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PUBLISHES rULl AffOCIATCD PRCS9 REPORT
33rd YEAR.' NO. 122
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1908
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FESTIVAL
Salute From Yorklown
and Charleston
WELCOilEREXOREGONUS
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Salute Taken Up by Myriads of
Shrieking Whistles From Craft
in the Harbor
MAYOR LANE TURNS OVER KEY
Tha Formation of the Royal Proces
Ion it the Stark Street Slip, Where
Rex Firat Set Foot on Portland's
Hospitable Shores.
PORTLAND, June I,-Portland
formally and officially opened her
second annual Rose Festival at high
nnwrf today with the welcome to Rex
yfregonus, (foe King, whose royal
rentry into the city was heralded by
the booming of a salute from the
guns of the cruiser Charleston and
the gunboat Yorktown. now in the
liarbor. The salute was immediately
taken up by myriads of shrieking
whistles from craft in the harbor,
from mills, factories and other plants
along shore, from ship's bells, and
other din-producing paraphernalia.
Upon the formation of the royal
procession at the Stark street slip,
where Rex first set foot on Portland's
hospitable shores, there was a blare
from a squad of trumpeters, and there
was much shouting and applause from
the throngs of spectators who had
gathered at the City Wharf to bid the
King welcome.
Rex was arrayed in all the regalia
and "war paint" that any jolly mon-
nrrh of anv nivtliirnl ronlm curh n ti
reigns over, might desire. He was at
tended by a Lord High Chamberlain
in the person of Max Mickcr, though
his own majestic identity will stand
unrevcalcd for the next five days.
Two royal pages also attended his
majesty. They were Herbert Barcn
stechcr and Harold Mayer, two fine
built lads of 15, also attired in fitting
costume. They are the sons of Chas.
Barenstecher and Alexander Mayer,
respectively. No time was lost in
getting the royal cavalcade tinder
way, with the following formation:
, Platoon of Police
Picked Band of SO Pieces
Three Companies of Cadets From
the Hill Military Academy.
Rex Oregonus, Mounted on the Ken
tucky Thoroughbred, Rex
McDonald, Jr.
Royal Entourage, Mounted.
Portland Hunt Club, Mounted on
Decorated Horses.
Rex was miounted on the handsome
Kentucky thoroughbred, Rex Mc
McDonald, Jr., and the fancy charger
was decked up in rich and gorgeous
hucd trappings. When all was ready,
the king raised his scepter, the sig
nal for the procession to begin its
journey. The parade passed up Stark
street between lines of humanity on
both sides of the street. At Sixth;
the procession turned southward,
moving out to Yamhill, thence down
to Fourth street, south to the City
Hall, where a short halt was made.
With brief but impressive cere-'
monies, Mayor Lane turned the. keys,
of the city over to Lord High Cham-
berlain, and with a flourish the caval-j
cade moved on, counter-marching on
Fourth to Alder, out Alder to Park
street, where the parade disapepared. '
7000 MEDICOS GATHER.
CHICAGO, June 1. The annual
convention of (he American Medical
Association opened here today with
about 7(H) delegate in attendance.
The drat scrmion was devoted to bu ni
nes and work of a IcKihlative char
acter. It wa announced before the
convention opened that the committee
on education will present a report
sharply attacking the cheap medical
collegei of the country.
ON WAR PATH.
MANILA, June l.-Thc Moros on
the Island of Jolo are reported rest
less, and one of the Auturia Dattoi
ha vowed to personally kill 20 whites
and 100 Chinese and then declare
war, A sentry has been attacked and
badly wounded. The guards have been
doubled. It is reported that settlers
have been attacked. .
KICKED BY HORSE.
MED FORD, Or., June I.-O. S.
Mcisner, a blacksmith in Mcrriman't
shop, was this morning kicked in the
head by an unruly horse while shoe
ing the animal, and it was at first
though he had been killed. A sur
a tour of Eastern Oregon, where he
torn, but the skull was not fractured.
THE DALLES, Or., June l.-Four
young men and 11 young women
compose the graduating class of The
Dalles high ichool this year. Gradu
ating exercises will take place the
evening of June 5, the date of closing
of school.
