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4 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAD, JITNTE 2, 1907. HILL TEAW1 WINS BY SCORE OF 26 Pendleton and Portland High Schools Are Tied for Second Place. BIG MEET AT CORVALLJS Baker City a Close Third With Port land Academy Fourth Sam May Is Star Point-Winner of the Day Pendleton Lad Next. CORVALLIS, Or.. June 1. (Special.) A tieck-and-neck struggle between three leading team that continued until the very finish resulted Anally In a victory for the Hill Military team In the big Orepon Higli School meet on the O. A. C. track this afternoon, the successful s x ' i v vj ' f John Plfkaon, Pendleton Who I Won Becond Plae In 2-O-Yard Hurdles at Corvallls Yesterday. Portland team coming out of the struggle with M points to Its credit: The prize Is a handsome sliver cup. The closeness of the contest Is shown by the fact that Portland High School and Pendleton High School teams tied for second place with 22 points each. Baker City came next with IS points., all of which were won by Kellogg, one of the tars of the meet. Portland Academy took 11 points and the relay race with ita silver cup for a prize, the latter event being snatched from Eugene High by Glass In a magnificent burst of speed in the 231 yard stretch that comprised his part of the half-mile race. Island City school took 6 points, Eugene 4, Roseburg 4, La Grande 3 and Corvallls 2. The winner of the gold medal for the greatest number of points is Sam May, of Hill Military Academy, who was one of the stars of the day, winning not only the largest number of points, but being the factor that turned the trick in win ning the silver cup for his team. He cored 20 points, winning first in the broad Jump, half-mile, mile and quarter. A star of equal magnitude was Jay, of 'Pendleton High, who scored 19 individual Kpolnts, larking but one of tielng the 'winner, and taking all but three of the iirolnts won by his team. His score con tested of first In the high hurdles, pole tvault and nigh Jump, second in the broad ljump and third In the discus. He was a great favorite with the spectators in his effort to win the medal. Another bright star was Kellogg, of HBsker City, who took all the points scored by his team, and lacked but two of tielng 'the winner, scoring 18 points by taking iflrst In the hammer, shot and discus vents and second In the high Jump. Glass, of Portland Academy, was an rasy winner of the 100-yard and 120 ' dashes. The meet was a success from every I standpoint and Is to be made a per imanent affair annually at the college. Invitations have already been iBsued to tne visiting teams, and while not officially accepted there Is no doubt but they will be. It has also been determined to extend the scope of the meet by making It a two-days affair end extending the invitations so as to Include the colleges of the state. During the day the visiting teams, headed by the Cadet Regiment Band, paraded the principal streets and met with a warm receptibn. There was a large attendance at the meet, and en thusiasm ran high. Tonight the visit ors are being entertained at a recep tion in their honor, where the presen tation of the prises la being made. In addition to the silver cups to the win ners of the meet and the relay race and the gold modal to the largest point winner, a gold medal goes to each winner of first place and a silver medal to each second place winner. The summary of events: 100-yard dssh 0a (P. A.), Walters (Isl and Clty. Dart (Portland High): time 0:11. 8S0-yard run May (H. M. A). Breeding (Portland High), Furnap (Corvallls): time 2:uT. Pole vault Jay !'nd!eton). Toung !. firaade), Millertnx (Island City); height 10 et. 2ao-yard dash Qlsas (P. A ). Meier (Portland High). Blmaker i Eugene); lint 0:24 2-S. High Jump Jay. (Pendleton); Kellogg, (Baker City) Norrie, (P. A;.); height S feet. 8 Inches. Twelve pound hammer throw Kellocg. (Baker City): Thornton. Roseburg); Swebke. (Island City.); distance, 11$ fet, ft Inches. Mile run May, (H. M. A.): Breeding. (Portland High); Gregg, (CorvalUs); time, 6:06 4-5. Twelve pound shot put Kellogg (Baker CHy); Taylor. (H. ii. A.: Thornton. (Roaeburg): distance. 41 feet, Mi Inches. 440-yard dash May. .H. M. A.); Bean, i Tlx- S- 5 i. v 3 I , If 'Kugene): Meier. (Portland High); time. 55 4-5. Dmcus throw Kellogg, (Baker City): Taylor. (H. M. A.); Jay, (Pendleton); dist ance. 108 feet. 120-yard hurdles Jav. (Pendleton) ; Haw kins. (Portland High); McGulre. (Port land High); time. IS seconds. Broad jump May. (H. M. A ); Jav, (Pendleton); WoodHrd, (Portland High); distance, 19 feet. 3 inches. 