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MACHINE SEEMS INADEQUATE
Promised Energy and Speed
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NOBODY GREATLY EXCITED
Air at Dayton Gives 'o Indication
of Great Campaign Marion
Uas Different Aspect.-
BT MARK SULLIVAN.
Copyright by the New Tork Evening Post.
Inc. Published by Arrangement.
COLUMBUS. O., Aug. 17. (Special.)
Tour correspondent has lately spent
several das at Dayton. In this con
tact with the democratic candidate's
home town one was conscious of sev
eral marked impressions quite dif
ferent from the preconceived ones
based on the early and hasty news
paper dispatches that came out of
Dayton immediately after the nom
ination. As to some of these Impressions
dealing -with Cox's personal back
ground and with the attitude of Day
ton toward him one would rather
wait for the maturing- and confirm
ing of the impressions before at
tempting to write them, but there is
one quite definite impression which
is shared by all the other newspaper
men with whom I have talked.
Neither Cox nor those , immediately
around him, nor the democratic na
tional committee has yet waked up
to the fact that they compose one
half of the great national campaign
and that more than one month of
that campaign already has pesed, less
than three months remaining.
Machinery Yet Inadequate.
Cox, . so far, has done practically
nothing toward adjusting himself to
the enormously increased figure he
Is before the nation, and neither Cox
nor the national committee has done
anything toward surrounding the can
didate with a. machinery adequate to
what is now expected of him. Cox
is so obviously competent a person
In practical affairs that hardly any
one would be so rash as to say that
he doesn't yet realize what has hap
pened to him. Nevertheless it is a
fact that the democratic campaign
so far has been . conducted as if it
were merely a local campaign for
governor.
No changes or additions have been
made to the personnel around Cox
In the way of additional secretaries
or clerical help. His son-in-law, who
is the executive head of his news
paper, now seems to devote a good
deal of his time to the candidate's
personal affairs, but that is about all
that has been done toward preparing
for the increased mail and other mul
titDdes of details that may be ex
pected to pile up if the campaign
as to be an energetio one.
Nobody Much ISxeited.
Ton occasionally observe Cox him
elf telephoning about the time of
trains and the like. His trips from
Xayton to the places where he makttt
speeches are not organized with any
more careful preparedness than if he
were a private citizen. All In all,
there Is not in Dayton that air of
many visitors, of piles of telegrams
and hurrying messengers that one
Is accustomed to associate with a
candidate for the presidency.
In a way, this lack of excitement
Is attractive, but dopan t go with the
kind of campaign that the democratic
national committee must soon get
under way if the full strength of the
party is to bo brought out for Cox
in November. It is in marked con
trast with Harding's home at Marion,
where the secretarial and clerical
help taken on for the campaign al
ready filU one house, and is about
to overflow into another. For the
most part, probably, this lack of or
ganized expansion Is due to the
change in the chairmanship of the
democratic national committee and
the fact no new machine can pos
sibly get under way as promptly as
the old one could have.
Republicans Much Wlur.
From the point of view of effective
and businose-like organization the
republicans were much wiser in hold
ins i the chairman who had been
in charge for the past two years.
As to Cox himself every Impression
you get is one or quicic competence,
All his friends and associates picture
him as extremely aggressive and his
career would seem to prove that qual
ity. His friends say that when he
really gets going and puts his back
Into the campaign, he is the Douglas
Fairbanks of politics. Nevertheless,
anyone who has been at Dayton re
cently must have wondered whether
Cox has yet realized the huge propor
tions of the business of Impressing
his practically unknown personality
on a hundred ' million people within
the space of 80 days.
Cox undoubtedly has energy. Every
body says that of him. Whatever he
wants he goes after aggressively and
generally he brings home the bacon,
but for the purpose of the present
campaign Cox has not'yet thrown the
clutch Into high gear, so to speak. -,
He still has the air of considering
jyL.4uciuucd on Paa 2. Column 3.)
Head of Democratic Committee Em
barrassed by Chiefs Attitude
On League Question.
