VOL. XL VIII. NO. 14,869.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 25, 190S.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HUGHES WILLING
TO RUN AGAIN
AXXOUXCES THAT HE WILL AC
CEPT SECOXD TERM.
GROSSCUP GALLS
ANGEL MARRIES
ARMED FORCE TO
AGGEPT
SUPPRESS LIQUOR
LEADING WOMAN
MARATHON RAGE
RATE DECISION
DECISION FINAL
TAT
CHAFIX DECLARES PURPOSE IF
CRSIXA MARSH HASCOCK WIFE
ELECTED PRESIDENT.
OF EDWARD LiARGEY.
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ROADS
PORTLAND
AMERICAN
CARSON
Decisive Triumph Over
English Runners.
JOHN F. HAYES GAINS LAURELS
Dorando's Gallant Struggle
Makes Him Hero.
STAGGERS AROUND TRACK
Repeatedly Helped to His Feet and
Fuslied Along, Italian Is Dis
qualified Four of First Ten
Runners Are Americans.
WINNERS OF DAY'S EVENTS.
Marathon Rarr John F. Hayes,
American, flrfct; Heffrcn. South Afri
ca, second. Joseph Forshaw, Amer
ican, third.
Pole Vault A. C. Gilbert. Tale, a
resident of Portland, and B. T.
Cooke, Cornell, tied for first.
Htvfmmlni- Team Race. 200 Meter.
United Kingdom, flrst; Hungary,
second: United States, third.
Hurdle Race, 110 Meters, prelim
inary heats Forrest C. Smlthson,
Multnomah A. C Portland, Or.,
wins one of preliminary heats. Time,
15 2-5 seconds, equalling- Olympio
record.
High Diving lohnson. Sweden,
first; Malstrom. Sweden, second;
St.nborg. Sweden, third.
LONDON, July 14. The Marathon race,
the star event of the Olympic games,
was won today by John F. Hayes, an
American runner.
It would be no exaggeration in the
mlnda of any of the iflo.ono spectators
who witnessed the finishing struggle of
' the race at the Olympic arena today to
say that it wag the moat thrilling ath
letlo, event that has occurred since that
Marathon race In ancient Greece, where
the victor fell at the goal and, with
a wave of triumph, died.
The veteran athlets of Europe, America.
Africa and Australia who have seen the
greatest struggle of every sort on land
and water for athletic supremacy, de
clared that there was nothing compar
able to the great race today within their
memories or In the other Olympiads
since the modern cycle of these began.
It was a spectacle the like of which
none living had ever seen, and none who
aw expect to see repeated. The race
Itself with the 8 best men winnowed
from the runners of four continents
competing; the arena, where it was
finished in the presence of an enormous
cosmopolitan assemblage with the Queen
of England, the royal representatives of
several nations and hosts of finely
dressed men and women from the most
fashionable circles of Europe as well as
several thousand Americans; and the
dramatic and exciting denouement com
bined to make a historic day.
Iay of American Victories.
It was an American day and the re
sentments of yesterday, which rankled
strongly in the breasts of Americans here
when they came to the Stadium this
afternoon, were forgotten not only In
the victory of John F. Hayes, the Irish
' American Athletic Club runner, but in
the splendid record made hy the other
Americana who were well to the' front in'
the lines of those thai finished.
Since the beginning of the Olympic
games the great rivalry has been between
England and America and. while the
minor competitions on the track and
field between the two nations were fought
out. Englishmen consoled themselves for
all the American successes hy the thought
that In the domain of distance running
they always had been supreme and what
ever the prize they failed to grasp In
this the colonials would pick up.
Americans Prov Supremacy.
The sequel may be told briefly. Six
Americans 'and nine English runners
started In the Marathon race. Of the
first ten men to reach the coveted goal
four were Americans and they are of
ficially placed as follows:
Hayes, first; Joseph Forshaw, Missouri
A. C. third; A. R. Walton. Lawrence T.
M. A. C. fourth, and Lewis TewananI,
the Carlisle Indian, ninth.
The second man was Hefferon, of
South Africa. He was the oldest among
the runners, having 34 years to his credit,
and he made a remarkable pace almost
to the end of the 38 miles of the struggle,
hut Hayes waa the better man. Friends
of Hefferon explained that he is at his
beat at 40 miles and that today's event
waa too short for him. but certainly he
la one of the most wonderful runner
In the world.
