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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?
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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
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AGAIN
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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. ..,
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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.
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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-
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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.
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People Are Too Poor to Go
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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!
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