220-yard hurdles l-atourette. (Portland High); Dickson. (Pendleton): Hawkins, (Portland High); time. 28 seconds. Portland Academy won the relay event. LONG LIST . OP GKADCATES Vnlversity of Oregon Will Confer 55 Degrees This Month. UXIVEQSITT OF OREGON. Eugene, June 1. Following are the names and the degrees to be conferred on the graduates of the University of Oregon, class of 1907, at the 31st annual com mencement, June 26: Bachelor of arts Joseph UniMoii Barber, Portland; Elbert George Boebc, Eugene; Omar Newton Blttner, Port land; Clara Maris Blaia, Eugene; Paul Gartner Bond, Florence; Sarah Aurelia Burch, Rlckreall; Louisa Antoinette Burdick, Cottage Grove; Mabel Cooper, Independence; Margaret Anna Cundiff, Eugene; Edwin Ray Fountain, Klamath Falls; Lorene Maude Gallogly. Oreaton City; Francis Vernon Galloway. Mc Minnville: Margaret A. Glttens, Salem; William Harley Glafke, Portland; Mary Lela Goddard. Portland; Roy Wallace Hammack, Harrington, Wash.: Max Sylvias Handman, Portland; Dante Er nest Hardin. Prineville; Louis Alfred Henderson, Hood River; George Wash ington Hug. Summerville; Andrew Warren Jackson, Bandon: Wlster Way man Johnson, Eugene; Faith Johnson, Creswell; Roy Wentworth Kelly. Ore gon City: John Randolph Latourette, Oregon City: Helen Jeanette McKlnney, Bertha Louise McKlnney and Henry Miller McKlnney, Baker City; Stuart Eakln McQueen, Eugene; Maude Eth elyn Miller, Eugene: Felix Enoch Moore, Astoria; Guy Mount, Sllverton; Palus Edwin Newell. Eugene: Harry Oliver Paddock, Oregon City; Grace Parker, Eugene; Mabel Elizabeth Poill. Eugene; Harry Logan Raffety, Port land; Kirkman Kenson Robinson, W!l dervllle; Clarence Wesley Ross, Leb anon; Mary Rothrock, Pendleton; Jean Cathrine Blausen, Portland; John Cur rin Veatch, Cottage Grove; Harvey Ar nold Wheeler, Mapleton; Angeline Will iams. Oregon City; Clara Petra Wold, Eugene; John Pool Woodley. Eugene. Bachelor of science Wlllam Garnet Chandler, Marshfleld; Oscar Peter Beck, The Dalles; Theodore Plckel Holt. Eugene; Oney Gustav Jackson, Astoria; Laurlds Lauridsen, Astoria: Charles Thomas Warner, Oregon City; Harry Arthur Hampton, Portland; Jo seph Wilbur McArthur, Amboy, WaBh. Master of arts yamJa Ruth Coffey, Eugene. HALF THOUSAND GO TO NOME Steamnhip Ohio Makes First Trip of Season to Northern Port. SEATTLE. Wash., June 1. The big steamship Ohio, with more than 675 pas sengers on board, sailed for Nome at 11 o'clock this morning. The Ohio formally opened the ,Nome season, and for nearly every day for two weeks one ship will leave for Nome dally. On the first vessels sailing there will probably be nearly 2000 persons going north. The amount of freight that will be shipped will be approximately 15.000 tons In the vessels making the first trips. At 4 o'clock this afternoon the Victoria is scheduled to sail with 600 passengers and over 2000 tons of freight. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the Pacific Coast Company's Sumllla sailed with 467 pas sengers and 800 tons of freight. The last vessel to leave today Is the freight ship Pleiades, which will get away some time this evening. BAKER MIXES BRIXGS $750,000 Xew York Syndicate Buys Property of Consolidated Copper Company. BAKER CITY. Or., June 1. (Spe cial.) The largest mining deal of re cent years was pulled off in Baker City this afternoon, when the Sovereign Consolidated Copper Company trans ferred Its properties, known as the Van and Love and Cox claims, on Goose Creek, to a New York syndicate, for the handsome price of 1750.000. The outcropplngs on this property are some of the richest ever seen in Eastern Ore gon, and when the mine Is developed will be among the largest producers of the state. This is a virgin property, development work having been begun only about eight months ago, and the Kellogg, of Baker City, Wa Toak First In Hammer-Throw. Sbot Put and Dt&coa. fine ehowing on which the mine was sold indicates that it la a. -very rich one. The new owners have unlimited capital and will push the work on the property. v . Berries Go In Carload Lots. HOOD RIVER. Or., June 1. (Spe cial.) The delivery of berries today was close to 1700 crates, with the price still at $3 and 3.!5. Three carload shipments were made to Dakota and Montana points. V it vii 1 1 ! N s i I' vj, 'I ; n' t s I : - I . - . - t e a t , ? 