. Judge Cook made
the order. Eppinger was brought to
the Detention Hospital several days
ago, and it took but a short time to
decide as to his condition.
The accusation through which all
the Eppingers received ill fame came
to trial on account of the destruction
of the records in' the case by the fire.
Since that time the head of the flrnr,
Jacob Eppinger. has died.
Wagner Festival Opens.
BAYREUTH, Bavaria, July 23. The an
nual Waigner festival opened brilliantly
here today with a new study of Lohen
grin, under the direction of Seigfried
Wagner. Frau Cosimir Wagner is still
ill and unable to be present.
AND ENTERTAINS PRINCE
Continu6 Prosecution
of Standard to Finish.
MERITS NOT YET DECIDED
No Question of Guilt of Great
Oil Monopoly.
TELLS BONAPARTE TO ACT
Escape on Technicality Would Be
Miscarriage of Justice -Appeal
Court Gave Loophole by Mis
quoting Record in Case.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y., July 33. President
Roosevelt tonight announced in unmis
takable terms the determination of the
administration to proceed with the prose
cution of the Standard Oil case despite
the decision adverse to the Government
handed down by the United States Court
of Appeals yesterday. This decision, the
President thinks, in no way affects the
merits of the case and he makes known
his decision to cause the action to be
brought again before the courts in such
shape, if possible, as to prevent techni
calities from interfering with a decision
based upon the actual issues Involved.
The statement made . public tonight by
Secretary Loeb follows:
"The President has directed the Attorney-General
immediately to take steps
for re-trial of the Standard Oil case. The
reversal 'of the decision of the lower
court does not in any shape or way touch
the merits of the case, except Insofar as
the size of the fine is concerned. There
is absolutely no question of the guilt of
the defendants or of the exceptionally
grave character of the offense.
"The President would regard it as a
gross miscarriage of justice. If through
any technicalities of any kind the defend
ant escaped the punishment which would
unquestionably have been meted out to
any weaker defendant who had been
guilty of such offense. The President
will do everything in his power to avert
or prevent such miscarriage of justice.
"With this purpose in view the Presi
dent has directed the Attorney-General
to bring into consultation Frank? B. Kel
logg in the matter, and do everything
possible to brjng the offenders to justice."
QUOTES LAXDIS IK CORRECTLY,
Two Glaring Errors Form Basis of
Petition for Rehearing.
CHICAGO, July 23. United States
Attorney Sims today announced posi
tively that a petition for a rehearing
in the case of the Government against
the Standard Oil Company of Indiana,
decided adversely to the Government
by Judge Grosscup yesterday, would be
filed. Mr. Sims today received the fol
lowing telegram from Mr. Bonaparte:
"I feel that you and your associates
have done everything possible to pro
tect the Interests of the Government
and promote justice. I will write fully
as soon as the opinion comes to hand."
.That the petition for rehearing will
be. based on two alleged errors in the
quoted portions of the opinion of the
court is the generally accepted opinion
of attorneys Interested in the case.
Local newspapers today print parallel
statements taken from yesterday's de
cision and from the record of the orig
nal trial. .
This is from Judge Grosscup's opinion:
. and carried out in the ruling ex
cluding certain proffered testimony, includ
ing that of one Edward Bogardus, who. be
ing in absolute charge of the traffic affairs
of plaintiff In error . offered to
testify that . ' . . he did not know
anything about the 18-cent rate over the
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OF WALES
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Navigator Says 1 4-Mile Flight in
33 Minutes Breaks
Record.
BALTIMORE, Md., July 23. Lincoln
Beachey, who is making daily and
nightly flights in his airship from a
suburban amusement resort, claims to
have made new records for both dis
tance and speed in a flight made this
morning front Arlington to and around
the city hall. The distance, 14 miles.
Frank B. KelloitK. Who Will Aid
Attorney general in Carrying;
on Standard Oil Prosecutions.
was made without a stop in 33 minutes.
An average height of 600 feet was
maintained with some difficulty wing
to the separate alternations of clouds
and sunshine.
An automobile which followed the
airship was distanced on the return
trip.
Lincoln Beachey, the aeronaut men
tioned in the foregoing dispatch, is
well known in Portland, where he made
almost daily flights during the Lewis
and Clark Fair. He repeatedly circled
The Oregonian building tower and his
numerous flights here were all success
ful. WASHINGTON, July 2). Captain Bald
win's dirigiKe balloon built for the Army
is now at Fort Myer, Va. It, probably
will make its initial flight -early next
week.
SAYS CHAIR WAS TOO HIGH
Stenographer Sues Employer for In
jury to Health.
RENO, Nev., July 23. Miss Kathe
rine Collins, of this city, is suing a
brokerage company for damages
amounting to $5125 for not providing
her with the proper kind of chair. She
was employed as stenographer by the
brokerage company, and worked from
February 22 to March 23, and during
that time used a chair much too high.
On account of her feet not touching the
floor, she says, serious spinal trouble
was superinduced, so that she had to
have two operations performed.
