Pages 1 to 16 PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING JULY .7, 191. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOLi XXXI 0. 27. PROTECTION OF ELK IS OBJECT OF ELKS Lodge Would .Preserve Antlered Herd. BETTER LAWS TO BE ASKED Order Will - Co-operate With State and Nation. ANNIHILATION NOW FEARED National Home Is Question Upper most In Minds of Delegates. Rebuilding of Old Place in .'- Virginia. to Be Opposed... BOtTE OF ELKS' GBAJTD LODGK PARADE IS A. JC, THTBS- . DAT, JtXT tU -;- Formation on Twelfth street, south of Salmon. :.'-.' East on Salmon to Eleventh.- North"'on Elevenh-te Morrison.- East on Jfoniaon to Tenth. ' Kortlt'on Tenth to Alder. Eut on Aider to Sixth. South on Sixth to Morrison. . Eaft on Morrison to 4th. - South on Fourth to Madison. East on Madison to Grand avenue, ; North on Grand avenue to Burn side. ' ' " . West on BumsMa to Third. South on Third to Pine. -' Teit on Dln to Fifth. South on Ftfth to Oak. .West on Oak to Seventh. South on Seventh to Washington. East on Washington to. Sixth. Sooth on Sixth to Morrison. East on Morrison to Fifth. ., - . Southe Fifth-1 TatnhltL .West on Tamhlll to Seventh. . South on Seventh." Disband front Tarlor south... -' .. . '. Co-operation with tha tat and Fed sral Governments ;l the preservation 3 . the animals from which the. order derived Its nam is one' of Use objects tor which the Grand Lodge of Elks will work during Its session lh this city. The committee on preservation of elk, of which Rush LHollaod. of Colo rado Springs, Colo., out grand exalted ruler,. Is chairman; and of which' Sena tor Chamberlain, of Portland, ts a member, has waged an active cam paign In the past year to secure fur ther protection ' for the band of elk that roams the hills of Wyoming and other. scattering portions of the West and. Northwest, where the encroach, tnent' of - civilization has not driven them out or starved them to death. . , Laws t Preserve Herds. Through the work of this committee legislation has been Introduced Into Congress which. If enacted into law. It ia believed. will go far toward pre venting the annihilation of the species, which now threatens. Individual members of . the grand todge have expressed the belief that the -Government is -better- able to carry on- the work of protecting the' wild elk than the order Itself. ' The grand lodge has spent considerable money and has given-- much- attention to this work. '. Sentiment expressed -at grand ' lodge , headquarters . yesterday Indicated- that the "forthcoming business sessions will Issue an emphatic appeal to all. members of the order to urge their Representatives in Congress to vote and work for legislation to pro tect. the noble symbol of the order. . ' Home tsneattott Foresssst. While this subject has received con siderable discussion, most Interest cen- (Concluded on. Pace 8.) ELKS, , i I ' ' ' ' " ' ' ' w A : a ,vvi smaw- W . l ssss, -. - - i ' . sw ASTOR IS FORCED m ARM HIMSELF VOITXG MILLIONAIRE DELUGED ' WITH THREATS. Correspondents at First Content to " " Bejf. 'W Turn Attention, to ; .-" - Plans for Revenge.. , .. NEW YQRKJuly . (Special.) De: luged with threatening letters, warn- lna-a of danger -and demands for money, William Vincent Astor, youthful head of the.. Astor -family, has armed nlmself with a revolver, stationed guards about his homes In Fifth avenue and ' t Rhinebeck. and Is constantly trailed by an, armed guard when he goes about the city or to the country. Ever since the-drowning of his fath er,. Colonel John Jacob Astor, in the sinking of the Titanic, and the settle ment of the estate, by which' the rounr man became possessed of wealth amounting to more than 100.000,oou, he has been bounded, nestegea ana overwhelmed ." better-writers. His correspo. n. at nrst were con tent to advise y. Mr. Astor to di' vfde "his 'fortune , -r. matter a .few thousands In -such v hey might indicate. " "When they iu hat Mr. Astor did "not act. upon th.'