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COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA M PUailSHCS PULL A9f OCIATIO PRESS REPORT 33rd YEAR. NO. 126 ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1908 PRICE FIYE CENTS DREYFUS' LIFE ATTEMPTED Assailant Is Beaten and Arrested DREYFUS SHOT IN HAND It Was at First Thought That President Fallieres Had Been Shot 230 ARRESTS IN CONNECTION Incident Took Place at the Conclu sion of Ceremony, in Connection With Placing Emit Zola's Body in the Pantheon. PARIS,' June 4. At the conclusion of the ceremony thin morning in connection with the placing of the remain of M. Entile Zola in the IVintheon, and while the procession .ik emerging from the portico to vitness the defile of the troops, a member of the staff of the France Militaire, who gave his name ns Ore gon, fired two shots points-blank at Major Alfred Dreyfus. The latter was only struck once, in the hand. His assailant was tirrestcd, Dreyfus' injuries arc only slight. A total of 230 arrests have been made up to 6 o'clock this afternoon in connection with the attack, The incident occurred at the foot of the Catafalque, directly in front of the tribune from which M. Dau erL'c. the Minister of Public Instruc tion, delivered an eulogy on M. Zola's matchless courage, in rousing the conscience of the nation to the neces sity of doing justice to Dreyfus. As the last refrain of the orchestra's playing of the Chant du Depart was floating away through the classic temple and after President Fallieres ,nnd the members of the Presidential tWty, after shaking hands with Mttdamc Zola and her two children, were moving out towards the portico to review the garrison of Paris, two sharp reports startled the vast as semblage. For the instant everyone believed that President Fallieres had been shot. A scene of indescribable confusion followed ,and many women present shrieked and fainted. The crowd surged forward but quickly broke and scattered when the members of the Republica Guard, who lined the tran septs, rushed up. The assailant of the Major was struck down. A fierce knot of soldiers and civilians were struggling over Major Dreyfus and his fallen assailant. Major Dreyfus, his hawk-like features pale as death, but manifesting complete composure, was holding up his hand, from which blood was streaming, while the sol diers could with difficulty prevent the enraged crowd from beating and kicking the man upon the floor. Upon the command of Prefect of Police Lepinc, who was immediately on the scene, the assailant of Drey fus was dragged to his feet. He pre sented a pitiable spectacle. From a !,lood-snicared face, his wild eyes looked around, appealing as if for sympathy, but they met only the angry crowd, and his ears heard only 'mprccations upon his foul deed. The man's clothing was in shreds and his coat and vest had been lit erally torn from his body. Major Dreyfus, accompanied by his brother, Matthew, who was the first to strike the assassin, after he fired; Dr. Pozzi and several other friends, was led away to the Mayor's office opposite (Continued on page 4) SUBSTITUTE FOR MEAT. American Housewife Cuts Down Use Of Meat 20 per cent. NEW YORK, June 4.-Just what it is has not developed but that the American housewife has found a substitute for meat is what is inter esting the meat packers. She has somehow cut down her purchases of meat 20 per cent and there is no tell ing how little she'll buy when the summer comes with its abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables. The ' unusually wet spring has brought promise of exceedingly boun tiful crops and everything is cheaper in the eating line except meat. An official quoted in the trade paper says: "I do not know what substitute the public has found for meat but I do know that all the big packers have experienced this year the longest period of bad business they ever knew," PROMINENT BOWLER DIES. CHICAGO, June 4,-James Y. Chalmers, one of the present holders of the national bowling championship in the two-men events, having won that title with Harry Kiene as a partner at Cincinnati last February, died here today. BOTH CLAIM VICTORY. ATLANTA, June 4,-At 10 o'clock tonight in the State Democratic pri mary election the details were too meagre to predict the result. Gov. Hoke Smith claims the state by about 20,X)O, while managers of Jos. M. Brown claim he was chosen by 40, 