BROOKLYN HANDICAP
Prospects Bright for Celt to Win
Race
FOR THE $25,000 PURSE
Again the Stables of James R. Keene
Will be Prominent, His Three-Year-Old
Colt Only Defeated Once
Other Starters.
NEW YOlRK, June l.-Ten horses
carrying the colors of the most fa
mous American racing stables will
contend today at Gravcseud track for
one of the richest prizes of the
American turf, the $25,000 purse of
the Brooklyn handicap. With every
prospect of a fair day and a fast track,
a great contest is looked for.
Again the blue and white of the
stables of James R. Keene will be
prominent, for Celt, the son of Com
mando, appears to be the favorite for
the race in the eyes of the public.
The three-year-old met defeat once
in his racing career and that was be
hind the flying heels of his stable
mnte, the unbeatable Colin. Always a
favorite with the public Celt's defeat
of the great Jack Atkin at Belmont
Park easily puts him in the lead in
public favor for the Brooklyn.
Celt's chief opponent for the favor
of the public is McCarter. The wise
men of the paddock profess to see
only these two horses in the race,
holding that if any of other entrants
come anywhere near winning it will
be only by accident. '
The prospects are very bright that
Celt will win the race. He is a quick
beginner, a handy horse around the
turns, fast at sprinting and possesses
wonderful endurance. Thee most es
sential qualities will give an excellent
chance to win, if he does not meet
with an accident. The trainers pre
dict that he will lead from start to
finish. If he should win it will be
the fifth Brooklyn handicap that has
been won by horses owned by James
R. Keene. Hornpipe won for him in
1895; Conroy in 1901;' Delhi in 1905
and Superman in 1907.
MENU RETURNS
ON YESTERDAY'S BALLOT
Cake-Chamberlain Contest Still In Doubt, With Clear
Majority for All Other Republicans
MULTNOMAH MAY RESCUE THE GOVERNOR
Ellis Goes Back to Congress From the Second District and W. C.
Hawley Follows Suit in First Aitchison Re-Elected to Rail
road Commission Forecast of Legislative Line-Up
VOTE OF CLATSOP COUNTY IS
CONCEDED THAT CHAMBERLAIN CARRIES THIS COUNTY
LOCAL REPUBLICANS ALL ELECTED WITHOUT DOUBT
-VOTE ON ALL LAWS SUBMITTED FOR POPULAR AP
PROVAL TOO VAGUE TO INDICATE CONCLUSIONS SAFELY-FINAL
COUNT ESSENTIAL TO SETTLE,
PORTLAND, June 2.-Single tax
beaten in Oregon.
Woman suffrage defeated.
Armories bill passes.
University appropriation wins out
by 10,000.
PORTLAND, June 2.-At I o'clock
this (Tuesday) morning, it looks as
if Chamberlain, Democrat, would
carry the state by about 1500 major
ity over Judge Cake, for the United
States Senate. From the returns at
this hour Chamberlain has carried
Multnomah by from 1000 to 1500 ma
jority. Advices from the interior show
that the contest is very close, Cake
running strong in some counties and
Chamberlain being in the lead in
the others. It appears to be a stand
off and it is doubtful if Cake can over
come Chamberlain's lead in Multno
mah county. The Oregonian believes
Chamberlain will have a majority in
the entire state of about 1500.
W. R. Ellis, Republican, of Umatilla
County, has been elected representa
tive in Congress from the Second
district, over J. A. Jeffrey, Democrat.
H. C. Hawley has carried the first
district for Congress. J. A. Bailey,
incumbent, is re-elected Dairy and
Food Commissioner.
Clyde B. Aitchison, incumbent, is
re elected Railroad Commissioner. In
a statement to the Associated Press
this (Tuesday) morning, Judge Cake
will not concede Chamberlain's elec
tion. With three minutes devoted to each
of the cumbersome ballots cast at the
Astoria and Clatsop polls yesterday,
the prospect for anything like a de
pendable resume of the results in this
county at the hour of going to press
this morning, are very slim, and are
abandoned as impracticable.