First Englishman Twelfth.
The first Englishman who crossed the
line came In 12th. He was W. T.
Clarke and was not one of those counted
on to win. Duncan, the ex-English cham
pion, who won the preliminary English
trial, fell out at the end of the lith mile,
like several other contestants, was taken
Into a motor car and brought to the
Stadium.
It is considered generally that the race
Is not only a triumph for the United
States, but in a larger sense for Amer
ica, because seven of the leaders at the
end were from North America. The
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Call Ont Militia, Army and Navy to
Enforce Prohibition In All
American Territory.
CHICAGO, July 24. Eugene W. Cha-
fln. Presidential nominee of the Prohi
bition party, discussed campaign Is
sues as they bear on the Prohibition
platform in nine towns adjacent to
Chicago today. Most of the trip was
made In an automobile.
'If I am elected President of the
United States,' he said In one of his
Ji'w Photograph of Essene W.
CnafiD, Taken Since It in Nom
ination for President by Prohi
bitionists. speeches. "I will have a Congress which
will pass a prohibitory law and if there
aYe any communities that refuse to
oney the law and the civic authorities
are unable to enforce it, I shall use the
power conferred upon me by the con
stitution and call out the militia, the
Standing Army and the Navy and en
force prohibition on every inch of ter
ritory under the American flag."
ASKS HENEY TO EXPLAIN
Examiner Shows He Got Big Fee
From Water Company
SAN FRANCISCO, July 24 (Special.)
Francis J. Heney is having the big
stick wielded over him by the Examiner.
He is .called upon to examine a receipt for
$30,000 for legal services to the Contra
Costa Water Company, which he signed
in June, 1905. This document appears
among the records of the water company
as part of its expenditures during the
memorable legal battle It had with the
City of Oakland a few years ago. Much
of a mystery is made out of the $30,000
check, and it is declared:
"A man who occupies the public posi
tion of Mr". Heney cannot do business In
that manner and escape demand for an
explanation."
When a reporter went to Mr. Heney to
ask for an explanation, he was harshly
treated.
COSTS SCORE OF LIVES
Passenger Steamer Is Sunk in Col'
lision Near Christlania. .
CHRISTIANIA. July 24. The steam
er Bakkelaget, engaged in local pas
senger trade, was In collision yester
day with the steamer Goetberg. She
was cut through amidships and sank
in a few moments. From 10 to 20 of
the Bakkelaget's passengers are be
lieved to have been drowned. Twenty
three of them were rescued by the
Uoetberg.
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Restore Old Tariff for
Lumber Trade.
NORTHERN PACIFIC LEADS
Announces Restoration of For
mer Freight Schedule.
WILL BRING SUIT LATER
Railways Believe Old Rate Fnjust.
Final Verdict Can't Be Retro- '
active) -Securities Pii rp by
Millmen Xow Released.
TACOMA. July 24. It is officially an
nounced by .he Northern Pacific Railway
Company today that consideration given
by the transportation lines to the recent
decision of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission on the question of rates on forest
products has terminated in announcement
by railway lines that rates recently fixed
by the Commission will, as soon as pos
sible, be put in effect by the railways not
that they think the rates ere just, . but
they submit for the time being to the In
terstate Commerce Commission's order.
No application for temporary Injunc
tion against the order will be made, never
theless the railways expect to bring suit
urging that the rates are unreasonable
and asking a determination In the courts
to that effect.
This determination cannot, of course.
be had until final hearing and decision
in court, in the meantime it Is understood
the only legal rate will be that fixed by
the Commission and, even should the suit
be determined in 'favor of the railways
in the end, that determination cannot be
retroactive end will operate only from that
time on. Therefore, all uncertainty as to
what the lumber interests will be obliged
to pay should be relieved. ,
It is also announced that the railway
line will settle for past -business on the
basis of the Commission's rate, and upon
such settlements being made, the security
up in protection of the suit before Judge
Hanford, will be released.
ATTACKS RATE FROM VALLEY
Southern Pacific Seeks to Annul
Commission's Lumber Decision.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 24. A suit
was filed today in the United States
Circuit Court on behalf" of the South
em Pacific Railroad Company and the
Oregon & California Railroad Company
against the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, alleging that the Constitution
of the United States was violated In a
ruling reducing what the Commission
held to be an excessive rate on ship
ments of green fir lumber and lath
from Oregon points to San Francisco
and bay points. Judge Morrow Issued
an order to show cause, returnable
August 3.
