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Pages 1 to 12 VOL. XXVII NO. 28. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 12, 1908. ' PRICE FIVE CENTS. GOOD TIMES COME CHICAGO SUFFERS HOTTEST OF DAYS CUNNING WOMAN CATCHES OLD MAN FIERCE BLAST BY H EAR ST AT 6 RYAN LADIES' TAILOR RUINS GOWNS? E TO F AT ALL TARGETS THERMOMETER CLIMBS HIGH EST IN SEVEX- YEARS. FAIR HOUSEKEEPER SECTRES EMPLOYER'S WEALTH. METHOD - IX MADVESS . OF SAN FRANCISCO CRAXK. BRYAN WELCOMES Rl CAN S inn AGAIN NAT ON ROM DOORSTEP General Revival of Pros perity Begins. IDLE MEN RETURN TO WORK Business in Every Line Shows Large Increase. FACTORIES GETTING BUSY Good Crops in Middle West Cause General Demand for Merchandise. Idle Railroad Cars Fast Re duced to Minimum. CHICAGO, July 11. (Special.) Careful analysis of commercial, industrial and agricultural conditions made by repre sentatives of the Kecord-Herald in Chi cago and throughout the United States yesterday showed that business activity In all lines is decidedly returning to nor mal and In some cases exceeds it. Crops are unusually large and the number of unemployed men and of empty railroad cars showed marked decreases. All Signs Show Upturn. One of Uncle Sam's reliable business barometers, . the postofflce receipts, registered an exceptionally reassuring indication today that the tide of busi ness throughout the country hits taken an upturn.. In Chicago" fully 10,000 railroad men have gone back to work in the last six months. .. Half of the men the packers laid off last Winter are at work again. The 'idle 'cais' In the Chicago district have been reduced one-half since the high number reached In May. factories Report Increase. General conditions seem promising in Wisconsin, where the big manufac turing ins titutfo'hs" 'report "aiT increase of business, actual and inquiries. Ke portn from Duluth say crops In Minne sota have never looked better and the labor situation has vastly Improved. On the iron ranges there is a limited surplus of men. With all factories and shops in Omaha and its vicinity running full time, with assurance of another year of bountiful crops in Nebraska and surrounding states, the industrial out look In that city is most promising. Great Crops on Prairies.' In Kansas wheat destroyers have been active, but the yield of corn will be the heaviest in the state's history. There is heavy demand for unskilled labor. Secretary George A. Wells, of the Iowa Graindealers' Association, in his annual estimate, made public at Des Moines, shows crops in Iowa to be Slightly above normal, with prospects for the future favorable. In Denver manufacturing industries are doing practically as much as at this time last year, with the exception of the smelters and the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company's steel plant at Fueblo. There are no skilled mechanics out of work In Colorado. Building in Denver is greater than ever. In Austin it is said that there is more employment available for the worklngmen In Texas right now than there has been any time for several years. This applies to the farms, the hops and building trades. Big Demand From 'Merchants.- St. Louis reports conditions In the wholesale and retail mercantile lines as fast resuming normal and Keeping freight business moving fairly well. At Indianapolis there are probably 12.0HO to 15,000 men still unemployed, but conditions are improving. Factories gen erally are putting more men to work. Advices from Detroit say that business conditions in , Michigan, though not yet normal, are showing steady improvement. (Cnncludd on Pare IS.) Will They Never Lot Go t In Moist Temperature of 98, Four Persons Die, Many Break Down and Others Go Insane. - . CHICAGO, July 11. Special.) Chicago sweltered, sizzled rand suffer V intensely today, the hottest day since 1901. The temperature soared above 96, and the lake breeze, hitherto a lifesaver, died down to an imperceptible zephyr. On the streets men, horses and dogs fell un der the fierce heat. The hottest day on record in Chicago was July J, 1901, when 103 degrees was the mark reached. Four deaths and many prostrations are reported, and the cases of prostration are so serious that, in a majortiy of cases, the victims will not survive. Every lake steamer and sailing vessel of any description was crowded with suffering humanity, and the parks and other breathing spots were Jammed - all day and night, thousands preferring to sleep out of doors. The death-dealing heat wave spread over the entire city, and the lake front suffered quite as Intense ly as did the Ghetto and other congested quarters. The Police and Health Departments were kept on the run all day, caring for all sufferers. In the