Fragmentary returns from the seven
precincts of this city are all that can
be relied upon for the probable truths
of the count, and at midnight these
gave tentative indications from the
half-count then made, as follows:
Ellis leads heavily, and probably
three to one; Bean taking the full
vote with enough departures to Brix
to accentuate the former's overwhelm
ing lead; Bailey carrying things large
ly; Aitchison mixing it with Hamil
ton and leading him sightly; Tongue
gettng it all save a meagre showing
for Kaufman; Leinenweber and McCue
taking the county over Wooden;
Pomeroy taking two out of three from
Carlson; Gilbaugh leading Pohl
plainly; Goodman safe and Jack Sayre
safer. And all unopposed Republican
candidates practically elected.
Chamberlain will take the county
by slight majority, owing to Fulton
vote with broke Cake's strength bad
ly. Morton leads Fred Moore;
County High School carries; local
option in 6 and 7 close enough to de
mand final count for' determination;
University, Armories and Gill-Nctters'
PROCEEDING VERY SLOWLY
bills carry heavily and single tax lost
out
With 2137 votes to count, at three
mnutes to the ballot, the sun of this
day will be well in the Heavens be
fore the storia count is made and
filed at the court house, and the fore
going intimation is all that can of
fered with any sort of assurance, and
that is open to qualification on the
wind-up. The day was uneventful
and the poll exceeded the city regis
tration by 61 ballots.
The Astorian will bulletin all inter
esting and startling developments
that may arise today in the local or
the state counts.
CAKE INJURED.
PORTLAND, June 1. In attempt
ing to board a streetcar at Second and
Stark streets last night, H. M. Cake,
Republican nominee for United States
Senator, missed the step and was
hurled to the street. He suffered a
number of painful bruises, none of
which, however, is regarded as ser
ious. He was unable to reach his
home and was removed to a hotel.
Mr. Cake returned last night from
a tour of Eastern Oregon, here he
has spoken in every county in that
section in the interest of his candi
dacy and of the Republican ticket. It
was while trying to board a car to
go to his home in Lrvington that the
accident happened. Mr. Cake ex
pressed himself today as perfectly
confident of victory at today's elec
tion, Prospects for a big majority in
Eastern Oregon are extremely good,
he said, and reports from various
parts of the state predict a big vic
tory. From the best information obtain
able at 1:30 this mornng the legisla
ture appears almost evenly divided
between statement No. 1 men on one
side and anti-statement No. 1 and un
pledged members, on the other. The
statement No. 1 members will num
ber 41, certainly, with from four to
six candidates, in the doubtful col
umn. The anti-statement No. 1 peo
ple admit that two and possibly
three, of the doubtful candidates will
be statement No. 1 advocates, but
claim that they will not total more
than forty-five. ; .
The returns on prohibition amend
ment up to present seem to indicate
that in most of the counties where lo
cal option was the issue, the counties
went dry.
BULLETINS
PORTLAND, Tune 2 (2:05 A. M.)
Returns late tonight show Cake
coming up in Multnomah county.
Chamberlain's majority, according to
(Continued on page 8.)
FAITH IN S. P. CLAIMS.
CLATSKAN1E, Or., June I. Al
though official information has been
sent out from Washington that it is
useless to try for preferred rights on
Southern Pacific land grant claims,
suit to cancel which has been filed,
ten local people have gone out to take
up residence on these lands. Some
have their families with them and are
squatting; others are "batching."
Their attorney, Lafferty, tells them
they cannot fail, as their claims will
be "preferred," since they made appli
cation to purchase before the Govern
ment filed suit for cancellation.
"WHISKY" SMITH A SUICIDE.
TILLAMOOK, Or., June 1.-1. H.
Smith killed himself at noon Satur
day by taking a dose of carbolic acid.
He had been drinking more than
usual for several days. He has a wife
and grown family, and was about 55
years of age. Before coming here he
lived at Philomath and Corvallis. He
was known about town as "Whisky"
Smith.
GOES TO JAIL TO DIE.
LA REVIEW, Or., June 1. A man,
apparently a German, who had been
on a protracted drunk, came into
town a few days ago and shortly af
terwards was found dead in the city
jail, where he went of his own accord.
His identity cannot be learned. All
that is known is that he at one time
worked at the butcher business in
Burns, Or.