SENT HOME FOR HAZING
Eight West Point Cadets Taught
Lesson in Manners.
WEST POINT, N. Y., July 23. Eight
cadets in the United States Military
Academy here were today sent to their
homes as a result of hazing members
of the fourth class. They were Wil
liam T. Russel. appointed at large, and
Harry G. Wever. of Illinois, members
of the first class, and. Byron Q. Jones,
New York ; George Wf Chase, New York,
William M. Prude, Alabama; Isaac
Spaulding, Oklahoma; William Moltke,'
Virginia, and James A. Gillespie, of
Pennsylvania, members of the third
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Pennsylvania Guard
Camp Wrecked.
SCORES OF TROOPERS INJURED
Grounds Flooded and Citizen
Soldiers in Panic.
WOUNDED LIE IN RAIN
Field Hospital at Gettysburg Is Full
and Temporary Shelter Is Lack
lug Telegraphic Commu
nication Is Cut Off.
GETTYSBURG. Pa., July 23. As the
result of a terrific electric storm, which
passed over the Pennsylvania National
Guard encampment here tonight, it is re
ported that at least six troopers were
killed and tvo score injured, some of
them seriously-, by being struck by light
ning. The known dead are:
Private Morrison, Tenth Regiment.
Private Barbe. Eighteenth Regiment.
Milton Garver, Company C, Tenth
Regiment, body cut in two.
The following members of the Tenth
Regiment are seriously injured:
White, Adams, Baker, Long, Boyd,
Hellman, Cline and Fleeson.
General's Tent Wrecked.
The tent occupied by Governor Stuart
was blown down, as were a number of
others. Several friends were sitting with
Governor Stuart when his tent collapsed,
but the party managed to hold the canvas
and all escaped injury.
The camp is flooded and telegraphid
service is practically cut off. The entire
camp is panicstrlcken. The darkness it
Impenetrable and men are wildly run
ning about through rivers of water seek
ing the Injured.
Every tent of Battery B was blown
down, but no one in the battery was hurt.
The regiment guard tent of the Tenth
Regiment was struck by lightning and 40
men of Company C were badly injured.
Field nospital Full.
The field hospital is full and men are
lying about the-camp on the ground wait'
Ing for aid.
The Young Men's Christian Association '
tent, which was filled with men and
women who had taken refuge there dur-1
ing the storm, was razed, but so far as :
known no one was seriously injured.
The Colonel of the Tenth Regiment has
turned his quarters into a hospital.
J. H. Pierce, Steel Magnate.
KEWANEE, 111., July 23. John H.
Fierce, of this city, died at Mercy Hospl-
tal, Chicago, last night, following an op
eration. For a quarter of a century he
had been prominent in the iron and steel
trade.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum tfmpnUur, 80
degrees ; minimum, 58 degrees.
TODAY'S Probably showers southwesterly
wind?.
Foreign.
Young Turkey party seizes government of ;
Monastir. Pace 4.
Prince of Wales begins Quebec celebration.
Page 1.
- National.
Roosevelt orders new trial of Standard Oil
Company. Pave 1.
Appeal Court blunders in quoting proceed
ings before Landla . In Standard cass
Page 1.
Politics.
Taft arrives at Oyster Bay to consult Rooae-
vent. Page 4.
Bryan working to get negro vote. Page 4.
Domestic.
Lincoln Beachey makes long, rapid flight in
airship. Patre 1.
Six Pennsylvania militiamen killed by storjn
at Gettysburg. Page 1.
One of Boston desperadoes killed, other es
capes. Page 11.
Sports.
Carpenter robbed of victory over Halsewell (
In Olympic games and. Americans . pro
test. Page 1.
Coast League scores: Oakland 2. . Portland i
1; Los Angeles 4, Sar. Francisco 1. !'
Page 7.
Pacific Coast.
Rejected lover kills young woman at Bcho, .
then hangs himself while posse seeks
him. Page 6.
Washington Democrats prepare to put state '
ticket In field. Page A.
Private Ferguson. Company D, Fourth Reirl- j
ment, wins medal for best Individual j
score In ride competition. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Last fleeces of Valley wool disposed of. ,
Page lfi.
Wall street still taken up with Standard!
Oil dftclcicn. Page 15.
Chicago Board of Trade holds wheat firmly. ,
Page 15.
New schedule of Port of Portland dry dock
saves owners much money. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Coroner's Jury holds Dr. J. S. Courtney re- ,
sponsible for death of I5-yiar-old Stella ,
Bennett by criminal op ration. Page 11. !
Agee's memory fails him when questioned i
by defense in Booth case. Page 10. !
Carmen's picnic at Oaks great success. 1
Page 10. i
Specialists speak before Catholic institute, i
Page 9.
Draw span of Hill bridge across Willamette
will be swung today. Page 11.
B- S. Josselyn and C. F. Adams arrested
for v i o lat i n g city speed ord 1 nances.
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Eqgine House No. 15 is in imminent danger
of collapsing. Page 10.
A. O. U. W. and Degree of Honor grand
lodges complete most successful w nions
in their history. Page 14.