CHICAGO, Aug. 17. (Special.)
According to newspaper stories ap
pearing in Chicago today based upon
democratic authority, the early- res
ignation of George White as chair
man of the democratic national com
mittee will shortly be announced. The
rumored disaffection between Chair
man White and the democratic pres
idental nominee. Governor Cox, is said
to have had Its beginning shortly
after Governor Cox visited the White
House and announced . that he and
President Wilson were in accord on
the league of nations.
The surprise occasioned by this
statement was shared by Chairman
White, who subsequently intimated
in an Interview that Governor Cox's
views on this subject would be ponsid
ably modified in his speech of ac
ceptance and that the league would
not be the leading issue.
In this speech Governor Cox accept
ed the entire Wilson foreign policy and
Mr. White found himself in an embar
rassing position and sBarplV criticised
by democratic papers.
Since then there have been other
differences of opinion, and the report
ed intention of Mr. White to withdraw-
has been accepted as a fact
by prominent Chicago democrats, ac
cording to reports published here to
day. George Brennan, head of the ' old
Roger Sullivan machine in Illinois,
today said the report of Mr. White's
resignation was "speculation." Else
where It was declared there was fric
tion in democratic councils.
WOMAN SAVED FROM FIRE
Man Breaks Down Door and Car-
ries Mrs. E. Walsh to Safety. ,
VANCOUVER, Washl Aug. 17.
The life of Mrs! Edward Walsh was
saved last nignt oy Joseph Gillespie
when her home burnedi to the ground,
Mr. Gillespie broke, down the door
to the house and carried Mrs. Walsh
to safety. She was slightly burned.
The roof of the small frame building
collapsed within a few minutes after
Mrs. Walsh was taken out. The fire
was caused by a lamp being left lit
near, curtains. - -
It is said Mrs. Walsh left home
with her husband earlier in the even
ing and about 10 o'clock she returned
home alone and found her house
locked. Mr. Gillespie assisted her to
climb in through a window and she
retired. In about . 45 minutes Mr.
Gillespie saw the Welsh home in
flames and knowing Mrs. Walsh was
there alone went to her rescue.
AUT01ST ESCAPES TRIO
Attempted Holdup Reported Frus
trated by Speeding Up In Car.
James H. Graham, automobile deal
er, of 1671 Derby street, reported to
the police last night that three men
had tried to hold him up at East
Eighty-second street and Foster road.
Mr. Graham, who was in an automo
bile, said he speeded up and ran past
the highwaymen.
The robbers had just descended
from an automobile. They stepped
into the road as Mr. Graham ap
proached and called to him to stop.
He eaw that each wore a white hand
kerchief over his face for a mask,
and, stepped on the accelerator of his
automobile
FIRE INJURES WOMAN
Two Men Rescue Victim When
Light Sets Bed Ablaze.
Miss Louise C. Grothjean, 40, a
music teacher, was burned seriously
about the hands last night by a fire
which-broke out in her home at 609
Broadway terrace. She wis rescued
by Frank and Carl Stebinger. neigh
bors, and was taken to St. Vincent's
hospital. The house was not dam
aged much.
' The fire was said to have started
from an electric light which fell on
Miss Grothjean'a bed and ignited the
covers. The woman was alone in the
house. The two men broke into the
building and carried her out, and
then extinguished the fire with a
garden hose.
CITY BONDED TO ITSELF
Hood River Buys $45,000 Issue
With Water Department Funds.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Aug. 17. (Spe
cial.) A $45,000 bond issue, author
lzed by electors recently for construc
tion of a new joint city hall, jail and
fire "department and the purchase of
a motor fire engine, has been pur
chased by the city Itself with the
sinking fund of the municipal water
department.
The city will pay par for the bonds.
Freeman, Smith & Camp of Portland
bid 96.07 and accrued interest. A
lump bid of $42,000 was made by the
Lumbermen's Trust company.
IOWA RAISES FREIGHT
Intrastate Increase Will Be 35 Per
Cent; Passenger Boost Denied.