JNO. D. ROCKEFELLER
Reports of Class Meetings in
Papers of Great Value
LIKES NEWSPAPER MEN
Enjoys Talking to Reporters But
Sometimes They go to Far Says
Rockefeller Admits Papers Great
Help to the Organization.
NEW YORK, Jui.e l.-John D.
Rockefeller, entering a discussion of
subjects brought up by the Rev. Dr.
Aked in the Bible class of the Fifth
Avenue Baptist Church yesterday,
said that reports of the class meet
ings published in the newspapers had
been of great value to the class. He
expressed contrary opinion to those
of Dr. Aked, who brought up the sub
ject of newspaper reports.
"This class has 188 enrolled mem
bers", Dr. Aked said, "of which 144
are church members, so despite the
marvelous reporting done by the
newspapers in connection with this
class it is doing very excellent work.
This enrollment shows that we are
not gathered here because of curios
ity as the newspaper reports would
lead the public so often to believe."
Mr. Rockefeller laughed heartily at
this remark and taking his cane he
poked a reporter who sat a few feet
away from him in the ribs.
"Isn't it a fact", Mr. Rockefeller
was asked, "that the reports published
about the class in the papers have
been of great value to the organiza
tion?" "They certainly have," said Mr.
Rockefeller. "I like the newspaper
men and like to see them like to talk
with me. Sometimes they go too far,
though you . cannot always blame
them. Perhaps I would do the same
thing if I were in their places I
mean give way to my enthusiasm.
But I don't think it is exactly right
that when I say a few words to a
newspaper man in a social way he at
once writes a so-called authoritative
interview with me of a column or
more, putting things into my mouth
that I never said. They often come
up to see me at Pocontos Hill and of
course I talk with them, but it is not
fair to indicate that because I chatted
with them in the course of a golf
game I was giving them an authorita-
IN THE GREAT
WHITE CITY
Yesteaday's Happenings at
the National Capital
THE PANAMA ELECTIONS
Uncle Sam to Force an Honest
Ballot in Central America
for the First Time
CURRENCY LAW UNDERWAY
Former Senator Jones of Arkansas is
Dead Taft Pledged to Endorse and
Enforce Roosevelt Policies, as the
Chief Fuel of His Administration.
WASHINGTON, June 1. The
Panama Presidential campaign which
will culminate in the election during
the first week in July, recent develop
ed revolutionary tendencies to such
an extent as to cause grave concern
as to the serious intention and very
severe measures on the part of the
American government to secure a
fair and honest election, probably the
first ever held in Central America.
Five hundred American marines are
to be detailed to the election places.
Minister Squires, who sails for the
United States, tomorrow will be call
ed upon to explain his alleged sup
port of one of the candidates. . ft
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The Treasury officials are making
active preparations to carry into
effect the new currency law passed
during the closing hours of Congress.
Assistant Secretary Collidgc has con
ferred with Director Ralph of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing,
and with W. Aldridge on the matter
of printing the notes, which will be
gin within the next 10 days. .4
Former Senator Jas. R. Jones of
Arkansas, died today at his home af
ter a brief illness of heart failure,
aged 69. He was one of the leading
Democrats in the Senate from 1856
to 1893 and one of the strongest sup
porters of Bryan, having served as
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee. He conducted the cam
paigns in 1896 and 1900. Since leav
ing the Senate in 1905 he conducted
a law practice in this cty when not
actvely engaged in politics.
There will be no looke-warm en
dorsement of Roosevelt and his pol
cies in the Republican national plat
form if the wishes of Taft and his
friends have any patency in framing
the document. This was made known
today after the first of a series of con
ferences to be held relative to the
platform. Should the convention
nate Taft it is predicted, authoritative
ly, that all his letters and his speech
of acceptance will contain his pledge
to carry out the Roosevelt policies as
already inaugurated, and to earnestly
strive for those not yet enacted. Taft
has made no secret of his position on
the tariff. He is for revision at the
special session of the 61st Congress
to be called immediately after the in
auguration in March 4, 1909.
The present term of the Supreme
Court of the United States, concluded
today. The court will re-convene on
October 12.
tive interview on all the big and im
portant questions of the day.
But God bless you reporters for
the good you have done and God for
give you for any evil you may have
perpetrated."