000. SHOOTS POLICEMAN Thos. 0. Young, a Former Frisco Strikebreaker MURDERER WAS CAPTURED Young Falls to Sidewalk Pretending to be Shot When Officer Shoots Into Sidewalk, as Officer Bends Over Him He Is Shot SAN FRANCISCO, June 4. Policeman Wm H. Heins was shot at an early hour this morning by Thos O. Young, formerly of Gait, Cal., but more recently employed as a strike breaker during the strike a few months ago on the United Railroads streetcars in this city. The murderer was captured, together with his twin brother, James Young, after a fierce fight in which several policemen took part. The two Youngs became involved in an altercation while in the "O. K. Saloon" on the Barbary Coast. A fight started and officer Heins cnte ed the place to investigate. The two brothers ran and when they did not halt Heins fired his revolver into the sidewalk. According to the testimony of eye witnesses, Thomas O. Young dropped to the sidewalk, pretending to be shot. As the officer bent over him Young discharged his revolver through his clothing, which was set on fire by the powder. Heins stag gered to the pavement and expired in a few minutes. At the city prison the alleged mur derer maintained his innocence, des- pite the testimony of five or six men who claimed to .have seen him fire the fatal shot. He said that his father is an inspector for the United Railroads of San Francisco. He ap pears to be about 25 years old. TOBACCO TRUST PROSPERS. NEW YORK, June 4.-Directors of the American Tobacco Company today declared a quarterly dividend of 1 1-2 per cent on preferred stock. This is unchanged from the last prev ious quarter. PORTLAND AUTO RACES Witnessed by 10,000 En thusiastic Spectators 14 MILE IDEAL COURSE First Races of Their Kind Ever Conducted on the Pacific Coast THE DAY FREE OF ACCIDENTS Club Proposes to Make Annual Event of Races First -Race Won by Harry Baker in a Studebaker; Sec ond by H. M. Covey in Cadilljc. PORTLAND, June 4. Ten thou sand enthusiastic persons today wit nessed the 58 4-10 mile and the 102 2-10 mile road races, conducted by the Portland Automobile Club this afternoon. The races were the first of their kind ever conducted on the Pacific Coast and the club proposes to make an annual event of them in the future, the course mapped out was an ideal one and through oiling the roads, scraping and otherwise per fecting and bettering them. The per fect course was ready for the drivers. The club hopes to make the event one of as much importance in the auto mobile world as is the Briar Cliff, at Savannah, and other eastern contests. The course in todays race was pa trolled its entire length, 14 4-10 miles by the state militia and perfect order prevailed. The riders not being in terfered with in any degree, nor was there a single accident to any of the drivers of the racing cars or to any of their mechanics. In the 102 1-2 mile event, Harry Baker won in 2:04 0-8, and N. R. Cooper run second in 2:18 4-7, both the cars were Studcbakers. Fred Dundee of Portland in the White Steamer came third, time 2:28:59. The 58 2-10 mile event was won by H. M. Covey in a Cadillac in 1:13:20, and William Slimmon of San Francisco in a White, took the second place, time, 1:20:00. RAILROAD EARNINGS. Decrease Fictitious, Due To Cunning New Bookeeping System. CHICAGO, June 4. A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Galveston, Tex., today says: There is a decrease in gross earn ings of railroads in the last nine months of $4,000,000, instead of $7, 000,000, as claimed by the roads. The Railroad Commission declares that over 50 per cent, of the alleged decide is entirely fictitious, due to the cunning new system of bookeep ing. The comparison of railroads is made with the earnings of 1907, which the Texas Commission shows was an unexampled year for Texas railroads, ni which they had more traffic than they could handle. Earnings for the last nine months, as compared with the same period of 1906, show an in crease of $2,500,000 it is claimed. BASEBALL SCORES. Pacific Coast League. At Portland Portland 0, Los An geles 5. At San Francisco San Francisco 10, Oakland 5. Northwest League. At Spokane 'Seattle 4, Spokane 0. At Seattle Seattle 0, Voncouver 1. NEW CHAUFFEUR. ST. PETERSBURG, June 4. Baron Scheinvogcl left this city yes terday for Siberia to replace Emilio Sartori, as chauffeur of the Italian car in the New York-to-Paris auto mobile race. Sartori