DES MOINES, Aug. 17. Thirty-f rve
per cent increase In freight rates on
intrastate business in Iowa will be
permitted, the state railrosid commis
sion announced today. The applica
tion of the roads for an Increased
passenger fare was ordered dismissed.
Campaign in Washington
Divided Into 3 Parts. .
ODDS IN HARDING'S FAVOR
Defection in Wilsonian Ranks
Gives Edge to Republican.
STATE IS BATTLE GROUND
Democrats to Make Vigorous Fight
for Electoral Vote Roosevelt
Expected to Give Impetus.
OLTMPIA, Wash,. Aug. 17. (Spe
cial.) With the expiration last Sat
urday of the time limit .within which
candidates desiring to enter the pri
mary election September 14 are re
quired by statute' to file their declar-
tion of candidacy, the Washington
voter became the .objective In a polit
ical battle which promises to be as
bitterly fought as any that has
marked the past history of the state.
It may lack the spectacular enthu
siasm connected with some of the
notable campaigns of former years,
but it will equal them in the intensity
of the struggle.
An analysis of the situation ' In
Washington calls for a separation of
the campaign this year into three dis
tinct divisions national, state and
one presented by the submission of
two referendum measures and two
amendments to the state constitution.
National Interest Scant.
An unbiased survey of sentiment In
regard to the national campaign com
pels the conclusion that up to the
present the average voter is display
ing little interest in either the candi
dates or the issues as contained n
the respective platforms. Whether
enthusiasm can be insu!Ied in tin
voter ' by deluging the state with
spellbinders and literature la unc.r
tain. The ordinary citizen appears
disinclined to become aroused over
the prediction that the existing d-j
condition of the nation is threatened
with a change. He is even .less In
clined to get violently concerned over
the league of nations covenant. It is
perhaps nearer the truth to pay that
the whole controversy so far as the
presidential fight is concerned in (his
state resolves itself into a Wilson snd
anti-Wilson issue.
Any attempt to forecast the result
must be predicated upon recognition
of the fact that party lines are loose
ly drawn in Washington. The state
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Reform School, Hit as . He
Nears Farther Shore.
SACRAMENTO. Cal., Aug. 17. With
three mail order catalogues strapped
around his body to protect him from
bullets, George F. Davis. 23 years old,
made a dash for liberty at Foleom
prison this afternoon, only to be shot
and killed when he was two-thirds of
the distance across the American
river. ' '
At one time he had been an Inmate
of a reform school In- Oregon, from
which he escaped last year.
Davis was working- with a gang
of other convicts In the granite
quarry. Suddenly,' when he thought
the attention of the guards was
turned, he started toward the river
in a. wild dash for freedom.
Through the two lines of guards
he swiftly ran while bullets whistled
around him. A ' fusillade followed
him as he jumped Into the river and
started for the other shore.
On and on Davis went, seemingly
safe from the lead showered around
him. When rearing the other shore,
however, a bullet struck him in the
heart. He was seen to throw up his
hands and then disappear.
Davis was committed to the peni
tentiary from San Bernardino April
15, after being sentenced' to la years
on a burglary charge.
SALEM, Or.. Aug. 17. (Special.)
Records at the Oregon state training
school show no one by the name of
George F. Davis to have been com
mitted to that institution within the
last three years. It was pointed out
however, that Davis, shot and killed
today while escaping from Folsom
prison, might have been committed to
the Oregon school under .another
name.
COURT SAFEJS ROBBED
Thieves Take $22,000 From Second
Floor of Police Station.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Aug. 17. The
safe in Pert ice Judge Chesebro's court
room in central police station was
robbed, last night of approximately
25,000, it was discovered when court
opened today.
The robbers overlooked - $20,000. It
was said. Checking of accounts later
indicated $22,000, not 125,000, was
taken.
