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3 OVtBSTHC MORNING FIELD ON THC LOWER COLUMBIA PUtUSHCt FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS RKPORT 33rd;YEAR. NO. 159 ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1908 PRICE FIYE CENTS NEW BATTLESHIP IS LAUNCHED The South Carolina, a Sister Ship to the Michigan, About Half Finished , ""'T,. - CROWDS WITNESS BABTISM. New Vessel Comet Closer to the Dreadnaught Tjrps Than Any Ship In the American NavyIs 450 Feet Long. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 11:- Into the waters of the Delaware River, on whose nhores so many ships of the "new navy" have been built, there was hunched today the great teel hull of what will be the formid able battleship South Carolina. Built by the Cramp Shipbuilding company, the South Carolina, a sister ship to the Michigan, launched a few weeks go at Camden, is about fifty per cenf. completed and will be turned over to the government before the end of next year, The contract for her construction was signed two years ago this month and her keel was laid December 18,1906. The launch of die South Carolina was etnirely successful, and was wit nessed by a number of invited guests, including an official party from the Palmetto State and a number of dis tinguished naval officer! from Wash- ington, New York and other points. The Navy Department also was well represented. It was a fete day at Kensington, as all such occasions are, and when the gates of the great Cramp yards were thrown open to the public shortly before noon an .immense crowd surged in to witness the bap tism of the latest addition to the na tion's fleet. Grouped about the whar ves and dotting the river for miles Around were craft of every descrip tion, from local excursion boats to foreign steamers. Governor Ansel of South Carolina was one of the conspicious figures on the christening stand. The cere mony of naming the big battleship -was performed by the Governor's daughter, Miss Frederick Ansel. It was a few minutes past noon when the last shores were knocked ifrom the ways and the colossal ves sel began her brief journey. Swing ing aloft the wine bottle, which was clothed with the Stars and Stripes, Miss Annell crashed it against the steel bow and tittered the christening words. As the mammoth hulk glided gracefully down the greased cradle, ' the enthusiasm of the crowd' found vent. To the shouts and cheers of the people was added the din of countless boats whistles and it was 'swung gracefully to in 1 mid-stream that the pandemonium subsided. After the ceremonies the invited guests were entertained at luncheon ' by the officials of the shipbuilding company. Informal addresses were delivered by Governor Ansel and other notable present. The South Carolina and her sister ship Michigan are regarded by naval experts as marvels in the art of ma rine architecture. .They come closer ... a 1- l . t -: to tne .urcaunougn giass ui warsmps in the English tyivy than any other tig fighting vessels in the American navy. ' The principal dimensions of the South Carolina are. : Length between perpendiculars, 450 fec,t; breath on load waterline, 8p feet; mean draft, 24 feet six inches; normal displace ment, 13,0000 tons; full load displace?, went, 17,000 tons, designed speed on trial, at normal displacement, 18 1-2 knots; horsepower, 17,000; bunker capacity, 2,100 tons. In addition to a main battery of eight 12-inch breech-loading rifles, the South Carolina will be equipped with two submerged torpedo tubes and will carry a secondary battery of twcntytwo 3 Inch rapid lire guns, two 3-poundcr cini automatic gum; eight Mitch semi-automatic gun, two 3 inch field pieces, four machine guns of 0.30 calibre.1 The hull will be protected on tlx waterline by a Complete belt of rinor eight feet wide, having a thickness of eleven inches throughout the ma- ehinerv Miai'ti :nnl twelve liiclici at the magazine spaces. For a height of eight feet above the main belt there will be the casemate armor, eight inches thick at the top to ten inchei thick at the bottom. There will be a complete protective deck from stern to stern. The magazines and shell rooms win be to arranged that about one-half of the total tup ply of ammunition will be carried at each end of the ship. The propelling engines will be of the vertical twin-screw, four-cylinder, indicated horsepower of 16,000. Each engine will be located in a seperate water-tight compartment. Each of the two funnels of the vessel will be one hundred feet high above the base line. The crew of.the South Carolina will number 51 officers and 7S8 men. JAPAN IS CORDIAL TOKIO, July 11. The Yokohama municipality has voted the sum of 16,600 yen to cover the