- , erges- tions. thev letters became thtv :ng. . . . V BALLOONIST DARES 'FATE Davidson Rendered Unconscious for Time In FHgbt, Tries Again. CHEHALIS. Wssh.. July 6. (Spe- claLJ Successful ; balloon ascensions last evening; and today by Davidson .were features of Chehalla'.. three days" celebration Incident to Independence day. Last night the Chehalis band en tertained a large audience at the City Park block with a concert, unusually large crowds have visited the city. Mur have stODood over here en route to Portland to the Elks" convention and the Tacoma' festival. Tomorrow there wilt be a larare number of Chehalis autoists drive to Tacoma to witness the racing and see the City of Destiny on dress parade. ' r. " " . ; Last night in descending Davidson's parachute caught In a,tree nd be fell bout 44 feet, rendering him uncon scious, for a time. He was game, how. !vernd made another successful; trip tonight. " - $1000 - Wife of A. D. Smith, Tualatin Mill Owner,. Sues for Divorce- . HILLEBORO", OfT July" . (Special.) Mrs. Vienna bmtth. of Tualatin, hsa filed suit against Ambrose D. Smith, a member of the Tualatin Mill Company, klnr for divorce.' for $500 'suit money and for 111,040 permanent ali mony. ' She asks tor an injunction preventing the husband from disposing of his one-third Interest in the com pany's property., which. In. the wile's estimation. Is worth 130.000. The complaint alleges marital mis conduct and says that the wire ias been forced, to cook lor a crew or log gers for several years, while she was St times obliged to. live on a scow in the - Tualatin' River.- The wire, also bases - her' suit i for separation on the grounds of too excessive-use of liquor and another paragraph charges that while Mr. 8mlth allowed her to visit th Lewis and Clark fair but a portion of a day, her husband visited the fes tivities several days. , ' BROTHERS ARE DROWNED Warren and Jim Johnson Die To - gether Off Tillamook. TILLAMOOK. Or., July .(Spe cial.) Warren and Jim Johnson, broth ers, fishermen of Paciflc City, about 25 miles south' of here."-In' attempting to cross the: bar at Nestucca Bay in a small skiff, were capsized and drowned. The two. boys left the city the morn ing of July I to attend a Fourth of July celebration at' Nesmowln, taking a dog with them. A few hours later the dog swam ashore. ; A searching party dis covered a. pair of oars and a hat. The bodies have not been recovered. J The boys -were about -20 years old. ' They leave a brother and two sisters.-. NATIONAL POLITICS, AND THE GLORIOUS, THOUGH SANE, FOURTH GET SS ACrui. A T BATTLESHIP O REGON AT City and State Honor "Bulldog of Navy.'V 21 GUNS SALUTE 616 FIGHTER Drawing 28 Feet, Boat Breaks Port Deep Draft Record. SHIP FIT AS IN DAYS OF '98 From Time Craft Enters Colnmbla River rntil Arrival. In Portland Harbor, Din of Hearty Wol- .- romo Reverberates. BATTLESHIP OBEGOX WIIX BE- -CEIVE VISITORS TODAY '. :FROM IjSO TO 6 P. M. ; Because the Oregon will make a short stsy In , Portland, Captsln Jensnn consented yesterday to re--ceive visitors aboard from 1:30 to C o'clock this afternoon, though lie said the vessel was not as presenta ble as he wished. During weekS days visitors will be allowed aboard from 9:80 until ' ' 11. JO o'clock each morning and from 1 :80 to S o'clock .In the afternoon. Barges have been provided to be made fast on the port side' of the vessels and . visitors will go a6oard . from one barge and leave from the other. - Launches will , operate from the foot of Stark street snci points nearby for the accommodation of the public. . . ' ' The Oregon Is home. - -' '' The historic battleship. that bears the name Of a great state anchored' in the harbor at 4:30 P.. -M-yesterday and in so doing "the-bulldog of the Jfavy" did for Portland and the state another pub lico service, just as In 1898 the Oregon did a National service in-making the hurried' voyage of 14,700 miles via the 6tralts of Magellan 'to the Atlantic Coast in time to participate- In destroy, ing the- Spanish fleet off t. Santiago, Cuba. - :.- . 7. . :. ' . . ' . i This time her mission Is one of peace and . her service -Is to aid the state by demonstrating to the world' that the Columbia River has no . terrors for an unwieldy battleship, of approximately 1X000 tons displacement and drawing 28 feet of water; that the .Columbia River Is open to the biggest ships aneT that Portland's harbor safely can float Its holiday visitor. Many previous ef forts had been made to bring the Oregon-to Portland when at the senith of her career, and to the Portland Elks' committee belongs the honor' of Anally persuading.the Navy authorities to give their, consent. Canaoa Welcome Warship. "I will Are shot for shot." said Cap tain Jenson, of the Oregon as , she steamed through the harhor yesterday and two fleldpieces ashore, manned by men from Battery A. Oregon National Guard, belched forth their greetings of 21 shots.