RAILS ASK $200,000,000
Executives Recommend Distribu
tion In Report.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. Distribu
tion to railroads of nearly $200,000,000
was recommended to the interstate
conrfmerce commission today. '
The final report of the association
of railway executives on the applica
tions of the various carriers for loans
from the $300,000,000 revolving fund
created by the transportation act was
made.
British. Medical Corps ex-Servlce
Man Recently Back From Eng
land Cody Is Examined.
OREGON CITT, Or.. Aug. 17. (Spe
cial.) Dr. Richard K. Nunn, promi
nent Portland physician, was found
dead in the home of his brother near
Estacada late today. - He had been
dead 15 hours.
Mrs. Nunn and son Richard, who
were believed to be in Portland, sur
vive. The body was sent to Portland
tonight.
Dr. R. G. McCall of Estacada., who
examined the body, said he believed
death might have been caused by a
drug. The body was found when E.
D. C. Stevens of Portland, accompa
nied by a prospective buyer, visited
the home, which, had been vacant
since Dr. Nunn's brother went to
Italy.
Dr. Nunn returned from England
three weeks ago after serving In the
medical corps of the British army
since 1915. He came to his brother's
home Monday, night for a rest of three
days.
Dr. Richard K. Nunn practiced in
Portland from 1882 until 1915. when
he went to Europe to work In the war
hospitals. He was considered one of
the best oculists on the Pacific coast.
Dr. Njinn was graduated from Dub
lin university. He was a member of
the faculty of the University of Ore
gon medical school, where he had
charge of classes studying the eye
and ear. He returned from England
July 5, after an absence of more than
six years, during which he worked
in the French and English hospitals.!
Since his return he had been feted
at a number of banquets and other
social functions..
Dr. Nunn was about CI years old.
He was born in England. He left
Portland Monday to go to his broth
er's farm.
LAND CONSPIRACY,CHARGE
More Than 5 00 Persons Alleged
Victims in Land Grant.
CHICAGO. Aug. 17. That the de
fendants had conspired In a $3,000,000
land grant was charged by William
G. Elliott and 12 others who today
brought suit asking an accounting by
Daniel Hayes Jr., Walter S. Bond, the
Daniel Hayes company, the United
States Farm Land company of Sacra
mento, Cal.. and its president, C. A.
Robertson. More than BOO persons
were alleged to have been victims.
The bill states that representations
were made that the Hayes company
owned 134.000 acres of. land In Cali
fornia. It is said that the company
owned about 32,000 acres and that
the land in question was really owned
by the United States Farm Land .com
pany. ' .
The operations of the defendant
companies have been under inspec
tion in Judge Landis' court for some
time. ' The company operated princl
pally in Iowa, Idaho and California.
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WOOdShed Only Change
Noted at Newberg.
STOP IS MADE IN PORTLAND
European Chaos Held Not
From League Failure.
BLAME PUT ON WILSON
Rejection by President of Inter
pretative Reservations Are De
clared Defeat Cause.
Herbert C. Hoover, the man to
whose executive ability and devotion
to duty In the cause of humanity is
credited the saving of several million
children In the war-torn lands of
central and southern Europe, arrived
in Portland last night after a day
light trip through the valley from
Salem and a visit to his boyhood
home "at Newberg.
It was 9:30 P. M. when Mr. Hoover
arrived at the home of W. B. Ayer,
183 North Nineteenth street, accom
panied by Mrs. Hoover and their two
sons, Herbert, 17, and Allen, 13, who
are making their first visit to the
scenes of their father's life at the
same period of adolescence.
The ex-Oregonian, whom many
citizens of this state supported for
the republican nomination for presi
dent In the primaries of this year,
motored through the state to visit
his old homes where he studied and
worked as a lad, and will leave to
night for Minneapolis to attend a con
ference and then proceed east for the
annual convention of the American
Institute of Engineers, of which he
is the president.
Not Much Changed at Newberg.
While a resident of Newberg he
made his home with an uncle. Dr. H.