is returning to Milan, and the car in the meantime is being run by Henri Haaga, the me chanic. Baron Scheinvogcl is a prom inent Russian sportsman who has made several exploring trips to Africa. WITH OPEN ARMS Everett Receives About 1000 Elks For 4 Annual Convention. SEATTLE, June 4. A special to the Post-Intelligencer from Everett says: .Everett today received with open arms about 1,000 Elks, including the delegates to the 4th annual conven tion of the State Elk's Association. The parade was the spectacular feat ure of the day and brought hundreds of people of the city from distant points and thousands from the sur rounding country. Seattle was chosen as the meeting place in 1909 and gained the addition al honor of having Charles A. Arnold of Seattle, Lodge 92, elected presi dent of the association. The other officers are: H. M. Fisher, of Port Angeles lodge, vice-president; Tom Shields, of Ballard lodge, second vice president; D. J. Williams, Tacoma, third vice-president; Ray Hodgdon, Seattle, secretary, re-elected; R. C. Gamwell, of Bellingham, treasurer; Rev. Jeremiah McKean, of Monroe, chaplain; John P. Hanson, of Everett scrgent-at-arms. AWFUL EXPERIENCE 40 Hour Battle With Hungry- Mad Dogs 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO With Only a Knife to Defend Him self Against Pack of Dogs Wilfred Grenfelt, the Celebrated Missionary Physician, Has Narrow Experience SAINT JOHNS, Newfoundland, June 4. Battling for 40 hours against a pack of hunger-mad dogs on the ice off the coast of Labrador, with the temperature 10 degrees below zero and with only a knife to defend himself from being torn to pieces by the savage brutes, Dr. Wilfred Gren fell, the celebrated missionary-physician, recently passed through a thrilling experience. Grenfall had left Battle Harbor, Labrador, to attend several patients at another station ten miles distant and was traveling over the ice with a pack of dogs when he found himself driven off the coast by a moving ice field. Before he realized it he was in an area covered only with broken drift ice and before he could stop the dogs the animals had carried him into the water. The dogs attempted to climb on Dr. Grenfall's back and he was obliged to fight them before he was able to climb on to a solid piece of drift ice. The dogs also succeed ed in saving themselves. As the wind and cold increased when night came on Dr. Grenfall decided to kill three of the dogs to afford himself more warmth and to supply the other beasts with food, fearing that be coming hungry they would tear him to pieces. As it was they attacked him savage ly and he was bitten tcribly about the hands and legs. Though the ice was fast receding from the shore, the doctor took the legs of the three dogs and binding them together made a pole, to the top of which he attached part of his shirt to give the signal of distress and this proved his salva tion for the flag was seen and a res cue effected from the shore. PORTLAND ROSE PARADE Yesterday Was the First Clear Day BEAUTIFUL DECORATION Most Prolonged and Spontane ous Applause Greeted Japa nese Section of Pageant THOUSANDS VIEW SPECTACLE Japanese Colonies Throughout the Northwest Contribute to Fund For Their Floats Many Fine Horses and Swell Turn-Outs. PORTLAND, June 4. Kissed by a smiling sun for the first time since the week of pleasures began, Port land, the Rose City, entered upon the day of greatest activity and entertain ment of the festival season, this morning. Old Sol, who is about the only person who hasn't had a ( smile for the Festival during the three days of the celebration, beamed pleasantly down upon the splendor of the long est and most brilliant of the pageants so far held. Portland has held pa rades and parades of flower-bedecked vehicles and floats, but for variety of decoration, smartness of equipage, elaborateness of detail and painstak ing care in the keen rivalry that ex ists among the lovers of fine horses and swell turnouts, this morning's procession wondrously excelled them all. The breadth of subjects covered in the floats entered, the manifest de sire on the part of club and society to make the finest show, and the seeming disregard for what the en tries might cost was likewise unpar alleled. There were things to enthuse over, to warm the cockles of the most anaemic heart, and the organizations which took part had hores of boost ers stationed along