--It was purely-non-regulation In the eyes of a naval officer to have a National salute fired on any "occasion other than a holiday, and Captain Jen son officially was not entitled to such recognition. ..' " -- It was the Oregon that' was. given tho salute. Those who planned It want ed to create a great din to work off their pent-up enthusiasm and ' they were in league with Adjutant-General Flnser, of the Oregon National Guard. He In turn-joined with Cap tain. Welch,, of the battery. In the scheme and the result was that two guns were stationed on the north side of the ' Spokane', Portland & Seattle (Concluded on Page 9.) A? GHORS &Y4 y 'AfUTS Vbi6j0?0 Wyf-7TW ELKS' CONVECTION PROGRAMME rOtTODAI.., ... . J 7 A. Jr. to midnight Reception j committee, welcome squad and band ; meet special trains at .all depots. ' IV noon to midnight Concerts by i visiting bands m streets. . '- -. ! 1 :30 - to 5 P. M. Reception on . ..board battleship Oregon In harbor, ' 2:SO. F. M. Baseball,. Portland vs. I Vancouver, ' Recreation-; Park. : 2:30 P. M. Motorcycle races at 'Country Club. ' . I ? 8:80 P.-'M. Illumination . of court. : of -honor, principal streets v and x buildings, n . . ' ' 4 " DR. :BROUGHER AT GAME LEADS CHOIR BASKBALIj FAXS IX LOS AXGELES i HAVE SURPRISE. ' . 'Everybody's Doln It" and "I Want to Be. an Angel" Cheer Play. ; ; erson Their-Way. . iOS ANGELES. July 6. (Special.) "Everybody's Doln' It,"- sang the Tem ple Baptist Church choir' as "Heine" Heltmuller lined out a beautiful hit in the', first inning of today's baseball game between the Oaks and the-.An-gels. . "Singing at a ball game!" shrieked an . amazed fan - as he - took - his eyes from the pitchers' box long enough to survey the strangers. In tho grandstand. The first verse of a -popular song was wafted from first to second base and from second to third, following, the base-runner. The crowd caught, the enthusiasm and Joined In the chorus, "Everybody's - Doin' It,"'" they sang. Everybody's Doln' It; Doln' What? Hittin' 'Em, Hittin, 'Em." - - If Frank Dillon's band of popular pastlmers needed any incentive to. go out and' win a ball game they certainly had It this afternoon. -. And so it was that Dr. James Whltcomb Brougber's aggregation of ISO trained voices, who attended the baseball game today with their pastor at their head, wished that everybody on . the .Los ' Angeles team would follow Heltmuller's example.. In this particular class of service. The choir occupied a section of the grandstand, this being a special occa. sion and one not often enjoyed by the singers, and when they -were not sing In " 'Everybody's Doln' It,"" it was 'Dr.. Brougher, the Baseball Fan,' 'Has Aaybody Here Seen Kelly.!? and 'rW'ant ,to Be an Angel." - - v . a . '..',' ' '', DAMAGE SUITS ARE LARGE Actions Following San (A Rosa Wreck .Total $500,000. y -5AN FRANCISCO, July i.-Iw hun dred thousand dollars is the aggregate amount1, of the damage suits filed to day against the Pacific Coast -'-, Steam ship Company, by persons who were subjected to hardships and lost their effects when the steamer Santa Rosa was wrecked off Point Arguello July 7. 1911. - - - - - ; - - This brings the total of demands ror damages In this city to nearly $500, 000. This is exclusive of the suits filed In Los Angeles. . NEIL MONEY IS NOT EASY Indicted 'Banker's Attorneys Work Hard to Raise Cash-Bond. SPOKANE," Wash July 6. (Special.) Although Fred Miller, of Spokane, and Walter 'Hanson, of Wallace, attorr neys - for B. F. O'Nelt, 1 were ; putting forth every effort to raise bonds for the indicted Idaho banker it Is believed that they will be. unsuccessful,, accord ing to reports from Wallace.' ..".'. .O'Nell, . charged -with : embezzlement in connection with the State, Bank 'of Wallace,' 'Is now in the ; Wallace'" Jail waiting trial. ' " . ... . Insurance Commlseioner Reports. ; . SALEM.- Or., July . (Special.) In surance . Commissioner Ferguson - has eompleteM his annual report, the .major portions of which bavo heretofore been published. Copies of the "report have been turned over to the Insuranc Com mission by the State Printer. .-' - -1'!'-' , '', s - - ...v".. t.'jiny''',' ''-'t',l" i : Hm 108.2 CHICAGO SUFFERS; 20 DIE FROM HEAT Rabid Dogs Add Terror to Torridity. HALF HUNDRED PROSTRATED Wave. Spreads Over: Country '.: and Benefits Crops. HORSES FALL IN STREETS Forest Fires In Michigan, Cloud bursts In North Dakota Do Dam : age to Property Urban ', - .