J. Minthorne, who is now living' at
Newport. The only noticeable Change
in the old home was that the present
occupant of the house has turned the
woodshed around and the ex-food ad
ministrator' of the United States evi
dently did not regard it as an im
provement; he said he was wondering
why the fellow did it.
"What impressed me most in the
Willamette valley," said Mr. Hoover,
"is the way the standard of living
has been raised. It is simply amaz
ing and reflects the extraordinary
prosperity of the Oregon country.
"The gasoline engine has revolu
tionized the methods of Jiving. An
other thing that impressed me was'
the number of people who live along
the roads. When I was a boy it was
unusual to see houses nearer than a
mile apart. On every hand are the
evidences of progress and prosper
ity."
European . Situation Discussed.
While declining to talk pontic's and
declaring that he was on vacation and
did not propose to take up work Im
mediately, he did talk freely of the
situation in Europe, of the millions
of hungry children, whose health and
even their survival at all depends
upon an adequate supply of milk and
other food but especially milk and
of the situation in Poland, where the
bolshevik army is hammering at the
gates of Warsaw.
"The situation in Poland and the
war conditions of Europe today can
not be charged to the treaty of Ver
sailles," he said. "It must be remem
bered that no peace was made with
Russia or with Turkey, and all the
.wars center around these two coun
tries, with which peace was never
completed. The treaty of Versailles
was a treaty with Germany. The
league of nations was intended to pre
vent future wars by a cohesion of na
tions along some lines of definite
policies. It could not settle other ex
isting wars. And the failure of the
league of nations, I think, can be laid
to the failure of the president to ac
cept the treaty last November with
reservations. The reservations I be
lieve are just as " necessary as the
treaty itself.
Foliaa Issue Sentimental.
"The question of Polish independ
ence has been a sentimental object in
this country for a hundred years. It
was the United States that insisted
upon an ethnological unity of the
three Polish districts of Germany,
and that was an effort along the
highest constructive lines. Fade
rewski is really a great statesman.
"'With those who became associated
with him, their plan of government
was laid ouf on the same basis of the
government of the United States,
with a ministry accountable to a diet.
It was for the creation of a pure
democracy and Paderewski's devotion
to the principles was demonstrated
when he stepped down Instead of ex
ercising the power he possessed to
dissolve the diet. He adhered patri
otically to its principles.
"It was at the earnest request of
Paderewskl and his counsellors that
the United States furnished 60 or 60
advisers for different departments of
their government. It fell to me to
select these men, many of whom
were retained on their own account
by the government of Poland and are
still there. It was their desire to ob
tain the advice and assistance of men
specially qualified to help In organ-
(Concluded, on l'as , Column 1.)
Tract, Together With One Recently
Bon;ht. Makes Largest in
x-acillc -orinwcst.
Purchase of 125.000.000 feet ct
spruce and hemlock In the H. E.
Noble tract on Tillamook head, near
Seaside, by the Crown-Willamette
Paper company for approximately
-$250,000 was announced yesterday by
Mr. Noble. The tract will be consoli
dated with the Hammond Lumber
company lands recently purchased
making It one of the largest operat
ing bodies of pure spruce and hem
lock in the Pacific northwest. It ex
tends from the north side of the head,
a mile below Seaside, to the Nehalem
river.
The Noble tract is. mostly high
grade spruce, with an average stand
of 60,000 feet to the acre.
The Crown - Willamette a few
months ago Purchased the 17.000-acre
Hammond tract, and the latest deal
is another indication that paper com
panies are looking well Into the fu
ture for a supply of pulp wood. There
are now several miles of railroad and
extensive logging equipment in this
body of timber, the tracks connecting
with the North Bank line at Holladay
station, below Seaside. Logs are
hauled in solid trainloads with the
company's own equipment to the Co
lumbia river at Warrenton. where
they are rafted and towed to the mills
at Camas, Wash., and Oregon City.
BURGLARS RIDE IN AUTOS
Prosperity of Craft in Portland At
tested by Police.