the route, and they didn't overlook any chances in "boosting." Perhaps the most pro longed and spontaneous applause greeted the Japanese section of the pageant, which was an exact repro duction of the "cherry blossom" fea ture of the famous national festival of Tokio. The Japanese colonies of 'the entire Northwest had contributed to the fund raised to build these floats, for there were two of them, with a natty' escort, of fine-looking Japenese students, and this was pre ceded by a beautiful decorated vic toria, in which were seated members of the Samurai, the old war lords of Nippon. They were gorgeously cloth ed, and each of the occupants wore gaudy, and what "Yankees might call ugly-looking masks, also in keeping with tradition. The first of the Jap anese floats represented a rustic tea garden inclosed, and upon which rode representatives of Uncle Sam figures of distinguished Japanese, and the four horses, fully caparisoned, were driven by a son of Nippon. The next Japanese float was an imported Japanese cherry tree in full bloom, and about it were several as pretty Geisha girls as were ever seen on a comic opera stage. ' In all the decorations and equip ment of the Japanese entries every deference and respect was shown to American customs and American in stitutions. It was really a message of good-will and cordiality to the peo ple of the Northwset that these public-spirited Orientals brought this (Continued on page 4) JUNE EXERCISES. State Military Academy At West r Point WEST POINT, N. Y, June 4 With their drawing power to the public somewhat diminished by the fact that the first class was graduated prematurely, the annual June exer cises of the United States Military Academy are now under way here. An interesting incident is the ar rival of the Board of Visitors, com prising L'eutenant General S. B. M. Young, U. S. A., Retired, of Yellow stone Park, Wyo.; Colonel L. H. Hig ginson, of Boston; Charles H. Hughes, New York City; Robert S. Bean, of Portland, Or. ; George H. Patton, of Los Angles; Senator Mor gan G. Bulkeley, of Hartford, Ct; Adin B. Capron, of Stillwater, R. I., and John C. Chaney, of Sullivan, Ind. The members of the Board came here unaware that their official visit has been cancelled by order of the last Congress, recentlly adjourned, and that there were no official duties for them to perform. They will re main, however, until the close of the exercise next week, the courtesy of the Academy having been extended to them by the authorities. SERGEANT-AT-ARMS ARRIVES. DENVER, June 3.-Colonel John I. Martin, of St. Louis, sergeant-at-arms of the Democratic National Convention arrived here today and will remain until after the close of the convention. Preparatory to the final meeting of the general commit tee on arrangements, a list of assist ant sergeant-at-arms is being pre pared. The total number will be about 600. HELENA FLOODED Result of Heavy Rain Fall in Last Week TRAIN SERVICE STOPPED Landslide at Flat Head Has Stalled Nine Trains With Thousands of People Aboard Little Prospect to Pass Slide For 48 Hours. HELENA, June 4 The greatest railroad tie up in history of Montana has resulted from the rainfall of the past week. Tonight the streets of 'Helena are flooded and on every side of the city the railroad tracks are washed out. Reports received here at midnight stated that the Great Northern tracks are out at Wolff Creek that is 30 miles from here and under three inches of water. No trains will be able to pass through to night and railroad officials are unable to state when train service will be resumed. Word has reached the Western Union here that the landslide at' Whitefish in Flat Head county has stalled nine Northern Pacific trains which came in last night, and early today, and were sent west over the Great Northern tracks. Several thou sand people are said to be on the trains and there is said to be little prospect of getting past the slide for 48 hours. LOS ANGELES BANK CLOSES. LOS ANGELES, June 4.-The Consolidated Bank of Los Angeles capitalized $25,000 and having de posits of $40,000 closed today by or der of the bank commissioners and receiver in charge. GENERAL COURTMARTIAL. SAN FRANCISCOJune 4.-Capt. Samuel D. McAlister, 38th Coast Artillery, is to face a general court martial at the Presidio on next Satur day. There are two charges against him involving violations of the 33rd and 62d Articles of War.