--Population Gasps. . CHICAGO. July S. (Special.) Twen ty deaths In the two days of torridity Chicago has experienced was the record tonight when the statistics were footed up. In addition there . were half a hundred serious prostrations and' 18 persons were bitten by rabid dog;. Meanwhile the heat wave has "flat tened out," to use a technical expres sion of the weather forecasters.. Over the grain fields of the West and South west the blazing sunshine was making millions . in agricultural wealth. . The suffering In. the cities meant the-fortune of the farmers. . The temperature, today did not reach yesterday's extreme height . and the humidity was. 71, or four degrees below that of yesterday, but men and horses continued to drop, in- the streets, which ware like hot tunnels. '' Lake Frost Alone Feels Relief, t .- Some : relief came In the . afternoon, when shifting winds brought' a light breeze off the lake. It was confined to that portion of the city within a half mile of the lake front, however,; as the breeze was so light it lost its coolness after traveling over, belching chimneys. By way of comparison., it may . be noted that San Francisco, with' a maxi mum of 60 and a minimum of SO, was the coolest . spot In. the country. Port land, had 62.-52. . Los Angeles, " with 78-58, comes next in ore than 20 degrees coojer than I Montreal and Toronto. Phoenix, Arit, claims the heat record, witt I0t Boston reported 90, New Vork 12 and Washington 90. Various Tex-as points had an .average of 96. Cincinnati was comparatively cool at SO,' or eight decrees cooler than fit- Louis, 7 which had precisely the same temperature as St. Paul, 88, and was four degrees cooler than Madison, Wis. Saulte-Ste-Marie, usually, the -abiding place of the chilly wave, sweltered at 92, 10' degrees hotter than Memphis, Tenn.' Green Bay,' Wia, also one of the "cold spots" on the tourist circu lars, reported 94, or 10 degrees warmer than. Denver. ' Other Polats Report Deaths. In addition to 20 deaths in Chicago, five deaths were reported from "Phila delphia, one from La Crosse, Wis., .and five others from various points. In Michigan .there were, disastrous forest- tires,- and c two cloudbursts In North .Dakota did... great damage ' to property. . Rain, . accompanied in the Northern and Western cities by heavy thunder and electrical - storms, was reported from Jacksonville and " Tampa, Fla; Cincinnati, Marquette, Mich.; Central Illinois points, Eastern Iowa points and portions of North Dakota. There . Is also promise of rain In the Gulf Coast country and portions of Missouri and Montana. In Chicago the population gasped on front . stoops. In sheltered corners. In the parks and the bathing beaches, all- of which were crowded to the limit. Last night the Are escapes. (Concluded on Page S. SOME ATTENTION FROM CARTOONIST REYNOLDS. SHERMAN IS FIT, f AETER REST CURE VICE-PRESIDENT TRAINING FOK FALL CAMPAIGN. "i , Reports of Nervous Prostration and Other. More Serious " Ail- ; mcnts Are Denied. ; UTICA.. N. T., : July 6. (Seclal.)-f-Vice-President Sherman, . by . direction of his - physician. Is taking a three weeks'. rest cure at his homo in this city. According .to a statement by his secretary tonight,' the Vice-President Is rapidly regaining his rugged health. By the advice of his Washington ; phy sician, the Vice-President, & few weeks ago, dropped his work as presiding of ficer of the Senate and came to his home In this city for rest. After a few days here he went to Big Moose, an Isolated spot In the Adirondar.ks, but the high altitude did not agree with him and he returned to Utlca.. Upon orders of his doctor he put all business aside and entered upon the rest cure at his residence here. . ' ' Tho reports that the Vice-Fresldent is In an alarming condition, suffering from nervous prostration and other more serious ailments, are untrue. He will be In fine trim for the Fall cam paign, when the rest cure Is completed. and fully able to carry through the ag gressive fight he plans, ac-ordlng to the statement of his physician. ' COLLIE IS FIRE RESCUER Knowing Dog Drags Mistress Out of Burning House. ' SAN FRANCISCO, July . (Special.) A collie, Omega, saved the life of its mistress at -2 o'clock today, when the bungalow of Mrs. Von Daggett, on Forty-seventh avenue, . was .destroyed by fire. Mr. Daggett was down town and Mrs. Daggett was upstairs, when the-barking .dog burst Into the room and tore at her dress, plainly begging, in his- canine way. for-his mistress to, follow hlnv .Mrs. Daggett followed, the dog down stairs and found that the ground floor -was -ln-f lames. While neighbors were hurrying across the street : the woman tried to reascend the. stairs to get some jewelry. She swooned from ' smoke ' and excite ment. :As;aln the dog tusr'ged at her and, thmis-h she weiens pounas. man aged to' drag her to the yard. The dog and woman were both singed. DR. HAZZARD LOSES RIGHT License to ' Practice Medicine Re voked by State Board. ! TACOMA. July . Basing its'action on her' conviction by a -Jury In the Kitsap County Court, the State 'Medical Board last night revoked the license of Dr. Linda Burfleld Hazzard, of Seat tle, who was sentenced last- January to not less than two years In the peni tentiary as a result of the death of Claire Williamson, an English woman. Miss Williamson ; succumbed while taking the fast cure under Dr. Has zard's direction. The state charged that the woman physician starved her to death In order, to loot her estate. The attorneys for Mrs. Hazzard will carry the light over the license into the courts. CHAMPION: ROPER .ROPED John Spain, of Union, May Hare lassoed least Horse. -BAKER, Or., v July . (Special.) John Spain, of Union, reputed to be the champion roper of the worjd, may never rope again as the result of an accident at an exhibition at Halfway yester- hday. - .. . While lassoing a horse the rope caught around his ' arm, . his horse stopped suddenly and the' taut rope cut his arm to the bone, severing the veins... The arm may have to be ampu tated. Spain was brought to the St. Elizabeth Hospital here. Spain ap peared' at the Pendleton Round-up and the Union StocS Show. " : i'V CV7 AMERICAN RONNERS: SURPRISETOVORLD Athletes at Olympiad ' Dazzle 'With Speed.; SWEDISH KliG OPENS GAMES United States Has All Except One in-100-Meter Final.;.; LIPPINCOTT SETS RECORD Edmundson Takes 800-Meter Trial. .. Honolulu Swimmer Establishes ' New Mark -Oriental Runners ' Vie Vainly Amid Cheers. - STOCKHOLM, July . The glory of the opening of the Olympic games of 1912 should be divided between Sweden, and the .Urflted States. Sweden gets the lion's share, . for the impressive stage setting she provided for the con tests, which, with the natural beauties of. Stockholm ltn parks and palace and lakes and the moving ceremonial with which the King inaugurated the meeting makes it by far the motlx memorable international festival ever held. America's share of the honor Is due to the remarkable fashion In which her brawny young men, set to work on the cinder path.. They, j-an away with heat after heat In the first rounds rf the ,100, and 800 .meters; they outdid the expectations of . their trainers and completely upset the calculations the public had made. - -They left their old tlme British rivals far behind. ' Five Sprinters la Finals. ; With five American sprinters Drew. Meyer, jCralg. Lipplncott and Belote, and the South African.: Patching, to run the final, in, the loo meters, that event may be written down -for tli'a United States. With eight men out of 18 to compete in the. semi-finals of th'e . S00 meters, five of whom won their respective heiits in the trials. It would seem as' though the United States had an excellent opportunity to annex that also.' . Trainer, Mike Murphy's cup of Joy Is fSll. . ' Americas Smashes' Record. . , The smashing of "the Olympic record byD.'K. Lipplncott,' University s of rensylvanla. In the 16th heat of the 100 meters event, puts that runner ill the hero class. The only cloud In the sky is due to an unfortunate accident suffered by the Springfield high school boy. H. P. Drew, who strained a tendon of his lejf in the ' semi-finals of the. 100 meterc, the .first heat of which he won: This may bar htm from the final. " The world's record' with the javelin made by E. Lemming, ' .the Swedish champion, was not unexpected, but the Hawaiian swimmer, "Duke" Kahana mokuv covered himself with ' glory -by slipping through the water in his trlajt, heat of the 100 meters free style, whkh which gave 'the- United States the sec--ond world's reoord of the meeting. ' ' Carnival Spirit Pervades. The" picture, when nearly . 2000 bronzed athletes, - picked men of the world, with the Scandinavian women gymnasts, the flags of the several na tions planted, .before them, faced' the royal box, in which were seated tile King and .most of the royal family, while the bands played ami thousands sang the Swedish hymn, was one never to. be forgotten. The-carnival spirit pervades Stockholm, the Olympiad con trasting cheerfully with the more sol emu atmosphere or. London in 130S. There yelling; and . flag-waving ' viv. frowned - down . upon as bad form; American spectators were censured for i Concluded on Page 0.1 FOURTH