Portland burglars have become ao
prosperous that some of them ride
in their own automobiles, according
to a report filed last night by In
spector Anderson, of the police bu
reau. The policeman believes that
the burglar who looted the home of
H. Sorenson, 1318 Campbell street,
had been driving around the neigh
borhood in an automobile and posing
as a salesman for several days. Sev
eral other thefts were attributed to
the same autoist.
Mr. Sorenson reported the loss of
$5 cash, an automatic pistol and a
camera. The burglar entered the
house through a window, leaving his
automobile standing across the
street.
CHILD, 3, ELECTROCUTED
Boy Playing on Building at Castle
Rock Meets Instant Death.
CASTLE ROCK, Wash., Aug. 17.
(Special.) The 3-year-old son of R.
M. Rockett was killed instantly Sun
day afternoon by being electrocuted.
He and several other boys were play
ing on the roof of the box factory
building, end the wires, carrying 220
volts, were only about 14 inches above,
tho roof.
Wood was stacked up on the side
of the building, affording the boys
easy access to the roof.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTEHDAT'S Maximum temperature, 68
degrees; minimum. 57.8 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northwester
ly winds.
Foreign.
Americans held by Soviets .a hostages.
Page 2.
Paper company buys $250,000 timber tract
Page 1.
' Toiitlcs.
Cox attacks Harding as "reactionary."
Page 3.
Suffrage defeated In North Carolina;
Tennessee house postpones action until
today. Page J.
Article 10 most vital In league covenant.
Secretary Baker tells Ohio democratic
convention. Page 4.
Democratic machine itlll going on low
gear, says Mark Sullivan. Page 1.
Herbert Hoover stops In Portland after
visiting boyhood home. Pago 1.
Harding's strength steadily growing.
Page 3.
Conferees diwua Harding's apeaking
schedule. Page 4.
Domestic
Folsom prisoner shot and killed while at
tempting to regain freedom. Page 1.
Chairman of democratic national com
mittee may throw up Job. Page 1.
Lloyd George to visit Canada for confer
ence on renewal of Japanese alliance.
Page 4.
Pacific Northwest.
Bitter potltical fight In Washington Is
promised. Page 1.
Sports.
Olympic . lionora widely divided in third
day's events. Page 1.
Borton to be trued for erimtnal libel.
Page 12.
New York fans escort Chapman's body to
funeral train. . Page 12.
Coast league results; L,oa Angeles 5.
Sacramento 4; San Francisco 2, Salt
Lake 6; Oakland-Portland and Vernon.
Seattle Coast league games postponed,
teams traveling. Page 13.
Boxing situation In Portland to bs talked
over. Pas 12.
Ray and Vardon again defeat American
goUers. Page 12.
Commercial and Marine.
Grain rate, to east greater than to west
from dividing line at Havre, Mont.
Pago 18.
Klve-cent carfare set for municipal 11ns
to terminal. Page 19.
Little buying in country wheat markets.
Page 19.
All wheat deliveries close higher at
Chicago. Page 10.
Conditions favor shorts In stock market.
Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Four arrested for playing "African golf."
Page 11.
Milk commission organizes to start probe
on Thursday. Page 10.
Relays of fighters sent oat to fire near
Clackamas lake. Page 7.
Ice situation in city depends on weather.
Page 10.
-Census tsJcera rob housewife of Job. Page 4.
Japanese held for grand Jury by coroner's
Inquest verdict. Page 6.
County and state highway com-mlsslonera
.Inspect proposed .Mount Hood loop
routes. Page n.
Representative MeArtiiur protests new
port dlatr-tct in telegram to ship ueard.
l'age 7.
Dr. Richard K. Nunn, prominent Portland
physla'.an, found dead In hou.e xrear
Untacada. Psgs 1.
Antwerp Games Honors
Are Widely Distributed.
MURPHY GETS FOURTH PLACE
Americans Fail to Land Man
in 5000-Meter Race.
RUDD BEATEN AT TAPE
Half - Milers Bunch and TLlu of
England Slips Through in
JFront of African.
OLYMPIC STADIUM, Antwerp. Aug.