expense of the entertainment to be given the officers 'and men of the Atlantic fleet while j they are in that city. A reception j committee of fifteen which includes tthe mayor of the city has been organ ized. j MAYOR FOUND j" CHICAGO, July 11 A despatch jto the Tribune from Dubuque, la., sayi: Mayor H. A. Schunk, who disap peared recently, was yesterday found in the Trapplst monastry, 18 miles (from here. j Troubles in legal and political af 1 fairs are assigned as the cause for the j official's desire to shun the world. LAKE OF OIL BURNS Extraordinary Conflagration in Old Mexico IS OVER ONE MILE SQUARE Has Been Burning For Five Days, ia of Unknown Depth, and the Blaze May be Seen 200 Miles Out to Sea.- CHICAGO, July 11. A despatch to the Tribune from the City of Mex ico says; , I A lake of oil covering an area of more than one square mile and of un known depth in the State of Vera Cruz is on fire. It has been burning for five days and has created the wild est terror among the natives of that section. The blaze is seen for more than 200 miles at sea, according to navigators who have arrived at Vera Cruz and Tampico. The scene of the fire is about 75 miles south east of Tampico near the Sail Geronimo river. It is remote from any. railroad.'. An oil field was being developed at that place by the Pennsylvania Oil Company which is composed of Pittsburg men. The company had bored a number of wells and all of them were flowing oil in large quantities. The product was being placed in earthern storage tank preparatory to shipping. A careless workman accidently set fire to one of the wells and the flames were communicated to the under ground reservoir of oil. A terrific explosion occured which unlifted the earth's surface throughout the whole field. The explosion was heard 75 miles distant. The oil company lost $200,000 worth of machinery. The whole oil field will be destroyed. SCHOOLTEACHER BADLY BEATEN Miss Emma G.Robinson, a Port land School Teacher, In a Serious Condition ALL CLOTHES TORN FROM HER It SO Years of Age Taught School For 25 Years Her Assailant Un known But Sheriff.' ia Running Down Clew. MERLIN, Or., July 11. -Miss Emma G. Robinson; for 25 years a teacher in a Portland public schools, and who has a mining location near Galice, was perhaps fatally beaten by unknown persons who broke into her cabin Friday night. In addition to beating the woman terribly, the assailant tied her hands and tore the clothes from her. Miss Robinson is in a serious condition. The sheriff is at present running down a clue which he expects will end in the arrest of Miss Robinson's assailant. The at tack is believed to be an outgrowth of trouble over the mining claims. Miss Robinson is in the neighbor hood of 50 years of age. She has a brother connected with the Idaho University at Moscow. DOOR-STEP CAMPAIGN. Bryan Makes a Speech to Returning Delegate and Others at Fairview LINCOLN, July 11-Bryan opened his door-step campaign today with a brief speech touching on the publicity of campaign contributions and the platform and candidates. The speech was made to the Nebraska delega tion, Lincoln-Bryan Club and the Nebraska Traveling Men's Bryan Club. In the afternoon Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio and Virginia delegations were visitors at Fairview and on the lawn in the shade of the house Bryan had them seated, and seating himself amidst them listened to assurances of efforts to be made to elect him. The returning New York delegation had no time to make the four miles trip from Lincoln Fairview and consequently Bryan went to depot where he had an infor mal talk with thenj. Among the first he saw was Chairman W. J. Conners, of the state centra! committee, who assured him that New Yorw would be carried for Bryan. "If we don't," said Conners, "I'll never shake hands with you again." MYSTIC SHRINER AT ST. PAUL ST. PAUL, Minn., July It. The red fez worn by the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine !s much in evidence about the streets of St. Paul to-day, and the regalia of the order is attract ing attention in all parts of the city. The annual sessions of the Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine begin next Tuesday, and the members are arriving on every train. Special en tertainment has been provided for the visitors over Sunday and Monday. Headquarters weje opened today at the Ryan hotel. The visitors are receiving the heart iest kind of a welcome. Flags and bunting are lavishly displayed, and the emblem of the Shrine adorns the fronts of numerous hotels, public buildings and, business houses, Mon day will be occupied with the recep tion of the delegates. The opening session will take place Tuesday, and the following day will be given over to the exhibition drills. Parades banquets and receptions are schedul ed for nearly every day and evening during the week. SALUTE FOR BRYAN WASHINGTON, July ll.