tenement districts, wan, poorly-nourished children and wom en made their way to the roofs in a fight for life. The heat also caused unusual activity among the criminal classes and devel oped crimes which can be traced direct ly to the weather. One heat-crazed man murdered his niece and killed himself. A girl, temporarily demented, leaped from a fifth-floor window, and many murderous clashes wore reported In the Black Belt and foreign districts of the city. This evening a breeze off the lake lowered the temperature to 88, but brought scant comfort to the stricken city. Advices from other towns anl cities in the Middle West tell of unusually hot weather, excessive ' humidity adding greatly to the discomfort. WIRELESS FOR HOTELS All Leading Hostelries of Nation to Be In System.. SAN FRANCISCO, CaL, July 11. (Special.) The managers of the lead ing hotels all over the United States' have Joined in an enterprise through which a wireless telegraph service be tween all the big caravansaries in the country is Boon to be a reality. Pro ceedings already are well under way for the establishment of a trans continental wireless service between New York, Philadelphia, the large in termeaiate cities and San Francisco. Starting with Philadelphia and .New York, the line of wireless stations, established on the roofs of the struc tures, will run through some hotel in Buffalo to the La Salle Hotel at Chi cago. New Orleans will provide a side station at the St. Charles Hotel. Then, through connecting cities, the line of stations will run to Denver, and finally to the St. Francis Hotel here. Any large hotel that wishes to Join the series may do so. VOLCANO MAKES ISLANDS Addition to Uncle Sam's Domain in Bering Sea. ' SAN FRANCISCO. July 11. Special.) That two new islands were discovered in the Bering Sea by the revenue Cutter Mc culloch, which is now in northern waters looking after American sealing interests. Is the report brought by the crew of the cod-fishing schooner Repeat. According to the men of the cod-fisher, the islands are said to have formed after an eruption of a volcano near Dutch Harbor, in the early part .of June. The new Islands are said to be located near Unimak Island. The revenue cutter did not have time to look into the dis covery, but it is said a survey will be made Gottlca Leaves for Home. WASHINGTON, July 11. Senor Veloi Goltlca. the retiring Venezuelan Charge d' Affairs, left Washington tonight for New York, whence he will sail for Ven ezuela next week on the first convenient steamer. HARRY One Gay Old Swell of the Sea. Receives Homage From Many Delegates. TALKS ON PUBLICITY ISSUE Minnesotans Promise to Fight Hard for Him. TELLS STORIES ON LAWN Bryan and Murphy Photographed Hand in Hand Candidate Makes . Farmer Talk . to Ohioans and Virginians. FAIRVIEW, Lincoln, Neb., July 11. William J. Bryan opened the doorstep campaign today with a brief speech touching on publicity of campaign con tributions, the platform and candidates. He arso received cheers left over from the Denver convention. .The Nebraska delegation, returning with triumphant banners, after vociferations unequalled in political or other history, having participated riotously in conven tion proceedings, did not deliver what might properly be called a cheer at all. The Minnesota delegates, however, hav ing had less call for the assertion of their lungs at Denver, delivered the full three as a seal on Governor Johnson's promise to support the ticket in every way possl b'e. In this they were .ably assisted by the North Dakotans, who came on the same train. The Nebraskans, however, looked their cheers out of their tired eyes, soothingly caressing their strained throats. Speaks About Convention. It was to them, many of their fellow townsmen and members of either the Lincoln Bryan Club or the Nebraska Traveling Men's Bryan Club that Mr: Brvan made his onlv SDeech of the dav. i t He" said : "I do not think any state was better represented at Denver than Nebraska, and for proof of that I- can simply re mind you that you were the only state represented there, that secured the nom ination of a' candidate for President from its own state. - (Laughter and applause greeted this sally, and Mr. Bryan con tinued:) "I am as much pleased with the plat form as I am with the nomination for the first place, and I am as much pleased with the second nomination as I am with the platform. ; No Feeling of Disappointment. "I think that this convention leaves a different Impression than that given by the convention In Chicago. In that con vention the platform did not present what the reform element of the party wanted, and . when the convention was over there was a feeling of discourage ment and disappointment. But