4 RESTS LAND FRAUD EASES FROSECtTIOX CXOSKS IX THE CONSPIRACY TRIAL. One Witness Says Dwyer Told Him to Change His Xame and Make Second Application. MOSCOW, Idaho. June 1. (Special.) After the introduction of some documen tary evidence tending to prove, as the prosecution contended, the overt acts al leged in the indictment, the prosecution rested "its case in chief," this afternoon. Twelve days were consumed by the Gov ernment In presenting its' evidence. Two were consumed in the securing of a jury. The defense announced that it will not take more than three days for it to present Its evidence. In that event the case should be in the hands of the jury before Saturday night." , A. J. Sherbourne, of Clarkston, Wash., was a damaging witness for the defense. He swore that William Dwyer. one of the defendant, asked him to take up a timber claim, and wben informed by the old soldier that he had exercised his right, Dwyer said to him: "Oh, hell, that don't make any difference; change your name and take up another one." Fred Morrison, of Clarkston, testified that Dwyer wanted him to "grub stake" him and another man so that they could got into the locating business, saying that George H. Kester, cashier of the Lewis ton National Bank, would furnish the money for the entrymen. Dwyer said he was to get 40 acres of each quarter section he was instrumental in locating W. F. WATTS Native Son of Oregon Pioneer Dies at Scappooae. for Kester, and that he would give Morrison 20 acres of each quarter section for "grub staking" him. m RECORD OF A BROKEN WHEEL One Under Heavy Freight Injures 2000 Rails on Great Northern. ' OLYMPIA, Wash., June 1. (Special.) One broken wheel under a heavy laden coal car on the Great Northern broke 150 rails and dented and damaged 1180 other rails, according to a report just made to the State Railway Commission by State Track Inspector A. W. Perley, who investigated the wreck. His report Is interesting, following publicity recently given teats for broken rails on the Penn sylvania road,' from the fact that the inspector and the Washington Commis sion blame the breakage of rails as much or more, to broken wheels than to poor material In the rails. The wreck in vestigated occurred near Downs, Wash., May 23, and at that time the report was generally published that poor condition of the track caused the trouble. Perley reports that about 20 inches was broken from a wheel under the coal ear and that every time the edge of this wheel hit a rail it broke or weakened the rail. The bad wheel was discovered by the crew at Downs and the car set out. Orders for slow spedd were given all trains and n inspector followed all trains after all the broken rails had been replaced, but the track walker grew hungry and went to breakfast, falling to follow a heavy freight. A passenger train following struck a broken rail and was ditched, a number of passengers being hurt SALEM MAN CHOSEN' PRESIDENT Professor Boyer Heads List of Ep vvortn League Officers. WOODBURX, Or., June 1. (Special.) An unusually interesting programme was pre sented. at the Bpworth League convention. East Portland District. In the M. E. Church today. The morning was given over to devotion service, pastor's hour, business session and election of the fol lowing officers for the'ensuing year: ' Epworth League Professor C. C. Boyer, of Salem, president; M. A. Killan. of Port land, first vice president; F. D. Lose. Corvallls, third vice-president; M. M. Owen, Mount Tabor, fourth vice-president; Valeria Smith, Albany, recording secretary; Mrs. George A. Landon, Wood burn, corresponding secretary; Lewis Jud eon, Salem, treasurer. Junior League Mrs. J. W. Burt, Port land, superintendent: Dr. B. F. Roland. Hugh C. Krum and Miss Margaret Wattenpaugh, executive cabinet. The league accepted an invitation from the Laurelwood delegation to - meet there next year. The missionary exhibit prepared by the Sunnyside Chapter was of particular in terest and enlisted the many beholders of excellent methods adopted by the Metho dist missionaries. FULTON TO TOUR THE STATE Senator Hopes to Learn Needs of the People Before Congress Convenes. ASTORIA, Or.. June 1. (Special.) Senator C W. Fulton started this even ing on an extended trip during which he will visit various points In Oregon for the' purpose of meeting the people and getting acquainted with the needs of the several sections. He will Inves tigate, particularly, the questions of Irrigation and grazing on pdbllc lands and In the forest reserves, ascertain the wishes of the people or these mat ters, as well as the existing sentiment relative to various matters of legisla tion that are to come before Congress. On this tTlp. Senator Fulton will visit Ontario, Vale, Baker City. Sumpter. Prairie City, John Day, Canyon City, Burns, La Grande. Union. Elgin. Wal lowa, Enterprise and Joseph and then, returning to Pendleton, will visit vari ous points