-The Democratic clubs of the District of Columbia celebrated the nomination of Wm. J. Bryan on the Washington monument grounds last night by fir ing a salute of 46 guns one for each state. BASEBALL' GAMES. American League. At Boston Boston 7, Detroit 3. At Philadelphia Philadelphia' 5, Chicago 5. At New York-New York 3, 3, Cleveland 2, 2. At Washington Washington 4, St, Louis 2. National League. At Chicago Chicago 5, Philadel phia 4. At j'lttsourg nttsourg o, xew York 2. At St. Louis St. Louis 0, Brooklyn 1. At Cincinnati Cincinnati 3, Bos ton 2. Northwest League. At Rutte Butte 3. Tacoma 3. eame called in tenth inning, on account of darkness. At Vancouver Vancouver 2, Se attle 1. - At Spokane Spokane 4, Aberdeen 3. Pacific Coast League. At Oakland-Los- Angeles 10, Oak land 6. At Portland Portland 5, San Fran cisco 4. FOR WIRELESS SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO, July 11. Managers of the principal hotels of the country are arranging to install a wireless message service embracing the entire United States and far out to sea on each coast. Negotiations have been carried on for some time, and last night the managers of the St Francis hotel in this city announced that they have joined with other hotel managers over the country in th? scheme. " T T NO TROUBLE IN PANAMA PANAMA, July 11. Present in dications are that the election of presidential electors tomorrow will take place in an orderly manner. At the same time the authorities are pre pared to promptly suppress and dis orderly demonstrations. A victory for Domingode Obaldia, the indepen dent candidate ofr the. Presidency of the Republic seems assured. The electors chosen tomorrow will meet August 1 to elect the. President. TO HELP THE JEWS Russia Promises More Tolerant . Attitude INDICATE LIBERAL POLICY Czar Apparently Willing to Enter Into Treaty With England to Pro tect British Subjects of the Jewish Faith May be Only Scheme. NEW YORK. July H.-Despatches from London and St; Petersburg to the Jewish Daily News- say the Rus sian government has decided to adopt a more tolerant attitude with refer ence to its Jewish subjects. The Lon don despatch says the British foreign office has received a report from the british ambassador at St. Petersburg to the effect that Russia is willing? to enter into a treaty with England re garding rights of British subjects of the Jewish faith to sojourn and trans act business in Russia. It adds that' this is to ' e the first evidence on the part of Russia of a more liberal pol icy toward the Jews in the future. The despatch from St. Petersburg confirms this news but does not speak optimistically of the promises made by Russia regarding the Jews. It de clares that all the concessions names are of a minor character and that even these may be withdrawn after having been in force long enough to assist the government in securing a loan from Jewish bankers in Europe who the despatch says have kept aloof from all foreign loans floated by Rus sia. TAFT CONFERS WITH LEADERS Has a Busy Time With Hitch cock, Dover and Others, at Hot Springs CAMPAIGN FUNDS ARRIVING Burton of Ohio Said to Have Been Offered Assistant Attorney-General-ship But Says it Was Not His In tion to Enter Race. HOT SPRINGS, Va., July ll. The many conferences that have bee,n held by William H. Taft concerning the plans for the campaign during the past week have prevented hira from devoting as much attention to his correspondence as is necessary to keep pace with the flood of letters that are coming to him. Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman of the Repub lican National Committee, Postmaster-General Meyer and William Nel son Cromwell left last evening. Attorney-General Wade H. Ellis, wh4 it is said has been proffered the Assistant Attorney-General to suc ceed Milton D. Purdy, recently ap pointed United, States Ristrict Judge in Minnesota, is ill, and was n5t to come here today In response to an invitation by, Mr. Taft. Mf. Ellis has telegraphed , that his ' brother will visit Hot Springs' probably today, and will confer with Mr. Taft in his place. Representative Burton of Ohio who has been extensively talked of in con nection with the Ohio Senatorship in succession to J. B. Foraker, declared that it is not his intention to enter any Senatorial race, if party strife of any kind would embarrass the Na tional ticket and resulting from that course. Mr. Burton will sail from New York next Saturday for Europe, to be gone for several weeks. He will spend, most of his time in Lon