the Dem ocratic party In this convention has given us a platform that I believe expresses the deliberate sentiment of that large and growing reform element in this coun try. (Applause.) I am satisfied that It is going to appeal not only to all the Democrats, but to a great many Republi cans. And I am sure when people come to know John W. Kern, as I have known him for many years, they will believe, as I do, that he is in perfect harmony with the platform and can be trusted to carry that platform out to the letter, if circumstances should place upon him the responsibility for its enforcement. (Ap plause.) Will Appeal to Conscience. "Now, we are going to commence our campaign, and with a publicity plank that announces an honest purpose and proclaims an honest position, we will be able to appeal to the honest sentiment of the country. Gentlemen, there has been great growth in politics in this country and that plank illustrates one phase of that growth. For a quarter of a cen tury the country has been seeing more and more of corporate domination In poli tics; for a quarter of a century the coun try has witnessed campaign after cam paign in which great predatory interests would secretly contribute enough sums to debauch elections and then control the Government in return for contributions given. Our convention marks a new era (Concluded on page 3.) MURPHY SEES IN SOME OF "Those Blamed Message of His Cost MB a Geo Deal More Than 2 a Word." Fair and Scheming, Elizabeth Fritz Persuades Man of 82 to Wed and Enrich Her. CHICAGO, July 11. Annulment of a marriage that no longer exists is sought in a bill filed in the Circuit Court last evening by heirs of the late Frederick: Schramm, 82 years old, who is- averred to have been "broken, old, decrepit and Insane, and took for his wife Elizabeth Fritz, 24 years old, of fair features, calcu- Tbe Late Irving W. Pratt. lating, scheming ana of shrewd intellect." After the marriage property worth WO.OOO, it is . charged, passed into the control of the woman whom the . heirs have made defendant in the suit. Another action to have the will declared null and void Is pending in the Circuit Court. In November, 1908, it is asserted, the woman was .employed as a servant at W a week to care for the old man's home. December 27 she persuaded him to marry her secretly, it is charged. Ninety days later he died of apoplexy. . On entering the Schramm home, it is averred, the wo man began to -exercise a system of fraudu lent practices .with a view to obtaining hfs property. He was -possessed at-un Insane delusion that he had become re-s juvfuated and, it is declared, the de fendant encouraged this belief and finally married him. .., r ' t ., MISS' SUTTON IS STALE No Longer Displays Form That Made Her Champion. SAN FRANCISCO, . July 11. (Special.) May Sutton made her first appearance In three ears on the courts at San Ra fael today, and If the form s he displayed can be taken into consideration she is hardly the player she was on the occa sion of her last visit. She won her ex-r hibition match with Hazel Hotchkiss, of Berkeley, and won decisively by scores of 6-1 .and 6-2, but In doing so she did not show the class of tennis that had been expected. - - - She was visibly distressed in the sec ond set, and it seemed an effort for her to get much speed in her stroke. She showed improvement in one way only, and that was in her head work. The former .champion was on the . defensive most of the time. . Heer strokes were inaccurate in the . back court, and she really missed a return. IRVING W. PRATT IS DEAD Prominent Mason Passes . Away at Age of 70 Years. Professor Irving W. Pratt, for more than 40 years a resident of Portland, died at 11 o'clock last night at his residence, 611 First street, aged 70 years. About five months ago Professor Pratt sus tained a stroke of paralysis, from the ef fects of which his death resulted. Pro fessor Pratt was one of the most prom inent Masons In this state, and at tho time of his death was active inspector general for Oregon of the Scottish Rite. He was born at Waterloo. N. Y., March 17,' 183S. THE EVENTS OP THE WEEK About the Only Way One Mirht Stand a Chance Against the Pres- ent Mosquito Peat. -.