In April, 1907, the Southern Pacific
Company put into effect a tariff known
as "local 47." The rate of 15 per ton
was fixed on rough, green fir lumber
from the Willamette Valley to San
Francisco and vicinity. In November,
1907, the Western Oregon Manufac
turers' Association filed a complaint
with the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion against the railroad company to
the effect that the rate on lumber was
excessive. Or. June 1, 1908, the Com
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OREGON ATHLETES WIN STELLAR HONORS AT OLYMPIC GAMES
TOIWUEIZ? d7rZFSC JZETCOTZ? AT SSOVTTes-
Consents to Waive Personal Reasons
That Led Him " to
Decline.
SARANAC INN. N. T., July 21. Gov
ernor Hughes tonight issued a statement
to the effect that he is willing to waive
the personal reasons which have impelled
him to say privately that he could not
consider another term as Governor and if
renominated will accept and stand re
election.
When Governor Hughes was first talked
Governor Charles K. Hiiehea, of
New York, Who Announce!
Willingness to Run Asa in.
of for the Presidency, he grave out a.
statement to the effect that he would
not be a candidate for Governor. This
statement was repeated with much em
phasis, when he consented to allow a
fight to be made for the Republican nom
ination for President on his behalf.
Although he has not said so in any
authorized utterance, it Is known that the
reason he does not desire another term
as Governor is that it involves a serious
financial sacrifice. He has "not a large
fortune and the unavoidable expenses
connected with the office are considerably
larger than ' the salary, which is $10,000
a year.
STEALS WIFE, MOTHER TOO
Jacksonville Man Also Takes Her
Four Children When He Elopes.
JACKSONVILLE. Or., July 24.
(Special.) C. W. ParKer, residing near
Jacksonville, bears the record so far
In the Rogue River Valley, the land
of big undertakings. Parker yesterday
ran away with the wife of O. A. Olson,
taking with her her four children and
Olson's mother-in-law. Their destina
tion was Seattle and they shipped their
goods under the name of Trumble
Olson and Parker are both carpenters,
Olson's efforts to get sympathy call
out congratulations only.
AMALGAMATE ALL LINES
Harrlman's Chief Engineers Cdnfer
on Standard Equipment.
DENVER, July 24. Amalgamation of
the 16.000 miles of Harrlman lines into
a single system-in a practical, if not a
technical sense. Is the subject of a con
ference of the chief engineers of all the
Harrlman roads who have assembled In
this city.
Chairman Isaacs, consulting engineer,
presided at the session today, at which
questions relating to the standardiz
ing of all the equipment on the various
lines so as to secure more efficient
service at less cost were discussed.
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open Standard Case. t
ROOSEYELT'S ORDER USELESS
President Has Only Same Priv
ilege as Others.
NO ANSWER TO CRITICISMS
Judge Who Reversed Landis Says
Xeither Attorney-General Xor Any
Other Person Has Right to
Demand Retrial.
PRESIDENT AVP JITIMJE AT ISSUE
What Rooserek said: There is ab
solutely no question of the guilt of
the defendants or of the excep
tionally grave character of the of
fense. It would be .a gross miscar
riage of Justice, if through techni
calities the defendant escaped the
punishment which v obld unquestion
ably have been meted out to any
weaker defendant who had been
guilty of such offense.
Judge Groescup Replies: All that
can be done la to apply to the United
States Supreme Court for permission
to reopen the case. It Is not meat
that 1 should enter into a discussion
with the President The President
cornea Into court with no greater and
no less privilege than la accorded to
any other private citizen. His
powers are simply those of any
defeated litigant.
NEW YORK, July 34. (Special.) Judge
P. S. Grosscup, of Chicago, one of the three
Judges who reversed the action of Judge
Landis In fining the Standard OH Com
pany $29,400,000i today declared at the
Waldorf-Astoria that the decision of the
Circuit Court of Appeals was practically
final. The judge then said that neither
the Attorney-General nor any one else
had any right to demand a retrial of the
case.
"AH that can be done," he said, "is
to apply to the United States Supreme
Court for permission to reopen the case.