in- ITmatflla. Sherman, Mor row, Wheeler and Wasco Counties. On the Fourth of July the Senator is to speak at Grant's Pass, and he expects on that trip to go to the cities In Klamath and Lake Counties, returning ha iitwi iriil 'a?:.. mm n- - to Astoria to meet Vice-President Fairbanks about July 15. Later he will pay a visit to points in the- Wil lamette Valley and Western Oregon. It is the Senator's intention to go to all sections of the state and confer with the people regarding needed leg islation before returning to Washing ton next Fall. OPERA MAXAGER LEAVES TOWN Members of "Bogus Prince" Com pany 6tranded as a Result. VANCOUVER. Wash., June 1. (Spe cial.) The manager of the "Bogus Prince" company, which played at the Auditorium, skipped out last night and took with him. It is alleged, the company's share of the door receipts, after a settlement with the local man ager, leaving his company stranded, -and some of the members "dead broke." As a result, some of the members were compelled to walk the streets all night because they did not have the price of a room. The deserted members of the stranded company secured the aid of the police in an attempt to ftnd the manager, but a search developed the fact that he had taken the 9:45 ferry for Portland. ' The company seems to have been doing badly for some time, as several of the troupe had aa much as six weeks pay coming. DAYTOX WOMAN'S MIXED LIFE Marries Without Obtaining Legal Divorce From Former Husband. DAYTON. Wash.. June 1. Mrs. Belle Warder, of this place, about nine years ago sued her' husband for divorce em ploying Miller & Fonts as her attorneys, paying them only a part of their fee. The PASSES AWAY SCAPPOOSE. Or., June 1. (Special.) W. F. Watts, son of James W. and Elisabeth Watts, pioneers of 1852, died at Scap poose, Columbia County. Or., May 20, aged 37 years 10 months and 21 days. He spent his boyhood and youth at Scappoose, where he attended the district school, afterward attending Portland High School and studying for a time at Willamette University. He studied surveying and was elected County Surveyor, being In his second term when he wai compelled to resign on account of the sickness which caused his death. Mr. Watts was married in 1S96 to Miss Mildred Boyle, and the young people made their home near tile old homestead. He Is survived by his wife and two Bons. The interment took place in Fairvlew Cemetery. Scap poose, in the presence of many friends. He was a vOrthy de-. scendant Of good old pioneer Btock, a man of blameless life and one who had the firm esteem of all and the love and friendship of his intimates. report of the referee wasr favorable for divorce, but was never filed on account of the fee not being paid In full. Last Winter, Lewis Johnson, a farmer of this county, won her affections, and they were quietly married, she claiming to have been divorced from her former husband. Warder. After their marriage Mr. Johnson learned that his supposed wife had an Illegitimate child, and upon confronting her with the fact she told him that the child belonged to James Mitchell of this county. Mitchell was brought before him and Mrs. Johnson, and admitted that he wag the father of the child. Next the fact that Mrs. Johnson had never been divorced from her former hus band was published in a local newspaper. She then paid the attorneys the re quired fee, and the divorce was filed, and she was given the care and custody of the children. The couple then went to Pendleton, Or., outside the state of Washington to be married, but a license was refused them, and they failed to get married. They are therefore awaiting the expira tion of the probationary six months, to be married again in this county. The last chapter in Mrs. Warder's checkered career is the bringing of a civil suit In the court against Mitchell to compel him to support the child, which he admitted belonged to him. THINK RIPLINGER GOT $43,000 Experts Foot Up Seattle's Losses at Hands of Ex-Offlclal. SEATTLE, Wash., June 1. (Special.) Three weeks of inquiry Into the books and accounts of John Ripllnger. ex clty comptroller, show an apparent short age of ,45,490. The experts have found funds apparently missing that may be explained away in a more thorough inves tigation. The accounts are badly mud dled and the books are partfally missing. The experts themselves are at a loss to know exactly what will be ultimately shown and the incompleteness of the rec ords may leave Rlpllnger's actual stand ing with the city a perpetual mystery. Possibly the only man who will ever know absolutely the condition of the city ac counts is Ripllnger