-- - -...m Indicates Enmity of Independents. NO CONFIDENCE IN DEMOCRATS Bryan Won by Well-Manipulated Boss-ship. HIS PROMISES WORTHLESS In Leader's Absence, Shearn Says There Will Be 3fo Overtures and Hearst Papers Say They Cannot Trust Bryan. NEWSPAPERS REJECT BRYAN. BROOKLYN EAGLE The Eagle prefers Mr. Taft and will oppose Mr. Bryan. No thoushtful man should make Bryan his execu tive. NEW YORK EVENING POST It is necessary for all who regard, as Te do. the election of Mr. Bryan as highly undesirable, to look all the facts in the face. NEW YORK TIMES We know that public policies will 'be executed by Mr. patt reasonably, with calmness, with sanity and we know nothing of the kind about Mr. Bryan. We do know that his mind Is unsteady, his princi ples unsafe. ALL THE HEARST PAPERS We have lost confidence in the Dem ocratic party. We have lost confidence also In William J. Bryan. A pjatform made by the Democratic party and Indorsed by Mr. Bryan is not worth the paper it is written on. NEW YORK, July 11. (Special.) With the conventions of the two great parties out of -the way, the political wiseacres were turning their -attention today to the doings of the Independence party, which is to hold Its Convention in Chicago on July 27. The question of greatest Inter est at present is whether or not the Chi cago convention may indorse Bryan. W. R. Hearst is at present in Europe, and It may not be until his return on July 17 that a definite statement will be reached on this point. Clarence J. Shearn, who is Hearst's personal lawyer and adviser, was reti cent on the subject today, as he said ho preferred to await Mr. Hearst's return. Will Remain Independent. "You may say, however, that there have been no overtures from Mr. Hearst to Mr, Bryan, looking 'toward the accept ance of Mr. Bryan, and there will be none," said Mr. Shearn, emphatically. He added that the action of the local Independence convention at Carnegie Hall seemed to him a sufficient answer to the talk of Mr. Bryan's name being tacked on the Independence ticket. The delegates-at-large were Instructed to vote for candidates who were independent of other parties, he said. This was the gen eral sentiment in the party, he believed. All the Hearst papers carry this edi torial: Ko Confidence, Say Hearst Papers. "For the third time William J. Bryan has been nominated by the Democratic party or rather by that fragment of former efficiency which is called the Democratic party. We have lost confi dence in the Democratic party, as millions of other Democrats ha,ve done' We can not see in this nomination any hope. "We are bound to add with regret that we have lost confidence also In William J. Bryan, who, by well-manipulated boss ship, has compelled the nomination. "The platform adopted by the Demo cratic party is nothing but a compro mise between the absolute will of Bryan and that willingness on Bryan's part to dicker with his own principles recently made known to tht public. "No reliance can be placed on the Dem- ( Concluded on page 3 ) A PEW THINGS TO HAVE FUN I "Gosh! I Bet Those Sweltering Easterners Envy Me This Nice, Mild Coast Weather." Man Recently Arrested on Suspicion and Released Xow Believed to Be Culprit. SAN FRANCISCO. al., July 11. (Spe cial.) That Joseph Goffee, a ladles' tailor, recently arrested on suspicion of being the vandal who Is ruining hundreds of women's costly dresses by throwing ink, is the culprit for whom the entire Police Department has ben on the lookout, is the belief of Chief of Police Biggy. Goffee, after being held in Jail for three days, was released last week on his promissj to go to Chicago: But he did not go, and resumed his occupation of tailoring, and Chief Biggy thinks his vandalism as Ink thrower as well. Chief Biggy points as significant that each time Goffee was lost sight of, the mysterious ink-thrower ruined some wo man's gown on Van Ness avenue. CRABBE IS BLACKMAILER Mrs. Letter Says His Story of Quar rel With Curzon Is Ridiculous. CHICAGO, July 11. (Special.) Mrs. Mary L. Letter, before being named to day in the second suit for salary in arrears claimed by Hugh Crabbe, for mer manager of the Letter estate, for the management of her personal for tune, declared that the first suit of the ex-employe, non-suited before Judge Heap, was nothing more than an at tempt at extortion by a disgruntled hireling cut from the pay roll of the estate, because of his "Insolence, in ebriety and further uselessness to the trustees." ' Crabbe's claims she char acterized as "the hallucinations of a revenge-erased mind." "Now, as for the story ho tells of Lord Curzon's coming here to investi gate my son's management of the es tate, is ridiculous. Lord Curzon and myself, as well as other members of the family, are on the best of terms and have been for years. There has never been the slightest question be tween Lord Curzon and any of us as to tho management of the estate." WORK FOR AERIAL NAVY League Formed in Germany to Ad- -franco Airship Construction. BERLIN, July ll. According to a local news agency, an "air navy" league is being formed in Germany. The articles of the association declare the object of the league to be promotion of a big Imperial dirigible air navy and the