It cannot be done without the court's
consent and, under the circumstances,
cannot be retried. In October the Attorney-General
may apply to the Su
preme Court for a writ of . certiorari
to reopen the case before Judge Landis.
This is all he can do."
Roosevelt Defeated Litigant.
Judge Grosscup merely smiled ' and
refused to make any comment on the
President's order to Attorney-General
Bonaparte to have the case retried.
"It is not meet that I should enter into
a discussion with the President," he said.
"The court can take care of itself in the
courtroom. The President comes into
court with no greater and no less privi
lege than Is accorded to any other private
citisen."
"President Roosevelt is quoted as having
ordered an immediate retrial of the case.
What are his powers in the matter?"
"They are Bimply those of any defeated
litigant no more and no less."
Gains .Wisdom With Age.
The reporter reminded Judge Grosscup
that formerly he had been regarded as a
strong opponent of the corporations.
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Gets Rid of Husband Suddenly to
Wei Butte Millionaire, Who
Backs Her Show.
CHICAGO, July 24. ( Special.) A rip
ple of amazement swept over the calm
West Side society circles and along the
Rlalto today, following dispatches from
Salt Lake City that Ursula Marsh Han
cock had married Edward Cleighton Lar
ge', the young Butte millionaire.
Miss Hancock is a West Side girl. Her
mother was a West Madison street mll-
Indfre Peter S. Grosscup, Who.
Declares President Cannot De
mand Rehearing; of Standard
Oit Case.
liner. . Miss Ursula herself went around
in the younger society circle and was the
star of many amateur dramatic perform
ances until she made her professional
debut at the La Salle theater.
During her Chicago career Miss Marsh
came into prominence through a per
sonal encounter with Ida" Emerson, then
wife of -Joseph E. Howard, the song
writer. When Miss Ursula was struggling up
ward in her "career," she married a New
York automobile man. They separated
soon after Edward Creighton Largey
backed the show, but when Mr. Largey
made his proposal, the husband refused
to be divorced.
Chicago friends knew that a. New York
husband stood in the way and were
greatly amazed today when they heard
of the marriage. "
ROAD HAS TWO VALUATIONS
Minnesota Shows Difference Between
Northern Pacific Reports.
ST. PAUL, July 24. The feature of
the bearing today in the Northern Pa
cific rate case was an effort on the
part of counsel for the state to show",
according to previous reports of the
officers of the road, that the cost of
construction and equipment was
$126,000,000 less than the figures given
in the testimony of H. A. Gray, comp
troller of the company.' Mr. Gray tes
tified previously that the cost of the
Northern Pacific property on April 30
of this year, was $369,252,756.
Mr. Gray was cfoss-examined today
by T. D. O'Brien for the state. A
bound volume of.reports from the com
pany to the state was shown him, and
he read certain portions Into the rec
ords. There was a difference each
year between the report to stockhold
ers and that issued to the state. In
these Instances the state, in order to
give the railroad company the benefit
of the doubt, built up its figures by
taking the higher of the two. Even
then the total cost of equipment was
hut $24,815,276.70.
Mr. Gray had Intimated on the wit
ness stand .previously that there is a
difference between the "book" value of
the property and the actual value. The
former represents the amount actually
expended for the property and the lat
ter is the sum at which the property
Is valued for operation.
BAD NEWS- FOR CASTRO
England Prepares to Press Claims of
Her Citizens.
. WASHINGTON, July- 24.-(Special.)-A
new peril threatens President Castro, of
Venezuela, this time from England, ac
cording to a report published here, said
to come from a reliable quarter. George
Williams, manager of the English Match
& Salt Company, has withdrawn from
Venezuela, apparently by order of the
British Foreign Office. This action Is
taken to indicate that Great Britain has
determined .to press the claims of her
citizens against Venezuela with a demand,
first for arbitration end later by more
strenuous action, if need be.
DOUGLAS BOXALL IS DEAD
Famous American Pianist Falls Vic
tim to Appendicitis.
CINCINNATI. July 24. Douglas Box
all, a member of the faculty of the Cin
cinnati Conservatory of Musio and
widely known as a piano soloiet, died
late yesterday of appendicitis.
Milwaukee at Honolulu.
' HONOLULU. July 24. The armored
cruiser Milwaukee, of the Pacific fleet,
arrived here today from the Bremerton
Navy-Yard, from which aiie sailed on
July 1.