himself. LAYS BEAR LOW WITH KNIFE Hunter's Fierce Hand-to-Hand En counter With e 5 0-Pound Bruin. ABERDEEN, Wash., June 1. (Spe cial.) J. H. Bunch, a logger in Lar kin's camp" on the Upper Wlshkah River, had an unusual experience this week with a bear which weighed, when killed, 250 pounds. The animal was treed by some dogs while Bunch was on a hunt near the camp, and after die lodging the animal, partially wounded. Bunch began an attack with a large Jackknife. He stabbed the animal as it approached him 30 or 40 times, and managed to dodge Its claws. A final cut in the neck -aid the beast low. Bunch's hunter friends say that it Is a wonder the animal did not tear him to pieces. HIGH PRICE FOR TIDE LAND Milwaukee Road Pays Tacoma Man 940,000 lor Four Acres. TACOMA, Wash.. June' 1. (Spe cial.) For a consideration of 140,000, W. R. Sturley has sold to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul a l-18th inter est In blocks 10 and 11. Tacoma tide lands. The St. Paul purchased 17-18ths of the property from other members of a syndicate, of which Sturley was a member, about a year ago. Sturley's interests amounted to about four acres. He refused to sell for a time, but finally put a price of 150,000 on the property. The railroad offered $30,000. and after a year's dickering and litigation, a compromise Ig said to have been effected at $40,000. Pole's Remains Identified. CINCINNATI. O., June 1. The charred corpse found in the furnaces of the Rvan soap factory yesterday has been identl- t.7 aC -a.V I HL Copyright 1907 by Hart Schaffher i3 Marx A most complete line of Straw and Panama Hats in the latest shapes fled as that of Joachim Portank, a Polish miner from Roanoke, Va. The clew which led to thu? Identifica tion was furnished by Alexander Glowick, vice-president of an electrical construction company, who told Coroner Cameron that a Pole, unable to speak English, a re ligious fanatic and apparently hopelessly insane, had been hanging around St. Stanislaus Church in the vicinity. Oregon City Teachers Chosen. OREGON CITT, Or., June 1. (Spe cial.) The Board of Directors of the West Oregon City schools last night elected the following teachers for the coming school year: Professor T. P. Kendali, principal, re-elected; Miss Clara Koerner, Bolton school, re-elected; Miss Lucy E. Humphreys, of Hllls boro, intermediate; Miss Martha Koerner, second primary, and Miss IJlii Schmidll. first primary. The two last named teachers are employed in the public schools of Oregon City. The salary of Professor Kendall was In creased to ,90 per month. An addi tional room will be constructed at the Bolton school. Hammond Accepts Eugene Call. OREGON CITT, Or., June 1. (Spe cial.) 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L. Kelly. John R. Humphreys and E. E. Brodie f-ere last night elected delegates to the an nual diocesan convention, which meets in Trinity Church at Portland June 13 and 14. The alternates are George A. Harding. V. Harris and John B. Lewthwalte Files Suit for Divorce. OREGON CITT, Or., June 1. (Spe cial.) Lena M. Nelson has filed suit in the Circuit Court for a decree of di vorce against Andrew Nelson, to whom she was married January 12, 1898, in Osceola, Wis. She states that her hus band treated her cruelly at Cloquet, Minn., and she was compelled to leave him. Cushinan Addresses Graduates. MONTESANO, Wash., June 1. (Special.) The commencement exercises of the Montesano High School were held here to night. There were 14 graduates. 13 girls and 1 boy. Congressman F. W. Cushman delivered the address to the class and pre sented the diplomas. The Opera House, in which the exercises were held, was I packed to overflowing. The eighth grade graduates. 17 in number, were given their Tliree-Piece Spring Suits $15 to $35 diplomas by Professor W. S. Dotson, ejghth grade teacher. Logging Camps Curtail Output. BBLUXGHAM, Wash., June 1. Begin ning today logging companies In North western Washington will curtail their out put SO per cent until July 1, when they will close their camps until September 1. Owing to the closing down of many mills through failure of railways to supply cars for shipping the products east, im mense stocks of logs are accumulating and millers are purchasing logs ! per thousand under list prices. Three thou sand men will be thrown out of work. Dampen Ardor of Red Skins. HOOD RIVER, Or., June 1. (Spe cial.) In order to nip In the bud the practice of allowing Indians to obtain whisky or alcohol during the straw berry season. George Aleck was ar rested and fined J10 here today. 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