construction of numerous airships for excursions and commercial enter prises, which in the event of hostili ties, would be turned over to the gov ernment as. auxiliaries to tho regular fighting navy of tho air. According to the same agency, a company, called the "'Zeppelin Com pany," is about to be formed with a capital of 2,000,000, to undertake pop ular dirigible airship excursions to Switzerland and the scenic mountain resorts of Germany and Bavaria, MARRY AMERICAN WIDOW Lord . Clancarty Says Report Match Is Premature. of LONDON, July 11. A report is In cir culation here that Lord Clancarty will marry a Mrs. Marcusflwidow of a wealthy American banker. In response to an In quiry by the Associated Press, Lord Clan carty said: "The announcement Is premature. I cannot at present deny or confirm It, and so cannot give the name of the lady." DROWNED IN ARCTIC SEA Four Fishermen of Schooner Czarina Lost When Boats Capsize. SAN FRANCISCO, July 11. The schooner Czarina, which arrived today from the Arctic with a cargo of codfish, reports that four of its fishermen were drowned off Johnson's Island .. by the capsizing of their boats. Two of them, Albert Schmidt and O. Hervlg, are well known in this city. .The names of the other two are unknown. ABOUT i. 'rctvcwR life Yf 9 m r-ivp -YOl) The PRICE TO - r-iiDAOC. Qui I nMUT IRRt O how LOM& YOU STPCT, NUT HER' News Note New York Society People Are Too Poor to Go Abroad -This Year. - Are Rifle and Revolver Champions. BEAT THE WORLD AT BISLEY England Is Second and Can ada Third With Rifle. SCORES: 2553, 2486, 2439 Marksmen From United States Lead at All Ranges Except 600 Yards Belgium Second in Re volver Match. BISLEY, July 11. Tho American riflemen today swept all before them In the great international rifle team shoot and are today champions of the world with the military weapon. Tho total score of the American team was 2563. The English team was second with 2486 and the Canadian team a close third with 2439. The American revolver team also covered itself with glory and won the championship of tho world with a total score of 1914. Tho Belgian team was second with 1864 and the English third with 1816. Starting with a lead at the first range, the American riflemen never were displaced, and with the exception of tho contest at the 600-yard range, they scored higher totals for each of the six distances ' than the finest teams that Canada and all Europe could put in the field. In the individual aggregate the Amerl cans always were prominent, first LeuSh ner and then Martin leading all tho world's crack riflemen. Many experts consider the outcome a victory not only for the men but for the rifles. They de clare that the short-barrelled new Spring field rifle proved itself a far better arm than the new short-barrelled Lee-Enfield in use in the British service. Begin With Good Lead With a lead of ten points as- the result of yesterday's shooting at three shorter distances, the American team, when they went to tho butts today to start firing at the 800-yard range, were looked upon as pretty certain winners of tho interna tional team match, the principal event in the rifle competitions being held in connection with the Olympic games. Al though the American's lead of yesterday was not great. It was about as large as they expected, their hope of winning tho race being laid in the scores they expect ed to make at the longer distances. The weather this morning continued unfavorable for good scores, the day be ing dull with a variable wind, the enemy of all riflemen. The Americans, however, at 800 yards increased their lead 13 points, scoring 436, thus bringing their aggregate score for the four distances up to 1725. Tho Eng lish maintained second place, making an aggregate of 1714. Canada was third team on tbe list and lost so many points yesterday, their total for the four dis tances being only 1678. , Canadians Shoot Wild. It was thought generally that when the longer distances were reached, the team contest would resolve Itself into a battle between the American and the English teams. Both teams shot well, the Americans particularly so. For a time the Canadians threatened to upset these calculations.. Four of them at the start today made every shot a bull's eye, but three of this team broke down with the last shot, and Sergeant Smith alone got the highest possible. Three other Canadians, Cap tain Crowe, Private Williams and Cor poral Mclnnes, scored 74 each, but their total was spoiled by Sergeant Kerrs, who got 67. The shooting of. the Americans was brilliant, and evoked the greatest praise. None of them made the highest score, but no fewer than five or six i (Concluded on Page .) Hurrah (or Bryan! I r?l f n o n I