Hotel Bus DropsTwenty;
Feet Onto Rocks.
TRAIN FRIGHTENS HORSES
Four Women, One Seriously,
and Boy Injured.
UNDER CARE AT STEVENSON
Accident at Carson Landing on Co
lumbia River Steamer Dalles
City Promptly Conveys Vic
tims to Sanitarium. ,
STEVENSON, Wash.. July 24. (Spe
cial.) Four women and a boy were
snriously injured at Carson, eight miles
above here, this afternoon, when the
New Mineral Springs Hotel bus loaded
with passengers dropped over a 20
foot embankment near the boat land-
ng. The injured are:
Mrs. W. F. Slaughter, 6S2 Lovejoy
street, Portland, shoulder blade broken.
Holt Slaughter, 10 years old, son of
Mrs. Slaughter, gash on forehead and
mouth cut.
Mrs. Delia Groves, 7S7 Mallory avenue.
Portland, slightly injured.
Amanda Doty, elderly woman of Dex
ter, Iowa, skull fractured; is in serious
condition.
Ruth Potter of Portland, leg badly !
cut; Internal injuries feared.
Plunge 20 Feet Onto Rucks.
The accident happened shortly after
the arrival of the steamer Dalles City
from Portland about 2 o'clock this aft
ernoon. The bus had started for the
hotel and as it approached the cross
ing of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle
Railroad the west bound passenger
train swung Into the deep cut at this
point, frightening the horses and start
ing them on a run.
The roadway is narrow here, running
between the railroad track and the
river. The team becoming unmanage
able the horses swerved toward the
river and the heavily loaded hack
plunged 20 feet over the bank to the
sharp rocks and boulders at the river's
edge.
Injured Taken to Stevenson.
The accident happened within a few
rods of the boat landing and In plain'
view of the passengers gathered on
the deck of the steamer Dalles City,
which was just leaving the landing for
the upriver trip. The captain of the
steamer immediately put back to shore
and waited until the injured women
and boy could be placed on board,
when he steamed to Stevenson, eight
miles distant, where the injured peo
ple were conveyed to the Stevenson
Sanitarium and their wounds cared for
by Dr. Thomas R. Avery.
DRIVER AXD HORSES ESCAPK
Bus, However, Completely Wrecked
vWhen It Hits Rocks.
CARSON. Wash., July 24. (Special.)
Wallace Young, who was driving the
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INDEX OF TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TEST IBRD AY'S Maximum temperature, 76
degrees; minimum, 00 degrees.
TOIHAT'S Fair; northerly winda.
Foreign.
AH European Turkey in revolt extorts con
stitution from Sultan. Page 6.
Bloody battle between Mexicans and In
diana. Page 4.
Xatinaal.
Boi.aparte tells defects in law which hampef
prosecution of Standard Oil Company.
Page 1.
Grosscup replies to Roosevelt's criticism ol
Standard decision. Page 1.
Politics.
Chafln sa-ya if elected he would use Army
to enforce prohibition. Page 1.
Hughes will run" again for Governor.
Page 1.
Republican feud In California carried Into
court. Faga 5.
Domestic
Harrlman to begin work immediately on
Modoc road' to Klamath. Page 5. ,
. Sport.
American wins Marathon race, though Ital
ian la hero through struggle to win when
exhausted. Page 1.
Pacific' Coast.
Hotel "bus plunges over 20-foot bank at
Carson Landing. Injuring tour Portland
women. Page 1.
Railroads restore old rate on lumber ship
ments East. Page 1.
Fire at Vancouver does $30,000 damage.
Page 4.
Ba-lem paator believes modified prohibition
with sale of beer would be practical.
Page S.
Commercial and Marine.
Break In New York stocks. Pag. 13.
Apple crop promises about average. Pag. 15.
Wheat firmly held at Chicago. Page 15.
Steamship Homer goes on Portland-San
Francisco run. Fag. 14.
Fortlaad and Vlftertr.
Defense in Booth case seeks to ImpeaoH
Witness Agee. Pag. 1L
Catholto Institute closs successful union,
Pag. lO.
Attempt to compel property-owners to olean
up yards falls, Pag. 10.
Divorce day In State Circuit Court. Page 14.
Sparta,
Portland defeats Oakland, 13 to X. Page A
Yacht Terrier holds of Nelson aua
Page T.