don, where he will gather data for the National Monetary Commission. He will probably go on the same mission to Paris. He will also gather informa tion of value to the waterways com mission, of which he is a member. Senator Smooth of Utah, will go abroad on the same steamer. "I have received a dozen checks since I have bejn in. Hot Springs from people who wish to make the first contribution to the Republican party for ,the campaign," said George R. Sheldon, of New York, treasurer of the National Republican Commit tee, today. Asked when he would open his office for camgaign funds, Mr. Shel don replied that he would do so in New York Monday morning. Mr. Sheldon declared in an interview to day that he is convinced that the American people will never accept the radicalism of the Democratic convention. Arthur I. Vorys, of Ohto, will be here Monday to confer with Mr. Taft, John A. Stewart, president of the New York State League of Republi can Clubs, is here. ELKS AT DALLES. Fully 100,000 Visitors Are Expected To Arrive By Monday Night. DALLAS. Tex., July '11. With a myriad of incandescent lights and fastasfically garbed in flags and vari colored bunting, Dallas is in readi ness to receive her guests, the vast army of the Elks of America who will' meet in tnnual session Monday. It is estimated that fully 100,000 visi tors will have arrived before night fall on Monday. WILL ENTERTAIN KERN. INDIANAPOLIS. lulv 11. Vice- President Fairbanks will preside at the big non-partisan reception ' which will be held When John W. Kern, the Democratic nominee for vice-president, returns from Denver. Four years ago Kern presided at the non partisan banquet in honor of Fair banks and was enthusiastic in the ef forts for the arrangements preceding it. ' :' PANAMA ELECTION. PANAMA, July ll.-The Presi dential elections to be held throughout Panama tomorrow will undoubtedly be orderly as the supporters of OBaldia will meet no opponent be cause of the action of Arcias, and the other candidate in withdrawing from the contest. Ut, . ,j ; ISHOP POTTER IMPROVED. COOPERSTOWX, July ll.-Bish-op Potter, who has been making no progress toward recovery in the past several days, had a comfortable day today, and the physicians report if any change wilt take place it is in the direction of improvement. The great est anxiety has been felt as to his general condition. WIRELESS ESTABLISHMENT NEW YORK, July ll.-Wireless telegraphic communication between Lima, Peru and Iquitos, on the Ama zon river, has been successfully est ablishe dacording to a cablegram which has just been received by Edwardo Higginson, Peruvian con sul general at New York. THE SHAH WILL REFORM LONDON, July ll.-The Times correspondent at Teheran says that two of the shah's ministers will go to the British legation to apologize for the disrespect shown the British through the recent troubles. The correspondent adds that the shah has issued a fresh rescripe promising to rule justly and to establish courts pf jtistice, 0sf. ;:-": V-"" 14 TO INSPECT CONDITIONS NEW ,YORK7July ll.-Under orders from the British government. Captain Horace Hood, royal navy, will sail to-day for South America where he will inspect naval conditions Captain Hood is the naval attache of the British embassy in Washing ton, and he denies that his mission has any diplomatic object. CHICAGO SUFFERING Yesterday the Hottest Day in Seven Years 2 DEAD MANY PROSTRATED Tenement People Seek Relief in the City Parks Official Record 96 De greesThe Extreme Heat Almost . Unbearable. CHICAGO, July ll.-The highest temperature in seven years was re corded in Chicago today, two deaths and numerous prostrations resulting. The only fact that kept humidity be low the normal and kept the death list from mounting in greater propor tions was the breeze that came laden with heat, until even the shade gave but snail relief, The hottest day that Chicago exer experienced was July 21, 1901, when 103 degrees was recorded. Today, the official record . was 96 degrees with the street ther mometers 4 to 7 degrees higher. In the tenement district the heat was unbearable and all persons who could moved rnto the parks. Relief before Monday is not expected. HEIRS CONTEST WILL SAN FRANCISCO, July 11. Eastern heirs yesterday began in the federal court here a contest of the will of the late Jacob Z. Davis, who left an estate valued at upward of $5,000,000. The new claimants allege that through conspiracy and a false will they have been defrauded out of their share of the estate. The action is brought by Attorneys for Catherine D. Stead and her husband, James Stead of Philadelphia. The list of defendants is a long one, including all of the heirs of the estate under the will in question.