17. (By the Associated Press.) Ath
letic advancement was demonstrated
today by the wide distribution of
honors in the third day's contests in
the seventh Olympiad.
For the first time American ath
letes railed to win one of the six
point-scoring places when ali four
who qualified for the 6000-meter race
failed to finish. In all the other finals
and qualifying rounds today, how
ever, the Americans were placed, in
several cases after sensational per
formances against strong competition.
Landon Sets New Record.
R. W. Landon of the New York A. C
won the high jump with a new Olym
pic record of 1.93 meters, although
it was announced he had made 1.94
meters until a sag of the bar was
remeasured. Three other Americans
placed.
In the eliminations for finalists In
the shotput and broad Jump two
Americans qualified in each, although
hard luck Interfered with their per
formances in the latter event. The
shotputters, misunderstanding French
officials, put the shot a long time be
fore discovering it was Just a warm
up, and later some of them did not
do so well as in the practice.
In the broad Jump, the nesro. Sol
Butler of Dubuque college, American
record holder, pulled a tendon in his
second jump and could not qualify.
Three Americans also qualified in
the 110-meters hurdles.
Rudd Beaten at Tape.
The most sensational performance
was that of tho half-milcrs in the S00
meters final, which Earl Eby of the
Chicago A. A. almost won. anl in
which Lieutenant D. M. Scott, U. S.
A., and A. B. Sprott of the Los An
geles Athletic club finished fifth and
sixth after a terrific pace. A. G. Hill,
England, won by a yard, due partly
to the fact that' Eby was watching
tho expected w'nner of the race, B.
G. D. Rudd of South Africa, who fal
tered at the tape, while Hill slipped
through unobserved.
Americans admitted Rudd was not
quite in his best form, although he
was game to the finish, collapsing as
did Thomas Campbell of Ya'.e and
furnishing a most sensational climax.
The lattcr'a condition was serious a
few minutes, duo to muscle strain and
to heart spasms, but he was all right
later.
The American tug-of-war team was
quickly outpulled by the English
team but had a chance for re-entry In
ease England wins, under the rule
which permits all teams defeated by
the winner to contest for second
place.
Murphy Takes Fourth Place.
Eklund of Sweden and H. B. MulVer
of the Olympic club, San Francisco,
were tied for second place at 1.90
meters In the l'Igh Jump. John Murphy
of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic
club of Portland, Walter 'Vhalen of
the Boston Athletic club and B. How
ard Baker of Great Britain were tied
for fourth place with Jumps of l.Si
meters.
Muller and Eklund tried hard to
better Landon's jump, but failed.
Just as Landon's victory was an
nounced and the band was playing
"The Star-Spangled Banner," Albert,
king of the Belgians, entered the
stand and stood at . salute until the
anthem was ended.
Landon's Jump of 1.94 meters Is the
equivalent of about 6 feet 3V4 Inches.
The world's record for this Jump is
6 feet 7 5-16 Inches, made" by E. Bee
son at Berkeley, Cal., May 2, 1914.
The Olympic record of 1.93 meters
was made by A. W. Richards, U. S. A.,
in Stockholm In 1913.
King Albert went Into the arena
after the tug of war and congratu
lated Landon. He also congratulated
Guillemot, French distance runner,
who had just achieved a victory in
tho 5000-meter event. A. party of
American boy. scouts was in the
stands and the yells of the youngsters
enlivened affairs.
American Protest Upheld.
The finish in the 100-meter race
yesterday was 'still disputed today.
The French filed e. protest over the
start also. A meeting of the Olympic
games jury-was called today to con
sider the question and Inspect tho
photographs taken. Some of these
photographs of the finish clearly
show Scholz, the American, way ahead
of Alikhan, the Frenchman, who was
placed fourth, while Scholz was de
clared to have finished fifth.
An official order was said to have
been given to place Scholz fourth, but
the Belgian press announcer, as well
as the result on the board, scored
Scholz fifth.
A protest over another point was
entered this forenoon. It was made
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